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J 1' ffi' ll v ! THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA. BELIEVE BRITISH WARSHIP IS LOST KAISER WILHELM AT THE FRONT F 1 STORM STOPS FIGHT EVENT8 OF THE DAY HELD TO A FEW LINE8. FLANDERS SWEPT BY FURIOS WINDS AND STORMS. ROM M Audacious Reported to Have Been Victim of Mine Off the Irish Coast. IS FIRST-CLASS BATTLESHIP Commissioned In 1912, of Twenty-five Thousand Tons Burden Germans Forced to Evacuate Dlxmude Rus sians Report Continued Advances In I East Prussia. London, Nov. 14. Although no of ficial announcement lino been nindo. from Information received tonight It Deems possible that the British battle ship Audacious has been lost. It was a victim cither of a mine or of a holler magazine explosion last week in the Irish sea. It is believed that tho Audacious struck a tnlno not far from the field that the Olympic ran Into n fow days ago. Tho admiralty office has admit ted it is "pure luck" that tho Olympic Is etlll afloat. Tho Audacious was u 25,000-ton first lino battleship. K was commissioned September, 1912. It carried ten 13.5 Inch guns and 1G four-Inch guns. It had a speed of 21 knots. Wreck German Submarines. Tho Standard prints n report, which (ho press bureau permits, that two of tho enemy's submarines havo been lost. There has beon no official an nouncement of cither. Tho Standard report adds thnt thoro 1b every reason to bellovo two submarines which havo been raiding In tho channel havo been satisfactorily accounted for, according to Information from credible naval eourcos. , One of theso submarines has been carrying out a series of daring recon naissances In the vicinity of Dover, and a patrolling cruiser has reported attempts by this German craft to tor pedo it. FORCED TO LEAVE DIXMUDE Germans Unablo to Hold Captured 'French City Allies Maintain Positions. London, Nov, 14. The Germans, who on Tuesday last capturod Dlx mude, today wcro driven out with heavy losses. They stood tho terrific flro bravely; In fact, refused to budge from their WOUNDED ALGERIAN FIGHTER ThlB Algerian, who woh wounded in tho battlo of tho AIbho, Is u type of tho soldiers which Frunl'of. brought over from her possessions in Africa. hard earned position until extermina tion faced them. They stood their ground boforo a heavy flro of shrapnel and high explo sives, but on tho uppearance of a largo forco of French marines In a bayonet charge they rapidly retreated, refusing to take u chanco on heavier losses. German Position Unimproved. At other points in West Flanders tho Germans do not seem to have Im proved their position to nny markod oxtcnL In fact, un unofficial report from tho north of Franco tonight says that their attempts to break down the Urltlsh resistance around Ypres have failed and that their attempt to drlvo n wedgo Into tho allied lines by n con rontrntoil heavy gun lire at La Hmsboo also failed. There has beon a considerable bulgo In tho lino hero for some time, but tho wHm-i-?i &'4p?f&JHH IHtuEHII $HEn3SI III IjVpj Will'' UBH sH Hf vh"JV,&L--' flHhdlHLl F . ?mrtmwm JrvQ Mmmmm miWw&w. vmfflmm m " wa m. W Kaiser Wllhelm, at tho right, und on a pontoon bridge over tho River allies hold their positions on either flank. Tells of Ypres Fighting Tho official press bureau issued tho following communication regarding tho fighting at Ypres: "Our troops woro subjected to tho heaviest bombardment that wo have yet experienced, from dawn for throe hours. This was at onco followed by an assault in force, carried out by the First and Fourth brigndes of tho Prus sian guard corps. "It is understood that theso picked troops had been brought up specially to act against us In ordor to forco their way through at points whoro previous efforts made by tho Infantry of tho line had fnilod. Break Through Allies' Lines. "Tho attack was pressed with tho greatest bravery and determination. Owing to tho gallantry of our troops and their splendid resistance against great odds tho attempt to penotrato to YpreB was repulsed, but tho wolght of) tho enemy's advance enabled them to break through our lines at threo points. "They woro, however, hurled back and prevented from gaining further ground. "An immenso loss was inflicted on tho enemy, 700 of their dead being found on tho ground behind our front trenches alone. The casualties Buffered by them In ndvanclng up to our line under direct and enllladed lira must havo beon enormous. Our casualties also woro heavy. Wo took 1,300 pris oners." j? French Official Report. Paris, Nov. 14. Tho French official announcement given out hero says that from tho Lys to the sea tho "llgbTt ing has beon less violent lhan ojjipras vlotifl days. Sovoral efforts of thfJJM-3 mans to cross tho Yser woro checke'u. Generally speaking, tho French posi tions havo beon maintained and Gcr- ! man attacks around Ypres were re pulsed. Tho French forces in the north nro described as holding positions clone to tho barbed wlro entanglements of tho enemy. Slight progress on other parts of tho battle front Is reported, as well as tho capturo of n German detachment by a surprise at tuck. From Germain Point of View. Berlin, by wireless to London, Nov. 14.