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BASEBALL RESULTS AT A GLANCE
NATIONAL LEAGUE R- H. E.
Chicago 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 8 2
Phillies 0 0010 0010 13 111
Batteries -Baumgartner and Burns; Lavender and Archer.
Umpires Rigler and Hart.
Pittsburgh 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 1
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Batteries Kelly and Coleman; Reulbach and McCarty.
Umpires O'Connor and Byron.
St. Louis 0 0000100 0
'New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 x
Batteries Griner and Wingo; Fromme and Meyers.
Umpires Klem and Emslie.
FIRST GAME
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Cincinnati 0 0
Boston 0 1
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Batteries Yingling and Gonzales; Rudolph and Gowdy.
Umpires Quigley and Eason.
SECOND GAME
Cincinnati 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Boston 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Batteries Douglas and Gonzales; James and Gowdy.
UmpireB Quigley and Eason.
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MRS. JOHN R. VALENTINE, ONE OF THE FOREMOST HORSEWOMAN OF THIS CITY, ON FALIAN,
THE HIGHLAND FARM ENTRY
VILLA PREPARING
TO SEND HIS ARMY
AGAINST CARRANZA
LIGHT ON BIPARTISAN
"DEALS" DDE TODAY
IN PENROSE PROBE
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Concentrating Troops at Chi
huahua and T o r r e o n .
Felix Diaz and Huerta's
Successor to Aid New Revolt.
By LEWIS T. MATSON
EL PASO. Te.x Sept. 25. Tho real
situation south of tho Rio Grande was
hidden today behind tho curtain of censor
ship, and by General Francisco Villa, who
has taken up arms agntnBt his former
chief. Provisional President Venuatlano
Carranza.
Jt Is known however that Villa Is hur
riedly concentrating troops at Chihuahua
City and at Torrcon.
Requests sent to Villa for an expression
upon the statement Issued by Carranza In
Mexico City, In which the Provisional
President expressed the belief that peace
would soon be restored, brought no reply.
Political loaders throughout Mexico
are taking sides and It la reported that
General Felix Diaz, a nephow of ox
Presldent Forflrio Diaz, and Francisco
Carbajal, who succeeded Vlctorlano
Hucrta as President, aro hurrying to El
Paso to offer their services to Villa.
Great activity exists In Juarez. Train
loads of supplies aro being sent south
ward. It Is evident that for weeks Villa
his been preparing for this emergency.
His aides declared that the VHIasta
army has enough ammunition and pro
captured."
vlalons to last "until Mexico City Is
There U a Vllllsta Junta here and an
other at Houston. There revolutionary
headquarters are making vigorous efforts
to cloak all of Villa's movements. It
Is evident that VJlla wants to deliver a
surprise atack against the army which
Carranza Is sending northward from the
capital.
Tho United States authorities are con
fident that there will not be any lighting
along the border, which would Imperil
the lives of Americans on United States
soil or American property. It Is con
fidently believed that the fighting will
take plaoo In tho southern part of the
Btate of Chihuahua or even farther south.
Villa Is going to lead his troops In
person, whereas General Carranza In
tends to remain In Mexico City, leav
ing field operations to members of his
staff.
A dispatch brought here by courier
from Chihuahua says that General Villa
has expressed his belief that the United
States will not Interfere with his warfare
on General Carranza, and that General
Obregon has been sent to Mexico City
Instead of Juarez.
Reorganization Democrats
Point to Affiliations Be
tween Old Guard and
Liquor Ring of Machine.
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GARRISON ORDERS TROOPS
TO REMAIN AT VERA CRUZ
Withdrawal of American Soldiers
Impossible at This Time.
WASHING-TON, Sept. 25.-Secretary of
War Garrison today cabled General
Funston at Vera Cruz that there was no
possibility of the withdrawal of American
troops within the next ten days. The
departure of the troops may be Indefinitely
postponed under pretext of civil and diplo
matic difficulties, pending the outcome of
the now revolt- Delay In completing
formalities for turning over by General
Funston of the port and customs collec
tions to a Constitutionalist representative
will operate, It was said, to postpone de
parture of the troops. Isolation of Vera
Cruz from Mexico City by the cutting ot
railway and wire communication ore also
expected to delay the evacuation.
