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- T I, THE WEATHER FORECAST crth Carolina: Fair tonight and Saturday. ' SoUth Carolina Fair tonight and.; Saturday. - - ' mLm 1 i i' ILM1 ISPA 1 XjUE T V' FULL LE A S E D WIRE SERVICE EDITION XXIII. NO. 208 VOL. i ii 'fcT V f in rh ri T7T7 f r?v Tlrv" Itht niTiirnnii I ut u i i yuL.li I ill IT Wfliif M: HRiis WILMINGTON- NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 1 7 1 91 7. HPRICE FIVE CENTS. -5fr DRAFT WILL TAKE EDUCATORS. MANY WAR 111 1 Wine Schedule Approved In Face of California's Protest. HARDWICK AGAINST PROFIT TAX ITEM Declares Be Worse Than Sui cide For Marr Firms If Gov ernment Enforced Such Act. Protest on Parcel Post Stamp Tax. LAWYER ADVANCED 1 T (French Soldiers in Nearby Trenches Witness its De struction by Fire. ' THE VANDALISM WORK OF GERMANS vv (By Associated Press.) Durnam, N. C, Aug. 17. Sev enty-five f high schol principals willji-be-' takon by the selective 4 drafts from the North Carolina highfschool system, it was esti- mated today by N W. Walker, State inspector of secondary schools?' He is making plans to fill stich vacancies with women. S$- Successful British Air Raid Germans Make Desperate Efforts to Recapture Lost Positions. TO GET CAPACITY Mi SHIPYARD mm ES SERIOUS Free Transportation to Vir ginia Cities Given Negroes Every Other Monday. secularTpress asked to assist 7:; t k . .. . 7- - . . , . . . 5mSn IIITI ftil f IITDil;; Former Resident of Wilming ton Under Bond in Rich mond Allegation. (Special to The Dispatch.) Richmond, Va., Aug. 17. Although the police and Coroner Whitfield are confident the tragedy was an accident, counsel for Louise Brown, colored ser- powerful motives induced them to de-, X , " oV i ea today it stroy it. Through field glasses, it bmldmg of more than 2,500 tons, the ;agent had ? L, hn Qvt 0ft0mn th!1 J governiflent ,itself will undertake to;stranee dni might be made The case was occbrd- j super-structure was gone.".86,6 thafi materials arc furnished prop-; though looking for things, did not see ingly continued until next Tuesday J The GermaPns last night attacked erly anat, fair prices. jthem. It is not known whether he I the new positions gained by the The lawyer intimated he could produce w1'' showing the shooting wa3 c.iberate murder. Mrs. Sear whose husband, John A the Bon,ey & Harper Milling Co., Wil mington, for several years before he moved to Richmond in July, Was un moved by the unexpected turn .of af fairs and retained her composure throughout the hearing. That the court did not think much of the murder theory -was indicated by the factthat yesterday's bail bond of $1,000 was reduced to $500 today. Mrs. Sear, whose mother resides at Second and Orange streets, Wilmington, was 1 I married here July 28. She is, .Jjnlst XQlsoi .ine,,npyai aya Aiiv.peiyii . . . , 5., , . . r-?hen- The pTstol a her hus-wntdropped .many' tons pomos-onr t w'TlrT ?7 1 a u o ,u military nh'Wtinns itl nplffilim. Th AsfaClIlC 1 Ort, AUg. 1, 1 tie i uauu uocu in me opctuiau-v.Mi nivian 4 . " 7 . . llQn!,fl fJV! fonv.iQT. Vrn XI - was. She did not know it was loaded. Ostend railway station and siding ana n" she claimed. iHr AsHociate? Pres. Wa.'liinf ton. Aug. 17. The Senate ,.iv mnmvpd the wine schedule of L'V:.r Tax bill. a revised by thel'1 fata11 shot by Mr?' J1 !DP u , , Clark Sear yesterday in the latter s Financf nmiftf o to raise $21.0C 000 i aparment, insisted today upon a con in lvveiui'1 ar? compared with $6,000,- tinuance so that further investigation DOii fstiiiialod irom the House bill. The ino'.vascd wine rates were op posed only by S -nutor Phelan of Cali fornia, who said they would destroy the Anu ricaii wine industry. Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, in charge of the bill, declared that the rates at tempted to equalize competition be tween Pacific coast and Mississippi valley producers as well as to raise more revenue, predicting tnat wine would be much used as a substitute for whiskey. Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, op posed the war profits tax schedules, which, he said, were unjust to Geor-. gia cotton mill owners. He expressed preference for the House excess profit rates. ... , Senator Hardwick said thafit would be worse than financial suicide for many firms, if the government en forced this act. He said that under its provisions cotton manufacturers in the south would be compelled to pay SI per cent, of their earnings. Senator Hardwick opposed the tax ing of parcel post packages and mak ing an increase in the rates on first class mail matter. He said that if more money was-needed to carry par cel post packages, the rates should be increased but that no tax should be levied. Increasing the first class rate, however, he said, would be a manifest wrong country." A net profit of about eighty million dollars is now being made on this class of mail, he said, while the carrying of second class mail -results in a net loss annually. A protest ajainst a stamp tax oa parcel post packages was filed by the postolliee department, which contend ed that the tax of one cent for each 25 cents paid would injure the parcel post and discriminate against the farmer. This year's war expenditures were estimated by Senator Curtis of Kan sas at $18,000,000,000. He advocated raisins; necessary revenue principally rom incomes, war profits and luxur ies, opposing the proposed taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa and urg ing a substantial Federal inheritance Jax on hi-. tre estates. (By Associated Press.) Paris, Aug, 17 "At night fall Wed nesday," telegraphs a Havas corre spondent on the French front, "we saw from our lines which at places Government to Hurry Up the Vita Work By Apportion irig Material For Ships. 'iKPyV88001846 Press.) In Silencing Dr. H. Q. Alexan der Editor Poe on the Job. In Military Circles--Small Law Class. (Special to The Disnateh.l j Raleigh, Aug. 17. Winston-Salem's i labor embarrassments have been WashlfcKton. Aug. 17i-ProDer aDDor- brought to the Cornoratinn Pnmmis. Bdw iiuiu uui mica wuii:u ct t piai.t'o j - . ' . I are less than a half milp from the I tionmenl of .materials to insure capac-; sion's attention, and Senator .Tamos suburbs of St. Quentin, that the cathe- "y prodbction in all American shiP-;A Q j asks 'that bodv to look in dral was surrounded bv smoke Soon yards ws discussed today at a confer- 1' ' 7 ,V Jr" asi;s inac Doay t0 100K m mrlllii mom ence of hip' builders with Rear AdmirJto the "every other Monday" train that ent until at midnight the imposing al Capp? general manager of the Era-j carries blacks from the burg of tobac- monument was a mass or names, vis- b-t1 uuiiu"w w AV"W4V "6""i uxt- rible for 20 miles around. ' "It is impossible at this time to de termine the origin of the fire. The Germans cannot lay it lo our shells, for St. Quentin is so near our lines fipps and ray FOUND BlflLTY ers are '-members of the National ShiD ies. wuuaera- Association, lonnea nere last; From what' Senator Gray writes, thet week to co-operate with the govern-' , , , " A ' . mentlnWeasIng tonnage. production. inegroes board wlthout transportation; An arrangement will be worked out;ine special car carried by the Norfolk j Sentenced to Five Years Federal Penitentiary Sig nificant Statement in :r. SLT" k ::r;5i: whereby building plants wm not be and Western train and go to another! Big Stone Gan Va.. Auer 17. J. W. Jallen into the city. The high towers afalZl SL? JvJ iState- Someb(dy must Pay their way, Phipps and W. V, McCoy, Virginia of the cathedral gave the Germans an er fTSe Since ?r' the ,?ter8?t! mountaineers, were found guilty by a observation Doint uniaue in the re- es 1 Haceriais my De ffiuje- famce Commerce Commission may be asked . . , , Snr oJSTSnA t neei corporation has been com-ito take it up. In Raleigh it was learn- Jury m