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' - '" . - - i'i ft WEATHER FORECAST SS-ffeif- Fin a l EBITIOI V01..XXHI..NO-.317.- . ill OFFENSIVE II ENEMY AIRSHIPS CAUSES Indications That Germany Has Porestallea ontisn in ir. Craft Preparedness ;r GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF CHATHAM RAID Men Awakened by Bursting 51 Great Coolness Dis- ; played Effects of Shock on the Men. .z (P.r Associated Press.) , -London. Sopt. 5. "Has Germany got hf pi- groat .-xir oiiensive reaay De- fnro OVU'S: IS ll ijucsuuu ,aBiicu uj a morninu paner apropo$ of the invas ion of England on three sucdessive nights and Field Marsh;, llaig's over night roport of agressiv -enemy .air craft. - , ' - Anoihor paper vaicn wssumesrand freqi'entlv warns Of Germany's inten tion to invade England with aircraft in very large fleets, says: - "TIh1 enemy seems to he getting rather fast with invasion plans. The German aircraft, came, bombed and departed. Our guns.. fired and our aircraft went up, but without result, according to theJatest official reports. This is the ninth serious raid this summer and of 127 machines --"h have crossed our coast, uermany cruy droits the loss of seven." - , ' The paperrefers to the growing cas ualty list and the relative immunity nf the invaders and adds: "It cannot be raid that we are getting" on, with j our invasion plans faster than the ene my. Disriplineprevailed completely ov er anv natural tendency at alarm in the barracks at Chatham at time of German air raitIT All ,surv:vors were instantly 'at their , quarters - and the greatest coolness was shown. A naval man, who was in the barracks at the .time, gave the following account of the raid: ' - .. "Most of us were asleep in the ham mocks in the dormitory, which was in the large drill hall. . We: had no warn- taer of anv kin .. Two Clocks, whicn , ere blow ground. Bto" ine the hour . been in some scraps but ! did "not dream that anything so sudden could happen. Before we knew what was happening, the roof was lifted from the shop, blown into the air and fell in a thousand nieces among the men. It was fiyr:r, glass, which -was so thick and hrnvy, that did the damage. We were dashed out of our hammocks to the floor and all mixed up in broken glass. The men on either side of me were both killed. Officers were on the scene in a moment and worked with ns the whole night getting the wounded to hospitals and the bodies to the gymnasium which was used as a mortuary." Another man sleeping In a ' differ ent section of the dormitory said that he did not-wait to" put on his shoes and did not know that he was walking on broken glass until long afterwards when he found that his feet were bleeding. Still another man with, a piece of glass in his head did not know it. the shock of the explosion ! Km'nrv . A 1 1. n . uciug &u girai, UIIU a IUa.ll WllU Wdai Diown across the parade ground and alighted on his feet, declared he did not feel any the worse for his experi eK Smne of the injuied died durir.c, th ii Lht and the survivors' compliin bitterly about their companions being killed without an opportunity to strike baci.. - - is "If we h.ive-T? -irlie, we want to die fighting," one blu jacket said. "Mosi "f uj; have seen fighting and we want another ro at f-o Huns." A remarkable- feature of the raid was 'hat coRipartively few people in the aombed area were aware that there nttd tf.r.n ;Vl1 attack until they arose thi1 following morning. One, bomb struck i :;. li cottage one of a row. "h" i;::iri nnrf his daughter who 'nt into the garden to see what was bappenins. escaped injury, but hi3 remained in the house and was killed. - ; - ; EX-CZAR'S BROTHER HAVING GOOD TIME tit , . (By United Press. , Washington. Sent S r.?uix3w T5d- ward n,,Co' ,, o ,ri-:x": .r:rr,-i? t). -" '-il, ouciHiiHi memuer ui iub , "l-uu iu uubbiu, luunj iuiu .p : l"l,ow,hg interesting