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TODAY'S PRICES

""iican bank notes state bills 20$ i; pesos 75c;

Vef.can gold 53c; nacionales 20J4C; bar silver H.

H. quotation 93Sc; copper $2930; grains

steady livestock steady; stocks lower.

HOME EDITION

WEATHER FORECASI.

El Paso and West Texas generally fair; New Mex-

ico fair; Arizona; fair.

I.ATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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EL PASO. TEXAS. TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 4 1917.

12 PAGES TODAY

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AS TRAITOR

1USSAN

DUKES

SEIZED

mm Biieo;

108 KILLED 92 INJURED

AS 6 GERMAN AIRPLANES

BOMBARD ENGLISH CITY

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last mi

Airplani

Train Known as No. 101 Goes Into Ditch 30 Miles West

of San Antonio From Unknown Cause; Three Are

Seriously Injured While Dozen Others Receive Less

Serious Injuries; El Pasoans Reported on Board.

SAN ANTONIO Texas. Sept. 4. Three persons were seriously in-

jured and a dozen others hurt when the Sunset Limited train 101

westbound on the Southern Pacific railroad was derailed about 30 miles

west of San Antonio today.

The cause of the accident has not been determined.

Meager reports of the derailment were received in El Paso about

noon today limited to the statement that the train generally known as No.

101 had gone off the track somewhere west of San Antonio and that a

number of persons had been injured. There were reports also that a num-

ber of El Pasoans were on the train but this lacked confrimation.

At the information bureau at union station it wac announced durin?

the afternoon that the train due about 10 oclock tonight if on time would!

arrive about o oclock tomorrow morning. Laeneral manager li. C3. Waid 1 Medway. 30 miles southeast

of the S. P. left on train 102 Tuesday morning for the east to investigate

the accident.

uNI'O.S- ENGLAND. Sept. 4

lght i air raid of German

anes over England 10 pe

sons were killed and 8S wounded at

Chatham It Is announced officially.

The victims were naval ratings. Six

airplanes took part in the raid.

One CI. Ulan Killed.

In addition to the naval casualties

one civilian was killed and six were

injured. The announcement follows:

"Lord French (commander of the

British home forces) reports that last

night's air raid was carried out by

about six enemy airplanes which pro-

ceeded up the south bank of the

Thanes estuary to Chatham. Bomb

were dropped in the Isle of Thanet

and In the Sbeerness-Chatham area

between 10:10 p. m. and 11:3 p. m.

There were no army casualties. Civ-

ilian casualties reported at present

are: Killed. 1: injured. C. The ma-

terial damage was slight. Our ma-

chines went up and antl aircraft guns

came into action but without result j

The secretary of the admiralty re-j

ports that in the course of the air

raid last night the following cas-

ualties were caused to naval ratings:

Killed. 107. wounded. SS." I

Chatham In Great Military Dane.

Chatham is on the east bank of the

of Lon-

Italians Drop Nine

Tons Of Bombs Upon

Naval Base And Fleet

Rome. Italy. Sept. 4. Thlrty

Italian airplanes dropped nine

tons of bombs on the Austrian

naval base at Pola causing de-

struction and large conflagra-

tions it is announced officially.

The bombs dropped on the

Austrian fleet at anchor and also

on military works.

1th. li"pe of tloin uity rui.-. itiable

I Attnrkcrs Keep ery Hish. I

Like the single aviator who droppen

bombs on I.over Sunday night those

who came last night kept at a very

high altitude and while their ma-

chines could be heard they could not

be seen. Nevertheless. British air-

planes kept up in pursuit.

After dropping bombs over a wide

area many falling into fields or the

sea. the raiders departed as quickly

as they came.

Hrlll-.li Raid (Her Belgium.

Continuing their raids over Bel-

gium. British aviators Sunday night

made attacks on the vicinity of

Bruges. A British airplane fought six

-.... .n.1 .knl Hnm una II f t h. IT.

It Is the seat of Immense m il i- ! ti tt i . !.-. nf

tary ana naval establishments lnclud- these operations was given out today:

extensive barracks.

