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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
OF FRENCH OPERATIONS
Continued from Page cne.,

1t then reached lire south OF Aisne
practically without fighting.
AT Braisne the first cavalry dfvis-
ion met with considerable opposition
rom fantry and machine guns hold
ire me town end guarding the pridge.
With the aid OF some OF our infantry
I gained possession c. the town about
midday. driving the enemy north
some hundred prisoners were captur-
ed around Braisne where the Germans
had thrown a large amount of field
gun ammunition into the river where
was visible under two feet of water.
On our right the French reached
the line of the river Vesle. On this
day began an action along the Aisne
which is not yet finished and which
may be merely Of rear guard ma
ture on a large scale, or may pc the
commencement OF a battle of more
serious nature.
ut rained heavily Saturday after
noon and all through the night which
severely handicapped transport.
| "On Sunday, the 18th, extromely
strong resistance was encountered
along to whole of our front. some
hfteen yf'les in lenGth. The action
still contested for the most part of
long range gun fire, that OF the Ger
mans being to great extent from
their llcayy howifzers. which; were
firing from cleyerly concealed posi-
| lions"
Some OF the actual crossings OF
the Aisne were guarded by strong de-
tachments of infantry with MAJ hine
guns.
by nightfall portions of all three
corps EsTe across tiIe river, the cav
airy returning to the south side. By
this night or early next mnrnias ;nree
ponioon bridges lad been built and
! our troops also mannsed to get across
he river by means of the bridge car
rying tie canal over the river.
"0n our left the French pressed on,
1but were prevented by artillery fire
from building u pontoon bridge at
Scissons a large number of dnfan-
try, however. crossed In singleIfle the
top girder OF the railway l,rldge left
standing.
"Dnrng the last three or four days
many isolated parties OF Germans
| have been discovered hiding In the
woods a long way behind our lines.
As 3 rule they seeHief glad to sur
l. lTeliutTef tAlfu tttc COiluiJtOn Oh fOtuc vi
them may he gathe.ed from the fol-
lowing incident: e. q z,
AN officer proceeding along the
road Ii ehs--sa OF n number OF led
horses . sceiy ID Information that some
OF the enemy weTe in the neighbor-
hand. 4 He gay6 the order to charge
whereppon three German officers and
loo men strrendefsd &. So
rAt Seniis. Immediately upon his ar
rival. prociamatiop was Issued by
| the commander OF the division. The
main points were thai alt arms were
/ 60 be handed In at town hall at oncei
| that all cisilians found with arms
would be shot: no person was TO be
| in the. street after dark; no lights
were, to be maintained In the houses
or areets 4. the doors of nll houses
were to be left open and the iaIaSi-
Itanss were not to collect iii Groups.
Any obstruction OF the German troops
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laree amount OF the bread redlisi-
toned
Iuhabitants said tile enemy de-
Istroyed and abandoned Gsteen nioten
lorries, seven guns sasld ammunition
wagons :.
sISieims was occupied by the enc
my on September 81 1t @ali Tcaccn- y;
pied by the french after considerable
tightinE on sep,sHbeytS 3 z II
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WAR TO BE FELT
FOR ALONG TIRE
Boston Banking House Shows
Some of the Evil Effects Of
War
(By Associated Press J

