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I New Allied Army of Ten Thousand
fj! Men Sent to the Dardanelles
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! GERMANS ADVANCE ON RUSSIAN
FORTIFIED CITY OF DVINSK
I .
Definite Progress Made in Attempt to Capture Important Po-
sj sition Two Thousand Prisoners and Several Machine
! - Guns Taken Germans Chief Success Made Along
Road That Leads to Petrograd Violent Artil-
sjl lery Fighting Continues- Along French
'i Battlefront Turkish Supplies
i Run Short.
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? Berlin, Sept. 23, by wireless to Sayville. The report
I reached Berlin today from Petrograd by way of Stockholm
l that radical changes in the leadership of the Russian army, af
fecting the highest military officials, were soon to be made.
I Berlin, Sept. 23, via London, 3:45 p. m. The new Ger
man offensive movement with its object the capture of the im
portant Russian fortified city of Dvinsk has made definite pro
gress. The war office announced today that Russian positions
west of the city had been penetrated and more than 2,000
prisoners and several machine guns had been captured.
Berlin, Sept. 23, by wireless to Sayville. A new army of
5 10,000 men has been sent to the assistance of the allied forces
f at the Dardanelles, according to the Overseas News Agency.
S
Paris, Sept. 232:35 p. m. The
' violent artillery fighting which has
! characterized the operations in France
j for more than three weeks past was
continued yesterday and last night a
; number oC places along the battle line,
i according to an announcement given
', out this afternoon by the French war
. office The engagements were partic
ularly severe near Roclincourt, and to
the north and south of the river Avre.
The text of the communication fol
lows: I- "In the ArtoiB district the enemy
L last night bombarded violently the sec
Pi tor of rtoclincourt as well as our
II trenches iocnted to the south of the
river Scarpe, in the department of-Pas
t de Calais. Our artillery responded
vigorously. There have been some
ft engagements in the region of Neuvllle.
f Our artillery has directed an intense
f and efficacious flro against the Ger-
man trenches to the north and south
.' of the river Avre, as well as upon
) Beuvraignes.
German Depots Blown Up.
"In the Champagne district a Ger-
man mine was exploded yesterday to
I the northwest of Perthes, but without
causing Important damage. The fire
of our battorles resulted in the blow
ing up of several depots of German
ammunition
"In the Argonne we bombarded re
peatedly certain portions of the Ger
man lines where earthworks were be
ing constructed. Here the German
artillery responded feebly.
"There have been artillery engage
ments In which both sides took part
along the heights of the Meuse and be
tween the Meuse and tho Moselle.
This fighting was accompanied by en
gagements with bombs and hand gren
ndes at Vaquols and at Eparges."
Germans Heavily Reinforced.
Rottordam, Sept. 23. Via London,
2:30 p. m. During tho last week the
German positions In Belgium have
been heavily reinforced, while the for
; tificatlons at Lille, in France, have
been restored and strengthened.
It is reported here that these pro
t cautions have been taken In antici
; pation of a possible offensive on tho
j Part of tho entente allies aJong the
western line before the autumn rains
;t begin.
Review of War Situation.
London, Sept. 23. 11:40 a. m. The
Btrongly 'fortified Russian city of
. Dvinsk, on tue Dviua, 110 miles south-
J east of Riga, has become the new
German objective now that tho Rus-
' clan armies apparently have escaped
) from the Vilna net Tho German for-
i ces east and southeast of Llda are
V now making rapid progress, but their
v increased speed at this time Is ox-
1! pected to gain them little In view of
the fact that tho safe retreat of the
greater part of tho Russlnn forces
now seems to be assured.
Tho chief success of the Germans
in tho last day or two has been along
I the Dvlna front, which bars the road
' to Petrograd. Southwest of Dvinsk
: the Invaders captured RusBlan
trenches on a front of nearly two
miles, taking 2000 prisoners and eight
; machine guns. Further down the rlv-
' er near Frledrichstadt the Russians
have gained a minor success.
For the tlmo being the domestic
situation In Russia Is quiescent The
striko in protest at the prorogation
of the duma has been suspended, but
: may be revived If tho government per
sists In opposition to the movement
I In favor of re-assembling parliament
Wid permitting the formation of a new
cabinet.
No Candles In Constantinople.
Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept
i 20, via Paris, Sept. 23, 11:20 a. m.
