PWJrByl JW OTSP A BRITISH OFFICERS I WE WITH MEN; LIST J SHOWS SIXTH LOST 1 Leaders of Battle -Victims of German Fire Casualties 1 146 During Seven Weeks of Fighting. LONDON, Oct, 12. British Iroops took their place In tlio firlne lino on the FrancoHelslan frontier for the first time on August '23. In the seven weeks from that tiny to this Gen eral Sir John French has been bereft of the srlees of no less than JUS omccrs, out of a forco approximating not more than 6.T00 nt the moat. Of .that number M7 hale been killed, fwO wounded and H2n jnlsilnfT or taken prisoners of war by tlio Germans. It Is dlfllcult even for a military man Jo appreciate what a frightful loss it must be to an nrmy to have more than onel.itli of Its leaders wiped -away In jo short a period. Probably there ts only one man Is England who Is fully alive to the gravity of the problem en tailed by this fearful toll of battle, and this Is why l,ord Kitchener Is devoting his greatest energies to building up the frlchtful gaps that have been and are being torn In the Hrltlsh' lines by the enemy. FIRST LIST MKAQHE When, during the first days of the lighting, rumors were bandied about con- icornlnB alleged total destruction of cer tain units In the expeditionary forre, London awaited In breathless fear the Jjsuance of the casualty lists that would tonflrm or deny those awful rumors. The first list contained the names of three officers Major Arthur Hughes Onslow, of the Tenth Hussars, killed, and Brlg Bdler General A. II, Shot, of the Royal Artillery, and Colonel M. W. J. Kdy, wounded In an automobile accident, This was on August 19, before the British got under fire nt Mons. But everybody In England believed they were facing the foe at that time, and the long delay from August 19 to Sep tember 2. when the second list was made known through the War Ofllce, bore down very heavily, Indeed, upon the nerves of nn anxious public. Before the nrrlval of that second list, long heralded In Sir John French's dis patches and briefly mentioned by Lord Kitchener In the House of Lords as being under way several days before, the namo of one officer wounded In a skirmish' with Uhlans on August 22 leaked through to England Lieutenant the Earl of Leven and Melville of the Ttoyal Scots Greys, So far as can be learned ho was tlu flret member of the expeditionary force In any rank to get a taste of the enemy's bul lets "ROLL OF HONOR" VICTIMS. There was many a pale face among those millions of folk who scanned the tragic lists In the newspapers of Sep tember 3. Tarents and wives and sweet hearts of the men In the rnnks found Sio relief from their suspense, for It was Impossible for the press to print more than the names of officers In the "roll of honor" there were 155 of those aldhe In that second list. Two days later came nnotlier depressing array; 170 officer casualties that time. Then there was n brief lull the Interval between Mons and Amiens and after that the lists rolled up almost every day, nnd every day Britain's aristocracy Invested more deeply In crape. ' "Next to kin," whether of ofTleen or of th rank and file, are supposed to receive the sorrowful tidings from the front be fore tlio lists are given to the press, but the War Office Is overworked, and In many cases an officer's wife learns that ehe Is a widow orly when ehe rends her newspaper In the morning. Nowadays, Bhe and her thousands of rlsters in sor row are the only persons deeply affected by the published lists. Lord Kitchener, being Lord Kltchfner, Is not affected by them In that sense, but ho Is watching them very carefully, and probably he nlready has foreseen the day when'n sub stitute will stand In the place of almost every officer now on the field of battle. FEAR LOSS OF KVBRY ONE. Military experts have hinted and Kitch ener knows that It Is more than likely every one of the 10,431 officers now In the Erltltli nrmy will be either killed, wound id or a prisoner of war before Germany is brought to her knees. In the meantime fhat which Is of In terest to the lay student of war In his perusal of the casualty list Is the op portunity It affords him of understand ing tne business of battle. Only through M..w,, Laii we lnmill UN llllwlflK HH III me tnovements of Individual bodies of troops. una day he finds heavily sprinkled through tho "roll of honor" the legend "Gordon Highlanders," opposite the Jiames of officers dead or wounded or Jnlssing. He knows then that the Gor don Highlanders have been In the thick of the fight. The next day the Coldstream Guards pulk large among the German shrapnel's prey and he sees, as clearly as If he had been In the trenches hlmtelf, how the general commanding withdrew the gal lant Gordons from the point of most ex posur and sent the Coldstreams forward In their stead. HIGHLANDERS IN FOREFRONT. TrUa n tllAt, tB.lll(KnD Ua Hint. lanc regiments and those of the Foot uuards appear to have been In the fore front of the frnv thi-midi nil thnt Innnr Vtreat from Mrm tn th .itoo ..r tinrio "All O' them the (Tni-rimta. PamprmiR. Arjvlls and Sutherlands. Black Watch end the Coldstream, Grenadier, Irish and n uarus have suffered dreadfully. To the ''oldstreams go the mournful glory r enduring the heaviest losses of all among their officers. 