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n n U L 1 f r 1 RUSSIANS ADMIT EVERE LOSSES li Gfficirl Statement Declares Thrf Though Progress is Slo ver Invasion of East Prissia Continues. KAISR LEAVES TO JOIN HIS ARMY If! THE EAST Empci : Will Personally Direct Trcops to Check Advance on Bei :n Belgian Queen and Chi iren in England. BULLETIN. ' :"? Sept. 1. Reuter's nient at St. Petersburg t Czar Nicholas lias reyc Russian capital Pelroc also reports that the ..vivance into Galicia con1.: that t'".e Germans have across the Vistula after :.i;arian division had been dipped. LO' cnrres. states name' rad. Kussia tinues rctrea their I badly v ky ntwns uvvkixi: miiuly. ST. rirrKKSIU'KG. iept. I. The general staff admitted today that the German troops opposing the Russian ailvanco into Kast Prus.-ia were jtuttinpr up a a haril tlqht arnl intlictir.fr M-YfTo looses on thn czar's troops, lut asfi rtctl that though the progress f tho invasion a.H slower than h'ust week, it was hi III proresin favorably. "The German defense ha.s stiffened," tiUl the otl'oial statenient issued xtt the war ol'ice, "r.nil wo have suffered heavily, but the foe has had more terioua losses. Arrival of freh troops has strenxthned tho German line but it will to uiuiMo to withstand our attack. "Our success in Galicia continues. ThM Au.-tri tns tliat invaded. liui'yia Jiavo re-crossed the Vistula, but not without heavy losses. The Russian cavalry purroundtu an entlrt regiment uml forced it to f.urreruh r. "In tho tiglitin? between Aus. 2t in- AuiT. r.'., we have taken 1V,0)0 prisoners and 122 ,'ur.s from the Germans and At strians." (Uhclal rrpoits receive: by the ar i?!:t!lco say that Austria has more than l.OOO.O'P men in tho held against J Luss:a. Cossacks racklv()no if Cavalry. ThoUKh n. otf'.eial figures hav been ;:iven oar, it - reported that tho Kus- . ian calry f.rees alone number 50 ii -iM me Th backbone of the cavalry i- Oie (s:-aek daredevils, who !.ae s tb" (b rmans before them in Ibi - ' !a. c!- rln-r the way for the in: n. i artillery. In 1. v !h war is universal. T need t fro IriFtance t-f rmo th:s. .' . i ? r of u Kus.--n f enat-r ei! re !;! rm. bnned it j'.n went t" -1 r ue-t rrcruitlnc .!lce to rnlisi. t.h- v. a nnabb- t explain t!w f ict that i-he si etir'.I tlie uniform 1-e-lor b :v.y e::r died ami finally conf es'-e.l. 'Iio Tvj? s-'i:; hi':::o. 'aM:reil t'ominamler .roel.. When tb.e o en n i;t a ."1 r of the sunken briua;i n;is- r Ma'i-'our'- arrixed "here a pr!- i., r i:h of his men. ie prcrrited a picture of -,v oe. Th-mh the I'.aitic railway station v as xbronui' , t.'ie re ij refrained Iroin rh-. t-rir.i: 1 -.::::' of his evii'.ent listress. trthe ay h re lie said to one of has kru ir.'e: "I am ufiorthy of w-arm -rav;l the uniforTn a German 'ct. I Juive sir.r.ed against the f;;thrr',:ind." WJioa lie was a--ke. f r ;i name at th pri o v. he replied; "Ich habe niclit." (1 b.ave r.or.e. ) JLMPKKOK MlVli roii i:sr in iii:ck KVSSI.W iv anci:. IvN'lJN. Se-t. 1. The panic in periin r,v r Ti- rap; I a !vanc tb.rouh r,at Pri-a-si i t'-i.it : ; b.dn mad.' by the Jtussiar. b.as !--i ii-;rrt :u-e,i throuch the aru.'''':ra' :.t ted.tv that Emperor V.'ilbin ha.- i: .'e- into Ib.st Praia to per.-or aby dirt t the op.-ratior.s (.f hU troi-ps tl' r.. a i M:::. to tb.e corre-f-;inrt!':t of t he !'.T at 'Die H.iriK. The tuTtT of t!.e i'.erlin resbients ( i a a ; " 3 to by a report that tu-siar s bi tred If th'-y - er c-.ti r 1 ' rl- ' ' li! a P.'e th.- Hri-X'-HiL ! io .i 1.-Tii:-. v.- hat the (COMiNi ;;d . i'Aip-. i'ivi:

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Scenes In LouvaJa, Belgium's Beautiful

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I e4'i . rutif,. WW At left, above. rxiivaln's fih inarki t at lisht, tin Grand IMaeo (puldic square); and, below, I)le river, ami. In the background, Uie tower of St. Gertrude's church. BY BRITISH TR IGK Kaiser's Infantry, Believing Artillery Silenced, Advances and is Suddenly Mowed Down by Terrific Cannon Fire nv r.ru'roN ii. ntA.iFH. LONPOX, Sept. 1. Stories told hro l y wound otl British and others sent horr today hy war corrpondents frm tlio continent shniv that the lighting around Mons was te?ri!ia. ;. of tho men told of a trick lo; rnad hy the Taiti.-h during the H1 r war and wtiirh workt d wtdl with th ;rni:ins. This oldior s.iid: "Th-1 oiii'my, hof(n seiulin t)ioir Infantry aair.?t our io;itiuns opent-d Ts. '.vhol' tire ur artill ry rej-linl. r.t tir warml and thon tea 1 1 a f t -r an r.t sib lit .s though di; aided t lv rm.i n shells. "V' didn't kn-w -what was up but pretty -vi.m ike German infantry came n in .-olid formation. We rert'ivjd them with ri.'e !';re. till they tame on. Tlie w re ottine cIom r but the mass f men wa n iltai.- that they moved ?!owly. S'libienly all our guns op-'Tiod f.re. Tho cannon had not boen silt need at all. It was merely a trick to Jure the Germans on. They ve:it clown in u hIe platoons. Hank Art llaktl. "The advancing troops were caught in open ground and their ranks wcS' raked. It was a common sight to tee a Vurst cf smoke followed bv an opene-d in the r.inks -where men jng dizzily tore thev fell. W or : ers could be n t'r:i and b 1'iov. crawling' ieehiv uivui haiai a:. J k;us a though t isaape tlie ra.in (,f death w hicli waus everywhere. Th?n the ranl;s closed t:p and the line c-ntlnued forward, tb.e men in th- r ar !-taTr.blir. over th." hodb s of tl;- d.a 1 aa,d iIir:-T. At tims the re.ir ranks f -1 1 b-bin 1 hr-c, the (CuNTINULD ON l'AGC ITVi:

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AVERAGE DAILY NEWS-TIMES CIRCULATION FOR JULY WAS 15,863,

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CLAIM CAPTURE OF 70,000 MEN. ... B13RLIN, via wireless to Savville, L. I., Sept. 1. On orlicial announcement issued here today says: "The German victory at Allenstein proves greater than expected. "The Russian forces, consisting of three army corps, were entirely crushed, resulting in the capture of 70,000 men, commanding generals, 300 officers and all artillery. "The French army advancing at Combles in a flanking attempt, was completely repulsed by Gen. von Kluk's army. "At St. Quentin an English infantry battalion was captured by Gen. von Buelow. "The crown prince, advancing, has captured the garrison and fortress of Montmedy."

A previous official announcement from Berlin stated that five corps of Russian troops had been taken by the Germans. Allenstein, the scene of the lighting in East Prussia, lies on the Alle river, 65 miles south of Koenigsberg.

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continues," was the news contained in a brief dispatch from the French war oiiice to Ambass.uior Jusserand here today. "In the Voses and Lorraine," the dispatch stated, "the lighting has been renewed. A German infantry regiment was almost entirely annihilated at Sasse on the Meuse. "Progress is reported on the side of the Russian offensive." LONDON, Sept. 1. Reuter's correspondent at Antwerp sent the following dispatch today: "It is reported that Gen. Pan has been successful in a brilliant engagement r;t Perrone and that .50,000 Germans were killed and wounded. Confirmation is unobtainable."

LONDON, Sept. l. An Exchange Telegraph Co. dispatch from Antwerp states that the Germans are again bombarding Malines.

