Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V • * * - vm vm sum ■' o COT TO FECES « WORST BAT- 1U OF ENTIRE WAR ! - v ._ - -- ; ^pgrr. ; BRAVELY CHARGED ALUES OttoauuM Break French line*, Cap ture Cons and Torn Them on Al- liea Are Beaten Back and Mur dered by Light of Allied Fleet’a Searchlights—Blanghter Terrific. In a dispatch from Lemnos, via Athens, a correspondent of The Lon don Dally Chronicle gives an account of the big battle for the Dardanelles fought last week, In which the Allies pushed their lines forward five- eighths of a mile. “The heaviest fighting which has taken place in Gallipoli peninsula since the allied forces landed,” he says, “was that which began late Tuesday and lasted well into Wednes day. It resulted in the swing for ward of the southern line of the al lied armies for about five furlongs and in infliction of staggering losses on the enemy. “Those who were in the battle place the Turco-German casualties at seven thousand killed and between fourteen thousand and fifteen thou sand wounded. Many prisoners were taken, too. The whole army in the southern part of the peninsula was engaged, and the Australians and New Zealanders further to the north also played a part. "The victory marks a definite stage in the initial work of throwing forces around Atchl Baba, which may now without exaggeration be describ ed as one of the strongest fortresses in the world. “The Allies had been resting In comparative tranquility, and the Turks therefore were evidently per suaded that they were experiencing a shortage of ammunition. This be lief apparently convinced the Turks of their excellent opportunity to drive the Invaders into the sea. “It was late Tuesday night when the first signs of the enemy's move ment were detected. No time was lost in flashing a warning message to headquarters. The French were soon alert, and the artillery at that portion of the line against which the attack was obviously being prepared quickly and strongly reinforced. “Freach and British machine gun* rushed to the front till n per fect wall of heavy and light guns was in position. Then there was a short Interval of silence and waiting, al most oppressive. Suddenly the still ness was riven by a tremendous burst of shells from the Turkish guns, and for a time shrapnel poured down on the French front, but the men were safely posted in dugouts, and little loss was experienced. "From the strait a'loud booming began. It was the battered Ooeben at work again, and during the bom bardment she pounded our right with some forty eleven-inch shells. Many did not burst; they were apparently of Turkish manufacture. "This hall of shells lasted an hour and a half and was the severest bom bardment to which our lines had been subjected during the weeks of struggle on the peninsula. “No sooner had the heavy fire reused ^tha^^reat^ylld^mSMiee ^of they came, the silence unbroken save for their shouts, until they reached a point within sixty yards of Uie French position. “TTien from two hundred well placed machine gun* a devaNtatlng answering fire burst from the allied trenches. Itiflee joined in—twenty thousand of them; big guns flared and lighted up the lurid scene at in tervals. With fine bravery the enemy came on, not hesitating before this inferno of death. "In a terribly cut-up condition the stormers reached the barbed-wire en tanglements, only to find, to their dismay, that their artillery had been ineffective in the attempt to demol ish them. “The slaughter was terrible; yet at three points the enemy managed to swarm into the French trenches and even succeeded in turning some of the French weapons on the defend ing troops. The second line, however, hurled itself Instantly on the foe. “ *We were so closely mixed up to gether,’ one French soldier told me, ‘that it was almost impossible to use the bayonet, and we simply had to push them back with our fists and the butts of our rifles until they fell backward into our first line trenches, giving us room to thrust and clear the way.’ “Finally after several minutes of this desperate work, the Turks, who were not adequately supported by their reserves, broke and ran. Then came the slaughter, for the machine guns along the whole line, and the Maxims of the British naval divisioni who had also been engaged, though not so heavily, simply jnowed swaths of death through the mob of fleeing Turks, who were visible with clear ness In the light of the ships’ search lights, turned pitilessly on them. "Firmly held on the enemy were the ships’ searchlights, thus provid ing a ghastly target for our deadly guns and hard-worked rifles. ‘Tn a short space of time the field pfesefited a most appalling spectacle. Soldiers who fought In some of the fiercest fights in France and Flan ders, and who have been through the terrible experiences provided by the landing of the Allied forces* on the peninsulp, aay they slckeneq at the awful sight ivhlch lay before their eyes when the dim morning twilight spread over the scene. “Bodies were lying four and five in all poai- oa the while dead still stood aad farther, amid yetis NE§W