Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SWEEPIN
FOR KAISER'S ARMY OVER THE RUSSIAN
The Desperate Struggles That Have Been Carried on for This Strategic Territory Terminate in Victory for the AlHes—Sinking of German Submarines Adds to the Enthusiasm of the British.
LAST GERMAN ATLANTIC BOAT HAS BEEN SUNK
Berlin, via wireless to Londo nouncement was given to the pre bureau:
"The Russian evacuation of night time.    Consequently it was
"The evacuation was the ou battles, when the Russians' losse doned trenches were filled wtih d
"Our losses were much loss t the dash of the 25th reserve cor 150 of our men fell.
"It is estimated tat the Eus '.ng the 80,000 prisoners taken b
The prisoners are now bein
"Not even after the battle have to march over so many Rus around Lodz and Lowics.
'The Rustr'ians suffered mos artillery.
'It is significant that on the west of Lodz, no less than 887 R
''The town of Lodz suffered Some of the suburbs and factor property losses, but the town its The Grand Hotel suffered no dam new operating as in the time of
n, Dec. 12.—The    following    an- ss to-night by the Imperial press
Lodz occured secretly and in the
accomplished without fighting, tcome of the previous three daj's' s were  enormous.    Their  aban- ead.
han  those  oi'  the  Russ.iaiis.    In ps through the Paissian lines only
sian losses in  Poland jncluding- y us, amount to at least 150,000. g taken to Germany.
of  Tannenburg did  cur    troops sian bodies as   in   the    fighting
t severely from the fire   of   our
height to the south of Lutomiere. ussians were buried.
little danittge during the fighting, ies beyond the town sastained elf was practically undamaged, age and the tramway system is peace.''
RUSSIANS CUT GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS
rman line has  been  cut  at  two
Petrograd, Dec. 12.—The Ge points at the front between Prz sians destroying the lines of com columns, according to advices w
The success of this manuevre strategic advantage though it p ciding factor in the fighting abo ing with such fiuy that the roa in the Polish capital.
Its main advantage will be th vdng' northwest of Warsaw. Th the right bank of the Vistula, a s driven when the Russians fell b repulse of the Germans on the Pr now gives them space in which t
asn.vsz and Cienchanow. the Ru?- raunication between the German hich reached here to-day. gives the Russians an important rcbably will not figure as a de- ut Warsaw which to-day was ra-^- 1- of the guns was plaiiily audible
e freeing of the' Russian right •=t body has been crauiped against ituation into which they -vvere ack upcn the Polish capital. The zasnyss-Ciechnov/- froni v.hich 0 nianeuvre.
S EVACUATI KS OF THE YSER AFTER HARD EATTLE
Beriin Announces That in the Terrible Fighting Before Lodz in Poland the Russians Lost at Least One Hun¬ dred Thousand in Killed, Wounded and Prisoners — Germans Also Sustain Heavy Losses
THE ROAR OF GUNS IS PLAINLY HEARD IN WARSAW
London,  Dec. 13.—Sunday- jubilation for London.
Yesterday was another    day    of
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KAISERIN AUGUST VICTORIA LEAVING GERMAN MILITAR Y H03PTAL
r>crlin,   Dec.  1-.—The <;ciiiian   ICni- Ijresis   i.s   leading   the   women   folk   ¦•' h:r fnniily in caring for  ilic .^ick .u:'-' •AT.undod    and    in    conilr'inK    tho ;• r^ufferii!.^ through  war.     Hardly a d,i> pa.si-^ed   wilhout   the   Emprc^.s.   dcsi)i ¦ the   man.v   important duties  confront inu:  her.   tinjing   time  to  \ i.sit   one  o more   of   the   Berlin   ho.spitals   wli. : lhe   wounded   men  are  cared   for.  .-^. -'^pi^ud!^ muiii   .>!'  her tion- encourayi..
and     distribiitiiiff II,     Uic     injured
j liy the tard.v dis|iat<li of tiie Priiicc of Wale.< to the Briti.sh K.xpeditionary I'ori-c   and    I'y   the   discrec:   vi.sit   of
he disaiili'd men riiiis and flower: ishlcns.
