W 'Atlanta Sonnmt
VOLUME XVIII
REICHSTAG EXPECTED I
TO RESUME DEBATE I
OF SUBMARINE ISSUE
Controversy Which Led to Re
tirement of Von Tirpitz Ap
pears Certain to Be Taken
Up Again
By Frets.,
BERLIN. Wednesday. Sept. 3". —t 'ia
l.ondcn. Sep:. 21.1—Renewed and full
tiaeuMtoa in the reichstag of the sub
marine Vaue and the controversy waich
led to the tetirement of Admiral von
Tirpits * s minister of the navy, appears
•o be inevitable in consequence of the
i i soli cation of the letters exchanged be
ween Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
...id the admiral.
From these letters tire public learned
t.iat in a private conversation Pref.
Valentin asserted Admiral von Tirpitz
had misled the reichstag in regard t»
the number of avalable submarines and
the possibility of a submarine campaign.
The admiral demanded that the chan*
a I lor discipline Prof. Valentin, but the ,
• tancellcr. while freeing the admiral
from the charges, took the position that
Ute professor was not subject to his ,
disciplinary powers
These letters, however, touched only
the fringe* of accusations and aliega
’lons which for months have been cir
culating from mouth to mouth. There
is attributed to Prof. Valentin not only
he statement that Admiral von Tirpit*
furnished incorrect figures regarding the
t.umber of available submarines, which
barge the chancellor declares unsound
-d. but also the declaration that the ad
r traJ deliberately misled the reichstag
ynd the chancellor regarding the pre
cious success of the submarine cam
paign and the amount of tonnage de-
• royed. and that the foreign office ob-
• : !ned the correct figures only from pa
; ers stolen from the admiraltJ.
This account of Prof. V {dentin’s state
n ent not only reached Admiral von Tir
pita, but was submitted In the form of
»n affidavit to the war min-
-stry and formed one or the subjects of
discuaaion at an audience granted last
month by the king of Bavaria to a dele
gation which demanded a change in the
mperial policy and the sharpest poss
ble warfare against Great Britain.
Tn a comm uncation printed in the
Xorddeutsche Allgemeine Zeltung this
afternoon. Prof. Valentin denies flatly
anv mention of the theft of papers from
-he admiraltv or that, as charged in the
affidavit, he cited as authority for this
statement, the chancellor, with whom at
that time he was not acquainted.
There has arisen a sharp issue of
’*• rarity between Prof. Valentin and the
author of the affidavit. Prof. Grossman.
-di; or of the South German Monthly, a .
prominent political periodical.
The partisans of the admiral and of
•he chancellor, the protagonists of ruth
less submarine warfare and those op
posing a breach with the l nlted States
hate thrown themselves into the con
troversy and by the time the reichstag
•onVenes ample material for a vigorous
-lash doubtless will be available to
•h«- reichstag orators as well as to the
■hancellor should he determine to refer
•o the issue in his expected speech on
•he general situation.
Bryan Is in Wyoming
Speaking for Wilson
By AaeMiated Vims.
Rvh K SPRINGS. Wyo.« Sept. 21. t
William J. Bryan started today on his I
second day’s tour of Wyoming in sup- 1
port of President Wilson and thc Demo
cratic ticket. Mr. Bryan, sneaking here
last night appealed for the re-election of
President Wilson on the ground that
’ President Wilson had kept the United
Stales out of war.
Mr. Bryan declared the Republican
party had been unscrupulous in its
method- concerning votes for women in
-uffrage states. He warned the Demo
ratie women to be ware" of "Republican
trickery.’’
