THIRST AND LEAD FAIL TO STOP
DASH OF RUSSIANS ON LEMBERG
Petrograd.—The Rech prints the fol
lowing details of the fall of Lemberg:
“The commencement of the fighting
which resulted in the capture of Lem
berg began August 29, when the Rus
sians drove the enemy from Zisczow
(45 miles east of Lemberg) and moved
on to Golaya Gorka —a name which
means ‘the naked hill.’
“We silent the night on Naked hill,
and the actual storming of the town
was begun at 2:30 o'clock in the morn
ing. Then followed a four-days' battle.
A virtually continuous cannonade con
tinued from dawn to darkness without
cessation.
“Even In the darkness the weary
fighters got little sleep. Whenever a
single shot was heard the men dashed
for, their places aud the battle boiled
again with renewed fury.
Russian Advance Impeded.
“The enemy’s counter attacks were
delivered with great energy and a
dense hail of lead and iron was poured
over our ranks. The Russian advance
was greatly impeded by the hilly na
ture of the ground and the great num
ber of extinct craters, which formed
splendid natural fortifications for the
enemy, which held them doggedly. Out
of these, however, the enemy was
driven in succession.
“We suffered much from thirst, for
the stony country was devoid of
springs. The days were oppressively
hot and the nights bitterly cold.
“Hoth sides fought with great ob
stinacy, but the nearer we approached
Lemberg the harder the struggle be
came. However, It soon was evident
that we were superior in artillery.
“At length the enemy was driven
from all sides beneath the protection
of the Lemberg forts. Our troops were
very weary, but in high spirits.
‘ For two days the fight raged
around the forts, but we were always
confident of the prowess of our artil
lery. The big guns of both sides
rained a terrific hail down on the ar
mies. which suffered terrific losses.
“At last we noticed that the resist
ance of the forts was growing weaker.
A charge at double quick was ordered, j
and we carried the first line of works, i
“It was evident from that point that i
many of the enemy’s guns had been :
destroyed. Not enough of them had •
been left to continue an effective de
fense, but the enemy was undiscour-1
aged and tried to make up with rifle
fire what it lacked in artillery.
Losses Become Heavier.
“Between the first and second lines
our losses were heavier than before,
but under bayonet charges the enemy
broke and tied in panic.
“Our troops entered tbe town at the ’
enemy's heels. We ran into the town,
despite our fatigue, with thunderous
cheering.
"An episode which had much to do
with ending the enemy's dogged re
sistance occurred during the fighting
between the first and second lines. The
Austrians, in the hope of checking the
Russian effort to encircle the town,
had thrown out a heavy screen of Slav
troops with a backing of Magyars, who
had been ordered to shoot down the
Slavs from behind if they showed any
hesitation.
“This circumstance became known
to the Russian commander, who or
dered a terrific artillery fire over the
heads of the Slavs and Into the ranks
of the Magyars. This well-directed
fire set the whole line in panic.”
Fall of Lemberg.
“Lemberg, anciently, and now to be
called Lvov, was captured by the Rus
sians Thursday morning, together with
another Important center of adminis
tration sixty miles southeast of Lvov,
on Dniester, Halicz, Galich.
“The fighting which terminated in
such a great victory lasted over a fort
night, of which the last eight days
has been uninterrupted action extend
ing over a front of nearly 300 miles.
“I shall attempt to describe the prog
ress of this titanic struggle, according
to the data at hand, but in the mean
time it is well to consider the mean
ing of this victory. Lemberg or Lvov
is the capital of Galicia and commands
all roads and railways leading into
Hungary.
Lemberg Strongly Fortified.
“It was defended by ancient fortifi
cations, modern Intrenchments and
gun emplacements, being already in
a naturally strong position. As the
administrative end and military center
of a vast region it has provided rich
booty of military' stores to the victors,
thus correspondingly crippling the en
emy.
“When the Russian commanders en
tered Lvov they found it possible to
communicate by telephone the news
of their arrival to Vienna and Cracow.
The city has over 200,000 inhabitants.
