Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-02
Six Thousand Are Slain
in a Mile Area on
Warsaw Road
FIGURES Of CAPTURED
Germans Renew Fierce 0ffen-
siye in Region Of Sochac-
zew and Beriimow.
81 ASSOCIATED PRESS.


a new German attack on the War
sau front has led 20 some OF the heav-
iest frhtins Of the war in the east.
where. according 70 Petrograd. Ger
nan successes we're OF small import
ancs compared 70 the losses they sus-
tainef Battle for possession OF the
Carpafhiau passes continues without
6edrite success either TO Austrians or
Russians- Berlin makes no mention
% an offensive movement on a large
scale along the Warsaw front. u as
serts. however. progress IS being made
IN that region
Fighting In the west yesterday was
chiefly artillery without important re-
suits The German var Once accuses
the French military authorities OF falls
ifyinE Official COMMUNICATIONS.
PetroErad says the Turks left 1000
dead behind In their retreat from Ia
briz
The German government has seized
more than three million tons OF grain.
which viii be stored until next May.
Fearing German submarine raiders.
Liverpool insurance men are quoting
rates four times as high as former
figures
Arrangements are reported under
way for the surrender of the South Ar
rfean rebel leaders. Maritz and Kemp
resoSzad--Fsss s-An official state
ment says that Jan. u. the Germans
renewed a fierce offensive IN the reg
ion Of sochaczew and Beriimow on
the road 20 Warsaw and compelled
some Russian units 20 retire TO n sec
ond line OF trenches. These were lat
~ recaptured and enormous losses
inflicted upon the Germans Fighting
IN the Carpathisns continues. says the !
statement. and the cneny's attempts .
90 assume the offensive were repulsed- /
German prisoners captured IN the
region OF Ber1im0w are given a. auth /
ority for the statement that between I
Jan "a and 30 Germans on the front I
near Bsrfimow Of little less than one |
mile lost more than SIX thousand 4
killed The wounded were numerous l
In the Carpathians. the announcement I
continues. between Jan. zs and %. ]
4eS7 soldiers. IS officers and To- ma
chine guns were captured.
Paris. FEB. 2-It a. officially an
roguced that a German submarine
yesterday unsuccessfu1iy attempted
20 torpedo the British hospital ship
Asturias.
Another London Scare.
London. Feb. 2.-Ths batteries pro
tectiuS Dover opened fire last night
on what vas thought 20 have been an
other German raid. but whether BY
Zeppeiins or submarines or both has
rot been ascertained-
An early report from Dover said that
Eve hostile ships were observed over
that town. while a later report an
bounced that they had been driven off
By the gun fire of the forts Another
Dover message declared that the fire
had been directed at German submar-
ines
As a onsequence the war depart
meut instructed the London police 10
make all preparations for an air RAID
The city Vas soon in darkness and
everywhere the news spread that
Zeppelin fleet was on It's way 10 the !
metropolis. Telephone calls to Har-
wick. Cromer. Southend. Kings Lynn
Yarmouth and other points elected the
reply that no air raiders had been
seen. The report OF submarines at
Dover seemed 20 explain the gun nr-
'ns there. but the Official press bureau I,
Issued no statement The extended q
Precautions taken in London indicated =
the fact that virtually all special con- y
stables. under the regulations. were q
required 10 report at the various sta
tons. even those attending the theatre.
shsrc. in some cases. the audiences
rere greatly depleted :
At several OF the railroad stations e
the lights were extinxuished and trains q
passing over bridges did so ir dark