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ANTWERP CRUSHED BY
HAIL OF SHELLS
Continued from Tditf One
tho tremendous fire of sheila which
German batteries poured on Us build
Inge. When tho surrender of the capital
ALLIES RETIRE AS ANTWERP
SURRENDERS, BERLIN SAYS
BERLIN', Oct. 10.
Complete occupation of the city of
.Antwerp by the German forces was
announced In tho following statement
issued by tho War Office today:
Antwerp Is In our possession. Wo
have had control of tho city Elnce
yesterday afternoon.
A few forts remain In the posses
elon of tho Mclglnni, but our occu
pation of tho city itself Is com
plete. A statement Issued by the War Of
fice shortly after midnight states that
tho flanking operations of the German
troops In Franco hnd met with such
steady success that tho Allies' left
wing Is In serious danger.
"Our offensive Is Increasing In
strength," said the statement, "and tho
ALLIES ARE HARD PRESSED
IN NORTHWESTERN FRANCE
PARIS. Oct. in.
" I German lroons arc maklnir heavy at
tacks upon tho Allies north and north
west of Lille, but tho situation Is satis
factory art far as the Allies are con
cerned, according to tho official French
statement Issued at 3 o'clock this after
noon. It says that the French troops
have gained some advantage north ot
tho Oise and have made progress about
St. Mlhlel. at tho eastern end of tho
battle front.
Tho official statement also announced
that Antwerp was taken Friday.
The official communique follows1 In
full:
Tho battle continues under satis
factory conditions. Our entire bat
tle front has been maintained de
spite violent attacks by the enemy
at several points on our left wing.
In the region comprised between
La Basse, Armentleres and Cassel
(27 miles northwest of Lille and IS
miles from the coast of the English
Channel).
Tho engagements between the
opposing cavalry have been of an
Intricate nature because of tho
nature of the land formation.
At the north of the Olse our
troops have gained some real ad
vantages at aoveral parts of their
zone of action.
20,000 GERMANS TOOK
ANTWERP, BERLIN REPORTS
City Said to Be in Flames and Hos
pital Destroyed.
BERLIN. Oct 1".
A single German army division, consist
ing of CO.0O0 men, captured Antwerp, ac
cording to a statement Issued today by
the official German news agency.
"A division of the German army
marched against Fort Wynogeo, at Ant
werp, early yesterday morning," says tho
statement, "this being the first fort of
the inner belt which was destroyed.
"Wlthln a few hours attempts mado by i
the outer forts to stay the Gorman ad- i
vance were defeated and the forts were
silenced. The Helglan army withdrew '
across the Scheldt, west of Antwerp."
The agency states It has received a re
port from Bersen-Op-JCoom that all parts
of Antwerp are In flames, that the h- ;
pltal was burned to the ground, fie
patients fleeing for their lives, and that
fugitives from ntwerp declare the situa- '
tlon theri unendurable
GERMAN STAFF MOVES NEAR j
SCENE OF AISNE BATTLE
Headquarters Leaves Luxemburg for
Station on French Soil.
LONDON, Oct to.
A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Com
pany from Amsterdam ays that the i
Berlin correspondent of the Amsterdam ,
Telegraaf reports that the German army i
headquarters is now at a French town
30 miles from the front, to which It was '
removed from Luxembure
A special courier torvke has been ar- I
ranged between Berlin and the head
quarters and messengers make ths round I
trip In three dajs
THE
FIs&fjSJNG
ANewjNpvelby
GEORG
IT?. 1TT at
Ci V71DDO
Author f "Tb
Bolted Door.
A young rr ai , sick of dissi
pation, who i
e( ks to end hts
life a light
ii use keeper's
artless daug it
r who saves
him, uncous
us, from the
sea buobou
jirl sweetheart
who tries to
e
npt him back
to the old li
(about these
characters
Sli
Gibbs has
ot absorbing
written a toi y
intrrett and i it ense dramatic
power.
AT AU-Bdd
KSELLERS
U APPLETOM
And company
PuVlulicd
New York
was decided ui'on the retreating troop"
blew up the famous fort of Marxem,
north of the city, to prevent It being
utilized In future operations by tho
German?.
enemv has suffered so tremendously In
his attempts to ni-resl our advance ami
outflank us that he has been compelled
to withdraw from several points nbout
An:ti.
