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FRENCHAGAIN HURL FORCES FORWARD IN FIERCE ASSAULT ON GERMAN LEFT WIN&i
est and the Mouse wo have made
a fillglit advance. In the Moovre
region violent fighting has taken
place. Our troops have advanced
at many points, notably to the east
of St. Mlhlet.
On our right wing (Lorralno and
the Vosges) there Is no change.
During the night Important dis
patches were brought from tho front
and lights blazed until dawn In tho
odlces of the War Department. It
plainly was evident that something big
had occurred, and Paris Immediately
Interpreted It as confirmation of the
reports of a victory.
Another development In this connec
tion which was accepted as favorablo
was tho demand from tho French gen
erals In the north for all the automo
biles and motortrucks In Tarls and
the vicinity.
The French army operating on tho
Royc-Albert-Combles line Is making a
desperate drive against General von
Klulc's line of communications. The
Germans have- thrown up Intronch
ments at strategic points along tho
lino and havo planted a considerable
quantity of artillery. Masked platoons
of quick-firing' guns command stretches
of meadow land.
Attaches of General Galllenl's staff
hope that Franco will bo free of Ger
mans before the end of October. In
discussing tho situation, one of them
said:
"There Is no doubt that the allied
army is pressing homo its victory. Tho
retreat of Von Kluk's army would nat
urally compel the retirement of the
entire German force. There Is no piv
otal point in the extreme eastern part
of France for the army to swing upon,
so that we assume that the German
left will fall back to Metz and tho
centro and right wing will move back
ward to Belgium. It Is my opinion
that tho next big battle wilt bo fought
on German and Belgian soil and that
tho Germans will be Btrlctly upon the
defensive. I would not bo surprised
to see Germany suing for peace by
the beginning of 1915."
Wounded French and British soldiers
nrrlvlng In this city report tremendous
fighting along the line, especially at
tho western end, where the Allies have
been making a supremo effort to shat
ter tho Invaders' flank, the losses are
frightful. Every trench that the Ger
mans have been compelled to give up
Is full of dead. The French generals
telegraphed to General Galllcnl, tho
military governor of Paris, to rush a
trnlnload of chloride of lime. The Ger
man trenches will be filled with lime
and the battlefields will be sprinkled.
Losses of the Germans have been
appalling. Some unofficial estimates
place the Invaders' losses In tho battlo
of the Marno and tho battlo of tho
Alsno at 600,000 killed, sounded and
prisoners. In the absenco of official
estimates only guesses can bo made.
The eighteenth day of the big en
gagement found the German defensive
apparently much weaker and the Allies,
on account of the strength Imparted by
fresh troops, have been able to occupy
more favorable positions. It Is said
that the French and British have been
able to capture a number of heavy
German guns, but have not been ablo
to turn them upon the enemy, owing to
lack of suitable ammunition.
Crown Prince Kupprecht of Bavaria
is reported to have been captured by
the French and to bo a prisoner in
Nomeny. In order to liberate the
Crown Prince the Germans are making
vigorous assaults against Nomeny, It
is said.
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Germans, Reinforced, Seek
to Renew Checked Ad-
vance Against Warsaw.
Deny Losing Ground.
petrograd, sPt so.
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REPULSE OF FRENCH RIGHT
ONLY CHANGE, BERLIN SAYS
The official line of battle as given out by the French War Office, but without date, so that changes may have occurred since the comoatams occupicu .c
positions noted, has not changed markedly on the right, centre or left. As now lined up the French right runs from Pont-a-Mousson, to St. Nihiel, then to
the heights of the Mouse southeast of Verdun, where stiff fighting, includinK a bombardment with siege guns, has been going on for several days, in the centre,
between Verdun and Rheims, the line runs through Varennes, Souam, around Rheims to Berry-au-Bac and the heights north of the River Aune which it
follows almost to Soissons and Compiegnc. Across the Aisne and the Oise the line runs through Ribecourt (held by the French) to Lassigny he" thc
Germans) to Roye (held by the French), and Chaulnes (held by the Germans). To the north of the Sommc the line stretches between Albert and Comblcs.
