2 -H.
fHen to th French attack south of the
Homme. Denlecourt wai first sur
rounded, then cleared of German, and
Inflow held by the French, who alto
hava- taken' more trencftea aouth of the
Homme, North oi'tha river the French
lave puihed to within 200 yards of
Combjea,
iB'all the successful operations of
to Jmr ' and yesterday south of the
SfHsMf. the French have taken l,lg
iAJwr?1 BrJstners, of whom twenty
fta are officers. Nina hundred of the
MM "were Captured to-day. There Is
very Indication that the Oermans are
mirrendsrlns; more readily to the French
a Welt ss to the Urltlsh than at any
tltno alfica the Bom me battle commenced.
In addition to thtlr victories on the
Scrams the French attacked sucoeasfully
at Verdun, where once they were on
the .defensive. They took a German
trench on the southern slopes of the
ffftoous Mort Homme hill, and mad
soma prisoners.
' "Beeaa of Fierce Pfffcllac.
Denlecourt was the seen of the fierc
est fighting of the day, whn French
troops, after puehlnt forward to north
and south of the village and meeting
hsyond It. turned back to oiean out the
tlcr.nana from Its streets and houses
and cellar It was desperate work, and
the War Office statement call It "fierce
fighting-." '
After capturing the last of the aer
iMm-garrlaon, the French swept on still
further and drove the German advance
posts a half mile to the south, toward
Ablalncourt. At the same time, the
French north of Htrny, which village Is
north of Denlecourt, captured a German
trench west of the hamlet of Horgny.
To the south of Denlecourt and toward
Vermandovlllers, the French charged
forward front the trenches they took
yesterday1 and wrested from the Oer
mans three small wood near the little
clump of houses called Ilovent.
tThus two arms sre pushing forward
toward the village of Fresnes, which Ilea
just west of tho I'eronne railroad, oppo
site Misery, east of It The French are
less than a mile from Fresnes, and the
going I nil down hill.
i
Cloaiagr la sat Caaaftlee.
To tho north of the Homme the French
got closer to the desired town of Coin
bleu thun aro the Urltlsh. Advancing
from their encircling positions at I
ltlel farm to the east and near Falfe
mont farm, to tho south, the French
threw the Oermans out of a whole group
of trenerc 100 yarls south of Comhles
uml lock n:tv tiflsoner.
','Btlll further south, but Just north of
tho Homme, tho French made a small
advance toward Mont Ht. Quenlln, which
thsr must take efors their great objec
tive. I'eronne. Is to fall. They occupied
a German trench east of Clery, which Is
da east of Mont Bt. Quentln. Her the
Oermans counter attacked, for every
bite taken from their trenches near Bt.
Quentln Is doubly dangerous, but were
repulsed.
Tho losses the Germans sustained In
their counter attacks In the last few
days are mentioned as follows In the
official statement:
"AccorJIng to Information obtained
from some of these nrl'orer. the lea-re
Inflicted during the nghtlng of yestsrday
In the vicinity of Berny upon the Tent"
Division of German reserves and upon
th UOlh rokerve regiment were enor
mous. Two battalion of th Thirty
eighth lteslment. Kleventh Dlvl'tun,
were almost annihilated by our artillery '
To-nlglit's German official statement,
trlegrapjytd here, admits that the French
have taken Denlecourt, and also admits
th- ion "t Mrny sod poltlnna b
tween Ilarlrux and Vermandovlllers,
taken by the French yesterday. it
claims ten allied aeroplanes wr brought
down.
Preparing- for Bad Xswt,
It I regarded as significant that th
Oermans lately have been more ready tn
admit allied galni on th Homme than
previously, and It Is thought In som
quarters that this may mean that th
German Oetiersl rltaft under Von ltin
denburs Is preparing the people to meet
with resignation a larRe withdrawal of
the Oermnh linn In France.
The statement follows:
"Army croup of l'rlnce nupprecht
The mUhly Homme battles, carried out
on a front of forty-five kilometers (twen-1'-elght
miles) from Thtepval to th
couth of Vermandovlllers, led to ex
traordinarily hitter Kshtlng. Those
north of tlitt Homme terminated favor
ably to uh. Tliom south of th river
resulted In tho abandonment of com
pletely raxed portions of positions be
tween llurleux and Verniamlovlllers, to
gether with tho villages of llerny and
Denlecourt.
BATTLE ON TWO DAYS.
Britain' Ureal Advance, In Latest
BoBiinr) Fighting Described.