43 of a total of S3 " nom are ineffective at present The UOrdOnS and lh Trlol, n,iar,la cKara eA- end place, the former unit having lost 23 - m omcers. the latter 13 of Its SO. i i nroliable the percentage of casual llf ls eve" STcater than those statistics ":!;" 'r there Is no way of knowing nether the full complement of officers accompanies each unit, and the figures if. .aDva have reference to the full i . J h of V"1 regiments as published "ie army list In fact, one cannot ifi "" "rtalnty even how many bat Jii . ot any regiment have gone to the jront-except In the case of the Irish uuaros-whlch has only one battalion. 4vf "Instance, the total of S3 officers of tne Coldstream Guards means the full number of officers supposed to be at ;"hd to the three battalions of that lt i V?"nt Il'" one cannot know whether fn.t ' 'ta'ons are In France Thus. " ,ead of the casualty percentage belns more than M per cent, among the fold .V"1 officers. It would be more than ii Pr cent If only two battalions had In the fighting ITALY'S NSW WAR MINISTER A,?.?1?. r'ct Vi A Havas AeiK v J , h f "cm R"me says that King Vftor r mn-ar-,,-, has mmrd General '.updlt tQ eu -a Gnral Orandl as Minister of ar Gfrlerai GrancU resigned because MlfOR IIOimORS OF TOLD IN Englnnd's young women are proving of great aid to Lord Kltenencr In his efforts to raise a great second army for Great Britain. A group of enthusiastically loyal young women have banded together for the purpose of Inducing all single young men not now In the army to join or be branded as cowards. The young, unmnrrled man who has no phsslcal weakness, no serious domes tic or other lit, and who will not now serve his country In time of need, pro-' claims himself to be an abject coward and deserves the contempt of every right minded person," said one of these young women tho other day. "Single young men should be made to feel that khaki Is the only fashionable color. Wo girls nro going to refuse to be seen with any young man who docs not bear the khaki hallmark of manhood." v Declaring thnt German officers had tried to force them to net ns nurses for Ger man wounded, a party of young English girls arrived In IJotterdnm the otheT day nfttr a perilous Journey froili Germany. They had ridden 30 miles In a wagon through lines of soldiers, dead nnd alive. One of the girls the oldest, and her self but 24 told of how they were locked up In a room all night by the Germans. She said that In tho morning nn ofllcer entered nnd, after looking them over, said he "guessed they were husky enough" to act us tiuiscs for the wounded. This girl said she "save him n piece of her mind," and told him that they would die beforo thc.v. helped take care of the Germans. They were thereupon released, sho says. The young English boys are having great times In Hyde Tnrk these dnys drilling nnd playing a war game In which all the belligerent countries are repre sented. Nnturnlly every boy wants ,to represent Grcnt liiltnln In this game'; but. ."Inee there would be no game If nil Insisted on their desires In this direction, they aro. willing enough to "be" France, Russia or Belgium. Tho one country thoy do RED CROSS NURSES SHOT BY GERMANS, FRANCE DECLARES Two Were Killed by Officer, Affidavit jof Wounded Girl Charges in Protest to Powers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. France has made another formal pro test! to the Bowers against alleged Ger man atrocities. The complaint hn reached the State Department and may be called to President Wilson's atten tion today. In addition to needless destruction of property, the dropping of bombs on un fortified property and cruelties toward defenseless foes, the protest alleges out rages against Red Cross nurses. The following affidavit, signed by Miss Marcelle Jouy, 18 years old, residing at vlllenaiix, was submitted' "From the beginning of the hostilities I was assigned as auxiliary Red Cross nurse to tho regiment of artillery at X . "On Saturday, the loth of