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EVESTIHG LEp&ER-ftBlLAftELPHll, SAOTBDAT. SBPflBMBBB 19, 1914
AWFUL TOLL OF SEVEN DAYS' CARNAGE IN GIGANTIC BATTLE ALONG VAISNE RIVER
Number of guns and prisoners cap
tured cannot be obtained yet.
An Invasion by Alpine riflemen
over the Vosges Into the Brelsach
valley has been repulsed.
Early today this official- statement
was lsiued by the War Office:
The derman armies in France are
steadily growing stronger. The ad
vance on Paris was too rapid to
admit of ammunition and pro
visions in sufficient quantities be
ing sent to the troops. This has
now been remedied by an adjust
ment of the lines of communica
tion. The efficacy of the new arrange
ments has been demonstrated at
the centre of the German front,
where a steady advance Is being
made.
The French are showing signs of
weakness. Apparently they have
been unable to All their depleted
ranks, whereas our forces are being
steadily augmented by fresh troops
In the battle between the Olse and
Meuse Rivers
It was explained that the German
lines have been extended at certain
points and now' Include the original
French lines. The battle, however, Is
expected to last for several days be
cause of the long line and the number
of men engaged.
Keports that the Germans had run
out of ammunition for their field gun's
are denied Indignantly. Instead, the
lines of communication are perfect
Trains are run directly to the central
points of thp battle line from which,
places the distribution continues with
j the automobile transport service
which is complete.
The French have several times nl
' tempted to carry the German position
by storm, but they have met disaster
from the German artillery and rapiil
' flrers The greatest German gain3
have been along the centre.
BRITAIN EXPECTS AISNE
BATTLE TO BE DECISIVE
LOXDOX, Sept. 19.
The battle of the Alsr.e, which is
r.ow ir. its seventh day with two long
battle fronts In virtually the same
position they were, a week ago, will
be decisive. Both Mdes realize this
may be the crucial conflict of the war.
The iollowins official statement was
giver, out by the War Office this morn
ing. The situation remains unchanged
A counter attack by the Germans
against the first division was de
livered during the night and was
driven back The weather is bad
with rain falling continuously
The allies are now losing as heavily
as did the Germans in their unsuccess
ful effort to penetrate the French lines
at V try-!e-Franco!s and along the
Marr.e. The Germans no"" have the
advantage of an entrenched position.
The 3ritish losses In the present
tlal cold rains sweep the battlefield
and fill the trenches. One report: says
that the British troops are suffering
severely from rheumatism as a result
but the War Office says It has no con-
flrmation of the 3tory The German ,
positions admittedly are very strong
Their trenches are well dug, protected
In many places by bomb proofs, and
all along their front for a distance not
less than half a mile, barbed wire and
bramble entanglements have been con
structed In this connection, as evt
denclng the creat strength of the
enemy's line, the Paris corresponds
of the Express quotes a high Erlt3i
officer as saying;
"If we held the same poslfon ai '
of the soldiers in the world would be
unable to dislodge us so long as - ur
ammunition held out."
The British aviators continue tr
fighting exceed any In previous battles cover themselves with glory. Thev
either In the successful retreat from have accurately located the annus
Belgium or in the offensive operations German positions, especially their bat
en the Marne. tertes. which are usually cleverly
Some of the greatest regiments In , masked by wooded hills and by tree
the British army have been badly cut I tops cut down and so arranged that
up in the last three days of fighting. It Is Impossible to distinguish them
They have had to bear the brunt not except from the air.
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V
ARMIES OF AUSTRIA
MASS FOR DECISIVE
MOVE OK RUSSIANS
Austrians March otl Cracow
Przemysl Line to Meet
Russian Advance Gen
man Staff Directing New
Operations.
PEACE PLAN BALKED
BY MOOD OF ALLIES,
WASHINGTON FINDS
King Georges Address to
Parliament Regarded as
Meaning War to Finish.
President Will Cease
Overtures for Present.
I
only of the German attempts to re
sume the offensive, but also of what
ever offensive movements have been
undertaken on the left.
Enough is known of the disposition
of the German troops to make sura
that It is not a rear guard action to
cover a retreat. On the contrary trw
'.. 5ermar.s gre depleting their garrisons
il-gigium to brins reinforcements to
j front and are rushing food and
smunitlon to the Kaiser's forces
vVith two superb armies facing each
Aher over so small an intervening
ace the first slackening of resistance
vlll mean retirement and the poss!-
illity of a breach In the line through
A'hich the soldiers of the adversary
may flow.
