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TO AID COMRA

ardcfed-o-

a rout, the German Oen- -

WjuStart Is now trylni? to reorrnnl7o Mfdofchalve stand so that another

fpnslvo weapon can be whipped Into

Two Corps of Kaiser's. Called Back After

lapo. .

tho Information received here ."indicates that tho Oertnah flight

n.-iv-s'

Battle Ueie 2rs

Retire to Antwerp.

fjjnvpldly slackening speed. ft li

inlnl'y evacuating all of the northwest

LONDON, Sopt 14.

if franco and Belgium, ptoparlns for

A dispatch from Antwerp contains tha

iiifl Koneral concentration In tho I'nst,

following official communication Issued

jftlthor to resume the oKRresslve should

'tho allies show evidences thnt their

bwn rapid movements have Immll- -

capped them, or for it defense of tho

dermnn Empire Itself all along th.'

.frontier.. ,

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'Thoro

Is

no attempt

In

Tarts

today

to delude any one with a belief that

becauso of tho Brent victory of the

'lattle of tho Marne tho war Is over.

Jerman soil Is still Intact and It Is

iCbptcd that there can hardly bo n

by the Belgian Government. "After four days of hard

fighting',

t our

troops, which left fortlllcd positions at'

Antwerp to attack the German forces htf

tho

triangle,

havo returned within tho outer ring 0f

tho Antwerp fortifications.

"Tho sortie, which at first sccnied to

ho mciely a skirmish operation agiirfst covering troops left by tho enemy in

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front of Antwerp, developed Into im he-- .'

Hon on nn extensive scale. Tho enemy's

position was very strong, owing to tho

nature ot tho ground and tho earthworks

thrown up during the last fortnight.

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.istluK peace that Is not slcmed In Ber

"Tho necessity for holding this pasl- -'

lin Itself But every one believes that

tion at ull costs obliged tho encrny to

tho jtreat German menace, a feeling that tho Kaiser's war machine was composed of supermen, has been re-

call for all available forces. Thus the third German armv corps, which had left Nlnove for Neib'brneckcl, roturuod hastily,

und tho ninth corps, which was laroaiiy

moved. The French have found that

marching southward on the Oucienardf.

they can beat tho Germans and this

Iluyen road, was likewise recalled.

feeling will aid greatly to the success of futuro operations.

"Moioover I.mdwelir and LahclsUijm

detclunents stationed to tho south of Brussels, as well as 15,000 marines who

Fighting was In progress all along ' tho lino today. Tho German roar J guard Is contesting every step of the , way. Tho lines have been closed up

and their resistance Is reported much

arrived at Brusrels, some days took prr

In the lighting. 'The icsult attalneil Is of great Im-

pel tan' c from Hie. point of view of tho allies' .staff, since, li .consequence of our Inttrvorulon, two Gl'rman army corps have been unable to go to the assistance

f stronger than at any time since the retreat began. But they are still re-

of tho Get many armies which nio letreat-In- g In France

"In view of this concentiatlon of all thy

treating. Their northern lines of com- -

German forces available In this vicinity our nrmy found Itself, at the srnl of th"

'.munlcatlon arc endangered and the

fourth day, In tho presence of superior

J. pressure on their eastern lines through

j Luxemburg and the territory south Is

j vcry great.

THE BOY SCOUTS OF GERMANY ARE IN MANY INSTANCES PLAYING A MAN'S PART IN THIS WAR A Belgian Boy Scout has already been decorated by King Albert for extraordinary bravery in the present war. German Crown Prince (at the left) is shown here inspecting

who probably have their own dreams of glory, shortly before going to the front.

the Berlin Scouts,

numbers, whereupon It returned to Antwerp,

"Our army continues to be an Instant menace to the Germans nnd will oblblge them to rotnin here Important forces

- An official statement says:

which evidently arc needed urgently In

The Germans have evacuated the region of Nancy, which for ten

das resisted and splendidly re- -

ulsed all the German attacks. Tho attack of September 7 was

River. 17 miles south by southwist from Metz Nomeny is on the Nellie River, 8 miles southeast of

mm in panic

AT SERB ADVANCE

KITCHENER TWICE IN FRANCE TO ADVISE ALLIES' CHIEFS

War Secretary Composes Differences

HUMOR, PATHOS, HEROISM LIGHTEN WAR'S GRIMNESS

France. "The losses of both sides during the

four dajs of fighting have been hca'S, testifying to tho stubbornness of tho

conlllct. The tiro of the Germans was very poor, however, ont' the wounds sustained by our mon, generally speaking, of

'ionally directed by the Kaiser.

