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GERMANS CAPTURE
CITY OF ANTWERP
Temporary Capital of Belgium Falls Be
fore Onslaughts of The Germans’
Mighty Guns
BELGIAN ROYAL FAMILY FLEES
Garrison Defending The Forts Os Ant
werp Escapes Before Entry Os
The German Invaders
The past week in the European war
has been one of very important devel
opments. Antwerp, one of the strong
est fortified cities in the world and
the temporary capital of the Belgian
government, was captured by the Ger
man invaders. A great patriotic dem
onstration has swept Germany over
this victory of their armies. On the
day following the fall of Antwerp the
Germaae on the Belgian border light
ing the allied armies suffered reverses
at several important places and In east
Prussia on the same day the Rus
sians captured Lyck, a German city.
It required only eleven days for the
giant siege guns of the German invad
ers to reduce to ruins the strong forts
of the Belgian port. The greater part
of the garrison of British and Belgian
troops who defended the forts of Ant
werp escaped from the city before tin
entry of the Germans. King Albert
and the royal family also escaped. The
queen and other members of the royal
family of Belgium are believed to have
fled to England.
With the fall of Antwerp another
phase of the war situation in Europe
Is being placed by military efforts. It
Is believed that the kaiser has aban
doned his campaign against Paris ami
will center Uie energy of his fighting
forces In an attack on the British
Isles. Using Antwerp as a base of
attack it will be possible tor airship
flights across the English channel to
England. Some have ventured the as
sertion that, the Germans will attempt
to land forces on British soil for the
purpose of invasion
The fighting between the allied ar
mies and the Germans In the north of
Erance has developed into siege oper
ations. It was hoped for a time that
the allies would be able to turn the
right wing of the Germans iu time for
the allies to go to the relief of Ant
werp, but Gen. Von Kluck and his
sturdy soldiers succeeded in holding
the allies in check. Although the cas
ualties have been very heavy on both
sides during the fighting the ranks of
the allies and Germans were filled with
reinforcements as fast as they could
be brought up from the rear.
During the past few weeks the allies
have succeeded in forcing slowly but
surely the Germans back close to the
Belgian border. Every inch of ground
Was desperately contested and a terri
ble toll in lives was paid for every ad
vantage gained. In their effort lo en
circle the lines of the Germans the
allies stretched their battle line until
it extended over a territory of more
than a hundred and fifty miles. It
has developed into one of the greatest
battles in the history of the world.
German Defeat In Prussia
A veil has fallen over the operations
of the Germans against the Russians
in east Prussia and Russian Poland,
■while little has been heard from the
Russian activities in Galicia against
the Austrians with the exception of a
laconic message that the Russians are
continuing their attack on the Austri
an forts at Przemsyl. The Russians
claim a victory over the German ar
mies in the vicinity of Snwalki, and
the reports from Petrograd, the Rus
sian capital, say that the city of Lyck
in east Prussia has been taken. The
German attempts io cross the river
Niemen, it is said, has been repulsed.
Recruiting In England Slow
The conditions in Austria are report
ed to be growing worse daily. Most of
the industries in that country have
closed down. The hospitals are filled
wjih the wounded. Conditions in Ger
many are believed to be better than
in any of the other nations at war.
Work is plentiful and the prices of
food have advanced but little since rhe
war started. England has retained its
stolid disposition and the war office
is having its difficulties in arousing
the young men of the nation to enlist
in the British army. France remains
confident of ultimate victory.
Many Insane Belgians
London.--The correspondent of the
Central News at Amsterdam, describ
ing the wild flight of the people of ■
Antwerp into Holland, says one of the |
most distressing features was the
large number of insane persons releas-!
ed from the asylum. Many of these I
are now roaming the country creating ■
fear and exciting disorders. Many ;
Dutch towns are filled with Belgian I
refugees. Flushing, Breda, Rotterdam,'
Roosendaal, The Hague, Amsterdam, ■
Terneuzen. Maeatricht and Dordriecht •
are crowded with strangers.
