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ENGLAND'S FAMOUS SCOT'S GREYS ARE COVERING THEMSELVES WITH NEW GLORY IN THEIR HEROIC CHARGES AGAINST THE GERMAN TROOPS ON This famous British regiment, the talcs of whose glorious deeds of valor are spread thick on the pages of England's history, arc adding new laurels to their crown of glory on the battlefields of the once sunny nation of France. rhotn Copyright Underwood & Unucmvi FRENCH SOIL " . mi, ,u curding, tn .i ii t li u it io. Is In .itu k Indefinite!). the 1'rein li military n position to resist GERMAN RETREAT CONTINUES, FRENCH EMBASSY LEARNS f -WASHINGTON, Sept. 1'?. Continuance of tlio Gcrinun retreat fectween the Argonne forest nml the TUver Meuso uns reported by the French Vnr Office through the 3-"roncl) Kmbassy here today. 'Che dis patch, sent from Bordeaux, reads: On our left wlngr the Germans resisted yesterday to the north of the River Alsne, on a line formed by the forest of I.uigne and Cra onne. At the contie their lin of re sistance was jesterduy north of Itheims and the camp of Chalons towards Virnno, a town nt tho uostem border of the Argonne. The forces of the enemy that were occupying the south of tho Argonne have nccentunted their iiiQvement, retreating between tho Argonno and the Meuso. Tlioy were holding yesterday the front at Ynrennps and Conscnvoje. "n our right wing the Gel mans are retreating toward Mots;. Tho Trcm h Ktnbassy continues to ONptes confidence that the situation Is rnpidlv becoming more favorable to the allies. ALLIES' ADVANCE CHECKED SAYS GERMAN WAR OFFICE R3BL ' " " HEULIX. Stpt. 11. The oillclal statement issued today at the War Ofllco emphasize" the fact that tho Germans have now succeeded tn checking the entire ff.,lve move ment of the allies in France. It is stated that the German army is now inttonched in new strong posi tions, and that at a number of points the Germans have succeeded in driv ing the French-British lines back on their supports. So far ns the entire situation In Franco is concerned the reports of the General Staff all agree that the new plan of campaign is working out In a very satisfactory manner. On both the east and west frontiers, the report says, the German forces are, currying out their general plan of campaign with uninterrupted suc cess. Tho reason for the withdrawal of a portion of the German left wing is declared to be the presence of a su perior Kronen force. The operations about Verdun, however, arc being pressed, It la stated Tho ofBcinl statement says: Tho offensive movement of tho allied British and French armies In France haa been checked. . "We hitvo won a number of suc t ceases and hae occur I'd ationg positions. Fighting continues, but rn engagement ha taken place. The rnrmy has been attacking with superior numbers for two days our right wing. A peveie contlict has murked the operations about Ver dun. The Admiralty announced today that nil the crew of the cruiser Hela, which waij sunk by a British subma rine, had been saved. An earlier re port from Admjral -Sehnk5"imd indi cated there had been soma loss of life. Another official statement denies all foreign reports of the rrogress of tho war. It &ays: We know from the present con dition that wo shall fight to the end. We did not expect a prom enulc for our troops. "Hard fight ing against hard opposition" Is our motto. Confidence prevails among the Germans and the world is entitled to know that there is no truth In th talk of a French victory any where. All other reports are false. A definite German victory on both frontiers caunot be doubted, despite the big superiority of the hostile- forces on both sides. German soil Is freQ of her en emies. The official report makes no men tion of how far or to what line of de fense the German right wing has retreated. CZAR'S FORCES HEM PRZEMYSL ON THREE SIDES Communication Cut Between Strong Fortification and Cracow, Breaking