The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-28

tpnc man Is reported TO have been
.Rillcd In Belgium and ono In Paris
sTho explosives in Paris fell near the
sGuartcr occupied by many Americans.
IThcro is AN uuconiirm"d rumor that an
attack Antwerp is Impending.
y Neither army has achieved anything
Notable since tho allies have reported
progress in ono direction. The allies
lpt the ono point claim TO have thrown
sbnck a desperate advance by the crack
Irussian Guard. and the Germans in
ssist that to-day. with weaker force.
,their right has checked the advance OF
~ mixed French and British force
drought up by rail.
PICTURESQUE WARFARE
NOT 4 THING: on PAST
:. Recurring references to hayonct
Charges seem TO prove conciusivcly that
this picturesque and romantic phase Of
5ecp Killed by tho advent OF great gums
lind other equipment or modern armies.
is not all n thing OF the past.
= The French official communication
Says that az some points the trenches
Dire only 100 metres apart Thus a
small portion OF the millions engaged
havc known the stimulation and thrill
of hand -to-hand lighting.
1 Dispatches from fctroErad report
Chat fierce lighting still goes ON in
rialici:i, though Cracow. towards which
the Russian hosts have been marching
ever since Przemysl was invaded and
Communication cut. has not been at
tackled
- To tho north. the German invasion is
assuming vastcr proportions. notwith-
STANDING tho Russinn War Office insists
1hat the Germans are being rcpulsed
mt the frontier. 1t was estimated here
that the German front cXtenus from
3he Baltic Coast TO tho southern boun-
.d.rN OF sSilesin a distance OF about 400
:nlilcs.
What opposition the Germans have
met is believed TO have been little more
than a cavalry screen. The lighting
Centred again to-day along the River
.Ni,lnvr from Druskenki, III SuWali>i,
Kussian-Poland, TO SopotZktn The OF
fetal statement issued tonight ut fe-
1roSrad said the German artillery hal
been unable to assume the offensive at
sSopotzkiu, ana that their retreat was
3norc or less general
cidcu manner last week tho total OF
.DEARTII OF NAVAL NEWS
q IN LAST TWENTY-F0UR HOURS
!, There has been Il dcarth OF naval
news in the last twcnty-four hours,
ana. although the fan OF tho Austrian
seaport of Cattaro has been reported
iinminont FOR several days. the event
has not been recorded.
n The German EmpcrorS Illness, Narl-
ouslv described last week AS a severe
cold and influenza. IL now said TO hc
intlammati ton OF the lungs. due to the
Emperor falling into Il wnter-iilled
trench.
= TO the cholera. heretofore reported
among tho Austrian troops, has been
added. according to an Antwerp dis
match, tvphus fever, which is said To
he raging in the German camps around
Brussels and near Tcrmondc. 1t is re-
ported that several hundred Germans
already have succumbed TO this dis
ease.
Cuicls to realize. as did Germany. tho
necessity Of a high birth rate TO offset
deaths due to the war. n movement has
been started In England to reduce mar
yiagc fees and To encourage soldiers
and sailors 10 we'd before leaving for
tho front. The Archbishop of Cantcr-
bury has advised and addressed an
upeu letter on the subject to a London
paper. In Germany similnr move
ineut was inauguratcd some time ago.
ARCHBISHOP ADVISES
ENCOURAGEMENT Or WEDDING
LONDON. September 81 (J:36 L. Nd.
Tho Archbishop OF Canterbury has
sent a letter to NIL the bishops, urging
80 that soldiers and sailors summoned
TO active service may wed before leav
ing home. Marriage fees aggregate
$40. which includes $3.50 in Il stamped
duty to the government. The arch
bishop has requested the government
TO waive the payment Of this duty in
tho case OF recruits.
Many diocescs already have lowered
the license fec to s2.50. and clcrgymen
are waving their right TO personal