Further north, unofficially, It is reported that the French are fighting an extended German line near Cambrai and the Belgian border.
BERLIN, Sept. 30 iby way of Ams- Berlin that the Germans ever havo lost
terdam). ground In the Battle of the Alsne.)
The official statement this afternoon i The latest list of casualties issued
reports no decisive action between tho here Increases the number of German I
Olse and Meuse Rivers, but adds that J troops killed, wounded and missing to
the German force operating against tho more than 117,000. The great majority '
Verdun-Toul fortifications has repulsed I are nnmed ag mlssing. This total !
JAPANESE CRUSH
FORTS OF TSING-TAO
AND MENACE TOWN
Heavy Guns Placed for
Bombardment and Surren
der of German Garrison Is
Believed Imminent.
the French assault.
The official statement follows:
Btween the Oise and the Meuse
the situation is generally quiet. The
army operating against the forts of
the Meuse has repulsed another at
tack by the French army from the
Vercun and Toul forts.
An assault delivered by Belgian
troops from the Antwerp garrison
has been repulsced by the Germans.
Earler in the day the folowing brief
announcement was made.
An Indecisive battle has occurred
on the right wing of the German
army In France. Siege guns opened
fire Tuesday on the Antwerp fort
resses. Tho French have renewed their
advances about Verdun. It Is quiet
along the centre.
A brief statement Issued at midnight
declared that the allied Trench and
British troops continued their attacks
without success, and that whenever
any ground was lost by the Germans
It Immediately was regained.
(ThlH is the first admusion from
PEKIN, Sept. 30.
The fall of Tslng-Tno is imminent ns
a result of steady bombardment from
both land anil sea, according to a state
ment Issued at the Japanese Legation
today. It said that Fort litis already
has been silenced and that heavy uam
NEW KRUPP GUNS ADD POWER
TO KAISER'S KIEL CRUISERS
Great Fleet in North Sea Expected to
Give Early Battle.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 30.
Germany is strengthening the armament
of her fleet In the North Pea, according
to reports of travelers who have recently
passed through the Kiel Cnnal. The ves
sels nre being equipped with new ordnance
which the Krupp works have perfected
after two years of experiment. The new
guns are being placed on both armored
cruisers and dreadnoughts.
The canal is described as being crowded
with warship". Including the largest bat
tleshlr. Tho arsenals are busv day and
night, and long trains arrive continuously
with immense guns for the ships.
The Germans nre leported as declaring
that the whole fleet soon will be ready
to fight
The coi respondent of the Evening News
hnn felerrniihert to London that the sixth
! Gei unn naval casunltj list gives the
names of one man killed and 31 officers
covers the fighting In both the eastern , Bla, had been inflicted on Fort Kaiser amI v,3 meri nilsplng.
I and western theatres of war. In the
latest list tho COth Infantry Regiment
I was the healest loser. Out of Us en
rolment. IS officers, 16 non-commissioned
officers and 3S2 men were listed
I as killed, 1S6 officers and men as
wounded and 130 missing.
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It is stated officially that Prince Os
car, who is suffering from heart dis
ease, will bo unable to return to the
front. He has begged hi uher, Em
peror William, for permission to vio
late the physician's orders, but the
Emperor has upheld their edict.
"Prince Joachim, who was recently
wounded, will return to the front early
in October," the statement adds. "Tho
other sons of the Emperor are well."
This refuted the report sent by Eng
lish correspondents from Belgium that
Prince Adalbert had died In a Brussels
hospital.
Point. These two forts, with Fort Beginning on Thursday, according to
Moltke, form the centre of the German orders Issued today bv the British naval
' ,, antliorltlts, no neutral trawlers will bo
stronghold. , nuonPli t0 sisli on tho eas-t coast of Eng-
Conflrming reports of Japanese successes inn,, hut thev may continue their opera-
at Kiao-Chau, the Tokio Goernment, in tlons on Mir west coast
an official statement issued this afternoon,
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REPORTS CONFIRM GERMAN
RETREAT, LONDON BELIEVES I &
announced that a Japanese naval force
has succeeded In capturing Laoshe Har
taor. close to the main settlement of
Tslns-Tao The Japanese captured four
j Held guns
I In order to shell forts effectively It
is necessary to mount guns on Mount
I i.au-Shan. These weie dragged up the
mountain for 3V feet under coer of an
attack, that kent the real plan of the
Japanese concealed. When the Germans
discovered what the Japanese troops
were doing, four guns already had
reached the position chosen.
