The evening world. Newspaper, September 30, 1914, Page 2

awal of the German right wing is already in progress. been recognized for several days that when the Ger- ve way at this point it would mean the retire- the entire German army to the new position already in Belgium and between the Scheldt and the Meuse ‘fa not assumed that there will be any rout of the ; The aerial scouts have already reported that ‘fiéw positions have been prepared, and it is expected the Germans will fall back in good order, fighting as lyery effort is being made by the French forces to pene- the line between the armies of Gen. von Boehm and bh ¥6n Kluck. If this movement succeeds, ‘it will mean. part, at least, of von Kluck’s army and probably part Buelow's, can be cut off and either killed or captured. ait experts pointed out this afternoon thet, the of the operations along the Meuse can hardly! ‘telling blows in the aoparent hope that they. could from the German right, force the with= part of the allied force on the left to ald the ime cogtge, and thus enable von Kluck to strike a de ‘Blow. | Military experts united this afternoon in declaring that Battle of the Marne—it will prove a |decisive victory for atts Paris and London Both Reported Th ‘2 at Von Kluck Offered to Quit Mors print the Paris rumors that the German right wing d of news of this magnitude being withheld. latest report reiterates the story that the French on Sept. 24, that city dqu for the operations against St. Quentin. despatch from Paris concerning Von Kiuck—received —was ar follows: tt ts stated here to-night (Tuesday) that the right has been entirely broken and is now pursued by the allies. All the automobiles Northern Prance have been requisitioned for the bursuit. . 2 _. Armored motor cars with mitrailleuses are also being used to pursud the retreating enemy. made no comment upon it. » One despatch from Paris said thet Gen. von Kuck ol @ffered to surrender to Gen. Joffre, the French Germany. aoe He offered to guarantee that none of the to this report Gen. Joffre declined to accede to these notable feature of the latest official report is thet pers were taken from six German arm) corps. ) The Qhent correspondent of the Daily Express wires: feone arriving from Brussels say that the Germans Preparing to move the administrative headquarters of @ en! government of Belgium to Namur. This is wen te gean that the Germans are getting ready for the i stand nearer their own frontier.” REPORT ON BATTLES IN FRANCE. Make New Assault on ’ Verdun-Toul Line, Says Berlin LLIN (via London), Sept. 30 [Associated Press) —A Geapatch to Telegram Company from Berlin, coming by way of Ameter- the headquarters of the German General Staff made the fal- ‘statement last night; y and the Meuse it is generally quiet. The army operating on the Meuse was repulsed. French have made s new assault along the line from Verdua to siege artillery has opened fire on the forts of Autwerp. The ‘ f the Belgian forces against the attacking line bas deen repulsed.” me mR AMERICAN OFFICERS QUIT om WITH $70,000 FACE, Max Linder Dies on the Aisne, Cable) —The death in the fighting in mated. the battle of the Aisne of the “movie” artist, Maz Linder, |) reported in a ft‘was at:this point that the Bavarian army delivered! aespatch trom Bertin. $76,000 face,” was the moving picture hero of all Burope and on this side of the water there are tens of thousands of *movie fang’ who will read of his death with a sense of personal loss definitely failed and now the German ceftre| Perhaps no actor of the legitimate stage ever achieved such international fame.and so great a follow! versatile Frenchman, whose voice was end of the battle of the Aisne is in sight and that—like|never heard by his audiences, but mories from screens al) the way from Petrograd to Yokohama. profession of the shadow ecreen. Ten years ago he was an anknown actor etruggiing Comedie Francaise in Paria Wheo DON, Sept. 30 [United Pross].