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allied forces excepting. II is necessary 70
add, by the Turcos.
heard one curious litt!e Fact from
some French artllerymen here. There
are number OF small boys in the firing
hne' and 1t is Impossible 10 get rid of
them They must stay there. some
nave attached themselves to their faith
ers' being determined to serve in camp
and be with daddy to the end.
one OF the artillerymen who told M.
OF these boys was amused by the rash.
ness o' the lads. They take care Of the
GYMS and during the actions and nerve
racking sights. with the sound OF shells
bursting above .hem they maintni,
their native curiosity. Nothing ronld
induce them to leave.
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VICTORY REvIvIFIES LONDON.
Theatres DO Big Business and
whole city Rcioicrs.

LONDON. Sept. IA demand for more
OF public spirit over the victories of
the allies. All London, even the patrons
Of the fashionable restaurants ate plain
food chcorfully. without protest, when
II seemed that II was a public duty.
Now that the Germans are being
driven back the people are demanding
more luxurious dishes. The theatres
are nllod nightly and managers are pre-
dieting a good season in spite of the
war. New dishes and new drinks have
resulted from the national jubiliation
London tonight is almost gay,
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JOFFRE EXPLAINS WHY
HIS MEN REITERATED
Couldn't Oppose German Masses
Until Forts Limited
Battlefield.

~ Tnp sr>s ant a., Lo,.do, "b1,y nprS'
War Seritor
LoNpoN. sept, l4-G. " price, Paris
corrcsp spoudont Of u" London Duily Mail.
quotes Cen. Joffrc as TO tho reasons
governing the rctrea; OF 'hc allies:
There are two methods Of making
war. one Is 10 employ troops in masses;
the other is to fight IN extended order.
Tho former is tho German method. which.
althugoh Immensely costly IN nfe. :Hey
can afford for two rcasons--bccause OF
their Immensely superior numbers and
becs use their men are disciplined In such
a degree that they fight best whom closely
held together under ;he persona COM
mand OF their officers
Fighting IN -Nteln.ch order q, the
cause tho French temperament Is such
that our soldiers do not :ight We'll when
they are wcdged close Ike bricks IN q
wall. The Frenchman - never at his
best unless l., ls permitted "A little per
sonal initiative. He becomes impati
a: constant command.
'Cestainly III open country I cannot
meet troops fighting IN mass and greatly
superior numbers with troops lighting
in extended order. To have the best
chance Of success I must tisht in such
positions that the blttlchelds are limited
by strong fortresses which will supper;
| extended lines. and. by limiting the
front. hamper the movements OF the
/ maSscd Germans
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.AMIENS FRENCH AGAIN.
People Cheer ns Troops Arrive on
Heels of Germans.
By TRANk KILLER.
>pT",J' correspondent o. Trr sv> ard tie
London "Dddv NOH"

Npf''I' correspondent o. Ttr SvN ard TIE
London "bdhv n0i"
special Clbie bsspqtch 70 T1Iv Su>
AMIEHs. Sept. li.-Our motor car bore
d British flag into Amiens to-day on the
heels of the rctreating Germans. As W.
drove To the barracks we met half a
company of French infantry marching.
We can justly claim a dead heat in the
race to occupy ,he town
Loud cheers greeted our nag. and the
car was surrounded by about two hun
dred persons. Evidently We. in our
khaki raincoats, had been taken for an
advance party of the English force
outside the barracks we found large
crowd and found that l60 German pris-
oners had been taken in.
IT appeared that the French had
chased the enemy's rear guard and had
given II sound drubb!ng. A delighted
dragoon told Us how the French had
found the enemy hiding in the wood.
The Germans surrendered without at
tempting 10 fight.
The Germans have rctreated east
ward, taking n number of French
wounded and | 200 OF the civil popula-
tion of the city, comprising all the men
who were eligible for military service.
At the Hotel du Rhin we found the otii-
Ger commanding the French force. with
his STAFF. lunching. The manager Of
the hotel told me that the Germans
numbered 5000 or 1000.
Their behavior In Amiens had been
exemplary. Not stone in the city. az
we could see for ourselves, had been
disturbed. Everything had been paid
for, The hotel manager and his wife
had been treated with perfect courtesy
by every one from the General to the
orderies.
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Dead horses, poor beasts, are every
living fellows, standing motionless with
shocking wounds waiting for the end
to come.
All the towns south Of the line OF
battle have been converted into hos
pital bases
At Orleans was Informed n few
days ago that 1000 wounded French
were carried through each day for five
scene at night when the train pulled
in with its wretched load 1t had
travelled at least ten hours from the
battle line.
The medical stan went over the con-
sgnment rapidly. rebandaging where 1t
was necessary, sorting out the serious
cases to be kept here. The rest con-
tlnued their journey to another hos
pital base
Under the electric light in the sta
tion was desperate case, "A young
Prussian officer who tried to talk
We sent for my French friend, who
can talk German, and he took the poor
fellows head in his arms and bent his
head to catch what the German had to
say. A bullet had passed through the
Prussian's body, and even as he Wa
being held up he died. But he hac
, given a message for his wife and two
young children.
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Dead in Rows in Fields-ThOu-
sands of Wounded Are
Gathered Up.

