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Y?-iF' 'Ir,T v'fVi J 4. V- A I,. w. oOU i 7, war;. , . us Hfcrf j .A '?1?T'hr;rn V; ' . "." '." ; s ; n.-n iji,y p .it f I -SlOi ??fti FOR;GOI FOft . COUNTRY AND 'FpR UTH.Ii f j i 5i& ,$libV&la Advance. ilsw jj.r : ''-.V f, - j j H CPK Casts. 7; rr -2ra2K r NO. 20. nr'rfa RUSSIANS SVARM INTO GERMANY Germans Retreat Across Border Followed By Great Hordes of Russians," , Kaiser Alarmed JAPANESE, ?TjFi:TSINGfjllJ Germans Surrender. Important Fortres.J In China Allies and Germans ": Fighting Around Ypres ' ' The past week hasJSeeil an event ful one In the European war. The news' dispatcnesj fr6mf PetfAgrad tell of overwhelming victories for the Rus sian forces in Russian Poland and East .Prussia. The demoralized AustrlanVr "mies are doomed if the reports be true that the Russians have cut them off from'tthe Qrman.foi'c'es Irf GalldlaJ.Ai other jolt, was handed Qermany.ln Chi na when the German fortress at Tsing Tau surrendered to the British and Japanese troops. j , v Turkey's advent into the war also puts a new phase .Into thersltuation.: It is freely predicted that .if Germa ny fails to win, the Ottoman empire will be vanquished by the allied forces. For nearly a half century Tur key has come out ;6f one deteat only to be launched intotanother wai which ends In defeat. : This has resulted in a reduction in jtheTurkish territory, especially in" Europe, until it is now continent. . , To hold their enemies -and j-at the ame.; timef infltcp the greatest! '-pSSes possible, seems fta?' be i the caJnaigB the' allies aire carrying ""against the Germans in the north of France and in Belgium. , For weeks t the great forces of ' the German '" empire have heen po-unding away" at the allied rafikg trying with desperation ,;4to ;. break through tiielr; line$ and force an open ing to' the French cbast. 'But it has all been ia vain. jCdded to' the ir resistible strength of the allies the Ger. mans had to fight in a flooded territory. It was tool much if or thgn Jandltjiejr :,were.forcdtetxe Anotherattempt -ts-now 'being " matfg Jsy 4he. GennAfl to forc, h4r.ajL through, the region surroaAdi&feMnpr-et? It seems to be the last chance the Germans will h'ayeifi'ttire7 ptfSeith dr '"succeed orretr&V actfff ough Belgium. When the siege on Paris failed, the kaiser, it is said, resolve to begin a campaign on England. For this purpose the control of the French ' T5 rTl rain r' pf UrAA iAda ktlf-' werp ;"was takea'atid jthe German forces moved on to the Belgian-coast. But all was lost when they' Talled "to reach the French coast.'- - j ' - Much' interest is eing manifested In t.the. campaign Tcln.; Uieeast. jyjtttj the Creat" Russian1 hordes'thVeatenihg'th'e -richest region of Germany with mva-. sion, tmilitary experts are wondering what will be,the next .Jnove .of the. Germans. According to the latest re ports the Russians :have': advanced as far as the Warthe; river, in,- Russian: Poland, and are now on the bordejr of East ' Prussia, .'The v Gefnian5 are said to have" retfeaf'ed into East Prus sia. In the east-qf.JEast Prussia, .the Russians are "aiso said to have?made much headway. "VVUh. the Russ,ia,ns closing inf from two' directions the Ger man forces in Prussia are facing a serious -dilemma, ( - - Now that they have been cut off from the German forces in Galicia.'the Aus trian armies have only, .one recourse, and that is, to retreat through the Carpathian mountains. For many weeks the Austrian forces have bat tled with the Russians, put. it JiasJ)een a losing fight- V'eiitafegSiiookea the bluest for tb-AusWisSir.rainforce-ments were sent'thni; bs the, German Armies. It appeared Mrf ittjBmf -that the Russians wouldloe- lorcefto ive up the positions ,in Galicia, they had won at a great sacrifice of.life, butHhis" Ihey failed to do. 1,598 British Officers: KHIed frr London. A tabulated list of casual ties among British commissioned offi cers in France between Otcober 20 and October 27,a3eWthe total of officers' . killed, wounded ;or missing to 1,593. , The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, wher1 lefet seven officers'; .'killed, eight wounded and two missing, and the -Royal Field Artillery, ten of whose officers were wounded,, were aitfong the h6avies"sttf ferers. Navai pattle js Pending Washington.