Seven transports were today loading
army supplies at Vera Cruz In anticipation
of early surrender of tho city, however.
Complications viewed with some appre
hension in Administration circles were
prospective urgent demands by Carranza
lor immediate departure of the Ameri
cans and a protest from Villa against
Blvlng the port to any Carranza agent.
This would present a difficult and dllcate
Problem to the Presldcnt-almost a choice
upport between the rival leaders.
Villa Is concentrating his forces at Chi
nuahua and I preparing to strike quickly,
acording to latest dispatches to the State
J-J,artm.;nt Details of the situation hve
Bipartisan deals between the Old
Guard Democrats and tho Republican
Organization In Philadelphia through a
communion of Interests In the "liquor
ring" are expected to bo brought to
light before the Senato Committee on
Privileges and Elections when that
committee meets In Washington today
to dccldo upon an investigation of Sen
ator Penrose's primary campaign "slush
fund."
Itcorganlzcrs point out that tho Old
Guurd Democratic City Committee, which
frequently has been a party to biparti
san deals, is bound to the Republican
Organization and the liquor Interests by
financial and marriage ties through Its
chairman, D, Gordon Bromley.
Bromley Is secretary und treasurer of
the Continental Brewing Company, at
21st street nnd Washington avenue.
John Gardiner, president of the brew
ery. Js his brother-in-law. Gardiner
lives at 1800 Pine street, in tho 17th
division of tho Seventh Ward, nnd was
enrolled at the last election as a Re
publican. Gardiner, according to reports, has
been called to appear as a witness be
fore the Senate Committee as the presi
dent of tho Pennsylvania Brewers' As
sociation. The reports state that the
committee has also called Charles F.
Ettla who manages the mahogany-furnished
offices of the Pennsylvania Brew
ers' Association at 1501 Land Title Build
ing, and Neil Bonner, of 22d and Car
penter streets, president of the Penn
sylvania Federation of Liquor Dealers.
Bonner was associated with tho old
Donnelly-Ryan organization 10 years
ago, and later became an Independent
Democrat. Last spring he returned to
the Old Guard fold, Immediately after
tho primaries ho announced that he
was a Republican, and that he would
support Senator Penrose and the Re
publican ticket. Ettla has always beer,
a "liquor man" In politics.
It has been throusn the Influence of
Bromley, Us chairman, and his connec
tions with a Republican, n "llnuor mnn-
and a former Democrat, that the Demo
cratlc City Committee has obeyed the
dictates of tho liquor Interests by re
fusing to support tho Democratic party
of the State in Its local option pledge.
Bromley and Vance C. McCormlck. the
Democratic candidate for Governor on
the platform which the organization
headed by Bromley refused to Indorse,
were delegates to the last Democratic
National Convention and voted together
for President Wilson. They both worked
to swing Pennsylvania In line for Wil
son. When McCormlck became a candidate,
for Governor, however, on a platform of
which local option was a principal plank,
Bromley broke wt' McCormlck because
of his financial nnd other connections
with the brewery interests, and tho Dem
ocratlc City Committee, under Bromley's
leadership, failed to Indorse the Demo
cratlc State platform because It favored
local option.
Political leaders who are watching the
effort being made for a Senato Investi
gation of Senator Penrose's campaign
fund3, today recalled Bromley's views on
the liquor question, expressed by the
Democratic City Committee chairman
three weeks after the primary election.
At that time Bromley, In answer to a
question regarding the probable attitude
of the City Committee toward the Demo
cratic State platform, called local option
"an attack upon personal liberty." He
aid that he did not know the views of
the members of the Democratic City
Committee, but that this was his personal
view.
WILSON TURNS DOWN
JERSEY DEMOCRATS'
SECOND TERM BOOST
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Athletics 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batteries Wolfgang and Schalk; Bush and Schang.
Umpires Evans and Sheridan.
Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 10 0
Batteries Bentley and Henry; Steen and Egan.
Umpires Egan and Dineen.
