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VOLUME XXI, No. 263.
CONTROL DESTINY OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN GREAT WAR
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The destiny of England and F ranee are in the hands of these two m cn, David Lloyd George, minister of
war for Great Britain, at left, and Aristide Briand, premier of France. They are shown here conferring on the
movements and diplomacy of the war, just prior to the recent great advance by the allies on the Somme.
GREEK KING AT LAST DECIDES ON
PLUNGE-MOBILIZING FOR BULGAR
KING CONSTANTINE AT LAST
IN FAVOR OF INSTANT
ACTION
Athens, Sept 27 (vis. London, Sept
28). —The Associated Press is in a po
sition to state positively that King
Constantine decided this morning in
favor of an immediate declaration of
war on Bulgaria.
Recalled by King.
London. —Prince George of Greece,
brother of King Constantine, who has
been in London for sometime repre
senting the views of the Greek court,
today received a telegram from the
king recalling him to Athens.
Censorship Abolished.
Berlin (by wireless to Sayville).—■
The Greek minister in Berlin today in
formed the German government that
the Greek censorship had been abol
ished and that his government there
fore declined responsibility for news
dispatches from Greece.
Monster Massmeeting.
Paris.—An Athens dispatch to the
Havas agency says that a monster
massmeeting will be held at Mitylene
tomorrow at which the revolution will
be proclaimed.
Mobilization to Follow.
Athens, Wednesday, Sept 27 (via.
London, Sept. 28) —Reports that a gen
eral mobilization has been ordered are
premature. After the session of the
council of ministers at the palace this
morning, Premier Kaloge ( ropoulos
hastily called a cabinet meeting. The
premier declared the government was
giving the fullest consideration to the
situation and there might be address
ed to Bulgaria a note of such charac
ter that moblization would logically
follow.
Later it developed that the king had
decided on a declaration of war against
Bulgaria. This decision has not yet
been announced publicly, as numerous
details remain to be worked out. They
include an ultimatum to Bulgaria de
manding instant evacuation of all
Greek Macedonia, as well as plans for
mobilization under the difficult condi
tions presented by the occupation of
Greek territory by the entente forces.
Suppressed Excitement.
The king this morning discussed the
mobilization problem minutely with
General Mosothopoulos, chief of staff,
and General Tanakitsas, former min
ister of war. He probably will preside
personally over a meeting of the crown
council at noon tomorrow.
Even the departure of former Pre
mier Venizelos from Athens created
nothing like the suppressed excitement
evident everywhere this afternoon. The
people feel that their long period of
expectancy is about to end and the
prospect of war with the Bulgarians
apparently is welcome.
CHINA'S ENVOY 10
THE U.S. RESIGNS
Peking. —Dr. Vi Kyuln Wellington
Kop, minister to the United States has
sent his resignation to the foreign office
giving ill health as the reason. The
resignation has not yet been accepted
by the mvtsldent.
Dr. Kefs resignation has created sur
prise In Peking. Tang Shao Tl. the re
cently appointed foreign minister Is op
posed to Dr. Koo because of his monar
chical leanings.
Tang flhao Vi has, however, refused to
take office and this refusal was sup
posed to Insure the position of I)r. Koo
and other foreign ministers.
Dr. Koo graduated from Columbia
University in 1909 and received his de
gree of Doctor of Philosophy In 1919.
He was appointed minister to the Unit
ed States In November, 1915, by Presi
dent Tuan Shi Kal for whom he had
previously acted as private secretary. He
was credited with being the youngest
diplomatic representative ever sent to
Washington.
FAREWELL BANQUET.
Demlng, N. M.—Brig,-Gen. Granger
Adams, who has reached the age limit
for active service, bade farewell to the
United Plates army last night at a ban
quet given In his honor by officers of
the Fourth separate brigade.
Colonel E. F Glenn, of the Eighteenth
regular Infantry will take over the com
mand of the Demlng camp tomorrow.
The Augusta Herald
COURTMARTIAL FINDING:
GUILTY OF INTOXICATION
Chicago.—Chief Quartermaster Geo.
