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FRENCH REPORT GAINS ON THE HEIGHTS OF THE NEUSE

LeiA ~ day and night, delivered
r~vrral attacks, winch. however.
h,ve been repulsed. To the north
Of the Niane there has been no
chang,
S,,pnd--Du the centre IN Cham
payne aud TO the east of the
Argounc the enemy has restricted
his activities to heavy canuonadug.
Eetwccn tho Argunnc and the
Mouse there has been slight prog
r,ss Oh the part ot our troops, who
are confronted by strongly organ
ized positions ON the heights OF the
Mouse
In tho Wocvre district and on
our right wing, Lorraine and the
Nosges. there has been no notable
modification in the situation.
Generally speaking, our line runs
from the east To- the west through
the region Of l'ont-a-Muu-sun
Aprcmout and the Mouse. through
tho region Of Saint M.hiel. along
the heights to the north of Spadi
and through q portion of tho heights
of the Mcus,. To- the southeast Of
Ncrduu Between Ncrdun and
Rheims tho general front H. indi-
Gated by q linz passing through the
r"giou Of Narouncs. to tn" north
OF Souilu and the Roman roadway
which runs into Rheims the out
post. ct Rheims, Tho road from
Rheims 10 Ecrry-au -Bac, and thu
heights known a. IN" thrmin DIES
Danes
on IN, right bank of Ia" Nisu"
thi~ line then draws near 10 the
Alsnc, ED continues into tho region
NJ Scissors. rctvo,u scissors and
the forest IT LAigu" II runs over
the tirst plateau If the right bank
~ the Alsuc. Between the disc ana
~ Somme this line runs along tho
FROM from Eihccourt (Which be
longs ~ usb to tI~~igu" occupied
nv tho enemy. 20 Royc (which be-
longs 20 u~N and TO thau,n"s On
the possession " the enemy To
the north Of the Somln" Oh" l,ne
continues aloaG tho plateaus he
. tween Albert and Comh,os.
W. a-dIu took numerous prison
c-~ Yesterday They belong pr'n-
c'pal!y tp tho Seventh Reserve
Corps of tho German army, and all"
10 the Tenth, Tvs Nth M
tccrth aud Ninctc,u'h German
Army Corp
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means that Great Britain, as a measure
of self-preservation and precaution
against "a German naval and air attack
upon England, will make II strong effort
10 send requirements TO the Belgians
in Antwerp II that Ia at all possible.
The attempt to do this Will be made,
Il Is said, through the Dutch Scheldt.
As this would be breach Of Dutch neu-
trallty the Dutch authorities are said
10 be keeping a strict watch. The
Dutch. however have promised at the
same time to watch the German advance
carefully, for In case the Germans cap
t,Irc Antwerp the fear Is held that Ger
many would try to use the mouth of the
Scheldt as a base from which 10 attack
British ships in the North Sea
Antwerp BcinE Isolated.
Communication with Antwerp is
growing more difficult hourly. Because
of the great fear of German spies 1t IL
matter what papers he may carry. to
gain entrance to the city.
Automobiles are still able to reach
Antwerp. but the occupants IN almost
all cases are refused admittanCe. The
portant freight line from Rotterdam.
and each day the freight line is used
less and less.
Some consolation was taksn by tho
British public tonight from Rotterda M
adviccs that any determined Gerrna =
effort to reduce and take Antwerp de-
ponds upon the outcome Of the great
battle now raging IN France
In the event of a German victory in
France, a hopeless view not entertained
here, the Rotterdam reports say that
GcrTnany's plan to take Antwerp will
he pushed Immediately with the chief
object. IL is now taken for granted, OF
using the city as base for the mighty
attempt To carry the war onto English
soil
Reverse would Erustrste Plan.
Should. however. the Germans suffer
a vital reverse in France then the Ger.
man troops now holding the limo Of tn,
Schcld will he utilized to cope with any
Belgian attempt to cut the route of the
retreating Germans
Belgian refugees arriving ut Chen
have reported through Amsterdam {,
London that they saw a strong column
Of British and French troops marchinl
east In northern France toward th'
Belgian frontier. The Germans. cvi
IDENTIFY aware Of the Franco British
movement, are hurryins troops Il
meet II.
Every report that reached Englan
to-day and tonight from Belgium in
creased the belief already held in Bel
/ GUM that "A great movement Is o.
whereby the Germans mean 10 rcduc
| Antwerp AZ speedily "A. possible and t
occupy Ostend. 40 1ermans wan
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rifle Fire Accurate.

