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CMP KEPWtT OUT WttK?
# STORMS AND INSECTS HAVE
^ DAMAGED THE CROP
ELEVEN MILLION BALES
Fourth Largest Acreage Produces
Average Yield of 156.3 Pounds
and Totals 11,637000 Bales—Late
Cotton in Carolinas and Georgia
Face Danger of Frost.
I
Storms and Insects have wrought
havoc with the cotton crop this year
and caused a loss of almost 3,000,-
000 bales throughout the growing
season.
This year’s crop will be approxi
mately 11,637,000 equivalent 500-
pound bales, according to the de
partment of agrlcu'ture’s forecast
made Monday, basing its estimate on
the condition of the crop on Sep
tember 25.
In its first forecast of production
made from conditions existing June
25, the quantity was estimated at
14,266,000 bales. The condition of
the crop on September 25 was 56.3
per cent, of a normal, which is the
lowest condition or record for that
time of the year.
Cotton this year was planted on
< the fourth largest* acreage ever re
corded—35,904,000 acres. In 1911,
when 36,054,000HCres were planted,
-the crop was 15.693,000 bales; in
1913, when there were 37,089,000 j
acres, the crop was 14,156.000 bale.-,
arid in 1914, when the aere-igc was
u-mats snot loosmrs"
NIT PLEME IS UNBROKEN
Second Report of the Season is Is
sued" in Washington on Mon
day at Noon.
Cotton of the growth of 1916 gin
ned to September 25 amounted to 4,-
063,991 bales, counting round as
half bales, the census bureau Monday
announced in its second ginning re
port of the season. That compared
with 2,903,829 bales ginned prior to
September 25 last year, 3,3,93,752 in
1914 and 3,246,655 in m3 1 .
Round bales, included in the gin-
nings numbered 83,527 (compared
with 32,412 last year, 3,394 in 1914
and 26,983 in 1913.
Sea island bales included number
ed 31,260 compared with 19,091 last
year, 13,927 in 1914 and 10,570 in
1913
Ginnings prior to September 25,
HOW THE GREEKS CAN AID IN
ALLIED BALKAN PLANS
„ JjMkAdriuUfi
compelled to fall back to
miles fuither north.
Tbs second art.ein**tlve would ulti
mately produced the same situation. * ■■ ♦
It might be possible for the Buiga4
rian wing to pivot on Kavala and re- Activity of Submarines and Renewed
tire by a swinging movement, bi t the
Will ATTACK BULGARS
question of supp.ies after the aban
donment of the railroad would be a
vital one.
The river valleys, which in most
Agitation in Germany bring
Governmental Statement.
Between June 1 and September 24
cases are followed by roads of rather no i eg8 t ] ian 262 vessels of all na
poor and Imperfect construction, tionalities have been sunk by Teu-
would then be tiieii means of ormg- t on ic submarines. Of those, fifteen
ing up munitions. These would not weie reported stink - ithput warning,'
■ -
Army Will be Thrown Against Left be sufficient parUc -larly when the with the i og8 of elghty-fouj lives. A
j Greeks would have adequate com- t 0 t a i 0 f sixty-six neutral vessels were
Flank of Teutonic Allies, Which
Rests Upon ivavala and is Held by
the Bulgarians, Says New York
Times Expert.
It is certain now that Greece will
munications to meet heir require- destroyed during the period
ments. Washington reports, in view of the
Another thing, this move would increasing agitation in Germany for
abandon the Oriental railroad east a complete resumption of submarine
of Adrianople and enable tho En- war { a i-e, an authoritative statement'
tente to cut off Turkey from her f rom state department on the
allies. This is something so vital to A me d oan government’s attitude to-
the Teuton cause that almost any ex- war ds the situation.
soon be fighting on the side of the treme would be gone to rather titan Any ac tipn which endangers
Entente Allies, though perhaps * • • • — American lives through the sinking
against Bulgaria alone. Constantine
has held off as long as possible, but
the power of Venizelos and the in-
by states, with comparisons for the a i 8 tent demand of the Greek people
last three years follow:
Arkansas
California. . V.