SLAYS 3 HUE HEN WM TRY TO ARREST HIM t ot Pulaski County, Georgia, Surround and Kill Barri caded Desperado. EDISONmi SERVE ACCEPTS DANIELS’ PLEA FOR BUREAU OF INVENTIONS ANOTHER SOUTH CAROLINIAN HIES IN GOVERNMENT WORK Joseph Holmes, Director of Federal Of Mines, Pa Away Three whit# men are dead at Coch ran; Oa., in Pulaski county, and a' posse estimated to number several hundred farmers, heavily armed, Wednesday had surrounded the home of Pete Jackson, a negro farm hand, who Is accused of the triple murder; The negro barricaded himself In his home and for spme time succeeded In holding off the plkse. A late dispatch from Cochran, Oa., Wednesday afternoon states that Jackson, the negro who killed three men and defied arrest, had been shot to death behind his barricade by the posse. The dead are W. S. Hogg, aged forty, night marshal; Lynn Sanders, forty, farm supervisor, and Oscar Lawfeon, twenty-three, <1 farm hand. Jackson, according to reports of the trouble, was criticised by Sanders late Tuesday for some work he had TEST PROBLEMS OF WAR Joseph Austin Holmes, director of the federal bureau} of mines at Washington and a widely known geologiet, died st Denver, Col., Tues day of tuberculosis. He hkd been 111 several months and came to Denver four months ago in the hope of re gaining strength. BERNSTORFF SAYS iERMAN RE PLY WAS TO PAVE WAY . FOR GENERAL AGREEMENT done and the supervisor is said to | meet conditions of warfare shown in i i. .i,„ > i i, i„ fho rnnflhet on land and sea in Fu- W Izard of Flying Spark to H*?ad New Board Which Will Proviso Bdeo- vmu, p-_iiJ~~Dr. Holmes was fifty-five years otdr- tifle Defenses Against New Perils He wag R natlye of gouth Carollna —Submarines to be Considered Especially by New Board. Thomas A. Edison accepted on Monday an invitation from Secretary Daniels to head an advisory board of civilian inventors for a bureau of in vention and development to be cre ated In the navy deparfmefit; — Mr. Daniels’ idea of utilizing the inventive genius of Americans in and out of military and naval service to have struck the negro. Later, it is alleged, Jackson accost*' Sanders, drew revolver and fired twice, one bullet entering Sanders' heart, kill ing him aimokt instantly. Early Wednesday Hogg and Law- son went to Jackson’s home to arrest him, when it Is alleged the negro fired upon them with a shotgun and they died shortly afterwards. QUIET ON EASTERN FRONT; FRENCH GAIN IN THE WEST Itussian* Await New Move by Their Enemy—French Straighten Their Trenches. London, Wednesday: For more than a week now the Austro-German offensive In Galicia and Poland has been hanging fire while the Russians, their centers having fallen back on a more advantageous line In the heights north of Krasnlk apparently are waiting the next move of the the conflict on land and sea in Eu ro|>e is outlined In a letter written last Wednesday asking Mr. Edison whether, as a patriotic service to ids country, he would undertake the task of advising the proposed bureau. The plan is to have several men promi nent in inventive research associated in the work. Among the problems to be laid be fore the Investigators, the secretary mentioned submarine warfare, add ing that he felt sure that with Mr. Edison’s wonderful brain to help them the officers of the navy would be able "to meet this new danger with new devices, that will assure peace to our country by their effec tiveness.” “I have been Intending for some time,’’ Mr. Daniels said In his letter, "to write you expressing my admira tion at the splendid and patriotic at titude you have taken, as reported in the public press, in refusing to de vote your great inventive genius to warlike subjects except at the call of your own country. ... 1 have de ferred writing, however, because, at the same time,. I wanted to take up with you another matter to which I have given a great deal of thought— Teutonic forces. Fresh ammunition and reinforce-; ^VaUerTn'which' f think yourTdeas menta may bring a sudden revival of, and n)lne colnclde . . . There i, activity In the east, but the weatem ; a service that you can front, by reason of the uncertainty I ^^^hTnVvV-.nd the as to which side plans a general of fensive, now offers the greatest pos- He had been director of the bureau of mines since its creation by con gress in 1910. Previously he had been chief of the technological branch of the Unit ed States Geological Survey in charge of investigation of mine accidents. His service to the federal government began tn 1904 when he was placed in ■charge—ollllalted States Geological Survey laboratories for testing fuete and structural materials at St. Louis. He was a graduate of Cornell Uni versity and for a time was a profes sor of geology and natural history at the University of North Carolina. He was state geologist for that state from 1891 until 1904. A *idow and four children survive. Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, says a Washington dispatch, was regarded by his associates In the government service as the father of the bureau of mines, which by,a camraign of edu cation and experiment 1 is largely re duced the death toll among under ground workers. He also was ac credited with making "safety first" a national movement. “The saddest part of It all," said Van H. Manning, acting director of the mines bureau, "is that Dr. Holmes was a victim of overwork and his devotion to his duties In be half of the safety, of the million miners in the United States. "His continual Insistence on going only where his trained rescue crews shovld go. sharing the dangers that should have gone only to more robust men, seriously affected his health. Dr. Holmes was a martyr to the cause of safety among the miners and his name is added to the honor roll of bureau rescuers who gave up their lives to the cause.’’ Germans Want the United States to Offer as Mediator Between Great Britain and Germany, Thereby Regulating Neutral Commerce and Submarine Warfare. ■ibilltles of Interesting developments. The French claim their front in render the navy and the country large and one which I am encour aged to believe you will consent to undertake. —— One of the Imperative needs of PAYING FOR DETAINED COTTON the Argonne, after being dented by a U|e judgment, i. ma- evlrxl An t a t t n 1/ m a si a Kv t rt a nrmv 1 . .... . violent attadk made by the army of Crown Prince Frederick William, has been reetored, the net result being a costly adventure Jgr the Germans: but the strength of the offensive at that point, leads the British press to speculate whether the Argonne or the Woevre districts will not be selected for a general German offensive. RUSSIANS NOT DISTURBED German Movements Cause no Flurry in retrograd. Csar's Capital. London reported Friday that Pet- rograd apparently was not greatly disturbed over the latest German drive, claiming that much frontal fighting must be done before the Polish capital can be surrounded by Hlndenberg and Mackenaen rhinery and facilities for utilizing the natural Inventive genius of Ameri cans to meet the new condition* of warfare as shown abroad, and it is my intention, if a practical way can be worked out to establtah . . .a department of Invention and develop ment to which all Ideas and sugges tions . . . can be referred. . . . There Is at present no adequately equipped department to which to send them for the careful study re quired. In addition, our naval offi cers, particularly those at sea. are ip a- poaitlon to note where improve ments are needed and to devisa ways In which these Improvements can be | made. They have, howeyet, aelther I the time nor the special training, nor severe! In man y c**®*, the natural inventive turn of mind needed to put these ideas into definite shape. "Were there a place where they could be sent to be worked out and British eGovernment Pays Savannah Firm (Quarter Million. The British embassy Friday began the practice of making payments tn Washington for detains^ American cotton cargoes, the ownership of which has been sattsfkctorily estab lished. The first payment, a partial one for a cargo at the rate of ten cents a pound, was about two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars. The payment made was for the cargo sf the Greek steamer Spyros ValUanos. from Savannah, which was taken to Falmouth and Cardiff. The cargo is owned by Inman, Akers and Inman. In southeastern Galicia the A us-. tro-German armies are ad vs ncing perfected, I am sure we would get ■ssmaA^hA-^uiaatoe - 1 r,,unv nntammrttw improvements from r noteworthy Improvements Russian artillery fire and fighting ] tuts source alone. again Is becoming lively in the most | unfortunately, no officer# now detail- distant portion of the Russian front t ed who can take time from the mass —Ih the Caucasus—where both the' of work which they are called upon Turks and the Russians claim Suc cesses Paris reported Saturday that re- to do in order to devote It fully to studying new suggestions and Invent ttons. - The department Is also un- tnforcements have been sent to the! provided with the best facilities for German troops in the Russian prov inces of Courland and Kovno, with the result that vigorous military op erations have been resumed In that section. The Russians are offering a stubborn resistance and ere holding strategic positions. and groans mixed with the shouts and whistlings of their officers, the battered and beaten rabble retreated, followed by relentless death. "The ‘sight,’ said one soldier, ‘was so terrible that many of us could not fire our guns or rifles, so much did the horrible vision of slaughter make the men tremble. This specially af fected those in charge of the machine guns.' "At last the poor remnant of the Turks’ attacking force was sheltered In the trenches in front of the Atchl Baba slopes. The opposition our counter attack met was very feeble, and the first line attackers easily carried the first lin'e of the Turkish position. Then the second line of our troops joined their comrades, and after a fairly stubborn struggle the Turks were seen in headlong re treat. "The enemy's guns developed sur prising) activity, and for the follow ing twb hours our men In their new positions were subjected