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Newspaper Page TextFull Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today ON TRAINS AND tTEWl THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAk 8ALEM. OEEOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1011. PRICE TWO CENTS btands, rm CEsm . .TL i rt dciom n C Creat Gans Batter Forts While Bombs Drop Constantly - From the Sky VILLAGES FOR MILES iffitiful Scenes As Terror Stricken People Flee from Wrecked Homes "The Great Battle" It was thus that the struggle in Belgium and northern France was spoken of officially today "The battle of the Aisne"- "The battle of the Seven Kivers" Ihese designations were not tug enough to fit. It was as "The Great Battle" that the conflict seemed likely to go down in history. Interest centered for the day upon Antwerp. The kaiser's siege guns bat tered at the city's inner ring of fortifications and rained shells into the city itself. German aviators showered bombs upon it from the sky. There were many fatalities .uid numbers of buildings., had been destroyed. The Germans had previously demanded the city's surrender. When this was refused they s;iid the bombardment would be gin in two hours. wild Willi terror, approxi mately half the population fled The Germans opened fire as the throng was leaving, adding to the terrible panic. ' Villages for miles around were burning. The rands were filled with weary, starving fugitives old men, women and children mak ing the Dutch frontier. Antwerp's communication with the outside world had ceased. The Belgian capital had been transferred to Ostend. Some accounts said King Albert had remained to direct Antwerp defense; others that he, too, had gone to Ostend. A British form, landed on the nurlli coast, was reported iieirying eastward from Hip direction of (limit to the A n t werpors' nll. British worship wro reported nt Os tuml mill French cous. cities to prevent tlx Cirmniis ftnm capturing u hae for eppclin raid ot the British Isles, In France, north from Ami nearly to Hip Nortli Hen, Kriini o-Hrltlsh nml (lor limn rnviilry fought desperately. Tlio allies prnlossc I to have the " pet bund mirl to 1)0 fori nig the Hermans into Belgium, Th'y also declared tlio Hermans' right flnnhliig movement nml the at tempt to mil IIumii ofr from the const ind been defeated, Hnitiewhat nrBilcKi"nlly they admitt ed, however. Hint tlio Hermans routin bod Ml tilt Offensive. Tlio (leiitiiin version was Hint there bad born little change In the situation; i tint t lie allies hnd regained tinue ot the u on ii 1 1 thev lust earlier lu the week, Kxcept In the extreme nortli end In Hip Woevre ri'Ulon Hiiro was a lull In the fighting in Krnnri'l In the Woevre anntiv H'o French cl.tinicd Hi y wore u-nlnlug iillitlitlv. fighting an tin Vtatula, Between Austrollcrn nn nml Ifnsslnii force battle rnuel on I lie Vistula nifr. Th. Rimlac, were the same vvlio tried to Hike ( rarow and then fell lnn'k from the llnnalec river. Tin ItnuHlnti story wns Hut, finding Hie raoiny 'a Dnnn.iee position Impreg nable, they rmtnlit to lure him Into Hie npcu and succeeded. Pr'.omy"! ' ilet'etm ere ilei'lnrfil to le -'riiniiiliiiit uniler the Itominti fire. Iletween Hetmnon imt Itii'lniin fieroe fichtlnil iiinuteweil nn Hie euft I'tuvainn frontier, Having tnken the C r m n n outer Kilo ( hAi ilrfrtiKOA, tli" Jnpna were liniiiliniilliiK Hie Inner line of fartu, ('oroluii Minister Ki.to of .luimn lie- iiinl the lillmito ever promiwl to ron fine his operations ag.nst Oerinany TERROR IN ANTWERP 6. . iCIA.L REPORT- Claim French Have Regained All the Positions Taken by Germans P.irii, O.t. 8. f'avulry w;i playing tho I'lincipul rolt' toiluy in the monster I'onflii't in northoiu Franco. Tli" offieiiil atntemoiit inmieil at 3 p. in. spoke of tremendous clnshos in pro ress in tlm rountry north of Arrnn nl iiiut to tho North sen. The statement leelnreil the tlorninus were retirinir to the '.orthwaid but the belief was gen eral that they were still striving to tut the nllios oft' from the coast. Ih? situation was ono which called i noth sides for quick work of tlio kind which horsemen alone could do. IJntish and French reinforcement!! wore reported to have reached the front and it was to their presence that ex perts attributed the Herman retirement mentioned in the war office account of the ciiKaU'.Muent 's progress, (icrinin re serves, however, were also still arriving on tile finhtiiiK line, totifvin;; to the completeness of the