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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-14

embarked on the old schooner Ayesha.
seized a quantity of stores and sailed
away. They have not since been seen.
Early on Tuesday the Sydney an
chored off the island and reported her
victory. The officers explained that
they were able to keep out of the range
of the Emden's guns, meanwhile bonn
harding her with their heavier artil-
lery. The engagement lasted eighty
minutes, the Emden finally running
ashore on North Keeling island an ut
ter wreck.
"Only two Of the Emden's shots
were effective. The first smashed the
range finder and killed one man and
the second killed three and wounded
fourteen. Both of the cruisers used
torpedoes during the fight but inef.
fectually. The Sydney's speed during
the fight was 26 knots and the En-.
den's was "a.
"The Sydney also sank the collier
Buresk which had been in attendance
on the Emden, and reporting her vic
tory here, left at II o'clock Tuesday to
look for survivors. The Sydney sailed
FINELY on Wednesday with number
l. nf ps.iannnEa.n
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FLEETS GATHER
IN THE PACIFIC
Another Naval Engagement
off Chile May Be Fought
in the Near Future
MISSING GERMAN
WARSHIPS LOCATED
japanese and English Ships
Believed to Be Aiming
to Join Each Other
London, Nov. 13.-lt Is rumored
among shipping firms in London
that the German cruiser, karIs-
ruhe has been cornered.

Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 13.-The
German cruisers Leipzig and Dresden
steamed into Valparaiso harbor this
morning and at once started taking
on supplies Of provisions.
The German cruisers which partici-
pated in the naval engagement No
vember of the coast of Chile, with
a British squadron, were the Scharn.
horst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, Dresden
and Nurnberg.
After this engagement the Scharn.
horst, the Gneisenau and the Nurn-
berg put into Valparaiso, going to sea
again November 4. No definite news
has yet come to hand regarding the
whereabouts OF the Leipzig and the
Bremen since the fight with the Brit.
ish.
A dispatch received two days ago
from Lima said steamer arriving at
Taltal, Chile, had reported the pres
ence of four German warships steam
ing northward along the Chilean
coast.
A cablegram from MOntevideO last
night made reference 70 the Japanese
cruiser squadron in the Pacific, re.
ported to have been seen about 1000
miles west OF Chile some ten days
ago, saying this squadron consisted OF
eight vessels.
The British battleship Canopqs and
the cruiser Defense were reported a
week ago as having passed through
the Straits of Magellan, bound west,
to join the battle cruiser New Zealand
in the Pacific.
A later dispatch from Valparaiso
last night said it was reported that a
Japanese squadron had been sighted
off Cape Carranza, $50 miles south
of Valparaiso. 1t was on Cape Car
rama that British warship was re-
ported to have gone ashore after the
naval engagement, but no trace Of the
vessel was found.
This morning the long missing Ger
man cruisers Leipzig and Dresden ar
rived at Valparaiso. Nothing definite
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SERBS REPORTED
In FULL RETREAT

London. Nov. IA dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from vi
emma via Amsterdam says:
IAN official telegram from the
southern war theatre states that the
attacks on block houses and strong
ly fortified positions, together with
the pursuit Of the enemy, continued
on the whole front Wednesday. The
line east of Nakucani and Novoselo
on the Save river, was reached by the
Austrian troops.
'The Servians are in full retreat
on Kotzieteva and Valievo, where. ac
cording to reports from Austrian avi
ators, ammunition and provisions cars
block all the ways of communication
-Four guns, fourteen munition cars
and numerous prisoners were cap
tured.'
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BAT TIE ON A|5NE
IS RENEWED E|::'W|| AGAIN
CORRESPONDENT ASSERTS THAT
VICTORIES OF THE ALLIES
ARE IMPORTANT.

