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NUMBER 19,833. RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914 TO-DAVS WE ATI I KR 01 ill YE A11 TEN PAGES , ,,-1^ L H 1 I 'I ? II, .JJ STREET WMcb way to ? Co; a Cliuwitlcil Ail Head Tolls Where to Look SIGN TELLS THE TIMES-DISPATCH CLOUDY PRICK. 2 CENTO Increase in Rate and Reduc tion of Exemption.Fav ored by Committee. CHANGES WOULD YIELD $35,000,000 ANNUALLY Government Aid for Shipping Urged in Report to House. - W.K.VWDKYt 1111.1. \l>\<>< \Ti;il Senate Ajcrees to Conferrncn Report on Federal Trade ('omniis sion Measure. \\ \ flfl.VrjTON, .Septeinbei S ?An In come in? rra.tr of one-half >.f I pet <<*nt and a r< duelion >>( the rnininiuin exemption from $3,000 to $2,000, s?r?l i lie maximum exemption from $<.000 to i'.000, wrre agreed on tentatively to day h,\ Democratic members of the Ways and .Means Committer. who are (famine the ?mcri!?ncv revenue till) to ialec 1100,000,000. ft Is estimated tliat the proposed changes- would produce JHn,000,000 annuaII.v. In deciding on im oine tax im-realies, the < onitnit t f>e considered t li <? fact tliat it \i iiw fro n this hoiiri c would not liv ? vx liable ti 11111 i."xt July, hut the opin ion was genersil that Increased revenue from otliet sources would meet any im mediate deficit L'tidet t lir proposed rliange- 11 <? In ome ta>; would In I itii'l l-J per rent ? ?i Incomes "f sii'icle prisons in of J?i?><?. ami the same on married per '?ii5 In of 5It, n'ldttton a 1 - - pet cent increase would he added i(fr>iMta in accordancr -.villi the i t ? - '?rwjtd surtaxes on Incomes In excess ??f ?J0,000 Tli> inmmittee aK-er..| also i|.,-?t lir in-reused tax on br? i and malt liquors ?iiould he fixed at 50 ?? nr.- a barrel, liilnpint In $3*?,000.*H.Mi. < in nomestlc ivinec a t.is of _'f> ,*? gallon will ? ? -. \ | o,000.'trio I dstilh <1 t-pi t its will 1 ape in e\tt:i tax. but it ?a.- decided "? t a \ ,* e*-titled spirit" _? . m t ? gallon, i' liy.inp $'J,00<?,000 The committer is ?ald to hnv.- ag? ? d i?utatl velj on a tax <ir railroad freight In li'-u of a tpx on railroad tirkott >u h n tax would he colle.-tcd by 'lie *' ;i I Iroads and ensilv administered. The late proposed, it wj> reported wa? J per cent \t she eoilrlusiOtl of a :i rtll-<la> roi. f'retiire. it iva? agreed not to tax to Imi.'co, automobiles. gasoleii' amuijr merit ticket macar.ln< > and man;, other ar'irira a nil cbmmodlties propused. tile' litereancd income tax averting the tie-! Kf'ltj i>f levying attains! tlient arti cles No ./lloi-ial announcement of the committee's action was- made Itepre e-? f11. ti\e I'ndrrwood, tli riiairman. ?ialintr that th< program ?;o subject to change nn.ni> a * MiiTit.to AS \\ I :t.l. A ?? III 'I ll-is V.' ASII INMTON. September S - "Fej.rs ? ? expiessnl tliat we will involve o.ii reiver with Great B-ttatn ami France j Jf hu. ??ermnn .ship?'. says a im port r>f :ii?- Merchant .Marine <"omtrit- ] tee. <- ihvutte<i to the lloi!s<- t..-day, i K'i\o< atim.' 11??- Alexander lull for a | go ver nine at-?.on trolled ? ompani !<? | pui' hase ,ind operate ship "That may 1..- s... 1 th<j report con-i tiniies. This hill does not direct the .-<hip,iinc board to hu> ships of j?hy ? .articulai natioit 'l'he> have t li _? I .videst discretion in the purchase ot ? onctruction of vessel:' We hav<> no' rcanon to believe thej will act otl-.-i - wise tiinn w-itli tiie greatest care in a ntitover they do." "The war in Euiopc." the report : adil* "not onl\ has demoralized ccru iiictee. but credit." as well. However < r.iuch enterprising citizens and cor- ! notations may wish to n.eet the de-j nands in the present emergency, triey "eem to he powerless to do so with out Rovernment aid Hunce. the ia 'ional course ts to ntilize government' resources to insure to the benefits of ? II ih<* people ?Ruthet thai, liaza rd the possibility i >?