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EL PASO. TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14. 191b.

FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY.

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Hay Pledges President the

House Committee's Cooper'

alion In Big Project.

NATION 'AL GUARD

PREPARES BILL

I r Would Place Militia Under

Federal Control With the

Troops on Pay Basis.

WilNGTON. D C, Feb 14

National preparedness prob

lems again held the center of

1 1 1. stage T tne congressional commit-

1 c actiity today. Having concluded

1 s hcaungs on military defence ques-

1 i s chairman Chamberlain and his J

i1- 1 utes on the senate military com- j

j jjttee todny began framing: a bill on I

ftxe subject

1 hairman Hay and members of the

1 use committee resumed work today

cr icdrjftiug the house defence bill.

The houte naval committee today

rjran an exhaustive inquiry Into sub

)' anno warfare and the alleged short

c mint' of American submarines.

Pledge Cooperation With WHwon.

President Wilson today received a

1' iter from chairman Hay. of the, house

i unary commute. asBUttng wm ox j

i,(- msire 01 ins cemmitcee to work in

jrmony with him In perfecting the

i ms for national defence.

The letter was sent in compliance

v iih a resolution adopted Dy the com

mutes thanking the president for his

. i.tideiu o expressed in his published

c "i espondence with former secretary

f war Garrison leading up to the lat

ic s resignation.

Tkntlonnl Guard Ha, lllll.

The National Guard association has

ji pa ted a bill for submission to con

gress, providing for the placing of the

. i ational guard under federal control,

creasing the militia to 200.000, effect.

nng a graduated scale of pay ranging

om J800 a year for major generals

io $-u0 a year for lieutenants, -Kith

r jtcs at one-fourth the pay of the

blar army, and providing that

n missions and promotions shall be

cnted only after war department ex

mations Would Abandon Coast Submarine.

Abandonment of the coast defence

pe of submarine was recommended

bv admiral Grant. Limitation of cruls-

ir radius, unseaworthiness And other

1 intations, he eald, made it advisable

n future to build only submersibles

n the 1000 ton fleel submarine type.

dmiral Grant said he had positive

t nowieage mat lie-man boats U-J9 to

j- inclusive, displaced S00 tons on

he surface as against 450 tons for the

K boats of the American navj, the

iargest in the service

Declares for Larger Routs.

dmiral Grant thought it unwise to

construct any submarine of less than

0 knots speed and said this could not

be done on a small boat. Be urged

that the minimum size of future boats

lc sou tons surface displacement.

Admiral Grant eald he had sent to

ihe general board within the last few

'iji.8 a complete statement of his opin

i ms as to the military characteristics

ihe future American submarines should

li ive It will be given to the committee

Inter In executive session.

I consider 10 days to be the limit

of time men should stay at sea on a K

boat our largest type, and that limit

must be reduced for smaller boats.

How German floats Operate,

Tor months the big German subma

' Ines operated from Heligoland as a

base, around the coast of Ireland, a

round trip of 2700 miles. They re

mained away from base 21 days unless

ihev had used up their torpedoes On

Their return they remained In port 12

iavs while their engines were over

hauled and the crews were given 10

d-ivs rest so their cycle of operations

ls 33 days and a boat remained on

its operating ground 13 days

Matter of Economy.

if we had no emrlne troubles and

fas

f the K boats could make 12 knots

hour, it would requne 22 K boats

to do what three of the 800 ton II

boats did for months Three U boats

ast 2 500,500 and the 22 K boats

110,000.000 '

WILSON HAS NOT YET

SELECTED WAR SECRETARY

Washington, D C. Feb 11 Presi

dent Wilson reached no decision on

w horn to appoint secretary of war while

he was on his week-end trip down the

Potomac, and a successor to former

secretary Garrison may not be an

nounced for several days, it was said

today

Former mayor Carter Harrison of

Chicago, was suggested to president

W'lson today.

V V V V V V V V :

TUC DAY IX CONGRESS.

