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<T.;* , i Established in 1891. . LIGHT DRAGOONS VERY EFFICIENT ONE OF THE BEST CAVALRY ORGANIZATIONS ON THE BORDER?YOUNGEST COLONEL. uiitu nir nnvo * t r t r> i o r> wiin incuuioHi r i. dlioo Interesting Happenings About the South Carolina Soldiers Now In Camp, on the Mexican Border That Will Interest Our Readers. In Cum]) with the South Carolina Brigade, in the El Paso I'atrol District. The Charleston Light Dragoons are rapidly becoming one of the best trained cavalry organizations on the border. In a recent tost by army officers the Dragoons came out with a score of 100 per cent In appearance and care of equipment, got second place in progress and equitation, and third in bitting and saddling. So noticeable is the progress which the Dragoons are making that tho Massachusetts officers, a squadron of whose cavalry is in the provisional regiment with the Dragoons, have complimented the Palmetto horsemen highly. One of the Bay State newspaper men said to this correspondent that the officers of his state hud praised tho Dragoons and one of their lenders predicted that the 8outh Carolinians would soon have an efficient and well trained group of cavalrymen as there is on the border. The Dragoons wont into a provisional regiment along with a squadron of cavalry from Rhode Island and a squadron from Massachusetts and both of these had been on the border several weeks before the Palmetto boys arived, and yet in the inspection the Palmetto boys showed up in the front ranks with the horsemen from the other states. The Hay State people praise especially the personnel of the South Carolina organization and foresee an ideal cavalry troops after a few weeks' training on the border. Always ?t Work. The Dragoons aae working from 5:30 a. m. until t> p. m., and oven a. after that hour -the officers and nonHi commissioned officers are busy studyiug the various problems laid out 'or them and brushing up on military lore. The Dragoons in company with the other troops of their regiment arc having troop training this week and are undergoing troop tests. They are having daily training In equitation, tfr/Win Hrlll Ottrl uhnri mafohno A oom plate field Inspection of the regiment of cavalry took place on Saturday, the men and horses having complete marching equipment. The first regimental review and parade took place on last Friday afternono. Without previous Intimation the call for regimental parade and review went forth and the Dragoons were right on the Job. The regimental drill lasted four hours, under Col. Hornbrook the commander. The Dragoons had to excavate two feet before beginning to build their mesa hall. They bogan on this mess hall 21 days after the other cavalry organizations but completed their mess along with the rest. The officers of the provisional cavalry regiment are having daily lessons in courtmartlal work. Capt. W. Manning of the Dragoons has beer appointed inspector for the regiment in the courtmartlal work. The officers of the Eighth and Seventeenth regiments had an obstacle rlda, to which the officers of the Dragoons were Invited and attended. The Dragoons have a frying size "domlnerker" rooster which they .brought along with them from South Carolina. The rooster was the gift of a negro man who worked around the mobilization ground. It was his sign of appreciation for several extra meals from the Dragoon's kitchen. This rooster walks around the Dragoons' tents very much at home and every aUVi 1V. *1 l-?* ' uigm vtninn ll|> III nil! Klicneil IOT lllfl company rook to put him to bod. Ho In thriving on the plains of Texas and gives promise of growing into a vigorous fowl if not mptured by marauders. Col. E. M. Plythe of the First was a -visitor to Clouderoft, New Mexico, on Sunday. This is the garden of the West, being 10.000 feet above the see. and its fame and beauty attract rlsitors from all over the country. W. A. TTorner of the Navy Y. M. C. . A. of San Francisco spoke to the men of the Palmetto regiments on Sunday 1 night. An open air stand was erected between the regiments and four big gasoline torches lighted up the space sufficiently for everybody to read. The Seooiid regiment band furnished the music. Mr. Horner spoke on religion as applied to a soldier's life. His talk Speculation as to how long they are to be on the border has been started among the Palmetto boys by reason of aeetng the long train loads of Now Jersey soldiers passing through en route home. The New Jersey boys were stationed In the Douglas (Arizona! district and some of them were ent back after being down a shorter time evon than tho l?oys from South Carolina. The New Jerseyltes were in Jovial mood as they passed through 1 TCI Paso homeward bound and they ahouted, tooted their bugles and toss- j *d hardtack to the pretty girls. . 