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Evening star., 1917-09-08
Reports Silent on Cause.

No cause for the explosion at the
Frankford arsenal today is assigned
in official reports received by Gen.
Crozer, chief of ordnance. They merely
state that a primer and a detonator
dryhouse blew up, resulting in four
other scattered explosions. Twenty
five hundred dollars was requested for
making immediate repairs.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
GERMAN PURSUIT
Of RUSS SLOWS UP
Teutons May Hold Back in Riga
Reqion Until Dvinsk
Is Taken.
KAISER REVIEWS TROOPS
RUSSIANS SHELL
FOES WARSHIPS
BY the Associated Press.

~ INC ASSOcIAttH Press.
PETROGRAD. September s.
German war craft have again
been sighted in the Gulf of Riga
and have been shelled by the
Russian coast batteries, the wHr
office announces. Russian tor
pedo boats discovered n German
submarine. ard enemy ships. ap-
parcntiy trawlers, were observed
In Orbensk sound. They were
forced by the Russian batteries
TO retire.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
CANAL CLEAR FOR YEAR.
Panama Reports Long Period of I'm.
interrupted Traffic

PANAMA.. September S-Yesterday
completed year in which traffic
through the Panama canal was not
stopped by slides The channel now is
in fine shape. The canal was opened to
traffic officially on August is, 1914
Landslides. particularly in the Culebra
cut. stopped traffic in the channel at
various times for long or short periods
up to September of last year. On
that date the canal was opened after a
series of slides which either tied UP or
hampered seriously traffic through the
canal during the preceding six months
Evening star., 1917-09-08
ITALIANS TAKE 10000
AUSTRIAN PRISONERS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, September S.-More than 3d.
900 prisoners have been taken during
the Italian offensive, the war office an
nounces.
Italians, says the statement, are still
enereetically exerting pressure upon
the Austrian lines northeast of Gorilla,
(the San Gabrielle region) keeping
them under an intensive barrage fire.
The Carso fighting is being mainly
carried on by the artillery the state
ment indicates. The text reads:
Yesterday we continued our ener-
getic pressure northeast of Gorilla.
keeping the enemy's lines and COM
munications under an intense barraSe
fire.
ION the Carso there were artillery
duels.
''In the Concei valley, west OF Lake
Garda. local attacks against two OF
our advanced posts We're repulsed.
The total number of prisoners cap
tured by us during the actual offensive
is 30.672. including S5S officers. a large
quantity of arms and war material taken
from the enemy is now being gathered
and classified"
Austrians Claim Success.
LONDON. September SIN the Her
mada sector, on the front northwest of
Trieste. the Austrians have recaptured
ground gained by the Italians, accord
ing to an undated official statement
from the Austrian war office received
here today. The statement says the
Italians can no longer boast of having
gained yard Of ground.
Up to the present time, according to
the announcement. the Austrians have
taken more than 5000 prisoners in the
Hermada region.
Accordipp tho opnonncemept fbe
Austrians pressed back the Italians
from Monte San Gabrielle. northeast of
Gorilla. The Italians are said to have
fed.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
CHICAGO ENTERS PROTEST.
Says Wheat Prices Favor Kansas

CHICAGO, September S-Formal pro-
test charging that wheat prices favor
ing Kansas City, Omaha and Mime
apolis will divert Il, 900 900 bushels of
wheat from the Chicago market was
sent to Washington today by the Chi
cago Board of Trade and the Associa-
tlon OF commerce. Freight rates do
not equalize the advantages the other
cities have in the price fixed by the
government, according to J. S. Brown.
manager of the transportation depart
ment of the board of trade
Evening star., 1917-09-08
DR.. Adler's Sentence COMMITTED.

AMSTERDAM. September S.-Accord-
ing to Vienna press dispatch, En-
peror Charles has commuted to eight
cen years penal servitude the death
sentence of DIR. Friedrich Adler. for the
assassination of Premier Stuergkh at
Vienna last October.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
Hollands War Expenditures.

