Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-22
Dearth of Official News
Gives Rise to Usual
Crop of Rumors.
Won KLUCK AT MONS
Berlin, However, Reports Cap
ture of Strong Hill Posi-
ton at Craonne.

OFFICIAL NEWS F1lS hONNlNS
FROM THE LONG BATTLE FRONT
IN FRANCE HAS RAISED THE Us
uaL CROP OF RUMoRs. THESE IN
The MIND OF SOME PEOPLE ARE
IMPORTANT FROM THE FACT
THAT, ORIGINATING slMULTANE-
oUsLY AT WIDELY DISTANT
POINTS. THEY SEEM MORE OR
LESS TO CONFORM EACH OTHER.
AN SUBSTANTIATED REPORT
FROM ANTWERP THAT GENERAL
Won KLUcK. COMMANDER OF
THE GERMAN RIGHT WING, HAS
REMOVED HIS HEADQUARTERS
BACK TO MONS, COMPLETES
THESE RU@ORS.
IT'S EVIDENT FROM THE TEXT
or THIS DISPATCH THAT THE
RECITAL OF THE RUMORS ALLUD-
90 TO HAS BEEN DELETED BY
THE CENSOR.
The latest Official communication
from Paris. more Iaconic than usual. /
declared the allies were making prog |
ress between Rheims and the Argonne. |
although fighting during the daytime /
yesterday was less violent.
Tells Of Allies Advance.
A wounded British officer. returned |
TO Paris. declares the allies on their /
left advanced seven miles. Berlin, |
however. reports the capture OF the |
strong hill positions at Craonne, IS 1
miles northwest OF Rheims, and the |
occupation Of the villa Betheny, three |
miles north Of the French city. Ber-
In also claims a successful attack on !
the line OF forts south Of Nerdun, de-
Tended by eight French army corps, as I
result Of which German troops have {
crossed the east border in the direc-
ton OF Lorraine. Berlin reports fur
ther rhe defeat Of a sortie from the
northeast Of Verdun, but declares
there has been no important engage
ment elsewhere on the western battle
front
May Rzze City OF Rheims.
The city OF Rheims may be razed
10 the ground, , was felt in London,
not because in itself it has any stra-
tsgic Importance. but because II hap
pens 10 De i1 the way Of operations
directed against the plateau above the
city. where the allies undoubtedly Will
endeavor again 70 disprove. as did Na-
poleOn. the theory Of Blucher that
these heights are impregnable, even if
defended by only 25,gOO men The
walls and rover Of Rheims cathedral.
according 70 Ia-est reports, are still
standing, but are not believed strong
enough 70 Withstand much more bonn
osrdmsut Nowhere else along the bat
tls line IS any great effort being made
70 carry q frontal attack, and unless
one side or the other executes an out
fsnEng movement. Rheims may wit
ness the most decisive battle Of the
war
kustrians Continue Flight.
From Psrograd comes stories Of
the continued fight of the broken Aus
trian armies u Gaiicia. while at the
same time Vienna declares these arm
les are reorgau.ziEg for offensive ac-
ton. L would seem clear, however
that only PrzemysI is today standing
out against the total occupation OF
Galicia by Russia. Petrograd reports
Further that the populace Il already
neeiug from CTacOw and that AUSTRIAN
Polish volunteers are declining 70
serye against the Russians. The Rus
slams also claim further victories
agsiuyc the Austrian forces attempting
10 reach Cracow. and they predict
here Is no chance Of the Austrians re-
iuming the offensive before next
.prinR.
That the Austrian army is not so
'sdly demoraIized and disorganized as
= FIRST reported. IS indicated by an
omission from Petrograd Of the de-
ermined nature Of a four days as
ault which preceded the Tecapture OF
@mberg.
London. Sept. 22-The allies are .
low fixed on the western section OF 1
he great battle line in France, where
be allied army IS expected 10 de-
cend on the German right wing when
= already bending backwards under
ersistent pressure 10 the nOrthward
4 the river Aisne. II these German