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By HENRI BAZIN
'djf Corrttpondmt cf the Fitning Ledger u,ith
the American Army In France
WITH TIR Wnnvnif AKMtKfl t.V THM
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tv , ,FIELD (by official courier to rnrls
f'.' ' post). Auir. 29.
rJCOn my way back to American field head-
IMrtera from Paris, where I had Bono upon
ft special profesalonal errand, I made a wide
jktour and went ly way of Verdun. I
know Verdun of old. I have Been It In all
. 4torAMttia thU laii ....n .. unit tfr la f ri mv
S S'Inflnlte, reeret that clrcumntanccs prevented
f itJpwn bln there In the days when "They
' j iw ih.iiiiiul n.i WK3 iiibi iiiuuri'uinicu wiiiiiu
j!,'U lh language of the world. Now, I have been
su compensated. I could write a hook about
'iV'-'1 experiences of the last sixteen hours.
' r8fJ"rom the spot news perspective, there aro
,fv newer records than I could make, recurds
.' 0lnfthr1 hilt rftpntitlv. nnit rpnnrrl. inn Iftne?
f rff'X t)st and ancient in tlv? h "tory of this war
tr .Iff. Hm1 thrttA I" hill iVo nttflmnfpil nnrtrnvrtl
''"' "!ofan fimiresslon an Impress on of Hill .104.
J "itnornlng, when tho rain ceased, the leaves
tkfr .tiDon nearly all the trees hordorlnc the
iAi'n Xfaitcln tofm rl am It liv niliitnln n vlt.ilnf
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lfrStif tlnra of autu-mi Tor uurliiK the most of
Iff August tho rainfc!! hat been constant an-1
5 1,' the atmoMihcra an of late October. The
t.0i earth Is as If snaked vvl'li water and the
'i- mud IB W.'il-JClJ ilB II PUilHfJll III llll
l.'i. K V rt 1itlt llfl 1 l.'nriill nPflrt. UMil
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V'nf iiiJBQtti ,!,, i- 1. 1 ricji kii.,c; ., uiT;
5jV tmiqKinir flounii or oooine'i wunurawn rrom
' linrt!nn. V rt bonn wnllcincr n full hmir
yvj1' allently through a hayou with nothlnc but
T's jmud before us. mud vnder us, and a ki.iv.
r I , rtftV tkv nvp'ltirt. A turn 4n lhi trnnh
"mmA ! kl'l.lli. tilnti.H .t.d.tl.n n.H.l..l
IIU lin Bl R,lit IUhl'CI I3ICUbll'll JC1 IlilllClt
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i'KtS,
Ftt Vr il atldilAn vlptv nf n famlllnr vt ntuavn tin
J J,,real landscape, a landscape of nothing else
K "i 5 llttt ah11 rratrq nnrtlnllv nr rnmnll(ttv
C) J water-filled, new craters hrtd old craters, one
, 4(L vivpiKcinK ine uiucr,
J'clf Beyond lay our objective, Hill 30, the
3-&J Hill of History the Hill surmounting the
City that a million years from now will
-rank higher than Thormopjlne. Months
ago I had looked upon .104 through the
(lass while tho Docho still held It N'ow,
as 1 vtaloned It at closer range. It Eeemod
lower, and It was red, the red of a dried,
coagulated mass of blood Wo wero Ftlll
.T-' half a kilometer away when I detected' the revolution
i f r l& .HM.tlilnii mIb tt.A Inrlaenplhiilil wln wt I ... . .
J ' BUlllCfclltllH . ," up iiiiiinvLiunuiB u,ui ill
x decaying hum in flesh. Tor Hill 304 Is truly
f Uw Hill of Death, and of hideous death.
t' J Out of the bayou wo now made our way,
1 still In silence through the cratered earth,
for It was an hour when words would lraxc
4 teemed ns mocking things. I noticed ln-:-
i stance after Injtance that Dante did not
'y"' J mention In his Inferno only becauso he
'if 2fia.& no conception of modern war.
L. DKAD, WITH S1HUNG FACCS
' ' ' It'''"'-1 mj- s'de near enouK,, to touch It had
y itl reached out my hand I saw a Oerman
helmet covering a dead head, a head show
lni.a blackened, sardonically smiling face.
