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J. - j it-.- THE WEATHER ARE YOU READY? With 12 Cents Cotton, Prosperity is fust around the corner, in the South, - Trade, doHiit o inhere It Is uninvited. Flan and push your Advertising: How! Rain Thursday and probably Friday. ' s - n A. ! ! . .' '."T : r, 1 . - VOL. xcVn NO. 8. FIVE DEAD, MANY INJURED, AND PROPERTY LOSS OF MILLIONS IN STORMjflWEEPING NEW ORLEANS Most Severe Gulf Storm yistory of City Reaches Velocity of EightySix Miles ail Hour -Scores of Buildings De molished and Hundreds of Structures Unroofed The Streets Are RAILROAD AND WIRE COMMUNICATION CUT; ELECTRIC AND TROLLEY SERVICE STOPPED Hurricane Sweeps Mississippi Gulf Coast and Levees Below New Orleans Have Broken Biloxi, Miss., Reported 6 Feet Under Water- The Storm is Subsiding. New Orleans, September 29. (Via wireless, steamships Excel sior and Creole, to Mobile). Five persons are known to be dead, many people injured and property loss reaching into the millions has been caused tonight by the most severe Gulf storm in the history of the city. A howling gale, with a velocity of eighty-six miles an hour, swept the city at 6 o'clock tonight, demolishing scores of buildings, stripping the roofs from hundreds of other structures, and strewing the streets with broken glass and debris. Storm Subsiding. - At 7:30 a rising barometer gave evi dence that the storm was1 subsiding, the center passing to the northwest of New Orleans. The barometer at its lowest registered 28.11, and the wind velocity of 86 miles was the highest ever recorded here. Railroad and wire communication with the outside world had been cut off and telephone, electric light and trolley service discontinued in the city. All .railroads have abandoned train ser vice from New Orleans. Wireless communication from New Orleans was interrupted by the failure of the electric plant, but messages were sent from the steamship Excelsior at dock here and relayed from the steamship Creole, anchored below New Orleans in the Mississippi river, "to Mobile. RIVER LEVEES BREAK Hogm Warted Away and at Least Two Lives Lest, Liner Creole Reports. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 29-- New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf coast tonight were swept by a tropical hurricane that demoralized communication and led-to fears of heavy loss of life and property. The Mississippi river levees Deiow New Orleans, have broken, houses have been washed away and at least two lives have been lost in that section, according to a wireless mes sage late today from the Morgan liner Creole, upward bound for New Or leans. The business district of Biloxi, Miss., Is under six feet of water, and train service has been abandoned because, of washouts throughout a large section about Bay St. Louis. Last reports coming fiom New Or leans before all means of communica tion were lost said the city was in darkness because of the flooding of electric plants. -Wind had driven the water in Lake .Fonchartrain above the sea wall, and Milne burg and other New Orleans suburbs along the lake were partially under water. The ad vices saiA automobiles were bringing in the inhabitants of that section and that no lops of life had been reported. Two floating: Bodies Sighted. The Creoe, in a brief message re ceived here Varly tonight said she was encountering. storm of such fury that it was doubtful whether her wireless apparatus wdjid long" remain intact. The vessel reported sighting two bodies near the section where the levees had given way. As,de from the fact that . some houses haf been demolished by vthe flood waters, the Creole's message gave no details. . Wireless comm-nication with New Orleans ceased before noon today and continued inability o re-establish com munication with th powerful United Fruit station there led to fears that it might have suffered Some damage from wind. Flooding of t; electric power plant, however, was s Viought by some wireless experts responsible for the wireless station's slletce. The wind reached a velocity of 90 miles an hour at New Orleans and at Bay St. Louis zt 6 o'clock tonight, according to re ports reaching here. '. Wire Communication Cut. .v Wire communication ws possible tonight only as far as Ba St. Louis, and fragmentary reports Vom there told of extensive damage tt property, but no loss of life. A longtrestle of the Louisville and Nashville, railroad between Bay St. Louis and ew Or leans was reported to have ben swept away. Few details of the tamage, however, either in that sectioa or at Hiioxi, were obtainable. Y- Mobile escaped the worst oV the storm, but the wind here was sufficient to drive the water over the wharfs at the river front and unroof several houses. - ; The coast guard cutter Tallapoosa, anchored here, made repeated unsuc cessful efforts tonight to r reach toy wireless the Southern Pacific liner Pro teus, believed to be in the center of the storm off New Orleans bar. No word has come from the Proteus since she entered the storm area and ship ping men here thought her wireless might have been disabled reports of high water in Biloxi were discounted by the Louisville & jvasnville railroad officials here, who said their tracks In Biloxi were not inundated. They had no confirmation of the reported destruction of the tres tie between New Orleans and Bay St. LOUlS. The r barometer became stationery here at 8 o'clock tonight, and it was believed the worst of the storm had passed.