London', Kept. It. A British official
communication Issued this evening gives
n more complete account of the flshtlng
In tho Hommo region of France of Sep
tember 13 ami let. The communication
pays :
"The attack w.ia launched ,at .50
o'clock the morning of the lStli on th
front from tlio I.euie wood to I'ogleres.
Tho eneniy'H position consisted of a
treble line of entrenchments, connected
by strong subsidiary trenches. In nddl.
tlon to this, tho enemy was holding some
advanced positions with machine guns
In trenchec, works and shell holes be
hind these fortifications and at a dls
tanco of somn 7,000 yards from our
front. Tho enemy had rfoently con
structed and wired a fourth mine line
nf trenches In front of the Lo Transloy-
llapaumo road.
"Hupported by more than a thousand
gnns of nil calibres, ths hostile defence
wa formidable, runctually our Infantry,
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AT FORTY-SECOND STREET
accompanied by heavy armored cars,
moved forward to the assault close un
der cover of our field artillery and bar-,
rage.
The front of th Oerman line was
carried everywhere escept at two points,
namely, on the high ground between
Olnchy and the Lcuse wood nnd at tho
Foureaux wood. Neglecting these place.
the infantry swept forwsrd around tnem,
and by 10 o'clock In the morning had
captured the whole of the village of
Flers, with It strong points, and ad
vanced to a position beyond the village.
Twe Villa Takea. ,
"The outskirts of Msrtlnpulch nnd
Ceuroelett also were; reached about the
some time. Th latter two villages fell
In our hands In the course of tho after
noon. The Northumbrian nnd London i
n ' i...ir. a.ni.i. a m.i i.-.ti.i,
army divisions, with troops from Canada
M cZrr thecc.. Ur
"On our right tho enemy maintained
his hold on the high ground northwest of
Uuse Wood, and ou? efforU to dislodge
him wr not stiee.s.fut At the Four -
eius Wo however t e
to susreSd.; when blh hi flanks were
rnd 5d br llo'dockth. wholS wcod
w"m'e!ur tson7
"We thus gained not only practically
th whole of th around between th
Combles Valley and th Hirer Ancre.
ar Wll down the forward lope. !
ar Well down the forward dopes.
Thank to our excellent artillery obser
vations, thus afforded, we ar In a posi
tion to Inflict heavy punishment on the
Osrman. Our armored cars gallantly
led th action, knocking nut hostile ma
chine guns and Inflicting heavy losses by
their machine gun Are, enfilading the
Oerman trenches and causing Indescrib
able demoralisation In the enemy's ranks.
"On the night of the 15th the enemy
began to counter attnek with forces
t'H-llly brought from all directions.
These counter attacks continued through
out th 16th, and were alt repulsed with
heavy losses to tho enemy. Tho New
Zealand troops, after gaining their ob
jective on the 1Mb, were particularly
heavily counter attacked and not only
stood their ground and punished the
enemy severely, bitf even made som
progress.
"On th Hth our troops rnnde further
progresslaspeclally In the direction of
Lesboeufs. In the course of the above
operations, and In ctos connection with
them, the new army troops have skil
fully nnd gallantly extended our gain
south of Thlspval, selling tranche and
capturing hundreds of prisoners. The
result of th fighting Is of great Impor
tance, and Is probably th most effective
blow which has yet been dealt the enemy
by th British troops
"The dames to his morale I prob
ably of greater consequence than tho
selsure of dominating positions and th
capture of between 4,000 and 5,000 pris
oners." BRITISH ARMY USED UP.
Germaat Haya Their Coaatrr At
tacks Wrakear Far' Forces.
llcttMN, Wept. IS, via Loudon.
Tile moss attack by the Urltlsh
Ion tn 8"m trnnt on pfl,,y
according to aavicc reacntng nerc, ap-
parently carried out only by means of
th concentration of the entire Urltlsh
force. The Oermans declare that there
Is hardly a fresh Urltlsh division left.
The Oermans, nevertheless, are not
at all disposed to give way tn any Il
lusion that tho Drl'.lsh nrmy ha been
completely weakened, although It Is as
serted In official quarters that tho latest
battle has served to convince them once
again that Germany' chief opponent In
th west Is France.
lleports from the front reiterate that
little as th Oerman troops like to re
treat, this policy Is preferred If thereby
live can bo raved at the expense of
comparatively unimportant territory.
On Hunday, while the Germans were
making counter attacks, ond. among
other things, regaining n portion of th
lost village of Martlnpulch, both the Brit
ish and French continued their efforts
at various points along the line, particu
larly th British, between Thlepval and
Combles. Thcso efforts. It Is announced,
were brought to a standstill. The French
concentrated their efforts at lloucha-
vesnes, but were thrown back.
ITALIANS IN ADVANCE.
