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( H 'ailf nro but tfl wound contlri "I tlon w? All thl excepts to do b-1 pri fat i i a 11 IM. 11 DOM Steanl Genl Kei Line with began! cargod lure TOI 2 EVJDNINGr LEDGIQE PniLADBLPHL EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914 FRENCH AGAIN HURL FORCES FORWARD IN FIERCE ASSAULT ON GERMAN LEFT WjNG BATTLE ON RIGHT WING INDECISIVE, BERLIN STATES BERLIN, Sept. 30 (by way of Amster dam). No decisive result on tho right wlnir, r announced by tho War Oinco today. It Is added tho French have resumed the offensive along tho Mouse. Two statements, both unusually prlef, wero Issued early today. They were: An Indecisive battle has occurred on the right wing of tho German army In France. Slego gtinsi opened Are Tuesday on tho Antwerp fort resses. Tho French have renewed their advances about Verdun. It Is nulet along tho centre. A brief statement Issued tit midnight declared that the allied Trench tind British troop.n continued their attacks without success, and that whenever any ground was lost by tho Germans It Immediately was regained. (This is tho first admission from Uerlln that the Germans ever have lost ground In the Rattle of the Alsne.i The latest list of casualties Issued rtorc Increases the number of German troops killed, wounded and missing to moto than 117,000. The great majority aro named an missing. This total rovers the fighting In both tho eastern nnd western theatres of war. In the latest list the 60th Infantry Regiment was tho heaviest loser. Out of Its en rolment, IS officers, 16 non-commls-stoned officers nnd CS2 men were listed as killed, 1(5(5 officers and men as wounded nnd 130 missing. It Is stilted officially that Prince Os car, who Is suffering from heart dis ease, will bo tumble to return to tho front. Ho has begged his father, I2tn peror William, for permission to vio late tlie physician's ciders, but the Umperor has upheld their edict. "t'rlnco Joachim, who was recently wounded, will return to tho front early In October," the statement adds. "The other sons of tho 1-inperor nro well." This refuted the report sent by Ung llsh correspondents from Belgium that Prince Adalbert had died In a Brussels hospital. VON BOEHN AND VON KLUK ROUTED, LONDON HEARS ,SWEDEN (DENMARK) r . . BSJL Ti C 5BJ ADSlA iSTOLP DANZIG i MARESRnaih StETTlNY) gWQGARD GRAUDENZ ft Jf .00 P . .Ml -. X'A- MbrvibL , ti&JBJtit. o- r.GF WGS0ffGZS 7f fVSJFfiBL'tiG iARieripoi 6. BERLIN rV WAGDEBURG Q E DRESDEN o ,i72THE. P -iSO . IMm. POSEAA H JS WORN S .UN' Y VL MOJWJll - (Rl ' nuintitlMun jt,-A . srx "-, nice:vii EfV CX, T 4czutztN 0KEMIK1 RODNO CSiUMBjSBS 'ZEwW ismZA'A 2. DICLEOTDCri ARSAW W V, (IODZ o V JS. )IM IOBUN S . voJZRESlAU K O PRAGUE v. 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This statement was mado nt 10:45 a. m.: The Press Bureau is ui.able to confirm tho report that the German right wing has been broken and is being pushed back. Efforts to get an explanation of the word "unable," whether leaning that no information had been received or whether in accordance with the rule that no report on lighting should be issued until five days after It has taken place, met with no success. This dispatch was received by the Express from Its correspondent at Ghent: "Persons arriving here from Brus sels say that tho Germans are prepar ing to movo the administrative head quarters of the military government from Brussels to Xamur. This la taken to mean that the Germans are getting ready for the next stand nearer their own frontier." Xamur is on the Germans" main line RUSSIAN ADVANCE -SWEEPING HUNGARY NEARS BUDAPEST Hosts Pour Through Car pathian Passes and Move Briskly Through Unforti fied Territory Galician Campaign Quiet. of communications'. If the Germans failed tn hold it. the annihilation of the entire western part of their forces undoubtedly would follow. Jlost of the newspapers print the Paris rumors