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■ - \ .. - aft, ■ •'W' ’ ■ ’''"-‘Jx "sos V w " 1 v . • 0 * ' a ; - .... ■ ■ ——— VOLUME XIV. GERMANY’S INTRIGUE EXTENDS ITS TALONS TO THEPHILIPPINES Attempts of German Vice Consul to Create Revolution Have Just Been Brought to . Light WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.—That Ger man intrigue had stretched out Its ta lons Into the Phlllipine islands and Bought to create an insurrection there was learned today. Conrad Andre, German vice consul for Cebu, Hollo and other islands was detained on a charge of trying to create a "disturbance.'’ which was in reality an insurrection. Taken to Manilla to escape the hands of an angered mob he was held there for some time and then released for want of positive evidence, though he is still under careful govern ment watch. Andre surrounded himself witha num ber of Filipinos and sought to gain strngth for the insurrection by promis ing the Fllipinos'-among other things any white women in Cebu they want ed if they would rise up against the Americans This was last April, short ly after the United States entered the war. When this angle of the situation became known the residents of Cebu were so Incensed that there was talk of lynching and Andre had to be hur ried out of town to escape violence. In addition to the insurrection. An dre was suspected of trying to establish a submarine base in an out of the way corner of the Islands and subsequently a ship bearing a complete machine shop outfit was detained off the islands. At one time in the course of. Andre's machinery he traveled around the is lands on an American ship bearing a trunk full of papers which he did not wish British naval vessels to know about. The papers, however, were se cretly photographed en route and the pictures are said to be in possession of • the American government. Again Andre was In an automobile accident which shot him and a myster ious little blaek bag some distance from the car. The bag was missing when the debris had been collected, and while Andre had apparently suspected that the papers therein had fallen into no friendly hands, he was in no posi tion to protest. Andre, the youngest of the consuls and vice consuls in Cebu —the second eity In the Phllllpines—had been pret ty active tn building up German trade He was agent for the North German Lloyd and a big German commerciol concern which was trying to force Brit ish capital out of the rich trade of the Islands. German intrigue has hsrti a larger part in Phlllipine affairs than is gen erally known The Germans there had let out to control the trade and were anxious to make ar much trouble for the Americans as possible. Kaiser Thanks Sweden For Extending Him Aid LONDON. Sept. 17—Germany has sent a note to Sweden, according to the correspondent at Stockholm of the Central News Agency, highly regret ting the d'.sagreeble issues raised on ac count of Sweden transmitting telegrams to Germany. • / Germany says she is obliged to the Swedish government for transmitting the mesages but regrets that her repre sentatives In Argentina should have sent the telegram in the phraseology they did. * ' . The Nva Dagllgt Allenhanda. of Stock holm. which printed the announcement that. GeWnany Mad sent the note to Sweden, says the German government has instructed all its representatives in foreign governments to refuse to ac cede to any attempt which may be made to force them to reveal to the Swedish government the contents of code mes sages which they may submit to it. Swedish People Demand Government Neutrality . STOCKHOLM. Sept. 17.—Demand of Swedish people that their government "take immediate measures to convince the world that the Swedish people are strictly neutral" was voiced in a great mass meeting here last night. Not all the thousands in sympathy with such a public move were able to press into the auditorium where the meeting was held. The Socialist Minis ter Brant'.ng addressed a great over flow meeting In a field outside the C lty. Numerous other scattered meet ings to protest against the course of the conservative government in acting as Germany's messenger were held throughout the city. Th e present whereabouts of Folke Cronholm, the former Swedish charge at Mexico City, mentioned in the cor respondence recently given out in Wash ington. as having been employed by the German minister to Mexico to con vey information to the Berlin foreign office, is unknown to the Swedish for .ity; office. He was placed on the un attached list upon his recall from Mexi co last December and was given no other post. The reasons for the recall are