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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-10-27
DEFEND UNTIL FIRE
BECOMES MASSACRE
BY F. BANISTER.
international News Service.

International News Service.
Ostend.-I was right up on the firing
Sne near Lokeren when the Belgians
we're ordered to retreat from the
trenches and was carried along in the
frantic rush for shelter beyond the
range of German shells. Infantrymen,
jaded, heavily weighted by accouter-
ments, stumbled across the fields, sweat
pouring from their faces, and sank, ex-
hausted, to lie for few moments and
then scramble to their feet and stag
ger forward again as shells continued
bursting around them.
They fought bravely and we'll The
trenches were not vacated anywhere
till the rain of German shells meant
sheer massacre if the defenders re-
NAMED.
In the retreat of the field army
which had been defending Antwerp,
the west, were many soldiers who had
been fighting continually IA days,
snatching hurried sleep on the bare
earth or pavement. Hundreds col
lapsed on the march and had to be
left behind at various points, to fol-
low on after treatment and rest. The
Germans have not yet reached Ostend.
Horse meat has been substituted for
beef at most of the hotels and restau-
rants. Otherwise there is no lack of
food at normal prices.
Every day, spies are arrested in and
near Ostend One man was seized
after chalking in corner of the vii
lage railway station some figures the
interpreters supposed indicated the
strength of the allies in the neighbor-
hood. He was dressed as a simple
peasant and showed evidence of be-
ing man Of superior education, which,
with the discriminating memoranda and
the chalk marks at the station sealed
his doom.
A German officer was arrested in the
main street of Ostend yesterday wear
ing Belgian officers uniform. He
was nearly torn to pieces by the huge
crowd before he got to the police sta
ton.
ter the bombardment began Wednes-
day was the River Scheldt. The peo-
| pie would not stay in the cellars Of
the houses, as advised by the author
| tiles, when they found the shells from
| the great German guns often fell right
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-10-27
DIARY TELLS OF GERMAN ADVANCE
ON and CAPTURE OF ANTWERP

London.-In the form of diary, the
story of the siege of Antwerp and the
German plan of attack are given in
the following dispatch received by the
Central News from it's Ostend CORE
spondent:
Saturday, Sept. 26.-The Belgians
retired from their positions east, south
and west of Malines to the line of out
er forts.
Sept. 27.-The Germans bombarded
and occupied Malines
Sept 2S.-Bombardment of Forts
De Waelhem, De Wavre-St Catherine
and other forts on the southern line
by 11-inch howitzers.
Sept 29.-Magazine of Fort De
Waelhem blown up by shell fire. Fort
De Wavre-St. Catherine put out Of
action. Forts at Lierre bombarded
Forts Are Destroyed.
Sept. 30.-Forts De Waelhem and
Wavre-St. Catherine are completely de-
stroyed. Waterworks behind Fort De
Waelhem blown up. The Belgian in
fantry continued to hold their in
trenchments in the face Of veritable
hell Of shell fire. The water supply
in Antwerp is greatly curtailed
"Oct. 1.-The Lierre forts destroyed
The German infantry attacks were re-
pulsed with heavy losses.
"Oct. 2.-There was a heavy bonn
bardment of the Belgian trenches. The
Belgians retired at night in good or
der and lined the River Nethe The
Germans began to occupy the outer
ring Of forts. A German aeroplane
flew over the city and dropped pamph.
lets urging the inhabitants to surren-
der and save themselves suffering.
British Troops Arrive.
Oct. Carnival of fresh British
troops, who relieved fatigued Belgians
on the southeastern section. Here the
Germans concentrated their attack,
which is now almost exclusively an ar
tillery attack.
Oct 4.-Quiet until evening, when
the Germans began a furious bonn
bardment of Lire and the river bank
trenches.
Oct 5.-The Germans cross the riv-
er and occupy Lierre and Duffel The
main Belgian army began retirement
westward.
Oct 6.-Departure of King Albert,
the government, and the foreign min
listers. Heavy bombardment of the al
lied position. The allied troops retired
during the night Oh the second line
of forts.
City Is Occupied.
Oct 7.-Governor General de Guise
announces that bombardment of the
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FAIL TO FORCE
LINES OF ALLIES
lmpetuous Attacks Made by Ger.
mans UnavaiIing, Is Report
From Paris.
SEE FALL OF VERDUN
Great French Fortress Cannot Iona
Hold Out, Is the General Opinion
Systematic Arrangements for
Invasion of England Be-
Ing Made.

