n— POSITION ends of the France and to the brunt with the Allies holding along the River Yser and North and Crown Prince's army The battle continued extreme in bear London. 350-mile line Belgium of fighting the Germans to Nieuport the German gaining in the Southeast The German War Office asserts that the outer at Verdun taken and the way fortifications open. developing the Sea mweveral of forts have been the other although the German claims that they actually reduced most the Verdun forts are emphatically denied by Geh, Gallleni in Paris It be- fieved that this movement is a perate attempt of the Germans to divert French from their Alsace Lorraine operations. Although halted in both their march Dunkirk and their effort to plerce the Allies’ left and thus Kaiser's in the Meuse region. Information from the fron that the activity at points other than in the north is increasing dally. The frequent rains, with their discomfort to the troops, have had a tendency to force fighting The Germans would appear have selected five o'clock in the evening as the hour for their heaviest attack at certain points to An there, that inner is offensive is have of i8 des the on line in the center Paris, the successful to a road hosts were open more t indicates the to FIERCE ACTIVITY OF GERMANS. at that All agree on the Bordeaux correspondents the one the situation for All more favorable now than at since General Joffre halted his ment and gan retreat Paris. The fighting 8 proceeding fogs, which tors of the opposing armie the dispositions of the v The } are ina these thing ies apbears time retire. front any struck the blow which he the of the Germans from in France and Flanders most part in prevente heavy avia- ring out have Germans by conditio been unable to employ th on which be ily au cut most iriou at Arras, at Mametz e and Albert, ang hE lute atten ground position they hold on the the Meuse near Camp bunt here, as all along the they suffered heavy 18¢ the ipt to ain further and force the French from the high bank of Romains, battle front, nd failed of loss ar des their purpose, The attacks of the Germans at these are only rolled back. but French, making counter attacks, gained ground. At all points on the battie front the French War Office de clares progress has been made, and the closing in of the ring of steel about the Germans continues. The German army headquarters In Belgium have been moved back east. ward, where fresh German troops, with artillery are reported moving from Alost. These are said to number 80. 000 men In Belgium all reports agree that the Allles are making great progress in driving the Germans from the coast and forcing their ultimate withdrawal from France. That this culmination of the desperate fighting In the north is not far off is Indicated by the preparations the Germans are making to assure themselves of adequate fa- «<llities to pass the Meuse back Into ‘Germany The Germans are strengthening their line of retreat across the Meuse between Liege and Namur. The forts at those two points are being repaired points the not are being thrown up. ito facilitate the passage of troops. despatches all speak of the great un. aest among the German officers and the anxiety in Germany generally at ithe Alles’ progress and the stern Might put up by the little Belgian army, which has turned the defen. elve into an offensive movement. of the Allies’ victories. All festivi. ties have been cancelled. have been Nieuport, huried the direct] of The for publication military Berliner Tagebatt mitted that of troops hindrance in German on censors have by of the ad passed an article the correspondent it is which fresh in long he 80 as brought they IMNASBeS can without over the seas consti tute an awkward adversary. Official ish fleet | along the ing. The shelling confirmation 3rit 8 joining Belgian bigger the shore land battle forthe which m vessels were batteries apparent. ly were attacked by sul i the marines, ut destroyers drove toes, Alfred the front believes Stead, the for the Expres BAYS by and he that avail the ing Ty sending his to 1:0 able ’ " iront t¢ the m Germans numerical superiority, gained German have but the forces, swollen witl fighting efficl presence, He says raw levies, have lost ney through thelr that there is reason ’ believe best that the Kalser is massing » his troops now for another of fort to break through the French lines at. Verdun The m tinue ture while wvements along the coast eon to be more or less in ’ of reconnaissance 1 i ause of its eft centres ar inectigns poriance Drive Germans Back 40 Miles from Warsaw Russian to the Armies Gain Skierniewicz, Southwest of Polish Capital—Repe! Attacks on Suwalki Lyck Line. admitted in Austrian Vienna and armies 0 unadie {o resutns ine held i Ru impregnabls d that reporte FIGHTING OF DESPERATE CHAR- ACTER. most des progress in The lelgian Allies, is hold- line of the determined far s Fighting of the character northwestern France. army, supported by the ing stubbornly River Yser, man ceeded London yerate is In on to the (ier uc despite attacks, has in bringing to a vance of the invaders along the coast. Along the remainder of the 360.mi front, from ti} Sea t and thus halt the ad le battle stretching 1e North to defenders and deeply entrenched days, the greatest along t Meuse River, princip vicinity Camp des Ro at St. Mihiel, south of erd Both ment Switzerland, where the the invaders have been for activity noted wa thirty-seven he ally +} ¥ the Of every available man the firing line. The) » raliroads