A bursting shell killed the soldiers who
were drawing up the fifth, and it fell
back to the bottom of the mountain,
crushing 10 men to death. The com
bined Japanese and English forces cap
tured the railroad east of the Tung-Ho
River in a night attack, and Tslng-Tao
has been completely Isolated as a result.
The right wing of the Allies now ex
tends to Kiao-Chau Bay west of Llu
Llng Guns have been mounted there
that 'have a longer range than those on
the German gunboats In the bay, and
the latter have been forced to seek shel
ter beyond Vln-Tau Ibl.ind.
Be'oro the German gunboats were
.i-.n had, bombs dropped from aero-
had killed a number or t,ngiisn
Thl older will affect a largo number
of Dutch and Danlch trawlers now using
G'lmsbv as a Ashing base.
ROUT OF VON KLUK
IMPROBABLE, SAYS
MILITARY ANALYST
RUSSIAN ADVANCE,
SWEEPING HUNGARY,
NEARS BUDAPEST
LONDON, Sept. 30. , The Germans have been unable to
That the armies of the Alltes aro , perfect their short lines of communl
alowly but surely driving back the f cation from Metz and through Luxem
front lines of tho Germans along the , burg, because as long ns Verdun holds
Visne Is the Arm belief of London out It will be a constant menace to
today. , those lines.
Every report Is Interpreted as con- The turning movement of the Allies
firmatlon of this. The repulse of the j to tho north menaces the long line of
Germans In the fighting between the j the German communications through
I
Alsne and tho Oiss la believed to be a
failure of an action started by the (
enemy to nask the retirement back of
his Intrenched lines.
The removal of the headquarters of I
General von Der Golts, tha German
Governor of Belgium, to Namur from
Brussels Is believed authentic
In It la seen tho preparations by tha
Germans for a change in the scene of
conflict from tho battle fronts in
France to Belgium, where the Germans
will have their lines along their own
frontier.
The work of fortifying the Rhino, of
which accounts havo reached London
from both Switzerland and Holland, is
confirmatory of this belief.
Today's cfncinl statements in Ber
lin and Paris indicate the advantage
rests with tho Allies. The Uorman
statement admits that the French are
ndanclng in the neighborhood of Ver
dun. The French statement confirms
this and gives the further information
that Germans have been driven east of
St. Mihiel. which the Qermans recently
captured.
The Berlin statement ws that no
decisive result has been attained on
the German right wing. The French
ofdclally declare that tho right wing
has been repulsed in an attack on
Tracy-le-Mont and that the turning
in vement of the Allies is extending
Kteat'llv toward the north This is
Belgium. As hai been pointed out in
the armies of Generals on Boehn and
these dispatches provloubly, this line. If
cut, only a rapid retreat can save the
Gennan right wing and centre.
Reports have been received here that
von Kluk, comprising the German right
wing, were In full retreat.
Though the English censor permitted
the transmission of unofficial dispatches
stating that the German right wing
had met with disaster, the Government
Press Bureau refused to confirm them.
This statement was made at 10:43
a. m.:
The Press Bureau l u .able to
confirm the report that the German
right wing, has been broken and la
being pushed back.
Efforts to get an explanation of the
word "unable." whether leaning that
no information had been received or
whether in accordance with the rule
that no report on fighting should be
issued until five days after it has taken
place, met with no success.
iQBt of the newspapers print the
Paris rumors that the German right
wing is in complete retreat, but de
clare it must be accepted "under re
serve," inasmueh as there would be
little likelihood of news of this mag
nitude being withheld.
It is admitted that the German right
wing must soon retire or be Isolated
and captured, but up to noon toda
the War Office absolutely was without
German Right Actually Pro
gressing and Still on Offen
sive, Is Opinion of War
Writer.