Sennte.

Discussed conference report

on urgent deficiency bill.

Mllitarv affairs committee be

gan executive consideration of

arms reorganisation plans

Houkc.

Rear admiral Grant testified

before the naval affairs commit

tee that larger submarines were

needed by the navy.

A A A A A A A A A A A ...

Cooperation of El Paso and Juarez To Conserve Health and Morals Is Wise

!

WILSON CONSENTS TO RUN

11

EN'S CLUB STARTS GflffllGI

FDR FID FOR

T"

I LbP.YV niomuiK the ri Paso

Woman 8 club -will start its cam

paign of soliciting funds for its

new i iubhouse. The mark is sot at

26,0 00.

"This is the onl time in our 21

j ears of existence that the Woman's

club has ever gone out to solicit funds

from the public for its work said Mrs

S II. Sutherland, the president, today.

"We promise that if the response is

sufficiently generous, it will be our

last. If the response lacks that gen

erosity which we oxpect from the men

of El Paso, we will be out again next

fall, for we believe that the men of El

Paso will help us to erect this home,

sooner or later We hope the response

now v ill he sufficiently generous to

enable us to go forward wit the work

of building our home We hae the

lots all paid for "

The work of soliciting will be in

FIE DESTBDYS

IHTIOI PLANT

Under Guard for Weeks,

Plant Suddenly Breaks

Into Flames, Closes.

Schenectady, N. Y, Feb 14 The

munition plant of the General Electric

company was wrecked by a fire today

The blaze was finally extinguished by

the company's private fire department

and no report was made to the city po

lice or fire authorities Officials or the

company withheld all information re

garding the fire

The employes of the munitions plant

wer sent home. It was reported that

the roof of the building had fallen in

and that the walls had been declared

unsafe.

The plant has been closely guarded

for some time

WILSON AND VAN DYKE TALK

OF TRADE INTERFERENCE

Washington, D. C, Feb 14 Inter

ference with American trade and mails

by the entente allies was discussed to

day at a conference between president

Wilson and Henry Van Dyke, American

minister at The Hague. Information

brought by Van Dyke is to be used by

the United States in framing the noto

to Great Britain on contraband

Dr. Van Dyke tbok the position that

American trade with Europe was flour

ishing in spite of the obstacles thrown

in Its way It is understood that he

has prepared for presentation to the

state department complete figures on

American trade with which the United

States can meet the contention of Great

Britain that goods of a contraband and

a conditional contraband nature are

finding their way to tho Teutonic

powers.

FARMERS WOULD CONTROL

DESTRUCTIVE GILA RIVER

Safford. Ariz. Feb 14 As the result

of a meeting of the Water Use:-' and

Farmers' Protective association here.

W W Pace is to go to Washington as

the representative of the organization

to urge upon Arizona's members of con

gress the necessity of a $500,000 appro

priation for controling the Gila river

The river is constantly becoming

more serpentine In Its course and with

every flood period waBhes away many

acres of the bsst farming land In the

valley During the past 30 days more

than 1600 acres nave Deen wasnea

away. In one Instance, a man's entire

farm was swept away from him.

AMERICANS IN CANADA

ARE TO BE RECRUITED

Toronto, Canada, I'eb. 14. Special

recruiting offices are to be opened In

nine cities of Canada for the purpose

of enlisting Americans residing In the

dominion for war service. A full

brigade of Americans is to be re

cruited. It Is announced. Gen. Sir Sam

Hughes, minister of militia, has com

missioned MaJ. Seymour Bullock, who

came here from New York and joined

the 97th battalion. American legion, to

undertake a dominion wide campafgn.

AUSTRIA'S NOTICE ON

ARMED SHIPS RECEIVED

Washington, D C . Feb 14 Austria's

formal notification or her intention to

link without warning armed merchant

ships after March 1 was received to

day by the state department. It is sub

stantially the same as that received

from Germany.

