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MEDFOKD
NEW GROUND
WON BY ALLIES;
ALONG SOMWIE
French and British in New Drive Cap
ture Additional Trenches From the
Germans in Direction of Banaume
Bulgars Resume Attacks Upon
Serbians on Border.
I.ON'DON', Sept. 20 Xew drives
Hindi' hyllic French Inst night and tho
lirili.-h this morning resulted in the
'ji it in'V of additional ground tin llio
Sonnno front by the allies. The
French gain,. as reported in the af
ternoon Paris bulletin, was et'l'eeted
between r'rogioourt nnd Mnrvnl, in
the direction of Snilly, on the l'or-onne-ISnpainne
road, north of Ilan
eotirt, where the wedge being driven
into the Oermun linen between lln
pnnine nnd I'oronne is almost at its
sharpest point.
Xew Ci'iounil Won.
The new ground won by the Brit
ish, as reported by London, ties
something more than a quarter of a
mile southwest of l.o Snrs, on the
Po.ieros-Biipnume road, nortlteast. of
Conri'elette. l.e Sars is about three
and one-half miles from Hnpaumo,
toward which the Briti-b in this sec
tor are determinedly pressing. The
captured territory comprised a
strongly defended farm.
, On the Macedonian front the Bul
garians have resumed their efforts to
drive the Serbians from their Kniui
akcalan position near the Serbian
bonier, in the region north of Lake
Ostrovo, but according to Paris this
latest attempt, during which four at
tacks were made, failed.
On Macedonian Front.
SAI.OXIKI. Sept. 2!). Despite vi
olent attacks by thn Rc.lgimnns.. the
Serbians still held the highest peak
of the Kuiniakealnn ridge, says an
official statement issued today by the
Serbian war office.- The statement
follows :
"On the night of September 27 the
Bulgarians undertook four fierce at
tacks on the Serbian Drinn' division.
.All were repulsed with heavy losses.
The highest peak of Kaimakcalan is
still in Serbian hands.
"Serbian soldiers testify that the
Bulgarians slaughtered all Serbian
Mvounded taken by them in the Kaim
akcalan battle."
CHIHUAHUA C1TV, Ilex., Sept
.20. Additional details of the hatth
of Cusihtiirinchie between the ar
ranza forces under General .Matins
lianios nnd Villa bandits has been re
ceived here from General lianios in
the form of a report of the fight. The
battle was in reality two engagements,
one taking place on the outskirts of
('usihuiriuf hie and the other at a
mountain settlement known as I.a
Bufa. AITcr fighting for five hours
mi the outskirts of Cnsiliuiriachie.
during which more than eighty Villis
tas were killed by rifle and machine
gun fire, the bandits retreated to La
Bufa, where, at dusk, they made an
other desperate stand against the de
facto forces, according to the re
port of General Ramos, who was
wounded, to General Trevino. At least
twenty more Villa soldiers were kill
ed there, the report states.
RAIN PUIS END
F.BBF.TT'R FIELD, BROOKLYN.
Sept. 2!l. A rain storm put an end to
the second game between Philadelphia
Xationals and the Brooklyns this af
ternoon after on inning and a half
had liecn played. Neither side had
scored a run and only one hit had
been made a single hy Wheat. Rixey
f:r Philadelphia and Pfeffcr for
Brooklyn were the oupo-ing pitchers.
The two teams will .play a double
header 'tomorrow to complete the scr
ies, which in. iv forecast this year's
pennant winner of the National
leugue.
SAYS RUMANIA
HOPED 10 ROB
TEUTON CORPSE
German Chancellor Outlines Dealings
With Rumania Blame for Shift in
Policy Placed Upon Premier Brati
ano, Who Was in Market for Best
Bargain Offered by Belligerents.
BKRLIX, Sept. 20. The following
account of relations with Rumania
was given at today's session of the
roiehstag by Chancellor von Beth-mann-IIollweg:
"Our relations with Rumania be
fore the war were, based on the treaty
of alliance first concluded between
Austria-Hungary and Rumania, and
then enlarged bv the accession of
Germany nnd Italy, The contracting
parlies engaged under the treaty to
assist- each other in ease of unpro
voked attack by a third party.
