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1 WEATHER -'' V":"""'T "Ti-L -n-' t'-V'- - W'eP'S- X V , 4 - 20 Pages Today TWO SECTIONS trii TOL. XCVra-NG. 150 "WHOLE NUMBER 39,678 1 ' 1 . . I ... , , ,-., 'Ai ' - 11 ... . - . . , " , . - 0 IF S TRUCE COMFM Wiiir dwtdi in xxni i w vvniLKii. 1 ME RESPONSIBILITY0 rests, 1KS He Appeals to Railroad Officials to Abandon Their Insistence on Arbitration. SCENE WAS VERY DRAMATIC Employers Refuse Acceptance of Plan, for Present, But Give No Final Answer. MORE PRESIDENTS CALLED Situation Described as "Not Hope less, But Grave." "Washington, August 19 Pres ident Wilson appealed to the rail road officials today: to abandon their insistence on arbitration of the dispute threatening a nation wide strike and to accept his plan "of -settlement, already agreed to by the employes because in his opin ion the railroads are contending for a principle which it seemingly is impossible to apply to-the pres ent situation. in one of the most dramatic scenes known to the White House in recent years, the President de clared to the heads of five billion dollars' worth of properties assem bled as his summons : : ; "If a strike comes, the public will know where the responsibility rests. It will not be upon' me." , A few minutes later he. issued a statement saying "the public has the irsrht to expect" acceptance of ihs plan. ;, .., ' Urge Arbitration. . Refusing acceptance for the present, hut not giving a final answer Hale Holden, president of the Burlington roads and spokesman ror the 33 rail road officials, urged the President to iiphold the principles of arbitration p.nd declared his plan -would "place in peril all that has been accomplished in the peaceful adjustment of labor controversies by methods of arbitra tion." f ' At the close of the conference. Presi dent Wilson summoned to Washington additional railroad presidents from the West, and the executives already here toid him they would confer among themselves and return next week, probably Monday. In the meantime representatives of both the roads and 'he employes will remain here for in formal conferences. The situation tonight was. described fry a railroad president as "not hope less but grave." It will be at a stands still until Monday, at least. ' , Government Operation? Discussion of counter proposals and compromises were current, and serious consideration was given to the possi bility of government operation of the roads in case of a strike. - It was said "n good authority tonight, however, that many of the road presidents look ed upon the possibility of a strike as more remote than at any time sinc 'hey came to Washington. It still was 'onsidered possible that some of the powerful directors of the railroads would be called to Washington.. Both anion? the employers and the employ es talk of arrangements for a strike continued, and for different reasons pach side thought if it came it would " last less than a week. - "Condition, Not a Prfjieiple. "rile President Wilson still was ad dressing: the railroad -rrnti vs 11-' y in? them they faced a "condition,' not a "incipie,' the statement to the coun 'ry, reviewing his plan and character 'z'ns it as "a thoroughly practicable nd fair programme," was given out the White House. In the statement fi urs;ed the adoption of the eight hour day because he believed the con cession right, suggested the creation by Congress of a small body of men to "n-estigate the results, and urged the abandonment of the demand for time and a half over-time pay by the men and the "contingent" proposals by the railroads. jHr. Holden Replies. . Mr. Holden insisted on "arbitration !n his reply to President Wilson, be-r-au:-e "it is essentially the .'common f'-ht of every citizen of whatever fljon 'ion in life to be beard," and be rause "experience has put the right flaim arbitration as a method of set- .V", !',Jcfr1 controversies beyond ques V1" ' .He areued that the eight-hour f3y is impracticable in railroading, and a?n the" roads are willing for the In ,f J'' Commerce Commission or any otner disinterested body to arbitrate whole question. . -he demand for the eight-hour day rprT r,ealit he declared, only an lndi- c't P'ea for "an enormous increase in f -aes," and said that "in this instance r those demanding a change to re- ,. to submit their demands to arbi- tion is indefensible." " statement From