THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA.
SCENES AT THE BATTLE OF HOFSTADE
GERMANS SEIZE ANTWERP F0RTS
SHELLS FIRE BELGIAN CAPITAL
ALLIES CHARGE KAISER'S FLANK
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Belgians Flee as Invaders
Fight Through Barriers
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Bombarded People Spent Nights and Days of Terror
Foe Firing Twenty Missiles a Minute
Russians Win
Advantage in
Vistula Battle
German and Austrian Forces Make i
Obstinate Stand Against Advance
of Foe in South Poland Czar's
Troops Hold Hungarian Ground.
CAVALRY OF ALLIED ARMIES AND GERMANS
CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN TURNING MOVE
MENT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF FRANCE
I WAR'S LATEST PHASES
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FRANCE According to the otliclal
communique Issued at Tails there
18s a lively engagement in the region
of Roye, where the French have
taken 1,600 prisoners. There was
also a report of a severe engage
ment between cavalry near Llllo.
The main battle continues, the com
munique says, along a line bounded
by the regions of Lens, Arrus, llray-
sur-Somme, Chaulnes, Roye. ana
Lassigny. Minor engagements only
are reported In the centre from
the Olse to the Meuso. An artillery
struggle Is reported along the
whole line in the Woevre region.
GERMANY. An otliclal communica
tion Issued by the German General
Staff says that from the western
scene of war no facts of decisive
Importance can be mentioned and
that Bmall progress has been made
near St. Mihlel and In the Argon
ne. Herore Antwerp the operations
have been successful. The airship
Hall, at DuEseldorf, was hit by a
bomb and the cover of an airHhlp
was demolished. In the cast the
Russian column is marching from
Iornza und has reached Lyck, Just
over the East Prussian frontier.
RUSSIA. According .to despatches
from Rome and Pelrograd, Przemysl
Is at the mercy of the Russians.
In eastern Prussia, the Germans,
who were driven buck during the
last three days fighting, are said
to be concentrating their forces In
defensive positions around Suwalkl
to protect railway communications.
A despatch from Petrograd says
the Russians took 10,000 prisoners
and forty cannon In recent battles
along the eastern Prussian frontier.
ITALY. The resignation of Gen.
Grand!, the Italian Minister of War,
is imminent as the result of a dis
agreement with the Chief of Staff.
Gen. Pcrro is mentioned as most
likely to succeed Gen. Grandl.
Thirty-nine Liberal Democratic
Deputies voted a resolution of con
fidence in the Cabinet approving
the Italian attitude of neutrality,
providing national v Interests are
safeguarded.
JAPAN. The Japanese have mount
ed siege guns on heights dominat
ing the three forts defending
Tslng-tao. Itaron Meyer-Waldeck,
the Governor of Tslng-tao, is re
ported 111 with fever.
Thousands Leave
Stricken Antwerp
Great Part of 400,000 People Miser
able Refugees in Flight Pour
ing Into Holland.
London The flight of the citizens
of Antwerp is hardly to bo matched
in all history. The greater part of
400,000 people are at this hour miser
able refugees. They are pouring Into
Holland anl swamping tho resources
of Dutch towns. Unending proces
sions stumble toward Ostend, hoping
for safety In England. Very few
possess more than the clothes upon
their backs and hastily gathered bun
dles of valuables and curiously as
sorted keepsakes.
Terror spread suddenly was only
fully realized when German shells
fell at the rate of 20 a minute In the
heart of the city. Previously there
had been an unreasonable confidence.
At once everything changed. There
ensued a vast scramble which would
have been absurd had it not been
tragic.
The only bridge across the Scheldt
which the Germans had not destroyed
was a pontoon, and columns of sad
faced men, weeping women, children,
household pets, with every sort of
vehicle, surged through streets lead
ing to this narrow bridge. Rich and
poor were on a common plane of
woe.
Following the German operations
there are comparatively few non-combatants
left in the city, although the
continuous Etream of unfortunates
flows across the Scheldt. Railroad
stations in north Belgium and Hol
land are crowded. There Is certain
to be suffering from lack of food
and shelter. " The world is upside
down for the evicted citizens of Antwerp.
An Endless Stream
ci Belgian Fugitives
Crowd into Holland
Citizens of Antwerp Rush From
Sound of German Cannon.
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REAL BATTLE FILMS
ARE NOT DRAMATIC
Can't Photograph Bursting
Shells, Says Movie
Man.
