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The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal
VOLUME XIV.
11 KILLED. E2 W
IN JIB ATTACK ON I
LONDON DISTRICT
Three German Raids Made on
England in Three Days, Re
sulting in Total of 119 Killed
and 154 Injured
LONDON, Sept a. —The third Geeman
air raid on England in the same number
of days caused the death of nine persons
and the injuring of forty-nine in the
London district. Lord French, com
mander of home defense forces, an- i
nQunced today. He said one of last ,
night’s raids was brought down over
Sheerness, presumably as it fled toward
Germany. •
Tne announcement orings the total
number of deaths by German raiderF
sMii.e Sunday u>> to 119 Milled and 154 j
injured.
The raid ever London last night was
by a fleet of about twenty enemy ma-,
chines. Lord French stated. They flew
in small groups and dropped about 40:
bombs.
Tne air raid of Monday over Chat-1
ham and Sheerness were the most de
structive, in the toll of human life, I
that England has experienced since the!
great day attack on London. June 13.
when 147 were killed and 432 injured.
The first moonlight air raid over the
London district occurred about mid
night last night and resulted in thCi
dropping of oombs, but the full extent'
cf the (Linage is unknown and no cas
ualties have ben reported.
One comb fell just outside a hospital. 1
another smashed through a theater and,
still another hit a retail store in -
which a number of girls were sleeping, j
Notwithstanding the moonlight, noth
ing could be seen of the raiders, al--
though their engines could be heard
That they were invisible was perhaps
due to a slight hare which, however,
wgs .insufficient to obscure the moon.,
The raiders were constantly shelled by!
anti-aircraft guns and several British.
machines took the air to attack the I
invaders.
The streets were practically deserted
at the time, -it being long after theater
hours. The few late street cars that
were running either put out their
lights or stopped. A message from a
southeastern district says that appar
ently the invaders crossed the North
sea in three successive groups and ‘
that all were severely shelled both ar-'
riving and returning.
NAVAL BARRACKS RAIDED.
The Chatham district for the first i
time experienced an air attack Monday
nfght when one or more bombs fell on
a section of the Royal naval barracks,
killing 107 bluejackets outright and
wounding 88 others. Four bombs in
all fell about the barracks, but two
were harmless and in fact, apart from
those which took such a heavy toll of
lives the damage in the whole area
was insignificant
The barracks was fitted with sleep
ing hammocks and A majority of the
men were asleep at the time of the
attack.
The first indication of the presence of
air raiders was the sound of engines j
overhead. The presence of high pow
ered machines did not cause much!
alarm because notices had beeen pub-'
lished earfy in the evening that anti-1
aircraft practice would be carried out;
that night and when the guns began
firing it was asumed that the practice
was in full sw:ng. Then came the un
expected.
Loud explosions then ceased, but after |
a few minutes they were heard again
and. Judging by the sounds, it seemed!
that the air raiders had circled the
town. In ail about seventeen bombs
ware dropped and the raiders are
thought to have been over the district
nearly an hour. Searchlights sought
out the raiders but they failed to lo
cate them, the visibility being low
owing to a slight haze notwithstand- ■
Ing the moonlight.
Immediately following the explosions
in the barracks rescue parties were or
ganized and the wounded were removed
to hospitals, one of which came very
near to being a target for a bomb.
Discipline prevailed completely over i
any natural tendency at alarm in the
barracks. All survivors were instantly
at their quarters and the greatest cool
ness was shown. A naval man, who,
was in the barracks at the time, gave
the following account of the raid:
"Most of us were asleep in the ham
mocks in the dormitory, which was in
the large drill hall. We had no warn
ing of any kind. Two clocks, which
were blown into the adjoining parade
ground, stopped at 11:12 o'clock, show
ing the hour of the explosions. I have!
been in some scraps, but I did n<n
dream that anything so sudden could
happen. Before we knew what was hap
pening. the roof was lifted off the shop,
blown into the air and fell in a thou
sand pieces emong the men.
HURT BY FLYING GLASS.
