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The sun., 1917-08-27
FRENCH AGAIN.
ADVANCE ALONG
MEUSE VALLEY
Break Through German
Lines on Front of Nearly
Three Miles.
LOSSES NOTABLY FEW
Sustained Power of Offensive
at Verdun Considered
Remarkable.
LOSSES NOTABLY FEW

LONDON. Aug. 26.--The French con-
tinued their advance in the Verdun Sec
tor to-day in a smashing blow which
carried Petains men through the Ger
man lines on front OF nearly three
miles between Mormont Farm and
Chaume Wood. on the right bank Of the
Meuse. After breaking through they
pushed on for nearly a mile to the out
skirts OF the village Of Beaumont. cap
turing all Of Fosses Wood and Beau.
mont Wood on the way
The sustained power OF the French In
this new battle Of verdun is surprising
even to the military experts here. Ac.
cording to all the rules OF the game they
should have rested and consolidated the
positions they had won in the early part
OF last week. but instead they drove for.
ward with redoubled energy and undi.
minished force and more than doubled
their gains. Perhaps they found the Ger.
man defences much weaker than they
had expected and wisely are making the
most OF the opportunity.
Whatever the reasons. and doubtless
the increased morale of the poilus Is one
OF them. the results already accom-.
plished in this battle of Verdun compare
favorably with those OF any other simi.
lar battle In the war. The French have
retaken from the Germans. at a cost sc
small as to be incredible, territory which
cost the Crown Prince more than 500.
900 men and three months Of terrific
fighting. and did It In four days.
Were the French able to repeat thi.
week the remarkable progress made b,
them in the last seven days they will
have regained all the territory lost and
penetrated beyond the line occupied by
the Germans when they began their grea
drive against Verdun In February. 1915
which they confidently believed was tt
settle the fate Of France. 1t did. but
not in the way the Germans expected
West of the Meuse the French have al
most reached that line now. In a brisl
attack yesterday they penetrated to tn,
outskirts OF the village OF Bethincourt
only one mile from the old line. Their
was heavy artillery fighting also nortl
Of Hill 3O4.
The artillery duel in Champagne con
tinues and an attack in force may b,
expected there soon.
On their section Of the front the Brit
ish drove the Germans out Of tn
trenches northeast OF Gillemont Farm
which the kaiser's troops had captured
yesterday.
Field Marshal Haigs men to-da.
made an advance Of half a mile along
mile front east of Margicourt (north O
st. Quentin), storming and capturing
strong points at Cologne and Malakof
farms.
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food brought down his weight thirty
pounds. His fellow voyagers. knowing
his experience and that of Mr.. Bartholo-
NEW. wondered how badly the civilian
populat ton of German Jared II two
healthy looking men with money were
SO i'll nourished in German cities.
IAN food supplies" one Of the refu-
gees from Germany said. ARE sent to
the soldiers. and the civilian population
is etinted almost to the point Of starva-
ton The robust can stand this for q
time but the aged. the children and the
invalids suffer and die. Everything and
everybody is sacrificed for the army
German economic conditions are SO
hopeless that Germany cannot hold out
against the Allies"
Mrs Petronella Johansen. who has
been three months In Scandinavian
countries. said the necessaries Of life
could not be obtained there except at
high cost, and that few people In the
United States realized the serious conse-
quences a food embargo meant for Ho'-
land and all of Scandinavia. particu-
larly Sweden. A plain dinner in any
city in Sweden costs $3.50 and she had
to pay 60 cents at a restaurant for one
cup OF coffee.
The sun., 1917-08-27
u. S. WILL TAKE
STOCK OF CITY'S
FOOD AUGUST 81
Figures to Be Used in Esti-
mate Of Nations Supply
on That Date.
RETAILERS CALLED FIRST
Wholesalers and Homes Next;
Several Counties Picked
to Help Test.

