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Calls for Inquiry.

London, May 3o-The London morn.
ing papers in commenting editorially
on the disaster call for a thorough in
vestigation as to whether the bulk
heads were closed, and, If so, how was
1t that the most modern system of
watertight compartments failed to
keep the ship from sinking?
The claim for the Empress OF Ire
land will be the heaviest suffered by
the Lloyds underwriters since the
sinking of the Titanic. 1t is expected
that the disaster win give a serious
check to the scheme for establishing
Canadian Lloyds, with a view of ra-
ducing the rates charged in London
for insuring vessels navigating the
st. Lawrence.
Statistics show that the underwrit-
ers have consistently lost money on
such voyages. owing to the dangers of
the river and the prevalence of fogs
and Ice.
The Times. in an editorial. con.
siders that nothing could have saved
the Empress of Ireland, considering
the nature of the collision. hut asks:
What was the Storstad doing TO run
into the Empress of ireland with such
suddenness and violence?"
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TO assistance. When daylight broke
| saw on the gray horizon with the
aid of telescope collier, the two
government steamers and nine life
boats all around the same spot
Shortly after the Eureka came nv
with S2 survivors and several bodies
later the Lady Evelyn with Captain
Kendall and Moore. and still later the
storstad with few more and some
bodies. All were lined at the Rimouski
wharf, to which place the scene has
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STORY OF DISASTER AS TOLD BY WIRELESS OPERATOR

Father Point. Que, May S0.--The
Empress of Ireland sank in ten min
utes after the collision and after she
had called by wireless: Save the
ship" Mr.. White, the Marconi oper-
ator here, instantly notified all the
government steamers in view and the
Eureka, Captain Belanger. was the
first to get away. She must have
reached the scene within 45 minutes
after the disaster. The Lady Evelyn
had to get up steam and also rushed
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swlms to Safety and Dies.

Quebec, May 2s.-To pluckily leap
from the deck of the sinking liner EN-.
press of Ireland and swim around for
nearly an hour in the st. Lawrence
only to fall dead from exhaustion on
the deck of the pilot boat Eureka.
which rescued her. was the fate or an
unidentified woman She had on little
clothing and has not beS1 Identified
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WISCONSIN WOMEN MISSING
Residents of Barron Reported Among
Those Lost in the Empress of
ireland Disaster.

Barron.-A Washington dispatch
says: American Consul Rider at Ri
mouski reports finding in the lists of
the injured Charles Swanson of Bar
ron, Wis. who said he was accompa.
MED by Mrs. Carl Hefel and Mrs Al.
ban Anderson, both of Barron. The
women are missing.
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and the dead. picked up but few OF
those who were taken to the hospital
at Rimousk.
II was the government mail steam
er Evelyn and Sthe pilot boat Eureka,
which had to run all the way from Fa-
Their Point, that did the big work of
rescue.
A strict investigation Is to be imme-
diately begun
There was no time"
That is the phrase used by every
survivor in trying to tell something OF
what happened There was no time
to rouse the people; no time to cry:
Women and children first"
Captain Kendall, one OF the most
able and trusted shippers of the line
"a man who had captured Doctor
Crippen, the murderer, and had served
for many years without mishap at
sea-stood on the bridge during those
10 minutes,
Gathered piecemeal from survivors
the horrors of this wreck grows with
the telling.
The doomed ones had little time
even to pray. They were engulfed by
the onrushing waters that swallowed
the big ship
The wireless operators on the EN-
press. sticking to their posts to the
last, had time only to send few IS.
o. S." calls for help when the rising
waters silenced their instruments
That silence told tho rescuers miles
awoy more potently than bugle that
dom had overtaken the ship.
Only six hours before this fateful
collision the passengers sang as a
goodnight hymn God Be With You
Tel We Meet Again" played by the
Salvation Army band on board.
Survivors Tell OF Fog.
1t was foggy, according to survivors,
when the Empress of Ireland. a steel
hulled. steel-bulkheaded ship OF more
than eight thousand tons left Quebec
at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in com
mand of III. G. Kendall of the Royal
Naval Reserve, one of the most skilled
or transatlantic navigators.
Forest fires also obscured the at.
mosphere and the big ship, in charge
OF PILOT. proceeded slowly on her
way to sea. At midnight the pilot left
near Father Point, shouting merry
bon voyage" as he went down lad
der to his waiting boat.
The darkness at this time was In
tense and the ship under the slowest
speed possible with steerageway held
her course. Her decks were deserted
The passengers had all sought theii
berths with no thought of impending
death.
Out of the darkness, on the pori
side, soon after 2:30 in the morning
there doomed the little Norwegian col
lier, not half the size of the Empress
but fated to be her destroyer.
Not until the collier was almost
abeam of the big liner was the danger
known on either ship. The fog haC
blotted out the "steamingv lights a:
well as the port and starboard lights
of both ships.
Quick orders trumpeted on both
vessels were heard. But they came
all too late.
The steelpointed prov OF the Stors
tad struck the liner amidships ant
then forged aft. ripping and tearing
its way through the Empress of Ire
land.
Clear to the stern of the Empress o.
Ireland was this great steel shaving
cut from her side. from the top of tn,
hull to far below the water line. Int
that rent the water poured with tn,
force of Niagara.
The bow of the Storstad smashed
its way through berths on that sid,
of the ship, killing passengers sleep
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BIG SEA DISASTERS