( a misunderstanding with <kic or 1 Miore of the belligerents, some (would i have .is make no effort to repair the 'Uinage done to our industries and j ? ommerce by the European war. or to exercise any of the lights as a neutral t.over. We have rights as neutrals, as well as duties. ' i ?I\FERKNCK IllSPOIt l AtdtKHD TO IN WK.\A'i'|j WASHINGTON", September s.?Tho Senate late to-day agreed to the con ference report on the Federal trade ? ornmission bill by a vote of 43 to a. senators Smool, Oliver, McCumber, ? iallir.ger and Burton voted against the irpoit The conference repoit will be taken up in the House on Thursday. It took twenty-one roll calls beforo a vote was recorded in the Senate, the | .stiuggle to secure a quorum having i I'tgun on Saturday. .lust before the final vote was taken, drastic action, such as the issuance of ?writs to compel absent Senators to at tend. was proposed. Sergeant-at-Arms Miggiiis telephoned io absent Senators, Matting the situation and urging them to return. Meantime, he succeeded in * Kttting forty-nine members into the ! ?Senate chamber, and another roll call was ordered. This showed forty-eight Senators voting and two present, who were unable to vote because of pairs, and the report was agreed to. Senator Reed, of Missouri, attached :!ie report repeatedly, although he later \ oted for it. The c.onPoi encc report provide? for a 1 l-'odeial trade commission, with au- | thorlly to assure orders to prevent "un fair methods of competition." The in forccment of the orders of the oommis sion, however, is left to the courts. During the debate to-day. Senator liaetl. of Missouri, strongly intimated that Representative Stevens, candlt^no for Senator from New Hampshire, and < J/iorge H. Fluhlee. of that State, had lobbied in behalf of teh trusts, "for the purpose of undermining the. enMro fabric of the trust loglslalIon," and an Investigation by the lobby committee \\as threatened. Senator Newlands and Senator Clapp defended Hublee, saying he was actuat ed by the highest motives of patriot ism. "I think he is the most assiduous, persistent and tireless lobbyist T have seen since f came to Washington," said ? Continued on Sixth Page.) FORCES OF ALLIES NORTH AND EAST OF PARIS HAVE FURTHER SUCCESSES AGAINST GERMANS; RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO GAIN OVER AUSTRIANS r-v Retirement in Progress on Whole Front Between Riv- j ers Bug and \ istula. REFUGEES TELL OF ENORMOUS LOSSES Number of Regiments Decimated in Fight With Cxar's Forces. |.|.;\K ISKVOI/r IN IH M>\YINA AllognJ Ketolullon In Turkish Army lto|iortf>d 1 '? on Account O cf Famine. l.< iN 1 " >N Sop tent bet V ,6 l" I' M > ? \ ?Jis|>:> t "h to 11'" Kvcnlnir New ? from I'M - ? ?1'- U'is- ian iniblinli a report from " iclily authoiltativ. in- to lit- effw: thitl tler? nr<* signs "i a iroiiornt retren; <>r tlie Austrian* on their whole front hetweei tip ISIvcvf C.IJ. and * 'I ' <.itI*. a'i' i>i*?i>m. \ M'/. vrinN I \ \ HMIMS OK \ I VI IIIA I'K'I KOI ; i; A l>. SeplCUlb"?: ' - Ke fupees" wnd O'.Ht'rlorn (t'>m ''1aniucs ,i Austria. in ?:??. 1 ??-Ik. avoiding to in forms tioi ??!?*;? l? ofii< ..-1 #iu;"ters li-(lav lut ve told 'lie I tuv sn in litary authoi iiiCH ? luii their 1??" bav. oeen ciioi?ir.oii.? V ihii? 11 ?? ? i of Nuf'lia" rcg nji?*nts v trr ficiiiiAt ? *? The Mj-jtilans. nccouiing to tin-so > refugee*. .?f 1 ? avful >>t an uprising in the io\*n land ot I'ukowiiiii | There have been published hoie fm n 'itfiividnal newspaper correspond - ciiii, itatoineitiA whioli confiri: pre vious reports of the disorganisation in the armies of Austria. In Galida. it is declared, the Austrian* have made of expluMV' bullet' Oilier correspondents dtrlnve that i the revolt h if broken out in the ranks I of the T irklsli urmy at Adrlanor.lc. or. ; T ?.,uj.t ...r a- tbrei.icned famine. Still others t?