from their intoerab!e suffering. The Ger
man plan Of sending forward cavalry out
posts at great distance from the main
army has meant that many OF them have
been captured by British patrols.
'1n the region through which passed
southwark from Crcll and Complegne
along the line OF the allies left ! have
seen many starving men. In one case to
my own knowledge the haversacks Of the
Germans werc hlfed with grass as their
only means OF nourishm'nt.
The men were hagGard and faint when
they surrendered themselves to the allies
cavalry and begged piteousiy FOR food
Men do not lght gladly in such a con-
dition.
But mos; demorailzlng TO the Ger
man right wing has been the capture
Of great part ~ It's ammunition, 30
that many OF It's guns are without food
Also the loss Of a great column of am
mun!tion wagons which was destroyed by
"A brilliant attack Of Gen. Pau at Crcpy.
caused many OF the German officers 10
weep and undoubtedly contributed 20 the
breaking w Of ;he German right
Again, the 'dNur" TO tslttr idTlS mas
had. as have learned from German
prisoners. a domoralizing effect upon
them They fought 20 reach that goal
and tho capture Of the French capital
would have had a hoartrcndrg result FAR
beyond It's military significance. The
turn away from Paris was fr'Shtful
blow to the German troops and was tho
first sign 70 thcm that tho plans of their
headouartc-s staff has completely mis-
carried II was an omen OF 'hr great
disaster that is ovcrtakirR them.
"FIual,y. tho vigcr Of the French a''ac"
after the ;ir.t weeks of rctrca. Mas corr
nj, :oly surprised the German troops and
mt ~ panic Of fear into uclr hearts.
Tlcy are unable 90 stand against hayonet
charges OF men Ike the Zouavcs. Tu~cos
and the bcs, infantry regiments Of III,
Inc. who during the last week have come
to close quarters at -. Remy and Ni"rtor
Speaking generally. though perhaps
.h. facts have varied a. different part
~ IN, lighting line. the German artillery
has 10, been ~ good - tn" experts an
t,na.od have spoken 70 many Fr"nci
euro.rs who fought iH various sections
- tic croat--no;a6,y at Mons. 'Aarlrr''
Ni.au< and on the Marne-and th"y an
bcar zach other ont In saving that tn
German she'll aro s. poor, as many OF 'h'
shells burst luenectivelN
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GERMAN LEFT RETREATING FROM NANCY TO THE VOSGES

lis, which was evacuated bv the Ger
mans yesterday He writes:
"Senlis. an exquisite town Of open
stonework. framed amid scenes of ro-
mantle beauty. Is now in wasted ruins.
Every house Is a shell. burned out and
like q skeleton staring at the sky.
victim OF fire and pillage
The French soldiers held the houses
to the last with their effective fire. and
then for ten days the Germans held
the town. Then they destroyed IT,
There Is hardly a house of Importance
left with It's roof or floor. Straw was
were stolen from the shrines and the
cathedral. and the soldiers amused them
selves throwing them in the windows.
THE station is burnt ruin Only the
cathedral tower. exquisite and light, pro
tests against the sunlit sky. But they
we're finally caught. Tne Zouaves who
are pouring through this country arrived
IN hundreds OF taxicabs between 4 and
In the morning one officer who could
not md his regiment was sho, and the
rest dccamped. saw the prisoners
being sent back
There IL not crust left in the neigh
boring villages. NJ Mont Lcvigne the
few surviving men laughed AZ the idea OF
bread. You vii, hear with less revolt
Of horror that earlier In the day passed
somc 2io rrussiars dead on one farm.
Wagons Of the wounded OF the Aner!-
can ambulance passed IN long train
through tn" town back from the front.
II was . r"lief 20 escape again into the
broad. green drives OF tho Comp!oguc for
cs; to sce only the abandoned German
lorr'es and scattered brown graves"
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RECOL AT SLAUGHTER.
German Oaicers' Brutality Inccnses
Troops, Says Corre.pondent.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE correspondent.
OF tho Daily Chroriclc al Chartres sends
what he regards ns the psychological
reasons which are lmpclling the Germans
10 headlong Night He Is convinced that
the retreatins armies are not prompted
by physical considerations alone. The
correspondents presentment is as follows
"Th" causes OF this sudden turn in
the wheel of fate which has sent our
enemy reeling back in desperate but
dangerous rage are moral as well as
physical.
zone must look deeper than at the
strategy OF war lords for tho great
causes OF the Germans failure. One must
look at the German officers and men upon
whom this strategy depended One must
look into the heart OF the individual Ger.
man soldier and at his behavior In the
"lle has come 1ghtinE all the way
from Liege TO the outskirts OF Paris
For month he has been given no rest
from the ceaseless lighting and ccaseless
marching, He has seen the utter in
difference Of his officers to the lives OF
their men. He has seen his comrades
sent forward. sometimes in close forma-
ton, to certain, inevitable death before
the sweeping fire Of French guns, and
he has heard the brutality OF the orders
to spill blood like water so long as those
who follow may make their way through
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on THE MARINE PLAINS.
,orpscs Of Men aud Horse. strew
Ground where She'll. struck.
nv ". VI. TOMLINsoN,

