THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, PA
"10 BERLIN III
THREE WEEKS"
Alleged to Be Aim of Russian
Offensive Plan.
TO GO AROUND FORTRESSES
Germans Still Falling Back Import
ant Galna Claimed By Saint
Petersburg In
Austria.
RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORIES .
ALONG 100-MILE BATTLE LINE
St. Petersburg, via Home. That the
plans of the Russian Army contem
plate an attack on Berlin within throe
weeks Is officially admlttod bere. At
the same time It was stated that not
only has the Russian mobilization been
completed but that 8,000,000 men are
now under arms.
The troops have been divided Into
four armies of 2.000,000 each. These
armies are being sent Into the field
from the Inland mobilization centres
t oDerate one behind the other, the
armies In the rear Oiling the gaps In
the ranks of those In front after each
general engagement.
Not To Storm Forts.
Because of the enormous forces that
will be In the field It Is reported to
be the general plan of the Russian of
fensive not to try to take the German
chain of main forts by storm. Instead
the RusBlans will attempt to Isolate
each of them, leaving a large enough
force at every point to keep the gar
risons bottled up and also to prevent
any attacks on their flanks or their
own lines of communication.
The main Russian advance, it la ex
pected, will approach Posen from the
south, crossing the south bend of the
Warta river some miles from the hub
slan frontier, and then move against
Posen between the Oder and Vvarta
lvers.
Russians Say They Took Tilsit
St. Petersburg, via London. It is
nmrlallv announced that the Russians
have occupied Tilsit, a town 60 miles
northeast of Koenlgsberg, Last I rua
la.
The following official conimunlca
tlon was also made public:
"Our offensive both In East Prussia
and Gallcla developed Increasing sue
cess on August 25. The Germans
hastily retreated everywhere toward
Koenlgsberg and Allensteln."
In Galicia our troops are marching
rapidly on Lomberg. Our cavalry has
pursued the enemy everywhere on our
line, our advance frequently engaging
the Austrlans, who each time have
been beaten and routed.
Profess To Fear Poliion.
A Russian army order prohibits the
use of fond and forage abandoned by
the Germans in East Prussia because
nf rases of poisoning which have oc
curred at Eydtkuhnen, Gumblnneu and
Insterburg.
MILLION MEN ENGAGED.
London. Dispatches from Austrian
points state that 1,000,000 men are en
gaged in the battle on the Austro-RuB-sian
frontier. The battle line extends
from the Vistula River to the Dniester
River, over 100 miles. The Russians
have penetrated more than 20 miles
into Austrian territory.
The Russians have captured Allen
steln and invested Koenlgsberg, both
important cities In East Prussia.
Scattered encounters in Eastern
Gallcla have developed into a general
battle extending 100 miles from the
southern districts of Lublin, in Russian
Poland, to a point beyond Lemberg,
in Gallcla, says the St. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Dally Mall. He
adds:
In East Prussia the Germans have
been driven further back. Their losses
were particularly heavy at Muhlen, 22
miles southwest of AllenBtein, and It Is
only a Question of a few days when the
Germans will be driven beyond the
VlBtula.
"Panic now reigns in Danzig, the
population of which is fleeing to Ber
lin. The result of the general battle
now being fought Is expected to in
fluence largely the whole campaign
against Austria. The scant reports
thus far received Indicate that Rus
sia is on the road to a decisive vie
ory."
The German railways In East Trus
la have been relaid on the Russian
cnuKO. and there is through communi
cation between St. Petersburg and
nuterhure. in East Prussia, a short
distance northwest of Gumbinnen
"The Russians," the correspondent
adds, "need waste no lives in tneir
attempt to capture Koenigsberg, as it
is easily isolated, and Russia, wno
finds that she has mobilized more men
than are required immediately, can
continue her advance.
'A thousand Austrian prisoners
have reached Kiev, and about 800 Ger
mans have been brought to Moscow
lary hospital, the Hospital St. Louis,
St. Lazare Prison for Women, the
Church of St. Laurent, which dates
from the Sixteenth Century; the North
Railroad Station, the magnificent
Church of St. Vincent de Paul, the
Lariboslere Hospital, ono of the largest
in Paris, aeveral colleges and several
theatres.
AUSTRIA FOLLOWS ALLY
Tcklo Professes Surprise Washing
ton Notified and Issues Proc
lamation of Neutrality.
