KAISER RUSHES BVEKriffq LBDgBB-FHIIADELPHIA, THTJttSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, lOJU- V.1 ' ' '. i ' " ' . ir ! IT, i i if ii .' ' ' i I' i fci i i in . ii i ' ' '1 . . .' . ' ' ' ' , 320.000 TROOPS FROM EAST PRUSSIA TO AID DEFENDERS ON THE AISNE WOUNDED SOLDIERS. i. LIKE HAPPY BOYS :-; ON FIRST PICNIC Battle-worn Tommy Atkins Transfers Amiens Railway Station Into Scene of Gaiety. DUBLIN, Sept. 17. It eeenn rather a paradox to dj-Bcrlbo the arrival of a tralnload of wounded soldiers at a railway station as a scene ef revelry, yet such Is tho account given fcy tho special correspondent of the Free man's Journal at Amiens under yester day's date. Ho wrltes:- A train of twenty carriages came In loaded with COO Tommies. Sixty of them tre wounded, sent down fromtho fierce front between Mons and Charlerol. These trerc not serious eases sufficient only to put our men out of tho battle lino for n ipcll bullet wounds nnd cuts on the legs chiefly, swathed hands nnd splintered flngrr., and gashes and rips In arms nnd ahoiilders. Not one lind a face wound; and every ono of theso boys was clam orous to get back again In the thick of the business. Tho station was hushed nnd quiet until tho fateful train came In. And -what happened? Why nothing more or irss ti.an a gala performance In khaki. Instead of a dismal cortege this Incoming troop tialn presented a scene of sheer revelry. "Every carriage window was full of brown. Jolly, dirty, shaggy faces faces with week-old beards to them, but alight Tilth quick, keen cheerful eyes. Hnt were waved, songs wore sung, nnd from the first carriage door which wns flung open a Highlander hopped out, to tho astonishment of the waiting crowd, and ild a fllng-a fling with a limp to It It Is true, but a Highland fling for nil that, and most entertaining to the crowd. They nould say very llttlo of the fighting savo that It was fighting nnd no mistake, n continuous roar of flame and fury, hard, hot, thirsty work. Plenty to cat, though, even thing splendidly managed, nnd not a jingle man Jnck of them caring a Jot. "The clamorous demand of nil theso gay wounded was for a fag. Their com missariat had been excellent, their grub prime and coffee, but somehow In this great world shattering war which wns Just beginning and ringing Its gtim tale of devastation ana aeain down tne nges, somehow there had been a most deplor able shortngo of cigarettes. A 'Wood bine.' Nobody through the entire length and breadth of tho Amiens long nrilvnl platform had ever heard of a 'Woodbine'; but when, after much gesticulation and dumb show, Tommy had made his mPan-f In? plain, there nre showers of black, punsent French cigarettes In tho yellow wranrers nt his disposal. "The fiaternlzlng was splendid, lm-' menscly Jolly . A Blackburn Tommy, after having shed hla Inst possible button, produced a mouth oigan from somewhere Inside of him. nnd played with the execu tion of a master nt this revclrous busi ness that familiar ditty, "We Won't Go Home Till Morning." Thero wns a spcedy and hilarious settlng-to, partners bowing and scraping (In spite of limps and tnlnges), and In a brnce of shakes the British soldier and his brother across tho water wore dancing a Jig with nil tho abandon In It of Hampstond Heath on n Bank Holiday." "'"" ' w'"1"11 ' l,,,WWWlWWlWrMPWWBMWWWMIWWWW AIR SCOUTS SAVE SERB ARMY FROM TRAP OF AUSTRIAN5 Servian Crown Prince With draws From Proposed In vasion of Slavonia March Into Bosnia Continues. NIS1I, Servla, Sept. 17. That the Servian nrmles under tho Crown Prlnco hnve found It Impossible I successfully to Invadj Slavonia was ad mitted hero today. It was stated that the army had been recalled for Important strategic reasons. . It Is understood, however, that the real i reason Is that tho Austrlans, In ovcr- whelming force, had planned a trap, dis covered In time by the Servian air scouts, i whoso work has been responsible for many of the successes of tho present war. . The ndvance of tho combined Servlan 1 Montenegrin nrmles Into Bosnia contln 1 ups. The Invading forces have overcome ' ntrowj onpoHltlon nnd ate now moving I against Sernjevo and nlso through the passes of the I.lpcta mountains In on nt tpmpt to tnko the valley of tho Verbis Itlver nnd tho Important town of Jaltza. The Austrlans have been repulsed In every effort to check tho ad-nnce. THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING NEWS FROM THE FRONT Photo by International Nos Service. The road of the newspaper correspondent has been a very rough one. The picture shows Belgian soldiers examining the passports of newspaper corre spondents at a railway near Malines. PILOT KILLED, GERMAN AVIATOR CONTROLS AIRSHIP French Wound and Capture Scout When Gust of Wind Turns Machine Over. PILOT'S DEATH GRIP GUIDES AEROPLANE SAFELY TO EARTH Queen Alexandra Hears Story of Fight in France Between English and Ger man Aviators. LONDON. Sept. 4 (by mall to Xew York). Calling nt the London hospital tn visit the bounded soldiers brought from the front. Queen Alexandra listened with the closest attention to the story of a thrill ing battle In the nir, told to her by n wounded pilvnto of the Royal Engineers. The fight was betuern n German nero plane and Trench and Cnsllsh nlr craft. which sailed away to give battle to tho Invader, and rmlod their pursuit only when the Clermun machine fluttered down to earth The wounded private s,ald lie was rest ing on the ground after a haul fight When German aeroplane suddenly nppeured directly over the British troops, Imme diately from the rear Flench and Hrltlsh Viators took to the air. The troops y "till, watching silently the death wugji above them. First the British nd French airmen endeavored to out maneuvcr the German and cut off Ida '"feat. But the German began to 'cllirf higher in the air and the British Hero ine was seen to be mounting steadily, JO-Ing to ECt nbovo ,ne roo UI)(1 m a "tier position to shoot. The whir of the motors could be herd y the troops below as the machines ruse n'ener ad higher, cadi striving to get "ve the other. Then It could be Been "iat the Englishman wms iiimvn m fn In i th. ? ne." aPPea-e1 as mere specks sound t v. rom far abovo cdmo the man mi,.h.t hot, nml lm"'dlately the Ger Inllv w e bega" to descend. Grace PerL. iol'!lanei1 toward the earth under the b,im .n,rl- U lanUcd S3fV tlf long til3'' ll,,cs; ran a sh't distance Thf i'ml10"'."1 amJ stopped. !! S,oIa"'rs ru8hca toward. In hllL""1 th0 avlator d prisoner. tatorPSL ? "ley drew nrer. The "-rough ?h. ."' Jle had bccn 8hot hUhie.,lCad-, "ut bc'ore death he u dead LJ',,anes.for R descent and. with U "ad ,a?S r'PP' " control, the naa sailed to earth. 40 VTERANS AT REUNION Survivors of l32d Pennsylvania Vol- X" eet at Atam Field. "ST,-p s"; -'rty ?"', whlrA i 5? Pennsylvania Vol- u bttle kr" 4ersary 0( th0 Anlie eM tv. . ' Exercises i.-i.i -. .i... S-suui BERLIN'. Sept. 17 (By courier from Rot terdam to New York). How a German aviator gnlned control of a falling aeroplane after his companion had been killed Is described In a thrilling letter tecclved by his father hero today. It reads r "Dear father: I nm lying here In a beautiful Belgian castle slowly lccover Ing from wounds which X thought would kill me. On August 22 I made a flight with I.lcutennnt J a splendid aviator, and established the fact that thj enemy wns advancing townid us. In tho region of llcrtrix we camo Into heavy rain clouds and had to descend to 3000 feet. As we camo thiough tho clouds wo wero seen nnd an entlro French division began shooting at us. Lieutenant J. was hit In tho abdomen. Our motor was put out of commission. We were trying to voloplano across a forest in the neighborhood, when suddenly I felt tho machine give a Jump. I turned round, ns 1 was sitting in front, nnd found that a second bullet had hit Lieutenant J. in the head and killed him. "I loaned over tho back of tho seit nnd managed to reach the steering npparatus and bended down. A hall of shots whis tled about me. I felt something hit me In the forehead. Blood ran Into my eyes, 1 was faint. But determination prevailed und I retained consciousness. Just ns wo were near tlin ground a gust of wind hit tho plane and turned my machine, over. 1 fell In tho midst of tho enemy, with my dead companion. Tho 'red trousers' wero coming from all directions, and 1 drew my pistol and Miot three French soldiers. I felt a bayonet nt my breast and g.ive myself up for dead, when an ofllcer shouted: " 'Let him live! He Is a brave soldier.' "I was taken tn tho commanding gen eral of tho 17th French Army Corps, who questioned me, but. of course, got no In formation. Ho said I would later bo sent to I'm Is, but as I was weak from loss of blood and seriously wounded I was taken Into tho Held