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sr0RK SURPRISES LAKEWOOD.


I.krvoon ~ I March 7-Iahevood
was Quick 10 recover from the effects of
| the blizzard and to-day the fayortts paths
were omen and the resort was resurning
| ts normal actIyities During the two
DAYS OF enforced social idleness prepare
| tons were made for coming events and
plans for Faster were discussed.
! While the storm kept up sunday and
| Monday visitors at the Laurel-in-the-
| Pines gathered In the palm room where
the semi tropical setting, the palms and
ferns. the water nora and the tinkline
fountain dispeled the memory OF the snow
| without. With the storms abatement
| visitors trooped out In all sorts OF cos
tunes and ploughed through the snow
to view the white mantling OF tree and
bush Later in the week. AZ traffic wore
down the streets to n hard. smooth sur
face. bobsleds wer out on Ferris hll
and the sport OF coasting attracted many
| visitors
! when members OF the District Nurse
Association met for the monthly meeting
on Wednesday afternoon report was
made Of the assistance rendered Mrs. n.
J. Slocum of New York on Sunday when
the stork UNEXPECTEDLY arrived with
baby boy New YORK physician VINO
was summoned toge,her WIN MI ',Iocurh
arrived ON special tram from Maiihat-
IAN but the need OF a nurse wa Iotsot,eh'
AZ was The expected baby Wardrobe Inc
physician was Obliged to can ~ the dis
,rlo' tu'se an" !" ''.ep, .to'" n., ''p'U
,'s LOT me "a.y .., lou. WhIu I'.
OF the village. Nurse and clothing were
highly complim.nted bv the physician
Mrs Slocum. VINO has been joined by her
mother-ln-law is staying at the Laurel
House ...
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charles I.athrou Pack Mrs ,;.orr,. F,l.s
Baker Mrs A u I>a,is Miss Eva Ball
Glover and Miss toinena schwartz.
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n, VANCE THOMPSON.


WENT into society. I wore my
pearl studs and only one ring. l
L took 1t for granted I should be
offered strong drink and invited to
tango. What happened to me was dit
ferent.
A tall lady. pale and sweet read my
palm. while a majestic old man. at the
other end OF the room. hypnotized the
upper housemaid. Then we ate vanilla
biscuits and talked OF ghosts.
Ghosts have Just come in-in the
really nice set. mean. OF course
there are other sets given to frivolous
pink perukes and jewelled ankles and
long. white backs. but the really nice
set. Just now. Is going In for shosts
and vanilla Biscuits
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MRS y j. Casey gave luncheon followed
by bridge on Wednesday at her home, 200
West Ninet y-sev enth street. The table was
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voluntarily retired, giving up their posi-
ton to the Russians.
Councillor Of Justice Blumenthai. for
merry member Of the Rcichstag, Bur
Eomastcr Of Coimar and member of the
First Chamber of Alsa,c. has been
placed ON trial charged with high troa-
son. His property has been connscatcd.
The following items Of war news are
from German newspapers
The speci, reserve in the Rcichs-
bank last week Increased hy IL 900 600
marks $50. $50. OOOD and the circulation
notes decreased by 5S.0OO,OOO marks
s14500 OOOD.
~ Paris financial newspaper says
the French economic crisis is very Sc
yer, and that II e nsts much longer
It viii prove disastrous.
~ war correspondent If the anti
German N'SsdJ'rO emphasizes that tho
German Red Cross Is much better or
ganizcd than that 81 IN" French.
The Hon. Aubrey Herbert. member
of the British Parliament. vino was
among tho wounded in Il German hos
pital and taken back 10y the british
expresses his thanks for the courtesy
shown him in the German hospita, and
praises the humanity Of the German
soldiers"
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ALLIES CONFIDENT.
Wen In Trenches ToiIvorn. hut
GrimIy pyieldinG