President Says Such Action
Would Take Advantage
of Present Extraordinary
Situation for Personal Gain
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2J.-Prcsldent
Wilson today declined to allow tho Dem
ocrats of New Jersey to Indorse him for
a second term.
Ho believed that such an indorsement
might look as If he were "taking advan
tage of the extraordinary situation now
existing to gain some personal advantage
through such an expression of confidence
by thm."
He directed his secretary, J. P. Tumulty,
to write a letter to Edward E. Grosscup,
State Treasurer of New Jersey, outlining
his views on the matter.
The letter says:
"Mv Dear Oroticup:
"You were generous enough to consult
mo as to whether tho Democrats of New
Jersey should at this time endorse tho
President for a. second term. I had a talk
with the President about It and ho deeply
appreciates tho generosity of tho sugges
tion, but New Jersey Is his own state,
tho men who would net In this matter
aro his own personal friends, and he
feels that It might seem as If he wero
taking advantago of the extraordinary
situation now existing to gain some per
sonal advantngo through such an ex
pression of confidence by them.
"This would be Inconsistent with his
whole thought and spirit, and he shrinks
from It as from something that would
embarrass rather than help him.
"He feels confident that you will know
the spirit in which he says this, and that
In urging the Democrats of New Jersey
not to do this he Is not nhntlno- In h.
least his deep appreciation.
"Very sincerely yours.
"J. P. TUMULTY,
"Secretary to tho President,"
New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Detroit 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Batteries Warhop and Nunamaker; Cavet and McKee.
Umpires Connolly and Hildebrand.
Boston 0 1 0 0
St. Louis 4 0 0 0
Batteries Shore and Thomas; Hamilton and Agnew.
Umpires Chill and O'Loughlin.
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PENN CHARTER-CHELTENHAM FOOTBALL RESULT
Penn Charter... 14 0 0 0 14
Cheltenham .... 0 0 0 00
CRAVATH'S HOIER
IN TENTH BEATS
VISITING CUBS
Local Player Breaks Up
Game With Timely Hit
Into Centrefield Bleachers.
Final Score is 3 to 2.
MACK'S ATHLETICS
AGAIN DEFEAT THE
CHICAGO CLUBMEN
GERMANS CAPTURE
HEIGHTS ON MEUSE
AS ALLIES FALTER
Invaders Push Lines Forward as They
Maintain Terrific Bombardment of
Forts on French Right Wing Rheims
Is Again Shelled.
Verdun Now Threatened on Three Sides.
Von Kluk Defends Important Rail
way Centre of Tergnier Against Deter
mined Attacks of French and British.
The War Today
CHICAGO.
AB. It.
2b..
Leach, cf...
Knlsely, rf.
Saier, lb....
Zimmerman,
Schulte, If..
Bues. 3b
Fisher, si...,
Archer, o 4
Pierce, p... 0
Lavender, p -
Dresnahan 0
Williams 0
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WEATHER FORECAST
For Philadelphia and vicinity
Cloudy tonight, Saturday fair; con,-,
tinued cool; moderuia north and
northwtst winds.
For dtJgMl, m pafffi tj ,
THREE INJURED AS TRUCK
STRIKES TELEGRAPH POLE
Accident Follows Chauffeur's Quick
Turn to Avoid Car Collision.
Three men wero Injured, two seriously,
early this afternoon, when a heavy
American Express Company automobile
truck crashed into a telegraph pole at
51th and Jefferson streets, hurling the oc
cupants into the street. The chauffeur
turned the truck qulokly to avoid strik
ing a trolley car.
The injured aro Joseph Bcott. 2321 Pine
street: Patrick Carey. 214 South Donsall
street, and John J. Tobln, 2307 Waverly
street. Soott received a fracture of both
thighs and Tobln Is believed to have In
ternal Injuries.
Carey, who Is the chauffeur of the
truck and who escaped with cuts and
brulseH, had Invited Tobln to accompany
him for a ride. Tho heavy machine was
traveling south on 54th street when the
trolley started to cross In front of It
Realizing that he would not have time
to halt his machine. Carey turned the
steering wheel suddenly and crashed Into
a telegraph pole. Tho three men were
picked up by Stevon Humphry, S33 Spruce
street, and taken to the West Phlla
delphla Homeopathic Hospital In his auto-mobile.