thut the Get man tight wing is In complete retreat, but de clare It must be accepted "under re serve," inasmuch ns there would bo little likelihood of news of this mag nitude being withheld. Tho rumor that General von Kluk had offered to surrender has been widely circulated ever since tho bat tle of the .Marne. In fact, one news agency sent a repot t from its Ostend correspondent that Von Kluk actually had surrendered, a rumor that met with prompt and oiriclal denial. The latest repurt emphasizes that the French have occupied Peronne. This announcement, however, originally was made on September 24. alien it was stated the French had carried that city by storm and it was then being used as headquarters for tho operations against St. Quentln. Because of this fact, the suggestion is mado that the lntest report of the routing of the German right may be based on the developments of the three , days beginning Saturday, when tho Germans' greatest effort was crushed 1 in fighting that for severity eclipsed anything of the war to date. It Is admitted that the German right wing must soon retire or be Isolated and captured, but up to noon today the War Otrlce absolutely was without information of any decided change In the situation on the battle line north of Paris. iJermans are fortlfylns the hrisrhts south nf Kielce, Russian Poluii'l Th e nr in thf uvty of a direct ndvatice .inn Sll. Ma Tho rtunnlnn onward march throu.h (iallcia Is declared to be procttillrur m -'nteirupiedl In two parallel lines Tl- Auatilnn resistance Is declared to b .il i.uil) o badly tuoken that th troop t the Dual Empire neein unablf to in tk a decided stand. It is not bi-li vl i'iat they will stive battle until Cracow U ii ached The Russian advance in Galicia and Hungary has reached its furthest at (1), where the invaders have gone through the passes in the plains of Hungary as part of the general advance through Galicia toward Cracow, which is now centred at Tarnow; (2), on the Donajec River, after the troops have crossed the Wislok River and the Wis Ioka, at Dcmbica. At (3), the German advance into Poland has been checked and their troops forced back to Kalisz. The Russians arc also moving in great force from Warsaw toward Mlawa, where the German troops were entrenched, even throwing aerial bombs over Biclestock (4), from which they were forced to retreat. At (5) the Russians have cleaned out all the villages of the German troops and have practically freed Poland of their presence. MILE IN AIR. AVIATOR SAW WOODS SHOT TO RIBBONS Member of Biitish Corps Describes Engagement of Great Battle. I-OXDOX. Sept 30. A letter from an olflcer of the Ttoyal nlne ("nips, under d,it- of September 4, iffseilblng a view from an aeroplnnj of the battle eastward of Paris, kivs: "Wstenln 1 was up for reconnais sance over thl hugo battle. I bet It will bo umumborcd .is the blccen in history. it extends from Compelgne right away to Bclfoit. "Wo Hew at 5 o'clock In the evening. At Mint time the Britl-h guns all opened fire together. Ft out a lielnlit of 3'j0 feet I saw a slftlit wbien t hope It will never be my lot to ee again. The woods and bills were literally cut to ribbons nil nlong the south of Laon. It was mar velous, wiitclilng hundreds of shells bui sting bolow one to the right nnd to thi left for nrlles, nnd then to see the flerman guns replying. "I fenr there will be a lot more awful flchtlng before this fhow ends, but w are eeitaln It will tnrt with us on top, rlthough we all bad our doubts about three weeks ago during that awful re tieat." Wilting again on September 10, the ofllror ays: "The huge battle still is going on. Our machines nfn r being out nil day still htin' in the same news. The tJermnns hnve got into one of Mu strongest posi tions possible. Foi tutiatolv reinfoice ments tire arriving nnd are coming up on the German rig'it at Solssons. "I simply crave for cigaiettes Thev need to be eatefully