The- Omaha Sunday Bee
PART ONE
NEWS SECTION
pages o:;r. to twelve
TEE WEATHEB
Cloudy
VOL. XLV NO. 12.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKN'IXd, ST-'lTEMBEtt f, l!).r-FlVn SECTIONS KOKTY PAOlvS.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
SEVEN PilEXlGAiMS
KILLED IN BATTLE
ALONG BOUNDARY
Texas Kasgen Slay Haiders Believed
to hp cauaozd, ia.e.0. in JJes"
- perate ignt on Hio
Oranae .border.
rORTY IN THE OiUGINAL PARTY
Attempt Made to Kill American
Rancher 1'our Hues West of
Old Hidalgo, Tex.
CAVALRY RUSHED TO SCENE
Seven Mexicans were killed In a bat-j
tie this afternoon between Texas !
rangers on the American side and !
the Mexicans believed to be Carranza !
Soldiers on the Mexican side of the !
Rio Grande, near Old Hidalgo, Tex.
The battle was still being waged at j
8 o'clock.
The are said to havis been forty Mexi
cans In the original party. They fired
across the Bio Grando thin morning on a
Texas ranchman, near whore the fighting
Was feeing w aged this afternoon.
No one of Hit American side had been
killed when the laat report was received
hers.
Rangers and cltlxen's posse this after
Boon were chasing a band of Mexicans
near-Benito in the direction of the Rio
Grande, according to a telegram from
6an Benito,
Soldiers and armed citizens today con
tinued the search for 'Mexican bandits
' operating north ef Brownsville. No ad
ditional .clashes have been reported. The
posses have found two bombs (eft by the
Mexicans. They were filled with bolts
.and other scrap iron.
' Mexicans Killed by Pom.
BAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept 4. A spe
cial to the Light from its correspondent
With the border troops says:
"A posse of citizens led by Bherlff
Vann of San Benito, in approaching a
small native house at the Ague Negras
ranch, shot and killed two Mexicans,
who ran and refused to halt. It was
found later that a young daughter of a
; Mexican named Ramirez had been killed
by a stray bullet and her mother fatally
i wounded. The Jbmen were in the house
which was in the line of fire."
The shooting took place about a quar
ter of a mile from the scene of the re
oent fight between soldiers and raiders
Thursday afternoon. The two Mexicans
were identified as local residents of the
neighborhood. The correspondent adds:
"Friday morning a detachment of t"
j Twelfth cavalry under Lieutenant Matt
Bristol, arrested five men near Nebraska
.station, seven miles southwest ot San
I Benito. One, mounted upon a mule, made
! a dash for liberty, but was shot down.
The remaining four are held by the
soldiers pending Instructions."
The clash Is believed to be the one de
scribed in unofficial reports to Browns
ville last night.
Laborer Killed
By
Fall in Front
Of Moving Tractor
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 4. (Special Tele
gram.) Mike O'Connell, a laborer work
ing at the fair grounds, assisting In plac
ing the tractor exhibit, fell this after
noon in front of one of the big engines
and was run over and killed, one of the
wheels passing over his head. He was
about 46 years of age, and had lived in
Lincoln three years, but no one appears
to know who his relatives are.
GERMANY PUTS OUT
NEW TYPEJ0F SUBMARINE
BERLIN, Sept 4. (By Vlreless to 6ay
ville.) A dispatch from Christianla states
that a German submarine of a new type,
fax larger than any previous vessel of this
character, has been observed ott the
southwestern roast of Norway. ' This Is
regarded in Berlin as confirming reports
that Germany Is about to place in com
mission super-submarines, far excelling
the best of its submerslbles hitherto.
SUBJECTS OF SERMONS.
The subjects ,of "Billy" Sun
day's first three sermons in
Omaha to be preached Sunday
In the tabernacle will be as fol
lows: 10:30 a. in., "The Need of
the Church."
2 p. m., "God's Grenadiers."
x 7:JW p. m., "The Bins of
Society."
