BRITISH SWEEP
FORWARD ALONG
3000-YARD LINE
Capture More Than 8000
Prisoners in Somme
Front Attack
NEAR COMBLES VILLAGE
LONDON, Sept 4.
German positions over a. front of 3040
yards', between the Ancro and -Somme inv
ert, have been smashed by the British, and
Jnore than eight thousand prisoners were
captured, the War Office announced today.
British troops penetrated to n depth of
(00 yards,
Tho Village of Gulllemont for which
desperate fighting has been In progress for
weeks,' Is new completely In tho hands of
the British,
Tho Genrians made strong counter-attacks,
bat were able to gain at only one
point, In the sector of Olnchy tho British
had to yield some of the ground they had
won,
PARIS, Sept. 4.
Bad weather has halted the new French
offensive north of tho Somme, It was offi
cially announced today.
The French spent last night Improving
their newly captured positions. The Ger
mans made no attempt to recapture the po
sitions taken by tho French yesterday.
German counter-attacks on tho vnux
Chapltre wood, on the Verdun front, were
all repulsed, atthough they were pressed
home with great determination.
Tho Allies nro now on the outskirts of
Combles, on tho Somme front, and It Ii be
lieved that another great push, such as that
launched on Sunday, will put the Annlo
French forces In possession of tho vllligo.
The new positions between Glnchy and
Clery were strongly organized by tho Allied
forces during the night, desplto the heavy
artillery fire directed upon them by tho Ger
mans. These positions Include tho Ullages
of Forest and Clery, which wero held against
strong German counter-attacks.
Tho Allied attack resulted In tho captuto
of 3000 German prisoners nnd more than
seventy-five cannon and machine guns.
The attack flung back large German
forces and succeeded In everything that had
been hoped for It. The Germans retired In
disorder and tho field Is covered with their
dead.
French troops ber.'n the attack Just about
noon, after their guns had thundered all
night and through the morning, smashing
the German trenches and lines of shell
holes. North of tho Somme the French In
fantry Jumped from their trenches all along
a front of nearly four miles, from the region
north of Maurepas to the River Somme.
HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTIl'Q
Across tho shell-pitted strip between tho
trench lines tore the pollus with what tho
Fronch War Office describes ns remarkable
dash. French troops from Maurepas took
the village of Le Forest, directly cast of It,
white further to tho south the vlllago of
Clery fell to tho French. There was deadly
hand-to-hand fighting In both villages, where
tho Germans had made of every cellar a
fort Whole underground cities had been
due, with passages for streets and dug.
outs foe: houses, but the French took them
all.
The French troops in Le Forest pushed
further north, and took all tho German
trenches from Le Forest to Combles. Be
tween Le Forest and Clery they passed the
road that connects thc&o towns and took
tho German trenches at the other sldo.
All along the whole French front of at
tack, particularly to tho south about Clery,
the Infantry had to scramble and fight tho.r
way up a slope. The troops that took Le
JTorest had the longest advance to make,
but (hose who fell were replaced by a sec
ond or a third wave that follqwed the first,
and between waves ran tho nettoours, the
"trench cleaners,1' who descended Into the
German dugouts and with their bombs
"cleaned out"'- the survivors.
BRITISH ALSO PARTICIPATE
By night the reports began coming In
from all the captured positions, which had
been hidden all day by great clouds of
smoke and dust from machine guns and ex
ploding German shells. Putting these to
gether roughly, the report reached General
Joffre that 2000 German unwounded pr son
era had been taken all along the front, with
more probably to come. In the single sector
of Le Forest 12 German cannon were taken
aqd B0 machine guns. All the booty cannot
be counted until today.
At the same moment that the French
began their dashing attack the British In
their left had "gone over" their trenches
and started for the German lines. Their ar
tillery fire had been accurate all tho morn
ing, when the men In the trenches had
seen the British aeroplanes direct the guns
where to fire and drive back Oerman ma
chines that tried to Interfere.
The British on the extreme right of their
line, where It meets the French, and the
French there made the most Important ad
vance of tho day, an advance that makes
the fall of Combles, the British objective,
a question of days. The Allied troops got
Into the outskirts of the town, at which
they have been hammering and maneuver
ing for weeks. There the Germans stopped
them.
CHARGE IN GAS MASKS
' Frorrwtrenchea In the outskirts of Gullle
mont trjo BrRlsh sent forth thick clouds of
black, smoke, so that the Oermans in their
trenches could not see them. Then the
British jumped out, and, wearing gas masks,
dashed for the Germans with the bayonet.
Long and anxiously the officers waited, and
then came the news that the British had
driven the Oermans entirely out ot Oullle
mont The British artillery went to work1 on
the German lines back of Gulllemont again
and more Infantry was sent Into the cap
tured village. The first troops had pushed
on In the face of heavy fire from German
machine guns, and field artillery and did
not stop until they had thrown the Ger
mans out of all their trenches for 600 yards
beyond the town.
Further to the north the British made
progress In the village of Glnchy, on the
outskirts of which they had been for some
dsys, taking- the greater part of the town.
Tho line from Glnchy south to Gulllemont
was pushed forward as far as the Falfe
tnont farm
Farther to the north the British made an
other attack. In the Teglon of the Lelpzlc
rcuuuut, wnere me uermans had fortified
Almost every square foot of ground and
whera trenches were so closely dug- that
hub aiuui scarcely una ms way among
uiora, uuey captures, several hundred pris
oners, and the reports from other points
indicate- that man have been taken all
along the line.
