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VOL. XXXVII.
PITTSB0R0, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, SEPTEMBER 23, 1914.
N0. 7.
The W
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SUMMARY OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR
FOR ONE WEEK READ AT A GLANCE
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September 13. The sixth week cf
the war between Germany and France,
Great Britain and Belgium, has
brought a vast transformation. The
pursued are now the pursuers. The
iresistable sweep of seven German ar
mies through Belgium into France met
an immovable fore at the river
Marne.
Ninety .thousand men are reported
to be engaged. Another dispatch from
Basel says the French artillery and
cavalry have annihilated two squad
rons of German cavalry in that neigh
borhood. ,
"After a chase of several miles ,a
French aviator yesterday brought
down a German aeroplane that had
been dropping bombs on the town. The
German pilot and two military ob
servers, a captain and a lieutenant
were killed."
September 14. The allies are push
ing their advantage and doing their
utmost to turn the retreat into a dis
aster by a stern pursuit on perhaps
the broadest scale yet known in war.
On right they are in- good position
to continue the offensive, if the men
and horses are not too tired for fur
ther effort. They are based on a
strong line running from the Marne
to the fortresses through the hilly
country south of Argonne-.
Petrograd reports that the Russian
troops are crossing the San Riven
and that the Russian army, in repuls
ing a desperate attack by the Aus
trians, captured many prisoners.
The British official press bureau
denies the reports that Russian
troops have landed in Belgium and de
clares also that there is no truth what
ever in the rumors that Russian sol
diers have landed in or passed through
Great Britain on their way to France
and Belgium. A Copenhagen dispatch
says advices fromkBerlin admit that
the chief Austrian army has suffered
an absolute defeat at the hands of the
Russians.
Among the German prisoners arriv
ing in the neighborhood of Paris are a
general and his entire staff.
Peking reports that 25,000 Japanese
have been landed on the Shan-Tung
peninsula and that Jauanese troops
are passing toward Ping-Tu, about 40
miles north of Kiao-Chow, the Ger
men protectorate in China.
September 15 General Von Gluck's
army has made a stand north of the
River Aisne on a line marked by the
forest of L'Aigle and Craonne, while
the armies of General Von BueJow
and Von Hausen, the Duke of Wuttem
burg and the crown prince are falling
back to straighten out the front on
which the next big battle is likely to
be fought.
Brigadier General Neil Douglas
Findlay, Royal artillery, has been kill
ed in action, according to official an
nouncement made today.
A report from Tsing-Tau, of German
origin, declares that a vanguard of
Japanese cavalry is a Kiao Chow
City. Kiao Chow City is about five
miles outside the, border of the Ger
man territory at Kiao Chow, to the
northwest.
A dispatch from San Giovanni, Al
bania, says Montenegrin troops have
joined the Servians and fighting un
der Servians generals headed by Gen.
Vukotich, have repulsed the Austrians
all along the Bosnian frontier.
September 16 It is stated from
Russian official sources that the rout
of the Austrian army in Galicia is
complete, though full details have not.
been received. The Austrian loss
since the taking of Lemberg is esti
mated at 250,000 killed and wounded,
100,000 prisoners and 400 guns, many
colors and vast quantities of stores.
The Germans made desperate efforts
to save the Austrian army but failed
completely. At one point the Ger
mans lost 6 pieces of heavy artillery
and at another seVeral dozen pieces
of siege artillery.
The Germans are in the hilly coun-.
try around Noyon on the plateau north
of Vic-Sur-Aisne and Soissons, north
of Rheims, where they are digging
strong entrenchments and receiving
reinforcements. But even here, this
right wing, which up to the present
has borne the brunt of the fighting,
and the retreat, is not altogether safe,
for the French army operating from
Amiens clings to its flank, while the
British and French forces continue to
press in front.
It is believed General Joffre, French
commander-in-chief, retains the initi
ative, having received reinforcements
to relieve his overworked troops, but
whether he will try again to envelop
the German right, or to break up the
crown prince's army on the left re
mains to be seen.
Neither side has attempted to es
timate its losses in killed, wounded
and captured, during the battle of the
Marne, but they must have been enor
mous and doubtless will be a blow to
all the countries concerned when they
are disclosed.