The Weather
Tempera tor
Utuaha Yesterday.
Hour. Leg.
a in
t a. rn si
7 a. in I'i
8 a. n W
a. in 6
10 a. tn 4
11 a. in 7
12 in M
1 p m , ... hi
2 p. in Hi
3 p. lu lit
4 l. l:l M
5 1. m 3
S p. in 2
7 p. in bu
Lu!:i Rreord.
I'M 19'
.... t 1 1W 89
....til 60 7(i 7
I'suiHtratlTc
Hlghest yeatejlHy
Iowrst yesteruay .
Mean teinpuratuie
I rmip.Utiion
.... 71
tt .0u
.00 .w
depart-
Temptraiiire and precipitation
ur- iroin tne hot rmi;
Noniiat ttmperatura 74
Kxtoaa for the day 1
Total deMcifiir-v s nee March 1 474
Normal prerlpithtlon 09 Inch
1 if Iclency for the dy tw Inch
Total ralnf.i 1 sl;ico .Marcn 1. .22. 17 Inches
ficliicy since March 1 IS Inch
i 1 -fV Mir) for cor. period, l'-14. Inches
Lcfftncy fur cor. petloU, li13. t.O Inches
si
RUSSIAN RETREAT FROM
great body of Russian forces
ambulances.
'?. M..Wi i;iU ilk. i M-LY .'V'-Ul
"' 1 " Y!YV-T ' - ..;.g-!ia.aif; !3i2arM nasal
1 1
ROPER WILL TALK
TO HAIL CARRIERS
National Convention Delegates Are
to Hear Postal Official's Voice
by Telephone.
GAINOR TELLS, .OF PURPOSE
"Hello, this la Mr. Roper at Wash
ington?" , "Hello." . :
"All right, let her go."'
Some such laconic conversation as
that will be heard at the telephone
in the Omaha' auditorium Monday
evening at 8:30 o'clock, when the
1,600 delegates to the National Let
ter Carriers'--convention, are gath
ered there.
And then and tnere First Assistant
Postmaster General Daniel C. Roper
In his office at Washington, D. C,
will speak over the telephone his
greetings to the letter carriers in the,
convention hall at the Auditorium.
The Nebraska Telephone company j
j has arranged to Install 250 Individual I
receivers in the great Auditorium, so
that the delegates attending my hear
the speech that leaps ball way across
. .
tne continent.
President Edward J. Oftlnor of the Na-
tlonal association Is then to gives' re-
sponse to the talk by the postmaster gen-
era).
All the delegates In the room will
be able to hear both speakers although
they are 1.700 miles apart.
A. Fraternal Organisation.
"I do not like the Impression to get
out that we are an organization dovoted
only to influencing legislation," - said
President Edward J. Galnor of the Na
tional Association of Letter Carriers,
when he arrived In Omaha" for "the na
tional convention, which opens Monday.
"We are a fraternal bunch. There Is
a good fellowship feellhg among ua, and
we ars organized primarily for that. - You
will find a live buuch here. They are
men of decided opinions and men who J
are not afraid to say what they think.
"No, we are not .organised to Influence
legislation. We' . have talyan up many
things for the good Of the . service, and
(Contluued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Five Are Burned to
Death in Orphanage
i SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.-Flre de
' stroyed the Ht. Francis Girls' directory, a
Cathol'.o orphanage, - here early : today,
I with the loss of five lives. .
When the fire las discovered the child
i ren were marshalled and marched out of
the building by Elster Mary Agnes and
! Mother Superior Margaret. They were
i quartered In neanby homes and it was be
I lleved that all had escaped,
i ' Search of the ruins d sclosed the body
lot Elizabeth O'Brled. 4 years old, and
; four others. -
i Another body identified was that of
Kafherlna O'Brien, Elisabeth's sister. The
remaining three were burned beyond
recognition. ,
Foreign Exchange
Market Stagnant
NEW YORK, Sept. 4 Stagnation today
followed the turmol of the week In foreign
exchange markets here. The relaxation
was so complete that for mors than an
hour after the opening of the short busi
ness day not a quotation on any foreign
moneys was available.
