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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-17

At meeting of the Eastern Base
hall association in New Haven. Conn.
President James III. O'Rourke was APP
pointed chairman of Il committee
which will confer with the New Eng
land league regarding a post-season
championship series. The COMMITTEES
has power to sign either a three or
FIVE year agreement for such a series.
but the eastern magnates favor FIVE
year Arrangement
The sun., 1914-09-04
BELIEVES WARSAW WILL
BE TAKEN BY GERMANS
Austrian Ambassador Also En-
pccts Russians to Be Driven
From Lcmbcrg.

Ambassador ConstHntn Dumha. tho
Austrian envoy to this country. told SvN
reporter Yesterday afternoon that he did
not believe Lcmbers could he held for very
long by the Russians because It was a
more or less open town, with few forti-
fcations He said ne had information Of
the occupation Of przemesyl. a first class
fortress. by the Austrian and German
troops.
Warsaw, | believe will meet the same
fate that has b"fallen LODI and other
Russian cities" said the Ambassador 1t
is nonsens" 70 speak or tho Russian ad-
vance on Berlin or Vienna at this stage
OF the war"
"IIavc you heard anything OF Turkeys
intentions in the war" the Ambassador
was asked,
Nothing definite" was his reply, but
think that Turkeys threatening attl-
tude may prevent Great Britain from
Withdrawing many of her troops from In
da, as there are about t5O 900, 900 Moham-
medans In that country"
would the rinal outcome of the war
turn England. German. Austria and France
against the Slavs?" was another query.
That is rather too difficult to predict
at this time" he replied, but 1t Is at
least an interesting question for considera-
tlon--nothng more"
Ambassador Dumba reaftirmed the
united attitude OF the Austrian Poles in
their support of the Austrian Government
and spoke fecingly Of the patriotic spirit
that Is being shown throughout the empire.
The sun., 1914-09-04
PROVOKE THE BELGIANS.


IoNDoN. Sept. 3--An Eng ishnan. for
twenty years a resident Of Brussels. who
arrived in London Tonight, says that
there have been no b3rbaritics In the Bel
gian capital. but the Germans are try
ing in every way to provoke the citizens
Their arrogance is boundless
III YOU meet an officer on tho foot
path said he. you are pushed of.
man gets no better treatment than a
man An Ensishman. who was watch
ing the German troops enter. was wearing
in his hatband little English faE A
German officer noticed this aud matched
the flag from his hat H. then spat upon
it and throw 1t on tho ground.
since Monday morning fresh troops
have been passing through Brussels
daily. Numerous heavy guns rumbled
through. coming from Louvain and going
toward Antwerp During the night over
hundred trains each filled with a thou
sand mon passed through the Care du
Nord. The troops afoot said they were
going 10 Antwerp.
For some reason as yet uneXpla ined
the soldiers have stolen dogs in all tho
towns and villages which they have pill
laged. They drag them along with them
tied in clusters 10 the carts"
The sun., 1914-09-04

complete disruption Of the armed forces
Of the dual monarchy
Here is brief and modest despatcb
received hy the CA from ,he Grand
Duke Nicholas Gcueralissmo Of the
Russian forces in the 0eld today:
] am happy to gladden. your Majesty
with ncws of the victor, pon by the
army Of Gen. Ruzsky at Lcmberg. After
seven days OF uninterrupted fighting, the
Austridns are rctreating In complete DIS
orde: IN some places running away and
abandoning their guns. rf'es and artll-
lcry and baggage trains Prior to this
decisive battle Gen. Ruzsky's army cap
tured In the course OF The seven dsvs
twcnty-four guns. multitude Of fire
arms and great number OF machine
guns.
The operations extended over the
enormous from. OF more thla coo miles
and certainly moro than million and
probably a n,iilion and a half mer were
engaged More than half of the Austrian
army which has been hght!ng in the
southern provinces OF Pola nd on the left
hank was acting in close cooperat ion
with two German army corps facing
Breslau. While the Austrian left was
seeking to envelop tho Russian forces in
/ Poland and the extreme right was trying
10 get round PodolIa the main forces
were directed at the heart OF the Rus
sian position in Poland
such was the position the Austrlans
fancicd II, but their plans miscarrIed at
all points The envelopinG movement
/ In the west failed and the Germans were
/ withdrawn from the north to deal with
/ the victorious Russian advance The
centre at Lublin hurled itself in vain
/ against Russla's finest battallons. whose
task was to keen the enemy from pass
! ing. at all costs, and right valiapuy they
! have done their duty.
THE Austritns extreme right sus-
taned enormous losses. but the most ter
| rible blow was dealt them by the army
| Of the gallant Gen. Ruzsky. This force.
starting from Rovno. advanced toward
/ the southwest. spreading fanwise So as to
involve the region north and south Of
I.clnberg, menacing the rear of the Lub-
! lin army and threatening to cut Off its
communications To parry this move
ment the Austrians transferred several
army corps from the west side of the
Nistula, and moving them behind I.ub-
lin hurled them at Gen. Ruzskys army,
Tho result Of this movement is chronicled
in to-day's bulletins Of victory
THE desperate onslaught OF tho Aus
trians on Gen. Ruzsky's army bas been
attended by whole series of disasters.
| notably the destruction Of the Austrian ]
sixth Army Corps at Laschoff. few
miles east of TOmashoff."
The sun., 1914-09-04
GERMANS AGAIN JUSTIFY
TREATMENT OF LOUVAIN
Official Explanation Says WOm-
en- and Girls Took Part
in Revolt.

