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WRECKAGE IN PARIS CAUSED BY BOMBS DROPPED BY GERMAN AVIATORS FROM AEROPLANES
In the main the effect of aerial bombardments has been far less than was expected. Damage in Paris has been trifling and there has
been- complete absence of panic among the people. As a scout, the aeroplane seems to render its most effective service.
ANTWERP HAS MANY SCARS AS THE RESULT OF GERMAN BOMBARDMENT FROM THE AIR
Here a more determined assault has been made by the Germans from the air than at Paris. Nevertheless, reports agree that
aerial assaults fail to inflict damage enough to be a factor in war. This form of attack amounts, usually, to murder
RUSSIANS BLOCK
AUSTRIAN RALLY
AS 200,000 YIELD
CZAR'S TROOPS JOIN
BELGIANS IN FIERCE
ATTACK ON GERMANS
TACT MARKS PRESIDENT'S
CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE
Round Up Fleeing Foemen
With Fresh Columns.
War Office Claims Com
plete Triumph in Galicia.
Great Force of Russians
Landed at Ostend Swoop
Down Upon Right Wing
of Invaders.
r PETROGUAP. ??ft. 11.
Jin Austrian rorce of ;ih),i)..) ims sur
rendered In Gnllcia. accordliiK to tha lat
est report received from the Si-ene of
fighting. (A Parla dlfcpatc.l cjnveys the
same news
The entire strenctH of tlvs Itu.3lan first
line troops was In action loundtnj up tho
completely crushed Austrian arm;", whlrn
V endeavored to rally under tln shadow of
v S;nrJ" oi Priemya! and ulon,' the
San Blvtr to a point north if Jaroslav.
It was officially stated hat todav thit
of the 530,"uO Austrians who comprtao the
Austrian flrt line of troops 300,100 are
already prisoners of war. The or.tiro
army of Genera! Dankl has been dis
persed, end the main armies of General
Moritz Von AuffenberB and Archduho
Francis Frederick, which have been
heavily reinforced from German sources,
huve suffered tfratlv.
There was no diminution of the Rus
sian attai-U, under tho immediate di
rection of Grand Duke .'i.'hnln-i the as
sault beirfs kept uu. Stmns Russian col-
tfmns were sent down the territory be
tween tho San and the Vlsuila Hher
from tho north to atu ': th. Ai-tnatis
on tr.e flank and p" . it f'ltl-n Oer
man reinforcements reaehln them. At
the samo time the cnti.- a mv, com
manded by General Rouzukv. h dilv'ns
the main Austrian forces before it fi'.m
the vlclnltv nf Grodek
The Russian General Staff officia'ly
states:
The Austrian military strength U
completely crushed. They are retreat
Ins In tho utmost disorder everywhere
Russian cavalry ere pitrstrni; tin m,
and huraslnp; th.-m, wiu.e Run- in
artillery has been posted nt certain
liointn to cut wff th" .cir.'fit s , -.
cipltate is the Aust'iar fliht 'hat "uy
are abandonlns evirvhlnr The r sii
are gtrewn with rifle and &re-"ia
equipment thrown away hy tlwdj
Austrians who found thai It i'-n.reved
thtlr lllcht. Artllltry has Utii ir ire4
overj'where, and the th' t tbt vree
were cut and not unfateti..l n w
that the enemy is cum;ilt !j psnir
strlcKtn. livery Wsh ofSclal here emrihasUe the
tact that the Austrian lumpaien hrs cnn
p'etely collapsed, and that the !s3 :q
the dua', umpire are appallinir.
Minister of War 8ukhoniiin.ff todny
jcae out the following nUTiw In
I'etrosrad.
-Tho Austrian amiy is ira-ti. ally
crushed. Its (.entre is offering! tii-sperate
rrsistance, but vlth the fresh ti odps that
have reached General Riuskv hf will be
able to overwhelm it and iUar the way
fur an advance Into aUlestu, which Is the
direct roue to Herlln.
Iy the retlrtment of the tuian
troops in southeastern Pmx.ia, we base
drawn a tarso German army into a posi.
tlun wlnie It Uill b uhuliit. to render
help to Ureslau or Posen."