The fighting Is taking place under
the worst conditions possible Torren-
FIRING BRITISH PATRIOTISM
Throughout Great Britain wounded solojcrs from the front are greatly aidinp recruiting by addressing mass
meetings now being held in every city and town. Corporal O'Brien, who is shown speaking, took part in the
wonderful charge of the th Lancers, made against German artillery at Mons.
As an evidence of the desperate
character of the fighting. It is ad
mitted that on one night alone, that
of the loth, the Germans made ten dis
tinct attempts to break through the
allied lines. They attacked the Second
British Army Corps, commanded by
General Sir Horace Smlth-Dorrlen,
which was holding the positions north
west of Hheims and near the Craonne
forest. Afttr shelling the British po
sition uninterruptedly for the entire
day, the German infantry was sent
forward under cover of darkness. I
Again and again they were repulsed, 1
but It was not until after their tenth j
attempt that they finally retired and ,
admitted defeat of their plans. '
In the morning the entire British
front wa3 completely covered with
dead and wounded Germans.
i
COURT MARTIAL FOR
MAN WHO ORDERED
PRUSSIAN MASSACRE
HINDENBERG AGGRESSIVE;
ADVANCING INTO POLAND
Russian Commander Is 1 ned
by Germans, Who With
hold Verdict Belgian
Treasures Protected.
SLIGHT GAINS BY ALLIES,
FRENCH EMBASSY HEARS
WASHINGTON". Sept 19.
Reports from the French War Office
t Bordeaux today to the French Em
bassy here showed tittle change from
yesterday in the respective positions of
the two armies along the battle line m
northern France. The dispatch readi.
The battle continues on the whole
front from the River Oise to the River
Woevre today without any important
change of the situatipn at any point.
On the left In the Valley of One. we
occupy SlenarquesUse, Carlepont awl
Cuts
On the heights to the north of .he
Aisne we have advanced align ly in a
few places Three attacks attempted
by the Germa.13 agumst the 8min
army have been checked at Troyon.
between Soissons and Craonne. From
Craonne to Rheims we have repulsed
the counter-attack esecuted during the
night.
"The enemy tried but ha not sue
ceded In taking; the oifenstve against
Rheims.
"At the centre from Rheims to the
Argonne mountains the enemy is rein
forcing us position by important forti
fications, and has taken an attitude
entirely defensive. On the east of the
Argonne and In the valley of the
Woevre the situation is unchanged
"On our right in Lorraine and the
Vosgog !he enejnv occupies positions
dfntvfcly ursanUed close to the fron.
tier " I
BERLIN. Sept. 13 (by Wirelesls through
SayvilJe).
Genera! Partos, Russian commander,
who ordered Mi troops to kill all of the
male inhabitants of East Prutsla and to
burn all of the villages, has been cap
tured and ha been tried by a German
court martial The verdict is not yet an
nounced Field Marshal Baron Von Der Go:u. the
German mihtarv srernoi of Belgium. i
protecting the Belgian art treasures and
historic structures Following hiB ap
pointment of Pr'vy Couneillor Dr Von
Faickt, nf Berlin, to devise ivav ' and
means of protecting the Bolsian treas
ures against burglary and pillage. Gen
eral Von Der Golu has gent Falcke and
the Belqian expert. Ortiel. Into the field
and thev are now touring Belgium espe
cially Louvain, Namur. Huy, Kivelles and
Liege, listing the treasure and provid
ing for their protection
According to the Cologne Gazette, Ja
pan, early in July, sent a rush order to
the Daimler motor rnmpanv for 10 aero
plane mriu,r"k to be delivered a the
er!en po-vihle moment The urdir was,
hnuner, held up b the ivar
Warsaw Objective of Campaign and
Aid in Galicia Will Follow.
BERLIN. Sept 13
Following up hl3 success against the
R isslan armies in East Prussia. General
von Hlndenburg 13 invading Russian
Poland from Lyek.
The following statement on his opera
tions was issued today:
The German East Army continues
Its operations in th district about
Sawaiki. Russian PoUnd. The army
Is now advancing on the fortress at
Osowiec. J5 kilometers (23 miles)
southeast of Lyck, on the railroad be
tween Lyek and Blelostok.
