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LEDGER
VOL. I NO. 14
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1014.
PRICE ONE CENT
TRAINS CRASH IN
NEW YORK SUBWAY;
. 3 FATALLY INJURED
Panic and Fire Follow
When Passengers Fight
Guards Until Car Doors
Are Opened.
flThree Firo Alarms Bring Firemen
to the Scene' to Fight Blaze
With Streams of Water Many
Overcome.
NKVV YORK. Sept. 29, Ono of tlio most
ttrlotis accidents In tlio history ot thn
Now York subway Byatoni, which lias
been ronmrkubly free of uny mishaps,
ccourrcil early today when two trains
collided underneath H2d strcot, the
Bronx.
Tlio Injured men are Isaac Schwartz,
motormnn of empty passenger train;
William llorton, motormnn of worn
train, and Frank Colomboslck, n track
bWltllclT.
The men nro nil subway employes.
Tliny were taken to the Fordhum Hos
pital, from which ambulances and sur
geons had been summoned. There It wns
stated they had a small chanco of re
covery. After the collision the trains took lire
and In fighting the blaze 20 firemen wore
overcome by the dense smoko which
choked the tunnel. Ono hundred pus
ccnKcrs on n train following those which
collded were thrown Into a panic and
fought tbo guards until the doors Were
opened. They then walked sevou blocks
back through tho smoke-tilled tunnel.
Frank Williams, one passenger, wns
badly bruised when tho rear train arao
to a sudden stop after thu collision of
hn trains nheud. Ho was thrown heavily
against n door, hut after being treated
was ablo to go to his home.
The trains which collided were a work
truln and two passenger cars, carrying
newspapers only. Tho cause ot tho ac
cident had not been determined several
hours after It had occurred. Wires were
short circuited by the crash, however,
and the cars Immediately took fire. Tho
current was cut off. and thlB auto
matically stopped the J,rnln carrying pas
scngprs which was following. Service
on the Bronx system was completely tied
up, and tho tunnel was filled with tnlcK,
heavy smoke.
Three lire alarms were turned In, and
the firemen fought tho blaze by pourlns
prent streams of water from hose thrust
through vault holes In the street. All
of the three trains Involved In tho acci
dent wire northbound.
keen; frosty air makes
whole city shiver today
Small Boys Are Happy, Though, for
Chestnut Thno Is Here.
ll?..I,lt'.T' l saving Up lis psychologld heal,
until the bliitaM days arrive and frozen aia
, tho feet:
Tlio frost is In tho subway, In the surface
cars ami ".",
liut when they'll start the fablo of the hca-lng
none can tell,
The dew that has been drenching the
pumpkin and tho fodder In tho shock
appeared -on tho golden globo that made
New Englahd famous today In form not
unllko tho unshaven growth upon the
cheeks of youth. 'Twns tho frost.
Shivering Is tho favorite outdoor pas
time today f6r thoso wljo have not yet
found tholr overcoats. A foggy some
thing seemed to havo crept Into the at
mosphere this morning, chilling to tho
bones thoso who wero lightly clad.
Small boys were tickled to death when
they sniffed tho frost. Frost means tho
opening of tho chestnut burr. A burr
opened by frost means that the chestnut
Is ripe. Also It means less trouble In
getting at the- nut through Its porcupine
covering. Frost Is, furthermore, the her
ald of winter days, Bnow and coasting,
Ico and skating for the smull boy,
A second attack was made today upon
obdurate furnaces. Pipes taken down
to bo cleaned a few days ago nnd loTt
standing for another dny wero hurriedly
shot back Into place and houses this
morning wero filled with smoke, 111 humor
and metuphorlc sulphur whon tho refrac
tory flues worked backwards.
Coal dealers are chuckling and are now
beginning to reap their annual harvest.
Tho P. n. T. has not yet announced
that Its cars aro heated. That comes
later. So far as can bo learned there
will bo no change this year In tho clover
plan of defeating good Intentions of the
heaters on the subwny-elovnted trulns.
Contrary to precedent, these hunters
work.
CARRANZA HOLDS ON
AT NATIONAL PALACE
DESPITE VILLA NOTE
Indications Point to His Pur
pose to Remain Until Con
vention of Constitutionalist
General.
