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DAILY ARDMOREITE "LEST WE FORGET" 1253 MORE DAYS OF GORE NEWS OF ALL THE WORLD EVERY DAY A Newspaper of Character FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 MHZ IS NOT ONLY GERMANY, BUT LIBER ! OF EUROPE MENACED BY CAPITALISTIC TYRANNY SPEECH OF HATRED Dedans "Cursed Prt) Squabble ai Rome Must Cease While tin- Herman Hons- is Aiflre." Cennaaj will iv tool Belgtam, He Avers. Berlin, Sept. 16. (Via London. Sept. 27. Arguing that Belgium wtl not Wronged hy (iermany, in Aiew of Hel gium's attitude before the war. Admiral von Tlrpitz in a speech before the new fatherland party said: "Henceforth, Germany and not Kng land must be the protector POWCr over Belgium. After all the sacrifice of life anil blood we have offered up In this war there will never again le such a status for us. We need tangible indeni nltles that will enable um In coming decades to recover what we have lost in this war. This war concerns not only Germany, but the liberty of Europe em) its people from all-consuming tyranny of the Anglo-American capitalist ." Amsterdam. Sept. 25 Admiral von Tlrpit:. ins speech before the new ib rman fatherland party at Berlin. Is quoted as referring to the German in ternal situation as follows: "These cursed party squabbles must Oeeii Whllt the Gorman house is afire It is ridiculous to believe the si, called international conference will give us a place in the sun voluntarily Our chil dren's Children will curse us if we jeop ardize t;, ninny's future for mere parly purposes. "Tile greatest victory cannot replace the great sacrifice we have made. The plan of the relchstag majority would mean Germany's defeat and tin- virion of Anglo-American capitalism." ARE REPEATED II PROBE COMMITTEE is NAMED, HE W vrs CAUCl . SOI DIE SPEAKER. Hi N 1ME 1 1 . Washington. Sept. 27. Goligrission.il Investigation of tin' charges o.' lb pre scntntivo Heflln. in connection villi tl.o J'.O.OdO von BeriLstorff "slush" fund, seemed certain today afte'- Mr. UetHri had appeansl before the iioiis" rules (ommlttee, considering demand f.n ac tion. I emoera t ic leaders said that If the committee did not act by tomoi rmv. the situation would be taken up o.i lie Moor of the house. Leaders ol I-it , p.ntits are receiving such insistent tamandl lor Immediate action that I: ins it i a mint long be delayed. iiellin pleaded with the lomtnlttM In day to turn its attention to Invent IgSlIni how the von Bcrnstorff fund ust I rather than to his spec' . do, hiring that thirteen or fourteen acmN n I t the two houses had "acted u ... i aoi'sl , ." .Mr Heflln iussie,l the committee should develop who supplied money fc r mailing out Itepresi-matlve Mason's anti-draft bill and (toprooOntattVe Hi t ten's Gorman-American servlo r solu tions, and alsiut the anil w, . n ci ; . r , -of Senator LaFollette. Mr. Heflln also declared tint he wanted am investigating committee named by the lemocratlc ..mens ami not by Speaker Glark Chairman Pot) announced thai other meeting of the commit 'ir vould bo held tomorrow. t KKN NOW n LM RB4 OGNIZBD in M shini, i on Mexico Will Colli QeJd in I oiled StatfC Kesirl Sa s Mexico City, 8ept. 27 Henry I'. Fletcher, the American amlmssa lo,-, p day received a letter from the United States government acknowledging ;he election and seating of Venustiai.o Car i h nia as president. This Is the final mow In rec ignltlo i by the I'nlted States of the present Mexican government It Is undciHood that the American gowi nmciit . coin Ing to the aid of Mexico's flnimes hy permitting Mexico to bring In v d I bit! Hon to be coined to meet the sli r Irt. in circulating medium WEATHER FORECAST. For Ardmorc and vlclnltv: Toi Iftrl fair Oklahoma: Tonight, frost in central and northeast portions, cihiIci In ex lirmeeast portion, l-'nday. fab. warmei Kast Texas: I'nsettled tonight, show an in east Ktt luii. QJolar In east ami south portion, except coast; Friday, proliahl v fair, strong northerly winds and gales on the coast. West Texas Tonight fall, cooler In southeast portion; Krlilay fair, warmer in north portion. FROTHING 1000 AGAINST AMERICA KEF N CHARGES FRANCE AND ITALY LOSE 19 VESSELS DURING PAST WEEK Paris. Sept 16, - II lelnyedt The French admiralty tonight announced the following losses hy submarines or mines for the week ending September 23: Over 1600 tons, seven; one previous. Under lfiOO tons, live; two previously. "Three Steamers were attacked un successfully. No fishing vessels were lout." Rome. Sept. 56. (Delayed) One steamship of more thnn UM tons and -i.x sailing ships of less than 1500 tons each were sunk last week hy mines or submarines, according to the weekly report from the Italian admiralty. SECRET SERVICE SEES 100 SPIES RAIDS BEGIN IN Nl.w YORK NI CONTINUE TODAY PLOTS (. UNST PLANTS. New York, Sept. 27. Plans to wreck I machinery In munition-making shops in America at tile bidding of Germa.i agents in F.urope are believe I by the police to have I Q defeated through the arrest of 100 Germans and German sympathizers in, raids which, begun here last night, were continue. 