Mississippi
36.S32,oOO, the crop amountec to :
16,13.5,000 bales. * |
indications are that this year’s
crop will yield only .>6.3 pounds per i
acre, compared with 207.7 pounds in j
1911; 182. pounds in 1913, and;
209.2 pounds in 1914. „ . _
.. j,., , , ,, . . , ,. North tarollna
l«wllfnt«Aarna ylaM }
by states, follow; j ..♦* *-
Virginia .. ..
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia .. ..
Florida
Alabama .. ..
Mississippi
Louisiana ....
Texas
Arkansas .. ..
Tennessee ....
Missouri .. .!
Oklahoma .. ..
California .. ..
All other states
Condition
.. 85
. . 61
. . o3
.. 58
.. 43
.. 36
.. 40
.. 86
.. 63
. . 65
.. 68
’. . 67
.. 56
.. 93
Acre
Yield
264
* 214
1*6
162
86
.»*
114
154
' 161
183
186
255
154
' 484
In a statement issued Monday, the
reporting board said: There was
heavy deterioration in cotton again
this month in the central cotton I
states. Boll weevils in Texas, Ar
kansas, Alabama, Louisiana and
Florida have taken a heavy toll,
puncturing and destroying grown
bolls to a larger extent than extr be
fore known.
“This insect has, in addition, se
riously damaged the crop in portions
of Oklahoma. Georgia and Tennes
see. Caterpillars have inj ired the!
Alabama , .. .. 1916
1915
1914
1913
1916
1915
1914
1913
1916
1915
1913
Florida 1916
1915
1914
1913
Georgia . . .. .. 1916
1915
4914
1913
l^>uisiana 1916
1915
1914
1913
1916
1916
1914
1913
1916
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1914
1913
1916
1915
1914
1913
1916
1915
H> 1 4
1913
1916
1915
1914
1913
1916
1915
1914
TfTX
1916
1915
were not to be resisted, despite tho
.Kiog’s strong personal feeling for
’ -qooi - tbe G® 1 "™* 11 raiser,
nor.’"'' I As a matter of fact, the decision
oqt qo • wa8 reall y niade for the Greeks by
297,986 ; th e aggressive attitude of the Bul-
Germany's dream has been an em- 8 iiip 8 without warning or by fs.ll-
pire in the Near East. This is her j n g provide proper safeguards, it
place in the sun. Thir is the ambi- wag emphatically asserted, will im-
tion which led to the Serbian cam- mediately leopen ‘, ths submarine
paign and for which Bulgaria, a t}® r -' question. But as yet there has been
man pawn, was drugged into the absolutely no indication in the offi-
war. it will not be given up with- to the department that
out the most intense effort to hold (jormsnr has violated the agreement
what Germany now occupies. It is drived at In the Sussex case. Re-
equally Important to the Entente. ports of the sinking of nearly three
These powers recognize that the hundred merchant ships since June
cn qco — — * geographical severance of Turkey j have been received officially bat in
garians, who persisted in regarding| from the Gormans would be the. hard- no rMe , 1JW j t p^.ved that
Greece as an open enemy and wore est blow which Germany and her as- American lives were endangered
*0,086 i d e t. er min e d to seize the territory
2,989 which *they fought for and failed to
1,710 acquire in the last Balkan war.
633 |
16,938
19,020
25,579
16,367
744,202
715,512
.768,095
491,all
172,935
113,361
9i.il S
pirations could receive at this time. ifjgh officials think it unnecessary
They know that it might well re- make any formal statement on the
suit, and-probably would result, first 8U b|ect as they feel the American
in Turkey suing for a separate peace,
Greek soldiers killed and taken
prisoner by the Bulgarians, Greek j then in a mrrch to Sofia, which
territory occupied by a traditional, would force Bulgar'.'’ to do likewise,
enemy, Greek protests against both * Serbia would be redeemed and the
ignored—these things crystalized ' Teutons, forced within the Hun-
public sentiment and demanded from ' garian border, would be facing the
the government decisive action. ! Allies on the south in Serbia and the
The action has been tal>en and' Roumanians and the Russians on the
Greece fails in line w ith the Entente, east.