disguised though or they will be stolen en route." The olllcer mentioned that tho nero-plan-s are shot at and shelled by friend nnd foe every timr trey ascend. They hardly ever descend without bullet hob- all over the planes, but fortunately. th writer says, fie flying coips lost only rut- pilot and h passenger up to pep. teinhi r 1 AVIATORS OF ALLIES FOILED INVASION OF FRANCE, SAYS FLYER Veteran Airman Declares Dirigibles Have Proved In ferior as War Machines Along Marne and Aisne. AGAINST AUSTRIAN MINES IN ADRIATIC The AuMilan Ciown Prince. Archduke i "O p-l.lacalv .SrvfWPfl" ThpV arl Frans Josef. Is reported to have1 l NULrUCSaiy OUCWCU I i!V) Menace Italian Shipping. Open Break May Follow Austria's Refusal to Stop Practice. Carl reached Cracow esterdu and to hive taken comnla'id of that post, with lien eral ronrad von Hoetsendorf as his chief of staff RECAPTURE OF ST. MIHIEL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED PUTKOUR.VU, Sept 3n I Tho Itussion advance swords ar.- now p virhln IM nil-. ,,f Ku.l.itK at. with m un- I fortified country bfor ttiem, t'lroush three pathways In tl'e farpathi.ins. at Dukla Pass. Sanok Pass and I'a.'k Pafcs., the columns detue! "d to adan into Hungary ore pouring out on t ie plains Through two of tin passes arf ruilroads which the Russian! uuw ciptrul t.j pulnu in the foothills on t"ie !lu.''.in.in side of tho Southern tialUiati uorder Tho forco whUh udvneed to riunelt Fass was opposed by German aitillery sent to cut off Its moment. The ier ir.ans were defeated III ngauemsnts south of tho city of hwnolt and retieated to the northwest, ubandouini; tluir truns, Tliti Russian force moved on thriuifh French Repulse Germans Along Weuse, War Office States, PARIS. Sept s That th'1 Krencu hive r-coered tho t ground Pi.t when the Hermans captured i'i nt tin minor positions connected with the fortifleil position at Xt. Mihlfl was mad- M .n In the official rvvlew f the sltuat."ti lilted nt 2'SS this afternoon, it stit.il the French are now progress. ine eus or t. .Mihiel, which Is the first time ln.f tlio Oermns announced thjt the Ii4d roscd the Meuse between Vtr. dun Bill Toul that the offlolul commu nkiue has mentioned t. Mihiel. The rtfert Sfems to set at rest lh report that tho (U rman rieht wing was In full rctruat, aithouah It is mpha. fcljeci that the Frfin-h left continues to Villi sroui d. The rIit, aj leb graphed tium I'.oi.l. mis and mitUe pubhe at mil itary tuudituarters here, says that the the dellle i nary tuudauarters here, says that In the lZMK Pass the KJSSIbuS dt , Oermans made a vigorous aitai-k un lodned tho Hunveds fioin thre (Mitlon-. , TraeyTe,oui only to be. rep4ls4 uiti) Heavy iot:ea and Kiilned the further side, nhsfe lliey are now dsacendloe to the Hungarian plateau j There are no fortifications soul" of the j Carpathians to stay the progress of tb armies trom th north. THU OAUCIAN' CAMPAW.V. In GalUia the curopaitli is qultt. The ' southern column has lufeen liulMa, a railroad ctntre. The tlghtini; at Oulka u beliuytd to have been with the Ausuutns, vlio fell back to Jasto and atteal4J M iIIy ' there Both UuHU WW JftSJo are on the Jalelka River. f no Hi slat advices tate that pait of Oeneral RuHl-a forces h4 already readied Tarnow. and that ftsutmj: has been In proi;res thtie for Jl huurs The I rited In i'aris. ROME. Bept. 30. Jtuly took today what is Generally ae cepted as the flist step leading to an open break with Austria The Italian Ambassador at Vienna. Puko d'Avarra, vi as instructed formally to tile a rnost energetic protest against the strewing of uiinei by Audita in the Adriatic Jlc was directed to demand that the Aus trian government immediately d.scon tinue this ptactice. Some of the mines have drifted to the hore of Italy and constitute a constant menace to shipping; from Italian ports As a result, tho Admiralty announced today that navigation In the Adriatic Is Indefinitely suspended