Line of Supplies and Reinforcements. u 100 HARD TO HOLD BACK MEN REPORTS GENERAL JOFFRE v BORDEAUX, Trance, Sept 1. ('Our men are so anxloim tn press on against tho Germans that It is dif ficult to restrain them," says a UU patch received by Minister of War Mllleranrt today from General Joffee, the French commandr.nchlf. The dispatch stated that tho Germans hid taken UP new position, from which they made occasional rallies, only to be driven back. Jir MlUorand (.aid that he was thor oughly satisfied with conditions at tho front, .The French hospital wrvi ha been completely organised and no further recruits aro needed The French Government today notl fled the American Ited Cross that U will not need any more nurses from the United States. It was learned to day that when General Frelse, a dlvl ulon commander of General von Kluk's urmy. was captured, papers were found In his possession showing that the German mobilization was ordered on July 10. A dispatch that he had written, ask ing General von Kluk for ammunition, was also found. He and his men were taken before the dispateh coul4 be sent. The War Ofllce was Informed today that wounded German prisoasrs (le clared tbey had no knowledge that war had been declared when they were called out Borne soldiers asserted that thev had btu wounded, by ib.e;c own army, The. iu eminent ha.s intrusted 11. Duu upigut, Minister of Foreign Colo. nlt-s, the task of proceeding to the Department of Marne to distribute aid to tho Inhabitant. The Minister will Irave today. Pretident i'oincare has received in B irdtaux the flugs of the 2ith and 91th Prus-sian infantrv regiments captured by Krcm h soldiers RUSSIANS ESTABLISH RULE IN PROVINCE OF BUKOVINA Governor Placed at Czernowits, Says Petrograd Dispatch, rtOJlR, Sept. R A rtispMch to the Tillmna from letro Bid'l ism that Bufcovina has been trans fcrined Into a Rumlan province, feith a RiiMtau Ciuvernor at f'zernowit;!. Gi-neral Ha rone publishes on article In the iluinal d'ltallo. in which he reaches th- on(-luloo taut the Qenmtns are In danger of blna entrapie4 In France The Italian Govtrnment has niltliorljid the exportation to ICngland of S.bQ0 tons of eugar. JAPAN SUPPRESSES PAPERS Charges Publications With Stirring Animosity Among Nations, TGKIO, Sept. 15 In an oillclal statement tho Japanese Ciineri. merit explains vhy It has ordered "the Herald" a Gtrman-controlled news-pipt-r. and "the DeuUch Japan J'oet," a Cierman uews agency, to cease publlca tier.. It i charged that both publications for ears have sought to crr.ite animosity t leti Japan 4riJ 'iitaln fort-inn coun tuts pirtl uUrI I ngUnd arU tne I'mttU Siaus Th' Hrral'l has t'f PETKOGKATi. Sept. 1. The rtutslniis havu crossed the lower cnure of the river San unopposed by tho defeated Austrian enemy, which con tinues in precipitate flight. The position at Grodek, between Prrom ysl mid .LemberR, has been secured by the Russian, ho have leuchoil Moszlsk (31 miles southeast of I.emberK and al most duo south from Grodok) nnd aio re ported to have Invested Przcmysl on three sides. 1'rzemyl Is the present Russian objec tive. Deliytd dispatches fiom tho Galiclan front state that the line of communica tion between Cracow unil l'rzemsl has lfn severed by tho Hiitian troops. Other forces, Cosiacks believed to num ber about lW,fl00 men, liave swept b Przetnysl and have reached Llbko, 2S milfc southwest of Przcmsl and only a few miles from the Hungarian border. Their aim is to cut communication be tween Hunpnrv nnd thu two fortresses of I'rseinvsl and Cracow and ali-o to keep the Austilan nrmy out ot the partes o the Carpathian mountain"!. This would force, the surrender of the fort, as the line of aupplle will be cut off. in th,. llchtinc ot tlie lai nve ., culminating in the capture of Grodek Is stnt.vl. the Itusslans have captured Austrian cuns ana :i nowi'-i. COMMUNICATION SEVERED The rapid adance of the