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Italy Protests To Austria

Rome.-Details of the destruction Of
a fishing boat off Rimini by a floating
mine show that the fishermen mistook
the mine for a wine cask. Throwing
out a line they drew the supposed
cask toward them, and when it touch
ed their craft an ex; osion occurred.
The boat was blown to pieces and the
nine men on board were killed.
Naval experts express the opinion
that hundreds of mines from the Aus
TRAN coast are floating toward Italy
and as a consequence all steamship
lines operating to Dalmatia, Montene-
gro, Albania and Greece, from Italian
ports, have suspended sailings. Ships
which have been operating between
Italy and Constantinople and other
Black sea ports have limited their
trips.
In consequence Of the appearance
on the Adriatic coast Of Italy Of float
ing mines, believed to have come from
the coasts of Istria and Dalmatia, the
Italian government has %telegraphed ur-
gent instructions to the ambassador
at Vienna charging him to draw the
serious attention of Austria to the fact
and to the loss Of life which already
has ensued from it, and to ask that
adequate measures be taken to pre-
vent the recurrence Of incidents OF
such gravity.
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CROP WILL
Be SECOND IN SIZE
FORECAST FROM. GOVERNMENT
FIGURES OF SEPT. Is is 49,.
100000 BALES. =,
GIN NEARLY 100000 BALES
From September I to rs, Bringing
Total For Season up to $685., 1863.
Next to the Record.

Washington.-A forecast of 15,300,-
600 five-hundred-pound bales of cotton
as the 1914 crop was made by the
Department of Agriculture's crop re-
porting board in the seasons final re-
porting, which showed a condition on
September % Of 1875 per cent Of nor
ma. That quantity of cotton makes
this years crop second in point Of
size ever grown in the United States.
The record is 15,693,000 bales grown
in 1911. Last year 14,156, 900 bales
were grown and in 1912 there were
13,702,O 900 bales.
The September rs condition indi-
Gates a yield Of about 200 pounds Of
lint per acre, which applied to the
estimated area planted, $780, 900
acres, would produce 15,463, 900 bales.
An average Of one per cent Of the
acreage Is abandoned each year. AL.
lowing for that the condition Of the
crop indicates a total production of
15,300,OO0 bales. .
Cotton ginning was active from
September l to rs, a total of 2,901, $50
bales having been turned out. That
brought the aggregate ginnings for
the year to 3,3S1,S63 bales, according
to the Census Bureaus report, an
nounced. The periods ginnings were
second only to those of the record
crop year Of 1911, being less than
1000 bales lower.
In Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia and Louisiana, the ginnings
to September Is exceeded those to
that date in am Of the past even
years.
Sea Island cotton ginnings exceed
ed those of any year in the past seven,
while the number Of round bales gin
ned showed a great decrease.
The second cotton ginning report
Of the season, compiled from reports
Of Census Bureau correspondents and
agents throughout the cotton belt and
issued at 10 a. M, announced that
3,381,S63 bales Of cotton, counting
round as half bales, of the growth
Of 1914 has been ginned prior to Sep
TENDER rs. This compares with $780,
655 bales, or 1872 per cent of the en-
tire crop, ginned prior to September
rs last year. 3,OO7,271 bales or 22.3
per cent in 1912 and $685. 94 bales
or 1876 per cent in 1911.
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REDUCE GASOLINE TAX 1 CENT.
Automobile to Be Taxed so Cents
Per Horsepower at Time

