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TWO
Mil IK INTO LINE
WITH AGGRESSIVE BUH-BALE
HE TO HELP FORCE COTTON
Enthusiastic Meeting Held Tuesday at Noon When Movement
Was Launched---Aid of Northern Business Houses to Be
Asked-- Screven Farmers to Retire Most of Thirty Thous
and Bale Crop From Market Until it Will Bring Ten Cents
or Better---Mass Meeting of Citizens to Be Held Thursday
to Relieve Local Business Conditions---Situation Showing
Steady Improvement.
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
Staff Correspondent,
Tha Augusta Herald.
Bylvania, Ge.—Lik# many Georgia
county seats, Hylvanla la built around
On* court house. Kao Ini? the oourt
house square on all four aides are the
principal business houses. At noon
Tuesday a man called from the win
dows of the superior court room on
the second floor of the temple of Jus
tice, even as a court-crier, hla clarion
voice repeating the Invitation:
"EVERYBODY WHO WANTS 10
CENTS COTTON COME INTO
THE COURT HOUSE."
The word had already gone forth
and spread throughout the town that
a meeting of merchants, bankers and
professional ben would tie held to or
ganize a "Buy-a-Balo" club.
- Responding to the call, two score
citiseiiH, mostly merchants, but among
them several farmers, several bankers
and a sprinkling of professional men,
gathered and set In motion In Hylva
riia and Screven County a patriotic
and splendid campaign (o aid in the
wide-spread “Buy-a-Hale" movement
which has swept the South like wild
fire and which now has crossed the
Mason and I)Uon line and invaded tiie
North slid Kaat and West.
. Within SO minutes SO balea had
been pledged as a starter for the
Sylvnnla “Buy-a-Bale" club—
thirty hales of distress cotton,
whirl: will lie purchased at 10
oents a pound from small fnr
niM rr.il tenant farmers and re
tired from the market.' As Mr. J.
K. Hurt who presided at the ineot,-
lng assured ms, before the end of
the present week there will not
be a merchant nor a lawyer nor a
doctor In Hylvanla who will not
have bought his hale.
Celt on North to Help.
With this splendid beginning and
the ground work laid, the business
people of Hylvanla then went a step
further. It was unanimously decided
at the meeting held Tuesday that,
through the merchants, business peo
ple of the North and Kaat and West
who are interested In the South, fi
nancially and otherwise, shall be In
vited to aid in the work begun by the
Hylvanla “Huy-a-Bale" club.
As Mr. H. S. While so aptly ex
pressed It;
"We can with Impunity ask these
people with whom our merchants
have been trading to Join bands with
us In this movement. We need their
help now. They will need our help
as soon as normal conditions iue re
stored. A a they have needed us in the
past, and depnded upon us In the past,
they will need ua and depend upon us
in the future and Uiey know It."
A ciroular letter, accompanied by a
personal letter, will be sent out by tha
merchants of Hylvanla to Jobbers,
wholesalers snd manufacturers In the
North- houses with which the Hylva
nla merchants have been doing bual
neea—asking that through the Hylva
nla merchants these houses buy, at
Hylvanla, at 10 cents a pound, one or
more balea of dlstrsss cotton and bold
the same off the market until It will
sell In tha open market for 10 cents
or better.
All Holding, to a Man.
Screven farmers raise SO,OOO hales
of cotton a >ear. Thla year they will
make at least an average crop Hut
they realise that there has been an
fiver production and that even had
there been no European war, the mar
ket would have gone down to 9 or
10 cents. In aplte of conditions, how
ever, ts there la a farmer In Hcreven
County who is not doing Ids utmost
to get out his crop as rapidly as pos
sible- Just as though he could gilt It
and bale It and haul it to market to
morrow and get 12H cents for it —
no one appears to know who he la
Of the 10,000 or more balea raised
this year in Hcreven County I am In
formed that 65 to 7* per cent will be
held by the farmers who produoe tt.
