~ WHOLE FRONT, 13 FRENGH REPORT; AS A RESULT HISTORY OF THE WORLD, IN HAS BEEN RAGING FOR SOME NOW GIVING AWAY SLOWLY IN THE THE GREAT BATTLE WHICH DAYS, THE GERMAN CENTRE I8 BUT STEADILY BEFORE THE WING. THE GERMAN ARMY LINE, WHICH NOW EXTENDS FROM UPPER ALSACE TO WITH- THE OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE ISFACTORY. German Indemnities Total al $140, 000,000 London.—The Standard says: Indemnities exceeding a total of £ 28,000,000 ($140,000,000) alk ready have been demanded by the Germans from the towns and districts they have occu pied. The demands are as follows: Brussels, £8,000,000; Liege, £2,000,000; Louvain, £4,000; Province of Brabant, &£ 18,000, 000; Lille, £28,000; Amiens, £40,000; Roubaix and Tourco- ing, £40,000. A number of less important towns also were fined various small sums. taking of Mau- of a number received way of The Washington.—The beuge was the subject of despatches from Berlin at the German Embassy by the Sayville wireless station. first said: *“Maubeuge has fallen We have captured 400 guns and 40,000 prison ers, including four Generals’ This announcement of the fall of the French fortress, which had been under fire for about two weeks, was followed by another wireless mes sage: “All the papers the Importance emphasize of the capture of Maubeuge The German military lines are now free. Also the capture of great a pumber prisoners means an important weakening of the enemy.” Maubeuge was when the Germans began their ning move ment France after the fall of Namur. The Germans swept around and past the forts, which were sidered too strong to take by assault, and a was left to keep the defenders engaged. As soon as the German siege artil lery could be brought up, heavy gun fire was concentrated first on one fort and then on its support. In way the demolished, after another. After forts had b the Germans are said to have their guns on the city itself. then added to the horrors siege. The capitulation quickly lowed when the three remalnin strongholds were rendered almost useless by the bombardment. The enormously high-powered man siege cannon are sald to been of such great range that they virt could not be reached by the defenders. There was no escape in any direction (Berlin) 80 of isolated tur nto oon {force the fie this forts were one five reduced trained Flames ot n een the fol- Ger have ual Hy Paris - The Germans’ progress ecems to have been too rapid and too precipitate in its eagerness to get at the gates of Paris, for they arrived out breath and to all appearances out of ammunition, which may explain why they did not pursue thelr original plan, All prisoners appear fagged and harassed, and the spirit of the army seems to be everything that is differ. ent from the conquerors who pushed back the army of defense from the frontier and reached the gates of the capital in teh days Whether they hoped to gain time by a tangent movement away from Par- fs, or, as some military critics sup-| pose, aimed to effect a junction with the army of the crown prince, which was to come from the direction of Longwy, the developments of the last | four days prove that it was a grave error, The army, already weakened by | forced marches, constant fighting en | route, and now enfeebled by the en | gagements of the last four days, is | mot, In the opinions of experts, pre- | pared for such a big enterprise as the | siege of Paris. B—————— — BERVIAN WOMEN Soldiers and Civilians Show Great Endurance in Besieged City. London.~A dispatch to the Reuter | Telegram Company from Rome says | that, according to reports from Nish, | Belgrade is still putting up a magnifi- cent defense. Even the women are fighting stubbornly, The Servians ewear that the enemy will never en- ter the capital so loug as one house stands and one Servian Hves, of mitts IN RANKS. lite there is entirely paralyzed. ALLIES, UNDOUBTEDLY IS SAT- London. ~The, British Official Press Bureau issued the following announce. ment: “The general position continues sat. isfactory. The allies are gaining ground on their left all along the line of the Oureq and the Petit Morin ivers. The British have driven the enemy back ten miles, Fighting has been in