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Committee to Investigate.

After the conference it was de-
termined to appoint committee to go
further into the matter. A general
order will be issued by the War De-
partment after the college presidents
views have been given consideration
prescribing the requirements for the
course which must be taken by the
students who desire to become reserve
officers. Mai Gen. Wood. after the
meeting, said that every effort would
be made to prescribe a course which
could be met without hardship by the
various universities and colleges.
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Bishop Gets Cross for Valor.

PARIS, October 17.-Mgr Emile
Lobbedey. Bishop of Arras. has been
decorated with the cross of the Legion
of Honor for the heroism and devotion
with which he remained at his post of
duty under fire at Arras amid the
first lines from october. 1914. to June,
1915
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they attempted one attack after another
Near Sally Saillisel six charges were
made. All failed completely, with the
heaviest losses for the enemy. German
infantry left their shelters and, standing
in the open, shot down the enemy col
umns with rifles and machine guns
The effect of the German fire on the
French and British. the news agency
says, was simply shocking" The ac-
count continues:
The Germans had not lost their en-
ergy and will, Notwithstanding days OF
the heaviest shelling. lack of sleep and
the impossibility of obtaining suffi-
cient food on account Of the interrrp-
.disp4Iyed Il narkahle5- teuacity, but
!; more Remarkable was the bravery p1
the Germans, rho not only had to de-
fend positions against superior num-
ter attacks and expel the enemy wher-
ever he succeeded in gaining foo.hold
in the German line"
Whole Columns Moved Down.
Whole columns of French and British,
were literally moved down by the Ger
man fire, the news agency says. and in
the places where the fighting was
Gercest, especially before st. Pierre
Vaast wood. barricades of corpses were
piled up The account continues:
"The enemy's attacks abated some
what on October Is. He concentrated
his efforts against Saiily-Sailiisel and
st. Vaast wood, as we'll as the district
east of Rouchavesnes.
There is no possible doubt the en-
cmy attempted to reach decision
with this enormous effort. Especially
on October IL he planned to break
through on the largest scale. All pris-
oners declare that the losses of the
enemy. especially those of the British
reached an amount heretofore un-
known Reports of German troops
fully confirm this. Prisoners state
French infantry companies now num-
Der hardly fifty men. The commander
in order to stimulate the courage OF
the troops had alcoholic drinks dis
tributed profusely among them before
the charge. This fact shows better
than anything else the real morale OF
the French troops. Prisoners speak of
the attack as hell on the Somme, and
useless laughter
Under the circumstances il is easily
understood why the French and Brit
ish reports hardly touch on the events
OF these days or are completely silent
in regard to them. The days OF Octo-
ber 9 to October 13 were first-class
fighting days. They brought full sue
cess to the German arms and complete
defeat 70 the French and British The
tragedy of the Somme seems near n cli-
max"
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French Continue Progress.

PARIS. October II, 1890 p.m.--Another er
group Of houses in the village of Sally
Saillisel, on the Somrne front. was cap
tured last night by the French. the war
office announces. strong German
counter attack was repulsed.
The statement follows:
North of the Somme we occupied a
new group of houses in Sail1y-Saillisel
The enemy this morning delivered 8
violent counter attack and succeeded
in penetrating a portion Of our front
line An immediate counter attack en-
tirely drove him out. The number of
prisoners made yesterday in the course
of our counter attack was ninety. We
captured Two machine guns
South Of the River Somme fresh
attack on our positions east of Berny-
-Santerre was broken by our fire.
"On the rest of the front there was
Intermittent gunfire.
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GAINS FOR ALLIES
IN SOMME BATTLE
Official Reports Issued in Lon
don and Paris Tel Of = !.
Progress.
FIGHTING TERMED TERRIFIC

LONDON, October II, 1910 p.m.-"En-
emy trenches were entered by US west of
Serre (north of the Ancre river),' says
today's official account of operations on
the front in France. Otherwise there
is nothing to report
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Saws Attacks Broke Down.