Message From Partisans of
Former Ally Demanding Sur
render to Caldran Mot by
Active Military Preparations.
"SUNK TWO BRITISH SHIPS,"
IS PIGEON'S MESSA.GE
Announcement of Gerninn Victory
Off Florida Found In Cylinder.
ST. AUUUSTiNiiiN'Ia., Sept. 29.
"September 21, 1011, oft Florida coast.
Just sunk two Itrltlslt ships.
(Signed) " GERMAN B. S. U 12-12."
This typewritten ' message In a Binall
cylinder was taken from tTciirrlor pigeon
which lluttcrcd In from tho Atlantic Ocean
tills morning.
Another carrier pigeon enmo In late
yesterday, dropping from oxhnustlon,
boating a tiny cylinder tied to Its leg.
Tho cylinder was Inscribed "Germany
12-12."
DISEASE-RACKED
CORPS NEW BURDEN
TO NATIONS AT WAR
Plague and Minor Ills
Among Soldiers in Rain
besogged Fields Cause
Concern to British.
13L PASO, Tox., Sept. 29. Reports
reaching hero today from Mexico persist
In saying that Ocneral Francisco Vllln
has been assasslnntcd by his secretary,
Florro.
Little credence Is placed In tho rumors
becauso tho message from Chihuahua
last night quoted Villa on tho present
Mexican situation.
Florro was court-martialed and then
released on tho charge of having killed
Benton, tho ranchman In Juarez, sev
eral months ago.
CANADIANS PLAN TO SEND
MORE MEN TO CONTINENT
Soldier, Suppliesa nd Money Will Be
Rushed to England's Aid.
TORONTO, Out, Sept 29.
Having dispatched the first Canadian
war contingent of 32,000 men on Its voy
bro to Rurope, well guarded by British
men-nf-v.-nr, tho Canadian Government
Is evperted In a few days to issue a sec
end rail for men to join their comrades
at the front. Although It Is Intimated
th-it only Id 0.0 men will be asked for
on this occasion, It Is estimated that
fuih loo,o",o will volunteer, of which 10,
iw villi be from Toronto and Montreal.
Kvi-r since the war begun the militia
raiments throughout tho country huvo
Leen increasing their establishments to
a war footing and adding so many re
cruits that the supply of tho service
khaki uniforms has been exhausted, and
companies are again seen parading with
in.' cider uniforms of tho Brliish army.
Owing to the valuable service i endured
by mi.unted infantry In the South African
war Is wa said today by a prominent
hf.idfpiurters olilcer that the second con
tribution of men by tho Dominion would
bo particularly strong In this nrm.
'oupic-d with a strong demand that
has atlsen that this country should send
at least lOo.ttw men nnd maintain them
In the Held, a. decided nud spontaneous
movement for tho formation of rlllo clubs
has started overywhero In the country.
As the work of getting men ready for
the u;ir prom-cues It is being revealed
tuat tho dominion government had been
gradually making preparations for tho
Kieat struggle f(,r the last three years.
This has been done mainly through tho
provision of rlilo ranges and other facili
ties lor practice in markmaiibhlp.
A spontaneous movement which begun
same time ago to provide for tho de
pendents of doldlois at tho front has now
assumed largo proportions. Toronto and
Jlontreal, which were tho first to begin
tins ivui-u, have raised Si.KO.OoO between
them, several other cities have under
tuken to raise from ?.U),im to $T)0.000 each
iu tttien all that has been promised has
Been gathered in JU.OUO.OOO to tlC.COo.OOO Will
"e on hand for relief.
LONDON', Sept. 23.
Tho British army olllclals admittedly
aro gravely concerned over tho sanitary
situation In tho field. Constantly re
curring reports which can hardly be
overlooked. Insist that real Asiatic
cholera Is present, not only In Austria
among tho wounded lit Vienna and
Budapest and among the troops on the
firing line In 'Gullcln, but that It actually
has developed In certain parts of Russia.