On the Battle Front, via Paris, Oct.
22.-Fighting has continued through
out three days with undated fury in
West Flanders from the North sea
across the French frontier A terrific
battle ragged along three fronts, with
a total line of 45 miles.
Reports were received that the Eng
lish feet was bombarding Ostend, oc'
cupied some days ago by the Germans,
but no mention of this was made in
the official communique.
From Newport to Dixmude, along a
line ten miles long, the allies were en-
gagged desperately in stemming the
German advance on Dunkirk. Pre-
sumably the Belgian army led by King
Albert was in this engagement, as it
was reported at Fumes, d few miles to
the eastward.
From Ypres to Menin a battle ragged
on an east and west line of Is miles,
lying at right angles across the north
and south German line, which only re-
Gently stretched from Ostend through
Ypres and on to Lille
The third battle line extended from
Warneton straight south to La Bassee.
Warneton is frontier town in Bel
GUM on the River Lys, Is miles north
west of Lille. La Bassee is in France,
about fifteen miles southwest of Lille.
Apparently this battle marks the at
tempt of the allies to follow up the adj
vantage gained at La Bassee, when a
vigorous German attack was repulsed,
and press the offensive movement
closer to Lille, headquarters for the
whole right wing of the German army.
The battle from Ypres to Menin is be-
lieved to be part of the movement for
its capture and to have menaced, if
not interrupted, it's communication
with Client.
The report that the British fleet is
bombarding Ostend is given credibility
by another report that terrific bonn
bardment from the battleships, com
bined with acurate artillery fire from
the naval brigade landed to reinforce
the land forces, had forced the Ger
mans to abandon the project of mount
ing their heavy artillery along the
coast for offensive operations against
the British warships.
British warships have shelled Ger
man trenches on the Belgian coast,
killed 1900 Germans and brought
down two airships. Zeppelin and a
Taube, according to dispatches from
Dover
During the operations the British
fleet was attacked by three German
Notwithstanding the first air,
sea and underwater battle of the
war. The submarines discharged sew
eral torpedoes, but did no damage.
Besides the 1900 killed in the
trenches, the dispatches report that
six German batteries were put out OF
action.
In this battering of the coast the
British airmen are said to have played
an important part. 1t is supposed
that the three monitors which were
purchased by the admiralty at the
outbreak of the war from British
shipyards, where they had been con
structed for Brazil, are the boats
which bombarded the Germans. Ter
rife fighting continues at Verdun.
A Central News dispatch from
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Observation-Disclosures,
MARKET REPORTS /,
Observation-Disclosures
Milwaukee, Oct. 23, 1914.

Milwaukee, Oct 23, 1914.
Butter-Creamery, extras, soc;
prints. Sic; firsts, 271a @2Sc; Sec
onds, "a q &c; renovated, 24@25c;
dairy, fancy, &c.
Cheese American, full cream,
new made twins, 13hc; Young
Americas, 13@14c; daisies, 1917
lac; longhorns, lac; limburger,
fancy, I1@111ac.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as
to quality, 2O@21c; recandled, ex-
tras, rs q 26c; seconds, 16017c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 131sc; roos-
tiers, 10c; broilers, 1870.
Wheat-No. l northern, lib; No.
2 northern, 100 Ill; No. north
ern, 92c q 1.O3; No. velvet, lilo
1.12
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 73c.
Oats-No. 8 white, 47c; standard,
471ac.
Barley-No. 3, 70@73c; Wiscon-
sin, 5@73c.
Rye-No. 1, 81 &c.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $50
OTTO; fair to best light, 100
7.5O; pigs, 4.0006.75.
Cattie-Butchers' steers, 1900
$50; stockers and feeders, 5000
7.25; cows, and heifers, AIS 0650;
calves, 9.50@11.OO.
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The Berlin report says that the Ger
mans have captured some of the
forts surrounding Verdun'' thus open
ing the way for an attack on the main
Notifications, preparations for which
are now being made.
1t is upon Verdun, the northernmost
fortress of line of fortified defensive
positions extending southeast along
the Upper Meuse to Toul, that Crown
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm has been
directing his most vigorous efforts.
Although he was repulsed repeatedly
at every other point in his field of ac-
tiVity and his personal command was
driven and carried until he and his
army were forced to withdraw to the
center of the Woevre region, the big
guns implanted in front of Verdun
have been left under circumstances
to work out the salvation of the
kaiser's first and second left wing
army. Verdun has been the scene of
the most violent fighting of the war,
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MINOR NOTES OF THE WAR.