The term "naval ratings" applies

to the grade of men on board ship

usually those before the mast.

Air Resound IVIth Rnglne

Reports received here from south-

east coast towns say that during Mon-

day night's raid the air along the

coast and for some miles Inland re-

sounded with the noise of aircraft

engines. One of the raiders passed

over a coast town headed seaward its

engine making the loudest noise ever

Beard there from an aircraft. The

sound resembled the noise of a zep-

RUSSIANS ARE

FALLING 8

TO CAPITAL

don.

pelin and came from a great height.

Test Attacks by Moonlight.

The air raids n er the southeast

coact Sunday and Monday niichtsseem

I to have been more to test the possi-

bilitv of attack by moonlight than In

Sleady Retirement North-

east Along Riga Co&si

Is Now Announced.

GERMANFORCES

ARE IN RIGA

Emperor Of Germany Con-

gratulates Prince Leopold

On His "Victory."

EinlonJona at Ilruce.

"Naval aircraft made a bombing

raid at midnight Sunday on the docks

submarine shelters and railway sid-

ings at Bruges. Bombs were observed

to explode over the objectives and fire

was caused adjacent to the lock gate

of the Ecluse canal.

Another Ilald and Several Klchti.

"A raid also was made early Mon-

day morning on the airdome at Vars-

senaere 4H miles southwest of Bru

ges. mmui "-"- " ' I . .-.

among the pneas. tme or our ma- - - - . . . i - . . . r .

chine? was attacked by siv hostileair- In the Lxhull district the Russians

craft and succeeded in shooting downlre. retiring northward having been

one. completely out of control. In an dislodged by the Germans In the great

engagement between one of our air-jJaegel river region

craft patrols and enemy machines Germans Enter Riga.

there were tnree necisi.- r-omuai-.

GRAND IKE MICHAEL BELIED

INVOLVED IN ROYALIST COOP

PETROGRAD. Russia. Sept 4.

The Russian retirement in the

Riga region is being continued

along the coast in a northeasterly di-

rection. the war office announced to- Grand Duke Dmitri Also Arrested in Counter Eevolu-

Dnrmr Mir II lUcn Coast.

Hostile ships are shelling; the Rlgaj

One

turn

of our machines failel to re-

I

CLAIMS ITEMS

COUNTED TWICE PLAN DEFEATED

REIN PEOPLE II SIS A 'TEUTONS LAUGH

ATTACK WILSON PATROL IESSEL AT O.S. TER:

the '

Ferguson.

Aut n Tex Sept. 4. When

f i a 1 of jft

u-nej. in

poTinff. H. F. Blum assistant cash-

of the Temple State bank who

To-an his testimony Monday after-

noon again took the stand. " 1

Blum testified that the personal

account of the governor and also that

i . the Be II-Bosque ranch tf which

Mr Ferguson was a stockholder were

urdrawn J 5 S. 50.1 2 on Oct. 18. it 16.

;ov. Ferguson formerly wai presX

dent of the bank. ' "

Goes Over Kermer Tetlmonw

Blum was on the witness stand all

" . r.ing- before the senate and u ill

remain there the rest of the day. For

tne -most part he is going over the

-kme teFtimocy given at the house in-

vestigation. The indebtedness of gov-

ernor Ferguson to the Temple State

bank hts various debits and their de-

tails are for the most part being read

into the record from the bank's

Looks.

M VE. Crane brought out the testi

fy o : y that after all of the other

mney in the possession of the bank

a-s accounted for at various times

'here still remained on the books

..rious loans which could not have

en made unless money of the state

Teras on deposit with the bank

s loaned. By process of elimtna-

r the point was deduced that some

.- money was actually loaned out

-t .nterest.

Han Xew Defence Line.

Iong this line during a tilt be-

"u'n Crane and A. Hanger of

ujnsel for the governor this aoro-

- . Mr. Hanger made the statement

it he expects to show that '.he four

?275fr0 notes which Ferguson gave to

-solidate his indebtedness p re para -f'f-y

to reducing his over liet were

-vs a matter of fact too much. This

t an entirely new line of defence and

reatd something of a stir.

