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v "T K " f"X'.'W1 '.'•>/••:. wfc?f?^v' *•$< :#t' v-4!r;^;^ <i0j|iMaaai£^^ DIARY TELLS OF GERMAN ADVANCE ?-4\£v^' ON AND CAPTURE OF ANTWERP Liwdoi.--b the form ©f a diary, the fctory of the siege of Antwerpand the German plan of attack are given in ' the following dispatch received by the Central News from its Ostend corre­ spondent: "Saturday, Sept. 26.--The Belgians fftired from their positions east, south Mid west of Malines to the line of out­ er forts. "Sept. 27.--The Germans bombarded and occupied Malines. "Sept. 28.--Bombardment of F\>rts De Waelhetn, De Wavre-St Catherine and other forts on the southern line by 11-inch howitzers. "Sept. 29.--Magazine of Port De Waelherm blown up by shell fire. Fort De Wavre-St. Catherine put out of action. Porte at Lierre bombarded. Forts Are Destroyed. "Sept. 30.--Forts De Waelhem and Wavre-St. Catherine are completely de­ stroyed. Waterworks behind Fort De Waelhem blown up. The Belgian in­ fantry continued to hold their in- trenchments in the face of a veritable ,heli of shell fire. The water supply in Antwerp is greatly curtailed. "Oct. 1.--The Lierre forts destroyed. The German infantry attacks were re­ pulsed with heavy losses. "Oct. 2.--There was a heavy bom­ bardment of the Belgian trenches. The Belgians retired at night in good or­ der and lined the River Nethe. The Qermans began to occupy the outer ring of forts. • German aeroplane llew over the city and dropped pamph­ lets urging the Inhabitants to surren­ der and save themselves suffering. British Troops Arrive. "Oct. 3.--Arrival of fresh British troops, who relieved fatigued Belgians on the southeastern section. Here the Germans concentrated their attack, which is now almost exclusively an ar­ tillery attack. .--."Oct 4.--Quiet until evening, when the Germans began a furious bom­ bardment of Lirre and the river bank trenches. "Oct. 6.--The Germans cross the riv­ er and occupy Lierre and Duffel. The main Belgian army began retirement westward. "Oct. 6.--Departure of "King Albert, the government, and the foreign min­ isters. Heavy bombardment of the al­ lied position. The allied troops retired during the night on the second line of forts. City le Occupied. "Oct 7.--Governor General de Guise announces that a bombardment of the OEFEND UNTIL FIRE BECOMES MASSACRE By F. BANISTER. International News Service. Ostend.--I was right up on the firing line near Lokeren when the Belgians were ordered to retreat from the trenches and was carried along in the frantic rush for shelter beyond the range of German shells. Infantrymen, Jaded, heavily weighted by accouter- ments, stumbled across the fields, sweat pouring from their faces, and sank, ex­ hausted, to lie for a few moments and then scramble to their feet and stag­ ger forward again as shells continued bursting around them. They fought bravely and well. The trenches were not vacated anywhere till the rain of German shells meant sheer massacre if the defenders re­ mained. In the retreat of the field army which had been defending Antwerp, along the one road still kept open to the west, were many soldiers who had been fighting continually 14 dayB, snatching hurried sleep on the bare earth or pavement. Hundreds col­ lapsed on the march and had to be left behind at various points, to fol­ low on after treatment and rest. The .Germans have not yet reached Ostend. Horse meat has been substituted for beef at most of the hotels and restau­ rants. Otherwise there is no lack of food at normal prices. Every day, spies are arrested in and near Ostend. One man was seized after chalking in a corner of the vil- , lage railway station some figures the ' interpreters supposed indicated the strength of the allies in the neighbor­ hood. He wfcs Jressed as a simple peasant and showed evidence of be­ ing a man of superior education, which, with the incriminating memoranda and the chalk marks at the station, sealed his doom. A German officer was arrested in the main street of Ostend yesterday wear­ ing a Belgian officer's uniform. He was nearly torn to pieces by the huge crowd before he got to the police sta­ tion. The only route out of Antwerp af­ ter the bombardment began Wednes­ day was the River Scheldt. The peo­ ple would not .stay in the cellars of the houses, as advised by the author­ ities, when'they found the shells from tl|e great German guns often fell right TRAPPED IN SWAMP, GERMAN BATTERY LOST Rome.