progress fur. ther to the right along the line which Includes Montmirall and SBompuls, neither side gaining advantage. “Further to the right again, from Vitry - le - Francois to Sermaize-les. Bains, the enemy has been pressed back in the direction of Rheims “At Luneville at attempt by the Ger. mans to advance has been repulsed. “Pressure against ths enemy con tinues all along the allied fronts. The British force has been engaged all day, but the enemy opposed it, after stubborn resistance retired and is now crossing to the north of the Marne. “The Fifth Freneh army has ad vanced with equal success and reports many captures. “The ' Bixth French army, on the Ourcq, has been heavily engaged, but here also the enemy has been driven back, “The German army has suffered ge verely along the whole line, the ad vance having been resolutely pushed home, “The British force tained some casualties, is small in relation of the fighting.” has again sus but the num to the nat ber ure Fighting continues all along the 150 mile battle front and the final result cannot be predicted, although every thing looks favorable for the Allied ar. mies, Each od charging desperately, iy part of the general figh hand to hand variety. T were sald to have been sheer welght of nu cavalry and masse along a twenty miles. TI rage an extent that als ficers had difficul and preventing the impossible Although military lieve that now definitely abandoned besiege Paris, the work of preparing for possible attack continues. No one except soldiers is permitted within the chain of and the narrow gauge raliroads connecting the various defenses are filled with trains coming and going, transferring men and sup- plies, The military sums up the sit ns folio “The Allies very promptly seized the correct moment for an of fensive return and according to the latest news have opened & general attack to the German army on a front extending between Verdun and Paris. It Iz supposed that the whole force of Allles are In line, with the excep- tion of the troops which are holding back the army of the Crown Prince of Bavaria in Lorraine.” The numerical superiority which has hitherto been s0 great an asset in the German calculations no longer ex fsts, and in fact, the allied forces are equal, even If not somewhat superior, to the German armies, There is an unconfirmed report here that the German commanders request. side In succession was report a ond ing of the he Germans with pushed by mbers, the British infantry charging en battie front of nearly British were said d the French to such commanding of in restraining them hem from atiempt! "Fee ie {Oo have encoun DE the cial the Germans offi pro foss to be have 3 s i the pian 10 forts » “Times” we expert of the uation have the who is commanding wing, it was a ruse to gain that Gen. French, the Allies left sent, fearing London, — million men are battling in France | Kalser's campaign against Paris. The French War Qffice, in its an- nouncement, sald that a general en gagement was being fought on a line through Nanteull-Le Haudouin, Meaux, Sezanne, and Vitry-Le-Francols and extending to Verdun. Count Stolberg, Commander of Crown Prince's Old Regiment, Killed, London.—A Petrograd dispatch to the Dally Mall say: the Bourse Ga- zette reports that a squadron of the Death's Head Hussars, of which the Crown Prince was once commander, was defeated and cut up near Rocoezin, in Poland. Count Stolberg, the commander of the squadron, and all the other officers were among the The sale of spirituous liquors This, the most Vaportait { since the war began, with the { sible exception of Charlerof, { the plains d¥ the Marne, with able results to the French, Other armies are menacing { flanks of the Germans. newspapers as a rule situation as excellent, The line described swings in a semi-circle, of which the point necar- est to Paris is Meaux, twenty miles | away. The miles, favor- describe battle line extends for 150 beginning at Nanteuil-Le Hau { douin, about 30 miles from Paris, go { ing southeast to Meaux, turned al | most due to east to Vitry-Le Francols | where it bends sharply to the north- east, stopping at Verdun, The German strength in the re | glon from