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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-17
Overwhelming Blow At
Russia His Only Hope
Ludendorff Wanted to Destroy Silesian Mines, But
"Higher Authorities" Ordered Them Left Intact
Germans Helped Improve Austrian Morale

teWhat will country say?" Ludendorff asked, he
contemplated from Warsaw October 1914 He
early in November the country
ing it. Germany panic again because the Russians
soil east of Thorn and perlously
close to the coal fields of Silesia
desperate the situation Ludendorff reveals when
he he ordered preparations for destruction of the vital
and stopped in this design only by orders
higher up At this time the Kaiser travelled the eastern
front and Tptz has revealed only the dramatic IN
teosition the Kasen that Hndenburg and prob
ably Ludendorff, too, from dismissal.
Now Ludendorf determined take advantage of the
German strategic railroads strike blow in
the hope of rolling the Russians before they could make
ready their invasion He had thoroughly destroyed the rail
roads and roads his through Poland and Grand
Duke Nicholas could not his and supply for
advance short of several weeks &c. leaving this thin
front of the Russians the southern half of the
Polish frontier Ludendorff gathered every available soldier
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, us from moving our troops about.
On the whole eastern frontier of the
kingdom of Prussia battles. would soor
| be in progress which would obviously
act and react closely upon one another
| A strong single command was called
for. This question had already beer
discussed at the time of my meeting
with General Won Falkenhayn in Berlin
On the 1st of November His Majesty ap.
pointed General Won Hindenburg com
mander -chief in the east, at til,
same time relieving him of his position
as commander of the Ninth army. Al
our suggestion, General Won Mackenser
was given this post. I remained CHIEF
of staff to General Won Hindenburg
The majority of my colleagues were at.
tached to the new staff.
HINDENBURG'S BIG COMMAND
The sphere of command of the com
mander-in-chie in. the east now ! ex-
| tended definitely over the Eighth ant
Ninth armies, and the staffs eof the
First, goth, II, second, fifth and sixth
| army corps in the provinces of East ant
west Prussia, Pomerania, Posen and
Silesia, and the fortresses situated
there. &
subsequently Zastrow's corps on thu
-Mlawa line, now under the
orders of the Eighth army headquart-
ers, was brought under the direct COM
mand of the commander-in-chiefi in the
east.
This linkingup of the commands
turned out well. 1t relieved the COM
mander-in-chief of the details of army
command in the field. All the same
there were occasions when it was neces-
sary to enroach on the jurisdiction OF
the army staffs by means of direct
orders to their commanders. / did not
| much like intervening in this way, and
at first perhaps I did so less than
should. l hope& hit on the right
course later on.
The headquarters Of the commander
in-chief in the east were moved tc
Posen. We had our quarters in the
Royal Palace, and remained there until
the beginning of February. 1915. This
was particularly harrassing and busy
time. Here began that regular way OF
life which led until my resignation
All of US at general headquarters
were thoroughly imbued with a sense OF
our enormous responsibility and had
no illusions as to what was at stake
In Posen 1T was easier than in Poland
to feel the pulse of the country and
realize its fear of hostile invasion
with all it's terrible consequences. We
could not even help aggravating that
fear by our military measures. The
issue Of the imminent battles was I'M
numbers was great, our troops were
much exhausted, and our allies (the
Austrians) ahd but little fighting
strength left.
From the frontier provinces the
youths capable of bearing arms were
removed. Strategical positions were
recaSnoitred and orders given for their
construction. The mines in severa
districts of Poland hal already beer
rendered unavoidable and measures
were now taken for the demolition Of
the German railways and mines in the
frontier districts
The commander Of the Sixth corps
in response to my request. had ap.
preached several mining experts in his
province and asked their advice as tc
the best method of destroying the
mines in Upper Silesia. The execution
Of the necessary measures was now
decided on.
Terror at once spread thfeugA the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-17
LudendorH Showed Himself
Gambler on Gigantic Scale
by EUGES f s. YOUNG
Var Editor of tn New York World