(Delayed in transmission). A Swiss
'i ho has just returned from Constau-
I ! Unoplo writes to the Gazette de Laus
l(: anne that there Is no gas, electricity
Kli r candles H the Turkish capital and
Mw that conditions of life there aro al
ls tooat Intolerable for foreigners. He
Pit4
says that 2000 workmen from the
Krupp plant In Germany are idle on
account of lack of raw materials.
Steamship Blown Up. ,
London, Sept. 23, 12:35 p. m The
British steamship Groningen, $38
tons gross, has been blown up. One
member of the crew lost his life and
several others were wounded. The
survivors were landed today.
Dutch Steamer Sinks.
London, Sept, 23. 12 35 p. m. The
Dutch steamer IConigen Emma, of
9000 tons, which struck a mine ns
she was on her way to Amsterdam
from Batavla. Java, capsized and sank
in the Thames today The 250 pas
sengers had been previously taken off
the Konigen Emma which was being
towed up the river when she sank.
Christians, Norway, Sept 23, via
London, 10:05 a. m Tho Swedish
steamer Forsvik, of 1107 tons gross,
was sunk Sunday by a mine or a tor
pedo. Her crew was landed here
today.
New York, Sept. 23. Tho British
freighter Rumanian Prince arrived to
day with the seven steerago passen
gers and fifty-six members of the
crew rescued from the Greek steam
er Athinal, destroyed by fire at sea
last Sunday.
Captain Draper Killed.
London, Sept 23, 12:24 p. m. Cap
tain Roger Francis Draper, son of
the Rev. William H. Draper of Leeds,
has been killed at the Dardanelles.
Captain Draper was married last De
cember to Miss Anna Lowell Gardi
ner, daughter of Robert H. Gardiner
of Boston.
Excitement in Athens.
Athens. Sept. 23, via London, 4:19
p. m. Up to midnight on Wednesday
twenty-eight classes of troops had
been included In the Bulgarian mobili
zation order. The news has caused
much excltoment in Athens and devel
opments n the situation are anxious
ly awaited here.
GERMANY ISSUES
NEW NAVAL ORDER
No American Merchantmen to
Be Destroyed While Treaty
of 1828 Is Being
Interpreted.
Washington, Sept. 23. Germany's
latest note on the sinking of the
American sailing ship William P.
Frye, made public today by the state
department, discloses an important
diplomatic victory for the United
States.
Germany accepts the proposal to
fix damages by commission nnd to
let The Ilasue pass upon disputed
treaty rights Involved. She also gives
assurances that no more American
ships carrying conditional contraband
will be destroyed under any circum
stances. Practical Operation a Problem.
American ships carrying contra
band, however, still may be destroyed.
What effect this can have in prac
tical operation is problematical be
cause Germany and Great Britain In
their retaliations have made absolute
contraband practically everything
which was conditional under the Dec
laration of London.
Ono thing scorned certain to offi
cials German nnval commanders now
are ordered to exorcise the rights of
Yisit and search with respect to all
American ships to determine what
cargo the vessels carry, thus making
it practically sure that none will be
attacked without warning or ample
time givon for passengers and crew
to be transferred, irrespective of the
cargo. '
Considered with reference to the
entire controversy between Germany
and the United States the Frye note
is regarded as an indication that the
Berlin foreign office is anxious to
avert a break with tho Washington
government This increased today
the interest In Germany's attitude to
ward the negotiations over the
Arabic, '
Washington, Sept 23. Germany, in
Its latest note in the Frye case made
public today, notifies the United
States that "orders have been issued
the German naval forces not to de
stroy American merchantmen which
had loaded conditional contraband,
oven when the conditions of Interna
tional law are present, but to permit
them to continue their voyage un
hindered if it Is not possible to take
them into port"
Germany gave this assurance "in
order to furnish to the American gov
ernment evidence of its conciliatory
attitude," while the question of Inter
preting the treaty of 182S Is submitted
to arbitration. The American sug
gestion for the naming of experts to
fix the indemnity for the sinking of
the Frye Is accepted.
As for absolute contraband, such as
arms and ammunition, Germany
states in its note that "it must re
serve to itself the right to destroy
vessels carrying absolute contraband,
wherever such destruction is permis
sible, according to the provisions of
the "The Declaration of London."
More Friendly Attitude.
