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11 OFFENSIVE IN FULL SWING ON 1 50 f ILE FRONT IN Mill
ALL ALLIES
LAND TOPS
AT SALONIKI
Russians ami Italians Lamled to Help
British and French, and Rumanians
Ready to Join Fray Bulgarians
Strike First in Macedonia and Bat
tle Extends Over Long Front
Greeks Resist Buluar Invasion
Mackeh'siji'. Reported in Command.
LONDON;' Auk. 22. The offensive
in iheTJulJcaiw Is ln;full swing with
HiiKBi'iih troops 'arriving , in Sulonil.i to
right with the entente forces, and
Rumania reported about ready to
enter the war on the side of the allies.
Landing of Italian troops is continu
ing and an official dispatch, reports
lretk troops engaged Uiilgurlans in
the vicinity of Seres.
Today's dispatches, regarding de
velopments on the Murcedonlan front
indicate that the engagement is be
coming general all along the lf'O
intle line. Serbian troops are re
ported to have captured two forts,
while on the western end of tht
line, the Bulgarians claim notable ad
vances. Offensive I'lider Wa.y.
For the moment, at least, opeia
lions on the eastern and western
fronts are overshawodew by those in
the Halkans. The entente offensive,
however. is proceedins uninter
ruptedly on both these fronts. The
Kronen and British today both claim
jirogress on the Somnie front.
The fighting on the Salonikl front
Is becoming more general, says a
llavus dispatch mailed yesterday at
Salonikl. In the Doiran section Ser
bian troops have captured Forts Kai
makariar and Oacurlu.
The heaviest fighting is on the
front northeast of Sulonikl on I he
left bank of the Strnma river, from
Kaviala to Barakli. On the western
end of the line hostilities are con
fined for the most part to artillery.
Serb- Positions Seized.
Berlin reports nil the Serbian posi
tions on the Malka Niezeplanina. east
of Banna on the Macedonian front,
liave been captured by troops of the
central powers.
The Krone!! , adds the announce
ment, have been driven over the
Struma between Buthkoxa and Ta
hhlnoe. Athens reports the occupation of
Kastoria and Corytsa by the Bulgar
ian troops confirmed. News from an
official source says that the I'.erman
field marshal, August Von .Macken
sen is with the Bulgarians.
The military movements of the en
tente allies are hindered by the flight
of tiie civil population before the
Bulgarian advance.
Kastoria is about 2."i. miles south
of Monastir on the extreme left of
the entente front in Macedonia. It
lies about "0 miles southwest of Fior
ina and its occupation indicates that
ihe Bulgarians are pressing south
ward their movement on the allied
left flank.
Mackensen Commands,
Field Marshal Von Maekenesn was
reported at KovpJ In .Inly to direct
oneratiouK against the Hussians in
Volhynia.
Official announcement is made by
the Sofia war office that on August
is the Bulgarian left wing began a
(Continued on pag two.)
RUSSIA CONFERS
T'AItlS. Aus. 2-2. The Ilu-sinn
government has conferred the cross
of St. George upon the city of Ver
dun in recognition of its heroic de-fen-e.
A di-patch from I'ctrograd
,sn- a -HM-ial delegation leaves the
Hu--ian capital tins week to pre-enl
the declaration to the mayor of Ver
dun, a representative of the city.
RUSSIAN ARMY
AT SALON K TO
ASSIST ALLIES
Czar's Troops in Balkans for Three
Weeks, But News Suppressed by
Censer Force Unites With Rem
nants of Serh Army Under Com
bined Staff.
ATIIKNS. Aug. 22. After n enu
tVrencc id' the French, British, Serb
ian ami li'tissinii commanders at Sal
tmiki today il was decided that the
newly arrived Russian forces should
take up positions with the Serbian
troo'is on i lie southern frontier of
Serbia. The Serbo-Kussian force
was paced under a combined staff,
of which frown IVinee Alexander of
Serbia is (he nominal commander.
The Nussian general, Friedericisz
is in aclunl command.
