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Vol. No. XXXIX.
Established 1878
Am Tim Count Mall.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Time, Const Mall
mid Coon Hay AdverlNer.
No. 56
mm
ARDMORE NOW
1BE1ECK
Frightful Gasoline Explosion
of Yesterclay oauseu pium
Disaster in Oklahoma City
IFIFTY-FIVE KILLED
Most of Those Who Lost Their
Lives Were urusneci unaer
t ihn FalliiKi walls
PROPERTY DAMAGE LARGE
hviliiinled that Iss Htwhos no
.Mlllli.ii llollaih People llusy 'lo-
dux HfsciiliiK In lined and Bodies
or 'llioso Killed
Illy A wlitiM I'nim In Tom Uajr Tlmi- J
AHDMOIti:, Okla., Sept. 28. The
'death llHt lcsult of uMturduy'n gas-
tollne nml ensuing iiytiamilo cxjiioh-
1on heio was brought up to 5fi this
afternoon when Iho bodies or ti innn
nml two small children woro found
on tlio former bUo or tho railroad sta
tion ThUty-Blx woro white people
nml 1! negroes. ,
Tlio damage Ii over $1,000,000.
Fit xns learned today mat tno uy
iiatiilto In tho fiolght Htoro Iiouho ux
niIuiIcmI a k( ond after tho gasoline.
Will Investigate
Investigation of tho iniiBo or tho
'disaster Iiiib heou stinted hy tho cl
ty offh InlH. It Ib supposed a spark
'from a hummer of ono of tho work
men repnlilng n tar Ignited tlio gns-
otitic An oo v. Itness mild the
flames shot iiji 200 feel Into tho air
I preceding tho eploHlon, v.'hlcli srut
loied tho flumliiK H'l'ilil for blocks,
tliiis stinting (.cores of flies In tho
buildings vvieckcd hy tho concussion.
flushed Under Walls
Most persons killed woro eriiBhod
miller fulling vvnllH, some or thorn
mure than a block away fiom tho
: ccenu or tho explosion. Aidmoro
toda Is virtually under uiiutlul lnw
i'vxhllo hiiflluosB Ib Hiispcuded to per
il! t tho work of ichcuo to proceed
with greater speed.
Plituio of Disaster
The down-town InisinesB soctlon
.presented a plcturo of dlsnstor, ono
Moik or tho main street, riom the
it pot to tho Whlttlngton Hotel, buy
ing been rn.cil by, tho explosion.
Many buildings on tho opposllo
sldo of tlio street wero destroyed and
tho pinto glass fronts In ovory store
In town woro destroyed.
FIND IfflBE WHEELS
Ii'Aitrs or nicvchr.s r.i:AitTi.r.i
xi:.u i'onv si.octju
ll"js Aio IvnoxMi, Snylollt't Cidlec
lion (iioxxN at l'olbo Station
Hold us i:ldeuco
Still more
been found.
parts of blcjcles hao
Tho nolko station Is
cluttered with tMra tires, with
iiaiiu's mid pniaphoralla of all types
ami ilestrlptlons that bolong to such
nmi blues, orricor Itlcliatdson went
iIoxmi to Dangor Inst ovoulng and
picked up another frame and wheels
to add to tho collection.
Suxeral of tho young bos, young
sters about 10 to 14 ienrs or ago
nro kitoxxu and it Is said thoy may
uo turned oxer to tho JtixonHo Court
o dial with. Somo or tho boxs have
feliow ii intense- Interest and Knoxv
letlKu of tho whereabouts or tho
wheels when1 pointing thorn out to
the police.
Maishai Carter xxont oor to tho
t'cntMl School cstordny and called
out bexeral or tho boys for short In
torxlows Thero aro now In tho station six
heeU of blceles, all of thorn with
"t'xv tiies and ono frame. It Is no-
tlceablo thnt tho wheels nro all new
ly palate 1 black, showing an attompt
to disguise tho parts of bicycles. Tho
wheels found near Pony Slough last
n!Sht had the spokes all woll groas-
to keep from rusting whllo hid in
1,10 tall grass and bushos.