C. Higgins, U. S. N., attached to the
Great Lakes training Station, who of
fended the woman of the National
Woman's Service School at Lake Gen
eva by declining a gold pencil they
offered him in recognition of his ser
vice has been sentenced to the loss of
three months pay and discharged from
the service. He was found guilty of
intoxication by a courtmartial yester
day.
In view of Higgin’s years service
Commander W. A. Moffatt, announced
that he had suspended the had con
duct charge for six months and placed
Higgins on probation for six months.
Loss of pay may be regained by good
conduct during the rest of his enlist
ment.
SECRET PRESSES
OF THE BELGIANS
MYSTIFY TEUTONS
Havre, France.—(Correspondence of
the Associated Press). —The Belgian gov
ernment authorities here have received
information of the continued appearance
of patirotic newspapers at Brussels and
throughout Belgium, in defiance of the
German censorship and despite all the
efforts of the German military police.
It is one of the mysteries of the German
occupation of Belgium how these secret
papers can be published, where they
engrave their cartoons ridiculing the
Germans, and how they set the type and
circulate the papers.
There is a price of 50,000 marks on the
head of the editor of the Free Belgium,
but it keeps on appearing Just the same.
Several of the supposed editors are said
to have been snot. One man was sen
tenced to twelve years hard labor, others
to three and eleven years, and a woman,
Madame Scheupens, to five years. But
each time that a supposed editor is im
prisoned and the German authorities feel
the trouble is ended, the paper appears
the following day more lusty than ever
with a cartoon making fun of the prose
cution.
A file Is kept here of these secret
papers, as a matter of curiosity. Free
Belgium, which has given the most trou
ble, prints the following notices under its
title:
“A bulletin of patriotism, submitting
to no censorship whatever.
“Price per copy elastic, from zero to
infinity.
“Business office: Not being handy to
have an established address, we are in
stalled in a movable automobile cellar.
“Advertisements: Business being nil
under German domination, we have sup
pressed our advertising page and coun
sel our patrons to keep their money
till times get better.
“Telegraphic address: Care of Ger
man Commajidcur at Brussels.”
A recent issue'of Free Belgium gave a
cartoon by Raemaker, adapted from Gus
tave Lore’s Scenes in Hell, showing wo
men and children in agony as they are
trampled down by a soldller In German
helmet, the face of the soldier being evi
dently meant for that of the kaiser. An
'dher cartoon, entitled “Love's Chagrin,”
show's General von Kissing, the military
commander of Brussels, trying to find
the editor of Free Belgium in cellars and
attics, while the editorial rooms, busi
ness office, etc., are depicted on wheels.
A big sun, labeled Free Belgium, smiles
dowm derisively at von Hissing’s vain ef
forts to capture the editors.
La Patrle is another of these secret
newspapers. It announces under Its title
that it Is a ”non-cer»sored Journal, ap
pearing how, where and when It pleases ”
Another line states that it Is in the sec-
Continued on Page Five
Only One Vote Separating
Knott and Catts in Florida!
Jacksonville, Fls.—But one vote separated W. V. Knott and Sidney J.
ratUi today In the contest for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination of
Florida, according to figures announced by Knott headquarters here today.
The one vote waa in favor of Mr. Knott who now holds the certificate of nomi
nation as a result of the recanvass by the state canvassing hoard last week.
w i C ? tt^ w ! Uß Glared entitled to the certificate of nomination,
which since June 6th had been held by Sidney J. Catts, by a lead of 21
votes. Hinre that time further recounts have been made to Increase Mr.
Knott s lead but It has decreased.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.:
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1916.
NEW KINDENBURG
PIMHETIM TO
RHINE FROM E(ST?
London. —A Petrograd dispatch to the
Chronicle says that Field Marshal von
Hindenburg’s new plans are arousing
mueh discussion in the Ruswimi
because the German commander-in
chief is known to attach more import
ance to the eastern than western front.
Russian military observers believe than
von Hindenburg is even prepared to re
tire to the Rhine rather than permit a
further Russian advance and a defeat in
the Balkans. The dispatch says:
“It is obvious that von Hendenburg is
making strenuous efforts to stay Gen
eral Brussiloff’s advance. His new power
enables him to take direct advantage of
his personal and intimate knowledge of
the Russian front and his strong hand is
seen in the measures taken to brace the
tottering Austrian army.
