h EVENING DEDGER-PHIUADI5LPHIA, THURSDAY, StifrTEMBEB 24, 1914 j ma ,t Bf Ikr M...sJil H 1 TIDE OF BATTLE, IN TWELFTH DAY, EBBS AND FLOWS ON BLOODY FIELDS OF troops havo underfirone, because of bad weather In both the eastern and western theatres of war, thoir enthusiasm Is undiminished. They are fighting for their Emperor, who Is confident of success through their efforts. It Is reported from flold head quarters that a number of changes In command havo been mado neces sary Tho Emperor and tho Crown Prince aro In pood health. Tho Emperor Is In touch with tho entlro situation. In the eastern part tho Russian forces took refuge behind the fort ress of Kovno. This was shelled by our troops. In tho Vosges rold weather has foltowed tho hard rains and there has been a heavy fall of snow. It nlso was announced today that ro ports from tho eastern front stated tho ItusJlans were uslnp dum-dum bullets. An Investigation Is to bo conducted, and Itttsslan olliecrs accused of having violated tho International laws relating to warfaro will be shot. CAPTURE OF MAUBEUGE UNOFFICIALLY ADMITTED BORDEAUX, Sept. 2-4. It was unolllclally admitted hero to day that tho Germans had captured Maubeuge. Tho admission came from nn attache of tho French War omce. General Dessoux, tho commandnnt at Maubeugo, Is reported to havo been badly wounded. (The capture of Maubcugo and 40, 000 prisoners was ofllelally announced at Berlin on September !. This dis patch is the first from Bordeaux con firming tho Berlin statement.) Minister of War Mlllcrand stated to day that the offensive taken by the Allies continued to bo successful. He B.ild, however, that the termination of tho great battlo now raging could not bo expected for several days. Preparations are being mado for a. winter campaign. It Is well under stood here that the war will bo long. RUSSIAN ADVANCE STEADY; AUSTRIANS RALLY ON VISTOK Heavy German Reinforce ments Aid in Attempt to Check Movement to Cracow. GERMANS TRY TO STEM INVASION OF SILESIA PETROGRAD, Sept. 21. Ralljmg their forces behind the Vlatok River, tho Autrlans are giving battle to the advancing Russian troops along a curved lino extending from the foothills of the Carpathians east of Jnslo to Dobte on the Vistok River, according to advices received at tho AVar Oillco today. The Austrian troops have been rein forced by largo forces of Germans, and the combined armies aro offering a des perate resistance, but the Russians are advancing steadily, tho General Staff states. It is expected that a few days must elapse before a general battle ensues. The Russians are occupying Rzoszow a3 their base, and troops are being rushed to that point from Jnroslaw, while the big siege guns are keeping up an un ceasing bombardment of Przemysl. i PRZEMYSL INVESTMENT COMPLETE. That tho Russian General Staff believes ' no danger raav he uutkipatid t.oin the I gariscn of Przemysl is shown by tho i r-ipld advance westward from Jaro.-dnu. The Investment of Przemysl is complete and this has cut the Austrian army off from on" of It m.vin supply stations. .Minister of War Sukhlmlmoff declared today that the advance of the Russians to the River Vistok had effectually pi" ventcd the Au-tro-Gcimun foieeB fiom making any atumpt to relieve Przemysl. While our steady ndvuiite westward continues without interruption, the operations south of Przemysl are being d!rcted to the capture of Chliow, an Important Junction point. This .illl give us control of the southern Hne leading to Cracow and the roads lend ing to Hungary. Our troops are nu-etirg with some resistance but the enemy is not strong enough to hold us back there. We already control '-00 miles of railway In Galicia. and. with the capture of Chirow, wo ehall have two-thlrds of all the lines. GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS. Although th-.- righting along the Vistok Indleutes the Austtlane hue been strongly reinforced, the positions taken by the Russian armies promise that tno Austrian and Germans as 11 wi!l be torced back to Cracow. Within a. wee k, I "cdleve, the combined I Aurj-Oirni,n forcen will be cum- ' ;iWiy crushed. According to a dtsrate't to iho. ,'nvie j Vrema, the Russian inan-s of UoJica. hs,ve been gf.rat.y aiued li iVt .