March 80. Steamer Royal
Adelaide wrecked OF Margate: over
400 lives lost.
1S52-February rs. Troopship Biz.
kenhead, Queenstown to Cape of Good
Hope wrecked; 545 lives lost.
1S54-March. Steamer City of Glas.
gov, Liverpool to Philadelphia, with
$50 passengers; never heard from.
1S54-Eleven transports with sup
plies for the army in the Crimea,
wrecked in storm on Black sea; near
ly 500 lives lost.
1S59-October "a. Steamer Royal
Charter, wrecked on the Angelsea
coast; 446 lives lost.
1867-October 29. Royal mail steam
ers Rhone and Wye and about fifty
other vessels driven ashore and
wrecked at st. Thomas, West Indies,
by a hurricane; about 1000 lives lost.
1S70-September 7. British warship
Captain foundered off Finisterre; 472
lives lost.
1S7S-April l. White Star steamer
Atlantic wrecked OF Nova Scotia; SAT
lives lost
1s74-December 6. Emigrant ship
Cospatrick burned at sea: 47o lives
lost.
1s7S-September 3. British steamer
Princess Alice sunk in collision in the
Thames river; 700 lives lost.
1SS7-November Is. British steam
err Wah Young burned; 400 lives lost.
1SsO-February II. British steamer
Duburg wrecked in China sea; 400
lives lost.
1905 September 49, Turkish frigate
Ertogrul foundered of coast of Japan:
$40 lives lost.
1S91-March II. Steamer Utopia,
Anchor line, sunk by collision off
Gibraltar; STA lives lost.
1892-January 10. Steamer Nam
chow wrecked in China sea; Ala lives
lost
1895-March H. Spanish cruiser
Reina Regenta foundered In the Allan
tic at entrance to the Mediterranean;
400 lives lost.
1S9S-July 4. French line steamer
La Bourgogne in collision with British
sailing ship Cromartyshire; about $50
lives lost
1904-June 15 Steamboat General
Slocum, took fire going through He'll
Gate. East river; over 900 lives lost.
1904-June Is. Steamer Norge
wrecked of Scottish coast; GAS lives
lost.
1905-September H. Japanese war
ship Mikasa sunk by explosion; 599,
lives lost.
190S-March %. Japanese steamer
Mutsu Maru sunk in collision near
Hakodate; 800 lives lost.
190S-April 80. Japanese training
cruiser Matsu Shima sunk by ex-
plosion on the. Pescadores; 200 lives
lost.
1soS-JuIy 49, Steamer Ying King
foundered off Hongkong; 800 lives lost.
190s-August l. British steamer
Waratah, from Sydney via Port Natal
for London. left Port Natal July 2s:
never heard from; 800 lives lost.
1909-November a. Steamer Seyne
sunk in collision with steamer Onda
OF Singapore; 100 lives lost.
1S10-February 3. French line
steamer General Chanzy wrecked of
Minorca; 200 lives lost.
19l1-April 2. Steamer Koombuna
wrecked; $50 lives lost.
1Sl1-September rs. French battle
ship Liberte sunk by explosion in Fou-
Ion harbor; 2S5 lives lost.
1s12-April IA. Steamer Titanic,
White Star line. wrecked by collision
with iceberg; about 1903 lives lost.
1914-May 20. Steamer Empress OF
Ireland and collier Storstad collide in
Gulf Of st. Lawrence; more than 500
lives lost.
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Mystery Surrounds Death.

