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THE SUN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916. SPAN OF HOGE QUEBEC BRIDGE FALLS, 11 DEAD Mongol' Structure Simps, Plunges 15 Feet Into the St. Lawrence. NIXKTV 3IEN CARRIED DOWN INTO RIVER Cabinet 3Iinistcrs and Offi eel's Help to Rescue Many Injured. Qir.Bx Sept. 11. With the loss of eleven lives to-day, the attempt to bridge the St. I.awrence Ttlver here resulted In" a failure when the massive centre span of the great cantilever structure weigh Inc 5.1 on tonR suddenly collapsed and felt Into the river. Of the ninety men caught on the span when It began to all were rescued except tho eleven ttid of these but four bodies have been found. The span was being raised from pon toons and way about fifteen feet above the water when from some unknown rue It collapsed and sank Into the river, which Is 200 feet deep nt this llaoe. The Si. Lawrence was nlled with boats of every denlptlon at the time of the accident, and on the hills along the shore wero hundreds of people who came by rail and automobile to vee the culmina tion of the mighty engineering project. The big steel frame wan In tow and on Its way to the- gap which It was ex pected to nil. Shortly after 8 o'clock the pontoons reached the nlloted place and were withdrawn by tugs leaving the massive girder resting on hydraulic Jacks. Hardly had these begun to raise the big span than the crowds shouted and. thinking that they had seen the most Impressive ceremony of the bridge raising, began to leave, when suddenly, there was a roar of breaking steel and the span dived Into the water. .Mnety Men Marled Into Water. The ninety or more men who were on the span at the time were plunged Into the water and a majority of these were i fluhtlng was over the Irish hud 103 Ger rucued by the pleasure craft. At a . man nrlsoners. nviUln inn un In ih late hour to-night eleven were listed as dead and missing. First reporta were much exaggerated and gave the list of dead as eighty or ninety. Col. William McBaln of Valcartler Camp tells a graphic story of the col lapse. He says: "I was on the yacht of Col. Talbot, ex M. I'., who was heading straight for the bridge with a view to claiming the honor f.f being the first boat under the great -fan. Wo were barely a hundred yards away when 1 noticed the span start to clve away at the southwest corner. Then the other corner on tho southern side liarted to snap. "The great structure of steel started to crumble and buckle up. The sup ports on the north side held for. perhaps, Are seconds, although It seemed longer, then with a crash like thunder the whole nas fell in the river. We were nearlj Miamped with the waves. "A second later not a thing could be tttn. I have no idea of the loss of life. I counted seven men at one corner. They jumped. There was considerable wreckage and some of them grabbed th!s wreckage. Fonr Men Near Death. "At the time of the disaster n basket was being let down from the top of the cantilever with four men In It to help nrk on the span. They had nearly reached the sp.in when the collapse came. It looked for a minute as If the four men would be dragged to death with the mass of crumbling Iron, but a rope which had been tied to the basket lo aid the men In landing broke and they were swung violently In midair but Mfe." I'. F. Johnson, president of the St. Lawrence and Dominion Bridge Com panies, who accompanied by a number of engineers Inspected the anchor arms of the bridge yesterday afternoon, said to-nlslit: "We are at a total toss to account for the accident thus far," he said. "The lifting apparatus is still In place find is practically uninjured. It Is hard to My whether the bridge slipped off lt end bearings or whether the trusses of the span failed. I do not think I can express myself further than this." V. u. Updegraff, representative of Watson Stillman Company, Aldene, N. J , who Installed the hydraulic Jacks and ho ih engineer In charge of Installation on the bridge, said : "The J.icks are still In their positions and arc practically Intact. There waa no weight on them when the span moved "ff. they being Just getting ready to take hold again to lift the span to the fourth notih. No Kipense Spared. "It Is hard to say Just what caused the accident, I may say, however, that rothing In the way of expense had been ipari-il by the company to guard against rosklb:,. mishap, yet the regrettable affair in curred." N'aNlc.itlon on the St. Lawrence, which was su'iiumleil this morning for twenty tour hour", while the span raising opera tions were In progress, was ordered held "V Imktlnltfly to-night. The property loss will be approxi mately 1000,000, It was stated here to day by George L. Evans of the Dominion HrMge Co.i.pany. The accident will delay the completion of the structure for Kn month, he said. J. (!. Gerry, a consulting engineer, ro was a member of the commission hlrh Investigated the 1S07 disaster :d he believed that the span