OJ5KHANS AND BULGARIANS
JMN DRIVE ON BUCHAREST;
, INVADE DOBRUDJA DISTRICT
LONDON, Sept 4.
That the Germans and Bulgarians have
determined upon a drive toward Bucharest,
tfce. Rumanian capital. Is Indicated by the
dil statement Issued n Berjln anriounc
1C Uw Invasion 01 Dpbrudja. The exact"
jwtst jnrbere the Teuton allies crossed taa
lKtB!an frontier was not stated, but It
J sUjeve4 to b near Jen! Bazar or Kox-Hi4j-
JWwudJft province Include the extreme
mgrtwfe, end pf Rumania, and comprises th)
WrriGfy ceded by Bulgaria to Bumanla after
M md Balkan war. It Ilea between the
BaiMiHt a tid the Black Sea. JenI Batar is
14 mites. MUtheast ot Bucharest and Koz
JuaJ te IIS mllis from the Rumanian cap-
JmM wM Pi n ttujoaiuan victory over
i.unanii wees at ursova, to
Have tM evaitol pf ih Danube
5b
e . . wiEai.afcr. ,-,., -, - -W
an Invasion 'of Rumania, crossing th fron
tier Ih the Dobrudja, south ot the Damme,
says an official bulletin ton the eastern cam
paign 'The Dobrudja border between the
Danube and the Black Sea has been crossed
by German and Bulgarian troops," says the
official bulletin. 'The IlUmanlan frontier
guards were thrown back with losies. On
the Macedonian front there was nothing of
Importance to report"
ONLY OPEN BORDER LINE
(Tho Dobrudja frontier Is Rumania's only
open border line, her northwestern frontier
being protected by the Carpathians, her
northeastern by tho Pruth Illver and the
remainder of her southern bortler by the
Danube. The Dobrudja Is the general name,
of the entire section lying south and east
of the Danube, between that river aim mo
Black Sea. It was announced officially
from Bucharest several days ago that Bus
slan troops had begun crosMng tho Danube
and were ndvanclng south through the Do
liriidla toward the IJulc.irl.ni frontier)
The Austrian newspapers received here
are devoting space to lauding Bulgaria,
whoso entry Into the conflict with Rumania
was hastened by the demand of the Ru
manian Minister at Sofia, for his passports.
It Is contended that Rumania's declaration
ogalnit Bulgaria was duo to Russia's
pressure.
A strategic regrouping of the Austro
Hungarian forces, tho newspapers contend,
wns absolutely necessary, and while tho
evacuation of Kronitndt Is rgretted, atten
tion Is drawn to tho fact that the military
situation colled fpr this maneuver. Official
clrclei believe that nothing has been lost
by withdrawing to tho present line, which
was picked for defensive purposes long
ago.
wnnn taken unawares
There Is no doubt Hint the Central Gov
ernments wero taken unawares by Ruma
nia, owing to assurances given by Buch
arest, vvhlvh, however, It Is nstertcd heio,
consisted of nothing more than a welt
planned, well-executed scries of deceptions
The Intcit reports from Transylvania, It
I contended, prove that tho Rumanians and
Russians started hostilities n few hours
before tho Rumanian Minister at Vienna
presented the note to tho Austrian Govern
ment declaring war.
Tho pcoplo of Vienna, tho newspapers
say, accept tho new situation philosoph
ically, finding comfort In the thought that
tho list of their enemies must soon bo com
pleted. Regarding the Russian portion of the
eastern front, yesterday's official German
report says:
North ot Zborow (on tho Tarnopol
Lcmbcrg Railway on tho Upper Strlpa)
strong Russian forces ngatn ndvanced
to the attack. Our bravo troops, under
General von Ebcn. Immediately re
pulsed them, partly by bayonet fighting.
East and southwest of Brzezany (an
important railway town on tho Upper
Zlota Llpa, northeast of Hallcz) re
stricted fighting took place. Enemy
attacks were repulied. At some points
fighting still continues.
ITALIANS ENGAGE AUSTRIAN'S
ALONG LOFTY TRENTINO FRONT
AND ON THE GORIZIA HEIGHTS
ROME, Sept. 4 The official statement
given out last night says
On tho Trcntlno front the hostile
nrtlllery activity continues. During
yesterday villages of the Astlco Valley
and our positions on Caurlol, In the
Avlslo Valley, In particular, were
shelled. On the northern slopes of
Caurlol our Alpine troops engaged the
enemy. Inflicting considerable losses.
More than 100 dead were counted and
34 prisoners were taken.
In the Upper But our nrtlllery broko
down the enemy's trenches and set
soma huts on fire.
In, the hilly area cast of Gorlzla
some detachments of our Infantry
pierced two wire cntr-nglements and
bombiVded the enemy's lines, causing
supports to De rusnea up. These were
effectively shelled by our batteries.
On tho Carso there was bombing
activity.
A hostile neroplano dropped bombs
on Auronzo, In the Anzlel Valley,
without causing damago or casualties.
aERLIN, Sept. 4. An official report
uiu'er date of Sept. 2 from Austro-Hunga.
rlan Army Headquarters, received hero last
night, says:
Italian war theatre: On the coast
land front artillery and mine-throwing
engagements continued In various sec
tors with Intermittent violence. Fight
ing niso spreau to ine J'java sector.