The Bank OF Anderson has eceived
!om the First National Bank OF Bos-
ION very interesting and illuminat-
'ng weekly letter discussing the ef-
ecfs OF the foreign war k.hong
ether things occurs this statement:
From the business view point there
exists the hope that partial disbar-
ment may follow the struggle, result
ing IN the releasing of the people OF
europe, In some degree, from exces-
iiTe burdens in war taxes and mill
;ary service. and the greater concen-
tration Of governments upca the prog
ress in industry and commerce rather
than upon the problems of war.
Ore effect of the war on this coun-
try has to do with the sharp restric-
tioh which the war must impose, for
lcng time, upon the foreign invest
ments OF the Leading European coun-
tries. estimated TO have average not
far from one half billions of dollars an
nualiy. This will affect the United
States in various ways; through in
ability to sell our own securities in
he foreign markets. through the com
petition of the other countries for our
own capital and through the curtail-
! .nent Of the demand for certain of our
goods due TO the restriction in the
development of the newer countries.
Dyestuffs enter extensively in the
manufacture of textiles, leather, pa
per. chemicals. essentially New Eng
land industries-as well as into
host of other products. These dye
stuffs come almost entirely from Ger
many and the supply, naturally, since
the war began, has ben practically cut
of. Furthermore, even when COM
munication with Germany has beer re-
established 1t is by no means certain
that the dyestuffs strain will be reliev-
ed. The surplus stock of dyestuffs on
hand in Germany is not known, and
with the male population in arms IL
is probable that adequate production
will not be resumed. for some time to
come. One of the largest dyestuff
producers in Germany, employing s.
600 to 10000 persons, is known to
have less than % per cent of the force
available at the plant the rest being
at war.
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GERMANY WANTS
ALLIES TO PROPOSE.
Kaiser Thinks Proffers of Peace
Should Come From the
Other Powers
(Ey Associated press.)

Washington. Sept. i7.-Germany
has suggested informally that the
United states should undertake TO
elicit from Great Britain, France and
Russia a statement OF terms under
which the allies would make peace.
The suggestion was made by the
imperial chancellor. Won Bethmann-
Hoilweg, to Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin as result of an inquiry sent
oy the American government to learn
whether Emperor William de3.-L to
iiscuss peace as Count ycn Berns;orff
he German sribss5aaoE and Oscar
Strauss recently had reported
Emperor William himself made no
reply nor did the imperial chancellor
indicate whether he spoke on behalf
of his monarch. Ambassador Gerard
,abled President Wilson the chancel-
lor's remarks from recollection.
which substantially were as follows:
Germany appreciates the Amerii
can governments interests and offer
Of services inStrying to make peace.
Germany had war forced on her. Even
4 she defeats France, she must van
1uish Great Britain and Russia also
ls all three have agreed not to make
PNoNS CASCPl ny L..
England h:ss announced that She in
tends TO fight TO the limit OF her en-
1urance. In view OF that determine
tion the United States ought to get
peace proposals from the ssiies. Ser
many would accept only a lasting
peace, vnv hat would make her peo-
pie secure against future attacks. To
accept mediation, now would be in
terpreted by thetallfes as a sign of
weakness and also would be misun-
dcrstood by the German people, who,
having made great sacrifices, had the
right TO demand guarantees of oecur-
ity." rloa- .rt,,.
Ambassador Gerard added to this
only the brief comment 4 that lhe, him
self. thought the way might possibly
be open to mediation. President Will
son, however, did not regards the mes
sage as bringing anything tangible
He referred to the chancellpr's con-
yorsation as lcncommlttai. The pres
dent took no action as result OF the
message, waiting to hear from Am
bassador Gerard whether anything of
\ mere formal character could be OBJ
tanned No. a'e.;fssssss q :,
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Will SON BELIEVES
MEXICANS CAPABLE
Withdrawal of Troops From Vera
Cruz Comes From Belief That
! They Can Manage Affairs
fRy AssocIatad Preas.l)

4 =
Washington. Sept A7-Presidens
Wilson declared today thet he rdered
IIthe American troops withdrawn from
iyera I.::::. because he believed that
Mcxicans now in control were able to
manage Mexico's affairs. a.
Il Coincidentally the British fambassa-
tdor, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. expressed
Ito the State department his oWn'regret
that Sir Lionel Garden, British minis
! ter to Mexico. should have been quot
ed in criticism OF the presidents poll
cy He said British diplomats were
tnever permitted to criticise the heads
tof the foreign countries, and whatever
lefatement may have been made 1t
did not represent the view of the
British government.
Oficial accepted the ambassador s
explanation. They had realized Sir
Lionel Garden had expressed person
81 differences with Carranza, and had
supposed he spoke resentfully because
the Con nstitutionalist chief had forced
him to leave Mexico. .asssf & fsR
The President said today that the
question OF Withdrawing the. troops
from the Texas border had not been
considered nor was he able to pre-
dict when formal recognition would
be extended. He pointed out that he
had official reports and assurances
Ithat conditions in Mexico were not an-
settled as had been reported. He ex-
peet the conference on October to
name a provisional president and he
does not know. from official reports,
whether Carranza wlli be- named or
will retire In order to be q candidate
in the succeeding elections
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French Gnin Ground