"It was flying glass, which was so
thick and heavy, that did the damage.
We were dashed out or our hammocks
to the floor and all mixed up in broken!
glass. The men on either side of me I
were both killed. Officers were on the I
scene In a moment and. worked with
us the whole night getting the wounded
to hospitals and the bodies to the gym-
Another man, sleeping in a different
section of the dormitory, said he did not
wait to put on his shoes and did not.
Know that he was walking on broken,
K*ass until long afterwards when he:
found that his feet were bleeding. Still
another man with a piece of glass in
his head did not know It. the shock of
the explosion being so great and. a man I
who was blown across the parade ground ;
and who alighted on his feet, declared'
he did not feel any the worse for his I
experience Some of the injured died!
during the night and the survivors com- j
plain bitterly about their companions j
being killed without an opportunity to;
srtike back
“If we have to die we want to die ’
fighting.” one bluejacket said "Most of
us have been fighting and we want
another go at the Huns.”
A remarkable feautre of the raid was
that a comparatively few people in the
bombed area were aware that there had
been an attack until they arose the fol
lowing morning. One bomb struck a
small cottage, one of a row. The ten
ant and his daughter, who went into the
garden to see what wav happening, es -
caped injury, but his wife remained in
the house and was killed.
Full Associated Press Service
CAMP GORDON MEN.
FIRST FIVE HUNDRED,
GET DOWN TO WORK
Selectmen See First Dawn in
Military Quarters and, After
Army -Breakfast, .Are Drilled
and Equipped
BY WARD MOREHOUSE.
ATLANTA JOURNAL BUREAU.
CAMP GORDON, Ga.. Sept 6.—The Gor
donites. settlers of a military metropolis
awoke Thursday in (heir new land; they
stared through big open windows, yawn
ed and coptinued to gaze fixedly upon
the bustling site of war preparations,
••ipon the winding red highways, the
horde of carpenters, and the streets and
the ground upon which they will be
trained.
Thursday the "first five hundred"
caw their first dawn at the cantonment.
They spent the night tn strange beds
and under strange roofs and Thursday
morning the "old men” —those select
men who set foot upon the reservation
on the first day—joined in greeting the
men who came to the camp ThursdaV
Overnight a great fhange had taken
place at Camp Gordon. U. S.A , military
cantonment. The training camp student
is now an officer: the civilian, the soft
fleshed chap from the city and the of
fice, is row a soldier.
The selectmen got down to business
early Thursday morning. Drill was
held during the day and after sitting
down to one of Captain August Jan
sen’s breakfasts they were given what
equipment there was on the place, the
same consisting of beds. mess kits,
blankets, etc. The “first five hundred"
were also aslgned to different com
panies and placed under different com
manders all of whom were military
men who reached the heights of offlcer
ville via the training camp route.
The “open all night” sign was up at
the antional army receiving station,
which lies In the hot sun near the rail
road tracks, and near the snot where
jitneys deposit their loads.
COLLEGE MEN REPRESENTED.
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick S. L.
Price, formerly one of the most popular
officers at Fort McPherson, who is ;n
charge of the receiving station, stuck to
his post from early Wednesday morning
until was streaked .with graj*
Thursday. At 5 a. m. Colonel Price
called It a day's work, took a bath, got a
bite to eat. and returned to his job in
an hour and a half. The young officers
on duty with him at the receiving sta
tion are also doing valiant Service, and
those who were on duty Wednesday and
Wednesday night were relieved and their
places filled by officers from other or
ganizations.
The business of receiving selecten, di
recting them, signing them up, question
ing them and advising them was con
tinued Thursday uninterruptedly. On
the inside of the receiving station Col
onel Price and his eager young assist
ants bent over desks, and on the out
side of the little house were grouped
the representatives of the different reg
iments whos businss it is to direct the
new men to their proper quarters.