Sturgeon Bay.-The body of Rose
Felhofer, who disappeared nine days
ago, was found floating on the bay near
the bridge There were no marks Of
violence and the doctors agree that
she had not been drowned Miss
Felhofer was the daughter of a promi-
nent farmer residing near Sturgeon
Bay.
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Monthly Renort Filed.

Madison State Treasurer Henry
johnson has filed with Gov. McGoy-
ern the monthly report showing bal.
ance in repositories and cash OF
$5.305, 191, exclusive of bonds held IN
trust.
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Two Drown in Fox River.

Appleton Albert Diener. Appleton,
and Miss Ella Getschow, Shawano.
were drowned when the launch in
which they were riding struck hid
den rock in the Fox river.
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colIeue Student Drowned.

Oostburg Word was received in
this city of the accidental drowning at
Holland. Mich. of Harvey Dankot. Is
years old, a student at Hope college.
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catch Larae catfish.

Neesah.-A1bert Bergelin and Her
bert Thornton caught the lerges' nsn
that has been caught for some tune
getting catfish weighing thirty
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now been shifted. About three hun
dred and thirty-seven were saved in
all. ]. M'W1LLIAMS. Operator.
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EIks Convention June 9 and 10.

Wausau.-Three thousand Elks,
members of Wisconsin lodges, will in
wade Wausau on June 9Th and 10th,
when the annual state convention Of
the B. P. 0. E. will be held in this city
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LIST OF RESCUED
Names Of Those Reported
Saved When Empress
of Ireland Sank.