BOMBS DROPPED AT BELFORT,
Basel, Swlteerland, via Paris. Two
German aerop'anes made an unsuc
cessful attempt Sunday to destroy with
bombs the dirigible balloon hangar at
Rnlfort. France, which is 35 miles
northwest of here.
Paris. It Is officially announced that
the Military Governor has ordered all
residents within the zone within action
of the city's defending forts to evac
uate and destroy their houses within
four days.
It is officially announced that tne
French left, composed of four army
wrps, drove back on GuiBe the renin
German Corps and guard. Tho Ger
mans suffered considerable loss.
Further announcements made by the
War Department say:
"In Lorraine our forces have ad
vanced. We occupy a line along
Mortagne and our right wing is puBh
lng forward. There is no news from
the Meuse.
"A violent battle occurred in the
region of Lannoy, near Lille, Slgny
l'Abbaye and Chateau Porclen, but the
result has not been decisive and the
attack will be resumed tomorrow.
"Four French Army corps engaged
In a violent battle on the left wing. The
rleht wing of these four corps, taking
the offensive, drove back on Guise the
Tenth German Corps and the guard,
both suffering considerable losses.
"Our left was less fortunate. The
German forces are advancing in tho
direction of a Fere. (La Fere is a
town in Aisno, 14 miles southwest of
Laon.) It is a fortress of the Bt-cond
class."
-FURIOUS GERMAN ASSAULTS.
London (Saturday). The battle la
France continues and the losses are
enormous. The British admit heavr
casualties. The Germana are hurling
themselves against the entire line of
the allies with unprecedented fury.
A dispatch from Boulogne says that
German troops broke througn me
French lines, near Arras, in the
Province of Tas de Calais. The
French moved up with rapidity, It it
declared, and have the situation well
In hand.
The dispatch says that the allied
troops are being swiftly arranged to
ith nnv further attempt to
break through the line between Dun
kirk and Lille.
There was heavy fighting at Mar
chiennes when the Germans broke
through the French line. The allies
acquitted themselves well, however,
and succeeded In pushing the German
advance forces back on their main
body. The German advance forces
were also repulsed at Pont a Marcq.
There was also fighting at Tournal,
where the Germana were repulsed. It
Is believed here that the Germans
have occupied Valenciennes, but the
British are reported to have driven
back the enemy near Mons.
There is nothing to indicate that
the Allies' line from Mons to Conde
has been seriously turned.
French Industrial centers, such as
Roubalx and Turcolng, are frequently
visited by German cavalry and are
occupied and evacuated every day.
Toklo. The Austrian Ambassador
Baron Mueller de Szentgyorgy, has
been recalled.
The situation between Japan and
Austria Is described here as a "rup
ture of diplomatic relations, not war."
The Austro-Hungarlan Ambassador
explained to Tremler Kato that Aus
tria felt in duty bound to follow her
ally and withdraw her Ambassador
from Japan.
This evening M. Kato sent his secre
tary to the diplomat carrying the lat
ter'a passport.
The news of the declaration of war
by Austria-Hungary upon Japan, fol
lowing the official announcement of
the disarming of the Austrian cruiser
Kalserln Elizabeth, in the port of
Tslngtau, caused surprise at Toklo. It
has been hoped here that Austria-nun
mrv. having but email Interests in the
Far East, would not force a breach of
relations with Toklo, especially as Aus
tria-Hungary always has been regara
ed as friendly to Japan. The Austrian
Ambassador and the members of hla
staff always have been popular here
3,000,000 ON THE LINE.
London. Germany, which had been
Bending its vast legions plunging
through the line of the allied forces on
the Franco-Belgian frontier and had
been hurling still other armies In a
steady flow into East Frussla In re
sponse to the offensive movement of
the RuBslan Army of invasion, now
appears to have been checked In its
aggressive movement and to have
been thrown practically on the defensive.
The retirement of the Allies to their
second line of defense has been ac
complished. according to the latest re
ports, without a hitch. Botn tne
French and British armies have been
reinforced until it is estimated that
there are now 3,000,000 men on this
line. The allied forces are now ready
to assume the offensive.
Indeed this movement has already
begun. Dispatches from Taris report
that the British, in conjunction with
the French, have begun a vigorous as
sault on the German forces, who have
penetrated a short distance on the
Somme River in the direction of La
Fere, in the Department of Aisne.
A Check To Germany.