This ends the final phase of the dip-;
lomatic battle of the Balkans. Diplo
macy is • at an cud and the sword!
takes its place. Sarrail's guns arei
position is fully known at home and
abroad. No opposition was express
ed, however, to a restatement of the
government’s position. The possibil
ities which a change of Germany's i here in months.
GERMANS ROUT ROUMANIANS
AND CUT OFF RETREAT
CAPTURE MUCH BOOTY
Report la That Von Falkenhayn’to
Encircling Movement Succeeded
Isolating First Roumanian Army.
Which Has Been Badly Beakma
and is Almost Destroyed.
Berlin is celebrating a great vic
tory over the Roumanians in Tr*»-
sylvania/ The following dlspatdh
is from the German capital: ~' r '
“The victory of Gen. von Falkea-
hayn over the Roumanians arooaA
Hermannstadt, In Transylvania,
grows with every new dispatch from
the front. The Roumanian first ana?
has been shattered and the sacoM
army rushed to its assistance, ha*
been badly battered, being now sale
ly on the defensive.
Those Roumanians of the Ant
army not killed, wounded or captar-
ed, are scattered widely In the pad>
less mountains and trackless wilder-
ness, their supplies cut off. Hun
dreds are expected to be gathered 1»
by Che forces thrown out by von Pal-
kenbayn to scour the country.
The victory has caused the great
est excitement and jubilation sea*
The press divids
po'iry might open up are so great' credit between Field Marshal vos
19 8,95«>
1 79,748
162.298
12u;5»3
50,275
Kverywhere^Mhc doots to an a*l-
vnnoe would l*e closed against
them mid they would lie fighting,
not for a |ilu*e in the sun, out in
an effort to keep themselves terri
torially intact.
that every effort will be made to have
a full understanding on all sides. j
Emphatic denials that O rinany.
has any intention of reopening a re
lentless campaign of submarine war
fare are contained in confidential ad
vices from Berlin to diplomatic (fuar-j
lers in Washington.•
To' this situation In the Balkans
the Oriental railroad is tho key.
Hindenburg and Gen. von F&lkt
hayn for the successful strategy, sad
between the field commander and hi*
subordinate. Gen. Grafft von D«l-
nmnsingen, for the execution of th*
plaqs.
It was aq army group under Gut.
von Deimensingen which . captured
the famous Red Tower pasa. thrauglk
which large bodies of Roumanian*
Oklahoma. ,
South Carolina
unmuzzled at! along the line
In a sense, however, Constantine!
is still an uncertain factor. His
(Toclaration of war will, it is believ-,
ed, first affect Bulgaria alone. Under
.any other circumstances we would be 1 Qnc_ r _
„ " 1 r T " r tfie Allies for nearly a year underground works' were ii.!od with south while von Falkenhayn
84,517 facto, mean war ag. inst the other will be flung wide open. war »u|>|di«N. ' I from the west and north
49,952 -allies of the Central Powers. This Instead of attempting to follow, continuing their ouccesa, the Brit-j This ylde encircling mov*r*«*t
war. however, has seen strange; any such large plan as the taking of lg h advanced still further northward, caught the Roumanians in a ring «i
cvccjiuou of Tliicpval, that the Allies
bud iutd to face since the beginning, had forced a way into Transylvania.
A veritable storehouse of material and, sealing It against them, tamadl
, H the dflh£.wMch ba^^ takenras Uie extensive Tienilan tf.eTr Ie?T wing, closing In Tr65^ffc*
HLVUin saifc Ih RaSdHg'ihat Thu would, ipso barred
Tennessee.
