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JT»- ^ t I 9 FURIOUS FIGHTING: . i > ' ' • - ' 4 TAKE BAT AHEMPT TO BREAK ALLIED LINES GOES ON BAYONET FREELY USED WIRELESS CLOSED DOWN PKK8IDKNT ORDKIW MAfUXJ.M STATION BK CI/OSKD. Since FVMay Niffht German Attack Haa Continued Niffht and Day— Allies Claim to Have Gained Ground—Germans Insist That Von Kluck Has Checked Their Advance. Desperate attempts made by tlje Germans on the western end of the long line of battle through the Allies’ forces, which are engaged in a turn ing movement, have resulted in the most furious fighting that has taken place since the beginning of the eom- paign. ; i It is confirmed in an official state ment from Paris that since the night of the 25th'to the 26th and up to far into the day of the 27th, the Ger man* have not ceased, night or day, to renew on the entire front, attacks of unprecedented violence, with the determined purpose of trying to break through our lines. These at tacks were made with a uniformity denoting instructions from the high est command to seek the'solution of the battle. ' Neither army has achiever any thing notable since the Allies have reported progress in one direction. The allies at. one point claim to have thrown back a desperate advance by the crack Prussian Guard, and the Germans’ insist that 'with a weaker force, their right has checked the advance of a mixed French and Brit ish force brought up by rail. Recurring reference* to bayonet charges seem to prove conclusively that this picturesque and romantic phase of warfare, which it was though had been killed by the advent of great guns and other equipment of modern armies, is not all a thing of the past. Tlie French official communication says tltat at some points the trenches are only hundred metres anart; thus a small portion of the millions engaged have known the stimulation and thrill of hand to hand fighting. The fighting was from trench _to trench, alternate gains and losses dnding first the defenders then the attackers in the long lines of the trenches where the rival armies had dug themselves in. Many of the en trenched positions were taken and retaken successively in furious hand- to-hand encounters in which the bay onet was used with deadly effect. Between the Oise and Solssons, the German attack was delayed, but when the lull ceased, the .cannonading and small arms fire was doubly terrific. Following their splendidly courage ous resistance during the past two days of the determined and valiant charges of French and British infan try, supported by an incessant rain of shells from the big guns stripped from the Paris defenses, the invaders attempted a sortie in force at a point north of Soissons, but were repelled with heavy losses. A situation rivalling in gravity that on the French left has arisen along the Muese, where the Germans who have been directing tb attack on the French forts between Verdun and Toul in a determined offensive move ment have succeeded in crossing to the west bank of the Meuse near Saint Mihiel. Most of the enemy -were driven back to the left bank after furious fighting from the heights in which the artillery and rapid fire guns played havoc with the solid "German masses, but many of the invaders succeeded in gaining a foothold in the low hills where they < ontinue to threaten the French posi tion. What, the Allies are attempting against the German right, the Ger mans are trying to do to the French eastern army. Verdun is the great obstacle to the German alignment in a straight^ front from the Oise to Metz, which, if established, would secure their lines of communication throu^fv'L'uxemberfc and eMtz. FuriouS\pnslaughts, first by one and then the other Of the rival armies. marked\Gie fighting about St. Quentin. The French detachment < f the advanced force which swung arouml to the west and northward of von Kluck‘’s main position at Noyon and succeeded in occupying St. Quen tin, was valiantly defending the citv against greatly superior forces, but reports from the front do not indi cate any appreciable gains on either side. Attorney General Upholds Pvesicient in His Power to <lose Station Up on Its Violation of Neutrality. By order of President Wilson, as commander-in-^hief of the army and navy, the wireless station of the Mar coni company at Siasconsett, Mass., was closed Friday because it declined to recognize the right of federal gov ernment to exercise a censorship over the plant. The navy department made public Fridaw night the telegrams that had passed between the department and Ensign E. B. Nixon, U. S. N„ in charge of the Siasconsett station. The substance of the opinion of At torney General Gregory on the legal ity of the action is also given below: “At 12:30 p. m., the navy depart ment received the following