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We may not be able to offer such values again for a long time. H. C. CLASTER, GEMS—JEWELS—SILVERWARE 302 MARKET STREET STOLEN BUG IS RECOVERED Police Get Back Only Article Reported Lost—Window in Shoe Store Kicked in Imported detectives aided the Uar risburg Police department over the try ing time in the arrest of but one man, and he had no record as a pickpocket and was committed to jail for thirty days. Detective Krai/., of Baltimore, saw htm insert hi- hand in another man's pocket and picked him up. tie gave his name as llaydeu Clement, lie claims Hurrinburg a* a home. A sl.i mesh bag containing a meal ticket and some money was reported stolen from Miss Irene Moat, of Wesi Catasauqun, while -1 anding in a crowd at the Mt. Vernon lire house. Morris Bland, colored, was arrested and in the basement oi' his home in West alley was found, according to the police, a keg of beer that had been stolen. He was locked «ip and this morning, the po lice say, the bug was turned over by his wife. .I. E. Drawbaugh, of the Mt. Vernon company, appeared against him in po lice court this aftemoou. The theft of those t .MI articles was the only crime reported to the police. Chief of Police Hutchison, who had expected a very busy day, hail both police patrols placed in shape for use ami former Policeman Amos (!ood was employed ;o drive the ol I one. There w.e.e but a dozen calls all afternoon for minor accident cases. The big plate glass in the doorway of the Newark shoe store. 315 Market street, was kicked in at 1 o'clock yes terday morning. The window was i racked from top to bottom, a large piece of it falling to the ground. The noise attracted the attention of Police man Mel ami, who place*! the man un der arrest. REPUBLICAN I.K.AM K GROWS More Than Seventy New Members Were Taken in Last Night The Dauphin County Republican League held a meeting last night at the headquarters of the County Com mittee, and despite the counter-attrac tions on the street the attendance \va« quite large. In the absence of County Chairman Hoerner, who was dctainei ;:t home, City Chairman Ov es presided, and re ports were receive I from a large num ber of districts in eitv and county de tailing the progress of the activities in behalf of' the entire Republican ticket. Chairman 'lves reported on the reg istration in llarri-ibnrg, which he said was especially satisfactory, and made an address cheering to the League mem bers. More than seventy new mem bers wer» taken in last night, an I it is expected that flip membership will number at least five hundred within the next two weeks, all of them active workers. Firemen Decorate Grave The Union Fire Company No. 13, of Reading, marched to Mumma's ceme tery this morning and decorated the gTavo of a former president of the company. Brief services were held at the grave. Wins Chemical Apparatus Samuel Sloat. of York, was the win ner of the chemical apparatus and two horses disposed of by the Union Fire Company, of York, on Market square yesterday afternoon. The wagon has been replaced by a motor apparatus. No Hose Race Held Because there were no competitors the hose race was not held this after noon. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WANTED—'Partner with to help manufacture and promote newly in vented linen collar; patent applied for. Oi, I will sell out entire right, or take rojalty. S. R. HORST, 42'J Broutl St. S WILL LAY CORNERSTONE l Congregation of Bethel A. M. E. Church to March -ft) Site of New Building The cornerstone of the new Bethel i African Methodist Episcopal church to !>e erected at Briggs street and Ash • Avenue, will be laid on Sunday after noon. with the impressive Masonic ceremony. The congregation will meet at 3 o'clock at the old church on State . street aud march to the site of the! new building. This is the third time since the or ' ganixatioii of Bethel church that a new ( building has been necessary. In the I former instances the cause was in- I crease in membership. Now the State i street church has been sold to the Cap- j I itol Paik Extension Commission and a new building must be erected in some ; other locality. The congregation re-' centl.v built a new parsonage which is now occupied by the pastor, the Rev. j l". (>. tapper. The preaching morning and evening! ar Bethel church on the occasion of; the cornerstone laying will be by Dr.' Evans Tvree, presiding bishop of the j first district, wiio is at present in this city. MRS. A.N.NA JAI SS. 85, lilKI) ' | Aged Widow of Christian Jattss Expires i i After Short Illness ■j Mrs. Anna Catharine .lauss, aged 85. years, widow of the late Christian E •lauss. died at her home, 1113 North' Sixth street, Wednesday night after a few days' illness. Mrs. .lauss was the oldest and most faithful member of I * t Messiah Lutheran church. '' Funeral services will be held Monday ' afternoon at 2.'10 o'clock at the home! of her son, Dr. C. E. .lauss, 1323 North Sixth street. Interment will be pri-i vate in the Ilurrisburg cemetery. She : is survived by the following children: l»r. C. K. .lauss. Mrs. Clinton Vandling. 