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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
SUBMARINE BACK
AFTER SINKING FOE
Two of E-9'S TorpedOes Were
Enough for German
Cruiser Hela.

Harwich ivia London. Sept lG
lhe submarine boat E-9. which sank
the German cruiser Hela of Heligoland
Sunday morning, arrived here to-day
and was cheered by the Clews Of the
warships as she entered the harbOr.
The submarine fired .wo torpcdoes at
the Hela One struck her bow and the
other hit amidships. The cruiser i'm
mediately burst into flames.
A number of German merchant ships
which were in the vicinity went to the
Hela's assistance, and 1t is believed
that majority of her crew were res
cued The 1ela sank within an hour.
The submarine E-9 is said in the
official announcement 10 have torpe-
doed the Hela six miles south Of Hell.
goland The fact that she approaches
sc near to Helgoland as six miles and
in the direction of Wilhelmshaven and
the deadly estuaries Of the Jade, the
Weser and the Elbe proves that the
British feet is still keeping up the
daring vigil which led less than three
weeks ago to the action Of Helgoland
Blight,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
SAVED BY SUBMARINE
FROM BELOW THE SEA!

London, Sept. l6.-"The most rO'
mantle. dramatic and piquant epi-
sode that modern war can show,
says naval lieutenant in describing
an episode in the HeliEOland fight.
His letter reads As follOws:
"The Defender, having sunk an
enemy, lowered a whaler to pick up
her swimming survivors. Before
the whaler got back an enemy's
cruiser came up and chased the De-
fender, and thus she abandoned her
whaler.
Imagine their feelings; alone in
an open boat without food, twenty
five miles from the nearest land, and
that land the enemy's fortress, with
nothing but fog and foes around
them.
Suddenly swirl alongside, and
mp, If you please, pops his Britain
ME majesty's submarine E-4, opens
his coming tower, takes them all
on board, shuts up again, dives and
brings them home $50 miles.
rs not that magnificent? No
novel would dare face the critics
with such an episode in it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
OUTLOOK IS GOOD,
GERMANS CLAIM
Berlin Wireless Denies AL
lies Have Won Victories
in Marne Region.

Berlin, Sept. l6 (By wireless teleg'
iaphy by way Of Sayville, Long Isiandl.
The German prospects in the battle
in the Marne region are still char.
acterized in Berlin as favorable.
The General staff has authorized tire
announcement that nowhere along the
line of battle have the British or
French forces won victory.
No details of the lighting in France
are given out, and it is said that no
decisive turn of events seems probable
for some time to come.
According to documents found on
Russian prisoners, the remainder OF tie
Russian army of Wilma. whose defeat
was announced in Berlin yesterday,
has moved sSuthward to ihe Vistula
River
According to an ohicia! rcpol,.
French troops in he fighting which
took place on August % attacked and
destroyed German field hospital, Kill
ing the physicians in charge and the
rurscs and wounded soldiers.
Attention is called here to the rapld-
itv with which the Siberian troops OF
Russia have appeared in the European
field Portions Of the Sd Siberian
Army Corps, which was defeated d.
Lyck, IN East Prussia. came from
Irkutsk; consequently, their moliblza-
ton and transportation must have beer
extraordinarily rapid. as Irkutsk is in
Eastern Siberia. Military experts here
are scarcely able to believe that such
troop movement has been possible IN
the six weeks since the publication OF
the order OF mobilization.
According to dispatches received
here, the British naval commission at
Constantiropie to-day resigned iIom
the Turkish service.
Fifty-two pieces Of artillery captured
from the British have arrived at Ham
burg.
The rumo?s which have been in cir
cufat;on that Upper Silesia is threat
caed BY a Russian invasion are de-
clared to be without foundation.
The attempt of the Russians IN South
Poland to isolate the Austrian army UNI
der General Dankl is declared here to
have failed. The Silesian landwehr, or
reserves, took part in the lighting
against the Russian forces.
A German who formerly lived IN
Antwerp. and who is now in Berlin. has
made the declaration that as far back
as the middle OF last July he saw mines
planted in the suburbs of Antwerp. A
Belgian laborer who was engaged in
this work told him that every one Of
these mines would blow up battalion
of German soldiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
MAUBEUCE SIEGE
A STUBBORN FIGHT
Bombardment Is Terrific
and Incessant, Lasting
for Many Days.
By V. SIOSTEEN.
fSp,,ia. Correspondent "f Th" "" r"'6
Trihnne and "LondOn Standard.