Though the chief aim of the itiusiun
G neial Staff has bo. n the smashing at
the Austrian armv and the upenlns of the
direct route tn Bfrlm. il i- iii.tLle tliat
after an lnetni-"'l " ' ' " Geneie,
Urouilolt will adan. an anny aaaint
A ienna
LONDON". Sept. 14.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says that
a ciimhlned Belgian and Rtis-lan forco
has attacked the German nrmy at Lou
vain, and that a desperatu battle Is rag
lliK. with heavy losses on both sldec
The Russians were landed at Ostein!
and immediately marched for the front.
They were Joined by the main Belgium
army.
The number of Russians landed on the
coast is vnriously estimated at from i:0,
000 to 300.000 men.
(The movement of this force of Rus
sians undoubtedly explains the rapid re
treat of the German right wing and the
sendimr of a new German army to Trance
by way of Belgium.)
The Russians that arrived at Ostend
camo from Kngiand whither they wero
brought by the liners Aqlian!a und
Oceanic and the Union Castle fie t f:o:n
Archangel. They included Cossacks and
infantry, put of the best fighters of tho
Russian armv.
K g.iiiwit ufter leglment of the Russians
were landed In Kngiand. and wore
brousht to Ostend from Southampton In
smaller vessels. A long line of 42 sleam-
ers was engaged In carrying off these
. forces.
it was while the Aquitania was brlns-
In the Russians from An hanse! M Kng
, land that she was budl damaged in
i the ei.Ji sl.in with the stMim-hip Canadian.
i of tne Ieylanrt Line. Phe -vus neuming
j '"lll. f tile Iri3'i -i . t i a:: lier 1'shts
I lark when she hit the Canadian, barely
' dumagmg that boat and causing a panic
I Tne I'unard liner C'aronla, which was
n:o !) (ratted In the tratisportation of Rus
sian truops, was fortunatelv close ry,
and tood by both disabled vessels until
they could both enter the Mersey River.
LONDON, Sept, H.
's'end Iselp or we aie whipped We
have been ambushed "
This message, according to the Central
N -ws, was caught by a Belgian operator
who "cm in" on a Qerman military wire
It was belli &ent to Berlin from Brua-
Washington. Though Reticent, Be
lieves IHedintion Moves Afoot.
. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.-A mantle of
' sll.'i ce has been drawn over the pence
campaign which. It Is said, President
' Wilson now Is tactfully conducting
i nmong the waning nations of Europe.
I The informal Inquiries which the Presi
dent made of the German Emperor ns
to whether he was ready to discuss
toi nis. have not yet been replied to, ac
cording to Administration olllclals, and
further comment is declined.
p.-xMdnit Wll'on is now placing him
self In a strategic position to ntt as
mediator In the great struggle when the
propir t.me comes. It !. understood that
the President does not believe there is
any chance for the war to lie ended for
mrnths to come, uut has decided thnt this
Government will not overlook unv oppor
tunity in emphasize itself ah the foremost
peacemiker of the world.
The Pi evident, according to the report,
will take advantage of the slightest open
ing to protfer jooil otnce.s, btlleviug that
the mural influence of the I'nlted States
will count for much when the Hnal peace
pnet If signed. It is probible American
lnllil'tice will be exerted for the lightest
possible 1. 1 ins fur the defeated nations,
so at- to s-tiess the strict neutrality which
the Culled States has maintained from
the rlrat.
FRENCH AIRSHIP SHELLED
AT HEIGHT OF 5000 FEET
German Artillerists Stop Note-taking
Over Entrenched Position.
LONDON-. Sept. 14.
Th Dally Mail's Petrogrsd correspond
ent send, a description of M Poiret. u
Fi-noh aviator, who Is serving with the
Russian army, of a flight taken over tho
U.i man position in company with a iUiff
captain.
I rose to a height of IMO feet," said
Poiret Fighting wns In full swing. The
cuptnln with mo already had made somy
vulaable observations, when the Germans,
noticing rny French machine, opened lire
on U
"A number of their bullets pierced tho
nlngs of the neroplane and others struck
the stays. Wo flew on. however, as It
was neiessary to obtain the exact posi
tion of th- enemy. Then the German
artillery began to tire. Their shells burst
n.-ar the aeroplane and each explosion
caused ". to rock. It was dlllicult to
retain control, as pieces of shells hud
seriously damaged two of th stays The
fantastic dunces in the air lasted 20
minutes.