Texas
215,032
2.136
104.154
148,979
255.120
258.120
303,794
193,318
55.525
9,143
10,032
18,359
Greece's action must lie limited to a
discussion of its effect upon Bul
garia, irrespective of the other na
tions.
The first and most important
has seen _ _ ^ __ __
anomalies in this respect, so that. | the railroad up as far as Adrianople, taking the town of Guedecourt and i “on Yrotn wh1ch "desiflt*’"thelr
for the time being at least, we may: it Is entirely possible that the func- drawing within less than three milts olw attacks they were unable t* «*t
see Greece at war with Bulgaria | tion of the Greeks may be something 0 f uapaume. This action obviously a way Trapped thousands foocht
alone and technically at peace with: far different. They may play the ha d the effect of drawing troops to the death others were taken urt*-
the Germanic nations. Therefore, any • same role on the Allies’ right flank from t h remainder of the German oneri while many are afoot In th*
conaideration of the effect of which the Italians are playing on the i ine | n the salient, thus cre tin* a mountain beyond the mountain vlW
... . . situation at Thlepval of which the dernesa trying to find their way fi*
The function of the Italian force British were not elow to take advan- their comrades acroea the niffsA
operating from Avlona. so far as this t age. . ! Alpine chsin. >
furctlon has been revealed, is one of, while the fighting further east . The thrust of von Deimenefttgna'A
defense entirely. That Is. It has wa8 at Its height the British sud- troops in behind the Roumanians I*
thing la the question of numberz. At limited its activity to guarding the d enly switched the attack to the sail- greeted by the German preen an CM
1,896,520 present the Greeks can put in the; left flank while the centre and right ent a bout Thlepval, and. before the ^ t h e most notable military aeblev*-
1.146,953 Meld an army not much short of two centre doee the fighting, advancing Germans had time to shift men to menU of the war His army wa*
1,334,342 hundred, and Afty thousand men.. or trying to advance Itself only mecl ltt completed the envelopment confronted with stupendous dlfftcal-
These men are already seasoned and; where there Is the opoprtunlty for a of thlB rt ronghcrld. ‘ ties of terrain and placed itaalf de
trained, as the mobilization early in , successful attack Thlepval was the rock upon which rectly in the way of peril
the war threw them all into camps. The situation of the Greeks is ad-' th* British offensive was practically . ti .uccessful operation has Mt
where their training was compuisory. I mirably adapted to this part. The h rok e n early In July and which had R e d Tower pass choked with th*
5,618 They have a potential force, by ez-^ Teutonic line does not extend muclU retarder lh e British advance toward of Roumanian soldiers wh*
m m w ■ trsordinary methods of recruiting, of' beyond Kavala, and the Greek army. re t ar j e d the British advance toward tried to cut their way thronch th*
about one buntirod tbousund more. * faciDK this left wini5» would be able* fiprniiiiis boastaM^of its strength and a.wacmn #w*i
RUSSIANS PISH AGAIN ■'! •**“ lhU!, lH: ' u 10 ,hc ; to ho,d lt ,n p,ace> not P® rm “t t nK Klof the repeated^allure of the Brit- n“ ln wrecked^ heaps beaidea th*
rtjll AtJAliv - * to play any active part in the cam- lBh attemptB to take tt . MaJor Mo _ Zt T^ken nndS
pa -^a raht ' the celebrated German critic, t h e Bavarian fire, hundred! of vehl-
The Bulgani would receive a cer- has been compelled to admit that in cles were destroyed.