Osowiec Is ono of the strongest
fortresses in Russian Poland It is a
strategic point because the River Blebrza
or Bobe and cannot be crossed at any other
point by an army on account of the
great swamps King along its course.
The capture of Osowiec will have to be
attained before General von Hindenburg
can advance.
Osowiec is abo'lt Kfl miles northeast
of Waraw. If it falls into German hands
its captors would be abl to strike from
there against Warsaw and the riEht wing
of the forces that General Ruzsky Is
leading in Galicia.
BUSINESS MEN KEEN
TO WIN TRADE WITH
SOUTH AMERICA
Prominent Firms Represent
ed on Committee to Secure
Business That War-Stricken
Europe Lost.
CHOKES T0DEATH IN SLEEP
Man Goes to Bed Chewing Tobacco
and Strangles.
LANCASTER. Pa.. Sept. 13 -George
Lutz, 62 years old, one of the first bosc
men ff the Lancaeter paid Are depart
ment, went to bed last night with a
chew of tobacco In hi3 month
While Lutz s'ept ihf mbacco slipped
into hi windpipe, rhokinp nlm to deotri
Hi- body was still warm when found
thii morning.
GERMANS HEMMED IN
NEAR CHATEAU-THIERRY
Report Indicates Farther Advance of
Centre Than Paris Admitted.
LONDON Ppi 13.
The correspondent of the raily Tele.
graph at Boutapna, telegiaphlns by way
of Par.s, fcy
"It ! reporttd that a Hermen force
with a general In commend has been
IF GERM Also WIN BATILE 'r
' The !lii are now massing enormous
Germani been able actually to assume bodies of troops and everything point
the offensive Every attempt to break to the probability of to ot the bloodiest
FREDERICKS OFFERS MEN
PARIS FEARS ATTACK
Lord Kitchener Infoimed That South
African Troops Are Ready.
JOHANNESBURG. South Africa, Sep
tember 19
Commandant Fredericks vho was in
harj-e of a Scandinavian contingent dur
ing th 0or War, tooas raolrd Lord
Kitchener thet he was ready to trans
port 1000 picked troopers to the front at
ontt.
GERMAN RIGHT HOLDS FIRM
E0RD5AVX, 3ept It
Failure of the allied armies to drive
the Germans out of France, or even to
gain anv ground, is causing anxiety
throughout France Apparently tre;
numerical advantage the alUes tnjoy4
at the commencement of ?he battle of
the Aisne has been overcome It is
officiall admitted that he Oertnans
have greailv strengthened their por
tion by rushing reinforcements to the
front It is now certain the the Gep.
mans have not less than 1,208.009 men
of their first line holding their pew
positions in Northern France
The chief encouraging note in the
official communications is 'he reiterated
declaration tha at no point have the
r'hatfcaU'Tht.'rtv is " milts ,nmh e-t n
Rheims If this dispatch is true, tt
thrms that the Herman renter has nd
vanred mueh farther than the oiilcli'
announirment Given out in Pari admitted
thtouah the French Dosltions so far has t o&'tles oruie campaign
been checked ff tho centre should go .
the position of the French left would
tmmJiatelv bfme serious and ! '
would hv tn fall bacfe on the pivot
of the defenses of Paris.
There is no attempt to disfuis- the j JAPANESE LAND FORCES
(Aire inai iz ( lf jtrinn aliiMjif vim
the present battle Paris would again
b menaced because the French would
have to fctll barb on the lines along
the Uarne But the General Staff Is
confident that the Germans can not
win They sa' the result of the pres
ent battle must be the final evacuation
of France by the Germans
Fleet
NORTHWEST OF KIA0-CHAU
8t
GERMAN CORPS FIGHTS
IWAhW DROWNS IN CANAJ,
Cowers Disembarking
Loashan Jlav.
TOKJO. Sept 19.
' The following summer of the opera
tions about Klae-Chau ves given out to.
4a v
The Japanese imperial land farces,
operating with b.e fteet landed at
i Loishan Bv northest I KioCfc.
on SeDterober 15.
wpmDi it egpmrto
..rwotfalet. nel
A THfll fiH SUKKllllNnpn ElVtaea Hia Nurse at Midnight While Kiao.Chau station d,nd rfJfd a tram
" Delirious AMn tile passengers vas the president
Hefused Allies' Demand for Surren
der, Says Report.
