'bM a EVENING L'EDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1014.
jW : rKi rholograph by Underwood & Underwood,
S8fc I j m ' ' - BELGIAN SUBJECTS, REJOICING OVER THE NEWS OF THEIR OWN ARMY'S VALIANT FIGHT AGAINST THE GERMANS, WELCOMED THE BRITISH ROYAL MARINES ARRIVING AT OSTEND WITH SHOUTS OF JOY
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PROVISIONS SCARE
EVEN IN THE WAKE
OF VICTORIOUS ARMY
Thrifty Peasants Sell Food
to the Wounded Who
Have Money, but Serve
Penniless Without Pav.
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By G. H. PERRIS
Qinrepohlem u t lun hjxn
Special ''"Wo IJiapnth
THIERRY "ept H (lH.laedl.
We first real'zed jestejita !'i the lit
tle town if Brie, which lien rant of Paris,
between the Seine and the Marno. how
difficult It Is to get food in the rear of
two successive invasions, as in every town
In that region all the shops aero shut and '
nearly all the houses. It was only alter j
a long search thiit we found an inn that j
could give ua a luncheon There In a
large room with a low-beamed roof and
tiltd floor our stout landlady In blue cot
ton produced an excellent meal of melon,
mutton, macaro'.l and good ripe pears,
Dogs and eau sprawled around us and
a big- bowl of ros spoke of serenities
that ore now ;ii generul eclipse. At a
neighboring t.ib.e a group of peasants, too ,
old for active si-i.ke, were discussing
their grievances .t a railway cros-s)ntc
Just out of town we were blocked h a
train of about a dozen big horse trucks I
and two j'assetigyr carriages, carrying
wounded and prison-is to Paris from the
fighting line in the north.
It had been a gloomy murninff, and rain ,
now fell in torrents Nevertheless, the
townsfolk crowded ap and gave an ex
hibition of a satisfactory combination of
profit and pity by supplying? big- flat
loaves of bread and bottle of w!n, with j
fruit, cigarettes and Jugs of water, to
those In thu train who had money, and to '
some who had none. .
PUOUD OF THEIR WOl'NDS.
A great Turco In fei and oiouse and
short, baggy breaches was very ittlve
In this commissariat work. Some of the I
Frenchmen on board were not wounded
seriously enough to prevent them from
getting down on to the roadway, nd you
may bo sure they wer not ashamed of
their plaster patches and bandaged arms.
There wero about SOQ German prisoners
on the. train. We got a glimpss of them
lying In straw upon the floor in the dark
interior of the bis trucks,
I got on to th footboard and looked
Into the open door of one wagon Fif
teen men were stretched upon straw and
two Kildiers stood guard over them, rifle
In hand. They all seemed to be in an
extreme state o exhaustion, dome were
asleep and others v. era eating lures
ohunks of bread.
In the middle of the wagon a young
soldier who spoke French fuirly well told
me the German losses during the last
three days had bum enormous, and then,
stopping suddenly, he inquired, "Woqidtt
be possible, sir, to get a little water for
my fellows and myself?"
'Certainly,' I rep'ded, and a man be
longing to the station, who was passing
with a jug. said at once that he would
run and get some water. The prisoner
thanked me and added, with a sigh,
They are very good fellows hero "
SCHOOLJIOTJSE INVADED
A scene In a village schoolhouse will
longest remain In my memory as a fla
grant exhibition of brutality and malice.
The low forms of the master's dtsk and
blackboard stand today as they did July
15, -which was, no doubt the last day be
fore the summer vacation, as It was also
the last week before the outbreak of the
war. On the walls the charts remained,
which reminded the little ones dally that
alcohol is their enemy, and that had sum
moned them to follow the path of kind
ness, Justice and truth. Windows of this
ohoolliouse were smashed, broken cart
ridge cases lay about with the wings of
birds and other refuse. Near the door
la chalked up In German handwriting
"Bartt Paris" (."left for Paris").
