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1Kagedy of Fall of Antwerp Is __ • « * YESTERDAY'8 WEATHER «• THE .D'AIL*/ NEW* • • - ' "•• • Tamparaturaa yastorday warai <* «> ._ read everywhora in 8outh- • $•' Minimum..,.' 39 <j> €> eastern British Columbia (Koot- • <$ Maximum.' ..50 3> <& ' arlay ^fend Boundafy; Diatriot) • • « .$> on tho* day..gf publuflTtion. •> VOL.13 6 PAGES. NELSON. B. C. MONDAY MORNiftG, OCTOBER lft 1914 SOc PER MONTH. NO. 1S4 GUT 1KAGEDY OF FALL OF ANTWERP IS __ FOE TO PIECES J LIGHTENED BY GAU^T DEFENSE Muscovite Prince, Bearing Spirited Attack Between Arras and River Oise Repulsed Standard, Wounded. Prolonged fiesi*'vvid Against Germans' Tremendous ® ITALY HAS NEW <8> GERMANS WOULD ,-by Franco-British-French Make Slight Progress ' <S- ' MINISTER OF WAR <•> CAPTURE KING Engines of War Was impossible-Brave Troops Cover -§ in Centre, Village Retaken, Flag Captured (By Dally News Loused" Wire.) <S> LONDON, Oct. 11.—Emperor Retreat of Besieged Army, Forts Blown Up •v PARIS, Oct. 11.—-A Havas <*> William's army which besieged <S» agency despatch from Romo •*$> Antwerp is now said to bo mov­ <§> says that King Victor Emmun- «§ CONTINUE FIGHT ON ing swiftly toward Ostend with <$>» uel has named Qcrt. Zupelll to fy tho object of capturing King; MERCILESS RAIN OF SHELLS THROWS liWAR EXPERIENCE SHOWS OFFICERS "<S> succeed Gen. Grand! us minis- <§> Albert and Queen Elizabeth nnd <S> ter of war. Gen. Grandl resigned <$ EAST PRUSSIA FRONT the Belgian official securities. <?> because of newspaper criticism, -i The queen already has reach­ TERROR INTO PEOPLE OF STRICKEN CITY EASILY PICKED OFF BY MARKSMEN <5 ed England. French Official Circles Believe forced Evacuation of Official Press, Bureau Says Brilliant French Uniforms KING CHARLES OF * Cossacks Surprise Austrians "^Conspicuous, British Leaders Are Marked by Swords With Cross fire-Teutons BELGIAN CONSUL Fortress Will Lengthen War--May Become Base for Zeppelin Attacks on Britain—Refugees in Pitia­ and Equipment--Caves Used by Opposing RUMANIA DEAD vRetire from Lyck MAKES APPEAL ble Plight-Huge Oil Tanks Ablaze Forces for Rover—Foe Short of Munitions Pro-German Ruler Will Be Succeeded by Prince Who Sympathizes Canadian Club in Charge of Campaign (By Daily News Leased Wire.) (By Dally News Leased Wire.) long in operation thc civil population (By Dally News Leased Wire.) men or of the Germans. But nt me With Allies, in Nelson—To Despatch Relief LONDON, Oct. 11.-—A Chronicle cor­ of a large part of the city fell Into a PETROGRAD, (jot, 11.—The follow­ PAiTUS, Oct. 11, 3:14 p.m.—The,offi­ dlum Tangos the red trousers of, our by End of Month. respondent who has just arrived from panic. It is impossible 'to lilame these cial communication glvan out In Paris allies show up clearly. When the in (By Dally News Ltfum-d Wire.) ing official communication by the gen Antwerp, tells the following story: peaceful, quiet living burghers of Ant­ this afternoon says: fantry is1 lying down, however, Its •LONDON, Oct. 11.—The death ol cinl stuff waH issued today: In- connection with 'the campaign werp for the fears that possessed them King Charles oi Rumania, occurred ut "Uiii- cavalry on the front attacked Antwerp has surrendered. This last "On our left wing the Gorman cav­ kepis at-o not so cattily seen as aro our in Nelson and vicinity which la being and bitterest blow which has fallen on when the merciless rain of Gorman own flat topped forage cups. ins country Beat at Sinaia, iu vvalu- today and cut to pieces several budles conducted by the Canadian club 'for alry, which had seized certain points of German advance guards and took as funds, food and clothing for the relict Belgium is full of poignant tragedy shells began to fall into the streets and of passage over the Lys to the east of "From Interrogation of prisoners it chia. It brings prominently to tna but the tragedy is lightened by the on the roofs of their bouses nnd pub­ trout the question" of tue attituae prisoners all those who escaped exter- of the citizens of Belgium who are Aire, was driven out of them during has been ascertained that at medium mlnatlon, (Tho place where the battle suffering through the devastation of gallantry with which the city was de­ lic buildings. The burgomaster had In today and retreated to tho region of ranges both French nnd British offi­ which Rumania Is likely to assume fended. his proclamation given them excellent with regard to participation In tne occurred is not mentioned.) their little nation by the Gorman army Armentleres. Between Arras and the cers »re easily distinguishable from "During the fighting the Russian the following appeal has been received Only at the last, to save the historic advice to