I'l-w niolher.s in Kurope U.ivc made 1. ater sacrifices then the lOmprc.-.s. ;.i-   husbau.i   and   j^ix   sons   and   one
.1-in-law have all seen service, whi'e
,-i   younsrest .son,  Joachim,  has  been j ,.,] family were stun: ouiided,   has   recovered,  and   ia  noA-Jthe ohvi(ais compar
Kintt George  to the trenches in  Flai;-
der.s.     It   i.s   ta'Ken   for   granted    here
that the  member.s of the  British  roy-
to this action  iiy
on between their
iin    at Moil   ¦¦
liic   front. .mUSeUicnt
actions and   the  martial     bearins;    of
aiLsed   lieve I Iheir   Hohenzollern   couniiis.
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VILLA AGAIN      PLAINS IN THE FIELD   IS WOUNDB
II Takelcmmand of thej BYGUNMj
Troops  ot  the  Nerth—i
BOLDEST OF AUTO BANDITS STEAL A MACHINE WHILE ^    SHOPPERS AND COP LOOK ON^
dressed   nc.itly   with
of regulating traffic at  fhe  corner of, the   young men.
Xbrthainpton  and  South  Main  streets   |iiKli-to)>  shces  ,-ind  apparently  about
glimp;
-Muiotii   beneath   the   eyes   of     the owners   and    with    a    policeman    less
'..jian   five   doors   away      two     daring   just in  time  to get  a  fleotiu youns  men   stole   the   automobile     of   of  the  machine. ¦ j
.lo.sephine   Heyer   last   ui,^ht   froni   in Tlic llolde^t  mcmI. ,
front of the ITeyer jewelry store on of all the* auto robberies tiiat have . South Main street, near Northainplon. taken place in recent monihs in this Fa.seing shoiiiiers, hurryins to their city that whieh deprived .Mrs. Heyer: cars at 10: l.'i o'cIocIn. saw- one of tiie of her fivc-passenper Ford car iirob- i-.ibbcrs take a .seat in the auto while ably heafLs the list for dare-deviltry, the other cranUcd the g-iiKino and i The owner of the cir had loft it but i just as lhe latter jumped to tiie h, few niiniues befor.^ and while, driver's scat .Mrs. Lucy Hertlc*;. a I warnings of the auto thieves have i Lavcr.v of the theft, .sent flyers to daughter of .Mrs. Heyer. rai.sed her' been i.ssued eontinua-uy ^y the police j Hie patrolmen on the city's outskirts eyes from some deoratins work she j Mrs. Heyer believed the pos'iion of! but no clue v\fis obtained. .\t three was finishin.::?   in   the «how^  wiiKlow  ot j |,p,. dauKiiter  in  the v, ind.iw   was suf-, o'clock  this mornins the machine was
IS   ycar»   old,    opened   the   fore-door ' of   the   machine   and   stepped   ins-idc. ' His   companion,   with   everj-   evidence of  being  witliiu  his rignts.  took  hold of  the  crank   and  turned   the  engine. | He   chad   thrown   the   clutch   before I •? Mrs.   Bcrtk's looked  ouf  on the si^enc. Hoys Kscapc. Police     h. adquarters.     notified     bv
First came the news of the expulsion of the Germans from the west bank of the Yser bringing to a climax the most desperate stage of the Hgiiting on that fi'ont. That this success should have come so shortly after the assurapticn of the British of the positions along the whole of this line, was the soiu'ce of the pride to the English people.
Then came the report from the Firth of the Forth that a Ger¬ man submarine raid, similar to that atler-pt against Dover, had been tried at that port ^vith resul ts eq-.ially disastrous to the Ger¬ man navy. The Scottish port bat tcries succeeded in sinking two of the submarines according to a n unconni-med report.