- Gorman military headquarters to day gavo out an official announcement ns follows: "On tho branch of tho Yser canal at Nleuport our marines havo Inflicted heavy losses on tho enemy and wo have taken 700 prisoners. During our attacks on Ypres, which havo pro gressed favorably, another 1,100 pris oners havo been taken. "Fierce French attacks to tho west and east of Solssons havo been re pulsed with heavy losses to the ene my." RUSSIAN ARMIES ROLL ON Claim Successful Advances In East Prussia Berlin Declares Moves Wjsre Checked. Potrogrnd. Nov. 14. Tho following stutoment has been rccelvod by tho Russian commander In chief's staff: "In East Prussia tho lighting con tinues iu tho region of Stalluponon for tho possession of tho outlets In tho eastern chain of tho Mazurlan lakos. "Tho fighting In tho rogon of Soldau continues. Tho German offensive has beon repulsed In the direction of Thorn on both banks of tho Vistula toward ltyfoln and Wloclawok and farthor west. The onomy brought hero a part of his troops from Lyck. "In tho Czenstochown region tho Ger mans are moving gradually towanl tho SUeslan frontier. "In Gnllcla our offonslvo toward Dounaiotz nowhere encountered resist ance. Wo occupied Krosno and Inflict ed heavy losses on tho Austrnln rear guard. In tho region of Snnok and Turka, where wo stormed nightly a wcll-fortlfled position, the Austrlnns on tho morning of November 11 began retreating. "In tho Carpathians, on the road Nadvorno to Marmaroszlgot, near Pa sleczun, wo defeated a body of hostile Sokols." Berlin Reports Russian Check, Uerlln, Nov. 14. According to offi cial announcement glvon out In Ucr- a group of his officers, photographed Mcubo. lln today news recolved from tho east ern arena of hostilities shows , that matters are proceeding favorably. The Russian cavalry forces, which were defeated previously with heavy loss In tho vicinity of Kolo, 40 miles northeast of Kallscz, Russian Poland, resumed their offensive movements, and swinging to tho southward wcro again repulsed to tho cast of Kallsz. This, the announcement says, removes any possible dunger of an invasion of Silesia. Tho announcement adds: "On the East Prussian frontier at Eydtkuhnen and alBO further south to tho east of the outlet of tho Mazurlan lakes fresh battles have developed, but no decision has yet been reached." FINALLY DESTROY THE EMDEN Britlsh Warship Ends Career of Fa mous Cruiser Which Has Done So Much Damage. London, Nov. 12. Two naval suc cesses of utmost Importance to Great Dritaln and its allies were announced by tho admiralty. Tho first was tho destruction of the Gorman cruiser Emdcn. It was driven ashore and burned after n sovore en gagement with tho Australian cruiser Sydney in tho Cbcos pr Keeling group of Islands southwest of Java in tho Iifdlan ocean. Tho second was tho bottling up of the German cruiser Koonigsberg noar Mafia island on tho coast of Gorman East Africa by tho blockading of tho channel to tho harbor. This was dono by the Australian cruiser Chatham. Theso two victories havo cleared all tho high seas of Gorman cruisors with .the exception of Admiral von Spco's iflect In tho southern Pacific, and tho British admiralty has informed tho country that adoqunto measures havo beon taken to deal with this fleet, vic tor of tho recent battlo oft tho Chilean const. Emden's Captain a prisoner. Captain von Muller of the Gorman cruiser Emdcn and Prlnco Frnnz Jo soph of Hohenzollorn, ono of his of ficers, nro both prisoners of war and neither Is wounded, according to an announcement by tho admiralty. Tho admiralty adds that tho losses on tho Enulon are unofficially reportod as 200 killed and 30 wounded. Tho admiralty" bo's given directions thnt nil honors of war bo accorded to tho survivors of tho Emden and that tho captain and his officers are not to be deprived of their swords. Eight German Flyers Killed. London, Nov, 13. Germany hns lii vnded England by airship, according to official announcement in Ber lin, received iu London by wire less, which states that Gorman avi ators havo flown ovor Shoerness and Harwich. Sheorness is a fortified seaport In Kent at the mouth of tho Thames, forty miles from London, and