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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-27
WAR CRISIS IS HUNG
ON NFLANDERSBATTLE::
FIERCEST YET FOUGHT
Desperate Assaults Of Germans Are
Met by Equally Desperate Re-
sistance by the Allies.

PARIS October 81 244 p.m.-The French official
given this afternoon that spirited fighting
between the mouth of the User and Lens that in this
district the allies have drawn back and that they have
nued advance region between Ypres Roues and
elsewhere.
The text of the communication follows:
The fighting continues be particularly spirited between
the mouth of the User and the region of this part
the front the allied forces have point drawn back and they
have continued to make progress the region between Yps
and Rouers In the general region between SCISSORS and
BerryauBac artillery resulted to advan
and the destruction of batteries enemy
I'm the the of Nancy between the forest of
Bezange and the forest Parroy have assumed the offensive
and driven the enemy the frontier"
BERLIN, via Amsterdam and London October a7-A re-
port from general headquarters, dated Monday, says:
"West of the User canal between Neuport Dxnude
which still occupied by the enemy, troops
hostile positions, which obstinatey defended.
The British feet cooperated but forced back
heavy artillery fire. Three ships hit During the after
of October the fleet kept beyond the distance sight
Near Ypres the battle is stagnant. Southwest of Ypres
and west and southwest of Lille attacks progressing
During fighting English great osses
leaving about 500 prisoners
North of Arras heavy French attack broke down. the
French losses being severe" ...z-.s.sy-
LONDON, October 27-The official press bureau issued
the following statement 40 last evening:
The situation continues be satisfactory The fighting is
and continuous but ground being gained and manv
prisoners have been taken.
One OF our divisions has captured guns"
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across the canal, and, Notwithstanding
the deadly fire from rifles and mitrail-
'euses, the Germans burst across, There
was no stopping them.
This sort of thing has happened day
after day, but in the daylight that fol-
lowed each night these marauders
were hunted down and moved down.
Great patches were killed, crowds
were taken prisoners, but that matter
ed nothing. The next night was sure
to bring along more attacks of the
same kind.
The bloodiness and fierceness Of the
fighting is evident from the number
of men on both sides suffering from
bayonet wounds. The geographical
position Of the fight does not alter
much, but the Belgians are putting in
an immense amount of work.
''The German reinforcements seem
never to cease. They come fresh to the
attack day after day and trains and
away, but the German force remains
more numerous than ever. They seem
ready to put every man here rather
than give way. Theeir determination
and force must not be underestimated."
Artillery Fire Terrible.
Telegraphing about the the fighting
in Belgium, the correspondent of the
Times in northern France says:
1Hc CuCuy AlOot AuliOuS dLldCh
along the line of the User was at
Ysran. where a quarter of a million
Germans, for five critical days, were
held back by the British force.
'"rhe artillery fire against the Brit
churning up the earth and often bury
ing the men by dozens. Repeatedly the
enemy's infantry advanced to within a
few hundred yards, but every time our
=
at them with the bayonets. The Ger
mans have no relish for a bayonet
charge and they fed. firing their rifles
over their shoulders as they ran.
thousands were killed and wounded.
Still their shrapne1 rained into the
British trenches and fresh infantry
took the places of the Germans who
had been decim; ted.
The situation grew more and more
critical and 1t seemed that the British
were likely to be borne down by sheer
weight of numbers. Still they held
on. Friday came at last and with it
needed reinforcements. The position
was saved and the. Germans fell back
fifteen miles"
Unable to Hold Ground.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Belgium declares that the Ger
mans success in crossing the User was