the Men. , P Lee' head of the Brotherhood . Kailroad Trainmen, gave . out a t'hp natement tonight on behalf of m-n, pointing out that in accepting -csident WHson's plan, the employes "Jirendered a -very large portion of (Continued on Page Two). iSfsiSeT Say Most of Men Working on 8 Hour Basis Are Employed in Moving Fast Freight. AND RATES ARE HIGHER Supplemental Statement Directed Par tieulariy At President's Content! That Some Roads Already Have S-Hour Day. .Washington, Aug. 19. A supple mental statement regarding the eight .hour day, directed particularly at President Wilson's contention that som Southern roads already" have adopted the 8-hour day without disas trous effect, was issued tonigTit;by the railroad officials. It pointed out that most of the men working oh an eight hour, basis are employed in moving fast freight for which' freight rates are high. , ' "Some of the roads in the Southeast now have the eight-hour basic day, but affecting through freight service only and including less than 50 per cent, of the men in freight service," said the statement. "All the men in yard 'service and those running local freights and minor runs are on the 10-hour basis, while on many branch lines 10 and 12 hour ba sic days prevail. "These roads are the Seaboard Air Line,1 the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Norfolk Southern, Atlantic Coast Line, Central of Georgia, Georgia- Southern & Florida, Florida East Coast, and Queeln - & Crescent lines South, all;, of them:; roads with ; a high percentage' of perishable traffic, such as fruits and vegetables, which must be moved at a high rate of speed in order to reach markets in good con dition and which for that reason carry freight rates' which no shipper could afford to pay for the movement of ordinary freight. "On some , of the largest , and most important roads in the South the 8 hour basic day is not in effect in any branch pf the service. Among them are the Norfolk & Western. Chesa peake & Ohio, Virginia, Southern Rail way, Mobile & Ohio. Queen & Cres cent Lines north (Cincinnati, New Or-, leans & Texas '. Pacific Railway and Alabama Great Southern Railway) and Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio. "These roads handle a much larger percentage of - coal and other heavy traffic than the roads which now have the basic eight-hrfur day and the adop tion .of this basis would mean an in creased cost in every branch of freightf of freight service for each of them." WOULD TAKE POLITICS OUT OF GOVERNMENT? I ' j Should Not be Mixed With" Busi- ness, Says Candidate Hughes. Makes Addresses in San Franciseo and Oakland, California Say We - Have Had Abundant Busi ness Surgery. San -' "Francisco, Aug. 19.- Charles E. Hughes today told -audiences here and in Oakland that the government of the United States could not be properly conducted by, mixing politics with bus iness, with preparedness", -with the maintenance of International honor or with other administrative functions of government. . "I. do not believe we can run this government by mixing business and politics," the nominee said to a gath ering of business men here ; a short time before the Oakland, meeting." -: At Oakland Mr. Hughes repeated his declaration that' he favored fostering honorable - American achievements in business and adjusting difficulties by finding " the facts and acting upon tbem. - "Tou can break down your prosper ity by prostituting yourself in the face of an. unjust popular demand," Mr. Hughes said. -"I shall never do that, and. the unjust popular demand is only unjust because the facts are not under stood. The only thing I" am afraid of in this country is the.dark. When we get things out into the light of day, and see the actual facts, we generally find out where the truth' and justice lies." r - Speaking of Federal commissions to investigate various situations the nom inee said: , " ' ! ' ' Federal Commissions. ' "1. believe .we can put' down what is wrong without . destroying what is good- In -weeding out gardens we do not want to pull up the useful plants. We do not desire in correcting abuses to destroy; the opportunities of success. We are competent if we" go about it in the right way, to destroy abuses, to secure 'open And fair dealing and at (Continued on Page Two.) NO GREAT DAMAGE II Ten of Crew of Steamer Pilot Boy J Drowned When Vessel Sank Off Aransas