to a bom bardment of between seven thousand and eight thousand shells. This died down, and the enemy then attempted to recover the last ground. No few er than seven times did the Turks hurl themselves against our new lines. On every occasion they were driven back with heavy losses. When the last effort died away tn disorder and death the BrlMsh left swung smartly forward and threw the de moralized enemy put <fcf two addl- tlonffl lines oi trenches immediately in front. "This was the last phase ojf the battle along the entire line. Our gains were here and there added and everywhere consolidated with the to tal reavilt already mentionM'. The British losses, were comparatively speaking, light.” ^ * Italians Gala Trenches. Genoa. Italy, Wednesday: Two miles of Austrian trenches bars been captured by the Italians, according to sews from VIHack, a town on the beaks of tbs Dnmma work or pure experimentation and In vention with the exception of our testing station at Annapolis, which is as yet a small affair. . . . “I have in *mind a general plan of organizing such a department. . . . 1 feel that our chances of getting the public Interested and back of this project will be enormously Increased If we can have, at the start, some man whose Inventive genius Is recog nized by the whole world to assist us in consultation from time to time on matters of sufficient importance to bring to his attention. Vou are rec ognized by all of us as the one man above all others who can turn dreams Into realities and who has at his com mand, in addition to his own wonder ful mind, the finest facilities in the world for such work. What I want to ask is, if you would be willing, as a service to your country, to act as an advisor to this board to take such things as seem to you to be of value, but which we are not, at present, equipped to investigate, and to use your own magnificent facilities in such Investigation if ybu feel it worth while . . .. This is a great deal to ask, and I, unfortunately, have nothing but the thanks of the navy and, I think, of the country at large, together with the feeling of service to your country that you will have, to offer you by way of recom pense; yet so clearly have yon shown your patriotism that I feel justified in making this request. “We are confronted with a new and terrible engine of warfare in tho submarine, to consider only one of the big things which I have in mind, and I feel sure that with the practical knowledge of the officers of navy, with a department composed of the keenest and most inventive minds that we can gather together, and with your own wonderful brain to aid us, the United Sto.es v ill be able, as in the past, to meet this new dan ger wjth new devices that will assure peace to our country by their ecec- tivesess. . . . "With you, It might be well to as sociate a few men prominent in spe cial lines of Inventive research, and ( would like to consult with you as to who these men should be. It It. of course, your aid that I rely upon meet and if you are not able, for aay to do tht* I will frankly MACKENSEN STRANGELY QUIET Field Marshal May* Silent—Report* are In Conflict. Contradictory reports regarding the extent of the Austro-Hungarian reverse at Krasnlk, In Southern Po land continue, some even claiming Trm- ttM Tnefnns i afiaanaiaBIJiyilillL a general retreat. The ^mystery of the situation Is the persistent silence maintained by Field Marshal von Mackensen. who, apparently. Is mak ing no effort to resume the German advance on Warsaw. Petrograd b Hevea thin Inaction Is due to the fear of Field Marshal von Mackensen that his left flank would be exposed while the Austrians were on the defensive, but some fear Is expressed by London observers that the brilliant German military com mander is planning an unexpected coup. Should you feel like accepting the task, however, I know the relief which the country would feel In these trying times at the announce ment that you are aiding us in this all-important matter. "If you could let me know as early as you may how you feel about this, I would appreciate it, as everything waits upon your answer, and think we can not be too expeditious if we are going to take this matter up at all.” In announcing Monday night at West Orange, N. J. t that he Would gladly accept Secretary Daniels’ in vitation to head a civilian advisory board, Mr. Edison said that fie be lieved the proposal was so Important that It should be attended to now, at a time when {he war In Europe was bringing before the public encourag ing and developing ideas and inven tions of Americans—especially offi cers and men of the army and navy. "The United States is far behind in these matters,’’ said Mr. Edison. "I believe it is highly important for a board of civilians, made up of engi neers from leading Industries, to be formed for the purpose of looking into the feasibility of ideas developed by young men. While a)l ideas that will be submitted may hot be feas ible, at least they have the benefit of expert judgment and advice. 