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Petrograd Accuses Germans j

Resorting To Cross Deceit

Which Resulted In Attack Be

ing Driven Back" With 'Losses

VIENNA CHARGES SLAVS

; WEAR; AUSTRIANUNIFORMS

Russia ' Has lio6,000 New

V: Tfoops On i'i'yVayjTo" ; Front,

,-, While Germany's Latest Levy

' ; ; Are 600,000 Boys of Nineteen

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PETEOOtAD, Juiaarjr 12.An of

ficial rport Uued last night

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, "On th left bank of th Vistula

Mraral determined Grmaa attack,

both day and- night, hay' been te

polaed, . . ' -:l r '

, 'Tke ' Oennana atUekin( our linen

In the region of the village of Samice

tndeaTored to carry home their thrust

fey Pretondlnc to surrender. ' When

they reached our barbed wire entan

glements, crawling np In the darkness,

some of their nnmber In ad ranee called

t out to i our men In the trencnea: 'Oo

not thoot. Wo have come over to our

, render. r , ',, yy.. i; -' .. r.

; ',A we bad formerly been deceived

."by this atylo of ttategy, allowing att

, Uckera o advance under the plea that

. they irer deserters and ready to sor

. render, onr1 men- epfsed ireThe xltm

disclosed the fact thVbeniud the pre

.. tended deserters waa a.tUong force,

' ready . f rush In If we had allowed

' the first comers to cut the 'wires. .-'

7 "tnta. attack waa driven back, with

revero losaeo.". - ;M

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. 'SLAVS IN ENEMY'S UNIFORM

' (AsseeUUd Press r T4ml Wirtint) -;

YtEHKA, January , 12. -The official

... government announcement issued yes

. terdr.y contains, a sUteaent to the of

( feet that the Xosaiana have been mak

, lng use of nstro-Hungarlah unlforma

v in - order to enable, their aklraUhlnf

' Parties to deceive and capture Austrian

T:Tpati:v7V;7'

They government announces that any

' Husalan troops captured In Austrian

f.i unlforma will not bo accorded the

.. treatment duo . prisoners f war, but

V will bo treated as eples and dealt with

: accordingly, ',;:;y;;' : ''.-y

' Tbo nltuation in Russian Poland Is

, ; unchanged. , Yesterday, report n

!; nonnco that the attempta by the Eos

siana to oross the ' lower Klda ' river

- were repulsed, :-'

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BAD WEATHER. INTERFERES

V v ' , ' (AiMcUtea Pti 7 Inderal Wireless.-'

, BKRUN, January; 18. The official

y , announcement issued yesterday says

' . .that in tho oastom theater of war

bd weather Is censing continued in

activity. ''i '.:;.vV

ENORMOUS RESERVE FORCES

i (Asaeeistes rrtu j ttinX WU(Imi) 1

' ' LONDON", January 11. Tho . Bus

slans are massing further, enormous re

serve forces. The 1914 levies are Just

leaving tho training camps, where they

have been put through . sttft! prepara

tion for . service in tho field. They

number 1,200,000 strong.

' Tho 1913 levies,; approximately ' the

same number, are replacing the 1914

recruits to the training camps. .

Germany's latest levy numbers 600,

000 youths, aged nineteen, However,

Germany has Simple : reserves already

under arms, and can send reinforce

ments wherever needed, as was shown

when the Germans recaptured. Burn

hanptXehaut Without weakening their

lines ejsewhetW ' w; .

61IDEGR00M SUICIDES '

; vr AFTER HONEYMOON

' IAsseo4atss Press j Federal Wireless.)

SIXON, OsJh January 12. J. Silver

Hill, a bridegroom, who bad Just re

turned hero from a honeymoon trip to

Honolulu, committed suicide last night.

