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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
By j. w. t. MASON

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-The interest
created by the Falkland naval battle and
by the German victories in Poland dis
tracts attention from British success
in Asia Minor which will have far
reaching consequence after the war is
over. Only brief mention has been made
OF the capture OF the Turkish town Of
kurna by Indian troops operating under
the command OF English officers Yet
this 'unnotlced success gives to Great
Britain control OF the head of the Persian
Gulf, one of the few colonial prizes not
annexed by the European Powers.
Germany, Russia and England have all
been eager for years to obtain from Tur-
key this choice territory, which was the
most flourishing part OF the ancient Baby
lonian Empire, where Nebuchadnezzar
reigned 25OO years ago. Antiquarian inter-
est, however, has not created interna-
tionRl rivalrics for possession of the Per-
sian Cuffs northern littoral. Trade in
terests and military strategic reasons
give to Babylonia It's modern value.
Primarily, the same cause that sent
Columbus across the Atlantic Ocean has
urged England Germany and Russia to
extend their influences about the Persian
Gulf. The desire to shorten the route to
India and to the East in general is the
lmpelling move. While trade expansion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
VICTORIOUS BRITISH FLEET
ASKS 300 BEDS FOR WOUNDED
English Request Montevideo to Care
for Victims Of Battle.
BUENos AIRES, Dec. 70,

bOENOS AlEthHr Dec. ".
Three hundreds beds for the wounded In
the Falkland naval engagement have been
requested by wireless messages received
today at Montevideo from the British
fleet.
According to the wireless. the wounded
will reach Montevideo. II is supposed
that practically all OF them are Ger
mans, rescued by the British warships
from the GneisenRu and the Leipzig.
Only those vessels under Sir Frederick
Sturdee's command having the wounded
aboard are expected at Montevideo The
rest of the vessels. according 10 wireless
adviees, win move northward several hun
dred miles on the South American coast
A message received at Montevided last
night stated that they would pass that
point 800 miles at sea on Sunday.
The ships bearing the wounded will
then detach from the squadron and put
into the Uruguayan port.
1t Is believed that the desire OF the
British to force German sympathizers
to take care Of the German wounded is
responsible for the landing at Monte
Wdeo instead Of at a port in the Falkland
Islands. which are British colony.
1t Is generally accepted as a fact here
that the Dresden has been sunk. All
reports agree that Il was well toward
evening before the Nurnberg went down
AT that hour, while the Dresden was
still afioat and iieeing. she was apparently
IN distress. and It Is believed here that
she foundered during the night This
would account for the failure OF sturdee
officially 10 report her loss and also for
her failure TO interne IN some neutral
port
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
Gar POUNDS FOE
ON POLAND FRONT
In FIVE Big FIGHTS
Won E1indenburg's Cam
paign frustrated by Fierce
Russian Counter Offensive
All Along Line.
PETRoaRAp. Dc. z.

PETROGRAD, Dec. 12.
Five separate battles are raging In
Poland and Gallcia. where Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg who is now in
supreme command OF all the German
and Austrian armies Is struggling des-
Perately to maintain the offensive against
the Russians counter assaults Enor-
nous losses are marking the German
drive toward Warsaw but the German
neld marshal holds his present plan OF
campaign to be OF such vital Importance
that all regard FOR the cost In human
hfe has been lost in the gigantic strug-
Gle which is now under way.
For the time being fanking operations
have ceased and over the greater part
of the long battle front II Is now a.
Eight for strategic railways over which
troops and supplies can be moved.
The FIVE zones OF action are located ON
the line which now extends In the form
Of vast semicircle. They lie roughly
speaking. as follows;
Southeast OF Mlawa, in the VlstuIa
valley north OF Lowicz. along the Bzura
valley southwest OF Plotrokow and
around Cracow, in Galicla, to which point
the Germans are constantly sending such |
reinforcements as they can spare from
the campaign in East Prussia and north
ern Poland.
The German efforts In western Poland
10 roll back the Russians and relieve the
sver-growing pressure Mt Cracow, have
been checked the Russian general star
announces, and the Russians are pushing
forward fresh troops to follow up their
advantage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
GERMANS EvACUATE WEST
BANK OF USER CANAL
Allies Occupy Positions Abandonsd
by Foe, Paris Announces.


