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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-02

ina up the sunken road leading 20 Anrres
but the Germans brought up reserves
and tried to surround us This maneOu-
yer was foiled. however, by our officers
who drew out men back to the first line
captured.
Trees MOVED Down by shells.
During the night the Germans forti-
fled themselves In the woods. but at day
break our artillery stopped their work
by a furious bombardment. The even
ing before the forest presented the or
binary aspect but In n few minutes alt
was changed One after another the trees
were moved down by shells.
The German artillery was not Idle
either. but sent at us a steady stream Of
shells. which plowed up the earth all
around US without doing much harm
This fire was borne philisophically. for
since they have had their new steel hell
NETS our men don't fear wounds in the
head.
AT o'clock In the Afternoon the guns
ceased firing and were ordered TO at
tack again. Machine guns. which the
Germans had placed on their flanka.
soon were put out OF action. IL was
difficult going I'm the woods. The men
stumbled over branches. but on the
other hand holes torn In the ground by
shells gave shelter against machine gun
fire. These guns were cunningiy con-
cealed in pits covered with steel plates.
Tho barrels. protruding through narrow
Sits. were invisible from distance and
they sent at us a whitening fire But our
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-02
GREAT MINES GIVE SIGNAL
French and British Soldiers Describe
CHARGE on German Trenches
at Souchez.
~GET READY AND GET OVER

PARIS. Oct. i.-sevsn mines, each con-
tanning i.eo0 pounds OF powder, were ex-
plodcd with a terrific roar as soon as
the signal was given for the French ad-
vance at souchez, according 70 the story
OF an eye witness OF the battle.
simultaneously" he said, "our men
leaped out OF their trenches and made
for tho German trenches before forest
The Germans boited through the
woods pursued by our first wave Sec
tons Of the second wave explored the
ruined trenches and underground shelters.
which often were twenty feet deep. As
they had no desire 70 go down into
these holes. whence Il seemed unlikely
they would come out alive, our men
dropped bombs and fired shotguns
through the openings. which effectively
prevented the occupants from coming
out and taking US in the rear.
THE bulk OF our men followed the Ger
mans. who were running like hares
through the woods. They soon cap
tursd the second line OF trenches In the
middle of the forest and went on, some
even crossing the souchez brook or com
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-02
raE pEE. oMAnA. sATuRpAY. ocroBER . 1als.

IL II ridiculous 70 hear some peopic
talk about our attack being a surprise
to the Germans IL was 30 far from
surprise that the Germans had already
brought up tremendous achievements
against US ca Saturday.
The only orders l remember we're a
preliminary get ready and then the
sharp command get over
we jumped the parapet without any
superfluous motions. and then. Ike n
flash. the whole front moved forward
straight across the eighty yards which
separated US from the enemy's trenches.
Then Il was bayonet work. and after an
incrediabiy short time we were fighting
fiercely between the second and third
line OF German trenches"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-02


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

rule in the Transvaal and their affec- tion for the Boers is intensified bg the hopes they have for the future of their own country. Botha stands for them as the personification of national lib- erty, and they regard the Transvaal as fine object lesson for British statesmen who have opposed the free dom of Ireland.
 General Botha mended his own for tunes, and no doubt those of his peo- pie, by being shrewd enough to see the main chance-loyalty to Great Britian. But some of the Boers be- lieved him an apostate, and these were only too willing to conspire with Ger man agents for rebellion which was soon crushed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
State Department Kept Busy

The state department at Washing ton usually finds plenty of work to keep it from rusting, and at the pres ent time it is a center of unusual international interest.
 Great Britain's reply to the Ameri- can notes protesting against the inter- ference of that country with neutral commerce is in friendly tone, as might have been expected, but unsatisfac- tory in it's conclusion. There will be further diplomatic correspondence on the subject of the blockade.
 President Wilson is determined to do something to restore peace in Mexico in the near future. A final appeal will be made to the Mexican leaders, and, if this is not availing, then intervention for the purpose of setting up stable government will be resorted to. It would have been better had President Wilson inter- vened and proceeded to tranquilize Mexico many months ago. Had he done so Mexico might today be peace ful and prosperous.
 But the President acted for what he conceived the best. He wanted to demonstrate to the world that he could not be provoked into taking precipitate action. But the Mexican situation grows more and more in- tolerable and something must be done to relieve it.
 Nothing has been heard from the Presidents ultimatum to Germany There may be no reply at all, which would result in severance of diplo- matic relations.
 Secretary of State Lansing is kept at high tension and when the Presi- dent returns to Washington several things will happen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
Condition. Here and Elsewhere