—Most of the news| tre monte ago he wos enjoriar an wo months ago is é = fbicss s i income of more than $100,000 a year from the moving pict aad ‘complete retreat, but they declare that It must be| sow producers, all because, aa the ted'4*under reserve,’ Inasmuch as there would be littic| wert manager of Pathe Freres once wrote him @ fow years ago, he had "$20,000 in the twist of the eyes.” That sum was what he originally occupied Peronne. This announcement was originally | went to the French cinema company for, but latterly ¢° sy raised bis oon- when it was stated that the Prench had) (7. Sica to $70,000. by storm and that It was then being used | Aad Max Linder was just tweaty.| ‘3% Bee roars ole when be went to ight wing in France indecisive battles have occurred. Be-|. he "KING OF MOVIES,” KILLED IN BATTLE Says Despatch From Berlin. ROME, set. 8 [Central News Max Linder, “the man with the 1s as this hose remarkably mobile features told Linder was at the top of the new for recognition at the Linder not only played the lending WAR SUMMARY The turniag movement directed against the German right wing by the allied arms te developing rapidly, eccarding to an announcement by the {Wrench War Office this afternoon, toward the north. it to sald. tatled, it ts declared. number of Germans. of the Austrian province of Galicia. gaged in a desperate battle along the line from Termonde to Aershot. } & report from Bucharest says that King Carlos has summoned the |Aerschot Cabinet to meet to-morrow to determine the attitude of Roumania, A message from Antwerp says that the German bombardment of the forts of Antwerp continues and that the Belgian garrison has made sorties, | o¢ the superior German artillery is repulsing the Germans, who suffered heavy casualties. Belgiaus marching | really magnificent. on Brussels are said to be in contact with the Germans. A correspondent at Cettinje reports that the Montenegrins have seized |to make any definite statement until the Austrian entrenchments twenty-nine miles southeast of Sarajevo, cap- |the result of to-day’s (Tuesday) battle ital of Bosnia, near Tsingtau. ‘With the reserves called out Italy secording to @ report from Venice. LONDON, Sept. 30.—The Times bas , RELIEF WORK IN SWEDEN; Talks HOMEWARD RUSH ENDED. STOCKHOLM, Swogen, Sept. 9 (by way of London to Associated Press).— The American Relief Committee, includ- ing Capt. Schindel, Capt. Colvin and Lieut, Phipps, have left here for Eng- land to sail for the United States. Stock- holm bas been the clearing house for Americans stranded in Russia, and in this work as well as in thet of assisting the American Legation the committee has been kept busy, but the rush le now over and the work of relief hes been taken over by American Consul-General Ernest L. Harris. ———_— BELGIANS PRAISE IRON DISCIPLINE OF GERMANS, SVEN HEDIN REPORTS, BERLIN, Sept. 30 (by wireless via L. 1L.).—Sven Hedin, the Bwed-, rer, has published in Swedish papers an accourt of his impre: slong during his recent tour through Belgium and certain parts of France, oc- by tl received the following despatch from ite Paris correspondent. The mes- Gage is dated Sept. 25 and has been delayed by the censor. It analyses the positions in the battle of the Alsne and the terrible fighting which took place in the valley of the Somme. The correspondent, continu- ing, says: “Movements hitherto concealed or vaguely hinted at and the frontal attack of the allies on the German position between the Oise and the Argonne now sinks into the background. It is certain that YACHT OF PHILADELPHIAN HALTS BRITISH CRUISER by Officers and Sailors. The four-funeliled British cruiser which has been stopping steamships oft Sandy Hook, was herself hailed and stopped this afternoon by @ pri- | vate yacht, the Allegro, said to be the property of James Elverson jr; of Philadelphia. by * ' it ARMY OF ENORMOUS SIZE IN BATTLE WI BELGIANS CLAIM {AMERICANS DRIVER TWO VIEWS OF FACE th various thrilling learned ia two da; Gying bo Germans in Gravest Danger, ‘The London Times Comment Signals Ship and Then is Boarded; panore anid thet the big of "Cloak it the Forty Faces,” BiG 52a: rt 2 haees ROU ae, ‘ Yeo We? wo OF KING OF MOVIES, WHO DIED IN BATTLE. MAX LINDER in the Pathe Freres film st e wrote