Vitry le Francois to Ver- dun is declared to be enormous. | cluded are believed to be the most of the troops withdrawn from Alsace Lorraine. In addition to the armies of the Crown Prince Frederick Will fam, the Duke Albrecht of Wurten- berk and the Crown Prince of Bavaria are all reported as engaging in this operation, Reports say that the Kalser him: self has been directing this ! movefnent and that he joined the army that is directed by his heir. It is conceded that the present move of the Germans is a general attempt absolutely to crush the allied armies, but more especially the French centre and right, which in. cludes thirteen or {fourteen COTS. On the other hand, fighting with renewed the result of Laving forced mans to retire from the Coulommiers, in the Sein department, after two days perate battling The Germans troops in action are estimated to number at least 1,000,000 the strength of the Anglo forces is t the same. confidence, as the Ger region of e¢t-Marne of des while French abou The Allied armies now occupy a line. of siege both to the east and west of Paris. The German plan, ac- cording popular speculation, is not to besiege Paris, but to attempt reach in the chain of fortress es wit helr newest Krupp guns, and gain entrance to the capital as they did at Liege and Namur. Gen. Gallien! maintained his confi dence that Paris can hold out for an indefinite period and he has his troops at their positions awaiting Ger. man attack Fresh troops from the South ing rushed through the points of contact Soldiers mas points through the to force al th t the are he the rched through the city to streets all night and the day. It ! every possible approach has been occ upled. as the citizens of Paris were ig thelr ears expecting to the gun: the German invaders gin hammering at the outer defen of the allied forces along the Oise a desperate rally, checked the Germans’ advance and obliged them to retreat toward 8t. Quentin. The Allles, Gen. Joffre and French, ordered id “point of the wedge” of the at any cost and a ensued In the forests of resulting in the relreat Teutons asserted to the is hear be sHe of the ¢ ity, ws ga od madae under Gen. were to he back the Kaiser's fierce battle Comp of the hosts flegne, WAR NEWS TOLD IN TABLOID FORM Berlin officially reported the surren- der of the French fortress of Mau beuge with 40,000 prisoners and sov- eral hundred guns. An official announcement from the French War Office in Bordeaux said the German armies had been pushed back a total of twenty-five miles. The armed merchant cruiser Ocean ic, of the White Star line, was wrecked off the north coast of Scetland and is a total loss, but all the officers and crew have been saved. England is preparing to give homes to sixty thousand Belgian refugees. india has pledged 70,000 soldiers and $5,000000 to aid Great Britain, In adition, many native princes have offered their private fortunes, and their services In the field. British and French official state. ments agree that the German right flank has been driven back, that fight. ing in the centre is without advantage to either side, and that the German left wing's attack near Luneville has been repulsed. German losses are reported to be enormous along the whole line. One wounded French officer declares that 20,000 Germans have been taken pris. | oners. The occupation of Mikolajoff, a strong Austrian fortress | twenty miles south of Lemberg, by { Russian forces on Sept. 5, with the the Germans. German army in France. warfare, Adequate Organization of the Gev- ernment la Being Effected. Bordeaux.