Aivertislng is the Ufa ct Trade throne-a T to yeor am, omare, jromr eararoMtra (HMmnt ro possible ruMatrtb The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER. Unsettled VOL. XL1V NO. 147. OMAHA, MONDAY MOUNINO, liKCKMHKU 7, 1914. Oa Train and at Totals Kiwi Standi, So. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. EFFORT TO TURN RUSSIAN FLANK MADE NEAR LODZ Germans, Failing to Crush Center, Send Men Around Ends of Fighting Line. NEITHER SIDE TALKING MUCH Fierce Fighting Reported at Towns Situated to North and South of Lods. TAKE ADVANCE POST PRZEMYSL Russians Leave Fortress to Besieg ing Army and Push on Into 1 Hungary. FUGITIVES POUR INTO BUDAPEST Teutons Give Way in Flanders for Tactical Reasons. ROADS TO METZ THREATENED Frtack S-erlonsly Interfere with German Contmonlentlons Running Brtwrcn that City and the ' Wntk District. LONDON. Dec. 6. The battle or series of battles for the possession of Lods and ' the railways leading through northern Poland to Warsaw contlnuea without abatement, but the reticence of the German andRusslan headquarters staffs and the meager ness of telegraphic communication, which is interrupted by storms, pre vent a clear view being obtained of the progress of the fighting. The German official report tonight dis missed the struggle in a single aentence: "The battles of Lods are developing- ac cording' to our expectation." while the last Russian report,., sent from Petro grad Friday, simply records that the bat tle was In progress. From unofficial sources, however. It Is gathered that on Thursday last the Germans, having failed in their attempt to pierce the Russian center, commenced with the aid of reinforcement, another attempt to envelope the Russians on both flanks. More to Torn Flanks. This la Indicated by tha fact that there Is fighting, near How, to the liorth of Lodx, and at Piotrkow, to the - south. Both of these places are In advance of the positions at which the Germans pre vlously have been reported In their sec ond Invasion of Poland, and, like Lods, they are situated on the main roads to the Polish capital. There Is no news from South Poland, beyond a German denial of success re ported to have been achieved by the Rus sians at Czenstachowa. The capture of on eof the advance posi tions at Prsomysl Is regarded as con ferring a valuable advantage to the Rus sians !n their attack on the fortress. Invadlna- Haaa-ary. Leaving this city to the attentions of the besieging armies, the Russians are pushing in small bodies steadily across the plains of Hungary, and fugitives are said to be pouring toward Budapest. ' In the face of the Austrian advance In Serrla, there has been talk of the removal of the capital from Nlsh to Mitrovltza, but Servla donles that this step actually has been taken. The allies continue to push forward in Flanders and In northern France, but the Germans explain that they are giving ground for tactical and strategical pur poses. The -advance, as far as Flanders is concerned, seems to have been checked on the outskirts of Langemarck. There has been a recrudescence of hard fighting in the Argonne -district, where the French claim they are making prog ress. On the whole, hqwever. In these siege operations these successes and re veries anly mean a gain or loss of a few hundred yards and a slight readjustment of positions. . . Lines to Meta Threatened. Seemingly more important Is the unof ficial statement that the French have seriously interfered with the German com munications between Mets and the Woevre district In France, for here ,as elsewhere, command of the roads Is of the greatest importance to the armies. It was officially announced tonight that during his visit to France King George conferred the Order of Merit on Field Marshal Sir John French and also pinned the Victoria : cross on tha first Indian soldier to win that decoration. .The Weather . For Nebraska and Iowa Unsettled, r r di p ra t u re at Omaha Yesterday. j , . in. .,.... J a. m 3S 7 a. m....f 35 , 35 3S 35 35 3H W M M , i ; 3i 26 Comparative Local Record. 1S14. 1S13. Wll. 1911. Highest yesterday !W 45 27 47 Ixiwtsst yrausrdity 35 31 II 34 Mean temperature as 1 Precipitation 08 .M .00 .90 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from tba normal: , Ntirmal temiierature 30 Kxif.s f'T the day , Totkl exceea sine March 1 VW Normal precipitation 03 Inch r.xcru lr the day 06 Inch Total rainfall since March L .24 61 Inc hes I -(! 