. . Carlos for Teutons,
"When war broke out, King Carlos
with all his energy stood up for the
idea that Rumania owed to the cen
tral Kiwers thirty years of political
security and wonderful economic de
velopment and that therefore Ru
mania must support the central pow
ers, not only on account of the pro
visions of the treaty, but also for the
sake of the country's honor. The late
king regarded as sophistry the sup
position that Rumania had not been
informed in regard to the Austro
Hungarian demarche in regard to
Serbia and had not been consulted
about it.
"The Rumanian policy was now
guided by Premier Brntiano, who at
tempted to gain riches without making
great sacrifices nt.the expense of the
party suffering defeat in the war.
The. main point was to discover in
timft. which party was about .to win
final victory, in order not to be too
late. Nevertheless, during the first
year of the war, probably after the
fall of Lemberg, Premier Bratiano,
leaving his sovereign in ignorance,
concluded a treaty of neutrality with
Russia.. After the fall of Przemysl he
thought, the time had come to reach
an understanding in regard to the pay
for Judas-like treason, but the nego
tiations failed. Russia desired to in
crease her own vast territory hy
taking' Rukowinn, while Rumania not
only wished this same Bukowina, hut
also all Hungarian territory as far as
the Thoiss."
I Saw Main Cliance.
The chancellor added that in spile
of this failure Rumania's policy of
neutrality favored the entente more
and more, lie said Rumania at
tempted to collaborate with the Brit
ish efforts to establish a blockade of
Germany bv withholding grain pur
chased by Germany until the grain
was obtained bv means of energetic
pressure. The premier again hesitat
ed when the central powers, initiating
the offensive in Gnlicia in the spring
of last year, broke through the Rus--iart
line at Gorlice, and was in doubt
whether he had placed his wager on
the right horse. Negotiations with the
entente were almost suspended.
"The Russian offensive this
spring,'' the chancellor continued,
"made Premier Bratiano believe he
saw the breaking down of the central
powers. Accordingly he decided to
obtain a share when the robbery of
the dead body began. Furthermore,
the entente powers hud a freer hand
in conducting negotiations than oth
ers. Serbia bad been conquered and
the protectors of small, feeble state:
(Continued on page five.)
BERLIN, Sept. 29. The following
semi-official announcement was
made here today:
"Eleven British fishing steamships
were sunk by a German submarine In
the North sea September 23. Four
Belgian lighters were Bunk in one day
at the entrance to the English chan
nel hv another submarine.
"On September 27, a natal airship
successfully attacked the aerial sta
tion at Lebara (on the Gulf of Riga)
and the defense batteries on Oesel
Island. Although the airship was
shelled heavily, It returned undam
aged."
GENERAL STRIKE
IN NEW YORK
IS POSTPONED
Failure of Men to Respond to Call of
Leaders to Go Out in Sympathy
With Traction Employes Results in
Delaying Walkout Refuse as Yet
to Concede Failure.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Labor
union officials who attempted to In
augurate a general strike here and In
Westchester county In sympathy with
the striking car men refused today
to admit defeat and still claim that
nearly 200,00(1 workers had quit
work. They announced, however,
that efforts to call out others would
be postponed until Monday next when
a meeting of tbo local federated
unions will he held to consider what
action shall be taken.
Hugh Frayne, chairman of the
joint labor conference committee
which has directed the attempt to call
out all the trade unions, explained
the postponement of further action by
saying that many of the unions had
not had time to consider the strike
call.
The most serious disappointment
suffered by the labor chiefs was the
action yesterday of the allied build
ing trades with a membership of
100,000 and the teamsters union of
20,000 members In postponing a de
cision of the strike issue.
The strikers In trades outside the
street car men Include about 10,000
brewery workers jind machinists.
JOFFRE ASSERTS
BATTLES
FINAL
OUT
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE,
Sept. 20. General Joffre, commander-in-chief
of tile French army, has
sent a message of congratulation to
General fjir Douglns llaig, cominan-der-in-ehief
of tile British forces in
France and Belgium, on the recent
successes in which the French gen
eral said :
"Following on the continuous prog
ress made hy your armies since the
beginning of the Soinme offensive,
these fresh successes are a sure guar
antee of filial victory over (he com
mon enemy, whose physical and mor
al forces are already severely
shaken."
