Evening star., 1914-09-24
IS REPORTED
IN BEST Of HEALTH
Diplomat From Front Also Says Ger
man Army Is Confident
of Victory.

BERLIN. via The Hague to London.
September "a, 1925 ANA diplomat
who arrived here today from general
headquarters in the field told the Asso-
ciated Press that Emperor William and
his son were in the best of health and
spirits. and that the army is confident
the conclusion of the war will be favor
able to Germany.
The German general staff, referring to
the death of Lieut.. Gen. Steinmetz says
he was killed by fragment of shrapnel
which severed his jugular vein. Gen.
Steinmetz directed the fire of the 4c.5
centimeter pieces during the sieges of
Iiege, Namur and Maubeuge Later he
was placed in command of division of
infantry.
Continuing, the staff says that the
Rev. Martin Hobohm, captain of d re-
serve DIVISION, was killed ny Il shell
after carrying many wounded men out
OF the range of fire of the French heavy
artillery.
German Painter Wounded.
The well known German painter, Ar
thur schlubeck, now serving as lieu
tenant Of hussars. was wounded by a
piece Of shrapnel while fighting on the
River Aisne. He has been given the
several portraits of the Crown Prince
of Germany. His wife is an American
woman. formerly a Mrs. Heyl OF Mil
waukee.
Michael Schwab, a prominent Bavarian
socialist, VINO Is serving IN the land
wehr. mas been awarded the iron cross.
German General Dismissed.
LONDON. September "a, 3:57 PM
Gen. Won DEFINING. commanding the
German army in Aisace, has been dis
missed. according 10 Geneva dispatch
to the Daily Chronicle.
The war office last night issued a list
containing the names Of twenty five
British oiicers killed in action or who
have died in hospitals from wounds.
The list includes Lieut. Col. D. Warren
west or the surrey regiment and Lieut.
Sir g. G. S. BaillIe of the Royal Scots
Grays. Maj. a. II. Maitland of the
Cameron Highlanders, who was report
ed last week as wounded. Is given in
the list as having succumbeo to his
wounds. He was the third son of the
Earl of Lauderdale.
An additional list shows forty-one Of
fcers wounded and five officers missing.
Two of them are members of the intel
igence corps. Three officers have been
made prisoners of war, including one
member Of the Royal Flying Corps.
semi omcial statement from Berlin
Company from Amsterdam, declares
there is no truth in the report that the
Russian general Martos was taken to
Halle in chains. He is now at Neisse
The government. however, intends to
hold an inquiry into the conduct of
captured Russian officers suspected of
having ordered or tolerated atrocities.
Won Moltke's Son Killed.
PARIS. September "a (a:a5 anna
son OF Field Marshal Count Won Moltke
has been killed in the fighting at Es-
ternay.
Among the killed yesterday in tn,
patties along the Aisne was ten.
Dupuis, commander of the 9th In
fantry Brigade
MoNT-DE-MARsAN, via Bordeaux.
september 24.-Among the German
wounded who have arrived here are
Lieut.. George Won Bieberstein, nephew
OF the late Baron Marschall Won Bieber-
stein, once German ambassad to
Great Britain. and Lieut. Won JagoW.
a son of the foreign minister, Gottlieb
Won Jagow.
ROME. via Paris. September o4-The
Giornaie ditalia publishes a dispatch
from Trieste. stating that the Austrian
general Won Hincke, who commanded
an infantry brigade composed entirely
or soldiers of Italian nationality. is
wounded and prisoner in a hospital
at Lemberg.