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M13DF0RD. OJWdON, SA'ITWDA V, OCTOUKlfc '), VJU
NO. .1G7,
FIERCE FIGHTING AEONGWiERN END OF BATTLE LINE IN NORTH FRANCE STILE CONTINUES
ALUES REPEL CRACOW SCENE
VIOLENT ATTACK OF GREAT FIGHT
R G ON 0 ROYE
Bailie Proflrmltvj since Yesterday
on Left Wing Continues Enemy
Reinforced, But Still Unable to
Force Break No Change In Center
Crown Prince Driven Back.
I 'A ms, in. :t, :i::i p. m. The
official miununccmcut issued this
ufletnuoii deolnres t It it t tlm violent
attack of til' (liinniiiiH at Hoyo has
boon repulsed liy thu ullics.
The official slateiunii mih:
"First On iiiii It'll wine tin' vio
lent notion which Iimh liii'ii prioress
ing since yesterday continues Willi
nut interruption, particularly in the
region nt' Hnyc, where we have re
pulsed till attacks, although on this
part n (lie front I lie ninny linn boon
reinforced liy now ntMitiniiii tnkni
from tlm oiietuy' center, previously
K'litirti'tl.
Ontrr I'lulinnuril
"Second -On tin eouler nothing h
In In' imli'il from Itlit'iniH In tlm Ar
gonim region. In tin' Argonno dis
trict tin' sixteenth (Icriumi rnrps (tho
iinuy of I In riown prince), which hud
uttcinptcil In hlip liy through (lie
wood nt' Oniric, bus lieni ilriveu
Imek toward the north of the Varen
lies In llnnim'-Vioniios In Villi line,
"In the Wnevre distriot mill on the
heights of the .Mouse our progress 1h
always hIow, hut continuous.
"In the llclgimi field (lie (lerniiniH
nie bombarding the southeast of the
Antwerp position vvllliotit being yel
ulile to produce nny considerable ef
fect on llm work. They have ilellv
ercil tunny infantry attacks which
liuve lieen repulsed.
0KrnlloiiH In ItiiKsIa
"In the ItiiHftinn field of operations
a strong (lonmiuy of four corps has
taken position between the frontier
of cunt Prussia anil the river Nie
men. Km left wing litis heeu thrown
hack on .Mnriuiupnlc ami Suwulki. At
the eenter the city of Augiistnvn has
heeu taken hy the KiisshiiiM. On tho
Ocriuiin tight nine Hi' struggle con
(iiiuix around Ossovotr. (lietweeu
Lek anil Hielo'.lok).
"In (lulieia the rear guard of the
Austrian hits retreated in disorder
us, far as the Vistula.
"In Mosuin, Servian anil Moulonc
prin columns arc advancing mi Sura-jeeo."
REINFORCEMENTS
SAVED VON KLUCK
NKW YOltK, Oct. a. Dow, Jones
iiiiiI company, n Wall Street News
agency, Hunt out tho following ills
patch teilny:
"llorilenux, Oot. 3. Mliilntor of
War Mlllormid declared todny thnt
only tlio Hteudy arrival of heavy re
inforcements Inul averted dlsnstor (or
tho army or General Von Kluck ami
tho entire, right wing or tho Gorman
army, lln mild thnt curly In thu
week tho foreCH of General Von Kluok
wore In dosporuto straits ami that
part of thorn had noon forced to with
draw from advanced positions to a
point uortheuHt of St, uontln by a
raid of French cavalry,
"(lenorul Von Kluck, nilnlHter Mil
leraml Hiild, had called for reinforce
iiivutN, hut tho urrlval was dolaycd
and thoy arrived only In time to pro
vent a general withdrawal of tho Gor
niun troops."
STRONG
QUAK
ONEASTERNUNE
Reports of Struggle Conflictino
Petrocrad Reports Glowing Ac
counts of Russian Successes With
a New Invasion of East Prussia
Gtrmans, Content Counter Invasion
E FELT!
ISLE OF MARTINIQUE
iiiiit ir. mN( i; Mmi.i r
Mniliuiipic, Oe. :l. A -Inniu niilli-
JIII U hlllll'L Will I'Xpl'lll'IICcd lll'I'M nt
:H IhU il'leinooii, Tlio illH'rllnli
wim I'linii piiilli ii Miulli ami 111
lll'llllll limlin) fill llilll) mtiiImU. iu
iIiiiiiiiui VWI iJuiii'i I
LONDON', Oct. :i. -UepoilH fiom
the caHlcrn area of tint war continue
fniiflirtiiii;. OIowiiij; nceoiiutK of
ItiiHfiiau MieeesM'H with a lien' iiiMis
ion of KiihI Prussia cmiiimle from
Petrocrad ami other pro-Kiissian
sources. On the other hand it i eon
tended that the (lenuaii army which
ilroo the Hissuiiih from Must I'rus
Hia is iiirtkuitc a serious mviisiou lo
the eant ami thai an important en
KiiKement aloiiK lln river Nieuieu is
imminent, white other Oermaii ami
Austrian force are eheckini: the
westward movement of the HussiaiiH
in Itussinii Poland and (lalicla.