experience inpur'- fellow t workers, especially thc-o rograd: - v ; jCf foreign birth, and vtoombat eveiyj Pro- Was AYa,kin along the Nevskyform of propaganda - no matter by , Ka jPrcr with a friend, viewing a : gl-' whom it-mfiyW-- carri'eU-, on,"r wiic f 6 nuc demonstration of 500.000 people ! tr-nds lo wealien the loyalty and devO-v' tinn 1 " the victory of the revolu- ,us a tall well-groomed and careless t ipman. His derby 'was set Bi 'i v ,,af k upon hia heade: wa3 ette a cane and' smokinga cigar- u6UlKtlIv ..r. ; i ed mv 7" know what that. is ?V ask-; On ru:m: - - V r - formed P m the nesative, I was in- "Th:J - "othf... rana uuke Michael, 4 , PiiCzar Nicholas.' thm 'urmjr heir -apparent --to. the' Mear.eri tho Russias seemed quite How -i n i no. tact tnat he vas dro v.' -"'ji -jicuaei . Aiexan- Ll-U nonianoff." I wa ,., ,ne oemonstratlon. : He 1 cil nithe.ormnizedi?workersvof-iment; arp.j t ' iolIy good time and ap- : America' prostitute ;Uhe labormove, J'Bri of hie 1...' , 10 very little for the fate . ment-tOk serve the brutal power Te-Hng. ;c.:ir- - v i j: t jcnn cm y&vrnw Tnr t: mmt$MhM z & mM -A I HI IM I III ML AKiVlY ; .LhL; - r ' i- U. S. ition of rrinciples of the Assembly arid Purpose1 of . Meeting. , LTALTY fb IDEALS OF NATION'S FREEDOM Believes ,in Democracy, Fra- ternajism and Loyalty to America Above All . V ; Things. , V (By Associated Press. '1 i Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 5 Samuel Gonipers,:-president xf the American Federation of Labor , and xihairtaan of i . me; American Alliance ior iaoor ana Peniocrady ;whrchvopened;its national IMCibose. at- rhe orcranintion n"t1iA ust. -iiliilis IJeclarE r 2--.-.- 7 "..people- oi uar ueioveu isiami, set mv.uu uuv- mouiuunjui uo iulo semblm; for the, support of the gov- tne far eastern Facific.f to the Presi-'thisur, she-need not fear vindicative ernment an , tne moral ana -material powers of the working class of the nation. , ' "It shall be our4asK,-"he said," to. - v. uv.uuut.Avy unijUIUBl, UCJiCYC, lue . ilUtM. sn uggic iui t u.uu Vuiiuc ixi. cilia v.v.Limi, i. iu uui ici- low workers, especially those of for-t weaken the loyalty and devotion of isage which has never v found oppor-- iLe masses and their willingness to; timitv anph. as ihu fnr doHrpnr. strive ana sacrifice for the nadon andj ' " 1 1 Thft onmnletA dprlaratlnn of nrin- ciples as announcctf by Mr. Gompera is as follows: "As believers m thegreaV and spienaie asion or aemocracy ana m - ternationalism, the fraternal isht and li.f :i li l x soiiuariiy oi an yeupies, we aae t ai this time our - unqualified loyalty to course to the sword might be avoid the Republic of, the United States of ed. It was a day in which you bore America and our determination to do . the -pitiless -cruelty of the wilful ag- all that lies fn our Dower to win .the . C1 ? 1. - 3 J. J ' 1 - - ' . War 111 WUIUU' U IS llgugtru. ;V(Uioici; . ouu nuu iui uluu uuiu Loyalty to the ideals of freedom, democracy and' internationalism re-, "Disloyalty to America -in this cris- 8' disloyalty to the cause of jree- dom, 'democracy and internationalism A "No ; national selfishness impelled I this Republic to enter the war. The t.'mnnlliltir rt5Q U'Oa Vl C rrT Cll m 1T1 f idealism born with the establishment of this Republic itself ; to preserve freedom, not-only for itself ..but .for -.alii nations; great and small, and the body of international laifT which all the free dPTnhcrat.ic nations - of the world re- i spectandobserve and only tne rrutal autocracies seek to dishonor and de - stroy. v In fouch a conflict real stand-1 ard bearers of democracy and true internationalists . ca have no hesita- tion in supporting our Republic which has made its oyn the cause and in- terests of all free peoples. It is there- fore -in truth not a "capitalists' 'war,'? Kilt a fpppmpn'R war. ,' . . . I realizing thai; a noWeJ , international- ism is implicit in our American con cepti or( .of national existence, it-shall uripurposeto bHhg "-to the sup-' of the government air the moral material power, of the. . working ' a w-otinn . H ohaii i-,n Tir be our oort and v material power, of the. . working class Of the' nation. It shall be our M?i "tt ...r:.,-?r:i.:.v:2 task to.lmerprei imenca s ue;uucrui.:u i spirit UIIU uuiiiwae iu, iuis, uuiiuitt tion of-' the masses and thei their willing- nation and its high purposes . "Wo shall strip the . mask from those w 'anti - militarism.:' -ond; peace are ; engag-j fi in tho .nefarious - DropaKanda ; of - trqachery.td all that these noble words represent t We .fndignaritlyrepudiate the claim that , this v propaganda which, be " it . remembered, brings joy ,Nnd comfort , to German -.au tocracy j has the support of the labor mover menf of' America.-. Not even at the behest of fhe so-called people's coun- sponsible forthe intamous rape otlcapturei Belgium the power -that would sub ueicinni tne Dower uuii vouiQ 'Suu- (Continued : on - Page Eight) troops being reviewed by the King and JAPAN'S iWESSAEE OF FRIENDSHIP For America Delivered to House of Representatives By Viscount Ishii (By Associated Press.). Washington, Sept . -6-Viscounty. lshn delivered Japan's message of friendship and co-operation to tae uniiea states oetore tne dy, in company with the bers of . the Japanese mission - He gave a solemn warning that en-' : emies of ; both countries were work- ' if Germany so wills it," he said. ,"Gei j gars ' for, information ' ' from Uils ;.co'un iiig to estrange them and expressed t' many will soon! put herself . in Uie; try and asking "if ; this Js a war of his confidence that the friendship of 1 hands of thb United .States as the ar-1 democracy against autocracy, how can the nations would prevail over the in- ,' biter of the peace terms, and will ac-!,we maintain friendly relations with trigue. : ' ' " cept the conditions that we would pre- l the most despotic; of the great , em1 TtitWTafl - VkTr Cnoatci- florV fn a ' few words. Viscount Tshn was receiv-1 ed with a "great demonstration from the floor. Ho. addressed the House as! thank" you; most sincerely for this - j gracMus rreceptioli. 'I .bring a mes.pon her, z J ISagB bornfe.by-uS aWosairan ami TMSz && '-. T.e ' ' i.;ij...-i'jv'r i-nrA 'xnAn-x. gent -0f the "United States and to your :heT?epresentatives of the greatest re- IpniBlic on , earth today, a potent fac - tor in the most stupendous, and we iiDeny icrougnoui me wona. , ; "Our message reiterates an . assur- --. ;We would not have traveled 10, 600 miles to repeat what must have I siiffirrffn.tT' imrnvissAfl itself nnnn vnn t but that within the last few months, la hew day . has dawned a day wel- .corned indeed by us. It follows upon iy1 - 11 wucu yuu, wjw luasmuwcui forbearance, endured- great wrongs rA rn 1 1-0 rr ? in i Vi q Tinrvo Vi o f ro. gressor of allj human rights bore " it . l0 - rfilv.t r ft rl tr'i tY ' r-J-1 f A I 11 f it ' V - star of hope vanished and toleration ceased to be a virtue. ' Then, . in the Jtr anee againstvthe - wrong, in favor , of j the right. and; Stripes , flung across the skies were - entwined with the emblem of the Ris ing; Sun and so commenced-the bright er day. That is why we are here. We come to bring to you the message of our Emperor, which gives "you assur ance of the comradeship and the co- operation of Japan throughout this lday ,We are here to say that, with uhe oiher allies, , we heartily welcome the advent, of the United States in -the vfields" of France " and elsewhere. We recognize the great uplift given to ; humanity and the promise 'of- a physical victory doubly insured - . by the most momentous' decision you have taken. - -' " ' ' r- ,--;v - "Ws hriner "to vmi ncsaiirnnnAa nf others than.; the common force that today: We, of Japan, . drives us all face the taskv seriously and with de -c"ptw?rs; v. ' ' " '-f -T termination. - , . Z'-'''.