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INDORSES ATLANTIC
WATERWAY PROJECT
Tells 700 Delegates to Con
vention It Would Develop
Commerce and Be a De
fense in War.
FLUTTERING WINGS MAY DISAPPEAR FROM CITY HALL
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ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 23. An ovntlnn
was given the steamboat Rerkshire when
eho arrived here today with mom than
700 delegates to tho seventh nnmint enn
vcntlon of tho Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Association and their guests rh"
day's proceedings were signalized by ,ui
enthusiastic Indorsement by Socrctar of i
tho Navy Daniels of the project for an
Inland waterway from Massachusetts Ray
to tho Gulf of Mexico.
Cnrrvlnu a bis spread of flints and bunt
ing, and with scores of visitors HnliiK the
docks, the strangers received enthusiastic
greetings until the Berkshire came to a
Stop here.
Leaving Hudson at 0 o'clocls this morn
ing for an Inspection of the upper Mud
ton River Improvements undertaken by
the United States Government, tho steam
boat made sood time to Alban. Break
fast was served aboard, and nt 11 o'clock
the regular business session was opened.
Congressman ,T. Hampton Mooie, of
Philadelphia, president of the associa
tion, presided. Aftei n brief ndiliess. John
II. Bernhnrd, of Now Orleans ns Intin
duoeJ as the Urn speaker. "Modern
Bargo Navigation ' w.ts the Mibject of the
Southerner's address The other speakers
were Lo.ils J Affeliki, .miidue. Pa., on
"Steel Bargo Construction"; Henry W.
Hill, president of th- New York State
"Waterways Association, on "New York's
"Waterways"; Major Michael .1. MeDon
ough, of the United States Engineers, on
"Local River Impioemetits." and Com
modore Frank Fessend.wi Crane, Qulncy.
Mass., on "Progres In New ICngland."
A committee appointed by local busi
ness organizations met the dclegatts upon
tho arrival of the Berkshire, .ind es
corted them to the Stale Educational
Building, where the afternoon session be
gan at 2 o'clock.
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the
2avy; Franklin K Lane, Secretary of
the Interior; United States Senator Wil
liam Alden Smith, of Michigan. Governor
Martin H. Glynn, of New York: Charles
K. Miller, of Delaware, and Congress
man Peter G. Ten Eck, of New York,
wore tho speakers.
DANIELS BOOMS WATERWAY.
Secretary Daniels, In his address ap
proving a waterway stretching along the
Atlantic coast, said:
Not only will this waterway lend
itself tremendously to tho develop
ment of Internal commerce and ttnd
to bring down the rates of transporta
tion, but It also will provide unusual
facilities for self-defense In time of
war.
In any conflict between nations
which havo navies, the all-important
consideration Is to secure immediate
control of the sea. In such case the
navy of the weaker Power takes
refuge In some well-defended harbor,
where It seeks to wear out its enemy.
this wcaKer Power, having thus
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PETROGRAD "NEWS"
FALSE, AVERS LOCAL
AUSTRIAN CONSUL
Discounts Reports of Exten
sive Action in Galicia and
Announces Continued Tri
umph Over Serbs.
it
yvcen rerugo in a sare harbor, can
maneuver Its ships through inland
channels to other exits, it enJos a
great advantage.
The submarine has long been con
sidered a source of great effectiveness,
and if even the submarines alone of
the navy could have free movement
through an Inland waterway, tho
power whose navy was bottled up
would be in a position to make a
longer defense until it could bring
Into play the resources of its coun
try. The whole nature of a war
would be greatly affected by avail
able Inland canals.
HONORS TO VISITORS.
Beginning at 8 o'clock, tonight will be
ilevoted to a round of social gaieties. Th"
delegates and their guests will proceed
In parade formation to the State Capitol
for a reception by the Governor. After
inspection of thi Capitol, which Is to be
illuminated In their honor, t-everal brief
speeches will b miil. A buffet sup, . r
will be served bv tho Albany committer
at the Hotel Ten Kyck.
The Berkshire will remain over night,
but the delegates will tran"-fT to another
uteamboat for the run to Troy earlv to
morrow morning for an Insptctlon of the
river work, in that vlcinitj.
Olllclnl news of great victories b the
Austio-llutignrlan army over the Ser
vians una received by wliei"s todin
from the Foreign Olllco at Vienna The
Austrian have penetrated Into Servla
more than 20 miles and captured strong
positions on tho Drlna Rlei, according
to the icport. Like messages convejed th,
news that the attack of the Fiench lleet
on Cattaro had pioved a fuilute, only
slight damage being done.