Farther west the French have check
ed the Germans' advance guard, and
at the other extremity on the Meuse
the French are offering a vigorous ana
successful resistance which extends
along nearly the whole front.
The apparent turn In the fortunes oi
ar In favor of the Allies was brought
about by the overwhelming successes
f the Russians in East Prussia, whlcn
has forced the Kaiser to withdraw.
I . BURIAL OF SOME OF WAR'S FIRST. VICTIMS
,
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON
BELGIUM.
Vienna, via London. Austria Fri
day declared war on Belgium. The
Belgian Ambassador was hanaea nis
oassDorts at the Foreign Office, all
diplomatic relations were broken off
and the way cleared for Austrian
troops Joining the Gormans In the
operations on Belgian soil If necessary.
Until Friday Belgium was tne oniy
one of the allied powers at war with
Germany alone. France, England and
Russia had heretofore made declara
tions against both Austria and Germany.
Berlin. By wireless (via Sayvllle,
L. I.) :
'Headquarters has Issued an official
renort declaring mat tne western
enemy has everywhere been defeated
and is In full retreat after nine days
fighting.
General Von Kluk defeated the Eng
liBh Army at Maubeuge, renewed the
attack and threatened to surround it.
Generals Von Buelow and Von
Hausen completely defeated the
Franco-Belgian forces, about eight
corps, between the Sambre and the
Namur and the Meuse In several days'
battle. i
The attack on Maubeuge was opened
by the Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurt
emburg, who defeated and pursued the
enemy across the Semois and the
Meuse.
The German Crown Prince is ad
vancing toward the Mouse, and the
Crown Prince of Bavaria repulsed an
attack from Nancy and the south.
General von Hcrrlngen continues the
pursuit southward through the VoBgea.
Four Belgian divisions attacking
Tuesday and Wednesday from Ant
werp have been repulsed, losing guns
and many prisoners. The Belgian
population generally participated in
the fighting necessitating severe re
pressive measureB.
The corps of the last German re
serves have been called out to guard
communications.
FnHsh sailors firing a salute over the graves or lour cngnsu um mui "-- ' --u
Bri.Sgcruler Amphffand the German steamer Koen.gen Lulse were destroyed in the North sea.
BARRICADE ON THE SWISS-GERMAN FRONTIER
This photograph showa some of the barricades which have been erected across all the roads leading frc
a.ii.nH tntn Gprmonv nlon the international frontier. The Swiss and German troops are only a few pics
apart all along the border.
GERMAN PRISONERS IN ENGLAND
Washington
Informed.
Washington, I). C. Ambassador
Dumba of Austria formally notified the
Tnited States that diplomatic relations
between Austria and Japun hud been
severed, but made no reference to any
iloi-laration of war.
ti,o Austrian Ambassador advised
the State Department that the Aus
trlan Emperor had ordered the cruiser
KalBerin Elizabeth to Join the German
fwt off Tslngtau. Last Monday in
structlons were sent to the officers of
th ship to dismantle It and officials
here do not know as yet whether the
i-hnnee of decision at Vienna reacuea
nmeers of the cruiser in time to
nrevent her from being abandoned.
The Japanese Embassy here was
notified from Toklo that diplomatic
with Austria-Hungary had
inaiiuuo
wn formally severed when the Aus
trlan Ambassador at Toklo asked the
Japanese Government lor nis pass
ports. .
TreBldent Wilson Issued a proclama
inn of neutrality, recognizing mat
stare of war unhappily exists between
Japan and AuBtrla-llungary.
It is similar to other proclamations
previously issued.
TWO FRENCH AVIATORS KILLED.
' Paris. An army lieutenant aviator
and his pilot, whose names are sup
presHed under the rule of the Minister
f War were killed in the fall of their
juachlne at Juvlxy.
AUSTRIAN LOSSES MARKED UP.
London. A dlHpatch from Taria to
Reuter's Telegram Company says:
"The losses of the AuHtrians in the
hat tie of the Drina continue to grow,
according to telegrams from Nlsh. The
intent aver that out of 300,000 Aus-
trians engaged 15,000 were killed, 30,
000 wounded and 15,000 made prison
ers. Seventy-five guns were cap
aired."
With the re-occupation of Shabats
by the Servians, says a dispatch to the
Exchange Telegrapn irom eiunj,
Montenegro, the 4,000 Austrian prison
ers have been doubled, 4,000 additional
men having been captured between
Losauza and Shabats during the Ser
vian march to occupy the latter town.
