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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
29.
1915.
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1>11 I a" I' fa VI' *"1?'VT ,n ( **9 of New Tork. Newark. iertoj C If, anrl Hn^keth
I It IV IS U.M? V r.4> l i i ?i \? ni ni i u?i ? ; s i -
PERKINS BEATS
moss 2 TO I
IN HEAVY VOTE
Mone> Used, S?iys Defeat?
ed Candidate- Primary
B; Hoting Quiet,
ORGANIZATIONS GET
CROP OF VICTORIES
Zeiior Is Nominated Cropsey
an? ? th Claim Moose
ur.ty.
\.hrrt
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?. ? York
? The
?. . - than ha?!
}..,. defeated
o whs contesting
primaries with him
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?he Progressiv?
. this
.???hert H. Kldcr,
-? At
Repub*
hear, wore
.?_.- ron tl ?? Profri
?
t, i recnlaT organ
ii?V-? except -a few
._,,, ? for d)i
?flcrt ? ? ? bles In
the contests
matai I ?:???.?).. and a
ioztn '? rests, '??ere made on
On the
' : .'?' ; i
off * Possibly the
f?-t tkst I " ? ? '? *Aker? elaborate
fnci. ' 'Ufh work
had f '.In most
irged with
th? y wire
i
\\ ill Win.
Perkins was
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lean
s7art ht
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u re
r fron the
77 ftted
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? ? he interest of
.: iiour.ee that he
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triet Attor
?
t th? I h arges
rm 1
? night.
y had been
Soor ? Mr. Moss issued
? ?taten
"I t?r that s very large
?on? of : - against me, ai.d
I here war
? ' -?
** had i nu
Inder
teal that the
. ren ?rkabl? or.e "
He . result was due
tfc the cr-f- i. hr.d ?n viola
t'on ?-7 eg of the president
of the county committee.
Mees Blame-* Machine,
"?"??er t the machinery," he
?dde?! kt you can account
'or 5.00?) votes. ; ara to'.d that outside
t"* a?e'ia rolled vote the result
?as hesrily in my favor, especially in
upto**- ??here the leaders
*?*? bi ..,.ep their hands
sa, r. ? ? their work*
*n ??'?-? ? -.ructions were
t? put 1'. ?
"?? in with an ac
. power was
? re a viola
him, and the
.. man who
**? " ? r.or the
America'. . a? no ca_
?nocratic votes,
,M r*7. lei -.e Repub
1,c*r', 9* ? ? mude a
*7 the - ? the R?
ful'"t-' -it
down
?** eai
;*?>? ???'? wer?'
?'J. r'; And they
us leaders and
?
..'' programme
:<Tl ?? !':gures on all
?? ".?*? r.rganiza
,',."?' c pal court in
:.? in
? ? who
? '' -Jr this morninjf it
Ells
? ? ace ?if
**** Io' ' nation
.
? genei lupposi?
mmmui " "f Tammanv
jjjw ta_K?. Heal,
?,5, * ''? ' irphy candidate,
*tr. i'''1 ' ' ' ?' ?nowiBf. There
"ST ?___'?" ' i'Hwfci, the
Cllti
car
ict
tun .1 '' Hayes cai
k, ,?h* ?' the distri,
us only m
Ir ' '' i:
?net in
E__! ' ' '"J* ?Id
aT-wsny War ,,?., ?,.,.,, ?_ h|i ...
T-?? to ou.t Frank .1 Kendriek, th?
?.?.????;lirph-'' man- who took his lead
X? .?**?> ? Vaut ago.
tiJk'u ' ' Xh* 1,th- ?<?*?* ?'"
?IW. ""-stever in spankin?- Frank
*Dor.? "1'i"?'*>" Bint? The last
?*J-?11 tirr .
i, ,?rJ , . all alonp the lint
?W* ,?'?',"''' ' ' ?"?tricts m The
?id l?.^? Ut .??? ' n?> one case was the.
? .r,i ? d,?f?-ated Jar, ?
?''?? lamm.ny ?_andidaU for lead-,
***<*iui?*i mm mmm. 4L esh? i
Wilson Tells G. A. R. There Are Wars
Of Which Mankind May Well Be Proud
President Declares This
tion Was Created 1
Assert Human
Rights.
7Frr?m The Tri | -.