London, Nov 13.-The correspond.
ent of the Times in France, under date
of Tuesday, sends the following re
garding the fighting on the Aisne:
"The battle of the Aisne, which the
official communications now refer to
as the center of the allies line, has
been renewed this week with it's or
iginal intensity from the forest of
L'Aigle, past scissors and Rheims to
the Argonne
''The three main areas of fighting
here are the district between the Disc
and Craonne, the neighborhood OF
Rheims and the forest of Argonne.
The first named is the most import
ant.
"On the whole the allies have the
advantage. The French capture of
Quesnoy-en-Santerre was a good deal
bigger affair than reported. On the
other hand the enemy's accounts of a
great victory at Vailly were exagger-
ated. They obtained temporary ad.
vantage but the allies have more than
regained the original positions. 1t
was here that one Of the French gun
ners, who refused to join the retreat
until the ammunition was expended,
succeeded in killing six hundred Ger
mans with his last twelve shells
while the enemy was advancing. The
gunner finally retreated with slight
wound while the enemy was only one
hundred yards away.
Cali along the center the allies are
nibbling at the German entrench-
ments. AS in the previous fighting
along the Aisne, certain localities
seem surely destined to be the scene
of continuous fighting. Many hills,
quarries and plateaus, which have
been the scene of desperate fighting
throughout the last few weeks, were
the scenes of similar fighting in the
war of the Gaul and in the Napoleonic
wars.
'Soissons has been hard hit by the
artillery, while fighting continues
fiercely around Rheims. The German
front here runs from Bermericourt to
Brimont, Fresnes, Vitry les Reims,
Nogent L Abbesse Nauroy, Moronvil-
1ers and Vaudesincourt to Suippe and
thence northWard to Souain, Perthes
Les Hurlus, Vile sur Tourbe to Ar
gonne."
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KAISER WILLING
TO SELL PALACE

Geneva, Nov. 12.--Emperor William
is offering his marble palace, the Villa
of Achilleion, in Corfu, for sale. Il
was built in 1S90-91 for the Empress
Elizabeth of Austria at a cost Of S.,
100000. and has since been improved
A syndicate of German and Swiss ho
tel men wished to buy the villa a few
years ago but they were outbid by
the emperor.
The emperors decision to sell the
place. it is stated, is the result Of the
uncertain attitude of Greece towards
Germany and Austria. It is said he
fears conflscation of the palace Il
Greece joins the allies. Swiss syn
dicate has been given an option on
the place at low price.
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Vienna Admits That Great
Fortress Is Left to
Its Own Resources
BERLIN ANNOUNCES
VARIOUS VICTORIES
Austrian Armored Train Is
Successful in Attack
Upon the Russians

Berlin, Nov. 13-(By wireless)-
The only news reaching Berlin of the
Russian operations comes from Wen.
ma Whence 1t is reported that the Aus
trian operations in the northeast are
developing without hindrance from
the enemy. The Russians have ad.
vanced through the region of central
Galicia, voluntarily evacuated by the
Austrians and have crossed the low.
er Vistula, occupied Rzeszow and the
Liscow district The fortress OF
Przemysl again is invested by the
Russians but Russian forces in the
Styr valley were forced to retreat
with heavy losses by surprise at.
tack from an Austrian armored train
and Austrian cavalry.
The campaign in northwestern Ser
via is proceeding successfully, the
Austrian reports declare The heights
of Misar to the south of Shabats were
captured November 10, the Austrians
forcing the Servians to abandon their
strongly fortified positions. The Aus
trian line has advanced to the east
ward from Losnitza and Kroupani, and
continues to move forward. The
heights to the eastward of Javlata
have been captured. A total of %
cannon, 1S machine guns and 4,3OO
men were captured in the operations
between November l and II.
Turks Holding Invaders.
+ Included in the information given
to the press today from official quar-,
-ters is the following e n
Reports received here from Con-
stantinople set forth that the Turkish
army in the Caucasus is attacking the
Russians on their second line Of de-
Tense
"The Persian, Afghan, Egyptian,
Indian and Mohammedan elements in
Constantinople have declared the COM
munity of their interests. The Sun
mites and the Shiites 1.-TWO opposing
religious sects) are now for the first
time ready for joint action.
"The Vossiche Zeitung reports that
Roumania has declined demand
made by Russia for the passage of
Russian troops through Roumanian
territory.
"The London Times has published
a statement to the effect that the
British government has undertaken
legal action against certain Irish news
papers for having opposed recruiting
lin Ireland"
Naval Legend Destroyed.
The German press, in deploring the
loss of the cruiser Emden, destroyed
by the Australian cruiser Sydney off
Cocos islands, lays emphasis on the
fact that England, to hunt down the
Emden, had to call Australian, Japa-
nese. Russian and French warships to
her assistance Thus the German
navy. the newspapers declare, has de
stroyed the legend of British naval
supremacy.
While the destruction of the Emden
is regretted, it has caused no surprise.
The general feeling of pride in her
record overbalances any sorrow at her
end.
Germans Are United.
The Prussian socialist deputy, Herr
Hirsch, in an article published in the
socialist Monthly Review, lays en-
phasis on the fact that the socialists
voted the Prussian war credits. This
proves again, he says, that the hope
of Germans enemies for internal dis
cord has not been fulfilled. In i'm
portant national affairs Germany is
unanimous, Herr Hirsch declares.
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SLAIN WOMAN is
FOUND IN RIVER