1 -it nit Three Weeks,
Athens advices indicate that Iius-
sian troops have been in the Balkans
more than three weeks, the initial
contingent having apparently arrive
at Saloniki some tune previous to
July .'11. the news having' been just
released by ihe entente censorship.
it is only about :i"dl mites in an ail'
line frotn liussin to Greece at the
nearest point,' but. Numania and Bul
garia lie between, and lo bridge the
distance the liussians were ob'igeil
to travel thousands of miles.
As the Bopl)orus is closed by the
Turks, llu-y were deprived of the
short sea mule.
ATIIKNS, July :il. via London,
Aug. 2'2 (delayed by censor). An in
itial brigade of Iitissinu troops h;is
arrived at Saloniki tn join the en
tente allies in the fighting- in the Bal
kans Influence on (iretce.
The arrival of Ihe Russians Ine-
c rented a profound impression here.
F.vcn the royalists, who have con
sistently opposed fariieipation in the
war by (Jreeee on the side of the en
tente allies, seemed almost s. tinned
by the news that Kus-inn troops had
arrived to take part in the campaign
which under other conditions might
have been taken by the Greek army.
The genera! feeling here is that the
bringing in of Kussian t rnops has
di-pel!cd definitely tile dream of a
greater Greece, which .was conceived
a year and a hall' ago by the then
premier. Venielos. who carried
Greece well on the way toward en
trance in the war with the entente
allies.
It is regarded as possible that the
presence of Iiussiau forces in .Mace
donia will ef e'd a change in the atti
tude of Bulgaria.
In .-oine ttiarters irritation is dis
played at the recent foreign policy
nf the Greek government, which is
-aid to have overlooked the interests
of this nation.
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IfHKlMS, France. Aug. 22. An
inspection of the famous church of
St. liVmy show dial it was damaged
in numerous places bv the recent
bomba rdment which dest roved tin
civil ho-pital. Cardinal Lucon is
among those who still remain here.
He was found on Sunday alone and
kneeling in prayer on a heap of deb
ris from Ihe cathedral. In spile of
the mnSe of (he cannonading then in
progress the cardinal declared he in
tended to remain in Hlieims and
would not desert the city under any
circumstances.
At the same time Monignor Giu-i.-ty,
bishop of Verdun, who since the
bombardment of that citadel has
been staying at f!nr Ic Hue, cclebrat
cd mass in Ya--ineoiirtf which was
the scene of bloody combats in Sep
tember, It'll. Hinging of bells joy-
mi-lv announced the arrival of the
bishop of the frontier, as he is
known. Monigiior Gini-ty delivered
a stirring address op victory, which.
he -aid, is "promised and assured
THE: G.
RED FLEET TRIES
TO LAND TROOPS
VASllINGT(iN. Aug. 22. A
"red" enemy fleet nt " great strength
convoying thirty Iran -ports laden
with an invading army arrived within
lillO miles of the Atlantic coast at ft
o'clock this morning ami the greatest
war game ever undertaken by the
navy department began.
Within an hour ihe twelve battle
ships of the "blue" defending licet
were speeding to sea behind a far
flung line of destroyers and scouts,
intent upon locating and dc- i oying
the enemy before he approached the
shore.
Admiral Mayo commands the "red"
fleet of the fifteen battle-hips, six
swift de-t rovers, representing- the
.-coating- line and six other navy
craft, represent in: the fleet of trans
ports and other ship-. Hear Admiral
Helm has seventeen de-t rovers and
seven light cruisers a- his scouting
screen and elo-c to shor- arc fifteen
submarines a- a la-t line of naval de
fense. Hear Admiral Knight, pre-idenl of
the navv war eollcne. aboard the mi-pcr-dreadnaught
1 Ynn-ylvnnia, u ill
umpire t he aiue in winch seventy
seven fighting craft are engaged. The
reserve battleship- forming the "bine"
fleet main line are manned by naval
militiamen and civilian volunteers.