-r-.Official dispatcheoU, the fall of Tsing-Tau were received at the Japanese embassy and-interpreted as signalling the beginning of of; fensive movement of the'-stwfdrolis-tf warships which have been occupying and blockading Kiao-Chow, which have been released, it is said, to hunt down the German . ships in the Pacific. It was stated at the embassy that in all probability a joint occupation of the British and Japanese forces would take p'aco at Tsing-Tau immediately. SO AT LEAT HE CHICAGO HERALD f Russians Advance 5nto Germany. London. Except for the fall of Tsing Tau, 5 the most significant1 re porf f ifotn any;of -the- battle Irohtsfand?1 the niost welcometo.the allies-pis; that the Rus siaQs,'' . jbesjde driving., he . Aus'triaiis bacirin Galfcla;' nave TeacHed : the War; the -river; ihlKtissiarn Poland," and have established themselves on the- Bait Prussian frontier. A. jEajrllnYofficial report says some ro5s4ft5arthevJ mil U'tire ,l'MV,eU""Dacli. ""l"o -fills, til-t Russian reDort ands. thafthe town of m&WMiXlto&U.rtver, in Po land, has been occupied andthat ;"a Wirsstaf fCfnra s prpceededjw'esx- wara tnrougn jzenstocnuwa, near ine Silesian frontier. aregsppasibje for the report that they haVe defeated the Germans near Mlawa, in Polanfi, r jtist ' across ' the ' 'East' Prussian bouhi dar and at Xyck.ift' East Prussia. . Military -observers lire sax tlfe Russian 'liave followed, "the jrfetiring Germans at k muchfas?eT; pace thin wastanficdpatedT-aM tKatiit'they ae iji, forcetlieyr myj pr nt,-,tlie Ger mansfromtakinup.ieir poi tions on'the rWarthe ;andcotopfel thetn tofan back t6: tlite "SllenTIorder. I Despite -alVrthisreports persist thtt tiij Gefmans are .sending.., westward large"' '.numbers4' of ;their troops" wjo have "beehr-nglirlng JPolaiia to Oppose the, allies in Fjance and Belgium. Tht they,wald dcfi this with euormois rRussiafi"forcethreatenlng their own and richest .territory-mjllitaryjen hefe say seems"iDflginy'''impir unless the 1 German-sparer sajIrt.ej3L-Jl.. small force can' prevent the Russians enter ing Silesia and East Prussia. f "-Antes 'rigntiny "Afuund Ypies j In the west the ding-dong fighting continues;; '"fTh lfirnlcriwTio hold thetoea;; a'lcaagye- beig given a comparative rest, affter their three months of almost continuous fighting. The Germans still are con centrating around Ypres, where they arj3 trymfeiaack their way through! the Anfelo-Fench troops to tne-coast, j ,'' Both sides claim to have iiade prot re9if4ejt-e, the Anglo-French forces southeast ; of the town and the Ger- mans southwest, (jorresponaents p iieiear,:piJtni(irtnies sayfthe' fight ing has not appreciably lessened and; ihtiXot&. gtdeS'are; -using tnemendovs weight of,. actiHeify-in an enjtieavor toj Clear ibej gBound-for an infantry ad vance. .,.r,r,. tz'j i p . : Both armies are being reiaforced.JItj seems. 9. Of iTjiyzea inai me uri muus canpot-ifffYfafther wesj because of the cbWerat!on of the warships! UU? hllLl ffjpfces and tht a roujej either here or farther souta must Del found if the Germans areio jattajni their ambition1 of rfeaching tfie French! coast. 4: I , . : : ; t i ; ' " Germans' Hiiried In River onet attack which forced intt the rivterfl Oise a body of Germans f after te oatches dent took place near Semp(gny. :The ariage at any cpsu- AueruyincK-nrers had frtyedhawe-towaiinutes in the German ranks the bugle sound ed retreat and the Germans poured across the bridge. tv.:. . ' : : fJ ' , st I -.c . . AvfiAtSi. is i1- ? f: . been destroyed by a bomli jtfnippiaplfi-Sa from an aerolane was relohhted ;flrtioUA4alraL.Iteroa.FIaltgr dispatches reaching Paris. I The inci. the nWllf.st sea-loru- of the admi- HAS NERVE a German. "Ships Destroyed Tokio, 'Japan. Xfter desperate "as-1 saults, in which the Japanese, in the face of ifefoicre'sisY4nCe,vrivaled ffe" br,avery of their. - forces -,at. . Port ArT thux,,TsAg-Tau surrendered. Gov. Mey err'Waldeck, after the hoisting of white, flags on the forts, sent ah officer 'with mix,- . -Thg'Jpmese'-anQermail'ofrloerg1 lation were concluded. . The Japanese officers (highly praise the bravery of the djcMns, whQ;: officiaJ,5OT. hlftwSittsSvha' foprore tMMtflM wmCut Qff From Germans Romel Tribuaa- d ispat eh from'lei i trograd says: '.'The .Russians have cut off i-ther Aus-, irian army irom me uermans. ne AustrJan3 we re 1 encircled pn tlielc . left flank and -were forced to retreat) bt the1 Russians ""occupied all theways of : rereat49 war d,.G r acowan df thys the entire Austrian army was pushed to ward -the V- Carpathian tnfluntalns,' against which they are closely pressed. The Austrians' condition is desper ate, as their only line of retreat lies across laa- Carpathians which?' t this,? time. of .the.Kear, are almost, impassa ble to a million' and a half of inen1 with provisions., apdjnun it wn .trains J and artillery. 