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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
GERMANS LOSE THE INITIATIVE
IN SECOND YEAR OF GREAT WAR
Co-Operation Among the Entente Allies Brings Sweeping Change
Over the Aspect of Military Affairs—Two Largest Em-
pires of Earth, Russia and Great Britain, at
f Last Fully Organized —Second Year’s
Campaigns Reviewed.
New York.—Germany is on the de-
fensive. The initiative has passed to
the entente allies. This is the one
great outstanding fact of the second
year of the great war.
Before, she aimed a blow where she
pleased and the allies parried it as
best they might. She seized most of
Belgium and a seventh of France.
Twice she overwhelmed the Russians
who had penetrated East Prussia.
She smashed her way far into the
czar’s dominions and crushed Serbia
and Montenegro. She directed a fear-
ful battering-ram of shells and hu-
man bodies on Yerdun.
But with the present summer a
sweeping change came over the as-
pect of military affairs.
Co-operating through the allies’ war
council with Gen. Joseph Joffre at its
head, the Italians beat back the Aus-
trian columns in the Trentino, the
Russians drove the Teutons before
them in the East with horrible de-
struction and the British and French
began a slow and methodical bending
of the long established lines in the
West.
At Last Fully Organized.
These are the movements which are
still going on as the war enters its
third, .and according to Lord Kitch-
ener’s Delphic prediction, final year.
Whether the kaiser will retrieve him-
self, again seize the initiative and en-
ter on new campaigns of conquest
cannot be foretold. One thing is cer-
tain, the two largest empires of the
earth, Russia and Great Britain, are
at last fully organized for war
against him.
On the first anniversary of the war,
August 1, 1915, the Austro-Germait
sweep of Poland was in full swing.
Lublin fell that day; Cholm, August
2; Warsaw, August 6; Ivangorod, Au-
gust 7; Serock, August 9; Lomza, Au-
gust 11; Siedlce and Sokolow, August
!l4; Kovno, August 19; Novogeor-
gievsk, August 21; Ossowiec, August
.'24; Kovel, August 25; Brest-Litovsk,
August 27; Olita, August 28; Lutsk,
September 2; Brody, September 3;
Grodno, September 4; Dubno, Sep-
tember 16; Pinsk, September 17, and
Yilna, September 20.
It seemed to neutral observers noth-
ing could stop the Teutons In the
East, and it was generally believed
;the Invaders had themselves chosen
ithe line extending from Just west of
'Riga, nearly straight south, to Rou-
,mania on which they spent the win-
>$er.
Russia Seemed Beaten.
' Even when, on September 8, the
I czar took command of all his armies
(in person, won a victory near Tarno-
vpol, September 10, and recaptured
j Lutsk September 26, and Czartorysk
jOctober 20, few believed the Russians
; could revive. Lutsk was soon lost
j again, and on October 25 the Germans
iStormed Illuxt. Then things settled
down for the winter and almost every
neutral critic thought the spring would
see a resumption of the Teuton drive.
On October 8, the Teutons crossed
the Serbian border at many points
and five days later the Bulgarians,
newcomers in the war, invaded from
the east Fighting desperately but
hopelessly, the Serbians were pressed
back by torrents of heavy shells to
which they could not reply, and on
November 29 the German general staff
was able proudly to announce that the
operations against Serbia had ended
in complete success, while Austria at
the same time was finishing off Mon-
tenegro.
But unsuccessful as the year 1915
had been to the allies in the field,
their will to conquer did not waver.
At the moment early In December,
when the German imperial chancellor
was making a clear offer of peace in
a speech to the reichstag, the rep-
resentatives of Germany’s enemies
were meeting in a new war council at
Paris, resolved to redouble their her-
culean efforts and never compromise.
Conscription in England.
On December 21, David Lloyd-
George, the strongest man in England;
declared Great Britain faced defeat
unless greater efforts were made; and
just a week later he demanded general
conscription, threatening to resign if
this measure were not put into effect.
