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EARNING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER .26, 1914'.
CHINA, SUSPICIOUS
OF JAPANESE MOVE,
MOBILIZES TROOPS
COMEDY AND TRAGEDY FROM
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR DRAMA
Material Landed for Narrow
Gauge Railroad to Kiao
Chau Brings Protest to
Tokio.
I'RKIN, Sept, 25.
There have been extensive movements
4 of Chinese troops In the coast provinces,
but the War Department announces they
lire designed only against possible tovo
lutlnnmy outbreaks anil to prevent anti
foreign demonstrations. Whatever the
purpose, the flovernment Is active in put"
tins the army Into shape for contingen
cies one ranee aslgned la the postblltty of
thi Japan"- lonotriiitlnn a tallroad on
the northern const ot the Chinese provlncu
of Shantims to Klnn-t'hnu. the Oermun
leasehold on the Shntituns Peninsula.
Considerable surplclon ha heon nronsed
nmong Chinese officials by the supposed
Intentions of Japan hernusi "" the prece
dent of thn Antung-Mukden Hnllway,
which became ultimate! a permanent
broad-gauge line.
JAPANESE LAND MATEIUAI..
r.eports received nt the capital from
Lungkow say the Japanese landed the
railva material from the transport?
which brought the Japanese army to the
Chinese coast.
I'M Hlokl, the Japane'f MinlFter at
Tekln. Intimated to the Chinese foreign
Olllce a few da.va ago the necessity of
Japan constructing such a railway, the
Minister explaining that siege artillery
could not be transported over the Chinese
roods. The Foreign Olllco replied the
Government hoped the Japanese would
respect the sovereignty of China.
An undated Uermai oilicial report re
ceived hue says:
Govern' r Mc.ver 'Wnldeck. of Klao-Cliau
reports the Ja panes outposts have cross
ed the frontier of the German leased ter
ritory The Germans maintained their
positions. In the skirmishes between the
advance gu irds the Japanese, despite
their suiwrlur numbers, suffered great
losses."
Tho Gov, rnment Is restricting the travel
of foi doners In the Interior of China and
is especiallv instructing the provincial au
thorities in protect missionaries und othr
aliens established in the interior.
The German authorities. It is reported,
have been making elTorts to transfer the
Tslngtau-Tsinnn Hallway to the Chinese,
but the Tekin Government fears to com
plicate matters with the Japanese.
A liritish detachment numbering 500
South Wales border regiment men and
CO Indian Sikhs were landed near
Laoshan. China, yesterday. It is expected
the Anglo-Japanese attack on the tlrst
line of the Tslrig T.io defenses will begin
today ur tomorrow
"LEAVE NO FRENCH
LIVING," REPORTED
ORDER TO GERMANS
Rheims Again Bombarded
and Destruction of Entire
Forces Said to Have Been
Directed.
BOHDEArX. Sept. 23.
German artillery Is again bombarding
tho Cathedral of Notre Dnmc at Ithcims,
according to an official announcement Is
sued at the War Office today. It stated
that the bombardment was resumed last
night.
A statement Issued at tho Foreign Of
flee declare th.it Genern! Stenger, cm
munder of the Fifty-third Brigade of Ger
man infantrv, Issued tho follow ins order
to his forces:
"Take no prisoners. Shoot all who fall
Into your hands, singly or in groups Dis
patch the wounded whether armed or un
armed. The Germans must leave no
French behind them '
AUSTRIANS LOSE HEAVILY
N MOVE AGAINST BELGRADE
Retire After Six Hours' Bombard
ment; Also Defeated on Save.
NIKH, Servla, Sept. S3.