message from Ensign Nixon, government cen sor at the Siasconsett station: “‘Siasconsett, Mass., Sept. 2r», 1914. “ ’The following letter was re ceived when your instructions were delivered to the Marconi men in charge, of this station: • “l acknowledge receipt of your letter : of instructions relative to the cessation of all radio communications at Siasconsett. Mass., and would ask if you are prepared to carry out your orders by force. “Marconi Wireless Telegraph Gom- pany of America. - ’ “ T request instructions. “ E. B. Nixon. - “At 2:17'P- m. the department re ceived the following. “'Siasconsett. Mass.. Sept. 25, 1914. “ 'Secretary of the Navy, Washing ton, D. (’-. — “ ‘Tlie Marconi company w ith draws letter previously sent and the station- was closed at 1 p. in. “ - E. H. Nixon. - “No instructions from the depart ment had been sent to Ensign Nixon between the receipt of these two messages.’’ , The attorney general's opinion up holds, the right of the president to take whatever means he deems ad visable to insure the neutrality of the United States during the European war. He reviews the Marconi com pany case fro mthe time of the is suance of an executive order on Au gust 5, 1914, forbidding transmis sion or receipt of unneutral mes sages and the placing of navy censors in radio stations and down to the present and continues: ‘'’The president of the United States in at the head of the three great co ordinate department of the govern ment. He is commander-in-chief of the army and navy. In the preser vation of the safety and integrity qf the United States and the protection of its responsibilities and obligations as a sovereignty, his powers are broad. In the words of Mr. Justive Miller in in re Neagle (1890) 1T» U. S. 6 4, his power includes the en forcement of the rights, duties and obligations growing out of the con stitution itself our international re lations and all the protection implied by the nature of the government un der the constitution. - "If the president is of the opinion that the relations of this country with foreign nations are. or likely to be, endangered by actions deemed by him consistent with a deii neu trality. it is his right and duty to protect such relations: and in doing so, -in the absence of any statutory restrictions, he may act throirgh such executive officer or department as apiiears best adapted to effectuate the desired nd. Th act of such ex ecutive officer or department in such case is the act of the president, a de nial of the officer's authority Is a de nial of the president's power.” TRAIN WRECKED. NINE ARE KILLED. Trolley Car and Trailer Are Crashed Into by Memphis Train. Nine persons are known to have been killed and at least fifteen in jured early Thursday night when an Illinois Central freight train crash ed Into a street car on a grade cross ing near Binghamton, a suburb of Memphis. The car, a “trailer,” was hurled over an embankment and a freight car toppled over on top of it. About thirty-five persons were on board the wrecked car, according to the conductor. The motor car draw ing the ‘‘trailer’’ crosed the railroad tracks safely. None of tlie passen gers on board It was injured. $iun Cotton Explosion. An explosion of gun cotton-at Ellz- c ni lw orfcni enanotbe collapse 61 Sve buildings. Ten Lives Ijost and Many Injured in Alabama Wreck. Search was being made Friday night for train wreckers believed to have caused the death 6f ten persons and the injury of thirty others, by derailing Queen and Crescent train No. 2, at 3 a. in. Friday at Living ston, Ala. Bloodhounds failed to pick up a trail, William Jones of Birmingham, en gineer of the wresked train, who lost his life! is said to have been given the “elear” signal at the last automatic switch post before the Klondyke switch, where the wreck occurred. Supporters of the “wrecker” theory think some one tampered with the switch in the brief Interval after the train passed the block and before it struck the switch. It also is said that the switch was thrown against the train; that the switch light was out, and that the oil tank of tha light was empty. VILLA DETERMINED umiiiMuimTKSieMTi SECBIE PUCE CARRANZA EXPECTS VAR ACID TANK BREAKS 35 ■ OVERCOME BC FUMES OF HYDROCHLORIC GAS. Steel Container Break* Open — Fume* Pour Into Crowded Rail road Passenger Station. USE COTTON GOODS ;; .7 COTTIR lUDFACTIIIEl UTS nncnTiNCUHES ■INTEREST TOO HH1H McADOO SAYS NEW YORK RAKU CHARGE TOO MUCTI. If SHOULD PUSH NEW PUN Constitutionalist Place* Blame of Further Fighting Upon Villa as His Troops Will Remain on Defensive Until Villa Attacks—Railway to Vera (Yu* Torn Up Considerably. Immediate resignation of Gen. Venustiano Carranza from the su preme command of the Constitution alists is Gen. Francisco Villa's only basis of adjustment