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Evening journal., 1914-08-25
French War Office Claim
Germans Are Now Repulsed

be held as the Germans in possession
of the outlying forts can easily re-
duce all of the others A definite
statement dealing with the Namur
situation is promised soon.
The War Office insists that the
French positions in Alsace from Null
hausen through Attkirch are holding
firm against the Germans who have
been attacking them in force since
Sunday.
No statement regarding the losses
has been made. It is admitted that
they are very great, but the War
Office withholds details on the ground
that to make them public might fur
nish the enemy with important infor-
nation.
The War Office this morning an
nounced that the Germans in the
north had assumed the offensive and
that they have been attacking the
combined English and French posi-
tiOn since daylight today. The Bel
gian army essayed a sOrtie from Ant
werp to attack the German rear and.
having taken the first line of the Ger
mans by surprise threw them back
as far as Malines 13 miles to the
southeast. The Germans, heavily re-
inforced, have resumed the offensive
there.
In Lorraine following the counter
attacks of yesterday the French have
taken a position on the mountain
which follows the course of the
Meurthe from Luneyille to Nancy In
/ Alsace the French have repulsed nu-
I merous attacks and still hold Null
hausen. The theatre of operations in
Alsace, however, is now of secondary
consideration.
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

The trial of a divorce case recently
afforded the judges of a New York
court opportunity for voicing an opin-
ion that comprehended something
more than a mere decision of the
cause at issue. American women, he
remarked, seem to be losing the
knack of making homes. The obser-
walton Is a little sweeping, perhaps.
and preiudiced by too close a view OF
the country at large. But in spite
of the TACT that Judgment is appar-
entity based upon evidence supplied by
Manhattan-and Manhattan, what
ever else it may be, is not city of
homes-there may be some truth IN
the courts assertion. Others, az any
rate. have said the same thing, and
women among them.
"What passes for home today the
court continued, lis little more than
lodging place and a boarding
house. There is lack of the old fash
ioned. homelike atmosphere Com
parison of the home of today with
the home of yesterday is more than
implied I'm the judges indictment
The former seems to lack the indi'
viduality that was so characteristic
of the latter. Ii seems to lack those
little intimate touches Of personality
that served in the past to distinguish
so clearly one home from another
II is more formal, too. and less re-
poseful. decorated and furnished tC
suit it all comers rather than those
whose abode it is.
But is this not due, in a measure
TO a change in conditions rather thar
Evening journal., 1914-08-25
.BEbGIANS TELL OF
German CRUELTY
BY The United Press.

by The United Press.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-The official
press bureau today made public the for.
NAL charges preferred by the Belgian
government to the neutral powers. al
leging gross violations OF international
warfare. The statement says: German
infantry, following the battle near DiesG
ON August II, shot Major Won Damme
through the head as he lay helplessly
wounded and then hurriedlv buried him.
When the body was disinterred PC bull
lets were found i'm his head.
"FolloWing fight between Belgian
troops and Germans i'm which a German
officer was killed the Germans at dusk
burned six iaimhouses. They then di-
Vided the males into two groups of
eleven and placed them i'm bitches. The
soldiers then struck the men down with
rife butts. fractming their skulls and
killing them. Atrocious crimes were
committed against the women and chill
dren, vet not single civilian partici-
pated in the fight in which the German
officer was killed.
Germans maltreated an aged man.
torturing him with fire and finally
burning him to death. During the
fighting near Aerschot. German
troops used Belgian women and chill
dren to advance to a strategic posi-
ton on the Belgian front and after
getting there, opened fire on the wo-
men, wounding one Of them.
The Germans also shot and killed
the burgomeister Of Aerschot and
len leading citizens, forced all others
to march out of their homes with
their hands raised above their heads
and then fired the village"
At Nelm the Germans entered the
village while the inhabitants were
asleep and fired the house of a
wealthy Belgian named Gimme
Gevers. His house was destroyed
end his money stolen. The Germans
seized all of his horses and carried
| his wife off. half naked, for two
miles. When she was released they
shot at her as she fed The husband
was taken in the opposite direction
and fatally wounded These same
troops burned number Of houses
al Arsmael"
AT Arsmael young girls and chill
dren we're outraged by the German
/ troops Several inhabitants we're shd
and wounded here and Belgian sol
diers were tied to telegraph poles ar
l shot
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

