w,;- . ' heavy movement of men and wacon ^tfllna behind the line. These were > 'tnken to incicate a possible further ro ?t,tlrcment of the Ormans. IfEiniil.V It KI'Oll'l'* MOIIK uvicruiiiii( > i:\ Art ATioxsi* I Itv AKnoclMed 1'rvn* 1 BKRL.IN, Sopli'inlilr -1 (via Londoli). ?Gorman advance troops south of the Somme in the region , says the of ficial statement from army head quarters to-day. K.ssigny-le-Grand was evacuated North of St. cntin, it is added, a British attack failed. Considerable activity on the Flanders front is reported it. to-day's army head quarters fetatoneut. The text reads; ''East of Merckem. a Belgian partial attack was rcpui.ed. There has been lively rcconnoitering activity between the l,ys and iho Scarpe. During the repulse of British battalions. which thrust forward n< rih of l.a Bassee, we took fifty prisoners." von r.ti'KM.i: iti:iM?nTi;i> m t ? i:i:i>i:i> :n ni:n.\(Kn I H\ Associated I'rtim. I AMSTERDAM. September 21.?Re ports that Vice-Admiral Kduard von Capelle. German minister of the navy, has been retired .seem to be continued by telegrams from Berlin announcing that Admiral Behncke has been ap pointed to represent Admiral von Capelle. who is on leave. Commenting on the appointment, the Tageblatt. of Berlin, recalls that Ad miral Behncke. when deputy chief of the admircJtv staff, told the American naval attache at Berlin that, although the staff was convinced the employ- ' ment of U-boats would greatly in 'fluence the rapid conclusion of peace, t regard must be paid neutral ships and human life aboard all mercantile ves sels. whether under neutral or enemy nags. He is quoted as having s..id that the German admiralty staff did not wish to employ submarines in de fiance of international law. IIOMIIARDMKVI < \ I SKS "M iii'uim:. hit no panic?* I Hv Associated I'r. fi* ; OEKEVA. I- r;day. September 20.? "The bombardment of Met/. b> Ameri can heavy arttlbr> t anscd surprise, but no panic." sa>s the Mei/.er Zcituug. ? "The enemy mc:el\ copied the method of the German bombartiincius of l'aris. The paper adds that a few persons were killed and the damage was in- [ ? ignificant. it is learned from Basle, however, that the American bombardment of; Meiz caused an enormous sensation in ' German}. Many ot tin inhabitants | have left Metz. bat r.cutrals are pro hibited from departing. It is the nrst time since ISTu that Metz has been! under artillery lire. imiTlMI CAM A 1.1 il.> I'll It wul.iv v i.>. it l.i.vr i; ira.Tiiu ll?V AiSt'l laled I'M S3. I LONDON. sepicm ovr I'l.?British casualties repor...j uuring uu wee* enuing to-day loi:u? . ivuleu or iiie.i oi woiinus, oiiici-rs. 4>i; men, t noundta or n..rc.sis, oilinj.c ? . ? >. men, it.206. FRK.VCU TAKi : II A \ A \ |\ m. u( tn'ioiiA rio\> I LtV A.-sjl.i,t:?l lTe.-s. | I'ARIS, Sepicuiucr 21.? iit iheir drive tOI llie OUlllullKlug 04 Si. t^tieiliin W|| toe soutn. tne i-ieucu last mgi.i cap tured uit town (.-i x>an.iy ti?>ue progress north ot tha,. p.iys io uav s War oiiiic ai.uou..ceiiun ?U Casires, where .no rjt-ucn are omy si.rii.ii> more ihan iwo units l.oni ?^t. Queiiiin. a Cerui.tn couu.ei at hick ? .?s repuised. i he stauinent reads: i-'urlUo th*. nignt French troops op erating in the legion ot Si. yuenan captured Danny and inane prog.ess "orih of thai village. A counterattack by the enemy upon Castres w ???< re pulsed. There was activity by our own and the enemy's artillery in" the region of the plateau north of the Aisne 'In Lorraine two attempts by the Uerroans upon our po.