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WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED
FRENCH STATEMENT.
PARIS, October Q,

The Germans this morning renewed
their attacks against our trenches
before Loos. They were driven
back to the trenches which they had
left.
A violent bombardment on both sides
occurred this afternoon along the
whole front in Artois.
by the enemy. consist
ing of artillery and rife firing at the
five roads to the east of Souchez and
on the Aisne near Godat, were ar
rested by our barrier fire and were
not followed by any infantry action
In Champagne we completely repelled
a counter attack against the Tahure
hill and dispersed enemy concentra-
lions who appeared to be preparing
for a new attempt.
A struggle with bombs and torpedoes
has been in progress in the Argonne
in the region of Four-de-Paris. on
the heights of the Meuse. at the
Calonne trench and at Les Eparges.
In Lorraine we reconquered trench
where the enemy had been able to
maintain himself after his attack Of
yesterday on the Reillon-Leintrey
front.
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SWISS SEE PROSPERITY FOR U.S..
BUT PAPER CITES ITS DANGERS

BERN, October :. via Paris. October
delayed in transmission).-The Swiss
Bankverein. the most important bank
ing Institution in Switzerland, makes
this comment on American conditions
in a pamphlet just issued:
The United States has recovered
rapidly from the financial and economic
crisis caused by the outbreak of the
war. Obviously the country is ap-
preaching a period of great prosperity.
owing to her rich harvests and uncom-
monty large exports-a degree of pros
perity which has not, perhaps. been
eaualed in the economic annals of
America.
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However. this situation, caused by
extraordinary and transitory factors. is
not without some dangers. Optimism
in business and the spirit of enterprise
are growing to such an extent that aft
er the return to the normal standard a
heavy reaction seems inevitable: all
the more because wages have reached
an exaggerated height.
However, the United States can re-
gard the future with confidence. as
neither external nor internal policies
cause anxiety or apprehension. 1t was
really fortunate for Europe that the
economic and financial resources of the
United States have so well resisted all
shattertng events"
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same town of northern France. One
was pastry cook and one meat cook
and the little young cook had a mar
but natural that they were members Of
the same company, when the mobiliza-
ton order came. Unfortunately they
were not assigned to the kitchen. They
handled rife and spade. just as less
year they had done their full, share Of
the lighting. No doubt they had killed
many Germans. but they never spoke
Of such things. Madame took them to
music halls and theaters and rode them
about Paris. They enjoyed it all i'm
mensely. but they were painfully
unvocal: They were good children
big, silent. wistful children-but they
And the food in the trenchesT mad
anne asked one day. No doubt 1t Is
dissusting?"
Their eyes snapped. They began to
speak all at once. each apologizing to
the other for continuing to speak, but
nevertheless continuing to speak It
appeared that the food was very good
indeed. Somewhat monotonous. one
comprehends. What would you in time
OF war? But Of an excellence beyond
madame did not recognize 1t by its
technical description. but she believes
IL was stew; It lacked but very
htitsie-that touch Of the artistic
Perhaps" said madame by an inspir-
alton. You would like to see my
Create Dainty Dishes.
1t was only then that madame noted
that whenever they sat down they sat
facing the door which led into the
Kitchen in madame's modest fiat. Some
times that door opened. Then one So
cured enhancing glimpses of polished
coppers hanging on the wall and ador-
able utensils of clay and the wide top
OF a tiled stove. on which pots sim
mered. The three faces frightened.
They had been immobile. these faces.
and perhaps rather sad. as becomes
the faces of three children who are
consciously upon their good behavior.
Immediately they became broad rather
than long. Crinkles appeared at the
corners of the eyes. Thew seemed ~
be setting white caps straight upon
their heads.
IF madame pleases?" they responded,
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DOUBLE REPORTS OF GUNS.
Soldiers in European Armies at First
Puzzled by Phenomena.