--An incident of the battle between the French and Germans near Esternav and Sezann^ la thus de­ scribed in a Paris dispatch. "A German battery, which had been •caught in a swamp, and which fdr this reason had been cut off from the main •force, managed finally to free itself from the mud. Instead of surrender­ ing it continued single-handed the fl£ht against the advancing French. •GERMANS FOOL BELGIANS, KILL 1,200 OUT OF 2,000 London.--"One of the most disheart­ ening incidents of the Antwerp siege occurred at Duffel, a position where ?the trenches were held by a fine regi­ men? of Belgian chasseurs," a dispatch to the Morning Post from one of its -Correspondents in Belgium says. The -ittessage continues: "Late at night the Belgians saw ap­ proaching from aiong the river men whom they took to be English sol- • "Vfc city is imminent The Germans em* place batteries for their purpose and at midnight a heavy bombardment begiAs. "Oct. 8.--Exodus of the population. The bombardment of the town is con­ tinued with violence. The petrol tankf are ablaze. Berchem, a southern sub­ urb, is in flames, as also are many houses In the city. The defending troops on the southwest section are offering violent resistance. It is de­ cided to evacuate the city, and the British and Belgian forces leave dur- ing the night "Oct. 9 --The fall and occupation ot Antwerp. Took Two Weeks. "It will thus be s£en that the Ger­ mans took a fortnight to drive theli wedge into the southeastern section of the defenses," the correspondent con­ tinues, "and this speaks volumes for the stubbornness of the defense. Brit­ ish marines were hurried across lfiot Sunday and conveyed to Antwerp with all speed. They came without over­ coats or kits, but cheerfully endured the cold and rain as well as the pulver­ izing fire. "After Monday it was merely a ques­ tion of enduring the terrible fire as long as possible. A large proportion of the Belgian troops went westward on Monday and Tuesday to insure an eventual line of retreat A large ad­ ditional force of British marines ar­ rived Tuesday morning. Mount Their Big Guns. "Eventually the Germans mounted their 42-centimeter guns. "They were enabled to fire with .great accuracy, thanks to their observation balloons, although owing to the cold and heavy rain their operations were sometimes suspended. The British* gunners brought one balloon down with a round of lyddite, after Bhrapnel had proved ineffective. "Ability to hit back weight for weight was the one crying need at Antwerp, whose fate points to one ir­ resistible conclusion--that the day of forts is over. The supposed impreg­ nable forts proved broken reeds against the giant howitzers. "One of Brialmont's great Works sank almost bodily from sight in con­ sequence of the cavities made all around its foundations by the terrific explosions. The others are shattered beyond recognition. "I understand that the British naval force saved all its wounded and guns. The Belgian army 1b still intact" through the houses and exploded in the cellars. Trains and barges, perilously over­ loaded, till Friday bore the people to Holland. It 1B clear that a vaBt ma­ jority of the population of Antwerp did not believe till the very last minute that the city would be bombarded. One shell shattered like a house of cards the Hospital of St. Camllle, bury­ ing all the nurses' and wounded ini the pile of ruins. GERMAN LOSS AT ANTWERP IS HEAVY Paris.