I"~n"N. sept - \ despatch 20 the
Times from "noar scissors" says:
"rh" battle is week old now and cine,
mon IN the trenches are yer, grim and
'oIl""rn, hut Mold their places with -
tcnicity which is almost terrible shot
and shell have boon poured into th,m ia
an avalanche and cycn htyou,t charges
nay" been made against them. They have
faced ire and matched st,r against steel
We lay there for two days and a
night wounded man told me-. We lay
wide apart each man In a little dugou,
Of his own W" crcpt up and up. digging
rs We won't They played their search
light on us all the time and poured shells
into us ! believe the resistance we made
took tho spirit out ~ them; at aHy rate
We did force them back
''Sossons has suffered terribly. II has
been subjected to daily homhardm,ut
and almost irroparthlc damage has been
done Tn" cathedral and the Church Of
st Jean dcs Nigucs have been severely
damaged and to-day fearful fus.iladc
wrought further havoc.
THE battle has NOT yet been won.
but the Indications are fun OF promise
! have never seen anything less Ike
a defeated army than the allies now
operating along tho Aisnc. The men
are aOundtutlN sur of victory and are
in eNubcrant spirits
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BATTLE LINE UNCHANGED.
Germans Carefully Prepared At
tRcLs Are RrpuI.cd.


The line Of battle remained to-day
much the same Is ON preceding days
from the Disc and the Alsnc north Of
Craonnc. Rcims and Neufchatel through
the plains Of Chalons To tho forest ~
the Argonnc Nothing displays more
clearly the strength of the German re
sistance and the indecsiveness Of the
whole combat than these virtually un
changed lines.
Along this line to-day the Germans
put in motion an attack carefully pre-
pared. They sought to ovcrwhclm Gen.
French and supporting troops in the
vicinity OF Chauny. Masses OF infantry
and artillery were dashed against the
allies but after fighting Of the most
terrible description the effort failed and
the Germans were pushed back to their
trenches.
Even moro sanGuinary and critical
was the struggle all along the centre
mans, IN possession of d. mantled forts
which stand from five to sin miles to the
north and east of Rcims, bombarled the
city with siege suns and after sue
oessivr infantry charges TOOK the
heights of Brimont.
This stands al the north of Ro,ms and
- stratogicsily important, commandinr
as It does the Aisne canal and the rail.
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For 'ho last Ncck raius'orms have
swept the battle line Germans and
allies. exhausted 10y weeks of constant
marching and fighting. have been
forced to continue the struggle under
the mos, trying weather conditions
Rivers and streams are swollen. thus
adding t. tho difficulties ~ an offensive
movement 10y the allies. Trenches have
illcd with rain water thereby making
,hc stand Of German troops more dim
cult.
II is recognized here that the out
come Of the Aisne battles will depend
greatly upon the ability Of the allies
to bring ~ fresh troops IN such mum
bcrs that weakened sections Of the Ger
man line can be- penetrated. Germany
is fastening recuforCcmcnts from Bel.
GUM. from the Rhine fortrcSsos and
from HOY mobilization camps England
is rushing new troops from Grcat Brit
ain and ireland and the colonies. France
is denudng the fortrosse. now safe
from attack AMI Is drawing heavily
from young and old r.9crvIsts.
There il the utmost confidence here
that ,hc Germans viii be beaten again
The tone Of Government CommuniCa-
lions is conservative. but optimistic.
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PARIS PAPERS CALL
GERMANS VANDALS
Treasure Houses of the World
Systematically Wrecked.
Says "Figaro.
OLD CHURCHES IN RUNS
History Will BE lmplacahlc for
Rcims Cathedral Attack.
Says Marcel Ilutin.
OLD CHURCHES IN RUNS
'per,@ cobie ne,pnr, 10 ~,

PARIS. sept. 10 Summing u. va
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GERMANS DRIVEN BACK.
Attacks Easily nrpuIscd. Says
british Report.

LoNpoN, Sept 20 Tho following an
nounccmcnts were made by the official
press bureau this afternoon:
"Therc is no change in tho situation
Gin Franco. The weather is bad
Counter attacks delivered yesterday
afternoon and during the night were
easily rcpulsed with loss To tho enemy.
The cathedral OF Rcims has been de-
stroycd by German gun fire.
"L!eutcnant-C Commander Thomas T.
Rcsaut, the Hon Leopold r. Scarlett
and thirty-two men on board the Aus
tralian submarine AE-l are reported
lost
Tho Exchange Tclcgraph's Paris cor
respondent In a despatch sent at 80
o'clock tonight says:
THE steady advance by the British
and French on the left is highly i'm
portant, as the German Gen. Won
Kluck's flank is now exposed,
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GERMAN FIRE POOR,
Ipf.ntr>mcu Are Not Good shots
SAYS French writer.
>p,ciqi CotiC Drspatch TO Tnr So