Accuracy ut individual rifle fire has
been suhordiuutcd to showers 81 shrap-
mel sweeping streams OF lead and To
continued lcvellcd voileys OF musketry
al given ranges. Trusting to clearing
"A way In this fashion the infantry Is
moved forward in great masses
The great carnage they suffered dur
Ing their advances Is thus explained. In
the early lighting the Germans did not
appear 10 mind their great losses in the
least. They did not take into account
the human element, but regarded it only
as machinery.
"But now the great mortality has be-
gun to tell on the morale Of the Ger
mans The loss Of officers has been
terrific At LEGO, where. as a German
headquarters official put II. We could
not hold the Junkers back some rogi-
ments lost 10 per cent. az their men.
Whole companies did not have an officer
loft"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
STUBBORN FIGHT PRECEDED
THE EVACUATION OF ALOST

steeplc tottercd and fell. collapsirg mo
the body Of the church. where the mo
sonty now lies in tangled heaps In front
of the high altar.
BY ! o'clock this afternoon II was
very evident that the Belgian artillery
was having more effect that the Ger
man return fire. The German artillery
about this time began To give ground.
whereupon he Belgian infantry got the
order to advance.
The chief line of attack upon tho ~.
firing enemy was now directed upon the
German forces rctreatinC along the mt'n
road between A.ost and Termonde. Be-
CLAN machine guns swept this road 30
effectively that the German troops were
soon very much reduced. In fact the
final retirement toward 4 o'clock had
been literally turned into "a rout OF tho
Germans.
BY this time they Mere III fuil re-
treat the length of the line Belgian
! troops clat,cred after them c,ose 10 rgs
/ heels Of the flying Germans machir"
/ guns s,il peppering their ranks all ,'e
way Ia Aiost.
The Belgians entered Aios't victor
I ously at . O'Clock. Il Is ;dmps in'-
possible to estimate at this writing tn
1 Belgian losses. For my own part
saw no more than twenty Be,g,ar'
killed. On tho road from ST. Nichol =
to Twemonde, however. canIo up''
about 800 wounded sitting or lying No
side the road or making their way pair
fully toward Al1st.
A Belgian Red Cross officer told IN
tonight that he could only say that
in his opinion the Belgian Jos, hti
been fairy heavy. They had not sN'-
fcred nearly 50 had, however, a- pie
Germans. he said
This fourth attack 20 br u.d' ~
The Germans upon Termond' w =
movement on the part Of Il lou= '.n"
that stretches from just south OF W''-
teren almost as far as Touvsu. TNe
engagements have not been a continued
line attack by tho enemy. or q ror.
: tnued line defence but the a.iactS
by scattered detachments of Germans.
rarely more than 500 to detachment
whose orders evidently were to harrs
any offensive movement toward l~ls-
; sels on the part Of the BolGiar.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
GERMANS CHOOSE POSITION.
LoNpoH. September 90.


tn, Official press bureau gave ont
lr,h,r -ttt,m.ut to-day surp'"m"nt'n'
tal' Of Yesterday iu regard t. the o''ra-
lions IN France The principal 1o'n' "'l
,,- tho nc,duutrt,rs eyewitness who t'.ls
,rc story rs that tn" battle jim" on the
>i.u, was selected long ago hy the Ger
man General staff 900 pr"parltioh for tine
present situation.
The story narrntes incidents ~ Srpt.m
h,r 90 aul e. such J- IN" "oNud'nL "I q
British 'ittpr ht 20 German observer.
THE british 1lrutn was alone iu MS ma
.n.nc and could not use his r'ir against
Do. German aviator aud observed Ih"
latter wounded the sugiishWHn, VINO,
.owcvcr. was able to descend inside the
',ritish lines There was cunsidt rHhle Ac-
,.y:tv among the uirmcu on the two days
.cferrod 20 and aircraft guns were USED
80 ssNsral occasions.
Coming down to the battle Itself the
.tatomJut SAYS:
"rhc growing resemblance OF this battle
% siege warfare already has been pointed
ON. The fact that the later actions Of
,ls T,us.J-Jlpau'-c war assumed a
.rmilar character Wa thought by many
% have been due 20 cNcoptIouAl causes
-uch ps the uarrowness OF the theatre
Of operations between the ChIues' IRON
tier ON Ia, west and the mountainous
.oun.ry Of northern 'oroa ON the east
me lack 81 roads which Limited the extent
If ground over which 20 was possible
for IN. rival armies 10 marpuNrc and tn"
act that both forces were tied TO one
mo OF railroad.
Such factors arc not eNortlug any I'M
'luenco OF tho present hattie. Neverthc-
lrasa similar situation hes been produced.
wing. nrstly, to tho immense power OF
resistance possessed by an army which
: aupiv equipped with heavy artillery
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Two ur three divisions and heavy
siege guns have ben drafted from
their original destination ana despatched
toward Antwerp, In general actions,
hut not I'm skirmShcs or outpost affairs,
the German infantry, used a. the armies
of other nations employ this branch OF
the service, may hardly be said to
exist.
"'rhc German foot soldier is now but
support to the machine gun and ar
tilery fire. To every infantry regiment
there are attached some ten or twelve
machine guns. These are without
wheels and are carried by hand and
can he quickly moved from one position
to another on the firing Inc,
The prcpondcrancc In the numbers
of this important dcfensivc-and, as
the Gcmnlns use It, offcnsive-arm OF
the service cannot be overestima ted,
Their possession has changed German
infantry tactics
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
RUSSIANS ON KAISER'S ESTATE.
sleep on Emprror'> Carpets, "with
Their boots on