Federal court here to on. sn nnwprfnl motives induced them to de- P1??.66. the contraels.of a11 sai?d!ed today that a special governmental i indictment for "recruiting men, to de- gone there to watch these strange doings, but that gentleman, stroy arms and ammunition of the United States government." Penalty was .fixed at 5 years in the Federal penitentiary in Atlanta. Other indictments against the men charging interference with the selec tive draft law were dismissed Both prisoners, in a statement made to the court, said that 3 men, strang- Much. tonnage that otherwise would iparolina fimrd That miT100TT,OTlt ers in the community, induced them to nai.mano mno vinin t i be tied up during the winter would be WflS mxA- vpstnrHnv fm . auempt to organize and arm moun- To increase the amount of trans-At-! cot hold of the wrnn? "pvprv-nther. French on the Steenbeke river in Bel-lantic atd coastwise tonnage the ship-! Monday" or not. gium. The war office announces that i ping bord Is considering diverting a; General Francis A. 'Macon of Hen- they were repulsed completely. Vig- large nnmoer ot snips irom tne ureat Iderson, has been made State property and disbursing officer of the North also were beaten back. Gained Slightly at First But Were Soon Driven Back. FIERCE FIGHTING : CONTINUES WEST British Airmen Drop Tons of Bombs on Military Es.tab . lishments in Belgium: Teu tons' Fire Breaks Down an Attack. ' i i il. , J " J ""J" i j , attack on the Verdun front. Theyjruieaseu. uuer lu iVlusl OI lue tant general's office and Major Joseph , , imsraiun uu a Promise gained a footing in the French ad-,shiPs wbnldrnot go back to the lakes jj. Bernard has accepted the office of;f a large sum of money. Government vanced positions at some points, but.uuris 1 uui wuuiu u re-yiai;-. Federal disbursing officer with the were ejected by a counter attack. Thejed y ttonage now building in lake ;rank of captain. statement follaws: .ports. j Members of the Farmers' Union .Qurrosefiil Airnlnc Attack. I - Jt ! , ! ' hnvp rallprl nnnn thp eopnlQi- no no-o 1 London, Aug. 17 The admiralty an JAP STEAMER GOES ito do their toward the silencing 1 orgamze f m?n tainersJ inlpn an nbunces Uie successful carrying out 51725 ff t nco 'of Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president ofjarnitLan? fat th ere? $12 50 to yesterday of a series oi rams Dy avia-f rtXw?.?r . ,iV u wu tne Farmers' Union. The daily pa- . ipers. m the. .' nature ' of things, do not ' reach 't he bulk of "f armers; - biit the ira GERMANY CONSIDERS union a great service if they would tU rn. inntirin worn " aanuic ill cootciii i dn- ; t- a 1 i 1 t attacked. The airdrome at Ghistelles- MY 27 and vesse and. cargo him tQ ft . week Doctor poe was bombed and several fires were ob-I valued at $1,000 000, will :be a tota ,had , ftt . editorial urging the corvod -Attacks from the air Were Ittoo au,u'"6 ,AJ m"M6c 1C"CU farmers nnt tr ho mioloH onrl TOh51 jrHAfc. fKUrUaALo made on the airdromes at Engel and 1 TTi7ttorlrt All tho flirnlanps returned i , , i agents are confident these men were Germans. Witnesses for the government testi fied that Phipps and McCoy sought to a number of men to join their forces The government produced a .written 'declaraticn itf. wr'( . alleged ice hav4 iTrehclr alpngr the Steenbeke rrverr but been drawn up byv the defendants, but there was no mention of , the. Federal government in it. , : - According - to testimony offered at the trial, the purpose of organizing the mountaineers was stated by the CRy Asamiatert Prens.l safely. Copenhagen, Aug. 17. The German! The' Germans made two counter -feovernment's attitude on so important ottnpka lnst niht aen.inst the new a matter as the peace proposal of British positions near Loos. The state- Pope Benedict can only be made nient follows: known after the most careful deliber-j "Last night the enemy twice count-; ann, pariiLuiariy as us uecisiuu can er attacked tne new positions gaineu ; here today by the chamber of com- Q 1?. to have been to check cap merce. No details regarding the fate I vaar. an. ln, itahstic dominion and to destroy pub- iDr. Poe did not refer even remotely ,llc and P"vate fridges, rob banks and i ' . jj . 