LOOK FOR THEPLAN PGR A VITRE

SECTION Pk WEATHER.Fair and continued cold today and

probably totmorrow; gentle variablewinds.Temperature for the past twenty-

four hours ending midnight: Highest.69. at 3 p.m.; lowest, 53. at 10 p.m.

Full report on page 3.

No. fi00-No. 29,444. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1916* FIVE CENTS.

Hurl Continuous Stream of Fireon Austrians Along a

35-Mile Front.

INFANTRY ATTACKINGFROM WIPPACH TO SEA

Vienna Admits "Withdrawal of LineBehind Mama

Position.

ITALIANS GAIN ELSEWHERE

Carry Intrenchments in the Neigh¬borhood of Oppachiasella.Aus¬trian Garrison Nearly Wiped

Out in Trentino.

HtKvia! Cablegram to The Star.

LONDON, September 16..Italians are pressing the attack on

the Carso plateau without pause.Their guns are hurling a continu¬ous stream of fire at the Austrianline from the gulf of Trieste to

Krn, a front of thirty-five miles.Their infantry is attacking fromthe Wippach to the sea, a ten-mileline. The assault is moving for¬ward in two columns. One isbattering at the positions east ofGorizia. the heights which defiedan Italian advance after the fort¬ress city fell. The other is seek¬ing to force a way through theTeuton positions on the Carsoplateau. Both of these attacksmade some progress today.

Vienna Admits Retirement.Vienna admits that the Austrian line

Mas withdrawn behind the .Mama posi¬tion. south of Gorizia. while on theCarso large intrenchments in the neigh¬borhood of Oppachiasella. a mile beyondthe l>oberdo plateau, was carried by theItafians. The fighting around Gorillaaims to win the hills buttressing theAustrian line along the railway thatruns east to St. Daniel and then turnssouth to Trieste. Monte Gabriele. northof Gorizia. is one of the strongest ofthese positions. The Italians are striv¬ing to turn it on the south.,In the battle on the southern flank

the Italians are attempting to clear theway for an advance along the railway Ifrom Monfalcone to. Trieste. This can beaccomplished only by winning the posi¬tions on the Carso which dominate thecoast line. Their progress here is faster |than that further north.

Takes 1.000 Prisoners.In the attack today the Italians took

more than 1,000 prisoners. But ofgreater importance is the new strainon the Austrian line. At the time whenthe Russian drive threatens to takeHalicz. all available reserves are need¬ed for the Lemberg defenses. The re¬newed Italian assault will draw heavilyon these troops.The intense artillery fire north of

Gorizia indicates that fhe Italian com¬manders contemplate a wider attack.It is presumed that the whole Isonzoline wi'.l soon be the scene of a heavyinfantry struggle and tfiat a new of¬fensive for Tolmino will soon be underway.

In the Trentino the Italians also areattacking. In :he Fiume valley a heightnearly 8.000 ;eet high was wrested fromAustrian Tyrolese and Alpine troopsand the Austrian garrison nearly wipedout I'ressure has been begun or pre¬pared at many points along the wideItalian front.

Claims Success in Offensive.ROME, September 16. via London..

The new offensive of the Italians, whoare attempting to advance on Trieste,^as developed successfully yesterday.The war office today announced theapture of a number of important posi-

tions. More than 1.000 prisoners weretaken

Austrian Official Report.VIENNA, September 16..The latest

oflicia! report describing operations inthe Italian theater says:"The battle on the Carso plateau