0 t t N r <" The wa? much enjoyed and was the firs of several which will be put on by 11 P. Demand in charge of the Y. M. C. A. here. Ilaseball games between the companies of the Second regiment began this afternoon and will continue six weeks. Two games will be played each afternoon. The schedule war arranged by Lieut. Ortmann of the German Fusilecrs, Sergt. Kaiser or Company 11. and H. P. Demand of , the Y. M. C. A. Fotball practice will begin on Fri- ' day. It is hoped to work out an nllstar regimental team to challenge the Pennsylvanians. There are several former varsity men in both of the Palmetto regimenlu and it is felt that it will not be anv trouble to turn nut n winning football team. The big Y. M. C. A. tent, which was so popular at Styx, has been telegraphed for and should reach the border Indie end of this week. The tent will he erected between the two regiments. | Mr. Demand yesterday moved his present small tent up in front of the two regiments. The boys have already taken out all the two cases of books and used up 15.000 sheets of writing paper. More has been ordered. The l.ooo magazines are being passed around from one to another and are proving a treat for the soldiers. Fifty sets of checkers and dominoes which were brought out by Mr. Demand are being used extensively. The men are thoroughly appreciative of the benefits of the Y. M. C. A. and are utilizing it to the fullest extent. The discipline record of the Second regiment for the first month shows i only three arrests, according to the report of the provost marshal of K1 Paso. Of these three arrests two were for staying beyond the time limit for leave, and the other was a case of mild drunkenness. Col. Springs is justly proud of this record for his regiment. While wandering across the international bridge at the foot of Stanton street over the Rio Grande river last night, F. Ii. Smith, a private in the Duller Guards of Greenville, narrowly scaped being shot by the Mexican guard patrolling tha* side of the river. Tim bullet from tho Mexican's gun whizzed close by Smith's head and the Mexican had his gun drawn and was sighting straight for Smith's head for his second shot when the American guard interferred and rescued the South Carolinian before the Mexican soldier could pull the trigger. The Palmetto sold?er was turned over to the provost marshall of the El Paso district, who kept him during the night and this morning turned him loose with instructions to get back to | his camp. It was first reported in El Paso that the South Carolinian :<s a member of the Palmetto riflemen of Anderson, hut Capt. Llgon of that company came to the city this afternoon and on investigation found j that the man was a private in Company { A of the First regiment, the Butler Cuards, commanded by Capt. Workman. American soldiers patrol the Amer- J ican side of the Rio Grande and Mex- ! iean soldiers are constantly on guard j on their side. No soldiers are allow- i ed to cross tho international boundary | to the International bridge. Smith must have gotten by the guard last ; night unnoticed and was close to tho Mexican end of the bridge when a shot from that guard brought him abruptly to halt. The Younaett Colnn^l "The Youngest Colonel on the Mexican Border" la wlint the El Paso Herald says of Col. Holmes B. Springs j of the Second South Carolina infantry. Along with a cut of the colonel The Herald says: "Col. Holmes B Springs, colonel of the Second South Carolina Infantry (the Palmetto Regiment! is said to be the youngest National Guard colonel on the border if not in the United States. Col. Springs is only .17 years of age. At home (Georgetown, S. C.). the colonel is a real estate man and president of the " armors and Merchants hank and of the chamber of commerce of that city. Hike most of the other National Guard colonels now on duty here. Colonel Springs began life as a private in the militia of his state, and gradually worked his way to the eagle, lie received his training at the South Carolina Military Academy (Citadel) Charleston. S. C., and enlisted as a private | in the National Guard. June 11, 1808. in Company P. Third South Carolina Infantry. He was appointed first sergeant October 8, 1898, commissioned second lieutenant in May. 1900; captain in October, 1903; Major of the Second battalion. Third Infantry, tn March. 