Another attempted invasion by the Aus
trtans has been repi-tsed after bloody
fighting, according to an official an
nouncement of the Servian War uffleo
today, Belgrade was the Austrian objec
tle. Violent fish tint took plaee all day Tum.
day along a battle line extending Hir-uch
Zvornlk, Losnltsa. SJltrovlua and Sha
tats. fAll these towns are In northwestern
Servla. on the Austrian frontier Zvornik
t on tho Drina ftlver, about TO miles from
Belgrade. I.osnlizu is aUu on the D'tna,
between 65 and TO miles southmst f Uel
grade. Slltrovitja Is on tho Sive River,
from W to miles northwest of Bel.
grade. Shaba tu l.es upon the Save, about
40 miles from Belgrade, at a point where
the river makes a deep bend.)
The oilicial statement follows :
"Violent light. ng occurred on Tu'sday
nn tho JJvornik-losnlUJ-itUrovitea-Bha
hats fronts. Tho situation continues fa
vorable. On the Save River the enemy
commenced an artillery and Infantry at
tack, but was repulsed, tm Holiday, Aus
trian artillery bombarded the forts and
city of Belgrade for six hours, also tho
quays on Ihe S.ive Then the Austnans
Kttempte I to -rjs the Danube near Bel
grade, but vveie drivn back."
GERMANS LOSE 30,000
AT VERDUN, SAYS REPORT
Forts' Terrific Eire Works Havoc
Among Besiegers.
PARIS Sept. 25- Reliable reports
rcuchluK rnrlb today, which have not
yet been 08'nially confirmed, state that
the Geniun lost 30-000 men In assaults
against the forts at Verdun. 10.000 of
these being killed and 30.KO wounded.
The German suffered the heaviest
losses in fighting whkh has followed sor
ties of the French army from the forts
surrounding h c'ty
The forts are keeping up a heavy ar
tillery lire in reply tt,the German bom-bardim-Jlt.
ItJs
A four-lenfed clover, pressed, dried and
scented tho same one carried by hli
grandfather 41 years ago Is tucked away
In a pocket ot Kaiser Wllhelm's gray
greatcoat these days.
The little daughter of nn old coult cru
cial. Louis Schnolder, plucked this leaf
In the Royal l'nik. Kabelsburg, In July,
1ST0. After the Herman victory nt Sedan
tho child presented tho green spiny to
old Kin? William.
Months later tho Schneider child and
her father were summoned before the
Emperor.
"Hera Is your little piece of clover,"
said the monarch. "It has won mo vie
tory. I glvo It back to you, my child,
and tioiv 't will brln.! you nick, too."
The Kaiser then cut off one of his white
curia and handed It with the clover to
the girl.
Years later Miss Schneider presented
tho talisman to the daughter of the
Countess Dehna a a baptismal gift.
When the wnr broke out In August last
the Countess, through the Empress, pre
sented the clover to the Kaiser
(The truth of this piece of news is
vouched for by the German Wnr Press
tttirc.iu.)
A statement bv tho British Oilicial
I'lesi Bureau says:
"Tho German"" rely on concentrated
and pmlonged nrtlllory fire to shatter
our nervei. but tho British soldier N a
dllilcult person to Impress or depress
oven by Immense shells filled with high
explosives which detonate with terrific
violence and form craters large enough
to serve rs graves for live horses. The
German howitzer shells nre eight and
nine Inches in calibre. After Impart
they end up columns of greasy black
smoke. On thl account they nre ir
reverently dubbed "coal boxes.' 'black
Marias' and Mack Johnson".' Men
taking things In thl spirit seem likely
to upset the calculations based on the
Ios of morale carefully framed by tho
German military phllosopheis."
A Masonic sign, given by a Belplan
resident of Louvnln. and Immediately
recognized and hnnoieii by a German
officer, saved M Belgians from death In
Louvnln. All had been arrested charged
with "hooting nt the German".
The Belgian Mason while facing the
firing squad gave a certain sign and the
Gel man ofllcer Immediately engaged
him In conversation. Ho explained mn
ionlcally that he wn not guilty and
that not a single one of the party had
been guilty of any atrocltlea The Ger
man ofllcer immediately ordered them all
released.
