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lie News Mid. THE WEATHER erver Best Advertising Medium in . North Carolina : today Mi probably ixxau ea Bag IB, VOL.CU. NO. 92. It IGH, N. CL. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 191S. PRICE 5 CENTS MiBIAL New Russian War Minister BlAP OF ALLIES' DRIVE ON WESTERN FRONT ENDORSED BY DM aMTWUtr GULF CONIES L tl T Obs HID 90 MILES AS BIG STORM LASHES IVILSOfJ ANNUA E r.. . I f. 0 New Orleans In Oarkness When Wires Go Down and River Levees Break FEAR LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY HEAVY Houses Are Washed Away By Flood When Mississippi Banks Give Way; Gale Drives Water Above Sea Wall; Ves sel, Battered By Storm, Tells of Dead Seen In Stream (Br ths aaiodsMa rnu). Xcv. Oricsnn, U, r- tU winkf Mramidilus Kurlir and Creole lo !'') Five pcimms are kuiru la bo dead. n people In lured and property km reaching Joto -the -ntUHtHi liae Been caasea imikw by the Bioxt severe gulf worm la the liUtory of Ute my. A howling ml with a velocity of M mile aa hour swept u city at oclork tonight, dcamllahing scores of bulMIng, stripping the roofs from nandnxU of other arrwrturea and strewing toe street with brokea gissa and debris. At J :3 a rising aaroaarter tare eri deoce that the atom u sa leading, the renter passing the aonhwest of .New Orleans. Tlx hnroneetee at Iti hreat registered la. 11. aad the wind velocity of M anile waa tha highest ever recorded here. Railroad and wire cosnrasnlcmtioo with the outside world had been rat oar and telephone, rtwuh light aad trolly service dlaoooUnaed la the rJty. All rallroada have abandoned tramps Wtrclcas communication froaa New Orleaaa was In terra pled by the failure of the eletlrsa ptaat, bo airsaagrs were seat froaa toe stria hi nip Kxrei " eiae at dork here aad relayed from . the steamship Creole, anchored bejow Mew Orleans la the Mississippi river te sxooue. Moblla. AUu. Sept. !. Nw Orisana aad tha Mississippi gulf eoast tonight ware swept by a troplosJ hnrrloaiia that eemorallsed eomrn a meat ran ana lad to fears of henry leaa of life and - pro party. The Mississippi rtvar levees twr wn , -Orleans, nave; Broken, honsea have beea washed away, and at least two Uvea have been tost In thai section, according to a wireless mes sage late today from the Morgan liner Creole, upward benn for New Or- The business district of Biloxi. Hiss. Is under six feet of water and train service has been abandoned because of washouts throughout a lan a sec tton about Bay St. Louis. New Orleans Park. Last reports coming from New Or' lesns before all means of communica tion were lost said that city was In " darkness because of the flooding- of electric plants. Wind bad driven ths water! n Lake Ponchartraln above the ae wail, and Mllneburg and ether New Orleana suburbs alone the lake were partially under water. The advioea said automobiles were bringing in the inhabitants of that . section and that no loss of life had been reported. The Creole, In a brief measure re ceived here early tonight, said she was encountering a storm of such fury that It was doubtful whether her wireless apparatua would long remain Intact. The vessel reported sighting (CbnUnned on Pago Three.) SLEEPWALKER FALLS OUT WINDOW, SLIGHTLY HURT I (Br AawclMat Fish). Ashevllle. Sept. It. Walking In his sleep at bis apartrasnta on Haywood street at an early hour this moraine Wtlmot Chandler, a rial tor to Ashe vllle from Virginia, stepped from a window twenty-live feet from the ground and fsll to the lawn. He sus tained a number of bruises about the head and body although It is not thought that he waa hurt Internally. Tbs injured man states that he has no recollection of going to ths window ; being awakened: only when he struck the ground. t RELIGIOUS LEADER FINED FOR SELLING WHISKEY (ateial la The Napa aa. oessmr). Newton. Sept X. Bud Llppard was found guilty of selling whiskey In the oounty court here tonight after a trial lasting yesterday and today In - which seven lawyers hotly contested and a multitude of witnesses from Mountain Creek township testified. Never outside of superior court has there been such a trial In Newton. -Llppard was fined ttt and appealed. Frank Slgman, his brother-in-law, swore he bought three pints from Llp pard while the latter was posing aa a - religious leader at Balls Creek camp meeting and what gave the ease spice and ginger wag that be la alleged te have sold whisker during the time he was cutting a figure la religious cir cles. He waa formerly a noted block ader but was apparently converted and Joined the Church. 