The parts or bicycles will ho hold
at tho station as ovldenco and will
not be removed until something has
been dono with tho guilty youngsters,
" the police.
WATERFRONT pTeWS t
uie bar dredgo Mlchlo has gone
t Portland to luvo somo noxv tall
"earlnw Installed. It Is expected
'"at she will return In about a
week's fme 4
The T'lOman T. Tl'an.l lo nvnMa,l!
In toninrrn... I r.... t-. i ' .
tomorrow
lth fielght.
IIUII1 O.IU JTUUI'IHIU I -
LET US TALK IT OVER
T
Hi: i:i)ITO!t or Tho Times Is not a belle or In personal Journalism
Ho legal (Is a newspaper as a quasi-public Institution for tho promo
tion of tho public good and not for forwuidlng private profit and poi-
sonal piejudlces.
Tho prlne plus and polities of Tlio Times nro too well known In Its daily
.nactlcu of many oars to ieiiilio much reiteration. Now and then, how
ever, some peiHou, flim or cotpoiallon, seeks to serine aniiulnieiit of these
principles for their Individual iidvuntuge. Ono ol these (oncoins leeenl
l attempted to piiicluise tho silence or The Times hy tho money paid for
advei Using.
Stung hy Jnsl piihlie ei lilt Ism of their ropiosonslblo nicthoils In grub-
,1(111; tho pennies or poor kiddles, In
Ogien, Iho Stimit Alec Manager or Norton U Hansen, Is aliened to have
et'Iil that Tlio Times notbes welo a leault of not receiving udvoitislng
riom that tflim. The Times heiehy publ'ily biands tho state
ment or Winner Ogion as a despicable, tonteinptlblo He. The Times had
been receiving the uilvci Using r the Norton &. Hansen Company and le
emtly lefiiBcd such advertising becnuso Obi en attempted to dictate tho
policy or The Times, both In a business and odUorial way.
This Is not the first tlnio that Ogren, ns manager of Norton & Hansen's,
las soiiKht to punlBb The Times for Its independence In printing the news
without lereienco to his tow dirty dollars spent In advertising. Ogien
with a Butter Bleed for Bold measines Its aliiu by his own stiindaid. Two
years iibo, when he wan kliked out of tho niuiiiiKonient or tho .MarBhriuld
Baseball Club .because or 1 1 It. peculiar rinanclal nietlmds, and who mixer
puhllshed n icport or the ye.u'ti games, tetelpts and dlsbuisomoiits, slop
peil Iho Noitou k. Hansen udvei Using beiuuso The Times published a full
repoil or the nieetluKB wheio Okicmi'h niethoilK leielved a severe biIWB
fiom tlio baseball funs.
A little later, when the firm miiibIU to dory the outers or Iho clt health
)!ielclaii hy pedillliiB (oufettl with Its possibility of sprcndliiB disease and
death and In doflinuo of the nlshes of tho majority or the people, The
'limes bo publicity to the matter with the icsult that u Rroup or booiI
follows made up tho sum of money necessary to puichnse the confetti and
dcstioy It. Obiou iiKuin InslstliiB on his pound of flesh, lOB'trdluss of pub
lic weiraic. .
A ear iibo Tho Times printed the news that copy books woro holm;
held In other hcil'ous of Oiobou at a much less pi loo than churned. In
.tfaishflold unit Notion &. Hansen wero compelled to letiiiu some or the
pennies Brabbed fiom tho children.
From fiist to Inst The TIiiicb has aimed to publish all tho uows Intell
igently and completely and Interpret Its slBuirttnut phases w!th absolute
Mncorlty and Intellectual honesty. No man was cer powurful enough to
lutlucnco Thu Times against Its (onl( tlons or prevent It riom pioclaimliiB
tho tiuth as It saw It. No financial icwaul Is largo enouBh to tempt Tho
Times riom tho path or Independence and Integrity.
It will continue this (ouiso legal d less or Noitou &. Hansen's adveitls
l.u; or whether Warner Ogien upproxes It or not.
