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RECEDE, SAYS CHEF
Invaders, Strong on Land,
Couldn't Ford Rivers of
Wine and Lost Paris, Inn
keeper Asserts.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
cnncY-nsMmiR. n-t. id.
"Dirt nnvbnilv ever tell you the true
ton of win the Grrmqlts pot such it
llcklns In tlm b title of the Mnrnp, Jilst
as. thv tlinttKlit they llncl Paris rlKht
In their paws?"
The rhulibv itnil ever-cheerful "Uprpcr"
w Miiv lnvliifj the tnble for niv tuiieli
out on the Invvn umler 11 litrijo but sheil
dlns Hinr tree N'pnrliy wits tho ruin of
an old stono mill iiml lieyoml it tht Cirnttil
Mortti Kiirglrd past on Its wny t tlio
OIsp.
"Thev put licUnl." I rrpllril, "like nity
thing or unylmily Ret llrked. t Sllppo.'e -bvcnni
thm met liettr-r men."
The "kcior" tunlletl.
"No. tnonpnr," he salil. "you'rp wrong;
thp 'pnii-i boohes' got licked while they
v-ere drunk."
' Drunk?" 1 r-rhoed.
"I"runk, ' hp reltoratetl. putting two fnl
llttlo flits on hla bins, nrmii nklmbo mid
rci;ntitlnv mo full In thp fner A twinkle
wi in nis eyes.
'What do jou menu drunk?" I lo
mHiiilcd Thp innkopppr kept on smltlnc.
"It wns my son who told mo." he went
on m.vsterlnuslv "Up was there. He
chnrpcil them with his bayonet, rlsht up
Into their omi trenches. 1 lutvo a Prus
sian helmet he brought hack to me.
wounded n hit thotmh he vvn And the
Prussians wero nil drunk, monsieur. I
give you Henri's word for It."
"On 'booze' ?" I .asked.
"Champncne." he grinned.
"The whole army drunk on elimu
pacne?" "Most of it." he said. "And It post
them the battle, the battl which lo-t '
tliem Paris " i
"ChamiviKiie cost flermany 1'nrls. eh?" '
"Just that," the Innkeeper replied, and
lor tniee minutes ho was silent
"Ch.impaKne, monsieur." he smiled his
fmlle w-io onstant, but now there was a
trine of bony In It "It Is not for the
fcophe!- Thuy drink beer. There l no
ptrtrv In boor no romanro. I'll! It is
not so with champacm. In it there to
cvervttalns lhat Is tender und delictif anil
beautiful n'vl rny It Is the distillation of
the combined noblest soil and sky of
France' It Is not for barbarian, it Is
for dreamers for peoples with sulitlo
brains to kindle, for nrtlsts, poets and
gentle folk. For thete. It l a wllllnc slave
and It brlnss happiness."
Artist himself to his flncer tips the Inn
Veeper klr'ed hi" tinners to the clouds
(floitlns: fram the direction of the battle
fields. "rio the fk minus all drank champagne."
I reminded, bringing mj host back to
earth
"The Prussians, they do not know how
it drink ehampiune." he continued, once
he had struck ground. "And champagne
hits hack when the profane hit It And
It hits pack hard. The Prussians, as they
struck the champagne country, pillaged
every cellar the", came to and you know
for a time thev werp advancing very fast.
They entered Ttheims, Chalons, Hpernay,
Ay. all the great wine centres, and every,
where they went they drank champagne
like they drank beer at home. Millions
of bottles th-y drank. Yet not one In a
thousnad had ever tasted champagne be
fore. Now the reveled In It. bathed In
It. staved in casks in cellars nnd literally
Walmwed In It. And they nil got drunk,
oh, so drunk, so drunk thnt many of
them were as dead for hours. And after
they were drunk they were sick, verv,
very sick. The battlefields showed It.
The whole army was drunk."
"So bad as that?" I said to keep him
wound up.