bridges and his rear guard had set them
of after the main forces had gotten away.
All provisions for the army had been re-
moved or destroyed, and water supplies
had been blown up or polluted. The
Russians, following, had to reconstruct
the whole system of communication
through southern Poland and wait until
they could bring up the vast supplies
needed by a modern army.
Secondly. Germany had long forseen
the necessity of providing against a
great invasion from Russia and all along
its eastern front were highly developed
railroads, with railroads specially provid-
ed for the speedy handling of troops.
OF these elements Ludendorff took ad :
vantage in brilliant and daring fashion.
Believing the Russians would not dare
move until their preparations were COM
plete. he left a thin screen of Germans
to hold the southern part of the line and
suddenly moved the bulk of his forces
to the northwestern corner of Poland
preparatory to descent on the right
flank of the Grand Duke. How marvel
ously Germany had provided for such
movements is shown by the fact that
Mackensen was ready to move his 250000
men within less than two weeks after he
had begun his retreat from in front of
Warsaw and 1850 more troops were
coming in front the west to back ~up
his drive. .
The scheme had its dangers. very great
ones. Grand Duke Nicholas might learn
of the thin lines in front of him and take
a chance OF rushing them and sending
his cavalry through He might launch
another blow at the Austrians cooeed be-
tween the Vistula and Carpathians and
utterly rout them. In that case he would
have been able to sweep into Silesia be-
fore Ludendorff could get force back
to oppose him. But since caution and de-
lay were risky. Ludendorff. obeying the
maxim adopted by the German general
staff that "the best defensive is an Of
fensive," chose the risk of action.
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DECATUR

Decatur, October 15.-(special. THE
protests of a number of citizens to AL
bsny's big paving programme failed to
prevent the confirmation of improvement
ordinances authorizing the paving of %
streets at the regular meeting of the city
council. In only one instance, it was
claimed, did opponents of the paving pro-
gramme show that they represented a
majority of the frontage on the street
the. paving Of which they protested
against.
Turning from the registration of the
young manhood of the county during the
days of mobilization, Circuit Court Clerk
James l.. Draper, who was head of the
registration board here, will now register
the canine breed in peace times.
The registration of all dogs in the
county over SNmonths old is required by
a law passed by the recent session of the
been received here.
The new law places dogs on the same
footing as other property, and is given
the same protection as is thrown about
all other household goods The receipts
from the operation of the law will be
used in paying the expenses of persons
going to the Pasteur institute for treat
ment of dog bites and for reimbursing
persons suffering losses of live stock from
dog bites.
Permission has been granted by the
Albany council to the newly organized
Golf club to use a large section of the
city park property for a golf link. The
club is being organized by business men
of the Twin Cities.
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On the morning of November
was convinced our situation must be
handled differently altogether. 1 asked
General Won Hindenburg to agree to a
plan which had been previously dis
cussed, of taking our forces round by
Hohensalza (near the fortress of
THORN. Orders to this effect were i'm
mediately given and we informed gen.
eral headquarters of this decision.
General headquarters had watched
the development of events in the east
with the greatest concern.
The situation round Mlawa and on the
east frontier of East Prussia became
more perilous, every day. The newly
formed 25th reserve corps which had
been sent to East Prussia as reinforce
ments. had fought heroically. But it
soon became apparent that the fight
ing value of the new formations was
far below that of units composed of
sflien Who had had long service with
sthey colors and were commanded by
young and active officers.
These new formations had wonderful
manhood in their rank and file, but
they were not as yet real soldiers. Their
courage and devotion did not make up
for their lack of training. Further,
the large number of reserve officers
who found fresh employment in these
new formations did their level best
but also, too. lacked experience. There
were exceptions, of course.
PRICE PAID BY AMERICA
An army is not made in a few weeks
long training and tradition arc .re-
auired. Proof of this is provided by the
example of English and American
troops. They, too, have had to pay
terribly heavy for their intrepidity.
The 25th reserve corps had not been
able to effect any apreciable change
in the situation on the frontiers of East
Prussia. It was now to be expected
that the Grand Duke, with his enorm-
ously superior forces, would not only
make a decisive attempt to drive Ger
many and Austria out of the bend of
the vistula, but also directly invade
Germany east of the vistula. and try to
secure a decision, or at least prevent
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Austrian First army, whose front ex-
tended to the Vistula- South of the
river to the Carpathians stretched the
rest of the allied army once more
closely concentrated, and stronger
forces were posted in the mountains
for the protection of Hungary
From this survey it will be seen that
the actual blow against the enemy's
flank could be carried out with but
five and a half corps (between 100000
and 1885, 900 mem. Our forces for deal
ing with the enemy front from the
point at which the Wsrta flows into
German territory southwark to the re-
gion Of Czestochova were quite made
quafe. General Won Woyrsch was told
to act in conjunction with the Austrian
army. Whether the Austrians could
take the offensive was still uncertain
Opinions on that point were once more
very pessimistic
AUSTRIANS NOT OPTIMISTIC
To the question whether the Austrian
First army would be able to resist the
impending hostile attack we received
the answer that they would certainly
he in position to do so for twenty
four hours
The attack never took place. It was
again greatly to General Won Conrad's
credit that he raised the moral of the
army and revived the spirit of the of
fensive. But he would never have done
1t without German support
We had intended to bring a consid-
cradle part of Won Woyrschs army up
north. to- add weight to the flank and
strengthen our line. But General Won
Conrad offered strong objection to this
idea- and so only the Third guards fii-
vision was brought to Hohensalza to
support the shock troops of the Ninth
army.
General Won Conrad rallied General
Won Boehm Ermolli with four infantry
and two or three cavalry divisions
round from the Carpathians, through
Upper Silesia, to the north side of
Czestochova Gin southwestern Poland).
thus making a battle line from Thorn
southwark OF $50 miles.
In the next installment Gen. Ludeu-
dorff tells how his army barely escaped
disaster in the ambitious flank attack
by which he attempted to destroy the
main Russian army.
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Take ''Dodson's Liver Tone" Instead