rETRo1ntp. sept. - \ correspondent
Of IN, R,'ch writes 'rt' after the cap
turc OF rus,t 10" Eu,s.Ins occup.ed an
estate of the Kaiser which comprises a
model stud farm and an enormous gar
den. such az the Russian soldiers hat
never 'cforc seen. The exhausted sol
d.rrs lay uu the carpets and slept
souudly.
The following morning the mon
laughed heartily ~ the idea u sleeping
on the Kliscr's carpets with their boots
on They remarked:
THANK you. william; we slept we'll
Nevertheless we shall NSht YOU"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
WILL CUT PAY TO AID BRITAIN.
salaries to lie Reduced
Premier Emphasizes LoyBity.

Special td6IF NfSp0tcN n Vur SIN.
SYuNEY. y s. W, Sept. 29.--Thc Pre-
mier announced in Parliament that the
Government Will introduce "A bin to do
due. 10 per cent OF tho salaries OF ohi-
cials above a certain sum 10 meet the
loss In revenue.
He was optimistic, but said he would
rather s,c New South Wales subsis;ing
on bread and water than consent 10
Australia favoring the Abandonment az
the principles for which Grca, Britain
Is fighting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
AIR RAIDS IN BELGIUM.
Zcppciin's Rombs Damage Convent
at Deyny".

LoNnoN. Sept. ga Central News
correspondent tclegraphS that Iopp"lins
have made further attacks on Belgian
towns. ono of the towns visited was
Drvnze. nine miles southwest ~ Ghent.
-Four bombs were dropped there and tho
convent of 81 Vincent was badly dam
aged.
Two homhs were dropped IN rhiolt, NJ.
tccu miles southeast OF Brugcs Rcports
Of the damage al Thiet have not been
received.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
FIERCE GALE IN NORTH SEA.
MANY RoJi,. Of German BIucjncLets
Are swept Ashore.
Nv HERBERT DUCK WORTH.

Special correspondent NJ TW SrN and nc
London "Ddiy Ne,rs."
Special Cdhie Despdtch 10 rut SIS.
CorENHAGEN. Sept. 20. Tito hercest
gale I'M half a century is sweeping over
Denmark and the North Sea. There
has been considerable damage on the
German coast.
Many bodies Of German blucjackcts
have been washed ashore near Esbicrg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
FORTIFYING THE RHINE.
Germans said 10 he Preparing TO
defend the Uivrr.

. PARIS, Sept. 29.-Alsatian women who
escaped from Strassburg week ago
say that orders had been received there
10 strip all the garr!sonS Of the forts
there aud send all available men to the
,Aisrc. Trains of wounded they say,
are arriving at StrasshurS continuously.
Preparations 10 defend the Rhine are
being hurried, The refugees add that
the flas announcing victories Is 40
longer holstod on the cathedral.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
GERMAN NAVAL LOSSES.

LoNpoN, sept, 2o,.--rho Fr"nM7 Forcs
correspondent At Copenhagen says that
the names Of one man Killed and 81 Off
GERS and i9j men missing are given In INC
sixth German naval casualty list just Is
sued,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
ALI, THEY CAN SAY rs -.
blanks In Parts Papers Prove
severity of Censorship,
Spccrai cable Orspa,c4 10 rnr srv

PAPls. Sept 29.-The strictncss 90 tine
censorship may hc Judged from an
article in the Echo de Paris, which be-
gins:
"Thcre is no danger OF my being in
discreet. | know no more than any
body But ! believe that without say
ing too much 7 can say"
Then followed six lines Of hlankness,
The censor evidently WAS of opposite
opinion To that Of the writer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
"TORUAERTS" SUSPENDED

AMSTERDAM, sept - The Socialist
ncwsp1pe' lorra'rtS of Berlin has been
suppressed until further notice.
Tho paper wac suspended recently for
'N-cc lnvS for "rltiolsirg tho treatment
~ T-ruon and British prisoners in Ger
many.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
Wnrship, Thought 10 he German,
stops at Peruvian Port.