only shortlived. Friday the Belgian in
trenchments which the Germans had
captured across the river were re-
taken at the point of the bayonet and
the enemy tumbled back pellmell over
the User, losing many men by drown
ing.
.sThe whole allied line" says the dis
patch, now remains intact and unless
the Germans develop unexpected
strength there seems little chance of
their breaking it. This is owing to the
fact that reinforcements of French in
fantry came to the support of the Bel
gians. as we'll as several batteries of
heavy howitzers.
These were very welcome, for during
the whole fighting on the User the Bel
gian artillery had been completely out
ranged by the Germans, which had sim
ply pounded Dixmude and neighboring
Villages into a pulp from q distance
which prohibited any reply from the
Belgian field pieces.
since the arrival Of the allies guns
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LONDON, October 27, 1:15 p.m.-On
miniature scale the status Of the op-
posing armies in upper Belgium ran
parallel today to the conditions which
prevailed when the German rush to-
ward Paris was checked. The German
forward movement has been character
lied by an even greater prodigality OF
men than was shown in the march in
the direction of Paris. The invaders
succeeded for days in battering their
way on and then suddenly game to
something which caused them to pause.
Since Saturday no German gain has
been recorded and 1t is apparent that
the allies have either brought up such
strong reinforcements or intrenched
themselves so well, or both. that the
Germans must sacrifice man after man
for every foot of ground.
The fiat country in West Flanders
permits no such intrenchments as
made the area of hostilities in France
famous. but the British and Belgians.
with warships at their back. have dug
themselves in wherever practicable.
while throwing out every obstacle pos
sible to impede the enemy.
Success Staked on Issue.
Whether Germany can drive her
forces like a rat through the allied
barrier ia a task the result Of which
.hou,d decide the success or failure OF
her plan to reach Calais and from
there set in motion a long-cherisned
scheme to harass England; On tne
other hand, the failure or the Ier,aan
forces to progress. It Is mainsaihnr MANIA nroby w
military observers in Englano. pfoo-
ahIv would mean another retreat-
statement issued by the official
press bureau today indicated now SLOW
ly each side must feel It's way ,a anaons
the hundreds Of little Belgian villages.
To go forward without careful recon
noiterine would be extremely periioue.
as II never is known whether village
is merely occupied by harmless citizehs
or by armed forces reaay ~ dn,it.ad
The admiralty has not yet ADMIRED
that the monitors working on the BEL
eian coast have sustained any damase,
fhoueh the Germans claim to nave
reached the vessels with their artillery.
Looking for German Ships.
The talk Of Zeppelins visiting London
has assumed second place alongside the
speculation as to when the German
warships will dart from their havens
and engage the British naval units.
Englishrnen cannot explain to their own
satisfaction how tho Germans are going
to do this feat, demonstrating as 1t VIII
the running Of the gantlet of the Brit
isi, feet as well as speeding through
mined area 1t makes good food for argu-
ment. however, and the newspaper writer's
build up and tear down the plausibility
Of the performance in the same article.
The territory west Of the User. the cross
ing of which cost the German army more
men. compared with the area Of hostili-
ties. than any other single engagement
in the war, continues to be the scene OF
the deadliest of conflicts, and although
II IN said that the flow Of German REIN |
forcements seems to be without end. they |
annarently, Judging from news In London, |
have made no noteworthy advance since !
gaining this river. |
a fact which may be due |
in part to efforts to Offset the con-
slant movement Of fresh German troops I
and In part to mako good the decreased
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EXCHANGE NoN.CoMBATANTs
Germans Send French Home and
France Will Do Likewise.