The German troops n Flanders have
been compelled to evacuate the west
bank OF the User Canal. and the Allies
have occupied the positions abandoned
BY The foe
This was officially announced here this
afternoon, An oficlal statement issued
~ the War once shows that the French
sriillery continues 10 demonstrate its
superiority over that OF the Germans.
One Of the German howitzer batteries
has been completely destroyed. the offi-
eial statement says.
Following reports that the French have
gained Armentieres there were rumors
today that the Allies have also obtained
eQlLr0l Of La Bassee. Determined ight-
ing has been In progress along the La
Hasaee Canal, but confirmation OF the
gaining OF the town OF that name Is
lacking
Terrific counter attacks are being made
h9 the Germans Ia West Flanders TO
check the efforts OF the British and
French 70 push forward on the ROulera
F1ed from tpres. During the lasl IS
hours there has been furious hand-to-hand
nshiine. IN which some OF the most fa-
nous tngiiss troops ou the Continent
rs9red. among them were the Genadier
Hhoee yalcr 5 traditional IA the annals
b British military history
The contest Tor trenches east Of 3pres
resulted IA heavy loss on both sides, and
Between the linea are hundreds of eorpses
Nhieh ne where theg feli On Thursday
A garious points. al along the line Ia
rHe uoFthzrn sphere heavy night ana day
tauhardments are under way.
hepaFts nom the ffont state that the
tt1acas evidently Wefe d the nature of
1 sffeea tQ cover q retiring movement
rs lns feaF o1eIal statements from the
War ola sag that al Ehe attacks ex-
. one He@s repulsei- Ihe Garmans
.edea ia tasips ms oater trenches 81
re.nt 6 to fpfqs salient Lster 90
aa hQHegcr ths British faaaine4
ground QF E brilliantly ez1tftl
aet4E iIaek reeeclnf|ps ne pl1F sa.
states faal E
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
TWoFoLD WARSAW DRIVE
REPULSED BY DEFENDERS
Germans Beaten Back in Lodz Ad-
vance and Stroke From North.

LONDON, Dec. l2.
or the hve Austro-German columns
which for some days appeared to be max
ing steady progress In their invasion of
eordiIg TO last nights official report from
Russian headquarters
The column which was making a down
ward stroke from Mlawa, on the East
Frussian frontier, and which was reported
In one dispatch from Petrograd td be
within Is mites OF Warsaw after an
energetic offensive was repulsed, and un-
der counter attacks from the Russians
was compelled TO retire at some points.
The attacks of the main German
column. which had its front on the line
between Lodz and Lowicz and which
Z came down diagonally from Thorn,
Yere delivered with great force, but
oC'erc, according to the Russian account,
ooctoulsed with heavy losses to the in
N-4-ars.
That the Germans laid great store on
the success OF their attacks here Is shown
by the fact that during the two days
they faced the Russian trenches seven
times and were driven back by a muir
derous FIRE.
The other column which has suffered
ts that composed of German and Aus
trIan troops, which has been trying to
outtinnk the Russian left south of
Cracow. In this case Il was the Rus
SLAMS who assumed the offensive and
they claim that after a tenaciou resistance
they defeated the Germans, taking sew
erals guns and 1000 prisoners
or the German column operating In
the region OF Petrokow and that advane-
ing from Czenstochowa there is no news
except the Russian statement that "on
the other parts of the front there have
been no substantial ehanges'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
ALLIES DRIVE GERMANS
FROM HILLS OF LA BASSEE
Bethune Also Reported Freed From
Invaders.

NORTHERN FRANCE. Dec u. -- The
Allies guns have silenced the German
batteries west OF Lille. Their shells no
longer fall In Armentieres, and Bethune,
too, is now beyond range of their heavy
guns.
The Germans have withdrawn from the
hills southeast Of La Bassee, which they
hold 80 long tenaclously. The pressure of
the French offensive on the Lille and
Arras line and the brilliant capture of the
village of Vermelles made this withdrawal
necessary.
French forces have been able to push
ON to within four miles of Lens. They
are close to Pontavesdin, an industrial
town north Of Lens, where the railways
connecting Lille, Labasee and Arras in
tcrsect.
At Arras the Germans are making a
more stubborn resistance, but here, too.
the French are making headway, par
tlcularly southwest OF the town toward
Douai and Chambrai, where several Ger
man trenches have been captured and
held
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
AGED RULER LEADS. SERBS
WIN AGAINST INVADERS
King Peter Heads Troops, Which
Move Toward Belgrade.