“These measures mean the destruction
of Austrian Military independence. This
is done by distributing German rein
forcements to the number of twenty di
visions along the whole front. Supple
mentary gaps are filled with Turn*,
thereby hardening the defenses and de
laying Brussiloff’s advance. The only
section in which the Russians are stead
ily progressing is the wooded Carpath
ians where General Letitchsky is la
bariously dislodging the enemy.”
BUTTERED IP DT
WS'jKLLFIRE
Newport New*, Va.—The British
steamer AntinouH which left here early
today after taking on bunker coal, had a
narrow escape from destruction by a
German submarine when off Aglolrs, en
route to New York via Gibraltar anil
Newport News. The AntinouH was bad
ly battered up by shell fire from the
U-boat and only the two guns carried
by the Steamer by keeping the under
sea craft at a distance too groat to Tire
a torpedo, enabled her to escape. A
large portion of the Antlnous's bridge
was shot away, one shell penetrated the
bunkers and another struck Just over
the boilers. Minor damage was done
to Beveral other parts of the vessel.
Captain Flshwlck said his two guns
had a range of three miles as against
the five-mile range of the submarine's
The three-mile range however,
e said, was sufficient to prevent the
successful discharge of a torpedo at the
Antinoua. The submarine finally gave
up the chase of Its own accord said
the captain.
En route to Gibraltar from Kaltlmore,
on the outward voyage, said Captain
Flshwlck, an enraged sailor stabbed the
boatswain to death with a knife. The
sailor was sentenced to five months in
Jail when tried at Gibraltar.
MAILS TAKEN OFF.
Berlin.—(By Sayville.) The steam
ers Zaunland from Amsterdam for
.South American ports; Kyndam, from
New York for Rotterdam and Araka
tan from Java for Amsferday, have
been forced tiy the British to surren
der their malts, the Overseas News
Agency announced today.
THREE STEAMERS BUNK.
London. The 2,500 ton lirltlsh
steamship Ktathe and the Swedish
bark Benguela, 688 tons, have been
sunk.
A Christiana dispatch to Lloyds
says the crews of the Swedish
steamships Knut Hilde and Daniu
have been landed.
The steamship Thelma, of Glasgow,
1,002 tons gross has also been sunk.
EFFECTS
WANING
IN N. Y.
STRIKE
UNION MEMBERSHIP OF
164,000 VOTING. NO
SANCTION BY TYPOS
New York.—Leaders of union labor
appeared today to have met with small
success in their renewed efforts to
bring about their promised general
strike to aid the striking traction em
ployes which wah called to begin yes
terday. Despite the claims of the
leaders that the number who have quit
m>rk totals 125,000 and more, police
officials said today that if a strike
was in progress there was little evi
dence of it.
“If there is a general labor strike
in this city we can’t fnd it,” said the
secretary of the police commission.
Services on the elevated and subway
lines continued normal today except
for the withdrawal of a large number
of ears owing to the decreased traffic
due to the Jewish holiday and the gen
eral situation seemed to be about the
same.
Third Week Began Today.
Today Is the beginning of the third
week of the strike of the street ear men.
The traction companies assert their
service is improving daily. Union lead
ers, however, see a possibility that the
motormen of the pub way and elevated
lines may join the •strike as a result of
grievances presented in their behalf by
the brotherhood of locomotive engineers.
Word has been received from Marsden
(». Scott, president of the International
Typographical Ajnion, that he has ad
vised the loewr unions here that the
executive committee of that organization
will not sanction a strike and that their
contracts with employers will be ob
served to the letter. t
One passenger was injured when a
Third Avenue elevated train was show
ered with bricks and bottles today.
Other Third avenue trains also were
attacked but the damage was limited
to broken windows. The police ar
rested four men. two of them strik
ing street railway employes, on the
charge of being responsible for tbo
riot that took place last night after
the derailment of a Third avenue sur
face car at 96th street.
•The statement today by Krnest Rohm,
the state organizer of the American Fed
eration of Labor, was:
“We have 163,000 out at this moment.
We will have quite a surprise for you
this afternoon. lam not bluffing when
I say this.”
Reports received at police headquart
ers today were that 12,000 tunnel work
ers on new subway construction were
preparing to strike.
Call for General Strike.
