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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
GEN. FALKENHAYN
HITS RUMANIANS
German Commander Says Foe
Is in Full Retreat in
Pennsylvania
43 GUNS ARE CAPTURED

London.-The Rumanians were de-
feated again, says an official state
ment from Berlin and the Rumanian
statement bears out the assertion.
Won Falkenhayn has struck again in
Transylvania and the Rumanians have
been routed. Leaving thirty cannon
thirteen machine guns and hundreds
OF prisoners in the Teutons' hands,
they are in full retreat.
The fourth severe defeat the Ru-
manians have suffered In their five
weeks OF war was administered near
Koehalom, about sixty-fye miles north
east of the scene OF their rout at
Hermannstadt and fifty miles west OF
the Rumanian border. Won Falken-
hayn, until recently chief OF the Ger
man General Staff, struck at several
points Of the Rumanian front at once,
using mixed columns Of Germans and
Austrians.
For a time the Rumanians made
stubborn resistance, especially in the
Sinca sector Here the Rumanians
held their ground until German troops
were ordered to charge with the bay
onet. Several hundred Of Rumanians
were made prisoners.
The Rumanians retreated across the
Homorod River, tributary OF the AIT,
and then over the Alt itself When the
German report was telegraohed from
Van Falkenhayn's headquarters they
were fleeing through the Geister-Wald,
the Forest Of Spirits, the northern part
OF the Perschan hills and forests.
Rumania has been forced by this
new stroke OF Won Falkenhayn to give
up Fogaras, for the army that he has
defeated had It's headquarters there.
This Is the same force, the Second
Army, that tried to succor the First
Army, that was cut up at Herman
stadt.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

ONDON.-Famine is at the doors
OF Belgium because OF the requ'sit.onS
OF the Germans on the conquered pop.
ulation. according TO the Times cor
respondent at Lausanne. Meat is
practically unpbtainable, he says, and
butter very scSce. Potatoes have not
been seen for some time.
WASAlNGToN.-A new town has
been erected in the Arctic Circle by
Imperial decree OF the Russian Car
The town has been named Murman
and il is to be an ice-free port for the
shipment OF supplies during the war,
Ii is situated at the terminus OF the
Murman Railway in Russia.
CLEVELAND, ohio.-Two persons
were killed and more than thirty were
injured as the result OF a street car
collision here. The dead are Mrs
Clara Ollie. a passenger, and Otto
Borchert. a motorman.
LONDON.-Lord Bryce, in an ad'
dress TO the Congregational Union
decries the spirit of hate against the
Prussians.
oKLYN.-Manase John J. MO
Graw quit the New York Giants
bench declaring ,that his players re-
fuse to obey his orders in the game
which gave the National League pen
nant to Brooklyn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
$50, 100000 LOAN TO CHINA
Scope Of the American international
Concession Is Explained.

Washington.-The S60,000000 loan
for railroad construction in China will
be advanced by American interests.
Peking dispatches announced the con-
clusion OF the agreement. The new
loan is twice the size Of any previous
similar loan to the Oriental republic.
II will increase the railroad mileage OF
China so per cent.
The negotiations in China were con.
Carey Railway & Canal Company.
The American International Corpora.
tion issued a statement in which ii an.
nounced that as a preliminary TO be.
ginning work on the railroads in China
the organization had loaned the Chi
ese Government 100000 for the cost
OF investigation and surveying and ini.
itial expenses.
Concerning the contract the state
ment says:
THE railroad lines to be construct,
ed have not yet been decided upon,
but will be located by an American
chief engineer, to be appointed by the
Chinese Government on the recon-.
mendation of the American Interna.
tional Corporation. The contract pro.
vides for the construction of roads be.
tween points to be agreed upon after
investigation. When the line to be
first constructed has been agreed upon,
the road will be built by contractors
on a percentage basis"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
ALLIES ADVANCE
ON SOMME FRONT
British Continue to Increase
Gains, Deopite Heavy She'll
ing; Take Strong Village
CAPTURE TOWN OF LE SARS