Murphysboro, ILL.,, Nov. 13.-No clue
to the identity Of the woman whose
body was found in the Big Muddy riv.
er near here yesterday nor to her muir.
derer was available this morning.
The coroner's autopsy last night re
vealed that the woman had been the
victim Of an illegal operation. A red
handkerchief drawn tight around her
neck indicated she had been strang-
led to death before being thrown into
the river
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THREE TURK SHIPS SUNK
Claims Of Russians Substantiated In
Roundabout Way from
constantinopIe.

London, Nov. 1s.-An official dis
patch from Constantinople, reaching
London by way of Berlin, confirms in
directly the recent Russian statement
that a Russian fleet has sunk three
Turkish transports in the Black sea-
The Constantinople report admits
that there has been no news of these
three ships since they left the Turkish
capital a week ago. 1t adds that as
the vessels were near Songuldak, on
the Black sea, the day this place was
bombarded, it is possible that they
we're attacked by the Russian squad
son.
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.AV|ATORs OVER ENGLAND
Germans Report That Their Birdmer
Have Flown over Sheerness
and Harwich.

Berlin, Nov 13.-(By wireless)-Ac-
cording to information given out to
the press today in official quarters,
German aviators have flown over the
English seaports of Sheerness and
Harwick
Sheerness is a fortified seaport in
Kent at the mouth of the Thames. 1t
is about forty miles from London. Har-
wich is in Essex and about seventy
miles northeast of Londnn-
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Allies and
Germans Claim
They are Winning

Paris, Nov. 13.-The French OF.
ficiaI announcement, given out in
Paris this afternoon, says that
from the Lys to the sea the fight
ing has been less violent than on
previous days. Several efforts OF
the Germans to cross the User
were checked.
Generally speaking, the French
positions have been maintained
and German attacks around Ypres
were repulsed.
The French forces in the north
were described as holding posi-
tions close to the barbed wire en-
tangIements Of the enemy.
Slight progress on other parts OF
the battle front is reported, as
we'll as the capture of German
detachment by surprise attack.
oCTlIn, NOW los--$1Cptb0l
tary headquarters today gave out
an official statement as follows:
"on the branch of the User
canal at Nieuport our marines
have inflicted heavy losses on the
enemy and we have taken 200
prisoners. During our attacks on
lYpres, which have progressed fav-
orabIy, another LOO prisoners
have been taken.
"Fierce French attacks to the
west and east of scissors have
ben repulsed with heavy losses to
the enemy.
ION the East Prussian frontier
at Edytkuhnen and also further
south to the east Of the outlet of
the Mazurian lakes, fresh battles
have developed but no decision has
yet been reached"
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HONOR IS PAID TO
HOOKER'S MEMORY

Boston, Mass, Nov. 13.-The CEN
tenary Of the birth Of Major General
Hooker, whose daring exploits in the
Union army in the Civil war won him
the sobriquet Of Fighting Joe,' was
observed today by the Hooker Associ-
alton of Massachusetts. The pro-
gram included military parade and
a public meeting at which the speak
ers included Major General Leonard
Wood, U. S. A., and Curtis Guild. for
uer ambassador to Russia 80.
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BRITISH ARMY INCREASED
Bill Authorizing Another Million Sold
iers introduced in the House
Of Commons.