remain calm and he certainly Oise the enemy delivered a spirited at­ their men and selected marksmen, pro­ war. King Charles favored the Ge; standard 'bearer, Prince Oleg, a -son of from John M. Whitehead, Belgian con­ buildings and precious possessions ef set them an admirable example but It tack Upon the right bank of the Anere vided with field glasses, are specially mans and .Austrians, hut his ministers Grand Duke Constantino, who reached sul at Vancouver: the ancient port, was its further de­ was impossible to counsel the Bel­ •without, succeeding In making any told uff from each platoon of German and the Rumanian people have inoiin* the enemy first, was shot through the "I should like to bring forcefully to fense abandoned. gians who knew what had happened progress." infantry to pick off tho officers. The ed toward the allies. kg ami slightly wounded. the attention of your readers that Bel Already much of it has been shat­ to their fellow citizens in other towns • Born on April 20, 1839, King Charles which the Germans haul passed Tho statement adds- that, there lias French officer is betrayed by the great "On the front 'in East Prussia the glum, mindful of her obligation t0 ob­ tered by the long range German guns been slight progress by the French visible length of hlB red trousers and was 75 years of uge. he wus the son situation is unchanged. Tho Germans, serve strict neutrality, is today In a and prolonged resistance against the through. troops at the centre, whore night at-" by his accoutrements, while the British of the late Prince Karl of i-ionenzol- profiting by their railroad communica­ state of unmeadurea'ble suffering. tremendous engines of war was im­ Immense crowds of them, men, wo­ tacks "By tho Germans have been re­ officer Is given away by bis sword, his lern-SIgmurlngcn, and IB thus cloaeiy tions, are trying to hold the positions "Seven out of her nine provinces possible. men and children gathered along the pulsed and that during Oct. 9 and 10 open Jacket with low collar and tie, his connected with the family of the they occupy in tho vicinity of the fron- have been devastated by the niost Owing to this the siege was perhaps quayside and at the railway stations tho .village of Apremont, to the east blown belt and absence of pack. Even kaiser. In November, 18U9, he married 'tior. dreadful war known to history. Tlie the shortest in tho annals of war that la aa effort to make a hasty exit from of St. Mlhiel, was taken by the Ger­ such trifling differences as the color Princess Elizabeth von Wied, who died "Several engagement have taken peaceful countryside is strewn with a fortified city ever sustained. Many tho city. Their condition was pitiable mans and retaken by the French. or cut of the breeches are said to be a few years later, leaving no children. place on the lUft bank of the Vistula the dead and the dying. Thousands heroic efforts wero made by the Bel­ iu the extreme. Family parties made noticeable. during the transportation of troops of people have nothing in tho world 'The statement sums Up by saying: He married secondly in 18!)3 Marie, from mi,, side to thc other. gians to stem the tide of tho enemy's up tho biggest proportion of this vast "Thus everywhere wo have main­ daughter of the Quite of Saxe-Coburg left, not a rooT over their heads, no advance but the end could not long crowd of broken hearted men and wo­ "Tho Germnns certainly do employ Austrian Force Dispersed. money, no clothes and no chance of tained our positions," snipers and gome of them havo been and Gotha, by whom he hud five chil­ "la Gallcia the Austrians have split earning a living of any sort. I am told be delayed when the siege guns ibegan men. There were husbands and wlveg found on church towers, up trees and dren. The heir to the throne, Charles, up into groups anj are operating In the sight of these poor refugees, wand­ the bombardment. It was 12:03 p.m. with their groups of scared children, Satisfactory, Late Report Says In houses. One of them succeeded In on Friday when the Germans entered unable to understand what was hap­ who was born in 1893, is believed to various directions, in spite 0f the P-*u ering over the country seeking food (By Dally News Leased Wire.) killing two of. our officers and wound­ have sympathies with tlie allies in ttau dence of their offensive, our cavalry and shelter, is more "pitiable than words the city, which was formally surrend­ pening, yet dimly conscious- in their PARIS, Oct. 11, 11:03 p.m.—The offi­ ing two moro If-foro ho was accounted present struggle. succeeded In surprising an Austrian can express and that It is Scarcely pos­ ered by the burgomaster, J. de Vos.
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