I.ondon.-The British continued the
advance they made on the western
front, when they and the French
moved forward about two-thirds oi
a mile on an Smile front
South of the Ancre the British front
was heavily shelled in the neighbor'
hood Of Gueudecourt and LIE Sars'
which latter village was won in the
drive but the British succeeded IN
pushing their lines southwest or
Gueudecourt.
Only north Of Les Bouefs was the
Emperor's heavy artillery fire success
ful in recapturing part Of the trenches
won by the British.
Captain Boelke, the famous German
flyer, was credited with his thiretieth
aeroplane victim. Berlin claims five
Allied aeros were brought down.
The Germans again attacked the
Schwaben redoubt in the morning, but
without success.
There was severe fighting north OF
the Courcelette Warlencourt road,
where the British won some ground.
The total number of prisoners re-
ported in the last two days has reach
ed 13 officers and sec others.
Paris reports that after violent ar
tillery preparation, the Germans
launched against their position west
OF Sally Saillisel an attack whose
successive waves were broken up by
the barrier fire without one OF them
reaching the French trenches.
In the Woevre heavy artillery bonn
barded some German conveys and
camps The railroad station OF Thiau-
court also was bombarded.
Six lively aerial combats were
fought and French aviators bombarded
Meislains and Vaux wood, north or
Peronne.
The British, north OF the Somme,
cut into the German lines to a depth
Of from 500 to 900 yards between
the villages Of Gueudecourt and Les
Boeufs. almost directly south Of Ba-
paume. This wedge pushes out to-
ward the village of lie Transloy
mainstay OF the German fourth line,
on the highway from Bapaume to
Paronne.
The French line was carried for
ward nearly mile northeast OF Nor
val. across the Peronne- -Bapaume road,
which connects lie Transloy and Sail
ly-Saillisel Thus the direct communi-
cation between the two garrisons Of
Germans is cut off.
To ba cDutb ~ CaiIly-Gai11ica1
advance was made that marks the
beginning of the encircling OF this
town. The French pushed their lines
ahead to the edge Of the St Pierre
Vaast wood. and thence over Hill 130
the important summit southeast OF
Bouchavesnes.
The French thus far have counted
400 German prisoners, OF whom ten
are officers and 10 machine guns.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
RUMANIAN ARMY HURLED BACK,

London.-OfliCial announcement was
made in Bucharest that the Rumanian
troops which crossed the Danube and
invaded Bulgaria had returned to the
Rumanian side Of the river.
The Berlin War Office in announc-
ing this retreat did not claim that
the Rumanians had suffered heavy
losses in their expedition, nor does
the Frankfurter Zeitung, which is
quoted in a dispatch from Amsterdam
as saying that the hanking force,
which it figured at $4,000 men. was
threatened by an enveloping move
ment and had 10 recross to the north
bank in boats, adding that only a few
scattered bodies remained on the
south side; but the official communica.
tion put out from Sofia asserts that
the fanking force which 1t estimates
at $4,000 to 10000 men, was practically
annihilated
Bucharest reports that in the Parajd
region Of Pennsylvania the Rumanians
have won a three-day battle.
Following is the official account
given out by Sofia:
Russian war vessel off the Black
Sea coast shelled the heights near
the village Of Tatladohokos.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
PREMIER oKUMA RESIGNS

Japanese Cabinet Members Surrender
Portfolios to the Emperor.
Tokio.-Count Okuma, the Prime
Minister OF Japan, resigned, owing to
his advanced age.
The members OF the Cabinet ten
dered their designations to the EN-
peror
Before he resigned the Premier. II
IS said. asserted that he would recon-
mend to the Emperor the appointment
OF viscount Takaaki Kato as his sue.
cessor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
TO INVESTIGATE MAIL BY SPACE

Commerce Board Issues Order TO OBJ
tain Light on New Plan.
Washington.-The Interstate Com.
merce Commission issued a formal
order for the investigation OF the new
scheme for carrying the mails. Begin.
ming November /. 80 per cent. OF tho
railroads will be paid for mail carry.
ing on a basis of space instead OF
the old basis OF weight. The expert
ment will be tried until, following the
investigation, a report is made to
Congress by the commission.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-13
FORD INsPEcTs STEEL MILLS