-ts at Arracourt and AncerviUers tnortheast oi Lune vuie) were without result." The ollicial statement issued at the War OJtlcc Friday reads: 'Our progress east of Ksslgny |e Grand has been accentuated and pris oners have been taken. Artlller\ ac tivity has been maintained in the re gion of St. Wuentin and nortii of ihe (Aisne. The day was calm on the re.>i 'of the fr >at. "Kastern theater. September 1I<: In spite of the vigorous resistance ?.f the enemy rear guards the offensive be tween the Cerna and Vardar Divers continued to progre.-s. Allied eavalrv have reached the region ot l'ob.j.hko, Serbian forces have gained a foothold on the l.ft bank of the Cerna in the region of Dun ye. "The Serbians have succeeded in ac centuating tlvir progress in the direc tion of Konopoishta. whore thev have traversed particularly diflk-ult ground' on the range of hills between the Bel ash nithi H:\cr ..ml the Doshava. French and (JreeK fn the town of Kdzrna. "Because of dillicult communications' over the vast .riAt'nt of. grout).1 cov ered by the openflt -it is not nosslble vet Ir, estimate he number of prison-' ers taken, but it is known that S.OOi) prisoners and eighty cannon have been captured The offensive of the Greeks and F->r; t ish in the l.ak?> Dorian rerrion, ? ilch ha- been marked by furious bat tles. continues to progress V'iolon: counterattacks t\e t.ef-n trade in vain by Bulgarian for. . s." INSCRIPTION ? " v > m: hi i i-noim: to chi:vcii WITH Tin. AMKHU'AN A KM V ? ?N Till". J-' ".KAINK KKuNT, jjrt.tfrmV.i-: ?J! ?.?[ wi.it will l>e the dis position of ! ? ? fi jiravf-yard found J?.. i ? r-i,- ? ? S* M IrM. on the Vigntullcir road, and which; though f-1 OCiUr r" ??? ? ..in I and lion -r I >r ??.? ? ??? may t-a?Py Vif- con.<-ui< r< <1 i ? ? t ? t n ' that a'.i the t'Jrrmaii LTdVi'ii : t \ 'm sur moun'fi! h; . l:tt.r>r:-i' #? i* or pran Ite headstones bearing |> ominently the Iron Cross and >cisf.i'- inscrip tions .'nnrf rriir.c ' : ''r* f1''.-' h * of the lr.vr.rter?, T1 ??ro are some thirty gravs ir .? * 1 :t?.'5 ''a' n of them have w o o f 1 * n Th# roTn?Tf-ry is 'h - !:if' ?ostitis pia ^ e of : r e ? i > I >? r s ' T! ' eenth Royal P.ttVH? ti It f. rit'v K??iMmrnt. who w>'?- V 'lle.l dur i :: ? ipat:on of the Ft. Mihltl '? ? \> : ' BrUTI"-!! MOMTOIl y Akk ?riutfi1 * rr + i TENDON, Fcpleiiiber '.M.?A nr'.tlit'.i monitor was < <>::? olflC'-r nine teen m?':i w < re i:~<1, a: ? .1 flft.v?cv?n men arc rn ? g ^nd u.-rc?un;ed t?> have been killed. 1TAI.IA \?- II it KA f* I !' Al?'TltO-IIl \t. i i'HS l - v A-r . " n o m i: Sept* ;i * f *. * * * ut ^ made by Aus:r ? ? e terday to at'. ? ? i ?? > 0|>o freyu'snt <.f In *-. t> i< in?> . (Itllttl'.e story yet rwcclvrd i.n i :??? r ti.j i Ii!n4< ubti! ? iiim! Von Mackenaftn. 'If nnid. l??o In fonf>ulta.tlofi for crvtrRl w:d,> Ttip conqvu-ror <>t Kouii ?*? s'r. 1 r. r?-1>;./?? rul!ap;*i; of Kustia. I'u ]|tica.lly. a? well a.i 'militarily, h?* h;-.s b?en ?" r"*'l alu-oluie dU-iator ll?> rftpr^aents ih- old Pruniilan school. 'Ahlch holdk tliat the "oftonhlve is tlu best defend ?*." while llindcnburg has : DELIVERS BODY BLOW TO SULTAN'S FORCES General Allenby's Expeditionary Campaign Bound to Have Far-Reaching Effect Upon Turkey's Army, Which Numbers 200,000 Combative Troops. l.OXBON. ??eptomh< r "1 ?The, Turk- . isii Xablus Army, which suliciid a l>ody blow from Oeiu'i'al Sir i-.iiinund ! ; AlKfby'.s British e .