LONDON, September S-A dispatch
from The Hague to Reuters Limited
states that official figures show that
Hollands total expenditures in connec-
tion with the war up to August 1 last
Iapproximated 79.10O.OO0 gulden..
Evening star., 1917-09-08
BLAST At ARSENAL
K|LLS3;; KURTS23
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, September S.-Three
workmen are known to have been killed
and twenty three persons badly injured
in an explosion at the Frankford arsenal
in this city early today. According to
workers, the explosion was accidental,
there being nothing to indicate that it
was caused by an outside agency. Two
of the twenty three injured are young
women.
The monetary loss is estimated at
about $4,000. Three small buildings
were destroyed, together with about
so, 900 detonators.
Maj Montgomery commandant of
the arsenal, and his aids are investigat-
ing the explosion and decline to make
any statement until they have COM
piete, their inquiry Carelessness of
workman. it was believed, was the
cause of the accident.
Fire Follows Explosion.
The explosion occurred in one Of
three small buildings known as de-
tonating dryrooms, where the primer
caps for three and six inch shells and
small arms cartridges are dried. The
building in question had its walls
packed with cinders and every precau-
ton was taken to prevent accidents
Fire followed the explosion and
spread to several other small buildings
known as the artillery assembly unit
In these there We're three and six inch
shells, but prompt work of arsenal en-
ployeS and city firemen saved the
buildings and their contents from de-
Struction.
Nineteen of the injured We're treated
at a nearby hospital. One is expected
to die. Later all but five of the in
jured were able to go to their homes.
None of those hurt was able to give
coherent account of what happened
New York troops are guarding the
arsenal and no one was permitted to
enter the government reservation.
Todays explosion was the second
fatal one to occur within the past five
months Two men We're killed by the
bursting of a shrapnel fuse in the high
explosives building last April
Three Investigations were under way
soon after today's explosion. in which
federal officials. the police and coroner
participated.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
WILSON REPLY TO POPE
ALSO GREAT BRTA|N'S S

Great Britain has advised the United
States that President Wilson's reply to
Pope Benedict's peace proposals. is in
effect Great Britain's reply. as was in
dicated recently in statement by
Lord Cecil.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
SWEDISH LEGATION
ASA GERMAN AID
Scandinavian Diplomat in Ar
qentina Gives News as
to Shipping.
ADVISED SECRET SINKINGS

How Swedens legation in Argentina,
acting as secret means of communlca-
tion between the German charge IN
Buenos Aires and the Berlin foreign of
fee, transmitted information of the sail
ing of ships and directions for the de
struction by submarines, was revealed
TODAY in official dispatches made public
by the State Department.
The State Department made public
certain communications from Count
Luxburg, the German charge at Buenos
Ayres, to the Berlin foreign office, dis
patched through the Swedish legation,
in cipher, relating to the critical diplo-
matte situation which prevailed be-
tween Germany and Argentina. The
statement says:
The Secretary of State today made
the following statement:
Mr.. Lansing's Statement.
The Department of State has secured
certain kilograms from Count LuNburS.
German charge d'afairs at Buenos
Aires, to the foreign office at Berlin
which. 1 regret to say. were dispatched
legation as their own official messages
addressed to the Stockholm foreign OF
flee.
The following are English transia-
tions of the German text:
MAY 49, 1917. No. 81. This govern
ment has now released German ana
Austrian ships in which hitherto
guard had been placed. In consequence
of the settlement of the Monte tPro-
teKido) case, there has been great
change in public feeling Government
will in future only clear Argentine
ships as far as Las Palmas-
- beg that the small steamers oran
and Guazo, 31st January (meaning,
which sailed 31sD, 800 tons, which are
(now, nearing Bordeaux with view TO
change the nag, may be spared II pos
sible or else sunk without trace be-
ing left C'spurlor versenkt'D LUABURG-
Acting Minister an Ass"
July 3. 1917 No. SO l learn from
Q reliable source that the acting minister
for foreign affairs. who is notorious
ass and anglophil, declared in secret
session OF the senate that Argentine
would demand from Berlin a promise
not to sink more Argentine ships.
"IIf not agreed to, relations would be
broken off, 1 recommend refusal and,
If necessary, calling in the mediation
Of Spain. LUNBERG-
July 8, 1917. No. "a. Without
showing any tendency to make con-
cessions. postpone reply to Argentine
note until receipt of further reports
A change of ministry is probable. As
regards Argentine steamers, L recon-
mend either compelling them to turn
back, sinking them without leaving
any traces or letting them through
They are all quite small LUNBURG.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
Ire of Senate Aroused.