In addition typhoid and typhus, as well
as dysentery, are said to bo raging In
tho ranks of some of the German urnilos
and navy, French and British soldiers
havo been sent back from the Hold base
suffering from milder dlscuse.
As a result ot these developments ex
traordinary activity Is In evidence at all
of the hospital cases. To tho troops at
the front have been sent enormous quan
tities of quicklime, which is being used
wherever It Is necessary to clean up
battlefields In the rear of the troops.
In addition, the most extraordinary pre
cautions aro being taken to ln.iurc that
no water used by tho army In the field
Is taken from contaminated sources, in
this .respect the British army Is much
better olf than uny of the other forces
In the Held. .
from tho tlrst landing on French soil
the commanders of the troops havo been
active In safeguarding the water supply.
Whenever the Held kitchens are not en
gaged In supplying food for the men they
have been kept in operation boiling
water. Consequently up to the present
time tho Biltish expeditionary forces haw
been remarkably free from disease.
The heavy, cold rains that continued
for more than a week, however, brought
a veritable epidemic of rheumatism to
tho soldiers in tho Hold. Compelled to
stand hip deep in water-filled trenches,
to light day and night In clothing from
which water actually dripped, tho con
tending forces naturally suffered and
sluco then the percentage of sick Is fully
as large as tho percentage of wounded.
In addition the weather conditions took
severe toll of tho wounded and reports
from all of the Hospitals, tioth here and
111 France, show a high percentage of
pneumonia cases nt tho present time.
250,000 GERMANS RUSHED
TO SIEGE OF ANTWERP
Naval Reserves Sent From North Sea
to Belgian Campaign.
ROTTKRDAM, Sept. 23.
More than -.'jo.OOO German naval re
rves havo been rushed Into Belgium
'rout North Sea stations. Mo3t of them
"re from Kiel nnd lluniburg. They prob
ably will bo used In German operutlons
salnst Antwerp.
CONVENT BADLY DAMAGED
BY BOMB FROM ZEPPELIN
More Raids Over Belgium German
Aviator Killed Near Paris.
AAlSTKKDAM. Sept. 23.
Further Zoppelln forays nro reported.
Another one occurred yesterday over
Deynzo. n city of C000, ton miles south
west of Ghent, whero four bombs were
(iropptil. -t Tlileit, a city of 12.000 peo
ple, In West Flanders, four or live miles
west of Deynsse, two bombs wero dropped.
Tho Convent of St. Vincent and St.
1'mil at Peynzo was badly damaged.
BOUDRAUX, Sept. 29.
The German aeroplane which Hew over
Pails on Sunday nnd dropped bombs,
killing several persons, was lired upon
nnd brought to earth near Montgeron,
n low miles southwest of Paris, accord
ing to a telegram received hero today.
Tho aviator was killed.
According to this message, tho German
uvlator had Just dropped a bomb upon
a trniuloud of French soldiers when a
shell hit the aeroplane.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 29,-Desplto tho
demands "of General Villa and Villa's
generals, that Provisional President
Vonustlnno Carranza resign, the Indica
tions today wero that General Carranza
would remain In tho National Palace at
least until the convention of Constitu
tionalist generals or their delegates Is
held here next month.
General Carranza believes that no
other plan of nctlon on his part would
bo consistent with the "Guadalupe agree
ment," of which Villa Is one of the
signers.
General Carranza and his advisors sat
late In tho executive quarters of the Na
tional Palace last night working upon a
plan of campaign and drafting a reply
to tho following telegram which Carranza
has Just made public:
"To Don Venuatiano Carranza, ftrat chief
o the Conatitutionaliat Army anil in
charge of tho executive power, Mexico
City:
"Wo desire to make every effort to pre
vent the enemies of tho cause of liberty,
who stoop to any medium that stulns the
Republic, from profiting by suctrcircum
stances ns seem imminent. We also de
sire to make every sacrifice before putting
our fatherland In danger of foreign Intervention.
"Only tho failure of all those noble
hopes and all these generous efforts will
lead us into a fratricidal struggle into
which we would be compelled to enter as
our duty.
(Noto: Part of the message Is here
stricken out by 'the Mexican censor.)