\ pea it ionar.v tuuc I in iM.istiuo, coiuprisis tin- ilowor ot? i Sultan's armoil foicis. li i.s now c.s- j t.ib 1 ..slH'tl iho whole Turkish army num- ! : bcrs not more tliau "uu.uuti combative! troops. Allenby's now c,imp:iimi, which 1 is Mill in its initial stage. Is ^herel'ore I bound to have a far-roach ing effect ? upon Turkey, and an effect w uicii ob wrvrrs here believe must make itself felt in the political domain as well ; as in military respects. With every; succeeding Turkish reverse in the Held, the power of the young Turks becomes more precarious and the Young Turks gained their power mainly through the j promise to recon?iuer HgJ'Pt. In the Mohammedan world. Tur-j key's prestige, already seriously im- ! paired, is suffering anew. ISaeh new British victory spurs the Arabs' tie-j termination to free themselves from | the Ottoman yoke. It is significant i that Arab tribesmen took a material part in Allenby's success in the l:*st ; three days, cutting the Turkish lines at vital points. While Turkey is tlius bring made to feel once more the folly of her sub servience to a losing tnnster. Germany's other eastern oatspaw. Bulgaria, is learning a similar painful lesson If the Serbs and French can duplicate what they have done in the past week, they will carry the campaign into P.ul gari.i r.nd with n corresponding advance i>v t he allied right astriile the Vardar. the orient Itailway will once more be closely menaced, and this time ijer inan.v, pinned down on the western front cannot rlr- nil of sending troops to maintain that vital r ?? II of com inunicat ion with h ? eastern allies. __ - been looked upon as the advocate of purely defensive warfare In the west Since the collapse of the Maine "Fried- > oi:sturm," Mindenburg has gradually j regained the dominating iniluence. <;Kim \\s now tsiNt; m:\\ <;\* i*ho.iki'Toh WITH Till: AMKKX'AN A KM Y IN AIjSAOK. September L'l. ? The ticriiK'.iis arc shelling our Alsace front with g.is. using a new large projector ranging a quarter of a mile They threw i?.?????? shells over into our lines in two nights. , Three wounded prisoners captured' bv a couple <'f American cooks assert they believe the war will be over in four or six weeks. \t sthi.w ?!?:<;mi-:vr IN It t SSt \ M ! VI \ IKS fol'KMl A<;i:\. September -I. ? An Austrian regiment stationed :\t Kovno i in Western itussia) mutinied when ordered to the western front and hoist- I ed the red flag, according to a dispatch !? refused t.> co t i tJio west ern battle front. UIOT< ItKIMIHTK!) IN S \ I.'/.Ill lt(;. \ I S l it | \ XI' It I II. September 21?Hints hive bro .> ?. ut at Salzburg. ap tal of the V us* r>> - II u ngaria n crownland of Salz r1.*. arid seve-al nersons have been I- '.e.l and wounded. according to in fiirti' ??: ion re ? veil here to-day. The ? >| i of the Governor was invaded. l?e*'dinc h-'te'-' atil shop* were plund ered ..od stores were d"str">ved. There w?o an e?ic -'inter between the g^n ' -vii'i-- at 1 'he ti.>!.?>??? the fot **? fir i.,,. tf'O" 'V r'o'ers bll* 'he g jrr -oll was unable to restore order. \ 1.1.1 !-*!> N \\ VI. Si < < ON IIV ?\ V I? 1 N ? '.It w 'tm Tin.; ! i.iko army ov tiik ? I'CllA NV.KI. FKI'NT < via British w!re'e?si. September -1 ?A successful o'>"-.?tion bv the :i i \ l un;:s of the *?'!ie^ was carried out September It", on lb.- fiver IMv n:- This resulted in the s't'kinc of two ? no1, v ships, the cap *'ite n r three l- n- end the infliction of h. avy ! >>sos ':p --. th. riifitiy. <.|:il M A \ \ > Nl ITS I.ON IHIV IS NOT I'OltTIFlim ( 1T\ l.O.VpON. September 21 -The pre-j ten-e - ? continually pat forward at one time that the lielii'.air- only bombed I ondon be.