The evening world. Newspaper, September 8, 1914, Page 2

‘tn succession, witti a goodly part of the general fighting of | the handdto-hand variety. The Germans were said to have been pushed back by weight of numbers, the British cavalry and infantry ing en. masse along a battle front of nearly twenty The British were said to have encouraged the French to uct: an extent that their commanding officers had difficulty in restraining them from attempting the impossible. ‘The Germans, under General von Kluk, are outnumbered | and are reported slowly to be giving ground. The French | movement, however, must be completed before the hosts of the army of General von Buelow, now being rushed to the pescue, arrive. Field Marshal French of the English army is declared to be in command of the offensive movement, which is be- Ba. vo be participated in by nearly the entire British tionary army and the French seventh army. allies are on the offensive at Precy-sur-Oise, thirty north, and at Nanteullele-Haudouin, thirty miles to northeast, and it is stated at General Callieni’s head- that the German right has been driven back more seven miles. ‘The Germans are reported as strongly entrenched, and me utilizing to the utmost their machine guns and their field artillery. [ANS POUND HARD ON FRENCH CENTRE. “Tie Germans are pounding at the French centre with enormous force. The combined armies of Grand Duke the Crown Prince Prederick Wilhelm and Gen. ~ yen Hausen are endeavoring to break through in the territory Petween the headwaters of the Somme, through Vitry-le- Franco! and Genicourt to the Meuse River. The German left seems content, according to the word ae > grem the front, to hold the French right and prevent any 3S pt on the part of the Allies to attempt a flanking itmevernent trom the East. “The defense of the centre is under command of Gen. | pod Pau, and he has with him thirteen picked French army " gorps (520,000 men.) I¢-is plain that the Germans have staked everything on the outcome of this fight. If they break through in the centre, the French army is divided and its effectiveness materially lessened. If the Germans lose and their right is crumpled up, in order to prevent annihilation the Germans must retreat to * geform their lines. 3 *2"'Vety little news of the progress of the fighting has reached ‘but that little was favorable. It declared that the ish and French columns were slowly but surely driving the German right back, inflicting heavy losses. y +The: Germans are making a desperate stand, while ing. reinforcements, but it is stated that since the Hing actually began their front has been shoved back mites, | =. The British regulars are doing great execution. The " wounded arriving here declare that the British are relying =) on their bayonet charges to gain ground. After shelling the German position and then sweeping with rifle fire the British regulars charge against the Germans and continually force them to evacuate their entrenchments and fall back on others. BRITISH NOW OCCUPY GERMANS’ FORMER LINES. »As a'result of this style of fighting the British lines te riow along positions that were yesterday held by the ns. It is stated that the French are cooperating lly with the British and are showing a better spirit ‘than at any time since the initial fighting in the north - commenced. *“°No word comes here from the fighting on the centre. the Germans are striking their hardest blows, fighting olfensive battle. Should they win, it is unlikely the | ot ish successes against the German right wing will have} "°¢ iy appreciable effect on the ultimate outcome. Ca But if the French lines hold, ¢xperts here declare the German right will be routed and the German offensive { cease. PARIS, Sept. 8 [Associated Press].—Several thousand rvists have been engaged since the outbreak of the war putting the outer defenses of the entrenched camp in to resist a possible sicge by the Germans, The military jor has now decided to hasten the work and yesterday thousand additional excavators were given blankets so they can sleep on the spot. They have been sent to the trenches. BRITISH REPORT ON ALLIES’ CAMPAIGN. LONDON, Sept. 8—[United Press].