which ' ank to-day could be raised If It was tot MnouMy damaged, particularly If ton-e of the chains used for hoisting stbl Intact. HISTORY OF THE BRIDGE. I. . (r First Disaster Gnlded Its Construction. Tie ijuebee bridge which collapsed )'lerd.ty was being oullt to replace the Studio open again Septe tember loth. 476 FIFTH AV- COR;47WST' hi sJnE HN6 Of "oamTAMlH III "V.".'".1" .whlch ,n on August 2, 107, ' io or seventy lives. Ths project of bridging; the Bt. Law rence at this point, which Is nine miles above Quebec, near the town of Levin, originated In 1I6S, when the Quebeo City Council called for plans and estimates. But failure to raise capital caused fre quent postponement. The cantilever type was adopted In lltl, and after further delays the bridge was started and was to have been finished In 108. Its steel waa supplied by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phomlxvllle, Pa. The main span was 1,100 feet long, and waa not fully placed In position when about half the structure, starting with tho anchor, or first cantilever span, fell. Many American workmen were among the dead. A strange escape was that of an en gineer who was running a locomotive and a train of cars on the bridge when It collapsed. As the girders sagged he started backing his train, but It went Into the river, and after a space of un consciousness the engineer found him self ashore, unable in nay how he got there. A royal commission reported In the following year that the catastrophe, was due to basic defect In design, not to faulty material or construction. Tie weight of the. central span was said to have been too great for the supporting members. The Canadians decided to build a new bridge costing 117,000,000, and awarded the construction contract to the Canadian Bridge Company and the con tract for materials to the United States Hteel Company. The new bridge was to be larger than the first. It was to havo two four-foot sidewalks as well as rail road tracks. BRITISH IN A MEW BALKAN ADVANCE Continued from Flr$t Poje. darmes, dispersing them and taking 100 prisoners. The Austrian offlcal statement says Kumantan attacks north of Orsova re cently captured by tho Rumanians were repulsed and admits retirement In Tran sylvania. GERMANS ROLLED BACK. French and British llepnlae Nine Attacks on Somme. London, Sept. 11. Nino Herman coun ter attacks against various points n the British and French line on the Homme failed to-day and last night. The Hrltls'.. beat back four and the French Iho of these attack. Several times the Ger mnns used liquid (Ire In trying to reiake trenches captured from them by the French. The Irish It oops, who completed the capture of Oinchy on Saturday, were In hand to hand fights on the outskirts of t'tu wrecked village las: night, but threw hark thn flprmnna hnth limn, U'hnn ft. a last twenty-four hours. Minor German attacks near Mouquet Farm and Pozieres failed also. All last night the French In their new trenches between Berny and a point south of Chaulnes were on the qui Vive, for five German attacks with liquid fire were made. These were the same French men who faced the "flammcrwerfcr" on Saturday night, let the Germans Into part of a trench and then drove them out again This time the pollus used the flaring pipes as targets, killed the operators and all who tried to take their places and beat back all five attacks before the Ger mans had come up to the French trenches. The German official statement admits to-day, according to Berlin despatches, that In the Leuie Wood, near Combles, the British took Oerman trenches. The British War Office announced some days since that all of Leuie Wood had been taken. The statement says German troops reoccupled some houses In Berny which the French held. Last night the British raided another trench about La Bassee, where they have lately made many sorties. VIENNA PRESS ELATED. Capture of Slllstrln Regarded ai Severe Setback Mntrnte. Amsterdam, via London, Sept. 11. The Austrian newspapers, according to Vienna despatches, express elation over the capture of the fortress of Slllstrla, In tho Dobrudja region of Rumania, as serting that they have- secured a favor able sector of the Danube front for a further development of their campaign. The newspapers add that the taking of the fortress means a severe setback In the plans of the Entente Allies for ad vances In the direction of Sofia and Con stantinople. ELXUS FINDS BERLIN NORMAL. New Ambassador to Turkey (tooted aa Sarins Food Is Ample. Berlin, Sept. 11 ( by wireless to Say vllle ) . Abram I. Elkus, the new American Ambassador to Turkey, who stopped In Vienna on his way to Constantinople, Is quoted In the Neue Freie Preia aa stat-' Ing to a memDer or its siarr imu nis Impression of Vienna, as well as of Ber lin, was that conditions of life there were virtually unchanged. The amount of food was apparently large enough and thanks to the capable organisation he thought n sufficiency of provisions seemed as