"The cnptaln was wounded In the heel,
but continued to make observations.
Kinatly I turned the machine and landed
home safely 1 found ten bullet marks
and two fragments of shells In the ma
chine "
COTTONSEED COMBINE REPORTE
MEMPHIS Tenn. Sept. II -fnlted
States District Attorney Herbert Flsh r
Is investigating reports that a combina
tion on cottonseed prices exists In this
vtcinlty.
HUMOR, PATHOS, HEROISM
LIGHTEN WAR'S GRIMNESS
RUSSIANS AGAIN MOVE
FORWARD IN PRUSSIA
Xater Dispatches Contradict Petre
grad Admission of Retreat.
Rome, sitpt- it
The Russian Emuauy toda uavt; out
the following statement:
General Hlndunberg's army has been
defeated near Mlawa, a tillage of
Western Poland, near the northern
border. The Germans are evacuating
Poland. The German Ium ure eiL
mated at W.flM.
The Ruulaiui are rrsuioiuy the of
fensive in Ka Prusla .il'. I haie ,,, n
me nerd a ' - of N i i . i j
These- U'spat. ii4 ii . n i u .i ih.
ran fidmisslojia "I ta iiii l.asi
Prusi a
C"U. , I-POCHES FBDM THE HiONT
In a villas on th point of oreupat'n
by jrrman avalr. a French sol tier, tho
last ut nis retrlment there, heard a n'o
man'n cries. He turned hak. At that
moment a I'hlan entre the vlllaijo. The
soldier hid behind a door and hot down
the first officer and then one of the
soldiers While the rit f the patrol
hesitnted. the soldier rushed out, leizrd
the otthers rilerleiM horse, swung him
li nit the .-Hiil;e nd. hnsting ih
i woman behind b'm. rule otf umld n hall
of Iml.tts. Hotli readied the Ftoip h lines
. urtscatlird.
On the banks of the Olse. In the days of ,
the rtrat. captain of engineers had
I been ordre4 to bl"w up a bridge in order
i to rover the Frw, h retreat- The bridge
1 had o mined, but the fuse bad not been
'aid When a d- m hnient .t the menn ap-
! areil ti the '.ttier side ot the bridge the
jIIiki' .nit i d hi-- men bun il mi'i then
running forward rtr.'d the mine with Ids
mwq band, tr.etfting a qeath which he muai
have Known to k& oertala. ,
The drinking shops in PetrograoJ have
been converted into tree dim .g roras for I
soldi ' fgmlUfi. Y 4i.i. jay the poll' 6 I
arrestt-4 a German chenust named Keller, '
why was eniploed at the RussA-Anierl- I
tau itubber Works, w iere mysterious '
wholesale polsgnlng had occurred. A
month ago paper were wrltttn by Win. i
mwlnK the tx.it,iHM t ii.;n: that,
produce th wait effect.
A Founded Kiusian officer relates iiow
the sokjiaw of ht regiment bravely nt
cu4 a woundsa comraile. g)ln,f iut and
bringing him back Wltb bis horse vtth
out drawing the enera)' Bi Tlis Rus
nian loniinander Liter diLO,.Itf,j ,,B rc.
. ll.il - ..di i t.. b j v...n w,,-lej, n,,0
lad met! tie !iu-ian volunteers
i
i
ao'i t j privates of lie
Ulatk Watch, all wounded, who had Just
air ved in London from the front, were
on Snnda surrounded hi a iowd of
admirers and loudly cheered In Leicester
h'4 Jure
"I want to let the public know how
the Hie., k Watch went through it, ' said
the corpoial ,-ln tho thick of it all we
were singing Harry t.auitei's lutst. "Aye,
Lntidie ' it was gland. All around u
were the dead and dying and every now
and then the German shells would burst
and as we p.ppered awav at 'em we sang
about 'Huamins In the Gloamin' and "J he
Lass .jf Kiiliecrankie." "
A Helgian statesman, according to nn
Antwerp corrctfionileiu, sa'd:
'Only two Chrlstmases ago, Kmneror
William, of Germany, and King Albert, of
Helgium, spent part of Hie holiday sea
son together King Albert's baby daugh
ter loved the Kmperor so much, because
he played with her. that she cried to get
onto his lap. and was intunslate whit
his visit was ended. How he can oidei
his Zepiehns, now. to diop bomb in the
house wheie this little girl and her
brother and sisters and father and mother
are slteplng. I can't understand."