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DEE 1I1GED'

French Fail In Attempt to Seize

- Railway North' of Soissons and

. To Reach Rhine By Breaking

Through Strong , Teiiqn Line

AVIATORS DROP, BOMBS v ff

fe lv INTO SEVERAL CITIES

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Berlin Denies All Claims To Gains

" Made By the ! French and As;

serts , Kaiser's Forces Recap

X turcd i Some Lost - Ground

(AjwcUUhI Ptsm r rssenl WtMless) '

OKDON, Janqary 12. Both in the

Mud eastern and western .theaters of

' ' war the deadlock . between the

contending armies ' eohililues, ' Official

communications regarding tho fighting

In these . areas mako contradictory

claims and assertions. , Tho high llghu

in the latest reports of tho western Mt

uatlon are the Prench attempts to sols

the railway. north of Soissons, their at

tempts to break through tho 'German

lino and reach the river Rhine, and tho

German endeavor to regain their losses

in Alsace. :v y

; OEEMAN AlUSinp WINGED'

1 According ;to French dlapstchec, tiio

Gorman sjeroplanes dropped fifty bombs

in Dunkirk on Sunday, killing sit per

sons. ; Three of the Germsn machines

were brought down by the Prench shell

fire when tho artillery opened on the

aerial raiders, driving them away, The

German aviatorj" ao'i.uiJ to lave

dropped bombs at Bit, Jul and . Adln

kerko, causing ; some death v. The num

ber killed waandt reported, f .;'. ;

' Paris ' reported yesterday , that a

Prench war aeroplane, after S thrilling

duel In tho air with a German machine,

had brought down the German plana

within tho French lines at Amiens, tho

hostile pilot being killed. ; "

AKNQXTN CEMENT FBOM PAUS ?

' Tho Paris announcement, reporting

various successes, says: ' ' .

"Intermittent and rather weak can

nonading is taking place from tho sea

to the liver tysVV'-.: .-V.'- :. ' )

German trench, . Near Soissons wo have

repulsed attacks against NSpur 133 and

followed with a charge, eapturlng S00

yards of trenches and assuring perma

nent possession of the spur. , North of

Perthes we have gained 800 yards of

renchos.. North of Baausejoor . the

enemy twice desperately attempted sad

twice failed to recapture small fort.

Tho remainder of tho front is calm.' 1

' BEBXIN DENIES BEPOBTS '

Berlin's official bulletin yesterday

denied all the reports of gains claimed

by the Prench, and asserted that the

Germans have recaptured some of tho

lost ground before Perthes,' where the

Prench losses are declared to have been'

heavy. . CVH:vV''v';" '- -

Paris reported las) nighi that Presi

dent Poincalro had 'visited the battle

front in Flanders and presented a set

of colors to a battalion of bluejackets

at Nleuport who had performed valiant

service. " -

ALLIES WELDING MRON RING'

, LONDON, January 11, Tho British

experts believe that tho Allies will At

tempt nothing decisive in the way of s

concerted offensive move until an "Iron

ring"' has been welded ' around Ger

many on all tbo-.fronts., S:. :" '':

, 5he. plad accords with an anecdote

Imputed to Lord Kitchener, ft is re

ported that ho said: ."I do not know

when the war. will end, bat I know

when t will begin. ; Next May.'

BELGIANS NEAR NAMUR

ARE LIVING IN CAVES

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LONDON, January. 13. -Reports

from Belgian says that In the .neigh

borhood of Namur, starving Belgians,

whose homes have been destroyed, arc

living in caves. ' Tho mental and physi

cal demoralisation of these unfortunate

people, resulting from their present

conditions, is described as unimagin

able. ' '

STEAMSHM

ABANDONED by passengers and crew, the steamship Nile, formerly under charter to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and

-'a frequent caller at Honolulu, is believed ta. have sunk In the Inland Sea of Japan last night.'-. . ' . :

1 Wireless messages received In Tokyo last ni-ht from the Japanese steamship Kukujii Maru and relayed to The Advertiser by

the Associated Press, reported that the Japanese vessel was' taking to Kobe TTO persons, passengers and crew of the Nile, which

had pone ashore. The Kukuju Maru reported that all on board, the Nile were rescued. ij- .v-.ii . :'. .....