working well, a they must have | ! damaged during the and transported sources are d Dut September, Froops them, an or aiier taken over report that train train f wounded is back Germany In the fighting in this cour where tion of they be as nave on must heavy, especially where forts have been made to carry po tions by assault Torre: ] i been falling of Nave “ne flat with the the movement of dim recently I¢Ar Lhe making the and this, fighting, : neiworx akes extremely uit in their effort d southwestward nvaders nes ar rest thelr upor ing w A weather condition » (ierman trenches the order 1® marine of the tren It was too lates were bayone! beyond the trenches undred German ; more made relief the espec! nead FINAL WAR BULLETINS — — ——— According to the British official report the Belgian troops t eld the Germans in check four days on a front nearly twenty miles long. correspondent at says the Belgians mans back five the battle front drove the Ger miles, i Thorn, iutt The . (German i the River Zi line | an affiu (rerman ura. Vistula The which threatened halted at Polish col umns all from the All a German plan of a defensive campaign. Elab orate intrenchments similar to the de fences in northern France have been constructed. The Germans have com. pelled the inhabitants to dig trenches. | Warsaw have | heen distances varying capital the news points tc GERMANS FIGURE ENEMIES’ LOSS Aggregate of Those of Allies Placed at 750,000 Men. i Berlin.—The “Kreuz Zeitung” esti mates the losses of the French. the | British, the Russians, and the Bel glans, in killed, wounded and prison- ers, as at least threequarters of a million men, | The Imperial Government has sent | a formal protest to France and to neu. tral nations concerning alleged vio- | lations of the rules of the Geneva | convention by French franctireurs and | regular troops. It is declared in this protest that | French have killed of mutilated | wounded German soldiers: that they | have fired on ambulances filled with wounded and bearing the Red Cross flag; that they have invaded German bospitals, robbed the hospital staff, and stolen the hospital equipment, tors who were gathering or attending tives, and that they have captured a German fleld clergyman whom they treated as a common criminal. This protest is accompanied by fir. physicians, and Catholle field priests, which support the alle. and to neutral nations against the alleged mutilation of wounded and disregard of the Red Cross by French troops. The occupation of Ghent and Bruges, Berlin declared, was done without damage. Turkey will go to war whenever Ber. lin tells her to, a Constantinople despatch reports, with an army of 900,000, according to a German esti. mate, largely officered by Germans. The French official report sald the Germans made six assaults on the Allied lines from Belgium to the heights of the Meuse, all of which had been repulsed. The Belgians held the Yser River, in Belgium, been defeated west of Lille, and | reported heavy fighting in Belgium, without giving any result. i The Russian troops have advanced | to Skierniewice, forty miles south. west of Warsaw, indicating that the Germans have met a further repulse in that region, Petrograd said. Vien. | na reported successes to Galicia. South Africa the rebellion of Colonet™ Maritz has been virtually | broken up. Another lot of officers | and men have been captured, while | others have surrendered voluntarily | to the African authorities. It was announced in Berlin that a German warship had sunk the Brit. ish submarine E-3 in the North Sea. It was also reported that a German submarine had sunk the British steamer Glitera. In of Germans were reported killed zn Teingtau. Japan seized important | German islands in the Pacific. : Germany, according to information re. | ceived from Berlin, is preparing to | deal Great Britain a decisive blow. | The scheme is to disembark several | army corps somewhere in the south | of England while the grand fleet is occupied with fighting the German | fleet in the North Sea. Xx XE EX RNR Xr ER DUG IN LIKE MOLES, ARMIES IN FRANCE FIGHT UNSEEN. 8T. MIHIEL, ing day France—~Fight and night from deep trenches whose wonderfully ef. fective ed wire, rods and entanglements of barb. steel sharp-pointed are almost touching, the sands of men comprising German left and the French posing wing seldom see other. Probably never there been staged theatrically set as is the pres ent. The line of battle runs wave shape for miles through dense forests, over and around high hills and across deep val leys, traversed with fast ning streams of water, The French stubbornly contest every attempt on the part of the Germans to advance, Lines of trenches are extended a foot at a time. The thousands on each side dig themselves in like field moles. They cover their every move ment. Even the guns are hidden and their location cannot be as certained by the opposing forces, as their smokeless powder leaves no trace. And in the open coun try the trenches are so con structed as to be invisible to an aviator uniess he flies very low When he does fiy low he seldom returns to report. But there are always volunteers on both sides to attempt it. They go out and most of them are killed, A few are treated with the considera tion their daring demands. LOXIXOXOXOX XOX XXL X y Six British Ships Prey of German Cruiser Emden sharp-pointed stakes thou- the op each before has a battle so run XE A a A a EE EE i KE EE Es EE EE Et XX XXX Four Steamers Sixth Craft and Dredger