PARIS Sept. 13
It is reported but not officially taat
a German corps as surrounded b the
a 'es on te Aisne River The allies
Strt forward a 8e cf tryce with a de
roard 'ft ju'render om tie German
rsfised to sr ve up aed the flfhting at
tt'-s point wct on more nerce.y thaa
f
of the Shantung
BRISTOL. Fa apt t-The beiy uf ' made a prisoner"
Bmlen Neeld was fauim aoating m the
caaal hl moralof by sites Aanle Byers
3a4 Miss Edith FUm Vseld had been
ill for ,'.ia' k5 vith fer wnith
mde him telir'-.u? At 12 o (-lock he
e"ide-l nls rvi. and ua!hd from hi
suter 3 houe t id oniy in hi. n jht
' shirt,
Batlua), who was
COUNT SIGBAY CAPTURED
BERLIN by of Airwierdam, Sept
p Acfrd'nrf to repor. i'fi"d here,
fount An'on Sis'a1 a 1'uttnant of thf
Hunariin Hu.-Sir-- na- bfen iapturga
b the Russians and taken to Odes
Thfr f o'ini a rro' t - "V'l' ln"
vv ',er-n-'l ife 't - lti"i ."ta'
Ambic-A'ior tu uermaij
Berlin Newspaper Repot ts Failures of outside of their homes,
Allies, Flank Attack
rOPE.VHAGtV. Sept 11
The Tagehlatt of Berlin navs that It
i evident that the KnsHsh and French
arrr'eir h.ivp not so far succeeltd in their
fiiveiupine movement around the tier
man nsht whtle tne Germans have
made rnf successful maneuvers at
other points
WILSON MAY NOT RRQ5ECUTE
Jlennrted He Will Withdraw Shoot
ing Charge Against SshiUtz.
WHITE PLAINS, Sept tU.-There is a
report in circulation that Charles H.
Wilson iill not press his complaint
ag&in.t Fred Schultj, woo tired five shots
at him on Thursday It was reported
that Wilson s employer Alfred Gwynne
Vandrbilt. an4 his friends were trying
, to prevent a seandal by .ujving Wilson
withdraw the fharge
FrieiidF of Sth'i'.t? sav h is in a posi
tion to tell something aboat the assoeia-
' tion of W iUoji vvitn Florence Scheneh. a
Siiutiurrn oeauty. bo recently died
President Tells Cabinet to Economize
WASHINGTON". Sept !9 -In line with
th adminiitration Idea of keeping fed
tre' expense down P't-ident Wilon has
t tlfled his cabinet the' mut keep their
- i"gts to th m nimiim nd (hat there
n . i n- no qa ur in'ia u was an
,i j.tn.ed t -Ca;
VIENXA, Sept. V.
Three Austrian armies are concentrat
ing on the CracowTarnow-PrsemS'el, Hnfe
for a decisive battle with the Russian
armies of General Ruzsky nnd General
Brusslloff. according to an official nn-
i nniinfomont Issued here today.
1 (This line Is ISO miles long, apparently
, following the railroad connecting the three
i cities Tarnow is 50 miles east of Cracow
and Przemysl SO miles from Tarnow This
dispatch Indicates that the official an
nouncements In Petrograd of overwhelm
ing Russian victories were greatly exag
gerated by the Czar's General Staff).
In the new Austrian defensive front
1 General Dankl, with an Austro-German
force, commands the left wing, General
. von Auffenberg has the centre with his
! base at Tarnow, and General Boeverlc
haB the right, where the Russians under
Generals Bruslloff and Ruszky are press
ing hardest.
A dispatch from Vienna says that all
the villages In the neighborhood of
Przemysl have been evacuated by their
Inhabitants In response to an order by
the Austrian military authorities,
i The villagers are being conveyed to the
western districts of Galicia. Intrench
ments are being dug around Przemysl,
and It Is stated that the fortress Is sup
plied with food sufficient to Inst for two
yenrs
The official statement says:
The position occupied by the Aus
trian armies has been heavily fortified.
General Boroevlc will command tho
i right wing, with centre resting at
Przemysl, the main centre will be
commanded by General von Auffenburg
with Tarnow as his base, and the left i
wing will be commanded by General I
Dankl with the Germans supporting i
his extreme left. His base will be '
Cracow.