( ontinues uninterruptedly and withe'iual violence. Infantry attacks of theItalians, .supported by the heaviest ar¬

tillery and mine fire, were again di¬rected aKainst the whole front betweenthe Wippach river and the sea. On thenorthern wing of the «'arso sector theenemy succeeded in gaining a littleground Here our line runs losely toth»_- ea*t of San Orado di Merna. Other¬wise th* battle front is unchanged,thank* to the stubborn tenacity of ourtroop.*. Five hundred Italians weremade prisoners and three machine gunsw«-re captured"North of Wippach artillery fighting

extended along the greater part of thefront sectors as far as Krn. An attackdelivered east of Gorizia against ourpositions nouth of the Rosen valley didnot suc<*»rd in gaining ground to theenemy, thanks to our fire At Flitschthe artillery fire was very lively."On the Tyrol front the enemy at¬

tacked on the Fasana ridge. Before the<ima di Cece-Col Torondo sector the ef-fe> t of our artillery stopped the enemy'sadvance. On Monte '"auriol our Alpinidetachments succeeded in capturing asupporting position in a depressionwest of the summit."

WILLC0X GOING TO CHICAGO.Republican Chairman Will Take

Part in Party Conference.SEW YORK. 8«pt»mtwr IS. . William

R. Willcox. republican national chairman,will go to Chicago tomorrow for a con¬ference with the party's advisory com¬mittee in that city, he announced today.A T. Hart, western manager of the cam¬paign. visited national headquarters heret'iday and will accompany Mr. Willcox toChicago.

| Penetrates Town, But Later IsDriven Out.CapturedFollowers Executed.

GEN. TREVINO WOUNDEDDURING ENGAGEMENT

Carranzistas Reported Severely De¬feated in Fight in Vicinity of

Namiquipa.

KL PASO, Tex., September 16..\ ilia attacked Chihuahua Citytoday with 600 men, penetratedpart of the city-, but was drivenout with heavy losses by theconstitutionalist army. The cap¬tured Villa followers were im¬mediately put to death. Gen.

! Trevino was wounded in an arm.

It is presumed that the ChihuahuaCity battle followed the reported de¬feat of Carranza troops in the vicinityof Namiquipa. Reinforcements in twodetachments were sent from Chihua- jhua to prevent the Villistas from ex-

terminating the Carranzistas.The battle, according to advices re¬

ceived here today, was fought near thecamp abandoned by Gen. Pershing'sforces when the Americans were with¬drawn to Calonia Dublan. Gen. JoseCavosos, Carranza commander, en¬countered the Villistas on march.The Carranza forces were routed

after fighting for thi^ce hours and los¬ing heavily in men and horses andequipments.Gen. Huerta Vargas and Col. Zuzua

were sent with reinforcements for Gen.Cavosos.

Anti-American DemonstrationMarks Juarez Celebration ofMexico's Independence Day

EL PASO, Tex., September 16..Theclimax of last night's Independence daycelebration in Juarez was reached inan anti-American demonstration, ac¬

cording to military reports today.According to these, which Mexican

authorities denied, about 1,500 men andboys gathered in the plaza early todayand listened to anti-American andpro-Villa harangues. *

Palavicini Against Militarism.MEXICO CITY. Mex., September 16.

Militarism was opposed and universalmilitary training advocated in a Mex¬ican Independence day celebrationspeech here today by Felix Palavicini,minister of public instruction in thede facto government. Palavicini spokeae the unofficial representative of Gen.Venustiano Carranza, first chief of theconstitutionalist government.The speaker declared that while it

was the intention to establish a stronggovernment in Mexico, it was not in¬tended that such a government shouldbe controlled by military power alone.Universal military training, the min¬ister said, wouid fulfill the plans of thede facto government; because, wheneach citizen had been made a trainedsoldier there would be no chance for thearmy to control and "run over thoseengaged in civil pursuits."The 106th anniversary of Mexican in¬

dependence was being generally cele¬brated tofiay throughout the republic.

Commissioners Observe Anniversary.NEW YORK, September 16..Luis Ca

brera. minister of finance in the Car¬ranza cabinet, and head of the Mexicancommission sent to New London, Conn.,to adjust the differences between the'United States arid Mexico, spent todayhere with his conferees, quietly ob¬serving Mexican independence day. Thecommissioners denied themselves to allcallers.

FIRST COUSINS ELOPE.

Father Balks Marriage at Boekville,Phoning Girl Is Too Young.