They do not talk about holding,
these Screven farmers -they do not
express It that way. "I have retired
my crop from the market on a ten
cent basis," several of these cotton
planter* aald to me I>r. George
Overstreet was one of *hesc.
Improvement Is Seen.
In addition to advance In the mar
ket price of cotton, a decided Improve
ment In conditions can be note.l here.
Demand Is better. Farmers snd mer
chants alike have taken heart, seized
upon fresh hope. The farmer can
haul hla cotton Into Hylvanla. and if
he cares not to sacrifice It for leas
than the cost of production tn order
to know the feel of actual money for
a few hours, he may buy with cotton
whatever he may newt -clothing, pro
visions. hardware, anything—with
cotton —or pay hts debt*—with cotton
—not on a basis of the market price,
but at a premium over and above the
market price—nine and ten cents a
pound
The Newton-Hart Company, one of
the leading mercantile houses of Hyl
vanta. Is taking all the cotton offered
by farmer customer* at to cent* a
pound -In trade or to tv* applied on
account.
Htu Brothers another, large con
cern. allows the fanner 9 and 10 cents
In trade or on account, hr. Over
etreefe drug store and other business
houses are granting the farmer* a
premium over and afcove the market
price.
At Hllltonls in thla county, Measra.
J. L. and C. C. IJroerlok hav# taken
more than 100 balea off the hands of
fanner customers at 10 cent* a pound
and have retired it from the market
until the market price reaches the
valuation they have placed on cot
ton.
Goal Not Far Away.
“If." oald Mr. J. H. Evans pres
ident of the Hylvanla lianktng
Company. "the ’Buy -a-Baisf
movement continue* to spread for
the next thirty day# a* tt has
since Its Inception, oothan will
then be quoted In the -ptarket at
10 cents a pound. To hack up his
opinion and a* an evidence of hla
public spirit. Mr. Evans pledged
hingsjJf *9 the
a m
bales at 10 cents a pound, and his
bank will buy two bales
Kach of the three banks In flylvanla
—the Hylvanla Hanking Company, the
Citizens and Hcreven County Bank,
of which Mr. John D. Walker is pres
ident, and the Farmers Exchange
Hank. Mr. H. W. Zelgler, president,
subscribed for two bales, though al
ready all three are taking the cot
ton of their customers to hold for
them, and with this as collateral, re
newing farmers’ notes as they become
due.
Building Warehouse.
Warehouse facilities In S»lv»-
nla Inadequate to take care of the
cotton being held—only about 50*
bales having been sold here since
the opening of the season—the
('ltlzens and Screven County
Hunk Is at present building &
warehouse In which to house it*
customers’ cotton.
This warehouse Is actually be
ing built around the cotton —the
cotton Is there, scores of bales,
and the frame of the warehouse
building Is going up around it.
If customers of this bank prefer not
to sell their cotton seed In order to
secure cash with which to get out the
remainder of their crops, the bank
makes advances of about $lO a bale,
takes the cotton and Issues a receipt
by which the bank morally obligates
itself to hold as long as possible tor
10 cents.
Msy Issus Own Curre'noy.
A mass meeting of cltlxens will be
held Thursday afternoon at Hylvanla
at which time a plan proposed hy Mr.
John IX Walker and on the order of
what has becorao known as Mr. Wal
ker's "Screven rian," will be con
sidered.
It Is proposed, snd several of the
merchants as well an the three hanks
have already endorsed the idea, that
the hunks shall issue clearing house
receipts based upon cotton warehouse
receipts valorizing cotton at 8 cents
for use in Hylvanla to facilitate
trading with cotton. If favorable
action Is taken upon the proposition
at the meeting Thursday every mer
chant In Hylvanla and throughout
Screven County will honor these
Clearing house, or rather warehouse
receipts.
The Meeting Tuesday.
Not as men who face a desperate
situation, excited, discouraged and
i-runplng at false hopes, might meet,
but as business men realizing that the
Houth faces « condition which must
lie courageously met and conquered
did the merchants, hankers and pro
fessional men of Hylvanla gather on
Tuesday. To Mr. J. E. Hart Is due
the credit for working up the meet
ing. lie presided, and Mr. T. J.
