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$J uk INGTONV NORTH CAROLINA, THU iRSDV AFTERNOON, AUGUt iiX 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTJi
POLICY BASED ON
DVEfl PRQSREGTS
" " . '. :' ;:;'4";:-r:M Ijt L FULL- LEASED VRE SERVICE
RUSSIA RESTIVE
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OF SERIOUS BREAK HOT RIGHT OQOMED
lillfipp : P ATM
Peclares Men Like LaFollette
Attempting to Make The"
War Unpopular.
WOULD HIT THE v
SMALL INCOMES
North Carolina Senator Makes
Answer on the Floor
' Varclaman Admits People
Think Fie is Opposing the
War Wishes He Could Go
to The Front.
i T.y Associated' Presrf.)
AVashint;ion, Aug. 23. Making war
profits and millionaire incomes pay
the givaifM- pnrt of the var's coc!; on
grosstul i lie Senate today in its con
sideration of the war tax bill.
Although yesterday's amendments
restore! the I-Iousamendments- for
higher rate;? oicome taxation ana
m"millionaires up to 6J I
ran the lax
Der t-ent., Senator L.tLb ollette s pro
posals for still higher rates came up
today with- many Senators supporting
them. ' ' - " "
By these amendments the Wiscon
sin Senator proposes, ter increase the
income tax returned: of the bill to
more than $700,000,000 a year in ad
dition tor?y present law.
Senaiori. ardaman, of Mississippi,
and Trammel, of Florida, spoke in
favor of Hie LaFollette substitute und
both -fppos;tt-MrebiH? aoiiLTSxr&irm
taxes and its pre-war basis of ' taking
excess incomes. Y',, TT . - -
"It is the general understand
ing that I opposed this war," said
sonntnr Vardaman. "but we re in it.
to win. My son has secured a com-1
mission r.nu.- aiumugn i uyuocu xnis nas not appnea to rne senaing or ""v-"- -
war, I would to God that my circum- troops, but to sending supplies and J and inflicted further injuries on pa
stances were such that I could go .principally transport facilities, sorely tientasuffering from wounds received
with him.
Tho:,e prr!';,iing against higher'-rh-come
nnd nrofit taxes. Senator Varda-
iman said are those who capitalize their uneasiness over the tenor of the
.pretended patriotism." confidential advice. They realize that
Chaiges that those opposed to the the pressure upon the provisional gov
iwas were attempting to impose on the ernment from the opposition element
present generation tne iuu purueu
an effort to make it as unpopular as
possible were made by Chairman
Simmons, of the Finance committee,
in oppof'.ine; the LaFollette proposal. .
"f i ;:nii r.n man with wrong, he
continued. "Hut. 1 do cnarge mat tne j overrun by the German military ma
inspiration for that suggestion finds, fchine. 1
its genesis in hostility to the war,; a report was current, although
with tln desire of making this war as J. without any official foundation so far
unpopular as possible. . i,as could be , learned, that the govern-
"If y.ti want to make this bill un-rment's advices related to the German
popular with themasses of the people j military menace against Riga. Berlin
and inkf from them an unfair propor-;V!?spatches reporting the presence of
lion of revenue, adopt the substitute Field Marshay von Hindenburg in that
it place.-; the burden of the increase sector were taken to confirm that
on filial! incomes." view. Possibility of moving the Rus-
Of thn net increase of 44 per cent.
proposnl in income sur-taxes Senator
Simmons said the LaFollette substi
tute would lake ::! per cent, of the
turn troni incomes under $CO,000.
SUBMARINE RECORD
FOR THE PAST WEEK
(Ry Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 23. In the week ended,
August 1!), 5 .steamships of 1,600 tons
or more were sunk by mines or sub
marines, according to the weekly of
ficial report. Four vessels under 1,
600 tons were sunk. No fishing ships
were destroyed. Three attacks by
submarines failed?- '
Great Britain's Losses.
London, Aug. 23. The number, of
British merchantmen srnilt hv snbma-
Tins or minr s in the last week was
only slitrllllv tVion Ko nrovmiia I;
week, when a considerable falling off
was noted. According to t'ae official
statement, ir vessels of moe than
1,600 !o;lS were sunk and 3 vessels of
pp H:an l.fioo tons, in addition to 2
"slung vessels, as compared with 14
'argo vessels tlr previous week, 2
small vessels and 3 fishermen.
