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110 NEWS1N SHORTSPACE
Interesting Pointers About the Signi-
can Things Which Oftentimes Es
cape Attention—War Goes on in
Many Fields of Activity—What the
Various Nations are Doing.
The British cruiser Berwick, which
hovered about the entrance to New
York harbor during the early part of
the war, reappeared near Fire Is
land a few days ago and held up the
Norwegian steamer Starkad bound
here from Bordeaux. A lieutenant
boarded the Starkad and .took back
with him to the Berwick the third of
ficer and a seaman whom he declar
ed to be Germans.
/ * *
Foreign Minister Sazonoff of Rus
sia declared last week that Germany
had repeatedly sought to make peace
both with Russia and France since
the outbreak of the war, but that all
these attempts had met with a hos
tile reception in both countries. “The
enemy's calculations of sowing dis
cord among the Allies are bound to
fail,” he said.
* *
While flying over the Dardanelles
in a seaplane. Flight Lieutenant Ed
monds of the English forces dropped
a bomb on a Turkish transport and
sank her, according to a Mytilene
dispatch. All the troops on board
are said to have perished.
k \ 4 Six more generals have been trans
ferred from the active to the reserve
st of the French army by General
"Joffre, following the policy inaugu
rated by him early in the war of hav
ing only active and comparatively
young men in command. As a result
of this the average age of French
generals has dropped since last year
from sixty-one to flfty-one years.
LU K v
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Paulhan. the famous French avia-’
tor, who was sent to help the Ser
bians some months ago, has been
mad* a captain in the Serbian army
for his gallantry in bringing an Aus-
n aeroplane to earth. It is in-
tereatlog to note that Paulhan, at
the outbreak of the war, was not do
ing sensational aerial stunts, but
growing flowers on the Riviera for
the 1/ondon market. He promptly
abandoned this work and volunteer
ed for service in the air.
Petrograd estimates that the Rus
sians are now facing thirty-five to
forty per cent, of the total forces of
Germany and seventy per cent, of
those of Austria-Hungary. It is‘said
that the German Infantry pitted
against the Cxar's armies have, in
creased four hundred per cent, and
the cavalry nine hundred per cent
during me last few months.
• •
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, com
mander of one of the Austrian
armies operating against Russia, Is
quoted as saying that, of all tE»
Russian troops, the Siberian regi
ments offer the most determined re
sistance to the A ustro-German ad
vance. “My army is opposed to these
Siberians," the Archduke is report
ed to have told a Hungarian news
paper man. “which moans that in
every effort to advance we have to
cope with almost superhuman diffi
culties. Please let people know at
home that these successes cost us
endless sacrifices and great blood
shed." ^
• •
One million dollars in gold arrived
in New York last week on the steam-
_shlp Philadelphia.
• •
That Austrian and German cavalry
Nill soon be operating against the
Russians on a scale hitherto un
known in military history was stated
recently by an Austrian writer on the
war.
* •
Larger bread rations will be issued
shortly in Germany, it is announced,
• on account of the large stores of
grain on hand.
• *
Fourteen German professors are
to be called to Turkey to become
members of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Constantinople. They
must lecture in the Turkish lan
guage,, for which purpose they are to
be allowed a year In which to learn
It.
* a
Twenty Austrian marines belong
ing to the Austrian Legation guard
at Peking, China, raided a moving
picture thejitre owned by an English
man where films depicting scenes
following the Lusitania disaster were
being shown. They , wrecked the
place and made off with the films.
The Chinese police were not prompt
enough to assist the proprietor, who
applied for redress to the,British le
gation.
* •
Roumanian railways, it is announc
ed, have been ordered to place all
their rolling stock at the disposition
of the(' Roumanian minister of war
on September 14 next.
• •
A Japanese newspaper’s corre
spondent in Petrograd states that
Russia has not only asked Japan for
more munitions of war but also for
troops to be used on Russian soil.
• •
Ezio Garibaldi, son of Rfcciotti
iribaldi, and grandson of Giuseppe
iribaldl, the famous hero of the
rar for Italian independence, has
been severely wounded in the face,
■fighting against the Austrians.
Excerpts from what is alleged to
be a contract entered into by Great
Britain, Prance, and Russia regard
ing the future of Turkev have been
plated by a Vienna newspaper. The
alleged agreement deolaree that Eng
land and Prance will db all la thetr
power to force the Dardanelles, that
Constantinople and the Dardanelles
are to go to Russia after the war, and
that the compact is to be kept a sec
ret from Roumania since knowledge
of it might influence that country’s
attitude toward the Entente powers.
