Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-02-04
PREDICTED ITALY
soon WILL ENTER
TITANIC CONFLICT
Notice to Reservists to Be Pre-
pared to Join CoIors and
Large Purchases of Grain
Presage Action.
RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORIES
Austro- German Offensive In
Carpathians Is Said to Have
Been Held in Check Deal
Blow Near Warsaw.
RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORIES

London Feb. 4.-The early partici-
Sation of Italy in the great European
var is anticipated. Yesterday orders
we're received by the Italian reservists
n London to be prepared to join their
-olors at any time.
Italy also has been the heaviest pur-
.haser of American grain the past few
lays. Reports reaching here state that
italy has bought over 100000 bushels
Sf American wheat in the past "a
tours.
The Albanian situation may force
she issue. Italy. according to advices
-eaching Paris, has organized an eX-
oeditionary force of 10000 men des-
lined to occupy the Albanian seaport
of Durazzo. This force is being con-
-he Adriatic
Austria is known to oppose Italy's
ambitions in Albania and prior to
august 1.-The date of the outbreak of
me great war-any move on the part
3f Italy looking toward the occupa-
Iion Of Albania would have brought
luick protest from Austria. Italy APP
2arently is acting with the consent Of
-he English allies
Germans Are Checked.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's new
Hrive at Warsaw apparently has ac-
acomplished little more thus far than
he weakening of a comparatively few
4 Russian advanced positions. Neither
che Berlin, nor the Petrograd official
seports indicate that marked changes
nave. resulted from the fighting which
1afiy becomes more intense
The German commander has chosen
20 make his final assault along the
front between Sochaczew, 30 miles due
west Of Warsaw, and Skierniewice, a.
txa.
sst tt1e same section in which the Ger
mans vainly tried to break through
In their previous attempt to reach
Warsaw. Both sides occupy strongly
entrenched positions in this region.
where the warfare closely resembles
that in France.
An official Russian report of today
states that German attacks in this To-
raltty were repulsed in the course or
violent battles, during which the Rus
slams recaptured trenches previously
taken by the Germans.
Hold Austro- German Line.
Russian successes are claimed also in
she fighting in the Carpathians, which
mas developed into one Of the most i'm
oortant phases of the campaign in the
east. Russian troops are said to have
made marked progress in Dukla pass,
advancing over the crest of the noun
lain and to have repulsed an Austrian
assault, south of UZSOk pass.
According to the German version of
he recent fighting in Poland as given
n the official report today from Ber-
IN, the Russians have been forced back
aear Bolimow. 1t is said that the Ger
mans captured village and took A..
400 prisoners. Russian attacks else
where, the German war officer asserts,
we're repulsed.
British military experts are unable
o explain the sudden and violent Of
4 ensive movements began by the Ger
AEpans to the west of Warsaw. in Rus
Man Poland and in the vicinity of La
tAssee, on the northwestern end of the
VAtle line in France.
.>Sy1h Old Style Tactics.
+ Mslboth these regions there had been
i xEurn to the old style of German
Hiring, the men being hurled for
A G in close formation at great sacri-
\ I'M M4With, British reports say, little per-
Y &ent gains.
" ~ Bassee, 12 miles south of the Bel
kfan border, long has been a crucial
<k3oint on the western front and the
British troops congregated there have
suffered heavily. The Germans have
declared time and again that other
Turks continues at Tassauu kurna, ac-
I .ording to a dispatch from Bagdad
which describes night attack made
f33y 200 Turks. Two English battalions
Ihe dispatch says, became confused and
ired on each other for several hours
z The Turks were driven back by day
break by fire from the British gun
Y BOATS.
An expeditionary force is operating
at the head of the Persian gulf. 1t
vas announced early in December that
lx!1Ae Turkish forces at kurna had sur
7 Xfement issued here today. Con-
rmation is given also to the report
III Aat German troops have been sent to
N he Carpathians to assist their Aus
16ian allies. The text of the COM
Hunication follows:
The engagements in the region OF
Nlawa have continued favorable to our
troops. On the left bank of the Wis
tula, the battle on the roads from Boi-
|mow proceeded on February / with
considerable intensity. A large num-
Der of heavy and light batteries par
ticipated energetically in the engage
ment.
"T1le German attack on the morn
ing of the I'd, north of Borjimow, was
repulsed with great losses for the en-
D DNhny. A violent combat was begun
\ <uldS. df the village Of Goumine. where
'Il'Eecaptured advanced trenches,
1--WE lost January 81. The posses
IL small farm still Is undecided.
n Cuth of the Pilica, near DounaitZ.
n RI1 enemy increased the intensity of
" is bombardment. continuing night and
a day, but attempts of the enemy's troops
to make progress are without success.
I'm the Carpathians the conflict con-
tinued January 81 and February 1. Our
forces advanced. fighting along the
broad front at Dukla pass as far as the
lower San. having crossed the principal
ridge of the mountain range in the
region of Jasliska and MeZo Laborcz,
where we took battery of six cannon.
two mortars, a number of rapid frers
| and numerous prisoners. An often
sivc movement undertaken by the en-
emy southeast of UZsok pass was re-
pulsed with enormous lossSs.
q. A. r. DATES FIXED.
Washington D. c.. Feb. Sat con-
ference today Col. D. j. Palmer and
I other G. a. r. officials decided to hold