Washington, Sept. 28. While m?
ro direct reference to the internat
?situation or to prepan
Wilson, in his answer to the Uaioii
erans of the Grand Army Kr.camp
here to-night, der'ar: d
was created to serve- mankind ar
a?sert human rights. He intimated
a war to serve mankind or to a
human rights was a war of which I
proud. There were tome wars, he
his hearers, of which both ?
he proud, and the Civil W.-,r n. or
these.
"The United Sta'-*? ?veri? found
lie declared, "not to provideVree hoi
but to assert humun rights. Thi??
meant a great enterprine of the hu
epirit."
He loved his country, he said, "i
great instrument for the uplift of n
kind, and what you gentlemen havi
remind us of a? you look back thro
me to the great war in wl
part k that you fought t
..-trument, meant for the Ken
of mankind, should not be impai
either in its material or in its ?pint
power. I hope I may say without e
an implication of criticism upon i
?>ther great people in the world tha
has a'. I i to tne that the p
pie of thi United S tat i
regarded as devoted to the promot
rticular princip
I -t:htn.
All Proud to Have Foaght.
"This is one of the very few war
he said, in discussing tho conflict
which his auditor! bad been principa
"in which in one sense everybody t
AMERICAN CONSUL
IS ASKED TO RESIG3
Gaffney's Attacks on Wilson Ai
ministration Will Cost Him
Munich Post.
Washington, Sept. 28. Thomas .*?
John Gaafooy, American Consul Gener
at Munich, Germany, has been asked
resign h.s post becauieof partisan u
terances on the European war.
Mr. GafTney's actions and utteranci
have been irritating the State H.-pai
merit ever since the -advent of th
present administration. He has .
himself of numerous opportunit?s t
assail the Wilson administration. II
attacks went unnoticed, however, unt
six weoki . . when he a rote
to a New York paper, which eat
officials by its unneutral charaete
Since then Mr. Gaffney has been undc
?surveillance, and information hai bee
piling up at the State Department con
corning his conduct, official and privat?
It is alleged ?hat Mr. Gaffney'i in
discretions include queitionable trans
actions with Teutonic eomular official
in thia ? !"'?" thai he I :
cond . ' ' dence m th then
winch rivale the Dumba-Archibald can
in (.ensationalisni. lit- makei no aecrc
of his i?ro German -
alone is gra?.' v obji I U con
?.ular repreiental ? fun
?rv, but officials say trie publication Ol
hia viewe ie the loaat of hii offences.
It la rather what he has i-triven t<
conceal than what he has openh
avowed that forms the basis for the ad
ministration's attitude toward the con?
sul genera!, it II laid. OtBeiall arc
particolarly anx.ous to imd out the
nature of his corre.-? pondenct* with
Daniel A. Spelllaiy. treasurer
American ' the Irieh Na
norial Volunteei
was transmitted through tl
Austrian repr?sent?t - COao?
,u>-' _,
YUAN WANTS NO CROWN
??resident of China Would Refuse Im?
perial Oignit*?.
I Honolulu. Sepi ii* ? Yuan Bhih-kai,
Pr?sident of till R<
i would not conaenl to become en?peror
New China." according to l?r r.
J. Goodnow, lafa! adviaer t? the ? M
; nese Government, who arrived here
... ent to-day <
Manchuria. I"- Goedno-a ?ivei .nan
1 Shih-kai himself a? ?utboftly lor the
UadaraUou.
Creeley Fhoto Servi- ?
Two snapshot! of President Wilson taken at Princeton yesterday, whero
he 'v**: t to vote in the primaries. If th<- strain he hat been under
showed in the Prst. the cheering; efFei't o." familiar .-cents and c?>lle;re
friends .-oon made itself f?.*lt.
gaged may t^ke pride. Some \? ?
ame wars mar l
nais of history; but some wsi .
treated With tho?e make those annals
j distinguished, show that the spirit ot"
i man sometimes springs to great enter
pri ?s that are ?ven preater than his
own mind had conceivi <l."
Ihe President then discussed the
this country which had
follnv ?. ; rroni tn? ?
?rar.
"But for my own part." he ?id, "I
. riot be proud of the extr .
nary physical development of this coun?
try, of its extraordinary development
in material wealth a id linancial power,
did I not b?'li?'M' that tha people of
the United States wished all of this
power derttted to ideal end*. There
nave been other nations as rich as we;
there have been ?ather nations as pow?
erful; there hare been other n
.??ted; hut I hope we ?hal! never
? that we created this nation, not
rve ourselves, but to servi' man?
kind."
