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Yovir Business —
Will have careful consideration
and be very much appreciated.
State Bank & Trust Co.
(A Guaranty Fund Bank)
Capital $500000
Surplus and Profits $165000
A Interest Paying Savings Department
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent
OUR AIM IS TO PLEASE
MARVIN GF TEXAS
FELLS Of SALES
Widely Known Drug House Tells of
One Year's Experience in
Handling Vitalitas.
"Marvin" is a name that is known
throughout Texas it being that of a
leading retail drug house in the busi-
ness center of Dallas. What this es-
tablishment has to say regarding Vl-
talitas is told in the foregoing:
Vital Remedies Co. Houston Texas.
Gentlemen —"For more than a
year we have been handling Vitalitas
and have never sold a preparation
that has given more general satisfac.
tion. We have had many opportuni-
ties to note the results of its use and
can cite many instances of relief in
obstinate and chronic cases where
sufferers were unable to obtain re-
lief otherwise. Our sales of Vitalitas
have not been confined to Dallas but
have extended throughout a wide
territory outside the city. We highly
recommend Vitalitas to the public in
general and also to druggists who
have not stocked with it.”
Yours truly.
"MARVIN’S (Z. E. Marvin.)”
Dallas. Texas. Sept. 25. 1814.
For all derangements of stomach
liver kidneys bowels and blood even
in the most chronic form Vitalitas is
wonderfully effective. It is wholly
and purely a Nature product a mar-
velous tonic and corrective.
Call at Wagner’s drug store and
get a Vitalitas booklet free. For sale
by all druggists.
GERMANY DENIES SHE
PLANS WAR ON ITALY
Says Italian Neutrality Is
Not to Be Cause of
Attack
BERLIN. Oct. 27.—(8y Wireless
to Sayville.)—lnformation given out
In official quarters today follows:
“Statements published In Italian
newspapers that the officers of the
German general staff have visited
the Trent district in Austria to ar-
range for the movement of troops
and w'ar materials from Germany
to attack Italy on account of her
neutrality have been characterized
officially' as absolute inventions.
“Reports from Madrid say the
French have had more than 400000
men wounded and Incapacitated on
account of Illness.
"Russia is planning the compul-
sory expropriation of property of
Germans and Austrians who reside
In great numbers in the frontier
provinces.”
SMOKED WHITEFISH SALMON
STURGEON. Bond’s 116 Ave D.—
(Adv.) _______
Residents Quitting Calais.
LONDON Oct. 27.—Two thousand
refugees from Calais fearing a Ger-
man advance have arrived In Havre
says a Reuter dispatch from that
place.
Hunting Season
1 Opens Nov. Ist
’We can prepare
| you with all
I standard brands
I of
Cuns
Riffles
Ammunition
and anything a
sportsman may
need for a hunt.
Our Prices Are Right
iPraeger
HARDWARE CO.
. 322*24 E. COMMERCE ST.
L WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TUESDAY
REPORT NAVAL BATTLE
OFF VIRGINIA COAST
Sound of Heavy Firing Heard
by Ward Liner Near
Cape Henry.
NEW’ YORK. Oct 27.—Wireless
stations were on the alert today to
catch messages which ships at sea
might send regarding a reported na-
val engagement last night off the
Virginia Capes approximately . 40
miles south of Cape Henry.
The first news was received hero
from the Ward liner Saratoga north-
bound from Havana which last night
said by wireless that heavy guns
were In action with frequent flashes
of powder and searchlights in the
direction where the firing was heard.
The wireless operator at Sandy Hook
picked up a fragment of the Sara-
toga’s message.
According to the Ward liner’s op-
erator "the firing continued at in-
tervals until 9 p. m.. when it ceased
altogether or we became out of
sound range.”
Naval men here who discussed the
possibility that American warships
which left Old Point Comfort. Va.
yesterday might be engaging in gun
practice declared it was not custo-
mary to practice at night and point-
ed out that no warning had been
given that such practice was to be
held.
The Karlsruhe and the Dresden.
German cruisers have been a con-
stant menace to British shipping In
the Atlantic in recent weeks and It
is known that British war vessels
have been seeking to destroy them.
Ships at Battle Practice.
WASHINGTON D. C.. Oct. 27.—
Four battleships of the Atlantic fleet
and fourteen destroyers are at bat-
tle practice off the Virginia Capes
at the same location from which
heavy firing was heard last night.