After saying that the combined of
fensive has bound still closer the ties
of the two armies and that "our ad
versary will find therein a proof of
our firm determination to combine
our efforts until the end to insure the
triumph of our cause," General Jof
fre concludes:
"I bow before those of your sol
diers by whose bravery these suc
cesses have been achieved, but who
have, fallen before the completion of
our task, and I ask you to convey in
my name and in the name of the
whole French army, to those who
stand ready for the battles to come,
greeting, comradeship and oonfi
dence."
EL PASO GATEWAY
CLOSED BY ESPEE
SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. An
emburgo on nil commodities except
copper bullion sent from Pacific
coast points to New York by rail and
water through Galveston, Tex., will
hecome effective on Southern Pacific
lines tonight at midnight, according to
an announcement from the railroad
offices here today. Congestion of
freight on Galveston and Xew York
docks was given as the reason.
LLOYDS STEAMER R0DDAM
SUNK, BUT CREW LANDED
LONDON, Sept. 2(1. Lloyd's an
nounces that the steamer Roddam ha
been sank and that eleven members
of the crew have been landed at Viil
encia.
WHY I AM FOR WILSON
Bv ADOLPH S. OCRS
(Publisher of the Xew York Times.)
My reason for favoring the re-election of Presi
dent Wood row Wilson, briefly stated, is because he
is a man in everv wav qualified bv courage, abilitv,
Pffl
. S. OcJis.
of small importance when I .consider his groat
achievements, which have my admiration and ap
proval. I sincerely believe that a few years hence, when
jirosent events tire better understood, it will be'diffi
cult to find anyone who will have the courage to sav
that he or his forbears voted against Woodrow Wil
son for re-election.
MorXTAIXYII'.W, X. H., Sept. 20.
Mrs. Frederick Sinnll, wife of a
Boston real estate broken, who was
burned in a fire which destroyed the
Small summer home at Lake Ossipee
last night, was murdered, it was dis
covered today when her body was
taken from the ruins. She had been
beaten over the head and strangled
by a rope tied around her neck.
The police believe the fire was set
to cover the crime. By a mere cliance,
however, thi;; failed. The body drop
ped into the basement and the head
and neck lodged in a pool of water.
Tile rope which had been drawn twice
around the neck was preserved.
.Mr. Small, who hail left his cottage
on a business trip to Boston six hours
before the fire was discovered, hur
ried back today to assist the police
in their investigation. He said his
wife wns alone in (lie cottage when he
departed.
Later Sheriff Chandler placed
Small under arrest and held liim at a
local hotel pending instructions from
the county solicitor.
THOMPSON FALLS, Mont., Sept.
20. A. 0. Thomas, chairman of the
republican central committee of San
ders county, died in a hospital at
Missoula today from a pislol shot
fired by Miss Filith Colby, n reporter
on a local paper. Miss Colby, who is
in jail, will be given a preliminary
hearing this afteinnnn. All formali
ties are awaiting the return of the
county attorney, who is campaigning
in the Flathead reservation. Thomas
died without making any statement
regarding the shooting.
Senator Kdward Donlan of Mis
soula, a close friend of Thomas, said
the affair is the result of a long pol
itical fight. According to Donlan,
Thomas refused to introduce Mi:
Colbv to a friend Wednesday nilit.
saying she had lied about him. Ye
terday she met Thomas on the street,
according to lioiilnu, and demanded
an apology. When he walked away
she fired four shots from a revolver
she had borrowed at a restaurant.
I
CHICAGO. Sept. 21). A machine
which records every motion of the
heart w-as exhibited today before the
convention of the American X-ray
society. It ts called an electrocardio
graph and by its use, It wan ex
plained, physicians may obtain
records which are exact, and whb-h
may bo compared later with other
records in preparing a diagnosis of
certain heart diseases.
American ideals, learning and moral
and physical strength for the office of
president of the I'nited States, and h
superlatively equipped by four years'
experience in the office (luring one of
the most trying periods in the history
of this country.
J I am not blindly in agreement with
till that President Wilson favors in
public affairs, but the differences a v
OINS REVOLUTION
T
PIRAKl'S, Sept. 27, via London,
Sept. 29. The defection to the revo
lutionists of the Greek warship Hy
dra In the small hours of this morn
ing has caused great excitement in
this Creek port. The Hydra,
anchored under the guns of the arse
nal last night, was silently boarded
at three o'clock this morning by a
party of men in civilian dress. Tbo
loyalist officer, second in command,
was aroused from his bunk and with
pistols at his head wan forced with
othor loyalist offlcors'to ombark In a
row boat. The commander being a
Venlzellst, readily surrendered to the
boarders.
