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: THE WASHINGTON TIDIES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1914 S LINE OF CONFLICT TOD A Y IN NORTH FRANCE i VJi i3S?3S?33?3? Zi E USTOi HOLD U KING ALBERT LEADS 5TCT7iXK25v'3WM2 T7W2JFZP ARMY IH f ERA CRU RAID ON G 1 arranza Asked to Pledge That Importers Will Not Be Made to Pay Again. "Ians for the withdrawal of Ameri n troops from Vera Cruz are prao Mly at a standstill while a settle ent Is belns reached between 'his vernment and General Carranza of estlons arising from the collection of stoma by the United States at Vera JZ was staled on the highest authority da-- that the United States will with- ; "Id transfer of the S1.1S0.GU0 custof? J eceipts collected at Vera Cruz to the j Mexican constitutionalist government I ntil it can obtain definite assurances i 'om Carranza tljat merchants will n-'tj e charged duties a second time on i oods Imported since the American oc ti cation. When the American military authori ties took over the government at Vera ruz merchants were assured that they vould be protected against a reimposi n of duties by the Mexican govern ment Unless Carranza will guarantee that ' is assurance will be respected, the nited States will hold the money ntll it can be distributed among he merchants from whom it was col erted The carrying out of this alter ative would further delay the re moval of troops from Vera Cruz. That the matter Is one between the alted States and Carranza and not "e In which there can be outside in erference was made plain today when was declared the French lien Is not Ing considered. It is the attitude officials that the lien of the French tercets on Mexican customs applied the time covered by the Huerta gime. and does not apply to eol ations of cus'oma since the Ameri an occupation. After a consultation with President llson this afternoon. Paul Fuller. WII- n" personal emissary to Mexico, hracterized alarming stories of trou- o between Villa and General Obregon "all rot." Fuller also ridiculed re- "rts that he '"'ill be ambassador to exlco, and said emphatcally that ther he nor either of his relatves. Couder brothers, of New York, will ive the place. He approved of present withdrawal of oops at Vera Cruz, and scoffed at re rts of imminent danger to the priasls id other refugees in Mexico. Towns Reoccupied by Germans, France Admits In a cablegram from Bordeaux giving " detail the progress of the fighting ' ie French embassy was informed today at the "enemy reoccupied Vomevre, uth of Blamont. Nomeny, and Vilme. lorth of Nancy." In Servia."' the dispatch said, "the -neral battle has been in progress for week In the region of Krupanj." Today's War Summary By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN. ENGLAND The latest list of the lost in the British naval disas ter in the North sea places the number at 1,624. Unofficial but authentic sources declare the Brit ish have succeeded in turning the German right wing in France. It is expected the Germans will again be forced to retreat. FRANCE The war office be lieves the Germnas are already withdrawing many of their troops from the fighting line in the north. It is expected they will again be compelled to retreat within a very short time. The German right is already partly enveloped and is re aring. BELGIUM Antwerp reports hat British aviators have flown well into Germany, and have drop, ped bombs on the aviation field near Cologne, setting fire to a shed used by the Zeppelins. The Bel gian army under King Albert in per on, if again actively harTassin? the Germans. RUSSIA The war office says 'he crushing of the Austrian of fense continues, and that many Austrians are deserting to the Russians. It is admitted the Rus ians are withdrawing from East Prussia. SERVIA The Servian war of 're announces that the Austrians ha-e again been crushingly defeat ed m another battle along a line vending from Loznitza to Lju boa MONTENEGRO The war office -onfirms the report that Sarajevo, rapita' of Bosnia, has been cap ured by the combined Servian Montenegrin army. GERMANY It is declared there is