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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1&14
CITY HALL OF LOUVAIN BEFORE AND AFTER THE GERMAN TORCH WAS APPLIED TO CITY
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AVENUES OF BLOOD
REYEE BATTERIES'
t BCAP-DEGC! AM A TO MD
riuunuoij vn aioud
Ami'tiB the nurred rubbish Iny
uhlstlu. Its silken cord blnod-
aii'l the whistle irushcil and
Men
Puisieux
xuns at
his post
a silver
stained
hloudy.
Aeross the plain, where lie many ot
the s'.aln French and Germans uhu fell
in u tharso uftalnst the trenches, anothuf
b.ittory foiisht and was wounded, rlosc
to the spinney lie horses and caissons In
one hideous heap, and beyond the spinney
Is a wood of dense crowtii.
The wood Is In perpetual shadow, and
it Is well that darkners should hide the
horrors I saw amons those trees.
Who Fed
Lie in Ghastly . PEOPLE. NOT THE RULERS,
Mounds Beside Iron Skele
tons.
ALLIES'
LINES,
BLAMED FOR GREAT WAR
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FRANCE, Sept. 21.
To the Khastly iluhls about 1'ulsleux
I came, through the haunting horror '
of men in Bray and blue lylnir on the '
icadslde some ns though thoy had lain
down to lvst and would spring to their j
feet at the trumpet's sharp summons; ,
others as though aome vuvage beast
liad sprung on them unaware and
mauled them to death; others as though
lightning had struck them and loft only
the charred remttins.
One man was kneeling with his rllle
on the shattered stump of a. telegraph
pole. He might have Just sighted the
enemy, but the linger on
was stiff and cold, and through the
brow of the soldier was a tiny hole.
A hundred paces to the rear of the
earthen parapets lie n torn and over
turned tent, a red blanket, some crim
soned snips of linen and pieces of
otton wool ali telling the Uile of
Tounds ami agony. Nearby l-i a
.'ound with a ci oss of branches, the
grave of u gallant olricer beloved by
bis inui.
BLAZED TOAIL WITH BLOOD.
The uir is charged with the subtle
end sickening odor of death.
Here on the sloping plain they fought
the batteries. You can trace the nuth
of the men who fed the batteries. They
have blazed t,e troll with their Wood.
You can see where the ammunition
wagons waited In th- rear and where
the hurii stamped with impatient hoof.
And the KUnntrs, the men who fought
among dame and thunder In a hurricane
of lead and tel shards, u can
where ihe Hood behind this earthen
wall, win re they r. ended the shattered
parapet with spent casts, where they
took i. mi- in u little cuvt iiua in the side
of the emplacement when ui.:Hvei-lng guns
Professor Flick, of Syracuse, Thinks i
This Is Racial Struggle. i
SYRACUSE. X. Y., Sept. Sl.-Heclar-linr
that the causes of tho war Ho In '
a historical development of Europe since
the overthrow of Xapoleon at Waterloo :
In 1513, Trof. Alexander C. Flick, head of I
the Department of History, at Syracuse I
I'nlverslty, today said the war was not
one of rulers, hut a war of the people. (
lie returned from Europe a few days
"Xo one man planned the present war,'
h continued. "It is not one of lulers,
of dynasties or of cabinets. It Is a war
of the peoples, with eonlllctlng material
Interests of racial hatred and Jealousy.
"The Austrian raised the mailed tist
ndilnst the Serb. The Russians im
mediately prepared to strike Austria.
Then Germany threatened Russia nnd Its
ally. France, nnd ultimately England
saw Its onnorttinltv to strike a blow at
tho trisBor ! -Jrmnr-
i T)arwina1 Villi tt tff Vi m tn ra a rn n r
ruler, no government, nnd no people, but
upon the peculiarly Intrlcuto European
relationships military, colonial, commer
cial, social nnd Industrial. Because of
these conditions, one I'ower after anoth
er was drawn into tho conflict to appeal
to the court of war instead of to the
court of reason und aibltration to settlt
the queslons at issue.
"Th" historic muke-up of Europe, the
ambitions of the vurlous powers and the
character of the various races supply the
fundamental reasons for tho war. The
grouping of the great powers provided
tho fuel for the conflagration, so that
when one power was Involved the others
would b drawn In Inevitably."
'OLD MEN BURY THE DEAD
BEHIND CURTAIN OF NIGHT
Aided by Women They Mark Graves
With Willow Crosses.
LONDON, Sept. 21.
A Dolly News coriespondent who has
Just returned to Tnrls from tho neigh
borhood of Sculls tells of a now corps
of tho French army. He snys:
I "It is the Corps of the Sextons, nnd
there Is no us limit to their term of
, service when they enroll. When the eur
1 tnln of night has fallen thoy go fiom
' villages and farmsteads, an uncanny,
silent procession, to set about their busi
; ness among the dead, their wnv illn
; initiated by horn lanterns and torches,
I and their shadows iinnce ghoul-llUe in
I the flicker of the beams. Llttlo old men.
I most of them, nnd bent double, but their
; shadows amid the trees are shadows of
, slants.
"Their women follow behind bearing
I llttlo bundles of peeled willow wands
I nnd strands of who. They cut a few
inciics irom eocu wand anil nind it on
crosswise with the wire, nnd whenever
; an olllcer is found cold and stiff amid
i the dead a cross of willow wand is
placed over his grave.
! "Hour after hour, night ufler miilit.
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wic uorps or sextons
nuiilsh ns this uciravte of the dead
swells.