of Sale.
Observation-Disclosures of the pro-
posed tax on gasoline In the war rev.
enue bill from two cents to one cent
a gallon and imposition of a tax Of
so cents per horsepower On automo-
bile sales were agreed to by Demo-
Gratis Of the Senate Finance Commit
tee.
The committee will have before It
a subcommittee recommendation that
the proposed tax of 81 a thousand on
bank capital and surplus be eliminat-
ed and that there be substituted a
stamp tax on checks, drafts, certi-
fcates of deposit and other negotia-
BILE paper. The tax on checks, drafts,
etc., would be two cents and On certi-
icates Of deposit, etc., two cents for
each $100. From this 1t Is estimated
that the revenue would be about $lO,-
600, 900 a year. 1t was also agreed to
retain the proposed increase tax Of
so cents a barrel on beer in the House
bill with the understanding, however,
that a further increase Of rs cents
might be made should the committee
find it necessary to raise more rev.
enue after it has completed consider
alton of all sections of the bill.
The proposed tax Of 20 cents a
gallon on sweet domestic wines and
II cents on dry wines, the committee
agreed to revise, retaining the House
rate on sweet wines, but reducing
the dry wine tax to s cents.
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QUARTER MILE
FROM GERMAN LINE
ENTRENCHED IN COMPARATIVE
SAFETY, FORCES AWAIT At
TACkS OF ALLIES.
POINT HAS BEEN GAINED
British and French Feel That Victory
Is Certain Since March on Paris
Has Been Stayed.

On the battle front, via Paris.-A
thrill was in the air all along the ex.
tended allied lines today. The French
and British troops who for more than
a fortnight have been in closest con.
tact with the Germans, felt they had
accomplished their hard task OF pre-
venting the Germans from breaking
through the human barrier erected be-
tween them and Paris, their main OBJ
jective, and that this meant eventual
victory for the allies.
The lines of trenches made the bat.
tie front appear like deeply SCARED
fields. The allies, who quick learned
the lesson of burrowing, face the Ger
mans within quarter of mile at some
places. Their field entertainments of.
fer admirable shelter from the Ger.
man artillery which consequently re-
duces their casualties and permits the
allies to await in comparative safety
the Germans attacks which must be
made across the open and often at
terrible cost.
The fury Of the German onslaught
was undated today, especially on the
western wing, but their every effort
was met with vigor by the allies, who
seemed to vie with each other in using
all their strength and courage against
the attackers.
The scene of the most violent at
tacks changes day by day. The Ger
mans finding it impossible to pene-
trate the allied lines in the vicinity
of Rheims and scissors, quickly trans
ported many of their divisions further
northwest and hurled them against
Roye.
The allies great turning movement
continued today and their western
wing extended toward Arras. Reports
from the other end Of the line on
the allies to. be slow but sure. Hun.
dreds of German prisoners fell into
the hands of the allies at every point
and 1t was remarked that the majority
were Bavarians who seem to have
been prominent in the front Of the
German attack.
Spies are so numerous along the
fro that orders have been issued
staung that any German in civilian
dress encountered will be considered
a spy and those furnishing him with
clothes will be regarded Is accom-.
plices.
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ALLIES EFFORTS REPULsED.
Attempts Of French to Break Through
German Lines Have Been
Evaded-

EVdoeo.
Berlin, by wireless to SayviIle, L. I.
According to announcement made
here the great battle in France is still
undecided. The Germans are describ.
ed as hammering the French positions
at numerous points by their heavy al.
tillery.
The attempts of the allies to break
through the German lines are said to
have been repulsed. The heaviest
losses have been in the Argonne re.
gion. The Germans are asserted to,
be making steady progress.
In the fighting before Antwerp the
German artillery is reported as hav.
ing silenced two of the Belgian forts.
German troops are said to have cap.
tured 80 aeroplanes sent from France
to Belgium.
In the eastern arena of the wa
the Russian offensive movement from
the Niemen river against the Germans
in the province Of Suvalki is declared
to have failed. 1t is officially report
ed that the Russian fortress at Osso.
wetz, in Russian Poland, vas bonn
barded by the Germans until Septem-
Der Is.
The fighting in France, the siege
of Antwerp and the offensive opera
tions under General Won Hindenberg,
all going on at the same time, are
taken in Berlin to indicate that the
German army is not lacking in men.
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British Buy The "America"

New York.-Under cover of darkness
the America. said to be the worlds
most powerful %aeroplane, was loaded
on the steamship Mauretania and now
is being taken across the Atlantic to
be used by the British government for
war service. The America was built
for a transatlantic flight and would
have been piloted by Lieut.. John c.
Porte "a British naval lieutenant. The
America and two other aeroplanes
were brought here on a special train.
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Will Wear Cotton.