Two tugs were attached by tow
ropes to tile ship and as noiselessly
as possible slipped her anchor chains
and was drawn by the tugs from the
company of tho other Crock men of
war. The tugs towed her to Salamis
Bay, where the allied warships are
stationed.
The minister of marine statod to
day to the Associated Press represen
tative that he regretted the Incident,
as, while the perpetrators are un
known, owing to their attire It was
Impossible to believe all of them were
Greeks.
"It Is more to be regretted," added
the minister, "as It tends to lessen
the prestige of tho government at a
moment when It needs all possible
credit and unity to accomplish the
dlfHcult task before it."
Dispatches from Athens on Septeui
ber 27, reported that the warship Hy
dra hud joined the allied fleet.
GO TO PHILADELPHIA
NOKKOLK. Vn., Sept. 21 Tin- in
ii'nien iicnnan nnxninrv en timers
Kmiipriii. Wilhcltn, lowed by five
tuss, and 1'iii'z Kilci rViedrich, under
-deam, left the Norfolk navy yard
ji rl y today for Philadelphia, where
they are to he laid up lor the remain
der of the war. A Mpindron of
Ameriejin battleships waited off the
Virginia capes to esenit the i-rtiir-ers
up the eon-d and -ervr the double
purpose of preventing their e-eape
and j:iiardin auatn-t iaterferenee by
allied wardiip-.
RATES SUSPENDED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Tarlffn
of railroads in tin; middle went and
eaBt proposing increases of Hcven and
eight cents per hundred pounds on
Iron ond Rteel artielen from ChlrnKO,
i Pittsburg, nnd olhT points to the At
lantic seaboard and to Riilf porta for
export, were nuftpended today hy the
I inter-Htatc commerce coniiitI"fdon
i until .bitiunry 20, pending InveHtlga-tloh.
JOHNM.PARKER
IIBULL MOOSER.
IS FOR WILSON
Progressive Nominee for Vice-Presi
dent Offers to Speak in Support of
President Wilson in the Campaign
Offer Accepted Will Speak in
Ohio, New York and New Jersey.
l.ONti ItliANCII, N. .1., Sept. 20.
Jolin M. Parker, progressive uoni
inee for vice-president, bus offered to
peak in support of President Wilson
in the campaign. His offer has been
cepted by the president. He wi
make speeches in Ohio. New York and
New Jersey. The president received
a letter from him today, according to
an announcement by administration
officials.
I.ONCi 1IUANC1I, X. .1., Sept. 20
President Wilson today arranged to
resume the conlerenees with newspn
per men which were a feature of his
first two years of office. '
Through this medium he is expecled
to discuss political subjects freely.
Soon after entering the white house
the president inaugurated the policy
of seeing Washington correspondents
twice a week and submitting to
crossfire of iiieslious on all kinds of
subjects from them. The custom was
suspended at the outbreak of t lie
Kuropean war.
S AftATOfi A SPIUNCS, N. Y., Sept.
2ft, Charles IC. Hughes went over bis
old political battlo ground or Xew;
York state again today with n pro
gram fully as strenuous as any he
faced In his gubernatorial campaign
ten years ago.
Fourteen stops more than any yet
made In one day were on the ltin
erary. He left bore at 4:110 o'clock
this morning and the day's activities
started with a meeting three and one
half hours later at Oneonta. Tomor
row's program will earry him through
the state to nuffalo at . night, lie
will return to ,'ew York Sunday
morning.
PRISON PROBE BOARD
0
SALKM, Or., Sept. 2fl. The AxxU
board of eontrnl has appointed Mihop
V. C. Sumner, ex-l'nited Stales Sen
ator Fred VY. Mulkey and 1,. ji Went
worth, representative in the leisla
ture front Multnomah county, all of
Portland, as members of the riumiii
sion to investigate conditions at the
stale prison and make reconinietida
lions ns to segregation, new huildiuir
and other matters.
Some time n?o a resolution eallinu
for the appointment of the eommitlce
was adopted.
Governor Withvcomhe nominated
the three as member of the eomtnis
sion and Mate I rea-uier la am:
Secretary of State (Ib-ott. the otln
t wo members of the lion nl, agreed
that thev wele sa t i:t:ictorv.