Seattle, Wash.—(’all for a general
strike of all union workmen is Seattle
as a means of aiding striking longshore
men here was voted last night by the
Central Labor Council. The call is to
be issued in three weeks.
APPREHENSION ON
BREMEN'S ARRIVAL
WELL CONCEALED
Berlin, Sept. 27, (via London, Sept. 28)
News of the actual docking of the sub
marine Bremen at New London is still
lacking but the owners and the public)
generally assume that the telegram an
nouncing the departure of a vonvoylng
tug from the American port will be Im
mediately followed by the announcement
that the voyage of the merchant subma
rine has been successfully completed.
The Bremen took much longer on her
voyage than was calculated would be
necessary and, though the owners suc
cessfully concealed any appearance of
apprehension, they have been waiting
over a week anxiously for news. Direc
tor Hetneken of the Deutsche Ozean-
Rhederal, owners of the Bremen, said
that he assumed that the submarine had
been delayed by the heavy storms which
have been reported raging in me North
Atlantic. The Bremen, whose dimen
sions are exactly the same as those of
the Deutschland, carries a cargo of the
same character as the sister ship and
the company expects the same generous
profits as were made by the first under
sea liner to cross the Atlantic. The
Deutschland iff expected to leave for the
United States shortly after the arrival
of the Bremen at New London arm will
be loaded with dyestuffs and medicines.
Third One’s Named “The Kaiser.’*
London.—The Amsterdam correspond
ent of the Exchange Telegraph Company
says travelers who have arrived from
Bremen report that a third Herman com
merce submarine will be ready rail
within a month. This
known as The Kaiser, Is said co be
slightly larger than the Deutschland.
WILSON TO ASSAIL
STAND OF HOGUES
Long Branch, N. J.—ArTfingfmrntH
for PrcHldent Wilson to annuli tin- re
publican aland on the Ihmuik of the
campaign were made at a conference
here today between the president,
chairman McCormick and .Secretary
Tumulty. Cuing hiH epeoch of ac
ceptance aa a foundation the presi
dent I* preparing to build up the dem
oocratlc cane In a Merten of uddreMHCH
on political Kubjectn.
Mr. Wllmom It waa decided definitely
today, will make at leant two *peech«H
In New York elate, one In New York
city, and the other In Buffalo. They
will he made the middle or latter part
of October and will he arranged to
back up the active campaign of Sam
uel Heahury, democratic candidate for
governor, and William F. McCombx,
candidate for senator.
Hardwick’s View of Dorsey’s
Speech at Convention on the
Two Senators From Georgia
Sandersville.—Senator Thomas W.
Hardwick this morning gave out his
views on Governor-elect ' Dorsey’s
speech at the Macon convention, as
follows:
"I have no desire to comment upon
either the propriety or good taste of
Mr. Dorsey’s fling at the senators from
Georgia in hi sMacon speech. For
the present and for sometime to come
I am satisfied that Mr. Dorsey has
both troubles and responsibilities
enough for his own without airing his
opinions and views upon subjects that
he knows nothing about.
“So far as I am concerned 1 will
VILLA IS ON WAY
NORTH WITH IDEA
TO INVADE TEXAS
Bandit Leader Headed For Old
Stamping Ground—His Fol
lowers Said in Rags
Headquarters American Expedition
ary Forces in Mexico. Sept. 27 (via.
radm to Columbus, N. M. t Sept 28).
Francisco Villa, with 600 men, was at
Santa Clara ranch, 30 miles east of
Narniquipn, on September 22, for the
immediate purpose of capturing trains
near Laguna and with the 'idea of
striking north and Invading Texas in
the vicinity of Fabens, according to
the latest report of the bandit leader’s
movements received tonight at field
headquarters.
The following leading adherents are
said to he with Villa: Jose Inex Sala
zar, Martin Lopez, three Murga broth
ers and Nikolas Fernandez. Villa him
self is said to he unable to walk with
out a crutch or to put his right foot
on the ground. The horses in his
hand are reported to he in poor con
dition and his followers are said to be
in rags.
The American expeditionary head
quarters decline to vouch for the au
thenticity of the reports, but it is be
lieved possible that Villa might enter
the Santa Clara country for the pur
pose of recruiting or arranging a base
from which he could attack trains and
obtain supplies. This region is his old
stamping ground.