1 torr. This morning, the aliens, each guard ed by a detective, were taken to Bills Island, -where, it was announced, they will be Interned probably for the dun t ion of the war. Nearly all the men arrested are me chanics. A number are employed n munitions plants and on navv contrac ts. In the poeeeeeloo of some were found quantities of OBI boruruium in pulverised form a chemical used to destroy deli cate machinery. The men knew one another, had held various meetings it which Mltce and navy department agents were present unknown to then, and had pCcri under surveillance Mr many months, according to the police The suspicion is held that the car borundum reached here from German agents In Scandinavian countries. Km phasls was placed on the discovery of 'his chemical, vome of It in the form of lead pencils, in jsissession of a German courier In Norway traffic month- ago. This agent admitted, according to s lice. Information that He had boon sen I ing carborundum to Germans in coua tries a! war with Geimany. I HIs IS ONE OF THE DI M WHS OF RANI B1 nil; BOLSHEYIR1 ELEMENT T PBTROGRAD I'l trograii. Sept 2"i (Delay edi. The ommlttee of ll, In tempo-., iv r.utm; of the government since the return of Premier Keren ski from the front de tei mined todaj that the Premier and General Verhhovaky shall appear i' fore the so-called unofflclil demOOl it?. congress which opovenec tamo roe Heports of the resignation of Foreign Minister TlWtCttCHkC, eppearlBI In the morning papi-rs an- denied Offh tally. On the eve of the opening of the congress, a sensation was created hy a icport that Nlkolne Lenlne. the xtrem 1st leader, hai reached the capital from Finland. It is said he Intends to appear as the chief orator of the BolantvBtl at the congress, which he Is confident win defend him, In the I'etrograd c ouncil of workmen's nnd soldiers' delegates, the BotahtVflU Lo tion proposes to plate the following tak upon the cahi'ir-t Settle the Korniloff affair: rcaholish capital pun Ishment; strain efforts to attain p. II amnio' as soon as sisslble the con stituent assemblx . dissolve the Ionia and the council of the empire; transfer the land to the nasants Immediate!-. ; ,-s tabllsh state control of production; past an eiglit liotir labor law. change radi cally the command of the army. NAVY YARD STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK Norfolk. 'a . Sept 27 Striking me chanlcs at the Norfolk navy yard num berlng 3.700. returned to work today under an agreement to submit their grievances to arbitration A confer ence on the subject will DC held In W'ashlngtiai on (Vtoier 2. Okaj Gn eminent piel. B ashlngton. Sept. 27 The strikers at the Norfolk navy yard returned to work after being urged hy the navv department to do so as a patriotic dutv pending Investigation of their demands. Demands of r.'.oon other navy yard and arsenal workers were taken up here to.tav at a conference at the navy de oartment. To Tactile Coast Washington. Sept. J7. The govern raeut ship building labor adjustment board will leave next W.iliies.lay for Seattle to take up at first hand the Pnejf .ist strike situation The hoard will visit Cortland and Han Kran- 1'tSCO. INT RUSSIAN LAND DIVIDED ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917. UUTDiPiu minim nirnvnur rn nrin imnnipiur mv rtiBLntufln ouLuicn Hiniunc ru nun nunniuwt mm j IS BIG SURPRISE SECRETARY LANE ARRIVE TONIGHT Mll) PICTURE OF TRAINING Ac TIVITIKS OF YOUNG OFFICERS l FRANCE 18 Gil EN. MAKE EXPERT KILLERS Knglisli Drill Sergeant in Command of I'nlt of American Subalterns in a Trench Attach Gtvei Quaint ami Live ly Opinions of His Charges. tin, lean Training Camp in l-tann-. Sept. 27. -The Paris correspondent of 1 Retlter'l Limited, writes the following I CCOOUnt of his recent visit with the 'American training camp: J I KSked an Knglish drill sergeant, who had Just given a hunch of sixteen j American subalterns a breathing spell I after some particularly strenuous ex ercise, what In thought of his charges. "What do I think of these 'ore young gentlemen, sir? Wy. sir, we've Just had 'em three days and look at them, the' 're training beautiful. "The best thing alsiut 'em." he went on, with professional pride, "Is that they're as aeon as mustard. We cant (five 'mi too much. They eat it up. At it eight hours a day and ask for more " I was on a visit to or..