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Fair Monday and Tuesday.
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WILMINGTON, C MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1917
WHOLE NUMBER 89,139
Standard Oil Tanker Sent Down
143 Miles at
Jjy J3UUi.ua.xi"-
Sea On August 6.
i7 SURVIVORS ARE LANDED
aVy Department Announces
Probable Capture of Captain
and Four Gunners.
2STH AMERICAN SHIP SUNK
JTwenty-Five Sent Down Since the
Declaration of War.
Washington- August 12. Sink-
ns of the American steamer Cam-
hna. a Manuaru vn wunci, wuu
rile prouauie capuu vj.
hm ana ioux jucmuwo ui ij.g u.-
bl niard by the attacking Ger-
aan suDmanue, va& aauuuuucu iu-
i A-
Hay by the Navy Department.
The Department Statement.
The department issued this state-
bent:
The Standard Oil tanker Campana,
Lmerican steamer, was sunk by a
Eabmarine on -the morning of August
, one hundred and forty-three miles
If He de Re. Forty seven survivors
eached land in safety. It is believed
hat the captain of the steamer and
our of the armed guard are prisoner
a board the German submarine."
IHE CAMPANA IS THE 38TH
AMERICAN SHIP SENT DOWN
New York, August 12. The Cam
fcua was formerly the Steamship
Diinholme. She was built in 1901 at
Vest Hartlepool, England, and was
registered at 3,313 tons gross, 2,133
Ions net. She was 335 feet long with
i beam of 47 feet.
The Campana was the thirty-eighth
American merchant ship destroyed
gh the operations of German and
Austrian submarine and raiders since
Ihe war began. Thirteen of these
tops were sunk before . the United
!:ates entered the war April 6, 1917,
ad 25 since that time. The total ton
iage of the ships lost is about 113.000
Ions, including 64,000 tons sunk since
Mm 6.
Xo American shins fell vintlms to
Ihe Central Powers in 1914, and .only
I m mo and the same number in
When Germay beean her un-
'estrieted submarine warfare, howev
er attacks on American shipping be
pme more frequent ,and America lost
pe snips between that date and the
me wnen the United States declared
'wieorwar existed with that mn.
J1?- The first American ship sunk
the William P. Frye, January 28,
DECLARATION OF WAR BY
CHINA TODAY, IS RUMOR
Commission Has Been MiHnr
Da and Conferring Concerning
nans of Participation.
Peking, Fridav. Aitr,,ct m
no ed after today's cabinet meeting
v w0 aaKtl0n f war against Ger
n would be made next Monday.
IMeflv nf u V on 01 oU composed
Jder tl . departmental officials.
ws iB :. "J- ioreign ar-
r'th tho "i u conierring
W Chin' '",1- wiiierning plans
I nmas Dart ipinon .u.
We Chino in me war.
kubted r, I n"ew.spapers say China
(ope T. " 111 sena troops to Ku-
equipped. y Were prPer-
r -Y SKKS NO SIGNS
"KATING AN EARLY PEACE
11 U ls 0n,r Question of Time AVhen
Allien XV1 wi.
Gan-V'T August 12. Judge
ee!
CornV,.;.. "l tne united States
P-arlv
oration
sees no signs of an
Peacp '
Nay
situatio
speaking of the
a Judge Gary said here
L3 don't beilf!VB .
4a earn- . are any signs
Mm ,m ' Irm the information
Pa ; 1L there could
have
'ne whir , ,n a Pretty fair ba
:te?rit "lCn wuld have secured th
""Tintni on
th PractiraiiV. -u e countrVes and
lines i'.3, lhe same geographi-
. IIF o 1 ,i
IencM , existed when the war
3t the "nat s more impor-
Prev",!. Ullfl'lment of a basis for nRRT.TlV REPORTS REPUISE
e if ' Ul nuure wars. T hova
t cncluSn Which leads me,to
. 'a an,. . .
ne la "my a question
Sful.- c" e allies must be suc-
'A v t.-.