~The work of effecting an adequate organization of the French Government in Bordeaux is proceeding unremittingly. Govern mental documents are arriving from Paris by the vanload. It was noted with interest hy the crowd that they bore the names of firme engaged in the moving business in Colmar and Muelhausen, in Alsace: Lorraine, KAISER CABLES WILSON PROTEST Sends Wire Personally on Use of Dum-dum Bullets by Allies. WASHINGTON, — President Wilson received a personal ca ble from Emperor Wiillam of Germany protesting against the use of dum-dum bullets and the participation in the war by civ: ilans of Belgium. The message } expressed also the German Em- peror's deep regret at the de- struction of the Belgian city of Louvain. “My heart bleeds for Lou. vain,” is one of the phrases which the Emperor is under. stood to have used. He declared, however, that the population of Belgium had offered such resis tance that his generals had In many cases found it necessary to administer severe punish- Russians Capture Two Austrian Strongholds Nicolaieff snd Mikolaijow, 25 Miles South of Lemberg, Fall—Only Three Towns Bar Czar's Advance on Berlin. The or Petrograd (8L Petersburg), fortress of Mikolajoff (Mikolaljow Nicolleiff), twenty miles south of Lemberg and commanding the Aus- trian State Rallroad’'s crossing of the River Dulester, was taken by the Russians after severe fighting, Forty heavy guns and stores of all kinds sufficlent for a year captured. preparations at Mikolajoff Lemberg to hold out for a in dicate that the Austrians intended to make a stout resistance, The capture of this fortress cleared away every Austrian stronghold in Galicia East of Przemysl, which Ia now invested by the Russiins Mikolajoff is one of the most fortresses in Ausiria al fenses include steel cupolas and m guns of heavy North of Lemberg the trian army, which has been beaten back from its invasion of Poland, Is reported retreating all along the lin Rivers Bug and Vistula. spells more than defeat owing to the nature through which the their escape important rail North A tl th were The and year mod de- jod- ern 1 ern calibre, main Aus- between the This retreat it is disaster, of the country Austrians must make At Rawa Ruska, an way junction thirtydwo mii of Lemberg, the Russians force Austrians to flee after fighting The fortresses of Przemys! and Jarosiau, on River San, and Cracow on Vistula River, are the only obstacles the Austrians now have to prevent the Russian advance Przemysl is a strongly fortified mill tary camp, fiftyone Lemberg, forty-two 40.000 men, by soidiers who Lemberg and Poland. Berlin Reports Victories EVACUATED RHEIMS TAKEN BY 13 TROOPERS, WIRELESS ADVICES DECLARE. on heavy the the of and forced from mies wast with forts who have been rein the escaped Washington —A German account of the manner in which the French fortress town of Rheims, in the seo ond French of defense, was oc- cupied by Kaiser's forces was made public by the German Embassy An official dispatch from Berlin to the embassy via the Sayville wireless route says the town was taken by thirteen officers and privates undee command of Capt. von Humbrehs, who made a daring ride into Rheims, took possession of the place, and walted for the arrival of reinforce line the ~The ve 0 ot secrecy over Lhe weglern area of the fighting--the country north of Paris—never has been harder to penetrate than during the past twenty-four hours. Thera is no evidence at hand persistent advance of the Germans has been appreciably checked, on the con. trary, at least one point of the Ger man contact is now within striking distance of Paris. NINN NA NNSA NNN ANSI Paris. CZAR ANNEXES GALICIA AS RUSSIAN PROVINCE St. Petersburg. — An official announcement was made that Galicla has been made a Rus sian province and that Count Bobrinsky has been appointed Governor-General, Thanksgiving services were held in all the churches of Rus sia for the return of the ancient 8lav towns of Lemberg, now named Lvoff, and MHHalicz to their former affiliation, ————————— WAR HITS ENGLISH TRADE. Export and Import Business Drops $155,000,000 in Month, London The effect of the war on British trade is seen In the Board of Trade reterns for August. Imports, compared with the corresponding month last year, show a decrease of upwards of $65,000,000, while exports have fallen off nearly $100,000,000, The imports of sugar have dropped more than 87.500,000, of which the loss of $4,000,000 falls on Germany NEW YORK.