Slayer of Aged Couple
Hanged by Masked Mob
OLATHE. Kan?.. Sept. 31.—Bert Dud
ley charged with the murder of Henry
Muller, a German and his wife, was
• aktgi from the Johnson county jail here
•oday by a masked inob and hanged to
a telephone pole
The mob came to Olathe in motor cars
’ supposedly from near Stilwell where
Muller had lived. Sheriff Lon Carrell
refused to give up Dudley and the mob
o’erpowered him. They then battered
down three jail doors. Several shot
were fired but none was injured
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■ K9' partment, Atlanta, Ga. !R.F. D »TATE
PROPOSAL TD EXTEND'
W. 4 I. TO COAST IS
MADE BY ATLANTIAN
Hooper Alexander, Represent-,
ing William Hurd Hillyer,
Appears Before Commission
With Informal Offer
Hooper Alexander, representing Wil
liam. Hurd Hillyer. of Atlanta, and as
sociates. appeared before the Western
and Atlantic railroad commission Wed
nesday and submitted a proposition to
extend the state road to the sea with
Savannah as the coast terminus and
then to lease the completed road at a
rental sufficient so cover the interest
on the bonds and the sinking fund to
retire same at maturity, in addition to
providing a larger income than is now
received for the present road from At
lanta to Chattanooga, Tenn.
The proposal of Mr. Alexander is pre
liminary to a formal proposal which will
be laid before the commission after Sep
tember 25 when the detailed require
- rnents will be promulgated by that body.
: The bidders, he said, were able to make
such cash deposit as may be required
to furnish the requisite security in the
event that their bid is accepted.
Tn submitting the proposal. Mr. Alex
ander called particular attention to the
fact that in order to finance the proposed
extension, it will be necessary for an
extra session of the legislature to be
called to provide for the issuance of
state bonds.
MR. ALEXANDER'S PROPOSAL. •
The proposal submitted by Mr. Alex
ander read as follows:
"On behalf of Mr. William Hurd Hill
yer. of Atlanta, and associates, whom I
represent. 1 am prepared to submit, sub
ject to acceptance and the making of a
valid and binding contract cn the part
of the state of Georgia with my clients
on or before December 31. 1916. a pro
posal to build or at our option to build
or acquire and deliver to the state of
Georgia, free and clear of all liens arid
encumbrances, an extension of the West
ern and Atlantic railroad from a point
at or in the immediate proximity of At
lanta to deep water, at or In the imme
diate proximity of Savannah, with ade
quate terminal facilities, rights of way,
depots, stations, sidings, etc.
"In payment for this property we will
accept state of Georgia fifty-year 4 per
cent bonds, the exact amount to be
agreed upon being necessarily dependant
more or less on the specifications and
requirements of your commission with
reference to the character of the exten
sion of the road and its terminals, which,
we understand, .are to be formulated and
announced on September 25.
"We will then lease from the state, pre-1
ferably for a term of forty-seven years'
from the date of the expiration of the
present lease, to-wit: December 2T,
1919. the entire line from Chattanooga,
L Tenn., to Savannah, Ga., at an annual
. rental which will yield to the state of
Georgia a return »on the present line
(running from Chattanooga to Atlantal
substantially *in excess of the present
rental, and an additional sum equal to
the interest on. all the 4 per cent bonds
issued by the state in payment for the
extension and a further sum sufficient
t<x provide for a sinking fund that will
retire all of these bonds on or before
the date of their maturity, the sinking
fund to be annually invested in the
bonds of the state of Georgia or of its
various counties and municipalities.
BOND ISSUE XE<T|SSARY.
"This communication is submitted at
this time, in advance of your meeting
i on September 25. for the following rea
sons: The legislation so far adopted
I by the general assembly with reference
to ghe leasing or extension of the state
road, as we understand it, authorizes
, your commission to receive and accept
I a proposal to extend. The general au
| semhly. however, failed to adopt the
I legislation necessary to enable the com
mission to make payment for the ex
tension. Any bonds that are to be is
sued for such purpose must, as we un
derstand it, be first authorized by the
general assembly, byway of an amend
ment to the constitution, and the con
stitutional amendment must then be rati
fied by the people at a general election
after the amendment has been advertis
ed for a period of two months. After
the year 1916 there are no general elec
tions in Georgia prior to 1918. so far as
I am able to discover, and. naturally,
no bidder on the proposed extension
could afford to obligate himself for such
a length of time without any corre
sponding obligation on' the part of the
I state.
"In other words, we are ready to
trade, and possibly other bidders may
be likewise ready to trade, if the state
of Georgia is ready, and we submit
this matter to your consideration, so
that if any appropriate steps may be
taken in the manner pointed out by law
to remedy the deficiency.
