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w p5 J" '-J"J RUMANIANS MEET REVERSES- ROME'S IDEA OF PEACE London,- Teutonic troops have broken through Gymes pass and in vaded Northwestern Rumania. Severe fighting is going on on Rumanian soil near town of Palanka. Austro-Germans are attempting to drive southward along the Tergu Ocna railway to cut main railway line supplying the Northern Ruma nian armies. In the extreme north near Buko winan frontier Rumanians are fall ing back upon their own border, but along wholes southern frontier of Transylvania they are vigorously counter attacking. Southeast of Kronstadt Rumanians have wrested initiative from the Austro-Germany army that attempted to march southward into Rumania and have won local successes. Rome. Austria must be destroyed as a state and Germany deprived of every thought of dominating the world before the war can end, Signor Bissolati, civil commissioner for war, Socialist leader, soldier and one of most powerful figures in Italian cab inet, said 'today. To consent to peace now would be an. act of treason on part of any al lied nation, he declared. London. Nationalist government set Hp on island of Crete by ex-Premier Veniezlos has been recognized by French consul. New York. Nation-wide organi zation of Greeks in "Venizelos party" favoring Greece's intervention in war on side of allies planned by Greek leaders. , London. British patrqj penetrat ed Macedonian village of Bursuk, driving back Bulgarian detachment British aviators attack Buk bridge. London. Aided by liquid fire and heavy cannonading the Germans launched unusually heavy attack against Schwaben redoubt, north of Thiepval, but were repulsed with heavy losses. Beriiru via Wireless to -Say-vJIIe- . Seventy 'allied aeroplanes, of which 21 were French and 53 English, were shot down and fell into German hands during month 'of September. Petrograd. Teutons have counter-attacked repeatedly in great bat tle now raging north of Korytnica, but have, been repelled with heavy losses. Heavy fighting occurring on wide portion of both Volhynian and Galician fronts. Obstinate battles' continue north of Zbarow and north of Stanislau, where Teutonic at tempted advance was driven back by Russian fire. Bucharest. Rumanian troops oc cupied villages of Sanagligomen, Gi ocado Bronului and Giocastri Catului in new counter offensive against the Teutons in Alt valley region. o o SUPPORT OF RAILWAY HEADS HEARTENS DEMOCRATS Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 16? Statements by F. D. Underwood,' presndent of the Erie railroad, and Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the board of the Union Pacific railroad, endorsing President Wilson and dis puting claims that the president acted with political expediency when he forced through congress the eighjrhour law for railroads is the ,best news which has struck Shadow Lawn in some days, the president's political lteutenants declared today. Party leaders here who two weeks ago were dubious todax are literally walking on air. They f eeVthe slump . .has passed and that "Hughes will never be able to catch up again. Their views are based on scores of telegrams coming-in from their lieu tenants all over the country and contributions amounting ta some thing like $20,000 a day arc mater ially boostingtheir optimism. During the last five days $150,000 were rung up in Democratic cash registers. o o Auto bandits, held up Jos. Seslor, 3845 Lowe av., at Root and Prince ton. When they found he had only v .35 cents they threatenedTio beat him