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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1914. 1914. NUMBER 172
i v GERMAN LOSSES
REPORTED 200,000
Russians Claim Rout of Ger
mans Along Vistula Line
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United Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Oct. 23—The gen
eral staff’s official bulletin says
the Germans are in full retreat
from the Warsaw vicinity and
V certain portions of the line are
completely routed.
The Germans are abandoning
their wounded, supplies and
many guns. The Russians pur
suing are capturing many.
It is reported that the Ger
^ mans’ total losses in Poland to
date are 200,000 killed, wounded
r and captured. Fighting con
tinues'along the Vistula line,
with increasing magnitude.
t W. J. Erwin Dead.
Just before going to press
Thursday, the Guard learned of
the death shortly after noon of
W. J- Erwin at the home of his
sister. Mrs. J. C. McGuire.
While the death of Mr. Erwin
comes not unexpectedly, the
news of his passing away touch
es a tender chord and occasions
sorrow in the hearts of a great
many people in Batesville, Inde
pendence coOnty, and this sec
xion, wno nave ever aurmg nis
long illness and suffering shown
a spirit of deep sympathy.
The deceased was one of the
oldest and best known and
wealthiest citizens of this sec
tion of the state- He lived .a
long life of usefulness, and dur
ing his long residence in Bates
ville was closelv identified with
the community’s interests. —
Batesville Guard.
, WARRANT FOR
FORMER SENATOR
Lorimer And Thirteen Associ
j ates Charged With Looting
La Salle Street Bank.
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' United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, 111., Oct- 23.—Capi
* ases have been issued for the ar
rest of Former Senator William
Lorimer of this city and thir
teen of his business and banking
J associates of the defunct La
w. Salle street Trust and Savings
Bank, who were indicted yester
day.
It is claimed that the defend
ants looted the bank of two and
a half million dollars.
# PRINCE MAX
KAISER’S NEPHEA
Was Killed In Battle. According
To Official British Announce
ment.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Oct. 23.—The war of
fice today dissipated all conflict
regarding the death of Prince
Max of Hesse, the Kaiser’s ne
J phew, saying that he was killed
** in action in the Mont Descats re
gion and buried in the Monastery
grounds.
Severe popular criticism is
heard of the admiralty’s failure
to destroy the German cruiser
Karlshrue, which to date has
destroyed seventeen merchant
ships and operates off the A
merican Atlantic coast.
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SIR JOHN CAVENDISH KILL
ED.
United Press Dispatch,
w London, Oct. 23.—Sir John
^Cavendish, a brother of the
Duke of Devonshire, has been
t-k killed in action.
IMagness Store Burglarized.
The general merchandise
£tore of A. J. Sherman & Co.,
W, Magness was broken into last
Wednesday night, the party or
parties taking a large quantity
of groceries and other provis
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ions. A telephone message from
^officers at Magness this morn
ing stated that it is believed
an arrest will be made today, as
a substantial clue has been es
tablished as to the identity of
the guilty parties.
i An entrance was gained to
the store building through the
front window the glass being
removed, and the robbery is sup
posed to have been committed
,during the fore part of the night
-Mr. Sherman was out of town
last night .and the robbery was
discovered by his wife this
morning when she opened their
store for business. — Batesville
| Guard.
Entertains Card Club.
Mrs. Elbert Watson wras a
very gracious hostess Thursday
afternoon to the first meeting
of the young married woman’s
I bridge club, urhich has been re
cently organized. The first
meeting was a very delightful
one to the three tables of play
ers present.
The highest score at bridge
was made by Mrs. John W. Stay
ton, Jr., whose gift was a pretty
lunch cloth in cross stitch work
An elegant lunch in three cours
es concluded the games.
Those present were. Mesdames
Roy Hinkle, R. J. Wise, C. E.