On tho Ploecken sector tho enemy,
after a very violent artillery fire,
attacked on a small front and entered
a part of our positions. Ho was com
pletely ejected by our counter-atack.
Tyrol front: Several attempts made
by minor Italian detachments to ad
vance were repulsed. Two attacks on
Clvaron failed.
RUSSIANS TAKE 19,105 MORE
PRISONERS IN FOUR DAYS OP
FIGHT WITH AUSTRO-GERMANS
, PETROGR.D, Sept 4 Violent battles
have rfgaln developed In Volhynla and Ga
llcla. In which both the Austro-German
forces and tho Russians are making furious
attacks. The Germans are using gas In
great quantities.
The War Office, In Its official report to
day, 'announced further progress for the
Russians near Brzezany, In Gallcla. where
they have advanced across a tributary of
the ZIota Llpa, capturing 80 officers and
2E41 men.
From August 31 to September 3 the
Russians, under General Brusslloff, cap
tured 385 officers and 19,020 men, the offi
cial communication announced.
The text of the War Office statement
follows :
Enemy gas attacks In the region of
Baranovltch and the villages of
Darevo. Lebuzy, Nagornaia and Bero
zovka were , repulsed. There Is fierce
fighting In the direction of Vladimir
Vollnskl, Sheluvov, Korytnlca and the
upper beretn River, In the region of
Brzezany, as the result of an engage
ment, we crossed the Benlovaka, a
tributary of the ZIota Llpa, capturing
an enemy position, (0 officers, Z641
men, and fix machine guns. We have
captured more wooded heights In the
Carpathians. From August 31 to Sep
tember 3 the army groups of General
Brusslloff captured 385 officers and
19,020 men.
Included among those prisoners are
11 German officers and 1300 Germans
of the rank and file. The Russians
also captured 13 cannon, 7 machine
guns and seven Jjomb throwers
Caucasus frontWn the region of
Ognyt our offensive continues. Ten
more Turkish' officers and 538 men
were captured- An engagement has
takfi) place between1 British troops in
armored cars and continued in the
sector of Lalte Ntmrudghel. ' v
RUMANIAN TROOPS BEND
BACK AUSTRIAN WING; SLAVS
AIMING AT CONSTANTINOPLE
PARIS, Sept 4.
Austrian troops are reported as being
driven back at both ends of the tine they
Intended to hold against the Rumanian In
vasion. Orsova, Its southern end. has been
evacuated ofter a stubborn pitched battle,
and near Dorna Vatra. Its northern end. the
Russians are pushing lack the Austrian.
The Austrian official statement tele
jfraphed here, admits that he Rumanians
are pushing at the heels of Austrian armies
retreating from Hermanostadt and Kroo.
stadt, which the Rumanians hold. An-
fther Rumanian army Js also, on ths otfen
Iva in the Qyenrya Mountains, northeast of
Kronatadt and near the border
. In a new rtcten of the InxmiBijui trout.
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EVENING MDGEfi-PHlLADELPEiA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER t,10le.
BULLETINS
FRENCH SHIP VICTIM OF MINE OR TORPEDO
LONDON, Sept. 4. The French steamship Gonerat Archlnard, 461 tons, lias
been sunk by a mine or torpedo.' Sho halted from Dakar.
HOPE TO RATIFY DANISH TREATY ABANDONED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Senate leaders today nbandoned alt hope of ratifying
at this session the Danish treaty for the purchase by the United States Of the
Danlsti West Indies for $26,000,000. So many complications have set In that fears
nre now felt the treaty wilt go tho way of three previous futile attempts by tho
United States to buy tho Islands.
WRECKED CRUISER MEMPHIS MAY BE SAVED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Admiral Pond, in command of the American squad
ron In San Domingo waters, has reported to tho Navy Department that tho wrecked
cruiser Memphis may yet bo saved. Tho Memphis Is on a rocky bottom, nnd had
tho weather remained stormy Bhe would havo pounded to pieces before this.
SWISS AND GERMANS AGREE IN TRADE DISPUTE
PARIS, Sept. 4. An agreement has been reached by Switzerland and Germany
in tho disputed exchange of commodities, says tho Havas correspondent at Berne.
GREAT BRITAIN FACES SERIOUS RAILWAY CRISIS
LONDON, Sept. 4. Addressing a meeting of railway men nt Derby, Jnmcs
Henry Thomas, member of Parliament for that constituency nnd secretary of tho
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, referred to tho unrest In tho railway
world arising from the men's demands for Increased wages, ovvlnc to tho cost of
food. Ho nppenlcd to them not to prcclpltato matters, although he declared that
tho sltuntlon was becoming dangerous.
DOZEN MORE CASES OF FEVER AMONG GUARDSMEN
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sopt. 4. Tvvclvo moro cases of paratyphoid nro reported
ns having developed among men of tho Second, Fourteenth nnd Sixty-ninth Regi
ments, sent here for observation. Tho whole number of cases is now 31 '21 from
tho Fourteenth, G from the Second, 3 froni tho Sixty-ninth, 1 from tho Twelfth nnd
1 from tho Second Ambulanco Company.
TURKS REPULSED IN CAUCASUS, RUSSIANS SAY
PHTROailAD, Sopt. 4. Fierce fighting near tho vlllngo of Ognott, on tho
Caucasian front, In which tho Turks at somo points wero put to flight, la announced
by tho Wnr Office. Turkish attacks around tho village of Tchoruk wero repelled
by tho Russians.
