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®h€ 'ZVvlvtrtl <a Sowtral VOLUME XVIII. BRITISH ADMIRAL HDT OVER fIEPDHT CRUISEH IW ILS. WEBS Asserts Warships Have Posi tive Orders. Not to Enter Three-Mile Limit for Any Purpose Whatevei WASHINGTON, July 27.—Str Cecil Spring-Rice. the British ambassador. m for med Acting Secretar. Polk today that he had received a message from the ad miral'commanding the British squadroni on the Atlantic coast denying that a British warehip ’.-ad entered Chesapeake bay a%> reported by the commander of , the battleship Louisiana The ambassador said the Biitiah ships | had strict orders not to enter the three i mile limit of American territorial wa- . ’ere to waylay the German submarine Deutschland or for any other purpose, *nd the admiral bad reported these in structions bad not been violated at any time. Mr. Folk was told the British admiral was very indignant over the report that one of his cruisers had made an incur sion into Chesapeake bay under cover of darkness early yesterday morning. • The statement of the mabassador will be accepted by the state department, but the commander of the Txiuisiana Is being pre«s*d for further details on h-s report that a craft which passed him at Lynn H»\mi signaled "English cruiser" Officials do not know what to make of •he case, but some are led to believe that the American officer was the victim of sone kind of hoax. The armored cruiser North Carolina •nd the destroyers sent out to the caper for neutrality -Inty yesterday wilt con t>nue their patrol U. S, Naval Officers Make No Comment Upon Denial By Associated Pres*.) NORFOLK. Va.. July 27.—Navy offi cers who were aboard the Louisiana last Tuesday night when a vessel within the • apes was reported to have signaled that she was an “English cruiser." today re- eived the statement of Sir Cecil Spring Rice without comment, insisting that it would be manifestly improper under the circumstances for them to say any thing Mystery was added to the situation to day before Collector Hamilton by devel opments at an inquiry into the move ments of the Tibagy, a Brazilian mei chant vessel, which some thought might have been mistaken for a cruiser. The inspector was closeted with the two of ficers of the Tibagy and an interpret*r for more than an hour. He refused to discuss their testimony, but they later a iked through a third person. Captain Soares, of the Tibagy. declar ed he signaled no vessel within the capes, that he did not sight the Louis iana. nor did he carry blinker lights, through which. persons aboard the txmrtraa aver, esflte the signal “English cruiser." The only lights on board be sides his regular signals for a merchan' ship within the capes, he declared, were •leetric bulbs on his mast behind .1 hoard out of which were cut the letters ♦orming the word Brasil. He was of the •pinion that these letters could have been mistaken for blinker lights. He some vessel signaling him with the Morse code, he- thought, but as It was ot understood on board his vessel, no ttempt was made to reply to it. I: developed also that the Tibagy pass , d into the cape« about 2 o'clock, or soon fter the Louisiana entered, instead of o'clock as had been previously offi « ally reported. With tne Tibagy probably eliminated « the mystery ship inquiry turned to ward the Neptune, a United States col lier, to determine if she might have been mistaken for a British cruiser. She fol the Louisiana into the capes and .n-ried all cf *,he signalling apparatus hirh l-a* been described by those who -.«-erUd they -aw a cruiser from the ix,Jis!ana. The weakest point in the x'ep’un» theory, however, naval authori ties believe, is that she would flash the -ignal "English cruiser." They do not >elieve she would voluntarily mislead the Louisiana in the light of the pres ent international situation • Motor Vehicle Owners Pay $18,245,713 in One Year for License Fees IBy Associated Pres*.'. WASHINGTON, July 27—Motor ve hides registered' in the United States numbered 2,445,564 last year and >lB.- 245,713 was paid by their owners as reg stratlon and license fees. The office of public roads of the department of agri culture announced today that 90 per cent of the fees, or >18,213.387, was spent for ouildlng and maintenance of county and state roads. . There was an increase of 734,325 in the number of vehicles and >5.883.780 in fees from 1914. Only 48.300 motors were registered in 190 S. , The number of motor vehicles aver aged one registration for every 44 per ons tn the United States. lowa led with one for every 18 inhabitants, while in Alabama there was only one for every 200 persons Registration figures for he country as a whole, the good roads office explains, do not necessarily repre sent a total number of cars, as some of the states do not require annual regis tration, others group pleasure and com mercial vehicles and motorcycles in their accounts, while still other states do not reoutre registration of motorcycles. 