In Philadelphia this afternoon tlcoigc
von Urlvlclc, Austro-Hunuarlan Consul
General, gave out this statement, an
nouncing the successes of the Austrlans:
"According to wireless new recehed,
r.c light occurred in Galicia during the
last few tlujs except some unimportant
skirmishes. The weithor is said to bi--r
unfavorable, but the troops of the
Austro-Hungarlan army are In excel
lent condition.
"News cli dilating and nsserting that
the Russians were defeating and tutting
olf General Dankl's irmy near Przemysl
and that his tioopj. weie in dissolution
pursued by the enemy, is thciefor.
again puie Imontlons with the avowed
Intent to imprtts public opinion in neu
tral countries The alleged two days'
battle of Jaroslaw probably was not
men than nn engagement with outposts
of the Austro-Hungunan army, the main
lorces of which are concentrating oat
of the fortress of Cracow, while Its
right wing Is using the fortress of
Przemjsl as a basis.
"Hquall lncoriect is all news which
persistently contend that n faminn had
bioken out in Austria-Hungary, and that
a dtpressid feeling pnalK among the
soldiers of the army and among th popu
lation of the monarchy. A wireless tele
gram just received emphasizes to the
contrary that the people, as well as the
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CITY HALL PIGEONS
COO HAPPILY WHILE
DESTRUCTION PENDS
Handful of Determined Wo
men All That Stands Be
tween Birds and Official
Decree of Extermination.
BRITISH CAPTURE PORT
IN GERMAN NEW GUINEA
When Director Harte, of tho Depart
ment of Health and Charities, begins his
crusade against the pigeons Of City Hall
Siuare, if he does shoot one, he will find
he must contend with Mrs. M M. Halvev,
ofllce manager of tho Women's Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The crusade was to haw h. ,jun toda .
but Mrs. Halvey headed a delegation of
women who called upon the Director.
Australian Forces Seize Kniser Wil
helmlnnd Capitol.
LONDON, Sept. 23.
Tho Admiralty announced today that
the town and harbor of Fricdrlch Wll
helrnland, German New Guinea, havo
been seized by Australian forces.
It wns als-o announced that the German
forces which had concentrated at Her
besitshooho, New Pommeranla, had been
annihilated.
German New Guinea, which now is Brit
IMi territory ns a result of tho Australian
forces' aggressiveness, forms part of the
Island of Papua, north of Australia. Its
area is approximately 300,000 square mlle.s.
Hitherto Great Britain, Holland and
Germany havo held parts of Papua.
FRANCE PROTESTS
'AGAINST PRACTICES
IN GERMAN WARFARE
Embassy Statement to United
States Declares Violations
of Hague Convention
Were Premeditated.
corn"nd.nce !" Hnal icVor'''8 """ haV '"" "?, t0 theIr n.on.nce against
Particulurlv pleasing "was news of re- I mUn tho Pigeons and then stated ho
cent -uccessful engagements with Servl- j would hold the matter under advisement,
ans. After several ilos of hard fighting Mrs. Halvey says thero will be no
important Servian positions west of Kru- ! slaughter nr ti, r,i,..,r,o
panj, a town about TO mibvs Into Servian ! 5lu6ter of the pigeons,
territory ast of Zvoinlk on the Drinu &he is not threatening in attitude or
River, were taken anj many Servian guns J anything like that, but ner one aim is to
cdptufd, whll the attacks of the Trench I save thoso birds.
iieet on tne lortnitatinns oi tne nareor of
AGED POLISH PRINCE
IS DETAINED AS SPY
IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Cattaro during moio than four weks
proed to be a complete failure, the only
damage done being a destruction of two
ilghthouset, on a small island, w hereupon
said squadron left the Adriatic.
"Extr.vordinar courage was displa.ed
by our forets lighting on the Serviun
borders, among these the 4jd Ciu.iti.iii
Honved Division. This news Is significant
and I- the best denial of the repeated
statements made by the Russian and
Perran Governments claiming that the
south' rn Slavs .ire anxious to join Servia.