4,A!t0 tne Mecklenburg leader or anything - in 'i i i , iuui lie saiu. POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR SHOT FROM AMBUSH. The most interesting interrogatory in local newspaper circles is what will Poe do now since there is no longer any doubt that Dr. Alexander is not farms and divide the booty among the "privates" of the army, as a reward! for their patriotism in the movement. Government agents are understood to have the names of scores of men who agreed to join the movement and j it was said that in the event of the to the neonle of this'only be taken in ful1 accord with Ger-j by us yesterday east of Loos in thei (By Associated Press). !in sympathy with the government in !t was Said that m the event of th profli ofaboutgMy zany's allies. A statement to this ef- afrection of Cite St. Auguste. At. the' t Nashvile, Tenn., ' Aug. 17. A. ie ,30 nthfng but-y his H?,?i0vJvi.P l.?1 M.cC?y' thes The Germans made violent and re peated efforts last night to regain im portant positions recently wrested from them by the French and British. They gained, some small advantages on the Verdun front, otherwise the pnly result of their attacks was to add to the heavy losses sustained In their fierce local offensive operations of late.'1 ' : O' ' -The British report three counter at tacks against their new lines Lherr Loos. At the second effort the. Ger mans gained slight successes ,. at ' points, but were driven back again and the third assault failed to shake the British defense. . , : Heavy artillery fighting is reported in the Ypres sector, where the British, after gaining high ground in yester day's attack on a nine mile front, were finally pressed back., v The attacks on the French were made at' widely separated points. In Belgium, the Germans attempted to recapture : the-, ground ; taken by the . LTROOPS MAY BE SENT TO OTHER CAMPS RAILROAD MEN DEMAND LONGER DAY'S WORK (Itv Associated Piss.) Mexico City, Aug. 17. It is reported the railroad men are considering a walk out if the management continues 'o send locomotives to the United States for i-epair instead of making rpairs in local shops. The shop men have addressed a petition to President Carranza asking that the work day be fetuin.-d to 8 hours. They are now workin- six. The management of the railroads explains that it is impossi ble niiilcr the present conditions to get "ateriai sent to Mexico so all the re njj'r worf run be done in the local jPs. The management announces belief tliat the demands are the stilt of work of foreign agitators. NAT. NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE MEETING f (V.y Associated Press.)' ,, ; nattunnofc-H, l eim.. au,;. 17. The initi.i (1; AU6 s sfssion nf the National Sl'l) I'.ii.;,,,.,,,. T .. An-.rrrA t i'f ption rrd discussion of an 31 r-Mirt of affiliated organizations I, ""' li":iring of papers on various lnrir"::; ''"''"'''Prises o' negroes prom- feet has been communicated by the second attempt he succeeded in press c re A- x i r . ! i -ii i German foreign office to the German press. ing back our lines sligltly at some points but later in the night oxxv troops again attacked and re-established our positions. A further hostile counter attack was completely repuls ed. We secured a few prisoners. The 4 Jackson, Tenn., special says that E. T. Lombert, aged 35, a post- office inspector, was shot from ambush last night in Chester county and died today. He was .rr,rrr6 1J ""'.men would be brought to trial. J. Paul Lucas has returned fromL,Hlk?rSfJ?Ieent are OTn- Charlotte ana is finding up the wprK j -VSt a i e orgln Z mr T- ! a It rf-x n v ,1 OTt S j-v X-v n h a 4- V n n , . . , iituiiLiia iiKu. iuc uuiiiuaisaiuii will gu ist a rural carrier. ..,. . o- -.x charges against out of business September 1st. Mr. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 17. Some chang es are being made in the plans for assigning drafted troops of the Na tional Army to cantonments which will result in sending men already as signed to a cantonment to some other. The extent of the change has not been announced by the War Depart ment but probably will be made public soon. - It is known that one effect of the changes will be to send national army, men from the District of Columbia) and Maryland to Camp Meade, at An artillery has been active on both sides.? No arrests have yet been made. Uucas who has been Gxecutive secre. in the night east of Ypres." iow uQO Q fam Aava hara oc itary, has a few days' work here as J president of the State Farmers' Con tention. This convention will hold its (sessions August 28, 29, and 30. The commission will then disband. I Thirty applicants only for law li j cense at the fall term of the Supreme Court do not indicate the final num tber who will stand the examination - . !next week, but do prophesy the small- T77Tr IT1 If f If if m i '14 iest class in a great number of years. XLI f XI XV A3 JL JlV f.7 V-f" JTjLjJjJhhe examinations will begin Monday U-BOAT WARFARE CAUSES CHINA TO napolis Junction, Md.. instead of Camp Prudent of Republic Assigns Lee, at Petersburg, Va. Reasons For Declaration of War. MAY NOT EXTEND AID TO ALLIES GENERAL WOOD GOES TO CAMP FUNSTON (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 17. Assignment t rr.nAnl nffiooro in tVio nrmv oan- tonments " announced yesterday re-: German and Austrian Citizens veals that Major-General Leonard j Given Five Days In Which Wood, commanding the Southeastern, j Department, is to be transferred to) to Depart Lerman Dank command the Eighty-ninth (National j Has Been Closed Little Guard) division division at Camp-Fun-. . , ston Fort Riley, Kansas. Lxcitement Aroused. VESSELS GIVEN DP AS LOST ers were said to have large sums of money which were spent freely. HARDWICK RANTS AGAIN IN SENATE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 17. Exclusion from the mails of The MassesPa New York Socialist publications, was as sailed in the Senate by Senator Hard wick, of Georgia, as arbitrary and un just. He said he proposed to intro duce a resolution asking the Postoffice Department for information regarding the action. GERMAN GOVERNMENT of next week and Chief Justice Wal ter Clark and associates, Piatt p i HOLLAND PROTESTS vvaiKer anu George n. crown, wui, conduct it. ! The State Board of Health today dis patched Dr. Crouch to Bertie county ;to investigate an epidemic of typhoid fever about Lewiston and Keitora. The county has no quarantine officer, it is understood, and the report of IS leases caused the board to inquire in !to the seriousness of the health situa- TUB HEEL T TO Olv Associated Press.) Peking, Tuesday, Aug. 14. (Delay ed). China's declaration of war i on Germany and Austria-Hungary begin ning at 10 a. m. . today and the other c ocuments relating to the conflict do rot mention the association of the Chinese republic with the Entente powers. They indicate that China's action will be entirely independent, i The declaration, of war aroused little Where Those of New Army -xcitement in Peking or in other north Will R TiA Rxr T Tniforl 'a cities, the long discussion of the ill Be 1 rained by United i)ORt,on havinjr di8Counted its effect. coin States. ; 1 1 ban," , f flose its session with a cnrh n mnnnpr that thp hrpnlrine' of Tho Netherlands minister to China to-Kne D0ttles would : have ignited the Supposed to Have Been! Wrecked by Explosives Secretly Placed Aboard Tl-o aannio far! Proaa A Pacific Port, Aug. 17. Five ships, Dle- three American, one British and one Japanese, are over due at this port, and have been practically given up by their owners and