The German note is regarded by of
ficials as evidencing a more friendly
spirit on the part of the German for
eign office. Following months of
strained relations between the two
countries. It was received as a very
favorable development
It practically insures American ves
sels against attack without warning,
and even in the event that they arc
carrying absolute contraband, passen
gers and crew are bound, according to
the Declaration of London, to be re
moved before there is any destruc
tion, which can occur only in the
event of extreme necessity.
Text of German Note.
The note follows:
"With Tegard first to the ascertain
ment of the damage by experts, the
German government believes that It
should dispense with the nomination
of an umpire. In the cases of tho
ascertainment 4of damages hitherto ar
ranged betwee'n the German govern
ment and a neutral government from
similar causes, tho experts named by
tho two parties have always reached
an agreement as to the amount of
the damage without difficulty; should
it not be possible, however, to reach
an agreement on some point, it could
probably be settled by diplomatic ne
gotiations. Assuming that the Ameri
can government agrees to tills, the
German government names as Us ex
pert Dr. Keyney of Bremen, director
of the North German Lloyds; it begs
to await the designation of the Ameri
can expert
"The German government declares
that It agrees to the proposal of the
American government to separate tho
question of Indemnity from tho ques
tion of the interpretation of the Prussian-American
treaties of 1785, 1799
and 182S. It, therefore, again ex
pressly states that in making payment
It does not acknowledge the violation
of the treatw as contonded by tho
American side, but it will admit that
the settlement of the question of In
demnity does not prejudice tho ar
rangement of tho differences of opin
ion concerning the Interpretation of
the treaty rights, and that this dis
pute is left to be decided by The
Hague tribunal of arbitration.
Suggests Settlement Through Gerard.
"The negotiations relative to the
signing of the compromise provided
by article 52 of Tho Hague arbitra
tion convention would best bo con
ducted between the foreign office and
tho American embnssy at Berlin in
view of the difficulties In the way of
Instructing the Imperial ambassador
at Washington In case the Ameri
can government agrees, the foreign of
fice is prepared to submit to the em
bassy a draft of such a compromise.
"The American government's in
quiry whether the German govern
ment will govern Its naval operations
in accordance with the German or the
American interpretation of tho treaty
stipulations In question, pending the
arbitral proceedings, has been care
fully considered by the German gov
ernment From the standpoint of
law and equity. It Is not prevented, in
its opinion, from proceeding against
American ships carrying contraband,
according to Its Interpretation, until
the question is settled by arbitration.
"For the German government does
not need to depart from the applica
tion of generally recognized rulos of
the law of maritime war, as covered
by the Declaration of London, unless
and insofar as an exception based on
a treaty Is established bey6nd all
doubt. In the case of tho present dif
ference of opinion between the Ger
man and American government such
an exception could not be taken to
be established except on tho ground
of the arbitral award. Moreover, the
disadvantages to Germany which
would ensue from the American Inter
pretation of the treaty stipulations
would be so much greater as to be
out of proportion to those which the
German Interpretation would entail
for the United States. For, whereas
the American interpretation would
materially Impede Germany In her
conduct of warfare, hardly any par
ticular disadvantage to American cit
izens would result from the German
Interpretation, slnco they recelvo full
reparation for any property damage
sustained.
Evidence of Conciliatory Attitude.
"Nevertheless the German govern
ment In order to "furnish to the Amer
ican government evidence of Its con
ciliatory attitude, has issued orders
to the German naval forces not to
destroy American merchantment
which have loaded conditional contra
band even when tho conditions of in
ternational law arc present, but to
permit them to continue their voyage
unhindered If it Ik not possible to
tako them Into port
"On the other hand It must reserve
to itself the right, to destroy vessels
carrying absolute contraband wherev
ier such destruction is permissible, ac
cording to tho provisions of the Dec
laration of London."
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LABOR BUREAU
MAKES REPORT
Result of Inquiry Into Union
Scale of Wages and
Hours Announced.
HIGHEST RATES IN 1914.
Ninety-three Principal Trades
and Leading Cities of Forty
States Investigated.
Washington, Sept. 23. The depart
ment of labor today made public tho
result of an inquiry into the union
scale of wages and hours of labor for
ninety-three of the principal trades in
forty-one of the leading cities of the
country prevailing in May, 1914. The
trades include those of tho brewing
and beer bottling, building, freight
handling, granite and stone, metal,
mill work and printing.
