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BASEBALL ana = Racing Results — __PRIOE (ONE ‘CENT. New SN Rei Che Clreulation Books Open ‘to All?| York World). NEW YORK, “WEDNESDAY, _ SEPTEMBER 16, 1914, Pa bat _| “Cirenlation Book: Books # Open | to All.’* 48 3 PAGES |, BASEBA = Racing Results PRIOE ONE OENT. ¢ . OFFICIAL REPORT OF OUTRAGES BY GERMANS GIVEN T0 WILSON BY Le eee T0- DAY EVENING. WORLD RACE CHART BELMONT PARK, | N.Y he WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1914. ANS RENEW FIGHT IN STRONGEST POSITION SINCE MARNE BME British-French, Forces, Heavily Re- inforced, Have Been Attacking Kaiser's Soldiers for Two Days— ae) Against Further Retreat. FRENCH REPORT ON ALLIES’ CAMPAIGN. PARIS, Sept. 16 [Associated Press].—The German armies which failed, according to French judgment, to pierce a road for their retreat by way of the frontier town of Metz, appar- ently have decided to fight another great battle for supremacy in the territ sry northeast of Paris, They have taken up a IMe almost as extensive as that of the battle of the Marne, and for the last two days there has been in progress a desperate struggle, in which the entire German force which made the rapid advance on Paris has been engaged. The allicd troops, strengthened by reinforcements, also are bringing their whole strength into play. Their purpose is to dislodge the Germans who, in some quarters, are believed to be suffering from exhaustion. The positions occupied by the Germans for the second Declare Road to Metz Is Shut! a3 Ned (here, 4m eaay winner, "si straia e ter" Welles fegiowed Reshma out, TSOR Flies ahd geldings} ica . Won easits: lace sane, tao, Time, 1.08, Doiud to. Yet 7 twqvearolie, #400 addel; five and « bf, by Winner, olden Maxim Seo rime Sagily, piace mune, ° Winver, éh, cor extended engagerpent, especially at the western end of their line, would appear to be suited naturally for the combat which, according to French military critics, will have a far- reaching influence. They are stationed on a great plateau of undulating country, interspersed here and there with wooded heights. The following official communication was made public toeday: “During the days of the 14th and the 15th of September the rear guards of the enemy, with which our pursuing forces were in contact, were reinforced from the main body of the German army. “The enemy are engaging in a defensive battle along their entire front, on which certain of their positions show strong organization. “This front is bounded by the region of Noyon, the plains te the north of Vicsur-Aisne and Soissons, Laon, the heights te the north and to the west of Rheims and a line which runs thence to the north of Ville-sur-Tourbe, to the west of the Argonne region, and which is continued thence beyond the Argonne by another line which passes north of Varennes, a point that has been evacuated by te enemy, and reaches the River Meuse in the neighborhood of the Forest of Forges, which is north of Vérdun. [The new battle line as revealed by the official statement issued is nearly 100-miles long. Starting at Noyon, it runs 20 miles southeast to Soissons, then 20 miles northeast to Laon and then directly southeast to Ville-vir-Tourbe, a distance of approximately 55 miles, The centre 0° this line is exactly north of Rheims, about halfway between that city and Bethel, where the British were badly beaten in the original German invasion of France toward Paris.] “During the pursuit of the enemy executed by our troops after the battle of the Marne the Germans abandoned numerous prisoners to our hands. “To these men there has been added a large multitude (Coutinued om Page 3.) 3 BOSTON. ee R. H.PO. A. E. teatecclng Lae err ( 0 1 0 0 oO} sey = Evers, 2b 21650 ° Connolly, If oo1 0 0 * ones, Rien Ee, me vei, Wi, cy an Whitted, ct .0 0 11 °0 8 TSE | Devo e, cf. 10 100 4 18 Schmide, Jb 2 310 3 of $8 13 Smith, ab -0 2000 <. ae Maranvill -§ 2 3 642 ed 3 ™ | Whaling, ¢ .0>0 § 2 0 556 rg rere ‘and upward; sell ¢ and © ax: | Tyler, p.... 0208380 fs, Ax pf, Saito Ls Won easily; place same, Winner, b, Ss == SS & — = 6 27 1B 2 O : Wet etee eid B ST. LUUIS on * R. H.PO. A, FE. 7.7 -0 2 7 041 the be ee pee of OeRiag Tithe ig sireich and thie cate away : | Huggins, 2b .1o1 3032 renee vessel ord cin alba Se a Magee, 1b. -0 2 7 0 0 Miller, 5s -t 1 0 2 0 Wiison, ri o 120 0 ‘| Snyder, o 120 0 Rigger, -0 0 2 046 ~t © 4st ay -0 0 0 2 1 Griner, p. -0 0 0 0 0 | Totals..........