The report makes no mention of a
pursuing force, hut the gact that Car
ranza troops are moving towards that
part of Chihuahua is known at head
quarters.
General Francisco Gonzales is at
Uearson. Colonel Felipe Qortinas with
150 men who have been serving as
garrison at .Casa* Grandes marched
last night to Galena, In the Santa
Marla valley. Investigation today fail
ed to substantiate a report that a fight
occurred last night at San Luis ranch,
40 miles east of the American head
quarters.
ONE REMARKABLE
INCIDENT IN TRE
VERDUN SHELLING
Verdun, France, (Cirreepondence of
The Associated Preso)* —While the
shelling of Verdun has done a tremen
dous amount of damage, yet there Is
one remarkable Incident in which a
German bombshell has actually per
formed a very useful piece of military
engineering.
Geheral Dubois, command of the cit
adel, pointed out to the Associated
Press this OtriOttS freak wrought by a
German shell.
“I calculate,” said the general, “that
one shell has done for me the hard
work of fifty men working steadily for
eight days.”
The net result of the shell’s work
was to tear a hole through the rear
fortifications, ami thus opening the
way for a tunnel which wus much
needed. Besides that, the same shell
knocked down two large trees ;if tins
end of the tunnel, which fell across the
river In such a way that they formed
the foundation of a bridge.
After the smoke had cleared away
and the wreckage had been Inspected,
General Dubois concluded shat the
path of the shell would he turned to
useful account. The jagged hole
through the fortifications was properly
cleared up and cemented, and now It
represents the appearance of rather
good-looking archway. The trees,
lying across the river, were properly
anchored at eithor end, and a solid
upper structure with ornamental side
railings, was constructed. Then a
narrow-guage railway was run from
the citadel through this shell hole, and
over this bridge lying on the blown-up
trees, so that a direct railway connec
tion was established between the cita
del and the rear. This railway per
forms a very useful service, and the
whole thing is the outgrowth of the big
German shell which fell Just hack of
the citadel.
GERMANS DENY THEY’VE
ENLISTED THE BELGIANS
Berlin,—(Via Sayville.) The sernl
offlcittl Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zel
tgng today prints a dental of reports
from hostile sources that Germany has
enlisted foreigners, notably Melglans,
for military services.
During the war Germany has main
tained the principle of detaining the
nationals of hostile belligerents, tho
newspaper declared, but not of enlist
ing them,
Germany Protests Aircraft
Bombardment By the Allies
Berlin, (by Bayvllia)—Altai kw by nntuitn aircraft upon foundrlaa In Lux
emburg arc declared by the Luxemburg nawapaprr Obcrmoncl to be unjuMtlfled.
LuxembtifK. It declarea, aland* ready to furnlHh ammunition to any <*u*«
torner. It cite* Hwitserland and th** united Htaten an In a similar position
regarding tin* furniahlng of ammunition nuppliaa to belligcrenta and uh never
theieHM exempt under International law from attack* upon their munition
plant*.
$7.00 PER Y EAR—S CENTS PER COPY
endeavor to lessen the ’genuine re
gret’ thta he professes to feel upon
the subject by informing him that I
have had no differences of any kind
with President Wilson that affect in
tlie slightest degree my loyalty to the
democratic party or to the president in
the pending contest.
“While Mr. Dorsey, fresh from con
sorting with bolters and o ther enemies
of the democracy in Georgia, is resting
upon the democratic nomination for
governor tht they have helped to give
him, 1 shall be in doubtful states fight
ing as I have always done for the
democratic ticket.”
CALLED FOR ‘GAS’
AS ‘TANK’ STALLED
BEFORE THIEPVAL
One Feature of British Advance
—Land Crab Started For
Berlin on Own Account
British Front in France, Sept. 27
(midnight, via. London, Sept 28). —In
tho lull which has occurred after the
Kroat two days’ battle In which ftvo
villages and 6,000 prisoners were tak
en by the allies, the correspondent of
Tho Associated Press lmd had an op
portunity to glean many stories from
the participants. These stories were
not only of courage and heroism but of
a humor and paradox possible oniy in
such complicated and remorseless war
fa ro.
