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Evening star., 1914-09-28
BEL CLANS PREPARE TO MEET
A GERMAN ATTACK ON ALOSI
Town Bombarded After Reoccupation By
King Albert Troops, Who Sent -
Inhabitants Away.

broken out among the Germans in the
neld before Antwerp and large num-
pers OF the invaders have been strick-
en-" says the Antwerp correspondent
Of the Daily Express.
His dispatch continues: The Beleians
have reoccupied Hofstadt. from which
place Maltnes was bombarded The
magnificent chateau there has been de-
stroyed. Empty champagne bottles are
found everywhere in the German
trenches.
"A Red Cross official from Brussels
states that German bullets, which have
been extracted from wounded German
soldiers. are proof that as tho result
each other"
The Ostend correspondent Of Reuters
Telegram Company. in dispatch dated
The Belgian troops in a sortie from
antwerp yesterday had advanced a lit
tie over mile in the direction of Erpe
when they met a strong body Of Ger
man cavalry. In sharp fight which
ensued the Germans were repulsed and
the Belgians occupied Alost."
Fighting Near Antwerp.
PARIS. September 2s.-A dispatch to
the Petit Parisien from Amsterdam
says that violent fighting has occurred
between the Germans and Belgians at
Schooten. four miles east of Antwerp;
at Termonde, sixteen miles east of
Client, and Hofstadt. eighteen miles
east Of Ghent.
In the latter locality the heavy Ger
man artillery became stuck in the mud
and the Germans were obliged to retire
before the attacks of the Belgians.
1t is confirmed, says the dispatch, that
the Germans are fortifying Liege.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
BRITISH CRUISER ENTERS
ON FIFTH DAYS WATCH
Caronia Lies OF Entrance to New
York Harbor and German Liner
Remains at stapleton.

NEW YORK, September 2s-The NTH
day Of the watch maintained on New
York harbor by the auxiliary British
cruiser Caronia, formerly Of the Cunard
line, found the cruiser still at her post.
She lay on Sandy Hook. apparently
just where she has been for two days.
almost directly in the pathway Of in
coming and outgoing ships. and easily
discernible from shore. No other war.
ships were in sight.
Not far from the Caronia. but pro-
tected by the neutral waters of the
United States. lay the North German
Lloyd liner Barbarossa at Stapleton.
Staten Island, whittier she went . week
ago from her pier in the Hudson river.
The Barbarossa's owners secuted the
report that the, vessel contemplated .
sndden dash to sea. Ever since the
Rarbarossa anchored at Stapleton. how
.yer the harbor entrance has been
watched day and night by British
warships.
The Norwegian steamer kristiania-
ford. from Bergen, was stopped by the
Caronia which sent a boatload OF sail
ors and three officers aboard. After re-
naming aboard forty minutes. the men
returned to the Caronia and the KRIS
was permitted to proceed
to port.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
.LAUDS GERMAN DOCTORS
FOR UNT|R|NG EFFORTS
Captured Russian Officer Writes Let
ter Of Praise to Petrograd News
paper Novoe Vremya.

BERLIN, September 2s (by wireless
telegraphy to Sayville, L. I.-Advices
received here and officially made public
say:
"a captured Russian officer in a let
ter to the Novoe vremya (of Petro-
grady praises the humanity exhibited
in German hospitals and the untiring
efforts of the surgeons on behalf of
their patients.
THE Daily Chronicle COT London)
states that the front towers and the
windows of the Cathedral of Rheims
are almost free of damage, and the
reconstruction will not be difficult. The
London Times makes the same state
ment.
British cruisers captured two Dutch
steamers, bound for Rotterdam, loaded
with Swedish iron and ore, and diverted
their cargoes to British iron works at
Middlesborough. Three other Dutch
steamers bound from America to Rot
terdam were captured and taken to
Plymouth"
Reports of clashes between Bayarian
and Prussian troops, the reported es-
cape of Imprisoned French soldiers.
and the story of the sinking OF a Ger
man cruiser and two German torpedo
boats by the Russian cruiser Bayan
in the Baltic are officially denied az
bold inventions.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
BOTH ARMIES APPEAR EAGER
TO FACE BATTLE TO AN END