I'proar Interrupts Speech.
Indignant at the way In which their ?
i comradi had been kept out of the I
Irede upon hundreds of
being reserved ;or
'. "Vet.-: i,f the local connnit
. l?verai handred of the veterans
a demonstration right at the hi>th
of the Preiident'i ipeech which
. transformed the audienee into a
mob, and the meeting into i completa
failure.
* as the President had sounded
the not ?? ? ere were ears in which
both par? lid take pride, ai d
te, ii- he lid afterward,
ar-aity
and asserting human rights, came a
tremendous uproar from the rear of
the hall. A bugle sounded 'way back.
the call being suspiciously like "Fall
in." At any rate several hundred of
the old soldiers did begin to fall in nnd
out Su gnat was the clamor
that thai President was ohli.?t-il to stop,
while the chairman pounded vainly for
order.
"Mr. ("nai-jman," sang out one old
white-! ' ran from the vantage
uf nn ais!.' chair, "the old. soldiers are
walking out. because while then are
( nntlnue?! on p?4te ft, column 4
ISABEL NOT STJNX
Sound Vessel U Fast on Cow R
Says Owner.
Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 2!>. '
freipht steamer Isabel, reported IS
did not sink In Long Island So?
last night, as was reported at Sti
ford by six of her crew, but is grou
rd on Cow Reef, according to a sta
ment here early this morning by
J. Smith, head of the companv owni
the Isabel.
GERMAN ARMY CORPS
PERISHES IN FLOOD
Caught in the Pinsk Marshi
Says Petrograd Report.
London, ?Sept. 29, 8:16 a m. T
I'etrograd correspondent of "T
Times" gays:
"A report, which has been confirm
from a good quarter, is that the 41
German Army ("rps was overtaken l
the flooding of the Pinsk marshes, an
being unable to escape, nearly tl
whole of the corps p?.'ri*h"d."
? . ? ? ?
1,500 STUDENTS ASK
NEARINGS RECAL1
Sign Petition "in the Interest o
I air Play."
' 11 T.!i-fr?ih M Tt,f Tribun? !
Philadelphia, Sept. fft, A genera
movement among the undergraduate:
for the reinstatement of Dr. Scot
Neeriai was begun at the I'nivcrsit'
df Pennsylvanie, to-?lay, when i ,.'?"?
?todents, the majority from the Whar
ton School, iiffaed their aaaii
?.?m asking Provost Smith i
- to recall Dr. .Waring
?Every classroom in the Whrirton
School furnished subscribers. Many
students of the college ?lepartment
also signed, including a number of
co-eds.
Placards in heavy black type, an
; ?luncing: "Thi*" is Ncaring Pav on
i- campas," were posted ?n con
splCU? \hort?'d ?he
eta to "sign the petition to have
??r Scott N??i ?ng reinstated in tho
Wl.arton School, for the good name ut
?air Uaivereity and in the interest of
mir pisar." x ?
EXPLOSION SINKS
ITALIAN WARSHIP
Rear Admiral and Half of Crew
lost on Battleship Bene?
detto Brin.
Pans, Sept. SB. A dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Brindis! says:
"A (Ire which was followed by an ex?
plosion has occurre?i on boanl the Ital?
ian battleship F.encdetto Brio. Eight
I , and 379 marines have been
thus far.
"Rear Admira! Kubin de Cervin is
among the dead.
"The tire was purely accidental."
The battleship Benedetto Brin was a
i.f 1,'.,-1'J7 tons and In peace times
carried ;? compliment of TJO men. Sho
a ; - com*) '..'teil I at a eost of
$5,760,OOQ.
the battleship, which was of the pre
dreadnuJght class, carried foui ?2-inch,
four S-inel.i twelve tj-inch guns,
twenty 12-pounders, two 1-pounders
and two Max ms. She also was armed
with four torpedo tubes. The vessel had
a speed of about 20V| knot?. Admiral
Baron Ernesto Rubin de i'ervin com?
manded ?
Glad He Left Cat Stay In.
Bgdale, ( onn.. Sept. 2K. Thom?
as Robert! forgot to put the cat out
lust night. This morninir the cries jf
the cut aroased the familv. wh.ch es?
caped via the windows from the burn?
ing houie.
$500,000,000 LOAN
SETTLED; BANKS
CLEAR $10,000,009
Bonds Will Be Sold at 98,
Yielding 5*2 Per Cent
to Investor.
