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WTLKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAy,     OCTOBER 11, 1914.
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PLAYING GREATtST GAME IN WORLD'S SERIES RECORDS GRAVES WIN SECOND
Startling Double Play Nips Athletics' Chance In Last Inning.
DEAL'SBASERUNNING
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
BOSTON
(By Frank G. Menke.)
Philadelphia,   Oct.   10-O«;;f the  Brave,   have   demonstrated  their all-around  superiority   over the  Ath letics, but before thcy achieved their one to nothing victory m i>hibe Park this   afternoon   they   were play   the  greatest  game
again
forced   to
of  base  ball
world's
that ever ha.s characterized a
^^otft o^"the smoke of battle emerge James,   Deal and  Maranville to wear the  laurel wreaths of fandom of   It,   too   come   Barry
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:\IANN. RF     5
EVERS. 2B '.....    4
CATHERS. LF     4
WTHTTED,   CF     4
.SCHmDT, IB        3
GOWDY, C       -2
MARAN"\^ILLE,   SS    ^
DEAL.   8B     4
JA:\rES. P     4
TOTALS   .32
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BLOOMSBrRG M.VX KHiliED
IS   V\1IJ)   WEST   SHOOTTVd
Fargeo, N. D., Oct 10.—In the holrt- ap of a passer.«er train by bandits Just acros.s the border of South Da- ota Carlton John, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvani J, was killed by a revolver shot that penetrated his stomach. Carlton was employed as a special agent for guarding money and secrui- ties shipped by express and it was In an effort to rob the express safe th.it the bandits brought the train to a halt at a lonely spot In the plains.
KING iVLBERT FLEEING CAPTURE MAY OBTAIN REFUGE IN HOLLAND
FTVGER  TORN  OFF BY WHEF.T,
OF   REI'B.ACTORY  CO.XSTER.
Francis Guard. 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cuard, or South Editor's Note:—<:arlton John left Grant street, suffered considerable | Bloomsburg early in September after , torture when his hand became -A-cdged having Just recovered from an Injury ; in the coes of a .sidewalk coa.stcr yes- received while .acting as a special of- i terday. The index flnser of the boy'a ficer   on   the   Xew   Tork   Dovislon   of' •'iKht l^nn^'  was torn from the  socket.
ATHLETICS
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out
And Schang and Strunk for a bit of panning by the Athletic supporters for their ••bone" work, which permitted the Braves to score the only run ot the game  in  the   ninth.
The game abounded in amazing plays, almost from the hrst inning until the fina! double play was made. And the making of that double play by Maranville and Schmidt will go down in history as probably the fast¬ est piece of work ever seen on a bail
field. .      „     ,
But before we touch on the final plav of the game, let us pause «hd consider the work of James the hu=ky Boston pitcher, who establish¬ ed a world series record by allowing onlv 28 men to face him in nine inn¬ ings Onlv two hits were made oft his delivery and one was^ questionable. James never was In better form in his career. And he may never pitch a better game. His fast ball was so fast that the Athletics swung at it time and again,—and missed It com¬ pletely. His curves broke sharply end the Quaker sluggers misi;ed them bv a foot or two.
James showed no fear of the Ath¬ letics. He grooved the ball for them time and time again. He dared them to hit what he offered,—and they couldn't make good. Not until af¬ ter one man was out in the sixth, did an Athletic batter get a safe drive. And then it was Schans who turn¬ ed the trick with a two-bagger. The hit skimmed along the third base foul line, iust inside, yet too far away for Dea! to grab. The other hit was made hy Collins. Tt came in seventh.       The   majority
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BAKER, 3B     3      0    0    0    0 0    0    0    2
McJ^'NIS,   IB     3^    0    0    n    0 2    0    0    K
STRUN-K. CF     3      0    (f 0    0 2    0   0   4
BARRY, SS     2      0    0    0    1 1    1    0    2
SCHANG. C 2      n    1    1    n 0    0    0    5    2
PLANK. P     2     0    0    0    (1 1    0    0    0    1
x\VALSH         0      0    n    0    1 n    O   O   O    0
TOTALS     25      0   2    1    3 S    1    0 27 14"
xBatted for Plank in ninth.