The houses were filled to overflowing •
with Austrian sick and wounded, who
had been abandoned to the Russians. 1
“The Russian attack was so swiftly
pushed home that everything in the I
capital of Galicia was found intact. 1
“While the Russians were carrying t
on their victorious campaign on Lvov :
•। it would appeal’ that the Austrian’
main armies, which had been enoour-
; aged to concentrate in the Polish
- provinces with their front towards
• Lublin and Kholm, were unable to ac
■ complish anything beyond a single for
-1 ward march on the extreme left flank,
i while the right flank still rested on
Belz, in their own territory southwest
. of Sokal.
i “The left flank moved to Opoland.
• The line runs thence to Zamostje and
Belz. How much of this Austrian
- right flank suffered defeat during the
: combined operations has not seemed
clear, but the forces of Austria, which
inundated the province of Poland, are
still referred to In official reports as
I the Austrian main force.
“Russia has certainly got enough
men in position across the front, of
this main Austrian army to restrain it,
: and victories in other parts of the
. battlefield, which extends over 150
i i miles, have brought large Russian ar
-1 ' mies hardened by three weeks' flght
' ing and marching, into the rear of the
! Austrian main forces.
. "Russia has been conducting tn per
i ; feet secrecy its combined operations
: against Austria in two regions over
400 miles apart, keeping well in touch
with the enemy throughout this enor
mous distance and further executing
I a swift dash into East Prussia, an
i other 200 miles away. The actual
I space covered by Russia's lines Is con-
I siderably over a thousand miles.
Russians’ Strategy Seen.
"Oven this vast extent the attack
and defense, cavalry raids and recon
noissaiiccs on the part of all arms,
with temporary successes and occa
sional mishaps, have been alternating
with one another for weeks past.
Only now it is possible to penetrate to
some extent the strategic plans of tbe
commander-in-chief, and that only as
regards the operations which have
ended in the victory of Lvov.
"Russia, confident in its strength,
took the risk of operating with two
separate armies—one entering Galicia
from the extreme east and pushing
j vigorously westward, while the other
I kept the Austrians employed along 500
i or 600 miles of the frontier.
"Precisely by what tactical inove
! ments the situation was brought about
1 have not sufficient data to judge, but
| it may be safely assumed that the
, Austrians were increasingly favored
■ in their attacks and incursions into
| Poland until their commanders were
satisfied thej’ had discovered an open
ing to the main positions, when they
concentrated hostility on the Russian
! right flank.
Russians Foil Germans.
“The Austrians would be more read
ily disposed toward this direction, as
it brought their main forces nearer to
the armies of Germany, which ought
at the same time to have been push
ing vigorously toward Warsaw. The
Germans, however, _,were prevented
from performing this part of their
plans by the Russians' invasion of
East Prussia, which laid the German
left flank open in any attempts to
penetrate far Into Poland from the
west.
'The Austrians in the meantime
continued victorious in their progress
into undefended portions of Poland
from the south. Early In the war
the Austrians had a line about one
march into Poland and extending
over the whole western portion. As
this territory was undefended, It was
or should have been sufficiently ob
vious that Russia attached little mili
tary importance to It.
"The Austrians having secured
their flank, proceeded to drive in
strongly toward Kielce, but not en
couraged in that direction, finally
found a line of least resistance in the
direction toward Lublin and Kholm,
and proceeded to make repeated at
tacks in force with sufficient success
to warrant their generals in making
this the main objective of their forces.
Keep From Alarming Austrians.
"While these tactical operations
were in progress Russia was pushing
quietly, and not in too great force to
alarm the Austrian general staff, into
Galicia from Podolia and Bessarabia.