H is understood that Mr. Hanger

tv II attempt to show that the $11000

:m vhich has heretofore been con-

.dVre4 as separate from the four i

o0J notes was really included in

Wrath as Wilson's Note j outside the Lisbon bar and along the

Berlin. German)' Sept. 4. Emper-

I or William has sent the following

telegram to the empress:

j "Field marshal prince Leopold of

Bavaria report the capture of Riga

I by our troops which la a new mile-

stone of German strength and un-

i errinfr will to victory. May God help

s runner

Congratulates Prince Leopold.

The emperor has teleicraDbed prince

Leopold as follows:

Tin the occasion of the capture of

Riga. I express to you and the Eighth

tionary Investigation; Michael Is Romanoff in Whose

Tavor the Czar Now m Exile Abdicated; Hundreds

of the Old Regime Are Now Under Arrest.

. i . . ri c. array my ana tne xatnerianas con-.

AUStna and liermany bay pratulatlons and thanks. Far seeing I

-.T 1 1 - n;-j n... leadership and steel hard will to vie-I

itULUlUtd Udllicu uv uaic- tory guaranteed this fine success.

Lisbon. Portugal. Julv 29 ICorres- '

Declare No Other Utterance pondence of the a. i The first dis-

TToe -Dnncorl Qrt TMTiir.'ri i aster through war to the Portuguese

JJLUiJ aVbULUlwU JJ AIAUWU

New Line of Defence Indi- Hollis's 60 Percent Tax Is

Cated m Trial Of GrOV. Voted DOWn and La FOI- Amsterdam. Holland. Sept. 4 AC- j coast has been redoubled of late and

. . t . . . 1 1 . 1 1 nri 11 ii-j t rn i nil 'i i u pun min

lnto'c Alcn Killori coramg 10 aoiices rccrun nere iraui -

k JiJilCU. Bremen president Wilson s reply to sweepers are constantly sent to clear

Washington. I). C. Sept. 4. The ' Benedict's peace proposal w tne various zones where mines are

james ferguson was group ngnuns tne nnance commn- occasion of a demonstration on proiuseiy sran-ren oy suDmannes nwM emanating from an inspired!. nd over which so much uneasiness MANY PATRCi C PIPVFTCi

th Xa nt. Ihl. i M-h.mii of ar nrofXic tsamtlan . . j... . .. land neutral lull I .1. in.. hii.Y. . . I I UfVO UT r lV.n.C.10

1 - fine imurH intrre yvsierwi. -inn a uiiiiviu.hl awu. . ...... ... ......... .

aisa.n tooay wnen tne .i b H.rr pabrlus. oresident of' a smaii iioiiiia war engaged in tn!s the attitude of Austria-Hungary and

ful Scrutiny of Note

Berlin Germany. Sept. 3 (via Lon-

don. Sept. 4.) A dispatch from Buda-

pest. Hungary says the Pester Lloyd

gives prominence to a lengthy stare-

Onward with God.

HlKX Ktaeuatcd 3 Weeks Ago.

Washington. D. C Sept. 4. Riga

was evacuated by the civilian popula- !

tion and foreign consuls three weeks

ago This was the news contained

In the offlrial dispatches surrounded

with so much mystery at the time.

President To Attend

Business Mens Meet

Atlantic City. X. J.. Sept. 4.

The presence of president Wilson

secretary McAdoo Elihu Root.

Herbert Hoover lord Northcliffe

and ambassador Bahkmitien. of

Russia are assured it was an-

nounced today for the war emer-

gency convention of the chamber

of commerce of the United States

to be held here beginning Sep-

tember 18 for three days to did-

cuss closer cooperation between

business men and the government

during the war.

President Wilson 'will clarify

the situation respecting many

matters not clear to business

men.

Hotel reservation are being

made for two thousand delegates

from every state.