" I'D PAY FOR
GOODS ONLY APTRH w
. Swiss Arms
tetany tILexport business with
Kisr "Partment at Berlin.
l,? Zurich tS?.ntra- News dispatch
'on, I" Cld.lin& that they will ha
anv ted to send eooda to
Pen; . UPSS they aeTeft t nn
FaftlrJ.hem marks three
"-jjeaoAshoci v a. .
... -;,Vsaaeciareai-
0ERICAN STEAMER CAMPANA IS
r mils'- A THP A Wnr A n rr v
SUiviv wt -1 A v av CJCK Ur G UN
CREW PROBABLY MADE PRISONERS
& -
Plan For Controlling the
Bread Supply Made Public
Government Prepared to Take Over Entire 1917 Wheat Crop If
Necessary to Insure Conservation and Just Prices To License
Elevators and Mills and Regulate Middlemen and Exchanges.
Washington, August 12. The food
administration announced tonight its
plan for controlling wheat, flour and
bread, revealing the government is
prepared to take over the whole 1917
wheat harvest if necessary to con
serve the supply, obtain just prices
for America's fighting forces and
their allies and reduce costs to the
general public in the United States.
Establishing of buying agencies at
all the principal terminals, licensing
of elevators and mills, fixing of a
price to be considered fair, regula
tion of the middle men and of grain
exchanges, with the elimination of
trading futures, are the ahief fea
tures of the plan. The licensing will
begin September 1.
The minimum price of $2 for wheat
fixed by Congress does not become ef
fective until next year, but the ad
ministration proposes to exercise a
FLANDERS BATTLE
British, However, Gain a German
Grater In Face Of the
Stormy Weather.
MOLDAVIA BATTLE VIOLENT
Mackensen Using"- Strong Forces
Against Rnsso-Rnmanian Con
siderable Success 1 Claimed
by Both Sides-
Unfavorable weather again is ham
pering large scale operations in Flan
ders, but Jn Southern Moldavia the
desperate fighting between the Ruao
Rumanians and the Teutons continues
with increasing ferocity.
Field Marshal von Mackensen is us
ing strong forces in an endeavor to
break through the entente line toward
the railroad junction of Tecutchiu. The
Russians and Rumanians are resisting
valiantly the numerically superior ene
my, but have been forced to give up,
at least temporarily, their positions
along the railroad line north of Fok
shani. A Russian-Rumanian retirement to
the Villages of Marasechti and Furt
zeni, on the Sereth river, is reported
by Petrogradt In counterattacks pre
ceding their retreat the Russians and
Rumanians took 1,200 German prison
ers. Berlin says that von Mackensen's
troops .withstood strong attack's and
captured more than 6,700 prisoners as
well as eighteen cannon and 61 ma
chine guns.
Around Qcna, northwest of Fokshani
and near the Transylvanian border,
there has been intense fighting, with
the Teutons forcing a Rumanian re
tirement northward to Ocna. As a
counter move to the Teuton offensive,
the Russians have assumed the initia
tive in an attack at the confluence of
the Buzeu and Sereth rivers, southeast
of Fokshani and in the region of Ga
latz. Part of the Teuton positions
were captured by the Russians, who
also took some prisoners, four can
non and eight machine guns.
Elsewhere on the Eastern front, in
northern Rumania, in Bukowina and on
the Russian-Galician frontier there has
been no marked activity.
The weather was wet and stormy In
Flanders Saturday night and early
Sunday and there was little infantry
activity, but the artillery firing con
tinues to be intense. In an isolated
section north of Lens he British gain
ed possession of a German crater.
During Saturday night and Sunday
morning the French re-captured all the
remaining trench elements taken by
the Grmans Wednesday night. A Ger
man attack south' of Allies on the
Aisne front was repulsed by General
Petain's men. Berlin reports the re
pulse of French attacks in the region
of Cerny on the same front.
OP STRONG BRITISH ATTACK
Berlin, via London, August 12. After
hours of artillery fire, several British
regiments this morning attacked the
German lines north of Hollebeke, on
the Belgian front. The German general
staff reports that the attackers were
forced to retreat with heavy losses.