- of several campy somewhere in 1'rance when- the American army is in training. After lunch with the dtviakm commander, a simple but ample meal with a water wash-down, as I am told It Is In every meaa, he invited me t mo with him "to see how yoUr Bnfliah sergeants ma jor takes in; aide over titer- and the rest of the school of officers and make them run around." We stood later on a hillside while the general pointed out where tla-r I had been constructed in a dip three short lines of trenches ending at a rise some hundred yards away. "Those points v.ni see in tin- sun n the opisisite slope." he said, "are tin cans on sticks. You will kii iw their lse in a minute or so." "Heady , aer.tlemen." sai l tin drill - ennt "prepare for tremh bayonet prartioe by half sections. You're to 1 1. these three lines of trenches, go to ever ami Are ;dx rounds at the tin '.its Don't waste a shot gentlemen every MtUef Frtts. Now then, ready! Over the top and give 'em 'ell right in the stomach Frit likes his victuals, but not that sort. Get at "em." Over the Top They Went. Over the top they went with what must have been some Wild college yell. The, ran some ten yards ami dug their bayonet mvaoly Into dummj Qermai made of sacks who swung in the wind to meet them, and disappeared In the fltst trench. We could see the rifle but this lift nnd fall as they lunged despi ratep. at UM supposed foe Then up th-v calll" ami on again until we inuld see tic m spread eagle beside a shallow iivncil. blaring awav at tl mis. which i titled .own Then as thev marched back, the second s, .-tion got ready to begin Its stunt. Afterwards, we watched what was an extremely interesting bit of training. A section of communicating trench lad been preuired with (Me SH-kets. so to speak, at Intervals of five yard) i In each of these was supposed ,, be um- or more Germans represented b) a sack The object lesson was to teach the young officers, so that they might afterward! teach tln-lr men. the best manner in which to take the ore II peat of such a trench b surprise with Ki net In hand and to clean It up Kritr in Karl. Hole "Now. remember, gentlemen." s.-,; the drill master, "there's a l-'ritx in each of these 'ere cubby holes and 'e's no duh. is Krltx. Yes. 'e's got ears all down 'Is luick. We taught 'em that Hick vi that their feet are pneum.itn And for 'eaven's sake don't sneeie. or his nibs will slip you s Isnnb like wink In', and there'll lie a nasty mess. "Ready, n amber l. 'ead down, bayonet up. It's no use sticking out your neck to try to get a sight of Krltx In his hole Win . if old Prttl was there, 'e'd list down your point, in d where'd you Is?? Win a bllnkln' casualty, nnd you tar get It. "Itei.lv again 1 t.i v . met up. Now. vou se .in ijulck down with the point and at Vm Tackle 'Is glxxiyd. Not so bad. but I let nil wakened 'Is nibs in the next 'ole You see. when you nuiie.i your bayonet out of his tittle Iter you 'It the butt of your gun against the OPPOBIM side of the trench. I!iit' fatal Keep lii voiir mind, you're lighting for your life Glean and quiet klllin' Is the word " V'rktiis mill Modest The last supreme Impress which the visit made umiii me was that of the Immense seriousness ami modesty of "filers ami men In the face of their task We heard in France, as you doubt less have heard in Kngland. that the Americans had come over Imastlng that they had come to finish II Job CM big for us I batfl still to come across such Ul American. 