davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

The taking Of Steinbach, an AIsatlan
town on the heights between Thanh
and Sennheim, by the French, after
4 three days hand-to-hand fighting
from street to street, was admitted
by the official German Press Bureau
in Berlin.
The mouthpiece Of the War Office In
Berlin says that the French won
victory west Of sennheIm, where
General Joffre's troops took posses
sion Of the heights, an important
strategic point. From here, how.
ever, the French were again driven
out at an enormous cost In lives
on both sides.
AdViceS from Amsterdam state that
100000 Germans passed through Col
/ cane on the way east. They are be-
ing sent to Gen. Won HIndenburg
preparatory to another great effort
to batter through the Russian lines.
A reliable report in London said that
Great Britain would suggest to the
United States the establishment Of q
joint commission to act as a board
aRRGet VII " AhG EheG@
/ Court on ship seizures.
! The German imperial Chancellor de
elared that Germany had enough
supplies on hand and enough fund.-
to keep up the war indefinitely.
A military observer, observing the op
erations in the East, told how de
lay on the part of the Austrian
had spoiled a plan Of Won Hinden
burg to trap the Russians, which
convinced the Field Marshal tina
the efficiency Of his ally had beeI
oVerrated. The losses on both sides
the expert said, have been enor
nous.
Berlin announced that German force
had abandoned the attempt to car
ture St. Georges in Flanders an
said that the British artillery fir
, had destroyed the village and tina
1t had been flooded.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
SUNDAY.

Four German Army officers were
taken off an outbound steamer at New
York on the charge of conspiring to
use passports fraudulently.
The French statement indicates this
change of plan. 1t recites series of
night attacks along the front. The
assaults were In great force, but the
claim is made that they were repulsed.
Russia issued an "Orange" book,
giving in review the happenings in the
Black Sea which preceded the conflict
with Turkey.
The Berlin statement of the fighting
in Alsace and the Argonne conflicts
with the Paris version.
The German communication says
further ground has been gained in the
Argonne, and specifically denies the
claims of the French War Office that
half of the Alsatian village of Stein
bach has been captured and that the
French are making further advance
there. The Paris announcement as
serts that some of the territory lost tC
the Germans in the Argonne has beer
regained, and that three new lines o.
houses have been occupied in Stein
bach.
The offensive movement Of thu
Allies in Belgium and France has beel
changed to defensive because the Ger
man attack in reply to the advance ha
strongly developed.
Tho German military authorities sa'
there have been mo changes in tn
eastern campaign, except that the Gel
man attacks on the line west Of Wal
saw have made further progress.
With the arrival of 80 survivors c
the battleship Formidable the tots
saved now numbers 2O1. The BIRTHS
Admiralty issued statement sayin
Captain Loxley and 20 officers ar
probably dead.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
sERVIA A SECOND BELGIUM.
Over 100000 Wounded There, Writes
Nine. Groulteh.

Washington, D. C.-Conditions in
the devastated portions Of servia are
as distressing and the misery as great
as in Belgium, according to letter re-
ceived at the Red Cross headquarters
here from Nine. Grouitch, wife. of the
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs OF
Servia.
Every available building near the
front has been converted into a hos
pital," Nine. Grouitch wrote, land the
wounded must sleep, sometimes on
floors, in corridors or sheds. Often
wounded can only be dressed every
third or fourth day for want of band
ages and gauze. Surgeons are work
ing 18 hours a day; nurses and local
committees are exhausted from the
strain"
She added that there were 100000
wounded Servians and Austrians in
Servia.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
GERMAN FLlERs RAIN
BOMBS ON CHANNEL PORT.