From the pads of paper in this re
ceiving station one can get a line on
the kind of men who will compose Uncle
Sam’s new army. After looking .Sto
the eyes of 504 recruits who had report
ed up uqtil Thursday morning. Colonel
Price remarked that Uncle Sam’s new
army would be a "beauty.”
men are in the crowd. Eleven
of the selectmen who were received at
the station on Wdnesday are graduates
of Various southern colleges, while a
vast number of the Gordonites have one
and two years at college to ttiolr credit.
The majority of tne men who have re
ported have signed up as stenographers,
while there are a large number of ma
chinists.
One minister appeared late Wednesday
night and was assigned to the artillery.
He was from south Georgia, and' said
that he was an uncommonly good horse
man.
The officers detailed outside the re
ceiving station Thursday were as fol
lows: Captain Danforth, and three
lieutenants. Three Hundred and Twen
ty-eighth infantry; Captain Moise, and
three lieutenants. Three Hundred and
Twenty-sixth infantry; Lieutenant
Hawkins. Three Hundred and Twenty
first machine gun battalion; Lieuten
ant Hook and three lieutenants, Three
.Hundred Twenty-seventh infantry;
Lieut. Wilkens, and two lieutenants,
Three Hundred and Seventh engineers;
Captdin Brown and four lieutenants,
Three Hundred and Tewentieth field ar
tillery; Lieutenant Hampton and three
lieutenants. Three Hundred and Twen
tf-first artillery; Lieutenant Cochran
and one lieutenant. Three Hundred and
Ninteenth machine gun battalion; Lieu
tenant Burgess, Three Hundred and
Twenty-first machine gun battalion and
Lieutenant Hamilton. Three Hundred
and Twenty-fifth infantry.
OFFICERS ON DUTY.
Those on duty on the "Inside looking
out” were Captain' A. L. Uhler, Cap
tain B. Castle. Lieutenant A. W.
Thompson. Lieutenant J. H. Ruckman.
Captain P. M. Cleveland, Lieutenant
N. J. Rogers, Lieutenant R. B. Leary,
Lieutenant F. T. May. Captain Lamar
Weaver. Lieutenant O. S. Watson.
Lieutenant H. H. West. Lieutenant W.
W. Hardaway. Captain M. D. Smith
and Captain R. H. Bethea.
Telegrams are pouring into the office
of Captain Price from different local
boards bringing information as to what
time certain men should arrive at the
cantonment from different points.
All the men now reporting seem eager
and ready for any kind of work and will
in gto be assigned to any sort of or
ganization. A number of them, how
ever. asked to be sent to the signal
corps, the quartermaster department
and the ambulance unit. These re
quests were denied.
The officers in the receiving station,
the commanders of the regiments, the
company commanders, now have the
new men in hand, but in a few days
the doctors will take a whack at the
rookies of Uncle Sam's national army.
It is said that Gordonites will be in
occulated on September 11. with a rigid
physical examination scheduled to take
place *t the same time.
ATLANTA’S “FIRST FORTY-FOUR” REPORTING AT CAMP GORDON FOR THE NEW NATIONAL ARMY. The pic
ture of the line of Atlanta men in front o f the camp receiving station includes a glimpse of Mayor Candler, coming out of the little
room where the new recruits are assigned to quarters. The man in the oval at the left is Henry D. Peavy, the six-foot son of De-
Kalb county, who has the distinction of being she first man called in his county, the first man certified or service, and the first
man to be enlisted at Camp Gordon. The other man is Paul E. Blair, of 76 Walker street, the first Atlanta selectman to enter
the camp. He was snapped standing by the sign “Engineers,” to which branch of the service he has been assigned.
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5235,0011,™ IS ASKED
810. S. FOR OESTROIERS
Revised Estimate Is Submitted
to Congress by Secre
tary Daniels
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Two hun
dred and thirty-five million dollars for
torpedo boat destroyers was asked of
congress in revised estimates submitted
today by Secretary Daniels.
2 Women, 1 Man, Pinned
Under Capsized Auto,
Are Burned to Death
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DUBLIN, Ga., Sept. 6.—A car driven
by Charlie D. Brady with two girls.
Miss Russell Young and Miss Gladys
Howard, ran into a ten-foot ditch a half
mile south of Pike’s Peak last night,
overturning the car, pinning the occu
pants underneath and burning them to
death.
