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Evening star., 1916-08-24
RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT
REPORTED DAMAGED

BERLIN, August "a, by wireless to
Sayville.-A Russian torpedo boat of
the largest and most modern type was
badly damaged by an explosion off the
Courland coast August %. according
to information received by the Over
seas News Agency and given out today.
The damaged craft, according to
these advices, was towed by other tor
pedo boats toward Oesel Island.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Chinese Students in U. S. Meet.

ANDONER. Mass. August 24-Resi-
dents of china now engaged in studies
in this country gathered at Pnillips
Academy today for a week series of
meetings and entertainments The oc
casion was the twelfth annual CON
ference Of the eastern section of the
Chinese Students Alliance Among
those who have accepted invitations
TO address the conference are DIR, V.
X. Wellington Koo. Chinese minister 70
the United States; Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood. U. S. A.. and Gov. Mccall.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
INCREASED FREIGHT RATES
To OFFSET ADDED COST
Plan Calls for Action by Congress to
Guard Against Strikes in
the Future.
SUBMITTED TO BOTH SIDES
Reported to Have Been Received
Favorably, Both by Executives
and Officers of the
Brotherhoods.

Differences between the rail.
roads and their employees are 70
be settled soon without recourse to
a strike, according to the opinion
expressed today by all those in
close touch with the situation.
After continued conferences to-
day between President Wilson
and the select committee of rail-
road executives the situation sur
rounding the threatened strike
was described as having narrowed
down to the following:
Evening star., 1916-08-24
other Things for War.

"In these exports are included canned
meats, army rations of various kinds.
shoes. stockings, harness, saddles. blan-
kets, kerosene, gasoline, acids. alcohol,
locomotives, parts of submarines.
range finders, stamped metal military
equipment, swords. bayonets, bromine
and other military gases. barbed wire
and other products of iron and steel.
Horses to the value OF s12S,S72, 900 and
mules to the value of 31.1S6.000 have
been exported for military purposes.
''lf taxation is to be uniform, as con-
templated by the Constitution, and as
should be urged by every argument of
fairness and common sense, then surely
we are departing a long way from
uniformity if we deliberately single
out few products upon which to levy
a tax because such articles are sold
to the belligerents as munitions of war
and fail to tax mules. horses and the
very great number of other articles
which are equally essential and which
are being furnished the belligerents
by American producers and manu-
facturers.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Local Men Named As Officers.

The President today sent to the Sem
ate the nomination of the following
residents of the District to be first
lieutenants in the Medical Reserve
Corps of the army: George Samuel
Reiss. Roy McLeay Fortier, Leroy Tay-
lor Howard and Prescott Stearns
Tucker.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
TWO TURK REGIMENTS
CAPTURED IN BATTLE
Russ Claim Successes in Armenia
Constantinople Reports Heavy
Slav Losses.

PETROGRAD, August "a via London,
2:45 p.m.-The capture of two Turkish
regiments on the Caucasus front was
announced today by the war office.
Further advances by the Russians
west of Lake Van. in southern Turkish
Armenia, are reported. The official re-
port follows:
Our offensive west of Lake Van is
developing. Northeast of the town of
Mush we occupied the region of the
village of Arindovank. In the direc-
tion of Mosul our gallant troops de-
feated four Turkish divisions in the
region of the village of Bachta. Two
regiments We're surrounded and taken
pprisoners. One of these regiments
surrendered in a body with its COM
mander and staff. Cannon and ma chine
guns were captured. The counting of
the booty and the prisoners taken is
proceeding.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
German Heroes

Stories of young soldiers
who have won the plaudits
of the German people by
their courageous exploits in
the air, under the sea and on
the field of battle. Read this
article in The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Senator Penrose Continues
His. Attack on the Emer-
gency Revenue Bill.
ADVOCATES THE INCLUSION
OF OTHER WAR MATERIAL
Horses and Mules as Necessary, He
Contends, as Shells and
Explosives.

Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, re-
suming his attack on the emergency
revenue bill in the Senate today, par
ticularly criticised the proposed tax on
manufacturers of munitions. which he
said yesterday was of doubtful legal
ity. The senator declared that the pro-
posal is sectional and unfair because
all munitions are pot included in the
tax.
THE munitions referred to in the bill
constitute but small percentage of
the total exports for use by the bel
ligerent nations,' he said. The official
reports show there have been more
than $4,000, 100000 of munitions of war
as defined to be material and provisions
used in war. exported from this coun-
try direct to the war zone in the last
two years.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Heavy Russ Losses Reported.

CONSTANTINOPLE, via London. Au-
gust 24.-The repulse of Russian at
tack on the Turkish positions along
the Caucasus front, with a loss of
3,400 Russian troops, is reported in the
Turkish official statement today The
announcement follows:
Caucasus front: On our right wing
separate attacks on the Turkish ad-
vanced positions were repulSed by
counter attacks. with considerable enc
my losses. In the Ognot sector alone
the Russians lost 1900 men, and in
front of the Turkish position at Might
we counted 400 killed"
Evening star., 1916-08-24
New Positions stormed, Claim.

I'm the mountains we extended our
possession of Starawipczyna by storm
ing new enemy positions We made 200
prisoners, including the staff of one
battalion, and captured two machine
guns, afterward repulsing counter at
tacks.
"On both sides of the Charny -Chere-
mosh Russian attempts to recapture
lost ground met with no success what
a
Evening star., 1916-08-24
GERMAN ASSAULTS
CHECKED IN WEST
British Attacked and Severe
Struggle Results Near
Gui!Iemont.
GEN. HAIG ADVANCES
IN TRIEPVAL REGION
French Claim to Have Arrested
Enemy Effort in Soyecourt
Woods Section.

LONDON, August "a, 3:25 p.m.-On
the Somme front. in the neighborhood
of Guillemont. the Germans last night
launched a strong attack in an effort
to regain lost ground. The official
statement issued here today says the
attack was repulsed after a severe
struggle in which the Germans sus-
tanned heavy losses. The British have
made further advance in the region
of Thiepval, where 200 yards of Ger
man trench have been captured. Ger
man artillery is said to have been
silenced at three different points.
After an intense bonn bardment of the
Soyecourt woods the Germans at
tackled with grenades the French posi-
tions south of the Somme last night,
but without avail, says today's French
war office statement Positions be-
tween Fleury and Thiaucourt which
had been taken by the French were
violently shelled by the German guns
Latest British Report.
Today's British announcement fol-
lows:
Last night the enemy made strenu-
between the Guillemont station and
quarry. After severe bombardment,
which began at S:45 O'Clock, he
launched a strong infantry attack,
which was pressed with such deter
mination that il reached our parapets
at places.
After a short struggle. the attack
was repulsed completely everywhere,
with heavy losses to the enemy.
after this failure the enemy deliv-
cred further intense bonbardment at
1870 o'clock this morning, but no other
infantry assault materialiZed.
Near Fohenzollern redoubt the en-
emy shelled our lines heavily and at
tempted a raid. which failed complete
ly In no case did he succeed in reach
ing our lines
In Il raid which We carried out
northwest of La Bassee we success
fully entered the enemy's trenches"
French Check Enemy.
The French statement of today follows:
South of the Somme yesterday even
ing, after a very lively bombardment di-
rected. a gainst Soyecourt wood. the enemy
attempted a4 attack with grenades, which
was mastered Immediately by our fire. A
little later. southwest of this wood, an
enemy attack in preparation was caught
under our curtain of fire and the enemy
was prevented from leaving his trenches.
''ln tine Champagne. several German
surprise attacks on d minor post in the
Tahure region were repulsed easily.
"On the right bank of the Meuse (Ver-
dun fronD the enemy bombarded briskly
| the positions We captured yesterday be-
tween Fleury and Thiaumont work. We
| took more than go prisoners"
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Fighting in Carpathians.