T i

was defeated

senate rejected senator Hollis's pro

poaml to strike oat the finance com

mlftees wiw" eowpTnwhtF

extending the war profits tax to

peace profit over 1 percent esti-

mated to raise H28.009.O6 add!'

tlonaL

of sen-

senate re-

w an il in "3

LaTvlUtte to levy a flat In

crease of e Percent on war profits.

delhed to raise not less than

Sl.MA.4XKI.oee.

Prorialon to Be Retained.

The overwhelming vote 57 to It

on the Hollis proposal wss taken to

make virtually certain that the new

excess profits tax provision would be

finally retained. Several senators

who have voted for higher war profits

taxation did not support the Hollis

proposal.

Those voting for the LaFollette CO

percent amendment were Borah.

Brady. Gronna Hollis. Hutsing.

Johnson of California: Jones. Wash-

ington: Kenyon. King. Kirby. La-

Follette. McKellar. McNary. Meyers.

Norrla. Thompson Trammell and

Vardaman.

Waited On IIolll.

In opening today's debate senator

LaFollette agreed to withhold tem-

porarily his amendment for a flat

increase of CO percent and discussion

proceeded on a proposal by senator

Hollis to apply the tax on pre-war

standard because he contended it

wmiM h. nh vmi-a 11.- ImmwHihl.

make necessary valuations on a basU nn' "in

accurately reflecting the war develop-

ment. Would Take 00 Percent.

A grsdoated tax plan was opposed

by senator Hollis. who contended at

least 0 percent of war profits should

be taken by the government. The

bill should be increased to at least

14.000.000.000 without any Injustice

lie ftrKueu.

Smoot Arctic Against It.

A small flotilla w a? engaged in thla

work on Friday and on the return f

nome toe snipa lu ine rear neara an

had struck a mine and floanderett

within a few toconds Fourteen of

are drowned including the

the chamber of oniiimsTi. U

emperor:

"Bremen merchants raise an indig

nant protest against president WJj-

BBSflBBMiai.TIBnT TSt ' tme SBtL

he bofeJ to combat the!.. ubmrine aio has sunk an fcng-

. . . . i nsn snip ine Locksiey a Norwegian

Oennan government in order to drive Iwssei and two Portuguese sailing

the American people with whom Ger-i ships loaded with wines and preserves

many never had a quarrel into a war gr France off the north coast of

which they reject. .Portugal.

"in this hour Bremen merchants

pledge themselves to unalterable al-

legiance to your majesty and unalter-

able onnfMence and behalf in a vic

torious outcome of this righteous war !

of defence."

In his speech president Fabrius

said no other enemy utterance had

evolved such wrath in every German

heart as president Wilson's note in

which the most sacred rights of the

German nation were assailed.

A demonstration also was held on

the Hamburg bourse where resolu-

tions similar to those adopted in Bre-

men were passed.

Germany toward president

reply to the people is act forth as fol

Wilson's Berlin

Several Tnowftand ltuitan Captured.

Cermaay. Sept. 4 Several

thousand Russians were taken pris

oners oy me uennans in tnetr

BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR

PAST WEEK ARE 15614

London. Eng- Sept. 4. British

casualties reported in the last week

are 12.S14. They are divided as fol-

lows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers.

34: men 38S0.

Wounded or missing: Officer". 4:

it; Opposing It. senator Smoot argued

u wouiu unow some ot tne largest

escape

t fir. but that through an error

.un rcma'ned on the books as

stjiaraie um in ouier words it was j excess corporate incomes to

our-ted twice. I taxation. Some the Utah senator de-

This ould materially affect the I clared. made 300 to 400 percent profits

i 1 urgp al-out an over lien when con- j during the pre-war period and would

le-e'l m connection with the fact j make about the same this year and.

!.at tne governor contests the count- therefore unless an excess tax were

(Contused oa Tare X CoL 4.1 (Continued on page 19 column 4.)

BIC CAMPAIGN SUNDAY FOR AID

OFRESCUEHOMLINCHURCHES

N

rEXT Sunday will be Rescue

Home day in all the Protestant

churches of Kl Paso and lay

men speakers will occupy the pulpits

of the pastors at the morning service.

The day will close with a big rally

in the interest of the Rescue Home in

the evening at the First Presbyterian

church.