FALL WEATHER HERE NOW
Mercury at Noon Today IUcorded
Just 65 Degrees.
Gloomy skits and falling temperature
today brought Autumn here In real earn
est. Its arrival -was marked by the ab
sence of bright-hued costumes on the
street. Incidentally, the shopkeeper wer
happier for they (Ind that too much Bum
mer causes too much hesitancy in the
way of buying fall clothes.
i noon trm mercury had dropped to et
jrtes and Forecaster BlUs says then is
m likely to b any more real -warm
awe hw areAU
Totals 31 2 7 '27 13
Batted for Lavender In ninth.
"Rnn for Bresnahan In the ninth.
Pierce relieves Lavender in the ninth
PHILLIES.
AB. R. H. PO.
Reed, ss 4 0 2 3
Byrne. 3b 5 0 0 2
Mngce, If 4 13 1
Cravath, rf. 4 10 4
Becker, cf 4 13 4
Luderus. lb 4 0 2 9
Irelan, 2b 3 0 0 3
Burns, c 2 0 0 6
Baumgartner, p. ,. 3 0 0 0
A. K.
2 0
2 0
0 0
2 0
1
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White Elephants Trample
White Sox in an Interest
ing Game, the Final Score
Being 3 to 1 .
CHICAGO.
Demmltt. If.
Blackburne, 2b.
Collins, rf.
Fournler, lb.
Schalk, c.
Weaver, ss.
Roth, cf.
Bretton, 3b.
Wolfgang, p.
ATHLETICS.
Murphy, rf.
Walsh, If.
Collins, 2b.
Strunk, cf.
Mclnnls, lb.
Baker, 3b.
Barry, ss.
Schang, c.
Shawkey, p.
Totals 3J 3 10 30 14 1
None out when winning ruh was scored.
r. h. e.
Chicago .. 01000000! 0-2 72
Phillies .. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 I 0 1-3 10 I
Two-base hits Zimmerman, Pchulte. Heel,
Leach. Home run Oruvath. Struck out Djr
I.avtn.kr. Oj llaumsartner, 4j Pierce, O. First
bass on bills Ily I.aewler, 1; llaumcarlner,
4; Pierce. 1. Sacrifice hits Hues. Fisher, 3;
Ornvath. Stolen bases IJecker. Umpires
Itigler and Hart.
PHILADELPHIA BALL PARK. Sept.
25. Cravath's homo run Into the centre
field bleachers in the tenth Inning de
cided the game between the Phillies and
the Cubs In favor of the home club. The
score was S to 2.
Baumgartner went the whole route for
the Daisies, allowing the Cubs but eight
hits. Lavender pitched fairly good ball
for eight innings, but was taken out to
allow Bresnahau to. bat In the ninth.
Pierce twirled the remainder of the game
for the visitors. The field was wet and
slow, but this did not prevent Becker
and Cravath from pulling off a pair of
sensational catches.
FIRST INNING.
Leach filed to Cravath. Knlsely walked.
Saler forced Knlsely to Reed, unassisted.
Zimmerman smashed a double to right
centre, but Saler was thrown out uttempt
ins to score, Cravath to Irelan to Burns.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
Reed singled to centre. Reed was
caught napping off first, Archer to Saler.
Byrne fouled to Bues. Magee singled
against the right field wall. Cravath
fouled to Knlsely. No luns, two hits, no
errors.
SECOND INNING.
Schulte doubled to centre. Bues sacri
ficed, Baumgartner to Luderus. Schulte
scored on, Fisher a sacrifice fly to Be-ker
Concluded on face It
Umpire Evans, alone.
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. K. The Athletics
took the second game of the White Sox
series In conclusive style, defeating
Callahan's men three to one. Wolfgang
and Shawkey pitched good ball, but the
latter was superior to his opponent In
the pinches.
The local men scored their only run in
the first Inning on clean hitting, but the
Mackmen sent two over In the following
round on three hits and wild throw
by Ray Schalk.
The Athletics third run was scored In
the fifth on a walk, a hit and a double
steal by Barry and .Murphy.
FIRST INNING.