Russian forces has cut the lines of communication from Galicla to Budapest. Russian n alo has reached the station of bsko la town of SOOft population near WO miles outli nes t of Prz.msl and n little less than that distance from the Hunsarlan bordtr). Us nc, ipation uts off Austrian letit-at In that direction. Small cavaliy forces have lre.i.l passed tluough the Carpathians in scleral places. The Austro-Oorman army at t lacow ami Przemysl rau.st lneitubly surreiirtei, as the lines aro drawn moro closely around it nnd the railways into the heart of the country are serod. The Austrian centra still holtla a broad front aRninst the victorious Rus slans. but with the rlsht uinu smashed and the left wine crumpled up In Russian Poland. Russian Minister of -War Suk homllnoff believes tint the annihilation or surrendei of Archduko Trcdotlcks armv la imminent. Fi"htinK has bcon continuous for 10 Javn alone the centie In that time, necoidins to repotts tmeli.-d by the ar nme tlie Austrians have been dm en bak 125 miles. Tho Genn-ni ritaff announrcd toils v that General Rrousllorf's troops were march Ins to attack Sambor, an Impoitant point in tho Austrian lino of communications. With tho captura of Sttnbor nml Ch. row, the Russians will cut Przt.ni! om. pletely oif from any assistance that might be sent from thB south (Sambor is S5 miles southeast of Przem ysl which lies 5 miles west of I.emberg. Chjrrow is JO miles south of Przemsl. COMPLETB INVBSTMnNT OF PR5JEM SV1 In an onicial statement issued todav, the Russian War Olilce de lares that the Invtstment of Pnsetnjsl tll prevent the Austrian army of General Dankl taking refuse there. It says: The forces of Genet al Dankl have been entirely cut off from the Austrian centre, and will bo unable to reach Przemysl which lt now tompletely ln vested by the nusslan. The army of Dankl Is now cut off In the bogs Into which they had hoped to entice tb Russians. The fragmentary details aa yet available show that our forces have already achieved the greatest success ever recorded In warfare. Archduke Karl Fran Josef is re. pjrtecl to be with the routed Austrian fortes and his capture U looked for. Vnolllcial reports gay that of the great army of 6Cfl,0Oi men that Austria iont into Ciallua to attack tho Russians on th frontier of Poland, fully 4S0.OT) have been killed, captured or so surrounded that their escape Is Impossible, WWPON. Sept. 16. Tho Express publishes a dispatch from Rome to the effect that tho two Austrian armies under UoneraU iJarik and Von Auffenberg have joined at Rhcsov, thir teen miles northeast or jarosiav ana thirty-two miles due north of Pr,stm, -1 The dispatch says that the two arml.a have lost forty per cent, of their numbers. BULGARIAN WAR MINISTER Has hshea at Yokohama The clii Reported General Ficheff Taken Cabinet Post. LONDON Sept 16 It is reported here on tho authority of pub- , the Cologne Gazette that Major General Ficheff has been appointed Minister or headquarters in KAISER PRAISES GALLANTRY OF PRINCE OSCAR'S TROOPS Addresses Grenadiers After Hot Fight Near Longwy. IIKF'MN ib iinv of AmsteldanO, Prpt 1(5. i:mperor William Is laklnpr nn nctivo pnit in illiectliig' the operations of the Gei man nrtnv In France, according to re pents iccelvod here today. After tho sharp battle near l.oiuswv, he tailed Ills son. Prime Oscal, commander of the Grenadier Guards, who bad acquitted themselves with honor In the conflict. After gtortlin? his son, the Emperor addicsod the Guards In the public sqiiate. "1 Krcot oti as chief," lie said, "and thank ou. "t have often een otir regl ment at maneuvers nnd on parade, but it Is a particular plcasuro lo gieot you on a eonqueied land. "The regiment foitKht as I expected nnd as our fnthcis foiiKht before us. The battle of Vliton will be eternally In set Hied with letteis of sold In the his tory of the war. "Our comrades of the eastern army liaie also fouitht