"I cannot tell you how bad It was. The
Prussians' brains were deadened, their
resistance broken, their powerful armv
wobbled on Its legs. Champagne lovelv.
tender, beautiful champagne had Its own
revense "
He served the remainder of the lunch
In silence, hut later added:
"Of course, my son told me we should
Jiavo licked the hoches as likely as not
without tho champagne Put each bottle,
ho said, was worth a gun."
When I left the Inn I wondered just
how much of the real there was In what
my host had told me. Once, for the want
of a nail, a kingdom was lost, so we aro
told.
THE BERTILLON SYSTEM
"Writer Explains Origin of Famous
Weapon Against Criminals.
Writing In the New York Evening Post.
e correspondent well acquainted with the
late Alpnonse Bertlllon draws atten
tion to the fact that the finger print
identification scheme was not the Inven
tion of M Pertillon. but. as far ns its
employment In police work Is concerned,
was first used by the London police, who
Jn turn adopted It from a similar system
long employed In India The first suc
cess of the nertlllon system, known as
Pertlllonage." attracted the attention of
Scotland Yard, but after a trial It was
discarded as being Impracticable, nnd the
Lcr.don police developed the finger print
BstPin so carefully that M. nertlllon
recognized Its value and later embodied
Jt In his as stem, making due acknowl
edgment of hla debt to his English con
temporaries. To tfertillon's ears of re
seat ch and patient investigation, how
ever, must be attributed much of the en
lightenment which has proved of such
great value to the new science of identi
fication. Beginning on the theory that no two
persons are identical in everv respect,
he set about the task of reducing th
dimensions and p' Hilarities which va
ried with the Greatest consistency of the
last possible number Situated as he was
in Pat Is, with overy facllltj at his com
mand, he realized that If the system were
to b made generally useful it would have
to be reduced to such simplicity that
police heads In the most remote villages
could understand and apply It The
photograph played an important part In
his search for simplicity, and. though
he realized that It involved complica
tions which Increased the expenses of
the system, he retained It, but depended
on It as little as possible. Ily tho proc
ess of eliminating measureemnts which
experiment pioted the least essential,
rioting all marks of Individual signifi
cance, such us scars, moles, deformities
and othei permanent peculiarities, and
then recording the ten finger prints of
each subject, he brought the sjstem to
Its present state of perfection.
The measurements which he finally
adopted as essential were seven. The
length of the head from back to front,
the bieadth of the head, the horizontal
cpan of the arms, extending from finger
tip to Hnger-tip. the height, when sitting,
from chair to top of head, the length of
the middle linger, the length from the
elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and
toe lnxth of the left foot The color of
the ees ami hair, the complexion and
niany other details are aiso entered on
the card, together with two photographs
of the subject Later theories of M Bp
tillon, notablj the one dealing with the
diversity of form found In the folds and
1 bes of the outer ear of various per
B ns, and Its probable value as an aid
In especially difficult case have ss yet
sot beto embodied in tbe if-?atat si'sUsi.
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While the French claim advantages at Arras, near D, brisk fightinc is going on at B, near the Belgian frontier, where the French officially declare they
have recaptured Armentieres, north of Lille. The German army of occupation in Belgium, running from Ostend toward Thourout and Roulers, and from
Audenarde through Courtrai toward the Ypres-Mcnin line, is believed to be advancing toward the French frontier, fighting occuring on the River Yser,
which flows through Dixmude to the sea at Nieuport, and elsewhere along the line. The allies claim to have gained 30 miles in certain places and to have
assumed advantageous positions in the Lille region at C and near Arras at D.
ENGLAND THRILLED
BY GENERAL'S STORY
OF 26-DAY BATTLE
Field Marshal French De
scribes Allies' Strategic Re
treat Followed by Drive of
Germans Across the Aisne.
LONDON, Oct It.
The battle of the Miime and the open
ing of the great conflict now being waged
on the Aisne, and In which British troops
fought steadily for X days, are covered
in dispatches from Sir .lohn French, com
mander of the BrltKh army in Franco,
which were made public last night by
the nress bureau. Nnrratlng tho events
accruing between August 2S nnd Septem
ber I', General French begins with a
continuation of the Allies' retreat before
vigorous pursuit and describes the In
variably courteous treatment accorded bv
General Joffre and the French General
Staff.