't in y since March 1 3 luetics 1 Mificiriicy for cor. i-eilod, ISIS. 4 H Inches Deficiency fur cor. period, j,u. j ,a Ilori.a U A. WtUtfi. Local forecaster. 1-1 ka. at.. ' il a. ra.. . 1 p?'m" t p. in.. C 3 p. m.. V 4 p. m.. 5 p. in., J p. m.. 7 p. ra.. NINE CAUSES FOR INDUSTRIAL UNREST Preliminary Report to CongTesi of the United States Industrial Commission. POINTS ON WHICH ALL AGREE Matters Beyond Dlapnte and Others on Which Serious Difference of Opinion la Poand to Exist, EPISODE OF THE WAR Hoisting the German flag on Fort Starbrouck, near Antwerp. Note the improvised flagpole. WASHINGTON. Dec. (.-Nine can. causes of industrial unrest, most ally agreed upon by employers and em ployes alike, were presented to congress today by the Commission on Industrial Relations In Its preliminary reports, as follows: "Largely a world-wide movement aris ing from a laudable desire for better liv ing conditions advanced by representa tles of labor, socialists and employer, and generally endorsed. "A protest against low wages, long hours and improper working conditions In many lndustrles.-Advanced by prac tically all labor representatives and sented to by many employers. "A desire on the part of the workers for a voice In the determination of con ditions under which they labor, and a revolt against arbitrary treatment of In dividual workers and a suppression of or ganization. This was almost uniformly approved by labor witnesses. "Unemployment and the insecurity of employment. Generally advanced by wit nesses from every standpoint. "Unjust distribution of the products of Industry. Advanced by most labor rep resentatives and agreed to by most employees. "Misunderstanding and prejudice. Agraed to by employers and employes. "Agitation and agitators. Generally ad vanced by employers, but defended by labor representatives and others as a necessary means of education. "The rapid rise In prices as compared with wages. , "The rapidly growing feeling that re dress for injuries and oppression cannot be secured through existing institutions. Effect of Immigration. "In addition," says the report, "It has been stated by many witnesses that the tremendous immigration of the last quar ter century, while not Itself a direct cause of unrest, has served to accentuate tha conditions arising from other causes, by creating an over-supply of labor un familiar with ' American customs. language and conditions." While It presents no conclusions, leav ing those for later work, the commission, after more than a year's investigation covering all phases of Industry through out the country In which more than WW witnesses, representing all refatlons of capital and labor were examined, pres ents the question: "Is there need- for changes, improve ments and 'adaptions or -must entirely new legal machinery be devised for the control of Industry?" The final report and conclusions of the commission. ' will be submitted ext August, when Its mission is concluded. These nlno agreed causes were the re sult of the examination of 614 witnesses, divided in interest as follows: Affiliated with employers, in; af filiated with labor, 183; not affiliated with either group, 150. The witnesses in cluded seven members of the Industrial Workers of the World and sis representa tives of the socialist party. ( From the Employers' Viewpoint. Under the caption, "What Employers Say," the report presents the following summary of causes of unrest: "Normal and healthy desire for better living conditions. "Misunderstanding and prejudice. Lack of conception that Interests of both labor and capital are Identical. v "Agitation by politicians and irresponsi ble agitators. "Unemployment. "Unreasonable demands arising from strength of organization. "Labor leaders who stir up trouble to i l I II I I I rfr Hiw- I (.,w"r' ! 1,1' X -. , . ti-:z-i--l'yki f i, '-:. a i It I I: U ANOTHER SESSION OF CONGRESS WILL CONYENE TODAY Holiday Session of National Body Mast Grapple with Some Big Measures. (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Chuckles to Hear He Hangs Friday, 13th ' S I BOTTINEAU. N. D., Dec. 6. -Joseph Mllo, convicted murderer of J. N. Karst, smiled today when Judge A. G. Burr, In district court, sentenced him to "hang by the neck until dead" Friday, August 13. 