The really speaking message that bad
been left, lay, however, in the piles of
burnt straw with which it had been de
liberately sought to burn the place. There
was one pile under the school bookcase,
the doors of which had been smashed
aad some of the books thrown about.
Tfcey could aot even respect the llttl
J&
museum consisting of a few bottles of
metal and chemical specimens, and when
1 turned to leave I suddenly perceived
written across the bluekbonrd In bold
t'no writing, as the lesson of the day,
the? words' "A choque Jour sutllt sa
p"!ne " No llctlonlst'B Imagination could
Im'f compared the biting irony of there
word.- 'nit the deepest bitterness of this
In ny 1 ea In the fact that such an out-rn-,e
could he perpetrated by mon be
longing to n nation one of whose boasts
wns thnt they have been the pioneers In
Europ of elementarv schooling.
One of the vlllacers gave us the follow
ing narntive of their experiences during
the past week. "It wns Saturday, Sep
tember 5, that about 15,000 Uhlans nrrlved
In the vlllnce with tho Intention of
marching on I'rovlns on the morrow Thev
probably learned during tho night that tho
Britluh ind F-ench lay in force across
their road and perhaps they may have re
rehed orders to set back.
"Tn unv case early Pundav morning they
started to retire when they met nt en
trances to the village a regiment of chus-f-enrs
This wa tho beginning of ristht
tnir which Inated all dav
' t'nder the pretext that we had learned
of the presence of the Fit nch troops and
had helped them to p-epnre a trap, the
i")rmnn .ieked the whole village.. Natur
al! v thorp was a panic All the Inhabi
tants, mostly women and children, be
ta .- sirce mo! ligation there lu.ve heep
on!v nine men in tho town, r.shed from
their cottages nnd, mnny of thm Hehtly
clad, rushed rross the fields anil hid
thetnselv, f in the neighboring woods.
"In several cottages .the Germans, re
'o!ver in hand, compelled poor peasant"!
to bring matches nnd themselves pet Are
to their homes Tn less than an hour the
village wan like a furnace, the walls
topp'lrc down ine by on- and all this
time fighting continued. It was a horri
ble spectacle. Several of us were dragged
o the edge of the road to be shot, and
there n-e remained for some hours, believ
ing our lust day had come.
" village youth, v ho was just going
to loin th- colore, was shot, and then a
retrfit was sounded The Germans Red
precipitately, nnd we wore saved "
GERMANS DRIVEN OFT
T nsked whether cottages had not len
'red by artillery "Not a cannon .shot
fell here," he replied "All that," point
ing to a ruined hut. "was done by 'n
rendlarte."." and then he added: "Last
Tuesday two French officers came in an
automobile and brought with them a su
perior German officer, whom thev had
randa prisonor They compelled him to
become a witness of the mischief which
his fellow countryman had done"
A peasant woman passed pushing a
wheelbarrow contaln'nv home half-burned
household goods and followed bv her
two mall children. "Look at the hru
talltv nt these Hermans," she said. "My
husband has gone to war and I am alone
with my two little ones With great d'f
ficulty we had managed to got through
our crop and they set Are to our lltt'e
farm ard turned everything '
FRENCH OFFICER SHOT
AS TRAITOR TO COUNTRY
Wife Was Crerroan-Qorn, Reported
Cause of His Conduct at Namur,
NEW YORK Bept 15. -According to a
story related hero today by Ralph Dewey,
an American merchant of ESI rtfth ave
nue, who bus Used in Paris 15 years,
General Pereln, of the French army, was
sentenced to death and shot following
Percln's conviction before a field court
martial en charges of being a traitor.
Reports have reached this country that
he was killed by another French officer
because the alleged traitor had surren
dered Naraur to the Germans without a
good fight, but no confirmation of th
Incident has been received except Mr.
Dewey's assertion.
Mr. Dewey ald Percin commanded
about 60,000 troops and had received or
ders to rush to the relief of the British
Belgian forces operating near Namur, but
the Frenchman did not obey them.