1 am convinced that th tales are a myth These men had left their homes, their business and their amusement to BgejM tare thousand miles for- what for? Some silly erhoolhuy idea of bravado and iHiiinoe" They are not fools, and the Booties will know It when they gi-t to work. When all the wearv righting Is over and done with. It will he that the two great Anglo Saxon races will he come sword and blood brothers for nil time. w Mil) ni HIGH SCHOOLS WIL BE DISMISSED at :i O'CLOCK TOMORROW 1FTERNOON. ARRIVE AT 3il6 P M North Hound Santa Co Passenger Train Win He Held twenty Minutes Com mittee Will Mod Secretary Lane al Marietta. Kvery man, woman and child in Ard more will have the opportunity tomor row to see and hoar a cabinet officer, a direct representative and udvlsor of the president. When Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior, stops here at 3:16 o'clock In the afternoon to mal e a brief speech. Mr. Lane la making a tour of some j Of the principal cities of the country and is scheduled to speak in Oklahoma City at th" Auditorium tomorrow night under the auspices of the Oklahoma Council of Defense. This fact cane- to the knowledge of the Carter Count Council and n effort was at once made to siilire a brief speech from the sec retary at the Santa I'e station bare while ho waa passing through froin New Orleans. Through the Santa PC official! a stop of twenty minutes for this train was arransed, giving ample time for a patriotic speech, for Mr. Lane is telling the main mintM at issue in the war. ' It Is now planned to have a large au tomobile drawn up at the end of tin Santa Fe freight office from which Mr. Lane will sp-ak. The mayor lias given assurance that the street will be cleared and that all automobiles will Is- kept cUiet during the speaking, a It is deeired that the largest possible dutniier of people be permitted to bee Mr. Lane. The school board this morning an nounced that It WOtlld dismiss the ward -rhools at 3 o'clis'U tomorrow so that all pupils in the five higher grades may have the privilege f listening to the address as well as the pupils of the ldgi ochoof. ,Thit is tcepOonally fortunate a.- nothing makes a greater impre..si,.n on a s, waker thao a preponderance of young e"ple in an audience The maainllenr etiolated by the QOUnO0 "' I'of'iisi for Garter Count.", comprising G. A. Hamsey. .1. T COle Bean and William Hutchinson announce the following as a special committer Which will ::o to Marietta to meet S rotary i.ane ami aoaompany him to this city; li. g. BpanMlna, vice preaM dent of the council; Minor W It Hon its. c V Hlohards. V. C. Ding- Roy M. Johnson. Beret Dunlap. Judge W F. Freeman, Judge T. W. Champion, F M. Adam- I C TbUUIUOOI) nnd K. V Hefner. SUCCESS SO FAD NKW lltl I nii w ILL BE BORN is HOPE oi silt HORACE III NKKTT. Coik. Tveadayi Sept. II "We are getting on and all we want Is a fair opportunlt) t" trform the work for which e eren appointed.1' said Sir Hor ace Plunk, tt up man of the Irish ( ..mention, at the luncheon given the members of the invention today, "The Convention," said Sir Horace, "has fttadi' m nope as I m vet Imp."! before, that I mmII live to see a change of heart out of which a now Ireland will Is- borh I hope to hear all Irish men suv M . ountrv Is thv cotinti v ' and in the Uti ger-patriotlam, Mj Rod! Is thy God Sir Horace painstakingly explain ih. objects of. the eecreov surrounding the workings of the convent loitR It has made pnealbetM he said, the ut most frankneaf ami expreaaton of opin ion lietween the memtiers which, if they knew it were to Ik? made public, would not be expressed." STEAMER IS SUNK WITH ALL ON BOARD An Atlantic Petti Sept. 27.-A re poit that all pe sons on hoard the Brit ish steamship Wentworth were lost when that v esse wus sunk by a i. man siibni.n was brought here tn Pin senge: - . a Hi itisli st. mshlp whlrh art h isl today The Wentworth. of I.sl tons. is deetroyed September presumably off the French timet. There were about fifty men in the Wentworth's c evv. uc ordlng to ottlclals here of the French line, which had the vessel unilei charter. No Americans iver, on Ism rd it was believed SLAV CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATS BARRED I'etrograd. Sept. 14. (Delayed). The central committee of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates has adopted, by n vote of UH to 101, a resolution favoring the principle of the conlltton In the re construction of the government. Hut ex cluding the constitutional democrats from participation in the government. WW STRIKE BETWEEN PENSACOLA I Ml EASTERN LOl ISIANA NF.YK NKW OKI. KAN'S. CRESCENT CITY UNEASY Host ile Boatl re Ordered to Ivow-Ly in? Keglons in Take Away Inhabitants Mariners Are Told to Gel Their Ves sels to I'laces of Safely. Washington. Sept. 27 The West In dian hurricane sweeping across the Gulf of -Mexico was 160 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi river this morning, the weather bureau an nounced, and is moving in a north-northwesterly direction. It is expected the atorm will strike the American main land between Pensaiola and the