All day and far into the night the crowds about the bulletin boards awaited news of the sinking of the Dresden, the sole re¬ maining unit of Admiral Voii Spee? f^eet. It was not until well :cr midnight that there was p listed a bulletin from Buenos Ayres stating that the Dresden had been beached at Puerto Galli- gos. The report was generally credited as previous reports had been that the Dresden had been seen in aa inlet on the Patagon- ian coast.
STURDIES VICTO PY NOW COMPLSTE
Although there were only a few strag'glers abroad the news spread rapidly that the victory oi Admiral Sturdee had been mado complete.
It was generally accepted hove that the Dresden had been ov- ertaken by the British .slijps and holed so that she wa^ maldng water and had been run on the beach to save her crew, who, with the ship must be interned for the war.
It is pointed out that the mouth of the Galligos river in which is located Puerto GaUigos is about 700 miles fromFalklands, whero on Tuesday the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipzig were sent to the bottom and the cruiser Num berg sunk after a chase. Four days have elapsed since the battle. Ordinarily^ v.ith the Dresden in condition, this distance is well within a days cruise. The Brit¬ ish ships speed all equalled or excee.isd that of the Dresden and it is generally believed that during' these four days the Dresden has been engaged in a running fight fr om which she emerged in such a crippiea tondition as to leave he r commander th;s sole alternative,
(Coutinucd on Pasp :i.)
MINE VICTIMS ^ BURIED WITH
an<l  saw the machine spe.
the store away.
-Mrs.   Bertles   called   to   her   m-)t!ier|      The   youns   men and   all   the   oecupants   of   the     store; about   their   task
1 I ficient  protection  acrnlnst th I Iar form  of ouflaw^ry.
weni   d.-lil*i-atcl.'." Kycwitnessea   say
particu- , found   descrtetd   on  Wyoming  avenue
I In       Porranceton. Auto       owners,
alarmed   b.v   the   numerous   succes.ses
of  the   lat'st   type   of  thief  are   at   a
Zapata Goes South
.Mexico Cify. Dec. 12.—General Vil ri hati definitely retired from his post. as commander-in-chief of the cou- '. ention frovcrnmeiit'.-- forces t.) take pcisonal command of '.he army Tf Ihc  north.
Villa will lead his tr.iops igainst I iiiadalajara, M.>ntere>. 'I'ampico, a-.id other points in the north which arc still  held   by  th.- Carrau'/istae.
Oeneral Zapata has been appoii:t- cd to command the operations In the south, probablv asainst Puebla whicii he   is   about   ;.i   attack.
Gen.   liiiertii   Will   Uftnrii.
London. Dec. 11'. — K^-l¦re*^idcnl Huerta has informed business asso¬ ciates here he has made jilans lo ref urn t" Mexico. He did not 01- i'ide   to  them  fh''  'laic of his fiailint;.
SPECIAL   MENTION
-XDTIOK   is   herebx       yiven      by      lne;
.'^ha.le Tree fomniissiouers of th ' . Borou.qh of I >oi-r uiceton. that a meet¬ ing wil! be held at tile Town Coun¬ cil Roiim.s of Ibe B.u-..>ush. on Tues¬ day, .l.-inuary .'.. I31.'>. between the hours of - and 1 o'clock Jn the .if¬ ternoon for -the purpose of consider¬ ing Ihc setting out or planting, re- , moval .M- ch.ii'sing of sharl.' trees in and upon the following named high- «a\s: Division. Sharp. Dorrance, Poplar. I'nion. X'aughn Walnut. Ben¬ nett. Kly. -Mercer. Schuyler. Chest¬ nut. Johne. Rutter,, tiates, Thomas, Well."". Goodwin. T^oveland, .\therton, ¦ .Market streets.
.Ml citir.cns.   t.ax-paycrs  and  own ts of   property   in   the   Borough   are   re¬ quested to be )>reseut at  the time and place   abo\e   oapointed   for  the  meet- ; ing   at      which      such      contempl.-ited '. w-ork   will   be  coii-sidercd.
JOi;.  F  W.\l/rEK, I
D.  .1    D.WIt:. I
'' FUl-iD   RODL>-\.   Scctv., \
Shade Tree Commissioners.