The conscription bill passed its first
reading in the house of commons Jan-
uary 6, and spring saw it in full force.
Premier Asquith was able to announce
that England’s total effort was five
million men.
Meanwhile in the East, a greater
giant was nursing his wounds and re-
gaining his strength in four-fold de-
gree.
A forewarning came to the world on
Februax*y 17, when Erzerum was ta-
ken. On April 19 the great Black
sea port of Trebizond fell, and two
days later the first Russian contingent
landed in France. Still the German
writers would not believe, and it took
the magnificent Russian drive of June,
which won all of Bukowina and a
large slice of Volhynia and Galicia to
convince them that Russia was again
a force to be reckoned with.
Russia Well Equipped.
To understand this phenomenon of
Russian resurrection it is necessary to
realize not only that the Russians now
have the heavy artillery and shells
they lacked in the great retreat, but
that their losses in numbers bother
them not at all.
Seven million young men have come
of military age in Russia since the
war began, and of these at least five
million are fit for duty. Despite her
gigantic losses, it is quite possible
there are more soldiers and potential
soldiers in Russia today than when the
war started. Certainly there are now
and will be for many years to come
all the “cannon fodder” that can be
utilized at the front.
Erroneously considering the western
front the most dangerous, the Germap
general staff on February 21 began a
heavy attack on the fortress of Ver-
dun, with the object of using up
French ammunition and men until no
allied offensive would be possible this
year.
Being on the outside of a curved line
they were able to place more guns and
maneuver more freely than their op-
ponents, and month after month they
drew closer to the now famous little
city.
Whether their gains were victories
or defeats will only be known after
the war, when we learn the number of
killed and wounded they paid for
each point. They advanced, but were
never able to stampede the defenders.
Perhaps Verdun will be the last
great German offensive. Certainly to-
day the Teutons have their hands full
stemming the Russian advance, which
Is penetratng Transylvania, and the
Anglo-French pounding attack along
the Somme.
Austria on Defensive.
The Austrians, who in the latter half
of May debouched from the Trentino
and almost gained the foothills and
smiling plains of Italy, are also con-
tent to stand and ward off the blows
of the Italians, after giving up most of
their gains.
The year saw the Germans lose
their Cameroon colony in January,
while columns of Belgians, French and
British close in on the stout defenders
of the East African colony, the last of
the kaiser’s oversea possessions.
In Mesopotamia the British, pene-
trating to within seven miles of Bag-
dad, were defeated and forced to re-
treat, being finally besieged in Kut-el-
Amara on December 10. A relieving
expedition was unsuccessful and on
April 30 the garrison capitulated.
On April 25, Sir Roger Casement
was captured attempting to land from
a German submarine on the Irish
coast. The next day the Sinn Fein
society revolted, seized Dublin and
set up a provisional republic. The re-
bellion was quelled in less than a
week.
On June 3 the German and British
fleets engaged in a great battle off
Skaggerrak. Although the Germans
claimed a victory, they have not yet
followed it up by coming out to- deal
another blow at the blockading ves-
sels. The reports of losses by the
two sides are impossible to harmonize.
War Costs Fifty-Five Billion.
On August 1, the second anniversary
of the start of the great war, the di-
rect money cost to all the belligerents
reached $55,000,000,000.
This is the consensus of financial
opinion here. Estimates six months
ago were slightly lower, but the daily
cost has mounted steadily and the
figures given are considered conserva-
tive.
The money spent is apportioned ap-
proximately as follows:
Breat Britain (including
colonies) ............
Belgium (mostly ad-
vanced by allies) ....
France ................
Russia ................
Serbia ................
Italy ..................
Portugal ..............
Montenegro ...........
Japan ................
