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;t-“..\ntwerp, Sept. 30.â€"(Via Ibndon).â€"'l‘he oflicial statement issued by Belgian general staff toâ€"day says: &_ ‘‘The vigorous German bombardmeat of forts Woelhem, Woevre and St. Catherine, which was continued througiout the night, abated at 8 o‘clock this morning. The assailants did not succeed in silencing the guns of the fil;l:m forts, nor in any way lowering the morale of the garrisons of the Sorts. & / Our troops holding the positions between these works allowed _ the enemy â€"to advance until they were within close range, when our artillery and infantry, working in remarkable combination, showered the attacking ®olumn with hail of projectiles and builets, which threw their ranks into @isorder and compelled them to precipitate a retreat. TROPHIES OF y THE WAR «. ‘"At no point did the German infautry dare to move against out first Blines of @elense. Only one attempt was directed against forts Liezele and Breedonk. 5 â€" ‘This whort the power of Entire Stock of Kaiser‘s Famâ€" ous Pedigree Cattle and Horses Captured | . < s 6 o o o o o o o o o a 0 o o 0 o o 6 en e o e e ee0e00 000008000 0 0 0 0000000 0 0 0 0 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 8 1 d 0 0 o 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 6 6 .."."l' & eecesesese o eeeee one cadeee o ce ce o ; ~#» # 0 e o o & oo e e esese P RE C 00 o o o o o & 4 % & f o o o o o o e & & 6 4 & X e o. e e & ® PS EC " ® s & ® se o 5 U London, Sept. 30.â€" A despatch go ‘the Star from Petrograd says that among its remarkable war Arophies arriving &t Smolensk is the eutire stock of Emperor Wilâ€" liam‘s (amous pedigree cattle and «ud horses,scaptured by the Rusâ€" nemy. â€"Permitted to Come/Within Close Range When They. Were Met with Shower of Projectiles and Made Precipitate Retreat ' NEW FALL GOODS GRAYS, BLACKS, BROWN AND FANCY TWEEDS, SINGLE _ AND DOUBLE BREASTED. Boy‘s Overcoats â€" and Suits FANCY TWEED AND WORSTED NAVY BLUES. * $22.00, on sa $20.00 on sal $15.00 on sal $12.06 on sa $10.00 on sa $3.00 on sale Men‘s Overcoats $22.00 on sale £20.00 on sale $15.00 on sale $12.00 on sale $10.00 on sale $8.00 on sale . * $8.00 $6.00 $5.00 $3.00 $2.50 32.00 $1.50 GUREYS, BROWNS, BLACK AND $5.00 Clothing Department (Canadian Press.) attempt cost the Germans dearly, and‘ was not repeated. In events of the day confirm the confidence of the Belgians in the resistance of their national rcdoubt." Men‘s Pants , on sale on sale on sale on sale on sale Men‘s Suits on sale on sale on on on On on IANS HURL ' GERMANS BACK FROM ANTWERP on . sal sale sale sale sale sale sale ENEMY 3 MA To FORCED TO RETREAT â€"REPULSE ENEMY BET $16.50 ... $15 +ss‘ BVR ... 9.00 ......7.50 16.50 . $156 . $12 $o 7.50 56 4.50 3.76 3.76 $3 2.25 s2 sians from the Emperor‘s estate l ‘"‘On our right wing in France in at Kominten, in East Prussia. {teen the Oise ““‘L“’e Meuse, _ but They were taken to Moscow, and lopprating against the forts on the M presented to the Russian Agriculâ€" )made a n>w assault along our line ir tural Institute for distribution to _ l°ry has opened fire on the forts of agricultural breeding associations. |forces against tlie attacking line has tm es ven tm I In the eastern theatre of war the WATER TAP WAS "CHARGED." _ of Suwaltki failed." & Charles Grobe was instantly killed at his home in Preston Tuesday evenâ€" ing when tilk water tap at his home became charged with electricity. He went to the cellar to investigate, and received a shock which resulted in instant death. Miss Daisy McCallum, of Toronto, Icnion, Sept. 30.