under the range of the howitzer and
siege guns. One may be under fire any
emy. Officers from the front declare
that the Germans are more formidable
adversaries when on the defensive
than when advancing to an attack.
They dig themselves in extremely well,
and they figure mathematically every
range, making their rifle fire deadly,
while the field artillery finds the target
with precision.
1T is worth noting that officers from
the front universally lament the alb
sence of accredited press correspond
ents at the front. They say the off,
cial bulletins only feebly convey an
of the war operations. while the SOL
diers' letters and interviews with hap
hazard returners from isolated sec
imperfect and often Incorrect idea Of
what Is going on"
Armies at Close Grips.
Telegraphing from Bordeaux under
date Nof Sunday the Times corre-
spondent says:
THE rival armies are now close to
each other. A few hundred yards sepa-
rated the trenches yesterday. Every
where the German fury was unavail
ing and the close of the day found
the allies left reaching up still farther
north.
The battle has become, to some ex-
tent, a race between this movement
on the left and the enemy's offensive
against the center and the right The
allure of the enemy to shake off the
tightening grip of the allies on the
Disc and north of the Somme was ac-
rompanied yesterday by a renewed at
tempt to smash the center. Here was
massed the flower of the army-the
Prussian guard-which distinguished
itself from the outset of the campaign
by it's ability to give and take hard
knocks
Farther to the right the German Of
fensive at first met with some success.
The attack was launched in the morn
between the road from the Somme to
Chalons and the railway from st. Meme
hould to Vouziers. At the end of the
day the French recovered the lost
ground"
Evening star., 1914-09-28

LONDON. September 2s, 4:05 p.m.-In
dispatch from Ostend the correspond
ent of Reuters Telegraph Company
says that the Belgians. anticipating
German attack on Alost, have sent the
Inhabitants away. This town has been
reoccupied by the Belgians.
The Germans yesterday bombarded
Alost. inhicting considerable damage.
including the burning of a hospital.
The Germans were driven back in the
direction of Assche, which is six miles
northwest of Brussels.
The correspondent says that Yep
pelin airship yesterday few over Client
and the seacoast.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Com
pany from Amsterdam says that the
Germans, in again bombarding Malines
and at the same time attacking Grem-
bergen, were repulsed by the Belgians
with heavy losses.
Belgian ofacial Statement.
The following official statement. is
sued at Antwerp yesterday. has been
received by Reuters Telegram Com
pany:
Yesterday Saturday a detachment
Of German troops. comprising one
brigade of infantry, two regiments of
cavalry and two heavy and four light
batteries of artillery was surprised on
the march from Brussels to Termonde
via Alost. Attacked on the front and
flank, they retired in disorder toward
Assche, leaving in Belgian hands many
prisoners. wounded and caissons.
To-day Sunday apparently in re-
venge for this check. Malines was bonn
barded by long-range guns and our
front between Malines and Alost was
subjected to general attack by
strong forces. Toward Alost the Bel
gian cavalry division succeeded in TAX
Ing the German left wing on the flank.
and generally our troops maintained
their positions.
"At Malines the railway station suf-
fered severely from the bombardment.
Numerous houses are In ruin and
others have been burned. A dozen
civilians were killed and many wound
ed"
Face Epidemic Of Typhoid.
IAN epidemic Of typhoid fever has
Evening star., 1914-09-28
AUSTRIANS FALL BACK
TO WORKS AT CRACOW

LONDON. September 28.-The Aus
trian forces are still retiring on Cra-
COW, and besides having taken some of
the forts around Przemysl the Russian
cavalry Is said to be pouring through
the defiles Of the Carpathians onto the
plains of Hungary.
Although the success Of this latter
movement is officially denied from
Budapest. which announces that the
repeated attempts OF the Russian cav
airy to enter the country have been re-
sionS the Austrian frontier to % stren~the
en- the garrisons Of the fortresses. One
hundred thousand troops taken from
Trent at the beginning OF the war have
Evening star., 1914-09-28

age were performed. The cavalry also
participated in the engagements at
many points. the allies horses having
enjoyed a long rest, which enabled this
arm of the service to distinguish it
SELF The famous Scots Grays. finding
that the color of their horses offered q
prominent mark for the German rifle
men, dyed their mounts brown.
Another prominent French officer,
Gen. Marquet, has met death on the
field
At Nubecourt, home of the parents of
President Poincare, the Germans broke
omen the Poincare family vault, 1t is
reported. and buried a number of their
dead there. The Germans placarded
the town Of Valenciennes, demanding
from the mayors of neighboring COM
munes lists of the available supplies of
clothing and food.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
French and English armies today. only

French and English armies today. only
to be thrown back.
The infantry bore the brunt of the in
cessant fighting, but the artillery of
both armies continued throughout
twenty-four hours to lombard each
others positions. Hand-to-hand COM
bats occurred at many points and bay
onets were used freely.
The French colonial infantry, most
Of whose men wear many medals for
bravery displayed in colonial cam
paigns, was to the fore, and beside
these men fought the black Sengalese
troops, while further along the line the
British troops held an important point
with the greatest determination.
Dash of French Troops.
The French troops showed more than
their accustomed dash in attacks, and
everywhere acts of wonderful cour-
Evening star., 1914-09-28
WOULD ENTER WAR COUNCILS.
Women Also to Urge Their Admis-
sion to Peace Parley.