Inasmuch as the mines ate tho only thing which has permitted tho Austliau (It it to ivmalii within the piouiction of the I'ola foi'lUkaticns. It is not Uelkvtd here that Austria ulli agree to stop PARIS, Sept. 30. Aeroplanes here proved their superior ity over dirlslbles as war machines, according to French a iators, who say that nirincn aro the kings of modem battles. One Trench aviator, testing in Paris for a few days, frays successes of Allies .lions; tho Altne have been duo to the elfirlency ut tho neilal coips. He be lieves the aviators largely will be lesponaiblo for ridding Fiance of the Gerii.an foe. "It Is thnnlts to the aviator," lie said, "that we have won oui victoiles, and it will be thanks to him that In a few days we will bo able to hunt tho Germans out of franco. In my opinion, nufiiolint has not been said of the Impoitant part aviation lias played In this war. "it is true that at tlrfrt we were a bit taken by surprise by the Germans, who had marveloiibly orKttnirrd their ueilnJ u mv In silence They had moio avlatois than we expected, and excellent craft I'onseoumily they were able at the start to count on srlendid mmtlnK seivli1 They were over our positions, nt night und at dawn their urtlllery showed by Its deadly work how initul and accmato had b.'fii the leconnalssances. "Then we put into ni tlon our ndmli abh aimy of tho air. It was. not long beforo It i"ndered exceptional tervice to I tie lnadquarters' Muff, it pla.ved a de I clMvt mle nt tho buttle of the Marne I At the present moment It is a pi colons uKNlluiry, I nilslit almost Eav nn IndlB pensuble adjunct, to the victorious march I of cm i- troops. I have been instructed to make ictou- naissances on many occasions, both In the east and north. In spite of th. In- 1 t use fire by tho unemy I have be en able to lepnrt the situation of tho Ger man troops, note their movements esti mate their numbers and Importance, nnd 1 am convinced I was ablu to b of great orvli e, "When tho war Is over, one of the ilnent p'tses in history will toll of tho role o" the aviator." All this applies to tho aeroplane only. The nit man dpoloted the dirigible air ship has not proved a success. It is at tho mercy of any cqundron of aero planes, he said and ho does not believe it has nn military future. NEW KRUPP GUNS ADD POWER TO KAISER'S KIEL CRUSERS Great Fleet in North Sea Expected to Give Early Battle. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 30. Germany is strengthening the armament of her fleet In the North Pen, according to reports of travelers who havo recently passed through tho Kiel Canal. Tho ves sels are being equipped with new ordnanco which tho Krupp works have perfected after two years of experiment. Tho new guns arc being placed on both armored cruisers and dreadnoughts. The canal Is descilbcd as being crowded with warwhlpr, Including the largest bat tleships. The arsenals are busy day nnd night, and long trains arrive continuously with immense guns for the ships. The Germans are reported as declaring that the wholo licet soon will he ready to light. The cut respondent of the Hvenlng News has telegraphed to London that the sixth German naval cintialty list gives the names of one mnn killed nnd 31 officers nnd 4'5 men missing. IJpginnlng on Thursday, according to order- Issiud today by tho British naval authorities, no neutral trnwlers will bo allowed to fish on the east coast of Eng land, but thev may continue their opera tions nn the wept const. Thi" order will affect a largo number of Hutch and Danish trawlers now using Grim.sbv as a fishing base. "MOVIES" ARTIST KILLED Max Linder Reported Slnin In Battle of the Alsne. ROME, Fept. HO-The death In battle of the Alsno of the "movies" artl.st, Max Mnder, Is reported in a dispatch from Berlin. i um f,i 11 i uwnrcM imi ine r.ian.iBa them Italy tk ill then iM com. action is ueveloping to the twrihwajrd P1""1' ,MJn- "' " w with violent