BOSTON   .....;.  noo   000    OOl-l
ATHLETICS  oOO    000    000-«
SU]\nL\RIES: Earned runs,'Boston 1. Two-base hits, Schang and Deal. Sacrifice hits, Maranville. Stolen bases. Deal 2. Strnck out. by James, 8; by Plank, 6. Bases on balls, oft" Plank. 4; off Jjiraes, 3. Hit by ptiched ball, .Maranville. Passed balls, Gowdy. Schang. Double plays, :\Iaranville to Schmidt. Umpires, Hildebrand behind the plate, Byron on bases, Klem and Dineen on the foul lines. Time, 1:58. Left on bases, Boston 11, Phila¬ delphia 1.
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the Reading  R;illw.ay.    He was a son : of J.  U  John  of  Newtowjn,  formerly i of  Millville   and   is     survived   by     his wife and one daughter.    Also surviv- | ing are the father,  and  the following- j brothers    and   sisters:   Je.sse,     Harry. | Leland and Bertram of  Newtown and Frances of Boston.    The funeral will be  held   from   the  father's  home,   the remains   having     been   prepared     or shipment.
BOY KILLED
ATSTANTON
Negligence May Have Caused Fatal Mine Accident
of   the
the fans
BASEBALL SUPERSTITIOUS SEE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE BRAVES
Turn Of Events at Shibe Park Leads Them To Think That It Was All To Be-Damon Riinyan, Noted Expert, Dis¬ cusses The Play in The Ninth That Brought Victory.
(By John B. GallSKher.)
Charles Jackless. o 3:?2 Sylvanu.^ street, this city was instantly killed^ at the Stanton colliery of the Lehigh) &   Wilkes-Barre   Coal  Company   yes-(
With other -oiingst-?rs Guard vas jdaying in Wayne lane when his ma¬ chine stalled through dislocation of the cog wheels that control the Jiand motor. Guard attempted to set them right and put hi.=; hand In the meshes. Dr. Tobla.s treated the Injudy and the bov was sent  home.
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Leading Defeated Field Army of Bel¬ gians Hero Ruler Must Face Super¬ ior Force Of Germans Or Be Jnlerned
HIS FORCE MAY BE ELIMINATED
COXFKOKR \TI-:   BITjT.   P.\ID
FOR WORIjD .series PL.\CE.
Police of tho Quaker City refused to arrest Frank Dowd. of Hazleton, when Thomas Burke protested against his receipt of a five dollar Confedcr- .Ttp bill for his pl'ice in line outside i^hibe Park in Philadelphia just be¬ fore the gates opened for the sec¬ ond game of the world'.s series. Burke was loud In his clamoring for justice but all he .eot was a direction tow.nrd the farthest end of the rooters who were anxious for a glimpse at re>cord breaking pastiming. Dowd saw the game, whether or not the bad money paid for the position In line Burke had   waited  all   night   to  obtain.
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S \Fn^T\- PISTOI,  TS F.\T.\Ii
TO FY>OI.ISH DFMON.STRAER.
Cincinnati. Oct. 10.—To demonstrate "no^w   safe   a   new   ".'safety   revo'vijer
terday morning. He was riding on(; was, Slgmuhd Munk, of Detroit, the front ol a loaded trip when hi^! Placed the weapon against his side head was caught betvPten the car and j at the home of his brother. 4509 Col- the   brattice.      It Is said  the accident!   umbia   avenue,  and   pressed   the  tripr-
happened at a point where State in¬ spectors had recently ordered some changes made owing to the dangerous)
ger.     The  revolver   went   off and   the bullet penetrat-'d his body.
With hi.= two brothers. Henry and conditions pointed out in articles than'Leo, Munk planned to shoot dogs that appeared in the Sunday Independentj j had boen killing chickens. One of the Jackless was 16 years ola. "brothers took n rifle and Munk armed
Four weeks ago I stated that the(, hl'mpelf with the revolver. Ifls wL^e conditions under Inspector Thomas)' pleaded with him mt to take the^ re- PhilUps were dangerous in this minc( I volver. fearing something would hap- and an inspector visited it.     The ori I P^^^
UY   n.\>IO\-   RCTNYOX.
