Allies and Germans' Everywhere in
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The Omaha Daily Bee.
Ak-Sar-Ben Festival
Omaha, eWpt. SO to Ofit. 10.
Xleetrleal Parade. October 7.
Tsaternlty Parade. October a.
Coronation JSall. October .
XIIIL WEATHER.
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VOL. XLIV NO. 87,
OMAHA, MONDAY M0KX1XU, SKITHMHKU l 1!U4.
On Trains and at
et'I Mows Stands. So.
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DAMAGE DONE IN
PARIS BY BOMBS
FROM AIR GRAFT
One Man Killed, Girl Seriously
Wounded and House Wrecked
by Missile.
GERMAN AEROPLANE SUCCESSFUL
Pour Bombs Allowed to Fall in
Metropolis, but Three Are
Harmless.
AMERICANS ARE ENDANGERED
One Shell Falls Near Embassy and
Another Where U. S. Citizen
Resides.
ZEPPELIN FLIES OVER BELGIUM
Five Cities Bisited by Big Balloon
from Germany.
FIVE BOMBS FALL AT DYNZE
Man Mortally Wounded and Roof
of Hoapltai Damaged, According
to British Report of
Occurrence.
PARI 8, Sept. 27. A German aero
plane dropped a bomb into Paris to
day, killing: one man and seriously
wounding a girl.
The bomb fell in Avenue du Troc
adero at the corner of Rue Freycinet,
a short distance from the Eiffel
tower and a block from the Ameri
can embassy. It is believed the mis
sile was Intended for the wireless
station on Eiffel towed. The head of
the man killed was blown off and the
legs of the girl, his daughter, were
shattered.
Many houses, including that of the
prince of Monaco, were badly damaged
by the bomb. Nea-by whtre It fell are
buildings containing ait.y stores.
The aerop'ane dropped , ur bombs. One
fell la RufeVineuse; another in Rue de la
Pompo, where many Americans reside. A
third drooped anions; n herd of cattle on
the Auteall race track. Comparatively
little damage wan dene by these three
bombs.
Zeppelins Attack Belgian City.
LONDON, Sept 27. A German Zeppe
lin made a bomb-dropping tour of
several Belgian cities last night, accord
In? to . a dispatch from the Reuter cor
respondent at Ostend. The airship visited
the titles of Alost, Ghent, Dynse, Mln
ollcke and Rolleghem, dropping five
bombs at Dynze, which mortally wounded
un old man and dumoped the roof of a
hospital. One bomb wss dropped at Rol
leghem, but did no damage. The ZeppUin
disappeared in the direction of France.
Japanese Attack on
Tsing Tau Continues
TOKIO. Sept. 27.-The Japanese laud al
ta. k on the outskirts of T.5ln Tun, stat
' t government of the German concession
vf Klao-Chow, "gan Sot-injijer Zu, and
is fctlll coiitinuing, accirding to an offi
cial ariiouiK-enu-nl mada today. Ho far
c"" be asiei'ained. the casualtica of
Hie attacking fcrces totsh Mi The Ja
panese aeroplares huo broi most ti'c
essful in f counoltoring expedition.! an 1
thus far have c.vuped i:ad.n:i jfccd
LIBRARY REFERENCE EXPERT
DECLINES DULUTH OFFER
Offers to Miss Bertha Ha inner, refer
ring chief of the Omaha public library,
of a similar position in Imluth. with more
salary, more vaoation, no night work and
a larger department, have been reiected
by her because, sho says, she prefers to
remain In Omaha.
President C. N. Did, cf the IJbrary
board and Librarian Kdith Tobitt have
.lust announced Miss Haunter's decision
and are elated at being able to keep her
on the staff of the local Institution.
, Miss ISaumer was born In Omaha, Is a
graduate of Sacred Heart academy, has
been with the library eighteen years and
Is recognized by librarians of the country
as among the leaders in reference work.
The Weather
Temperature
1 esterday.
Peg.