The steamship Nile was a familiar vessel to Honolulu on account of her frequent t calls at this porL" Before the outbreak

of, the European War she was on the run from Sal Francisco to "Hongkong, with stops at Honolulu,' Yokohama and Manila.

- At the outbreak of the war the vessel was commandeered by the British government, and used 'as a transport to carry troops

from Hongkong to Tslngtau, when the latter place was invested, and afterward from the Far East to Europe.

,. The brief report from Japan would Indicate that the Nile is a total loss. The Nile was a1 vessel of 4188 tons. : 1

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RUSSIAN Artillery Crossing Shallow Lake In Poland and Mus

icovite Soldiers Fraternizing With Galician Gentry ' - ":

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IThrcev Admirals .;. of . Fleet- and

; Vic e-Admirals' Provided

, "--:For By' Amendment' ' Jk

AssedsU4 Pnas by Fsdersl Wireless.) I

WASHENOTON, January 12 That

the ranks of "admiral of tho fleet"

and "vice-admiral" be created, to b

held by the commanders of tho Atlan

tic, Pecino and AslaUc fleets, U tho

recommendation in the 'proposed amend

ment to the Navy . Appropriation Bill

drawnup:nd-adoptodby tho house

naval committee, ' Tho ranks sro to be

held temporarily by tho fleet oonunand

ers and by the seconds in command.

BANKS ABE TEMPORARY

Tho navy department desires that tho

ranks ho held permanently by the nun

gaining them and there waa a spirited

debaU in the oommittoa upon this

point. The majority decided, however,

that tho rank and, tho pay carried by

it over thst of rear admiral should bo

granted only for those periods during

which the holders are 'actually fleet

commanders or second in command.

' PROMPT ACTION REQUESTED '

Prompt action upon the amendment

is requesud by tho navy department In

order'that tho American officers of the

fleet to make the formal pasaago of the

canal with, tho international fleet for

the San Francisco fair may not bo out

ranked by some pf the foreign com

manders. ' : ,f 'f'V';A'lh --:y'-'

, TO STO P PLUCKING ' ! r

Another important action of the com

mittee yesterday was tho abolishing of

the "plucking board', and tho author

ising of the President to restore to tho

activ ,11st those, officers ; previously

plucked who would still bo on the ac

tive list rttorwis.: j.iV"".'' -. '

NAVAL RESERVE PROVIDED

: The psns of Becretary of the Vavy

Daniels foTthe asubllshmont of a naval

reserve were adopted,' but all amend

ments to the bill increasing tho num

ber of enlisted men were defeated.

TERRIBLE CONDITIONS

1N NEW YORK CITY

AssoalsUd Presl by redend Wireless,) .

NEW TORK, January lX riguree

compiled, by tho officials of tho Church

of tho Ascension in this city show that

there are 662,700 persons out of em

ployment In .the otty, of whom 60,000

are homeless. ' ' . '

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Raleigh

and VYorktown Return

From Mexico-rTorpedo Divir ' '

u sion. on Practice Cruise

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(IMMbtit press trf rtderal Wireless.) ;

BAN . FBANCISOO-Janaary

Tho erulsor Baleigh 'and tho gunboat

Torktown which aroi duo.' to arrive at

San Diego about the' end of this week

from patrol duty on the Mexican coast,

will go to San Pedro tor target practice

next week, according to navy depart

ment orders received heroyesterdayr "

; , Tho first torpedo division of the Pae

lfle fieet, consisting of tho destroyora

Whipple, Truxton, Paul ' Jones, J Perry

and Preble, sailed frost San Diego on a

practice cruise yesterday. ''( f.-.V''

Mare Island has been ordered to sub

mit a bid for the construction of the

600-foot steel high power naval radio,

station to be erected at San Dlsgo.