—Wheat—8pot strong} No. 2 red, new, 119 new No. 1 Northern Duluth, old No. 1 Northern 27% nominal ¢ { f Buffalo, Corn—S8pot firm; No. 2 yellow, 90% ¢ Argentine, 90¢ nominal, delivered. Spot firm; standard white, 08 No. 3, Eb%@06; fancy pel white, 68% @ 59. Cheese—State whole milk, prime, Oats fresh, do, average fancy, 15% @16%. Eggs—8tate, Penneylvania and near by gathered whites, 32@%06c; hennery browns, 31@32; do, gathered browns and mixed colors, 206@30. Dressed Poultry — Firm; chickens, frozen, 14@20c; fowls, @19%; turkeys, 19@26 1dve Poultry—Dull; ens, brollers, 17T@17 %¢,; 18; turkeys, 12@ 14. PHILADELPHIA. — Wheat —- Car lots, in export elevator, No. 2 red, spot and September, $1.12@117; No. 1 Northern Duluth, $1.31@136; No. 3 red, Western, $1.18@ 1.23. Corn—Car lots, No. 2 yellow, 829 Bic; steamer yellow, $0@081c. Oats—No. 2 white, 54% G55 c; stand. ard white, 64@ No. 2 white, 53 @ 53%. Butter Western solid-packed creamery, fancy, specials, 34c; extra, 82¢; extra firsts, 31c; firsts, 28@30c; seconds, 27@Q 28¢c; nearby prints, fancy, 3bc; average extra, 33Q 34; firsts, 20Q dlc; seconds, 28@ 29¢; jobbing sales of fancy prints, 238@ 4l1c. Eggs—Nearby, extra, 80c per dozen; firsts, $8.10 per standard case; nearby current receipts, $7.20@7.50 per case; Western extra, firsts, $8.10 per stand. ard case; firets, $7.20@7.50; seconds, $6.20Q6.60; candled and recrated fresh eggs, 34@i6e per dozen. 1ive Poultry—Fowls, fine, large, 17 @18¢c; old roosters, 11@12c; spring chickens, 18@1%c;: medium, 16@17¢; ducks, old, 12@13¢; do do, spring, 13 © 140; pigeons, per palr, 15@22¢ Dressed Polity Fresh killed try, fowls, per 1b, selected, 20% ¢c; extra, 19%¢c; dverage 4G 4% ibs, average, 17@15¢c; smaller size, 13@16c; old dry-picked, 13¢; chickens, Western, 1%4G2% lbs apiece, 18@20c do, smaller sizes, 17@Q 1%¢; broiling, West ern, fair to good, 16@16¢c; squabs, doz, white, weighing 11Q12 Ibs, doz, $4G440; weighing 8@10 $3.10¢ 2.580; do do, weighing 8 ibs, $2.50 @260; do do, weighing 7 lbs, $2@ 225; do do, weighing 5@6 Ibs, $1.00 £175; dark and No. 2, 60c@ $1.10. Western 14% 17%%Q fowls, 54%ec; poul heavy, receipts, do roosters, do, do per per ibs, BALTIMORE —Wheat-—No. 2 red, 118%, sales and bid; September, 119%: No. 2 red, West spot, 1185; . October, 120 Ec Standard white, 53% 53. Epot 118; ern and Corn fat No. 3, October, Contract, ne white, 52% Wester: N No 93094; lots of 8c @$1.00 No. 4 rye, do roy, 56 @ 88 Bag nearby rye, as to q 5@86 Hay—No. 1 dmothy. $18: No. 2, do, $18; No. 3, do, $15.50@1650; light clover mixed, $18@ 18.50; No. 1, do, $17 €17.50; No 2, do, 315@17; No. 1 choice clover, 315.5016; No. 2, do, $13@15; No.2, 810@ 12; sample hay, a to kind, quality and condition, $7@ 10. Straw--No. 1 straight, ve, 13.50; No. 2, do, $11.50@Q17; tangled rye, §80@ 10; No. 2 #: No. 1 wheat, £7; No. 2, do, No. 1 oat, $8.50@Q10; No. 2, do, 850 Butter rye, do, 85@Q96; » . a +50 - nes ality No. 1 $6.50; Creamery, fancy, 332%; cholce, 30@31; good, 28@20 creamery, prints, 32034; ereamery, blocks, 81§32; ladles, 22 23: Maryland and Pennsylvania, rolls, 21@ 22; Ohlo, rolls, 21; West Virginia. rolls, 21; storepacked, 21: Maryiand, Virginia and Pennsylvania, dairy prints, 21; process butter, 26Q@28, Cheese-—-The market is steady. We quote, jobbing lots, per Ib, 18 @1%¢. Eggs—Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia firsts, 26; Southern firsts, 24. Live Poultry-—Chickens— heavy, 17¢; do, small to medium, old roosters, 10; spring, 17. Old bens, 16; 14; Pigeons-—Young, per palr, 18 do, 1% Ibs and over, 30; do Live Stock PITTSBURGH. choice, $9.50@9.85; prime, $§9G 9.25. Hogs—Prime heavies, $9.75; diums and heavy Yorkers, $0.80 9.85; light Yorkers, $0.60@0.75; pigs, $9@ $.50; roughs, $8.25@8.75. Sheep—Prime wethers, $5605.75; culls and commons, $203; lambs, $5.14 @8.10; veal calves, $10.60@11.50. 8ST. LOUIS ~—Hogs—Pigs and lights $7@9.45; mixed and butchers’, $8@ 9.45; good heavy, $9.30@940. Cattlo—Native steers, $7.50010.60; cows and heifers, $6G9.60; stockers and feeders, $6@7.60; 'Wexas and Indian steers, $6@8.26; cows and heifers, $4@6.50; native calves, $69 MATE. ~~ AT TOMNRTYS, won ATTORNEY -APLAW ERLLBVONTS, B85 SB Giorta of Comm Boss. EB STS YW. EABRRISON WiLFER ATTORNEY ATA4AY BELLEFONTE 00 Be. 1 W. Bigh Sweet All protessionn bustuem prompts ometied ® LD owns ve. 1. Bowes Vv. hb ha ATTORNEYS ATLAW Riors Drove BELLEFONYA ba faoosssors to Oxvi, Bowes 4 Osvy Osmsuitation in Bugleh snd German -— A K B. 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