as France. or any other of the allies,
might lawfully be helped by a private
loan The consideration that should
have ruled, assuming that American fl
nancial conditions justified the loan. was
that such loan was not only consis-
tent with neutrality and justified by
long precedent. but was for the advan-
tage of the United States. 1t would
have been practically a sale of food
stulfs TO France ON credit.
The proposed purchase OF ships from
German or Austrian companies is Tor
the benefit of the United States. 1t as
sumes that, private capital not coming
forward for the purpose. the Govern
ment must undertake the carriage
abroad of our piled up crops. Self-in-
tcrest again. and where is the violation
OF neutrality "as houcst as il is strict, F"
TO use Mr. Lodges phrase? The Gov
crnmcnt would be perfectly willing "a
make an offer to buy the ships of other
bclligcre6ts besides Germany IL they
were at hand The irritations and dan
gers of seizure are inevitable 10 sea
transportation in war time. They can
be entirely avoided only by absolute
embargo. au ideal neutrality. Mr.
Lodges views ON the special dangers
incident TO the experiment of Govern
ment owned vessels carrying contrahand
of war are entitled TO the great weight
of his knowledge and experience; but
because Mr. Wilson favored an excessive
and quixotic neutrality in the matter
of loans. is il fair to accuse him of fall
ing short of "honest neutrality in hls
Government merchant marine2
Evening journal., 1914-08-25
THF BOULTvARD UOTD.Up.
ERO Henry c. Connolly. OF Baltimore, "
4 received the following letter:

FRO Henry C. Connolly, OF Baltimore we have
4 received the following letters
TO the Editor Of THE EVENING JOURNAL:
Sir--Wil you kindly inform the people of Maryland
what the people OF your State have done with the road
that was started by Mr. DUPONT and which, am told
would have been completed, or nearly so. by this
ume ume mad ne had the support of the people of your
State? We OF Maryland sorry that we have not
as yet in our state who has been able to offer
US assistance to build roadway that would be OF as
mueh advantage TO the people. think the people of
Delaware viii in time realize that they have made
a very serious mistake This road would have been
ue most Oenehcal thing the state of Delaware ever
had not only in one way but in many ways. The in
creased value of land, the benefits to the small farmer
better facilities to your cities in reaching your mar
the producer In lower Delaware does not now re-
ceiye delay deprives our people Ia MARYLAND
Of facilities and benefits that would have come through
the dupont road We of Maryland are surprised that
the people who are directly responsible for holding
up anything so beneficial TO them and to our state
aso cannot overcome their narrow minded feeling and
let the road be completed. As we understand H. Mr.
dupont was going to expend more than 100000 to
oompiee u ana some OF the people should feel inter-
ested in men like him. ] wish we had him in Mary
land While we have been disappointed much on ac-
count of your people being selfish in regard to this
grand Gift to Delaware I hope they will soon see
the error made and correct IT, II Mr. duPonts offer
Withdrawn may not be too late for Delaware
TO receive this gift if your Board OF Trade is inter
ested which think il should be from trips to towns
ia our State Il could not do anything better than try
and get the road through travel through Delaware
enough TO know that you need this for the best inter-
ests Of the people of Delaware.
FOR the information OF Mr. Connolly We will say
that the matter Of the obstruction of the dupont
Boulevard stin is in litigation in the United States
Supreme Court Nothing nore viii be done in rela.
ton 10 it until that litigation has been settled Pub
Tic sentiment in State is Overwhelmingly in fayo
Of the road but the work has been opposed by per
sons who lave been actuated by political spiteful
mercenary and other motives. In fact no great pub
lie benefactor has received shabbier treatment thar
has General DUPONT in connection with his magnih
oI,fe
minded Delawarean that the people Of Maryland an
other States view with amazemont the attitude O
certain DelaVareans toward the boulevard
Fof the time being Belgium is the biggest Htu
~ountry in continental Europe
Evening journal., 1914-08-25
BY ED. l.. KEEN.

