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Deicribei Rout of Knuiani
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;n6HT BREAST-DEEP IS WATER
B Kit LIN, June,
,How General
J (tIi London).
Ton Llnelngen's
troops under almost Impossible, con
ditions forced a passage across the
Blester river near Bukastowlce, In
allcla, and drove the desperately
j battling Russians along a front sev
ers! miles wide on the morning of
ijune 25 is told by Richard 8chott.
!a correspondent of the Tages Zel
tung. '. "Tke Germane." the writer says. "had to
for the oP. swift river under the mercl
lless sharpshooter and machine run fir,
j storm abrupt clay cllrfa and then chars
! for a mil across open meadows against
I th Russian, who were ensconced in th
'Awe-wooded helshts. After days of
flMln th Qermsns had the Russians
In fUirht end had captured thousands ef
1 men.
"On th night of June JR." th cerre-
irpondant ears, "th attack began along
broad front In th neighborhood of
Bukaaiowtce, northwest of Kaloss. Wurt
I temburrers and East and Went Prussian
'troops took part. The country at this
point offers unusual advantages for de
fense. The high wooded land along the
south bank drope off abruptly.
"Th northern chore has clay banks
several yards high, then open meadowe a
mile broad shut in by thickly wooded
heights, from which th enemy operated
machine guna and cannon at all too great
I acooracy. The position appeared untake-
i able.
The Oerman troops eroseed In the
: darkness and before daybreak th first
! lines had begun an advance toward the
woods. 1
"The opponents were able to check the
i attack only at the steepest river bank.
1 One Weal Preeaian regiment had to stand
jell day breast deep In water.
, "A soldier In order to shoot had to be
lifted out ef the wster by others. Even
i these difficulties were overcome, how-
lever, and, notwlthstand a flanking fire,
.this troop emerged and finally reached
'and etornted the enemy's chief position.
''With deliberation and calmnesa, as If
en the parade ground, the glgantio move
ment made progreas until the city of
Buksssowlcs and Its suburbs, occupied
by the best Russian troops and Finnish
ahsrpehooters, were taken and the Rue
elans soon were retreating along the en
tire line.
"The Germans Immediately fortified the
Jielghts beyond the meadows against
cAunter attacks from the dispossessed
Russians. Our troops are In excellent
condition deaptt their exertions and the
exposure they nave undergone.
Botterdam Port
... Loses in Shipping
ICorreapondeaee of the Aseociated Press.)
HOTTKRPAK. June lC-Officlal pre
diction la made by the Rotterdam Cham
ber of Commerce that "the shipping, st
this port has been redix'ed to such 'an
extent that It may safely be stated that
It will not reoover It former statue In
lea then five years."
This comment Is made Id the annual
report ef the Chamber of Commerce,
which chow that during the year 1914,
five months of which were affected by
the war, the number of ships clearing
In and rut of this port was reduced tre
knendoualy. .
"It Is fearad, the report adds, "that
VIS will be even more unfavorable it this
tremendous untvoraal atruggle la not
terminated."
Th weekly clearances In and out of
the Nleuwe Waterweg, the channel which
leads to Rotterdam, la nuw reduced to
bout ninety ships of all kinds, as com
pared with a weekly business of over
Eft) ships a year ago.
During tea year ending- December SI,
last, lMtS steamers and 3M sailing ves
sels, ajnregatlng 1I,S.6S reglatered tons
kmseed through the Nleirw Waterweg.
3n lHS. however, 12,171 atoamers and 4CT
Walling vessels, totaling 27,645,470 net reg
istered tons, wore cleared In and out
bftua is what five months of hostilities
slid to commerce that had previously
Ibsen growing every year by leaps and
tounJe. Even the number of fishing
N:raft was S,ST In 1914. as against S.U4 In
IMS, The only gsln for the year 1914 wss
lone In average tonnage, which Increased
I S pr cast ever the year before.
In Rhine skipping, however, the report
Coos nut show the port of Rotterdam to
jhave suffered so severely. In 1S11 Hotter
tam claimed S3 per cent of the bustneee
avn between lwtteh ports and Germany:
In IKS the figure waa Rl per eent. in 191S
jsl.t per cent, while In lt it had dropped
to only 71 J per cent. la XH1 Rotterdam
eld U.04S.MT toes of business with Ccr-
via the Rhine. This was the
Chest flgvr ever known. In 1S14. not-
Ithstandlng the war, there was IS.ttf.SSJ
one of busineee done between Rotterdam
-S'1 the Ilbine cities.