August, thero was nti engagement between our troops and the Gcrmnns nt Moncel on the Sellle. After the Germans retreated we were sent for In our tents to look nfter tho wounded that hnd been left on tho field. With two of my friends, also nuxlllary nurses, we formed a small group, followed at some distance by stretcher bearers. "On arriving, nt the spot I saw a Ger man officer and a German private rise and cut off the ears of two French wounded, one of whom wras an officer. "As wc were nbout to succor a wounded man of the th Regiment of Artillery a German officer, who was himself wounded and lying at a distance of about 12 Inches, lifted himself on his elbow nnd fired three revolver shots at us. The first one hit me in tne arm, tne otner two struck my. little friends. I then fainted. "Whep I came to about a half an hour Inter, I saw my two companions lying dead by my side. I was carried to the hospital at Marcel, where my wound was treated. "We all three jwore very conspicuous badgeb." This affidavit Is certified to by the local civil and military authorities under date of August 19. BRITISH MAJOR KILLED Four Marine Officers Wounded In Antwerp Fighting. LONDON, Oct. 12. -The Admiralty today made public the names of one major of British marines killed and four other officers wounded In the fighting at Ant werp. iiii-iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiH'iiiliii'iiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim Buy Reading Anthracite Gives greatest amount of heat with No Smoke Your dealer handles this Coal. For home use Egg, Stove, Chestnut, Pea. For steam use Buckwheat, Rice, Barley. !!!! 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They arc well cared,, for by the French Red Cross. "Among (he wounded who arrived nt Nolsy-le-Sec was a 20-ycnr-old girl wear ing scldler garb. She had marched more than 40 kilometers with a zouave regi ment, nnd, according to her comrades, fought as bravely as any of them." Tho Temps received the following let ter, written In pencil, from tho front: "All the wine In Champagne has been drunk and we are now reduced to tea. I sleep here and there, wherever I nnv and would find It disagreeable to sleep In bed. We cat well and the food Is ex cellent. Wc are all In tho best of Bplrlts. "I have been running across fields from one destroyed village to another In the midst of the odor of corpses which per sists, owing to tho fact that the graves of those killed In battle wete not dug sufficiently deep. "Yesterday wo took three villages v,ltli the bayonet. "The German companies now nvernge only 93, notwithstanding the reinforce ments which they have received. They are dying of hunger. Twenty bombs fall on them dally. .On nn average four per slns nre killed by each bomb. Where our 75 millimeter shells nre well plnced they nre estimated to account for HO dead per shell." MONTENEGRINS SURPRISE AUSTRIANS AND SLAY 1500 Column Advancing to Relief of Sarajevo Cut to Pieces, LONDON, Oct 12, A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from Cottlnje says that on October 7 the Montenegrins engaged in the greatest battle with tho Austrlans since the beginning of the war nenr Kalenovltch, In Bosnia. The Austrlans, 20,000 strong, tried to cut ofT the Monte negrin nrmy operating towatd Sarajevo. The Montenegrins succeeded In surpris ing their foe as they were marching In column formation nnd In the first day of fighting Inflicted a loss of 1500 men. The Austrlans, says the correspondent, seeing the Impossibility of advancing In the direction of Sarajevo, fell back on Kalenovltch, leaving behind BOO more men killed nnd wounded. The Montenegrins made a large number of prisoners and captured a large quantity of stores. A dispatch to the Havns Agency from Cettlnje, eoncernlrig what Is evidently the same engagement,' says: An Austrian detnehment of 10,000 sol diers, marching toward Kalenovltch In an effort to reach Sarajevo, attacked a Montenegrin column. After two dnys' battle the Austrlans were dofeated near Monklnlf and abandoned a large number of dead and wounded." 