~ lHt SINS Tnd me IoHdor 'Ddfy MdNs
War Service
Special cable Dssaofch 10 THE SIN
CoPENHAGES, Sept. 3,-A new official
defence and explanation Of the destruc-
tion Of Louvain comes from a German
official source. 1t charges the people Of
Louvain with having made an assassin
like attack on the Germans. II declares
that women and even young girls par
ticipated in the fighting.
The statement claims that the bar
harous behavior of the RclGians in nearly
all tho country occupied by the Ger
mans Justified the latter in their bonn
bardment and compelled them to take
the sharpest counter measures. The
official announcement calls particular
attention To what il calls the good ma
tured character Of the German troops
as shown AT various places,
The German authorities have evil
IDENTIFY been taken ahaak by the world
wide outcry against the brutal vandal-
ism at Louvain for which they are hard
put To find even a colorado excuse,
The sun., 1914-09-04
BRUSSELS ISOLATED.
Germans Draw Net Tighter 90 Pre-
vent News Leaking Out.
SpeciaI Cable Nespatch h nm srN.

Special Cab'e Despdfch m THE SrN,
LONDON. Sept. 3.-An Ostcnd despatch
to the Times says:
THE German net around Brussels is he
ing frightened. an too much information
was leaking through the lines, Another
proclamation has just been placarded
that no person will be allowed To leave
the capital without written permission
from the German General stan.
"On Monday "A body, presumably that
of a high German officer. was brought Ia
Brussels with much solemnlty, The Ger
mans wished the body to he buried with
out "A name. hut NJ. Max, IN" burgomaste
refused to accede to this proposal, In the
evening the name was impaired to the
burgomaster In confidence and the burial
took place forthwith.
Brussels has now paid 1900 900 o.
the si0.0 900 war levy. ! learn that
Alost and Assche, both OF which were
previously visited by patrols were occu
pied for the first time yesterday by Ger
man troops"
The sun., 1914-09-04
AUSTRIANS In
PANIC AFTER
LEMBERGFIGHT
Casualties Are Enormous"
Russians Say-O.OOO
Taken Prisoners.
NAY OPEN ROADS TO
VIENNA AND BERLIN
Complete Subiugation Of
City and All Forts Be-
lieyed Imminent.
ny u. W. NORREGA ARD.

