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The citizen., 1914-09-04
INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL

Coal totals IS per cent. of all min
erals dug
Egypt and Sweden now have women
Judges.
British India's 1913 coal output was
1b,486,31S tons.
ltaly's total wine yield In 1913 was
1.S79,196,000 gallons.
A full grown elephant can carry
three tons on its back.
The world uses about $25, 100000
worth of buttons yearly.
The average death rate throughout
the world is 67 a minute, and the
average number of births in the same
period is 10.
There is said to be one rat to every
acre of ground In England and Wales,
causing loss to farmers estimated at
$4,000, 900 annually.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
HOULOGNE TAKEN.

London.-A Central News dispatch
says that Boulogne has been evacuated
by the allied troops.
A news dispatch sent from Paris re-
ported that train service between Paris
and Boulogne had been suspended,
with the explanation that this was
probably because the allied armies
were about to engage the Germans
near the railroad line.
London heard that the Germans had
cut the line. Boulogne is fortified
seaport on the English Channel, 140
miles northeast of Paris and 20 miles
southwest of Calais.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
WELHELMINA TO AID.

Goes To Rotterdam To See What Can
Be Done For Poor.
The Hague, via London.-Queen
Wilhelmina left for Rotterdam to con.
suit with the Burgomaster Of that city
as to measures to be taken for the re-.
lief of the unemployed, whose condi.
ton in many cases is desperate.
Much good work has been done by
private charity, but the money thus
raised has been insufficient
The citizen., 1914-09-04
FURIOUS GERMAN ASSAULTS.

London (Saturday).-The battle in
France continues and the losses are
enormous The British admit heavy
casualties. The Germans are hurling
themselves against the entire line Of
the allies with unprecedented fury.
A dispatch from Boulogne says that
German troops broke through the
French lines, near Arras, il the
Province Of Pas de Calait. The
French moved up with rapidity, 1t is
declared, and have the situation well
in hand.
The dispatch says that the allied
troops are being swiftly arranged to
deal with any further attempt to
break through the line between Dun
kirk and Lille.
There was heavy fighting at Mar
chiennes when the Germans broke
through the French line. The allies
acquitted themselves well, however,
and succeeded in pushing the German
advance forces back on their main
body. The German advance forces
were also repulsed at Pont a Marco.
There was also fighting at Journal,
where the Germans were repulsed. It
is believed here that the Germans
have occupied Valenciennes, but the
British are reported to have driven
back the enemy near Mons.
There is nothing to indicate that
the Allies line from Mons to Conde
has been seriously turned.
French Industrial centers, such as
Roubaix and Turcoing, are frequently
visited by German cavalry and are
occupied and evacuated every day.
Berlin.-By wireless (via Sayville,
L. I):
Headquarters has issued an official
report declaring that the western
enemy has everywhere been defeated
and is In full retreat after nine days.
fighting.
General Won Kluk defeated the Eng
lish Army at Maubeuge, renewed the
attack and threatened to surround it.
Generals Won Buelow and Won
Hausen completely defeated the
Franco-Belgian forces. about eight
corps, between the Sambre and the
Namur and the Meuse in several days.
battle.
The attack on Maubeuge was opened
by the Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurt-
emburg, who defeated and pursued the
enemy across the Semois and the
Meuse.
The German Crown Prince is ad-
vancing toward the Meuse, and the
Crown Prince of Bavaria repulsed an
attack from Nancy and the south.
General Won Herringen continues the
pursuit southwark through the vosges.
Four Belgian divisions attacking
Tuesday and Wednesday from Ant
werp have been repulsed, losing guns
and many prisoners. The Belgian
population generally participated in
the fighting necessitating severe re-
pressive measures.
The corps of the last German re-
serves have been called out to guard
communications.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORIES
ALONG lOO-M|LE BATTLE LINE

tary hospital. the Hospital St Louis,
St Lazare Prison for Women, the
Church Of St Laurent which dates
from the Sixteenth Century; the North
Railroad Station. the magnificent
Church of st. Vincent de Paul, the
Laribosiere Hospital, one of the largest
in Paris. several colleges and several
theatres.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
FRENCH VICTORY
IS REPORTED
Gen. Pau Said To Have Defeat
ed Army of $4,000
Germans.
Kaiser's Forces Now 65 Miles
From Paris.