Tho French forces In tho Department

ihe. French took Lunevlllo on September 11.

J The Germans lost 20.000 men at & Nancy and 11,000 at Lunevillo.

- The Invaders have abandoned ;the district before Belfort and tho 4 "allies will occupy it. Reliable reports from the front states

fe1" that the movempnts of the French

..rlght flank has puhi'd ii.nl tln uer- -

Aid t man troops at uiiin nd I'ontci- -

of

Muerthe-ot-Mosell-

o

are pushing

northward from

and Nancy

along the Moselle Valley, with tho

probable Intention of getting east of

the German army. If the Germans at-

tempt to cut their way through the

French forces holding positions at Ver-

dun, the French from the valley of the

JIomUIo will in in a position to rein-foic- o

thorn otherwise, the French

TOWARD BUDAPEST

Campaign Opens by Bridge

Construction Over River

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IRXuUcScSiinannSc, 4tU0U0,UOUDUD

Strong, to

Servia.

fousson, and that both of these pUees couU thmw :t strong force across tho

have ppen occupied by the rrench i Sleusc near Ch.irleville and Jlezieres In

army.

an effort tn block the Germans from re-

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lies on the -M- oselle tiring Into Luxemburg.

NISII. Sept. It. The Servlnn armies which Inst wee-occupied Semlin after u brilliant bajonet charge tn which 10,000 Austiians wcro

killed or wounded, today began a march

toward I'eterwardein in an effort to open

the plain of Hungary and t.ile Buda-

FRENCH HOTLY PURSUE pest.

It 13 officially announced thnt a cam-

FLEEING GERMAN ARMY paign for the capture of Budapest has

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WASIIINOTOJWPppt H ' "After an heroic effort during the

i,, fflclal word that the French army formidable b ittle that laMed from

' Is pursuing the Geimans with uniar-allele- d September r, tn U the armv is pursuing

vigor as the latter retreat to the enemy in a manner unparalleled

been opened by the construction of two bridges ncrojs the Ither Sate for the tiunsportation of heavy artillery and the

pas&uBe of th main erlan nrmy.

Budapest is 330 miles from Belgrade.

fthe northward, and that the victory ' In Its extent and intensitv

i A panic Is

from Vienna on ac- -

ft of the allies Is becoming more bril- llnnt, was cabled by the French iit

v river

w ,.r loft no hftve .rnMied- the Aisne below SoUSons. Valen-

cunt ot p capture of ?emlln. w nlie

the Russians art. triumphantly advant-Th- e

Ing W),000 strong.

unemployed are

,... .,. of War to Its Embassy here ciennes and Amiens have been evao- - mradine In Vienna The mllitaiy stores

today.

uated by the enemy

are insutllclent, and as thero are no unl- -

Anipcp The dispatch read:

"General Joffro tella the Government

that our victory is becoming more and

more complete and brilliant.

"At the centre our armies are North of the river Marnc. In the Argonn" the enemy has left Brltign, but still

holds l.aimont.

ijihh inn miru levy oj rescrvieis aiu

Joining the troops In Galicla In civilian

a ti re

! la stated here thnt the Servians are

now working In

with the Rus-

"The enemy Is In full

ano; is

abandoning prisoners, wounded, guns

and ammunition.

"In the East we occupied St. Die, Raon IEtape, Baccarat, Lunoville,

Renezenville.

sian General Staff on plans which contemplate the capture of Budapest. The Servians, now m Flavonla In great force, are reported as bolng received with great

enthusiasm b the natives, the largo per-- I

centaee of whom are Slavs. It Id intend-- '

GERMANS RUSH FRESH ed to capture Peterwardeln as soon as

possible and establish headquarters there

ARM TO FACE ALLIES An Offe )T

a,trr wh'ih the

w"! be

and an advance mode directly on Buda- -

ftlS 5RLIX,

14.