ASCNDC4Nt DeC. lEs
King Peter of servia, 20 years old, led
his troops against the Austrians to the
overwhelming victory in northwest Ser
via, which eliminated on December s,
says dispatch from Nlsh.
King Peter received his training at st.
Cyr, the West Point of France, and he
is known as one of the best strategists
in Europe. Neither his age. his troubles
OF State. nor his family affairs have duled
his military ability.
news agency correspondent at Nisn
wires: THE Serbs are on the point of
reoccupylng Belgrade. The Austrians
there have been cut off by the Serbs pierre
ing their line. The Serbs have occupied a
town five miles from Belgrade"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
GERMANS EAST OF LODI
MENACE RUSSIAN REAR
Berlin, However, Admits Stubborn
Resistance to Warsaw Advance.


BERLIN, Dec. 12. - Tie latest reports
from the fighting zone around Lodz, ac-
cording to information given out by the
German oficial Press Bureau today,
show that the resistance of the Russians
In that region is by no means broken.
The new Russian positions on Manga
Cut are only some 12 or IS miles to the
eastward OF Lodz, which demonstrates,
1t is said, that much yet remains to be
done before the Russians can be consd-
cred definitely defeated
In these circumstances" the German
statement says, "the battles I'm the Vicin-
ity OF lowicz, 10 the northeast of I,odg.
have gained added significance. If the
Germans succeed I'm breaking through
here. the positions of the Russians be-
hind Miazga will be untenable."
CA dispatch from Petrograd passed by
the censor says It is unofficlally reported
that the German army under General
Mackensen has penetrated from Lowlcz
10 within 10 miles of Warsaw. The ad-
vance posts of the Germans on this line
would thus be in the nelghborhood of the
town of Blonie, IS miles to the northeast
of Manga. A direct southwark march |
would bring General Mackensen's army
70 posltlon 80 miles In the rear of the
Russian defenders OF Mazga,)
Reports from South Poland do not men
ton the place where the Austro-German
attacks on the Russians have been re-
sumed, but 1t probably Is at a point 10 the
south OF Piotrkow. These attacks serve
the purpose OF preventing the Russians
from detachlng forces to assist their
armies further to the north These at
tacks, as wcll Is those Of the Austrians
in the south. thus far have led to no
definite result
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
M0SLEMS REACH SUEZ
CANAL, DECLARES REP0RT
Senussi Advance Guard CROSSES
Egyptian Border.

NWSTERDANI, Dec. NJ
The advance guard of the Senussl haa
advanced across the Egyptian frontier
according to dispatch from Constants.
nople to the Vossische zeitung.
A dispatch from Budapest quotes lie
correspondent of the Yesti Hirlars y
Constantinople, who obtained an inter.
view with General van Sanders, I'M which
the leader of the Turkish army declares
that the advanced posts of tho Mosiems
have reached the canal, but that the sit.
uation in Egypt is not an easy one
The British are always in communjcs.
uon with their fleets by wireless ma
are always informed of every step taken
by the Turks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
ITALY DEMANDS
TURKEY EXPLAIN
INSULT TO FLAG
Seizure of Refugee British
Consul in Italian ConsuIa,s
by Ottoman Officials Ex.
cites Indignation.


ROME, Dec Ii
Italy has demanded from Turkey =.
explanation of steps taken by ottom,,
officials at Hodeia to arrest the Bru,.
consul there.
The Turks entered the British con,r.
ate and the consul fed to the ftall,s
Consulate for refuge. Despite the r.,
that the italian flag was flying over &
the Turks forced entrance into the lrsrs.
ing and carried away the British ofBti.t
This action was a violation of ftiirs,
neutrality and the italian Foreign a.
flee has pointed this out in its demsrx
for an explanation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
RUSSIANS BATTER FORCE
SENT TO RELIEVE CRAC0W
Austro-aerman Army in Disorderly
Flight After Grave Defeat.
PETRoGRAD, Dec. u.