Evans acted as secretary.
It was first proposed that letters
he sent out by the merchants asking
that Jobbers, wholesalers and manu
facturers buy distress cotton at Hyl
vanla and hold It for the price paid,
10 rents or more. Before the plan
oouhl be endorsed Mr. 8. F. Cooper
was on his feet.
“I am unwilling,” he declared,
"to ask others not of us and not
of the Houth that Is now suffering,
to do something that we have not
done ourselves. Until we start
the ‘Buy-a-Bale’ movement right
here In Hylvanla and each of us
buy our hales, we cannot ssk out
eiders to do so.”
Mr. Cooper gave expression to the
sentiment of the meeting. A list was
immediately opened and the following
pledged themselves to the purchase of
ene or more halea: Messrs. J. H.
Evans, H. F. Cooper, l)r. George M.
Overstreet, H. H White, W M. Hob
by, W. <l. Sharpe, J. A. Ennis, Jack
C. Reddick. C. A. Mims, W. P. Wil
liams, fi J, Kswton, 8. J. Jackson, 8.
F. Cooper, J. E. Hart, N. 8. Kemp,
Herman Barr, A. B. Lovett, John D.
Walker, Farmers Exchange Bank.
Cltlxens amt Hcreven County Bank,
Sylvonlu Banking Company, T. A.
Mock Company, Mrs. J. E. Hart.
Only distress cotton'will be bought
and 10 cents a pound in cash will be
paid for it.
Let the Farmer Know.
Rev. N. H. Kemp, himself s farmer,
Is a strong advocate of the "Buy-a-
Bale" movement. Rev. Mr. Kemp at
tended the meeting snd made s splen
did talk. "While we know how the
’Buy-s-Bsle’ movement is spreading
and can already see its beneficial re
sults.” he said, "we should send out
word to the farmer, not only from
Hylvanla. but from everywhere, and
Ist him know what is going on and
what Is being don# in his behalf. We
must keep them from getting nervous
snd sxclted snd prevent them from
dumping their cotton on the market
when their notes fall due next month,
thereby blocking the good of the
'Buy-a-Bale' movement.
"The newspapers, os usual, are lead
ing in thts movement of beautiful sen
timent and patriotic spirit, especially
The Augusta Herald, and In spread -
the gospel of ’Buy-a-Bale' they nre
doing a magnificent snd noble work.”
It was impressed at the meeting
that all cotton that Is held should be
put tn negotiable shape that la prop
erly warehouse* protected from the
weather and Insured.
Holding Movement General.
Not only around Hylvanla but
throughou) the country there Is de
mand for more cotton than la offered
- -demand that Is Increasing as the
days go by.
The European war and th# attend
ant depression of the cotton nutrket
has ncrompltshrd one thing that or
ganisation among the farmers has
never accomplished Every farmer
In this section has. It spears, ap
pointed himself s committee of on# to
see to tt that no cotton la dumped on
the market, but that all Is held off
until diw>aitd cregtre * fair price.
Sitting Tight at Rocky Ford.
At liocky Ford l asked Mr. Oerar
Moore wH*t "he Visa doing with hie
cotton. ' li Uff
"I’m sitting on It.” he replied, and
he meant Just that "There hasn't
!*een any sold here,” he added. 'The
farmers are holding It home from the
gins and putting It on logs to keep
It off thoground, and I reckon It will
stay right there until somebody wsut*
German War Dirigible and French Aeroplane
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DIRIGIBLE MOST VALUABLE
While the French have pinned their faith to the aeroplane as a weapon of war the Germans have worked
out the Idea of the dirigible. The two Ideas have been tented for more than a month now, and It Is the
opinion of war experts that the dirigible has been immensely more valuable than the aeroplane.
