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" " VOLUME XXXXIV BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, l!»H 12 PAGES NUMBER 120
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I French Capital Removed From Paris to Bordeaux;
I Allies Take the Offensive In Fighting In Lorraine j>
ICHINAANDGERMANY
CLAIM NEUTRALITY
- LAWS ARE VIOLATED
I " LANDING OF TROOPS
r AT LUNG KOW BY THE
‘JAPANESE CAUSES
, AN OFFICjALPROTEST
| Chinese Authorities Call At
if' tention of American Con
I sular Officers to Action
I as Distinctly Nonneutral
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NEWS OF LANDING
[ CAUSES BUT LITTLE
if SURPRISE IN PEKING
[ Japan Had Intimated Inten*
'< tion of Taking Step.
| Fear of Territorial Action
l \ Keeps China Quiet
I Washington, September 2.—
6 Chinese authorities have called
I ^ the attention of American offi
[• cers at Chee Foo to the landing
I I! of several thousand troops by
p Japan on Chinese territory at
\ Lung Kow, near Nuang Haien.
I If This, Chinese officials allege,
If is a distinct violation of laws
of neutrality.
| Peking, September U.—The German .
j ' negation has protested to the foreign of- j
flee signtuMt nn nlleged Infringement of
| thlnn'm nentrallty. hy Japan. The pro
| \ tent followed the landing of a Japan
r j division at the newly opened Chinese •
port of liiing-Kow, 100 mi lea north of J
| Tnlng-Tau. |
fc Nows of the Japanese landing caused no
* surprise here as the Japanese legation
several days ago requested the foreign of
J* lice to remove the limit of the 50 Uilo
fc metres (about 30 miles) radius prescribed
by the Chinese as the lighting area around
| JhTsing-Tau. The foreign office did not
comply With the request, but it was un
pjf derstood*'f hat the Chinese troops would
H I be instructed not to oppose the Japanese.
The Chinese officials are described as
Incensed, but afraid of doing anything
I* that might afford the Japanese an excuse
for territorial action.
■ f ^ Whether British forces will cross Shan
tung peninsula with the Japanese is not
divulged, hilt the point is much discussed
toere.
LEADS JAP TROOPS
VICE ADMIPAI TOMOSABUPO
KATO
Who is in command of the Japanese
(roops active in the German province
of Kiauchau. It is this army which
China claims has violated her neu
trality.
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AMENDED IN MANY
PARTICULARS TRUST
MEASURE]!! PASSED
Biii Will Be Sent to Confer
ence With Trades Commis
sion Measure—Reports
Are Expected Soon
\\ iishinglon, September a.— Vine mini
In ninny particulars, ihc < Inytnn anti
trust hill, which supplrinnits the Sher
innu Inn nail completes the ailmlnls
I rn tlo II *s crust legislation priigramme
lor this session of ( iingress, passed the
Sennte late today, 411 to IB. nml will
lie sent to eonferenee, inhere the fed
eral Iraile commission lilll—first of the
antitrust measures—still Is under con
sideration. Kepnrts of lioth measures
are hoped for wlthl ntwo weeks.
Seven republican senators voted for the
bill—Brady, Clapp, ('unirnlns. Kenyon,
Norris, Perkins and Jones. They were
Joined by the one progressive, Poin
dexter.
The bill provides fines and imprison
ment for officers of corporations con
victed of offenses against the trust laws,
prohibits exclusive and lying contracts
which restrict independence of purchas
ers; prohibits holding companies where
their effect is lo lessen competition or
create monopoly and makes illegal two
years after -the passage of the act inter
locking directorates in competing corpor
ations any one of which lias capital of
more than $1,000,000. It also forbids the
interlocking of railroad directors witli
corporations dealing In securities, rail
road supplies or contracts and liberalizes
procedure In Injunction and contempt
cases.
Sections Stricken Out
Sections of the House hill relating to
price dlscirniination and unfair compe
tition were stricken out In the Senate.
