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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-07-13
;NTERESANTE REFORMi PRO-
pUESTA PARA LAS ESCUELAS
DEL ESTADO DE TENiS
SieRe de Ia pagina 6.

de t0daS las CIRCUMSTANCES que he
mos apuntad0. 80 llpGara 4 Ia con-
clu<i6n de que no deben SOmeterSe
4 IN proccdimirnto Srnlrjdntc Il
homDFe = Ia muier, en- Ia t0cantr 4
Su aduraciGn: de- que no d"hr oh
,eryar<r 81 m!>mo regimen eSto.ag'
mi>uo tempo que rIio> al dis
t~HciaIoS por razdn del SrXO : Il"
las roniici0nc> CONSEQUENCES a el.
rs iniu>to para Il n!ho porIue de
antemann Sc reconoce que n nina
con dos q tres amos meuos que 81 IS
superior en- intelICcncia: - injuStO
para IA nina, porIua ella "XpaT!-
.rHfa an e>a cdai de,erminados
amhi0S TiSiO,G-:roS iurantc 81 pro-
ESQ por medic del cual 81 eNi>-
leHria fisica - acknowledgements" ba-
.aarcada poc medic d" "a gran So
.icitud he parte de aGu@I!0S que son
taSpon>ahlrS De u education y que
,lebpn prrparar 81 naturalrza q !0s
nuev0S rrclamoS que puaden venlr
Sobce IL miSma. La impOrtancia y
las aytrahaS cOnSecuenciaS que pue-
den rnSultar de 81 comprehend con
los m~uchachOS De Su mlSma edad,
son circuns,anciaS fiSicamentc de
mas consideration Y ~peligrosaS en-
extreme. De tOdOS MOODS, pitnSeSe
bien, que la conStantc aSocIacl0n de
los dos SeXoS en- eSta edad, tiende
4 acentuar las diferencias seNuales.'
NOTA.-La campana emprendida
por JOS senoreS ~proIeSoreS de Aus
lin contra Ia c~oeducaci6n CT cl Es-
tado. IS de Ia mas alta traScenden-
cia Y debe ser considerable pOr 9!
Gobie-no con toda ia atenci6n que
50 mecece.
F. senior ex-director de Ia Palm
school tiene mucha raz6n en- las ra-
zones que amerija y podemoS afr
mar, sin tenor ninguna de equivo-
carno>, que apenaS inicia IA serie
de- motives que habria para comba-
tr =! SiStema cOeducatIvO en- 81 ES-
tadO de Texas. Hay tai abundancia
de TazoneS, tantO de! Orden pura-
meate f!S!ol6gico, como del moral Y
social, que reclaman una radical re-
forma en- las eScuelaS. 81 los peda-
SosIStaS de Austin no cuidaran de
lieTar adelante eSta campana hu-
manltarla por 10 que toca al porVe-
mir de IA mujec Y de la Sociedad de
Que torma paCte Y la olvidaran por
a!suna circumstance. cometerian I'm
delito dentro De u deDeres profe-
Sionales.
acknowledgements que una de las pri
pecaS carreraS con que tropezaran
sera ia question economical. pOTque
todoS los gobieFnoS tienen esa arma
contra toda ~!novaci6n; pero no es
.lneceSario que hablen muy alto pa
IA que hagaa Saber que el porvenir
de Ia SocieGad eSta Sobre tnda clase
de considerations e ImporJs mas
que q teSoro De la naci6n enters.
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10 de vista de- Ia miSarla: pcro ten
@aSc en- cucnta que esta miSma 81
tuari6n So compIirari con n cons
tanic hosti.idad d. los zapatistaS.
I]uirncS iamaS tra~nSigirin con los
hombreS lie Carranza. Sc@uramente
menoS disrulpanl"- que .a- hor-
da> del Atila.
Al participant" al General IIUorta
la notiria anterior, busranio tai
y"z al-Ina manifestation que RYE
laSe III eSladO lie amino rcSpeci0 j.
los r~arranciStaS. rOntcStG con IA
raIIna qU" It. caracteriZa: La ciu-
dad 4" Mexico tienc IN rSpIGndido
china y murilo> otroS atractivo>. f.,
prro que los rarranciStaS diSfruia
ran d. todO rSto IN Su coria yisita'.
La agrnria rarranciSia IN esta
riudal ha rrr!biiO los ~corrcSpon-
iicutrS mcnSairS Il" N"racruH rn
los rualrS 50 lr partirIpa que cI
General lGprz d. Lara ha Sldo nom
brado pur Carranza. Gobrrnador
del DiSIrilo Federal y our IicIo L.
f.. run I'll E>laiu Mayor y los en-
Uieaiu> ,lri DrparialnrniO ir to
D.rrno van IN ramiuo para IA "a
Di.a,.
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LA FRANCIA QUE RENACE.
Viene de Ia pagina :.