Hpc<*ta1 I>i*pat«h to The Star.ROCKVJLLE, Md., September 16..

Miss Helen Coombs and John Adams,both of the vicinity of White Plains.Md., were refused a marriage license bythe clerk of the circuit court here. Theclerk had received a telephone messagefrom the girl's fathec not to let thernhave a ll<-er»se, as the girl was but fif¬teen years old.The father of the girl arrived in

Rock vine a few hours later. He was

able to learn nothing of the movementsof the couple after they left Rockville.

Mr. Coombs explained that the youngfolk3 are first cousins and that that was

the principal reason why he objected totheir marriage. He said that they at-

! tetided a dance last night and about'midnight disappeared, presumably goingto Washington by automobile. Learningof t£e elopement early this morning,he set out to prevent the marriage, ifpossible.

BIRMINGHAM SHORT OF LABOR.

Negroei Induced to Leave by Pros¬pects for Work Elsewhere.

BIRMINGHAM* Ala., September 16._Shortage of unskilled labor In the Bir¬mingham district is threatened becauseof the exodus in the last two months ofbetween 4,000 and 5,000 negroes, drawnfrom this section by alleged prospectson the Pennsylvania railroad, in West

j Virginia mines and the coal fields ofKentucky and Pennsylvania, it became

j known here today. It Is understoodagents from the north have been in thisterritory looking for unskilled labor tomeet what was considered an acute sit-tt^Uon in the northern fields.

Bulgarians Lose 32 Cannon inRout on Western Mace¬

donia Front.

SUBSTANTIAL GAINS MADEBY FRENCH AND RUSSIANS

\ Violent Cannonading ContinuesFrom the Struma to the Vardar.

Skirmishing in Beles Foothills.

AIEMEN BOMBARD MONASTIR

Berlin Says von Mackensen HasDriven Muscovites and RumaniansSack, on Line From Silistria to

the Black Sea.

PARIS, September 16, viaLondon, 5 p.m..Serbian troopshave put the Bulgarians to routin the fighting 011 the westernend of the Macedonian front, thewar office announced today. 'J lieSerbians have advanced six milesnortheast of Fiorina and havecaptured thirty-two cannon.

On the allies' left wing the;Franco-Russian troops also haveadvanced, pushing beyond theline of the heights of Malareka,and continued to press forwardvictoriously in the region ofFiorina. One of the allied aerialsquadrons dropped a number ofprojectiles on^Monastir.Skirmishing* in the Beles Foothills.From the Struma to the Vardar the

cannonading continues to be violent.There was skirmishing at the foot ofthe Beles mountains arid in the vicinityof Makukovo. In the regions of Vet-renik and Kajmackalan the Frenchhave made substantial progress.Berlin says ^he Bulgarian* retired to

a new defensive position after the lossof Malkanidze. Serbian attacks on theMoglenica front failed, according toBerlin.

Gains Claimed by Bulgars.The latest official statement issued in

Sofia yesterday concerning operationson the Macedonian front reads as fol¬lows:"West and southwest of Lake Ostrovo

there was violent fighting. Considera¬ble enemy forces were engaged, amongthem Russians regiments in the Mog-lencia valley. Combato on both sidesof Leda were carried on with greatviolence. Our troops repulsed the enemyby counter attacks, causing heavyenemy losses."There was calm on the west bank of

the Vardar. On the east bank there wasviolent artillery fire. British troops at¬tacking in the direction of Shimnu suc¬ceeded in temporarily entering ourtrendies, but were driven back to theirformer positions. On the L»elasitzPlanina and the Struma fronts and 011

the Aegean coast all was calm.