" strongly represented my position to
General Joffre, wno was most kind,
cordial and sympathetic, ns he nlwajs
has ben I finally arranged with Gen
eral Joffre to effect a further short re
tirement toward the line from Compdgne
to Solssons. The right flank, of the Ger
man aimv was now renchlng a point
which appeared to endanger my line of
communication with Havre.
"I had already evacuated Amiens, Into
which a German reserve division was re
ported to liavo moved."
THE STRATEGIC P.ETP.EAT.
After giving further details, General
French says:
"While closely adhering to his strategic
conception to draw the enemy on at all
points until u favorable situation was cre
ated from which to assume the offensive.
General joffre found It necessary to moll
ify from day to day the methods where
by he sought to attain this object.
"In conformity with the movements of
tho French force my retirement con
tinued practically from day to day. Al
though we were not severely pressed by
the enemy, rearguard actions took place
continually.
0nernJ French then gives more details
of the retreat and continues:
"On September 5, General Joffre
formed me of his Intention to take
In
the offensive forthwith, as he considered
the
On
conditions very favorable to success
September t a great battle opened on a
front extending from Ermenonville to a
point north of Verdun. This battle, so
far ns tho 6th French army, the British
army and the Hth French army were con
cerned, may be said to have concluded on
the evening of September 10, by which
time th Germans had been driven back
to th line from Solssons to Xthelms with
the loss of thousands of prisoners, many
guns and enormous masses of transport.
GERMANS CHANGE PLANS.
"About September 3 the enemy appears
to have changed his plans and deter
mined to stop the advanco south direct
upon Paris. An air reconnaissance on
September i showed that his main col
umns were moving In a southeasterly
direction."
After detailing the German movements
as they were then observed, General
French continues.
"I conceive that It had been about noon
on September 8, that the enemy realized
that a powerful threat was being made
against the (lank of his columns moving
f the southeast and began the great re
treat which opened with the battle above
referred to."
General French then details the respec
tive positions of the Allies and Germans
and continues
"On September 7 the Fifth and Sixth
French armies were heavily engaged on
our flank The Second and Fourth Ger
man Reserve Corps on the Ourcq vigor
ously opposed the advance of tha French
toward the river, but did not prevent the
Sixth French army from gaining some
headway, the Germans themselves suffer
ing serious losses.
"The French Fifth army threw the
enemy back to the line on the Petit Morln
River, after Inflicting severe looses on
them, especially about Etonceauz, which
was carried by the bayonet.
CAVALRY SUFFER HEAVILT
"The enemy retreated before our ad
vance, covered with his Second, Nintn
and guard cavalry divisions which suf
fered severely Our cavalry acted with
reat vigor
"On both sides the eraiy was thrown
ack wUta yvij iM.rr iau. The First
Armv Corps encountered stubborn re
sistance at jn. Tretolro. The enemy, who
occupied a strong position on the north
bank of the Petit Morln, were dislodged
with considerable loss. Several machine
suns and many prisoners were captured,
:H
rd of 200 German dead were left
ground. Later In the day a counter
the enemy was well repulsed
ov the Mrst Army Corps, a great many
prisoners and some guns again filling
"The First and Second Corps forced
me pnssnge cu me .Marne on September
0 and advanced some miles north of It.
Th- Third Corps encountered considerable
oprosltlon, ns the bridge nt La Ferte had
I neen destroyed and the enemy held the
I town on tho opposite, bank In some
strength and from that place persistently
obstructed the construction of a bridge,
m that a passage was not effected until
after nightfall.
"On the same day the Sixth French
army was heavily engaged west of the
River Ourcq. The enemy had a largely
Increuscd force to oppoe the French and
very heavy fighting ensued. The French
were successful throughout.
"The ndvance was resumed up to the
line of the Ourcq at daybreak on October
10 'It was opposed by strong rear guards
of all arms. The enemy was driven north
ward, and 1.1 guns, 7 machine guns, about
COO) prisoners nnd quantities of trans
port fell Into our hands. The enemy had
lft man) dead on the field.
