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EVENING EEPGEBPHILADflLPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914,
GERMANS AT BAY
ON GREAT BATTLE
FRONT IN POLAND
JRussians Stem New Offen
sive, Taken After Fierce
Repulse, Eight Miles From
Warsaw.
PnTItOGHAD, Oct. 17.
Gigantic onslaughts by tha Grmtin
forces nlotiff tho battle line In llusslan
Poland havo been repulsed, with severe
losses, by Russian troops, It Is officially
announced today.
After having been driven back from
"Warsaw, tho Germans again took tho of
fensive, but again they wero repulsed.
Many prisoners and guns wcfi taken by
the Russians. In Gallcla, the statement
nays, the siege of Przemysl continues, and
the fall of the fortress Is only a matter
of days.
The official statement says:
"Qlgantlo onslaughts of the German
forces all along tho big battle line In
Russian Poland have been ropulsed with
severe losses to tho enemy.
After having driven back from Warsaw
after they had advanced to within eight
miles of that city, the Gormans from the
entrenched positions again too kthe of
fensive, but every attack made by thorn
was repulsed and they were again driven
back.
"Wn have let tho enemy tako tho of
fensive for strategic reasons. They have
lost many men In killed, wounded and
prisoners, and we havo captured many
fiims and ammunition corps.
"Near Ivangorod the Germans tried a
night assault. Our troops throw tholr
searchlight' on the advancing enemy, and
In the terrific battle which ensued tho
Germans wore uttorly routed with heavy
losses.
"In the Gnllclan theatre of war we aro
continuing our heavy bombardment or
Przemysl. All sorties mnde by tho gar
rison there hove been repulsed. Tho nt
tucks bj tho Austrlnns Boom to be weak
ening. Tho fall of tho fortress still Is
a matter of but a few days, as every
advantage Is with our troops."
Krnm Warsaw a report comes that
sounds of Incessant cannonado aro audi
bio In tho city, hut that tho population
remains tranquil.
It Is authoritatively reported that the
Germans are conveying to tho eastern
theatre of war a considerable number of
newly formed units.
From semi-official sources It Is learned
from thoso high In command of tho Rus
sians that tho Russians had doctded to
play a wnltlng game. This Is borne out
by the fact that otherwise they would
not havo given tho Germans time to en
trench nnd thereby prolong the whole
course of operations.
Reliable Information shows that tho
Germans are seriously contemplating
wintering In Poland.
Peasants havo risen In many places',
notnblv Klelce nnd MIechow. Regardless
of reprisals they are forming guerrilla
bands nnd attucklng tho Invaders.
WAR OPERATIONS OF DAY
SHOW ALLIES ON DEFENSE
Expert Declares Situation Puzzling That Superior French
and British Force Cannot Hold Invaders Germans
Now Aiming at Paris By Way of Calais, Is Belief.
HAWKE'S MEN DIED
WITH TRADITIONAL
BRITISH HEROISM
By n MILITARY EXPERT
PARIS, Oct. 17. Military experts hero
are of the opinion that the Germans have
by no means relinquished the hope of
entering Paris, but, after their experi
ences of the route via Complegne and
their repulse on the Mama, they have
now conceived another plan.
The new Idea evidently Is to break
Into France at Dunkirk and maroh down
In an Immense column parallel with the
sea, but not near enough to risk any
action of the British fleet against them, to
Rouen and Havre. If they could seize
etther or both of these towns the ad
vance would be continued along the rich
valley of the Seine. The movement of tho
Allies to the Channel apparently has
checked this advance.
In addition, It la finite evident that
Germany's attempt to advance through
tho region about Verdun has been blocked
by tho stubborn resistance of tho hugo
army defending the Verdun-Toul forts. In
that quarter, however, violent righting
again Is reported.
Halfway between the Moselle and
Meuso, as one moves westward In this
quadrangle Verdun Toul - Nancy - Met,
thoro rlso the heights of the Meuso, of
which we read so much In the dis
patches. It In a region of hills, woods and
countlo&s streams, untraversed by rail
ways, but cut up by numerous strategic
roads, tho passes guarded by numerous
fortifications, both on the east, where tho
heights open upon tho plain of Woevre,
and on tho west, where tho passes leau
down to tho Mouse. Tho stronger fortifi
cations are at the western exits on the
Meuso. They form a chain along the
eastern bnnk of the river from Verdun
through Gcnlcourt, Troyon. Les Parodies.