Tho entire Russian left w lnc, com- ,
manded by Generals Ruzsky and
Brusslloff, Is expected to begin an at-
tac't. The Initial assault Is expected i
against Przemysl '
(The admission that an attack on i
Przemysl Is expected confirms Russian
claims that they have reached the River ,
San, but the statement that Gencrnls Austria, and, therefore, was not in a po-
von Auffenburg and Dankl's armies will , .
foim part of the Austrian front is a , slllon t0 consider terms of peace,
denial of Petrograd assertions that the Russia, too, is at present opposed to
Austrian right and left vvlngs have been j consideration of peace terms. Petrograd
C GenerVl Hoefer declared today that the . vPPb "press the Russian view that
operations of the Austrian armies In i thein can be no peace until the Kaiser's
Galicia had not .vet brought the main Ministers appear at the tents of the allied
forces Into contact with the Russians, cmunanders and ask for terms In an
i and that only small forces had opposed utter-vnee jesterday, which was obviously
the, Russian advance to secure time for , in.pIed and bears the earmarks of Gov-
the FtrengthenlnK of the front, where ( eminent decision, thev declare that Rus-
the decisive battle is expected. sltln diplomacy Is fully in accord with
Numerous wounded soldiers are being , that of the alllcs ln the rcfusai t0 enter
j brousht here from Galicia. Among them , lnt0 any negotlatIons
Ms 1-ritz Krelsler, the famous violinist., Th. .tivin nf Psin) wn,nn . ii..
WASHINGTON', Sept 19.-Feellng here
today In ofllclal circles Is far from hope
ful for an early mediation among the
nations of war-torn Europe.
"Watchful waiting," President win
son's policy In Mexico, has become his
policy toward European peace. This
became known officially today. From a.
source In closest touch with Wilson, It
was learned his ambition now is for a
permanent peace, not alono in Europs,
but throughout the world.
He does not want a truce that would
merely halt the fighting for a month or
two, only to have it break out again
more violently His position was analyzed
ln the terse comment that he will not
now put out to the country each morn
ing peace "when it Is not ln the card9
That thlB Government has had Indefi
nite assurances that a truce might pos
sibly be affected at this time, it was in
terpreted from a statement that It mighi
be possible now to have "a truce, but
r.ol pence."
The address of King George to Parlia
ment yesterday has strengthened the im
pression that England Is not yet ready to
entertain overtures, In his speech, read
by deputy, the King stated:
Gentlemen of the House of Com
mons. I thank you for the liberality
with which you have met a great
emergency
Mv Lords and Gentlemen, we are
fighting for a worthy purpose and we
shall not lay down our arms until that
purpose has been fully achieved.
England's non-receptive attitude Is con
firmed by a cable which Ambassador Sir
Cecil Pprlng-Rlce received from Sir Ed
ward Grey, the British Minister ot Tore
lKn Affairs, saying that Great Britain had
received no proposal for peace directly
or Indirectly, trom either Germany or
who was wounded
near Lemberg.
In an engagement i
Prominent business men ln every line
of commercial activity are Joining the
Foreign Trade's Committee which is be
ing appointed n Philadelphia to outline
a plan of business piogresslon ln South
American countries.
The appointment of this committee was
decided upon at a meeting held two weeks
ago at the Commercial .Museums, Thirty
fouith street below Spruce, when more
tnan in0 business men gathered to deter
mine how best to gnln that trade In South
America now being lost to foieipn com
petitors by reason of the war in Europe.
So far thete aie 11 persons who have
signified their Intention to seive on the
committee, it Is exprcled that at least
to names "111 be added before the mem
beishlp has been filled,
According to Dr William P Wilson,
dliector of the Commercial Museums,
enthusiasm to a mniked degiee in the
vrk which the committee proposes to do
la manifested by the members. Each man
u a business expert In his line ami all
ni" anxious to advance the tiudo rela
tion between Philadelphia and South
Amotion.
fi to dHlr the committee inclndes the
following persona:
STATE OF SIEGE STILL
EXISTS IN BRUSSELS
Citizens Must Explain Appearance on
Streets Flags Ordered Removed.