Murphy singled to centre. Walsh fan
ned and Murphy was doubled stealing,
Schalk to Weaver. Wolfgang threw out
E. Collins. No runs, one hit.
Demmltt walked Blackburne mcrlftced,
Shawkey to Mclnnls. Collins singled to
left, scoring Demmltt. Fournler dronned a
Texas leaguer In left. Collins stopping at
scnaik tiled to strunk. Weaver
Fournler. E. Collins to Barry.
second.
forced
One run,
two hits, no errors.
SECOND INNING.
Strunk singled to right. Mclnnls beat
out a, hit to Bretton. Strunk stopping at
second. Baker walked, and the bases were
filled. Barry forcod Strunk at the plate,
Wolfgang to Schalk. Schang singled to
right, scoring Mclnnls. Shawkey forced
Baker at the plate, Wolfgang to Schalk.
Schalk hit Shawkey In the back trying
for a double play, Barry scoring and
Schang went to thlid On an attempted
doublo steal Schang was out at the plate,
Schalk to Weaver to Schalk. Two run,
threo hiti, one error.
Schang threw out Roth. Bretton filed to
Strunk. Wolfgang filed out to Strunk. No
runs, no hits, no eirors.
INNING.
Walsh also fanned.
Roth. No runs, no
THIRD
Murphy fanned.
E. Collins filed to
hits, no errors.
Demmltt walked. Blackburne sacri
ficed, Shawkey unassisted. J. Collins
fanned. Fournler lined out to Barry
No runs, no hits, no errors.
FOURTH INNING.
Strunk rolled out to Fournler. unas
sisted. Mclnnls lined to Demmltt. Baker
out. Blackburne to Fournler. No runs
no hits, no errors.
Barr and, Mclnnls retired Schalk
eavcr out, B. Collins to Mclnnls. Roth
fanned No runs, no hits, no errors
FIFTH INNING.
Barry walked. Schang aacrifled, Black
burne 1,-i Fournler, Shawkey fanned.
4 Concluded oa Pace Is
Centres of tho bitterest fighting In
France today are Verdun and along
the OIso and Alsno Rivers, German
forccihave captured Varenncs, west
of Verdun. The Allies claim slight
gains in tho enveloping movement
against General von Kluk. English
reinforcements are being rushed for
ward to strengthen tho Allies' left.
Terrific bombardment of the Verdun
Toul line of forts continues.
Belgian forces defeated the Germans in
a sharp encounter near Antwerp,
says the Belgian official statement,
and forced them back toward Brus
sels. A troop train was captured
with 800 prisoners. Alleged peace
proposals from Germany again were
refused.
Russians continue pursuit of the Aus
trians in Gallcla, despite ceaseless
rains and difficulty In traversing
marshy land. Smaller fortified posi
tions have been taken, opening tho
way to the capture of Chyrow, an
important railway centre. The Aus
trian garrison at Przemyal made an
Ineffectual sortie and were driven
back to the fortress with great loss.
The main Russian army is reported
at Tarnow, midway between Cracow
and Jaroslaw.
Japanese troops, reinforced by British
territorials, began bombardment of
the German fortress at Tslng-Tao.
The firing was terrific. A night at
tack is expocted soon.
Zeppelin airships are raiding coast
towns along the North Sea, and Eng
land fears an early invasion. A
bombardment of Ostend last night
was regarded as a preliminary move
to an air attack on British towns.
The Indian Prince, a British steam
ship, is reported to have been sunk
by the Kaiser Vv'llhelm off tho South
American coast. French warships
aro reported to have successfully
bombarded three Austrian towns on
the Dalmatian coast.
German War Office reports the Ver-dun-Toul
lino of forts is being bat
tered to pieces by tho German siege
guns, and the sorties of tho French
have been repulsed. The official
statement admits severe pressure
against the right wing, but insists
the Allies have madu no progress.