300’BOTTLES WHISKY DESTROYED AT GIRARD » Special Dispatch to Th- Journal • COLt'MBS. Ga-. July 27.—The first ’quor setbed in the recent Girard ra<de tn be destroyed was that of Joe Thomp son and Zinc Jarrows, it being smashed by special officers today. The liquor amounted to about three hundred bot tles. and was ordered destroyed by the justice of the peace before the cases were tried about a month ago. No appeals were aken In the cnees, and so with the time limit up. the of fleers went to the liquor. All the oth er cases are still in the coudts. although the circuit court, today, at Saele. grant ed.an order to destroy all of the seized liquor, thia was stopped by an appeal by the defendant to the Alabama su preme court. CHiTIIHOfICHEE MI.LEV CHOPS TDTILLT DESTROYED In Many Instances Farmers. Are Abandoning Land and j Going to Cities (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBUS, Ga., July 27.—As a re sult of the damage, and in many in- ■ stances total destruction to crops in the Chattahoochee valley, wrought by the recent storm and floods, scores of ten-1 ant farmers are moving out and com i Ing to the city and going to other com munities seeking work at the mills, on the railroads and at other Industries, leaving their crops that were, prior to July 5. in a most promising condition, abandoned. Thousands of acres of these lands, south of Columbus and all along the j i course of the river to Jhe Florida line, ' on both the Georgia and Alabama sides • of the stream, were under water for a I solid week, from Friday, July 7 to Fri day. July 14. Some of these lands in the lower basin places and more imme diately near the river were under wa ter even longer and in view of the con tinued rains that have prevailed every day except yesterday, since July 5. it has been impossible to work these lands for the purpose of planting other crops, and there has been nothing else for far mers thereon to do only to abandon them, especially in instances where they were entirely dependent on crops on the river bottoms. Where the water remained on the growing crops of corn, cotton and hay for a period of several days they are dead, and the loss has fallen heavily upon the landowner and the tenant. Not in many years have the river lands along the Chattahoochee had promise of a more abundant yield than that of this vear prior to July 5. the date the rains set in. The total rainfall in Columbus since that date is shown by the govern ment gauge piaintained at fire engine house No. 1. to have been 15.82 inches; at North Highlands and Goat Rock the precipitation was several inches more and I at West Point and Newnan about as much, while at Eufaula it is understood to have exceeded 20 inches. There have been only six days during the month without rain. The thousands of acres that have been drowned out might have been replant ed in corn, millet, sorghum, peas, vel vet beans and other short time hay crops had the rains not continued as they have daily even since the flood waters re ceded. but if the rains were to cease now it would be several days before these lands would be again dry enough to be worked and the remainder of the growing season before the time for frost, it is anticipated, would be tpo short for even the quick maturing varieties of corn, and peas except for hay and millet and some of the other hay crops is about all that the landowners could hope to realise from these lands this year. Many of them have indicated their intention of planting such crops if the rains cease in time, while others have indicated their intention of abandoning these farm lands for the year. The floods could have hardly come at a more critical season, that would have made more complete the disaster to crops. Since the calamity came, of course, the supply merchants and landowners have been forced to discontinue supplies to the farm tenants on these lands and many of them are understood to be in almost destitute condition. The fact that the local cotton mills and other in dustries were facing a problem of urgept need of labor has very materially helped the situation. White farmers whose crops were totally ruined or so badly damaged as to make It necessary to abandon them, have experienced but lit tle trouble in finding work at the local cotton mills for themselves and the working members of their families, while the negro farmers have found employ ment at the railroads and other indus tries. The greater number of these far mers are negroes. Applications for Farm Loans Flood Treasury <By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. July 27.