The most wonderful of all tho tales
told was perhaps that of one of the
tanks, or new armored motor cars,
which started for Berlin on Hh own
account. Tlilh monstrous land ship,
nmblinK and rambling along, did not
wait on the infantry after the taking of
Gueudecourt but plodded over shell
holes and across lots looking for Its
prey like some pre-hlstorlc lizard. In
course of time it found a German
trench but as It engaged the occu
pants with its machine gun it ran
out of gasoline.
When the Germnns found this
strango creature stalled, curiosity and
a desire for revenge was a fillup to
their courage. They went after It
with ti»e avidity of pre-hlstorlc man
stalking a wounded mammoth fast in
one of the alloys of the cuve dwell
ers.
Blazed Right and Left.
According to the accounts given by
the British officers with veracious sol
emnity, while the tank's machine gun
blazed right and loft, some of the
Germans managed to creep along the
trenches under the forelegs and hind
legs of the crouching beast. Then they
swarmed over it looking for an open
ing through which to strike at Its
vitals. They fired their rifles Info
oints and bombed it all over but to
no more avail than burglars trying
to reach the Inside of a battleship tur
ret with a Jimmy. All the while the
tank's machine guns kept busy at tile
human targets In reach while its crew
of chosen daredevils concluded to stick
untltl they starved or tho Germans
found the proper can opener.
Finally the British infantry In tho
rear, seeing the tank in distress re
fused to wait on any general orders.
With a cheer they rushed the Germans
and overwhelmed them. When the
crew of the tank heard the laughing
and shouting In English they opened
the door and called out:
"We are all right If you will only
get us some more Juice so that the
old girl can have a guzzle of her proper
drink and wo can take the road
again.”
Loft 250 Dead Germans.
Ho the Infantry formed a lino In
front of the tank determined to de
fend her to he last man while a run
ner was hurried hack for a can of
gasoline. The gasoline arrived and
the beast, having taken a swallow,
ambled hack into reserve amidst wild
cheering. It left behind 250 dead Ger
mans, according to Its commander.
Another tank which did well In tills
light assisted in tho taking of Tliiep
val. There was once a chateau In
Thlepval. The cellur Is still there,
roofed by the remains of the dwelling,
bricks, stone und mortar In a thick
shell of pounded debris which pro
tected It from penetration by even
nine and 12-Inch high explosives. Here
the Germans waited while the ruins
over their heads were belabored vain
ly by the British artillery. They had
the sense of security of an early Kan
sas settler when he went below end
closed his cellar door during a cy
clone Of course they had a machine
gun renily to welcome the British in
fantry Instantly that the British bom
bardment stopped. When the gun be
gan rattling Mr. Thomas Atkins took
cover and considered ways and means
of silencing it.
Wonderful Business.
Ills meditations were Interrupted by
the appearance of a tank which, with
elephantine deliberation, lumbered
across trenches and, dipping Its verte
brated ponderosity In and out of tho
shell holes, made a quick finish of the
cellar and Its occupants. The taking
of Thlepval and the Zollern redoubt,
which lies between It and Courcellette,
was a wonderful business.
Thlepval was held by tho One-hun
(lrod-and-elghtieth German regiment,
which hud been there for a long time.
According to prisoners, the defenders
had forelfled the commanding ridge
with ari amazing series of ramified
tunnels and dugouts. They hud dug
Into the chalky earth with beaver
llke Industry until they were safe un
der a shell fire which would have
turned a fort like Muubeugc or I,lege
or any other of the (ire-war typo Into
the Jumbled grave of Its garrison. The
men of the Hundred-and-eightleth
(Continued on Pago Five.)
HOME EDITION
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Circulation XV I U
BUL6ARS
CORPSES
STREWN
TH 1C K
“THE SERBIAN LOSSES
HEAVY, THE BULGARS
FEARFUL”
London.—Tho repulse of four sue
cohhlvo Bulgarian attacks on Kaimak
calan mountain In described In a dis
patch from Herbian headquarters to
Reuter’s, dated Wednesday. The dis
patch nays:
“A Bulgarian officer, who was taken
prisoner, said that crossing the space
between the opposing lines was lika
walking over a field of corpses.