kaiser's prepara tions. Recaptured Positions. M ist of the positions from which the llcrnmns' superior numbers had forced he dies tol retire between the liivera Soinuie and Oise had been retaken, the war office's statement said, the Ten tious belli! forced back. Tin war office was also authority for '.ho assertion that the Hermans had tried unsuccessfully to resume the of fensive iu the Woevre renion. ll'dween Hlieims and the Mouse ami on the French rii;ht it was said there had been no chun;e. "(In our left," mid the statement, "tlio enemy bus made no proitiess any- micro. He has withdrawn in certain places, particularly north of Arras, vheri' tl inflict is sprcadinn out, on- li r conditions fnvora,.ie to us. The op eratiiiiis of the two cavaliv foi ces now 'Xteid almost as far lis the North sea. "Mctweeii the Kivers Soinuie and Hiic, in the reii'ion ot Hove, the Her minis lire in force, but ive have reunined Tti.- t of the position we were compelled ty yield preciously, Printfcally No Changes. "Nortli of the Uiwr Aisne the Her mans' compactness appears to have di minished. "Coneeininif the cenfer, between Hlieims and the lliver Mouse, there is lothiiii; to report. "Hn the heights uf the Meune, be Iwe vi Veid:in and HI. Mihiel, the enemy 'ins withdrawn to the north of llattoii ' hnttel. He continues to hold Ht. Mi hiel a ml some territory to the north of It, on the rlnlit bank ot tho Mouse. " fn the Wocyre region u series ot .loleut (liriiinn nttucU east of Apre inonr nave an neon repulse. t. "On our riuht, In I ermine anil the Voscs, there hna be. 'A no rhaiiite, "In the eastern wai theater, the Itus dun offensive ncninst Hie east I'rus sum frontier eoutin 8hnrp (n,'litinu In priiL'iess on the frontier west of Suwaikl. Mexican Agent Says Peace Will Come-Carranza Anx ious to Retire Washington, Oct. H, lllchard Cole, of l,e Angeles, a personnl friend of pro vlsloiinl I'rcsldent Cnrranun of Mexico, predicted here todny speedy restorntion of harmony between Cnrran,n and Hen oral Villa through npen ronferences nt tne Agnus i nUeiitcs meeting, ' I arrnnzn,' unlil t ole, "nns no per' sun n I feeling against Villa. He feels that the general of the division of the north hna been led to his present rebel lious position br designing and un scrupulous persons who have posed ns Villn 's mends, I think villa Is a big enough man to admit his mlstuke when It Is once hrmiLht home to hi in. Mex ico ran use both the aervlees of Villa and Cnrrunn, ncting in their proper spheres, "Cirrnnra Is eager to retire to pri vate life, lie is tvnru out and only a sense of duty keeps hi in engaged In di recting the Ciinstltiitlnnnlint rniise. " Cole Is In Washington to aeek reeog iiltlon for the Mexican eentral govern ment, TUB "MAKE UP ' TAILED. Han FrancleD (let, H. Although fir mer Police Commissioner aim H. Jewell nnd his wife kissed and made up after Mrs. Jewell had been granted a divorce In 1 1' 12, Justice Vnnnostrand aetting aside the decree nt their request, Mrs. Jewell tpdav filed a second suit for divorce stating she found the reconcili ation was not effective, Hhe aks 2od monthly alimony. Kiao Chan and Its vicinity, saying the Hermans must be allocked wherever they threatened the i. hipping nf the .Inpinoe nr their allies, but said the iini"'M 's insular po"ssiions would only tob' held until the end of the war. CONDITIONS STILL MGNTH-OLD BATTLE Germans Attempt Flanking Movement Which Is Stop ped by Aviators 1,640,090 GERMANS ON THERM LINE No Longer. Known As Battle of the Aisne but Termed "The Great Battle" Paris, Oct. 8, In their cavalry op erations aguinst the Hermans in tlio French departments of Pns-De-,'alais and the Nord the allies were successful Wednesday night, it was announced here today. They wero said to linve defeated the nermiin nriempt to cut their lines or communication with the const nud to be pressing Btondily into Qedglum. It wna admitted, however, that the offensive of the Herman right still con tinued. The kaiser's troops were striking with all th"ir strength nact If it hm not been fur the British nviators it was owned that their flanking move ment iiguiusi the allies wou!t ave suc ceeded. Their movement! were report ed by these airmen to (lenornt D 'A made ' summoning reinforcements, re pulsed them. Fighting Line Extender The fighting front had e.trended to dny 100 miles northwnrd from the 1(1 V"i- Aisnn to the Belgian frontier. Kepiirts of a heavy oiieeiitrntii n uf iicrmnn reserves to the enstward oi this hoiindiiry were taken ns indieat ing that the kaiser expected the bat tieiiei.i to move in that direction de- spue nil tnn resistance he could onuose "ii- iiuii- nnv.ince. Ti... r. in- innvn rrince or Havana wis snid to be In command of this Relginn 1.: .. . . mi. u,i iinny navmqf iieeri re- novel m the Verdun districf Along the southern fighting front r- line extending mil miles, from f'nni- t. in- itv ! i t'ii!