lighting continuing ! plld to nforee her decree by her array In the Wueviu legion, also, severe flirhtin; continues Th' te are only si ht mortifications in the general sit uation at th. various oMhi points along the l"!' FAMOUS PARIS CAFE NOW FREE SOUP KITCHEN IAbbaye Opens When It Used to Close and Vice Versa. r VRI.S. Sipt 3.1 -Th.. Uuval retail luiiii, In the (irinds Boulevard uru still epc-ii In the wo of ouslness, but manj in the tccentih Uaiters have been, by the gemiosity of their proptietor, who has for jears been a notable and sm pathetic figure in Ia."islnn society, trans formed Into fue soup kitchens. Another restaurant, perhaps the most famous of ill tlie supper places of Mont martr l.'Abbaye, new opens when It usee to close and closes when It used to (pen. H Is a soit of canteen and ita hours are S a m to i p in. To It come tut of work ouvrlerts and midlncttes to uork and to cat. Where once there wro I are necks there ore now bare feet. Jewels havo given place to thimbles. l.'Abbaye de Thelemo ft workroom the war has shown no more piquant paradox than that' EVERYTHING FAVORS ALLIES, WINSTON CHURCHILL SAYS and navy. In the offkial statement sent to Vienna, it is ooimed out that many Italian hsh- XI: n r ad mruZx,iz British cruisers guard I'nuJy hive teen ph 4 up, that iuau otlins have Huated nshor.. o.i Italian tiii.toiy and that th tidiing orutt aie it. grave UaugiT every tiau. thej put out to streub their nets t'he liiatiuctions bent to the Puke STRAITS OF MAGELLAN But Visit to Front Convinces Hinj d'Avama speak of the Austrian mine War Will Ba Ion. I ui a 'r-e. Lle wtU. ...' fattovy reply t returutej it Is exoectetj Pirsl Ird of the Briti.fa Admlialty AuirtiU Winston Churchill. Mho has iust jnd .. ..... u automobile tour oi the front, ba r- leav.. th. rued li mi t capture of Tarnow will clear foi an ulvanee ,,n That the tj. nnum x by the Itussm s t" t .n ' i u Storm, but ipeit ej. n r I tlui-K i . Test content with an irv.tm. it . 1 u .t city, while hi ma'n f. ? -mi- ti t j march on S-Iesla, is luli-at.-.l by u 'lis patch from Wareaw stating that tho The i.v im.iii'.n is wh i, i A I' I ll H. nt- i I I .. . ie ill l 111 . AUel aoejut li tre tvitt re irrn 1 i i-tnn"t jjdgK, rut a Ions war." tll. nt -s .1 nav t1 . 1 . 1 I i . I 1. w .1 I t! -tl ll . I i 1 l! li babie I , gth WR. A. 1. GQ&BKlDGiq M All l liiomhll' l'".lbllile wifi t f .- I - II I 1(11 -f e'.tlhl lje if lh Ullill1 I I t ill li ell, ij t. .J i .1 ! I n I l il ilu. duel Cj. i i i if I fear it tvi 1 b p u.i M ll till Ui I ICUrrmre) eijj, Three Warships Move to Hatass En emy's Shipping. pi'NTA ahi:nas. chin, sept aa-A close watch is UIiik maintained hero fur German and Austrian ships passing through the straits of Magellan by the British cruisers Goodhope. Monmouth and Glasgow, which arrived here jester day, under command of Chtistopher C'radduek. The thliu. left Montcvldea b tttien September 9 and 11 ostenibly for this poii ll v.-t j oi ig HiHuh I he at i. nts f .,. 1 1.. AH. ml c lu the iaeiik stop heie Th airival of Hi tlnee cruisers uia indicate that the British Ad. WOUNDED TEACHER DARES DEADLY FIRE TO HELP COMRADES Militant Schoolmaster Crawls 500 Yards Across Shell-swept Field to Res cue French Soldiers. i, .is J'7 ears f.r some time She rmK to a stroKQ oi I rriraity lias arciaea to sera inem to tho later, wnen 1 regained consclouantss, I LONDON', Sept. 30 How a former schoolmaster, now In the British army, trawled 600 yards across a battlefield to brine aid for wounded comrades, though he himself had been struck by i sholl, is told in a letter received by tho Rev. V. Johnson, of ".orlt. A comrade accompanied the schoolmaster on Ills slow, painful jour uey, and they vvero soven hours crawl iiiR the 500 yards. Tho writer, Fenian 1 Duchenc, was a French master ut Archbishop Holsate's school. Telling of his experiences, lie said:, "On tho mornlne of September 6 the General Issued