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6D
4
73
7t
"7
, T?
1. 1
)
79
Comparative Local Record.
iin. litis, mi. i9ii.
Highest yesterday .... M 'ID 87
IO west yesterday M 44 38 IS
Mean teimierature b 67 43 78
l'r ipltatlon 00 .00 .a) T
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temporal ure , (3
Kxif for the day 4
T' ml defx ieniy since March 1 4ol
VnrniHl rei-ipitation (it Inch
lK fi len y for the day m In. u
. jii ininliill suwe March L.aO.71 llirru s
li.'flilfn. y since March 1 i.W) (nrhes
I !ii lency for cor. period. 113. . 6 S7 Inches
l.ieficiency for cur. iiertod. 1K12. . 27 Im Iks
"T" indicates trsie of preciitation.
t. A. WKLtill, Local Forecaster.
at Omaha
Hour.
, . a. ni.
WMM I n",:
a. m.
j a, in.
fcTA 1 a. m.
ltry, -J 11 a. m.
jT7Tfy 12 m
TPYS - rn.
" w . J p. m.
4 p. in.
ytj'iis.
DURING THE BATTLE OF
battle, where the devastation
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frivol . f&,&,L,'. ff
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GERMANS LURE THE
FRENCH fflT 0 OPEN
Teuton Division Attacks Much
Stronger Force and Then Retires,
with Enemy Following.
RESULTS IN LORRAINE VICTORY
Kai-er- Me- Attacked by O.-U
with IleaTT infantry Fire, bnt
It Goes OTer Their
Heads.
By Fdwin Emerwon,
(Staff Correspondent of the World and
Omaha Bee.)
(Copyright,. -Preaa publishing Co.).
,.,tthM Beot. 37.-Ouring my trip to
thKTfn-?! member of the Bavarian
artillery, a native
who had been wounded in battle. He gave
impressions of bis of
"After we had been traveling for six
Hours and going In he direction of the
French frontier." he said we 'ved
Rledlng. Sunday. August 9. and there e
felt our train. This place 1. ten kUome
er. (about six mile.) from the French
rentier. Not far distant is the German
town of Saarburg. From afar we could
hear the thunder of cannon.
Tan "ee Burning Town.
"We then went to Saar-AHderf and were
..ii. in rather srood Quarters. Mon
day, August 10. we went through Saar-.
burg, where the entire First regiment
h.rf h.n assembled, and In the direction,
of the frontier. It was midnight when
... rin.iiv arrived at our destination,
Ccrey, France, and went Into camp. The
burning of the town of Rlamont could
plainly be seen in the distance.
"We learned officially that our division
had the difficult task of attacking a
much stronger opponent. Then we were
to retire until we reached German terri
tory behind Saarburg, "where It was In
tended to give battle to the French with
the German army corps which had gath
ered there. This plan finally materialized
In the victorious battle In Lorraine. Our
Bavarian division had lured the enemy.
Frenchmen "hoot Too lUgn.
"In Clrey we were attacked by the
French with heavy Infantry fire, which,
however, did us no harm, since the
Frenchmen shot entirely too high. The
shrieking and the whistling of the In
fantry bullets as they passed through
the trees was terrible, but nobody be
longing to our battery was wounded.
Night set in and under the eover of
darkness we were able to retire in the
direction of the German frontier.
"The, French followed us up, certain of
victory. We retreated more and more
and recrossed the German frontier and
got Into position behind Kaarburg.
Lured Into Open.
"In the meantime many army corps
had been assembled with an artillery line
a kilometer long. The French had been
lured into the open field. August IS the
cannon thundered along the entire line
until evening.
"August 1! our battery hurt td take up
a very much exposed position, where for
more than half an hour the shots rained
all over us. There I received my slight
wound.
