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GERMANS CRUSH RUSSIAN VILNA AND GRODNO ARMIES IN EAST PRUSSIAN FIGHT General Hindenberg Reports Defeat of 225,000 Russians, Taking of Many Prisoners and Enormous Spoils of War Casualties Among Czar's Forces Heavy General Staff Claims Fighting in France Indecisive, Although French Have Been Repulsed Slav Invaders in General Rout By Frederick Werner, Staff Correspondent of International News Service. BERLIN, Sept. 15. (By wireless via Say ville, N. Y.) Genferal Hindenberg:, the German commander in East Prussia, has telegraphed Emperor William that the Vilna (Russian) army consisting of the Second, Third, Fourth and Twentieth corps, two reserve divisions and five cavalry divisions, have been completely defeated. The Russian casualties are heavy. The number of prisoners in increasing, and the destruction of the army continues. Enormous spoils of war have been captured. The Grodno army has been defeated at Lyck. It comprised In addition to the Twenty-second corps a remnant of the Sixth corps, and part of the Third Siberian corps. (As an army corps consists of 40,000 men, it is probable that in the Vilna army there were at least 175,000 soldiers, and in the Grodno army about 50,000 men). Headquarters announces that the heavy fighting in France is Btill indecisive, although the French assault has been repulsed.

GERMS SHOW RESTRAINT WRITES WILLIAM 0. FOULKE

Kaiser's Subjects Refrain from Intoxicants and Exhibit Remarkable Discipline and Balanced Judgment Accept Meagre Newspaper Accounts Without Murmuring London Times Deludes British People with False Hopes and Pictures of Fools' Paradise.

"William Dudley VolinTrrha'wfrfieri' the following to local friends: There were several things which fehowed in a remarkable way the earnestness and self-restraint of the German people in the war, and the complete discipline which prevailed throughout all ranks of society. In times of great excitement and crisis, there is apt to be much intoxication. Now the German on ordinary occasions is fond of his beer, and it might well be supposed that amid the tumult of departing troops they would Indulge to excess. But a bulletin appeared asking all Jo refrain, and so far as I could see t was observed to the letter. I saw no one under the influence of liquor, find I think that most of the troops abstained entirely. Not a drop of beer was to be had in the great Frankfort railway station, where it is usually served in abundance. Satisfied With News. Another evidence of this self-restraint appeared in the conduct of the people toward the news furnished by the daily papers. While every one "was eager for the account of military operations, the reports were very scanty and this was acquiesced in without complaint by the public. No war news appeared except what "was sanctioned by the censor. In Hamburg one paper announced, without authority, that certain ships In the Jiavy were departing for Cronstadt. near St. Petersburg. The editor of the paper was at once arrested and the issue of the "paper suspended. It was frankly announced that nothing would be published which was considered against the interest of the country, tut that it could be counted on that everything published was strictly true. And I belieye that in the main this has been the case, although it is evident that such incomplete and onesided truth is far from giving a just conception of either the origin or the progress of this great struggle. Hate Great Britain. The feeling toward England, as fchown by the editorials, was intensely bitter, and no allowance was made In the articles for the fact that England was only acting in support of a treaty which Germany had also signed, guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium. "This was all hypocrisy on England's part! The real reason for England's declaration of war was envy , and jealousy of Germany and cold selfinterest!" It Is curious how far war The Weather FOR INDIANA Unsettled tonight and Wednesday; probably showers. TEMPERATURE. Noon 79 YesterdayMaximum 79 Minimum 59 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. Local Partly cloudy; probably fehowers tonight or Wednesday. General condition An immense Brca of high barometric pressure over the eastern- states and Atlantic ocean Ohas retarded the northwestern storm which-continues 'to.jniove very slowly. Heavy rains have, followed during the jast twenty-four hours in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Tem perature was below - freezing yester