London.-The Daily Nails CORE
spondent at Dunkirk telegraphs:
In answer to our raid on Cuxhaven
herman aeroplanes raided Dunkirk,
dropping bombs all over the town. A
fleet Of four aeroplanes few several
times across the city, dropping bombs
on each journey. The soldiers in the
streets replied with a vigorous rife
fire, but the aeroplanes sailed calmly
on. One seemed to have been hit, for
it turned its head and descended sew
eral hundred feet before righting it.
self, but It got away safely.
No sooner did one aeroplane seem
to be departing than another arrived.
The whole city cracked with the noise
of the rife shots and bombs which
threw up dense clouds of black smoke
Buildings and windows were smashed
in all directions. The tramway lines
were cut clear through in one place.
The first bombs fell in the fortifica
tions. Two more landed near the rail
way station. Others fell in the Rue
Caumartin, in the kitchen of the mill
tary hospital near the town hall, in
the Rues Pierre and Nieuport, neal
the arsenal and in the suburb of Ros
endael
Factory districts in Coudekerqu'
and Furnes also suffered. Many wert
wounded in these places. The arm
of a child was blown off. An old VIC
man was killed outright, her bod,
dreadfully disfgured. The bomb
were filed with shrapnel which pitte
the walls of buildings.
The official returns estimate tn
casualties at Is killed and 80 wounded
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
FRIDAY.

Hard fighting in Upper Alsace is re-
ported in an announcement from the
German War Office, which says that
house after house in Steinbach has
been destroyed by French artillery,
but the village is still in possession Of
the Germans. French attacks west Of
Sennheim are declared to have broken
down under the FIRE Of German
artillery.
According to the French official re-
port, French troops now occupy half
Of the village of Steinbach, and house
toulouse fighting is in progress there,
Over 80 French and British war
ships are engaged in bombarding Pola,
the Austrian naval base on the
Adriatic, according to q report from
Berlin via Copenhagen.
British forces have occupied Bou-
gainville, the largest of the Solomon
Islands, which since 1899 has been
held by Germany.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
War at Glance
WEDNESDAY.

1t is oficially announced that the
Russian troops have gained a decisive
victory over the Turks at Sari-
Kamysh, capturing the entire Ninth
Corps Of the Turkish Army. The
others Of the Turkish forces are de-
clared to be in full retreat with the
Russians pursuing.
Continued progress by the French
troops in Alsace and gains by the
allied troops in Belgium are an
nOunced by the French War ONCE:
Repulse of attacks upon German
positions at various points along the
western battle line are announced at
Berlin. The announcement also re-
ports that north of Arras French
trench 200 yards in length was blown
up by the Germans.
OF the situation in Poland the Ger
man announcement says that there
has been little change, though slight
gains by the Germans at certain
points are claimed.
Vienna reports the defeat by Aus
trians of Russian force which tried
to break through their line northeast
of Gorlice.
According to an announcement al
Petrograd, the Russians have defeated
the Austrians at Uzzok Pass, forcing
a way through the Carpsthians.
Mobilization in Italy is moving for
ward rapidly, and popular agitation il
favor of the country's participating II
the war is growing, according to dis
patches from Italy.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
zIGzAG FIGHTING in ALSACE
SAY BOTH PARIS AND BERLIN
GERMANS STRIKE AT RUSSIANS
Ausans Continue Their Retreat Through the Carpathans
and Turks Are Over Trans-Caucasian Line
LOSS OF LIFE IS ENORMOUS ON BOTH SIDES IN ENCOUNTERS

London.-The French War ONCE an
nounces that the Germans have been
driven from Steinbach in Alsace and
that French troops hold the German
defensive positions west Of Cernay
(Sennheim). This is a material ad-
vance in the Alsatian operations. Stein
bach has been the scene OF house to
house fighting for several days.
The German War Ofice describes
the desperate fighting in upper Alsace,
and admits the loss of the defensive
positions near Cernay. 1t is announ-
ced thaat the French have taken the
heights around Steinbach, but 1t is as
serted that the battle for possession
OF the village continues.
A writer in the London Daily Ex-
press makes a violent attack upon
Viscount Haldane, the Lord High
Chancellor, asserting that he is friend
ly to the Germans and opposed to
British interests in the war. 1t was
announced In London recently that
Lord Haldane would probaly resign
his position.
The Russian General Stan announ
ces that the operations in central Pol
and continue without change; that the
Germans, after a slight success al
Bolimow, have been beaten back, ant
that the rout Of the Austrians in Gall
cia is complete. Russian troops have
taken Sutchada, two-thirds Of mil'
from the Austro-Rumanian frontier
The Germans have made number o
night attacks and the fighting is still
extremely violent.
Both Russian and Turkish oficia
statements cfaim advantage in tn
lighting near Kars, on the Russian sid
OF the Caucasian frontier. Russia say
the battle of Sari Kamysh is still or
but the Turks assert that It has ende
in complete victory for them.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
MONDAY.