' It is reported, finally, that the Ru.-st.in--
brutalize the Jewish Inhabitants in
ul tcipUd places in Galicia and incite
the Rutheni.n juisnnt- ag.iin-t tin J'ws
The rTiieltles of Russians against lewlsh
Inhabitants .ire getting worse and woise,
and are In striking mntia-it to the Czar's
n amtcMu tu his 'belcjmi Jews'"
FORMER BELGIAN OFFICER
SUICIDE IN EAST RIVER '
Xoss of Property Deeds in Fleeing
"War Zone Prompted Act. I
NEW YORK, Sept. 1', -The body ot !
Ernest "Werthelm, ;o years old, a retired '
German merchant and a former Lleuten.
ant in tho llth Belgian infantry, was
found floating in the East River at 50th
street.
He came to this country on September
7 and was a patient at the German Hos
pital in this city. H liv.-d manj years
in Belgium, and, in leaving that country,
he lost a trunk ontainlng a:uable papers
relating to property in Europe.
SPAIN ENLISTS U. S. AID
IN MISSION OF MERCY
NEW RECORD AT ALLENTOWN
This Year's Crowd nt Fair largest in
Event's History.
ALLENTOWN. Pa.. Fept SS.-After tho
welcome shower la.n night the Vllentnwu
Fair began Get-away Day. This morn
ing with rer.owfil zest, despite the cry
of hard times, this fair lua surpasitd
those "f all former years in attendance
and receipts.
Friday is Allentown day at he fair.
It is a sort of reunion day fur the towns
rople. Todav also is rolitlciaiia' Jjss.
from a local standpoint, when the condl
dates on the county tHket nil) be in evi
dence. A rrue has been declared between tho
suffragettes and anti-. wno have been eon,
ducting vigorous campaigns at the fair.
The would-be voters were seen yesterday
in a lolly social galhenn,? at the camp of
tne antls and when questioned deeian-a
life was too short to be fighting all the
time It is admitted that inogt of in
pretty Allentown girls Rtre at the booth
of the sun's, hut they admitted their ehlef
concern was voter, who are much more
desirable than otes
BETHLEHEM BOY KIDNAPPED
Physician's Son, 2 Years Old, and
Servant, Strangely Missing.
BETHLEHESt. Pt Sesf 25 -The 2-
ear-old eon of Vr IX. E. Heacock. of
this city. Is the victim of a sensational
kidnapping and a iolored girl, employed
as a servant in the ductor's home, U
uspCtetl of the crime Roth the serv
ant and the child di.-appeared late Ian
night wh!l th physician and his wife
were away 'rem home and bo far noth
ing has been heard nf either of them,
although the police have wired broad
cast the disappearance of the pair and
friends ana neighbors have parched, the
tty In vain to locate tho, rvami ana
Proposes Plan for Expediting Hospi
tal Supplies to War Zone.
WVSHINOTON, Sept. 25. -Spain Is en
deiivoririg to make an arrangement with
I thf I'nited States., whereby shipment of
honplu! supyhes to the warring coun-
, irks oi Europu will be expedited
I Thl Information was conwyed In olll
eliil me-auses here today, ami authori
ttia were inclined to believe, that the
, reported conference between King AN
funso and Ambassador Willard. ot Mail
rid yesterduy, tnterprettrt as a peace
.'inference, dealt tolely with thla fiuis-lion.
the hlid.
WAR WILL PROFIT JEWS
BY EXTENDING LIBERTIES
Israel Zangwill Foresees Enfranchise,
ment in Kussin.
NEW YORK, aept i- - n, a letter writ
ten by Israel 2,ingwi.l, noted author, to
Iltrman Rernstein, who is to edit tho Das,
a new Jawlsn dail newspaper that will
be utarted here next Week, Kangwid Bays
the present Eur pean war probably will
reult in tlw pplulcal freedom of Jews
in RuhJiu After referring to the post
ponriuent of the Ito conference, whlh
was to have ben held In Zurich wveral
d(i3 ago. 2angi'l says:
"But tho wjrld war must so rlou,sly
transffrm the Jewish question that It Is
impossible to eay now what should be the
next step In tho war of Jewtth liberation
ivrkunally. I think it should be the en.
frauchUement of tho Russian Jews, and
I have been working at that even at the
risk of being called "antl-DrltUh'1 at this
terrible moment '
LORD KITCHENER CONFERS
WITH CHIEFS FROM FRONT
Army Officials Work Over Plans of
Campaign
IiONDO.V, Sept. 25.