--The Germans lost 40,000 men in the capture of Antwerp, ac­ cording to Paul Erlo, special corre­ spondent of the Journal, who writes: "The heroic Belgian defense of forts Waelhem, Wavre and Lierre, forming the outer ring, cost the Germans very dear. General von Beseler threw com­ pact masB^e of troops into the inter walls, where the Belgians poured a withering infantry fire on the assail­ ants. "South of the third line of defenses German bodies are now piled in heaps. This happened at the beginning of the assault. South of Fort Bornhelm the Belgians interred 3,200 German corpses. "When Von Beseler managed to cross the Nethe and install 16%-inch guns on the north banks, BhellB fell in Antwerp like hailstones. Most of the remaining population then retired to cellars with food, placing mat­ tresses and sacks filled with earth against the doors and window grat­ ings. "As soon as Antwerp was occupied the Germans began to fortify it If given a little time they will, with the help of their heavy artillery, make it practically impregnable." Kaiser's Cattle Captured. London.--A dispatch to the Star from Petrograd says that among the remarkable war trophies arriving at Smolensk is the entire stock of Em­ peror William's famous pedigreed cat­ tle and horBes, captured by the Rus­ sians from the emperor's estate at Rominten, East Prussia. They were taken to Moscow and presented to the Russian Agricultural institute for dis­ tribution among agricultural breeding associations. The German artillerymen beat their assailants off with a hellish fire, which the French artillery tried in vain to silence. Until lafe in the evening the battery continued its deadly work un­ til its ammunition became exhausted and the men were either dead or wounded. "When I arrived the brave crew had already been buried, and the guus still rested on trees which the men had placed under the wheels in order that the pieces might not disappear in the mud." p diers, and who called out: 'We are friends,' when the sentinels chal­ lenged them. The colonel of the Bel­ gian regiment himself was watching them and saw them go up as if to speak with the sentries. Then sud­ denly he found himself gagged and saw the sentinels strangled by the sup­ posed English. "The Germans then rushed in on the Belgian soldiers, most of whom ware asleep In the trenches. When the attack was ovor only S04 survived of the 2,000 Belgians." ; . / ,%t MHENRY PLAINDEALER, M'HENTiY, 1EL. BELGIAN AMMUNITION TRAIN DRAWN BY DOGS LEWIS STEVENSON LATE VICE PRESIDENT'S SON APPOINTED SECRETARY OF ILLINOIS. 19 HARRY WOODS' SUCCESSOR Newly Selected Official Has Been Chairman of ths Illinois State ^Board of Pardons for Past Year and Half. MOST IMPORTANT' OF THE TSING TAO FORTS Situated on the high hill at the right of the photograph 1b the most important of the German forts at Tsing Tao, China. It is also a signal station. The entire hill is covered with intricate entrenchments and ths emplacements for big guns are cleverly concealed. BLANKET AS ARMY OVERCOAT Owing to a shortage of overcoats for the British troops on the continent, the army authorities have adopted an American idea, and are making over­ coats out of blsnkets. A slit cut in the center and stitched around forms the head opening, and a button and loop at each center extremity form the cuffs. The belt may be worn out­ side. Russia's Flsgs Described. London.