MISS ELLEN YUILLE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
R. Yullle of Bronxville, who will marry William J. Sturgis
of New York. The engagement is an interesting outcome
of the wedding of Miss Cordelia Biddle and Angler B.
Duke, celebrated in Philadelphia on April 28, at which Miss
Yuille was one of the bridesmaids and Mr. Sturgis was
best man.
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BAVARIAN STRONG
FIGHTING UNIT
Relijnous in the ExtTeme and Tilled
with Lore for Conntry, Home
and Land of Forefathers.
NO FEELING OF RESENTMENT
otherwise Inexplicable situation. It' wss
no longer herd to understand why there
Is little feeling on ih pert of the In
habitants of Ht. Quentln.
Theae' figure show that England and
Ita alitsa have lost Ztt.ouo tons of naval
fighting matsrial, coating approximately
100,COO.X. while th Teutons and Turkish
losses total 140,00 tons, worth about
XX), WO, 000.
The figures also show thst the tnl
itellaneous losses officially recorded are
approximately the same on both side.
while from torpedo, gun end mine tho
British and their allies have lost nearly
double the tonnage that their opponents
have lost by the earns cause. By torpedo
the British losses are ten times more than
those of the other side, which shows
elearly how Important a part that weapon
plays. ,
In gunfire England has established a
long lead chiefly because the Oerman
hips at Urge when war was declared
have been destroyed by this means.. In
the armed merchantmen and auxiliary
ulass the net register tonnage of allied
ships destroyed smounts to S0,0u0. while
the German. Austrian and Turkish
losses stand at approximately double that
flgvre. The total financial loss In this
Instance amounts to about 15.K)o.in
Thus, ten months of skirmishing and
preliminary actions, leading to no definite
result so fsr as the question of naval
supremacy Is concerned, has brousht
about th destruction of about
400,000 tons ef warships, costing 1175.000,000.
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LONDON PREPARES FOR
'MORE ZEPPELIN RAIDS
(Correenondenee ef the Aaseelet; press.)
LONDON, June 10.-AU polios stations
ht London havs been equipped with re
plratora which will bo tvrvsd out to pa
trolmen and special constables as a pro
tection against gas bombs In ease of
eppcllB raid on th metropolis.
Service at Frojit
Spoils Laborers
(Correspondence of the Associated Press !
PARIS. June SO. Service at the front
seems to Indispose men for work m the
fields. Th military authoritlea gave a
great many leavea to reservists to permit
them to do the work of seeding; they
were obliged later to ask the local au
thorities to send back to the front all
men who neglected the work for which
they were sent home.
An employment bureau organised to
recruit farm bslp to replace the men at
the front succeeded in placing only 3,o0
refugees from Belgium and northern
France. Spaniards, Kabyles from Al
geria; and Moors, were tried unsuccess
fully, yet, thanka to the women, the total
wheat acreage la U.44S,2M against last
year's I2.StS6.fleo, or whicn en.wt screa
were In invaded territory.
Reports from the eleven reglona Into
which France is divided for purpose of
atatletlca give the wheat crop prospect
aa averaging 72, which is considered quite
satisfactory.
This average la about the same as last
year. Sight departments show up better
than last year and eight not so well.
The departments that were) Invaded
and are still partially eaccupled chow th
astonishingly high percentage of 76.
The cash wheat market In France Is
paralysed by th government's require
ment that no wheat be shipped from one
department Into another, tin less there is
shipped bark In return an equivalent
quantity ef flour.
Barley, oats and nearly all other crops
promise as well as wheat
(Correspondence of The Associated Preaa)
BT. QUENTTN. France, June For
generations the Bavarian soldier has sus
tained the reputation of being one ef the
beat fighting unite In the world. He has
always been. In the eyes of his opponents,
a very terrible man to be pitted against.
Ills nsme has been synonymous, with
military efficiency, and, especially dur
ing the present wsr, his enemies hsve
whispered mors than that about him.