800 GERMANS CAPTURED BY ALLIES NEAR R0YE Entire Convny, With Provisions, Seized by Cavalry. PARIS, Oct. 12. Officers arriving from the front report tho capture of an entire German con voy with S00 men and mitrailleuses In the region of Roye by British nnd French cavalry on Friday. Tha convoy appeared from the- north, benrlng food nnd ammunition for the Gorman forces operating around Roye. It lost its way In the fog. As the fog cleared a French aviator saw It and flew to report tho discovery to tho French commander. A strong force of cavalry was sent out. It attacked the convoy, which put up a desperate resistance before surrendering. GERMANS WARN ANTWERP AGAINST HOSTILE ACTS Promise to Spare City if Peace Is Kept. ANTWERP, Oct. 12. General von Rese ler, commander of the German troops, has Issued the following proclamation: "To the Inhabitants of Antwerp The German army haa entered your city as conquerors. No citizen shall be harmed and your property shall be spared. If you refrain from hostile acts. All re fractoriness will be punished according to the laws, of war, and may lead to the demolition of your beautiful city." B 1! u II !! tne woria, remaining convict ship afloat? The British Convict Ship "SUCCESS" now on exhibition at Market Street Wharf, Phila delphia. Open daily 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. p . . m u i .l.il ! Ii ...m I I I I ; RUMANIA'S NEW MONARCH TO TAKE KINO'S OATH TODAY Ministers Summon Parlia ment in Special Session to Proclaim Ferdinand Ruler. Consort Is Anti-German. LONDON. Oct. 12. 1 A dispatch from Iluchnrest, Rumania, says: "Tho Counrll of Ministers met In ex tiajt,rdlnary session last night, the lend er.i of all parlies being present.' It was dtcldcd to convoke Parliament today to proclaim Crown I'rlnco Ferdinand King) and to administer the statutory nam u tlio new monarch." The message adds the following con cerning the events Immediately preced ing the denth of the King: King Charles was seized with n sud dn llllness. His physlclnn was sum moned and pronounced his condition grave. The Queen watched nil night by IIW Mnjcst' bedside. Crown Prince Ferdinand will come to the throne prepared by years of train ing for his new responsibilities. On more than one occasion It has nppeared almost cerlaln that he would ascend tile throne before the denth of his uncle. Jvlng Charles. As recently nB August ltwas repoited that King Charles wns nnxloiH to nbdlcute. Ferdinand was et rated Prince of Ru mania by roynl decree In March. 18SS. T'ii succession to the throne had been settled by the constitution ot 15S6. Horn In 1S65, Prince Fcrdlnnnd was edu cated In Germany. He studied In Pots dam, and was nn officer in the Qormnn army. He achieved considerable notoriety before his marriage through a love affair with Mile, llelene Vncaresco, r favorite of thr, Queen of Rumania. When n marriage with Princess Mario daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh nnd later Duke of Saxe-Coburg, was talked of, it was said that tho Queen of Rumnnln was much Incensed. Mile Vnvaresco felt the matter so keenly that she sent Prince Ferdinand's love letter to tho Princess Mnrle, It was said. Never theless the marrluge between Prince Fer dinand and Princess Marie took place In January, 1SD2. At the time Prince Fer dinand was 26 years old and his bride only 17, There are five children. Ferdinand, It Is said, has never attained any great degree of popularity In Ru mania, although his Pan-Slavic attitude during the'llalknn wars began to bring him Into favor. It will be recnlled that the late King maintained a decidedly tin welcomed neutrality In that struggle, and the stnnd In opposition taken by the nelr appealed to the growing nationalism of the Rumanian people. Since the begin ning of the present troubles Ferdinand has placed himself in direct and out spoken opposition to the King-, nn net which has made the Rumanian people look upon him with more kindliness than before. Those who nre familiar with conditions and personalities declare thnt the ruling power In Rumania will reside, not In Ferdinand, but In his able, ambitious and energetic consort. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of Grand Duchess Mnrle of Russia, aunt of the iff STORK OIT.NS We Have Inaugurated Our South is Distressed! 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Certainly, If the sympathies of the King, and the yet more potent Influence of the Queen, were tho sole motive power, the little tlnlkan Stole would assert Itself In close union with the ilnv Umpire nnd Its nllles. tt Is known, too, that public feeling against the neutrality pollrv of the Into King hnn been very strong indeed. BARITONE'S GOLDEN NOTES BUY RELEASE FROM DUNGEON Amnto, Arrested in Trieste ns Spy, Sings Wny Out. NMW YORK. Oct. 12,-Brrnusr he wns found walking In thr Ftrcets of Trieste, Austria, with nn Italian newspaper in his pocket, Piisnualo Amnto, the baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, who arrived ns a pnstenger on bonid the Dura ill Oennva, of the Italian line, from Nnplcs, was ar rested by the AWrlnn military author ities nnd lodged In a vile dungeon, where