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New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

Lights Reveal Zeppelin.
gave q last look at a poor. shrivelled
working woman about forty, shabbily
clothed. rinched Of face, who sat rock
ing herself from pain, now crying, now
whimpering low Her hands were
claspeG tight in her lap. Perhaps the
first time in her life that she has given
vent TO an emotion" / said TO myself.
What had she from life that She wept
so at the fear Of losing it? | wondered,
and stepped out upon the street.
Here our feet touched a carpet Of
glass. Warily I put my heel down
first. and vet felt the sharp edges
through my shoes. We looked up.
Screened searchights made oblong
patches Of light against the dark. II
was impossible 10 tell from which
direction they came, but of and on
they would illuminate the small, sill
very. ciCar-shapcd thing, dipping
slightly forward, sailing away TO the
north. 10 must have been az least g.
600 feet high, for 10 looked not more
than "a foot long. Against it played
the bursting rockets Of the auti-alr-
craft guns. They made vast circles
against the black night, like the care
less tossing OF WAX matches by some
giant arm.
in a few minutes II was all over. and
the darkness and stiffness Of London
prevailed again. The raid from be
ginning 60 end lasted about ten min
utes short comedy.
Stretchers Bear Dead
The streets. usually so crowded in
that Certain area of London as the
English censor would put d. were now
almost empty. just small stream Of
people were making their way back
from the Railways and underground
stations where they had fed for safety
az the first iutimation OF the raid
They were the harder ones. who were
already flashing electric pocket lamps
and looking for the stray pieces OF
shrapnel and bomb as souvenirs, or
gazing dumbly at the big gashes in the
walls in the street and the broken win
dows.
They were moving In an opposite
direction from another file which did
not keep 90 the pavements az all, but
struck out into the middle Of the street
a shocked. dumb file Of wounded who
instinctiycly groped their way 90 the
hospital in the nearby railway station
Helping them were civilians, soldiers
and police. Now and then a stretcheI
passed with It's frightful burden sur
rounded by little cortego of hap
hazard mourners companions Of the
tragedy. most likely. Soldiers Dor,
these mainly. the one martial honor {,
this wauton death
In the dark night. under the partia
covering. the forms seemed half human
Glilnc out the canvas of the stretchcl
iu wrong. odd places. as the mangleC
bodies lay, lumpish and heavy. | car
see now before me an arm swinging
limp and shattered from over the sid,
Of q stletchcr Would 10 reach that
hospital, only two blocks away, ! Won
dered. Why didn't the soldiers pick II
up and lay it across the distorted chest
] was q young arm. too thin. too puny
too worn. for a rife 10 must hav,
measured out ribbons short two
hours before. This was not hero--it
was just a casualty. one OF the hundred
and ffty-four dead and wounded
Belgian Building Demolished.
There .Sere many more wounded. /
know. for not an Of them streamed
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
Girl Who DodgedZeppeIInS
Describes Raid on London
Continued from page I

anng ladies that this lad had TO 90 VIII"
but aid to the injured. -, !
the crash of the bombs sounded
the head tried to he assuring Those are ohy
al aircraft guns" he said. ,..-
the number Of raids London has do
reassured amused At each succeed
inc crash they sree Then the noise died away they
continued hal weeping ended almost whlnper.
Come Gordon Bruce they've passed over TINS section nov"
,oor+or the str
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

Washington, Oct. PA sen,,u,,
was caused here tonight by the rsUo,,
that ex-Ambassador Dumba had be.,
honored by his government. No "a.
cial word had been received o. hl, .,.
noblement, and no credenee, II VA,
said. would be given 70 the re,.r
without confirmation. Il Is believed
hardly possible that the Austrian rcr.
ernment, in view Of the repugns,.
expressed by this governmen. At
Dumba's attempts 70 sdr I'd lsbo,
troubles, would deliberately sl,p 4. the
United States by honoring Dunbl %,
the very thing for which he was dss
ally expelled from this country.
Even If the report proves true, Il u
not thought that any oHcia! sc,o,
will be taken by the United States
But it is regarded as impossible thai
the relations between the two govern.
ments could be cordial.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