fSpt,ia. Correspondent "f Tn" "" l"I n
Tribune aud London Standard.'l
Boulogne delayed by CENSOR, Sept
1.-THE defence of Maubeuge b.
few hundred intrepid French soldiers
seems to have been overlooked. almost
ignored. during the advance Of the Ger
mans to the gates Of Paris and their
subsequent repulse, but the resistance
Of the forts has been one OF the hneSt
feats of arms in the campaign. Inc
Germans invested Maubeuge on Au-
gust 25, and when left the vicinity oi
the town, on September II, 1t was stIi
holding out.
The bolabardment Of the forts by the
big German siege guns began on sep
tcmber /. and has been continued M''H
trief intervals of rest ever since. MauI
Leuce was defended by seven forts ahH
each contained on August 20 garrison
Of 2lD men II Is Impossible TO Sat
how many survive. but IT - known ,hat
in one or two the casualties were ''''
heavy. ,.,,.
zen thousand Of the kalser'> troops
were detached from the nam arInIeS
70 invest and attack Maubeuge. facE
Gav al dawn huge German siege guns
GeSan TO nurl missiles at tn" forts, tha
German gunner, dropping shell after
she'll directly on the forts and de-
fences. The bOmbardment was InceSI
SAINT. Every morning the guns woul"
be worked for time, then "Ould c'nn'
N interval Of rest, then more bombar3-
inc, and so on. hour after hour, lay
after day. Occasionally the artillery
attoct ,yrs varied oy rush OF German
infantry at the forts, and the ma:hi@'
Guns OF the defenders moved do"h IN
ranks Of the advancing enemy WIN 'eI-
rible precision. ,....,
Attempts to carry tie forts by stern
,vere frequent at the outset, but tho
heavy losses inflicted on the Germans
led 20 their abandonment in favor OF
,teedy hail of smells from the hrupP
siege guns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
RUSSIA SUSPECTS
MOVE ON POLAND

Loudou, Sept. THE Daily Mails
Petrocrad correspondent, describing
the possibility of a German invasion oi
Poland, says: - ,o,,
1T is believed the Germans now
have concentrated 100000 men IN East
Prussia far greater NUMBER 'haI
is required for mere defensive, move
n,erts As there would be little pur-
nose in attempting to drive the Rus
I'm General Rennenkampf out OF his
strong position at KOvno and ventur-
nc into the interior of Russia. there
is every reason TO surmise that the
object Of the German concentration Is
an invasion Of Poland and an attempt
to capture Warsaw. ,
"If this were attained it would not
only safeguard Eastern Prussia. but
would also divert great part OF the
Russian forces row operating IN Call
cia, thus easing the pressure there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
RUSSIANS PLEDGE
FREEDOM TO ALL
Grand Duke Urges Aus
tro-Hungarians to Wei
come Invaders.

PetrOgrad, Sept 17.-By order Of
Grand Duke Nicholas, commander in
chief of the Russian forces, the fol-
lowing public announcement, printed
in nine of the principal Languages OF
Austria, is being distributed i'll the
Austrian districts captured by the
Russians:
"To the inhabitants Of Austria-Hm.
gary: =,
"The government Of Austria de-
clared war against Russia because the
great empire, ever faithful 10 IT'S ms
torical traditions. could not forsake IN
offensive Servia, nor acknowledge ts
enslavement.
"On entering the Austro- Hunga ian
territory | declare in the name of the
great Emperor that Russia. which has
SMILED its blood many times for the
emancipation OF nations from the
foreign yoke, only seeks the rehaD'll-
;ation of rights and Justice.
Russia also brings liberty ana the
realization Of your national VOWS
For many centuries the Austro-Hun-
garian government planted among
YOU discordant enmity, for II knew
that as result Of this strife IT'S do
m;nion over you would continue.
son the contrary, my sole ann IS
that each and every one of you MAJ
grow and prosper and keep at the
same time the precious inheritance OF
language and faith Of your fathers.
LET every one of you, united to ms
brothers. live in peace and harmony
with your neighbors, respecting their
~,
YOU will cooperate with all your
strength to realize this, call upon
YOU to welcome the Russian troops as
faithful friends who are fighting for
the realization Of your greatest am
hitionS" 4"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
second Great Battle Begins on Line
Extending from Noy0n to Metz Fortress;
Early Attacks of Both Sides RepuLsed
American Boy of 9 Brings
Out Family from Hungary $

