The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-05
Accused Blowing Up Railroad
Bridge; Held Al Point in
Maine
iion For His Exiradiiion
, Now With British
Embassy
Associated Press pispatch.I

ashington, February g.
g at Britain's application for
extradition Of Werner Van
& IN, charged with attempting TO
wv up the Canadian Pacific
fridge with dynamite, rested to-
day in the British embassy. u
will be formally presented to the
state department before night.
vanceboro, Werner Van Horn
today appealed to the German
ambassador at Washington. Count
Won 6ernstorff. He told the lat
ter he had not been on Cana.
dian soil, and asked for protec-
tion from extradition to Canada.
Petrograd, February Success.
es for Russian arms in the region
of Warsaw and in the Carpathians
are recounted in an official state
mcnt issued today. Confirmation
is given also to the report that Ger
man troops have been sent to the
Carpathians to assist their Aus.
trian Allies. Engagements In the
region of Klawa have continued
favorable TO our troops" The COM
munication says that ION the left
bank of the Vistula battle on the
roads from Balimow proceeded on
February l with considerable inten-
sity. A large number OF heavy and
light batteries participated energetic
ally in the engagement" 49,
Little Was Accomplished.
London. February 3.--Field Mar
shall Won, Hindenburgh's new drive
at Warsaw appareatly accomplished
little except the winning OF a CON-
paratively few Russian advanced po-
sitions. Neither the Berlin nor Pet.
rograd statements indicate that any
marked changes have resulted from
the assaults, which daily become
more intense.
The German commander has
chosen to make his principal assault
along the front between Sochaczew.
thirty miles due west of Warsaw.
Both sides occupy strongly en-
trenched positions. Russian success
in this region, also In the Carpathi-
ans is claimed by Petrograd.
Fighting continues between the
British and Turks In Arabia, near
the head OF the Persian gulf. where
small forces OF Turks have taken
the offensive. An attack on Kurna,
near the junction of the Euphrates
and Tigris rivers. was stopped by
fire from the British gunboats.
Claims II Was Act Of War.
vanceboro, Maine. February a.
Werner Van Horn. who was arrested
yesterday after attempting TO blow
up the Canadian end OF railway
bridge between here and st. Croix.
N. b., was carefully guarded at the
immigration offices throughout the
night. No formal charge Is preferred
against Van Horn, who said he Is
German officer and had exploded
the dynamite as an act OF war.
lie made no objection TO his deten.
ton I'm the custody of a county
deputy sheriff. but insisted that he
committed no offense for which he
could be extradited to Canada. The
next development Is looked for at
Washington where 1t Is expected an
application for Van Horns extradition
will be made.
Old style Battling.
London, February 3.--British mill
ttary experts are unable to explain
the sudden and violent offensive move
ments begun by the Germans to the
west of Warsaw, In Russian-P Poland. and
In the vicinity OF LaBasse on the
Northwestern end of the battle line
I'm France. In both of these regions
there has been return to the old
style of German battling. the men
being hurled forward In close for.
|cnatlon at great sacrifice.
Blockade BY Germans.
Berlin, February GA warning by
the German admiralty yesterday con.
corning the coming operations on the
French coast. is considered by some
Berlin newspapers to mean that an
actual blockade will be put in effect
| by the Germans. The admiralty
called attention TO the number OF
British reinforcements that are being
sent across the channel and said 1t