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OUR GOOD ROADS A DEFENSE

OUR GOOD ROADS A DEFENSE.
1t is not likely that the authors OF
the great Pacific highway regard 1t
as military measure.
But now that it-a straight and
wide macadamed way running from
Vancouver in British Columbia, to
San Diego, Calls nearing compile
tion. why is not the United States
prepared for war?
We are not a military nation. We
don't want to be. We are under no
delusions about the grandeur and
glory" of war But we do want to
be prepared for war.
We have a citizen -soldiery, which
is, potentially, as fine an army as the
world can boast We have $4,000
concerns,-and this may be news to
the alarmists-which are in the busi-
ness of manufacturing arms and am
munition.
We have, along the Atlantic sea-
board thousands of miles of good
roads and, as stated, the Pacific high
way is nearly finished.
And we have, finally millions OF
privately owned automobiles, each
capable OF holding from five to seven
passengers. California alone has 2OO,-
600. These automobiles the govern
ment can commander whenever such
action becomes a military necessity.
Calfornias automobiles alone could
move an army of one million men.
Remember, when the kaiser found
that the Russians were making un-
expected progress in the northrn
thatre of war, he rushed immense
hordes of troops clear from the
French bordr 20 the Russian border
in automobiles.
There was no marching.
Similarly, troops in the United
States. in the event of an attempted
invasion, could be shifted up and
| down both seaboards in automobiles
far more rapidly than the enemy
could shift its forces in transports.
with automobiles and good sea
board highways, an army could reacl
the very acme of mobility and in ;
few hours could be mobilized IL
strength at any threatened point.
Munitions, supplies, and artiller,
could be thus moved as rapidly "a
infantry.
At a cost of few hundred dol
lars any good automobile can b.
converted into an armored motor.
Forts serve to protect harbors an'
large cities, but they cannot protec
coast, the invaders having only t.
land beyond range Of the guns.
Add to highways and automobile
an adequate number of the tastes
J type of scout cruisers-the kind tina
! can make 80 knots an hour the eff
ficiency of which has been demon
strated in the present war,-an'
plenty of field guns-the French "75
is probably the most effective-an,
the United States would be prepared
to resist successfully an invasion
though it emphatically would not b.
prepared to undertake war o
conquest st.-Shreveport Times.
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PERSONAL

PERSONAL-If the boy who picked
up my white bull dog will return
him to 715 McLish Ave, no ques-
tins will be asked. Henry Pen
nington. 29-3
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FOR RENT-SiX-room modern cot
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BICYCLE STOLEN from in front OF
Kearney's store Wednesday night,
$3.50 reward. Stanley Kenney, Cash
Echols. 3l-3
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Bridgman's undertak-
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get same by calling at Ardmoreite
and paying for advertisement. 2-S
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of seven rooms and bath. Phone
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FOR RENT-NiceIy furnished front
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Have you a house or a room you
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and springers good colors and in
good flesh, $35 around. H. w. Stan
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

LIST your oil stock, acreage and
royalties with me and | will find
you a buyer. G. P. Selvidge. Phone
31O 12-1m
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FINANCIAL

MONEY TO LOAN-On improved city
property and farm lands. Reasona-
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Smith, 127h West Main. 1O-1m
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People L'arn de lesson,
Befo' yo' chances fail
Bekaze he couldn't run hissef,
He couldn't steer de whale.
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FIRST SUBMARINE.

Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta
Constitution, calls attention to the
point that Jonah was the first crew
of a submarine ever known, and ap-
pends a moral:
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LOST AND FOUND.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-29
ADVANCE ON SERBIA
BEGUN BY TEUT0NS
British and French Troops Re-
ported to Have Been Land
ed in Greece.