n
All other sLates
\ 191 4
V913
10,793
1,652
5,602
late cotton in southern Texas and! Russians on Lemberg is again gath-
ea.stem Florida. Cool nights cauzed 1 cring full headway, and th% Austro-
a cessation of fruiting and the plant German armies of Prince Leopold of
shed it* fruit considerably in the, Bavaria and Archduke Karl have
northern portion of the cotton belt, been pushed'back. 'Both northeast
“There is considerable late cotton- and southeast of the Galician capital
in the Carolinas ana some in north-1 the Russians have registered ad-
nllied forvea through the Interven-'
tion of Bounuuiia and Greece a total,'
Advance on LciuImti^ t.aiiiM Speed to under present conditions, of tlirce- 1
\ (inurters of a million men, with a-
Hea.i Off von Mndenburg. j jUaiMe Incren^ of another quarter
The twro prolonged advances oY thV,,°^ * million. Thio, too, comes at a
4ime when the power of their eaemy
aning, when reserves in man
are dwindling to the point
wheke the present lines cannot be
held.\
is wan
power
tsln amount of assistance from the b 3 j 088 (he Germans have suffered a
Turks, once a state of war was creat- tactical defeat. ] The number of prisoners take**
ed between Turkey and Greece.; n j 8 needless to discuss in detail, by German' troops alone is mor*
While it is highly probable that Tur-' the features of this position. It is than three thousand. Toon otf
key will declare war immediately sufficient to say-that it was Che phy-j hooly have been seized, inrindtn*
after Greece announces her declara- 8 j Ca i centre and bulwark of the Ger- many war implements with whiefe
All
tion against Bulgaria, in order to man defense in the entire salient
t guard the Bulgarian left wing, noth- position, the outlet to which is Ba-
Greece s force, will in all; ing can be tak* n for granted be- p aume . since the great attack was
the Roumanians were
plied.
ern Georgia which will need a late
killing frost to reach anything like
* full maturity.
‘The weather during the month
whh VTTT'ftrYoratSTe for gatTTerlhg' the "Tin.
vances, capturing, according to the
official report issued in Petrograd,
more than four thousand prisoners.
Ku^siau gains> are admitted by Bcr-
ciag:Hinl: the hlgtr pfrctLa: prevaTTThg- --^Thg2.OC0-2maln-4UR3aitfr.-grB
probability he thrown against Bpl- j cause of the peculiar position in made, the offense htTs been continued ‘ That the blow will stagger Rou-
garia. and the blow •rill logically fall which Greece finds herself. ! ^ iti^’ut interruption. The rate of man 1 * u the general belief here. It
on the Uugarian "l«ft wing, which This condition is one of internal advance has, of course, been nothing is expected that a quick stroke by
took and still holds Kavala. Wheth-| revolution against a King who Is ap- jjke that of the first few days, but Mackensen In the Dobrudja will fol-
er the Greeks civji move out directly parently acting in opposition to the progress has been steady, and on the * ow do®® on heels,
again the Ha4gar*; in Kavahv,- on-f-lntereets of a roajwit-y^of his people. Hi itish front uninterrupted. 1 , "On the eastern froat, Rnnmaef*
(*
for both'cotton and the. seed caused w aged in the region of the Brody-
the farmers in all parts of the South ! Krasne railway, about thirty miles
to rush gathering and ginning, and j nortlieast of Lcmbjerg, and in the
tfiere has been a much larger per-1 Brzezany sector of the Zlota Lipa
centage of the crop put through the river, fifty miles southeast of the
gins than usual at this 'time of the
year.
- "in southern Mississippi and Ala
bama, where the crop is p/aetlcally
a failure, one picking got the crop,
the" average in many counties being
a bale to the mule, or less. Over the
entire cotton belt the crop this season
has been rapidly picked and there is
less cotton ■ remaining in the fields
than usual at litis tiihe of the year.
The picking season will average two
Farmers are receiving for their
or three weeks early.’’
cotton at this time higher prices
than have been paid since 1872. In
that year the average paid was 16.5
cents. In 1871 prices paid averag
ed" 17.9 cents and in 1869,16.5 cents.
The (Jemoralization of the cotton
market soon after the outbreak of
the European war caused a violent
break in the prices.