St. Mlhlcl, Camp dos Remains. The en
tire region may bo visualized as a thick
hedge, an enormous barb-wlro entangle
ment, criss-crossed with trenches and
studded with hidden fortifications and
battorles. Tho hill of Hattonchatel, 1300
feet high, marks the southern boundary
of this height of land.
Dispatches tell of the French being In
control of tho road from Nancy to Motz
as far as Pagny, on the frontier. This
would Imply that tho important position
of Pont-a-Mousson, on tho Moselle, which
the Germans oocupled early In the cam
paign, Is either In the hands of the
French, or, what is more likely, Is being
seriously menaced. In other, words, tho
German wedge thrust forward to tho
Meuso from Metz la being hammered by
the French from Verdun on tho west
nnd from Toul and Nancy on tho south;
and In tho official statement from Paris,
that tho French aro moving forward
(south of tho road from Verdun to Metz,
there Is an Indication that the German
uedge is being steadily ejected from
French territory. It is pl.xtn thnt an
eastward advance of only five miles by
the French from the heights of the
Monro might shift the emnhasls from
Verdun to Metz.
At Nancy the Bavarians fighting under
tho eyes of the Kaiser were repulsed.
The Crown Prince after hammering auny
nt Troyon was compelled to retreat north
nnd west 'to Montfnucon. It has been
customary to explain this setback by the
defeat of the German right on the Murne.
But It Ih getting to be more and moie ap
parent that the Germans around Verdun
have not been quite equal to their task.
Ono possible explanation Is that tho
German left wing had been weakened
for the purposo of reinforcing von ICIuk
In the west and has Blnce been content
to mark time. More probable Is the ex
planation that tho French around Verdun
are present In enormous strength. From
tho first It has apparently been Gen
oral Jortre's plan to present an Iron
wall to tho enemy lit tho enst. What
ever might happen on tho Allied left, tho
barrier of tho Meuso must hold. If rein
forcements were needed elsowhero they
must come from other sources, And tho
plan has been Justified In Its results.
Reinforcement were found not only to
stave off the German advanoe on Paris,
but to push the western battle line up
to the Belgian frontier; and at the same
time the eastern barrier of tho Meuse
has stood firm,
By J. VT. T. MASON
NTTW YORK, Oct 17.
A belief that the machinery of the
French army Is not moving smoothly Is
suggested by the ability of the Germans,
with Inferior numbers, to extend their
lines to greater advantage than tho Allies
aro able to do.
The Allies supposedly have nt least a
20 per cent, superiority over tho Germans
In Belgium nnd France. Opposed by this
outnumbering force, the Germans would
be fortunate IT they could maintain more
than a strictly defensive attitude. But
they have continued a series of countcr
offenBlves thnt have In effect put the
Allies os much on tho defensive as tho
Germans are.
Tho French have been pushed far awny
from the German lines of communica
tion and tho German battle front now has
boen extended CO mllos to Ostcnd, enforc
ing on tho Germans an additional 8000
square miles of conquered Belgian terri
tory to defend.
The Allies have been unable to provent
this. They have not moved their own
lines nearer the crucial points of the Ger
man defenses, but havo had to glvo
ground In the north until their own ad
vance positions now rest on the Franco
Belgian coast. The northern head of the
Allied Forces ought to have swung east
ward at the Bolglan frontier, Instead of
which the German nrmv veaa nhl n
detach-'enough men to compel the Allies
to move off to tho West
The situation In tho battle arear Is puz
zling. If tho French army Is really su
perior In numbers to the Germans, why
are tho Germans apparently able to make
a greater Impression than tho French?
Tho most obvious answer Is that tho
French havo not fully ropalred tho de
ficiencies In their supplies that wore re
vealed last year.
Equipment for tho superior numbers of
French soldiers may bo lacking either In
quantity or quality, and the numerical
superiority of the Allies must wait to
demonstrate Itself until this deficiency Is
made good.