not specified, but the tone of the newspaper statements concerning it in timates that his retirement was not without cause, although the government, it is stated, has no knowledge of the suggestion that a German decoration should be given him for his services or that this should be conferred secretly. The conservative— newspapers main tain that the date of the recall and the circumstances of it are sufficient to ab solve the present government from any responsibility for his acts or attitude. The press otherwise devotes little com ment to his case The latest Swedish communique, re-' lating to the difference between the Swedish and American versions of the circumstances attending the forwarding by the Swedish legation at Constantino ple of letters and telegrams for the United States is pritned generally with out comment in the Stockholm press. The Svenska Dugbladet places over it headlines reading: "Foreign Office Con troverts With Many Facts American Semi-Official Version." and adds an edi torial nothe to the effect that the state ment seems to dispose of all the Amer ican objections 4 the first statement and to prove that in the later stages of events telegrams were forwarded from Constantinople in the American code without particular control being placed iron American good faith. "Aj this opened the possibility of abuse’." says the newspaper, "it will be' seen that complete impartiality was displayed on the Swedish side." The chief concern now displayed by Fulnksaociated Press Service PREPARE FOH SECOND LOT OF 15,384 MEN Will Begin Arriving on Wed nesday and Continue Un till Next Monday BT WABD MOREHOUSE. ATLANTA JOURNAL BUREAU, Camp Gordon. Ga., Sept. 17.—Prepara tions are new being made at Camp Gor don for the reception of the 15,384 se lectmen from Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee that will represent the second contingent to be ordered out for serv ice. The first of the second contingent to arrive will come in Wednesday. The last is expected Monday, six days later. As when the first contingent arrived Lieutenant Colonel Frederick S. will preside at the national arrta re ceiving station. This time he will Steta- Lloned in one of the big Y. auditoriums with a grefcly staff. The men are expKted toMmt at all hours of the day Ind nlghwXln the first day a group of 500 Is exMcted at midnight. Practically all of the auper-soM||M*s of Major General Swiff/*red hill MQMF sion have been uniformed, and the dfe ’ tonment has settled down to a real tall ' itary city. General Swift’s new headquarters are ' roomy and well ventilated, and located I in a little grove of spreading oak trees. I The new headquarters on the south side of the camp will be permanent and be sides the commanding general, the mem , bers of his staff, the division quarter master, the division surgeon, the signal officer and the ordnance officer have established their offices there. Physical examinations of the new men will begin Thursday and 750 men will be examined every morning. There will be no examinations in the after noons. The new men will not be taken to the temporary base hospital to be vaccinated, but will be vaccinated and Inoculated by their regimental surgeons. The base hospital is expected to open September 25, with Major S. U. Marietta in command, and there will be accom modations for 500 men. Following are telephone numbers numbers which were announced Mon day for the convenience of persons in Atlanta: Aides to General Swift, Camp Gordon. 64; division inspector and judge advocate. 65; chief of staff, 67; division adjutant, 68; chief clerk and informa tion. 69; division surgeon, 72; dlvison ordnance officer, 70; division signal officer, 71; and dlvison | 73. : The plans laid down forth i of the new men call for as- signed to whatever brant* of they are best fitted. PolicemW will be assigned to the military force, I telegraphers and linesmen the Three Hundred and Seventh slgtfal field bat talion. etc. When the men arrive they will go through the same procedure as was the case when the first contingent began to come In. As fast as they are registered at the receiving station, questioned as to their qualifications and assigned "t<T regiments they will be taken in charge by an officer ot the organization to which they have been assigned and es corted to their>new quarters. Assignments will be made to the va rious organizations so as not to ex ceed the following totals: ASSIGNMENTS SCHEDULE. Headquarters brigade. 