Renewal of the German offensive in
Poland, reported from Petrograd, is
said to be developing in such man
ner as to lead Russian military OBJ
servers to believe that the Germans
real goal is not so much Warsaw as
Novo Georgiewisk and IvangorOd.
The Austrian retreat before the Rus
SLAMS in Bukowina has taken the char
acter of & great rout, according to an
official announcement at Petrograd. 1t
is stated that during the past fort
night Gen. Radko Dimitrieff has cap
tured 22,57O Austrians and As machine
guns.
In spite of the bad weather which
continues along nearly the whole OF
the western front, there has been
heavy artillery and infantry fighting
without, however, materially changing
the situation.
An intlmation that the British Gov
ernment contemplates the introduction
of conscription for increasing the
army and navy was given by Thomas
j, MacNamara, Parliamentary Secre
tary to the Admiralty, in a speech al
London.
Capture by the Turks Of Ardagan
a Russian fortified town in Trans
caucasia, is announced by the Turkish
War Office. The, announcement alst
states that Turks, in conjunction will
Persia tribesmen, defeated 400
Russians 10 miles northeast o
Saonjbulak.
London reports receipt of dispatche
indicating that the Balkan Peninsula
may soon be involved in the war.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
FRENCH ATTACKS IN AReoNNE
BEATEN OFF BY GERMANS

Berlin, (via wireless to London.)-
The Oaicial statement issued by the
German army headquarters says:
Some of the enemy's ships, accom-
panied by torpedo boats, appeared off
Westende (Belgium), without firing.
"On the whole of the western front
artillery fights took place. An infantry
attack by the enemy followed to the
north OF st. Menehould Tin the Ar
gonne Forest). 1t was beaten of with
severe losses to the French"
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
NEW BALKAN WAR LOOMS.

steps to Secure Bulgarian Neutrality
Not Successful.
London. The persevering steps
which have been taken to bring about
an understanding between the Chris
tian Balkan States, with the idea OF
securing the neutrality of Bulgaria,
apparently have not met with COM
plete success, according to dispatches
received in London from the near
eastern capitals, and Greece, Servia
and Rumania are preparing for even
Qualities.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
GERMAN SUBMARINE BOAT
SANK THE FORMIDABLE

Berlin.-An official announcement
made public through the German ON
cial Press Bureau says: "A German
submarine boat reports by wireless to
the Admiralty in Berlin that IL has
torpedoed and sunk in the English
Channel of Plymouth the British bat
tleship Formidable. The submarine
was pursued bp British destroyers, but
escaped undamaged."
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
nest.eulIt Town on coast.

Dar-Es-Salaam, the best-built town
on the coast Of German East Africa, ID
a military station with an excellent
harbor, situated 40 miles south OF
Zanzibar. 1t is the terminus of an i'm
portant caravan route, the residence Of
Governor and has large commercial
interests. The white population in
1909 was estimated at 1000. The total
population at more than 10000.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
DAR,EssALAAM somBARDED.
British WarshIps She'll German HarbOF
In East Africa.

Nairobi, British East Africa, via
London. - The British battleship
Goliath and light cruiser Fox have
carried out successful operations
against Dar-Es-Salaam. capital Of Ger
man East Africa. The warships bonn
barded the town. infiicting consider
able damage. All the German vessels
in the harbor were disabled. Four
teen Europeans and 20 natives were
taken prisoners
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
kAIsER's CONFIDENCE FIRM.
Wires Archduke He Expects Decisive
Success.

Berlin, via The Hague and London.
Emperor William. replying to a con-
gratulatory message from Archduke
Frederick of Austria, telegraphed as
follows; my best wishes to your
Imperial Highnes and your brave
Austro-H ro-Hungarian troops who, in the
past year, have shown an unchanged
spirit Of cOmradeship toward their
German allies. with our combined
forces we continue the fight. and with
our eyes toward God we will win. A
decisive success for our just cause will
not be wanting.
WILLIAM"
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
srILLMAN GIVES 100000 MORE.
Half 10 for Paris Sufferers 6eesuS
oS fha Mar

1aN 70 TOT FaTIs ouUeFefs psrouue
Of the War.
Paris.-James Stillman, the New
York banker, has given 100000 francs
($100, ,OOO) to the American relief clear
ing house. This is in addition to his
previous contribution through M. Jus
serand, the French Ambassador at
washington. The money is to be
used for the relief of the victims Of
the war. one-haH goes to the suffer
FRS in Paris and the other half tc
hose in northern France
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
EVANGELIST PAYS HEART BALM
Settles $4,000 Breach OF Promise Suit
For $4,000.