BERLIN. October II. via London, 4:45
p.m-Attacks Of the allies yesterday
near Gueudecourt, on the Somme front,
broke down under the German fire. the
war office announces. The German po-
s,tions on both sides of the Solnme
were under heavy artillery fire the
whole day.
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MILITARY TRAINING
IN SCHOOLS, TOPIC
College Heads Confer With
War Department Officials
on New Defense Act.
MANY PLANS DISCUSSED

Military education for college stu
dents, particularly the reserve officers
training corps system provided by the
new national defense act. was dis
cussed by nearly a score of university
and college presidents meeting here to-
day with War Department ofhclals at
the Army and Navy Club.
The presidents obtained explanations
on which they will base recommenda-
tions of systems of training for their
respective institutions.
Representatives of most land-srant
colleges where military drill already
is well developed predictet their
schools would institute the four-year
course provided by the army act to
train junior officers for the regular
army reserve. This plan would require
the War Department to provide equ p
ment and pay for advanced students.
grant college presidents also
were enthusiastic over proposed
course for reserve army engineers.
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Artillery Duel in Macedonia

PARIS. October II, 1880 p.m.-vio-
lent artillery fighting is in progress
on the Macedonian front. In the re-
gion OF the Cerna river the war ONCE
reports the Serbians checked q Bnl-
gartau counter attack.
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GREECE ISFAC|NG
ANEW WAR CRISIS
Note of Extremely Grave
Character" Is Delivered by
the Entente Powers.
REPUBLIC NOW ADVOCATED

LONDON, October 1.-THE Greek sit.
critical phase.
Following yesterdays advices that the
entente powers had formally recognized
the provisional government set I'D by
former Premier Venizelos and his fol-
lowers in the Island of Crete. news dis
patches from Athens today report a new
note of IAN extremely grave character
handed the Greek government by Vice
Admiral Fournet. commanding the en-
tente fleet. causing King Constantine to
return hurrjedly to the capital
Public Buildings Seized.
The railway stations of Athens and
Piraeus. the city hall at the capital and
the Castalla barracks have been occupied
by French and italian sailors to the
number of 1000. while $50 bluejackets
with two machine guns have been sta
toned In the municipal theater. accord
ing to a Reuter- dispatch from Athens
today. The city is quiet. An urgent
cabinet council has been summoned
1t is officially explained. adds the dis
patch, that the detachments landed will
tions which threaten trouble.
Battleships Taken Over.
The entente allies have taken over
the Greek battleships Kilkis formerly
the United States battleship Idaho), the
Lemnos (formerly the Mississippi), and
the Averoff, says Reuters Athens cor
respondent.
Allied crews were put on board the
battleships. the correspondent says, and
the Greek crews were landed and sent
to Athens.
On October II the allies took over
the entire Greek fleet except the Kilkis.
Lemnos and Averoff. This measure, il
was explained unofficially, was intend
ed to insure the safety of the allied
fleet. as fears had been aroused of a
disturbance at points where the war
vessels of the allies were anchored.
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The L-52, according to the official state
ment issued by the British government,
was finally destroyed by an aeroplane
after passing through terrific gun fire.
All the officers and men perished. The
second airshp was hit by gunfire from
the London defenses and forced to de-
scend in Essex because of loss OF gas.
1t was there blown up.
In his statement to the Associated
Press in September, 1915, Lieut.. Peter
son declared that he attached Importance,
in respect to defense measures against
dirigibies, only TO artillery fire support
ed by searchlights. AS to attacks by
aeroplanes. mentioned number of times
i'll press dispatches. the German com
mander relegated these. to the realms of
fables. He said he had not known of an
attack OF this kind II any of the raids
on England. nor had he ever seen a
hostile aeroplane in any Of his various
excursions thither
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HE sCoFFED AT AEROPLANES.
But Commander Of Zeppelin L-32
Met Death Battling One.

BERLIN. October 16. via London, Oc-
,ober 17.-The commander of the Zeppe-
lin L-32, one of the two destroyed in the
raid on England September %. was Lieut..
Werner Peterson, who, in September.
1915, gave to the Associated Press an ex
tended account of the repeated visits of
German airships TO the British capital
and coast towns.
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Compliments Office Force.
Secretary's Letter.

