4 FIERCE Fill 01 fill TSEfi 2,500 German Bodies in the Canal Sunday Morning After a Night Battle WAS HELL FROM DARK TO DAWN Face to Face Men Wrestled and Died by Drowning Each Other in Ca nal's Waters, Bays London "Daily Mail" Correspondent London. Oct. 27, 3.53 A. M.—The correspondent of the ''Daily Mail" in Northern France, telegraphing under date of Sunday night regarding the lighting on the river Yser says: "There were 2,500 Gorman bodies in the Yser canal this morning after the fighting in the night. Many of them were drowned and others were bayonctted. The very water itself was bloody while Dixmude's streets were strewn thick with the dead. "These ghoulish facts alone give some idea of the savageuess of the fighting desperation of the German at tacks and the stubborness of the allies' resistance. Crossing of Yser a Sacrifice "The night was a hell from dark to dawn. At almost every point of the line man was opposed by man, some times at a few hundred yards distance but more often in close grips. Face to face men even wrestled and died by drowning each other in the canal's wa ters. The Germans had had orders to get through that night, cost what it might. "An officer of theirs, who was cap tured, said that the delay of more than a week in crossing* this waterway, had incensed the autocratic military mind in Germany. It must be crossed to night if it costs thousands of men. That in effect was the order given and the German soldiers all credit to them, did their best. 5,000 Perish in Fight "Probably five thousand gave their lives last night. They could not give more yet they failed but not because the Germans did not literally obey their orders. They crossed the waterway all right as they were bid but once through they could not make good. They were mowed down with rifles and shot, torn into fragments by shells and bavonet ted back yard by yard over their own dead into the waters of the canal. Into the very gray of the morning this bloody work went on so fiercely that there was hardly a trench or bridge guard in the whole line that did not imagine that he'had been singled out for special attack. Frantic Scenes in the Water "It is believed that some five thou sand Germans crossed the river Yser, but hardly one of them got back. Those to the north and northeast of Dix mude, probably two thousand, were met by a fine rally of Belgian infantry and of the cavalry who had tethered their horses and were driven by main force, at the bayonet's point, to the river canal and into it. There must have been frantic scenes and the bod ies seen in the water on the next day gave grim testimony of this. "About three thousand German in fantrymen got in Dixmude. They held it for a time but with shell fire and rifle fire the place was riddled through and through. The Germans dashed out of the crumbling houses only to be wiped out by a sirocco of shrapnel and shot in the streets. Dixmude Resembles a Cemetery "When Sunday morning broke the dead and wounded were everywhere. Dixmude was a cemetery, but in the woods not far away the Germans still lingered. They held a position under a desperate fire and eventually were re inforced. The allies could not oust them and the Germans are still across the '■ Yser. '•Their presence may not be perma nent and they may suffer the same fate as has overcome huedreds of their fel lows during the week, who got over enly to meet their death, but the Bel-, gian and French lines, for the time be ! ing at least, have been drawn back about this point." THINK ALLIES WILL SOON OCCUPY CITY OF QSTEND London, Ot. 27. 3.17 A. M. —Tele- graphing from Flushing under date of Sunday the "Daily Mail" correspond ent says: ''The General opinion is that tht allies will soon be in Ostend again. *>atand, like Bruges and Ghent, is over flowing with wounded and Antwerp it self is now tilling up. This unceasing! How of wounded men is calculated to de- i stroy the morale of the German troops) in Ostend. "Reports from all sides tell of ter rible carnage around about Roulers where the dead are lying in heaps. On th>' sea front there the naval shells worked havoc. Carts come anil go the \ day long with wounded.. Large farm' wagons with their sloping sides are packed with masses of wounded and (lying men.'' REPORT COUNTRY VILLAGES ARE BEING DEVASTED London, Oct. 27, 2.40 A. "M.