1 (Jeorge Jauss, Mrs. Anna Laißoss and! Owen F. C. .lauss; also seven grand children and seven great-grandcliildren. Mrs. Louisa Keys Ihe death of Mrs. Louisa Kevs, widow of the late .lohn Keys, aged 76 years, occurred at 9.30 o'clock last' night at her home, 134 Kelker street, after suffering for the last few weeks troin paralysis. She vs survived by the following children: Samuel, Kd ward and .lohn Keys, Mrs. Marv A. Hess. Mrs. Maude Gilbert and grandchild ren. Mrs. Anna and Mrs. William Hutson. The funeral services will be announced lafpr. Albert Lahley The funeral services for Albert l-ahley, the 2-.vear-old son of Mr. an.l Mrs. .lohn F. Lahley, 1569 North Twelfth street, w-ill'be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the home of his parents. Burial in East Harris lung cemetery. The Rev. (ieorge W. Schreiner, will officiate. Mrs. Anna Steever The funeral services for Mrs. Anna Steever will be held to-morrow after noon at 2 o'clock from the home of lie r daughter, Mrs. Lillie Sturgeon, 510 North street. Interment will be in the Harrisbnrg cemetery. Erie May Get Next Convention i Two cities are in the race to enter- j tain the 1915 convention of the Penn sylvania State Firemen's Association— l Erie and Allentown. The convention ad journed here without a city being se lcvte-d, the choice being left to Me ex- 1 1 ecutive board. Krie, according to in-i formation available here to-day, is be ing favored. Allentown has been nomi -! 1 nated. The executive board will meet j at the call of the chairman. Mass Meeting at Penbrook The Republicans of Penbrook will hold a mass meeting on Saturday night \ at which addresses will he made by ! Congressman A. S. Kreider aud John C. Nissley, candidate for Assembly in j the Second district. I HARRISBUKG STAR-INDEPENDENT. FRIDAY EVENTNO. OrTOT?ET? f>. 1. Justin, chief engineer of the | Board of Public Works, after receiving the two communications, announced j that he will get in touch with the con ! tractor, the Stucker Brothers Construe | tion Company, and insist that those pro visions of the contract, relating to the two-foot excavations in the river bed. be carried out as promptly as possible, j "The contractor has been doing some work along that line," said Mr. -Instill, "although it is not going along Jas speedily as it might be. The ma terial to be obtained through the ex caVating is to be used in making the j lill back of the w.all. There is a p-o --vision in the contract by which the j contractor agreed to make the two-foot j excavations in the river bed J iroctlv i in front of the steps and that must 'be complied with before the job will j be accepted by the city." The engineer added tli-at he does not anticipate any difficulty in having this part of the contract carried out. NOW THREE U. K. BISHOPRICS Two of Church Heads Are Bishops Dubs and Swengel, of This City Bishop Rudolph Dubs, of this eitv, was elected to lill the newly-established | third bishopric of rhe United Evan gelical Church of t'he United States at yesterday's session of the conference iof the I'linrch beiug held in Chicago. The other two bishops elr ted >?ru | Bishop U. F. Swengel, also of this city, and Bishop \\. 'H. Fouke, of Naper ; ville, 111. 'I here were formerlv but two | bishoprics of the United Evangelical church in t>his country. Bishops Dubs and Swengel. ill conjunction, supervised I the entire territory from the Atlantic Ito the Pacific. A third bishopric has I now been created and the three bisho, s i will cover t'he territory. RESCUE MISSION OPENS Purpose of Station Is to Give Aid to Worthy Unfortunates The City Rescue Mission is now holding meetings every evening at 7.45 o clock, at 3 North Fifth street. The superintendent, Griffith Jones, came here from Scranton to start the work and is pleased with the prospects in this city. The local mission is one of a large chain of rescue missions. The mission is non-sectarian and its purpose is to help unfortunate men who reform and try honestly