It waj brought out at General Percln's
trial that he was married to a German
woman," said Mr Ijewey, "that he was
a member of a se.ret society whlob. Is
strong In Germany, and that he had fre
quently visited that country.
"When questioned as to why he bad
not obeyed his orders he made a trivial
excuse, and he was sentenced to death
and shot within an hour."
PARIS SIPS SYRUPS
AS GERMAN BOMBS
DROP FROM SKIES
Aviators Occasionally Dis
turb Serenity of City, but
Inhabitants Continue to
Drink Unperturbed.
UNIONIST RUMORS DENIED
Xord Lansdowne Declares They WU1
Support the Government.
LONDON. Eept U.-Flat denials of
rumors that the Unionists would refuse
to back the Government In Its war pol
icy was made In tb,e House of Lords to
oay by Lord Lansdowne. He declared
the Opposition would continue to up
port the Government,
PARIS, Sept. 15.
Paris Is the city without nerve. Paris
refuses absolutely to b3 frightoiud
Drinking grenadine byruna, diluted w'lth
water, and watching, quite n ohalently,
the dropplnf of Geimun bombs upon the
city, is now the favorite pastime.
This aitornoon I was sitting on the ter
raco fronting the Cafe Cardinal. It was
quite warm, brilliant sunshine having
poured down upo.a the city all day.
Scores of men and omen mostly w omen
with a scattering of ouths and old mon
were sitting about mi- imbibing favorlto
syrups and water Waltcis bustled to
and fro If tho amble of tho aged and
ctlppled waiters, tho only sort available
at present, can be termed a bustle and
eevrythlng was quite peaceful and serene
Prebcntly a passerby stopped and.
ehadlng his oyes, gazed Into the sky.
"Another German aeroplane," ho said,
quite as if acustomed to wath them fly
over his head many times a day.
The people on the terrace looked up.
tou. Sure enough, there, high ovbrhcad,
was a "taiibe," moaning "pigeon," a
Bemun monoplane. A prety young
Frenchwoman near me, sipping htr
pomgrannte mixture, remarked:
"What gall!"
S io did not move. Her face did not
pale. Her voioe was as steady au If she
weie asking the waiter for u carafe of
frtsh water. She looked up now and
then a.ternatlng her upward glances with
rlpa of rosy grenadine.
Suddenly there was a boom. A bomb
exploded Just around the corner. Tho
German aviator had let it fall from his
"taube." Two English troopers in khaki,
seeing all eyes gazing upward, stopped
In front of my table, fired seven times
each at the passing aircraft and grinned
sheepishly when they saw It did not
falter but went impudently on.
Then another bomb exploded, and a
third The aeroplane turned do'lberately
over the Eiffel Tower, and from the top
of this tall structure a mnchlne gun rat
tled away. Then a cannon roared from
somen here near the Champ de Mars
again and again. The German pilot
turned now and began to t a k track
Near the Sacre Coeur, tho church on top
of the Montmortre hill, the aeroplane
veeied again, and presently the patter of
a machine gun, working from the dome
of this house of God, reached our ears.
"Funny they can't get him." said the
pretty little French woman, dabbling he-'
straw In the grenadine.
"Armored, ' said her companion In a
bored sort of a way. "Ho's flying an
armored aeroplane."
"Why doesn't a French pilot go far
hlml" asked the woman. "Search me,"
replied the man.
The aeroplane disappeared, nnd tho
crowd on the terrace went right on with
Its drinks.
COFFEK IiEADS TO PLEDGE
Magistrate Makes One Slgrn and
Holds Another,
Because a cup of coffe had not been
paid for. Magistrate Grellls made one
man sign the pledge, and held another in
(500 ball for causing a disturbance today
In the restaurant of Mis Rose Bowman,
4-131 Ridge avenue.
