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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10
SEES NO ATROCITIES IN BELGIUM.
SAYS NEWSPAPER correspondent

ties, if there were such. were more
likely to have been committed by Bel
CLANS than by Germans This is so
because the Belgian hold that the
German struck below the belt" by
violating their solemn treaty to re-
spect and defend the neutrality Of Bel
GUM. Besides, the Belgians, with a
nation small and weak. felt that any
thing would be pardonable against
the powerful and merciless invader
The stories OF wanton cutting off
Of noses, hands, arms and legs strike
me as probably imaginary and orig
mating only In half-delirious brains.
Some one may turn up tomorrow with
evidence to confound me. but my ex-
periences and investigations force
upon me this opinion.
Says the BeIaians "Sniped."
That Belgians "sniped" German
soldiers undoubtedly Is true. This
happened at Louvain and elsewhere,
as l have ascertained from both Ger
mans and Belgians of veracity. The
Belgians defend their action They
assert that the Germans illegally and
UNANIMOUSLY invaded them and wrecked
their civilization. giving them the
right to punish the enemy in whatever
way their feeble powers would permit
l do not find that the German SOL
diers are savages. On the contrary
| have seen them searching the fields
before Antwerp for Belgian wounded
who had lain out all day and all night
| have seen them gathering up these
victims of war and transporting them
to hospitals with all tenderness and
sympathy. It>seemed to me that they
dealt more tenderly with wounded
Belgians than with their own wounded
Girl Who Fires on Troops Slain.
l found only one German who had
done an act that he deeply deplored.
He was a young fellow who had been
employed in Berlin drapery shop.
At Wise, Immediately after he had en-
tered Belgium and before he had had
an opportunity to kill any one in bat
tle a beautiful girl rushed into the
street and began to fire into the
the German ranks from an automatic
pistol.
An officer detached a squad to deal
with the girl, ordering that she be
killed. The Berlin man, followed by
his comrades, chased the girl into
house, thrust his bayonet through her
body and pinned her against wall.
God! How l shivered when | did it,"
he said But l am a soldier and l
could do nothing but obey.
| think it more likely that some
women and girls have been assaulted
than that any other form of atrocity
has been committed
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from Ivangorod, Warsaw, and No
vogeorgievsk after having repulsed
all former Russian attacks.
The statement continues:
AT first the Russians did not fol-
low and the withdrawal of our troops
took place without difficulty The re-
serve troops will change their forma-
alton according to the situation
German Repulse Verified.
London, Oct 28.-The Russian ad-
vance against the Germans In the east
ern fighting is verified in reports from
Berlin and Petrograd. The Berlin re-
port admits the Germans have been
forced to retreat, but claim the move
was necessary in face of Russian re-
Inducements.
The official communication from Pc
trograd says:
In the battle which has been in
progress for four days south Of the
Pilitza river in the forests on the line
extending from Bialogura (Bialobrze-
gil to Glowaczow, Policzna, and jan
owiec, our troops have inflicted upon
the Austro-German forces a severe de-
feat"
On the right bank Of the Piiitza,
on the front between Iejoff and No
yomiasto. the fighting continues with
the same desperation"
Austrian Army Badly Hit.
The Austrian attempt to envelope
the left flank Of General Brussiloff,
the Russian commander, according to
semioffcial announcement issued
from Petrograd, finished badly for the
Austrians.
On October "a the Russians sur
rounded an entire cavalry division, to-
gether with some landsturm troops, IA
miles south Of Sambor, and with few
exceptions annihilated them, captur-
ing 20 guns and a train of ammunition.
Petrograd dispatch to Reuters
Telegram company says the number
of Austrian prisoners brought into
Kieff since the commencement of the
war has reached total of 100000.
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FRENCH ARMIES CUT UP.
Swiss Papers Claim Loss VIII Total
UP to Forty Thousand Men.

