The evening world. Newspaper, October 12, 1914, Page 2

ety ayes "GERMANS LOST 45,000 MEN 3 IN TAKING ANTWERP FORTS © Late Reports Say That 26,000 Soldiers Crossed Over to Holland—Damage to City Not Yet Known. LONDON, Oct. 13 [Associated Press} —"Tt te stated that the Germans 46,000 men during the attack on fortresses Waelhem and Wavrest. | Catrerine at Antwerp,” cays 0 Central News despatch from Ameterdam. =| * (A Geapatch from Hust, Holland, quotes « Belgian officer as saying that * “ jp. Many wounded mon among the Belgian soldiers who crossed the Duteh Mize have been taken to Hulst, the Dutch Government placing special trains Wet thetr Atoposal. ‘The rest of the Belgians have been taken to Axel for, © Giateen hundred Belgian solifers, non-commissioned officers and men, derived ot The Hague to-day. Additional details of the shelling of Antwerp indicate that the damage ‘Was not as great as at first estimated. The damage inflicted on the city by Germen ertillery may be set off in large measure by the great destruc | ‘wrought on German shipping in the harbor by the Belgians. _ Ae oficial communication from Bertin states that no information is yet graliable as to th jount of booty taken in the town. | ‘The Daily Mail's Bergen-op-Z0on, Holland, correspondent, says that fire-| mee tried to extinguish the flames during the bombardment of Antwerp, | thirty shells or shrapnel fell among them, killing several and discour- | 6 them from further attempts. | Aatwerp Aldermen and some of the city notables gatheref every im the cellars of the town hall with the Consuls of neutral counrties,” | ues the message. “The municipal employees working in the offices, @ neighboring street threatened to leave. They sent a deputation to the, _ Aidermen, who allowed them to go with their families to a last mass In Cathedral on Thursday at 10 o'clock. The church was then closed. Mgr. Doyen of the Cathedral passed the following night in the cellars . @@ the Anna Byn School with twenty-eight priests and laymen. He sald ass and gave Holy Communion and later, having consulted with Cardinal Mercier, he left town. “Four thousand shells fell on the city. fe “One hundred and fifty houses have been destroyed by the bombard- eat” _ *% . Definite information has been received here that the Queen of the notwithstanding the report last week that she hed reached Eng- not left Ostend for London. has and Ghent and beyond the outer range of the Antwerp forts. His + Majesty was at St. Nicholas as late as last Thursday morning. His oubse- BERLIN, Oct. 12 (By wireless telegraphy to Sayville, Long Istand).— ‘The General the atteak by German infantry and marine divisions, the defend- complete collapse of the Angio-Belgian defense of Antwerp was the fact thet no military authority could be found with which to cerning the surrender of the city. The surrender was finally with the Burgomaster. i Gen. von Beseler, who has been decorated with the Order of Merit for | Sie capture of Antwerp, has temued a proclamation addressed to the people, BO one would be harmed unless they committed hostilities upon the “Resistance,” he sald, “will cause the destruction of your beauti- Private property in Antwerp was spared. STO.OSTEND NOW, PARIS NEXT, WAR GRY OF THE GERMAN ARMY (Continued From First Page.) } Gp a0 at —y |, OFFICIAL GERMAN STATEMENT. ‘ Foe’s Cavalry Routed at Lille; ota | LONDON, Oct. 12.—A despatch to Router’s Telegram Company trom shelter in the lower rooms or cellars of their buildings.” —-7-—__—_. might by the German General Staff: “Our cavalry on Saturday completely routed a French cavalry division of Lille, and pear Hasebrouck we inflicted severe losses on another cavalty division. Until now the engagements gn the front in the theatre did not lead to a decision, * “About the booty at Antwerp no communications can be made, as in- till fails. Neither can the number of British and Belgian troops ‘who crossed the Dutch frontier be fixed, “In the eastern theatre we repulsed in the north all attacks of the First ‘Tenth Russian armies on Oct. 9 and 10. The Russian outflanking efforts iby way of Schirwindt (East Prussia) equally