London. Sept. ia dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Bordeaux says:
IA telegram received here from De-
lemont, Switzerland. reports that vio-
lent fighting is taking place at AL
SAGE where the French are now gaining
ground
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A LEGEND which has come down
ii through countless generations and
has been repeated by innumerable
Hindu rfiresides forms the theme of
1.-The Mystery of the Sleeping Death"
According to the story, the strange
trance into which Lizzie, girl of the
slums. and Harrison, young million.
aire. have fallen puzzles the physicians
at the hospital. AS last resort Amar.
a Hindu mystic and hypnotist, is called
in. The Hindu overhears Harrison and
Lizzie mutter some words in their
trance and recognizes the language as
that of his own people.
The advent of the SKINNER boarders
from the city to Farmer Haskins'
sarDi caused breach between two
country lovers. How the differences
are patched up and the fact that one
of the lovers becomes involved IL 9
kidnapping escapade is depicted in "a
Village Scandal"
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Loss il adiBitfea.

London. Sept. y Il. 6dfaIraity
snnowace ces that the training sfIii fsish-
gard n, formerly the battieship Are
bus. falIndersd during q gale ii the
English chanfel and that twenty bne
- .5esssbaE. % her crew were drowned
ks The time OF Tho disaster tie Fish
gard III was being towed. Boy ar
titicers were trained on the vessel.
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Anthony Novelli, whose American
reputation was made MS the Yinit;us OF
Quo vadisY' and the Antony of An
tony and Cleopatra hns toinad the
Italian colors. according to advices
from Rome. Norelii. who is com,
missioned Italian officer. is now with
the italian troops mohilize,i on the
frontier.
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or the threatening OF them would be
punishable BY death. fs
TAT yiflers cce4eress, the mayor
appears 20 have behaved ildfeiolsly
and though supplies far in excess OF
tho eapahiE. les Of the place were de-
Imanded Gte town was not seriously
damaged The Germans evacuated
the place on September III IN such
haste Chat they left behind very
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Winfield r. sheehan OF til, E.0x GG,Sc
Attractions company, New York city.
has been elected treasurer of the Ma
tional independent Motion Picture
Board of Trade composed of independ-
ent manufacturers. exchange men and
exhibitors OF the motion picture indus
try. representing more than 20.100 ac-
tive concerns in the United States
with many millions of capita, inv eSted.
William Fox of the William Fox
Amusement company is president. The
objects of the organization are TO
watch antitrust legislation with espe-
cial reference TO the Clayton bill.
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Leo White is quite at home on roller
skates. He had an opportunity to show
his ability recently In "Sweedle's
Skate."
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a. doctor of medicine who swims two
miles through raging sea with his
medicine case strapped to his back to
save the father Of his sweetheart is
the role played by u Warren Kerri-
gan In There Is Destiny" The
sce!.a is is:d in fishing village along
the coast of southern California.
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BOMBARDMENT OF
PRzEMYSL STILL ON

London, Oct 2s.-The Russian bonn
bardment of the Austrian fortress OF
Przemysl, in Galicia, says dispatch
to the Havas news agency from Pc
trograd, continues during the night,
aided by strong searchlights. Desert
ers from the fortress, the dispatch
adds, say that many of its defenders
are succumbing to epidemics and
that the medicines and provisions are
virtually exhausted.
The French official statement says
that on the River San and south of
Przmeysl the Russian offensive Is be-
coming more accentuated-"
Latest official Austrian communica.
tions state that the main Russian
army is being engaged and that minor
successes have been won by the Ger
mans and Austrians.
Further fighting In Bosnia Ia report
ed from Vienna, where the claim ID
made that the Servians have been
driven back to vishnegrad and that
Eastern Bosnia u cleared Of the enc
ny.
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BATTLE IN GLARE
OF SEARCHL|CHTS