The group of senators who opposed
the army draft law. made up of Sena-
tors Gronna. Hardwick. La Toilette,
Reed and Nardaman, received a setback
when the Senate rejected. IA to 3, a
proposal by Mr.. Hardwick to increase
taxes on big incomes to pay $40 month
ly to all Americans serving in France.
The amendment aroused the Senate
Ire as it has not been aroused in a long
while, several senators, among them
Senator Nelson, republican and a civil
war veteran, denouncing it as "hn-
initiating and belittiing" to the Ameri-
can soldiers. Our boys are not as
cheap as some statesmen" he added.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
NEAR END OF FIGHT
ON WAR TAX BILL
High Tax Advocates Again
Meet a Decisive Defeat
in the Senate.
DEBATE BECOMES HEATED

With the hotly contested war profits
and income tax sections of the war rev.
enue bill out of the way, the Senate to-
day took up for final disposition minor
points of dispute in the measure. The
final vote on the bill as a whole must be
taken not later than Monday.
High-tax advocates lost their fight
again yesterday, when the Senate ten
tatively adopted the finance commit
tees income tax provisions designed to
raise sS42.0oO,00O additional revenue
from individuals and corporations.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
German Emperor at Riga.

AMSTERDAM. September S.-Em-
peror William has arrived at Riga, a
Berlin dispatch reports. He reviewed
the troops and distributed decorations
on the battlefield.
The Taegliche Rundschau of Berlin
says Lieut.. Gen. Won Alien, former head
of the military school at Hanover, has
been appointed governor of the fortress
of Riga.
Evening star., 1917-09-08

PARIS, September Sherman attacks
last night in Lorraine. east of Rheims
and on the Aisne front were repulsed
it is announced officially. The French
took prisoners in successful raids The
announcement follows:
During the night several attacks
undertaken by the enemy in Lorraine
east of Rheims. north of Couroy and
in the region of Cerny were broken up
by our fire.
I'VE made successful incursions into
regny and north of Hill 344 on the right
bank of the Meuse. We took prison
ers. There was violent artillery fight
ing on both banks of the Meuse Along
the Forges brook and in the region of
Avocourt patrolling operations We're
unusually active. Everywhere else the
night was calm.
Germans Suffer Losses.
LONDON, \September Sin patrol
fighting on the Ypres front last night
the enemy suffered considerable casual
ties north asst of st. Julien" says to-
days official statement. I'm the neigh
borhood Of Gavnelle a successful raid
was carried out by a small party of our
troops.
'I.angemarck was heavily shelled by
the enemy yesterday evening and there
was some hostile actillery activity at
other points later in the night No in
fantry action developed"
British Gain at Lens.
The official statement from British
headquarters in France and Belgium,
Issued last night reads;
.On the Lens front our line of ad-
vanced posts in Avion and east of
Fleu-Leauvette has been pushed for
ward slightly. Except for the shelling
of some of our positions at La Bassee
and east and north of Messnes the
hostile artillery has shown less ac-
tivity.
.Cn Thursday bad weather caused
diminution of the great aerial activity
of the previous two days. A certain
amount of bombing was carried out
during the day, over 200 bombs being
dropped OFT various targets. Two enemy
machines and one German observation
balloon were brought down. The other
hostile machines were driven down out
of control One Of our airplanes is
missing"
Evening star., 1917-09-08