Carroll, John W. Stayton, Jos.
jM. Berger. Tom Dillard, Sprigg
j Foushee, Geo. K. Stephens, T.
jJ. Watson. H- O. Walker and
jMrs. W. E. Hurt; Miss Louise
; Hurt of Blackstone, Virginia.
t Cotton Filibuster Continues.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, Oct. 23.—The
Southern cotton insurgents are
1 endeavoring to maintain their
filibuster but congressmen are
leaving the capital and no quo
rum is present in either house,
j An adjournment compromise
i was expected this afternoon, but
(hope of an adjournment sine die
j today wTas lost when the senate
'unable to secure a quorum ad
journed till tomorrow, the cotton
filibuster continuing
Wanted—To hear from owner
of good farm for sale. Send
cash price and description. D. F.
Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. w.
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He refuses the love of a woman
jwho jilted him and drove her
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THE POWER TO FORGIVE
To err is human, to forgive is
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ARMING OUR
.EASTERN ISLAND!
Philippine Islands _Are Beinj
Rapidly Armed And Provis
ioned by The War De
partment.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 23. —
The war department officials
though claiming that the East
ern situation is not causing ex
citement, have admitted thai
ffhe Philippines are being arm
ed and provisioned rapidly.
Strife in the Eastern ports anc
waters is assigned partly as
the reason as well as complica
tions resulting Srom the har
boring of unneutral vessels ir
the Philippine Island many o!
which are suspected of provis
ioning German battleships at sea
The staff officer said the govern
ment plans to arm the islands sc
that they can withstand an as
jsault, pending the arrival of f
fleet.
I The war department also says
that American troops will prob
ably be sent to guard the Pekin
| Mukden railway line in the terri
Tory evacuated by the Anglo
'French, under the neutrality
Treaty. They will probably
igo from the Philippines.
Berlin has cabled the Germai
j embassy here that the Allies ar<
retreating along the entire fron
sand states that eleven Britisl
warships are supporting the A1
i lies
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RUSSIANS ARE
FORCED BAG
From Austitian Province Of Buk
owina And Evacuate Capi
tal City.
United Press Dispatcn.
Vienna, Oct. 23—The war of
fice statement says the Russian
invading Bukowina have bee]
decisively defeated, and forcei
'to evacuate Czernowitz, the cap
ital, which the Austrians ar
now holding.
j After heavy fighting, the Rus
|sians have been forced back oi
both sides of the River Strwiez
I The Russians south of Przemys
have been driven back severa
miles with heavy losses, the Aus
;trians being uniformly victori
;ous.
AUSTRIAN FORCES DE
FEATED.
United Press Dispatch.
Cettinje, Oct. 23.—The com
bined Montenegrins and Servi
jans in severe fighting with th
| Austrians in Bosnia and Herze
jgovinia have repulsed uniform
jly the latter.
A body of Austrians were sur
j rounded and destroyed near Fot
,cha.
May Have Trouble Renewing
Bonds.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 22.—The Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Rai!
way Company, which has bee:
in the lime light for some fe\
| months, is not the Chicago, Roc
Island & Pacific which operate
in Arkansas, but a holding com
jpany for the railroad. Accord
ing to Thos. S. Buzbee, geners
counsel for the railroad in Ark
fansas and Lousiana, there i
; no direct connection between th
companies.
“The holding company merel;
holds the stock of the railroad’
says Attorney Buzbee, “as collat
eral for the bonds. The rail
road itself has never defaulte<
on an obligation, paying them al
promptly as they came due. S<
far as I know, it will continue t<
do so- Many of our obligation
are owned in Europe, and ' ii
former years these have alwav,
been renewed when they cami
due, for the people invested ii
them for the interest they bring
and not for the purpose of mak
ing a short term loan. We can
not tell wha+ complications ma1
come if these obligations can
not be renewed
“There has been considerable
[ in the papers about the loss of
$7,500,000' by the directors in
the Frisco deal, but there is
' nothing about the transaction
that wrould intimate dishonesty.
The Frisco deal was a transac
tion involving over $300,000,000.