The average rate of wages per week
for all cities taken collectively, was
higher on May 1. 1914, than on May 1,
1913. for 75 of the trades reported, In
17 trades there was no change and in
only one trade was Jit lower.
'lnvtiKrmore importanrtfades the in
creases were: Beer bottlers, 3 per
cent cent; bricklayers, 2 per cent;
carpenters, 1 per cent; plumbers and
gas fitters, 1 per cent; sheet metal
workers, 3- per cent; structural iron
workers, 2 per cent; freight handlers,
3 per cent; painters, 4 per cent; com
positors, (book and job) 2 per cent
Considering rates of wages per
hour as distinguished from" rates per
week, 78 trades showed an increase,
15 no change, and for none was the
rate lower.
Highest Rates In 1914.
The highest scale per hour paid in
May, 1914, in a few of the principal
trades were: Bricklayers, 87.5 cents
In Dallas and San Francisco; carpen
ters, 65 cents In Chicago; painters,
70 cents in Chicago; plumbers and
gas fitters, 75 cents In Chicago, Dal
las, Portland, St. Louis, Salt Lake
City and San Francisco, and Seattle;
sheet metal workers, 68.8 cents In
Chicago and San Francisco; structur
al Iron workers, 70 cents In Cleve
land; freight handlers, 60.5 cents In
New Orleans; linotype operators, (He
brew, book and job), 83.3 cents In
New York; compositors, (English
newspaper) day work, 75 cents In Se
attle. In fifteen trades there was a reduc
tion in hours of labor between May,
1913 and May 1914, 77 reported no
change and ono reported an Increase.
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HERD ESCAPES
FROM RESERVE
Charles A. Comiskey Loses
Animals From Summer
Estate at Ashland,
Wisconsin.
Ashland, Wis., Sept. 23. A big bull
moose, three elk, a deer and an an
telope, which yesterday escaped from
the reserve on the summer estate of
Charles A. Coralskej, owner of tho
Chicago American league baseball
club, today were heading Into the big
woods and search had been aban
doned. The animals got away when an In
jured keeper left a gate open in his
haste to get medical treatment The
herd was valued highly.
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UNITED STATES
LIFTS EMBARGO
Russian Exports Allowed to
Enter Country If Satisfac
tory Guarantees Are
Given.
Washington, Sept 23. The formal
agreement lifting the embargo on
Russian exports to the United States
has been signed by Secretary Lansing
and George Bakhmoteff, tho Russian
ambassador. Russian goods will be
allowed to come to tho United Statos
consigned to tho secretary of com-
INVENTOR CHOSEN
FOR NAVY BOARD
Dr. Peter Cooper Hewitt. '
Dr. Peter Cooper Hewitt of New
York, "who has just been named as a.
member of the U. S. navy advisory
board, is best known as tho inventor
of the Cooper Hewitt electric lamp
used for illuminating factories and
for photographic work. He is also
the inventor of the telephone relay
nnd electric wave amplifiers, wireless
telophone and telegraph apparatus,
hydroplane and aeroplane and dirigi
ble balloon apparatus and light
transformers, changing the color of
light rays. He is a grandson of
Peter Cooper, the founder of Cooper
Institute of Now York.
merce, on condition that the Russian
government' is given satisfactory
jniarantee.iL that the merchandlsfe wlll
not reach her enemies.
American firms must give bond cov
ering the value of shipments. If any
part of such goods is exported the
bond will be forfeited and the firm
involved will be prevented from ob
taining any further Russian merchan
dise. Millions In Goods Released.
The arrangement Is expected to re
lease millions of dollars worth of
goods to American importers held up
since the beginning of the war and
will cover practically all goods of Rus
sian production or manufacture.
"In order to carry out these ar
rangements," said an announcement
today by the department of com
merce, "It will be necessary for
American firms to file an application
In triplicate with the' commercial
agent in charge of the New York
office of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce, asking for tho
approval of tho release of certain
shipment of goods from Russia.
''American firms must also indi
cate their willingness to furnish upon
request to the bureau a statement
showing the sales of all or any part
of the shipment of goods covered by
such agreement"
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ROCKEFELLER, JR.
HEARS TROUBLES
Confers With Camp Grievance
Committee Regarding Liv
ing and Working Con
ditions at Coal Mines.