Philadelphia, Oct. 10.—Supersti¬ tious old base ball men ffra.^vely wag their   heads   and    tell   you   that   such
Tvho .saw  the play are  of  the oPin'^n j ^j^,j^„j,   .^j.  franspircd     at     .Shlbe  field that   Collin.s.   instead   of being credit-j ^^^^.^ ^j^l_^ j^jfp^j^^^j, ,ar? the manifesta- ed   wiCi   a   hit   on   that   play   sbould I ^j^^^^ ^^ ^jj.jj^g^^, ^^^^p have    been    out.        Collins    drove    a       j^^  almost  uncanny quirk
that play sbould I Collins drove a bounder to Kvers. "Trojan Johnny- came in on it fast and whipped it to Pchmidt. T^mpire Byron called Col¬ lins safe, althoueh from the stands it looked as if the thro-w beat the .\th- letlc's second sacker a fraction of a second.
.\nA now for that wonderful ninth | Inning.—one that will live always in | lhe memory of those who saw today's j
game.
¦With the score nothinP to nothin?, ; and with one out. charged aerainst | ^ 'his side. Charlie Deal, the Braves | third baseman, regarded as the weak¬ est hitter on the team, walked to the plate, picked out one of ri.ink's fast ones and sent it to centre field. Strunk mi.sjudged the ball. He. started to come in on tt and then, realizing that the drive was n Innir one. he started backward at top speed. When the sun confused Strunk. or whether the play on hlsi jiart was of the "bone" nature. Is a pubject that fandom i.s disci!.s.sinp; to¬ night.
Strunk's backward sprint started too late. The ball went over his head, just out of bis reach and Deal anchored at second. With James at bat,   Deal   took   to   dartin'-i   back   and
In the luck that c;ime in the ninth i^nin^' gave the Boston Braves another vic¬ tory over the Philadelphia Athletics bv n score of 1 to 0 and the gray beards of the game say that thl« strange quirk came because it has been written that the Boston Braves shall be the champions of the ba.<?e- ball world.
Men are still debating: that play to.
ry did not throw drew back his arm, never   came.      Later
to but it
Baker.   He
the   throwr developed
that Deal wag directly in line with Paker and the throw might have hit the runner in the ba':'k and ended the ("hances of the Athletics right there. Tho snectator.s nev^r fully Thev were dumbfounded by Barry's comprehended that fact, however, hesitation.
'With eal on third .Tames fanned for the fourth time. Ijeslie Mnnn. playin.s: his first game in tho series, took a ball and then chopped a long looping fly to right field back of sec¬ ond. Eddie Collins made a des¬ perate effort to catch it. fairly hurl- I ing him.self    backward.     His    fingers
nicrht as the scene of the series shifts ».   j   .-.     i.  ,,    ,   .
..    -r^    . J  J   ..v..i„~ .u„. .!,„,. ,«;ii I oarely touched   the bil ,   but even  so.
to Boston and doubting tbat they wiU 1 .^ .    j_..,...,.., ,^    y ¦
called  upon  to retnrn to  Philadel
phia for any subspqu»nt gam-2S
The star of the .\merlcan League pppnns to be slowly sinking. Eight innines of a bitter pitchlne: battle be¬ tween Eddie Plank, the Gr^ttysburg patli ng." * last of the .\thletlc "old ETiiard." and Bill Jameg. the .srl.ant joung Brave from the far northwest, had passed, and while It was plain to be seen that the Bostonians were slow¬ ly cuttitie down the veteran from be¬ hind their breast works of aix f.-rt three, of vouthful bone and sinew,-the Macknipn were at no disadvantage as the ninth  came on.
Don I's  First  Hit.
j It Is doubtful tf any man In the game could have come as clo.se to getting It.
Deal scored and the men on the Boston bench became momentarily de¬ mented. Link Hank Gowdy, ar- r.ayed in hig shin guards. a.s If be had no hope of any result that inning, rushed out In front of the coop and leaped high In the air, cracking bis heels together. Jos Devore could be heard yelling high above the tumult from the stand.s and the rest of the Boston players acted like men pos- i Bcssed.
I A shadow of gtalllng.s* smile passed j over the facs of the bl^ manager and ithen   he   be.sran   harshly   ordering   the
Rabbit"   Maranvdlle    w.-i^"    rnilckly i next play.    Deal g.d credit for a stolen retired    on    a   roller   to    "Blackjack"  (basei from   the   official   .scorer,    when
he went to third on that play which
forth   between   second   and  short,  ap- I Barry,    accounted    one of the safest.