FIVE STEAMSHIPS REPORTED SENT TO BOTTOM
LONDON, Sept. 4. Lloyd's reports the sinking of tho British steamships Duart,
3108 tons: Strathnllnn, 4404 tons: Kctvlnln, 3140 tons, crow nnd passengers Baved;
Mnscotte, 1097 tons. A Router dispatch from Amsterdam says tho Dutch steamship
Zccrarcnd, 402 tons, has been torpedoed nnd sunk.
NEW YORK CONFERENCE ON SUBWAY DEMANDS
NCW YORK, Sept. 4. Demands made by the union, which may causo a strlko
of service employes on tho subway and elevated tines, will bo discussed nt n con
ference today between Frank Hcdlcy, general manager of tho Intorborough Rapid
Transit Company, nnd representatives of the men.
RUMANIANS HERE TO ENTER WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA
Ono hundred Rumanians havo enrolled for service with tho Rumanian army
and will leave Philadelphia for tho front on the first ship that wilt tnko them. Tho
mnjorlty will bo sent back at tho expenso
quarters at 229 Brown street.
$1,500,000 TO BE PAID UNDER COMPENSATION LAW
Workmen's compensation figures Bhow that about $1,600,000 will be paid to
workmen Injured and tho families of workmen killed In Pennsylvania during tho
first five months of tho operation of the new law. Tho amount to bo paid to de
pendents of tho 290 workers killed In that period la $742,962, according to Leo
Solomon, secretary of the Stato Workmen's Compensation Board. Tho mnjorlty of
workers killed died In the mines, tho totals being: Miners, 375; laborers, 187; Iron
and steel workers, 157; railroad employes, 119; firemen, 9; clerks, 7; salesmen, G;
civil engineers, 1; policemen, 1; motormen, 1; teachers, 1; carpenters, I.
AMERICANS DECLARED "ENEMIES OF MEXICO"
HCRMOSILLO, Mex., Sopt. 4. Fourteen Americans who recently protested to
the State Department against looting and confiscation of their Sonora property by
Carranza officials havo been officially declared enemies of Mexico. Orders havo
been issued for their arrest should they return to Sonora.
EPISCOPAL PENSION FUND REACHES $3,000,000 MARK
Tho Protestant Episcopal Church Pension Fund for retiring aged ministers has
reached $3,000,000. This announcement was made today by Bishop LawTence, of
Massachusetts, who expressed confidence that the $2,000,000 needed for the $5,000,000
fund would bo pledged before March 1, 1917, the dato the campaign closes.
Invade Bulgaria from the north The new
Teuton offensive Indicates that the Ger
mans believe the real objective of the Rus
sian army now coming south la Constantino
ple, not Bulgaria alone.
Following their favorite tactics, the Ger
mans and their Bulgar allies have sent a
column agalnBt the southern boundary ot
the Dobrudja, Rumania's easternmost prov
ince, facing the Blirk Sea. It la through
this province that the Russians nre already
reported coming south. If the new Teu
tonic drive succeeds, Rumania will find her
self Invaded and the Russians will be met
on Rumanian soil Instead of Invading Bul
garian soil.
The southern border of the Dobrudla Is a
hundred miles In extent, and no place Is
mentioned for tho German offensive. Just
south of the border are two Bulgarian cities,
Varna and Shumla, whence run Indirectly
the only railroads that lead across the
border.
The capture of Orsova by the Rumanians
would be valuable to them. It would b
the first step toward Innermost Hungary
and also toward Belgrade and the cutting of
the Berlin to Constantinople railway, and
so Isolating Germany and Austria from
Turkey and Bulgaria, Also It stops what
traffic has gone down the Danube between
Germany and her southern allies. Morally
It Is Important to Rumania's showing that
her Inexperienced army Is capable of beat
ing the Austrlans in pitched battle.
BRITISH AEROPLANES RAID
GERMAN MILITARY STATIONS
AT ANTWERP AND HOBOKEN
LONDON. Sept. 4.
Two bombardments of German military
establishments In Belgium were carried
out by British aeroplanes on Saturday
and Sunday, It was announced today by
the Admiralty. On Saturday the shipyards
at Antwerp and Hoboken were shelled;
on Sunday the aerodrome at Ghlstellea was
attacked.
' The official report followsi
I The shipbuilding yards at Antwerp
and Hoboken were successfully bom
barded on Saturday by naval aero
planes. On Sunday the aerodrome at
Ghlstellea was effectively bombarded by
a squadron ot our machines. All the
aeroplanes returned safely.
FURIOUS BATTLES NOW RAGE
BETWEEN SLAVS AND TEUTONS
FOR CONTROL OF RAILROADS
1,1 ' r -
LONDON, Sept 4. The Russians have
moved still further along the Tarnopol
Krasne Railroad In the'r renewed offensive
against Lemberg.
Yesterday's official communiques show
that furious battles are now raging on the
outskirts of Zlochoff This town Is but 40
miles east of (he Gallclan capital, and pos
session jof It would ge the Czar's forces
control of virtually the entire area bounded
by the upper ZIota Llpa, the upper Gnlta
Llpa and the Buscze-Lemberg and Tarno-pol-Krasne
Railroads.
Iq the Carpath'ans the, Russians continue
to win Important heights from the enemy,
steadily Improving their positions and pav
ing the way for Jolpt operations with the
Rumanians.
