The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-01
LINES OFAttIE
FIRMLY RESIST
GERMAN ATTACK
Little Change Noted in Situation
Along Battle Front in
Northern France,
STILL HAMMER AWAY.
kaiser's Troops RsdoubIe Efforts 70
Break Down French-EnoIish De-
-fense-Prince Adelbert Re-
ported Dead.


ported Dead.
London, Sept. 29.-Furious fighting
continues In Northern France, where
the allied French and British armies
are at grips with the German forces
In what is characterized as the cru.
cial action Of the battle Of the Aisne.
Beyond admitting this fact, the off.
cial statements are vague. Few de-
tails Of. the struggle which may be
the turning point Of the western cam
paign have been given the waiting
public.
One sentence that there is mo
change in the situation" epitomizes
the official reports from London,
Paris and Berlin. The allies claim
to have made slight advances here
and there, notably on the heights Of
the Mouse. The German official
statement, however, declares that re
ports concerning q victorious advance
OF the enemy are untrue"
Both the British and the French
official statements refer to the VOL
ence Of the attacks made by the Ger
mans, who seem to have redoubled
their efforts in an attempt to hnrl
back the allied line. The reports in
dictate, however, that the French and
British have given no ground before
the onslaught of the invaders.
Paris Reports by Wireless.
London, Sept. 29.-For the first
time since the beginning of the war
news sent out by the French govern
ment through the Eiffel Tower station
has been received in London. The
message, dated September %, fol-
lows:
Feeling that their position was be-
coming more and more critical under
the pressure of the allies arms, the
Germans have tried to stop us by re-
peating counter attacks. Since Sep
TENDER 26 they have delivered by day
and night frequent and more violent
attacks at several positions on our
front. Everywhere they have bean
repulsed, sustaining considerable
losses and abandoning as they lay
thousands of dead and wounded.
Prince AdeIbert Killed?
Client, Sept pa Belgium doctor
who has just come from Brussels says
he knows positively that the kaisers
third son, Prince Adelbert, died in the
hospital there and that Doctor Le-
page, King Albert's physician, was
ordered to hold an autopsy in the
presence of two German doctors. 1t
was found, he says, that the prince
had been killed by German bullet
and he added that in other examina-
tions officers were found to have also
died from wounds made by German
bullets. The physician who told the
correspondent this was firmly con-
WINGED of the truth Of this statement,
but it should be accepted with re-
serve.
New Battle On In Prussia.
Petrograd, Sept. 29.-It is officially
announced that a great battle has ap-
parently commenced between the Ger
mans and the Russians along the line
of the railroad lust inside Of the East
Prussian frontier. The battle line ex-
tends from far to the north of Eydt-
kuhnen through Goldap to Lyck. The
Germans are declared to be strongly
intrenched and to have been very |
heavily REINFORCED.
Przemysl Forts Stand.
London, Sept. ga wireless dis |
patch to the Marconi Company from |
Berlin gives the following official |
statement issued In the German capt. |
tai:
There is no change in the situation |
In any Of the theaters of war, and re- !
ports concerning victorious advance
of the enemy are untrue. Reports of |
the fall of two Of the Przemysl forts
are inventions.
Close the DardaneiIes.
London, Sept. 29.-The Dardanelles
have been closed to navigation, &C
cording to dispatch from CONSTANT
nople to the Reuter- Telegram Com
pany. The duration Of the closure is
not stated.
Japs Surround Garrison.
Toxic. Sept. 29.-The Japanese ad-
vance against Using Tau has encircled
the German garrison there at point
about six miles from the city. Vigor-
Gus lighting was in progress all day.
The German war vessels bombarded
the japanese right wing and did not
cease firing until several Japanese
aeroplanes which dew over the har.
Dor caused them to direct their atten-
ton to these air craft. All the aero
planes returned safely. The fighting
has been desperate.
More Cases Of Cholera.
London, Sept. ga dispatch from
Rome to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says that message from
Budapest asserts that the minister Of
the interior has announced thGt NJ