still little change in the battle situation in France. Fighting ron nnue with the Germans slowly jain-.rg the advantage. In East Prissia the Russians have been driven back on the border with heavy losses, and the attempted seige of Koenigsberg has been abandoned. AUSTRIA The war office posi tively denies that Sarajevo has been taken by the Servians or that it is in danger. Claims of another Servian victory are specifically de nied. While admitting sporadic case. of dysentery and cholera among the troops at the front, but it is denied that there is any epi demic. ITALY The anti-neutrality demonstrations continue, but there is no present indication of the gov uunent changing its policy. ' .!.AUJBJ' M .. -sBS-8" I 3 -. &- - '"""'- CXTREME GERMAN AP- J Y J j THE ABOVE MAP SHOWS POINTS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S NEWS DISPATCHES. The tenth day of the battle on the Aisne and nearby river valleys, from Noyon to the Lorraine frontier, finds the great armies still lined up in iront of each other almost in a deadlock from one of the greatest artillery duels the world has ever known. While the Germans claim to have retaken the Heights of Craonne, and to have gained a small town near Rheims, and to have attacked the heights along the Meuse, at Vigneuilles, which is near Troyon, the French claim that these movements of the enemy were without special result, and the advantage still lies with the allies, especially in their flanking movement near Noyon, Lassigny, and on the left bank of the River Oise, where they are threatening the forces oi the German right, under Von Kluck. Official reports give no details of this flanking movement, but unofficial place the French van near Peronne and St. Quentin on the Somme, and a large French force at Lassigny. The German right has also moved its headquarters north oyer the Belgian line. The French war office positively asserts this morning that the German right h3s been turned but gives no details. Prinzip's Bullet Started the War By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD. LONDON, Aug. 25 (by mail to New York). The bullet fired by Gabriel Prinzip into the brain of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, came almost straight from the Servian government itself, insist ed the Austro-Hungarians. Twenty-five days after the assassination, Austria-Hungary sent a note of demands to Servia. Servia had countenanced criticism of Austria-Hungary, the note declared. It had permitted its newspapers and its people to carry on movements in behalf of Slavs in Austro Hungarian dependencies. It said that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand had been planned at the Servian capital. Officers in the Servian army had helped Gabriel Prinzip, the Servian high school boy, ito get a revolver and ammunition Servian government officials along , cross into Bosnia on his journey to manded that Servia, within forty-eight hours, must print in the official Servian paper these exact words: "The royal government of Servia condemns the propaganda against Austria-Hungary, which has the aim of separating Austria Hungary from some of her dependencies." OPPOSED SERVIAN FREE PRESS. The note also demanded that Servia must curb Its free press and Its speech in order to stop criticism of Austria Hungary and it must change its sys tem of education so that in the schools nothing should be taught the children that uould cause them to hate Austria Hungary Servia must also discharge from its army certain officers whom the Austro-Hungarians would name and who had spoken too freely in regard to the crime of June :s. I Servia was given Iorty-ei;ht hours in which to (.omply uith all of these de mands. Prinzip's bullet has bee,, flying twenty-six days, directly toward its target. It will soon cut the string which hold! European civilization hanging over tne precipite of war. It will soon reach the ponder magazine oer which Europe has been resting these many years. It .vill soon leach the heart of pea- and kill her. That same night, the night of Julv 23, the statesmen of Russia, in distant St. Petersburg, received