many of them, directed production and conceived the tunts” that tested nerves of the actors. As for him- he was without f to of bie picture plays. | WW Russian assaults in the Government of Suwalk!, Russian Poland, have | Liesele and Breedonk.” A despatch from Petrograd says that an engagement between the | T°™ Amsterdam says that refugees armies of Gen. Rennenkampff and Gen. von Hindenburg has continued since Bundsy morning afong a line extending from Grodno to Druskeniki, @n the Niemen River. Four Russian corps are pitted against an equal ‘The correspondent of the London bi Dally Chronicle with the Belgians, The Russians have established a civil government at Lemberg, capital | writing under yesterday's date, est!-|have been seen in the German (ine mates that nearly 160,000 troops are: outside of Autwerp, and scouts re- An Englinb correspondent in Belgium says that 160,000 troops are en-|engaged in a desperate battle along | port that heavy Austrian siege ar- @ line extending trom Termonde to/tillery, which was used with the Ger- BLD, WEDNBSD ‘War Office announced that the Ger- the Io bet Jectiles and bullets which threw their ranks into disorder and compelled a cost the Germans dearly and was not repeated. fa short, the events of the day confirm the confidence of Bel- Tt fe declared that a vigorous assault on ‘Tracy-le-Mont was repulsed! gians in thd power of resistance of with heavy losses to the Germans, Tracy-le-Mont is the elbow of the fighting line that in a general way stretches from that point east and iS 4 the Ra worth. The official statement talg action mov Presa).—A despatch to er ‘This report was passed hy the censor, but the Wer oaye ac jes more and ae Mueecee Compehy P suche ‘The French War Office says that slight progress has been mate| ‘am says that the Telegraaf has re- between the Argonne region and the Meuse and that the allies have ad-|celved the following revort from vanced east of St. Mibiel. No notable movement hag occurred on the center Chief, if the Germans were allowed to retire| and the situation on the right te reported unchanged. their national redoubt.” Antwerp “appears to be the last effort on both aides, Belgian resistance in the face AY, BBRY VICTORIES BEFORE ~—ANTWERP FORTS|IN FLEEING BELGIUM |Germans, However, Are Bring-| Kentucky Man and Wife ‘Rode ing Up Immense Siege Guns to Batter Fortifications, ANTWERP, Sept. 80 [United Press}.| LONDON, Sept. 80 (Associated| WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (United —In an official statement issued at 4] Press) —Whilo driving from Brussels rae emieed Battle of the a bas 1s afternoo: Belgian |t® Grammont, where they purposed taken ite place in history as the great- Gelock this Afternoon, the Belgian ccing a train for Ostend, Edgar |eet atrugcle of all time, according to a Allen Cantrell of Newport, Ky., and! Compilation to-day from War Depart- man long range bombardment of the/ 11, invalid wife went through a hail|Mment records. It is surpassed in du- outer chain of Antwerp fortifications | of bullets, one of which killed their|fation of time only by the Battle of has abated, It je stated that for sev-| driver. The two Americans were :eft| Mukden in the Russo-Japanese war, ‘ eral hours the a concentrated | with their cart overturned in a ditch holga lasted panda sor be age | the fire of the long we big guns | and at the me of @ German uhlan. humbers: engage¢ and extent of My Cantrela, who be « pas EAtousti battle-front, it tar overshadows that the German lines, went with his wife | om Forte Waelhem and Wavre io an | endeavor to silence them, SLAIN BY GERMANS Through Hail of Bullets Near Brussels, | ‘The Belgian forte replied eo vigor-| inst Wednesday to a euburb of Brus- ously that they enovesded tp dis-/seia, where he hired @ cart to take mounting two of the German guns} him to Grammont. end the bombardment brought up from the south. ‘The official statement saya: “At no point aid the German tn- fantry Gare to meve againet eur firet|in thie predicament German ablan| lines of defense. Only one attempt | rode up and covered them with hii was directed against