"Though wo have suffered heavily
wo me In a position to reinforce nm
lines, whereas tho French mttl Hiltlsh
conitrirmdcrs nro unable to strengthen
their forces to any eslenl.
"The successful termination of the
siege of Antwerp will release the Ger
man forces that have been besieging
that fortress. Tt can be stated that tho
decisive phase of the war In tho west
ern theatre has been reached and tho
advantage H all ours.
"The situation In the eastern theatre
Is unchanged."
In tho region of Pt. Mlhlel wo
have made evident advance.
In the Belglun theatre of war It
is announced that Antwerp was
taken yesterday, hut It Is not yet
known under what conditions.
In tho Russian war thoatro se
vere fighting continues on the
frontier of East Prussia, where tho
Hussion troops liavo had some par
tial successes. They havo occu
pied tho city of Lyok. Tho siege of
Przemysl continues under condi
tions favorable to the Russians,
who hnve taken by assault one of
tho forts of the principal line of tho
fortifications.
Information to the headquarters of
General Gatllenl, Jlltitnry Governor of
Paris, Is to tho effect that tho Ger
mans are again striving- against tho
French right on the Mouse. The high
est confidence prevails, however, that
the French will not only hold their
own, but will eventually oust the Ger
mans from their position near St.
Mlhlel, and roll them back toward Lux
emburg. Although tho German centre
has been weakened by the rcmovnl of
troops to support aoneral Alexander
von Kluk, tho positions held by tho in
vaders at that point arc so strong that
tho French have not dared to try to
take them by storm.
CZAR CHECKED AT PRZEMYSL,
AUSTRIAN STAFF DECLARES
Russians Suffer Reverse Near Jaros
law and in Carpathians.
VIENNA. Oct 1
An official statement from the Oeimr.il
Staff announces that part of the Rus
sian troops before Przemysl have been
compelled to withdraw because of thecki
administered by the Austrian!. The
statement follows:
"Tho advance of the Austro-Mungarlan
n'Coops has checked the Russians in their
fruitless efforts In the direction of Prze-
mysl. Fighting was at Its fiercest Thury-
day nlsht. During the following morning
the enemv's artillery fire, directed against
the forts, commenced to weaken. Th
Russians then withdrew part of their
troops.
"At Laneut 'west northwest of Jaro
slaw, heavy fiehtlns is (-till In prognsa
between strong hostile forces. The Rus
sians havfl already been driven from
Wemviadow In the Carpathians.
"The situation l favorahje for the
Austrians '
Alaska Coal Bill Killed in Senate
WASHINGTON. Ot. IO-No Alaska
cmil bill will be parsed bv tide Con- ,
grebs. Senator M-vtb, if the Confer- I
ente Committer, told the .-mate this
afternoon after a vou y the .-'. n.tte of
K to 21 rejet nng the onferrme report.
The Hon. JOSEPH H. CHOATE
in his Introduction tr the Xew Edition of
Germany &n& England
refers to the bonk as
"One that every American should read . . . because
it explains very lucidly not the occasion, but the cause
(the deep-seated cause), of the present war ... It is
a life and death struggle between two mighty Powers,
each entitled to the respect and admiration of the on
looking world."
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E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
Just Published
Today
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OIL TANKS FLYING U S.
FLAG BURN IN ANTWERP
Americans Suffer Loss From Bom
bardment by Germans,
WASHINGTON, Oct. lO.-The German
attacking forco nt Antwerp set flto to
oil tanks thero while the American flag
was flying over them, according to n dis
patch to the State Department this
morning from Consul Oenctnl Henry
Dietrich.
The tanks wrre burned with a tola!
loss to American owners.
The Cotisul General also notified tho
Slate Department that ho hnd been forced
to leave Antwerp when the bombardment
commented on Wednesday.
Stale Department olflelals ot the United
States ate of the opinion that the t'tiltcd
-'tales inn do nothing obmtt the destruc
tion or the oil tanks at thlt time, but
that the owners will have to wall until
the war Is over and then put In their
claim for the damage done.
ANTWERP REFUGEE TRAIN
IS STRUCK BY PROJECTILE
Fugitives Were About to Loavo for
Holland Hospital Burned.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1".
Fife raged throughout tho sniithrrn
quarter of Antwerp, ns well ns In the sub
urb of lirrghem, nil or last nignt. tho
orphanage on the Ituo Louise was pet on
fire. Unppllv the Inmates had left when
the blaze broke out.
