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Historic Normandy
Ruined By War
Paris Still Fears
German Air Crafti
' R A RED FOR ACTION
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P'.RIS is on tbe watch during day
and night for German flying
machines. But the other day a
German aeroplane snooped over
1'aris and dropped four bombs. The
Brst bomb killed a man. a solicitor,
standing with his little daughter in
front of the Prince of Monaco's man
sion, not 'JflO yards from the American
embassy, mi the Iiue Chaillot. The
bomb severed the man's head from his
body The child was injured serious
ly. The other bombs caused no dam
ape. A ti.ia which followed in the wake of
the Ixiinb which fell In the Aveuue du
TriN-udero later was found near the
Eiffel tower To it was attached this
note:
This Is the salute of a German aero
plane VON DECKEN.
Crowds, taking advantage of a beau
tiful autumn day. were promenading
on the batiks of the Seine when the
aeroplane appeared almost directly
over the Eiffel tower. It Is believed
(but the first bomb dropped was in
tended for the wireless station on the
tower or possibly for the nearby build
ings containing army stores. It lauded
Jo Avenue du Trocadero, not far from
jtbe tower, with a crash. The explo
sion was heard for many blocks. The
houses in the neighborhood were badly
damaged, many of the walls cracking.
tW1 windows were shattered.
r Among the, houses damaged Was the
residence of the Prince of Morrow.
'The buildings containing ftrtuy stores
'suffered considerably. At the time of
the attack services were being con
ducted In the American Holy Trinity
church. Many of the congregation fled
to the street
In the midst of the excitement the
aeroplane dropped three more bombs.
One landed among a herd of cows pas
ruo1 tss Aoreau race course. One
jcow was killed, and others fell over
tunned. A third bomb fell In the Rue
Vlneuse and a fourth In the Rue de la
iFompe, a neighborhood In which many
'Americans live- Comparatively little
Photo by American Press Association.
PlEISlANS WATCHING A GEKMAN AEHO
PLANE.
i
Prussia Fears The
Russian Armies
Iihtt Orders Great Number Of Soldiers
Ti Strengthen Ferces Guarding
East Prussia
BATTLE OF AISNE UNSETTLED
Armiss Of Allies And Germans In a
DMpsrate Struggle For Su
premacy Many Killed
Ib all hiBtory there is no record of
a battle rivaling in importance the
great struggle that is now going on
between the allied armies of France
and Great Britain against the Ger
mans north of the Aisne river in the
northern part of France. It has lasted
for more than two weeks and from
the reports received daily It appears
that neither side has gained an appre
ciable advantage. To obtain even an
Idea of the losses sustained by both
the allies and the Germans is an ut
ter impossibility.
Troops To East Prussia
The German kaiser, a6 the head of
the army of the empire, is indeed in
desperate straits. On the French
frontier his soldiers are fighting one
of the world's greatest battles. At
the same time there is another grave
danger looming up on the frontier of
East Prussia, where the Russian
hordes are coming steadily onward,
seriously threatening that portion of
Germany with invasion. The kai
ser is said to have dispatched thou
sands of soldiers to East Prussia to
effectively stop the Russians.
Germany May Face Hunger
Another peril facing the German
people, that of hunger. It is only a
question as to how long the present
food supply of Germany will hoid out.
Great Britain is determined to cut off
Germany from fuod supplies from the
outside world. Austria-Hungary has
none to spar.1. KiiKlatid is already sup
plying food to the P.elgians. Switzer
land. Holland, ln-i.ujurk. No'way and
Swedes have ail announced their in
tentions not to ship foodstuffs or otHe:
contraband articles for Jear of violat-
All night long a natch is kept in
Paris for German flying machines
which might come like a thief In tbe
night and do their work of destruc
tion. An American in Paris thus de
scribes the way that searchlights pa
trol tbe skies:
Powerful are the searchlights, back
ed up by artillery, (bat guard Paris by
night from the war monsters of the
air. This is fiction come true. It is
Conan Doyle, Kipling, Wells come to
measure. It never ceases to thrill our
imaginations. From tbe moment of
sunset until sunrise those man made
comets with an orbit patrol tbe skies
Pointing with blazing fingers to the
moon, tbe stars, then to the horizon,
they proclaim that Paris watcher
while her people sleep. Tbe Idea has
given comfort to thousands. You, In
your safe, tranquil homes cannot know
tbe pleasure It gives to look from tbe
window in tbe wakeful nights and
watch those wheeling comets circling,
circling to catch, the, Zeppelin that
might come.