^NOMINATIONS RUN
FROM $100 UPWARD
?
Mission, in Chicac*o, lind Middle
West Cautious Success of
Plan in Doubt.
Sir Henry Rnbington Smith, a:ting
f??r Lord Reeding, ehairmen of the
Anglo-French financial commission,
who is in Chicago, made the formal an?
nouncement at the lintel Hiltinore last
night of the successful conclusion of
negotia'ions with American bankers
for the $500,000,000 loan ?.might in this
country by the two governments. Sir
Henry made it clear that Russia would
have no part in the present loan.
The terms of the loan to the Ameri?
can investor appear somewhat more at*
, tractive than had been foreshadowed.
1 The bonds will be issued to the public
at M, yielding approximately 5V_ per
cent to the investor. Ir. order to per*
mi" wide participation in the loan the
beads will be issued as low as $100.
The syndicate which is to float the loan
will be centred In New York among
some forty banks and bond houses,
v. ith .1. P. Morgan & Co. as its head.
i It will contract to purchase the loan
from the two governments at 9-?, which
means an allowance of _ per cent, or
?510,000,000.
The issue of $500,000,000 will consist
of five-year 5 per cent bonds, constitut?
ing a first lien on the French and Brit?
ish governments. The investor has the
option, at maturity, of cashing In his
bonds or converting them into 4H per
cent bonds of the two governments,
payable not earlier than fifteen, nor
Inter than twenty-live year?.
Proceeds Employed Here.
Sir Henry read the formal announce?
ment to the newspaper men in the com?
mission's suite at the hotel. Henry' P
Devises, of J. P. Morgan & Co., was
present and issued a statement for the
I'.rm when Sir Henry finished his read?
ing. The statement for the commis?
sion? r? aras as follow?;
"The discussions between the Angle
French financial mission and the Amer
1 ican bankers have resulted in the for?
mation of a definite plan for a loan to
the British and French governments, to
be issued in this country on a broad
and popular basis. The -?roceeds of the
loan will be employed exclusively in
America for the purpose of making the
i;?*e ?if rschangs tnors stable, thereby
helping to maintain the volume of
American exports.
"The plan contemplates the ifsue of
$500,000.000 five-year 5 per cent bonds,
constituting a direct joint and several
| obligation of the British and French
i governments as regards both capital
i and interest. No other external loan
i has been issued by either of these gov?
ernments, apart from notes of the
French Treasury to a limited amount,
maturing in the next six months. The
bonds will tie repayable et the end of
:ive years, or convertible, at the option
of the holder, into 4 ?_ per cent bonds
of the two governments, repayable not
earlier than fifteen years and not later
than twenty-five years from the pres?
ent time by the two governments joint?
ly and severaiiy.
Syndicate to Handle Bonds.
"The bonds will be Issued to the
public at 98, yielding approximately
5U? per cent to the investor. The work
of offering this loan will be carried out
by a syndicate, which Meessrs. J. P.
Morgan & Co. and a large group of
American bankers and financial houses
will at once set about to form. Such
group will include representatives
throughout the country, and all mem?
bers of the syndicate will be on pre?
cisely the same footing. This syndi?
cate, whose business it will be to ar?
range that every investor shall have
an opportunity to subscribe to the is?
sue, will contract to purchase the loan
from the two governments at 9*V
Asked for further details in regard
to the handling of the large loan, Sir
Henry said:
"This is the plin. Pome of the de?
tails, and the signing of the contracts,
are still left open. While it will be
necessary to obtain Parliamentary ac?
tion in approval of the loan, the con?
tracts can be signed in anticipation of
?uch action, as there Is no doubt as to
Parliaments approval."
The British commis?loner sr?id that
Fngland and France entere?! into the
loan upon an entirely equal basis.
Russia had ro part in it, he said. The
,iua! governments will use the loan for
the purchas?- of any material? in thi?
country, as they may ?leem it expe.'wnt
The Morgan statement read:
Denominations Low as $100.
"The commiss'on has made plam by
its statement that it has determined
at the outset to recopnize investment
eonditieaj in America. It proposes to
meet the??- by issuing an obligation
which la without precedent namely,
the joint and several promise to pay of
Continued on na*-e 2, column 4
Francis W. Hirst
Editor o? t!i<* Lo:uio-i "Economltt"
is more than a financial expert. He is an authority on
Economics who knows how to talk to the layman.