- The reading at that hour was 29.52 and the wind velocity 52 miles. Jixtent of damage to the cfties along the Mississippi coast was not definite ly stated in despatches received by railroad officials here, but information was to the effect that the storm was the worst in the history of that sec tion. WILL MOVE NORTHWARD. Storm Probably Will Lose Intensity as It Leaves Gulf Coast. Washington, Sept. 29. A special bulletin issued tonight by the Weather Bureau said the great storm raging on the gulf coast would advance north ward, but would rapidly lose its in tensity after leaving the coast. Since 2 o'clock this afternoon the bureau has been unable to communicate with New Orleans. The bulletin follows: "The tropical cyclone first observed on the 22nd over the eastern Caribbean sea whence it traveled westward, pass ing near and south of Jamaica, to the Yucatan channel, where it changed its course and moved northward, reached the Gulf coast near the mouth of the Mississippi river Monday morning. During Wednesday its center advanced northward and at 2 P. M. it was near and south of New Orleans, at which point the barometer read 29.10 inches, the wind was east and blowing 64 miles an hour. No report since that hour has been received from New Or leans. It is probable that this storm will advance northward, but will rap idly lose intensity after leaving the I Gulf coast. Extraordinary for the dissemination of measures hurricane warnings issued by the weather bureau were taken on Tuesday and it is proba ble as a result the loss of life and property was reduced to a minimum." LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE IS A SUCCESS Communication With Human Voice Accomplished From Nav al Radio Plant at Arlington, Va., to Mam Island, Cal., Distance of 2,500 Miles Transfer from Wire. Washington, September 29. Long distance wireless telephone communi cation was accomplished for the first time today, when experiments extend ing over several months culminated in successful transmission of the human voice by radio from the great naval plant at Arlington, Va., across the con tinent to the station at Mare Islands California, 2,500 miles away. ' The experiments were conducted un der direction of Captain Bullari, chief of the navy's radio service, in co-operation with the American Telephone '& Telegraph Company and the Western Electric .Company. v Secretary Daniels, announcing there suit tonight, predicted that further de velopment of wireless telephony would make great changes in long distance communication both for , military and naval service, and in commercial usage. Another Test Successful. Successful operation of a device for automatically transferring to the radio telephone cpnversations originating on metallic circuits, also was accomplish ed in today's tests. President Theodore N. Vail and. other officials of the Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph Company, at New York, talked easily with the Mare Island station, the conversation traveling over an ordinary metallic line from New York to Arlington and thence by radio 'across the continent. - "The fact that the voices can be start ed on a land wire and automatically transmitted to a voice radio transmit ter,". vald Secretary Daniels, holds out WIEMINGTOST, y. C., BANK PLANNING PLACING LOAN Entire Programme May be Made Public Today. PROGRESS YESTERDAY Several Details to be Determined Upon. British and French Governments, Not Importers, to Get Pro ceeds, of the Loan. New York, Sept. 29. Representa tives of many banking and investment houses met today at the offices of J. P. Morgan & Company to formulate a definite programme for placing on the American market the $500,000,000 joint Anglo-French five-year bonds, soon to be issued to secure the credit loan to Great Britain and France. Such rapid progress was made during their pro tracted meeting that the entire pro gramme probably will be in shape to make public tomorrow. Undetermined details concern chiefly the minimum subscriptions to be fixed for individuals who desir to purchase large blocks of the bonds at 96, the price to the syndicate; the method of marketing the bonds; the date on which they will be offered; their list ing on the stock exchange; the life of the syndicate, and the terms to be offered- purchasers who wish to pay by installments. Upon none of these points, it was said, had a final decision been reached. Bankers who have worked with the Anglo-French commission perfecting the plan, announced last night, said that the entire issue would be placed without great difficulty. New York to Take Big Slice. - Fully 60 per cent of the issue, in the opinion of the president of one of the largest banks here, will be subscribed in New York City alone. This would leave 5200,000,000 to be placed else where. He thought that this could