Kabul', agricultural and horticultural
organizations, not conducted for profit,
are exempted from the provisions relat
ing to monopoly.
The maximum penalty fixed for viola
tion of the provisions preventing exclu
sive contracts is $5000 or one year impris
onment or both. The provision against
holding companies would not prevent
common carriers from acquiring brancli
lines where there Is no substantial com
petition.. : ' '
Sections .relating to interlocking direc
torates itre made effective two years
after the passage of the, act.
Directors of railroads, under the terms
of the bill, cannot be Interlocked with
corporations dealing in securities, rail
road supplies or other articles of com
merce or contracts for construction, main
tenance, etc., to an amount of more than
$50,000 In any one year, unless purchases
are made after competitive bidding under
regulations of the interstate commerce
fommission. A penalty of two years im
prisonment and $*,000 fine Is prescribed
for violation.
Another provision makes It. a felony
for officials of common carrier corpora
tions wilfully to misapply or permit mis
application of funds of the corporation,
the penalty being not less than $500 fine.
oS imprisonment for. not less than one or
more than tfn years, or both.
Grant Trial by Jury
The section dealing with court proced
ure provides that no injunction shall be
issued between employers and employes
in labor disputes unless accessary to pre
vent injury to property or property
rights, and no such order shall prohibit
the right of employes to strike or peace
fully persuade others,, tq do so. Disobe
dience or writs subjects offenders to ron
teituit proceedings, accused hi Indirect
eases being granted trial by Jury.
President Wilson will delay Ills selec
tion of the members of the new trade
rum mission until after the measure has
been harmonized' with the Clayton Mil
has been accompllshehd in 'conference.
Ho baa uot reported any name* as yet
II1, To Operate on Prince
l! • / London. Hcptcmbor 2.—(11:30 p. m.)
| Y prince Albert, second son of King George, ;
| who was taken from the cruiser Colling- i
wood recently to a nursing home In Ab
i In erdeen, will be operated on tor appen
P dieitis. Physicians in attendance say the
if. prince's condition should < uuse no
Admit Defeat
London. September 2.~< 11:27 p.
|, m Neuter dispatch from Petrograd (St. Fe
| j , tersburg) says the battle which the Rus
sians admit was a reverse to their troops
east Prussia was fought in the Os
terode. on the Soldau-Neidenburg-Oster
*ij , dispatch adds:
public opinion," adds the dispatch,
'Is not one whit depressed by what is
regarded nearly as a lemporarly check
in this quarter. Doggedly determined to
war through to the end, the
do not admit the possibility of
defeat."
British Casualties
iaiiiuuii, September 2. —(11:30 p. m.)—The
! /mmes of British officers killed or wound
ed in the fighting in France last week
| were matle public tonight. The list con
* tains amen of men familiar throughout
the United Kingdom, both through their
military prowess and their social stund
— Ing. Virtually all the crack regiments arc
i affected.
Among the killed are Robert Cornwallis
Maude, Sixth Viscount Hawarden. a lieu
tenant in the Coldstream Guards, and
ajor Victor Reginald Brooke, military
cretary of the viceroy of India.
Amnnc- the officers missing are Lieut.
W. Abercrombie of the Con
Rangers. Col. D. C. Roger of a
regiment, and Col. H. M, Thomp
RUSSIANS WIN BLOODY STRUGGLE
GERMAN ZEPPELINS TERRIFY ANTWERP AND PARIS j
BIG BATTLE ON BELGIAN FRONTIER I
AUSTRIANS ROUTED
BY RUSSIANS AFTER
FURIOUS STRUGGLE
Czar’s Troops Seize Fortifications Near Limberg,
Says Official Petrogra /Report—Many Pieces
of Artillery Infantry
Honored Foi B* u»0 r>.