were repulsed and the Rus- us lost 1,000 prisoners. “Im South Poland the advance guards of our armies have reached the ‘ Near Grojec, south of Warsaw, we captured 2,000 men of the SBecend Siberian army corps. “Tae Russian oficial communication about a great Russian victory at Augustowo and Suwalki (Russian Poland) ere invented. The fact that no o@cial Russign communication has been published about the tremendous at Tannenberg and Insterberg (bots in East Prussia) vouches Of teltable officia) information.” + OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT. “fee total number of soldiers who have crossed trom Bolgium into Holland fe 4 Russians Checked on Border}? ster: % thst city are now in Ostend WHERE THE ALLIES FACE GERMANS ALONG BATTLE FRO is VALENCIENN Vat aCamara) AMIENS PERONNE 4 bt Ps eo cut $ ROVE 4 @® Laren? ST.GLENTH ii ReTHeL Novena 4, (/ CR&ON ®e0 , of COMPIE GN —_—— z rs SOISsons ReEIMS OOHOOOOOSS CEOVOICHEOIOOOBOIODOTSHOGOHS 6) Olse the enemy endeavored to deliver several attacks, which failed, notably between Lassigny and Roye. "“Second—On the centre we have made some progress on the plateaus of the right bank of the Aisne, in front of Soissons, and to the east and southeast of Verdun. “Third—On our right wing, in the Vorges, the enemy delivered a night attack in the region of Ban de Sapt, to the north of St. Die; they were re- pulsed, “The flag captured yesterday belongs to the Sixth Regiment of active Pomeranian Infantry, No. 49, of the Twentieth Corps of the Prussian army. ‘The Brigade of marine fusiliers was engaged during all the day of Oct. 9 and the night of Oct. 9-10 against German forces and repulsed them, and at thé same time inflicted heavy losses, amounting to 200 men killed and fifty z quent journey westward was in company with Belgian troops, whose with- a a wat <a iy Gia orerek tee ee amounted to nine men killed, thirty-nine “tn the Belgian ficld; According to the latest information received here concerning-¢he situation at Antworp, the Germans occupy up to the present " Staff of the biden Seri yest today that In the be-lime onty the suburbs of this city, The twenty-four forts on the two banks oe very strong garrison defended werp with great energy, but | of the River Escaut are resisting with energy. fled . “In Russia the fighting still continues with “ercenoss on the frontier full rout. Among the Antwerp garrison was one British marine of East Prussia. To the northwest of Lyck the Germans are retreating, at the same time destroying bridges. \ “In Southern Poland, between Ivangorod and Sandomir there has been artillery fighting with columns of the enemy, who have reached the Vistula.’ i; WAR SUMMARY The %fficial war news !s brief to-day but war office statements are not needed to make plain that momentous results bang on the fortunes of the desperate buttles now being. waged at vital points on the line that stretches from Switzerland through northern France to within twenty-five miles of the Straits of Dover. ‘The heaviest fighting !s on the I{ne of Lassigny and ions. ‘his after- noon’s official report from Paris says that the allies repulsed German at- tacks between Arras and the Olse and that cavalry engagements continue in the region of La Bassee, Estaires and Hazebrouck. Bpectal attention is directed to Ostend. There have mbled the greater part of the Belginn army and about two-thirds of the British forces that escaped from Antwerp. It 1s believed that Germany is pushing for- ward to attack the city with the hope of capturing and the port in own risk. When firing is beard the people should imme- | her operations against England. A bitter struggle to keep the Germans from the cc Itable. To- day's reports indicate that the German cavalry advance is leas than thirty miles distant from Ostend. The strength of tho allies at Ostend {s not known 1 British reinforcoments which were unable to possible that reach Autwery In time to A despatch from Berlin says the return for the last week by the via Amsterdam, gives the following statement which was issued | Reichsbank shows an incraase of 644,000,000 marks ($136,000,000) in spectc notes, while