1916. The fact that Friday the 13th was tha date aelected for his execution seemed to amuse Mllo, who msde no ef fort to restrain a chuckle. It will be the first execution In North Dakota in ten years. John Miller, MUo's alleged com panion In the murder of Karst and H. M. Selsl, was sentenced to life Imprisonment. !r '--'Xr--- WAR ISSUES TO THE FRONT Army and Navy Appropriations and Plana Are First in the Fublio Eye. COTTON GROWERS PERSISTENT jWill Urge Some Action Toward Their Benefit. LEVER BAYS .HE WILL WIN Great Interest Displayed In Korth- romlng; Address hy Kaeentlve, na It Relate, to rendlaa; lasnea. FACULTY DISCUSSES PLAN OF EXTENSION Relief from Congested Class Room and Laboratory Conditions to Be First Sscured. INSPECTION TRIP TO BE MADE Xrw Members of Hoard, with t'han- rellor Avery, Prof, rtnrhonr and ' Arehlteet llodadon, to Seo Other rnnpoa DEAD PILE FIELD WHERE RUSS AND TEUTONS (MEET Killed and Wounded in One Region So Thick Ground Not Cleared . After Three Days' Effort. STORY OF DREADFUL CARNAGE TURK TROOPS RETIRE BEFOREJUSSIANS Rust Army of Caucasus Occupies Two Towns in Asia Near Persian Border. GERMAN FORT , SHATTERED Henry Artillery, o French Batters "Down Fortifications Germane Germans Make Effort to Ree captare Weldendraft. , Servian Cabinet Is Reported Resigned ROME (via London). Dec. (.A telegram from Nlsh, Servla, to the Ptefanl News agency announces that the Servian cabi net, headed by Nikola Pachitch, resigned today and that Premier Pachitch is form ing a new ministry. PARIS',' Dec. . A dispatch to the Havas Agency from ePtrograd says that It is officially announced that on Decem ber 2 troops of the Russian army of tha Caucasus occupied the towns of Raral KoJ and Baschal In the eastern part of Turkey in Asia near the Persian border as the result of battles ocourlng on the Dllman' and Kho( . routes. Dilman and Khol are both towns of ' northwestern Persia in that section of Persia lying be tween Turkey In Asia and Russian terri tory. Although making dcsperte resistance before tryese points, the official statement saysr the Turks were forced to retire on the direction of. Van '(In the eastern part of Turkey in Asia), abandoning many wounded and prisoners. We have- taken possession of depots of provisions and war. munitions at Baschkal. Klrld Fort Destroyed. The following official communication was given out in Paris this afternoon: "In Belgium on December 5, not far from the Hasseur House, tha capture of which was reported yesterday (referred to in yesterday's statement asthat of a ferryman on the canal between Dixmude and Tpres), our heavy artillery destroy ing a German field fort ' The enemy made a vain attempt to recapture Weldendreft. "Orf the rest of the northern front there has besn absolute calm. "It was calm also, in the region of the Aisne. "In the Cbsmpagne district our very active heavy artillery successfully coun teracter the butteries of the. adversary. "In the Argonne the war of the Sapper was pursued. We continue to progress slowly, repulsing all the enemy's attacks. "Slight progress was likewise made In the region voutheast of. Varennes. , The German artillery there has been silenced. "On the remainder of the front there Is no notable occurrence to report." The folllwing official communication was Issued tonight: "There Is nothing to report" Norsk "hlo Taken. LONDON. Dec. -The Norwegian '.f-,wIr: 1t;Brd Mohr, oil ladun, from Philadelphia November 19. was captured by a British cruiser-while proceeding to C'liristiar.la. according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegram company. MEMORY OF DEAD HONORED BY ELKS . . Beautiful Annual Service Held at -. Home of Omaha Lodge Num. ber Thirty-Nina. -j i . BUXTON TALKS OP BROTHERHOOD : , i. ; .' V - .. Chaplain of Con a el I Blnffa l.ode Praises Spirit Which la Beat Ki. amplified la Fraternal Or Sjanisatlons of America. WASHINGTON. Dec. .--At noon to- ' morrow will be convened the third ses ' sion of the Flxty-thlrd congress, for which members of both houses flocked i to Washington today, ending .their holl ! day recess of six weeks. Democratic leaders In Informal confer j ences before the opening of the aesalon which Is destined to be devoted chiefly to appropriation measures have been unanimous In expressing the hope that tha legislative program of necessities could be concluded by March 4 next, when the present congress automatically will end. Many republican leaders, however, have stated that there were many Important treasures whjch they would urge for pas sage, and some Indicated that supply bills might be delayed to such an extent that an extra session next