"eGncral Vllln has telegraphed to all
our dear brothers to cease thu hostile
attitude of the division of the north as
soon as you, In nn outburst of patriotism
and self abnegation, turn over the su
preme command to the incorruptible
Liberal, Fernando Igleslas Cnlderon, who,
by his talents, energy and clean ante
cedents, will bo a guarantee for tho
fruits of our revolution. He will know
how to lend the republic in the paths of
honor and glory and will never prove a
traitor to the Ideals of real democracy.
'General Vllln has dcclraed categori
cally that the whole of this division (the
nmry of the north) will uphol dtlrmly
Scnor Igleslas, and In a burst of high
patriotism General Villa has ulready an
nounced to tho world that none of his
generals aspire to the presidency of tho
republic, nor the vice presldecny. This
Is so In transitory or permnnent sense."
Tho telegram was signed by 15 generals
on the staff of General Villa. Including
General Felipe Angeles, Eugenlo Bena
Ivdes, Raoul Madero and Callxto Con-
tie ras.
Tho publication of this telegram here
created a sensation.
General Alvaro Obregon and the other
followers of Carranza, who wero sent to
treat at once with Villa's representatives,
uro believed to be In Aguns Callentos;
but this conference Is separate nnd dis
tinct from the big convention called for
next month. It will probably bo held
on Ostober 5.
.Military preparations are still going'
fotwnrd, and General Carranza now has
a strong army In the Held to oppose Gen
eral ui.vs itivision ot the North.
BRITISH WARSHIPS,
LURKING OFF CAPES,
COVET CONTRABRAND
1,000,000 RUSSIANS
MOVE IN AVALANCHE
UPON GERMAN SOIL
Breslau, 190 Miles F&m
Berlin, Is New Objective,
While Cracow Is Left to
Strong Investing Force.
:r e
ALLIES PUSH BACK
KAISER'S RIGHT AS
LONG LINES CLASH
Fierce Battle Wages at Tarnow
in North Przemysl Bombard
ment Heavy Galician Rail
ways and Carpathian Passes
Held.
Great Britain Aims to Break
Up Practice of Supplying
German Cruisers From
This Port.
While agents of the Federal Govern
ment are starting an Investigation to dis
cover the orlglnul shippers f tho con
traband, destined for German warships,
in tho Norwegian steamships Fram and
Sommerstnd, the vessels aro discharging
their cargoes at tho new Municipal Pier
at the foot of Dock strcot, and two Brit
ish cruisers, cheated of their prey, aro
tying Idly off tho Delaware Capes.
It was not known until today that
Great Britain had ordered two warships
to, patrol tho entrance of the Delaware
Bay to break up the practice of supply
ing tho German cruisers Karlsruhe and
Dresden from this port. Several weeks
ago tho cruiser Essex was .seen there.
She was relieved by tho converted
auxiliary cruiser Cnronla and today an
other vessel, believed to be the Brltiannla,
mado her appearance. The cruiser seen
by several Incoming vessels hns four
funnels and Is constructed along tho
same lines as the Creasy, Obouklr and
Hogue, sunk a few days ago by German
submarines. Tho wntchful waiting
policy of the Cnronla and her reinforce
ment, shipping men stated today, did
moro to make Captain Axelscn, of the
Sommerstnd, and Captain Grlndhelm, of
tho Frum, to change their minds about
delivering their cargoes than did orders
from tho owners of their vessels. Each
master was in a fair-way to win-auma)r.
fortune for his work, but the fear of be
ing captured and Imprisoned until the end
of tho war made them decide to sur
render tho clenrance papers and remain
In port until a neutral cargo could re
placo tho contraband stowed In tho holds.
The Department or Commerce and Jus
tice, upon the request of the British Gov
ernment, has taken up the shipment of
contraband from the vnilous American
ports. In addition to Investigating tho
ease of the Sommerstad and Fram. they
nr-3 looking after the American steamship
Lorenzo and Norwegian steamship Thor,
both of which were captured In the act
of delivering coal to German war ves
sels. A significant fact In the cnptuio of
the Thor Is thut she was under charter i nml huve decided to tack themselves- on
to the right wing of tho Germans and to
1'KTHOOHAD, Sept. 2!.