Paris, Oct. 2S.-With number OF
their heavy guns mounted to protect
their front and with hundreds Of light
pieces and rapid-firers deluging the
allied lines with shrapnel and bull
let's, the Germans continued their ef-
fort to win through to the coast from
the north and the east.
Inside of the Dixmude and Nieuport
line the fighting continued without
letup all night. the combatants oper-
ating in the glare of enormous search
lights that made the scene as light
as day.
The main purpose of the Germans,
French officials say, is to break
through to the coast on an almost d.
rect line to Dunkirk and leave along
the coast the thin line of French and
Belgians who are holding the central
positions at frightful odds. By chang.
ing their front after their object is
obtained and making part OF it again
run to the north and south instead
OF to the east and west the officers
point out that after once the Germans
secure either Calais or Dunkirk the
Germans would have a human pro
tecting wall between them and the
guns Of the sea.
All reports say the fighting IL con
stantly increasing in strength as the
new bodies from each side get into
action. Every hospital in Dunkirk and
Calais is filed with wounded and
many private houses have been com
mandeered tor the wounded.
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CITY FILLED WITH WOUNDED
Allies Expect to Recapture Ostenc
Shortly.

London, Oct. 2S.-Telegraphing from
Flushing the Daily Mails correspond
ent says
The general opinion is. that the
allies soon will be In Ostend again.
Ostend, like Bruges and Client, is
overfowing with wounded and Ant
werp itself is now filling up. This
unceasing flow of wounded men is
calculated to destroy the morale of
the German troops in Ostend.
Reports from all sides tell of ter
rible carnage around about Roulers.
where the dead are lying in heaps.
On the sea front the naval shells
worked havoc. Carts come and 90
the day long with wounded. Large
farm wagons with their sloping sides
are packed with masses of wounded
and dying men,"
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Water Is Red From
Blood Of Slain.
BATTLE IS DESPERATE
Five Thousand Germans Give
Lives In Night Battle.

London, Oct. 2S.-The correspond
ent of the Daily Mail in Northern
France. telegraphing under date of
Sunday night regarding the fighting
on the River Yser says:
There were $500 German bodies in
the User canal this morning after the
fighting in the night. Many of them
were drowned and others were bayo
netted. The very water itself was
bloody, while Dixmude's streets were
strewn thick with the dead.
These ghoulish facts alone give
some idea of the savageness of the
fighting, the desperation of the Ger
man attacks and the stubborness of
the allies resistance.
THE night was a hell from dark to
dawn. At almost every point of the
line man was opposed by man, some
times at few hundred yards dis
tance, but more often in close grips.
Face to face men even wrest.ec and
died by drowning each other in the
canals waters. The Germans had had
orders to get through that night. cost
what it might.
Probably 5000 of them gave thei
lives last night. They could not give.
more yet they failed, but not because
the Germans did not literally obey
their orders. They crossed the water
way all right as they were bid, but
once through they could not make
good. They were moved down with
rifle shot, torn into human fragments
by shells and bayonetted back yard
by yard over their own dead into the
waters of the canal. Into the very
gray of the morning this bloody work
went on so fiercely that there was
hardly a trench or bridge guard in the
whole line that did not imagine that
| he had been singled out for special
attack.
Hardly One Got Back.
"It is believed that some 5000 Ger
mans crossed the River User, but
hardly one of them got back Those
| to the north and northeast of Dix
nude. probably 1000, were met by a
| fine rally of the Belgian infantry and
| of the cavalry, who had tetered their
| horses, and were driven by main
| force, at the bayonet's point, to the
river canal and into it. There must
have been frantic scenes and the
bodies seen in the water on the next
day gave grim testimony of this.
| About 5000 German infantrymen
l got into Dixmude. They held 1t for
a time, but with shell fire and rifle
/ fire the place was riddled through
/ and through. The Germans dashed
out of the crumbling houses only to
be wiped out by a cirocco of shrap-
mel and shot In the streets.
when Sunday morning broke the
dead and wounded were everywhere.
Dixmude was cemetery, but in the
woods not far away the Germans still
fingered. They held a position under
q desperate fire and eventually were
reinforced. The allies could not oust
them and the Germans are still across
the User
Their presence may not be perma
nent and they may suffer the same
fate as has overcome hundreds OF
their fellows during the week, whc
got over only to meet their death, bu,
the Belgian and French lines. for the
time being at least, have been drawn
back about this point"
/
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German Lines Split,
Paris Declares.
VICTORY IS CLAIMED
ALONG EASTERN END
Kaiser's Troops Forced Back
on TeutOn Territory.