Stock Ia to be taken. beginning Au-
gust 81, Of all of the food supplies in
the city Of New York with the purpose
Of showing how much food the retail
dealers Of the city have on hand on that
day. The figures are to be used as the
basis for an estimate to be made by the
Department Of Agriculture's Bureau of
Markets Of the total amount Of food on
hand In the country. Forty-three coun-
ties in various parts Of the United
States have been selected for the test.
Following the inventory as to the
stocks held by retailers. the Government
will take up the task Of making similar
estimates to show what the farms. the
wholesale commercial and storage con-
Germs and the consumers homes contain.
The idea is to calculate from selected
points the whole amount Of food in the
entire nation on August 81
Commercial Bodies to Help.
New York city had a like estimate
made for the State during the early
part OF the year. and the State returns
showed that the city lived a hand to
mouth existence, with extremely small
reserve stocks on hand. All Of the COM
mercial organisations in New York city
have been asked to help the Government
compile the facts. Local health and
police Officers will begin at once dis
tribpting blanks to the retailers. upon
stocks.
Next to New York city Cleveland.
Ohio. Is the largest place picked az an
example. Cleveland Is to be used as the
key representing the cities Of 100000 or
more. Syracuse. n. Y; Dallas. Tex.
Altoona. Pa. and It's suburbs, are picked
to show the cities OF from $4,000 10
100000 population.
In the third group are the cities OF
Montgomery, Ala. Topeka. Kan: Bing-
hamton. N. Y. and Sacramento. Cal
The fourth includes Concord. n. H.
Butler. Pa. Jackson. Tenn. Iowa City
NTH Oneonta. N. Y. Americus Ca: De.
Kalb. Ill; Bowling Green. KY. and
Provo. Utah. with their outlying populA-
tons.
Smaller Cities to Assist.
Group six includes ten counties with
cities Of from $500 to 5000, and
the index cities are Springfield. VT.
Stroudsbourg. Pa. :, South Boston, Va.
Allegan. Mich; Lake Geneva. Wis Nc.
PheEson, Kan. Marshall. Mo. Canton
Miss. saltwater, Okla. and Marshfield
Ore.
The nnal group in counties having nc
towns as large as $500 population in.
cludes fifteen towns, as follows: Eaton.
ton, Ga. Carthage. N. c.; Seaford Del
Rosedale. Ind. Pembina. n. D.: Marys
Vile, Kan. Hartford, KY: Lawrence
burg. Tenn. Enterprise. Ala. Fairhope
Ala. Rector. Ark. Mansfield, La. La
grange, Tex. Castle Rock. Col, ano
Raymond. Wash.
The sun., 1917-08-27
TEUTONS WARNED.
Ilill 800.
HH GER Ain GAMPREII

IIill 3O4.
W. GERALD CAMPBELL.
Special Gable Despatch to THE srS from the
London Times
tCoppriDhf, 1917, all rights reserredJ
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FRENCH ARMY.
Aug. 25-t Delayed) The German di-
Vision defending lie Mort Homme had
been clearly warned by Gen. Won Diet
rich OF what they had to look forward
to. On August II he issued a general
order which ran
You must expect to be attacked at
any moment. The division must count
only on its own resources hope these
will be sufficient and that II will de-
feat the enemy"
The German troops knew that the
greatest Importance was attached to
holding Hill 304. They were told by the
General commanding the Twenty-ninth
Division that II was the key to the whole
western front. "lf the French take Hill
3O4." said the General commanding
another division. I'VE are moro than half
lost. for II they once become masters Of
II nothing will prevent them from at
tacking in whatever position they
choose"
The neatness with which the operation
was planned. the patient thoroughness Of
the preparation and the gallantry of the
advance were all of the highest quality.
There is every reason to believe that the
combined effect has been to COW the Ger
mans on this part Of the front as they
have never been cOwed before.
Perhaps that is the explanation Of the
brutality which they have shown lately
in bombing with shells and firing with
machine guns on several hospitals near
the battlefront. Besides the hospital al
ready reported they attacked others in
which forty-three nurses were attending
wounded soldiers. They killed Nifty
Ave Of the wounded.
The sun., 1917-08-27
PEACE RIOT IN BUEN0S AYRES
shout for France Upsets Catholic
DenOnstratiOn.

BuENos AyREs. Aug, 2G.-The Catholic
societies of Buenos Ayres held large
demonstration to-day in favor of accep-
tance by the belligerent Powers of the
peace proposals Of Pope Benedict.
During the demonstration n shout of
Long live France" coming from a
passing automobile prccipitated a gen.
eral fight and the police Immediately
broke up the gathering.
DIR. lndalecio Gomez. former Minister
Of the Interior and once Argentine Minis
ter to Germany. and members OF tho
group OF National Deputies to which he
belongs, have sent a petition to Presi-
dent Irigoyen. following the reports that
an ultimatum TO Germany was being
prepared, requesting that Argentina
maintain neutrality In the war.
The sun., 1917-08-27
ITALY'S FOES
LOSE 100000
VictOrs Take $4,000 Prison
ers in the IsOnzO
Drive.