Thomas Murphy, a laborer, agreed not
to drink Intoxicants again, while Clarence
Leffter, also a laborer, woh suid he had
no home, went to jail In default. Ho said
he had been drinking The men were
arrested by McLaughlin, a policeman, and
bad bearings in the Thirteenth District
station.
CAPTAIN PATRICK URQUHART
Captain Patrick Urquhart. a retired sea-
golng ship master, who had numerous
friend In Philadelphia, died at his home
tn Llrwpool, England, several days ago.
For more than 30 years he had com
manded steamers plying between Liver
pool and Philadelphia, and had frequently
enjoyed tho hospitality of his Philadelphia
friends when the Lord Cllv .- and Gough
were In port. Captain Urquhart retired
to years ago. He was 60 years old.
KAISER DARES FOE'S BULLETS
German Emperor In Danger Zone rtt
Pontolse Eight.
LONDON, Sept. 15.
Reports received here say that Emperor
William is causing his staff great anxiety
by Betting Into tho danger zone. The
Telegraph's correspondent reports from
Pontolse that during the fighting about
Nanacy his staff had to force him to
withdraw to a safer place.
CZAR'S AMBITION
TO COMMAND TROOPS
THAT TAKE BERLIN
Embittered at Kaiser, Plans
to Occupy German Capital
at Any Cost Abandons
Hungarian Campaign.
ADSTRIANS LOSE
10,000 IN ATTEMPT
TO INVADE SERVIA
Army of 90,000 Repelled
Crossing Drina at Several
Points Serbs Cut Line
Between Hungary and
Rumania.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.
That the proposed invasion of Hun
gary by a strong Russian body has been
definitely abandoned was intlmatod hero
today. It is realized by the Russian
iMieral Stuff that the German islstance
will bo very strong, and It hna been defi
nitely decided that the entire Russian
field army, first and second line troops,
will be retained for tho capture of Berlin.
The Czar Is di t n'nined that Berlin
shall be taken If it costs the Russian
Eniplio its entire fighting strength. His
former friendship lor tlif Kuiser has
been replaced by an enmity which court
officials say is the most bitter ho has
Indicated against any one. He is deter
mined that his forces will take Berlin
and that ho will ride into the city at
the head of his troops.
Because of this it is officially stated
that there will be no side movements
The crown land of Buckovlna wa3 taken
and the passes through the Carpathians
have been held purely ns defensive
measures. The Russians Intend to utilize
part of Austria for the passage of their
troops toward Berlin, but It Is unlikely
that" any real attempt will be mado to
Invade Hungary proper. The Servian
troops may do so ana will be aided by
the Russians In every way, but the main
Russian columns, after tho Austrtr".
army Is completely disposed of, will bt
sent directly ncioss Germany If possible.
There Is u growing feeling here that
Austria will oon admit Inability to con
tinue the war. Tho fact that her main
army lias been cruthed and Its capture
is considered a Btrong possibility means
sue will soon be no longer active,
Discussing the general situation today,
Minister of War Sukhomllnoff declared:
The Russian army is going to cap
ture Berlin. That is the task as
signed to It by the allies in the pres
ent war. The entire strength of the
Russians will be used to this purpose
We have been compelled to remove
the Austrians as a source of danger,
but we have not planned any general
lnvflhion of Hungary or any attempt
to take either Budapest or Vienna.
The Austrian army Is crushed. Its
losses in killed, wounded and prisoners
exceed 230,o&. They have lost a great
part of their artillery. The position
of the remnants of their army is
precarious, and its surrender would be
no surprise. On the other hand, the
spirit of the Russian troops was never
better, and they are ready to press
torward without further delay. Rus
sia Is administering tho captured terri
tory, but It will not forcibly annex any
of Austria's territory. Questions of
that sort must bo left until after the
war is over.
Russia will be Inclined to be more
lenient with Austria than with Germany,
Petrograd officials declare.
PROMINENT PIREMAN DIES
Frank P. Stott, Assistant Chief at
Coatsvllle, Typhoid Victim.