On the Aisne front two French at
tacks at Cerny-en-Laonnois broke
down last night with heavy losses and
on Mont Carnillet French hand grenade
detachments were repulsed.
FREXCH RE-TAKE AIAj , XOST
GROUND KORTH OP ST. QTTENTIN
Paris, August 12. French troop last
night1 resumed their, counter attacks
against the positions with the Germans
AGAIN
HAMPERED
very thorough control over this year's
crop through powers conferred under
the food and export control bills.
The Announcement.
The administration announcement
follows:
"The disturbance to the world's
commerce and short supplies has caus
ed a greater disruption of the normal
markets for wheat than any other ce
real. "1. As a result of the isolation of
certain of the world's wheat produc
ing countries, by either belligerent
lines or short shipping, the normal de
termination of the price of wheat by
the ebb and flow of commerce is to
tally destroyed.
"2. In order to control speculation,
and to secure more equitable distri
butipn of the available wheat and
flour between their countries, the al
lied governments have placed the
whole purchase of their supplies in
the hands of one buyer. Also the Eu
ropean neutrals are now buying their
wheat through single government
(Continued on Page Eight).
TWENTY TAR HEELS
GET COMMISSIONS
Appointments Made For the Coast
Artillery School at Fortress
Monroe, Va.
THREE BECOME CAPTAINS
Commissions Have Also Been Awarded
to North Carolinians Training at
Officers Training Camps in
Northern States.
Washington, August 12. Many
Southern men studying at the coast ar
tillery school at Fortress Monroe, Va.,
have been awarded commissions by the
War Department. The North Caro
linians included are:
Captains coast artillery, officers' re
serve corps George H. King, Char
lotte; Paul N. Pittenger, Raleigh; Phil
lip W. Hardie, Greensboro.
First lieutenants, coast artillery, O.
R. C. Allen T. Morrison, Asheville;
Martin C. McLeod, Red Springs.
Second Lieutenants, 'coast artillery,
O. R. C. James M. Rumple, Davidson;
William H. H. Cowles, North Wilkes -boro;
Henry H. Perry, Chapel Hill.
Second Lieutenants, artillery, O. R.
C. John W. Artz, West Raleigh; Port
Fain, "Murphy; Thomas B. Marsh, Jr.,
Salisbury; William H. Basemore, Winston-Salem.
Second Lieutenants, Q. M. S., O. R. C.
William B. TownBend, Red Springs,
N. C.
Second Lieutenant, Coast Artillery,
National Army C. A. Walker, Greens
boro. Provisional second lieutenants, coast
artillery corps Ernest R. Campbell,
Davidson; John S. Cansler, Charlotte;
Charles S. Harris, Sulphur Springs;
Charles W. Higgins, Greensboro;
Thomas A. Jones, Jr., Asheville; James.
B. C. Siske, Warsaw.
SOUTHERNERS AT PLATTSBURG
ARE AWARDED COMMISSIONS
Washington, August 12. Men from
Southern states, who trained with the
New York section of the officers' train
ing camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., who will
be issued commissions include:
Edward Everett Henderson, Ander
son, S. C, second lieutenant infantry,
O. R. C.
Thomas Pearson, Asheville, N. C,
second lieutenant cavalry, O. R. C.
Herman F. Spahr, Orangeburg, S. C,
second lieutenant Q. M. S. Corps, Na
tional Army.
M. JL. HUSSEY, TARBORO, N. C,
GETS SECOND LIEUTENANCY
Washington, August 12. Southern
men training in the eleventh provision
al training regiment at Fort Haridan,
Ills, .have been awarded commissions
include:
Second Lieutenant, Q. M. S. corps,
Nationel Army, Marshall L. Hussey,
Tarboro, N. C.
AMERICAN STEAMER CITY OP
1 ATHENS SUNK OFF AFRICA
New Bradford, Mass., August 12.
The loas of the American steamer. City
of Athens and the rescue and . landing
at an African port of all the passen
gers, was announced In a cable mes
sage reoeived tonight in this city from
a South African port. . No details of
the mishap were given. The message
simply stated: "All passengers saved.
