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BIG BATTLE NEAR
FOR CONTROL OF
PETROGRAD LINE
IftiixsiiinR PnptN to Oppose
i.rrtiinn Effort to Oil
VVilna-Ilwhisk Howl.
FIGHT FOR RIOA
Bill No LETUP
'rr irt' Cubit fe-pntrti to Tun lull,
ItONDONi Sept 11. After several days
Of COmfatMtlVi Inactivity ori the Russian
battle front it bgttll of considerable Im-
gortsnce is developing north of WltM
fo- IhS iossesson nf the Wllna-Dwlnsk
radio. id Thin Is the main line connect
ing I host cities with PolfOflMd, This
tattle, it la expected, will o far toward
gStl to fate of the seaport of Kifrn .
p.
pa..
r,en
Ofl ad reports that Russian f ore s
n.entrsted at Xvyentayany. pre.
la meet the Teutonic nrmy under
VOII Huelow. which Russian fltera
tOporl n he minim ling toward the line.
I tsyany la a few milea Jouth of
JJo 0 -' cntsi a ny, half w;i lietween
Will.. i Itld Dwtnok. At this latter point
the i..llmad waa ri ported cut by the
QtrmMM two daya ago. I'etrogrnd at
the time admitted that the railroad had
been "reached" by enemy forces. It
gOVOlOpS to-day. however, that these
fori i j . nnsistcd of a detachment of
OOrmsn cavalry which, reconnoitring,
had reached" hut had by no meat a
gab n the line. The Kaiser's horsemen
Veie compelled to retire shortly after
Vra J
The Impending battle la the one the
llUSSlsn Minister of War. M. Pollranoff,
predicted a fortnight ago.
No raose In Fight for Itlita.
M anwhile the fighting for Rlgn is
gaging without pause, thua far without
the '. rmana making any material head
Way In the region around Dwlnsk tha
Oer n ana asaert to-day that they have
defeated Russian cavalry southwest of
th, Ity, The Russians are counter at
backing north of tha Vlllya River.
In Ualicla the Russians continue to
be the aggressors. Russian military ob
gsrvers warn against exaggerated opti
mise with regard to the Russian offen
sive In the south, saying that the public
must not expect great developments.
Sweeping southward from ollta. where
they made some headway during the last
two days, the Germans are pushing their
movement toward Orany. on the Qrodno
Wlllta railway line, with the object of
gaming that section. The resistance of
the Russians there depends largely upon
the success or failure of the Herman al
ien pt to cut the railroad In the north.
Should they succeed at Novo Svyent
aany or at Svyentsyany the Russians
are not expected to try to hold tha
eouthern section, aa their escape to the
north would then be cut off.
Thus the enveloping movement aimed
at Wilna rests chiefly on the outcome of
the Teutons' endeavor to gain the rail
road. Field Marshal von Mackrnsen la re
ported by Berlin to lie making progress
toward IMnsk.
The following official statement was
las icd by tha German War i Mice this
hilt loon:
Gtrtmaa War Oftler Itrpnrt.
Army group of Field Marshal von
Hi idenburg. lighting continues at
the I. ridge head west of liwlnsk. At
golokl, southwest of Dwlnsk, inotny
cavalry was defeated. Enemy counter
gttacks on our positions north of the
Vlllya w-re repulsed.
tigst of olita and t.rodno our attack
Is making further progress. South of j
II N'iamen we have reacheil the Sio- j
gars River at a few points. About
If" prisoners were taken.
Army group of PlinOO I,eopnld of
Bavaria. The enemy has been driven
b.o It across the Ssoaara.
Army group of Field Marshal von
Mackanatn. Our pursuit In the direc
tion ..f PI nag is continuing. The num
ber of prisoners taken has been In
creased to more than 700.
Southeastern theatre of war. Kn
en attacks have heen repulsed with
Sanguinary losses..
REPORT RUSSIAN CHECK.
(Vienna OArlals gar Severe At
tacks Were Repalaed.
Sprrial Cable Dttpatc to Til Si s
Vienna, via Ixndon, Bept. IIS. Ths
following official statement was given
put by the Austrian War office to-night:
Hessarablan Theatre -We repulsed
the Russian attacks on the Dnieater.
Civ. the remainder of the Gallclan and
Volhyntln fronta the enemy made
e. ere but unsuccessful attacks.
Northeast of Dubno after an unsue
e. -'il counter attack the enemy lost
numerous dead. Six officers and 800
men were made prisoners and thres
H i hine guns were captured.
In the Stood Od and marshy districts
on i he Styr and I'rlnet rivers our
cavalry rlurlng the last few daya ra
ft, llsed enemy cavalry detachments.
SPY CRIPPLED RUSSIA.
In I p tlalu tmtuunlllon Works.
London "Itutlr rni."
I. iNOOKi Sept Id. The explosion
Which on April 30 wrecked the great
Russian ammunition factory at okh'.a.
h suburb of I'etrograd, killing thousands
Of workman and putting Russia many
months behind In the output of niuni
v as Hie work of a German apy,
accoidiug to an article printed to-day by
Ike Daily .Vmi, which saya okhta was
tl llusslan Woolwich, the only muni
t 01 factory In Russia.
llnssla, quite crippled, had to fight
for
says the piper, "and the strik
ing power of Fram e and Great Hrltaln
v - checked. All though) of the pro-l-
i meat spring Offenslvt had to oe
K p and the chief energy of the
a i bent to the task of supplying Hus
i i With munitions, which suddenly had
hi to her a matter of life and
GERMAN AIRSHIP DAMAGED.
Ilnaalaa Compel Descent
Sl.lt Hate Heen In II I u ii gtflOi
i-iKiii'iM, i.i ,or,don, Seit. 15.
A 0111.111 alrghlPi badly damaged by
J' all gUllllrSi Is reported to have de-
I'd .it KOSttlgStorgi H Is believed
' ifi p itilclpated In the recent a.t-
I 1 ' 1 ' ths iulf of Hlga.
' 1 September I an official Herman
gtai inenl aaid that a naval airship had
buiiiliurded a Russian naval base In the.
Jldiu, and had returned aalely.
I reach MtaOk Itopprd.
' I . Via Aiic t. rdaiii, Set. 15.