Forts Liezele and Breedonk. Our troope belding positions between lowed the enemy to advance until they were within close range when the ar- tillery and infantry working in a re- markable combination, showered the these works al- ‘tacking column with a hall of pro- recipitate retreat. This attempt LONDON, Sept. 9 (Associated “From various points the garrison | th Cy sed the Ger-) lish filled fi nm An official German announcement states there has been general fighting beni wits eeavy Peat The bom- would again take up arms during the war, Ac-|0® the German right, but nothing of a decisive character has transpired.|perdment of Forts Woelhem and is German headquarters also report tho center of the battle line is quiet.| gt. Catherine by the Germans con- | cov The French advances in the vicinity of Verdun and Tou! have been renewed,|tinues. A single attack has been de- | he vered by the Germans on Forte A despatch to the Central News arrived from Ghent report that Bel-' today as lan forces marching on Brussals ere | thro in contact with the Germans. “This battle,” the correspondent says, “As regards Antwerp it is not easy suddenly | ported his sick wife on the seat while stopped. It le not expected that {t/ ine driver sat on the dashboard. On well be resumed unti! the arrival of! the road to Grammont, while the curt ng range mortars that are n0W | was coming down a steep grate, bul- leta began to sing over the hends of <i the travellers, The driver said he/ they las ‘A vigorous German bombardment | wan used to bullets and the cart cou- of Forts Woelhem, Wavre and St:|tinued. But soon the firiag became Catherine, which was continued) cioner and the driver, atruck by a throughout the night, abated at ®/ bullet in the temple, rolled trom o'clock this morning. The assaiiant®|tne cart dead. Mr. Cantrall grasped 14 not succeed in silencing the guD®} the reins and turne! the horse into a| Mal of the Belgian forts nor in any way| ditch just as the animal, excited by lowering the morale ef the garrisons |the falling body of the driver, began of the forts. Mr. Cantrell sup- to kick, While Mr. and Mrs, Cantrell were revolver. When the Americans showed thetr passes the uhian apologized and | dismounted. He made sure that the) driver was dead and then rode away. Mr. Cantrell covered the body with & Dianket and, with his wife in the cart, he led the horse into Grammont. Mr. Cantrell, who with his wife, reached London to-day, gives a eraphio picture of the state of Bel- ium eince the German invasion. He says the stench from the shallow burial trenches in unbearabdi: the bodies in these graven are often cut up by the heavy bigge | of passing artillery. The railroads «énerally are marked by overturnod locomotives, The forts of Lie Mr. Cantrell xaid, saw a trainioad of prisonera. Germans allowed the people to give food and tobacco to French prisoners, but not to the Englishmen. The Eng- s. Mr. Cantral liked with a wounded German offi who said that the En, infantrymen were so fond of that they were not feared. But ib tal vil led | captured at the bai reas lik polo field. TH GERMA BATTLE OF ASNE NS GREATEST FT| SUNKBY ASTRA I WORLD'S WARS) MEIN ADR Surpassed in Duration of Only by the Battle of Mukden. confilet. The following table will show some of the other great battles of the ane ee Other great battles we Wateriou e ani Ticon ig the shortest rosa Als toe ate Naval Collier Vestal er Balem, while off Cape Cod be learned. Wireless advices Charlestown Navy" that the Salem evening. eatin GERMANS SAY BRITISH received Yard ‘The German War Offine to-day of the Gordon High! admitted the use of the British army SCOUT CRUISER SALEM |= DISABLED AT SEA Later Heads for Charleston, Mass, Navy Yard Under Convoy of BOSTON, Sept. $0.