Gilpin observer., 1914-10-15
Say Russians Are Stopped.

Berlin.-In the eastern battlefield
German and Austrian forces have COM
pletely stopped the Russian offensive,
infiicting enormous losses. Conjunc-
ton of Austrian and German armies
at Ivangorod has greatly endangered
the Russian center by fianking
movement.
Japs Dominate Using Tau.
Peking.-The Japanese have mount
ed siege guns on Prince Henry noun
tain. which entirely dominates all
three of the Using Tau forts, accord
ing to advices reaching Peking. These
forts are named Bismarck, Moltke and
Iltis and are three or four miles from
the mountain, The attack on Using
Tau may begin any day. Prior to 1t
demand for surrender will be made.
Destroy Ts,na-Tao Forts.
Peking.-The Japanese continued
their bombardment of the Kiao Chow
Notifications and are reported here to
be in possession of the outer chain
of the Using Tao Notifications. The
fleet continues to cooperate with the
land forces and according to state
ment by the Japanese legation. three
of the harbor forts have been demol.
ished.
Three German Ships Sunk?
Tokio.-The belief was expressed at
the war office here that the German
| cruiser Cormoran and two other Ger
| man gunboats had been sunk in Kiao
Chow bay. The Japanese army has
occupied the Shan-Tung railroad as
far west as Gilman.
The Japanese squadron delegated
to destroy the German fleet in the
South seas has landed blueiackets ON
Jaluit Island the seat of government
in the Marshall Archipelago. which
was annexed by Germany in 1886.
Two Warships Sunk.
A dispatch from Rome says that
the Anglo-French fleet off Ragusa,
Dalmatia, sunk two Austrian torpedo
boats, one of which vas escorting
steamship laden with munitions of
war. Their crews were saved. A
torpedo boat destroyer was injured
British Submarine at Work.
London.-Submarine E-9 of the
British navy under command of Lieu
tenant Commander Max X. Horton,
made another raid into German
waters off the mouth of the River
Ems and succeeded in sinking Ger
man torpedo boat destroyer. This
same commander made a similar dash
and sank the German cruiser Hela
off Felgoland on September 13. As
on the former occasion, the E-9 has
safely returned to her home port.
Raid Dusseldorf Again.
Berlin.-The official communication
says: "The airship hall at Dusseldorf
has been hit by bomb thrown by
hostile aviator. The roof of the hall
was pierced and the cover OF an air
ship in the hall was demolished"
Cholera Spreads in Hungary.
London.-The Venice correspondent
of the Evening News wires that chol-
era is spreading throughout Hungary
to such an extent that officials are
greatly alarmed. The schools in Buda-
pest have all been closed because OF
the danger of infection.
London.-A dispatch from Rome to
the Exchange Telegraph Company
says:
"A message from Vienna announces
the outbreak OF Asiatic cholera in
most violent form at Tarnow, in Ca
licia. Forty cases, the message says,
were reported on Tuesday"
Germans Lost 1900.
London-One Of the correspond
ents in France of the Daily Mail in a
message, says:
"A desperate battle was fought yes
terday in the district to the north Of
Arras, where the French and German
forces have been in touch for many
days 1t ended in a brilliant success
for the French arms, the German
forces being driven back ten to thir-
teen miles. This was a decisive con
flict in the Arras district where the
tide of battle has ebbed to and fro for
days. The German losses aretsa'd to
have been approximately twelve thou
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