Pittsburgh Hears He Plans to Build
Mammoth Plant.
acknowledgements by sever
al of his own engineers, Henry Ford
of Detroit, in company with Julian
kennedy. made tour OF the big steel
manufacturing plants in this dis
trict.
Ford refused either TO affirm or
deny a report that he was contemplat.
ing the construction of a mammoth
steel making plant to supply his au-
tomobile factories.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01

continued long enough each day to
get the price Of food and drink, and
that after working hours they could
be found in bar rooms.
Some Of these left town when they
learned that their status was under
investigation. A hard-and-fast edict
against street mendicancy is the
only way to keep them away. Their
operations were highly remunera-
tive, netting more than most Of them
could earn from legitimate labor.
In the suppression of begging by
persons. other than cripples, the citi-
zen has a duty to perform. II he is
accosted by a plea for money for
food or a nights lodging he will be
performing a service il he pauses
long enough to call policeman and
ask that the petitioner be directed
to some relief organization. II the
beggar is in genuine need such direc-
ton will be the best thing for him;
II not, the police can put curb upon
his activities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
THE OPPOSING sEIsMIcs

There is certainly going to be a
lot Of seismic disturbance in this
quarter Of the world week from to-
day. The geophysical sharps have
for decades been trying to figure a
way to forecast earthquakes, and
have not succeeded. They are COM
mended to a study Of the positive
predictions of the Hon. William R.
Wilcox and the Hon. Vance McCor-
mick, concerning continent-wide
landslides that are going to meet
hesd-on a week from tonight.
We gather that they will meet at
or about the line of the Allegheny
mountains, and II they do there is
going to be some tumbling Of tall
buildings throughout the eastern lit
toral, and the terrain will be mussed
up q good deal. The most cheerful
view is that in all probability no
fatalities will result. But it is GER
tain that there is going to be an
earthquake if these landslides col
hde. as they seem certain to do.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
WHAT'S GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON TO-DAY

Meeting, jackson Democratic Association.
Raleigh Hotel, p. IN.
Exhibit OF nature study, Room &c, Wilson
Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard
streets northwest, a. m. to p. m.
Annual flower show, Government hot houses
m. TO y. IN.
Annual meeting. United Hebrew Charities
Eighth street Temple. p. m.
Meeting, Citizens Association OF Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase School House, p. m.
Dance Fortnightly Dance Club, Studio Hall
Meeting, Wilson and Marshall Democratic
Association. white parlor New Ebbitt, 5
u. m,
Meeting, Board OF Education. Franklin School
p. m.
Opening Night School, Maryland Agricultural
College. College Park. Nd.
Exercises, Richard Arnold Chapter, d. A. r .
Milestone No. !. Franklin Park. Va. $50
O'Clock p. IN.
Reception, board OF lady managers OF Won.
ans Christian Association, 4 to Z o'clock p.
Tag Day, BENEFIT Holy Name Nursery.
Anniversary, thirtieth anniversary OF found.
ing OF Ancient Order of knights OF Jeri-
salem. banquet TO be held 7oS o street
northwest.
Meeting, Cerciedes Precieuses Ridicules
Lecture. History OF Styles and Ornamental
tions." Zolnay Atelier. 1860 Il street
northwest. 1 o'clock.
Observation-Disclosures Centennial, No. IL. CO.
lumbia, No. !, OF the Royal Arch. Areme,
No. 10, of the Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Eastern, No. I: Friendship, No.
y; Federal City, No. 20; Harmony. No. 3;
Mount Nebo encampment, No. T. Assembly
Home Circle OF the Rebekahs.
Knights Of Pythias-Mount Vernon. No. 8;
Friendship Temple, No. o. OF the PythiAn
Sisters. Past Chiefs Association, box party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
PRAY FOR MILD WEATHER I