' ' hcad'iuai'ters Issued the fullowlng j
1 Maleinanl 111-day regarding oper-
' .J, Hie 1 HI 1
I I'n mil iitiempt In make an at
1 ' 1 n Ha 1 1 maimvii-ilerkopf was pre
! ntsd by our fire.
1
GERMAN BOLT IS SHOT,
SAYS LORD Kl TCH EN ER
British War Secretary Tells House of Lords Tide 13
Turning and 220,000
Sent to Sir John
London, sept. , Karl Kitchener
atlrred his fellow peers to-day by de
claring that the title of hattle is now
turning everywhere In favor of the Al
Hea. He summed up the war situation
by saying:
"The Germans appear almost to have
shot their bolt. Their advance In Russia,
which at one time averaged five tulles a
day, has diminished to leas than a mile
a da."
It waa In the poorss of spsooil in the
Hons of lxmls that the Seir-tary of
State for War utteied his optimistic
worde: He added 1li.il reenfotvemcnt
amounting to eleven divisions, or ap
proximately M,tM men. bad heen sent
to Hir John French in France and Bel
glum, enabling Hen. French to extend
his front seventeen mllel.
Lord LgnsdoWftl announced on .lulv
II that the Hiitish forces In Francs and
Flanders numbeieJ betwen It 0,004 and
tUn.omi laOTd Kitchener s statement In
dicates that about TdO.ttf British sol
diers are now on the western front. The
rlllBtl no hold about flftv miles of the
40u mile front In France, Flanders and
Alsace their lines extern! log aouili of
Arras
"During recent months.' the Secre
tary for War continued, "the front hel l
by the Allba In the MrestOfn theatre has
been practically unchanged, but our
positions have been slrrimhin.il bv
reenfon-emettts of heavy guns and men
"On the western front theie has been
s relaxation of activity, Our position
has been stiengtheird b) the elabora
tion of the system of tronch fortlflos-
tions ami a large Increase in the Dumber
of heavy guns.
Orrman Pisa a Pallors.
"Turning tothe eastern theatre: Ths
enemy, taking advantage of their cen
tral position, since early In June have
been employing a VST) large proportion
of their forces In strenuous efforts to
crush our Russian ally In prosecution
of these operations the Hermans. In ad
dition to their great numerical superi
ority, developed vasily preponderating
artillery, which enahl. d them to force
the Russians from their defences. The
German objective was evidently to de
stroy the Russian army as a force in
being and thus set free their troops for
action elsewhere, but. as In the case of
many other plans arranged by the Ger
man staff during this war. there baa
been a signal failure to carry out ths
original Intentlona.
"In the history of till" war few epi
sodes Stand out more prominently, more
creditably, than the maetorl) manner in
which the Ru lan forces, distributed
along a line of 760 miles, have been
handled while facing violent assaults
from an enemy greatly superior In
numbers, especially of guns and muni
tions. The success of this great rear
guard action has been rendered possible
by the really splendid flgl.lllig qualities
of the Russian soldk r. who in every
case where actual conflict has taken
place has shown himself infinitely super
ior to Ills adversary. These lighting
SUallties of the Russian army enabled
her able Generals and com pe lent stall
to carry out the Immensely difficult
ops rat Ion of retirement of the whole
line over some inn to 300 miles without
allowing the snotny to break through at
any point or by surrounding their forogs
to bring about a tactical position
which might have involved surrender
SETTLEMENT IN TWO
WEEKS-BERNSTORFF
roiiliBnrrf from firm PagS
at the Berlin Foreign office. This was
decided on at the request of the Ger
man Ambassador, who desired that the
facts In the Arahi. case as understood
by the United State, be prcgantod to bis
Government through Mr Gerard as well
as through him.
Mr. Lansing willingly agreed to this
aa a measure supplementing the efforts
which Ambassador von Hernstorff Is to
make. It Is the hop- here that after re
viewing thiH evidence the German Gov
ernment will be prepared to agree that
the submarine commander erred and to
admit liability for his mistake. The
German Government's position, aa set
forth In the Arabic note, was based on
only one side of the case, that presented
by the submarine ommander. The evi
dence gathered hy the Tnlted States
represents both sides of the case.
"BERNSTORFF ERRED."
lemencean lays Aiulmsendor
Flnda IT, lun'l Be Frlghlened.
Special Cash Pessales IS Tin ii .
1'aris Sept. IV M. I'lemenceau, in
sn editorial In L'Hommt Kntliatnr. com
ments on the statement of Ambassador
von BeniHtorff's views published In Thk
BVSNINO gUet. He says:
"The diplomatist seems somewhat ex
peditious in the business. He naturally
denied the statement as soon as pub
lished Moves of this sort are always
double faced. They are denied, but it
is always expected that something will
remain of the threat-. .
"It was a serious mistake in the i
present case. The Americans cannot
bg driven by fear."
GERMAN LAUDS WILSON.
Berlin Taper laSSOS Mine for Hes
perian Disaster.
........ via Amsterdam. Sept. 18. 1
Supplementing yssteroay s "... ,
yesterday s omcioi mr
elalmer by the Korelgn OfflOS of respon
sibility for the Sinking of the Hesperian
the smil-ornciai uverseas .enn
nve out the following to-day:
"If as is said by S London nSwSpSPSr.
one mstnbor of the Hesperian's crew
pretends to have seen a Herman sub
marine, this mean nothing, aa the ex
plosion occurred alniut 8 :4B I'. Mm
When It was dark, Moreover. It Ins In-
variably boon the mse rooontly that
gflOn "ti explosion his DSSn shown to
hSVS been due to a mine several so
called sysarllnoesos prstsndod lo have
seen the periscope of a SUbmgflllS."
"Hrlt 1 1 11 111111.1 give up Us hopes of
serious differed. SI between Hcrinany
Hint the I'nlted States." In the opinion
of the newipaper fcrnirinni, which
prints to-day an editorial article highly
laud.itory of President Wlleon. It con
tinues :
"The President's cool self-posseaslon
Is now justified. Ths Ornish tissue of
lies is at last torn to piece?-, and If
anything rosjialns of ins sntlro qusstlon
of nsponslblllty for the mlsfoi-luue. It
probably will rest immediately, as we
suspected, on one of llrilalu's MP client
anchored mlnea."