Pass. ONLY DEATHS PROM STORM Portion of . City of Laredo, Texas, Flooded and Hundreds of Soldiers' Tents Wrecked Commna. icntlon Restored. First communication with Corpus Christi, Texas, where Friday night's tropical storm was believed to have been felt hardest, showed Saturday af ternoon that no great damage had been done to the city and that there were no fatalities .'there. Greatest property damage was done to the Corpus Beach hotel, which was partially unroofed. Summer cottages,' bathing pavilions, and a. pleasure. pier in that section were entirely demol ished. f. Interest was centered on the effect of the storm at Port. Aransas and Aran sas Pass in the ausence of definite word from .those points. Bach is a popular fishing resort, '" as well as a shipping center of more or less impor tance, on the lower .Texas coast. It was pointed out1 as possible that these points might have felt the- storm more severely than did Corpus Christi. It developed Saturday night that, the fatalities reported during the day at Rockport had been confused withjthe drowning of 10 .of .the my, of the steamer . Pilot Boy ' which ; -su.nk off Aransas Pass Friday- afternobn.3Tbes were the only deaths so ::&ri,ported f ro1mUhe''8iorM'V r-f-rt ; :t--"-'-c ''v Restored communication" with the city of Laredo, . Texas, showed that place and the military camps sur rounding it to have felt a heavy after- Lmath .of the. storm which hit. the coast. The storm flooded portions of the city to, a. depth of two ', feet and wrecked hundreds of soldiers' tents. ' RAILROADS - AND TJTXLITT COMPANIES LOST HEAVILY. San. Antonio, .Texas, Aug. , A9. Rail roads and other public utilities operat ing through the storm stricken 'district suffered damages aggregating more than 1300,000, exclusive of ; losses In Corpus Christi, Brownsville and other points in the storm center, according to estimates tonight.-. "', The loss to the San" Antonio & Aran sas Pass railroad may reach $150,000. It lost a mile of the deck of the two mile trestle entering Corpus Christ! and nearlyhree Iniles of embankment near Portland. ' CATAWBA LEADS THE STATE. Over 10,000 Person Take Anti-Typhoid Treatment te Two Weeks. .' (Special Star Telegram.) Newton, N. C Aug."19. The second week of Dr. Thomas M. Jordan's anti typhoid campaign in Catawba county closed tonight with 10,523 people treat- ed, a record that Dr. Jordan claims has never been equalled in the State. As sisting mm nave Deen ur. ranK Foard and Eli Warly, and no team the State Board of Health has sent out has ever had so. much work to do. The - campaign ends in two weeks more and the result will be that 50 per cent of the county's 35,000 popula tion will have been made typhoid proof. Specialists all over the State admit that Catawba has surpassed all records. MALLORY STEAMER LAUNCHED WhfB Completed Will Play Between New York and Galveston. Newport News, Va., . Aug. 19. The Henry R. Mallory, passenger and freight steamer, building for the Mal lory Steamship Company, was success fully launched at thelplant of the.New port News Shipbuilding. & . Drydock Company today. When completed in October; the new "steamer will ily be tween New' Tork and Galveston. She is 439 feet long, 54 feet in. beam and 34 feet deep and is designed to make 14 knots speed. . Atlanta, Ga., lAug.; 19. Mrs; John Mi lan, Atlanta, today, won the ladies ten nis championship - of -Georgia by ' de feating Mrs. J. R." McCord, Atlanta, 6-3, .' y " - BREMEN SAID TO BE DDE OFF CAJPES LAST MIDNIGHT Norfolk Va.. Aug. 19. The tug Hansa, formerly, the Thomas F. Timmins, convoy - to the German merchant submarine Deutschland up and down the Chesapeake Bay,, ar rived in .Norfolk-: today and. imme diately began filling her bunkers to their capacity with-coal and' taking on supplies. Captain Zach Cullison denied that the Hansa is' here to meet the ' submarine tomorrojv morning off the; capes. He said -he ,was . under charter to tow mud scows to Baltimore. Marine men believe he ; is here - to meet the Bremen, said tQ be due off the capes around midnigh. Today a three f unneled cruiser, probably French, was patrollingjthe capes so close in as -to be-visible .to the naked eyei '. AT CORPUS CHRIS minTMi Tiiuun it UNDIUli iniNIVDII liiill PERSHING'S FORCE '::";." "v - . " Recommendation Contained in Re- ! cent Report on the Mili " I tary Situation. FOR BORDER ; COMMISSION State and. War Department Offici als Understood to Share General's View. Washington, Aug. 19. A recommen dation f romGeneral ' Funston that the Americ4n',tr6ops ,be "withdrawn from Mexico, -was1 contained in a recent re port on thelmilitary1 situatioh made at the ; request " of the .War Department and designed for use of the joint, com mission', wjiicb , w ill discuss border problems. : State Department officials do not attempt to disguise their regret over premature publication of General F.unstoii's ' jponclosiohs, but they indi cated todiiy'" that "it .