Admiral Mayo lias mii September
1 to evade the "bine" fleet and effect
a landing at any point between t ape
Hattcra- and F.a-lpnrt. Me. The
sphere of action extend- film miles to
sea between tho-e points.
HUGHES TO SPEAK
FHF.SNo. ( a!., Aug. 22.--At the
turn of his iran-contmcntai tiip.
Charlc- K. Hughes wa- -pending north
today from Los Angeles to Sacra
mento with fourteen scheduled stops
atid brief speeches in the San Joa
quin valley. Here jit Fre-no he made
a ten - in in it le tit Ik. The o her ad-drc-scs
were two and tliiec-ininute
affairs from the rear plalform of Iris
tram.
O. P S NEW HEAD
THE WRONG PLACE TO WHINE
Tho west doesn't like a njt IMikIi ('harlii:
- Unfiles. Tlir I'liult finder is not popular where peo
ple are lieartv-.spoken and l.-id of hand. You made
a huni start when you trotted out Ihe hammer in a
land that has more use for the saw and sipiare.
As far as that S'oi's, Charlie, none of us are dead
stuek on the faultfinder as an institution. Whining
and naKji'ini;- make homes unhappy, and they won't
ehane their nature when you move them into pol
ities. Who jj-ave you the huiieh to start fault-finding
as a means of winning voles?
"Wilson's In blame for everything that's wrong,
and the war in Kurope brought us everything that's
right," seems to he the burden of your wail.
Oregon g.-'.v" you her vote in the republican pres
idential primary, and it was largely Oregon that put:
you on the map. Hut it looks to us. 'harlii', as if you
were giving Oregon a pretty bad impression of you
by your remarks on this present westward swing.
Neither Oregon nor Maine likes a fault finder.
Don't whine!
Knocking onlv builds a coffin.
BIG BATTLESHIP
E
I,ONTjON, Aug. 22. A Hrltt.sh of
ficial auuuuncemeiu thin afternoon
Kays it i believed that a Cerman but
tleshij) of the Nassau class Iiiih he,en
.sunk by Hritl.li submarine K-L'-'.
The announcement followH:
"The Hubmarine K-L', Ideutennnt
Commander Robert H. Turner, which
returned today from the North sea,
reporta that on the morning of Sat
urday last she made a aucceeHful tor
pedo nltack upon .i Oerman battle
ship of the Nasnnu ilasn. The com
manding officR reports that while the
ship was belns ewcorted by five de
stroyers back to harbor la a damaged
condition, he attacked again and
struck her with another torpedo and
believe Mie was mnk,"
The Nassau c1r.-s of battleship
comprises four vessels with displace
mentH of IS.Cuy tons each, a length
of 4."1 feet, beam fe"t and draft
21 feet. The armament constat yf
1 II -inch kuiih in iulrs In turrets;
12 r.!t-iuch KiiiiK In battery and 10
H. 4-Inch guns, (octher with six tor
pedo tubeii.
WASHINGTON, Ait-. L"2. - i're-i-dent
WiUon lei it be known today that
he would veto the immigration bill if
it came before him ayain with Ihe
literacy te-t, and with that the .-eii-ate
defeated Ihe uiolio) o lake up
the measure ami returned o consid
eration ofjlie revenue bill.
The president'.-- annnuiii'cmcnt
w lii'-h -ct i led t lie o, ue 1 ion at rived
juM ulna the denmcrat- were coiitin
1 1 i ri ir their arty row over the :itinn
of the nine revolting democrat who
refused to be bound by the caucus
winch (ii-cidcd to let the hill yo over
and the Icad'-r-i of I he revolt were
ma kin a ca u.-l ie replif. to I he re-pioache-
of St nalor Stone.
"n ; he president'- word that lie
would etn the bill, live of the revolt
i ti dcmoeiat turned abonl and vot
ed a-aint the motion In take it up.
They were Senator- Jieckham, Cham
berlain, ( 'ulbcc-oii. Lane ami Over
ttjiitt. Thev made I he oe '.V2 to 'J'-),
lenat or- A-hur-t, I lard wick, .My
ers Smith of South Carolina jijul
Vardaman, all democrats however,
-Ityk to tlieir vole- to lake it up.
