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8 CB BVENING WORLD, TUBSDAY, COTOBER 27, 19 40 40, —— Coast on an almost direct line to Dunkirk and leave along the coast the thin Une of Frencd and Beigians who are holding the coastal positions at fright ful odds. In part the Germans bad succeeded in that manoeuvre on Sunday, the British Warships Were compelled to steam out to sea and quit firing 0 BVO Ritting their ows men. But later, when the Germans moved south trom Nieuport ané again appeared inside of the coast three-mile line w! marks the offeetivercss of the sea firing, the warships reappeared. fo- ay they Bfe again in action. Bvrery bospiial in Dunkirk ané Calais te filled with wounded and mans private houses bee \deered for hospital purpones, As fast as the hospital ships can steam they go backward and forward Scroes the Channel with their loads of victims, who are being cared for in Engiaod. OFFIC:Al, GERMAN REPORT Advaice Aided by Big Guns, Says the War Office in Berlin BERLIN, via The Hague, Oct. 27 United Prew)—The War Office to a7 announced that while Hghting to stil! in progress all along the France Beigian tront, at no point bas either side gained @ decisive advantage. It ‘te Mlared that, with the bringing tate aetion of the main German artillery the Germans are advancing more rapidiy and that the “objective of tho campaign” onems certain of aocomplishmeat. SThe ematier of the"Writioh warvhipa, it to stated, have been forced @ Withdraw entirely from the coast line, and those that are still in Gthen are co tar of the shore that their shells are ineffective. ta the vicinity of Verdun the fighting continues, with the Germans forcing the French slowly back. There is also severe Aghting in th vieinity of St. Mihiel, where the French and German forces are en; ia an artillery duel. i Lieut. Weddiges, commander of the German submarine U-9, which @ank the British cruisers Aboukir, Horus, Crecy and Hawke, has been G@ecorated with the Order of Pour le Merite. OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT. Germans Driven Out of France, Says the War Office at Paris PARIB, Oct. 37 (Associated Press.)—The French official announce- Ment given out at 3 o'clock this afternoon says: “The fighting continues to be particularly spirited between the mouth of the Yoor and the region of Lens. In this part of the front the allied ferees have at no point drawn back and they have continued to make Progress 1@ the region between Ypree and Routers. ‘ “In the general region between Boissons and Berry-au-Bac an artillery @ugagement resulted to our advantage and in the deatruction of soverai batteries of the enemy. . fa the region to the east of Nancy, between the Forest of Bezange und the Forest of Parroy, we have assumed the offensive and driven the enemy eerecs the frontier. Germans Lost 5,000 at the Yser; Belgians Left 10,000 on Field LONDON, Oct, 27.—Latest reports of the terrific battle in which the Germans fought their way across the Yeor Cana! say that the Kaiser's Grmy lost 5,000 men and that the Belgians left 10,000 on the field when fereed to retreat. * Zhe correspondent of the Daily Mail in Northern France, degeribing (Be Aghting en the Yoor, says: 4 “Trere. were 3,00 German podies ip the Yeor Cana! Sunday morning after the fighting of the night Many were drowned apd others were Wayenction, The water itself was bicody, while Dixmede's streets were ghrewn thick with the dead. + | “These mhoulish facts alone give some idea of the savageneas of the Gghting, the docperation of the Uerman attacks and the stubbornness of ‘te plites’ recistaace, “The aight was e hell from ark to awa. At almost every potat of | ™* oe line mau opposed man, dometimes at a few hundred yards’ distance, but More often ta c arips, Face to face men even wrestied and died by @rowsing cach other im the canal's waters. @he Germans bad bad orde 5 te get through that night, cost what it might. ORDERED TO CROSS AT WHATLVER COST. “Ap officer who was capiured said the delay of more than a week be crossed, even at the cost of thousands of men. That, fa effect, was the order given, and the German soldiers, all credit to them, 44 their dest. “Probably 6,000 of them gave their lives Gaturday night. They could ast give more; yet failed, but net because the Germans did not literally obey. their orders, + crossed the waterway all right ag they were od, | ownage ‘Gould met make good. They were 04 down with