1907, and lieutenant colonel ebruary 22. 1909. When the National Guard of South Carolina was reorganized in May. 1915. ho was commissioned colonel of the present regiment. This is the regiment that was called into service to aid the civil authorities during the political disturbance in Charleston. S. C., last fall, and it won dls-tlnetlon for its efficiency." There has been a small homeward movement of troops all along the border and at the same time more troops have been reaching the border from state mobilization camps. Most of those now coming in are encamping in the El Paso district. The latest arrivals are from Ohio and Kentucky and those from North Carolina. Georgia and Florida are expected. Troops from Illinois. Indiana. Minnesota. Kan as and other states static ne.1 in the Prownsville and San Antonio districthave been ordered home. None in the El Paso district have yet been sent back. FORr FORT MIL: PRESIDENT BURIES j HIS ONLY SISTER ? RETURNS TO SHADOW LAWN AFTER ATTENDING THE FUNERAL SERVICES. BOYHOOD SCENES VISITED Thousands Pay Respects to the Grief Stricken ExecutiveWhile He Is In Columbia?Funeral Services Were Very Simple. Columbia. S. C.?President Wilson who came here for the funeral of his only sister. Mrs. Anne E. Howe, left at 6:15 o'clock for the summer White Tlouse at Long Branch. N. J . After participating in the funeral of Mrs. Howe, the president during the afternoon took an automobile ride around Columbia, visiting relatives and the place where he spent some of his boyhood days. He was accompanied by Mrs. Wilson. Miss Margaret Wilson and Pr. C. T. Cravson. the White Honsc physician. When the president's special train pulled out several thousand persons thronged tho railroad station and stood silent with bared ; heads. The president bowed quietly On his ride the president visited Mrs. James Woodrow. an aunt who welcomed him as "Tommy" and remarked to Mrs. Wilson: "Since he took to writing books he calls himself Woodrow." Mr. Wilson then visited the Columbia Theological Seminary, where his father once taught and was shown i the chair and room used by the elder Mr. Wilson. He was told of a plan to name a library planned hy the seminary after his father. Afterwards he and Mrs. Wilson and Dr. ' dranann n.n1l.n.l ?11.^ I. 1 1 v.mi. m?ii nnii\i ii in iii?* iiuuwir jiiiiiish-ii and built by bis parents and In whirh be lived for several years. Tliero lie talked with four small boys who now live In the house. Dr. Grayson asked one of them if he expected to be president. The boy said he lid not know. "I would not wish anything like | that on you," said the president. The special train bearinc the body and momliers of the funeral party arrived here shortly before noon. Auto- j mobiles took the president and mem- ' hers of bis family directly to the First Presbyterian church. The station was surrounded by several thousand persons. At the president's personal request the city and state officials pave no official recopnition of his visit. The last service took place inside an inclosure in the shaded pravevard ! where are buried Mrs. Howe's hnsi band, the father and mother of the j president and several other relatives. . A modest shaft marks the plot. 80 PRISON F PS IN CHIHUAHUA MEET DEATH FOR RAID Villa Chief of Staff and Colonel Among Number Executed hy Government Troops. Chihuahua City.?Forces of povernment soldiers have been detailed to hrinp order out of tlie chaos created by Villa's llidalpo day attack upon the state capital. Several hundred bodies of men and animals have been removed from tho streets and buried outside the city. Buildings which suffered from Run fire are being dynamited. Scores of workmen are enframed in restoring the city's telephone and tele- i graph communication. Eighty prisoners taken in the engagoment have been executed. These Include M. Choas