Mr. Brady was a merchant Just out of
the city limits. His wife states she
had a premonition that something might
Lappen and begged him not to make the
trip.
Inn addition to his mercantile work,
he ran an automobile service, and often
made these out-of-town trips. He leaves
a wife, mother and sister.
Here’s One German Who
Admits Kaiser Has All
Enemies He Can Handle
COPENHAGEN, .Sept. 6.—Herr von
Heydebrand, the conservative leader
whose ill-forune with an earlier pro
phecy that the submarines would crush
England within two months and end
the war fresh in mind, has again ven
tured axforecast. This time he predicts
that the war will not last through the
winter and probably will be ended by
the new year.
Herr Von Heydebrand is opposed to
any extension of the war to present
neutrals, ’saying that Germany now has
enemies "enough and dare not let other
states submit pressure as enemies.
Radicals Win Victory
In Petrograd Elections
PETROGRAD, Sept. 6.—New munici
pal elections have been held in Petro
grad, resulting in a victory for the rad
ical. The social revolutionaries and
BolsHevlki inflicted a heavy defeat on
the moderate socialists and the consti
tional denioeiqits.
The social revolutionaries polled 18.2,-
000 votes, the Belshaviki 174.000 and
the constitutional democrats 101,000.
The social revolutionaries elected sev
enty-three councillors, the Bolshevik!
seventy and lhe constitutional demo
crats forty-four.
Ford Is Granddad,
DETROIT. Sept. 6.—Nine pounds were
added to the Ford family and Henry
Ford becamea granddad today when
Henry 11. was born. The baby is the
son of Mt and Mrs. Edsel Ford and the
inventor's first grandchild.
New Typhoid Record
RICHMOND. Va., Sept. 6.—Richmond
has set a new typhoid record today—at
the height of the typhoid “season"—
there were but sixteen cases in the city,
against 105 last year.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY,! SEPTEMBER 7,191 F.
CLARK DEMAIOS HEIHf
TK UPON WIH PROFITS
Applause Delays Speaker
When He Asserts "80 Per
Cent Is Not Too Much"
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—Speaker
Champ Clark, taking the floor in the
house today, reopened the battle of
wealth conscrlptionists, demanding that
great war profits be heavily taxed. The
temper of the house toward the coming
fight was shown in tremendous applause
of Clark’s words. His declaration that
“80 per cent of the war profits is not too
much to take” aroused such a demon
stration that Clark was forced to stop
speaking.
He vigorously flayed profiteering, say
ing:
"If our young men are willing to risk
their lives, our wealthy men needn’t be
afraid to risk the dollar."
Clark’s action and his decision, on'the
heels of the senate’s refusal to fix m|r e
than 31 per cent tax on war profits, was
taken as a strong indication that such
profits are not yet safe It also empha
sizes the wide split between the house
and senate on the revenue bill and augurs
long drawn debate before the revenue
bill is a law. The bill as passed by the
senate will be fought on the floor of the
house.
Meantime senate conservatives began
their fight* to prevent the wealth con
scriptionists increasing the tax on giant
incomes.
Senator McCumber, North Dakota, said
he fears higher Incomes taxes will
dampen* the nation’s war spirit.
"Few senators realize how heavily we
taxed stockholders by our action yes
terday on war profits,” said McCumber.
"A man who ought to get $30,000 in divi
dends, from a corporation making 100
per cent profits this year, will get only
SIO,OOO for the support of his family
after he has paid all federal, state and
municipal taxes. Therefore we ought not
to increase the income tax one cent.”
Senate consideration of tne in
come tax section in the war rev
enue bill began today following
yesterday’s rout of the forces ad
vocating higher levies cn war ex
cess profits. All of their proposals
were beaten, the senate voting 72 to 7,
to retain the finance committee’s com
promise provisions for a total levy of
$1,286,000,000, an increase of $1,060,-
000,000 over the present taxes.