sured. Itegnrdlng peace prospects Ambassa dor Elkus Is quoted as stating that It was only to be said that the whole world desired peace. "Let u hope," ha added, "that we Bhall not have too long to wait for It," Mr. Elkus, according to the newspaper. says he felt assured of the reelection of President Wilson, wno, in aaamon io nis other qualifications, had the greatest of all In having preserved peace for the United States and In representing the Idea of world peace. GERMANS SEIZE $150,000,000. Fanda In nelglan National Bank Are Levied Upon. Tun Haduk. Netherlands, Sept. 11.. Thtllelnisch Daablad announces that the German authorities have celled 30,000,- 000 0150,000,000) which had been placed In the coffers of the Belgian National Bank In consequence of the suspension of the moratorium. The newspaper says the Germans have offered to pay C per cent. Interest and r.tnm ih money two years after the I close ot the war. NORWEGIAN STEAMSHIP SUNK. MndboraTi From London for Rotter dam, Blown Un by V Boat. Amstikdam, Sept. 11. The Norwegian steamer Llndborg, bound from London for Rotterdam, has been sunk by a sub marine, according to the Algemeen on ffettkfod.. The crew of the submarine stripped the steamer of all, copper ob jects before blowing her up. The crew of the Llndborg has been landed, The British steamer Lexle Is reported sunk, says a Lloyd's Shipping Agency an nouncement this afternoon. Ccasorshljs Delays Pension. Bbbmn, Sept. 11. "A vetersn or the American civil war who resides In Darm stadt has not received his pension for months, owing to ths British censor ship," says ths Overseas News Agency, "The letters which ths Btats Department at Washington sent with ths checks also kars not arrive." GUILLEMONT TAKEN AS IF A MANCEUVRE British Went at Their Work With Coolness and Pre cision of Rehearsal. CAPTIVES EASILY MADE Germans Begged for Mercy and Offered Money and Trinkets to Obtain It. Special Cable. De$patc lo Tin Scv, London. Sept 11. A correspondent at the British front In France describing the capture of Oulllemont by British In fantry says the town was cleared of Ger mans and fortified by the British with such celerity and precision that the oper ation might have been the smooth per formance of manoeuvres long rehearsed. "The attacking battalions," the corre spondent, says, "swarmed over the rub bish heap which once was the village of Oulllemont, driving the Germans cast ward In dire confusion. Between noon and mldafternoon 2,000 Prussians who had been ordered to hold this ground at all costs were dispersed, captured or kilted. "The attacking battalions were Irish men on the left and English on the right They went through the business with characteristic coolness: Indeed, they were almost stolid. The hapless fugi tives hugging the Insecure shelter of some shallow hole suddenly would find themselves confronted by Imperturbable men In khaki, hung about with bombs and smoking leisurely as they lobbed their Infernal gifts Into these stray hid ing places. The very composure of their foes disconcerted the Prussians. Men Joke as They Fight. "It was no headlong bayonet charge of men rushlntf from one line upon another, but deliberate, step-by-step progress. The i -n had time to laugh and Joke nmont; themselves as they borrowed cigarettes or loaned matches at Intervals between bags cf prisoners. "It was no walkover, however. In the first phase of the assault the sunken road lending southwest from Gulllcmont be hind the German front line and the quarry Immediately jiorth of It gave con slderable trouble to the llrltlsh troops. At least ISO dead Germans were found In the sunken road when It finally passed Into 'the possession of the British and a number of prisoners fell Into British hands In the quarry and from sheltered and Isolated parties of Germans who tried the familiar ruse of lying quiet un til the first Invading Infantry had passed and then firms) upon their backs, "A detachment was speedily diverted for their benefit, however, and In twenty five minutes the quarry was cleared. One dugout contained nearly thirty Ger mans. There, as well ae In the sunken road, the Germans fought tenaciously with rifles and grenades until the Brit ish were practically at arms' length, then their empty hands would be lifted with the inevitable whine of 'Kamerad !' and usually an additional cry for mercy, VMIaa-e Entirely Enveloped. "While one body of troops pressed through the ruins of Oulllemont other detachments north and south were sys tematically sweeping around It until the village and Its environs were completely enveloped. The general attack was not held up: Indeed It was hardly delayed by the heavy machine gim fire directed against the advancing troops from the direction of Oulllemont and Falfemont farm. "When the first counter attack wan tempted It waa three hours after tho ' "'"h were well established in Oullle mont and the whole position was well consolidated. It simply withered before the concentrated tire of the