Secretary of state Lansing said no de

cision had been reaced on the UItude

of the United States.

NO VOTC IS ATTinilTED

ON N1CAHVGUAN THE VTY

Washington, D C. Feb 14 Because

many senators are absent from Wash

ington, chairman Stone or the foreign

relations committee did not want to

risk a ote on ratification of the

Nlcaraguan treaty today and It was not

I taken up in the senate as had been ex

j uected

j Chairman Stone declared he knew

j nothing of documentary evidence re

! ported to be in possession of his com

I mittee tending to reveal plans of Ger

! many to establish a fontlmbi in ,-.,,,!,

lies of the western hemisphere and the

1 Danish West Indies

HOME OH TDM

charge of Mrs Sutherland and thc oi

f leers and directors of the club Lacn

director will head a committee for

some particular work or soliciting and

these directors will select their assist

ants from among the members of the

club

The city has been div ided into groups

and districts and each director has

been assigneVl a certain district or

group of businesses or firms, to visit

in behalf of the club fund

The campafgn is to be carried for

ward ns rapidly as possible and th

officers expect to conclude their work

in a week

The first unsolicited contribution

came from Winchestor Cooley, w ho put

.his name down for J100. Fred Feld

man followed this with a voluntary

contribution for a similar amount

The Woman's club has no connec

tion with an other organization of

women in El Paso and 18 not a member

of the cit f i deration of women's clubs.

GIRL'S NIFJT5

PLEAD FOR I

Want Student Released,

Doubting That He Gave

Miss Lambert Poison.

Chicago, 111 , Feb. 14 The parents

or Marlon Lambert, the Lake Torest

school girl found dead In the woods

near her home last Thursday, havo

appealed to state's attorney Ralph

Dady of Lake county to release Wm,

II Orpet, the university of Wisconsin

student, held at Waukegan on a charge

of murder. The Lamberti said they

had doubt of the guilt of Orpet and did

not desire to be vindictive

Mr. Dady stated that unless the state

can proe Orpet gave his former sweet

heart poison, he cannot convict the

student of murder. Efforts are being

made to discover the purchaser of the

poison which killed the girl

Letters DUcIofte Attachment.

Sixty letters exchanged between

Orpet and the girl are in the posses

sion of the authorities. Thirty fne of

them were written by Orpet and th9

remainder by Miss Lambert to him.

They unfold, etep by step, the love

affair which culminated In the young

woman's death The letters trace the

romance from Its inception when the

two were friends at the Deerfield high

school at Highland Park until It came

within the shadow of the girl's un

happy condition which was the direct

cause of the tragedy.

Orpet's letters to Miss Lambert In

the first phases of the affair when he

was a freshman at Madison, are filled

with tender sentiment. From begin

ning to end hers to him were all ardor

and devotion

IleCft ot to lie Cn.t (Iff.

The letters are said to indicate that

the girl's condition alarmed them last

September Ills letters became cooler

and less frequent. Finally came the

letter in which Orpet told ot his love

for Miss Celestia Youker. a normal

school teacher or De Kalb. 111. Mis3

Lambert wroto several letters arter

that, begging not to be cast otf. The

last or his letters made arrangements

for the fatal trjst at Lake Forest.

Miss Youker ls said to be seriously

111 of valvular heart trouble. She has

not been told of Orpet's predicament

PART OF SEATTLE SLIPS

TOWARD THE SEA BEACH

Seattle, Wash . Feb. 14. The blufr of

Queen Anne hllL a fine residence dis

trict in tho northern part of the city,

has begun to slip toward the sea beach,

beginning at Kinnear park and extend

ing north a mlla

At tlia too. the earth has subsided

two inches to two feet A number of

houses have been twisted, besides those

wrecked by the slides in this district

last week, and water and gas pipes

have' been broken. Largo apartment

houses on the brow of the bluff have

not been affected.