On August 1, 1919, farmers were
being paid 12.4 cents a pound for
their cotton and by November 1 the
pric.e had fallen to 6.3 cents a
pound. A comparison of prices be
ing paid to farmers, on the first«of
each month during the last three
years is interesting. Following is a
table giving the average prices.
, • 1916 1915 1914
January 11,4 6.6
February 11.5 7.4
March 11.1 7.4
April . . . .' . . ..-11.5 '8.1
Mayt-W-r-r—
June .-. ..
July .. .,
August ..
September
Octobe*
November..
December..
1 9tT-
12.2
12.5,
12.6
14.6
v 8.6
8.'6
8.1
8.5
11.6
11.6
11.2
11.7
11.9
11.9
11.9
U 2.3 ,
12.4
12.4
12.4
8.7
7.8
6.3
6.8
Brititih Iximich on Homme.
During September the British in
their .advance on the Somme front the Fnited
oity.
In the former district the Russians
have pressed forwn; ! against heavy
resistance, taking about two thou
sand prisoners. A Teuton position
on the right bank of the Zlota Lipa
river was- carried on the southeast
ern sector of the advance.
This new stroke of Gen. Brusiloff
is said to have been made to fore
bark on ships in
landing Is not yet
however, that if the fH^eks move
against Bulgaria alone, thtbentire left,
flank *«f the Teutonic powers will be
immediately in the air,
A glance at the map neveaTs the
international boundaries between
Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey* at}d
the communications which make'po
sible the overturning of the entire
Teuton plan of campaign. Not far
from the coast and running parallel
to it we find a railroad, the contiuua-
is plain. ! will he within the week, at war is " ot her ? \ut. ™ h
mi>v« speculation which may or may not " nCC ** aive "hat is now
he true.
In the week’s figbting In all thea- 1
tres that on the western front un
questionably takes first place in pub
lic .interest. And well it might.
During the week tho Germans have
suffered the greatest loss they have
< 8ustained ubany time since the fight-
g on the Somme began. &
,ast Sunday was marked by the’
dest aerial activity. While the-
tion of tfie road which-r ips eastward ' artillery flre’was intense that-day, it trenchnients are those construct-
stall the offensive contemplated by ,rom h>emirhissar, which, entirely in I did ndt reach its greatest violence t . ( | hastily! practically under lire?
. * _ _ . . Ti II1 o-Q M n ♦ rvr T» i ♦ T'X*- 15 to b- c* 11 >x xxritli ! until rxn rY n o f t rx»*n rxrxn o n rl nPnrxc* —-. ... .
attacks oh Rttrotr -ntljey were
pulsed. At Georgeny and further to
the south our vangu&rda partially
evaded the enemy thruafa. At Fo-
garas the enemy has discontinued
his attacks. The booty tekm by tho
German troops as the result of the
battle of Hermannstadt has reached
three thousand prisoners, thirtee*
Tho quesiton, then, is. How on ® h»ngnr, two aeroplaneo,
deep are the German defenses? | locomotives, three hundred
How far have the Allies still to go trucks laden with ammunition, two
before the lust of the elaborate hundred muniUon wagons, two hu*>
German defense works lias l>een 1 dred baggage wagons, seventy auto-
passed. so that tlie remaining in- | mobiles and one hospital train. Fur
ther matefials are 'still to be recot*
ered from the woods.
behind the Germans? The British
have advanced due north of the
Homme tor a distance of five miles.
The French have advanced eastward
for approximately the same distance.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg. It
puts the Teutons upon a strict de
fensive in the eastern tliea'er, fol
lowing close upon tho heels of tenta
tive attacks by them which arc be
lieved to have been the first move
ments of the contemplated "push.’’
This question no one seems to lie
in u position to answer just yet.
Upon the answer depends, to a
large extent, whether the German
line can eventually be' broken.