"When I got to .Stuttgart during the
early park of Heptember there had Just
arrived twenty-six French cannon which
had been raptured by the troops of
Wurttenbtirg at Longwy. Since there i
were no horses available, members of the
landwehr and landsturm dragged the can
non, which they had decorated with flom'
ers, through the city amid the hurrahs
of an overjoyed multitude. In the court
of the castle, where the cannon was
placed, the arrival of the king and queen
and other members of the royal house
hold was cheered enthusiastically. Count
Zeppelin was applauded."
EIGHTEEN TRAINLOADS OF
GERMANS OUT OF FRANCE
UONDON. Sept. 27. An Amsterdam dis
patch to the Central News company from
Maestricht states that between the tiours
of 1:1) and 10:30 Friday eighteen train
loads of wounded Germans passed through
AU-lu-C'happelle from France.
THE MARNE French Hussars bringing in wounded from the
was beyond expression in words.
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Germans Make Slight Gains in
Center of Battle Front in West
BKRLIN (by Wireless to Sayvtlle, U I.).
Sept. 27. The headquarters of the Ger
man genera' staff announced lat nigh,
that the Germans had made slight gains
in the center of the battle front In France.
The official statement follows:
"The enemy are using their railroad n
a general attack on Vie extreme on! cf
the right flank of the Ge-man army.
"At Bapatime (In Pas-de-Calais), four
teen miles southeast of Arraa. an ad
Cadet Taylor Back
From Meeting of
Customs Of ficials
Cadet Taylor, collector of customs, re
turned Saturday morning from New
York City, where he attended the con
ference of collectors held last week.
Under the reorganization there are how
forty-nine districts all of which were
represented at the meeting. Dally ses
sions were held and practical "methods
of administration discussed.
Besides the representatives, F. M. Hal
stead, chief of the division of customs
at Washington and Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Peters, who looks after
the customs business of the country were
present. From New York most of the
executives went to Washington to com
plete official transactions.
The collectors of the south complain
particularly of stagnation In the cotton
crop as no foreign ports to speak of are
open for this product, and pay for the
fame Is decidedly uncertain.
The general sentiment Is that the busi
ness men should stand by each other
until a change becomes evident. "Omaha
looks better from a business standpoint
than any city I have visited, there being
less signals of distress In the way of
for rent sign here than In any of the
larger cities."
Allies Prepared for
Move of Germans
ON THE BATTLE FRONT (Via Paris).
Sept. 27. All efforts of the opposing
armies were concentrated on the western
and eastern wines today. The allies had
foreseen uch a move on the part of the
Germans toward the west, however, and,
although very strong- forces of the In
vaders had been thrown on the Somme
river, they found themselves opposed In
equal numlters.
The Infantry played an Important part
nil along the line and pushed back the
Germans for a considerable distanoe. All
mention of the places of action or com
ment on the troop movements Is for
bidden under the severest penalties.
A son of Paul Uouiner, former speaker
of the Chamber of Deputies, was killoj
In action near Nancy.
German Red Cross
Nurses Carry Pistols
PARIS, Sept 27. The Germans in re
treating from Peronne left behind them
a hospital staff of 25 surgeons, seventy
women nurses, 160 male nurses, a
Protestant pastor, Domlnlclan priests and
several deaconesses. Kadi of the women
nurses carried a repeating pistol. When
the chief surgeon was reminded that this
a contrary to the Red Cross regula
tions he explained that the women had
been given arms "to make their persons
respected."
French Surround and
Annihilate a Regiment
LONDON-, Sept. V. "The rienih have
surrounded and annihilated the 10Mh regi
ment of German reserves," aava the Basel
correspondent of the Kxchange Telegraph
company In a message sent by way of
Rome. The dispatch adds: "The Ger
man wounded include a colonel, a major,
two captains and two lieutenants.''
t, fcM ..w, ;
4 ifrp'
if - W-
vanced French division was repulsed I y a
smaller G"rnian force.
"In the ceiit of the battle front we
have made sliulit gains.
"The forts under mit.i iriiinenl oii'h
of Verdun have withdrawn tboir fire. Our
artillery Is now engaged wl h f.i"?cs
which the enemy brought, up on the west
bank of the V.vjsc.