LONDON, The correspon
dent of the Daily News at Ant
werp gives an interesting inter
view with Cherry Kearton,
describing some of hit experi
ences in filming the war. He
was in Alost during the German
bombardment. He said:
"I tried to get pictures of
shells exploding, but it it next
to useless, for they hardly show
on the film. In the trenches,
too, it it useless and rather
brutal, It seems to me, to try
to get pictures. For instance,
we who have seen men die from
bullet and shrapnel know quite
well that they simply slip for
ward a little, and the whole
thing it finished. They do not
fling their rifles in the air, and
die In a dramatic posture. Pic
ture! that thow that can be
known at once at faked."
Rotterdam. Since the tragedy at
Antwerp half the towns in Holland
seem to have doubled In population.
Over half a million people, mostly
women and children, poured over the
Dutch borders from Belgium. Before
the majority got out of earshot the
huge German guns were already
smashing Antwerp behind them.
Every station in Holland is a little
city of sorrows. Mothers sit on
benches in the cold giving their
babies the only food they have. Chil
dren stream everywhere over the
cobbles and men gaze hour after hour
at the bulletins in the shop windows
which tell of Antwerp's desolation.
Most of the families In Holland
are opening their doors and giving
shelter to the homeless,. Trains and
barges pour Into every town. They
have rente without Intermission for
the past twenty-four hours and there
Is no sign of their stoppage.
One of tho most pathetic facts Is
the flight of a large body of lunatics,
who escaped from an asylum. Many
of these are now roaming about the
country, causing fear and disorder.
The Dutch Government has issued a
warning to the people not to he hasty
In dealing with strange persons who
are likely to be lunatics. Sixty of
them nrrlved at Eindhoven in care of
monks.
Flushing, Breda, Rotterdam, Rosen-
i dual, The Hague, Amsterdam, Ter
I neuzen, Maastricht and Dordrecht are
i crowded and the streets of these
1 cities and towns are Impassable. The
'cry is "Still they come."
j The exit from Brussels was tragic
I enough, but many of Antwerp's sons
i and daughters now In Flushing have
j been hiding In cellars for days. Many
j have seen those dear to them shat-
tered to pieces by shells, and all the
while there hud been the Blckenlng
I fear of the bombardment, only to
I end in lis realization and a hurried
i escape in the dead of night.
London. The Ministry of War In
Petrograd announces that Russia has
conquered and occupied 39,000 square
miles of Austrian territory, while
successfully pushing vast offensive
operations against the German
provinces of East Prussia, Posen and
Silesia.
The center of Interest now is In
southwestern Poland, in the province
of Radom, where the Germans, hav
ing formed a Junction with Austrian
forces, are obstinately opposing the
advance of the Russians toward Bres
lau and Cracow. The battle is in the
Initial stage, with slight advantages
gained by the Russians.
The Russians have driven back the
Germans from Wlccloweki in Russian
Poland, 35 miles southwest of Thorn
In Fast Poland, and have fortified
themselves within a few miles of the
fortress of Thorn, according to a
Petrograd cable.
The course of the River ViBtula
outlines the battle front. On the
west side, Gen. von Hlndenburg com
manding an estimated force of 600,000
Germans and Austrlans, is obstinate
ly contesting the progreBS of prob
ably 1,000,000 Russians commanded
by the Grand Duke Nicholas. Toward
the southwest, east of the River
Dunajec In Gallcia, the Russians are
attacking German and Austrian out
posts. Northward of thlB principal theatre
of operations Gen. Rennenkarupf,
with accessions of fresh troops and
artillery, is following up his success
at Augustowa and along the River
Nlemen. Russian troops have pene
trated iuto East Prussia In some
places, but for the most part the
Russians are contentjji hold the Ger
mans on the defensive along the
whole East Prussia frontier. It is
confirmed that the Russians are de
velcplng n strong offensive in the
Mazur :,akes region in East Prussia.
Otliclal reports from Germany de
clare the story of the advance of the
Russian forces acroBs the Nlemen
River In the Government of Suwalkl
Is a He, and say in the battle near
Augustowo the Germans completely
defeated two Russian army corps,
took 3,600 unwounded prisoners and
twenty nuns and a number of ma
chine guns.
I'rzemysl Is being heavily bombard
ed and Petrograd says live of the
forts have been silenced, while a
story frcm Rome declares the city
has fallen Into the hands of the Russians.
GERMANS PLAN TO
ATTACK BRITAIN
LAST OF OCTOBER.
Rome, via Paris. The war
against Great Britain, say Ger
man newspapert received here,
will commence at the end of
October, following tuccessful
operation! at Antwerp.
Belgium then will become
the base, of operations against
Great Britain, the newspapert
tay.
They add that Admiral von
Tirpitz, the Minister of the
Navy, who It now at General
Headquarters with Emperor
William, hat announced that he
will go aboard the flagship of
the German fleet and direct the
operation! of the navy.