formerly Villa's chief of staff, and Mariano Tames, who as a colonel in Juarez, recently attempted unsuccessfully to Induce the parrison there to revolt. The femoral and municipal palaces suffered most heavily in the enpapement, liupe trees in the plaza Hidalgo heinp literally stripped of their limhs by the steady stream of lead poured . through them. Tho bandits rode their J horses inside the palaces and tore from their hanpinps costly tapestries, paintSnp and mirrors. Furniture was broken into splinters and doors pulled from their hinges. U. S. SOON TO RULE ON DISPOSITION OF CARGO Washington.?What shall become of the cargo of arms and ammunition taken from the schooner Annie Larson, and claimed by the German gov ornment. probably will bo determined j soon by tbo state department. The j rase has been before several govern- i mont departments for months and the treasury forwarded to Secretary Lansing a report of customs officials regarding the munitions which are stored at Hofjuiam. Wash. CAPT. VON PAPEN NOW IN THICK OF FIGHTING Berlin, via I/ondon.?Capt. Franz von Papon, former German military attachfc at Washington now Is in the center of the fighting on the Somme front. lie is the chief general staff officer of a division holding one of the most crucial sectors on this front against which the 1'nfente A'lies for weeks have been launching their attacks. Captain von Papon received his coveted asignment to the front aftei his return from the United States. - ? L, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTET TAKE FOUR MILES | GERMAN TRENCHES ALLIES CONTINUE THEIR OFFENSIVE NORTH AND SOUTH OF SOMME RIVER IN FRANC.F FRENCH GET 700 PRISONERS Entante Allies Straighten Lines and Obliterate Saw-Tooth Salients Which 1 Marked Entire Front Along Somme. | ?Grandcourt is Being Bombarded, j German positions exceeding four miles in length wore captured Saturday night and Sunday by the British and French armies in the continuation of their offensive north and south of the Sonnno river in France. In addition quantities of war material and n large number of prisoners fell into the hands of the Mntente Allies?700 ! i prisoners being taken by the French | alone. Heavy counter-attacks against the British were repulsed with heavy ; losses to the Germans, according to ^ ^ Near Thlepval the British took a fortified position over a front of a mile known as "the Danube trench," near Courcelette an advance of ahv?-it l.ooo yards was made and finally t strongly defended positions at thw .Mouquet farm, over which there had | been numerous hard-fought battles for several weeks, fell into their j hands. The advance of the British appa- ' rently straightens out the salient that ' had projected into their lines between j ' 'lM. I........ I l n . I ? iiuri>iai una v uurc?uaie unu unngs 1 their front here to within u scant mile of Orandcourt and the Albert-llapaume |s railway. Orandcourt is now being 1 bombarded by the British. The sue- j ' cess of the French seemingly obliter- ] 1 atcs another of the many saw-tooth salients which mark the entire front i of the Sotnme and is another move i of the right think of the Kntento to- c ward the pocketing of Jeronne. j i VILLA'S TROOPS ROUTED < WITH LOSS OF 600 MEN ' Thousand Followers of Bandit Attack 1 Town of Chihuahua?All Prisoners 1 ' Put to Death. Mexico City.?General Obregon. mill- ! 1 Ister of war, announces that a thous- 'a and followers of Francisco Villa who I attacked the town of Chihuahua were ^ routed with a loss of six hundred men | I killed and many captured. After the ,' battle General Trevcino's troops were 8 able to take part in the regular Inde- ' 8 pendence parade at 11 o'clock. Dur- j lng the lighting General Trevino was t slightly wounded in the shoulder. v Aided by some of the townspeople t Villa forces attacked and took the | I penitentiary and the municipal and c Federal palaces. General Trevino I gathered his troops, placed his artil- I lery, recaptured the public buildings o and completely defeated the attack- ! J cio in iu? eariy morning Ilglit. A t 126 MERCHANT SHIPS c PREY OF SUBS. IN MONTH, a c Berlin, via Sayvllle.?"During Aug- I ust," says an official admiralty state- t ment issued. "126 hostile merchant ships, totalling 170,679 tons gross, ' were destroyed by submarines of the Central Powers or by mines; and 35 neutral