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blunts one's "auUify to see""bbth "sides of a question. When I reached England I found that the newspapers contained much more news, but this news was perhaps even more misleading that the German silence. The people did ndt appear to consider the war as a very serious matter. Russia would soon overwhelm Germany on the east, and the 160,000 men which England had dispatched to the continent would settle the matter on the French frontier. They did not seem to realize that their own contingent was infinitesimal in comparison with Germany's armament, that not only would France ,be invaded and much of its territory overrun, but that the chances were strong that Paris would be besieged and perhaps taken

and that the German army might well prove irresistible. Times Deludes Readers. The Times, for instance, had been deluding them with false hopes, and they were living in a fool's paradise. But the terrible truth is being borne in upon them from day to day that this is the most terrific war in history. They have no conscription in England and are trying to raise recruits by volunteering methods, as we did during the first part of our civil war, and calls are made for 100,000 at a time. But this is not only a ridiculously small number, but the recruits will need long training to make them effective against the German disciplined ranks. It is only by her navy and her superior financial resources that England can hope to play a very important part in this contest, and that must be by finally wearing the Germans out, now that their industries are paralyzed and their war expenses so enormous. England can, of course, take away the German colonies and blockade all the ports by which supplies can reach Germany. That is her stronghold, for the German resources are not inexhaustible and England's trade can still go on owing to her command of the sea. W. D. FOULKE. BERLIN SOUGHT BY CZAR'S ARMY Russian Minister of War Denies Operations Against Budapest and Vienna. BY FRANCiS LAVELLE MURRAY, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. PETROGRAD, Sept. 15. As a result of rumors that the Russian campaign called for the capture of Budapest and Vienna as -Well as Berlin, the following statement) by Minister of War Sukomlinoff today: "Our objective 14 Berlin. We have no intention of taking either Vienna or Budapest. It wai our plan to remove the Austrians &j a source of danger. That has been done, and southern army will mercny be used to hold the Austro-Hunga-,ian forces in check. "Buckinav' is completely in our hands. GaUiia will be also as soon as the cripple Austrian army is routed or capturer and Cracow is invested. Galicia has not been proclaimed a Rus eian province. We are administering the laws ,there as fast as we occupy territory, but no step has been taken

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KAISER'S ARMIES RESIST ATTACK OF ALLIES ALONG BATTLE FRONT IN FRANCE General von Kluk Rallies Forces and With Reinforcements From Belgian War Front Gives Battle to Allies North of Aisne River Paris Takes Dubious View of Outlook and Declines to Claim Victory, Admitting that German Army Is Far From Being Shattered.

BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, International Newt Service Staff Correspondent. PARIS, Sept. 15. Supported by reinforcements from Belgium, the right wing of the retiring German army under General von Kluk has rallied and is giving battle to the allies north of the Aisne rive. Further to east, north of Rheims, the Germans are also resisting, but the retirement east of the Argonne forest is reported to be continuing. This was the situation along the front today so far as could be gathered by advices from the scene of action and government reports. Statements issued by the French war office during the last twenty-four hours are confusing. An announcement made in this city shortly before midnight said: "The enemy appears to make a stand along the Aisne river. On the center, similarly, it would seem as if the enemy intends to resist on the heights to the northwest and north of Rheims." Statements Conflict. Another official statement three hours earlier in Bordeaux said: "On our left the emeny appeared to the north of the Aisne, between Compiegne and Soissons, a line of defense which he has been forced to abandon. In the center, likewise, the Germans have prepared a defensive position behind Rheims, which they were unable to hold." . The significance of the discrepancy is that the statement announcing a German stand was the later one issued. An official report to the effect that Maubeauge had been relieved and that 12,000 Germans had been taken prison ers there was in circulation here, but