—The soow ernie | way to Boston to-day, was disa! for a time by engine trouble. later proceeded with the naval ool- Mer Véstal for a convoy, but whether or not under ber own steam could no’ Indicated would arrive that Col. Gordon an4 tdeut-Col Nelsh ere, who wer of Mons, have imdum bullets by Time ROME, Sopt. 89 (United Press). Rumors are current here that @n Italian torpedo boat has struck @ floating mine off Comacchio and sank with the loss of her crew. The Min- ister of Marine states that he bas. no confirmation of the report, but that he has ordered it investigated. rumor has Austrian fesling. atic. and the time on Ler! wn @ Cd ADMIT USING DUMDUM BULLETS IN BATTLES. BERLIN, Sept. 30 (vie wireless te the | ARENS—On Tu United Press through Savvitie L. L).— of Theodore Arens. of al DEVITT.—On Gept. ‘T beloved of Margaret © Mra. Cantrell collapsed in London result of the ordeal whic! quently their ad to be pos! oMcial military that dumdum to their men mana mans in the reduction of Maubeuge, ia being brought up from the south. It is not bellaved it will be possible for the Germans to take Antwerp. The fortifications bave been placed in oundition to withstand a siege at all points. In addition there have been new rapid fire guns mounted points of vantage and the dykes re been opened, Sooding the low. is known. The German losses in the| lands. Tokio announces that the Jaganese have occupied ‘LaoChe harbor, hola bees Misha tay iy beta pap fallen.” will have an army ef 1,810,000 men, the German armies are in @ position ‘f the gravest danger, “The allies have succeeded a nasterly fashion in threatening both ‘lanks of the enemy simultaneously, ind he is compelled to fight for his life, He may succeed in extricating his force intact, for he ts still foriald- way. himself he can hardly centre upon his present position and it looks as if he will have to retire in order to withdraw himself from the grip of the alli claws. If he is unable to do this, is beaten, and it will be only the wreck of his forces which will then; reach the German frontier.” \ cruiser apparently was oblivious of the yacht's presence. Presently the yacht slowed down and signalled the cruiser, The cruiser replied and a few minutes later launched a boat in which an officer and bluejackets made their way to the yacht, ‘The British sailors were aboard the ; Allegro for some time. When they left the Allegro headed in for New York. ——_—_—_ A NEW “CLEEK” STORY. “The Fadeless Tints,” another “Cleek” mystery story, complete in next Sunday's World. Read this Great story by T. W. Hanshew,euthor Antwerp forts will be attempted and It to certain the reduction of the that this operation will be carried on by the marines and naval raserves from the Geet and the engineers from the Landwehr organizations and the siege gun battalions By this ar- rangement it will not be necessary for the Germans to withdraw any of their active troops from France, It ts reported that Austrian troops Reports from Ghent say that con- ditions there are serious because of the Fig ed Mery he ‘s who have 0 0 city. cluded are ll of the residents Alost, whicu has been completely evacuated by the Belgiana Thi probiem of feeding these refugess @ serious one. (From the Yonkers Gtatesmas,) “Don't you think he's an no 3 don't.” ith you?” ta. of In't he talk incessantly connect Rs New York Emergency Call Madisoa Square 6901 The War Office statement enys both British officers were exemined before an eartriA, oe ts vare passed out for use against the Ger e Ger- Please notify us «t your earliest convenience This will enable us promptly to make the new and dis- the old service and meter connections The, Edison Company At Your Service General Offices: Irving Place and 15th Street Telephone: Stuyvesant 5600 Branch Office Show Rooms for the Convenience of the Public 424 Broadwey Spring 9890 *124 W 42d St Bryant 5262 "1% Delancey Hy Orchard ie a Bee at Lenox 7780 10 Irving tuyvesant Sth St Harle: "H2E 1%th St Melrose . *Opea Until Midnight Night end TALIAN WARSHIP Coming on top of the demand served by Italy on Austria that she stop the rewing of mines in the Adriatic, the resulted in much anti- Comacchio Is a fortified town tn @e Italian province of Ferrara, in the midst of the lagoons termed Valli ai Comacchio, three miles from the Adri- | Funeral Thureday, Oct 2, 1916, 0.80 A. M., from her mother’s residence, 489, W. 28d at. Interment Calvary Cemetery, 29. DANIEL DSY- Devits Devitt, formerly af