George H. Clements will deliver an

illustrated lecture on the work of the

home. The public interested In the

r.escue Home and its work will be

expected to attend.

An effort Is being made to raise

Jn00 for the Home for the purpose of

eectin an addition to accommodate

tl e children this winter. A part of

this fund has already been raised

a-ti the rest is expected to come from

the churches and the lodge of the

city.

The aid societies of the First Pres-

byterian and the First Baptist

hurches are discussing the Rescue

Home and its work at their meetings

this afternoon atnl they are expected

to be an Important factor in the cam-

paign for aiding the home.

G. A. Martin and W. H. Shelton have

been appointed by the chamber of

commerce to take up this work and

they have been making assignments

of speakers for Sunday and planning

the work in behalf of the home.

The assignments of speakers so far

Includes the following speakers to the

following churches for the Sunday

morning service at 11 oclock.

Trinity M. E. church J. G. McVary.

First Methodist church Fred C.

Knollenberg.

Westminster Presbyterian church

G. P. Putnam.

Altura Presbyterian church G. IL

Clements.

First Christian church C. W.

Croom.

Asbury Methodist A. E. Rowlands.

Calvary-Houston Square Baptist

H. K. McunntocK.

St. Clement's Episcopal church G.

A. Martin.

Other assignments will be an-

nounced later.

The First Baptist has a special

missionary program on for Sunday

and there will be no speaker provided

for this church at this time.

Before the weekly T. M. C A. meet

ing of shopmen of the 3 Paso A

Southwestern railroad Wednesday at

noon. u. A. Martin will also present

the needs of the Rescue home.

BRAZIL WILL NOT SBMI

ITS TROOPS TO KLHOPi:

Rio Janeiro. Brazil. Sept. 4. In a

denial of newspaper reports the min-

ister of war has announced that Bra-

zil will not send troops to Europe.

The announcement also states that

the minister of the navy will not lease

requisitioned German ships to the en-

tente allies.

MORE THAN 100 SHIPS

REGISTERED IN NINE DAYS

London. Eng.. Sept. 4. Commenting

oc the rapid increase In shipbiulding

to offset losses from the submarine

campaign the Cardiff correspendent

of the Exchange Telegraph company

says two supplements published by

Lloyd's's shipping register show that

between Jnne S and July 17 more than

100 steamers of which S3 are British

were added to the register.

Most of these vessels are of large

tonnage. The rate of construction

Is understood to be increasing rapidly.

4 XORWBGIAX SHIPS

ARB Sl'SK IV AIGUST

London Sept. 4. According to Nor-

wegian advices. 14 Norwegian mer-

chant ship with an aggregate ton-

nage of more than 41.000 were lost In

August. Twenty three seamen were

killed and five are missing.

IIR1TI-1I SHIP HOAVOKE SINK.

New York. Sept. 4. Tne Brmsn

TITO OF.RM.LV ATTACKS

CHECKED I1Y KItK.NC'11 PIRK.

Paris. France. Sept. 4. Attacks

were made by the Germans last nftht

on the French lines in the Hurtebiss

region on the Alsne front and east

of the Meuse in the Verdun sector.

The war office announced today that

both were checked by the French fire.

steamer Roanoke CT5S tons

Furness. Withy & compan

been sunk according to

received by the line

here today.

owned by

Ltd.. has

"President Wilson and the entente

are alone responsible for the terrible

disappointment occasioned try the

frustration of the pope's efforts on

behalf of peace. Complete dtsarma-

m.nt Ae th. n.nn.B marIh i . n f...

the aim of Mr. Wilson It is the con- n' Pmts when it was taken by the

dltion he names to the pope as the ba- Germans it is announced.

Ita.rinPpScei?retgo?.ationshe "' RUSSIAN TR00PS"ARE

iC: lS? SSEy PRESSED BACK BY TURKS

be disrupted in this way is not new. Constantinople. Turkey (Monday).