eastern Luisiana coast near New Orleans. No information as to its Intensity have come, but storm warnings huve been ordered on the coast and warnings of dangerous gales have been sent in land In southeast Louisiana, southern .Vlissls-lppi, southern Alabama, ami the extreme northwestern end of Florida. High tides; are forecast along the Lou isiana and Alabama coasts, accompany ing the gales of hurricane force. NEW ORLEANS HARES BRAD! FOR TORNADO Lowland Beoatance sections and ship. plug Are In Hanger. New Orleans. Sept 27. Indications that the local weather bureau officials . Kpaetad the center of the tropical hur tleane to pass inland from the Gulf of Mexico near N, w Orleans and vicinity some time tonight or early tomorrow. Her. given to the official forecast for this listrlct for tonight and Friday, and also in urgent hurricane warnl BWt out about 10 o'clock this morning ; xi o.-e-i sections nearby. The weather forecast for New Orleans anil Iiuisiana predicted "nc. thoast gales, reaching hurricane force." and high tides on the coast tonight and Friday. Boats also were ordered out bj the weather bureau to the Harataria lowland section and to the Grand Isle -, Uon soutli of here, to remove to pla ces of safety the inhabitants of sections greatly exs.sed to winds and tides. Small Towns Warned. Warning was sent to small towns noarb) to be prepared for dangerous winds and a number of residents of CX poeed oonunnnltiee near Nov Orleans were reported OO their way to this city for greater sHfety. Dr. I. If, CUM, district forecaster. said: "We do not know Just where and when the center of the hurricane will isiss Intend but indications are the appro-o iling storm Is very severe and every precaution should be taken In the uncertainty. Kvery efTort has been made to warn inhabitants of exposed places in the possible patli of the storm, and all targe and small craft have been wat IV- ! to seek safe shelter." At 1 o'clock this afternoon the Weathei bureau iw meter registered W.ff and falling, ami the wind vtlocity i- lti miles an hour A Wireleee message from a vessel in the Gulf between 150 and 200 mllea southeast of New Orleans stated thut its barometer alsiut nOM wits IMI and that the wind velocity was 7.'. milei. an hour. As .. precautionary measure, the city authorities here ordered all schools .- 1 at noon and the children were sent to their homes. TEXAS COAST AFFECTED. Warnings Hoisted From Port Arthur lo Oerpem Ctartatt, Galveston. Texas. Sept. 27. Strong no-, theilv winds and gales are forecast for tonight and Friday along the Texas coast from Port Arthur to Corpus 'liM-t. rails, si by the tropical disturb once i ported appioaching the coast oft the mouth of the Mississippi river. The barometer at Galveston is 29. St. The Kind is blowing from the north at 12 mllea aa hour and the sky is cloudless. N'.utheast storm warning algnala were i tared boieted from Port Arthur to Corpus Chiisti In a message from III" w. atliei in: . an at Washington. "Tin tropical disturbance will cause strong northerly winds and gales to night and piolmbly Friday." the mes sag. S.I-, s. !NDI N lilllVi W N l son in -KEPI BLICAV N v The DemoeraUO imrty can lsat of one thoroughly loyal supisirtei tu Car tat pount) in the ntraon of a Ohdttaa Indian He has liecn coming to th" I. cat MOrMiting office of the navy for several days with his eon whom ho was trying to get to enlist In the navy rtorcsltngs had been held up because the boy's knee was injured a few davs ago and thV recruiting officer was waiting until the injury healed. This morning when things were alsiut to come to a climax and the ls was to be a.r.pted. the father again came In the office and appeared greatly agitat ed He asked: Got Democratic or Hepublican na He waa told that It was neither Still he was not satisfied and began to examine the posters on the wail mi not. I Seeing the American eagle on a large iKistor, he pointed mi accusing Tlngor at the recruiting officer and eaid: lh l.uh. Republican nuvy. thought so Deal is off." VOLUME 24. NUMBER i CAMBON BELITTLES GERMAN PROPOSAL REGARDING BELGIUM Paris. Sept. 27. Jules Cambon, gener al secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs, In his weekly talk with the As sociated Press, today spoke of the re plies of the central siwers of the pope's peace projsisal. which, he said, he found "remarkable as carefully avoiding any practical queetlon, while dealing at length on arbitration, disarmament, lib erty of the seas and philosophical ques