BUCHAREST, Roumania, Via ble t'tl,-;-! Ilx' i.U-lcvl tnJov fli.it . - . had administered'a crushiiiir defeat

were killed or wounded. It is believed the battle took place about: Lemberg. LONDON, Sept. 1. A German troops train has been blown up in South Belgium, according to a news agency dispatch received from 0tend today. Many soldiers are reported killed. PARIS, Sept. 1. All strangers were barred from the neighborhood of the Eiffel tower today. The movable turrets containing rapid lirj guns' at the corners were turned every 15 minutes in preparation for attacks by aeroplanes.

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LONDON, Sept. 1. A Central savs that Gen. Prince von Buelow

Castle Henizon fmm wounds suffered in the battle or Haelen. Tin's report is undoubtedly false as oincial statements given out in Berlin have named this general as participating in the lighting in southern Belgium recently. Prince von Buelow, who is a major general in the German army, was born in 1849. He is a member of the house of peers of Prussia. He entered the royal hussars in 1870 and took part in the Franco-Prussian war, serving as lieutenant in the army until 1872. He later entered the German diplomatic service and became minister of state and secretary of state for foreign a Hairs in 1897, serving until 1900, at which time he became imperial chancellor and president of the council oi ministers. He served until 1909 in those positions. HOME:, Sept. 1. A Bucharest dispatch confirms reports of a great battle between the Austrians and Russians on the Vistula, near

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CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

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jjfftQY CAPITAL IF PARIS IS BESIEGED AGi French Cabinet Considers Marseilles cr Bordeaux as Temporary Seat of Government by War Minister. CAFES DARK; PALL OF GLOOM SNUFFS GAIETY Thousands of Women and Children Flee From City to Escape Ordeal of Siege Bomb Dropping Hastens Departure BULLETIN. PARIS, Sept. 1. "Our line is holding like a bulldog in the center," said Minister of War Millerand today as he left his otlice after a conference with Gen. Galliene, military governor of Paris. -He refused to make any further comment on the situation, but he showed no trace of anxiety. BY riLXXKIJX I. MKItHICK. PARIS, Sept. 1. McetinR' in extraordinary session, the cabinet today considered tho juestion of removing the seat of the government from Paris in case the capital is besieged. The matter w;u left undecided because of an encouraging report from Minister .f War Millerand, who stated that the situation seemed to have improved at the front. If it is decided that the government will be taken from Paris it will be shifted to either Marseilles or Bordeaux. The latter town was selected In the Franco-Prussian war, but Marseilles is considered now because of the fac:l that the archives, if necessary, might be taken to Algiers from thve and remain or French territory. Situation is I$rihter. At the conclusion of the cabinet meeting, M. Malvy, secretary of the interior, said: 'Things look brighter; Paris is nowpassing through a period of suspense unparallelled for more than 4 0 years, but is quietly hoping for the best. It will be a long war and we must make the greatest sacrifices, but we shall win in the end." The progress of the Germans toward the capital has led to striking changes in the ;ispect of the city. Though dropping of bombs from aeroplanes over the city on Sunday and late yesterday has failed to cause a panic among residents of the capital, it has nevertheless hastened tho departure of women and children for the south. To facilitate their departure the war department today turned over to M. Malvy CO trains that had been used for the transporta tion of troops to the front. About 100 miirc will o n-iill;hlp tnmnrrnw. All Gaiety Vanishes. All gaiety ha disappeared from raris. Last nisht all street lights were extinguished by order of the government. The only liht visible during the night were those flashed from the Eiffel tower sweeping the city in a search for hostile airships. Hy 8 o'clock the cafes were compelled to close. They were unable to Ferve their patrons in the darkness. As a matter of fact, they had few patrons, only ac venturous Americans venturing out upon tho streets. Durimr the last 114 hours more than 8,000 Parisians have left the city. By nicht it is probable that IS, 000 more will have lied. The 60 trains furnished by the government will accommoaI1 the places w in be taken. The rush to es:ape the ordeal of tlie siese fiPs,'un at 8 a. m. today when the gates of the railroad stations were opened. Thousands of women and children had waited all night in order .to be sure to get aboard the first trains out. Soldiers had herded them into lorn: lines that wound in and out in the stree-.s about the stations. A few, fortunately, had been able to secure stools or chairs, but those less fortunate had been compelled to sit or lie upon the street pavement as they maintained their viiril. Iirder is lreventeI. As a result of the precautions taken bv the military authorities dis- ( CONTINUED ON' PAGE FIVE) ST. I- r 7 E R S I V R G . T he Russian war of! ee admi-.s that the Germans ;ir putting up a hard -fiht in Prussia, but asserts that the Russian invasion is progressing satisfactorily.