',. imited new

by way German

of Amsur army has

.w Sept. been sent

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Fart f Gonerul Von Boehn's have already reached Belgium in the lcinity of Ronotx.

fones and are

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the lines ot the Hungarian

Blilta Knllttinn

Meanwhile the Montenegrin-Servia- n army whlch bilh beon commissioned uith

Arising Out of Battle af Charlerol.

LONDON, Sept. It.

Lord Kitchener has bten at the fiont

tuko within tho last fortnight llh Inter

lsit, during which lie was nway Ciom the

War Oftlcc for two das and a half, was

to confer with Field Marhal Sir John

rrench. In command of the Brltlh ex-

peditionary foMCs, anil Genet al JotTre.

a commamW-ln-rhle- f

i known

of the Trench army. thnt for some time thcio

hni been conslilci.iblo difference of opln

inn hntun.ii llw Hi !Hr1i iih,1

li.ml

ot rf. nrlslnu nut (if flip rptrnnt rtf tlin nl- -

llAd rift, v fhn li'ittlrt nf Pir,rl..rnl G

niiite lid th" feeling become between thr

two lender that Lord Kitchener deemed

it

n"c-siiir-

to Intenenn personally,

which he did successful!.

In connection with !ord Kitchener's

absence from London tlih week the of-

ficial Pre Huteau requested the London

newspupei not to mnke an mention of

this movement. In fact, the dn after

lie left, the Press Bureau Issued a

bulletin to th" effect that "Lord Kitch-

ener lilted the King at Bueklngham

l'alaco toda"'

This was for the purpose of preventing

a leakage of news of Lord Kitchener's

presence at the front, news in which Ber-

lin would have been grcatl lntoie'Stod.

Howeer fle minutes after the bulletin

was Issued the l'ress Bureau told the

neuspnper coi respondents that the Item

was not true, but hoped that thf news-

papers would not deem it necessary to

wlthdinw th" bulletin, which none did

It is an instance of the frank way in

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ntVt nlfi Id tnlii ,,ori,it,n,p

tlin

tinu a.

TOLD IN DISPATCHES PROM THE KHONT.

In a village on the point of occupation by German cavalry, a French soldier, the last of his regiment theie, heaid a woman's cries. He turned back. At that

Laddie.' It was giand. All around us

weie tho dead nnd dying and ect now

and then the German shells would burst and as we peppered awny at 'em we snug about 'Roaming In the Gloamln' nnd 'Tho Lass of Kllllecrankle.' "

moment a Uhlan entered the village. Tho soldier hid behind a door nnd shot down the first otlicer and then one of tho soldiers. While the rest of the patrol hesitated, the soldier lushed out, seized tho ofllrer's rideiles-- j horse, swung him- fr"lf into the saddle nnd. hoisting the woman behind him. rode off amid a hall of bullets. Both reached tho French lines

unscathed.

WILLS FILED AND PROBATED

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$50,000 Estate of Lillian Cassady Bequeathed to Husband and Children.

The will of Lillian W. Cassady, who

died September 1, at 1C0' North Broad street, bequeathed an estate of J'lOmn to j;rnest K. Cabsatiy, the husband, and two children. The husband Is named executor.

Other wills probated were: Margaret

On the banks of the Olse, In the days of s. Thurman, E333 Bellluld avenue, dls- -

the letrtat.

lu en ordered to cover the

a captain ot englneeis had

to blow Fiench

up a bridge in order retreat The bridge

laid beWenohnemntihnaeeddo,etthbaecurht mstihdeeentfouofsfetthhhoeadbenrniedomgtevbaepthe-ne-

ol!k r ordered his men back and then

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'Agl'piolgimbensueMettsrslve;n,.geHCrWosae,nsclpetidlitfihwaoaltio,amotnedev.$rn1o0ifNi,7hU5$.,0.n'3:iJ,t0.we0,d0Hh$od1Inw1S,d5t.pai0ii0tedie;dh?iAiMtnbooMnrntr--.rhlciSauamr--e-t dd slial, 1C12 North Marshall stieet, $5000, and Susan Kilpatrlck, JS32 Aspen street,

rr,u,.n,n. ing

forward fired tho miuitiiicr n denth

mine with his which he must

have known to be certain.