from soha received tonight. e a' fol
lows;
IN tho Timok valley our troops
have reached the LEFT bank o. th,
Timok River. between kniazovac and
Zajocsr Fighting continues for pos
session Of the town OF kniazcvac.
In Macedonia our troops, after p
violent battle. have captured the
greater part q the town Of Ussub.
Fighting here continues.
on the other fronts our troops
continue on tho offensive There
has been no change.
A later report said that the whole
town Of Uskub had finally been occu-
pied.
SERBIAN OFFICIAL.
The following oficial statement, de-
.ayed somewhat. was received here from
the Serbian War Office;
The enemy on Monday night was
repulsed. with heavy losses, from
Vrschka Tchuks Prisoners state
that troops which previously ad-
vanced 20 attack tins place suffered
such losses 'nat they had TO be re-
placed. Enemy detachmcnts which
crossed the T.mok at several places
near Rog,ieystz and BregOyo were
rcpu.sCd Monday from the positions
which they occupied. An enemy
column descended the Kralievo Se.o,
but after fght was driven back 20
the frontier.
East Of Kn azcvatz our troops re-
captured positions In the line Mat
chak Orsoya Cmava Gradinska-
Tchuka Two attacks desperately
made by the enemy on Tursche Ii
wade. on the right bank Of the Nj
chsva. were reIulsed. BY counter
attack an enemy detachment was pat
20 flight at Nlachka Plenina, on the
left bank Of the Nichava. Near
Nlassinsko and Blato the enemy made
vigorous attacks, which were re-
pulsed.
In new regions actions are pro-
ceeding on the positions at Ncgo-
ritchane and Vcles There were &C
tons on the northern front in the
direction Of the MorGva Tuesday.
Our troops held the positions. In
the direction q BelgrGde fighting is
proceeding north Of Ralia. There IS
no change elsewhere on this front.
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
Army Of the East: On October 2l
our troops Ind an engagement with
the Bulgarians in the direction of
Rabrovo. That village, which is
fourteen kilometres approximately
nine miles, south Of Strumnitza, To
mains in our hands Our losses
we're very small
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.
The Russian Naval Department has
issued the following communication:
On the afternoon Of October 2l q
squadron of British and French war
ships and the Russian cruiser Askold
bombarded the Bulgarian coast. di-
recting their fire on observation
posts that had recently been erect
ed and the port OF Ped aaghatch.
Their fire appears 90 have caused
great destruction in the ammunition
stores. military magazines and Other
buildings. The station and railway
bridge were also bombarded The
enemy did not reply.
On the same day a detachment Of
the Allied fleet, led by the Askoli,
bombarded the military establish
ments at Porto Lagos.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

According 20 to-day's official report
from Paris. the French have been en-
gagged with the Bulgariaus near Rabro-
vox. which is about nine miles south
% Strumnitza. The presence OF the
French there. however. is reported 20
have completely arrested the Bulgarian
movement on Ncles half Of which still
remains in Serbian hands.
Bad weather has considerably re-
tarded operations by the Austro-Ger-
mans, according 20 information reach
ing Berlin, although ground has been
gained along the entire front The
crossing Of the priua near NiscErad. as
mentioned in Yesterdays German OIL
cial report, shows that the Ieutons are
now moving o1 Scruia's western front.
d fact which hitherto had not been sus-
pectod Thus the serbian forces are
almost encirclcd though they are fight
ing with splendid courage and show
great skill in utilizing all the regular
ties Of the topography.
The Serbs have been unable 20 with
stand the fearful effects Of tho German
and Austrian artillery bombardment'
according TO Dr. stephen Steiner the
correspondent Of the "Lokal Anzeicer'
q. Nackensen's headquarters. The
tfFfN guns arc IlNNN lA'' i'Af 'AN cog 30
tnd are OF insufficient quantity. Pr2c-
tically tta whole O. the German ad-
vance. he reports. has been achieved
through the thorough artillery prepara-
tion before attacks.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The official report, as issued tonight
in Berlin, is as follows:
East Of Lusazisa the army Of Cen
eral Won Kocvess, Of Field Marshal
Won Mackensen's group drove the
Serhians back iu q westerly direction.
The army Of General Won GallwitZ has
taken the southern bank Of the
Jasenica River, near Palanka. Fur
ther east 10 has reached the Rakinac
line north Of Pctrovac- Ranowac, In
spite Of very violent resistance on
the part Of the Sorbians. The num-
Der Of Serbians buried by our troops
testihes 20 the heaviness Of the losses
sustained by the enemy
The Danube has been crossed near
Orsova, and Sava Bezla hll won.
Three officers and seventy men were
taken prisoner.
The army Of General Bowadief has
captured a Russian munitions store
near Prahovo. on the Danube. North
west Of Negotu g has occupied the
western bank OF the 1imok River. OF
the other sections Of the Bulgarian
army there is nothing to report.
BULGARIAN OFFICIAL
4 delayed Bulgarian official report
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
'Zepped" Tribune Office
Attracts Gaping Crowd