Of ireland Sank.
The following is a list of the passen
gers and crew on the Inflated steam
ship Empress of Ireland that have
been reported as among those saved;
BACKFORD, Joseph
BAKER, Starr.
handy, j. P.
BANTALA, T..
BAWDEN, Florence. Hillsboro, Ill.
BAWDEN, Bessie.
BLYTH. Miss.
BocH, Miss Edith, Rochester. MINI
BOCH, Rheinhardt, Rochester
MINI.
BOYLE, Robert.
+ BRENNAN, R.
BROWN, William.
BYRNE, John.
BURT, G. r.
BURROWS, w. T.
CANEPA, w.
i CAPPLIN, George.
GARRISON, H.
CONE, ]. M.
COURT, Miss e., Liverpool. Eng.
DARCY, p.
DAVIES. John.
DAVIES, Peter.
DONAVAN, G.
DORIS, John.
ELGEVISH, A.
ERZINGER. Walter.
EVANSON, Arthur.
FAVEUSTEND, Mrs.
FERGUSON, A. G.
FENEDAY, Arthur.
FENTON, Walter.
FISHER, Mrs. John, Chicago.
FITZPATRICK, John.
FLOR. Roy.
FUGENT, william.
GARD, John, Chicago.
GAADE. A. w, chief engineer.
GIBSON, John.
GRAY, Arthur.
GRIVERI, Alex.
HACKNEY. Misc Mabel, wife of
lawrence Irving.
HAES, assistant purser.
HAMPTER, w
HARBANN, Renne.
HEATH, H. L., Chicago.
HEATH, Jack" four-year-old SON
sf above.
HELLER, w.
HENDERSON. q. w. s.
HOLM, 8. F.
HOLT, P. r.
HONRALAIN, William
HUGHES, Hugh.
HUGHES. w. H.
TOMBSTONE, George, Santa Bar
nara, Cal.
JUBAINER, Sims.
KAVALSKE, Evan, Duluth.
KOHL, Miss Grace.
KORONIC. Michael.
LAWLER, Herbert.
LEDDELL, r.
LEE, Miss Alice, Nassau, Bahamas.
LOMMI. Matte.
M'CREADY, Thomas.
MCDONALD, G. p.
M'DOUGAL, d.
M'WILLLAMS, r.
METCALFE, G. ].
M0UNSEY, Mrs. William, Chicago.
NISITO, F.
OWEN, w. s.
PROBSI, p.
QUINN, William.
RICATETENTO, Fedor.
REGINALD, A., Moreland
ROBERTS, w.
ROMANUS, John.
ROVER, William.
ROWAN, W., steward.
RYAN, Phona.
RYAN John.
SALINSKI, w.
SAMUELSON, C.
SCOTT.
SHANNON, Edward.
SIMS, John.
SMITH, C. H.
SMITH, II. II.
SMITH, j.
SPENCER, c.. bellboy.
SUzzERA, Adam.
TALBACHA. Alex.
WALINSKI,- Thorne.
WEINRUCH. B.. Montreal.
WEISS, Alex.
WHITE, ]. b.
WILLIAMS, o.
ZUH, III.
COMBES, G., pantryman.
BAMFORD, B., Marconi operator.
BUNTHRoME. Alex, Santa Bar
para, Cal.
BYRNE. Mr.. and Mrs. Brisbane,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16
ANTWERP SITUATION SERIOUS
London Report Is That Town ls Like.
ly to FaII-Losses Have Been
Heavy-ArtilIery Used.

London.-The situation in Antwerp
Is serious. Unless the allies give aid
quickly the city is likely to fall.
MISUNDERSTANDING to official an.
nouncement made here the situation
of the fortified positions around Ant
werp remins without chnge.
Antwerp can hold out indefinitely"
is the official announcement made by
the general staff. General denial is
made that the Germans have silenced
the fire of several of the ring of forts
protecting the city from invaders"
The Germans are still vigorously
bombarding the forts. The Belgian
guns are making accurate response.
Despite the heavy artillery duel the
situation at the forts and in the CITY
itself Is virtually unchanged.
The terrible mortality connected
with the siege was disclosed by an eve
witness to the German attempt to can.
ture by assault the forts Wavre and
81. Catharine. He said the dead and
wounded were piled seven feet high
an entangled mass in front of the two
forts after the Belgians had repulsed
the assault.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16
TROOPS CROWD RAILROADS
Germans Rush ReInforcements 70 the
Prusslan Border-Aerial Scouts
Report Move Westward.

Petrograd.--The following official
statement was given out at Russian
general headquarters:
THE Russian offensive campaign
continues. The fortified positions (of
the enemy on the frontier are under
a heavy artillery fire. The enemy has
received re-enforcements from the
garrison at Koenigsberg. There has
been particularly desperate fighting In
the vicinity of Bakalargewo.
Railroads In East Prussia are now
crowded with troop trains and Il
aerial scouts report an uninterrupted
movement of Germans in a westerly
direction. German columns and Ger
mar troop trains are withdrawing
across the frontier"
London.-The Daily T~elegraph's
Rotterdam dispatch says the kaiser
mas telegraphed to the king of Saxony
that he has inspected the third Ger
army, made up of %Saxonians.
with such an army" says the kali
ser, I'VE a finish the task gloriously
IN victory. The Almighty will stand
by u.s."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16
PARIS REPORTS PROGRESS
Several German Trenches Have Been
Taken in Region Of Soissons-Ac.
ton Less Violent.