A second answer mav be thnt the
French General Start resolutely has de
fined to sanction the enormous loss of
llfo that successful frontal attacks
against tho strong German positions
would entail. The Germans thomsclvoa
nave dropped the mass tactics they used
during the rush through Belgium and
Franco toward Paris. The slower proc
ess ofmuny minor attacks rather than n
fgw major assaults may havo been
adopted by General Joffre as more hu
mane, though costly in time.
' A third alternative Is that the Allies
aro not In much actual superiority along
tho western battle front In France, but
aro concentrating for a new offensive in
Lorraine agnlnst the entrenched camp nt
Mel?;. It would bo In keeping with the
many unprecedented developments bf the
present war It the Allies wero able to
fealn a victory before the permanent forti
fications nt Metz, after they had failed to
dislodge the enemy from his temporary
field shelters elsewhere.
Tho probability Is that each of these
throe hypotheses plays n part In the riddl.i
of Germany's ability to hold off the forces
of her opponents. That the game can
be continued Indefinitely this way Is
highly Improbable. New developments
must soon be looked for.
PEN OF BELGUIM,
WITH ARMY, CHEERS
KING ALBERT'S MEN
Elizabeth, Playing Heroine's
Role in Country's Tragic
Drama, Refuses to Leave
Front in Flour of Danger.
HAVRE, Oct IT.
Queen Kllzabeth of the Belgians Is with
her husband at the headquarters of the
Belgian army, and Is his constant com
panion except when King Albert ap
proaches tho firing line to encourage and
direct bin troops.
M. Hulsmnns, Belgian Minister of
State, In announcing the above fact
added - that King Albert was show
ing great stoicism and that Queen Eliz
abeth was sharing his perils and giving
an example of dignity and courage
worthy of classic times.
Alluding to the presence In Havre of
virtually the entire diplomatic corps a
Blgned to BolglumM. Hulsmnns said:
"Tho representatives of tho United
Slates and Spain, carrying out their
special mission, remained In the Invaded
territory. These and the representatives
of all ctvlllred countries recognize tho
logallty of the Belgian Government In
exercising Its sovereignty upon French
territory."
The French Minister to Belgium ' is
using n new scnl for his official docu
ments, which reads, "Legation of Franco
attached to the Belgian Government at
Havre." Tho Belgian Government has
exclusive use of ono postofflce and a tel
egraph office In Havre. Belgian stamps
are being used In rrnnce.
This usually sombre port Is now bril
liant with French, Belgian nnd British
uniforms. The streets aro crowded with
borne-drawn equipages nnd automobiles,
Tho members of tho dlplomntlc corps aro
lodged In one of tho hotels of the city.
'ROMANCE, TRAGEDY, COMEDY
FROM TIIE GREAT WAR DRAMA
ARRAS LAID WASTE
BY BOMBARDMENT
OF GERMAN ARMY
Belfry of Old Town Hall
Alone Remains Intact in
French City Prefect
Risked Death During Shelling.
The captun of a German ship early In
the war Is described by n signalman of
a British warshtp who writes:
"W snw a German ship called the AI-
talr. We olisaed her n she tried to run
nway, nnd ordered her to stop. She took
no notice, however, nnd so wo put a
couple of shots over her as a hint. She
stopped without firing back, and then our
ofTloers called for volunteers to go to her
nnd mnko her prisoner.
"We only sent 16 men, and I was on
of them. They never tried to stop us
going on board. The officer In charge
then told us to take the British ensign
and hoist It In place of theirs, which I
had to pull down. Two men with loaded
revolvers went with me, as all the Ger
mans were round the place where I had
to hoist It
"I pulled the flag down, nnd when I
hnd hoisted the British flag nil tho men
In our ship wero cheering and shouting,"
A survivor of Bplon Kop, In tho Boer
War, write home:
"Hnve returned wounded by shrapnel,
but hopo to be out shortly and off to
France again, for I had a lucky escApe, al
though It has disfigured my upper lip
Tho German Infantry cannot shoot, nnd
their artillery shoot nnywhere. Deter
mination and superiority of nro muBt
win."