to get em ployment. All applicants will not be given assistance, only those believed to he worthy and to be leading the proper sort of life. AT REDEEMER CHURCH Services Will Be held To-night Pre paratory to Holy Communion Services preparatory to the Holy Communion will be held this evening at the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, Nrneteenth and Kensington streets. Following the administering of the Holy Communion on Sunday, new mem bers will be received into" church fel '■ lowship. Deliver Autos on Monday The motor driven combination wag ons manufactured for the Harrisburg i Fire Department and exhibited In yes terday's parade are still in the hands ;of the manufacturing companies and ; will not be delivered to the local de partment until Monday, when factorv drivers will teach local men how to 1 handle the trucks. Bar Association to Meet To-night The regular quarterly meeting of the ! Dauphin County Bar Association is I scheduled to be held this evening. Only ' routine bnsiness is on the slate for ac- I tionj so officers said. ROAD TO ANTWERP BLACK WITH Germans Boring Hole Through Belgian Re sistance Like a Tun nel in Mountain HURRY 200,000 MEN FOR FINISH Gigantic Force of Kaiser's Soldiers Be ing Hurriedly Brought From Aix-la- Chappelle to the Scene for the Final Attack Antwerp, via, Lonilon, Oct. 8, 11.30 P. M.—The Germans on Saturday speut sixteen hours in a terrific artillery duel in an effort to ford the Nethe. The Bel gians held their ground magnificently with great sacrifice and prevented the Germans from i-rossing. The Germans were evidently unwilling to lose men in an assault and decided to widen the broach in the fortifications by bombard ing the forts between the river Sonne and Scheldt, which were unable to hold out against the steadv downpour of shells. Thus the first line of Antwerp's de fenses WHS destroyed. For the final at tack the Germans are hurryiug 200,000 men to the scene of bottle from Aix-la- Ohappelle via Brussels. The Germans are boring a hole through the Belgian resistance like the boring of a tunnel through a mountain, in which progress no mercy is shown. Whatever interferes, villages, churches, schools and factories are wiped out with steady precision. The road from Brussels to Antwerp is one line of blackened ruins, rforne of the towns, including Termonde, have been completely erased. The population fled before the Germans like American settlers before a prairie fire. An end less profession of peasants and shop keepers. young, old and invalids, with their chattels loaded in 'hand carts and antiquated wagons and followed by countless children dumbly pursuing their parents, driving bellowing cattle", are slowly moving in the direction of Antwerp's cathedral tower. They have difficulty in avoiding the numerous mili tary trains of guns, wagons and automo biles rushing to the front and occas sionally they have to make way for am bulances hastening toward the eitv-with men wounded in thff lighting. The refugees on arriving in Antwerp are cared for by the civil guar,ls and Boy Scouts and taken to the public buildings and the German ships, which, contrary to t'he scce; ted version, were not destroyed but were temporarily s-aken over by the government*. The refugees are well fed and large num bers of the children have been taken in chi\rge by nuns who are caring for them. The German shells '-onrimiaMv strike the roads leading to Antwerp and the exploding shrapnel has in some cases play havoc among the peasants. The dead are left where they fall and the wounded are placed in wagons and taken along. In the city they are placed in charge of the local police who have hoisted red and white bombardment flags 011 the churches nnd public build iogfl. During the worst part of the battle on the Xelhe many priests and-monks were on the firing line attending the wounded and giving the last -are to the dying. Tiie fortifications at Wavre-St. Cath erines were ruined with about 130 shells While the blowing up of the powder magazine ended Waelhem. Both forts were evacuated on the same night. AUSTRIA SAYS DECISIVE BLOW WAS ADMINISTERED THE SERVIANS IN BOSNIA London, Oct. 9, 1.10 I'. M.