of the present difficulties, according to his reply to messages from officials in Mexico City, who protested against Villa's defection from his former chief. Gen. Villa declared he would never accept Carranza as head of the republic. Gen. Villa's complete reply as given out at .Chihuahua Sunday fol lows: • "I lament the cTrcumstances which have brought about grave danger, but sincerely protest that my sole ambition will, be to arrange ehisting difficulties without shedding blood if possible. I emphatically state, how ever, that the only move which can bring about cessation of hostilities on my part is that Venustiano Carranza deliver supreme command to Fer nando Iglesias Calderon so that, in the shortest possible time, elections may be called. “At the same time I declare that 1 shall not accept Carranza as presi dent or vice-president or president ad interim, or Constitutionalist head of the republic. I shall prove the recti tude of my intentions and the disin terestedness which animates the forces of that division. Later the. world will realize where rests true disinterestedness and abortive ambi tions.” Oeh. Carranza Saturday predicted further fighting in 'Mexico, according to official advices to the Stgte de partment. Hhe first chief explained to diplomats, who gathered at his.re quest. that Zapata had refused to attend or send delegates to the con vention called for October 1. and that his forces were active in the south. He also described events leading up to the rupture with Gen. Villa, say ing the blame for further bloodshed would be Villa's as his own troops would act only on the defensive. Official information has come to Washington from Gen Funston and others that Zapata and Villa are working in harmony against Car ranza and expect the support of ex- Federals. One of Villa’s chief de mands has been that meritorious offi cers, who supported Huerta, be taken into the new national army, but Car ranza has given such officers no guar antees. It has been reported that Francisco Carbejal. former provi sional president, and Gen. Felix Diaz are ready tb support Villa. The following report from Gen. Fnnston was received: “One of the two wires of the cable company to Mexico City is working The present extent of the damage to the railway 4Vera Cruz to Mexico City) is not yet fully known. Two freight trains have been turned loose, one in each direction, and the track torn up over considerable stretches. There is nothing definite as to the destruction of bridges, though such destruction is stated to have occurred. If the bridges are not destroyed and no re sistance is offered, railway officials think they may be able to run trains in three or .four days.. “It is known that the destruction was the work of revolutionists, ex- Federals under Higenio Aguilar and Benjamin Arjunedo. The size of this force is variously estimated at from 3.000 to 6.000 men. Candigo Aguilar (Carranza’s general commanding forces outside Vera Cruz) has sent 1.500 men. practically all he had at Soledad. on trains in that direction. Presumably they will be joined by Others from Cordoba and Orizaba. “Agents of Villa have been here recently conferring with ex-Federal officers .and furnishing them with funds. “If the break in the railway can he'kept open it will have the Impor tant effect of isolating Gen. Jesus Carranza and the 18.000 troops he took to the isthmus to garrison the State of the southwestern part of the republic." The volume of hydrochloric acid gas that had been compressed In s ten-gallon steel container was liber ated in the stations of the Erie Rail road and Hudson Tubes In Jersey City, near New York, In the rush hoi^ oT traffic Thursday morning. r In fifteen minutes twenty-five per sons had been overcome and hun dreds affected. Railroad officials said they had never heard of a similar accident. Without a precedent tp guide them, the railway attendant* kept their heads, and theif spur-of-the-moment efforts undoubtedly saved many lives. A steel cylinder tank, about four feet high, held the hydrochloric acid. It was consigned to a Ntley, N. J., manufacturer, and was being loaded on a car in Jersey City by Wells Fargo & Co. employees. The tank was heavy and slipped from the bag gage truck. The top snapped off and instantly greenish fumes poured forth. This happened about fifteen feet from the stairways leading to the underground ticket office of the tubes. Connecting w ith the lobby of tlie ticket office is the 250 yard tun nel leading to the tracks. In this passage and in the lobby when the tank fell from the truck were sev eral hundred persons. The passage way. has fans to purify the air, and these fans, added to tlie current caused by the move ment of trains in the tubes, drew tlie fumes into the lobby and pas sage way. From