Within. Draper was doing the honors.
Various newspapermen came to view
the wreck. Congratulations" they
said. On the escape Of the disaster ?
II was hard to tell. "Permit me-" said
Draper. "Ill show you. This was the
way il went.
First it hit the easement. Then 1t
went through the window to the side
OF the mantle, then back here. Kearney
was sitting there. We heard it all
coming from the inner room"
It happened, hut what it was really
no one had imagination enough to pict,,
ure. The crowd. to say the least, did
not love that human being up there IN
that ching" "Zepping' London. But
that it was a human being all realized:
1t was a phenomenon, disaster out oil
the dark night. And so they took their
half holiday in seeing what happened
the night before.
We came lpon Marie Fitzgerald
playwright and Percy Williams press
AGENT standing n a doorway, her lrish
humor reused ~ the sight Of this mass
of surgng humanity come TO see some
thing they could rot see or understand.
who are they? What are they? she
kept on saying. "And why do they all
wear spats and why do they all wad-
die? Here is the Commissioner and ms
daughter. And here is Mr.. So-and-So
and his lady driving past in their. car,
riage. They used TO live in this hotei
and are now sorry it wasn't struck, so
that they could have told about it-how
once they lived in this very hotel ana
wasn't it fortunate they had moved
Of
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
BRITISH OFFICIAL.
Shoots Brother Playing Indian.

Playing Indian with a revolver he
said he found in the street, Angelo
Rinaudo. ten, Of SOB East Sixteenth
Street, last night shot his three-year-
old brother, Antonio. in the right eye.
Antonio is in g dangerous condition
in Bellevue Hospital. Angelo, who
was arrested. charged with juvenile
delinquency, was released in his faith
er's custody.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

When we came to The Tribune build
ing wc fouad great patches OF lght
shining out upon the dark street from
the now unshuttered and broken win
dows. Only it's little shingle hung
out. unharmed and safe, the only slgl
left whole i'm the long street We
found the rooms q mass Of broken
glass and cement.
Tribune Office Wrecked.
W. II. Kearney, the night editor, was
Just coming up from the cellar. rub
bing his knee and looking pale. with
little pink lines around the eyes. lie
had slipped dOwnstar rs in his rush .
get away from the bomb and had hurt
his leg. He went TO look al what
would have been his fate had he not
rushed instinctiyCly for the door. His
chair was not "a foot away from the
window. where not silver OF gla-s
remained in the sash. We shook the
mass Of glass from his seat, kearney
smiling wauly no the sight. The win
dow easement outside Leld a great
hole. Something had struck that case
ment. rebouuded into the room, carry
ing with il window and all, struck the
wall inside. leaving a big cash behind.
and then rebounded to the other side
of The room.
There it was. big, warm piece y
shell under mass of glass near the
door. handed it TO Kearney, who pu.
il in his pocket. still smiling.
"The death ! did not have" he said.
"There's nobody hurt here. but the
man and woman downstairs in .nc
cigar store were both taken away h.
the ambulance men. badly done up.
What a pity! and she so afraid Of The
Zeps. too"
Arthur $. Draper was telcphoned TO
Immediately. "Zeps?" he said, 81 didn't
know there had been any"
He lives in GClders Green, and this
is not the outskirts of London, by any
means; but the city has the advantages
of trench 10 has area.
Gordon Bruce put his stick in the
corner Of the room. and. hat on head
and cigarette in mouth. sat down in
front of the typewriter 20 send OFF Zep
copy TO New York.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
HONOR AWAITS DUhBA
AT HONE, SAYS BERLIN
But Washington Scouts Reuor
Of fnnOblement