—The Austrian Wai Office made the follow ing official announcement under date of yesterday, says a disjiatch to the Beuter Telegram Company from Vien na, coming by way of Amsterdam: To the already announced successes against the Montenegrin troops now is added a decisive blow against the Serv ian troops who invaded Bosnia at Vishegrad. Their northern column from Srebrenica, moving against Ba.jna and Basta, already has been repulsed anil driven across the Drina with the loss of their supply train. "The main Servian forces, who ad vanced on Romana and Plania under command of General Mylos Bojanovic, former Minister of War, were routed by our troops in an engagement which lasted two days and only escaped cap ture by hasty flight. One battalion of the Kleventh regiment and several quick-fire guns were captured. (Signed) " Potiorek, Field Marshal." Concerts in the Rotunda Two fine concerts were given in the rotunda of the Capitol this morning, and since the famous orchestra of Theodore Thomas played on the occa sion of the dedication of the Ca>pitol seven years ago there has not 'been a larger or more appreciative audience or a more popular program rendered. The Liberty band, of Hazleton, which accompanied the Pioneer Fire Company, of Hazleton, to this city, gave the first concert and at the first notes of "Robin Adair," played most exquisitely, hundreds of visitors who were going through the big building flocked to the galleries and the various departments were at once emptied of their clerical forces, the crowd being so large that, every foot of space was taken. The Liberty band is an old or ganizatiori and during the Civil war was attached to the 14 7th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers. Prof. .1. K. Autmiller is the Itader, ami his father led the band during the war. The Spring City band, of Chester county, accompanying the Liberty Fire Company, also gave a most delightful concert to another large audience and was frequently encored. STAB-INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. BRING RESULTS. KING ALBERT'S PRESENCE INSPIRES HEROIC EFFORT IN DEFENSE OF ANTWERP I.«ndon, Oct. 9, 4.11 A. M.—The fierce resistance of Antwerp's defend ers on the Scheldt was partly inspired by the presence of King Albert him self, sa\s the Ghent correspondent of the "Chronicle" in a dispatch under Thursday's date. He says: ''The repeated German attacks aim ed at the line of defeuse proved futile and the German attack was attended with terrible losses. The batteries were engaged in a brisk duel, while on our side the machine guns were also hard at work. This continued for some hours. The Germans for a time did not succeed in locating the Belgian bat teries, ami it was amusing to watch their shells exploding as a rule in any but the right places. Orders to Belgians to Withdraw "Early in the afternoon, however, they sent an aeroplane over the Bel gian lines and positions, and very shortly afterwards their shells began to drop in inconvenient places. The Belgians found that they were being overpowered and orders were given to withdraw from their positions. "It must, be remembered that the whole of this country is covered by villages and hamlets and 1 hope 1 may not again see scenes similar to what occurred. These poor peasants hold on to their homes to the last moment and when the end comes there is confu sion. "The retirement of the guns and infantry meant, of course, that in a very short time the Germans would be on the ground and the narrow road running back from the back of the Scheldt and village of Berlaerre were soon blocked by field guns, ammunition wagons and ambulance vans, while the infantry, made their way back as quickly as possible. HEAVY CANNONADIXU A LI. DAY IX THE DIRECTION OF HETHI'XE London, Oct 9, 3.15 A. M.—A dis patch to the "Daily Mail" from Dun kirk, France, dated Wednesday, savs: "Beginning at dawn and continuing until 6 o'clock this evening, heavy cannonading has been heard in the direc tion of Bethune, 17 miles north of Ar ras. "The railroad company managed to get a train through to Lille during the night and the second attempt failed, owing to the presence of German caval ry patrols all along the line. German cavalry is reported near Dixraude.'' COURT TWO FARMS ARE SOI.D Real Estate of Late David Etter Nets $10,200 at Public Sale David K. Btter and Amos M. Ging rich, executors of the last will of David Btter, late of East Hanover township, yesterday afternoon dis|>osed of the .1 e cedent's real estate at public sale, the pro ceils ainountiug to $10,200. The I.tter homestead farm of ninety-nine acres, situated in Kast Hanover town ship, was •vUd to .la 'oh X. Gingrich for $6,000 and a second of one hundred and nine acres, situated in the same township, was bought by Joseph Det weiler, of Hershey, for $4,200. STr. Gingric'h, the purchaser of the home stead, resides in East Hanover township. \\ illiam M. Hain is the executor's legal adviser. Building Permits Two building permits were taken out this morning as follows: Adam Stuvkey & Son, erection of two story brick building. 