U. S. POPULATION 2XCEEDS

100,000,000, IS ESTIMATE

"Washington, D C, Feb. 14 Experts

or the census bureau estimate that the

population or the United States by July

1 will be 102,017,302 Tho estimated

population on January 1 last, was 101,

017,302. The estimated taoi hr t am

208 315

Western states have led In growth,

Washington heading the list, with Ok

lahoma. Nevada, North Dakota and

New Mexico following In the order

named. The estimates ate based on

the rate of increase between the 1900

and 1910 census.

HOUSTON BREWERY PAYS

STATE $63,500 PENALTY

Austin. Tex. Feb 14.--Attorney gen

eral Looney toda received a check for

$63,500 from the Houston Ice and

Brewing company of Houston, as that

brewers 's pro rata of the penalties

recovered bj the state in the suit

against the breweries. In "which an

ngreed judgment was recently entered

in tne uistrici court m iiupKins county.

This now leaves only the Dallas brew

ery to tcmit the penaltj of $5000 r.

covered from it by tho state in the suit.

SNO. HAIN IND SLEET

iltK M!W AOIIK"-

-New York. Feb 14 Twentj thou

sand men were put to work Sunday

clearing the streets of snow and ice,

as the result of a storm of rain, sleet

and snow. Hospitals were busy all

rinv treating sprained ankleu r.n,i

i broken limbs caused by people falling

on the slipperj streets

DRIO DEICRJTSJI WED GRUISER

CM IWATE

PRESIDENT

Writes Letter To Ohio Sec

retary of Slate, Permitting

Use of His Name.

WILL BEPARTY'S

CANDIDATE, BELIEF

Name Has Been Placed On

Primary Ballots In Sev

eral Other States.

WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 14

President Wilson today for

mally gave his consent that his

name be used as a candidate for renom

ination for president ol the United

States

In a letter to the secretnn. nt .int.

or Ohio, the president stated that he

was unwilling to enter a contest for the

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th ,i,i. .:i .v.-l".piu

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the pomtnp nri.

mary in order that the Democrats ot

unio migm mane Known their prefer

ence. This was the first time the president

has consented formally to have his

name used in connection with the nom

ination. His name has been placed on

primary ballots In several states, how

oer, through the activities or rrlends.

Political advisers and friends of the

president have taken for granted for

months that he would be the nominee

of his party and have made their plans

accordingly

Tb,e formal announcement today is

expects! try Democratic leaders to

clarifv the political situation through

out the country.

Los Angeles Lilies Tom Lea

So Well Nominate Him For

The United States Senate

Mayor Tom Lea may run for the

United States senate The Los Ange

les papers said so and the mayor says

It must be true, although the first he

heard of it was when he read it on

the coast while there on business.

"I am not running for anything, but

am only trying to give the people of

Ei Paso a business administration of

tho citj's arfalrs," the mayor said Mon

day after his return from Los Angeles.

"Where they got that senatorial stufr

I do not .know. The reporters asked

me about everything under the sun

but I declined to be interviewed. They

turned around and nominated me ror

the senate to get even.

"Mayor Sebastian and all or the cltv

officials treated me like I had already

been elected to the United States sen

ate from California The mayor placed

a big automobile at my disposal, chief

of police Snlveley gave orders to all

traffic police not to arrest me for

speeding and I was made welcome to

everything In Los Angeles but the city

Jail."

Bootleggers Cut Price

Of Whisky $5 a Quart

Phoenix, Ariz.. Teb 14 Bootleggers

who asked seven dollars a quart for

whiskey before Saturday, when the su

preme court decided that liquor could

be lntroduceed Into Arlzon for personal

use, now price It at 12 a quart.

rORD IS TO ADVKKTISn

AGAINST PREPAREDNESS

Detroit, Mich., Teb. 14 Because he

realizes the compelling power of news

paper advertising, Henry Ford Is about

to inaugurate a nation wide campaign

of advertising against the program for

naval and military inci eases now be

fore congress. He says he will spend

millions in a campaign against war

and preparedness.