LONDON, September 2e, 3:35
Three hundred thousand
Austrian and German troops have
begun an advance on the Serbian
frontier, in the direction of Or
sova," says the Athens CORE
spondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company.
Allies Reported in Greece.
BERLIN, September 2e, by
wireless to Sayville, N. Y.-Brit-
ish and French troops intended
for service in Serbia have been
landed at Port Kathrin, near
Saloniki, Greece, according to re-
ports from Budapest received by
the Frankfurter Zeitung, the
Overseas News Agency . an
nounces today.
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Won HINDENBURG MAY BE
SENT TO+WESTERN FRONT

LONDON, September 29. 1892 pm
German newspapers today announced
that two generals. unnamed. have been
dismissed from German commands in
the western war zone in connection
with the recent setback at the hands
of the French and British. according
to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the
Exchange Telegraph Company.
1t is probable. the dispatch adds, that
a new German commander-in-ch chief of
the western armies soon will be ap-
pointed. In this connection the name
of Field Marshal Won Hindenburg 10
mentioned
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whole nation Is the shaft Of which the
army Is the spearhead Unless the
smart Is stout the tempered point will
fail Of effect"
Atrmen Play Big Part.
The work of airmen contributed
largely to the effectiveness of the Brit
ish attack. according to today's ac-
counts. Their duty was not only to d.
rect the artillery. but also to keen
enemy aircraft inside their own lines
and prevent them from detecting Brit
ish operations
Last week there were twenty-seven
fights in the air on the British front
and the airmen kept up a continual
patrol In watches of two hours each
over the entire front for a week previ-
GUS to the beginning Of the battle As
the fighting opened the airmen's opera
tions in many cases had an offensive
side. They hampered the enemy's COM
munications. performing some of the
functions of long-range artillery.
The prisoners taken by the British,
according to the Times. were largely
from eastern Germany. THE majority
had light eyes and the high cheekbones
of the Slav," the correspondent writes
They had almost the air of Russian
fringes of Germany's empire Her old
staIwarts of the first line for the most
part have found graves in Flanders.
Champagne and on the far-off Polish
plains"
Calls for Heroic Effort.
PARIS. September 29.-Whfle assert
ing that French artillery now is TAX
ing it's normal part in operations on
the western front. Albert Thomas. min
lister d munitions. asserted in an in
terview last night that still greater
things must be accomplished.
I'VE must go as far as the resources
of the country permit he said, land
farther than our actual resources, for
there remain others yet to be created
The first news from the front con-
vinces me we must do more, ALWAYS
more.
"All sorts of offers of work are pour
/ ing in. but they require sitting. Our
role is to direct the nations energies
in the right channels. Shells cannot
be gatheIed like nuts.
The results of the past few days
show the enormous nature of the task
still before us and the efficacy of
| that already accomplished. We need
more work. still more organization and
| more enterprise. Much remains to be
done in the way of discipline and or
| ganization.
There are people who see in the
| states necessity gold mine to be ex-
plotted Such is the financier who cir
cularizes his clients. recommending
war industries good Investments
! We have had to defend ourselves from
/ this class. | may add that the state
now has fully equipped factories at its
| disposal. while heretofore everything
| had to be created
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MARCH ON BERLIN
THROUGH BALKAN STATES

ATHENS, September 2s. via. Paris.
1890 ann believe we are on the
eve of the most important operation of
the war, namely. the landing of troops
in Macedonia to begin the march. not
so much on Constantinople as on Ber-
lin," said an officer attached to the gen.
eral staff of the British army on the
Gallipoll peninsula, who has come to
Athens from the Dardanelles front
The two offensive forces are gradu-
ally closing in The Mesopotamia ex-
pedition Is approaching nearer to Bag
dad and from the sulva Bay y-Gaba Tepe
line an attack on Constantinople may
begin at any moment
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PRESIDENT WILSON BARES HEAD
AS HE REVIEWS "B0YS IN Blue
Fife and Drum Corps Playing Airs Of Half a Century
Ago Aid Marchers in Keeping Pace
With Regulars

Moxe than R. marched today from Peace
Monument past the White House anniversary of
the grand the close celebration of
the completion of half century of peace
They have been reviewed by President Wilson the
spot President Johnson many May "a
IS, 1865.
The President stood throughout the review removing
hat each time American flag passed.
From the old soldiers standpoint the biggest of the
and of the has been accomplished He ready
go home, happy
Under the leadership of Lieut. Nelson Miles, highest
ranking officer of that grade which will expire
Army which dying off at the of nearly $4,000 has
made what generally believed be its parade Pennsyl
In appreciation of this fact and possible respect
those who defended the Union hour of est need
of of the the capital
attended the procession
AS mark of honor the Boys in Blue" and let their
ing preach best may lesson of patriotism largest pos
sbe number the departments given holiday
parade public schools and
ington turned its eyes the veterans
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TURKS ARE IN FLIGHT
BEFORE BRITISH FORCES