British ma chine guns that had been rushrd for ward, nor did the successive counter at tacks that followed the next day make 'he slightest Impression. Tho headlong flight of some Han ivverl.ina who helped garrison Oulllemont was the subject of bitter comment from a captured Prussian officer who saw hem bolting. They run well.' he Mild In English. They will bo In Berlin be fore I am In England.' "Approximately 600 prisoners wero ent bnck to the British lines from the Oulllemont area. Their utter collapse was manifested In a variety of ways. Some wero weeping helplessly when they stumbled out of their dugouts, hav ing been persuaded Into daylight by the rmoke of sulphur bombs. Six of forty- rre occupants of a subterranean cham ber sobbed as they crawled Into the presence of the bombing party and begeed quarter. "An officer and his spectacled orderly went on their knees before an embar rassed British sergeant, and another Oerman, according to n non-eommls oned officer who told his experiences, ,unK to him and nsked not to be killed. They pronounce the word mercy very well. I rancy tney practice saying it in the German front line trenches. 'They came running toward their cap tors from shell craters and hollow hid I Ing places In the earth holding out watches, money and personal trinkets, I firm In the belief that they could buy , their lives. Even Money la Offered. I "One bearded Hanoverian offered a Sheffield rifleman a two mark note. An officer captured In the quarry with twenty-four men offered his gold watch to the officer who took his surrender, and when It was refused held It out to a ser geant, then to a private and finally put It back Into his tunic with n puzzled look. "The Germans cannot understand their captors. A non-commlssloncd officer who came coughing and sputtering out ot a dugout with a photograph of his wife and two children held high above R H I Superior Facilities J which we place at the disposal of clients have proven of great assist ance in the handling of their financial affairs. Liberal interest allowed on daily average bal- . ances. Let us explain the attractive features of our service by let ter or interview. Resources $75,000,000 Metropolitan Trust Company Geo. C. Van Tuyl Jr., President 4! Wall St. 71PlnaATe. his head waa equally mystified, when soldier, Instead of killing him, merely started him on his journey to England with a contemptuous kick. "A child could have taken prisoners that day. They clamored to be cap tured. An officer In an English regi ment, shot In the thigh, assembled four Prussians as he lay on the ground, made them get a stretcher and carry him four miles to the dressing station, where he handed them over before having his wound dressed. 'The proudest British soldier of all, though, was a little rifleman who sat on the edge of a big shell crater, standing mard over twenty. nix Germans who crouched fearfully below. He wore a German steel helmet which came down ovet his ears and smoked furiously, a wide smile spread across his dirty face." How Glnchy Waa Taken. The battle for the ridge between Thlepval and Oinchy redoubled In fury Saturday afternoon when me uritisn successfully stormed the right bastion. The artillery flre for the two preced ing days was continuous and of terrific Intensity. In reply the Germans hurled thousands of gas and tear-proaucing shells as well as high explosives on the British line. The result of the tremendous bombard ment was that German trenches were destroyed over a four mile stretch and their garrisons took refuge In shell holes and the fortified cellars of the village of Glnchy. The British troops left their trenches about 4 :ao P. M, The main at tack against the village of Oinchy was entrusted chiefly to tho Irish. The Oer man fortifications consisted of cellars fitted with Ingenious loopholes for rifles and machine guns and a mud fort In the centre of a farm which bristled with machine guns. The fighting was desperate, but the Irish carried through their first attack In eight minutes. After half an hour's pause they again dashed to the assault and In ten minutes had established them selves In positions north of the village. The right wing advanced more slowly east of Glnchy and the fighting contlucd nil night. Tho German machine gun defences were finally smashed by Brit ish shells. On the rest of the battle front the Germans made good, their defence In High Wood, hut lost ground und prison ers both east and west of It The total number of German prisoners taken so far In this fighting Is about 400, most of whom are Bavnrlans. The Germans fought very hard to hold their last po sition on the ridge, but the weight of the British howltier fire and the Im petus of the attack was Irresistible. IRISH TROOPS HEROES. Lost Jinny Men in Cnptnre of Glnchy Came Back Prondly. Special Cable beipatcl) to Tun Sis. London, K-pt. 12 (Tuesday). The CViroiili.'e's coi respondent with the Brit ish armies In the field under date of Sep tombcr 10, says