Sc ha frustrado primeramente en- ell
Marne, y bien pronto sc frustrara
en- Ell Rim.
Es necesario elaborar nueSrro plan
y empezar su aplicacion. Es ahcra
u nuestros ministries, nueStros CO.
merciantes e industrialeS, m~ereceran
los peoreS reproches 81 no Sc orga-
nizan para Ia revancha; el fin de la
guerra debe encontrarnos listos. V
Ia bora es propicia.
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Los jefes del ejercito
russo

No Seria extrano que el propio
Gas Sc ponga al frente de su ejerci-
10. La fuerza moral de este hechO
serfa enorme acknowledgements ' con-
r~rarrestaria Ia ~presencia del Kaiser
entire las tropas alemanas.
Mientras tanto conrinua de general
en- jefe el Gran Duque Nicolas.
Pero Ia direction efectiva de las
o-peraciones, va sean ~parcialeS. "a
sea generates. esta confiada . otroS
generates de 10 mas selecto del ejer-
otto moscovita.
Entire ellos el mas considerable es
Renpenkamjf. que no es de origen I'll
so, como indica e. apellido. !Salio de
Ia escuela de HelSingfors. procede de
Ia caballeria : Sc distinguid por 81
ene-gia y por Ia rapida ca2acidad pa
:. conquistarse la confianza de To-
so,6Gdos en- -900-I90I en- la expe-
Giciua international en- China, en- Ia
guerra ruso-japoneSa, : desde mace
ano v medic. en- ell mando del depar
tamento militar de wilma que. segu:
Sc dice. le debe la buena preparation
actual.
Aunque casi siempre Ia actuady
en- ell Extreme Oriente, So asegura
que es grande Su conocimiento de los
confines ~cccidentaies, habiendo de
sempeGaao en los primerOs amos d
su car-era, Ell cargo de captain d.
Estado Mayor en- e. departamento &
Yarsoyia.
En- segundo lugar aparece Ivanof
~procedente de la artilieria, distii
guiandose en- Ia guerra r~uso-turca de
rs, y despueS Ell la ruso-japonesa
donde los cuerpos que sucesivamentt
mandara opusieron maravil!oSa y utl.
resistencia Z los ~5aponeseS, los cua-
les; por aquellos, sc encontraron fire.
cuenremente imposibilitados para re
2 81 fruto de suS ~victorias. Man,
da el de~partamento de Kiev. n de
los Nikitin, jefe del d~epartamento
de Odesa, procede tambien de Ia ar
tilleria. y en- 1877. siendo captain, de-
cidio con sus canones Ia batalla de
.Alagian y Deve BONA. Tome parte
en- Ia defensa de Port Arthur.
Gilinski, de origen Juoio, actual
mente gobernador general y conan
dante del deparramento mi!itar de
yarSovis, es uno de esos hombres de
estudio y de los estrategas ms no.
tables del EsraGo Mayor del ejercito
russo. del cuaI ia sido jefe durante
dos amos.
Sc h. diStinguido mucho por 81 es-
tudio brillan;isimo aceEca de Ia que
RIA hispano-yanqui, y Tue jefe del
Estado Mayor de campana en- Ell
extreme Oriente en- 1904. Conoce
acknowledgements los confines occiden-
tales,
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IN SUBMARINE lNGLES L0GRO
NTERNARSE EN- Ell MAR
DE MARMARA