-1 cgraph that the news I (?f Russian victories ;n 'JalioiH hub iprovoked eritliusias;<i. particular^ in ttuchareft Koumaiiia. where th<- lius Hian national hymn w a * *unit in oi ?e of the t iicu t ? - ltK< i:S'l' IIEMO.WIH VI ION I \ KA \ Oil or II I >M A ItOMK, September !> via l.'inilon, <>:30 I? Xl.j.? Dispatch--.- icceive-l her. from VP nna i>y the Tribuna declare that alarm if being expressed hi ihe Aus trian capital concerning recent u.-mon fti"ittion> >1* Roumania aiKl Uuijturiii in favor of Rustia T!it>' two countries arc tx.-liev.-d to I" i" la*" <?!'-tit Hritali. : tussia ai.il Kratict-. lh?- tri|?l?" i-nt..nt<-. mi the piesent ?ai Th?* l!ul yarian consul ... Uudapts'ii llnngar>. ii 'if said, wasj removvil recently *>>" the 1 author.tiff at Solia for liavini.' delivered a .speech, the tenor of ivhieh \va.? favor able to Austria The Vienna Tapeblatt. a- online lo these sanie dispatchea, that Km - peror Nicholas liai written to the i frown Prince of Bulgaria asking f?: the aid of Htilgaria against the ene- ; I mlis of ilie Slavs. HICVOI.T I> BLKOWINA KKAItUI) H ^ A I STIUA.NS PARIS, Septembers i6:3S P. M.?.?A ! f'etrograd dispatch to th- Havas \genc> sa\f that, acoorillng to Infot I mat ion received at the Ituseian capital, I the Austrians fear that a revolution will break out in Bukowina. a crown ! land of Austria-Hungary, in the region 1 of the Carpathian Mountains, where Hungarian sentiment is reported to be | growing in favor of Hutsifl | CiniPARATIVK Ql livr ( is A L'STIl IA N HBPUR'I' 1 LONDON, September S (7:5^ P. >1.). A German official ftateiner.t received j liv Marconi wireless from Berlin says: "The Austrian tlenetal Staff reports that the. Itussinn bornbnrdment of the j earthworks around Leinberg Septem ber 3 was directed against unoccupied and undefended positions, the Austrians | having previously withdrawn, in order 'to spare the bombaitiment of an open 1 town. _ , "The army romnianded by (?fiterai Dankl recently was engaged in heavy lighting. The Kunslans lirouglit up by rail Inrge rei: forcemcnts. and a severe attack followed, hut tho troops com manded by Kleld Marshal Kestranek j repulsed this attack, Inflicting heavy] loss on the Russian* and taking i>00 I prisoners. I "liisowhei e along Hie front there Is I comparative quiet. INTTMATlbNS DENIED I Mtrnua Not Acting: for (iermsn Empero* j 1 In fence Dlncumloii. WASHINGTON. September ?-*?? 1 oorts that Intimations had been con veved to the State Department by Os cai- S. Straus, of New ^ ork. that the | (Jerman Fmperor would look favorablr on a renewal by President Wllson of I his offors of mediation In the t-uro i?ean conflict were deroe.l1 to-day by Secretary Bryan nnd Su* Cecil Spring , Rice, the British ambassador. Mr. Straus callod at the State Department and the embassy on Sunday. Secre tarv Brvnn said the rumored P\,rP?rJ >f the visit was "entirely without; foundation." The Brlt'sh ambassador i said he had discussed peace in Europe | with Mr. Straus, but that nothing wa? said to indicate that the 1'ttt?' ?po ' in behalf of the qerman I^mperoi. IS FRANCIS JOSEPH DEAD? l.ondon Paper Henrs That End (#w" Twelve I?ays Ak#_._ l.ONDOX, September S f3:5f> P. M.). The African World, a weekly publica tion, has received information through what it regards as a roliable Austrian i-ourco lo the effcct that the Austrian Kmperor. Francis Joseph, died twelve day? ago CHARGED WITH SINKING SHIP IN NEUTRAL ITERS (jierman Captain Tells of Engagement Between British Cruiser ami the Kaiser Wilhelm Der (irosfe. ATTACKED WHILE AT ANCHOR Vessel Arriving in New York Struck by English Shell After Being In tercepted While Coaling Former Passenger Liner. NKW YORK. September S.