^ • •
German spies are said to be espe
cially active at present in Holland,
according to articles in the Amster
dam Telegraaf. The paper says that
the system centres in The Hague and
is under the direct control of the
German minister to the Netherlands,
its purpose being to get military and
naval information, .influence the
Dutch press and watch the large col
onies of Belgians now living in Hol
land in order to learn along what
roads Belgians manage to escape
back to their native land. Some of
the spies, the paper assorts, are wo
men. «».
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The Pr&gressive i« faction in the
German reichstag is against unlimit
ed annexation of territory ns a re
sult of the war, but believes in “the
conquering of territory necessary to
the safeguarding of the future in
terests and strength of the empire.”
It also feels that the time is not yet
ripe for peace discussions and that
Germany's main duty for the time
being is to maintain “the unshakable
unity of all classes.”
• •
Dispatches from Saloniki to Ital
ian newspapers state that the Turk-
insh authorities, besides prohibiting
the departure of Italians from Smyr
na, have levied a heavy war tax on
foreigners. Mr.ny of the Italians of
Smyrna, it is said, being destitute of
arms are unable^to meet the Turkish
demands.
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The steamship Dacia, famous as
the storm centre of one of the prin
cipal maritime controversies of the
early part of the war, and condemn
ed by a French prize court because of
her transfer from German to Ameri
can registry, is now a French ship,
and has been renamed the Yser.
• •
William J. Bryan’s son-in-law.
Captain R. E. Owen, of the British
royal Engineers, has been mentioned
in orders for conspicuous gallantry
In the Dardanelles fighting by Sir
Hamilton, commander of the British
forces operating against the Turks.
• •
It is said that the Vatican is work
ing toward the establishment of a
free Poland, to be made up of the
Polish territory now held by Russia,
Germany, and Austria. This plan is
favored by the powers of the Quad
ruple Entente, report has It. with the
exception of Russia, whose officials
say that they are willing to give Po
land autonomy but not to go to the
length of relinquishing sovereignty.
• •
Crews of Zeppelins that raid Eng
land. according to travelers, arriving
from Germany, are the spoiled dar
lings of the Hamburg cafes where
they congregate. The travelers add
that they boast of most wonderful
feats accomplished on their raids to
their admiring audiences.
• •
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The German government, says a
Zurich report, has called upon the
Germaa people to turn all gold in
their possession into the banks.
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The OJIbway Indians of Canada
want to.fight the Germans Accord
ing to the Rev. Robert J. Renlson.
formerly a missionary In Canada,
and now head of the Indian Trade
Commission, Just back from the Hud
son Bay region, the OJIbway chief
made a speech to the commission of
fering to raise a regiment to help
the English. “In trying to induce us
to accept the offer," said Dr. Renl-
son, "he declared he had heard that
the Germans painted their faces
green to be undlsttngutshable from
the grass, but that he and his OJib-
ways are naturally undistingulshable
from the dark earth, and so could
creep close to the German trenches.”
• •
With permission of the German
autt^rities In Belgium the city coun
cil of Brussels is taking a census of
unemployed workmen within the city
limits, and the National Relief Com
mittee will extend the work to all
parts of Belgium occupied by the
Germans. The object is to provide
employment whenever possible and
to prevent skilled workmen from los
ing touch with trade conditions. It
is said that there are seven hundred
thousand men and women out of
work in Belgium who before the war
had steady employment. German
socialists have been active in urging
relief for these people.
• •
That Italy can not break through
the Austrian defensive and will soon
have to face an Austrian invasion of
her northern provinces is the declara
tion of Major Moraht, military ex
pert of the Berliner Tageblatt. He
is also of the, belief that Italy will
not be able to spare troops to help
the Allies at the Dardanelles or in
northern France.
MYEKNIENT REPOtT PUTS
COTTON C0N1HTI0N AT 69.2
Bad Weather Cause of Deterioratioo
—Oop of Lew Thaw Twelve
Indicated.
Drouth followed by excessive rains
in the cotton bqlt during August
caused deterioration slightly more
than the August average to the grow
ing cotton crop. The department of
agriculture Monday announced the
condition as 69.2 per cent, of a nor
mal, That is 6.1 per cent, below the
July condition.