Bulgarian territory, links up with j until Monday afternoon and Tues-!
file Oriental r.yiroai’. at a point just' day morning. About noon on Tues-
twenty-five miles south of Adrian-i day the infantry was sent forward. 1
ople. J The result was an eloquent'tribute 1
From this point the railroad con-! to the effectiveness of the -artillery;
tinues eastward to Constantinople, j fire. *’ j
! The section of thi§ road from Adrian-1 The British struck on a front ex-
[ ople westward toward Demirhissar! .tending from Martinpuhh to Com- cleared the way to Bapaume and; "in the Hoetzinger (Hatzeg>
- - ; feeds the enitre left wing-of the Teu-j hies, and the French, who were al-fPeronne. The next moves must bei mountains the enemy made fruition
BRITISH PLAN CONCESSIONS : tonic allies with supplies. Tlie coun-j ready well to the east of Conibles, judged solely in their effect on the; attacks to the west of Streli valley.
“Rothenthbiypn pass is obstructed
by vehicles destroyed by our fire and
by bodies of the dead.
“To the south of the pass very
strong Russian attacks were direct
ed against the heights to the west oC
The Allies in this last move have; Caineni, but all were repulsed.
try is exceedingly mountainous,! struck north and east from that situation with rqspect to these two
, • / though it becomes less so as one pro-! town to the river. 1 Between the old impoftant centres. .
Believed That Empire Is Anxious to ceeds toward tlie east; it is lacking 1 French front east, and- south of Com- ’ The fighting in the other war areas
, in roads and other means of bom-! hies and Martinpuich, the first rush .has, during the period covered by
Avoid Retaliation.
the
: munications, thus emphasizing
'Importance of the r ilway lines.
I ! ,^ aS . b xf°? ,e k ; n0Wn , lnd ' rectI y There is a belt of low land of
that Great Britain is endeavoring to varying width aljn , the B e a coast.
prevent the resort by this country to An opcratlon against this, railroad
+ retaliation for Britisn interference „ ou j(j cut the"main and only supply* the French, moving north as far as This would have been a severe blow
witb Hie American mails, l here is Hhe-of the Teuton left, wlilch is held - the outskirts of Fregicourt and east to the Allies, as it would not only
good reason for believing ‘hat the en ti re j v by Bulgarians. ’ ! beyond Rancourt, drew Com’ les into have given the Central Powers corn-
delay in presenting the reply t0 l he But this would hot be necessary in; a pocket about two miles deep and piete control of the Dobrudja rail-
Afnerican protest or .May -4 is due 0 r dpr t 0 a ff ec t the'pre nt Bulgarian' only a little over a mile wide at the roatf* system, but would also have
of the infantry carried the Allied this review, been of little impor-
lines forward for fully a mile. tance. Early in the week the Ger-
The British took Morml and Les mans reported a great victory over
Bouefs, pushing tlicir lines a full the Russians and Roumanians in the
miles to the east 4 of Coiqbles, while Dobrudja field.
to the time that has been taken in
position. A mere threat against this mouth
placed in their hands the railway
making changes suggested for the jjne would expose the Bulgars toj As the day closed, dt was evident crossing at Cernavoda, the only
accomplishment of this purpose.
•such danger that they would either: that 1 Combles would be taken imme- crossing of the Danube in this sec-
—have- to—fait back - hr front ~ of the -i dialefryr- T-he^-
tie» T -and—have—opened- the way toi R> e
A statement received from th*
Austrian war office follows:
“On the Roumanian front, west af
Petroseny, Roumanian attacks were
repulsed. Near Hermannstadt Ger
man and Austro-Hunggrian forces,
under command of Gen. von Falken
hayn, gained a complete victory.
Four days ago, by a wide encircling
movement, a column of Bavarian
troops blocked the road through
Rothenthburn pass, in the enemy’s
rear. All the enemys’ attempts to
reopen the road were fruitless.