It has been shown that they can drop 600 pound bomba over cities, so that a dozen or more airships
would be able to destroy a modern city If they could not be hindered. The Germans have been so
bold us to fly their dirigibles over Paris. It Is the belief of those who have followed their plans that a score
of them will be sent over Paris to ruin the city should a bombardment be begun by their armies.
it bad enough to pay what it’s worth
for it.”
All the cotton that has been shipped
from Rocky Ford thiH season has
been eight bales shipped to Savan
nah a few days ago by Mr. J. T. Par
ker to apply on a hardware account.
Thinking About Next Year.
While Screven County produces
about 30,000 bales of cotton a year,
and though cotton has been too *n
tlroly depended upon by the average
farmer, none of them but who raises
some corn and throughout the county
there are many who like Mr. E. K.
Overstreet, who is as good a farmer
as he Is a lawyer. Mr. Overstreet
grows cotton, but he also raises some
cuttle snd plenty of bogs and ample
grain ami hay crops to feed them and
his farm hands.
It la the farmer like Mr. Overstreet
who will, of course, hold for better
than 10 cents because he Is In position
to do so with a full smokehouse and
a wall-stocked corn-crib and a barn
stacked to the celling with hay, who
Is setting the example for the Screven
County farmer to follow next year.
The cotton acreage Is going to be
cut. and there need not be felt the
slightest doubt about that. As Mr.
II S. White said at the meeting here
Tuesday:
“We have heard the suggestion that
a law be enacted prohibiting another
full crop next year. No need to enact
| such a law. The law of necessity will
govern that and will prohibit any
| thing like an average crop. In the
I first place, the small farmer will not
|be able to get advances from the
’ bonks for another big cotton crop,
and what cotton le grown must be
i grown principally without fertiliser,
i And then, too. the cotton farmer has
; learned a tesson that he will not for
get In one year, at least. I am a far
mer. and 1 know.”
Hon. A. B. Lovett, former mayor
of Sylvonla and who took a hand In
helping organise th# Sylvonla "Buy
a-Bale” Club, in discussing th* pros
pects for 1916 said:
‘T should not be afraid to farm next
year. One year's calamity would not
scare me. The farmer should not ol
: low himself to become discouraged.
I Do you suppose that because I lost
I one law case I would give up prac
ticing my profession? But if I farm
ed next year I should certainly cut
my cotton acreage to a minimum and
j raise something to eat.”
Lessons Driven Home.
The biggest farmer In Screven
County snd one of the most exten
' stvo planters tn Georgia is Mr. E. T.
j Comer. In hte Mlllhaven plantation.
I which Is a little world to Itself, there
I are embraced 16.000 acres.
For the past eight years Mr. Comer.
: who is president of the Bibb Munu
i farturlng Company at Macon, has
j been preaching to the farmers of this
and other sections the necessity of
raising something to eat, less cotton
and more hogs, less cotton and more
: cattle, less cotton and more corn, less
! cotton and more grain and hay crop*.
| And he has most magnificently dem
onstrated his own preaching.
Mr. Comer raises about 6.000 bales
of cotton a year—approximately one-
I tenth of Screven’s crop—but raises
everything else In proportion. For*
; inerly In the cattle business tn Texas,
j be has developed the Industry here In
; Soreven to a high degree. He raises
only beef rattle for market, of the
Holstein stock, and when marketed
| they weigh on an average of Too to
| 900 pounds. He owns several short -
, horn Durham bulls weighing from
1.600 to I.TOO pounds
Hogs, sheep goats are raised and
' all the foodstuffs and feedstuff# need
ed from year to year In addition to
what is sold. The Mlllhaven planta
tion H» dotted with silos. Mr. Comer
has his earn oil mill and makes hts
own fertiliser.
Expert rattle men from Texas are
In charge. 1 Besides the cottonseed
meal fed to the cattle, Bermuda grass
Is sown. Th* Immense plantation la
operated on strictly business princi
ples There is no guess work. Every
inch of the ground Is measured. There
is a stake And a sign at th* end of
THE AUGUSTA \ HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
every terrace row. There is system
about everything—-system that pro
duces more than one crop a year.