--A Russian officer, writing to the Telegraph, describes the Rus­ sian flags as follows: "I should be glad if you could kindly publish a paragraph which will settle the dispute about regarding the cor­ rect Russian flag. "The yellow flag with the double eafele is the Imperial standard. The white flag with the blue St Andrew's cross is the Russian naval ensign. This is used only by the navy, and is not allowed to be flown by private individuals. "The ordinary Russian flag, similar to the English union jack, is a tricolor of white, blue and red stripee placed longitudinally. This is the flag which should be used by people in this coun­ try who wish to show their admira­ tion for their ally, Russia." WILL HIS AIRSHIPS RAID ENGLAND? Count ^eppelln, who is at Wllhelmshaven directing the assembling of a great fleet of the airships that he invented, 1B here Been in consultation with Count Haessler, whp is the figure at the left. Below is one of the giant Zep­ pelin dirigibles with which, it is Relieved, the ka^ier intends to make a raid on England. FIGHTING IN THE BELGIAN FIELDS Vienna Makes 8ome Changes. Vienna.--English sporting terms for­ merly in general use in Austria are now prohibited. Steeplechase has be­ come "jagdrennen;" handicap, "aus- gleichsrennen," and spring meeting, "trahlingsrennen." Springfield.--Lewis G. Stevenson of Bloomington, son of the late Adlai E. Stevenson, former vice-president of the United States, was appointed sec­ retary of state by Governor Dunne as the successor of Harry Woods, who died by his own hand. For the last year and a half Mr. Stevenson has been chairman of the state board of pardons. His record in this position led to his selection by the governor. He takes the office for the unexpired term of about two years and two months. His bond of $100,000 is being arranged with the assistance of M. F. Dunlap of Jacksonville, bondsman and banker for Mr. WoodB. While the matter of the succession was being settled in the executive of­ fices a corps of Beven expert account­ ants under James J. Brady, state au­ ditor* was continuing its investigation of Mr, Woods' accounts. The inquiry thus far has produced no evidence of irregularities. Both Governor Dunne and Mr. Brady express with emphasis the belief that 3>V:J L. G. ttev«toottf no deficit in the state funds will Be found. Attaches of the office declare that all reports that Mr. Woods bad been speculating are without foundation and that financial troubles were not the cause of mental aberration. Mr. Woods was known as a man of eccentricities, and associates say his disappointment over the outcome of the primaries, when he ran a slow thirt in the race for the senatorship nomination on the Democratic ticket, led to a pronounced derangement. This explanation was concurred in by a coroner's jury. After a brief In­ quest it returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily deranged. James O. Monroe, Woods' private secretary and. for 34 years his close associate, testified that since the pri­ maries Woods had given signs of a disordered mind. A deposition from Mrs. Woods, who is prostrated in her home, was in sim­ ilar strain. Auditor Brady described the scene before the state canvassing board Fri­ day night when the returns from Cook county came in. As the finals from wards In which Woods was confident of a large vote were read off and showed him to be far behind, the sec­ retary of state became agitated. When the totals from his home ward, the Thirteenth, showed Barratt O'Hara third and Woods fourth, his excite­ ment became almost uncontrollable. As Mr. Monroe said: '4a the pri­ maries he did not consider for a mo­ ment that in 1912 he was more or less a political accident." Indications that Mr. Woods' aberra­ tion was creeping on for some time were talked of in state house corri­ dors. For some time the secretary of state and the greater portion of the rest of the state bouse were not on speaking terms. 'Are :p * Belgian machine gun In action, covering the advance of the infantry seen 1b the background. This photograph was taken during an engagement be­ tween Termonde and Labbeke. HERO OF BRITISH ARMY VETERAN OF MANY WARS London.