and without making you sick. you
Just go back and get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll
be sick and nauseated tomorrow; be-
sidesn it may salivate you, while If
you take Dodson's Liver Tone you
viii wake up feeling great, full of
ambition and ready for work or play.
1t = harmless, pleasant and safe e
give to children; they like it.
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If you feel bilious. headachy, con-
stipated and all knocked out, just go
20 your druggist and get bottle Of
Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents,
which is harmless vegetable sub
stitute for dangerous calomel. Take
I spoonful. and if it doesn't start
your liver and stralghten you up
batter and quicker than nasty calomel
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philins Funeral Yesterday

Sylcauga, October 16.-(speciaL)-H c,
Philips of Sylacauga, who died yesterday
at Birmingham, will be buried here to-
day He leaves a widow, two daughters
Misses Lude and Daisy, and one son, j.
P. Philips, all of Sylacauga.
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BY GEN. ERICH v ON LUpENporFF

UN
AT October (1914) General Won Fakenhayn
moned (on the 'front.' where he had just
completed great retreat from Warsaw). General Won
(he Austrian commande) had suggested him that
the should be the
General Won Fakenhayn spoke hopefully of the attack
Ypres and wanted to defer further decisions able
give precise plans staff Moth
ing had yet been decided.
felt
strain under which living beginning
the life Berlin
pleasure did
of position in the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-17
Knox FeHs
So
Knox Derbi
So

There's lots of hats for less, but when y,
pay less you get less than the compile
satisfaction that is doubly guaranteed
the Knox and Porter labels.
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USED STRATEGIC RAILWAYS.

Won. Richthofen,s cavarly corps with
the Sixth and Ninth cavalry divisions,
which had come from the west. were
concentrated at the same place.
The 18th A. C. was marched on Ger
man territory through Ostrowo to the
neighborhood OF Wreschen ca miles
east Of Posen).
In the quick transfer Of these troops
Iudendorff made use of the network
of strs tegic railways long provided by
Germany on the Polish frontier. Thus
on a frnnfof 20 miles between Thorn ana
Wreschen, 4 10 miles, he concentrated
some 250.040 men.l
General FrommeFs cavalry corps had
skirmishes with Russian cavalry be-
tween the rivers Frosna and Warta,
east of Kalisz eon the German frontier
so miles west of Lodz) and formed
screen behind which the Posen corps
took up its positions
z The Landstrum, which Joined the
Breslau corps later. held the line
very thin one. almost up to about
Wielun $40 miles south of Kalisz).
From thAre TO halfway to the Gees
tochova-C racow line was General Won
Woyrsch. with the ssth Res Div
Count Won Bredows Landwehr DIV.
the Landw chr corps and the Guard r.
C.. minus the Third Guard Div At
this point they joined hands with the
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In the next installment Gen. Luden-
dorff tells how his army barely escaped
disaster In the ambitious flank attack
by which he attempted to destroy the
main Russian army.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24