London, Sept. l6.--TheOdore Ia
perEer. a nine-year-Old boy of Phil
adelphia, arrived at the Offices Of
the American Relief Committee in
London To-day in charge Of q Hun
garian widow and her six children,
whom he had brought all ;he way
from Budapest. From the Hun
garian capital this boy had acted
as guide, interpreter and pro-
tector of the fatherless family.
TaperLer. who had been visiting
relatives in Hungary, started to
come out alone. At the railroad
station in Budapest he met for
IOrn family. whose father, now
dead, had been a naturalized Amer
lean citizen. He took the Hun
garian mother and her children un-
der his care and brought them sue
cessfully to London. On his arrival
here the boy drew draft on his
father in Philadelphia, which was
promptly hOnored by the relief
committee. He then acted as inter
prefer for the widow while she told
her story and secured aid from the
committee, after which he attended
TO thl securing of steamship pas
sage for his charges.
The chairman of the relief COM
mittee said to-day that no person
applying to the committee for help
has shown more self-reliance and
intelligence than has this nine-year-
old American boy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
USED THE DEAD
AS A BARRICADE

Paris. Sept. 17.-Thousands OF dead
and wounded cucumber the battlehelds
along the Marne. and railway trains to
the east of Paris are crowded with
heavily loaded ambulances. The Rod
Cross services are at present working
night and day dealing with fresh. con-
VOWS. which keep continually arriving.
At one place the Germans had built
a barrier six feet high of dead, behind
which to resist the French charges
This barrier was finally carried after a
bloody struggle by Turccs. and hor-
rible litter Of 1000 corpses now marks
the spot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
JOFFRE IN AUTO
OUTSPED DEATH
~ taoic 70 mo 'rrh0ucl :

o. IaUic 30 inn Tribune
London, Sept -, The DaiE Mails
Paris correspondent -elegrdphs:
From S Frenchmsn VINO volunteered
lis motor car and rs now driving !; for
officers of the general staff | hear that
Genetal Joffre had very narrow eS-
cape some days ago. lie was being
driven by Boillet, the French racing
driver, and the Germans seem to have
laid artillery ambush Tor him along the
road by which they knew he would have
to travel.
"As soon as the car reached the por-
tion Of the road on which the German
guns were trained, a group of shells
fell ell around it. One fragment as
large as teacup,' struck his cap, but
neither the general nor his driver was
injured
"Boillet dashed on at full speed, ana
was out of danger before the Germans
could fire again"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
JAPANESE CAPTURE
KIAO-CHAU STATION

Toxic. Sept. l6.-The railway station
at Kiao-Chau, five miles from the
bay OF that name and opposite Using
Tau. the German fortified port, was
occupied on September l3 by Japanese
scouts, according to an official an
nouncement made to-day.
A Japanese aerOplane dropped bombs
on the barracks of the Germans at
Tsing-Tao and returned safely to ITS
headquarters.
The destroyer fotilla operating from
Lao-Shan Bay, near Tsing-Tao, drove
In the enemy's patrols.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
TRUTH DAWNS
SLOWLY IN BERLIN
.LEA Cable to ~ Tnbunc !

Amsterdam, Sept Ib.-Though HeF,
man newspapers are strictly censored
they now and then manage to blurt out
q few words showing how illusions are
nassings. Thus. "Vorwaerts" says that
statements about the bad equipment OF
.he French troops are proved 20 be un'
true By the appearance Of prisoners.
who arc very far from being in rags, as
Germans have been led to believe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
GERMANS KILL OWN
MEN BY MISTAKE

Troyes. France, Sept. l6.-A Saxon
officer, who is a prisoner here, declares
that near Malines the German artillery
annihilated Prussian regiment which
it had mistaken for French.
He also says that in frontier yllr
lage two bsttslfons Of German infantry
fired upon each other until there was
scarcely man of either left
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
Fire So Fierce on Second
Day No Human Power
Could Oppose 1t.
LANDSCAPE SHOWS
THE GRIM EFFECTS
Beautiful Region a Scene of
Carnage, with Horrors Marked
Even on Vegetation.
BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.