be readily done, although, in his opinion, bankers in Chicago and other Middle Western cities would not subscribe neayuy. . in unicago, ne said, . many bankers who would otherwise sub scribe might be prevented from doing so by the large pro-German element among their depositors. Opposition had developed there, he said, on the part of certain large manufacturing interests, also. Local syndicates in the chief money centers of the country will assume control of the sale of bonds in their sections. An energetic campaign ytrlll be passed by leading bond houses in disposing of the issue and bond salesmen will tra vel the country in numbers to interest investors. Available to Governments. The proceeds of the loan will be available to the British and French governments, rather than directly to importers in Great Britain and France. This gave rise to considerable conjec ture in Wall Street, as to the manner in which the sum would be used to stabilize exchange. It was pointed out that there is nothing to prevent Great Britain and France from using the (Continued On Page Eight.) WIRELESS hope that persons inland should readily be put in touch by telephone with oth ers at sea, through some central -transmitting station. "Every official taking part in this demonstration is enthusiastic about the results and the possibility of develop ing -this system as an extension of the telephone system to ships at sea. "The use of such long distance tele phone communication in naval or mili tary operations is still in an undevelop ed state, i but it is expected valuable use can be made of this wonderful de monstration, but aside from such con siderations, the Department and Its of ficials may well feel proud that they have been interested co-operators in the first- practical development of this lat est march in the wonderful science of radio communication." WIRELESS TELEPHONY ASSURED. Distinct Conversation Carried on Be tween New York and San Francisco. New York, Sept. 29. President Vail, surrounded by a few officials of the American Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, picked up the transmitter in hfs office here today and called John J. Carty, chief engineer of the company, at San Francisco. The latter replied almost Instantaneously and the men conversed for several minutes in a clear, distinct "tone, although the con versation was being relayed 2,500. miles by wireless from the Arlington station. ' The transmission of audible speech through - by wireless can be . taken as .. . (Continued on Page Eight.. cA - THUBSDAY MOEmG, VETERANS RE-TROD THEIR STEPS OF '65 Union Army Survivors March Up Pennsylvania Avenue. THE PRESIDENT REVIEWS Army of 200,000 Soldiers Kitty Tears Ago Has Dwindled to About 20, 000 Many Confederate Ve terans March in Line. Washington, Sept. 29. The Grand Army of the .Republic,- marched up Pennsylvania Avenue from, the Capitol to the White House today, :as it did when the Union soldiers were mustered out of service 50 years ago. In '65 the army, as it passed review before Pres ident Andrew Johnson, was . 200,000 strong. Today, "in ie blue ranks as they were reviewed by the first Southern-born president elected since the war, there were, according to the best estimates obtainable, about 20,000 men. Some of them marched with the aidj of crutches or canes. Others managed to get along by leaning upon the arms of stronger comrades. Many, though, re-trod the path of a half a century ago with buoyant step to the air of old- ume war songs. Blue and Grey Lock Arms. Ail along the lines of march there were occasional scenes of the reunion of the Blue and the Grey , which brought cheers and "rebel yells from the crowds. One Confederate, veteran, in uniform, joined the line of march and, locking arms with a veteran in blue, the two marched off to an up roar or appiause. xnere were many conieaerate veterans in the city and everywhere they were seen mingling with the G. A. ft. men. ihe weather was Ideal., Only a few of the veterans were forced to retire from the ranks because of exhaustion. Ambulances were kept busy, however, by the few who were overconie and by women and children who fainted or were slightly hurt in the crowds,whch almost rivaled those who gather for In auguration. " . - Seated with President Wilson in the wmte House, reviewing standi .was -Col David J. Palmer,, commanders-in-chief of the G A. ' R., and Lieutenant Gen eral Nelson A. Miles, grand marshal of the parade, took a place in the Pres ident's box after the head of the long procession had passed. . Secretary Garrison, of the War De partment, and Secretary Daniels, of the Navy department, ' were in boxes on either side of the President. Chief Justice white, a Confederate veteran Sir Cecil Sprlng-Klce, the British anv bassador, and J. J. Jusserand, the U'rencn ambassador,, occupied seats nearby. One section of the stand was occu pied by civil war nurses, whom many of the veterans saluted as they passed Sailors Give Dress Parade. Af ter the . veterans' parade on Penn sylvania avenue, thousands of the spectators gathered on the White House grounds ror the dress parade by sailors from the