The Servian casualties in retaking
Shabats are admitted to have been
very heavy.
BOULOGNE TAKEN.
London. A Central News dispatch
says that Boulogne has been evacuated
by the allied troops.
A news dispatch sent from Paris re
ported that train service between Paris
and Boulogne had been suspended,
with tho explanation that this was
nrnhfll) V bpcause the allied armiea
were about to engage the Germans
near the railroad line.
London heard that the Germans baa
cut the line. Boulogne Is a rortinea
seaport on the English Channel, 140
miles northeaBt of Paris and 20 miles
southwest of Calais.
BOMBS FROM AIRSHIP DROPPED
UPON PARIS.
London. A ParlB dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company says:
"A German aviator flew over Paris
Sunday afternoon and dropped Ave
bombs, which fell In the mont populous
quarters of the city. In one case two
women, were wounded.
"One bomb fell In front oi tne snop
of a baker and wine merchant at itue
Albouy and Rue des Vlnaigriers; two
nn Ouai de Valmy, one of which did
not explode, while the other smiCK me
rails of the Night Refuge, behind &l
Martin's Hospital. Two others drop
ped In the Rue des Recollets and Rue
Marcln, neither of which exploded.
"The aviator, who signed nimseii
Lieutenant von Heldssen, aroppea
manifestos, on which was written:
"The German Army is at the gates
of Paris; you can do noining uui
surrender."
The territory over which a German j
aeroplanist flew, dropping bombs, is in
the northeaHtern part of Paris, ana
scarcely a mile from the heart of the
city. In the district are the big mill-
RUSSIANS DRIVE A WEDGE,
Iindon. The Russian troops are
pouring Into Germany by the tens of
thousands. There are 5,000,000 on the
way, with 10,000,000 more to come if
necessary. Every day they are moving
'"They have taken a vigorous of
fnive in Galicia, and the GermanB
are rapidly falling back upon their
defense at KoenlgBberg on tne roaa to
Berlin. Austrian troops are being
rushed from BoBlna to Galicia to back
up the Germans, who already have
Inst verv heavily.
In Southern East PruBBla the Ger
mans have evacuated the district of
Masurenland.
The Russians sustained no check in
this very difficult country, and they
occupied its western outlets. It Is
confirmed that they captured a hun
dred guns from the enemy.
The Itusslans have also occupied
turpi a town 60 miles northeast of
Koenlgsberg.
"Lakelets and marshes were son
with rifle Pits, ana wnerevcr via.
ticable redoubts of felled timber were
Evervwhere there
BELGIAN'S KING UNDER FIRE.
aihrt Reported To Have Stood
Shrapnel Two Hours.
London. A Central News dispatch
from Antwerp says that during the
latest fighting there King Albert of
ltelKlum was under shrapnel fire for
two hours.
GERMAN GOVERNORS IN BELGIUM
Military
and Civil Administrators
Appointed.
London. A dispatch to the.Reuter
Telegram Company from Berlin via
Amsterdam says that Field Marshal
Baron Kolmar von der Goltz has been
appointed military governor of the oc
cupied part of Belgium and has pro-
rild to his post. The Governor of
the district of Aix-la-Chapelle was ap
pointed civil administrator of the same
region.
ALBANIA SUPPORT CUT.
rtlnred
.
formidable wire entanglements.
Italy and Austria Reported To Have
Cut Loose There.
London. A dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company from
Rome sayB:
"An authentic message
AIR-MEN AIDED GERMANS.
t
Hovered Over Brltlah Position and
Signaled Batteries, i
London. Refugees from the scene
of the fighting , around Mons report
that airmen took a prominent part in
directing the Germnn artillery, says
the Times' correspondent in Taris.
Aeroplanes hovered over the British
position and their pilots signaled the
r.orn.on hatterles by means of a disc
swung at the end of a line.
ZEPPELIN AT MLAWA.
r..,a ii.lnn Aerial Warfare On
UGl m""
Polish Border and .Losing.
T.nndon. A Reuter dispatch from
St. Petersburg says a Zeppelin dirlgl-
'ble which bombarded the railway sia
Redlands, Cel., has an official
killer.
fly
rpre'lvedl (inn nt Mlawa. Just over tho border of
I A tna Vir-rvll rrli f flrtU'n HV
here from Durazzo, Albania, states mat uussian i-umuu, " u...B...
ns both Italy and Austria have with- Russian fire. Thore were eight sol-
drawn their financial support from
Albanian the intentions of the
Albanian, ruler, Prince William of
Wled, to vacate the throne In the near
future is officially oouflrmed."
dlera in the car, with quick-firers and
explosives.