Spt..al correspondent 81 THr sgs ond the
London "Ddiiy Mad"
Special C1bls Despdtch 10 THE St>
ORLEANS. Sept. 13 ,deraved). - The
retreat Of tho German right has de-
vcloprd rapidly into rout. The
rapiditv Of its Night is shown in the
way Il abandoned wounded men and
material
There is no debut in my mind that
there are more allied troops on the
German flank than the official bulletins
Indicate. Thor" is good reason to be-
lIcvc that the Germans save been
frightened 10y tho sight Of troops they
had not expected To meet SO early in the
war as this.
The beaten German army will he
allowed no time 10 rest. The reinforce
ments Of the allies are pouring up in
never ending lines of troop trains.
The hilly. wooded regions of the Ar
dcnncs and Luxembourg were avoided by
tho German General STAR because Il
made the entry into France very diff
cult. but thcrc now Is their road home.
While tho German plan of campaign
was meeting with success the rigid
obedience Of the troops made the adj
vance on Paris as certain as the auto
hands of is driver. hut in the treatment
Of their men they have completely for
gotten human nature.
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KAIsER's SON PROUD OF WOUND.
.Ftnet nay Have Lived" He
Wire. 10 Grand Duchess.

THE HAGUE, sept. l4-Prince Joachim,
the Kaiser's youngest son, who was
wounded in action II few days ago, has
tclcgraphod to the Grand Duchess of
Baden:
God has allowed me to be wounded
Bless Him | am proud of the day; /
feel it is The finest day | have lived
Count Won Bcrnstorn, the German
Ambassador, made public Yesterday the
following official wireless despatch from
berlin:
prince Joachim, who was wounded
N France, has arrived in Berlin. lie
: now at the Bellevue Palace"
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Houses Wrecked and Fields
Torn Up by Shot
and Shell.
,DecR cable Despatch 10 TuE Sc.

LONDON, September II.
The british people are just begin
ming to grasp the vastness of the bat
tie of the Marne what those tremen-
dous operations cost in l.fe and suffer-
Ing: what battlefield 100 miles long
Is ike after the striving hosts have
swept onward.
From the correspondents Of London
newspapers in France who have visited
the battle line come descriptions of one
Of the falrcst countrysides Of France
now torn and scared by the shock and
flame of battle: descriptions of villages
ruined. of fields covered with dead, of
Il desperate retreat and a more des.
pcrate pursuit.
Here are some Of these Impressions
of he mighty field.
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Tho country beyond the Marine over
"a visit II only to show what war is
like Farmhouscs are blackened by the
fire from shells; haystacks are smoking
masses of carbon, and the roads are
marks of broken wagon wheels.
Shells have smashed trees or set them
on fire; deep holes have been blown In
fields. and Il region ~ wide AK England
looks as though a hurricane full of
lightning, which had missed nothing
had passed over II.
Long professions of motor cars,
wagons. anything on wheels pass south
continually, carrying loads OF injured
men.
Nearer the firing line passed
through villages where the walls Of the
houses had collapsed into the streets,
and piles of wrecked furniture, agricul-
.ural implements and farm carts show
where the barricades and mitralleuses
were
Some of the cottages have mattresses
half flllng the window spaces, There
the riflemen made their stands.
Dead soldiers in the attitudes OF their
last collapse lie spread across the road
or sit against the walls TO which they
had crawled in agony, and their awful
eyes stare at nothing.
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mana have already prepared trenches
and pvt their artillery in position along
tie Inc | have mentioned but with the
rhlo that the fleeing troops viii be
unable to take advantage Of the
preparations and viii he forced to over
run them as they ovcrran the trenches
Ing on the line hctwceu Cumplcguc,
soissons and north of Rcms. in that
ase the Germans would probably re-
Belgian Ardenncs.
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should like TO say that here, as
believe is the case elsewhere, the French
give the wounded Germans first and
special attention. Indeed there ls no
hatred shown against the foe by any
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PRIZE FOR BOMB ON BRITAIN.
Germans OTcr Inducements to Avia-
tors for Attack on England.