Contlna Drive Against Aastrlan
I.lne on Careo.
ItoMK. Sept. It. Austrlnn troops
made efforts of all kinds to-day to stop
the renewed Italian offensive down the
Carso plateau toward Trieste, but with
out success, the War Otrtco s.iys. Heavy
Infantry attacks, strong hombHrdmetit
nnd air raids were Useless, and 31' ) Aus
trian were captured.
According to unofficial despatches the
Italians have broken the Austrlnn third
line near the southern end of th battle
line In the Montalcone region. A whole
series nf Austrian works from Opnachla
sella southward through I'letra Itossa
have been carried, and th AJstrlans
driven to tren h positions In the valley,
say these unconnrmed despatches.
Viknna, Sept. It. The Austrlnn War
Office statement regarding th Itallun
nont says :
"Yesterday the Italian Third Army
renewed Its attack against th whole of
our front on the Carso plateau. During
the Inst four days lighting the tennclnus
defenders maintained their position,
Wherever the enemy penetrated our first
line trenches he as dilven back again
by counter attacks. At many points
however, his assaults broke down under
the concentrated fire of our brave artil
lery with very heavy loses.''
-IB
BDL6ARS ROUTED,
FLORINA CAPTURED
Brilliant Franco-Russian Vic
tory In Sraccdonla Follows
Groat Battle.
Paris, Sept. It. French and Itusslan
troops have taken th Important town of to the Bordtn company at tho small In
Fiorina, In northwestern Macedonia, crease, offered, Vice-President Hullock of
despite a stubborn rvilntanon iv th ttnl.
garntns, who ar now retreating north '
i0Tri ,h"
J According to despatch from Athens
I this victory nnd other successes
achieved by the Serbs, which nro also
... , . . '
' u1rundlng of a part of the Ilulgar right
lwln Tn" French War Offlce'g B,BH
'ment nn" he cPl of Fiorina
lM .... . ,, IV,nn i,,...i. '
I . on our wlnB - f "'"
nZS?
JA". no,lna'1' orlra..fron': A,.,er
desperate struggls lasting through the
wnole day of the 17th and all of the
loiiowing night ana despite tlio ursperito
resistance of the Bulgarians, who de
livered n series of counter attacks nnd
cavalry charges, our troops gained a
brilliant victory.
"The town of Fiorina was carried by
assault at 10 o'clock this morning by
French troops and Is entirely In our
power. The enemy la retiring In dis
order In the direction of Monnstlr."
Serbian Troop Advance.
The Serbian troops continue their Ad
vance east of tho Cerna and have car
ried the Ilulgar first lino of trenches
along the creit of Kalmakcalan on tho
Herblan border In a single fierce rush.
This lino was strongly defended nnd had
thick wire entanglements. Uulgar coun
ter attacks during the night were re
pulsed, according to the official state
ment. Further Serbian successes nro reported
by tho War Office, as follows :
"Kast of th Cerna Kerblan troops
have reached the approaches to Velre-
nlk and have repulsed violent Bulgarian
nttackx. Taken under barrage and ma
chine sun fire, enenv' contingent suf
fered heavy losses. Nortliwest or Laxe
Ostrovo Serbian Infai.try continues tho
crossing tho lllver nrod (Hroda) (in
Herbta). while th artillery energetically
bombards Bulgarian positions on th
right bank."
An official Bulgarian statement re
celved hero fropi Hods Is silent about thn
allied successes and only rays: "ino
troops on our right wing fought n stub
born battle south of Lerlne through Hat-
unlay. There was lively artillery firing,
Night attacks made by the enemy wer
repulsed.
lonsT th Vardar
The statement continues, speaking of
tlslitlnir on the centre nnd left:
"In the Moglencla Valley nnd on tho
r xht bank of the Votdnr calm prevails,
On tho left bank of the Vardnr there was
violent cannonading. A weak attack by
tho enemy west of Doldjell whs beaten
back by our fire.
"In tho Struma Valley nfler strong ar
tillery preparation hc enemy attempted
in Infantry attack along the front of
the villages of Komarlan, Osman-Kamlla
and DJamawhale. but was counter at
tacked and thrown back on the right
bank of tho Struma."
NEW LINE IN DOBRUDJA.
ftnasn-Rautanlait Forces Reach
fMrangJy Prepared Position,
London, Kept. 18. strengthened by
reenforcement, the Russian and Ru
manian army In the Dobrudja has
reached a strongly prepared poiltlon and
Is turning to fight Von Mackensen's
nrmy of Oermans, Ilulgars and Turks.