London, Oct. 20.-An official report
by General French, commanding the
British expeditionary force, gives the
total of British killed, wounded anG
missing from September IL to October
as SCI officers and 1880 men,
The war office tonight issued anoth
er casualty list received from head
quarters under date of September 16
1t gives 81 noncommissioned officers
and men as having been killed, las
men wounded and 555 men missing
OF commissioned officers the list
gives four killed and five wounded
Mine Sinks Jap Cruiser.
Tokyo, Oct 20-Only IL of the
crew Of 2S4 men aboard the Japanese
light cruiser Takachiho were rescued
after she struck German floating
mine in Kiauchau bay at night, it was
officially announced here. The Taxa
chino was doing patrol duty outside
Using Tao when she fouled the mine
Japanese destroyers heard the explo
sion and saw the flames that resulted
They hurried to assist the cruiser
but she disappeared quickly.
Inhabitants of Warsaw Flee.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, Oct o.
The entire civil population is in fun
flight from Warsaw because of the
approach of the German army, and an
attack on that city is imminent, ac-
cording to reports from the eastern
front received here. The Russian an
nouncement that the Austro-German
forces have been routed along the Wis
tula is officially denied at the war
office The flight of civilians from
Warsaw is said to have been advised
by the Russian government, which
has promised to care for the refugees
in st. Petersburg and other cities.
This action is declared here to indi-
cate that the Russian general staff
has practically no hope that Warsaw
will be able to hold out against the
German siege guns.
Private reports received at Petro-
grad state that the Russians have
captured some heavy artillery near
Lyck, East Prussia, and also that on
the night Of October 16, in the re-
gions near Warsaw, they took so guns
and two regimental colors, besides a
large number of prisoners, including a
German prince, whose identity has not
yet been established
Emden Takes More British Ships
London, Oct. PA Lloyds dispatch
from Cochin says that the British
steamer Exford has been captured by
the German cruiser Emden off the
Malabar coast.
Another Lloyd's dispatch reports the
sinking of the British steamers Chill
kama, Troilies, Benmohr and Clan
Grant, as we'll as dredger off the
Colombo coast.
The German cruiser Emden has tc
her credit the sinking of Ia British
steamers and the capture of three
other vessels flying the union jack.
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TRAPPED IN SWAMP.
GERMAN BATTERY LOST

Rome.-An incident of the battle
between the French and Germans
near Esternay and Sezanna is thus de-
scribed in a Paris dispatch.
"A German battery, which had been
caught in swamp, and which for this
reason had been cut off from the main
force, managed finally to free itself
from the mud Instead of surrender
ing it continued single-handed the
fight against the advancing French.
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GERMANS FOOL BELGIANS.
KILL 1000 OUT OF 1000

London.-"One of the most disheart-
ening incidents of the Antwerp siege
occurred at Duffel, a position where
the trenches were held by a fine regi-
ment of Belgian chasseurs," dispatch
to the Morning Post from one of its
correspondents in Belgium says. The
message continues:
Late at night the Belgians saw ap-
preaching from along the river men
whom they took to be English sol
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as we'll as combatants. cannons, the
captains and kings" captives and
last but not least) the Red Cross
each and all move in motor cars and
motor trucks. For the first time in
the history of warfare the army mule
and the horse are being utilized main
ly in the pulling of relatively less i'm
portant munitions, and the cavalry
horse. while still a nimportant depend
ence. is largely supplanted by the
steel sinewed and rubber shod horse"
the automobile truck, which is Of SO
much greater value.
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gave plenty of trouble to the pound
keeper, whose war-reduced staff al
the thousands Of animal pets aban-
doned during the exodus of Parisians
when the siege of the city was threat
ened
In these last weeks the exodus of
the unfortunate population of the
North brought to Paris q certain
quantity of stray cats. Dogs were also
Belgian refugees" And then there
has been the dispersion in Paris Of
cats and dogs abandoned by their
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CATS AND DOGS REFUGEES
Fleeing Before invader, They Over
wheImed the Paris Pound Keeper
for Time.