New York.-A movement to aid
Southern planters by popularizing
cotton evening gowns was started
here recently when Miss Florence
Guernsey, president Of the New York
City Federation of Women's Clubs,
issued an appeal to 100, 1000 members:
Of the federation to purchase such a
gown and wear it at peace demonstra-
ton to be held during the week Of
October. Miss Guernsey announced
she would offer resolution at the New
York State Federation of Women's.
Clubs convention.
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Peace For Mexico.

Washington.-An outline Of what
the imemdiate outcome of the conven
ton at Mexico City and Agnes Calien-
ties probably will be, was received by
Mexican Constituencies agents. Ac-.
cording to the dispatches, delegates
of General Carranza's faction, now in
convention at Mexico City, probably
will adjourn soon to meet in joint
session October 5 with the Agnes
Calientes peace conference attended
by representatives of General Villa
and General Zapata, as we'll as the
Carranza faction.
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Holds Leo Frank Innocent.

Atlanta, Ga.-Leo NJ. Frank, now
under sentence of death here for the
murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagan
was held to be innocent in a state
ment made here by William Smith,
formerly attorney for James Conley,
a negro factory sweeper who is now
serving a sentence of n years i'm
prisonment as accessory after the
killing. Frank, who was s~uperinten-
dent of the National Pencil Company
here, now has an extraordinary motion
fofr a new trial pending before the
state Supreme Court.
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Lioht-Hearted In Face Of Death

London.-A Reuter- dispatch from
Paris says:
Thirty gunners Of a British field
battery have fallen, killed or wound,
ed. Knowing they were going to al
most certain death they called out,
Goodbye, fellows to their comrades in
the reserve line. Two minutes later
every man was out Of action.
Eventually the persistence and &C
curacy of the British fire proved ef'
fective and the British infantry took
the opposition position at the point of
the bayonet.
Similar incidents occurred along
the whole western wing, enabling the
allies to hold their own against re-
peated furious onslaughts Of the Ger
mans"
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BeIuian Towns Are Looted

London. - Correspondents of The
Times in Frances give contrasting in
mans deal with the towns they Occu-
py. During the German occupation
of Peronne, owing to the failure to
provide the acquisitions demanded, the
commanding officer, Il Times CORE
spOndent says. gave the troops per
mission to loot the town. For two
hours the Germans needed no second
invitation. it is said. and furniture,
ancient and modern silver and bronZrs,
pictures and personal property were
loaded on trains and taken away.
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New Ruler For Albania

London.-A dispatch to the Central
News from Rome says that a message
receivedtthere from Durazlo, Albania,
announces that the Albanian senate
has elected Prince Durham Eddin. son
of the former sultan. Abdu! Iiamid.
Prince Of Albania. in succession to
Prince William of WED. who left his
kingdom some days ago and suisse
Qucntly renowned his throne. retiring
to Switzerland. The correspondent
adds that E$sad Pasha has arrived a
Dibra and declares his intention O.
proceeding to DuraZzo.
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German People Are Isolated

Berlin.-The cutting of German SUBJ
marine cables, the censorship and the
exclusion of foreign newspapers from
the empire have resulted in shutting
out from Germany virtually all news
of the outside world. For the past
three days the Berlin newspapers have
been carrying full descriptions of the
architectural details of the Rheims ca
thedral, while in the last sixteen days
only three places have been specifical-
ly mentioned in the government war
bulletin. These are Noyon, Rheims
and Chateau Brimond.
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Germans Lose in Poland,

London.-A dispatch to The Central
News from Rome says: "The Rus
sian embassy here has issued a COM
munication announcing that the Ger.
mans have suffered a terrible defeat
in the provinces of LODI and Suwalki,
Russian Poland. The Germans were
attacked with extreme violence and
compelled to flee from Suvalki, Ostro'
will and other towns, leaving behind
great quantities of transports and
guns. Their troops threw away rifles
and baggage. Numerous cannon were
abandoned.
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Invaders Have Tryino Times

London.-A picture Of the sufferings
of the German troops, cramped in un-
derground trenches and galleries along
the Aisne river, is given by the Paris
correspondent of the Daily Mail. He
says that the autumnal weather with
its damp nights and bitterly cold
dawns, is extremely trying. If the
men step from their trenches to the
level ground they do so at the risk
of their lives. At night every German
soldier must be at his post in the
narrow ditch, sleeping as best he may,
with his rifle at his side.
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Dresden Reported Sunk.

