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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
German War Office Admits
Loss of Three Villages 10
British on Somme
ITALIANS PUSHING
THEIR NEW CAMPAIGN
"On to Trieste IL Their Cry.
Heavy Fighting Continues
With Advantage on Side Of
Arms of Italy

Loo0on. Sept. 1.-THE British IN
further attacks. though on . ninoe
scale. today enlarged the ground
gained In yesterdays great drive.
They captured nfty-one o1acers and
100 men in strengthening out their
lines. No specific localities are men
toned in tonight's headquarters ~
port as having been captured, but
the number OF prisoners taken indl-
Gates that the progress made in the
course OF the "nibbling process" y
important Altogether the British cap
tured In yesterdays and todays Tight
ing 1000 men ana l16 ofiosra. stx
guns. Atty machine guns ana much
material. Todays aerial successes
brought the number Of German ma
chimes destroyed since yesterday
morning up to fifteen.
The German war once this aftsr.
noon admitted the loss to the British
Of the villages Courcelstta, Martin.
puich and Flers.
The total advance made By the
British in the two dayx nehting, ac-
cording to Sir Douglas HAixs night
report is from ono to two miles deem
and extends over a front Of six milea
The French also made further pro-
gress on the Somms today. and beat
OF series OF violent German counter
blows. An advance north Of
Bouchavesnes ana the capture Of
German trench northeast Of Berry II
announced by the on1cial midnight
communique-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
lat LEAST SIX DEAD
EXPLOSIONS RESULT

Pittsburg. Sept. 1s.-Bits of bodies
hanging to telegraph wires, pieces
Of flesh scattered through the ruins
of the wrecked building, and six
men missing are results of an explo-
sion last night at the plant of the
Aetna Chemical Company, in Oak
dale. a suburb. Oficers of the COM
pany expressed the belief that all
at work in the building had been
killed.
John Paul, of Sayville. Ill, died In
hospital soon after the blast and
a hand picked up on a road near
the plant to day, still bore diamond
ring which had belonged to B. r.
Dodge, night superintendent. A large
party OF workmen searched the ruins
for bodies. and undertakers followed
with baskets. No hope was held out
that anything but parts of bodies
would be found.
The plant was said to have heen
engaged in the manufacture OF a
high explosive.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
Enlist, M0URNEO AS
DEAD, IS FOUND

lew York. Sept. 16.-Dr. William
Johnston. a prosperous dentist, with
once at No. s West Fortieth
ut this city. Is back In his country
he, In Furnace Woods Road. Peek
4. after a weeks disappearance
$1ng which he was mourned as dead,
b.. Johnston hired a bathing suit
house In Asbury Park, N. j.. last
-. That night, after every other
her was accounted for his clothes
- found In the compartment he
taken.
l1s wife was convinced he was
wned. and arranged with Harry
line, an Asbury Park undertaken,
pfker q reward for the recovery OF
body.
|hu Thursday friends in a small
II In Tennessee. saw DIR. Johnston,
birding to a statement given out
&ght by his secretary, Miss Maude
lis. He was in a dazed and ex-
nelly weak condition. They tele-
|phed Mrs. Johnston and sent him
New York. His wife met him In
ladelphia.
Where DR.. Johnston go, ntner
lining on the way from .Asbury
X TO Tennessee is one OF the de-
that remains unexplained. His
tetary believes he was drugged v
" one who sought to do him harm.
taken South. but there II moth
| 20 show he suffered any harm.
liz brother. Samuel NJ. Johnston,
the dentist suffered from aphasi.,
attributed his disappearance to
cause. He said DIR. Johnston
n away in a similar manner tw
r ago and was missing several
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
Railway Attorneys Watch La
Dor Leaders Acts Carefully
for Excuse to Apply Law
PERFECT PLANS FOR
SYMPATHETIC ACTION
Longshoremen, Boatmen and
Teamsters Preparing to Quit
Work in Aid of Street Rail-
way Workers