1 did not see Mr. Comer. He spends
his time mostly tn Macon, visiting
his Htllhaven plantation on Saturdays
and Sundays. But I am Informed that
he will retire his 3,000 or more balea
from the market until he can market
his cotton at a fair profit over and
above cost of production. And It may
be depended upon that Mr. Comer
knows exactly what is the cost of
production.
POSIIiIS OF
0. S. TRADE
WITH RUSSIA
Czar’s Foreign Minister Points
Out What the War May Mean
For America
London, 5:40 a. m.—The Petrograd
correspondent of the Times telegraph*
that Serguls Saxonoff, the Russian
foreign minister, has authorised this
statement:
“I quite realise that accounts of vic
tories and routs, acts of heroism and
magnificent assaults may sell news
papers, but above and beyond all
this there now exists an opportunity
In trad* with Russia to England and
to America that may mean more tn
th# decades to oome than It 1* easy
to realise.
Enormous Benefits.
"It Is the country which foresees tb*
situation commercially in Russia that
will reap the enormous benefits that
the Russian markets now offer. *lt Is
not snough that merchants and man
ufacturers should offer their good*
here. Export* should be sent here
now, even while the war la still In
progress, to study and examine the
wants of our country so that when
peace comes those channels which
have for decades flowed deeply with
German products may continue to
now with products from America and
England.
America Esptcially.
For America especially does Rus
sia open opportunities for an Indus
trial outlet euoh as can hardly be
w<> have an empire of
170,000,000 souls and the 1300,000.000
we have been paying Germany yearly
I* but th* beginning of a demand that
will soon make Russia among the
most desirable and valuable markets
In the world Railroad building and
new developments everywhere are the
prelude to an era of prosperity tn this
country such as has never been seen
here before."
ITALY MIST ACT
SOON OR NEVER
(vlt Pari*. • a. m.)—-The Olor
n«l* 1' It.HU quote* th« Petrograd news
paper Hlr»**r|* Wledomosiy a* enyins
(Pat It reflect* the view of the Rus
sian government (n declaring th.t Italy
m«*t take TVant and Trieste now, with
It* owai arms, or never, for if the trip!*
en'eutp 1* victorious It t* not probable
the> will Indemnify Italy by giving her
(h«*e province* a* a reward for mere
neutrality.
Armed tntwventlon by Italy, the Ru»-
slan newspaper la quoted aa saving
would ha most unefnl at the present mo
meut to asaiat ILisaia In the campaign
against both Austria snd Germany.
TIE U. S. NAS
RIGHT, CURTAIL
PRODUCTION
Committee Will Recommend a
Prohibition Tax on Cotton
Growing at Tonight’s Meet
Washington.— Convinced after a
search of supreme court records that
the federal government has a right
to curtail production by means of a
prohibitive tax, a committee of sena
tor* and representatives will recom
ment to th* congressional cotton con
ference tonight two plans designed to
limit the production of cotton in this
country next year to fifty per cent of
th* 1914 crop.
One plan would tax ten cents a
pound all cotton produced by any
planter in 1916 In excess of fifty per
cent of the total he produced In 1914.
Another would levy a tax of 620 an
acre on the total acreage planted with
cotton In 1916 In excess of the total
acreage of 1914.
Russians Are But
15 Miles From
Przemsyl
London, 8545 a, m. —A Reuter dis
patch from Petrograd gives this out
line of the situation lp Galicia:
"The position of Grodek occupied by
the Russians, 16 miles west of Lem
burg, is situated on the heights under
which a chain of six almost connect
ing lakes stretch out towards the Rus
sian frontier, forming a natural de
fense for 14 miles running north and
nouth. The Austrians abandoned this
position after the character of Lem
berg.
“Mosciska, to which the Russians
have advanced, is a little over 40 miles
west of Lemberg on the main line be
tween Prsemysl and Lemberg. The
shattered second Austrian army wns
evidently Incapable of staying the
Russian advance and took refuge In
Przemysi, from which the Russians,
according to latest official reports, ar«
only 16 miles.”