tions which the Germans always have treated as chimerical." "As regards the verbal proposition about Belgium." M. Camlsin continued, "the conditions are not acceptable to all lielglans, as they Involve the negation of any true independence . A distinction between the Wulloons and the Flemish would be the end of Belgium. FRIENDS DENOUNCE EX-GDV. FERGUSON THRRE SENATORS WHO VOTED ghm Tuaeda, ' nig.,,. ., offlehU state NOT TO BAR HI.M FKOM OF- I nmnt issued mnhzht hv .he ..imtaN. I HI. KK ANGERED, Austin. Texas. Sept. Wv Three of the senators who voted for Uie minority re xrt tliat would have removed Gover nor James K. Ferguson, but would not have disqualified him from holding of fice, this morning made explanations for the record, denouncing the former governor. The statement given out Tnendaj night by Mr. Ferguson aroused con siderable resentment among senators, who did not like his attitude and con sidered it a reflection upon the senate. .Messrs. Page and Bee Iwth sjKike rath er vigorously on this subject and later Prepared statements which will be In OOrporated in the Journal. Mr. Huds Ith also sent up a statement for the Journal Another matter that attracted some attention at the morning session was a reodnitlOM introduced by Mr. Clark ask ing that the house expel F. (t. Fuller, speaker of the house, on the ground that he is unfit for membership in that txKly, owing to his affidavit as to his vote on tiie location of the West Texaa A. & M. College and his charge that .lames K. Ferguson tried to bribe him. The resolution was ruled out of order and the ruling of the chair was sus tained iiMin an appeal being taken b Mr. Clark. Senator Hee's Statement. The statement of Mr. Hee follows: "I am very much Impressed with the statements made by the senator from Bastrop and indorse in part his posi tion. If afforded the opsirtunlty. I would not change my vote In favor of the minority report on the question of the penalty for impeachment in the rase lately before us. 1 believe that the Question of penalty is divisible, and without regard of the case before us. wanted to establish the proper precc dent. In other words, the senate, sit ting as a court of ims?achment. has the right to vote for removal only , or provide Isith removal and disqualifica tion, according to the character of thv case. "I regret that ex-Governor Ferguson found It necessary to publicly state that his impeachment was secured hy the vote of special Interests which had pur sued him since he became governor. To say the least of It. the statement is nfetmdod in fact. The governor was Impeached by the vote of senators who hml been his friends. hoth poUttonUy and personally. In i-asting my vote. I was. controlled only by m . ..nsciem'. and my oath. Hcsn-nation t omes lis. Lata, "I regret to say It. but when a man has been removed from office by a vote of over twothirds of the senate, he ought to abide by that Judgment. If the standard of obedience to law ret up by him becomes a settled one. men con victed In courts of competent Jurisdic tion and according to law would be (Uetntad In disobeying the law's man dates. The resignation of the governo' comes t(Mi late. The optsirtunlty to do so has passed from luni Ho has Imm-ii lid jildgisl as removed and disqualified. I sought to prevent his disqualification, but In vain. I am forced, reluctantly, to the conclusion that his defiance, as shown by the statement referred to. would Justify a senator In voting for his disqualification, because It Indicates In tba words of the law 'a heart re gardless of social duty and fatally lamt on mischief, the cvldetce of which is Inferred h acts done and words sisikon ' "When Qdtornor Forenoon xnpearod before the senate In his own behalf, he conveyed a veiled threat against the future of senators who would vote against hl.n. In his announcement for a third term uindemocratic and futile as it isi ho repeats the threat and fur ther questions the Integrity of senators who cast their votes against him. For that threat I care not. I loyally sup ...Med Governor Ferguson in every measure he adviK-uted "I have never sought a contest, but If one le to come. 1 will not shrink from It. If the governor feels that he must make the votes for Impeachment an issue In the districts of senators, the senator from Bexar will gladly meet It in confidence and will Justify his action. Kx-Govornor Ferguson has by his statements completely vindicated the judgment of the senators who voted to disqualify him. and I utterly repudiate both the spirit of his announcement and Its contents, and In connection with my statement as to my vote which this statement lncorHruted In the Journal." 