In this region the Austrians trusted
to their defense, also strong bodies of ;
troops resting on, fortified camps at ।
every river crossing of this well-wa- i
tered district. I
“The Russians carried these in turn, i
capturing the valleys of tbe Rivers Se- <
reth or Gmelden and the Luga with
out apparently exciting any particular
alarm at Austrian headquarters. When
they reached the third river, moving 1
westward of Foulipa, the Austrians I
had evidently taken alarm and des- I
perate efforts were made to arrest the £
westward progress of this army and r
even turn the flank at Halicz, or Ga- r
licia, at the confluence of the Foul- I
lipa with the Dniester. c
“By this time it was too late and the 1
Russians, after weeks of marching and c
fighting, occupied a semi-circle of po- «
sitions around the east side of Lvov 1
and about one march from that place.’’ s
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
A NATIONAL TAX
1 ON EXCESS COTTON
L’
Crop In Excess Os One-Half Os This
‘ Year’s Crop Nay Be
Taxed
; SERIOUS PROBLEM SOLVED
It Is Believed if This Plan Is Followed
Out by Congress Some Will
I Be Opposed to It
1 Washington.—Congress may soon be
asked to impose a prohibitive tax upon
i the production of cotton next year in
excess of one-half of this season’s acre
age, if no other method is disclosed
of absolutely limiting the size of next
year's crop.
This is the proposal now being seri
iously discussed wherever Southern
members of congress gather together.
They realize perfectly the gravity of
the situation.
If their constituents insist that they
shall solve, the present difficult prob
lem brought on by the war. they will
advocate a tax of |2O a bale on all cot
ton in excess of one-half the amount
produced by each farmer this last sea
son.
By no other means except a state
tax can this result be accomplished,
say Southern members. Uniformity
can, however, be brought about by a
national tax. it will not be difficult
to get senators and representatives
from all sections of the country ex
cept those representing large cotton
mill Interests to vote for it,
Fight on Rivers Bill
Washington.—Eliminatien of $lB,
000,000 from rivers and harbors bill
appropriations by the senate commerce
committee as additional war emergen
cy relief to the treasury failed to ap
pease opponents of the measure, and
the. filibuster against it was resum
ed on the floor. After the commit
tee had announced that the total had
been reduced from $53,000,000 to $35,-
000,000, Senator Burton (Rep.), leading
the opposition, issued a statement de
claring that the light would continue.
A large part of the $18,000,000 reduc
tion was secured by horizontal reduc
tions, on the theory that each project
should receive funds to keep it alive
until another bill can be passed at the
next session.
Freight Tax Is Postponed
Washington.—Because of a Demo
cratic revolt in the house against the
freight tax proposed in the war reve
nue bill. Democratic Leader Under
wood decided to await the return of
President Wilson to the capital before
introducing the. measure. “When this
bill is introduced.” said Mr. Under
wood, "it will go in as an administra
tion measure with the backing of the
administration and the leaders of the
house. There is a probability that it
may be changed in some particulars.
We have decided that it would be
wise to await the return of the presi
dent for a further conference."
Lone Bandit Robs Train
Shreveport, La.—After forcing two
negro mail clerks to thrust, their heads
into mail pouches, a lone bandit rob
bed the mail car of Kansas City South
ern passenger train No. 3 at “Hobo
Switch," two miles north of here. The
amount secured is not known, but is
thought to be small, as only one pouch
containing the registered mail was
taken from the train.
Immigration Decreases
Washington.—Tremendous immigra
tion decreases since the beginning of
war in Europe were indicated by re
ports to tire department ot labor. From
August 1 to September 10 only 50,807
aliens were admitted, against 179,362
last year. The number of newcomers
on September 10 was only 882, cornpar
ed with 8,427 on that day in 1913.
Uprising in Mexico
San Antonio, Texas. —Gens. Alvaro
Obregon and Juan Cabral left Mexico
City to deal with incipient revolution
ary troubles in northern Mexico, ac
cording to Roberto V. Pesquira, diplo
matic representative of the Constitu
tionalists in the United States who is
in San Antonio en route to Mexico
City.
Charges Against Buddhist Priests
Tokio.—lndictments which have
been returned charging five Buddhist
priests with tbe embezzlement of ap
proximately four million dollars, to
gether with allegations that the cor
ruption has extended to some promi
nent officials attached to the imperial
palace in Tokio, and the resignation
of the distinguished abbot, Count Ota
ni, of the western Honganji sect, be
cause of the scandal, and his announc
ed intention of migration to Chile to
begin life anew as a farmer, have con
stituted a sensation for all Japan.