The attempt OF the Austro-German
forces south of Cracow to break the Hus-
sian line has resulted in their complete
rout. Thousands Of dead were left on inc
AoJS ard the Russians remain complete
masters Of the situation.
The Army Messenger, official organ OF
the war ONCE, today makes this asser-
tion concerning the operations on the
southern front.
The Austrians we're heavily reinforced
by German troops IL is stated, and di-
rected an energetic attack upon the Rus
sian lines. They we're repulsed and the
check was then turned into hasty and
dIsordered flight Five batteries were cap
tured and an entire column OF armored
motor cars taken
The efficiency of the Russians In bring
ing down German aeroplanes is cited by
the Army Messenger. Two accommodating
aeroplanes were brought down by Rus
sian guns Tuesday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
ADMIRALTY THROWS
net AROUND NAVAL
SPIES OF GERMAN
Officials Believe Three Sub
marine Raids on British
Coast Due to Surrender of
Secrets to Enemy.

! LONDON, Dec. f2-Three attempts by
| German submarines to enter British ports
within less than a month have convinced
the Admiralty officials that the Spy
| system" which had betrayed to Germany
military movements supposed to be
known only to high authorities has also
succeeded in learning many naval secrets.
The officials believe that the submarines
would not have dared to attack ports
guarded by mines unless their command
ers knew the location OF the mines
A thorough investigation is being com
Quoted to ascertain the manner in which
the mine maps came into possession OF
the enemy. Deeper interest is added to
this inquiry by news that on Wednesday
morning German submarines made two
attacks on the Firth of Forth. A dis
patch from Edinburgh reports that two
of the German vessels were sunk, but
no official announcement to this effect
has been Issued by the Admiralty.
ADMIRALTY KEEPS SILENT.
Naval headquarters maintained the
same silence in reference to the Firth
of Forth episode as that in reference
to the attack on Dover earlier in the
week and on Yarmouth some time ago
The submarine raid at Yarmouth was
backed by a squadron of German war;
ships, but practically nothing has been
allowed to appear in the papers about it.
1t certainly gave the Admiralty and War
Office a shock.
When Lord Kitchener was told OF the
raid-he was runE up at his residence
almost before he was out of bed-he
gave orders for every official In the War
Office to remain indoors until he arrived
When the secretary did arrive he had
maps of the whole of the east coast
brought before him and spent the MORN
ing studying them. No one was allowed
to disturb him. Then he sent for Wins
ton Churchill, first Lord of the Ad-
miralty, and the two were closeted to-
gether for several hours.
ALL RIVERS MINED.
Immediately the mouth of every i'm
river was mined but other pre-
parations of which the public knows
nothing were also made. A few nights |
ago the railroads OF the Great Eastern |
system were placed at the disposal |
of the Government, and in one night |
900 troops were transferred from vari-
Gus camps to positions which had been
selected for them. Further patches are
to follow.
A number of the new, big guns just
at Woolwich and in Scotland
have already been placed IN position at
certain points and masked so completely
that the inhabitants are unaware of their
existence in the nefghborhood, The fact
Is that were a German force to land on
any part of the east coast of Britain, 1t
you'd have small chance of gaining more
Than a footing. thoroughly compre-
nensive scheme of defense has been
worked out by Lord Kitchener.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
ALLIES HURL FOE
FROM YSER CANAL
OonLlaued Dom rnse One

Russian seaport of Batum On the
Black Sea. 1t is reported 100 Rus
slams Of the garrisons were killed.
Reports say that Moslem forces
have reached the Suez Canal and that
Senussi forces have crossed the
Egyptian border.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
POPE'S PEACE PLAN FAILS
Vatican Document States "Certain
Power" Blocked Truce Proposal.

ROME. Dec. -.
The efforts of Pope Benedict XIV 10
obtain truce in the European war dur
ing the Christmas season have failed
This was announced at the Vatican to-
day i'm public document which saws
that lowing TO the opposition Of a
certain Power" efforts to stay hostill-
ties over Christmas have come to naught,
BERLIN, Dec. 12.-The proposal OF Pope
Benedict for truce among the warning
nations during the Christmas holidays is
said by the ohioial Press Bureau today to
have been declined by Russia.
The German Press Bureau previously
announced that Germany was willing 10
agree TO a Christmas truce. provided the
other nations at war gave their assent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
KARLSRUHE RIPPED
BY BRITISH SHELLS