-v.iic-usson, mere was little activity today except in the Vinevre district, where the French were paining slightly Accurdliig to the Hnrdcaux war of rice, the kaiser has In F'rnnre and p, hii.'.i in in-seiii ;.i noTive on tt re serve nrmv corps, besides the land welir nud IiiiuNii nn. mnking n to'al of iippriiMmuieiy j,ihu,iiiii) men, The Groat Battle. London, (let. H. 1 1 The Drear tiiftle was the desiannl on which hn,l l,.,r idopted olfi 'billy today ns applying to i...Kii single raging in Heighim "uiin-in rninee. ''Till llnttle of the VI in" a-, ill rr! Hon wllie'l nn loneer n, I i iiiiimi. r.ven i ue nnttie of th N'V-eii Itivers," oeciisionally used, was iiiiin-ioiiie. That Antwerp woutd soon be fori to surrender was admitted, It wns feared the Hermans would de siroy tne Cliy, tllspi!ch tl-om In sources spoke of Its bonibnrilinent ns neing niren.iy In progress. No official confirmation of this hud been received here. Owing to the tremendous range or i up wci-man guns, It wns considered certain Hint some of their shells must ne tniiinir m Hit. town and If It n ude stubborn resistance It was considered loregone conclusion that It would be atiiijcctod to a devnstnting fire from tne Kaiser siege artillery, Ouard Against Zoppellni, ' hero was no longer nn question that Teutonic Infantry ami cavalry were cn opernting In n strong attempt to sever the line of communication be tween tho British -forces In Franco n, the channel. British drendiinughts were report missed it Ostend and tne northern rreneh ports to prevent fae Hermans from taking any eont nmltinna from which to start Zeppelin raids of the British isles, Fcrocioiii fighting was said to be progress in the Mile region, I'he Hermans were reported entrnnch ed III grout strength along the Hchedlt, with their outposts as far west in the acctlon In Belgium as Ypres. The fighting which began nbout Antwerp tvna extending Into (southern Belgium. AN HONEST COMPANY. Washington, Oct. 8. It wns s Mated this afternoon that the Invssll jatlon will show thnt the Itork Island had been manipil- luted with losses nl more than a) ':nn,nP0,lH)i). It was said the a) plobers would shi w that the "tin plate syndicate" acquired cc.ntrol of the roa 1 for nn,iii)u,. WO, and manipulated the stock until it sold out for :h)o,i)in,. ii KJ. When the syndicate got control t tie stock sold at 1"". Todnv it is worth 7 of a point. BULLETIN KEPORTS OF WORLD'S SERIES The Capital Journal will post (he returns of th first world's championship baseball game on the bulletin board tomorrow. The reports of th? actual play 1 nil. du to the difference in lime between thj ei st and west, will probably ;,begin coming about 10:H0 a. n. The bulletins Will be posted by innings. ' Stalngs Gels 'jReal Angry- Chief Orders Arrest Any Offering to Sell Tickets Philadelphia, Oct. 9. A long distance thrent to punch the fnce of Connie Mack, manager or the Atnietic.a, was made over tlio telephone roiray by Heorgo Htnllings, lender of tlio Boston Bravca. Although, Mnllings voiced a eclnration of war. Mack refused to become excited and Intimated thnt he would get ample revwnge when his f..rou i.lnsh hi.re tor rrow with the Braves in the first gtfhie of the world's series. Mailings telephoned to Mftok this aft ernoon and emergen from tne nooiu with hia fnco flushed and his eyes snnp-pl"K- , Ulaek, no sain, "cniien me uowu for allying his refusal to permit tin Brnves to practice lit Hhibe Park this afternoon wna unsportsmanlike. I re iterated my declaration. Then he col something that mnde me tell him ti come down to my hotel and I would punch his face. That goes double, too. If he aavs anything to me, I'll punch his fiice,'nnd punch It good nad hard." Muck said he merely torn isiniiings that he would have been gtnd to let the Hi-liven use the park this afternoon, but said he had arranged for the Athletics to practice there tlla afternoon. He said he offered Shillings the park this morning, but ftallings declined. mulling." anii! Muck, "left me nppiirontly satisfied, but later accused me or unsportHiiiansaiii. "That man Mack," anlit runnings Inter, "tried to tell me I wna sntisricil when I left him yesteniny, lie men to roast and belittle me. I told him he lied and wns n poor sport. nuiv not win the world's ciiam- pinmdiip, but if Mack comes down here am! tells me I was satisfied when he refused to let me use wniie rarK, i i win something else," Mack Intimateil that ho wouiu ignore Mailings' threut. The Industry Jnrrert nir,.,.ir of Public Hafetv Porter this afternoon ordered the police to rid the liD nf ticket atieeu ntora ami to Hircsi anyone attempting to sell world mules icnts In the Hotels nnu at renin, iom.