-+ 3.9 2% 8 8 SUMMARY. David R. Beach, Dr. Pilcher's private hospital at No. grimly against death by mercury polsoning. solution of bichloride of mercury on Monday night “to kill horses,” according to the physicians, and he did the act unknowingly and | Maranville to Schmidt, a real alive Uke amir broker of No. 76 William street, lies in| Out—by Tylor, 145 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, fighting under the most dramatic circumstances. Mr. Beach, who in thirty-two years old and a man of remarkably fine Physique, lives with his wife and three children at No, 368 Grand ave- nue, Brooklyn, On Monday night, a short time before he was ready to retire, he heard his wife drawing water in the bathroom of thelr home. He was laughing and chatting with her as she did so, Then he went in to get a drink. The bathroom was dark, He groped on the washstand and finding a glass of water there, which he believed his wife had just filled, he drank is down at a@ single swallow. The water contalned three mercury tablets, or twenty-two'grains, which Mrs, Beach had dissolved, first break- ing the tablets into crumbs to in- sure quick solutfon, Though Mr. Beach hurried at once te the hospital jmaintained by Dr, Pilcher, and the | stomach pump was applied three jthnes within the e ing hours, evie neces of the potson's deadly effect n to show at once, The phy- fight for lige her husbands tervible misteke, be- Weved, until to-day, thas he might mot the street te br. Pusber'e We Gid Menominee, {may be lost | words, Mrs, bead he Innocent eaute of Bis knees sank beneath be #0 seriously affected as the doc- tors thought, but, with a turn for the worse in Mr, Beach's condition to- day, sho broke down and had to re- ceive the ministrations of a doctor} series against the Braves here .o- herself. This is the way Mrs, Beach to-day described the circumstances surrounding the tragic mistake: “I had gone into the bathroom and there dissolved three bichloride tab- le in @ glass of wate.. My husband heard me letting the water run. We continued our conversation and were laughing. I left the glass on the edge of the washstand for a minute and came back into the room “My husband went Into the eed room just as I left tt and, thinning the water in thé glass was what I had drawn for him, he picked up the | Not stop to explain the circumstances glass and drank its contents, When 1 came In he looked at me with a wry face and asked me if there wasn't a funny taste to the water, Instanuly I realized what he bad done, I told thin as quietly as T co though my knees shook and my heart stopped | beating. | siclans say that the man’s valiant} “T can see him now as he heard my His face went very white and We od Raging pKIy at « fat ni) 4 Lien ho ran acrase _| ST. LOUIS— He swallowed enough Iquid | Hit—J. Miller. @ team of} nolly, Smith BASEBALL AND RACING BRAVES DEFEAT IN CLOSE BATTLE ; [Batting Rally in Eighth Inning ' Gave League Leaders Win- ning Score. . aT BOSTON. 10002003 —6 01101000 0—3 First Base on Balls—Off Tyler, 1; off Perritt, 6; off Griner, 1. Struck Left on. Bases-Huston, Three-Base Hit—Schmidt, Two-Hase Sacrifice Hits—Moran, Perritt, Con- Double Plays—E Ei behmidt. Wild Pitch—Tyler. Hit by Pitcher—-By Perritt (Connolly); by ‘Tyler (J. Miller). Umpires—Hart and| Rigior. Attendance—14,000. FENWAY PARK, BOSTON, Sept. 16.—The Cardinals open their leat (Continued op Sporting Page.) —_—— FEDERAL LEAGUE. AT BROOKLYN. | INDIANAPOLIS— 11000000 0-2 BROOKLYI— 00000000 0-0) Batteries — Mosely and Rarida: and Owens, Umpires—Bren- nan and M Jof my husband's drinking the poison, but inerely told him that he had done \mo, The doctor applied his stomach pamp at once. My husband tried to make Nght of tt and pretend that there was nothing serious in his con. dition, but he soun felt the effects of the poison and suffered oxcruti- | jatingly.” | SE, STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DAY. | Thessgioniki, Gibralter . 0A M. lAndyM® Notterdam “TAM. Londen vss.) 800 P. My ’ 14; off Amos, 1; off Fittery, 8, GIANTS SWAMP ST. LGUIS CARDS. | . CINCINNATI REDS | IN FIRST INNING Ames Knocked Out of the Box | “\ fant and aubecquently burted as the —Demaree Held Visit- ors Safe. AT NEW YORK. GIANTS— 600021600 —8 CINCINNATI~ 000000010—-1 GIANTS, R. H.PO. A. E. Snodgrass, cf -t 1 2 0 90 Doyle, 2b. 10 0 00 Stock, 3b... 102 1 0 Bur uw. 10 2 1 OF Pics, If, oo 20 80 Fletcher, oe 12421 Robertson, if. 1 0 0 0 0 Murray, ti. . oo toe Grant, 3b., 2b ooo2 41 Merkle, Ib.. 2219 0 oO Meyers, c.. +0 0 7 0 Of -0 0 0 0 0 o 10 4 «0 8 627 100 2 CINCINNATI. KR, H.PO. A. E Killiter, rf........ 0 20 0 Twombly, If 0 t 0 0 0 Berghammer, +O Pt t 44 Grok, 2b..........0 2 4 b 2 Von Kolnitz,ab....0 0 0 0 Nichoff, 3b.. 1oto241 0 Yingling, cf . o 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 0020 0 007 0 0 o 0 0 1 0 -0 0 0 2 0 se terseneers 1 6 24 14 3 SUMMARY. First