September 17. Another great bat
.Ie, even more vital for the countries
concerned than those that have pre
ceded it, is in progress on a line ex
tending from the region of Noyon, on
the River Oise. Northwest of Paris,
to the River Meuse, North of Verdun.
From East Prussia nothing new has
come todav excent b. reDort that the
Brief
m
Russian General Rennenkampff has
frustrated the attempt to outflank him
and that he has taken up positions
in line with the fortresses on the
Russian side of the border.
"All Germans between 19 and 45
years of age, resident in states of the
South African union, are being ! ac
commodated in the concentration
camp at Roberts Heights.
The authorities encourage the
peasants to participate in" the war
by spreading reports that Austria is
victorious. Large numbers of wound
ed are returning to their homes daily.
"It is reported from East Africa
that German colonial troops have at
tacked successfully the Uganda Rail
way at different points.
In Italy, agitation for the partici
pation of the country in the war
seems to bq on the increase. Italy's
position is described as one of "armed
neutrality to prevent the war from
causing her damage and to shape the
new situation in conformity with heT
interests."
"Information has been received
from Capetown that a German divis
ion on the Orange River has. been sur
prised and made prisoners by the
South African forces.
September 18. On the front in
Eastern Prussia, the armies of Gen.
Rennenkampff definitely stopped,
Sept. 17, the offensive movement of
the Germans. At several points the
Germans are .falling back and shifting
to new positions-.
There is no change in the general
situation, except that the French have
continued our progress on the left
wing and that a lull in the battle is
noticed.
The situation of the German troops
in the great battle on the Western
frontier is good, especially in the cen
tre, where the Germans have receiv
ed substantial reinforcements. The
end of the battle is expected soon.
The Germans are reported to be
prepared, however, to offer tremen
dous resistance to such a move.
They not only are in strong positions
where reinforcements of men, muni
tions and .provisions can reach them
easily, but they have additional de
fended positions to fall beak on if
necessary.
Reports from Petrograd today say
the Russian pursuit of the Austrians
continues and that the Russians have
gained important successes over the
Austrian rear guard. Convoys of two
corps with thirty guns and ammuni
tion and 5,000 prisoners are said to
have been captured.
The gigantic battle or more prop
erly, battles, continue day and night
along the entire front from Noyon to
the frontier. The fighting does not
consist of one sustained and combin
ed movement, but in reality of several
combats proceeding incessantly at the
strongest points of the Germans' de
fending line along the river Aisne.
Newspapers today related the story
of an air duel between a French avi
ator and a German air man at an un
named place during a battle. After
long manuevering the Frenchman as
cended above the German. Both used
revolvers.
i
September 19. "The Russian troops
have captured the fortified positions
of Siniava and Sambor (in Galicia).
The Austrian fear guard has been
thrown back beyond the San river in
the region of Radymno and Madyka.
The Austrians destroyed the bridges
on the San in the region of Sandomira
and Radiomysl. The Russians cap
tured 3,000 prisoners and 22 cannon
in the region of Memirov and have
taken 3,000 cases of ammunition."
"Following a rather seTious engage
ment on the plateau of Craonne, the
French have made a number of pris
oners belonging to the twelfth and
fifteenth corps and the guards corps,
The Germans, notwithstanding violent
attacks, were unable to gain any
ground around Rheims which they
have been bombarding all day.
Overpowering fatigue and privations
resulting from five days of unrelent
ing struggle brought about last night
a temporary lull in the combat of the
powerful armies that are face to face
along the rivers Oise, Aisne and
Woevre.
The Austrians are forming a new
front to oppose this move and the
two armies soon must come together.
The Austrians have prepared for a
long siege of Przemysl, having there
provisions to last the garrison of 60,
000 men two years.
In a report to the minister of the
interior under date of September 15,
sub-perfect Minier of Luneville says
that, town has been occupied three
weeks by the Germans. More than
100 houses have been burned, the sub
prefecture is a heap of ruins, numer
ous acts of pillage have been com
mitted and a contribution of 650.000
francs ($130,000) In gold has been
exacted.
The Germans, it is said, have re
ceived 50,000 new men for the right
wing, but, with the'jiecessity of send
ing troops to the east, it is unliktelv
they are any stronger on the center
and left than they were at the be
ginning of the battle.
In Lorraine and Aisace, the situa
tion seems unchanged. None of the
reports refers to fighting there.