The Rock Island held it six years
and finding that it did not pay
like it was expected to, turned it
loose at a loss of $7,500,000
1This is just like a man buying
a piece of property for $300,
holding it six years and finding
he had made a poor investment,
turning it loose for $293.50. The
^judgment of the directors in
letting the Frisco go was later
demonstrated by the railroad be
ing placed in the hands of a re
- ceiver.”
i fEAVY 10SSES
VIOLENT ATTACKS:
Characterize Fighting Between
j Germans and Allies’ Lines in
The North.
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| United Press Dispatch
! Paris, Oct. 23— The war of
fice has announced that gaps in
' the Allied lines of the North are
r | being closed and that the Ger
mans continue their violent at
i tacks with the result that gains
; and losses alternate. Despite
t the severity of the fighting the
i ; Allied lines are maintaining
- their general line.
The Germans’ greatest activi
ty is in the vicinity of Arras,
where they have made a terrific
assault upon the Allied lines.
The war office said that enor
f mous losses were suffered by
1 both sides along the entire line,
owing to the flat country.
The Germans are reported to
have withdrawn and advanced
their line eastward from Maria
. kerke and Middlekerke as a re
1 suit of the fire of the British
■ Monitors and have entrenched
5 themselves east of the main
1 highway between Ostend and
1 Nieimnrt.
- j They have also fortified the
UWilskerke and Throrout line.
The new German headquarters of
- jthe North are reported to be at
i iChistelles.
•! It is reported to General Gal-:
1 filienni that violent fighting con- j
1 finues, the Germans continuing i
- their efforts to penetrate tty? j
- Lille and Nieuport lines, but I
failing.
They are also shelling the
j Verdun Toul line of forts. Lille
has been partially burned and
j fierce hand to hand fighting oc
- jcurred there, but the Allies were
•(finally forced to withdraw.
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’!COMMUNICATION LINES RE
.! PORTED CUT.
.! United Press Dispatch.
The Hague, Oct- 23.—It is re
ported that the Allies have cut
|the German communications be
tween Bruges and Ghent and
the fighting there is increasing.
. The French in the rear of the
_ j German lines are sniping hun
1 jtlreds.
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Notice To Subscribers.
The Confederate Monument i
‘ has been completed and will be
• shipped November 1. As we'
" must be prepared to pay for it
s we ask our friends to be ready.
We will call on you October
27th, 1914, so as to have the
money in the Bank by that
> time.
Yours,
' L. Minor,
Jno. R. Loftin,
W- E. Bevens,
* Committee.
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; Bananas!
j I have a car of nice, ripe ba
i nanas that I am selling cheap,
, by the bunch or by the dozen—
. Car now on the Iron Mountain
. tracks, opposite Wolff-Gold
r man’s. _ dtf.
J. B. Heard.
'QUITS THE STAND
STOKY UNSHAKEN
Mrs. Carman Testifies of Her
Suspicions Against Her Husb
and Because of Reports
United Press Dispatch.
Mineola, Oct. 23—Mrs. Flor
ence Carman, resuming the
'stand in her trial for the mur
j der of Mrs. Louise Bailey, while
.under a rigorous cross examina
tion by Prosecutor Smith, said
that she didn’t remember when |
| she first became suspicious of
jDr. Carman. She also admitted
that she suspected no individual f
r. . *
woman, but her suspicions were
of a general nature.
Mrs. Carman said that she had
found her suspicions to be un
founded and that her suspicions
had only been aroused when her
friends said that her “husband
was some devil with women.”
The defendant’s story was un
shaken when she left the stand.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Grubbs
have been entertaining Rev.
E. L. Wilson of Forrest City and
Rev. Mr. Flemming of Mem
phis during the Presbytery.
For the next 5 days you can
get 20 pounds granulated sugar
for $1.00 if you buy $5.00 worth
of merchandise for cash at Bow
en’s Cash Store. 72d6t
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