—The Germans are being Fi The official announcements of the French en backward in France, Office, contirmed by the War Office, here, Geclare that the French on bw! the offensive all along the line. ‘The French centre, for which grave‘fears have been felt, is declared only to have withstood the general assault of three great German but to.have driven them back with engcmous losses and now to be ancing in turn to the north, The French War Office declares that the Germans are retreating: all gz the enormous battle line that stretches for nearly 150 miles across to the east of Paris. This announcement caused a distinct feeling of optimism here. It ye feared that the French mijght fall in this admittedly the greatest sue of the war to date, and the declaration that they had been able to the offensive was construed in military circles as indicating that the an war machine had’at last met its match and would now be forced a into Germany. It is admitted that the result is still far from But it is also insisted that once the French troops take the ve. othe} can be depended on to fight with far grater effectiveness they would have on the defensive, constantly retreating. > Meanwhile the War Office continues its preparations to launch its new volunteer army against the Germans. It to-day issued a general i to all army officers, those on the retired list and those who hac left seryice for any reason otaer than having been cashlered, to repor: to| wi colors, By this means it is expectea that the great need for tr:ined OUI nana ne gang gp oe ya map toad field taught Low shoot and care for OCT. 4 AS DAY OF “PRAYER FOR PEACE President Calls All Nation to Join in Supplication for End of European War. WABHINGTON, Sept. 8—Preaident Wilson to-day signed « proclamation calling on the people of the United Btates to pray for peace in Europe. ‘The proclamation in which the Prea- ident ects aside Sunday, Oct. 4, as a day of prayer was as follows: “By the President of the ‘United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. “wWherens, Great nations of the world have taken up arms against one another and war now draws maillions of ‘men into battle whom the counsel of statesmen have not been able to save from the terrible sac- rifice; “And whereas, in th: as in all things, it is our privilege and duty to seek counsel and succor of Al- mighty God, humbling ourselves be- fore Him, confessing our weakness and our lack of any wisdom equal to these thing And whereas, it Is the expecial wish and longing of the people of the United States, in prayer and counsel anc all friendliness, to serve the caus of peace; WILSON PROCLAINS |FULL OF DYNAMITE | AUSTRAN EMPEROR WHEN FIRED ON BY BRITISH CRUISER German Freighter Magdeburg Was Coaling Kaiser Wil- helm der Grosse. The German Australian freighter Magdeburg came into this port to-day flying the German flag and bringiag eyewitnesses of tho fight in which the converted cruiser Wilhelm der Grosse was sunk by the British cruin- er Hightlyer off the coast of Africa. Incidentally they were witnesses whose observations of the battle were made more keea by the knowledge thas the hold of their own ship was ‘k-a-block full of dynamite, con- signed to Melbourne for mining pur- poses, The Magdeburg ie the first steam- ship under the German flag to enter thia port since the patrol of British and French cruisers was established | of New York harbor. The Bohemia, |a bark, slipped past the outer guard in mid-August after a trip up from the tropics, hugging the coast line, But the Madgeburg came boldly Across the seas, taking only the ordl- nary precaution of showing no lights at night. Her commander, Capt. Orgel, asserted that he had not seen a crulser of any nation since hé left | Gottenburg on July 19. He said noth- “Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States America, do designate Sunday,* th prayer and supplication and do ent all God-fearing persons to repair on that dey to their places of worship, there to unit. thelr petl- tions to Almighty God, that, ver- ruling the counsel of men, setting of | baie day of October, next, a day | ing about the fight of the former North German Lioyd greyhound aad the Highfiyer; that came later from hia crew when they asked the de- Parting Health Officer at Quarantine how the battle had ended. Capt. Org id that be put in at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, as