Harwich, In Essox, is about soventy miles northeast or London. A thril ling encounter occurred in tho vicin ity of Ypres between eight aeroplanes, four German, two French and two British. The Gorman machines woro finally destroyed by artillery flro and tho eight officers thoy carried wero killed. H Call a Million More Men. London, Nov. 13. Tho British gov orntnent will call for 1,000,00 more men to fight tho GermnnB. This num ber Is in oxcess of tho number of men already voted for 1914 and 1915. It does not affect tho territorial forco. Tho additional 1,000,000 men will bring tho British forces up to 2,180, 400. On August 5 thoro was a supple montnry ostlmato of 500,000 followed on September 9 by 500,000 more. The number of men now called out by the government answers tho requirements of tho year ending March 31, 1915. Praise the German Navy. Berlin (by wireless), -Nov 13. "The German navy hns destroyed tho leg end of British navul supremacy," was tho declaration of tho German press on Thursdny in commenting upon the destruction of' tho crulsor Emden. While tho naval critics doplcro the Hoss of tho cruiser, they emphasize tho fact that England had to call to hor assistanea tho Australian, Japan ese, Russian nnd French warships to hunt tliu vessel down. LATE EVENTS BOILED Personal, Political, Foreign and Other Intelligence Interesting to tho General Readers. t WASHINGTON. The Industrial relations commis sion will begin nn Investigation of the Colorndo coal strike situation at Denver, December 1. Clcnring house certificates Issued in largo cities of tho" country after tho outbreak of tho European war havo beon greatly reduced In amount according to a statement by Comp troller of Currency Williams. To guard ngalnst monopoly of the poultry packing Industry, tho depart ment of agriculture has Issued a warning to chicken raisers to give encouragement and support to local poultry packing industries in all parts of tho country. A central committee to take charge of Belgian relief work In tho United States und co-operate with the Inter national committee abroad will be designated by President Wilson as a result of a conference between tho president and Secretary Bryan. Officials of tho Treasury depart ment are seeking to lay tho ground work for a viglrous ahd nation-wide campaign for the discovery of income tax dodgers and the collection of un paid taxes which some authorities believe may mount Into millions. Tho federal quarantine over Ne braska, 'Colorado and, Wyoming be causo of scabies In sheep was remov ed by an order issued by Secretary Houston of tho department of agricul ture. It has-been determined that the discaso exists in those, states only to a Blight extent. PerslBtent reports that hidden wire less stations along the coast of tho United States are serving as informa tion bureaus for belligerent cruisers nt sea have caused tho navy to Join tho stato department in efforts to lo cale and destroy such stations if there aro any actually existing. Copper shipments from the United States to Italy, if consigned "to or der" or aro proven to bo destined ul timately to a belligerent, will bo seiz ed and detained by Great Britain. This wnB qnnounced by Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, the British ambassador, after a conference at the state, depart ment. ' President Wilson, speaking at the unveiling of a statuo to General Phil lip ICearney at Arlington National cemetery, declared that "there Is nothing noblo or admlrablo In war in itself, but there is something very noble and admirable, occasionally, in tho causes for which war Is under taken " , DOMESTIC. Ono thousand delegates aro In at tendance at the annual convention of tho Amorlcan Federation of Labor, at Philadelphia, which wus' organized in 1S80. Suits to recover $11,000,000 from di rectors and former directois of tho St. Louis & San Francibco railroad were dismissed In tho federal court at St. Louis. Threo hundred ostriches stam peded from un ostrich ranch near Phoenix, Ariz., and swarmed over a carriage driven by Mrs. L. D Ros seaii, killing tho woman and both or tho horses she was drlviup. Women hereafter will enjoy equal rights with men at parish meetings In the New York dioceso of tho Prot estant Episcopal chinch. They wero given tho right to oto by tho adop tion of a resolution at tho annual dlocean convention In thut city. Quarantine against two Chicago packing companies because of tho foot and mouth disease have been lifted and progress townrd removing tho ban on other concerns Is report ed. Tho Valley bank, the largest finan cial Institution in Arizonn, failed to opon its doors at Phoenix. Tho stato bank examiner is in