50 men. Three Hundred and Nineteenth field gun battalion, 656 men. One Hundred and Sixty-third Infantry, brigade headquarters, 15 men. Three Hundred and Twentieth machine gun battalion, 493 men. Three Hundred and Twenty-fifth in fantry, 1,774 men. Three Hundred and Twenty-sixth in fantry, 1,796 men. One Hundred and Sixty-fourth brigade headquarters, 15 men. Three Hundred and Twenty-first ma chine gun battalion. 490 men. Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh infantry, 1,801 men. Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth in | fantry, 1.788 men. One Hundred and Fifty-seventh field artillery brigade headquarters, 48 men. Three Hundred and Nineteenth field I artillery. 1.362 men. Three Hundred and Twentieth field artillery, 1,028 men. Three Hundred and Twenty-first’field artillery. 1.033 men. Three Hundred and First trench mor tar battalion, 147 men. Three Hundred and Seventh engineers. SS7 men. Military police. 272 men. First training battalion, 600 men. Second training battalion, 600 men. Third training battalion, 600 men. The tests for the officers recently ’ commissioned after three months of in i tensive training in the various officers' training camps were continued Mon day. The tests were begun Saturday : and will be concluded Tuesday. Thieves Hypnotize Dog And Get Off With Juicy Hams and Shoulders, 31 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MARSHALLVILLE, Sept. 17.—T. J. Martin, who lives in one of the most thickly settled sections of the city and keeps a big bulldog tied near his smoke house and two others loose on the prem ises. is mourning the loss of fifteen hams, ten sides, six shoulders and sev enty-five pounds of pure lard. The dog tied at the smokehouse was found run ning loose today by Mr. Martin when lie discovered his loss. He thinks the three mute guards must have been hypnotized. The meat was loaded in an automobile stationed in front of the residence. Mr. Martin believes the meat was taken to Macon or Americus for sale. He has offered a reward. Farm Loan Associations Preparing to Borrow WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—More than 4.000 farm loan associations are being organized in the United States to bor row money under the federal farm loan act it was announced today. It Is possible farmers, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the act, will borrow $150,000,000 from the twelve federal land banks within a year. Ap plications from associations already chartered totalled nearly $24,000,000 during August alone. jhe conservative organs is as to the ef fect of the disclosures upon the elec tions. IMO IS RAISED TO BEGIN SUM REVIVAL: 512.000 MORE NEEDED Balance of Amount Will Be Raised in Special Campaign in Atlanta Next Sunday, J. K. Orr Announces Eighty-eight per cent of the funds necessary to start the Billy Sunday re vival in Atlanta November 4 have been underwritten by Atlanta churches and the remainder is expected to be pledged of meetings in Atlanta EMrthas next Sunday. Battue was announced by J. K. Orr, of the finance committee of ministers and laymen at a nAtypg held Monday morning In the as •rtrfbly room of the Young Men's Chrls tißß association. ,lir. Orr announced that there was no ariftsty concerning the remainder of the JIOOUteO fund. Dr. James A. Walker, advance agent for the evangelist, who was one of the two Sunday men to speak, said that At lanta had made an enviable record and he hoped the record of every cent under written could be reached before the act ual revival started. Far-reaching plans, involving a tre mendous organization for seven weeks of Billy Sunday in Atlanta, were un folded at the meeting. The next great step will be the observance of Evange listic Sabbath in the churches in At lanta, a meeting to perfect arrangements for which was held at 1 o'clock Mon day afternoon. The preparations will include the alignments of a special re vival speaker at every church in the city for Sunday morning. Two weeks of ward meetings which it is hoped to win ten thousand Bible cla«» men for the Sunday evangelistic cam paign wll be launched next Monday, preceded by a men's mass the Wesley Memorial church. corner of Auburn avenue and Ivy street. , meeting will be held at 3.30 o clock Sunday afternoon. DOWEY to SPEAK. The Bible class organization is under the direction of the Rev. George H°7hed specialist in this work, who is to the Blllv Sunday staff. Mr. will be the- principal speaker Sunday afternoon, other meetings at which he will-.speak are: Monday.. September 24—A1l churches of First wards; ***«"» Trinity Methodist, corner Washington street and Trinity avenue. Tuesday, September 25—A1l cl ™ r ‘\ he * of Third ward. Capitol Avenue Baptist church. 