This was paitly due to the big exudus
yesterday from the financ'al districts of
bankers in close touch wlthvthe situation
on the eve of tre Labor day ho'lday.
Nominal quotations mere: Sterling, 14 87;
rancs. 15.91; marks. 81 cents; llres. . 84.44.
None of these f'gures showed much varia
tion from yesterday.
Murder Charge Preferred.
MASON CITT. la, Sept. 4. (Special. )
Louis Plrcskl, alias Tony Moras, aged
wss arrested here todsy charged with
II. murder of Tbomas Alechnovltch St
Kansas City June , last. Ha will return
without requisition papera
WARSAW While a small rear guard remains to defend the
abandoned the place, filling the roads leading to the north with
' v
FORMER EMPLOYE
IS. FIRE SUSPECT
Telephone Officials Think Dis
charged Man May Be Firebug
Who Attacked Buildings.
LOCKS ARE CHANGED ON DOORS
' . t
Officials of the telephone company
from Omaha and Council Bluffs
worked yesterday with members of
the police and fire departments In an
efort to solve the mystery of Incendi
ary fires which have beei set in the
company's two stations In the luffs.
Guy il.' Pratt, general commercial
superintendent of the Nebraska Tel
ephone company, with offices in
Omaha, conferred with Superintend
ent Frank Elgan and others at the
Bluffs. .
"The strongest clew we have might
'involve a discharged workman who
left the survice of ,the company
about a year ago. This man has been
acting In an erratic manner," said
Mr. Pratt. - -
1 The manner In which entrance was
' sained at both buildings and the use
f"0"1"1'"'". w treating butts
jof telephone poles, for setting the fires,
caused Mr. Fratt to bellevs that the firs-
bug was familiar with the buildings,
Carboilneum was used at the , Scott
street building Thursday night.; This
fluid - Is prohibited inside the building
-
and la stored In a yard nearby. Locks
were opened by some one who ' knew
bow to get at the keys or who had dupli
cates. :
w Locks an Doors. f
Superintendent Pratt ordered new locks
placed on the doors and a twenty-four-hour
watch on both 'buildings. Employes
searahed every-nook of the buildings for
further evidence of incendiarism. ,
The city deteotlvss , working on the
caae declared they were at sea .The po
lice maintained the work Is that of a
pyro maniac. Ths boldness ot repeating
the otfesue on Friday night after three
fifes Thursday night suggested the work
of a ounning and determined mind, the
officials maintained.
Attention of the police has been called
to (be presence of stret speakers
WhO
have been fulminating on prominent
corners. One street speaker defended the
explosion at the court house in Omaha
and the Times explosion in Los Angeles.
Ths detectives admit they have a sus
pect under surveillance, but that Is as
far as they will go In showing their hand.
A private detective in the service of tha
(Continued on Page Two.
Column One.)
Subsea Lands Party
to Blow "Up Turkish
,a Railroad Bridge
LONDON, Bept. 4,-A novelty In sub
marine warfare Is reported in a dispatch
from Athens to the Star. It Is stated
Ui at a British submarine, after threading
its wsy through the gulf of Ismld, landed
a party for the purpose of dynamiting the
railroad bridge at Ceblse, twenty-eight
miles southeast of Constantinople. The
railroad, running to Hatdar, Pasha and
Ismld, Is the main linn of communica
tion between ObM aintinople and ths In
terior of Asia Minor.
The dispatch atates, that although tha
expedition was not entirely successul,
the Brit'sh bluejackets destroyed a por
tion of the bridgo. Ml'ing tha Turkish
soldiers on guard there snd returned
safely to ths submarine.
Negroes Now Deny
Confessing Murder
of Dr. 0, F. Mohr
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Sept. 4.-A denial
that they had copfessed to ths murder of
Dr. C. Franklin Mohr was made to the
Associated Press today by George W.