—Application I for loans under the new farm Ijan bank . law are reaching the treasury depart ment in great numbers, although mem bers of a board to administer the law have not been named by President Wil son nor have steps been taken to desig nate the twelve districts Into which the United States will be divided for admin ! Istrative purposes. Many applications are not in the form required by law. but wherever possible the applicants 1 I have been rewarded with copies of the I act and with the information that their requests will eb referred to the board when it is organised. BOLL WEEVIL IS FOUND ;! IN TALBOT COUNTY FARM 'Special Dispatch to The Journal) t TALBOTTON. Ga., July 27.—James r Harrison,' a negro living about 10 miles j west of town, noticed a lot of cotton f squares lying in fields. He picked i them up and on” examing them found they had small pupae in them. He took , some to his house and placed them In a box. In a few days he had a nice crop of young boll weevils. Today when Special Farm Agent I Plunkett, of the Southern railway, visited Harrison's farm he pronounced the speci men to be genuine boll weevils. He went out into Harrison's field and picked sev ‘ eral other specimens from the cotton stalks, finding them in the young I squares. There is only a small area of this field infected but the weevils have ruin ed practically al) the cotton in the small J area infested. CATTLE ARE DYINgTrOM MYSTERIOUS DISEASE I (Special Dispatch to The Journal.' ALBANY. Ga.. July 27.—Worth county ' cattle are dying from a mysterious dis t ease which Is causing farmers there s ■ much loss. The affected cattle show no >- i signs of sickness until they walk up rl j to their watering places, drink, and fall r | dead. -1 E. K. Gulley, who runs a big farm at ej Willingham, has lost several head of fine si cows, and several other farmers have re ported similar losses. Secretary John 1, H. Mock, of the Albany chamber of com -I merce, who was in Sylvester, learned of -1 the trouble and in an effort to aid the h I farmers there wired the state veterinari :- an department to send a man to Worth d to investigate. Secretary Mock thinks .1 It possible that some sort cf poisonous 1- fungus growth caused by the recent ex cessive rains is causing the trouble. BILL ALLOWING SALE OF W. & J. WILL BE REPORTEDFAVORABLY Eight of Twenty-One Members of House Committee Meet and Hear Speaker Burwell' Talk for Measure It became known today that eight of t the twenty-one members of the Western and Atlantic railroad committee of tho | house of representatives held a meeting i Tuesday afternoon and voted to recom- ■ mend the passage of a bill by Repre sentative Burwell, of Hancock county, who is speaker of the house, looking to the sale of the Western and Atlantic railroad. The bill amends the act creating the Western and Atlantic releasing commis sion so as to enlarge the commission s authority by giving it power to consider proposals for the sale of the Western and Atlantic railroad, "in the event the commission should be unable to nego tiate a satisfactory lease.” The vote of the eight members of the Western and Atlantic committee of the house is understood to have been six in favor of the bill and two against It. Those who voted in favor of the bill, were: Morris, of Cobb; Cole, of Bartow; Swift, of Muscogee, Hutcheson, of Turn er; Bradford, of Whitfield; Dart, of Glynn. Those who voted against the bill were; Andrews, of Fulton; Elders, of Tatt nall. Representative Burwell appeared be fore the eight members of the commit tee and urged them to give his bill a favorable report. Nobody appeared against the bill. AMENDMENTS KILLED. Representatives Morris, of Cobb, anfl Cole, of Bartow, it is further learned, wanted to amend the bill by making it compulsory upon the Western and At lantic re-leasing commission to sell the mad. but the others present were tv't willing to go this far. ThA>e members of the committee came in a few moments after the eight mem bers had voted and adjourned, and ex pressed themselves as being violently opposed to the bill. They demanded that the matter be re-opened so that they could cast their votes against a favor able report, but their demand was not granted. Representative Walter P. Andrews, of Fulton county, the chairman of the com mittee. when questioned Thursday con cerning the details of the meeting, had the following to say: "The speaker asked me to call a meet ing to consider his bill. He was very anxious, for some reason, to get action by the committee as quickly as possible. I got together a sort of a hurried meet ing, but was unable to secure the at tendance full committee- eight members tverATresenf. Tho secre tary of the committee Is Representative Morris, of Cobb. He called the roll, informed me that a quorum was present, and I proceeded. Whether eight mem bers constitute a quorum of the Western and Atlantic committee, I am not posi tively certain. Each committee makes its own rules as to a quorum. As I say the speaker wanted the matter hujried along as much as possible. He did not ay why,, but I got the impression that he had some political reason for wanting It.’’ STATEMENT BY BURWELL. Mr. Burwell Thursday stated that he had several times requested Chairman Andrews to call a meeting of the com mittee to consider his bill, but that he had been unable to get him to do so un til Thursday afternoon. "The session of the general assembly is rapidly drawing to a close,” said Mr. Burwell, ‘‘and I wanted my bill acted upon in time to give it a chance before the end of the session. The meeting was called in the regular way, the secretary calle.) the roll and announced that there was a quorum* present. I don't know how many members of that committee it requires to constitute a quorum. Somtf of the large committees provide that » . fw members shall constitute a quorum I submitted by argument on the bill and the committee reported it favorably by a vote of six to two. That is all there Is to it. 1 Thursday morning Mr. Andrews asked unanimous consent of the house to have 1 the bill recommitted. He stated that there were only eight out of twenty-one 1 members of the committee present when • the measure was considered and some ■ of those absent wish to be heard upon It. I Representative Yeomans, of Terrell, ob jected. Then Mr. Andrews made a mo tion that the bill be recommitted. Speak er Burwell ruled that the motion was out of order and held that a motion to re commit was not in order until the bill came up for its third reeding. I The Semi-Weekly Journal t 25 WEEKS 1 r Two Issues a Week for 25c Sign the Coupon below and let us have your order now. For new subscribers and renewals. e U1 ; THE SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, 1 Atlanta, Ga.: t Enclosed find 25c. Send The Semi-Weekly Journal to address below for 25 weeks. n f NAME p p. o • • •. • • •• • • ■ X R. F. D. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916. THESE ARE THE MAIL MEN AT CAMP HARRIS. The picture, snapped by Staff Photographer Winn, shows thv* postoffice detail at the camp on the motor truck by which the mail is ro g Macon to the camp three times a day. The four chaplains are in charge at the capm postoffice. I Thev are Rev. Andrew Jackson Smith, of the Fifth; Rev. John S. Wilder, of the First; James A. I Moore, of the Second; and Rev. Wright T. Moore, of the First Battalion of Artillery. The non-coms and enlisted men who sort and distribute the mail under their direction were many of them seasoned postoffice clerks before they enlisted, so there is no delay in getting either letters or packages to the bojs. I 'lm dCJnw SHSb H “ WT MM ™ M l a ■ 'As/ 1 . 1 -- • - J WM WEILS FOII ' 110 FOO MM Says Loss From Floods in That State Will Exceed $5,000,000 (By Associated Press.) MONTGOMERY. Ala.. July 27.—Gov ernor Henderson has appealed to the people of Alabama |o aid the 26 000 homeless and destitute people in the flooded districts of the state, rendered so by the recent high waters. The proclamation vgas issued Wednes day evening, and in he calls atten tion to the fact that fn twelve counties there are 500,000 aCrek of cultivated lands flooded and the entire crops there on destroyed. The loss In these twelve counties, he says, exceeds >5,000,000, making the disaster the greatest that has befallen the state in the last half century. Governor Henderson's proclamation authorizes the probate judsre of each and every county to form a relief com mittee, and names John W. Durr, of Montgomery, chairman of the relief as sociation, with General W. O. Hooper, of Selma, as Its treasurer. The liberality of the people of the state in helping unfortunates of foreign lands is men tioned, and that same liberality is urged for prompt and generous aid to the unfortunate people of Alabama. $2,000,000 for Relief of Families of Soldiers Is Favored by the Senate WASHINGTON, July 27. —An appro . priation of $2,000,000 for relief of depen dent families of enhsted men in the or ganized miltia and regular army in serv ice on the Mexican emergency was agreed to by the senate today in an amendment to the army appropriation bill. Dependent families would be given not more than SSO a month in the dis cretion of the secretary of war. The army bill carrying approx,imate ly $312,000,000 -kthen passed the sen ate without a record vote. Army Aviator Killed LONDON, July 27.