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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
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EVENIN& LEDGEE PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER
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WAR
VARIOUS INCIDENTS
not vant to be Is Germany, and many a
game Is delayed or abandoned entirely
through the Inability to persuade some
younssterfl to be the country of the
Knlser.
Austria nrouscs no feclmg In tho boys
one way or tho other. A similar attitude
ts noticeable among grown-up In London.
Austria l an opponent of Great Britain In
this war; tho public scarcely considers
hrr really an enemy.
"Among tho wounded German soldiers
In the Chateau tl'Estcrnay In Paris," says
the Corriere.dclla Fein, "are many boys,
some of them only 16 years of nge. 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."
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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
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present Czar, nho has Inherited many
characteristics which make her seem
much more tho Englishwoman than the
other queens In the Balkans. She Is not
a member of the house of Hohenzollerni
nnd she does , not hesitate to express
pleasure over that fact.
The Influence of that house on affairs
of Rumania have undoubtedly censed.
Ihdeed, It Is possible that the neu
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she will Join wHh the Allies. Certainly,
If the sympathies of the King, and the yet
more potent Influence of the Queen, were
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Stole would assert Itself In close union
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the neutrality pollrv of the Into King
hnn been very strong indeed.
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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. Her
nrmy, he said, has been mobilized up to
wnr' footing, and Indications point to an
enrly declaration of hostilities. Italy, he
said", is only waiting for a favorable op
portunity to onter the struggle and per
haps to strike an effective blow against
Austria. Sueli a move would meet with
the favor of the populace, said the singer,
as they are urging the support of the
Allies.
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INCOME DURING. 2 MONTHS
Extraordinary Expenses Deplete
Neutral Nation's Exchequer.
RHRNE. Oct. 12.
The cost to Switzerland, due to war
conditions, was ?16,S0O.0OO at the end of
September, according to the estimates of
the Swiss Government officials.
This Is equivalent to a year's income
spent In two months, and takes no ac
count of the cost of maintaining men who
arc out of work and of assisting the
fnmlllea of the men mobilized, nor of the
loss from the absence of tourists.
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"""'0'"' "" "" med centre
14.40 extra on solid
THinr. ci nnn , ease cie
THIRD b LOOK pU,e ana
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B1Q ItESTJM'nA&T BEST OF KVEIOfTHlNa AT fcOWBST PRICES FIFTH FLOOR LIT Uu6tUEU3
12, 1914.
KAISER'S SCHEME
TO GAIN SCHELDT
INVOLVES DUTCH
River Needed as Base for
Operations Against Eng
land, Is Belief Holland
Reported Pro-German.
LONDON, Oct. 12.
The fall of Antwerp plarrs Holland
squarely between the millstones of British
and German Interests. For Antwrip to
br of any use to Germany ns a base for
naval or aerial operations against Kng
land the Kaiser must control thr mouth
of thr Scheldt, which Is altogether In
Dutch hands.
Reliable Information has hem received
hero that Germany Is urging thr Dutch
Government to lellmiulsh that control.
Such diplomatic stircess by Germany
would br n. direct violation of the neutral
ity of Holland, as provocative to Kngland
as th military seizure of Ilrlgmtn nnd n
certain to be fraught with 'tieiivnilous
consequences.
The attitude of thr Dutch Government
becomes therefore of Intense Intel rst. De
spite assertions by Dutch politicians thnt
thr mnlnrlty of thr proplr of Holland
fnvor the cnusr of thr Allies and aro de
termined to hold their Government to
strict neutrality, there have been ominous
slgnfl that the sympathies of Holland r
actually with Germany, nnd that Ger
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$1.50 to $5 Pairs,
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many hnn been receiving supplies through
Dutch ports In spite of the efforts of tha
Ilrltlah navy to winnow susplclou? car
goes nnd In spite of the protestations of
the Dutch leaders.
It Is not too much to say that submis
sion by Holland to Mermnn persuasion
or force would romper the British Govern
ment to Instant action, action that might
easily Involve tho Dutch nation In tho
wnr. j
Hitherto Grman dlplomncy, blundering"
elsewherr, achieved notnblo objects as
regards Holland. The Kaiser's armies
rnrrfull. avoided touching Dutch terri
tory, ttrrlln has trratrd Thr Hnguo with
the moit rlrrumspert politeness. 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
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Women's 12'2
Handkerchiefs
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1 Pretty colored border ones of fine '
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FIRST FI.HOR, SOt'TH
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Cotton Products Sale
50c to (50c Half OO
Sash Curtains, pr. ""
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cm cn 4 ec .r j a l:
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i Importer's entile iiurnliiH stock, an
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Cotton Product Sale
Women's $1.50 to
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69c
Cotton nmi-wnol. ribbed, all desired
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Women's 25c and "! n -35c
Stockings. ... A c
Full fashioned medium .mil llRht
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Children's 25c
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Mercerized rotton with double toe,
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60c Camhric
Night Gowns
45.
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$2 Flannelette Kimonos, $1
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