SOLDIER TELLS
VII STORY OF
FIEjjCFJATILE
Wounded Frenchman Describes a
Rapid March and Bloody
, Conflict Following.
THROUGH RAIN OF BULLETS
Desperate Rush of the Infantry Across
Open Field Tragic and Hor
rible Scenes Witnessed in
Midst o the Carnage.
(International News Service.) '
London. Graphic descriptions of
the terrific fighting in France, where
the British and French allies have bat
tled for many days against the Ger
mans, are beginning to reach London
in letters from soldiers at the front. The
following admirably written story of
actual battle is contained in a letter
from a wounded Frenchman to an Eng
lish friend here:
"I am in the field hospital now, with
a nice little hole in my left shoulder,
through which a bullet of one of the
war lord's military subjects has
passed. My shoulder feels much as If
some playful joker had touched it with
a lighted cigar. Tomorrow I shall be
quite right again, but the wound had
to be washed and dressed by a pretty
little nurse, who is so sweet and love
ly and kind-hearted tnat one should
like to get wounded for the sole pur
pose of being nursed by her.
"Badinage apart, those nurses have
a fearful time. I wonder when they
have any time to rest. Day and night
they are busy, and when you ask them.
'Are you not exceedingly tired?' they
just smile, and with a laugh in their
eyes they make some comic reply.
They are real heroines, and it is not
merely our physical sufferings which
they mitigate. God bless them!
Army on March Impressive.
"Our army marched along a broad,
sunny road, bordered on either side
by a vast, cultivated plain, on which,
from distance, to distance, little groups
of harvesting peasant girls and old
men were busy, as if they lived in the
most peaceful region of the most
peaceful of countries.
"Here and there the horizon was
bordered by hill ranges, and right in
front of us, and somewhat to the left,
the wooded crests of other hills were
discernible. Sometimes when we
reached an elevation of the road I
looked backward upon the army, which
was like a huge serpent, covering the
road over a distance of many miles. It
was a great view, quite, quite differ
ent from a review, and I have never
seen anything so impressive.. For this
was not a mere show, as a military re
view is, but these men were to be en
gaged in part of an action on which
the fate of nations would depend, and
the way In which those men would ful
fill their task might be of the greatest
importance to the result of the battle
and future movements and designs.
"And one felt that these masses of
men were determined to do their ut
most. This was not a dull, low-spirited
army, going to the front to fight be
cause they were ordered to, but be
cause they wanted to. They wore no
stern, grave faces, or they would not
be French soldiers; nor were they
boisterous or bragging, but they were
bright and lively and happy and brave,
governed by a powerful desire to win,
and gifted with an almost superhuman
power of determination. There was
such a splendid enthusiasm.
Coming Up to the Battle.
"Dispatch riders are galloping past.
We are ordered to accelerate our
march; the division commanders join
their chief; various orders are passed,
and instead of keeping to the highway,
part of our army has to cross the
field in a diagonal direction. Since
some time the rattling of volleys is
audible. Then at a distance, which
seems not so far off, a heavy detona
tion of a gun is heard. It takes some
time before another gunshot is fired,
but then the detonations are heard at
intervals of about a minute from the
direction of the hills in front of us.
We are met by more dispatch riders
and now we hurry across the field and
up the slopes of the hills.
"Arrived on the crest we drop our
selves, and there, right in front of us
on the opposite hills, and making for
the plain between them, are the enemy
engaged in a fight with a division of
the allied troops. I can distinctly see
the German artillerymen moving
about the guns on the hilltops and the
slopes. I see a mighty flash from one
of the guns, the heavy report is re
echoed by the surrounding hills.
"It is strange, but in the face of
death and destruction I catch myself
trying to make "out where the shell has
fallen, as if I were an interested spec
tator at a rifle competition.
German Fire Too High.
"Volley after volley we sent in the
direction of the enemy. We aimed
quickly and well, while all the German
shells and bullets passed over our,
heads. For, the Germans may be, and
are, our superiors in executing parade
steps, but they are infernally bad
shots. In the meantime our heavy
guns were preparing for action, and
our quick-firers began to share in the
general conversation. As more troops
were ascending the hills to re-enforce
us, we ma4e for the plain. A vain of
hostile bullets passed close oyer our
heads, and instinctively we stooped, al
though when one hears the bullet it
has passed already.