Von Mackensen RepulsesMuscovites and Rumanians

From Silistria to the SeaLONDON September 16..Under the

leadership of Field Marshal von Mack¬ensen, the forces of the central powershave driven the Russians and the Ru¬manians back to a line running from'north of Silistria, on the Danube, to

Mangalia, on the Black sea coast.The Rumanian advance in Transyl¬

vania. Berlin records, is meeting withstiff resistance from the Austro-Germariforces in the vicinity of Fogares, twen-

jty miles north of the frontier. TheRumanians, who crossed the Alt river,were driven back, and at IJatzeg Ru-manian positions were takekn, it isclaimed.The official account of the victory

won by German ami Bulgarian troopswhich are invading eastern Russia,issued in Sofia yesterday, says the bat-Itie ended Thursday with the "completedestruction of the Rumanians, who are

(retreating along the entire line.| "On the Rumanian front," the state-ment says, "the great battle on theline of the Alinea lake and the villagesof Parachioi, Abtaat, Musubey andKaraomer ended Thursday with thecomplete destruction of the enemy.The enemy is retreating along theentire line, energetically pursued byour troops. jTeutons Counting Their Prisoners."The number of prisoners and the

amount of booty taken is now beingcomputed. The I'd, 5th. 9th and i&thRumanian divisions, the 6th RussianInfantry division, a mixed Russian andSerbian Infantry division and three di¬visions of Russian cavalry participatedin the fighting."According to the declarations of

prisoners we captured at the fortress ofTurtukai </>obrudja) the 15th and 17thRumanian divisions, composed of the34th the 36th, the 74th, the 75th, the76th* the 79th and the 88th InfantryRegiments, one mixed regiment, the 2dFrontier Infantry Regiment, the 5thHowitzer Regiment and the 3d FortressArtillery Regiment. Up to now weh^ve taken 452 officers of the Rumanianarmy among them being Col. Rash-kanu' and Marshescu, brigade com¬manders, forty physicians and fiveiHindmasters."The chief of the 15th Rumanian Di¬

vision, Oen. Grigoreacu. escaped, ac¬cording to the declaration of the pris¬oner. The chief of the 17th Division,Gen. Todorescu, was drowned in the

"We \lso brought in two flags. 100cannon, als-two machine euna and

a

much other war material In the com¬bats at Kurdbunar, liobric and SSIlis-tria we made prisoners fifteen officersand 3,000 soldiers, and also capturedthirty cannon."

BULGARS THREATEN REPRISAL.

Captured Rumanian Officers in PerilBecause of Alleged Atrocities.

BERLIN. September 16, by wireless tothe Associated Press via Sayville..Pre¬mier Radoslavoff of Bulgaria, who al¬ready has requested the Americancharge d'affaires to visit Dobrudja to in¬vestigate the atrocities which the Ru¬manians are charged officially with hav¬ing committed during t.heir retreat be¬fore the invading Bulgarian and Ger¬man armies, now announpes that unlessthis alleged slaughter of women andchildren is stopped Bulgaria will in¬augurate reprisals, beginning with 400captured Rumanian officers.

NEW GREEK CABINETSAID 10 FAVOR WAR

Assumes Power With New PremierUnder Conditions Which Sur¬

rounded Predecessor.

ATHENS, September 16, via London,11:06 p.m..The new Greek cabinet,headed by Nikolas Kalogeropoulos, as¬

sumes power under, the same conditionsas surrounded that of its predecessor andas merely a service cabinet.The .new premier, M. Kalogeropoulos, is

considered one of the cleverest lawyers inGreece and has received the degree ofdoctor of laws from the University ofParis. He lived for a long time in Franceand has close relations with GreatBritain.

Former Member of Cabinet.M. Kalogeropoulos was minister of

finance for a brief time in 1904-5 andwas minister of the interior in the Theo-tokis cabinet of 1908-9.The new premier is friendly to former

Premier Venizelos. although he is not anactive partisan of the Venizelist policy.The new cabinet is considered here to

be favorable toward Greece's participa¬tion in the war.

Cabinet May Have Short Life.LONDON, September 16, 11:05 p.m..