Norfolk. Va.. train - lng 'school. The drill' was reviewed also by President Wilson, who watch ed from the southern portico of the White House, and by officials of the wavy Department and other govern ment departments. MADE DEFENDANTS IN BIG RESTITUTION SOIT Former Rock Island Directors Sued for $7,500,000. Messrs. Reld and Moore Are Principals and Are Charged With Diverting Sum "In Their Own Interest" Front Road's Treasury. New York, Sept. 29. Directors ot the Hock Island railroad system under the regime of Daniel G. Reid and William Hi Moore were made defendants in a restitution suit for $7,500,000 brought in the Supreme court today by Jacob M. Dickinson, receiver for the Chica go, Kock island & Pacific Railway Company, the operating company of the Kock island combination. It is alleged that as directors of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifio Rail road Company- (the holding company ior the railway company), Messrs. Reid and oMore'ajid their fellow direo tors unlawfully diverted "in their own interest," the; sum of $7,500,000 from the treasury of the railway company into the treasury of the railroad com pany. This was used, it is alleged, toward the redemption of a bond lBsue, part of which was pledged by the railroad' company against stock of the St. Louis Sc. San Francisco railroad, which the railroad company wanted to sell and did sell to B. F. Yoakum. The fact that the railroad company was at that time financially embar rassed is given in -the ' complaint as the reason why. the defendants caused the funds to be diverted, Messrs. Reid and Moore and C-gden Mills "being then, largely interested In the bonds of the railroad company and in the stock and securities of - the ! New Jersey corpor ation (the '.Rock- Island company) which then owned the capital stock of the railroad 'company." The defendants .named, besides Messrs. Keid, i Moore And Mills, are Richard A. Jackson, Francis L. Hlne, w imam T. tiranam, Edwin S.,: Moore, Henry U. Mudge and the -executors of George , C Mcvurty.:. deceased. SEPTEMBER 30, 1915 PROTECT AMERICAN INDUSTRIES BEGUN AS RESULT OF WAR Administration is Planning to Prohibit Flood of Europ .; ean Competition. LETTER BY REDFIELD Will Recommend That Unfair Competition From Abroad Not be Permitted. Washington, Sept. 29. An indication of what the adminstration is planning to do for the protection of American industries built up as a result of the European war, is given in an open let ter written by Secretary Redfield, of the Department 'of Commerce, to Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the Bureau of For eign and Domestic Commerce, and made public today. maae ciear mat tne govern ment will protect the new American industries from a nbbd of European competition at the close of the war, but the letter also shows that Mr. Red- field, intends to "avoid, so far as possi ble, any proposals, for tariff revision. The letter follows numerous confer ences on plans for dealing with the sit uation expected to follow the war. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce and the Federal Trade Commis sion have inaugurated a detailed inves tigation, which will cover the opera tion of the laws of various countries which prohibit "dumping", or the sale in those countries of any product at a ' price less than the cost of produc tion. .American manufacturers seeking to enter fields of production occupied by foreign firms prior to the European war . have been clamoring for assur ances that they will not be subjected to a flood of foreign made 'prod.ucts when-: peace.. Is restored-. Manufaetur7 ers preparing to turn" dye" stuffs have been especially anxious to assure themselves that the German dye works will . not flood American markets with low priced products. Secretary Redfleld's Letter. Secretary Redfleld's letter says: ."If the question arises as to the at titude of the Department of Commerce toward what is called 'dumping' after the war shall end, you may say that I shall recommend in my annual report that unfair competition from abroad shall not be permitted to injure a legit imate American Industry any more than it is permitted to do so in our domestic field. Especially I should op pose action on the part of any foreign monopoly toward controlling the Amer ican market by unfair competition in any attempt to injure or destroy an American lnduatrv. Thre Is no rJonhr i in my mind that this should be done, 1 tu. i .i-. The more serious question to which consideration is being given is as to the method of doing it. - "Various plans have been proposed, some of which seem to permit reac tions which are possibly undesirable. I am considering the methods "used in different countries with a frank pref erence for such as have nothing to do with tariffs or duties. I should be very glad to receive 'suggestions from practical commercial men as to the most efficient means of detaching and preventing this unfair competition. "You may be quite sure of my earn (Continued on Page Eight.) MISSING AMERICAN SOLDIER SHOT TO DEATH BY MEXICANS Carranza Commander Led Attack in Which Private Johnson Was Captured Body Mutilated and Head and Ears