Paris. Sept. l. Delayed by CENSOR.
The struggle for the possession "i
scissors lasted two days The secon%
days battle, which / witnessed. ended
with the city in tho possession of the
French. II was part Of the seven days
Of continuous Sighting hat began OH
September G at Mcauy Then tie Gel
man laft wing, consisting Of the army
Of General Won Kluck. was within ten
miles of Paris. But the French anr
English. instead of meeting the az.
vance with defence. themselves at-
tackled. Steadily all of last week At
&c rate cf ten miles day they have
been driving the Germans back across
the Aisne and the Narne. and SO saved
Paris
When rhS retrograde movement OF
the Germans began, those who couIG
not see the nature OF the fighting be.
lievcd that the German line of COM
muniCatiou, the one from AiN-la-Gh
pell, through Belgium, had proved too
long, and that the left wing was voiun.
tarily withdrawing to meet the new
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possible
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lo"' ni'''H "'o"E '"e io'" anu "i'''
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PoPI"'S '"''' ''e' "''o"S '''" a. "'S"
"S i'e story hullHIhg. FOR the l"uf
niles the road was piled WIN branches
OF these trees. inc trees 'h"mSelVeS
were 'P''t d. ny i's","'"F VI '"," :"
hali as WIN your h"nu' So" 'ou'o ''"i
"P"i' 'C"'
soma SheIl I'D" P"S"r"' 'e"''"S ''e",'
h'les. ''"'I' 'oo"su ~ '"o"s"
drunken "oo"Sh'e" VIII" dAeS from
roots TO topmoSt orahcheS had SiaSheH
them IN crazy Jury. some 'hells nad
broken ''lld trucks IN TWO a. hurri-
can snaps mast
Beyond human Endurance
That no human beihg could survive
such oomoa-'meht ! saw many sr-W-
some proofs. In one place Tor 'n.!e
the road was lined with those wicker
baskets IN which the Germans carry
their ammunition. lhese were llled
,.orobos uore hundreds more q. these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
TURKISH Army
FACES BULGARIA

Paris, Sept. l6, A Havas Agency
dispatch from Petrograd says:
'it is announced that the Turks have
concentrated large army on the But
garian frontier. and that General IL
nan von Sanders. Prussian cavalry
officer. who trained the Turkish army,
IS expected 10 take command"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
Killed and Wounded Mum
Der 250,000. and 100000
Are Prisoners.
VAST QUANTITIES
OF STORES TAKEN
Russians Continue in Hot Pursuit
of Enemy and Have Passed
the River San.

London. Sept IA dispatch to
- he Daily Express" from Rome states
that the two Austrian armies COM
manded by Generals Dankl and Won
Auffenberg have joined forces at RE
soft, thirteen miles northeast of Jsros-
Law and thirty-two miles due north Of
Pr-emysl. In this operation, the dis
patch says, they lost 40 per cent OF
their numbers.
] h" official press bureau has issued
an announcement, saying:
ut is stated from Russian official
sources that the rout of the Austrian
army in Galicia is complete, though
full details have not been received"
One report from Petrograd says that
the Russians have severed cOmmunica-
tions between Cracow and PrZemysl,
the two fortresses for which the Aus
trians and their German allies are
hcrding, and have begun IN advance to
sever communications between Galicla
and Budapest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
Belgian ENJOYS Tell OF
Rapine and Murder by
Kaiser'S Troops.
lis. NOT IN POSITION
TO BE ARBITER NOW
.lluwiSe. Premature and IncOn-
sistent" for Neutral Nation
to Express Judgment.
Lram N. vaoane nurea1I

Washington, sept. 16.-The deter
rfra,ion of President Wilson to keep
,rctg to The text of mis- neutrality
reclamation was further emphasized
tssy, when he by word Of mouth and
l. cable told Belgium, Germany and
Yanse that the merits Of their causes
al Of their mutual recriminations as
10 cruelty and the violation Of the hu-
nanities in .he European war must be
5semined after the struggle was
oiar The inference drawn from his
pOken and written words was that
he Hague Peace Conference IS the
snly proper tribunal TO decide the
ssestions in dispute. lie made il plain
Ia, The United States was not in a
position TO be the arbiter among the
cations which are accusing each other.
Responding 10 the representations Of
ice Belgian commission regarding al
eyed German atrocities. President Will
,oE declared that it would be "unwise. B"
premature" and inconsistent" Tor a
asuirsl nation go form or express a
fasl iadgmelt at this time
Practically tac language used in his
idiregs 10 the Belgian commission
Fas oabed shortly afterward to En-
Fror William IN reply to his protest
aias. the w.. Of dum-dum bullets by
he Allies
cable mes see replying to the pro-
ast OF Presidcn, Poncare Of France,
sho charged that the Germans were
s-ing dum-dlm bullets, was also pre-
pared. II was not made public, but
vas known to follow closely the text
q The message TO Emperor William.
The Presidents Reply.
The text OF the Presidents reply to
The Belgian commissioners and 70 En-.
l'Icr William follows:
! am hOnored that you should
have turned to me for an impartial
Judgment as the representative Of
people truly disinterested as re-
speets the present war and truly
desirOus OF knowing and accepting
the truth.
lou will ] SIN sure, not expect
me 10 say more. Presently, pray
'od very soon, this war will be
ever The DAY Of accounting will
'hen come, when take it for
granted the nations of Europe will
assemble Ia determine settle
nehl Where wrongs have been
committed their consequences and
ne relative responsibility involved
Niii be assessed. The nations of
me world have fortunately, BY
Tieemeni, made plan for such
reckoning and settlement. What
such a plan cannot compass the
opinion Of mankind, the final ar
','er OF all such matters, will sup.
p9' II would be unwise. it would
0e premature, for single govern
neat however fortunately sepa-
'"'ed from the present struggle;
would even he inconsistent with
ne neutral position of any nation,
which like this has no part in the
eOalest' TO form or express a final
Judgment.
speak thus frankly because /
'" mat you will expect and wish
s 70 do so. as one friend should 10
0laef' and because ! feel sure
~" such reservation of iudR.
s'' until the end Of the war.
"'a all its events and circum.
Naee' can be seen in their en-.
ny and in their true relation.
:" commend itself TO YOU as
'aueu on page 3, vnlima
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17