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THE POPE'S PURPOSE
IN HIS PEACE PROPOSAL
T, (By Assncldtod J'ress.j
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. x 23
-Pope
piHcuot d'd not expect" early peace
p rpsuit from his proposal to the beU
'S'T.'ni nations that - hostilities be
natd. according to a statement by
Jc h'leKatp to the UnH.ed States who
nf ', 'd;iy to attend the 'convention ;
nU -w.i.ttn ruueiiiiioii ui Vaui
u'l ''.rioloi r ... . .
day
ies,
V
Hftiv0?" Tay authoritativelythat the
ll(r believed there was no
'1
Bon? , nns soon." said Monsignor
conn n' "hut he believed that he
ttieht ' ';n!a,'tially offer a proposal that
rine n .nng the Ieadera of the war
thoTmrK? s t0 a normal sense of
unt and try to arrange terms."
CLOUDS GATHER
OVER RUSSIA
Grave Concern Over Events in
. That Country A?e In-
creasing.
- - " (By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 23. The situation
in Russia continued as the center of
Interest here today with the mystery
surrounding the nature of official dis:
'patches the government has received
.from Petrograd within the last 48
hours still undispelled.
. Today's cryptic news dispatches
from the Russian capital referring to
spe'tion in Petrograd and Moscow
papers concerning "expected dra-
matic announcements of events" and
expressing the view of the press that
"if no agreement is reached between
the contending groups open conflict
must" follow," were taken to support
the unofficial interpretation of the
government's dispatches as relating to
political conditions and probably un
dercurrents of German intrigue work
ing' to unseat Premier Kerensky
with a counter-revolution to re-establish
the autocracy - or break dowja .al
logwther'lhe provisional . goverhnnt,;'
Nevertheless, it i3 known that the
rreed of sending immediate -and ade-
quate physical assistance . Russia has
been urged upon tne government by
aii th momhpra nf the AmAn'ran mis. !
si0n recently returned from Petrograd. i
needed to maintain the efficiency of
-
the armies atthe front. v
American officials frankly admit
.within the new republic, now further
I' increased by the Pope's proposal for
peace, has confronted Premier' Ker
Lensk3r with a more perplexing-task
and the difficulties are much increas
ed by the threat of the country being
sian caDital from Petrograd to -Mos
cow was discussed .
Cabinet officers seemed to be holCt-
re-vjng more conferences among
them
(( selves than usual. Secretaries -Lan-
sing, Baker and McAdoo had a" con-
f ference. and afterward when Mr.
Lansing was asked if it concerned the
Russian' situation, he replied "onlyin-
cidentally.'
Increased LCOnOnllC rreSSUre
' . H 1 l' HPl " L " 1 ' i "M -I
rn v ap nar i.n inrrv nR :.
. -Z . J
Its Tool.
V --
(By Associated Press.) ; . -,
Washington, Aug. 23. Germany is
inereasincr her economic nressure oil
mumic yr&&ui uii
refuses to let steel.
TT -11 J J -' C J. 1 L . i. 1
noiiana ana now r.eiuses ip iei stedi'
THROTTLE 1LL10
go into the Netherlands for ship-build-; - Tfie u.boat fired'400 sots only two
mg purposes, unless theDutch agree . oi ,wnich wt mark The Campana
to devote the ships to German yertheless wag outranged by the 2
for a period of , five years after the " one 4-inch, the other a 2-inch,
WT r ' -j x . ,fwith which the submarine was armed.
Secretaryansing said todayhe had rhe u-boat: also was uliy as speedy
received unofficial advices to, that vef- , th Ampriean vppU.
int: also that. Oermanv has refused ..
to let Holland have more coal unless
Outcb miners' are sent to her mines
to get it out. The State Department'.
information ig that 'Holland has re
plied thai, it tne terms . regarding tne j
steel are insisted upon the' Dutch J
shipyards will, be shut down?
ine 1
allotment of coal by; Germany; to, Hol
land is exhausted and Dutch authori
ties are in sad needv of fuel. It: is
not: known whatMlortand will do re
garding the, German coal.
German ; pressure on all the v Euro
pean neutrals, latest advices say is
increasing, ; but-it- is,being manifested
mainly on , Holland, - Denmark'. 1 and
Switzerland, although it is- understood
that Norway is feeling it- more and
more.