Jesus
Can Heal
Br R«. PARLEY E. ZARTMANN, D. D.
Secretary of Extension Department
Moody Bible Inadtute, Chicago
TEXT—“And he salth unto the man
which had the withered hand, stand forth
. . . Stretch forth thine hand." Mark
3:3, 5.
This miracle
was performed by
Jesus on the Sab
bath day, while
his enemies
watched him to
see whether he
would heal on
that day, that
they might accuse
him. And still
Jesus is perform
ing the miracle of
healing the soul,
even his enemies
being witnesses.
This command
is a demand to a
man who was sure he could not obey,
and who had not the strength to do It.
It Is a call fcr tbe adventure of faith,
even ns Abraham was called to go out
and did so, not knowing whither he
went. It boldly asks me to do the Im
possible and discloses the source of
power to do it, revealing the sympa
thetic, human Jesus as the one able to
save, A man with a withered hand.
Stand forth. Stretch It forth. Whole
as the other. And Jesus. What a gos
pel the story preaches! What a Sav
ior It. reveals! How it rebukes our un
falth! Good news Is better than good
advice. This man needed good news;
he got It; he believed it; he received
it; he rejoiced In it; so may you.
Helplessness.
There was a man there which had a
withered hand. This Is a typical case,
an illustration of what Jesus Christ
can do for this and other spiritual dis
orders and diseases set forth by all
bis cases of healing. And no case ever
is too hard for the great, physician.
There was only one thing wrong with
this man. he was by no means the
worst in Capernaum. A withered hand
Is not so bad as leprosy But the man
was helpless. Tradition says he was
a carpenter; what could he do with a
withered hand?
What Is your condition before God?
You may think it only as Insignificant
as a withered hand, but you are a sin
ner. The withering of the muscle, the
paralysis of nerve, Ih no more disas
trous to bodily effort than the blight
ing and enfeebling power of sin is de
structive of all holy, acceptable serv
ice with God. Your poverty of life,
your feeble sensibilities with reference
to righteousness, your faint and feeble
desires for a godlike life—how elo
quent of these is that withered hand.
And if your right hand 1b withered you
know it, and other people know It too
Your sin will find you out. Your sin
makes you helpless, your work Is use
less, and your testimony Is fruitless.
May the presence of Christ help you to
realize how vast and vital Is the help
lessness of a withered hand. “0
wretched man that I am! Who shall
deliver me from this body of death?"
My sins, my sins, my Savior!
Bow sad on Time they fall!
Seep Ihrmißh Thy gentle patience,
I tenfold feel them all.
Hope.
Christ's gracious presence brought
sure hope to that otherwise helpless
sufferer. So far as the record goes,
Christ’s gracious intervention was un
solicited. But he was there to feel for,
and help, and heal the despairing. Do
you not remember the man at the pool
of Bethesda? When Jesus saw him he
The Old-Fashioned Mother.
When Bishop Anderson of the Prot
estant Episcopal diocese of Chicago
declared in a Lenten sermon that the
home lacks religion, he touched the
main cause of the religious decline of
our day. American life is becoming
secularized. Parente not only fall to
teach their children the fundamentals
of a religious life, but fall down quite
as badly in the example they set.
“When parents do things that make
their children blush,” said Bishop An
derson, “how can the children .be
blamed for growing up without the es
sential religious spirit? It seems that
there is to be nothing holy in Ameri
can life at all, no holy book, no holy
day, no holy places.” If children don’t
get In the home the atmosphere of re
ligion, a love of the Bible and respect
for things sacred, the chances are they
will not get these things In school or
college or anywhere else. —Leslie’s.
Diligence Leads to Victory.
Diligence in business is a passport
to the friendship of honorable men.