pApIs. Sept. 20.--A special correspond
ont Of the TntrdnSi0Cdnf, claiming T."
write within sound of the guns IN the
great battle now in progress on the
Aisnc, says that the lighting h" saw
was in a section covered with woods
The Germans, he says, know well how
to utilize these forests.
Tho correspondent says that II the
Germans are not good shots they arc
excellent diggcrs. Where a French
soldier digs on. trench "A German digs
eight or nine when the trenches are
in "A diversified locality and are pro-
tected hy good artillery they give cour-
age to their occupants.
The German infantry fire IS bad ac-
curdng to this correspondent. ont Of
every hundred French soldiers hit fully
n.nety-Nve are only slightly wounded,
He continues
In one village saw n French rogi-
mcnt charge seven times. When in the
village and while passing house which
was living the Red Cross flag they were
received 10y a murdcrous fusi'lade which
drove them back. I|ut they returned
the eighth time and drove the enemy
out"
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Germans About TO Attack
Forts South of Verdu1
Berlin Says French Troops
Are on Defensive Along
Whole Line.
BIZ wireless rio Suyriiic. l.. !.

BERLIN, september 20.
II was announced at the headquarters
Of the General staff at midnight that
the situation on tho western front was
generally unchanged. The Anglo
assume the defensive along the whole
line. \ decisive assault on the line ~
forts south Of Nerdun is about to begin.
The German army is IN contact with
the French forces along the frontier OF
Alsacc
In the east the Germans defeated he
Fourth Finnish Rifc Brigade at Angus
towo, 40 miles northeast Of Warsaw.
Tho German forces are advancing
against Ossovotz. They have can
tured Uraicvo and Stohutchiu.
Subscriptions for the war loan were
closed Saturday. Although fun returns
have not yet been received 1t is officially
announced that subscriptions have been
made for two and one-half billions Of
imperial bonds and more than billion
Of treasury certificates. These sub
sctiptiuns have already hcen reported.
but the total is subject To increase when
further reports are received.
The hope is now cherished here that
news OF decisive results in the west will
not long be delayed.
Telograms from Brussels state that
the military governor has removed all
Belgian nags from walls and posts IN
order that there may he no provocation
for untoward action OF the part of the
German troops, and in order to avoid
any rcgrettable incidents. The order
was explained 10y the Mayor Of Brus-
sells. who is working IN cooperation with
the German civil authorities
II is officially announced from Vienna
tina, an isolated advanced RUSSIA in
fantry division attacked SieJawa on
September :. and that "A small force on
4 fortified head Of bridge heroically
held them back for a time and later
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For several days German cannon
were turned upon ponto"ns built 10y the
allies for hfty miles westward aloat
the AiSnc Time after time these mill
tary bridges were destroyed. but the
French and British succeeded in eros
Ing The river and i'm taking elevations
whore intrcnchmonts were made
Almost simultaneously In the centre
~ the battle line the allies drove the
Germans from Rclms but in succeeding
days were unable to dislodgc tho Ger
mans from Entertainments cast and
north Of that city. The Germans for
four days have held the dismautlcd
forts. a ring Of old positions which are
about sin miles m scmIcirCle to tho
north and cast of Roims. Here there
has been most desperate lighting with
ont definite advantage tu either side
The Germans nave cssaycd many times
fo take the offensive and To- hcw their
way through the allied centre. hut their
counter attacks, often delivered at night
have been ropulsed
the Importance of tine cnEagcm"u,s
at Rc,ms lies u this that German sue
cess lu the French centre would re-
ucv" the pressure upon Nun kluck at
the German right and th" crown Prince
a. tho German Icft, and migh, compel
4 general retreat of IN allies 20 the
fortiti,a''uns of paVS
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way line 10 Laon. The allies had cap
turcd Brimont in M" fighting Of Fri
day. but were driven f;ou' the position
to-day by u furious. sustained attack.
They vert victorious over the Germans
at The ifill oN La rompcl" at the
southeast NJ tho city. and rrgstrcd n
position los, in preceding days. La
fompoile defends Reims from an attack
from tho Inc 81 the NeSlc
The successes Of the allies reported
tonight arc minor as regards the gen.
eral battle. but must have the effect Of
reinforcing confidence "a ned A. the
Marine and IN the German retreat. There
can Doe mo guess even as To tho time
u viii take 20 bring an end tu the battle
oi the Alsnc. The armies Of both sides
ar" daily performing the impossible.
Victory for ono sid" or tho other can
come only after utter exhaustion.
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ALLIES STILL ON OFFENSIVE NORTH OF THE AISNE