OSTKXD, Sept. 13
Striet legulatlons Issued b Geneial Von
l.iiltwitz, military governor of Hrusels,
tion make it difficult for any one tu entei
ur leave the city. Numerous rapld-nie
suns have been taken into the Rtdgian
capital and placed In advantageous positions-
A (.tale of siege prevails. The Inhab
itants who appear on the streets fre
quently are Btopped and forced to give a
full account of the reason for their being
CZAR'S TROOPS PREPARED
TO STRIKE AT PRZEMYSL
Petrograd Briefly Keports "Military
Operations Continue Successfully."
PETROGRAD, Sept 19
effort to get the warring Powers In Eu
rope in a mood to listen to peace pro
posals have come to a standstill.
Whether the President will resume his
inquiries on the subject in the near future
will probably depend on developments.
The Government, however, probably
will seek to keep alive the movement for
peace by transmitting, without comment.
the report made by James vv Gerard, the
! American Ambassador at Berlin, of his
' conversation with the Imrjerial Chancel.
Onlv a four-word statement was Issued I inr, which was initiated by the Inquiry
at the War Office today. It was "Mill- of this Government as to whether Em
tary operations continue successfully " pprnr William had Indicated that he was
It was the shortest official statement j in favor of peace, to the British, French
that has been given out since the war i and Russian Governments The trans
began. mission of the Geiard report to the allied
A statement of last night conveved the Oovernmcnts will be Blmply in the nature
Information that Geneial Rennenkampf of a reminder that the United States will
had stopped the German advance on the
East Prusrlan side Thursday, and that
the puisult of the Austrians continued, I
with the Russian troop approaching I
Jnroslnw, Przemysl and Sienlawa.
ThM Is the first time that Sienlawa hat- I
beep mentioned In n statement given out
bv the Geneial Staff. It was supposed '
from the tnor of previous nnnnunoe.
i ments that this town had been taken
bv the Cossacks that erossed the flvt
San, but the Russian cavalry mav have
i been driven back bv fresh troops.
' N'o Information as to the situation at
Prrernyel has been clen out since the
announcement of the rapture of Kra
zlezyn nearby. It Is understood, how
ever, that this capture was only prllm
Irnry to the main attack on Przem.vl,
which will begin n soon ns the Russian
ihu suns nrilve
Wounded Russian' nrilvlng hoi" der'are
ihe XnstrlPn cavalry that opposed the
advance of fJcnernl Kuzskv n Ihe cailv
(Ichtin? in (inliria hns cnlirplv illsnn-
I pea led fiom the Held of action In the
b ready tn act as the friend of all par
ties concerned whenever they reach the
point of being willing to discuss terms
for an amicable settlement. i
RRITA1N" FIRM
The position of Great Britain was mads
clear In a conversation between Sir Ed
ward Grev, the British Minister for For
elgn Affairs, and Walter H. Page, the
American Ambassador In London, ln
which the Cabinet officer said that Great
Rritaln would consent only to a peace
that would b permanent, and that one
of the basic principles of anv peace
agreement must be solemn assurances
fiom Germany that reparation would b
furnished to Belgium for the vlnlntlrn
of her neutrality and the damage done
bv the German tronps.
II I known that the Administration is
not encoumced ovei the outlook and Is
Inclined In the heller that the war must
rontlnue for a considerable period before
neag havinc been destroved bv the ter
rific uttarl, of the Cossacks.
First
1900 RESERVISTS SAIL
Itnly on
tecond phase of the conflict, 1 1 s effective- I President Wilson will he able, without
giving offense, to make further ad'ances.
Precldent Wilson has aald that he re
gards the German Chancellor's communi
cation to Ambassador Gerard as non
committal. Tor the present the peace movement
will he allowed to -pmaln in statu quo.
since the transmission of the Chancellor's
expressions to the allies' Governments
Is expected to bring forth iiotlnn.' mote
substantial than a polite acknowledgment,
Bntrh Leaves for
Steamship Ancona,
NEW YORK. Sept. 13 The first batch
of Italinn reservists tn leave, this country
siiiled todav on the steamship Ancona for
Naples, Thev numbered 13io
The steamship Finland sailed for Liver
pool this morning, taking 100 cabin audi BABY ILL FROM FLY POISON
jvi sieeiaRe passengers for Liverpool (
On Thursda proclamations were pusted
telling the residents to remove any Rcl
gian flags that thev might have on thfir
homes, it wa3 stated that this was a
precautionary step lo pievtmt any vio
'eni being Incited. At the side of the
Geiman notites n proclamation from
Bureomastpr Max was posted, asking bis
fellow citizens to "endure the new trial
until the dav of delivpianre.''