New York. Sept l6.-vital de-
velopments in the strike situation to-
day We're;
/. Street railway union leaders per-
fected plans for sympathetic strikes
TO be called Monday. A cablegra3n
was dispatched 10 President Mahon
of the international Union, to return
from London and take charge OF the
strike.
2. marlborough attorneys and law
yers fer employers associations are
watching the movement of strike
leaders with a view to possible prose
cutions under the antitrust law.
8. Service on the subway and t.
lines was reported normal.
Service on the surface lines was
slightly improved with the exception
OF the Bronx
Strike Pay to Begin.
Strike pay. under the rules Of the
Amalgamated Association begins al
the close OF the second week of any
strike struggle. The amount paid
to each striker IS 81 a week The
decision to begin paving strike hene-
FITS at this time resulted from a con-
clusion that the strike here is to The
long and bitter one" In the alb
sence Of President Mahon. General
Organizer William r. Fitzgerald has
been directing the strike activities in
New York
Plans for a general strike In gym
pathy with the car men were dis
cussed today at the meeting OF the
Central Labor bodies OF New York
at the Continental Hotel Hugh
Frayna representing txe American
Federation of Labor in New York
presided Edward CASSIDY OF the
Typographical Union and Ernest
Boehfn. secretary of the Central
Federated Union. were selected as a
committee to attend meetings OF
unions tomorrow when strike votes
may be taken. The longshoremen
udewater hoatmen, and teamsters
Will meet tomorrow tn canvass the
strike vote, which has been under
way for three days The men OF
these organizations may go out In
sympathy Monday or Tuesday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
Won MACKENSEN TELLS
OF O0bRUOJA VICTORY
Claims Decisive Drubbing Has Been
Administered Russo Rumanian
Armies.
HIS NAME ACCLAIMED
IN CENTRAL EMPIRES
Splendid Generalship Of German
Commander In Rumanian CAM
pnign Cheers Dropping Spirits of
Germanic People

Berlin. Sept. IA telegram from
the Kaiser to the Empress. telling of
decisive" victory by the combined
German. Bulgarian and Turkish
forces over the Russo Rumanian
army in the Dobrudja was published
In extra editions throughout Germany
today and sent a thrill of enthusiasm
from one end of the empire to the
other. Field Marshal Won Macken-
SEM telegraphed the Emperor from,
his headquarters in the East. lust in
forms me that the BulgarianTur
German troops in the Dobrudja have
Russo Rumanian forces"
Tonights bulletin board contained
the following Bulgarian war office
statement. cheered by enthusiastic
crowds
up to September IL the number
OF Rumanians captured In the Dob
rudja is see officers and $4,000 men.
Two standards. 100 guns and sixty
two machine guns were captured, be-
sides other booty"
The news of the successes in Ru-
mania came at psychological mo-
ment, in that they counteracted to-
days unfavorable reports from the
western front. The public has been
prepared al QcNlOuS ways ever StHC0
the intervention of Rumania for a
concentration OF the central powers
efforts and energies in the Balkans to
save the Orient railway. That a huge
army is operating in Rumania. both
along the Danube and in Dobrudja,
is indicated by the fact that German
military critics estimate the Russian
forces alone as being 100000 strong.
The enthusiasm here received fur
Their impetus by the news that Buch-
Arrest last night officially admitted
that the Russo Rumanian troops were
retiring northwards" in the Dob
rudja.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen is
the hero OF the day. His procedure
In Rumania Ia hailed as one of the
greatest strategic master strokes OF
the war. When the Russo Rumanian
forces swept southwark through the
Dobrudja. recapturing Dobritch fort
ress and threatening to break through
Into Bulgaria, 1t seemed at frst as II
the German commander was ignoring
the danger from that quarter. In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
BORDER ARMY OFF
ON LONG MARCH

San Antonio, Tex. Sept. 16:--Four-
teen thousand and sixty-three ON
GERS and men of the regular army
and national guard left San Antonio
today on an eighty-three mile hike to
Austin.
Eight days will be consumed en-
route. the soldiers will stay three
days at Camp Mabry, and eight days
will be spent In the return to San
Antonio. After that the Wisconsin.
Illinois. Kansas, Texas and Missouri
guardsmen In the division are ex-
pected to be as At for service In the
field as the regular army men.
Marching conditions were fine.
There was fresh. cool breeze from
the north, while the sky was partly
overcast,
San Antonio will be the base Of the
division. Brigadier General Henry A.
Greene, commands the division.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
MRS. HOWE PASSED AWAY
EARLY YESTERDAY

New London. Conn. Sept 1e.--MrA
Anne E. Howe. only sister Of Prssi-
dent Wilson. died in a local hotel
early today
Mrs. Howe had been extremely Ill
tor about a week with peritonitis and
the end had been expected at any
moment for the last two days.
Mrs. Howe came from ner Phila-
dslphia home in the early summer
with her niece, Miss Margaret Will
son, daughter of the President, stop
ping at a summer hotel in the sub
urbs Her health had long been i'm
paired. When her condition became
q matter Of grave concern Mira. Howe
was brought to city hotel.
With her were her two sons, George
Howe. OF North Carolina. and Wilson
Howe. OF Richmond. and q daughter,
Mrs. Cochran. OF Philadelphia. be-
sides Miss Wilson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
JUGGERNAUTS ARE Of
UhTH|NkAblE FORCE
British Have Great Faith in Won
derful Fighting Power of New
Asmored Car
BELIEVE 1T MEANS EARLY
SUCCESS IN CONFLICT
Drives Forward Needless Of All OBJ
structfons, Spouting Death to All
Foes-Had Been Kept Deep Secret
at Plants Where Manufactured.
(BY HALL CAINE,l

London. Sept 16.-will war itself.
which hitherto has resisted the eff
forts of twenty millions 81 men on
all fronts to bring it to en- end. which
has withstood all the physical forces
OF incalculable masses of munitions
as we'll as the economic stain OF I'M
paralleled national debts and the
mighty pressure OF the normal sense
OF the world. be terminated at last
by its own terrors"
The disp' Itch yesterday FROM Brit
ish headquarters says: "Our troops
have advanced from 1000 to 1900
yards at various places. In
this attack we employed for the first
time new type OF heavy armored
car"
What does this mean? Does it
mean that this new type OF heavy
armored car has produced the as
tonishing results described? II so.
what is this new and terrible weapon
Of war?
For weeks past ] have been hear
irg whispers of a new arm which
would be shortly launched on the
battlefields which would drive every
thing before 1t. News OF 1t was a Sc
cret not to be revealed until the day
It came into action. Nobody was to
know where or how it was made or
yet more, what it was.
Workers Bound by Oath.
The men who manufactured it were
bound by oath not to say anythin &
about It. To make assura ace doubly
sure. they were informed within a vast
area whose boundaries were guarded
by armed men every hundred yards.
Once within they were never allowed
out. Notices posted at the entrances
warned intending intruders they
would be shot at sight. Then + heard
that the new weapon had already
reached the scene OF its operations
In large numbers and that yet great
er numbers were to follow. If the
enemy was to hear anything about
1t at all they must hear now. In a
few days more 1t would be IN action.
The results which might he expected
would be stupendous
1t was impossible not to be stirred
by the mystery that surrounded the
new arm and by the confident faith
OF those who knew OF its Irresistible
power. It was gigantic car. q colos-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
new OEATH-DEAL|NG
AERIAL BOMB TORPEDO
American Inventor Has Device Which
Adds New Terrors to
War in Air.
MACHINE FLIES WITH
ITS OWN PROPELLER
Bomb Can ne Readily Discharged
from Aeroplane and Can be Ex-
pIoded at any Desired Stage of the
flight.

New York, Sept 1s,-F. E. Bar
low, of the Frankfort arsenal at
Philadelphia, today stated that tests
Of his aerial bomb torpedo at Hemp
stead Plains aviation field. Long Is
land, have proved the weapon more
destructive than any extant. He
claims that ii will be very effective
IN aerial warfare
The bomb. according to Barlow.
can he sent from an aeroplane in any
direction as il flies with its own pro-
peller. The bomb can be exploded
at any time In its flight It is six
feet long and five in diameter and
is made Of aluminium. The high ex-
ploAve contained will kill a man at
one hundred yards distance. It also
contains deadly gases. and can be re-
leased from the airship bxA foot
trigger.
Mr.. Barlow had worked for two
years on the bomb, and has conduct
ed experiments In Mexico. 1t is I'M
derstood that War Department tests
will be made shortly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
PRINCESS ANNE SAND
DUNES MAY BE CHOSEN