spring an4 summer would be necessary. Await Meaaaare. Administration leaders await eagerly the annual message cf President Wilson, which will be delivered in Joint session Tuesday, for a definite outline of the president's wishes for legislation. Al ready, however, they have prepared for some things generally expected to bo pressed before adjournment. Conservation measures Include the general water power an! land leasing bills, hearings on which are to begin before the sene committee on public lsnds during the week. Before the senate committee on Philippine Islands, the bill to pave the way for Philippine Independence which passed the house at the last session, is pending. Other Important measuera pending In tha senate are the immigration bill, with the literacy test for aliens, which passed the house at the last session and rural credits legislation. At least seven of tha great annual sup ply bills of congress are to be rushed, so as to report them to the house before the Christmas holidays. These are the lor is latlvs, executive anl judicial,' the" Dis trict of Columbia, fort'.'ications, pensions, military, postoffloe snd livers and har bors appropriation bills. Germans Admit Leaving Vernelles . Because of Severity of French Fire BERLIN (By Wireless to London), Deo. (.The evacuation by the Oermans last night of Vernelles, southeast of Bethune, was officially announced In a statement issued here today. . The statement says: "Vernelles was evacuated by us accord ing to our plan, on account of tha con tinuous French artillery tire, which, was causing unnecessary loss. The buildings which remained standing were blown up by us, and our troops occupied positions prepared east of Vernelles, so that the enemy could not follow In this direction. "Southwest of Allklrch the French re newed their attack with reinforcements, but without success, and they suffered heavy loss.' The following official statement . from the German general headquarters was given out today: "Tba report f lven la Uis Russian state ment of November 2 to the effect that the German attacks In the vicinity of Czenstochowa failed with many casualties to the Germans Is false, the truth being quite the contrary. The attack of the Seventeenth Russian corps, which ap proached to within sixty-five yards of our lines, was repulsed, tha Russians taking position further back and leaving a large number of killed and wounded. "From Vienna it is officially reported that small engagements near Tyrabark, GaUnla, have been successful to our arms. "The position in southern Poland is un changed. The battle continues In north ern Poland. "Boiithesat of Arandtelovac (in Servls. about forty miles southeast of Belgrade) there is' stubborn fighting without de cision. Three hundred prisoners were taaea yesterday. i Omaha Elks and their friends crowded the Orpheum theater Sunday morning for the annual Memorial services of Omaha lodge No. 39. A beautiful program of vocal and Instrumental music, addresses and readings was given. Rev. Alfred O. A. Buxton, chaplain of the Council Bluffs lodge No. S31, dollvered the me morial address. He praised the spirit of brotherhood growing In the world, and declared the Elks to be the embodiment of that spirit "Every morning," he sald.'as we read again and anew the continuous world tragedy of Europe, we look at the ploture snd hear the weeping of children and the lamenting of the mothers. We look at this picture and, we see that prosperity there has been reduced to naught; that beauty has been turned to ugliness; that culture and education has been turned to Ignorance. Yet'you and I are happy un der the Stars and Stripes, the patchwork of Betsy Ross. Amerlenn Inspiration. "It Is American brotherhood that has, made manhood the world over more manly; happiness easier attained; and has inspired the world with, a better feeling of brotherhood. "And today the. thing, that makes us proud to be cltixens of America Is that we live in a land that is at peace with all the world and is yet strong enough to defy all In tha protection of Its children." The speaker said that the time had not yet oome when one. could speak of brotherhood In any but a prophetic way, except as that brotherhood manifests lt elf in organisations like the Elks. "Elk dora stands first and ail for fraternity" he continued. "Stands for that for which the world has been longing, and on which thousands of volumes have been written. It is the phonetic outburst in word, song and action of the world s mediation. For no matter what our religion may be. no matter what belief we may have on this (Continued on Page two. Column Three.") Clark and Baker, Two Jail Breakers, Are Still at Large RED OAK, la., Dec. (.