Loan for Newtown Schools
A special election will be held at New,
town tomorrow to approve or disapprove a
proposed bond issue Jo Uie amount of J1J .
8, the money to b ir J, to ooWruo-
of a relief committee, which has head
News at a Glance
EI, PASO, Sept. 4. A strong force of
Mexican bandits wrecked a train between
San Luis and Tamplco, Mexico, Thursday,
killing 25 Constitutionalist soldiers and 12
civilians, according to advices today. Ac
cording to reports the bandits vvre a part
of the Torres group. a
QUAKKKTOWX, Pa., Sept. 4. Effect
ing an entrance to the Otto Elsenlohr
Brothers' cigar factory, at Rlchlandtown.
thieves got away with revenue stamps val-
ueu at auu ana a numuer of cigars.
I.ANCA8TEII, !., Sept. 4, Frederick
Geffkln, 24 years old, residing at York, Pa.,
either Jumped or fell to his death this
morning from tho running board of an
automobile truck, which was conveying a
party from, York to Herahey Park. James
L. Martin, of York, the driver of the truck,
was arrested. Witnesses of the accident
declare Geffken deliberately jumped from
the automobile. The fatality occurred near
Marietta.
COUl.STII, JUIm., Sept. 4. A prUoner
held here on suspicion that he was Lieu
tenant Robert Fay, the convicted German
bomb plotter who escaped from Atlanta
Penitentiary, proved not to be Fay, Photo
graphs of the prisoner sent to Atlanta were
returned today with the statement that they
looked nothing like Fay.
TWO PLAYMATES burned to death was
the sequel of a game of playing "house" In
a shanty In the rear of 231 Florist street
yesterday, when 2 H -year-old Julius Kokln
and 3-year-old Katie Baumheimer, both of
313 North Second street, lighted an old
stove. Five other children, frightened by
the falling boards, fled to safety.
PUNTA AKe'nAS, Chill, Sept. 4. The
fourth attempt of Sir Ernest Shackleton
to rescue 23 members of his Antarctic ex
pedition, marooned on Elephant Island after
the sinking of his ship, the Endurance, has
succeeded. He returned to this nort venter.
day with his men safe and well on board the
rescue ship Yelcho.
FRENCH AIRMEN ATTACK
10 PLACES NEAR METZ
PARIS, Sept 4. Wholesale raids by air
squadrons on stations and depots In the
Vicinity of Metz are announced In the report
of the French War Office. The bulletin
reads:
One of our airmen brought down a
German aeroplane which fell close to
Dieppe, northeast of Verdun. On the
Somme front four more German aero
planes were badly hit In encounters and
descended abruptly In their own lines.
Our bombing air squadrons carried
out numerous operations yesterday with
excellent results. Our squadrons twice
visited the railway station of Metx
Sablons and threw altogether 86 shells
of 120 calibre on the buildings and
railway tracks. The damage observed
was considerable.
Sixty shells of 120 millimeter calibre
also were dropped on military estab
lishments north of Metz. Uur aero
planes bombed the station of Ualzleres
les M.etx, Conflans, Sedan and Audun-le-Roman,
as well as the cantonment and
depots at Ham, Mesle, Oulscard. Atbls,
Manchy and Lagache. Jn all, 3Q bombs
iftrp dropped In these place
& '1W awnbf t burst vn tog targets
ai 4tferaks ot fl at Hlya5!sL
1 KV' r ( I
LbbohJ
FOItMER DIPLOMAT DIES
Richard C. Kerens, of Missouri,
who was Ambassador to Austria
durinfj tho Tuft Administration
nnd a prominent Republican, died
today nt the homo of his daughter,
Mrs. G. Hamilton Colkct, nt
Morion,
R. C. KERENS, FORMER
ENVOY TO AUSTRIA, DIES
Continued from Tare One
portatlon field. In 1872 he moved passen
gers, mall nnd express from tho western
terminals of railroads througn nostllo In
dlan country to frontier settlements. In
1874 ho became contractor for the South
ern Overland Mall Service, a transportation
service by stags coach covering moro than
1400 miles. At that timo no uvea in aan
Diego, Cat
When tho development of railroads elim
inated the wagon and stage coacn ns a lac
tor In transcontinental trnfllc, Mr. Kerens
settled In St. Louis and became active In
politics nnd In tho development of rail
roads. He was Interested In the Atchison,
Topcka nnd Santa Fo, president of the
Coal and Coke Railway of West Virginia,
the St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt),
the Los Angeles Tormina), the Snn Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake and tho West
Virginia Central nnd Pittsburgh. Ho also
had extensnlvo mining Interests In Arizona,
New Mexico nnd Colorado.
Mr. Kerens was born In Ircian in 1841
and was brought to America In Infancy
nnd reared In Jnckson' County, Iowa. His
father died when he was a child and he
began In early llfo the work of supporting
his mother nnd sisters When tho Civil
War began lie entered tho Union army,
and was nsslgncd to the transportation de
partment Ho served In the Army of the Potomac
and later In tho campaigns In Missouri
and 'Arkansas. After tho war closed ho
settled In northern Arkansas, whero he
lived several years. '
Mr. Kerens first entered national poli
tics when ho wns elected n member or tne
Republican national committee In 1884,
and In tho campaign of that year and four
years later ho served on the national ex
ecutive committee. He was re-elected to
tho Republican national committee in
1888, 1892, 1896 and 1900. In January
of 1897 lie was nominated by tho Repub
lican legislative caucus of Missouri for
tho United States Senate. As the Legis
lature was Democratic, ho was defeated.