soon as ho heard from @ passing ship of the outbreak of war, He reached straight the things they cannot gov- ern or alter, taking pity on the na- tions now in the throes of conflict, In His merey and goo. .cas showing @ way where men can see none, He vouchsafe His children healing peace again and restore once more that concord among men and nations without which there can be neither happine nor true friendship nor any wholesome fruit of toll and thought in the world; praying also to this end that Ho forgive us our sins, our ignorance of His holy will, our wilfulness and mu = errors, and lead us in the paths of obedience to places of vision id to thoughts and counsels that pur 2 and make wine. “In witness w:ereof, I bave here- unto set my hand and caused the neal of the United tates to be af- fixed. “Done in the city .. Washington this eights day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fourteen and of the Independence of the United States of American the one hundred and thirty-ninth, (Signed) “WOC OR OW WILSON. “By the Prosident: VILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, “Secrotary of State.” JAP AVIATORS DAMAGE GERMAN KIAOCHOW FORTS; CAPTURE THOUGHT EASY. TOKIO, Sept. 8 (United Pres was officially announced to-day the Japanese aviati operating eonjunction with the blockading fect off Kiaochow, have succeeded in greatly damaging the German fortifications, Ae @ result, it is stated that the in-Chief is confident that can reach the positions there sucely on Aug. 6. A week later tuere were rumors that Spain was to join the allies and be set forth again, iio ran tor the coast of Africa, nop- jog to find @ safe haven for bis snip and its ay) nite in Toguland, Out {rem the coast came the news that tro British were in the only German colony on the west toast, Capt. Orgel, never mentioning his encounter with the Kamer Wilhelm der Grosse, said that he set his course first for Brazil and then for New York. As the port surgeon stepped back on his launch half a dozen sailors asked eagerly as to the Wil- helm’s fate, “We met the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,” one of them said, “soon after we heard that the English were in Togoland, She sald she needed coal and our captain said he could spare a little. While we were alos side @ British warship came ou . were between the Kaiser Wilircim and the British ship and we were full of dynamite! Les we could get loose—and the of the Kaiser Wilhelm were just as anxious to have us away as we were to go—«@ shot struck our side and went through the forecastle.” | three inches In diameter in the Mag- deburg's side. “When we were free we went away An fust as we could, We were out of sight before the firing stopped and we did not go bi to see what hap. pened. No! The British Admiralty's report of the sinking of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sald that she Was coaling from erman steamer which escaped dur. nine ugemant, Teporter of ‘The Evening Ww orld “who had Kone out on the doctor's une} was asking more questions el came to the rail and looked ercely ordered his men inside | tioning {n spite of his apparent uneasiness, thot tt te My violation of neutrality to Coal al warship at AUXILIARY TROOPS IN FRANCE ORDERED INCORPORATED IN ARMY. 335 P, M.—The PARIB, Bept. ‘ | French Minister of War to-day ordered that the auxiliary troops, usually un- fie“ nels ge and heaslh Sarma” sailors pointed to a hole about | *! DIED 12 DAYS AGO, SAYS LONDON PAPER African World Declares News Was Suppressed Because of Dangerous Situation. LONDON, Sept. 8, 3.35 P. M.—The African World, @ weekly publication, has received information through what it regards as a reliable Aus- trian source, to the effect that the Austrian Emperor, Francis Josef, died twelve days ago. The news of the Emperor's death was suppressed in Austria-Hungary, the paper says, on account of the dangerous internal situation. —.