hospital and cared for. The officers were very nlco to mo, nnd when the French fell back I took adnntage of the confusion to crawl un der a bush, where I remained until our tioops came." KAISER'S NEW PLAN TO RDSH 8 CORPS TO FIGHT IN FRANCE Withdrawal of 320,000 Men From East Prussia Defense Risks Exposure of Berlin to Russians. AFRICAN TROOPERS ' BATTLE ALONG AISNE ACCUSED OF SAVAGE i TERRIFIC, REPORTS PRACTICES IN WAR, SOISSONS OBSERVER TWO COTTON TAX PLANS WILL BE RECOMMENDED I Committee Learns Government Has Power to Curtail Production. WASHINGTON", Sept. 1". A special committee of Senators and Representa tives from the cotton-growing States, after consulting a number of decisions of the t'nlted States Supreme Court relat ing to tho taxing power of the Federal 1 Government, today determined to report to the Joint Congressional cotton confer- , once that tho Federal Government haa j the power to curtail the production of cotton by placing a prohibitive tax ' upon It. Two plnns will be recommended. Tho I first would place a tax of 10 cents a pound on all cotton produced In 131." In excess of BO per cent, of the production In 1DH, and the second plan would place a tax of $20 nn ncic upon all lauds planted to cotton In 1915 In excess of 50 per cent, of the land planted In 1914. PITTSBORGHER PAYS WOO TO SEE BATTLE; GETS MOjWS WORTH French Captain Said to Have "Personally Conducted" Sight-seeing Party Spec tacle "Worth the Price."' RHINE CITIES STRENGTHENED TO GUARD ESSEN DISTRICT, Berlin Is Told That French Conflict Wages Desperately Officers Are Powerless to , Four Days Before Allies Stop Alleged Barbarities YOUNG MAN ENDS LIFE AFTER BEING SCOLDED PETnOGRAD. Sept. 17. Information wn3 received at tho War Ofllco today that eight Gorman army corps, numbering 3M.0M men, which had been sent East to repel the Russian at tack In East Prussia, and to strengthen the Austrian forces in Galicla, have been withdrawn and nre being rushed to the western zone of operations In France. (This report contradicts yesterday's dis patch that the Kaiser had gone to East Prussia to tako personal charge of the campaign there, leaving tho Gorman armies In Franco to pursue defensive tactics against the advancing allies.) LONDON, Sept. 17. Tho movement of eight German army corps from East Prussia to the theatre of war In France Is taken to mean that tho Kalsor Intends to aim a final terrific blow nt tho allies In an effort to crush the opposition in France. Such a aourse la directly opposite that which yesterday was believed to be tho German plan. The withdrawal of tho 320,000 soldiers In tho East can only re sult In hastening the advance of the Czar's troops toward Berlin. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 17. According to a dispatch from Stock holm, General Von Hlndenberg, the Ger man commander In East Prussia, has been recalled to take command of nn- oiner army to do sent against the British and French troops. (This dispatch Is confirmatory of ono fiom Potrograd saying eight German corps have been sent from the Eastern to tho Western theatre of war.) SURVIVORS OF PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE MEET IN REUNION of Southern Allies. Melnncholy as Result of Estrange ment From His Wife. Grief after a hcoldlng from a brother In Mlddlctown, and estrangement from his wife, led Howard Riffle. 26 years old. to end his lifo with poison today In his mo'ii at a boarding house, 2112 Arch street. Riffle became separated from his wlfo three years ngo and since that time has been working In Philadelphia, His mother Is proprietor of tho National Hotel, Mid tlletown, and is said to be wealthy. Several months ago Rlfflo visited his old home, and was sharply taken to task b, a brother who sided against him dur ing the domestic troubles which led to his coming to Philadelphia. Deputy Coroner Walden said today that JIi. Mar Wnugh. proprietor of thu houso at 2112 Arch street, told him Rlf- s tlu returned from Mlddletown greatly de- , Jected. Ha was of a melancholy disposi tion and tlje brother's attitude Increased I till!, tendency, b'everal times Riffle Eald I he would kill himself. Early this morning Sirs Waugh de- I ttctcd tho odor of carbolic acid. Sho In- ' ve.stlgated and found her lodger prostrate ' in his room. He was pronounced dead at ! the. Medico Chlrurglcal Hospital. The police have communicated with ! Hallle's family. I Commemorate Battle of Antietam, Where 545 Comrades Were Killed. In commemoration of the battle of An tletnm, where 545 of their comrades wero killed 52 years ngo today, the survivors of tho Philadelphia brigade held their an nual reunion at I.emon Hill, Falrmount Park, this a?ternoon. Tho gray-haired old men who were the pick of flglUers In years gone by, while somewhat slow of foot, spruced up for today's reunion and marched as of old. Many of the veterans who answered roll call this day one year ago did not re spond when their names wero called this afternoon. As they grow fewer In num bers each year their enthusiasm grows stronger. Many were the yarns told of the hap penings of this memorable day 52 years ago. Tho survivors represented the 69th, 7Ut. 72d and 106th regiments of the brigade. BERLIN (by way of Amsterdam). Sep tember Iti. Wounded German officers who were brought here today accuse tho Algerian troops fighting with' the allies In France with terrible atiocltles. They charge that the French officers are unable to tame the wild natures of these African fighters, who delight In torturing tho wounded and mutilating the dead upon the battlefield. One 'of the wounded German officers, Lieutenant von Lenz, declares that Ger many should make formal protest against tho use of these savage Africans. "They have been guilty of tho most aggravated cruelties, some of which 1 witnessed." declared the German ofllcer. "In other Instances I have learned from tho lips of witnesses how barbarously these Algerians act. One wounded Ger man soldier had his eyes gouged out by n Turco, who used his spurs for the cruel operation. "After one fight In which they had participated tho Turcos went around with their snbrcs cutting and slashing the dead and wounded. "There hnvo been numerous Instances where headless German soldiers have been found. The Turcos had decapitated them, carrying oft the heads as trophies of battle. "Credit must bo given to theso Africans ns fighters, though. They have no regard for human life nnd have not the slightest conception of fpar. Dut their traits are the trnlts of savages and their chief de light Is to inflict cruelty. God pity tho countryside upon which theso wild creatures are turned loose without restraint." Realize Advantage Over Slowly Yielding Germans. LONDON. Sept. 17. Describing the battle of Alcno fiom Solssons, under date of September 15 In tho afternoon, the correspondent of the Chronicle says: "Tho unending, terrific struggle lusted rour days und only now may one sav that i?,ry ls tl,rnnK I" favor of the "allies. The town of Sois.sons cannot ot be ent.-reiT. for It is still raked by artillery ana rifle fire, while mar columns of smoko mark sovoral points where houses nro burning in tho centre of tho fighting lines where the allied pontoon corps h.ive been trying to keep tho bridges they sue- vntu in constructing. "Men from tho front tell mo that the combat has been a veritable slaughter and thnt the unceasing fire of tho last four days puts any previous wurfaio i-ijiiiiiicipiy in tne simile. "Severn! ciosslngs wore effected Sun day, but the German guns got the range nnd compelled tho forces to withdraw Last night, however, tho allies brought up heavior guns and theso changed the prospect. The Eiritlsh got a battery across the jlver and the Germans wero unable to reach It. The Germans there fore moved to another position from which they compelled tho Riitlsh to re tire nnd Icavo six guns behind. German batteries hitherto not dlscerniblo weio revealed, but under the protection of a heavy bombardment two BritlMli batteries got over and. planted at tho bridgo head, very soon recoveied the six guns and the two German batteries weio captured. "On tho western side the Fiench suc ceeded In getting over three batteries and a regiment of Infantry. About 1500 pi Is-' oners have been taken today. "I can clearly trace thn abandonment during the last thiee hours, of a number of German positions by the smoke of their guns moving further over the hills. ' Move to Protect Centre of War Sup ply Manufacture. THE HAflUE. Sept. 17. Tho German foi tiflcations about Co logne, Duesseldorf, W'escl ami Duiiberg ure being sttengthened. apparently as a defensive mensure, necoidlng to reliabti leports leeched here today. These four cities occupy strategic positions along the Rhine and constitute the western line ot defens". Their capture by the allien would be a terrific blow to Germany. They guard Essen nnd the .stirioundlng district. Essen is the arpcnal of tho German em pire. Not only aie the Krupp guns made thero, but the mills where am made the armor plate for battleships and powder and ammunition works also are located in thnt Prussian city. NEW YORK, Sept 17.