HealU. Henry Spellman and C. Victor
Brown, the . negroes, who, according to
the police authorities, had previously de
clared that they killed tha physician at
the Instigation of Mrs. Mohr.
TWO HUNDRED ARE
KILLEDJN WRECK
Heavily Laden Passenger Train in
Smashup Two Hundred Miles
East of Mexico City.
MANY jWOMEN AMONG VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Two
hundred people, Including many
women and children, were killed In
a train wreck several days ago 200
miles east of Mexico City, American
CodhuI Sllliraan reported the accident
to the State department today. An
other train following with forty-five
American refugees aboard was de
layed by the wreck, but reached Vera
Crus yesterday.' " "' "
Orders Foreclosure .
of Mortgage on the
Missouri Pacific
WOODSTOCK. Vt. Sept. 4.-An appll-
.a.on oy counsel ror the uuaranty Trust
company of .New York to foraolose a
mortgage giveh by the MlaaouH Pacific
railway was granted by Circuit Judge
Elmer B. Adams of St. Ixuls at his sum-
mer home here today. Judge Adams gave
out the following statement: reotlon. The fortress and nil the forts sre tho ,nld9 lne te" ehM,rea
"Edwin 8. S. Sunderland of the law i . nn...i,. m,. . Among the prominent laymei
firm of Stetson. Jennings & Russoll of
New York Clty.v-vlslted . Circuit Judua
Umer B. Adams today as attorney of
the Guaranty Truat company of New
York, to file a bill to foreclose a mort
gage given by the Missouri Paolflo rall
wayto secure the first and refunding
bonds 'Issued by that company. Judge
Adams granted tha application."
Professor Reed Is
.Absolved from Blame
LOCI8VILLH, Ky., Snt. 4.-:8peotal
Telegram.) A coroner's Jury Investigat
ing th- death of William Branch, Jr.. S
' who HloH oft U. Anl i .,.1 I-..
V I V. ,i I It. Ill nruilCII. Sr..
.... .....,., Mv.y.,, ......
inursauy anoinotn
a few minutes after !
being airui-k by an automoMIe, driven by
Prof. C. L. Reed, recently olected prin
cipal of the Louisville Boys' High school,
returned a verdict ' that the boy came to
his dcuth from injuries due to his own
cart'r.'i'ess and the accident was uu-avoloabk-,
,
Prof. Heed came to Louisville several
weeks ato from Omaha. In the brief
period he has been here he has won
many warm friends, who were much
grieved by the tragedy that marked the
beginning of his residence In I.ouUvui,
Dwarf Dies at the
Age of 107 Years
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Mrs. Jcanette
Swarts, who died laat night in the Brook
lyn home' for the aged, in her 107th year,
established a record. It Is believed for
longevity among dwarfs. She waa two
and a half feet high and weighed less
than twenty-five pounds. Her birth place
was Stuttgart, Germany.
Negro is Lynched
at Dresden, Tenn.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Sept. 4.-A negro
Darned Wilson was lynched last night
near Dreaden for a crime against a
white woman after the circuit Judge and
the sheriff bad once taken him from
the mob.
MORE RIVER BOATS UNDER
nnniMnrniTin.i A -v- nrA, vur.
LUNOIUtnAI IUM Al UCLA I UH
1
Additional boats snd barges to handle
the business on the river between Omsha
and Decatur are still being considered.
A conference of the business men of
uecatur is to oe neia mis wwk io con-
sider the advisability of building s cou
ple of such boat a
city during evacuation, the
troops, cannon, wagons and
KAISER WINS AGAIN
IN FIGHT FOR RIGA
Berlin Headquarters Announces the. or intoxioated.
. . -r, t i . . The train on which ths Sundays arrived
Capture Of Bridgehead at was s bout twenty -five mlnutas lata In
Friederichstadt. side the gates at the Union station half
y .- ,. -.. j a hundred ministers, layman prominent
THOUSANDS MADE CAPTIVES'" tha worl1 nd MWWP" m,n hd
BERLIN, Sept. 4. (Via London.)