SWISS Papers Claim Loss VIII 7 otal
UP to Forty Thousand Men.
Berlin, Oct. 20. (By wireless via
Sayville, N. Y)-Swiss papers report
that since the capture of Fort Camp
Des Romans by the Germans the
French losses on the Verdun-Toul line
have been more than forty thousand
men.
It was officially announced that EN-
peror William had conferred the Iron
Cross upon the kings of Bavaria and
Wurttemberg in recognition of their
own bravery and the valor of their
troops.
The official German news agency
gave out the following information to-
day:
French officers complain of the in
ferior quality of the new troops sent
to fight against the Germans. Eng
lish papers estimate the Belgian losses
on the User canal at 10000 men.
''The Italian colony in Paris is in
viting donations for the relief Of dis
tress in France. 1t states that the
number of wounded left for days with
out medical treatment is appalling.
BeIgians Reinforced.
Main headquarters report that the
fighting continues from Newport to
Dixmude, where the Belgians have
been considerably REINFORCED. The
German attacks are maintained.
British war vessels took part in the
fighting against the German right
wing, but their fire was without effect.
Several British warships are in
flames as a result of a German artil-
lery fire from the shore.
The situation at Ypres is I'M
changed To- the west of Lille our at
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tack was successfully maintained
BeIQian Army Fit Hard,

6eigian Army f!It HARD.
The Belgian army is said to have
lost one-third of it's members in the
battle of Flanders, as the present con-
ffict has been named
The German losses in the battle
along the User are placed at 10000;
those of the allies scarcely less.
Although the Germans have lost
ground near Dixmude, the allies and
the invading legions of the kaiser are
still locked in a death grip along the
User canal in northwestern Belgium
and the fighting there has been I'M
paralleled in ferocity.
Back and forth across the crimson,
corpse-choked stream the conflict has
now ragged for a week Seven times
the Germans succeeded in crossing to
the west side only to be driven back
by the British, French and Belgian
troops hurled against them.
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than the average winter temperature
of France and Belgium. We have, of
course, no official information as to
the constitution of the Indian forces
but We know that it consists largely
of Slkhs and Gurkhas, for neither of
whom should the cold of Europe have
any terrors whatever The Gurkha is
essentially a highlander, accustomed
to the keen air of the Eastern Hima-
layas and the plateau of Nepal He
is extraordinarily hardy suited to al
most any climate, as ready for hard
marching or fighting in the winter as
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10
ALL SUPPLIED WITH POWDER
European Nations Saw to That Before
Declarations of Hostilities
Were Made.

Supplies of gunpowder in the maya
zines of the warning European nations
are enormous, according to Col. E. G.
Buckner, vice-president of the du Pont
powder company. He says that
France alone has 225, 900 tons of pow
der. This is nine times as much as
all the smokeless powder ever manu-
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featured for the United States. It is
enough, he says, to fill the magazines
Of every French warship seven times
over and stiu leave an immense sup
ply for the French army.
Europe is likely to run out of SOL
diers, of guns, of food, of money, be-
fore she runs out of powder, is Colonel
Buckner's idea. He says England has
even more powder than France by
reason of her great navy, and that
Germany has as much as France.
The powder supplies of the warning
nations are kept secret. The Euro
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he would have been for the trials en-
dured by the allied forces in tbo first
weeks of the war.
AS soldier and civilian he has
fought in northern China. and is IN
be found several thousand stronp
among the settlers of British Colum-
hla supporting the rigors of the Cana
dian winter. His lane. the P,,nio,h
is a country of climatic extremes. the
cold of December and January. as
European visitors to the Durbar camns
at Delhi know well, having peculiar
ly searching quality.
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BRITISH SOLDIERS DO
NOT LIKE PAJAMAS

Here is a real conversation which
| have just had with a wounded Tom
my who fought in the battle of Mons,
writes a correspondent of the Sketch
The scene was a charming room in
the house of a wealthy philanthropist
who lives in my neighborhood The
house will accommodate 80 GONZALES
cents, and is fitted up with every pos
sible convenience and comfort. Each
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10
CLOSE FORMATION USED
TO AID MORALE OF MEN

London-Light is thrown on the
question of why the Germans use
close formation when it bring. snch
disastrous results as described in fire.
uuent dispatches from the front by a
conversation which Lord Roberts once
had with the kaiser when Roberts
went to Germany to witness maneu-
verS.
General Roberts during these ma
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Daring Aviator's Feat.