London, Oct. 2S.-The unyielding
German line which for six weeks has
been stretched across France is said
on the authority of the French war
Near the eastern end of the line, in
the region beyond Nancy, the official
French statement reports, the invad-
ers have been driven back on German
soil.
At other points over the long line
the offensive has been resumed by
the allied forces, after a long period
of comparative inaction.
The French claim to have won the
advantage in an engagement at the
point where the line sweeps eastward
from the north, less than sixty miles
from Paris. Between scissors and
Berry Bac, to the east of the bend
in the line, heavy fighting has been
resumed. Apparently the engagement
was limited to an artillery duel, the
entrenched position of the opposing
forces forbidding the use of infantry.
Still Fierce to the North.
To the northward, along the Franco
Belgian border, the fighting continues
at undiminished ferocity. Along the
User, where the struggle has been
most intense, the allies have not
drawn back, says the French official
statement, while toward the south
further progress has been made be-
tween Ypres and Roulers.
AS reports filter in from the scene
of fighting along the North sea, sup
plementing the Unconditional official
statements, it became evident that the
recent battles along the shore Of the
North sea have been the most terrible
of the war.
From Emperor William himself, 1t
is said, came the order that the Ger
man advance down the coast must be
continued at any cost and that Calais
must be taken. The desperate assaults
which followed, particularly along
the User canal. have few precedents
In modern history.
4ntiah. ..nlNl2apAI- ..sQEzaGpQndsnts
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Rome, Oct. 2S.-According to official
reports received here the German cas-
ualties daily average 10000 men in
killed and wounded. All of those
slightly or not gravely wounded, an
average OF 20 to 80 per cent, return
to the ranks after a relatively short
time.
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estimate mat some 5000 Germans sue
ceeded in forcing their way across
the canal. They did it at a frightfui
cost.
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The suggestion that all railways in
the United States be placed under
governmental control under a system
similar to that governing action OF
banks, made by President K. p. Rip
ley of the Santa Fe. brought surprise
and amazement in Chicago railway
circles.
Ripley said his experience as head
of the Santa Fe system for fourteen
years has convinced him that there
must be radical change in the rela.
tions between the railways and the
government.
THE present system OF regulation
is falling" declared President Ripley
Some system of economy must be
worked out to increase the earnings
and restore confidence"
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Battle Still Undecided.

CCCQCu III lOiSih6 thCiA way dNiOoc
the canal. They did ii at a frightfui
cost
Battle Still Undecided.
The battle for the road to Calais
still is undecided.
Although it is said that the flow of
German reinforcements in this region
seems to be without end, they appar-
emily, judging from the French Off
cial statement, have made no note
WORTHY advance since gaining the
stream. The French say spirited
fighting continues between the mouth
of the User river and Lens; that in
this district the allies have not drawn
back, and that they have continued
to advance in the region between
Ypres and Roulers. The Berlin Off.
cial statement says the situation
around the User river is unchanged.
On a miniature scale the status of
the opposing armies in Upper Belgium
ran parallel to the conditions which
prevailed when the German rush to-
ward Paris was checked. The Ger
man forward movement has been
characterized by an even greater
prodigality of men than was shown
In the march In the direction of Paris.
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EARTHQUAKE FOLLOWS
6OM1ARDMENT.

London, Oct. 28.-A dispatch
to the Times from Shabatp.
Servia, says:
"-his city presents a DESC
late spectacle. Two hundred
and fifty OF its buildings were
destroyed by bombardment.
This was followed by fire. do
Ing more damage. and then
came an earthquake, shaking
the city SO severely that the
houses which remain are al
most falling to pieces"
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KAISER IN GOOD HEALTH
AND SPIRITS.

London, Oct. 2S.-The Copen-
hagen correspondent Of the
Times learns from Berlin that
under the new military agree
ment between Germany and
Austria Emperor William un-
dertakes the leadership OF the
united armies.
According to the latest ac-
counts received in Copenhagen
the German emperor Is in good
health and spirits.