BRITISH VIOLATE HOLLAND'S
NEUTRALITY, BERLIN SAYS
Capture Dutch Ships nnd Drop Bombs
on Towns, Are Charges.
BERLIN. Sept. 30 - (By wirt less
through Sayville. L. I.)
It Is announced here that Sven Hedln,
the famous Swedish explorer, employed
to Investigate charges that German
troops committed atrocities in Belgium,
states In Swedish papers, to which he
has given Impressions of his journey
through Belgian and French territory
occupied by the Germans, that the pop.
ulatlon. on returning to their homes,
praised the splendid discipline of the
German troops.
This Information also was given out
today. .
"Owing to the bellicose attitude of the
British warships cruising near tho Dar
danelles. Turkey closed the straits
"Holland la exercised by the capture
of Dutch ships by tho British The Rot
terriamschi CoumiU states that England
thoroughly disregards tho rights of i .phS gfc0nd army. comiosed of trained
neutral States The Dutch itenmor (.nlonini8 and Home Territorials, corre
Sophle. Rotterdam to New Vork. was BpondnK to Amtriv.in National Guard,
captured by the British In the channel gj,ouW however, soon be ready,
and token to Lowes , smiqen arrival at the battle front
"The British Minister at The Hague I , t f Vo Kluk to retlre as htbU
" " ' "" r r -; : .". !. the nrcsent unconnrmeu .rrencn m-
By J. W. T. MASON
NEW VORK, Sept. 30 There Is no
odlclal Information that can In any way
be Interpreted as affording a basis for
the Paris report of General von Kluk'
jetreat. On the contrary, the new bat
tle line of tho Allies, announced with
usual frankness by the French Govern
ment, shows a considerable gain by the
Germans.
Last week I'eronne and Lasslgnv were
in possession of the Allies, representing
the closest points to Von Kluk's main
defenses that had been captured slnco
the battle of the Alsne began. The new
disposition of the initio front restores
Lasslgny to Von Kluk and moves the
Allies 10 miles back of I'eronne hetwet r
CombliB and Albert. The reconstructed
lattle lino shows considerable offensive
power is retained by Von Kluk
Von Kluk's rout Ht this time could be
caused only by the unexpected appear
ance of strong reinforcements for the Al
lies. Such additions to the. assailants
probably would have to be supplied from
Great Britain. Most of the British troops
sent to Franco subsequent to the arrival
of the first expeditionary army have had
to be used for making good losses and
keeping the British corps up to their
full htrength
It is Improbable that a second army
I us yt crossed the Lngllbii cnannel
Hosts Pour Through Car
pathian Passes and Move
Briskly Through Unforti
fied Territory Galician
Campaign Quiet.
I'RTROGRAD, Sept. 30.
The Russian advance guards are now
within 120 mlle of Budapest, with an un
fortified country before them, through
three pathways In the Carpathians, at
Dukla 1'a.ss. Sanok Pass nnd Uzsok Pass,
the columns detached to advance into
Hungary are pouring out on the plains.
Through two of the passes are railroads,
which the Russians now control to points
In the foothills on the Hungarian side
of the Southern Galician border.
The force which advanced to Sanok
Tass was opposed by German artillery
sent to cut off Its mocment. Tho Ger
mans were defeated in engagements
south of tho city of Sunok nnd retieatcd
to the northwest, abandoning their guns.
The Russian force moved on through
the defile.
In the Uzsok Pass the Russians dis
lodged the Hunveds from three positions
and gained the furthor siae, wnere mcj
arc now descending to the Hungarian
plateau.
There are no fortifications south of the
Carpathians to stay the progress of th
aimles from the north.
THE GALICIAN CAMPAIGN.
In Gallcla the campaign Is quiet. The
southern column has taken Dukla. a
railroad centre.
The fighting nt Dulka Is believed to
have been with the Austrlans, who fell
back to Jaslo and attempted to rally
there. Both Dukla and Jaslo are on
tho Jaslelka River.
L'noiliiial advices state that part of
General Ruzsky's forces has already
reached Tarnow, and that fighting has
been In progress there for 24 hours. The
capture of Tarnow will leave the road
clear for an advance on Cracow.