The strength is based essentially on ' Sept. I (via London. Sept. 4 . Rus-

Germam

vmxto la the wllt'"Mlia; suuijTirftcd foTthertuttlonel arnxxjfc

Bicuune; ac tne

headquarters aBWOirssiHtS tyMsy. More

than Ik (run were eaptamd fcr the

German forces In the grrext: Jaegel

river oistriet.

HlKa I In Flames.

The city of Riga was on fire at

unity among the 4eople. army and

government.

"The demand for a cheap democrat!

astion of Germany is also a time worn

device of its enemies. There really

would be no advantage in subjecting

Mr. w iison s note to protound scru

tiny."

U.

S. DENIES GERMAN STORY

OF FRICTION WITH JAPAN

Washington D. C Sept. 4. The

state department today characterised

aa "without foundation in every de-

tail." a report published In German

newspapers and circulated bv German

agents that the United States had

protested .to Russia against occupa-

tion of Chinese territory and coastal

provinces lying north of Vladvostok

by the Japanese and that the Japa-

nese withdrew as a result.

The report also stated that the Jap-

anese ambassador at Petrograil ex-

pressed his disapproval to the Rus-

sian government in regard to "far

reaching political and commercial

.iintch I Privileges granted to America in SI-

uispaii.il beri on h- Island of Sakhalin -

It was learned

sian troops in northwestern Persia

have been pressed back by the Turks

the war office announced. A Turk-

ish detachment advancing In an east-

erly direction from Merivan is re-

ported to have occupied Garata

bridge

ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE

Washington. T. C. Sept. 4. Mili

tants of the National Woman's partv

made today' prlon in honor of

occasion for more

wntte nouse.

Picket feegan appearing at the

white house gate in pairs and a the

police arrested them others took their

places. The nifiutu announced they

would keep afx-th battle as long as

the supply of gfekets held out

40 CHICAGO ALDERMEN VOTE

PRAISE FOR THE GOVERNOR

Chicago I1U Sept. 4. A vote which

served aa a test at a sneelal mminr

of the city council this afternoon in-

dicated that of the 4 aldermen Dres-

ent. 40 were in favor of the resolu

tion commending governor Lowden

(and by implication censuring the

mayor. W. H. Thompson) for his itan.1

i against pacifist agitation

PETROGRAD. RUSSIA. .jt l

Grand duke Michael Aleiar.di-

viteh. brother of the former en

I peror. and his wife have been pl.n i

I under arrest la connection with tn.-

counter revolutionar plot rtier.t:.

unearthed.

According to The Di 3. grand 1 . -I

Dmitri Paulovitch also has beer. a.

I rested

i Grand duke Michael was t' r .n 1

' duke in whose favor czar Nicholas a- -

dicated. The grand duke waived a

; ceptance. apparently belie inc

I would be impossible for him to .n

I tinue the Romanoff dynasty in t 'r

1 face of the popular temper

j Changes Ills MlnL

In the absence of definite .td.-

it may be assumed the grand duke

has since formed the opinion t.i.it

view of the chaotic condition- h-M

he may consider prevailing in Ru-

1 sia. an opportunity ould pre.-nt "

I self for restoring t. e imperial fori

1 of government either bv restc-"

I Nicholas to his throne or bv entr.

Ining another member of the Rorai -off

family.

Czar Sent Into Exile.

It win be recalled in thu -onn...-

tion that about the tisae of the d.-

covery of the imperial filot eve-a'

weeks ago. the former czar the f.

mer empress the royal princesses ar.i

the former heir apparent Alexis t-

removed from Tsarskoe Selo. when

they had been under guard in rne

the palaces and were onevd

special train to Tobolsk. Sil.c-

where they are now virtual priso..rr

about 1900 miles from Petrograd.

Ilundreds Tnder Arrest.

Many of the srenersJs numi -

cials government officials ard hu.

dreds of minor functionaries conn. . .

ed with the old regime are unr'er su-

rest. Former premier Sturmcr. one

of the most hated men in Russ.a. die'

yesterday and former miniate- o

war. Gen. Sonkhomlinoff. is ler.e

tried by grand court martial on

charges of treason.