Continued from Page One
nor denial that the cruisers shannon
Achilles, Natal and Cochrnne were en-.
gagged.
Reports were circulated today that the
British fleet numbered as many as twenty
vessels. but It Is expected that the Ad-
mirulty will observe strict silence until
the work OF the fleet is completed. on
! clal word of the sinking OF the cruiser
Dresden has not yet been received from
Vice Admiral sturdee, His latest report
gave the British losses as seven men
Killed and four wounded. No officers
were included In the casualty list.
The fate OF the Dresden which has
been reported both sunk and hidden in
an Argentine port. is as yet uncertain.
That 1t is out of commission appears
certain.
BERLIN. Dec. ia German semi
official statement was given out here re-
gardlng the naval battle off the Falk-
land Islands December s, when the Ger
man cruiser squadron commanded by Ad-
mlral Count Won Spec was defeated by
British squadron under Vice Admiral
Sir Frederick Dovcton Sturclaa The loss
of the cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau
and Leipzig is conceded by the Germans
and little hope Is held out that the
cruisers Dresden and Nurnberg could long
evade capture. The statement reads:
Regarding the naval battle off the
Falkland Islands, 1t transpires that our
cruiser squadron, soon after the battle
with Sir Christopher Cradock's ships off
Coronel. put into the harbor of Santiago
de Chill and left there after a stay of
less than "a hours for an unknown des-
tInnttDn II ig assumed that no
steamed southwark to seek the British
battleship Canopus and the light cruiser
Glasgow.
Meanwhile it appears from the English
newspapers, very strong British squad
ron was dispatched to search for and
destroy our cruiser squadron. Nothing
certain is yet known by us concerning the
battle. 1t is reasonable to conclude, how
ever, that the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and
Leipzig We're sunk, while the Dresden and
The Nurnberg succeeded in escaping
I'm view OF the superiority Of the
1nemy's fleet. which consists particularly
VI big, fast. well-armed ships, there
seems little chance that our two cruisers
,an long evade pursuit. We must there |
fore. also reckon with the loss of both |
.hese ships. 1t is hardly to be expected |
rom British sources that accurate in
viii be given OF the course of
he conflict or of the composition OF the
5rlttsh squadron.
TT should not be forgotten that our
was four months on the high
eas, and that without being able to make
Use OF cablegrams or other means of in
ormation II assembled and dealt heavy
low to the enemy's fleet. No protected
laroor was at the disposal of our ships
or most necessary repairs and there was
10 dock for the cleaning of their keels.
They succeeded, nevertheless. In getting
supplies Of provisions and coal for four
months without falling into the enemy's
lands"
The British official statement announc-
lg that the German cruiser Nurnberg
lso had been sunk on December s ap-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
FIRE AT KEEL NAVAL BASE
Great Barracks Reported Destroyed.
Loss Kept Secret,

LONDON, Dec. 12-The great Cot
torp barracks at Kiel. the powerful Ger
man naval base, have been destroyed by
fire, according to a dispatch reaching
London today from Copenhagen.
The cause of the fire has been kept
secret, 1t is declared
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
BRITISH SEIZE COAL SHIP
Warship Off Gibraltar Takes Cargo
Bound for United States.

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 12.-A private
dispatch from Berlin says that Ger
man steamship. bound from the United
States with 1000 tons OF oil consigned TO
the German Government, has been seized
by r British warship off Gibraltar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
Dutch Plan s1oo, 600. 600 Loan

LONDON, Dec. IA news agency dis
patch from The Hague says that the
Dutch Governments proposal for an
emergency loan of 500 10000 has been
adopted by the second Chamber Of the
states General
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12

The British official statement announc-
ing that the German cruiser Nurnberg
also had been sunk on December s ap-
parently had not been made public in
Berlin when the foregoing semi-officlal
communication was issued
Evening journal., 1914-02-02
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS
1t Is Cruel TO Force Nauseating, Harsh
Physic Into a Sick
Child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling 10 the old form of
physic Simply don't realize what they
do The cbildrcns revolt is well
founded Their tender little "insidcs"
are injured by them
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup OF Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative handy; they know children
love to tame it: that IL never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and
sweeten the stomach. and that a Tea
spoonful given today saves sick
child tomorrow
Ask your druggist tor a 5O-ceut hot
tie Of California Syrup OF Figs.
which has full directions for babies
children Of all ages and for grown
ups plainly on each bottle. Beware OF
connterfeits sold here. Sec that II
is made by california Fig Syrup
Company Refuse any other kind
With contempt.