The German army engaged In the
battle for possession of the
port of Riga has won another inipor-'
tant victory. Army headquarters
today announced the capture.of the' aw Hundsy clasped his mother In
hriHraVino tp-i-ii,t. ,. ' his arms and kissed hr and shook hands
bridgehead at Frledrichstadt; on the,wth hf- makm Th,n tn, pn(.
w.iuw, nuuui imiy iiiues diow iuga,
The Germans oaptured thirty-seven
officers and 8,8X5 men,
The text of today's offloial statement
Is as follows!
"Wsstsrn theater:-The Situation on the
western front Is unchanged.
"Eastern theater: Army of Flold
Marshal von Hlndenburg: The bridge
head at Frledrichstadt was stormed yes
terday. Thirty-seven officers and 3,325
men were taken prisoners. Five machine
guns were slso captured.
"On both aMoa nf VII r.. tt. V...
repeated his vain attacks. Besides loslntr
r a ,Rrt8 mimb(ir , k,nj ,, wouni,od,.ho
iftft goo prisoners In our hands,
1 .In and around Grodno fighting still
' continues. During the night, however,
th, Russians, nfter suffering defeat
v.n,1,.r. i ... ......
. i. k.i .,' , o. i.- ...
. ... ... . . . ? .
"To the south of
rodno also the enemy
has evacuated no
Inns on the Nle'in.
"Between the confluence of th. Awl..
Iocs snd the reslon northeast of the for-
est of Blelovlesh, the army nf General
,,, vmunn. i, iinimnB. i y iu Ilia
present time M0 prisoners have been
taken. .
"Army of General Field Marshall Prtno
Leopold of Bavaria: The firMIng H the
psssages through the marshy dlatHot
north- and northeast of Grndana contin
ues. ' :' ' ' '
"Army of Field Marshal von Macken
sen: The enomv ts still holding V.- hr'1e
hesd near Berexa-Kartuska. further
,0thi , tha region of Droh'csyn, sixty
V Am.(a,. f h .(...V.n m .at V . . ft
of
I .... . .
i imsK, tns enemy nss neen repuiaea
Sunday to Dedicate
Tabernacle Built
At Corning Monday
"Billy" Sunday will spend his weakly
rest day, Monday, by going to Corning,
la., in the morning with Mrs. Sunday
' and Pianists Brewster and Matthews to
i dedicate a tabernacle which' has , Just
been completed there for a revival cam
paign. He will dedicate the tabernacle
In the morning and return to Omaha in
time to attend the ball game at Rourke
park in the afternoon.
Former Omaha Man
Accidentally Killed
Near Gibbon, Neb.
OIHBON, Neb.. Sept. 4. (Hpeclal Tele
gram.) Uert Rlchcy was caught In the
flywheel of a trtshlng engine last night
And had one arm badly torn, ile .dled at
t o'clock this morning. Ilia father lives
st 6322 Center street, Omaha He has a
brother on a hutm-ateud near George
town, Custer countv.
New York Stands
By Death Penalty
ALBANY, N. T.. Sept. 4-In Its closing
I ...,. ,h. rwn.uFln.tl.tnul ,nnv,ntinn
oiuiui '
, refused to abolish tho death pnnulty and
I voted to raise the tu'ary of the governor
0f New York from SlO 'mO to f-'O.uOu a year.
effective January 1. 1H17.
The projiosHl to permit Juries In first
degree rnuidcr cases to dcil.li whether
i convicted persons snoum ue en cirocuieu
or sentenced to life irnpi laonment. w as
beaten by a decisive aye and nay vote.
SUNDAY ARRIYES
IN CITK WITH HA
AND THEIR PARTY
Met at Station by Crowd of Minli
tert and Laymen Who Are In
tereited in Revivalist and
Hit Meeting.
INTRUDER SHOUTS HE IS INSANE
Evangelist jind Hi Wife Well
Pleated with Preparations
Made for Them.