Pittsburgh.-Homer A. Rodeheaver,
the evangelistic singer, announced
here that he had settled for a money
consideration the $4,000 breach OF
promise action brought against him
by Miss Georgia Jay, a Chicago
stenographer. Mr.. Rodeheaver re-
fused to give the amount paid in the
settlement, but it was said to be
$4,000.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09

The widow Bonard, in Paris, sent
nine sons to the war and all werO
wounded, but all will recover.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09

London.-The German General STAFF
reports the repulse OF French attack
in the Argonne. 1t announces that
the Russians have been badly beaten
west of the Vistula, that the attacks
in the Ravka region are proceeding
and that reports of Russian successes
in Poland are pure inventions.
The Russian General STAFF reports
that the Austrian retreat in southern
Galicia has developed into a rout
that the Austrians are also being beat
en- in western Galicia, that all German
attacks on the Bzura-Ravka front have
been repulsed and that the Germans
have undergone a severe reverse in
fighting fifty miles north of Cracow.
The French War Office reports the
success of operations in Alsace and
announces that the slackening OF the
allied offensive noticed recently has
been caused by the incessant rains all
along the front.
Italy despatched a warship to pro.
tect her interests in Durazzo, the AL
banian port. A rebel force is reported
marching toward Durazzo.
The withdrawal of six German army
corps from before Warsaw was due ia
a change Of tactics by Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg.
The effort to take Warsaw has moi
been abandoned. The German Field
Marshal has diverted troops to Czer
winsk. on the Vistula River, north o.
Warsaw, and Groitzy, on the Vistula
south of Warsaw. He Is attacking
with all his strength toward the Rus
sian fortresses at Nowo Georgiewsl
and Ivangorod.
These two forts command the ap
proaches to the unfortified Polish cap
ital. The Germans have captured al
important Russian position at Borji
NOW, but have gained no other import
: ant advantage. Nevertheless, the Gel
! mans are everywhere holding thei
D own in Poland.
The Austrians, on the other hand
j have been again defeated in Galicia
: and have lost Uzsok Pass. The Aui
e trian retreat in Bukowlin is describe
l as almost a rout.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
eArrLEsHIp FoRMIpAeLE SUNK.

BATTLESHIP FORMIDABLE SUNK.
London.-German naval warfare
once more succeeded in getting home
on the British feet, when, in the
height of heavy gale in the English
Channel, the battleship Formidable
was struck either by a mine or a
submarine torpedo and went down
with more than 600 of her crew.
The Daily Chronicle states that sur
vivors Of the battleship report that
the vessel was torpedoed both fore
. and aft, and sank almost Immediately,
giving the crew hardly time to escape.
The official announcement from the
Press Bureau reads merely az follows:
'1The battleship Formidable was
sunk in the Channel, but whether by a
mine or a submarine is not yet GER
tain. Seventy-one survivors have been
picked up by a British light cruiser,
and 1t is possible that others may
have been rescued by other vessels
This expressed hope was partly full
filled.later in the day, when the trawl.
er Providence made port in Tor Bay
bringing with her seventy additional
members of the r'ormidable's crew
making the total saved out of $50
so far as is known, 141.
The Formidable was more than fif
teen years old, and in the age Gi
dreadnoughts had long outlived hel
name. She was a 15,000-ton ship. ant
went into commission in 1899, being s
sister OF the Irresistible and Implac
able.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-09
FIRING FROM DARDANELLEs.
Turk Guns Bombardlng French and
British Ships.