1 NEGRO, FOR VENGEANCE, SHOQTS OFF CHILD'S ARM Kinsten. Bepfc - It Jordan Mills, ' whose son had aa arm shot off by a brutal negro at Cox's Mill a, pm county, la V white man , Instead of ' colored, an first reports rsgf lilng here , Indicated. There te danger of a lynch- Ing if the black la cantered. A tele phone musses today stated that Mills cetghbors are threatening to wreak summary vengeance If they can locate the unknown -assailant. - The victim, only two years old. . was acoosted by -the negro a short distance from his father's home. ' T "Oe home," he said. The baby stood still aad the black, carrying a loaded shotgun, shot his arm off. JM 5 Iff t:'. asanmrnnBsaUa, General Pollvanoff. General Pollvanoff la the new min ister of war for Russia who has been named to succeed General Soukhom Unoff. The latter failed to provide proper munitions of war. and for that he was Removed. OF TO BE READY TODAY Bankers Meet To Discuss Plans For 'Placing Anglo rrench Bonds On U. S. Market (Br tfce Aewitii. Kew Tork. Sepf.'n.-IWreseiU. tires of many banking and investment bouses met today at the office of J. P. Morgan A Co. to formulate a definite program for placing on the American market the t600.0O0.Ott joint Anglo-French five-year bonds, soon to be issued to. secure the credit loan to 'Great Britain and Prance. Bach rapid progress was mads dur ing their protracted meeting that the entire program probably will be in shape to make public tomorrow. Undetermined details concern chief ly the minimum subscriptions to bs fixed- for- indi vidua Is -who - desire - to purchase large blocks of the bonds at tl. the price of the .syndicate; the method of marketing the bonds; the date on which they Will be offered: their listing on the stock exchange; the life of the syndicate and tbs. terms to be offered purchasers who wish to pay by instalments. Upon none of these points. It was said, had a final decision been reached. Kasy To Place bane. Bankers who have worked with the Anglo-French commission perfecting the plan, announced last night, said that ths entire Issue would be placed without great difficulty. Fully tt per cent of the Issue. In the opinion of the president of one of the largest banks here, will be subscribed in New Tork city alone. (Continued an Page Three.) VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION AT ARDM0RE ARE BURIED (Br tb iaiimiill riwa). Ardmore, Ok!a. Sept. ft. Funerals of victims, rebuilding of demolished houses, and Investigation to establish ths responsibility for Monday's ex plosion and fire which resulted in ths death of 47 persona, injuries to more than a hundred others, and property of a million dollars were tne fea tures of today's sctlvltles nere. The Ardmore city commission, tne state corporation commission and ths coroner of Carter county each has atarted an Investigatln but none of the Inquiries has assumed definite shape. PROGRAM LOAN WIRELESS TELEPHONE IS SUCCESS 2,500 MILES ACROSS CONTINENT Human- Voice Is Transmitted By Radio For First Time From Arlington, Va., To Mare Island, Cal., After Mouths of Ex periments; May Revolutionize Wire Systems - Uh m jaW fuel Washington. Sept. It. Lbng dis tance wireless telephone communica tion was accomplished for the first time today, when experiments extend Ing over several inofiths culminated In suossssfut transmission of the human voice by radio from the great naval plant at Arlington.. Va. across the eon tlnent te the station