"If additional legislation on this sub
ject is, to be adopted, it would seem
necessary that the general assembly
should be called together In extra ses
sion and that such legislation be adopt
ed as will make it possible to submit
BUSINESS MEN TRY TD
AVERT SYMPATHETIC
STRIKE IN NEW YORK
jCommittee Argues With Labor
Leaders on Eve of Broad
cast Walkout Threatened
for Metropolis
».
I (By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 21.—Seventy-five
business men, organized as a commit
tee. tried to persuade labor leaders today
to refrain from declaring a general
strike in sympathy with the street rail
way employes of whom, it is asserted,
there are 11,090 on strike. This is the
last day of grace given by the labor
unions tc the myor and volunteer me
diators <o settle the dispute with the
Interborough Rapid Transit company and
New York Railways company.
If today’s conferences fail to* find a
plan of settlement the labor leaders
threaten to issue a call tomorrow for a
general Sympathetic strike to begin on
Monday. The citizens' committee had lit
tle hope of success.
.Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, is here
and has promised to attend a meeting
with the citizens’ committee this after
noon. Local strike leaders also will par
ticipate in the conference. Mr. Gompers
refrains from making any public an
nouncement of his views as ad
visability of calling a general strike. It
was reported today that some of lhe
trade unions were opposed to it owing
to the fact that thej- have contracts with
their employers which would be violated
by a strike.
Rioting continues nightly despite the
fact that 2.000 policemen were concen
trated in the center of the city last night
to protect elevated and cross-town surface
lines, strike sympathizers bombarded cars
with missiles. In one qase several hun
dred strikers attacked a car in Central
park west and were beaten off only after
a battle with the police.
Repeatedly during early hours today
Sixth and Third avenue elevated trains
were assailed y strike sympathizers on
roof tops. Twenty-two such attacks
were reported by the police within a
few hours. Car windows were smash
ed under showers of bricks and bottles
and several passengers were injured
$16,350 as Inheritance
Tax Comes to Georgia
From Savannah Estate
Within the next few days the state of
Georgia will receive 816.350 as an in
heritance tax upon the estate of the
lute Miss L. D. Villalonga, of Savannah,
who died in Atlanta in August, 1915,
leaving an estate of $343,450.31, con
sisting in the main of gilt-edge stocks
and bonds.
Attorney Norman 1. Miller, of Atlanta,
counsel for Mrs. Edith Hood, of Atlanta,
the executrix of Miss Vlllanlonga’s es
tate, is arranging to have the estate set
tled and the taxes and' bequests paid.
Mrs. Hood, who was a ward of Miss Vil
lalonga. was left $50,000 in cash.
One of the bequests made -by Miss
V illalonga was that the sum of $15,000
shduld be set aside and the Income there
from used to maintain the family bury
ing ground near Fernandina, Fla. Mr.
Miller Thursday requested Attorney
General Clifford Walker to give him an
opinion as to whether this bequest was
subject to the state inheritance tax of
5 per cent. This is a new question and
the attorney general will probably take
a day or two before rendering an opin
ion.
FLORIDA" BANDITS” ARE
TRACED TO LARGE KEY
MIAMI. Fla., Sept. 21.—Officers hunt
ing the four Homestead, Fla., bank rob
bers today believed they had traced
them back to Large Key. The bandits
abandoned a motor boat they got at
Rock Harbor yesterday, and it Is believ
ed they arc in the vicinity of Tavanier
creek. Officers from Key West today
joined in the pursuit.
a constitutional amendment at a gen
era] election in December, 1916.
"Os course you will understand that
clients will expect in the event of bid
ding to make such deposit as may .be
require! of bidders by the terms of the
commission, and. in event of the accep-
Ifence of their bid. will expect to give
such reasonable security for complying
with their bid as may be required.”
\TLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1916.
THE BRITISH "TANK.” The newest war terror, the land juggernaut or "tank" beipg used by the Brit
ish on the Somme front, drawn from telegraphic description. The "tank’’ leaves the I nited States a plain
farm tractor and in England is turned into the most terrifying death engine of the entire world war.
i i
NEW BRITISH "TANKS"
EXPECTED SDON TD BE!