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1 I 0 rnrssiAXs brvt ru i:cii 11 VMUS AGO TODAY in ii:cimvi: iiArriii It was just 4 4 years ago to. lay that the battle of Sedan w as fought. It resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Prussians and marked the Teal turning point in the war of 1870. After an all day battle, which began shortly after daybreak, the German forces forced the French under Joint command of Emperor Napoleon III and Marshall Me.Mahon, to surrender. Nearly 2.10 0 officers and S.1,00 men laid down their arms and were made prisoners, together with the cmp ror. The French loss In the battle that preceded the surremb-r wa.s 17.000 dead and wounded and 1.000 prisoners. About 3,000 Frenchmen succeeded in escaping into Rclgiuni. The German lo-s was 470 otbeers and S.500 men killed. 200 RESCUED FHOV ilpiIE Graham and Morton Liner Catches Fire Near Chicago and All Passengers Are Landed Safely on Pier. Harry Teeters, chief dispatcher of the Chicago, 'outh P.end fc Northern Indiana I bail way Co.. w;us a passenger on the steamer "ity of Chicago, which burned and sank just off the Illinois coast of lake Michigan early Tuesday, while making its regular trip from St. Joseph to Chicago. Friends of the South Bend man have as yet received no word from him, but believe that he escaped as there were no deaths reported. Meters left here Monday afternoon, going to .St. Joseph, to take the steamer to Chicago. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Two hundred persons were rescued by government life stivers under the command of Capt. Charles Carland early today when the steamer. City of Chicago, an excursion boat, in-bound from Henton Harbor, caught lire in Iike Michigan a mile off the mouth of the Chicago river. The steamer was practiclly a complete loss. The lire was discovered by C. Peters, a passenger, of Berrien Springs, Mich. Capt. Pjork ordered tho boat's tire crew to turn a stream upon the blaze whila other members of the crew aroused the passengers. The captain directed that the boat beheaded for the life saving station at the mouth of the river. The steamer was run alongside of the pier and the passengers, numbering about loO, of whom one-third were women and children, were put ashore. There was but littlo excitement. Many of the passengers left their staterooms in their night clothes, but they were later put on board the steamer, Bentor Harbor, and brought to the pier of tho Graham fc Morton Transportation Co., owners of the burned steamer. Capt. Pjork said tho llair.es- started in the bow of the boat, but the origin is unknown. The tlames were burning fiercely when tho steamer reached the, lifesaving station pier and by the time the last passenger had ben landed, had reached the upper decks and wcro working their way to the Ftern. llktiart Man Complains. Homer Roth, Elkhart, Ind., who occupied a .stateroom, complained that no effort was made to arouse the passengers except through the :ire gong. "It was several minutes before I could understand -what the continual ringing of the Tire-gong meant. Tare v-as no attempt on the part of lhboat's crew to awaken the pass.-ng-rs and men on board vvith whom I talked said they thought the bell was toeing rung because of a mUt ocr the lake. "When I left my stateroom the rtern of the boat was filled with smoko and flames. "After I reached shore I talked to a man named Johnson, engineer of the boat. He said he had b--n compelled to leave his engine alter turning on f'lll steam because of the bames. I was told that the fire, was burning for near! an hour before the fire gongs were rung to awaken the passengers." It became known later that, an attempt was made to send out a wireless call f-r assistance when the steamer was discovered ablaze, b at the wireless outbt had become disabled. Threo inv.' stigation.? were at once begun. Capt. Ira B. Manstabl. United States inspector of steamboat hulls, and William Nicholas. United States Inspector of it.nmbut boilers at once started an investigation whib" Fire Atty. Joseph Murray di-pat-h-d an assistant to the sne to invest Igat for the city. Company officials also announced that th y would also probe the accident-

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THE WEATHER Indiana. Shower arvl cooler tonight; Vvdr.""--riay partly c'o-udj,-; coolrr In Fouth Jir.d r.-.:-i or. tior.s. I .'. r r M I h : sn n . Pa rt -lv cloudy tonight V."f d n c 5 i a y l s rr. ewhat lower tf mprrturo t-nlcht.