Human beings are not the only refu-
gees from the war zone now harbored
in Paris Homeless cats and dogs
from Belgium and the stricken cities
of northern France followed their
homeless masters and mistresses, and
have added thousands to the canine
and feline population of the city. They
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city is imminent. The Germans en-
place batteries for their purpose and
at midnight a heavy bombardment
begins.
Oct. S.-Exodus Of the population.
The bombardment of the town is con-
tinued with violence. The petrol tanks
are ablaze. Berchem, a southern sub
urb, is in flames, as also are many
houses in the city. The defending
troops on the southwest section are
offering violent resistance 1t is de-
cided to evacuate the city, and the
British and Belgian forces leave dur
ing the night.
"Oct. 9.-The fall and occupation of
Antwerp.
Took Two Weeks.
1t will thus be seen that the Ger
mans took fortnight to drive their
wedge into the southeastern section of
the defenses," the correspondent con-
tinues, land this speaks volumes for
the stubbornness of the defense. Brit
lsh marines were hurried across last
Sunday and conveyed to Antwerp with
coats or kits, but cheerfully endured
the cold and rain as we'll as the pulver-
izing-f fire.
After Monday it was merely a Ques-
ton OF enduring the terrible fire as
long as possible. A large proportion
of the Belgian troops went westward
on Monday and Tuesday to insure an
eventual line of retreat. A large ad-
ditional force of British marines ar
rived Tuesday morning.
Mount Their Big Guns.
Eventually the Germans mounted
their 42-centimeter guns They were
enabled to fire with great accuracy,
thanks to their observation balloons,
although owing to the cold and heavy
rain their operations were sometimes
suspended. The British gunners
brought one balloon down with a round
of lyddite, after shrapnel had proved
ineffective.
ABILITY to hit back weight for
weight was the one crying need at
Antwerp, whose fate points to one If
resistibleI conclusion-that the day of
forts is over. The supposed impreg-
nable forts proved broken reeds
against the giant howitzers.
One of Brialmont's great works
sank almost bodily from sight in con-
sequence of the cavities made all
around its foundations by the terrific
explosions. The others are shattered
beyond recognition.
Il understand that the British naval
force saved all its wounded and guns.
The Belgian army is still intact"
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MOTOR TRUCKS IN THE ARMY
Long Baggage Trains Twenty or
Thirty Miles Long Have No Place
in the Warfare OF Today.

An army as Napoleon Bonaparte
truly said, moved on its belly, and Will
continue to move that way in the
sense in which Napoleon meant 1t so
long as men rather than machines
must be offered as food for cannon.
But today in war-torn Europe the
..armies' belIies"-the commissaries,
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Gone are the twenty and thirty-mile
supply trains, with their winded ont
mails and two to three mile an hour
speed. In their place in the line of
advance may now be seen the mon
sted hve-ton tarpaulin covered motor
truck, moving as a single unit at fen
TO eighteen miles an hour, or the
truck. tractor, with both axles power
driven and acting as towing unit for
four to eight trailer wagons. each
carrying almost as much tonnage as
the locomotive. -Engineering Maya
zine
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diers, and who called OUT We are
friends when the sentinels chal
lenged them. The colonel of the Bel
gian regiment himself was watching
them and saw them go up as if to
speak with the sentries. Then sud-
denly he found himself gagged and
saw the sentinels strangled by the sup
posed English.
"The Germans then rushed in on
the Belgian soldiers, most of whom
were asleep in the trenches. When
the attack was over only 500 survived
of the 1000 Belgians."
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masters at the time of the panic the
beginning of September And it is
thus that the pound has had to re-
ceive five times as many prisoners as
usual. Mobilization reduced its per-
sonnet by two-thirds and its wagons
have been requisitioned. The ami
mails have consequently suffered and
the care of them has perforce been
insufficient for some days.
But now all goes we'll Order has
been re-established in the pound The
dogs are again almost happy. The
cats also
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through the houses and exploded in
the cellars
Trains and barges, perilously over
loaded, till Friday bore the people to
Holland. 1t is clear that a vast ma
Jority of the population of Antwerp did
not believe till the very last minute
that the city would be bombarded.
One shell shattered like a house of
cards the Hospital of st. Camille, bury
ing all the nurses and wounded in the
pile of ruins
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Folkestone says that 400 wounded Bel
gians have arrived there from Calais.
The soldiers state that the Germans
have been driven out of Ostend.
Expect Fall of Verdun.