And bebjfid the light is tbe gun
Rooftop artillery! The new warfare!
On tbe roof of the fashionable Auto
mobile club on the Place de la Concorde
the little blue firing guns wheel with
the blazing fingers, always ready
send shot and sh.sU Into 0. bI(Tin"g
sp k In It ;ky tuat knows uot how
to return the luminous signal. So on
the roof of the Observatoire. so on
the encircling environs. Sometimes
three, sometimes six. the lights are al
ways going.
rooplc stond in the streets to watch,
hypnotized by the moment into horizon
gazing. There will be a speck In the
sky. People grow tense. The comet
catches it Is that wigwagging on the
roof a ch-i'ii-noe in fire? No. The
speck p'1"--" we breathe again. And
so It u " - i ceaseless center of interest.
German Women Give Gold
Rome. The women of Germany,
according to reports received here,
are busily at work preparing woolen
garments for the soldiers in the battle
line. The reports also state that a
committee of women has been formed
for the purpose of inducing the wom
en of Germany to give up their gold
ornaments with the idea of transform-
j ing them into money wiii which to
buy arms. Each woman receives In
exchange for her gold ornaments an
iron ring Inscribed with the words "1
gave gold for this."
British Buy The "America"
New York. Under cover of darkness
the America, said to be the world's
most powerful aeroplane, was loaded
on the steamship Mauretanla and now
is being taken across the Atlantic to
be used by the British government for
war service. The America was built
for a trans-Atlantic flight and would
have been piloted by Lieut. John C.
Porte ,a British naval lieutenant. The
America and two other aeroplanes
were brought here on a special train.
It Always Does the Work.
"I like Chamberlain's Cough P.em
edv better than any other," writes H
I.' ' Rnhoi-ts Homer Citv. Pa. "I have
taken it off and on for years and it
, has never railed to give the desired
results. for sale by all dealers.
ing their neutrality. With the Ger
man fleet bottled up in the Kiel canal
it would be almost impossible for the
Germans to laid food supplies either
on the North sea or on the Baltic sea.
Italy Prepares for war
Turkey is still defiant, but has made
no warlike move In the past week.
Little has been heard from Italy dur
ing the past few days, but persistent
rumors have it that the Italians have
renounced their alliance with Ger
many and Austria, and in the event
they become engaged in the present
European war it will be in sympathy
with the allied armies. It is reported
that Italy has massed a great number i
of troops along the Austrian frontier.
The Belgians are doing their part in ;
harassing the German soldiers in
Belgium.
Victory For The Japs
The Japanese have been gathering
their forces around the German prov
inces in China. Recent dispatches
from Toklo say that the Japs engag
ed the German soldiers on the out
skirts of Tsing-Tau. After a skirmish
of several hours the Germans were
forced to retreat within the walls of
the city, which is the capital of the
Germai. provinces. Much interest is
being manifested in the campaign of
the Ja; against the Germans in Chi
na. A :hough the Japs claim they are
waging their warfare against the Ger
mans in China for the purpose of tak
ing this territory from them and re
turning it to China, the Germans
claim the Japs have a more selfish mo
tive In view.
Servians Suffer Heavy Losses
Little Servia is having all she can
do to hold her own with her powerful
enemy, Austria. For more than two
weeks the Servian and Austrian troops
have been battling along the Drina riv
er. The result of these battles is un
known, but it is reported that the Ser
vians have suffered heavy losses.
There has ben very little news from
Bosnia since the Servians and Mon
tenegrins captured Sarajevo, the capi
tal, from the Atistrians. This is the
city in which Arc.iduke Ferdinand,
heir apparent to the Austrian throne
and his wife were murdered, which
was one of the principal factors in
caurin the present Kuropean war
lam
Photo oy Anifi.L-in hes amwihi m.h
PEACE SUNDAY IS
OBSERVED BY NATION
Prayers For Peace In Europe Are Offered Up Over
the Entire Country While Fierce Struggle Between
Warring Nations In Europe Continues Unabated.