American Sailors Are Attacked

In Ireland By Sinn Fein Gangs;

British I raining Camp Besieged

HOLDS TWO MEN ON CHARGE

OF VIOLATING MANN ACT

Santa Fe. Jf. M.. SeoL 4. United

States commissioner Don Lusk at Sll- j Ypres."

Ver 1 1 V SICIU UllUtl f ..uu wuu w...

Nora Bell and Joe Grady on the charge

of transporting two girls Viola John-

son and Maggie Aguilar. from El

Paso to Hachita for immoral purposes

I.. MinfrATMitlfm of the Mann If:.

Their case will come up before the I hostile raiding party was driven off

GERMAN GUNS BUSY;

BRITISH ADVANCE LINES

London. Eng.. Sept. 4. 'The

enemy's artillery showed great ac-

tivity during the night northeast of

says today s official state

ment. "We advanced our lines slight-

ly northwest of St. Juhen.

"We carried out a successful raid

last night directly north of Lens. Our

troops killed a number of Germans

ana captured several prisoners.

grand jury at Santa Fe next month. I south of La Rassee.'

TONDO.N. Eng.. Sept. 4. Attacks on

American sailors Sunday night

are reported in a dispatch from

Cork to the Chronicle. It is said that

gangs of young men paraded the

streets and set upon the Americans

who were accompanied by their

sweethearts.

One instance cited is that of two

Americans who were attacked on the

chief street of Cork a young woman

with them being insulted and having

her hat torn off. The correspondent

reports that the sailors did nothing

Improper or contrary to good taste to

invite the attack and as far as could

be learned did not retaliate. They

escaped on a tram car.

Attacked American Hounes.

All the girls who suffered

says oeiong to tne respectable middle Sinn Fein elemen' in Ireiaiu. -

m on k" empt WaS .mde at 11 Briish government the pruUc .'

p. m. to break into places where of the war. and everything coni - "

Americans were stavinz. the rt.na.h !.. . w. . ' . " ZL' r 'on'- c '

continues hnt ft.r . .k.. .TLZT. .Z." .V." '"S . "? I"nn einers.

"i " reoetuon.

---- n -' . - v. Duuciru di 1 11 ?

1 hands of the crowds the dispatch

Sinn Feiner Drill.

several parties paraded the streets

using Sinn rein songs and perform

Ins military eolutions. Some win

aows were broken one party raided

the premises of an offict-rs" training

corps and stole 5 rifles. 30 revolvers

uu m niunaer 01 swords.

The correspondent reports that he

talked with several American sailors

yesterday and that they believed the

affair was organized hat .

aware of the reason. They s:ij thev

naa been well treated hitherto in Ireland.

The outbreak apparently is a part

of the systematic opposition of the

welcomed r neC

ante wnicn i.ermanv tried to g:e b

sending a shij and a submarine

men and am-..- to the Irish coast

Casement taught and Executed.

Mr Roger Casement Sinn Fein le 1. -er

and British traitor was on th

sh.p. He and those who landed tv.-

him were caught almost as suon

they landed and S.r Roaer afte- 1

ing been stripped of his knislith! ..

w.13 tried and executed The i- 1

.ship was sunk and the subma-me

caped.

The Sinn Feiners rose in a is

Dublin when Casement landed

Sf baten. disarmed and mini

killed or imprisoned. Recentlv th-.-have

again been M.nif... . .'

dency to create disturaances

ivwiuim en rage 3. Celum

T.ie

Pershing Is Throwing Ginger Into Army;

Americans Fraternize With The French

PARIS. France Sept. 4. "Fighting

Jack" Pershing is now with his

men In their training camp and

his arrival In hi new headquarter

has been followed by a trail of burn-

ing cars electrified men and a spirit

of grim military doggednesa that

brought the newest recruit to a re-

alization that war even In the train-

ing may be all Gen. Sherman said It

was. and then some.

Bright and early In the morning the

general drove Into the first camp en

route from Paris and things began to

hum.

Cavalry were drilling in a huge

field off to the left while on the

right a group of Infantry was practic-

ing with the bayonet a bombing squad

was throwing grenades and engineers

were shoring up a practice trench.