At several points of this now Russo
Rumanian line the two armies have
been engaged. The German oflk'lal state
ment to-day claims that In tin- tlrst of
these preliminary ensagemeiits Von
Mackensen's advnnco guard captured
flo minx south of Rasova, ou the Dan
ube. Near Kobailln the Teutons are In
contact with n Rumanian advance pot
lion. Telling of another successful out
post fight, the statement sas:
"A brigade of the enemy yester
day attempted n counter nttnek ngattist
our column on the cKtreme left, toward
the village of l'ulutchr, but was re
pulsed with great lossea and left In our
hunds several dozen prisoners, as well
ns eight caissons, ono gun, four ma
chlno guns and other material."
The strong position which the Russo
Rumanian armies have taken Is de
scribed to-night In oniclal reports as
somewhat south of the line Indicated last
night. The allied troops are along a
line running east from the Danulw nt
Rasnva, through CTobadltiu to Tuala, on
the Ulack Bea. This line Is about forty
five milts long and ubout sixty miles
north of tho Ilulgarlau border, thus cut
ting tho Dobrudji almost exactly Into
halves. Tho lower half Is what the
Teutonic troopn have conquered, an area
of about 4,000 squaro miles of Rumanian
territory.
This new position was carefully se
lected for many reasons. Hero tho
Russo-Rumanlatis ura protecting the
railroad from (,'onstnnxa, on the Ulack
Hea, west to Cernavnrta, along which the
Russian troops being landed at Con
stanza and coming south from llcssara
bla are being distributed. They are nlxo
defending Cernavoda, where the main
railroad tn lluchareat rrossea thn Dun
ube. Also there are several ranges of
hill on which they cuti make an effec
tive defence. The position Is nboul ten
miles south of the Constnnia-Cernavoda
line.
An official statement from nucha rest
mentions the, Dobrudja fighting only
slightly, but snys that Rumanian artil
lery sank barges carrying "enemy sol
diers" on the Dsnubc, the southern front,
It Is thought this means that the llulgaiK
plan an Invasion of Rumania by crossing
thu Danube or are using this route to re
enforce the Dobrudja army. The state
ment follows:
"On the north and northwest fronts
there were no Important engogementH.
In the valley of the Btreeul there wero
violent combats,
"In Dobrudja there were artillery
duels, South of Kobadln a battery of
Russian mortars silenced the enemy's
heavy artillery,"
MAXIM GORKY'S SON HERE.
Meat. Pechhoff tost an Arm Rrrv
la With Franeh Korelan I.egUa.
Lieut. Zlnoyl I'echkoff of the French
Foreign Legion, son of Maxim Gorky, nr.
rived yesterday by tho French liner
Lafayette, regretting that he was tint
permitted In contlnuo In wnr service
after his right arm had been shot away
while he was leading his men In n
chargo ut Arras, As he cannot fight for
IiIh country and her allies nny more, he
said, ho was going to lecture for them
In America.
Other passengers by the Lafayette
wero Mr. und Mrs. Ilenjamln Thaw,
whose son. In the French aviation ser
vice, saw them In Ilordcaux. Mrs.
Audenreld, In charge of the storehouse
for American ambulance drivers In
France; Miss Kthel Crocker, who has
been engaged In relief work In Fiance;
Iewla Iddliigs, here to geek aid for thn
clearing house for tha relief of war
victim In Italy, and I'rinca Ponhv
towskt.
THE- SUN, TUESDAY,
BORDEN MILK PLAN
FAILS, SAYS DILLON
Dairymen Refuse to Sign Con
tracts Company Asserts
Usual Conditions Exist.
While Btate Commissioner Dillon said
lust night that the farmers ud Btate are
not signing contracts to sell their milk
the concern asserted that "the usual con-
dl""'xJ?y'n'X
ttaVo'KfT X S
mnnd of the Dairymen's League for an
Increase of nearly 1 cent per 'luart ur-
hermor,c- ho V'ey "'e,lol,"l, 1,0
league In great numbers and aro going
to sell their milk through the State
department.
"n,ei1 U -uld be
eVcral days before the compu .y will
k,,,ow.t0 e Producers have
signed contraots. In the past these con-
ifAC.t ,mvo bMn miUl0 011 tt 'x monl"8
Tho rihcfnetd I'arme-Slawson-Dcckcr
Company put out Us delayed prices ye'
tordsy ami will seek Hlx moiitlis' con-
tracts. It was announced nt the oltlco of
tha Mutual-McDermott D.ilry Corpor
ation that It will forward Its prices to tho
farmers presumably on Friday next. I'n
til tho recent commotion In thn milk
world, alt the companies started their
bidding for milk ou September 15.