New York.-A rumor that the Ger
man cruiser Dresden had been sunk
by the British cruisers Glasgow and
Good Hope was brought here by pas.
sengers on the steamer Japanese
Prince which arrived from South
American ports. This rumor, the pas
nge said, was current in Pernam-
buco on September II. Fifteen Ger
man vessels. it was saif, are in Per-
nambuco harbor, fearing to venture
because of the reported presence
of British cruisers outside the harbor.
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German Women Give Gold

Rome.-The women of Germany,
according to reports received here,
are busily at work preparing WOODEN
garments for the soldiers in the battle
line. The reports also state that a
committee of women has been formed
for the purpose of inducing the wom-
en- Of Germany to give up their gold
ornaments with the idea of transform
ing them into money with which to
buy arms. Each woman receives in
exchange for her gold ornaments an
iron ring inscribed with the words 81
gave gold for this"
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Germans War Fund Enormous

Berlin.-Response of the German
public to the governments efforts to
raise a war fund OF five billion marks
$780, 600, OO0), has. it is asserted
here, removed all anxiety the nation
may have had regarding its ability to
meet financial obligations due to the
war. Originally the reichstag allowed.
a war credit of five billion marks in adj
dition to the war treasure, and OF this
amount $500, 900, 900 marks has been
subscribed by the public without
straining seriously the financial re.
sources of the empire.
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FRENCH BOY HERO
IN THICK OF FIGHT

London.-The remarkable adven-
lures Of a boy Of twelve on a battle
field beyond the Marine are told in
a letter from a deputy to NJ. MilleTand,
the minister Of war. When the troops
we're passing through the village OF
Neuillv-en-Thelle, Andre Guede sad
to his mother: I'm going to follow
the soldiers"
Lieutenant Grivelet took the boy I'M
der his charge. For the whole of the
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Anti.Rritish Eeelinu Grows

Venice.-News which has reached
here says that the anti-British feeling
in Austria is becoming more pronounc'
ed than ever before. The few remain
ing British residents In Trieste are
finding their positions intolerable. An
English chaplain in recent days has
been arrested three times.
An English lady Is years old, in the
same city, has been compelled to re-
port herself in person to the police
station every other day.
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COMRADES SLAIN: MAJOR
DIES A HEROIC DEATH

Angouleme.-The family Of Maj. c.
Dupont of the artillery has received
news Of his heroic death in a recent
action.
With a regiment OF 700 men he re-
ceived orders to take a position in a
meadow near a town. There was a
dense fog at the time. through which
ominous rumblings were heard. but
Major Dupont's instructions were ur-
gent. All his men stood at their posts
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Austrians Desert Huns

London.-"From the latest events in
Galicia and along the Carpathians the
conclusion draw is that the Austrian
army has abandoned Hungary to its
fate and has leit the route to Buda-
pest to be defence by the llungarl-
an national troops says the Petrograd
correspondent OF the Daily Telegraph.
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ItaIy PREPARED For War

London.-The report that the 1885,
1886 and 1888 classes Of Italian re-
serves will be called to the colors ear
ly in October has been confirmed by
several Italian newspapers, according
to the correspondent of the London
Daily Mail at Venice. Eleven first cat
egory classes will then be under the
flag and will total 1890, 900 men
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Mayor OF Brussels Arrested

acknowledgements Max of Brus-
sells, who was arrested on the order
of the German military governor on
the charge that he had ordered the
banks to refuse to pay an installment
of the indemnity which was due, has
been released, according to an Ostend
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
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p.bbit Hunter Grabbed Rather.