Stitlvonborg Hopltn1. whole "Art wounded
were being eared for, was struck by two
shplls j esterday. The wounded wore trans
ferred to two ships moored In the harbor.
It Is stated now that no iho has broken
out In the harbor district.
The Palais of Justice 1ms been partly
drstrovod by flame. There Is no water
to extinguish the fires.
At 2 o'clock this morning a train filled
with fugitives abnut to leave for Ksehon,
on the border of Holland, directly north
of Antwerp, was struck by a projectile.
Belgian cnglpeers havo blown up the
bridge over the Antwerp-Turnhout Canal,
as well as tho bridge near the railway
station.
No more fugitives are l caching Esschon
this morning as tho destruction of tho
bridges has stopped traffic oa tho rail
way north from the rlty.
FRENCH RENEW OFFENSIVE
IN ALSATIAN CAMPAIGN
Advance Reported Along Extended
Line Germans Lose in Vosges.
PARIS, Oct. 10.
A dispatch from Daslc states that tho
French havo taken tho offcnslvo In Al
sneo and have been advancing over an
extended line.
It Is stated further that the Germans
lost 37.A0O men In trying to storm Schluct,
Bon Homme and other passes In the Vos
ges Mountains. A shell fell among a
group of German Staff ofllccrs, killing
them all.
CAPTAIN COLEMAN ASKED
TO EXPLAIN WAR TALK
War Department Investigates Al
leged Charge Against Germans.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. Secretary of
War (SarrNon today ca'led upon Captain
Le Vi-it Coleman, of tho toast ailllleiy
corps, to explain an interview in New
York In whicli ho wo reported to hnve
stated that German atrocities wero com
mitted by the direct order of German ofll
tluls and that tho Kaiser Instructed his
men not to give or tako any quarter.
This Interview Is considered nt tho War
Department to be In direct violation of
the President's order forbidding army and
n.tvy officers to discuss the war.
63,000 PRIESTS IN ARMIES
Vatican Learns of Aid Given by
Clergymen.
ROME, Oit. 10. According to reports
received at the Vatir.in. more than ffl.OO)
ecclesiastics are now serving In different
capai Itles with the armies in the field,
especially with the Belgian. French and
Austrian forces.
Most of these clergvmen are engaged
in hoxpltal work. The include seven
bishops and 19 other prelates.
FIGHTING IN MEXICO
WASHINGTON. Oct. ft-Further fight
ing in ,8onora, Mexico, was reported to
Constitutionalist headnuarters here today
by General Hill. Telegraphing from Naco,
he s.ld:
"Two assaults were repulM1 -ster,l!iv
and skirmishing continues. Our ros.tion
is such that the enemy will nrur be
abl, to take it. I have plenty of am
munition Our firing is accurate and u
f'nuth .ttiond alrntic
"I M't a relnt nrvment of "' men
fn-ni f'lK'-re. In ,i t.hort time, our ors
vi! outnumber tho-o of the enerm and
in off, UMi e op. ration mil he ;,.-ih,
net m all bouk,t,,cs.
Vuhliihrd by
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AMONG THE
, THE ACTOR'S, ART
Little
Exposition by Brrtnrler
Matthews.
In a neat and compact little volume,
"On Acting," (Chas. Sctlbner's Sons, N.
Y.) the distinguished professor of English
who for so many years has lent unwonted
distinction to Hint usually lugubrious af
fair, Iho chair of literature nt Columbia,
tlrnnder Matthews, by a grace of wit ntld
felicity of expression, backed by a sound
mid practiced knowlcdgo of his craft, has
compressed much wisdom of affairs tho
ntrlcnl. The spelling of the volume flc
Mr. Matthews' Is atrocious. The hu
man mind Is not adapted to withstand the
mental nnd moral shock of tne worn ms-
tlngulsht"! Kepeolallv In n scries of es
snyi on tho art of acting, which, ns Mr.
Matthews so justly observes, Is largely n
matter of nppearnncos.