320. EIGHT PAGES TODAY BRITISH FIGHTING S IN MAIN BATTLE I oda Al 9TRA LIANS AKK PKKSMIM. BNRM1 IN DESPERATE MANNER MAINTAIN NEW LINES Northwest of ZonnobcUo, Heavy Fight ing Continues' Near the Klevatioiis Which Dominate Large Extent of Territory. London Is BlllBllaidoi London, Sept. 27. Hrltlsh seaplanes again dropped many tons of bombs on Gorman militarv nsmhlitihtrtur,,.. ie. u says. British Army in France and Helgtum, Sept. IT. (By The Associated Press.) The British are maintaining their new lines strongly. The main battle todaj was in the neighborhood of Cam eron House, south of the eastern ex tremity of Polygon wood, where the Australians are pressing the Germans hard. The situation as a whole is vir tually unchanged. Northwest of Zonneheke. heavy fight ing continues near the elevatloni which dominate a considerable extent of ter ritory From the British Standpoint, the sit uation resulting from the offensive Is exceedingly satisfactory. l STRALJAN8 nh BNOL48B MAKE VICTORIOUS ASSAULTS storm and Capture Areas Fortified With Strongholds. illv tile Associated Pressl British Front in France and Belgium. Sept. 2. - (Delayed!. Drier nfore t.i. British fighting machine has ru.bc-l its way through the German tronenea along the Ypres battle front with great mi. r.-ss. The offensive begun In the gray dawn of a misty morning had th. noon actompllshed virtually all that hid teen planned for It. and this aftermon. the men of Australia. Kngland and Scot land were holding ssltums which rOpr sented a gain of from 1.000 to l.jO.l yards over a large part of the sartor Involved. lake Kidi;.' and Wood. They had secured the whole of the Lower Hamlets ridge w hich the Germans had fought so bitterly to retain; they were dear of the famous Polygon wood. - ! 'si istei n dopi s had l.eeti filled with concrete redoubts and sniping shel ters thev had battled their way through Zonneheke village of Immortal memory: and north Of the VpresHoulers railway they were holding man tierman strong- ' holds in the valley of the Haneheek rivpr Hard lighting still continue.!, especial ly south of the Polygon wood, w)ere the Germans were trying determinedly to regain 'the ground lost, and further counter attacks were not unexpected The Australians, who negotiated most of the territory lietween the Yprea-Rou-lers railway and the Ypres-Menin road, appear to have had comparatively little trouble In getting through, with the ex ception of a narrow stretch Just south of the Polygon WOOd where the Ger mans held on tenaciously for a time Fight Into Trench System. The Australians had to fight their way through a more or less Intricate trench system to Polygon wood and en countered a great number of block houses, which turned a vicious machine gun And rifie fire against them. Among the troops opposing them were Poles North of Polygon wood the Austra lians covered the ground assigned to thom In two hours and twenty minutes, the average depth of thetj' advance being. 1.200 yards. The entire Australian on t ration wis accomplished with exceed ingly small casualties. It was a proud day fur those Kngllsh troops who forced their way into the western end of Zonnels-ke village Not since the bitter perlisl of April. 1M5. when the British were comisdled to with draw from this place, hud an allied soldier entered It. The wound of the defeat was healed largely to I., , Among the prisoners taken were a number of Prussians, win. are sturdy looking troops WAR SUMMARY. Yesterday's victory of the Hrittsh In Flanders apissars to have been about as complete as any they have gained In this year's operations. Today found them not only In entire isesalon of the ground they had won on a six mile front from Tower Hamlets to gt Jullon. but pressing the Germans hard after repulsing numerous counter at tacks It had taken haul battling to main tain the gains of from half a mile to two-thirds of a mile which tliej accom plished In Wednesday's drive. The Geo man's attacked resHtedly yesterday af ternoon and evening, assaulting the new Hrltlsh line with large forces. They weie succeeafully met at all isdnts. how ever, the Hi lush war office reports to. day. and the fighting died down In Um evening, leaving Field Marshal Halg's force In possession of their gains The Get man losses throughout had been exlrem. heavy. MACHiHE CRUSHE GEfililBENCNES