-(Special Tele-gram.)-Koy L. Clark and Claude Grlce, who broke jail Ivre Saturday night, are still at large and all traces of them have been lost, though the sheriff, his regu lar deputies and a number of men sworn In to aid In the hunt, are spreading a net over Montgomery and adjoining coun ties. As soon as it was learned that the two men had escaped from the jail by loosen ing a couple of bars over one . of the windows, bloodhounds from Creston were secured and put on the trail. The men had been at large a couple of hours, and during this time a driszllng rain had been falling. Notwithstanding this, ths dogs took the trail and followed it to a point two and one-half miles northwest of town. There all trace was lost Trains at all stations within fifty miles of Red Oak are being watched and sev eral posses were out In automobiles all day. It is not thought that the men have gone very far. There la a suspicion thst they may have been secreted by relatives, a number of whom reside in the vicinity of Creston and "VilUsca, 1 Cotton Lesrlslatlon. .When the house convenes the business before it will bo 'be fru posed financial relief for the cotton states, under an agreement reached at tho last session. Representative Henry, chairman of the rules committee, says he is prepared to renew his fight for the 1250.000,000 cotton currency -bill as a substitute for a cur rency measure for enlarging the amount of currency that can be based on com mercial paper, a measure that the Federal Reserve board and dentocratlo leaders In congress agreed Is no longer necessary.. Chairman Glass of the house currency (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) Man and Two Boys Drowned in Lake At Marsland, Neb. CRAWFORD, Neb., Dec. (.(Special Telegram.) Victor II. Oough, aged 23; Walter Austin, aged 8, and another lad by - the name of Brown, also I years of sge, were drowned In the lake at Mars land this afternoon. Ough was employed by the Burlington as an operator. Tba Austin boy Is a son of Engineer Austin and tho Brown boy Is a son of Mrs. Brown, a widow employed at the Marsland telephone exchange. Ough was skating and the other lads were riding on a sled pulled by Ough, when the ice gave way, prac.ltattng them all Inot about fifteen feet of water. The bodies of the smaller lads have been re covered, but the body of Ough has not yet been found." Ills father, II. 8. Ough, of Ducar, Cal., has been notified. LINCOLN. Dec. .-(Speclal.)-Wlth campus extension 'an assured thing, the faculty of the Vnlverslty of Nebraska met In a specl'il session Saturday morn ing to discuss ways and mesne for mak ing the new plans fit conditions. Tenta' tive plans for the extension were at hand, giving pronox'd positions of the different buildings to be erected. These plans, ny no means final or even sanctioned by the regents, met with the approval of the en tire senate. The plans are arranged with a view to future development. Several committees were appointed to expedite the work of the regents In de termining their building policy. The com mittee consisting of Profs. Barbour. Csld well and Stout, which was appointed lt spring to confer with, the regents and Chancellor Avery, was continued, and will act as an advisory body to the Board of Regents on questions of priority of build ing. A special committee, consisting of Profs. Greer, Engberg and Skinner, was apppointed to study conditions and re port where the greatest congestion and worst conditions prevail at the present time. " The question of a gymnasium and a student activities buildings, which has been a matter of student agitation at var'ous times, was recognised by tho so ''11 k session. However, a resolution was adopted which atated that "desirable as these things are, the aenate bellevea that they should be deferred until relief from the eongested class room and labora tory conditions has been secured." It was pointed out that many of the rooms now in use for recitations are basement rooms- with overhead heating, nearly all of thffn crowded and without adequate ventilation. Ileaenta to Meet. The Board of Regenta will meet Mon day morning for consideration of the biennial report to the legislature. The report takes up principally the financial condition, with past expenditures, of the university, and makes a statement of tha amount which will be needed to maintain the Institution during the next biennial period. - Monday . evening the regents acting. elect and past members of tho board are to be entertained at dinner at the homo of Chancellor and Mrs. Avery. 