Unofficial calculations based on
government averages for yield, con
dition and acreage, place the crop at
11,817,235 equivalent 500-pound
bales against 16,134,930 bales last
year.
Comparisons of conditions by
states follow:
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Aug. 25. July 25
Virginia
... 85
79
North Carolina .
, . .. 76
78
South Carolina .
. . . 71
72
Georgia
... 69
76
Florida
. . . 70
78
Alabama
.. 6'
71
Mississippi . . .
. . 69
76
Louisiana
. . .. 65
75
Texas
. . . 67
76
Arkansas ....
. . 72.
80
Tennessee. . ..
.i .. 82
85
Missouri
. . . 81
83
Oklahoma . . .
. . . 71 -
69
California . . .
. /.. 93
96
United States . .
69.2
75.3
MW ENDJN PEACE
GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS Win
LMAD TO END OF WAR
ANSWER IS TO SATISFY
Although no official statement ex
planatory of the cotton figures was
forthcoming fromr the department of
agriculture, Leon M. Estabrook, chief
of the bureau of crop estimates, an
nounced unofficially that the report
indicated a yield this season of ap
proxlmately 11,800,000 bales of cot
ton. as compared with an actual pro
duction of 16,135,930 bales last sea
son.
“The condition of 69.2 estimated
to-day. as compared with 75.3 on
July 25, a month ago." Mr. Esta
brook explained, “is a trifle more of
a decline than is normal. If the fig
ures had been the same into-day's
estimate as on July 25. there would
be an actual Increase. There is al
ways a decline between the July and
August estimates. The figures to
day indicate a yield of approximately
11,800,000 bales, which is slightly
less than the forecast of last month.
The actual out-turn for the 1914 sea
son, as shown by the census figures,
was 16,135,290.
“There is an estimate decrease in
acreage of 15 per cent, due to the
collapse of the market In the abnor
mal conditions respecting condition
during the past year. The drop In
condition percentage from 75 per
cent, on July to 69.2 per cent, in
August Is due to the unfavorable
weather during the past month and i
Teutonic Empire to Yield Absolutely
to All American Demands in Order
.That Wilson Will Have to Take up
and Discuss Fully the “Freedom of
the Seas.”
The governments of the United
States and Germany are now engag
ed in diplomatic negotiations which,
because of the tremendous issues in
volved, may properly be regarded as
the most momentous of their kind in
the history of the world.
The goal at which they are aiming,
and towards which they are now pre
paring to make the preliminary ad
vances, is nothing less than the ter
mination of the greatest war the
world has evefywen.
The steps bfwhlch this situation
has developed are as follows:
1. The United States made de
mands on Germany for information
for certain acts, reparath a for the
loss of American lives and assur
ances that In the future Germany
should conduct her submarine war
fare so far as it affected Americans,
in strict accordance with the recog
nized rules of international law
2. Germany’s reply to this was an
attempt to justify her course of con
duct, but reserving her final state
ment of position in answer to this
government's specific demands. She
took pains, however, to recall to the
attention of the United States that
she had noted with satisfaction this
country’s proposals made earlier in
the war with a view of paving the
way to a modus vlvendi between Ger
many and Great Britain for the con
duct of .the maritime war.
3. The United States then repeat
ed Its original demands for the pro
tection of American lives and appar
ently taking the hint contained in the
German communication, suggested to
such a form that It might reasonably
be accepted as an Intended induce
ment that she would be glad to act
as a go-between for Germany and
Great Britain to obtain an under-
standlng by which the character and
condition of the war upon seas might
be changed
4. The form in which this sugges
tion was made not being sufficiently
definite for the German government,
it made a reply which was equally
Indefinite and unsatisfactory, and
ENGLISH POUND SINKS
suggested again that It would be glad
the reductioi^of about 40 per cent, in I to avail itself of the good offices of
the amount of fertiliser used In the I the president of the United States “in
cotton fields.” the direction of the lofty ideal of the
freedom of the seas.”
5. This brought about the result
which Germany desired. The United
_ _ _, States reiterated its original de-
TO ITS LOWEST VALUE '"■"d* * nd couple »lth them a defl-
I nlte offer to act as the common
• friend “who may be privileged to
„ . . . _ suggest a way” to the betHgerents. by
Krtchsmarks Rise—British • which the freedom of the
be obtained.