-tu.il of the Aujtrter. Pu.s to flshi stain, t rbe , Czar's troops Tho jorr'.4ioid -nt autWs i that several reS'in"nts uirtiid'teil with- I out firing a, sh't. ard tur;n.'i over u lhl , cat.toa Irryre u. id '.tie of arris and .w , nur.itlnr.. LABORER OVERCOME BY ' HEAT OF AUTUMN DAY' Hlsrh Temperature und Humidity I Maka for Summer Weather. , For the fiiet umt In yeaj-j a, m&n ' has been over r.jr. hv fi heat la U lumri, with f miury hovering ( troui.d the W musk and axtrm humid- , Jty m-Uln3 conditions oppressive. Tho victim, Santo Pum, 111? South Margin. I nret. a laborei" employed by the Ky tone I'or.lrii-t'wt Company, at V-th all set ard Indiana avenue, succumbed ' yestenlaj i Polo wji rm'"&i h Smurltn ' IIi6iiial am physicians later decided ' that he wa vvei ennufch to go to hi , homo- i Predictions or a i wlegree drop In tempcraturq for lj3t i.ifc-ht or early thia morning bv the loal weather for, custer were wide of tin- nwrk, and thi niorutiiK the heat was litlk les mi comfortal !) than )eterilay. Concentrate on Czestochowa-Thorn- Kalisz Line In Poland-Prussian Campaign. PETROGRAD, Sept. 21. Telecraphlnc from Warsaw, the corre spondent f tho Novoo Vroma says: The Germans In Northwest Poluntl lark horses and are unable to do much loconnoltctins. They are etronRly fortlfyiiiR the Crestochowa Kallsr. line and also positions faithcr north. Their aim in to hold back nn invasion of Silesia n lone as possi ble, nppnrently planning to remain on the defensive. Tho German forces that retired from tho vicinity of Mlawa have been sttonply reinforced. Repot ts from aviation smuts itate that tho Germans Intend to make a stronp stand on the line runninE osuth fiom Ka Ilsz to Wlelun. There they have con centrated stroma forces cast of Ulcslnu while others are moliiK southward to Cracow. Homo heavy llghtlnR nheady has occurred about there, the Get mans at vome points falling back into Silesia. Witnesses state that Goiier.il Rennen kamp's sti metrical retirement lefore the German advance in east Prussia to avoid their turning movement has been splen didly through slowly oNccutod His rear guard has maintained a deadly lire di rected at the enemy's an gu.ird. and masses of Germans havo been mowed down by the qulck-llrers. Teli grams to the Novoe Vremja say that at Vllna and Lodz there were more than Sj.OOO Ger mans killed. The Russlnn continued to fortify and Hooded the coal mines, but the Germans advanced and occupied Blazckl, Wlelun and other places on the western border of I.odz, but they were successfully with stood bv the Russians. Considerablo forces of the enemy near Mlavn, on the northern border of Poland, a short distance west of Chorzellc, have retreated to the northward. The fnemy, with fresh reinforcements, is fortifying the frontier line between Thorn and Ka.ish. GIRL JUST WON'T WORK Belief in Last Inheritance Makes Her Feel Independence. Relieving that her father willed con siderable money of winch fchu has been systeriously deprived, Elizabeth Lan parter, lit years old, a domestic In the home of Mrs. Rose Tllberg. of 2123 East Clearfield street, refuses to work for her livlns, and so finds herself placed in charge of Mary Gillette, of the Court Aid Committee. At the hearing before Magistrate Camp bell, of the Belgrade and ciart)eld streets police station, it was testlrted that the Elrl had been stealing small sums of money from her employer, .Mrs. Tilberg, until the latter could stand the annoy anre no longer. John Sleuhr. the girl's guardian ad a nivnib. r of the Hoard uf Managers uf the St. Vincent orphanage, sratid thut the girl had been placed In til.