Naval officers here are confident
the firing and the flare of search-
lights reported by wireless by the
liner Saratoga came from the Amert.
ean squadron.
FIRST AID TO COTTON
SHOULD BE BY SOUTH
Texas Bankers Meet to Plan
for Opening of Reserve
Institutions.
DALLAS Tex. Oct.. 27.—Plans to
avoid demoralization of cdtton busi-
ness when the federal reserve banks
open November 16 were up for dis-
cussion nere today by a committee
representing the Texas Bankers’ As-
sociation.
Cotton men have told the bankers
that they farmers will be too
eager to du*np their cotton when the
reserve system opens without giv-
ing the steadying influences expected
from release of the system’s reserve
funds time to operate.
The committee also will consider
(the general cotton situation in Texas
where marketing of the crop has
• been comparatively heavy for sev-
! cral weeks.
J. A. Kemp of Wichita Falls is
president of the committee. He has
taken the position that the first aid
to the coton crop should come from
the south itself.
SHABATS SERVIA IS
DESOLATE SPECTACLE
Houses Razed by Quake and
Siege Guns and People
Flee in Terror.
LONDON Oct. 27.—A dispatch
from Shabats Servia says:
“This city presents a desolate spec-
tacle. Two hundred and fifty of its
buildings were destroyed by bom-
bardment. This was followed by Are.
Then came an earthquake shaking
the city so severely that the houses
which remained are almost falling
to pieces.
'‘Finally the deserted town was
visited by a band of expert thieves
who systematically looted every
house from cellar to roof. The con-
tents of the shops wore thrown into
the streets all safes opened in a
highly professional manner and the
contents of houses smashed the
owners were slashed and the furni-
ture was splintered in an. orgy of
destruction.
“Before the Austrians left they
destroyed the principal local church.
Many hostages including the prin-
cipal residents were taken to Aus-
tria. Hundreds of the local populace
who were killed by bayonet thrusts
for various alleged misdeeds weref
burled by the Austrians in the local
churchyard. The senseless bombard-
ment still continues although the
town is deserted except for the sen-
tries. On Thursday the mobs insist-
ed on laying* mines which sank an
Austrian monitor.
Shabats 1* an active trading town
of Servia located on the Save 40
miles west of Belgrade. It had a
population of about 15.000 persons.
ATTACHMENT ISSUED
FOR MAN ACQUITTED
Rangel Defense Wants to In-
troduce Testimony of
D. Rojas at Trial.
On the application of Attorney
Stone representing J- M. Rangel
member of the Dimmit county
smuggler band and one of those
charged with the murder of Deputy
Sheriff Candelarlo Ortiz an attach-
ment has been issued for D. Rojas
now held at Crystal City under In-
dictment on a charge of assault with
Intent to murder. Rojas also was
a member of the band but has been
acquitted on the charge of partici-
pating in the murder of Ortiz.
Through him the attorney for Ran-
gel expects to prove that his client
was not present when Ortiz was shot.
The trial of Rangel began Mon-
day afternoon and all those present
out of the 200 veniremen summon-
ed for this case were examined.
Nine jurors were accepted. When
court convened Tuesday morning
however J. J. Slavin who had been
accepted asked to make a state-
ment. He said that he had witness-
ed a moving picture purporting to
have represented the running fight
which the Dimmit county smugglers
had with the sheriff's posse. As a
result of this picture he said he had
formed an opinion but that when
examined he had not connected that
picture with the Rangel trial. Sla-
vin was excused. The other jurors
are: Frank A. Biemer. J. J. Veach
J. N- Bibb William G. Graf J. C.
Rech N. G. Tinney Jacob Rotach
and Pat Cunnlff.
SUSPECT IS DETAINED
Officers Tlifnk Man May Know of
Attack of John O’Connor.
Suspected of being implicated in
the kidnaping and shooting of John
O Connor an attorney last Friday
night near Alamo Heights a white
man was arrested Monday night by
city detectives and is being detained
on a temporary charge of vagrancy
while officers continue an investiga-
tion of the mysterious case. The
prisoner vigorously denies he was
Involved in any attack upon O’Con-
nor and says he had no knowledge
of the case untM he read it in the
newspapers.