Secretary McAdoo's letter, addressed
. ]. P. Tumuity. secretary to the
resident. reads:
7 am In receipt of your letter OF the
9Th ultimo, with which YOU transmit
I'D copy of letter from Mr. Samuel
iompers, president o; the Arne' icar
Liberation Of Labor in which -cuUes
/ made that Saturday ha,: holiday: be
ac:anted to The ef1r Dyes o. the GOV
=rnment throughout the year You se-
guest 2 report OH Mr. Gonipers' sag-
!, ( estioI-@ s-i4s-z--s--z-src,- -es-rs--.'
fsfnd that q nna5e=ity<of the sdza.nA
.stratiSe heads OF the eoFes4us and di-
visions Throughout the department fa-
-or the Sa -urday half-hclidays through
out the year. and it has been the ex-
perience of the department that we
hase been able to keep the business of
the department current during the
summer months when the saturday
half-holidays are granted the en-
<pioyes. In fact, il has been shown
that the granting of Saturday half
holidays during the summer months
mas served as an incentive for the
clerks TO put forth their best efforts
in order to keep the work current
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For Summer Camp Plan.

Presidents of some institutions which
now have no arrangements for military
training favored inauguration of tao
tics study and drill without the re-
serve officers system, and others de-
clared their schools could best develop
the summer training camp plan A few
said only theoretical study OF military
affairs could be established at first.
War Department officials received
suggestions for cooperating with col
leges in establishing varying grades
of training The meeting was called
by Secretary of War Baker. but in his
absence Assistant Secretary lngraham
and Mai. Hugh l.. Scott, chief of staff,
presided.
Among those invited We're A. Lawrence
Lowell, Harvard University Arthur I.
Hadiey, Yale University: J. E. Raycroft'
Princeton University; H. r. Hutchins,
University of Michigan W. o. Thompson,
Ohio State University Edmund J. James,
University Of Illinois; BENJAMIN Ide
Wheeler, University of CalifoSlia George
n. Denny, University of Alabama; T; E. w.
Nichols, Virginia Military Institute j. H.
Kirkland, Vanderbilt University: A. G.
Humphreys, Stevens Institute of Technol-
ogy; Henry S. Drinser, Lehigh Univer-
sty; Edward A. Pace. Catholic Univer-
sity; Brown Ayres, University of Tennes-
College; George Z. Vincent, University Of
Minnesota: Elmer f. Brown. New York
University Granville Clark, J. Lloyd
Derby and De Lacy X. Jay of New York.
respectively secretary Of the governing
committee. treasurer and executive secre-
tary of the Military Training Camps As
sociaton.
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Administrative Problems.

Most of the discussions were of tech
nieal alaaministrative problems in which
the pup'ic has not IS gapel Interest as
Taifroaa osicia.s Charles Burt, gen
erai passenger agent OF the Boston and
Maine, now vice president Of the or
ganizstion, will become president in sue
cession to Mr.. Hilton, according to a
rule Of the organization.
While the passenger traffic officers
were starting on the first days
work OF their convention. other OFF,
eials from many roadS-the railway
financial officers of the country, such
as treasurers. etc.-Were arriving in
Washington and registering at the
Raleigh Hotel. their headquarters. for
another railroad officials convention
TO begin there tomorrow morning. This
is the Scciety of Railway Financial
officers, which will be in session at the
Raleigh until Friday afternoon.
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Withstood Terrific Fire.

I'm spite OF the terrific hail of iron the
British and French did not succeed In
reducing the German positions to such an
extent that they could be stormed.
French and British infantry in compact
waves charged the German positions. but
were speedily brought to a standsttH by
the German curtain Of fire.
Notwithstanding their heavy losses,
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German Account of Terrific
Fighting Along the somme
Lauds VaIor on Both Sides

BERLIN, October Il, by wireless to
Sayville.--"DetaiIed reports about re-
cent fighting on the Somrie front show
distinctly that the attacks between Oc-
tober 8 and October 13 are to be reck-
oned among the greatest actions of the
whole Somme battle" says the Over
seas News Agency. The objectives of
these great French and British efforts
were Bapaume and Peronne. Moreover,
numerous hostile attacks of violence
were directed against the front from
Courcelette to st. Pierre Vaast wood.
north of the Somme and between
Fresnes and Mazancourt, and against
Chaulnes. south of the river. OF these
were most severe
october 3, 10 and IL the main cen
ters OF combat were north of Thiepval,
north OF Courcelette, near Sally Sail
lisel and in the vicinity of the st.
Pierre Vast wood. October IL great
and wen co-ordinated attack was
launched over the whole front from
Courcelette to Bouchavesnes."
Speaking of the attack on October IL,
the news agency says:
THE defenders of the Somme front had
thought 1t impossible that the violence OF
the artillery fire in the great attack early
In october could be exceeded. but never
theless even this was surpassed.
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Further Acceptances Received.