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men at Maugeuge would compel the Germans to retire through the narrow gap flanked by Maugeuge and Verdun, if then continued their retreat. (Note It had been officially announced by the German government in Berlin last week that Maubeuge had been captured by the French, and that 40,000 prisoners and a large number of guns had fallen into the hands of the Germans.) German Army Intact. While official reports are optimistic beyond doubt, it is too early to claim a decisive and overwhelming victory for the allies. By masterly strategy the Germans have been able to keep the main lines of their vast army intact. The German army is far from shattered, and according to official admission in Paris, the only section of the German grand army which now seems to be in danger of being cut off from the other columns its tht of the German crown prince, which is in the region of the forest of Argonne. Because of the rugged nature of the country in that district and the stubborn resistance of the crown prince's soldiers, this section was left farther in front than the balance of the German line. The army of General von Kluk is alsupposed to have received a supply of fresh ammunition for both small arms and artillery. The extreme left wing of the French army, which is officially known as the Fifth army has now advanced to a point slightly northeast of Amiens, the main body resting around that city. Although the German crown prince has been compelled to move his headquarters rearward fifteen miles from St. Menehould to Montfaucon, this secContinued 9a Pago. Sjgl

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LONDON DREAMS GERMAN DEFEAT IN NEAR FUTURE Krupp Works Destroyed, British Cavalry in Berlin, Kaiser in Exile, Militarism Forever Shattered. BY HERBERT TEMPLE, European Manager of the International News Service. LONDON, Sept. 15. Peace can come only when Berlin has fallen, and the allies have entered the German capital to lay down the terms upon which hostilities shall cease. This is the official opinion in London, and it is well known that the British government is the guiding spirit among the allies. The stand of the government as regards reports that Germany might listen to mediation proposals is reflected in the following edltorll appearing in The Times today: "The allies will go to Berlin to settle account, not to lay waste to the Fatherland. They will have this to say to the German people: 'This wor ship of war must cease and the sword you have forged must be broken.' "Not until the host of the gathering nations ride down Unter den Linden will the German people realize fully that their mad dreams of world domination have been shattered forever. The defenders of militarism will be destroyed, but they will not destroy women's virtue, nor ancient sanctuaries, nor peaceful homes. "They will destroy warships, arsenals, ship building yards, fortresses, all the Teutonic warfare arsenals. "The expiation of Louvain should be absolute obliteration not of Bonn or Heidelberg, but of the Krupp works at Essen. "The price of peace should be, among other things, the reconstruction of new and more beneficial towns." PRINCE JOACHIM REGAINS HEALTH BERLIN, Sept. 15. The imperial surgeon attending Prince Joachim, youngest son of Emperor William, who was wounded in the thigh with a fragment of shrapnel, during the recent fighting in East Prussia, stated today that the prince will soon b able a Mtnm ' tr (ho frrni t .1

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TO PIERCE FRENCH LINE BETWEEN VERDUN AMD TOUL - '- r : Tt Berlin Reports No Decisive Results, but Paris Claias Crown Prince's Army Repulsed Allies Believe German Center Seeks to Form Junction with Troops East of the Meute French Establish Headquarters at Rheims While Germans Quit Attack on Fort 6f Troyon The Allies Push Forward Offensive Movement. PARIS, Sept. 15. The center of the German army composed of the forces under the Crown Prince has taken the offensive against the French troops stretched along , the Meuse between Verdun and Toul in an effort to break through, but has been repulsed. This information was conveyed in an official statement issued at 1:10 o'clock. The evident intention of the Crown Prince is to pierce the French lines so that his army can form a junction with troops east of the Meuse. Text of Statement. The following is the official announcement: "The Crown Prince's army attempted to break through along the Meuse between Verdun and Toul. He has bombarded Troyon which resisted valiantly. The German forces were repulsed. "It is believed in well informed circles that the German army retreated into the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and into the Belgian Province of Luxembourg in an endeavor to rally behind their fortified positions." ryerdum lies southeast of the forest of Argonne, and about 140 miles east of Paris. It is a strongly fortified position, which has been held by the French and the chief object of the German attempts against the place was to open up a new route of communication between Germany and the German army in France. Toul. as does Verdun, lies upon the Meuse and is about 45 miles -r i of Verdun. The German Crown Prince, hampered by unfavorable territory lying north of him, turned toward the east in an endeavor to extricate himself from a difficult position.