A British sailor who saw action In tho
Heligoland engagement has written his
Impression of the German fleet. He says:
"What do you think of the Germans
now? I expect you have seen In tho pa
pors that' we went over to Heligoland
again, but they wouldn't budge. We did
all wo could to draw them out, but It
was no good.
"If they had como out It would have
flnlahcd the naval part of the program.
With the fleet we had there I doubt If
ono ship would havo got back to tho
Fatherland."
According to a report received from
English officers nt tho front, Iord
Stanley, the eldest non of Lord Derby, In
tho hero of a brilliant nnd daring mora
which resulted In the capture of three
German officers nnd MA men.
Lord Stanley, who Is attached to Gen
eral flmlth-Dorrlen's staff, with ft mere
handful of men, was taking nrnnn horses
along a road when he received Informa
tion that a body of Germans wero nearby.
A minute later nnd the Germans camo
Into sight. "With his few troopers Lord
Btnley charged on the Germans, who sur
rendered without n struggle,
A Russian artilleryman, who, at the
risk of his life, stopped while retreating
under fire to rescue a baby, has received
the Cross of St. George. Two com
panions, who Inter went to his rescuo,
also were awarded the same honor.
The artilleryman was taken to the hos
pital at Kleff, where he surprised the
nurses by bringing with him the baby he
had saved.
The soldier's battery had ben getting
tho worstNif an engagement and an order
was given to fall back. While retreating
through a village, tho artilleryman
noticed a baby crawling out Into the
street In the very path of an artillery
fire. He ran back nnd picked tho baby
up and Just as he did a shell burst over
his head. He fell to the ground, holding
the baby under him. He was shot
through tho hack and unablo to get up.
Seeing hln helplessness two of his com
rades rushed back nnd cnrrled both him
and the baby to safety.
A curious story recently received from
Vlllers Coterets tells of a new attempt
and novel one by tho Germans to get the
range of their artillery fire.
A British sergeant one night ran Into
three .Germans outalde the British line.
Whipping out his revolver the Briton
killed two of the Germans and the third
surrendered. They had a telephone with
them, connected with wire with their
camp. The length of the wire paid out
gavo the range, of course, for the gunners.
DUNKIRK MARKSMEN
BRING AERIAL SCOUT
OF ENEMY TO EARTH
German Biplane Flutters
Down From Clouds With'
Avaitor Fatally Wounded.
Refugee Boats in Harbor.
JAPANESE CAPTURE
TSING-TAO HEIGHTS
IN NIGHT ASSAULT
Hill Overlooking German
Fortress Reported Taken.
Gives Base for Shelling
Fortifications of Besieged
City.
DUM-DUM BULLETS
ISSUED TO BRITISH,
IS GERMAN CHARGE
General Staff Publishes
Statements Alleged to
Have Been Made by Gor
don Highlanders' Officers.
"Good Bye, Old Man,"
Final Greeting as Ship
Sank Only Four of 27
Officers Saved.
LONDON, Oct. 17.
Casualties In the sinking of the cruiser
Hawke by a German submarine on Thurs
day included 27 officers, It was officially
announced by the Government Press Bu
reau at noon. Four officers wero saved.
Captain N. G. TV. Williams, commander
of the cruiser, Is among the missing.
Not only has England's pride In her
navy been cut to the quick by the sink
ing of the protected cruiser Hawke by
a. German submarine, with the loss of
nearly BOO lives, but a feeling of fear has
etruck home and the British public has
begun to ask Itself this question seri
ously "Can our much vaunted navy protect
cut Fhores?"
The press attacks against the policies
of rirst Lord of the Admiralty Winston
Spencer Churchill have been Intensified
by the loss of the Hawke. The Admiralty
Is being severely criticised for employ,
lng large cruisers, offering a big target
to submarines In waters within range
of an under-water attack, especially If
they are slow craft and are not con
voyed by a flotilla of torpedoboat dc
troers. It Is event from the naval losses of
the Engllshthat German submarines are
constantly patrollng the entire length of
the North Sea.
AH the commissioned officers of the
Hawke went down with her except Lieu
tenant Commander Hobert It. Kosoman,
who. with o of the crew, was reported
to havo been saved on a raft. Of the
rest of the ship's complement of 511, only
three nun-commlssloned officers and 13
men are known to be saved, u total of 73.