Twenty-two dllectom of tho letguc
had nil executive committee meeting at
the Hhrrtmtn Suan Hotel yesterday.
Jacob Brill, tho now president, vn In the
chair. He deellned tn imiko public any
net Ion or dlculons In committee.
Commissioner Dillon snld lust night
one big mllli distributing concern tins
Jut made n contract with a Pennsylva
nia, dairy farmer for two carloads of
milk per day to bo delivered In New York
up to October 15 at 2.t0 per 100 pounds,
or about ono cent per quart more than
It Is willing to pay the regular New
York producer.
BELGIUM PROTESTS
TO U.S. ON BIG LOAN
Snys Germany ViolntoR Three
IM'ovlslons of Tlie .Uiipiic
Convention.
Washington. Hcpt. IS, A protest nl
IcKlm: that Oerman military authorities
are, attempting to force a loan of l.Odn,
POn.noo franc (ISOO.noo.DOO) from the
lli'tslan banks nnd Hint M, Cnrllcr, di
rector of the National Hank of llolulum,
a prlrute Institution, which would be
taxed for tlirce-nfths of the amount,
has been Imprisoned became of hi re
fual to confent to the propoal was
llld at the Btate Department to-day by
thn ltelRlnn I.ecntlon.
In n statement thn legation declared
its advices "confirm tho Information
concerning the selsure by tho Hermans
nf prvul.. .-ujiliKt In tlelvUn lianks and
t),ow t the same tlmiTthe utter con-
tempt In which the German Govern-
Hunt holds tho International laws nnd
the Inviolability of private property."
Ilecent press reports from Helglum
Contained references to such n loan and
t. the imnrlsonmenl of SI. Cnrller. The
Overseas News Agency, n scml-ofllclal
Hcrlln concern, however, denied In n
statement that thern had been nny
scliure nnd declared the bank had agreed
to the loan. The arrest of M. Carllt r. the
agency declared, was "not connected with
this transaction."
Hints Department officials have not In
dicated that they considered the con
troversy one In which the Tutted States
should Intervene. The legation's protest
snys :
"In order to hrenk the resistance
which they met with the olllceis of the
National llank, the German authorities
hao thrown Into prison the director, M.
Curlier, and threaten Ills colleague with
similar treatment If they persist In their
refusal.
"This forced taxation constitutes a
new- iolatlon of article' 43. 4 and
47 of tho fourth convention of Tho
Hague.
The 11cIkI.ui Government protests
enerretlcallv ngalnst this outrage against
private property and this vlolntlon of the
luternatloii.il laws and conventions."
GREECE WARMER TO ALLIES.
New Ministry to Ktudy situation
anil Announce Declsloa.
ATiir.Ns, Hept. 18. via London, Hept. IS
(delayed). Premier Kalogeropoulos,
head of tho new Greek Cabinet, line Inti
mated that his ministry would study
the situation nnd then niinounco Its de
cMon as to whether or not Greece to to
enter Hip war with the Allies.
Tills decision I forecast somewhat
by the Indignant denial nf M. Kalogcro
poulos that he Is pro-Germun and his
announcement of a policy of great
friendliness to thn Allies
M. KalnircroniuhiH has announced
that the new ministry has accepted full
responsibility before tho country for Its
nets. Tho ministry evidently accepts
the note of tho Allies Inst June. Tills
noto said the Allies did not requlie
Greeco l nbaiidou neutrality, but de
manded dcnublllrallrtti of the army, tho
forming of a coalition Government and
a general eb-ctlon after demobilization.
The tlrst boatload of Greek soldiers
transported by thn Allies from Kavnla,
the Greek seapirt thn llulgara have
relied, arrived here to-day. The men
marched llirougli the streets cheering
King Constnutlne and crying "Down
with the Ilulgars'."
The demand for war Is growing rap
idly among all classes. Hvrn tho nntl
Veiilzelos press plans to commence an
active pro-wur campaign to-morrow.
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SEPTEMBER 19, 1916.
27 FROM KELVINIA
BLAME SUBMARINE
State Department Gets Sur
vivors' Affidavits of Sink
ing Without Warning.
At the request o' thn Stnte Depart
ment, customs men took ti i affidavits
yesterday of twenty-seven American
survivors of the British steamship Kel- i
vlnlu, sunk by a Oerman submnrlno .n
the Ilrlstol Channel on BepUmber 2. i
They arrived by the Anchor liner Tus
canto. They shipped from Newport
News as hostlers.