START PULP .HILL
iltlll'OUT THAT OIMMIATIONS MAV
in: iti:siMi:i tiiimh: soo.v
Xi-Kot (at Ions I'mlei' Way for Kexlv
iiiB ImliiNtiy Oiitsldo I'liin
XeKotlates l'or It
AccoidhiB to an apparently nu
thoutlc tupo.-t, tho C. A. Smith pulp
mill will sboilly resume operations.
The exact (Into, ntcoidliiB l the
leport, has not been set, but will
bo before .Innuuiy 1.
Duforo the pulp mill can lcstiine,
a noxv bulldliiB will haxo to he elect
ed to teplacu tho chip Iiouho burned
Inst summer. This will bo or con
note, It Is said.
Somo tlmo ago tho pulp company
operating llu pulp nnd paper mills
nt Oicboii City sent their mnnager
luvo to Inspect tho Smith plant and
It Is understood that they liavo been
nogotiatlng for a leaso front them.
Howoxer, C. A. Smith is poison
"Hy doslroiiB or t.nrjlng tho ptop
osltlon to a Biiecess. In tho ubsenco
or Supoilntendont Mereen, nono of
tho local orflelals could vouchsafe
' information regarding tho
re-
l,0,,
uisrr MONEY IS PRID
i.imtAitv ours riN'Ah ci
I'ltOM cAitxnon: ri'i
Institution Is .Vow All Paid for,
Out of Debt nnd Is Well
Hiiulppetl ,
Tho Mnrshflcihl Carneglo public
library boaid has received fiom the
Caineglo fund a chock for $I0S
which Is tho last to bo paid of tho
?l2,r,00 given for tho llbiaiy and
equipment. This will ho paid by
tho llbtary for equipment nnd will
leavo tho institution all clear of
debt and woll fitted out.
Mrs. Ileniy Sengstacken has plue
ed her collection of Pacific Coast
shells In tlio public library. Tho
shells aro labelled and inako an
Intel estlug exhibit for vlhltors.
piti:sii)i:.NT
noi:s
. TO CAST
ins voti:
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(nr Aoiiia rrM io co nr ti l
WASHINOTON, I). C,
Sopt. 28. Presidont Wilson
left horo this morning for
I'rliiceton, where ho will
ote. He will return to
Washington in tlmo to de
liver his -address to the vet
erans attending tho Grand
Army encampment
their school book buiilncss. Winner
ALLIES GUI
General
Said
Offensive of Allies
to Have Resulted
Favorably for Them
SERSirFIGHTl
Repulse Teuton Forces Which
Attempt to Cross the Dvina
River in Advance
BATTERIES ARE BOMBARDED :
(criiMii roitlllciitlou on (uir of
ltlgu Aio Hnld to Huv Deeli S.
lemed Seiblan MlnUter Is
l.mvlnu llulginiii
ny AwoUtM l'rM to (.'una Hay Tlmw
LONDON, Sept. 28. Tho new
genoial offeusivo of tho entonto al
lies on tho western trout rosulted
In u gain of additional giouud both
In tho Altos region, near Souchaz,
ami In Champagne, avoiding to
Paris. All the heavy (lot man eotin
toia attacks mo doclured to haxo
D
been beaten off.
HtMCl Yostorday's (ioiman assault on tho
JArgonno positions is duscilbcd as
ibieakliiB ut tho rirst lino or lio
Fiench defuiibes. The sanio Is H.ild
to liuvo occui led on tin co lepo.itod
ultempts.
Aio lleuleii Itmlc
Tho Serbian war omio loportu
,uo aitoniptB by tho Teutonic fonvH
to cioss tho Dvina into surman ter
ritory, both or which woio ropuUod.
Tlio Itusslans claim to bavo hI
iVncod tho (lerman land battorles
on tho Ouir of Ulga by tho flro
of tholr fleet lu tho locont bom
bardment. Iteavlii Dulgaila
Tho Sorblau minister at hyjrln Is
leportod to liavo given notlco or !m
Inter tiou to loavo Hulsailu, glvl.ii;
Ul health hh- tho reason.