great guns and arc dropping shells al
most where they please. often from a
distance ~ seven miles.
Yesterday the Germans located the
British headquarters and reached it with
she'll. Immediately thereafter fifty
other shells dropped in the hcadquar-
tors. II was impossible to do anything
hut fall to the earth and lie fiat The
staff escaped. but the shells wrecked
The headquarters There was no chance
to reply to the fire of the Germans.
The enemy had ranged his heaviest
artillery. including four II inch guns,
upon hills and worked devastation from
a distance " seven miles. These huge
cannon indicate how vitality important
the Germans consider a successful stand
A. this point They mean to hold firm
until the army behind them is ready for
another general advance. But the allies
are determined that the Germans shall
not stand here and the hghting there
fore has been terrible.
For three days tho Germans in efforts
10 take the hills 90 the south and ives,
have rolled great masses against our
intrenchcd positions. hut every attack
has heen thrown back Tho allies In
turn have attacked the German in
.ronchmcnts and by frightful sacrifices
gained ground and captured guns.
Whenever possible the allies have
charged with tho hayoret and the
t,.rftsp1a~ "A d
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HLTREAT DEFENCELESS!
German. Respect Towns hose \u-
thorttirs Make stand.

Sp,cial Cable DespatoI TO Inv ST.
LoNpoN. Sept. 2O.--G. W. Price. Paris
correspondent OF the DAILY Ndd citcs
the cases Of Epornay and Rcuns - show
that whore tho loca, authorities stand
their ground and assert their Influence
wh,u the Germans occupy these places
they escape the atrocities and deNastt-
ton which are practiscd where there
are only d"fcnr,lcss inhabitants. II 'H'
Germans ind properly constituted Wu'
nicipa'tv At places they occupy there
Is no brutality. and logically enough iN"
French Government has dismissed s"'-
oral prcrccts and mayors for h"'inS aud
abandoning their duties
The Germans how"S'r c"als' - treated
m, Mayor Of Epcruay and levied ''E
supplies They returned the cash levy
Of 5000. The wounded Germans at
Eprrnay are wcu treated
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III the Germans lose the French ter
the allies de- not score definite sue
cess thoy vii bring up fresh troops and
strike AGAIN. Tho impression exists that
the allies arc manWuvring and that tho
their loft wing. Recent official com
municationS indicat" progress IN hat
direction. n this succeeds the enemy
vii! hc driven from the natural hastions
formed 10y deprcssions in the plateau
above SCISSORS,
I'm abandoning scissors tho enemy
have only two roads 10 the north. ON"
has too many convohtions. which would
expose hem to a flank attack, and the
other, leading to Laon. would be the nat
ural line Of retreat Craonne, which the
French hold, Is n fine strategic position,
the town being on plateau above tho
plains where CTsar resisted the Bel
gians and Napoleon gained gres vic
tory.
The salient feature Of tho struggle
is the immense strength of the German
position between Relms and the forest
OF Argonne. where their fort!iications
form a sor Of Chinese wall. Strategists
declare that the temper of the Germans
has changed evidently. for they now
protect themselves deliberately from the
v!gor OF the French attacks
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THROW SHELLS SEVEN MILES,
Bir German uovit,"rs Hest IN tn"
War