BERLIN, August "a. by wireless to
Sayville.-Sharp fighting continues in
the Carpathian regions, where Austrian
and German troops disputing Rus
sian attempts to advance through the
passes into Hungary. In the Vienna
Headquarters report of August 23 the
German success north of Capul, where
Russian positions We're taken and 200
prisoners captured, is announced. Fur
ther attacks by the Russians in the
Jablonitza pass region. near Zabie. were
repuIsed. The statement follows:
West of Morlaka German troops
stormed another Russian infantry posi-
ton and captured 200 men and two ma
chine guns. Near Zabie Russian at
tacks were repulsed
Further north there were only minor
activities which left the situation en-
tirely unchanged.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
French Official Report.

The French war Office this afternoon
gave out an ofncial announcement on the
operations in front of Saloniki. reading
as fellows.
In front of the right wing of the allied
armies the enemy is in,renching himself
On the left bank OF the River Struma and
on both sides of the highway to Seres
Between the Struma and the upper val
icy OF the Moslenica Anglo French forces
have repulsed, without trouble, several
attempts OF the enemy TO reca pture the
positions occupied by Anglo French forces
north of Palmes, in the sector OF Doiran
and in the direction of Ljunnnica
Along the entire mountainous front
west Of the MO2Ienica Serbian troops
are developing an offensive. on the ex-
treIne left they have reoccupied as :,
result of a vigorous counter attack hill
1905, rve ktlometers Cthree mllesJ north
west of CstrOVo lake. which position
they lost the morning Of August 23"
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Parallels the Struma.

The new Bulgarian intrenched line
roughly parallels the Struma. Apparently
the Bulgarians have sent forces of con-
siderable size to occupy this natural de-
fensive line against attempts of the allies
TO invade their territory from Greece or
to flank the old battle line by thrust
northeast from Saloniki.
A successful operation by Serbian troops
in the Morichovo sector, about sixty miles
northwest of Saloniki, is reported in an
exchange telegraph dispa tch from Athens.
The Serbians captured $50 yards of Bull
garian trenches near Kaimakcalam.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
RUSS CLAIM CHECK
FOR FOE ON STOKH0D
Teutonic Forces Deliver Deter
mined Attacks Near Rud-
ka-ChervisChe.

PETROGRAD, August 24.-Teutonic
forces have begun determined attacks
against the Russians who recently
forced their way across to the west
bank of the Stokhod in the vicinity of
Rudka -Chervische, northeast of kovel
According to today's announcement by
the war office the attacking columns
which opened their offensive yesterday
afternoon on the Russian positions
near Tobol, in this sector, We're re-
pulsed by the Russian fire.
The official statement says:
yesterday the enemy opened a fierce
artillery and machine gun fire on our
positions near Tobol. on the western
bank of the Stokhod, thirty-eight miles
northeast of Kovel. In the afternoon
enemy columns commenced an offensive
but were driven back by our rife and
machine gun fire.
The presence of Turkish troops on
the Zlota Lipa (Galicia) is disclosed by
prisoners taken"
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Greek Volunteers Organized.

Leaders OF the liberal. or VenizeIist.
party at saloniki are organizing vol
unteers 10 aid the Greek commander at
Seres in resisting the RuIga-ians. ac-
cording TO Reuter- Saloniki dispatch.
The dispatch adds that the COM
mander has called 10 the colors the de-
nobilized troops in his district Ac-
cOrdinR to the latest report the soldiers
of King Ferdinand are approaching
Ssres-
Press dispatches from Athens Tues
day stated that Greek troops had been
fighting Bulgs riaus in the vicinity Of
Ssres since Sunday morning and that
the Greek commander had summoned
the reservists 10 the colors.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Profits Not Always Large.

The tax. | suppose. is levied on mu-
nitions on the theory that enormous
profits are being made. A tax on gross
receipts finds some precedent in Iegis-
iation. but it has generally been lev
led on raw material, or upon an article
where there was an ample margin be-
tween the tax and the well known
profits; but here is tax levied upon
gross receipts in a business which has.
as matter of fact, proven hazardous
and, IN some cases. Improbable In
fact, ! think it is no exaggeration to
say that a large majority of the man
ufdcturers who went into the munitions
business have not Jared well; many
have gone into bankruptcy: many more
have made no money at all; some have
made a fair profit: and, of course, a
very few have made good profits
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Views of Leaders.