-i nlso was Investigating chnrgea that po licemen accepted money for nbtnlning places In line for ticket purchnsers yes teniny. .... , Ticket scnlpers were badly trigntcnoii us the result of Porter's order nnd tickets which sold for KI yesterday were going nt i5 todny, Despite a alight fnll of mill, n long line of bleacherltes refused to evnctinto their positions, Mnny wore sweaters nnd nverconta nnd carried stools on which to rest during the night. Hand wleh and coffee venders did a land office business. Arrangements to pollen Hhlbe Park were completed train v. Four hundred pntrobnent nnd 711 detectives weie as signed to Hie para in mm in ii i ii i, Athletlci rTorite, Tim Athletics were favorites In the betting here this afternoon nt ("Ida of five to three nnd five to two, Chick Unvlca, utility outfielder of the Athletics, is suffering from ca tarrh uf the appendix. Ilia physlclnn advised nn linmedlnto operation, but Unvlca refused to submit to the k t)i f until after the close of the aeries, August Herrmann declared the Ath letics nnprnprlnted most of tin tickets assigned to the Natlonnl commission, while t!i .Vtlilcllca insisted this wns untrue. , The Prnvea did no( use Millie Park for practice tndav, the ployeri warming up at the Nntlnnnl league grounds, A drlar.le throughout the morning made practice work most difficult. Manager Mailings admitted thla afternoon Hint the Kcalher may rhnnge bis plana, but he would give out no detnlls, If It Is wet 'oniorrow, It wan believed ho will aend Ivler to the mounii. The averaue man would be all right If he were onlv half aa perfect as He thlnka his neighbors ought to he. The Weather Oregon! To night and Friday cloudy, probably southerly OFFICIAL JOLTS TlCi SCALPERS GERMANS SHELLING P Demand City's Surrender, Warning Noncombatants to Leave BEGAN SHELLING CITY ON TWO HOURS' NOTICE Populace Fleeing to Dutch Frontier-Roads Littered , with'Tlunder'' AVIATORS DROP BOMBS ' Amsterdam, O-t. 8. With the kniser'a siczo guns incesstnnt ly dropping shells into Antwerp todny, Herman aviators were bombarding tho city from tho ky. Belgian airmen were said to linve attacked the invaders but from all accounts tho Heimniis had hud tho better of the iierinl fighting, owing to their ma chines' superior speed and to the fact that their armored aeroplanes were proof against tho Belginus' fire. Fully half of Antwerp's popu lation wns said to have fled. ;( The Hague, Oct. 8. The Hermans were bombarding not only the forts but tho city of Antwerp todnv, nccording to latest nccounts received here. Cominunicntion with the beleaguered metropolis was Interrupted but not un til lifter shells had bi:nn dropping in its streets, exploding everywhere and destroying mnny buildings, tho Inst nicsHiiu.cn said. The Oerninns had previously demand ed the city 'a surrender. When thla wns refused, tliey gave the liihiibitnnts two hours to Icavoj then began the bom bnriiment. In the meantime thousands of non combatants lind fled. The Herman warn ing rent cd the wildest torrur. Auto mobiles, wngons, wheelburrows, nil sorts of vehicles were pressed into serv ice to get household belongings, cloth ing Biul personnl effects out of the city. i ugnt is a panic. Tho roads to the Dutch frontier were littered today with nil aorta of nrtielcs, many of them of value, dropped by the fugitives during their 1 limit. Tim bombnrdment atnrted before the crowd was fairly outside the town, up on which the exodus became a iinnic. I lie Belgian government archives were hurriedly transferred to Ostend. While thev shelled the city, the Her. mans continued to hammer at the ring of forts outside, From (ierinnn sources enme the statement that the Belgians had been driven from both the outer and Inner ring of these defenses. Four batteries of heavy tlclglnn guns, K field pieces and mnny rapid flrcra were said to have been tnken. Fort Brochem, it