The arrest was made upon a des-
cription furnished the officers by the
injured man. O’Connor positively
identified the prisoner when the lat-
ter was taken before him. The con-
dition of O’Connor is reported as still
serious and but little hope is held
out for his recovery.
ARGUMENT*!? FINISHED
Dissolution Suit Against Steel Trust
Is Nearing End.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Oct. 27.—
David A. Reed of Pittsburg con-
cluded his argument for the de-
fense today In the federal govern-
ment’s dissolution suit against the
United States Steel Corporation
brought under the Sherman anti-
trust law. He devoted the closing
part of his address to arguments in-
tended to refute the government’s
charge that the steel corporation
controlled prices.
A. Severance of St. Paul who fol-
lowed Mr. Reed dwelt on the steel
corporation's lack of power to ex-
clude competition from the steel
trade.
Officer Is Suspended.
One member of the San Antonio
police department reported “off for
live days’’ at police headquarters
Monday afternoon. It was the first
report of its kind and the sergeant
on duty demanded an explanation.
' it was later given by Police Inspec-
itor Mussey who reported having
i found the officer “drinking while on
I duty.” Inspector Mussey announced
Wednesday morning that a second
'similar offense would result in the
offending officer surrendering all his
paraphernalia to the city.
No Fee Praying.
•Will I set everything I pray for
mamma ♦”
Mother (cautiously)—Everything that*
good for you v dear.”
Marjorie (dlerHßtrdly)—Oh. what*s the
use. then: I get that anyway.—Life.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
Sim MILLION
THE PRIZE IN
RM SUIT
Counsel Today Argue Case of
Katy Railroad Against
Government.
INDIAN LANDS DISPUTED
Road Claims Government Did
Not Give Title as Per
Contract.
WASHINGTON D. C-. Oct 27.—
Sixty million dollars was the stake
for which attorneys contended to-
day before the Supreme Court when
the suit of the Missouri Kansas &
Texas Railway Company against the
government was up for oral argu-
ment.
The railway contends the govern-
ment has broken its contract to
grant to it or its predecessors title
to every other section of land
through the fortner Indian Territory
for the construction of a railway
from the Kansas state line to the
Red river in Texas. '
Railway Claims $60000000.
Because the land was not granted
to it the railway claims $2O dam-
ages for every acre of land it would
have received or over J 60.000.000.
The government’s contention is
that the land never was a part of
the public lands of the United States
within the meaning of acts of Con-
gress. holding out the land grant to
the railway constructing the road
across the territory but has remain-
ed Indian land.
Government Given Decision.
The court of claims decided in
favor of the government and the
railway appealed to the Supreme
Court.
Joseph M. Bryson and H. S. Priest
of St. Louis came to Washington to
argue for the railway and Solicitor
General Davis and Assistant Attor-
ney General Thompson prepared the
case for the government.
FLOOD VICTIMS NEED
CLOTHES AND BEDDING
Children and Men Particularly
in Need of Warm
Garments.
Relief work still is in progress
among the families who were left
destitute by the flood in the San
Pedro and Alazan creeks last week.
While the needed food was supplied
almost from the first a shortage in
clothes and bedding exists and efforts
Tuesday morning largely were cen-
tered in meeting that demand. Espe-
cially are garments for children and
men desired.
Up to the present time Judge
James R. Davis in charge of the gen-
eral relief movement has received
contributions aggregating >235.35 for
use among the victims. Of that
amount SS2 was received Monday
the following having JRade contribu-
tions: Fort Sam Houston Athletic As-
sociation. $5O; Montefiore Benevo-
lent Society $25; Dr. S. S. Beakley
$5 and W. F. Faust $2. These
funds and the $5OO appropriated by
the Chamber of Commerce are being
spent for supplies and to help fami-
lies in their work of rehabilitation.
About a dozen families have been
cared for by the Mothers’ Club at the
relief station In the Prospect Hill
Baptist Church. They have been fed
and clothed and now are in need of
furniture and bedding.
The joint funeral of the seven
members of the Llebe family who
were drowned in the flood was held
Tuesday afternoon from the parlors
of the Zizik Undertaking Company.
COLQUITT*AT BONHAM
Executive Expected to Be Anny
From Aust hi for Week.
AUSTIN Tex. Oct. 27.—Governor
Colquitt who has gone to Bonham
to make an address Is likely to be
away from the capitol during the re-
mainder of the week according to
announcement made today by J. T.