LENA. Peru, sept. ga Warship, he
lieved to have been the German cruiser
Nuremberg, tered tho port ~ lalta, m
the northern coast Of Peru last night and
remained only short while.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
PREPARE FOR WAR IN WINTER,
Germans Buy Two Million sheep
shins for Troops.
u, g.. q. STEWARD.

sp-c'21 corr. .pond,pt Of Tlm ST. and ne
i0HdoH "HGdy WgU
'p,r'1' CIh'e bc.pgtcb 10 rur SIS.
RorTfRp>M, Sept. -. Tho Germans
are making vigorous preparations for II
winter campaign, which apparently was
nor expected uutl recently.
Two million sheepshius have been
bought to furnish winter garments for
tho troops, and 10000 fur coats which
Arc presumably for the officers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
SQUADRON orr CHILE.
yhrec british Cruisers at Punts
Arenas, 40 Patrol Pacific.

PuHrA Arenas, Chile. Sept, 29.-Threc
British cruisers, the Good Hone, Mon
mouth and Glasgow, arrived al punta
Arenas to-day. The squadron Is under
the command Of Rear Admiral Sir Chris
tnphcT CradOCk
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Tho cruisers sailed from Montevideo he
tween Scul. 'uh'r and II, Their arrival
At puntl Arenas which is in the strait
Of Martlian, rrohah,y Indicates that they
are u do dutv In the Pacific.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
Enqland Fears Attack
Both BY Air and on Sea

Ostend particularly to make i,v..
base of It, according to the best Nor.
nation rcceivcc at Antwerp and here.
The uelgian dispatches receive. v.r,
late to-nisht give brief hut more .I..
tailed accounts OF that action ~ a pst
on Sunday. These latest reports vt.N,
earlier advices that the Bcly'an .r
tered Alost about 7 y. NJ Sa.I.ii,
and there Is tho additiona' iufp.u.'Io.
that during the night the Gorman- vtH.
drawing away through tho ulr.r,,,
were reinforced
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30

The Emdon, "A 3592 ton ship o. .tis
knots. carving ten At inch guns. has
been GENERATING In m" Bay Of bengal
She has been particularly successful in
harassiug British commerce In thoS"
waters on September 20 the British
Admiralty announced that tho Emdeu had
captured six British steamships In the
Ray OF Bengal and had sunk five Of
them
From Calcutta the Emden went TO Ran
COON and was last heard Of in the news
dispatches AS conducting short hom-
hardmcnt Of Madras and going on TO
Poudicherrv.
1t has been reported that the Austria
Han battle cruiser Australia Of - knots
would he despatched 10 deal with tho En-
len The Australia carries eight ~ inch
guns besides her secondary batteries.
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The German shells wrought much
damage to churches, the railway .'a''o'.
and the college. While the terror.
stricken inhabitants were fleeing tow7r
Client the Belgian artillery received
reenforcements that enabled II to drive
the Germans In the direction ~
Assche.
Therefore. say late adviccs tla 20
hombardment of Malines was decided
upon for revenge. MalnCs Is not fur'i-
fed and could not reply. II was ~ the
mercy. therefore. Of IN" German heavy
guns only eight miles away and The
German artillerymen. working thor
guns in absolutely safety, for hva
hours rained hlc shells upon the IN
fortified town, the shells iill.d win
high explosives that caused untold de-
struction to buildings and killed many
civilians.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-30
Open ARTILLERY Attack