orders that we were to stand our itround at nil costs. We did It, but at what costs? We Icro itnliif to cliargo a village when a shell fell behind me, burst and hit mo In several places three times on tho head, twice on tho right ieg, at the uukle nnd thigh, and once on the left leg at tho ankle. I vvai left on tho battlefield and crawled to a hut, and there I found nine others. "We were exposed to a terrible tiro from the artillery, and expected the hut to be blown to pieces at any time. To ward the end of the second day we de cided that two of us should volunteer to fetch some help; so I did, and an other followed. 'Vc were evactly between the French and Clermuii lines, so we started crawl Ins on all fours We had no sooner ap peared at the door than as It was a moonlight night the gunners saw us. How we escaped I don't know. We just managed to turn the corner and were safe, but It took us seven hours to ciawl DO) Rid8. When we reached the ainbul?me in the French lines I told the cure what I had ilune and where m eomiaJes were, and had tho supreme lewdid of hearing him sa above the bu Von have done very well, my child ' I felt him kiss mo on the fore head and fainted away Three hours j , i irat)sii r imsband, one sou ami a, J IVHtlc in search of the tneruy's ship-I had the pleasure of knowing that my daughter survive, .jplng 'foinradea had been saved."- AGENTS OF KAISER REPORTED WORKING IN ENGLISH SOCIETY Spies Said to Be Mingling With High War Officials. Their Work Scorned by Military Expert. IvONDON, Sept. 30. The cliargo that Germany has sent hundreds of spies Into Hiiglnml to movo In tho best society nnd mlnglo with those closo to the Admiralty, War omco and Foreign Office wai mado today by tho Times In an nrtlclo by Its military expert, Colonel Charles Ileplng ton. This article and the chnrgei which tho Times mnkca follow cloiely the first ref erences of First Iord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill to "Gennan lieuten ants, who havo been living In Knglnnd for years nnd who now are taking ad vantage of Ilrltlsh hospitality to spread their nets of espionage," According to Colonel Iccplngton, Kng lnnd has been Infested with Gormnn splrs for years, but there are more here now than ever before, and tho German Gov ernment li offering high pay to .men and women of education, culture nnd com manding appearance who can mlnglo with ollirlnls of the Hrltlsh Government In the highest circles of society. In part Colonel Iccplngton says: "The most dangerous of these spies aro not the lieutenants, but highly placed persons who move In good society and also In the realms of finance. The Ger man system extends to all clnsscs. Twenty jcars ago Rome of our olllcers came Into touch with the German in telligence service nnd learned a great deal about It. Even at that time the net was large and was so wldespicad that It extended oven to America, where agents acted In the guise of business men. "Despite Its fervid nctlvlty, 1 have not a very high opinion of tho Gennan In telligence system. The failure of tills department to learn until August 10 that thero was a British army In Franco Is tho best proof of Us Incapacity." CONSUL LIVES IN WINE CELLAK American Official and His Family Hide 100 Feet Underground. PARIS, Sept. SO Word has been re ceived here that Wllllnm Daniel, Amer ican Consul at Ilhclms, his wire and their son and daughter are the only Americans remaining in tho city. The Consul and hh family, according to tho repoit mado their way to a wine cellar lift feet un derground a little way from thulr homo and havo spent most of the past two weeks there. Major Spencer Coshv, Military Attache of the Amcilcan Embassy at Paris, has returned from Iiliclm Ho went theio with money for the consulate In com pany with Whitney Warren, tho New York artist, who is reported to be pro paring a report on the destruction of tho cathedral by tho German bombardment. JAPANESE