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London.—Germany has imposed a
fine of $100,000,000 on Antwerp as a
war indemnity.
London. - Antwerp and the forts sur
rounding the city are in complete pos
session of tiie Germans, but the great
er parts of the Belgian army has es
caped.
It. took the Germans just eleven
days to capture the strongest fortress
in the world.
The-fall of Antwerp is evident that
even the most powerful forts are no
match for the colossal howitzers which
the invaders have successfully em
ployed against every fortified place
that stood in their way. These huge
open gaps through which the besiegers
find an entrance for their field artil
lery and infantry.
The Germans, after shelling the city
itself for many hours, making it un
tenable, entered the town through the
suburb of Berchem, to the east. They
had made a breach in the outer line of
forts, some of which were destroyed
by Uieir big guns and others blown up
by the defenders. The Germans fol
lowed similar plans in dealing with
the inner belts of forts and at the same
time threw shells into the city, which
set fire to many places.
The inner forts, like those farther
out, soon succumbed to tile enormous
shells, and on Friday morning several
of these forte had fallen, opening the
way for the Germans into the city. By
midday they were in occupation of the
town, and at 2:30 p. m. the war banner
on the cathedral was replaced by a
white flag.
King And Royal Family Escape
A few forts continued to hold out
am! it. was not until Friday morning
that the Germans, according to their
own official report, were In complete
posseesslou of the city and fortress.
When they arrived they found that the
Belgian field army and at least part
of the garrison had anticipated them,
and, like the king and royal family,
bad escaped.
The death roll, resulting from the at- j
tack on and defense of Antwerp, has
not been compiled and probably the
full details never will be known, but
all accounts describe it as being ter
ribly heavy. The Germans, although
their big guns cleared a path for them,
had to sacrifice many lives in crossing
the rivers and canals and in driving
out the defenders \U<o held the en- 1
trenOiments until the last.
The stubbornness of the Belgians j
and of those who went to their as- ;
sistam e cost them dearly also, so that ;
both sides will have long casualty I
lists. There is no reliable informa- i
ticn as to the loss of life in the city-
King Os Roumania Is Dead
Amsterdam. —A telegram received
here from Vienna says that King
Charles of Roumania is dead.
Recent dispatches have described
King Charles of Roumania as being
seriously ill, but from other quarters
i his indisposition has been declared to
be entirely political. It has been pre
dieted lately that he was preparing to
abdicate.
The succession to the throne of Rou
mania, in the event of the king re
maining childless, was settled by the
constitution upon his elder brother,
Prince Leopold of Holienzolleni-Sig
maringeu. Leopold renounced his
rights in favor of his son, Prince Wil
helnn and Prince Wilhelm, in 1888, re
nounced his rights in his turn in favor
of his brother. Prince Ferdinand, who
was born in 1865.
Gem Von Moltke Not Removed
Rome. —Inquiries made in German
military circles with regard to reports
that Gen. Von Moltke had been remov i
ed as chief of the general staff of the;
German army, brings forth the state
ment that the report is incorrect. The |
report, it is declared, probably was
caused by the change of officers made
in the German quartermaster general's
department, where Gen. Von Voight-
Rhetz was appointed to succeed Gen.
Von Stein, Gen. Von Moltke retains
his post.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
British Airships Raid Germany
London. —The following official
statement was issued covering an at
tack by a British air squadron on a
German airship shed at Dusseldorf.
“The secretary of the admiralty an
nounces thut Squadron Commander
Grey reports that, as authorized, he
carried out with Lieut. K. L. G. Marix
and Lieut. 8. V. Hippe a successful at
tack on a Dusseldorf airship shed.
Lieutenant Marix’s bombs, dropped
from a height of 500 feet, bit the shed,
went through the roof and destroyed
a Zeppelin.
“Flames were observed 500 feet
high, the result of the igniting of the
gas of an airship.
“All three officers are safe, but their
aeroplanes have been lost.
