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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
BRUSSELS FACING
 SLOW STARVATION

London. Sept. sO.-Tyhe scarcity Of food in Brussels has raised a grave problem. says R.. 70. Hawkins, who has just returned from Belgium, where he completed arrangements for the trans ferring of wounded Belgian soldiers to England
 ''The situation in Brussels is one Of great uncertainty said Hawkins last night. There is the grSvest danger of starvation. Food is scarce and 18ooo0 persons are applying tor re- tions which the German administra- tion is finding it hard to supply. There is the further danger that the worktngmen of the city maysrise in re- volt-''
 Hawkins was greatly impressed by the spirit of the Belgian troops at Ant werp. Regarding conditions there he said:
 Every night a sortie is made and every morning brings it's quota of dead and wounded, sometimes az many as 1000. making a heavy drair on the garrisons; but the usefulness oz these expeditions cannot be sxaEge@~ aGe6
 The German outposts are reported as almost terrorized. not d night pass ing without some of them being picked off or some of their supply trains be- ing blown up.
 eAn these incidents tend to upset the carefully planned arrangements Of the German army. The Belgians at Antwerp have been nicknamed the Black Rats on account Of thoirEl1r structive nocturnal &ctiviesea =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
CONSUL'S FAMILY ONLY
 AMERICANS IN RHEIMS

Paris Sept. so-willian Barde1 the American Consul at Rheims, his wife, his daughter and his son. are the only Americans left in the French city, They have spent most of their time during the past fortnight in a wine cellar 100 feet under ground, the en- trance to which is within half a block of their dwelling.
 Major Spencer Cosby, the Military Attache at Paris, has just returned from Rheims where he went with Whitney Warren of New York, to take money to the Consulate.
 BardePs house is in the quarter of the city which has been almost de- stroyed by shells and fire. Oddly enough, while every dwelling for blocks in all directions has been struck dur ing the bombardment, the Bardel resi- dence upon which the American Flag flies. has escaped being hit.
 While Major Crosby was handing over the money to Barde1 the German fire was resumed, three shells bursting near the house. The members of the Barde1 family and their visitors went hastily to the wine cellar. where the business and the call were finished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
PRINCE OF BAVARIA
 CAPTURED BY ALLIES
French Retake Fort Near Verdun and Germans Make Desperate Attacks in Attempt to Free the Captive NobIeman

quiet. The army operating against the forts on the Mouse was repulsed.
 .'The French have made a new as sault along the line from verdun. to Toule. Our siege artillery has opened fire on the forts of Antwerp. The as- sault of the Belgian forces against tho attacking line has been repulsed.
 '.In the eastern theatre of the war the Russian assaults in the govern ment of Suwafl<i failed. Heavy artil- lery yesterday began a bombardment against the fort of Ossondence.''
 A despatch from Rome to the Ex- change Telegraph company dated Tuesday. says:
 A Petrograd message states that a fierce battle between the army of General Rennenkampf and forces un- der the German General Won Hinden- berg. has been raging since Sunday morning along a front extended from Grodno to Bruskeniki, on the T1iemen river Four army corps have been engaged and the Russians are being constantly reinforced from Wilma. The Russians already have repulsed the Germans at several points
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

are not unfayorable to the allies The Zouaves are reported by returninz wounded soldiers to be covering them selves with glory. It is related that one day recently the French were obliged to recede under a tremendous pressure of numbers and left three inch guns in the hands of the enemy. This enraged the Zouaves who begFed to be allowed to get them back ana recapture the position.
 When trumpet was sounded for the charge and the zouaves bounded for ward many turned their heads as they did not wish to see what they thoueht was sure to happen to them: but on they went, singing, shouting and de- flying the rain of machine gun fire. A great proportion fell on the way but the rest never faltered until ther bounced on the enenny's line. 1t seem ed then as if there were only a few flashes of cole steel before the enemy broke and the cannon were immedi- ately trained on the fleeing foe to avenge the brave Zouayes who had fallen in the heroic charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
JEWELS
 TO PURCHASE ARMS