of Verden. says todny's army head
quarters statement. German cavalry
is in touch with them on this new
line and advanced Russian detach-
ments have been pushed back.
PETROGRAD, September s.-The en-
couraging feature of the Riga situation
is the seeming frmness of the Russian
troops. The German pursuit appears to
be slowing up and in military circles it
is not anticipated that the enemy will
risk much further penetration while
Dvinsk remains unconquered. A more
likely course, it is argued, will be for
the Germans to entrench somewhere near
their present position northeast of Riga
and await the result of the Dvinsk oper-
ations.
According to information here, the
spirit of the troops in the Dvinsk sector
is much more favorable than on other
fronts. Col Podjoursky. a member of
the Dvinsk army committee, telegraph
ing to Col. kuropatkin, chairman of
the special council army committee
here, said that the army was standing
surrender Dvinsk and that the army
committee were in full accord with the
commanders.
Activities in the Baltic.
An official statement says:
"On the Baltic sea during the last
week between August % and September
5 the enemy has concentrated his oper-
ations in the region of the Gulf of Riga.
Enemy Zeppelins appeared south of
Pernau. Bombs were dropped by them
near Hainash. but were without effect.
Enemy submarines appeared in the
Gulf of Riga on Monday and shelled by
night three points on the coast be-
were fired, and in the village of Kab-
doki, one woman and one little girl
were killed and one woman was
wounded. By day an enemy submarine
attacked the transport Linol, at which
about twenty rounds were fired. The
transport, which had only thirty-seven-
millimeter guns. engaged the sub
marine. forcing it to submerge and re-
tire. Two men on the transport were
wounded.
Floating Defenses Saved.
Our gunboats and torpedo boats re-
manned at the mouth of the Dvina Cat
Riga) until the last moment, and On
leaving conveyed steamships and float
ing defenses from the port of Riga
Other enemy vessels. aside from sub
marines. were not observed in the Gulf
of Riga, where our naval forces are on
guard and ready to engage the enemy.
'AviatIon-On the night of WedneS-
day our airmen flew over the railway
station at Baranovichi. where about
290 pounds of bombs We're dropped. In
the region south of Lake MiadZiol our
artillery brought down an enemy air
plane within our lines The enemy
airmen We're made prisoners.
"On the evening of Wednesday a
squadron of enemy airplanes dropped
| bombs in the region of the railway
station at Zamrie.''
German Emperor at Riga.
| AMSTERDAM. September S-Em-
| peror William has arrived at Riga a
Berlin dispatch reports. He reviewed
| the troops and distributed decorations
on the battlefield.
The Taegliche Rundschau of Berlin
| says Lieut.. Gen. Won Alien, former head
Of the military school at Hanover. has
| been appointed governor of the fortress
of Riga.
|
Evening star., 1917-09-08
Maintain American Rights.

To have accepted that doctrine to
have accepted that proposition. would
have meant the surrender of American
sovereignty. 1t would have meant that
you were wiling to pull down the Stars
and Stripes and hoist the white flag of
surrender, and no red -blooded American,
l hope, will ever be willing to surrender
his countrys rights in that particular
II we had acauiesced in that doctrine on
the Atlantic, probably some day in the
Pacific, when nations were at war there.
and We attempted to maintain a neutral
attitude. some of the nations would tell
us to keep off this part or that part of
the Pacific ocean. and, having surren-
dered in this instance, We would have
set precedent which many of the
pacifsts of this country would have in
sisted that we ought to follow for all
time. l am unwilling for my country.
ever to be placed in that attitude or
ever to take such a position
In every age, and at all times, the
American citizen must be ready to de-
fend with life itself the liberty and
freedom that have come down to US
For myself. I think this is going to be
long, bloody and terrible war. / am
not trying to delude myself into the be-
lief that some miracle is going to hap
pen before we fairly get into the strug-
gle that Will end it all. l wish to God
that it were SO. but l look for a long
and terrible conflict l feel that the
armies tnal are now forming are but
the beginning of things l believe that
the greatest mistake the autocracy of
Germany made was when they mini
mized the courage of this country. and
the determination of this country to
maintain all of its rights invioIate. !
believe that before they are very many
months older they will realize what
they did when they forced this country
into the war, and the German people
will realize what was done by their
autocrat government in forcing this
great American republic, which we
wanted to hold aloof into the war
Evening star., 1917-09-08
Complete Victory Will Come.