•y~
Petrograd (St. Peters! September 2.—The following
official communication v issued by the Russian war office
tonight:
“After a battle lasting seven days the Russian army seized
heavily fortified positions around Lemberg (capital of Galicia,
in Austria-Hungary), about 10 or 12 miles from the town. The
Russian troops then advanced toward the principal forts.
“After a battle yesterday, which was fiercely contested, the
Austrians were obliged to retreat in disorder, abandoning
heaw and liffht aims. narks of artillerv and field kitchens.’’
BIG ZEPPELIN DROPS
BOMBS IN BELGIUM;
THREE HOUSES HIT;
Air Craft Hovers Over Ant
werp Despite Shots From
Forts—German Aeroplane
Circles Paris—Telegraph
Wires A re I test roy ed
Paris, September 2.—(11 p.
m.)— A fight in the air took
place over Paris this afternoon.
Three German aeroplanes
hovered over the capital and
immediately two French
machines were sent up to en
gage them.
llrnnwltlle rifle* uml machine ciiiin
mounted on public building* kept up
fi constant fire*. II> this men in* one ol'
Hie faermiin iiiucliinc* became Mcpitrnfcd
rrom the other* and the French a*in
lor* flew swiftly In it* direction. The
German opened fire to which the
Frenchmen replied vigorously.
'The engagement seemed to turn to
Ihe disadvantage of the tier in a a; who
mounted speedily to h higher level, and
holding till* position, wMn saved from
further attack. He fliinlly disappeared
In a north went direction over Fort
ttomulnvllle after a vain pursuit.
The other Wrmnn aeroplanes also
cMeaped the fire of the guns, and. after
circling about fur a considerable time,
disappeared from view.
London, September 2.—ttl:30 i». in.)
\eordlug to an Antwerp dispatch to the
Fvening News, the Zeppelin airship
which appeared over Antwerp just be
fore 4 o’clock this moining circled over
i»nly the southeasterly part of the city.
The alarm was quickly given by the
fort*. The *enrchllght* played upon the
nirMlilp hut rather Ineffectively' he
mline the /.eppelln had appealed ju*t
before dawn after a clear moonlight
night. flints were fired at (t and it
I* believed the alr*hlp wn* hit.
At Oeurne, two miles cast of Ant
werp, the Zeppelin apparently made ef
forts to reach the wireless installa
tion. She dropped bombs and three
houses were hit, four persons being
wounded.
At Berchem. Inside the inner forti
fications, a bomb destroyed some tele
graph wires o\er the streets.
At another point a bomb fell dose
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ALLIES BATTLING
FIERCELY TO STOP
GERMAN ADVANCE
Battle Rages Along' Belgian Frontier—Allies j
Playing For Time, Hoping to Exhaust Their
Foes—English Force Defeats German Cavalry !
and Captures^lO Guns
Paris, September 3.—(12:02 a. m.)—A procla
mation has just been issued by the government an- A
nouncing that the government departments will /
be transferred temporarily to Bordeaux.
London, September 3. (12:10 a. m.)—The official press bu
reau has issued the following statement: §
“Continuous fighting has been in progress along almost the
whole line of battle. The British cavalry engaged with distinc
tion the cavalry of the enemy and brushed them back and cap
tured 10 guns.
“The French army has continued the offensive and gained
ground in the Lorraine district. In other regions of the war
the Russian army is investing Koenigsberg. The Russian vic
tory, which is complete at Lemberg, already has been an
nounced. ’ ’
The proclama' on was issued by the minister of the interior,
| who said the decision had been taken solely upon the demand of
the military authorities, because the fortified places of Paris,
while not necessarily likely to be attacked, would become the
pivot of the field operations of the two armies.
The building of supplementary defense works is proceeding
vigorously.
Several of the gates of Paris were closed to traffic last night.
Paris. September 2.—(3:15 p. m.)—A German cavalry corps
marching toward the forest of Compeigne. on the left wins- of
the allied forces, engaged the English Tuesday, September 1.
The English captured 10 guns. The foregoing statement was
given officially today.