IF the mercury should drop twen-
ty degrees tonight, l tremble to think
what would happen to Washington"
said coal dealer today.
"On November l my concern nor
mally would have about 1000 tons
on hand. We have about fifteen this
morning. There is hardly an apart
ment house in town that has more
than five tons on hand"
No matter, at this instant, what
the causes of the coal famine; it is
here. Excessive industrial consump-
ton in summer made reserves low;
labor has left the mines for higher
wages elsewhere; cars are not to be
had. The bituminous situation is
worse, according to dealers, than
that In anthracite; but both are thor
oughly bad.
People are offering premiums for
coal. They ought not to be allowed
to get it by that method. Dealers
should take care Of their customers
at market rates; and they are trying
their best, fairly and equitably, to
do it. The buyer who is able to
offer a tempting premium and per-
haps get more than his share at such
a time should think twice. 1t is I'M
fair to other consumers, and it
would be certain, presently, if such
Inducements were pressed too often,
to shake the determination of some
dealers not to "play favorites" for
profit. Coal dealers are human
They are by way Of losing, rather
than making, profits as matters
stand now. They are not entitled
either to lose by reason of their eff
forts to treat their trade fairly, nor
to make excessive profits out OF
bonuses for playing favorites. Save
them from the temptation.
And pray for continuance of mild
waatherl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
THE DEUTSCHLAND ONCE MORE

The arrival of the submarine mer-
chairman Deutschland at New Lon
don, on her second voyage to this
country, after an uneventful trip of
twenty-one days from Bremen, indi-
Gates that the allied sea forces have
not perfected by any means their
measures for preventing undersea
navigation. 1t is not known, how
ever, at how great a cost the sue
cesses of the Deutschland have been
gained. 1t has been insistently re-
ported that two or even three Brem-
ems have sailed away from Germany
and no one has reached this side.
There seems little doubt that at least
one sailed and is lost; it is quite
probable that two have met this fate.
So far as concerns the contribu-
ton which submarine merchant
craft can make to the maritime
transport problem of country that
has lost control Of the seas, the
Deutschland experience is distinctly
disappointing. 1t remains, as it was
when the Deutschland arrived at
Baltimore on her first voyage, an in
teresting and spectacular STUNT"
remarkable, Johnson would say, like
a woman preaching and dog walk
ing on it's hind legs, not because
it was we'll done, but because it was
done at all. Months have elapsed
since the first call Of the Deutsch-
land. It's contribution on two sue
cessful voyages has been as a buck
etful in the Atlantic, compared to
the commercial necessities of Ger
many, or to the possibilities of profit
able trade with this country if only
it could be restored. There is every
inducement, from the mere profit
making viewpoint, for German en-
terprise to make the most Of the
submarine opportunity if it is a real
opportunity. The first half year of
the enterprise would not suggest
that there is a very bright outlook
for affecting seriously the economic
posture of Germany or the force OF
the allied blockade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
HELP THE MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN

Buy a tag for the Holy Family
Day Nursery!
II you are not "held up" today,
ysu ought to go out and deliver"
anyway. Some day there may be a
mothers or a widows pension law,
but in the meantime many mothers
who have small children to support
have to work, and for these the day
nursery points the way to holding
the family together.
II these mothers did not have
somewhere to place their children
while they are at work, institutions
would be called upon to care for
them. With the help of this day
nursery, and others doing similar
work, they are able to maintain a
homo.
The Holy Family Day Nursery
helps the mother to preserve her
sek-respect by levying a tax of 5
cents a day for the care of a child.
For that sum the infant is fed, and
the older children receive instruction
and take part in supervised play.
Today is the time for you to pay
your small tax to help maintain this
excellent work, and there ought to
be no trouble in getting a generous
response from the citizens of Wash
inRton for such a cause.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
Tomorrow.

Annual flower show, Government hot houses,
Fourteenth and u streets northwest. Q q. m.
TO Q p. M.
Illustrated lecture, "a Trip OF the Minute
Men Through Europe" Capt. d. w. Thayer.
Home club, S:l5 y, m.
Organization meeting OF Just Government
League, Riverdale Nd, p m,
Meeting, Edward Douglas White Law Club,
OF Georgetown University Law School, in
law school building. p. m.
Meeting, motion picture committee OF the Dis
trict Federation OF Woman's Clubs, New
Ebbitt $3.50 p. m.
Address, DR.. John Van Schaick before meet
ing Of the Cranch-Tyler Home and School
Association. Tyler School, s p. m.
Meeting Cathedral Heights Citizens Asso-
citation, 81, Adams parish hail, s p. m.
Meeting, Twentieth Century Club, All Souls
Church, 1880 a. m.
Meeting Twentieth Century Club, All Souls
Church, 1880 o'clock a, m.
Meeting Cathedral Heights Citizens Asse-
citation. s o'clock p. M, st. Adams Parish
Play, Somebody's Widow" Knights of Co.
Iumbus Dramatic Society.
Masonic-Naval. No, 1; Hiram. No. 10: La
Fayette. No, 10; Masonic Board OF Relief,
Esther, No, s, o. the Eastern Star.
Odd Felows-Culumbia, No. 10; Covenant,
No 70. Friendship. No 7. OF the Rsbekahs.
Knights OF Pythias-Franklin. No. 2: J. r,
Coidwen Company, No. 7, OF the uniform
rank
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
THE BOGUS BEdQARS