"It is a queer sensation which comes
over us the first time we are met with
a hail of bullets. We suddenly feel
as if attacked by fever, but this feel
ing very soon leaves us. Alternately
dropping ourselves to fire, and jump
ing to our feet to rush across the
open, we more and more approached
the enemy, who were assembling in
strong forces. But so were our troops.
The earth was shaken by the incessant
cannonading, and the air torn by the
continuous rattling of rifle fire. We
rushed forward in order to reach a
piece of ground surrounded by low
dykes. A comrade on my right stum
bled, dropped forward "without utter
ing a sound, killed by a shot in the
breast A man in front of me threw
his arms up, fell, struggled to his feet,
fell again, and 'C 'est ca' were his last,
words.
Horrors of the Conflict.
"We had reached the aforesaid piece
of ground, twelve of us. I looked
round for a moment. A terrible bat
tle was raging, and so utterly hor
rible were the scenes around me that
up to this moment I cannot believe
that I have really lived to see that.
The wildest fantasy cannot imagine
such a horror, in which absolutely
nothing human is left, and which
could not be equaled by the most blood
stirring fancies' of a horde of devils.
"A shell exploded near us, followed
by a terrible cry. Five of us were ly
ing dead on the little square. One
man had both his legs blown off, and
was still alive and conscious, implor
ing us to kill him. Our officer ran past,
stopped, and, after a short look at the
man, shot him through the heart. 'Ca
vaut mieux, he said, 'pauvre diable."
He opened his mouth to utter a com
mand at his men, and at the same mo
ment got a bullet in his mouth. He
turned round twice and fell heavily on
the dyke close by me.
"At a good distance behind us Red
Cross soldiers" and two Red Cross
friars, carrying the Red Cross flag,
were stooping over the wounded and
removing them to the ambulance vans.
A shell exploded over their head and
only a couple of the Red Cross men
were left.
"More hostile troops have been ad
vancing. They have suffered heavy
losses, but on our side also the num
ber of casualties is very large, and our
position seems to become critical. We
have to retreat, are, in fact, retreating.
Fresh French batteries are put into
action. I am just looking at a Ger
man battery which is being turned in
our direction when it is hit by two
shells simultaneously. The German
artillerymen at flie guns are swept
away, two guns destroyed.
"The retreat is carried out splendid
ly. I have just reached the crease of
a hill when I feel a slight shock in the
left shoulder, nothing else. I do not
heed it, but some moments afterwards 1
feel a burning pain in the shoulder, and
I perceive that I am wounded and that
the weight of my left arm seems to
increase. Some time afterwards I find
myself neatly installed in a field hospital."
TELL OF RUIN IN BELGIUM
Visitors to Liege Describe the Scenes
of Devastation There and
in Vise.
London. A dispatch to the Reuter
Telegram company from Ostend 6ays
that a small party which has -returned
there from a visit to Liege describes
the destruction wrought by the war as
appalling.
"All along the road to Vise," one of
the party said, "there was nothing to
be seen but walls blackened by smoke,
the remains of burned factories,
mounds of earth freshly dug the
sepulchere of the first Germans to fall.
"And then comes Vise. What a pain
ful sight for those who knew the proud
city, so typical of Walloon gayety, and
now nothing but a mass of ruins, while
many of the inhabitants lie all over pie
place, their chests riddled with bul
lets. I was told here that the natives
were put to work building roads for
the invaders from Vise to Aix-la-Chap-pelle.
"At last we entered Liege. The In
habitants stood at the thresholds of
their homes, silent and anxious, but
afraid to speak. The streets in the mid
dle of the town wore a deplorable as
pect. Many houses had been aban
doned. "Their doors and windows were
shattered and their contents had been
removed. Nobody but soldiers was to
be seen. The Place de L'Universite,
the Rue des Pitteurs and the Quai des
Pecheurs had been burned."
Namur Once Caesar's Camp.
Namur, once the site of a Roman
Caesar's camp, is one of the most
strongly fortified cities in Belgium.
The citadel is built upon a rocky
height, and it is there that Caesar's
conquering army camped. The cathe
dral of Namur is one of the most beau
tiful buildings in all Europe. Namur
is noted for the manufacture of cut
lery and it also has numerous iron
foundries. The city has sustained nu
merous sieges and was taken by Louis
IV in 1692, by the English and Dutch
under William III, in 1695,- and again
by the French armies in 1701, 1746 and
1792.