.ATENAS. Julio ti.-Un Submari-
no ingles penetr6 en- ell Mar de
Marmara echandO a piquc Ell trans
porte turco numero y. cargado de
.tropas.
La mayoria DE- 6Stas Sc ahog6.
e. submarine TesreS6 sin novedad
a su puntD de paTiida.
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ASEGURA QUE ACUASCALIENIES FE
EVACUADA POR Los VIUISTAS !
OCUPADA POR LAS FUERzAS
De ALVARO OREGON

No ia. nin=un0S dclallrs 81 mrnSa-
in antcS dicho. prro IN OtraS lucn-
les Sc la Sabido que los ViIIisLas
SaIirr0n dc Ia plaza rcferida Ia
ruaI GUG Ocupada inmrdiatamentc
p0r las furrzas carrancistas que Ia
cStahan aSrdiando haria varioS dias.
Los viIIiStas So han rctirado ha-
cia FL nortr Y Srgtin 50 >abc no 20
dctcndrin hasta Torrr6n.
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OTRA Vz LA CAPITAL EN- PODER De
Los CARRANCISTAS


FL PAHo' IeN' Juno ii'-F'' An
- ia >'p'.o q"' las '"''I"
tao!o "o!@a.'" nan ''tii''' =" "a
Pl''' " !" H'P"D,'I' -
nunleI">' "'' "''i"''I ~, -"S'N"' qu'
It. '"st"'t ''t''"""S Wv Wv P"I
tes' E' 'i''''"' S"''''''"'- r"
Fec' NADER ''l>'"' -'"' i'I'''
rh'Te los P"I'''''' u. van" Wv
Sc el'"e'''"' =" 'Sl' '''"'U'
not!c!as aiElDuEcn - Hct!io Hc ID
camptura dc IA capita! DC Mexico
a "a poca r~ilci"ht!a d" las l"efIa9
de IapatA para aEudaE 81 '-iN'r-
70 de as de- VIA. ' IA '"FP"Za>
habIda> en- IA d'l"n'a' Qu" tFaJe-
ron como tonSecurNt!a IA p"Fdlda
de i.O~a zapatiStaS. .ASi Juz@a 9!
r"Sultado de los ramDat"S I'll Nj
niStra del EXtranI"ro IN Chihuahua.
Mas com" fuI"ra que maya Silo' g!
hecilo - lH" !aS lurrZaS Il" |aIIaIl-
"a han toIEni0 Il" \u".ta IA capita.
' sab" lTr- ia que :" ''Sp"ra Il alu"
la doSgrariada c.udaI. 4 1t lu"
los rarranciStaS ap!iran Il "p.trjo
de "ma!Iita'. Hay ia" toner en-
curuta, por utGH par,r. Qu' iuTant"
ms D~riru.rOS gDHDS Ia gub.arluu DE-
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NACIlIIENTOS.

Julio 6.-Sr. Sra. Luis SauT. 32i
Essex STREET; una nina.
Julio 7.-Sr. Y Sra. S. Casanova,
GOT RefugiO Street; una mia.
Julio 7.-Sr. Y Sra. NJ. ASuilar,
SOB Big Foot Street; una nina.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURE.

l. Explain just how water is held in
the soil What is done to keep the soil
from losing water too rapidly? From
accumuating too much?
2. What are the principal elements of
plant food? Explain how some of
these are added when found deficient
3. What are the characteristics of a
high grade of timothy3 What are the
other grasses found of value in this
region,
T. Give several rules each for (a) To-
eating an orchard (b) arranging the
trees (c) planting the trees.
S. Discuss the care of plants in hot
beds and cold-frames. Discuss the
preparation of the heat-producing ma
terials in the former.
6. Explain how the San Jose scale
lives and spreads. How it Is treated
What other similar (but less danger
ous) tree pests are common?
7. Plan l60 acre farm. with reserva-
ton for permanent pasture and farm
stead, and show one series of rotations
in each field,
8. What are the better kinds of draft
horses? Discuss the advisability of pur-
chasing horses OF good stock or raising
colts of increasingly high grade.
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HISTORY.