at Mare Island; California. S.tt miles away. The experiments were conducted ader direction of Captain Bollard, chief of the navy radio service, la oo-e Deration Vita the Amerloaa Tele phone and Telegraph Company aad the Western Electrle Company. Sec retary DeSKls. announcing the result tonight predicted that further -development ' of wireless telephone would make great changes te long distance communication both for military aad naval service la commercial a Bags. - Snecsssful operation of a device for automatically transferrins: to the radle Twenty-eight Chapters Meet In Fifteenth Convention at Waynesville RALEIGH IS SELECTED FOR 1916 MEETING North Carolina Branch of Na tional Organization Wil Complete Two Day Session Today; Many Reports Heard at Business Meeting Yester day; Reception Last Night " Wavneevllle. Hept. It. The Ellen Wilson memorial waa endorsed by twenty-eight chapters at the fifteenth annual state conference of the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution.' Which " opened hero this morning. The delegates, who are from all parts of the Bute, are the gueets of the Dorcas Hell lve Chap ter, the local organtaatlon. It was ds elded to hold next years meeting at Kalelrh. Today's session, which was held In the lecture room of the Baptist church, waa opened with the singing of "America" by the entire delega tion. Invocation was by the Rev. A Y. Joyner. The address of welcome waa delivered by Dr. J. Howell Way and the chapter welcome was given by Mrs. James Atkins. Ths response was by Mrs. D. B. Heath. Many Give Greeting. The opening exercises wsne eon eluded with greetings by the follow Ing: Mrs. K. Van Landlngham, vie president General N. 8. D. A. It. : Mrs Theodore B. Morrison.-' Btata vice regent; Mrs. Sugene Little, president V. D. C. of North Carolina; Mrs. T. (Continued on Page Three.) COTTON TO BE 15 CENTS BY CHRISTMAS, FORECAST lay a HI PnaO Washington, Bept tt. Representa tive Heflln. of Alabama, issued a statement today In which predicts thai, the Booth's cotton Crop thfe year would not be mere than It. . hales and that the price would reach It cents before Christmas. Owing to short crops in India. Egypt and Kus si a, Mr. Heflln said, and ths demand for cotton for war purposes the world supply would be nearly six million bales short of the demand. PREPARING APPEAL FOR WARREN AND CHRISTY Wthston-Salera. Sept. It. City So licitor Stephenson Is preparing state- meat of case on appeal te the Bo preme Court In which Mrs. Ida Ball Warren and B. P. Christy are con demned to die in the electric chair for the murder of O. J. Warren whose body was found In Muddy Creek ths Incident developing Into what la wide ly known the "The murder creek mvsterv." Counsel for oth the State and defendants are making an effort to arrange a statement on appeal tnat will be acceptable on both sides which will avoid the necessity or intervene tlon on the part of the judge preald Ing. Judge Cllne is compiling final brief for the higher court. CARRANZA COMMANDER SAW JOHNSON KILLED v (By at aejenaus Pnai). Ban Adtonlo. Texas. Bept. Jt. The Carransa commander at Las Pel ados, Mexico, headed the attacking party of Mexicans who crossed the border last Friday night and In a fight with American soldiers captured Trooper Richard J. Johnson, whom they shot and than mutilated by taking his head and ears for souvenirs, it waa report ed today to Southern department headquartera by Capt. -Frank . Mc Coy. Guadeloupe uueuar, a Mexican wno said he .waa one of the attacking party, gave the details of ths fight to Captain McCoy In a sworn state ment. telephone conversations originating on metaltio circuits also was accom plished in today's testa. President Theodore N. Vail, and other officials of the American Telephone and Tele graph Company at New Tork talked easily with the Mare Island Station, the conversation traveling ever an or dinary metallic line from New Tork to Arlington and thenoe by radio serosa the continent. "The fact that the voices can be started en a