Bowman the governor's private sec-
retary.
The governor is expected to spend
a few days at Mineral Wells and
will then proceed to Waco where
on October 31 he is scheduled to
open the Waco Cotton Palace.
MUST FILE BONDS
I Viilurc <>f Counties to lh> So Results
in loosing Pro Rata.
AUSTIN Tex. Oct. 27.—Failure
of school treasurers or depositories
of the school fund in the independ-
ent school districts to file their
bonds with the Department of Edu-
cation before November 1 may re-
sult In many of the districts not re-
ceiving their apportionment of the
school fund which is to be made on
November 1 according to announce-
ment made today by Prof. W. F.
Boughty state superintendent of
public Instruction.
Low Rates to Dallas Fair.
DALLAS. Tex. Oct. 27.—An-
nouncement was made today that
on Thursday of this week the low
“Sunday" rates from over the state
to the fair here will be in force.
On that day another exhibition of
"looping the loop” in an aeroplane
hag been added to the program.
For Best Prices On
WOOD AND COAL
Ring Crockett 5757 or Travis 575
Delivered to Any Part of the City
GERMAN ADVANCE STOPS
AFTER CROSSING RIVER
(Continued From Page One.)
equivocally that Calais be taken. A
telegram received today quoting the
Saxon Gazette gives what purports
to be an ambitious plan of German
Invasion once the north coast of
France Is In their possession.
The towns of West Flanders over
and through which the battle for
the coast has been waging are In
ruins. The canals are choked with
the dead and the countryside Is
scarred as If by an earthquake.
That the Germans have not been
alone in heavy losses Is attested by
a dispatch declaring that the Bel-
gians lost 10.000 men when they
were driven from the banks of the
Yser by the invaders.
Big German Guns Coming.
The biggest of the German guns
are now reported to be at Bruges.
They apparently are yet to be
brought Into action and some of the
most terrible stages of the conflict
remain to be decided.
There has been no notable change
along the line of battle In France
proper although the Germans claim
that the fate of Verdun will be seal-
ed promptly as soon as their power-
ful guns get into action.
From near Rheims has come a
dispatch dwelling on the local Indi-
cations that the Germans are pre-
paring to hold their positions in that
part of the Aisne all winter al-
though of course this will depend
largely on the result of the opera-
tions to the north.
Most of the claims from the Rus-
sian arena continue to give the up-
per hand to the Russians although
the Germans are rallying and seek-
ing to stem the onrush.
It seems to be officially confirmed
that Italy has landed forces in Al-
bania and that Greeks also are mak-
ing their way into this territory.
PARIS AWAITING NEWS.
Crossing of Yser by Germans Has
Brought Period of Disquietude.
PARIS Oct. 27. —Paris today be-
gan another 24 hours of waiting for
news from the north where the
fiercest fighting of the war is going
on. The announcement that the
Germans had been unable to made
headway after their costly crossing
of the Yser canal brought keen
satisfaction to the people of the cap-
ital. Prior to this statement the
movements of the enemy in the
north had awakened considerable
disquietude in the public mind.
Unofficial explanation followed
this news to-wit: that in an attack
particularly violent by a powerful
and tenacious adversary such af-
fairs were inevitable.
News from Furnes on the route
to Dunkirk which presumably is the
objective of the Germans tells of the
heroism displayed by the Belgian
army which withstood the German
cannonade and mass attacks of in-
fantry. Though the trenches of the
Belgians were riddled by machine
gun fire the Germans were unable
to cut through the position.
The battle of October 25 was
marked by a terrific artillery duel
in which the allies gained some ad-
vantage. In the evening the Ger-
mans attempted several infantry at-
tacks which brought them on the
right bank of the Yser but all these
attempts were repulsed with enor-
mous losses.
Before dying Senator Emile Rey-
mond the president of the National
Aviation Commission whose ma-
chine was brought down by German
gun fire last week dictated a long
and Clear report of his
sance which was very useful to the
French commanders-
Senator Reymond s death also
was the occasion of a feat of arms.
His machine had landed
the trenches of the French and the
Germans and where the latter were
particularly strong. The French had
sought for 20 days to dislodge them
strategically a sfow and difficult
process and costly In men.
When the aeroplane fell the Ger-
mans rushed from the trenches and
fell upon the machine. Thereupon
the French engaged the Germans
hand-to-hand and gained the much-
waited position.