Although he received nine wound." In
the cho"t nnd back and lost a finger a
fiw week" ago, Kor.nn Krjutchkoff. .1
Cossack, who nttackd 27 Chlans single
handed, has returned to the front nnd
Is again with his regiment.
Krjutchkoff regarded hi" wound" In
flicted by I'hlan lance", with contempt
"Thev are not wounds " he Insisted,
"for the Germans cannot fight "
standing out against the rest when five
comrades came up nnd assisted him In
dispatching the others,
"Tho Uhlans thought I was cornered,"
said Krjutchkoff. "But I gave them no
time to attack me. An onicer tried to
'lit me down, but I hit him over the
head. Ills helmet protected him and
then I got ntigry and killed him. They
were charging me with .lances, so 1
seized one, too, and drove It In one after
another. I tns too angry to feel the
thrusts they gave me. Finally five com
radeo arrived nnd tho Germans who
wore not killed or wounded rlcd."
Belgians are telling with great pride
many stories of Burgomaster Max, ol
Brussels, who Is now regarded as one
of the national heroes, as a result of
his handling of the delicate situation
presented when tho Germans marched
upon the capital.
One of these stories Is that when Max
met the German commander and It was
agreed that the Invndlng troops should
enter the city without resistance, the
German officer laid his revolver on tho
table across which .they were to confer
with a great flntirlfch. Immediately the
Burgomaster whipped out his fountain
pen, nnd, with a gesture equally emphatic,
banged It down on the table nlongsldo
the revolver.
Klghteen-yenr-old Corporal Lupin, who
served in the regiment of Major Jeanne,
wounded during the heroic defenso of
I.legc, will henceforth hold n place In
Belgian history ns high as that accorded
any Individual. Corporal I.upln gave his
life to his country. The Germans to
whom he gave his llfo paid for It ultb
the annihilation of a batery of field ar
tillery, horses nnd men, nnd the decisive
defeat of an attacking column of Infantry.
Major Jeanne tells the following story of
Corporal Lupin's heroism:
"c were on the right bank of the
Mcuse nt Bellalre. In close touch with
the Germnn battery The musketry on
both sides was terrible. All at once the
Germans adopted new tactics. Thev
seemed to withdraw from their position,
and we could distinctly notice their ranks
splitting ns If In grcnt confusion. It
was only to bring up more artillery which
had been ni"hlng from behind. The move
was smartly executed, the ranks closed
again, nnd for a time they seemed ns If
they were going to have tho advantage
over us.
"But now again young Lupin had seen
his chance looming, and what ho did
altogether changed the face of things.
Like a flnsh, the bov dashed off under
cover of a ditch to the left of the Ger
man battery. At 300 metres distance he
found shelter behind a wall. He took aim
at the battery In enfilade, nnd his Mauser
brought down In quick succession the
chief ofllcer, the under ofTlcers nnd the
artillerymen. This time real confusion
took place at the German battery, which
was nearly silenced The Gcrmnns. think
ing that a whole platoon was now at
tacking them, directed their last piece of
artillery on tho wnll, and with a terrific
crash the wall came down, burying the
brao Corporal Lupin. The boy's bravery
had weakened the German position, and
277 MILES OF SHIPS
OFF COAST OF ENGLAND
BrltlBh Purser Reports Great Array
Noar Portsmouth.
NEW YORK, Sept, 2S.-Whcn tho Royal
Stall steam packet Mngdntena, which nr-
rived here from Southampton, left the
latter place a few days ago thero were
217 miles of ships moored In the Solent,
stretching from north of Netley to Ports
mouth, according to C. V. Jfarly, purser
of the Mngdntena.
The purser said soldiers, sailors, army
nurses and British scouts were permitted
to ride free In the trains In English cities,
and that the scouts wcro doing Useful
work carrying dispatches. Only three
trains were run dally between Southamp
ton nnd London, and passengers were not
permitted on the platforms until tho train
came In. Persons In automobiles were
stopped by tho military and the machines
seised for war purposes,
Five of the big royal mall liners In the
DrazlMradc, the Amazon, Arlanza, Avon,
Arngon nnd Asturlas, hnve been comman
deered by the Government, two for lios
pltal purposes and three for transport
work, Ilnrty said.