circulation shows a decrease of 292,000,000 marks ($78,000,000). A German official statement asserts that on Saturday German cavalry completely routed a French cavalry division west of Lille, which indicates that the extreme limit of the western battle is within twenty miles of the Sraits of Dover. It te officially announced in Berlin that in tho eastern theatre of war all attacks of the First and Tenth Russian armies have been repulsed, while the same fate was suffered by the Russians when they attempted an out- flanking movment by way of Schirwindt, East Prussia. Petrograd {# silent on recent developments, The R explains this silence on the grounds of strategy. r Office Vienna claims that the Russlan attack on Przemysl, the strong fortress in Austrian Galicia, has fated. Berlin asserts that the Russian advance on the Enst Prussian frontier has been checked, while the Germans are steadily working eastward in Russian Poland. Neutral sources report that cholera fs spreading in Austria. | German airmen dropped two bombs in Paris this morning. The misatles struck in the yards of the Northern Railway station but fatled to explode. Germans Repulsed at Lassigny ™ and Roye, Says Paris War Office PARIS. Oct. 12—The following offcia! comnvunteation was given out in i @ur left’ wing the cavalry engagements continue in the Heiaires and Havsbrouch. weer ehe PAUL KRUGER’S NEPHEW BACK IN LONDON FROM A GERMAN WAR PRISON. LONDON, Oct, 12—The Rey. Epka de Warr, a nephew of Paul Kruger and at one time Secretary of State for eneral in th: i Condon to-d , ntion in W it of the Ten but was held by t subject because MAL BELG tween Me Oise and Rasime our troops have made olight ad- vanogs tothe north of the Aisne, Jeriripchont in the region to the Rorthwest of Boisson: _ s. Between tacks ‘cade at repulsed. ‘From Rhelms to the Meuse there is nothing to report, i | WAR ENGLISH MAYOR ISSUES WARNING TO LOOK O UT FOR AIRSHIPS - /) Becond—On the centre be- Rheims, German at- ight deen i : By William Philip Simma. PARIS, Sept. 30 (by mail to United Press, New York).—Burglars in & miser’s money. box are welcome parties compared to correspondents on the fir- ing line. War correspondence has come to be a prison offense in France. Gen. Joffre simply won't have it. I have just passed two days under guard at the front, one day under guard in Paris—part of the time in the famous military prison of the Cherche-Midi—and eight days of pa- role, | because Gen, Joffre refuses to have correspondents giving his war operations the once-over at close range. And I was not the only member of this “seeing the war” party. There were sev of us in all—four of « Americans, including Richard Hi ing Davis, an “old offender.” Having previously been pinc’ almost every other army in Buro~s, Davis remarked dolefully after the French nabbed him: “By gravy! This loo. I'm going hom I understand he is lonving to-day— his eight-day parole being uD, his “time” served and fines paid ‘There were three of us and a chaut- feur in our own party, the New York is my Wat:-- O10 00000 0000000000000 00000000 0000000 00003000 CGC 0OS WRITERS’ GLORY GONE: PRISON YAWNS FOR THEM movoig WORVRE x HIER aekemorer © the rooms of the farmhouse. At the back, across the fertilizer plateau. were two more doors, through one of which I spied two of the biggest cows I ever saw, one lying down chew her cud and the other standing in that bent-double position assumed by kino when making their tollet. She ceased Hoking her flank to eye us newcomers. The second dor was also open and was labelled in cha PRISON We were ushered into this. The room was identical with the cows’ bedchamber. German prisoners, French deserters, spies, suspects and pillagers stood or lay about «> ’ hay which covered the floor. We were put on parole not to try to get away. They took our word for that, but to make sure they kept a sentry at the gate, with instructions to shoot If we showed any Inciination to be absen inded. ‘They were very, very nice about, insisting ali the time that we were positively not considered prisoners—aa prisoners were entitled to soldiers’ rations and we were not, A kick