London, Nov. ia supplementary
estimate to provide for another million
men required by the British govern
ment during the year ending March
81, was introduced in the house OF
commons today. This brings the total
army, not including the territorials, to
2.186.400 officers and men,
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REMOVING MINES
is DANGEROUS WORK

Toxic, Nov. 13.-An official COM
munication made public today says
that subterranean mines which ex-
ploded at Using Tau while being re
moved on November II killed two Of
ficers and eight soldiers and injured
one officer and fifty-six soldiers Four
hundred and thirty-six wounded Ger
mans are in the hospital at Tsing Tau.
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US. Militia Equipment Held
W0efuHD Short in Warning

Washington 3should the organized militia be call
mobiza
without uniforms provide each soldier with
outside y
This department circular
Bgadr General A. L.
chief affairs The circular said that
at the last inspection this year nine states dd not
clothing the
required for each and representative T.
did sufficient clothing provide uniform for each
listed the minimum authorized strength The authorized
infantry which
increased to
sufficient
authorized strength
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Luis Potosi, which was occupied
without firing shot. Official dis
patches received here today say
the people received Villa with an
ovation.
Washington, D. c. Nov. 13-While
no armed clash had been reported to.
day between the forces of Carranza
and the Aguas Calientes convention
both sides were preparing for hostile
operations. AS many of the generals
are wavering in their allegiance, 1t is
not expected that the exact strength
of either faction will develop until
the doubtful ones definitely announce
their alignment
From Tampico today, came word tC
the state, department that, General
Luis Caballero, governor Of the state
of Tamaulipas, had publicly announc.
ed his allegiance to Carranza and that
the seaport feared an attack from the
west. A consular dispatch, however
said Tamaulipas, of which General
Gutierrez, now provisional president
at the Aguas Calientes convention was
formerly governor, will stick by him
The Gutierrez forces are concentrat
ing in the city of San Luis Potosi ard
may move eastward to attack lamp.
leo.
Whether Villa will fight the first i'm.
portant battle Of the new south OF
Aguas Calientec depends on the atti
tude of General Gonzales, division
commander, at Queretaro. Gonzales
hitherto has been staunch friend OF
Carranza and an enemy of Villa.
While there still was hope that
hostilities may be averted by the gen
eral themselves reaching an under.
standing whereby General Carranza
would retire, officials expect that if
civil war results it will be much more
extensive than anything Mexico has
seen. Larger forces than ever have
been under arms have been organized
as many as 100000 men being well
equipped and almost that many more
are available.
To Hold Vera Cruz.
Washington, D. c.. Nov. 13.-NOt un
til 1t is determined which Of the con
tending Mexican factions can exer
else control Of Vera Cruz and execute
the guarantees requested by the Unit
ed States. will American troops be or
dered from the southern port That
decision by President Wilson and his
advisers stood today as the American
attitude toward a tangled Mexican
situation which threatens renewal OF
civil strife
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MEX|CANs plan
FOR BIG FIGHT
ARMIES OF VILLA AND CARRANZA
GETTING READY TO GRAPPLE
ITO ATTACK TAMPico.

Washington, D. c.. Nov. H.
General Villa has ordered an at
tack on Tampico. His army is
operating from the city Of San
Luis Potosi, which was occupied
without firing shot. Official dis
patches received here today say
the people received Villa with an
ovation.
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Continued on page D.,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-09
RUSSIA MAY DELAY INVASION
 OF GERMANY UNTIL MISSION
 TOWARD BOSPHORUS IS ENDED