NEW YORK. September 2s.-The par
ticipation of women in councils of war
will be urged at a meeting of the
Women's Political Union to be held
in Carnegie Hall. October 80. The meet
ing will also urge the appointment of
women to the Hague peace conferences
and to the final peace parley after the
present war.
The war in France will be cited as
an argument for the emancipation of
women. The speakers at the meeting
will include Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence.
friend of Mrs. Pankhurst, and Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Similar
meetings will be held throughout New
York state.
Evening star., 1914-09-28

the Chinese soldiers. The Chinese for
elgn office has asked the Japanese
legation for an explanation Of the oc-
cupation of the railway station at Wei
hsien by Japanese.
Toxic Announces Victory.
TOXIC. September 2s-It is oflcially
announced that the Japanese have de-
feated the Germans in a stubborn bat
skirts of Tsingtau, seat Of the gov
skirts of Using Tau. seat of the gov
ernment on the German leased pos
session of Kiaochow. China
The Japanese casualties SO far as as
certained are given as three killed
and twelve wounded.
According to the statement the fight
began September 26. German gun
boats bombarded the positions of the
Japanese troops. Japanese aeroplanes
proved effective IN reconnoitering ex-
petitions and are reported to have
escaped unharmed.
japanese Occupy Peiho.
LONDON. September 2s.-A dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company
from Peking says it is officially an
nounced there that Peiho was occu-
pied September q by small jap
anese detachment, which repulsed 800
Germans.
Evening star., 1914-09-28

Germans Admit Retirement.
The German dispatch received mere
from Tsinan, capital of Shantung prov
ince. which probably came from Tsing-
ran In the Kiachow territory. oy
wireless telegraph, confirms closely
tho ,eDort given out at the japanese
legation.
The German dispatch relates that the
German outposts, after several encoun-
ters with the enemy. retired to the
frst line of defense beyond the vii
iases of Thangkow and Litsun.
It is apparent that the German lines
follow the highlands, and are avoid
ing the lowlands bordering on kiao-
chow bay.
American Mission Crowded.
1t Is learned from Weihsien. in Shan
tune. that a second detachment OF jap
anese troops arrived there at sundown
Saturday, with fifteen carloads Of am
munition and supplies. Other troops
have advanced west along the railway
and hold Fantse, where the Germans
flooded the coal mines before their de.
narture. All the Chinese miners fed.
The American mission is crowded
with women of all classes from the
city and country districts. They are
said by the correspondent at Wei
Asien to fear both the Japanese and
Evening star., 1914-09-28

LONDON. September 2s. 10 a-m--The
past forty-eight hours have witnessed
many scenes Of extraordinary activity
wherever antagonists faced each other
in the great theater of Europe's war,
but none of these encounters apr arently
has been decisive.
The official communications Of yester-
day stated that the attack of the Ger
man right has made a distinct advance
md this version is supported by ofhciai
Berlin advices, which state that the al
lies have made extensive advances
against the German extreme right.
The correspondent of the Telegraph.
behind the French front. sends the fol-
lowing:
Forcing Fight to Conclusion.
The great effort on the part of the
allies to drive back the right wing OF
the German army continues with unabat-
ed fury. Both sloes seem ue,ei Ini44eo 10
fight the issue to a definite conclusion
In the northeast. and to ignore tor the
time being Aisaee-Lorraine.
In the allies center both sides are
too strongly intrenched to allow any
Of either toward the left wing. II the
German llsA, an 1e .ui neu tne Ger
means must dpdnoon ehe 1of tineo posi,
tly., on v,E-t . O.. IOnS iine, and
withdraw their in,uiel Sc forces eltner
through Belgium or Luxembourg.
~. - l...-s .-v -. tae Strug-
gle much longer, and unless one size
soon ot1ains a decided advantage We
shall see stalemate result all along the
fruni. Then Vi .ors al Je o. o-.I
by the side which is able to brig up
absolutely fresh forces which have not
felt the stan OF TWO months Of con-
tinuous fighting.
Terrible Battle Strain.
IL something never known before. The
troops are under fire sometimes for
days. If they escape the rifles and
machine guns they are within reach
Of the deadly shrapnel. and If they are
too far off for shrapnel they come
Evening star., 1914-09-28
STANDARDIZATION Is OBJECT.
District to Be Represented in Con-
ference on Weights and Measures.