The most dependable reMirls indi
cate that thu really ureal battle is hr
iup; I'otiKlit ut Cracow, where mi un
numbered lliishiau force in attaeknu;
the (lenuiins ami Aiistrimis, there
united in immeiihe itrein;th.
Conlriu-y CUlm In S4nln
Slid further apart are the contrary
claims n'K'nrdiiij: the htruKle of the
Aiihlrimm against the imnicH of Ser
vin ami Monteuecro. An oflleial
htiitnm-ut from Serviu nayw that the
llalkau allies have cnini'd n brilliant
xtetory at Vafresenila. Aeeoniiuc;
to Austrian reporlM, Hie invader of
Itosiiin'aic liiiit; i'iilliml-wliln the
rounler-iuvnltlon of Serviu proceeds
Matisfaetorily.
A new Herman casualty list adds
DIIOU nnuiPN to dead, wounded and
missing. The woumlcil include
Prince .loacipiiui, the ciuperor'H
.VOIIIIJJCht Mill,
Accordiiiu' o Itouie advices, n cab
met ero.is is iipiiruiichiii?, duo to dif
ferenced r.s to the attitude of Italy.
lteports of the illness of Kitiy
Charles of Ituiiimiin are reviving.
Those opMised to the inonarchy's
friemllincrts towanl (lenuauy insist
Hint these reportN art) issued to cover
it delay in dctenniuiim Itmuaiiiu'ri at
titude. Japanese Ixihsos HeMrtcl
Tokin miuouuerH that another .Inp
miehc iniiu'-hwceper has been hiink by
if German mine in l.iioslmn bay,
Chin. Tho .Japanese a nny is said lo
be contiuuiui; its preparation for a
general assault on Thiu-Tmt. The
lapmicftn tire being shelled by the
for!H mid the (Icnuuii warships in tho
buy ut Kino Chow.
Tho French cabinet bus decided
that it cannot accept (lie proposal to
institute of finally general prn.M'rb
for the success of the Kieiieb arms,
while ugreeiug that nil creeds me
free, to proceed with sueli services
within the limits fixed by the law.
There is nothing new from Ant
werp. The Into! llelgian official ic.
ports said that tho eity was resisting
successfully (ho boinbiudnient of the
flormmiK,
Tho Chineso government has again
protested against tho Japanese occu
pation of tlio railway station ut NYi
Union,
NARROW ESCAPE
KASER'S
SN
LONDON Oct, a, 3:35 p. in. A
dlmuiteli to tho Kvonlng Nowh from
CopouliUKon rcpnrtH thut tho corres
pondent of tho llorllnor TaKoblutt,
who wltiioHtiod tlio luittlo at Verdun
on Hoptombor lil when l'rlnco Ovcar
led tlio Imporlul (luiird uuys;
"TIioukIi tho Uonuuiitt foiiRht llko
IIoiih, tlio Turcoii climbed trouii llko
inouktiyH, hiding In (bo Iuuvcb. Tlio
(Iflrmuu ami TurcoH foiiKbt mid
wiCHlled In u lorrlbla liuiiiMo-liuud
li'UKlii mid many (loriimn officers
full dead mound thu ptlnco, who
thoiimfier hud llio liuurl uttuck l
ri'uily ilom'rlbuil,
"LHlvr ut m hotel In Hell, Ihu
pilniM wuk ueeled by Ihu I'liiperor,
mIik vi lib lil min ulimilm tiled;
Hoy, io) Uvtp ;uu niol'"
A RUSSIAN BAYONET CHARGE DURING A BATTLE IN EAST PRUSSIA.
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TAX ON BANKS
RETAINED FOR
WAR REVENUE
.1, 'i.cuu. uu tlrawn u V .Mulmim, pclnt artlut (or thta nwspaprr, the New- Vork ItCBALn, and the London Sphere from valuab.r r. erlai iu,iilid by
lr W II. Aiiim, wlm e ajil from h.a humn I it l.'aat I'rufs.a, whct ho wui manacInK a urfnt German titate, ivr-cn t" Kuj.tn army opptuf The cpUadi
ii uucit m ooinrrcil on Ihr cvuiilni; vt Ansurt W brimrn Koiachen and llartfinleln, whn ten thouiand Oermani and f.ltecn ihouaar.il lU.at were encased,
ornish hli liluuti Mr, .me Hluntail . lHonct iliatgo liy thu llulna acalnit the German center Tho German titd mi.o wrc cut up In mnl, jitrtlei.