Tho men united In averring that they
were torpedoed without warnln:;. Thu
submarine was sighted, th Ammcan
said, about tho sumo moment the tor
pedo hit tho ship on the port side. No
body wa Injured. After all hands had
abundoncd the ship they noted tho sub
marine circling her. After the sub
marine disappeared they 'owed back to
llio Kohlnla and found that she coull
not be saved. A lirltliih trawler tool:
them to Ilrlstol, whence they were neiu
to Liverpool. i
WAsinsnTOS', Kept. 18. Until Infor-1
matlon being sought by tne American
Kmbassy nt London has been received
thn Kctvlnln Incident, olllclala said to
night, wilt not bo made tho subject of
u diplomatic Inquiry, Affidavits of thn
survivors taken at New York to-day will
be studied carefully In connection with
thorn beliiK received by tho American
agents In Knglund. Fhoutd It be estab
lished uppn American Information thnt
the Kclvlnla was torpedoed and not sunk
by ii mine the department Is expected to
take up the case with llermany.
There Is, however, no proof that Ger
many's action In sinking the ship was
not Justified from thn aerman viewpoint,
though tt conflicts with th pledge which
1 tc r 11 ii gave to President Wilson after
tho torpedoing of the Sussex,
It Is learned that this Government
has already received report of scores of
Instances where neutral and other mer
chantmen have been sunk by submarines
within the past six weeks. In each case
It appears to be established that the
German submarine commander could
not hac known whether there wero
Americans aboard or not, and In n few
Isoluted vases American hae suffered.
Hut this Government has found It cx
iii client to follow u riiieful watchful
I uniting policy, It Is explained.
Tho Herman nntchil statement that
i;i hoMlle merchant hhlps uml twenty
five neutral merchant ships wero sunk
by German submarines during the month
of August Is now before thn State De
partment. This Government. It Is ex
plained, will not proceed with any caso
unless It can obtain Impartial cvldcnco
showing that Germany has not only vio
lated deliberately her pledge, but thnt
American lives have again been sacrificed
as a coiifcquencc.
SOMME FRONT A GRAVEYARD.
lirrmss Drad Me Mollit In Certain
Parts, nf Tlattlrflelil.
Special Cablt IlnpottS tn Tnr. Sfi.
Uinpom, Hept. IS. l'hlllp GIIiIh In a
despatch tn tho Chronicle from the
, Hommo front says tho German losies In
the IlKhtliiK since Krldny liavo been
j frightful. Klght to ten thousand Is the
J estimate of n Urltlsh staff otllocr.
Tho German dead 1f solid In certain
parts of the battle front. There arc Helds
of horror around High Wood and aboe
Delvlltn Wood. Across tho ridge when
tlie wind blows there conies a dreadful
miasma. It Is tho odor from these
heaps of death. The whole) of the great
stretch of tho battlefield along High
Ridge to Delvllla Wood and Glnchy Is
ono great gravcyarJ.
OERMANS ROUTED IN AFRICA.
Urltlsli Report Capture of 4lssi and
Ammunition Depot,
I1NPON, t-ept. 1J. An ofllclal state
ment Issued by tlio Urltlsli War Depart
ment to-day regarding military opeia
tlons In German Hast Africa says the
GermniiH hae been dislodged from thf
I'luguru hlHs with tho loss of many
men. quantities of stores nnd mot If n t
all of their artillery and unimunltlnp
depots, which constantly are being ills
cocrcd and destroyed.
Llndl and Mlklndanl, the last remain
ing porta In tho German .colony, have
been occupied by naval forces, roynl
marines and African troops. Hmall Ger
man forces retired inland in each case.
WTXfiON AT SISTER'S FUNERAL.
Relara Hfcadorr Laws
Tbl
Afternoon.
Cot.UMiu. B. C Bept. 1. President
Wilson, who came here to-day for tho
funeral cf his only sister, Mrs. Anne 1.
Howe, left at 8:U o'clock this evening
for tho summer White House at Long
' n"BVr 2 oV!
, rmv nftrt.ni)nn ,, R0 y ,
iHhadow Lawn.
llinncli, N, J. He will arrlvo at West
lock to.mor-
uutomoblle to
Tho special train hearing the body
nnd members of tha funeral party ar
rived here Just before noon. Auto
mobile took the President and mem
bers of Ii!k lamlty directly to tlie First
l'resbyterlan Church, where services
were held.
In tho party were Joseph H. Wilson,
thu President' brother; John A. Wilson,
a cousin ; Mrs. Anno Cothran, daughter
of Mrs. Howe; George Howe and Wilson
Howe, sons; Miss Margaret Wilson, the
I resident's daughter, and Dr, C. T.
Grayson.