to fragments by abelle and bayoactihd Seek yard by yard ever their own dead into the waters of the canal. into the very gray of Bunday morning the bloody work went on 0 fiercely that there was bardly @ Weneh or bridge guard in the whole line that did not imagine he hag ben singled out for special attach. * “AL weneved that 6,000 Germans crossed the River Yeer, G06 Of thom got back, These to the north and soribeast of Dizmude, prob ably 2,000, wer, met by a Ame rally of the Belgian infantry and of the cavairy, who had tethered thelr horses, and were driven by main force, ai the bay point, to the river canal and inty it, The many bodies in the Water the next aay gave grim testimony of the ferce.ces of the Aght. “About 3,00u Gesman inisolrymes re ino Dixmude. They neld it fora time, but with shell Gre and rifle fire the Place was riddied through end through. The Germans dashed out of the crumbling houses only w be wiped out by a sirocco of shrapsel and ebot im the streets. “When Sunday morning broke the dead an¢ wounded were every- where Dixmude was a cemetery, but in the woods not far away anothe: tutes of Germans lingered. They held their position under a despera 84 eventually were reinforced. The allies could mot oust them and the Germans are still across the Yeor. | it hardly BAYONET CHARGE BY 40,000 FORCED ERMAN RETREAT Russians Turned Right Flank and Thereby Saved Capital of Poland. PETROGRAD, Oot. 91.—It was off- @lally announced to-day that several’ determined atte apts on the part of! the Germa to resume | | offensi jermans, it ie ing to intrench under cover of their artillery, but tne Russians continue to baram then, inflicting heavy losses. ‘The official stateme rt says! "The A th vicinity of; Petron the vicinity! has 001 battle tron the mouth of the River } fighting baa been continuous since Saturday, with the & sane frequent- ly resorting to the bayonet to gain ground. The he.viest losses Bave ceeu inflicted on th “rhe Hussiai eccupied Nemyiowsky forest, southeas Rawa, capturing several guns and many prisoners. Fierce fighting con- finues in the forests between Kadom and Kosenice, “The Musstane are steadily advanc- ing Ip the Qelicta region near the Barbor, having captured twenty guns 4 many prisoners, The entire vai- y of the Mprynia River ie strewn th the enemy's dead, whieh number it 6,000, Ay the German at- tempts to resume the offensive frum East russia have failed. “Tho Germans are .eported to be Greati, oxm.,eratwu over tncir fail. Ure to capture Warsaw, woice tiey had beneved aireauy was wi.nin their gra "Their retreat In ¢ Tuesday when the Mussa’ then rignt Gank with a bay harge, partici- pated in by nearly rps (about 4,090 the wae! ch atreat an Gri abandon several of their machine gu. | and hand to fighting, the Germans being mm out and’ forced * am Sidenmmset teeters ete 14, Convict-Banker’s ‘‘De Luxe’’ Term in Sing Sing; Joy-Rides and High Finance for Sulliva s HE HAD TELEPHONE THE | 130N AND | HE |S ALLEGED To ANE SALTED AWAT 800000 - ZEPELN 0.3 NOST POWERFUL FLEE, LAUNCHED “On tp London!” Soldiers Dwi A Stuire THE Convicten Banner. OF THE WARDEHI IN SING SING AUTO HE SOMETmES BROKE THE — TE Ow CONFINEMENT BY Shout at Ceremony 100 Big ACTING %e SECRETARY Te (Continued from First Page.) Airships is Germany's Aim, | ——™*®"AReen er OOD 00 000PAD |secesseiee LONDON, Oct. 17.—A despateh over to:-Mrs. Sullivan, but a check he from Geneva, witteriand, to. the +} ’ exhibited had been indorsed by Sul Express gives th livan and is said to have been cashed al) of thelr de and. wounded. : "At Lovitch they left hundreds of , Outeide of Lovitch the Rue. | iH buried 1,800 Geld a ‘one pulnt \ "The Germans , ' re ener y an} deavo ng and to stem the Russian whicb Is continuing.” t BRITISH RELEASE BRINDILLA, HELD AS A WAR PRIZE HAMPFAX, N. 8, Oct. 27.—The Standard Oil ateamer Brindilia, fying the American flag, whore the Brien cruiser Caroula the occasion of a proteat by United Sta to Great Britain and a the steamer’s immediate formally released by the horities to-day. she takes on a supply resume her interrupted voyage Alaxend It te estimated that ehe will remuin here for several days yet, The formal ceremony of releune was simple. Sheriff acting under an order issued by Judge of the Ad- miralty Court, board: the tanker took down the cony of the writ ied to the steamers mainmast, when she was brought into port sev. days ago. The Sheriff then calied & the Captain to the deck and formally ) &Y notified him that ahip and cargo were in hie hich had round the nought Into the incident COSSACKS GET ORDERS TO STOP CAPTURING EMPEROR WILHELM. PETROGRAD,, Oct, 2.