Switzerland is in gloom The general
wall is. "We are to surfer without ever
getting back a sou for the lostes we have
suffered No visitors are here all our
hotels ure empty. Tho winter season Is
impossible and In the end there will be
no recompense. AH tho other nations will
recoup, but not poor little Switzerland."
King Albert of Helgium today wired his
congratulations to President Polr.care on
the sweeping victory of the Kronch arms.
He said: "Belgium heartily congratulates
the French arms on their notable suj
cesses. The abominable rue!ties which
our population Is suffering only Increase,
our energy and the ardor of our troops '
In replv President Polm are wired Kins
Mbeit as fallows When the hour of
reparation ai ri - none will forg-et what
the herob Belgians hate done for the
triumph of th lo.nmon cause of clvlliza
t in and liberty "
ALLIES' STRATEGY
SUPERIOR, REPORTS
SIR JOHN FRENCH
GERMANS HURLED BACK
AFTER EFFORT TO CHECK ROUT
War Office Issues Field
Marshal's Statement Con
cerning Last Week's Ac
tion Preceding German Retreat.
Continued from Page I
"On our left vu have crossed the
i river .iusuc ueiow soissous. vaicn-
clonnes ami Amiens havo been evac
uated by the enemy.
"At the centre our armies are North
LONDON". .Sept. 14.
The official leport of Field Marshal Sir
John French to the War Ofllce on the
pa-t week's fighting in France, which
lesailted In n gcneial retieat of the Ger
mans, was made public by the Govern
ment Press Paiuau today.
It shows that since the battle at Moil",
on August K, the ilrst German army has
been engaged in a coloi-sal game of strat
egy, endeavoring to duplicate the battle
of ednn by outllanklng and enveloping
the left wing of the nllled army In order
to encircle both 1'iench and Biitinh and
drlo them southwaid.
rield Marshal French shows that tho
Germans drove southward with tremen
dous force, attempting to throw a wedge
between Paris and the allied army, but
the stiategy of the French and liiitish
general staffs proved si pcrlor.
Sir John pointed out that the Germans
fully exiiected to carry out this envelop
ing moement to a successful conclusion
and enter Paris. Letters found on the
bodies of German soldiers and niliceis
prove this, snld the Urltish general. Hy
their ability to rrove forward, dav after
day, on the big swing througli northeast
ern France, tho Germans had come to
look upon victory as being within thtir
grasp, when the tide suddenly turn'd.
" It will be remtnbered." says the re
port, "that the general poeition of th".
Hrltlsh troops on September tlth was
south of the Marne with the French
forces in lino on their right and left.
There had been practical' no changes
since the 3d, which nmik'd the end uf
the Hrltlsh troops' long retitement from
the Helgian frontier.
"On the -1th It became apparent that
there was an alterutlon In the direction
of the advance of almost the whole ilrst
German army, which had been endeav
oring to outflank and envelop tho left
of the allies' whole lino In order to drive
them southward. The German fortes op
posite the Hrltlsh weio beginning to
move in a southeasterly direction In
htead of continuing to the southwest to
tho French capital.
"Lenv'ng a strong rear guard alone the
Itiver Ourcq to keep off the French SiMh
Army, which wua northwest of Palis, tne
(Set mans began executing a flank march
diagonally across the Hrltlsh front. Ig
noring the Hrltlsh In an effort to attack
the left flank of the French main army,
wheh stretched In a lung euived lino
from tho Hittlsh right towards tho oast,
and tried thereby to carry out tho en
velopment, which has failed ngalnn the
combined force of the allies.
