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VOLUME XVIII
DENIECOURT ENCIRCLED BY THE FRENCH
8.0. P. PLOT TO LIBEL
WILSON IS EXPOSED
BY NEW TOOK WORLD
World Charges Republican
National Committee Is Back
ing a Film Which Misrepre
sents Conditions in Mexico
SY HALPH SMITH.
XEW YORK. N- Y.. Sept. I«.—The
biggest development of the presidential
•■ampeifn Monday was the exposure by
the New York World of a treasonable
scheme by the Republican national com
mittee to raise the religious question as
a means ot defeating President Wilson.
Tn a three column story bristling with
disgusting and despicable details, the
World exposes the plan of the Repub
lican national committee to use the mo
tion picture to arouse the resentment
of the Catholics against the Wilson ad
ministration by depicting on the screen
alleged atrocities against Catholics, nuns
and priests in Mexico.
The World shows that the film nas
made at Sheepshead Bay by agreement
with the Republican national commit
’tee and from a scenario written by Hal
Reid. Tt is the belief in New York,
* *mong all classes and without regard to
* religion, that the prompt exposure of
2’ this indescribable motion picture will
act as a political boomerang
- Certain it is that many Catholics, aft-
* er informing themselves as to the ac
curacy ot the World's story, were em
phatic in their condemnation of the
methods of the Republican national com-
wmittee.
The unpatriotic zeal of the Republicans
1 in paying >35.909 for a film that misrep
resents and libels the president of the
United States and seeks to kindle the
:lame of religious prejudice inay have
tne same reaction against the G. O. P.
as did Dr. Burchard’s unfortunate and
* untimely ’'Rum. Romanism and Rebel
lion" characterization applied to the
Democratic party in 1881.
* That the Republican national commit
tee ia responsible for the film cannot be
2 denied in the face of the announcements
from Republican headquarters that Ed
Colby, member of the campaign commit
tee. had signed the >35,000 contract
Reid. The only defcrffe offered by the
Republicans for the film is that each in
cident shown on the screen is alleged to
be a true portrayal of incidents that
actually occurred in Mexico. But the
tacts will show that the photoplay is
a gross misrepresentation and those are
easily obtainable in Washington, and
/will no doubt be made public.
The most revolting scene shown on
rhe screen was staged at Rockaway
Point, Long Island. Residents there re
ported to the World before it began its
investigation that they were shocked
by scandalous conduct of the actors in
* Reid’s melodrama. Several actresses,
rirt-ssed as nuns, were chased from a
building supposed to be a convent, and
were dragged, screaming and resisting,
and attacked in the bushes by actors
dressed as Villa bandits.
Following this scene President Wil
son is shown on the screen asleep at
his desk. An amazing feature of this
despicable attack upon the dignity of the
-presidential office is that the part of
President Wilson is taken by a national
g iard officer. Captain Johnson, of .the
Thirteenth artillery. New York national
guard, and that soldiers of the same or
ganization. wearing the uniform of the
. > nited States, appear in the scenes as
part of the American army on the bor
*«ler.
The Journal correspondent learns, in
connection with this expose, that the
* facts were first brought to the attention
of the New York World by a man identi
fied with reputable moving pictures, who
said that the motion picture industry
would be eternally disgraced by the
countenancing of such a vile production.
The Universal Film Manufacturing cor
poration. according to the World story
•oday, refused to have anything to do
with Reid's production and dismissed
him from its employ because he under
*took to take the commission from the
Republican national committee.
It is already assured that these pic
tures cannot be presented in any reputa
ble motion picture house in the United
■fttates.
The officers of the Motion Picture Ex
hibitors’ National league learned of the
discreditable character of the Reid pro
duction before the World expose and
were preparing to announce through
their members that no such film could
oe shown under the league’s auspices.
This means that the Republican com
mittee must depend upon hiring halls
and theaters where it can give its un
patriotic show under its own auspices.
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5 YEARS MORE OF
WAR—ALLIES TO ■
. WIN, SAYS EXPERT
I WASHINGTON. Sept- 18.—Basing
j hfs prediction on information given
I tint by military experts who have
seen in the war zone. Colonel Robert
M. Thompson, president of the Navy
League of the United States, says the
I European war will last five years.