lie was compelled to pass three days be fore friends Interceded In his behalf. Mr. Amnto proved hB wns nn opera singer, he said, by singing selections from several operas. Another paFflcnger aboard the Ouca til Qcnovn wns Mtnr. FrnnrTh Aldn, In prl vato life Mrs. Olullo Oattl-fasazza, the wife of thr director of the Metropolitan Opera, ."'he was booked on thr passenger list under her stage name, but wns com pelled to u-e thr nnnio of her husband before the Immigration authorities would permit hrr to land. It was explained that the Immigration lnws prohibit the landing of an alien under an af-sumed name. Tho Austrian authorities treated Italian subjects with tho utmost disrespect, said Mr. Amato, and, anticipating the Joining of forces by Italy with the nrmy of the Allies, Austria was working feverishly at the time he left Trieste to strengthen her fortifications along the frontier. Both countries have already mobilized strong forces along the frontier, nnd the slightest Incident would st-rvr to brlngj about a clash of arms, he thought. The belief was expressed by the bari tone that Italy will eventually onter tho war to fight on the side of thr Allies. 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Hol land ha! hern flooded with press matter glorifying thr Grrmnii causr. As a re sult Germany, with a blockaded coast and nn Irmrtlvr navy, hns brrn able to use Hntlntid's ports almost as If they were rirrtiinn potts. Kngland, with constantly growing Ir ritation, hns been obliged to endurr thlfl most unsatisfactory stnto of nffntrs. But If Holland rrslgns the mouth of tho Srhrldt to Grrmnny and her neutrality brromrs llngrnntly one sldrd, ns to many It hns npprnrrd secretly to br, thr wholo situation may chnngr ovrrnlght. Tho crisis Is n drllrntr and ns hnrgrd with rxploqlvr fortius us can rendllv br Im agined. Thr Tlinrn nssrrls, on the authority of n Dutrh rurrrspondrnt, that Urrmnny Ii preparing to Iny claim to tho mouth of the Scheldt on thr ground that the occu pation brenmns nrcrssary us nn rmer geiicy wnr measure ugnlnst Mngland, an erncrgenry rnnipnrnblr to thr nrcesslty for thr violation of tho neutrality of Bel glum. Thr pall Mall Gnzrtte finds rea son to state thnt tho Dutch neutrality H seriously threntrnrd by Grrmnliy's new situation nt Antwerp. Thr Star dor not brllrvo Hint such n violation of Dutch neutrality would br of henrflt to the Germans, since they rnnnot grt tlirir war ships, nut of thr Kiel Canal. onnnns FiM.nn This splendid economic event demon strates our willingness tn help the South To lnrrrii".e thr drninnd for eot tnn products, will mean to qnlrkrn thr hale of tho raw material. Tlirnr nnd our niniij- ntlirr pcclnl "rntton" valuta iliciiild mnkr Ol IntereNteil In nlvlnc help. Cotton Products Sale Women's 12'2 Handkerchiefs 7c 1 Pretty colored border ones of fine ' I mrrrerlzrd cotton L.irrr vnrlr.tv nf I i''Hir ana patirrns. FIRST FI.HOR, SOt'TH Coffon Products Sale $2 to $6 Corsets, $1.50 On Snip In Main Xri'iidr. . 'lull or Pliiiui Order. Popular niakfs in all up-to-date models. Of routil, batiste nnd bro rurte Sizes IS to .It! $5 American Lady Corsets, $3 Satin-smpe hror.ulf. medium bust, long skill, m supiKirtris. VO MAIL tin VHi)h OHDFRS FILLED SHIN Nll FLOOR Cotton Products Sale 50c to (50c Half OO Sash Curtains, pr. "" .Of scrim. In white and ecru, trim med with la,'r or embroidered bor ' dertK cm cn 4 ec .r j a l: 'v'iui' ? jjhcui .fwitijiun Curtains, pair $2.98 i Importer's entile iiurnliiH stock, an i nppnrtiinin thiit tnnv never be du . plirHtt-il nuini: to thr present Iluro- pean , "millions. liamisome larei nn tine thlr not TiriHH FI.MOR , Cotton Product Sale Women's $1.50 to $2 Union Suits.. 69c Cotton nmi-wnol. ribbed, all desired welRhts. nitrtrs sift ri-uKit rras-d Women's 25c and "! n -35c Stockings. ... A c Full fashioned medium .mil llRht utMRht cotton Hav. hiRh spliced he-ls. double soles, reiufoned garter tops Mark nl. Manufacturers' bliCht Imptrfei tlons Thret pairs Bile. Children's 25c Stockings, 12'2c Mercerized rotton with double toe, heels ami kiiea. Rlark or a dainty shade of pink Firt qualltv. Slzs 6 to 9,B FIRST FLOUR, SOUTH Cotton Product Sale If AIL OR fH(tB ORIISBS FILLS D lit ia l ir lilt 1st ITKVS 60c Camhric Night Gowns 45. V-neck, with voke of nlaim and am. Mroidei Inseuion or allnver em- hroldrv nkes $2 Flannelette Kimonos, $1 Spe,iil purrhnse In conventional i.ii.d floral d'tKns, ttimmed with pIpioRs. binds and rnr! and tasiel. .MAIN ARMDK & SKi OKD FLOOR .1 vs jIggl ijggiSgjjjjS 5,j.5BBBEgawa!gglSaSi5- - --QE fi-L ,-,3?:
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