WASHIN'GTON', Sept. 'JO. General
Kuiiston advised the war depiutnient
today that a bund of thirty aruu'd
MexioHiis crossed inti, American ter
ritory ypterday nciir Valeta,' Tex.,
but retreated across the Win Grande
without firing, immedialelv their pre-,
enee was discovered, 'flic Mexicans
belonged to the etimiuiiud of t'ulonel
lievel, a t'ari'ann oltieer, who, with
other de facto OITiciuls, has assured
General Hell that the incident will lint
be renenicil.
The Mexicans lelt so hurriedly that
one left a Mauser carbine with a gun
sling marked K, tenth cavalry, the
command alfackcd by ('arrauii
troops at Cnrrizul.
GERMANY TO
CONTINUE WAR .
UNTIL WINNER
Von Bethmann-Hollweg Says Nation
Will Persevere Until Etui Wheat
Harvest Strengthens Country
Britain Worst Enemy Every
Means Used to Secure Triumph.
IlKlil.lX, Sept. 'Ji!. (iermuny will
persevere until vietorv is hers, the
reii hsliig wns told by Chancellor Von
Ik'thmmiu-llollweg, aeeording to tho
full text of his speeeh wbieh was pub
lished here today. The eluuioellor
leelared that thfs veur' harvest has
made Germany's position miir?h mora"
seeure than was the ease last vear.
In his attaek upon Great Britain he
leelnrod ibat that fount rv wu.s break
ing one international law utter an
other and was, nbovHiill Germany's
'most egotistical, iVroest and," most
obstinate eneniv."
I'w Kvery Method.
"A fli.nn.in ui .. I ........ ., I... :.i'
"who would hesitate to use against
lliis enemy every available instru
ment ol' bat tin that would really shor
ten this war such a statesman
should be hanged.'' The chancellor
declared his contempt tor those, cir
culating reports that all Germany's,
means of fighting were nid being em
ployed to the t nl lost possible extent,
lie added that ill order to disappoint
the enemy "who is on watch for everv
broach of our inner determination,"
lie would not give details.
"When in August, 1011," ho went.
on, "we had to draw tho sword wo
know we had to protect our hearths
and homes against n mighty nnd nl
most overwhelming condition. Ardent
and until then unknown nnd often ig
nored, patriotism flamed up in all
hearts defying death and certain of
iclorv. Today, after two years of '
fighting, struggling, suffering, nnd
dying, we know more than ever he-
fore that there is only one watch
word, uuinely, persevere nnd win; Wo
will win. I.ust winter there wns
pusillanimous anxiety as to whether
our foodstuffs would suffice. They
have sufficed. This year's harvest
makes us much more secure than wft
the ease last your."
Iteall.es Nation's Troubles.
The chancellor said that he realized
the troubles of the people coincident,
with (lie war and Hint he shared tho
deep sorrow fur the fallen mid mil
lilaled. "I how my head," he wont
on, "before tho heroism with which
women and men without distinction of
rank or class boar their sacrifices,
united in un ardent love for the fath
erland. Still more sublime and still
greater is the defiance of death with
which our sons mid brothers in the '
field withstand the violent assaults
uf the enemy who, superior in num
bers, are fighting with the utmost
bravery. World history human his
tory bus never before seen the like."
Tho chancellor declared that the
German people again hnd an oppor
tunity to show their appreciation of
(lie heroism of the army by subscrib
ing to the new war loan. He assert
ed that the nation firmly believed in
the assurance of victory and wns
ready for any sacrifice. "I know wo
can also rely on the fighters behind
the front," lie said, "to give alt their
available money to support the gigan
tic work of our lighters in the field.
With clenched fists, but open hearts,
we will stand behind tliem, one man
nnd one people."
t'oncludin"- his speech, the ebaueel
Inr exclaimed :
"(lerniany will mil lie permitted to
think of peace while her house is
burning. She must first extinguish
the lire."
A t ier the chancellor had conclud
ed, the n ichstag adjourned until Oc
tober .1.
XKW YOUK, Sept. JO. A formal
offer by .1; b llenkel to inurry Miss
Anna Kuhuel, who has brought a
.fill, 00(1 breach of promise suit
auaiiist him, is believed to be the first
document of its kind ever recorded
in New York county, llenkel is a
consulting engineer for u publishing
concern and Miss Ktihnol was lii-t
housekeeper. 4