Breslau, In Slleslu, 100 miles from Ber
lin, Is now believed to bo the main Rus
sian objective. Cracow, which the Rus
sians' northern column Is ncarlng, will
ibe Invested by a large' army, following
tho precedent set at Przemysl. A million
men aro reported engaged In this move
'ment.
Tho northern column has assuulted
Tarnow and a pitched battle Is now In
progress there. Tho Austrlans aro put
ting up a strong resistance but they are
greatly outnumbered. With Tnrnow In
possession -of tho Itussinns the last ob
stacle In the way of tho siege of Cracow
will have been removed. Dumbrlcko, a
ruilroud station on thn way to Tnrnow,
bus ulready been captured.
It Is now apparent that the movement
through Gallcia Is thu main offensive
of the Itusslun army. It developed to
day that Grand Duke Nicholas, the commander-in-chief.
Is with the forces there,
which number moro than l.OOO.OOj men.
The armies, proceeding along tho
parallel lines of railway, are moving
rapidly westward. With nil the six
Carpathian passes occupied by Russian
troops und with strong forces on the
Hungarian plains Just south of these
points all danger of a possible Hanking
movement has been avoided. Conse
quently there is now nothing to retard
the movement.
The pursuit by the Russians of the
Austrian army In Gallcia Is compared by
tho military experts here with General
Kutozoff's pursuit of Napoleon's army
from Moscow In 1S12, and General Grant's
hurrying chnse of Leo's nrmy In the
civil wnr In lSlw.
Tho victorious Russian forces have al
ready traversed more than half of tru
routo from Przemysl to Cracow and the
latter Is now only four days' march dis
tant. Tho northern Russian column Is mov
ing much more rapidly than the sotitli
orn. ono. This Is believed., here. -to Indi
cate they expect tho Austrian retreat,
when It comes, to be toward the south,
nnd the army moving in that direction
will be nblo to cut otf their retreat.
AUSTRIAN'S FALL BACK TO CRACOW.
The Austrlans have fallen buck until
they are close to Cracow, whore they
como under command of tho German gen
erals. They have not only abandoned nil
defense of their own country, but havo
left Hungary to the protection of Its own
national troops.
Tho Austrlans havo also apparently re
linquished ull Idea of Independent action
Paris Has Unconfirmed Report That von
Kluk Has Begun to Withdraw Ger
mans Violently Assault Centre at
Rheims Battle Near Muelhausen.
Prince Adelbert Said to Have Been Killed
by Own Men Berlin Declares Troops
Continue to Advance Along Meuse
With Other Wing Firm.
TheWar Today
PARIS, Sept. 'M.
Tlmt the nlKlit nud dny itttuvkN on
thr French left by the heavily rein
forced Cerniiin rleht eoiillniieM without
nny mnterlnl elinuce In Hie nltuntlnn
nnd Hint In ccnernl there Iiiik been no
clinime, vrnM tlie tenor of tho nfflelnl
ntiiloment Imniiou thlx afternoon. Tho
ofllelnl review, IsniioiI from tho Wnr
Oflloe nt Ilonlenii-v, anil inn do public liy
General (Jullenl here, nM lint the
French nro miiklnc ullKht priiKresn
near the MciiNr. The report snyi
"Tho Gcrtnnn dny nml night iifi.snults
on nur loft cmitliiiicN, hut f 1 1 nro re
pulsed n.- miide.
"In tho centre the fioriiinno nro oon
teiitlng; theni.sclvoM with xholllui; our
positions, tlio niiinoiiiidluK helns eon-
tllllKIIIM.
"Between the ArRiinnc nnd tlio .Meiixe
PAULS, Sept. 20.
Thut tho Jronch continue to malto
slow gains on tho loft, whore tho fren
erul jlatjklnFr movement is in progress,
wns all of tho Information obtainable
at military headquarters today.
It was said that thoro was almost
continuous fighting in tho Alsne dis
trict and along tho heights of the
Mouse.
It is reported Germans have renewed
their operations in upper "Alsace and
that fierce lighting is again in prog
ress in tho vicinity of lluelhauson.