A Reuter dispatch from Athens says:"The new cabinet was worn in beforeM. Kalogeropoulos saw the ministersof the entente powers. Its fate de¬pends upon its policy, which, if it is acontinuance of the so-called belliger¬ent neutrality, will give it a short life."

INVITED TO FIGHT DUEL.

Counselor of Greek King Challengedby Sovereign's Former Secretary.ATHENSj Friday. September 15, via

London, September 16, 4:45 p.m..GeorgeStreit, King Constantine's most intimatecounselor, who lately has been acting asthe sovereign's personal agent in en¬deavoring to form a cabinet, was chal¬lenged to a duel today by George Melas,formerly the king's private secretary.M. Melas, who lost his position on ac¬

count of his sympathies for former Pre¬mier Venizelos, in an open letter to M.Streit charges him with being responsi¬ble for the "disastrous results of the Ger-manophlle policy of Greece."M. Streit was foreign minister at the

outbreak of the war.

EX-GOV. SANDERS WINS.

Nominated for Representative FromSixth Louisiana District.

BATON ROUGE. La.. September 16..According to official figures given outlate today by Secretary of State Baileyformer Gov. J. Y. Sanders was nomi¬nated in last Tuesday's democratic prim¬ary to succeed Representative Lewis L.Morgan from the sixth Louisiana dis¬trict. Mr. Sanders' majority over hisopponent, Amos L. Ponder, was 324.

t

PRESIDENT 10 GO TOFUNERAL OF SISTER

Abandons Political Engage¬ments and Will Start for Co¬lumbia, S. C., This Afternoon.

LONG BRANCH. N. J.. September 16..Canceling all political engagementsfor the first part of next week.^Presi-dent Wilson today made plans for leav-ing for Columbia. S. C.. tomorrowafternoon, to atten<l the funeral of hissister. Mrs. Annie K. Howe, who diedthis morning at New London. Conn.The President had plartned to speak

in St. Louis .Wednesday, before an un-

derwriters' convention. As soon as heheard of his sister's death he arrangedfor Secretary of War Baker to makean address in his place. He also hadmade engagements to see ChairmanVance McCormick of the democraticnational committee. Senator Meyers ofMontana and other political leaders on

Monday.President Much Affected.

News of Mrs. Howe's death reachedthe President while he was at break¬fast. He was much affected, althoughhe was told several days ago, duringhis visit to his sister in New London,that it was impossible for her to live.He had planned to return to New Lon-don before her death.Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Dr.

Cary Grayson, the White House physi-cian. the President will motor to Tren¬ton, N. J.. tomorrow afternoon, and at4:56 p.m. will join his brother. JosephR. Wilson of Baltimore; his daughter.Miss Margaret Wilson, and severalother relatives, who will go with Mrs.Howe's body to Columbia.

Funeral Tomorrow.The funeral party will arrive at Co-

lumbia Monday morning. at 11:30o'clock. The funeral will be held Mori-day afternoon. Mr. Wilson will leavethere at 6:13 o'clock Monday afternoon,arriving back here at 1:11 Tuesdayafternoon. *

The President has an engagement to

speak at Baltimore September 23. be-fore the National Grain Dealers' Asso-ciation convention and expects to till it.Tentative arrangements for speeches inhis "porch" campaign here will be held

/ up until after his return from Colum¬bia.

BELGIANS WREST FORTRESSFROM TEUTONS IN AFRICALONDON, September 17, 3:36 a.m..

Belgian forces operating in GermanlOast Africa have captured Tabora. the

principal German fortress in the terri-tory, according to a Belgian officialcommunication received here. Thestatement follows: "As the result ofsevere fighting between September 1and 11 the brigades of Gens. Molitonand Olsen. belonging to the army ofGen. Tombeur. entered Tabora. expel¬ling the Germans. Tabora, which wasfortified powerfully, was the principalcitadel in German East Africa, com¬

manding the railway from l.ake Tan¬ganyika to the Indian ocean.