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K- -GERMAN SUBMARINE BASE
ATTACKED. X
X-" - -v-:- " ' -' : .y.
45- (By Associ?.ted Press.
" i
. London Aug. 23 The impor-
portant submarine base of Zee- -
JC- ives in: Belgium were attacked
vc- yesterday by British airmen, the
admiralty; announcef. . -X-
-X-;.. -Av-bombing':raid'' was' made by '
Jf naval airplanes Wednesday morn- j
if ing on the Zeebrugge, Mole, ship-
ping and. batteries," the state-.
-X- ment says. -ef
-r- " "fiAmo hita mora AhtoinoH Thn -V-
X- Ghistelles airdome also was bom- -X-
ueu. inere were explosions near-;?i
-Xr the western shed and a fire was - x -
4V stnrrAri '
All the machines return-
ed."
iC- -X-
Wi j o U' J M
ounaed ooldiers and lNurses
Rilled by Bombs Machine
, Guns Also Used.
(By "; Associated Press.l
.. - ; - - -
incendiary, bombs which weredropped
by Hwo German aviators on two hos
pitals behind. -Verdun on Sunday
evening, Killing iu anatwounaea men,
r woman nurse and 19 trained male !
A,!. Ml 1 J 1
in "battle, many of whom rushed nak
ed, into the nearby fields in an at
tempt to find shelter from the bombs
which were being rained down.
Meanwhile-the German aviators cir
clet about in the air for half an hour,
bERpli AIRCRAFT
llTTftPff linCDITfll
ni inuu iiuui urn
firing their machine guns at hospital fsibility 0Y a military dictatorship and
orderlies who were endeavoring Jo jlthe neCessity of presenting the cabi
extlnguish the flames. The nurses i net with an ultimatum. .
had just finished bandaging ISO i. p.innA Tmnhoi-Ttni in etiam
wounded
brought
Germans who
direct from the
had been
battlefield
ana naa gone to oea, wnen tne Domns
were dropped from a height of only
three hundred yards. The Red Cross
signs were painted, prominently on the j
iuuis auu uib ueiiiiaus .uerw ul
hospital which had been in existejice
for more than a year.
The correspondent, after inspecting
the hospital, visited a camp'' at which
German prisoners are assembled. Tt
contained considerably more. than G,-
L 000 officers and men. The correspon
dent was ; permitted to interrogate
a large number of prisoners, many
of -whom are 18 or 19 years of. age.
They all declared themselves content-
ed at being out of the war. On the
way other smaller camps, containing
hundreds of prisoners,-were passed.
FOUR-HOUR FIGHT
, WITH SUBMARINE
. , (By Associated P.ss.);
-An Atlantic Port, Aug. 23. -The
Standard Oil tanker Campana, whose
captain and five of her navy gunners
were taken prisoners by a German
-.submarine on August 6, surrendered..
itb the U-boat, but only because she;
j had 7 not another shot ta. fire. The
Campana's ammunitionr after firing
180 shots, became exhausted.
' This was the storv told bv
J. H.
Plriirp -'"thirH' msitp ' nt the Pamnflnn
!who withx 40 other members of thp
'who with K 40 other members of the
-"
Campana's crew and 8 gunners, ar
riy ed h ere yesterday on - a French
steamship. The battle began at 5
ttt . and was xratrart fnr 4. h-n-ra a ' a -
.J-
paiv e f between,. 7,300 - and
nwjw -
7,50 a
- ..j;
- - . -
CAMP NEWSPAPERS
- (By Associated Press.)
.Wa hington, Aug. 23. Suggestions.
are reaenmg tne war uepartment . as
to -the advisability of establishing at
once in the American , army area
abroad soldier newspapers to furnish
theTmen with a brief resume of home
news 4s well ; as. publishable facts
about hat ds l going. 'on in France. J
Trench papers" of ; this character are
distributed rr h French and British-lines,
but. American. troops will be
far from home-and hear little of what
.is - going on inthe United -States until
American: - newspapers arrive at the
Among, Contending 5 Political
Factions "at - Approaching (
National Conference at .
Moscow.