FIELD MARSHAL fBElft

FIGHTS BJ.TTLE BY PHONE

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.. (AMoeiu press ex rirU WlreUss.)

NEW TORB; January llr-(By mail

from London, dated, anuary 1.) For

three days Field Marshal ; Sir . John

Prench recently directed the operations

of the British" army in Planders by

telephone from his homo near Hyde

Park.. Ha had been summoued to Lon

don to attend the war council called

a few days ago.. He traveled unrecog

nised in a private's war-stained cap

and cloak. : Sir Archibald Murray was

left la command of base headquarters

at Saint Omer, France. Ht, J; ' i

JEWS IN PALESTINE ARE ?

ON VERGE OR STARVATION

(Asseelsl4 Press b Tinl Wireless) ' .

JERUSALEM, January 1 , 12. The

number1 of False tins Jews thrown upon

charity because of tho wsr 'is fast ap

proaching 50,000. Broad and soup are

served them once a day in Jerusalem,

Jaffa and tho larger centers, but the

funds at hand aro growing short. Un

less food is brought in famine will re.

suit The situation' has been made

mors serious by-' tho stoppage of the

Jerusalem-JaffS railway, a French con

cern.' It is estimated that tho feeding

of tho Jews, who are regarded "by the

Turks as alien enemies, will cost 3000

daily until tho crisis has passed." s

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Warring Mexican Factions Sign

'Peace Treat Which Closes

Port Against Conflict

(AstoeUUd Pmm br rsdsral Wirslsss)

. NAOO, January IX Brigadier Gen

eral Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff pf tie

army,. has just concluded "peace" .ne

gotiations between the warring forces

on the Mexican border at this place.

. General Maytorena, commanding the

army which has been ' besieging " the

Mexican town across the lino, called

upon . General Scott - yesterday and

signed an agreement closing the port

Of. Naco. . '. y.'i. 'v ;

This had previously' been subscribed

to by General Hill, commander or the

Naco, Bonora, defenders. ' i ; ! ,

ImONTEREY HAS BIG SCARE'

'. (AMocUtad Prais by fsdaral WlntaM.) '

.LAREDO, January 12. Advices re

ceived here last night from Monterey,

Mexico, say that what was at first re

ported to be a Villa attack upon that

city developed into the arrival of the

Carransa forces under , General, Hor

rors. The city has been thrown into

pandemonium upon the first appearance

of the supposed hostile troops, Tho dis

order subsided sf tor the identity of the

Horrors troops had been established. ?

SCHUMANN-HEINK t

' IS SERIOUSLY

ILL

(AssecUted rress Pedsrsl WlreUss.)

' CHICAGO, January 11. Mmo. Schu-

mann-Helnk, nuted contralto, is sort

ously 1U with bronchial pneumonia,.

PETROGRAD STOPS

RED CROSS PARTY

Relief Expedition Bound For

Siberian Detention " Camps

Intercepted in Manchuria

(AssocUWd Prssiby redsrU WtMless.)

WASHINGTON January 11-Waah-lniton

has been informed that Russia

has withheld approval of tho American

Bed Cross expedition organised for the

relief of German and Austrian prison

ers held in great numbers in detention

camps in Siberia, . The ' oxpediuon,

which left Peking, has been halted at

Harbin, r'vS K .';

DISTINGUISHED ADMIRAL

IS JAPANESE ENVOY

I , ,(Assw!istd Press b yedenl Wireless.)

TOBUO, Janjtary 12. Admiral Dewa,

the imperial Japanese envoy to the

Panama-Pacltic Exposition at San Fran

cisco, will sail for America on January

16, on the steamship Chlyo Maru.