Early Sunday morning, therefore tH,
Germans opened with an artillery ai'...
from the Brussels side of the river Den.
Dire. SO faulty was the German am
however, that its chief effect va 10 lie
s;roy houses In which there V,re no
Belgian soldiers.
Not a single Belgian soldier was hrou-h
to any of the hospitals. Scvera, Uo'.
gian civilians, however. were received
AT the hospitals. who said that they had
been placed in front Of the German SOL.
dicrs and that their wounds therefor,
had been caused by Belgian troops no.
their enemies.
The streets Of tho eastern side - me
town especially were streNu with the
dead bodies of civii'ans. 8, VA, found
when the ac,ion waN finished Lying
side 10y side with the dead civilians were
almost as many dead German soldiers
There Is no doubt" says one ,or-e-
spondcnt tonight. that the German.
used helpless civilians a. barriers
against the RelPian fire"
The eastern side of the river up.
abandoned by the Germans at l:3
o'clock and tho Bclgians hogan to al
vance. Tho German artillery wa
therefore moved to a hill and again NJ
gan to lombard the town. The re-
newed hombardment started many '-o.
including tho burning " hospital q
blanket factory and mauv bus.nes.
houses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-01
TOM NAWN AND MARY GRAY RIVALS
FOR POPULARITY ON EMPRESS BILL.

Tom Nawn, the irresistibly
fonny Irish comedian. in his Pat
and the Genii." vies with Mary
Gray, a charming oomedienne,
for headline honors at the EN-
press this week.
Nawn is a genuinely funny fell
low and his comedy playlet is the
best he has used for years lie
is assisted by Joe Robinson Hay
wood and Miss Evangeline Dixey.
Miss Gray doesn't do much but
sing a few songs and wear some
stunning gowns. But her per-
sonality wins her a place in the
hearts of every person In the audi
ence.
Onaip, with his Floating
piano" trick. is back again, and
continues to mystify his audi
ences. The Rathskeller Trio have
a delightful musical act. The two
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-01

There is no end to the plays
which are being filmed these days.
The Littlest Rebel" by Ed
ward Peple, which scored a sue
cess as q legitimate production, Is
being added to the long list OF
movie" features.
The throbs and tears and
laughs of the pathetic story have
lieut. themselves we'll to the cam
era. The play will soon be shown
as a five-reel picture under the
direction of the Photoplay Pro-
auctions company.
r. X. Lincoln, formerly a Vita
graph player. will appear in the
hero role.
The scenes in the picture are
those of the picturesque and
sunny Southland described by the
author. Veteran Officers of the
confederate and federal armies
assist In directing the big battle
scenes. The picture is produced
at Augusta, Ga, and large troops
of cavalry and infantry are en-
gagged in the big battle pageants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-01
EY WINNIE ZEE.

A man accepts the blushing of
a woman as the greatest of COM
pliments to himself.
1t is not always the truth, how
ever, for a blush may indicate
bashfulness o resentment, tim
idity or temper. lust as well as
admiration and love.
But mans egotish blinds him
to all but the complimentary
symptoms. And, since blushins
is such a genuine attraction to
masculinity, it seems unfortunate
that it should have passed SO COM
pletely out of style.
Blushing, to be sure, is very
hard to affect. But there is many
another old-time fascination
which is we'll worth revivifying.
There's kindliness, for instance.
There's sympathy, also. Since
trained nurses now care for man
in his pain and anguish, many a
woman has lost her best chance
of being dreamed about as "a
ministering angel, thou" -
The old-fashioned charms did
not consist of dfmpling smiles,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-01
MNst NYNk
&su9s1aAy-

any kind of work TO do at
home as | could earn a HIT
tie. | have two boys going
to school SO l cannot go out
to work. | am very lone
some and weary.
MIDDLEAGE LADY.
Al have said 50 many, many
times that l cannot give names
and addresses in this columa. and
that a stamped, self-addressed en-
yelope will bring a prompt. Ezi-
vafe reply that 4 should think
nearly everyone would know it.
However, you mas not
Home work for women Is one
OF the cries of the age. whatever
you like best to do and can do
well is the thing for which 90 Gre
ate a demand. IL may he darn
ing stockings-if II D.. offer co
darn your neigIsbors' or those of
business women for a few cents
each. Whatever one undertakes,
he or she must stick TO and use in
dustry and common sense In Or
der TO succeed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-01

Georges have an unusual aero
battle act, and a Keystone comedy
film closes the show.
Bert G. Donnellan's Country
Store" will be the feature tonight
at the Empress. with a score or
more of presents of various kinds
offered for the patrons of the
local vaudeville house. The fea-
ture present for the women, like
the manicure set given away by
the Crown drug store last week,
will be a woman's hat presented
by the Wheeler Cloak g. Suit
house.
In addition to number OF
pretty gifts like the hat. useful
articles of various kinds will be
given from the stage. household
necessities of various kinds from
a side of bacon to the sack of
flour are in the list of presents.
In addition to the useful gifts.
Manager Donnellan has a number
of little surprises in store of those
who attend tonight's perform
anee.