Two years later he was again the sena
torial nomlneo of tho Republican legislative
caucus.
When Missouri went Republican In 1904,
and the Republican Legislature met In 1905,
Mr. Kerens, though not tho caucus nomi
nee, received a large -voto for Senator. A
deadlock ensued, and the election went to
William Warner, of Kansas City.
In December, 1909, President Taft ap
pointed Mr. Kerens Ambassador to Aus
tria, a post which he held for four years.
Under appointment of President Harri
son, Mr. Kerens was a member of the In
tercontinental Railway Commlss'on, which
considered the feasibility of building a
North and South American railway, and
ho also was a national commissioner to
the World's Columbian Exposition nt Chi
cago. For a time Mr. Kerens was heavily In
terested In the St. Louis Times, but he
disposed of his Interest In that paper sev
eral years ago.
ZEPPELINS SET LONDON
AFLAME, BERLIN SAYS
Great Fires Reported Started in
Raid That Ended in Smash
ing of Airship.
BERLIN. Sept. 4. Great fires were
caused and heavy damage was dono In
the Zeppelin raids over England Saturday,
according to the following statement Issued
by tho Admiralty today:
"On Saturdav night several naval airship
detachments bombarded the fortress of Lon
don, the fortified places of Yarmouth and
Harwich and also places of strategical Im
portance In tho southeastern counties, as
well as on the Humber. Everywhere good
results were observed. There were big fires
and violent explosions. Notwithstanding a
strong bombardment, all the naval airships
returned undamaged. Simultaneously, Zep.
pellns attacked the touthern part of Eng-
LONDON. Sept. 4. In addition to the
Zeppelin which was destroyed, with the
oss of her crew, during the raid over Eng.
land on Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing, there is strong reason to believe that
another German airship was very seriously
damaged, says an official statement of the
Government Press Bureau today.
Commenting upon the Berlin report, the
London Admiralty says that very Httl
damage was done In the raid.
.uE1?hifen Sharred and crushed corpses,
the bodies of the German Zeppelin Sailors
who came crushing to earth from a mile
above London In Sunday morning's raid
were burled near Culfley today. They were
the first Germans to d e In action on Eng
lish soil since the war began. One of them
wore an Iron cross. An Inquest will be held
later.
Experts attached to the Royal Flying
Corps today continued to dig In the ruins of
the destroyed Zeppelin for bits of machln-
eryta.ViwU3s5t them '" reconstructing
a dirigible. Much of the machinery was
found only slightly damaged. The Zeppe
lln'a clock was practically as good as new
It had stopped at J. 10, the hour when an
English shell went bursting through the
great bag.
Thousands of Londoners continued to
pour out to Cufttey to see the pile of debris
they had watched tumbling from the sky
Sunday morning. "
The streets and housetops were crowded
while the raid was In progress. General
French's official report at midnight that a
raid was In progress called out the London
constabulary, and within a few minutes
word that a great fleet of airships had In.
aded England bad spread throughout tae
Grand Circuit at Hartford
HARTFORD. Conn., Sept 4. More than
150 of the fastest horses in the country will
participate in the annua) Grawd Circuit races
which start today on the historic Charter
Oak track and continue throughout the
Indians Get Inflelder Kavanagh,
DETROIT. Mich,. Sept 4 Marty Kava.
Juu, quia; wmeiatr st ba Detroit
Auwrlcatt League, Biubair rl,k v.E??
iamiasisd to the Ciavulaiui wET-' i ?!; .
City News in Brief
to the police, tho men " Boo" ,slftrul'S
avturdfty morning In an automobile truck
for n Joyrlde. While driving along Cedar
street ear Sargeant. Brennan, who tho
police say was driving, swerved the truck
from tho trolley tracks to get out of he
way of a car. Bootn i""" "" "
truck, his head striking a pole.
rnOF. CAUL MIRK, of the Central State
Norman School, Lock Haven Prof. Robert
E. Laramy, of the Easton High School,
nnd Professor Hughes, of Lehigh Univer
sity, will be three of the principal speak
ers at the intertownshlp Institute at the
Elklns Park High School September 14
and 16. More than 100 Instructors from
Cheltenham and Abtngton townships will
participate. .
A S10.000 RVINIlUNO OlfAItan faee.
Curley Carter, now In Jail here after a
three-year search that began when he
Jumped n $6000 ball bond. Ho wns brought
here from Salt Lako City yesterday by
Detectives Lord nnd rarreu. mo "
two trips West because Carter hnd escaped
when they arrived at Salt Lake City the
first time. Carter Is accused of swindling
a farmer named Hess at York, Pa.
AFTBIt TWO years' effort on the part of
residents of moro than half a dozen small
communities around Llanerch, It Is to bo
made the point of distribution for soyernl
rurnt free delivery routes, displacing New
town Snuare, nccordlng to a semiofficial ro-
port from tho Postotnce Department at
Washington. This will result In more
prompt deliveries of mall nt Brookllne, Pen.
field, Llanerch Manor and other communi
ties In Haverford township.
MI8H ALUXONA M. HOUR, for H years
teacher of English and literature In the
Friends' High School at Moorcstown, N. J.,
has been appointed by S. E. DownB, super
intendent of schools of Lower Mcrton, as
principal of tho Merlon Square School.