On the Battle Front, via Paris, Oct.
22.-Verdun appears to be doomed.
the main support OF the French
right wing army, and from which the
defenders of France have been car
rfed on along the Meuse and in the
direction Of Metz, has been under con-
slant bombardment for more than
three weeks, and today several of the
forts in the outer ring of the city 8
defenses are reported in official dis
patches from Berlin to have been re-
duced
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The German artillerymen beat their
assailants off with hellish fire, which
the French artillery tried in vain to
silence. Until late In the evening the
battery continued it's deadly work un-
til its ammunition became exhausted
and the men were either dead or
wounded.
When l arrived the brave crew had
already been buried, and the guns
still rested on trees which the men
had placed under the wheels in order
that the pieces might not disappear
in the mud"
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kaiser's Cattle Captured.

London.-A dispatch to the Star
from Petrograd says that among the
remarkable war trophies arriving at
Smolensk is the entire stock of En-
peror Williams famous pedigreed cat
tie and horses, captured by the Rms
SLAMS from the emperor's estate az
Rominten, East Prussia. They were
taken to Moscow and presented to the
Russian Agricultural institute for DIS
tribution among agricultural breeding
associations
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Minneapolis, Oct. 20, 1913.
Wheat-No. 1 hard, LA; No. 1
northern, LILO @1.13; No. 2 north
ern, 1.0701.11.
Corn-No. 8 yellow, 7O@71c.
Oats-No. 3 white, 44@45c.
Rye-No. 2, S6@S7c.
1.3301.35.
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Plans Great Sea Fight.

While this is taking place Admiral
Won Ingenohrs fleet. now confined at
Wilhelmshaven, will steam out into
the North sea for the great fight.
These German calculations rest on
the hypothesis that the south coast OF
England will be left absolutely with
out protection, all of Admiral Sir
John Jellico's ships being engaged in
the great North sea battle.
The German newspapers, by way Of
preparing public opinion for this great
stroke, publish extravagant dispatches
dilating on British nervousness and
the fear of unavoidable destruction by
Germany
Germans Are Impatient.
The German fleet is described as
awaiting with passionate Impotence
the moment when it can make a dash
at the enemy. Prince Henry of Pru-
STA is actively engaged. it is announced,
in the work of inspecting the fleet,
and he is continually keeping the
men on the run by surprise calls.
The prince is reported to be in Bel
GUM to take command of the gen.
eral operations against England.
On these operations, by means of
which the war will speedily be
brought to an end, the public opinion
of Germany is now focused. Should
they fail. the disappointment engen-
dered may have incalculable conse-
Quences.
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDGSCHO0L,
LESSON

tBy E. Q. SELLERS, Acting Director Sum-
Gay School Course, Moody Bible Inst--
tute Chicago)
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Chicago, Oct %, 1914.
Hogs-Light, 7.05 OTTO; heavy,
6.S5 q $50; rough, 5.S5@7.OO; pigs,
4.50@7.10.
Cattle = Beeves, 6.4O@10.75;
stockers and feeders, 50O@7.9O;
COWS and heifers, 3.25 $50; calves,
.25@11.0O.
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LESSON TEXT-Matt 26:57-6S Include.
also, w. 1855.
GOLDEN TEXT-As a lamb is led to,
the slaughter, and as a sheep before its
shearers is dumb. SO he opened not his
mouth-Isa. 55:7 r. V.