4 "Petrograd is rejoicing .' over , the present 'decisive ' victory. ;- 0-reat dem onstrations have.. been held, -ajid ; in -all the xhurches' service's to celebrate the event have 'taken placed fC "" - - "Emperor Nicholas remained at the front." Russians Force German Retreat Petrograd.r'he ?tjussia'n (general J un me Jiasi rrussian ironi uie nus- jtian troops are aeveioping wun sue cess an offensive in,Xheiegion pjjthe forest of RomintenaTKr lycK (East Prussia). ",The German rear guard was dis- loe4jtfV8 fi1$onyemjbHei 4, suffering great losses. "Beyond the Vistula the eneniycon tiiiiflesito.ifalGback. ijijQepmari ..col umn passed through Czenstochowa, Russian Poland, moving west. .. "Minor engagements have occurred near Warta and on the road from Andrejew to Mechow near Merzava. 'InrGalicia theAustrians in their retreat l Mnd thgm uany Splei ill w'itii cholera at Jaroslau, Przevorsk and viitegeoithe Safcf . a ' j 1 German Cargoes Are Affected London.-Jthe clohg of the Nqtfh; sea to all Shipping except that which , Itsef under the p-0tectloa of ralty and as one eMhe: iaost import ant c:en. ifithefcwarl' "All" carftoes destinO..Dx. Gerjaaa; AusUiafi - cdn - sumption must - run, the gaantlet -of British iitspBctfonlhr'the English cfataii nel, the strait of Gibraltar or the Suez canal. ritttii,jG..m or ports. .. surrftdrig;$(in fillup By .tne iwji lfc;ittvr iftactiaS of-sTO'of e crackfterri- ht lc5H lwVwtwwtrflliti!' -Ihe procession GERMANS RETUR JO ASSAULT ALLIES REINFORCEMENTS SENT TO RAT TLE LINE IN WEST ALLIES - PHIbepulse attacks. j r? RUSSIANS ON GERMAN! SOIL Germans ' Abandon Positions Along Warthe. Berlin Reports Victory . Over Czars Troops. I ! . -.f: :. - --u I London. The Germans have renew- r.0. their offensive;' in sthe 'vicinity o iTDfes and; EJliimude, where several at-1 Tempts to reak througfi",th9 Allied lines to the coast or France were re- ulsed after the most sever 'fighting of the war. . i ' Despite thee Austro-Germani armies have suffered in the east, where the Russians- have et- taeir ieet on Gr-maa-a.errkory.ihe.vGermans.are said to be still sending, reinfprcenxents to the' wesrTn" an" ehaeav"o"rTcrbreak down - the-resisitance .of -the; French, British and Belgians. . j t Tli ere has "been no decisive action along the whole front, but eacli side is making gains which may ;'count when the crisis is, at ihand.. With the tremendous forces opposing 'f each other, any progress nfecessarilyj must be. slow, but both the Allies and the Germans express satisfaction with the way in which t,he . battle ha$ gone thus far.- . :'J . . 'r '"" In the east the Russian advance 'guards are fighting on- both the; Eat 'Prussia f hand"P6sen borders and it is believed that, the Germans have given up their 'first' ph?n of resisting the Russians' advance on . the! posi tions which i they had prepared along the Warthe River. , . 1 According to"'a German report, the - Jm,.. ontier, .., where t1teTTtgr4,000 men-amt some mac tune gunChuT of "the fighting'" elsewhere In this' regfon" Berlin savs -nothing. , There have been no developments in the Near East, the engagements" tiffitli fevftttf .London it i nection wflwf'tfauguraUon of con the Mher Dominion troops took part. From all sections or the country come reports of an increasing npmber of young" men offering tnemselves for .service. . 1 r ALLiES WILL WIN IN AR. lord - Kitchener . Declares 'THa En 0 Must Mean Victory forEaglki.o. London. Confidence in the llfimate success of the Allied arms Vas ex pressed by Eari 'Kitchener who 'point ed out the great issue atT stake, tbe 1 . .V . ill., t advantages possessed by the Allies in nien and materialaha in '."that won derful spirit which never has Under stood the meaning of defeat."; ; ' Speaking of the Lord Mayor's ban quet. Lord Kitchener praised Hhe ter ritorials, particularly the j London, Scottish and the East Indians 'spoke, of the admiration of the British troops for the "glorious ; French army," and said: , '( I 'i "Under, th direction of General Jof fre, who Is" not only a great jmilitary( leader, but a great man, we may con fidently rely on the ultimate! success of the Allied forces In the .'western eater of the war. He praised the brilliant leadership of Grand Duke Nicholas and also "the splendid: deed of he gallant; Belgian army" and the gallantry or