)>Mrcntly hoping to draw a lone throw j surest  and  steadiest men of his time,   will be discussed  for many a day. from  .Scliftni;  and  that'.s exactly wnat j Then   Charlev Deal, who got into  (he       cA passed  ball  by Schang put Mann he     accompli.shcd. When     Schang; Brave   lineup   only     because     "Red" j on .second and  Rvcrs walked,  but the
threw to .second, with T>«ai twenty j .=!mith broke his leg just before the. inning ended when Cathers rolled to feet off the bag. Deal dashed for, scries opened and who had done no i Barry who tossed to Collins forcing It   was a poor piece  of  work   hitting  up to this time,  drove a liner j the captain  of the  Braves at second.
Ijast   Effort   of   .Vlock'.^^. In   them     Mackmen's    end   of    the
up to this time,  drove a liner j over .^mos Strunk'.g head to deep cen¬ ter field.
third
im  Schang's part and the crowd gasp-' ed when  they saw him shoot the ball ^
to .secimd. with   Deal so far along to-i     Strunk seemed to misrrtdse the ^1ll• | ninth.   Barry   drew   a     base   on   'oalls ward   the   next   station. ' j He  started  forward.  H**i commenced i fj.(,n-, James and then beg-ui a last de-
Had  Schan;;   run   into  the  diamond | to stagger b.ickward .i* tlie drhe^kept   gpairlng effort at victory on  the  part
of Connie     Mack.     Schang    tried   to
toward second and bluffed a tnrow. TieJ moving  onward   and   ^thering  forc< .
might have been able to run Deal down. dr. if he had thrown to third, he at least would have headed off Deal. But he didn't and the damage wa.s done.
garry took Schai«'s throw andi when he got it, there still seemed ttme for him to throw to third and catch Deal, who, at that second, was about 13 feet from the bag. But Barry, In a seemin.s daze, held the •'cajl.—and iDaal slid into the bag In safety. '.
.•Vnd then cain<^ .Mann who deliver¬ ed the drive that won the .came. It was a Texas leaguer in short right-* field. Collins made a grand try for the ball, leapinjr four feet Into the air.
l^irally the ball landed in the grass, well out of .\mos' reach and Deal reach.'d second.
.\ m.oment later, as James came to bat. Walter Schnng. tho Athletic back stop, noted that the base runner was plavine; very far off the middle haff. so far. indeed, that It seomed to ¦be a bit of base running .stupidity. While many spectitors thought this was a bit of stupid base" running hy Deal for taking such a long lead off second, they forgot he had pulled that identical play earlier In the game and Boston players claim he has been puUing It on Xational League catch¬ ers all season. It therefore takes rank as a most brilliant manouvre and
ders issued were probably not obeyec') and the brattice was allowed to re^ main in this dangerous condition and( so a life has been claimed.
During the vUit of the mine In¬ spector orders were 'so given that af telephone that had been disconncctec^ should be connected up. Word tq this effect was sent to Foremarf Gamble.     Yet yfsterday    when    thi-i
"Xo danger at all with this re¬ volver."   he   assured   his   wife.
The words were hardly out of his mouth before a shot soimded in the kitchen. Mrs Munk ran Into the room and found h^r brothers-ln-Taw bending over the form of her hus¬ band. The bullet caused Instant death.
accident   happened   an  employee say.'i' j^vp^Qp 0.5 '\'T-l\Rs ON OORNTJR
he had to run at least a mile to glvq the word and obtain a stretcher oi| which  to  remove the  body.
I have tried  to be fair with the of¬ ficials  in  asking   that   conditions  thatj
^^TIERE rLTAES.S O^ ERCOMES
One a' the best    known and    most loved   old  men  of  the  Heights section
mean  danger   be   remedied   but   wher^ is  Thomas   Lyons   v.'ho   resides  at   tlie
suggestions and orders of the mlnq inspectors are ignored it seems thatj some one requested the removal of( the officials from their post of trustj Mine  InspectOF     Williams     who gavr^
corner of Hancock and Ea«t Market streets. To thousands he "is most familiar ae plain "Tonimie." For about   lo  years  his  friendlj;  greeting
these orders should at once lnvestigatf|;,.^n^  plea-santrles ^re expected to he
the circumstances surrounding thif| death and let the blame fall where it| belongs.
picked up by the men who passed "Tommie's" comer on their way from work or on occasir>naI strolls and ad- road"
r^n-n.-i-. ..rrr.,w^r.r.^ ^.^ .^....^.-       | veHturcrs aloog tho    friendly THREE MEMBERS OF F.\MITjY ,    .0   tt , j   t-  _     ,,    ,   .