Taken at its face value, the French
official announcement issued Monday
afternoon, which mentions that the
progress of the German right wing has
forced the Allies to yield further
ground, would seem to indicate that
the Germans, Notwithstanding re-
pulses, are making daily advances to-
ward Paris.
The statement Sunday of Field
Marshal Sir John French, commander
of the British troops, however, spoke
of fighting on the French left, but this,
according to one report resulted in
the German right being slightly
turned.
The Austrian invasion of Russia in
the Lublin district, which aroused the
apprehension of the Allies, has, if Rus
sian dispatches are to be relied upon'
been blocked and the Muscovites claim
to have turned the Russian defensive
into an offensive action. There is no
confirmation of the report that the
Russians are in Koenigsberg.
If silence means that there is moth
ing doing, Sir John French's state
ment that the British had not been
molested since Wednesday still holds
good. Nothing is known by the pub
lie in London of new fighting either in
Northern or Eastern France.
From Canada, India, Australia and
South Africa the British Army front
will soon receive large reinforcements.
Some of these troops are reported al
ready to have landed in France.
=, In England the recruiting fever has
not abated. At Liverpool battalion
of 1000 business men was filed within
an hour, and there was such an over
flow that it was decided to enroll
second battalion.
The British Government has started
negotiations, through the American
Consul at Berlin, for an exchange with
Germany and Austria of non-combat-
ant prisoners.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
sELeIAN's KING UNDER FIRE.

Albert Reported To Have Stood
Shrapnel Two Hours.
London.-A Central News dispatch
from Antwerp says that during the
latest fightings there King Albert Of
Belgium was under shrapnel fire for
two hours.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
To BERLIN IN
THREE WEEKS
Alleged to Be Aim of Russian
Offensive Plan.
10 60 AROUND FORTREssEs
Germans Still Failing 5aek-Import
ant Gains Claimed BY Saint
Petersburg In
Austria.

st. Petersburg, via Rome.-That the
plans of the Russian Army contem-
plate an attack on Berlin within three
weeks is officially admitted here. At
the same time 1t was stated that not
only has the Russian mobilization been
completed but that 100000 men are
now under arms.
The troops have been divided into
four armies OF 100000 each. These
armies are being sent into the field
from the inland mobilization centres
TO operate one behind the other. the
armies in the rear filling the gaps in
the ranks Of those In front after each
general engagement
Not To Storm Forts.
Because OF the enormous forces that
will be In the field II is reported to
be the general plan Of the Russian Of
fensive not to try to take the German
chain Of main forts by storm. Instead
the Russians will attempt to isolate
each OF them, leaving a large enough
force at every point to keep the gar
risons bottled up and also to prevent
any attacks on their fanks or their
own lines of communication.
The main Russian advance. 1t is ex-
pected, will approach Posen from the
south, crossing the south bend OF the
Warta river some miles from the Rus
sian frontier. and then move against
Posen between the ODER and Warta
rivers.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

A gasoline stove exploding at his
home in Millington, Edward Spear
was seriously burned.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

The White residence in Port De-
posit has been bought by Mrs. Rose
G. White for 81 500.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
seryla Plans lnvaaion.

Rome.-A telegram from Nish re-.
ceiVed In Genoa, Italy, says that
Servia is preparing TO invade and con.
quer Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

The Cherry Hill Red Men held
their annual harvest home and pic
aic at Singerly.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

A lodge of Daughters of America
has been instituted at Crompton.
with 35 charter members.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

w. Ford Breeding, of Federals.
burg, fell out of wagon, fracturing
q knee.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Paris.-It is officially announced that
the Military Governor has ordered all
residents within the zone within action
of the city's defending forts to evac.
uate and destroy their houses within
four days.
1t is officially announced that the
French left, composed of four army
corps. drove back on Guise the Tenth
German Corps and guard. The Ger.
mans suffered considerable loss.
Further announcements made by the
War Department say:
I'm Lorraine our forces have ad-
vanced. We occupy a line along
Mortagne and our right wing is push
ing forward. There is no news from
the Meuse
"A violent battle occurred in the
region of Lannoy, near Lille, Signy
PAbbaye and Chateau Porcien, but the
result has not been decisive and the
attack will be resumed tomorrow.
-Four French Army corps engaged
in violent battle on the left wing. The
right wing of these four corps, taking
the offensive, drove back on Guise the
Tenth German Corps and the guard.
both suffering considerable losses.
Our left was less fortunate. The
German forces are advancing in the
direction of Fere. (La Fere is a
town in Aisno, IA miles southwest of
Laon.) 1t is a fortress of the second
class"
The citizen., 1914-09-04