AT NEWTOWN tomorrow n special elec
tion will bo held to take action on a proposeu
bond Issue In the amount of $22,000, tho
money to be used in tne construction of
school buildings nnd Increased facilities in
tho present buildings Tho present Indebt
edness of tho Newtown School District
amounts to only 87000.
ACIIIiIHIIOI, PIlESDKnGAST presided
yesterday at a. doublo Jublleo In St. Lud
vvlg's Catholic Church, Twenty-eighth nnd
Master streets, which celebrated tho twenty-fifth
anniversary of tho dedication of
tho edifice nnd the completion of a quarter
of a century of tho rectorship of tho Rev.
Bprnard Korvcs.
LEWIS .SMITH, 3S years old, of 274-0
North Hcmbcrger street, a co'nductor on
the Fox Chase trolley line. Is In a. critical
condition In the Frankford Hospital suffer
ing from a fractured skull. He was In
jured when ho leaned out too far and wns
struck by n passing northbound car nt Ris
ing Sun avenue and Gllham street yester
day. TWO PERSONS, a man nnd a woman,
died In this city yesterday from Injuries
Buffered In falling downstairs. They are
John O'Brien, 54 years old, of 2100 South
Seventeenth street, and Mrs. Catherine
Long, 65 years old, of 141 West Cumberland
street
FOB TWENTY-SIX YEAnS Henry
Myers manufactured and sold trunks and
suitcases at 314 North Tenth Btreet Ho
died suddenly yesterday alone In his apart
ments nbove the trunk store. He was 60
years old, with no known relntlves.
FATAL INJURIES may result from an
accident late last night when ' Charles
Myers, 42 years old, of 1820 Arch street,
slipped as he stepped from a street car at
Hunting Park avenuo and York road.
Mjers'a head struck tho curb. He Is In a
serious condition at St Luke's Hospital.
JOHN CAMPHW.T,, SO years old, an
escaped patient of the Philadelphia Hos
pital, was arrested today by Patrolman
Karl, ot the Germantown avenue police sta
tion, on the estato of William J. Straw
bridge, at School lane and WIssahtckon
avenue. Campbell, when taken before Mag
istrate Pennock, In the Germantown police
station, this morning was recommitted to
tho Philadelphia Hospital.
THE SPItUCK STREET Baptist Church
has sold Its old building at tho southwest
corner of Spruce and Lawrence streets to
the Rumanian-American congregation for
$20,000, of which $15,000 Is retained on
mortgage. The lot Is 78 feet by 134 feet.
The building was occupied for a time since
it was abandoned by the Spruce Street
Baptist Church by the Congregation Beth
Hamerrash Hogodol Mlrack Ashkenaz.
THE IIIOII PRICE of flour lias forced
Henry Wehrhelm, for 28 years a successful
bakery proprietor, to go to work for an
other bnker. He sold out his bakery at 1915
North Mascher Btreet, where his wife has
opened a delicatessen store.
BURNS FROM a "clean-up" fire may
result fatally for 12-year-otd Edwin Blair,
of Willow Grove, whose clothing became
Ignited when he set fire to a pile of rubbish
collected In the suburban campaign against
Infantile paralysis. He is In the Ablngton
Memorial Hospital.
GREECE BOWS TO ALLIES;
MAY SOON ENTER WAR
Continued from 1'are One
ing communication to the attention of the
Greek Government f
"First, The two allied Governments, hav
ing from a sure Bource learned that their
enemies receive Information In divers ways
and notably through the agency of the
Greek telegraphs, demand the control of
the posts and telegraphs, Including the wire
less system.
"Second. Enemy agepts employed In cor
ruption and espionage must Immediately
leave Greece not to return until the con
elusion of hostilities.
"Third. Necessary measures be taken
against such Greek subjects as rendered
themselves guilty of complicity In the above
mentioned corruption and espionage."
The note formed the subject of a con
ference between King Constantino, Premier
Zalmls and Or, Strelt. a former Minister
of Foreign Affairs. The acceptance of the
Anglo-French demands has been decided
upon by the conference.
Ships of the Entente Allied fleet sank a
German submarine yesterday oft Phaleron.
It Is currenUy believed here that the
Entente fleet desires to establish a naval
base at Piraeus as a base of suddIIm
'Mhe lEn,!2te.A,lle1 nt2.- west w ng
on the Macedonian front, which could be
more easily supplied by rail from Piraeus
than trom Salonlca, should this action
prove to be of military value to the En.
tente Powers, the dreek Government it ta
understood, will not object
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SENATORIAL BATTLE ft.
DELAWARE DEMOCRATS
Bayard, Wolcott and ttandyj
All of New Uastle County,
Each Will Fail of Ma-
jority in Cnucus
LITTLE HARMONY H0j?EJ
WILMINGTON, Det.( Sept. 4. According
to best Information obtainable the right for
tho Democratlo United States senatorial
nomination win uo inrown uircctly on tri.
floor of the State Convention at Dover to
morrow.