1t is the belief of the republican
managers that his visit has been bene-
fetal to the republican party and to the
national ticket Democrats hope that
the accentuation of the division be-
tween the Johnson admirers and the
regular republicans over the senator
ship, occasioned by the shutting out
of Johnson from the meetings, will
ALLEVIATE progressive votes from the re-
publican presidential ticket.
No safe opinion can be passed upon
that point until after next Tuesday S
primaries, which will decide the contest
for the senatorial nomination. For the
present Johnson continues to support
Hughes.
know it to be fact that Mr..
Hughes would have been glad to meet
Gov. Johnson and that the latter avoid
ed meeting. Mr.. Hughes declined to
override the local committee of ar
rangements, which refused to let the
managers of Gov. Johnson's senatorial
contest use Mr. Hughes visit to for
ward their candidates prospects.
BY the same token the local commit
tee refused to allow the regular repub-
lican candidate for the senatorial nom
ination to hitch on" either. Mr.. Booth,
the republican candidate for the nom
ination, was denied seat at the Com
mercial Club luncheon to Mr.. Hughes
on the express ground that the sena-
torial campaign was not to be allowed
to take any kind of coloring from the
visit of the national candidate to this
state
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Tariff Law Debated.

defense or the existing demOcra tic
tariff law by Senator Underwood of
Alabama, one of the authors of that
law, and an attack upon the demo-
cratic tariff and the pending revenue
vania featured the debate on the rev.
enue bill in the Senate yesterday after
noon.
Senator Underwood approved the
pending revenue bill in the main, but
did not concur in the recommendations
for a tariff commission and for in
crea sed duties on dyestuffs.
The revenue bill, Senator Underwood
said. was necessitated by demands OF
the wealth of the country for military
preparedness.
THE burden of this proposed tax" he
said, "is distributed to the wealth OF
the country. 1t is not tax on con
sumption, where the burden falls on
the masses"
Senator Penrose said:
I'VE are drifting to system of direct
taxes at a time when nearly every
civilized nation is going in the other
direction. Before the outbreak of the
war in Europe every nation in Europe
except England, had a protective tariff
If Germany had not had d protective
tariff and been able to meet a large
part of her requirements from home
protection the war would have been
over long ago, as far as Germany was
concerned. And there is every reason
to believe that with the close OF the
will be made which will make II more
imperative than ever that the Unlted
States should get ready for industrial
preparedness"
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Bulgarian Announcement.

BERLIN, August % Cby wireless to
SayvilleJ.-The Bulgarian announcement
Of yesterday follows:
We defeated the enemy on the Struma
August u. The enemy escaped bv flight
on the right bank The whole ground i'm
the neighborhood Of the villages of Err
keui. Mevory and Towolova was covered
with bodies OF the enemy's dead Up 10
the present time We have counted more
than 800 dead, including the bodies Of
several officers.
I'VE captured eight machine guns. a
large number OF rifles, grenades and wa
gons for artillery and supplies We also
took 100 unwounded prisoners. including
four officers. and sixty wounded prisoners
The battlefield was covered with "A huge
quantity of kits, which pro"~d that the
enemy was defeated CoupIetely
~ squad Of hostile cavalry was lI,red
b. Inaneuver Of our cavalry into the
range of our infantry fire and literally
apnihiiateG.
Attacks Reported to Have Failed.
French attacks which had been d.
rected for ten days against our posi-
tions south and west of Lake Doiran
failed completely. This probably is the
reason why the general staff of Gen
Sarrail (the allied mmander) reports
the capture OF places which all along
had been in the hands of the French,
such as the railroad station at Doiran
Evening star., 1916-08-24
ALLIED OFFENSIVE
GAINS IMPETUS ON
THE BALKAN FRONT
Serb Successes Reported
Near Ostrovo Lake and
KaimakcaIam.
BULGARS CLAIM DEFEAT
FOR ENEMY ON STRUMA
Forces of King Ferdinand Entrench-
ing Along Left Bank
of River.
FRENCH REPEL ASSAULTS
Efforts of Bu1garians to Recapture
Positions North of Palmes Are
Said to Have Been
Futile.
BUlGARS CLAIM DEFEAT
FOR ENEMY ON STRUMA
FRENCH REPEL ASSAULTS