352 Capitol avenue. Thursday. September 27—A1l churches of Fifth ward. Western Heights Bap- AlsU .587 Chestnut street. Frldav. September 28—All churches o Sixth ward; First Baptist. Peachtree and October I—All ch “ rc ** B of Seventh ward, Park Street Methodist, Park and Lee streets. Tuesday. October 2 —All churches of Fourth and Eighth wards; St. Marks Methodist. Peachtree and Fifth streets. Thursday. October 4 —All Ninth ward: Inman Park Methodist. 770 Edgewood avenue. Friday. October s—All churches of Tenth ward; Bonnie Brae Methodist, 191 Tift avenue. . „ _ The tabernacle in which the Sunday revival Is to be held is already under construction. Dr. Walker announced in an address to the ministers, in which he explained the scope of the prelimi nary work necessary, he said, to a suc cessful revival. Charts upon the wall explained that hundreds of workers In both the permanent and temporary Sun day organizations would be needed. For example, every one of the ap proximately one hundred ch irchss in the revival district will be called upon for nine representatives: One to be in charge of the neighborhood prayer serv ices which begin four weeks In advance of the revival; one in charge of finance; one in charge of the men’s Bible classes; one for personal work; one for choruses; one for ushers; one to be secretary; one to provide automobiles necessary, and one for women's work. GREAT WOMAN'S ORGANIZATION. The women will have a tremendous or ganization. There will be three divisions, a central division having charge of the campaign in office buildings, tele phone exchanges, business colleges and In the street sections deslgnat e»l; a luncheon division which will arrange for noon meetings of business women, and an extension division which will carry the revival work into factories, laun dries. hospitals, hotels, restaurants and the homes where women are employed. Billy Sunday's own organization, which he carries with him, includes singers, musicians, secretaries, choir leaders, a custodian for the tabernacle and many assistants who go out into the churches of the district for special work and services. Indicted German Editor Defends Himself Against Accusation of Treason PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 17.—1 n a sign ed farewell editorial In this morning's Philadelphia Tageblatt, Editor Louis Werner defends himself against the charge of treason preferred in a federal grand jury indictment Saturday. Wer ner and Martin Darkow, managing ed itor. were permitted to remain at liberty over Sunday before going to jail to await trial. Werner in this morning’s editorial finds fault with the course of the United , States while yet a neutral and with j her breaking relations and declaring | war. He contends, however, that he is loyal to the United States as against, Germany, though admitting he favors i Germany over her European and Asiatic j enemies. He points to the fact that the Tage- i blatt urged obedience to the selective service law. He says the Tageblatt has been the mouthpiece of German-Amerlcans who deplored the war and whose motto was "Peace at any price." Tobacco Habit Banished In 48 to 72 hours. No craving for tobacco in any form after completing treatment. Oon tains no hablt-formlng drugs. Satisfactory re sult, guaranteed In every case. Write Newell Pharmacol Co., Dept. 5. St. Louie, Ms., for FREE Booklet, ‘’TOBACCO REDEEMER'' and poeltive proof.— (Advt.) ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1917 “THE SPIDER AND THE FLY” Ili I I zR / yJ i . 1 j a / 1 ***’.»o w s v , < K J » 2001 WHfif ORKEfIS, ' noniSE, STRIKE * i? — r ’ Iranr-W^wletal/Mechanics at San Francisco Walk Out SAN FRANCISOO, Sept. 17.—Approxi mately 25,000 iron workers and metal trades mechanics engaged in war emer gency construction in San Francisco and bay cities went on strike at 9 o’clock today following rejection of their de mands for a 50 per cent Increase tn wages. The walkout in more than 100 plants was carried out without a hitch, it was reported. Feverish eleventh-hour efforts to avert the strike by employers and representa tives of the United States shipping board failed. Proposals to arbitrate on a basis of 10 per cent Increase offered had been rejected by the conference com mittee of the Iron Trades council, com posed of twenty-five unions, on whose authority the strike was declared. The walkout affects more than $150,- 000.000 in government shipbuilding and engine construction contracts and auto matically tied up other construction work. The Union Iron Works. the Moore-Scott Iron Works, both shipbuild ing plants, and the Pacific foundry, were to close immediately. , Settlement of the strike, declared