I. Give substance of last two Amend
ments to the Constitution of the United
States.
2. Give the eligibility as to age of
President, Vice President, Senators, and
Representatives.
8. When we're slaves first introduced
into the Colonies? When was their inn
portation prohibited?
4. What do you know of the Confcd-
crate ship Alabama? How were claims
for damage done by it afterwards set
tied?
5. Mention one Confederate victory in
the Civil War and name some things
that contributed to this victory; name
commanders. give location of battlefield,
date
f. Name all the slave-holding states
in 1901 Name those that passed ordi-
nances of secession.
7. Name and locate three battlehelds
in the state of Ohio.
s. Give location date, nationality, and
primary purpose of first settlement OF
the four colonies that were first settled
in United States.
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I. 4. + i. !. !. !. i. i. i. + i. i
+ HOWARD +
!. !. !. !. i !. i. i. i. i i. !. J.

Howard is getting to be quite a
shipping center. Several car loads of
stock were shipped Saturday.
Quite number of our townspeo-
re spent Saturday in Mt. Vernon.
Miss Hazel Christopher of Wester-
vile spent Sunday with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. christopher.
Miss Minnie Dunlap of Mt. Vernon
spent Sunday with her mother.
The Howard School Improvement
society has booked a lecture course,
consisting of five numbers, with the
Colt Lyceum Bureau Co. of Cleve-
land.
The II. S. |. society will hold it's an.
nual masquerade party at the school
building Saturday evening, October
80.
Kokosing lodge No. S07, l. o. o. f.,
had homecoming last Thursday
evening. A goodly number with
their families attended. Light re-
freshments were served.
Eli A. Wolfe is widening Mohican
avenue. or the street that leads to
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
GRAM MAR.

I. What are the three chief aims Of
language teaching? How should the
time in the seventh and eighth grades be
divided between composition and tech
nical grammar
g. Define participlc Illustrate all of
the different ways in which participle
can be used.
5. What is the rule for the agreement
of a relative pronoun? Write three
sentences containing such pronouns, and
point out the application of the rule in
each.
4. Diagram: Upon receipt of FIVE
cents in stamps l will send the booklet
requested in your letter which I just re-
ceived.
S. Conjugate the verb lose in the sub
junctive and potential modes, passive
voice, present, past and future perfect
lenses.
e. Write a paragraph on the advan-
tages of correct use of language for
securing a position. (The object of this
is primarily to rate the applicants abil-
ity in composing a paragraph.
2. Make classification of all kinds oi
modifers. Ut should be arranged as an
outline).
8. Explain the construction (syntax)
of the italicized words in this passage
Sleep, gentle winds, as he sleeps now,
My friend, the brother of my love;
My Arthrr. whom shall not see
Till all my widow'd race be run;
Ded" rs 4he ~ 'ry to the son,
More than my brothers are to me.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
CAUSES A HOWL
New York Personal Tax Assessment
Boosted mendously

New York, Oct. 4.-The tremendous
boosting or personal tax assessments
In the city excited every expression
Tut one of approval from the assessed.
The sentiments OF the millionaires in
the tax list ranged from anger to jeer-
Ing contempt.
Perhaps the most forcible express
sion of opinion came from John H.
Davis, the banker. Mr.. Davis has
Just returned from the country. The
whole thing sounds to me like black.
mail business" said the banker with
emphasis, Personally, can say that
tie assessment against me OF $1,000
0G0 Is absurd | do not know mach
about the new tax list. What | have
heard sounds incredible. 1t certainly
sounds like blackmail business.
Henry Clews said: Ridiculous,
at the first mention that he Is sus'
pected OF having $l.000,000 personal
property. Last year the city guessed
he had only tenth of that.
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START WORK
Laying Out the Golf Course at the
Mt. Vernon Country Club