Like to Sleep in Churches.
Paris. The French soldiers are par
tial to churches as sleeping quarters.
The troops are sleeping in churches
throughout the war zone. They say
they can get more air there than in
stables. " - " , . 1
TROOPS SLEEP IN
FLOODED TRENCHES
IAIN MAKES ARMY LIFE WORSE
THAN EVER RIGORS OF
FIGHT.
3 SHIPS ARE DESTROYED
Both Sides Report Losses of Vessels
to the Enemy on the Seas.
Italy Reported Prepared."
Reports differ as to the progress of
the great battle in Northern France
between the Allied British and French
armies and Germany. Some indicate
that there is extremely heavy fighting
while others tell of great masses of
troops lying in flooded trenches, many
of them utterly exhausted.
At some points, at least, fierce en
gagements have 'been fought with the
tide flowing first in one direction and
then In the other. The Allies have
won a position here and the Germans
have gained one there. But all re
ports, official and otherwise, agree
that there is much fighting yet to be
done before any material advantage
can be claimed by either side.
The British in 'the trenches say:
"We are slowly beating them 'back."
The French official statement . de
clares that though furiously counter
attacket by superior forces and ob
liged to yield some ground this was
regained almost Immediately. Berlin
officially announces that the Franco
British forces have been obliged to
take the defensive in entrenched po
sitions and that therefore the result
of the German attacks are slow. In
teresting information has been given
out by the British Admiralty regard
ing British successes and misfor
tunes In various waters. The British
merchant cruiser Carmania has sunk
a German merchant cruiser, supposed
to be either the Cap Trafalgar, or the
Berlin, off the coast of South America,
but the German cruiser Koenigsburg
has disabled the British cruiser Pe
gasus, while the latter was overhaul
ing her machinery in Zanibar harbor,
killing 25 men and wounding more
than three times that number and the
German Cruiser Enden has sunk six
British merchant streamers in the
Bay of Bengal.
In fighting around Rheims the mat
ter of greatest interest has been the
destruction of the famous cathedral,
one of the most noted structures in
the world, dating back to the Thir
teenth Century, which is reported to
have first been pierced by many Ger
man shells and then to have burst
Into flames.
Against the destruction of the cath
edral the French Government has de
cided to send through diplomatic
channels a protest to all the Powers.
There has been a review off the
Island of Halker, by the Sultan, of the
Turkish fleet, including the former
German cruisers, Breslau and Goeben,
after which the warships proceeded to
Constantinople for coal.
Italy, according to reports from
Rome, has more than a half million
men under arms.
ALLIES MAKE SLIGHT GAINS.
Germans Lose on Left, and Fail to
Force Break in French Front
Paris. The French war office is
sued the following communication:
"On our left wing we again have
made a silght advance along the right
bank of the River Oise. -
"A division of Algerians captured
another flag.
"All efforts of the Germans, sup
ported by strong artillery to smash
our front between Craonne and
Rheims have been repulsed.
"Near Rheims the hill of Brimont,
a portion of which we had occupied,
has been retaken by the enemy. In
return we have taken possession of
the defenses of La Pompelle (about
five miles East by Southeast of
Rheims.)
"The Germans have roused them
selves to a condition of such fury that
without military reason they have
fired on the cathedral of , Rheims,
which is In flames.
' "On the western side of the Ar
gonne our gains are " maintained.
"In Woevre there is nothing to an
nounce. "On the right wing in Lorraine the
enemy has been driven back beyond
the frontier, evacuating in particular
the region of Avricourt (a border vil
lage). In the Vosges, the enemy has
tried to resume the offensive in the
neighborhood of St. Die, but without
success.
"Our attacks progress slowly on
that side because of the difficulty of
the ground, the defensive works en
countered there and the bad weather.
"As yet we have no certain confirm-,
ation of the reduction of the forts not
previously destroyed at Maubeuge, but
Germans" report the taking of the city
and even indicate that its governor
will be Interned at Torgau (Prussia.)