Beyond, coming an If from nowhere out of
thek!martyred soil, a pair o" hands, crisp and,,
tea&'and livid. One hela a revolver. Both'
,-nrereI as stiff aa stone. Close beside, I saw'
the leg of a French soldier with the shoe.
the puttee and part of the trouser still cov
ering It. And but a little distance away
the half-fleshed skeleton of a Prussian
guard that a shell had uplifted from Its
u In th.. v.1.a n nt ll.pnicn n .. II .....,.
wWl fit I'lr M-ir, ,i ivnili ,1 1 4 IIIUIA
fhigly. upon the surface The ril-rol'jreil
Ninlform was still recognizable It M In
llts putrid flesh and uniform that which was
E'5'" ItWlt of a whole man. not the fragments of
I'm. . ..a.. I H..IU hn f lAMnlnn k. f ..!
Alexietf, Russian 4
Chief, Kills Himself
Centlnned from rae On
of state have been Intruste to M,
Kerensky, Premier; M. Terestchenko,
Minister of Foreign Affairs; General
Verkhovsky, Minister of War: Admiral
Verdervskl, Minister of Marine, and M.
Xlkltln, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs.
As Terestchonko and both tho defense Min
isters count as members of no party, and
as Nlkltln and Kerensky are Sojlal Revo
lutionists, the Cabinet, as far as It Is a
party one, Is Social Revolutionist. The
portfolios of the other departments will be
allotted by the Cabinet of five, but the oc
cupants will rank only ns directors of de
partments. At the plenary session Friday of the
Petrograd Council of Soldiers' and Work
men's Deputies, which was attended by
soldiers who were absent from the pre
vious meeting, thero were repassed tho
Maximalist resolutions, ndopdd Thursday,
putting forward an extremely radical pro
gram demanding exclusion of all repiesenta
tlves of the propertied classes from power,
abolition of prlxate property, the Imme
diate declaration of a democratic republic,
etc.
The delegates also adopted a resolution
setting forth that the tragic situation of
the country made necessary the constitution
of a strong revolutionary power free from
all compromise with the counter-revolutionary
bourgeois- elements, nnd announc
lug they had decided to convoko Imme
diately a general conference of representa
tives of tho whole organized democracy for
the settlement of the question of consti
tuting a power capnhl? of lending the coun
try until the time the constituent assembly
assembled.
Asked regarding the hetman of the Cos
sacks, Genera! Kaledlnes, who with the
forces on the Don has not vet surrendered
and who Is reported to be attempting a
revolt. Premier Kerensky said'
Kaledlnes Is still at large and making
trouble, but I hope this Incident will soon
come to nn end If not. the provisional
government have the means nnd the will
to end It
General Kaieillnes may Invc n consid
erable number of adherents ninong Cos
strk orilerrs but he nnd thev In no way
rrprerent the rnnk nnd tile of Cossacks,
who nie very democratic and entirely de
voted to the revolution nnd the pro
visional government. In proof of this
I have Just had here a deputation from
the Co(.sncl Council, which expressed ab
solute devotion to us nnd pitnnlsed sup
port It Is Impossible vet to nnal.vre the full
inipnit of Kornlliiff s rebellion but If In
some respects It is n great misfortune It
may prove to be a blessing In disguise
becilise It shows the strength of the
provisional government nnd the revolu-
h tlon
I t..M,1.H It tl. .. H...I..I 1... .. ... ..
I 1,1 III, "I . II l if llll.Mlll !t".ll IU Vlir
parties and Innlvlduals to nbstaln from
violence, extremist policies and demands
for manifestations Whether the lesson
Is lenined or not. you mav be assured
that a counter-revolution will never suc
ceed It oomniands no support worth
mentioning either from the population or
the nrmy, both of which have a thirst
for security, discipline, tranquillity nnd
for the settlement finally of the dls
trncted country's tangled affairs.