OPEN CONFUCT : '
SVkE TFOLLOW
Serious RuptureBetween the
Different . Groups at the
Conference Malcon-
tents Already Active m
(By "Asaoeiated:Press.) ; -
Petrograd, Aug. 23.-rAs the day.ap-
Droaches for thfi OBeiiin? of tho "ov.
traordinary national councir' at Mos
cow, the newspapers ace full of specu
lation concerning expected dramatic
announcements of events. Judging
:from present indications the congress
is likely to take the foi;m of arstrug-
gle of the cabinet backed by the Sa
cialist left, against : the- bqurgeoise
consisting of constitutional' democrats,
discontented Moscow business men
under their president," M. Riabushin-
filfT. ."'nTlfl riismiRSefl PeTlmlc! vShct iiV,
agree in severely criticising the
i-1 "i- uuuiac auu uvwj, uumaiiuias
'r - aicai.cnanges. , . i
This view is taken, by the Petro
grad and Moscow press, which - le-
clares that if no agreement is reached
between the contending groups open
conflict must follow. First steps hi
ready- have been taken toward vigor
ous and aggressive action by the mal
contents. Among those who hav ar
rived at -Moscow are: Presiden Rod
zianko, of" the Duma; A. J. Gushkoff,
exrp resident of the Duma;. Prof. Paul
. Milukoff, ex Foreign Minister, A. JL.
Shingaroff, - A. Makaloff ; . also -' the
commander in chief of the Russian ar-
Brunsiloff, who yesterday conferred
wJtH tha irc n-:thA mnvL
ment; M. ; : Riabushinsky, ex-Mayor
Tchelkokoff , 1 ex-Minister of. Trade, A.
I. Konovaloff, and i. Prince S. Trou
betzkoi.,: - h ; '--'. - ,-':'-.. H
Conf erences -weitev" . hald nn4er thej
Ichairinanshi dfAR odziaiikoit' at
which -the- 1 if ferences v. between c the
government and the" bourgeoise f were
sharply emphasized, tne only excep
tion' being made for Premier Ker
ensky. whom some of the speakers ac
claim as capable of saving the coun
try on the condition that he liberates
himself from Socialist and Council of
"Deputies controL t'The- press was ex
cluded from the . preliminary discus
sion and precautions were taken to
.prevent speeches being recorded; but
it was' stated these concerned tfie re
construction' of the cabinet on the
.principle of strong power, the pos
speech attacked the government, de
claring the sacred revolution had fal-
len under the "coarse claws" of men
wno tnink Cf plundering the national
riches ami of their own interests.
- The government, the speaker com
t plained,' is entirely 111 the hands of
Petrograd. That is the chief evil,
Petrograd being the center of rotten
ness! ''Therefore, he said, it was im
peratively necessary , to transfer the"
capital to healthy Moscow. Prince
Troubetzkoi excepted only Premier
Kerensky from general condemnation;
.but M. Ilin, of Moscow, declared Pre
mier Kerensky culpable, owing to his
association with those responsible for
the present, anarchy.
General Alexieff fircely denied the
Socialist "order number one" giving
soldiers full liberty and abolishing sa
luting. The general also denounced
Petrograd.
General Brussiloff followed, declar-lttt
Jng that he agreed with-everything
that General Alexieff had said.
Throat Qutting
Earle Adams, of Lakeport', Cal., in American Press.
M.
The giving of free writenps is entirely too liberal, but in the past ' .
' ', it has been necessary in towns with two or more papers, because Jth ;
other fellow" does it, and people drift away from the paper which is
to them "tight" in this regard. The public has grown to expect free ;
writeups of every nature but I believe if a stop were put to the practice
and a campaign of education inaugurated to show the people bow un-
reasonable it is for them to expect the newspaper to give away its )
stock in trade they; would soon realize they are imposing when request- .
ing "something for nothing.:-; i; :-" 1 i.:-i'i i?',
The newspaper-man who bases his price for advertising space on .
what the other fellow charges and just cuts under him to get the busl-. :
riess is a very foolisli business man.and a very unsuccessful one. : Com- .
; petition in advertising should be along the lines of impressing -the
buyer that: the commodity you have for sale is worth more, and the ,.
' only way to make it worth more is to impress the public with the worth '
of your ' publication;, If '.'a - unbmrate.:perTun,t of; circulation ' were
"estaDlished tor. advertising and ireligioWly adhered to by., every mem- .
ber, that pha3e of the subject . wpuld" take care of itself. 1 - 1 .