USED BY ILL MMIES
Farm Tractors, Turned Intoi
Death Engines, Will Mow I
Down Troops of All Europe,
Is Prediction
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.—A new ter- i
ror of war, the land juggernaut, has I
been Introduced o ( n the battlefields of
Europe, spreading destruction where ,
neither rifle, gun nor camion was effec- ;
five, and army men here predict this
new engine of death will play as im
portant a part in the world conflict as
have the submarine and the aeroplane.
This land juggernaut clambers across
trenches and shell holes, spitting bullets
into the lines of the enemy; smashes its
/way through forests, crosses swamps
with ease along roads that have been
called impossible.
So far only the British have used the
"tanks,” as they are being called in the
war zone, but army experts predict that
on account of their wonderful effective
ness they will soon be in general use,
mowing down the armies of all Euro
pean nations at war.
t Army men hail the coming of the
"tanks” as they hailed first reports of
the successful use of the aeroplane for
scouting duty and for directing Infantry
advances, and as they hailed the first
successful use of submarines.
A THOUSAND NOW IN FIELD.
An army of more than a thousand of
th»'se steel armored caterpillar-wheeled
engines have been sent against the
German lines, mowing down men by the
hundreds and terrorizing well-trained
soldiers into disorganized retreat.
Many a Somme battle has been won
for the allies by a charge of these death
chariots.
The new engines are made in the
United States—at Peoria, 111. Before '
they reach Europe they are simple farm
tractors. At first they were used to
pull munitions carts, but the British
have rigged them up with guns and sent
them crashing right into the lines of
the enemy.
Plants in Peoria are busy day and
night turning out the machines—ordi
nary tractor engines the farmers are
using in tills country.
Big, clumsy caterpillars fhey are,
crawling along the ground on two wide,
corrugated belts, one on each side, run
ning over the forward and hind wheels.
Along the sides of the belts are short
rails which clutch the cogged wheels
and form the driving mechanism.
The rails, in short sections, are- laid
down with the belt attachment, grip
ping the ground firmly and pushing the
18,000-pound engine along under 120-
horsepower.
TRUCKS ON FIVE WHEELS.
The body of tire tractor is supported
b; trucks with five wheels which run
on the steel rails. About seven feet of
belt and rails is on the grernnd at once.
The length and width of the belts
and rails allows the tractor to run
smoothly over swamps. straddle
trenches, roil over logs, or climb across
shell craters.
As ordinary farm tractors the engines
are shipped to Aldersot, England, where
they are covered with heavy steel armor
Plate and armea with cannon.
What the Germans see is a monstrous
machine, with a triangular front crawl
ing upon them, crashing through woods
and other obstacles with its pointed
front, coining straight on over trench
and shell hole, over mound and embank
ment. As it advances it spits fire from
its heavy guns, while its peculiar shape
makes it possible for its steel armor to
glance off any shells that happen to
hit it.
Zeppelins overshadowed by this
juggernaut, for it has mowed down more
men than the Zepps have killed and has
scattered enemy lines to the four winds.,
1,000,000 Chinese Are
Homeless as Result
Os River Overflowing
(By Associated Press, i
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. —American.
Rod Cross officials today gave serious ’
consideration to the state department
ispatch stating that nearly 1,000,000
<"hinese are homeless and thousands
lostitute as a result of the flooding of
,000 Square miles* by overflow of the
Iwai river in Anhui province, China,
wo months ago. The American consul
t .Nanking reported that autumn crops
vere destroyed and calls for relief was
pouring in fr.om many districts.
The Red Cross is said to be consider
ing Issuing an appeal for funds with
which to send supplies to the flood suf
fererers. The flooded area is about the
same as that inundated in 1909 with a
loss of nearly 1.000,000 lives.
A projected $1,000,0090 Chinese gov
ernment loan for reclaimation work
\v;is made impossible by the European
war . •
•
GEORGIJ DEMOCRATS BO
NOT REhLIZE SITUATION
(Still Have Time to Make
State’s Contribution a
Record Breaker
■ •
Down in Tift county loyal Democrats
are working their heads off to raise mon
ey for the national Derpocratic campaign
fund to send Woodrow Wilson back to
the president’s chair in November and
show the world what the United States
thinks of the man who has done more
for his country than arty president In
five decades. »
Tift county is setting an example to
the Democrats of Georgia that should
stimulate every staunch son of the par
ty in the state. The county campaign
committee was the first >to respond to
the call to send In contributions, and iln
members are still hard at'it.