The action virtually ends the fight
over war profits taxation, although it
is subject to review when the bill comes
up for passage. So, far, however, there
has been no indication that the contest
would be renewed.
Debate on the income tax section
opened today under an agreement for
a final vote tomorrow. The section, as
rewritten by the committee, is designed
to raise $850,000,000 from incomes,
$360,000,000 from corporations and the
balance from Individuals.
High tax senators were ready to
mike a determined fight for further
taxation of incomes. Senator LaFol
lette and Hollis had prepared amend
ments to raise the individual levy to
approximately $650,0<)0,000 and $557,-
000.000, respectively.
Defeat of all such proposals was seen
today by the leaders as a result of the
senate’s action on war profits taxation.
Green Sea Turtle Is
Substituted for Meat
NEW YORK. Sept. 6.—Green sea tur
tle prepared in a number of different
ways is the latest addition to the long
list of meats now being offered to the
public as a substitute for beef.
Following the suggestions to conserve
the *beef supply, the chefs of a number
of uptown hotels have added several
dishes made of green turtle to their
menus. A four-year-old turtle weighs
about 240 pounds and they range in
weight from 50 to 300 pounds for market
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BOMB IS FOUND
IN I. W. W. OFFICE
IN DETROIT RAID
Federal Officials Preparing
for Arrests Soon—Grand Ju
ries to Examine Evidence
Seized in Many Cities
DETROIT, Sept. 6.—A bomb was
found among the material confiscated
in the raid of the I. W. W. headquarters
In Detroit, it was revealed today. Fed
eral officials were preparing to make ar
rests in conection with the discovery.
The arrests will be made either late
today of tomorrow.
Government Sounds Doom
Os Disturbers in America
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The gov
ernment proposes to hack I. W.
other anti-American activities from the
nation’s political and industrial struct
ure.
To this end, government investigators
throughout the country today exam
ined the I. W. W. and socialist docu
ments, gleaned in swoop on
many headquarters.
These papers will reveal a startling
program to hamper America s war
work through syndicalism. Further,
they may show that German or Aus
trian money is financing the troubles
of recent weeks —I. W. W. strikes, riots
and intrigues.
Evidence already in the department
of justice shows that the I. W. W. ac
tivities have embarrassed ' industries,
particularly the western mines, produc
ing war material. This evidence shows
too, that the I. W. W. proposed to
spread its doctrines of violence all over
the land.
The patriotic education society today
charged directly the Austrians and Bul
gars are responsible for these disor
ders. acting for the German secret
service. The extent of x. W. W.
plans is Indicated by the openly ex
pressed fear that they might try to
capture the Minneapolis session of the
American Alliance for Labor and De
mocracy, and distort its deliberations
into I. W. W. propaganda.
“Since our declaration of war the
German secret 'service has relied less
upon her own subjects and more upon
the subjects of her allies in America."
the patriotic education society declares.
"Austrians and Bulgars have been found
In numerous plots against this country.
This is particularly true of the I. W.
W. through which organization Aus
trians and Bulgars have been as con
spicuous in stirring up disorders as
Germans were in Italy before that
country got rid of them by declaring
war on the imperial government.”
The government has ordered the lead
ers. such as big Bill Haywood, James
Rowan, Dan Sheridan and others pros
ecuted to the limit if seized documents
prove as serious as the government be
lieves they are.
Grand Juries will examine the papers
and return indictments That these
will be based on the new espionage act
appears likely, though existing laws on
treason and sedition may be invoked
against some of the foremost I. W.
W’s.
President Wilson has taken a direct,
personal interest in halting the anti
American acts of the I. W W.’s and
the more fiery of socialists He feels
that nothing should be permitted to in
terfere with war preparations and he
recently chose Judge Covington, of this
city to investigate the 1. W. W. menace
in the far west. Covington probably
will report to the president today and
It Is assumed that he has discovered
Independently some facts which aided
justice department investigators in
their round up.
Authorities here believe that the I.
W. W. movement rests largely upon
the leadership of a new forceful agita
tors such as Haywood, and that no
matter -what comes of the present
movement, it will result at least in
discouraging the followers hereafter.