-a-.ise it v\ .c a fortified place of great military importance has now' l-een abandon, d <"apta n 1. eutenaut Frelherr Tr. ,i'. li v>n !'? ;t tlar-Bt and fels writing in the Koelitlsche Volksi] Zeitung. d'-scr.b.-s :n detail an airship raid ovc-r I. iidon. ari l say.--. "The city of l.ondon is naturally our j chief object, because there :s th" A CHILD DOESN'T LAUGH Hi PliY IF. CONSTIPATED Look, Mother! Is tongue coated, breath feverish nml stomach sour J "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm tender stomach, liver, bowels. .a Inx.iiivt' to -nay saves a s i < k chlhl to-morrow ?."? ihlrei. sin.ply no'. '. * tlie tin.'- troin pi"; y to < nptv th'.-ir low.-is, whi'li t ? ?? tr ? r.'">i;ynl u|> witri wasw-. liv?r ? I u n . fclomat. ft SO I. I". I.O-.k at tl.o toni;ut- mot !:> ! !! It or your ? hiiil is 11>: !?->>. crush, feverish, bicath bail, r ...!n .< . !. Ki\<- a teaspponful o? 'California .Syi up ot KIrk," then don't worry, in cjit ib perfectly harmW:-*, ami in a itw l.out.v all tlil* . i( i?ansix K j?. < :;mtnrtt ih n<-fe.-sary It sho..M p. ti... treat n.^nt given In at . fifkrn mm Hewaie of counterfi-.t n.; : yrii[m Ask your .t Ki|t>." wnin j hae full direction*. for bnhiets, cIt11?Jr*-n ' of all aj?es ar.tl for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. I.ool- carefully and see that It if mart'- by tho "Cali fornia. Fig Hyiup Co'-3{ any."?A'lv. A new <5 reek army, painstakingly or Kitni/.ed atul thoroughly tia.ind since \ etiizelos iunk hold of <;recce's alVairs, is I >el n g savoil for the coup H'.nt'. \\ iu-ii Austria made her peace l>i?| a lv??k ago. tilings wore still siri'ist1 on the Near Kastein theaters of war. Had she waited n week she might have adopted an even more eonellfatory tone. That Austria acted in full concert with 'lerinany and the other central powers, all realizing that the Cerinan defeats in the "west represent the beginning of the und of Teuton military powei, has not been doubted for a moment. In Northern Kussia the sustained al lied successes have further contributed toward weakening oierinany's military and political prestige. There is no one here to-day who would dispute the doctrine which the "western school" has preached from the beginning of tin' war; that the conilict will lir linallv decided in Krcnee and Pclgium. t the same time. however, it is everywhere realized that at t Hi * Juncture the allied victories in t lie more distant theaters of war are of i n va I liable ad van t ape. These victories above all rob peai over the cen ler of the city, its ???ni.nander orders the bombs tu l>e thrown out." POSITIONS FOR SOLDIERS rrrn*) h nnia Ollicial snjs There Are tlpni'iiKi for r.tMltm Wonnd eil Men. | ?v A- ... i.M. il Pros I I'M I l.A 1 > tel.1'! 11 A. September St.? ! i-'iflv thousand ji .11.ills are available in Pennsylv ania f.?r woumbd soldiers. | 1.. Ii. Palmer, a.tin:: commissioner of the State l)*-partin? 11' *?i I.abor and In dustry. declared in .in address to-day before members ti e Academy ol Po- . llticnl and Suci tW Science, who are in! session here for .t confetence on "re habilitatiiin ri-? .! 'i MISS Ml ?:.!.! K I: .-??oilid i ? .tr .1! lu I "nil- i i! : .i r.vr. lie 111 la I ? r ' i tcai .it !?.; ."i ii* i i-k. ? I Ii?? r tin ? . .Mi.? HoK-rt -I Vi.rth Ha.