wns nnnoiinced, was taken by storm niter It had been hum mured Into ruins by n two days' bom bard meat, The Hcrmnns burned I.icrrn before crossing the lliver Nellie. Must Surrender Boon. It wns conceded by the Belginus themselves that tho city could not hold out more than two days longer. The supposedly Impri giinble Belgian defenses oil the Itlver Nellie were com pletely wrecked by the Hermans' heavy gnus uuil tho Belgian losses were enor moos. The knlser'a troops first tried to siring pontoons neiosn Hie Nellie, to enable them to storm the forts, hix such attempts were frustrated by the Belgian artillery, Then the (ionium field guns were ninacd at a alugle point, shelling the Belgian troops so unmercifully that their resistance wns smothered and the Herman engineers POPULACE FLEEING were massed at a alugle point, shelling buildings lu the city had been destiny the Belgian troops so unmercifully tliatel, It was slated, and tho dead lay un did r resistant wna ainolhereii and the Herman engineers were enabled to Iny four sets ol pontoons. Across I he in two Herman divisions were rushed and the Belgian positions were taken at the point of the bayonet, Pekln, Oct, 8. Tho Japanese a) were reported here today to have won control of the Her- man outer fortifications of Kino (hail, The mikado' land and sea forces, assisted by the British, a) were still bombarding the Inner defenses, It. wa Mated at Hie a) lapanese letntlnn here, and at a) the end nf the week It wn e- a) pectcd the elerlnans would be a) formnlly called on lo surrender. Their aupply Of provision aid ammunition was believed to a) lie running very abort. a) ) SITUATION AS IT ,By Driving, Belgians Out Will Strengthen Allies at the Front (By J. W. T. Mason, former London cor respondent of the United Press.) Now Yoi-k, Oct. 8. The Belgian gov ernment archives' removal from Ant werp to Ostein! reported today, seems to prove that the Uerniaus havo not yet completely invested tho former city. It suggests thnt a way ia clear to the westward lor the tielgiun garrison s oecapc, even if Antwerp eventually cap itulates. Apparently the Belgians are adopting tho same tactics at Antwerp that they followed at I.iego. Thnt is to any, their field force ia being handled as a unit distinct from tho strategic demands of tho permanent lortitientious. The fort nrtillerists really nro isolated, so far as employment with the army in the field is concerned. The field army 'a principal business nt Antwerp, as it was nt l.iege, is to escape capture, not to defend a city from which escape Is impossible. Fall of No Consequence. If the lino of retreat to the westward can be kept opeu, Antwerp's full will bo "of no military consequence. The Ilclgiun army, which tho Hermna gen ual staff bo ardently desires to trap, will still be at liberty and the posses sion of Antwerp by tlio kuiser will be us iisclevs to him uh the possession ot Brus sels has been. The Belgian army's deposition sug gests Hint the Hermans will have to use a far larger number of troops than Ihey have employed nt present If the I.'cl(liiins are to be prevented from elud ing them, The bulk of the Herman forco tin- loiiotedly is concentrated southeast of Antwerp, to provent the Belgians from moving lu tluit direction upon tho kai ser's niiiin line of communication. This absolutely necessary disposition of the besieging force natiirnlly suits tho Bel gians, as it allows them to get awuy to the westward. Will Help Allien. K tho Belgian gennrul stuff follows its own udiuirable precedent, establish oil nt loege, it will not be guided in mapping out its field strategy by con siderntion for Antwerp's defense. Instead it will retain tho urmy before the city only no long ns its avenue ot escape remains open and withdraw it the moment this avenue ia threatened The ciilmiuutioii of this strategy will be- nil eventful union of the Belgian troops with the Franco British forces on the Belgian border. Thus the prime result uf the Herman ntln.'k on Antwerp may be the strength ening of the ussnult evidently planned by the allies on the northwest corner of the kaiser's buttle sipinre, Russian Retreat Was to Lure Austrians From Their Entrenchments I'etiogrnd, Oct. 8. A big battle on the Vistula river bank northeast of Its junction with the Donnjec wns reported in progress today between the Kussi.in nml Austro-Herinuii forces. The war office cxplnlnod that this fight was n sequel to the Kussinn Willi diiiwnl described nt Berlin and Vienna