Questioned In regard to his views on the
war. Premier Kerensky said
1 can at present only say that the
Kornlloff revolt hai not weakened the
army. The spirit of the troops Is Im
proving nnd Is markedly better than at
am time since the big retreat In Oa
llcln Wlntever differences there aio in
the nation about tile war It Is unlvcr
enll iecngiileri that defense against the
fotelirn foe Is Imperative In tho Interests
of national freeiloimand the survival of
Sa man. ann it was nan leaning, nair sitting,
4 a fttnlaxtli .itmnat nnalim filtt,,,1a
.' Immlnst the side of a crater
Spfi-1 These will suffice, for more of the same
1IK inurrii. uui i iii i-", mure ny me
Hve score and ten score, old dead dlsln-
jterred and new dead that had Just passed.
il would I had time to rewrite and rewrite
that which perforce I must here type has-
ftlly to catch the post Then perhaps I
could do some small Justice, convey In
"'C fttlnv measure Ihe verv hell nf bells thnt
' ifrf " "modern war In reality Is But nerhans
'' ' !?that which the Germans have exnlated. an
were, on Hill 304 cannot be measured
ln written explanation. At any rate It
r ' ,ith
k '?.-n uiftms to me one should dream of It and
j.,, s -...- --- - . -.
j . .
s- f S'Wlfh for great, great while before at-
,-t" Wllyting in cunnv lu wurun.
'r'- "Three hundred apd, four," Is tnily a
jKV,fembered the reddish color I have men-
fcs lnnArf afa nnftnr from n rllntnneA It flflahji.1
f-iy J'mcross me that the color was true, for the
JrSsr(oU was renulntlv soaked In blood and Its
:SHTwm
LAtJaIau, ttnnn It as dried neas In n bacr.
;,. mature of reddish clay but a weak svno
TW. --- . .,..
'??ynt of true substance.
The dead are as
They
sees the places
J ) uncountable one sees the places
iStft;lwhere they were burled months ago, the
i vAfMlace where shell-fire has disinterred
r '?l'i'if'lem' ,n P'"r" where they are newly In
k Tttiterred. and each grave rubs the other.
Vi-iform part of the other, the whole hill an
'I v.'rijimn lll.vmellinc charnel bouse It
I;' iMlggars description
K"Cdmlrable observation point an observa-
V ..kl .lnl tnnl n Tlftnlla I. t A l.l.t Iakh
Pv llWlWII HIIU I"" HIV Mi'l IV .Mil. .11-11, full
fc "''"Or"' flnB"' '0!', n"er sacrificing thousands
bL -tvS2' thousands of his own. and mnre's
K w.WI pit 1 mii iijiii IUMU.V ti pull Ul
F' ffl1fsfrnc From .the point of Its greatest
K (iiJJltelght J saw Forges Brook of early.
ti5WOny memory, ine villages nj iiaucouri
i (fipfsvud Malancourt and Bethlncourt, with
s ''r.i iotber villages beyond and the valley com-
SSn,,""n'r C'ermsn occupied Montfaucon,
ytriSing in Vll illliniivr imr n liruun HKUl
- 51 Jruoon the shores of the sea.
I (tRiFrom the military point of view It was
ft j",lt?y to understand why the Boche fought
' ,? desperately here wny ne was willing to
T.'Hfwcrlfice the very flower of his future gen--.
&keatlon't salt, the best of his youth and
i. lyVl4Wr. only finally lo lose; and to eee why
(L":.&yRullen Boche rage he still voices his dls-
r . (.IkLKAanr. tnr ihe slcrht of fl fllnrle tnnn nr
itSwn upon this height Is the signal for dip-
? "fsfMrre of his artillery.
,'Bven we lone two drew a salvo of 77s,
Hd we qiilrklv moved to another spot out
'it sight within a Boche-dug bayou From
nt rear side I watched German shells strlk
yMMt upon a road In our lines where French
tsjMibulances pnsred at frequent Intervals
.,'4ath railing reiore ann nenina mem. dui
riKing nnming during ine u'w minuies i
ked. Kvery village or thai which was
rVtllsge within French lines was being
arded as If In fury at tindlng once
the pollu nf France a better man than
e Boche nf the Guard and In consequence.
43rown Prince's artillery was aiming to
t"r malm the ,old and nnncomhatanl
Ai'ited what was llkel to be General
ICornlloTs fate, the Premier replied
I cannot sav definitely, ns that matter
does not rest with mo I can say onlv
thai no departure fioni Justice Is In
tended or will be tolerated In myself
nnd. I believe, the nation there Is gener
ally no vindictive feeling or desire to
add more tragedies to those, we recently
witnessed Therefore, while not doing
anvthlng to prejudice the revolution, wo
Intend to handle this grave matter irt a
fair spirit and if, accurdlng to the
present program and according to law,
Kornlloff Is put on trial ou may be as
sured he will be Judged openly nnd with
out the least attempt b the Government
to bring pressure on his Judges one way
or the other N'or will such pressure
from fjther quaitcrs b,, tolerated
SLAV NATION UNIFIED
BY KORNILOFF REVOLT
. WASHINGTON'. Sept. 17.