LONDON. October GA Reuter- dis
patch from Amsterdam says:
The first batch of French non com
batants today (Monday) left Germany
via Schafhausen, Bern and Geneva.
The departure will be allowed of all
females and of all males under seven
teen years OF age and over sixty, but
they must have a special permit from
the military commander of the district
In which they have been living. A
train with German non-combatants is
expected to arrive shortly in Germany
from France"
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Ferro-Alloys Production.

The total market production of ferro-
alloys in the United States in 1918 was
296.207 long tons. valued at $13,015, ,a62,
compared with 32s,6s5 long tons, val
ued at $12,223,776. in 1912. OF the pro-
duction in 1918. 1857 long tons was
made from imported ores received from
Australia, Brazil, Canada, India. Indo-
China and Russia.
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there has been an artillery duel all
along the line on more equal terms.
Annoyed by their failure to locate the
new guns. the Germans again turned
their attention on the unfortunate
town of Dixmude. which was again
set ablaze.
"It is reported that the Germans made
10 less than eight separate infantry
ttacks on Dixmude last week with fresh
spaeps from Germany. These bayonet at.
acks were pressed home with great
ourage, but the French massed their
machine guns In groups of fours and
swept away each attacking column sue
cessively, SO that no German dead or
yards from the trenches. These at
tacks cost the Germans dearly, and
they have now ceased them"
Attempt to Drive Wedge.
The Amsterdam correspondent of the
Chronicle sends this dispatch regard
ing the fighting in Belgium:
with the advance of the Germans
across the User and the Germans re-
capture Of Roulers, it is evident that
an attempt Is being made to drive a
wedge to the coast toward Nieuport,
with the object of dividing the allies
forces. However, a hot reception
awaits them.
THE Germans are moving forward
their heaviest artillery, twelve big
guns having already reached Bruges.
Telegraphing from Flushing, under
date Of Sunday the Daily Nails corre-
spondent says:
The general opinion is that the al
lies will soon be in Ostend again. Os-
tend, like Bruges and Client, is over
flowing with wounded and Antwerp it
self is now filing UP. This unceasing
flow of wounded n5kn is calculated to
destroy the morale of the German
troops in Ostend.
"Reports from all sides tell Of terrible
carnage around about Roulers. where
the dead are lying in heaps. On the
seafront there the naval shells worked
havoc. Carts come and go the day
long with wounded. Large farm
wagons with their sloping sides are
packed with masses of wounded and
dying men"
A dispatch from Amsterdam says the
Telegraaf learns that forty-two CEN
timeter howitzers and ten 2S-centi-
meter guns have arrived at Bruges.
The Germans also have posted guns
between Zeabrugge and Heyst "a Bel
gian sea.ide resort nine miles north Of
Bruees). Near Nieuport the position
of the allies has improved. according
to the TELEGRAPH.
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He'll From Dark to Dawn.

He'll From Dark to Dawn.
"These ghoulish facts alone give some
idea of the savageness of the fighting
the desperation of the German attacks
and the stubbornness Of the allies re-
sistance.
"The night was a hell from dark to
dawn At almost every point of the line
man was opposed by man. sometimes
at a few hundred yards distance, but
more often in close grips. Face to race
men even wrestled and died by drown
ing each other in the canafs waters
The Germans had had orders to get
through that night. cost W hat 1t might
IAN officer of theirs who was cap
tured said that the delay of more
than a week in crossing this waterway
had incensed the autocratic military
mind in Germany. 1t must be crossed
tonight If it costs thousands OF men
That, in effect, was the order given
and the German soldiers. all credit to
them, did their best.
Five Thousand Died in Vain.
probably 5000 of them gave their
lives last night. They could not give
more, yet they failed, but not because
the Germans did not literally obey
their orders. They crossed the water
way all right, as they were bid, but
once through they could not make
good They were moved down with
rife shot, torn into human fragments
by shells and bayonetted back yard by
ward over their own dead into waters
of The canal. Into the very gray of
the morning this bloody work went on
so fiercely that there was hardly a
trench or bridge guard iE the whole
lines that did not imagine that he had
been singled out for special attack.
1t is believed that some 5000 Ger
mans crossed the River User, but hardly
one of them got back. Those to the
ably 1000, were met by fine rally OF
the Belgian infantry and of the cav
airy, who had tethered their horses
and were driven by main force at the
into it. There were frantic scenes, and
the bodies seen in the water on the
next day gave grim testimony of this
Fleeing, Meet Death.
about 5000 Germen infantrymen
got into Divmude. They held it for a
time, but with shell fire and rifle fire
the place was riddled through and
through. The Germans dashed out OF
the crumbling houses only to be wiped
out by a sirocco of shrapnel and shot
in the streets.
when Sunday morning broke the
dead and wounded were everywhere
Dixmude was a cemetery. but in the
woods lot far away the Germans still
fingered. They held a position under
a desperate fire and eventually were
reinforced. The allies could not oust
them and the Germans are still across
the User.
'aTheir. presence may not be perma-
nent, and they may suffer the same
IA te as has overcome hundreds of their
fellows during the week. who got over
only to meet their death, but the Bel
eian and French lines. for the time
being at least. have been drawn back
about this point.
Seven Attacks One Night.
I'm one night, Friday. between mid
night and dawn, seven different on
slaughts were repulsed. Swarms of
Germans rushed up with newly made
bridges Of wood. They were dropped
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GERMANY EXACTS RANSOM
OF PRINCE OF MONACO