merchunt ships, totalling 38.668 tons., carrying contraband of war ^ to enemies." MRS HOWE'S DEATH DUE TO PERITONITIS. <' 1 New London, Conn.?Mrs. Anne E. ; 11 Howe, only sister of President Wilson, h died in a local hotel. Mrs. Howe had I ?' been extremely ill for about a week 3 with peritonitis and the end had heen expected at any moment for two days, p C THREE BRITISH STEAMERS ? SUNK BY SUBMARINE, t i e Marseilles, France. ? The British a steamers Ilangrose, Ilutetoun and <" Swedish Prince have been sunk by t submarines. The crews of the vessels 3 were saved and arrived here. n FIVE KILLED IN AUTO !c CRASH NEAR NCW YORK, s a New York.?Fivo persons wore kill- ^ ed, two probably fatally injured and four others less seriously hurt Sunday morning, when an automobile in which the ywere riding crashed b through a guard rail on a bridge < across the Harlem River. The five s who lost their lives were hurled from ti the bridge to the roadway 25 feet beblow, while the others were crushed h under the wreckage of the car. h RUSSIANS, CLOSING IN, p TAKE 3,000 TEUTONS. Petrograd.?Russian troops have resumed their closing-in movement on o the Galician town of llalicz, southeast n of Lemberg on the Tinister. The War (' Office announced that the Teutons h have been dislodged from positions a south of Ftr7.17.any. on the /'lota llpa, o northeast of Ifalio/,. and that the ltus *1 slans were attacking along the Pod i n vysoke-Halie* Railway lino wlj<-?? n morn than 3.000 Germans were taken o orison?'" a 'vv^*'^" ' *V';.A. *w ",V* "X LL T 1BER 21, 1916. j ?AND THEN TE AW 066 fc ' ?\Wi^ WrtAf5 V^ ^T^rn'^se a jjjl ^ : r S| ^1b*3sl ICuiti I ifcULJ MARSHALL IS NOT,.no' ICE PRESIDENT IN HIS SPEECH VIGOROUSLY FLAYS THE REPUBLICANS. Ex-Gov. Glenn of New York Formally Notifies Vice-President He is Choice of Democrats.?Ceremony at India- ' napolis.? Large Crowd Present. Indianapolis?Thomas R. Marshall I ormally accepted the Democratic relomination for the Vice Presidency tere, not for additional honor, lie mid, "but in the hope that 1 may asdst in tiie re-election of Woodrow Alison, who iias not walked where he path has led, iiut who lias walked vhere there was no path and who lias eft a trail." In a speech of acceptance phrased n characteristic, vein, the Vice Presilent sketched brietly the legislative ichievements of the administration, n which he said he had been "an | lnlookor," and eulogized the Presi- j lent as "the man who brooded over he Republic in stormtossed times and iy mere words spoke peace on the rouhled seas of international poliics." A changed administration, he leclared, would not dare repeal a dngle one of the important measures nit. on the statute books since March \. 1013. Wanting an issue, he coninued. the Kepubbicatis had turned o foreign affairs, coining such phrases is "Firm Americanism," which they ould not define. The ceremonies were the third of he kind to be hold in Indianapolis vithin the last few weeks. The other wo notifications were for J. Frank lanly, the Prohibitum Presidential amlidate, and Charles W. Fairbanks, t lopuhlican Vice Presidential nominee. I A large number of prominent Dem- I tcrats from all over the United j Itatos, including National Chairman Malice McCormlck, were present at he notification. Informal political onferences were held by the leaders .ml plans for the campaign were dismissed thoroughly. Reports of what tad been done in Indiana were made o National Chairman McCormlck. 23 PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED AS LINER BURNS. tescued Vessels Reach Pacific Coast Steamer in Time to Take Off All Persons Aboard. Marsh field. Ore.?Fire completely lestroyed the Pacific Coast Company's iner Congress two miles off Coos Hay iar. Several vessels, which rushed to icr assistance in response to distress alls helped her remove her 263 pasentrora nnil i'rnw nt 1 "TO When tlie dredge Michie and the :as schooner Tillamook reached the ' Congress th?y found the liner almost ompletoly shrouded In smoke and : he passengers fighting frantically to ; nter the lifeboats. Captain Cousins nd his crew managed to maintain ' ontrol and the work of transferring he people aboard to the rescue vesels was carried out in an orderly uanner. Before the last boat load in which i 'aptain Cousins left the Congress the moke and heat were almost unbearble. IRST