TheT-liuHslan Republic has emerged from
thrcrCtd dC counter-revolution stronger
than ever, before. The entire nation has
been unlfle'd by the attempted Kornlloff re
bellion. Increasing military pressure
against tho Germans on the Riga front may
now be expected.
This i tho situation In Russia, as out
lined In dispatches from Petrograd to the
State Department and the Russian embassy
todav. The complete breakdown of the
Kornlloff movement Ih confirmed In these
cablegrams. The Cossack movement hat
not been quelled In all districts, hut It is
not regarded B3 serious by tho Petrograd
government.
General Alexleff was to have been placed
In cpmmand of all the Russian armies' N'o
confirmation of the report that he had com
mitted suicide, following nn Interview with
Premier Kerensky, has reached either the
Russian embissy or the State Department.
'New generals have been appointed by the
Petrograd War Office In nn effort to re
store "confidence among the troops. Stern
discipline will bo exercised everywhere
under orders from Premier Kerensky.
Cablegram!! dealing with tho military
situation assert there are more German
troops on the Russian front than ever be
fore, but that the Russians are beginning
to exert new pressure against them. On
the Riga front tho Russians have advanced
seven miles In the last five days.
Russian diplomats believe today that
the Kerensky government now is In posi
tion to quell quickly any new uprising.
Allied diplomats asserted today that the
Kornlloff revolt had demonstrated the
strength of the Kerensky government, nnd
that the result would bo to allow Russia
again to take an active part In tho military
operations against Germany,
Eggs Sixty Cents a Dozen, Prediction
HAZLIVTON". Pa , Sept. 17. The price of
eggs will go to sixty cents a dozen, nnd pos
sibly more, this winter owing to the high
price of corn and other feed, according to
predictions of farmers lu the surrounding
valleys. Hundreds of fanners are disposing
of their poultry because, they say, the busi
ness Is not profitable.
Pottsvillc School Loan Paid
POTT3VII.LK, Pa., Sept. 17. The Totts
tlle school district has Just paid oft $12,000,
representing the balance of a temporary
lean floated early In the summer. The
board has voted J300 per month mainte
nance to the city's free public library and
has raised the salaries of about forty of
the teachers.
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First photographs rcccivpd in America showing arrest of rioters during
the recent disturbances in Madrid. Spanish troops have been kept
busy quelling disorders in Barcelona and other cities, ns well a3 the
capital, wheie general strikes are causing general unrest among the
laboring classes.
Continued from Pane One
hurrnhs re-echoing from tho surrounding
hills, it was a perfect September day.
ARMY ENGINEER TROOPS
TO JOIN PERSHING FORCE
v
WHITffe CLUB BUYS LAND
1. CITY, N, J.. Hpt. IT. Tll
(tv SMshlntr Club haa decided to
l ocean-front land on -which the
ana pier stanu at Jfourteentn
i officers have been Instructed to
(ram the owner. Dr. Allen Corson.
Mfnot wide atrln of land, with rlpa-
, jrl0ua'froov Ocean avenue, for 000.
to loercaiethe number or
', the ciwk by an additional three.
i unui SWea'to f to ana cimnge
i mAetins 10 me icurm
to .lnieriere
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Allies Expect War
to Last Another Year
Continued from l'nce One
and the I'nlteil States Is at prebent holding
tho money bag
somi: rmcTioN shown
There nic, of course, some evidences of
fr'ctlon here nnd there. Italy feels that
she Is not getting the aid that she needs
and complains that her oflenslve against
Austria, which promised so well, H being
weakened nnd nullified becauso of this
lack of aid Impatient spokesmen for her
here nnd In Homo even go ho far ns to hint
that Great Britain docs not desire Italy to
villi the war, and In coniequence Is persuad
ing tho t'nlted States to extend her aid
elscw here.
As a matter of fnct, however, officials of
tho Administration give assurance that
there Is every disposition to extend Itnly
all the aid It Is poshIe to extend with the
shipping that ls available, nnd tho hint
Is dropped that Jtaly might help matters'
some by a readjustment of her shipping fi
cllltles The confernces which have been In
progress In Washington between 'I olll
clals of tho American Government and the
Japanese War Mission, headed by Viscount
Ishll, are expected by American officials to
bear results lu the near future In tho way
of Increased facilities, ttansportatlon of
needed railway supplies from tho United
States to Russia and In an Increased form
of naval partlclpatn In the wnr by Japan.