-' . . : v ;?i ' iU l .. ' . -.' : ; . H : ; In inaugurating, its : Grand z-Prize :'" - . iVotine Contest. The Wilmington Dis- vdditicu - - ctp a ?n iui 1 utumriCiU I 051 AT Qp : : :.: - . (By Associated Press. ' Boston, Mass., Sept. 5 The sinking f tho British f?teamer Kenmore was Ported in advices i -received todav Ue 1. owners. . The steamer was bnvi her vay to this country. The Ken- Jf . : vessel . of 2,9.19 tons gross, ; j v. ESCAPED ; GERMANS ? gtfie voting conte.v , ;'- ' - !: - 'v'-rV'f-r;.;-.;.-., z z, i. Whil te contest-, is "purely a bu3i- r!APTI Alt CP-ATneSB'ttroSpsitip . : . y - ; (By- Asso-Mated-Press.) Londom Sept, 5. sea -of-. Six escaped, Germans is? an muiii:eu li v luh :ifiiiiiry.irv- ni rthtp. follow . ; - - i fish tho ueriua NJvth :S"ea on September 1." The Disfiatch'TIipublici is 4iot-that 'youdo not understand, do .not I a small; boat, containing six asked, jroranyccontriDuxions. it, costs .nesitate to ast . queBuuu.iuot. .j Queen of England and Field Mar 3hal -TURN TO PEACE TERMS Senator liewis Declares - This ' Will Soon be Germany's Action. ;r 4 VasliingtonJ Sept. &. In supporting! the revcriue bill as drafted. Senator : Lewis. of .Illinois.Jsaicl he saw a pros-' appears the prospect of a peace and ' the end of hostilities, i siorihf rs tlisr " thnn - fori tirrno a aim of. rle where the cordons of the nations of v the yorld are so , tightened about her, as would surely bring her to .where shewould have to take any terms the revenging allies would force exclusion of her people, from the. world s highway of trade. , . . ' - Ioodrow Wilson nas gtvei Gei- ; hany her great choice. ais" will not $100, and imTam tyi on r today, bringing the; total advanced the l'm n ocs -iaa hAA Allies up, to $2,266,400,000. No Candidate Wffl be Favored Will Not Have to Pay More Mouse to-,pect oi peace and tncught drastic tax- States should declare war lmmediate- otBer -mpm-r ea. therefore . micrht not hp nwosairir i lv nnnn . ffprmafiv'si .illir nssprtinf I "To me there appears the prosDect i that the German secret service rs re- n rn or n nnn n t nn m nr ! I fl 1 - I : Ei SI a I B I id I a IV I I K31 : fl , I II BBS I G - IB 1 li 8 I I 1 1-1 1 19 1 Bl I II 1 1 ft P ' ' I II' llWHnW 9 a I u UP : .w o W I Si W W I Ml TPCT IPC Cfl IP Tfl D H ' M.JQ B a U ... - . -.. BLU a B B - . - . Kid' ' . M t UUiu 8 LU I II 1 1 L B il8 S3 I U ll !. L. of Woi k All Tliat is Necessary to Win One of The Valuable Prizes. - I . -. :v.: - . - , 4. 4. 4. f 4. 4 4. 4. 4 THE PRIZES, Briscoe Automobile. . Ford Touring Car. ' . $200 in gold-. .? - Z $100 in gold. ' $93 furniture suite. r '-: $75 Qolumbia Grafonola." $50 merchandise order . at J. H. Fuchs' Department Store. .... -'$25 wrist . watch. :-; ' Two $60 diamond . rings. Ten per cent; commission to 4 ? w!io remain "s all r non-winners act!vn ioney . for - new Sub- 1 Voting Contest,. The Wilmington Dis- patch was 'not actuated by,- philan thropic motives nor. docs it make any a-pretensions. of samo. ; ' f-'yzZ ":Z . Although 5 it has -. been shown' that tne advertisers make possible a newH- Paper, yet the extent of their support rests with" the quality-and extent of ?s circulation. , - Tho Wilmington circulation, and ..advertising : during thepast year, out, its great .aesire. is to get Vmore.- readers", and enter: new fields. Therefore after,,, caretui ana rle.ihertft 'consideration" it. decided : on a::iiy uunareus - ui. iouars ib ynzea ; .i... uoi,?vv i IlUliK tilt; IC&H .xat,UiJLslllilS, '-ill; uiaftm , 4 . 4J 4. '1 At w. li V VI Tho i-ntfiro aKtude and' liberality. . xt project - seldom f xiiihj;hii. - . - . ,: Every expense;7oithe :.pnzes-7-anawho. cans -r while patrol!-' there are. ten pi them-aro porne oy there -uj anytning aooui m9:cu.uiesi French. MAN ALLIES KEEP HER POSTED On Events in,This Country : Declaration of War Against Them ;. Advocated. : (By Associated Press.)': r' ... W Washington, Sept."