LONDON. September 20, 1928 PIN
The British have won an important
success in Mesopotamia. The Turks
are in full retreat toward Bagdad
The British are pursuing the retreat
ing Turks.
announcement to this effect was
made in the house of commons today
by Austern Chamberlain, secretary Of
state for India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-29
CORPS WIPED OUT
BY RUSSIAN FLOOD
Nearly 10000 Germans Re-
ported Drowned in the
Pinsk Marshes.

LONDON, September 2o.-The
Times Petrograd correspondent
says:
"A report, which has been con-
flrmed from a good quarter, is
that the 41st German Army Corps
10000 men) was overtaken bv
the flooding Of the Pinsk marshes,
and being unable to escape, near
ly the whole of the corps Der
ished." .....-.t
German Plan Frustrated,
Discussing the situation in the east
Maj. Morsaht says in the Berliner Taee.
blatt. according to a Reuter- dispatch
from Amsterdam:
Our battle front in east Galicia and
northeast Volhynia Is restricted at
present to the defensive. Here. Gen.
Ivanoff undoubtedly has been fortu-
nate. He has understood how to ran.
der harmless our threatening fankinp
movements on the north and south of
the battle front. The Volhynian tri-
angle of fortresses must be conquered
later"
- Relief for Russians.
A dispatch to the Times from Petro-
grad says:
THE military critics here note the
almost instantaneous relief on the Rus
sian front between Dvinsk and Os-
miana on the assumption of the Of
fensive by the allies in the west, which
resulted in the withdrawal of the whole
German guard corps from wilma. They
expect this transfer to be followed by
others Of a like character.
THE Novoe Vremya's military critic
expresses the beHAf that the Germans
will be obliged to ". lraw a complete
army from this front for the western
front to repair the losses they already
have sustained"
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WEATHER.

Fair tonight. Tomorrow increasing
cIoudness Not much change in tenn
peraturc: light to moderate north and
northeast winds. Temperature for the
past tweaty-four hours: Highest. SO, at
3 pm yesterday; lowest, 43, at am.
today.
For full report see page 20.
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bULGARS EXPECTED
T0AT7ACK SERBIA
|NF|FTEEN DAYS
German Army Officers Said to
Be Helping Draw Cam
paign Plans.
SOFIA CABINET IS SPLIT
OVER PROGRAM FOR WAR
Two Ministers Resign Because They
Do Not Agree With Pre-
mier's Policy.
PACT WITH TURKEY SIGNED
r6ohiIioa$io~ - R,1oorlou Ar,nv
Said to Have Been Made Part
Of Agreement With the
Porte.
SOFIA CABINET IS SPLIT
OVER PROGRAM FOR WAR
PACT WITH TURKEY SIGNED

PARIS, September 2e,
2:17 p.m.-The Athens cor
respondent of the Havas
News Agency sayeit is now .
expected that Bulgaria will
begin an attack on Serbia
within fifteen days.
Plans for the campaign
are now being drawn up by
the Bulgarian general staff,
the correspondent says, with
the assistance of numerous
German officers who have
arrived in Sofia.
Bulgarian officers say no
attack will be made on
Greece.
Bulgaria and the central
powers have concluded a
precise agreement, accord
ing to authoritative informa-
tion," says the correspond
ent at Saloniki, Greece, of
the Temps. "Under this
agreement Bulgaria will en-
ter the war on October 15."
Bulgarian Cabinet Crisis.
PARIS, September 2o.-A
Havas dispatch from Athens
says: "The Bulgarian ministers
of finance and commerce have re-
signed, according to report re-
ceived from a reliable source in
Sofia. The reason given officially
is a divergence of views on in
ternal questions, but the real
cause is the complete disagree
ment of these cabinet members
with Premier Redoslavoff on the
policy to be followed in view Of
the determined attitude of Greece
"KingA Ferdinand granted an
audience to former Premier
Malinof, leader of the party ia
vorable to Russia, and asked him
it is understood, to form a new
cabinet"
Turkey Demanded Mobilization.
The Turco- Bulgarian treaty was rati.
fed September %. the representatives
of Turkey attaching their signatures
only upon receiving proof that decree
for the mobilization of the Bulgarian
army really had been issued. the Matir
asserts.
AS a further precaution Turkey stip.
ulated that the Dedeaghatch railroad
should not be turned over to Bulgaris
until October 6. leaving fourteen days
for Bulgarian mobilization. The ter.
ritory will not be ceded until October
II, so that Turkey and Germany may
see what disposition is made of the
Bulgarian army. Meanwhile the Matir
declares the Germans are in command
at Sofia as at Constantinople and the
Teutonic minister is reported to have
expressed deep indignation because the
strategic railroad to Lom-Palanka, os
the Danube. had not been completed.
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BRITISH HAMMER THIRD LINE.