the capture of Oinchy by the Irish brigade should be told In heroic verse. Ireland will weep tears over It, for many of her sons have fallen, but there will be pride also In the Irish heart because these men of Munster, Dublin and Connaught have done such splendid things In courage and endur ance, adding a very noble episode to the history of the Celtic race. When they came out of the battle this morning they were weary and spent and had left many good comrades behind them, but tho spirit of war sustained them and tney came marching steady with heads held high. It was one of the most moving things I ever saw In this war. A great painter would have found here a subject to thrill his soul In that long trail of Irish regiments, some of hem greatly reduced by looses and with but few officers to lead them, coming across ground strewn with the wreckage of two years bombardment and crowded with the turmoil of the present fighting. A- brigadier general camo riding over he fields to meet them und there was great tenderness In his eyes as he watched them pass and called out to hem vordK of tlunk- and goo,l cheery Brave Dublin you did well! Damned". well. Munsters. my lads ! BRITISH CASUALTIES 27,591. War Office Annoanrrs fosses for Week finding Sept. 10. Special Cable Deipalrh lo Tns So London, Sept. 11. For the week end ing yesterday the total casualties of all ranks In all the llrltlsh armies were 27,591. the War Ottlco announced to-day. Of these 901 were officers. 240 of whom wero killed. There were 5,228 men killed out of 26.50 casualties. The , total killed was D.16S olllcers and men. CANADIAN CONSCRIPTION HINT. Minister of Commerce Says Men Asked Will Be ProTlded. Saskatoon, Sask., Sept. 11. Sir George E. Foster, Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce, speaking of tho war at a meeting here to-day, hinted at the pas sage of a compulsory recruiting law. "If more men are needed ami will not voluntarily go," he said, "the lesson of Great Ilrltaln will have to be lear.-ud In Canada." Cleray Asked to Nnbscrlbe. Herhn. Sept. 11. Archbishop Dalbor i of the archdiocese of Gnesen-I'osen has 1 Instructed the clergy to Invest ns much as possible of the fundB of their churches I In the new German war loan, the Over I seas News Agency says. The munici pality of Welsbaden has subscribed 30,000,000 marks to the loan. atflsf uklt an4 arch without nttwt ( Ibe Cewtis Aicb luppMI Ibet. CHILDREN'S FEET Children's feet require considerable care leat they grow up unshapely and develop corns, bun ions and fallen arches. See to it that your child wears Coward shoes, and you need not worry about his feet. They will grow up, sound, shapely, and comfortably. An ounce of preven tion is worth many pounds of cure where foot troubles are concerned. Sold Nowhwm EUm s, James S. Coward SM S74 Groonwlcft 8t.,M. T. (Near Warren Bt.) t Mail Orders rilled ZAIHIS BELIEVED TO HAVE QUIT HIS POST i Report From Athens Says Crisis Is at Hand in Greece. KING AND PREMIER MEET Allies Would Welcome Entry End of Nation Seen If Offers Are Refused. I.OXDOX, seat. 13 (Taeiday). A Healer despatch from Athsas says a MiaUterlsl erltls Is Immlseat Pre. ler Zalmls, ths dtipatek aids. Is be lie red to have teadered his rea'lgaatloa, Athens, Sept (via London, Sept. 11). "If the Entente and antl-Venlxellst factions can keep quiet for ten days and not embroil the situation Greece's entry Into the war will be a settled fact," said a prominent a reek official to the corre spondent this morning. "If not," he con tinued, "It Is the end of Greece." King Constantlne and Premier Zalmls had a long conference on the situation to-day. The situation with regard to Greece's enry Into the war on the side of the Entente Allies seems favorable, notwithstanding the arrest by Anglo French secret police of Oerman and Aus trian agents, against which Premier Zalmls vigorously protested, and com plicity by the French In the disaffection of the Eleventh Greek Division at Sa lonlca, which profoundly shocked the Greek public and seriously endangered the success of the negotiations In prog ress. The mere suggestion of the possi bility of King Constantlne commanding the allied armies In Macedonia, however, seems to override every hesitation. Tho reported opposition of Russia and Italy to Greece's cooperation In the war Is actually much lets than had been be lieved, and the Serbs, far from objecting, are most anxious that the Greeks Join the Entente Allies. It Is generally con? ceded that Gen. Sarrall, the French com mander, would be glad of the assistance of the Greek soldiers who fought against the Itulgars three years ago. The only menace to the success of the negotiations Ilea In the Greek Govern mcnt holding out too long In the hope of obtaining the concessions offered eight een months ago but which no longer obtain. Eight classes of untrained reservists between the ages of 33 and 40 years shortly will be called to the colors. King Constantlne personally has ac cepted the