NEW YORK, September 2S.-A three
day conference of weights and meas
ures commissioners from New York.
New Jersey, Massachusetts. Maine,
Rhode Island, Connecticut. Minnesota.
Illinois, Indiana. California and the
District Of Columbia will begin in this
city October Is. The object Of the
commissioners is to ostandardize weights
and measures regulations throughout
the country.
Under the existing regulations the
size Of potato, cranberry. apple. -four
and sugar barrels. as well as of other
measures, varies according to the state
and according to the commodity. Pend
Evening star., 1914-09-28
CENSORS SHUT OFF
BULK OF WAR NEWS
TL>> L. I:,%:~k

here mas Deen a QlStlnCt
falling off of war news
emanating from the capitals
of the belligerents or which
must pass through these
capitals in reaching the
United States.
The censorship at London
has been made much more
severe evidently in the in
terest of British strategy,
and this action has been re-
flected at Paris, resulting in
abbreviated reports, official
and unofficial, from France.
From the start the censor
ship at Berlin has been
rigid.
At the present moment
the absence of detailed re-
ports from the battle lines
seems to indicate that mo-
mentous events are trans
piring.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
JAPANESE NEARING TSINGTAU:
GERMAN LINES FORCED BACK
Reports From Both Sides Closely Agree as
to Engagement Outside Capital
of Kiaochow.

PEKING China, September 28-The Japanese legation an
japanese troops after fighting Saturday Sunday
occupied within onehaf of Tsineau the
of Kaochow the German in
China 3 ..s-< E-TEr.F .~ft.s
report undated but evidently having to do with
the engagement that the Germans retired only their
outpost positions falling back the fsne the CITY,
dispatch from Toxic said that the Japanese
sucessfu engagement with the the outskirts of
Tsingtau.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
FORTUNE TO SUFFRAGE CAUSE
Bequest by Baroness de Bazus.
Formerly Mrs, Frank Leslie

NEW YORK, September 2s.-The
residue of the estate of the late
Baroness de Bazus. formerly Mrs
Frank Leslie. has been bequeatbed 70
the cause Of woman suffrage. il was
learned today. The estate has hssn
estimated at $2,0OO.0OO. Se"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. pre.,d.,.
Of the International Woman sufYrs 90
Alliance. said today that she is ino
formed she had been named as recin-
lent Of the residue. but had NOT hear
told yet how much the sum would be,
Evening star., 1914-09-28
VICTORY OVER GERMANS
IN AFRICA is CLAIMED

LONDON. September %, 5:15 p.m.-It
was onlcially announced in London this
afternoon that Duala, the official seat
of the government of the German
colony of Kamarun. German equatorial
Africa. had surrendered to a British
force.
Evening star., 1914-09-28

been replaced by Hungarians, and all
eighteen forts of the first line OF oe-
fense are being brought into the high.
est state Of repair. while the second
defenses. commanding the passes. have
been reinforced by additional redoupts'
Electric currents are marked iea-
ture of the defensive arrangements.
Wires have been laid over all the
strategic points on the frontier. ana
these connect with a powerful power
station at Riva. Twelve heavy mortars
which were sent to help the Germans
have been recalled, and have been has
making them a formidable obstacle.
Reports Austrian Retreat.
Grand Duke Nicholas. commander-in-
chief Of the Russian forces. reports as
follows regarding the campaign in Galicia
In Galicia we have occupied Dembica.
Cracow and between Rzeszow and Tar
now.
"A numerous column Of the enemy is
retreating from Przemysl in the direction
of Sanok, thirty-eight miles southwest OF
Jaroslaw. In their flight they aban-
doned artillery and automobile trans
ports.
AT Coloujok we defeated a detachmen,
Of the enemy and captured his artillery
and many prisoners. Continuing the pur.
suit, we entered Hungary"
Przemysl Partly Occupied.
The Russians Saturday occupied the
greater part Of the city of Przemysl
according to a message from Vienna
says the Rome correspondent of tn,
Exchange Telegraph Company. His
dispatch continues:
THE Russians approached the cit!
from the southwest. forcing the Aus
TRANS to take shelter in the eastern
forts, where the entire garrison is nov
concentrated and Is preparing to max,
final resistance. The situation of th'
garrison is critical, as it is entirel,
| surrounded.
Russian troops are advancing from
Grodek on the Austrian positions
while the right wing continues to at
tack from the north. Troops are be
ing poured into the city of Przemysl t,
press the attack from the southwest"
A dispatch received at Rome from
| Trieste, Austria. says that the author
tiles have prohibited the population
| from approaching the wounded soldier
who are constantly arriving there
Three slightly wounded soldiers VIII
| were allowed to return to their fami
lies related the circumstances of tn
| fighting which they had witnessed an
were arrested.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
Funeral of Edward Shaw Tomorrow.