The paper believes the Herman note
More Men Have Been
French's Army.
of a considerable portion of Elugglnn
a i in .
"Thus we see IIH Russian army re
maining to-day Intact as a fighting
force. It doubtless has lUffsfSd BSVSrsI
from Ihe hard fighting to which It has
been subjected (luring recent months,
but the German forces also have had to
pay a heavy toll for their advance Into
Russia, and who will venture to say until
the present grips are relaxed which ar
mies suffered more?
"As regards the net result, all that
Hie UJormani can plact to their credit
.s that at an enormous sa-rlllee the)
have captured -ertnlii fortresses Bill
our i t cent experience shows that the
ist fortifications, and practical!) the
only ones that can effectively resist I be
new machlner) of war, are those which
can be quickly dug deep In the soil.
Such trenches to-day firm better de
fences than the carefully fortified plae-w
of which the engineers until laielv wciu
so proud
"The Russian army, far from fslllnl
out of the tlgiting lists, as Germany
fondly hoped, la still a powerful and un
defeated unit, and the determination and
confidence of the troop., fortillod by the
increasing upply of munitions, have
risen In propoitlun to the strain imposed
upon I hem.
"To sum up. we may fairly pay that
while the Germans have prevailed hy
sheer weight of guns and at ImmtgKO
COtl to themselves ill forcing back the
Russian front, nothing 'mt barren terrl
t ) and SV SOUS ted fortresses have been
gained. Thus their Stratag) Hal clsarl)
failed, and the victories I hey l.i.n may
only prove, as military history has so
often demonstrated, to lie defeats in dis
guise. Tneks Disorganised.
"The Italian army lias OOCU pled
StratSgteal pot tlona of primary log.
portance.
on the rjaltlpoii Peninsula the
I 'tench troops are promt ROOt. The
lighting there has recently been qul t
and the soldiers are g. uiiik a much
needed rest There Is evidence tint the
derma na are leading the Turks on and
that the Turklxh army is thoroiighlv
demoralized For s vty miles the Valley
of the Kuphrates nnd the territory con
luiioua to the Persian Gulf has been
cleared of Turks."
lord Kitchener touched significantly
on conscription In the better part of his
speech. The new national registration
act, he stud, will shortlv give i be Oov
ernment possession of Important figures
"I'pon this basis.' Ixrd Kltchonor
said, "the Government can determine
Ihe nunitMra available for army service
after filling the quota of the munition
works."
"The problem of how to secure an
adequate supply of men Is now engaging
the Government's close attentcei. added
the war lord. "It will. 1 hope, soon re
celve a practical solution "
I'aiwure of the lirette hills and the
strongly fortified villages north of At
raa wwm of gnvat taottoal Importance,
lxrd Kitchener said, because It paved
the way for future offensive Operations
by the Allies.
"The French trenches now constitute,
a network of almost Impregnable forti
fications." he said.
"Huring my visit to the French front,
at Ihe invitation of Gen Joffre. 1 was
profoundly Impressed with the high state
of efficiency and morale exblliited by
the Freiicn iinnv." added the war secre
tary. "The Russian army Is still a
powerful, undefeated unit,'' he went on.
"The determination and confidence of
the ('zar's troops, fortified by increasing
supplies of ammunition, have risen In
proportion to Ihe strain Imposed u;on
them."
concerning the Hosporlan's sinking
clears the way for a llnal settlement
of the whole submarine controversy.
BERLIN DEPLORES PLOTS.
falls tK-ltntlon to Do Stray Mar
Fartorles "Stupid."
Npfttil i'at,je tmptitrh to Thk Srs.
UONPOK, Sept U A German official
despatch, received here from Berlin by
wireless and forwarded to the German
Bmbaasy in the United States, addressed
at New York, says :
"Recently (Herman newspapers have
arrived in the I'ulted States contain
mg a pamphlet advising readers to de
stroy American ammunition factories.
Such a practice Is officially designated
as stupid and dangerous. It la evident
that hotheaded private cltlsenn, who
have been misled, have tried to agitate
In thla manner hy Inserting the painph
lete. No newnpaper office Is responsible.
"It is practically certain that the Hea
perian was not torpisloed by a subma
rine. No German submarine waa near
at the time and the allegation that one
of the crew saw a submarine la of no
significance. The explosion occurred In
the dark."
VOYAGE PROTRACTED BY WAR.
Imrrlran Uhlp tlnrh llelnyrd h
lirrman and Hrlllsh Holdups.
Tlie American steamship Portland re
turned yesterdav from a round trip to
Europe that Oas jrrolonged to noarl
five months be, . mse of Krigllah and Her
man naval holdups. She sailed in Apr 1
from San Pranclsco for Stockholm wil'i
barley, be. ins and dried fruit, protected
as ('apt. ltei-s believed, l) a British eon
suiar oortMloats, This did not prevent
her from being ssooftod into Kirkwall
by the converted cruiser M.tnton.
The Portland was ordered to Itlvth
and thirty tons of dried prunes were dlS
charged, but she was held up two weeks
She was stopped Inter b) .1 Herman eiih
rn-irine. wnicn alter examining nor p. -tiers
allowed her to go on. 1 iff Hglslng
hurt; she was halted by a Herman tor
pedo boat, hut permitted to put Into
Nolslngttorgi where she discharged a
pan of her carao. taking the rest to
Stockholm.
At atUtidOVall ShS loaded wood pulp
and Nailed with It for England. The
Herman torpedo boat H-lIM tik her
Into grwlrssmunde, holding her seven
daya. other torpedo boats also delayed
her trip. Finally she got to Bn ghtnd,
and sailed thence for New York on
August 41 with a cargo of chalk.
EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
KPTHMBBR ifi.
The battle of the AISHS continues.
With 'ths Hermans on the offensive,
but falling to break the allied lines.
The Russians advance toward Pros
iii el Two Austrian armies are re
ported to have lost 40 per cent, of
their numbers.
President Wilson says the I'nlted
States will not iniss Judgment on the
protests of belligerents, which should
he taken to The Hague.
London 1 fearing Zeppelin raids, or
ders the rSSi riot Ion of street lighting
CrOWdi In Home make drmonatra
tion in favor of Allies.