Many do not know or will not believe
that the Bavarian has any other slds
than a fierce deatre to fight and to win.
at any price. He Is at the same time
eingulariy devout and religious and In
this lies one explanation for the present
relative content of the civil population
of that part of conquered France which
lies to the northward. German system.
In taking scrupulous car of the people,
has played a large part, but the religious
nature of the Bavarian soldier has had
a ahare In the result.
Few TraeM ef Bliternese.
An Associated Presa eorreapondent who
toured northern France recently listened
with some little degree of Incredulonsnesa
aa Oerman official Insisted that the
population of the occupied country and
of the cities were quiet and submissive,
ralrly happy, and bore few traces of
bitterness towsrd the Invaders.
The people, to be sure, showed no out-
ward signs of resentment. Nor would
those with whom the correspondent talked
admit of 'harboring ill feelings against
the Hermans. Nevertheless) it seemed im
posalb'e thst they could be reconciled to
their position. Then there entered into
the problem the religious equation
stronger probably In northern France
than anywhere else where fighting now Is
going on.
Women at Prayer.
Through the wonderful stained glass)
windows of the cathedral of Bt. Quentln
there streamed the afternoon sun of an
early May Sunday illuminating th
strangest congregation that probably
ever gathered in beautiful old Notre
Dame. In the great nave there knelt
fully 1.000 women from all classes of the
population. Three quarters at least wore
mourning mute evidence that they had
lost sonS and husbands, brothers and
lovers. The strains of a wonderful
organ carried far into the street about
the cathedral, attracting more and more
from outside.
At first glance we saw only the women
In their deep mourning. Then, however.
there cams Into view th drab gray uni
forms of scores of Bavarian soldiers,
kneeling, not on the little chairs, but on
the stone floor. Some held little prayer
books and were) mumbling prayers tn
Oerman even while th French priest
chanted In his own language. As the
music continued more and more soldiers
entered the church, and, finding no room
among the audience, Kneii in m rear
until the building was packed clear to
the door.
File Past Cojnerom,
Suddenly the mass came to an end. The
women but not the soldiers rose.- By
twos and threes "the' began to' file, out
of the cathedral, pest the men who had
come Into possession of their city and
who had been responsible for the death
of their loved ones.
The correspondent scanned each face
for some trace of the bitterness he ex
pected to find written there. Not one
woman In all the audience of 1,000 cast
even a resentful glance at the soldiers.
Instead there was almost universal ap
proval ss the French women walked by
the rough German soldiers peasants
mostly and saw their devotion. The an
tagonism that waa to be expected seemed
to have been banished by the bond of a
eommon religion and a common devotion.
Mnaa Said la Oerman.
Hardly had the women left the church
than a Oerman priest et.tered and began
a mase in German eapeclally for the sol
diers, who gradually filled up the body
of this church Just vacated. The organ
pealed again and this time the men, and
not the choir, took up the' refrain, and
sang until the whole building reverberated
with the melody.'
Halt an hour later' the soldiers were
seen on the streets of Han Quentln. chat
ting, laughing, greeting here and there
some Frenchman whom they had como
to know during the months of occupa
tion. The brief episode In Notre Pame,
wholly commonplace In many ways and
yet given to so few to see, had put an
entirely different ' complexion on an
Food Smuggled Into
Germany, Says Dhur
(Correspondence of the Associated Press )
LONDON, June SO. Enormous quanti
ties of foodstuffs sre pouring Into Ger
many through 8witserland, according to
M. Jacques Dhur, a French expert in
international law.
It seema that a convention ratified be
tween France and Switzerland on July
M. 114, provides that In case of war,
France shall supply the federal govern
ment of Swltserland with 300,000 tons of
cereals a year. According to M. Dhur,
30) trucka each loaded with between
twelve and fifteen tons of cereals cross
the French frontier every day for the
Cornavln station at Geneva, while In or
dinary time the monthly exports did not
exceed 4.000 or S.000 tons. At the same
time enormous quantities of potatoes,
beans, oil and other vegetable products
sre passing Into Swlteerland via Pontar
Uer. To prevent commerce In contraband,
all merchandise is forwarded to a par
ticular department or province) of the
Swiss confederation. M. Dhur, In his ln
veatigatlone of this distribution, found
that a considerable proportion of th
supplies went to Augst, close to the fron
tier point where the German and Swiss
railway systems srs linked up.
