CHECK GERMAN'S RIGHT; BUT LEFT PRESSES ON Strong Movement of Tuetons in South of the Great Battle Line is ReportedReports In dicate that there was Another Fight in the North Seas in Which the German Fleet was Routed French Smash German Aero plane Eyes of World Turn to Turkey who is Mobilizing Her Troops 70,000 Russtans Land on Belgian Soil. While official announcement! made t7 the Brtttah and French authorities were to the affect that there had been no change In the situation of the bel ligerent armlea, unofficial report! laid that the German right wing had been checked end forced to retire on 8t. Quentln, cn the river Somme, SO mllea aorthweet of Leon. The British official preia bureau In Ita statement aald a German move ment waa developing In an eaatward and aoutb-eaatward direction. The direct geographical location of thli movement wai omitted. Further confirmation wai received In New York that many thouaanda of Russian troopa bad gone Into France to Join the alllea agalnit the Oermana. Their number waa estimated at be tween 70,000 and 80,000. Newspaper reports to London said the Germans were operating In the district between Alost and Termonde, Pelglum, and that the latter town was being bombarded. KAISER'S Regiment of the German lanoara That anuther naval engagement In the North Sea has occurred seems possible from a statement issued by the London official press. It said raven German torpedo-boat destroy era had arrived at Kiel In a damag ed condition and that others were un derstood to have been sunk "In the vicinity of the Kiel Canal." ' In some quarters, however, It was suggested that the vessels may be long to the German force that was en gaged In the recent light with the British off Heligoland. The official Russian statement con cerning the capture of Lemberg, Capital of Callcla, says that It Is the remnant of the Austrian army left after the Russian attack no longer la of military value. Besides the thou sand! of men killed, wounded or made prisoners, the Russians report that they took 200 guns from the Aus trlans. Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander-in-chief has ordered the captured territory In Austria-Hungary administered by the Russian general In command In that country. The Bulgarian minister to Greece declares that Bulgaria has decided to maintain her neutrality until the end of the war. A German aeroplane which tried to approach Paris is reported to have been smashed by the guns of two French aviators in an aerial battle. So far as the public Is concerned little actually is known as to how the armlea in the field are faring. Most of the information made public from official quarters Is of a negative char ncter as for Instance, the announce ment of tbe French war office that May Surrender Parle. London. In a dispatch from Rouen, France, a eorreapondent of The Chronicle aaye he haa learned that ' the French authorities in Parts are considering tbe surrender of the city to the Germans in order to avoid the destruction of property from artillery tire. . - .. ' . t ..- . " i- ?j Checked 'Advance.'" ? Ostend, Belgium, via London. The advance of the German right wing Is reported checked. The Germans have keen obliged to teUe on St Quentin. there haa been no contact with the German forces in the region of Com plete and Benelli for three days, and that the situation In the Northeast haa not changed. The two towns are respectively 45 miles and 82 miles northeast of the French Capital and they .appear to mark the points nearest Paris to which the Oerrmaa advance guards have ap proached. As lines around Parle tighten and the German forces draw cloaer to the French Capital, the official statements regarding the progress of the war grow briefer and are more and more lacking In details. With the removal of the Govern ment to Bordeaux all efforts) around Paris have been directed to prepara tions for the threatened Investment of the Capital by the Germans, In ad dition the French authorities have ordered aeroplane patrols to guard against any further raids by German aviators. A number of French aero- LANCERS ENTERING that occupied Mouland on the way to lu planes are continually flying In the neighborhood of Paris and others kept in readiness to attack any of the German airmen who appear in the sky. The attitude of Turkey Is awaited with anxiety and a Petrograd (St. Petersburg) dispatch says she Is mo bilising In the Permian boundary but slowly.. Another list of British casualties, officially reported at London, numbeis casualties at 5,228, of whom 470 are killed and wounded, and 4,758 are missing. The list shows a large, pre centage of officers. NO SACRIFICE TO OGREAT FOR GERMANS FOR SUCCESS. The departure of Emperor William "In the direction of Mayence" (that Is as much as the press was permitted to know or report about it) may be said to mark the beginning of this great European war, so tar as Germany li concerned. As in 1870, the more Important of the Emperor's advisers went to the front with him. The party included Chanvellor von Bethmann-Hollwegg, Secretary of State von Jagow. War Minister , von Falkenhayn and other high governmental and army officials. The plan of campaign Is that thought out many years ago and never since departed from to bend all ener gies at the very outset to the smashing of German's Western neighbor. Rus sia Is to be left to Austria until France shall have been disposed of. No one can come In daily contact with the officers r! the general staff without being lmnressed with their "Wanted More Bombs. - Paris. Paris was disappointed be cause no German aeroplane flew over the city. Crowds gathered in various places from 4 o'clock In the afternoon until 7 to watch for the aeroplane but none came. Several French machines patrolled the sky, ready to engage the enemy. Many person have been astonished that the French ajtator have not given chase to hostile ma chines firing over the city. It is ex plained, however, that only a plunging fire la effective against awopi.mw, and that la dangerooa over 8 W.W-.V s .. .. . ' -iSAO.r -' v- . !..'