-would not cause any alteration in the plans. , - Officials' realise, it is understood, that the .most; Dressing matter for discus sion by the commission, from the Mex ican vi ewpoint, will be the question of withdrawal; ;;of; General Persings -pedi.tlonafjr... force,'. . i ': .' ': ' - Publica.tiTi.:bf -the -fact that General Funston Deleves it wiseto - withdraw the troopat.'may himper then American commissioners, some officials, think, in obtaining,, whatever 'guarantees they may ask f the Mexican, government as to ;thesecurity of , thej;border f rom bandit.; rajds. ilt is believed, the. ad--ministration -ws.s f prepared to-arrange - for -the i recall rof .General Per shihg's tolfee,-since both jStat .and1 War Department officials .are - understood tb share .the" views expressed in General FunstonrebrtT i-, V. . .f There fcan-be.' little doubt, vJt is now ssid,.V-tu$.! ' bl.e .pVo'mptly' agreed, to when the- xsbmmis sion meets; the ;"'eortferees then turning tocol to cover future .bordef operatiisns, investigation of the causes bf bandit raids -and such 'other matters as they may wish to take up. , J - , No intimation came from 'the White House .today as to -when announce; ment of the,. American membership of the. commission might be expected." , MEXICAN SATS ; MEXICO NEEDS "INTERVENTION OP CHRIST." Asheville, N. C.Aug. 19. Declaring that Mexico needs : intervention-; the intervention of Christ Ramonf Mallbn, of Chicago, a Mexican, foreign student secretary of. the T. M. C. A.," aroused intense interest at - the triennial con ference of the Laymen's Missionary Movement ,at Lake Junaluska today when he discussed. "Mexico."" "Mexico needs annexation,", he said, "but it is annexation to the Kingdom of God. If ' our present trouble with Mexico awakens ' Christians . of Ameri ca to give ' Mexico " the gospel, not a drop of blood will have been shed in vain." ... . Touching upon the punitive expedi tion for the pursuit of Villa, Mr. Mal lon said: -.. : , "With regard to that punitive ex pedition you are chasing the wrong man in the wrong place. Go to xWall -. (Continued on Pare two.) HIGHWAY CONFERENCE AT I'BJ PLAIIIIED For Promotion of the Wilmington Goldsboro Thoroughfare. Decided Upon at Meeting In Goldaooro Yesterday H. Hood Held for Enticing Labor Evangelist ' Draws Tltrongs. : : . (Special Star- Telegram.) Goldsboro, N. C, ; Aug. '19. Dr. " Jos. Hyde Pratt, ; of, the State Highway Commission, filled ,an appointment here today, , where , he came to address the Wayne county . highway commission and others interested in , a ; national highway from this city to, Wilmington. He was greeted by an audience of kin dred good roads advocates of this' city and' .county "and- of Duplin coun'ty, 'the latter .delegation eing ' Headed. by ; Riv ers. Johnson, of Warsaw. - ' Dr. Pratt talked interestingly and? en thusiastically f 9.r an. hour on the great "effect for. -.progress good roads has on the territory -through; which -they pass and presented the - thousand and. one ways. :thatstne ; Goldsboro-Wilmington highway . ;would work - to the ; general uplift of the whole "section. ..As. a result of today's meeting it was decided to : have a great.: Goldsboro Wilmington;-high way4, conference at Warsaw .early ; in September and. there formulate' unite dplans for achieving this so greatly, to be' desired thorough fare .north . and 'south. A .committee Was appointed .to formulate plans and fix: date- of " this meeting. - . ? :- W.