Rome, via Paris, Sept. 3o.-Tyhe wo- men of Germany. according to reports received here, are busily at work pre- pairing woolen garments for the sol- iders in the battle line. The clothing is made up according to measures. shapes and coIors established by the government.
 The reports also state that a com nittee Of women has been formed for the purpose of inducing all the women of Germany to give up their gold or naments to be transformed into mon ey with which to buy arms. Several million marks nave thus been gath cred up to this time Each woman re- cefves in exchange for her gold orna4 ments an iron ring inscribed with the words, q gave gold for this"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
BRITISH BREAKING NEUTRALITY
 OF HOLLAND, GERMANS CHARGE

existing neutrality.
 A story has been given out in Der lin to the effect that Col. Gordon and Lieut. Col. Nish, British officers at tached to the Gordon High1anders and now prisoners of war in the hands of the Germans. confessed in the course of an official examination that the British government has supplied them dunn dunn bullets for use in automatic 'revo1vers.
 Albert Ballin, director general of the Hamburg American steamship p line. has published an article in the Hamburger Nachdriten in which he declares that the British money market will be discredited by the rnoratorium for a long time to come. Continuing, he says that the cutting of the German cable by the British and the ssstupendous lies of the Eng fish and French news agencies have produced a moratorium of truth for the world over seas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
GERMANS MAKE BRAVE ATTEMPTS
 TO PIERCE ALLIES LINES ON AlSNE

Paris, Sept. 30-It was again the turn of the allies left yesterday to sustain. the shock of the enemy on the battle front in northern France and, though the official connrnunica.- tion does not say SO. it is reliably stated that it was again their good fortune to take numerous prisoners.
 The lack of consistency in the opera tions of the Germans, added to the increased vigilance of the censors. is making the lot of. the military proph- cts hard one. All they can deduce today from. the information given out is that the Germans failed to. break through the allies front anywhere
 Naturally the absence of news makes a. place for rumors which are very plentiful but which no one dares to publish even if their truth had been ascertained. Commentors are also required to be very circumspect, as is shown by the blank. white gaps of various lengths in the censored articles of the Paris newspapers. All that can be said of the unofficial re- ports that are printable is that they
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
WARSHIPS LOWERING. OFF RUSSIAN COAST

London, Sept so-A despatch from Petrograd to the Reuter- Telegram company says:
 An 11nconhrmed telegram from Mi tau, in fhe Foussian Baltic provinces, says that German warships have ap- peared several times since the war be- gan in the waters off Windau, a sea port of Rusisa, in Co1rland. on the Baltic Sea. 4 large fleet with trans ports appered onN September 24, but soon disappeared in a southerly direc- .tiora On Monday afternoon the Ger man destroyers and a cruiser came very near the coast and sent two boats to make soundings near Bakhoffen lighthouse, Il miles south Of Windau- xhe Gernan vessels fred on the light house and afterwards put to sea.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

London. Sept. 30-Tne correspondent or the Times at Nancy. France, tele- graphing under date of Sept. 2e, gives an unconnr1ned report that the French have retaken St. 0rihiel. fortified esacarnpment on the Mouse 20 miles south, southeast of verdun and also that they have. captured the Prince or Bavaria at Nomenys IA miles north of Nancy. The correspondent adds that according to the report the Germans are assat1 t1ItinE NomenE with the object of setting the Prince free.
 The Prince of Bavaria referred to in the London Times, despatch is prob ably the Grown Prince Rupprecht, who is in command of the Bayarian army in that region.
 deepatch to the Reuter- Telegram company from Berlin coming by way of Amsterdam. says that the head quarters of the German General stan made the following official statement last night:
 con our right wing in France inde-. cisive battles have occurred. Between 4he Odse and the Mouse t is generally
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
PRAISES
 .SERVIANS' BRAVERY

