The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-22

acting - natural checks against a,
very speedy movements IN Russian RI
land. but It Ii stated that steady slov
4 progress IL being made, Fighting 1
in progress Just east OF Warsaw. "s7
Taking Guns % France.
Flushing, Oct. 19..-For tive day
Germans have kept passing through
ostend on the way to france. Satur
day It Was calculated four hundrel
guns went by. The infantry numberet
four thousand and there was also
some cavalry. There was every indi
cation Of big movement against Dun
kirk.
British Loss, 1854.
London, Oct. 19.-An official report
by General French, commanding the
British expeditionary force. gives the
total Of British killed, wounded and
missing from September - to October
as 561 officers and 1890 men.
Mine Didn't Sink Ship.
Rotterdam, Oct. 19.-The Holland.
American Line steamer Noordam,
which struck mine In the North Sea,
recently, has arrived here safely. It
was stated that no one on board had
been injured.
To Collect No Indemnity.
London, Oct. ia dispatch from
Rotterdam states that It has been re-
ported there from Roosendaal, Hol-
land, that the German government Of
Antwerp has decided to forego the
huge indemnity spoken of at one time
in favor Of the demand that the city
shall support the $4,000 German SOL
diers who seem to have been left In
Antwerp as force of occupation. The
people of Antwerp are now allowed to
lock their doors at night, the CORE.
spondent continues, but they must
keep lights burning in their halls.
Sank Four German Destroyers.
London, Oct. 1.-the admiralty an
nounces that the British loss in the
off the Dutch Coast, in
which four German torpedo boat de-
stroyers were sunk, was one officer
and four men wounded. The damage
10 the British des.royers was slight.
The announcement adds: There are
hirty-one German survivors, prisoners
VI war"
Took Sir Edwards Brother.
Berlin. Oct. 19.-According to a
statement issued by the war office.
When British biplane was shot down
~ German troops near Paronne, two
'fficers were captured. One was Col
mel Grey, brother Of Sir Edward Grey,
he British minister of foreign affairs.
German Fort in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Oct. 19.-special govern
nent agents raided factory building
coupled by German firm and ar
ested all of the>occupants. The build
ng, it was said, dominated the Edin-
naval base and the
ridge across the Firth of Forth. In
ide of the structure the government
fficials found secret wireless tele-
raph set of the most powerful char
cter. They also made the interesting
iscovery that while the factory was
are Of the machinery that would be II
ecessary for use, it was one of the
trongest concrete structures ever
uilt in the city.
Germans in Important Port.
London, Oct. ia dispatch from
otterdap says. the Germans have en-
red Zeebrugge, from a military
pint of view the most valuable port
1 the Belgian coast. To the south
est communication with Dunkirk,
rance, has been cut. The German
ag has been hoisted all along the
utch frontier. Northeast of Ostend
10 Germans are rapidly pushing for
ard to the coast. Their outposts
ere seen at Knocke, two miles from
10 Dutch frontier in the North Sea.
he main army from Antwerp is ad:
lncing westward.
Sink a British Cruiser.
London, Oct. 17.-Another thrust
ON the German submarine service
ls robbed the British navy Of the
uiser Hawke and has raised tho
lily of the list OF warships sunk by
9 Germans to seven. To this must
added the virtual destruction Of
9 cruiser Pegasus by German war
lip at Zanzibar. The Hawke,
uiser Of 1850 tons, under command
Captain Hugh Williams, was sunk
the North Sea, the graveyard Of
( other warships which were the
ctims Of German torpedoes.
It was only bad aim on the part Of
Q German gunner that saved the
lwke's sister ship, the Theseus, and
. doubling of the disaster, for that
ssel was attacked, but escaped.
The exact complement aboard the
lwke has not been announced, but
ordinary times the men numbered =
D. "A lieutenant commander, three
n-commissiened officers and sixty
,e seamen were all that were saved.
Almost TO Metz.
The steady hammering Of the Al.
. on the German LEFT wing Of the
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