charge. The bank had deposits aggregating $2,000,000, but according to statements it had less than $30,000 on bund ut tho time it was closed. Tho old plantation songs, "My Old Kentucky Home." "Oh. Suznnnah," "Massa hi De Cold, Cold Ground," uro insuItH to the negro race, accord ing to speakers, both negro and white, who appeared at a hearing bo foro tho Boston school committee. For tho Hist time since tho packing industry becamo prominent in Chica go packers huo brought In dressed meats from other cltloB. Ono big firm has rocelvod a train load from tho west. Barney Oldfleld worn the G73 milo automobile race from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Ariz. Tho cranberry crop in New Jersey will bo about 1,000,000 bushels, an In crease of 30 per cent oyjr l&st year's crop. Charles Dyer, vice president of tho National Dump Car company of Chi cago, at one time general superintend ent of the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fo ralroad, died ut his homo in Don er. Frederick Llewellyn Goss, inventor of the printing press which bears his name, died at his homo iu Chicago. He was born in Wales in 1817, and was president of tho Gass Perfecting Press Co. V W. W. Chapln, who has been pub lisher of the Chicago Herald since tho reorganization of the property, following the consolidation of 'tho Chicago Itccord-IIerald and the In-tor-Ocean, several months ago, has retired from that position. Four thousand cattle, valued at nearly $250,000, which becamo mixed bej'ond hope of identification when their pens were thrown opon and they wero driven out ahead of tho fire which gutted the stock yards nt Kunsas City, were sold by order of the circuit court. Representing that continued Inabil ity to ship copper to foreign coun tries will entirely stop the copper In dustry in Utah, nlready seriously af fected by the war, the Salt Lake Commerclul club has asked tho sec rotary of state that efforts be made to permit the shipment of copper In neutral ships to neutral ports. .Tarvis E. Bell of New York, the first member of tho American com mission for relief In Belgium to re turn from Belgium since tho distri bution of relief began, states that in stead of hampering the efforts to re lieve the starving ' population, the German authorities are doing their utmost to assist the commission in Its work. FOREIGN. The Austrlans say they have clear ed .their territory of their Servian enemy. Japan has promlsed'faithfully to re store the captured port of Tslng Tau to tho Chinese. The Berlin Vosslsche Zeitung re ports thnt Rumania has declined a demand made by Russia for tho pas sago of Russian troops through Ru manian territory. For the first time since 1700, there has-been an oxceution in the tower of Ixindon, Carl Hans Lody, a German spy, who lived for a timo in tho United States, being shot. A branch of the National City bank of New York has opened at Buenos Aires. The purpose of this agency is to facilitate business between the United States and tho Argentine re public. Tho London Times lias published a statement to tho effect that the British government has undertaken legal action against Corn Irish news papers for having opposed recruiting in Ireland., The decoration of the Iron Cross of the first-class has been con ferred upon General Hans von Bue low, by Emperor William, who some woeks ago was glvon the second class decoration of this ordqr for military valor before Namur. Tho Persian, Afghan, Egyptian, Indian and Mohammedan elements in Constantinople havo declared the community of their interests. The Sunnltes and Shites (two opposing religious sects), aro now for tho first timo, ready for joint action. In tho British house of commons Arthur Honderfi'on, tho labor party leader, has made tho announcement that organized labor felt thut tho only course open was to go straight through with tho war until success' crowned the efforts of the allies. According to statements made by diplomats In London, Turkey wus compelled to enter tho "war by n so ciet treaty mado some years ago with Germany, whereby Turkey agreed to assist Germany if war was declared on Germany by Russia. y Tho Prussian socialist deputy, Herr Hlrsch, in an article published in tho socialist monthly review, in Borlln, lays emphasis upon the fact that the socialists voted tho Prus sian war credits. This proves again, ho says, that tho hopo of Gerlhany's enemies for internal discord has not been fulfilled The British admiralty admits tho loss of the cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth by tho lire of tho Ger man squadron off the coast of Chile. Tho names of ninety-four officers nnd warrant officers on these vessels, Including Hint