"Klsewhere the s'luation romsineil un
changed." Hitchcock Agrees
With W.T.Thompson
- On Someilemo Jobs
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. 8pt. 27.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) At the request of W. H. Thomp
son, chairman of the democratic central
committeee, H. C. Lei son will lie nomin
ated postmaster at Hed (.'loud eaily this
week. This appointment was decided
upon late tonight after a confeience be
tween Judge Thompson and Senator
Hitchcock. The nomination of R. C. Mo
Bride, made by Secretary Bryan, v,h not
confirmed.
Other appointments which Senator
Hitchcock and the "little riant of Grand
Island" came to an agreeni(.nt upon to
day were: Judge James C. -JuigN y for
register and J. P. Scott fir receiver of
the land office at Valentine; J m W.
Morrow for land office receiver nt Alli
ance; Frank Campbell for receiver t
O'Neill and W. T. W hite ttr register at
Lincoln.
Kaiser's Sickness
Caused by Fall Into
Water-Filled Ditch
IXJNDON, Sept. 27.-A despatch to the
Times from Geneva siys that the Suisse
tates that Emperor William Is III with
Inflammation of the lungs as a result of
having fallen Into a trench that was filled
with water.
Art Critic Describes
Cathedral Damage
LONDON, Bept. 26 A Reuter dispatch
from Paris says Thlebault Kissons, art
crltlo of the Temps, has visited the
cathedral at Rheima and gives the fol
lowing description of the structure as It
now stands:
"To Judge of the damage it was neces
sary to ascend the towers. There I saw
the bells completely melted. Th roof,
which was niuiie of lead plates, had en
tirely disappeared; the magnificent cam
panile, made of wood n ml lead, n ci ted
at the crossing of the transepts and apse
had vanished. The vaults still are stand
ing and the nave waa not touched by
fire.''
The writer thinks, however, that the
autumn rains and frost will play havoc
with the stones and that measures must
be taken immediately to strengthen the
walls. . He concluded by quoting the
German emperor's son to the Rhelina
municipality a few days before the bom
bardment: " 'The best proof of my desire not to
touch the building Is that I am nnxous
to put the wounded 'nslde.' "
Next Sunday
Special
Edition of
THE BEE
Best of Them All
field of action 6f the great
wm
JAIL GRAFT BEYOND
RECALL BY RULING
I
Sheriff! Inflated Feeding Bills
Eliminated for All Time by
Supreme Court.
FORMER DECISION IS SUSTAINED
up rente Judaea Hefuse Hrhrarlnt
of Holing that BIcMbane Is Kn
lllleri. to Only Reasonable
t'wmpp.nsatlon fur Meals.
The desperate efforts of Sheriff F. J.
McShane, Jr., to freeze to his JH) a day
"Jail feeding gruft." have ended In de
feat, the stale supreme court yesterduy
having overruled tils' ittrney's molten
for a rehearing oi tn decision that ho
waa entitled only to reasonable compen
sation from the county, according to
advices from Lincoln.
The county board, which had in I led
on the sheriff to make a showing yes
terdsy of the amount considered reason
able payment for furnUhlng the prison
ers' food, postponed consideration on ac
count of the absence of Sheriff McBhaue
and hl attorney, Arthur Mullen.
The sheriff's bills for feeding prisoners
were three times scrutinized by the su
preme court in the light of a new statute
passed by the legislature. First a por
tion of the law excepting Douxlas county
from the remainder of the stute where
feeding hills of M cents per day per
prisoner were allowed and granting the
Douglas county board power to settle
the question for Itself, wss declared un
constitutional, while the other provisions
were allowed to stand.
t'oanty Hoard Flaihfs to Finish.