'Tn addition to the advisory board of engineers, I also would suggest a station for experimenting. The cost would be nominal. Only a few acres of land would be required with prop er buildings and a corps of efficient men calculated to carry out experi ments under direction of those sug gesting them, after they have been approved. "It la an Important matter and should be pat under way at once. The European war has served to draw attention to the fact that many American ideas and Inventions have been allowed to slip by. and If this Much Interest was created in Washington yesterday afternoon by a statement made by Secretary of State Lansing, which seems to indicate an amicable settlement of the Issue wi/th Germany. He declared that the dis pute with Germany over submarine warfare might be settled by oral as surances from the German govern ment that the demands of the United states government would be complied with. If accepted this would obviate the necessity of written promises. Count von 'Bernstorff, the German ambassador, presented to Secretary Lansing Friday the view that Ger many’s reply to the American note on submarine warfare was intended to pave the way for negotiations by- the United States with Great Britain as well as Germany to adjust questions that have arisen over contraband and submarines as affecting the rights of neutrals. * The German ambass dor for sev eral days has been anxious to see Secretary Lansing, but the secretary expressed a preference not to discuss the German reply until he had ex amined It carefully. Count von Bernstorff is confident, his government emphasized in the last note its willingness to work "hand in hand” with the American government for the estnhlisbtnent of the freedom of the seas principle with the express purpose of entering into negotiations now on the entire question of maritime warfare. He sent through Dj. Anton Meyer-Ger- ard the suggestion that the note should, contain such an intimation^. Having followed his suggestion, the ambassador is certain his govern- ment 'Will accept a tender of good of- fleas for the mediation of the dis putes. This would involve an accept ance by Great Britain of the eervicea of the United States as mediator to bring about termination of the Brit ish reprisal—the order in council— as well aa German submarine attacks on merchantmen. Officials of the American govern ment in the lost few days have heard reports concerning possible media tion. but always have indicated that negotiations along such lines could be begun only if there were assur ances that German submarine com manders in the meantime would be guided by the principles for which the United States Is contending — that Americans on unarmed ships which do not resist capture be-not endangered, in official German quar ters at Washington, however, empha sis is placed on the fact that Ger many In the last month has not tor- l>ed<»ed even enemy ships without warning, and that this practice prob ably will be continued In support of this confidence German officials drew attention to a statement given out by the Overseas News Agency, an official agency, in Berlin Wednes- Mi'tr 'Mid ALLIED AVIATORS HOF FATAL STEEL AMOWS / ’ ysiitug From Great Heights Bury Hxemaelvee in Renting SoWMr*. The arrow* which allied _a>^ are using over the battlefield* a™ two parts, a head and shaft. The head measures about two- and a quarter inches, and the total length-uf the arrow is four and a halt inC Both the head' and the shaft are of steel, the flange being formed of two- flat pieces of metal set at’ right angles, the ends of the four flanges thus produced being set into the steel head. The diameter of the whole- head is about five-sixteenths of an Inch, tapering to a fine point and the-^ whole weight is about twenty-one grams. A German doctor gave the follow ing description of the use and effect of the allies’ arrows at a meeting of the Stuttgart medical society. Three companies of German sol diers were resting when two aero planes circled overhead at a height of about twelve thousand metres Sud denly one of the scidierfe felt a sharp stabbing pain in his right foot, and thought one of his fellow soldiers had inadvertently pricked it; but the- illusion was soon dlspe led when she heard cries of pain all about him. The horses, too, became rest and two were found to be wounded. Looking at his foot the soldier found an iron arrow had penetrated 1^. He Immediately plucked it out. About fifteen others had been hit and the source of the arrows being discover ed the men took cover under wagons. It was subseqdently estimated that about fifty arrows had been discharg ed and every third arrow effect. / TJ»e Importance of the wea l articularly when dropped on re Soldiers is therefore considerate the fact that about half the; cas ties consisted of wounds in the lo limbs shows how vulnerable the n ing soldier Is to arrows from above. Evidently the arrows scatter con siderably for in one case four com panies were simultaneously hit. One case was mentioned of an arrow pass ing through the scalp without injur ing the skull, but another' caused death by entering the left temple and passing out again by ihe