H. H. Webster of Chicago, ILL.,, ar
rived in the city Saturday and has
started work constructing the golf
course on the Mt. Vernon Country
club grounds, south of the city.
Webster is an expert in this line.
having devoted the past six years to
this work. He will have full super
vision over the construction of the
green's and will also give golf instruc-
ton at nominal charge TO those who
desire it,
The plans for the club house are
nearly complete and have been gone
over carefully by members of the
building committee. AS soon as these
are done, work will be started. on the
foundation of the club house.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
,SuRPASS ANYTHING
IN MODERN HISTORY
Atrocities Perpetrated By Turks
/ on the Armenian People.

New York, Oct. AFTER months o.
investigation the committee on Ar
menian atrocities finds that the
crimes now being perpetrated upon
the Armenian people by alleged or
,ders OF the Young Turk government
iL Constantinople surpass for horror
snnd cruelty anything that history has
recorded during the past 1000 years.
The committee, which is composed
OF Charles r. Crane. Bishop Greer.
Oscar StIaus and others, representing
American interests In the Turkish
empire, has collected mass OF state
menis which reveal the tremendous
scope of Turkish cruelty. The writ
ers OF the statements are known to
the committee, which vonches for
them and their statements.
Whole villages were deported a. an
hours nctice Many women and girls
have been outraged. At one place
the commander OF gendarmes openly
told the men to whom he consigned
largo company that they were at
liberty 10 do as they choose with tno
women and girls. In June the Turk
ish government began looking for
weapons, Armenians were seized
and by torture confessions were ex'
tracted that a large number OF weap-
ons were in the hands OF other Ar
menians. A second lnquisition began
The bastinado was used frequently
as well as fire torture. during which
eyes were burned out. Under torture
rn.n would tell what they were ex
pected to confess. Toward the latter
art OF June wholesale explosions be
.gan under circumstances OF unimagin
able cruelty. Thousands OF exilei
perished in the deserts
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

(Take two Of the groups below entire).
Group A. (Based on Parker's The His
tory Of Modern Elementary Education) (.
!. What is the significance of the
term common schools? What was
its earlier significance?
2. What was the chief factor that led
to the development of vernacular
schools
3. What were the two purposes of
Protestant schools after the Reforma-
tion?
4. What were some effects on educa-
ton of the invention of printing?
Group B. (Based on Warehouses; The
Discipline of The SchooD.
|. Describe one of the best types of
student self-government in elementary
schools.
2. Mention at least three modes OF
school government
). From what source do schools and
teachers derive their authority?
a. What Is meant by subjective re-
ward?
Group c. (Based on no particular text
l. Give some cases in which the worp
of two grades can be altcrnated wher
there are several or all grades in the
same room,
2. Show that there is danger of sup
pressing or neglecting the spiritual ele'
ment in education.
3. How can morals and manners b,
taught in the schools?
4. What are some of he best ways o.
treating the cases OF pupils who ar,
| slow to learn,
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PHYSIOLOGY.

I. Discuss the results of drinking too
little water; too much at certain times.
2. Give a brief description of absorp-
ton in the intestines.
8. What are the most important rea-
sons for refraining from using alco-
holic drinks?
4. Explain the exact function of the
capillaries. Do the veins return all the
blood carried out by the arteries? Ex-
plain.
S. Explain the course of a common
cold, the nature of the disease, its treat
ment and the reasons for the effective
ness of the treatment.
s. What are the organs of the nerv.
Gus system! What in general is the
function of each?
7. Discuss the care of the eyes.
8. What relation is there between the
work of the skin and that of the kid.
neys? What would result If the skir
could not do its work at alll
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
GEOGRAPHY.