SAYS LRFDLLETTE, STDNE
AND GIMI CAPTURED RIGA
Chas. Edward Russell De
clares Kaiser Should Dec
orate These Three
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 6. —‘Riga was
not captured by Germany. Riga was
captured by Robert M. La Follette, Bill
Stone and Senator Gronna. If Petrograd
is captured, it will be by La Follette,
Gronna, Stone and pro-German mayors,
who lent their assistance to anti-Ameri
can movements.”
So declared Charles Edward Russell,
Socialist member of the Root commis
sion to Russia, on his arrival here today
to attend the convention of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
Russell said the taking of Riga was
not important, except as an indication
of the extent to which the Russian peo
ple are being weakened.
•Riga doesn’t amount to anything,” he
said. “We all knew perfectly well be
fore we left Russia that Riga was en
tirely likely to be taken, is not
the question. The great question is
whether the German offensive is going
to be stopped.
’When the kaiser gives decorations for
the capture of Riga, he should not for
get La Follette, Gronna and Stone. Thej’
are working to strengthen the dause of
Germany, prolong the war and slaughter
Americans. In this respect they are do
ing more than all Germany put together
■ —the yand the People’s Council.
"The interest of Russian people in
this war has been steadily undermined
by the disloyal utterances of copper
heads in the United States senate and
house of representatives. Consequently
the Russian line is steadily being weak
ened. Every disloyal word uttered in
congress, every disloyal resolution that
is passed by German agents in the
People’s Council, every occasion -on
which the mayor of Chicago defies the
governor and has a copperhead conven
tion in his city; every time any mayor
assists the so-called peace tfiiovement,
news of the fact is instantly sent to
Russia, where it is spread around
among the people. In consequence, the
Russians come to believe that the United
States does not mean to fight, that it is
going to make peace and that it is going
to desert the allies.”
Plans for establishing branches of the
Alliance for Labor and Democracy in
every town in the United States will be
laid before the convention here today or
tomorrow by the committee on resolu
tions. John Spargo will supplement the
proposals with a motion that the alli
ance form a sort of entente cordiale
with other patriotic organizations, in
order to give the greatest possible force
and effect to the patriotic propaganda.
Wilson Says It Wo.uld
Be Fine Thing Should
Congress Adjourn Soon
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—Several let
ters have been written by President
Wilson to members of congress indors
ing the view that it would be a fine
thing if congress were to finish its work
in the near future and its members re
turn to their districts to shed “full
light” on the war and its objects.
Administration officials said today
they were hopeful congress might fin
ish about October 1, after passing the
war revenue bill, "the new credit bill, and
soldiers and sailors’ insurance legisla
tion.
The president, however, is not ex
pected to exert any pressure to bring
about an adjournment.
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NUMBER 97.
PRESENCE OF GERMAN
FLEET HAS INCREASED
TROUBLES FOR RUSSIA
«
Kaiser’s Warships in the Gulf
of Riga Not Only Menace
Armies but Endanger the
Russian Fleet
»
BERLIN, Sept. 6.—More than 7,500
prisoners have so far J>en taken by tha
Germans in the iga offensive, army
headquarters anounced today. Guns to
the number of ISO have been captured.
NEW YORK. Sept. 6.—(By foreign \
Cables from European capitals.)—With
the appearance of a German fleet in the
Gulf of Riga, the difficulties of tho
problem facing the Russians in the op
erations of their northern front are
accentuated. Not only is the safety of
their armies ’concerned, but apprehen
sions are excited as to what will hap
pen to the Russian fleet if the German
naval forces are given full swing in
the Baltic. ,
Only submarines so far are operating
against the Russian right flank as it
fell back along the Gulf of Riga coast.
The warships now bid fair to take part
in the activities, increasing ti/e troubles
of the Russians in the task of keeping
their flank protected. - •
As to*actual operations against ths
Russian fleet, it does not appear to be
expected that they will develop until
the land campaign has progressed fur
ther and it is seen what success the
Russians will have in their effort to
make a stand on a new line. More
over, it is a long way over land to Re
val, where the Russian warships are
congregated. The Riga gulf, however,
would offer a favorable base for pure
ly naval operations against Reval.