- H- Hood, who . is said to -be from Selma, arrested" in this city; the early phrt of 'the'week charged with: enticj ing negro' laborers' from' this vsectioiv was given a hearing Jjef ore Mayor Hfj gins this vmqrning t upon v. a-v warrant (Continued on Page Two.) One Democratic Administration Has Achieved More Than ftive Republican. SPEAKER CITES RECORD Opening' Campaign in Maine, He Tells Why They Should Sup port Democracy. Augusta, Me., Aug. 19. Speaker Champ Clark, opened the Democratic campaign in Maine today by urging the voters to support the ; Democratic National ticket because "in three and a half years, it has placed on the stat ute books more constructive, remedial legislation than the .Republicans did in twenty." ; "Judge- Hughes", Speaker Clark de clared, "has endeavored to make an is sue of the separation of E. Dana Du rand.from the pay roll as director of the . census,'" but it is not within the power of any "complaining orator to make, a national issue of Durand any more than he can make a national is sue, -of "who str.uck Billie Patterson?' , "Actions .speak1 louder, than words. Here are some of , the things we have done and on. which we stand: "We passed a . great tariff bill with the income tax. "The Democrats, with, the assistance of patriotic Progressives and a patri otic contingent- of - Republicans, t placed on rthe - statute book .the National Re serve. Bank, act, -which , It is believed will., render panics impossible irt the future. - . - ;.- - Anti-Trust-; Law. ;. "We passed an anti-trust law which tends to promote a legitimate business and to crush": illegitimate business.'. -' "We passed a: bill"- to" open "up ouj sim'asingly t Tich rAlsksirrapire f or the benefit of all our peopleiand to;prevent- from being' exploited by the few. ' "The- trades commission law ' is in tended to regelate trade so ;that it will-be-fair -trade rf air to all? big and little: ' -; - ' -- f 'The rural credits, -bill wiH. undoubt edly prove a' great blessing '.to the farmers.' ; The -bad .wagon -. roads of AmfeHca. are a: sad. commentary on, our sense, for,; stated , in briefest terms, they, constitute, wicked and wanton waste. The Shacklefbrd good roads bill is a long step in thedirection of giy. ing us a system of wagon roads which will be of. permanent and; vast . utility to all bur people. "After many years .t of agitation in favor, of electing United States sena tors by popular lybte, .we secured a con stitutional . amendment authorizing it and passed laws'to. put the amendment into effect. ' v- "What is known as the Rucker Cor rupt Practice-acVVlIl go far to lift our politics to a higher planei into a purer atmospher.e..- .."We .have passed .grain grading and cotton future bills to. prevent swindles upon the. public , and to aid honest trade .in those necessary . commodities.' , Waterr Power Bill "We have passed a carefully prepar-. ed i and thbroughly discussed - water ?bwer bill which .will put . an end tb he attempted monopoly of water pow er - sites- and the .charging of exorbi tant' prifces for power. , We -passed,- .amended .and bettered bills for the government of Porto Rico and -the Philippines,' giving more of self government to the peoples of those Islands. - rT,hev House has passed. the Alexan der. Ship bill, intended to resuscitate the 'American" merchant, marine, .wh;c,h all wise and patriotic Americans, favor. , "We have passed such, bills for; de fense of our. country, by land and sea as public .opinion Remands. "The' last, three . Congresses includ ing'the present one have done more to improve the conditions under . which wage earners live and move and ,have their, being than all the preceding Con gresses put together. ,. : , ... . . "The chances are -the voters of Amer ica, will act on the Eage .-, dictum of Abraham Lincoln, vthat 'it is unwise to swap.horses while crossing the stream and continue the; Democrats ..in power. - "The people seem to have .absolute confidence in the pilot of. the ship of state, Woodrow-Wilson, and. are . not Jikely to : drop him overboard in j mid ocean " while the storm whips the. wa ters .into, fury."- : -..v.