- The Ger man steamship Magdeburg, a witness df the naval engagement between the British cruiser High Flyer and the Ger man converted cruise}- Kaiser Wilhelm (let Grouse off the African West coa st on August 6, steamed Into this port , to-day. According to her captain, S. Orgel. the .\ta gdohurg herself nan struck by one of the High Flyer's shells, after being; intercepted while coaling' the German cruiser. Captain Orgel asserted thai the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was at- I tuckud while at anchor in Spanish waters, , neutral territory, without steam up. He said ti was reported several persons on hoard the High Flyer were killed. 'Captain Orgel's story of bin -ship's experience during the encounter, told to-night, sets forth that when the High i Flyer came on the Kaiser Wilhelm, the German had on board 100 Britons,-" pris oners taken from British prizes. Cap tain Orgel said the Kaiser Wilhelm transferred these prisoners to another German ooaling vessel, the Arunkus, lying near-by. "The Knglish gave the 'captain no thanks for this action," commented the Magdeburg's master. The Madgeburg left Gothenburg, Germany, July 18 for Australia. Put-J titig in at l-as Palnias, Canary Island,'] August ii, Captain Orgel received or- i dors, he said, to deliver some of his coal to the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, at south end of the Bay of Illo de Oro, on tho African coast. "This part of the roast belongs to Spain," Captain Orgel said. "On Au gust 26, at 11:20 A. M., an English cruiser was sighted. It began to signal to the Welhclm. GRRMAX IS OKDRRICI? TO SUII It K.N DTI n Ills SHIP' "The commander of tho German aut- 1 lliar.v cruiser informed me that the j Knglish cruiser ordered httn to stir- j romler his ship; otherwise he would. open fire. As far as T know the Ger man commander replied to the Knglish j cruiser as follows: " 'We Germans do not surrender.* "Captain Royinann, commander of the j Wilhelm, thereupon informed nie that ! tho Knglish cruiser won 1(1 open fire; (Continued on Sixth Page.) I GABRANZA GIVES ASSENT TO VILLA'S PROPOSALS ; President Reveals Rasis for His As sertion That Two Mexican Lend er'' Will Co-Operate. PLAN iS NOT UXRFASONAHFK American Forces Will Not Re With drawn From Vera Cruz Until ? Flection for Permanent President i Is Held. ! i i j WASHINGTON*. September S.?Tlic j basis for President Wilson's recent as sertion that ho believed Carranza and) Villa would co-operate In restoring ! constitutional government In Mexico' wa3 re\ealed to-day, when it became [ i known that General Ohregon, personal , friend of Carranza, had signed'Villa's j proposals for an electoral program. General Villa's proposals were laid I before Paul Fuller, representative of President Wilson at a recent confer- i etire In Chihuahua. The President 1 later told callers the proposals diil not j appear unreasonable. Mr. Puller Inter- i viewed General Carranza in Mexico City to-day, and it was reported the first ' chief also assented to Villa's program, i which is as follows: That 't convention of Constitution alist army delegates be called to ar range the date of the election for Con gress, President and Vice-President. That no military man bo a candidate for President or Vice-President or for Governor of any State. That a civilian take charge of the provisional government to hold elec tions. That a general amnesty, bo declared, except as to those who committed the i^riine or participated In the assassina tion of Madero and Saurez. \ That otllcers of the old Federal army, ! who