The county board again CHrrled the
case to the high court and was defeated,
but a motion for a rehearing was granted
and tho court ultimately held the entire
statute unconstitutional, leaving the sit
uation us it had been prior to the passage
of the law, ,
In the Interval between the second de
cision of the court and the decision upon
the' motion for a rehearing several more
eases Involving monthly bills were forced
ti trial In district court by the sheriff
and attempts were made to induce the
members of the unard to "lay down." the
situation even olng so far that they
were publicly criticized for Insisting on
fighting the case to the last ditch by
Omaha newspapers.
Credit Hue to These.
The fight of the county board members
led by Commissioner John C. Lynch, was
upheld at all times by The Hhu which
gave publicity to their efforts and to thu
evils of the fee gruft. Mr. Lynch as a
member of committers which had to deal
with the feeding situation took a prom
inent part in pushing the case to lis con
clusion. Myron L. Learned wss remitted as spe
cial counsel by the board and Is credited
by local lawyers Willi having won an Im
portant legal victory.
RUSE DECEIVES GERMANS
AND THOUSANDS ARE LOST
LONDON. Sept. Tt.-A, Pails dispatch
to the Iteuter Telegram company says:
"Wounded who have arrived at Mont
liKun give details ot the siege of Fort
Troyon. neat; Verdun. They say that
while the Germans were bombarding the
commander of the fort did not r'ply.
The enemy, believing that the fort had
been esacitated, oproached In order to
destroy a redoubt.
"The commander of the fort then set
fire to two cartloads of straw inside the
structure, mid the Germans, convinced
that their shells had started the fire and
that they could easily take the place, ad
vanced In close formation.
"The French suddenly unmasked their
mitrailleuses, which opened a deadly fire.
The number of German bodies abandoned
on the slos .around Kurt Troyon Is es
timated at 7.000."
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
IN EAST DUTCH STATES
PARIS. Hept. S7.-A rtiapatch to the
Havaa agency from Amsierdam that tn
order to prevent the exportation of con
traband article to Germnny, the Nether
land government had declared martial
law in the eastern provinces
HILL READY FOR MAYTORENA
Carranra Officer Prepared to Resist
Attack of Villa Minion.
I MORE FIGHTING IS PREDICTED
First t hief Urn Fnrlher llloodshed
nil !! Rebellion Lender
w ill ite Illume
foe II.
V M.'vl-., S.'lll. 17 (S-tl-
' eval 1 -1111111111 Hill " fne of about 1.5"0
men Willi flsht machine guns ninl plenty I
i.f i.iiiiiuni'.t on Is lure tonight, prepared:
io r!iM another sttatk l.y Governor
I MaytoiiTiii s men. ltcliiil'le Infoi nintlon
eoio i inlim y Merday's finlit rt Siuitri
Uiu-liara, In wnlill Hill wns defeated.
Hive Hill's lo at ii'ioiit ninety men
'killed or milled ami left on the Held.
Tliny-f.c wounded weio hiouslit here.
;-im ml ll ll s men iiy Mayloienn lost
; t. nty-eiht killed and eiglity-lo
1 w Olllldetl.
' fol U.l l lll.lllel.l, hlUaile eoMllliaililel of
I the I'l'lleo Sillier fillers at liuuglas.
withheld pri tulxMoii to I'ltnu the ouiuld
acroxs Hie lun'rc to ImiiisWx. The Mexl
can i'oiis'.'I In re ,i;ipraled to llatf eld's
superlois Hi Hni Antonio, who sustained
(he Ainei li Hll ol'lli er. ,
Furl her I iKlillnn I'retl leleii.
WASHINGTON. Serl -' - t'u t in fight
ing Ml MeVii o Will pieill. ted by (ier.rral
CRrrHiifH toibiy to the illitloinntlc corps In
Mexico ity. according b offlc'al advices
to the SlHte del artnient.
The Hut chief explained to Hie diplo-
' milts, who gathered nt his renuext. Hint
i Zapata had refused to Htlnul or send
' delegate i,i tne national convention called
lor Oi tuber I and that his forces were
active in the south.