San Marcos. Tex.-Herman Allen,
IF San Marcos, went rabbit hunting
recently, ran a %cottontail into a rock
fence. reached after the rabbit and a
rattIer bit him on the hand. Antidotes
and the prompt arrival of a doctor
isaved his life.
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Enur IMins Each Hour

! Berlin.-Eyery hour in Germany
two pairs of twins are born, So chill
Ircu die, three fatal accidents and
one suicide occur and there is a net
increase Of 100 in population, accord
ine to vital statistics.
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Germanv's Army OF Unemployed

Geneva.-A report received here
from Munich estimates that 100000
men and women are idle in Germany
and that the number of unemployed IS
increasing daily. Lack Of raw material,
il is said, is the cause.
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Exchanoe of Prisoner Beuun

London.-The British and German
government have begun exchanging
lists of prisoners of war through the
the American Ambassador Page, pre-
paratory to arranging an actual ex-
change.
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u. c.. Consul Lives In Cellar

paris.-William Bardel. the Ameri.
can consul at Rheims, his wife, his
daughter and his son are the only
Americans left in the French city.
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three days battle the youngster re.
manned by the side of the officer.
Lieutenant Grivelet was wounded,
then came the boys turn. Under fire
the boy carried the officers sword, re.
volvcr. maps and equipment. while for
three hours they sought an ambulance.
When the lieutenant was being driven
to a hospital train for Calyados, the
boy ran for miles after the vehicle,
and then succeeded in hiding himself
in the train.
He thus accompanied his wornist
protector to the hospital
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waiting for the word Of command.

waiting for the word Of command.
Suddenly the fog lifted and revealed
a company of German quick frers
within 1900 yards Of the French posi-
ton. In a few seconds all except two
officers and thirty men had fallen.
Major Dupont was among those un
scatbed. The German captain asked
for his surrender. Major Dupont
sprang to a gun beside which his gun.
ners lay dead and trained it upon the
enemy. but before he could fire a bul.
let stretched him across the gun, NOR
tally wounded.
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London.-Portugal's entry into the
European war is believed imminent.
Special news agency dispatches to-
day stated that the Portuguese cab
met had decided to summon congress
to meet Friday, with the purpose Of
voting for a complete mobilization.
1t was reported that the German min
lister at Lisbon had already left for
Madrid.
Paris.-Unofficia reports of the
resumption of the allied attack in
force on the German center reached
here today. The Office Of the minisJ
try of war declined to discuss them,
but it was admitted that such move
would be strategically sound. It was
pointed out that a sustained attack
on the center, which French air
scouts have reported as weakened
recently by the withdrawal of Ger
man forces to the northwest, would
force a hurried massing of the enemy
at this point-and curtail the opera
tons of the menacing wing to the
French left, under Gen. Won B0ehn.
That there is a distinct menace in
this movement Is admitted here, Ger
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many could not have selected a bet
ter field in Europe on which to at
tempt a bottling up of the allied
forces. The Belgian army narrowly
escaped being cut of in it's retreat
from Antwerp.
Petrograd.-Fierce fighting west
Of Warsaw was reported in official
advices today. The German center,
it was said, had been heavily rein
forced and was making an Unsuc-
Cessful attempt to break through the
Russian line.
The Russian positions are describ-
ed as advantageous and there is no
prospect of the assault gaining any
Roadway. ~-
misunderstanding from the
first shock Of the news that organ
lied revolt now menaced British au-
thority in South Africa, London to-
day received Wo that from nearly
every section of the union pledges
were coming in from the Beers to
fight the rebellion led by Col Maritz.
Cape Town has as yet been unable
to even estimate approximately the
number Of men who form the army
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PORTUGAL REPORTED TO HAVE DECLARED
WAR ON GERMANY ENVOY LEAVES LISBON

7 LOndon-A neuUs agency dispatch from Madrid,
Which Without official confirmation, says it reported
from Lisbon that Portugal has declared Germany
The official press bureau here permits publication of
the Dispatch but Without guarantee of its authority
The HGgue.-The Austrian legation announced
this afternoon receipt of adDices from Vienna stating
that the Russian forces had evacuated the stronghold of
Len16erg following heavy losses in a battle.
London-A agency dispatch says that it is
feared that British raOIers haze been lost in
the North Sea. .-. 49,.
WashingtoH.-Russian and German troops are
fighting already Gin the country around WarsauV" the
Petrograd foreign office cqbLed today.