At Hagerstown since August IT
wheat has advanced II cents a
bushel.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Struck by a Maryland and Penn
Eylvania express train William Mar.
tin, of Forest Hill, was killed.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
GERMAN GOVERNORS IN BELGIUM

Military and Civil Administrators
Appointed.
London.-A dispatch to the Reuter-
Telegram Company from Berlin via
Amsterdam says that Field Marshal
Baron Kolmar Won der Goltz has been
appointed military governor of the oc-
cupied part Of Belgium and has pro-
ceeded to his post. The Governor of
the district Of Aix-la-Chapelle was ap.
pointed civil administrator Of the rsme
region.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
AlR-MEN AIDED GERMANS.

Hovered Over British Position and
sienaIed Batteries.
London.-Refugees from the scene
OF the fighting around Mons report
that airmen took a prominent part In
directing the German artillery, says
the Times correspondent in Paris.
Aeroplanes lowered over the British
position and their pilots signaled the
German batteries by means Of disc
swung at the end of q lima
The citizen., 1914-09-04
PREPAREDFO ORQUICKREADING

Wesley Bowers home near Ridge
ly was robbed of SIS by burglars.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

BOMBS DROPPED AT RELFoRT.
Basel Switzerland, via Paris.-Twc
German aeroplanes made an unsuc
cessful attempt Sunday to destroy with
bombs the dirigible balloon hangar at
Belfort. France, which is 35 miles
northwest of here.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Miss Sue Kahoe, of Flintville, has
been awarded a scholarship to the
Normal School at Baltimore.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Richard Pyles, 65 years old, COM
mitted suicide by hanging in a grove
near his home at Concord.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
FRENCH VICTORY REPORTED.

London.-An Antwerp dispatch to
the Reuters Telegram Company says:
at is reported here that General
$4,000 Germans near Peronnes, in the
Department of Somme"
The Germans have thrown forward
tremendous forces of fresh troops
along the 95-mile line extending from
Villers, in the Department of the
Somme to Montherme, in the Depart
ment of Ardennes. Also the Kaiser's
forces hammering against the Allies
center have attained alternate sue
cesses with the French and British,
and on the left of the Allies line for
tune has turned in favor of the in
vaders, the Anglo-French defenders
being compelled to give ground.
On the other hand the right wing
of the Allies has taken the offensive
vigorously and the enemy is retiring
before the determined advance.
An official statement from the War
Office says: 1.-The Allies are holding
their own. AS yet our armies, not
withstanding a few incontestable
shecks, remain intact"
The Germans are only about 65 miles
from Paris, but the Allies still hold
Ostend, from which point British re-
Inducements for the Belgians may
still fall on the rear of the Germans.
With the Allies holding and the Ger
man force isolated from it's main sup
ports and increasing the distance from
it's base with advance, the projecting
of these trained fresh British troops
into the conflict in the rear of the
Germans cannot but have discon-
certing effect.
In addition to this, France has called
100000 additional reserves to active
service, and they will be ready to take
their places on the line within few
days.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

A Russian army order prohibits the
use of food and forage abandoned by
the Germans in East Prussia because
of cases OF poisoning which have oc-
CURED at Eydtkuhnen. Gumbinnen and
Insterburg
The citizen., 1914-09-04
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest DOings in Various Parts
of the State.