BERLIN. Sept. II Cvia Copenhagen and
Londou).-A large prize has been
offered to tho aviator who first drops
eight bombs on British soil.
Commercial Councillor Fcodor made
the offer to-day, and the only condition
is that tho bombs must not land in
opcu country, but on some spot where
they win do damage,
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WRAPPED HORSE IN U. S. FLAG.
Durbnr IL. Derby winner, saved by
Faithful Negro Groom.

LoNpoN, Sept lit was learned
~orc tonight that Herman r. Duryea's s
Durbar H.. winner Of tho Derby, has
cen saved through clever ruse OF a
negro groom, who took the horse to
1 place af safety from Marty. The
Groom wrapped an American fiaG around
he horse and pinned thereon placard
yith the following inscription:
This Is Durbar, the Derby winner.
lie is neutral"
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EyezvfneSses Describe Scenes of
the Germans PrecipHate Flight
Germans Concealed in
Sheaves Of Forage
Special Cable Despatch to TIE sus.

Special Cable Despatch TO THE Sus.
PARIS. Sept. 14.-One Of the
wounded Frenchmen said that at
Montmirail his Captain saw
sheaves Of forage moving. A shot
was fired into one Of the shcaves.
and a German infantryman came
out.
All the sheaves in the field con-
tain"d Germans, who were easily
captured.
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KING AND SOCIALIST CONFER

ROME. Sept liking VIr.or I'm
manuel has given an audience to me
socialist leader LeonidI iiis-oltt -Bar'
gumaschi.
They talked about tho popular Italian
sentiment toward the war.
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SEIZE BRITISH CABLE STATION,
Germans Land on Tanning Island
and Cut Pacific Gable.

NNScorvER, v e sept - The F'ar.
ming Island cable station has been seized
hy a German force landed from the
cruiser Nurnh'rg or Leipzig The cable
hH' hcon cu' and all supplies main
'1.urd oG the ,sldn4 have been removed.
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.SENLIS is IN RUINS.

LoNpoN, Sept l4.--Cieoffrey Young,
correspondent Of tho Ddilp Nc"S ana
Leader describes visit to-day to Sen
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MO. 47S2 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County,
In Equity.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County,
In Equity.
George A. Miller, Surviving Executor
Of Alexander Carr, late Of Carroll
county, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Daniel
A. Hollinger, Defendant.
This cause standing ready for hear
ing and being submitted by agreement
of the parties for decree, the proceed
ings were read and considered.
1t is thereupon this goth day Of
August, nineteen hundred and four
teen, by the Circuit Court for Carroll
county, sitting as a Court of Equity,
adjudged, ordered and decreed that
this Court assume and take jur1sdic-
ton of the further administration of
the estate of the late Alexander Carr,
deceased, and of the trust in and by
the last will and testament or the said
Alexander Carr, deceased, created;
and that the papers and proceedings in
this cause be and the same are hereby
referred to the Auditor of this Court,
with directions to state an account
from the pleadings and proofs now in
the cause, and such other proof as may
be produced before him by any OF the
parties interested, after George A
Miller, surviving executor Of Alexander
Carr, late or Carroll county, deceased,
and plaintiff in the above entitled
cause, give notice to all persons hav-
| ing claims against the estate of the
said Alexander Carr, deceased,
whether the same were incurred by
tn said Alexander Carr, deceased, in
his lifetime, or arose after his death
by reason of the provision contained
in the last will and testament of the
said Alexander Carr, deceased, that
upon the death or his widow, Catherine
K. Carr, her debts and funeral expen-
ses and the cost of suitable tomb
stone at her grave be paid out of the
estate Of the said Alexander Carr, de-
ceased,) to file their claims, properly
authenticated, with the Clerk OF the
Circuit Court for Carroll County, on
or before the 2Sth day of September,
1914, by causing a copy of this order
to be published in some newspaper in
Carroll county, once week for three
successive weeks before the 14th day
of September, 1914.
WILLIAM H. THOMAS,
Chief Judge.
True Copy, Test
Oscar ID. Gilbert, Clerk.
aug p st
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llIELROSE.