1 Twenty have signified their Intention to he prea ent, and they will include soma repre sentatives of ths board from the late 70s until the present day., ' Will Inspeet Other Campwaea. , ,.6n Tuesday1 ths newly' elected memoirs of the Board of Regents, together with Chancellor Avery, Prof. E. H. Barbour, the faculty representative elected at the senate meeting Saturday, and Architect Hodgdon, will leave for a five-day trip of Inspection of university campuses. Tues day afternooti will be spent at the college of medicine campus In Omaha. On Wednesday fie party will be In St Louis, Inspecting the campus at. Washington uni versity: The grounds of this Institution formed the grounds for the St. Louis ex position, and the buildings represent more nearly perhaps than In any other case, a type of architecture which was designed and erected at one time, with a definite plan and style. On Thursday the campus at Chicago university will be In spected. .Friday the party will journey to Madison, there to go over, the Univer sity of Wisconsin campus, returning Sat urday by way of Minniptls and tha University of Minnesota. The new mem bers of the board who will make the trip are stegents Hall, Miller nd Brown. Wooded Land from Briesiny to Kur pin i Described at German ,, Graveyard. 3 SIBERIANS USE THE BAYONET Czar'i Asiatic Warrion Attack En trenched Enemy from Two Sidei with Steel.' ' POSITIONS ARE QUICKLY TAKEN ' - l 4 Freih Soldier Now Holding re- Formed Line for Kaiier. CITY OF LODZ IS BOMBARDED Old Constellation Has Gone Aground WASHINGTON, Dec. (.-The century old frigate, Constellation, being towed by the naval tug, Ontario, from this city to Its regular station at Newport, R. I., grounded today near Thimble Shoals in Chesapeake bay. according to a telegram ! from Captain DeStelgner. acting com mandant of the Norfolk navy yard. The Constellation la at -anchor, the message says, but appsrently drsgglug." A fleet of tugs Is standing by. NORFOLK, Va.. Deo. (.-The historic frigate. Constellation, which broke away from the naval tug. Ontario, In lower Chesapeake bay eafty today during a heavy gale, was reported by navy yard officials here tonight to be apparently safely anchored near Old Point Comfort Little Human Interest Stories of the Big World War Now Raging Kamoaa Fnlntlaaa In River. (Copyright, 1914, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Dec. 1 (Special Cablegram to New York World and Omuha Bee.) There have been many reports since the Germans invaded Belgium regarding the placea to which priceless art treasures have been taken for safety. According to a statement made today by a person who enjoys the confidence of Belgian officials, several masterpieces formerly In Ant wet p were aunk in the Scheldt river in waterproof containers. , Before the city was taken by the Ger mans, tha Informant said, it waa reiorted that Ruben's "Descent From the Cross" was one of the masterpieces at the bot tom of the river. The Germane, it is said, were billeted In som art galleries. It Is believed many paintings also were brought to England for safekeeping. Spy Betrays SOU Men. LONDON. Dec. l-Hew 600 French troops were betrayed by a spy on Tues day last Is told In dispatches from Dun kirk. The French soldiers were sleeping ra a church at Lampemlese. A spy la some way gained access to the belfry and displayed lights, which notified tho German artillery of tho presence of the troops. A bombardment immediately fol lowed. The sleeping men were out to 4lecee by exploding shells, which, also set fire to the straw on which they had been lying. - Private Ueta V. C. LONDON. Dec. (.-The Victoria Cross has been bestowed upon private George Wilson, setond battalion Highland In fantry, for -"most conspicuous gallantry on September 14, near Verneuil. In at tacking a hostile machine gun." He wss accompanied only by one man. When the latter was killed he went on alone and shot the officer and six men who were working the gun, which he captured. Klnht fitr Cemetery. PETROOHAD. Dec. V-Lods was sub jected yesterday to a vicious attack d bombardment. The heaviest fighting was ! ior me possession of a Jewish cemetery on the outskirts of the city. . This posi tion changed hands twice. Warships Slanted. LIMA, Peru. Dec. 4-Flve warships passed Malabrldge bound northward Fri day morning. Their nationality Is un known. Oatend He an wed "Kales." LONDON. Dec. (.