"The Saxon army has, been broken
up and its commander. General Von
Hausen, has been relieved of his com
mand. The cavalry division of the
same nationality, which had fought
in Lorraine at the opening of the
campaign and later was sent to Rus
sia, has shared the downfall of the
Austrian army and must have suffer
ed heavy losses."
DEK
FULL WAR TAX
REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING
BILL-PROVIDING FOR SUM OF
$105,000,000.
WILL TAX ALL THE BANKERS
Theatre Tickets, Pullman Berths,
Pool and Billiard Rooms, Legal
Papers, Circuses, Tobacco, etc
Washington. An emergency reve
nue bill to provide $105,000,000, tax
ing beer, wines, gasoline, sleeping
and parlor cars tickets, insurance, tel
egraph and telephone messages,
amusements and a variety of docu
ments was agreed on by ' Democrats
of the house ways and means commit
tee and was introduced by Democratic
Leader Underwood early this week.
Republicans of both house and
senate have already gpne on record
In opposition to any war tax meas
ure. Democrats hope to rush the
bill through the house. The big fight
will be in the senate.
The committee increased the in
ternal revenue tax on beer by 50 cents
a barrel, making the new tax total
$1.50. Domestic wines are to be tax
ed 20 cents a gallon on sweet wines
and 12 cents a gallon on dry wines.
Gasoline is to be taxed two cents a
gallon.
Stamp tax provisions and the tax
on tobacco dealers, brokers, bankers,
and amusements, as carried in sched
ule A, will continue in effect until De
cember 31, 1915. The remainder of
the bill will be'In force until repealed.
- Bankers, are to be taxed two dollars
on each $1,000 of capital, surplus and
undivided profits ; brokers will pay
$50 each, pawnbrokers $20; commer
cial $20; customs house brokers, $10.
Proprietors of .theaters, museums andy
concert halls in cities of 15,000 popu
lations or more are to pay $100 each.
Circus proprietors are to pay $100
a year, proprietors of other amuse
ments $10 and proprietors of bowling
alleys and billiard rooms $5 for each
alley or table.
Tobacco dealers and manufacturers
are to be taxed the same as in 1898
except that in the largest cities, "to
bacco dealers not specifically provid
ed for" the tax is to be $4.80 each.
In 1898 there yas a $12 tax on to
bacco dealers having annual sales of
50,000 pounds or more.
Bonds and certificates of indebted
ness are taxed five cents for each $100
involved, and freight express receipts
one cent each with a mandatory pro
Vision that the shippers must pay
this tax. Telephone messages are to
be taxed one cent on all tolls of 15
cents or more and telegrams one
cent a message.
The bill carries taxes of 50 cents
on each indemnity bond, two cents
on each certificate of profits, 25 cents
on each certificate of damage and 10
cents for each certificate not especial
ly provided for.
Life insurance policies are to be
taxed eight cents on each $100 and
fire, marine, casulty, fidelity and
guaranty insurance policies one-half
cent on each dollar, as in 1898. Goods
withdrawn from sustom houses will
pay a stamp tax of 50 cents as in
1898, but the 25 cent tax on each
warehouse receipt imposed in 1898 is
omitted. The 1898 tax of from 25
cents to one dollar for entry of goods
at customs houses, according to
values, is renewed.
For each seat In a palace car and
for each ..berth in a sleeping car the
tax now is to be two cents against
the one cent war tax of 1898.
Tickets from a Unrted States port
to a foreign port will be taxed from
one dollar to five dollars each, accord
ing to the value of the ticket as in
1898.
Other provisions are: Brokers' con
tracts, 10 cents; deeds and other con
veyances, 50 cents when "not exceed
ing $500 in amount and 50 cents for
each additional $500; mortgages 25
cents for each $1,500; power of at
torney to vote, 10 cents; power of
attorney to sell, 25 cents; protest of
a note, bill of acceptance, etc., 25
cents.
Because of constitutional questions,
the committee eliminated altogether
foreign bills of exchange, charter
agrements, manifstos and foreign
bills of lading and also struck out all
reference to stamp tax on checks,
bills of exchange, drafts and deposit
certificates and postoffice money
orders and on leases.
Loose Lives ki Schooner Wreck.
Astoria, Ore. Between seventy and
eighty men, women and children,
coastfise passengers and crew, were
drowned when a steam schooner was
pounded to pieces in a gale 60 miles
May Close Wireless Station.