land wire and automati cally transmitted to a voice radio transmitter," aald Secretary Daniels, "holds out nope that- parsons inland should readily be But In touch By tele phone with othere at aea through some central transmitting station. "The ass et each long distance wire less telephone oommsni cation la nasal or military operations Is still in an un developed state, but It la expected vaJ nable nee can be made of this wonder ful demonstration, but aside from such considerations the department and its of fldau may well feel proud that they have been Interested co-operators In the first practical development of this latest march In' the wonderful science of radio communication." - c I VeWT J i emmmw j JT m artmr uomm A m mttwr ff -carmn .S 11 I swwVrgaJaee'COMrf- I oMTPiy-y. c sA frx,nl 1. Hooge. the northern limit of the British attack. t. Here the British captured Ave miles of trenches. I. Ths British capture of Hill TO. a mile from Lena threatena the Ger man occupation of that town. 4. Loes, captured by the British, Is DANIELS SPEAKS AT G.A.R. 1GWATCH' Secretary of Navy Delights Old Veterans With Story of Cap tain Murphy " Ttaidrt W tit Hm sad StsMirt.' ' Washington, Sept. tl. Seeretar Daniels was the principal speaker at the "Dog Watch" of the old sailors of the Urand Army of the Republic tonight He mads a happy speech, and pleased the veterans vary much by an interesting little story oa Cap tain Peter U mat sad Murphsy, grand son of Archibald D. Murphsy. "This story. said Mr. Daniels, "Is told of Lieutenant Commander (after wards Admiral) James E. Jouett. of the- -Untied Htatea Navy. " whs " com manded the United Htatee ship M eta comet, at the Battle at Mobile Bay, and Captain Peter U tn stead Murphsy, (Continued on Page Three.) ROCK ISLAND SUED FOR $7,500,000 BY RECEIVER (Br la ieirlilel Ttrntt. New Tork. Sept - It. 'Directors of ths Rock Island Railroad systsm, under ths regime of Daniel O. Reid and William H. Moore, were made de fendants in a restitution suit for 17, 100,000 brought In the Supreme Court today by Jacob M. Dickinson, receiver for the Chicago. Rock Island and Pa cific Railway Company, the operating company of the Rock Island combina tion. It la alleged that as directors of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa cific Railroad Company (ths holding company for tha railway company). Messrs. Raid and Moore ana their fellow-direct ore unlawfully diverted "In their own Interest the sum of I'. (00. too from the treasury of ths rail way company into the treasury of the railroad company. This was used. It Is alleged, toward the redemption of bond Issue, part of which was pledged by the railroad company against stock of the 8t. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, which tha rail way company wanted to sell and did seU to B. F, Yoakum. VIRGINIA AGAIN GETS MRS. WASHINGTON'S WILL (Br Um Iwnrlalil PtosO. Richmond. Va.. Sept. tt. J. P. Morgan, of New Tork, has sent with out cost to Justice Jsmes Keith, president of the Virginia Court of Appeals, to be disposed of by him at his own discretion, the will of Mrs. Martha Washington, taken from the records of Fairfax Court House by a Federal' soldier in the war. and bought by the late Plerpont Morgan for bis library. Fairfax Harrison, president of ths Southern Railway, was ths mediator between Mr. Morgan and -Oov. Stuart and Justice Keith. This It Is stated unofficially will cause to be dropped ths friendly suit brought by Virginia to recover its lost public record. The will probably will be placed, by con sent. In a fireproof vault at Mount Vernon. T0RRE0N IS CAPTURED BY GENERAL 0BEG0N I (X e aliiMilil" Brant. ' , Vera Crux, Sept. It. The city ef Torreoa fell to General Obregon late today, according to a brief telegram from General Obregon , te General Carransa tonight. The telegram announced that O sa cral obregon had taken his poaltloa la Torreoa and that he Intended te push en and completely rout "the re actionaries." General Carransa en reoeivlsg the massage gave orders for the ringing of all the church bella la the city. - ' AaMrteear fchrp Berned. 