&A statement issued today by the Patriotic Educa tion Sccirety . urges, that, the hYUnited lying largely upon Austrians and Bui nirpti - Anstrin-TTiinfarv." r' - ! ' Instead of refrainingf frpmia. declar: ation of war against Aus.ria-in order to leave the door open for. a 'separate peace,;. thesociety -argues, .the United States should : take a surer road to,: peaces by lending full support i-pw&T' FRENCH REPULSED rM-I7-A CTTTDIM I?DnWT;!tush those: ? from ,Cp-ie Weist-n , un juritj jl jla va a a'vvjtai .-- ; -: (By Associated Press.), , ' ; London,' Sept. 5.-f-A Bulgarian ofu ciali statement received .'here, today claims that the French: on the MacJ "" ddnian .front were repulsed ; Monday jto fS.KuVnta ? f it nPrtPd th.at nn the Dnhro-I polje, the Serbians delivered an at- topijBBionB of ! rousinrpatrlothj : local tack which ended in-a sanguinary ae.Fsend V oingledtlrtio feat for them. Above Another-Subicriber For Paper Small Amount asked to nav morefor the. paper, v. All a small amount, of wprk. an amount so small that it will not : interfere with their duties or . pleasures.- z The contest is piannea onTimes inat:vof the United States live stock mdus- experience has shown afford r. every-.; one entered an- equal ; opportunity. advisability of: removing breeding The : rules - and conditions , are emi-1 stock" from the West; to the East .and nently fair to all. The., management j South, where more rough food is pro of the contest is in hands ;that cannot ( curable ..The committee,' comprising have the slightest reasons for favor- ',100 cattle men and stock experts, is ing one candidate above another.ho going over, its. plans today with offi judges' will be well: kndwn 'business jcialss of the food. administration; and men, and behind all, assuring equityj epartment of Agriculture., . . ' to all, will be tne integrity or inet Dispatch. - :'y Thp. corn nptition is onen h-t.o all white women and girls and the only. v .restrictions are that they must-be .of good character. . - f - The'' balloting will be by means, of - the ; nomination and voting.; coupons i enppea irom -ne iwspaiuu, . - V l OpCVlai UCUlvtO juvu v payments from old and' new. subscrib - ers:. Nd subscription baliotsfiwiii, De -1 - ' . . - C. it' issued for a smaller payment than one dollar: and fifty ,cenfs, nor for a longer. period than two years ' ' Votes ? cannot be vehanged to -L count for, another, -and any combination be tween candidates is forbidden. - . All .that is necessary - to . nominate t any one as a candidate is. ta-clip out the nomination coupon f hat appears elsewhere "in the-paper, fill it outr and it io The Dispatch. bring, send or mail -.t i nrtv tintYiina-i tion Under nO condition wu tneacans toaay. ioar meir, uKuut juueauiiwr. t r. Jl v - Ses "Sf !ttS;,who nominate Wth ar ..tHmTandrcbHlV: W sofcti? n'estifledtP the - haite of names -AtAz- w 'Tr-n,wti'--T. LttllUlUaiCa , i jiuu n t . i .T .The Contest Department at ;ine uis-4 -i o . v Ht . ' A -'A 1 . A 4- The Day Made a Holiday ;m -Many Towns to Bid Fare " , well to' Drafted Men. ;i THE TAR HEEL MEI OFF FOR COLUMBIA Men on Reporting 'Are Out fitted As Soldiers Ready ,For The Hard Work s Ahead. . " r ' . (By Associated Preas.) . t Washington,;. ?Sept v 5.