Important dispatches. which were
brought from the front by the Iiuke of
Westminster arid the Duke of Marlbor
ough, were delivered at the War Olilce
immediately utter their arrival late last
night
Earl this morning Lord Kitchoner. the
Secretary of State for War conferred
with members of his staff on the con
tents of these dispatches, which undoubt
edly deal with the progress of the Allies
asilmt the Germans in France.
ijJ?Nv
Some people sa that the City Hall
pigeons are a nuisance. Others ay the
pigeons lend atmosphere to City Hall
Square. They liken them to pigeons of
St. Mark's Cathedral In Venice. Who
would ever hear of St. Mark'n If it were
not for the pigeons, they ak. If it were
not for St. Mark's. It Is argued, who
would over hear of Venice. A few people,
perhaps, might remember It because of its
wet highways and because a certain Hill
Shak. spenre wrote a drama concerning a
mercant of the place.
There are a lew friends of the pigeons
even in City Hall Shot Iff A. Lincoln
Acltt-r snjs: "Let the pigeons stay. Drlvo
out the rats. I ghc tnose little pets of tho
public nearly 100 pounds of feed each
week. There are a number of rats In
the City Hull that should be disposed of,"
said the Sheriff with a wjse nod. What
he meant can only txi guessed at.
When the City Hall was coinploted, and
before even the olnceholders could select
comfortable chairs and desks that wero
not meant for hard usage, the pigeons
arrived. They looked that big pile of
stone over and decided that under tho
eaves was Just tho place for them. It
was and has been for years.
THE FIRE HOSE AGAIN.
Director Harte is contemplating aiming
a high-pressure fire hose at the eaves and
drowning the pigeons. Thjt was, tried
once before during the Royburn admin
Istiiition. While "constant readers" wrote
to the newspopers protesting against the
cruflts, the wet pigeons, with cries of
Proust and anger, flew over to Ilroad
Street Station and lighted upon the train
shed. There thev dried off, groomed
th. mselves uid returned to the f'lty Hall
a soon bs the hoio ceased to he a menu, e
When a firo hose did not discourage
thos. i hi,, 11m O'lar.v, who thu u.i
Assistant Dirfctnr of Public Safety, got
busy He said ho know pigeons nil tho
way from the homing variety to stonl
pigeons. He knew as murh about them
as ho did about race hones, and that
wai, consider able.
o'Leary is the man who devised the
win -screen s-heme that Is today seen
Acr all .ntr-intes to City Hal!
The srreens. all credit to O'Leary, did
bafl'e the pigeons for several days. Some
b.r.i, flew home late In the ev,ntng and
in not tre best mental condition bumped
neainst the screens
They lecame bnilsw) Sij wiser birds.
Then the plgeon3 gltt US0(j to ne (ieyico
and cleverly ducked under the screens to
Hud their rooming pUccs.
A janitor of tho Pity Hall camo near
solving the pigeon question. Ho fed the
birds every morning and as the ato from
his hand on the i:ty IUI1 roof he would
wring the necks of a half dozen or so.
He did it quietly 1.0 as not to frighten
tho flock. It l said that Janitor ate
pigeon pot pie even for breakfast. He
died from appendicitis The death certlfi.
cate did not state what effect a steady
diet of pigeons had upon him,
John Ritchie, a former detective, feeds
thu pigeons every day He will miss the
birds If they are exterminated. So will
a tall slender young man who feeds the
pigeons every time they are photo
graphed. It is remarkable how he can
bob up at the psjchologlcnl moment and
get ln'o the camera'H range.
WILWAM OF WIED TO FIGHT
GENEVA. 8ept 25
A dispatch received today from Lugano
states that Prln-e William of Wted has
joined the German army voiunttVa.
aigK-r" s-
Court-martial Awaits Reich
stag Leader Berlin Also
Reports Resignation of
South African Leader.
L).
RERUN (by wireless to Sayvllle, L.
Sept. 23.
German Tollsh residents hero have re
ceived word that the aged Trlnco R.idzl
will, leader of the Polish party In the
German Reichstag, who was arrested In
I'etrograd by the Russian authorities, is
now ilatly charged with being a spy and
is to be court-martialed.
Tho Gorman Government's Independent
Inquiry Into the happenings at Louvaln
continues. It Is being held by a lawyer,
who has been given full authority to In
vestigate the military reports. Witnesses
so far confirm the report that on a given
signal from near the Louvaln railway
station, through the sending up of red
and green rockets, the civilian population
started firing at tho German troops.