Everything lost."
The steamer was bound from an
American port and had seven mission
aries on board representing a local
religions organization.
. The City pf Athens registered .9,000
tons and-7 was owned by jthe American
jatp&,CpAnjy
ADDITIONAL FOND i'lTIR
FOR
WAR
MAY
RAISED BY m
House Will This Week Take Steps
to Provide Part of the Six
Billion Needed.
PEACE DISCUSSION OPPOSED
Resolutions of Both LaFollette and
King Expected to Be As
sailed In Senate.
Washington, August 12. While the
Senate continues debate on the $2,006,
000,000 war tax bill this week, ini
tial steps will be taken in the House
toward raising part of the additional
?6,000,000,000 needed to carry on the
war until July 1, 1918.
More ready money, possibly $1,000,
000,000 or 12,000,000,000 will be neces
sary to meet current expenditures be
fore Congress can appropriate it at
the next session, so Secretary Mc
Adoo has arranged a meeting with
Democratic Leader Kitchen, for early
in the week, probably Tuesday, to
discuss the situation. Members of the
Ways and Means c ommittee, both
Democrats and Republicans, have ex
pressed willingness to pass without
delay legislation for any reasonable
amount the government may require.
Senate leaders also are ready to co-
oprate.
sentiment for raising additional
funds at this time by a bond issue and
cernncai.es or indebtedness and not
by taxation is strong in both Houses
Aaminioiration omciais have not
stated tne exact amount they desire
autnorized now, but a request" for
more than $2,000,000,000 additional
would meet with strong opposition
in tne House.. The "pay is yon go1
element is strong" in the. Way arirt
means committee.
A movement to make the next is
sue .of bonds or certificates taxable
and with four and half per cent in
terest instead of being non-taxable
and bearing three and a half per cent,
is gaining influential followers in the
House.
Reports that a certain United States
citizen acquired $60,000,000 worth of
the first issue of Liberty bonds in or
der to escape taxation,- ha- helped en
list advocates of the plan to tax the
next issue.
Senator Simmons- having concluded
his opening statement Saturday, gen
eral discussion of .the. revised House
revenue bill will.hegin in the Senate
tomorrow. . If. It is finished in less
than a month many of the older mem
bers will be surprised.
Senate LaFollette will offer, early
this week, his substitute for the pend
ing bill which would place virtually
the entire burden of taxation on war
profits, incomes, liquor and tobacct
aenaior wore is expected to support
the measure.
Activities in both Houses 'of a few
members who want the government to
define immediately Its peace terms,
coupled with reports that President
Wilson contemplates drastic action
against disturbing elements in the
country, are arousing interest and
may lead to spirited debate this week.
Senator LaFolle'tte's 'resolution, ask
ing for a statement of terms, and an
other by Senator King, of Utah, de
claring there shall" be' no peace until
the allies triumph, will come up for
debate early in "the - week.
Administration- leaders- are expect
ed to assail both the peace resolu
tions as they regard all peace talk
at this time as extremely unwise, par
ticularly because of the effect It might
have on Russia.
Immediate consideration of the ad
ministration ' soldiers' insurance bill
may be urged in the House by Repre
sentative Adamson, and if taken up it
probably will be passed speedily. Oth
wise, the House probably will contin
ue its three-day recesses under an
agreement to transact no business.,
Senator Sheppard's bill to provide
for the establishment of an air board
to supervise government aeronautics
probably will be passed by the Sen
ate tomorrow.
GERMAN BARBARITY IS
PROTESTED BY RUSSIA
Central Committee Charges Prisoners
Are 111 Treated and Made to Do
Superhuman Work.
Petrograd, August 12. The central
committee which is dealing with the
affairs of war prispners issued a state
ment today "in high protest against
the refined barbarity which Germany
is displaying" toward Russian prison
ers. The statement says that Germany
is not fulfilling her promises regard
ing the internment in neutral coun
tries of sick prisoners, that she is il
legally retaining military prisoners
unfit for service, and that she is plac
ing restrictions on the men communi
cating with their homes and inter
cepting letters asking assistance from
the Red Cross.