Tho Hulgailtin OonsulK in Mace
donia aio reported to liavo with
drawn on a loavo or absonco.
Tho Gorman attacks on Dvlnsk
cnutlnuo to ho dotorm'nodly pressed
but tho Itusslans claim they r.to
ho'dlng thorn In chock.
SALE.M "When attornoys for A
T. Coleman deceased asked that deed
for state land purchased bo mado
out to him instead of his holrs te
simplify administration, Attorney
General nrovvn for the land board
decided that a deed could not bo
mado out to a dead man. ,K
mmm iui fJin
IinilULII III 18 I U 1
IS MDEiB
- -
Otto Hooker, an Escaped Con
vict, Kills Head of the Ore
yon State Penitentiary
IS STILLlT large
Two Hundred Engage in Man
Hunt for Slayer Who Made
His Escape t
FLEES T0""hIGH TIMBER
Slieiltf ami Dcpiillcx null 3lniiy Citi
zens Muko Up the Posses Wbldi
Ale Seindilng h'tglil ( tlio
1 De.illi i:pcsted by Offlcois
Illy AmhcIiIM l'rrm In Com liar Tliiin 1
SAhUM. Ore., Kept. S. With
four bullets left In his roxoher
with which ho killed Warden Mint"
of the Oregon state penitential y and
coiiously wounded .Murslial .1. .1.
Benson, otto Hooker, an escaped
convict, Ib still at large this after
noon. Ho has filed only two shots.
Sheriffs and deputies or several
counties, assisted hy posses or elll
vciih, hcmchud tho (oiinliy between
here and Albany since thu shooting
last night but so fur railed to pick
lip any ti all.
Many In Man Hu'W
Over 200 engaged In tho man
limit. - A man believed to ho Hook
er wiir seen at Oeevors early today
but by tho tlmo tho offlceis reach
ed tho scene he had vanished. It
Is believed that ho madu good his
tscapo Into tho tall timber nml may
not bo cornered ror weeks. Of
'flcers engaged In tho pursuit Ex
pect a fight to tho death If ho Is ov
ei taken.
lionsou's condition Is improved
today.
Serous Clothing
Hooker appeal ed nt the house of
a farmer named Ascho, seven miles
north of Albany, nt t o'clock this
morning and forced tho family t'o
ronialn up stnits whllo ho ransacked
tho lower floor ror clothing to ox
chaugo ror his prison garb, ami for
food. 3 V 1
I.ator on tho Ascho hoys cut tho
rural telephone who and telephoned
to Albany. Wlion a posse reached
tho bceuo Hooker had disappeared.
STAUT MAX JAVS'V
Orriiers mid Cltlens Ihigugo In
Seat (I, fui-Murdcici'
y AixKltte.1 I'ri'.J to Coot Hay Tllii'l.)
j Al.HANV, Oic, Sopt. 28. Ilun-
id reds of deputies, lead by state,
'county and tlty officials aio slowly
! tightening a lingo circle today about
jDuuveis In an offoit to capture or
kill Hooker,
j Tho peace offlcein of half a doon
I counties Joined lu tho man hunt,
tho most extensive slmo ho notor-
1 Ioiih outlaw Harry Tracy was at
! large. .
I May He liijiiit'd
j Tho officers bollovo I looker could
'not have travelled far alter killing
I'Wuidou Mlnto. Ho was fooUoro
I and i an a distance or sis miles after
'tho shooting,
I Somo bollovo Hooker Is Injined.
'At tho liiKtuiit ho filed, Mltilo in-
lilled with a shot gun. Guard Wal
ter Johnson, who accompanied Mln
to also emptied a gun nt tho convict.
Kiietl ut Wanlei,
Tho officers were lu brushy pas
ture about ten feet riom the rail
Voad when llookor enmo down tho
track shortly before mtdiilght. Mlnto
stupped out with n levelled gun and
oidered Hooker to halt, llookor
Valscd a gun and both rlrod. Hook
er previously had taken a lovolver
from Marshal llousou at .lofforsou,
xx lion tho bitter tried to arrest him
utter bis ostapti from the woik gang.