, Vice-Admiral Baron . Shlgeto Dewa,

oomaander of th , Basebp Admiralty,

has been In the Japanese navy, since

1682. He was captain of the cruiser

Tskachiho during tho China-Japan war

in 1899. He was made a rear-admiral

In 1900 and commanded tho Standing

Squadron at the time of the Boxer

troubles in China; was afterwards trans

ferred to the Chief Construction Board

at Tokosuka, then to tho Director of

Naval Affairs Bureau. He commanded

i squadron during tho Russo-Japanese

war He Is the holder of several Im

perial decoratloua.

HiSllYS' ,

ITALY PLAHS

Early Entrance of Victor Em

manuel and Roumania Into

Great Conflict Is Looked For

By Allies, and Expected Soon

QUIRINAL RUSHES TROOPS ' I

" TO ISLES "IN AEGEAN SEA

Moslems Abandon Contemplated v.

Camel Invasion ot Egypt and

Athens Is Advised That Islams - f

Are . Treating Greeks Brutally

CAsseeUtod Preu by rttotl WiratoM) '.'

L' ONDON, January il The oarly

1 entrance of Italy and Boumania '

, into the war is now looked for as '

the, result' of advices obtained front tho

capitals of those countries, and tho

guarded Admissions of high officials of

tho British government, Tho entrance

of these new factors into tho conflict

will bring a change very soon In tho

aspect of the war.:: - ; V; ' vV iv. ' .'

ITALT MOVING TBOOPS :

Italy is now reported to bo rushing

troops to Islands in tho Aegean Boa,

which suggests preparation for an,

eventualities, and in the event ttsJv an. -

tors the .war,', foreshadows an sggreev

campaign against Turkey,

It Is also reported here that the con-'

tempiatod camel invasion of Egypt by

Turkish troops haa-'been abandoned for

the reason thtttfje. Turkish commAnd

era fear iheC lines of commnuicatlon

in srriA win, be out.- U'r : '

BOXJMAirUV IS TJNEAST i;

' Tho belief it growing on tho part

Of the Allies that fconmanl

long defer a formal declaration of wsr.

Difficulties : in ' financing, provisioning

n providing guns and ammunition for

tho Roumanian army has hitherto de

layed tho entrance of ' Boumsnla, into

ths war. The difficulties have now

been surmounted and early partloipa

tion of this country is probable, accord.

lug to reports received hero 'from

Bucharest; . V f.-r

TURKS ARE ABUSING GREEKS

tAssseutsd rress by rsdsral wirelees.T":r"

ATHENS, January 1Z Reports con

tlnue to pour In hero In which tho sit

uation of Greeks in Asia Minor is re

ported to bo desperate owing to tho

wholesale and.' unrestrained cruelties

heaped upon thesV peqple by th Turks,

both the officials and the Moslem peo

ple. ;,' ,' ; ...i'v-'i,"

WOMEN ARB INSULTED '

Homes and stores aro looted and pil

laged without ., hindrance by tho au

thorities, Greek woman have boon sub.

Jected to every ,; form of Insult, for

which there' is no redress.

Several Greeks have been' murdered V

by mobs In Sldonla and the situation "-'

in Smyrna is such that a massacre of

Greeks is feared.:.

iVASHINGTDN GRATIFIED

BY BRITISH JITTITUDE ;

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,V!!j,pMbTrd tireless.)

WASHINGTON, January lj.-m,. -

ment, official' and otherwise, at "Wash, '

lngton on the British reply to tho '

American note concerning shipping will

be deferred until the complete reply

has been received from England.

The preliminary acceptance of tho

American principles enunciated Is gr

ifying to official Washington, but It is

unofficially understood that tho state ;

department Is dissatisfied because ths

practical enforcement, of the plan to

give more .freedom of transit to Amer

ican cargoes is left largely in abey-"

ance. ': , ;. .

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GERMAN WAR LOAN IS

QUOTED AS ABOVE PAR

(Aawwiatad Preu by rsderel Wireless.) ' '

BERLIN, January ll.-Tbo German

war loan is quoted st two per cent

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