agents. Mariners says they believe the vessels have been destroyed by time-bombs placed tion. Incidentally it cleared up the Durham situation. That county had statisticians so well on the job that it received two reports of .trouble. It developed that the 12 cases were twice (counted and there is no further trou- FAREWELL PARADE OF NEW YORK TROOPS (By Associated PreBs.i The Hague, Aug. 17 Official an nouncement was made today that The Netherlands minister at Berlin had been instructed to protest seriously to the German foreign office against the violation on August 7 of Dutch territorial waters by: German air planes and torpedo boats off the Scheldt. TO SEND TROOPS TO THE NORTHWEST (Bt Associated Press.) New York, -Aug. 17. The farewell parade, of soldiers who will train ati i W Qfafr ArfUinn'riVa Can- in tne cargoes oy enemy asenis. i nis : me iuouiiiz,aiiuu t;tuty ai. i theory was strengthened today when a sailor employed near this port told burg, S. C, will be held here August 28 or 29. Plans for the parade de- of having seen fragile bottles contain-' figned to give the entire city an op- ins? acid taken from areo nowder nortumtv to honor the soldiers Derore cases, where they had been placed in they start South have been, virtually t'I'S Will l)r. flnlDl tndQw qtiH i Vi r UITS BENCH iday took over the Austrian interests (By Associated Pres3.i and received the arms of the Austrian Washington, Aug. ,17. Secretary euar i The doors of the Deutt-ch Asi- j Baker today approved the disposition atisti o1 Bank have been sealed, of the 687,000 men of the first drafted ' Chinese troops at Tien Tsin took TOrOIM ARMYlas recommended by tne Provost Mar" German bank and German barracks KJ m I1V1 1 gftal General. The average number of ttero without incident. Ao(.Mri.i"pr i - men allotted to each of the 16 canton-1 Regulations issued today by the t'C I. n Aurr -H TU t, I TTI PTl TR IS a.IlUrOAllUU,lCl.y M.VUU. tuiciuuicui LC! liiit. Ul-uui- i C(jii!i! I'm.,,!,,,. . '.' ,.' ' . . mu oitnffoH tn Atlanta innliirlp thp tnro rtf flprm'ans and Austriana Withini t'Aeiiipiion on srrounds -,iu"bc anwn-u lu .. - , jan I' lono official Jerome Wide- troops irom lennessee, ueuigio, ia-...uejwa. ivcBi3uaUUu , -" , W f1'" ynun unty' judge of Palm bama (part). 40,785. !daysis requ'"M to permit Teutons to ttati!' (,,n.",v- has tendered his resig- Columbia, S. ,'2. South Carolina, continue C.ov g b-inness if it does not t Tali; hp "He Hi; powder. The overdue vessels are the Ameri can schoner Winslow, the American sailing ship R. C. Slade. the American schooner , Betuga, the Japanese freighter Koto Hira and the British fro'ghter Wairuna. completed. On the night preceding Khe parade a turkey dinner will be served to the men. KANSAS CITY STRIKE OF CAR MEN SETTLED not Handle the Threatened I. W. W. Strike. PXPER MONEY ONLY (Bv Associated Press.) Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 17 Street car service was resumed today afteTi a nine-day strike; of motormen and (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 17. Sending Fed eral troops to Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaio to keep war indus tries moving and to check disorders is regarded by officials as a possibility in the near future should the threat ened I., W. W. strike attain serious proportion and the civil authorities, State and Federal, in the affected area be unable to meet the situation ade quately. "The departments of justice and INriRriH A TION conductors A settlement was reached labor, the board of mediation and UN 1KL.ULA 1 lUrN .conauciuis. a scu conciliation, the food administration Gove, .M b -T"0'" fat August z8. - 1 J UIUUlllLr.ll I I II I I 1 M UMI. " . - ... . mm the va; " of West Palm Beach to fill Petersburg, Va. Virginia, Pennsyi-, permits .. Ane .reguiauons aiso provi-e Vacancy. LO vania (part), West Virginia, 47,086... (Continued on Page Eight.) (By Associated Pres3.) Lisbon, Aug.. 