a cablegram Jrom Servia. Help!" it saad The Russian statesmen talked for four hours about it In the coun'ry home of ! Gorem.ikin Thy reached some fe. cision. serietl. At 7 o' lock in the evening the dashed off in their auto mohilea to their various offices, each "an to do hi oun work in connection' "ith what was at hand. What War By J. W. T. NEW YORK. Sept. 3 '11 a m i The destrii' tlon of the British misers hv German sul-mannes dem onstrates the wisdom of German v'. naval stiatcg jn keeping her line of batteships safelv pioiected h land fortification." during the early stages of the war Had the I-.rltlsh esi'ls l.een mod ern dretionnushts instead ol twelve and thirteen cai old ocoiil-r.. cruisers. Great Britain s numeiidil supremacy at rt; would hnvo beet, seriously reduced. To accomplish this Ik the dominant ide i of Gc many's naval plans Treat Britain posyesres twontj-five lr -idnoughtr battleships and erasers m the Xorth sea. and Germany has -eventeen If tho German submarines could steal :.:oont; the enemy's firat Hue lleet. not many exploits sin h as caused the Xorth sea tragedy would be neces Mti to jilvo Germanv tin lead in dreadnought strength. Whi ,. the German seaman has demonstrated that he D-jsteys.-s the necessary courage and daring for torpelo work far from his bate, the chances of seriously depleting the British naval su))'-riorltv 'iy this method arts remote. Yesterday's suc cess of the German submarine can not have been the lirht attempt. Many failures must have leen registered previously. Xeverthelcis. the "use of subma rines, followed later, perhaps, by night torpedo-boat attack, must con tinue to be Germany's Initiative at sea for some time to coire. I'nder present conditions of relative strength It would result In almost with which to perform the deed. the border had helped Prinzip to Serajevo. Austria-Hungary de ji mis time the armies of Europe were mobilizing. , ?cri"ia's fort'-elght hours were up on July 26 at 6 in the evening. But before that time the Russian army was moving w .wu unman, ana trie ucrman armv was moving toward Russia ami In a, lon other different directions I I'riPzips bullet had roa.-he.I its target It had struck the mine under Kurope and this inin will probably kill a mil lion men and create more havoc than! anything else that has ever happened j . IIIJIIKlill t . J What Prinzln reallv said or ihn.i.i after he committed tne assassination Is not known publicly. The Servian gov ernment, in a note, said that Ik; said: "I was not Influenced bj my o-her perK.m or persons. The reading" of an arhistic literature made me believe that theie could be nothing finei in the world than to be an assassin When in Ueltfrad I read that the archduke was going to Serajevo, and so I bought a re. oher and went there." lut what he" said or thought mat ters little, now. Europe is not fighting be-aus. Prinzip was a murderer, but be cause the long and ancient quarrel for "a place in the nun." a place for t-aeh nation to put its feet In the crou.led land has suddenly ben turned from a contest of wordn and diplomacy Into combat on the battlefields. Home Jolt would have set off the Eu ropean mine, some time It Just happened that Prinzip's bullet did lL Moves Mean MASON. certain uisastei for the German fled to steam fo. th ,-nd mute a surface iniifil.'t. All the possihlliiie of submaiin- success til.-t must be exhausted, however, slim posslhllitv of Mial succcsh may be. The Htratrgy of the G-iman gen eial staff In the Aisno battle is ob vloiif.lv puzzling to the n!n-d commander.--. Field Marshal Sli .lohn Kn-in hs latest ..ports testifv to this by tln-li confession that for a onsldorabl.- time afi .- the battle began, tho allies believed the Ger msnt: were fighting oiilv a rear guard action Rockville Woman Is Charged With Murder Kot'KVU.I.i;. Sept. U3 Charged with the murder of Joseph Fish, a larpenter near Clarksburg. eslcrif.tr i.