Ho hald thst the blnnie for further
bloodshed yould lie Villa's as his ow
troops would net (inly on the defensive.
n
'.a put a nlth VI lie..
Offlciul InfuriiiHlloii ha. come to the
Washington government from General
Funston and others with a deflnltenes
Hint Is retarded beyond question that
Zapata and Villa are working In harmony
ugHlnsl Carrnnsa and expect the support
ot ex-feileials who fled he CMpllsl because
Currunr.:t would give them no guarantees.
One o' Villa's chief demands has been
that meritorious officers who supported
I Inert a be taken Into the new national
army, only those directly Implicated In
the overthrow of Madro being barred.
Alreadv It has liet n reported that Fran-
j Cisco Cailm.lal, former provisional presl-
tieill, uili. ttciiriai i-t-u I'lui, bic it" .
SUPrt Villa.
Democrats Feature
of Fair's Last Day
KI.KIIORN. Neb.. Sept. 27. (Special. -Democratic
candidates constituted the
principal featuie of the Douglas county
fair which closed here successfully today.
Almost the full county and legislative
ticket vit represented, and Dr. V. L.
Hall, vice chairman of the stale central
committee, and Andrew M. Morrlssey, sec
retary, to the governor, wete guests.
County Chairman J. D. Dennett and Sec
retaiy Harney McArrile had charge of the
dinner, which was for committeemen, vis
iting democrat and party workers.
The Hpcnkers Included J. H. Hanley, for
Congressman Lobeck; Henry C. Rich
mond, who spoke In behalf of the legis
lative house ticket of which he Is mem
ber: John M. Tanner. I J. Qulnby. Dr.
Q'tlgley, Kdward K. Howell, V. H. De
Polt, candidate for county superintendent,
and other candidates and guests.
The suffrage debate between Frank O.
Odell and Mis Dorman was heard by a
large throng.
The baby show as a distinct feature.
Prizes will be announced Monday. The
attendance was large, and the fair offi
cials are highly pleased with the first fair
of the county to be held at Elkhorn. It
was considered a fine success.
Murders His Wife
and Kills Himself
Al'RORA, Neb.. Sept. 27. -I Special Tele
gram.) Oscar Brown, proprietor of the
Central hotel, this morning shot and
killed his wife and then turned the gun
upon himself. He died a few hours later.
Drown appeared to have had a dispute
with Mrs. Drown over a proposed busi
ness deal that Included a trade of some
of their property for western land. Drown
declared she was about to deed away
something for nothing and domestic
ijuarrels ensued. This morning he bought
a revolver and coming to the kitchen hail
a talk with bis wife following which he
allot her ninl then turned tho gun Upon
himself. Ho had talked about com
mitting suicide of late, but his friends
thought he had given up the, thought.
I Drown wus 51 years of age and Mis.
Drown waa 4S. They leave eight chil
dren, the youngest 7 years of ago. The
funeral all' be held M..may
GERMANY HITS FRANCE !
NEW BLOW; BUYS NO WINE!
HORDKA I'X, Sept. i In many of the
famous vineyards around Bordeaux, vin
tage bus liegun. Women, children and old
men are taking the places of the men
fighting at tho front. They are aided
by refugees from Delg'um and northern
France.
The crop Is not abundant, many imma
ture grapes having dropix-d from the
stock owing to premature blossoming, but
if the promise of the fruit Is fulfilled,
the wine will be good.
The disiosal of the ine is likely to
be a problem as about 20,00,00 bottles
went to Germany each ear, and, tn ad
dition, tho epeudlng power of the world
will be diminished for some time to come,
owing to the Immense cort of the war.
With a view to compensating this fall
ing off, the Dordeaux growers intend to
make a strong effort to capture the big
trade In sparkling Hock and Moselle,
heretofore done In the I'nited Stales by
(iermany. Incidentally, they hope to de
prive champagne of some of lis vogue.
RIVAL ARMIES AT
BAYONET'S POINT;
ALLIES SEE GAIN
Hand-to-Hand Fighting Results in '
Advantage to French, Sayi
Paris Statement.