Tho last service rook place Inside an
enclosure In the shaded graveyard,
where aro burled Mrs. Howe's husband ;
the father and mother of tho President,
nnd several other relatives. All flags
) In Columbia wero at half mast during
ino iiinerai.
3
"Spencer Heater"
is an investment
It's ample, even heat
not only costs less for
fuel and attendance,
but enhances the rental
or sales value of any
property.
nry.MT.K HKATF.R CO.,
N, Y. Office, 101 I'ark Ave.
(12)
HALICZ HOLDS OUT,
RUSSIANS CHECKED
Germans Hccnpturo Trenches
Taken by tho Cznr's
Troops Suturdity.
IlKtiLiN, via London, Kept. 18. Again
tho fighting between Itusslans and Teu
tons In Gallcla has resulted In a dead
lock. Havnico attacks uml counter at
tacks by masses of troops aro in prog
ress, but Italics still holds out. To
day the Germ.itiH retook from tho Rus
sians practically alt of tho trenches the
Csar's troops captured on .Saturday.
Uesldes Inflicting tcrrlblo loses upon
thn Itusslans tho Germans took 3,000
prisoners and sixteen inacliliu guns.
Strong Ituiuilnti nttacks nt many points
wero repulsed along a line of soyenty
inlhs. Tho Ilutslan War Ufllcu Is silent
about this fighting, saying merely: "On
llio western (rtussluu nnd Gallclan)
front thcro were no events of Impor
tance." The German counter attacks that had
tho greatest success wero made on tho
Itusslan troops on both sides of the Na
raiuvku Hlver, a trlhutuiy of thu Gnlla
l.lps, in tho region of Urzezany. It was
hero that tho prisoners were taken, and
"tho ItUE.ilans wero unabla to stem the
advnnce of theso troops." bays tho of
ficial statement.
Telling of other Herce fighting along
the Gallclan front, the statement says:
"Army group of l'rlnce Leopold: West
of Lutsk our effective curtulu of tiro Im
peded an attempt nf the enemy to launch
a rush uttuck usnlni-t thu troops of Gen.
on Marwltz. North of CMelvov u
feeble uttuck was repulsed easily. Many
thousands of llusMan dead cover the
battlefield of Satuiduy.
"Ilctwccn tho Kcrclh nnd tho Htrlpa
repeated lUi.xM.ih attack iignlust thu
trtops tinder Urn, von Khen nuilird in
tho same complete, fnlliito and heavy
Iofkch for tho Itusslans as on the pre
ceding day.
"Army group of Archduke Charles
fraud: In heavy lighting west of the
Ztota I.lpa Turkish tronpn, supported by
their allied comrades, successfully do
fended themselves ngatnst superior forces
of the enemy. Ilostllo detachments,
which penetrated their lines-, were driven
out.
GERMAN PRESS SEES SANGER.
While home .MaUr Mailt of Suinnir
l,ue. 'J t tiers Are Alarmed.
I.onpo.v, Sept. 19.- Swls depatches
note that while the Girm.iu newspapers
usually quoted, many of the:.i 1'riissl.in,
Insist that the allied attack on the
Hommo Is unimportant as regards Ger
many's defence, which they say are
Impregnable, uml amounts merely to th
capture of a fov villages, som south
German papers do not conceal their
anxiety nt tlio nlllcd gains.
Tho ."mMriilsrie rlfmi; says tho sit
uation on the Somme I? tury serious und
that thlB Is proved by tho fact that tho
German official statement refers to tlie
offcnsUc as an "attempt to break our
front."
Tlio Coinlml'.rr Zrlfnii; sus it Is to
b hoped that Von IlludenburK tviiIUes
tlio danger of tti- western front. It
sas: "If our enemies break tlitough the
remilt must be a general ictroat of our
Hoops tuuar.l the Rhine.''
II tw? m rfl if fnl J rfl'J II
" 1 ii-i- , W I I J
ORDINANCE READY
FOR 16 OUNCE LOAF
Hnrtlgan's Jronrl Measure to
Como Before the Alder
men To-rlny.
LABEL IS COMPULSORY
Inspectors Have Evidence of
1)15 Violations of Present
Law on the Subject.
An ordinance providing that tha
standard loaf of bread to bo sold In New
Vork city shall weigh sixteen ounces
and thut every loaf shall bear on Its
wrapper a label setting forth tho exact
weight, whether It bo one-half, three
quarters, two, three, four, flvo or. U
times tho size nf n standard loaf, will
bo Introduced nt to-day's meeting of the
Hoard of Aldermen. It was drafted by
Joseph ltartlgan, Commissioner of the
Major's Hurcau of Wclghta and Meas
ures', and Is tlio sumo measure that died
In th Aldermen's Committee on General
Welfare during tho official activities In
1915 to lessen the cost of living.