Denmark has 7,823 acres planted
J to sugar beeta.
HOW ZEPPELINS DROP
BOMBS.
London. The method used by
Zoppt-lln airships In dropping
bombs has been described as
follows by an English refugee
who has Just arrived here from
Belgium:
The dirigible hovers over Its
objective at a sufficient altitude
to keep It out of range of the
enemy's guns. At the same time
it lowers a steel cage attached
to a Bteel wire rope 2,000 or
8,000 feet long. This cage is
divided Into compartments, and
It carries one man, whose duty
It is to throw down the bombs.
The cage is sufficiently strong
to make rifle fire against it in
effective, and because of its
small size and the fact that It Is
kept constantly in motion it Is
very difficult for heavy guns to
bit 1L
WAR'S PATHETIC
SIDE
r
i-.- .. ".'? ,.
Two hundred German reservists being marched through the streets of
Folkstone by English troops. They were captured as tney were auouv iu
leave for the continent.
FRENCH SKIRMISHERS IN FLANK ATTACK
Momhnp nf ho British royal M'l
reserve volunteers fondly rarrflnl -fl
infant child as he makes Mi
the mobilization point.
GEN. VON KROBATKIN
WELHELMINA TO AID.
Goes To Rotterdam To See What Can
Be Done For Poor.
The Hague, via London. Queen.
Wtlhelmina left for Rotterdam to con
sult with the Burgomaster of that city
as to measures to be taken for the re-
uf nf the unemployed, whose condi
tion In many cases is desperate.
Much good work has been done br
nrlvate charity, but the money thus
ralBed has been insufficient.
FIRST BRITISH WOUNDED HOME.
Indon. The first British wounded
from the Continent, numbering about
30, arrived by steamer at Folkstone
from Boulogne. They were driven In
motorcars to the Shorn Cliffe Hospital
and were loudly cheered by large
crowds assembled outside the harbor
gates.
DIES FOR FRANCE AT TWELVE.
rails Xavler de Castelnau, tho 12-vear-old
tson of General Castelnau,
Chief of Staff, was among those killed
In the recent action.
French skirmishers advancing to take the enemy In flank during the
fighting In Lorraine. Inset Is Gen. Paul Pau. commander of the French
troops, in that vicinity.
HunRrU1 '
Chief of the Austnv
Istry of war,
One Bullet In s'ow. 1
A regular army ofllc'-r A
for saying that during
one bullet out of every 6,u d
an enemy. Two armW
000 men might go Into ac""
j ,,nlllnn. I" .,
rounos oi Buimu""-- h(f .
could discharge at ach . " t ll
000 bullets. If only on a
took effect. 5.0OU n. d
WOUId UB RIIICM ...
hpftW CBu-:
would be a
the army officer says.
Is more destructive
the rl
Hit
tilld
tlmn
rlf
LIVE FOREVER IN MEMORY
Loved Dead Who Have Gone Before
May Still Speak to Us witn
Compelling Voices.
Who has not known old men and
. . ... - . nr..
women, bent oy tne biumuo m
bearing on their foreheads the scars
of bereavement? They have lowered
Into the tomb with the sons and daugh
ters they lovod the most precious
.thing they had on earth. But there
was so m.'ioli kindness In tneir eyes
and so much peace In their faces, that
we are won, we know not how. And
before the eeace which their loved
dead have shed about their heads, we
bow as low as the hills how before
Mont Blanc. For you, young men and
women, who perhaps have lost a father
or a mother, no precept, no book, no
examplo,' however great It may be,
can do as much as theli momory at
tho bottom of your heart, if you keep
It sacred. They are here no longer to
follow you, to conaolo you, to poiut
out tho way for you, nor to rebuke you
. . .mill
h roLlnff their voices ; r
errors: but In the
nrv ennnka to YOlir ll'"rl ' .kit
arereBrnsivclt!vill';,0V
compelling vou e - 4 ,1
Is ablo to accompli"" V
than ever their direct ,.
material presence wa
Christian Herald.
Therefore, Pro""1
Everyone Is bound t fJJ,j
ly tho reruits of bin 0
Phoedrus.