â€"The Rome corâ€" is the guest of Mrs. Henry _ Pinke, respondent of the Exchange Teleâ€" Spring street, this week. graph Co., says that King Charles of $G 0 0 0 a o 0 0 a 0 0 0 o a 0 6 6 a a o o 0 6 0 0 0 o 0 0 a a 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 a 0 0 a 0 0 0 a 0 a a 0 a a 6 0 d 0 a 0 a 6 a a 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 a o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 d a a a b‘n a 0 0 d a 0 d 0 d 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 o a n a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n a 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 Wildfang Forced Out of Business !! The Bank of Hamilton bought our store and require same for addition to the bank. $15000.00 Stock of Men‘s: and Boys‘ Clothing, Hats, Caps, and Men‘s Furnishings Must Be Sold by the 20th. of November. Sale Starts ard. of Oct. Winter Underwear _ Great Reductions on Ties, Hose, Gloves, Furâ€"lined Caps. Now is your opportunity to lay in your Winter supply of goods at wholesale prices.. Sale begins Sat. Oct. 3rd. 30c SHIRT OR DRAWER 15c SHIRT OR DRAWERS $1.50 SHIRT OR DRAWER $1.00 SHIRT OR DRAWER: 25 SIIIRT OR DRAWERS d y °372C RS 50C Hm75c BRS sl * 1.20 19 SEVERE BATTLES HAVE BEEN __ _ TURNING MOVEMENT .â€" â€"~ FOUGHT IN WOEVRE.DISTRIcy â€" DEVELOPING RAPDL] w-â€"‘â€"‘ul-n' Galicia efforts at sorties made by the Austrian garrison at Prze mysl have failed. The Austrian armies continue to retreat in disorder tosing numerous prisoners, artillery, and war material. BERLIN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. â€" _ ‘‘On our right wing in Lorraine and Vosges, there has been . no change." _ â€" â€" BorI‘n, Sept. 30.â€"A report given out at Army _ Headquartars toâ€"day says, ‘‘There has been general fighting on our right wing in France, but notbin+ decisive. The centre is qui¢t,g, and the Frcnch advances in‘ the vicitity of Verdun and Toul have been renewed. > Relative Calm Still Prevails Along Entire + Front at the Cént'revme_n Argonne â€" Paris, Sept. 30.â€"The official statement says :â€""KFirstâ€"On _ our left wing, north of Somme, th> action continues to ‘develop rapidly. Between the Oise and the Aisne, thke enemy, has delivered a vigcrous attack . on Tracey Le Mont, northeast of the forest of Aigue. . They were repulsed with heavy losses. . "Secondâ€"(n the centre there is ; rclative calm along the entire front, which extends from Rheims to the Meuse. Between the Argonne and the Meuse we have made slight prosress. . _ In the W&;r‘e';i_;tr-i;t-.. there have bu. severe batfies. Our troops Have advanced at several points, notably to the east of St. Mibiel. I.ondon; Sept. 30.â€"A despatch to the Reuter Telegram Co., from Berâ€" lin says that the headquarters German General staff male the following ofl.cial statement last night. y s â€" GERMAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT SAYS FIGHTING IS INDECISIVE "On our right wing in France indicisise battles hive occurred . beâ€" t een the Oise ang_the Meuse, but it is gencrally quiet. The army operating against the forts on the Meuse was repulsed. The French have made a n>w assault along our line Ircin Verdun to Toul. Our siege artilâ€" lâ€"ry has opened fire on the forts of Antwerp. The assault of the Pelgiap ROUMANIA WILL ~ DECIDE TOâ€"MORROW and Meuse Allies Make Progress (Canadian Press.) Wildfang, Berlin P FRENCH MAKE LAIN AND FANCY STRIPES 50¢ on Sal@ ... z22222 A 75c on Sale $1.00 on Sale Men‘s Working _ Shirts NEW ASSAULT Rounfania has summoned his cabinet in specz'pl session toâ€"morrow, to _ deâ€" cide Roumania‘s attitude toward the war been repulsed. Kussian assaults on the government . Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ross and Mr. Fred Ross, of Bufialo, N.Y., nsotored over and are visiting with Mr. . and Mrs.â€" Geo. Schlee. 