PARIS BRUSSELS CLASH Unconfirmed Reports of Difficulties Between Ambassadors of United States and Spain With Kaisers General. GERMANS 38 MILES BY AIR LINE FROM PARIS Right Wing of Invading Army Continues Its Progress Toward French Capital Center Makes Desperate Attack. LONDON, Sent, i. Friction lias arisen between the. German military authMr::ies in Bcl-ium an J certain JipMniaN, according to a news agency dispatch from Brusels via AmMerdam. It follows: "It is stated that difiicultics luve ariVen between the ministers "f the United States and Snn and Gen. Jakowski. the German military governor ct Brussels. Gen. Jakowski ordered that no member of the diplomatic corps should send out any code messages. Some of the, diplomats refused to accede to this order, as they had been experiencing the. utmost ditiiculty in forwarding official letters by courier. The United States minister is said to have declared that he will uphold the rights of the Belgian people so lon as he remains at his post' The American minister of Belgium is Brand Whitlock, formerly mayor of Toledo, Q. in m :n iti ;ii i ti:miij:. LONDON', it. 1. W ith lh- :,Ui contca-timr f-very irvli uf ro-jrid sith tbo traditional lilitlm,' qualities T tli' 1'reacli and i'.nti.h arm :. th Cb-rman lattTiTi ram is t;U jioandiv.z away against thi ?cu:i, lun: uT th- i-:nirli5li and l'r ra-h d-fcn". I"or 11 daja, or r since tb- n -flict of Mor.s ap.-ra . :.iiti; of tinmost furious char.a Nr i; t ! -n in X'rorcs:s in northu cl I'.'-ll'im .r northeastern J 'ran a e. The d c!rivi tattle is tclied to ho r;rin; on I-Yeneh f-oll. Aj-hmeado Ilartlett. chief war correspondent of the Telegraph, in . ntin' to his i i ; ' r trom th war zor.o today, cxj'revtd t)i- opirdon that th? riu'ht want,' of tho Gorman army h: ceased its efforts to swln aroand h'--hind the northwo-t :!anT; of tlio allies and is now trjlr.ir to cut through to open up the hort' -t ; .-: aide ruto to Paris. Just how stror.i:;.' th.o pendulum of victory Is swin;:;ri-.r in favor of the Cenrains anil t;. xact h atlon of tlio naiin tivhtln had i.ot Yrca o?:ici.lly made known at th tir."' this n:spatch was written hut it is rt io tlait th" attack a'ainrt the ;iie in the ra rt.l and airainst the r r.t r of th-ir :.r::;v i-j still joins' -n c!c-; rat. Iy whilo fartli r south th. i'roj.. h m f . c holding- their own. Nms JirnjK'nir i.o- to li t lln-ian-. Tho corrcspond-iat f t-h-- Iuly J:pr .ss at Tho Jlaac- h;is top r.ij-h 1 : his ;a;ier that irmp-r-.-r Wih: alarmed at the " rushing adv.irw rf the liu -si in.-', has h it for tho fr-r.t in i:ast Prussia. "Thorc i-eorns no docvt t!.nt t!. German adaar.co i -till l.o;-. pushfd." writes t.'.d. chnrXs It-pln-ton. the military expert of the T.r. ! :i Times, "1,lo. wo h r.o , ,u.e r tar hope th it tho (Icrn. an Troops are .u th- point of exh.:'.i -ti -n frora hard mar-hir. a:al tiirhtin. and that t:-frev-h tri-.ojis 1 roia'l.t forward hy th French a:.d Lnclish VsiU he ab! tarrest thfir advara " 1 teviowir.:: tho r.ijjijuun Mr. I'.arthtt writes as fo'.lo-As: "It Is evident that the Ccrnu: hav ta---n compelh-d to abandon their attempts to outrank tb.e hit tvin of tho allies owinr to lirf rdnf.".rc'ments of Iteneh trvps whicli reached tli.it li.uik. T.'.y art' :...v making a h-spf rate- effort to :-. t thri.h th allied l:n ! ca-upv a line runnln-T throu.:!i N :on, r.and L.ton." (N'ayon i n the ho. .", n rtlH ast of 1'aris; Iift r is on th1 (CONTINLT.D ON VMVll rOl'K)

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