The Dally Chronicle's correspondent at
Aberdeen. Scotland., quotes ono of the
rurvivors as follows:
"Within eight minutes after the torpedo
"ruck, the Hawke went clown. An oil
fuel ,ttnk OI, boara exoIodgU Bnd the Bh
pieMnl"in ".re whlle sno "aa toa3ln and
..mns '" the water.
Tho submarine escaped. '
l..!! ,la?d.s. acted w,,h M"ntry and
traditions of the British navy.
Vihen the ship, shattered by the ex.
Plosion of the torpedo, was settling. I
'd more than one 'Jackie' call to a
companion, 3ood-by, old man. hope to
see you safe luter ' 1 nevei saw such
coolness lit the face of death.
The weather was bitter cold, and when
Zlm ere t0S31 '"to the water were
cntued to the bone In a few minutes."
uermart attacks against Hrltlsh men-of-war
In tho North Sea have now cost set en
ewps and more than 2000 men Some
were sunk b submarines, others b Ger
man mines. The Admiralty has redoubled
precautions against the German undr--ter
craft. Special Instruction bavo
ceea Issued to all commanders to exercise
& greatest ylsUance.
STAY ZEPPELIN RAID
ON ENGLISH CAPITAL,
PLEA TO PRESIDENT
F. Hopkinson Smith, for
Olympic Passengers, De
clares U. S. Intervention Is
All That Can Save Lon
don. New York, Oct 17. "Unless the United
States Intervenes at once London and
Paris will be attacked and fired by a
fleet of Zeppelins. Tho attack Is not fnr
off, and the only power that can stop It
Is the United States."
This statement was made on board the
White Star liner Olympic by F. Hopkln-son-Smlth,
the author and painter, who
returned from Glasgow after a trip of
five months abroad.
As soon as the Olympic docked Mr.
Smith mailed to President Wilson a set
of resolutions protesting against the use
of bombs dropped from aeroplanes and
Zeppelins upon women and children It
was Mgned by 200 passengers on tho
Olympic, who at a meeting In aid of tnc
Bed Cross authorized the following reso
lutions: That n copy of these resolutions be
forwarded to the President of
tho United States, accompanied by a
personal letter, begging him In tha
Interests of humanity to protest, as
far na lay within his power, against
the continuance of tills practice.
First. Becuusu It is contrary to the
instincts of all belf-respecting na
tions. Second. As being sure to alienate
every particle of sympathy from those
Indorsing such outrages, nnd
Third. As not only brutal and cruel
In the last degree, but without tiny
other military advantage than the
terrorizing, maiming and killing of In
nocent non-combatants who are help
less against such attacke.
Mr. Smith said that few in this country
realize what a menace threatens London.
He predicted that there would be many
Innocent women and children killed In
their beds and In the streets If the United
Status did not step In and warn Ger
many. "London is helpless against this Zep
pelin attack. ' he said, "and it Is coming
as sure us fate. The Germans are rush
ing their work on the air fleet, and I
hop kliicerely that the United States will
advise them to abandon it before it Is
too late. I am confident that Germany
would heed a warning from this Govern-
"Lo'mlon knows this Zeppelin raid Is
coming, but the city is calmly and
stoically awaiting It
"The I nlted States Is big enough to
say to Germany You must stop this
bnrao dropping on Innocent people at
once. In the name of humanity you must
st-p it' I think If tbls were done Ger
many would ha. forced to glvs heed."
"THIS IS THE LIFE,"
CANADIANS CAROL
IN NEW WAR CAMP
Londoners, Though Disap
pointed at Lack of "Wild
West" Display, Give
Dominion Troops Rousing
Welcome.
LONDON, Oct. 17,
An Immense camp has been prepared
for the Canadian troops at Bulford on
Salisbury Plain. For the present the
troops will be under canvas, but wooden
huts will be erected as soon ns possible.
Tho Canadians are determined to get
to the front In two months and there
will be hard drilling every day.
The Canadian contingent is being dis
tributed tod.ty to mllltarj camps. It has
not been announced when they will be
sent to tha front. The men nppear to be
In good condition and nnxlous to get into
action.