San frnncisco, Chicago, St. Louis and
many German cl t lost hnvo a standard
loaf of sixteen ounces, Mr. llnrtlgan
fays, and It works welt. Dread Is sold
by tho pound on tho Hast Hldo of Now
Vork, and he believes nil the people can
be educated to ileum ml their bread by
weight Instead of buying by loaf of
varying sites.
I.nbrla Noiv Truthful.
Commissioner Ilartlgnn'a Inspectors
reported yesterday that In all the five
boroughh tho big hakorti nnd distributing
companies are now selling a 12 ounce
loaf of bread under a 12 ounce marked
wrapper or label for 5 cents. This
ch-inge, ho said, occurred during twenty'
four hours. He believed that newsii.T
per publicity of tho uctlon of his bureau
in starting suits against bakers for sell
Ing loavo welching lcso than tho num
bor of ounces marked on thn wrappers
or. labels was responsible for the change
Up to last night tho Commissioner's
men liml obta ned ev denco of 91. at
leged violations Involving moro than ono
hundred Invldunls. ami he will proceed to
louoci uie siuu penauy provided lor in
each case. Mr. HartlKan sent a letter to
the Corporation Counsel estcrday ask
ing hint to itsslcn counsel. If lie should
bo successful in rery complaint tiled the
city would bo richer by J91.DU0.
I'edrrnl Inquiry t'raed.
"I in told." Commissioner llnrtlgan
said, "that 150 bakers bavn been forced
out of buolncss in tlio city In tho past
thirty days. The abnormal condition In
tlie baking trndo regarding thn high cost
of inateiiiils, labor and nvciliead charses
goes without dispute. It Ix true that
Hour before the outbreak of the Kuro
lean war was selling fiom $4 to 11,50 n
barrel and that the cost of the .". cent
loaf to the baker ranged from 2J to 3i
cents, depending upon the quality of
materials. To-day baker's flour is scll
Ine from $S.S5 to JS.T3 a barrel, with
other brendmaklm; materials propor
tionately higher than In 1911, It Is for
the baking Industry to mal'.o these facts,
known to the public "
Tha bread situation was discussed
jesterdny at n meeting of the executive
committee of tho National Housewives
League. Mrs. JameH II;ieun of Mobile,
Ala., member of the league's national
bread committee, was present. It was
decided to call a tuectlnc of tho national
bread comniltteu nt headquarters, "Z
Won l'orty-IHtli street, on Monday, when
it will be decided whether tlio leaguo
shall nsl; the IVdernl Trade Commission
tu Investigate tlio baking Industry. A
request for such mi Inquiry was mado by
tiiri-"ciitnMc- of tlio National linkers
Asoclutloii. In the meantime Mrs.
.lull. in Heath, tlio national president,
will cmlcitor to piosecuto nn inquiry ua
NATURAL
TheOrigmalEgyptianCigarettes
When Schinasi Brothers came from Egypt,
a quarter of a century ago, to introduce good
Turkish tobacco to America, they had one idea.
To show real Americans how good a real
cigarette could be.
They made Naturals the only good
Turkish-tobacco cigarette manufactured in
this country at that time.
They made their cigarettes so good that
Naturals turned the tobacco-taste of America
to Turkish tobacco.
Naturals were made good made good
still make good.
For a Quarter qfa Century,
Made in the Schinasi Way
the Quality Way.
rail "Blocks."
Doing as we are the
greatest hat business in
our history, we attribute it
largely to confidence in
our Quality!
While our &3.50 and 54
hats, for example, are just
as generous values as al
ways, our higher priced
hats never were so fine as
they are this Fall.
Why?
Because, whereas Europe
formerly gobbled up the
Lion's share, most all of
South America's finest furs
now come here meaning
better furs for our hats for
the same money.
The $5 "Rogers Peet"
hats, as well as our $5 Stet
sons, are especially note
worthy examples.
Finest of the fine!
"Clear beaver" soft hats,
$15. .
Everything men and
boys wear.
Bpcclul attention to nutfUtlni: choot
boys by mall.
, Rogers Peet Company
Broadway
at 13th St
Broadway
at Warren
Broadwi?
1 34th St.
Fifth Ave.
at 41it St
"The
Four
Comers"
WAREROOMS
Seventh Floor
Lord & Taylor Store
58th St. FIFTH AVENUE JqtK St.
to what effect th elimination of a 5 c-rif
loaf and tlie substitution of a 10 ifp'
loaf would have In the domestu pi
crrumtuc of the poorer housewives.