The drinking shops In Pctrogiad have

been con tried Into free dlni.ig looms for

soldleis' families. Yo jus Jay the poll o

arrested a German chemist named Keller,

at the who was employed

Husso-Amcrl-ca- n

Itubbir Works, where mysterlpus

wholebnlo poisoning had occurred. A

month ago papers were written by him,

showing the elsteneo of poisons that

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00.

Letters of administration were granted

' "'e estates of Howaid W. Hans, 3jl

.unii

Fie C.

num. Potter, :j."i

aiue(i at S'jlii): Hes- -

V St TlllnPlinelon

(treot, ?.VXi0: Susan Ponoliue, Noirlstown,

l'a., $J7M; Margaret M. Clemo, 2211 Madl-to- n

piiuare, W3J0, street, $0,300.

Hugh

Ferry,

JUT

Union

c

Personal effects of B. Mpans have

$;i,7St.S9: James I:

the estate of Victor

been nipraiscil Kendall, Jli.iij

at

21,

and Alnum Marquis, $uT0S.M

produce the same effects.

JMrHIMCOC VCOdCLdC TIHAIKt'CCMU",

A wounded Russian olhcer relates how

SEEK

U. S. CONSUL'S

AID

'the soldiers of his reglr-Kii- t

eued .i wounded comtade.

bravely r, s- -' gmis nut and

' bringing him back with his liorso 'lth- -

Merchantmen, Ignorant of War, Sail out drawing the enem's fir" Tho Rus- -

W.

Into Tslntr-Tn- o

iiaiDor.

PLIvIN. China, Sept U. R Peek, the American coiimiI at

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hla" commander cued soW(er tQ nlld joined the

later

,)e ft

dolsucmojvcwedoatph,e

'Russian volunteeis

ios- -

wno

Tslng-Ta- o,

was requested today by the

Japanese legation here, to use his good

olhces In behalf of the two Japanese

trading ships whii h sailed Into

corporal and two privates of the mack Watch, all wounded, who had Just arrived In London from the front, were on Sunday surrounded by a crowd of

knowing

harbor without their captains war had been declared, and

admirers and loudly eheered in Leicester Square

wheh were at once captured.

"I want to let the public know how

Tho Japanese have stationed a patrol tho Black Watch vvtnt through It." said

at Plng-T- u,

Sluing-Tun- g,

according to tho corporal. "In tho thick of it all we

German reports

were singing Harry Laudei s latest, 'Aye,

GEOKGE M. SMITH

POTTSV1LLK, Pa.. Sept. nigo

f.

Smith, S3 jours old, uled at Ills home hole

today of general debllit. lie was a

piomlnent business man and 1'ottsvlllo's

llrst Chief of Police.

Si5.as:'w-- : 5w;s-k.jv.su-

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a slight character."

Outnumbered inoro the Belgians fought

than two to ro desperately

one, that

they not only held the enemy here, but

they forced the recall of the two div-

isions that had been sent Eouth from

Ghent.

The Belgian attack was delivered s.t

tho German lines of communication. It

was directed by King Albert In person,,

and so swift was the raid that the Bd-J- !

in; a trail of German dead In -- heir war,

AIIQTRAI IftMR Tfl SEIZE

A

GERMAN PACIFIC ISLAtj

Capture of Wije4Tr:ftotiVe ifc i1

Knjser's Warsblpb.

.

MIlLBOFRNn, Sept. 14. rolloniij

tlf.V capture of Herbertshoehc, capita!

New Pomeranla, Australian naval 'uvW

are irportcd to have sailed to seize I

German possessions In tho Solomon 1

lanus u was

the Australian

warncu forces

umuy inni wcro killed

altouIrIct

bortshoehi.

The German losses were so uuicd ani

prlsoncis.

B the destruction or tho wireless a Hon at Ruboul the Australians have the German cruisers In tho Pacific all communication with any German tion

TURKEY CENSORS PRE?