That the Germans expect no attempt
by the Russians to take Cracow- by
storm, but expect General Ruzsky to
rest content with an Investment of that
city, while his main forces pursue their
march on Sllesi.i, is inaicateu oy a uis
patch from Warsaw stating that the
Germans are fortifying the heights
south of Kielce, Russian Poland. These
are In the way of a direct advance Into
Silesia.
The Russian onward march through
Gallcla is declared to be proceeding un
interruptedly in two parallel lines. The
Austrian resistance la declared to be al-
fudy so badly broken that the troops
of the Dual Umpire Beem unable to
make a decided stand. It Is not believed
that they will give battle until Cracow
Is reached
The AustrUn Crown Prince, Archduke
Carl Franz Josef, is reported to havo
reached Cracow jestorday and to have
taken command of that post, with Gen
eral Conrad von Hoetzendorf as his chief
of staff.
GERMAN WARSHIP
REPORTED LOST IN
NORTH SEA STORM
Bodies of Sailors Strew
Shores, Says Danish News
paper Hurricane at 110
Miles an Hour.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 30.-Rcports cur
rent here for 24 hours that a German
warship has been wrecked In the North
Sea have been corroborated, Danish news
papers say, by the finding of many bodies
on the short south of Esbjcrg. All wore
tho uniform of the German navy.
The disaster Is said to havo occurred
In a terrific hurricane that Is sweeping
the North Sea and Denmark. The wind
at times has reached a velocity of 110
miles an hour. Severe damage has been
done nt many points.
BELGIANS BEAT BACK
GERMANS MARCHING
ON ANTWERP FORTS
Heavy Fire Against Outer
Works Ceases "Hold
Capital at Any Cost," King
Orders Generals.
Ins abovu the Dutch town of Maestrlcht
dropped a bomb, thus violating Dutch
neutrality
"Captured British ofllcers, Colonel
Gordon and Lieutenant Colonel Neish.
both of the Gordon HighUndera, have
confessed in an oillcial examination that
the British Government handed over to
both dum-dum bullets to take the place
of Brownings "
(Colonel Gordon was reported more '
than two weeks ago to have been killed I abrogation of all Turkish ttcatles
In battle ) scheduled to take place at midnight to-
Herr Ballln. head of the Hamburg- ' night, the admission by Secretary of the
American Line, etates In the Humburer Navy Daniels today that the United
N.jcnrichten that the British mone) mar- , sutea cruiser Tenntsee has been ordor
Jtet has been discredited by the mora- ' ed to the Mediterranean took on a new
torlotn fur a long time significance,
Likewise tno cuiuhk u uie ucrman
mors suggest
U. S. ORDERS WARSHIPS
TO ENTER TURKISH WATERS
Steps Taken to Protect American In
terests After Treaty Abrogation.
WASHINGTON, Sept 30.-Vlth the
cable and the stupendous lies or the Kng-
lUh and French news agencies," he says,
"hav produced i moratorium of truth
for the over-seas world."
Two Facing Charges of Theft
RED BANK. N J sept 30 -A man
who atd he as James Gordon Bennett
and John flaird are l Jail at Freehold.
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The State Department lias received no
reply to its note delivered to the Turkish
Government of two weeks ago. protest
in' against the abrogation of the Turkish
treaties In the atwence of a reply to
this protest the Tennessee has been
ordered to the vicinity of Turkey In order
to be ready for any possible outbreaks
there
The iTUlcr NoMh Carolina Is vUthlri
Xi hours sailing oi lurKisn waters, and
It is expected that these warship will be
AUSTRIANS RESIST CZAR'S
INVASION OF HUNGARY
Fresh Troops Hurried to Isolated
Provinces Battle Reported,
AMSTERDAM, Sept 30.
A dlspntch to the Korrespondence
states that the Austrian Government Is
sending fresh troops Into Northeastern
Hungary to stem the Russian advance
which already has penetrated the Car
puthlnns It is unofficially reported In the
Hungarian cnpltal that n battle was
fought between Austrian and Russian
soldiers near Malumsieg yesterday.