- ,i ; , Speaker; - Clark ,came here from Brunswick "where he. spoke today.. CAUSE OF LOW.;-PRICE OF COTTON SEED TO BE PROVED Department . Justice - to. Investigate Complaint's From Sonth. Washington', -Aug. 19. Investigation of ' ;complaiiits that a "combination in vfolation of the Sherman anti-trust law is -responsible for the low ' price of cotton seed throughout the South has been begun' by the Department -Of Jus tice. The complaints came principally from Texas and Alabama, but the whole smith is invoived-and the investigation 4 - .wilt be .confined to these two tiffies. Cotton growers' Have" written - the de part.ipent expressing " their conviction 'tnat ' the depression in price is due to artificial iconaitiphs.1 :' , r ' ' ' The 'Department made athorough in vestigation of similar complaints about a '-year' ago and collected' much"inforT mation tending to show that cotton seed -' prices; had been 'depressed un-? naturally. This, information was con vincing on its face but was not ideem--ed. weighty enopgh-s to- warrant- eourt Proceedings, and no action was taken. GENERAL OFFENSIVE ON SALONIKI FRONT HAS OPENED A T LAST FIVE NEGROES ARE LYNCHED BY A MOB Three Men-and . Two Women Ta ken From Jail and Hanged to Same Tree in Florida. . ANOTHER SHOT TO DEATH Were Accused of Aiding in Escape of Negro Who Killed n Constable and Shota Doctor' " Hnndreda Hunting Him. , Gainesville, Fla., Aug. 19. Five ne groes, three men -and .two women,, were taken from the -jail at Newberry, Fla., early today and hanged by a mob and another negro, was shot and killed, by a posse near . Jonesvil'le, .Fla., as the result 'of the killing yesterday of Con stable S. G. Wynne and the shooting of Dr. L. G. Harris by Boisey Long, a negro.. The. lynched negroes were accused- of -aiding Long to escape. Posses consisting of several hun dred men tonight . are searching the woods about Newberry, 18 miles from here for trace of Long. Further trou ble is feared. Dispatches from Newberry tonight said that the mob which lynched the five negroes wascom posed of about 200 men and worked quietly and rapidly. After gaining entrance' tb the jail, they took the victims to a point about a mile from .town and hanged all on one large oak tree. Not' i. "shot was fired, the dispatch said. ' , . The hegro shot; near Jonesville also nef- and Dr. Harris's were shot when they went ' to . Long's home at Newherry'.early? yesterday; morning, to arrest 'him1 ;;on a--charge . of stealing hogs. It is said Long Drew a pistol from his night clothing and fired. Wynne ' was, "rushed.' to. Jacksonville, where he.: idied yesterday at noon. , Several-h-undred"TifeT6es are employ ed in phosphate mines 'near Newberry. OFFICERS INSTALLED Convention of Eagles nt Savannah Con- eludes its. Sessions. Savannah, Ga., -Aug..19. The instal lation of "T Officers'" V"-Ct6day formally brought to a close the 18th annual con vention of the Grand" Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, in session here sirtce Monday. The ceremonies -were conducted by Delegate . Gary, - Smith, . past grand worthy president, rof . Spokane, Wash. But Shortened Their Guillemont Maurepas Line Somewhat. War Office at Berlin Issues Statement s Reviewing-Results of Stnpendons Anglo-French Attack on 'the Somme Front. '. Berlin, 'via . London,; Aug. 19. The war office report of. today says the Germans victoriously -resisted the stu pendous Anglo-French attack on the Somme front-which -was made yester day, but that between, Guillemont and Maurepas the Germans shortened their line . somewhat. . The statement fol lows: . ' ' "Our brave troops yesterday victor iously resisted with self sacrificing tenacity a stupendous effort on the aprt of - our combined, enemies.' At about l the same time in. the afternoon, after artillery preparations which increased to the utmost violence," the British and French mass.es' advanced to, the assault north, of the- Somme oyer; a section of about 20 kilometers ,(12 "1-2 miles) while very considerable French forces advanced on the- right bank of Meuse against - the 'Thiaumont-Fleury section and against, our positions in Capitre and Burg woods.- ' - "North of ;the Somme the battle rag ed until far into the :night. At several points . tjie nemy; penetrated our first line trenchesahd was driven out again. Trench sections captured on both sides of ; Guillemont,whieh . remained . firmly in our hands. weji occupied. Between Guillemont and .Wrepas. we some what shortened ouj. salient-line during the night, in accordance with our plans. . "The enemy paid, , with tremendous and sanguinary Mosses for his efforts which, on the - whole, have f ailed. Our guards and Rhenish, Bavarian, Saxon and Wuerttehberg4rtrpops maintained their positions unshaken.. -'. "On- the , right, bank y of the Meuse repeated French assaults broke down with very; heavy -losses : tb r the enemy after bitter -.fighting mtcertain points -;' K-t (Continued on , Page .Twelve.) , GERMANS