Many automobile trips or 100 to
$50 miles are taken now which means
open air and sunshine, and saving
of one of the most faithful creatures
the horse. The bicycle, especially
for women, will soon be thing OF
the past. If women knew the injury
caused by motorcycling they certain
ly would give up such cruel sport.
VENTS celebration promises q
large program or dialogues, &C. Re
member the date, August 20.
There are more changes being made
in transferring properties now than
ever before. This world Is a world
OF changes continually, for better OF
worse.
Misses Mary Baumgardner and
Jennie Miller spent a few days in
Baltimore last week.
we learn there was collision on
Sunday between two bicycles. The
only damage done was one OF the
wheels put out of commission.
The Dunkard people are having
protracted meeting here in town each
evening for two weeks. III II drawing
large crowds. The motor car II
pressed into bringing people from
Black Rock and Lineboro.
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Thursday Of the Great HagerStOwn
Interstate Fair, ~ Seen by N noted
Arthur, Helen AShe HAYS.

Thursday comes, the great day of
the Fair, and incredible crowds pour
into the town, hour after hour. III il
a great river Of humanity, never end
ing. Old and young, gentle and sim
pie, white and colored, crowd and
thrust and elbow. They pour into
the grand stand early i'm the day, 80
as to be sure OF seats Yet outside
on the roadway, the artery Of the Fair
Ground, the dense, packed, determin-
ed horde struggles on, wedged tight,
SO that if one man moves, he moves
twenty with him. Impossible to call
to friends across the mass Of hats,
the showing shoulders. Whips crack,
yardsticks flourish, teasing toys whiZ
about ones face. Inflated pigs, in
fiated sausages squeal and collapse.
The crowd in the main hall moves
like a river. The poultry exhibit is
thronged. The refined and weary
take refuge in the art exhibit, in the
hope of getting more space and air.
The grandstand Is packed, for Thurs
day is the day of the big purses and
the star day of the Horse Show. And
like three-ringed circus, one knows
not where to look for bedside these
two events the performers opposite
the stand do their stunts. The bal
loon ascends, the high diver shoots
downward through the air. The Vir-
ginia girls drive in the show ring,
slim and well groomed and straight
as young pine trees. They wear high
hats, and are very sporting in appear
ance. Later they ride their jumpers
in, and take the hurdles, first riding
their thoroughbreds slowly up and
down in the sunlight. Round and
round the track 60 the jockeys in
silks, and the numbers show out the
time of the race. Always during the
course Of the Fair some sulky is dis
abled Oh some jockey thrown The
crowd Il sorry, but the Fair goes on.
Pick him up and carry him off. The
little boys suck candy and slap you
in the back just as merrily, though
i'm the hospital nearby some one lies
with broken bones. lit Il one Of the
features OF the Fair. BY night, such
jaded and weary townt-strewn
with papers and peanut shells, with
tags Of ribbons and Fair badges, all
the dregs and leavings or the great
day. The gate-keepers count their
money far into the night. 1t was the
biggest day ever known at the fair.
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TRUSTEES SALE
- OF "A
VALUABLE FARM
Near ShIpIey, i'm Carroll County.

BY virtue Of a decree OF the Circuit
Court for Carroll county, in Equity
the undersigned trustee will offer at
public sale on
v WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH,
1914, at l O'Clock p. m, on the premis-
es, near the village of Shipley, in the
4th election district of Carroll county,
farm containing 6S acres, roods
and square perches OF land, more
or less, on which Mary Elizabeth
Williams now resides, and adjoins
/ the land of Harry Hughes, Elias G.
Shipley and others.
N The improvements on said farm
consist OF a two story weatherboarded
dwelling house with five rooms, bank
barn, hog house, hen house, meat
house, dairy, and granary, an orch
n ard, elegant spring OF water and
about tx acres or good timber, the
balance OF the land is under a good
state of cultivation, growing crops
\ excepted.
N For further particulars apply to
N Mary T.. Williams, on the premises,
or Michael z. Walsh, Westminster.
| Terms of Sale:-One-third cash.
1Part of the purchase money shall
Ribe paid by the purchaser or pur-
chasers to the trustee OF the
day OF sale, or upon the ratiti-
cation thereof by the court, and
the residue shall be paid in two equal
payments, the one in one year and
the other in two years from the day
OF sale, with interest and to b. e
cured by the notes Of the purchaser
or purchasers, with security to be ap-
proved by the trustee, or all cash at
the option of the purchaser; the pur-
chaser will be required to pay 500
Of the purchase money on the day OF
sale.
MICHAEL E. WALSH, Trustee.
Francis j. Albaugh, Auctioneer.