Berlin, Oct. 24-Dr. Con,t,.,
Dumba arrived IN Berlin to-day via
his wife. Commenting on the ar,iv,l
Of the diplomat. the "yossisch. d.
tung" says:
I'VE learn from a usually well II.
formed source that Emperor r.,,,,
Joseph has ennobled Ambs,,,to,
Dumba."
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

c..., ,o.urne
TO their ships. r., n. ,roop.
NorthWe't OF bFln1N -. lo.ses
eJected the enemy Wy e.tIe.'horr.
from ms positoia -. ~, Prs.
and took lilouhst ny STORM i.'i IA
slams iett eighteen oI''eis '.I 90.
men ana yen inAon.ng sI.,' ~
Army oi fHnce Leol''u V'
tara. There Is nothing %. frpoI-
ARMY OF General Won L.N
Repeated attack. on our ''''"' .t.
t.ons south oi " }t'h'N H' .ti....+
two officer. and over BOO men were
taken rr 1ners. West or O-aI'V.' .1
enemy position were taken. Nt.'
Ermarovo many Rus Jan counter =, q,
tacke were rcpulsed. ana thIee ON.
Gers and 4J- men were lel' i' '''
hands.
..-.,-,..,,t
RUSSIAN VT 49, .....;,.r
Tho following official comnu''l0"''0''
,.s ,ssrol AZ Petrograd:
-...- iron, n, the right
-or,, of tho
,.tfIrfea OF kaIutIon. We irfli0tu 'i'
c,r..sr.
,o.fou near the village OF
r..a .,utt.as. of Riga. the Ger
',,n. .yccs.ded in efecting rs capt
rr. Near thc village If Klanghe,
,'a,.b ~ Rene. we inflicted enormous
io.ec. o- tbc enemy by our sustained
e~o
a., ,rorv sectors Of the Riga front
a.,;lia,-. ire has been extremely
,.i[l.,t or io.b sides. on the night
.Ln S5J Zenrelin threw bombs
o- no NM perts Of The town Of Riga.
,rbo r,i'itary buildings were not dam
aged
ON the Dvinsk front fighting was
renewed Yesterday in many sectors.
The enemy concentrated his artillery
fire with particular violence ON tn'e
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
RUSSIA NOW SEEKS
S2,750,OOO,0O0 LOAN
Gar Plans Tax on All Incomes
and Internal Bond Issue.

Petrograd. Oct. 2i.-An imperial
ukase issued to-day authorizes the
Russian Minister Of Finance to trans
act on foreign markets credit opera
tions amounting 20 5,5OO,0O0,0o0
rubles (S2.750.000,OOO) and also to is
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
French Beat Back Eight
Attacks in Five Days
at SOucheZ.
BRING DOWN BRITISH
DOUBLE-DECK AERO
Aviators Shell Verdun, Ostenu
and Noyon-Joffre's Guns
Level TrencneS.

rordon. Oct 24.-For the eighth time
In FIVE DAYS the French have beaten
b,ck German attack in ;he Souchez
.oc,or in Artois. The Kaisers troops
are attacking here in an attempt 70
loosen the enemy's hold on Hill l4o'
While artillery fighting has not
ceased at many points in the wes'et"
theatre Of war. the only infantry ac'iY-
itv is recorded in that part oi ,he
front north of Arras. OF which souchcA
"a tho centre. Paris tells how German
attacks In the Givenchy wood ana Oh
advancod posts aear Hill lao were
checked almost before the foe had lel'
his trenches. while Berlin says 'ha'
rro,cb advances northeast Of Souchez
were driven back.
Tho French claim to have done con-
siderable damage TO the German posi-
tions with the heavy fire Of their guns
In Champagne. southeast of Ianure'
where the Germans hold a salient
JoFre's artillery levelled trenches anu
works. In Lorraine and between the
Nouee and the Moselle artillery sue
cesses for the French are also asseLteu. Lo,n
The aviators apparently have been
unusually active. The Germans eisin Si
10 have brought down a British douoif-
decked machine in an air battle sou.h
of St. Quentin. The pilot ana ooseifr ~
tion officers were killed. German ar
NON NON ettacked the English camp a,
Hbbov;lie northwest of Amiens and
Verdun while Allied hiers shelled Os-
+ord and Noyon. Sir John French re-
rorts that four German .eros were
beaten in a single day and one brought
crashing down from leight OF 1'Ooo
foot
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
Man Blown to Bits.