Tho Germans continue their assaults
against the Vcnlun-Toitl lino of torts,
but it ofllcially Is denied that they have
made nny substantial progress.
Tho French War Olllco has suddenly
become very laronlc, and In its state
ment Issued just before midnight last
night it gives only one development.
by tho Inter-Amerlenn Steamship Com
panv of Now York, the same concern
which hns contracted for tho Sommer
stad and Fram. It is also said that tills
company employed tho four other Nor
wegian steamships sailing from here the
Inst two months with similar cargoes.
On of them, the Helna, was captured oft
St. Thomas. D. XV. I., by a French
cruiser. William J. Grunillicld & Co. of
SOS Walnut street, were the local agents
for the vessels They refuse to discuss
tho case.-
G; vernfuent Inspectors are watching tho
discharge of the cargoes ot tho Fram
and the Sommerstnd and will .see that
It Is all placed nshore. It will bo stored
until claimed by the consignor or consignors.
89 SAVED FROM TAH0MA
35,000 REFUGEES FLOCK
TO HAVEN IN GHENT
Peasants Flee Scenes of Fighting In
Belgian Provinces.
AMSTKRDAM. Sept. .
Thlrty-flvc thousand refugees havo ar
il ved at Ghent, according to advices re
ceived from private source in northern
Relslum.
Tho refugees are peasants and resi
dents of smaller towns In tho part of the
country west of Brussels, In tho vicinity
of Alost and Termotule. where the ttght
Ing has been going on for severnl days,
and from West Flanders, whero the peo
ple expect conlllctH between tho Germans
uuq a inrce ot j-rencti and British which
Is now said to be marching east toward
Belgium In northern France.
Revenue Cutter on Hocks Probably a
Total Loss.
WASHINGTON', Sept. :'9.-All aboard
the I'nlted Stato revenue cuter Tnhoma
when she ran aground in Alaskan wa
ters ,n total of S9 officers and men, have
beo nsaved, according to a wireless meg
sago received today by Captain Comman
dant Hertholf, of tho rovetmu cutter ser
vice, from Captain W. E. Reynolds, com
mander of tho revenue cutter Ileot In tho
Pacific.
The message gave no details of the 'alns' n ",a.l!irai b."!',''l'V' . ,fac,ns lhlr "
....,. i t,n .v. ..." vun?' ml tlle fuct thllt ' '"We pushet
play a modest role as a component part
of tho German army now operating on
Germany's eastern frontier.
Tho brief Russian War Olllce statement
claims continuous success in tho west
ward advance and adds:
"Sorties by the Austrian garrison nt
Przemysl continue, but they havo been
repulsed. Many prisoners, a number of
cannon and some ammunition havo fallen
in our hands.
"As the Austnans rotreat confusion is
noticeable In their ranks.
"Tho Austrlans nro now suffering from
shortage of food. In Przemysl military
rations huvo been reduced by 25 per
cent."
LONDON, Sept. 29.
The Russian Kmbassy gnvo out tho
following statement today:
"Russian troops In groat numbers havo
been ablo to penetrate Hungary nt sov
eral points as far as I'nshvar."
If tho foregoing announcement is true
It menus that the Russian army invading
Hungary Is only 10 miles from Budapest,
tho Hungarian capital. Fnghvar Is only
170 miles northeast of Budapest. Further
mote, this Information, if authentic, ro
voals one of the greatest feats of arms
i no itussinns nave oeen able to uaum.
pllsh since the war broke out. Thav
munt have crossed the Carpathian tnoun.
rescue, but It Is behoved tho men wore so far iu such short time in Heates th,.t
taken on boats from tho I'nlted States they olth.r . with T'ry tie riSE
const survey stenmer Patterson. tance in the Carpathian mounta " ,
Captain Commandant Hertholf believes or else were able to achieve a notabto
the 'Inhoma will bo a total loss, but of. vi.. i ,.,. i ..... " " "V?'e
vvj t uivtiuitiuih wjniusiimii so Cualiy,
WEATHER FORECAST
for Philadelphia unci vicinity Fair
tomght and probably Wednesday, with
ruing temperature; moderate vari-
" U'JIttfS.
for details, ece last paae.