-i J Thompson. fnrt. In f 1 1 jail today. FimIi romiirly hoarded at the Thompson home Tle Thompson woman declares Fish c iiue to the house yesterday, and abused her so violently thut she prorured a sh it gun and warned him. Fish con tinued the abuse, she savs, and sh fitcd. The charge entered his right sld, killing him almost Instantly. Tho woman went to the home of Jus tice of the Peace James B. Duv. at Clarksburg, and gave herself up. Sheriff Whalt-i, brought her to the Itockville Jail. Attorney John A. Garrett, of F.ock ville, will defend her. Army and Navy ARMY. J Capt. ARTHUR D. MINICK. Ordnance! Department, to proceed to the fol- j lowing places to Inspect field ar- tlllery material In the hands of regu. 1 lar and militia batteries: St. Iyuis. Mo.; Kansas ritv. Mo.; Topekn, 1 Kan.; Denver. Col.; Fort SnelUng, ' -Minn.; Minneapolis, Minn.: St- Paul,1 Minn.; Milwaukee, Wis.. Waukegan. III.; Chicago, 111.; Lansing, Mich.; Toledo. Ohio; Cleveland. Ohio; Briggsdale. Columbus. Ohio; Fort Wayne. Ind.: Indianapolis. Ind.; Rockville. Ind.; Danville. Ill : Clin ton. Iowa. Major HARRY G BISHOP. Fifth Field Artillery, to Fort Riley, Kan.. Octo ber 1. to take field officers' course. First Lieut. VERNE R. REL.L. -First Cavalry, to Fort McDowell. Cal., for instruction for ten dajs. and to Salt Lake City. I'tah. for re. ruiting duty, relieving First Lieut. EDGAR X COFFEY. Leave of absence for one month is granted Capt. FRAXK 5. BOWEK, Sxteenth Infantry. Leave of absence for ten days, to talie effect September .10. Is granted First Lieutenant ROWLAND B ELLIS. Fourteenth Cavalry. Leave of absence for thiee months, to take effect October 3. Is granted Second Lieutenant WILLIAM 1:. McLAURIX. First Cavahy. Leave of absence for six days is granted Major HERBERT M. LORD, Quartermaster Corps Captain FERDIXAND PCHMITTER. Medical Corps. Is relieved from duty on the board for the stud of trop ical diseases In the Philippines, and will report to the commanding gen eral. Philllpine Department. Second Lieutenant ALBERT L. SNEED. Twenty-fifth Infantry to the Seventh Infantry. Second Lieutenant CARL J BALLIN GER. Seventh Infantry, to the Twenty-fifth Infantry. NAVY. Lieutenant I. C. H'i'IAI'T. to San Fran cisco. Ensign I. A McKl.lilKF. to Paducah. Captain J. A III GIIKS. to resume duty it Matin" Harr.n K.s. Portsmouth, X. II. 'aptain E. P. MOSES, commissioned Irom Julv 1. MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Armed Castiiio at .nmanit I'ay. Ver mont at Tampico. Lamson at Gax diners Pay. Stenett at lardiners Bay; Perkins -it (i.trriinera Hay: Triy at Gardiner Jtj . Smith tit Gardiners Bav. Ithod- lslaud it Hamilton Road. New York at Hampton Ro.iob. I'anthe at Gard iMicrs Ila . Itrut'i, at Philadelphia. Dolphin at North Itiver. X. Y : Vlckshurs at rf-altle. Kiti3as at Vcru t'ruz, North Cmoliii.i at mouth of the Dardaii'Iloi s ornlon at Con stantinople, Minn' "ta at ''hesa peake Bay. P.-trel at President ltoad. Cheyenne at Rllin.;lrim. H-l at Bellingliam. il-J at M- llingham. K-2 at Groton, Conn T'lppc at Bar Harbor Seek Minor's Automobile. Search n being mad' by the pnllco today for the automobile of Benjamin S. Minor, president of the. Washington Baseball Club, which was stolen last night. from in front of th' Metropolitm. f'luh. Seventeenth and H streets. Th" machine is a Ford touring car Distinctively Individual ? Wife Seeks Divorce. Mrs Mildred C. Mcrb-ri filed .1 " in the District F,upMmc four! toilay for n limit -d .Tioi.- from l'riink 1. ilor-! lert. n former dcilt in the w.ir lie- jiar'.tnent. Non-support and drunkenness ' are alleged in the petition. The couple were mairlcd May -21. ISfi. and have, three chlldicn. Socialists Meet Tonight. Self-Kovernmcnt for the District will he ndvoented at u Xoclnllst street meet ing tonlsht at Pennsylvania avenue ' and Klshtli street northwest at s IS o'clock. Jeannette Gerhannlck and J. I. Pierce arc announced as Uie speakers. I England Demands Vengeance on Sea LONDON, Sept. 23. Demands for speedy vengeance on the Ger mans for their exploit in sinking three British armored cruisers are voiced by most of the newspapers today. It is suggested that while England has many times as many submarines as have the Germans, they have yet failed to demonstrate their worth. Fantastic stories of their penetrating