X FIVE WORKMEN ARE J
t
KILLED BY TRAIN ;
Illy Aio Lie I IVu lu ruoa nay TIiiim J 4
'1 PHILADELPHIA, Sent, t
X 28, Five men wero in- X
X stantly killed and eleven X
X others were injured, six
X probably fatally, in a tun-
X nel on the Philadelphia & t
X Reading R, R, at Phoenix- :
X ville, when a passenger X
i train rushed through a 1
X gam of workmen, X
A
t MURDERER IS'NOW X
HIDING N MINE
Illy Akkin Ulrl l'r to Co. lhyfmM.l
WALSENBURQ, Colo,, t1
Sept, 28, Tho slayer of t
Robeit Mitchell, editor i!
and politician, attempted
to bieak thiough the
guaids at tlio entinnco t
of tho Robinson mine to- t
day wheio ho has taken t
lefiifte, nccoidlng to offl- t
cials, but fled back into X
tho woikinss at tho sight t
of tho walchois, X
-
KILLED By ROBBER
HOIIKUT MITCIIi:i,l;, COI.OItADO
IMll'IOIt AND PtH.ITICIA.V, DIDS
Shot When Ho ami Wife Itetuiued
t Homo (o Kind Their House
MeliiK ItaiNacI.ed
(tly An.u Intel Prciw lu Cnim II ty Tlmi
WAl.SL'NIIdUd, Coloindo, Sopt.
1!8. Itoheit Mitchell. Democratic
county chairman and publisher of
tho Independent, died after being
shot hy a burglar Sunday. Thu
shooting occurred when Mitchell and
his wife retained home and vveiu
tu r prised by men lansacklug tho
house.
DEIS THE REPORT
(.'HUMAN' AMIIAKSADOIt MAICKS
PlWIIilO A STATHMHNT
In l.et(er Sujs Stoiles of Atrotjlles
in Oltoin.iii Ihnplio iiio Pino
Invention
(Hy Ai.ocl.lM 1'tMi to Cooa Dy Tlmn.1
HOSTON. Sept. 2S. (lerman Am
bassador Von Hot nsitorff. Id a let
ter mado public hero today, declar
ed tho reports concMulug the at
logod atrocities In tho Ottoman Um
pire to ho "puro Inventions." Tho
letter was written to tho chairman
of tho executive commltteo of thu
National Dofenso Union or Amer
ica, who 'asked for a definite state
ment. GIVEN FULL ROiRS
Sl'llMAItlXi: VICTIMS Alii: HIM-
ii:d at XATio.VAii ci:mi:ti:hv
High Navy Officials mid Ollieis
Attend the Seniles Willi Ii Aio
Held Today
Illy Auotliu l'rru to Ckm nty IIiiim I
WASHINGTON, I). C Sept. 28.-
Piill nillitaiy honoiH woro today ar-
(Oidod tho foiiitoeii uuliloiitiriod
victims who lost tholr lives lu tho
isuhniarluo I'M lu Honolulu novoial
mouths ago. Tho dlsmoinboied
bodies, In four easkutu, wero hulled
I fn the Arlington National Cemetery,
j tho serxhes being attended by high
officials of tho Navy and others.
;HELP" ISlFFERED
i:'(JI(AND Wllih OIVIJ AID 'IO
I HAI.KA.V P'HIHNDS
I " "
'l.. ..... Ilnlir... I.. 'I'nLi.a tlit Airi'lfW.