Cores ponGence Oh tue Asscclhteu IEeee.
BERLIN. September 24.-One of the
curious phenomena connected with the
sounds of flying bullets is the ap-
parently double report from the shot
of a single gun. This is observed with
especial frequency by the Austrians
fighting in the Alps against the Ital-
JAMS They were disposed to believe
the second report was the echo Of
the first, but the curious fact remained
that the second report was louder than
the first. Moreover. the German SOL
diers fighting in Belgium. where the
land lies as level as a table. often
heard two reports.
The explanation now put forward is
that the flying bullet compacts the air
in front of 1t, and that this produces
sound waves which. when they first
strike the ear. give the effect OF an
explosion. AS the small-caliber bull
let of the modern rife flies consider
ably faster than sound travels, the
main report arrives later. and is nat
urally louder than the first.
The password to the Tower of London
is changed every three months.
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CONSUMPTION THREAT
is MADE IN ENGLAND

BIRMINGHAM, England. October o.
An appeal issued by the local labor re-
cruiting committee today says that
This is the last chance Of preventing
conscription."
The appeal declares that CONSUMPTION
and martial law in factories can only
be averted by a reader response to the
call for recruits.
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When the Three Cooks Entered.

They entered in single file, the middle
aged cook and the fat cook and the lit
tie young cook. Once inside the door,
they stood at attention. Their faces
were precisely the color of those
bronzes one sees in shop windows up
on the Rue de la Paix, but Madame
would have sworn they were blushing.
She asked them to sit down. and they
sat upon the extreme frontier of the
chairs and held their caps firmly in
their strong fingers and looked unhap-
pily before them. 1t is Of a certainty,
SAYS Madame the American, that they
were regretting the trenches.
Madame may be addicted to prayer.
Ouien sabe? If she is, 1T is very GER
tain that she prayed that night that
these three men might have a good
time in Paris. They were such very
dear, helpless, simple souls. for all
their uniforms and mustaches and the
trench. clay Like children. madame
saws They did precisely what she told
them with a touching obedience. Then
they returned to their chairs and sat
on the edges of them and moved their
fingers dolefully Once madame sug-
gested that they look out of the win
dow.
AT last I took them away from that
window" said she. Il believe they
were enjoying it. Not one had ever been
in Paris before. But if they had stay
ed at that window another minute
would have screamed"
The three cooks had worked in the
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pulsed. East Of Buczacz a regiment
OF Cossacks fed before our artillery

pulsed East Of Buczacz a regiment
OF Cossacks fed before our artillery
fire.
Near Kremenetz the Russians also re-
peated fruftless attacks. A Russian
infantry regiment was dispersed
southwest of Kremenetz Austrian and
German troops advancing north of
kolkt again drove back the enemy
across the Styr. The number of
prisoners mentioned yesterday has
risen to 5000. (The previous report
said the total number Of Russian
prisoners taken during the fighting of
October 81 in the Volhynian terri
tory was about 4,000.)
Italian theater of war: Yesterday
forenoon the Italians. reinforced.
twice repeated attacks on our posi-
ton on Vilgereuth plateau. The at
tacks collapsed. the Italians losing
heavily and the enemy did not sue
coed afterward in bringing up strong
er forces. Only single companies adj
vanced. which were easily repulsed.
On the Lafraun plateau the Vezzana
section was under heavy artillery fire
during the afternoon.
In the region of Flitsch also the enc
my's artillery is showing renewed &C
tivity. In the Doberdo section, be-
tween San MARITIME and Polazzo. Ital-
ian bomb throwers attempted to ap-
proach, but were easily repulsed.
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Return From Trenches and
Are Taken in Hand by an
American Woman,
SAUCEPAN PROVES DELIGHT
TO FATTEsT OF THE THREE
Flatter Madame With Dainty Dishes
and Shed Tears When Fur.
Tough Is Ended.
Copyright, 1879