demand of the Entente Allies that the Keservlsts League, of which he Is honorary president, be dissolved. In regard to the shots tired at the French Legation, It appears that while the Entente Ministers were meeting at the legation a number of reservists forced an entrance, shouting: "Long live the King ! Down with the Entente 1" Four shots were fired. No one was In jured. The reservists fled. Athens Is virtually under martial law. Patrols of Infantry and cavalry parade the streets, and the Entente legations are under strong guards. Fifteen hun dred marines have btca added to the garrison. movement Is ra (abolJt m)M ,0) lonlra). where Capt. Hart ,i uespaicn ironi aionica nays me active at Vcr- southeast of Sa- locas has an nounced to Gen. Cordonnler, command ing the French troops, Ms intention of fighting with the Entente Allies. "These events are believed to be parts of a rap- iniy extending plan ror tnc rormaiion or a Greek army of national defense. Nu merous volunteers arriving at Salonlca are equipped Immediately with khaki uniforms and are srnt to a camp a few miles outside the city. BALKAN POLICY REFORMING. King Ferdinand Confer With Kalarr on Altered Mtuatleju. REltLiN, via London, .Sept. 11, The visit of King Ferdinand of llulgarla to the German Emperor at eastern head quarters Is being made the occasion of an Important conference on the Near Eastern situation. King Ferdinand Is accompanied by the chief of his Cabinet, while the Imperial Oerman Chancellor, Dr. von llethmann Hollweg, Is In attendance on the Em peror as his responsible political adviser. The otaer allied Governments are also represented at the conference, which, It Is understood, will not be without effect upon the future grouping In the Dalkans. Ilumanla's entry into the war and the Greek attitude make It advisable to dis cuss certain question of general policy and the aims of the Teutonic allies in the Near East. Concrete proposals, however, so far as the Associated Press Is Informed, are not under review. The nnnfersnsA ear liar 1st rlai'nlal in n c 1 1 1 4 of the general lines of the llalkan policy. M tf sskle t4 tret ftttAy nnonti by Cowws Arcs urn tbtt. Coward Write for Catalsg I Shoe OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM WAR FRONTS Paris Says Five Enemy At tacks South of Chaulnes Were Repulsed. AIR RAIDING IN BELGIUM Ten French Aeroplanes Drop 60 Borribs on Munition Fac tories Near Bruges. . Paris, Sept 11. The communication Issued to-day by the French War Office says: South of the Homme during the night the Germans delivered a series of attacks against several points on our new front. Fxom Berny to tho region south of Chaulnes five attacks were made by the enemy. Several of them were accompanied by dis charges of liquid fire. Everywhere the attacking troops were forced back Into their trenches by our artillery and ma chine gun fire, which Inflicted serious losses on them. The night was calm on thk remainder of the front. Last night ten of our aeroplanes dropped sixty bombs of heavy calibre on Important military factories Bouth of Bruges. One of four air squadrons attacked the barracks and aerodrome at Saarburg (In Lorraine ).4 Twenty well aimed bombs of heavy calibre In flicted serious damage. The official statement Issued by the War Office to-night reads: Except for a somewhat violent nr tlllery duel south of the Somme. In the Berny, Vermandovlllers and Chaulnes sectons, nothing of Importance occurred on the whole front. British Capture Germans. Lonpon, Sept. 11. The official state ment from General Headquarters Issued to-night says: The situation south of the Ancrc Is unchanged. The day passed without any special incident. Counter attacks made by the enemy yesterday About Glnchy led to fierce hand to hand fighting In which four officers and 101 men were taken. An attempted hostile trench mortar bombardment of our trencheo north of the bluff was quickly silenced by our artillery and trench mortars. The day statement follows: The enemy made two more counter attacks on Oinchy yesterday, which were repulsed. Several small de tachments of hostile Infantry attempt ed to attack our line near Mouquet farm and In the vicinity of l'ozleres, but were driven off. Between Neuvllle-St Vaast and La Bassee Canal nur Irnnn. .nl.,.J h enemy's trenches at several places, taking some prisoners. fi""s "tntement. Bkrmk, Sept. 11. The official Oerman report on the western front says : Front of General Field Marshal Duke Albrecht of Wurttemberg: There Is nothing to report , Front of General Field Marshal Crown Prince Itupprecht of Bavaria: The great British attack ot September was followed yesterday by limited but vigorously conducted attacks on tho Poileres-Sars high road andagalnst tho Olnchy-Combles sector. They were repulsed. Fresh fighting has been In progress since early this morning for possession of Oinchy and the ground southeast of that point. Near Longue val and In the small wood of Leuze, between Glnchy and Combles, ad