17 The official joufrl sub-Jnal announces that all silver and cop- jects are forbidden to travel without late yesterday. In the settlement the car men gained the privilege of mem bership in a labor organization and to select committees of employes to. deal per money will be withdrawn from cir4 with i grievances while the car com- culation. It will De replaced oy paperi pany was.viauiiuuo currency. ' . ..... to? the "open shop. ' and other government agencies were studying with some apprehension' to day the situation ; in he Northwest and, were prepared, it was said, to take immediately stepts to meet any developments.: met wfth no' sifecess: On " the Aisne fronts the Germans made Vigorous assaults1-near the Call fornie plateau and east of Cerny. r, Shattered by the terrific ' artillery iire of the French, the German infan try formations were swept back with heavy losses. ' On the Verdurt front heavy fighting was resumed with a German, stroke on a front of two kilometers between Caurieres wood and Bezonvaux. At points the attackers gained a ti foot hold in the foremost French trenches, but later they were driven out of most of these positions. ; - British aviators yesterday dropped several tons of bombs on military y establishments in Belgium. The French brought down two German 'lr men in Belgium and forced two others to land back of the German lines. ,: .V Another winter campaign is ( regard-' ed as inevitable by Lieutenant-Gener al Korniloff, Russian commander-in-chief. , In an interview at Petrograd he also , predicted operations on a vast; scale A along the Rumanian front, and hinted at important developments in, the -north with the possibility of combined land and naval actions. . Teutons Break Down Attack... f : Berlin, Aug. 17 Attacks made yes terday, by Russian and Rumanian forces north of Fokshani and on the' , lower Sereth river on the Rumanian front broke down under .the Teuton fire, according to the officii statement issued today by the German wary de-, partment. . J'-- Canadians Repulse Germans. . British Front in France and .BelgluTl Aug. 17. German . troops last ; night, made a determined attempt to recover : a small section of ground taken by the; Canadians yesterday afternoon north east of Lens, but three succesive coun ter attacks were driven off with heavy " losses to the enemy. . '. . The first .counter attack on the. Ca nadian centeY made in the early, even ing was an absolute failure. About 9 o'clock the Germans aeain surged for ward and succeded in pushing back a few advanced posts, but the Canadi ans later moved forward and. re-occii- . pied the positions. , r -'The sections which had seen sucb, . hard fighting were heavily shelled by the Germans through the night.. yThe British and French were' proceeding .satisfactorily with the consolidation of their-new positions all along , the front. ; ' ,: GENERAL KORNILOFF HOPEFUL FOR RUSSIA (By Associate! Press.) Petrograd, Thursday, Aug. 16. Lieu tenant General Korniloff, !the .. commander-in-chief, arrived here today and had a long conference with Prem ier Kerensky., , , V - -l 1 The commander-in-chief In an Inter view said that in consequence of ,the : energetic measures taken the moral fighting capacity of the army had been considerably strengthened.' He hoped for complete regeneration of the Rus sian forces. ' He predicted operations on a vast scale on the Rumanian front ' and also elsewhere, especially in the north where he indicated there was a possibility of combined land and sea t actions. He expressed ' the opinionv that another winter, campaign, was Inevitable.- ' v - ' ' ,1S ' ;;..4 . I ' '('',r 'iMUV - 1 - ;:,', i!.r ' I? Hi ..!- IS f::.; P. 'j - 1 1 - I'M J in '. ii It '" liU mm IT II i i. lit f-i ;;tr Hi Us It I.1' - V r ' ' 'I '.:' r-Ji:;;'. : i . . iff 4' I si .!; : !. ' w :.:v 1 1 sir '.-iti SI KM ' : ''', V', K, - 4 i 1 1 ft
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