y
Eprther acceptsRees from college x9f-
fictaIs requested to aftead the confer
ence were received today from Prof.
F. b. McKibbin of Lehigb. DR.. George
L. Fisher, University of Pennsylvania:
DIR. Thomas A. Storey. College OF the
City of New York; DIR. David kinney.
University of Illinois, and Mortimer L.
Cooley, University of Michigan.
In several instances officials who had
previously accepted found it impossi-
BILE to attend, and named other repre-
sentatives.
Mai. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, assistan,
chief of staff, and Mai. Gen. Leonard
Wood. commander of the Department
| Of the East. were among the army Of
| ficers attending.
! Practically the entire personnel o1
| the army general staff, the War Col
! legc, chiefs of War Department bu-
, reaus and others of higher ranking
| grades attended the meeting.
! Assistant Secretary 1ngraham enter
| tanned the conference at luncheon.
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RAILWAY OFFICIALS
DISCUSS ECONOMY
Passenger Traffic Association
Is Considering Plans for Re-
ducing Expenses.
IN SESSION IN THIS CITY

The most up-to-date word in business
Economy'-marked the open
ing sessions at the New Willard Hotel
today of the convention of the American
Association of Passenger Traffic Officers,
and will mark the remaining sessions,
which are to continue until Thursday,
officers OF the organization said.
The delegates. big railroad men from
all over the United States, Canada,
Mexico and Cuba, assembled on the tenth
floor Of the Willard at 10 o'clock this
morning, Alexander Hilton of ST. LOUIS,
president, in the chair. to listen to an
invocation by Rev. Roland Cotton Smith
of st. Johns Episcopal Church. At 1890
pm. the delegates and the woman
members of their families were guests
of reception and luncheon in the red
room, rendered by members of the
Chamber Of Commerce of Washington in
conjunction with members of the Wash
ington Board OF Trade and the Retail
Merchants Association. This afternoon
there viii be sightseeing trips. and to-
nlght reception and dance, followed by
a hufIet supper. at .ta huIe!.
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Says the Democratic Party
Is the Only Instrumentality
for Promotion of Progress

LONG BRANCH, October 17.-Presi-
dent Wilson yesterday told a delegation
of indepe ndents comprising the Wilson
| volunteers that the democratic party is
the only instrumentality now at hand for
| the enactment of genuine, humane. just
and progressive legislation
| The members of the delegation. which
included Amos Pinchot and Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise. came here to tell the
President they planned to campaign for
him from the Battery TO Buffaiv, ia
New York state. because they felt he
had given the nation "a square deal
The President declared the real prob
lem before the nation was the uniting OF
! the progressive elements of the codntry.
He said the democratic party now is
overwhelmingly progressive and that
other progressive men should join with it,
Cites Question Before Country.
.NThe question before the country" he
said, sis whether it will retain the fn-
strumentality which has enacted pro-
gressive legislation" He added the
leaders Of the republicans are reaction
airy.
Dissectins the presidential vote OF
1912, which he called striking" the
President said that of the more than
j 5, ,066 900 votes cast 100000 were
east for the progressive candidates and
programs OF the campaign, represented
by the progressive and democratic par
ties OF the remaining 100000 votes
only S500000 were cast for the repub-
licau candidate, "a most extraordinary
manifestation of the desire of the peo-
pie of the United States to move for
ward along new and constructive lines
in respect OF their public policy" He
said that for long time the progress
siye element had>been the dominating
one in the democratic party, and the
election four years ago showed the
strength of that element in the repub-
ucan ranks. as given by the progress
sive party vote.
Nov, since then" continued President
Wilson, this group in the democratic
party has had an opportunity TO show
the country whether it meant what II
said or not, and it has shown that it did
mean what 1t said, that II was genuine
progressive force ready to do the things
that il had promised to do. And who are
the leaders Of the three and half mil
lions?
After Controller Williams Scalp.
"The men who can sum their desires
in three propositions. To put II as they
would put it. they want the scalp Of the
present controller of the currency-I can
only conjecture because for the first time
in many years he had obliged the banks
to obey the banking laws; knowing him
to be honorable, knowing him to be ef-
fcient, can conjecture no other reason.
In the second place they desire to get
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Talk of Universal Telegraph Code.