"The Go-mans continued the movement
on the fifth. Large advance parties
crossed tho Marne, and there was eon
HtderaMa tllit'iig witn the French Fifth
Arm on thu French left, which fell back
toward the Seine.
tin the sUth heavy German forces
crossed the Marne nnd pushed through
Cnulommlers, past the llritlsh right. Fur
thu east they were attacked In the night
by the French Fifth Aimj, which cap
tured three villages ut the point of the
bayonet.
"on the 7th there was a general ad
vance by the allies In this quarter. The
Hrltlsh forcts. wlih h had been reinforced,
pushed In a northeasterly direction In io.
operation with the advance of the French
fifth army to the north, and the French
sixth army pushed eastward against the
German rearguard along the Ourc) Itivei
The Germans, possibly weaKenecJ by tlje
detachment of troops to the eastern
theatre of operations and realizing that
the French and Hrltlsh advance consid
erably endangered their own Hanking
movement, commenced, to retire toward
the northeast.
This was the first time the German
troops had turned their backs alnco their
attack at Mons a fortnight before. It Is
reported that the ordoi to retreat when so
close to Pans was a bitter disappoint
ment. Letters found on the dead prove
that the German troops renerally believed
they were about to take the French tapl
tat "On the Sth the German movement
northeastward continued, their rear guard
on the south of the Marne Itiver being
pressed back to the river by the Hrltlsh
and French. The latter capturtd three
villages after a hand-to-hand fight, the
infantry inflicting severe lostes upon the
enemy."
J.UCA1, FIRE RECORD
A M 1-1..
I 2.1 lilt .-jinn lib si store ud dwell
mg Iizr (frchon Inkuovn
3.11 l..i. j -ir-et Vhtrf 1'aumi rml
W o lumber yird Inkugwo
of tlio river Jlnrnc. In the Argonnc
tho enemy luis left Britlgny, hut still
holds Lalmont.
"In the East we occupied St. DIo,
Raon L'Etapc, Baccarat, Lunovlllo,
Henezenvllle.
GERMANS RUSH FRESH
ARMY TO FACE ALLIES
BERLIN", by wny of Amsterdam, Sept.
14.
A new Get man Jinny lius been sent
to France.
This important news was ufllclally
announced lieie today. Xo Informa
tion was given out as to tho progress
of the campaign apnlnst the allies, the
bare ofllclal announcement stating only
that another army had been ills
patched. It Is understood that this nrmy is
under command of General Von Boehn,
and that it contains either three or
four army corps (120,000 or 160,000 men).
Part of General Von Boehn'a forces
have ulready reached Belgium nnd are
In the vicinity of Renalx.
(This indicates that tho new German
nrmy will lie ubed to strengthen the
German right wins and to prevent tho
linos of communication being cut.)
There Is home anxiety hero over the
lack of olllolal announcements as to tho
progress of tho campaign airainft tho
Franco-British nrmles, tho last state
ment from tho General Staff merely
stating that the Germans had fallen
back to strong positions where they
could withstand nn attack.
BERLIN", Sept. 14. via Wireless to
Fayvlllc, I. I. Tho German Crown
Prince lias captured the enemy's forti
fied position southwest of Verdun nnd
is now bombardlne' with heavy artillery
tho outer forts lylnp; to the south.
A hattlo la going on between Paris
and river Marne, on front of 123 kilo
meters stretching" from Nanteull on tho
webt, whero tho English are, to Vltry
on tho ea&L
i This was tho position of the German
armies previous to tho battle of tho
Marne, which, nfter five days of severe
lighting, concluded two days ago. Since
then tho Germans havo been driven
back across the Marne, and now oc
cupy u lino from La on throuKh tho
country south of Rheims to Chalons )
Tho frown Prince's army Is sepa
rated from tho main battle by the
forest of ArKOtme. The army of tho
t'rovvn Prince of Bavaria anil General
von Heerlngen are In formal battlo
near tho upper Mosnllo.
Ambassador Gerard gave out an In
terview to tho press denying; the per
sistent reports that the United States
was preparing to Join the allies; that
Mr. Whltlock had attached tho Mayor
of Brussels to his legation; that tho
American flap; had been laised nt
Ghent, and that the Tuckerton incident
was an unfriendly discrimination
against Germany, und that he is ad
vising1 Americans to hurry away be
causo tho United Stntes is koIijk to mix
In the war.