1121 Plum avenue. $500: James McCormiok estate, erection of two story stable and garage. Second and Paxton streets, $2,4 00. Gongh Goes to Game <'ounty Controller Henry VV. Gough is among the baseball fans who to-day went to Philadelphia to see the open ing championship game between the Athletics and Boston. iM'r. Gough will remain in the Quaker City to-morrow to seo the second game also. G. Fred Hol'tzman, Mr. Gongh's deputy, expects to see the Philadelphia game between the champions next Wednesday. Bush for Hunters' Licenses The rusih for hunters' licenses is now becoming general, sinve the real open ing of the game season is but three weeks away. Up until noon to-day 1, 636 licenses had been taken out MATCHES FOB GOLF CONTEST Teams Picked for Play To-morrow at Harrisburg Country Club The following drawings were made tiiis afternoon for the match play tournament for t'he boar.l of governors ' trophy at the Country. Club of Harris burg which will begin to-morrow aft ernoon : First Sixteen—W. P. Maguire vs. S. C. Todd. Carl iB. Ely vs. W. Mc'Creatli, G. W. Beily vs. A. M. Sides. R. Me ereath vs. U IMrCreath, C. Bull vs. B. ill. Evans, D. McCormick vs. J. P. Dohoney, Jackson Boyd vs. W. E. Wright, Frank Payne vs. J. A. Clement. Second Sixteen—K. G. Goldsborough vs. A. B. Hamilton, W. H. Gaither vs. W. W. Davis, H. 'M. Stine vs. E. Kiester, 11. 'I,. Hosford vs. E. J. Bevan, C. E. Ryder vs. R. G. Cox, C. B. Miller vs. F. J. (Brady, J. K, Tener vs. X. E. Salsich, 'G. 'H. 'Brown vs. K. A. Hickok. Third Sixteen —Paul iHoeker vs. John Fox Weiss, F. J. Hall vs. T. J. Gould, B. F. Rover vs. R. B. A'bbott, li. E. Johnson vs. J. V. W. Reynders, R. \ . McKay vs. J. L. Shearer, Frank 'Bell vs. T. C. Baldwin, J. E. Ericson vs. €. W. Davis, W. C. Wright vs. D. R. Palmer, W. B. MdOaleb vs. R. iDavis. Adjusting Strike Differences William Blavkman. of Washington, representing Secretary Wilson, and .T. A. Speese, of Harrisburg, representing ■« ommissioner John Price Jackson, have 'been engaged for the past week in ad justing the differences growing 1 out of a strike at Lansford, Carbon county, of the machinists of the Coal ami Navigation Company for higher wages and better shop conditions. The men have returned to work through the efforts of thee onciliators. Firemen Jumps Into Net Fireman J. Murtaugh, of Philadel phia yesterday afternoon jumped from the third story of the Bolton House into a net used in saving victims of fire when ladders cannot be used. The jump was made to test the device. BERLIN SAYS OFFICIALLY THAT GERMANS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AT ANTWERP Berlin, Oct. 8, Via London, Oct. 9, 2.45 A. M.—lt is officially announced that bhe Gentians continue to make progress at Antwerp and that they are already over the Hooded area along the river Nethe. A i wr jt®r in the "Militair Woechen olat-t issue of last night warned the people against optimism regarding Antwerp, as the garrison of the fortress there is still able to continue a desper ate resistance. The newspapers are reprinting Presi- Wilson's reply of September It! to hmperor William's communication, in which he reported the finding of dumdum bullets at Ijongwy ami pro tested against the way in which the war was being waged by Germany's opponents. President Wilson's reply in eftect was that it was unwise to ex press a final judgment on the dumdum protest aiul expressed the opinion that, an accounting would come at the war's conclusion, when the nations will assem ble to make a settlement. The news paper comment on this reply is most friendly and is to the effect" that any other answer could not be expected. ( rop reports for October show pota toes. sugar beet, clover ami alfalfa are middling to good. Autumn planting is making good progress, despite the earl ier droughts. LATEST SUffIMARY OF THE EUROPEAN WAR SITUATION Herman heavy artillery is pounding Antwerp, the last remaining stronghold of tihe Belgian army, while Herman armies to the west continue thus far the indecisive struggle with the French and 'British allies. 