The troops poured Into Salisbury
rialns beginning before dawn. English
territorial regiments had prepared the
camps for the Canadians and are acting
as convoy corps. The troops were pre
ceded Into the plains by their transport
train of wagons drawn by traction en
gines nnd of motortrucks and finally a
train of commandeered London motor
buses. These were followed by the cav
alry and artillery. The Infantry regi
ments came last and only a few had ar
rived early yesterday afternoon.
Some of tho Inhabitants of the dis
trict who turned out to welcome the Ca
nadians wero disappointed in not seelmr
the Wild West show to which they had
been looking forward. The Canadians
dressed much like the, soldiers of the
British Isles except for the campaign
hats worn by the cavalrymen. But com
ment was at once excited by the phys
ique of the newcomers, who are, on the
average, much larger and give the ap
pearance of possessing greater strength
than the English soldier.
The countryside gave the Canadians an
enthusiastic reception as they passed,
singing "It's a Long, Long Way to Tlp-
perary. inere-il tie a Hot Time In the
Old Town Tonight" and "This is the
Life."
Among the troops is a little Montreal
newsboy, who made the voage as a
stowaway and who is now practicing as
siduously on the bugle in the hope that
ho may become sufficiently proficient to
be sent to the front as a musician. He
rode to the camp much wrapped about
with an array overcoat lent him by a
sergeant of Highlanders.
The only saloon In the camp will be
declared "out of bounds" on Saturday
and the building will be taken over by
General Alderson for headquarters.
GREETINGS FROM THE MR
ROME. Oct 17 From different seciinn.
of northern Italj It is reported that an
Austrian dirigible balloon yesterday
crossed the Italian frontier, and, flying
near a small village, threw down a sheet
Jpf paper en which was written "A tbu.
and greetings from the airship."
PARIS, Oct. 17. The ancient, beautiful
city of Arras In northeastern Frnncc, Is
In ruins. This news Is contained In n
special dispatch to tho Matin. All thnt
lemnlns Intact of tho magnificent Fifth
century town hall Is tho lofty belfry.
Bodies are still being extricated from
the debris. They are being burned at
night on funeral pyres of logs to prevent
en epidemic.
The prefect of Pns de Calais was the
only person who remained In his quar
ters during tho bombnrdment which de
stroyed tho city. The prefect stayed In
the offices of tho prefecturo risking death.
When tho Germans occupied the city last
month the commando- of the invading
forces sought to occupy the quarters of
the prefect, but he tefuscd. When tho
enemy retired from the city they turned
their guns ngninst it. Volleys were con
centrated against tho prefecture, hut the
official was not woundfil. He had many
narrow escapes.
The Figaro says that the Society of
Dramatic Authors has decided to oust
Herr Humperdlnck, Professor Haupt
mann and a number of other famous
Germans.
Tho Gniilols publishes an Interview with
the Bishop of Oilcans In which he says
that one-third of the priests of Ills dloce.te
linvo joined the. French army and are on
the battle line.
A Rome dispatch to the Echo dn Paris
states that the proposed performances of
Wagner's "Parfclfal" In Naples hns been
canceled and another opera substituted
because of the strong anti-German feeling
In Italy.
TOKIO, Oct. 17.
The Japanese nnd their British Allies
In n furious night assault have taken
Prlnz Hclnrlch Hill, which overlooks
Tstlng-Tao In tho German leasehold of
Klao-Chnu, according to an unofficial dis
patch from China.
Tho Anglo-Japanese losses were 150
killed and wounded. A number of Ger
tmns were captuted.
Seizure of Prlnz Helnrlch Hill would
give tho Japanese a dominating position
from which they could throw shells into
the forts nround Tslng-Tno and speedily
compel their evacuation.
LONDON, Oct 17.
German blplanen have been horerlnp;
over .Dunkirk. The first one appeared
Thursday and, after taking a survey of
tho fortifications, let fall a couple of
bombs. The marksmanship wait bad. One)
bomb fell Into the sea.
The biplane did not get off free. It
won nntuted with n. ho.ll of bullets from
tho marksmen In th forts and else
whom, and dome of them took effect. Tho
machine ntnggered oft In the direction of
Oste-nd, but It was learned that It camo
down between Furns and Nleuport.