Copyright, 1889
PARIS, September 9-The three cooks
have returned to the trenches. The fat
cook wept when he said goodbye. The
middle-aged cook kissed her hand.
There is something of the distant aris-
tocrat in the middle-aged cook. One
remembers reading of certain seigneu-
rial rights and of certain seigneurs
who exercised them very long ago. The
little young cook stood up very
straight. He had that way with him
that SO many Frenchmen have of say
ing theatrical things in an untheatrical
way.
1T Is for France" said he.
She Is an American woman. When
the permfssionnaires began to come
home for the first leave they had had
In more than eleven months it occur
red to her that many French soldiers
have no homes to which they may go.
Their homes-the places where their
homes were-are behind the German
lines in northern France. She began to
worry at nights about these men. At
last she went to the war Office.
viii these men be given leave?" she
asked.
table. madame, but what would you?"
They have no place to co.
Americans are addicted to whipping
the devil around the bush of obstacle.
She canvassed her friends for money.
One day she returned to the war Of
flee.
Send three of these homeless men to
me each week. said she. Il will give
them good meals and a bed to sleep in.
and they shall see this brave Paris
AS for the money, my American friends
heel to shoulder with French clay
For time there was silence. Then.
one morning. there came little tinkle
at her bell. A timid tinkle. 1t was as
though a good child had touched 1t.
Madame the American went to the
door. and there stood three men look
ing at her wistfully. They were
clothed in the French uniforms of blue
mist. which had been stained from
heel to shoulder with French clay
They did not speak. One of them-the
middle-aged cook-bowed with some
thing of grace and offered her paper.
The others took off their caps and
stood at attention. 1t was the order
from the war office. quartering the
three homeless soldiers upon madame
the American for week.
But come in said she. Come in.
am glad to see you"
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USE OF WOOD PULP FOR
COTTON is INVESTIGATED
British Experts Consulted and Views
Given on Its Utility for High
Explosives by Germans.
of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press. gore
LONDON. September 3O.-The ques-
ton whether the Germans are finding
wood pulp an efficient substitute for
cotton in the manufacture of high ex-
plosives has been Investigated by the
Paper Maker, which has consulted sew
eral experts.
Sir William Ramsay says: II quite
agree that it is highly probable that
the Germans are making nitro-lignose
from wood fiber. This is the tragedy
Of our always being too late. l quite
agree that we should declare wood pulp
contraband, but / hesitate. to start an
other campaign; it takes so much time
and energy.
The Germans have plenty of wood:
their country is largely afforested. AS
to the relative efficacy of wood pulp
and cotton l am not expert enough to
answer that. All I can say is that
am told by French experts that the
ballistic power of nitro-lignose is not
equal to that of guncotton. But Krupp
is turning out any number Of guns of
all sorts, and doubtless they are stand
ardiZed, as regards sights and cham
bers. for nitro-lignose."
Diverse Views on Wood Pulp.
Another expert. Walter F. Reid, sees
no value in declaring wood pulp con-
traband, for Germany has such large
areas of forest containing suitable
woods that the present rate of con-
sumption of explosives could be main
tanned for years without importation
OF wood pulp" He adds that one of
the most popular smokeless powders
has been made OF wood pulp for more
than thirty years.
Clayton Beadle. a third expert. holds a
rather different view, saying the Ger
man pulp mills could not produce a
product that would reach the require
ments of explosives for long. adding
10 suddenly drop cotton and switch to
something new must spell disaster, or
at any rate, it would be most serious
handicap, and it has not yet been
proved that it can be DONE.
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RUSSIAN STATEMENT.

October o, via London,
October 1Os
There Is a lull in the Riga region.
German aeroplanes threw some
bombs on Shlok. An attempted Ger
man offensive in the Misshof region,
on the railway east of Mitau. wac
stopped.
In the Dvinsk region the battle in
progress near the village of Gar
bounovka is assuming an extremely
desperate character. Near Poschiline,
north of Garbounovka. the Germans
also attacked. but. unable to with
stand our machine gun fire, were
forced to desist.
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Finds Machine IL Dead.

Then I found my machine was dead"
Cowden told his friends. "At first I
thought my controls had been cut"
Later he found that the main strut"
whatever that is-had been cut al
most of. The battle plane kept up an
incessant IRE on him. He could not
manipulate his plane at all. He found
that his engine and the radiators and
the connecting pipes and everything
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AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.

VIENNA. October ., via London. Octo-
Der 10,
The Austro-Hungarian troops Of the
army of Gen. Won Koevess yesterday
penetrated the northern part of Bel
grade and stormed the citadel. Early
this morning German troops from the
west cut a path to the Konak (the
royal palace). Austro Hungarian and
German flags are flying from the
castle of the Serbian kings. Both
above and below Belgrade the enemy
watching the banks could nowhere
resist the allies.
Relative to the campaign in the other
war theaters the war office says:
1.-The enemy yesterday vainly contin-
ued attacks on our Galician and Vol
hynian front with strong forces. His
troops in East Galicia assaulted our
positions south Of Tluste and near
Burkanow, but everywhere were re.
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Member of French Foreign
Legion Wins His Stripes
on Battle Front.
ONLY ALIEN PROMOTED
ABOVE "NON-COM" RANK
Crawls Over German Dead and Re-
turns With Valuable In
formation.
BY HERBERT COREY.