“The defeat of the Germans
, seems inevitable." said Thompson, .
'but it will take two years of fight
ng to. drive them out of France and
Belgium. Within her own borders |
Germany w'ill .put up a bitter fight
ind it will take at last three years
to conquer her after she is driven
jack to those borders. .
"Germany has the means to carry
>n war indefinitely."
i
, CONFESSIONS BARE
GREAT BLACKMAIL
PLOT AT CHICAGO
> __
Band pf Alleged Swindlers,
Numbering 60 Persons,
' Third of Them Women,
Cleaned Up $1,000,000
By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Sept. 18. —Confession has
been made by two members of the al
, leged syndicate of blacamailets, eight of
whom are under arrest here, that opera
tions of the swindlers netted them
>1,009.000 during the last year, federal
officials announced today.
The confessions, it was said, disclosed
that the alleged band numbers sixty per
sons, a third of them women. A dis
pute over the division of spoils, it was
said, led to the confessions. Arrest of
a score or more members of the syndi
cate are expected within a week.
The men who confessed are "Dick’’
Earrett and Edward J. Thompson, ac
cording to Hinton G. Clabaugh, head of
the Chicago bureau of the federal de
partment of justice. Both are at liberty,
tut are expected to De witnesses for
the government when the eight members
of the alleged syndicate, arrested in the
said in a fashionable apartment hotel
Saturday night, are brought to trial.
Those under arrest are: Edward Don
ahue, alias “Doo!' Donahue: Mrs. Helen*
Evers, alias Mrs. George W. Brown;
Henry Russell, alias H. J. Russell; Mrs.
Edward Donahue; James Christian, alias
James Roberts; George Bland, alias
Joseph Pearl: Frank Crocker; Mrs.
Frances Allen, alias Mrs. Francis Chap
man. The prisoners are charged with
conspiracy and the total bail asked of
them is >IOO.OOO.
Elaborate opium smoking layouts, ex
pensive silk and satin gowns, costly
furs ’.nd jewelry were found in one
of the elegantly furnished apartments
in which the*arrests were made. Fitly
suits of clothes hung in the closet of
Henry RusselL
WORKED WHOLE COUNTRY.
Operations of the band are declared
to have extended from coast to coast.
Five wealthy and socially prominent
members of Chicago’s society are de
clared to have been blackmailed out of
>20.000. Only three victims of the syn
dicate have declared themselves ready
to face the publicity and testify in the
case. Mr. Clabaugh said. One of these
Is Mrs. Regina Clipper, of Philadelphia.
A woman member of the "syn
dicate” was believed to be in St, Louis
and the **os Angeles authorities were
to locate the sender of a telegram,
addressed to Helen Evers, one of the
women arrested here, which read: "Si
mon says thumbs up. Two men are
holding me. Watch the fire escape."
Operations or the syndicate, which
now appear to have been of international
proportions, were not confined to the
blackmail of wealthy men and women,
according to information developed to
day. Among the effects in the office of
"Doc” Edward Donahue, one of the men
caught in the Saturday night raid, was
stationer)- of the “United Turf Ex
change,” with “headquarters in New
York and offices all over the world.'’
There were also cipher codes for de
ciphering messages received by wire,
telling what horses to bet on, how much
to bet. what races and positions to play.
Fake newspaper clippings disclosing
the wonderful cleanup made by a young
eastern plunger tin pool rooms apparent
ly had been used to lure victims. One
leter found >in Donahue’s room, at the
fashionable south side apartment house
was from the "horseman’s association"
of Louisville, Ky„ signed by J. C. Sauls
berry. secretary, and addressed to A. T.
Karger. The secretarv said he was
sorry to hear of "Mr. Karger's notoriety
lately, and hoped he wouldn’t have an
other occurrence like that again.'*
VILLA FLEES BEFORE
CARRANZA S CAVALRY:
HEADS FOR MOUNTAIN
Two Columns of Mexican Cav-
. airy Pursue Bandit Over
Jagged Rocks Into Rugged
Santa Clara Canyon
(By Associated Press.)
EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 18.—Two col
umns of government cavalry under Gen
eral Matias Ramos and Coljnel Jose
Marrero today were pursuing Villa and
his main band which Saturday made the
Hidalgo day attack on Chihuahua City,
into the rugged Santa Clara canyon dis
trict to the northeast, according to re
ports to General Francisco Gonzales,
fbmmandant tn Juarez. w
The bandits are well mounted anti ap
parently were leading the de facto forces
over the jagged rocks, ruinous to the
feet of horses, into the canyon. Persons
familiar with the country pointed out
that should Villa reach one of his lairs
in the district tne government troops
may have the greatest difficulty in find
ing him. *
Today's reports indicated that Villa's
force numbered approximately 1,500 and
was opposed by the garrison of about
7,000. The Villa casualties also are said
to be considerably larger than was first
Indicated. From the number of dead and
wounded picked up by the pursuing
forces, it was estimated the losses prob
ably were about 250.
VILLA DIRECTED ATTACK
Villa himself directed the attack, ac
cording to the dispatches, but did not
enter the town, remaining across the
Rio Churiscar to the northwest with a
few hundred of his reorganized "gold
ones.” When his followers had fallen
back to this point, it is asserted, he di
rected the retreat.
Much damage w*as done to the peni
tentiary and the municipal and‘federal
palaces, which the bandits succeeded in
capturing before the surprised members
of the garrison who had bgen partici
pating in an Independence day celebra
tion, rallied. Rifles were useless in the
hamWo-hnffil street ftgtTTTffT" TbU
lowed, the reports said. Pistols and
bare fists were used, as the two com
mands struggled through the early morn
ing hours in the rain.
When finr.lly the artillery ’ire. which
General Trevino directed from Siuita
Rosa, a fortified hill to the west of the
city, had forced the Villistas to retire
they left the streets behind them cob- !
I led with their dead.
SEEK LEADERS BODIES
Search today was being made among
the bodies in an attempt to identify
prominent outlaw leaders, an espe'dal es- i
fort being made to find trace of Jose ;
Inez Salazar known as “The Perpetual ,
Revolutionists,” who was held in the |
penitentiary or. a charge of treason and |
released in the attack.
The rebels had made an orderly 9e- ■
treat into the outskirts of the city, ac- I
cording to dispatches, when they again ,
came into the lino of government art!!- i
lery fire, this time from the twin hills '
c f Nombre de Dios. The retreat imnic- ,
diately became a rout. Rumors current ;
here that a part of the Carranza garri- 1
son had joined Villa were denied at the i
Juarez commandanria, it being asserted .
that all dispatch.s were warm in their
praise ot the government troops for their
loyalty in IHe action.
Physicians attending General Trevino,
who sustained a wound in the arm in
the action, said today that his injuries
were slight.'
A small band of Villistas made a
"Hidalgo day" attack on Guerrero, eigh
ty miles west of Chihuahua City but
were repulsed and fell back toward the
foothills of the Continental divide pil
laging isolated ranches as they went,
according to private advices here today.
Recent reports received here have as
serted that American cavalry scouting
patrols have been operating between
Guerrero and Namlpuipa in response to
reports that Villa himself was leading
the bandit band in that vicinity.
Paralysis Cases Decrease i
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, sept 18.— A new low rec
jrd in the epidemic of infantile paraly
sis was established during the twenty
four hours ending at 10 a. m. today.
There were but six deaths and fifteen
tifw cases.
ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916.
SEN. ALBERT L. MILLS
IS HEID OF PNEOMONU
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IChief of Militia Affairs Suc
cumbs at Washington Aft
ei 15 Hours’ Illness . *
i
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.—Major Gen
• eral Albert L. Mills. chief of the dtvi
-1 sion of militia affairs, died at his home
I here today after fifteen hours' illness
I from pneumonia.
' GeneralNMills was a native of New i
York and was apirointed to tire military '
' academy from that state in 1874. He
I served with distinction through the
, Spanish war and the Philippine insur- ■
. rectio'i, and in 1904 was promote.! by
(President Roosevelt from the rank of
; captain to brigadier general. For sever- j
al years he served as commander of the ■
department of the gulf, with headquar-1
ters at Atlanta. Only last month he!
was commissioned a major general.
Before becoming head of the militia
division he had been president of the
. war college and superintendent of the
i military academy. He worked out the
' mobilization plans for the state troops:
! which operated successfully during the
Mexican border situation. He contend
ed vigorously for increasing the efficien
cy of the national guard and dealt un
sparingly with the faults of the system
or of individual organisations whenever
he appeared before congress in connec
tion witli army legislation.