—An Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter's Tele gram Company says: " Prom Sluis comes a report that the country villages around Roulers are be iug devastated by the Germans, partly for strategical reasons. Both in t'he towns and outside of them many of the inhabitants have lost their lives through their own imprudence. It is estimated thnt a t'honsand inhabitants were killed and that 250 houses have been burned down. " Routers is as quiet as a graveyard and only a few German soldiers are seen in the streets. The villages nf Moor slide, Koclkappelle. Westroosa'beke and iJtaden arc heaps of ruins.' How Is Your Soul Invested? / 1 h MONEY MAKING for the sake of money, or as a n . .. 1 1. Living a Good, Clean, Unmistakably Christian Life 15 " j ur 15 » I Among Men? Temporarily i 2' HA X[IWa?? OD elther " a Deeent ° r Permanently \2. Building Up a Clean-Cut Christian Home? Invested 3 '""esfed 3. Helping and Encouraging Weak Brothers? V In 4. SECURING POWER, either Financial, Social or Po- In 4. Working in a Christian Church Efficiently and Ener- J litical? , J getically? Either or All of these Investments of One's Soul Yield Such An Investment of One's Soul Yields 1. 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GERMANS GAN HOLD LINE IN THE AISNE VALLEY ALL WINTER, IF THEY OESIREi London, Oct. 27, 3 A. ,M.—The cor- j respondent of the "Morning Post,"l writing from a point near Rheims un der date of Saturday and discussing the situation in the eastern part of the Aisne valley, says: "It is possible t'hat tho Germans in-, tend to hold this line all winter and if they fortify their positions it is quite possible that they call do so. It is eer- j tain that tliey can make no further move forward into French territory. "Around Rheims there is now only! one point where t'he Germans have \ heavy artillery and this consists of only j one big gun and twenty pieces of small- J er field artillery. These are all Aus-' trian. This artillery is located near j 'Berru, some distance from the city, which, however, is well within the range j of the big gun. This gun is a rapidly moving piece, pulled bv a motor tractor anil contents itself with a shot or two daily. "The German infantry lines, how-' ever, are much further advanced. The, German trenchers at Bethufie run iu aj long unbroken line around to the right ! toy Cernay. At no point are the French I trenches more than a few hundred yards j away. "The Germans have lost no ground sinee they captured their R'heims posi-1 tion. The griroiid between trenches is thickly covered with 'barbed wire en-! tanglements. " In the meantime the artillery duel I along the eastern part of the Aisne va'l- j ley is being continued wit'h great vio- J lence. Although the allies seem to hold ' the advantage, the battle here is far \ from ended and the strong fortified po- j sitions held 'by the Germans will call | for exceptional measures.'' GERMANS RETREAT FROM WARSAW BORING NIGHT London, Oct. 27, 4.05 A. M.—ln a' dispatch from 'Petrograd the eorre- ' spondent of Reuters Telegram Company I gives some of the details of the retreat j from (Warsaw. He savs: "The Germans retreated from War-j saw at night, covering over thirty' miles on their first march. They left artillery to mask their retreat. The Russians caught up two days later. "The capture of Lowiez virtually en- j sured possession of the country for \ eighty miles to the westward of War- j saw. "Along the whole western front the i Russian medical aid worked like clock- : work. Trains, motors, vans and car riages were plentiful everywhere. A big lunatic asylum at Tvorok, in the j zone of fighting near Warsaw, had to j be evacuated. A detachment of troops j was sent with orders not to use vio- | lence. The doctors contrived a long j rope of tied towels, telling the inmates j if they let go of it they would be I snot by the Germans. All were there-' by taken to the railway. A few recal- j eitrant women scratched, bit and I kicked the warders." I RAILWAY TRACKS CONGESTED I WITH CORPSES OF AUSTRIAN'S) London. Oct 27, 4.18 A. M. —A Pe- [ tiograd dispatch to Reuter's Telegram' Company says: "The 'Army Messenger,' in summing i up the operations on the Russian front, j says that the German forces in the re gion of Elawu and Vitzlavsk, dis quieted by the mtuation on the front at Thorn and Cracow, have retreated in the direction of East Prussia, where the population has been ordered to re tire into the interior. "On the Galician front the entire Strv valley southward from the river and the railway tracks from tho Strv to Drohobycz are congested with Austrian corpses. Between last Thurs day and Saturday and during the pur suit of the enemy the Russians cap tured 17 officers, 4,000 men, 11 ma chine guns, 22 guns, 23 caissons aud masses of other war material.'' German Casualties lO.lMM) Daily Rome. O. t. 26, 1.35 P. M.