COATESVILLE, Pa., Sept. 15. Frank
P. Stott, assistant chief of the Washing
ton Hose Company, and a very prominent
fireman, died from typhoid fever this
morning
He was a son of the late John A. Stott,
who at his death was prominently con
nected with the building of the new Cap
itol at Harrisburg, This is the second
victim of typnow in two weens.
NISH. Sept. 15.
An attempt of an Austrian army of
00.000 men to invade Serlu, near the
Junction of fhc Drina and Save Rivers,
has resulted In disaster for the Austrians,
who lost 10,000 men.
Tho Servian victory, the latest of a
long seiiea of triumphs, was fought on
Septembor 8 and 9, and the result was
ofl'clally announced by tho Government
today. Tho announcement follows:
With the Intention of holding back
our otfenslve movement on thu Ulvor
Drina the enemy massed during the
flrnt days of September nn army of
10,000 men along a front extending
from Raca to Junta. The army at
tempted to crosH tho Drina near ltaca
Tho main battle was fought in the
nnslo formed by the confluence of tho
Drina and Save rivers. The enemy ob
tained some advantage at tho begin
ning of the action, but after a violent
bombardmont by our artillery and re
peated nssaults by our Infantry, the
Austrians recrossed tho Save undei
cover of darkness on tho night of
September S.
All attempts of the Austrians to
cross tho Drina nt other polntB failed,
tho enemy being repelled In disorder.
The AustrianB lost 10,000 men.
This battlo was ono of the most
ilercely contested of the war nnd the
defeat of the Austrians 1h one of the
greatest consequence to them.
It was the object of tho Austrians to
throw troops Into Servla at several differ,
ent points for an offensive campaign
which would draw the Servian forces
south from Austrian territory.
The victory is attributed chiefly to the
bayonet charges of tho Servians, but the
accuracy of their artillery lire was an
other factor. The Austrians are alclged to
have turned their machine guns against
their own men to prevent their retreat.
Servians havo bomb.yrded a"d destioyed
the Hungarian station of Orsova on the
Danube, a short distance above where
the i Her quits Hungarian territory, thus
cutting communication between Hungary
and Rumania.
Orsova was the route by which Ger
man officers and sailors reached Constan
tinople. It lies at the extreme northeast
ern part of the Servian border.
$1000 TOWARD RELIEF
FUND FOR PALESTINE
Contributions nt Meeting Addressed
by Brandels and Doctor Levin.
An appeal for aid for about 1000 Jews
scattered throughout the Zionist colonies
In Palestine and who are now suffering
privation as a result of the European
war was made by Louis D. Brandels.
lawyer and publicist of Boston, and Dr
Shlmrlyuha Levin, a former member of
the Duma and would-renowned Jewish
Nationalist leader, at a meeting last night
in Musical Fund Hall. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the Zionist
Federation.
It was explained that because of the
war In Europe the material support that
jews in l'UltMoe ionic, vw iiiu icc-eiveu
from their brethren In all parts of Europe
has been cut off by the war. It is the
purpose of the Zionist Federation to col
lect of fund of 1100.000 In this country
for the relief of the destitute in Pales
tine. Contributions of $1000 were received
at last ntght's meeting. In addition to
the two speakers brought here. Dr. Solo
mon Soils-Cohen, of this city, made an
address.
STORIES OF ADVENTURE
FROM TPIE SCENE OF WAR
The proposal by the British to woar
white In memory of the gallant dead
means tho revival of an old custom. Until
five centuries ago white was tho accepted
mourning color In Europe, nnd Anne,
Queen of Charles II of France, who
In 1493 dressed In black on her husband's
death, .teems to have been tho originator
of whnt is now the genernl custom.
An Incident of the Gorman rout comes,
from a tourist agency where great do
light Is e.spicrised ut n recaptured "rub
berneck" wagon which was accustomed
throughout the rummer to carry Ameri
can visitors around the city to the Bols,
suburbs nnd race courses.