- oiphanage and had also been an in mate of the House of the Good Shepherd, lint rif itlu-r Institution could keep her be-c.i-jsc of h-r i-fusal to work. i ' ' ' ISfer- jjogSmmggjA ) GERMAN CRUISER SHELLS BIG OIL TANKS AT MADRAS Fire From Forts Kepols Invader, Be lieved to Be the Emden. U)NDON, Sept. 24. A dispatch received hero this morning from Calcutta slates that an armored cruiser, behoved to bo tho Emden of Germany, appeared on Tuesday ;ilght last off Madras and fired several shells on tho oil tanks belonging to tho Uurma Oil Company situated near tho harbor there. Two of these lanks Immediately becamo Ignited, while two other oil con tainers uero damaged. Guns for tho fort were quickly trained on tho warship, whereupon sho extin guished all her lights and hurriedly steamed away. Tho wholo nffnlr did not last more thnn 15 minutes, but during that time two native Indians and a boy were killed. The damago dono by tho cruiser Is es timated at 150,000. Thero was an absence of any panic among tho observers of the warship's nctlon. aisne! i . 7,000,000 HINDUS LOYAL TO BRITAIN ' ' READY FOR SERVICE I Millionaire, Leader of EasE Indian Mohammedans, Declares India s He With England. lope I3 CZAR'S HEAVY HAND BEARS HEAVILY ON JEWS OF GALICIA JWflrrtf wnwA02i ' SHE WAS TO HAVE SAILED A MOiNTII AGO!" FIVE SUBMARINES CAUSED LOSS OF BRITISH CRUISERS Death List Decreased to 1 1 00 as Fishing Boats Re port Picking Up Many Survivors. STEAMSHIP GOES AGROUND OFF QUARANTINE STATION Densn Fog on the Bay Responsible for Bella's rvilshap. "WUtle proceeding up the palftware River t.iis morning the British steamship Bella, t om Port Antor.lo, Jumacla, with a cargo of "ruii. wont ashnro off the iiunranUnu -taii'iii at Marcus Hook. Tuss l.n.v gono to l.r asslstai.ee, and It Is 6Me- t-d tlu vnMpi will w fVail ii'inut I o clock this afternoon at high water. TMc oamaga to thq stamshl. if any, is not know. She Is not in any dan;r. T.t Bella, i-onunai'ded by Captain J-.rne-on. sailed from I'o.t Antonio, conk!w'r:d to th Atlantic Pruit 'ompany. on 3ep temUr 'J. iihe aimed at the Dtlanaro me'tkwaur shortly brfore midnight lost nlwht and ircel up a Pilot. The bay whs overhung at the time by a thick mint. Cautiously th pilot worked the vessel ip pat Heedy Island. She reached Mai cus lk t 6 V) a. m. Whilo ma iKuveimg to ritk up tho quarantine of :i iuls aha grounded IN ROOSEVELT'S ATTACK TRAIK HITS I.QQ?P,I3?SR Bti-uck by B. & 0. TralnHJs Cod dltlon Is Serious, Thomas Kirs:a, VI isra old. livlos nt & Urkk Ito Pfimoni, w? struck by a tiaiu on ilia Baltimore and Ohio brldsH near l.sturtt station early today. II is in tl'O U'umtn'i) Ilomeoftathie SJos. lital in a serious loiiditmn. Kenliaw Is a loomrt-r. s.nl vas Aalls ins h"m from th J. ami J ltooson mill, whera he is enip!o.rl. His iali as lacerated, his lja-k wrenched ana be re ceived se ioue internal Injuries. FUNDS IW CITY TREASURY nclpts at th Uy tpai.ur durir.g the vls tidi-.j lasv ii But ogBreeate-i .'!',- ' J, w'th pymenti omountlPB to Ji. ss SI -urdl-s to the weeKly statem-nt tf ijty TreakMter Jlc ruch. Thv ba'anc Not True to Party Principles, the Colonel Declares, f-ittei MOIXKS, la . .opt. 51 In a I pi'i'ch made here lust night by Theo dore llookevelt. a personal nttack was llracta! at t'niteil Stitei Senator Cum mins for what the colonel alleged to bo shortcomings in tho Senator's pledged al leglaneo to tho peoplu. Ho declared. Sen ator Cummins, the regular Republican nominee for re-election, failed of his opportunity when the cummin- organi sation remained Republican after Taft's nomination In Chlcaso. "Senator Cummins and thoi.e who train with him, around the track," said the ex-Preaident. "cannot be true to the old lime principles of Llruoln's day as lone as they continue their association with the utterly reactionary Republican ma chines as now i on trolled m the nation and in the large I and most populous hi-tes We must t.ot let our toalt to a name blird us to existing faits The Iowa ProsreeMves, wren n Vm they op-i- e Mr C'umn-Ts. itand rxrx-nv ivh.ra In tb Uury. n"t Urluilng- Uj eicJtlns tbe Republicans stood ta IKS, when Uiey j una Jtccooni, i jhwii. . ww u, fwusia- LONDON, Sept. 21. Nearly half of the officers aboard tho cruisers Aboukir, C'icssy and HoKue when they wer.