$13,000,000,000
500.000. 000
8.500.000. 000
11,500,000,000
350.000. 000
2.500.000. 000
100.000. 000
10,000,000
(slight)
Total, entente allies. .$36,960,000,000
Germany ..............$12,000,000,000
Austria-Hungary ...... 6,000,000,000
Bulgaria ....... 150,000,000
Turkey ............... 600,000,000
Total, central powers..$18,750,000,000
G ran d total............$55,710,000,000
$110,000,000 a Day.
The war is now costing all belliger-
ents more than $110,000,000 a day. This
-is divided among the principal nations
as follows: Great Britain, $30,000,000
(official figures); France, $17,000,000;
Russia, $18,000,000; Italy, $8,500,000;
Germany, $23,000,000, and Austro-Hun-
gary, $12,000,000, the lesser powers
making up the balance.
Great Britain is the only power
which is paying part of the capital cost
of the war out of current income. Ger-
many Is compounding her debt by not
taking in taxes enough to cover all her
interest charges.
The financial situation of both sides
is fairly good. ,
In Great Britain the common people
have never been so prosperous. The
cost of living has advanced by more
than half, but wages have increased
still more and the demand for labor,
both by the government and by private
enterprises is insatiable.
France, too, has largely recovered
from the financial shock, though ac-
tivity is not on such a great scale as in
England.
Some of the neutral countries of Eu-
rope, especially Denmark, Sweden and
Norway are becoming opulent from war
business. In Holland the upper classes
have made money, while there have
recently been food riots by the lower
classes. _
Japan, the United States, Cuba and
some of the South American countries
were never so prosperous before in
their history, due to the stimulus of
war orders, which has galvanized do-
mestic business as well.
$64,000 FOR PANAMA HAT
Prices Paid in the City of Mexico In
Carranza Currency for Sum-
/ mer Covering.
St. Louis.—Honestly now, how
would you like to fork over $6,500 for
a suit of clothes?
Shell out $64,000 for a Panama
hat?
Dig $2,000 just to have your trunk
'moved?
These are prices and charges they
hurl at you down In the City of Mex-
ico when you try to use Carranza cur-
rency as n medium of exchange.
Thomas Randolph, chairman of the
board, National Bank of Commerce, is
authority for the statement that these
prices really exist, the information
having been sent him In a letter he re-
ceived from a friend in Brownsville,
Tex.
It is presumed stores do not want
Carranzn currency and have named
the high prlcnq to stimulate the flow of
ithe much desired United States gold
iwid currency into Mexico.
Dog 8ave8 a Child.
Marysville, O.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Gillespie, who reside near. La Rue,
were attracted to the barn by the
screams of their two-year-old son,
Lewis, and rushing to the place they
found a fierce fight taking place be-
tween a large hog and their favorite
collie. Close by laid the prostrate form
of the lad, who had been attacked by
the enraged hog, and but for the Im-
mediate interference of the dog no
doubt would have been killed. As it
was, he suffered five ugly gashes.
Old Woman Papering Ceiling.
Bowling Green, O.—Eighty-seven
years of age, Mrs. Rebecca Stevens of
Ridge street, this city, was papering
a ceiling in her home when she fell.
Her arm was broken and a deep gash
was cut in her head.
Deed Blown Ninety Miles.
Pocahontas, Ark.—A deed of trust,
the property of S. D. Wright of Jud-
sonia, which disappeared during the
tornado there recently, has been found
at Maynard, 90 miles from Judsonla.
LEAPS 80 FEET INTO LAKE
Swarthy Man Called "Bandit" Fled
From Crowd of Pursuing Men
and Boys.
Milwaukee.—In an attempt to es
cape from a crowd of men and boys
who were pursuing him, Nicholas Lo-
covica, a foreigner, forty-two years
old, leaped down an 80-foot embank-
ment and fell into Lake Michigan at
South Milwaukee.
Locovlca was walking along the rail-
road tracks when a man suw him and
set up the cry, “Bandit.”
The man gave chase. Others Joined
the pursuit. Locovlca ran towurd a
high embankment overlooking the lake
and leaped over. The drop was 80
feet.