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EPITOME OF
WAR NEWS
CZAR OF
RUSSIA ON
LINE.
FIGHTING
Petrograd. Emperor Nicholas hna
arrived at army headquarters at the
front, according to a dispatch received
here.
General Soukhomllnoff, Minister of
War; the court minister and the pal
ace commandant accompanied the Em
peror. Empress Alexandra and his daugh
ters bade the monarch farewell at the
railway station, where there were
scenes of great enthusiasm, the
crowds shouting "On to Berlin !" and
"On to Vienna!"
Three British aeroplane! flew 100
milei Into German territory and
dropped a bomb from a height of
5C0 feet, destroying a Zeppelin air
ship at Duesseldorf, wat the official
London report.
An official report in Parit said 1,600
German prisoner! had been taken
In a tharp engagement at Roye. The
German and Allied cavalry were
operating north of Lille, but the re
sult wat nowhere decisive.
Berlin announced slight progress for
the Germana in the Argonne dittrict
In France.
Gen. Soukhomllnoff, the Rustian Min
ister of War, tald that the German
invasion of Russian territory result
ed In a disattrout defeat, and that
no German troopt are now on Rus
tian toil. He also told of tuccettet
in Gallcia.
Thousandt fled from Antwerp, many
going to Ostend, where the capital
has been established.
A dispatch from Petrograd tayt there
have been tanguinary fightt be
tween German and Austrian pris
oners, who accuse each other's
Generate of responsibility for Rus
sian victories.
An official Berlin despatch said that
in Northern France the battle wat
still undecided and reported re
pulses of the French In the Argonne
and the vicinity of Verdun.
Thousands of refugees from Antwerp
reached -London. Holland reported
an invaaion of 10,000 and the
Mayor of Rotterdam ordered train!
to bring no more there.
Berlin also report! that the fighting
on the German right wing In France
haa been successful and that In the
' assault on Antwerp two forts fell
Into German hands.
The Belgian Government haa been re
moved from Antwerp to Ostend, tev-l J
oral nf tha Minister! and manv thou
aandt of refugees having reached h
Submarine Sinks
German Warship
Destroyer Sent to Bottom Off Mouth
of River Emt by Daring British
E 9 Report Austrian Disaster
Six Torepdo Craft Sunk
In Adriatic by Mines.
London. Submarine E-9 of the
British Navy, under command of
Lieut. Comdr. Max. K. Horton, made
another raid into German waters off
the mouth of the River Ems and suc
ceeded In sinking a German torpedo
boat dqestroyer. It was this same
submarine, under the same com
mander, which made a similar dash
and sank the German cruiser Hela
off Heligoland, Sept. 16. As on the
former occasion, the E-9 has safely
returned to her home port.
A dispatch to the Central News
from Harwich, England, says that a
rumor Is In circulation there of tho
sinking of a German cruiser, in ad
dition to the German torpedo boat
destroyer.
Tho sinking of the German destroy
er, the Admiralty announces, took
place at 1 o'clock In the afternoon,
and was witnessed by the Dutch coast
guards on the Dutch island Schler
monnlkoog, in the North Sea, off the
province of Frle'sland. The weather
was clear and the sea calm, and the
destroyer could plainly be seen cruis
ing before the mouth of the Ems,
Suddenly the observers saw a high
column of water rise near the bow
of the destroyer. The vessel Imme
diately turned over and sank In three
minutes.
Shortly after the explosion the perl
scope of the submarine came above
the surface of the water for a moment,
but as soon as those on board the
plunger saw that their torpedo had
struck Its mark the vessel was again
submerged. f
A German cruiser and torpedo boat
came quickly to the rescue of the crew
of the destroyer. Survivors were
swimming about In the vicinity of the
disaster, or clinging to the wreckage
of their sunken ship.
The Dutch naval staff announces
that the sinking of the destroyer oo
curred seven miles off the Schlermon
nlkoog and well outside Dutch terri
torial waters.
The Messagero, of Rome, publishes
a dispatch from Ancona, in Italy, on
the Adriatic, stating that four Aus
trian torpedo boats and two Austrian
torpedo boat destroyers have been lost
off the coast of Dalmatla as a result
of coming In contact with mines.
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Belgian soldiers In tho deep trenches along the railway from which they repulsed the Germans at the battli
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of Hofstade. At the left are shown some of tne big ueigiun neiu guns uicu umn uic nu, u..- naeri
troops In the same conflict.