THE SUN, THURSDAY,
i GERMANS HAMMER
FRENCH BRIDGEHEAD
Artillery OnilMfrhl Aimed it
Forcing Pofltlon " Msno-
M ii rn e ('until.
GREAT DUEL IS ST1LI- OX
Sprefsl Cgkal PfsSgfrA to Tiir i
Paris. Sept. la From the War office
' statement to-nlght It Is evident that the
Germane arc concentrating, Ihelr energy
j upon thg effort to pierce the French lines
ion the tenv-.iii-H.ic-l..i MgUVlllS font.
ndMVOrlng SarttCUhlrl) 10 drive the
I'M n. ii from baplgntul bridgehead,
tround Arras and In ths Keys region
the big guns of both ainiies ate engaged
In violent duels, thus far without sub
SI intlal result to either side.
V . ingh; communique Issued hy the
French War Offlre was as follows:
North and south of Arras, as well
as In the region of Ruye. artillery SO"
, tivnv continue! wllh Increased In
! tensity.
on the platinu of guennevleres
righting is marked b the throwing or
boiiih- and gienadea
on the Canal from the Alsne to tlie
Marnc the activity of both the French
. and German artillery has been con
centrated upon the front Itcrry-au-l.a.
-l.a N'euvilli. Whtre the enemy
has been trying for several , days to
dislodge as from OUl positions on the
'ridge head of gaplgneUl.
In the Champa grte there ha been
i an artillery baitlo whi.h dlmlnlshod
In Intensity lOWard IhS end of the ilav
on the lielxhts of the Meuse our
cbsarvars recorded the destruction of
an enemy haitery.
In the forest ol Apremont, In l.e
Pre! rS Wood, and in the region of St.
Die artillery engagements are In
progress, the advantage lielng on our
side.
In the afternoon Ihe War oflVe Issued
the following communique;
In the Art Ola dbHrlcti In the sectors
of MSUVllle and BrOtoncOUrt, there has
be ri fighting witii hand grenades ac
companied by some artillery ex-
changes. Yesterday then weie aJgJQ
engage menti with iomUs in the view
It) of LtsonS, la the west of ChaUltlOS,
and In the forasl of si Hard, to tne
east of Tra v-le-Val
Tiiere has been also fairly spirited
eg inonadlng to the i irta of ihe OagJsp
! de Chalons, and fighting with mines is
tnkl ig place In the Western part of
the Argonne.
The tight passed Without Incident
on the ramalndei of nie irutiL
BRITISH AIRMEN B US Y.
BrinK Bonn :t Bersaaas aad Make
-t tiahls, t.en French He ports.
IgSrlgl 'nl.lr I'rnt'l, to Tim Sis.
LoNPON, gept I T n official I'reas
I Bureau unlghl siv. udt the following
repo't from Field Marshal Si' John
French. mmsnder In chief of the Brit
ish forces on the western front:
sin. e my last communique of sep-
tenrber I theie has b en r.o cii.ir.ge in
the situation on our front There has
been considerable aitdiery activity on
I iioth sides, particularly sotifhoaot of
Armetitieres and in the neighborhood
of Ypres
Thie. hostile aeroplanes havi ivm
brought down during the past four
I (lavs. Two were 1,1; by our aliti-alr.
, 0 aft guns and fell l to the German
lines: the third vias a. ut down by one
of our air pilots and fell Into the lines
The machine was slightly damaged,
the pilot and th- observer were killed.
I luring the last week there were
twenty-one air nln over the lie-man
lines In eleven cast s the hostile
aeroplane was drlvei to the ground.
I On September in our artillery, as
sisted by ssroplans direction, lmt-
i baided two German observation lial
'.oone located i .ist of Ypt s. one lal-
1 loon burst, the Second was deflated
i and removed.
Mining activity continued with un-
ImpOrtant roSUltl to either side.
ACTIVITY IN( UREASES.
Hia linn Daels tssgowl Mom
gerlss Frontier.
Bassl, Sept ic Unoaual activity is
displayed hy the Prsnch and Her
man armies near the Swiss frontier.
Artlllsr) duels are increasing In vigor,
and heavy reenfori ements ar. arriving
Civilians are being moved from the
French and Qerman border towns and
villages.
MANY U BOATS DESTROYED.
London Writer Sara firrmaa
Losses re Irretrievable.
London, Sept IB. A writer In the
oil.v .Vcu-s says the losses of Herman
submarines have been "more than for
midable, they are Irretrlvalde." He adds
that the wake which they leave behind
Is responsible for these losses Thla
wake 1 1 a peculiar trail, marked by air
bubbh s. which seamen soon learn to
recognise, although it is hard to follow
in rough water Twenty-three hundred
trawler- ami other craft are now patrol
ling the waters about the Itiitish Isles
looking for submarines.
The writer tolls of watching three
destroyers steaming at half speed, two
alneaM and one behind
"Suddenly," he says, "the rear de
stroyer spurted forward and gathered
spaed, Foam dashing over her hows.
wdillc tin- othl rs IgsaggOd and guni
cackled. Soon ihe firing ceased and
the dei 'rovers steamed on as before.
When the next fide came In the water
was coal nl with oil."
FRANCE READY FOR U BOATS.
Mm He enforce Naval 1'iirrra In
lla nf III-. 11,.
I'ahis Sept IS, Ths SOtlvlty of Her
man SUbmarlnsSi particularly at the
mouths of the Ulronde and the I,olre,
WtllCh has r. suited In the sinking of sev
eral French vessels during tlie last few
days, lias prompted the Ministry of
Marine lo Issue an official statement as
suring that the Kreiieh naiy will deal
with th.- Herman sulimerslhles and thai
there Is no cause for alarm.
"All necessary precaution- were taken
Long ago against the aggressions of Her-
' man suhmarlues. says the statement.
I "Toe present naval force near the
I mouths of the Ulronde and the I, ..Ire
will be roonfOfced, If necessary, but the
measures taken In the Nngllsh Chsnnsl
nre ho efficacious that they may bo ex
pected to be sutticicnt and only occa
sional Isolated llggresslons nre possible."
XltftVPsTlgg Schooner Sunk.
3NPOK, gspt. 1 1, -- Iteuler's isirre.
Kpondent at Cottonhagon reports the
sinking by a Herman .submarine nf the
motor schooner Norte of 1 'hrlstlauia.
near The Nazei In the North Sea off
the Norwegian coast He adds thai the
crew was saved.