TEST CASE MADE OF ANTI-LIQUOR AD LAW. I v Atlanta.?Matthew Mindy. a newsoy. was held under |f>00 bond here harged with selling New York, Jackonville and Cincinnati papers con- i lining liquor advertisements. |< n in tiii* nrsi ra .o or its kind to bo 1 rought here under Georgia's new pro- < ibition law. i AIR INDICTED; SECRET I MAIL PLOT REVEALED. New York.?Federal Investigation f an alleged plot to operate a serret i lall system between this country and lerniany was followed by indictments < era against llans I 'd ward Thompson < nd Frederick Uffelman on a charge 1 f smu cling Jewelry worth S'j">,000 in lie United States on July 11. The < ion were arrested August 2?> T'fFo! lan, it was said, had been emp". >y1 i n a steamship plying betwen here [ l nd Scandinavian ports. [ i - V: - ) ' :;n , ^ J I X # * - ;* -r IMES 1 IE WIND BLEW j j"'""1 I 5 Plffilpi >1I . ' .> ^ | / ??? :-il? BORDER BOARD IS BUSY CUNSTABULARY SIMILAR TO RURALES OF OLD DIAZ REGIME SUGGESTED. General Bliss Makes Dispassionate Statement of What He Believes Will Follow the Withdrawal of General Pershings Troops From Mexico. New Loudon, Conn?A suggestion I hat the Mexican government create a constabulary for border duty similar to the rurales of the I>iaz regime was made during a brief session of the American-Mexican joint commission concluding the second week of its deliberations. Apparently the plan for a joint police force previously discussed was abandoned as impracticable 1 afti'r ilit; commissioners had conferred , with Major General Taskor H. Hliss, i assistant clijef of staff of the United States army. General Hliss, it was learned, made ! to the joint commission si dispassion- t ate statement of the situation he he- | liovod would follow General l'ersh- ; ing's withdrawal from Mexico before ; , a properly constituted constabulary Is created to relieve his troops. It is ! < understood he pointed out problems in i the way of an effot to create a border i police under dual authority. There is reason to believe the American commissioners have sought to > impress their Mexican conferees with the view that Mexico must recognize a responsibility for tho depredations ! her nationals may commit on the border if good relations are to be unimpaired. The whole questions of creating a non-military police force to hunt down bandits in their hill retreats is 1 based on this feeling and it is believed the suggestion that the Carranza government undertake this task for itself as an international obligation came from the Mexican commission- : ers. MANY SOUTHERN CITIES SEEK U. S. ARMOR PLATE PLANT. 1 Washington.?Offors of sites for the projected $11,000,000 government nr-.1 mor-plate plant were made to the j Navy Department at hearings here by more than 100 cities and rural loeali- 1 ties in the Middle West and Fast. Southern cities in the field for the 1 armor plant include the following: ' Alabama?Tuscaloosa, Mobile, Bir- 1 mlngham. Gadsden. Georgia?Savannah. i Kentucky ? Fort Thomas, Mount Vernon, Wickliffe, Dover, Louisville, Middleshoro. Maryland ? Baltimore, Annapolis, < Barcelay. ! < North Carolina ?Fayettevillo, Ral- ; eigh. Gastonia. 1 Tennessee -Kli/.abothtown, Bristol, ' i Virginia?llichmond, Newport News, ] Tye Itiver, Portsmouth, Buena Vista, ( Bristol. Basic, West Point. Norfolk, j Petersburg, Hopewell. Alexandria. t Collector of Customs Norman R. Hnlton of Norfolk, was with a delegation from Norfolk and Newport News urging the daims of that sec- ( tion. No proposal for the sale of private plants to the Government was presented, although representatives of (he principal armor plate manufac- 1 turers were present. Naval officers ' said they regarded it as unlikely that ; any plant would be offered for sale r? ,i.l I ? * li.iw ? . % |M ? r*n?r*i "MiiiIIUII 1IIJ1T I 11? * J jovernroent would begin construction , of Its own establishment when a satis , factory site had been selected. Keen , competition was evinced by spokes- , men for the various cities. j j DOUBLE VICTORY WON BY I DORSEY IN GEORGIA. 