hp,c.li correspondent Of TBE suy aud the
LoHioH "pciv NGii"
Special cah's Despatch 10 Tnr srS
s. PErEEfnURG. Sept. Am official
communicate ssued this afternoon says:
The Aus,rlans on Tuesday attempted
to break through the Russian centre
between Lublin and Cholm. hut were
fepulsed and retreated hurredly 10 the
southward. pursued by the Russians
They left in the hands OF the Rus
sans eight machine guns and more than
1000 prisoners
Yesterday the battle was renewed on
the whole front with great vehemence.
Prisoners say that ;he second Austrian
army. which was guarding Lemberg
from the east, was seized w.;h panic
near Lemberg. The Russians took
twenty more guns Yesterday, and arc
advancing increasingly
The Russian army headquarters re-
ports also:
Thanks 10 ;heir highly dev 'oppi ral-
way system, very superior German to-css.
concentrated from ali parts OF the front.
dung Themselves on tw' OF our army
corps These were exposed 20 an sx-
tr,nely violent hrc from big guns. winch
inflicted large losses our troops Tough:
heroic lly Gems. Samsonoff Aiartos and
reitltch and several star officers have
fallen All possible measures to amend
THIS distressing event are being taken.
The commander IN chief a. before trusts
10 God to help Us carry out our plans
successfully.
ION the Austrian front stubborn fight
ing continues"
The wording Of this bulletin indi-
Gates that other Nistula fortres,es be-
SIDES Grundenz and Thorn sent reinforce
I..uts.
Tho news Of the losses to the two army
corps arrived IN ST Petersburg Sunday
TIE population received 1t with tirn,ness
H. tith In the final victo-y -: tho Rus
sid. arms was whpiiy unshiNen.
A. tho time At which the third Russian
army advanced 10 meet tn. hostile forces
-oYth vi Lublin toward Tomdshlv, where
.le battle announced more tain 4 week
ago ~ still in progress. the Russian
18th army crossed Calicias eastern
frontier and after series of minor en-
In'c.s IN which II vas everywhere vic
to"'ous drove back the considerable Aus
'rian forces msssed there until "A gem
eJsl battle .nsucd about thirty miles en- 81,
Of L"nberg, After long sustained and
heavy lighting there the Russians cap
tured Kamenks, Liluiani. Przemyslana
and Brzuchovis. where the Austrians had
I ken p sitous. OF the further advance
on Lemh.rg there IL no further report.
The information from headquarters in
d'c7tes that the Russians, in spite of the
Aus'r'ans' stubborn defence. viii win
nnal victory. II ir probable that more
than million men are engaged in these
operations.
The sun., 1914-09-04
MALINES SUFFERS THE
SAME FATE AS LOUVAIN
Germans Bombard City and
Destroy World Famous
Cathedral.


Malines has suffered the fate Of Lou
vain.
1t was bombarded yesterday from II
in the morning until l o'clock in the
afternoon. Nearly 100 shells exploded
in the town and caused much damage.
The cathedral OF st. Rombold, which
was begun at the end of the thirteenth
century and was rebuilt in the four
teenth sixteenth century after a fire in
1912. is in ruins. The beautiful painted
windows were destroyed. Fortunately
many OF the works OF art in the cathe-
dral were saved.
The famous religious shrine OF St.
Rombold was taken to Wavre.
Rubens's Alteration OF the Magi" and
The CrucitiXion" IN the Church of St
Jean at Malines We're taken in a motor
I car to Antwerp. The world famous
chimes in the tower of the Cathedral
of 81. Eombold were destroyed and the
magnificent gateway TO the cathedral
is a heap of ruins.
LoSDoN, Sept. 3.--An Englshman who
has returned from Brussels says:
The Belgians are suffering terribly
hut their pluck and stoicism are won
dcrful The German atrocities have
been appalling, especially al Louvain
An English woman obtained permission
TO go there through the American Con-
sui to get her daughters who were in
convent. She had been supplied with
German pass at Louvain, but was
turned back by a German officer, who
said; Madame, ! cannot allow you to
pass. Terrible things are going ON here.
our men are being forced to reprisa!s.'
"The real truth about louVain is now
in all of Belgium. The German sol
dlery ran amuck after they had sacked
the famous brewery of strong ale"
The sun., 1914-09-04
Copyright. l9ll BY Interna,IonaI News Service.

forwards this official announcement,
given out by the Russian General STAFF;
THE battle on the east front in Ga
licia was participated in by the Twelfth
Austrian Army Corps, which had been
transferred from the ltumanlan frontier
August 70. The Austrian army also
had been REINFORCED by hume rous bodies
ot the l.andsturm.
our troops continue the offensive In
creasingiy and our cavalry has pcne-
tratcd far into the Interior OF East
Prussia, destroying means OF communi-
cation. Ii also has occupied stations IN
the koerschen region, at So'dau ana
Seneburs. The German forces remain
inactive
Tn Morning Posts st. Petersburg
correspondent ascribes Gen. Samsonon !
defeat to oVerconndence
1T Is obvious from the mere calcula-
ton OF tht dates and the rapldity oil the
Russian advance that they mad been
operating mainly with cavalry, the cor
respondent says. The public here had
been getting impatient unless II learned
of a new success daily and wholesale con-
tempt Tor the German forces was II
feature OF the newspapers and converse
ton. This reverse viii have needed
SOLDERING effect and may eventually be-
come "A matter for congratulate. The
public attitude Is rather one of paned
surprise Russia feels injured, but not
downcast.
The correspondent adds in later de-
spatch:
The reveraa was less serious than at
first Was supposed The situation was
saved by the forced march Of reinforce
ments The enemy is not likely to at
tempt another similar exploit"
Gen. Rennenkampf has been decorated
/ for distinguished services The Car has
conferred twenty crosses of ST George
upon members of an infantry company
| who, under raking German lire, rescued
| a battery of which the horses had been
| kiIlci and the gunners wounded.
The sun., 1914-09-04
DENIAL BY DR.. DUMBA.
Didn't Say the Russians Lost 2OO,-
600 at L~mberR.