n Is gratifying to note that the
Police Department already had been
investigating the problem of the
crippled beggars on Washington's
streets, to which attention was
called by The Times recently, and
that the streets are to be cleared of
the cripples, both the genuine ones
and those who must be designated
with a quotation mark.
There is ample provision in Wash
ington to care for genuine cripples,
for which taxpayers contribute, and
there is no need of levying upon
pedestrians for their support. AS
for the other kind, the police inquiry
shows that many of them were
rfakes," that their activities were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
THANKSGIVING PRICES
GIVE LITTLE CHEER
Sweet Potatoes Only Article Show
ing No Advance.

II you can't be thankful for pros
perity this fast approaching Thanks
giving Day. be thankful for sweet po-
tatoes. That Is. unless they too get In
on the general rise, which they haven't
yet
From cranberries which a year ago
pumpkins that cost 20 cents then and
30 cents now. all other little items with
which the hero OF the day Is surround
ed have been boosted in price. AS for
the hero
you now what turkey prices will be
Thanksgiving Day. we could make a
fortune" said one Washington dealer
today.
last years prices, but, as another dealer
averred. I'VE amt promisin nothin. {"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
Boys Leg Sticks in Rotten
Tree; Use AK to Free Him

ALTOONA, Pa. Nov. 1.-stepping on
the stump Of tree in front of his
home here, Frank Names, four, was
held a prisoner for more than an hour.
The lads left left sank to the thigh into
the rotten hollow OF the stump and he
was unable to withdraw 1t.
His walls attracted the attention of
Prof. j. j. Hamilton and Patrolman
Harry Ingram, who were passing, In
gram procured a pick and shovel and
dug up the stump, but II was neces-
sary TO split the wood with an AK be-
fore the boy could be released.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01

The Newark IN. - Evening News
makes a plea for the farm animals
Keep the Farm Animals Tame" says
the News. -
Spend as much time as possible
with the animals daily. talking to them
and becoming friendly with each in
dividual Scratch their heads
II man had only four or Ave cows,
and a dozen or so pigs he might be
able to spend an hour a day with each
animal, talking fondly to It and scratch
ing it's head. -
But on really large farm. where
there are hundreds and Thousands OF
pigs raised every year. II seems to us It
would be a tribe difficult to scratch
each pigs head thoroughly every day.
And II one gave II only perfunctory
pig be broken-hearted2 Machines for
head-scratching purposes would likely
strike the pigs as cold-blooded. too.
The only solution would seem to be to
teach the pigs to scratch each others
heads.
Unless every pig raiser were to i'm
port a flock OF monkeys for the ex-
press purpose OF scratching the pigs
heads. The monkeys are we'll skilled
in the art of scratching their own
heads. II you doubt 1t drop into the
zoo and observe them:
But we hope every farmer in the
country will take to heart the advice
of the News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-01
Amusements.

New National-"Potash and Perlmuttsr in
Society" 2:lb and S:l5 p. m.
Beiasco-w gton Square Players in repsr-
toire, 2:2o and $50 p. m.
Polrs-"Keep Moving" s:l5 p. m.
Keith's-Vaudeviile. 2:l5 and s:l5 p N.
Gayety-Purlesque. 2:l5 and 8:l5 D. IN.
strand-Photoplays, 10 a. m. to II p. m.
Garden-Photoplays, 10 a. m. to II p. m.
II d. m.