vanced trenches remained In tho hands of the enemy during the hand-to-hand fighting described yesterday. The French attacked In vain south of the Somme, near Bellny and Ver mandevllters. We recaptured a few houses In Herny which wero occupied by the enemy on September 8, and took moro Jhan fifty prisoners. Front of the German Crown Prince: Intermittent and sharp artillery duels occurred east of the Meuse (Verdun front). Eastern Front Russian attneks In the vicinity of Stire-CzerwUoze, on the Stokhod forty miles northeast of Kovel, were repuled. according to the official announcement, which follows: Army group of Trlnce Ieopold On both sides of Stare-Czcrwlzoze the Itusslans, who again attacked In strong force, suffered a sanguinary repulse, as on Saturday. Front of Archduke Charles Francis The battle between the Zlota Llpa and the Dniester on September 7 and S proved to be an attenrpt by the Russians, exploiting their gain of territory on the th, to break through by a quick subsequent assault on Broadway at 33rd St. In the Men's Hat Shop today New Mallory Hats for Fall at $3 In a variety of becoming styles and colors. TMTALLORY hats lead both in style and color. They are ahead rather than abreast of what is "new." They contain all the quality that fine fur, high-grade trimmings and expert workmanship will allow. 3 For the man who spends much time out-of-doors we recommend Bursxtyn (twelve miles north of Hs tics) and at the same time put them selves In possession of Hallcz. Oen. Count von Bothmer, with a defence cleverly conceived and carried out with equal cleverness, frustrated this plan, the Russians suffering extraordinarily heavy losses. In the Carpathians the situation generally Is unchanged. The subdivision of the official report from the western war theatre Into the fronts of three commanders of army groups Is made for the first time to-day, although this practice has long been In effect In the communications from the eastern front. It has been reported that Important changes would follow the ap pointment of Field Marshal von lllnden burg aa Oerman Chief of Staff,, but no readjustment Is disclosed In to-day's official statements. Russian Statement. PrrnoaRAD, Sept. 11 (via London). There have been no Important develop ments In the situation along the Russian front from Riga to Rumania, according to to-day's official statement, which says: Western Front The situation Is un changed. Caucasus Front In the Region of Sarkklz the Russians have occupied the town of Bana, after an engage ment, and are now pursuing the enemy. During Saturday and Sunday a fierce battle continued In the region of Ognott (west of Erzlngan, In Turkish Armenia), where on Saturday tho Russians captured four officers, 240 Askarls, one machine gun, one how itzer and two cannon. The cannon we had to destroy and throw over the cliffs, as It was impossible to carry them away. Checked, Say Anatrlaas. VtgNNA, Sept. 11. The Austrian War Office statement says: Rumanian Front North of Orsova our troops repulsed several enemy at tacks. West of the Oyergyo Valley nnd Cslk (eight miles north of Cslk Pzereda) our front was withdrawn somewhat Front of Archduke Charles Francis Strong enemy attacks north of the Golden Bystrltza River and Rafaltov remain without result. Otherwise there are no Incidents to rejiort Front of Prince Leopold On tho lower Stokhod the enemy repeated his fierce attacks, which broke down under our curtain of fire or before his own trenches. On the remainder of the front the situation Is unchanged. The Italian Theatre On the front between the Adlge nnd Astlco valleys the Italians developed Increased ac tivity. Our hill positions In this sector were subjected to strong artillery and mine fire yesterday. On the Monte Spll Mente Testo sector the advance of sev erul enemy battalions was repulsed. In the Pasublo region the enemy penetrated our trenches at two points. Our counter nttacks drove him out im mediately, sixty-eight prisoners falling Into our hands. An enemy attack against Monte Mnlo failed. The coast land front, the Karst Highlands ami the Tolmlno bridge hiad were shelled strongly by hostile artillery. On some sectors of the Tyrol front there was continued activity on the part of patrols and the artillery. North of the Travlgnolo Valley our troops destroyed the shelter of nn ad vance detachment of tho nem caus Ing considerable losses to the Italians without the loss of one of our own men. Italians Report Progress. Romb. Sept. 11. The Italian War Office announcement says : In the zone between Vnllarsa and the head of the Poslna Valley yester day our Infantry- captured a strong In tronchment at the bottom of the Leno Valley. Between Monte Spll and Monte Corno they completed capture of the trenches still left In the enemy's possession after the fighting of Sep tember 7. Progress also was marie on the ground north of .Monte Pasublo ami on the northern slopes of Corno del Cojton, In the upper Poslna Valley. On the