General Hindoiberg; defeated the
Russians and ciossed the Russian
frontier, and until now made 10,000
prisoners nnd captured 80 guns, many
machine guns and neroplanes.
The ahovo message, signed in dupli
cate by Karl 11. von Wlegand and the
Berlin corespondents of other press as
sociations, wns received today from
Berlin. Part of tho information con
tained theieln had alieady been sent
to the United States and given out by
the German Embassy at Washington.
Tho wireless failed to stato when the
Information contained therein was
given out by the German Government.
Tho following ofllcial statement was
issued today:
"Tho garrison at Antwerp lias been
repulsed.
"Tho Crown Prince's at my is now
attacking tho forls between Verdun
and Toul on both sides.
"Prince .loarliini (wounded son of
the Kaiser) has arrived In Bctllii and
been lodged In Bellovuo Palace.
"Last night's ofllclal details of the
Paris battlo cannot bo mado public
here. A now battlo Is at present fa
vorable. "Reports fioin Paris and London of
tho German defeat aro declared un
true. "Tho retreat of tho Russian anuj In
East Prussia appears to bo developing
into (light nnd ilomornllieiitiun. Gen
eral Von Hlmbenburg reported the cap
ture of 1E0 guns and 20,000 to 30,000
prisoners.
"Tho Times confesses that attempts
nt recruiting tn Ireland hail failed
"Prluco Ernst f Kaye-MenuiiKen.
badly wounded, handed t a sanitary
service soldier a pnpor expiossing tho
wish not to be interred in tho ,luc
mausoleum, hut in common with his
comrades. The pap.r terminated with
I wish to salute my Emperor."'
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE
FORCED TO FALL BACK
LONDON, Sept. 14.
That the army of Crown Prince Fred
erlk Wilholm. comprising the (lower
of the entire German Held forces, has
been driven northward across the Alsne
River was tho significant announce
mem of the ofllclal war bureau at 5:30
this afternoon It was stated that as
n result of the fierceness of tho French
assault in fotce tho Crown Prlnco had
been compelled to remove his head
ouitrlcrs from St Menehould, nn the
main highway, 23 miles botlthwest of
Verdun, to Mont Faueon, which Is 15
miles northwest of Verdun.
Ofllclal circles explain that this
movement means that the German at
tack on Verdun must soon be lifted, as
the French ure advancing in forco to
waid that fortress, and, if tho urmy
' of the Crown Prime is unable to muin-
luin its present lines, the foree uround
erdun will have to retire or be in
, nn o danger of capture. They say
Mat this movement reporter) this even
ing Indicates a hasty .etreut of tno
Hermans twm tho gap Rl
hroiml, whirl, io crown Prime's
y entered Fmm, fram u
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MiltU th,, ,11.1 ."""" '"T. UO
wit- of a;;; 7 z?m ,ms-
the face of tim i, U" e,w'"w
holdiinzor Annans, whu were
ho ding strong positions, tho allies had
gained nearly on ,. .. ""- ituti
uiiMt. f "e crwisine$ by
a.nV.!! Un, .riBht " Ie ' French
a mles .although confronts bj si n
U'h diftUult tasks, have been ,"X
su. icssful im
We have captured many additional
prxs-jiieis. ' "viuiuonai
SAFE ASHORE
AFTER RIGHT ON
STRANDED SHIP
Thirty-one Passengers of
Atlantic City, 19 of Them
Women, Rescued From
Terrifying Predicament.
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 14. After .
night of terror in the cabins of tho strand
ed ship, rolling in a terrlilc sea kicked
up by a SO-mllo northeast gale, the lights
of tho big shore town glimmering through
the spray of tho waves racing over the
shoalB, 31 passengers, 19 women, one
child nnd 11 men, were landed at S o'clock
this morning trom the steamship Atlantic
City.