Constantln Dumba. tho .tustro-H Hun
garlan Amba ssador to the United States,
said yesterday in an interview:
81 read In THE Sun yesterday state
ment attributed to me in which | was
quoted rs saying that the Russians had
200. 900 men killed before Lembcrg This
Is "A mistake or "A Misunderstanding.
II did not give such an interview and
on the contrary ! regretted that ! had
nothing official to communicate. Perhaps
no importance attaches to this. but I
have a horror of all that looks like swag-
ger sword rafting ! would like " have
the mistake corrected"
The sun., 1914-09-04
FIVE CORPS ROUTED.
'F"ormous Number" Of Austria ms
Reported KILLED.

'''' '"' "''f DFfpN''N 10 I'VE 81.
h0Nn"N, Sept. a. st. Petersburg
despatch to the Times gives tho fol-
."N'nS official communication, which
$50. Nsuod Wednesday:
seven days Of the most stubborn
h-h'inG IN eastern Galicla has resulted
.' '"'upl"tc victory for the Russian ns.
I.' Austrian corps were completely
routed and retrcated In disorder to the
westward, abandoning their arms and
''-Sfge Besides an enormous number
KILLED the Austrlans lost 10000 in
PRISONERS including many Generals.
I1s roads on which the Austrlans
''' r''rcating are So encumbered with
"'r.-, guns and nppdlmenta that the
i'e ne Russians are unable to use
,.m
Panic .s spreading among the Aus
'"H troops, During seven days the
RUSSIANS have taken more than 200
~''- several colors and 10000 prls-
onors.'
Tho greatest battle ever fought has
F'sn'''d IN great and perhaps decI.
'N' Victory for tho Russians over the
'Tr'a0 armies. The forts OF Lemberg
nave fallen. Tho enemy were completely
''H'"1 and arc ftcing northwestward
""V'ng great number of guns and large
quantities II military stores &c, behind
'''n Thousands of prisoners were
taken.
other Austrian armies have been on
rds'a In northern Gallo 4 near I.ublin
"o may, then, have a hroniclc Of the
The sun., 1914-09-04
EMBASSY
REPORTS VICTORIES

MANCHESTER, Mass. Sept. 3-The
Austro-lIungarian Embassy has re-
ceived from Count Berchtold. Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs. the follow.
Ing wireless despatch:
Former Austrian War Minister
General Auffenberg in the centre OF
the war theatre gained on Septem.
ber decisive victory. After hard
lighting the Russians were repulsed
over the Bug River. suffering heavy
losses. Many prisoners and $50
guns were captured. Tho army on
the left wing was also successful
In attacks near l.ubln. In eastern
Galicia the situation is difficult
Here the Austrians have had TO re-
sist the advance of overwhelming
Russian forces for several DAYS"
The sun., 1914-09-04
GERMANS OVERWHELMED.
Spcciai caIIe Dtspaich 10 Tnr ST.,

ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 3.-EXperts
ascrlb, tho Russian reverse in East
Pru, Sia mainly to the superiority of the
German guns, Including the latest Krupps,
from Thorn and Grauicnz, The battle
was near Ostcrode. between and
------ tnames OF places deleted by censor).
The Russians have advanced from
Lomdja and Plot2 governments, over
whelming the German rcrnforcements.
The sun., 1914-09-04
BELGIAN TOWN LIKE
A CITY OF THE DEAD
Only Angry Hum Of German
AcrOplanc to Break the
Silence.
FTGITIVES' PITIFTL lot
.Tell story Of Germans who
Posed rs Civilians All
Being Slain.
'UGITIvES' PITIFUL lot
NJ y. ". JEFFRIEs.