United Press Staff Correspondent.
LONDON. Aug. England is
grimly determined today. The admis-
sion that Namur the Gibraltar of the
allied defense. has been taken by the
Germans has amazed the entire coun-
try. The War Office withholds partic-
ulars, But the newspapers very frank
ly admit a real advance on Paris is
now far more than possible.
That the English expedition stood
steadfast in the face of a determined
German attack is assured. Premier
Asquith made this announcement in
the House of Commons today He in
sisted that the retirement to the sec
ondary line of defenses was an act of
prudence. He insisted that the allies
were still confident of their ability to
hold the German flood back.
Evening journal., 1914-08-25
RY MILLLAM PHILLIP SIMS.

bA WILLIAM IHlLLif NiNuNs
United Press staff Correspondent
PARIS. Aug. 25-The censorship
curtain is again interposed between
the great battle now In progress
along the entire frontier and the
French people. II is admitted fight
ing is still in progress and that the
allied armies are acting entirely on
the defense. AT certain portions of
the line the German assault is so
heavy that a further retrogressiOn
would cause no surprise. This is
especially so along the Luxemburg
line from Montmedy through Longwy
to Spincourt Here the German army
of the Moselle is throwing its entire
strength against the French lines.
There is deep disappointment over
the loss of Namur II was accept
ed as certain the lines there would
hold indefinitely. thus enabling the
allied centre TO throw the German
assault back. But il took only two
days for the German war machine
to smash the French defense. The
war Office does not say whether all
or only portion of the Namur forts
surrendered But the military ex-
perts say that even though a few
of the forts hold out, they cannot long
Evening journal., 1914-08-25
British Stood Firm
In Face of Onslaught

The fari that it took the Germans
only three days to oyerwhelm the
French defense at Namur and drive
them out of their position is said by the
military experts to speak volumes for
the strength of the German attack. The
Daily Chronicle i'm this connection,
makes this appeals
"England aud Russia must stubbornly
resolve that. como what may, to France.
they will never surrender to Germany.
They must stick to her as the stuck 10
Napoleon until they put her down. As
long as We hold the sea we cannot our
selves be vitally struck"
Additional troops are being rushed to
the continent and hospitals are being
placed in readiness for The reception Of
the British wounded. No definite list uf
casualties has been made public al
though it Is admitted that the British
losses are very heavy.
Evening journal., 1914-08-25
SUIT CASE FOUND.

The police have recovered suit
case stolen from the b. & o. station
last night and the piece Of luggage is
awaiting a claimant at headquarters.
The suit case was found under a
piece of burlap in a clump of bushes
in rear of No. 1901 Lincoln street, a
vacant honsa
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

By the United Press.
PARIS, Aug. 25.-The War Ollice
this afternoon issued statement say
ing that the concerted German army
attack on the French army directed
from COlmar had been repulsed with
heavy loss.
Evening journal., 1914-08-25
A Project THAT WILL NOT DOWN.

THE project Of a great inland waterway from New
England to the South has taken such hold
upon the practical imagination Of Americans that
nothing prevent its ultimate construction and
utilization Il may be halted by obstructionsts in
Washington and elsewhere, but it cannot be stopped.
It is project that has for it's motive power merit
that after everything has been said and done, viii
win
TO the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association.
than TO any other single agency. belongs the
credit for having showed the proposed Atlantic coastal
enterprise to a position Of such prominence before
the American public The president of that associa-
tion is Congressman j. Hampton Moore of Philadel-
phia lie has worked early and late, year in and
year out, in furtherance of the plan On the eve o.
the seventh annual convention Of the association to
be held next month in New York city and Hudson
river points he has issued address to the friends OF
the waterway In the course Of it he says:
No. the River and Harbor Bill has yet been
loosed from the grip Of the Senate The House has
done its work. but the Senate stumbos. We hope it
viii regain its poise and pass the bill. We hope at
the New York Convention to report the passage Of the
bill but if cannot it is patent the work Of the As
socauon must commune we cannot quit Whle one
branch OF Congress raises the element of doubt
the wisdom OF making appropriations. We have
lear OF the ultimate success OF an Atlantic Coastal pro
ject and Of all its collateral waterways but not
yet ready TO take anything for granted Congress
listens TO the voice OF the pcOpe-cyen the Senate
branch responds to the popular will.
Therefore the New York Convonuon--the Hudson
Rver-Albany-Troy Convention, If you pease-ia timed
Let Congress hear the will Of the waterways peo
pie always politely expressed of but firmly and
frankly nevertheless
This is not the time to hold up waterway develop
ment in the United States. Even the conditions
IN Europe now suggest Fastening rather than cur
allment of American efforts to put American com
merce upon It's feet The present time is the time of
opportunity.
Join hands The New York Hudson River Albany
Troy expedition and you viii strike blow for the
countrys welfare you certainly will for the Allan
tic coast.
Delaware will be represented in that convention 1t
is meet that it should be as it has vital interest in
the waterways and the incidental conversion of the
Chesapeake and Delaware canal into gree thorough
fare for the use Of water-bourne commerce That
canal forms important link in the coastal project
and il viii become the Delaware delegation i'm the i'm
pending convention to cooperate heartily and of
fectvey with the delegations from the other States
to forward the movement in every way possible BY
doing e viii the material interests of our
commonwealth and win the approval Of people
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

