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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-01-02
Thrilling Side Lights of Worlds Greatest War
Y CORRESPONDENTS at the front

~ while the great European con-
flct RACES manage daily to get
through the wary censors some little
grimly humorous or tragic side lights
Of the war. Here are some of the
best that have come over the cables
or by mail:
TRICK DECEIVED RUSSIANS
From the eastern war area comes this:
Early one morning an Austrian mill
tary train arrived at a little town with
a brand new armored car in which
were a dozen machine guns ready to
fire. The man running the locomotive
had just brought his train into the sta
ton, when from a street close by his
engine was suddenly fired on. The en-
gineer at once opened all the escape
valves of the boiler. so that the steam
completely enveloped his engine, though
it did not move a wheel. A long, pro-
longed shrek of the siren sounded.
The trick worked. The Russians.
several hundred men strong. ran toward
the armored car. thinking their rifle
shots had killed the engineer and rem
dered the locomotive helpless.
Then suddenly the command rang
out from the armored car, Fire. and
twelve machine guns poured a leaden
hail on the Russians, most of whom
were shot down in their tracks.
FIGHT WITH sHovELs
Soldiers who fought near Rove,
France. say that the hostile trenches
there We're only fifteen yards apart at
some points. so that the enemies could
hear each other talking. One day n
company Of sappers were misled by
the darkness right into n German
trench, where a squad of Teuton sap
pers were at work. The men fought in
the dark with picks and shovels until
rifles also began to crack, %whereupon
each side drew back.
coFFiNs PROTECT TRENCHES
French cemeteries. with their strong
stone tombs, sometimes play an impor-
tant part In the hostilities. Thus the
Germans intrenched themselves on a
cemetery height near Roye. France.
and made it a strong position. The
vaults offered a safe shelter against
rain and %shrapn"l, while metallic cof-
fins We're placed along the edge of the
trenches as a protection against rifle
fire.
A FOUR MILE GRAVE
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
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so that the Germans could not follow
us, and | went with him." says Wells.
well. to blow a bridge up we use
g%uncotton and a wire fuse.
"Our men In running back had stepped
on the wire. so we had to go nearer to
the bridge and try again. Even then
1t would not act so the officer said to
me. Get out Of the way. Wells l
said. No; I'll go with you.' We were
the only two on the bridge, and the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-01-02
New Works. BOXING Law.

With a Republican legislature in ses-
sion at Albany in January it is freely
predicted that the lawmakers will vote
on a bill to repeal the Frawley boxing
law. Prizefighting under this statute
has been a failure as far as real sport
is concerned. Club promoters have lost
much money. Bouts between second
and third raters have failed to draw
remunerative>gate receipts.-New York
Sun.
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Too Bad For the House.

Church-My wife gave me slippers
for my Christmas.
Gotham-That's the sign she wants
to keep you In the house.
"What did your wife give your
Cigars"
That's the sign she wants you to
go outdoors. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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Her State Of Mind.

A~ttorney-You can sue him for breach
Of promise, madam, but it seems to me
that it's preposterous to claim S250.O0O
damages. Fair Client-I want to get
so heavy a judgment against him that
he'll just have to marry me-the scoun-
drel.-Chicago Tribune.
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Holiday Humor
For Everyone
Cleaned Up.
so happy"

I'm so happy"
"Why?'
Got my Christmas presents all paid
for and it's only Thanksgiving"
'Wish I had. l haven't bought a
thing yet"
Neither have l.. It's last years
presents I've been paying for. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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With the Holidays Come the Ex-
hiIarating Winter Sports Which
Man Never Fails to Take Ad-
vantage of In All the Cold Gil
mate Countries Where the
YuIetide Festival Is Observed.
Warning Soldiers Get Fun From
Snow.
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o 1914. BY American Press Association.
quotes a letter from a Galician priest
stating that 10000 Austrians were bur-
led, i'll one day. in a grave six and one
half feet wide and a little more than
four miles long.
"OuR LUCK WAS IN"
A thrilling incident in the wonderful
retreat of the British from Mons is de
scribed by Sapper Wells of the Royal
Engineers.
zone OF our officers asked for a mar
to 90 with him to blow up a bridge
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Not So Bad.