hive (ileal HiHaln Is Heady
to I'igbt Her
lly Awonlil rr- 1. Tooi Ily Tlmn )
LONDON, Sept. 28. "If tho Hul
gailan mobllliitlon should ;esult In
llulgtirl.t assumiug an aggressive nt-
i tltudo' on tho side of our oiiemles,
xx o aro pruparod to glvo our fi lends
'lu tho Halkans all tho support lu
our power in a manner that would hi,
most wolcomo to thorn, lu contort
Ivxlth our allloH wlthuut josorvo,"
was the announcement of Foreign
Soiroturj Gro lu the houso or com-
iioiib this afturnoou,
o
WILLIAM DOLA.V SI1.VDS
CHUCK TO I'llllCMC.V
William Dolan, who owns
the building at North llond
In vxhidi tho Woolen Mill
storo Is locatod and which
was saved from destruction
by fire Saturday night, to
day sont to tho Marshflold
flio (lopaitmont a chock fur
$25 Inclosed lu a lettor lu
which he oxprossod his ap
preciation of the work dono
by tho Marshfleld bos when
they wero called to assist
z
X THE VILLA FORCES X
X HAVE WITHDRAWN X
X
Illr mui Ulo.1 L'rm In rm njr Tlmm J
CL PASO, Texas, Sopt,
28, It was said at the X
Carranza Consulate to- X
day that tho last of tho X
Villa foicos had with- X
X dmwn from Ton eon lato X
X yestciday, Tho Cananza X
foices have i cached San X
X Pedro Las Colonas, a X
X shoit distance oast of i
X Ton con, X
'
HILL W ARi
MUNITIONS Ml'ST NOT GO 'IO
.MH.VICAX ItAIDIUlS
No Hmbaigo lloxxevei', When Des
tined lor Auny (r the Itegulixv
Waning; Pint Ions
Illy AMoclitiM rrrtu lo nw fliy Tlnirn
WASHINGTON, 1). C., Sept. 28.
Oi tiers wero Issued to all American
officials on the Mexican holder to
solo all shipments of amuiuultlon
when thu destination was not def
initely known. No embargo Is be
ing laid on munitions to the pilu
clp.il factions, but It Is thu pin pose
or tho government to pi even war
supplies leaching thu bandit bands
and lableiu operating Independently.
SERBIA TD RESIST
Wlhli STOP I'OHKIGX THOOPS
GOIXGTIIltOPGII GltUHCi:
I ,a (((! Country Has Atai cully
Iteatbed An Agieenieiil With
Hulgaila About Houmlaiy
Illy Aocltol l'rrm to Co. Illy Tliun.
HUHIilN, Sopt. 28. (Wlioloss
Suj vlllo) According to tho Over
seas Novvb Agency, Greece has ub
Btiicd Serbia that sho will resist the
passage of foreign troopa through
Gieck territory.
liavo Now Agtced
An Overseas Novvb Agoney ills
patch accoidlng to rollablo Infonna
tlon llulguria nml Groeco bavo ag
reed upon tho establishment ot a nou
tral zone between those two coun
tries. GREECE PREPARES
GVIIK.VMU.VT TAKKS OVIIH
TWUXTV VKSSUhS
Will Ho l'M',1 to Tiniihiioii Tioops
Moblllalloii Will Halxo
11)11,0111) .Men
Wlhli IIAVi: HIJADV
l()l),()l)() SOLDI CHS
ny Ai.o'Ulo4 I'm, lo Cvna ny TlmM 1
PAItIB, Sept. 28. Tho
inohlllatloii or 20 chissos r
Greek troops will call to tho
lolors 100,000 men. This Is
the offltlul riguio given by
the (Hook war mlnlHlery.
ly AuotUlfrl I'lr! lo Coo. IUy Tlmra
PlltAHI'H, Grew o, Sopt. 28.
Tho Greek government icqubiltlouod
twout) moriiiunt vobkoIh for tians
poitlng tioops. Among them aio
the transatlantic liners Thuinlstoclus
King Constantino and I'ntris.
TELL DTRER SIDE
OCItMWS CIAIM TO HACK MADH
SOMC GAINS
I Say Ofleiis'vo of Allies is Stopped
and 'Hint Counter Altai Us
Welo Suici'Ksfiil
Ily AtwHltlotl I'iwm lo Coov l4y Tlnxw I
HIOULIN, Sept. 28. Tho Gormans
not only have stopped tho guuural
offensive of tho Allies on the West
ern front, but hy counter attacks
bavo gained cousldoiuhlu territory
for themsolves, according to an of
ficial statomeut. In tho Kast, tho
udvauco on Ovfusk continues and
sucvussus aro roportod lu tho south
eastern theater.