__—_—_ {PRIEST OF LOUVAIN | | | RUNAWAY FIRE MOTOR SMASHES HOLE IN HOUSE AFTER HURTING CHILD Steering Gear Goes Wrong! and Machine Runs Down Baby Carriage. Francis Smith, driver of motor en- «ine No. 283, was sending his ma- chine along Park place this afternoon | at full speed, answering an alarm | for what later proved to be only a/ trifling fire in a tenement at No. 1518 St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn, when, at East New York avenue, the steer- ing gear of the engine went wrong. Smith twisted the wheel in vain and then shut off the power and applied the brakes, The speed of the engine waa so QUOTED AS PRAISING BEARING OF GERMANS: WASHINGTON, Sept. &—An inter- view with the Vice-Rector of Louvain University, publiahed in Berlin, was re- ported to the German Embassy to-day in a wireless despatch, as follows: ‘Coeinise! ‘olkszeltung, Germany's leading Catholic organ, prints an inter- | view with Mgr. Coenrad, Vice-Rector of Louvain University. "He says there was muc ‘man soldiers in the streets; firing was from Belgian guns, which gave dif- | reports rifle: Coenrad was one of the hostages hel by the Germans at the time of t firing. He heard that, other’ prominent citizens were led srouee in the streets to read the German jamation at, forty or fifty different places, warn ely! rane against shooting, ‘Even while reading these he heard Relgian shots continuing. He highly praises entire bearing of the Germans after entering the city.” fee Ba SS GERMANY’S SUPPLY OF ARMS EXHAUSTED, ROTTERDAM HEARS. LONDON, Sept. 8.—A despatch to the Daily Mail from Rotterdam reports that it {@ stated on good authority that the supplies of German arms are now ex- bausted. The rifles carried by the Landsturm, the last reserves, are said to be of an old type and it ts also said that there ts insufficient ammunition. Some of the Landsturm appeared armed with rifles taken from giana, while uniforms, it is at not available for troops. —>—— GERMANS PLANNING LARGE ADDITIONS TO THEIR PRESENT NAVY | an. LONDON, Sept. &—A the Express from Amsterdam says: “According to a Berlin message, statements made by members of the Reichatag on the subject of naval ex- pa nsion point to the building of elve, torpedo-boat divisions, six aire hip divisions, a number of min and other craft. tion of thr: two emaller cr pose aenmeeaen GERMANS DRAWING NEAR DUTCH FRONTIER AS BELGIANS FLEE. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8 (via London). ‘The Nieuws van den Dag says that the Germans ere steadily draw! nearer to th Dutch frontier, The inhabitants the Belgtan frontier villages are fleecing to Dutch territ | propery Many destitute fu-itives have din _Dutgh Flan AUSTRIAN AVIATOR DROPS BOMBS NEAR ROYAL PAIR; IS DRIVEN OFF BY FRENCH. ANTIVARI, Sept. 8 (United Prese).— While Prince Danilo and Princeas Jutta, his wife, were landing here day from a French hip an Austring ator Hew over the party and di bomb in a! tempt to wr) the «bai Apparent. The bomb went: wide of | ile viata aa aire Y ae with « of no oasii stseat aad Bel- | Gi ted, are of the Landsturss | rmted after forsaking their | abi great, however, that it shot across the street, mounted the sidewalk, where it struck a baby carriage in which was eight-montb-old Frances | Kasinaky of No. 1933 Park place, and then caromed aguinst the four-story brick Lali Bo the corner, used as lothing factor . it struck the Twa with such force that it etaved in @ hole about four feet square and buried beneath a pile of debris and packing cases, which had been piled up inside, Israel Co- hen, an employee of the factory. The collision halted the engine, the front of which was badly damaged, but Smith, the chauffeur, was unhurt, and firemen riding on the back were thrown off, but only bruised. Dr. Rogers was called from St. Mary's Hospital, and after patching up Cohen, who was cut and brulsed, but not seriously hurt, he took the aby to the hospital. The li'tle girl was injured internally, and tie sur- n said that there was alinost no ope for her. ——— aE ' GERMANS AGREE TO KEEP OUT OF GHENT IN FORCE GHENT, ~elgium, via Ostend, Sept. § (United Press).