Nstisen I'rgri Norway lo vein.
gg&lif, via Amstenlain, Sept. 15.
The Overseas News Agency to-day an
nounced the following! "In. Krldjof
NstlSon, the Norwegian explorer, has
published a book advoiatlug that Nor
way before it la too late arm herself
.strongly for defensive purposes"
SEPTEMBER 16, 1915.
BIG ARMY IS HURLED
AGAINST ITALIANS
A list rin ns. Heavily ReenfolTCd
From Kiist, Motrin Privo to
SftMii Invasion.
FIRST KFFORT FAILS
"prrmi CtbH hrtpotcl. Is Tiir Si s.
HOWS, Sept. la - Kvldence that Aus
iria hgg reduced ths numerical strength
of her armies In llussia probably ot
the forces In Galbla, where the Rus
sians are now gaining and sent heavy
rosn force men! s to aid the troops try
ing in stem the Italian Division la
given In the official Italian remrt lssiie.1
to-nlght. Which l.ii a that the Alls
trlans are receiving "considerable res
enforcements" and have endeavored to
assume the offensive nt several points
of Ihe front.
The offctgl statement given out by
the War offiep was as follows:
The snonty'i who is receiving con
slderable reenfori ements. endeivored
to exercise pressure on several points
along our lines through infantry at
tacks, accompanied by viotont bom
bardmsnta His efforts were vain,
however.
Some such attacks occurred in the
Pnpciia Valley and along the crOSt
of the ("arriii Alps, from the upper
liegario 'alle.v to t'hiarso
The etiemv 's aeroplanes made an
incursion Into the Toln.eito, I'lejio
and I'aporetto valleys Our recon
noitring aeroplanes attacked and
pursued them over the CarSJO platSSU,
bomba riling the enemy's encamt
ments at rfabfOSlnS and Komen.
ITALIANS REPULSED.
tnetrlnn Take Position South
east nf the f.renshera.
spmni CabU DssgnicA to Tll ges
Vir.NNA. via Amsterdam. Sept IB -The
following Official statement regard
ing the operations in the Italian theatre
was issued here to-night :
In Tyrol there were the usual artil
lery duels Baal "f Looinut Pass we
attacked and captured enemy positions
on the Flndenlg Kofel ridge, southeast
of the Grenxherg
In the coastal districts Italian artil
lery Vlolentl) bombarded our posltlohl
from Javor.ek to the bridgehead of Tol
mlno. Attacks on Javorcek and UfOtC
collapsed, Attempts of the enemy to ap
proai h I loberdo failed
KAISER BY WIRE LAUDS
VICTORIOUS GENERALS
Becapltulate. Their Sueeeiaei
in Long Telegrwiii f
Congrttnlatloiia
fgeaisl roe raise agaaca n. Tin gt
London Bept .. The lgoloasoifor
prints a series of telegrams sent hy the
Kaiser to his generals In the Held Ttw
following message was addressed to Hen.
von Hearings! , . .
"A vr.ir ago miir Excellency led the
Heventh ann. after the victory at
Muelhauaen, which llberatel t'pper Al
sace from the enem. a. ross the Vosges
to a glorious battle in lyurraine. Soon
afterward your troops arretted on the
heights of Craonns the SdVanoS of su
perior enem forces
"Since that day, during long months,
the enemy has been unable to force back
Ihe army one step It has advanced
wherever posslbtllt) offered. Thus you
and your brave men fully share our eie
OOSaOS in the east by your loyal PST
severance. "As an outward s.g.i of my gratitude
for such performs ncea I confer uimih you
the Hnler 'i'our le Wsrlte.' "
To Hen von St rants the Kaiser
wired :
"immovable and firm for almost a
year, your Bxooliency'a troops arestand
Ing on guard between the Meuse and
the Moselle. No matter how often the
enemy tries to shake them, he never
sucoeoded Wherever your troops went
lo battle they gathered fresh laurels
"The history of the fighting between
the Mouse and the Moosllo will fOTOVOf
be a COnSplCUOUS page of glOT) In the
hlstor) of this war. '
In a telegram to Hen von Falken-
hauson, the Kaissr especially praises
the 1 a refill leadership, conscious of Us
aim. whereby the army was able to
protoct the frontier of Herman Lorraine
and lower Alsace.
A Similar telegram was sent by the
Kaiser to Hen. tiaede A telegram to
i Jen. von Kaheck said :
"To-day is the anniversary of the vic
torious march of the First army through
Helgluro. which. Irresistibly pushing
forward, defeated the north wing of our
enemies in Initios near Minis le Catoau
and on the furcj These bold deeds,
which bear witness to the sjiirlt of the
leaders and to the dash of the troops,
the fatherland, even in the remotest
times, will never forget.
"Since then the army had the ardu
ous task of maintaining its gains, ite-
fore its bulwark all enemy attacks haVS
been shatter Sdi Trusting to the Iron
wall in the west, my armies in the east
were able to undertake a blow far into
Ihe heart of Hil-sla "
BIG AIR DEFENCE FOR LONDON,
Mr, Balfour Tells
1 Ice Is of tires I
liimmiiRi Ser
IHmenslons. I... Ni.oN, Sepi , Arthur j. Bat four,
Pint Irfird of the Admiralty, said In the
House of 1 'ominous to-day that while
the provisions against air raids which
Had been considered sufficient at the be
ginning of the war had been Insufficient
these were now being supplemented
rapidly ami that the naval tiit service
is now of great dimensions,
"I cannot say," he continued, "that
there will he a discontinuance of the at
tacks on Uondoni bUl no one will sug
gest that such methods of tsrrorlaim are
in the slightest degree going to shake
the resolution of the itritish people."
Mr. Balfour pointed to th,- appoint
ment of Admiral Sir Percy Scott to
command the defen es of 1,011. Inn against
air raids as the best assurance that such
protection was receiving the careful at
tention of the Hovernment.
eVOgteOVJ lefends Air Halde.
ukri.in, via Amsterdam, Bapt, is.
