Fairbanks Times (Newspaper) - September 13, 1914, Fairbanks, Alaska 8 Pages Alaska Will Have an Exhibit at the San Francisco Fairbanks Sunday Cimes 8 Pages VOLUME SEPTEMBER WHOLE NUMBER GERMANS CROWD RUSSIANS IN EAST Petersburg Admits Retirement of Russian Troops in East but Claims That Backward Movement Is Part of Program to Draw Germans Away from Where Another Branch of Russian Army Is Ready to Advance Toward Advices Claim That Russians Are Retreating in war office announces to night that the Germans are repulsing the Russians in East The czars fighting men are retreating in dis order toward the leaving many prisoners and guns behind in their The war office also announces that the combined forces of the Germans and Austrians have Checked the Russian advance near in RUSSIANS EXPLAIN of the E FULLER MILITARY EXPERTS WITHHOLD VERDICT EightyTwo Criminal Will Return in Time toj j Started During Open December Term of the Fiscal Year Ended When Grand and June Petit Juries Will TWENTYNINE CASES ADJOURNMENT TO ARE STILL PENDING BE TAKEN SOON Public Cautioned Against Believing That German Sun Is Declining Because of Retirement from Positions Near German Army Still Possesses Much Power to Resist Assume Offensive at Any Headed for France to Reinforce Kaisers Shortage Hinders Oper Number of Convictions Is But Few Cases of Import f Twice as Large as Num ance Ready for Trial ber of Cases and Vacation Will Not In With i i r T have announced that the retreat or the Russian Since returning from the lower i Upon returning to Fairbanks yes District Attorney Crossley has Judge of the been busy preparing his annual re I United States district an forces in Prussia is a part of the regular program and that he would take a uvc r j J months vacation within the near fu HOt indicate defeat as the reports WOUld Seem tO and it will be sent Outside on and that there would be no It is explained that the Russians are retiring in order the district session of court here until the iat take a new it beine the intention of the part of November or the early r u June is shown part of December Since assuming erS tO engage the Germans in the North another by the fact that the number of con his duties as judge two years Russian army advances on Berlin from a different was twice as lare as Fuller has kept at work with j number of Of the fines j out any and not only j assessed by courts in which prose but all the members of the bar agree I were all but that he has earned a was and the offenders in the Judge Fuller was unable to state nonpayment cases served their time i yesterday just when he would ad RUSSIANS INVADE Russians are now in vading from They ire also passing through the captured passes of the Car mountains from Galicia north of The invasion is unopposed by the populace west of the Carpa the Slavs Russian GERMAN VICTORIES out in the federal but he thought it would Following is a summary of the J be within the next week or ten report made by the district attorney I Number of criminal prosecutions In speaking of the report that there pending at the close of the would be no session of the grand year ended June during the coming Number of criminal prosecutions Judge Fuller said that he would commenced during the fiscal year summon a grand and a petit jury ended June at about the same time as last Numba of criminal prosecutions j during the latter part of November Of his trip Judge Full i er had nothing to report except German victories in East Prussia are reported from the dis patches received tonight stating that the left wing of the Russian army has suffered a decisive defeat and is now in full retreat across the AUSTRIANS GET SECOND reinforced by German the Austrians are making a determined stand in Eastern after having been in danger of r 11 u i jt C ui oien following a battle near north of ing at the close of the fecal the Polish who has Another big battle is almost certain to take clace in Northern Galicia within the next dav of terminated during the same Or early in and he hoped od 1 i to be back in Fairbanks before that Number of convictions for the r same Number of Number of cases nolle pressed has been already published in the Number of cases quashed or dis missed on Number who pleaded Number of trials by Number of criminal cases pend POLISH WRITER TAKEN PRISONER Sien CROSS state that the First and Second di The war office visions of the British aided announced today that the British by French cavalry and cut troops have crossed the off and defeated a large force of southeast of this in pursuit Germans sixty miles northeast of the retiring German j this taking several thousand I prisoners and a number of CAPTURE The captured Germans showed plain Advices ly that they had been on short ra ed from the front this afternoon American Nurses and Doc 12 Gen tors Leave for Europe eral Villa has despatched a force to Attend to to put down disturbances which are reported from that It is reported NEW The relief that General Obregon also will take ship Red Cross sailed for Europe a hand in suppressing the revolt today with 150 Red Cross nurses j