- sunk by a German submarlnu attack In the North Sea Ion their lives. This was revealed today vhn tho Gov ernment I'ress Bureau Issued n sum mary of the casualties among tb; naval officer!., it showed that JT had been killed and 60 rescued. Twenty-one oiilcors of the Aboukir were killed and 17 saved. Tho Crcssy lost 23 oiilcors, only 11 being rescued. Uf tho i officers of tho Hogue 11 were killed and 23 rescued. Reports of the rescue of more memheis of tho ciowa of the three crulseis had roduccd the estimates of tho dead to day to about 1100, but tho oxuet number of saved -and lo&t will not bo learned until tho oltklal leports havo all btei lecehed at the Admiralty. Stories told by the survivors of ttji dlbastr havo failed to clear up man of tho conlllctlng points. Tho announce ment In Heilln that the three aliipn w.-if sunk by one submarine is contrudtctrd ly the story told by Albert JJouttherty, -hlef eunner of the Cresny, who as i-(.iih1 and taken to Chatham, fioujfherty df-elaits h saw flvo submailnes, and t'iii he hittp'trt the connins tower of one of them. I'outrhcrty said: "Si:dderil I haid a ureal eraflh, und, looking in thu dlrciion of It, 1 saw tne Ahotik'r heeling over and trains down ropldly. We cume to the conclusion that she had b'en struek by a torpedo and kept a sharp lookout fi- tho cruft while otf umln. f tho iwsistnncp of thu Aboukir. "The Hnscuo was also closing up toward th hlnklnc ship with tho obrjet of atslbt ma the crew who wi-re cropping Into the wsti-r wnen we heard a second crash. As tha Hogue began to settle we knew that j.he also had bt-en torpedoed. "We drew near, anil at that moment some one shouted: 'Look out, air, there's a submarine on your port beam.' "I saw her. She was about ('.0 yards away, only her perlsiope showed above the was I took careful aim at her with o U-pound shot, but It went over her by about two yards. That gave mo the range. "I fired "gain and hit the periscope. Then the submarine disappeared. I'p she came again, and this time her conning tower was visible, s I fired my third hot and smashed In her conning tower. "The men standing by shouted: 'She's hit, sir.' and then they U- out a 8rat rheer as the submarine sank, and. while she was going down two German sailors floated up from her. both swimming hard. "After that we shot a trawlor which was about 1000 yards nway. and evi dently n CSeiman hoot in diSKUtsa di recting operations. She mubt havo cov ered the approach of tho enemy's sub marines. We trained our guns on her r.nd hit her with tho first shot, netting her afire I don't know- what hi fate was. "Ry this time mo already had bn struck by n torpedo, bm the clamatrr waa not In a vital spot and we could have fcept afloat all right. Wo saw another submarine n our starboard side and v made a desperate effoit to get her. We failed; und her torpedo got us in our engineroom. "Then the Crejsy began to turn over. Our captain was un tho bridge, and In those critical momenta he spoke some words or advice to the crew: 'Keep cool, my lads, keep cool.' ho said In a steady voice. 'Pick up a spar, my lads, and put It under your arms That will help to keep you afloat unti1 th dutroyirs pi"k you up ' "That was the last 1 saw of aouiin Johnson 'The Oermans were dlFfharFtng fr iiedes at us "h"a the water was IN k thnmjh tho suns pegged nt them, only one man was hit, as far as I know. "W'p sumk nt 7:13, and when T dropped into tho sea. clinging to a hit of wood. thero u.-rt men all mound mo. Their spirit was splendid. Wo shouted cheery merinos to mil! another. "t w.s alloat In the m'.t. for four hours mid then the destroyeirf hove in i-lght. Numbers ot men weie near mo, alt hold ing to pieces of spar, according to th captain's Instiuctlons, and I yelled to them- '"Uuck up; they'ro coming for us." " oinnnnTA burrurua NAVAL DISASTER S BRITISH ADMIRAL'S APPEAL Sir Percy Scott Contended That Eng land Needed More Submarines. Tho lecent North S'ea disaster is re gal ded as supporting the claims mado mado by Admiral Sir Percy Scott in Ills reply to Loid Sydenham a few days prior to the opening of tho European war. At the time Sir Percy, while not un derrating tho value of the battleship or cruiser, uiged in immediate, inn ease hi tho number of submarines. The latter, ho contended, were of greater ellu-leney