1 Atlanta. Ga.?In addition to carryIns an overwhelming convention vote ; which will nominate him for governor ! , on the first ballot, Hugh M. Horsey | >f Atlanta, forme solicitor of the At- ' lanta circuit, g -t c inaj rity of Unpopular vote over h - thr< oppon- . tit in the C< irgla Donio< ratic pro mary, according to uearlv complete , returns compiled here. The conven ( lion which will declare the primary I | nominee will be held Sept. 20. ! , $1.25 Per Year. BRITISH HAVE MADE NOTABLE ADVANCE SCORED LARGE SUCCESSES SINCE SOMME ATTACK STARTED IN JULY. SMASH THE GERMAN LINE Three Towns. Two Woods, High Ground Between Combles and Pozieres.?Bapaumc Road Have Been Taken.?Over 2,300 Prisoners. London. ? Smashing the German line on a front of six miles north of he Somnie in France, the British Forces have made probably the most notable advance since the AngloI'rench offensive began July 1. Three towns, two woods and the possession of nearly all the high ground between Combles and the Pozieres-Bapaume Road fell to the British. Not only did the Germans lose these points but the British drive imperils the Combles and Thiopval positions on either end of the British front The gaining of the high ground north of Commhles gives the British command of the approaehes to Baptiutne. Tho advance on tho northern end of (he front was for a distance of two miles. Courcclletto, east of Thieval, and north of the Poziere-Bapaume Bond, and Martinpuieh. south of the road, fell Into the hands of General Main's men. Further south they took Flers, and the High wood, making secure their possession of tlim hy. The Houlcaux woods, north of Combles. also was lost to the Germans. The Germans under Crown Prince Rupprccht of Mavaria. fought stubhornlv to hold their ground, atid the lighting was severe all along the line. More than 2.3t>0 prisoners were taken hy the British. Aiding the Rriitsh in the encirclement of Combles the French have taken additional trenches north of Le I'rez farm. South of the river three Clerman trenches near llerny-on-f^nterre were taken hy the French who also captured 200 prisoners. Berlin Maims the repulse of British attacks southeast of Theipval and of French afforts between Uancourt and tho Somme. The official statement admits the loss of Lo Priez farm west of Rancourt. WASHINGTON UNCERTAIN HOW U. S. EXPORTS WILL SUFFER. Steps Have Already Been Taken to Secure Information on Matter. Washington.? In the absence of information detailing what commodities are affected by the new British restrictions on American trade with Holland and the Scandinavian t-ouritries officials here are uncertain just iiow heavily American exporters will suffer. Steps to secure this information already had been taken and it was indicated that should any sweeping extension of restrictive measures be revealed it would be regarded as a serious development In the eontro-' versy over the legality of allied blockade methods. No report on the new order has come through official channels but a news dispatch regarding if were called immediately to the attention of the British embassy by State Department officials with informal inquiries us to the purpose and scope of the proposal. It was said a similar Investigation would be made through the American embassy at London. PRINCE WILLIAM OF HESSE HAS BEEN SLAIN IN BATTLE. Berlin, via London.? Prince Frod rick William of Hesse has been kili d at Cara Orman, it was officially innounced by the War Office in its report on operations on the Balkan Trout. It is added that 2X.OOO prisoners were taken in the conquest of the Rumanian fortress of Turtukai. Concerning the fighting on the Maeedonlon front the statement tells of tho repulse of the Entente attacks on the Moglenica sector and east of tho Varlar. U. S. GUN EXPORTS ASK LARGER TEST GROUND. Washington.?Enlargement of tho government reservation at Indian Head. Md., where the navy's big guns ire tested, is being urged by ordin moo officials who say the largest ypes now benig made cannot be tried >11 r on the present proving grounds A'itlioiit risking destruction of life and property nearby. An official of high ank cited a recent experience during he firing tests of a sixteen-inch rifle. VI EX ICAN INDEPENDENCE TO BE OBSERVED TOOAY. Mexican City.?The hundrol and ixteenth anniversary of#the proclamation of Mexican independence by .<' i'\o at Polores in 1S10 wil' ho oh. ! with elaborate cor 'monies ighout 11: * republic In the caplwl'.ere i virly every bu.tding ? < itlulter w itii a and dccoratul with lie national oiors. inill'-ry and civil irganlzations will parade through lower-strewn streets. Hands will play hroughout the dav.