The transfer was effected by trained
Government guards from the Atlantic
City and Chelsea stations without the
slightest mishap, while thousands, some
of whom had kept nn all-night watch
with the sleepless coast patrolmen on the
sands, followed every move with Intense
Interest, While the big sea boats of the
life savers rolled and pitched in the
tiough of tho sen, tho eleven men pas
sengers were dropped, one by one. In a
noosed cable over the tide. Government
rescuers seuing them as tlioy ne.ired the
water nnd drawing them into tho two
boats.
Then tho 13 women, starting with tho
eldest, weio lowered over the Bide In a
comfortable steamer chair, triced up In
a swing to the powerful motor cruiser o'
tlio Federal service, which had stood by
the stranded liner throughout the nU it
Most ot the women e'amo down smliin?.
glnd to be free of their rolling prison on
tho shoals. They wore set nnhuie at
the Inlet pavilion, while the imn n ie
landed from the surf boats on the ll
at the Royal Pnlaco Hotel by Keeper
Lnmbott P.ukrr. of. the Atlantic Tin -ration.
Captain Townsend, veteran skipper
of tho pounding liner, sent shore wm I t
glowing stoiv of the bravery of his . -sengeis
.ruri'ig ,i night thnt mig it b n
tried the hearts of mole seasoned s'tn.
There was not even a hint of panl tr i
the time the Atlantic city stru U i
treacherous frlngs of shoals before n !
.Mtciuy until the landing vvus u . t 1
t idav.
Men and women nllko accepte.l i n
quPbtlonlngly tho assurances of tv
veteran skipper thnt they were in no i n
niodinte poll), and behaved ndrnini :
Unst night when the ship officers, he t. . -
lug their craft would float at inldmcit.
decided against sending the pass' i.u is
ashore in tlio surf boats, cveiv bii
aboard ship was turned on nnd the 'I
travelers proceeded to make meirv Mi
than half turned In at midnight when fie
gale abated and slept soundly until do
break. Tlioso who icmnimd up bora me.
alarmed when the wind shifted nnd blew
heavily In the caily morning, but found
comfoit In the bobbing lights ncarb of
tho Government coait cruiser
Olllclals of the Atlantic City Lino eurl
this morning brought ashore the bagc.'C
of the passengers. Aii ofllclal statci,. nt
Insists that the ship has stood It . vrn
battering on the shoals admlrablv, and
that the prospects of floating the riaft
at high water ure excellent.
Robert Laxton, a salesman, of New
York; Abinhom Haner, hotel clerk, and
Cliniles Jones, of Philadelphia, three ef
tho passengers, said they were set aBlmre
in compliance with a written demand
served upon the captain th it the com
pany land them or pay damages
PATRIOTISM JNDUTCH PURSES
Six Hollanders Will Pay $1,000,000
n Day for Army Mobilization.
I.ONIHJN, Sept 11 -A dlspatih t-i a
news agency fumi The llaguu sa that
Uucen U'llhclmina has diiipti-d t'c '
fer of six of the must wefa.Hi. i i
Holland to give outright uu-" tenth t
their fortunes to puy the oxihiims .. t'n "
mobilization of the Dutch irnw, wnl.b .s J
estimated at Jl.CmO.ono a day
The donors stipulated theii names te
not madv public.
FLETCHER'slWOMMAND
Admiral Who Made History at Vera
Cruz Will Hoist Flag on Wyoming,
.vnw yoitK, Stlt u TliH M)ltl0ltt,
nought Wvomlns flagship of the Ntrlh
Atlantic Fleet, with Hear Admir il lua
BiT. fleet commander, on board, tlnl up at
the llrooklyn N'Vy Yard veMerdu alt i
noon on !er first visit to tl n p..it im.
the occupation of Vera Cnii b the n't
ed States fores last Apill When .n
leaves next Week however, it will be vt'
Iteur Adiulial Frank Friday pi. thtrs
pennant at the main masthead
The forma! ceremonies of the tiaisfrr
of IIjjbs hax U,i, ,t fr 'Hun ml. m
the llrooklyn yard. Admiral Ila.lKvr. w
bas been relu-v-td of the ll..i . , u I
because bU tern. f lea Kltlre la, r
mlnuted. will leturn to th. am. il a d
at Wahlmst..i and l.i, , .. - i -.
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situation. wi,i ,ukt , . ,
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