The dispatch follows:
Teliphoulc communication with the
districts of Okormcso and Maramares
Interrupted Fiesh troops have been
dispatched to these districts, thus com
pletely altering the situation. News
fiom a reliable source, not jet offi
cially confirmed, states that yesterday
a Lattle was fought near Malvmsztg
Orokomoso Is about 220 miles east of
Budapest. Maramaros is a county in
Hungary bordering on Transylvania and
Gallcla The Carpathian Mountains ex
tend through it Its western border is
about 175 miles east of Budapest.
Dispatches received from Petrograd yes
terday stated that the Russians had pene
trated Hungary as far as l'nghr. which
u onli 170 miles from Budapenl Other
ANTWERP, Sept. 30.
The German operations against Ant
wem continue to take shaDe. The Ger
man long-range bombardment of the
outer ring of fortifications of the city Is
progressing with no apparent damage to
the Belglun positions.
According to the War Ofllce the Belgian
troops, by a series of sorties from the
Antwerp foits, have succeeded In Inflict
ing considerable damage on tho enemy.
After a heavy bombardment of the
outer forts the German artillery Arc died
out at 6 o'clock this morning and a lull
ensued.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
The War Office Issued an official state
ment to this effect this afternoon. The
statement follows:
The German bombardment bated at
o'clock without silencing the forts.
During the firing many houses in
Llcrre. a suburb, were set on lire.
The populace has taken refuge In this
city.
The Germans used heavy guns
against the forts, and Belgian
arllllery replied vigorously. The fact
that the German ordnance Is much
healer than that of the Belgians has
enabled the Germans to attack at
very short range.
A member of the General Staff said
this afternoon:
The German attacks have been re
pulsed with heavy losses. The de
fenders are confident of resisting a
siege.
AUSTRIANS AID GRRMANS
It 1b now certain that the reduction of
the Antwerp forts will be attempted, and
this operation will be carried on by the
murines and naal reserves from the
fleet and the engineers from the Land
wehr organizations and the siege gun
battalions By this arrangement it will
not be necessary for the Germans to
withdraw any of their active troops
from France where they are now heavily
engaged.
It Is reported here that Austrian troops
have ben Been in the German lino out
side of Antwerp and scouts report that
heavy Austrian siege artillery, which
was used with the Germans Jri the re
duction of Maubeuse, la being brought uu
from the south.
It l not believed that It will be posslbls
for the Germans to take Antwerp The
fortifications have been placed In condi
tion to wiuisiunu a. siege at all ponts.
lucre iiavu oeen new rapid
Tho German nrmy, heavily reinforced,
Is battling today with tho Russian arm's?
t ftfftinrrtl llcnnrttiknmnf In Mif fntrUn. i
between Nlemtn River nnd the East Prua.'
slan frontier, The fighting Is especially
dcspeinto In the vicinity of Ossowlecz.
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Late reports announce that the forward
German movement on the Nlemcn, M
miles bsyond the Polish frontier, has
been checked with heavy losses, and that
the Germans have begun already to "
evacuate Suwalkl.
Four army corps are reported engaged
on each side.
The Russians have concentrated their
armies along tho Nlcmen, from Vllna and-'
Grodno. t
The Gormnns ore attempting to cut the
rallwnys bctwecrt Wnrsaw and Petro
grad. The battlo will perhaps continue
for ncveral weeks.
The German forces have been repulsed,
in their endeavor to cross the Nlemcn,
hut heavy fighting continues In th
Suwalkl district, according to un odlclal 'J
report from Grand DJko Nicholas, Corner .
iiander-ln-Chlef of all the Russian
armies, "
The report froim Grand Duke Nicholas
was as follows:
There was severe fighting on Sep
tember 23 near Ossnwleoz and Drus
scnlkl. The enemy tried to cross the
Nlemcn, but was repulsed. The biu
tlc Continues,
The Austrlans In Gallcla have been
repulsed near Dulka.
The objective of the Germans Is the '
northern outlet to the forests In the
Augustow o section, and they aro also ,
anxious to get across the Nlemcn and .
to retake Grodno, from which they wer
driven. It Is stated that the Russian
have made material gains all along the '
line, although the battle Is still far from
a decisive stage.
RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS IN BERLIN
In this connection, In an address to
his army General Ronncnkampf Is
quoted today In advices from the front -as
declaring that the Russians will b?
In Berlin for Christmas, and that, there'J
fore, the troops can easily meet !).,,
present hanlshlpa and campaigning,
through heavy rains, with expectations
of good times to come.
The correspondent of the Bourse Ga
zette says:
"Tho battle along the Drussnlkl-Grodno
line has been raging with great fury
since Sunday. Four army corps 16O,0M .
men) are engaged on both sides, and the -Ruslans
aro receiving reinforcements .
from Vllna. The Germans have tred :.
to cross the Nlemcn at several points,
but have been repulsed In every at
tempt." BERLIN. Sept. 30.
According to n War Office statement, In
the East the Germans continue their
advance, and the Russian army of Gen- -eral
Rennenkampf Is being driven back
in the Suwalkl District. The Germans
are now moving eastward along the main
railway line, and It Is stated that they
have captured numerous prisoners and f
taken a number of guns.
PARIS, Sept. 38.
The War Ofllce has Issued this state
ment on the situation Jn the eastern
theatre of war:
"In Gallcla the attempted sorties ot (
tho garrison of Prezmysi have failed.
The Austrian armies contlnuo to retreat
In disorder, losing many prisoners, guns
and supplies. At the L'zsok Pass the
Russians have defeated a Hungarian
brigade and penetrated Into Hungary.
I i addition
AUSTRIAN CRUISER SUNK
FLEEING CATTARO HARBOR
Sister Ship Escapes French Fleet in
Bash to Squadron.
ROME. Sept. 30.
A Milan dispatch states that, accord
ing to advices received there, two Aus
trian warships attempted to escape from
C.ittaro after tho French fleet had
wrecked two forts with its bombard
ment, but that one of the vessels was
torpedoed and sunk. ., ,
The vessels nre supposed to have been
trying to reach Pola, where the mala
Austrian squadron has concentrated hi
preparation for an attack on the French
tleet,
According to an Anconla dispatch to
the Corrlers della Sera, a fishing
schooner was blown up by a mine In
the Adriatic on Sunday, with a los of
eight lives. It asserts that 700 mines
have been taken from tho Adriatic by
French mme-Bweepers, but that many
apparently remain.
INCITED BY TURKS, KURDS
RENEW ARMENIAN MASSACRES
Nomad Bands Have Also Invaded
Persia, Petrograd Reports.
ATHENS, Sept. 30.
The Russian Legation today announced
the receipt of a dispatch from Petrograd,
stating that the Kurds, urged to mas
sacre by Turkish officials, are attacking
the Armenians along the Persian frontier
Some bands have even Invaded Persian
territory and assaulted the natives of
that country
BREAK IN GERMAN CABLE
North Sea Storm Believed to Have Cut
Communication,
COPENHAGEN. Sept. 30.
Communication by cable with Germany
has been broken since Monday T"B;
break Is presumed to be due to the ter
rific storm that has been raging In th ,t
North Sea.
It Is stated here that Germany has
been -without foreign malls for the Ust
week.
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".civ.., " , tniormauon oi any aeciaeq cnange in -' "j Twith entering the paint store of 1 .ufflclent to guard American, and th
the movement which, if unchecked, J the bltuation on the battle line north I yrank M. Chambers, of this place, and property In Turkey In tha event of
Bella Maaster for the German army, of Parla. uteallns quantity of oU and paint. I anti-foreign outbreak.
lUnnlrhea tald It was evtJenttj the in- fire guns mounted at polntH of nm,,
tention of the Austrian Government to and the dykes have been opened, flood
leave Hungary to its fate and centre Its , ins the lowlands.
activities in helping the Germans This King Albert in a council of hla generals
surmise, in view of the above dispatch, declared that Antwerp must be held at
jvsj apparently wrong. any cost-
"MOVIES" ARTIST KILLED
Max Linder Reported Slain in Battle
of the Alsne,
ROME, Bopt 30. -The death in oatUe o
tho Alsne of tho "movie" Brtlst, M
Linder, la reported in a dispatch fta
Berlin.