"The feat would appear to be in ev
ery respect remarkable, having regard
to the distance of over one hundred
miles penetrated into country held by
the enemy and to the fact that a pre
vious attack had put the enemy on
their guard and enabled them to mount
anti-aircraft guns.
May Force Turkey Into War
Washington. -The alternative the
Ottoman empire faces as to whether
the Dardanelles are to be swung open
in answer to the demand of the triple
entente or whether she key to the
Black sea is to remain In Turkish pos
session promises to force the porte to
join the European struggle, according
to opinion expressed in diplomatic cir
cles here. At the Turkish embassy it
was admitted that it might prove high
ly embarrassing to the sultan to be
forced to commit himself on such a
request. Officials stated that unless
no other course was open it was high
ly unlikely that Turkey would submit
to a change in its policy because of
outside influence.
Russians Repulse Germans
Petrograd.-—The general staff has
given out the following official com
inuuicatiou.
“The Russian troops have continued
to repulse the enemy from the bounda
ries of the governments of Suwalki and
Lomza. The engagement has been
very fierce west of Symno.
"The German troops that were at
tacking Ossowetz are retreating hasti
ly to the north. Considerable forces of
! the enemy, of which the bulk arrived
> from the west, are concentrating in
I the districts west of the governments
■ of Piotrkow and Kielce.
"Tlie Russian cavalry and vanguard
। are reconnoitering energetically
I through all that region, impeding
through vigorous attacks the move- '
meat of the enemy,
"Au attack by the Russian cavalry
against the German vanguard In front
of Andrew, and marching on Kielce,
was crowned with great success. The
German infantry was caught unawares
i and is retreating in disorder, pursued I
by the Russian cavalry.
Lyck In Prussia Captured
Petrograd, Russia.—The following
communication Ims been made public
by the Russian general staff:
"The combat on the East Prussian j
frontier continues with the same oh- I
stinacy. The German troops are re- ;
tiling from Lyck and are blowing up :
the bridges behind them.
“In several passes between Ivan
gorod and Sandomir artillery, battles
are occurring with the enemy, which
is approaching the Vistula.’’
Germans Unsuccessful In Africa
Washington.—The British embassy
made public this statement cabled to
Washington by the colonial office :
During September there was consid
erable activity along Anglo-German
i boundary of the East African protecto
rate. due to attempts to raid British
territory and cut the Uganda railway.
All these attempts have been repulsed
and raiding parties defeated in every
case except one, where an unimportant
frontier station is still held by a small
German party.
AUSTRO-GERMANS
PURSUE RUSSIANS
Czai’s Annies Abandon Their Attack On
Przemsyl In Galicia-Germans
Claim Russians Routed
RUSSIAN CRUISER DESTROYED
German Submarine Gets In Its Deadly
Work —Cruised Palfada Sinks
With All On Board
Petrograd.—The following official
statement was issued by the chief of
the general staff:
"On October 11, fighting began on
the left bank of the Vistula in the
direction of Ivangorod and Warsaw.
“Detachments of Russian cavalry,
having passed through the defile in the
Carpathian mountains, have emerged
into the plains of Hungary.”
Russian Retreat Is Reported
London. —A dispatch to the Reuter
Telegram company from Amsterdam
says that a telegram received from Vi
enna states that the Russians in Ga
licia and north of the Vistula are pur
sued by Austro-German troops. Many
towns which a few days ago were
in the hands of the Russians, are now
again under an Austrian administra
tion. The message adds that the Rus
sians did not behave so badly as the
authorities had expected. Even the,
Cossacks conducted themselves hu
manely.
A Central News dispatch from Rome
says that a message to the Messagero,
from Petrograd, states that the Rus
sians have abandoned the siege of
Przemsyl in Austrian Galicia, to put
themselves in a strategical position to
meet the Austro-German army.
Russians Abandon Przemsyl
Ixmdon.—A dispatch from Amster
dam to Reuter’s Telegram company
says:
"A telegram from Vienna states it
is officially announced that the Aus
ti ian rapid advance has relieved
Przemsyl, Galicia, of the Russians. The
Austrians have entered the fortress at
all points and where the Russians at
tempted resistance they were beaten.