RUMANIA WITH
800.000 TROOPS
READY FOR WAR
Mobilization of Forces Effected
Meetings in Bucharest Taken to
Indicate Time for Action at Hand
Probably Will Join Entente Allies
in Crushing Bulgaria.
I'Alv'lS, Ann. AM tin tnnrniiiir
ninvp;tHrs iMnitiunt tit Irnylli on lui
uis.il)ilitv ol Kuiuuniii joining in lilt'
The iiii'i'tinus th;il iiri1 in pinfr
ivss in Itncliiiresl ore taken In ini'iui
llim nil tht vni-ions ik-vclnpiiii'iits in
the sitnnlinn nrt hi'injr seriously eon
Miicrcti mill tlio t'ncrnl lone nt-'tlM!
rnniincnt is lluil thii iliM-wivi' minnnt
I'm Wiininnin's ni'tinn Int. ni'rivfil.
OpiM-nlions ill' the Hnlni-inn iinnios
in .Mni'iMliinin nt-c inlerpri'tt'il in sonic
ipuirtcr. ns having liorn iiiuli'i'tiikcn
solely with n view to in I lutMirini; the
iliM'ision of Itiini.-inin. On nil sides il
is nreeil that a new phase in Hulknu
history is openine anil the ilisenssion
liy the press o" tlie various iliplolnatie
ihases of the lounanian situation is
t'olloweit by aa exainination of the
strength of the K'nnianian araiy.
800,000 In Anny.
The statement is ninile on eoo,knn.
thority that the niimher of liinnanian
troops that enn lie moliili.eil exi-enls
.Sllll.lllill, an, that ih inv is in the
liest ,,f eonililion afli:r loa prepara
tion. , 11KWUN. Aiijr. 2'J.--Thc Ihulape!
Azesl, which j u-ually well inl'orm
i'it on ihe Itiimanian situnlinu. today
prints a dispatch from its Uiicharcst
enrrespondent,. sayitii; the limitation
for war which iu Ihe last few days
has been at fever heat, has suddenly
cooled down. It is stated that pos
sibly the end of mobilization U re
sponsible for the chanue, if not the
-enons words uttered in the Ihinnr
iau parlitiment.
(Thi- is the first hint of a liu
nianiau mobilisation thai has been
permitted to pass the allied censor
ship. Almost nothing on Ihe Itiiman
ian military siluuliou. from Ihe en
tente viewpoint has come through
since the Italkan situation in its
present phase reached a critical
staue.)
rudei'Htaudinu Henched.
The liueharest dispaieh adds that
(here i- no doubt that Premier liral
iano ha- remdied an uniler-tandiiiy:
with the entente -o that In it In r ne
yotinlions are uiiiiecesary now for
aciual participation in the war.
.Meanwhile the semi-official li'uman
ian press i- savagely attacking the
conservative oruuiis which undertook
lo discuss mobili.alion and related
mca-ures.
T
T
AMSTKUDAM. Aim. L"J. An offi
cial (iermau report says thai a sub
marine which was ra mined a Iter
jinkinr a !rili-h crui-er ha- relumed
to port. Whether a -ecoml (ierman
-ubina l ine wn- dc-l roycil can only
he dc'-ided w hen all the reports nl
-ubuiarities h.-ive been received.
"KcL'ardni" lirili-h aHiuupts to
deny that a Itriti-h ile-tioyer was
-itnk and a I'riti-b battle-hip d,.iti
aed,' the staletnciil says, "we rider
to the official fii'imaii reporl ot Au-".ii-t
'-Ml, whiidi i- maintained iu all
point-.
"The alleged retreat, as stated in
the ltiili-!i adniiniMv report of Ihe
(Ierman hiph -ca licet, before which
the tiiti-h hi'jh sea loices nouhere
apnea red. is imayinatiM'.''