remainder of the front there were only artillery actions. Our batteries destroyed military depots near St. lUnlo. north of Ro veretn. The enemy Ineffectively shelled Oiprlle, in Cordevole Valley, and Cor tina d'Ampezzo. An Austrian aero plane dropped bombs on Sondrlo with out inflicting any damage. GERMANS SAVE HALICZ. Gen. inn Ilnlhmrr's Strntegry Brats nnsitann, Says Berlin. Bnnt.lN, la London, Sept. 11. Hallcz. the key to LembcrR.i nas been saved from the Russian attacks, the War Office announced to-day. Gen. Count von llothmer's strategy staved off the at tack. The Russians tried to bleak through the Austrian lines by a quick assault upon Bursztyn, twelve miles north of Hallcz, and at the s.uno time take Hallcz, the War Office says. Von llothmer with a cleverly conceived and executed defence, frustrated this pl.ii. Recent Russian despatches have si.ld that the Hallcz forts were being blown up. Mallory Derbies and soft hats which makes the hat shed moisture without leaving a stain or spot of any kind. Mallory hats, in all the styles and colors advocated for Autumn, are obtainable in New York only at Saks'. Get yours today. flneclfr EDISON Dictating Machine Prass the Button dictate any time any speedany correc tionwhile typing costs half. Proven fro on your own work. Ask for tho BUYER'S GUIDE. SEELY UFFICE AFFLIANCB CO. IIS Liberty St., N.Y. Tel. Hector 3508 D.S. WILL BOMBARD BRITAIN WITH NOTES Series of Protests Apnhist tho Blockade Is lit; ins: Prepared. Washinotow, Sept. 11. With tha British and French Joint reply to tha President's last note on mall seizures ex pected at the end of tho wctlt, the State Department is already preparing a re newal of Its notes of protest to Oreat Britain on matters pertaining to tho British blockade. Secretary Lansing Intimated to-day that this Government would take up with Great Britain tho statement madn In Parliament by Lloyd George, Secre tary for War, to the effect that tho British communicated to various trad bureaus Information which Inspectors of malls showed might be of value to these bureaus. The text of Lloyd George's declaration In Parliament has been already care fully examined by Secretary Lansing. He Is understood to take the view that the British have the right to use Infor mation obtained by the censors for bel ligerent purposes but have not the right to use it for the benefit of British tradit In a general way. These benefits might, for example, be to tho disadvantage of neutral traders, and on this point Sec retary Lansing will probably base his protest. In response to thn question of whether Inquiry has been alriady made with re spect to Lloyd George's statement the State Department replied, "Not yet." Inquiry will be maile In the near fu ture: meantime data will be collected for the protiwt. It Is not likely that the series of inotcsts will begin before tho Joint British-French reply on mall kelz urea has been received. Secretary Lansing denied emphatically a statement printed by a news associa tion that he had used his Influence to kill the I'helan amendment tn the revenue bill because uf protests from Oreat Brit ain. The Phelan amendment authorized the President to deny tho twe of tho United States mail, cable, wlreleiv and express service to subJectH of natlona which denlril "unhampered use" of their mall to Americans. It was stricken out in C57?C!CT CC The trouble with the amendment and the reason Secretary Lansing objected to It waa that It woe too loosely drawn. He was consulted about the amendment and In a general way Indorsed the Idea, but he did not see the actual amendment before It went In the bill, and lie wax astonished and embarrassed when he did see It. MAYOR LEADS IN BIRD WAR. Poaghkrrpile'a Exrrntlve Gel llnntrra tn Shoot starlings. Pouohkkefsir, Sept. 11. To extermi nate a flock of blackbirds and starlings which have disturbed the morning re pose of the wealthy residents of OartleM place and Montgomery, Academy nnd Barclay strecUi, Mayor Daniel W, Wil bur led a band of twelve hunters against the birds nt sundown to-day. Armed with shotguns and rifles they attracted several thousand persons ami the police reserves were called out to keep the spectators at a safe distance. "Col. Roosevelt hn nothing on us I when It comes to hunting, guos," s.ild Mayor Wilbur, standing In his auto di recting the attack. "There Is no law- protecting blackbirds nnd starlings, and the war will be continued uitll the I.-ipi bird Is killed." Soon after the tiring began one of the hunters killed two robins. The hunter I was deprived of his license on the spot onu win uc prosecuted ny tne local game protector. Canadians A an In In Action, Ottawa, Sept. 11. The Issuing of new casualty lists by the Government to-day brought Sews to the Canadian p'lblto that Dnmlnlan troops have ngured in ,i big battle on the Sninme front. The )li Indicate that losses will run up in sev eral hundred In nn cngigement of Jut Friday, 'Phone Greeley 2626 THE GENUINE lar J Edl.oa'