The German press prints emphatic
protests against the bombardment by
a Hrltrsh cruiser of the open port of
Dar-es-Salaam In German East Africa.
According to tho newspaper I'etlt Pa
rlslen the French commander-in-chief
has been compelled to send back tho
African troops to Morocco as they are
not tltted to winter campaigning.
The South African lommanderln-chief
In explaining Ills reasons for resigning
his command, the War Ofllce fcays, ie.
clared that even part of the Hrltislr
ministers wero not convinced that thero
was any justification for war with Ger
many, inasmuch as England had re
peatedly lolatfd the independence of
other nations, and In the South Afrlran
war perpetrated eveiy possible atrocity
ITALIAN ARMY NEEDS SHOES
Government Wants to Buy 500,000
Pairs in This Country.
Five hundred thousand pairs of regula
tion army shoes for the Italian Govern
ment form a conspicuous part of a large
order of army and navy supplies which
that country Is attempting to buy In the
United States through the medium of
Plzzotti & Ohio, a large Italian con
tracting concern They have Inquired at
tho Foreigrr Trade Rureau of the Phila
delphia Commercial Museums for bids on
the consignment. The Trade Rureau has
forwarded copies of the order to manu
facturers In this country and anticipate
that llttlo difficulty will be encountered
In filling It.
Doctor Wilson, of tho Trade Bureau,
says that large shoe manufacturing con
cerns are located In Huston, New York
city, Philadelphia and tit. Louis, and be
lieves that Philadelphia manufacturers
will be In a position to compete success
fully with those of other cities.
RUMANIA ON VERGE OF WAR
Declaration Against Austria Now
Expected Hourly.
PARIS, Sept 25.-A Rome dispatch says
that Rumania Is about tu declare war
against Austria,
Such a declaration has been expected
for the last few days.
Already Rumania has besun to mobil
ize its soldiers.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o.-Ten olllclal
reports, showing German baibarlties In
French territory during the present war
have been committed systematically and
upon Instructions from olllcers, rather
than by the chance excesses of the sol
diers themselves, have been communicated
to the Powers signatory to Tho Hague
convention, according to a statement Is
sued by the French Embassy here today.
Tho United States Government has been
given one of the series of reports.
Tho statement from the Embassy reads:
"Ry order of tho Government of the
French republic, a series of ductal re
ports, supplying incontrovertible testimony
ns to the way in which the present war
Is being carried on In French territory
by German troops, has been communi
cated to the Powers who signed Tho
Hague convention, tho United States be
ing one of them,
"These documents, ten in number, show
that the destruction and assassinations
which have taken place have been sys
tematic, and performed In nccordanco
with orders from the olllcers, and not as
.i result ot an accidental lack of disci
pline. "The facts quoted are given only .is
samples and not as complete enumera
tions, they cover, moreover, only the first
time weeks after the beginning of hos
tilities itwo weeks of actual warfaro)
and worse deeds have beer, committed
since.
"Such as they are, they show, among
other things, that wounded soldiers have
been finished In largo numbers, by shots
filed right against tho faces of the
wounded, that Pont-a-Mousson. nn open
and undefended town, was bombarded
the hospital which Is an historical build
ing, having especially sufTercd; a num
ber of villages, among wheh Paulic and
Afflevllle havo been methodically de
stroyed, house by house, soldiers being
as It seems, provided with Implements
enabling them to perform that kind of
work with a minimum of trouble; nurses
bearing conspicuously tho badge of the
Red Cross have been assassinated; num
erous Inhabitants have been put to death
without pretext or provocation, among
whom at Radonvllller, the wife of the
Muyor; In some cases, notably at Blllv
on August 10. the German troops, when
they marched out of the place to charge
the rrench troops, made tho women and
children walk In front of them
"Attontlon Is called as regards such
deeds to two texts. Article 3 of Con
vention 4 of tho Hague, which wa, pro
posed by the German delegates them
selves, statefl that tho belligerent who
might causo such destruction as that
mentioned above would be bound to in
demnlfy tho injured parties and would
be responsible for any acts committed by
members of his army.
"In tho eecnnd place, even If civilians
had taken arms upon the Invasion of
French territory by tho Germans, which
was nowhere the case, they would have
been within their rlchtH, and the killing
of them wholesale would have been un
defendable, fot Article 4 of the same con
vention reserved to the population of a
non-occupied territory tho right upon the
approach of the enemy spontaneously to
take arms and repel tho Invading troops.