A fitting title for the book would be
"The Aetnr's the Thing." A Reasoned
erltlc, a man who has endured tho aw
ful boredom of Innumerable first nights,
when tho very angle of the pilch of the
ohalrseat nilds to the misery of tho fall
uie of n piece, Mr. Matthews hns lived
to be nbl to tell the vital truth about
plnyi nnd plnvers. We nro accustomed to
go to the Ihentre, to bo unmtlsflcrt nnd
to blame the actors, the pleco and every
body. Hut Mr. Matthews Is not of this
sort, lie hap put the blamo and tho credit
where It belongs. If tho play does not
please. It Is tho netorV fault. In his h rinds
rests the success or fnlluro of any stray
mnstci pleco that may come nlong. And
masterpieces mnv not bo so raro ns It ly
somctlmcM thought.
Mr. Matthews says:
"TJvcry one who has studied the recent
history of the thcatro will admit, If he
Is both competent and candid, that tho
outlook for tho future Is far more hope,
ful than It was 10 or f0 years ago. Ibson
and HJornson aro dead! but Hervlou nnd
I.rletiv. Rostand nnd Lnvcdnn nro writ
ing In Trance, as Sudermnnn nnd Houpt
mann are In Germany nnd D'AnnunzIo In
Italv. In 1'nglnnd there nro Sir James
Barrio nnd Mr. Shaw, Mr. Jones and Sir
Aithur Plnero: and hero In America tliero
nro half n dozen m'on, still young, most
of them, and still learning how to sco
life tho life nbout them, nnd how to re
produce It on the stage, who nro earnestly
pecking ns best they can to hold the mir
ror up to nature."
So our outlook is not so bad as wo aro
wont to think. Mr. Slntthews quotes Colley
Clbbor. That versntllo and rather snob
bish person who wrote and acted and gos
siped for r,0 fruitful years once naked Con
grove why ho did not write nnother com
edy. The old wit retorted promptly:
"But whero are your actors?" And Mr.
Matthews goes on:
"Wlieto nro tho nooths and tho Kem
blcs of our time? Is tho nrt of noting,
with our syndicates nnd our star systems
and our long runs, without hope of re
covery" It calls for little hardihood to
deny this nnd for llttlo knowledge ot tho
thcatro to disprove It. Tho Booths nnd
the Kemblcs nnd tho Garrlcks did not nil
live at once, and It Is absurd to supposo
that we can match alt tho mighty actors
of tho past In a single quarter of a cen
tury. But wo enn easily call tho rolo of
a dozen or a scoro of nctors who nro ar
tists, gifted by nature and cultivated by
long exorcise of their powers, possessing
each of them an Individuality of their
own."
Mr. Matthews closes his volume by an
assertion of tho following fnct: That
the art of acting must bo adapted to tho
nnturo of tho theatre In which tho actor
appears; that the scene-ripping proclivi
ties of the stars that once were would
be out of placo In the modern llttlo thea
tre. Tho book Is Interesting, clear, lucid,
worth while. To every student of tho
stage and tho art of tho actor, to every
playgoer It will be of nlue. Our present
days are days of trvlng to understand
one another. This llttlo volumo helps
Us to seo how tho man bohlnd tho foot
lights tries to please tho man before.
And perhaps If wo tried to Imngino his
difficulties wo should have a juster un
derstanding of his achievements.
HOW WE ARE RULED
An Exposition by William M. Stone
of the Way Our Government Works.
Mr Slonno, in his modestly entitled vol
States" i Harpers), has presented a historv
of Americnn politics and an exposition of
parte political tendencies In practice The
tnrlff and tho slavery question, the Monroe
Portiine. lotatlon In office, tho veto, party
conventions and party machinery, plat
forms, civil service reform, interstate
commerce, tho beginnings of socialism,
tho ballot reform, the silver question, the
growing power of the executive all these
ore treated fully and understanding!)' In
thU book.
The major part of this volume consists
of lectin cs delivered by the author as ex
change piofrssor from Columhla In Ber
lin nnd In Munich. Mr. Stone, who has
devoted mnnv v ears to the study of our
governmental affairs. Is peculiarly quali
fied to speak with authority on theso mat-
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tcrs. Ills work Is not only authoritative,
It Is Interesting.
On that matter which Is gradually
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country over, the power of the President,
Mr. Stono's remarks are remarkably Il
luminating. Thero Is little question thnt
tho founders of tho Republic had In mind
a weak executive, yet bo little Idea had
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"AS GEORGE SEES IT"
Or, "Sizing Up Uncle Sam," by
George Fitch.