It also says that the rations of the
prisoners have been reduced to un
heard of proportions and that they in
clude adulterated products injurious
to the men. In addition, prisoners
are compelled to undertake superhu
man labor.
It is asserted in the statement that
Germany abstains from replying tci
proposals for the exchange of civilian
prisoners and hostages for the alle
viation of the lot of war prisoners on
the basis of . reciprocity, oil for. -the ex
change of tuberculosis prisoners or
the sending, of Sisters . of -Charity to
nurse them. ' -.
U-
OA
APPARENTLY SUNK
BY BRITISH SHIP
Periscope Is Shot Away, Explos
ion Follows, and Undersea
Craft Goes Under.
HAMMOND'S CREW LANDED
Captain and Seamen Of American
Schooner Recently Sunk Ar
rive at an Atlantic Port.
An Atlantic Port, August 12. Anoth
er German submarine has been sunk by
the guns of a merchantman, if the gun
ners Of a British freighter which arriv
ed here today are correct in their as
sumption that three shots which struck
an undersea boat off Brest, France,
sent her to the bottom. The Britisher
encountere.d the submarine on her last
outward trip from this port.
One shot destroyed the periscope.
The second and third were followed by
an explosion and the submarine dis
appeared. The gunners were confident
that the submarine went down invW
untarily. CREW OF AMERICAN VESSEL
ARRIVE AT ATLANTIC PORT
An Atlantic Port, August 12. The
captain and the six members of the
crew of the American schooner John
Hays Hammond, victim of a German
submarine July 27, while on a voyage
from England to Iceland, arrived here
today on an American steamship. Cable
dispatches telling of the loss of the
schooner had said nothing of the fate
ot the crew.
The men said tlfey were picked, up
by a British destroyer 360 -miles north
east of the Irish coast after being 24
hours in their life boat. . "
BICKETT PREDICTS END
OF WAR BY AUTUMN, 1918
Says After Victory ls Won America
Will Rise Higher in Esteem of
the World Than Ever Bore.
Asheville, N. C, August 12. In a
patriotic address delivered here to
night before 3,000 people, Governor
Thomas W. Bickett predicted the closo
of present war before the close of au
tumn of 1918. "By the time that the
last leaves fall i nthe autumn of 1918,"
said the! Governor, "and our boys come
marching home crowned with victory
and success, this nation will rise to a
higher position in the esteem of the
whole world than it has ever held be
fore, and the world will know that Old
Glory has saved its civilization."
Justifying America's participaton in
the world conflct, GoveTnor Bickett
said: "We could not have stayed out
of the fight one minute longer and
preserved even the semblance of our
self respect. The real issue in this war
is whether or not the ideals of Prus
slanism are to direct the civilization
of this world for one thousand years
to come."
AND CLUBS
BROUGHT INTO PLAY
Glencourse Wood Scene of Furious
Hand-to-Hand Fighting.
Germans Mowed Down In Large Num.
bers In Futile Attempt to Regain
Possession of Important Posi
tions In Flanders.
British Front In France and Bel
gium, August 12. (By The Associated
Press.) Hand-to-hand fighting of the
most furious nature, in which bayonets
and clubbed rifles were utilized, devel
oped in the Glencourse wood yesterday
as a result of a German counter at
tack by which the enemy re-took the
Southeastern portion of the elevation.
Glencorse wood : was the southern ex
tremity of the line taken by the Brit
ish in Friday's offensive and owing to
to the fact that it commanded the sur
rounding country the Germans deter
mined to regain it at any cost.
Yesterday's counter attack was most
determined. The Germans preceded
their infantry advance by an intense
bombardment from guns of all calibres.
and then sent troops forward under a
heavy barrage. The Germans were
met by a strong. fire by the British ar
tillery and, as they approached the
wood, were mowed down In large num
bers by machine gun fire. But the ex
penditure of life did. not enter into the
German calculations, xney .;were win
ing to pay the price for. this import
ant position and the infantry was hurl
ed forward through a rain of death
until the wood itself was reached.