Washington. D. c.. Sept. 18.-The
announcement by Assistant Secretary
Of Navy Roosevelt and Admiral
Strauss that the naval proving
grounds at Indian Head, Md. will be
removed to some other section gave
rise to the belief in naval circles that
the sand hills Of Princess Anne coun-
ty, Virginia, will be selected by thA
navy for its gun-testing grounds when
Congress appropriates money for the
purchase Of a new site.
A number Of accidents at Indian
Head from wild shells and the dan
ger to shipping on the potomac River
has prompted the Navy Department
to announce the proving grounds will
be removed from Indian Head
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

Rome, September 1.-THE frst DE-
tailed accounts Of the new Italian a.
fensive On the Southern Carsc reach.
ed Rome today. The lat thtoa
weeks were entirely devoted - tn
bringing mp OF heavy aFtil1osy -
the preparation Of dusouts for tAe
bonn barderA The work was done
mostly at night time. - aftar the
fall Of Gorilla the Austrians con-
centrated against the italian lines .
terrific fire to prevent the prepara-
ton of a new offensive.
The new battle front II ten miles
long and lies in a straight line from
northeast OF the heights OF 0orixia
to the Adriatic to near st. Amino.
The Austrians hold strongly fortified
positions between the western slopes
Of Monte santo and Dunno Castle.
After the fall Of Gorilla, General
Borivitch had asked for and received
several fresh brigades OF infantry, be-
sides large number Of guns Of every
calibre. The Italian artillery prepa-
ration began Thursday at o'clock in
the morning. when hundreds Of guns
began throwing tons OF steel against
Castagnavizza, which dominates on
the northeast the road to Dornberg
and on the southeast the road to Co
men. whose entrenched camp defends
the road to Trieste.
The news OF the attack was con-
veyed to Trieste on the same day.
when twenty-one Capronis bombs
ed the arsenal. DAnnunzio was
among the pilots The observers
Vopped numerous cards expressing
tne hope that the day Of deliverancs
was near.
The infantry attack began At ;
O'Clock in the afternoon. when the
bonn bardiers. who, under cover Of the
artillery fire, had crawled up to the
entanglements completed the work Of
the artillery. One hour later the
whole line from the vippachio to the
Adriatic was In the hands OF the Ital-
ians The Austrians were found
dazed in the trenches and surren-
dered without resistance. The Aus
trian losses were especially heavy on
hill eos. the Notifications OF which
were the subject of heavy and pro-
longed mbardment
The battle continues. Fresh infan-
try columns back OF the lines ad-
vance hourly. taking up the work Of
tired troops.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

New York. Sept 1s.-Demands now
made upon copper producers in this
country to supply the metal. for home
and foreign consumption are of such
unprecedented proportions that they
are compelled to seek other markets TO
supply these wants.
There was imported into this port
today shipment Of $500 tons of the
red metal in ingots and bars. the value
OF which was In excess Of $4,000. 600.
This copper arrived on the American
steamship Sherman from Valparaiso
and Antofagasta. Chile. and was con-
signed to American interests.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE
ANY BELGIAN LOAN

Washington. Sept. 16.--Ambassador
Won BernstorH today informed the
State Department that the German
government would consider null and
void" any loan to Belgium negotiated
in the United States during German
occupancy of that country.
State Department officials declared
they had no previous knowledge that
the Belgian government was seeking a
loan in this country. 1t announced
Germany's position. however, for the
purpose Of protecting American bank
ers who might become interested In
such loan. The German position was
summed up in this staten emit:
The imperial German government.
through its ambassador at Washing
ton, has informed the State Depart
ment that In view of the statements
that the Belgian government is try
ing to contract a loan in the United
States. and has for this purpose, dis
posed of the Belgian State railroad.
any sucl arrangement made during the
German occupation and without previ-
Gus consent of the German government
will be considered null and void by
Germany"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
Bulgarian Retreat Precipitate
and Embittered Serbians In
Aict Heavy Losses
MONASTIR IS NEXT
SCHEDULED TO FALL
Entente Allies Are Hammering
Along Whole Saloniki Front
Serb Crown Prince Aveng-
ing Betrayal of Slavic Cause