—Accord ing to official reports received 'h»re the German casualties daily average 10, OHO men in killed and wounded. All of those slightly or not gravely wounded on average of from 70 to 80 per cent., return to the ranks after a relatively short time. ITARIHSBURG STAR-INI)EPEXPEXT. TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 27. 1914. MOST POWERFUL ZEPPELIN VET MADE US LAUNCHED London, Oct. 27, 4 A. M.—A dis patch from Geneva, Switzerland, to the i "Express" gives this account of the launching ot' a new Zeppelin: "The most powerful Zeppelin yet; made has just been launched at Fried- ( richaveu on Lake Constance. Without j preliminary trials it flew away nortli-1 wards at great speed, cheered by the! soldiers who shouted 'To London!'; Count Zeppelin was present at the I launching. "The airship' has a special armored compartment for bombs near her pro pollers and her gun is mounted in front to destroy aeroplanes. A second air ship of a similar type will be ready by the end of October." GERMANS SENDING MASSES OF TROOPS TO THE WESTW ARD London, Oct, 27. 1.4 5 A. M-—The' Germans continue to send large masses] of troops to the westward and the j southwestward, according to a dispatch from Ternenseu, Holland, published a t'he Amsterdam "Courant" to-day. A message to this effect has been sent to | Loudon by the Amsterdam Oorreapond cut of Reuter's Telegram Company. The Terneusen message says further that the allies who approached Thielt Saturday were repulsed by fresh Ger man troops. Sunday 10,000 Austrian* j arrived at Ghent, where oulv a few Ger mans remain. Kaiser to Head United Armies London, Oct. 27, 4.41 A. M.—The' Copenhagen correspondent o? the "Times" learns from Berlin that tin der the new military agreement be tween Germany and Austria, Emperor' William undertakes the leadership of the United armies. According to the latest accounts received in Copenhagen the German Emperor is in good health and spirits. DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY GERMAN SHELLS AND GRA VE OF HEROES F - ~ - r i ~~ • " i fc V. • it , -J. v GPAVF OP4?. - ~ ONE Jkt X\ MACNE X- I NX MAFUPT. IN fHE DEFAK I MtNI Or IRIR. WUKUL, uts l KOitJ> T>r MICJ.L MKL. I-KUIM GLKMAN GUNS. TERRIBLE ARTILLERY FIRE I AT BRITISH IN TRENCHES i London, Oct. 27, 4.50 A. M. —Tele- graphing about the fighting in Belgium the correspondent of the "Times" in Northern France says: "The enemy's most furious attack , along the line of the Vser was at Vpres, where a quarter of a million I Germans for five days were held back , by the British force. "The artillery five against the Brit ishers in the trenches was •terrible, | churning up the earth and often bury-j iug the men by dozens. Repeatedly the enemy's infantry advanced to within a few hundred yards but every time j our men leaped from the trenches and ■ went at them with the bayonets. The I Germans have no relish for a bayonet j charge and they (led, firing their ritles over their shoulders as they ran. "Many hundreds were captured and I thousands were killed and wounded.| fStill their shrapnel rained into the 1 British trenches and fresh infantry took the places of the Germans who | had been decimated. "The situation grew more and more critical and it seemed that the British | were likely to be borne down by sheer weight of numbers. Still they lield on. Friday came at last ami with it need ed reinforcements. The position was saved and the Germans fell back 15 miles.'' Demand Big Ransom From Prince London. Oct. 27, 5.30 A. M. —A dis patch from Paris to the Exchange Tele graph Company says that the Germans have seized the Prince of Monaco's chatealu De Marchais near Rheims and . declare that they will blow it up un less the prince immediately pays a ran some of half a million dollars. The prince has addressed an appeal in the case to the neutral countries. To Fix Maximum Grain Price Berlin. Via London. Oct. 27, 1 A. M. j, —The "Tngeblatt" announces that the Federal Council on Wednesday will es tablish a maximum price for grain. SWINDLER'S CAREER ENDS Dr. Richard C. Flower, Who Blade Mil lions, Old and Penniless New York, Oct. 27.