It is the path, as Solomon says, that
leads up to the gates of kings. It
> said. Wilt thou be made whole? He
* seeks out the sick, the sinful, the sore
> distressed. He knows about the sheep
J that is lost, and he goes after ft until
> he finds ft. The sinner may be con-
J tent in his sins, but the Savior seeks
> the sinner—blessed be his name. That
’ Is my star of hope in the dark night
’ of my life: that is the comfort In my
’ hour of sorrow; that is my Joy when
’ I know that sin Is sapping and will de
> stroy my soul. “But God commendeth
J his love toward us In that while we
> were yet sinners Christ died for us.”
J Thank God for one in whom we may
> hope. He Is here, just now, facing us,
and for the very same purpose. He
detects human incompleteness; he
says, “In me Is thy hope.”
My hope Is built on nothing less
Thin Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
On Christ, the Solid Rook, I stand,
All other ground Is sinking sand.”
Healing.
How simple Is the command to the
man. Stand forth. Christ met the
man on his lowest level, taking him
Just as ho was. No change, no im
provement, and no new feeling was
asked—nothing, except to act at once,
and because Christ bade It. Stand
forth. The man could do that, and he
did. It seemed like a simple thing,
and so it was, but also ft was the step
which made healing possible. You
cannot save yourself, but you can take
the first step which brings you into
the presence of Jesus. Os course Sa
tan says, Do not stand forth; the
crowd will laugh at you, and then Je
sus will deceive you. Stand forth.
You can do it, and you must.
Stretch forth thine hand Rut that
Is impossible, you say. But the only
way to health was the obedience of
faith. Christ saves by the impartatlon
of power, but with the concurrence of
human effort. The man could not
stretch forth his hand—but he did it
because he took Jesus at his word.
Not waiting for feeling In the with
ered hand, not even moat earnest pray
ing. Just courage to act at Christ’s
command, to act without feeling, or in
flat opposition to it. “And he did so:
and his hand was restored whole as
(he other.”
As they went they were cleansed.
It la a splendid Illustration of the obed
ience of faith. By this faith we lay
hold of the Savior's might. Power is
limited to obedience.
Stretch forth thy hand. No argu
ment, just obedience. Just trust Jesus
absolutely, rely wholly upon him. He
knows what needs to be done —and he
will do it. Have you dared to go out
from the presence of Christ, to whom
you have told all your need, with his
promise In your ears, and believed
that what he said would come to pass.
Christ could raise dead bodies, but
dead souls must be willing In the day
of jiis power. His righteousness re
malneth forever. O man with the
withered hand, this is your hope and
your help—“He sent his word and
healed them.”
Prayer.
O Lord, Infinite in love and patience,
continue to bear with us in our selfish
ness and teach us the way of sympa
thy and service; grant us the will
ingness and the ability to fee! the
Ills and needs of others and that by
a constant exercise of our powers we
may become proficient In the art of
healing and helping; we ask not that
thou shouldest grant us lives of ease,
but we crave the high honor of liv
ing lives of true service; forgive
whatever in us has not been in ac
cord with the spirit of our Master,
and may we learn from him the new
way that leads to the Father’s fa
vor and the Father's home; In Christ’s
name. Amen.
The Joys of Life.
The real joys of life are not the
things we get out of It, but those we
put into it. There was a time when
we measured our success in life by
what we have, but we know now that
it is how we use what we have that
Is true success —as God Judges suc
cess.—Doctor Grenfell
Is a word that, like a guide-board,
stands at the crossing of the roads,
and points the way to success. It is
by the toil of the hands and brains,
the. diligent and wise use of time,
the employing of right agencies, that
the crown, which this old, hard-sister
world has labeled ’Success,” is placed
upon the brow. And it is the noble
kind of success that is thus won; for
it means victory over time, death and
eternity. It means victory with man
and God. It Is the sort of behavior
for which God Is ever appealing to
men and women, a business whose re
wards neither time nor eternity can
obliterate.
A Prayer.
O, God, our Father in heaven, keep
us pure in our hearts Help us to
remember that the pure tn heart shall
see thee, and that they are blessed.
While we are in the world, may our
souls not be smirched by contact with
the world, and may our example and
words be such as to promote in oth
ers the spotless character of thy son,
our lord and master, Jesus Christ.—
Amen.