One of the strange things about this great European
war is that seems willing TO father IT, notwth
standing is the greatest thing of the sort in the his
tory of the world
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

Before this trouble is ended China may fight but
it may be accepted as fact that she will not fight
much In her present state of enlightenment it is
not in her TO distinguish herself, even defensive
militancy.
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

Germany viii hear something if one of rhe floating
contact mines dropped promiscuously in the North Sea
blows up an American ship and kills American ciH-
aens
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

II the worst comes to the the European princes
and potentates may place upon George Fred Williams
mll responsibility for this European war
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

War and the 'yilson administration seem to have
the effect upon the cost of the necessarios of
life
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

Lord Kitchener says the war will last eighteen
months. That will be quite strain upon the reading
public well 'pon the nations involved
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

This trouble in Europe and Asia supplies more than
a reasonable excuse for Turkey and China borrow
few more millions to be sQuandered the expense
their people.
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

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heasion. Tho figrrss Of circulation
oontained in the Association's ~
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Evening journal., 1914-08-25

For the time being Belgium is the biggest little
~ountry in continental Europe
Evening journal., 1914-08-25

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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
DROVE GUORMET TO SARCASM
Evidently French Restaurant Wine
Was Not Exactly the Quality
He Had Ordered.

William e. Corey praised at Pitts
burgh club the wines of California.
'Our California wines,'' said the
steel magnate, "are much better than
wines of similar price in France,
for French wines are so adulterated
today that even a high-priced one
often tastes like burnt sugar and
water"
But the fine wines, the grand cru
wines are wonderful" young banker
interrupted.
Mr.. Corey shook his head.
mot always" he said. "A friend
of mine, gourmet with whom
lunched not long ago at a fashionable
boulevard restaurant in Paris, ordered
a bottle OF very old celebrated Mar
gaux. Pouring out little of the wine
and rolling itaon his tongue in true
gourmet fashion he made wry face.
"'Waiter,' he demanded. What
wine is this you brought me?'
cit is what monsieur ordered was
the reply. tMargaux 1895, grand cru.
"'Humph,' sneered by friend, how
lucky it is to be so old and to conceal
it's age so WELL"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
{ Critic Gets Religion.

"Dowling's" burned out on Times
square the other night, and those who
for years had occupied rooms above
the famous old billiard hall were
forced to run for their lives In what
raiment they happened to be wearing
at that nocturnal moment. Among
them was Kid Critic, who was at one
time a fighter and is today the best
piano player between midnight and
one o'clock in an uptown music hall.
II did nut trick" Critic is quoted
as saying. II took two flights of stairs
in two jumps, wi the fire bitin' at me.
If I'd been left at the post you coulda
buried me in fryin' PAN"
"And what did you get?" asked his
friend.
ION them stairs" said Mr.. Critic, II
gets pair of singed hands and re-
ligion."
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
No Joke.