tne Jap anese forces. Continuing, Lofd jKitch ener -said: .'ovii'i ' 1 i : "The British empire Is flghtihg for Its existence. I want every cltlien toi understand thi iardinal fact,-foV only from a clear conception of the vast Importance of the issue at stake can come the great national moral im psls Without jw'bieh the government; w'ar ministers, or even their navies lean do butrlittlj.i" fv-' "We have' enormous advantages In our resources of men and material jid'p'giaji wonderful spiritoJ ours whicn never nas unaersiooa ineanean- bneot defeat. All these are great a seis Dui iney inusi ub uieu juuiciouscy an d effectively ;v " t - "ITave n6cohipaliht td make" what-' ever about the response to my appeals ifol mem The ptgr8 in the military ftriining - f -those ."who already hafe enlisted, t remarkable and the coun try "wen may be proud of them, but".! shall want more men and still more until the enemy is crushed." (..xougnt DemgoBi4ii.,4iii94iiu GOTTOH GINNED IS EAR PAST RECORD U? TO NOVEMBER '1 THE - CROP WAS WITHIN 5,170 BALES OF RECORD.- ' AN ENORMOUS WHEAT CROP Despite Loss in Cotton, U. S. Crops Are Worth-Much More Than In Any Previous : Year. Washington. Ginning of cotton eontinues active despite the low price Southern .farmers . are receiving and the depression in the industry caused by the war, . ", . ' During jthe period from .October 19 to November 1 the ginning amount ed to ' 2,207,144 ' bales, making the aggregate for the - season 9,828,695 bales, the period's ginning was only 5,170 bales less than ginned during the same "period on tho record pro duction year of 1911 and the aggre gate for the season is only 142,210 bales less. . Compared with last year the ginning on November 1 were 855,177 bales more. In Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Oklahoma the ginnings to November 1 exceeded those for any of the past eight" years." ; , The fourth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled . from reports of census bureau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt just issued, announced that 9,828,695 bales of. cotton, counting round, as half bales, of the growth of ,19li had been ginned prior lo NbveinberI.'This compared with 8,830,396 bales,. or 63.2 per cent, of the entire , crop, ginned prior to November 1, last year, 8,869,222 bales, or, 5.8 per ent.in 1912 and.9,970,905 bales' or 64.1 per cen l in 1911. important farm crops of the United States this year are worth $5,068,742, 000 or $104,000,000 more than the value of the same crops last year, not withstanding a loss of $418,000,000 sustained by cotton planters on lint alone as a result of the European wap,'- v- Preliminary estimates announced by the department of agriculture and statistics of average prices paid to producers November 1 indicate that this year's wheat and corn crops are the most valuable ever grown in the United States, that the wheat and apple crops are record harvests. The huge wheat crop and the In creased price of that cereal, the large corn and apple crops and the increased price in bats, barley and rye more than offset the big loss in cotton. GUTIERREZ NAMES HIS CABINET Carranza Orders His Commanders to . Return to Posts of Duty. - Mexico' City. General Venustiano Carranza issued an ultimatum declar inghlmself chief, head of the repub lic. The proclamation was issued at Cordoba and directed to military chieftains and ' civil employes of the central government who were ordered to disregard, the mandates of the Aguas Calientes convention. To the military chieftains Carranza said that unless they . left the conference and were, back at their posts by 6 o'clock Tuesday ; evening their next In rank would assume their places. . Gen. Eulalio Gutierrez, appointed provisional president of Mexico by the Aguas Calientes convention, has proclaimed himself the chief executive beginning November 10 and has ap pointed , the. folowing cabinet: , Foreign Minister, Fernando Iglias Calderon. Minister of Communications, Gen. Antonio Villareal. Minister of War, Gen. Juvenio Robles. . ..Minister "of the Interior, Gen. ; Jose Blanco. ' Minister of Public Instructions, Signor Soto y Gama. Minister of Justice, Jose Vascon selos. Minister of Progress, Pastor Roaix. Minister of the Treasury, Felicits Villareal. .''