the railroad plat form, where the tank dropped, the fumes spread into the station waiting room and adjoining offices. All was commotion in a minute At first the crowd in the tunnel ran toward the nine stairways leading to tire platforms above. Many got out that way, but railroad employees soon shut the gates to those exits and the remainder of the crowd rush ed through the long corridor to the tube tracks. At the end of the pas sage jvay is an elevator, and many escaped by that route. Others wait ed for trains and were hurried to ward Manhattan. Still others ran to the ferry boats. Alarms were sent to the police and hospitals, and soon half a dozen ambulances and a squad of police reserves had arrived. Most of those suffering with the choking gas were put Into rolling chairs, and ambu lance surgeons began the work of resuscitation. The station resembled an emergency hospital. The steel tank continued to pour out gas for fully fifteen minutes Finally two employees, after many attempt*, got near enough to the tank to get a cloth over the break Then they carried the tank to a ferry slip and dumped it into the river One effect of the gas was to tar nish all metal with which it came in contact. Silver coins on the coun ter of the ticket agent in the tube office turned black, as did the rail ings about the ticket office and soda fountain. Exposed watch chains were also tarnished and an employee complained that a $35 gold watch in his pocket had been ruined. Max Feldman. Nn charge of the newspaper stand in'tlie underground station, was one of the last to leave his post. He was overcome when he reached the platform overhead and was takeW”direetly to a hospital. He left the hospital a few -hours later, against the advice of physicians, and returned to his stand, where he found tlie silver in his til! blackened by the gas. At the hospital it was said that all the patients would recover.. Cotton Can Replace Jute as Fertilizer and Cotton Bagging—Every Wo man to Buy a Dree* of Cotton Cloth at One Dollar—Every Man Urged to Use Cotton Duck Suits. BATTLESHIPS SENT. Mr. T. !, Hickman, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association, is of the opinion that the I Ian of patriotic Am«r4can women to use all the cotton material possible In designing their clothes will, if en couraged, mean more toward creat ing a market for cotton than the men’s plan to “buy-a-bale,” without, however, discrediting this latter plan. In discussing that very Important topic with an Augusta Chronicle re porter Saturday afternoon, Mr. Hick man said: •Referring to the cotton situation, tlie buy-a-bale' movement and the plan for warehousing cotton and holding it, has done and will still do great good, but after all, the cotton will still be here and ultimately come on the market at a higher price if it goes up, and maybe a lower price if it goes down, and the holders should become discouraged or need the mon^y invested in it. On the other hand, consumption of cotton disposes of it forever in its raw state, and therefore it does seem to me that plans to use cotton goods in all their various makes will be the most business-like solution of at least a great part of the problem and at the same time help every one inter ested . "When you buy a bale of cotton, it is true that you help the farmer in a small way; but if you could put the cotton manufacturers in a position to buy this cotton by giving him a de mand for his product, you will cause this cotton forever to disappear, and in this way help both the producer and .the manufacturer “The 'buy-a-bale’ clubs would feel that they had done a wonderful thing ff they could retire' 500,000 bales of cotton temporarily from the market, while If a demand was created whereby the cotton mills could run absolutely full time, they would con sume 2,500,000 bales more of cotton this year than last. “There Is no question that the peo ple of this country could do much to provide this demand for cotton goods. If they were so determined. The cot ton manufacturers make nearly everything that Is worn by women (with no exception of hats and shoes) and many things worn by men. Also they make the duck for outing hats and canvas for shoes. “Cotton Is now used for sugar and flour bags, and could jnat as well be used for cotton baling and fertilizer bags. These last two Items alone would keep a large number of mills going for six months to come. “The fertilizer manufacturers seem willing to do their part, except for the small additional cost (ao they say of cotton hags over Jute bagi which, to offset, they would have to charge $1 a ton more for fertilizer, and they are afraid the cotton far mers would not stand for this to be correct, and it would be to the great advantage of cotton producer If he .would demand of the