"As the First nnd Second German arm
le; were now In full retreat, this evening
mnrked the end of the battle, which prac
tically commenced on the morning of the
6th Instant
ALLIES' LOSSES HEAVY.
"Alhough I deeply regret that I have
had to report heavy losies In killed and
wounded throughout th operntlons, I do
not think they have been excessive In
view of the magnitude of the great fight
and the demoralization and the loss In
killed and wounded which It is known
ha been caused to the enemy by the
v Igor and severity of the pursuit.
"I must call special attention to the
fact that from August 23 to September
17 from Mons almost back to the Seine
and from the Seine to the Aisne the
army under m command has been
ceaselcs-dy engaged without a single
da's halt or rest of any kind.
"Since the date to which In this dis
patch I have limited my report of oper
ations a great battle on the Aisne has
be"n prncceilltig. A full report of this
battle will be made In a further dis
patch. I will, however, say here that In
spite of very determined resistance on
the part of the enemy, who has ben
holding lei strength nnd with great te
nacity a position particularly favorable
for lefense. the battle, which commenced
on the evening of September IS. has so
far forced the enemy back from his first
position, secured the passage of the river
and lnlflcted great loss on him. Includ
ing the capture of over 20X1 prisoners
and several guns."
RUSSIANS LOSE 40,000
IN STORMING PRZEMYSL
Czar's Forces Discomfited Along
Gnliclan Line, Vienna Declares.
VIENNA. Oct 19,
In an official statement Issued here to
day, the Austrian Government declares
that the Russians have already lost
40.CO men In unsuccessful attempts to
take Przemysl by storm. The announce
ment declares that the Russians continue
to lose heivlly, and already have been
driven back from the southern forts of
the San River fortress.
"The general situation continues ex
cellent," says the announcement. "The
Russians are being forced back at every
point on the fighting line in Gallcla."
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TO GIVE HER BOYS
FOR OLD ENGLAND
, Philadelphia W Oman Is
Told in Letter From Rela
tive of British Women's
Service and Sacrifice in
Present Crisis.
The wives and mothers of England
have displayed characteristic fortitude
during the war. Heroically rising to ex
traordinary defands, they have smiled
as they sent their loved ones to the
front, holding back the welling tears till
the sound of maitlal music and march
ing troops has died In the dlstnnce. They
have cheerfully endured personal priva
tion as the pinch of war lessened re
sources. They have received the tidings
of reverses with coumgo nnd of per
sonal bereavement with resignation.
They have energetically plunged Into
work In nld of the troops, serving In the
Red Cross abroad and military hospitals
at home. They have not hesitated to
take the places vacated by men, now at
tho front, In factories nnd oftlces In
every way, by service and sacrifice, they
have played a noble part, which will win
lasting femembraneo when tho record of
the war Is written Into Albion's annals.
Typical of tho general attitude of
cheerfulness and confidence nre letters
written by an Englishwoman of Liverpool
to a relative In this city. The easy stile
of these letters and their calm discus
sion of war news contain little Indica
tion that the writer has two sons In the
service, from one of whom she had not
heard In more than a month nt the time
of writing. Of this son, a member of
the aviation corps, she writes:
"My dear Pat was nt first at Sheerness.
where ho remained a fortnight with the
others of hla air squadron tu guard a
part of our coast. Ho had a new engine
fitted to his aeroplane and he flew to
France on August 13. Since that date,
when he sent me a telegram saying that
he was leaving, I have heard nothing of
him."
Pride nnd not regret mark this heroic
mother's feeling that her sons can be
of service to the motherland, for she
says of the second son:
"Harry was In Hamburg until two days
before the war broke out, hut had the
good fortune to get through before It
became too difficult. His boat wna sent
back three times by the Germans, but
finally the captnin made up his mind to
get through, mines or no mines, and
managed It triumphantly. The boy went
to London and ottered his service to every
one who might be able to make use of
him, but he was told to wait for orders
He cams home and after a day or two
decided that waiting was a tiresome game
and quite unsulted to him, so he called
upnr the colonel of Pat's battalion, who
Immediately promised him a commission,
and he has been hard at work for tome
time, and. I need hardly add, thoroughly
enjoying himself He looks very big and
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quite a useful combination."