'Beyond this little is known of to day's developments in 'Belgium and France. The situation at Antwerp Is in doubt. The censorship which masked the fig'hting there until the (Belgian gov - ernment was compelled to withdraw to Astend, is now veiling the attack on the city proper. Reports coming tihrough London refer oivly to events of yester day morning or earlier. King Albert is variously reported as leading a part of the Belgian army out ot the city with the intention prob ably of effecting a .juncture with the British and Fi-enc'li, and as having ar rived at. Selszaete, a village on the Dutch frontier. Refugees from Antwerp continue to pour into Holland. They re port that the 'German guns already have done much damage in the city. The bombardment of Antwerp's in ner forts is said to have begun at I 2.30 o'clock Thursday morning. Two of these forts are reported to have been silenced and tiro is said to have started in four parts of the citv. The most recent statement bv the German war ollicc stated that the Ger mans had crossed the flooded area along the river Net'he and continued to make progress. The general situation in the west has undergone no vihauge, says a French of ficial announcement made at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The battle continues along the line of Lens, Arras, ftrav-sur- Somine, Ohaulnes, Roye and 'La-ssigny. An artillery duel is occurring in t'lie Woevre district. Otherwise nothing of importance on the right or on the center of the allies is reported bv the French. The Paris announcement says that Montenegrin!) troops continue their ad vance on Sarayevo. the capital of Bosnia. A similar report has been made almost daily for many days. The Austrian war office, in its most recent communication, reports successes against the Montenegrins and a de cisive blow against the Servian in vaders of Bosnia at Vishegrad. Tiifl Austrian army headquarters also reported the recapture of Przeszow and the repulse of the Russians who are marching on Prezemysl in Galicia. The latest reports from the eastern theatre of war are that the Russians who invaded East Prussia and later were defeated and driven back to the N'iemen river, have again invaded Kast Prussia, driving the Germans back as far as Lvck. On the other hand the Germans are in force in Russian Po land, having reached almost to War saw while the Russian movement west through Galicia is meeting a stubborn resistance from German and Austrian forces. The Russians claim to have captured one of the forts at Przemysl. A similar claim was made several days ago. A dispatch from Athens says that German officers have placed large Ger man guns in the forts on the Darda nelles and the Bosphoriiß. HAD PLANNED REDUCTION OF ANTWERP FOR MANY WEEKS London, Oct. ft, 3.20 A. M. Tele graphing fron. Ostend, the "Daily Ex press" correspondent sends the follow ing: "The German plan for the reduction of Antwerp has carefully developed for many weeks past. The serious bom bardment will only be begun when, in the opinion of the commandant, he is in a position to take the city with little delay. Emplacements for the big guns have been carefully constructed at'most advantageous positions. These guns were brought from Namur and Mau tbeuge. The Germans have a large num ber of them at fehei* disposal." Aerial Raid by the Allies London, Oct. ft, 1.58 A. M.—Accord ing to a "Central News" dispatch from Amsterdam, another aerial raid has been made by the allies on Cologne and Dus seldorf, both important German Zeppe lin airship bases. Ward Mass Meetings Held Residents of the Seventh and Eighth wards met at the Fourth Street Church of God at 2 o'clock this afternoon and of the Second and .Vinth wards at the Stevens Memorial Methodist church at 3 o'clock, to make rej>orts on the work of the neighborhood prav er meetings. .loSephine Colt and W. W. Shannon spoke. Industrial Directory The Department of Labor and In dustrv will in a few days begin the distribution of the State industrial Di rectory, which will contain the names of all of the industrial establishments in Pennsylvania, the first time such data has been compiled in the history, of the State. IATTLE OF ARRAS AS lOLD ID DIM Newspaper Correspon dent Relates Vivid Scenes of Fighting on French Left Wing AWFUL CARNAGE ON BOTH SIDES Wonderful Battle Scene Pictured As French and German Guns Belch Forth Their Death-Dealing Missiles and Ignite Many Villages London, Oct. 9, 9.08 A. M. The "Times Boulogne correspondent, who has been on the scene, relates some phases of the fighting on the French left wing The battle of Arras began October 1 and the whole region be came a veritable inferno. All around was an unceasing hail of shells and shrapnel, violence, destruction and death. "On the previous Thursday," the correspondent continues, "the allies were battering at the gates 0 f c anl brai. On Friday the enemy developed a