After a discussion of various alleged
methods of smuggling supplies through
to Germany, M. Dhur adds that Germany
ha also been able to revictual Itself
Plentifully through Italy. Merchandise
waa sent from an Italian port to Bwlt-
eeriand. and cn IU way at Chtaaso. be
tween the Swiss and the Italian customs.
in wora Transit" was added to it
label. In this way hundreds of tralna of
rice and other products have reached
Germany. The Gothard line, bv It.
charter. Is bound to give favored trt.
ment to goods passing between Germany
and Italy, and theae foods were con.
veyed In concealed trucks. Th line b.
eamo so congested that the Federal rail
ways naa to make use of the Slmplon
system.
ing himself in s can of garbage was dis
covered at the camp at Leigh this week.
A farmer who buys all the food refuse
ef the camp was carting away a number
of cans. The unusual weight of one of
them roused his suspicions. He removed
a quantity of cabbage leaves and found
a German soldier beneath.
A Oerman named Hchmldt was shot
end killed st Leigh a week age while
trying to escspe.
Rent rooms quick with a Bee Want Ad.
WAR HAS ITS EFFECT ON .
MILLINERY IN ITALY
(Correspondence of the A Moris ted Pres.)
PARIS, June 10. The entry of Italy
Into the European conflict has t 'reedy
shown Its Influence on style. The duy
after the promulgation of the mobiliza
tion order many women were seen wear
ing the feathered hat of the "bereag
lleri," the Italian light Infantry.
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Fabrics are corduroy, in all white; also white boucle
cloth, in all white or with black velvet trimming.
Included in the lot are some new rose-colored and
sand shades in corduroy.
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PRISONER TRIES TO ESCAPE
CONCEALED IN GARBAGE CAN
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.) 1
LONDON. June SO.-An attemst bv a I
German prisoner to escape by conceal- I
Allies' Naval Loss
Exceeds Germany's
fCorreapondeiK of the Aseociated Press.)
LIVERPOOL. June SI-After ten
tnonths of war the losses suffered by the
.contending navies present some interest
'ing points for speculation, says the
ijournsl of Commerce, affording a com
parison or tr.e relative merits of the
(Brioua of fensivs weapons In the naval "
totrugcl and shoving how costly It Is to i".
itlie countries concerned to ludulge la m'
minor erf-ounler. j
BummerUlng the lokses under types of !j-
eaels. Grvat Britain and Us allies have l
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battleohlps. fourteen cruisers, four gun-'
boats, six deatroyera. ten aubmertnea,
fourteen boats and six armed merchant-:
j urn and auxiliaries. I
Tt tosses or uermeay and Its allies (
Consist of one batllMhlp, twenty-three
cruiser, fifteen gunboats, thirteen tor-!
t4e craft, sis submarines and twenty
armed merchantmen and auxiliaries. -
8epsrtlng tits loseve under the various '
caiiM, neglecting auxiliaries and armed
ruerrhantment. the torpedo hu destroyed '
1?,,0 tuns of allird eeels, tl.e mine!
'. tun, gunfire r.0a tons snd 2.OU0
tun havs Ufn lost in srtous other
w a
Th Cerman, Atiirin and Turkieh
fleet lt Um rl'-prlved of U.000 tons
ut war : fcy mean of the torpedo.
Hi re tons of Hie mine, Si .000 ton by gun
fire a. 53 I: tci, from various other
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Great July CLEARANCE Sale of Furniture
Stoves, Carpets, Rugs, Wall Paper, Draperies
and Sheffield Silver Ware. ,
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terms of Credit will be extended if you wish.'
We won't attempt to list items here. The
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Remember this is a 4lOneTime-a-Year"
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THIS YEAR. Such exceptional cuts in prices
probably never will be offered again.
Our entire stock no job lots, no special
purchases of inferior merchandise but our
stock just as it is on the floor standard lines.
Original price tags on every piece with sale
prices marked on them. All in plain figures.
No promise is made as to how long this sale
will continue.
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