LONDON. October 27.-A dispatch
from Paris to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says that the Germans have
seized the Prince of Monaco's chateau de
Marchair. near Rheims, and declare that
they will blow 1t up unless the prince
Immediately pays a ransom of half a
million dollars. The prince has address
ed an appeal in the case to the neutral
countries.
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GREAT BRlTAIN'S new GUN
is TERROR TO AIRMEN

LONDON. October 27.-The new Brit
ish gun used for the first time In recent
days, says the correspondent of the
Times in northern France, has provided
a fresh terror for German airmen. The
gun, the correspondent states, succeeds
in finding its target with great facility.
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DEADI lest BATTLE OF WAR
FOUGHT ON BANKS OF USER
Germans Go to Death by Thousands in
Obedience to Orders of the
Kaiser's Shategists.

LONDON, October a7-The correspondent of Daily
France telegaphng under date of Sunday night regard
ing the fighting the river User, says:
oo German bodies in the User
fighting the night Many of them
others bayoneed The very itself bloody while
nudes streets thick with dead
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BRITISH WARSHlP FIRED
BY BIG GERMAN SHELL

BERLIN, October 81, by wireless
Reports received here from Rotterdam
set forth that one of the British war
ships struck by German artillery fire
off the coast of Belgium broke into
flames.
This information was given out in
Berlin today.
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GERMANS HURRY RETREAT,
so PETROGRAD DECLARES
Said to Have Retired From Warsaw
at Night, Leaving Artillery to
Mask Movement.
AREA OF CONFLICT IS WIDE
Both Sides Claim to Have Inflicted
Severe Losses on Enemy,
With Many Prisoners
Taken.

VIENNA, October 27, via Rot
terdam and London, II: AS a.m.--
An oficia, communication given
out here today says:
"In the fighting before Ivango-
rod we have, up to the present
time captured 5000 Russians and
nineteen machine guns.
Near Jareslau Russian
colonel and 200 soldiers were
forced to surrender.
"Near Zalucze and in the vi
cinity of Pasisczna the enemy has
been driven back. The situation
generally is unchanged.
gen. Won HOEFER."
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City Is Storm Center.

This city is the storm center of the gen.
eral campaign this week, all the top
ping candidates being billed for ap-
pearances here. Whitman spoke last
night at rousing meeting and vigor-
ously assailed Tammany, which he
makes the issue in Greater New York.
He sought to tie the Tammany tin can
to Candidate Glynn by reading the list
of Tammany appointments made by the
governor.
Glynn comes back by accusing Whit
man Of being the creature of Ba -nes
and the old reactionary republican or
ganization. He devotes much of his
speeches to advocating conservatism in
legislation in relation to business and
adopts part of the bull moose platform
on civic reforms and protection of the
industrial.
Sulzer calls Glynn '"Tammany's Little
Boy Blue" The suspicion is growing
that Sulzer dislikes his successor in
office, and that he is not of forgiving
nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-27
Candidates Listed.

In Erie county enrolled voters re-
.ceived through mail a circular listing
the candidates whom the organizations
indorsed. On the state ticket .epubli-
cans, progressives and democrats are
indorsed. Whitman heading the list.
Republican leaders in Erie county
are much worried over the movement,
realizing that there are many Roman
Catholic republicans who will resent
the injection Of the religious topic into
the campaign. Moreover, it is reported
that there are many republicans who
are not Catholics who will sympathize
with Glynn through resentment.
The republican state chairman yes
terday, as reported in these dispatches,
disavowed the propaganda. and it is
likely that Candidate Whitman will
have to make a public statement on it.
Meanwhile, everybody is talking about
it, and instead of Submerged issue.
it is now a towering peak, with dan
gerous avalanches down it's slopes for
som ehOdV.
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Antarctic Expedition on Its Way.