It ran he ntateri authoritatively la
this connection that when Germany
makes her final reply in the
controversy there will be no
Uon of n condition that the United
(ierman
may
Financiers are (^omlag to
Americk.
'The English pound sterling was
worth less. In American money,
Thursday than at anq other time 1 Htatea shall, in return for her asmir
since the British mint began to coin ' ancew |>rt*ceed to mediate between the
it in 1817. In a thoroughly demopal- two belligerents. Germany will aim
lied foreign exchange market Its | ply accept all the proposals made by
DAMAGE GERMAN TRENCHES
Violent Artillery Firing Has Effect
In the Argonne.
Violent artillery firing took place
Sunday at many points In the Ar
gonne (H&trlct, as a result of which
the trenches of the Germans weje se
riously damaged, according to the
French official report Monday.
The text of the communication fol
lows:
“Sunday evening saw severe artil
lery fighting accoipj>anied by the ex
plosion of mines and engagements
with bombs and hand grenades at a
large number of posltion» v ln the Ar
gonne district. The trenches of the
enemy were seriously damaged at
Courtes Chaussees, Murlssons and at
Bolante.
“The advent of night brought rel
ative quiet to the region aa well aa on
the rest of the front’'
Calls Three Million Mtm.
million additional recruits
a called to the color* by the
value dropped to 14.63%, nearly
23% cents below normal. When the
day's business ended there was every
Indication it would go still lower.
The previous low record had been
$4.64, reached last week.
German money alone stemmed the
torrent of downward rates, reicha-
marks rising to 81 7-S, the highest
point touched since exchange valuea
started down more than two weeks
ago. Francs lost 10% cents and llres
5% cents. When the market closed
an American dollar was worth 5.98%
francs or 6.47% llres.
From the opening the values of
foreign moneys, reichsmarks alone
excepted, began to graviUte and their
course was not once checked. This
was said to be due to increased pres
sure of bills against foreign buyers
of American goods presented for pay
ment. Almost without exception these
bills were for war supplies.
Although the situation was regard
ed as acute at the day’s close, New
York bankers were not fearful. What
this government in its last note which
Include, of course, the sugegstion of
mediation.
It is in the proposed mediation
over the freedom of the seas that
Washington sees hope of a termina
tion of the war. Germany has made
no secret that she considers this war
Is being fought for the freedom of
the seas and President Wilson, it is
understood, is of the same view. High
German officials have sr.id also that
Germany’s principal demand, if peace
was to be discussed at this time,
would be for the freedom of the seas.
They have mode it plain also that
once assurances to this effect could
be obtained, the cause of the war
would disappear and it would end at
once.
Developments now await the re
ceipt by Berlin of the official report
of the commander of the submarine
which sank the Arabic. The state
department expects to reccive.it from
Ambassador Gerard. As soon as it is
available the German government is
GOLD REACHES NEW YORK
Forty-two Tons Added to British
Store in United States.
Forty-two tons of gold, worth
nearly twenty million, and securities
vaults of the United States sub-treas
ury gt New York Monday to help pay
for Great Britain’s huge purchases of
War munitions. The gold and securi
ties arrived Sunday from London via
Halifax consigned to J. P, Morgan
and company, purchasing agent for
the British government.
The gold was American coin and
the securities were all American coin
Issues. This shipment. It Is estimat
ed. brings the grand total of gold and
collateral sent to New York by, and
through Canada, t• one hundred
aad seventy-two million dollars since
the beginning fifjhe war. During
early moatbs of the war k however,
about ninety million dollars was sent
from New York to the account of the
Bank of England st Ottawa
act and offer full reparation for the
loss of American lives. With this
out of the way the two governments
will take up and settle the, Lusitania
case.
is needed, they said, is establishment; ex P^ c ^®d to make disavowal ^of the
of a big foreign credit. This will ’
come soon, they think, for a deputa
tion of British financiers will sail
shortly for this’country to work out
a relief plan.
The strength of German money
was attributed largely to the easing
of tension in diplomatic relations be
tween that country and the United
States. It even was reported Ger
many might seek to borrow money
later.
CALLED OFF TREATY
Bulgaria Gets Warning Voice From
' ‘ the Allied Nations.
Merlin reports: The Overseas News
Agency says that Bulgaria, previous
ly reported to have signed a treaty
with Turkey, has postponed ratifica
tion of the agreement'because v of a
sharp warning from the Entente al
lies.
