THE FUT.TQN COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG. PA. h This Department Qur Readers ,n rulto County andiElaowhoro M.yjournoy Hostile Forces Fight on Dogged ly-Both Sides Holding Fast. " :no world With the Camera on the Trail of History Making Happenings. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE LATE POPE PIUS X SCOTCH HIGHLANDERS CHARGING THE GERMANS Slight Gains Claimed, Without Definite Advantage. v Lllllll !,,, j ,.JV,1,..U,BH, Events for lews GUNS in SHELLS OH ARMIES i ,,u i 'n,4. ' """" """" ! i i i 1 1, iSss saw 0 'Jtt " J 111 to. ' n T IT ' i r 1 " T iTfc a X. . ' 13V fl I I .nil. 1 I - -? i . ? n 111 I I . -J it I'M: 4 7 V f?4.V4f 111 ift '. v'4 t mm i. -t " v v? w.. -riir-irT-. a :.- 15 Scene In the Slwtlne chapel at Romo during the funeral norvlpc. for the lat Pope Plua X. In the center la tcuuini'it Mil u nv mo lOll llio vaiUlIIHIB. BEAUTIFUL LOUVAIN AS THE GERMANS LEFT IT F " ja i rst Ptmloirranli . no assort tliut the citizens flVed on the kalser'H troojiH treueherouHly. HEROIC CHARGE OF NINTH BRITISH LANCERS ' . v; v ;. f&l . t . i ....I. f , .... - L -l -yv.--t - H -.:..--., :,': The Scotch Illuhhinilors. here hcpii flwiriHnir r.,tr.,,.t n... i.. c urn nm.f .i..i,i,n f n,... n........ : .:; " - " " m u.e naroieti w Vvuu.,. . viuwi, l IIU11I B iiuiriB. REJOINING THEIR REGIMENTS VIA OSTEND aaaaaaaaaaaa he - DlHIiatchoii from French and UrltUfc Bourcea relating to the battle between the AUIi'i and the German la Franc roprenent that the flKhtinic Is UU' Kolng on without material change la the iltuatlon, though alight advance by the Allies are claimed. Sunday' flghtlnK. according to a dispatch from the front, confuted principally ot artillery action. i An official statement by the Oer nan headquarters staff represents that the Allies have been obliged to taka the defensive In Intrenched position, and that the Germans have completed preparations for an attack on the forti fications south of Verdun. Vigorous attacks by the Oermana upon the Allies' Hoes near Rhelm have been repulsed, according to th French official report. Destruction of the famous Cathedral of Rheluis and other hlstorio building In the French city during Its bombard- niont by the Germana Is announced by tho Fronch. An official statement at Tetrograd nays the Russians are bombarding rrzemysl, In Gallcla. Russians have checked the German offensive movement In East Prussia and Lave captured part of the Ger man artillery sent from IJreslau for an attack on Ivangorod, according to a statemont given out by the Russian Embassy at Antwerp. Defeat of a German force by Japanese In an engagement 30 mile north of Klaucbau, China, on Septem. . ber 18, 1 offlclally announced at Toklo. Thene iiolfllprn knnw u-ttiit (t mnun .... i.r A . v. n.....n n . .t. . " """ utiuio in o iuciiiih "io ui iiih iiermuns. in lie neat ol battle thev were cut nfr frnm llinlr bark thrtiiiifh Prnnra via ituvra tka v.iw.i,,. av.n.. .it.. .. n MACHINES OF THE BRITISH FLYING CORPS ouLh"!,'!''. ,1,otoraIJh. allowing the Ninth Hrltlxh lancers In tho art of charging a German battery, which they at llcnw Iiikb ... ii....i... i I ... .... i ..... r. ... . .. - " iiiL-iiiBoiTrB, ur iunut'ia won- ivu uy i.uiu Ult'lll;il, He.'n ai 1110 loll w ltll SwOTCl ex- FRESH MEAT FOR FRENCH CRUISER heroic dispatch bearer Sir John French has stated that the Urit IhIi dying coi pa has been rendering Invaluublo aid to thr allies. Some of their machines are here shown. The photograph was taken on the continent, but the censor forbadu mention of the locality. airship protecting paris ; LOUVAIN'S CATHEDRAL IN RUINS riUcMmin8h 8rid of 24 steer" whlcU were uiea aboard the French kClflc ater . u01 of San Dleg0' Cal- The Montcalm, which is i f'ant nrt B Ior Uerman cruisers, Is unequipped with a t ' "ua carries lust M. Hergen, a Relgtan dispatch bear er, who rode 20 miles through the German lines to deliver a message to Wlllobroeck fortress, near Mallnes, and performed his mission, though se riously wounded by German bullets. fr " j a I''' l1"' ',V:'.. Nr Xt'SAsYssK feiy may rnre -rn' V- mi - 1 mr ?