in maneuvers lcqulrlng speed and secrecy. Ho said also that they would proe In valuablo in attacks nn commerce. Tho truth of his lontentlon he sup ported by citing the success of the Jap anese in their late, war, when equipped with torpedoes inferior to thoHe now in use, they foried tho Russian lleet to 10 tlre to Port Arthur. At tho time of hi ppeech Sir Percy's attitude was severely ci itlelsed by em inent naval experts of nnglitnd. FIGHT OVER A GIRL LEADS TO MAN'S ARREST Denied Admittance to Ilor Home, Visitor Fives nt Hov Brothers. A fight ovei a girl be knew In Sicily six j ears ago. in which ho Is accused of firing three shots at her brothers, led to the arralgiimi nt today befoie Magistrate Care-on, at the Second and (.'biistiaii streets station. of John Monte, J122 Kuter striet. He was held In iW) bail for court. The till la Miss Jennie Ross, 1! yenrs old, 7U South Ninth fell -!. Her brothers are John and Pletro linn. The family ceino here fiom Italy lx months ago. Monte had bsen hoie for six yeais, He bad known Miss Ross i n child In their nullv.t laud .ud he used this acquaintance the girl testified, to force his attentions on her. Monte called at thn Ross house last night and wan refused admittance. Then, .itcoidlng to the girl, he called tho brothers across the street and a fight started. In the middle of it Monte is accused of drawing a revolver and firing (litre shots. One bullet passed through the Bliirt of John Ross, just grazing the skin. Policeman Isola heard the shots and chased Monte through streets and ulen to Delhi and South streets, where he captured the man. MRS, HENRIETTA GASPER Widow qf Woninn's Suit Manufno turer, Aged CO Years, Mrs Henrietta Casper, widow uf Henry fapt r, for many years n woman's suit manufacturer, died eteiday Ot her home, I'M Diamond strut. Hbe was M years old- Thouhg she died suddenly, lini death was brought on by the tnflrmitltn of her age. 1'or I! years Mrs. Casper had retired fiiim business nd hod dwoied her time to (heritable work. She wai the oldest number nn the boaid of Ulu-etors of the Jewish Maternity Hospital. Sixth end Sprute dt reels, and a member of the cong regation Keneseth 1st at I Our sou, Simon II. Casper, shirt inanulauurei, i) fllb.rt street, and a daughter. Mr. A. A. UalKn. berg, survive. KNIFE UNDER HIS PILLOW MERCHANT MARINE SUCCESS A NATIONAL TEST, SAYS MAGNATE Responsibility in Great Op portunity Rests on Govern ment and Business Men, According to Delaware and Hudson President. XJ3W YORK, Sept. 21. Judge L. F. I.orce, president of the Delaware nnd Hudson Railroad, arrived bete today nbotud tho Southern Pacific steamship Antilles fiom Genoa. Speaking about the plans now being promoted for the expan sion of the American Merchant Mnilne, ho said that not since tho Napoleonic wars ha.i io great an opportunity been presented to tho I'liftcd States to build up Its shipping and to extend Its foreign trade. "Tho extent to which we utilize this opportunity to establish a Merchant Ma rino and extend our foreign commerce will bo n fair measure of the capacity of our husiness men and the Washington administration. Tho responsibility for any failuio, partial or total, must icst upon on or both of theso forces." In intoning to the economic losbes sus tained by the waning nations, Judgo l.oreo said: "The thing that most appeals to the man whoso habit of thought has been along business lines, after making due allowance for the vast destruction of life and tho distress which will mittirally follovv with the luss of heads of fam ilies and the support of the disabled, l the tremendous waste of capital und the effect uf that loss un the future. Mod ern Industrial condition tcquire the cuplt.il investment of ubotit $1000 for emit work man employed. "Tho total daily oxpcndituio of tho' puwers engaged has the piactical effect of destroying the means through which I'i men can bu kept permanently at work. Tho Indirect effect must bo half again ns large, so that tho ability to employ permanently coou men Is destroyed euch day us tho a,r progreses. tif course, tills docs not moan that these men