—Dr. Richard . C. Flower, promoter of mining enter prises, who evaded arrest from 1903 until ue was caught in Toronto last : Wednesday, pleaded guilty in the Su pre.'ne Court yesterday to two indict ments charging him with grand larceny. He was remanded until October 29 for : sentence. Broken in health, old and penniless, , the man who is said to have made mil lions through mining swindles declared he di«l not care to fig'ht conviction any j longer. When Justice Davis told him ! to consider his action carefully, he re ! plied: "1 have considered. I have spent all I the money I made in trying to get out i of being obliged to do what I now do | voluntarily.'' Dr. Flower was indicted by a Grand .Turv in New York in 1903. when he was charged with the larceny of various sums from women whom he induced to invest in his mining enterprises. He lor ' feited his'bail, and after that he is said to have wandered about .North ami South America until arrested at Torouto by a Ncv. York detective. Buys Essex Woolen Mills a The stoic of the Essex Woolen Mills Company, 14 North Third street, lias been purchased by E. Rcniinger, who will conduct it under the name of Es sex Woolen Mills. Mr. Remingcr has been manager of the store for about a ; year and was previously connected with the clothing departments of several large firms in this city and York. He understands the business thoroughly and is well qualified by experience and abil ity to give the public the best of serv i ice. He has* recently restocked the : store with the newest fabrics for fall i and winter wear. HOW TO FIGHT PELLAGRA Oue-Sided Diet Will Prevent and Eradx- j cate Dread Disease, Says Federal i Health Commission Washington. Oct. 27. — That the sub-j ■ stitution of a mixed, well-balanced , I varied diet l'or the restricted, one-sided *I . I idiot will prevent and eradicate the I dread disease of pellagra is the conclu sion of the Federal Public Health Serv- I ice Commission which has been investi ' gating the pellagra problem in the | South. In a report yesterday the Com • mission, which is headed by Dr. Joseph II Goldberger, announces tnat as a result .'of its investigations it has reached the , | conclusion that pellagra is not a com . | municable disease but is dependent upon j some yet undetermined fault in a diet I: in which the animal or leguminous pro l tein component is disproportionately i small and the non-leguminous vegetable I component disproportionately large and I that it does not develop in those who > j consume a good, rich, mixed and well s | balanced and varied diet. Those at' > I Dieted witn the di/case should be fed an abundance «>i' fresh milk, eggs, fresh I j lean meat, beans and peas. II "We are not to be understood as say ' ing that nil caseifc.iwll, or can, iu- this \ or any other nnff Im» saved." say{» the Commission. "We fear that there will Always be patients who even iu theiri < first attacks aie, and will be beyond * hope of recovery." >j The Commission recommends that the people of the South, particularly the < poor, be urged to include in their daily i diet articles o f food containing the i 1 leguminous proteins especially during 1 the late fall, winter and early spriug 5: months. I The evidence is daily becoming i stronger that the eventual eradication * of pellagra from our South will depend ;; largely upon the successful iutrodue- I j tion of our common dried leguminous | into the winter dietary. C. V.NEWS KILLING PARK 50UIRRELS j Exterminating Protected Game Which Wanders About in Search of Water '' Gettysburg, Oct. 27.—The killing of , a large number of squirrels t>hat wan dered from government ground lias oc , | easioned a great deal of annoyance to [ those in charge of the National I'ark and efforts are being made to prevent J the 'continued slaughter which is mudo ' possible by tlio animals leaving tlio ■ property of t)he I'ark Commission in | search of water. The long continued drought took from ; Hie squirrels sonic of their watering ! (daces 011 the 'battlefield and they wero i forced to look elsewhere for their sup | ply. In Dheir search fchey found small | ponds nearby and daily went there to | drink. Unfortunately, this was discov ered and. when tlie squirrel season open ed, residents went there and sin dy l i waited with gun in hand until the littln j gray creatures appeared. Then thev ! blazed away and in a short time hail 'l tlio six allowed