ROME. Aug. 2S.-Lieut, Gen. Count Ca
dorna, comma nde int chief of the Italian
forces when asked to-day how the great
battle of the Isonzo was going. replied:
We are doing nicely, thank you.
The War Office announces tonight a
further advance north of Gorizia by the
Italians, who are pressing on in hot pur-
suit Of the fleeing Austrians. The num-
Der of prisoners taken In this battle is
now $4,000. IN addition to 500 officers
and IS guns and large quantity or
other war booty.
. The total losses Of the Austrians are
reckoned at nearly 100000; those in the
Carso region, the most important OF all,
have not been announced officially. The
famous Iron Division" Of the Austrians
was the heaviest sufferer.
The official communication on the re-
suit OF the battle shows that the de-
moralzation Of the Austrian troops is in
part due to the extraordinary aerial and
artillery work OF the Italians. which has
destroyed not only the lines Of commun-
cation but has resulted in the burning
Of all the main food supply stations of
the Austrians, who for the last week
have been starving at many points be-
tween Tolmino and the sea. This also
accounts for the unusual number OF
prisoners and wounded.
Monte Santo, the side of which has
been SCARED by so many struggles In
the last two years that it is known in
both armies as the spot where many men
have become heroes, was taken by the
second Army Corps under Gen. CapellO
who crossed the Isonzo at Anhovo and
swerved around the base Of Monte Santo.
tipU III ri n re =
treat and completely isolating the noun
tain.
The official statement follows:
The battle is beginning to reveal it
self in it's vastness. The action north
of Gorizia, from August ~ onward,
may be epitomizcd as follows:
The gallant troops OF the Second
Army after having thrown fourteen
bridges across the Isonzo under the
fire of the enemy, passed over the
river on the night Of August 1919 and
attacked the Bainsizza plateau,
Directing themselves decisively toward
the Jelenik-Vrh front. they went
around the three enemy defensive lines
Of Sommer. Kobelik and Madoni, which
crossed there, Contemporaneously
they attacked the same lines from the
front, and broke through in spite OF
the enemy's most stubborn defence,
The consequence OF this bold ma
npuvre was the capture Of Monte
Santo.
Our troops are now continuing their
advance toward the eastern border OF
Bainsizza plateau. hotly pursuing the
enemy, who is making the most vio-
lent resistance with large parties Of
machine gunners and with light ar
tllery,
on the Carso yesterday the battle
came to a standstill temporarily. Our
small advances rectihed the captured
positions. which were consolidated,
and the enemy's attempted counter at
tack failed under our fre.
The sun., 1917-08-27
GERMANY, STARVING,
TRIES TO HIDE NEED,
ASSERT TRAVELLERS
Germany IL Drafting
Pensioners to Fight

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 26.-The
difficulty which Germany is
experiencing in obtaining men to
Ali the ranks is shown by an in
terpellation presented in the
Reichstag by Deputy Davidsohn
calling attention to the practice
Of the military authorities in re-
calling to the service pensioners
who have been discharged for
disabilities.
The Interpolation says men
receiving pensions for SO per
cent. and more of total disability
and even cripples to whom sup
Elementary pensions have been
granted are being constantly
forced into the army again and
that in some cases men are taken
from hospitals before their treat
ment is completed.
The sun., 1917-08-27
SOCIALISTS GUST SLoBoDIN,
Removed for Ills stand In SuppOrt.
Ing Government IN Wnr.

Henry l.. Slobodn, who left his high
place In the Socialist party to advo-
cate aid for the Government in prose-
cutting the war, was ousted yesterday
by the Central Committee of the local
Socialist party from the New York state
Committee. The local delegates were
also instructed to move for the removal
OF Slobodin from the State Executive
Committee
The action was brought about by n
letter from Slobodn to the American n
Alliance for Labor and Democracy i'm
which he praised the alliance for on
posing the work of the Peoples Council
for an early peace and for democracy
during war time.
The sun., 1917-08-27
NAVY MAN ACCUSED.
American Defence Society Says
Frank oven Preached sedition,

The violent soap box attacks made on
England In an open air meeting OF the
so-called Friends of Irish Freedom at
Broadway and Thirty-seventh street
Saturday night by a man dressed in the
white uniform of the United States navy.
who gave his name as Frank O'Neil.
brought quick action from the American
Defence Society,
Letters were despatched in the morn
ing to Secretary of the Navy Daniels
accusing O'Neil Of seditious remarks.
and to Police Commissioner Woods call
ing attention to the Mayors open letter
to jeremiah OLeary. in which suppress
sion of further seditious attacks on
Americas allies by the police was
promised.
The sun., 1917-08-27
KILLED IN MOTOR UPSET.
Four Others IN Hospital with
Serious Injuries.