GERMANS ROUTED
BY BELGIANS AND
FORCED TO RETIRE
CARNEGIE DEFENDS
KAISER'S EFFORTS
TO MAINTAIN PEACE
Calls Him "Most Sorrowful
Man in Europe" "Mili
tarism" in Germany
Blamed for the Outbreak.
The Cnsack killed 11 of the ;7 men It did not take us lone to scntter them
against whom he fought almie and was nnd put another victory on our list"
GAS-FILLED SHELLS
KILL GERMANS BY
SCORES, IS BELIEF
American Says French Have
Resorted to Use of Tur
pin's Terrible Invention to
Destroy Foes.
A possible explanation of the terrible
"laughter among the Germans has been
furnished by a prominent American, long
resident in Paris nnd widely acquainted
in Government circles.
A dispatch describes an entire company
of Prussian Infantry ling dead as If sur
prised by the fire; offieers with playing
cards in their hands , a group of 00 dead
lying around a hastaek: a trench n mile
and a quarter In length, beyond the
Ourcq River, filled with dead for its
whole length, and on none of these
corpses was there tho slightest mark of
a nutlet or piece of shell.
It was suggested that tho Germans
might have been killed by tho shock of
tho explosion ; but tho American referred
to is inclined to beltcvo that In reality
tho damage was done by shells ailed with
n new explosive invented hy Eugene
Turpin, the Inventor of melinite, which
liberates deadly gases that asphyxiate all
within range of the shells.
KAISER, CONFIDENT
OF CAPTURING PARIS,
HAD DRASTIC PLANS
Spanish Correspondent De
tails Dream of War Lord
and Reproduces Alleged
Proclamation of Triumph.
PARIS, Sept. 25.
Gomez Carlllo, the. Paris correpondent
of the newspaper Liberal, of Madrid, de
clares that he has It on Indisputable
authority that tho plan of Emperor Wil
liam, after taking Paris, was to capture
President Polncaie, the members of tho
French Ministry, the British and Rus
sian Ambdssadors, tho presidents of the
Senate nnd Chamber of Deputies and
all the bank directors; then place nn em
bargo on tho Bank of France, nnd, finally,
to detain numerous piominent statesmen,
bankers and authors, a list of whom was
compiled at the German Embassy before
the German army wjs mobilized.
This accomplished an army of 6"0,0C0
was to keep order In eastern and northern
France, whllo Co army corps were thrown
against Russia. Tho German plan was.
tu have an army in Pails anil nnother In
Petrograd by the middle of September or
the first of October.
The Spanish correspondent adds:
"So confident was tho Kaiser of Ger-
! man iUury at the battle of the Marno
At tho beginning of the war the Paris that he drew up a message to his pco-
newspapers mentioned a now explnive I Plfc berore the end of the struggle"
of Turi in's invention which had Just been ' Thc following Is alleged to be a rough
tried out. and predated that it would an- I ',raft t the proclamation:
nihilate whole regiments. Bomba charged I "Thanks to the help of Almighty God.
with it were dropped from aeroplanes I thanks to the Empeior, who Is the fa-
upnn a field containing several hundred tn" " our armies; inniiKS to tne nerolsm
sheep, and, according to the report, all ! nf ,he Immortal. Invincible army this day
killed by the fumes. '" given io in conclusive victory, such
as we nnci a rignt io expect as worthy
sons nf Palndlns, who ereated and main
tained our glory. Before tho magnitude
of oar vlt tory, after a struggle of the
biggest armies the world has even seen.
German hearts may well be transported
with noble pride. History has already
Infcerlhed upon Its memorial tablets the
dato before which all others pale."
the animals were
So deadly was this explosive that the
French Government at tlrst hesitated to
use it on the ground that tho slaughter
would be ton terrible.