5fCorrespondence of Associated Press1
 Rotterdam, Sept. 3O.-An Austrian captain, w ounded in the battle of Sjabats. is quoted in the Bohemia, a newspaper published at Prague, in part as follows:
 sHThe Servian infantry is very brave, but does not shoot as well as te might. The only good shots the Servi&ns have are the Komitadje irregulars, who concealed in the foliage of bushes and trees make a speciality of shooting down the Austrian officers.
 'sThe Servian artillery is excellent, accounted for in part by the circum- stance that fighting in it's own coun- try it is fully familiar with the ter rain As result their range is good. all the more so since they are given by the natives information which we cannot get, of course Generally the directiop of advance of our army is given by the Servian peasants to their army by the lighting of great straw fires. In the sepulcher under the church in Sjabats we found a, tele- phone station with wires running to the various SerNian headquarters
 "But the Servian soldiers are brave. Some of our tactics are peculiar. Now and then numbers of thm permit themselves to be made prisoners of war for the mere purpose of support ing a plan of ambush. Cases, too, have been known in which prisoners of war made attacks on our men with hand grenades concealed by them. The confusion resulted from this. has in many instances resulted in the escape of the prisoners.
 ''We have found that women fight us with rifles, while even children are employed to throw bombs. A twelve Syear-old girl, who was shot through the legs, and was taken into the hos pita1 at Neusatz, boasted of having thrown sixteen bombs among Austro- Hungarian troops"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
L'Abbaye A Soup Kitchen

Paris, Sept. 3o-The Duval restau- rants in the Brands Bou1evards are still open in the way of business, but many in the eccentric quarters have been, by the generosity of their pro prietor, who has for years been a notable and sympathetic figure in Parisian society, transformed into free soup kitchens.
 Another restaurant, perhaps the most famous of all the supper places of Montmarte. L'Abbaye, now opens when it used to close and closes when it used to open. It is a sort of can teen, and it's hours are 8 a. m. to 8 D. m. To it come out of work ouvrieres and rnidinettes to work and, to eat. Where once there were bare necks there are now bare feet. Jew els have given place to thimbIes. LAbbaye de Theleme a workrooTn- he war has shown no more piquant paradox than that!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

Berlin, Sept. s0--4Ty wireless to Say vile. L. I.-Reports from Constanti- nople made public here, declare that owing to the bellicose nature of the British vvarships Ecruising near the DardaneIles. Turkey has closed this waterway.
 The people of Holland are described in Berlin as excited by the repeated capture of Netherlands ships by the British. The Buthe- Rotterdamsche Courant declares that the British are showing utter disregard of the rights of neutral states. It says the Nether- lands steamer Shophe from Rotterdam for New York. was captured by Brit ish warships in the channel and taken into Lowestoft.
 The British minister at The Hague. it is related here. has admitted that N British aviator flying over the Netherlands town of Maastricht dropped a bomb, thus breaking the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
NORTH SEA SWEPT
 BY TERRIFIC GALES

London, Sept. so.-s~The heaviest gale within living memory is sweeping over Denmark and the North Sea along the whole German coast.,' says the Copen- hagen correspondent of the Daily News.
 .sConsiderable damage has been done to property continues the despatch. ssThe German air naneuvers in the neighborhood of Kiel has been aband7 oned. A telephone message from West Jut1and states that number of bodies Of German sailors in uniform were washed ashore onday north of Esbe- Jerg. Te1egraphic communication has been considerably upset
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
German Trophies in London

London, Sept. 30-Many persons in London today crowded about the win dow of a business concern in the Strand in which was exhibited the cap of 8 German soldier, as well as several field trophies, together with a Krupp gun captured by the first bat talion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, which was placed in. the courtyard yesterday of the War Office, are the first to be shown in London.
 Several newspapers published a story today that the Kaiser had lost his pocketbook at Nancy in his hur- ry to get away from the French and when some newsboys with an inven- tive turn of mind digested the yarn they started a report that the pocket book was in the show window with the other trophies, which caused greatly increased interest.
 The gun shown at the War Office was built by the Krupps in 1898 and rebuilt ten years later.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
KEEL CANAL BIG ASSET TO GERMANS