BRITISH AEROS ATTACKRAILWAYS IN PALESTINE

LONDON. September 16..An officialaccount of an aerial attack on enemypositions In Palestine was Issued to¬day as follows:"Between August 25 snd 29 a series

of attacks and reconnaissances upon

V,

the enemy's railway communicationsin Palestine was carried out by a Brit-ish seaplane squadron under somewhathazardous conditions, due to the factthat the railway runs for the mostpart behind a range of mountains dif-ficult for seaplanes to surmount."Bombs were dropped on Afulch

Junction, where considerable damagewas dorYe to the rolling stock andstores in the vi^fnity. A railway en-gine and fourteen carriatf^s were setafire and destroyed. The railway

J stations at Tulkerm and Ardana andan efierr.y CSmp four miles lo thenorthwest were successfully bombard-ed and severely damaged."On the 26th seaplanes bombarded

the railway station at Home, forty-flve miles inland."

ACTIVITIES INDICATEE

Agents Arrive at New London andGerman Ship Prepares

Screen Effect.3

NEW LONDON, Conn., September 16.i.A persistent report that the Germansubmarine merchantman Bremen, a sister'ship of the Deutschland, would arrivehere within a week, gained credence to-night by the arrival in this city of PaulG. L. Hilken, manager of the GermanOcean Transportation Company, organ¬ized to operate the underseas craft,Mr Hilken was accompanied by G.

Prusse, who was credited with havingconstructed the Deutschland, the firstGerman submarine freighter to reach theUnited States. Mr. Prusse was a passen-ger on the Deutschlanu when that vesselarrived at Baltimore.Although neither Mr. Hilken nor Mr.

I'russe would state definitely tonightwhether the Bremen is on her way here,elaborate preparations have been made,which indicate that the undersea linerprobably is about due.

The North German Lloyd steamerWillehad, brought around from Bos-

j ton a few weekks ago, has been moor-

ed near the U. S. S. Dolphin, outside ofthe New London pier, forming a berthinside, and today a pontoon of rafts,with a big board fence, was floatedaround to the prow of the steamer andthere moored.With the pontoon fence in position,

a submarine inside would be scjeeneufrom outside view. The board fencesurrounds the warehouses and the of¬fice buildings leased by the EasternForwarding Company, a subsidiary ofthe German Ocean Transportation Com¬pany.About twenty carloads of rubber

have been received here within thelast few weeks and are stored hi thewarehouses. The material is incasedin small boxes, marked via San Fran-cisco.

FAVOR UNIFIED METHODISM.

Delegates to Southwest Missouri Con¬ference Vote Unanimously.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 16..Resolutions were unanimously adoptedher.? today by the southwest Missouri con¬ference of the Methodist Hjpiscopal Church(South) instructing the delegates fromthat section of Missouri to vote in favorof the unification with the northernbranch of the church at the next generalconference. Rev. J. F. Goucher of Bal¬timore addressed the conference in favorof the resolution.

Mayor Acquitted of Perjury.GIRARD, Ala., September 16..Earl

I. Morgan, mayor of Girard, "today was

acquitted by a Russell county jury ofperjury, which, it was charged, hecommitted at the'trial of John Oakes,former chief of police of Girard, wholast month was convicted of acceptingbribes from persons engaged in liquortraffic. The case was submitted tothe Jury late yesterday.

Republicans to Conduct Cam¬paign Partly on Comparisonof Presidential Nominees.

SAY PRESIDENT WILSONEVADES AND VACILLATES

Democrats Rely on Popular Cry ThatAdministration Kept Us

Out of War.