gallantly. The aimy of tho Crown Prince and tho nrmy under the Grand Duke of Wurttcmberg have advanced victoriously. Our enemies aro withdrawing. "The eastern army ha.s driven three Russian corps over the frontier. Two Russian coips capitulated In the open Sleld. Sixty thousand men and two gen eials weu. made prisoners, "I"nr all these li tories we have to thank only One. That Js our God who 3 ovei uj ' VIENNA WAR OFFICE DENIES INVESTMENT OF PRZEMYSL Also Confhms Report of Junction of Austrian Main Armies. VIENNA, Sept. 1G The Russian repot tn that they have In vested the (Willciijn foi tress of Przcmysl are ulllemil denied. It Is statfd Jhat flgbthiK ' is still hi pingrcss, vlth'the Austrians maintaining tlieir former po sitions. ' Denial also was made nt llie 'War Olllre lodny that the Austilan ai my of Gen iral Dankl lias been compelled to surren der by the Russians. It is staled that tho Russian troops had managed almost com pletcl to suriound the Austrians. lio imp taken at a dli-.idnntngi by baling o ffect a retreat through unfavorable territory, but that the Austilans haio now cut theli w.u through the Russian Hues and have atfectfd a Junction with tho main Uistrl.m aim. It Is admitted thai tho Austilan losses In connection with th's m-ivuneiit m re very heavy ADMINISTRATION SOUNDS POWERS ON MEDIATION Washington Hopes Small of Accep tance of President's Overtuies, WASl'lNGTON. Sept Hi -Hopes fur nn caily icsponse to Ph si.iont Wilhon s mediation offei to the wmiliirf poweis are not ln.ld here, according to an author itative source todai. The Administra tion has learned frum a ".sounding out process," thut .their is no (.haute at this time for peaceful , ttlement of tho con tlict. Only mpie decisive battles. It Is be'ieved, will cause Europe to listen to the President') nverturts. President Wilson, It nan reported today, postponed leplying to Kalsor Wllhelm's cablegram protesting against alleged uso of duin dum bulleu be tho ulllea nnd Presidont 1'olncare's denial, until the Bel gian commission was received. The President's reply to the Kuiser, It was stated in onuiat circles today, might make mention of the lleigian charges ns a nieio recltul of complaint filed with him. TO REINFORCE ALLIES' ARMY Cavalry Welcomed to Relieve Strain On French Horse. LONDON, Sept M The allied lines In franco have been reinforced by the nuhal of the (list detachment of the Indian troops uho made the trip by way of the Sue ("anal and ivnro rushed to tho front from South Fiance by rail, Thete troops. It ti understood, are eaialrv, and they will be welcomed as the Prefich cavalry horses are repoite.i as badly worn out b their constant u-e sime tho war began, it is believed htie that they will be sent to relnfoice Sir John I'ren. h, who Is roportfrd a initiating nn envelop ing movement, which has for its object the tutting off the main right wing of tie German nrm FATALLY BURNED AT GARAGE IIAItRlHRPRG, Pa. Sept 16-Moirls Rrohm, aged 13 ears, of Penbrook, was fatallv burned today when a gasoline tank -xpmdtd at the Mt Pleasant gaiage. Ills ,. ath is t tpti ltd, before night. Four pitu sustained kfii mjuiles yugarrayj.iKriiiii rrfgffy r'Ws ee-rey rl, r,eP ordered to leave , War of Bulgaila, with headquart 1 japan wltbln a week, ' gofla, tb capital ot that cou&try Save the Cost of aNewBody Tha Cll' Patent Converter top make tuurttic cum or roadur as cny anJ Harm a a llmoudne I.U-ht In wljlu cuta lira coata vaiea coat of putting on new toily aaica atorase 'or old Lo4y Writ: 'Phoa or Call or Particular! The Gregg-Wm. D.Rogers Co. 1926-34 Arch Street Phont, Xooutt IM RENTS HOUSE TO NEGROES DESPITE OTHERS' PROTEST Woman Sends Family Into $7500 Home Out of. De sire to Uplift the Colored Race. A desire on the part of the owner to uplift and advance the eoloied lace, and nihil to show neighbors that they cannot dictate to her was given today ns tho 1 capon why the house tit