Paris,-The official announcement
issued by the French war office re-
ports progress in the region of Sois-
sons, where several German trenches
have been taken.
The battle on the left wing is in full
swing, without decisive result.
The text of the communication fol.
lows:
'F1rst-On our left wing the strug.
gle Is In full swing In the region of Ar
ras, without decision having been
reached. The action has been less vio.
lent between the upper valley of the
Ancre and the Somme, and between
the Somme and the Disc, We have
made progress In the region of Sois.
sons, where some of the enemy's
trenches have been captured.
"Second-On almost all the remain.
der OF the front the hull. already noted,
persists. In the Woevre region we
have made some progress between
Apremont and the Mouse and on the
Rupt de Mad"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16
BIG BATTLE IN PRUSSIA
Germans Were Reinforced from koen.
igsburg-Profit by Marshes-Ger-
mans Replace Austrians.

Petrograd, - Fighting on a large
scale has already commenced in East
Poland, A dispatch gives following
details: The situation on the frontier
oil East Prussian, fighting battles daily,
our army continues to advance. driv-
Ing the enemy before 1t. The tracks
of the retreating Germans are strewn
with bodies of horses. We have cap
tured three armored motor cars and
some heavy field and machine guns.
After the failure at Sopozkin the
Germans attempted to stay our ad-
vance g a the village of Mazeyice,
but were flung out of their positions
because OF heroic attacks of the Rus
sian troops. Our progress Is ever ac-
celebrated by parties of German prison.
ers, continually met with, looking com
pletely exhausted. Among them are
many youths between 16 and II years.
II is easy to see that the Germans
are employing their last ~esources.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16
SEIZE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
TOKYO Announces That German Base
Is Oestroyed-Land on Jaluit Isl.
and in South Seas

Tokyo'-The navy department IS.
sued the following official statement.
The Japanese squadron delegated n
destroy the German fleet in the South
Seas has landed bluejackets on .Jaluit
island, the seat of government in tha
Marshall archipelago, which was an.
nexed by Germany in 1886.
1t is believed the German base was
destroyed and that the Notifications
arms and ammunition were seized A
British steamer in port was released
There was no resistance to the ,Japan.
ese.
The Marshall Islands lie In the
South Pacific about midway between
the Philippines and Hawaii. Alto.
sether the archipelago consists ~
ABOUT IS coral islands covering an
ares of 100 miles. The islands have :
population of between Is, 1000 and q
ooo, OF which a very small 20
is European.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16

Won MOLTkE is OUSTED
Chief Of German Staff Removed for
D~isagreeig With the kaInser-New
Man a Dark Horse.

Amsterdam The German emperor
has dismissed the chief of the general
staff, Field Marshal Won Moltke,
nephew OF the famous Won Moltke, and
has appointed MajorGeneral Won
Vlghts-Rhetz to that post.
The new chief OF the general staff is
almost unknown to Germany, so that
ms appointment does nothing to create
a feeling of confidence among the peo-
pie, who are becoming more and more
uneasy owing to the absence of def.
mite good news and continuous whis.
pers Of bad news which are waited
from France and Russia.
Information from the other side of
thg German frontier reveals some Of
the reported causes of the dismissal of
Won Moltke, who appears to have
come into collision with his sovereign
in regard to several important ques-
IONS of strategy, Briefly, if the in
formation, which comes from Berlin,
be correct, the truth is that the kaiser
wished to subordinate sound strategy
to a spiteful desire to attack England,
while Won Moltke preferred to post
pone any especial measures against
England because they would have no
effect on the situation at the decisive
Of the war.
The kaiser's famous order to concen-
trate the best port of the German army
operating in France on an attempt to
crush England was not approved by
Won Moltke, who considered that the
strategical necessities of the position
rendered other plans more effective.
The kaiser more recently wished to
detach a large number of airships and
.aeroplanes for raids on English towns,
but Won Moltke pointed out that all
aircraft of all types were
urgently needed in the decisive war
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BELGIAN OFFICIALS
REMOVE TO 0STEND
FIGHTING OF VIOLENT cHARAc,
TER OCCURS NEAR AUpEN
ARoE-oERMANs GO BACK
WARNED OF COMMANDMENT
Numerous SkirmIshes Take Place BE.
tween Advance Posts Near Tyres.
Twenty Miles South of o.
tend In Flanders