“According to Sofia reports,” the
news agency says, “Bulgaria has
postponed for some days the signing
of the tredty with Turkey, the Quad
ruple Entente having notified her
that such action now would be re
garded as a wilfully UErfrieadlJy act.
Nevertheless the two porters are in
complete agreement.”
Preparing t» Bay Cotton.
A cotton linportotlon company has
been organised in Bremen for' the
purpose of purchasing three million
balee of cotton in America if delivery
into Germany will be undertaken.
Two negroes were burned to death
at Salpbur Springs. Texas, after kill-
lag the deputy and woahdiag the
ATF»rr WTHIAY8NET
Wto of
Bsrflt Along
AMERICAN i
the
t
Austro-Hungarian headquarters
report that Brest-Lltovsk was token
largely with the bayonet. The Croa
tian and Cracow infantry are said to
have distinguished themselves In
charges against the southern and
western fronts while the German re
serve corps forced its way in from
the north.
The Russians, during the war, had
erected new works beyond the
swamps encircling the fortress, three
to four kilonyttres outside the perma
nent fort girdle, and had fortified It
with ten series of barbed wire en
tanglements and a broad field of
buried jnines. The fight began late
in the afternoqp. The field artillery
of Field Marshal von Arz and ad
vanced on both sides of the Blalya
turnpike and the Infantry hewed
their way with entrenching tools
through the entanglements under
heavyrifle and tnachlne gun fire and
charged with the bayonet. The
charge was irresistible. The cheer
ing men in the gathering darkness
charged fort after fort. The last
fort was token by eleven o’clock at
night.
The Russian survivors across the
Bug, river were destroying the
bridges behind them.
The Teutonic troops reached the
river at three o’clock In the morning
but were obliged to wait for pon
toons. Meantime the Germans, at
tacking from the north, cleared that
sector of the fort girdle, and unham
pered by the river, stormed the cita
del and ftyced a way into the town
The Russians fired the city in
their retreat. Most of the fifty-three
thousand inhabitants left before the
siege and only a few remained. The
amoupt of spoils has not vet been
ascertained.
TURK DEFENSES STRONGER
SAYS PRESS CORRESPONDENT
Baps Brltl
lowed to do
A request for Information regard
ing the progreee of private negotia-
tlons for the safe conduct of Ameri- ^
can shipments from neutral countries
was forwarded to London Saturday
by the British embassy. Persistent
reports that brokers in London were
obtaining permits for such shipments
have lej to considerable activity by
the trade advisers of the state, de
partment, which has failed thus far
to get definite results.
- The attention of the. British em-
t bossy was called to the situation by
*’ th« government with a request for
information. Tbs smbassy was un
able to clear it up and instructions
were sent to Mr. Walter H. Page,
American ambassador at London, to
inquire into the matter. He was in
structed to say that the state depart
ment. la its unofficial negotiations^ '
desired to procure the privileges now
reported as being accorded to private
interests. No reply has been receiv
ed, and the British embassy has tak
en up the matter directly with the
London foreign office.
Hundreds of American «
Interested In the delayed
and many of them have
department that they
London interests wri
mlto for ship meats.
Complaint was made Saturday that
Great Britain was holding ap con
signments of hides bought in Eng
land by American tanners and al
ready paid for . The BriUsh embargo
on hides would force the sale of tbeeo
shipments in Great Britain at a sub
stantial lose to the American buyers,
and the state department has for
warded queries to London.
American Newspaper Maa Bays Con
dition* Have Not (Waaged
Mach Mince Jane.
After inspecting early last week
the Turkish front in the new area of
hostilities near Salt Lake, where the
British landed troops this mouth, the
Associated Press correspondent has
Inspected Seddul-Bahr, st the tip of
the peninsula, on the other end of tha
line. Conditions at Meddai-Rahr hava
remained virtually aachaaged -*—*
the correspondent'* last previous trip
there la June, with the exception of
Immaterial krnees aad galas of
groaads aa both Mdee. These chsagm
involve about five hundred yards el
trenches.
In tbe Interval the Turks have
greatly Improved their earthworks
and bettered their positions in other
respects, especially by posting artil
lery, including heavy batteries, in ad
vantageous positions across tbe
straits on the Aaatoltan abort.
According to information from a
trustworthy source, tbe loeaee of tbe
Allies in tbe attack simultaaeous
with the Auafarta landing were very
heavy. About five thousand men
were killed. Owing to tbe effective
fire of tbe Turkish artillery near Sed-
dul-Bahr, the Allies recently were ob
liged to remove several large camps.