will be absolutely Idle, but rather that the loss must be distributed over those who uro kept at work. "The effect necessailly will be espo dally epvoio on the jounger men geek Ing employment for the first time. Tho destruction of capital thiough taxation of savings, tho Inheritance tuxes and the Income tax Is Just as ceitaiu and has Just as baneful an effect at its de struction through uur. "Thu authors of these tuxes may not seem so culpable it the authors uf wars. but considering the relative periods of duintion of their nclivitteti, theso civil destioyeis undoubtedly work more harm to civilization linn thu mili tary ones." Russians Slaughter Many, According to Report, and Vast Numbers Desert, Fearing Muscovite Domination. NEW YORK, Sept. 2l.-Reporls re ceived at tho Austio-Hungnrlan Con sulate Indicate that the Russians In Austrian Onllcln nre turning on the Jews, and many, nccoidtng to tho dis patches, havo been slaughtered. The dispatches which, are said to come from official Austrian sources, gave very few details, but said that tho Jews wcro suffering heavily at the hands of the Infuriated Russian troops, whose officers could hardly control their actions. Iirgc numbers of Jews In Rus sian Poland, according to the reports, are deserting tho Russian cause, fearing tho increased domination ot the Russian Government In tho event of a sweeping victory over tho Austrlans and Germans. Slnco the Czar's promises of freedom to tho Jews at the beginning of the war, tho status of the Jews nnd their probablo ac tion Imvo bden a subject of much In terest. A resume of Ihc operations of tho Aus-tro-Hungarlan army Issued by tho For eign OlnYe In Vienna was made public fit tin.' Consulate. It says that tho battlo near Przcmynl will engage practically nil tho Austrian forces agulnst a largo Rus sian army. "The smnll cruiser Xentn," continues toe statement, "while blocking Monte negro, has been nttnekid by tho French man-of-war Kscurmouclm und sunk after a heroic fight. So other naval engage ment has taken place. "Communications of tho enemy speak of tho rout of our army In Gnllcla and of Serb victories, of the capture of Cat taro, etc., which messages aro all auda cious lies. "To date wo have -11,000 Russian and J00O Poib prisoners. The courage of our tioops Is admirable. Tho situation In the Interior of our monarchy Is excellent." It was further nnnounced that three. Auntrlnn slilps, tho Ills, Dlnorah and Huron Way. which wero In the Russian port of Tangaroff, In the Rlnck Sea, have been captured without giving them tho usual grace to leave tho port as pro scribed by international lnw. None of the men of thu crew, who were, liable to military i-erIce, was made prisoner of war, but nil wero sent to prison. The wife of the cnptnln of the Iris, with five children, is said to be retained In a little hut in the country with scarcely anything to eat. Cnptain Ftuparlch, of the Martha Wash ington, of tho Austro-Ameilcan Line, tied up here, has received a letter from bis wife In Trieste dated Septembur r in which she says that a ft lend, Doctor Fravento, nn Austrian dnctoi of tho Red Cross, has been captured near the Ser vian border and that both of his eyes were put out by tho Servian", after which he was pushed out on the street to shift for himself. Hungarian newspapers which havo ar rived nt tho CmiMilato speak of atioclties wild to have been practiced by the Ser vians and'Riisslans. HEARS GERMAN GUNS CAN SHOOT ACROSS CHANNEL plan Sentenced to Six Months on Charge of Chasing Family, John Lemnn, of .Ujj Chew street, w-as sentenced to six months in the House of Correction today b Magistrate Pennock at (he GerrruMitovin station un the charge of disorderly condm t I.miin was ar- ict-tcd late yiattrrjay alto noon oy on 1st tble llrain ariet . lu-ed his famliw Would Cover Naval Attack on Eng lish Coast, Stockholm Snys. .STOCKHOLM, Sept. SI. Tho belief exists here thut Germany has n card up her sleovo In her navy, not unlike the 12 centimeter inlmost' 17 lnch) guns which havo been so destructive against fortifications In Relslum nnd Franco. What this contrivance