LoNpoN. Sept 20 Tho Gorman advan-
tagc in the heaviest types Of cannon has
been important with their heavy howit-
2crs taey have hcon throwing shells into
tho 'u;rruchmeni4 ~ the allies from a
distance OF more than seven miles. Tn"
French - uillimctrr field guns are re-
ported to We far superior. however 10 any
type of mobile field gun used hy the
tirrmaus They ar" very accurate ana
their effect has been devastating.
S!N'y field gums and thirty machine
guns captured from Tn" Germans I'm TN"
Nisnc battles nave been taken To- Paris.
The Germ an guns ar" deliberately engraved
and usually bear the Inscription "bcutsch-
land uehcr Allies" Essential parts Of these
guns had been removed before they were
abandoned Officers sanrcs captured by
the allies are beautiful and ornate, hut
the steel Of the blades Is inferior 10 Eng
lish aud French Weapons
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also remarkable. A. one point near
scissors the French concealed l2o gum
Of - milimeters, which opened tre
simultaneously with tremendous effect.
The feat which attracted most attention
was the construction by the French of
poniouu bridges across tn" Aisnc. which
Ncr, several t,,nes destroyed by tho
German artillery fire. Despite this the
French got over 20 600 Zouaves, who
charged tho German lines almost before
the enemy was aware Of their presence
Whatever %" tn" result Of the hattie
4. canro. I've flnal IN the sense of de-
fra. % the .\nglo-French resistance, for
the ario- would retire under tho forts,
whcr, a third ha:,ln would be fought.
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TOLD CIVILIANS TO ARM.
knis"r's Tr""Ns Fail 10 Practise
what They Prracb, says German.

Special f1h'c bcsp1'ch n 1ur s.
BoRpEAIN, Sept. 20. Inc German
publicist NJ. q. Wijmans points ont n
a telegram received here from Corcu-
hagen that the German commander.
populations what they class as crimes
on the part Of the Anglo French
He cites a proclamation 10y Cen Won
Falckcnheim recently distributed ~ tho
inha hitsnts of the shores of the North
Sea and the Baltic inciiinE cNc-v
civilian 10 arm and kill without mcrrv.
whereas they threaten 10 punish With
death any attempt of the French or
Relgians 10 defend their city or their
houses.
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5000 ULsTERMEN VOLUNTEER.
OF the Number More THAN Hair Are
From Gtty Of Belfast.

BELFAST. Sept. 20. Nine thousand Il
ster volunteers were enrolled in the
ranks of recruits for the army during
the last two weeks Belfast contributed
. 900 OF this number,
Thct Is great war enthusiasm among
the Ulster volunteers and it is expected
thai 5000 more will enlist during the
canning week
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ABBEY TOWER RUINED.
Part Of Ancient Church Drwoiishrd
by German Fire.
SPECIAL cabie nfspafch 10 Tur s

foNpoN, Sept II. \ despatch from
of the romauosquc towers Of the abbey
church of 81. Rrmi at Renrs was
demolished by the German fire
This church is Older than the
cathedral.
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fixed Monarch
Cheers bounded
Emperor Francis Joseph Visits
Wounded in Rcd Cross
Hospital.
sp.clal ca1lc o..pn,ch 10 rnr 81

VIENNA. via Rome. Sept. 20 FIN
pCror Francis Joseph visited the hos
pital established in tho AuGartcn Palace
to-day and spoke 10 and checrrd
hundred wounded officers and men. The
Emperor has ordered III" Palace Of
LaNenhurG converted into Red Cross
hospital,
Gen Conrad Won Hoctzendorf, chief
Of the General STAFF, in replying to the
condolences Of the Mayor on the death
Of his son, said.
"Thc Austr!ans ar" lighting against
an overwhelmingly superior enemy, but
ihry DO not despair " victory"
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spsc,1i oable ppB1iD 10 rHr SIS.


The battle OF the Aisne has endured
for eight days In sober truth it has
been the most sangunary combat IN
he history Of the world. Not taking
INTO account losses In killed, wounded
and prisoners at least 100000 men
have contcnded with the utmost fcrocitv.
The Germans are opposing 100000 t."
an allied force of 800 600.
This estimate Of M" forces engaged
may be- retained because IT can hc as
sumcd that Germans and allies have
obtained rccuforccmcnts To- hll the gaps
made by bullet. shell and haNon"t.
These troops. after series Of engage
mcnts each vital 10 the general combat,
are stretched from north of Noyon To
north Of MuntfaucoN. ON q limo which
forms an ohtusc anglo. running south
cast from Noyou To 'raounc, Berry -au-
liac and E,im- and thence east and
northeast To- Moutfaucon and the forest
Of the Nrgounc.
This H. tho main battle limo where
human endurance is being put To un-
imaginable strain to determine whether
nr not the Germans can again assume
the offensive against Paris ar II they
are 10 hc broken and hurled back over
the frontiers of Eell.um Luxembourg
and Lorraine.