*risr?n Street. l.i'TTIKIt. in tlie si\iv 1 lie ii ni.min <-.1 I icy Ui'i'.. I KIT by other^s" experience and i Koblenzer examine you and lit you with glasses. Acme and satisfaction are guar.m Located at The Cohen Co. for I'fiM Ten 4 earn. Daily onice Hours are ii to 1 and '2:30 to 5 :U0. The New Edison i Diamond Disc The only phonograph which actually re-creates music without the nasal tone of the ordinary talk ing machine. No needles to change?instead there is a permanent polished diamond point. Have you heard the New LOdison ? The Liberty Loan Campaign Opens ftn Saturday next, 'i'? l i early for it. If you .?n i fiKht. your mon-y cri:, livery clolla r l'lan f-fi >>> th<- K*>vorr>mt*iit hastens the on?1 of this t ?- r r i hie conflict. Si.tiHcribf t hi oupl) our i U SIi y \ on r Th i i I t Stamps from us. I.oaii.-i made on Ileal 1: 'Mate. one dollar starts an < i) 'i n t. Wliawver Is K"od in hanking i.an be had of .us*.. Safety iKpoeit boxes fcij tent. Thlrtj ytura in busl PRESIDENT WILL HAVE REPORT ON ICES SOON , X Felix Frankfurter's Committee Sets I'p Standards as They Should Have Keen Before War. STLIJIIOs 11 Kill COST OF MVLN'G Shipping Hoard Claims It Should He Allowed to Pay Higher Hates in Order to Attract Men to This Hraneli of Ivsscntial Industry. ^ j WAS11 INIjTOX, September 21? With I in a short lime President Wilson will I have before him a report outlining a! proper system of wages for the various! trades and employments. The report will be tbe "result of exhaustive study by I lie war labor policies board, bf which Felix Frankfurter is chairman and assisted by the wage adjustment board of the Shipping board, the Na tional War Labor Hoard, the lirector-? ieneral MeAdoo was forced to I {io ahead with wr.ge adjustments on tho j railroads. Postmaster-General Hurle- i son Is awaiting the report pending a j further investigation and action on j waves of telegraph and telephone em ployees Chairman Frankfurter refuses ! to "discuss the forthcoming report or, foreshadow its showing In any way. ; but from the inside of hi3 committee t comes the word that Us work is nearly j complete. In Federal administrative! circles it iS felt that this report will [ check the runaway wages in certain of ? the war industries, will stop the joy- ! riding of labor from one Industry to | another and from oik p?rt of the conn- | trv to another, and by stabilizing wages > will put a check on further large in- ! erejises in the cost of living, much of which is blamed by manufacturers and i oroducers on the increasing cost of! labor in their plants. Stop and Think?Kidney Diseases Killed 100,000 Last Year ; ; Health Authorities Alarmed at Increasing Death Rate ! Each Year From Kidney Diseases. In our pursuit of the mighty rlollar, we too often are absorbed in the topics ot the day. pleasure, etc.. to stop and roiisidcr our health. Stop now?think ? kidney diseases caused 100,000 deaths last year. Arc you going to be included in this year's toll? Why. you will exclaim, do so many die; why are the health authorities so concerned? The answer is. we bolt down our food, take no exercise, neglect our sleep and otherwise subject our system to all sorts of abuse. Is it any wonder, then, the kidneys become diseased and fail in their duties of poison elimination? Poisons are constantly being cre ated in our bodies, and if the kidneys fail to carry them off they are ab sorbed by the blood, causing 111 health and misery in the form of headaches, backache.*, tired feeling, indigestion, ctc You may avoid considerable suffer ing if you heed nature's warnings and , assist the kidneys. 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