Poetess-A penny for your thoughts.
Poet-Well, l. don't know. I've had
worse offers from publishers.-Londo
Evening Standard.
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Catching Fish For Christmas In Nor
way.
what good fortune has contributed to
his Christmas spread. Hares enough
to tax his strength in getting them
home await him.
He knows nothing of the toothsome
bird which is the piece de resistance
of an American winter holiday feast,
but stewed hare appeals powerfully to
him. The sturdy Scandinavian, i'm
pervious to wind and weather, seeks
his Christmas 'tidbit in the frozen
ford.
With ready ax he cuts a hole in the
thick ice and through it extracts the
speckled beauty which helps to make
bis perfect Christmas.
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The Only Way.

Mrs. Crawford-I suppose you'll get
n handsome present from your hus-
band at Christmas.
Mrs. Crabshaw-Not unless l catch
him at Observation-Disclosures Led:
ger.
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Wise Physician.

ats no use insisting. gentlemen. I
will not sing. The doctor has forbid
den it,"
"why, he lives in this house then?'-
lie Rire PARIS.
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Sure.

Patience-Did he see the mistletoe
and then kiss you?
Patrice-No. He kissed me first and
then looked about for the mistletoe.-
Yonkers Statesman.
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n these days Of vigorous bodily
exercise, when athletics have as
sumed the dignity Of a science
and the out Of door life is lived
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-24

WAS learned By tho troops when an avi-
sator. who was starting with messages
for Vienna. was shot down by the Rus
SLAMS and fell within the defenders line.
After that there WAS much grumhling
In the garrison. and almost mutiny.
Somc OF tho Austrlans Slipped through
the lines at night and surrendered to
the Russians.
Tho investing Russian forces In
creased the intensity OF their lombard
sment. and the strain on the defenders
hogan to tell more rapidly during Feb
ruary. Many were rendered. insane by
,privetions anu disease. The death list
was high
Civilian inha bitants who had been an
able to escape when the siege began
swarmed about the forts, begging for
food and refuge, hut tho commandment
could not care for them. The death OF
two prominent generals IN February
With typhoid weakened the determine
ton OF General Won Kusmanek, COM
mandcr OF the fortress.
BY tho end of February, actual famine
prevailed; scarcely living animal was
left. For weeks Virtually the only sus-
tenance was obtained from small sup
plies Of concentrated foodstuffs brought
by aeroplancs.
y councl/of officers daily considered
the situation, but not until they were
convinced that there was no hopo OF
help from m Austrian relief column
did they decide to surrender
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Press PAYS TItIni'TI
TO FORTRESS DEFENDERS

BERLIN. March IS tva Loudon).-
The Berlin press unites in paying
tribute TO the defenders Of przemys'
who, il is declared. only hunger could
subduc. NJ the same time. there is no
disposition 10 make Hight OF the de-
feat. The Lokai Anzeiger says:
We have no intention of minimz-
ing the loss our brave allies have suf-
fcrcd. Er2emysl was great fortress"
While we thoroughly agree with
the view OF the Austrian general stnn
that the fall OF Przemysl can have no
influence on the general situation"
says the Kreuz Zeitung. we, never
theless, arc honest enough TO admit IL
painful blow 10 our cause"
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English.

LONDON. March 23.--An o1icial
press bureau statement this evening
tells OF a defeat indicted on Turk
ish force operating against the
Egyptian town OF Sues. 1t says:
On March 22 at dawn one OF our
patrols discovered q party OF tho
enemy near Ell Kubri post. opposite
Suez. Shots were exchanged.
"Aeroplanes estimated the number
Mt about 1000. composed OF infantry.
artillery and IL few cavalry.
The guns at Ell Kubrl opened hre,
and inflicted casualties. whereupon
the enemy retired and formed n
camp eight miles east OF the Suez
Canal.
Early this morning, March %, a
fcrco under General Sir G.. Young
husband attacked. and routed the
enemy, who Is now in full retreat.
"A prisoner says this force came
direct from Birel Saba, having taken
twelve days en- route, and that Cen
eral Won Traumer and three other
German officers were with It,"
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German.