PERCEPTIBLE ADVANCES MADE
Gains Are Noted Between Oie and :
Somme and North Aisne to
i
Rheimi. 1
ENTRENCHMENTS COME CLOSE
Soldiers. Only Few Hundred Yards
j Apart, Charge with Bayonets
j in Hands.
i GROUND REGAINED SATURDAY
! Territory Lost Between Argonna
and Meuse is Recovered.
VIOLENT FIGHTING IN SERVIA
Official Frenrli Dlspatehes May)
A el Ion In rrnaaVess in Vele-hbor-
hood of KrnnanJ and Far
n River Drlnau 1
PAR 13. Sept. 27. An official
statement Issued this afternoon say
that the armies of the allies and tb
Germans nre In the closest contact
everywhere and that the bayonet
fighting generally Is favoring tho
allies.
The statement says the perceptible
advanoett have been made by the
allies between the Oise and the
Sotnnie and to the north of the .
Somme from the Aisne to Rbetms.
In some places the opostng en
trenchments are only some hundred
yards apart and violent bayonet (
char Res by the Germans have been '
repulsed at all points.
A vigorous (Jerinun offensive tnrs"-ben
thrown hack In the region of Berru and
Nogent L'Ahesse.
At the end or the day (Saturday), the I
French troops. It la said, regained the
ground lt between the Argonns region
j and the Meue.
The Cent's ns occupy a front which
pasaes by St. Mlhlel and northwest of
Pont-A-Mousson. There is no change of
importance on the allies left wing.
Allies t.aln on Highl.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. A alight ad
vantage over the Herman left wing by
the allies and Russian advances toward
Cracow marked by the capture of
Itscazuw, were indicated today in official
dispatches to the French embaaey.
Violent fighting was under way In
Servla In the neighborhood of KrupanJ
and as far as the River Drlna, the dis
patch added.
The dispatches desc ribing operations ri
France which were of supplementary
nature, added: -
"At the end of the day, our troops oc
cupied a front at Dompletre (southwest
of Peronne). Rlbecourt and Noyon were
put on the defensive by the Germane.
"We occupy Iierry-Au-Bac.
"The enemy has retired on Blamunt
wllh serious losses and has evacuated
Diidonville. He was forced from LeBneiiic
and the wood between Lessen x and
Nlscnbarh."
Germans in Revenge.
Burn Belgian Town
AMSTKHDAM (la London). Hept. 17.
The Maastricht correspondi nt of the
Nleuws Van Den Dag has sent the fol
lowing dispatch:
"Belgian soldiers on Friday blew up thai
railway at Dllsn, Llmborg, near Hasacth
Shortly afterwards a German military
train was derailed an8 destroyed. In re
venge the Oerr.iuns burned the village.
One hundred and fifty refugees arrived
here today from Dllzn.
"At Brussels the g unison continues
actively to perfect the defense works. A
complete belt of barbed wire now en-
circles the city, within which Is a double
i line of trenches. It 's also stated that
nil th high roads lending into Hrussela
j have been mined.
Sixty Victims of
Shipwreck Saved
WASHINGTON. Sept r.-Four officers
and fifty-six persons, who were aboard
the Cutter Taltomu when she went
ashore In te Western Aleutian Islands,'
have been picked up by the steamer
Conlova and survey ship Patterson, near
Agaitu islund, advices today to the
H.-vniue Cutter Et-rvlce stated. Search
now Is proceeding for twenty-three other
persons from the Tahoma, who. landed,
Ir un boats on islands nearby.
Bombardment of
Malines is Begun
LONDON, Sept. 27. Adespatca to the
Reuter Telegram company from Aatweraj
ays that the Germans today oomraenend
the bombardment of Malines. The peopie
were obliged to quit their reconstruct iou
habitations. Heavy gun-flrlng Is aUe
heard in the direction of Hofaiadn,
f.
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