CRUSH FORTS OF TSING-TAO AND MENACE TOWN Heavy Guns Placed for Bombardment and Surren der of German Garrison Is Believed Imminent. I'EKIN, Sept. 30. The fall of Tslng-Tno Is Imminent ns a result of steady bombardment from both land and sen, according to a state ment Issued at tho Japanese Legation today. It said that Fort litis alicady has been silenced and that heavy dam age had been Inflicted on Foit Kaiser Point. These two forts, with Fort Moitke, foim tho centre of the German stronghold. In order to shell forts effectively It Is necessary to mount guns on Mount I.au-Sh.in. Tlute weie diagged up the mountain for 3X) feet under cover of an attack that kept tho teal plan of the Japanese concealed. When tho Germans discovered what the Japanese tioops were doing, four guns already had reached tho position chosen. A bursting shell killed the soldiers who wero drawing up tho fifth, and It fell back to the bottom of tho mountain, crushing W men to eleath. Tho com bined Japanese and English foues cip turod the railroad cast of the Tung-Ho Ulvcr In u night attack, ami Tslng-Tao has been completely Isolated as n result. Tho right wing of tho Allies now ex tnds to Klao-Chau nay west of Mu I.llig. Guns have been mounted there that have a longer range than those on the German gunboats In tho bay. and the latter havo been forced to seek shel ter beyond Vln-Tnu Island. no'oto the German gunboats were dnen hack, bombs dropped frum ueio planes had Killed a number of English toldiers. ROSTAND AND HIS WIFE STONED BY PARIS MOBS Accused of Cowardice Because of Flight From Fiench Capital, .. , . I'AIUH, Sept. 30. ld'l,"i!tX"l'!';ul',l bab ,liat JMmond Ilostnnd, the famous poet and dramatist, his wife and the Countess Noillles who were Induced to li.ivo l!lrls whe , Hermans approached on the argument that tho enemy would make ihc-m host, ages, were stoned by a crowd at Cha tenuroux during an nutomobllo Journey to Pierretices. Mine. Itostand and the Countess loft so hlirrledlv that th,.v inrio.i ... .... "" evening gowns. When they attempted to get dinner at Chateauroux a crowd sur luunded and accused them of cowardice The part left cllnnerluss amid a shower of brickbats. The, French boxers, stuber and Adnen Hogjii, are wounded Georges Carpei.tler mntrary to tho English report, la not HOMME LIBRE SUSPENDED PA IMS. Sept. 30 -The Minister of War has suspended for a week M ClemeneeauV newspaper, the Homme I.Ibre, because of his ufusal to mippiens pagugta o( hi, tho t-nsc,r disapproval PIGEONS UNDER UNION JACK .h?.NI,0. StJpl 9'--on? pigeon so ctetifs In Birmingham today placed jo 000 carrier pigeons at th disposal of tho Officials of the Government mail service. OPERA SINGER SAYS GERMANS TORTURED BOYS UNDER ORDERS Scotti Asserts Lads' Wrists Were Broken by Officer's Command, for Aiding Bel gians Italy Ripe for War. NEW YORK, sept. 30.-Antonlo Scotti. tho well-known barltono of tho Metrol polltnn Opera Company, Is the latest wit ncss to the truth of'the reports of atroc Itles commuted by tho Gorman army In llelGlum. Mr. Ucolll, who arrived In New York last week-on tho I.usltnnla, told n reporter yesterday that ho had seen Ilelglnn hoys whose vrlst3 had been broken by German soldiers, tho boys' ro'.o oltenso having been that they had taken water and provisions to Belgian soldiers. Mr. Scotlt further stated that publla opinion In Italy was rapidly forcing that country Into war against Austria and Germany, and asserted that the rcslgna tlon of tho Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marchcse dl San Oulllano, would at once precipitate the crisis. "I saw in London a number of Belgian boys with both wrlst3 broken," said Mr. Scotti. "It was horrible, especially whcii the sole offense of tho poor children had been that they had carried water and provisions to tho soldiers who were fighting to defend their country. There can be no doubt as to tho cruelties of the