vigorous counter attack from Val enciennes on the Lens and from < am-, brai ami Bopaume on the allies" posi tion, south and east of Arias. "On Saturday the enemy, greatly reinforced, attacked with great vio lence all along the line. The allies were compelled to fall hack from Lens and Oouai. fighting stubbornly the while. The enemy occupied Bethune and sent troops into Lille. Shells Bursting Near Arras "When I left Arras the enemv'a shells were bursting within three kilo meters of the town. I since have heard that shells tell in the town and that, three streets were set on fire. The enemy did not enter Arras. Thee swept around it. They cut a line be tween Arras and St.pol, seeking to effect a junction with their Bethune force. I hey came into contact with strong French reinforcements and were driven back in the south. In the north thev retired to La Basses, with their right wing resting on Lille. The tide of the battle has been stemmed—'perhaps has turned in favor of the allies. "This battle of the north developed with ama/.ing suddenness, as mav be gathered from the diary of my experi ences. '' The diary describes the beginning of the battle on October 1 and goes ou to sa v: Diary's Bloody Chapter "As darkness fell the tired, blood stained soldiers began streaming into Arras and for hours the air resounded with the din they made. Throughout the night the boom of guns could be heard in the distance from the east and southeast. "The next morning opened quiet, in town, but the roar of guns was still heard. Apparently as the day advanced the sound was coming nearer, but the citizens showed a stout heart. "The losses on both sides, I am told, have been very heavy. In one action alone to-day five German regiments were cut up and the horses of their convoys stampeded. They were ad vancing on Arras by the road along t.he river Scarpe and at the village of Plouvain they came under the devas tating fire from our artillery and the whole five regiments broke and fled. Allies Obliged to Fail Back "The day, however, has not been altogether favorable for the allies, as the French line was obliged to fall back considerably, and this evening the ene my's shells are falling within a few kilometers of the Arras station. "Again to night squads after squads of war-stained and tired dagroons ride into Arras, while long lines of limbers are rattling out on the Douai road, la den with shells for to-morrow. "On October A I am awakened at, daybreak by the thunder of heavy guns, now from the north and east, where the third day's battle is raging in a triangle formed by Arras, Lens and Douai. During the day I watch a dar ing aeroplane fight in the air and am invited to watch the battle at closer quarters. Wonderful Battle Scene "I am conducted to some rising ground outside the own where a won derful battle scene bursts upon my view. In front, on the horizon, a farm stead is blazing fiercely and the black smoke trails across the evening sky. Within 500 yards of us the French batterfes are in action, shelling the woods to drive out the enemy. Flashes of flames burst over the woods likp lightning dancing iu the tree tops. Pre* entlv the German artillery begins shel liug the battery near us. We watch spellbound and as the shrapnel fire becomes heavier and nearer our guide suggests it is time to go. Villages In Flames "October 3, the action is now gen eral in all directions. We out in the afternoon with the Red Cross. Go ing in the direction of Cambrai the shells hurtle overhead as we run the gauntlet. Awav to the south villages is in flames and northward a huge cloud of black smoke hangs over bens where the coal mines are on fire. "It is a real battle picture, awe. inspiring and fascinating. We reach a little hamlet where outbuildings are full of wounded and nurses and docors are working heroically at the terrible, shrapnel-mangled limbs. We take all we are able to in the cars back to Ar ras station, where they are entrained. They are already streaming out on foot, for St. Pol and we join them also afoot.'' Fishing Vessel Blown Up by Mine Copenhagen, Via London, Oct. 9, 6.55 A. M.— A German fishing vessel has been blown up by a German mine in the Langeland belt, north of the coast of Denmark. The captain was killed but the rest of the crew were saved. Half Million Left for Belgium Melbourne, Via London, Oct. ft, 7.19 A. M.—At the opening of the Federal Parliament to-day the government an nounced that Parliament would be in vited to make Belgium a free gift of half a million dollars in recognition ol' her sacrifices.