Funeral services for Edward Shaw,
for many years employed in the War
Department, who died Saturday night
at his residence. 1915 East Capitol
street, are to be held tomorrow after.
noon at o'clock. Members of the AS
sociation of Oldest Inhabitants of the
District of Columbia, of which Mr.,
Shaw was a member, are to attend in q
body. Interment is to be in Rock
Creek cemetery.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
NOT SUNK BY BRITISH, HE SAYS
German Officer Explains Destruction
Of Cruiser Wilhelm der Crosse.

BERLIN. September %. by wireless
via Sayville. Long Island.--According
to q letter from an oficey of the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse. this vessel was not sunk by
the British cruiser Highhyer. as was
asserted. but was blown up when her
ammunition was gone.
Only 4 few Of the crew were wounded.
The omcer says that the IRE Of the
Highfyer was extremely poor.
Evening star., 1914-09-28

Nothing but a mass of charred wood.
twisted machinery, tangled electric
wires and blackened brick walls re-
main of the once large plant of the
Maryland Tile and Mantle Manufactur-
ing Company at Baltimore. visited by
fire yesterday. Damage is estimated
between s25, 900 and $4,000.
Evening star., 1914-09-28
BEACHEY THRILLS
IN AERIAL STUNTS
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
Of flight by man in a
heavier -than-air craft. Their impress
sion of the practicability of aviation is
not in keeping with the progress of the
science. Man, in a well constructed
aeroplane, can fly under any weather
conditions. He can purposely lose con-
troll of his craft and then regain con-
troll before crashing to earth. If
made a good impression among the
gentlemen who can make it possible for
our, army and navy to have a properly,
equipped aviation corps, I am well
pleased with my effort.
Machine Made by Himself.
'1 have no machines to sell. am af-
nliated with no aeroplane or engine
concern. have no commercial mo-
tive: 1 do not need any publicity that
may result from my flight here; I
sought no publicity. and 1 want 1t un-
derstood that nothing but patriotic
motives prompted my arranging the
exhibition.
81 have offered my services to both
the War and Navy departments for
any demonstration or testing purposes.
from the government for such services.
But I do want to do all in my power
to bring America to the fore in things
aeronautic?'
The machine in which Beachey made
his sensational flights is one Of his own
manufacture. built in his shops at Chi
cago. 1t Is built somewhat after the
model of the Curtiss biplane; the
planes are twenty-one feet from tip to
tip; the machine is equipped with an
eiehty-six horsepower Gnome motor
and is capable Of q speed of about
eighty miles an hour. It is able to
climb spirally about 1000 feet per min
ute.
Evening star., 1914-09-28

ing federal legislation, a committee.
composed of representatives from vari-
Gus states. will be probably chosen to
formulate general Standardization
plan.
Evening star., 1914-09-28

PETRoGRAD, September 2s.-The
general stan yesterday gave out the
following official statement: THE Ger
man attempts to cross the river ME-
men near Druseniki (Russian Poland)
have been foiled by our fire. The Ger
man artillery has been unable to op-
pose our offensive movement near So
potxkin. The German retreat toward
the government Of Suwalki has become
general The fortress of Ossowetz
Continues to resist the German heavy
siege artillery with success.
.'The fights in Galicia have been
larly at a hill where the Hungarians
were dislodged from three positions
and withdrew in disorder. We have
taken a whole battery and several hun
dred prisoners. The pursuit of the en-
emy continues.
"All communication with Przemysl
is cut. The offense Of the fortress
there remains passive. Deserters say
they heard that great troubles have
been encountered In the garrison.
1.-THE fords of the River Vislok are
occupied by the Russians: The Aus
trian rear guards have fallen back to-
ward DounaietZ."
Evening star., 1914-09-28
DISTRICT DAY SET ASIDE.
Philippine Independence Bill Will
Be Discussed Instead.

District day in the House was set
aside for the discussion of the Philip
nine independence bill today. Chair
man johnson made several attempte to
bring up the Union station plaza
awards case, but was blocked each
time by Representative Galloway OF
Texas. The House finally agreed to
take up District matters on the hrst
available day after the Philippine bill
is out of the way. This would not al.
low District matters to be discussed on
calendar Wednesday or . unanimous
consent day.