The Fairview Leader (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914 Page: 3 of 10
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THE LEADER FAIRVIEW' OKLAHOMA
WOMEN CARRY
Peasant women at great personal risk distributing walnuts to the Belgian soldiers in the trenches between
Duffell and Lierre while the Germans were fiercely attacking Antwerp
BELGIANS FIGHTING OYER BODIES OF THEIR DEAD
Remarkable photograph of Belgians
firing line a Red Cross worker is seen
WHERE A ZEPPELIN
Fish shop in Ostend that was wrecked by a bomb dropped from a Zeppe-
lin airship
FOOTBALL PLAYER WAR HERO
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Georges Andrea Sprinted Quarter
Mile With German Flag Leav-
ing His Pursuers Behind
Bordeaux — French athletes have
been distinguishing themselves on the
fighting line A few days ago a notice
appeared In the Official Gazette which
said that a corporal of the name of
Georges Andrea who was mentiened
In dispatches had been promoted to
the grade of sergeant before members
of b's regiment and had been recom-
mended for a military medal
-- It is learned that this refers to
WALNUTS TO MEN IN
In action In the foreground is the
attending a wound ed man
BOMB FELL IN OSTEND
Georges Andrea to whom the French
premier recently alluded as an all-
round athlete and the best rugby three-
quarterback who was a contestant in
the London Olympic games Follow'
ing is the story of how Andrea who
Is with the French army in Lorraine
won his honors:
With six men he went into a village
to find rooms for officers In the mar-
ket place was a 'large band of Ger-
mans who immediately set upon the
small French detachment Andrea
snatched a saber from the German
nearest him and killed two men with
it By this time he saw that his com-
panions were dead or captured He
THE TRENCHES I
body of a dead soldier and behind the
ON RED CROSS SERVICE
Dr A Cook who is in charge of a
body of American physicians that
sailed recently for Red Cross service
In France
grabbed a flag from 'a German and
putting it under his arm raced through
the village street as though attempting
to “try” In rugby football A number
of Germans were following at his
heels After sprinting a quarter of a
mile he left his pursuers far behind
French and German Navies
Within the past few years Germany
has passed France in naval power On
the basis of vessels completed and
vessels under construction Germany
I has 943338 tons and France has 651'
002 tons
DIARY TELLS DF GERMAN ADVANCE
ON AND CAPTURE OF ANTWERP
London — In the form of a diary the
Story of the siege of Antwerp and the
German plan of attack are given in
the follow lug dispatch received by the
Central News from its Ostend corre-
spondent: ‘Saturday Sept 26 — The Belgians
retired from their positions east south
and west of Malines to the line of out-
er forts
“8ept 27 — The Germans bombarded
and occupied Malines
‘‘Sept 28 — Bombardment of Forts
De Waelhem De Wavre-St Catherine
and other forts on the southern line
by 11-inch howitzers
‘Sept 2D — Magazine of Fort De
Waelhem blown up by shell fire For
De Wavre-St Catherine put out of
action Forts at Lierre bombarded
' Fprts 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
hell 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
Germans began to occupy the outer
ring of forts A German ' aeroplane
flew 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 Llrre and the river bank
trenches
‘Oct 5— 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 Is Occupied
‘Oct 7 — Governor General de Guise
announces that a bombardment of the
DEFEND 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 Btumbled 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 days
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 was dressed 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 tom 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
the great German guns often fell right
TRAPPED IN SWAMP
GERMAN BATTERY LOST
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Rome — An Incident of the battle
between the French and Germans
near Esternay and Sezanna Is thus de-
scribed in a Paris dispatch
“A German battery which had been
caught in a swamp and which for 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
fight against the advancing French
r
city is Imminent The Germans em-
place batteries for their purpose and
at midnight a heavy bombardment
begins
“Oct 8 — Exodus of the population
The bombardment of the town is con-
tinued with violence The petrol tanks
are ablaze Berchem a southern sub-
urb is in flames as also are1 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 of
Antwerp
Took Two Weeks
“It will thus be seen that the Ger-
mans took a fortnight to drive their
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 last
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 shrapnel 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’8 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
“1 understand that the British naval
force saved all its wounded and guns
The Belgian army is still intact”
through the houses and exploded in
the cellars '
Trains and barges perilously over-
loaded till Friday bore the people to
Holland It Is clear that a vast 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 Camille bury-
ing all the nurses and wounded in the
pile of ruins
GERMAN LOSS AT
ANTWERP IS HEAVY
Paris — The Germans lost 40000
men in the capture of Antwerp ac-
cording to Paul Erio 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 masses 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 Bornheim the
Belgians interred 3200 German
corpses
“Wea Von Beseler managed to
cross the Nethe and Install 16-inch
guns on the north banks shells 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
glTen 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 horses 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 late 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 guns
still rested on trees which the men
had placed under the wheels in order
that the pieces might not disappear
in the mud'
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at our risk At dealers or mailed 50c
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PATENTS
Wttaos E Colevnanf
Patent lawyer W aehtngioQ
DO Advice and books five
Rates reasonable Highest references Beet eer Ices
This is a free county but you
should be ashamed to say some of the
things you think
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate Btomach liver and bowels
Sugar-coated tiny granules Easy to take
as candy Adv
A widower never invests In a guitar
for the purpose of serenading a spin-
ster He begins right where he left
off at the end of his first courtship
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children and see that it
Bears the
Signature
In Use For Over 30 Years
Children Cry for Fletcher’s CastoriS
First Aid to Matrimony
“The English military uniform”
said General Holland in Canton “is
the best looking- and it is also the
best to fight in Take the photo-
graphs of the wounded and dead Eng-
Hsh officers — Viscount Hawarden the
Hon W A Cecil Lieut the Hon R
Keppel Did you ever see such a hand-
some lot of uniforms?
“No wonder all the English soldiers
marry well” General Holland conclud-
ed “Handsome Is that handsome does
— and the English uniform certainly
does havoc amongst the English heir-
esses” An Emotionalist
“So you’re hanging around broke
again?” said the policeman
“Yes” answered Bill the Burglar
“I haven’t a cent I broke into a
house night before last and the poor
mark of a taxpayer told me such a
hard luck story that he had me shed-
din’ tears an’ lendin’ him my last
cent”
Befitting Punishment
Edith — The wretch! So he actually
proposed to both of us! Oh I wish we
could think of some way to punish
him!
Madge — We can you marry him
dear
The girl who is a good cook usually
deserves a better husband than she
gets '
Success always gets applause but it
doesn't always respond to an encore
Virtue is its own reward but evei i
an angel blows hiB own horn
You don’t have to play poker with a
man to win his friendship
Silence is the wisest argument of an
ignorant man
The “Meat”
of Com
— - the sweet centers of choice
Indian corn cooked seasoned
just right rolled thin as paper
and toasted until they become
golden brown flakes — crisp
and delicious I
That’s why
Post
Toasties
are better than ordinary “com
flakes"
Toasties are packed in an
inner container inside the
tight-sealed familiar yellow
carton — keeps the food fresh
and crisp for your appelite —
Superior
Corn Flakes
— sold by Grocers
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Williams, Ivan. The Fairview Leader (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914, newspaper, October 29, 1914; Fairview, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1721552/m1/3/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.