—Lieutenant Otto Parschau, recently given the decoration of Pour le Merite for bringing down his eighth enemy-aeroplane, has been killed in an air battle, according to a Reuter s Amsterdam dispatch which quotes the Frankfurter Zeitung- 'HOOSE SETS PROGROM OF ITS SPECIHL ORDERS Lively Discussion Provoked by Bill for Inspection of In stitutions At its Thursday morning session the house set a program of special and con tinuing orders, beginning on Friday. The program follows: First, the compulsory education bill; second, a bill providing for special regis tration for county bond elections; third, a bill making md>e*lsevere the penalties for usury; fourth, a bill authorizing counties to furnish certain school books free at their own option; fifth, a bill abolishing fees of solicitor-generals; sixth, a bill providing for the inspection by officers of the state of all elemosy nary institutions in the state. This program will take up several days and will not be completed until some time next week. After voting on these special orders, the house took up consideration of a bill to provide a constitutional amend ment so as to add three judges to the court of appeals and otherwise expedite the business of that court. The bill already has been passed by the senate. It has the indorsement of the Georgia bar association. NEW HOUSE BILLS. The following bills were ntroduced in the house on Thursday: . , By Mr. Cook, of Telfair —To amend aet es tablishing city court of Mcßae. By Mr. Matthews, of Elbert —To appropriate $3,000 to the state tuberculosis sanitarium at Bv Mr. Stewart, of Coffee—To amend act establishing city court of Douglas. By Meriwether Delegation—To amend town charter of Bullochville. By Jackson Delegation—To amend act estab lishing Jackson county 'board. By Mr. Carter, of Bacon —To amend constitu tion so as to authorize holding of bond elections in Bacon county. . „ By Mr. Ballard, of Columbia and others—To regulate holding of primary elections. By Mr. Smith, of DeKalb—To prohibit sale of artificially bleached oats. By Mr. Pickren, of Charlton—To amend act establishing Charlton county board. By Mr. Bale, of Floyd—To amend act regulat ng condemnation of land for public roads. By Mr. Picken. of Charlton—To amend act establishing Charlton county board. LOCAL BILLS PASSED. The house on Thursday passed the following local bills: To amend charter of Ball Ground. To establish new charter for city of Gordon. To incorporate town of Braselton. To repeal act creating city court of Wash ington. To amend charter of Hoschton. To amend act creating city court of Griffin. To amend act creatng city court of Sanders vßle. To amend act establishing municipal court of Savannah. To amend act creating city court of Hazle hurst. To amend charter of West Green. To amend charter of Lawrenceville. BILLS PASSED IN SENATE. The following bills were passed in the senate Thursday: By Mr Reiser, of Effingham—To amend i an act creating the city court of Springfield. By Mr. Howard, of Liberty—To establish the J i city court of Hinesville. i By Mr. Gordy, of Chattahoochee—To amend the charter of the town of Cusetta. By the Muscogee delegation—To amend the charter of the city of Columbus. By the Burke delegation—To abolish the of-1 fice of county treasurer of Burke county. By Mr. King, of Greene—To abolish the office I of treasurer of Greene county. By Mr. Beck, of Murray—To amend the char ter of the town of Eton. By Mr. Sumner, of Worth—To create the city court of Sylvester. By« Mr. Rusbln, of Dooley—To amend the . charter of the town of Pineburst. By Mr. Carithers, of Barrow—To provide for four terms a year of the superior court of Bar- I row county. To amend the charter of Statham. By Mr. Collier, of Stephens—To amend the | eharter of Martin. By Mr. Cook, of Telfair—To abolish the office of commissioner of roads and revenues of Tel fair county. By Mr. Clarke, of Mclntosh —To abolish the office of treasurer of Mclntosh county. By Mr. Boyett. of Stewart —To provide for a salary for the treasurer of Stewart county. By Mr. McCalla, of Rochelle—To amend the charters of Conyers authorizing a bond issue. By Mr. Beck of Murray—To authorize the or dinary of Murray county to take charge of the treasurer’s books. By Mr. Gordy of Chattahoochee —To abolish the Office of treasurer of Chattahoochee county. By Mr. Carter of Bacon —To fix the pay of the Bacon county treasurer. Bj Mr. Arnold of Clarke —To amend the char ter of Athens. By Mr. Hartlev of Houston—To amend the charter of Fort Valley. By Mr. Beck of Murray—-To create a board of supervisors of roads, bridges, etc,, for Mur ray county. By the Brooks delegation—To abolish ths of- OVER 700 CHILDREN HIVE BEEN KILLED Os FEME More Than 3,000 Cases Re ported Since Inception on June 26 (By Associated Fres».) NEW YORK, July 27.