to be San Francisco’s largest industrial trou ble. is entirely in the hands of the fed eral government, employers announced. Employes announced that if the strike is of long duration probably 150,000 per sons, including organized workmen of relative trades and their families, will be involved. R. S. Scott of the Moore-Scott com pany, said that under the contracts with the government the employers were pro hiibted from granting any wage in creases without federal sanction. No attempt will be made to operate any of the factories or works with sub stitutes, according to announcement of employers. Sporadic street rioting closely follow ed the walkout today of iron workers and shipbuilders, sympathizers of one group attacking a street car and beat ing two substitutes replacing striking platform men, according to police re ports. Patrolmen dispersed the rioters. Negress Kills Brother With Shot for Husband (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) LOUISVILLE. Ga., Sept. 17.—Jasper Harman, a negro, was killed last night near here by Eliza Walker, his sister. Ell?a and her husband, Ell, had been to camp meeting. Eliza didn’t Ilka Ell’s attendance upon another colored woman. They came back to Harman’s home when Eliza got a shotgun after Eli. In the scuffle Ell caught the gun but Eliza pulled the trigger, killing her brother standing near Instantly. HANCOCK FARMERS ARE ENJOYING FINE YEAR (Special Dispatch to The Journal.! SPARTA, Sept. 17. —The most Inter esting sight of the present cotton season in Sparta was a train of wagons ariv ing from Mr. J. D. Walker's Ogeechee farm bringing In one hundred bates ot cotton picked from this season’s crop. A great many farmers are refusing to sell their cotton at less than 20 cents and are storing it In warehouses. Quite a good deal of cotton was sold In this county for October delivery at 25c. This county has made a splendid corn crop, and nearly every farmer planted velvet beans in his corn and the great est crop of velvet beans In the history of the county will be raised this sea son. Already some of our farmers are feeding unmatured velvet beans, vine and beans, to the hogs, cattle and mules with ths very best results. IffiTlffii FOB MDBESSING SOLOOS' Mill EXPLAINED Postoffice Department Gives Full Details in Letter to Postmaster Postmaster Bolling H. Jones has re ceived a communication from the post office department at Washington, giv ing full details for the Information of the public in mailing letters and pack ages to the soldiers in the regular army, in the national army, and in the nation al guard. The form of address Is differ ent for each case ana should be care fully observed. Sample addresses fol low: Regular army: Private John Smith, Company A. 64th Infantry, Camp Lee, Virginia. National guard: Private John Smith, Company B, 151st Infantry (69th N. Y.), Camp Lee, Virginia. National army: e Private John Smith, Company C, 310th Infantry (N. J.). Camp Lee, Virginia. The postoffice circular in explanation of the three forms of address says: “The designation of regiments of the national guard will show in parenthesis their present state designations, as for example, 'Company B, 151st infantry (69th N. Y.’) The designation of regi ments of the national army will show in parenthesis the state from which each organization, or the bulk bf it was drawn, as for example, .'Company C, 310th Infantry (N. J.’) "The war department has adopted the following system of numbering the reg iments: regular army, 1 to 100; national guard, 101 to 300; national army, 301 up. Unless addressed to company and regi ment, mail will be’delayed and probably returned to writer as undeliverable.” Wrecking Crews Fail To Find Trainman’s Body Because of Washouts WILMINGTON, N. C., Sept. 17.—Dis rupted train schedules is the principal remaining effect today of the wind and rainstorm that swept this section of North Carolina the latter part of last week, causing heavy property damage and reported loss of several lives. The body of Brakeman H. T. Moore, who was killed when the engine and nine cars of a northbourtd freight train plunged through on open trestle forty miles north of this city Saturday morn ing, has not been recovered. Wrecking crews have been unable to reach the scene of derailment because of washouts and it will probably be the latter part of the week before normal traffic Is restored on the Wilmington and Weldon branch of the Atlantic Coast Line. Reports from farming sec tions tell of heavy crop losses. Water in streams Is receding. Rumor About Seizure Os Canned Goods Denied WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The