Birmingham looks good to me after a snort apsence' remarked l.. J. Farmer, acting secretary of the Young Mems Shrlstian association, ''and though I spent most enjoyable vacation T. the east am glad, indeed, to return to the city
 mere are signs of increasing business activity discernable on every hand A..d tbis improvement Is especially noticeable when entrusted with business conditions III some of the Georgia cities. Georgia towns, including Atlanta and Augusta, were In fact hit hard by the low price or cotton last year. and many merchants nave gone to the wall Most of the cen ters In Georgia are almost wholly de- pendent on conditions in the rural sec uions Tor mercantile prosperity, and as Georgla is one of the heaviest growers Of cotton things have gone rather bad along business lines this year. But farm CTS say that or 1o-cent cotton this sea- son would save the situation. The crop this year has been produced with much less expense than that of the year be- Tore and people have lived economically.
 The peach crop In Georgia this sea- son was great success, and the returns nave been good. Great quantities of wheat and other grain have been pro- duced' and some of the mills have more on hand than can be ground within the next month. Bathing on the beach has been most enjoyable this season. though the crowds I believe are not quite so larse as was the case last year at this time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
Optimism in Europe

While there is reason to believe that some of the optimistic talk credited to statesmen and leaders, both in Ger many and among the allies, may have been uttered for the effect it may have on public sentiment, all the belligerents seem equally hopeful and equally determined to carry the war to successful conclusion. That France is in the fight heart and soul cannot be doubted. England has real ized the seriousness. of the situation confronting her and the recent re- verses of Russia have not apparently weakened her resolve to crush the Germans. The Italians have had things much their own way with the Austrians, although there might be a different tale to tell if the Germans had not been so extensively engaged with the Russians when Italy struck her first blow.
 Dr. Karl Heifferrich, secretary of the imperial treasury of Germany, has issued signed statement of German economic and financial affairs which shows that the Fatherland is not suf- fering to any great extent from the tremendous conflict in which it is en- gagged. He makes the point, first, that the English Starvation war" has failed and, second, that the German empire cannot be starved out" in raw materials.
 The domestic production of food stuffs, the bread card system and the limitation put on prices has made it possible for even the poorest citizens to obtain sufficient food. As for the boasted British blockade, the secretary says: "The difficulties cast in the way of the importation of raw materials, in violation of international law, are unpleasant for us, but not fatal. " With ample supplies of coal and iron and the most important raw materials there is no possibility of shortage.
 Among other points the secretary makes in his statement is that the specter of unemployment has been banished, Germany has enough money to carry on the war for an unlimited time and the confidence of the people in all that pertains to the empire is unimpaired. Other views of Germany's strength obtain in England and France, but if it is on the wane there is little or no evidence of the fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
From the Pittsburg Post.

iOiii ShC IittSDuIB GOSt
 A MOTHER belief of childhood has
 "A been overthrown. One of the dis 4 \ patches from the war zone in the Aegean sea dealt Of the Island of Rhodes and incidentally mentioned that the Co., lossus of Rhodes never bestrode the mouth of the harbor of the city of Rhodes so that the Rhodian ships and .galleys had to pass between the legs of the gigantic statue. Such statement probably gave a shock to thousands of readers who as schoolboys and schoolgirls looked on the picture of tho Rhodian colossus astride the harbor. Ths dispatch said: ''rhe fa- nous Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the world, no longer exists and the tradition that this giantic image once bestrode the harbor of the capital has lately been exploded"
 The tradition was repudiated by certain sholars long ago, but the tradition was not banished from the minds of ordinary persons. Most persons have very prob judgment of the scholars. In the popular mind the Colossus of Rhodes never had any other object in life or any other req son for existence than to bestride the harbor entrance.
 The writer sof that dispatch was con
 siderate in informing the world that the famous Colossus, one of the seven won- ders of the world, no longer exists It ceased to exist as a colossus more than 900 years before the Christian era and although it's ruins cumbered the earth for | ho, hp rt1in e- moved about 1900 years ago.
 The Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze image of the sun god. It was 1O5 feet, or 70 cubits, high. Sometimes it has been written of as brass statue of Apollo. It was designed by and built under the su- pervision of one Charles of Lindus about the year 2s0 B. c. It was thrown down and wrecked by an earthquake in 324 B. C., having stood, at Rhodes only about S6 years Men who saw it set up lived to see it knocked down. The fragments lay about the place where 1t had stood and they were there when the Saracens cap tured Rhodes Some of these very practi- cal men sold the debris of the Colossus for junk. That is said to have taken place in the year 656. It Is further re- ported that 900 camels were required to carry of this classic debris
 The Colossus of Rhodes was perhaps the most noted of the colossi of Greece, but various peoples, the Egyptians and the Romans. had the habit of erecting colossi There were other Grecian CO., lossi that were fine and famous. espe- cially Phidias' Olympian zeus. 60 feet tall. and the Athena of the Parthenon, which was 40 feet high. At Rome. among vari- ous colossi were the Jupiter of the capi- tol. the Apollo of the Palatine library and the statue of Nero all of them over no feet tall and from which the nearby amphitheatre came to be called the Colosseum. There were colossi of wood and of stone as well as of metal. The
 most celebrated Egyptian colossus was that of Memnon on the plain of Thebes. good many years ago rock-hewn statues of colossi at Bamian, on the road between Cabul and Balkh, were measured. and one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
Two-NAME PAPER