manufacturers and merchants everywhere, that they substitute cotton cloth for Jute In the bags holding anything that Is sold to them; whether it«hould he fertilizer sugar, flour or any other suppliea. large Cities Charge High Hat— Smaller Placce Meat Pet the Re— Still Higher. Secretary McAdoo Friday a—t tel egrams to the chairmen of the clear ing house associations la New York, Chicago, Boston and 8t. Loafs, com plaining of high intdreot rates th those cities and appealing for aid in remedying that condition. The telegrams aaid: “I have re ceived complaints about the high rates of interest which' are beiaff charged by the National banks of New York, Boston. Chicago and oth er reserve cltlees. It la alleged that the Ntew York banka are requiring their correspondent banka through out the country to pay seven pqr cent, for loans and to maintain a balance with the New York banks, which makes the money cost the correspon dent banks the equivalent of eight per cent or more. “Specific cases have been brought to my attention where banks in cities of the South have been required to pay these high interest rates If New York charges the equivalent of eight per cent. Interest to the corre- si>endent banka of the South, those Southern banks must, in turn, charge a still higher rate to the small banks, which are, in turn, their correspond ents, thus making the money coet the ultimate borrower very high. If not exorbitant rates. ; "From all the evidence before mo I can not feel that the charge of seven or eight per cent. Interest by the New York banks is Justified in the circumstances. Within the past six weeks I have approved the issu ance to the National banka of New York City of more than $140,006,- 000 of new or additional National bank currency. This waa done for the purpose of easing rates and help ing the ~situation generally.” He then reiterated hla position re garding money hoarding and excea- slve interest charges by National banks and continues: “The New York banks generally have not been hoarding money or maintaining ex cessive reserves but they appear to be charging higher rates of interest than the conditions seem to justify. I am using every Just effort to per suade the banka throughout the country to extend reasonable credit* and at reasonable rates of interest to meet the existing unusual conditions. < “I should like to see the New York banka take the lead in estab lishing and maintaining modermts rates of interest for accommodations as their example always has a large Influence upon banking action and sentiment In the country. If this course Is pursued by the lead Inc banka in New York and other great money centers, a real public aerview will be rendered and a return to nor mal conditions of business will bo quickened. I have been using to tho almost every power of this depart ment to assist the general business situation and the banks and I ask only for co-operation on ths part of the banks In an unselfish and pa triotic spirit.” Jl WARNS FRENCHMEN. Population Must Not be Hostile, Gen, von Moltke Says. The following proclamation, print ed in French and signed by Gen. von Moltke, chief of the Imperial Ger man Staff, is said to have been post ed in all towns and cities occupied by the Germans in France: “All the authorities and the mu- _. — nicipallty are informed that every ‘Jute. It is true, is a resistant to) p eace f u i inhabitant can follow bis SUFFOCATE IN TUNNEL. BLUFFED BANK. “Stranger” Gets $2,Q00 But 1 .eaves $500 on Bank’s Floor. A roughly dressed man entered the Bank of California at Seattle, Wash., Saturday and showed the paying teller a bottle which, he said, con tained a high explosive. Oner the threat the bank teller handed the man $2,04.0 he demanded. In his haste to leave, the stranger dropped $500 on the floor ann ltd not‘stop to r Virginia Goes Dry. . • ■v- According to the expression of the voters Tuesday Virginia has gone dry by 20,060 votes. • „ ' Hailstone Hits Allied lines. Battle Front dispatch da^ed Sun- ays a hailstone wIGf a cold 4 added to the hardships of the allied troops, who, however, retain 'their splendid spirit. Engineer and Conductor Overcome by j Accumulated Gas and Smoke. The engineer and conductor of a Philadelphia and Reading Railway train were suffocated and seven pas sengers were overcome when the train was halted in the middle of a tunnel near Phoenixvllle, Pa., after running down and, killing a woman at the tunnel entrance late Monday afternoon. The sudden application oU the emergency brakes brought the trlan to a stop well inside the tunnel, throwing many passengers from their seats. The train crew and several of the men passengers ran forward, but they were met by a wave of gas and smoke, which had accumulated in the tunnel. - Three of the men dropped alongside