right. "The loss of human life was re markably small, the submarines us ing every precaution and giving am ple warning and time for crews to leave their ships if no resistance was offered." Officials at Washington who read the statement admitted that if this practice was continued, the principles for which the United States asked as surances-in its note of June 9 would be complied with to a large extent. While temporary abandonment of the practice of attacking either American or belligerent vessels with out warning has considerably lessen ed tension in Washington, the treat ment the American government will give to the Lusitania case in its next note is causing much concern even in German quarters. BRITISH MINERS STRIKE AT WAR maAUr Is ppt off ■ntll tbs war la over there is danger of iu being fa Unto to tadwtak* the matter at all. got toe.’* Government Applies Munitions of War Act to Coal Mining .In dustry but Men Go Ont. Despite the action of the govern ment In applying-the munitions of war act to the coal mining Industry it is practically certain that a large number of men will stop work in South Wales, thus curtailing the sup ply of coal for the naval vessels. The Federation of Miners of the United Kingdom, the labor leaders and the general public upon whose support the miners would depend to make the strike a success are all urg ing them to continue work until an agreement can be reached, but the executive council of the South Wales union by a majority vote refused to support this recommendation. It is not believed, however, that the strike will last long, as the men themselves are divided and the South Wales union has not the funds to finance n long struggle; the miners' federation, after its recommendation. Is not likely to assist them. There Is also a possibility that the govern ment wilt utilize the miners who en listed In the army and who have not yet l#ft the country to work the mlnea. ’ This dispute whtetr jeopardises the work of the navy, occupies the public mind tn Englsad above all other mat- tors. aad'official reporta of the fight- lag la the East, aad West take tec- bad place ■ PROTEST SENT PRESIDENT A6AINST BRITISH EMBAR60 Cotton lieeders at Columbia Will Send liriter of i*rotest to IVrsldent Wilson. The prospects for the South in the coming crop year are recognized with optimism, provided the United States caq clear up with satisfaction certain differences of opinion between this country and England over the em bargo placed upon cotton being ship-, ped through the neutral ports of Hol land and the Scandinavian countrlea —and. provided further, the proper support Is given by the regional re serve bank system in hnancing the new This Is the consensus of opinion arrived at Saturday during an In formal conference among some of the leaders In the cotton movement wbo gathered at Columbia. Congressman A. F. Lever, who waa requested to act as chairman, was AyMttAittLjUth Commissioner E. J. Watson and T. B. Stackhouse of Co lumbia to prepare a letter to be pre sented to the president of the United States, expressing strongly the atti tude of the people of the State. Mr. Lever, as chairman of the com mittee on agriculture of the House of Representatives, was requested to get the co-operation of the leaders In each Southern state, in order to make a solid phalanx in presenting tW""* question, and to ask an audience wf 3 the president. 'S It Is understood th&t this matter is to be made immediate and impera tive, and-the sense of t)ie meeting was that public agitation and news paper discussion might be suspended pending the outcome of a hearing in Washington. Among those in the conference, which was entirely informal, were: Congressman Lever, chairman of the committee on agriculture; Col. E. J. Watsop, president of the Southern Cotton’ Congress; Dr. Wade Stack-_ house, of Dillon, president of the State Cotton Congress; Col. J. Arthur Banks, senator from Calhoun and a cotton planter; Col. R. M. Cooper, a large cotton planter; ex-Senator John L. McLaurin, State cotton warehouse commissioner, who made a report on conditions In Georgia also; T. B. Stackhouse, manager oi a number of cotton wareh'buses in the State, and Walter B. Sullivan, pullisher of the Columbia Record, who led in the “Buy-a-Bale” movement last year. FRENCH POSITION SAFE Military Expert Says Souchez Ceme tery is -tot Important. Loss of the Souchez cemetery and adjacent trenches, Indicated in the French official statement, does not affect the principal French defenses in that region, according" to French military writers. It is a warning, “however, says Col. Rousset, In the Pelt Parisien that will not be neg lected. y * . * % The Germans visibly are redout ling their efforts to capture Verdi After the failure of their plans' the forest of Argonne they are tryi _ by concentric attacks In the Woevre district to obtain the moat accessible parts of the citadel by attempting to establish batteries with the idee of reaching the city. The outer works, however, in the opinion of the Preach military officers, are solidly guarded and are eqalpped wtth all ■anas for reply.