into German harbors are circulated. None have been confirmed. But as a result of the agitation now going on in every part of England, it is believed these craft will now at least make an attempt to even the score. Members of the crew of the Aboukir who were rescued declare the Germans fired seven torpedoes, and that five scored hits. The Aboukir was struck simultaneously forward and aft, and practically blown to pieces. Her boilers, exploding, added to the terrible nature of the disaster, hardly a member of her crew being uninjured. The Hogue and Cressy, believing their sister ship had struck a mind, steamed speedily to her assistance. The Hogue was putting over her boats when a torpedo struck her squarely amidships and she likewise went down. Two torpedoes struck the Cressy below her water line, and practically tore her loose from her hull. The latest estimate of the dead is 1,624. and included are be lieved to be practically all the officers of the three ships. FIVE SUBMARINES IN RAID. There were five submarines In the raiding party The first knowledge that they re 111 the vicinity was when tbo Aboukir was suddenly lifted almost en tlroly out of the water a.-.d then seemed to break Into plei es. The Crossv and the Hogue rushed to the rescue and th- midshipmen and a good portion of the Aboukir's complement had been picked up when, with a roar, torpedoes exploded under the hull of both rescu ing ships and they also ank In lesg than an hour. The Mir Ivors not landed in Holland have be. n brought to Harwich and Parkc.non. No one has been allowed to talk and all are can-fully guarded t trom the inquisitive. Reports are in circulation that other British craft were, damaged at the same tune, but there Is ahsoluteh no continuation of these ru mors. It Is difficult to deiennino whero thoy originate. . According to th. Dallv Xews naval expert the ailmiraltv has b-arned that the. main body of the German licet Is cnrefullv stowed away In the sheltered harbors and under th- protection ot FATIMA THE TURKISH BLEND CIGARETTE The demand -for litis distinctive smoke is greater every year fc '& 5 M 3J 'V & ioiZb Belgian Forces in Attack Near Malines and Toward Liege. ANTWERP, Sept. 23. The Belgian army under King Albert again is raid- ting the German lines to the south. The Germans again are withdrawing the jbulk of their forces for action in the I south, and the Belgians are taking advantage of this fact to make anoth er raid toward their lines of communi cation. Because of the great danger of re prisals, the Belgians have made no movement toward Brussels. It is real ized in Antwerp that in their present temper, the Germans would not hesi tate to make the former capital anoth er Louvain. Fighting today is reported in progress near Malines and also in the general direction of Liege. The Belgian forces continue to attack and retreat, inflict ing great damage on the Germna3, but receiving only light losses in return. Clan Meets Tonight. Clan MacLennan, No. 220, Order of Scottish Clans, will meet at 704 Sixth street northwest, tonight at S o'clock. A committee will be appointed to ir range for a Halloween concert and ball. and a number of candidates for mem bership will bo Installed. land guns. The channel? leading to these harbors are so strewn with mines, the experts say. that it is nn absolute Impossibility to get through them un scathed. CHILDREN'S EYES x EXAMINED : Ud The Examination of Children's eye by a aprclnllxt U neiTwmry In order to determine the cnur of rjr trouble. In moiit cane refractive error arc found Hblcb are corrected "lulckly Mlth proper lenrs and normal vlxlon reatored. Ilrlug jour children to mr. CONSULTATION FREE Good Glasses as Low as $1.00 SAMUEL Expert Eyesight Specialist 1209 G Street N. W. FALL and WINTER CLOTHES ON CREDIT Qualities High Prices Low Terms Easy A most Complete Stock of Stylish (.'lot lies for Men. omen. Boys and llillitren. Includ ing all tho fash ionable Milllnerv i e a t I ons and hinart Gents Fur lishlnRa on credit. In .spite of tlic hiKh tuallty of my k o o d r. 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