London.--Instructur T. A. Ander-
son of the Durham county constabu-
larry, who is serving as a sergeant
in the Scots guards writes:
Il witnessed a most exciting Incl
dent. French staff officer went up
in an aeroplane aud the Germans
opened fire on him. Shots went wide
at first and then all around He did
mt mind that, but turned around
again and ran the gauntlet.
Then they started again, but that
didn't stop him. He turned once
more and came, before making off,
to headquarters with information as
to where the Germans were"
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INDIAN SOLDIERS IN WINTER
Little Doubt That British Allies VIII
BE Able to Stand the Rigors of
European Weather.

How will the Indian troops stand
the continental winter? The answer
should not be in doubt. The martial
races of India come mostly from re-
gions which have very cold winter,
some from highlands where the pre-
yailing temperature for four or five
months of the year is much lower
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10

man has his dressing gown, slippers
and suit of pajamas.
by the way, that the men do not like
pajamas. On the morning after their
arrival they complained of being cold
in the legs during the night.
But you all had those nice warm
pajamas," protested the nurse.
Yes, miss, that's all right" ex-
planned the spokesman of the party,
but we took off the breeches because
we couldn't get to sleep in 'em, and
only wore the jackets"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10
GERMAN ARMY FALLS BACK.
Compelled to Retire Before Russian
Attack in Poland.

Berlin, via Amsterdam and London.
Oct. 29.-The German and Austrian
troops in Poland, according to an Off
cial announcement issued in Berlin to-
day, have been forced to withdraw be-
fore fresh Russian forces advancing
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neuvers noticed the German close for
nations and remarked to the kaiser
that he supposed this formation would
not be used in actual battle. The
kaiser expressed some surprise, hav-
ing noticed the dangerousness of such
tactics.
The kaiser said the formation must
be used for its psychological effect.
Correspondents are not to be al
lowed within 20 miles of the front, and
still folks say that no efforts are be-
ing made to mitigate wars horrots.
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enormous number of followers of the
"Holy War" a Factor.

France, also, through her great AT
Mohammedan problem. Egypt is still
nominally part of the Turkish en-
pire, although to all intents and pur-
poses it has been incorporated in the
British empire, and there is a posi-
bility that the cry Of the sultan for
help might cause disturbances In
India, too, the preaching of a holy war
by the Mohammedans might give rise
to a great deal of trouble
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pean powers keep informed of mill
tary preparations through their sys-
tenn of espionage and they try to
hold their war resources on an eoual
footing. The enormous French DOW.
der supply is cited as prima facie evil
dence that the other battling powers
have great powder reserves. Amerf.
can makers OF powder have no ex-
pectation Of selling any powder to
European belligerents. That was one
OF the things of which there has been
an assurance of full supply.-Wash-
ington Star
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10
TAKE FORTS NEAR VERDUN.
News of German Victories Reach Lon
don From Berlin.

don From Berlin.
London, Oct. 30.-The main French
positions southeast of Verdun have
been captured by the Germans, ac-
cording to dispatch received by wire
less from Berlin. The news comes
from the semi-official Wolff agency of
the German capital
Another German victory is reported
by Wolff to the west of Lille, where. it
is asserted, several of the allies forth
fed positions have been captured. A
number of English officers and 800 pri-
Yates are declared to have been taken
prisoners.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10
Boer Rebels Routed.
REPORT BIG WARsHIP SUNK,
Paris Has Report of Loss Of British
Dreadnauoht-Emd Makes Paid