BERLIN, March IS (by wireless).
Tho following report was given
out to-day at the War office:
1.-TWO French night attacks near
Carency. northwest or Arras. were
repulsed
In Champagne. German troops
successfully blew UP mines. an6 re-
pulsed night attack north OF
Beausejou-.
Minor French advances near
Combres, Apremont and Flircy were
without success. An attnok against
the German positions northeast, of
Badonviller broke down under the
derman IRE. The enemy sustained
heavy losses.
Hostile aviators again threw sew
erai bombs on Ostend. No damage
was done to tho military establish
ments. but several Belsians were
killed or wounded. Northwest OF
Nerdun n French aviator was shot
down. French aircraft. manned
with two French noncommIssioned
officers. was forced TO land near
Freiburg. The occupants OF the
aeroplano were captured.
German troops arc pursuing the
Russians who were driven from
Memel. East Prussia. The Germans
occupied the Russian town OF Krot-
tingon, across the border from Me-
mel. and freed more than 5000 Ger
mans who had been dragged away
from their homes by the Russians.
Attacks made by Russian troops
on both sides OF the Orayc River. in
Russian Poland, were repulsed."
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CORRESPONDENT FINDS
LITTLE DAMAGE nOSE

DARDANELLES. Tuesday. March IS
eva London, March 23).-The allied
heet has made no attempt to reduce
tho turkish dcfenses about Kilid Bahr
ana Chanak Kalcssi since March :.
instead. IT has been endeavorinE to
sweep the strait for mines.
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press made personal Inspection of the
eHects of the bombardment of March
ana at kilid Bahr and Iiale Sui
tanle Although the fire from the
allied warshirs was accurate. the Turk 8
suffered virtually no losses In the
MID Bahr works. At Fort Harnidieh
the works wero slightly damaged and
one man was wounded. There was but
one casualty In Fort Dardanus. AL
though total of 300 heavy and 700
light shells were hurled at this posi-
ZION The works were virtually I'M
damaged
In every case the damage wrought by
shell fire ON the shore forts was aston
ishinEiy small.
Since March the feet has remained
outside the strait. No progress has
been made since the Kun Knleh and
Sedd-El-B ahr Forts were silenccd b.
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Russian.

PETRoGRAD. March % (via Lon
dom.-An official War Office COM
munication issued tonight says:
Our detachment which recon
moitercd Memel has retired TO Rus
sian territory
''On the left bank OF the Niemen,
III the region Of Mariampol, No have
repulsed q German attack. infict-
inr heavy losses.
'on the road from Kalwarva to
Suwalki. near Pilwisski, our cav
airy. proftinB by the darkness and
snowstorm. captured n German con-
voy with "a quantity OF provision
wagons. The escorts either were
killed or made prisoners.
Our artillery at Ossoweta has
obtained successful results. The
fire from the German batteries has
weakened pcrccptihly.
'On the other sectors on the left
bank of the Vistula and tho right
bank of the Narew there has been
no important change.
In the Carpathians our troops.
continue 10 progress successfully on
the front from the Dulla Pass to
the upper San River. where they
have captured $500 men, sixteen
machine guns and three guns. At
tacks by the enemy in the direction
of t2sok were repulsed.
Tho commander at PrEemysl,
General Won Kusmanck, accepted
our demands for an unconditional
surrender OF the garrison. Our
troops who entered the fortress
have taken possession OF the forti-
:ications, and begun TO prepare lists
of the prisoners and ascertain tho
amount of artillery and war ma
terlals captured"
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night he tramped UP and down and at
each turn about cracked his heels to-
gether and stamped two bobna lied boots
INTO the deck an il to put down the
cause OF the allies forever
Here was German discipline with a
vengeance. Leaving Xeebrugge on Sat
urday afternoon the shades were low
cred In the train on the side toward
the fortihcatlon. We saw little hut the
pay until We'll Into the rolling Belgian
acres Of German planted wheat and
potatoes.
The officer assigned to conduct the
train to the frontier shared the com
partment with Wallace and myself. nm
honor which was somewhat tempered a
ittle later when heard our COM
panion explain to brother officer at
BruGes that no was Interested in n
camera which he knew TO be repostng
somewhere In our hRnd-luggage But
if the Germans were attentive to us
Americans the Dutch were hospitable
lar beyond all expectations.
TAKEN TO HOLLAND
AND GIVEN PASS
This can he attributed in pnrt to our
Dutch friend aboard the Batavier, who
noted with no little SUSPICION TINT
after Captain Fishcher had informed
our Dutch captain OF the disposition
OF two ships. he had summoned Wal
lace ana me ashore and explained we
would be taken to Holland and given
pass TO aid us in the sudden emer-
gency, while still on German soil.
At Terneuzen, curlously enough, next
morning we two Americans found our
selves tho cynosure OF every military
eye In the place. Sauntering down the
street thought led to the railway
station We we're suddenly stopped by a
soldier on sentry duty. from whom we
were about to inquire our exact where
abouts. First he levelled n bayonet Mt
us. Apparently deciding to change the
tactics he reached into his sentry box
and pulled rope. Al tho other end of
that rope somewhere in fair Terneuzcp
there must have been a bell or gong
for soldiers appeared everywhere, and
in brief moment we were surrounded
by crowd OF three or four hundred
troops and civilians.
Chimes In rby church tolled the
last call to service, but maidens and
matrons, in white head dress and hoop
skirts. stopped with prayer books In
their hands to witness the spectacle Of
our supposed discontinue Next the
chief OF police appeared. and. being In
nowise impressed by our passports
marched us off TO the barracks. There
we were to see the commander OF the
garrison. On the way, with Terneuyen
trooning behind. he explained that every
Dutch officer was required 70 sneok
French and English
After a half hour at the barracks we
found an officer who actually could
speak English. He allowed us to con-
, vince him we were not English spies
but Insisted that AZ foreign Journalists
we were almost as undesirable. Where.
with We were given personal escort to
Flushing, with military recommends
ton TO the police inspector Of that port.
From Flushing We came to London IN.
day.
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French.