Soec'd C0bic bssDofch 10 THr sts
PARIS. September 2 Cdelayed).
When | lef; -- tnamo cut out. Mr..
Jenries was formerly at Brussels) Il wac
like a city of the dead like a city buried
alive. Rows OF white houses with fa--
ened shutters were empty the kower
gardens were deserted and there was no
sound but the angry hum OF a German
aeroplane overhead.
As church bell struck twelve Il
sounded Ike toll. Inside the church
many candles were burning Nothing wa.
to be seen in the church but one woman.
who was kneeling behind the high altar.
So II is when the Germans are coming
for rapine. 1t was shame. then. tha,
their absolute entry was DELAYED Tho
inhabitants. such as are left. came out
as the afternoon wore on
| took two Swedish refugee. TO
tname Of place deleted). and afterward
returned to - When I got back 7
found little group standing on the edge
OF broken bridge. who told me wha,
had occurred In my absence Fifteen
German cavalrymen had suddenly an.
peared on the other side OF the bridge
As ] left the town about 6 o'clock groups
OF cavalry We're visible descending a
street leading to the bridge.
caught up with the main body OF
fusitives. II was a ptiful sight Some
were in carts. others were walking
with loads on their shoulders and
pushing perambulators containing chill.
dren. Bundles were piled on top OF the
children Old women were lying prone on
the straw in the carts and young women
were crying
heard one story which thought too
strange TO BE- true until ! heard It from
number OF sources. In the fighting
near La Cateau and - tname cut out) ,
the Germans endea vored TO effect "A sur
prise by sending some 800 men dressed in
civilian clothes Into our lines They
posed a. fugitives and some shouted "vlve
la France as they passed.
There was something about the de-
meanor OF these men which caused sus-
picion. When this became certainty an
Irish regiment quickly massed around
the men and fell on them at the bias,
! OF a whistle.
| our men are dying TO get at the enemy
away from his barbcd wire trenches and
twenty-eig batteries of machine guns.
| give this phrase as 1t was spoken to
The sun., 1914-09-04
100000 ARE PRISONERS.
ROME. via Paris. September 3.

An official communication from the
Russian Government to the Russian
Embassy here says that the Austrian
defeat near Lemberg. capital and largest
city of Galcia, was overwhelming.
According to the communication the
Austrians lost more than 100000 men
and ~ guns.
The communication continues that
tho complete subjugation OF lemberg
and It's forts is imminent and that
present indications are that tho Rus
slams will be decisively victorious in the
present engagements, thus opening the
roads to Vienna and Berlin.
ADVANCE CONTINUES.
LONDON, September 3.
Reuters st. Petersburg correspondent
The sun., 1914-09-04
REMAIN IN SERFIA.
Austria IL strengthening Its Troops
In south.

~ rHE SuS's aud the London DAILY
Ne,oS'S" War Service.
Npr"'a' "rbic Despdtch 10 THE SrN.
ATHENS, Sept. st is untrue that
i7e Austrians are Withdrawing their
troops from tho Seryian frontier to fight
me Russians. on the contrary they
frontier to prevent the occupation OF
Bosnia by the Serytans.
Tho scrvians are reinforcing their
own army along the Drina to the
Utmost
The sun., 1914-09-04
RUSSIA COVETS VIENNA.
plan includes It's OccupR-
ton, Servia Is Told.

ROME, Sept. S,--The Servlau Govern
ment has been officially informed by
Russia. according TO dispatches received
here from Belgrade. that the Russian
plan of campaign includes the occupation
of Vienna
The sun., 1914-09-04
TELLS TALE or HORROR.
~ PERCY PHILIP,


LOndor "idHp Ntrs.'
Special Cdbie Despdtch 20 rHE SuN.
OsTEND, Sept. 3.-DurinG tour of
part of Belgium which has been desc
lated by the war ] found that at one
place which | shall not name lest 1t
should always he associated with the
crime the Germans stripped and NAL
treated twenty young women of the best
families in the public square.
Worse crimes than were ever perpe-
trated by the savage invaders of Eng
land In the ages before Christianity are
being perpetratcd by the Germans on
the people in this country.
During the tour learned many
things showing that tho stories of Ger
man atrocities are not all fables of
terrorstrlcken people, In confirmation
OF this ! may say that of little children
found dead by tho roadside many had
persisted from bayonct wounds.
The sun., 1914-09-04
RUBENS'S "AD0RATION" SAFE.
Famous Picture Taken From MaIincs
to Antwerp Museum.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 3.--Rubenss "Adora-
ton OF the Magi has been removed from
st. Johns Church at Malines and is safe
in the Antwerp museum
The sun., 1914-09-04
DESTRUCTION AT WISE.
Germans Reported 10 he killing
Peasants who Resist.
ny UIGU MARTIN,
Special correspondent of THE Srs and fAs
LOudOH "D0Ny NeirS'

IONdON 'V0IV NfrN.
Special rattle Drspdfch 10 THE SrN.
ROTTERDAM. sept. 3.-The Germans
around Wise are continuing their work
of destruction. Villagers have been
marched out with their hands above
theii heads II they allowed their hands
Ia drop II meant instant death. Many
were killed in this way Tho whole
countryside is being cleared.