BOMBARDMENT OF
ANTWERP YIELDS
SMALL RESULTS
LONDON, Oel. .1, 7:."ill a. in. Do
scribing the lighting of Kridny in
tho environs- of Antwerp, the corn',
pondent of tho Times says:
"During tho early hours of Friday
Ihero was a heavy liombaidiueut of
tho whole lino of tho Antwerp de
fenses from Hoom, five mid one half
miles northwest of Mulincs, to Lieno,
nine miles southeast f Antwerp. It
was especially sevoro at tlio fort of
Wavro-St. Catherines'. Toward mid
day IJio firing of tho Uoruinns be
came desultory.
"Tho Itelgian uitillery continued
nolivo, but tho (lenumi reply was in
termittent mid chiefly directed on
the bridge in tho villugo of Waelliem
''During tho morning tho (lennaus
penotrutcil to the fort of Wnvre-Sl.
Catherines, hut were diiven back,"
MONTENEGRINS AT j
AUSTRIANS CLAIM
SERVIAN
VICTORIES
SARAJEVOS
I'AHIK, Oct.. I, I) ..'ill a, m. A dP.
piilch In the IIiiwin ngcuc Innii (VI
llnje illa.
"Tim ijniiiu Kei'vluil mid Miotic
lii'UI'li! inh nme uiiiinl him iciicliril
Hie limiillliiln, wheiu me kllnuli'd the
firl fnillllciiliniii. o huiiijcwi, hiji
HitffMlHi
HOT AIR TALES
VIKNNA, Oct. ', via .ondon. Oct.
!l, 11! : 111 p. m. An offioinl coinmu
nieation signed by Field Murshnl
Potiorek lias been given out hero ns
follews:
"For the last two days our (roup.
in Son in have been attacking the
enemy. Up to Iho present time our
offensive movement ugaiitst the
oneniy, strongly fortified in posi
tions further protected with bathed
wire entanglements, ltavo proceeded
slowly but fuvontbly.
"Thorn has been Marled energeti
cally a movement to clear the regions
in Muslim winch have, been diMuihcd
by Servian mid .Moiiteuegiiti troops
mid irregilurs.
"The minotiueeinent from Serviu
concerning Iho annihilation of the
fortieth division of the Hungarian
houvcil is a fin titer proof of tho vivid
imiipiimlioii of Iho Servians. This
division of tioops, us Iho Sommis
duiuig the last lw days have had
repealed oppoi (unity lo learn, is in
Iho be! of condition at ihu buttle
front mid it paihcipaled lotlonsy
III cjiyuciiietil last week nt YWh
imiiil ami oUewlieie."
CZAR NICHOLAS OFF
FOR THFATER OF WAR
I'lTIIDilllAD. Od :i Cmpi'ior
Nii'liolu. ii i- iiiiii"iiin'nl. Inn leii hie
Hit HiiHler P UKI'
WA
CHINA CONSIDERS LONG COSTLY
JAP AGGRESSION I LOOKED FORWARD
TREATY VIOLATION! BY GREAT
BRITAIN
PSK1N, China, Oct. Il.-The Chin
ese government today replied to the
latest Japanese note. It said that it
considered tlte Japanese occupation
of W'ei-Hsien in Shantung province
a In-each of neutrality, mid aborted
that if tho rcM of the railway in
Shantung was occupied such action
would constitute a further violation.
The slate council, under tho chair
manship of Vice-President Li Yuan
I long, yesterday postponed consider
ation of current business and dis
cussed at length the Japanese viola
lion of Chinese neutrality.
The speakers contended that tlio
Japanese would find .Sluinlung piov
ince another Manchuria; that tho
progress of Japanese troops along
the rail road was unnecessary from a
military standpoint ; that Ureal llrit
itiu could not be excused forthe dis
regaid shown by her ally, .lupuitiJof
China's neutrality, piirtiouliiily in
view of her dculni-utiuiis cincuriilug
llelgiau neutrality, ami that Ihu Jap
uiteso, in view of their nutriiue in,
Shantung, me not treating the (ijn
esc as u friendly nation.