Ta . ken as Souvenirs Mexican Prisoner's Story. San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 29 .The Carranza commander at Las Pelados, Mexico, headed the attacking party of Mexicans who crossed the border last Friday night and in a fight with Amer ican soldiers captured Trooper Richard J. Johnson, whom they shot and then mutilated by taking his head and ears for souvenirs, it was reported today to Southern department headquarters by Captain Frank R. McCoy. Guadaloupe Cuellar, a Mexican, who said he was one of the attacking pa; ty, gave the details of the fight to Captain McCoy in a sworn statement. Cuellar was arrested several days ago by civil authorities and is held in connection with the investigation of the Progreso fight, during which John son disappeared. Unconfirmed reports said Cuellar had made a complete confession to the sheriff's office, but until Captain Mc Coy's report, made public at army headquarters here today, there was no verification.' Johnson's body has not been recovered. CJaptain McCoy, who commands the border sub-district of Mission, sum marized the affidavit of Cuellar as fol lows:' "Under command of the Carranza of ficer", stationed at Las Pelados with his troops recently arrived from Matamo ras, a crossing was made during the night in their boats. The detachment of American soldiers at'- the crossing was 'shot' up and overpowered; one presumably Richard Johnson,' was made GERMANS' THIRD OF DEFENSE IS BEING ATTACKED BY BRITISH STOCK TRADING GOES OVER 1,500,000 SHARES That Mark Passed For Third Consecutive Time Momentum Given by Announcement of Agreement on Foreign Loan. Bond Market Active Bnt Ir regularRise Loses. New York,. Sept. '29. Another hys terical outburst of trading in special ties, especially war shares, featured today's active session on the stock ex change. Dealings in the first hour ap proached the big total of 450,000 shares and for the entire session aggregated almost 1,600,000, making the third con secutive session In which transactions passed the 1,500,000 mark. Today's rising movement, which lost much ground in 'the later dealings, gathered fresh momentum from the overnight announcement that the es sential details of the Anglo-French loan had been agreed to by the high contracting parties. From the outset, however, it was plainly seen that buying orders were being matched by heavy selling. i In fact, stocks were so liberally supplied as the session progressed that prices gradually fell away. In the final hour offerings assumed larger di mensions and specialties declined pre cipitately, some of the larger gains be ing reduced by one-half or two-thirds while some others were altogether ob literated. For a time there was a fair demand for railways and other invest ment stocks but these also felt the force of the late impact and yielded in common with more mercurial issues. The bond market also was very ac tive but in that class of securities the movement was irregular throughout. Students of investment conditions are of the opinion that the forthcoming is sue of Anglo-French notes' is likely-to give a further set-back to bonds as a whole. HEFLIN PREDICTS FIFTEEN CENT COTTON BY CHRISTMAS And That the Sonths- Cotton Crop Will Not Be Over 10,000,000 Bales. Washington, Sept- 2-9. Representa tive Heflin, of Alabama,-issued a state ment today in which -he predicts that the South cotton crop this year would not be more than 10,000,000 bales and that the price would reach 15 cents be fore Christmas. Owing- to short crops in India, .Egypt and Russia, Mr. Hef lin said, and the demand for cotton for war purposes the world supply would be nearly six million -bales short of the demand. OBREGON CAPTURES TORREON. Telegram Says He Intends to Push On and Rout "The Reactionaries." Vera Cruz, September 29. The city of Torreon fell to General Obregon late today, according to a brief telegram from General Obregon to General Car ranza tonight. The telegram announc ed that General Obregon had taken his position in Torreon and that he intend ed to push on and completely rout "the reactionaries." General Carranza on receiving the message, gave orders for the ringing of all the church bells in the city. a prisoner and taken across to the Mexican side where he was without provocation shot five times, his ears and head cut off and carried away as souvenirs and the remains thrown into the Rio Grande. The horses and arms captured from the American detach ment was taken across and held in the cuartel of the Carranza soldiers at Las Pelados, which is only a quarter of a mile of the crossing and scene of the fight. Unconfirmed reports have told of the parading of the head of the American soldier stuck on a pole, through the small villages on the Mexican side, of the Rio Grande. Johnson's home was in Mount Morris, N. Y. He was 21 years old. CAVALRY FIRED UPON Americans Return Fire of Mexicans No Damage is Reported. Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 29. Three shots were fired today at a "patrol of 20 American cavalrymen near LaFeria pumping plan, about 25 miles up the Rio Grande. Two shots came from the Melcan side of the river and the other from some one hidden In the brush on the American side. The troops saw no one but fired about 60 shots in an effort to beat the brush in the direction of th concealed snipers to see whether, Mexicans were gath ering for an attack. v Major JSdward Anderson, of the 12th cavalry said he considered : the shoot ing .-of . mtie signincance. WHOLE NUMBER 39,338 LINE French Claim Capture of Hill 140 an 'Important Posi tion, in Artois. GERMANS REINFORCED Troops Being Removed Prom East, and Emperor is Re ported to be in West. Continue Drive Against Russ ians ; British Defeat Turks. London, September 29. The Allies continue their great offensive in Artois and the Champagne, and, according to French accounts, further progress has been made in both areas. In Artois the French olalm to have reached Hill No. 140 which, lies directly east of Vimy and Is the culminating point of the crests named alter that town. The importance of the hill lies in the fact that it commands the plains to the east, the network of roads and the railway which runs from Lens south ward. V So far as Champagne is concerned the French appear at present to be making their chief effort towards the railway Junction north of Massiges, which- accounts for the desperate ef forts of the. Germans to stem the tide and for the crown prince's counter stroke in the Argonne, as this rail way, connects the German army in the Argonne with its base aty Youziers. Germans Transfer Troops. "Perhaps the -heaviest fighting since -the offensive began is now going on, for the British are attacking the Ger man third line of defense south of La Kasse canal, and the Germans have brought up reinforcements against. both the British and the French anf.iJ.. are makin gevery effort to regain th, lost ground. Belgium, despatches from i - Holland say, has been denuded of troops, while German detachments are even being removed from the eastern front to meet what is known to be the greatest effort made in the west , since the armies, took up their present - i position from Belgium to Switzerland. 1 , The Germans are trying to divert the Allies by a heavy artillery bom bardment north and south of the Aisne, but plans having been made by Gen eral Jollre, the French are striking with all the forces at their command at the points selected. It is reported that the German emperor has arrived at the western front and that he has already dismissed some of his generals for allowing their lines to be jyessed back to almost the breaking point. Continue Drive Against Russians. Despite the transfer of some troops to the west, the Germans continue to strike hard at the Russians practl-. cally all along their front. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is delivering heavy strokes against Dvinsk while his colleagues on his right is pushing forward to the east of Vlleka and Mol odeohno in an attempt to turn the Russian position and has now reached a point to the north of Minsk, which another army is advancing upon from the southwest. Field Marshal Von Mackensen and Prince Leopold, of Bavaria, apparent ly are inactive, owing, doubtless, to the marshes which are now impassable, but General Von Llnsingen is still pressing hard on the Russians in Vol hynia. It is expected that the weath er will soon put an end to the opera tions In the east as with the continued! rains the rivers can not be forded, and the Russians, wherever possible, ara getting behind them. British Defeat Turks. The British have inflicted another serious defeat on the Turks in Mesop otamia. The Tigris army, after suf fering heavy losses, Is in flight to wards Bagdad. Thus, the three armies which the Turks sent to Mesopotamia against the Anglo-Indian invaders, have befen scattered. In May the Ti gris army was driven 15ack from Kurna to the north of Amara; the army of the Karun was driven from Ahwaz, and the army of the Euphrates was last heard of as fugitive on the river some where north of Nairle. It is again reported that an Austro German army, 500,000 strong, is assem bling for an offensive against Serbia. ALLIED TROOPS LAND. British and French Soldiers Intended for Service in Serbia. Berlin, Sept. 29. (by wireless to Say ville) British and French troops In tended for service in Serbia have been landed at Port Kathrin, near Salonlkl, Greece, according to reports from Bu dapest received by the Frankfurter Zeitung, the Overseas News Agency announces today. CLAIMS RE-CAPTURE. Success Against British North of Loos Reported by the Germans. Berlin, via London, Sept. 29. Recap ture from the British of part of the territory won from the Germans north of Loos was announced today by the war office. French attacks near Sou chez and Neuville are said to have been "partly repulsed." In the Champagne French attempts to break through the German lines are said to have been unsuccessful. BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK. Mohammedan Engineer Did the Sink : ing, is Report from Berlin. Berlin, Sept. 29, (by wireless to Say ville) The sinking of a British trans- ccontlnued on Page Eight) - 1 1 ! I ' I :ti V i i V
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