War Minister Prohibits

st

Triple Entente.

PMtIS, Sfipt

thRateploiiatvselreercseivaendivifnrormfroI'metroTgurrakdeyal

L'nvi-- r Pasha, the Trklsh War Allniin,

has forbidden news-ape- t

attacks ngah

anv of the ountrW I" the Triple B

tente, especially Rissla.

I

ranee.

,,

(This indicates that the new German tho capture of Sarojvo, the capital of

$ tla Jmportii.it news was oWcially

AW" Ad out Quality Only tnaunced

today. No Informa- -

1 ft itton wfjs'glven out as to the progre

i . of the camDalgn against tho allies, the

nrmy will be used to strengthen the Bosnia, Is within thirty miles of that city.

German lines of

risht ln8 and communication

to prevent the being cut )

The

,

panic ana

refiistante

srrison u reported In a u is noi uuuevea nn siuuuorn

will be encountered.

There Is some anxiety here over the The latest call to the Austrian colors

an dp rices Time! hare official announcement stating only

ll thatAkinother army had been die- -

plarcohgroefssoffoicj.iatlneanncoamunpcaeim.gnentasgauisnitto

tho me

I I

'

hjai.d

,b'?usJ,l.t Tho

l,u.atndstuimUndosfinirim'j,

of

XVJ3

will be sent to the front soon.

1SS3

und

i

patched. It la understood

'rnt that

this army u

Franeo.Brltih armies, the last state- merj--i iroiu tne uenerei stair merely

ranMlv

thatftrme abneylnKareHfRnot

to fullv

outfitted.

Seme are still In civilian clothing. There

BmlMoMeasure Binder command of General Von Boehn, stating that the Germans had fallen

Kind that It contains either tl rce or hack to strong position where the

U a growing scarcity of food and riots have been started In somo ouartcrs of Vienna by women. Thoy havo been

0 for lil Pfniir- - armv corns flIO.000 or 160.100 men). I cntilii nit hut a nil an ntiA'U

qulcljly suppressed, however.

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nated by the insurgents who aro bung

2,000f000 MEN FOUGHT assisted In their administration by the

it Turks.

IN BATTLE OF MARNE quanatriety BORDEAUX, Sept. . According to

imputations made at the War OWee, lore than 2,000,000 men took part In ae fighting that culminated at thl tattle of the Marne and tho hasty rs

it .treat of the German fones. These.

Ackers Weekly Out Today Layers made up of 43 army corps (l.TIU,. 0 men) of infantry, cavalry and ur. great r utner corps inciuuuig tne ci..

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Jerrrian army corpa (840,000 men) are fntiVance, the French figures indicate

Wanamaker & Browfli ti&i, tha allied forces outnumber the

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TaflEthe battle of tbo Marne was tk

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ui iiaiwisy--

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the French army and the English

troops Thomm he attributes the vie. tory to the remarkable strategy of

Oeneral Joffre, lie gives great credit to

iho British troops, saying that the ac

ceptance by Field Jlarshal Sir John

French of Oeneral Joffre's plans and the valor of the Britons determined tha result.

Minister of War Millerand dwlared today that the rout of the Germans

probably would terminate in 'a com-

plete disaster, which would result In a great part of their forces being cut off in the Argonne forest and south of Verdun,

'It appears that the enemy Is seek.

Ing a homaward route through Me- aieres." he said. "It Is hardly prob- able that the Germans will be able to

point of resistance

PARIS, Sept. H. A dispatch from Trieste to the Echo de Parts declares that Italian troops are now being aisemtiarHeit In valuna and other cities In Albania

PATRIOTISM IN DUTCH PURSES

Six Hollanders Will Pay $1,000,000 a Day for Army Mobilization,

LONDON', Sept. U -- A dispatch to a news agency from The Hague says that Qjeen Wllhelmlna has accepted the of. fer of six of the mut wetilh men In Holland to give outright vine tenth of their fortunes to pay the expenses of the mobilization of the Dutch army, which Is estimated at ll.COO.OO) a day.

The donors stipulated their names te

not made public.

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