The Russians fled in the direction of
the river San, attempting to cross at
Siniava and Lozaysk. where a great
number were captured."
Russian Cruiser Is Sunk
Petrograd.—An official communica
tion announces that the Russian ar
mored cruiser Pallada was torpedoed
in the Baltic sea by a German subma
rine and sank w ith all her crew.
The text of the communication,
which was made public by the marine
department, follows:
“German submarines were sighted
in the Baltic sea. The same day, ear
ly in the morning, the sub-marines
attacked the cruiser Admiral Makarov,
which had stopped to search a sus
pected bark flying the commercial flag
of the Netherlands.
“A submarine of the enemy launch
ed several torpedoes, which, luckily,
missed the ma>k and caused no dam
age whatsoever to the cruiser.
“On the following day in the after
noon, the submarines of the enemy
again attacked our cruisers, Bayau
and Pallada, which were patrolling the !
Baltic.
“Although the cruisers opened in
time a very strong fire, one of the sub
marines succeeded in launching torpe
does against the Pallada, whereupon
an explosion resulted, and the cruiser
sank with all her crew."
Antwerp A Permanent Possession
London.—Earl Curzon of Kedleston, !
formerly viceroy of India, in a speech j
at. a war meeting at Harrow school,
said:
"Germany has taken Antwerp to tor- I
City it, to keep it. to make a great j
naval port of it, to use it as a great j
jumping-off place for her tuture at ■
I temporary occupation unless we make j
temp iary occupation unless we make I
it so." - w |
Germany Calls All Officers
London.—lt is semiofficially an- '
। ncunced at. Pertograd, according to j
I an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from ;
■ the Russian capital, that owing to •
j the great losses sustained by the Ger- I
’ man armies all officers and non-com
missioned officers who have been ।
in the army are ordered to rejoin the >
colors without regard to age.
Germans Claim Foe Routed
Berlin. —The general staff of the •
German army announces that in the
beginning a strong garrison defended
Antwerp with great energy, but that
after the attack by German infantrty
and marine divisions, the defenders
fled in full rout. Among the Antwerp
garrison was one British marine bri
gade. The complete collapse of the
Anglo-Belgian defense of Antwerp was
shown by the fact that no military
authority could be found with which
to treat concerning the surrender of
the city,
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Self-Government In Prison.
The movement to test the self-gov
erning capacity of lawbreakers is
spreading. A council was elecled re
cently by the Inmates of the New
■Jersey reformatory at Rahway, of
which Frank Moore Is superintendent.
Each tier elected two members of
the council, making a body of 28 rep
resentatives.
The purposes of the council are to
try to have each boy “keep perfect
order, live strictly up to the rules
of the institution, reduce the number
of reports and when paroled to make
good." Weekly meetings are held and
suggestions from Inmates for the
benefit of their fellows are considered.
Wonder* of Nature.
“Charley, dear," said young Mrs.
Torkins. ' you have no idea how in
structive and interesting it is to go to
market!”
“What's interesting you now?”
"The provisions that nature makes
for our comfort. It occurred to me
this morning that we should ba so
thankful that removing the shell from
an egg is so much easier than remov
ing the shell from an oyster.”
Got Him Both Ways.
Diner—You charge me more for this
steak than you used to.
Restaurant Manager—l have to pay
more for it. The price of meat has
gone up.
D. —And the steak is smaller than it
used to be.
R. M. —That, of course, is on ac
count of the scarcity of beef.
Breakfasts :
of “Other Days” [
ran something like this:
Ham, bacon or sausage; I
I fried potatoes; doughnuts and I
I coffee — prepared by over- |
worked mothers.
I
Today’s and
Tomorrow’s
Breakfasts
run about like this:
Post I
Toasties
• —with cream or fruits: a
poached egg or two; crisp
toast; and a cup of Postum —
a royal starter for any day.
Quick, easy to serve, ap
petizing, and —
"Mother" has it easier!
— sold by Grocers.