GERMANS CLAIM RIGHT WING IN HEAVY BATTLE By Frederick Werner, Staff Correspondent of International News Service. BERLIN, Via -Amsterdam, Sept. 15. The following official statement was issued at the war office today: "In the western theater of war, the right wing of our army has been engaged in heavy but undecisive battles. The French who endeavored to break our lines were defeated. - At other points

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I RENCH CONTINUE OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT.

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donment by the Germans of their attack on the fort of Troyon on the Meuse was received in official dispatches from Bordeaux to the French embassy today. The advance of the allies was confirmed. The dispatch read: "On the 13th, our offensive movement was continued along the entire front. Mont Didier and Roye on our left wing have been occupied by the French cavalry. From Amiens the German forces are retiring toward St. Quentin and Poinnet. "These forces were defensively organized yesterday to th east of Rheims on the line from the old forts Nogent L'Abesse, Vitry and Bremont. The headquarters of one of our armies were established today in the city of Rheims. "The German troops in the Argonne where yesterday north of a line from Triancourt to Insacourt, having. abandoned the attack on the Troyon fort of the Meuse. "Last evening French Lorraine had been completely evacuat ed by the Germans who were withdrawing toward Saarbourg.

ALSACE CLEARED OF FRENCH ARMY Germans Drive Enemy Westward Through Passes of Vosges Mountains. BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent for International New Service. BERLIN, Via Copenhagen, Sept. 15. It was officially announced here today that General von Heeringen, taking the offensive in Alsace, has driven the French out of that region, forcing them westward through the passes of the Vosges. Fighting is still going on northwest of Altkirch, north of Belfort and around Giromagny. It is learned that after the surrender of Longwy, the German Crown Prince had an interview with the French commander, during which the latter tendered his sword in token of defeat. The Crown Prince was furious when he had been informed that the Franch had used dum-dum bullets, contrary to the rules of war. His face was flushed with wrath as he grasped the sword and, contrary to all military custom, broke it over his knee. "I must take your sword, but you fought us dishonorably," said the German commander angrily. "Tour soldiers used dum-dum bullets 'against us." The French commander denied that his troops had used soft-nosed bullets, but the German soldiers are reported to have found some of these bullets among the munitions of the fort. KIAO CHAU FORTS REPEL ATTACKS BY LEASED WIRE . PEKIN, Sept. 15. German and Japanese forces engaged in battle in the vicinity of Chi Mof, near Klao Chau on Sunday, according to a dispatch received here today. The Germans are using an aeroplane for reckoning purposes. It was fired upon by the Japanese but escaped harm. ' Thousands of Japanese troops are reporte dto have reached a point sixty xoUes northwest of Kiao, Chau.

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. News of the occupation of Rheimpj French armies, and of the ah'.GERMAN CRUISER SENT T0JJ0TT0M British Submarine Sinks Hela in North Sea, Admiralty States. BY FREDERICK WERNER. Staff Correspondent for International News Service. BERLIN, Via Amsterdam, Sept 15. The admiralty announced today thai the protected cruiser Hela had been sunk by a British submarine in. the North - Sea. This is the first naval loss announced by the admiralty. It was stated that the majority of the Hela's crew of 187 men wert saved though some were lost. When the war broke out the Hela was at Wilhelms-Haren. but the admiralty does not state where the submarine attack that sent her to the bottom took place. She was a vessel of 2.003 tons and was laid down in 1893. Her armament consisted of four 3.4 inch guns (II pounders) and six four pounders. SINK SUBMARINE. LONDON, Sept. 15. The Scottman states that the German suninanna which sank the cruiser ratnnnaer with a loss of more than 200 lives was herself destroyed by the British fleet last Wednesday, when she attempted, to make another attack. The Germans conning tower . bad hardly broken from water, aaya the Scottsman, when seven warships turned their guns on her and hit her hull, sinking her Immediately. - GERMANS DEFEATED . . IN SOUTH AFRICA BY LEASED WIRE.) CAPETOWN. South Africa, Sept. 15. A. German force that had invaded Namquland was defeated by the South African rifles at Steinkopf and forced to surrender on Monday. - The British soldiers' surprised the Germans after making two night inarches and won the battle with th loss of only one man killed,

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