Of the sincerity OF his often repeated
declaration that the world should ex-
tend the hand OF friendship to the
Russian people and assist them in
working out their salvation.
This new policy indicates that the
first hurdle in the Russian problem
has been taken and points TO the
ultimate withdrawal of the allies and
American troops from Russia.
Meet on Princes Island.
OF course, this depends upon the
manner in which the proposal of
the associated powers is received
by the different Russian factions.
With the internal-cond:tions of Rus
STA in a terrible chaotic state, it is
believed that rather than face a con-
tinuation OF starvation. bloodshed
and strife throughout the winter.
the Russian factions will sink their
differences to the extent of meet
ing the representatives OF the great
powers in conference. Such meet
ing is proposed TO be held on Princes
Island in the Sea Of Marmora,
is.
Recognition of the right OF the
Russians to determine the settlement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
American
Casualty List

The following Nebraska men are
named in the casualty list sent out
by the government for Friday morn
ing, January "a;
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Privat4s--
Earl Raymond Snidsr, Clearwater,
Neb.
Roy F. Suffer, Western, Neb.
Frank Hamernik, GARRISON, Neb.
John Janicek, Shelby, Neb.
The following Iowa, South Dakota and
Wyoming men are named In the casualty
Hist sent out by the government for FRI
day morning, January "a;
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Privates-
Floy sTouiton. Canton. $. ID.
Harold J. Bowen, bridgeport, s. ID.
Donald Hetts, Waterloo, Iowa.
James IF. Hornback, Sigourney, La.
Albert j. Lacy, Sidney, Ia.
The following Nebraska men are
named in the casualty list sent out
by the government for Thursday af-
ternoon, January %:
DIED OF DISEASE.
Cock August corleu, Bloomfield,
Neb.
Edwin ]. Frey, Hebron, Neb.
Grin ]. Libolt, Burton, Neb.
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Parry v. Peninger, Lyons, Neb.
Edward B. Mccoy, Crete. Neb.
WOUNDED IN AcTION: PRE-
VIOUSLY REPORTED Sc
VERELY WOUNDED.
Corp. Henry Wirtz, 1886 Frank
lin street, Omaha, Neb,
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY: PRE-
VIOUSLY REPORTED
MISSING.
Harry c. Hunting, Beatrice, Neb.
RETURNED TO DUTY: PRE-
VIOUSLY REPORTED
MISSING.
Geo. E. Foskett, Orleans, Neb.
r The following Iowa, South Dakota and
Wyoming men are named in the casualty
list sent out BY the government for Thurs
day afternoon, January 20;
DIED OF DISEASE.
Frank r. Addam, KIemme, la.
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
IL. Thomas Kingsley, jr., Cascade, la.
Martin w. Christensen, Sioux City, In.
Joseph Filllpi, West Cedar Rapids, la.
MISSING IN ACTION; PREVIOUSLY RE-
PORTED WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Harry Watson, Des MOines, La.
DIED OF Wounds PREVIOUSLY RE-
PORTED MISSING IN ACTION.
Peter SwensOn. Randall, Ia.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY: PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED MISSING IN ACTIOhN.
James II. Robinson, Selby s. d.
'OUNDED; DEGREE UNDETERMIN.
ED; PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
MISSING.
Harm BOlhlus, Stout, Ia.
John Peterson, Volga, $. d.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24

Of their own internal affairs is taken
as an indication that all the powers
are agreed upon the Wilsonian prin-
ciple of the right Of peoples TO deter
mine their own fate.
Recognize Finland.
As for Finland. it is expected that
that nation is soon to be recognized
by the allies and the United States.
In the event that the leaders Of
thI different factions in Russia agree
an effort will be made to bring about
a truce in the strife-torn Muscovite
realm. Success of that plan would
mean that peace would again come
to the world, for Russia is today the
last battlefield.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24

turned by the Christian peoples
party, the former eentrists. who will
have 81 members. The distribution
Of the members by parties is as fol-
lows:
Majority socialists, l64; Christian
peoples party, S8; democrats, n;
German national party "a; minority
socialists, "a; German peoples
party, %; Guelfs, 4; Bavarian Peas
ants league, 4; Wurttemberg bour-
geois party, 2; Peasants and Work
mems Democratic league, !. Total
42l.
Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian pre-
mier, failed to win seat in the
German national assembly in any of
the constituencies where he was a
candidate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Transport 0rizaba Brings
2.563 Men from Overseas