un traceable rumor that the government intends to take canned and dried foods from homes persists and has spread to such an extent that the department of agriculture today placed an explicit and official denial In the hands every county agent and representative with instruc tions to give it widest publicity. The government never had contem plated commandeering foodstuffs from homes in any sense, and the persistency of the rumor leads officials to believe its basis probably may be found In propaganda to hlhder food conservation, and thereby continue high prices. CHWB FOUND GUILT! DE WALTER WADE MUfIOER Americus Dentist Recommend ed to the Mercy of the Court < Special Dispatch to The Journal.) AMERICUS, Ga., Sept. 17.—The Chap man case, which has occupied the time of Sumter superior court during all last week, ended today when the jury brought in a verdict of guilty with the recommen dation to mercy of the court. The ver dict means that the condemned den tist must spend the remainder of his life in the penitentiary. The jury received the case late Sat urday afternoon and began the imme diate consideration of the evidence. Only a few spectators were present and the defendant received the verdict stolidly He refused to comment upon the outcome or make any statement for publication. His attorneys will file application for a new trial and a high er court will be asked to pass upon the case. Warren I. Johnson, another of the de fendants, is expected will be next to be tried, he being accused,with Dr. Chap man of actual participation in the mur der. When Johnson will be placed on trial has not yet been determined. Normal Conditions in Mexico Are Predicted In Six Months or So WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Conditions will be normal in Mexico within six or eight months, the Mexican embassy predicted today. This forecast was based upon the fact that the munitions embargo has been relaxed to the extent of permitting 3,- 000,000 cartridges to go this week to Carranza, while the forces of the lead ing rebels. Villa, Zapata and Pelaeza, are rapidly scattering. The once terrible Villa has now a mere handful of followers, the embassy de clared, while Pelaeze, who has controlled the oil field district of Tuxpam is anx ious to quit if he and his men can have amnesty. The embassy has advised that he surrender, and has promised that the rebels’ lives will be spared. Mean time, Zapata’s forces are being squeezed in the south, and his band is expected to be defeated and dispersed. Lifting of the munitions embargo will permit an increase of armament for | the villagers in many pueblas, who can! then act effectively against bandits. Leaders in Congress Are Making Plans to Quit Work in October WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—With most all of the important legislation of the session either enacted or about to be dis posed of. leaders in congress today set about the task of carrying out plans, j tentatively fixed, for adjournment early ' in October. President Wilson has no new legislation to recommend and is said to be ready to have congress take a vacation. The house has about finished its part of the legislative program, but prompt action by the senate is necessary to carry out the adjournment plans. Only two big measures, the soldiers’ and sail ors’ Insurance and the $7,000,000,000 war deficiency bill, remain to be passed by the senate, and it is expected both will be expedited. The deficiency bill, now in the house, probably will pass today. These big measures are in conference today wkh prospects of an early agree ment on all of them. They ar a. the war tax, the war bond and the trading with the enemy bills. NUMBER 100 RUSSIANS ADVANCING ON RIGA AS PLAN FOR REPUOUCISFDRMED Whole Military Establishment Is Being Reorganized by Alexieff and Discredited Of ficers Are Discharged LONDON, Sept. 17.—General Kaledina of the Don Cossacks, has telegraphed offering his support to the provisional government, a ePtrograd dispatch re ceived today by the Evening News as serted. Kaledine is understood to be the last of the rebel leaders to announce sub mission to Kerensky. WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.