—Atrict ordere bave been tesued on the rattle front tn Western Poland that “the Emperor Wilhelm 1. 1. to be captured any more.” Since tow firet reported among + Nussiane in the Buwalkt and in Maat Prussia, two weeks or more » that the German Emperor iad visited Lyck in person, kee rivalry has eet up among the Cos sacka as to who should be ts iret to capture that monarch, One day a Cossack non-cc nmis soned officer came into camp wit) A prisoner whom he announced t ALLIES’ LINES ARE DRAWN BACK. “Their presence may not become permanent and they may suffer the Game fate as has overcome hundreds of their fellows during the week, ‘who got over only to meet death, but the Bel; and French lines, ter the type being, at least, have been drawa back at this point. “Ie ene night (Friday), between midnight and dawa, seven different -@aviaughte were repulsed. Swarms of Germans rushed up with newiy- ‘mate bridges of wood. They were dropped across the canal and, notwith- gtanding the deadly fire from rifies and mitrailieuses, the Germans burst aston, There was Bo stopping them. “This sort o° thing bas happened day after day, but im the daylixht (Om followe’ eact night the marauders vere hunted and mowed down. @reat batches were killed. crowds were taken prisoners, but that mattered sothing. The next night was eure to bring more attacks of the same kind, Teinforcements seem never to cease. They come fresh , and trains and trains of wounded have been rous thas ever, They rether thea give wey, Their determina ttt = 4 cage ea. ‘© unmistakably Wilhelm, It wa Necessary to disillusion hin, ar ‘is captive, although bearing » strong resembiance to the 1 ., peror, especially in his hirsute adornments, was merely @ lieute.- ant of ublans. Undiscouraged by this mistake the same Cossack, on the follow. ing day, brought im two more prisoners and declared that one of them, at least, must be Wil. heim, ¢He fered @ wecond dis. appointment As Chis fruitless chase threat ened to Interfere with the proper performance of the patrol duty of the Cossacks, ordere were iasued that “Hmpéror Wuhelm is got to ve captured.” , by Miss Louise D. Burkhardt, who was hia private secretary when. Sul- livan was at the height of his finao- lal power. : aa Miss Burkhardt’s home js in Yon- kera and it is there that Bullivan je fald to have gone on many of bir lad ‘arden Thomas McCormick in the Government Called for: B6SD. | werser's car, Assistant Diatrict-at- ayes ics [tomney Goklatem : 006,000—Antwerp Claims’ |aays in Younors trving te ane wet $46,000,000 Damages, lautshing of “The most made has just Friedrichhafen, on Lake Constance. Without preliminary trials, it few away oorthward at great speed, cheered by the soldiera, who shouted, “To London!” Count Zeppelin was present at the launching. ‘“The airship has a special armored Compartinent for bombs near the Propellers, and a big gun inted in front to destroy aeroplanes, A second aire! milar type will be ready by 1 of October, “As soon as thie new airship—the ALREADY ON THE Burkhardt, So far he has failed, but he has collected several other wit- | Neskes whose Stories throw light on | | |bassador, gave to The Evening World thirty-first of ite kind—ie Anished, work will begin on another, Mure be ins are being built at Dussel- BERLIN, Oct. 27 (by wireless to Sayville).—Information given gut in official quarteré in Merlin to-day ‘us the treatment of Sullivan the convict by the man ‘suphdded to guard him. Dantel ‘J: Cashifi, County Clerk of dorf, Col. .ar and Hertin, the German Westches: told Mi ‘ ‘ as follows: a ir. Goldstein thai Siete ton bunted eck nA, total of $800.000,000 bas bean patd| he Aad frequently” seen Sullivan In on eo nm war loan, al ou | Yonks “4 —_——— the | wan ous uo een, | Yonkers with McCormick in the car GEN. VON MOLTKE SUFFERS FROM GALL STONES AND IS UNABLE T@ COMMAND. BERLIN (via wireless to the United Preas through Bayville, L. 1), Oct. 27.