for sea scrvlco may be Is not known, but well informed people say they have Informa tion of the existence of a number ot msteriuus einft not described in detail, but classed as part of the Gorman navy. An nttompted Invasion of Great Britain confidently ja expected. Tho plan of Ger many seems to be tho seizure of the Fronch side of tho English Channol, where big 17-inch guns with a 2-rn!lo range would cover tho German lleet, ami it in turn would protect the transports carrying troops across the channel, which at Calais-Dover is only JO miles wide. Against German land battel Its of such lalibio the liilltsh llett would be powir less, Norway and Sweden are In an extremely difficult position. They hale Russia and have been piomlspd by Germany tho In- ili.iionflenfra tf l.'i 111. n.l I.. .. ... .... rf... MAKES NEW ENGLISH HERO im"5"8 success They teat a Russian ... ,,,, j .,.u .ui.ii. i- ilKKri-aBloll.- uy iiuu nation on Scandinavian sull. It mut be lemombercd. howovu. that Great liiiluin is the best easterner of Bt-iindlii.ivlu. Norvvav and Sweden do not wish to Ioo hei trade. COLLET'S AVIATION EXPLOIT Raid of Germsn Frontftr Relieves Gloom Over Naval Disaster, I.UN'nON, Sept. si. Lieutenant C. II. Collet is the hero of England today. 1IU action in success fully leading a stpiad of live RritUh avia tois across the rseimuu frontier and diop plng bombs at liuem,, Idmf tins lifted a Uttlo of the gloom couse'l bj the sinking of Rngland's threw big iruintis. Lieutenant Collet, who oiiinally was attached to Royal Marine Artillery, ranks as one of the mott d-iilng and skilled aviators In England, although ha took up flying only a little over a jcar ui;o. He was one of the first men In ITngiana to mane iieo-foot gpiialsj in a h- I-, eald to li.ive i hea bipKim He u expert at loonin-- t of the house thc-loop and bus jmoletu mastery of ris ro'i'-nine ,ii ,ui ii i OFFICERS MAKE EASY TARGET Bright French Uniforms Account for Mnny Wounded, UORPKAU.W Sept. 31 -Col. Rousset. In the Petit Parislen, referring to tho death of General Rridou, attributes the dispro portionate loss of Flench superior otllcets to the fai t that their uniform has too mm h gold Uu und ttripis. wlibh dis tinguish the odl'Cis and make them a .Jr, I T?i-d found it- man nsleep with n t-ofher K"lto t'i ki"; r-;rn uuaer r's tie new i miKi iat spring without I good target f"r the enemy's marksmen . rl iiw The ron-tlb1'! took the kn'f . n. stnn. n attempting to make a ,00-- t. Colonel Itrm. nr.iniu m,i i,3. i.. .v.- with drownlne men. Although I nerscn- nnd. althouzh I.etian put us a Ilsht, he I ron-itop lllght. Fnsine trouble then I English armv a n.mi niii.-- un i,ii,. i!y obsemd Ave submarines, an4 al ' .was ijulcWy overpowered. j I forced him to descend, I be dlstluBuishtd from R private soldier. LONDON. Sent. ?i "Germany mntlo n mistake about Indij . iw iim auuui ireianu, and anybody who counts on India to be false to Eng. land will como n, cropper." In thesa words his Highness the Ag Kltnn,- tho recoKnlzod inmnnni ,.... of GO.000,000 of East Indian Mohnmm. ll dans, sums up for tho AVorld corrc- f spondent tho Indian Empire's status In 'II tho world's war, Ql Tho Aga Khan hns dlrerle.i il. Khoja Moslems, who ulono number .... 'l crol millions, nnd ot whom he Is tin fplrltual as well as the temporal head, to place their personal services and re sources at tho disposal of the Govern ment, nnd has volunteered to serve him self ns a private In any regiment of Infantry of the Indian expeditionary force. Tho Aga Khan laughed heartily over the suggestion that tho GermanUtle propaganda might undermine the loyalty of Great Britain's Indian subjects. Ha remarked smilingly t ;j '.Many of my fellow countrymen have been In Africa nnd havo been tho Gcr. man administration in tho German East and Southwest African colonies. They know what Germanlzatlon of India would mean, and thoy know, too, that If Ens land wcro driven out of India, Germany, thould sho bo successful in this war, would step in. Tho thinking clement among Indians of all classes realize that our country, divided ns It Is Into hun dreds of