The French official announcement
today says that spirited fighting con-
tinues between the mouth of xser
and Lens; that In this district the al-
lies have not drawn back and that
they have continued to advance in
the region between Ypres and Roul-
ers and elsewhere.
The text of the communication
follows: .
"The fighting continues to be par-
ticularly spirited between the mouth
of the Yser and the region of Lens.
In this part of the conflict the al-
lied forces at no point have drawn
back and they have continued to
make progress In the region be-
tween Ypres and Roulers. In the
general region between Solssons and
Berry-au-Bac an artillery engage-
ment resulted in the destruction of
several batteries of the enemy.
"In the region to the east of
Nancy between the forest of Se-
zange and tho forest of Parroy we
have assumed the offensive . and
driven the enemy across the frontier.
"Russian: On the River San and
to the south of Przemsyl the Rus-
sian offensive is becoming more ac-
centuated."
KAISER HEADS ARMIES.
Will Command Combined German
and Austrian Forces.
Oct. 27. —Tl»e Copenha-
gen correspondent of the Times
learns from Berlin that under the
new military agreement between
Germany and Austria Emperor Wil-
liam undertakes the leadership of
the united armies.
According to the latest accounts
received In Copenhagen the German
eprperor is In good health and spirits.
A dispatch from Paris to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company says that
the Germans have seized the Prince
of Monaco’s chateau de Marchals
near Rheims and declare that they
will blow it up unless the prince im-
mediately pays a ransom of half a
million dollars. The prince has ad-
dressed an appeal to neutral coun-
tries.
The correspondent of the Morning
Post writing from near Rheims un-
der date of Saturday ana discussing
the situation In the eastern Aisne
valley says:
"It is possible the Germans Intend
to hold this line all winter. If they
fortify their positions It is quite
possible that they can do so. They
can make no further move forward
into French territory.
"The German Infantry lines how-
ever at Bahany run In a long un-
broken Une around to the right by
Cernay. At no point are the French
trenches more than a few hundred
yards away. The Germans have lost
no ground since the French recap-
tured Rheims.
"Four hundred German prisoners
were taken Thursday and brought
into Rheims. They made the custo-
mary German complaints of extreme
hunger but the French are begin-
ning to be skeptical as to the com-
plaints for the prisoners bear no
signs of famishment.
"The German officers boast that
the German strength Ues In the su-
periority of their artillery and the
efficiency of their spy system both
of which have only too well proved
during the campaign.
"In the meantime the artillery
duel along the eastern part of the
Aisne valley Is being continued with
great violence. The battle here is far
from ended and the strong fortified
positions held by the Germans will
call for exceptional measures."
Telegraphing from Flushing un-
der date of Sunday the Daily Mail’s
correspondent says:
"The general opinion Is that the
allies will soon be In Ostend again.
Ostend like Bruges and Ghent Is
overflowing with wounded and Ant-
werk itself is now filling up.
"Reports from all sides tell of car-
nage around Roulers where the dead
are lying in heaps. On the sea front
the naval shells worked havoc. Carts
come and go the day long with
wounded. Large farm wagons with
their sloping sides ate packed with
wounded and dying men."
REVIEW BY EYE-WITNESS.
English Bureau Issues Statement of
One Who Saw Battle.
LONDON Oct. 27—The official
press bureau makes public today the
story of an eye-witness suuplement-
ing the narrative of October 24 and
bringing the general course of oper-
ations in France up to October 20.
The arrival of reinforcements it
says enabled the British troops to
assist In the extension of the allies'
line. The statement says:
"South of the Lys. the enemy’s
Une extended to three miles east of
Methune and Vermelles. The allies
encountered resistance all along
the night of the 12th and 13th when
the enemy’s right fell back hastily.
Bailleul was abandoned. *
“On the 14th our left wing drove
the enemy back and on the night of
the 15th we were in possession of
all the country on the left bank of
the Lys to a point five miles below
Armentieres. The enemy retreated
from that town on the 16th and the
river line to within a short distance
of Frelinghien fell into our hands.
The state of the crossings over the
Lys indicated that no organized
scheme of defense had been exe-
cuted.
Resistance Is Determined.
"The resistance offered to our ad-
vance on the 15th was determined.