His regularly cabled articles in The Tribune help
make clear some of the financial problems of the day.
Turn to to-day's cable on Page 1 3.
*Vxt fcrtbmu I
First to Last?the Truth: S emu?Editorials?Advertisements
Br??isth Pierce Second Line
at Loos, Assault Tfiird;
French Gain Foot by Foot
KAISER SH?FTS TROOPS TO THE WEST;
HIS PLANS SPOILED, SAYS PETROGRAD
l: ? ? ? - - Trtl '.i? ;
Paris, Stpl. 2S.?The Allied offcnsi??. in the Western front ha? already
iJra??n t.ermnn troop? from the Eastern line of hatlle.
The oflrlal communication ??sued 1>> the French War Office to-night
remnrks that among the prisoner?, taken In the fighting esst of Souehei
??ere "men of the guard ?orps brought lark a few da\s agil from the Rus?
sian front."
< ailed on to meet ne?? snd ? iolent attack? In Klanders and Prance, the
Kaiser cannot apparent!? push his ad?anre further into Russia, nor can he
release men for the oft-rumored "drive" through the P.alkans.
Ham seriously (.em.any regards the ne? ??llie.l effort In the \\ e?t is
indicated in an article la the "Kranklurter Zeitung." which expresses aston?
ishment that the i.ermmis were at all aide to re?i?l the attack, and adds:
"The news that has reached us leaves no doubt that on the Western
front a storm has burst vhich exceeds in violence ever? thing that has
so far happened in this war."
Petrograd. Sept. 2*.?While the Russlen* have had a series of Important
tactical successes along almo??t the entire front, military authorities here
lay sirens upon the greater lacccaa of the Preach nnd Knglish in their new
campaign, calculating it to be equivalent to three l.erman army corps thrown
out of ,i<l!-. c M'r?i<?* by Russia's Western ?.Hies. The authorities expect
that the Anglo-l rench initiative will spoil the l.erman plans both as regards
Russia and Serbia.
SIR EDWARD GREY
WARNS BULGARIA
OF WAR PENALTY
Allies Ready to Land
Troops to Aid the
Balkan States.
; It] I'?' || In T'.? Till l'.e |
London, Se;it. 28, Sir Edward Grey
to-day took a hand in the Balkan situa?
tion, and in the House of Commons
gave the answer of the Allies to the
probable intervention of Bulgaria on
the side of Germany. In perfectly
friendly language the Foreign Secre?
tary intimated that the patience of the
Kntente power?? was exhausted and that
Bulgaria must come down on one side
of the fence or the other or come to
grief.
Bulgaria's decision . ?ust now be made
very quickly, and it is hoped here that
the suggestion of what is likely to
happen should she join Germany will
be sufficient. Among the best informed
listeners Sir Kdward's warning was
held to indicate that Bulgaria could
never again e:;pect help or support
from the Allies no matter what muht
befall her.
The belief that Bulgaria never had
any real intention of joining forces
with Germany, but merely intended to
impress the Allies in order to secure
her own terms, is strengthened in :
many quarters by Sir r.dward Grev's
speech. Now that Bulgaria has found
that Kngland will not accede to any
such extortion, it is believed that there
will be a considerable modification of
her provocative policy.
Promise Allied Troops to Balkans.
There were no qualifications to the
pledge made by Sir Edward Grey as to
a.ding the other Balkan powers in
case Bulgaria declared war.
"If Bulgarian mobilization should re?
sult in Bulgaria assuming an aggres?
sive attitude on the side of our ene?
mies." said Sir Edward Grey, "we are
prepare?! to give our friends in the
Balkans all the support in our pow?r.
in a manner that would be most wel?
come to them, in concert with our
allies, without reserve end without
qualification."
Secretary Grey emphasized ti e long
standing friendship between Great
Britain and Bulgaria, and added:
"Our official information from the
Bulgar an government is that they have
taken up a position of armed neu?
trality to defend their rights and in?
dependence, and that they have ro ag?
gressive intentions whatever against
their Balkan neighbor. Not only is
there no hostility :n this countrv to
Bulgaria, but theie is a traditional
warm feeling of sympathy with the
Bulgarian people.