The War At a Glance

ACTIVITY on the major war

fronts is confined mainly to

northern France, the in

tensity of the battling being most

pronounced in the Artois district

where the Germans claim to hae

made notable gains recentl

In the Balkans the entente forces

are reported extending their posi

tions around Salonlkl, concentrat

ing troops as far forward as the

Bulgarian frontier.

Bulgers Approach Avlona.

In Albania, Bulgarian troops are

said to have advanced as far as

Fieri is miles from Avlona. while

an Austrian column recently was

reported at Tirana, about 20 miles

west of Durazzo.

Turks io Reinforce Armies.

Reports from Athens credit the

Turkish gornment with the In

tention strongly to reinforce its

armies in Mesopotamia.

All Single Ilrltous Cnlled. -

All singe men of military age

in Great Britain who have not heen

exempted under the military service

act were called to the colors by an

ofHcial proclamation Issued today.

Illg Vote of Credit Coming.

It is unorricially stated that the

next British ote of credit, soon to

bo introduced in parliament will

be for 250.000,000 pounds sterling,

making the total war credits

1 912,000,000 pounds

1

LONDON. Liih III' H Two heavy

blows hae just been sustained

b the fleets of the allies, it be

came known todaj. News was received

confirming the sinking of the French

cruiser Amiral Charner by a subma

rine while the cruiser was patroling

the Syrian coast It was also an

nounced that the British cruiser Are

thusa struck a mine off the east coast

of England and was wrecked.

Haft ltenchCM Coast.

According to information

received

at the French ministry

of marine a

raft bearing one

lite sailor and the

bodies of 14 oi

his companions has

been picked up off the coast of Syria.

The rescued man said the Amiral

Charner was sunk on the morning of

February 8 He dc lared there was no

time to use the lifeboats

HMEH ATTACK

MILAN, KILL G

London, Lng, Feb. 14 V Reuter dis- I

natch from Milan sai s six persons were

I killed and seteral injured by bombs

I . . . . . Al.n1nKA .. . !.

dropped from Austrian airplanes which

appeared oer tne cu mis mormns

TURK BATTERIES DRIVE

AWAY MENACING CRUISER

Constantinople, Turkey, Feb 14.

An official statement Issued today by

the Turkish marine department says

"An enemy destroyer, attempting to

approach the entrance to the Darda

nelles, was driven off by our batteries '

AUSTniAN Ain flect

iioMii fnr.vLivx nriLTUNGs

Vienna, Austria Feb 14 E-fcursfeSs

of two Austrian aerial squadrons

against Italian territory are described

by an official communication as follows-

"Saturday afternoon a seaplane

squadron destroyed two station ware

houses and the Revenna station and

badly damaged sugar factories. Some

conflagrations were observed

"The seaplanes were violently bom

barded by the antl-aircratt post at Go

renl. A second squadron hit the pump

ing works at Codlgoro Cavanelle with

several hea bombs. All the airplanes

returned safely"

llRITIiil DISTILLERIES IRC

TO HE MUNITION FACTORIES

London, Eng , Feb 14 The Daily

Chronicle says the government will im

mediately take over all the large whis

ky distilleries and use them as muni

tion factories. The Chronicle adds that

the government Intends to prohibit the

Importation of barley for distilling

purposes.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN

LATIN AMERICA PREDICTED

Panama, Feb. 14 A -last industrial

revolution in Latin-America within the

next generation is predicted in the re

port or the commission on message and

method which was presented todav to

the Congress on Christian Work In

Latin-America In session here.

"The people or the neit generation

In the southern continent," says the

report, "will lie in a very different

world from that of their forbears

Great changes are imminent every

where but, perhaps, nowhere else will

they be quite so vast during the next

20 yeacs as in Latin-America."