On Friday the Burgomaster's pi oi lania
tinn was toveied with black pupei His
words apparently were displeasing to tne
Germans. i
ENGLAND WILLNOT OPPOSE
Britain, Does Not Object to Fair
Transfer of Ships.
WASHINGTON, sept II -Great Britain
will not object to the "legitimate' ttans
fer of merchant Iships to the American
flag, it was stated at thf British Em
frasv todav Reports from Rio do
Janeiro that the steamship Robert Dollar,
of San Francisco, was heing detained
because of alleged protest o the British
consul becaube the sh-p changed to the
Amentan flag, were chaiaitenzed a
probablv inat curate '
Embassy officials said that England had
no objection to an American mercnant
purchase of German steamships.
Accoidm? to one of the passengers who
eamo from Quebec, there are vast num
ber of Canadian. Indian nnd Australian
troops p Canada ready to be transported
to England bv large fleets of transports
under convoy.
The French steamship La Touraine will
leave this afternoon for Havre, carry
ing W) cabin and Wi etcorase pasiengors.
most of them reset vUts of France, Swit
zerland and Belgium
DID NOT PAY THEIB TAXI BILL
Physician Gives Emetics. Then
Rii3he3 Son to Hospital.
John C Burilss, the eighteen 'i'0"'r'
old son of Dr. E W. BurriS3, 6t45 Tories
dale ave, ate poison need to kill fh ,0
day and was taken seriously ill Speed
In giving him treatment and getting him
lo a hospital probably saved his life
When the hoy was taken ill Dr B irrisj
noted the evidence of poison and mime
qlattlv gavt Ihv . Iilld emetic I" '''' ''
ri"ss placed hl3 small son In an automo
bile and made a long run to the r iu
ford Hospital There further tre'i'm-nt
was riven the child and he resi"Pii. ! "
rapldlv to efforts of the phjslciaiu .it
Sg Chauffeur Drove Fates to Station
to Collect Bill.
JoyndiPK and an unpaid taxlcah bill ie- tiwy were soun able to repoit him ",jt J
culled todav in the arrest of four men. danger,
one of whom was kentenred to ten davs
in the County Prison by Magistrate
Campbell, before whom the foui oete
arraigned in the Front nnd Westmoreland
streets police station
The man sent to piisnn Is f'har'es Al
lison. Ke.vttonc Hotel, Fifteenth and Slar
feet streets It was alleged by his com
panlons that he ordered the taxi Th
other men are Edward I. Patterson. Wost
Knd Hotel. .HC0 Marku street. C H
Brown 51!6 Master street, and Jerome
Lear . i2C0 Market street
Patterson, the police say, Is managei
of the West End Hotel
John Bauer, Jr. 1531 Shunk street,
chauffeur of the motorcar, said he re
ceived a iall to the w-e.t End Hotel aboy
4 o clock this mornmir He ivent there
gnd took up the four men After duvinj:
about town tor several hours, at iht time
hems In Ken.-inaton he suRgeted that .i
payment be made on the bill which regis
tered $TOon the taximeter Thn aa re
fused and Bauer drove his fares to the
police station.
RATS CAUSE $10,000 FIRE
Gnaw Matches and Set Three Wyn
cote Buildings Ablase
A fire, believed to have been 3t.vt d rw
late snavvins matches destrved a -l0'
end two sarages in wncote P a"'
light, causing damage ertnnalrd a'
04 To hotse.v, wtre buined to 1 -i"-3
Great difficulty was expem-med '
men tu extinguishing the tiames h J -"
of the siant water supplv
Tr (Ire rtaitrd in the toacn'n" - ' ' ?
in Uie stdole belonging to Ed " '
Penneaill a II ocloik n 'j1 ' ';
tendrd to the saiaes owned b u ' '
J Hoivei and Albul Pioip ' '
mobile which was In Huovtr z - ' '
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1-irt i oniiianias in -ev,n n-aj " '
lespunded to c i It"; foF If'i. ,'
we-e O'd York Road Jenki"' "
ton, McKinle. La Mott and Ea.e "-li-
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