BUENOS AIRES. October 27.-The
British antarctic expedition. headed by
Lieut.. Sir Ernest II. Shackleton. de-
parted southwark yesterday.
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Quotes Presidents Views.

Mr.. Malone said:
II commend the sentiment of Presi-
dent Wilson, expressed to me very re-
Gently when he said: There is nothing
so contrary to the spirit of America
and her institutions and SO degrading
to the personal character of any man
as the possession Of religious intoler-
ance.'"
He went on to say of his own
knowledge and with full authority
that when President Wilson publicly
indorsed the candidacy of Martin H.
Glynn for governor ne not only meant
it in in its full and great significance,
but every Wilson man in this state
deeply resents a contrary inference.
He added that he made the statement
because the insinuation was being
made that President Wilson secretly
was lukewarm to the democratic can
didate for governor.
Mr.. Malone probably chose Rochester
for the deliverance of his statement
because Rochester and Buffalo are the
headquarters of the propaganda which
he attacked. The Guardians of Liberty
is the organization which is conducting
the campaign on the religious issue.
This organization 10 said to- have a
membership of $4,000 in Erie county
alone, but exists in every county in
the state
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WEATHER

Fair tonight with heavy frost or
freezing temperature: Wednesday fair.
continued cool; moderate northwest
winds.
Temperature past twenty-four hours:
High, 66, at pm. yesterday; low. 3s'
at am. today.
(For full report see page Isl
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PRESIDENT QUOTED
ON RELIGIOUS ISSUE
His Views on Intolerance Given
in Speech by Dudley
Field Malone.
new PHASE OF CAMPAIGN.
STIRS NEW YORK PARTIES
Attack by "Guardians of Liberty
on Gov. Glynn Is General Topic.
Candidates Active.
BY N. O.. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK. October 27.-Politicians
Of all parties are deeply stirred today
by the most recent development in the
religious issue which has underlain the
campaign from the outset, but which
only lately came to the surface. The
'lid is off" and the seething caldron ex-
posed.
Democrats and republicans alike are
profoundly anxious over the effect OF
the Submerged ISSUE" They realize 1t
is a two-edged sword which will cut
both ways, and feel it to be impossible
to estimate the damage or predict who
will be hurt worst.
President Wilson's name was brought
in last night by Dudley Field Malone,
Senator OGorman's son-in-law, in a
speech at Rochester. Mr.. Malone, who
was appointed collector of the port of
New York by President Wilson. was in
troduced to the audience as "the per-
sonal and political representative of
President Wilson,
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Seven Attacks One Night.

I'm one night, Friday. between mid
night and dawn, seven different on
slaughts were repulsed. Swarms of
Germans rushed up with newly made
bridges Of wood. They were dropped
The Washington herald., 1914-11-23
OFFICIALS Will PROBE
SMUGGLING OF CATTLE
U. S. Inspectors Will Investigate Al
legged Cases Where Infected Stock
Have Been Shipped Into District.

Investigation OF alleged smuggling OF
cattle afflicted with hoof-and-mouth
disease from Maryland into Virginia.
whence the cattle can be shipped to
Washington and other points. will be
begun today by the Department of Ag-
riculture through officials OF the Bureau
OF Animal Industry.
Agents will be dispatched to those
boundaries over which the cattle snug
Cling is claimed to be most frequent
and prosecutions OF any violators Of
the Federal quarantine will follow close
on the heels OF their discovery. Pun
ishment for breaking the quarantine is
a fine of not more than $1,000. or not
more than a year in jail, or both.
DR.. John r. Mohler, assistant chief
OF the Bureau OF Animal Industry. will
be in direct charge OF the investiga-
ton. officials of the department doubt
that any infected cattle have been
smuggled into the District. Cattle
shipped for delivery here are unloaded
at Rosslyn or Benning. At both points
Federal inspectors have been busy for
weeks, making ante-mortem inspec-
tions of cattle and post-mortem inspec-
tions of meat. No case of hoof-and-
mouth disease has been discovered.