S"mo of the Paris papers said at that
time that If the Germans over attacked
tho city thero would bo unheard-of
slaughter; so apnarenlly It was supposed
that these shells which, presumably, are
used In the TS-mllllmeter field guns
would be reserved a a last resort for the
defense of the capital But now, aeconj
ins to the theory, the French have at last
overcome their humanitarian scruples and
decided to use the shells.
Military explosives which liberate dead
ly eases are not altogether new. They
have been a favorite weapon of tho Art ion
writers, chief among them II U Wells
who In one of his earlier novels, "The
War of the Worlds," mentions something
of the sort In conneetlon with an invasion
of the earth by Martians. One of the
weapons employed by the invaders was a
project llo filled with "blajk smoke a.
heavy gas which brought certain death
to overy one whom it reached. In a tual
warfare such shells are less common than
In notion, but utmost all high explosive:,
have some asphvxiatory effect, und some
of them such as lyddite are almost as
deadly in this way as by means nf the
fragments of shell whlrh they scatter
Another vailant of this expedient was
the old Chinese stinkpot, a bomb charged
with substances which upon explosion
produce the effect suggested by tho name.
Tntse weapons, however, were not used
so much to kill the enemy as to repel
them by a ttrong stench and give them
something else to think about at a crltl-
MONKS PRESSED INTO WAR
Germans Said to Have Called Trap
pists in Alsace,
LONDON, Sept 25 -The Germaiib are
taid to have called up SO Trapplst ii'onks
In Alsace as part of their list reservists.
i according to a dispatch received by a
nru agenrj from Basel.
cal moment of battle.
MAY TAX AUTOMOBILES
WASHINGTON. Sept . -Senator Sim
mons, chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, said today that a strong dispo
sition had grown up on the part of some
Senators to tax automobiles instead of
tax'tig gasoline, as in the House war tax
bill
800 Americans Leave Copenhagen.
OOPK.N'HAGEN. Sept. 3B. The Scandinavian-American
liner Oscar II sailed
Thursday with $09 Americans. The
ejous from Denmark is about over.
New Grapefruit
Indian River Florida
Grapefruit, large
size, thin skin,
$1.50
per dozen.
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Reading Terminal Market
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urea.
Armored Train Captured
With 800 Prisoners Al
leged Peace Proposals
Again Rejected by King
Albert's Government.
ANTWERP, Sept 23.
It was offlclally announced today that
the Belgian army had taken the of
fensive ngnlnst the Germnns after sal
lying from the Antwerp forts and had
defeated tho enemy In a sharp fight
fiouth of here, forcing thc Germans to
withdraw toward Brussels. Tho Bel
gians took $00 prisoners, an armored
train and three guns. It Is stated. One
hundred and eight Germans are report
ed killed.
rrcmler De Bronuevllle announced to
day that Germany had made fresh pro
posals for peace with Belgium, but de
clared they had been rejected. He said:
We understand the purposo of Ger
many, but they can never be accom
plished. The barbarians, after burn
ing our cities and outraging our
people, now want to make peace so
they may send their troops from
Belgium to France. We have In
dignantly declined to treat with them
and shall continue to do so.
It was also officially announced at the
War Office that two uncxploded Zeppelin
projectiles had been found at Wnereg
ham. The description of them given out
said they contained picric acid and were
about 84 Inches in diameter and about
four feet long.
The peace proposals from Germany are
reported to have been transmitted by
Karl I-Iebknlcht, leader of the German
Socialists, who Is said to have been tour
ing Belgium. The Antwerp newspapers
say he has been at Louvaln, Tirlemont,
Aerschot, Dlnant and Namur, and rep
resented himself as horrified by the
scenes he had witnessed.
One paper quotes tho Socialist lender
as saying he would proclaim thioughout
Germany the outrages the Germans had
committed nnd provoke n revulfclon of
feeling that would soon termlnato thc
war.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 23.
Tho Germans nre destroying all bridges
In tho vlclnlt of Liego which might be
of strategic value, according to persons
arriving from tho south of Belgium at
Macstricht.