READY FOR ARDUOUS CAMPAIGN
"Billy" Sunday arrived In Omaha
yesterday morning at 10:40, com
ing from Winona Lake, Ind., where
ho has been for ten days.
A large number of ministers, mem
bers of the committee and others
were at the station and greeted and
cheered him
In the midst of all the greeting
and gladness and welcome a sombre
note was sounded. I( was Just as
the party had entered the automobile
of F. D. Wead outside the station
that a wild-eyed, unkempt man about
40 years old made his way up to the
side of the machine and, shaking his
fist at "Billy," cried in broken Eng-
I linn:
"You ought to be In an Insane
j asylum."
The man looked daugermis. Rsv. 3. Wj
, Welsh, who was putting Mr. Sunday's
valise In the oar, turned and gave the
innu a push backwards. H moved away,
mumbling, but a moment later while tha
photogiaphers were busy, he came back
and shouted angrily:
"You ought to be locked up In an In
sane asylum."
The fellow was evidently somewhat de-
gamereu. ,
Ma Comas wltb Him.
"Billy" cams, smiling from one of ths
rear Pullmans, carrying his blaok vallae
i -!"n1 followed by the mulling "Ma" Bun
itu&elan j . , . ..... ,
uny, vj i sc. 1 1 1 1 tsJ 1 1 itaiill, w uv stsa-ss vi is, a pa m
of extension work for women, and Robert
1 Matthews, one of ths pianists,
, togrsphlo corps got busy. "Billy" and
"Ma" and George Sunday, Mrs. Ashar,
(ha smiling evangelist. He stood with his
arm around "Ma's waist. Several plO"
tures were taken of him separately and
then ha rushed oft up ths platform, but
soon found lis had lost "Ma." Baok hs
went, looking snxlously till hs found her
on ths arm of Geosge, and the three pro
ceeded Into the station arm in arm.
It is very evident that Mrs. Sunday Is
tha Idol of her husband and family.
"Billy' wore his gray suit and cap. no
vest, low black shoes and whit silk
: h,rt Ml'"- H,"nd'"' w" modlshly gowned
in mauve c-uiureu bum,.
Rev. I.owo Leads Yells.
Rev. Titus Lows led several yells of ths
"What's the matter wlU Billy' Sunday"
variety and the crowd responded with
salvos. As the party entered the station
red.
Kmen at the
station were W. E. Foshler. K. F. Denl-
I son. E K. Thomas and F. D. Wead. The
' mrly " Bl"on 'r' vrn na
Mr. Foshler's automobiles, driving directly
to the Loyal hotel, wnere spienaio rooms
!" reeo'ved for the accommodation of
ine mcmurri or m pwnr. rvrwi rcu
l'r. Welsh and Pianists Brewster and
Matthews posed. "Turn 'sr loose," said
ognlxed the much-heralded' evangelist as
the cars glided up the oity's streets and
frequently there were cheers. At the
hotel another big crowd was waiting and
cheered the party with enthusiasm.
' Pleased with Booms. x
The Bunday smile waa n evidence to
all. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sunday were
pleased with the rooms prepared for
them. The convenience of them to the
tabernacle was ons of the things that
pleased them. Thsy were decorated with
flowers and a big basket of fruit was
on the table.
Mr. Sunday went right to work, con
ferring and advising with committees In
the afternoon.
The revival starts Sunday morning at
10:80, when "Billy" will preach his first
sermon In the tabernacle. He will preach
alao at I and 7:W p. m.
He looks in spleudld health and per
fectly "fit" for the arduous work ahead
of him.
Department Orders.
WASHINGTON Sent. 4. (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs LI i lie K. Stewart has b-en
re-appointed postmistress at Strang, Pll
mora county, Nebraska.
a rivil series examination will be
held on October t for rural carriers at
M ywood. .Neb.
AWeek Begtaalag Slept. 6.'