The llritish offieinl slalement of
the sinliinj.; of the liriti-h rrui-iTs
Nott iiiL'liiiia anil l--alnionlh hy (-ierman
nliinaiines in the North sea on
Saturilay, Ane.u-t l!t, saiil thai one
Ijernian snhmai'ini1 was (le-.troyeil
ami that another was rnmtaeil anil
pos-ihly sank.
RAILROAD CHIEFS
PREPARE REPLY
TO PRESIDENT
Cabinet Discusses Situation, Confi
dent That Wilson Will Find a Way
Out Traffic Heads Oppose Execu
tive's Suggestions, But Consider
Counter-Proposal.
WASIIINflTOX, . Auk. 22. Whiln
the niilmliit e.viientive wore workini;
toilav on ii conntiii'-proposal to Pivsi
ilent Wilson's phin for averlinir . thi
ll aleneil railway strike, the eali-
iael weal over the situation fully (mil
ennfidenee wns espresseil by meiii
hcrs hill in ,l;he' end flui riulrnads
tt-niiM neeept tlie president's plan.
Whiil iissinanees llie eahinet had to
j:o on for sn h a eiiiii liiion were not
diselosell.
Cahinet nieinhcrs as-rei'd Unit it
was mil feasible to lini-vy the railroad
exeeniives into a deeision, as Ihey
had laany things to eonsidei.
The eoiinler-pioposal is exppoled
to be Ihe next step, hut I here was no
outward indieation today of when it
would bo taken.
Answer roninibited.
At III n'eloek Ihis inorninu: Ibe men
wont , into a meetiim: whieli was at
tended by Ihe leaders of all font
brotherhoods'. Xo siieeial purpose
was attnehed to il, and the leadeiM
said il will be just to ;eep die men
tojiethet. A slateineat in vi;ply to the,,
iii'itnnienls of the railroad e.veeiilivei'
on the iptestion of nrhitralion wa
heinir prepared by Ibe leaders and
probably will he issued for pnhlien
tion tomorrow, The hrolherhoml of
lieials desi'iibed Ihe situation as un
ehaned. The railiU'id executives
made a formal an:.anneeinent that
enn-iilernlion of the silnation had
been turned over lo a eonnnittee of
eisht and Hint no eoneliisions had
been I'eaehed. 'fhe following wen
annoiin I as members of the coin
mil lee which will work on President
Wilson's proposal and make a re
orl In Ihe assembled executives;
Hale Hold Hiirlinton ; V. V.
Atlcrbnry, Pennsylvania; Pairfax
Harrison, Sinithern; liobeil S. l,ov
ett, I'nion Pacific; K. P. Riplev.
Santa Fe; A. II. Smith, New York
Ccnlral; prank Tininbiill, Cliesaiieaka
& Ohio; Haniel Willard, llaltinuup &
Ohio.
DhiM-tors t'onsiilieil.
While the sub-committee was work
iic' the executives not in touch with
their hoards of directors. t u-as un
derstood that a reply miirht be ready
for President Wilson tonight or to
morrow morning.
I.ON HUN. Atis. . Ci reck troops
have been livblini; Ibe Unitarians ill
the iciaily of Seres since Sunday
iininiin':, says aa Alliens dispatch to
Ibe Kxrhaicjc Tclcfiraph conipuny.
'fhe (ircck commaailcr at Seres tin
called lo arms all the reservists in
thai locality, says the dispatch. That
the I'iuhliiiL' is of a stubborn charac
ter is indicated by Ihe 1'aot that n
lal'.'c number of (Ircck soldiers liavt
been killed.
It was stated in a Palis dispatch
M-lcrday that the fourth flrcek nriny
corps 1 1 M 1 1 fallen back from Seres ns
.veil as from Kavala and Drnniii.
Seres is an important city oT about
2(1,(10(1 population, -lo miles northeast
of Saloniki.
A dispatch to the Kveniim Xon-
from Athens, filed yesterday, say,
the resistance of the (Ircck 'lumps at,
Sen s has created ureal excitement in
Alliens and that Ihe newspapers there
a.-c rcferrins; to the, "heroic division
of Seres.-'