London, September L’. (10:10 a. m.) A corner of (he cur
tain over (lie hatlle drama picture in northwestern France has
momentarily been raised. It shows (lie Allie battling desper
ately to prevent the success of the German assault on the upper
Oise, less Hum 50 miles I'roin I’aris.
“Our advance guard and cavalry
pursued the enemy, who suffered
enormous losses in killed, wounded
and prisoners.
“The Austrian army operating in
the neighborhood of Lemberg was the
Third, Eleventh and Twelfth corps and
part of the Seventh and Fourteenth
corps.. This army appears to have
been completely defeated.
FORCED TO ABANDON
THIRTY-ONE GUNS
During the pursuit by the Russian
troops, tlie Austrians retreating from
Ouila Lipa, were forced to abandon Hi
guns. Our troops are moving over
roads encumbered with parkB of artil
lery and convoys loaded with provis
ions of various kinds.
"The total number of guns captured
by the Russians around Lemberg
amounts to 150.”
The foregoing dispatch was sent di
rect from Pcjrogad by the St. Peters
burg Telegraph agency, tile semi-of
ficial Russian news agency, and is the
first dispatch received in New York
direct from the Russian capital since
the declaration of v^tr.
Petrogrpd, <St. Petersburg) Sep
tember 2.— (Via London. 2:40 p. in.)
The cross of the military order of St.
George has been conferred upon 50
members jf an infantry company who
distinguished themselves in the fight
ing in east Prussia. After a Russian
battery had been disabled through the
wounding of many men and the kill
ing of all its horses the men decor
ated dragged off the guns under a rak
ing fire from the Germans.
Emperor Nicholas has bestowed the
Order of St. Vladimir on General Ken
nenkampff, commander of the Rus
sian forces in the Vilna district, for
bravery in the field.
Hospital Destroyed
Paris, September 2.—(Via London,
6:45 p. in.)—A dispatch from Petro
grad (Si. Petersburg) says the Novoe
Vremya churges that during the bom
baidment of Belgrade the Austrians de
stroyed a maternity hospital over
which the Rod Cross flag was flying,
killing 100 children.
Russiam* Admit Defeat
London, fib/flfe-nber a. m.)
Advices have been received lure from
Hi. Petersburg to the effect that the
Russian general staff frankly con
fessed to disaster to two army corps,
including the loss of three generals.
Telegraphing from St. Petersburg,
the correspondent of the Times declares
tnat the war reports given to the pub
lic by the headquarters staff in the
Russian capital, whose name was changed
yesterday, arc generally rather piecemeal
but contrary to what is the case in
Berlin and Vienna, being always true.
The headquarters staff men will
stick to this plan, also, when the re
ports are bad. This Is proven by the
statements of today.
The wording of the announcement
today signifies that other Vistula fort
resses besides Graudons and Thorn
have beer sen*, first ami second rein
forcements.
Confirm Russian Advance
New York, September 2. (*ol. Nik
olai Goel.iewrky. military attache of
the Russian nibassy, made public to
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Intelligence of this battle coinin',
here from two sources is the fiiHt «I * * 11 -
I Hite information since the end of the
battle of Mans.
| The battle raged Sunday and Mon
[day and by sheer weight of numbers
the Germans secured a blanketing ad
vance.
Military experts point out that from
tin* present position of tin* upper Ols •
river the German advances will beeqnii!
Increasingly hard, owing to the nat
ural defenses of the country, as well
as the artificial breastworks that will
have to In* encountered.
It is becoming evident that all along
the western lire* tin* allies are playing
for time In the hope that the German
assault will become exhausted.
On the diplomatic side, Germany is
making renewed efforts to switch
Italy into her camp by a proclamation
which cites that a victory for Kngland
and France will deprive Italy of all
chance of dominating the Mediterran
ean
The western coast of Belgium and
I In northwestern coast of France ar* |
• violently clear of Germans.