There, It wan found, one of the aviators
having been badly hit He wm removed In
a dying condition to the nearest Red
Cross hospital, while the other was taken
prisoner. Ho and the neroplane wera
brought Into Dunkirk.
A force of about 6000 Germans are now
holding Bruges. Zoebrugo also has been
In the possession of the enemy during the
last 24 hours. In attempting to extend
their lino from the coast to Tpres and
CourtrnJ, tho Germans appear to havo
placed themselves In a very perilous posi
tion. It la believed Dunkirk will bo tho next
objectlvo of tho Gorman attack.
Large numbers of prisoners ha4 been
taken at Yprcs, Including two aviators,
who were forced to land through lack
of petrol In a beet field near the town
of (nnme deleted by censor). Tho
pilots and their machines have been
brought to Dunkirk.
. uniwi uuiiui ql every sort xrom isee
orugge, Blankcnberge and Ostend. nra
crowded In the harbor at Dunkirk They
have brought many hundreds of refugees,
who are bolng hospitably received and
housed.
Allentown Armory Bids Opened
Bids on the new nrmory building for
Alltntown, the headquarters for Com
panies B and D, and tho 4th Infantry of
the National Guard of Pennsylvania, weru
opened today. This building will be a
three-story structuro of reinforced con
crete nnd steel. The Berry-Goodwin
Company of Philadelphia was ono of the
first to submit a bid on tho building.
OBJECT TO ENGLAND'S
SEIZURE OF STEAMSHIPS
CZAR MINES BALTIC
LANES TO PETR0GRAD
Defense Measures Taken Against
Prowling German Submarines.
LONDON. Oct, 17
The Exchange Telegraph Company ls ,n'
receipt of the following message from
Petrograd:
"It Is officially reported that, owing to
the nppparance of German submirlnes at
tho mouth of tho Gulf of Finland and
tho planting of mines pear tho Russian
const, the Russian navnl authorities havo
decided to adopt mlne-lnying activities
for the purpose of defense. Mines will
bo placed around tho entrance to the
Gulf of Itas.i and around the Aland Is
lands. The Gulf of Finland and the Gulf
of Haga will be closed to traffic '
GERMAN FLEET REPORTED
ACTIVE IN NORTH SEA
Captnins of Neutral Vessels Say
Ships Were Senrched for Contraband.
LONDON, Oct. 17
Reports that a German fleet Is oper
ating In the North Sea hive reached here
from several sources, none of which can
be confirmed A dispatch from Copei
haqen declares that a Norwegian sea
captain, who arrhed there Monday from
ritavanger. Norway. In a trawler, says
that h observed a fieet of about JO
cruisers and soma transports.
Other reports received in the last week
intimate that German cruisers and tor
pedobonts stationed south of Falsterbo
havu been stopping Scandinavian vessels
bound for Russia, England and France
and searching them for contraband.
BRITISH BIPLANE CAPTURED
Marine Men Wnnt State Department
to Protect Cargoes for Neutrals.
England's action in seizing tho Swedish
steamship Beta, from this port, and the
Attllla and Nicholas Cuneo, from Now
York, nnd tho holding up of the Holland
America Lino steamships, has brought
protests to the State Department, lle
cnu!i of tho halting of esscls bound to
Scandinavian and Dutch poittt by Hrltlsh
wnrshlps rates of marine Insurance havo
Jumped upward.
Shipping men ar incensed at th action
of England, and are demanding that tho
United States Government take steps to
prevent tho seizures of vessels sailing to
neutral ports Great Britain can avoid
nil diplomatic entanglements because of
her nctlon by purchasing th cargoes of
ull ve.els seized
It lias been suggested that Norwnv,
Sweden and Denmark adopt the plan now-
working In Holland, and have all cargoes
consigned to tho governments The gov
ernment In turns pledges Itself to see that
none of the cargoes reaches Germany,
which Is strongly suspected by England.
GERMANS SPARE RED CROSS
Tales of Firing on Ambulances De
clared Absolutely False.