LONDON, September 2o SIS pmIhe British are bateng
the third line of the Germans the vicinity of Loos The French
maintaining their offensive Champagne The Germans the
Agone apparently have been unable make important gains and
have eaned from infantry attacks This briefly the sit
uaton in the west seen in London today
No great change condition shown but England attaches
high importance indications that the offensive of the
allies is be relaxed predicted in quarters
OFFENSIVE TO BE PUSHED
short breathing spell has been succeeded by the hardest
German positions the points weakened shattered
the That intention maintain this pressure
by telegram from Field Marshal French
mayor of London thanking him for his message of good will
The British commander added that the message encouraged
troops ito push the immediate really decisive
This leads the public believe there Is be saeate
followed the battle of Neuve Chape but that with
in the field ample supplies of ammunition ore
French real whether
in France and Belgium be broken.
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smothered by Big Guns.
headquarters in France, in a descrip-
tion of the bombardment which pre-
ceded Saturdays attack on the Ger
mans. says:
The German lines became smothered
in dust. their parapets melted away
and their barbed-wire entanglements
disappeared Those sleeping thirty or
forty miles away were awakened by
the dull rumbling. while even at that
distance the displacement OF air was
clearly felt.
"At the outset the weather prospects
were not favorable. but before mid
night change set in and the morning
broke dull, but fine. with slight mist
that was reminiscent of the opening
DAYS of the Aisne and Neuve Chapelle.
Most of the German prisoners were
taken in the village of Loos. The viii
lage was surrounded on three sides,
and the Germans were forced to sur
render when their ammunition ran out
They said their losses had been very
heavy, entire regiments having been
wiped out.
Get Story of Battle.
Responding to the demand of the
British press for more complete de-
tails Of British successes on the west
mitted the morning papers to publish
long but carefully censored dispatches
from correspondents at British head
quarters describing the first three days
of the battle which began Saturday.
The chief bag of prisoners was at
Loos. where German force was sur
rounded and compelled to surrender
when its ammunition was exhausted,
owing TO the severance of lines OF
communication with supply bases.
Correspondents unite in stating en-
phatically that preparations for the at
and scarcely could have been kept
secret from the Germans I'VE know
from German prisoners" states the
relegraphs representative. that the
ignorant of our strength and plans.
and blindly confident of victory. 1t is
1etraying no secret to say that the
British officers and men ali had been
:uned to high pitch of anticipation
oy various signs and portents that
aost important operations were at
fand."
Eager to Press Fight.
Ghe fighting continues with a high
egree of intensity and thet corre-
fondents voice the hope of the British
command that the beginning made Sat
3rday may be the opening wedge for
operations of IA decisive character. 1T
scarcely an exaggeration to say
Smments the Daily Mail correspond
ant, that the issue of the whole war
:urns on the question whether the
Germans Will be strong enough to
withstand the sledge- hammer blows
which the allies are dealing at three
ereaks in the German line-in Artois
Champagne and Lens
The Times correspondent has a word
81 caution, however. for those who look
Tor too speedy results. a great stra.
,.egic plan." he says. takes time fol
has begun, but at it's best ii mus,
have its slow hours, and it is necessary
70 view ii in a sane perspective. Again
Ee mus: not only win victories. but
follow them up, and this will need a
tremendous and sustained effort Large
aumbers of men will be required to re
place wastage, and a steady stream OF
hunitions must be furnished. The