\nt\verp has asked for an Increase!
garrison. TIvo town has also ex per- !
ienceri .1 shudder because of another
Zeppelin visit.
NO SIGNS oi
HOSTILE TROOPS
I’aris, September 3. In the north ■
i here are no signs of hostile troops at j
Arraya, Lille. Hcthnne, Donai and Lens. j
according lo an official statement made
today. ),
“I’aits of several German army corps ij
in Belgium.’’ continues ^tiie incomplete
statement, "arc moving eastward into
Germany."
The official statement continues: l
"In Lorraine our advance continues
on the right Imnk of the Sanon. In tllo
south the situation is unchanged. In
upper Alsace the Germans appear to
have left. Before the fort there Is only >
a thin veil of troops.” I
"Another German cavalry corps lias
pushed on as far as the lino from Bois
sons to A nitty Le Chateau. In the re- j
gion of Bethel and of the Meuse the
enemy is inactive.” ’
WHERE CHINA CLAIMS JAPS
HAVE VIOLATED NEUTRALITY
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War Bulletins I I
Washington, September 2.—The
newMpnpcr Vorwaertx ttierman* aoclnl
|M« > gives n shock I in; dcscrlpt Ion of
the wholesale iiNnaalnntlou of <«crmnn*
nt Louvain. The Slmpllelnnlniiin. an
other pnhlicntioo. say* the nnme of
llelghuti In tlic worst Innult thnt could
be In flirt cal “on civilised mini/'
Washington, September 2.-— State of
ficial* have received no cablegram from
Mr. Morgan! ban at t'onntantlnople,
American nmbannador, for three day*,
iiud the belief prevalln that'cable com
munication ban been rentrleled.
fnrin, September 2.— (ft:2K p. m. >
The l*urln bourne wan eloped today.
Pet rog r a lie, September 2.—The ntaff
nunoiineen that the Auntrlan fifteenth
division, went, wan completely routed
near Ltintn^hoff on August 28 and that
the 100 offleern and 4000 noliliern were
taken prlnonera.
Washington. September 2.— 1 dis
patch dated lant night from Paris to
•the French nmhannador given a num
mary of a three ila.vn* battle along an
extended front. It nii>hi
“Our troop* pres* forward little by
little In the Vonge*. In the region or
Ham, Vervlea* and St. Uoeotlne the
Hattie haa been continuing for three
London. September 2.—<5:20 p. nt.l
Dlnpatchcn to the Central 1S>wn
\mntcrdniii declare that teleurn him
celled (here I'roin Herllu net forth <■(
(lie German capital In Itelnu hua.rde /k,
nevernl army eorpn.
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London. September 2.—til p. ■»)
The ofl'lelnl eanuultlen nuffereil by the
envalry brigade and of three of the
dlvlnlotin lenn one brigade of the Brit
Inh foree In France. follow:
Killed. HO offleern and 127 men;
wounded 57 offleern and 020 men; mlea
lug 05 offleern and 4ISH meu.
London, September 2.— <4:40 a, ui.l—\
St. I*eternburu dlnpateh to Renter**
Telegram eompany convey* n neml-of
flefal Mtatement to the effect today
that In well Informed elrelen In St.
Petersburg the opinion In e&prenned
that war between Turkey and Greece
In now ouly a quention of two or three
day*.
Kiinieroun Turk l*h troopn. the dln
patch nayn. have Inndetl on the ahoren
of \«la Minor at Smyrna, while near
4 hat alia nod to the eant of Seutarl.
fortiflentloan are being frenhly thrown
up under the direction of German of
fleern. tJenernl Leman ton Sandera will
command the ntrong Ottoman army
and Haver Bey will he commander In
chief.
London. September 2.—<4:42 p. m* 1
The Nli'i*in ilrllter Kjrrir, ««»««! N
■nine awee|il*K oiirratioua In Ike
Sri, .trui'k a mini' Ihl* lorru—. ■■■
went In Ike bo I to in In three minute*,
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