"Ii v.ist.itlnn and pillage have left their
sordid Hade mark. Vines have been
iiuuid down to make way for relentless
armies. Millions of bunches of rich
giapes Ho smashed. Everywhere vine
houses have been raided, cellars stormed,
and rich vlntueos looted by the Germans.
There are signs of fierce revelry nnd
wild diunkenucss.
"Tales women have told mo in this
region, told mo with frankness you at
home would not believe possible, have
made mo shudder, though I have just
come through scenes of deuth arid horror
nioic than enough to scar the soul of any
niun. An hour among these piteous
martyrs In black, listening to their tor
rent (low of narrative, stampa them
with certain truth. Of that I am ns
sure lis I am that there is still a sun to
shine ubove this scarred, dismantled,
desolate region of La Hello France,"
SCOUR COUNTRY FOR BANDITS
LOS ANGELES, Cnl.. Sept. SI. I'osses
under tho leadership of Sheriff Hamniel
Wei,, scouring the hills along tho Fer
nando Valley today for two bandits who
lob'ji'd more than n score of passengers
Willi file UllllW.II I hi.1. nleltt r.M ft Krmt iflrn Dnnltln ....!..
Ply their trade, maiking cemetery after ' near Jlurhnnk. uettine SbOO in cash and
cemotery. Their bundles of sticks di- valuables worth from $l"Oj to fcKKK'.
GERMAN TRENCH DIGGER
SUPERIOR TO THE FRENCH
But Teuton Infantry Fire Is Declared
to Be Inferior.
I'ARIS, Sept. :i
'If the Hermans are not good shots,
thfy at least ale excellent diggers." says
it correspondent of the Intraslgeant, writ
ing from the front of the battle now in
progress an 'ho Aine. He adds:
A German euldlor digs eight or nine
Safety First
oi id emplacement iitn uiiuvirinig guns , . , , r, .. , ii
had got the ia..ge and pou.cd m.n them i TCb? (orh one b,y , f'nch '
it deadly shower. ai-ii and kuii have I ?" " protected by good ttrUl-
lione. i lie bioau new are giutit, dt-M-rUd.
md all the tmplacements are empty ,
cept two. outlliud against iu gray
rk uit the ckdftonb of guns. There Is
clwas sum. btramc.- uttiactiuii a .out a
pun mat has been wounded in battle. It
is Ilia a. human beii.g. it was the same
with thete Ueiinsn guns, i lelt as if J
ttocd befui men Who had fought lib
lier4'. who had ben tortly wutjiulet and
"left on the b.'.ulelteia.
Hi:HOIf UIWS AXl MEN.
How nil tluy mtlkt have fousht, these
two comrade who tood proudly side by
side dm' n tin- u rtckage. what tUuwier
bolts they must huvt faced! Many are
tho wounds of these guns. They have
bta trui iv In .i scui-t of plan-s. yet they
'VL..4iit ij toe detilh. hurling tack bolt
for belt, .ln'tte.ing deuth and destruction
jintu th. Imuicaiei iiverwhelriied them
nnd the in..-, ! h-ll leaped uihjii them,
bm ah the wiy earth around and leav
ing orl tlit'te c li.ii r.d iupji on which the
, suns 11. it'll "oiut.tirf to the enemy, de
Irfnt even In t.i lioui of deuth.
The mi-n wmi fnu.-bt tturri must have
en worths of the guns I wonder if
ir rim- ui ' r ti . . (!-. . 1 1 Jc r'., a
the- I'd" ' i .e i fi i n
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Jerj give couragu to their occupants
"Tho German infantry Arc is bad. Of '
every hundred French soldiers hit full' ,
SiS arc only slightly wounded.
"In one village I saw a French, regiment
charge seven times When In the village
and while passing a house which was (
flying the Red Cross flag they were re- t
Crv-d by a murderous fusillade which j
drove them back. Rut they returned the
eighth time and drove the enemy out."
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DUM-DUMS INTENDED
FOR TARGET PRACTICE ONLY
German Newspaper Shows Photo
graphs of Alleged Deadly Missies,
PARIS. Sept SI -"I'hutographs of al
leged dum-dum bullets taken from Fienth
prlsonirs. printed In a copy of the Iier
Ilner Lokal Annegtr received here, show
merely a package of rough, cheap bul
lets intendtd for target practice," su4
an otlklal communique.
The photograph shows the package la
beled "cartouches des stand." The com
munique says that these cartridges are
neter used In war but are inv ' -l-v i
'j.r:dMal target tets where It ii .
ti t . ('eerease h lullct's imtJil ,-, , i
t11 ev of an p' k' tei b.i.
Every Day Ameri
can Lives Equaling
the Crews of Two
Battlesh ips Are
Lost From Prevent
able Disease.
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Every Week Ameri
can Lives Equaling
the Crews of Two
B a 1 1 1 e s h ips Are
Lost From Prevent
able Accidents.
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"An American Dies Every Minute From
Preventable Cause"
Carnival and Convention
of Safety
HOME AND SCHOOL LEAGUE
Convention Hall, Broad St. and Allegheny Ave,
Exhibition of Safety Devices
and Demonstrations of Acci
dent and Disease Prevention.
Drills by Fire and Police De
partments, Boy Scouts and
Other Organizations.
September 26, 28, 29, 1914
The aim of the Home and School League in holding a
Carnival of Safety is to educate the public and the children
of the City of Philadelphia in'Safety First" principles and to
afford a broad opportunity for all to secure an intimate
knowledge of the elements of danger that lie in ignorance of
those principles.
Afternoons at 2 Evenings at 8
Admission Adults, 25 cents: rhildrcn, 10 cents
Reserved Seats, "()c ,.i d 75. , . iilmhel Brothers
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