of the State.
PREPARED FORQUICKREADING
Wesley Bowers home near Ridge
ly was robbed of SIS by burglars
At Hagerstown since August ~
wheat has advanced II cents 4
bushel.
w. Ford Breeding, of Federals.
burg, fell out of wagon, fracturing
q knee.
The White residence in Port De-
posit has been bought by Mrs. Rose
G. White for $500.
A gasoline stove exploding at his
home in Millington, Edward Spear
was seriously burned.
The Cherry Hill Red Men held
their annual harvest home and pic-
aic at Singerly.
A lodge of Daughters of America
has been instituted at Crompton.
with 35 charter members.
Struck by a Maryland and Penn
Eylvania express train William Mar
tin, of Forest Hill, was killed.
Miss Sue Kahoe, of Flintville, has
been awarded a scholarship to the
Normal School at Baltimore.
Richard Pyles, IS years old, COM
mitted suicide by hanging in a grove
near his home at Concord.
The 108-acre Rouse-Jones farm.
near Lynch Station, has been bought
by H. F. Cornelius for $7,O50.
William Foust, of Waynesboro,
Pa, was rescued from drowning in
Lake Royer, at Pen-Mar, by Omar
Kaufman and Wayne Clugston.
William McEwing, lineman, was
killed when hit on the head by a
rock at the Havre de Grace stone
Quarries. A family survives him.
Horace Young, so years old, a
farmer of Damascus district, was
shot and killed by Jacob Cue aged
IS, a tenant on one of Mr.. Young's
farms.
George Williams, 3s years old, of
1910 Jackson street, Baltimore, a
fireman on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was severely burned about
the legs, when the injector on the
steam pipe Of an engine burst The
train was near Benning road at the
time.
Fire, caused by lightning, de-
stroyed the large barn on the farm
OF Edward P. Beall, near Redland Z
A large quantity of grain and a mum.
Der of farming implements were also
destroyed and three fine horses per-
ished In the flames. The loss is about
$4,000.
The executive officers at the State
House are to be renovated. Gov
ernor Goldsborough conferred with
]. G. Valiant in regard to the mat
ter. The Improvements will include
repainting and decorating the walls,
laying Of new carpets and rugs and
other new Office furnishings.
Mrs. Elliott Burwell, of West
river, Anne Arundel county. an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Augusta, to Ridgely P.
Melvin, of Annapolis. The weddinf
will take place in the fall. The
prospective groom is City Counselor
OF Annapolis and to the County Com
missioners.
Firing bullet into his heart
Charles Alvery, adjutant captain of
the First Maryland Regiment, a son
OF the late Chief Justice Richard H.
Alvey, of the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals, and a young attorney, com
mltted suicide in his law office, in
the First National Bank Building,
Hagerstown. Captain Alvey had
been In failing health for some time,
but gave no indication that he in
tended an attempt on his life.
INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL
The citizen., 1914-09-04

The 108acre Rouse-Jones farm.
near Lynch Station, has been bought
by H. F. Cornelius for $1,000.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

William Foust. of Waynesboro,
Pa, was rescued from drowning in
Lake Royer, at Pen-Mar, by Omar
Kaufman and Wayne Clugston.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

George Williams, Ss years old, of
1910 Jackson street, Baltimore,
fireman on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was severely burned about
the legs, when the injector on the
steam pipe Of an engine burst. The
train was near Benning road at the
time.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
Russians Say They Took TlIsIt.

ST. Petersburg, via London.-t is
officially announced that the Russians
have occupied Tilsit, town 60 miles
northeast of Koenigsberg, East Prus-
sia.
The following official communica-
tlon was also made public:
"our offensive both In East Prussia
and Galicia developed increasing sue
cess on August 25. The Germans
hastily retreated everywhere toward
Koenigsberg and Allenstein."
In Galicia our troops are marching
rapidly on Lemberg. Our cavalry has
pursued the enemy everywhere on our
line. our advance frequently engaging
the Austrians, who each time have
been beaten and routed.
The citizen., 1914-09-04
RUSSIA REPORTS NEW VICTORIES

hSOO'E h6t O1 y WV VIZ SnIGS
London-The Russian Embassy is
in receipt of kilograms from the Gen
eral Staff at st. Petersburg which an
nounce fresh Russian victories against
both Germany and Austria.
These messages declare that Rus
sian troops now occupy the whole Of
the eastern and southern half of East
Prussia.
An official telegram received in Lon
day declares that fresh forces of Ger
mans have made their appearance on
the Prussian frontier and that at some
points they are taking the offensive
against the Russians.
Recent reports from Belgium have
told of the movement of German
troop trains east, indicating that the
German General Staff was withdraw
ing certain forces from their western
front to reinforce the German and
Austrian Armies in East Prussia and
Galicia. Berlin and st. Petersburg
reports agree that there has been ter.
rife fighting In those districts for sev.
eral days.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

William McEwing, a lineman, was
killed when hit on the head by a
rock at the Havre de Grace stone
Quarries. A family survives him.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Horace Young, so years old, a
farmer of Damascus district, was
shot and killed by Jacob Cue aged
IS, tenant on one of Mr.. Young's
farms.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Fire, caused by lightning, de-
stroyed the large barn on the farm
OF Edward P. Beall, near Redland.
A large quantity Of grain and a mum
Der of farming implements were also
destroyed and three fine horses per-
ished in the flames. The loss is about
$4,000.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