j marked   Hancock     and  East    Market
street   junctions   lus   hospitable   terrl-
. ! tory.    "Tommie" w;us mis-sing from his of •
TO Ho.sprr.vL rv three d.\ys
Disas.ter has marked the family Phillip Smith, of Holland street since last Friday. On that day the mother was sent to the Mercy Hospital for a very serious operation. Yesterday a son, William, manager of the Hazle street .store of Charles Tremayne, was taken ill. Some time aero he suffered from blood poi.soning in his foot. He will Ito to a hospital today for an operation that may end with the re¬ maining portion of several 'oes beln? removed. At Carbondale the wife of James another son was sent to tha hospit;il in that\city for an oper.ition, Mrs. Smith was resting comfortably last night.
¦\\TI.KE.S-B\RRE   MAN   TX>SES
BIG \\.\I> AT SHIBE  PARK.
1 place yesterday. The thousa.nds and I more who knew hi niand other thoti- |*«inds who have heard about him j learned with regret yesterday that tha old man was stricken while conv^rs- ! ing with a passerby. The illness is of i dangerous nature and may be fatal.
but   the   ball  just   touched   bus   glove,   had much to do with the turn of the
bounded ofl".—^and Dcaj scamperedi home  with   the  winning run.
The crowd, keyed up to the highest tension, right from the moment the bell sent the player.s into action; thought that the scoring of Deal waa to be for them the final thrill of thei fame. But it was not. The great¬ est play was jjet to come. .And what a   wonderful   niay   it   was.
James, steady as a clock durlnp the first ei.eht inning, wobbled in the ninth. He walked Barry, .\fter giv¬ ing Sch.ing three bills, he struck him out, forcing blm to fo\i; off two. (Contiuaed on vase 11.)
game as it seemed to upset the Ath¬ letic infield.
Runner Caught Off Second.
.\s Plank blazed a side arm slant to Bill James, Schang whipped to ball Lo second to cate h Deal napping and Harry took the throw. Instead of try¬ ing to return to second, however. Deal tore on toward third. It rrtay be that sudden fi^ar of the wrath to come from the glowering figure of (^orge Stall¬ ings. on the bench of the Braves, lent wings to his heels, but It seemed to to spectators that he would b ea sure out.
To tbe amazement of everyone, Bar.
hunt, but failed and finally took a swing at a third .strike as Barry racr;d for second. Gowdy dropped the ball, (but Schang was out anyway under the rules and Barry got a stolen b,aso.
Jimmy \Val.sh, former memlier of Tanks, was sent up to bat for PI;wik and James passed him with four straight balls, while Stallings raved from the bench. Eddie Murphy tried to bunt after James had twice failed to get the ball across the plate on him and then umpire Hildebrnn.i called a strike. On the next pitch Murphy hit a sWrp roller at Maran¬ ville, who scooped up the ball with a single motion, leaped over on second base for a force out on Walsh then shot the ball over to Schmidt ahead of Murphy, closing: the g-ame with the most spectacular double play of the series.
For  five   innings     big  Bill     James poured his speed across the plate with such  binding velocity that the  Mack¬ men did not secure a safe hit.   In that • ".^The" Sundav time only one reached first base and ; from ^'.a     tru that was the first man up in the
When Philadeli)hl,a authorities caus¬ ed the arre.st of Charles Kr.ank of this city on a charge of picking pockets at the Athletics' ball park yesterdav'. Frank was able to obtain his liberty after proving that he himself was .a victim o fthe light-fingered gentry. .V. spectator who sat near Frank lost a wallet that held $500 he'wanted to place on the Boston chances of win¬ ning and he set upon Faink as the man who caused the disappearance of the money. Fran If promptly showed his own pocket-book, empty of $tSO, which he carried from^ Wilkes-Barre for such little side-play as Is expected of the rabid fan at a world   series   contest.
KING CHARLES OF ROUMANIADEAD
London, Oot. 10.—A Reuter dispatch from Bucharest stales that King Charles, of Roumanla, died at 6:30 o'clock this morning- at his country seat at Slnal, In 'Walachla.
KEHOE'S NAME NOT APPROVED
Charles T. of Roumanla was 75 years old. His death came while hid country was In the midst of a grave crisis, precipitated by the present war. The failure of his effort to enlist Rou- manla's excellent army on the side of Germany marked the beginning of the physical decline which ended in his death.