Rouse, Colo , Sept 23. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., today stated flatly
that the Colorado Fuel & Iron com
pany does not care whether its min
ers belong to a union or not. The
statement was made in a conference
between Rockefeller, David Griffiths,
grievance meditator of the company,
and C. A. Mitchell, grievance repre
sentative of the Rouse miners. Mit
chell Is a negro.
In the course of the conference,
which was in the open under a siz
zling sun, Rockefeller asked Mitchell
whether members of the United Mine
Workers came to him with their
grievances against the company.
"I don't remember that any union
men have complained since I was
olected representative," said Mitchell.
"I don't think Mitchell knows
whether they nre 'union men or not,"
broke In Rockefeller. "I'm quite sure
the officers of the company don't
and let me tell you, tho Colorado Fuel
& Iron company doesn't care whether
its men belong to the union or not.
"Look here," ho flashed, turning to
Griffiths, "do you make any distinc
tion between union and non-union
mon in settling tho grievances ap
pealed to you by tho miners?"
"I certainly don't," replied Griffiths.
"Are not all the men treated alike
as long as they are willing to work
and behave themselves?" persisted
Rockefeller.
"Yes," Griffiths answered.
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From Dillon Frank "Terry" Brown
ing of Dillon, Mont, Ib visiting
friends in tho city. Ho formerly re
sided hero.
NEWSPAPERS DO
NOT BACK FORGO
President of American Associ
ation of Foreign Language
Papers Visits White
House.
DECLARES LOYALTY
Stand Behind U. S. President
and Do Nothing to Em-
barass Him Nothing to
Do With Bryan.
Washington, Sept! 23. Lewis N.
Hnmmerling of New York, president
of the American Association of For
eign Language Newspapers, called at
the White House today to assure
President Wilson that his organiza
tion has nothing to do with represent
ations of Dr. William Forgo of Brook
lyn, that editors of foreign newspa
pers in this country wanted William
J. Bryan to go abroad to work for
peace. Dr. Forgo saw Mr. Bryan re
cently to extend such an invitation.
Mr. Hammerling declared that Dr
Forgo doeB not represent the Amer
ican Association of Foreign Language
Newspapers, which Mr. Hammerling
said Included In Its membership prac
tically all newspapers in the United
States published In foreign languages.
"Our association," said Mr. Ham
merling, "stands behind the president
and will do nothing to embarrass him.
We have nothing to do with Mr.
Bryan and do not want him to go
abroad."
Mr. Hammerling added that an in
vestigation is being conducted to
learn whether any members of his
association have accepted subsidies
from foreign governments during the
present war. If any were discovered,
he said, they would be expelled from
the association.
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CITY SUED FOR URGE
SUM FOB NEGLECT
DFS0EWUK .
Mrs. Lucille Stevens, through her
attorneys, Joseph Chez and David L.
Stine, filed a suit today against Og
den City In the district court for $10,
250 damages for personal injuries,
consisting of a broken and fractured
foot and ankle.
The complaint alleges that, on July
11, 1915, she went to view the Liberty
boll exhibition on the depot.srounds,
and on her return walked east on
the sidewalk on the north side of
Twenty-fifth street She alleges that
the sidewalk was filled and densely
crowded with people and when she
had gotten to a point opposite the
Marion hotel she stepped into a hole
In the sidewalk which she could not
see for the density of the crowd and
was thrown violently to the sidewalk
and her foot and ankle broken, per
manently injuring and crippling her.
It is also alleged that the city dis
regarded the duty it owes to Its citi
zens by permitting and allowing the
hole to remain In the sidewalk for a
period of more than thirty days prior
to the accident, and that the officers
of the city charged with keeping tho
sidewalks and streets in repair were
negligent and careless in that respect
She also asks for $250 for doctor bills,
loss of time, and medicines.
AMBITION BROUGHT
RUIN, SAYS HILLIS
Newell Dwight Hilil.
The Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis,
accessor to Henry Ward Beecher
and Lyman Abbot in Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, an author whoso
books on religious subjects have had
extraordinary sales, and chautauqua
orator whoso famo is second only to
that of Bryan, in his pulpit last Sun
day told nia congregation that his
ambitions for wealth and power had
crushed his life, brought him to the
brink of poverty and ruin, and hum
bled him so that he was not worthy
to unloose the shoe latchets of a poor
worker, in the. slums.