A $12,000,000 steamship company
has been oigauUod to operate bo
tweon Boston and Pacific Coast
points
GERMAN LI
is
STILL HOLDING
Berlin Admits Heavy Losses
But States That Allies Fail
ed in Recent Drive
IMY ARE KILLED
Reports Say That Trenches Are
Filled With Dead Before
Germans Give Up
FIGHT IS STILL RAGING
Claim .Made That Army Command
ed by German Cioun Prince Was
Sliutleicd and 'IliaO Ho 1.01
1(1(1,01)0 Men 'Ibis Summer
Illy AMorlalM rrtM to Com IUy Tlmw )
HKItlilN, (Wli'oless to Sayvllle.)
Sopt. JS. Tlio genoial attack of
the I'euch and British along tho
xx ostein fiont Is lonslilered hero to
haxo lulled already, says an Over
seas News .Agency icport. Thero Is
no possibility that tho onoinv will
break through tho German lines In
view of tho length or tho front,
which Is :tlO miles long.
It Ib expected that tho Germans'
liavo Hiiffuiud losses, but tlio fluuroS
of 20,000 (let man prisoners glvon
hy tho French and British Is bo
llevud to bo exaggerated.
CliAlM PHINCi: ,()Si:
1'ii'inli A Hero Thai Geunaiis Woro
.Dehviled Vesleiibiy
Illy AmoiUicJ l'rrai to Coo. Da; TlmM
PARIS, Sept. 28. Intolllgonco
fiom tho Champagno Tront beyond
Chalons shows that It was tho right
or tho German Crown Prlnco'u army
which w.iB shattered lu the attacks
Kililay and Saturday. Thu Crown
PiIiico'b renter inado furious efforts
to counter in Argonno yostordny,
with tho result that all railway
linos to thu Hast and North woro
ongagod Innt night lu carrying away
tho Gorman wounded.
Tho Kiourli orflcors reckon that
tho Crown Prlnco'u auny lost 100,
ooo In this attack ami in previous
assaults dm lug tho summer.
SAV GHHMA.VS HKPHhSHD
Pails Statement Claims Gains for
Tho Alllus
Illy AnortiteJ I'rc.i to Cbo tlty TlmM
PAItlS, Sept. 28. Tho now offon
Rivo iiiovemcut of tho Allies resulted
In u further gala lu tho Artoos re
gion near Suuchez, says an official
statement. Additional progress is
luported lu Chainpaguo. The Gor
man (ountur attack lu Argonno was
lopulsed, Tho Gorninns lost ground
hut not before the trenches were
(oveied with dead.
TDRKS ARE ACTIVE
CLAIM 'IO IIAVi: OAITPUKD
OCXS AND AMMUNITION
Shell Ciuii'i of Allies at tlio Dar
danelles and Destroy (bo k
Hiieinles' .Minus '
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(lly AuotUloJ rrmm i n IUy Time 1 '
CONSTANTINOPLI'J, Sept. 28
An official Htatomout says: "At th,
DariKiiiulloB flout, near Anafarta
wo eaptinoil rlfk'H and ammunition
Satuiday our artillery ahellod thf
oiiomy'H tamp. Near Arl Hurnu wo
oxploded a mine, destroying tho
enemy's mines "
ALL SETTLED
AMBASSADOR IH'MHA ASKS TOR
SAb'H COXIH'CT IIOMI!
With Advises Kroni Vlemiiv Htto
Deiiaitmeiit Xow IteganK tlio
Incident as Being Closed
Illy AtuHlite. I'lfM to Coo. ny Time.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Sopt. 28.t
Amluissador Diimbu tolographcd tho
Stato Department today from Lenox
that ho had been ordered homo aud
asked that a snfo conduct ho arrang
ed. In tho light of advlcos from VI-
onna thnt tho Austrian foreign of
fice had glvon assurances that Uum
ba would bo recalled, tho Stato De
partment will arrange a safo con
duct. This action Is considered by
tho American govoi anient as clos
ing the lucldont.
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