"We have worked and solicited vigor
ously enough to have raised SIOO or
more.” the chairman writs The Jour
nal ’’The trouble seems to be that we. ;
being practically all Democrats in Geor- ,
gia, do not realize the necessity of a
campaign in doubtful states, nor the ex- ,
ponses of such a campaign.”
The committee appears to have hit the
nail on the head. Georgia Democrats
have not yet waked to the fact that their
(party needs them. But there is yet ,
I plenty of time to make Georgia's share
of the campaign fund a record-breaker.
Send in your name and your subscrip
tion today. . t i
The honor roll to date follows:
Asa G. Candler $200.0)
J. K. Orr 100.00
Tift County Club 31.00
Walker Dunson and family .... 8.00 ■
Ivan E. Allen 5.00 ,
John S. Cohen 5.00
John A. Brice 5.)0
John Paschal 5.00
“Loyal Democrat” 2.00 ,
Carroll County Democrat 2.00
Shep Sheppard I.JO
Paul R. Chapman 1.00
Walter Taylor 100
Claude Ashley .. 1.00 I
J. W. Cochran & Sons 15.00
Byroq C. Kistner I.IC L
Frank E. Armstrong 1.00 I
Bradford Byrd 1.00
Chess Lagomarsino, Jr 1.00 :
J. O. Cochran 1.00 i
Thomas E. Winn 4.00 |
E. A. Copelan 5.00 !
Cash 5.50 j
H. G. Lewis 5.00 I
Mrs. Thomas E. Winn 1.0) |
Bejamin F. McWhorter 1.00 |
H. M. Spink 100 j
Noel P. Park 100
M. W. Lewis 1.00 j
James Davison 1.00
P. Robison 1.00 I
,T. B. Park 2.00 '
S. H. Willis 1.0) |
J. G. Faust 1.00
W. H. Fisher 1.00 1
E. C. Hixon 1.00
F. L. Asbury,’ClarkesvillJ .. .. 25.00 :
Wash Baker. Byromville 2.00 |
Total » 446.50:
ffIHETTTOINES
DEMAND FULL PROBE:
’' ■ ;
Insinuations Are Made That ;
Atlantians Profited for La- ’
bor oCngress Book
(By AssocUtoT Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Sept 21.—Intima-1<
. tlons that Jerome Jones, the president,!'
and W. C. Puckett, secretary-treasurer. ’
both of Atlanta, had profited to the ex- •
tent of $6,000 from getting out the last
book of he convention’s proceedings, 1
disturbed today’s session of the South- 1
ern Labor Congress. It resulted in a
committee of five members being ap- i
pointed to investigate the books and pa- 1
pers of the accused officials. * s
The Insinuations were made when >
George Kennedy, of Memphis, president <
of the Tennessee Federation of Labor, ’
asked President Jones what he and Sec
retary Puckett did with the $6,000 de- t
rived from getting out last year's book, i
Mr. Jones took the floor and demand- I
ert that a thorough investigation of all <
his acts be made. Secretary Puckett' i
also made the same demand, saying hei ;
virtually had been "called a thief.” Is
eiRMINGNIM NEWSPAPER
MEN ARE FINED FOR LfBEL
Charges Followed Age-Herald
Article Attacking Veracity
of Publisher of News
(By Associated Freaa.)
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Sept. 21.—C. M.
Stanley, managing editor, and W. H.
Jeffries, business manager of the Bir
mingham Age-Herald, late yesterday
were fined $25 each in the recorder’s
court on charges of criminal libel, said
to have been committed in the article
published in the Age-Herald August 4.
The article, it was cnarged, attacked the
veracity and integrity of Victor H. Han
son, publisher of the Birmingham News.
E. W. Barrett, publisher of the Age-
Herald. charged with criminal libel In
connection with the same article, was
acquitted. His trial developed that he
was out of the city and knew nothing
or the alleged publication until It ap
peared in the
Differences between Hanson and Bar
rett over alleged questions of circulation
of the Age-Hcrald and the News, wnlch.