— It was officially announced to-day thi the malady of Gen. von Moltke, chief of The latest returns of the imperia: Bank snow specie to the amount of DR ener an Increase vf $6,.0v,00 0 of $23,500,000 up to Oct, 26. According to reports from Antwerp, fifty firms of th city will present to the British Gov- ernment claims for compensation for tne aestruction of goods after the evacuation of that city was deter- mined upon, These claims amount to $46,000,000 and will be presented through Brand Whitlock, the American Minister to Belgium, The battle for the road to C The territory west of the Yeer, déadiiest vf conficts. seems to be without end. according to German advice the coast line by the effective Despatches reaching London say the Saxon Gaze! coast has been waging, are in ruins. and the countryside is scarred as if b: Bruges, Bome of the most terrible Jecided. ° | son as their powerful guns get into | |locally that the Germa, tions to the north. Moat of the reports from the ea: the upper hand to the Russian seeking to stem the Russian onrus! The left wing of the allies has been due in part to efforts to offeet the constant tide of fresh German troop» and im part to make good the decreased activity of @ie British fleet, which been forced to withdraw further from WAR SUMMAR was oetill undecided tq-day. the crossing of which cost the Ger- man army the loss of more men compared with the area of hostilities than any single engagement in the war, continues to be the scene of the It ts said that the Sow of German reinforcements inforced, @ fact which may be of the German artillery. that Emperor William bas demanded apequivocally that Calais be taken, and a telegram received to-day quoting gi what purports to be an ambitious pian of German \pyasion, once the sorth coast of France Is in their hands, ‘The towns of West Flanders over and through which the battle for the The can re choked with the Jead y an earthquake, Bome of the biggest of the German guns are now reported te be at stages of the confilct remain to b The Germans claim that the fate of Verdun will be sealed promptly a action, From near Rheims has come @ despatch dwelling upon the Indication: are preparing their positions in that part of the Alene for all winter, but (his will depend largely on the result of the opera + arena of the war continue to give thoug! It eeome to be oMcially confirmed that Italy bas landed torces ip Aldenis and that Greeks aloo are making their way {Ato this territory, in circulation show a decrease | * the Germans are raltying and) and that once he had ridden witn tuem a. far as Varrytown, Un thi. occasion McCormick acted as the uffeur and Cashin sat in the ton- feau with Sullivan und three wo.nen ,tobert Johnson, a Yonkers chaut- cour, and Policeman Ford had seen sullivan in Yonkers on more than gue occasion, They had seen him walk- OR the streets, of course, not in the aniform of @ convict, and once Ford firected him to the warden's auto- mobile go that hec ould get back to ‘is cell without taking a train for Sullivan, & stranger In a strange own, waa lost, hnson said that he vad frequently seen the car halted rutaide of Miss Rurkhardt's home. Assistant District-Attorney Gold- stein will summon all these wits nesses before the Grand Jury, and John J, Malloy, assistant superin- endent of industry in the prison, who went to the Raymond strest jall yesterday rather than answer Mr, Cropsey's questions before the Grad Jury, sent word to the District-At- torney to-day that he would he glad ‘o talk to-morrow. .He will have the “hance, inne Feurth Race at Laurel. Handicap for all ages; one mile.— ‘epublican, 97 (Callahan), ‘first: Paint trush, 106 (Buxton), second: Montreso: . % (MeCahey), thid. Time, Shad. ‘actics, Holiday, Pullux » “yt i $2 mutuels pala: Ri publlcan, atrstene pla Lt show ue Paint nee *' 10, show $3.20; - Ine rite a0 ‘Mon 000 RUSSIANS IN BAYONET CHARGE CHECK GERMAN ADVANCE n| MONROE DOCTRINE {GERMANY ACCEPTS ‘THOU QUEST Count von Bernstroff Corrects Erroneous Impressions as to His Country’s Attitude, Count Yon Bernstorff, German Am- Doctrine as follows: “If the United States Government desires we should give agsurances | in the event of victory, Germany will mot seek expansion of coloniza- In North America, iscluding Canada, as well as in South America, we will do so immediately, Gerinany ‘has not the faintest intention or de- aire to violate the spirit of the Mon- oe Doctrine. I say aa emphati- sally and distinctly can, so that there may be no possible opportunity o mistake our attitude In the future. We have tready laid before the United States Go went an official note stati that Germany » -uiu e ‘« expansion in South America. North America was not included, be- cause it never entered