“The Bulgarians attacked four times
hut were driven out and finally re
tired beaten. The Serbian losses were
heavy, the Bulgarians' fearful.”
British Official.
London British troops hist night
advanced at various points on the
Somme front between Martlnpuich
and Gueudecourt, says the British of
ficial statement issued today .
Germans Say Victory.
Berlin.— (Via London.) German
troops yesterday victoriously repulsed
(he British-French forces on a great
part of the battle front between the
Ancrc Brook and the river Somme,
says the official statement Issued to
day by tho German headquarters
staff.
Repulsed by French-Rusa.
Paris.—Russian forces made two at
tacks last night near Fiorina on the
western end of tho Macedonian front.
The repulse of these attacks by the
French and Russians is reported in
an official announcement given out
hoio today. No further attack on
Kaimakcalan height has been under
taken by the Bulgarians.
On the Struma front near Janina,
British artillery was more active.
German Loss at Verdun.
Paris.—A strong attack was made
by the Gormans last night on the Ver
dun front between Thiaumont and
Floury. The war offldo announced to
day that the assault had been re
pulsed with heavy losses for the Ger
mans.
On the Somme front French bat
teries are jietivoly bombarding the
German positions.
MUD'S FACE !
GRAVER AT DAI 1
ON HOTEL'S BOOK
Philadelphia.—The identity of the
woman who was shot In a hotel room
hero yesterday by Mrs. Harry Belzer,
who also shot anrl killed her companion
J. (\ Oraveur, of New York, afterwards
hilling herself, was .established today
as Mrs Joseph C. Leduc, *of f'hicago.
Leduo arrived today from Chicago
and visited his wife at Jefferson hospital,
whore she lies seriously wounded.
Phystans said she would recover unless
complications set in.
There was an affecting meeting when
Leduc reached the bedside of his wife
where he remained for sometime. Later
he was escorted to police headquarter*
for an Interview with the captain of
detectives.
Before reaching the hospital Leduo
told of his h;ippy married life of IB
years and his Implicit trust in his wife.
He repeated many times his belief in
her faithfulness to him. Leduc said he
hurl known Oraveur for ten years and
always had regarded him as a square
man. He had not seen him for seven or
oght years and had never heard his wife
speak of him. Mrs. Leduc, he said, left
Ohlcago for New York about two weeks
ago to visit her nephew and his wife.
He had attars from her every day.
Doesn’t Believe It. *
Leduc said tie did not believe his wife
had visited Atlantic City with Oraveur.
He thought she probably met him acci
dentally In New York arid consented to
take an automobile ride to this city. The
husband asked many questions about
the shooting, saying he had only a frag
ment aiy knowledge of the affair, gather
ed from newspapers. He asked how
Oraveur and his wife had registered at
the hotel and when told they had reg
istered as man and wife his face grew
grave.
“That was the work of Oraveur and I
am sure Lillian did not know- if,'’ he ex
claimed. “j always regarded Joe as a
square man and I cannot understand his
actions.”
Leduc said that his wife is In a deli
cate position which would probably re
flect on her, hut he still believed hep
innocent of any wrong-doing.
Mrs. Leduc, the husband said, has
been studying operatic singing for ten
years.
Leader in Society.
Cincinnati, Ohio. —Mrs Joseph O. Le
duc, before her marriage here fifteen
years ago, was Miss Lillian Rapps, of
this city. Her father, the late Philip
Happen, was a prominent manufacturer
here. Her mother, Mrs. Amelia Kchaarz
rahen, is making her home with relatives
in Norwood, Ohio, a suburb. Mrs. Leduo
is remembered hero as being a leader In
German society circles.
BOUND TO TREES WITH
WIRE AND THEN RIDDLED
Naehville, Tenn. Two negroes
charged with connection with the
murder of “Rud" Burns at Oardone
burg Saturday night, were taken from
the Hohenwait! Jail at one o'clock this
morning, taken to a hill, bound to
trees with wire and riddled with bul
let*. A mob of 72 men, partly mask
ed, awoke Sheriff O. C. Christian and
demanded the prisoners On his re
fusal he was seised and threatened
with a pistol while members of the
mob got the keye from the sheriff's
wife. Some young men followed the
mob In an automobile and found the
bodies of the prisoners.