DUBLIN, Oct. 17 Lieutenant W O To
bias. R A.M c., of Dublin, In a letter
from tho front, nys that people woro
lather Inclined nt first to stnmp the Ger
mans nR barbarians and to believe that
they hnd no respect for tho Red Cross
"That we no longer believe," ho (.ays,
"nor thnt they firo on ninbulinco3. but
what hns happened Is that nmbulnii'es
hao got ml-ted up with lighting troops,
and have shared some of tho shell-tire
. . . We have learned our lesson, uml
our CO nt any rate always allows In
Ills Instructions his officers tn use their
own discretion We havo found we can
nene no useful purpose by exposing our
menwhose Job should really como on
If possible when tho lighting Is over and
tho fighting troops have passed on -to
shell the
Aviators of High Rank Reported
Taken Prisoners Near Peronne.
BERLIN. Oct 17
A British biplane, with two military
aviators of high rank as passengers, is
reported to have been shot down near
Psronne and the officers captured
EMBASSY USHER LEAVES
U. S. TO FIGHT FOR FRANCE
First of French Employes nt Wash
ington Off to War.
WASHINGTON. Oct 17 -Emmanuel
Rretuudenu, for three jears usjier at the
French Embassy, today Is on his way to
France to light, envied by several of tha
embassy secretaries and employes His
wife Is accompanying htm and will work
In Paris
Uretaudeau Is a voung Frenchman and
the tlrst ti leave th .ml 3 hero fur
the Iront alth.ari'' ae fill otheiji have
asked permlssi"ii
BERLIN, Oct. 17.
Following up Its charges of the uso of
dum-dum bullets In the French and Brit
ish armies, the German General Staff
has Issued what are asserted to be fac
similes of written statements signed by
W. E. Gordon, colonel of the Gordon
Highlanders, and by F. H. Nelsh, lieu
tenant colonel of the samo regiment, cov
ering the Issuanco to them and other
omcers of flat-nosed revolver nmmunltlon
for their revolvers.
"It wns Issued at Plymouth with re
volver ammunition," tho alleged state
ment of Colonel Gordon reads. "It was
flat-nosed. As I was In doubt nhnnt it
being correct ammunition and being un
able to obtain any Information from su
perior authority concerning tho matter,
I nut my revolver nmmunltlon In the
ground four days before the Mons (Au- j
gust ) engagement, which was the first '
tlmo I met the Germnn m-rr,,. a. ... I
same time I placed my revolver in my
heavy baggage and never carried it
again.
"Tho rovolver nmmunltlon wns of tho
samo pnttern as issued to mo nnd tho
other officers of tho Gordon Highlanders
In June last to tire tholr annual revolver
COUl.SU
W. E. GORDON, Colonel,
Gordon Highlanders,
"A. D. C. to the King."
Statements said to be nSned by Lien
tenant Colonel Nelsh follow:
.S rOgnillS reVO Ver nminnnlll.. il.
n i, ,?Js,Tl,,w'18 n "'"-''"seel one. The i '
during this summer nt annual pinctlce , '
l make nhove statement In writing nt ! '
...w .-.,., .el ui iiitiuil von Lur.n.. D .. ' '
Mimmury of answers I gavo him to verbal
questions he naked mo
(Signed) "F. H. NEISH,
,., ' Lieutenant Colonel,
;, Flrst Gordon Highlanders.
"Torgan. September 1'), 1914."
"When I was taken prisoner at Bertry
at 3 a. m. on August 37. I had In my nos-s-ssion
only three pointed revolver bul
ot leer r Jrnr th.. from a brother
officer 1 h-1,1 no flat-nosed bullets In
"l 'nTT'?"' ns the on Isnued to me
I had burled, i do not remember w"hen
but I was certain several days before wo
commenced flghtln,- In tho vicinity of
Mons on August 23
(Signed! "F H NELSH,
. ... "r-lputenant Colonel,
,.,- - ' lrRt 0"rdon Highlanders.
"Torsnu, September ii, mn
Sn.li ammunition, it Is declared In the
statement of th German General Staff
nlthoLgli rel.cte.1 hv theS offieers was
f.u-n.l In captured HrltUh revolvers
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RUSSIANS REPULSED AT LYCK
BERI IN o-t 17 Tho War Office states
that fr-m the eastern battlefield the re
ports are that tho Russian attempts to
takn Lvrk have been repulsed by the
Germans.
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