Corr respondence of Associated Press)
 Leeds, Sept 3O.-Lord Charles Beresford in addressing a. recent mass meeting for the purpose of stimulating recruiting here said: ''The. Kiel Canal must be handed over to Denmark, so it will be useful for the peaceful purz. suits of the world.'
 The remark has caused widespread comment and has become a part of the discussi on of the probable results of the war if the Allies should win.
 When the Kiel canal was opened in 1895, the Emperor of Germany, with representatives of the leading European powers as his guests, said: ssGermany will range the work inaug- urated today on the side of those ac- complished in the service of peace.'' It was regarded as significant that up-F on the enlargement of the canal lest June, the occasion was not one of in ternationa1 celebration, although Elm peror William attended and led a great fleet of German warshi ps9 through the canal-which now figures so extensively in the naval operations as a magnificent refuge for the Ger man fleet.
 German strategists insist that the Kiel canal doubles the power of the German fleet as it gfves another en- trance from the North Sea. to the Bal tic, and forces an enemy to scatter its strength in order to bottle up the Ger man warships. Eight enormous sid- ings have been provided within the enlarged canal in which ships may pass. These are so great they are said to be capable of sheltering all the ships of the German navy.
 English strategists assert that the value of the canal has been discount ed considerably by the developments of the present war, and declare that it has, if any thing, rendered the Ger man fleet more ffnn obi1e than it might otherwise have been.
 It was Lord Beresford's. contention that Denmark would never be safe so long as Germany held this important waterway acrass the Danish benin sula, and he hoped to see the day when it, together with sch1eswig -HoI- stein would be returned to Denmark
 Enumerating other obligationf. which he said would fall upon the all lies if they defeated Germany, he said the first duty would be to Bel gium, which would have to be amply rewarded for the wrongs it had suf- fered. He said he would then have t.the great Krupps plant destroyed and all German forts razed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Russians On Kaiser's Estate

Petrogfad. Sept. BOA correspon- dent of the Retch writes that after the, capture of TfIsit the Russians oc- cupied an estate of the Kaiser which comprises a model stud farm and an enormous garden, such as the Rus sian soldiers had never before seen. The exhausted soldiers lay on the carpets and slept s9undly.
 The following morning the men laughed heartily at the idea of sleep ing on the kaiser's carpets with their boots on. They remarked:
 Thank you, William; we slept we'll Nevertheless we shall fight you.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
TO HELP
 FOE IN GETTING HOME

Washington, Sept. so-At the in stance of the State Department Sir Arthur Cecil Spring Rice. the British Ambassador here, arranged to provide safe conduct to Germany for Count von Collenburg one of the attaches of the German Embassy.
 The Attache, called on Counsellor Lansing and made the request. Shortly afterward the British Ambassador call ed and the request was laid before him by Lansing. While somewhat amused over the novelty of the re- quest, the Anab bassador gallantly prom ised to do what he could to comply with it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
SAYS CROWN PRINCE
 STOLE HER TREASURES

Paris, Sept 3o-Crown Prince Freq sericlx William, in the first days of the battle of the Marne, had his head quarters at the chateau of the Bar oness de Baye. near Champaubert, Marne famous for it's collection of art objects. The Baroness de Wave writes. says the Paris Temps, thus:
 The Baroness affirns, says the Temps, the German Grown Prince stamped with his heel on the portraits of the Russian Emperor and Empress in the chapel Of the chateau.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Italians Cheer Kinn

Rome, via Paris. Sept SO-King Victor Emmanuel, accompanied by General Grandi, Italian, Minister of War, assisted in the military man euxers held today between Bracciano and Viterbo.
 The sovereign and the troops were cheered enthusiastically in all the Villages, the population receiving them with the cry, Long live the King: 1ongN live the army"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Guard Against Disease