Paris, Oct. 30.-It is reported here
that British dreadnaught has been
sunk by German mine This is be-
lieved to be one of the 4O-mile line of
British warships operating off the
North sea coast of Belgium This
ship, the name of which is not given,
is the first dreadnaught sunk in the
war.
The German cruiser Emden, the
terror Of the Pacific ocean, has made
another successful raid, according to
advices received in London from the
British embassy at Tokyo
Flying the japanese flag and dis
guised by the addition of a fourth
smokestack, she audaciously stole I'M
der the guns of the fort and entered
Georgetown, the harbor of the island
of Penang, the British possession in
the Straits Settlements, fired torpedos
which destroyed the Russian cruiser
Jemptchug and a French torpedo de-
stroyer and escaped through the
Straits of Malacca More than two
hundred members of the crews Of
the warships were killed. This brings
the total number of vessels destroyed
by the Emden and the Karlsruhe Ut
to 43.
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DE WET JOINS REVOLT.
Famous Boer Leader at the Head of,
Serious Uprising.

Famous Boer Leader at the Head of,
Serious Uprising.
London, Oct. 28.-Another rebellion
has broken OUT III South Africa. Gen
eral Christian De Wet and General
Christian Frederick Beyers have taken
the lead of the rebels in the Orange
Free State and western Transvaal.
Having put down the rebellion in
the northern province of Cape Colony
led by Lieutenant Colonel MaritZ, the
government of the Union of South At
RIGA is now faced by the more serious
rising under Generals De Wet and
Beyers, the latter of whom resigned
the command Of the Union forces
when Premier Botha decided to take
up arms against Germany.
Botha Defeats Rebels.
London. Oct. 29.-The following Of
fetal statement was issued tonight re-
garding the rebellion in the Union of
South Africa:
General Botha reports that he left
Rustenburg "a district in the west
part of the TransvaaI colony on Tues
day morning and proceeded in the di-
rection in which Gen. Christian Bey-
ers and his commando were supposed
to be.
He came in touch with General
Beyers' nren in the forenoon and
drove them in headlong rout the whole
of the day and captured 80 of them
fully armed.
In the fighting which took place
toward the end of the pursuit one of
General Botha's men and several of
Beyers' commando were wounded.
When the report was made the pur-
suit was still in progress"
Boer Rebels Routed
London, Oct. 30.-A Reuter- dispatch
from Cape Town, Union of South At
RIGA, says that General Rotha, com
mander of the defense force, reports
that the rebel General Beyers' COM
mandoes have been scattered and are
not likely to reunite General Beyers
has fled in an unknown direction.
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSC[lOoL<
LESSON
10y E. y. SrLLnikS, Acting director Sum-
day School Course, Moody Bible Insti-
tute Chicago)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER s
SOWING AND REAPING,
(World's Temperance Lesson.)

LESSON TEXT-Gal Clio
GOLDEN TEXT-Whatsoever n nam
soWeth, that shall he also reap-Gal 81
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TURKS lombard
RUSSIAN TOWN
Action Means That the Sultan
Has Joined the Foes of the
Triple Entente.
TENTH NATION IN THE WAR

Germans Said to Have Captured
French Positions Southeast of Yer
dun-Belgian Army In Flanders
Frightfuliy Cut Up-kaIser's
Forces Retreat In Poland
Emdcn Sinks Two Ships.
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London, Oct. 30.-Two Russian cities
were bombarded by ships under the
Turkish flag. The Breslau, late of the
German navy, shelled Theodosia, In
the Crimea, an unfortified port. The
Hamidieh Of the Turkish navy bonn
barded Noyotosysk, further east than
Theodosia, east of the entrance to the
Sea of Azov.
Germany has been rushing NUM-
tons OF war to Turkey ever since the
war started, and when the cruiser
Breslau entered the Dardanelles and
was sold to Turkey 1t was charged
that she retained her German officers
and crew.
A Constantinople dispatch prior to
the news Of the bombardment of the
Russian port said that the situation
between Great Britain and Turkey was
becoming daily more strained and ap-
peared to be nearing the breaking
point
1T is believed" added the dispatch,
that should the allies experience a
setback in the European theater of
the war, especially in Poland, it would
be impossible to restrain the Turks,
as the war party Is becoming more
and more powerful
Tenth Nation In War.
Turkey is the tenth nation to en-
ter the war. Those already engaged
are: Austria, Servia, Montenegro, Ger
many, Russia, France, Great Britain,
Japan and Belgium
BY getting Turkey to join in the
fight on the allies the kaiser has been
aiming another blow at England
Great Britain is the greatest Moham-
medan power in the world In Egypt
and India she has under her rule an
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
IL mGunM