about our quarters among the prisoners—since we were not pris- oners and would be shot only if we ran—got for us an empty hay loft and the proper use of money got us hay to sleep on. On the morning of the second day Times correspondent, the New York Sun man and myself. rare good luck witnessed an action around the French left wing and were bound toward the centre, at Rheims, when it happened. It was a merry captain who pinghed us. “Hey,” he called out gayly, “where are you folks going?” “To Rheims,” we chorused. far ts it?" “Let's go usk the General,” he sald, and laughed lke a sphinz— mysterious-like, but with a joke in the chortle. Slowly we were oozed into what the joke was. It was on us. The General eaid Rheims was seven miles away and quite too far to walk. “Oh, we bave a car,” we chirruped, uncomprehending the General's grim humor, “Oh, requisitioned that,” he sald, “Captain, will you escort the gentlemen out?” The Captain would and did escort us out. Also in. Imagine a country village where there isn't even a rail- way depot, where @ postoffice, gov- ernment tabac, three farm houses and several cowlots are bunched to- gether and you will have the acene of our arrest. Imagine again a stone farmhouse built in U formation, with @ stone fence across the top of the U and the ground plan of our prison will be clear, If you add to the cen- tre of the cowlot @ tableland of hay and other stable rakings, the whole “How thing wet and very smelly under the We had by/i, we got our car back and were taken ‘aris, an armed gendarme along along with us. Arriving late in the evening we had dinner in the corridor of the Cherche-Midi military prison. Almost we had the privilege of sleep. ing there, where Capt. yfus was shut up, but m; lous forces aud- denly ghifted us, between midnight and 1 A. M,, to the Invalides, where in the shadow of Napoleon's tomb alept in officers’ beds, let, go, Yes, the war correspondent’s game prices and yu ef payment MEN AND SUITS, COATS cold driasie, the picture will be fairly ; | complete, Clothing °° Credit For Men and Women Widest choice of the latest models, new- and fashionable colorings, at SUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR FURS FO Entrance to Clothing Through Furniture Store Furniture, Rugs, Bedding OVER PARIS TO-DAY Missiles, Hurled at Crowded Trains, Failed to Explode —Are Found, FOUR KILLED SUNDAY. Two Flyers Dropped 20 Mis- siles—Cathedral of Notre Dame Is Set on Fire. PARIS, Oct. 12.—T wo Germ..n aero- planes at a quarter past 10 this morn- ing dropped bombs between two rall- road trains that were In the act of pulling out of the Northern Railroad statiol ‘The missiles did not ex- plode and were later found imbedded two feet in the oarth. | The ratiroad trains were crowded with p ngern, | Another German bomb was dropped | to-day at St. Ouen, a suburb of Parte, | but it also did not explode. | ‘This missile fell within a short te- tance of @ large paint factory, where | there is a gasoline tank with a ca- | pacity of 80,000 gallons. Two German mondpianes flying over Paris between 12.30 and 1 o'clock yes- terday dropped twenty bombs into the centre of the city, killing four civil! and wounding twenty, of whom twelve were women and girls. The attack of one machine seemed to be directed againat the celebrated Cathedral of Notre Dame. One bomb dropped on the cathedral, set fire to a beam on the roof and made a large hole in the parapet and roofing. Another fell in the square before the Bishop's residence. The other airman directed his at tack against the Northern and St. Lazare Stations, but was unsuccessful in infileting serious damage to prop- erty. The progreas of the campaign in the North of France and the fall of of Antwerp were forgotten for a mo- ment to-day by the people of Paris, who spent their time in discussing the throwing of bombs on the capital by German aeroplanes, Officials adopted measures lou..ing to the pre- vention of similar acts in the future. The first thing to be done in this regard the appointment of Gen. Hiracha' to take charge of the aerial defense of the city. Gen Hirachauer ts an aeronautic expert He organised last year the aeria! branch of tho army servico. ‘The creation of serial equadrons stationed at cardinal points, always to be ready to dash after the aircr: of the enemy as soon as they should be signalled approaching the city: the arming of fast monoplanes with quick firing guns, and the telephon- ing of warnings by restdents of the capital to the French Aero Club, which is now under military control, wers among the suggestions dls- cussed here to-day. ——ie AMERICAN REFUGEES FROM OSTEND BEACH ARE SAFE IN LONDON. LONDON, Oct. 12.