Germans. One's eyes do not de ceive. "These cruelties, hnwovcr, seem to be due to tho oideis of tho olllcers rathir than to tho brutality of tho Individual eoldlcr. The German officer is above all eidlrnry law, and much sympathy as wo have for tho German people should not blind our eves to the necessity of putting an end to tho Prussian militaristic caste. "In Italy tho peoplo are fully alive to the German pcill, and their demand for war is becoming louder each day. "If tho Marchcse dl San Glullano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, resigns It means Italy's Immediate entrance Into'tfie itiuggle. "The Marcheso signed the Triple Al liance filter the death of Crlspl, and nnttirallv does not wish to break with his former friends, but the temper of the Itnlli.ii people Is unmistakable." Mr. Scotti said that if war broke out Enrico "aruso would not be forced to light, as no one would have to serve who was more than 40 years old. He added that P'gnor Gattl-Casazza had en gaged a rpcclal steamer which would sail from Genoa on October 15, carrying nil the membeis of tho Metropolitan Opera Company who had not sailed for America, "I s-nw povcial thousand German pris oners In England," said tho baritone, "and they nil seemed most happy to ba captured The English were treating them splendidly and tl ey had no desire to letuiu to the army during the war." EIGHTARMY CORPS IN FURIOUS BATTLE ON POLISH BORDER Germans, Reinforced, Seek to Renew Checked Ad vance Against Warsaw. Deny Losing Ground! nm 4 PETROGRAD, Sept. 34. Tho German army, heavily reinforced, is battling today with tho Russian army of General Rennenkampf In tho territory between Xlemen River nnd the East Prui slan frontier. Tho fighting Is especially despciato In the vicinity of Ossowleci, DrusUlnlkl and Augustowo. Four army corps are reported engaged on each bide. Tho Russlam have concentrated their armlet, along the Niomen, from Vilna on Grodno. Tho Geimnns nre attempting to cut tho raliwas between Warsaw and I'ctro grad. Tho battle will perhaps continue for several weeks. Tho Gorman foreos havo been repulsed In their endeavor to cross the Nlcmcn, but heavy fighting continues In the .Suwnlkl district, nccoullng to an ofllciil report from Grand DJko Nicholas, Com-inander-Itj-Chtef of all the Russian annles. Tho report from Grand Duko NlcholU was as follows: Ihero was rovere fighting on Sep tember H near Ossnvviecz and Dri" bcnlkl. The enemy tiled to cross the Nicmcn. hut was repulsed. The bat tle continues. The Austrlans in Galicia have beea K'PiiUcd near Oulka. Tho nhjectlvo of tho Germans is the northern outlet to tho forests In the Augustowo section, and they arc also anxious to got across tho Nlcmcn and to rctako Grodno, from which they were driven. It Is stated that tho Ru"1?"'' have made materlll enlns all nln '"? line, although the battlo Is still far from a dccIMvo stage. RFhSIAN CHRISTMAS IN linrtl.W. In this connection, In an addicss to his urmy General Uenncnsampf quoted today In advices from the front as declailng that tho Russians will t In Htrliii for Christmas, and that, there fore, the troops can easily meet the present lim I Wr an(l camilnln through heavy rains, with expectations of fcood times to come. , The conespondent of the Bourse us "Thu battlo along tho Prii'snikl-GioJn' I iu. has bttn iviglng with gnat fiw Mncc fc-unday. Four arm corps W" men) nre tnrosul on both sides, and RuNiians are recelvlns reinforcements from Vilna. The Germans have trie" to cross tho Nlcmcn at several points, but have been repulsed in every tempi." "liERLIN. Sept. SO Aceord'ng to a War Otllee statement, in th. I., tt th. Germans eontinue tneir advan e and the Russian aimy ui "' erul Uvnneiikainpf i being driven WW in the Siwalkl pisirtct The iroaj are now moving eastward aloiii ' ' railway line, and It Is stated that tnex have captured numerous prisoners " taken a number of guns. igMtBIMf m-tu i -e-