FREE MOVIE COUPON
Admitting to the Following Picture Shows
This lire Coupon entitles bearer to a free ticket to any one of theae high
class M o v l n g
;r':H; B.?..S.E GD Monroe
named. ITeeoni, Bouth omefca. AtrITOI.', SMS Vamam
at IV Offlle TU Buc,i, of lStk a4 Blnney. AU rt.
with regular ". Veil'- Wm heater,
price of one coupon .ood for Coupons are good Good fQ- Xues-
adult paid tUkrt Won and" Thur. for Monday days whei. aocom-
,j . .,1,1 It ion. nights If eeconi. night wnen ac- ,
ana got audition- panU(1 by , 19o co,Panlsd by one Panled biy a 10c
al ticket free. catd admission. paid admission. paid admission
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yVsags Yftfit BssV
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Always the Bast ' fust Consider.
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This Coupon good , Thursdavs d t-sld ad- Qoo& on Monday
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GuLGARS STILL
DEMAND WHOLE
OF MACEDONIA
Concessions Which it is Said Serbia
Offers Are Not Satisfactory
to the Government
at Sofia.
FINAL DRAFT OF NOTE READY
Indications that Attempt to Revive
Balkan League in Interest of
Entente Mav Not Succeed.
PEACE TALK INTERT-" LONDON
LONDON, Sept. . tn the absence
of marked changes on any of the bat
tle fronts, the English public has
again turned Its attention to the
diplomatic situation In the near east
and to rumors of tentative efforts In
the direction of peace negotiations.
It Is announced officially at Ntsh
that the final draft of Sorbin's answer
to the note'of the quadruple entente
Is ready and will be presented
shortly. It Is presumed here that
the reply on the whole will be favor
able, In regard to concessions to Bul
garia, although little hope is eiuer
talned that Serbia will grant Its lut
enemy all the territory demanded i
Macedonia.
Advices from Sofia Indicate that lmWva
the whole of Macedonia Is ronr;dvd tirr
Is Uttle chance of reestabllnhment of the
Balkan league. It is pointed out In of
floial circles st tha Bulgarian capital that
compliance with tha program of the en
tente allies means actual participation in
ths war, while agreement to the request
of the central powers Implies merely
friendly neutrality, expressed In permit
ting ths shipment through Bulgaria of
arms and ether war supplies for tha
Turks,
I.naaoa Interested In Peace Talk.
Although it has been established rather
definitely that London has no part In the
invitation ot formal peace discussion. It
Is plain that official oiroles are Interested
keenly In the news of. activity in this
direction.
There are straws ia the wind which in
dicate that what are designated as
"proper peace overtures" on the part of
Germany would meet with consideration.
However, the general publlo, not so wall
Informed .as Is the government, prob
ably would regard such overtures as pre
matura. While diplomats art seeking to enlarge
the sphers of the war, and while talk ot
peace is In the air, the greatest struggle
continues along all fronts without Inter,
ruptlon. Ths Russians are fighting des
perately along the Dvlna, protsctlng the
shot test road to Petrograd. Thsy are de-
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The Day's War News
GERMAN TROOPS fighting toward
the Russian port of Rig, have won
V a notable victory In the capture of
the bridgehead at rYei lrich.sta.lt,
on the river Dvlna, about forty
miles from Riga, German army
headquarters announced today.
IVTKXSK UHE of artillery continues
to be reported from the fighting
In France. Paris allude to the
latest engagements as ot "par
tlcular violence."
MILITARY OBSERVER abroad In
cline to the belief that" tlie per
istent bombardment of, German
positions presages . an offensive
move by the entente allies la the
west,
PETROGRAD, In its latent state
ment, admits a retirement of the
Russians to the north bank of the
Dvlna, In the sector where the dee-'
perate struggle to protect Riga
and the road to Petrograd la In
progress.
NORTH OF VILNA, where the Ger
man lines have apparently made
little progress of late, the Rus
sians claim to have continued of
fensive operations and to have
gained ground ajjcninst the Ger
mans. 11ALKAN PROBLEM still Is In au
unsolved state and there are na
signs that the situation will defi
nitely shape Itself within the next
few days.
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