Two British battalions, the Queen's
Royal West surrey ana tne jaeaioras
made a valiant ngnt against tne nu
merically superior forces of the enemy
but were forced gradually to with
draw, battling every, inch of the way
with heir bayonets and their-rifles used
-v Continued., on Page ;ifffct ..
BAYONETS
MACKENSEN'S FORCES
IN CENTRAL RUMANIA
TAKE 6, 700 PRISONERS
-
MANY PERISH WHEN
FISHING BOATS ARE
SWAMPED BY GALE
Boston August 12. Nineteen
Portuguese fishermen, of Province
Town, were drowned when the
dories in which they were fishing
off Cape Cod were swamped by a
gale that came up suddenly late
Friday afternoon. The men were
from the fishing schooners Mary
C. Santos and the Natalie J. Nel
son, which arrived here tonight.
Eight Gloucester fisherman,
comprising the crews of the small
fishing schooners Daniel, and Alice
Steton, also are believed to have
been lost in the gale. Members of
the crew of the fishing schooner
Virginia reported that they had
seen both the Daniel and the Stet
son making . desperate efforts to
ride out the storm and later saw
wreckage from both craft wash
by.
Other fishing schooners reported
narrow escapes. The storm struck
the fishing fleet ninety miles south
by southeast of Highland Light, a
65 mile wind sweeping up from
the southeast and suddenly veering
to the northeast.
10 FACE CHARGE
OF
McCoy-Phipps Trial Begins Today
In U. S. District Court at
Big Stone Gap, Va.
REBEL BAND WAS FORMED
Indictment Charges McCoy and Phipps
. .With Organising 340 Mountain
eers In Effort to Make War
on United States.
Bigstqne Gap. Va., August 12. Trial
of William Verdon McCoy and John
W. Phipps, mountaineers, on charges
of high treason, will begin in the Unit
ed States district court here tomorrow
morning. The defendants are charged
specifically with recruiting an army to
make war on the United States, fo
menting rebellion, resisting the con
scription law and conspiring to seize
United States property.
Phipps ad McCoy were arrested on
May 27, 1917, by Virginia guardsmen
and Department of Justice agents after
it is alleged they had recruited and
organized an oath-bound mountain
clan of three hundred men for the pur
pose of overpowering the military
guard stationed in Wise county, seize
their arms, murder wealthy land own
ers In the mountain section and divide
the property seized among the clans
men. Governor Stuariwae selected as
one of the victims of the alleged gang.
(Continued on Page Eight).
600 STRIKE BREAKERS
DEPORTED DY CAR MEN
Strikers Accomplish Their Ends
In Orderly Fashion
Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., Says Ami
cable Settlement Is In Sight
Traffic, However, Still
Tied Up.
Kansas City, Mo., August 12. De
portation of six hundred strike break
ers, accomplished in orderly fashion
early today by sympathizers of strik
ing street car employes under the su
pervision of the police, left the trans
portation system of the two Kansas
Cities still tied up, while conference
committees endeavored to find a so
lution for the situation. Mayor Ed
wards, of Kansas City, Mo., announced
that an amicable settlement was i.n
sight. The men demand recognition
of the union and re-instatement of
discharged employes.
The strike breakers lasted just one
day here, a day filled with terror for
them, beseiged as they were in the
Kansas City Street Railway Company's
barns by sympathizers of the strikers.
When the new comers finally were
herded into a train, some of them said
they had eaten nothing except a sand
wich since their arrival, so effective
had been the barrage of bricks and
stones which the besiegers poured
into the barns. Hunger contributed
materially to Quell any spirit of re
sistance the men might have had.
STREET CARS ARB KEPT
RUNNING AT SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, August 12. Striking
car men of the United railroads oper
ating city and interurban lines here,
today claimed additions to their rankis,
but company officials said all lines
were operating on schedule, and with
full crews. The strikers declared
about 400 were out. They, want an
eight Hour day and a wage readjust
meat. No disorder waa reported;
6
1
Eighteen Cannon and 61 Machine
Guns Fall Into Hands of Teu
tons, Berlin Reports.