Requisitioned for the transport of
troops, its driver a familiar figure in the
I'lnce do l'Opprn, who was nicknamed
Cunt Kilos because ho Is barely (lvo feet
tall managed to avoid capturo when the
machine was peieiid by tho Gcimans near
Complegne. Since then hn lins accompa
nied tho French forces disconsolate, but
was overjoyed on Friday to discover that
his beloved wagon hud been abandoned
near Mcnux. It Is still Intact, though bat
tered and riddled by bullets.
"Ono of tho most venerable Ikons in
Rtissln, representing a vision of tho
Virgin to tho Russian Saint Sergius
Radonejsky at tho time of tho overthrow
ing of the Tartar Yoke, has arrived from
Moscow nt the headquarters of tho
Grand Duko Nlcholaevltch at tho front.
It was received by the Grand Duke and
his staff and a procession of clergy.
l ins iKon has accompanied the Rus
idnn armies since tho time of Alexis,
father of l'eter the Great."
Toirilorlnls are largely temperance
men; tho old service recruit got blind
drunk as a way of celebrating his enlist
ment. Your "ten lor" drinks ginger beer
or lemonade anil has a sneukin pen
chnnt for chocolate.
What thoy ate In 1S70 during tho slego
of Paris Is of interest at tho present June
tuio. Elephant soup took tho place of
Untie, kangaioos and beais were In tho
entreii division, while stuffed donkey's
head uns considered a delicacy. Later
roist wolf and roost cat garnished with
rats wero not despised. Altogether a cull
naiy leglmo moie curious than appetiz
ing. Indignant advertisements "Wanted
petticoats for all able-bodied men" i3 a
fair example aro appearing In the agony
columns of tho Rngltsh papers But the
fact Is that recruiting is processing
wonderfully. The news of tho Mist big
battle greatly stimulated It, men Hocked
to Scotland ard to enlist. Tho record '
it-i-ruumu uay, so inr, was Tuesday, Sep
tembor 1, whan 5000 enlisted. The otllcers
are much pleased with tho kind of ma
terial that Is coming in.
Lord Portsmouth recently visited the
French Umprcss Rugenlo at her homo
n Hampshire. Ho found the Illustrious
lady full of courage and devotion to the
J-rench cause. In explaining her failure
to treat her guest as she would havo de
sired, the Empress said:
"I cannot give you dinner because
most of the men of my kitchen havo
gono to war."
A correspondent in Trance describes
nn Incident at Ilnvre when the U. S. 8.
Tonnesseo lay In tho harbor and a Brit'.,
Ish transport with her decks thronged,
with soldiers passed her. Tho American,
battleship dipped the Stars and Strlpei
and suddenly the British Tommies broke,
Into "Ruin Britannia." Then says thu
correspondent the most amazing thing
happened. 1 hoard It, thrilled. The gat;
lant American sailors took up the roll-i
ing chorus, "Rule Britannia! Britannia
rules tho waves, Britons never, never,
never shall bo slaves." ,
It was the most peifect net of brother,
lincss which I have ever witnessed.
A report fiom Pails .iiys that some of
the Kicnch soldiers havo discovered that
tho Germans ure very unwilling to face
the blnck troops from Senegal Taking
advantage of this fact they have care
fully blacked their faces with burnt cork
before charging tho onemy Thi- added
to tho horrible yells to which they glvs
vent, seems to have had conaliIerabl ef
fect. On ono occasion a body of Ger
mans simply turned tall and fled like
rnbhlts when they saw theso Christy
minstrel Sencgaleso charging them,
This Is a story of a soldier who took
part in defenso of Maubouge:
"Tho Germans commenced the attack
on August 23. On September 1 a shell
fell on tho fort and exploded In tho com
mander's room. Ho then led us Into th
entrance of the tower, which was brought
down two hours later. Wo could hardly
breathe in this stuffy little corridor and
thought that our last minute had ai
rbed.