the track and “the ,Others .i^Liriicd for Mp, . , . . United States to Protect Foreigners in Mexican War Zone. Following the decision of the ad ministration to indefinitely postpone the evacuation of Vera Cruz, th Rhode Island, Minnesota and one other battleship have received orders to sail for Vera Cruz at once. This is in addition to the battleship Te„xas, which sailed for Vera Cruz Saturday, Tlie entire burden of protecting foreigners of all countries during the new r revolution in Mexico will de volve on the United States as a re sult of the European war. It Is un derstood, that Great Britain. Germany and France have already requested this government to protect their citi zens in Mexico as far as possible. The assumption pf this task means that withjn a short time the naval forces of the United States in Mexico will, be increased to the strength maintained at the occupation of Vera Cruz. REPUDIATES INTERVIEW. Baron Von Schoen “Emphatically’ Denies Reported Statement. The Washington Post, which first printed the von Schoen interview, published the following card from him to-day: “Editor Post: 1 should be much obliged if you would kindly insert a notice in your to-morrow’s issue stat ing that the interview attributed to me and published in to-day s Wash ington Post, is in no way correct. I emphatically deny that the views ex pressed therein conform’ to the stafe- meiit, I made. Believe me, etc. . Yours sincerely. ; Convicts to Wear Rlne Salts. The prisoners at Blackwell’s Is-, land, New York’s refuge of the crimi nals, will no longer be seen In thq black and white stripes. Blue suits have hem substituted. ''’SecreraiJ til" U«i wail 4' acids of the fertilizer, while cotton absorbs them. Captain Rice Smith the .general manager of the Vorglnia- Varolina Chemical company, informs me, however, that their chemists have found an inexpensive method of treating cotton so as to^ resist the acids, and this makes cotton, bags just as useful to thenvas jute. "The new plan to have every wo man in the South buy a cotton dress for $1 is splendid, and would create a demand for this "cheap material tiiat would be astounding. ’•‘Why should not the men buy a cotton duck suit also? This could he sold by the cotton manufacturer equally as cheap. “There are 10,000.444 people di rectly and indirectly dependent upon the cotton mlljS, to say nothing of hundreds.of thousands of supply men, merchants and others, who make a living from the people who work for the mills. To consume cot ton, therefore, helps everybody, while buying cotton to carry helps only, a few—and that temporarily.” regular occupation in full security. Private property will be absolutely respected and prqvlslons paid for. "If the popuation dare under any form whatever to take part in hos tilities the severest punishment will be inflicted on the refractory. “The people must give up their arms. Every armed individual will be put to death. Whoever cuts tele graph wires," destroys railway bridges or roads or commits any act in de triment to the Germans wllUhe shot. “Towns and Villages whose inhabi tants have taken pa^t in the combat or who fire upon us from, ambush will be burned down and the guilty shot at once. The civil authorities will be held responsible. • “Von Moltke.” TO PROTECT ART. CHURCHILL CONFIDENT. Ix»rd of the Admiralty Expects Mach of British Fleet. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British Admiralty, addressed a crowd of 12,000 to 14,000 men Mon day night at a recruiting, meeting in Liverpool. He reiterated his appeal for a million men, and said: “I have no anxiety over the result of the war. God has blessed our arms. We have had unexpected good fortune. I could not have hoped that circumstances at this stage of the war would have been so favor able for the Allies. _y ma.lns In port. We hope that the Osvy will have the chance of settling tha Question with the deraan fleet ynt. If they do not come out and fight In time of war they will be dug out like rats ou( of a hoik.” t ,• v, . —.— | German Governor of Velghun Plans to Protect lYeasores. The German governor of Belgfxm, Gen. Von Dor Goltx, has appointed Privy Councillor Dr. Von Palckei to decidei upon ways and means to ef fect protection of Belgian tresawres- of art against burglary and pillage. Dr. Von Falcke is now making a tour of Louvain, Namur, Huy, Nfr- elles and Liege, accompanied—by a Belgian art expert and win take whatever steps to this end that may be necessary. Our Gold In Turkey, dispatch boat Scorpion. United navy, has reached Constanti- and placed $466,066 at the of Ambassador Morgenthau. Body Found in River. The body of Hershael Beacham, a young man of Dublin, Ga.. waa found badly decfijr posed in Iconee river. Gas Kills Two Twp men ware the Grata! tacky, Tht 4 I.. II #