PARIS, March % tvia London) =
The War Office statement tonight
said:
In Belgium, in tho region Of
Newport. our artillery has destroyed
points of support, from which we
saw tho occupants take flight.
Northwest OF Arras. at Cnrency,
We captured German trench.
which we destroyed, and also took
some prisoners.
AT Scissors there was a fresh
attempt at bo,nbsrdment. which
we stopped almost Immediately by
our artillery.
I'm Champagne the enemy bonn
bnrdcd the positions taken by us
during tho last few days, but did
not attack. At Vauquois. near the
church, the Germans destroyed one
or our trenches with an innammable
liquid. At this point our troops
have retrcated some fifteen meters.
AT Les Eparges tho enemy made
two attacks, which we completely
stopped.
"At Ilartmanns Weilerkopr we
captured n line of trenches and a
block house"
The official communication given
out this afternoon by the War De-
partmcnt says:
The enemy yesterday bonn ba rde ed
Rheims A German aviator dropped
bombs on the town, and claimed
three victims among the civilians.
In tho Champagne region we
made slight progress to the east OF
hill 1876.
I'm the Arsonne. near Bagatelle,
the enemy twice delivered violent
counterRttacks 10 recapture the
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ENRICH |rHE BLOOD
Hood. sur.ap"rnlp. u spring Tonic
Medicine. y Ncccssary.

Everybody is trobbled at this season
with loss of Vitality, failure of appetite.
that tired feeling. or(with bilious turns.
dull headaches. indigestion and other
stomach troubles. or with pimples and
othcr eruptions on the face and body.
and impoverished.
Hoods Sarsaparilla relieves MI these
ailments 1t is tho oldNrciiabln modi-
cine that has stood the test OF forty
years--that makes purc. fitch. red blood
that Strengthens every organ ana
builds up the whole sySi IN II is the
all -the-ycar-round blotA 9Siner and
health givcr. Nothing m like II.
for nothing; else Is like ~ IN J. Is no
real substitute; SO get
Hoods. Ask your II to
day. mud begin taking if&N1e/N
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MAKES REPORT
OE NE;.GIAN REIIl.It NOM,