--Gen. Sir Horace Lock wood ^mith-Dorrien, hero of the historic re­ treat of the English from Belgium, has part in the battle of Ulundi, when Cetewayo was finally disposed of. He •was mentioned in dispatches, and long been known as one of the best-j since then honors hsve fallen fast up- fighting officers in the British army. Educated at Harrow, he joined, when eighteen years old, the Sherwood for­ esters. At the disastrous battle of Isandula, in 1879, he was one of the tew officers who, by his athletic pow­ ers as runner and swimmer, escaped Ums ?nl" warriors and lived to take / on him. General Smith-Dbrrien was In the Egyptian campaign of 1882, in which year he raised and commanded a corps of mounted infantry, and in 1885, with his mounted infantry, did good work at Suakln. Returning to Egypt in 1898, he took part in the Nile expedition, and was present at the bat­ tle of Khartum, and in the subse­ quent operations- in the Sudan. In the Boer war General Smith-Dor- rien was mainly instrumental in bring­ ing about the capture of Cronje and his army. By his attack upon the Boers on the M odder river, the Gor­ dons, the Canadians and the Royal engineers secured a strong position, from which they enfiladed the enemy's trendies, and by preventing them from dra\rtng water, precipitated Cronje'a •nrtfader. Incorporations. Secretary of State Stevenson issued certificates of Incorporation to the fol­ lowing: Pythian 8ist*rs End Meet. ; « ? Election and installation of offlcefjl marked the closing meeting of thfr twenty-second annual session of lodge of Pythian Sisters, held fti Springfield. The meeting was well attended an#' one of the most enthusiastic the lodga has ever had. The race for grand mis- tress of records and correspotuienoii was believed to lie between Mr*. Alic* M. Dempsey of Harvey and Mrs. Fran­ ces Goos of Canton, but Mrs. Mary J o n e s o f S t r e a t o r , f o r m e r g r a n d m a j ^ ^ - ager, carried off the honors. ^ The officers elected are: Past grand ' • -*'t chief. Alberta J. Hensley, Clinton; / . ' . f ^ grand chief, Flora K. Allen, Decatufef.£ grand senior, Mary Long, DeKalbj \ ij§\ * grand senior, Nellie Sanders, Calba;, grand mistress of records and corr®^ ^ J spondence, Mary Jones, Streator* * \ ^'-"^^3 grand protector, Virginia Kirkpatrick, Urbana; guard, Barbara Jones, Cht» cago; grand trustee for three years^ Anna Anthony, Kewanee; grand tru®». . •. '* tee for two years, Alice M. Dempsey / Harvey; member of Pythian hom# board for five years, F. Emma Kinff. ** ,, 3 | All Officers Are Re-elected. ^ - All the officers of the Woman^ Synodical Home Missionary society of Illinois of the Presbyteriaiii church were re-elected at the thtrty- " second annual meeting of the soe|» • ety held at Second Presbyteria® x church, Springfield. They include: President, Mrs. A. G. Beebe, Oak Park; vice-presf-* dents, Mrs. N. S. Bergen, Lincoln; Mrs. W. C. Miles, of Oak Park; Mr#, ' W. O. McKinney, Waukegan; Mri,'- William A. Dean, Chicago; Mri. I. E. Bangs, Chicago; Mrs. E. A: Faught, Decatur; corresponding sec­ retaries, Miss Fanny C. Cleland, Rock Island; Miss Dosabel Stewart, Rodt" Island; recording secretary and treas­ urer contingent fund, Mrs. L. E. Pritchard, Woodhull; secretary of lit­ erature, Miss E. B. Griffith, Rushvllle; secretary of young people's societies, Mrs. E. D. Given, Paxton; secretary of freedmen's department, Mrs. J. T. Foster, Washington; secretary mis­ sion study classes, Mrs. W. S. Neely, Jersey ville; secretary Westminster guild, Mrs. W. S. Wellr, Glasfortf; secretary extension work, Mrs. J. IX ; ji Murphy, Fairmont • * The meeting was held in conjunov! tion with the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Home society at the church and was presided over by the president, Mrs. A. G. Beebe of Oak Park. The minutes of the last synod- leal meeting were read by Mrs. Li E. Pritchard, after which reports from the various departments were read. Young people's hour was conducted by Mrs. E. D. Given of Paxton. Work of the New Tork board was-' given by Mrs. M. J. Gildersleeve of New York city. Following her talk the Lord's supper was administered by Rev. George