-James A. Wake field, of Pittsburgh, who arrived hera yesterday from London by the Atlantlo Transport steamship Menominee, saw part of tho battle of Mons, It cost him JI00; laBted eight hours, and the lght, he said, was worth the money. Mr. Wakefield was In Valenclennea when the Germans began to throw their heaviest forces against th Frenoh and Belglann, and tho longer ho stayed away from the lino of battle the more h longed to see it On August 21 ha met a captain of French artillery and ex pressed his desire to Beo a real battle. Tho captain, whose name was Antord, said ho thought It could be arranced, but that it would cost about tlOO if a. party of a dozen could be procured. Mr. Wakefield told thin to soma of hla friends, and later Informed Captain An tord that a party of eight was ready. Tho money was subscribed, and at P. m. on August 24 Mr. Wakefield and soven other Americans were brought to a placo within three miles of the battla of Mons. They were carried in two spring wagons, and, having the necessary passes through the lines, were not molested in their Journey. "We could not see a great deal," said 5I,.,VakcncId' "but we couId hear plenty of tiring. Wo htayed on the scene unUl la. m. on August 26, when firing began In the rear, and we decided to go back. W J-aw SS2 wounded and 32 dead soldiers brought out of tho fight in British auto mobiles. The cars were stripped ot their bodies and boards were built out over the chassis bo that each car could carry T,mc?' AI1 ere taken to Amiens." H. C. Bell, of Brunswick, Me., said he had collected a number of French and German bullets on tho way from Baden Baden to Pails, and asserted that the Prench missiles were the more humane "The Germans have accused the French of shooting poisoned bullets,'- he said "but this Is not so. They contended that blue bands around the bullets wera poison bands. Tho French bullets are cop per Jacketed, arc well balanced, and when they hit a man they mako a clean, small wound. "German bullets are steel jacketed, and am so balanced that when they hit they turn up perpendicularly -.nd cause a bli and bad wound." GUILTY OF ATTACKING MUTE Manager of Shoe Store Seized Woman Customer. William Wolf manager of n shoe store at 1", North Klghth street, was convictid before .fudge Carr in thf Quarter Ses slrns Court today of as-ault and battery with felonious Intent on Slema Selmltzer, a I'rnf mute, of IMS North Franklin street. Tho attempted nssault occurred on De remboi J last. The oung woman went Into the store to purchase a pair of slip pers. Realizing her Inabllltv to make an outerv, Wolf Invited her to follow him Into a small stock room where he sud denly switched off the electric lights and .eized her. The young woman succeeded In breaking anaj and escaping- from the room. After the Jury had convicted Wolf, .luduo Carr found It m, difflrult to repress his Indignation that lie , Inferred sentence until later In tl.e ilnv BENEFACTOR ROBBED Workman Says Man He Befriended Stole His Tools. Kltner Kriger. of SID Ea.it llnnilnm sticet, has a peculiar meilmrt rf i,in his gratitude, accordinc to th tvoIIcb, ofS the Tienton avenue and Datinhif .tre5SS station. -vjh Arter being assisted for weeks by Harjy Karp. a fellow workman, Kriger It is s,aM, stole a number of tools from the latter. Ho was arrested this after noon and taken to the Trenton avenun and Dauphin streets station. Karp. it Is said, frequently helped Kriger. his wife and two children Fondness of drink, according to the police, is responsible for Kriger'a downfall. U. S. ASKS BRAZIL TO EXPLAIN Government Wants to Know Why Clearance Papers Were Refused. WASHINGTON. Sept. 17The L'nlted States today called upon nrastil for an explanation of her refusal to Issue clear ance papers to the steamship Robert Dollar at Rio De Janeiro. Cut Glass Specials "" 8 in. Fern Di.h with lininf $2.50 The Crystal Shop 102 N. 10th St. ; Cut ClaMM Exeluiively ENGLAND NOT TO ASK U. S. 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