At the Chicago Athletic club a
game had been put up on cynical
old bachelor. The man had waited
from eight to ten in the park on a
snowy evening in obedience to a
pale pink, violet-scented note that his
friends had faxed in order to see if
he was really as confirmed a woman
hater as he claimed.
Turning up at the club for night
cap, the duped and frozen bachelor
was very sullen and sulky when his
friends derided him. He saw nc fun
whatever in the fake note.
George AIDE, noticing his black and
lowering looks, gave loud laugh and
said:
What a skinflint you must be!
Won't even laugh at q joke, eh, If it's
at your own expense!"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
Grundx on Shaw.

Sydney Grundy has written little
pamphlet in which he has gone for
Mr.. Bernard Shaw with Ratchet
He says: Mr.. Shaw is a spent force
"a closed chapter-a tale that is
told-a back number lost chord--a
fired rocket-an exploded mine-an
extinct volcano. vomiting only ashes
and dust. Mr.. Shaw is done. His
star is on the wane; his candle only
cutters in it's socket: his beauty is
passe, his wheezes are chestnuts, his
sleights of hand transparent, his
humors rheum. He is running race
with time, and gave himself twenty
years start, and time is beating him
to a FRAGILE"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
Too Good.

ITO say that honesty is the best pol
icy--to say In other words, that the
more honest you are the richer you
will become-that is a silly and self
evident He."
The speaker, Harvey Woodruff, the
wen-known G. A. r. historian of Hous-
ton, had been discussing the honesty
of George Washington. He continued:
ITO be virtuous means to be poor
and wretched. Take the case Of Auntie
Martha Washington Clay.
"Auntie Martha visited the office OF
a Nola Chucky lawyer and said: =
."'Ah wants a divorce from NAH hus.
band CAL
why, auntie, what has Cal been
doing?'
Hes done got religion, sab, an ali
hain't tasted chicken TO- free months. -
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER
Red.BIooded Men and Women Were
Those Who Carved an Empire
From Wilderness.

No doubt the run of the continent"
has improved the fiber of the Ameri-
can people. OF course, the we'll estab-
lished and the intellectuals had no mo-
tive to seek the west; but in energy
and venturesomeness those who sought
the frontier were superior to the
average of those in their class who
stayed behind. 1t was the pike rather
than the carp that found their way,
out of the pool. Now, in the main.
those who pushed through the open
door Of opportunity left more CHILDREN
than their fellows who did not. Often
themselves members of large families
they had fecundity, as it were, in the
blood. With land abundant and the
outlook encouraging, they married
earlier. In the narrow life of the
young west, love and family were
stronger interests than in the older
society; hence all married. Thanks
to cheap living and to the need. OF
helpers, the big family was welcomed.
Living by agriculture, the west knew
little Of cities, manufactures, s0ciah
rivalry, luxury and serving class, alb
foes of rapid multiplication.-From
Origins of the American People, by
Prof. Edward A. Ross. in the Century.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
Uqiiness a Qualification.

Some bygone housewives appear to
have regarded ugliness as quality
to be desired in their servants. When
Eliza Coke. daughter of Coke of Nor
folk. was about to marry, she wrote
to her prospective mother-in-law.
Pray, have the goodness to decide
as you think best about the pretty
housemaid. wish she were less
pretty and less fond Of dress, but II
her conduct and principles are good
neither are really Objectionable faults.
think our establishment will be q
pattern Of morality, particularly Il
Mr.. Stanhope engages the squirting
butler and the terrible housemaid he
mentioned to me-"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
RUSSIAN OFFICER MURDERED
Slayer at Arms Factory Then Throws
Himself Into Machinery and
Is Crushed.

st. Petersburg, Russia, March s.
Captain Won Stahl, chief of works at
the shrapnel tube factory Of the Putt
loft armament works, was brutally
murdered by one of the foremen. The
murderer then threw himself into the
electrical machinery and was crushed
70 death. There has been strike at
me Putiloh works and Captain Won
Stahl's attitude toward the strikers is
supposed to have been tie cause OF
the tragedy.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-03-13
Peace in That Family.

A little girl being lost, was taken to
the police station, where the officers
tried to learn her name. At last, after
many vain efforts, one of them asked
her: -
Tell me, dear, what names does
your mother call your father?"
"she doesn't call him any name"
the child answered, innocently, She
likes him