PRINCE ADALBERT KILLED
BY GERMAN SHOT, IS REPORT
Belglnn Doctor Says Kaiser's Third
Son Died in Ghent Hospital
. GHENT. Sept. 39.
A Belgian doctor. Just out of Brussels
says that Prince Adalbert. th0 Kaiser's
third tan. died in a hospital there and
that It. Lepaise, King Alberts phjslcian
was ordered tu hold an autopsy u jj,e'
preneiu-e of two German doctor, it wis
found, liu says, that the Prince had bein
killed by a German bullet and thut in
other xaminatlona oMcirs were found
tu liuve died, too. from wounda made
by Gcrmun bullets. ,
The man who told thU was flrmiv -.
vlnced of the truth of his statement, but
1 it should e accepted with reserve
2,000.000 IDLE IN GERMANY
Hanks of Unemployed Reported In
creasing Daily.
OKNKVA, Sept. S9.-A dispatch from
Munich estimates, that 2.0,w men and
women are Idle In Germany on account
of the war.
The number of unemployed Is Increas
ing dally. Much of tho idleness has been
produced by a lack of raw materials.
FRENCH TAKE GERMAN CONGO
Occupy Greater Part of Foe's Terri
tory in Africa.
PARIS, Sept. .
French forco have occupied the greater
part of the Congo territory ceded to Ger
many by the treaty of 1911. It was ofllclai
1$ an.iot.ncoj today
forts will bo made to get her off tho
rocks If she has not alroadj t. Hindered.
SERB-MONTENEGRIN FORCES
BEGIN TO SHELL SARAJEVO
Austrlans Also Losing Final Foot
hold on Servian Soil.
nOMll Sent. w.
A dispatch from Cettlnjo says that
Servian and Montenegrin forces boforo
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, have begun
the bombardment of the city.
N'Sli. Servia. Sept. JS.
Tho hervian War Olllco issues the fol.
lowing statement:
"Tho next few days will see all tho
Austrlans expelled from Servia. Their
solo remaining fuothold is in tho muun.
tains suutlnvest of Krupani. whero our
forc-os are winning in lighting in the
mountain paes."
MEN SENTENCED FOR BEGGING
Police Declnrn They Are Confirmed
Panhandlers.
Two men hwukkI of panhandling were
iwiioiu-ou u w (tayti oacli in the County I
Prison fxlav b Magistrate Kmely n I
tin Park and Lehigh avenue police ta- I
tln. Thev werw Wlunetd Oar.-..n ia
.Uf.WS,U .Vrtct "nrt BJ""1 Fletcher.
225 North Second street-
n?2? ""? ."nVere. ""el tor begging last
ntght. Police declare they are old of
fnflenj. Tluv gave an an rx-use, a dr.
sire to set to Chester t wrr m a HUH
CATTAR0 FORTS SEND BIG
FRENCH WARSHIP TO BOTTOM
Austrlans Report Disaster to Allies,
Thanks to Intercepted Message.
RKttUN, Sept. 29.
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from
Igalo, Ualntatla, asserts that tho Aus.
triaii forts nt Cattam on September 19
sank a big French warship.
Tho forts, It U said, had intercepted
a wireless message concerning the move,
ment In tho direction of Catturo of IS
warships and throe cruisers. The Aus.
trlane awaited their arrival, fully pio
pared. A ealvo from the first fort anH
tho warhip. nnd the otlier veesela In
the ileet i treated hastily.
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at tlie polling plicea.
P'tty fiirMi rr i i nt nl-'.
'Continuous lighting along the wholo
120-mlle battle lino begnn tho 17th
day of the great battle, raging from
the Alsno to the Mouse.
Paris has a report that General von
Kluk has begun to withdraw, but the
War Office Is reticent. Slow gains
against the Gorman right are an
nounced, and It is ndded that the
Germans' efforts to break through the
line at Rheims have been violent.
Prince Adalbert, the Kaisor's third
son, la said to have been killed by his
own men by mistake.
Two hundred and firty thousand Ger
man naval resorves nro reported be
ing rushed from North Sea ports t-
aid In the siege of Antwerp. This in
dicates tho German plan to crush
completely the Belgian flanking
movements.