Police Chief George Schoepperle ob-
tained a rowboat and rescued the man.
He was brought to the Emergency hos-
pital for treatment. His swarthy ap-
pearance and the Mexican situation
are the only reasons the police can
find for the crowd’s pursuit of th«
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STELLA,
A STAR
☆ ☆ ☆
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George Elmer Cobb
(Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.)
Always had Dale Arnold longed for
money and he had dreams how he
would spend it when it came. His
predilections were essentially Bohe-
mian. He had been a reporter on a
local newspaper, but soon found out
that he was not much of a writer. As
,*n advertising man he scored a better
success and fairly made a living.
Neither was he an actor, but he
doated on such. Whenever a show
came to town he had the free entree
from his newspaper connection and at-
tended every night. He even became
acquainted with the members of sev-
eral visiting dramatic organizations.
He was present at one of their sup-
pers. The careless good nature of the
men, the sharp cheery intelligence of
the women, the glamour of tinsel and
heroics fascinated Dale. They were
“true children of the heart,” up today,
down tomorrow, but never discour-
aged, buoyed up by the shifting variety
of their unreal lives.
Stella Rosslter—real name, Mrs.
Jasper Wynant—was the leading lady
of one especial troupe that came twice
a year to Linden Grove. Mrs. Rosslter
was, indeed, a lady, and leading. She
was twenty-two, independent, but gra-
cious, made of acting a business and in
private life was unpretentious, but
sparkling, a friend to everybody and
of irreproachable character. The man-
ager of the company held her dictation
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Stella Rossiter Was the Leading Lady.
in awe, for she was the main attrac-
tion in the old popular plays the com-
pany produced over and over again,
season after season.
The little company was playing to
poor houses at a small city five hun-
dred miles from Linden Grove one
week, when the manager came to the
star just after a rehearsal.
“Well,” he spoke, a broad gr!n,on his
face, “who do you think blew Into town
and into my hotel this morning?”
Stella made it known that she was
poor at guessing.
“Dale Arnold,” explained the mana-
ger, and he chuckled serenely.
“Who’s he?” Inquired Stella, who,
meeting odd hundreds a night, could
not keep close track or memory of all
•>f them.
“You remember Linden Grove?”
“Oh, yes—that pretty country town
back In Wisconsin.”
“That’s the burg. And don’t you, as
well, recall the fall guy who was crazy
to act and couldn’t, fancied he was a
dramatic critic and missed It hard,
and for one evening fancied he was a
genuine Bohemian because we let him
pay for a feed for the whole troupe?”
“I remember Mr. Arnold very well,”
answered Stella, with a reminiscent
nod of her pretty head. “I liked him
because he liked us and our ways and
was honest and enthusiastic about It.
Now, then?”
“Now, then,” answered the manager
with a beaming face, “he has fallen
heir to twenty thousand dollars. First
thing he does Is to post after us. ‘I’ve
got my chance at last,’ he says. ‘I’d
like to run a show. Yours Is the near-
est to the best that ever came to Lin-
den Grove. There was a star actress
you had’—and he actually blushed—
‘Stella, you mean?’ I intimated. ‘That’s
her,’ he said. ‘She’s still with us,’ I re-
marked and he looked relieved and
happy. Then he let loose.”
* “As how?” questioned Stella.
"Offered to finance us for the sea-
son. I explained about our ricke
scenery and the old wardrobe. ‘Make
it all new,’ he ordered expansively.)
‘Call on me for the checks.’ Then I le
loose. You know I’ve had a glad dream
about playing in the city—our own or-
chestra, lots of advertising and a
that. Here’s our angel. I shall make
the most of him.”
Stella placed a hand gravely and Im-|
periously on the arm of the manager
“Do it square,” she observed, “or)
Fm not in on the deal. Your great
scheme might go. I don’t know. I’m
willing to do my part.”