--The 'first of the national army went into uni form today, In 14 cantonments pour ed groups of recruits, thefirst" & per cent.! quota of the drafL army; At Camp Lee, near Petersburg, Va, j began to assemble the men who .are jto compose the 80th division made up 'from -quotas from Virginia, West Virginia and portions of - r anna;ylvania. Selected vrnen . frpm . . iorLh and South, Carolina and 4-Florida! started itoward Cantp Jackson, near- Columbia, S. C, where they will receive their training. They will, be known as the 81st division. ' - ;,.. ;.;. '-' -z":..Z. ".;; Camp 'Gordon, near Atlanta, receiv ed the 'first increment, of soldier mn- terial . for the 82nd division from Georgia, Alabama Tennessee. . Each troop on its arrival was strip ped of civilian clothing and supplied with ' khaki, uniform, army, hat, , shoes, leggings,' blankets, rifle, j. ammunition belt . and- , other accoutrements, of a soldier. Training will' i start tomor- ;row." i - The second quota of , 40? per cent. z goes.1 to camp September 19. , T : Reports 'to Provost J Marshal GenH era! Jrqwdfir indicated ;that iher mo-J X.IH -ZTa i'i ". llr.l L: Z2'zi) r- '.-i-'.-ri !Tl' (Muzatiuu. 'was-.pruceeuuig sraoomiy. Most groups tobk mprning trains, al- State States, may not reach camp until late tonight or tomorrow. ; -"' z. Camps -Upton at- Vaphank, Long" Is land, .and . Meade,'1. at'r Admiral, ".Md., were the only, cantopments not. ready Atlanta, Sept. .5. With,, lingering the first of the new fighting I forces of the ; natibnal army began arriving at Camp Gordon' today. Newly train ed officers, from .the SOuth; awaited at the cantonment to ; begin to whip. Intp shape the . approximately 2,000 men from Georgia, Alabama and : Tennes- jsee, the first tobe prepared .here.--;: Franklin ; Carter,'.' of Meldrim,; Ga., was - the first 1 man to arrive. His train arrived in the city at 6 ;25 this morning, and. he was under instruc tions to: report at once. While the . quota from, many smaller towns is less enthusiastic, tin' some - Georgia towns busines was suspended and the population turned., out ; to bid farewell. The cantonment, here is rapidly near ing completion and -many more - than (Continued. oiage Eighty) - TO BRING UVE STOCK c TO SOUTHERN SECTION s . , , (By Associated Presk) - , i Washington .Sept. - 5: Secretary Houston today opened the conference tries committee, called to discuss the - . -- WET WEATHER AFFECTS COTTON. - v - " pres9;v Washingtetrept 5. Wet w.eather interfered wit the best -development Qf cotton hnany central and eastern districtafuring ' the.-last- week, accord bU u"U6:'." ! 1DS ' p weeKiy crop f ; soegytociay. in .a exas;, nowever,:weu il ietr jhWtprl rainra.ll was hoYlofift!lI '. ton weevU damage was" reported in some- sections.- X' ' ;. . .. ; ; Cotton picking wis delayed in'some parts ofthe South' By showery weatiJ er, . . ' REPUBLICANS LOSE ; ON BOND ISSUE, FIGHT . ; .. , r. : . ; f ? (By.Associated Press.) .. - Wneh n tnn i SAntfir.-i-IIOUSe itenUU- Li5 to nrosfde.f or. a congressional war ; r - - - - y..--. ... .. r expenouures r Buiamiw.-s the whole, ; sustained .points of order - -made-by: Democratic Leader Kitchm, against two different -proposals offer tkl bv - Re'wesehtative :GUle.tt, of Mas- . T.nnn4ttn Savi:XJl.ta, auu tvcwi cacuian wvu' tr, PRICE FIVE pENTD ' Giving v Them Possession of t entire vham ot Hills Uom- Kt ; natmg Gorzia Area, - 7 GERMANS TO EVACUATE LARGE FLANDERS AREA To, Prevent Breaking of Line Supposed Intention to Flood t the SectionHeavy British Canhoriading :z in TAriticipa-"( tion of Offensive Active Air Fighting : : .v ; vr . s : (By Associated Prees.l: . Vs 5 Italy's long years . of preparatiohs ; and General Cadorna'a-strategic, ahd ability as commander, continue to beiir fruit in the" grat offensive the Ital ian armies are 'now waging for Trieste, : Z , : -. Although official 'announcement ia v ; lacking, there seems little reason "to -question' .dispatches from various sources r that -3Ionte ; San , Gabrielei Jaa been taken;, by thr waloroua - Italian troops, -giving them : possession Jofthe entire chain of hills' dommating HKe - Gorizia area. '''".. 