The capitulation of Verdun is pre
dicted when tho big siege guns ar
rive from Metz. The capture of
Varennes, east of Argonne, is an
nounced, retrograd reports reaching the outer
fortifications of Cracow. Repulse 1h
announced of a sortie by the
Przemysl garrison and continued
pursuit of the Austrians along the
River San. The General Staff ex
pects stiff resistance at Cracow, as
its occupation would Jeopardize the
German positions In East Prussia
and Silesia. The present Russian ob
jective Is Chyrow, an important rail
way centre. A winter march on Ber-
lln Is planned to follow occupation
of Cracow.
Servian "War Office announces repulse
of Austrians, who shelled Belgrade
six hours. Victory, after bloody
fighting, is reported on the Save and
Danube, Austrian forces being re
pulsed In an Invading movement.
China, chafing at Japan's proposal to
build n narrow guuge railroad for
carrying war supplies to Klao-Chau,
has mobilized troops in the northern
coast provinces. Tho Government is
anxious lest this become a perma
nent line, following tho precedent of
the Mukden. Antung line in he
Russo-Japanese War. Movemeiit of
the combined British and Japanese
forces in an assault on Telng-Tao is
exuerted this, woeitv
PARIS, Sept. 25.
French forts on tho right of tho
long battle line underwent tcrriflo
bombardment today. German force
capturing heights on the Mcuse River,
occupying Varennes and marching on
St. Mihlcl.
As a result of these successes, th
Invaders now threaten Verdun on thrca
sides.
Tho Allies tried to relieve the pres
sure along the Mcuse by attacking the,
centre and by assaulting the railway
Junction of Tergnier, defended bv
General von Kluk.
Tho complete official statement foN
lows:
On our left wing a general ac- 1
tlon of great violence Is proceed
ing between that part of our forces
which is operating between tho
Somme and the Oise and the army j
corps which tho enemy has gath
ered in the region of Tergnier and
St. Quentln. Some of these army
corps come from the centre of tho '
enemy's line and others come from
Lorraine and the Vosges. the latter .
being transported by railroad to T"
Cambral by way of Liege and Va- '
lenciennes. At the north of tho
Alse as far as Berry-Au-Bac there
has been no Important change In
the situation.
At tho centre we have advanced
on the east of Rheims toward Berry
and Moron-Vllllers. Farther to tho
east up to the Argonne forest tho
situation is unchanged. To tho
east of the Argonne the enemy
hns beon unable to debouch from
Varennes.
On the right bank of the Meuse
he has gained a foothold on tha
heights of the Meuse, on the promo
tory of Hntton-Chattcl. and is
pressing on In the direction ot St.
Mlhlel. He has bombarded tho forta
of Les-Paroches and Camp Des
Romalnes.
On the opposite bank, to the south
of Verdun, we are mnsters of tho
heights of the Mouse and our I
troops, debouching from Toul, have) ,
advanced to the vicinity of Beau-
mont. i
On our right wing (Lorraine and
the Vosges) we have repulsed soma
unimportant attacks on Nomeny.
To the east of Lunevllle the enemy
has made some demonstrations on
the line of La Vegoure and La
Blette.
The Important railway Junction
town of Tergnier, on the Oise River,
and commanding the railroad linen
now t,o important to General von
Kluk's army, which Is Intrenched In
extremely Btrong positions In tho tri
angle of the Alsne and Oise, was today
the scene of a general French attack.
The French, aided by two British
army corps, were assaulting the Ger
man positions here and along tho lln
northward to the vicinity of St. Quen
tin In a supreme effort to cut General
von Kluk's communications. The War
Oftlce admitted this, and It also ad
mitted General von Kluk has been
heavily reinforced by fresh troops sent
down from Liege.
The general position of the allied left
gradually has been changing. Realiz
ing the folly of sacrificing men in vain
attempts to carry tho strongly em
trenched positions that hava tho pro
tectlon of the Aisne and Oise, thtj
French and British commanders-ln
chief are contenting themselves with
subjecting these tranches to a constant
bombardment. And with the bulk ot
their forces available for further action
they are driving a wedge against thtj
German lines of communication.
If they can break them. It will b
possible to split the armies of General
von Boehm, made up of the bulk of
tho Germans withdrawn from Belgium
and of General von Kluk. This will
either throw the latter back on top ot
General von Pjjelow'a army, which ad
Joins su. jn -ajtt. or coraul Von Kluk
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