1; is said, were brought out In vari
ous articles published m the two news
papers, were settled August 12 through
the good offices of the Birmingham Ro
tary club. The libel charges against
Stanley, Jeffries and Barrett were
brought by Public Safety Commissioner
Barber, who asserted the private set
tlement of the alleged difficulties be
tween the persons involved did not sub
stitute enforcement of Alabama libel
laws.
On August 13 the two newspapers pub
lished a mutual apology, drafted by a
committee of the Rotary club. The
apologies, wlflch were identical, retracted
any reflections which might have begn
made upon the character of the dis
putants, and were signed by Barrett and
Jeffries, for the Age-Herald, and Han
ron, for the News. t
Stanley and Jeffries paid their fines
without appeal
Republicans Open Up
Headquarters Here and
In the Ninth District
State Senator Roscoe Pickett, of the
; Forty-first district, Republican candi
: date for governor of Georgia, was a vis-
I itor in Atlanta Wednesday and while
* here announced that the Republicans
had opened state headquarters in the
Inman building here and also in Jasper
for the Ninth congressional district.
In the Ninth district, Senator Pickett
said the Republicans expect to put out
a full ticket in opposition to all Demo
cratic nominees. Mayor J. E. Adams, of
McCaysville ,has already been selected
as the Republican candidate for con
gress against Congressman Thomas M.
Bell, recently re-nominated in the state
primary.
Judge Lambdin Rules in ,
Cotton Insurance Case
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Sept. 21.—Thirteen thou-j
sand five hundred dollars in insurance I
money was turned over to fifty-five peti
tioners. mostly^Colquitt county farmers, I
by a decision of Judge W. W. Lambdin,
of the federal court. In which he re
versed the findings of K. J. Bacon, of
Albany, special referee in the bankrupt
cy case of J. W. Coleman, of Moulti-.0.
The petitioners had cotton stored In
the Farmers’ and Merchants’ warehouse,
owned by J. W. Coleman, the bankrupt.
Colerfian gave them receipts marked "in
sured.” it was said, and then took out
$13,500 insurance.
Later he went into bankruptcy and a
few days thereafter the warehouse
burned. The cotton owners holding the
"insured" receipts filed claim for the
insurance money to cover their'loss:
the other creditors of Coleman objected,
saying that this sum of $13,500 should
not be given solely to the cotton own
ers, but should be apportioned among
the general creditors.
R. J. Bacon was appointed special*
referee, and found for the general cred
itors—that the insurance money should
be apportioned among all. Judge Lamb
din reverse}? this finding. The decision
is regarded as important aside from the
sums invol ed, because of tile precedent
set.
NUMBER 101
ENTENTE FORCES ARE
HOLDING STUBBORNLY .
TD LINESOF DEFENSE
Greek Island of Crete Has Re
volted and New Government
Has Been Set Up, Athens
j Dispatch Says
(By Associated Press.}
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.—Field Mar
shal von Mackenzen’s advance through. 1 ,
the Rumanian orovlnce of Dobrudja, '
where his combined German, Bulgarian
and Turkish forces have been striking
for the railroad from Constanza to in
terior Rumania, has oeen checked, ac
cording to accounts from both sides.
Bucharest yesterday announced a
check for von Mackenzen’s armies on
the lien of defense taken by the Ru
manians and Russians, who have been
heavily reinforced. Today a statement
by the Sofia war office under yesterday's
dsfte concedes the stubbornness of their
resistance and reports the entente armies
still holding their strongly fortified po
sitions. (
Reports regarding the fighting In the
Florina district In northwestern Mace
| donia are conflicting* Accounts from
entente sources have asserted the Bul
garians were falling back on Serbian,
territory and preparing for the defense
o£- Monastir. Sofia, however, announces
a turn in fighting favorable to the Bul
garian forces, declaring counter attacks*
resulted In the repulse of the Serbian’
and allied troops with heavy losses.