Loudon Is a fortreae and the civil popu
lation has "no business there." In the
opinion of Coital Brnst von Revontlow,
the naval expert of the 7 .: IIUMg,
who sas Admiral Sir Perry Scott, the
now commander of the anti-aircraft gun
nery f tile llrillah capltSi, should rS
move all civilians. Count Reventlow In
replying lo British criticism of the Her
man air raids over London Bays tile
ilrlttsh Hovernment is "showing disdain
ful disregard of ih" principles of human
ill. uivUlgatlon ami international law"
by its failure to evacuate the "fortress
of liondon."
1 imii 10 Dlstrlkote siews,
IgeriSi ''nbtf ttrpot to TllK Si
UuhpoNi Sept. 15 - it is reported Ihsl
ihe 1 lovern mem has sstahlighed in In
formation bureau under ths control of
Charles Frederick l, Masteiinan for
the dissemination of news articles for
Journals and other Information.
Standard tike
Gold or Silver
' The World s Best Table Water V
From the fcmous White
Rock Mineral Springs.
WAUKESHA.WIS.USA
owct ioos.oads.syN r
SAYS HE REPUDIATED
DUMBA'S ACTIVITIES
(iczii n. Berkn Denlei His
per Whs I nfliii'iicril by
AmtfiM Airents.
I'll-
a categorical denial of the rhargs
mad- hy the Detroit hrrr irs and
quoted rastsrday in tpi si s. that tite
Amfribui stoggwr IV epssot'O a paper for
11st ro-llungat lans, puhii'-l. d at 17K
Second avenue, egj being influenced In
its policies by age. its of the Austrian
Hovernment, was mule yesterday by Its
editor, fleas l fdeiko Mi- Herko si Id
no AUStrkUl agent" had ever btOtl to see
him. and aesertiil that he ad repudi
ated Dr, Dumba'l unneutral activities
as noon as he had heard of IhOTAi TSS
teri.iy he simlo of the AiKro-llun-
giir'an Ajnbaaaador'i msthodi as "gro
cer's diplomacy."
"I wish to refute this oharg.- against
me with all possible emphasis,'' he said.
It WOUal lie a groat CTimS to call out
Hungarians iti our shrapnel factories
I'urtherniore, I don't believe it could be
dons if my name is used in this con -
flection In any of tlx iloeumcnie found
on Archibald, l'r Humha's ixurier, I
will sue Dr. Iiumha or the Auetni-llun-
garian Kmtass'
"I Wtafj also to r.-fute .-harge agnlnst
nie tha I have bSOfl Involved In an
passn dea'.s. Boon nfter the war
broke out I. as an Ameri.in cltlaen. ob
1 a i lit" I a passport and pretmred to go to
Budap el lo correspond for my paper.
Just before the time I bad set for leav
ing my passport disappeared. A few
days later I got an rs-eiin message from
one of my closest friends, w-ho said that
be wanted to Join the army, and. un lor
stress of nev-essity, Imd taken m wss
mrt "
Mr 'rko said that he knew Martin
DiOnes. otherwise known as William
Warm, of tils West IMth s.reet. wtio.
the Detroit h'rrr I'rrn state-, w.ts the
nuthor of the strike plans seised from
Archibald. It was said at the alioie
address that Mr. Warm had not been
Been at Ids home for about two weeks
Mr Herko said he spoke with Mr. Warm
over Uie telephone last Saturday and
that h believed he WSJ In New Vork.
Mr Herko said he asked Mr Warm
point blank ir he drafted t he tnke plans
found 0:1 Archibald, but added thai Mr
Warm evaded his question and gave no
direct answer It v.i. Imp aslble yes
terday to learn Mr. Warm s wrier. -ahoiits
In an editorial publish. d this morn
ing In Mr Herko'. paper, he advises all
Au-tro-Hunrai ian workers In munitions
factories not to leave their Jobs under
SJiy om 11mstan.es unless the. .ire cer
tain of other Jo'is. II,- also assures them
that rhe mother country probably win
not attempt to punish them, even if they
do keep at then work.
PROBE "LEAK" AT LENOX.
Srrrrt
ierv la
Loss
- Men to 1 n 1 est lajate
of lessaires.
I.SNox. Mass. Sept 15 -Secret service'
orflcers from Washington will arrive here
to-morrow to begin an Investigation of
ihe "leak" at he office of the telegraph
company of which count von Bernatorff
has made official complaint to Secretary
of state Lansing, it , believed that
other meseaces sent I from the
Austro-Hungarian Embassy have been
stolen.
Mine Dumbg, who had been paying
farewell calls on Lenox residents during
ihe last few dais, started this, afternoon
for New York She was ariompanied
by Prince Alfred zu Hohenlohe, an em-1
l.assy attache. Mme Diimha will so
lo Washington to-morrow. She will not
return to Lenox
Nothing was given out at the em
bassy to-day on Die reply of the Austro
Hungarlan Foreign Mlnlerter to Dr.
Durnba's request that he ho recalled on
leave of absence for personal report.
It Is certain, however, that Huron Zwel
illnek will become Charge d'Affalres.
He Is not without experience In this
country as hs was t'liarge d'Affalres
in the interim between Baron Hengel
mullsr'a return to Austria and Dr.
Dumba'S arrival as Ambassador.
SAYS GREECE BROKE FAITH.
j Prof, liar nf Hrlriif I harars Al
lies' Plana Were llrlrnyed,
f'HICAOO, Sept II,. The assertion that
, Hreece revealed to the Turks the sscrsl
plans of the Allies for the I lardanelles at
tick and that she withdrew at ths elsVSnth
hour her promise to furnish (00,000 men
was made here to-da) by Prof. Royal
C, Ague, for three years teacher of
science in ihe Syrian Protestant college
at Beirut,
Prof, Agnc sais e has authentic In
formation to the effect that Hreece at
the last moment heeded Qermany, break
ing faith wiih iDngland, "Ureal Britain
had not reckoned with the subtler pow
ers of Herman diplomacy," he added,
"If Hreece had kept her pledge Con
stantinople would have fallen a i',.w
weeks after the Dardanelles operations
began."
Hilton Opposes 1 nnscrlpllon.
j taOMOON, Sept. II, John Dillon, Na-
. ttonallst Member of Parliament, de
I no u need conecrlptlon in tin- Houee of
Commons to-day, saying it would be
madness to try the experiment l.eo
H, 1'. Money and Josiah C. VVedgeWOOd,
: l.lberols, urgoil the Hovernment to draw
. up a scheme for conscription.