PARIS September 10.-"Sweeney
Gays
The man of the Foreign Legion was
calling. Just happened to be passing
by, he said He had been given a
month in Paris in which to convalesce
He lighted a cigarette. stretched his
long legs luxuriously, and told OF the
war. Take it from him, it was rotten.
Not the fighting. That was little bit
of all right. 1t was the loss of time
that got his goat. He had come over
here from America-paid his own way.
by golly-thinking it would all be over
in six months. Thought he'd go home a
hero. with medals jingling all over
him like sleigh bells. The girls eyes
would all bug out.
Nothing doing he mourned. Posi-
lively not. We're stung, all US Ameri-
cans. Sweeney says this thing is liable
to last three years.
There are lots of Americans in the
legion, he said. He named half dozen.
Every time they get together 1T sounds
like a lodge of sorrow on fresh trail.
He said that he personally, could mourn
SO loud that he broke his own heart.
They all want to go home 1t would De
a different proposition-didw we get MN .
if this was our war. But to take
three years out of their lives for some
body else's war, now that was too
strong. The Americans in the legion
love France. understand. Only they
have been a bunch of boobs. That's all
IT'S different with Sweeney" he said.
This is his business. This war can't
string out too long for Sweeney"
Some one became conversationally ef-
fulgent This offender said that this was
a cruel war. He criticised the use of
asphyxiating gas and fiamenwerfers
and acid bombs. He became eloquent
ftn nc
have poisoned wells. The foreign
legionary listened in a silence that was
almost offensive. When he was implored
to give his opinion of these enormities
he at first excused himself on the
ground that he was a guest. Finally
he yielded.
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What Is War, Anyhow He Asks.

"All civilians" said he. talk like man,
MES. Sweeney says. Wattuh you guys
think war is, anyhow? Sort of game
of drop the handkerchief? Listen. The
trick in war is to kill as many men on
the other side as you can, and keep
your own men from being killed. Kill
'em. Get me? What's the good of all
this grunting about how they're killed?
Think It would make any difference to
me whether / was killed by gas or by
a shrapnel? If you ask me. think I'll
take the gas"
He lighted another cigarette expertly
from the tip of the first and pulled his
cap off his red head and leaned forward
to expound the gospel OF war accord
ing to Sweeney.
He knows more about this than I do,
of course said the legionary. Hes a
professional soldier. War is his BUSH
ness. He says all the soldiers at The
front want is an even break. If we got
licked in this war-not that there's
chance-how much good would it do US
to remember that we got licked because
we obeyed the rules laid down by lot
of old tufts that wouldn't fight but
terfiy? j tell you
He shook a long, yellow-stained fore
finger at us menacingly:
us we want the right to use gas on
them. If they bite we want to gouge.
Never mind whether it's a nice way of
fighting. I've seen a lot of dead men
in this war; and / say that Sweeney
says there amt any pretty way of
dying"
who is Sweeney. anyhow" some one
asked.
Lieut.. Sweeney of the Foreign Legion"
was the answer And say, He's some
soldier, He's the sort of guy that
makes me proud to be an American,
Sweeney is"
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ITALIAN STATEMENT
ONE. via Paris, October 81

tIOMELp VIA oCeVuCH ~
There has been an artillery action
along parts of our front. In certain
places the enemy launched asphyxi-
ating shells.
In Carnia and in the Fella valley we
have repealed numerous enemy pa
trolls, capturing some Of them.
On the Carso plateau on the afternoon
of October Z, after an intense can
nonade. the enemy in great force
tried an attack in the direction OF
Solz, but was repulsed before reach
ing our trenches.
One of our air squadrons. composed OF
fourteen aeroplanes, yesterday bonn
barded the office of the Austrian high
command at Costanjevica, enemy
camps at Oppacchiasolla and the
railway station at Nabresina. In
spite Of a heavy aerial bombardment
our aircraft returned unchanged. An
Austrian aeroplane dropped arrows
on one of our camps. but no damage
was done.
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Sweeney Is a Real Soldier.

1t appeared that Sweeney was born
to be soldier. His father was one
before him. Used to be on Gen. Sheri-
dams staff. Sweeney's father did. And
say. Sweeney says those civil war gen
erals needn't take off their hats to
anybody. They knew as much about
war as anybody ever knew. Sweeney
knows. He's read everything that every
one ever wrote about war-Napoleon
and all. Soldering is his business.
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GERMAN STATEMENT.
BERLIN, October o, via London.