principalities, each Inclined to bo Jealous of tho others, could not hops to stand alone, even If British rule wcro withdrawn. GERMAN PURPOSE KNOWN. "Germany's twofold purposo In strive ing to create dissension In India 13 first to give trouble to England, which might cost her victory In the war; second, to seize India ns part of the Kaiser's dream of world empire. "This scheme Is as well known to India as at Berlin. India will need no assistance from England to frustrate It, because the Indians fully comprehend the peril of being crushed beneath the mailed ' fist of Prussian militarism." Tho Aga Khan's manner becamo mors grave ns bo continued: "After nil. the one hope of India lies ' "In the King nnd Emperor and his Gov- ', cinment. There can bo no united Indli i until England has tlishcd her work ot j knitting together into one strong nation I, the confusing jitmhlo of races, religions '4 nnd castes sho lias governed so sue- cotsfully for 150 ycats. 1 "An apt comparison Is American j domination of tho Philippines. But theie exist now between England and India affections and sentiments arfjln? from their long community of interests which are not yet found between Fill plnos and Americans. BLAMES GERMAN VIEWPOINT. "Such feeling I believe to be Incom prehensible to the Germans. It 6eemj to me they totally lack a sense ot pro portion, arising from a sjmpatheti- un derstanding of tho needs of unother people. It is Incomprehensible to them that Belgium should have resisted their advance into France. Apparently they fail utterly to understand the fcdlny that, for instance, would actuate an American if an alien nation attempts to hend an army through the I'nlted States to attack Canada. "Personally, my antipathy is pot to ward tho German people, who possess many fine qualities, but ngulnst tha Prussian school of Bernhardt. Nletr aches and tho Kaiser's Oeneral Staff a school designed basically for tha crushing of liberalism and independent of any kind, whether manifested In Germany or abroad " "Will Indian troops be able to stand ng.ilnsit tho German army, conaklerlw they hn'Vfl never befoie been permlttel to light white men?" "I think to," the Agu Khan rcrlM with a nuiot f-mlle. "If need lo there ran be 7'MX) or ".'lon.oflo that wouldn't , be n great number to offer from our 33.li'l.ilOI population. No. Despite ths effusions from Wllhelmsir.isse. you msf list assured that theie U not tin- llM' v est doubt as to India's loalty to England." WINE CELLAR A POOR HAVEN FOR REFUGEES Rheims Populace Forced to Lmt Shelter nt Bayonet's Point. LONDON, s.pt H Wnrrl Price, special con eapomlent l tho Sun nnd tho London I 'ail Mall 111 u dispatch today from Hheims, ni an, English member of a champagne flria expelled 4000 refugees fiom th ellar thus preventing' an almost tei-tain epl demlc. "Imagine," ho says, "lOffi i.opk uf a'1 ilgis, of both sexes, with ii"trins ut 4 blanket or two for ruvirmg. hvinj for ft whole week, night .imi '!" '" itmnlv iindererniinil lolllira lutetlilea merely for tho storing of thumiMgno and ventilated naturallv only nillliuml for that purpose, ;ntirel witn-mi sanitary accommodations- 'Conditions down theie w.re fri.-ht-ful." (.'aid my English u.iiujiiis'" "Theio was another cellar I" low i'" "n into which i went and thu.- 'M people theie. Thoy w.mttd i"1 l" f down and speak to them, but I would"'' They gathered tiruund me as 1 el"V but 1 made them all go um i" " elu und MUde them u little bimih .. ., .1 ....,,1.1,. I liL I.' " liun, iuuj -" - - , ,je l ,3 h(J ml ths I vvent to see the iH-nei.il little doubtful about it in' ; them to tome out Ttn biea.i oeeu uroKeii uii in ioe ....-.. . .,, people ient home because she t ' gun to fall in the ktieets ugei" oM Jf ou don't clear ihem "ul " oU'U iclUts at once, fivnual." 1 S'J11 'y0i iui ur a far heavier re pon-i 'i e. will have 10t."O deathi id i "jr '. 'hl.I imri ,ind in-iv.'e i.n cpid'-i" T lj or i i' i i -- tl i ' "11'" fjenrril ten" r v With lived b i-orKtl pn'i v .,.) out Now vit re going n MVe nf " j todked with, a d'elnfectaat.
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