The fighting consisted of fiercely
contested encounters infantry at-
tacks on the villages being unavail-
ing until our howitzers reduced the
houses to ruins. Other villages were
taken and retaken three times be-
fore they finally were secured. On
the evening of the 16th the resist-
ance was overcome- The enemy re-
tired five miles to the eastward.
“During the 17th 18th and 19th
of October our right encountered
strong opposition of the enemy
about La Bassee. On the center and
the left we made better progress
although the Germans were en-
trenched everywhere and. In spite
of the bombardment held some vil-
lages on the Lys. At the close of
each day a night counter-stroke was
delivered against one or another
part of our Une. but all were re-
pulsed.
"On October 20 a determined but
unsuccessful attack was made
against virtually the whole of our
line. At one point where one of our
Brigades made a counter attack 11 Ou
German dead were found In a trench
sr.d 40 prisoners were taken."
The narrative points out that the
advance of the allies has been hin-
dered by the weather and the nature
of the ground together with the Im-
possibility of knowing beforehand
the reception that advance detach-
ments were really to meet in ap-
proaching any village or town.
Use Armored Motor Cars.
"Armored motor cars equipped
with machine guns are playlr.g a
part In the war.” says the narrative
"and have been most successful In
dealing with small parties of Ger-
man mounted troops. In their em-
p'ovment the Belgians have shown
themselves to be experts. They ap-
pear 10 regard Üblan hunting as a
form of sport. The crews display
the utmost dash and skill In this
form of warfare.
‘The struggle in the Aisne region
<ontinues. There has been no al-
teration in the general situation.
"A story from this quarter illus-
trates a new use for the craters made
by the explosions of the "Black Ma-
rias” the projectiles of the big Ger-
man howitzers. An officer on patrol
stumbled in the dark on the German
Benches. He ran for the British
lines but the fire directed at him
was so heavy he had to throw him-
self on the ground and crawl- Ills
chances looked desperate when he
saw. close by a big hole In the
ground made by one of the shells.
Into this he scrambled and remained
there fir a night and a day W hen
night again came he reached our
lines in safety. ■
"Recent casualty lists which have
been captured show the losses of
the Germans continue to be heavy.
One single list shows that a com-
pany of German Infantry had 139
men killed and wounded or more
than half of Its war establishment.
Other companies suffered almost as
heavily. The arrival of Indian con-
tingents .caused every one to real-
ize that while the enemy wa s filling
his depleted ranks with immature
levies we have large reserves of
perfectly fresh and thoroughly
trained troops to draw upon.”
CONQUEST OF ENGLAND.
German Adjutant Tells How It May
Be Accomplished.
LONDON Oct 27 — The Dally
Mall’s Bergen correspondent quotes
the Saxon State Gazette for the
following statement made by a gen-
eral who was In the adjutant gen-
eral’s office of the war department
last year In Bertin:
"The English watch on our naval
stations in the neighborhood of Hei.
goland will become quite Impossible
when Belgium and the north coast
of France to the mouth of the Seine
are in German hands.
"In course of time we will possess
Calais and probably Dieppe and
Havre. Our 12-inch Howitzers have
a range of 14 miles and the 17-inch
a still greater range. England can
expect still more artillery surprises.
Even if we cannot shoot from the
French coast to the English coast a
safety zone could be made for Ger-
man ships covering more than half
the navigable waters.
“The French harbors will serve
as basis for torpedo boats subma-
rines. cruisers and Zeppelins and can
be made impregnable from the sea
by a double or triple row of mines.
If this triple field should be laid
from the French coast to the Eng-
lish coast then Portsmouth and Ply-
mouth would be cut off from the
North sea and connection around
Scotland would be difficult.
"The possibility of laying such
mines is not doubted as they could
be laid under cover of artillery. Our
submarine and torpedo division
would also corne Into action. An in-
vasion of England would be easily
possible.”
ENGAGE MAIN ARMY.
Berlin Says Germans and Austrians
Hold Line In Galicia.
BERLIN Oct. 27 (Via wireless to
Sayville).—An official Austrian war
bulletin given out in Berlin today
says that combined Austrian and
German forces hold strong positions
In the long and almost continuous
battle line from Stry and Sambor In
Galicia thence to a point east of
Przemysl and along the San river
in a straight line to Plozk In Rus-
sian Poland.
The main Russian army is being
engaged. The Austrian offensive
beyond the Carpathians has com-
pelled the Russians to send rein-
forcements into this territory.