The sessions of the convention are
behind closed doors, but w. C. Hope,
secretary of the organization, said that
one of the possible methods of economy
that are under discussion is a uniyer-
sal telegraph code, the use of which
would save the railroads many thou
sands OF dollars annually. A number
OF railroads now use a telegraphic
code. but they vary and are not in COM
mon use, and il is hoped to devise a
code that all the railroads may use.
Another item of possible economy
that is under consideration is plan to
cut down the large wastage on rail-
Dad time tables, such as are placed in
hotels and other public places, many
y. which are carried off by persons who
have no actual use for them. a pro-
posed agreement among railways to
remove offices to low-rent districts is
also under consideration, as well as
uniformity of baggage rules.
Lessons learned during the recent
mobilization of the National Guard on
the Mexican border also are under
consideration. 1t was said the speed
with which cars We're furn. shed and
roop trains dispatched was generally
very satisfactory" and reforms plan
ned for future notifications are minor.
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WEATHER.

Fair, cooler tonight. possibly light frost.
Tomorrow. fair and cool; gentle to mod
crate northwest winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm: Highest. IS, at am. to-
day: lowest. So. at pm, yesterday.
Full report on page 49,
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Mr.. NJ 'ADOOFAVORS
HALF-H0[|DAY PLAN
Secretary Writes President
Recommending Saturday
Respite for Employees.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO CLERKS

The proposition of half holiday Sat
urdays all the year round is favored
as general principle by Secretary
William C. IdcAdoo of the Treasury
Department. He hopes the President
can see his way clear to establish the
practice.
Secretary McAdoo signed q letter con-
veying his views just before he de-
parted yesterday afternoon on his
campaign tour of Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Tennessee. He did not care
to leave the matter open during his
absence, in view of the delay in ex-
ecutive action that might follow. The
letter was sent this morning to the
White House.
as the attitude of the Treasury De-
partment in matters of labor, work
hours, holidays and compensation is a
guide to all the administrative branches
OF the government, the views of Secre-
tary McAdoo are expected to have con-
e!ncing weight It would seem at this
moment that the prospect is most IA
vorable for the extension of half holi-
days to Saturdays throughout the year.
Compliments Office Force.
Secretary McAdoc. in his letter, pays
tribute to the efficiency of the clerks
under him. and considers that the Sat
urday half holidays extended TO them
during three months of the summer
proves an incentive for best efforts to
keep up the work in other hours. Ee
states that the bureau OF enEr.vi 6
and printing viii have to extend the
work hours of other days in the week
or be put under expense for the time
lost. Some other bureaus ana divisions,
il is possible, will have to require over
time of the clerks TO keep UP with the
work in the event of there being 4 Sat
Irday half holiday all the year round.
Generally. however, assurance is given
that the work can be kept up without
any great burden of work on other
days.
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Ga1nS AlreaQy AcQ1eVeQ.
Speaking of the actual situation, Pre-
mier BRAND said:
II simply ask you to consider what
has already been gained and what no
hazard of war can take from US. Com
pare what France and Paris were In
sJIfy, lsta. with what they are in octo-
Der. 1915 The truth is that we wefe
not decadent, but that new genera
ton had sprung UP. more sensible, per-
haps, to reminders of defeat: more Sc
rious, more impatient than those which
had preceded it.
German insolence had contributed a
great deal to this state of mind. And
as one, nevertheless. dared not to think
of war, there resulted a continued con-
fiict between exalted imaginations and
humdrum routine politics. 1t was a
kind of moral confusion which mani
tested itself by an acute need for dis
traction. by a violent desire for the
new, the unexpected.
mo. again. 1t was not decadence; it
was rather anger driven inward-the
old insult revived bluntly in the mind
by jncessant proyocation. And then
we felt that the world did not appre-
ciate us at our Just value, and that ir-
ritated and hurt us.