can show clean records, shall lio i | taken Into the new national army. That all reforms shall be put through i in an energetic manner, but on a legal nnd constitutional basis. CA nit A i\/,A. rOMI?IiIKS WITH PI II ST ritOPOSAl, Carranza already has compiled with the llrst proposal by calling a gen eral convention for October 1 to select , n Provisional President. Under the j Mexican Constitution, the Provisional . President cannot bo a candidate tn ! elections conducted under his admin istration. Carranza. therefore, if ho wishes to become Provisional President, will not be In ofllce longer than tlio period necessary to conduct an elec tion. If he resigns as tlrst chief ho may enter tho presidential race, as his friends claim ho is not a "military insc" in tb?' accepted sense in Mexico. i (Continued on Sixth Pago-) DRIVES KNIFE TO HILT IN YOUNG WOMAN'S NECKi ! Oliver Reynolds Charged With Bru tal Murder of Seventeen-Year Old Leila Cork ran. IN PATRICK COUNTY JAIL Prisoner, Confessing Crime, Declares He Derided to Kill When Atten tions Were Spurned?Placing of Guards Follow Talk of Lynching. I Special to The Times-Dispach.l STUART, VA . September S.?Oliver A. Reynolds, a white farm laborer, was brought to the Patrick Jail to-day charged with the murder of Miss Leila Cockran, seventeen years old. daugh ter of Jeff Cockran. a prominent Pat rick County fanner. Jt is sttid to have been the :no?t tj-utal crime ever com mitted in the county. In h statement to Wade Hylton, who captured Reynolds. * the prisoner con fessed the crime, and said that Miss Cockian hail spurned his attentions, and rather than see her with any one else he decided to kill her. Reynolds, according to Mr. (fylton, talked freely about his crime. and besRfid that Mr. Ilylton kill lilm. lie said that he had planned to commit the crime two months ago, hut had seen no favorable opportunity. ATTACKS AT F.VEHY WITH A KM Kb*. Miss Cocktail was in tier father's orchard gathering apples. In company with hor older sister, when Reynolds appeared. He first attacked her with a stone, knocking her down. Sim then ran, liw>an effort to escape. He followed, attacking her at every step with a knife, indicting wound after wound on her back arid arms, and finally when she became exhausted he drove his knlfu to the hilt into hor tieck. She was taken to her father's house. She died a few hours later. Reynolds was overtaken by a broth er-in-law of the r.-iurdered girl and brought to the Patrick Jail. When caught. bis neck showed signs of hav ing been slightly cut. It is believed he started to kill himself and lost his nerve. Mips Cockran was greatly beloved, was modest and retiring in her dis position. There has been talk of lynchinn Rey nolds. and as a result the Jail l?i well guarded, "Meadows of Dan." the home of the C'ockrau family, is situated seventeen iniles from Stuart, in'the mountains. IlMTHtom: CT.NTKNNIAI., SKPT, rt-l.%. rhcaneM unri mr??t ?11ruet Ive route. ? ij York ntvi?r and Chmprakr Ray. U round lrl|>. l!C;ierve stateroom? no?. RED CROSS SHIP DELAYS I DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE American Vessel of Mercy Expected to Sail From Xcw York Prob ably on Thursday. OX LV NEUTRALS TO BE IX CREW I'rescnce of (ierrpan Employes on Roai-d Causes Protest From Brlt isli ami French Government and Results in Postponement of Sturt. ! Nl'.W YORK, September s.?The Red Cro-s, the American ship of mercy' which will carry relief to the wounded on European battlefields, will sail from this port probably on Thursday morn-: Ing, it was announced to-night. Her crew will he made up of Americans or Spaniards?men of neutral nations. Tlio Red Cross was to have bosun her voyage to-(lay, hut tlio.se employed ] >>n hoard included a