TERRIBLE WRECK OF A RED CROSS TRAIN
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ENVOYS NOW LOOK
, FOR SHORTER WAR
Believe That Defeated Austria
Hungary Soon Will Come to
Terma With Rutsia.
there.
h LONDON. A belief that the
U war will be far shorter than the
J present situation Indicates it
gradually gaining ground in dip
j lomatic circlet here. The Secre
tary of the embassy of one of
the involved Powers has made
a large wager that the war will
it be over within three months, 'J
g and he It known at a careful j
I money.
U Through diplomatic channelt
li the word hat reached London jt
that the Ruisian Invasion of
nungary meant moving on vi-
enna from the touth, and there
h it little Indication that the re
!. tistance by the Hungarian! will i
A hm uerv hitter, as alreariw thRPA
H are ilgm that the Hungarian H
It leadert are teeking understand-
j Ing about the future with Rut-
; Auttria'a armlet are to badly
IJ thattered now that further re-
ii tistance it doubtful In any case
51 if Vienna falls. The capltula-
H tlon of Austria would mean the
L complete Investment of the Ger
man Empire, and even the Kai
ser could not hope to hold the
tit foe at bay lono on such a huoe tt
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PERSIA ASKS RUSSIA TO GO.
Bear
Declines to Withdraw, But
Pleduea Territoriality.
Petrograd. The newspapers here
pay that Uuhslu has been asked by
Persia to withdraw her troops from
Azerbaijan, northwest Persia, but has
derllned to acquiesce, because Rus
sian and other foreign interests tun
r,e i.rouc'ed only uy Russian occupa
tion of tho district.
In declining, Russia assured Persia
that ihe had no desire to appropriate
Persiun terrltoiy.
READY TO GIVE UP VIENNA.
Austrian Officials Favor Transfer of
Capital to Innsbruck.
Vienna. If the removal of the enn
lial Is decided upon, (lov.-i nrient du
ctals favor Its transfer to lnnshruck,
ns In IMS. This city Is considered
much Bufcr and more easily pro
tecH.l. Advices frrm Bohemia report a
ft mine atncng the unemployed, of
whom there nro great numbers. A
ct iumlttee has been nppotnlcJ to find
work for the Eufferers.
ALIENS MUST RESUME NAMES.
English Council Overrule! Norn de
Plumes Adopted During War.
London. By a "special order In
Council," nny Germans or Austrlans
engaged In business here who, Blnco
tho outbreak of the war, have ndopt
ed English names will be required,
after October 12, to resume tho use of
their own mimes. Until further no
tice, says tho order, no "alien enemy"
will be allowed to change his name
without a special permit from a Sec
retary of State.
BRITISH WAR CASUALTIES.
Mid-September Lostet Bear Heaviest
on Two Regiments.
London. A casualty list of Brit
ish olftcers, reports one officer killed,
three died of wounds, six wounded
and two missing.
A list also was Issued under dates
of Sept. 15, IS and 17. This includes
57 non-commlssloned officers and men
killed; five died of wounds; 270
wounded and C25 missing. The miss
ing belong chiefly to the Connaught
Rangers and Royal Caineronlans.
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f irst pnotograpn oi me oreauiui wrecu oi it m-u nu w.o- - nd th I
many wounded French and English soldiers were killed. The bridge had been destroyed by the Germans in I
train went into the river. I
HEADQUARTERS OF KING OF BELGIUM 1 harnessing up a war k
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This is the ancient town hall at Llerre, which the king of Delglura has
been using as his headquarters. In the courtyard are some men of the famous
"black devil" regiment of carbineers, which lost two-thirds of Us members in
action- j
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Dolglnn trooper nS
the dogs that are usoa
small mitrailleuse
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Crawls Back to u (k
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of the King's Own i(l o
the trenches at Mons. jb f
times. Protesting. i oru
AMERICA MODEL FOR EUROPE
Baroness von Suttner Calls the United
Statet "Land of Unlimited
Possibilities."
"The land of unlimited possibilities
and conquered Impossibilities" is what
Rareness Ilertha von Suttner calls
America.
"It Is to America, thp young, new
world, exuberant In strength, glad In
Its daring, that tired, cynical Europe
lookt to find new hope und faith In
progress," sayh the baroness, who
declares that Europe is being Ameri
canized by returning Immigrants.
"Hut," she says, "it 1b a pity that
so few people of our better educated
cltissfiB travel In your country as you
Americans travol here. Put, do you
know, I have ofton wondered If you
know us as well as you know our art
and antiquities.
"One of my dear American friends
confided to me that they, she and her
husband, had never been In a private
home in Europe until they visited me.
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wounded.
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in year political arc n. , J fprrpl
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Btrlkes, brlbery-tkowy Wf-i
dltlons ne cotnpU :
difficult as every wl' f
,o you for the solu a
Americans are 8trM
Cables linking "'J
American ports convW
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