There has been no rain since
June. Water is extremely scarce,
sod the dust on the peninsula is un
bearable. Since August 21 ths action
of the Allies has been confined to
weak artillery fire. Enver Pasha.
Turkish minister of war. Is hers with
his staff. He expressed great satis
faction at the position of the Turks.
ENRT STRANGERS SENT
FROM MARIETTA IN MI CAR
' t 1 -
People Lock Them la Railway Chr
aad Have It Attached
to Freight.
Fearing threats, contained la nu
merous letters received by town and
county offtctols to avenge the death
of Lao Freak will be carried out by
them, eight unkaowa straagere were
herded lato aa empty freight ear by
Marietta poljc men aad forced to
leave Marietta Saturday No arraage-
msnto were made with tbe railway to
transport thorn.
Five other uak%>wa men who had
aroused suspicion by their HI same,
were ordered to make a hurried de-
perture. which they did. A doeea
other unkaowa moo. all of auspicious
appoaraace. havo left Marietta after
being warned to depart Immediately.
These events and the coatlaaed re
ceipt of unsigned letter* containing
dire threats of vengonaee for tho
death of Leo M Frank *■— *
the mayor to employ fifteen addition
al policemen. Some of them threat
ening letters are la possession of At
lanta police Inspectors, who are In
vestigating.
PUSH AFTER RUSSIANS
AEROPLANE DROPS BOMB
ON GERMAN SUBMARINE
British Admiralty Reports Success
ful Attack From the Air on
Underwater Craft.
A German submarine has been de
stroyed near Ostend, Belgium, by a
bomb dropped by an aeroplane. Of
ficial announcement to this effect was
made in London Thursday evening.
The text of the statement follows:
“The secretary of the admiralty
announces that Squadron Command
er Arthur Biggs W’orth, R. N., de
stroyed, single-handed, a German
submarine this morning by bombs
dropped from an aeroplane. The
submarine was observed to be com
pletely wrecked and sank off Ostend.
"It is not the practice of the ad
miralty to publish statements re
garding the losses of German sub
marines, important though they have
been, in cases where the enemy has
no other source of information as to
the time and place at which these
losses have occurred.
“In the cases referred to above,
however, the. brilliant feat of Squad
ron Commander Biggs Worth was
performed in the immediate neigh
borhood of the coast in occupation of
the army, and the position of the
sunken submarine has been located
by a German destroyer."
Paid for Victory
The Russians assert that the Ger
mans used more than two million
shells in Wifibardlng Ossowetz and
that the\ attackers lost five times as
many as the garrison.
♦
Troop* Protect Rancher.
Col. Brown, of tbe Fourteenth cav
alry, haa ordered troops to the ranch
of Henry Ellscl, where the Mexicans
have threatened, death to the fore-
Atfva
London report* Sunday that the
German pursuit of the retiring Rns-
•ians shows no signs of slackeoiag
aad Berlin reports progress all along
the eastern battle line except la
northern Courlead, where the Rua-
slaas are offering stubborn and ef
fective resistance.
From southeast of Kovno, where
the Germans claim to have broken
the Russian reels tone* and moftt.
therefore, be approaching Vllna;
along the Nlemen to Grodno and
thence southeastward through the
forest of Bielovtesh and along the
bord*> of the Prlpet river marshes
the Russians are falling back.
Speculation again is rife as to
whether the Germans intend to push
the Russians further or prepare posi
tions from which to hold the Musco
vites. Military observers believe this
question must bo settled before many
days, arguing-that any ventures pro
posed for the fall must commence to
develop soon.
BEAT GERMAN AEROPLANES
French Drive off Flotilla of Attack
ing Air Machines.
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Six German military aeroplanes at
tempted to make a raid on Paris Sat
urday morning. They were attacked
by a French air flotilla and one of
the German machines was shot to
pieces in midair.
The German machines crossed the
French lines'flying at a great height.
When over a point to the north of
Paris they sighted a French air flo
tilla and three of the German aero
planes wheeled about and headed for
the German lines.
Two of the German machines es
caped but one was outdistanced by
Pursuing French airmen and was rid
dled by bullets. It fell flaming into
the forest of Halntte, where the
burned bodies of two a vie. tors were
found. The other machines droppql
bombs on Complegae and other towns
near Paris.
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