(..: .-- confidence In an eventual and abso lute victory. That the coat will be high la not for a moment doubted, but the men In charge of operations are determin ed to make any racrlflce, no matter how appalling, , , The people are Inclined to under rate thi slse of '.he. task before the German arms. They are, however, ready to pay the cost of victory, how ever great U may be. '. A marked feature of the situation has been the wonderful manner in which the German mobilization was carried out. Everything was pre pared In advance. There waa not during the whole period of mobiliza tion a single question from any per son In charge of any branch of the work. Not one Instruction had been misunderstood. An Illustration of the thorough preparedness of the general staff Is the experience of America's military attache. Major Langhorne who called on War Minister von Falkenhayn In the midst of the mobil ization. Major Langhorne began to excuse himself for Intruding at such a lusy time. "Come in, Major," said von Falken hern. "I'm not particularly busy. I havent anything to do." SERVIANS WIN DECI8IVB VIC TORY OVER AUSTRIAN!!. An official statement Issued at Nlsh Servla gives new and fuller details of the battle of Jedar. The Austrian force of 200,000 men held a favorable position. By lta retreat It admitted defeat Tbe Austrian! left on the field of battle 10.000 dead and more than 2,000 wounded according to the report v . "Altogether," continue! the state ment, "40,000 of the enemy were placed hors de combat. We have sent to tbe Interior more than 4,000 men, whom we took prisoners, and have captured political guna, much ammu nition, tbe material for the construc tion of a 600-meter bridge and a train. The battle was of great Importance because It was decisive. The enemy retreated to Santsek." Regarding tbe progress of the bat tle wblcb the Germans are waging on French and Belgian soil, both French M0ULAND - it Liege. and British governuents are virtually keeping silence. The movements, of the troops are meagerly reported and It has been Impossible through these reports to form any adequate Idea of how the tide of battle Is flowing. Direct advices from the Russian capital give the official report of a battle lasting seven days between the Russians and Austrian! around Lem berg, capital of Gallcla, In which the Russians were successful, forcing the Austrians to retreat and seizing heav ily fortified positions. The Russian! captured 160 guns and tbe Austrians are said to have suffered enormous losses. In this battle three full Aus trian army corps and part! of two others were engaged . ' . The seat of the French government Is to be removed from Parts to Bor deaux, 358 miles southwest of Paris. The proclamation announcing this action refers to it aa a temporary ar rangement. ' French aviators have pursued a German aeroplane over Paris. . There was an exchange of shots in the air, but the German escaped. Russia ad mits a serious defeat in East Prussia at the hands of the Germans, In this battle two Russian army corps were badly shut up and three generals and a number of staff officers were killed. An official report from Paris saya a German cavalry corps marching to wards the forest of Camplegne, en gaged the British and the British cap tured 10 guns. - ' The United States cruiser Tennes see la to be utilized for the transporta tion of Americana from Havre to lihia-lanA ... . . ., Drove Austrians Baexr """" Petrograd (St Petersburg). The general staff announce that the Aus trian Fifteenth division was complete ly routed near Luschoff on August 28 and that 100 officer and 4.000 Mi dler! were taken prisoner." V' Confess Defeat London. Advices have been receiv ed here from St Petersburg to the ef fect that the Russian general staff frankly confesses to disaster to two army corps, including v the loss -' of three generate.. A.. P COUNT BERCHT0LD Count Berchtold is prime minister ef Austria and, next to Emperor Francis Joseph, le the moat Important figure Is Austrian affaire. GERMANS ARK ADVANCING. The messages as received at Say- Lvllle, L. I., were garbled and could mot be fully read. Tbe intelligible .portions read as follows: "The Austrian center completely -defeated the Russians, taking 160 uns. The Austrian right wing near yLemberg, struggling against superior LiRusslan troops, was relieved. "All French forts in Northern Franco were taken without a fight (Only Maubeuge bolds out. German .cavalry and artillery make rides ((probably raids as far as Paris. The (German army ha crossed tbe Atsne and is advancing on the Marne, where