LONDON, August 24.-The
allied offensive in the Balkans is
developing added impetus, to-
dav's advices indicate. even
though Bulgaria officially an
nounces a defeat for the entente
forces along the Struma river, on
the Macedonian front, in north
eastern Greece.
Paris reports the Serbians on
the aggressive on the mountain
ridge along the western end OF
the front, where they have
stormed and captured hill three
miles northwest of Ostrovo lake.
The Bulgarians took this position
in their initial drive on the al
lies left flank
That the Bulgarians are at
tacking Serbian positions near
Lake Ostrovo is revealed by the
German war office report OF to-
day, which says the Bulgarians
defeated Serbian counter attacks.
The entente center has been
subjected to attacks, but the
French statement announces that
these have been easily repulsed.
The Bulgarians are entrench-
ing themselves on the left bank
of the Struma and along the high
wav to Seres.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
WEATHER.

Fair, continued cool tonight. Tomor-
row fair and warmer; light northwest
to north winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm: Highest. IS, at l 80 pm.
yesterday; lowest. 6S. at 6 am. today.
Fun report on page 10.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Outlook Not Depressing"

1t was kept secret, but A. B. Garrett
son, spokesman for the employees,
voiced the opinion of all when he said
IL certainly was not depressing"
Other leaders indicated it was very
satisfactory.
Signs of unrest among the mep. so
apparent yesterday, disappeared today
and there were renewed indications that
the railroads would agree on some
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Optimistic Report Spreads.

The report spread that settlement Of
the controversy was in sight
Hale Holden of the Burlington, Daniel
Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio and
r. S. Lovett of the Union Pacific, the sub
committee which has been dealing with
the President for the last two days. ar
rived at the White House shortly before
O'Clock and refused to make any state
ment before seeing the President
Administration officials expected a final
answer from the railroad executives to-
day or tomorrow President Wilson made
no engagements in anticipation of receiv-
ing the executives. While no definite in
formation was forthcoming, administra-
ton officials expressed optimism over the
outlook.
The executives had a meeting at IL
o'clock to hear the subcommittee re-
mort of the conference last night with
the President. Renewed optimism on
prospects for averting the threatened
railway strike prevailed among the rep
reseptatives of the employees.
The message carried by Commission
er Chambers to the brotherhood lead
ers was supposed to be some form of
proposal made to President Wilson last
night by the subcommittee of the rail-
road executives.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
Democrats in Hopeless Minority.

Hopelessly outnumbered are the
democrats if there is even reasonable
union between the regulars and the
progressives on the national ticket. If
the republican factions confine their in
ternecine warfare to the senatorship
and follow Roosevelt and johnson in
support of the national ticket the claim
of the regular leaders that California
will go for Hughes by 1905 900 is not un-
reasonable.
The democratic hope of overcoming
this latent overwhelming republican
vote is confined mainly to reliance upon
the Independent vote, as represented by
the non-declared registration. they say,
and upon the "humanities'' of the Will
son administration and it's record of
legislation. 1t will require boiling re-
publicans to swing the state for Presi-
dent Wilson.
Evening star., 1916-08-24
New Move by President.

President Wilson called Judge Cham
bers to the White House early this
morning and after a brief conference
sent a message by him to the presidents
of the four big brotherhoods of en-
ployes He was understood to be sug-
gesting some slight qualifications of the
Presidents proposal for settling the
strike which the President wished to
know If the brotherhoods would accept.
1t was stated that the general commit
tee of $40 chairmen representing the
100000 employees probably would be
called to the White House this after
noon.
From his conference with the brother
hood leaders Judge Chambers returned
to the White House, bearing, ii is be-
lieved, an encouraging reply. He then
was sent by the President to see the
railroad presidents. who were in execu-
tive session at the Willard. On good
authority it was stated that suggestions
similar to those made to the employees
were made to the railroad officials, and
as an indication that they were well
received an appointment was made for
the subcommittee drafting reply to
the President to visit the White House
Immediately.