l. BY what are tides causcdr Ex-
plain those points which would arise in
a class studying this topic,
2, What are old landss What is ero-
sion' Where is erosion greatest
3. Where is the Altai plateau? What
river is the natural highway from the
Altai plateau to the Pacific coastP
4. Which part of our continent lies
nearest Asia9 What are the usual
routes of ships from the continental
United States to Asia'
s. Where is the cotton belt of the
United States1 What climatic condi-
tons are essential for raising cotton
Where are our greatest cotton mills
What reasons are there for their loca-
tionl
o. Describe the character Of the At.
lantic coast of the United States.
7. What important cities are there OF
Puget Sound1 Explain somewhat full,
what factors have contributed to theil
greatness,
8, Give some account of the varietie.
OF climate in the different regions OF
Africa
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as to mechanical br rdysical compost
ton? Wha, are the characteristic
qualities OF each,
8. What are the loSumes planted IN
Ohio or recommended by your text
book? What are the values OF some
of the less common ones?
d. How is an apple tree of a certain
variety propagated? Name choice
varieties of apples.
S. What are the principal methods OF
preventing plant disease? What prac-
tices promote diseases of trees
e. Discuss the feeding of dairy stock
T. What enemies of wheat sometimes
become important in this State? What
is done to combat them? Answer the
same questions regarding the enemies
of corn.
8. Give brief account Of the work
that must be done in keeping bees. What
good do bees do incidentally?
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
EARTHQUAKE IN WEST
Nevada the Center Of the Latest Seis.
mis- Disturbance.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. Am
earthquake o. unusual extent east
and west was felt In this city and
reported frcn, Sacramento and San
Jose in California, Baker City In Ore
gon, Reno and Winnemucca in Ne
vada and Boise Ida, Saturday night
The center of the seismic disturbance
seemed to be in Nevada, where 1t
severed lines OF communication. In
Sacramento people poured from the
buildings to the street. One disturb
ance occurred about 6 o'clock on Sat
urday evening but the most violent
series os shocks occurred about IL
o'clock coast time.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
WRITING.

I. How do you keep pupils from ac-
quiring or retaining cramped style?
2 Execute an exercise for practice on
small o; on capital O.
3. Write column of 10 numbers each
of four places,
4-S, Copy as specimen of your pen
manship:
Judge, o you gods. how dearly Caesar
loved him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all
For when the noble Caesar saw him
stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors
arms
Quite vanquished him: then burst his
mighty heart
And in his mantle mufiling up his face
Even at the base of Pompey's statua,
Which all the while ran blood, grea'
Caesar fell
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
LITERATURE.

|. Give brief outline of "The Snow
storm, Name author; give quotation
?, What was general Characteristic OF
writings in Colonies prior to l760?
8 Who was the first American writer
Of great detective stories' Name two
of these stories, What do you know
OF his early liie2 OF the latter part of
his liie9
4. Did the author of Uncle Toms
rabin write anything else of merit ?
Mere the characters Of this story rcal or
t,aginary?
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
ORTHOGRAPHY.

1-3 What are your theories and
methods of teaching spelling?
As. Spell and define: sarcastic, pre-
else, evaporate, semester, emergency,
cataclysm, majority, capillary, debilitate,
apparent.
6-8. SPELL assassin, gymnastics, re-
frigerator, catechism, paralyze, capsule,
cartridge, circumference, beginning, re-
ligious, Halloween, recollection, dsci-
plinc, emphasis, privilege, gauge (also
gage), advantageous, Bordeaux, fan
ciful, diplomacy
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-10-05
BERLIN ON OPERATION
French and English Forces Held at
All Points.

Berlin, Oct. 4.--The British forces
have failed to recapture territory
north Of Loos, according to the off,
cial statement, while about Souchez
and in Champagne the French, still
On the offensive. have been held at
all points. East OF Souchez the
French were able to gain small Sec
ton Of German trench, about 1870 feet
in length, but to make up FOR this loss
the Germans drove the French from
4 section OF their trenches in Cham
pagne. During French aerial raid
on Laons and Vouzieres several civil
ians were killed. In the Rothol dis.
trict French airship was forced to
land and the crew were made pris-
oners.