, ' Competition in job printing should be based on quality and sales
i manship ratherUhan, price. t . The public Is Willing to. pay a fair, price-. ,
5 for i!s s work ; It does not ask of anybody that hedo its Work at a loss,
although the public is quick .to.talce advantage of price 'cutting. ; How .
much: better lit would be if job printing competftion could be based on
quality, of product, speed in turning out the, work,, friendliness f-the ,
-: buveri to the seller , and a hundred
competition!,; .
".;''' .". If; there is not enough , woyk to go around for two shops in your -
town.it would be a" far Detter bu.imess; proposition for- competitors to
get tbgether-and eliminate, one stiop, for if jone must knife the other to
' 'live both of you will fail.- , " , . - -
Was tKe Declaration Made in
Reichstag by Foreign Secre-; :
tary Kuchimann. v -.
RIGHTS bFElVilES v
TQ BE jflESPECTED
And Cordial . -Relations ; With
NeutralsWere His Other :
Sentiments; Remarkable :
rom German Source. ?
By Assbciated Press.) " -v:
Amsterdam, Aug. 23. "A policy bas
ed on might alone arid not on right, is
doomed to failure from the beginning,'
was the ' interesting admission made'
by Dr. Richard, von Kuchimann, Ger
man imperial foreign secretary, in his
maidenispeech to the main' committee
of the Reichstag yesterday. The'.neW
secretary; according to a -telegram
f ronx Berlin, dwelt on the trem sndous
responsibility in 'assuming - office
"when the country, is, beset py the
mightiest of enemies
without and
pre-Igrave difficulties within.'
- Dr. Von Kuehlmanri ; iaid down the
fol'owing program: ;- " -. .
First, the . maintenance of - cordial
relations with the iAllies; and. sec
ond, "With the neutrals whose rights
and necessary conditions of existence
we hall be most careful to respect
as far as is compatible with enemy
trickery -and our own TJilitary needs.''
jTo arrest further defection of im
portant neutrals is an 5 extremely: seri
ous and important task .confronting
us," said Dr. Von Kuchimann. "We
can only solve it suctftssfullyi)y ob
serving the principle tiiat in? politics
might count ; but also .right; ferid that
only if we base our conduct : on both
we can' hope to achieve Iastiugr4,esurts,
Furthermore we still , have t relations
with the belligerents ;: though, v. ox
course, mcimrtaaiwii4:-.vttvuf:-ted,
yet currents of public opinion waft
across' the border : line or the trench-'
es." -.. :v&n&:.
f1 NDr. Von Keuhlmann eloquently em-j
emy i psychology, so that ' - "nb soft
rords should be wasted when the oth
er side holds frigidly alodf. On the
other, hand, no hard words f .should ; be
uttered ' when ' there ; are ' indications
that the ice is breaking ; on tjthe-other
side and" more conciliatory feelings be
come manifest." 'L . ? J
Dr. Von Kuehlmann concluded with
an appeal for trust in the;army and
navy,
. -x- .
ALLIES HAVE TAKEN
tt BIG NUMBER: PRISONERS tt
tt '. ". - r tt
tt
(By Associated P"ress.)
tt London, Aug. 23. "In, .the past
tt three days the entente', allies; on, tt
tt the western front have taken 25,- tt
tt 000 prisoners and since . July 31
they have taken . 32,500 - prison-
tt ers," said General Maurice, tt
tt chief director of the war. iutelli- tt
tt gence office, inl his weeklytalk
tt . today with the Associated Press, tt
tt "I am confident," he added,, tt
tt"that before the end of August, we tt
will have topped the figure of 40,- tt
tt 000, which the Germans claim to tt
tt have taken in a month: on the tt
Russian front, although their
tt, total undoubtedly is composed oy
tt at. least half of mem stragglers tt j
ml- fWnm tha TYintinmia nnd flisnran--tt'
ized Russian units.
tt . ' . ' --- - ;
'tt tt tt tt tt tt tt ,;tt tt tt tt.tt
tt
Means Suicide
and' one Other causes or legitimate .
c v
Arrested in Virginia Cbnfess
V Being. One 5f , Poiirteen
Spies of German Govt.