'j -'Ul z' ';. :; ' ' The. eminence, : in "fact) ihasvibeen virtually at the mercy of the Italians. since the - fall of Monte Santo,w its . I'eighhoring stronghold. Now that his " troops have taken it, ' the : way . seems r cleared . for General; Gadorha vto."fc66a;v plete his. domination Of the Bainsiza plateau and push on into the Chiapor .' ono yalley,; driving sri wedge., in -her teenv the Austrian' northern v -ana! bouth armies on' the, Isonzo front, and y:z servering their , lines of . cpmmunica ' ? tion with each" other. - z ' yzi 'zj ;' On v the Francc-Brijtish front, ;, the British hail of shells' being" dropped -" upon the" German lines ! in FlandBriK. Is-: causing the . Germans , to contein: plate - abandoning; a ;i wide r expanse of territory - there ; now. being , swept by General Haig's big guns; and those .of ' the- Prench co-operating' with him in ' the Belgian campaign, . ;- : : . ; The launching of : the next Entente -; push here is apparently imrainent'arid as a nieasure of preparation the' Ger mans are reported' removing the'civlCr ian population of ; a , district , eiteadiftg; ; fl ;miIeor, more-ti-the east of .ftp present front ;itfe'i Fli(BrsTfa" as;lherreott bracing. aT arci of some; 20b aquard ; ? ?..,:. .31. . One theory 'advanced for, th'e : report - ed evacuatioh is that German - cdp-' mand, dreading the effect of the" hexi drive, is preparing . to.i,flood the r low lands by diverting water from the rlv r , Scheldt, thus blocking allied prbgV ressl Another supposition is that the Germans," lacking the men to hold the present -lines, firmly :t enough, are, pre paring for another "strategic retreat.!' 'Meanwhile; the air forces on both sides, are active,. no only immediate ly 5 back of the opposing lines; but,, in widely ; extended fields. Germany is pushing her air campaign against Ehg land to an extent that is . leading London to ; wonder, as one newspaper expresses it, if Germany-has got 'her great air offensive'? ready ; before' that of the Bjritisho . 't ' - . V- .z ' 'Z ; ' z V, ( , Quickly foliowing" the raid en Cti&i-. X z (Continued on Page Three).. 0 Among Articles . Found "Are . v r - Clubs For Killing The - ' Wounded. .;. - .-5 v . -;--. ' (By Associated Press;! - V Udine, Italy, Tuesday Sept; 4.It-is. Impossible, to' give.: even : an ' approxl mate idea of the immense quantity-of ooty-which has fallen into the hand -of the Italians, sinc6. the. beginning ;o(; -iheir advance) The materials 'captured phWj;heprecipitotIoWwith''whic'thft'-( Austrians fled all along , the 4ine.pl. at tackw -: -; ' V -: ; t '. ; On the Bainsizza plateaunear San-, jto ' Spirito and ..Laska, whole convoys : of arms and munitions" were abandon-' ed ;in such , haste that there ; was n6 time, to destroy them. At; one poit i thousands o boxes of projectiles, .hand : .grenades,? rockets, : shoes, rifles; and 'helmets, were : strewn everywhere:" J Some of the caverns are still packed with Austrian dead, lying one . on an other, x The bodies are , being buried eradually.: " "Mule ' oat and the adjacent- side in. -'nti2arA hh nWrnloded nro- Lxl ' .' - -- " f-ctiles v.-hich the fugitives - threw a way,v together wjth: daggers, swords, and iron-studded maces used '.for dis patching the wounded. On Ii)ll 652 the Italians captured, three 105 millimetre cannon. Twp of them were perfectly .' servlceal'le 8i:d the Italians turned them on the fleeing enemy, firing one . ill P- aimort'U ueoi iwicm the ,, Italians dircovered equipment w.8ngusiuau staff of -bri- tno roireav. r. jutiuueu ewtmv 6i, I social, documents, toilet articles kltch- ... .ter of v supplies for engineer . troops 'and nearby were , iounu storea picks,- shovels,-.hoes and wire cutters, entire outfits of electric equipments, 'miinA r 'ofooi ana 'and "innnmeraLia .junco wi I rolls of barbed wire. , sub- German 'prisoners' -who had escaped those; who enter thecontest nothing'phonc17e. nd- ask.tor tne contest "Ya . -- 'from this; countrSsfe . p..tf; ' - oi . Pennsylvania. - .rv - - ' v- - j
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 5, 1917, edition 1
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