of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock, aro published. Premior Asqullh, In his speech at tho opening of parliament, declared that ho doubted whether war would lust as long as had been originally predicted, hut that It would last long wns certain. LITTLE RELIEF FOB Heavy Gale ' Rages on Sea and la Parts of England Veritable Blizzard In Progress. London. After four weeks of most desparate lighting, there is a lull In the battle of Flanders. With this lull however, has c6mo llttlo relief for the men in the trenches, as the artil Iry and rifle tire to which they havo beon subjected with hardly any in tenhlsslon has been replaced by ono of those severre storms which s often accompany November In this, latitude. In some parts of England the storm has- reached tho proportions of a blizzard; on the sea a heavy gale rages, and the battleflolds are get ting their full share of wind and rain. For the most pnrt tho opposing nrmles have been content to shell each other at long range, but the Ger mans have made several attacks around Ypres, which, according to the French general staff, have been, repulsed with heavy losses. Despite, these losses, it is not believed that the Germans havo any Intention of giving up their attept to reach the French coast, and tho allies are mak ing elnborate preparations to block any further advance in force. Extensive defense works ha been erected along tho Yser canal and the French armies are holding that lino from the Belgian border south to the river Olso, and, pushing forward, approach works, which place them In a better position for elthei defense or offense. Tho Germans'-ure turning Belgium into a fortress, which means that if they do not succeed in advancing, they intend to bo prepared for a win ter in Belgium. The whole coast from Ostend to the Dutch border has been placed in & stato of defense and. civilians are rigorously excluded from that area. Afghanistan to Join in War. Berlin. Constantinople reports that the ameer of Afghanistan has de cided to declare war on Russia und Great Britain. The khedive of Egypt declared to the correspondent of the, y Frankfurter Zeitung his loyalty to the sultan, which was dictated by his re ligious obligations. The khedive in tends to accompany tho Turkish army which is marching on Egypt. Fair to Open On Time. San Francisco. February 20, 1915- the Panama-Pacific International exposition will bo opened on timo and complete to tho last detail. The World's exposition building record was broken when six months before tho opening day all the great exhibit palaces were completed and turned over to the various chiefs ot departments for tho Installation of exhibits. At the present time lurge consignments of foreign and domestic exhibits are arriving daily on the docks at the exposition grounds. Tile twelve miles of track within the grounds aro in constant use in the distribution of these shipments. The first Japanese shipment of 1,071 cases 'has been received; ten con signments of 1.5G8 crates and cases have arrived from the Canadian .gov ernment; 150 crates of rare bulbs made part of the shipment from Hol .lnnd; 120,000 pounds of exhibits and material have come from the Philip pines; 110,000 pounds of materials from Argentina, and heavy shipments from England, Qermany, Australia, New Zealand, China and Italy al ready are on tho grounds! Saw Audacious Wrecked. New York. Two men who saw the British superdreadnaught Audacious lying helpless In a heavy sea some twenty-seven miles northwest or Lough Swilly shortly after it hair struck a mlno October 27 arrived iiere on the steamer New York from Liverpool. They confirmed tho story of tho loss of the warship that had previously reached here and added numerous details. One statement they made was that the Audacious might have been floating today hau" It not been blown up by the British cruiser Liverpool at 9 o'clock 041 the day it was disabled through striking tho mine. The men who told the story were Jumes R. Bournes, leader of the orchestnra on the White Star liner Olympic, which rescued the crew or tho Audacious and made fruitless ef forts to tow tho battleship to shoal water, and Hugh Griffiths, one of the orchestra's musicians. Follows Commoner's Move. Mudibon, Wis. Senator LuFollett has announced editorially that La Folletto's Magazine will be issued, monthly, instead of weekly, as in the paBt, for reasons Blmllar to those that led Bryan's Commoner to tak tho snmo stop. Chicago Embargo Raised. Chicago, ill. An order lifting tin embargo on live stock shipments to Chicago bus been issuod by the sttitc bouid of live stock commissioners Railroads were uotiflod of same. r- Jtf V. ! A 1