Rome years ago that simple and kindly
soul, Gcorgo Fitch, strolled Into New
York and went to the lato lamented
Hammersteln Opera House. In fact, ho
did more than that. Ho went behind the
scene". And there ho met Trontlnl, tho
liewltchlng little Italian prima donna.
Nott, at that tlmo Trontlnl did not
know bow to speak English, nor did
George know how to speak Italian. So
when ho was Introduced to the "llttlo
devil of grand opera" ho was perforce
obliged to compliment her In Kngllsh,
which was painfully translated Into some
language the llttlo lady could under
stand. When finally tho compliment
reached her, Trontlnl turned to George
nnd exclaimed: "Kccs me." And after
ward George said ho was really flus
tered. Hut, being an American, ns ho sees it,
not for long.
That's the point of the volumo under
consideration, If any one can truly bo so
dull as to consider George. Ho 's not to bo
considered Ho speaks the truth. And
no man who tells tho truth must bo
taken seriously. Ho Is funny. Ho Is
bound to be. That Is why Gcorgo Is
funny. Life Is not a Joke to him or to
any ono else. Put If you look at It
steadily for a while It Is not devoid of
tho things that make tho normal human
being smile. And George, being a hyper
normal human being, smiles all tho time.
"Sizing t'p Uncle Sam" (Stokos) is up
roariously funny but pretty straight, as
George would say.
"THE DISAGBEEABiiENESS
OF NEW ENGLANDERS"
Tho folks who pretend to know nbout
such matters have been, lo, these many
years, sitting lountl looking for "tho
groat American writer." As they sipped
their tea, weak, they havo sighed for
that day when somehow, somewhere, In
this broad, but horridly uncultured, land
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things quick and photographic. You
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stand tho truth. And still more, you havo
an Incrcdiblo dcslro for It." If his esti
mate bo unllatterlng thnt wo aro a moving-picture
crowd, yet It Is true. Your
typical American differs froifi all tho
other people that have over lived be
cause lie likes to know the truth. And,
having dlscoveicd It, ns Walt Whitman
observed In this Camden retreat, ho Is
amused by It.
Sirs Mary Wllklns Frecmnn Is nn
American. Thnt she writes well, even tho
highbrows nro agicod. She sees "llfo In
tho real," and tells It as she sees It.
The charming tales In "The Copy Cat"
(Harpers) nro Imbued with tho spirit of
tiuth. One who knows New Knglnnd enn
not fall to recognize tho truth of this
picture:
" 'Xobodv says thnt dear Annie has
not a sweet wlsposltlon,' said Imogen,
taking a careful stitch In her embroidery.
'But a sweet disposition Is Very often
extremely dllllcult for other people. It
constantly put them In tho wrong.' "
Tho Irony thnt underlies this Is the
typical American Irony. Wo llko to state
facts, but state thorn so that tho spiritual
significance underlying them Is manifest.
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That phrase sums up tfew England.
Tho tales In tha volume, are nit of In
terest, humanly. Pew In modern letters
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"Daniel and Llttlo Dnn'l." To laugh and
yet to keep that Is an effect thai stamps
tho creator as an artist of the first rank.
And that assuredly Is Mrs. Freeman. A
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a book to go back to and read again.
RIDDLE RELATING TO RUM
Why Do Prohibition States Bend
Bibulous Representatives to Congress
Tho declaration of Joseph Walker, can
didate of the Progressive party for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, In favor of na-tlon-wldo
prohibition on tho theory that
tho Stato application of this principle Is
relatively Ineffective, recalls a conun
drum presented by his distinguished
fnther In conversation some years ngo,
snvs tho Boston Herald.
"Why Is It that tho prohibition States"
naming eovcral "send tho worst drunk
ards to tho Congress of the United
States?"
Tho question was not without point, H
was undcnlnblo nt tho tlmo that the
Slates In which liquor drinking was under
tho sovcrest legislative restriction wero
represented In Congress by men of very
liberal Imbibing practices. A numbei nf
nnswert suggest themselves. Perhaps
tho men In Washington wero taking ad
vantage of opportunities denied them nt
home It Is possible that they wero not
Inured to the temptations ot tho license
systom. At all events tho question, char
acteristic of tho Incisive Bplrit of tho
"Gray eaglo of tho Qulnslgamond," sug
gests ono of the many anomalies of tho
long-pcrslstcnt liquor question.
ested tD What thav rfta nut an -
In Ibis square l
nun Avenue at 48th St., New York.
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