"Appended to thin convention, besides
the signature of the United States, France
and many other countries, Is to be found
that of Germany."
GERMANS PREPARE ATTACK
ON SOUTH AFRICAN FORT
Force Moves on Garrison in Cape of
Good Hope,
CAPETOWN, Sept. VS.,
A force of 3) German soldiers crissed
tho Orange River Wednesday and
marched In the direction of Pella, prob
ably with the Intention of attacking the
garrison there. Pella is Just over the line
In the Cape of Good Hope, from German
buuthwest Africa
A force of Rhodcslan police compelled
the surrender on last Monday of the Ger
man military post at Schuckmsnns, near
the Zambesi. They surrendered without,
TAGGED BY KDMBER,
IDENTITY IS SURE
OF GERMAN DEAD
"Clean-up" Squads Bury
Slain So That Battlefields
Shall Tell No Tales to the
Enemy.
By KARL H. VON WIEGAND
LIEGE, Sept. 25,
Hero where the tide of German ndvnnco
for a time dashed on tho rock and steel
of Belgian forts, I saw something which
affected mo far moro thnn nny of tho
sorrows of war I havo yet encountered.
It wns a good sized basketful of metal
tags, under careful guard at military
headquarters.
"They nro all that Is left ot 'unsoro
braven Jungc (our brave boys) who fell
In and around Llcgc their identification
mark," said the olllcer.
I asked permission to cxnmlno one. It
was a small tin tng with two holes for
tho string or ribbon. A large number
was stamped on It, and, below, tho num
ber of the regiment.
This little metal tog then that I hold
In my hand represented a human life.
It was the "remains" all thut was left
of that life of that husband, father or
brother. It was tho monument and nt
tho same time tho metallic tag and num
ber of a human life In the Indexed cata
loguo of an nrmy of human lives, Just
a metal tag with a number!
This afternoon 1 saw tho "rest" ot
that tag and muny others like It rather,
tho place where that "rest" or icmalndur
of that tag was. Uotwocn the forts Rar-
chou and Evcgnes It wns In tho trenches
where the Belgians received tho Germans
with a murderous flro when they stormed
those two forts tho first that fell thero
by getlng an entrance Into tho city. It
was here that theso men went down
like grass before tho scythe.
Here is where the metal tags wero
gathered. Each man and officer weals one
nround his neck. That of the private Is
usually a tag with a number correspond
ing with the number opposite his name
on his company and regimental rolls.
Many also have tho number of tho regi
ment on the tag. Tho tugs of the olllcers
usually are of oluminum and besides the
number have the name and rank, some
times also the home address.
After the battle, when tho Germans rind
their dead, tho collar on each shirt Is
opened, tho suing cut nnd the tag tukeu
and sent to headquarters for identifica
tion. At Liege, probably for tho ilrst
time In German wars, death obliterated
distinction In rank. For the llrst time,
so far ns I can learn, German officers
nnd common soldiers were burled In tho
same trench,
A noncommissioned ofllcer who com
manded n builal at Liege told me there
was not tlmo to take much pains In
burying. The fallen of tho enemy nro
not burled in the same trenches, but arc
placed together in a .separate trench.
Even In death there shall bo no brother
hood between those who fought and took
each other's lives.
One of the features of tho German side
of a battlefield In this war Is the thor
ough manner In which tho Germans
"clean up" the field after a battle. It
Is not only the natural sense of "orderli
ness," which Is so characteristic of the
German character, hut there Is method
and purpose. That Is, the battlefield shall
reveal no tales. It shall give nothing
from which a conclusion can be drawn
ns to losses or any other Information.
There Is little trnce of graves from the
si.se of which conclusion might be drawn
as to the number burled. In sharp con
trast to this nro the sections of the bat
tlefields over which the French fought.
At the Inst analysis It Is the"metnl tag"
with a number, the symbol of a human
life of n soul sent out In carnage. It rep
resents the "ashes" of the battlefield. It
Is the reverse side of the glory medal of
GERMAN COMMERCE
THROTTLED WITHOUT
DISASTERS TO NAVY
Winston Churchill Declares
n iL n . if
unusn victory on oca Is
Not Needed Never Fear
ed War With Italy.
BRITISH CAPTURE LINER
German Reservists Seized Aboard
Dutch Ship Amsteldyk.
QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 23.
The Dutch liner Amsteldyk has been
captured by a Rrltlsh crulfier. The liner
has a number of German reservists
aboard.