The task of federalizing the state
( troops under the plan laid out by con
gress in the reorganization bill recently
signed has rested largely upon General
Mills as chief of the militia bureau. His
work was greatly complicated by the
fact that the troops were called for bor
der duty before there had been opportu
nity to work out the new scheme.
General Mills leaves besides his wife. ,
j a son. Lieutenant Chester P. Mills, of the
(Ninth cavalry, and a daughter. Mrs. Emil
P. Irfturson, wife of Lieutenant Laurson,
of the Eleventh cavalry.
The general ws stricken witji .pneu
monia lust night. He was at his desk
Sturday afternoon and took a long
horseback ride yesterday morning. •
Was Popular While
Stationed in Atlantal
General Mills was well known and,
popular in Atlanta, where he was sta
tioned in 1909-10-11 as commander of
the department of the gulf, bein*.suc
ceeded consecutively by Major General
W. W. Wotherspoon. later chief of staff
rnd now retired, and Brigadier General
tobert K. Evans, in command of the
Second brigade of the First division,
-•re and now on the Mexican border.
As commander of the old department |
of the gulf, now abolished. Generali
Mills had on his staff Colonel Frank
Jones, adjutant general, and Colonel
'Blair D. Taylor, retired, his surgeon now
living here at 755 Piedmont avenue. i
i Colonel Taylor was surprised and
shocked to learn of the death of Gen-'
<-ral Mills through The Journal. He had i
1 known the high army officer intimately
and the two were constantly thrown to
gether during the regime of General
the department here
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'FUNERAL OF NIRS. HOWE
IS HELD IN COLUMBIA, 5. C.
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Many Relatives and Friends
Pay Last Tribute to Presi
dent Sister
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(By Associated Press.
‘’•OLUMBIA. S. C., Sept. 18.—Presi
dent Wilson came here today to bury
his only sister, Mrs. Annie E. Howe, of
Philadelphia, who died Saturday at New-
London. Conn. Quietly and sadly he at
tended the simple funeral services at
i the church and then walked with rela-
I tives to the adjoining grave yard and
I stootl with bowed head and tear-stained
I face during the last simple rites.
The people of Columbia gathered along
the streets and outside the church to see
the president, but they respected bis
grief and made no demonstration. Dur-
I ing the ride south tills morning the plat
j form of every station was crowded, but
! there was no cheering. At several stops
j flowers were put aboard the train by
school children.
The special train bearing the body and
members o fthe funeral party arrived
here shortly before noon. Automobiles
took the president and members of his
family directly to the First Presby
terian church. The station was sur
rounded by several thousand people. At
the president’s personal request the city
and state officials gave no official recog
nition to his visit.
In the immediate party were Joseph
R. Wilson, a brother of Mrs. Howe; John
A. Wilson, a cousin; Mrs. Anne Cothran,
a daughter; Georgp Howe and Wilson
Howe, sons; Miss Margaret Wilson, the
president’s daughter, and Dr. C. T. Gray
son. the White House physician.
The president and the other members
of the immediate family were shown to
seats in the front of the church and
farther back sat many friends who
knew Mrs. Howe when her husband
was Columbia’s leading physician. The
Presbyterian funeral services were re
cited by the Rev. A. W. Blackwood, pas
tor of the church. assisted by Rev.
Thornton Whaling, president of the Co
l lumbia seminary.
The last services took place inside an
I enclosure in the shaded graveyard wl\ere
are buried Mrs. Howe’s husband, the
father and mother of the president, and
several other relatives. A modest shaft
marks the plot.
All flags in Columbia were at half
j mast during the ceremony and the
' church bell was tolled slowly.
The president planned to remain here
until 6:l* o’clock this evening, and then
i return to Long Branch. N. J., where he
I expected to arrive at 1 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Governor Manning, of South Carolina,
sent the following message to Col. O. K.
Laroque, his private secretary.
"Please convey In person to the presi
dent on his arrival in Columbia tomor
row my sympathy and that of the people
of South Carolina for him in the death!
of his sister, and express my sincere re
gret that I was not there to pay in per
son our tribute of respect and loyalty
i to him.”