A lighter touch Is given In the descrip
tion of her small boy's eager Interest In
the war, nnd his military bearing, shared
by every red-blooded lad of Britain:
"My small boy plays at soldiers all
day nnd I think he dreams of them at
night: he decorates himself with soldiers'
hadgpfl of nil vnrletles. He has always
had a passion for everything military, and
of course It 'Is greatly Intensified nt the
moment. Now he will be a gunner, n
little later In thp 'Grenadier Guards and
bye and bye In the beloved Flying Corps."
That tho women of Drltnln were willing
nnd even nnxlous to hear authentic news,
no matter how adverse, from the front
Is Intimated In n criticism of the censor
si!?' "The movements of our troops have
been kept extrnordlnnrlly quiet, too quiet,
most of us think; of the landing of
our Expeditionary Force In France we
were told nothing the troops were
entrained at night and left without our
knowledge; of course their presence In
Franco was published In the French
papers Immediately and no doubt the
enemy was well a ware of It. It in very
natural that we resent being kept entirely
In the dark nnd treated as If we were
children. Fortunately, our Press (or as
It has been nptly nnmed, our Sup-press)
Bureau has thought better and Is now
supplying us with ofllcial news."
That Russian troops passed through
England en route to the front In France
nnd Belgium was widelv credited In Great
Britain, the writer declares.
"We are greatly exercised about a story
which has gone by word of mouth the
length nnd breadth of the country. It Is
rumoied that large bodies of Russian
troops have been landed on our coasts
nnd taken by trnln to he shipped to Bel
glum or France. A friend or relative of
nearly everv person one knnvva has seen
or spoken with these Russians at different
points, North, South, East and West Tho
rumor has been contradicted and Jeered
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The only "Player" approved by
Master Piano Makers is the Pianola
All of the world's great pianos may be counted
on the fingers of one hand. Two of the five
master makers have directed that no player
mechanism except the "Pianola" shall be placed
in instruments of their make. These are the
Steinway and Weber Pianos, which are not
rivals, since distinct differences in tone quality
have attracted to each a devoted following. Both
are obtainable at Heppes. The Pianola is sup
plied in the following pianos: Steinway, Weber,
Wheelock and Stroud. Prices begin at $550.
C. J. HEPPE & SON
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at day nfter day, but again and again It
crops up. Still, as I say In spite of de
nials and Jokes, many people still stick to
the Idea lhat It Is quite true that Russian
soldiers have crossed England for soma
point on the Continent.
"I can only tell you thai a captain In
the Jloyal Field Artillery Informed me
that he had seen a dispatch received by
the general saying that tho Russians
were here, and a mechanic of the Royal
Flying Corps, who came down hero on
some business last week, assured mo that
he had seen them on Salisbury Plain nnd
at Southampton."
The visit of a Belgian refugee, heart
broken at the dlsnstcr wrought In her
country through the war, brings a tribute
lo the stricken land and Its heroic na
tives", significant of the general English
feeling:
"How wonderful the Belgians hnvo
been. And what they have sllfTeredt Wo
could not hnve Imagined a few short
weeks neo thnt they would have held
hnck that ruthless army of Germans nnd
pained us such valuable time. No wonder
that the German plans left such a con
tingency out of their calculations. Brave
little Belgium, Indeed. She tins well
earned the gratitude of the whole civilized
world."
The calm confidence of Britain's women
In Britain's arms Is tersely but pro
foundly expressed, nnd with a touch of
pnthos that lingers In the mind:
"Ve are nil sure of n final triumph,
hut nc will suffer deeply for a long time
yet."
SCENT OF BLOOD DRAWS
WOLVES TO BATTLEFIELDS
Ravening Packs Even Pursue
Gnllcian Victors to Camp.