“oomr
MAKING HISTORY
New Orleans.— What Is said to be
the first Instance tn the history of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange of
actual cotton changing hands there
took place today. Several bales were
delivered at the exchange where they
were weighed, classified and sold for
cash, the first purchaser being Mar
tin Rorhman. mayor, and the seller,
A. J. Glenny. president of the ex
change. The trading was done to give
Impetus to the "Buy-a-Bale" move
ment, ,
BARRIER OF CORPSES B >
FEET RICH ERECTED BT
GERMANS, AISIiIE BUTTLE
Terrible Stories of Conflict When Retreating Invaders Took
Stand at River Crossing—Allies Attack Began Sunday
Morning; Struggle Raged Til Night—Seven Thousand Five
Hundred Dead is Report
London, 8:50 a. m.—The correspon
dent of The Times at Paris sends this
St ?.SL° f the fi » htin & on the Aisne:
IThe enemy has found means to ar
rest his retreat for the time being and
Is offering stubborn resistance on the
line which he has prepared strongly
for defense. He has received consid
eral reinforcements, probably from
Lorraine, where he seems to have
abandoned the offensive.
The fighting is hottest around
Soissons, where the British army is in
setion.
Piles of Dead.
“Terrible stories are reaching Paris
of piles of dead and wounded which
encumber the battlefield of the Marne
and the Red Cross is working night
and day. At one place, it is said, the
Germans erected a barrier six feet
high of corpses behind which to re
sist the French. This barrier was
carried after a terrific struggle by
the French Tureos, leaving 7,600 dead
on the battlefield.”
The correspondent of the Times at
Havre thus describes the battle:
"As opposed to the Battle of the
Marne, which was a battle of rivers
and plains, woodlands and high pla
teaus, the battle of the Aisne was a
river crossing on a scale never before
seen in the history of the world; a
triumph of organization and engineer
ing as much as of courage and fight
ing powers. The time was Saturday
evening and the moment had arrived
when, if the fleeing host was to be
saved, some sort of stand must be
made.
For Great Effort.
"The enemy gathered hurriedly to
gether for a great effort on the height
which overlooked the river. He had
his guns placed and his men ready
when the British and French troops
reached the south bank of the river.
Clearly it was essential to the allies
that a crossing be made If the great
pursuit was to be continued and the
hard won victory pressed home. But
the river was swollen, running swift
ly after the recent heavy rains, the
bridges must be built under a wither
ing fire, they must be maintained un
damaged and must be crossed.
Fighting for Lives.
“All the vantage points were held
by the men rendered desperate and
WAR BULLETINS
„ , NEW GERMAN PLAN.
Roma, (via London, 10:20 a. m.) —The Tribune states that th» n.— a „
headquarter s staff has adopted a new plan of campaign, which consists of
maintaining the defensive against the allies in the west while undertaking an
wm n bL V en’p^ e a “ lnßt the R,lßSl:ins ' ln whlch « German army co^
EFFORTS FAIL.
Company o lay a * m — The Petrograd correspondent of The Exchange Telegraph
Rus«la n n» El hav™falled." a *" ° f th ® a * rman •ttarU to surround a portion of th*
QUITS~B EJRLIN.
' According to fin Article in th® Avnnti mi inn
the Italian military attache has quit Berlin because of maultimr
cernlng the attitude of Italy In the war, made in the offlcial iilon
„ , BY THi CZAR.
„ Petrograd—Emperor Nicholas has conferred the title of chlvaliers of
th ander ot Swiia. George Upon Klne Albert of and Prince Alex-
CHASED BY JAPS.
Honolulu, T. H.—The small Hamburg-American freighter Loong
moon arrived here last night, 43 days out from Tsing-Tau, Kiao*how
without charts or wireless. Her captain said he had been chased by a
Japanese war craft.
ALL RESERVISTB.