Cavalry Sight Perahlng.

The cavalry commander was the

first to spot the general's erect form.

" 'Tentlon he sang out.

The whole squad drew up short.

There was a clatter of spurs and steel

as the company wheeled into forma-

tion before the commander in chief.

"Salute:" bawled the captain.

A hundred sabres flashed In th

sun.

"Good work." nodded the general

brief!' and he strode over to the Infantry-Some

of the men were so busily en-

gaged in trying to perforate staffed

sawdust bags representing supposi-

tious Germans they failed to note the

approach of the general.

At the second cry of " 'ten tion" they

stopped and stiffened up guns clat-

tering to their sides eye rigidly

fixed front all except one man who

followed the general's movements as

he made a rapid Inspection of their

arms.

The general stopped before him.

"The first principle of a soldier is

to learn to stand at attention." said

he crisply. "Sergeant have this man

By C. F. BERTELLI.

stand at attention for five minutes!"! side with a sigh of relief but at the. "Tell h.m k ...

"..Slr1 "' J order. "Resume worStaV'trf In" anoTSer bUM -"151??. " ' .?a!1 . a nap a:

- -TitiMieu iu;Jl UUI UI ll-iousiv aiiacKin? tne unnnw nirt '1 ' m.il.J . - - . i- - a jeie. in comm. n.l-

bombers went through tne Then k. . . 1 out strode on Into th.. tjl;

the ranks.

"Tentlon" snapped the sergeant.

The soldier fixed his eyes grimly in

front of him and never moved them.

"Fall back:" exploded the sergeant

at the end of the five minutes and

tne inciaent was closed.

Texnn with a Pick.

Gen. Pershing talked earnestly for

about ten minutes with the regi-

mental commander commending the

men for some of their work i.ointins

out their faults Then he passed on

to the bombers and sappers. A huskv

Texan with his back turned toward

the commander in chief was still

swinging his pick.

He stopped with it in mid air at the

again repeated. "Tentlon"' and stood

like a statue of labor personified.

The general regarded him fixedly

for a minute and then a smile spread

over hi face.

"Give them the 'at ease' order." he

commanded.

The sapper dropped his pick at his

eral Pershing making only one com

mem. wnen ne suggested that one

ineir number put

neqind his throw

. him.

stepped inside

' cc

filled with

third desree with flying colors. Gen- Row on row of armv ZZi7 JL.Zi an ora"y chased the bc!l

others with men . n .iZ:. ""rr '" '

a little more force engaged n T mending etothei chmnins

ad "vr spiba Sa' - t-w-5 5X 1 whnfhev'aM'h;

I work with a hand arrenade

' Then the train of motor rara mrf

off the practice fields In the direction

of the nearest village where troops

were blllettrd. some of thetu off dht

and lounging around.

The Chief commander' -a- niill.il

up before a combination stable hay-

loft and dwelling place that the

French peasants had shared Indis-

criminately with their feathered and

barnyard animals.

Pershing took one glance at the

inscription on the outside of It

"Sergeant K . sergeant G . z

men.

"Too many for a blllett of this size

Who' the captain In here 7"

Kind Oiererendlng.

His name was given.

manner some of 'h.

ce'ieral's appnu i

At the sirht of ttJi .-.T ... i. la'? alan 1 11 -aid so In

r1eVUlPTO'h- -- irHneaxntdp'orrofdnve..Saton

the others " he s engaged in stirrimr -.0-nc apple fr!

"Upstairs sir." renlll . . rs in a huge pot of ho :g rea

wifh!.ndShe.UIdn- hie1d ' "i tlZ

-dtnck hi. head Into the loft. "Ye. sir "

n. "Chansre these m.n .t-

. fan" ( -Do .on tet t. - it-

on to the net lil- "Tea. air.

"What to '.uu Ret"

uac at IVnliinc. Tbs cook imiimm vtnr

i"ed .

here

dropped

irrition

deman'!

Then he passed

A dogr. barktns

viciously. rarT out C4f4l Ba Vc cL H