ISIS West Ve nango street had been tented to n nogro family In spite of" tho indignant protests of neighbors and the fact that no other negroes live near by. The owner of the property, which Is valued at about $71)00, Is Mr3. Herman Goller, 1317 North Cones toga street. Mis. Goller Inhciltcd the desire to help the negro race, along with about 6O,00O, fiom her father, who made his money In it tobacco plantation in the South mainly thiough the work of Afrlcnns. Ho died last June, according to Herman Goller, u balesman with ollices in the Real 1 tato Tmst building, who Is tho husband of the woman who owns the house. The hous,. Is In an exceptionally good residential district and Is one of a row of line dwellings. Like the rest of the row It Is of three stories and haa a wide expanse of gre.cn lawn In front. There lK-n broad porch and everything In the dwelling isMn nccotd with tho most mod ern Ideas of home building. Well-to-do peoplo live in tho adjoining home. Jinny of them refused to believe that the prop er tv had -been rented to a negro until the fnmll started to move In today. Among the weallhv residents of the immediate neighborhood is Robeit BarUer. president of the IMiKer. Moore S Meln Medicine Compan. of !''" enansu Sti'or'moro than a week the house at tho Venango stieet address has borno the fol lowing sign. 'Tor sale or tent, to only. eilv she might bale been willing to ticat With the m, but as J said the got nasty and she refused to otand fur It. She has determined to show them that she can haio any kind of tenants she wants In her own propel ty. The eoloied people will stay. It Is n pine business propo sition. My wift Is to get J.")0 a month fiom this family now nun lug In and that sum Is higher than the aieragc rent In tho row." BOSNIAN CAPITAL NOW ENDANGERED BY SERVIAN FORCE colored families Today another sign wns put in the win dow uf the house, advertising the fact that a halr-dressltig parlor is to bo opened there. A bit later a moving inn loaded with furnltuie halted before the door nnd the dilvcr sat down on the steps to an alt the anlval of the new tenant He sad that the man was colored and that his name was Ratcman. Nrlghbois who have been vlgorouBl protesting since tbe learned tit ! intention of the owner to rent the place onlv to negroes, changed their tactics to day nnd refused to talk. They declined that hc best way to meet the condition Is by Hltcnce. and declined to express opin ions. They left no doubt, however, that the action of the owner has highly In censed them. , "My wife is the owner of the house, Mr Goller told tho livening Ledger today "She inherited about SSO.OOO from aer father last June. In ids will he proilded that be must spend tome ot that nionev In tho effort to help coloted people Ac cordingly she got me to buy up propeity to eo if there was not some way we could do good for the race. 'After mv wife got the property on West Venango street the neighbois be came, nasty. They made no effort to confer with her. She. knew nothing of the neighborhood nnd when she obtained control tiirough her real estate agent, she had the sign put on the houso advertis ing It for rent to colored people only. "Now if tho pclghbots had acted prop- r Men's 14kt. Gold Watches nrautlfiil models In hlKh grada Watches for men who appreciate some thlnu illtierent from tha orrtlnan - Umltn fpeclal moe nienta turnout for dura bility ami timekeeping. $50.00 to $100.00 C. It. Smith & Son, Inc. Mnrket Street at 18th V Capture Vishegrad, 40 Miles South of Sarajevo and Ef fect Junction With Invad ing Montenegrins. N1SH, Sept 16. Ofliclal announcement has been made here of the captuio of Vishegrad, In Bosnia, by Pen Ian troops. The Servian aimy that took Vishegrad and tho Montenegrins, who captuied Fotclia, also In Ilo.Miln, hnvo offivted a Junctuio and aro marching toward Sara jevo dcsplto n detei mined icslstauce by the Austrians. Sarajevo