ALLIES ARE SLOWLY GAINING
At Aisne Rulers Of Three Warring
Nations witn I neir troops
At The Front
While the voices of thousands of peo
ple assembled in the churches through
out Uia United SUUa u lifted is
prayer on Sunday for peace among the
warring nations of Europe, the titanic
struggle on the European continent
continued with all Its fury. It is re
ported that the rulers of the three na
tions at war have gone to the front.
Kaiser William of Germany Is said to
be with his troops attempting to stem
the progress of the Russians in East
Prussia; King Albert, the Belgian king,
is leading his troops against the Ger
man armies, and President Polncare
of France has gone to join his soldiers
in the north of France.
It was announced from Paris that
President Poincare's mission to his
soldiers was not to direct the fighting
or to Interfere with General Joffre's
plans, but to deliver to the soldiers
his personal appreciation for their he
roic efforts In repulsing the German
invaders from French soil. Kaiser
William la much alarmed over the con
tinued successes of the Russians in
East Prussia, German Poland and Ga
licia. Vienna fears that the Russians
will endeavor to take the Austrian
capital. The Germans up to the pres
ent time have been unable to check
the progress of the czar's armies in
German territory.
Slowly but surely the allied armies
of France and Great Britain have
been pushing the Germans backward
out of France into Belgium. The bat
tle line is now close to the Belgian bor
der. The fortunes of war have been
playing fickle with the contesting ar
mies in the north ot France. In some
places the Germans gain an advan
tage, while at other points along the
150-mile battle line the allies have the
better of the argument.
Belgians Reinforced At Antwerp
The little Belgian
0
You Must Sow The
Seed Bef o re You Can
Reap The Harvest
THE ordinary merchant or reader doesn't dream of the
potency of good advertising. One of the largest, if not
quite the largest advertiser in the United States, is a
manufacturer in Philadelphia.
There is a never ending race at that plant between the
advertising department and the builders. The advertisers
bring in so much business the builders are kept busy enlarg
ing the factory.
Something like 1,000,000 a year is spent in advertising
the company's output. At the present moment orders for
new business are so far ahead of the capacity of the plant
that it would seem a hopeless job ever to catch up. But the
advertisers never relax.
The head of that great concern now knows almost better
than anybody else that before you can reap a harvest you
must first sow the seed. The advertisers are the chaps that
are doing that.
bearing its share of the attack of tne
German armies. For the past week
the kaiser's soldiers have been doing
their utmost to crush the defenses at
Antwerp and capture the city. Ant
werp is one of the strongest fortified
cities in the world. The British are
watching the attack on Antwerp with
much anxiety, as the capture of this
important city would render possible
an opening to the North sea and a
future campaign in England. The Brit
ish have hurried their artillery to aid
the Belgians in the defense of the city.
Austria Agrees To Italy's Demands
For a time it appeared that Austria
and Italy would become entangled in
a diplomatic struggle which might end
in the declaration of war by Italy on
Austria, but this was happily averted
when Austria agreed to the demands
of Italy to remove the floating mines
in the Adriatic sea and to pay an in
! demnity to the families of Italian fish-
! ermen who were killed by the destruc
tion of a fishing boat by an Austrian
mine. It is expected that shipping on
the Adriatic sea will be resumed as
, soon as Austria gives notice that all
of the mines have been removed.
German Victory For Africa
I In China the Japanese troops have
been extremely active In their cam
, paign against the German colony in
China, but they have done little fight
ing so far. It is said that China com
plained of the Japanese violating their
neutrality, but the Japanese have paid
' little attention to these complaints and
have moved their troops by the most
direct routes. They were not molest
ed by the Chinese soldiers. There has
been somewhat of a lull In the fight
ing between the British and Germans
in South Africa with the exception of
one small skirmish in which the Ger
mans were the victors.
! In an earnest desire for a hasty cul
mination of the war in Europe, Presi
dent Wilson issued a proclamation set
ting aside Sunday, October 4, as peace
day and requested that prayers be
offered up by the American people all
over the United States for Deace
! Washington. Prayers for peace In
Europe arose from all parts of the
United States Sunday. Clergymen of
all denominations read President Wil
son's proclamation, itself a fervent
peace prayer, and congregations gath
ered to sing peace hymns and take i
part in peace services.