PETROGRAD CLAIM DIFFERS
Reports Repulse of Strong Teu
tonic Attacks With the Cap
ture of 1,200 Germans.
GERMAN CITY IS BOMBED
French Airmen Make Retaliatory
Raid On Frankfort.
Berlin, via London, August 12.
(British Admiralty, per Wireless
Press). Field Marshal von Mack
ensen's forces fighting in Central
Rumania yesterday took more
than 6,700 Russian and Rumanian
prisoners and captured eighteen
cannon and sixty-one machine
guns. The German general staff
reports that the Austro-Germans
did not lose a foot of ground.
Russian Attacks Repulsed.
In Western Moldavia, tne Austro
Germans stormed the village of Groz
esni and also captured the dominating
height positions. Bitter Russo-Ru-manian
counter attacks were repulsed,
says the German statement,-which adda
that the "fresh enemy forces bled
themselves to death."
A Russian attack at the mouth of
the river Buzcu, northwest of Bralla,
was repulsed.
PETROGRAD REPORT TELLS
OF DESPERATE ENGAGEMENTS
Petrograd, August 12. Desperate en
gagements are being fought by the
Russo-Rumanian forces and Austro
German armies along the Rumanian
front. In the center of this battle
line, according to today's Russian offi
cial statement, the Russians and Ru
manians yesterday repulsed strong
Teuton attacks along tne Fokshani
Marazchti railroad, then counter-ar-tacked
and captured 1,200 Germans,
only to retire later in the evening.
In southwestern Moldavia the Rus
sians took the offensive, smashed the
Teuton lines and captured a number
of prisoners and four guns.
In Western Moldavia the Austro
Germans after battles of great in
ensity forced the Rumanians to retire
to Ocna.
FRENCH AIRMEN DROP BOMBS
ON THE CITY OF FRANKFORT
Paris, August 12. Two French ayi
ators yesterday dropped bombs on
Frankfort-on-the-Main, one of the most
important cities of the German empire,
having a population of more than 300,
000. A French official statement an
nouncing the raid says it was in re-
i "aliation for the German aerial bom
bardment of Nancy and the region
north of Paris. Both French machines
returned undamaged.
PALESTINE JEWS REACH
BERNE ON WAY TO U. S.
About 100 of Them Travellg at Ameri
can Government's ExpenseMuch
Misery In Palestine.
Berne, Switz., August 12. About 100
Palestine Jews, principally the wives
and children of men who emigrated
and were naturalized years ago in the
United States, arrived here today from
Jerusalem on their way to New York.
They are traveling at the expense of
the United States government.
Narly 600 others were left behind in
Palestine, but will follow as soon as
the United ..States government can
make arrangements for the' journey.
Some of the refugees told The Asso
ciated Press today that they had left
Jerusalem three months ago but had
to wait two weeks lir Aleppo, five days
in Damascus, three days in Koniehand,
six weeks in Constantinople. Other
delays were frequent along the route,
the train on which they were preced
ing being stopped and held for entire:
days at various points.
The travelers said there was much
misery in Palestine. All food stuffs
were extraordinarily high in price and
many persons were dying from hunger.
"Formerly," said one of the travel
ers, "half of Jerusalem lived from
American money, especially the poorer
Jews. Christians and the Greeks. Now
American money no longer arrives and
the needs of the people are growing.
We willingly left the country where
the government does not cafe for the
poor people. The Turkish government
actually cares only , for soldiers and
munition workers."
COST CONFERENCE OPPOSES
COST PLUS PROFIT PLAN
Washington, August 12. Straight
purchase-and-sale contracts for war
material, Instead of the cost plus profit
plan, are recommended by the Inter
departmental cost conference In a re
port made public today after two
months of investigation. The confel
ence says the cost plus system. should
be used only where prod notion Involve
difficult and complicated manufactur
ing effort or conditions -which can not
Jbe clearly foreseen.
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