The message was delivered to the
I president at the train today.
All during the services the grave
yard. inclosed in a brick fence, was sur-1
rounded by crowds.
| After the graveside services Mr. Wil
son remained for a few moments to
look at the graves of his father and
mother.
After the services the president and
Mrs. Wilson returned by automobile to
their private car for lunch.
Later they took an automobile ride.
DECLARES TORPEDO SANK
„ BRITISH VESSEL KELVINIA
I Passenger on Ship Carrying
28 Americans Tells of
Its Destruction
(By Associated Press.;
NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—A torpedo sank
the British ship Kelvinia, carrying twen
ty-eight Americans, according to G. W.
f Dillard, of Richmond, Va., one of the
r Americans who arrived here today on the
- Cunard liner Tuscania.
t Dispatches from England left in doubt
• the question whether the Kelvinia. bound
I from Newport News, Va., to Glasgow,
1 Was torpedoed or sunk by a mine on Sep
tember 2.
-1 Agents of the department of state met
> i the Tuscania upon her arrival and took
; the deposition of the Americans.
. | According to Dillard, the Kelvinia
.' was torpedoed at 2 o’clock in the morn-
J ing without any warning having been
. given. The vessel listed immediately
.; and there wire enough boats for both
■ the crew and the Americans, who were
I ■ engaged as hostlers tor the cargo of
I horses. Many of the Americans put on
. life belts and jumped overboard. They
' were rescued by a trawler after floating
’ about for fourteen hours.
Dillard said that at the time the Kel
vinia met with the mishap he saw near
by a small light which later seemed to
disappear under the waves. This, he
declared, confirmed his belief that there
had been a submarine attack.
11
i Bride Pleads Guilty
To Theft of Jewelry;
Sentence Is Suspended
>
' Mrs. Maty Williams, a pretty bride,
who was brought back to Atlanta from’
i Corinth, Miss., recently to face charges
, 1 of stealing jewels worth ?1,000 from the
■ f residence of Mrs. Margaret Mayer. 11l
East Third street, pleaded guilty to the
charge when brought to trial before
Judge Ben Hill Monday morning. Judge
Hill suspended sentence until probation
officers could investigate her case.
Her husband, Jack Williams* tight
wire performer and expert skater, whom
she married last winter with a public
ceremony at the skating rink, was also
charged with being implicated in the
; case ,but his case was nolle pressed
Monday. When the trial was over, he
was arrested by city detectives and held
for transportation to Petersburg, Va.,
where it is claimed he is wanted by au
thorities. •
In making her statement, Mrs. Wil-
I liams, who had lived with Mrs. Mayer
for some time before said that she stole
; the jewels out of spite. At the conclu
sion of her statement she fainted.
Overpowers Nurse
Ancf Jumps to Death
'Special Dispatch to The Journal )
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 18.—Wab
ter Springfield, aged thirty-eighn jumped
from a window on the fourth floor of
a local hospital today, meeting instant
death. Springfield, who was suffering
from a brain disease overpowered a
nurse before jumping
NUMBER 100.
DRIVE IS CONTINUED
j TOWARD IMPORTANT
TOWN OF CHAULNES
I i
Heavy Counter Attacks of
Germans Are Repulsed by
the French—Enormous Loss
es Inflicted, Paris Says z
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«- PBEMTEB. ASQUITH’S SON ♦ <
’ IS KILLED IH BATTLE a-
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♦- (By Associated Prsss.) >■
♦ LONDON, Sept. 18.—Lieutenant -e
♦ Raymond Asquith, son of Premier ♦
♦ Asquith, was killed in action on ♦
♦ September 15, it was announced
♦ ‘oday*. ♦
Raymond Asquith, who was in ♦
-♦ his thirty-eighth year, was a
graduate of Oxford, president *♦
♦ of the Oxford Union and promt- -♦
♦ nent as a member of the bar, to -♦
♦ which he was admitted in 1904. -e
♦ He was the eldest son of the pre-
a- mier. Two brothers. Lieutenant a-
Arthur Asquith, of the Roysd
♦ Naval reserve, and Lieutenant -e
♦ Herbert Asquith, were wounded ♦
♦- in action at the Dardanelles in ♦
♦ June, 1915. Is.