That evening Dale Arnold camo be-
hind the scenes. His hand shook and
he was blushing like a schoolboy when
Stella greeted him. He looked proud
and terrifically in earnest as the mana-
ger introduced him to the company as)
the backer of the enterprise. Of course,I
Dale invited them all to a celebrating)
supper at the village hotel.
After that the ambition of the mana-j
ger essayed some lofty flights. He»
made much of Dale. He introduced
him to “eminent tragedians” when
they opened up at the Classic opera
house in the city. He constituted
Dale their “press agent.” He managed
to get fulsome writeups on “the gifted1
young owner of the show.”
One day while Dale was alone in|
his office at the theater a pale, refinedl
young fellow, none too warmly clad,!
approached him with a manuscript. Hei
had written a play. He frankly con-!
fessed that it had been rejected at a]
number of theatrical sources. Dale
consented to have the author read th
play to him and took him to hie roomi
at the hotel.
Of its dramatic merits Dale knewi
little, but one point attracted him in-l
tensely. This was that its heroine ex-)
actly fitted the capabilities of Stella.)
He paid the poor playwright a thou-l
sand dollars for the manuscript andl
sent him on his way rejoicing.
The manager was furious when hei
heard of “this reckless waste oflj
money!” Stella felt complimented!
from the fact of the play pleasing Dal
because the portrayal of its heroin
suited her abil'ties. She read the
manuscript. J
“It has great possibilities,” she hoik
estly told Dale. (
“Then lose no time getting It on the
stage,” directed Dale.
“It will cost five thousand dollarspt
get the play started,” snarled the ifcian
ager to Stella.
“Well, It may better go on a prom
ing experiment than on a sure de
loss,” retorted Stella. “Why don’t y
tell Mr. Arnold that our stock co
pany venture Is a rank failure?”
“It looks as if you was acting
lan angel to get him to marry you
snarled the manager.
“I’d take him, if he’d have me,” pr
vokingly answered Dale’s champion
“He’s a good man. I respect him.”
The crash came with a suddenn
that prostrated Dale. He had give
the manager carte blanche and the lat
ter had used it to the limit. The mana
ger eloped with the last few thousan
dollars left to Dale, and behind him
trail of debt. Dale was taken with
fever that night, was delirious fo
three weeks, came back to life at th
end of two months, weak and emaci
ated. \
They told him at the hospital thp.
after paying the theater debts he h
a bare five hundred dollars left. T
troupe had disbanded. The star. Stall
had called at the hospital seve~
times, but rumor had it had gone
New York city to secure a new enga
ment.
“Ah, well, I've had my experience
sighed Dale, but his philosophizing di
no^ carry him past many a heart pa
as he thought of Stella.
Dale was well along in his conval
cence when one day he was inform
that a lady was waiting him in th
parlor of the hotel. He went down—
to meet Stella. She was radiant
"I could hardly keep it from you al
this time,” she burst forth in her im
passioned way, warmly clasping to
hand, “but oh! I have been so bus
with the drama you bought. It ha
been a marvelous success In the Eas
I have made—look! Look!” and sh
drew forth and showed Dale a ban
book.
“Twenty thousand dollars from m
starring and a sale of the dram
rights I” she cried. “We are quite rich.’
“We?” queried Dale.
“My dear good man who did so mu
forme! Surely, we are partners?”
“You—you have thought of me in al
this?” murmured Dale brokenly.
“All the time—and ever will I” cam
the steadfast reply.
Her glance fell, for she saw arise i
his eager face the glow of hope tha
answered that of love in her o
beautiful eyes.
Pity the Poor Dyspeptic.
“Back home” we used to gathe
around the piano of an evening, a Gc
fearing, respectable family, and hoi
orgies of sentimental melody, seel
Nellie home, and Imploring the wind
of heaven to bring back our Bonnie t
ns. To a chance dyspeptic sitting o
the hydrant outside, It must have bee
sickening.—Robert M. Gay, In the A
lan tic.
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