Is only forty miles north of Vishegrad. VIENNA, Sept. irt.' General lloefor, chief deputy of the Austrian Gcnoial StaiT, announced to day that the Seiviun army which crossed the River Sao two das ago has been defeated along Its entno line. , ' I GLRMAN MORTALITY HIGH One-Third of French Wounded Able to Return to Front. PARIS, Sept. V. The mortnllt among the German wounded In ought to Paris Is much higher than among the French. Of 7W0 Fiench soldleis In the hospitals at VMi since the war begun, moie than ;n0 hav been returned to tho front. Most of tho French aro suffering from bullet wounds, w lillo most of the Germans have been injuied by shi II or hajonet. CONGRATULATE PEACE MISSION WASHINGTON, Sept. 1C -Establishment of permanent peaco in revolution torn San Domingo Is In a fair way to bo accomplished, J rianklin Fott, former Governor of New Jersey, told President Wilson todny. Mr. Fort was a member of a commission appointed by tho Presi dent to visit the Island Republic and seel; some means of ending the piotracted dis turbance there The obji ct, In Mr. Fort's opinion, has been attained nnd the Presi dent congratulated the commission on Its work. Direct From Farms Extra Grade Penna. White Potatoes $3.00 Guaranteed nice size, fine cat infC and mealy. Price Delivered! for a full barrel sack We will take back and refund for any purchase made of us not satisfactory Phone and Mall Orders Promptly Filled and Delivered Felix Spatola& Sons Reading Terminal Market .... . ne" Phones rilbert St-50 Filheit 01-51 Keystono: Race 13-98 rtaco 23-03 Patent Leather With Suede Top in Any Desired Shade The lines of the thoroughbred are unmistakable. Stef6era?a V 1420 Cheitnut SL 'Where only the best U good enough." SOUTH BETHLEHEM DIVESTED OF CITY DIGNITY BY COURT Charter Adopted at Special Election Held in August of Last Year Declared Invalid. BASTO.V, Pa., Sept. 16,-Judgo Barber, of Carbon County, specially ,' presiding hero In tlie uno wannnto piocoedlnsu hi ought by Attorney Gcneial John C. Rell tu test the validity pt the city char tcr of South Bethlehem, today filed a de cision declaring the chnrtet null and void and ousting Mayor Mitchell Walters and ull other city officials fiom office. Sbuth Rcthleliem's voters decided lo change from the borough to the city form of government nt a special election held on August 22, UH3. The main point biought nut bj the procctdlngs was tlint f-'ectlnn 1. Article 15, of the State Con stitution had been violated. This section provides: Cities may be chartered whenever a innjoilty of tlie electors of any town or buiough having a population or at least 10,000 shall vote at any general election in faior same. The special election Is held to have not been' a "geiieial" election. The deciee of court removes fiom olllcoMnor Valteis, City Controller Wil liam Miller, Councllnien Samuel Strauss, A. W4 IjbIi, Cnailea Drumbnr nml .wi.-im Drinker and Aldcinien George Getter, .11. P. Cnshncr. Hugh Kelly, John Bnrlght M rules the higher courts reverse tin decision South Ucthlchem tnus.t letuin to the borough fonn ot government. BRITISH COMMANDEER SHIPS VAXCOCVHIt, 11. C, Sept K-The steamships Ilinpress of India and Mont caglo hnvo been taken by the British Admli.ilty, leaving tho Canadian Paclflo Hallway with no transpacific fleet. ! i Perry's Right, My Boy, Right! "Say, that's n swell coat, ain't It!" sniil one young fellow to another, as they studied a few of the new ones in our windows At Perrs "Fine!" said his friend. "I'm jon' to have my tailor make me one like It!" At Perrs "Y'er foolish, kid! H'" cost yeh twice as much as that one, and it won't look the money!" . At Perri It wns one of our new Rulmncunns, a large blanket pattern of rich deep colors a prevalence of dark green, with blue, gray and red a wonder for beauty $18 .. At Pew' Perry & Co., "N.b.t: 16th & Chestnut Sts. I ii -yflir ' " """""I "ti n -r ! i -m I HHWHIiHBaiHHMI