NORWEGIAN gHIP SUNK
Strikes Mine In North Sen British
Save Captain and Crew.
LONDON, Sept. 'J5.
A South Shields dispatch says that the
Norwegian steamship Hesvik has been
destroyed by striking a initio In the North
Sea.
The chief engineer and one of his as
sistants were killed, but the captain and
the crew of 11 were rescued by n British
warship and brought to South Shields.
Argentina Ambassador Named.
BfKNOS AIIIKS. Sept. Sj.-Doctor
Bomula S. Naon has been appointed
Ambassador to the I'nlted States, the
first under the recent nctlon. of this
Government In elevating the legation to
an embassy.
NUW YOnK, Sept, !. Andrew Carne
gie arrived this morning on the steamship
Mnuretnnla from Liverpool. Mr. Carnegie
said he was glad to get nway from Eng
land, "We must maintain our neutrality
strictly" said Mr. Carnegie. "Wo are a
great nation. It would make us loo vain
to realize how grent we are, The Kaiser's
nctlon hits upset mo terribly. I know him
Well. The Emperor went for his holiday
at mind Kiel When he was Informed of tho
trouble. Ho started hack to Berlin, but
the mischief had been done. Sir Edward
(Itcy said the right thing when ho said
'We aro not lighting tho German people.
We nre lighting the German militarism.'
Militarism In Germany has enabled that
country to take the action It did In tho
Emperor's absence. The mllltnry clique
Is not thc Emperor. Ho Is the most sor
rowful man In Europe."
Mr. Carnegie was nskod about the Era
pctor'n holdings of Krupp stock.
PITY FOR THE EMPEROR.
"I know nothing about that," he said,
"but I do know the Kaiser has dono all
he could for peace. He found Germany
under Blsmnrck nn uncivilized nation.
He dropped Bismarck anil made wonder
ful reforms In Germany. He stopped duel
ing nnd provided pensions for the aged
and the poor. I pity tho Kaiser from
the bottom of my heart. He is not only
a great man, but a good man. Wo have
abolished slavery tho owning, of man by
man. Tho next step Is to abolish war,
the kilting of man by man."
Mr. Cnrnoglc said that ho would not
volunteer a prohpecy as to tho length of
tho wnr.
Thc Mauretnnla carried HOI passengers,
most of them Americans. Among the
passengers wore Sir John Forbes-Robertson,
tho English actor, who will make a
tour of tho United States, beginning In
Detroit: Antonio Scottl, the Italian bari
tone, nnd F. W. Whltrldge, president of
the Third Avenue Railway of New York.
ACTOR SEES LONG WAR.
"We nre lighting with clean hands and
we are fighting to the finish," said Forbes
Robertson, who added that the wnr would
last much longer than Americans sup
pose. Scottl said that even If Italy went to
war ho would not have to go becauso
he was an only son, a condition which
permitted him to escape war service.
Scottl said Caruso had a brother who
would enlist In his place, should the
famous tenor be called for service.
1376 BRITISH LOST
IN NORTH SEA FIGHT
Admiralty Reports 830 Officers and
Men Saved.
LONDON, Sept. 23.
Tho Admiralty today published a list
of 77J petty ofllcers, non-commissioned of
fice and sailors rescued after the cruis
ers Ahouklr, Crc3sy and Hogue wero sunk
by a German submarine attack In the
North Sea. A list of CO ott'eers who were
rescued was made public yesterday. The
total number of survivors as given In the
estimates, la 1376.
According to estimates made from the
latest assignment lists of the navy, tho
three 'hips carried 2217 ofllccrs and men.
Thc total immher lost, according to theso
estimates Is 1370.
The 770 men officially listed today as
saved included 252 from tho Hogue, 217
fiom the Abouklr and 1M) from the Crcssy,
GERMAN DIPLOMAT SLAIN
BY DISGUISED JAPANESE
Patrols nt Tslng-Tno Adopt Chinese
Garb in Making Reconnoitres.