lalready siege guns arrived. French army retreating behind Marne' near Verdun. "The victory of General Hintln burg's army Is Increasing every day. Number of Russian prisoners now 90.000. "A memorial of the German Cath olic Cat "Inals to the Conclave at Rome attacks foreign lines about the German army. Germany is at war, not for conquest, but Russia was a real aggressor and a Russian victory would do the greatest harm to Cath olics In Russian Poland. "The town nan at touvain waa not hurt, likewise St Peter'! Church and all treasures were saved"." HEAVY FIGHTING GOING ON. London. A dispatch to Reuter'i Telegraph Company from Ostend, timed 7:45 p. m., said: ' "At thla moment there Is heavy fighting going on between Alost and Termonde, Belgium. The railway near Alost has been blown up. Travelers from Brussels were obliged to pass through Nlneove and Alost and then to return south to Denderlecuw, whence they proceeded by the way of Gottegem and Ghent to Ostend. "At Nlneove six German Uhlans which were patrolling the country en countered a patrol of gendarmes and were killed." - GENERAL SUK0MLIN0FF Russian minister of war, one of the most Influential men In the council ef the czar. General Samsonoff Dead. t r London. A telegram to the Ret ter" Teelgram Company- from Bt Petersburg says: , , r " "Lieutenant General Samsonoff, who commanded a corps In the Russo-Japanese War and who mntll recently was chief ot the Russian Turkestan mili tary district, I deeply regretted." : Checked the Advance. Paris. WU founded though unoffi cial reports are current In Paris that the French have -checked the Gennaa advance on the Noith. , t . rVLUEDARMYMEETS GERMAN'S RIGHT FRENCH AND GERMAN8 HAVE SMALL CLASHES ON ROAD TO PARIS. BRITISH LOSS OVER 15,000 England Issues an Official Statement of Happenings of VVeskv-Calla For More Msn. The Allied armies defending the road to Paris again have come into contact with the German right wing on the banks of the River Grand Mo ra which runs East and West, some what South ot the Paris line. An official statement Issued by the French War Office says the Allies' ad vance troops came Into touch with the German forces, which seem to be covering on the River Ourcq towards the Southwest, the movement ot the main body of the German right wing and a small engagement resulted In an advantage to the French. The town of Maubeuge, where it la reported British troops are assisting the French garrison, Is said still to be resisting German assault. From Berlin by way of Amsterdam comes a report that the German! are attacking the forts at Nancy and that Emperor William and the General Staff are watching the operations. The British official war information bureau haa Issued a long general sur vey ot operations of the British army during the past week and In addition a list of British casualties which shows a total ot more than 15,000 men up to September 1. The statement, which is based on a report from Field Marshal Sir John French, commander ot the BrltlBh forces at the front, speak highly of the spirit of the British soldiers and their achievements. It declares that while the British losses are heavy they are not one-third of the losses in flicted by the British troops on the Germans. v The Statement closes with a call for more men. Berlin reports that 3,000 British pruiones have reached Doheritz. A bombardment has begun of the fortifications at Cattaro, an AustTO Hungarlan seaport, by the French et, and advices from Cettinje credit mo Montenegrin troops with the de feat of the Austrians at Boljanltz. France Is calling out 11,915 recruits and In this way will add 250,000 men to her forces within a few months. The German Reichstag, represented by members of all parties, has prom ised its full support to ; whatever measures the Minister of Marine deems necessary. Appropriations will be made for the replacement of ships lost and to carry out the program of construction already arranged. Fifteen British trawlers have been sunk in the North Sea by German warships. -, Russian official announcements de scribe a strong offensive movement against the Austrians on September 4. The Forty-fifth Austrian Regiment of infantry surrendered, 1,000 men be ing taken. German troops, marching to the aid of the Austrians, were at tacked but the result of these opera tions has not been made known. A German official statement say! the Allied troops are in retreat between Paris and Verdun and that the Ger man troopi are pursuing them. It adda that In the eastern theater ot war the Austrian attack on Lublin continues and that the Austrians are engaged in dispersing the Russians. Late advices say train service be tween Paris and Dieppe has been sus pended, Almost total silence. Is being main tained regarding happenings In France, neither the British nor French governments vouchsafing detailed In formation as to the positions of the armlea facing each other a few miles from Paria. . Reports are current In London mili tary quarters that a portion of the British expeditionary force li at Mau beuge, A French fortress ot the first class in Nord,, assisting the French garrison in the defense, which it is said, is being strongly maintained. The Belgian town of Dendermonde (Termonde) in East Flanders, baa been taken by Germans, according to an official report from Berlin and newspaper