—One hundred and forty Americans to-day reach — the of- fices of the American Rellet Committee in Landon, coming from Ostend. had steamship fickats o8 oy all vessels. which sailed BG the t Saturday. ir tras - tion an been exten to future sailings ——ee eS is gone—that is, the game as it used to fe No more will the correspond- Generale how to fight their bat da will U4 G oe x, nto hour for having uttered them. The prison doors yawn for war writers ind the lid is on. i ent tell DROP MORE BOMBS | FROMPRZEMYSL, VENNA REPORTS Relieving Army Enters City and Besiegers Chased To- ward the San. LONDON, Oct. 12.—A despatenh from Amsterdam to Reuters Tele- gram Company says: “A telegram from Vienne states it 1s officially anounced the Austrian Tapid advance has relieved Praemysi, Galicia, of the Russians. The Austri- ane have entered the fortress at all points and where the Russians at- tempted resistance they were beaten. ‘The Russians fied in the direction of the River San, attempting to cross at Siniava and Lezaysk, where & great number were captured.” VENICE, via Paris, Oct. 12 (Asso- ciated Press).—Cholera is spreading rapidly to the remotest districts of Austria. The Austrian troops in Galicia are being vaccinated against the discase. The cold weather hae caught the Austrian soldiers in Galicia unp pared and the authorities are makin, most urgent appeals for warm cloth- ing. ‘Swink to the inci e in the price of Nour, the Vienna Bakers’ Associa- tion has announced that its members will make only big loaves of the so- called war bread and that they will sell only for cash. The consumption of horse flesh in Vienna ts inci As many as 200 of the ani- mals have been brought into the market in one day. The Ministry of Commerce bes ordered that all letters going to places abroad, without exception, must me left open. This includes letters containing valuables. ETROGRAD, Oct. 12—An official ement given out to-day expresses the belief that the death on Saturday of King Charles of Rumania removes an obstacle to the turning of Ru- mania to the cause of the allies, to which end recent Russian diplomatic efforts were unavailing. It ie further that the bk wari of the Rumanian people will now assert themselves. —— WILSON WILL NOT PASS JUDGMENT ON FRENCH CHARGES OF ATROCITIES. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—President Wilson will acknowledge the receipt of French protests against alleged Ger- man atrocities, transmitted to the State Department Inst week, without at- tempting to pass judgment. He told callers to-day that similar treatment would be given to all such representa- tions from the natio —_—_—————_— Gold: Warranted 10 Y rapidly, Reduced from $2.00 FREE 3 sere vine it oecesions, iw MA Funeral services at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 812 F. 88th st. on Tew day, Oct. 18. at 3.80 P. M, OMITH—On Oct. 11, 1014, after» long Mt ness, MARY BARBARA, wife of Frank M. mith and daughter of the late Mary B. Molmes, at her residence. 88 Greve at, New Tork. Notice of funeral hereafter, Cleveland Press please copy. WATSON.—On Oct. 10, THOMAS WaT. BON. Funeral services from his tate residence, 2788 Pond place, Bronx, Tussdey, Oct. 18, at 10 A, M. Services at Masonic ‘Temple, 284 st. and 6th ay., at 12 neoa, on most libera! terms YOUNG MEN ; DRESSES AND WOMEN 263 6th Ave. in W.17thSt.| ‘The following lodges are invited to at- tend: Pyramid Lodge, No, 490. ¥, and A. M.; Union Chapter, No, 160; Mamesek it. Andrew's Goeléty, Osledonia Club and Genera! Bo- dety of Mechanics and Tradesmen, In- torment in Hversreen Cemetery, Kindly