—0n1y a slight decrease in the epidemic ot infantile paralysis was noted today in the health department’s report for the 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. During that period there were thirty-one deaths and 151 new- casex. " More than 70U children now have been killed by the plague since Its inception o’i June 26, and there have been more than 3,000 cases reported. Government Warning Against So-Called Cures (By Associated Press.) t WASHINGTON, July 27—The depart ment of agriculture has instructed food and drug inspectors “to be particularly alert for Interstate shipments or Im portations of medicines, the makers of which allege that they will cure or al leviate infantile paralysis, for which, at the present time, no medical cure is known.” In making this announcement today, the department declared that the makers of such medicines found In Interstate commerce will be vigorously prosecut ed whenever evidence warrants action under the food and drugs act. The pub lic is warned against any preparations put on the market and offered for sale as being effective for the treatment of infrfhtile paralysis. ARMY SCOUT ADMITS HE IS WANTED FORf FRAUD * (By Associated Press.) • COLUMBUS, N. M., July 27.—Guy Johnson, the United States army scout, who confessed to Captain J. Van Schayck here yesterday that he was Guy Hartman, wanted at Fort Smith, Ark., for internal revenue fraud, committed during 1915, was taken to the Santa Fe, New Mexico, penitentiary today by Un ited States Marshal Hudspeth. After the papers necessary for the prisoners’ removal from the state are signed Hartman will be taken to Fort Smith for a hearing. The cash bond of >20,000 which Hart man jumped just before his trial in May, 1915, has already been declared forfeited. * United States Internal Agent J. S. Barkman who arrived here last bight from Fort Smith, was cordially greet ed by Hartman who said he was anxious to waive extradition and go back to Fort Smith immediately. In a brief statement before he board ed the train for Santa Fe Hartman said: "A former business partner of mine is responsible for my present plight. “I should have liked to have been at I liberty just a little while longer. I ; might then have had an opportunity to i serve my country far more than I am about to do now. I loved my work as j cosut and believe that I accomplished I something during my short time with : General Pershing. Back in Leaven worth or wherever else I shall be located shortly, I can think back occasionally i of the red blooded men in the field in | Mexio and it will afford me a little hap i piness to know that once I was one of ■ them.” : flee of treasurer of Brooks county. By the Walton delegation—To amend the char | ter of Monroe. By Mr. Burruss of Morgan—To create r. new charter for Bostwick. By Mr. Knight of Berrien—To repeal an act creating the city court of Nashville. By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill—To create six road districts in and for Ben Hill county. By Senator Bnchannon of the Ninth—To abol ish the office of treasurer of Early <-ounty. By Senator Dobbs of the Thirty-fifth—To amend an act creating a board of lights and waterworks for Marietta. By Senator Bonner of the Thirty-first—To extend the boundary line of Mount Airy. NEW SENATE BILLS. The following bills were introduced In the senate Thursday: By Senators Way of tee Second, and Akin of the fourth—To amend section 3636 of th-» cole of 1910. By Senator Goolsby of the Twenty-eighth— To provide a public school system for the town of Hillsboro. By Senator Ward of the Fifth by request—To amend an act vstablisuinc the city court of Douglas, Coffee county. Two bills. NUMBER 85. ARTILLERY IS PMB WAY FOR RENEWAL OFBBITISHMLT Infantry Keeps in Close Touch With Teutons and Frequent Hand-to-Hand Battles Are Reported (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 27.