♦
•
(By Associated Press.)
.WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The new
thrust by the French south of the rteer-
Somme in northern France, vghere the,
important railway town of Chaulnes is
their objective, has resulted in the
complete encircling of the village of
Deniecourt, the Paris war office announc
ed today.
Deniecourt formed the center of th I
wedge the French are driving into the
German lines north of Chaulnes ,lto' re
sistance holding up their aSvance be- ■
tween Beray and Vermandovlllers, com- !
plet occupying of which villages by'the
French was anryiunced last night
Further progress has been made by
the French in this region, and heaty
counter attacks by the Germans on tfre
new French positions jxrth north anil
south of the Somme have been repulsed,
according to today’s report which an- ‘
nounces that the Germans sustained
enormous losses. The French have token
1,200 pH?®™™ and ten machine
The HFmsh are keeping -up their for
ward push north of the Somme, scoring I
their advances, however, at isolated
points, apparently in operations to
straighten their line and secure their
hold on captured ground.
London today reports an apppreclable .
davance on the left flank where the
British line has been driven further
toward Le Sars, along the IJozieres-
Bapaume road north of Martinpuich, and
east of Courcellette.
BATTLE IN MACEDONIA. I
On the Macedonian front an entente
attack in the.Struma valley northeast of
Saloniki was repulsed by the Bulgarians,
the Sofiia war office announces, a counter
attack forcing the entente troops back
to the west bank of the river.
The forces under Field Marshal von
Mackenzen are continuing to progress in
their campaign in the Rumanian prov- j
ince of Drobrudja. Sofia reports. Some
indication of stronger resistance by the
Rumanians and Russians, however, is
furnished by* the official statement,
which reports heavy counter attacks.
The presence of a division of Serbian
troops in Rumania, alluded to in recent
press disaptches. has not been officially
accounted for. The probabilities are that
some Serbian troops were forced into
Rumanian territory during the Teutonic
drive through Serbia last fall, being in- I
terned there and liberated for service
when Rumania entered the war, or else
that the division is composed of Serbian
residents of Rumania. |
Allies Score Advance z
On Four-Mile Front
LONDON, Sept. 18.—uerman positions
exceeding four miles in length were
captured Saturday by the British and'
French armies in the continuation of
their offensive north and south of the
Somme river in France. In addition ,
quantities of war material and a large
number of prisoners fell into the hands
of the entente allies —700 prisoners be
ing taken by the French alone. Heavy
counter attacks against the British Sun
day were repulsed with large losses to
the Germans, according to London.
"Near the British took —a
fortified position over a front of .a
mile known as “The Danube trenchf’ |
near Courcelette an advance of about I
1,000 yards was made, and finally the j
strongly-defended position at the Mou
quet farm, over which there had been
numerous hard-fought battles for sever- J
al weeks, fell Into their hands.
FRENCH ALSO ADVANCE.
To the south of the river the French
pushed back the Germans and occupied
the remainder of the town of Vernian
dovillers and Berny still in their hands
and also captured all the ground be
tween Varmandovlllers and Deniecourt
and between Deniecourt and Berny, the i
gaiif being over a front running north- 1
east two miles and thence east another ;
mile.
The advance of the British apparently’ .
straightened out the salient that had
projected into their lines between Thiep- j
val and Courcelette and brings thier
I front here to within a scant mile ot
Grandcourt and the Albert-Bapaume
railway. Grandcourt now is being bom
barded by the British. The success of
the French seemingly coliterates an
other of the many saw-tooth salDnth .
which mark the entire front of the-’
Somme, and is another move of the right i
flank of the entente toward the pocketing
of Peronne. •
British Naval Aeroplanes
Raid German Aerodromes
(By Associated Press.) J
LONDON. Sep<t. 18. —A raid by British
naval aeroplanes on German aerodromes
at St. Denis, and Westrehem is report
ed in an official statement issued by the j
war office. The statement says:
"Yesterday afternoon a squadron of j
our naval aeroplanes carried out a fur
ther attack on enemy aerodromes at St.
Denis and Westrehem. A large number *
of bombs were dropped with successful !
result. One of our machines was obllg
ed to make a forced landing in Holle-nc
and the pilot has been interned,"