40c 50c T5¢ Boys‘ Sweaters Men‘s & Boys Caps BOYS‘ SWEATERS 756 and 100 job lot on sa.e 50e CAPS, on sale 25¢._.CAPS,..on Aal¢ ... $1.00 Caps, on sale whole place. He stole medals, old arms, rare and precious vases, tapesâ€" tries, icons, cups and gold souvenirs ] most dear to my family. He caused | to be packed choice pictures and pieces of furniture, but some of these , eases were left in the hasty fiight .of | the Germans." 1914 _ PARIS, Sept. 30. â€"Crown Prince Frederick William, dud-a‘tr:o Arst days of the battle of the e, had his beadquarters at the chateau of the Baroness de Bays, near Chamâ€" peaubert, Marne, famous for its colâ€" lections of art objects. The Baroness de Bays writes, says The Paris Temps, thus: 2 _ No u_ The baroness afirms, according to The Temps, that the German crown prince stamped with his heel upon the portraits of the Russian Emperor and Empress in the chapel of the chateau. CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY. The crown prince plundered the Destroyed Portraits In Chapel. ‘rROBBED ° BARONESE 35¢ 55¢ T5¢ N OSE $1 Joa lot â€" ranging in price $1.50 to $2.50 ... .22 .l , MEN‘S in price $1 100 Soft Hats Estimated That150,000 Troops Are De 'permghd_d@fifiyeéfi 'Fomondé must be sold A T ONCE: Everything "This battle,"" ‘the correspondent says, ‘"‘Appears to be the last @I on both sides to.Belgian resistance, in face of the superior German lery, which is magnificent.. 8 â€" ‘"As regards Antwerp it is not easy to imuke any "definite " statemen until the result of toâ€"day‘s (Tuesday‘s) battle is known. In any casé the town is weH provisioned and defendcd. ‘The German losses _ in last few days must.haye been enormous, certainly many thousands "hav Lallen." t Paris, Sepg: . to th official bulletin given out in Pzrig this afternoon the overnent of the allies north of Somme is d&eâ€" veloping rapidly. > &-afiuk on Tracy Le Mont has been ¢ with heavy losses, | 93\ > * * London, Sept. 80.â€"The cortespondent of the London _ Daily Chroni with the Relgians, writing under yestcrJay‘s date, estimates that hear 124,000 troops are cigaged in a despciute baltle mlong the line extendb from Termonde to Aershot. London, Sept. 30.â€"Daily Mail‘s Venice correspondent says Ialy ° will have early in October an army of 1,310,000 men in ‘her own t"rlwm? divided into thirty army corps, The correspondent also savs ‘Austr troops are still throwing up defence works along the frontietr. x Tokio, Sept. 30.â€"It is officially announced that a portionâ€"oi the . ancse fleet has landed a force, which has occupted Lao Che Harbor, in neighborhood of Tsing Tay. _ They took four field guns abandoned the Germans. e * Men‘s Soft Shirts Petrograd, Sept. 30.â€"Despatches from Lemberg State that all the> piominent ‘Austrian provincial and civic officials, judges and ecclesiastical . dignitarics attended the establishment of the Russian civil government,< / over eastern Galicia, when Count Bobriasky was installed as _ Governor »«* General. Mayor Rutovsky made a specch of the most cordial character: BELGIANS IN CONTLCT WITH GERMANS. London, Sept. 30.â€"An Amsterdam despatch to the Central News saft{ thut fugitives from (Ghent teport that the Belgian forces marching on Brussels are in contact with the Germans. & London, Sept. 30.â€"A despatch to the Reuter Telegram Co. from Am sterdam says that a message from Antwerp says: s I ‘"‘From various points the garrison made sorties, and repulsed the Gcf mans with heavy losses. ‘The bombardment of the forts at Catherine and Woelhen by the Germans contintes. a single attack has been delivered by the Germansâ€"on the forts of Liezeli anc Breedonk." i SOFT SHIRTS, Ranging 25 to $2.50, o §§@, ITALY WILL HAVE LARGS ARMY NEXT MONTH aa% »I â€". 4 wmdiu to th f ing movernent RUSSIA ESTABLIMIES GOVERNMENT JAPANESE SEIZE FOVUKR GUNS LARGE FORCES ENGAGED "Y P 49c¢ GERMANS REPULSED SMASH! BANG! 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