She told me to say De Profundis
for her sometimes, and to think of
her when | sang the hymn to the VIZ
gin. Then she kissed me and told me
to go to sleep, saying she was going
to sleep, too, and if it should prove
to be the eternal sleep, 1t would he
only like going to sleep at night and
the time between would not seem
long"
80 goodnight, darling, and God
bless YOU" she said.
And as well as l could l answered
her Good night"
When l awoke from the profound
slunlber of childhood it was noon OF
the next day and the sun was shin
Ing, DR.. Conrad was lifting me out
of bed, and Father Dan, who had
just thrown open the window, was
saying in a tremulous voice;
Your dear mother has gone 10
God"
l began to cry, but he checked me
ard said:
Don't call her back. She's on her
way to Gods beautiful Paradise after
all her suffering. Let her goi"
So l lost her, my mother, my saint,
my angel.
1t was Easter Eve, and the church
bells were ringing the Gloria.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

1t seem to you that l am entitled to
know why she is being so suddenly
taken away from me, and what is
the change in life which Mr. O'Neill
referred to in his letter."
The smile which had been playing
around the Bishops face was smitten
away from it by that question, and
he looked anxiously across at my
father.
TELL her." said my father, and
then, while my heart thumped in my
bosom and the Reverend Mother
stroke my hand to compose me, the
bishop gave brief explanation.
The time had not come when it
would be prudent to be more def
mite, but he might say that Mr..
O'Neill was trying to arrange happy
and enviable future for his daugh-
, ter, and therefore he wished her to
return home to prepare for it.
Does that mean marriage?" said
he Reverend Mother.
1T may be so. ! am not quite
prepared to ="
And that husband has already
been found for herr"
That. toe. perhaps. 1 will not
'Monsignor," said the Reverend
Mother, sitting up with dignity, sis
that fair?"
Fair"
rs 1t fair that after ten years in
which her father has done nothing
for her. he should determine what
her life Is to be, without regard to
her wish and will?
l raised my eyes and saw that the
bishop looked aghast.
Reverend Mother you surprise
| me-" he said. Since when mas d
father ceased TO be the natural guar
dian of his child? Has he not been
so since the beginning of the world D.?
Doesn't the church itself build its
| laws on that foundation"
Does it?' said the Reverend
Mother shortly. And then q could
feel her hand trembling as she
spoke): Some of its servants do,
know. But when did the Church say
| that anybody-no matter whoa
| father, or anybody else-should take
the soul of another. and control It,
and govern 1t, and put it in prison ~
MY good lady" said the Bishop
would you call it putting the girl
in prison to marry her into an illus
trious family, to give her an historic
| name, to surround her with the dig
| nifty and distinction ="
Bishop" said my father, raising
his hand, 81 guess it's my right &c
butt In here. isn't it?"
Welcome Praise.
saw that my fathers face had
| been darkening while the Reverend
| Mother spoke and now, rolling his
heavy body in his chair SO as to face
| her. he said:
Excuse me, ma'am, but when you
say I've done nothing for my gel here
| l suppose you'll allow I've gept heI
and educated herr"
you've kept and educated your
dogs. and horses, also, / dare say
! but do you claim the same rights
over a human being?"