PEKIN, Sept 25.
A letter received hero from a German
In Tblng-Tao says that Baron von Elsen
bach, formerly Second Secretary of tho
Qermun Legation at Begin, was killed by
a Japanese patrol dressed In Chinese
clothes.
a ilisnatch from Pekln sent on Septem
ber 19 said Baron von Elsenbnch had
been killed before Tslng-Tao on Sep
tember 16 In a skirmish.
9000
Philadelphians
die annually
from preventable causes."
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ATTACK SO SUDDEN GERMAN
SHIP COULD NOT ESCAPE
Former Captain of the Kaiser Wll
iielm Describes Loss ot Liner.
NEW YORK, Sept 23.
Captain Adolph Meyer, navigating
officer of the North German Lloyd liner
Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, tho con
verted German cruiser that was sunk by
Iho British cruiser High Flyer off the
west coast of Africa on August 27, and
who has arrived hero from Kingston on
the Santa Marta, gavo tho first au
thentic nccount of tho 'sinking of thc
big merchantman. Captain Meyer Is 52
years old, and owing to his poor health
ho was placed on parole by the British,
lie Is depressed on nccount of the loss
of his ship,
"The High Flyer came upon us so sud
denly," the skipper declared, "that wo
were unable to escape. We were being
coaled by tho Hamburg-American liner
Bcthnnla. When the Kaiser was sink
ing we transferred nil tho crew to the
Bethanla and escaped, Tho High Flyer
did not pursue us, Wo headed for an
American port, but wo wero captured
by thc British cruiser Essex 21 miles
southeast of Charleston, S. C."
KAISER, CHEERING
HIS MEN, BECOMES
ILL, SAYS REPORT-
Emperor Catches Severe
Cold From Drenching on
Battlefield, According to
Dispatches.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 23.
Kcports declared to come from a re
liable sourco state that Emperor Wil
liam of Germany is seriously 111 at the
headquarters of tho General Staff in
Luxemburg and that a specialist has
been summoned from Berlin to caro for
him.
His Illness Is said to have begun with
n cold that ho caught when ho visited
soldiers In tho trenches during a heavy
rain to speak words of cheer to them
and vvns himself drenched. The cold ag
gravated tho old affliction from which
he has suffered for many years, accord
ing to the reports hero, and as the
physicians of the Red Cross were un
able to give him relief a specialist wa3
called.
(A dispatch from Berlin on Thursday
said It was announced thero that the
Kaiser was In good health and spirits).
It is said that tho Emperor is suffer
ing from .sovero fits of coughing that
prevent him getting any sleep.
LONDON, Sept. 23.
From sovoral points the news was re
ceived today that tho Kaiser Is undor
the care ot tho Imperial physician, suf
fering from n severe cold. The corre
spondent of tho Chronlclo, wiring from
Geneva, says the Emperor spent a long
tlmo in tho trenches around Verdun,
and was thoroughly drenched by thc
heavy rain. Ho failed to change his
clothing nnd was later forced to remain
In bed whilo his physicians took steps
to prevent an attack of pneumonia.
AUSTRIANS IN REVOLT,
SAY ROME DISPATCHES
Country in Upheaval, According to
Diplomats in Borne.
ROME, Sept. 23.
Smoldering discontent nmonR the
mixed nationalities of Austria has burst
Into open flames, according to advice?
received by diplomats here today. In
Bohemia, Austrian Silesia nnd Crutla
revolts already have broken out.
Rioting is said to have been In prog
ress at Prague for muny days. A num
ber of Americans wero recently In that
city and efforts aro being mado to
learn whether they left before tho dis
orders broke out.
Publication ot official lists of the dond
end wounded In tho Gallcian campaign
revealed that tho greatest losses wcro
suffered by Czech and Croatian troops
who, because of suspicion as to their
loyalty, have been put In the first line
of the soldiers opposing tho Russians.