1 . ' : London, Sept. St. The- American sailing ship Vincent has been burned. Her crew waa saved. ... . , about twelve miles from Lille, the meet Important city ef Northern France held by the Cl raises, , . awnehea, after months of Bgat inc. new entirely In French hands. . Perthes, middle ef the Cham pagne line, along which the French captured fifteen miles of trenches. 100,000 EXPECTED ATBICSTftTEFAIR President E. J. Parrish Urges Co-operation, To Get Big At tendance This Year. fan Sal at 1st Beaa eat (nisml. Durham, Sspt It. Capt. B. J. Parrtah, president of the Stats Fair, says that a Publicity Bureau for North Carolina has been organised with the view of making known to the world the wonderful resources and possibilities of our grand old Btate, and thinks that It la worthy of ths support of our people. He further states that tbs State Fair should be made the clearing house of our re sources and opportunities, and Insists -that there is no bettec Way 6r place to show our agricultural. Industrial and textile products Capt Parrish would llks to see every county In the Stats represented at the fair. If possible, and In his Judgment for any to fall to show their resources in great propor tions will be a lost opportunity. All Are Invited. A cordial Invitation la extended by him to all the patriotic sons and daughtsrs to lend a helping hand in making our next Btate Fair the great eat ever held. It la tha desire of the fair .management that County Fairs will at least select ths prise winners and exhibit them at the State Fair. While the prospects are good for great exhibits, yet the management must rely upon the farmers, manufacturers and the public generally, la order to make exhibits worthy of our good old State. (Continued on Page Three.) 2 GERMAN GENERALS REPORTED DISMISSED London, Sept. It. German news papers today announced that two generals unnamed have been dis missed from German commands In the western war cone tn connection with ths recent setback at the hands of the French and British, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Company. It la probable, the dispatch adds, that a new Oerman commander-in-chief of the western army soon will bs appointed. In this connection the name ef Field Marshal Van Hlnden burg la mentioned. GOVERNMENT PLANS TO PROTECT INDUSTRIES Open Letter By Secretary Redfield, of Department or com merce, Made Public, Gives Views of Administration Re garding Foreign Competition (Bf (he aa-tute r a). Washington.' Sept St. An Indica tion of what ths administration Is planning to do for the protection of American industries built up as a re sult of the European war Is given In aa open letter written by Secretary Redfield. ef the Department or Com meree. to Dr. E. B. Pratt. Chief of the Bureau ef Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and mads public today. It is made clear that ths govern ment will protect the new Americas industries from a Hood of European com petition at tha cjose of the war, but the letter also shows that Mr. Redfield Intends te avoid, as far as possible, any proposals for tariff re vision. The letter follows numerous eonier- enose on plana for .dealing with tha situation expented to follow the war. Tha Bureau of Foreign and Domestle Commerce, and ' the Federal Trade Commissi oa have ins sgu rated a de tailed lavestlgatlen, which will cover tne operation ex the law et various oountrtee which prohibit "dumping." er the gala la these countries ec any BULGARIA TO ENTER WAR ON SIDEv OF CENTRAL POWERS ON OCT. 15; ALLIES CONTINUE BIG OFFENSIVE Plans of Campaign, Says Saloniki Dispatch, Now Being Drawn Up At Sofia With Assist ance of German Officers; No Attack On Greece Contemplated 7 : ; 300,000 TEUTONS NOW MARCHING TOWARD SERBIA British and French Claim Successes On Western FromY But These Are Contradicted By Berlin; German's Third Lino Now Being Attacked By Anglo-French Advance; Fierce Bat tles Rage In East ' ; ; '7. Hf , r. . - 1 Ky the Associated Press) j,; Pari, NenC tt. ''Bulgaria and the central powers have concluded a precise agreeinent according to awtlmiitatlve Information. ears the unite) pa indent at Nalonlkl, Nreerei. of the Trenps. Under this agreement Bulgaria will enter the) war nn October IS." Plans for the campaign are now being drawn ap by the Balgarlaa giaissl sten. the enrreepfsadent says Willi the assistance of aiuaerona (lisaisa e ncers. who have arrived In bona. Bulgarian officers say no attack wlfl be made on Greece. TO ATTACK SERBIA IN FIFTEEN DATS. Paris, Sept. tt. The Athens ootrespnadent of the Haras News Agency save It la now expected that ''.ulgarta will begin aa attack oa Bflrbla wUhlu fteca days. S 00.000 TRITONS MOVE ON SERBIA 1 London, Sept. It. '"Tre hundred thousand Austrian and Cumin ' troops have beea an advance on the Rrrwtan frontier in the direction eg Oreora." says the Athene correspondent of the Exchange TclegrapU Caenpaay. ALLIED TROOPS ALSO ARE LANDED. Berlin. Sept. tt By wireless to SayviHe) British and French troopa IwteeKled tor see ioe la Serbia have been landed at Port Katbrla near flaloalhl. Gseere, according to reports from Buds peat recessed by the I'issifmua BeUnng, Us Overseas News Agency announces today. BRITISH AND FRENCH CONTINUE OFFENSIVE 4 tar a -a- p-a). London, Sept. II The allies con tinue their great offensive In Allots snd the Champagne aad, according to French accounts which, however are eoatradlcted by the Oermaa ofa clal reports, further progress has been made In both Areas. ' In Artota the French elalm to have reached Hill lit. which Ilea directly east ef Vlmy and la ths eulmlnatlag nolnt of the crests named after that town. The Importance ef tha bill Use la the fast that U eornmands the plat as te the east, the network ef roads and the railway which runs from Lena Southward. Trv for Railway. So far as Champagns Is concerned ths French appear at present to be making their chief effort towards ths all -v function north of Masslges, which accounts for ths desperate ef forts of the Germans to stsm the tide and for ths crown prince's oounter stroks In the Argonns. as this railway connects. Jht.... OertnA!i- s.nny.-lr, OVt Ara-nnne with Its barn at Vouslers. Perhaps ths heaviest lighting since the offensive began is now going on. t .- tha Mrttt.h are sttacklng the Ger man third line of defence South of taflaaers canal, and ths Germans Hava hroneht un reinforcements uainst both tbs British and tbs --ranch and ars making every effort to retrieve the lost ground. Belgium despatches from Holland say, has beea denuded or troops, woue vrer- man detachments ars even being (Continued os Pegs Three.) GERMANS LOSE 120,000 BY ALLIES ONSLAUGHT TPa-ta Rant tt. Oerman casualties In ths recent offensive 01 ins rTencn and British. Including killed, wound ed and prisoners, were given officially by ths French war office today as in sxcess of ths strength, of three army corps (mors than llt.ses msni. ALLIES' GAIN RETAKEN BY GERMANS, SAYS BERLIN (Br the a-aSHS rt I. u..n urt it. via London. Re capture from the British of part of the territory won from the Germans north of Loos was announce. i 7 by the war office. French attacks near Souchea and Neuvllle are said to havs been "part- In ths ennrr ipagns irenu. n kM.k thrnuiB tne uem n Hil ars aald to havs been unsuccessful. BUILT UP BY WAR product at a price leas than the cost of production. American manufacturers seeking to enter fields of production occupied by foreign firms prior to the European war, have been clamoring tor assur ances that they will "not be subjected to a flood of foreign made products when pesos hi restored. Manufactur ers preparing to turn out dysetuffs have been especially anxious to as sure themselves that the Oerman dye works will not flood American markets with low priced products. Ashevllle Shire Robbed, Ashevllle. Sspt It. Thievee who are believed te 'have hiddea la the establishment before it waa closed for the atght yesterday robbed