The president attended the Central 1
Presbyteiian church here and heard
Rev. James H. Taylor pray that the j
United States might be instrumental
in restoring peace to Europe and that
Mr. Wilson might be given wisdom and
strength in his mediation proposals.
The church was packed. After the
services a large crowd waited until
the president had taken communion,
to watch him ride away in his auto
mobile. May Bring Lasting Peace
New York. Hope that the European
war will be the last object lesson of
the horrors of strjfe and that after It
the efforts of man will be devoted to
production rather than destruction,
was expressed Sunday by Secretary
of State Bryan and Oscar S. Straus,
former secretary of commerce and la
bor, at a special peace day service at
Carnegie Hall. The meeting was one
of many held In this city in accord
ance with President Wilson's recent
proclamation, designating Sunday as a
day of prayer for peace.
"Today, when a number of nations,
all our friends, have been drawn into
the vortex of war," said Secretary Bry
an, "our first duty is to U6e such in
fluence as we may have to hasten the
return of peace. There will be ample
time afterward to discuss ways and
means for preventing future appeals
to arms.
"Our interests are so entwined with
the interests of other lands that no
nation can live or die unto itself alone.
If we had no higher reason for encour
aging conditions conducive to peace,
we should find ample justification iu
the fact that the burdens of war no
longer are borne entirely by Its direct
participants."
It's as difficult for some women to
get their hats on in th evening as it
is for some men to get theirs on the
next morning.
Thousands of square miles of
northeastern France, comprising the
ancient district of Normandy, has
been laid in waste by the war. The
extent of damage to property and
suffering to the populace l incal
culable, i
Many non-combatants, old men
and women and children, have been
killed in the fighting or otherwise
have met their death as a direct re
sult of hostilities. The heaviest dam
age to property has come from artil
lery duels between the French and
Germans. Scores of cities, towns and
villages have been badly damaged or
wiped out completely. Great farms
are now blackened ruins. Elegant
chateaux in magnificent estates are
desolate and deserted or are being
used as Red Cross depots.
The destruction of villages has
been a daily event. The ports of the
English channel coast, notably Calais,
art clogged with refugees.
They are homeless and penniless
and they are among the most pitiful
victims of the war. Families have
been broken up; uncared for children
wall for parents they will never see
again.
The fields are untilled and are torn
by shell fire. The roads are furrowed
and contain the carcasses of horses
and cattle.
The greatest fears are felt that the
Germans will make an airship raid
over the cmst. Thousands of per
sons spend the night in cellars to bt
ss' ; i from iierial honil-s.
" ' o.'s;i!"ls of French women have
-.-!. !o K: -Kbit: i to st-iy until the
i ..r.' exr-Uci! from Fmnce.
Germans Routed By Russians
Petrograd. The official statement
from general staff headquarters issued
reads:
"The battle of Augustowo ended Oc
tober 3, in a victory for the Russian
arms. The German defeat is com
plete. "The enemy is in a disordered re
treat toward the east Prussian fron
tier. The valiant Russian troops are
in close pursuit, the Germans aban
doning In their desperate march trains,
cannon and munitions, not having even
time to gather up their wounded."
Irish Loyal To British
Dublin. The number of new re
cruits for the British army obtained
in Ireland is about 26.000. More than
8,000 ot these are from the Dublin
district, 4,000 from Cork district and
the remainder from Belfast. Not all
the Belfast recruits are unionists, nor
are all the southern recruits national'
ists. The Belfast nationalists claim
to have furnished 5,000 of the Belfast
, recruits, which number relative to
their total population is larger than
the proportion supplied by the union
; ists.
PAU A POPULAR HERO.
Finch General Is Winning New
Laurels In Present Contest.
General Paul I'au. long one of
France's popular heroes, is winning
new laurels for himself in the present
war, although he has reached the ripe
age of sixty-seven. A recent- drnuuit
ic success was when his adveuturm:
cavalry near Crepy-en-Valois swooped
down on a German uminuuitiou col
Allies' Offensive
Movement Telling
NO DECISIVE RESULT YET
Allies Confident Cermans Will Be
Forced to Retreat Reports Indi
cate That Russians Are Whipping
Germans on Prussian Frontier.
Having repulsed the German at
tacks, i snniiibly in. the vicinity of
Roye. the French, according to an
official communication issued at Paris,
have resumed the offensive at sev
eral points, while o;her positions on
their left have been maintained.