The executive officers at the State
House are to be renovated. Gov.
ernor Goldsborough conferred with
J. G. Valiant in regard to the mat.
ter. The Improvements will include
repainting and decorating the walls
laying Of new carpets and rugs and
other new Office furnishings.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Firing bullet into his heart
Charles Alvery, adjutant captain of
the First Maryland Regiment, a son
or the late Chief Justice Richard H.
Alvey, of the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals, and young attorney, com
mltted suicide in his law office, in
the First National Bank Building,
Hagerstown. Captain Alvey had
been In failing health for some time,
but gave no indication that he in
tended an attempt on his life.
The citizen., 1914-09-04

Mrs. Elliott Burwell, Of West
river, Anne Arundel county, an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Augusta, to Ridgely P.
Melvin, of Annapolis. The weddine
Will take place in the fall. The
prospective groom is City Counselor
OF Annapolis and to the County Com
missioners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-10
Not . complete surpr;se.

When William R. Hearst bought the old New York Journal one of his man aging editors, Julius Cham bers, invit- ed Hearst to dinner with him.
 They went to a downtown French restaurant. Cham bers had ordered the dinner, which was a good one, and Hearst and he had a pleasant time. Along toward the close of the meal Chambers said: ssNow. MT. Hearst, am going to give you a treat I have ordered something you probably never have eaten or seen
 Cha mbers nodded to the waiter, who brought in some French artichokes-
 You see,'' explained Chambers, s.these are great delicacy. You pull off the leaves and dip the ends in the sauce and eat the ends only.''
 Hearst smiled a little and followed directions. As they progressed Cham bers said complacently: Pretty good, eh? I don't suppose you ever saw an artiehoke before
 Well" Hearst replied, '.I can't go so far as that You see, Chambers, we had 400 acres of them growing the last time was out at our California ranch. ch.'-Saturday Evening Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-10
How BraziIians Bag Wild Fowl.

From ssThe Log of Rolling Stone, by Henry Arthur Broome, comes the following curious mode of bagging wild fowl in Brazil by way of economiMng ammunition:
 'sThe expedient is to get hold of a very large pumpkin and, after scoop ing out the meat and seeds inside to cut two little eyeholes in it and then place it on the hunters head, He then wades through the sedge and flags into deeper water up to his neck, where the wild fowl are feeding who gather that 1t is merely a pumpkin innocently floating on the surface. The hunter then soon gets into the midst of his quarry and, seizing them by the legs, pulls them quietly under water, where he tucks them under a belt fastened rounG his waist, and as their compan- ions presume that one unfortunate bird after another is only diving for food the hunter gets a waistfu1 in no time and returns well satisfied to the shore 2,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-10
Fame Tn the Eiohteenth Century.

A letter in the London Spectator dated May, I'll, gives most interest ing description of an academy where ladies could be drilled in. the proper use of their fans and initiated into the mysteries of tstEe angry futter, the modest dutter, the timorous futter, the confused futter, the merry futter and the amorous dutter.,' In the eighteenth
 century at dancing assemblies in Lon don, Bath and other places of fashion able resort gentlemen chose their part ners by lottery of the fam The fans of all the ladies present were placed in a hat, whence each gentleman had the privilege of selecting one, the lady to whom it belonged becoming his allotted partner for the evening Of course such a custom entai1ed a great study
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-10
Romance ofa Picture.

The ups and downs of the artists calling are well illustrated by the for tunes and misfortunes of the late M. Sukhorovsky, a Russian artist. His celebrated painting, Mana was ex- hibited all over the world and made a fortune for himself and others. After personally receiving some $3oO,O0 foB Its exhibition the artist, thinking it's vogue over, sold Mana for $21, 900, and the dealer resold it at double the price. An American bought it and showed it all through the United States, Canada and South America
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-10
Coron1on Weakness-

An Interesting light fs thrown ou the purely human side of the late Edward VII. of England by a story told of hia inability to resist the temptation tp appropriate a particularly good anec- dote.
 Some one told delightful storT tD one of his majesty's young nieces That is capital she said. ''I must tell it to the king.
 seNo,'' she instantly added, ''I won't. for if you tell uncle a good story he forgets in a day or two that it was { told to him and goes about repeating 1t to every one as his own
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-10
Gave Him a Hint.

Miss Carter had not been successful in bringing young Dodge to her feet and in consequence felt little spite ful toward him. One evening they were having quite serious talk in the library.
 Do you think,'' asked the young man, .that men progress after death ?''
 We'll responded the girl, 'if they don't it would almost seem useless for some of them to die.''