inns RESISTING ATTACK Grand Assault Against Forces of' Central Powers Now in Prog ress in Every Theatre. EUSSIANS CLAIM SUCCESS London Announces Most Notable Gain in Some Days in the Re gion of Guillemont.. FRENCH GAIN NEAR VERDUN Daily Attacks by British North of Somme Effective. The long-expected general of fensive on the Saloniki front has opened and the grand assoult against the forces of the Central powers now is in progress in every theatre of the world war. General Sarrail is attacking the Bulgar- German forces along the entire Greek-Serbian frontier, a distance of more than 150 miles. Reports from both Berlin and Paris indicate that the Entente Allies are following the same tac tics in the Balkans that signalized the opening of the great offensive on the Somme. Small bodies of troops are attacking at numerous points along the Bulgarian line, apparently with the intention of feeling out their opponents' posi tions before the real battle opens. Each Side Captures a Village. . The' French claim the capture of a number. Of villages in the ' initial phases of the offensive, while Berlin reports the capture of Fiorina, a Greek town 15 miles southeast of Monastir, from the Serbians. Serbian headquar ters admits this repulse. On the eastern front, the Russians have forced their way into . the . heart of the great mountain barrier between Galicia and the Hungarian plains. Ths Austrians admit a retirement west of Jabonitza, seized by the Russians last week. The Austrians arc retreating toward the Chornahora ridge, the high est point into the Carpathians in that region. From this ridge the ground falls rapidly to the plains of Hungary? Further to the south in the Buko wina end of the battle, the Russians have been forced back in their advance on Kirlibaba the next pass south of Jablonitza and about 50 miles front that, point. , Daily attaclis by the British against the German lines north of the Somme. in. France ,are having their reward and London announces the most notable gain in some days in the region of Guillemont. After withstanding Ger man counter attacks, the troops of Gen eral Haig again . assaulted, the oppo sing trenches and gained from 200 to 600 yards along a front of two miles. The purpose of the Anglo-Freneh forces has been exerted strongly re--cently where the two forces Join hands between Guillemont and Maurepas, and the latest British advance was from Foureaux or Highwood to -the Junction point. In addition the British report that they have gained a footing in the village of Guillemont, Berlin says the Anglo-French -attacks north of the Somme wer erepulsed, except around Guillemont, where the German line was shortened. While not as active as the British on the Somme front, the French have made more gains in the Verdun region. Fighting took place on both banks of the Meuse, the German attacking on the left and the French on the right bank. The German advance was frus trated, Paris saya, and the French suc ceeded in gaining entire possession of the village of Fleury. Counter attacks by the Germans failed to dislodge the French, Paris asserts. The Russians broke "through the Aus-tro-Gerraan lines on the Stokhod river, 40 miles northeast of Kovel, and cap tured the village of Tobol. Fighting is reported on the Austro Ttalian front, in Macedonia, in Meso potamia and in Turkish Armenia, but nothing noteworthy has been accom plished." The Serbian and Bulgarian forces are fighting tenaciously on the Greco-Serbian frontier, north of Salon iki, and each side reports heavy losses' for the other.' . , Austrian aeroplanes have made- an other raid on Venice in retaliation for the raid ;agaf rist Triest by the Italians. The Germans have made another air raid against Russian military estab lishments on' Ocsel Island, off the Gulf of Riga: Austrian air-men have bomb ed Italian works at Avlona, and a British squadron has raided German ammunition stations in Belgium. BRITISH CLAIM ADVANCE ALONG ELEVEN-MILE FRONT London, Aug. 20. The British have, advanced along a front of 11 miles, capturing a ridge overlooking Thlep-- val, the high ground north of ?Po zieres, and a half mile of trenches west of Highwood, according to the official statement issued- by- the waf; office at ' (Continued on Page Vwo). ' HI 8 111) mm H' -i ; n . ..- .- -:.-r , : -"Sly i - ---"-'
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