The council finally dialled a nor
lex of interpellations in Ihu gnwrn
muni mid iheii entered into secnil
Sl'Hhlllll,
The uoiei'iimnii i peimillliiif CliU
1100 0Mpil0T III ICMll mul li
hum Ihu J ii i hi no-e mlntliiik In Sbiiii
IllliW, II Mill luiiiliiiue In pM'veiil,
imivewi', Hie lioeotllii(r of Hilntt
,)aiiilieii wlmli uillou rhliiveo i'llu'4
IllHt) Hlleuijihil u iUiiyiiMt
LONDON-, Oel. 3, : a. in. The mil
itnry expert of the Times today says:
"1 Iowever intteli we may bend back
the (iernuiu right wing and relieve
Antwerp, whatever confidence we
have Unit the shock of tho Mussina
masses in the east will prove decis
ive, we must not entertain the slight
est illusion regarding the hard and
trying condition which awaits nil the
allies in the future in operating
aguiiist (ieriiiany u'dueed to the defensive.
"(leriuany is still 'milled. Her to
rsouio.usigrovv atop." All her niighj is
in nrufs, ni( iter nrsenals are working
at full , procure. Her ' fleet will
strike when the hour comes, probably
in co-opernliou with the army.
"Tlio line of the Aisite, when forc
ed, inuv prove lo be only one of many
similar lines prepmed in the rear of
H, l limy take a very long timu fot
)ii lijluis o compel (lermiin.v to fee)
Ii Wcjikuoss, It Iherefoiu devolves on
the ullies to look forward to it long
win-."
ism iiii inimiin
KING OF ROUMANIA
POLITICALLY SICK
IIOMi:, vm Lmiloii, Oel. :i, 11:10 u.
in. A dupiili'li In Him (lunnal D'ltuL
in fi'i'in Koiln, lulurii, nk Hint
Hie i'liiiililimi o IvIiih t'lnlile ut llini
llllililii lm Kiulileiilj beiiiiiii woi'e.
The iliiclur'ti bullfiln Iniliiy iln-boy
lie iiiiiol Iium nbwilulo iiie )m tnft
lu tutv In life
Protest Read From Auto Owners and
Makers Propose Cut in Federal
Salaries Pawnbrokers' Tax In
creasedTobacco Tax Classified
WASHINGTON, Oct. .1. Demo
crats of tho senate, flnnlico committed
today, after prolonged debate In exe
cutive session, decided to retain the
proposed tax of ?2 a thousand oa
bank capital and surplus In tho vwar
revenue bill, as it passed tho house.
Protests against tho tax. on auto
mobile owners and manufacturers
were presented by Senators Smith
and Townacnd of Michigan, for man
ufacturers with plants located In
their state
Senator Vardnman Introduced and
had passed n resolution calling on tho
secretary of the treasury to cstlmato
how much could bo saved by making
proportional deductions from salaries
of alt government employes ranging
from two per cent, on 11500 salaries
to ten per cent on tboso above $750.0.
Several members of the commtitee
sought to havo tlio bank tax elimi
nated and to substitute stamp oa
checks, drafts and other negotiable
paper.
Tho committee also voted to re
tain tho proposed tax oa stockbrok
ers and a proposed tax of $20 a year
on pawnbrokers was raised to $50. A
tax of $20 a year on coaimlwtoii
merchants was imposed.
Two classifications wero added to
the houso provision taxing tobacco
manufacturers and dealers.
Manufacturers using from 200,00
to 400,000 pounds of tobacco annual
ly would pay n tax of $48; moro than
400,000 pounds $9C. CIgarmakers
manufacturing between 400,000 apd
750,000 clears a year would pay $48;
moro than 750.000, $9C.
VILLA FORCES AT
NA
NINU
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ARTILLERY
DUE
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Tho
American commander oppoalto Narot
Mexico, lias been instructed sot to
permit tho bringing of Mexican
wounded across the boundary; Amer
ican Burgeons, however, if necessary,
wilt treat wounded ou Moxlcaa boll
Zapata will not Join Villa, accord
ing to a report to constitutionalist
headquarters here, from a Carraaxa
agent in San Antonio.
NACO, Sonora, Mexico, Oct. 3.
Villa forces under Governor May
torona continued through the Right
desultory firing tipou tho outpost
of General Denjatnlu HlU'a Nacu
garrison, but coased at daylight. The
town's defenders nro awaiting the
attack which Muytorcna Informed
Colonel Gullfoylo, commanding the
United States border guard, would be
delivered soon after daybroak. Hill
noldlora reported that the skirmish
ing yesterday resulted In a loss of tea
killed for Muytorcna.
Hundreds of refugees from Nao
slept out )u tho ruin last nlgh't la
tho streets of Naco, Arizona.
MINTS
ORDERED CONTNJED
WAHHINUTON, Oet. 8. JwrtffcW.
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near lo prod with all wwl
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