New York, Jan. 23.-The transport
Orizaba returned 2,S6S troops to
American soil today About $50 are
sick OF wounded. The arrivals in
elude the SD munition train conf
plete and two casual companies of
the signal corps, chemical welfare
service and other branches of the
army. The vessel left Brest on Jam
Harry IA.
The hospital ship Mercy, with 800
sick or wounded, arrived from
France, together with the Surname,
bringing So officers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
SOCIALISTS TO
BE STRONGEST
GERMAN PARTY
Majority Party Will Have
1854 Votes Out of Total
of 421; CentristS Are
Next Highest.

Basel, Switzerland, Jan. 23.-Re-
ports from all the 81 electoral dis
tricts in Germany, returning the full
number of All members of the ma
tional assembly. show the majority
socialists have a plurality in the as
sembly with l64 votes. The next
highest number of members was re-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Wilson Gets Album

Paris, Jan. 23.-President Wilson
tonight received deputation OF the
students of the Sorbunne. They pre-
scented him with souvenir consist
ing of an album bound in old parch-
ment, containing excellent photo
graphs of the Rheims cathedral be-
fore the war.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
U. S. DOUGHBOYS
PUT ONE over"
ON LLOYD GEORGE
British Premier DOdgeS One
Motion Picture Machine
While Another is Shoot
ing Many Poses.
by JAY JEROME WILLIAMS.
staff Correspondent of Universal
Service
(Special Cable pispatch.l

Especial Cable Dispatch.)
Paris, Jan. 23.-The peace confer.
ence has been under way only few
days but Lloyd George has had one
put over on him" 1t happened in
this manner:
Two American doughboys at
tached to the signal corps had been
assigned for historical purposes to
take moving pictures of the states
men as they were departing from the
Dual D'Orsay.
Today the little British premier
came out of the door in double quick
time. He looked as though nothing
could stop him and the photogra-
piers threw up their hands in de-
spair. As last chance. however.
one of them placed himself direct
" IN the prime minister's way and
said:
MIR Lloyd George, just minute.
Look at that camera over there.
took that away from a German Of
tcer at the front. l had to kill Rim
to do it."
Wis that so?" asked the British
premier, swinging around and giving
the camera a quizzicaI look. In the
meantime the other aceomplice in
the scheme ground away photo
graphing the English statesman in
q choice lot of poses and using 40
feet of film.
All right" the second soldier an
nounced We've got him in every
gose under the sun"
Lloyd George turned quickly to
the first doughbog and said:
& Young man, you certainly put
one over on inc"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Tacoma is Isolated by
Great Floods and Slides

Tacoma. Wash, Jan. 23.-Floods
and slides had practically isolated
Tacoma by rail and road last night
after "a hours Of the heaviest rain
in the history Of the city. In the "a
hours from Tuesday evening until
last night 500 inches Of rain fell.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
Identifies Himself.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 23.-Lt. Rob-
ert Hamilton, o2i Grant avenue,
Denver, who had been in a hospital
here since last Friday night in a
semi-conscious condition. last night
recovered sufficiently to identify
himself. He was rendered uncon-
scious by fall to the pavement, en-
rout to a rest camp.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
MADE
GOOD PROMISES
TO ALL RUSSIA
Peace Congress Adopts Wilson
Declaration That World Will
Extend Hand Of Friend
ship to Russians.
BY JAMES ]. MONTAGUE.
Especial Cable Dispatch.)

Paris, Jan. 23,-President Wilson
has made good his promise to stand
by the Russian people.
The adoption of his proposal by
the peace conference TODAY is proof
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24
0. M. KelIeher of Fort Dodge
Named on Revenue Bureau

Washington, Jan. 23-D. NJ. KEEL
leher of Fort Dodge, Ia, was NOM
mated by President Wilson today to
be solicitor of the internal revenue
bureau, succeeding A. A. Ballantine
Of Boston. who resigned.