But / believe that before many
months are over the patriotic sentiment
of this country will assert itself in such
tones that they will be heard even in
the darkest recesses of the German for
ests. l feel assured that victory com
piete will come to us in this struggle
feel that the people of the United
States begin to understand what we
have at stake. and l feel that the men
who are spreading the seeds of discon-
tent, of treason, of sedition, will be
called to account by the civil authori-
ties in every state in the Union. AL
ready in a number of the states the
governors have asserted themselves
They will do so more frequently in the
future"
Evening star., 1917-09-08
Bitter Clash in Senate.

The closing hours Of the debate on
the war section We're marked by bitter
exchanges among Senators and sharp
accusations and retorts. Senator Nell
son Of Minnesota. Senator Hardwick of
Georgia and Senator Williams of Mis-
sissippi figured in these verbal encoun-
ters
The trouble started over the amend
ment offered bv Senator Hardwick pro-
posing an added tax to raise a bonus
of $50 month to soldiers serving
abroad
Senator Chamberlain. chairman of the
military committee. with evident feel
Ing. cited Senator Hardwick's opposi-
tion to the draft law and declared the
amendment tended to demoralize the
Army and toward further resistance of
the law
In replv Senator Hardwick claimed
the right of free speech. defended his
course in opposition to the administra-
ton and attacked what he called the
"fam boyant patriotism" of his critics
Senator Williams criticized the Geor-
gia senator's past and present attitude
toward the draft law and ridiculed his
speech.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
BREAK UP GERMAN
ATTACKS ON A|SNE
French Also Penetrate Enemy Posi-
tions on Meuse-British
Gain at Lens.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, September 8,
via London.-The French
have resumed the offensive
in the Verdun region, ac-
cording to today's war Office
statement. They attacked
last night on twenty-mile
front, but were repulsed, it is
declared. This morning the
battle was renewed.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
"Spread-Eagle Patriotism y

Remarking that in effect Senator
Hardwick had referred to the speech OF
Senator Nelson as spread -ea GLE pa
triotism. Senator Williams said of his
Minnesota colleague:
He spread-eagled for four years in
the civil war with a musket to his
shoulder. He didn't go and talk about
the Constitution"
OF Senator Hardwick's statement that
he had not advised resistance to the
draft law. Senator Williams said:
The senator is a good enough lawyer
to avoid that trap. But when the sena
tor says the law is unconstitutional
poor. ignorant people draw their own
differences. Some have been taught to
believe they have the right and duty to
resist an unconstitutional law"
Some reststers. the Mississippi sena- :
tor declared. might be thrown into iail
or even executed.
Then who would be reponsible?" he
asked. Speeches like that virtually
encouraged resistance of law
Evening star., 1917-09-08
WEATHER.

Showers tonight. Tomorrow partly
cloudy, continued cool.
Temperature for the last twenty-four
hours ended at noon today: Maximum.
II, at pm. yesterday. Minimum, so,
at 8 am today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1917-09-08
Senator Williams Caustic.

"I take it there are very few sena-
tors. probably not over five" said Sem
ator Williams. who will not agree that
we have seldom witnessed a finer case
of self-inf1ation and puffed-up self
ing than that which has just been
shown uDon this arena"
Senator Reed INTERRUPTED with an ap-
peal to the chair to rule the langua ge
out of order. but Senator Robinson
presiding. decided it had not trans
gressed Senate rules.
Senator Hardwick reiterated his ar
guments against the draft law and
statements that the regulars. militia
and volunteers should have been sent
to France at once upon the declara ton
of war. He said the plan of raising an
army was not that of the President, but
of che militarists of the country
Evening star., 1917-09-08
Member Of the Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news credited
to II not otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1917-09-08

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. September S, via London.
The Russians are hastily intrench-
ing in the Riga region. to the west
of Verden. says today's army head
quarters statement. German cavalry
Is in touch with them on this new
line and advanced Russian detach-
ments have been pushed back.
Evening star., 1917-09-08

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