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Attack on Ostend BelicvcrJ
to Have Been Primarily ij
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Dirigibles Assembling.
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Attacks In force bv a n.i ... ' .,
Zeppelins on England aro predicted I,...
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:, ,, " """ ",COB "ernian aerial bai.
tleshlps arc being assembled for a nirtf
--cross tho English Channel, win. k .... A'
curtain of fog to obscuro the movem-nt. !,
It Is known tbnt rmmf v ... '.
ventor of the giant dirigibles that ber
hla name, has volunteered (o lead a nee.
of thtso vessels over the Channel am'
aqross the city of London.
With tho coming of thn tnr ..... !l
season the danger from this cause l.ij
"'""" lo e ncuie, nna tho British are
nlrcady making preparations to forestall
such a raid.
A number of tho officials of tho llrlt.
iau aviation Bquacl have been at Ostenl
for the last Week, and It is understood
they have a fleet of armored hint,,.,. i
readiness, prepared to take tho oftcnilva
when the dirigibles aro sent inin noti-
It Is believed that last nlghfs raid on,
uatciin was a trial cruise to ascertain the,
prevailing winu currents across the chan
nel, i.
It Is also stated on good niitbni-ii.. ,.
virtually all Zeppelins have retired from J
..v.i...u uooiaiunce in inKiug lortnicallons
and aro centred around the North Sea,
where they ara to assist In an attack on
tho British fleet, Tho outcome of such a
bflttln will tin l,lcrt.1t, lninn,,ni,( -.. I. ,..
determine whether n dirigible can mcaa
tiro up against a warship. If It can, ths
Gcrinnn fleet will not bo greatly outnum
bered In tho conflict nbout to take place,
for tho British fleet Is Insufficiently sup.
piled with balloon guns, only a few of
these being In existence.
Tho bombs used by the Zeppelins art
said to bo 12 Inches In dlnmntcr and 2 feet
long, Tho damage they can do Is terrific.
Houses In the neighborhood of the ex
plosion collnpso ns though made of cards,
and they can tear up streets for a dlj.
tance of score3 of yards.
BOMBS FROM SKY AT NIGHT
CAUSE TERROR IN OSTEND
Zeppelin Attack, However, Does LIU
tlo Material Damage.
OSTEND, Sept. 23.
Hundreds of tho residents of Ostenl
fled from hero today In terror, follow
ing a raid by a Zeppelin airship, that
dropped three bombs In tho southeastern
part of tho city last night. Panic pre
vails everywhere and nn older has been
Issued to burn no lights later than S p. ra.
hereafter.
No extensive dnmago was done by the -aerial
bombardment, which Is believed "
here to bo the Getmnn reply to the chal
lenge of tho British aviators who flew to
Ducsscldorf nnd dropped bombs on tna
Blckendorf aerodrome, headquarters of
tho Rhine Zeppelin squadron.
One of tho bombs dropped by the Ger
mans partially wrecked the bildgo on
tho Avenue Smot do Nnleycr and shat
tered the building occupied by Hans Wil
liams and tho tlsli matket, nnd the third
dropped In the harbor. The bomb that
wrecked the Williams building alto dam
aged surrounding houses and tore up ths
street, breaking electric wires and plung
ing that section of tho city Into dark
ness. Tho Zeppelin made Its appearance
about 0 o'clock in tho evening, comlnar
from the direction ot Thourout. Thl
first news of tho raid camo in a mei
oago to the burgomaster from a houss
near tho Canal oo Terlvatlon. This re
ported that a bomb hnd been dropped
from tho Zeppelin, then at a height of
about COO feet, upon the Smet du Naleyer
bridge over tho canal and that the air
ship was traveling north
A few moments later came the news
that a bomb had dropped In thc Mlnque,
or fish market. After this. the Zeppe
lin turned to the east, dropping th
third bomb In tho Avant-Port, part of
tho reconstructed harbor
Tho last seen of the great nlrshlp It
was disappearing In tho darkness In
the direction of Thtelt. Its Btartlnf
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