The report points out that the enor

mous natural resources of the southern

half of the continent are on the verge

of a rapid development as the result of

the billions of foreign capital which

have been invested there within recent

j ears and because of the increasing

demands by the old world on the new

ror food supplies

The report accompanies Its prediction

of a great Industrial revolution with a

warning that now is the time to exert

cery influence to prevent that revolu

tion from devloninc the evils with

which it has been associated In this and

European countries. It urges a united

effort on the part of the Protestant

missionary churches to sae Latin

America from the industrial Ills which

exist in other great commercial coun

tries AUTO MEN SEND COMMITTEE

TO SEE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Austin, Tex., Feb. 14 Tomorrow a

committee or automobile dealers will

Interview the attorney general relativ

to recent sui's riled by the state agalns;

automobile companies, to void existing

territory contracts It is understood

t.ie committee will endeavor to have

the attorney general indicate what

kind of contract ls acceptable to him.

SEARCH LETTERS FOR CLUE

TO POISONER OF 10 DINER"!

Chicago. Ill , Feb 14 A number of

letters written in Italian found In the

room of Jean Crones were scrutinized

by the police todav in the hope that

they would throw light on the where

abouts of Crones, who is sought In

connection with the investigation ot

poisoned soup served at the banquet in

honor of archbishop Mundelein.

The soup was found to contain about

one and one half grains of arsenic per

inilhidual.

GERMAN" CONSUL GENERVL

ARHUGNLI) IN PLOT CASE

San rrancisco, Cal , Feb. 14. Franx

Bopp, German consul general, and two

of his aides, slipped into the federal

building here today by a side en

trance to appear in person for ar

raignment on charges In the alleged

bomb plot case

AGAIN

S BLOWN UP;

D TORPEDO WRECK SHIPS

An official statement gien out by

the French ministry of marine Sunday

said that no news had been recei ed

from the cruiser Amiral Charner since

Februarj S when, according to a Ger

man telegram, a submarine had sunk

a French warship "

In normal times it was said she car

ried a crew of 370.

Ten llrMons Lout,

The British cruiser Arethusa struck

a mine today off the east coast of

England, according to a statement is

sued by the British official press bu

reau. About ten men were lost.

Feared Total Wreck.

The text of the official statement

says

"His majesty's ship Arethusa, com

nrodoi e Reginald Y Tyrwhitt, has

struck a mine ofr the east coast. It is

.u...u .j.. .. ma U1-1.V1U1. M -w

About 10 men were lost"

BRITISH SINGLE

IN GALLED OUT

London, Eng. Feb. 11 All single

, men of militarv age in Great Britain

who have not been exempted were to

day called to the colors

The first call to married men who

attested under the Derby plan is ex

pected In about a month.

RUMANIA IS IN FAVOR

OF ARMED NEUTRALITY

Paris. France, Feb 14 Rumania

stands in favor of joining neither side

in the European war, but of standing

ready to enforce its neutrality.

The mobilization of the army, ad

Tlces state, has been completed by

calling up a new class and the general

staff Is .finishing defence works along

the . Carpathians and along the banks

of the Danube In the New DobruJ ter

ritory In his last interview with

fireraler Bratiano the Bulgarian min

ster, M Radoff. insisted that Rumania

ought to join Bulgaria and Germanv

for an attack on Russia. Premier

Bratiano answered that Rumania's best

interests would be served by main

taining armed neutrality.

German agents are buying up cereals

regardless of price and the Rumania i

government ls requisitioning metals,

especially copper, the export of which

is prohibited, as well as that of

leather.

LONDONERS URGE GREATER

STRINGENCY OF BLOCKADE

London, Eng , Feb. 14. A largely at

tended meeting ror the purpose or urg

ing the government to establish a

more effectual blockade against the

central powers was held In London this

afternoon. Baron Devonport, chairman

of the port of London, presided

The discussion hinged on the follow

ing resolution

"That this meeting of citizens or

London, viewing with grave alarm the

enormous quantity of commodities

reachlns the enemy through the North

sea, calls upon his majesty's govern

ment to give our navy freedom to ex

ercise fuller and more effective use of

our sea power in the war."