—The Rus sian army is driving back toward Riga along a wide front. Within the last five days it has advanced more than seven miles, the Russian embassy an nounced today. The whole Russian mili tary establishment is being reorganized under General Alexieff and discredited commanders are being ousted. First official cables from Petrograd to the embassy received today were most encouraging. They showed that the Korniloft' rpbellion had been put down without bloodshed, the morale df the troops is ‘‘splendid” and the government * ‘‘Stronger than ever." Official word that responsibility for the Kornlloff deflection has been fixed upon his advisers Instead of himself, it regarded here as an indication that the famous cossack chief will not pay the death penalty for his crime. The cables say the Russians are forc ing retention of more German troops on the east front than at any time gince the war. The embassy issued the following statement: ‘‘Confirmation that the Kornlloffi movement has been liquidated was re ceived this morning. Thus far there has been no bloodshed. The provisional gov ernment is now stronger than ever be fore. General Kornlloff has been succeeded by General Alexieff. Kerensky remains chief in command, but Alexieff will practically have complete charge of alt army movements. A complete reorgani zation among the officers is under way. "Responsibility for the Kornlloff re volt has been fixed upon advisers of the general. The cossack movement is still unsettled, but is not regarded as seri ous. “A series of new generals and sub ordinate officers have been appointed by General Alexieff with the aim in view of re-establishing .discipline. The old commajiders are discredited and it has been decided to appoint an entirely new force." , As to the military situation the em bassy Issued the following statement: • "Happily the Korniloft movement did not weaken us. Our front has suffer ed no reverses. Troops are advancing upon Riga. The morale of the army Is splendid. In the past five days we have advanced more than seven miles on the j Riga front. Although a seeming laole of success is evident the Russians are fulfilling their task. The object has ■ been to keep as many Germans as pos- I sible engaged in our western theater. Germany now has concentrated on this front more troops than at any time since the war started." Kerensky Spikes Charge Os Planning Dictatorship PETROGRAD, Sept. 17.—Having sub-> | dued the armed dissension in its con fines, the provisional government moved rapidly today in settlement of political disptes. Formal proclamation of Russia as a, republic, as Issued by Premier Kerensky, destroyed a growing propaganda trace able to German agents, that Kerensky was planning a dictatorship. It wa* also a warning in public’s view today to any other leader who might aspire as Korhiloff did, to such dictatorial powers, that the government was solely*a peo ple’s government. The constitutional convention whicl» is to devise the machinery of Russian government, has already been called for December 11. were indication* today, however, tnat long before thia time, some sort of representative Rus- * slan assembly would outline and dele-< gate powers, to prevent any repetition. | of the misunderstanding which led to th* Kornlloff revolt. The Petrograd council of workmen and soldiers formally recommended suoia a representative assembly to be con voked September 25 to set up a definite power to lead the country until the con stitutinal convention shall have decided upon a complete system of government. French Halt Attack After Lively Battle PARIS, Sept. 17.—Gern)an forces last night attacked the French positions in Apremont forest, in the Ardennes. The, official statement Issued today by tha French war office says the attack fail ed after a lively battle. There was a violent artillery duel west of Craonn* and Massiges. Austro-Hungarians Are ‘ • Beaten Back Four Times ROME, Sept. 13. —Austro-Hungarian troops by four successive counter at tacks attempted on Saturday night to reconquer the ground they had lost on Friday to the Italians on the Bainsiza plateau. General Cadorna reports that all the assaults were repulsed. The statement reads: "In the Trentino, in Gludlcaria valley, enemy parties attempting to approach our advanced posts were dispersed with rifle fire. "In Carnia great activity of the ene my artillery provoked brisk reaction by our artillery in the upper But and Fella valley. On the Bainsizza plateau Sat urday night the enemy attempted with four successive counter atateks to re occupy the ground he had lost the day before. He wafc constantly repulsed by the defenders who captured 73 prison ers, including two officers. Suffrage Law Invalid INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 17. —The Indi ana woman's suffrage law was declared unconstitutional and void by a judge of the Marion county superior court today. The decision was given in a suit to test the law, and arrangements are being made to appeal immediately to the In diana supreme court.