Builet Enters W^rist and Is' Removed From  ElLow at City Hospital
Wii.jn ordered to throw up his hands and be seiM-ched Dcinatro Viit- chuck, of 4H Poj.lar street, Plain.s. did noi (ilie.\- .iui(-kly enou.gh to suit an unidentified bandit who accosted him at 7 o'clock last ni^;^t on the Ix^high \ llio bridce near Prosjiect i:u-(akcr and for iiunishmant Tutchuck was not only deprived of his money and valuables but shot as well, 'rhe bullet was aimed at one of the of¬ fending limbs and went true to its mark, entering Yiitchuk's rigUi wri.s-t and lodging in tbo elbow from where it  was  taken  at City  Hospital.
The Plains man Wii.'-; on his way fo the cit.v and was walking to save earr..rc. T'lo bnnd-; bad taken i po- .sition on the brid.ge awaiting ju.Ht such a chance. When Yutchuck was onlv a couple feet aw-ay a revolver whipped out from fh.- bandit's poekel, md the commnnd 1.1 "hobl up \our hands" followed. Yutchuek w:is so astonished he was paralyzed into a. tardy rcpnnse and the b:ni.-'it fired. With deli bf rate eare he then searched bis victim and took what monex- ind valuables could be found, the latter including a  watch  and    hain.
"N'utcbuck walked (.n to Ciiv FTospi- tal w-here he apulicd for treatment. The bullf^r was rcmo\ed without dif- fii-ulty. The gunman is described as five fecf nine incb.^s tall vith black suit and derby hat.
McADOO'S HUNfiRY IOOK BOTHERED SEN. BANKHEAD
rushed to lhe shouted '-I-"ir( " iaiiU's   T.a \cry.
streot.      -Mrs       Heyer and     the    poli: eman,
tnrn.'d    from   his   j'lb
they appe ire.l from a erowd of home-j loss    to    find    means    to   ensure    (he
gning  shopp(>rs
sinct.      .\t   Ibl
southboiird   on   Main 1 safetj   of   cars   left   without   a   chauf He\er   sfere   one   of; feur or paid watcher.
HOBSONAk
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FIE HIGP/AY FOR THE SOUTH
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Afier Year Suffrage
sof Agitation Advocates of Cold V/ater ana e for Women WiH Have Their Constilutiosal Amendments Placed Before Congress So That Vote May Be Taken
CONGRESSMEN MUST STAND W ANO BE COUNTED
Washin.gton. Dec. 12.—A model ronii wiil soon extend from the iiation- il cajiital fo -Mlanta, Ga., if the plana of the Department of Public Koad;^ arc carried  out.
The Department .started a last year by which the counties; through w-hich the Washington--At-i I.-inta model road is to j)ass. are toi Illy for the up-keep of this road pro- \ ided federal engineers supervise the, project making it an object lesson in, the maintenance of good roads. The. Iiroject has met with special endnive- nient. Over half of the counties| througii which the road runs have, pledged themselves to assist in its* iijikeep.
The largtst collective funeral held In Lackawanna county since the bi:-.-- ial of eight-two victime of the Price- pancoast disaster at Throop in April, 1911, took place at Scranton yesterday when eight of the thirteen mire workers killed in the Tripp shaft ex¬ plosion of the Lackawanna Coal Com¬ pany's Diamond colliery last Wednes¬ day were interred from eiervicc."? held in three  churches.
Six     of     the   victims   in  yesterday's funerals  were  conveyed   to  St_     Jos¬ eph's  Roman Catholic Church.  (Litn- uanian)   in   Xorth     Scranton.     whero the   pastor,   the   Rev.     John     Kuras>, oiect I celebrated   a   high   m.a.se   of   requiem I in  the   presence  of a  congre.gation   of { 1,300  persons.    The  mourners includ- ! ed   four  widows  and   sixteen   of   their 1 fatherless     children.     Beautiful     oak casketfi   were   provided  the  victims.