T. Gunter, pastor, afti elders of the church. - - • * **** \ V; <£:\t Springfield Woman Nami4 Mrs. C. C. Brown of SpfthgfTettT wilf" re-elected president of the Woman's Synodical Foreign Missionary ao> ciety of Illinois of the Presbyteriaa .church at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the society in Second Pres­ byterian church, Springfield. Mrs. Brown was elected for the eighteenth .successive year. Other officers eteffr ed were: 1 VIcfrPrasident-at-Lsm -- Hra. H, Tinnell, Kansas.. ^ Vice-Presidents--Mrs. H. C- Bernard^ East St. Lonis; Mrs. J. J. HartmaB^^ Rankin; Mrs. William Butler, Cairo; • Mrs. E. P. Hill, Chicago: Mrs. W. C. Mahr, Enfield; Mrs. D. T. Smiley, Woodstock; Mrs. G. W. Rhoads, Shek> byville; Mrs. D. K. Campbell, Ottawa; Mrs. Julia Johnston, Peoria; Mrs. -ft W. Payne, Morrison; Mrs. W. H. Wells, Monmouth; Mrs. B. H. Braio- et-d, Lincoln, all vice-presidents of tlM synod and presidents of the 12 pre* byteries in the district. Corresponding Secretary--MM. 8.0^ •;* Loughridge, Peoria. - Recording Secretary--Mrs; Dl T. Mclntyre, Mattoon. Secretary--Mrs. J. H. Sikes, Spring­ field. Mission Study Secretary--Mrs. W. S. Neely, Jerseyville. Secretary of Young People's Work-- Fannie Clelland, Rhode Island. Treasurer of Contingent Ftand-- Mary Paddock, Springfield. The program was marked with ex­ cellent addresses, not only from worfe . ers in this country, but from abroad' as well. Mrs. C. C. Brown, president, presided. The morning progress opened with devotional exercises co%- ' ducted -by Mrs. B. Y. George, ^ lowed by the minutes of the execu­ tive meeting and the minutes of thgt - last annual meeting by Mrs. Ik. T. Mclntyre of Mattoon. Reports of tlMS various officero were given in the fol­ lowing order: "What Have We Done"--Mrs. S. O. Loughridge, Peoria. "What Is in Our Treasury"--Miss Paddock, Springfield. * "What Do We Read"--Mrs. John Sikes, Springfield. "What Have We Studied"--Mrpk W. S. Neely, Jerseyville. Leland Heads State Poultrymen. Jerome A. Leland of Springfield, has been elected president of tbe Illinois State Poultry association for the corn- National Mineral Reduction eom- j Ing year The annoUncement was pany, Chicago; capital, $1,000. Incop-i macje at Danville by W. A. Parker. porators, James Edwin Baum, Jr., James Edward C^rk. .Samuel Thomas Jacobs. National Poster Stamp company, Chicago; capital, $2,500. Incorpora­ tors. William H. Sleppeck, Richard H. Mather, William A. Sheehan. National Ad Film Service, incor^ porated, Chicago; capital, $20,000. Hawthorne Fair Association of Cook county. Chicago; capital, $1,000. In­ corporators, Thomas Carey, Edward W. White, Daniel L. Gallivap. Condon Bros., Seedmen, Rockford; capital. $10,000. Incorporators, L. R. Condon, A. E. Fisher, Blanche Part­ ridge. Charter Single 81eeve Motor com­ pany, Chicago: capital, $110,000. In­ corporators, Samuel Topliff, Slgrid Erickson, Homer H. Cooper. Roberts Fireproof Storage company, Evanston; capital, $25:000." Incorpor­ ators, T. S. Roberts, Charles S. Rob­ erts, V. JR. Ellstroafc Other ofQcers elected by the as­ sociation are: First vice-president-- D. T. Heimlich, Jacksonville; second vice-president--C. P. Scott, Peoriai third vice-president--J. D. Conley, Car* llnville; secretary-treasurer -- A. IV Smith. Quincy; directors--George hL Rudy, Mattoon; D. W. Hale, Chicago; A. B. Shaner, Lanark. Last Rites Paid Wooda. ^4"' The funeral of Harry Weeda. lat»/,^l . secretary of state, was held at thf - ? < % late residence. «28 South Walnut ^ street, Springfield, Rev. George TL' Gunter, pastor of the Second Presby*> terian church, officiating at the servs>i ices, which were semiprivate. Tb^ services were simple, and consisted ' V. Ji the Presbyterian church burial rite,/vf* The offices in the state house were . closed in the morning ard ,•>»? sta'e-^ 'jf '^4^ officials and employes At attended tk* serrtefiC' • V:--' v" ? Ovi-w- to i^ f:.4 - *