-The Germans. It is reported by a correspondent for a Lon don newspaper, have renamed. Ostend 'Kale," Rnbnrb Rnrnrd and Three Ontlylav Vlllacea Partly Destroyed by . Fire from the Kxplodlns A Shells. .1 PETROQRAD (via London). Dec. 6. The center of the field of opera tions in the eastern arena of the war baa moved to the south of Lodx, In Russian Poland. The German effort centers at Szcserciow, twenty miles west of Piotrkow, with that town the objective. Heavy fighting is reported a!eo along a line from Glowno, six teen miles northeast of Lodz, to the fistula river. The strength of the German forces op- ' posing the Russian left wing is estimated at five corps, each corps occupying a front from eight to teu miles In extent Fresh Troops Hold Line. There are Indications that owing to the exhaustion of the troops, composing the German center, most of those regiments which lost a large percentage of their fighting strength have been withdrawn or are resting on their arms, and that fresher troops are holding the line during a temporary cessation In the battle. News dispatches from the ' front at tribute the Russian success In crushing tha Gorman forces near Lodx. chiefly to the miraculous endurance and tireless aggression of 4 ho Siberian troops. .. The entire wooded region from Brieilny to Kurpln Is described In these dispatches as a German graveyard. Here an un supported Siberian battalion la reported to have charged battery of heavy Ger man artillery and to have bayonetted the gunnera The dead and wounded In this district sre reported to be so thick thst the Rus sian hospital corps, after working three days, had not cleared the field. Most of the Germans treatod showed bayonet wounds. Ths fire-blacked ruins of the village of Kurpln, dispatches from the front say. are packed with charred bodies of Germans who took refuge from Si berian bayoneta to fall under the fire of a Russisn battery. Chares of Siberians.'. Dlspatchea from Poland say that tha German disaster attending the march to reach the main Oerman ' force from an isolated center began with a charge of tho Siberians st Rxgow, a town six mnes south of Lods. The Siberians after 'a long march enteral prepared trenches and immedi ately asked permission to attack Rxgow where the Germans were entrenched in a slight rise of the ground. The Siberians deployed and attacked tho German posi tion from two sides. The unexpectedness of the Russian assault '' surprised the Germans and the first trenches were quickly taken though the Germans soon, recaptured them. In the next few hours these trenches were taken and retaken three times. Retreat Northward. On being dtaiodged finally at Rxgow, the Germans retreated northward being pounded by the Russians until tha main body of Germans was reached. A rough cross surmounted by a peaked helmet and another cross on which rests a Siberian crip, bloodstains! and bullet holed, now marks the field where thou sand of dead lie side by aide. In the shelling- of Lods tha gas house was damaged, The suburb of Balutl waa burned and three other villages were . partly destroyed by fire cause by explod ing shells. , Thirty cltixens were killed and M0 wounded. In Lods fifty houses and a Catholic church were demolished. Warships of Allies In Wait for Germans " LONDON, Dec. 1 The Central News correspondent at Copenhagen says the following dispatch has been received in the Danish capital from Berlin: "Forty British and French warships are gathered outside (name deleted by censor) with the evident intention of forcing their way through. This, how ever, will be impossible, as the fortifica tions have been greatly strengthened and the water is thickly strewn with mints." Third of Army of Montenegro Falls PETROQRAD (Via London), Dec (. King Nicholas of Montenegro telegraphed the Bourse Gasette that a third of his army has fallen on the battlefield. "Nevertheless," King Nicholas adds in his message, "Montenegrins win continue to defend tills country and deliver at tacks on the enemy's territory. Their means' are exhausted, and they will be most grateful for assistance eiLher lu money or supplies." ! i I i