GERMANY MAKES PROPOSAL

FOR POLISH AUTONOMY

Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 14 Advices

received here state Germany has sub

mitted to the Polish people a pro

posal to extend autonomy to Poland

under German suzerainty In return,

Poland would raise an army or 906,000

men for service with the central

powers.

Polish leaders in Switzerland say it

Is Imperative for the entente allies

to guarantee Poland autonomy, as

promised long ago by the Russian em

peror, in order to prevent the Poles

from accepting the German proposal

GREECE. SnORT OF 1IOVE1,

WILL PAY' S1LAHIES IN PART

Athens, Greece, Feb 14 Confronted

by financial difficulties, the Greek gov

ernment contemplates withholding

part of the salaries or office holders

for the time being, and to ley a tax

on profits realized by the merchant

marine from the war traffic.

AVIATOR GR VHAIIE-WniTE

WOUNDED IN WHFVRI3

Hazebrouck. France. Feb 14 It Is

announced Lieut Claude Grahame

Whlte, British aviator, has been grave

ly wounded There are no details. He

was commissioned about a month ago.

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Charges and Counter Allacs

Constantly Develop Be

tween Bailie Lines.

BOTH SIDES WIN

AND LOSE GROUND

Germans Storm 700-Meter

Trench; French Explode

Mines Under Foe.

LONDON, Eng, Feb. 14. Fighting

of great violence along a large

portion or the western front Is

reported today in the official commu

nications from Berlin and Paris. It is

apparent that both French and German

armies are hurling themselves Into the

conflict, using every available offen

sive and defensive arm. Both elde

report gains and losses, commenting

on the Intensity of the battle, which

is of apparently increasing proportions

Important gains for the Germans in

two engagements were reported todav

by the Berlin war office. Northwest

of Tahure,, EJJBttiona over a front of

700 yards were csptBred. seven -officers

and J00 men being made prisoners. In

the region of Anersept, near the French

frontier, allied positions 400 yards Ions,

were captured

German Official Report.

Today's statement says

"Western theater: Lively artillerv

fights have continued over a great poi

tion of the front. South of the Somme

stubborn fights developed around an

advanced and extended sap-head of

our position We gave up before .i

surrounding attack on outpost

trenches

"In the Champagne, enemy counter

attacks made south of St. Marie weie

repulsed.

"Northwest of Tahure we wrested

from the French by a storming attack

a position 700 meters in extent.

"Hand grenade fighting to the east

of Maisons de Champagne has come to

a standstill.

"South of Lusse we destroyed by a

mine explosion a portion of one or the

enemy's positions.

'Near Abersept, near the French

frontier, our troops took French

trenches over a front about 400 yards in

extent and repulsed night counter at-

"Our airplane squadron attackee

railway stations and military encamp

ments on the northern front.

"Balkan theater: There is nothing

to report"

French Explode Mlne

French forces have exploded a mine,

on the road between Neuvillo and La

Folic, according to announcement

made by the French war office this

afternoon

In Champagne a German attack east

of Somme-Py was met by the explosion

of three French mines. The German

efforts to advance were checked, but

in spite of serious losses they main

tained themselves the positions occu

pied by them

French Official Report.

"In the Artois district we have

caused the explosion of a mine south

of the road between Neuville and La

Folle

"South of the river Somme an attack

by our troops, made Sunday evening

against the works held by the Germans

south of the river Frise resulted in our

occupying a section of trench. A coun

ter attack was cheeked by our fire

One German .company was surrounded

and decimated.

Germans Hold On, Despite Losse.

"In the Champagne district, during

an attack delivered Sunday by the en

emy between Tahure and Somme-Pv.

we exploded three mines which had

been laid previously under the advance

trenches to which the Germans had

penetrated. The German efforts to con

tinue on to our supporting trenches

failed In spite of the serious losses

caused by the explosion of our mines,

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