London, Sept 3o-The reports of dread diseases among the various armies including cholera. typhoid, typhus and dysentery, have caused the authorities of the British armi es to take strict precautions against in lection in the British ranks.
 The British troops have been equipped with the necessary means to clean up battlefelds in the rear whenever that action is necessary and the water supplies are heavily guard ed against contamination,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
ALL SORTS or HELP
 FOR TOMMY ATKINS

(Correepondence of Associated Press1
 London,4 Sept. 3O.-No contrast be- tween English and foreign ways has 70 impressed American tourists here ,ns the reception of the recruits here Edurinz war time. An idle crowd stands around the recruiting stations watch Ing the applicants. At evening when Ithe newly enlisted men march out in Ia column of fours with some attempt at a military swing, singing or wrist- ll1ng "Itss long, long way to Tip ;perary,,' heads pop out of windows and crowds gather on the curbs, but ithere Is seldom more than faint cheer ing if any at all. There is none of ithe running up to hand the men to- bacco, fruit or flowers. common to more emotional peoples.
 Once Tn the forces the recruits, who Mre mostly youths, may. be seen march ling to the parks for drill, but even then they are watched only by voice Hess td1ers The last seen of them in London is on the platform of one of the great railway stations, to be sent no one knows where. Generally they depart in the night
 There is something grim and irn- taking the war. But the American out meeting an extended hand for some fund to benefit the soldier. Tommy Atkins" is not made much of individually, but collectively his com forts are we'll looked after, even to the question of tobacco in the firing hne.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Stop Clemenceauss5 Paper

Toulouse, (via Bordeaux, Sept 30 -1LThe publication of Georges Clem- enceau's newspaper Homme Idbre, which was transferred to this city from Paris, has. been. suspended for eight days by Gen. BailIol1d.
 The Governor of Toulouse asked the former premier to delete several
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Neutral TraVIers Barred

Grimsby, Eng, Sept. so-Besinning next Thursday. under orders issued to- day by the British naval authorities no neutral traw1ers will be permitted to fish on the east coast of England but they may continue their opera tions on the west coast.
 This order will affect a large mum Der of Dutch and Danish trawIers now using Grimsby as a fishing base.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Pa1.is Expels Foreinners

Paris Sept 30-The police today re- vised the list of permits issued to for eigners who wished to stay in Paris.
 A long line of people, including many Germans and Austrians, some of whom are servants of wealthy Americans, stood in front of the police station anxiously awaiting the decision of the officials
 The regulations are now exceeding 1v stringent and a number of foreign CTS were forced to leave the city to- day .s.-r---s- -.-.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
AH They Can Say Is :

Paris, Sept. 3o-The strfctness of the censorship may be judged from an article in the Echo de Paris, which begins:
 There is no danger of my being indiscreet. know no more than anybody. But I believe that without saying too much I can say"
 Then followed six lines of blank ness. The censor evidently was of opposite opinion to that of the writer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
ERNIANS FIGHTING DESPERATELY TO AID CAPTIVE PRINCE
Human Interest Notes
 Found In the Latest War Bulletins

paragraphs in an article in today's issue which he thought were too vio- lent in their phraseology. M. Glenn enceau refused flatly, and the Gen eraI confiscated the whole Issue and ordered the suspension. of the news paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

London, Sept so-The British and German governments have begun ex- changing lists of prisoners of war. This is being done through Walter H. Page the American ambassador in London. and is preparatory to ar ranging. an actual exchange of pris- oners.
 The f1rst lists passed through the American embassy yesterday. They were not very long. but, additional N@ts are expected soon. Up to the present time these exchanges have been arranged only for women and children and men more than 55 years or less than IS years old. or physically disabled.
 The war office promises a speedy publication of the lists Of English prisoners in Germany to relieve the mnxisty Of relatives
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
Piqeons AS Messen0ers

London, Sept sO-Thirty thousand carrier pigeons for use in the ha- tional mall service have been placed at the disposal of fthe government by homiug pigeon societies.