The funeral cortege. which was over a half mile in length, containct. besides the six hearses, one hundre.l and ten coaches for the mourner.s Rurial   of   most   of   the   victims   :\-as
DOCTOR aUOT PRAISES JOHN ROCKEFELLER
Refers to Him As Greatest Busine-ss Man That Ameri¬ ca Has Ever Produced
Bo.ston. Dec. 12.-—Praise for John D Rockefeller for ^-reat coroporatlonB. and for- u.ses to which the Standard Oil m.a.enate's millions have heen put through the Rockefeller foundation, was uttered by President Emerltiw Chaf:. W. Eliot, of Harvard, befora the Tewentieth Centurj- Club at a luncheon today.
Rockefeller was designated a.s "the best business man this country has ever produced," an din the making of hi.s millions, "he has conferred im¬ mense benefactions on the entire world."
Washin<?-ton.      Dee.      Ii?.—Tb'^   rules committee    of   the    House   today   de¬ cided   to   permit  tbe  consideration  by • the   Hou.se   before      adjournment      Is ! taken   for  the   fhr'stnvti   b..li'la.'. s   .if both       the       Kohson       con.stitutional ¦ amerdment    for   prohibition   and   the •Mondel   resolution    providing   for   an : amendment   to   the   constinition    ex- . tending  the  ri-ht   of  suffrage  to  wo- : men.
<'h:iirni.nn Henrv. of th" Ituleg commitf'^e. s:>id fodiy tbat the Tl.iise could be kr\it in sessio or.til d's]i.isi- tion is made of the prohibition and suffrns:"  .iui'^ndmenf>-.
The suffrage reso!iit.>ii w-;is v-o'cd out of the Rui'"' committee I'y a -otn  of  foi'r to  three.
Representative ^londel. authority of suffrage, when asked today wh.at ch:in':'e it had of adoption said -'Some   months   agn   T   made   an   esti-
WILL NOT HOLD
KENLEY REGAHA
.      Despite common prejudice, corpara- in   Throop   cemetery,   in   graves  clo.-e , tjf,ns  were  described u-s  "really great by   four   score   victims   of   the   Price- 1 re-enforcements Pancoast  disaster.
;i,s •f publie liberty." ,\ sefision of the These were given a.s "reasons whv the coroner's inquest investing the Tri->p j community has wronged -Mr. Rocke- shaft accident will be held at the -._ fe„er. why it has not understood hin» Scranton  court house  on  Tue*;day i ^^ his  works,  and  why it now enter-
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London,   Dec.   12.—The   Stewarts  of fhellenley   regatta   at     their     annual
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WA-NTKD—To      buy     a   second-hand typewriter,   ("ndcrwood   or     t..     C. Sniith      nreferr<^d.      .\ddrc.s.s   P.o^   '.0. Independent  Office.
Washin,gtnn, Dec. 1? --S.-^natr.r Rankhead of .Alabama, in a hurry to see Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today walked into the s^eretarv's outer office and inquired of Private Krcretnrv Cooksey if Mr. McAdoo w.is
"Step right into  he Sceretarv's piiiLii. o-il'i'-e." .-.'lid ilr. Cooksey. "1 am expecting him to return from lunch  at any moment."
"1  don't   kn.ow   about that."  repliel
fne   Senator.     "When   any   man   who
is   as   hungry   looking     as     Secretar..-
iMc.\doo. goes out to eat,   there  is no
1 te-linj; when he will return."
.\fter "so ma.ny years of agifntion ! mato and thought then th.it we [irnh- by the advocates of both these causes; ably could muster a two-thirds vote, there wa.*! great iubilation among \ have h;id an opportunit?.' sinr-.'> to fhem over the pro.-pect of at last learr that th ^re was a. cb.anKC in trefting   a   heTrinc-   before   Cjngress.    | senti nrnt.  bn)   t   am   .=?till   bopefnl.
The   Hobson    amendment   is   to   be;      President  'U'll.son   is  opposed  to fhe
SAFETY AT SEA CONVENTION WILL BE BITTERLY CONTESTED
tain.s grave and     unfounded     charges against his son  and agents."