our minds that anyone could conceive that we had the slightest Intentions toward this continent. But now that quedtion has | arisen we will give the assurance in| any: form desired. “Discussion on this point arose from publication of sor. sthing I did not say in a Washington interview and erroneous inferences drawn from what I did say. tefering to our declaration about South America, & newspaper correspondent asked: ‘How about Canada? To that | merely replied that Canada Itself had violated the Monroe Doctrine by thaking war on Germany and had! thus piaced herself beyond the pro- tective influence of that doctrine. “[ did not say, and.I had no thought of conveying any inference, that Ger- ‘many might seek to take advantaze of this fact and dominate Canada if the victaries of war would permit. I make this announcement so that the American peopie may clearly understand the attitude of the. German Government. “There ls one other subject going ‘the rounda of the public press that | wish to atamp emphatically as false. made to a Gen to be a mem- References are bei von Edelsheim, all ral Ataf! and author of a book entitled ‘Oppratto Upon the Bea,’ in whidh “atta { the United States a) “This book is a such .n:.a as t 6 Vv. feribed in Germany. ficial inquiries made aad I.can em- phatically stamp the author as un- known and bis book ag false. “1 cap imagine it to an English product, deliberately designed to de- thoroughly and} Ihave intd of.) AMERICAN MILLS GET. ¢ CZAR’S ORDER FOR 15, TONS OF BARBED, WIRE, An order for 18,000 tone of darted wire has been placed by the Russisn government with American mills, it was vearned to-day. te o part of the order. pored Nor have “been booket by ican Steel & Wire Com) heme: ALONE glasses. The real problem is to secure their full measure of usefulness by skilful mounting and adiuste ing. i any one is capable of making accurate—comfortable —perfect fitting glasses for you —we are—we have the ex| ence—the skill and the facili- ties. The fitting and making of proves eyeglasses is not a “side ine” of our business—ét és our entire business, . Harris Glasses Cost $2 or more, mista Ban Ratton eireet™ GEN Renad Stover, Yownrk, Moet dane tn the Wart Stennes: 140m St. tn.rence of asbway or Special NvOT UueF $ ® Haviland Desig: Pin every Prone Maga | iv cdatewiaedlts, NT a, | colve find to arouse in America public opinion hostile to Germany.” TEMS FOR INVESTORS, Colorado and Southern gr three gonths declined $398.9: decreased $161,413. Chicago and Great Weatern Sep- tember, gross declined $29,536; net in- creased $38,736. Three months’ gross declined $158,387; net decreased 980,- 075. Interstate Comme! ey HRP ea PD led from Oct, until Jan iffs of Great Northern al id Ud su Ht tar an adiitional charge of er day or @ fraction of a day for t two dave after free time allowed an additional charm of «1 + or fraction of a dy, for each suc- SH tn held. day ceeding day the Central Leath Company, quarter ended Sept. 20, total Income’ increased $131,082; net increased ii Surplus 773. caval te for nine iy fo $1,’ 4.46 per cent. on common stock for nine months or at the rate of 5.94 for the year, a CHICAGO WHEAT AND CORN * MARKET, Monday WET oe cme allt, a be: AR i i. iT, Tang, BR ER oy Ay Wheat irregular and barely steady in second hour at lower pric 3-8 above the low for the da: Corn opened heavy; siop orders were reached on decline: closed 3-4 to 7-8 below Monday's final prices, Advertised specials dre on Sale at Al + VF ASO | tT: | Clee 1180 p,m. oad, Our Stores, ~pecras for heunvena) ¥ Ldoeed po eg Meg sy the 5 2, ntend: te # Nered % 0c mm Thene met cream ree aie ‘The specified weight includes the container in each case. 320s a vies Your terais Are vu. berms BAUM ANN’S iT TAKES sour dollars to RIAL LEATHER Couch, ot, Purchase of $i%@ over OPEN EVEMY EVENING Only knurance on iduth St. ANTED—WALE NEY TO MAKE THE WORLD GO 'RUUNL. \ND IT TAKES “THE WORLD™ ‘to MAKE })ONEY GO ‘ROUND, P along and cover ever, so much more round it invested 2 Wor.d ads. than if diverted into sufall publicity channels, INS” Ct W your ad. 1s puol. hea in The World; morning or Sunday, it will see the Seitiad ald home, investme jost article, bargain, ete. y. . 3 find in +: WORE Ww VW CITY HOMES AND OFFICSS THAN Ak EAC ‘HE HEPAL! ras AND SUI Tn Turk. “Kew; Worle World's Marien “otneens ay West 125th Sty and Wostd's Beovhiyn Office, 20a. 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