dispatches from Ostend. The latter advices, add that the In habitants 'of the. district have opened the dykes and are flooding the coun try. German troops are reported to have been caught by the waters and have suffered severely from shelling. The French premier explains that the sessions of Parliament at Paris were brought to a close In order that the parliament might be reconvened New Wheat Haa Five Parent. London. A-pew-wheat " with five parent and inheriting .the virtues ot each of them 1 the latest triumph ot Prof. Rowland Blffen of Cambridge university. It 1 a peculiarly hardy development, growing from three to three and a halt feet In height, stout of straw and also good for milling, and I specially adapted tor the exposed Fan country. This new wheat will be pot on the market next year. Don't laugh at the man with bow. lag, . It he could nelp them he would JQSEPHUS DANIELS KES1LS0N 7 ' SAYS ADMINISTRATIS, CAN POLICY HAS . JUSTIFIED ITSELF FULLY. PEACE RESTS IN AMERICA All Europe I Embroiled In War, Making 8torng Contrast of Diplo macy of Natlona. Watervllle, Me. Contrasting the peace of the United States with the war In Europe, Secretary ot the Navy Daniels, In an address here, declared the peace which America enjoys ip due to wise statesmanship in handling difficult diplomatic problems. Recounting complication growing out of California legislation at the bexining ot the Wilson Administra tion, which "threatened to disturb our traditional friendship with Ja pan," tbe Secretary declared that "the wise President and wlae Secretary ot State, loveri of peace and Justice, pursued a consistent course ot friend ship and frankness" with representa tives of Japan and that officials of Japan likewise held to a course of consultation and friendship refusing to be "hurried by the thoughtless or to lose their heads because of tbe clamor of Jingoism." Secretary Daniels called attention to the protests against the President's Mexican policy, its ridicule as "ama teur diplomacy" by many and predic tions that it would fall. "Happily the policy of the Admin istration found favor with the bulk of the sound citizens of the Republic of every political party." Mr. Daniels continued, and the barms of the President were upheld by the great ' majority of the members of Congress. by a large portion of the press and by the people. Today we owe to our Administration the fact that while nearly all Europeans are at each oth er's throats In death's struggle, Mex ico Is coming Into its own and taking the first steps toward establishing a constitutional government, . and our own people on their own hearths and firesides are free from the perils or war." The world "stood aghast," Mr. Dan iels declared, "at the conflict In Eu rope. "Before the final appeal to arms while sitting at the bedside of his dying wife," he said, "President Wilson sent a cable message to the heads of the Powers tending the good offices of the American govern ment In the hope that the differences might be settled with honor without resort to arms. : -, 'This tender voiced the American spirit and the American Impulse. If all the warring nation could have accepted this method ot arbitrament ot the differences, what a blessing it would have carried Into the homes now full of tears." "' CONGRESS MOVES CAUTIOUSLY. Will Seriously Coniider the Effect of Putting on Extra Tax. Washington. Interest in war rev enue legislation overshadows every thing else In Congress. : Administration leader are moving cautiously, eager to submit within a few days a measure to assure 8100, 000,000 in additional revenue and also to avoid political- pitfalls. Demo cratic members of the Waya and Means Committee have agreed tfmt 875,000,000 can be procured through . increased levies on beer, malt liquors, domestic wines, proprietary prepara tions, soft drlnki and like commo dities. In many other source of In ternal revenue, however, leaders find themselves confronted either with economic or political objection. The committee will resume delibera tions at once and endeavor to find 825,000,000 in revenues from a score ot suggestions under consideration. Automobiles, amusement tickets, mov ing picture films, magazines ., and weekly publications, circulations, rail road transportation, car linear whis key and other distilled liquors, inheri tances, incomes, tobacco and many other sources have been suggested. Wilson Direct! Salute. Washington. I commemoration of the centennary of the national an an Sep-T them, "The Star Spangled Banne. President Wilson directed that a ill tt nf 91 anina ha AmA a maah H - - a mivm uwu DVV tember 12, by all army (posts, naval vessels ana stations ana revenue cut ters. The salute will practically en circle the globe as it will be fired in Mexican water!, in West Indies, Asi atic waters and In the waters of the contending powers In Europe. The en sign of the battesblp Florida will be exhibited. 1 - . -GrazinB Feature Land.--' Don't graze the pasture land too hard early in the season. Place tor Lime. The place tor Urn Is in the soil, not on top of it : Charcoal for Chlcka. J . - Keep fine charcoal and grit where chicks znayS. have free acceas to it, .y'-'VBeis-fof' Sandy Soli. - Ground llrduiton and marl are beat to apply to a andy aoll. )N'S MEXI.

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