BERLIN, OctODef b. VIA LOn0Ous
The main sections of two armies Of
the newly formed army group under
Field Marshal Won Mackensen have
crossed the Save and Danube rivers
After the German troops of the army
of the Royal and Imperial Infantry,
Gen. Won Koevess, had captured Ligu-
ner Island and the hills southwest
of Belgrade, the army succeeded In
bringing the greater part OF the CITY
of Belgrade into the hands of the
allies.
Austrian troops stormed the citadel
and the northern section of the town
of Belgrade. German troops stormed
the New Konak Cthe royal palace).
The troops are penetrating further
through the southern part of the
town.
The army of artillery, Gen. Won Call
WITT. has forced crossings over the
Danube at four points on the sec
ton below Semendria and is driving
the enemy in front Of it toward the
south
Concerning the fighting on the other
fronts the statement says:
Western theater Of war: Northeast OF
Vermelles a strong English attack
failed, with heavy losses to the en-
envy During a local German attack
little progress was made SOUTH
west of the village of Loos.
In Champagne the French attacked
position east of Navarin farm after
a few hours of artillery prepara-
ton, and in certain places succeeded
in penetrating our trenches. They
were driven out again by our coun-
ter attacks. leaving one officer and
100 men in our hands. after fruit
less and sanguinary battle.
In French Lorraine the French lost the
much fought-for hill south of Lem
trey One officer. seventy men. one
machine gun and four mine-throw
ers remained in our hands.
Eastern theater of war: Army group
of Field Marshal Won Hindenburg-
Before Dvinsk. Garbounovka. south
of Illukst enemy positions on both
sides of this village were taken
by storm on a front Of four kilo-
meters. Five officers and 1855 men
were taken prisoner. Two machine
guns were captured in an engage
ment near Nefedy. South of Wiszniew
emy refrained from making more
important attacks.
Army group of Prince Leopold of Ba-
yaria: North of Korelitschi, as we'll
an at Labusy and Saluezje. Russian
advances were repulsed easily.
Army group of Gen. Linsingen: South
west of Pinsk the villages of Ko-
mory, Komera and Przykladniki were
taken by storm. At Wolkaberez-
nianska and southwest of Kuchecka-
VIOLA cavalry engagements are pro.
ceeding. North and northwest of
Czartorysk the enemy has been
driven back across the Styr. His at
tacks to the north of the Kovel-
Rovno railway have failed.
BELGIAN STATEMENT.
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Then He Is Appointed.

1t is inconceivable, of course, that any
one should insist that he Is a pilot
when, as a matter Of fact. he has never
been in a machine. The examiners had
no suspicion. Cowden was taken on,
and sent to the field to fly. If he had
any early adventures in getting up and
down without breaking his neck he
has not told Of them. He has dropped
bombs and taken part In three fights in
the air. So by easy stages we come to
the fight in which he won the Croix de
la Guerre. Cowden's only comment on
it is that 1t beat polo playing.
He was on a reconnaissance with his
observer when he was attacked by
two German machines. One of them
was an Aviatik, and the other one Of
the new double-motored battle planes
1t was his business to get away If he
could, and he tried to do SO. When he
found that he could not. he turned to
fight. His machine Is a "pusher" type.
with the propeller set behind the
planes. The Aviatik had the propeller
fired directly in front, because the bull
let's would strike the propeller. Cow
den mounted steeply, turned. and
charged the Aviatik.
He couldn't get away" is his one
comment.
His observer was in charge of the
machine gun. the barrel Of which ran
out over Cowden's head. They flashed
down upon the Aviatik like thrown
knife. A stream of bullets poured out
over Cowden's head. The Aviatik
lodged. and twisted. and tried to es-
cape, but it was no use. Suddenly the
pilot stood up in his car and then
plunged stifiy out. The Aviatik began
to turn over and over. Then 1t fell. in
queer. side-long dashes, as shingle
might II dropped from a height. Cow
den whirled his car up again, to guard
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The password to the Tower of London
is changed every three months.
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PARIS. October Q,
The enemy artillery has shown Sigh
activity. We dispersed militar.
pioneers at divers points along tn
front