London. September 1.-THE forth
fied city of Florina, chief base Of
the Bulgarian right wings first-line
defense in Macedonia is reported to
have fallen to the Serbs. An unof-
fetal Athens dispatch late tonight
says:
"F'lorina has been captured. The
Bulgars are fleeing"
Seventeen miles to the north Of
Florina lies Monastir. the important
Macedonian city, the possession of
which has for decades been one OF the
bones of contention between the Bull
gars and Serbs. 1t was taken by the
Bulgars last fall after terrific fight
ing and has been formidably fortified
during the past twelve months. The
Bulxarians are expected to make a
desperate stand to hold it. while the
Serbians, fighting on their own soil
will bend might and main to take II
and thus clear the path for the recon
quest of their kingdom. They are led
by the Serbian heir apparent, Prince
Alexander, who has sworn to avenge
Bulgaria's betrayal OF the slav
cause"
Italians Would Menace Them
Monastir lost the Bulgars would be
exposed to a fanking attack from
the right, for a strong italian force
In Southern Albania is eagerly await
ing chance to aid from that side in
the Macedonian campaign and thus
establish a claim for the long-cov-
eted windows on the Adriatio." AS
long as Monastir is held II acts as
blocking stone to the junction of
the Italians with the allies.
Today's Serbian war ONCE announce
ment foreshadowed the capture of Flo
rina by stating that the Serbians have
already descended into the Florina
plains.
Powerful as were the hrst-line de-
lenses OF the Bulgarian right 1t WAS
swept back with comparative ease by
the embittered dash of the Serbs dur
ing the last Ave days An interesting
psychological factor is that when
General Sarrail some months ago as
signed the Serbians to the left wing,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
ITALIANS DEFEAT AND
CAPTURE MANY AUSTRIANo

London Sept. 1e.-In their new
drive on the whole Isonso front the
Italians have broken through the Aus
TRAN line at several points and cap
tured In the last two days more thaa
10000 oficers ana men. according u :
brief announcement BY The Ita. ian war
ONCE this afternoon. viennA fouiRht
admits ofioially tAat General CaAorna'1
troops. attacking On the ~A0le fsent
between the Wippach (vlparesol River
and the sea. -eainsa Z Mttle groan1-
on the northern wing toe - CArso
plateau. The Austrians were eesselle1
to take hack their line. % that n 49,
stands slightly east oz IN 0san
msrna. Five hundred DsiDeaoss 80
three nacAinA Guns WaGN 1aan 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
GREEK COMMANDER HAS
BEEN TAKEN TO GERMANY

Volo, Greece, Friday. Sept Is. VIA
London. Sept. 1S.-Refugess arriv-
ing here on allied transports from
Kavala. which has been occupied by
the Bulgarians. report that General
Hadjopoulos, with seventy of1cera
and 500 men. who surrendered to the
Bulgarians, have been transported to
Germany.
The arrivals declare that the Bull
garian major occupying Kavala said
that Greek sovereignty had been
abolished and that he took possession
of the city In the name Of the King
of the Bulgars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

New York. Sept. 16.-Thomas A.
Edison today invited the Old-Time
Telegraphers Association and the
United States Military Telegraphers'
Corps. who meet in the annual con-
vention in New York September rs
and 27. to visit him at his Orange
plant. Telegraph men throughout
the country have selected September
27 as "Edison Day
Mr. Edison was at one time a
telegra pher and is making an excep-
ton OF hts rule not to receive WISH
tors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

White Plains. n. Y. Sept 16.-County
Judge Young has decided an unusual
question regarding the right of n
Smith to engage in the liquor business
in An action brought by the State Ex-
else Department.
Smith obtained a license to sell IL
duors in Bedford village. The State
sought to revoke the license on the
ground that twothirds Of the owners
Of dwellings within 800 feet had not
given consent declaring Smith signed
his own petition. Smith proved he
owns more than two-thirds OF the
dwellings within the prescribed dis
lance Judge Young decided in his
favor