“Simultaneously Austro-Hungari
an and German troops from the Wist,
north and south advanced against
Thqse, it is hoped by British offi- ra ji r0 ad from a point .wdht of Orianr! was placed, with the German do- Bucharest. The report was untrue,
ciais, will be sufti lent to justify the 0 pj e t0 g 0 fi a> f ac ing, as they now do,' fenders fighting back' to back with however. Not only did^th? Germans
.south. . , . *{ less than a mile between their lines fail to gain the success reported, but
The first alternative would nocesM-- 1 -at some points, w-as an Impossible they suffered a minor defeat,-
tate a weakening of the front facing one to combat. All that was neces- The German report was eithej
the British along the Struma, and sary was to draw the strfng across premature, based pri Mackensen s
would expose tids part of their line the mouth of the pocket and Combles diagnosis of what was hbout to hap-
to the-danger of-an absolute rupture. Would fall like a ripe apple. pen, or it was made out of whole
can^snipsmjundfor Manjia were pYf-• This would mean trouble'in even aj 'The next morning the string wai cloth for the purpose of deception,
denees that she did not wish-to-con- greater-degree, as It would cut the" pulled. Some- little fighting- oc- It cannot be translated otherwise
tinue any afiiUte controversies with p u ]g arg Q ff f rom their other allies,Wurred in the streets, the British than as an admission of weakness in
Slates at this time. — — •- ....... ..AT
divisions operation-
adoption, of retaliatory measures.
It was said that England’s release
of the prisoners t; ken from ihe
China some time ag > and her recent
release of good* taken from Ameri
_ expose their right flahk to an cn- having tried, cither inadvisedly, it the German position,
lost almost one hundred and twenty | Unofficial InformAtlon to tlie state, circling JBrltish movement and give seems to ruph the pooition. but thfe A» a matter -of fact, t&e-German
thousand officers and men. This Is [ department baa mfen tl)U the Brit- up the entire Struma Valley to the French, moving almost In "a straight reports of the fighting tn the Balkans
at the rate of thirty-eight hundred a ish note, which has been expe. ua f,,r Fntanta— ■ ■ rlloe fium RhiruuH tb Mbl >al. Bad are 1 now character Bed by lack of
day! ’but fans belcw the dally fcu-! several weeks, was i.iafbd to the * Such a movement would slmultan-’ little difficulty In completing the dr-, candor and of truth. This is not to
man cost for AugtfSt. Since the ?f-' British embassy In Wsshtngton Fri- eously outflank the German and Aus- 1 cle about the entire poglflon * . be wondered at when It is recognised
fensive began, figures published in’day *.» ‘ ^**m “ '
Umdon shows that the-British have' pears. h<
lost approximately three hundred ‘ edge* of that fact. It
thousand men 1* thetr eff« rta (o' there that the reply had not yet ar
br«*k the Germs* ilefeeees ' rived.
south of Hermannstadt. The enemy-
fought desperately in the battlew
which was of the most sanguinary-
character. Deprived of any practi
cable roads, the remnants of Ro»-
manian troops fled .into the Flogaraa
mountains.
“The number of prisones taken Ip
increasing hourly, while the amount,
of booty is enormous, as the enemy-
had to abandon a wagon park, wfrfchk
he did not hage time to destroy.*
eek ago. The embassy ap- trian sections of the line, bv enabling ItWas found .then that few of the .that their position is becoming more
owever. to have ao know!- the British to torn down' the Stfu-* garrison were left alive. The cap- and more desperate The constant
was stated rottza Valley, take this line in the tare of
rear and compel its retreat. Thus was small, although the puaifioa
the mitre Tratoa Use from Kavala the strongest oae, with the
la thia particular poiat premure applied to their
at all
points is eommeacit r to tall It* own year The
More Hogs In
A census of Prussia* Bv*
the "Overseas News aynu]
Bounces: shows a*
million hogs during th* p
June 1 to Septsmhsr 1 oi \