"So ior.g therefore as Bulgaria does
net side with the enemies of Great
Britain or her allies, there can be no
question of Briti-h .r.fluence or ?
being used in any ?e;.?c hostile to Bul
car, an ir.ter?'Sts, and so lone as the
Bulgarian attitude i* unegan
there can be no distuibar.ee cf those
friendlv relat.ons."
A-sure State? of Future.
After making the categorical an?
nouncement that if Bulgaria should as?
sume an aggressive attitu?!?: mu the
side of Great Britain's enemies the
government would take eetie
_ad:
"We are. of Mttree. in ????
with our allies on the a . an 1 I
believe the view I express i.= ?
also; our policy being to secure an
agreement m respect to the Balkan
States which will insure each o? them
not only independence, tu?, a brilliant
future, based as a gei.er&l pr.nciple on
territorial and political union and kin
dreil nationality.
"To secure this ajrreement." the For?
eign Secretury continu? J, "we r? cog?
nized that the legitimst ???pirations of
the Bal*..!! States must Bad satisfac
ton. The policy of Germany, on tha
other hand, has been to create for h? r
own purposes disunion and war among
the Balkan Statea. She made usa of
C?mt>?iM? **x __*? s_ ou-juau?. s
BRITISH CHARGE
WHILE GUNS VEIL
FLANDERS FIELD
German Trenches Crum?
pled by Artillery as Men
Leap Forward.
British Headquarters. S??pt. 'J7 l dis
. patch to "The Daily Chronicle," Lon?
don, from Philip Gibbsi. The attack
which began the battle along a 500-mile
front started, as far as the British lines
were concerned, before dawn Saturday.
. For several days previously the usual
artillery bombardment had increased in
intensity on both lides here in Plea?
ders.
The enemy, an though su.ipecting the
movements of troops behind our lines,
expended a great quantity of shells,
especially opposite the Ypres salient,
i so that the ruins of the destroyed city
. were churned up again by high ex
| plosives.
Then Friday there was a lull before
the storm, which was about to break
with greater violence. It seemed as '
though these millions of men on both
sides of the line were waiting in,tense
expectation of fate. I'ndoubtedly, as I
know now from (ierman prisoners, the
enemy awaited the attnek, but they
were ignorant of our strength and
plans and blindly confident of their
own security. It is betraying no se?
cret now to say that our own officers
and men wer?? tuned up to the highest
pitch of anticipation, because without
d?finit? orders except to those in high
command they knew by various signs
and portent? that operations of some
importance were at hand.
(?uns Shake Air and Farth.
Friday afternoon a light rain fell,
making the roads sticky and spreading
a grayish haze, over the countryside.
At night the wind blew loftly from the
west. All over the lines there was com?
parative quiet until late in the night, j
I hen suddenly the bombardment began. I
All the batteries from the Vser to the
?-<>n.me seemed to tire together, as
though at some signal in the heavens.
in one great lalvo. The earth and the
air .??hook with it ?ii a great trembling,
winch never eaasi 1 for a single minute1
I (luring many hour I,
I he vast tumult of explosive force!
|pounded through the night with ?ledge-'
nammer stroKcs, thundering through
' the deeper moil'. continual re
verbation. At 2:80 o'clock a. ta. what
seemed impo tibie happened. The din
O? the bomoardment became doubly m
t? nso, so that all Flanders shook to it.
Again at 4 o clock, still before dawn,
'.he fury of it was intensified so that
ir loull quaked at it! awful signifi?
cance.
Hut it '.vas a good augury. Never be
n thil war have our guns spoken
. h loud c'asnor. This was the
u or*. . Il of men in
th?' fa- toril ionic, who have been
| toiling through th<- months at lurnace
j and fort'''. They have ?????nt us guns
and there teemed t? be ihells enough
? ? enemy out of his trenches.
Our chance had come for a real attack.
| It began.
Knemy's Trenches (rumpled.
'. .-miell?s, south of the La
i and in the plain of Lens,
our m t of their tranchai be
rht arid a*, deadly grip-, with
They ancing
'II. (1, win
:,ger barred to them impregnably
?by the enemjr'l trenches, upon which
they had peered through eaiulbag-, and
? ? for many long months,
trenches had been smashed and
artillery lire, and only
H were th? men still living,
. b) the intensity of the bombard
ind stttOofied into inevitable sur?
it is too soon to give any details of
advance to the outskirts of
ich (?rid through the village of
I ....?? '.o the neighboring mine Held?
lopes of liiil No. Tu. No man saw
.;ack unie? he took part in it,
and then in only hi? own immediate en?
vironment. Battalions disappeared into
the fog of smoke from shells and bombs
I of every kind. They fought behind a
rum which came only the noi?a of
' battle and later the tint stream of
! wounded.