ENGAGEMENT IS HEAVY. I
Farther east In the mountainous coun-
> try along the Serbian border the en
gagement is heavy all along the line, the
struggle in the Kaimakcalan district be
ing particularly stubborn. On the far
western end of the line, the allies are
making progress, but apparently are at
tempting no serious forward thrust In
. either the Vardar or Struma regions. The
' defeat of the Germans In their desper
ate counter attacks along the SoMrae
front, reported last night by
I been followed by comparative quiet,
judging from today’s official report,
which says the Germans did not renew
, their attacks during the night. The
bad weather reported during the last
few’ days is continuing and apparently
the Anglo-French forces are awaiting its
cessation. '
After a lapse of some days activity
. has been resumed by the French in the
. Verdun region, attacks on bank
r of the Meuse gaining them two trenche*
south of the Thiaumont work and some '
3 ground east of Fort Vaux and in the
1 Capitre wood.
b GERMANS FAIL TO GAIN. X
British as well as the French have
B been subjected to heavy attacks by\the
Germans on the Somme front. Contln-.
uous assaults were made last night in
'• ' positions held by the New Zealanders
-south of the Ancre, but according to
j London, every attack was beaten off.
, the Germans losing heavily and the
British effecting some gain of ground.
? despite the incessant German onslaught,
r On the eastern front Petrograd an-
- nounces an offensive movement by the
Germans along the Stokhod, in Volhynla,
- 1 southeast of Kovel, but declares all at
i tacks on the Russian lines were re
i pulsed and that several hundred Ger-
- mans were captured during the fighting
- near Korytnlza and Svlnlusky.
i In the Carpathians the Russians re-
- port an advance near Panther mountain,
t where a position on the height was cap*
e tured.
r No further progress for the Ruman-r
lans in their invasion of southern Tran
. sylvaaia is reported, but Bucharest an
. nounces that the Rumanian troops
I which recently were forced back to the
border, losing Petroseny and the SzurJ
. duk pass in the Transylvanian Alps, 1
t have halted their retirement south of!
B Petroseny and are fortifying their new
j position. In further reports today on
j the Dobrudja battle, Bucharest declares
the Russians and Rumanians not only;
j beat off all attacks but in several cases
turned on the Teutonic allies and deliv
ered counter attacks.
} In the Balkarf situation Greece re-j
mains an uncertain quantity. A new
factor in the Internal situation appears;
today In the report that a revolution,
has broken out in the Greek Island ofl
Cree, the home of former Premier Venl
zelos. where a provisional government
I is said to have been set up.
k.Revolution Reported
In Island of Crete
(By Associated Press.)
’ PARIS, Sept. 21.— A. revolution in ths
* Greek island of Crete Is reported In a
’ Havas dispatch from Athens. The revo-i
• lutionlsts are said to have proclaimed a
’ provisional government.
’ Several revolutionary outbreaks in
’ Greece have been reported since Ru
mania entered the war and the Bulga
. rians occupied the eastern portion of
Greek Macedonia, which resulted in an 1
j agitation in favor of patrlcipation by
1 Greece In the war. Last month revolu-j
tionists obtained control of parts of
Greek Macedonia near Saloniki and pro-!
j claimed a provisional government. The
movement was said to be extending, but,
further news was ’withheld by the ’I
censor.
The island of Crete, 150 miles long,
with a population of more than 300,000,
is in the eastern Mediterranean, eixty
! miles from the southern extremity of
Greece. It is the former home of ex-
I Premier Venlzoles. Under the treaty
of peace between Greece and Turkey in
1913 the island was anntexed by Greece
Repulse of Bulgarian
Assaults Is Claimed
(By Aj«o;iatea Prew.)
PARIS, Sept. 21.—The repulse of vio
lent Bulgarian attacks on the Kaimak
calan peak with heavy losses to the at
tackers is reported in an official state
ment given out by the war office today.
In the region of the Brod river the Bul
garians forced their way into the Til
lage of Boresnlca after two attacks had
failed. They were driven out by the
Serbians in bayonet fighting.
Further progress for the allies is re
ported on the lef’ wing, where they
hhve reached Hill 1.550. three miles
northwest of Pisoderi.
Says Russians Mutinied
Because of Hunger
BERLIN,. Sept. 21.—(8y Sayville.}—
• Advices from Constantinople, says the
Overseas News agency today, tell of !
a mutiny among troops of the Russian
Caucasus army because of lack of pro
visions. Several officers, among whom
was one regimental commander, were
killed during the mutinous outbreak, the
reports declare.