LONDON, Oct. 19.
The London Standard's correspondent at
Odessa wires that tho heavy fighting In
Gnllcln has brought out all the beasts
and birds of the forests In wild nlnrni.
Scenting the blood that covers tho bat
tlefields, the wolves arc out In grtnt
packs, and even pursue tho victors after
the battles to their camps,
Often at night a volley hns to bo
fired Into the packs to disperse, tho In
truders, A recent dispatch from Servla said that
wolves were bothering the forces In that
region.
CANADA PLEDGES CONSTANT
AID TO MOTHER COUNTRY
Dominion Government Will Keep 30,
000 Troops in Continuous Training.
OTTAWA, Oct. 19.
The Government, after consultation
with Its mllltnry advisers, announced
today Us Intention of keeping continu
ously In training In Canada from now
until the end of the war n forco of
30,000 men nnd to dispatch to the front
contingents of 10,000 each at regular In
tervals. The first Instalment of 10,000 Is lo be
sent forward In December, nnd thereafter
similar forces will bo continuously dis
patched until tho War Omce advises that
further expeditions nro not necessary.
TURC0-RUSSIAN CONFLICT
FEARED; EMBASSY MOVES
Archives Sent to Odessa War Indi
cated. BERLIN. Oct. 13.
The archives of the Russian Embassy
at Constantlnpolc have been sent to
Odessa, according to reliable reports here.
This Is tnken to Indicate that diplomatic
relations between Turkey nnd Russia
soon will be broken off.
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MUENSTER, Germany, Oct 19.-"H0W
long, sir, do you think the war will last?"
More than a scoro of Englishmen lit.
ernlly picked up their earn to catch th
answer when tho bare-kneed Highlander
asked this question. Round about wen
thousands of Frenchmen In their ditty
red trousers, stalwart Belgians and t
sprinkling of Bad-faced Turcos and
Houavcs from the deserts nnd mountain!
of Algiers, all prisoners of war.
"How long will the war last?" was
repeated. It was the unexptcssed qutl.
lion mark on every one of the thousands
of faces.
"Are you tired of lt7" was asked of ths
Highlander.
"HI'd rawther bo playing golf at horn
than be In this bloomln' blarsted place,"
ho answered. "Cnwn't you nsk them to
let us hnvo a golf course out here.
Y'know we envvnt use these bloomln" bar
racks for bunkers."
HI," shouted another, "caw n't you
persuade thorn to give us a bawth tub.
HI 'aven't ad n bloomln' bawth slnc
they brought us to this blarsted place."
How long will the war lastl No one li
asking that question moro often than tht
prisoners of war. Their lot Is rather a
melancholy one. Aeldo from "police
work," thnt Is, keeping tho camp and
their barracks clean, there la little to
do. Tho hours, tho days and the weeks
drng. Cigarettes nnd tobacco, the con
solers when all else fall, run low.
While substantial, the food 1s simple,
but there Is none too much of It, and
the manner In which it Is served gratei
somewhat on the nerves of tho squeam
ish among the English prisoners here.
The Bclglnns and French fraternize, but
the English, with their customary aloof
ness, keep much to themselves.
They attribute the war to the Russians,
for whom they evince no great love, and
their Immediate predicament to th
French, who "failed to como tu their
support" In the flghtlnc
There are 25,000 prisoners In the big
camp here on the military maneuver
grounds. It Is said that In a few dayi
several thousand Russians, of whom th
Germans now havo so many that they
don't know what to do with, will bs
added to the Muenster camp.
Knowing tho aversion of the average
Englishman to the less Immaculate Rus
sian soldier, tho Germans consider It a
huge Joke thnt they should be put In the
same camp to "glvo tho Allies a chanc
to get thoroughly acquainted with each
other."
Tho Muenster camp Is surrounded by a
high plank nnd barbed wire fence. About
2o00 men of the landsturm guard the
prisoners; There Is n sentry every 30
yards apart. The public Is not allowed
to talk to the prisoners nnd can only
pass the enclosure nt a considerable distance.
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