the cash register at the store of R. B. Bagter. ea Blltmore - avenue, of tlt. The loss waa discovered when the store waa opened yesterday morning. The store ie situated in the heart f th shopping district aad although the matter has been reported to tha po lio department no clue has beea es tablished as la tha identity of the :thlevea. . , . , , . ON EVE OF IMPORTANT OPERATION OF BIG WAR IBr tt tmmtltlmt rnal. . ; . Athena. Sept. It, via Paris. "t he lteve ws are on the eve of th mo -important operation of the wa . namely, the landing of troops Macedonia to begin the much not 4 much on Constantinople as on Berlin says an officer attached to ths genstv staff of ths British army oa the Oa. -lipoll Peninsula, who has come t Athena from the Dardanelles front.- " ' The two offenatvs forces are grad ally closing . ke The, Meanpotasnl . , expedition Is approaching nearer t Bagdad, and from the Buvia Bay OaTa. " Tepe line an attack on Constantlaopl -may begin at any moment. . , The officer who gave expression in, these Idsss is Compton Macksasi who Is attached to ths Intelligence de partment of the general staff atithMv, Dardanellea He reached Athena yes terday from the front. 1 Commenting on the situation fur ' ther. snd particularly In the Balkans . Capt. Mackenzie said: . i ' ... ?lt-la my- splalon --that the""?" operation of Greece with the alllet will begin ths hurt chapter of the werV One more gap in ths Iron ring areunti Austria and Germany is being closed The final victory will be fought an on the plains of Hungary. Ths way t. -Berlin Ilea through Budapest BB ' Breelau." BRITISH TRANSPORT AND CREW SUNK, SAY TURKS' ' Berlin, Kept. 2t. By wireless to Bayvtllc Ths sinking of a BrttkOi transport with the loss of all but a few members of th crew Is reported In a despatch from Constantinople te the Overseas News Agency. "A special despatch from Constan tinople gives reports about Mohamme dan troubles tn India," aya the news agency. "It says that a British trans port was sunk by a Mohammedan ' engineer, who died with the troopa. Only a tew members of ths crsw es- , capsd." War Summary J Three small sections of the front he the mtnlua none are the central , (mints around which the battles be tween the allied French aad BrKlala and the Germans coa times to rssro. These He heswei n Roexmea and Vtaayi In. the reaiona of Loos and La flaasnn canal, and nersvad Meeell aad Masslgea, nn the southern bend of tho line. . Further east In the forests of Anre moot nnd Le Pexre Tioient artUWr duels are In progrens. "We have maintained all the new positions conquered. says the French dealing wllli the fighting ne- tween Ronehes aad Vhvjy. la the) Artots rraion, where artillery and in fantry battling Is la proa lies in tha bnie. TTte British are driving hard against the tin man third line of the east ef" Loos, while the French la .- tbe Oiaaripagne lUstrtrt, are dlrectlnc their etforta towards gnlaiasT eoatrol of the railroad, rosjatitsitlny Use chief line of rwimunkceuioa of the (iersaaa - army na that front. - Against the daUnss of the British and French, the tinman oaTkxal state f. sainlmians the aUies' prngnae and d ats lata thn repulse of attacks by strong cneuaser etrokea. Advaaons ea the ta stua Uae la Kee i aear Dvtnek. ia the eeoaor east of Vllaa aad la tha eowthtwema Korarla aad Pntllowka ctalasrd by BnrHa. The Brtoah have attained i saoceai acalas the Turks la Mesopo tamia, where the Ottnsssa forces are said la be la fall iuUsjoa oward Bag. sa. Twsr lueses are described aa Aa Athene dJarsearta to a Paris aews- sagarta has enswlndnd with the sestoisto ailkee vrlll eater the war Oceoher IS. Berlin rvnorks that a large a amber of HsWrsrisn aroope have kett tbe tier-. capital for their homes. A Oer aewspspee la aunhnrtty for the report that Hritlah aad lVearli troops for serriee kg Serbia have landed at Port aVathrtn, aear Saloniki,' Greece. while there tt a rraaaor that Ui i inssJBroops & have beeua - - . ' . .... .'
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