'- "--', ",")' " " i-
' ' (By Associated Press.) ' v
. Richmond, Va., Aug. 2a.-t-William
F.' Nain, S6 years old, , arrested in
Louisa Sunday as a' suspicious char
acter and re-arrested1 Monday charged
with ""being. a German spy, admitted
j today,- county officers said; ; that he
was . one or the fourteen spies work
ing throughput -jthe United, States at
the direction of Hhe German govern
ment. -The admission is reported to
hsrve- been made after Nain had been
arrested in Louisa. ' ' '-. '' -'-. : . .
- .Maps, charts, explanatory notes and
other papers vrere fOund , cm - Nain and
an express packagethat he ; had for
warded to ' Charlottesville containing
other information to be turned over
to the German government, was inter
cepted and returned, to Louisa to" be
used as evidence. . r -1 ;
-: The prisoner is reported to be from
Montreal and the f son Of .sfc n Scotch
Irish father and a German, niother. He
l said" he was " sending inforfnation - to
j his mother at MOntreaK
WiG;: fiibbbmnipnwealth atto;-
ey : of TiOmsa; has . telegraphed - to
JMjontreal fforiget ? lHiiitprmatipn pofr
siblei concerning NainJ S
raESIDENTTOAWSFERS
CONTROL OF EXPORTS
.1 By Associated j Press.) "" . ;
t Washington, Aug. 23,itControl of ex
ports, heretofore - administered" by the
Department- of Commerce,- was 5 given
by President Wilson' yesterday Jo ' the
exports administrative board of which
Vance McCormick is .. chairman. The
purpose, officials explained, is to sim
plify procedure in granting export li-
The chanee sives unusual DOwers toiusly an3 successfully their new 0f-
the administrative board.? which was J
i formed " to serve as an advisory body
to the exports council,, comprising the
Secretaries of ' State, Commerce 1 and
Agriculture and the food administra-
itor. The President's order, will serve
to make the exports council really, the
advisory board. ' f , r- ,
HDUMC AUrTU'DCrnDn
UrtJNO Wllil IVLLUKU
BREAKING SALES
' . (Special to The bispatcKJ" -' -
Warsaw, N. C, Aug. 23. The tobac
co market opened here Wednesday
with record breaking sales and prices
Approximately 250,000 pounds of the
weed were sold at the 2 warehouses
with an average or 31 1-2 cents per
pound. Neither; warehouse could sell
all the tobacco ' brought to it dur-
ing the day.
Camp at Palo Alto Abandoned
and Contingent Ordered to "
. ' Charlotte: U
(By. Associated Press. V -
Washington, vAugw, 23?dk;ations Vapd reacned p0r assistance
at the War Department today were.Rnm& nf her forward .rivfttft? were atart.
j that the 41st National Guard, compos- j
ied of the-troops ;-trom;Washingtonr
wiw-s", ;De- ascertained until' unloading negms;-
ing would .be. sent to Camp Greene, , After dispharging,-the ship' will be diy
at Charlotte, N. C. for traming. Campidocked At. the timer she stiuk. the,
Fremont, at Palo Alto, Calif., has been rnva .Tga f 0tt h pr waV ' -verr -
aDanuonea Decause xocai neaia y au-
, . 'l 1 hit '
system which ; the I War 4 Department
considers unreasonable fora
ary. camp. '.- .. U
Camp Greene was prepared for the
26 th National Guard division,- compos
ed of New England troops, which have
since been assigned for early fluty in
France.. - C -j v .:'.-. - -
. No official announcement' was made
today, but there was reason to
lieve that: the New England division
Would prepare at some Northern point,
while the troops 'from ihe :41st; divi-
sion would he brought EasL J
During Utiei Spanish; war; officials
point v out, 1 thousands of troops 'were i
San Francisco and that latrine con- market; it was announced, and the pro: v
struction usual fOr temporary camps ceeds of the salesl will be applied to
was held . by ,' the city authorities as the payment of bank loans incurred in i
sufficient safeguard for the health or;this country by -the ; British; govern
the community. . ': ' . ,'jment for various suppUeSvP vi , ; ;
'Tf'Xi'-i'- 'f-il'tt''i I
li-j'-'-:''. X '.-r C- I
Losses in Men Amount to
v . Thirty -Thousand So Farjv--V '