From the Wall Street Journal.
 That domestic trade acceptances will gradually gain favor with the big busi- ness concerns and in time will come into general use. to a large extent taking ths place of single name commercial pa- per, Is now the opinion of some of the leading bankers here
 By it's recent ruling the federal reserve board lowered the re-discount rate on trade acceptances to BE per cent or F pe- cent below the rate for single name paper. This is considered a straw as to the attitude of our highest banking tribunal on the desrability of making this form of paper popular. It is believed that the board intends to make future rulings designed to put trade scceptances on preferential basis and thus make them more attractive investment for the banks. It will, in that case, be to the banks interest to make trade acceptances more popular with their customers.
 Commenting on the possibility of stim- ulating the use of trade acceptances in this way the commercial expert of a large banking institution says: Tt would appear that any movement to bring about the adoption of the trade acceptance prin- ciplc must originate with the banks, since it will involve a revolution in the present methods of doing business, which the business men of the country will not sup port unless they are educated up to the advantages of the new system.
 The banks are in the best position to inaugurate such a campaign of edu- cation, and I believe that with the sup port of the federal reserve board they will undertake 1t.
 "Of course. it will require patience to overcome the prejudices of business men, and possibly also of some bankers, but the advantages to be gained by both arc worth waiting for"
 The greater desirability of the trade &C., ceptanee as an investment according to this banker. lies in the fact that it pos sesses wider margin of safety. He says; With trade acceptances we should never have had the Clahin failure. A bank can determine with degree of cer- tainty the specific character of the trans action on which such paper is based, whereas, single name paper may be used for purposes not strictly commercial The bank has to take the word of the bor- rover in the greater number of cases. If the latter puts the funds into fixed in vestment or into other than the legitimate channels for which they were intended his liquid assets are reduced and the margin of safety back of the note pro- portionately destroyed.
 By developing the use of two-name pa- per, so that there would be a broad mar ket in it, we could handle it on a prohta- ble basis at lower rate than single name paper, and give our customers the benefit of this saving.
 This cannot be done. however, unless business Is readjusted on an entirely diff ferent basis, and the problems to be worked out in that connection are now before us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
Southern Business Improving

l am just back from Tennessee. where nave been taking a good rest and am now ready for an active business cam paign' said Hugh M. Brown, the we'll Known shoe factory salesman My terri tory embraces Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. I hear good reports from the country merchants. Conditions in Tennes- see are very satisfactory and there has been decided improvement in all parts or Alabama and Georgia I am expect ing very brisk fall business in my line. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
ANOTHER MYTH EXPLODED

was found to be IFS feet high and an- other 120 feet.
 There are coloss in the United States though 1t is not usual to refer to them as such. The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty Tn New York harbor. which was presented to the United States by the people of France, Is 104 feet tall and to the end of the torch in the uplifted hand of Lib. erty Is IA feet. The Crawford statue of Freedom, on the dome of the capitol, might also properly be called a colossus
 While all the authorities on the subject of the Colossus of Rhodes says that the notion that the colossus once bestrode the harbor was medieval fiction," they do not give the origin of that fiction, which became so deeply fixed in the human mind that most persons believe it today.
 Rhodes is one of the interesting places Of the world. It has an area of 424 square miles, and from the summit of Atairo, on. of its mountains, 45OO feet high, one of the sublime views of the world may be had. Rhodes was settled by Dorians from Greece, and for centuries the people of the island were celebrated for commer- cial enterprise, learning, literature and art. It became . Roman possession and later the Saracens took it. It was con- quered by the Knights Hospitalers of St. John of Jerusalem, and their defense cf the island against the Turks, who pre- vailed in 1522, is one of the red cha pters of the worlds history. The remains of the walls and towers, built by the knights as defenses against the Turks, may be still seen The Church of St. John was converted into a mosque and the palace of the grand master into the home of the pashe or governor of the island Frag- ments of the ruins of the Greek city of Rhodes may be seen in the gardens and suburbs of the present city of Rhodes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
DOWN THE MoRNTNG

From the Baltimore Sun. I'm coming down the morning with a tale upon my tongue Of boundless leagues of blossoms in the land where life is young Coming down the morning With a rose to help you see The green lanes of the country Where the heart of time is free greet you with posey from the vines of old content Where the gifts of sunny nature to the trusting heart are sent. Greet you with a posey That the fairies saw me take To bring to town this morning For the sweltering city's sake. I'm coming down the morning on the first car up the line, To bring song of blossoms on the honey suckle vine Coming down the morning With hail, we'll met, to you, Who'll know me by the music That is fresh from dells of dew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
THE MARINES AGAIN
From the Buffalo News.

from the Buralo News
 The killing of two American blueja ok cts at Port au Prince yesterday will cause but little comment and no excitement
 In ordinary times the act would occupy the attention of the state department and forthwith a sharp lesson in manners would be administered. Just now. though, the incident is overshadowed by greater tragedies. in so many parts of the world, that 1t will be charged to the account of American patience and forgotten.
 The marines of the service added an other inscription to the banner that has been borne to so many parts of the world by the soldier-sailors Four hundred of them, disposed we are told, "as they saw fit to dispose themselves for eff ciency and safety" held off the attacking revolutionists and rivaled the most thrill ing tales of Richard Harding Davis in their defeat and utter rout of the rag-tag- and -bob-tail of the Haytan army.