NEW YORK, March 23.---A total OF
S2'.s"S.ol. was spent for relief in Bel
Sium through the Commission for Re-
lief IN Hcl@ium up 10 March ). last tho
commission announced to-uight or
this amount .22.405,7i3 went to the
provisioning department., which sells
food 10 those who can pay FOR il. ana
SS,452'slt 10 The BENEVOLENT department
which distributes foods to those actu-
ally destitute.
The BelSians themselves hay. con
tribnted nearly slG,oo000O TO the relief
fund. II was said.
OF the civil population remaining in
Belgium the comUission estimates that
about l,aVooeo are entirely destitute
and auos ihnt this number viii in
crease
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SHIPS GIVEN OVER
TO GERMAN lARDER

continued from First Page.)
submarine pirouetted in every dlrec-
uon, now lying HAT across our bow.
again ziszagging In and out or max
ing wide sweeps to avoid those hell
balls Of the deep
y few miles Of this and We were mot
ny three submarine tenders--thn r. the
W., and VIZ. The six Of us did some
o! the most puzZling maneuvering be-
Tore the t. finally came alongside the
l;atavier and the Wa tied to, the Zaan-
stroom. Twelve marines with bayonets
hxed came aboard and our German
guide leaned out from tho bridge to
report verbally to his superior aboard
the tender.
This report must always be Il gem Of
naval lore. In the most exuberant
brand OF German ne said:
a fine haul captain. We have aboard
pork, cheese, butter, beer snuerkrau1
eggs, Bclgians and French"
Standing directly under him OH deck
added: And two Americans" This
brought happy salute from the lieu
tenant and the remark: Yes, and YOU
have taken pictures OF the whole per-
Torrance"
Considering that Wallace and his out
nj hau completely disappeared after the
beginning OF this final act, | began TO
understand the nature of at least one
subject OF the mystifying signalling:
also ] had visions OF seized cameras and
MINIS This. however was not the case.
due 70 peculiar combination OF Ger
man oversight ana American ingenuity
More skipping among the mines and
We approached Zcebrugge. All the pas
sengsrs we're packed into one side OF
the frst-class saloon, and on the other
side, facing newly erected German forth
Acations, all tho shades were drawn
PASSENGERS LINED Up
ON PROMENADE DECK
Having arrived at the pier tho pas
scnEera were lined up on tho promenade
deck and Captain Fischer and his STAFF
came aboard for the dissection OF the
cargo. The steward. who acted as n
major domo. placed Wallace and myself
at the head Of the line. am not sure
whether this WAS TO honor the only
Americans aboard. or TO let the Ger
mans try II on the dog FIRST
by this time the Bclgians and French
began 70 show signs OF weakeninE
Soon there We're tears and traces OF
panic. There were two Beleians aboard,
however. who refused 10 be downheart-
ed. They we're two strikinSly hand =
some Relgian girls, one refugee from
Antwerp, the other from l.ouvain
An Antwerpian. whose house had
been brought down about his ears by a
German forty-two insisted upon greet
ing each passing German officer with a
happy Viva Ia Be!gique."
The louvain woman chose 20 haunt a
little silk American flag and cry viva
la America and not once did either
Viva fall TO bring smile and n
salute from the Germans
in fact, the Germans were cour-
teous. happy lot Our srinn!ng captor
had now left his station OF vantage
beneath the ranGe-finder and coming
down 10 the edge Of the pier. saluted
( the two Americans and with a Ioyous
| adieu betook himself and his submarine
10 continue the work OF blOcknding
! England
I The two DAYS in the cranped quar-
ters o. the Batavier were by no means
unpleasant departed with a grudg e
/ against only one German, ana that was
marine. whose sentry 20 was the
length OF roof over my cabin. Al,
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HIGHEST IMPORTANCE
ATTACHED 10 IT'S FALL.

PETROGRAD. March % Cvia Lon
dom Highest importance is attached
10 tho fail Of Przcmysl by tho Novoo
Nremya. Likeniuc IL TO the fall of
Metz during the Franco Prussian War
and tho capitulation Of Port Arthur In
the Russo japanese War. the paper
says tho last obstacle has been re-
moved 10 the Russian advance in
Gal,cia.
Thus is decided the fate OF the
whole Hapshurr empire. and, conse
Quently. that OF her ally. Germany"
the paper continues
Authorities here have received in
formation that tho dcfenses Of
Przcmysl arc capable ot being put into
working order immediately SIX hun
drcd guns OF the newcs; type were
found in the fortress.