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AUSTRIAN COUNTER
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ATTACKS REPULSED
Fighting pn Verdun Front Dyr
-,. . ... - - K-. , -
; i: ing - Out, But French raye '
Obtained -Their Objective
Germans , Attacking on ; the
Aisne Line. v -s r'fA-i
Italy's 'great effort Von the
Isonzo
front is meeting jvith continued 'sue--cess,
. Rome reports offlcialiy. Fur ,
ther. ground has been gained on both
the Northern; and '-Southerns! Vingfti-:'";
Austrian poiinter attacks of great sev : '
ferity are heing repulsed.-; Tne'-Aus . ;
trian flosses In ,the; nVstjtwbVayio'fc
the battle are computed unofficially1 inV
Italy at 3ft,000. -:--;-'vV- ''l-A.-'
; The fighting ion the .Verdutt f rontis
dying down. The . French . objectives
north pt jfer dun apparently' nave Jbee f
attained, and ; excepjL.or the captiir
by the French of; a . ;sm4ll iorfied?poi ;
sitionrno - infantry actjerns in thislecv " '
tor are Wported.; '; The1 number of pVis-V :
oners lias reached? y.fiSS.1 The, French;
also' liaye captured ,24 cannon- and'
more than 200 machine :guns. :-i Ai
I TbeLGemana,, continued " their li at. - .u -$f
I ks;:onhe sne front ;la - lUghti :
heretof cuefSteriiItaasatHts,aeitrf Iitff fe'
fauxmill, f Allies rand vCehry;;wre,i, - - ff-r
t-,- The ' weekly report of AFr.ench i shjp-"
ping losses shows that five steamship
of more than ; 1,600 ..t6ns .were 'sunky
mines or subnjarjnes. Four ; vesse
of. lesser-size were restrpyedl;.vj.;v,;'.?."
v Three .attacks :by- submarines faledl
2;Thej German : government' has : acknowledged-
at the Vatican ; receltVdf
the Papal peace' nbte.prPmising'Ca
examine it" carefully and to rplyVtfffe
er- reaching an agreement ' withr its-jtlj
lies.
The Germans are continuing' vikbi-
tensive on the. extreme northern , end
of the ' Russian front, Notwlthstand
;ing the difficulties 'pf; the ground qtvr
.which they are attacking, they-: baye
made substahtial gains along "the Gulj!
,of ; Riga. The official report front
Petrograd shows a; Russian withdraw
al of about" five miles along "the coast
lp the direction of Riga. Berlin gives-;
?ew aetaus j3i tms iignnng;and it is
tnot vet clear "whether the German.
if have committed' themselves'td a sus
tained offensive in the north. -v.,, ;
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Germans - Drive Russian Back.'' : J
' Dviim, Aug.. o.v y 1 a. iJouuuuj.Tr
iGerman forces yesterday- v occupied
without fighting 'the" Russian' positions
west of the-river. Aaa to theiOdingr
ubigaum line, on the. Riga front, ac
cording to tne oruciai announcement
made : today by - the . German- war ?.de
partment.-? v - x.-;','::'7.','S';l"
, In the fighting ' yesterday f in; ; the
region of Verdun, the. German genera!
headquarters staff today reports ith,
French gained a footing only in a GeT
f man foremost trench on a small front
to. the wes.of .theYacherauvjlle-Beau;
,mont road.
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STEAMSHIP GROUNDS U
V OfF NEVV; ENGLAND-
' r (By AssocUted' Press.!
An Atlantic Port, ' Aug. , ,23. Tij
British , .steamerr C$y. ":6t, lahdrd, frdm
an Oriental 5 portfWitK1 53. passengers,
and a' $2,000,000 cargo,' ran on i.' thi.
rocks off the New England . coast, dur-:
fine foarvesterdav' but later .floated
e(L causing av leak, but whether': this
did any damage to the cargo -cannot
... WW ; v..9 . w
lowl y tnrougn the thick mist!
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?emporBRITISH SECURITIES t i
I ON AMERICAN MAK1U.1'
' '(By Associated' Press.)
New York:: Aur. 23.--.L P.; Morean
and:Comnany. actings for the British
I government, , annOUhcedi ;hera yiestr-
day the sale of ; $15,000,000 , of 90-day
be-.British treasury biTts 'at -a dlscpunt?oi
5 1-4 percent. ftlIsthe intetitkra ft
the bankers to make weekly issues 'pf
y'ester
day's offering up to . ai total of $15Q,-.
; 000,000 vol; - V; ':irs-::::lM"
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