Washington. Unles sa prompt and
satisfactory explanation is forthcom
ing of the action of the Marconi Wire
less Telegraph Company of America
in receiving and forwarding a mes
sage from the British cruiser Suffolk
to a British Admiralty agent in New
York regarding supplies for tht war:
ship, the company's station at ' Sias
consett, Mass., will be closed "for all
communication." This was the reply
of. Secretary Daniels to protests of
the company.
ON
BATTLES CONTINUE
ALL DAY AND NIGHT
LEADER OF ALLIED ARMIES GET8
NEARER GOAL OF TEUTON
PLANS.
ALLIES ARE HOLDING OWN
Fighting Begins Before Day and Lasts
Into Night Battle Divided Along
the Line on River Aisne.
On the battle front, via of Parls
The gigantic battle ,or more properly,
battles, continue day and night along
the entire front from Noyon to the
frontier. The fighting does not con
sist of sustained and combined move
ment but in reality of several combats
proceeding incessantly at the .strong
est points of the Germans defending
line along the River Aisne.
Each . encounter, however, influ
ences the execution of the generai
ideea of the commander-in-chief of the
allied armies. Attacks and counter
attacks follow one another in rapid
succession every hour of the twenty
four. During the night of "September 15
16 the Germans attempted a formida
able movement in the Western sphere
but were met by the French and Brit
ish with courage that was marvelous
against overwhelming odds. The Ger
mans returned to the attack no fewer
than 10 times with remarkable tenac
ity and intrepidity but wer unable tc
break through the firm line presented
by the allies' infantry.
The fight just before daybreak was
the most violent of all.. The Germans
appeared to throw in the charge all
that remained of their energy, but
were rolled back with enormous
losses. Before retiring behind their
big guns they sacrificed many of their
number, displaying resolution which
approached desperation. A vigorous
counter-attack from the allies ensued,
during which a small extent of
ground was gained.
The night was relatively calm along
the front, but today the fighting be
came more furiousi than ever. Dur
ing the darkness operations are ren
dered difficult owing to the reluct
ance of the opposing commanders to
use searchlights, which might expose
their positions.
After this stage of the fight was
concluded the Germans appeared to
retire about seven miles. During the
combat the adversaries In many In
stances came to hand-to-hand clashes
and the bayonet was extensively used.
The carnage was terrifying but the
troops of both armies appear to have
been hardened to such scenes and
fought with great coolness.
FIGHT CONTINUES, ALLIES 'FAIL.
Attempt to Cut Through German
Right Was Broken Down.
Berlin, via wireless by way of Say
ville, L. I. The following official
statement has been given out by the
headquarters of .the German general
staff: 1
"The battle between the Oise and
the Meuse rivers still is continuing
but there are serious indications that'
tne enemy's force is falling.
"The French attempt to cut through
the German right . wing was broken
down without notable exertion on the
German side.
"The German army is advancing
slowly but surely."
A sortie from Verdun on the right
bank of the Meuse was vigorously re
pulsed." Another official statement Issued by
the German general staff says that
the German airships came up to ex
dangerous flights. Some of the air
pectations after undergoing long and
craft were damaged, but all of them
have been repaired. None have been
destroyed by the enemy.
Heavy Austrian Defeat.
Rome, via Paris. Reports from
Russia emphasize the magnitude of
the Austrian defeat. The number of
cannon captured by the Russians is
now placed at 1,000.
Dropped Projectile.
London. Reuter's Antwerp corres
pondent says that another German
aeroplane dropped a projectile in Ant
werp and that a man in the streets
was severely wounded.. The nature
of the projectile was not ascertained.
Rapid Instructions.
London. A Reuter dispatch from
Paris says M. Millerand, the French
Minister of War, has decided to send
the 1914 class of troops into camp to
give them the most practical and
rapid Instructions.
French Air Men Work Well.
Paris. The Troyes correspondent
of The Hemps has sent the following
dispatch: "According to wounded
prisoners German aeroplanes have
been put ' out of effective action
through lack of gasoline. French
aviators on the other hand, have been
doing excellent work. One FrenO
airman dropped bombs at an import
ant railroad junction with the result
that 10 trains filled with reteating
Prussians were stalled. In the last
convoy of prisoners brought to
Troyes were 17 Imperial, guardsmea