The great effort or the allies to
envelop the German right may be
said to be in operation again, ami it
is believed the whole French column
from Rnye north win! to Anas is
moving eastward iigaint the Ger
man positions.
It is the same opemt! n that has
been tried repeatedly fo.- the h'st thii
weeks iu an attempt to reaeh the
German lines of communication, ami
either encircle the German army
forming the riuht wing or force ii
to fall back to Belgium and Luxem
burg. The Germans have had a long ti:nt
in which to make their position se
cure, so there is a lot of hard lighting
ahead for both the attacking fore
and the defenses. The decisive role
Is apparently being assumed by thi
invaders.
Iu the center, from the Olse to the
Argonne. th two well entr-m-hed ar
mies are still watching each other,
ready at a moment's notice to meet
attacks, or, on the advice of aerial
observer, to move to some point
where the line is threatened. While
there have been many of these move
ments, there is little, according to
the Freio h report, to record. In other
words, the situation remains virtually
as it was.
All you who have torpid liver, weak
d.gestion or constipated bov.-els look
out for chills. The season is here and
the air is full of the disease jrerms.
the best thing to do is to get your
liver in good condition and purifv the
stomach and bowels. HERBIXE Is
the right remedy, it answers the pur.
pose completely. Price 50c Sold by
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.
uuin nearly nve nines long, enpmrea
ll mm uien u up. uuuenil 1'aul Pan
commands one of the French nrinieg '
and wns born at Montelimar, In France
He was trained at St Cyr, the West
Point of France, and was graduated
in 1867. General Pau fought through
the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. He
lost an arm at Froescbvtller. On ac
count of his gallantry in this battle he
has been popularly known ever since
as "the hero of Froeschvlller."
Pau was made a genera of brigade
in 1897 and a division commander In
1003. He was forraerly-commander of
the Sixteenth army corps and when
a general of division commanded the
Twentieth army corps.
General Pau retired from active serv.
ice in February, 1911. In August of
the same year the French people de
manded that he be placed on the ac
tive list again and made commander In
chief of the army of the republic. A
popular campaign was started to force
tbe government to make the appoint
ment, and this action was about to
be t.'iken when the Mouis government
went out of office. Its successor ap
pointed General Michel. This, how.
ever, did not suit the FrencJ) people,
particularly those whose sons were at
that time serving with the colors, and
the new minister of war. M. Messtmy,
created the new post of Inspector gen
eral and named General Pau for the
Hist. This time, however, General Pau
declined.
"My one arm." he wrote, "is always
at the service of my country, but In
times of peace I need it for the sup
port of my family."
GENERAL tACIi PAU.
Success For Allies At Aisne
Paris. The official announcement
issued by the French war office re
ports progress in the region of Sois
sons, where several German trenches
have been taken.
The battle on the left wing is in full
swing without decisive result. The text
of the communication follows:
"First On our left wing the strug
gle is in full swing in the region ot
Arras, without decision having been
reached. The action has been less vio
lent between the upper valley of the
Ancre and the Somme, and between
the Somme and the Oise. We have
made progress in the region of Sois
sons, where some of the enemy's
trenches have been captured.
"Second On almost all the remain
der of tbe front, the lull already not
ed, persists. Iu the Woevre region
we have made some progress between
Apremont and the Meuse and on the
Rupt de Mad."
Vienna Hospitals Are Crowded
Venice. Vienna hospitals and all
temporary asylums for sick and wound
ed soldiers are fearfully crowded. Tha
city council has decided to build addi
tional wooden barrack hospitals, which
will be furnished with ten thousand
beds. Buildings of the University of
Vienna have been given over to tha
wounded soldiers.
The army of destitute and unem
ployed in the Austrian capital is in
creasing daily.
Thousands are threatened with star
vation. The authorities estimate that it wilt
be necessary to provide free meals for
100,000 persons daily.
Owing to the rapid advance in tha
price of meat and the shortage of live,
stock, the city council has asked the
government to permit the importation
ot 1,000 tons of Argentine beef.
Get Acquainted. '
With customers many hundreds
strong,
Occasionally things go wrong
i
, Sometimes our fault, sometimes
theirs
j Forbearance would decrease all cares.
I Kind friend, how pleasant things
I vould b
' If I k.itw you and you knew me.