Amsterdam-The Nisuw Dan Del
Dag says that the Belgian government
was moved from Antwerp to Ostend.
The Nieuw Dan Den Dag says tn
German commander of the forces be
sieging Antwerp sent an officer carry
ing a white flag into the city to an
nounce that the bombardment of the
temporary capital would begin soon
Many refugees left for Holland, and
the government was transferred to Os.
tend.
London.-An official statement given
out In Antwerp and telegraphed here
by the Reuter- Telegram company's cor
respondent, says:
"A very violent engagement was
fought on all lines. The situation is
unchanged"
London.-An Ostend dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company says:
Numerous skirmishes occurred be-
tween the advance posts in the envi-
rons of Tyres Tin Belgium, 20 miles
south of Ostend) and in the southern
part Of West Flanders.
THE Germans threw themselves on
the forts and lntrenchments."
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Ostend says:
Several ministers with the person.
mel of the ministries have just arrived
here"
A dispatch to the Central News from
Amsterdam says:
"A message received here from
Client says fighting of a violent char
acter has taken place between Auden-
arde (15 miles southwest of Ghent)
and L%eupeghem Ga small town about a
mile south of Audenarde).
after an hours engagement the
Belgians received re-enforcements and
threw back the Germans with heavy
OSSeS."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16
POINCARE GOES TO FRONT
french President Wants to Thank
Troops Personally for Their vaIor.
Will Not Take Active Part

bordeaux.-President P~oincare, ac.
companied by Premier Viyiani and
Minister of War Alexandra Millerano
a left for the battle front. The pre-,
ident goes to the battle line not to
take part in the strategy, but to ION.
graduate the troops personally upon
the bravery they have displayed In the
long and stubborn fight.
News of the presidents departure
has given rise to rumors that the al.
lies have gained a great victory. the
news OF which is withheld, and that NJ
Poincare has gone to witness the final
discontinue of the Germans.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-16
BRING UP CAVALRY
Unexpected Offensive Move Is Taken
In Vicinity of LiIIe-Antwerp
Is In Peril.

From the Battle Front.-German
cavalry made it's temperance on the
scene of action in great force here,
thus disproving the reports that all OF
Its horses had been rendered useless,
owing to an epidemic of the CHAMBERS.
The allies extended front has met
with vigorous counter attacks on the
part of the Germans, who seem to have
weakened their position on the center
OF the battle line in order to throw
heavy masses Of men against the right
and left wings. The allies, although
forced back short distances at some
points on their left, generally have
been able to hold their own.
The eastern wing also was the scene
OF severe combats, but there the battle
was between infantry and artillery
and the allies were able to push for.
ward. In the center, where the in.
fantry had been deeply entrenched
since the commencement of the battle,
the French and English commanders
took the opportunity to relieve many
regiments which had been on the ad.
vanced firing line. Two brigades Of
British troops, chiefly Highlanders,
had relief for Is days. They had bur
rowed SO well that their casualties
were unimportant, but the men were
thoroughly exhausted from continued
watchfulness and the incessant boom
of the guns.
1t is reported at the front that the
Germans took 200 civilians with them
when they departed from Roye.
Paris-The French official announce.
ment issued here says that a violent
battle continues on the left wing.
north of the Disc.
"The characteristics of the situation
remain the same. On u left wing, to
the north of the Disc, the action is be-
coming more and more violent. At
the center there is relative calm. A
little ground has been gained In the
north Of the heights Of Meuse."
London.-A dispatch to the Elk
Telegraph from Antwerp gives
the following official communication.
"The military governor has informed
the burgomaster that a bombardment
Of Antwerp is imminent, and that the
people who wish to flee from the town
are requested to leave"