Special DeSpdfcN TO The Sun.
MIDpLETowN, N. Y. Aug. 26-Mrs.
Clara Odernan, 81. OF Elizabeth, n. j.. is
dead. and Mr.. and Mrs. Orgies Gross.
their son Philip and Mrs Hester Kiel.
all Of Elizabeth, are in the hospital here
with serious injuries as the result of an
automobile accident on the mountain
road at Wurtsboro. twelve miles from
this city. this afternoon.
Philip Gross, 23. was driving the car.
He came buddenly upon wagon con-
tanning two women and in the effort to
avoid hitting them he turned his car into
the bank at the side of the road. The
car overturned.
The sun., 1917-08-27
SEVENTH GERMAN WAR LOAN.
II Will he Issued Next Month, Saws
era nk fuPter Zeituu~o

AMsTERDAM. Aus. 26,-The Frank
Jurfcr Zeitun0, copy OF which has been
received here says the seventh German
war loan will be issued in the middle of
September under the same conditions as
the sixth loan.
The newspaper reports that the reopen
ing Of the German exchanges il not con-
templated,
The sun., 1917-08-27
REICHSTAG AID IN NOTE.
Com mittee Of seven to Cooperate
On Reply "a Pope.

AMSTERDAM. Aug 2S.-The Cologne
Volks-etfun0 announces the appointment
OF a committee Of seven members of the
Reichstag TO cooperate with Chancellor
Michaelis in drafting n reply to the
Pope's peace proposal. Each party n to
be represented. the Socialists by Fried
rich Ebert and Philip Scheidemann
the Centre by Deputy Fehrenbach and
Matthias Ersberger. the Liberals by
Friedrich Won Payer. the National
Liberals by DR.. Gustav Stresemann. and
the Conservatives by Count Won West
arp.
The 0ewspaper greets the innovation
as a decisive step toward parliamentary
government @. V,a.f
The sun., 1917-08-27
Smoke Fund Toeing
That $4,000 Mark

THE SUN Tobacco Fund this
morning is $49,846.36. There
are several returns outstanding
from events engineered for the
fund. When these are turned in
the total almost certainly will be
$5O,000-the mark at which we
aimed to begin the new week.
To-day we begin the benefit
week at Marcus Loew's New
York Theatre and Roof. Ten per
cent. of the seven days receipts
are to be turned into the fund.
The first instalment of the all
star programme will be given
tonight. Mother O. Mine" is
to-day's picture, featuring Rupert
Julian and Ruth Clifford. The
Heavenly Twins" Roszika and
Yansci Dolly, tonight will auc-
ton gifts donated to the fund by
these screen favorites and also
one from Doris Kenyon, who will
be present in person.
The Street Cleaning Depart-
mcnt, which contributed 1865 on
Saturday to the fund, added to
its fine gift $46.67. the receipts
of yesterdays game at Ebbets
Field with the Bronx Minor
Leaguers. From the contest be-
tween the Fairfield County All
Stars and the Stamford Yacht
Club $i55 was realized.
Next Sunday we will have the
mammoth game between St.
Aloysius's team and the Maoomb
A. c. of the Manhattan Catholic
League. 1t will be staged at the
City College Stadium.
WARNINGt THE SUN To-
bacco Fund has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun., 1917-08-27
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
series of EnRREcments Marks Day
on West Front.


LONDON. Aug. 2s.-Following are tn.
official reports on the lighting in France
and Belgium;
British tDay) Yesterday evening
we attacked and drove the enemy out
OF a portion of the trench northeast
OF Gillemont Farm. regained by him
during the morning. completely. rees-
tablishing our former positions. Later
in the night the enemy attempted "A
counter attack without success.
In the course Of the night the Por-
tueuese repulsed German raiding
party southeast of Lavantee.
The enemys artillery has shown
great activity during the night east
Of Ypres and in the neighborhosd Of
Lombaertzyde.
British lNight t-Early this morn
ing we attacked and captured the
enemy's positions east of Margicourt
on front OF over mile. Our troops
penetrated to a depth OF half a mile,
carrying by assault the enemy's strong
points at Cologne Farm and Malakoff
Farm. and have established them
selves on the ground won, capturing
1856 prisoners In this operation.
Liquid Fire Attack Futile.
Under cover Of a heavy lombard
ment, the enemy attacked early this
morning In the neighborhood Of the
The sun., 1917-08-27
AMERICAN WINS AIR FIGHT.
Sergeant Lowell Forces Germa n
Down in Hard Battle,