The divinoni engaged in the itruggle
-say fought with the ?pint of men
f/hO knew the empire? life depended
?upon them, and gave their lives with
noble generosity. Ami * g them were
battalion! of the new army of Kitchen
Conitnu?.! ea l>?*<*. S. col urn* i
Germans Driven Back
in Champagne,
Says Paris.
ALLIES PRESS
SLOW ADVANCE
Hammer at Enemy's Front
in Artois and Near
the Argonne.
BERLIN CLAIMS CHECK
Says All Foe's Attacks Hav,
Been Repulsed by
Counters.
IB? Cabla to Th? T*
?London, Sept 28??With the ene?
my's first Una of trenches in Artois
and Champagne pierce?! hy the driv?
ing attacks of the last four days, a
sterner task now confronts the AU
lied troops.
The British and French armies
addod to their gains to-day along
the front between Rheims and the
Argonne, east of ?Souchez and north
0? Lens, but the main objective, a
break in the German front, has not
yet been accomplished.
Reinforced by troops hurried from
the eastern front, the Germans have
ttittemad their resistance. On the
second line of trenches they place
their greatest confidence, and bef??re
substantial advances can be won t'ie
artillery must again pave the way.
"We continue to gain,, foot by
foot," says the statement issued at
Paris. The impetuous charge of tha
first two days of the great battle
has been succeeded by a slow, ham?
merinfr advance.
Allies Improve Positions.
I IJoth the British an?! French have
greatly improved their positions, and
hy gaining the hills and crests from
which they can dominate the Ger?
man lines of communication their
next attempt to obtain a decisive vic?
tory should be made easier to "carry
out. in the view of experts here.
An official communication, issued
to-night, says that in the heavy fight?
ing around Loot the British h..ve
taken exceptionally strong G?-rman
lines of trenches an?J bomb-proof
shelters, several hundred yards in
extent. Having taken the German
second line, the statement says, the
British are now after the third l.ne
of trenches. In all, more than 3,000
prisoners have bee:i taken and tw?r<
ty une guns and forty machine guns
have been captured and others ?de?
stroyed.
The French continue to push for?
ward east of Souchez, aiming at tha
heights of Vimy, which command the
plain to the east, while the Br. ish
to the north are making swure th*?lr
hold on the Lens-La Pass?e road and
are beating off the German counter?
attacks.
The battle In Champag-ne is over a
sixteen-mile front, where the French
are attacking and now are within
less than two miles of the railway
?jvhich crosses the country behind tha
(ierman positions, and which has
been so useful to them in moving
ttoops and supplies to threataned
points. With the French guns within
easy rar.ge, the railway is rendered
useless.
Berlin Denies Enemy Gained.
As usual, there is a great divergence
beta eel the German and French official
accounts of the battles. The Germans
claim that all the French attack? hare
been repulsed and that a number of
prisoners have been captured.
Thi? same contradiction exista with
regard to the Crown Prince'a offensive
in the Argonne. Whereas tb.s Is de?
scribed by th? French as an important
action, the Germans ?ay that it is a
minor one, designed to improve th? sit?
uation, and that the desired? result haa
been achieved.
"The Times'?" miltary correspondent
says?.
"Our attack between I.a Basse? and
Lena and the French attack on th?
Souchez side were admrably co-ordi?
nate?-. The British ?ucees? north of
I.en? will greatly a??l?t the French to
?/am finally the heighte we?t of Vimy,
which v?ere tue una?ttained aim of th?ir
efforts last May and Juna.
"The capture of the Vimy he.jfht? will
be an important step in ??Ivarice, for
to the eastward all the ??round is com?
manded by their :ire, and th.' chancas
? re that trie German? will fall -ack on
Douai and on the line of th? Lilla*
Douai canal.
Advance Mo?t Be Slow.
"Once they are pu?hed off the h if h
ground \?e must not expect a ?.ery
rapid advance. The weather is appar?
ently bad, certainly in the Vosges, and
?eden artillery need? time to tak? up
new positions. N??t an unhopeful
augury is to be drawn 'rom th? fact
that the Allies are taking their time
about their next move.
| "In thia warfare, which haa no prece?
dent In history, and defies tradition* ,