. ., , Enriquo '0; Llorente will , be . , ap pointed Washington representative of the Constitutionalists. North' Carolina Wins Boundry Case. Washington. The dispute between the states of Tennessee' and North Carolina over their boundary was de cided by the Supreme Court in favor of North Carolina, The dispute arose over the exact location of the state boundary as projected by a commis sion In 18211 Both states laid claim to some 40,000 acres of mountainous timber land near Slick Rock Creek and for years each state has Imposed faxw onthfandg. JusUceMrKenna aiiliounced thecourt's decision. COTTON LOAN FUND PLAN NOT ILLEGAL ATTORNEY GENERAL GREGORY "iAY8 PLAN DOES NOT VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW SUCCESS TO M0VEMENTSURE President Wilson Asked the Attorney General For An Opinion. Up to New England Bankers. Washington. No violation of .Fed eral antitrust laws is threatened by the cotton loan fund plan recently perfected by bankers and members of the Federal Reserve Board, accord ing to an opinion handed down by Attorney General Gregory at the re quest of President Wilson. Success of the $135,000,000 . pool now Is believed by treasury officials to be assured. More than $80,000,000 of the $100,000,000 to be raised among northern bankers already has been, subscribed and practically all of the remainder, it Is understood, had been promised on condition of a favorable opinion from the Attorney General. New England financiers, it was said, were reluctant to enter the plan until definitely assured that the method of raising the fund would not be con strued as unlawful. Attorney General Gregory's opinion was rendered after a conference with President Wilson. The Treasury De partment made public the following correspondence: "The White House,. "My Dear Mr. Attorney General: "I am sending the enclosed papers, submitted to me by the Secretary of the Treasury, , in order, to ascertain whether in your opinion the proposed cotton loan fund may be lawfully formed. I know that it la contrary to the practice of the department of give opinions beforehand as to con templated transactions, and I think that such opinions ought never in or dinary circumstances to be given, but the circumstances with regard to the handling of the great cotton . crop which have been created by the Euro pean war are most extraordinary and seem to justify extraordinary action. It Is for that reason that I venture to ask you to depart In this case from the usual practice of your department. "It occurs to me that the fund con templated stands in a class by itself. It is hardly conceivable that such ar rangements -should ifecome settled practices or furnish precedents which would be followed in the regular course of business or under ordinary conditions. They are as exceptional in their nature as the circumstances they are meant to deal with and can hardly be looked upon as, by possi bility even, dangerous precedents. It is for this reason that I feel the more justified in asking for your opinion in the premises. "Cordially and sincerely yours, (Signed) - - "WOODROW MILSON." Mr. Gregory replied at once to the President's letter stating that he was unable to see how such a plan could be thought to fall within the purview of the anti-trust laws. VICTORY UNDER SHEMAN LAW. Railroads Give Up Stock in Coal Mines Valued at 3,750,000. Cincinnati, O Stock in Ohio and West Virginia coal mines valued at $3,750,000 passed into the hands of John S. Jones, a Chicago coal opera tor, as a result of an entry made by three Federal judges here in a suit brought by the government against the New York Central and the Chesa peake & Ohio Railway Company, their subsidiaries and various coal com panies they control. The case was brought under the Sherman law and, federal officials de clared it was the most sweeping vic tory ever accomplished under the act. The case has been known as the "East Ohio and West Virginia bitu minous coal case." Attorneys for both the railroads and the 'government; appeared before the court with an agreement that the properties of the railroads be disin tegrated and owenrship dissolved. Capital Paid in by Banks. Washington. Payment of the first installment of the capital stock of federal reserve banks, called, for No vember 2, practically has been com pleted. The paid in total, the Federal Reserve Board announced has reach ed $17,947,106, as follows: Boston $1,617,925; New York $3,320,380; Phil adelphia $2,068359; Cleveland $2,012, 353; Bkhmond $1,063,458; Atlanta. $777,24S; Chicago 2,191,000; St, Louis $s)12,O0O; Minneapolis $794,500; Kansas 3ity $916,000. Da.Ua.485L315; San Francisco $1,322,346. - : ; .1
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