Paris. Sept lG.-The Havas Agency
correspondent at Petrograd relates an
incident of Russian cavalry discovering
detachment of German reserves in
tho vicinity of Radon, Russian Poland,
which was going to the assistance OF
an Austrian detachment After brisk
attack the Russians put the Germans
T. flight. taking l2j prisoners.
The correspondent says that Cos
sack named Diakoff, belonging TO a
Continued sn page ), column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17

Petrograd. SEPT. l6--Thc folowirg s
summary Of the recent fighting in
CaIicia. from the Russian point Of view,
has been made publ through semi
official channels:
Russian troops are pursuing the
AuStrians with energy, and the defeat
of the enemy continues. Certain Aus.
trian army corps have been virtually
annihi.atcd Russian forces have
passed the River San.
The Eastern Russian advance guard
is approaching Przcmysl.
The rapdity with which military op-
erations are being conducted has made
it impossible to determine accurately
the losses OF the enemy, but they aIe
becoming colossal. According t. such
information as has come TO hand the
Austrians have lost about 250,000 men
in killed and wounded, in addition to
100000 prisoners; 400 pieces OF ord
nance and several standards In ali
directions the roads are crowded with
artillery. transport wagons and arms
and ammunition abandoned during IN
precipitate retreat OF the enemy
On the River Vistua Russian troops
have taken possession Of an accumulG-
ton of material for bridge building,
and have destroyed several steamers,
one Of which was armored
The desperate efforts OF German
troops to save the Austrian amy from
litter rout should be recorded. Active
part cipatiou Of German army corps IN
the fighting has been revealed at sew
cral different places along the Austrian
front, as. for instance, at Tourobinc.
The Russians captured thirty-siX pieces
of long range German artillery in adj
dition to 5000 German prisoners at
this point. At other places on the
front several dozen large German guns,
many of which had been prevented by
lack Of time from taking part in the
lighting, fell into Russian hands.
Among the 400 guns taken from the
Austrians are thirty-siX heavy German
cannon bearing :he initials of Emperor
William. These came from the regions
occupied by the 9th German Corps.
More than 4,50O German prisonsrs
arrived to-day at Lublin, Russian Po-
nd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17
WEATHER

CLOUDY TODAY. PROBABLY RAIN
TOMORROW.
Yesterdays Temperatures:
High, 5S; Low, 55.
Full report on Rage n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-17

N.lIlausd pol l.ase ). ,nl.lmn :
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-31
FINAL TESTIMONY IN APPLICA-
TION FOR GENERAL RATE IN
CREASE WILL BE GIVEN HEAR
ING EARLIER THAN THOUGHT.
1000 TARIFFS SUSPENDED
NEW TARIFFS BY RAILROADS
ELIMINATING ALLOWANCES TO
INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS HELD
UP UNTIL END OF JUNE.

Washington, ID. c., March 31-Heed
ing the appeal Of the eastern railroads
that their financial condition il serious.
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
day decided 10 hear Immediately their
final testimony in their application for
"A general rate increase.
This testimony had not been expected
until the end of April.
The commission suspended until the
end Of July four thousand new tariffs
filed by the railroads eliminating allow
ances 10 industrial railroads These
eliminations were 10 avoid rebating and
were allowed to stand for the United
States Steel corporation and other east
ern iron and steel companies. in whose
cases the commission has already made
Investigations.
The suspensions affected only the
roads the commission has not vet investi-
gated.