"The battle still Is raging In Cen-
tral Galicia. Austrian troops have
been successful in the lower San
river to the southeast of Przemysl.
“Vigorous encounters are proceed-
ing between Ivangorod and War-
saw.” _
CAPTURE 8000 RUSSIANS.
Berlin War Office Reports Activity
of Eastern Army.
VIENNA Oct. 27 (Via Rotterdam
and London). —An official communi-
cation given out here today says:
"In the fighting before Ivangorod
we have up to the present time cap-
tured 8000 Russians and nineteen
machine guns.
"Near Jaroslau. a Russian colonel
and 200 soldiers were forced to sur-
"Near Zalucze and In the vicinity
of Pasieczna. the enemy has been
driven back. The situation gener-
ally Is unchanged. (Signed) Gener-
al von Hoefer.”
LAUNCH HUGE ZEPPELIN.
New Fighter Takes Air to Shouts of
“On to London.”
LONDON Oct. 27. — A dispatch
from Geneva Switzerland to the Ex.
press gives this account of the
launching of a new Zeppelin:
"The most powerful Zeppelin yet
made has just been launched at
Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance.
Without preliminary trials it flew
away northwards at great speed
cheered bv the soldiers who shouted
■to London.’ Count Zeppelin was
present at tho launching.
"The airship has a special armor-
ed compartment for bombs near the
propellers and a big gun is mounted
in front to destroy aeroplanes. A
second airship of a similar type will
be ready by the end of October.
“As soon as this new airship—-
the thirty-first of its kind —Is finish-
ed. work will be begun on another.
More Zeppelins are being built at
Dusseldorf. Colmar and Berlin the
German staff desiring that the num-
ber be brought to a hundred quick-
ly.” t
WILL OCCUPY ALBANIA.
Greece Notifies Powers She Will
Suppress Anarchy There.
LONDON. Oct. 27.—The Greek
government has announced to the
powers its intention of provisionally
occupying Northern Epirus owing
to the necessity of suppressing the
anarchy prevailing there as the re-
sult of breakdown of the Albanian
government and the flight of Prince
William of Wied.
HASTE MARKS RETREAT.
Germans Cover SO Mlles First Night
From Warsaw.
LONDON. Oct- 27.—" The Germans!
retreated from Warsaw at night cov.
erlng over 30 miles oh their first
. march.
"The capture of Lowicz virtually
insures possession of the country for
SO miles to the westward of War-
saw.
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zone of the fighting near Warsaw
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had to be evacuated. The doctors
made a long rope of towels telling
the Inmates if they let go of It they
would be shot by the Germans. All
were thereby taken to the railway.
"The Army Messenger states that
the Austrian losses in Galicia from
October 22 to 25 were 17 officers
4150 men 11 quick-firers 22 can-
non and a great quantity of ammu-
nition and stores. The Russian cav-
alry continues the pursuit."
TROOPS MOVE WESTWARD.
Germany Sending Large Forces to
Reinforce Army.
LONDON Oct. 27.—The Germans
continue to send large masses of
troops westward and southwestward
according to a dispatch from Ter-
neuzen Holland published in the
Amsterdam Courant today. A mes-
sage to this effect has been sent to
London by the Amsterdam corre- ’
spondent of Reuter’s Telegram Com-
pany.
The Terneuzen message says fur-
ther that the allies who approached
Thlelt Saturday were repulsed by ।
fresh German troops. Sunday 16000 '
Austrians arrived at Ghent where
only a few Germans remain.
A Reuter dispatch from Amster-
dam says:
“From Sluis comes a report that
the country villages around Roulers
are being devastated by the Ger-
mans partly for strategical reasons.
Both in the towns and outside of
them many of the inhabitants have
lost their Ilves through their own Im-
prudence. It is estimated that a
thousand Inhabitants were killed and
250 houses burned.
“Roulers is as quiet as a grave-
yard and only a few German soldiers
are seen in the street. The villages
of Moorslede Doelkappelle West-
roosebeke and Staden are heaps of
ruins.”
Germans Ix*>e 10600 Dally.
ROME Oct. 27.—According to of-
ficial reports received here the Ger-
man casualties dally average 10000
men in killed and wounded. All of
those slightly or not gravely wound-
ed an average of 70 to 80 per cent
return to the ranks after a relatively
short time.
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