On the forty mile front of the break
1 nthe Russian land lines, the Germans
are pushing their avantage and have
as yet met with no effective resistance.
It is declared, however, that the Rus
sian retreat is by no means a rout and
that a well defined plan is being car
ried out in the retrograde movement.
Its success admittedly depends upon
the behavior of the Russian troops,
whose morale on this front is ndw re
ported to be better than the earlier ac
counts of the retreat seemed to indi
cate.
being vigorously pushed in the face of
vast concentrations of Austrian infan
try and artillery, and General Cadorna
centuries to report progress.
General Cadorna’s report today
shows the Italians holding flrm on the 1
Carso, where the Austrians have mass
ed great reserves for the defense of
Triest and have launched numerous
counter attacks. The Italians took
about 700 additional prisoners.
Today's official reports from Berlin
and Petrograd add little to the details
of the Russian retreat except to show
that the Russian left flank engaged in
the operation is hinging on Frlendrich
stadt on the Dvina, the Russians hav
ing abandoned their Dvina positions
that far (about 45 miles), to the south
esast of Riga. It is revealed also that
the 'number of prisoners taken by the
by the Germans has been rather sur
prisingly small, considering the extent
o fthe Russian retrograda movement,
the total so far enumerated being not
rgeatly in excess of 7.500.
Petrograd heports German
Fleet in the Gulf of Riga
PETROGRAD, Sept. 6.—lt is semi
officially announced that a German fleet
has appeared in the Gulf of Riga.
During the last two days the Riga
front has been broken on a width of
sixty versts. Throughout Tuesday the
Germans energetically pursued their of
fensive, particularly north of Uxkull, in
order to cut the Riga-Venen railway.
Retreat of Russians
Beset With Difficulty
PETROGRAD, Sept. 6.—The retreat of
the Russians from Riga over a neck or
land a mile and a half wide
Lake Kish and Lake Egel is being ac
complished with the greatest difficulty
and with the enemy constantly shelling
the rearguard. This route Is along the
Pskoff railway and is the only exit from
the Cul-de-Sac, German column having
moved up from Uxkull direction, cuttifig
off the Russian retreat to the southeast.
The civilian head of the war ministry,
Boris Savlnkoff, has issued a statement
saying that the success of the measures
which will be taken to check the ad
vance “depend wholly upon the behavior
of our troops.”
Despite reports of the disgraceful
flight of certain elements of Russian
defenders of Riga positions, military
commentators praise the heroism of
certain regiments, among which were
some composed ,of Letts, who fought
bravely to stem the tide of retreat, in
fact setting an example for their com
rades.
The chief of the general staff. General
Romanofsky, expresses the opinion that
the evacuation constitutes no imminent/
menace to Petrograd, because of the
near aproach of the rainy season, whicl\
will prevent the enemy from advancing •
far in the direction of the capital. The
danger of a descent upon the coast near
er to Petrograd is also discounted in of
ficial circles for like reason and the ad
ditional difficulty the enemy would find
in maintaining communication with a
detached force.
The newspapers take a gloomier view
of the situation. Russky Invalid, the
least pessimistic, finds nothing definitely
hopeless In the situation, “if our troops
have not forgotten that they are Rus
sians and if some brilliant officers are
found among them who are ready tn <lo
their duty.”
Special committees from the regi
ments of the Petrograd garrison have
been appointed to work out a plan for
the defense of the capital.
Thousands of Russian civilians wait
ed too long before obeying orders to
flee from Riga. They were captured by
the invading Germans.
Refugees from the Baltic city arriv
ing today included some who were
aboard the last train to leave. Immedi-*
ately after they pulled out. while sev
eral tralnloads of others were assem
bled, the Germans cut across the rail
road from the east. All remaining in
the city were bottled up.
As far as could be ascertained from
the American embassy, no Americans
were In Riga when the Germans occu
pied the city.