Honors Bersaaa u hn KHini
Prguud,
'idi.ii vabh iiesasfrl t" Tut siv.
( A mstkiii. 1 M . vlS laOtldon, Seid. is, -'
A Merlin despatch says that the Iron
. cross of the first class has beep con-
1 forred b ti" Kaiser ui"n the Herman
I aviator a-ho lulled tin- Prench airman
IVgoud The aviator's name Is said
to he Ksudulskl.
IIS' Hrlllsh Losses
. 1 1
tpeelsi
ii.it Oaassiet fi Tas si v
IsiNMN, Srpt. IS To-day's official
casualty llsi oovsring ell British rnuiis
I gives the number of officers ,ti c,
of whom Hi ivsre killed, and thai
of men al 1,111, of whom g were
Ikilleil This hriugs to-day a total oae
iuallles to eVMIi of wlaim t were killed.
TO CARRY DEFENCE
WORK TO THE POLLS
American Society ('nrc-l to
Snpport Only Congressmen
Plerljrctl to Prcpnrcdness.
A campaign for a better national de
1 fence was Inaugurated In earnest at the
I Hotel Astor last nlcht when the Ameri
can DOretlOS Society perrected the or
ganization of Its committee of ion
Magistrate .loseph B, V. I'nrrlgnn. Who
: presided, made an address In which he
said that the question of rintloii.il de
fence Is no longer one of politics or
parly. He declared that only those can-
1 dldates should he elected ns Representa
tives In f'ongress thla fall who are pre
pared to pl.-d ire that they will vole and
j work for an adequate defence plan
'The contrasting situation of Helglum
and Switzerland one unprepared and
the other armed and ready," he said, "is
j sufficient argument In favor of prepara
tion." "The gentle lovers of peace." he con
1 tlnued. "fear that the possession of an
! i.tYn..! U-., r..t-..o -lll l, mJ 0.IS -
tlve to aggression
It is no more sensible
to say that because we have
' we will go to war than It I
an army
sensible
! to say that because you have Installed
la modern system of fire prevention In
your building you are going to set the
building afire to see how It works." I
The members of the loiumitlee of inn
l.,l,l ,. 1. e... 1. 1 o
. I . . . M . , - 111.- ... , .I'll. , ,, . .- Ft.. , . I
" ram. Austin It. Fletcher. 1 '. Irani l.a
L.,,1.1. ,1 xt r, , 1 1 it 'e 11.. 1
Robert Appleton, Sidney W. Fish. Charles
B, F. Mii'atin, Frederick T. Felingliu
sen. Daniel Frohman, Allen W. Kvarts,
I'onn Harber. Bradley Martlri. I,. K.
Mahnn. Howard 'an Sinderen. Stuan D.
Prsston, Heorge Lloyd Vlngut, Henry
Keiiterdahi, Bdwin Arden. Russell Dou
bled ay, James H. Ilyslop, Dr. P. M.
Hutterfleld. LawrsncS n. White, rhan
ning PollOCki '. Ward ('rampton, Law -reins?
s Hutler, Henry '. Qulnby, Ie
de Forest, Hi. hard Henry Hailing. Saul
( as IbiKWf, Heverl
) ev Davis,' Kdson
rtham. '
j
V It. Kobinson. Dud-
Hradley, II
'asimlr
"TOO EARLY FOR PEACE TALK."
DotOh Woman Who Tonred Wllh
.lase (ililama lOOS President.
WaUUNOTON, Sept. 15 Dr. Aletta H
Jacobs of Amsterdam told President
Wilson to-day that She does not be
lieve the time opportune for Initiating
a movement to bring about peace In
Europe She was a delegat to the
International Women's Peace l 'onf er
ence, Which assembled at The Hague
a few months ago to consider measures
to restore peace
Dr. Jacobs explained the plan of the
movement to bring about peace through
the concerted action of tho I'nlted States
atid other neutral nations, She inti
mated that when the time Is considered
more opportune the organization will
urge the neutral nations to unite In sub
mitting proposals to the belligerents.
Dr. Jacobs travelled through Kurope
with Miss Jane Addams.
NO USE FOR SECURITY LEAGUE.
orlh Carolina Ciovernnr aa Wil
son III o I.. 10 no Heals Force,
RAUnON, N C, Sept. 1 '
wrote to-day to Joseph H
ns president of the Natl
league had asked the Ho
point twenty Carollnans a.
Hnv. t'ra's
Choats, who
nal Security
rnor to gp
members the league, that the
sitry and miy tend
country a spirit of
burden our peopls
league "is unnsces-
ti engender In this
militarism that will
rlth tremendous ex
pense for war equipment and create a
greater desire for war than peace."
"I have great reepis-t f.r vour organi
sation," Hov. Craig save, "hut the Pr.si
dent has had the proper conception of
this situation. The spirit or righteous
ness and Just consideration for all na
tions has Isen the diplomacy that has
won magnificently, it has given tins
country a higher standing than she
would have had If her policy had been
one of arb.trary dictation, hacked bj
force."
FORD TALKS WITH GEN. MILES.
Secretary Dsniris lavltes Detroit
Man to I 'inference.
DSTBOIT, Sept. It Wit.Un the last
twenty-four hours Henn Kord has had
confersnoss with Hen Nelson A. Miles
and William .1. Bryan. Mr. rord had a
brief talk with Hen. Miles to-day.
Mr. Hryan wired Mr Kord from Chi
eagvi esklng for a short meeting, which
waa held last evening. Beyond the
far-t that their talk was along the lines
of a world's peace Mr. KVnxl uWllned
to divulge.
"I am still determined
my efforts to bring about
am still opposed to in in.
army anil navy," said Mr.
"If Kelglum had not Im-n
to oontlnue
wn and 1
pease in our
Ford to-dav.
prepared for
had her noes
war she would not have
punched."
Bee rotary Daniels has Invited Mr
Kord to Washington for a conferon.
next woek.
FRENCH IMPORT U. S. COAL.
. 1 1 o o , 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tons Ordered for He
llery at gin a Ton.