In 13a st Prussia conflicting reports
claim the aggressive for both the
Russians and the Germans. It seems
certain that the German bombard
ment of Oasowicss has been repulsed.
Petrograd claims a general retirement
of tho Germans across tho Polish
irontior into Knot Prussia. Berlin
tute that the Russian have been
unable to take tho inltlutlvo In an
advance into Kat Prussia.
Russians have begun direct operation
against Breslau. The million men in
tho northern column, now within four
marches of Cracow, will leave tho
siege of that former objective to u
strong investing force and move
across the German frontier, in pur.
sunnce of the general plan to reach
Berlin before winter is over. Severe
righting is going on at Tarnow, so
miles from Cracow. Dumbicka and
other positions on the road have been
tuken, and the main Russian army is
making rapid progress- In the south
movement is less rapid on ocvount of
the marshy ground, but the Austrian
aro described as losing in frequent
minor encounters.
Herlln Wap Oflloe oflMaUy announces
there is nothing to Indicate that the
great battle has entered th decid
ing stages, it says lighting U gen
eral, with no decided change ewept
along the Meuse. where the Hermans
continue to make gains. The right
wing has stood Arm, although ub.
Jetted to severe pressure.
Belgium War timeo announce Oer
mans have occupied Mtchlin after
severe bombardment. Much dafgage
has been done to Olost. an import
ant city. The presence of large
numbers of Hermans in Brussels l,.t,
led to a brli. f that the retreat frum
I ran' o h s I'trgun.
the French Imve mnd- illKlit biiIhh. , This is that tho C'.ormans have re
Hl.senliere there ban been very .nIIkIii nowed their efforts to break through
chiuiKe." : tho French lines near Ithulms und th:n
tho invaders' attacks there have been
"very violent."
Tho only reference this statement
mado to fighting upon tho critical
western end of the battle lino was that
"conditions there arc favorable to tho
Allies."
Unolllcial reports from the front
show this: That there Is hard light
ing around Cambrui, wheru the Ger
mans are trying to offset tho growing
vigor of the French attacks; that tho
Germans have redoubled their efforts to
weaken the Allies' centre near Rheims
in order to draw French troops from
tho region of the Otse, and that tho
German operutlons along tho Meuso.
although carried on with tho strength
of desperation, aro being checked by
the superior numbers of tho French.
There was a persistent rumor that
Goneraf von Kluk. tho commander of
the army- making up tho German right,
had begun to withdraw, leaving a
strong force to guard his rear, but this
lacks confirmation.
Several olilcera in the garb of tho
British Indian troops havo been sc-t., -in
Paris, and this is accepted us con
clusive proof that at last tho inn...
regiments are In the field, although up
to the present time there has b.en io
rtlcial statement on this subject.
There is a strong inclination at mo
headquarters of General Qallleni. Mili
tary Governor of Paris, to believe that
the battle has reached its climux.
Seventeen days of day and ninht
fighting has exhausted the troops ,.r
hoth armies, but the Germans havo
suffered worse than the Allies, tjerma-i
prisoner report the most terrible con
ditions prevailing along the lines, s.mio
German regiments have been com
pletely wiped out. In many instun. ei
u new regiment has een formed In the,
huulfuj of troops left from regiment
which have been in the forefront of
attacks.
The Prussian Guards havo suffered
most heavily because they were thrown
forward against the enemy to lead
many of the assaults made around
Rheims.
While no authentic figures ur- oh.
taintble from military headquurt. ri,
mers who are familiar with th.- sit.
uation declare the German casualties
in the Uatileuf the Aisne. now bUi.wii
entering its decisive stage, total fmiy
tHO.Otto In killed, wounded and missus.
The losses of the Allies, they say, prb.
ahly will le lOfcOftQ, inasmuch h nt
many points of the line it has l,ern
found necessary to deliver frontal ,-.
tacfcs on heavily intrenched posltlinjj.
In thf -ase of the Germans it ib -..id
'iie have 4 far IiikIi- r i r nt ). itV
d. id than tin- Aili. . Th. Itni,,i ,v
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