Parla, 4:22 a. m.—Rome dispatches from Vienna *a ya telegram to
The Havas Agency, state that the Neue Frele Presse announces th* ap
proaching call of all reservists enmasse.
According to the Relchspost, Emperor Joseph declared:
’’Never In my life has anything coet me so much pain as the duty of
taking such a grave decision."
TODAY’S WAR CONDENSED
Tho third day of the battle of the Alsne finds the hosts of the Ger
mans and the allies facing each other along a line of aome 100 miles
stretching from Nyon, 66 miles northeast of Paris, southeast to the Swiss
frontier. The battle line proper extends roughly from Noyon. about 160
miles. Here between 2,000,000 and 8.000,000 men are engaged In a struggle
that In ferocity and strategto Importance bids fair to rival the battle of
the Marne.
Each side claims a slight advantage and no more. . It Is known
only that the German retreat has been turned into a stubborn resistance
The allies asesrt that they were so close on the heels of the Germans
that the latter were compelled to turn about and fight to escape destruc
tion. German reports represent their armies as re-forming In strong po
sitions after withdrawal from the vicinity of Paris and again taking the
offensive.
It is admitted that the deatn toll already is enormous*—so stagger
ing that official sources hpsltate to reveal the facts. Rain continues
falling on the battlefield and has rendered parts of it Impassable for
guns and cavalry while adding greatly to the distress of the men.
This afternoon 1 * official announcement at Paris said that a great
battle continues all along the river Aisne and that the Germans are slow
ly giving way.
Conflicting reports of the situation In the eastern theater of war are
received from official and unofficial eources. The several German army
corps sent Into East Prussia appear to have pushed back the Russian
Invaders of that territory with great loss to the Russians. It was thought
that a part of the German force may be diverted to Russian Poland.
In Galicia Russian successes seem to be continued with the
Austrians and Germans falling back on Praemsyl. Enormous losses to
the Austrians are admitted at Vienna to which city thousands of wound
ed are being brought.
The latest official announcement at Nish claims loss for the Servian
“T? 1 * hftve earlier statements, Indicating that Austria still has 4onV
slderable forces available to oppose the Servian invasion. The Bernansf
however, with the old of their Montenegrin allies, appear to be more
than holding their own.
The most recent word from the Far East describes the Japanese
troops as struggling through the flooded north of Shang-Tung penincula
trying to reach Klaochow. There Is no Indication of an early invest
ment of the German stronghold.
Th® Turkish army Is reported from Petrograd to be concentrating
•n the Bulgarian frontier, _
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
fighting for their lives. It was a ter
rible prospect but it did not daunt
our splendid forces.
The attack began Sunday morn
ing with all the dash that character
ized the great struggle of the week
before. Our guns were brought up,
placed in position, and a terrible ar
tillery duel opened; for a long as the
German artillery remained unsilenc
ed there was little hope of crossing
the river.
During this fire our engineers
worked laboriously, bringing up great
pontoons while the fire slowly de
creased their numbers. After some
hours of this supreme effort the ene
my s guns on the north bank are si
lenced and the troops begin crossbig
while the allies artillery still swept v
the heights, protecting their passage. V
“By sunset when the cold rain and
wind starts the Heights are won, the
enemy thrown back and our troops
across at three crossing places.
While this battle is proceeding a
most exciting battle of aeroplanes,
German and English, occurred high in
the air. It was a great struggle, the
machines darting hither and thither
till finally the German, wounded, falls
to the ground.”
Desperate 4 Days
Battle Rages
in Servia
Pari*, 4i20 a. m.—A Nish. Servia,
despatch to The Havaa Agency say's:
"Resuming the offensive, the Aus
trians passed the Drina river to the
south and southwest and marched to
ward Kroupani and Valievo (Servian
towns, about ten and 35 miles respec
tively from the Bosnian border).
“On a front of more than ftO miles,
comprising Liubovia, Svornlk, Ulosnltza
and Lesnitza, along the Bosnian fron
tier, desperate battles have been fought
for four day*.