Pasts, gept 15 Oonslderable amounts
of American "oai are marketed in
t Prance, Where it may now le delivered
at a fair profit, An order of 1,000, 1
I tons has Juat lieen placed by one oom
pony at prices which will land It ulti-
i mutely In I'nrls. including all Carrying
charges, at atmut fl francs iSISl a ton.
Hetail tirkes now range between lan
' and 120 frnncs
LOOKS INTO BRITISH TRADE.
. S. Wool- in knini
Inn Hermnn
nfASHINOTON, Sopl I .'.
If Some t re
t too da.
The State De
upon Consul-
1 part mi nl to-. lay called
tlenore! Skinner at l-ndon for a state
I msM as to what goods, if any. are be
I mg permitted by the British to go for
! uard from Rotterdam under exceptions
I to the British orders in count II. pro-
hlbltlng the transportation of goods of
let-man origin.
The Itiqunv was sent to London be
cause the forelgvi trade advisers ot the
stat Department have been informed
hy business Interest In tills country
that some goods arc being allowed to
proceed from Rotterdam to destinations
111 tins ami other neutral countries Ir
j is desired that aii privileges granted
. b) the Hrltlsh In this ragpoot lie granted
10 all American Importers alike
ALLIES' WHEAT SHIP SINKS
BOOa to lion,,,,, In lathe Superior
With RIk I. rain 1 arao.
Tot gpo. Sept. 11, The steamer Onoko,
which sank yesterday 111 Lake Huperlor
under suspicious circumstances, had in
her hold un. nun bushels of wheal
route to Liverpool
The wheat was 10 have been shipped
to Newport New- fioiu a I , - point, an. 1,
gn elevator of ihi t'heaauealte and uhiu
I Railroad was buriied a Week ago. h -Istroyliig
l,ui.n,iUU bushels of wheat.
TO SEIZE ARCHIBALD
AS HE LEAVES SHIP
Arrrst DeclnVd Fpon, Tint An
thnritlvs Are Tn certain
on What Charpp.
HK PLANS TO FTflHT ( ASK
Washington, ftenf. IK. Following a
confereme between Attorney-Henersl
Hregory and District Attorney Marshall
of New Vork at the Department of Jus
tice to-day It beciimn practically certain
thai James Pi .1. Archibald, the Ameri
can OOtTSOPOndOfrt Involved In the
Duniba Incident, will be arrmted whon
he lands from the steamer Itotterdam at
New York on Friday.
Although no decision was reached as
to the charge which Is to be preferred
against Archibald, but little doubt exists
j In the minds of officials that he will be
1 held on eouie charge. If only a technical
one, pending a llnal decision by the De
partment as to the course to be taken.
Mr. Marshall wiis asked to study the
data 11.1 hull, I hesetna SmiRIRaIS ui.
I tsged offence so that he may formulate
; his opinion as to the charge which should
i i,o ,,1, hot, ti. 1 . f.i. , as.
lornoy left here this afternoon with the
intention of wiring the Attorney-tieneral
an opinion to-morrow. He will exercise
a large m assure of rssponsibllity in ds-
'" o.ii i-iei 01 1 oe i-nail
which is to be made against Archibald
when he Is arrested.
. ....... .... .1, -.-, n ui in,, norm or orn-
I clad of the Department of justice aa to
! the meaning of Section I of Rhantse 1
of the
1 en.ii 1 ode. w inch prescribed
pen. 1I1 y
for conductlni: .-oi resi.orjdpno.
with a
foreign Qovornmeni The tan-
gllage .
regsraeo as somewhat vague.
nriii mncuaia nave not i.een rully con
Vlnoed that It would be possible to estab
lish that Archibald had I.een guilty of
the offences dssciibed therein.
The most Important point in the Onv-
ernment s case would l.e the matter nf
ent
nt to be ascribed to the correspond -
It Is considered that it UoilLI he
1
necessary to prove that he had knowl
edge, in advance of the character of the
correspondence he undertook to trans
mit to Foreign Minister Hurian, in Vien
na, and thai In knowingly entered upon
s mission whli h contemplated the thwart
ing of the "measures of the United
State- Hovernment."
Officials were Interested in the dis
closures that Archibald already has ob
tained counsel In this country, Frank J
Hogan of Washington being one of
those ,o have been lured, and that he
will make a stubborn light to clear him
self. Archibald already lias Indicated
that he will base his defence upon the
contention that he was ignorant of the
character of the despatches he bore
from Ambassador Dumba. He asserted
In a statement glvi n to newspaper cor
respondents lii fore he reembarked to re
turn to the I'nlted States that he had
been deceived by Dr. I 'unilia and that he
thought that ihe messages he carried
were of a harmless character.
He pointed out that he had been In
tly habit of hearing packages nnd let
ters backward and forward hetween the
European capitals snd the United states
frequently, as a courtesy to frlsnds. He
has sent by Wireless to friends In this
ountry a statement of his defence, which
corresponds generally with the interview
he gave out before his sailing.
TO BARE ARCHIBALD LETTERS.
I Mai I la, h i Mg0r
n Dni'iimf nil
PMIIm4s
LeOrfDON, Sept. IV Th now fsUnoui
"Arrhll"a;t dOGUflMntfl' will m inAil
public here.
hop. Kdtio-t 'evil. Pari .imem..ry
I'rule-r Set: tar' tot PVvt -ten AtTairs,
totd t)it ii'tuiwe of Conimoni thin atfttr
HOOD IheU tht-r wan in re.,..-; uf puhltc
i n T-rt-t why all the U'ttrK from Ortnan
ant) Aut'tiO'Iluntrurlan E3ni OA My oltlnalo
In Va?hinrton t( tht-ir re-sa. tive- i lov
ernmttit whi-'h wre taken from Arehl
Uald thOUld BOl bi puhltMh!.
DU P0NTS INCREASE FORCE.
dd 10" Mori. . 1. to Com pl 011 gjS
plosive I mi Knetory.
PoalPTOst, N J , Sept IS. Additional
orders have ma le it nei essary for the
k 1 .in Pont de Nemours Powder Com
pany to add I mi Workmen to the fnree
employed 111 the metallic cap works
here 11 K Babbitt, manage- nf the
plant, aspects to take on another 10i
before .old weather.
A total nf about 2. Sin men Is now
employed In the Du Pont works, which
extend over eight square m'les through
Pompton, Haskell, Wayne and Moun
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