Seldom before have Democratic prlnwfr
'returns developed such a perplexity of coti-i
tentlon. Of the three principal 'candldAtes
In New Castle County Thomas F. Bayard,
josian u. voicon uiiu lormcr l-ongressV
man L. Irving Handy tho last named af
pears to hav e won the greater number of
delegates to his bnnnar. The question,!
however, Is whether ho has gained a suhv
clent number for a. majority In the county1
Caucus which will bo held tomorrow In'
Dover Juit before the convention. Present'
Indications are that no one of the three wllfS
havo a rrlajorlty, which will mean that NewM
Castlo County 'will present no name to thJiH
convention with Its solid support
' Tho Kent County caucus Is expected tiS
nomlnato Henry Rldgely, of, Dover. Mr!9
tianuy also is u rcaiusm ui ivciu, nitnough
he practices law In Wilmington. Sussex!
n.nl n.nlmlMtf Vl.lll n.af I, a n,n ,.. '
drew J. Lynch, of Georgetown. From allB
l.ta If la rAfiflllv florilirtail tlinf tiHt. 'S
U, una .- .a .vii, mmmwv. v.n.v UU1CKS
the leaders of tho rival candidates are 1
able to get together on ono tonight ln,i
Dovor much confusion nnd bitter fighting M
is to oe aniicipaieu in mo convention itself.
It Is known, of course, that the tenders
are particularly nnxlous for harmony, aIB
they nro convinced tho Democrats havefl
moro than nn even chanco not only ofjl
.l.f.ntt.- CnnlnM llnnM. A .1.. TI..I .L.Sfl
Republican nomlneo for Senator, but otjj
electing u ehuiu uuKi-i uiiu BwuiKing tne,
Stato to Wilson. In this they nro counting
upon the prospective "third party" Kenubll-
enn ticket which Is being engineered by w
Alfred I. du Pont,, cousin of the Senator, a
under' a "purlfy-the-party" tfropnganda. H
An old feud between tho present Demo- W
cratlc Senator, Wlllard Saulabury, and cx-
Congressman Handy, and nlso between!
Saulsbury nnd Wolcott, who Is nt present
tho Stato Attorney General, nlso adds to'yl
tho complexity of the situation. i
Saulsbury Is expected to throw his In- j
fluenco to Bayard, atthough there nre re- i
ports that ho would llko to sco a down.'?
Stato man nominated nnd Insuro his owri'S
renomtnatlon two years hence. '1
Naturally tho division of the Stato of. '&
flees will hinge largely upon tho outcome
of tho senatorial contest. It nppcars a
foregone conclusion, hovvover, that Alfred
F. Polk, of Georgetown, Sussex CountY.'H
will bo named for Congress If Sussex doeX
not get either the nomination for Senator
Kent County claims tho rfght to nom-JJ
Innto tho candldato for Governor and ls'S
centering Its forces between James hA
Hughes, of Dover, with John A. Saulsbury,'!
mau ui uovcr, in ine running." f 1
For State Attorney General James irral
Tunncll, of Georgetown, Is puttlnc un ill
stiff fight, but will havo to overcome the W
support In Now Castlo County for Deputy M
Attorney General Armon D. CInyter, Jr. ' 9
THREE NEW BUILDINGS
FOR MASONIC HOME
AT ELEABETHT0WN
Cornerstone of Allegheny Coun
ty Memorial Cottage Laid Withi
Impressive Ceremonies in
Presence of Large Crowd
SEVEN HUNDRED AT LUNCH
LANCASTER, Pa,. Sept. 4. Tho corner
stone ot tho group qf three buildings which
wilt form the Allegheny county memorial
cottage at the Masonic Home at Elizabeth- .
town, this county, was laid today with the
Impresslvo Masonic ritual. The large at
tendance Included Masons from all parts
ot Pennsylvania.
The Allogheny county delegation, num
bering several hundred, arrived at Harris
burg last night by. special train, proceeding
to Elizabethtown this morning and In
spectlng ,the splendid Masonic Home and
beautiful grounds before the ceremonies.
These wero In charge of the Grand Lodge
officers, headed by Right Worshlnful
Grand Master Louis A. Watres, of Scran-M
ion. ,
The procession formed at Grand Lodge
Hall and proceeded to a platform erected
on the foundation, of the new building.
Burger's Band, of Lancaster, and a chorus
of Lancaster Masons, directed by Samuel
B. Smith, led the music, which was a part
of the program. The oration was delivered
by James Isaao Buchanan, and the exer
cises closed with the benediction by the
Grand Chaplain. The procession re-formed
and then marched back to a rand Lodge
Hall,
Luncheon for all Masonic guests was
served In tha great dining room of the
hall, which seats 700 persons.
The new group ot cottages will be of
granite, three stories and a basement, con
taining eighty rooms, It will cost more
than 1100,000
Fire in Hotel at Asbury Park
ASBURY PARK, N. X, Sept, 4.Flro bet
lleved to have been, started by a cigarette
thrown on the porch roof damaged the
Colon Hotel, at Third avenue and King
street, to the extent ot 115,000. There were
150 guests dining when the Are started
shorMx after noon Most f them are Lattnr
Americans from Cuba and Central America.
DEATHS
TOO LATK FOR CLASSIFICATION
JONEH On September S. 1916. KATHABINB
BAHCIAY JONCS, at 03 North BSd it. Put
notlc of the funeral will bo. slven.
Ml'NKOUn On Beptemlitr S, 1MB ELIZA.
HUTU IIUBBKHT MUNFORli. beiQV dauh
' of Mary II and the lata Bsv. Walter EJ
M Munfort anil sranddausbter of II r. and
BiHrt.HaJrv1C H Hubbt. In her 11th year.
BVqPE.dn September 3. 1916. JOSEPR T . ,
beloved husband of Sara Gray Swop Pue
notice of tb funeral will bo slven, from bis
late residence, Parby. Pa.
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