number of Ger mans, and her departure was delayed after the British and French govern- i meats had protested against persons of that nationality being among the crew. "The activity of the press has in directly caused a delay," Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the National Relief Board of the Bed Cross, said. "As soon as it was lea.rned we had ac cepted the offer mado by the Bamburg American l.lne, of'their steamship Ham burg, several newspapers began tu pub lish conjectures as to the possible vio lation of neutrality if a Red Cross ship should sail to French and English ports with a German or part German crew. "I have Just seen the French consul general and do not expect any trouble, other than a slight delay. We are not planning to dock at any French port. The ship will go tlrst to Falmouth, England, and then to Brest. She will only anchor in the harbor there and unload her supplies without docking." l'OSTPOXKMKXT OK STAItT IS AXNorXt'KI) BY CAPTAIN I'ostponcment of the sailing was an nounced by the captain, A. Rust, at the office of the United States shipping Commissioner. He gave no dctinite reason for the change In plans. It was reported 90 per cent of the Bed Cross' crew \\ ere Germans, but this report was declared unfounded by the shipping commissioner, who said lie h;ul satisfied himself that every member of the crew either was an American citizen or had applied for naturalization papers. The Red Cross is the converted Hamburg-American liner Hamburg, which lias been tied up here since the beginning of hostili ties. Another report which had reached the shipping commissioner's ears was that the alleged preponderance of Ger mans among the ship's crow had been made the subject of diplomatic pro teHt by some of the allies. Customs officials hod issued clear ance papers to the Bed Cross at 10 o'clock this morning. When they learned the steamer would not sail they expressed surprise, and said that she was free to depart at any time, so far ii? they were concerned. Eleven stownways were found aboard the ship during a final inspection of tho cargo this morning. They were all put ashore. RRCUSU PHUMISSION HOB SHIP TO TOUCH WASHINGTON. Soptember 8.?The failure of the Be<l Cross relief steamer Bed Cross to sail from New York to day was due to the refusal of both the British and French governments to grant permission for the ship to touch ' in territory controlled by either of these countries. The Itritish ambassador. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, said he had expressed the willingness of his government to allow the ship to call at British ports on con (Continued on Sixth Page.) i ) PRESENT BATTLE OF VITAL EFFECT ON FINAL OUTCOME Allies Successfully Repulse German Attempt to Pene trate Left-Centre. ENGLISH CONTINUE OFFENSIVE TACTICS Joffre Purposely Chooses Ground More Favorable for His Army. IXVADERS ARK FAI/LING BACK Humors of Russian and Indian Re inforcements Without < 'onfirmal ion. Latest Developments in War Situation Official report* front lioth I'lirl.x nnd I.nntloii Indicate successful ninvfnirnlo, lit least for tlie time I'rlmt, by the nlllcd nrmlp.i against tlir (irrmnni. London rc|iorfM tlint tilt British have pushed the oppos Inc lorcrs hnt'k ten miles, nnd tlmt the allies nrr cainlnc prrounil iin llir line of the Ourcq and I'etlt Morln It Iyer*. >\ nunded soldiers nlin have reached Pnrls tell of the hcmtIIj of the Hi;hllnR in the < haiiipa^ne country. and report hcavj losses. With hundred* of Ihnuiand.i of men ensealed on hoth xiden, tlie bat tle now In full on Inn to the ennt of Paris promises to lie the most Important of th?r campaign up to the prrnrnt. In reply to n rrquo.Hl by the tier mnns for an armistice of twenty four hour* to hury