—Ghent ts not to be oc- cupled in force. This was decided on to-day following a conference between the Burgomaster and the commandant of the German forces sent to take the city, It was agreed that, in considera- tion of the billeting within the city of only @ nominal force of German nan troops, Ghent wit furnian all needed food au lea to the German forces outside of the In addition it agr Ghent civil cord onal ved ‘is arrangement be- and ¢! an an mit ss by the cit: Berit Pal tuBlare bale barament or sloge. aL nee GERMAN LOSSES EXCEED 350,000, ACCORDING TO AN UNNAMED OFFICER, LONDON, Sept. &—A Post corres- pondent, wiring from a po’ 't not given in the despatch, has seen a letter from @ high German officer tnvalided home. tn which he states: “The war is not going quit. allied forces 1s extraordinary. We are beginntny to feel nervous as to reaull Ge jerman losses are terrible, terrible that the Xmperor has forbid their disclosure, generals bave bat Gantouly wasteful ‘with our men Who have been mowed down In thou- mews it te {aponible to say what ir loss e. estimate them at be- fween "360, 000 and 400,000, If the con- tnue at this rate we shall be aul e un- jo to mect Russia with any hope of succe! — GERMAN CASUALTY LISTS SHOW ONLY 2,273 DEAD; BERLIN, Sept. 7, via London, Sept. o {Associated Prese).—The twentieth cas- ualty Het, just fesued, contains 1,187 names. Included in the list are 187 | crew of Germans, | had objected to the crew and that IF THEIR ARMY IS FED.| expected and the resistance of the! NEW YORKER IS KILLED. | BRITISH PROTEST AGAINST RED GROSS: GERMAN SAILORS “White Ship of Mercy” Held Up Until American Crew Is Provided. 11 STOWAWAYS FOUND. Carries 30 .Doctors, 120 Nurses and Supplies to Aid War Victims. ‘The steamer Red Cross, “the white ship of mercy,” which was to hava sailed at noon to-day, was held back! by the intervention of Great Britain, | through Consul-General Sir Courte nay Bennett. The Red Cross, which wi the Hamburg of the Hambu: can Ine, had on board nearly all her The Red Cross people declared that all the crew hat declared their intentions of becom- ing American citizens, but this does not, in the opinion of Great Britain, make them citizens of this republic. Capt. Rust of the Red Cross was closeted long with Sir Courtenay and would say nothing at the conclusion of bis conference. The British Con- sul-General said that Great Britain i @ new crew would be supplied before she sailed. Sir Courte- .y gave out the following statement: “As it ts destrable that there should be no friction whatever in connection with @ Red Cross veasel sailing for| @ charitable and most pratseworthy | Durpose, It has been agreed that the vessel in question shall be manned wholly and entirely. by American citizens, officers and men.” The Red Cross, it is believed, will not aail for several days at least. The Red Cross, formerly the Ham- burg-Amorican liner Hamburg, with a coat of white, with a crimson line from stem to stern on her sides, the Ameri- can flag at the peak, the Jack at the fore and the flag of the Red Cross | fying from the mainmast, her new name Red Cross freshly painted on hor stern and bows was ready to sail when the protest was lodged. It was a busy day. The 120 nurses who had volunteered to go to the front for the Red Cross Society were up early, the sur- goons wore all at thelr posts soon after 10 o'clock. The excursion steamer Highlander passed the mercy ship on her starboard bow and her band played the “Star Spangled Ban- ner.” The nurses, in their neat sults of gray, surmounted by blue capes ned with red and wearing blue fedora hats or caps of white, rushed to the side and stood at attention and sang the chorus of the national an- aem, At 10 o'clock @ lifeboat dri’ under charge of Chief Ho'sun M. Wogan, U, 8. N., retired, was had and the doctors and nurses were assigned to their stations. The boats were swung out in the davits and were ready to be dropped to the saloon deck, where the nurses and surgeons stood, and where they will stand in case it be- comes necessary to leave the Red Cross at sea, Eleven at. “aways were uncovered, most of them being turned out of the Mfeboats when the canvas coverings were ripped off. Others were found in the coal bunkers and one was fished out of a ventilator. Nearly) all of them were Germans, anxlous to go homo and fight for the Father- land. They were put into the lazar- ette until the roundup was completed and then were sent ashore. The officers of the Red Cross are ull retired navy men. Her commandor is Capt. Armistead Rust. The other officers are Cominander J. 8, Dodd- Speciu for tuesday SUGAR PEPPERMINT AND WINTERGREEN WAFERS—Thin, colm shape disks of Su favors of inde- CREME, ite ihe the | ; de bets OUND HOX a ‘EIED TROOPS ARE ' DRIN VING BACK “ENTIRE GERMAN AR GERMAN RESERVISTS FLOCKING TO THE COLORS rid, Lieut. Edward Darst, ng ing officer; Commander Bi Hf.) Woes bees! engineer; Chief Bo’ le to the commanding of- fleet C Chlet ‘Bo'mun Timothy Suflivan, \eenior watch officer; Chief Bo'sun Seas, Bastin and Chief Bo'sun C. C, h officers, and Paymaster Mewes. rhe only officer on board in active service is Major Robert U. fener U. BS. A, Chiet of the of Modical Service, Red Major Patterson will make the trip and return on the steamer. He has been Ient to the Red Cross for the occasion by the War Department, has under him surgeons wat’ kive internes from achieved fame, and Harvard, Fordham, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, George Washington, Pennsyl- vania and Jofferson Universities, and from Roosevelt and Bellevue Hoa- have the pick from 600 applt-® said the major, “and we have enough picked men and picked nurees for six more units, Each unit is com- posed of twelve nurses and three sur- geons and two units will be supplied to France, England, Germany, Aus- tria and Russia, Belgium has an- nounced that she doesn’t need any and that she will be content with supplies and equipment. At the head of the nurses is Miss Helen Scott Hay, who was appointed to go to Bulgaria in response to a request of the queen of that country for a Red Cross nurse to instruct her people in the work, Miss Hay will probably make her way to Bulgaria after all the nurses amd surgeons have been landed.” “We all realize that we are going on serious business,” said Miss Hay. “We shall be the first shipload of women to cross the Atlantic, per- haps, in the cabin in calico, and there will be no tango or maxixe ( while away the hours. We shall be busy with first ald and other in- structions to classes every day. Every nurse is a woman of experienc “Few of them have been on the bat- tlefield, but all have had work tm. hospitals and many in floods, cyclones and other big work requir- ing skill and care. And these women are going at a sacrifice. They re- ceive only half the wages they have been getting here. They will not go on the fleld, but will be established at base hospitals, unless an emer- @oncy should arise requiring other work of them. “We go first to Falmouth and then Havre, unless the Germans have changed that base for the French by the time we reach England. Then we go to Antwerp to leave supplics for the Belgians, and to Rotterdam, for the Germans. One of the Red Cross units will sail this evening on the Loannina of the ional Steam Navigation Company of Greece, Three surgeons and twelve nurses are bound for Servia to give their services for the wounded Serba. The head of the party is Dr. Edward W. Ryan. His assistants are Dri Donovan and Ahern. All three are Fordham College men. Dr, Ryan is the gentleman scat to Mexico by Charge d’Aftaires O'Shaughnessy at the time of the trouble in Vera Vhen the Mexicans ad been taken th that there had been an indiseriminate slaughter of innocent women and children, Huerta’s men clapped Ryan in prison, where they kept him for three weeks, Every night they used to tell him that he was going to be shot in the morni This was cal- culated to have a fine effect on the nerves of a well organized man, bul It failed to impress the finely organ- ized Irishman in the manner the Mexicans intended it should, So, for a change, they begun taking him out in the morning and putting him up againat an adobe Then they did rything but shoot him They gave the order “Ready, atm, fire!” and snapped their triggers Ww Ryan found that he wasn't shot he stood and Inughed at the Mex- feans. In disgust they took him back to hig cell until they finally let him go. It is generally thought that Dr. Ryan and his party will succeed Ip getting Into Servia’ GERMANS EVACUATE TERMONDE; BEATEN BY ANTWERP ARMY. PARIS, Sept. 8—A despatch from Antwerp to the Havas Agency states that Termonde een niles from Ghent, was eva who lighted several retiring. ‘They also blew up a bridge over the river Escaut to the north, renounce for the moment their intrusion {nto the country of the Waes district, Afterward they directed an attack, the despatch says, against the southwest front position of the Antwerp army nd were repulred with krent losses