Sunk, Seized, ON English india — $10,000,000 Damage to British Commerce. pre fog ted She Her length WaR Com pleted displace ment is 3.660 tons, her 386.6 feet and her two sets of triple expan engines will drive of 245 knots when has a lightly armored deck and car ten 4.1 inch guns, two machine guns and two 18 inch submerged tor- pedo tubes. Her compiement is 361 men sion her at a rate she is clean She ries ER EINER RRR RIERA HOW SOLD!ERS ACT AFTER RETURNING FROM THE FIRING LINE. PARIS. —MHow the different soldiers act after returning from the firing line is told by one correspondent. Me states that the French, although fatigued by long duty in the trenches, are gay and usually collect brush at once and prepare a meal. The British troopers first think of their razor, and after a clean shave take a swim. Then to the soccer fleld for a game. The Belgians are more or less gay, but are exceedingly bitter against the invaders. The East Indians, whose cries and weird battle songs on the field of strife strike terror to the hearts of the invaders, are usu ally extremely taciturn when idle. They get off to themselves in small groups and quietly dis crs events in their native tongues. The Moroccan troops are prone to sleep. However, the bridies of ther horses are tled to their arms, and they are ready at a second's notice to leap into the saddie and gallop off to the firing line, FRERRARRRRARERRRRRRRRRIRINNY TTT XX XR XC XO ER EE XO XG Xe XL Ra Xe Re AX XX Ee Xe Xe Xe Xa XX Ke Xu Xe Xo Xu Xe Xo EAR UX Xa XM mi Iv te, Releases Standard Steamers. 0il | WHY The State Department Now Orders & Protest Against Unjustifiable Detention Of the Brindilla, DP. « The firm atti tude of the State Department against Washington Great Britain's seizures of three of the Btandard Oil tank call of the British i White | the Joh ships resulted In a * Ambassador at the House he announced to of the of that company incident of as tt © Officials Aa where the feller President DD release ship n {locke 8 release closes the John D State Depa however ERY Rockefeller so far ritment that the Tent the St may" be rd Of] claim pany tion Cal Immedi: at the White ed to made by Com deten indi Standa against G but andard d whether it will Britain for hag not do it diately after the announcemen House cabl Ambass don, directing h mediate release ship hich is the British weit of the held Halifax a British priz { Case Of the Brindilla at in by based on ment American registry in yrmation to that the vessel property due f« gofng in good faith rom on ne port Lo a In all import viewed is parallel Rockefeller was continuously * War given Elle WARE ith 1 tral British port, mii AEDecis here, the {f the Case Of ¢ with that of and it i& fully expected that she will be released Fhe official for of the John D at the $s Slate Department by the British ambassa dor Bir Spring-Rice, as f« “The John D. Rockefeller tained because there reason the release Rockefeller d at i was finted th aa . White House the lows war Ge was not! neg to show her papers for » et was destined whom she carried "It was It has only consigned ‘to order.’ now been ascertained the the that ofl in her tanks was destined for Danish Petroleum Com that ex once pany, and embargo on portation Direct given for the release Fuel and lubricants ditional contraband by tion of 4." LOnK were at of the vessel were declared con. a the proclama August U 8 DEFENSES WEAK Forts Are Needed At Cape Henry and Coast Artillery Short Washington, D. C —An urgent for more men to garrison the Sp Ppiea country’s const defenses was made by Brigadier al E M. Weaver. chief of Coast ry. | his annual report sub w ¢ Secretary Garrisor new fortifications the Henry to Cl CRA De ake Calling many desler 3 14 inches asked that 16 Cape Hen Of the n were asked for in addi tion to proposed forts prog i the at Cape entrance to that men, he #88 men “Unless re gion | ¥ report the near futu “for continued Artillery it will be necessary to reduce de defenses of additio Coast per garrisons to caretaker at some of the mere Portsmouth Charleston New Bedford, Delaware Key West Tampa DELAWARE HAS NEW CODE. Special Session Of Legislature Passes It And Adjourns. Dover, Del. After passing the new revised code, the special session of the Delaware Legislature adjourned Mon: day. The code became a law Monday afternoon, when Governor Miller af fixed his signature to the bill in the presence of the Code Commission and the Senate and House members on en- rolled bills. H H Ward and T. Bayard Helsel, the commissioners, were allowed $25. 000 for drafting the code, The claims committee of the two houses settled upon a per diem of $5 for the compensation of the members and officers. 18 OF HIS SONS DEMOCRATS, Father Of 28 Children Welcomed At White House. Washington, D. C.-—President Wil son congratulated J. E. Duckworth, a North Carolina mountaineer, on hav- ing been the father of 25 children and having voted the Democratic ticket for 85 years. Mr. Duckworth, who had never seen a President before, was in- troduced by Senator Overman. He told the President he had 18 sons and 1? Democratic votes in his family. CSA, BOWER & EXRBY ATTORNEYS ATLAW Esora Biroen BELLEFONTA Be. Sasoweors w Onvis, Bowszs 4 Ozvn Oonsuitation in Buglah and German B B. SPANGLER ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEFOFTRYD Prastions In all the esovrw Oonsnitation b English and German. Oflos, Oriders Basha Brilding ee CLEMENT PALS wv ATTORNEY -AT-LAW ERLLEFONTA Pe. 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