the deatl and eare for tlie ;(ouniIrd, the Freucli authorities are reported to have sent this luessnae: "U r srnnt j on that time to Ret out of Franco," The Itimsinu troop* still are en un cert in Heree combats with the Austrian* In the lluvvn dhtriet, Hiis slun Poland. Klahtlnn In almost eon tin no iin, anil the outcome in this reslnn liiin aot lieen determined. Fruni'e announces tlint It is sendim; reneriM to Horooco to release re?u Inrn now there for service with the army In I'm nee. fht-lstahc) I'nnkhumt, the militant leader, lias rniitfpd herself on the side of the Prime "Minister In the present critical condition of the country. She says the mllitnnt wo men are renily to take their place in the line or ser\e the nation in uny nay deemed most advisable. LONDON'. September 8 (I0:2."> P. M.). ?The British and French forces no* tit and east of Paris have had further suc cesses against the German Invaders, according to the official bulletins Is sued to-day, while in Galieia, the Itu? sians continued with conslderalilfi suc cess their attempt to envelope and de feat the Austrian army of 100,000 men under General AulYcnbcr. For the moment, at least, inti rest, centres in the campaign in France, fo il Ih felt thai the battle proceeding there is the first real crisis of the war, and will have a. vital effect on I ho outcome. The allies, according- to a bulletin issued by the French AVar Ofticc. hav? successfully repulsed another German attempt to penetrate their left-centre, between Ferc-Champenoisc ami Vitry le Francois, whete tlie roads and rail ways are more suited to the French movements than they would have been further north. In fact It is believed General Joffin purposely fell baclc from Chalons, sm he could choose ground more favorable for his army for oither defensive or offensive operations. In this lie seems to have been Justified, for not onl\* was the German attack repulsed, but at Vitry-le-Francois the - Gerinann actually lost ground. sciom; of mi:a\ host FIGIITIMi OF Tills \V.\ It This has been scene of the heaviest, fighting of the present battle, for ou the German right, which the allies seem to have got around. General Kluck is falling back before tho for ward movement of the French and British forces toward tlie iRrrne, be tween Meau.v and Sejannc. There must have been sotni- fighting here, however, as the French report, that some prisoners were taken fioni the enemy. There have been many rumors of re inforcements having been sent this army of the allies. ?oiiip rumors are that Russian troops actually have, joined it, and others that Indian troops took part in the lighting. Tliesa rumors, however, remain without con firmation, and the more thoughtful ob servers of the war consider that tho increased strength of the allies" loft wing Is due to the arrival of fresh | troops from ICngland and France, arid 1 to the fact that the advanced defonsivu ! army of Paris is taking part in tho j operation. The French pull are sticking be. ? | low the Lorraine frontier, and here, according to the War Ofllce. have ? 'pulsed a German attack on the lino between Nancy and Chateau-Satin In Alsace, where the French ad vanced so quickly at the beginning the war, there has been a long r? jyite from serious fighting. Tim ? duo, in the opinion of military expert?, to the withdrawal of the. Germans. wlu? were needed for the west, and prot> < - bly to the return to Austria of iiocm sent to the assistance of the German* last month. MOST STIRHOIIM.V POl.GIIT BATT1.K OF CA.MPAIC.\ PARIS. September <12:40 v. M.) - Tho battle proceeding to the cast of Paris appears to be tho most import mi and most stubbornly fought combat ??? the campaign. Military authorities ? cllne to indicate the numbei of mon