whats the use?" said Kearney
"The censor won't let il pass"
"Well try" said Bruce. "Ill make
several samples
In the meantime Lyman j. Seely. Of
the Curtiss AeroFlane Company, rang
up. lie was already IN his car. coming
down 10 see what had happened and 20
take Us with him / sat down and
waited while those .nc-whizzing-
bang cables which ! knew would never
reach New York were being written. A
little messenger from the Western
Union sat pale iu the corridor He
smiled knowingly and proudly az me.
He had seen action. His sweet smile
was saying. "Ihat was some blow-up."
or the equivalent in good cOckney TO
what a W. l.. Kid would say. While
the various mild. bald and elusive
cables were dispatched that were 10 be
guile the censor and did. not Mr.
Seely came in.
lie was cool. collected and American.
and we left the Office 20 see the mis-
chief. Mrs Seely sat composed IN the
front Of tho car The streets were al
ready packed with the curious. Bright
electric pocket lights were flashing uD
and down and prowing forms seemed
everywhere. Most of the glass was al
ready being swnpt away.
a man was blown 20 bits here I'm
front Of The Tribune" said Seely.
They found his body. but they can't
find his head"
We walked 90 the spot where the
bus and the taXicab stood smashed and
a great hole four feet wide had been
torn in the street
"Naitin' TO BE Blown Up."
III that's the way the thing went. the
driver Of this taxi couldn't have lived. 4"
said Bruce. We shrugged our shoul-
ders, went back 20 the car and drove
slowly through lie dark mass OF hu-
manity surging through the street. The
fire from the gas main was burning
high The hremen In the cordored
space looked weird and elfsh as thew
bent over their work. We drove up
and down through the short four
streets hit By The bombs. the torn and
gashed buildings showing their lights
suddenly from the broken windows.
Here, from the top Of one Of the
hotels, smoke was pouring out. Fur
ther on, DO the heart Of the city. the
usual dull, quiet silence and emptiness
prevailed We came upon solitary
policeman. loouiuS up suddenly at his
post on the ia island in the street.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
The statement issued at Paris says;

Tho statement issued at Paris says:
The Germans again attempted last
NIGHT an attack on our positions III
the wood of Givenchy and on our
advanced posts in the neigh6orhood
of MN 14O. Many of the Germans
we're even cut down the moment they
lot their trenches. and the survivors
we're compelled TO return to their po-
During the last five days we have
checked the enemy eigh. times IN
this region alone.
The artillery struggle remains very
active and is almost uninterrupted 10
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
Too Foggy-No Raids.

where were you last night?' we
asked. "a
AT the movies" she said. And
when the first crash came woman De.
gan 70 scream: MY babies, Ny babiesp
/ told her that if the good Lord that
gave them TO her meant 70 take them
away lie had a right to. She looked at
me in queer way and then settled
back quietly in her seat. II stopped
the panic. As soon as the thudding was
over we all filed out. Everybody was
still dashing into tube stations and
doorways. / came upon poor coekney
woman, crying bitterly and repeating
over and over again:
"'There e was, blown TO bits, and
ere am I. standin' in is blood.'
There was nothing that | could do
to comfort her.
| left Marie Fitzgerald leaning back
against the doorway and still amused
al the surging mass, after having made
an appointment TO meet in the same
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

the south Of the Somme in the re-
gion Of Lihons, Csnny and Beau
vraignes.
Moreover, our batteries by their
encacious fire have succeeded In de-
stroying some OF the enemy's
trenches and works in the Cham
payne, TO the southeast Of Tahure
between the Meuse and the MOselle.
TO the north Of Regnieville, and IN
Lorraine, near Embermenil and Do
mevre.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The statement issued by the War
Office in Berlin says:
Northeast Of Souchez enemy sd-
vances were repulsed. Detachments
which penetrated our positions were
Immediately driven back.
Enemy av.atOrs bombed Ostend and
the Noyon railroad station, but with
out result.
In an aerial battle south Of St
Quentin an English double-deckec
machine was brought down and the
pilot and observation officers were
killed. German aviators attacked, ap-
parently with successful results, the
English camp at Abbeville. Bombs
also were dropped on Verdun. Hits
were observed.
BRITISH OFFICIAL.
A report from Sir John French says:
During the las. three days there
has been considerable artillery activ-
ity south of La Bsssee Canal, but no
infantry action n.her :han grenade
fighting in the trenches.
On the 22d four OF our airmen had
engagements in the air. and in each
case the enemys machines were
either forced to descend or were
driven away. One of the German
aeroplanes dived head first from a
height of 1000 feet into q wood just
behind the enemy's lines.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

No doubt they did not even hear il;
But we we're hit, wot?" said the proud
New-York tribune., 1915-10-25
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This success at the very
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whereas Paris IS the source of
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Picture for yourself the
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world of fashion before her
eyes, hurrying to the
Butterick shop for a
Delineator. And then con-
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for it are the American
women whose first hand
fashion news comes from
The Delineator.
q In the women'S publica-
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mentS are those of chief
importance. We are proud
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New-York tribune., 1915-10-25

There .Sere many more wounded,
know. for not an Of them streamed