London.-A wireless dispatch re-
ceived here from Berlin gives a re-
port received in the German capital
from Athens that the Dardanelles
fortresses have commenced a bonn
bardment of the blockading Anglo
French fleets, and that one torpedo
boat has been slightly damaged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
BILLY GETS BAD TOOTH
PULLED ON HIS DAY OFF
Ma Sunday Goes to Cheer Him
Won't Fight Drink
In England.

PATERSON. N. j.. May 17.-Bi,ly Sun
day and Ma spen. the day rather quietly.
BILLY was Invited to play bail. but he
said It was pneumonia weather n he
didn't propose TO get his feet wet chasing
flies through tho tail grass
Billy varied the monotony OF the fore-
noon by having a tooth pulled and Ma
went along 10 lend moral support. Later
they visited some OF Paterson's silk
mills. after which Billy spent an hour
talking baseball with The Fire Head
quarters fans.
Henry Randall. who came here to get
Billy to help fight rum in England. left
to-day after Billy announced that he
positively would not go TO England. that
he was booked up for W years to
come and that the case against rum
was only n side line with him.
Nc cash collection is to be taken on
Sunday night. when the campaign closes,
but It is expected that Billy will get
about $4,000 when the FREQ will en-
velopes distributed in tho churches are
gathered In.
George II Humphries. chief statis-
t,cian with the Sunday forces. said to-
day that 10.094 persons have hit the
trail In Paterson In a total attendance
of 63l,lO0. There has been collected
for expenses during the sermons S3l.-
463.9o. and for charity. ss.25S.7o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
DOCTORS AT WHITE SULPHUR.
Conventions Of Two examinations
Begin To-day.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Va.
May 17.--Mors than one hundred
physicians from all parts Of the coun-
try arrived here to-day to attend meet
ings Of the American genealogical
Society and the American Association Of
Genito-ur1nary Surgeons. The sessions
will begin tomorrow and will be held
separately until Thursday. when n Joint
discussion will take place.
Many Of the physicians played golf or
Tennis or shot at clay pigeons at the
traps to-day. Some delegates are ac-
companied by their wives. Among them
are DR.. and Mrs. Clement Cleveland. DR..
and Mrs. John Osborn Polak OF New
York. Or. and Mrs. Francis r. Hagner
me Miss l. l.. Hagner OF Washington.
and DIR. and Mrs. w. p. Manton Of
Detroit.
New York physicians who arrived to-
day included Drs. Leroy Broun. Howard
c.. Taylor. J. Hiddle Cote, George G.
Ward. Jr., j. B%rettauer. Herman j.
Boldt. r. c. Holmes. II. II. Curtis.
Hiram n. Vinberg, James Clifton Edgar,
Eugene w. CALDWELL Lawrence W.
Strong. Lewis Gregory Cole. f. l..
Reyes. J. Bentley Squier. Robert l..
Dickinson. Dougal Bissell and ]. Whit
ridge william. DR.. w. Il. Ford OF Utica
also got In.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
some of the Latest Names Placed
on the Registers.

Knickerbocker-Mr. and Mrs. George
Shafcr. Pittsburg: Mr.. and Mrs. James
l.. Donovan, Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. +. L.
Tlppett. Chicago.
McAlpin-Mrs. c. Dudley Stewart.
Easton. Pa: George w. Eyre. Ridley
Park. Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Storey,
Porto Rico.
Laurel'on-George 8. Mcleod and
family. st. Johns. ". r.; l.. l.. Bur-
lingame. Springfield. Mass.
Biltmore-J. N. Tolden, Garrison,
y. T.: C. X. Dodds, Toronto: r. NJ.
Emerson. Boston.
Waldorf Astor.n-william NJ. Wood.
Boston: George w. Crawford. P%ittsburg;
John II. Parsons. Philadelphia.
Algonqu,n-H. w. McDougall and
family. Chicago: Hugh L. willoughby.
Port Sewall. Fla; T. f. Miller. Toledo.
Ohio.
Vanderbilt-Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon v.
Painter. Cleveland: Mrs. Robert s. Scott.
Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. Conant
Baltimore.
Astor-A. ". Dollar. San Francisco:
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Randall. Boston: Mr..
and Mrs, william T. Ashby, Chicago
CollinEwood-Mrs. G. Ewing. Mem
phis. Tenn. Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Wemple,
sauserties, y. Y: David Goldsmith.
p.ttSburg.