BY N. O. MESSENGER.

j YORK, September 16..| Aside from strictly party andplatform differences between thedemocrats and republicans, ifthere be any that are clearly de'fined other than the protectivetariff, this national campaign bidsiair pretty soon to divide 011 lineswhich might be termed psycho¬logical. J here are indications inplenty as well as actual evidenceat hand of such a drift.Already one phase of the impending

division is seen, and the other will bevery shortly apparent, it soon will be

j so acute as to be universally noticeable,according to information obtainable.Kverybody is aware of the psycholog¬

ical element upon which the admin¬istration is leaning so heavily.thepopular thought that President Wilson"kept us out of war." That there issuch a feeling widespread in the coun-

try is undeniable. Every unbiased in¬vestigator who reports upon politicalconditions knows it to be a factFurthermore, it is true that it appeals

to many, especially to the lay people,the non-experts in politics and states¬manship, the busy folk, who are potter¬ing around about their little affairs,small in the gross but exigent to them¬selves. Politicians may apply the acidtest of logic and disintegrate the claimto their own satisfaction, but the factcannot be disputed that the feelingprevails.

Ballots to Decide.To what degree it is to be effective In

lulling the voters to indifference to

other features of the campaign and to

jthe basic differences between the

policies^ and practices of the democratictnd republican parses is, of course, an¬other question, and the vital one, tob£ decided only at the polls.However, the fact remains that the

democratic manners of hiTh and lowrank are relying upon tP is state ofmind, as it might be called, prevailingwith the public as a tower of strengthin the coming campaign.Here is the other "psychological" ele¬

ment, which will very soon be injectedinto the campaign by the republicansand assiduously cultivated by speakersand in every way possible until the endof the campaign.namely, comparisonof the character of the two candidatesfor the presidency.The republicans will charge that Presi¬

dent Wilson, bv character, as evidencedin his course, is vacillating, evasive and

f changeable; that his policies cannot bevouchsafed nor forecasted. The repub!i-cans will allege that he is an opportunist;that his course in the railway tf-lke is¦evidence that he will seize upon anythingto perpetuate himself in office and hisparty in power, and that h* will stop atnothing to achieve these ends.From these allegations the republicans

will argue that such a character rendershim unsafe as an executive and that hisdominance over a subservient Congressincreases the menace to the country.There is no question that this line of at-tack is to be followed with vigor by therepublicans throughout the campaign.

Republican Program. >¦

The republicans propose to go aheadupon the belief entertained by them thatPresident Wilson shook the confidence ofthe people in him by his summary actionm the railway strike. They expect to ap-peal effectively to the business men andto the conservative element in all pitieswith this line of allegation and argumentFor Mr. Hughes will he claimed the

possession of a judicial temperament, ag-Rressiveness, courage and directness, as

shown by his record as governor andjudge. His fearlessness in taking up theissue ot the coercion of Congress in be-naif of a section of wage earners will becited as an asset of character.

Mexican Coup Anticipated.Politicians and side line observers in

both parties are expecting a coup bythe administration in the Mexican sltu-ation some time in October, the esti-mates .setting it close upon the eve ofthe elections. The republicans hear in-tnnations of it and are uneasy They<1 nnt quite know what it is to be butfear that the President is getting readyto hand them something." as they p-it

They feel that the action in the rail¬way strike was.to express it politelvand not use their expression of a

"frame up".opportune, and while theyare confident that they will benefit inthe end by that, they do' not feel sosure of some dramatic play over Mexicowhich they apprehend the administra¬tion is getting ready to make.

High Lights of the Campaign.At this stage of the campaign, while

primaries are still impending in some

of the important states, only the broadoutlines of the campaign are discussedthe general drift of politics and publicsentiment measured. MassachusettsNew York and New Jersey are three ofthe big states yet to hold their pri¬maries for the nomination of candidateson state and congressional ticketsOnly surface and broad indications

of the trend of sentiment are availabletherefore, at this time. They -ire sub'jeet to revision as candidates take'theheld and specific conditions begin to de¬velop. But. speaking generally, andseven weeks in advance of a campaignt?lat pl,'2£!'ses 1° he ,he intensesince 1896. and which may producemany surprises and swift and dramaticchanges, it is possible to talk of whatappears to be in the political atmos¬phere.