LONDON, Sept, 25.
Germany Is throttled on tho sea at
effectively ns If British ships had won
ft Brent naval victory, according to Wins.
ton Churchill, First Lord of tho Admin
alty.
Asked ns to tho nav'al situation, he
said:
"A great battle on the sea has not
yet been fought, but wo enjoy ns great
n command of tho sea nnd ns free use of
our sea power as we should have after a
dcclslvo engagement. What Is there, fot
Instance, thnt wo could do then that we
nro not doing now?
"German trade has ceased. German
supplies havo been largely strangled. Our
trade In nil essentials Is going on unln
tcrruptcdly. Materials of Industry and
food of tho people are entering tho coun
try dally In vast quantities, at commer.
clal prices. Wc are moving scores of
thousands of men across all tho oceans
of tho world. Our submarines are black
ndlng tho very throat of tho Elbe.
A correspondent asked what Impression
was made In England and on the British
Government by the Italian declaration ot
neutrality. , Mr. Churchill answered;
"We always thought It was Impossible
for Italy to light with Austria or to
fight against England, and In nil our
Admiralty arrangements for tho Mediter
ranean, since 1 have been here, wo havo
always acted on the certainty that Italy
would be neutral, nnd measured our onn
naval force only against Austria."
THE COLLAPSE OF AUSTRIA.
Of thu Adriatic sltuutlon after the war
he suid:
"The great changes that will come will
result from the collapse of Austria on
Innd. The grcntcst feature yet apparent
In the course of tho war Is the collapse
nf Austria as a military factor. That
collapse appears to be Irreparable, and
that Is a tremendous event In the history
of tho world.
"Italy would have nothing to apprehend,
navally, from a victory of England and
France. She would always be strong
enough to deal with Austria on tho sea,
unless, of course, a victorious Germany
came to tho aid of Austria. If Germany
succeeded In the war, and English power
wero broken, Germany could, of course,
send ns many ships as she liked to join
the Austrian iltet, nnd could send them
much quicker than Italy could build
them."
PAPERS "SCOOP" EMBASSY
TO JUSSERAND'S DISGUST
Ambassador Cables French Office He
Wants News First.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.
An advance on the loft wing, virtually
no change In the centre and heay
fighting on tho right wing of tho Allies
position this wns the Information con
tained In a dispatch from Bordeaux to
the French Embassy hero today. In ad
dition to tho news Issued by the French
I'oiclgn Ofllce on yesterday's fighting
nnd which nppenred In today's press
dispntches, the embassy made public the
following:
"Wo repulsed the Germans nt Ham, a
fortress, and we also aro holding them
nt Rethomvilllers, Tresnleres and Rlbe
court. Tho action took place to the north
of the Woevro River, along the front
from Tresnuvaux to Sauzey."
Ambassador Jussernnd, exasperated be
cause news of the war Is appearing In
tho American newspapers before the Em
bassy receives Its advices, addressed a
strong cablegram of protest today to the
Foreign Ofllco. The delay, the Ambassa
dor told his Government, was highly em
barrassing and the Information virtually
was useless to the Embassy.
Columbia Still Celobrating
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. The Columbia's
crew, which carried off tho laurels at the
intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson last
June, received another ovation last night
when the undorgraduates and officers of
the university gathered nt the house of
the Phi Kappa Psl fraternity for a cele
bration of tho event.
Typical Soldiers of
Warring Nations
In Sunday's Intaglio
Soldier types of the warring nations, with a page
of Great Britain's famous Indian commands, are
shown at close range in Sunday's Intaglio. There
are page-wide panoramas of the Knights Templars'
recent peace exercises on Belmont Plateau, and
photos of Germany's war lords and American treaty
advocates. Pages, too, of gay county fair scenes,
beautiful studio poses, artistic bed-room settings
and prominent women contributors to the season's
social entertainment.
Because of its wealth of authentic gridiron in
formation, the Sports Magazine has been converted
into a special football number without slighting other
sporting activities. Among its articles on the possi
bilities of new football are special contributions by
Parke H. Davis, Glenn Warner, R. W. Maxwell and
Geo. E, McLinn. Wm. H. Rocap discusses "Who
Was America's Greatest Lightweight," and Paul W,
Gibbon tells of Philadelphia's new star in the tennis
firmament. "Ty" Cobb discloses the object of his
personal interview with Connie Mack.
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