His reign from the time he -was chosen as a member ot the Hobenzoi- lern family to rule Roumanla when yet but 27 years old, up to the begin¬ ning of the Balkans troubles was suc¬ cessful.
When  .\rchduke Ferdinand was as¬ sassinated   and   .Austria   delivered   her i frgrn    W.     Hanbury Aggs  of  169   St., ultimatum,     King     Charles     showed' Stephens House, Westminster Bridge^
London, Oct. 10.—King Albert, at the head of the vanqtiislied field army of Belgians, which he led out of Antwerp to save it from being bottled up when it was seen that the fall of the tempo¬ rary capital was inevitable, is reported to be in a critical situa¬ tion. He is being pursued by a large detached force of the Ger¬ man division of the beseiging army under General Von Veseler, which is attempting to cut him off along the Dutch border and force him either to face battle in the field against overwhelming odds or seek refuge in Holland, there to be interned during the period of the war.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium arrived in England today, land¬ ing at Folkestone from Dunkirk. Her Movements were gtiardcd with the strictest secrecy.
The pursuit of the king and the gallant defenders of Antwerp developed when a body of Germans in great strength essayed a crossing of the Scheldt river nea r Termonde. They threw tem¬ porary pontoons across the river and despite the raking fire from the Belgian trenches succeeded in establishing themselves on the other side, where they were hastily reformed and took up the march in a northeasterly direction towards San Nicholas, 26 miles southwest of Antwerp and but five miles from the Dutch frontier. The Germans evidently were bent on turning the rear of the retreating Belgian column and either forcing a battle or driving them into Holland, and, in any event, preventing the Bel¬ gians from effecting a junction with the allies in France who are pushing steadily toward the Belgian border. Should the Bel¬ gians appear behind the German line in France they would be able to seriously harrass Von Kluck's forces.
In their rear the flying colum ns of Belgians and pursuing Pnis. sians left a once-beautiful city, t he pride of Belgium two-thirds in . ruins. The evacuation of Antwerp now abundantly confined camd only after it was seen that further resirtance would mean the ut¬ ter destruction of the city by th e fire of the giant Howitzers, who have been pouring their deadly rain of shells into it for three days the climax of a ten day siege.
Fires still rage unchecked in many parts of the city. The loss of life has been appalling. Scores of beautiful buildings, monuments for centuries have been razed or scared. The hotel De Ville, a wonderful architectural example of rennaisance type, dating from 1561, suffered seve rely. Some reports say the Notre Dame Cathedral, dating from 1352, and a magnificant gothic structure, has been seriously dam aged. Others say it escaped un¬ scathed. "
The plight refugees is desperate. Ar:ed and inform lie by the roadside worn out and helpless where they collapsed. Women and children are forced to walk to a refuge in Holland. Panic is general among the Anversoirs. Some of the inner ring of defenc¬ es and the outer fortifications are still manned by the Belgians, but their resistance cannot last much longer as the strongest of the forts were the first to fall and th e weaker redoubts surely 'will be forced before many hours.
The Germans are in complete occupation of the city. The ac¬ tual surrender took place at 2:30 Friday afternoon. The bom¬ bardment reached its height between 7 and 8 o'clock Friday morning. At 9 a. m. the white flag of capitulation was raised where the war flag had flaunte d from the tower of the Cathedral and the big siege guns ceased their active destructive fire immed¬ iately. Burgomaster De Vos accompanied by alderman Louis Franck met Gen. Von Veseler, commanding the besiegers at the berschem gate and the city was surrendered unconditionally. At 2:30 the Germans marched in through the suburb of Berschem.
Military critics today discussed the possibility of there-taking of Antwerp by the allies. It is an accepted maxim that permanent fortifications in an exposed position are easy prey for modern ar¬ tillery. This was the reason for Antwerp's fall. The same reason would hold good if the Germans occupied these positions and it is generally agreed that little difficulty would be found in re-tak¬ ing the place.
At least Germany has set free its besieging force which now can be thrown to the relief of Von Kluck. This appears to be the sole ad'vantage gained, as Antwerp can be of little use as a port because the Scheldt, through which vessels enter from the channel flows through Netherlands territory and the Netherlands are de¬ termined to maintain their neutrality inviolent at all cost.
It may be that the Germans' objective has changed and the German general staff is now determined on annexing a number of channel ports for threatened attacks on the English.
As a Zeppelin base, Antwerp may be valuable but as a naval base it will be useless unless the Kaiser should elect to violate Dutch neutrality.
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