On THE FRENCH FRONT, Aug. "a
delayed )-Sergeant Walter Lowell of
the Lafayette Flying Squadron forced a
German aviator to land after a thrill
ing air fight yesterday.
The sky has been clear all week, per-
hitting extensive aerial operations and
the American aviators have been en-
gagged In important fighting operations
The sun., 1917-08-27
n2,ooo,ooO SILK shipne.t COMM.

q, odpENsRuRG. n. Y. Aug. 2S.-Twenty-
,nree carloads Of Chinese silk, valued At
,oou, $4,000, 900. passed through OE-
uehsburg to-day for New York.
The sun., 1917-08-27
NEW POWER TO
THE REICHSTAG
Committee Will Confer With
Government on Matters Of
Foreign Policy.

Special Gable Despatch to TEE sus lrsm Ne
London Times
Copyright, 1917. all rioAfs reserred)
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 26.--As the. result Of
his visit to Grand Headquarters DR..
Georg Michaelis. the Imperial German
Chancellor. has brought back scheme
OF Parliamentary reform, and It is re.
ported also that he has obtained the
kahers consent to elevate Alsace-Lor-
raine into an Independent federal state.
The scheme Of Parliamentary reform
was explained to the Main Committee Of
the ReichstaS yesterday by the Chan
cellor. who said he contemplated the
creation Of free committee consisting
Of seven members from the ReichstaS
and seven from the Bundesrath, which
would meet under the presidency Of the
Chancellor. What he intended to form
was free committee. the members Of
which would not be regarded a. repre-
sentatives either OF the Reichstag or
the Bundesrafh.
The sun., 1917-08-27

Under cover Of heavy lombard
ment, the enemy attacked early this
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
To Ida Walker.

Judge Walker VS.. Ida Walker-In the
Chancery court of Haywood county,
Tennessee.
In this cause it appearing from the
bill which is sworn to that Ida Walk
er, the defendant, is a nonresident of
the state of Tennessee and a resident
OF the state of Illinois, so that the
ordinary process Of law cannot be
served upon her, she is therefore, here
by required to appear on or before
The First Monday in March, 1917
before the the clerk and master of said
court at his Office in Brownsville, Tenn,
and make defense to the bill filed
against her in said court by Judge
Walker, or otherwise the bill will be
taken for confessed 1t is further or
slered that this notice be published once
i week for four consecutive weeks in
the States raphie, a weekly newspa-
per published in Brownsville, Tenn.
This 18th day of January, 1917.
J. T. GRAY, JR, Clerk & Master
Bond & Bond, Soils. for Complts 10
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
spAE .CREnIToRS OF ALLEN
HARDEN. DECEASED.
Hardy Harden, Administrator, & al, vs.

Hardy Harden, Administrator, ct al, VS.
Roxanna Harden-m the Chancery
court of Haywood county, Tenn.
In obedience to an order made by
the chancery court Of Haywood county,
Tennessee, in the above styled cause,
the creditors of Allen Harden, deceas-
ed, are hereby notified to have them
selves made parties to said cause by
petition and prove their claims against
said estate of said Allen Harden, de-
ceased. in this cause. on or before the
First Friday in April, 1917,
or they will be excluded from the ben
efits of said suit and from sharing in
the assets of the estate of said Allen
Harden, deceased.
II is further ordered that this notice
be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the States-Graph-
ic, weekly newspaper published in
Brownsville, Tennessee.
This January LIST, 1917.
10 J. 7. GRAY, JR, Clerk & Master
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF The ear. There is
only one WAY 20 cure deafness. and that Is
by constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an innamed condition OF the mu-
cous lining Of the EustaChiau Tube. when
this tube is innamed you have a rumbliHg
sound or imperfect htzrins, and when Il is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken cut
and this tube restored 20 its normal condl-
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever: ulno
cases cut OF ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothae but an indamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We will give enc Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by eatafrh1 that
cannot be cured BY Hairs catarrh Cure
Send for circulars free
F. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists Use
Take Hairs Family pills for constipation
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

in Brownsville, Tennessee, and make
defense to the bill filed against him in
said court by Annie Workman, or the
bill will be taken for confessed.
1t is further ordered that this not
ice be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the States Graph
ic, a weekly newspaper published in
Brownsville, Tennessee. This Janua-
ry 10, 1917.
]. 7. GRAY, JR., c. & NJ
Currie Dixon, Sol for Complt. 10