- in i M- ft fjr?i Villi. mm 4 French military dirigible hovering above Parla on the lookout for the German airships which several times sailed over the city and dropped bombs. A crowd ot Parisians Is seen watching the sky cruiser. The people of Paris became so ac customed to the visits ot the Gorman aeroplanes that they treated them a an amusement wmwM Rift TWO CRUISERS IN DUEL. British Warship Completely Disabled By German. London. There has not been a gun fired In the North Sea for days, so far as the Drltlsh public knows, but tha Admiralty Issued bulletins of Im portant encounters In far-off water. Successes and misfortunes were botU chronicled Impartially. The German protected cruiser Koenlgsberg caught the Ilrltlsh light cruiser Pegasus overhauling her ma chinery In Zanzibar harbor and attack. ed and completely disabled her. Tha Ilrltlsh lost heavily and the Koenlgs berg was able to steam away. ' The Prltish loss Is given as 25 killed and 80 wounded. The German cruiser Emden cap tured six British merchant steamers In the Hay of Ilengal in six days and sank flvo of them. On tho Drltlsh side of the score wn the sinking of a German merchant cruiser, supposed to have been th Cape Trafalgar or the Berlin, bv tha former Cunard liner Cannanla. familiar to trans-Atlantic travelers. also armed as a cruiser, on September 14 In waters which the Admiralty de scribes as "off the east coast of South America." Tho Ilrltlsh loss was small 9 killed and 2t! wounded. The German loss Is unknown, but tho survivors were rescued. ITALIAN CONSUL ASSAULTED. Thinks Blacklacker Was Reiervl.t Unable To Go Home. Now York. Ulacoina Fara Fornl. the Itnllan Consul-General In New York, was struck with a blackjack by an Italian who accosted him at a downtown street coiner and who escaped after the assault. The Consul was painfully hurt but it was believed lhat his 'wound was not serious. Ha paid he believed his assailant was an Italian reservist who was disgruntled because he could not be sent back to Italy. JAPS REPORT DROPPING BOMBS. One Said To Have Set Ship Afire In Kiauchau. Toklo, Vlce-Adiulral Sadadlcht Kato, commander of the second Japa nese squadron. It is officially an nounced, reports under date of Sep tember 17 that In a reconnolter by sea plane over Kiauchau liny tho day be fore bombs were dropped toward the enemy's ships in the harbor, the wire less station and tho electric motor house. One bomb was seen to strike a large ship, from which smoke curled up. The magnificent cathodral of Louvaln, the interior of which was utterly wrecked by Uie Gorman troops, although the outer walls remalu standing. At the right Is the beautiful old hotel da vllle. or town ball, which almost alone of the city's buildings was spared. GUARDS WIPED OUT, SAYS PARIS. Kaiser's Elite Corps Alleged To Hsv Been Annihilated. London. The Tarla correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says: "All accounts received in Tail agree that the famous Prussian Guard Corps, tho elite of the empire and tb esneclal nrtde o the German Em peror, has been practically blotted out in the Dailies wagea along mo mouse, Marne and Alsne rivers." PRINCE OF WALES WOULD FIGHT. Kitchener Bar Him From War For Lack Of Training. London. The Prince ot Wales was very anxloui to go to the front, ao. cording to a statement Issued by th official press bureau, and tried to get Lord Kltchoner's consent to do so. Out as he had not completed his mili tary training, Lord Kltcbener sub mitted to tbe King "lhat for the pres ent It Is undesirable that his Royal Highness should proceed on active, eprlce." .'
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