St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 23, 1914

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A SUBMARINE 1S AN UNDER 8 5 7a sa Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicin- ity: Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow in- creasing cloudi- ness and warm- er; the lowest night and tomor- row; warmer to- night and in east portion tomorrow. For lliinois— Fair and warm- er tonight, tomor- George D. Barnett ‘Si Escapes} eee ee oe s S Both . copyright. 1914, by the New Special rrangement with HE struggle of a single British battery against odds and the sav- ing of the battery during the bat- tle of Mons, in the early days of Sep- tember, will go down in. history as ev- idence of what the British army can do in the field. The British official report says of this extraordinary incident: „ Battery, R II. A., had been in- structed to be ready to move by 4 a. m. The order t@ retire not having ar- rived, L Battery waited, limbered up, ready to move at a moment's notice, Just after 5 o’cloc® the mist cleared and they were suddenly subjected to a ter- rific enfilade fire from the ridge. “Owing to their position they were guns to on the enemy. — AIT ROO FRR ee SD. wie Jonly * bring three of their six * 1 — * — PPP 1 4 Swen. rare Herald Co. and Published in St. the London Sphetr An a very “short time two of the three British guns had been silenced and only one remained to defend the po- sition. “Many of the officers and men had been killed or wounded, and at last only three men remained to serve the gun. Although all wounded, these three men —Sergeant-Major Dorrell, Gunner Der- byshire and Driver Osborne, all of whom have been recommended for the Victoria Cross—crouching behind the shield, kept up a deadly fire with such effect that eventually all but one of the German guns were put out of ac- tion. “This unequal duel went on for a time Louis Ee fe Ah a 2 : ey 2 5 c eee Exclusively by the Post-Dispatch by ‘we'd both had enough of it. and the enemy and the three brave British gun- ners ceased fire almost at the same moment. Thus, crouching behind the shield of their last gun, the three heroes were found by the strong force of cava ry and infantry which shortly afterward came to their rescue.’ Through the wonderful memory of one of the recipients of the V. C. it is pos- sible to reconstruct in every detail thie] historic scene. The diagram at the bot- tom of the accompanying picture stves two positions—the first when the ba was discovered and attacked, the nearly two and one-half hours showing the Nee by —_ 18 OWT HA OCKERS AND LOON - LICENSE Ex-ise Commissioner Says Those Selling Liquor Come Under Dramshop Regulations. Excise Commissioner Anderson this morning announced a ruling that clubs which obtain saloon licenses will be required to close their bars during the hours saloons are prohibited from keep- ing open, and that such clubs will not be permitted to maintain a locker sys- tem for the use of members when the bar is closed. Anderson in explaining his ruling on lockers said that a club which does not have a saloon license could have a lock- er system, but, of course, as a club could not dispense liquors, Such liquor as members keep in their lockers, he said, must be the personal property of the member having the locker. The principle of the permissibility of lockers, he said, was that a man was entitled to maintain any bex or locker in his club exactly as he might maintain it in his home, and that it was nobody's business what he kept in it. Anderson Explains Ruling. Anderson pointed out that saloon reg- ulations prohibit the drinking or serv- ing of liquors after hours on premises for which the licenses are issued ani that these regulations would prevent clubs which have licenses from having liquor drunk except during the hours the bars are permitted to be open, His office, he explained, has nothing | to do with prosecutions of clubs which | may sell liquor without obtaining a license, the Prosecuting Attorney — 5 charged by law with such prosecutions He said that in cases of violation of the laws by clubs which obtained - censes, he and the Prosecuting Attorney were charged with a joint duty. He said that it was the duty of the Prosecuting Attorney to prosecute all, saloon keep- ers whose licenses were revoked for vio- lation of the law. The records show that there never the excise law, and that Prosecuting At- torneys have been content with the rev- | ocation of licenses by the Excise Com- missioner. * : The first club in the city or St. Louis County to obtain a license was the Sun- | set Inn Country Club, to the manager | of which, Edward A. Benish, a license was issued by the County Excise Com- missioners this morning. Benish was informed by Commissioner Shotwell that he would be required to obey all of the dramshop laws of the State, and would not be permitted to sell liquor between 1 a. m. and 5 a. m. weekdays, or on Sunday. Benish said the club would obey the regulations. Pitan of the Bummelkasac. The Bummelkasse has nothing to fear as a result of the Supreme Court 4eci- ston requiring that all clube where a must be governed by the RUSSIANS ARMIES REINFORGED IN GREAT DAITLE IN POLAN Strengthening of Czar’s Forces Struggle, Centering Near Changes Situation—Germans ant Austrians Continue Offensiyv Northeast of Cracow. GERMANS RENEW. BATTLE ~ IN FLANDERS, SHELL YP Ground in Argonne. 1 — By ‘Associated Press. 2 BERLIN, by wireless to London, Nov. 23.— The official om munication issued by army headquarters today says: In East Prussia the situation remains unchanged. . In Poland the appearance of Russian reinforcements is ne postponing a decision of the battle. : In the region east of Ceznstochowa and to the northeast 5 q of Cracow the Austro-German offensive was maintained. Fighting continues at Nieuport and at pres. A st British squadron twice approached the coast, but was driver off by our artillery: The British naval guns Had no effect. In the forest of Argonne we are gaining ground step by 5 step, one trench after another and one point of support after another being wrested from the French and a number of pris- oners being taken daily. „A violent reconnoitering expedition against our ape tion on the east of the Moselle River was made ineffective * 3 «tee b . a a ve our counter attack.’’ ; | manderd. According to the same ae a Army headquarters today also gave eut an official report, dated Nov. 22, which said: In Poland the fighting continues and the struggle is going on to the south of Plock in the vicinity of Lodz and Geenstochau.“ (Lodz, the second city in size in Po- land, is 78 miles southwest of Warsaw. In 1897 it had a population of 314,120.) The general staff, referring to opera- tions in Poland, described as now near- ing a decisive outcome, announced that it considered the situation everywhere favorable. All the Berlin newspapers comment hopefully this morning on the possible outcome of the fighting in Poland. They express the opinion that these engage- ments may decide the entire Russian campaign if not the outcome of the war. The Lokal Anzeiger has published an interview with an officer, who speaks for the military authorities. He oars: that, in consequence of the preg > of the Russian right win; by Hindenburg and the e of the Austrians on the Russian left} a general Russian retreat. with the evacuation of Lemberg, is only a ques- tion of time. In their previous attack, this officer gays, the nemy perated in acco! .«ace with their frogram, but today they (have been forced to give u> their war plans and face an entirely different sit- vation. Bxisting conditions were fore- een by the German and Austrian com- Activity Renewed in Flanders, Where Heavy German Reinforcements LONDON, Nov. Desperate fighting in Russian Poland, but without detatis| devoting greater energy to the as to the outcome, and a resumption of an air fleet. thority, the Russians lack artillery 2 rifles. German Front Between Vistula * Warta 55 Miles Less. PETROGRAD, Nov. 23.—The official report from general ters was issued last night: “The fighting between the delayed by bad roads and by u Is | railroads now is complete. are the outstanding features of = war today. Violent bombardments have Gest the town hall and the central ö Ypres. This may herald the rt ot the German attempt to bres center of the allied une. This finds confirmation in renewed reinforcements through Beigtum.