GERMANS LOSE"7 1
250,000 MEN I
Recent Operations Near Vilna ;H
Prove Costly to Invading 'Jill
Forces Russian Re- lfS
treat Complete. Ail
NEW FRONT BROKEN .
Race for Crossings of Beresina it l
River, Near Where Napoleon
Came to Grief, Expected. jlJ
Petrograd, Sept. 22, via London. " flHf I
1:15 p. m The Russian military au- flsSnl
thoritles regard the withdrawal from ffM'IJI
the very difficult position near VII- liMIM
na, which for a time seriously men- Jjn
need a large army, as virtually com- Jjijjl
pleted. They assert the Germans Inti
have lost 250,000 men In their recent Ml
operations In this region. Ililfil
According to the latest information lillli
received here tho line now runs from llflll
Osmlana to Smorgon, which is on tho Jijsil
left bank of tho Viliya west of VI- fllHri
lelka. If J
From Smorgon the line extends to II hI
Lebedevo, protecting the Molodechno ll'lsl
railway junction. Thence it para!- Iffilll
lels the Vilna-Llda railway, crossing S.ffl
the Lida-Molodechno railway, and Will
extending across the Gnsda river at alls
a point 18 miles cast of Llda. The mWl
line then runs to Novlny, Molchad, nlul
Mllovldy to the east of Lake Vygon- MM
ovskl and eastward along the Oglns- (IfllfS
ki canal to Lyscha and the Junction Ulil!
of the Jasiolda river, with the WIna Mltf''
east of Plnsk. 'The remainder of liiMll
the line is unchanged. llHj
Russian officials admit that the 9
new front in the Vilna region is in- WlH
terrupted in places. The region to KfH
the east of Lida and south of Mo- BlaB
lodechno is intersected by a multl- HnK
tudo of rivulets. These aro erabar- lilln
rasslng the German advance, neces- liw
Bltating a detour northward and con- Bui
sequently co-operation between the WSra
German group in the vicinity of Vilna HI
and that near Lida will ba difficult ' MwH
The Russians believe that the Ger- VWH
mans contemplate a race for cross- jflgfj
ings of the Beresina river, particular- wmt
ly at Borlssov, 38 miles northeast of HU
Minsk where Napoleon came to grief Hml '
in 1812. Ill
The Red Cross hospitals evacuated III
Vilna In good order. Two local bos- H7
pltals, with 350 wounded, remained in flnU
the city, it being impossible to move HM
them. lift I
WINTITSIWS 1
FALLING IN ALPS IS
Work of Italian and Austrian J
Troops in Mountainous Re- I
gion Becomes Still i S
More Perilous. I
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and Austrian troops who aro engaged H s
in warfare in the mountainous re- lj
glon near the border. j j
A correspondent of the Gazette do Kallii I
Lausanne describes the recent battle iilQi ,'
for possession of the Austrian strong- Wuw !
hold on top of Freikofel mountain, Dj fl( ;
9000 feet high. The attack was made Hi1'
under the most difficult conditions. ' " '
The Austrians had prepared for an H l'i
attack from the east Two battalions H Im"
of Italian Alpine troops made their ni ' jj
way around the mountain and attack- H ;f
ed the Austrians from the rear. To : i .
reach the summit they were com- m
pelled'to scale the precipitous side of 0? i J
the mountain, clinging to ropes placed Q ffi-
in position by mountaineers. The cor- ! I?
respondent states that tho Italians ' i
captured 250 Austrians and a large , fj
quantity of munitions. ml
REDUCED POSTAL
RATES DEBATED j
Two-cent Letter and Parcel l
Post System to All Coun- mi
tries on American Con- B
tinent Desired. lit
Washington. Sept 23. A two-cent H
letter rate and extension of tho par- H .
eel post system to all countries on !M
tho American continent were dls- H ;
cussed today at a hearing of tho Iff
United Status section of the Interna- H .
tional High Commission on Uniform- HE
ity of Laws. The entire commission. HD
consisting of representatives of this Hi
country and the South and Central flflt
American republics is to meet In
Buenos Ayres probably early in No- nfli
vember. MB'
Today's meeting was held to deter- WOt
mine some of the subjects of uniform UB
legislation to be suggested by the rep- HA I
resontalives of tho United States. jlnf
Secretary McAdoo, John Bassett jHSi;
Moore, John H. Fahey, Senator Fletch- iUllj
or. Paul M. Warburg and Samuol Mflf
Untermoyor were present WI