Tho members of the Jnpaneso Mission aro
at present away from Washington touring
several cIIIbs, but on their return In a few
days will resume the conferences. The pur
pose of the recess, It Is stnted, was not only
to enable tho Japanese to visit these other
cities, but to glvo tho Foreign Offlco at
Tnkin onnortunltv to pass on tho program
of co-operation between the two countries
that was laid before Baron Ishll last week
by Secrtcary of State Lansing.
Though no announcement has been forth
coming ns et, it Is understood that a work
ing arrangement was tentatively approved
by tho conferees here, under which Japan
would supply Bhlps to enrry tho needed sup
piles to Russia, in return for which service
the United States would lower the Ameri
can steel plato embargo In favor of Jap
anese shipyards
Kvery expert who has professed to diag
nose tho weakness of the Russian armies,
asldo from the weakness that Is produced
by the Internal dissensions In the Russian
revolutionary government, has located the
trouble In tho disorganized Russian rail
way system. Indeed, It has been the poor
railway service that Is responsible for much
of the food shortage In Petrograd and other
centers where counter - revolutionary In
trigues have nourished.
Thus. If the United States Is able to re
organize the Russian railroads by next
spring, there are many officials here who
believe that the Russian bear can again
be made a factor In the war by the time
the supremo crisis of tho war arrives.
Thero Is only the slightest mention here
of Germany's reply to the Pope. Attention
Is centered at present on prosecuting the
war.
THREE GERMANS ESCAPE
Interned Sailors Get Away From Fort
Oglethorpe in Hailstorm
CHATTANOOGA. Tcnn . Sept 17 A trio
of Interned German sailors escaped from
the Fort Oglethorpe prison camp here during
a violent hailstorm.
They aro Gu"tnv Hartwlg, who escaped
several weeks ago nnd was captured at
Tr nton, Ga. ; Paul Xclm.mii and Call
Hontehcll.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17,
Kvery phase of army engineering Is to
bo represented In the American troops that
are now or soon will bo In France. Tho
army engineer corps, following cabled re
quests from General Pershing, already ban
organized numerous regiments of engineer
troops and In three training camps speeding-up
processes aro In effect to whip Into
shape tho kind of engineer organizations
sought by General Pershing.
The recommendations of General Per
shing already filled or In tho process of
completion, Include tho following engineer
organizations: Flvo railroad construction
regiments, four railroad operating regi
ments, two shop regiments, four road-bulld-Ing
battalions, eight construction battalions,
six topographical sections, three map-reproduction
detachments', ten supply depot
detachments, six water supply companies,
six forestry regiments, six mining com
panies, four fortifications battalions, fivo
Inl'ind waterways companies and five elec-
i tilcal regiments.
Tho Wnr Department declined to make
known how many of theso engineer organl
ratlons already have been furnished Gen
eral Pershing, but no M.crot was made of
tho fact that all the lesources of the en
gineer corps nro being directed to furnish
ing the American commander with all tho
engineers he had icqucsted.
Two Deaths at Camp Mills
CAMP MILLS, Hempstead, Sept 17.
Two deaths In National Guard units camped
here took place today. Wllbert Riley, n
private in tho 107th Alabama Infantry, ot
Ozaik, Ala, died of a complication of
measles and pneumonia. George Neff, New
Voik, a private In Company H, Ifl5th New
York Infantry, accidentally shot and killed
himself while at drill with his company.
Both men will bo given military funerals
and their bodies tent home.
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Seriously Hurt by Acid Explosion
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age battery filled with sulphuric acid Tho
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ITALY AIMS BLOW
AT SAN DANIELE
Flanking Movement to Cut
Off Austrian Stronghold
Under Way
RAIDS ON WEST FRONT
German Advance Guards Driven
Back by Russians East
. of Riga
Following tho capture of Monte San
Gabrlclo, tho Italian forces operating In
tho Gorlzla sector aro attempting to Iso
late Monto San Danlalo, nnothor strongly
fortified peak, lylns south of San Onbrl
cle. Cadorna's troops nro fighting their
way eastward along tho heights south of
tho Chlapovano Valley with a view of
cutting off this Austrian stronghold.