While the audien..e was not altogeth« er In accord witb the views of Dr. Kliot his whole souled l.iudation of "big business" was received witl» hearty anplause.
Wash li-.c ton.
f>ec.
-The   brief . if ned be to force aefion  on the
broucht  up  on   Dec.
Eight hours i Alonr), II   resolution   having   fre<tuently ! considerati'n   in   the   Senate   this
will bo allowed for debate and there i will ho unlimited opportunity for 1 amendment.     Jlembor.s   of   the   Rules
committee were unanimous in favor j of   the   H.:bson   amendment.
The unaniity of the conmitfee, I ii.iwever. is not to be taken as an ! indication      that   the     requisite   two-
if- ' vention. convention   fir .safety j     Lat-r  in   the  day
declar d   his   belief  tbat   suffracre  for j ternoon   of   th.'   convention   fir .safety j     Lat-r  in   the  day    Senator     Tiifol- w-oinen  is  a   state   rither than   a   na-1 at   s-a   agreed   uiou   at   L mdon   last : lette  held   a conference with  .\ndrev.- tional   question.     Becau.se   of  his   oji-   .Tanuary   indi(--»tes      .;      bitter      fi,giit 1 Fure.scth,   of   Calif iriiia.   r;piesenlir,g po.sition   there   is   considilrablc   doubt I against  its ratification, when   the   necessarv   two-thirds   vote:     One   of   the   chief   features
cau   be   obtained.
Secretary   Rr.vun    issued      :x     state¬ ment  today  in regard  t.> fho prohibi-
.Seamen's   bill  would  make the  iiivol
untary servitude of seamen impossi¬ ble in the future. It would mako it tiiirds vote to adopt hs^ re.^oluion w-ill j tion and suffrage amendment.=! in j unlawful to arrest ,sailors in Amer- pass. Rut whie they are noi v. ry v.-hich he was intere-stod in s.c^eing i ican ports charged with desertions hopeful of its being adopted, the pro-! that   the   Democratic   party   take   the i and   return   them   to   their   respe<tive
: the Seamen's T'nion. and Saruucl .if the ! Gompers. president, of the -Americau Federation of 1/a.l.i .r. They agreed to notify all labor ori,';uiizati.>ns of tho threat, ned action and u'-ge them to wire teir pretests. Mrs.. F"irence ,sur>iris:--d Kellc.\-, uf Xew York, one of the fricuilt'.. prf.minent     .social     workers    of    the'.       >• ,•.   -"'orris
FIRST COUSINS BEATTHE LAW
Philadelphia, Dec. IC.—Their v.-ed* ding in tbis State prevenlel by laW because th«'y are fi)-i^t cousins, Harry Pepp-^r '-N'orris and M-^-s Isja • Is.ibe! Xoiris, ol Phi';.u-.e;|i!iia, we*-.- marri.-d in .St. IVirthol >m.';-.v',-- t:hi^ir;-h, Xcr^T Voi k, Wednesday. .Annotineemoat ot the marua^c w.is iii;..(le tod.iy. Tt all     uu;     a     ff-w intimata
•ron.' lont   lawyer
: hibition   leaders    expect     much     ad-^ "moral   side   of  both   cuestions."   But I ships   without  protection by the locai
varcement   of   tbe   prohibition   cause   be   makes  it   clear  that   he   does   not', court'.
from    lhe   consideration   to   be   .nriven   think that the passage, of the amend-'      i'e.i;ocratic 1 l>y Ihe Hou.se of Representati. es.
be   makes  it   clear  that   he   does   not think that the passage, of the amend- ¦ ments  at  this   time  expedient.
Senators  threii.enel  -fo
country also  has communication with; and   clul^nian   of this  .'ify all organic ill ons with a >'i mitting   provt.-;:.)n;-;  against
hold   a   contlnuius   executive   scsiiion unless  property  ann,ended.
^w of sub- I      Tli.s-   bride   i..<   the   d:i'.i,ghter   of   >U\ tht;   tiii-.yjand     M's.     J;is";>h     r»..-'i-»f    ^urri^ 'promiaLUt *n socie:y.