as a defeat of the emir's troops from the I loonier river, a piece of strategy resorted to to lure the Austrians nml Herman Into the open, the discovery having been made that their defenses along the linn from Klelce to Nowy Handcc were lliipregnnble, The ruse wns said to have succeeded and Hie buttle raged fiercely, Kussinn aviators were quoted as re porting many breaches In the defenses of I'rM'inysl, which wns still being heav ily bombarded, l.nrge numbers nf iiurieii in tne aneeis, The Austrian garrison attemplcd a sortie lucsilay night hut it was re i pulsed, with tun annihilation of Hie em , tire front nf the column ny the l(usiati artillery, Desuernte fluhtlna wna also reported I between lluasluiis and Hermans nn the ''' Fast Prussian frontier. In the Teller- I noganja region It was said the Hermans i had uncovered a aeries of hidden re doubt t In-ill. with heavy gum mounted In HOT TWO ON TUB WINO. TiiHlo, Oct, 8. The Japanese marks men have brought down two Herman aeroplane which were spying out their position outside Kino Chan, it wna of ficially announced todny, The Herman defense' fire was snid to be slacking and the official opinion wa expressed that. Teutonic louse had been heavy, The war office declared that the nit on t ton had improved materially from the Jipnee alanilpolnt. REFUGEES CONDITION IS PITIFUL Roads to Holland Filled with Families Driven From Their Homes HOPE TAKES WINGS BUT HUNGER STAYS Mothers Seek Children Who Frightened Beyond Tears Toddle Along in Silence Rotterdam, Oct. 8. Every Belgian villnpre within a radius of mnny miles of Antwerp was burnintr today but the Antwerp garruson continued to resist. . That the city was still holdinpr out as late as noon today was known positively. Thoujfh shells were falling; in its streets, it was said many of them were "over shots" which failed to explode. Dutch resources were hope lessly overtaxed. Camps were being established for tho refu gees and the government and private charity wero doing all in their power to relieve the general distress but it was said thous ands must starve to death unless outside aid wns received. Lierre and Contich were prac tically wiped out Wednesday, ' German shells having set them on firo. Tho forts of Waelhcim and Wavro were completely blown to pieces by the kaiser s huge siega guns and their garrisons per ished in them. The villages of Hove, Horszd and Vietix Dieu suffered fright fully. They were deserted by their inhabitants and mnny of their houses had been levelled. Along tho roads the most pa thetic scenes were enacted nmong tho refugees fleeing to Holland. Families were separ nted, mothers were hunting frantically for their children and little bnbies were seen toddling along alone. Hunger wns everywhere. Speedy Oaptux Certain, Berlin, via Tho llaguo, Oct, 8.-"Th iittitrk on Antwerp continued milliter- rupt'dly, ' nimouiiceii the war oriic todnv. "It Inner ring of fort la crumbling: nnd Is speedy capture l car- tain. "lu France there lit been llltl I'lmnce In Hie situation. All the allie' attempts to reiover lost ground Imva lulled," The name of Major Oeneral Zellmnn, ciimmander of the Hrcond Bavarian field artillery, wns indudd In today 'a casualty list on tho roll of those killed in action. British Bending Aid. Loudon, Oct. 8, A big British ex position was reported today rushing U Antwerp's relief from west of (incut. It was said to consist of a naval da tnchincut and an artillery force, wltli the heaviest calibre guns, and wa a sinned to have been landed on tha Mel glan const at or near Ostend. It presence In Belgium wa not of flclnlly confirmed hem. How much chance there waa of sav ing I ho situation In Antwerp was mil know n here. It wa underHlood, however, that Hi (Ierinnn were redoiiullng their efforla to capture the city aud that they wnr) niiii'ii more niiniemu In It vicinity than had been auppoacd, estimate placing them at VC0,0vO at lost. While tho alege ir.igteed Henna. nvialora went teirori.ting th Antwerp- ers, A aenre of non combatants wor said to have been killed by aerial boinb. Zeppelin wre understood it be also near the Oern.an front, readf for escent at a moment' nolle. Conflicting storied war told concern, lug King Albert. One account win that he remained In Antwrrpi another waa that he had gone by at s in ship to O tend, taking great nnantltlea or art treasure with Vilm. The war office her Insisted thnt th sltintlnn In northern fraacit 1 cel lent and that th Merman offensive I waning.