- West Front
Successful raids cast of Kpchy nnd In
tho neighborhood of tho Avcas-Danal
Kallroad aro reported by Tlold Mnishai
Hnlg.
Tho French "War OfTlco reports that tho
Germans wero temporarily successful In
violent attacks In tho Aprcmont forest,
northwest ot Verdun, but woro subse
quently driven out of tho captured
trenches by. countcr-nttacks.
East Front
East of Riga tho Russians aro continu
ing their counter-offcnslvo and have
driven tho German ndvanco guard back
southwest of Pskov. Indications point to
a new Geiman drlvo agalnst tho fortress
of Dvlnsk and Minsk, 160 miles further
south.
,i
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of the hev bombardment toti
;WeK -j
Emperor Charles of Au?r?aNL8.'pt !
the Trentlno front, according ." l
from Zurich today. The I'm;., Mh
at Trent nn Tl.nr5., i. .tWor ,,
gatlon of the Austro-Hungarlan front,"8-!
mere nas uccn a comnamtlt.. . i
the Trentlno front, the I.Sw.TnrtuSXl
twren tho Austro-Hungarlans n5 V."!-1
occurring nlong tho Isonzo Wver.,,.. .". J
fronts. mera,idJiiiuJ
SLAVS EXPECT SllUsH
ziL T winsk
LONDON, Sept. 17. Oerman i-. 8
yond Itlga have been driven V-1?? I
Ilusslnna to a point where serious -7 th,,7
attacks' havo become necessary to , i '
tho enemy's main positions. p,ifn. I"t4l
I'uno nun u. (mine la now in tirooT.. ' 1
,Uiu iuwii, uuu mai mo nusalan ZL
nro successfully repelling th iMy
thrusts, exhibiting great nrmni, Mft
The Ilusslan General Staff, howev.. "
lleves that tho Ocrmans will net ' '
content with tho capture of Hga v',"1'1"
maKine reaay 10 smash the whole ri.. .' jl
froiA both at Dvlnsk. which 1
line 10 mo oenti or mo Dvlna ltl.
at Minsk, about 1G0 miles to the boiiik
General .Valuveff. newly annolnt.i
mander In chief of tho Western RuS"'
ront. under General Alexleff, hi , ?.
the following order of tho day to hi,
contrary, he la Intoxicated by m ?. 11
success and Is, according n ...iV.t."1' tl
formation, preparing nttempts to yL I
through tho Russian fiont at DvlnV . fl
unsu. anouia ne succeed, the iikT"
secured by the rovolutlon will b0 lost." "
F. and M. Sophomores ArreatAl
LAJJCASTBIl. Pa.. Sept n.Whl,..,.
trlnrr fViA wtnrn rl . i. . '"
,;iVi.-:M.;; ::.. '""'Mtw ;
with
Will, piu.
proclamations for the fM),..nt
score of Franklin and Marshall sophomor..
wero swooped upon by the police, and thill
men, whoso names wero withheld, wnr.
rested, " "
GERMANS WIN RUT FAIL
TO HOLD A PRE MONT LINE
PARIS, Sept. 17.
German artillery raged Into a crescendo
of vlolenco at several sectors on tho French
fiont In tho Apremont forest (northwest of
Verdun) last night, preceding a temporarily
successful attack. The War Offlco state
ment today said tho Apremont assault gain
ed tho enemy a foothold, but that counter
attacks drove tho Germans out.
Another violent German surprise attack
In tho Vosges failed. In other sectors tho
statement reported violent artillery fire.
lii s5
C ADORN A AIMS ISOLATION
MOVE AT SAN DANIELE
HOME, Sept. 17
An "Isolation movement" against tho
Austro-Hungarlan position on Monto San
Danlelo Is under way along trio southern
edge of tho Balnslzza plateau and dls
patchea from the Italian front today re
ported further progress In that nector.
While part of General Cadorna's victor
ious Italian troops aie at work construct
ing new roads along the mountainside,
others are dragging heavy guns up tho
toeky, battle-scarred slopes of Monte San
Gabrlelo.
Meanwhile, detachments of picked troops
are fighting their way eastward along tho
heights flanking tho Chlapovnno valley, to
pet In the roar of the Austro-Hungarlan
forces on Monto San Danlelc. Tho cap
ture pf this fortified summit, towering 1S00
feet In the air, Is expected hoon.
Prisoners are still flowing back to the
Italian rear nnd most of them shdw traces
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