—Heavy rhelling of the German lines on the Somme front by British guns Is In progress following the success of Gen eral Sir Douglas Haig in clinching his hold upon Pozierles, possession of which is necessary to a further advance to ward Bapaume, his objective. London today reports activity throughout the night by the British ar tillery. apparently in preparation for a renewal of the attack. The Germans in reply are using quantities of gas and eye-irritating shells, evidently in efforts to interfere with the operations of the British infantry, which is being kept in close touch with the Germans, hand to-hand fighting at various points being reported. Rumors that an important naval ac tion has occurred in Scandinavian wa- • ters were met today by a statement of the British admiralty that it had no reports of any naval activities In ; the region indicated. Turkish claims to advantage over the British in cavalry skirmishes in Egypt, in the district east of the Suez canal, are denied in a report from the British commander in Egypt, who reports that he has the situation well in hand. The sinking in the North sea by German submarines of four Norwegian vessels with cargoes of timber Is an nounced from London, which reports their destruction as part of an ener getic campaign started by the Germans against timber-laden vessels in those waters. Petrograd announces the capture of a total of 8,250 prisoners by the Russians in the fighting of Tuesday, when the Teutonic lines were pressed back in the Slonevka region of Volhynla. After the capture of the Turkish fortress of Erzingan, Turkish Armenia, announced yesterday, the Russians con tinued their pursuit of the Turks to the westward. A depot of war mate rials was taken in Erzingan, the Rus sians assert. Russians Report Capture Os 6,250 More Teutons (By Associated Press.) * PETROGRAD, July 27.—(Via Lon don.)—ln the battle Tuesday on the i Russian western front 6,250 Teutons were taken prisoner, says the official . statement issued today by the Russian war department. . The Russians also 1 captured five guns and. twenty-two ma chine guna Russian 'forces operating in the Cau casus are continuing their pursuit of t the retreating Turks, the statement says. , In the Turkish fortress of Erzingan, the capture of which was announosd yester day, the Russians took a depot of war materials. British Troops Continue * To Press the Germans (By Associated Press.) LONDON, July 27.—Throughout* the night British troops continued to press the Germans with hand-to-hand encoun ters at various points on the Somme front in France, says the official Brit ish statement issued today. • The British official statement says: “Throughout the night our artillery had been active and we continued to press the enemy with hand-to-hand en counters at various points. “The enemy Is using large numbers of gas and tear-shells in the battle area. "Elsewhere on the British front thera was no incident of importance In the. last forty-eight hours." British and French Give Themselves No Restj (By Associated Press.) HEADQUARTERS CFF THE ARMY ON THE SOMME, July 25.—(Via, > Berlin, July 26.) —To London, July 27, ( —The French and British, giving them- l selves no rest, are .continuing their r forts to widen the sack like position north and south' of the Somme whereby i they are now pinned on three sides by>( German atmles. Both German officers, ’ and men are confident of their ability to hold their own and are aided by the, ( most powerful aggregation of artillery which Germany has as yet accumulated ; in any single battle theater. Yesterday afternoon, shortly after the . correspondents had left the battle field, ( an artillery duel of violent proportions, [ signalized the renewal of the struggle., From the intensity of the bombardment; it was soon evident that the main ef fort of the allies would again be made on the line from Pozleres to Haraecourt s the sector-whlch was the scene of such . bitter fighting from July 0 to July 23. The bombardment continued with in creasing intensity the whole afternoon. Toward evening an attack was made in > strong force by a British division which was headed by picked troops and bomb > throwers. • The attackers were able to establish , a foothold in the German lines but were ( later driven out by a German counter i attack. The British also succeeded in entering temporarily the German trench t systef in the vicinity of Longueval and Guillemont, but here also were finally expelled. r General Foch supported his British * ! colleague with a determined attack south of the Soffe. On the blpod-drench- > ed terrain between Estrees and Soyecourt he gained a few hundred meters of front line trenches south of Estrees but 1 was unable to hold them. First Arrest Is Made in 1 San Francisco Bomb Case (By Associated Press.) , SAN FRANCISCO. July 27.—With the I arrest of Warren K. Billings, a shoe l cutter, aged twenty-two. the police as ‘ serted today they were confident their net soon would close upon a "ring of . five.' of whom Billings is alleged to be a member, believed to have perpetrated 1 the bomb explosion in connection with last week’s preparedness parade. Vigorous search is being made sot i, Thomas Mooney, an Industrial Worker of the World, who. the police say. has I been missing from San Francisco since the preparedness parade.