 ing heavy reinforcemets to their west ern lines. News of a contrary na- ture to the effect that the Germans are preparing to retreat through Bel giu1n also is rife but the experts seem to place more credence on the reports Of reinforcements and the coming week is looked forward to as one of the most crucial of the war.
 The CossacGk raids continue across the German border and Berlin now admits that the Russians are we'll beyond the river Warthe. The Rus sian advance has been made over bad roads at the unprecedented rate of IA miles daily and the German retreat has now passed Czernstochows without stopping. The Russian line is well back of the Warthe between Czernsto- chowa and Kalisz
 s Another Petrograd report states that Czernstocfowa is still held as the last German position in Russia but that this is regarded as untenable.
 The latest Paris official corn1nunica- ton states that the invaders are con centrating their activity about Ypres without as yet achieving any resuL The allies are reported as holding their own everywhere on the Aisne while to the northwest of Soissons they have reached a new position on the vreg- ney Plateau
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-09

IA,ndon, Nov s-Russia dominates, the military situation today The speed with which she has cleared the invaders from Russian Poland was to-s tally unexpected and must necessarily have & great effect upon the campaigns in the other war theater. ss
 Already the terror-stricken inhabd- fants of prosperous Silesia are. report ed fleeing from their homes despite the fact that Gen. Von Hfndenburg's s strong army is between them and the advancing Russians. But som ething bestdes the might of the German army may enable them to remain for some time in security for a significant mess age from Petrograd announces that Eaussia may defers the invasion of Ger lRnany until her historic mission to- ward the Bosphor5ls is accomplished. This mission included the complete slIbju gatfon of Austro- Hungary as well as the invasion of Turkey and if stlais is the plan of the Grand Duke nsichoIas. the Russian commanders in- chief, the Russians may be content to hold their present positions along the fEerman border while making an ag- ieressive war toward the south and least.
 Persistent reports continue to reach A1london that the Germans are secur-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-09
PRESIDENTIAL
 PRIMARY LAW
 MAY 60 OVER
No Extra Session Of Congress Contemplated After
 March. 4.

Washington, Nov. 9-President Will son does not expect a, presidential pri- mary law to be passed during the next session of Congress and some Democratic leaders do not believe can be enacted and made effective in 1916.
 In his message to Congress last De- .cember the President urged that such a law be passed Immediately and ex- pressed hope that there would be prompt action.
 Presidential primaries, rural credits, railway securities and other questions are expected to be left over because of the brief duration of the session. The President now has intention of calling an extra session after March
 The general expectation of Demo- cratic leaders is that Presidential pri- maries already provided for in a nufn- Der of states will play an important part in the 1916 campaign but that the final choice of the party nominees will be made again at conventions.
 The administration was endorsed at several Democratic state conventions prior to the Congressional elections, and the friends of the President a1- are at work with his renoTnination in mind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-09
RULER GIVES $25,OO0
 FOR A HOSPITAL

Tokio. Nov. s.-Emperor Yoshihito has donated $25. 900 3toward the found- ation of St. Luke's international hos pital at Tokio, which will be be con- ducted under the auspices of the Epis- copAI Church mission represented by Dr.. Rudolph Teusler
 Announcement of the imperial gift to a Christian institution, which is without precedent here, was made by Count Okuma, at luncheon today attended by 50 of the nost,.pron1inent persons in Tokio. The British am bassador. Sir William Konyngam Green, sent a. letter and the American ambassador. George Guthrie, delfv- cred a speech. The imperial sup port, 1t is said here. insures the sue cess Of the undertaking, which will cost about $600,0oO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-09
GERMANS CONCENTRATING
 FOR SECOND MIGHTY BLOW


 Paris, Nov s-The lnH in the light Ing in the environs of Ddxmude and Ypres. in the best opinion here. Is only a prelude Of a further effort to which all the forces that the Germans can raise will be concertrated The last attack made with F army corps failed. The next, it IS expected will be made by even larger forces.
 All advices from the front indicate 4hls clearly The reports that the. Germans are gathering an important army at Ingelmunster, the affirmation that the battle against France must be decided at an early date, the orders given to the German generals to break through before the and or the month and the various movements Of troops observed by the aviators in Bel giunl a tend to show the purpose of the Germans.
 All of the military writers here agree That the efEort will be of the drst importance to tre Germans. If
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