which is smoldering now in many all of whom are Ameri districts throughout the It The members of the crew is understood that Villa is on also are citizen of the United his way to Mexico City to give his as required by international support to rules governing the movement of j Red Cross vessels in time of wari who has been in the The departure of the vessel was Ruby district for the past delayed for several days because of is back in He expresses the difficulty of securing American himself as much pleased with con i ditions at the lower river EARTHQUAKE WRECKS PERUVIAN VILLAGES received from South ern Peru this afternoon report the destruction of and other towns in the department of Arequipa by an t earthquake which rocked the entire Southern ended June been fighting with the has Aggregate amount of been taken prisoner by ths Austri and penalties imposed dur ing the Amount realized on forfeit ures and and is now on his way to according to advices receiv ed here is the author of Quo the opinion of military the time for announcing a victory over the Germans has not yet These although appreciating fully the extent of the German reverses north and east of caution the public against a too rapid assumption that the invading armies are beating a disorderly It is pointed out that the great Ger man army which had the strength to force its way into France still possesses considerable power to resist its pur and may assume a counter offensive movement at any The experts admit that the invading army may be short of but the report that ammunition is running low is GASOLINE IS movements of the German army in France and Belgium are handicapped by a short age of the troops depending largely upon motor transportation both for themselves and for their AUSTRIAN AID troops are rushing from Prague to the assistance of the German troops in according to dispatches which have been received here from It is believed that the reinforcements will arrive too late to be of great help in the of RETIREMENT OF GERMANS retirement of the Germans continues north and east of this A large force of British and French troops is pursuing the enemy along the Aisne river east of The Germans have evacuated a strongly entrenched position near Reims and they also are retiring steadily in the Argonne forest region west of In the French are making slow progress against the It is reported here tonight that the retreat of the right wing of the German army is degenerating into a The Germans are short of and still shorter of The forces of Generals von Kluk and von Beulow are badly separated and are retiring in all GERMANS BELGIAN ATTACKS GERMAN GUNS Third French army corps is reported to have captured much German artil lery during the past two AUSTRIANS from Petersburg state that the Austrians are retiring rapidly alone the Vistula The right wing of the Austrian which has been opposing the Russians in the province of Lubin in Southern Pol has been routed and is now retiring in The reports stare that this portion of the Aus trian force north of Lemberg is now practically surrounded by the Russians and is in danger of anni unless it yields to the de mands of the Russians to King Albert Goes to Front to Take Personal Charge of Operations Against Forces Reoc cupy City of Abandon Siege of Destroy Roads Between i and Cutting German Communication Be i tween Brussels and and Are i Retaken by j received from Belgium this afternoon indicate that the Belgian forces have taken j advantage of the German reverses in France by ing an offensive movement in all parts of this I The Belgian legation announced tonight that Mechlin and in Central have been retaken by the Belgians and that the Germans have been forced to don their siege before The reports also state that the Belgians have destroyed the roads between Lou vain and thereby cutting the German com between Brussels and The Germans west of Mechlin were engaged this but the enemy retired after a brief King Albert has gone to the front and is now in per sonal command of the Belgian It is understood that he was at the head of the troops when the Belgians reoccupied the city of and that he is now headed for Brussels to engage the Germans The war tax has been held up in the house pending the return of President This action was taken by supporters of the measure because of the opposition which has developed to various items in the President Goes to Summer Home for a Few Days of Henry an agent of the department in charge of the Alaska was a passenger on the steamer which ar rived yesterday ident Wilson arrived here this aiter Ticon from the and was warmly greeted by the The executive announces that he will re main here probably until unless called back to Washington by urgent business before that Thousands the French frontier kaisers troops have retired across g the past two TURKEY THREATENS BOUT WITH GREEKS a break between Tur key and Greece is rapidly approaching is considered cer tain in diplomatic where it is known that the two nations have been to settle the problems in connec tion with the disposition of islands in the Aegean