Base on Bally—Off Demaree, Struck Out—By Demaree, 6; by Ames, 3, by Fittery, 3. Left on Bases—Giants, 8; Cincinnati, 10. Home Ru Merkle. Three-Base Hite—Fletcher, Merkle. ‘Two-Base Hits—Gonsalos, Flotcher. Bacrifice Hit- tolen Bane vie, 3; Snodgrass Double Plays--Groh to Kellogg. Wi 4 Pitch—Fittery. Hit by Pitcher—By Demares, Groh. Umpirea+O'Connor and Byron, Attendance—4,000. (Bpectal to The Evening World.) POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—A crowd of 6,000 welcomed the Giants home to-day, and MoGraw (Continued on Sporting Page.) NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT BROOKLYN. BROOKLYN— 01600000 cilicAGO— 000002000—2 BattertesLavender and Archi Allen and McCarthy. Umptres~ and Emsite. —7 >—-— SAILING TO-DAY. Celtic, Liverpool .... St. Louis, Liverpool. Europa, Naples .... Zosapa, prevevvertrnn 1 4 at lerses two miles away. She was then SAY INVADERS SLEW. CVLANS BY SCORES: | MANY BURNED ALIVE Women Assaulted and Stabbed With. Bayonets — Villages Ruthlessly -“Burned—Priests Tortured and. Threatened With Death—Peas- ants Shot Firat--German cavalry awed the village of Linemeau were at- tacked by some Belgian {nfantry and two gendarmes A Geyman otficer » ollied by our troops during the request of tho Tie rand glan oMfcer in com | of the civiiiva popula! tion took part in the fighting at) Linsmeas. Nevertheless, the villag was Invaded at dusk, Ang 10, by a strong fores of German cavalry, ar- tillery and machine guns. Iu spite of Bur. None formal assurances given by the gomaster that none of the peasants had taken part in the previous fight- ing, two farms and six outlying houses were destroyed by gun fire and burned All the male popula- tion were then compelled to come forward and hand over whatever arms they possessed. No recently dis- charged fircarms were found. Never- theless the invaders divided these peasants into three groups. Those in one group were bound and eleven of them placed in a ditch, where they were afterward found, their skulle fractured by the butts of German rifles, Second—During the night of Au- @ust 10th, German cavairy entered Velm in great numbers; the inhabi- tants were asleep, The Germans, without provocation, fired on Mr, DeglimmeGever’s house, broke into it, destroyed furniture, looted money, burned barus, hay, corn stacks, farm implements, aix oxen and the con- tents of the farmyard. They carried off Mme, Deglimme, half naked, to a |let go and fired upon as she fled, ; without being hit. Her husband was carried away in another direction jh and fired upon; he ts dying, The ‘same troops sackpa and burned the house of m ral) watchman, in Fields — Many Hanged in Homes—Some of the Charges Officially Made by the Belgian Government. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Here is the list of charges of |brutality made in forma! statement to President Wilson by the Be!gian Commission to-day: Third—Farmer Jef Dierchz of Neerhespen bears witness to the fol low!ng acts of cruelty committed by German cavalry at Orameal and Neorhespen on Aug, 10, 11 and 18: An old man of the latter village Bad urn sliced In three longitudinal he hanged head ownsard and burned «lve, Young Kirls have been raped and INge chile here eu was then dren outrared at Orsmai yeral inhabitants suffered mutila- ions too horrible to describe, A Bele #lin soldier beloneing to a battalion of cyclist carbineors, who had dew wounded and made prisoner, was” bound to a telegraph pole on the Troud road and shot, Fourth—On Wednesday, Aug. 1% after an engagement at Haelen, Commandant Van Damme, so om verely wounded that he was |, prone on his back, was finally mur dered by German infantrymen fire ing their revolvers into his mouth, Fifth—On Monday, Aug. 9, at Orsmal, the Germans picked up Commandant Knappen, very seri ously wounded, propped him against @ tre and shot him. Finally they hacked his corpse with swords, Sixth—In different places, notahly at HellongesurGeer, at Barchon, . at Pontiose, at Haelen, at Zelk, Ger. man troops have fired on doctors, * nurses, ambulances and ambulance wagons. Seventh—Numerous wounded sol- dier disarmed and unable to defond themselves have been {ll-treated or killed by certain German soldiers, The inquiry brings forth new facts of this kind every day. Eighth—At Boncelles a body of German troops went into battle cag- rying a Belgian flag. Ninth—On Thursday, Aug. 6, be- fore Fort Liege, German soldier continued to fire on @ party of Bele gian soldiers who were unarmed and had been surrounded while dige ging a trench, after these had holste — : ed the white flag. Bat Tenth—On Thursday, Aug, 6 a © Vootem, near the Loneia, a group of German