"All of us, even tho most optimistic
prayed on bended knoo. When thing!
became a little calmer tho commandar
told us to save ourselves the best way
wo could. Ho advised us to change our
military uniforms for civilian clothes If
possible. This most of us did at neigh
boring farms. For several days we hid
In the woods nil of the time, knowlnj
that wo were being tracked like stags.
Four or five nights passed without s!ep
and we only nto wild noars. Later, how
over, I managed to cscapo to Roubalx,
tired out, famished."
BERLIN" (By way of Amsterdam),
Sept. 15.
German ndvlces contradict the news of
General Rennenkampf's successful ad
vance. It Is announced thnt In Knst Pnipsla th
German advance continues nnd that th
Russians have now been driven back at
points acrofis their main frontier Tby
German fniees have taken many prisoner!
nnd numerous cannon.
The additional lists of casualties as pub
lished contain no new names of high of
llcers killed.
A wounded prlvnto told of the breaklnf
up of an English tea party In relating tbs
Hturv of a surprise attack by the Ger
mans. British soldiers were boiling natif
for the tea when tho Germans droppl
a shell In their midst and drove thm
to cover.
A wounded Scots Grey In London eaWl
"Tho mistake tho Germans make l In
assuming you can go on forever without
noticing your butcher's. Some .if thesi
days the German machine will orea"
down because the nun directing '4 ttt&i
no allowance for the limitations of fie!)
and blood."
Sleeping Man Rolls Into River
A habit of rolling In his sleep almost
proved fatal to William Phillip, of Ninth
and Quarry streets, who was awakened
from a nap today on the end of Callow
hill street wharf by falling in the Dela
ware. His shouts for help were heard
by John Lafferty, a watchman who
cuvea alter Phillip as he was sinking
.-. .... ikuiw uu ana orought him tb
$100,000 STEAMSHIP,
GRIPPED BY SHOALS
MAY REAM SAFETY
Prospects Brighten of Res
cuing the Atlantic City
From Threatened Destruction.
'
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. l5.-Propects
for saving the JiOO.OO-j steamship Atlantic
City from the treacherous, grip of uo
Inlet shoals which wrecked two i8ter
vessels of the Atlantic city Navigation
Company and sent the line Into bank
ruptcy were brightened today, when It
was found that du.ln,- the night the li,,vr.
under its own power, had materially im.
proved Its position Only a short spa.
of sandy ledge now separates the Atian
tlo City from deep water and line offl.
clals aio confident the craft will float on
the next high water, probably about S
o'clock, this afternoon.
L'dwurd L. Foster, treasurer of the
Union Tuist Company, Washington. Pa-i
one of the pnssingeis taken from th'
Atlantic City?-esleidu, made positive de
nial of sensational ieports that passen
gers weie lnshed to tho rails and to ths
mast when the Atlantic City first struck
In violent northeaster on Sunday or
that captain Townsend, th wteran
skipper, refiucd at au time tu st th
passengers ashore aftei the etui-ini
"Ik simpU convinced Uo that U ttu"11
be a ruiilish thing to attempt to go asl""'1'
In thu midst of the gale u Sm.du heo
the fellip wus perfectly ate, thi 1'e"11
eylvunlnn wW-
Captain Townsend lemamtd i" ll"
Bridge contlnuogsly until iioji. t.ier
day when weakened b huii0 "J '
huustlon.
MRS, RACHEL W. ROGERS
Mrs. RuelKt V. toK1 r widow ' lVl1
Main H. Rotfer, who wu a n - i"f,i'
Ami of (he Philadelphia -Savi h t"
Society and elaughtvr uf Uu UL v u i81
U'inne Wisti-r. uhu wa- w -i- p'
the Nutlunul Bank oi Urriuantu -l
-8tenlu at Uie ii .in. vt i.-j c
Mrs r.dxar Wright Baird, v. n.'"
avenue, Cntetuut Hill.
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