Trend Toward Bepublicans.Competent political observers here

whose judgment has been justified inthe past, tell The Star's correspondent jthat New York, New Jersey and Con¬necticut seem to be trending toward therepublicans at this time. They do notbase their assertion upon the Maineelection. That was confirmatory of a

condition which they before thoughtexistent, they say. Maine, they con

tend, was but a block in a political mo-saic.New York. New Jersey and Connecti¬

cut. these observers maintain, containmore republican than democratic votersThey say they can nee no indications ofa change of form in these masses.

BRITISH CONTINUEDRIVEIN THEWEST;GAINING ON ANCRE

Gen. Haig's Forces Capture1,700 More Teutons. Making

4.000 in Two Days.

HEAVY COUNTER ATTACKSARE MADE BY GERMANS

In Aerial Fighting English BringDown Fifteen Aeroplanes. Bat

Lose Six.

BOMBS DROPPED ON RHEIMS

French Report Capture of TrenchNortheast of Berny and Success¬ful Air Attacks on Railroads ,

South of Metz. *

LONDON, September i<V .Gen. Haig. commander of th<rBritish forces on the Sommefront, reports the capture of addi¬tional German prisoners to thenumber of 1.700, making the totalnumber of captures for the la>ttwo days more than 4,000.The continuation of the hattle

is reported in the British officialstatement in "certain localitiessouth of the Ancre river. TheBritish proceeded methodicallywith their attack begun J."rida>.and the Germans responded withheavy counter attacks, bothagainst the British and theFrench.Comparative quiet, however,

reigned along the French sectionof the Somme front, although th-

j French report some progressnorth of Bouchavesnes, and tilt-capture of a trench northeast 01

Berny.Berlin Admits Losing Three Villages.Berlin admits the loss of Hie large

villages of Courcelette. Martinpuich ,yand Piers, but declares that strongBritish attacks against Combles were

ineffective. It is estimated by theGermans that twenty divisions, or

about 400.COO men, took part in theAnglo-French drive of Friday. Beilin says the British made progress andthat the French assaults south ofthe Somme were repulsed.The British official statement of to-

night says: .

"Today (Saturday) south of the ®

^a.xr^d °furthei"*progressmiles on a front of six miles..The number of prisoners taken to

riav is more than 1.700. of whom flfty-®The total number ofSSSwfJrJRSSw:

°,.sh;r .»<

"Two more of our machine, are miss¬ing. making altogether . ix.

French Take Trench Near Berny.Thc teKt of the French statement

""On the Somme front the day was

comparatively quiet. We made some

progress north of Bouchavesnes and

capfured a trench northeast of Berny. AGerman counter attack against our

positions between Belloy-en-banterreand Barleux failed under the fire of our

3&s£',:^rs:meters were thrown on the blast turnaces at Utkingen (I'singen?), thirtjKheUs of 120 millimeters on the blastfurnaces at Rorabae and thirty otherson factories in the Mandelingen districtThe same night two of our machine,dipped /ourteen shells 011 the railroat.fracks south of Metz and on the sta¬tions at Binsdorf. The stations at fapin-court and Longuyen also received sixt>

"r"Last'eevening a German aeroplanedropped several bombs on Kheims. T« <.

civilians, including a child, were killedand another was wounded.

.. \rcording to fresh information inaddition to the nine C.erman aviatorsbrought down yesterday on the hrenchfront six other enemy machines »er-

damaged in encounters with ourand were compelled to descend withintheir own lines. Two of the aviators

W-On Thursday night one of our squad¬rons dropped 106 bombs "t large caliber ¦

on the military establishments at Poi.t-Faverger and Bethenivilie. A large firewas caused at Pont-Faverger. Each ofthf aeroplanes made two trips. On thesame night the railway station at ton-

larnv was bombarded with 1.4SSmbs of ISO millimeters. A large num¬

ber of the bombs found their mark.

Successes Claimed by Germans.xhe German official statement, re¬

porting recent operations in France,

^"Duke Albrecht of Wurttemburg: As

has repeatedly happened during the last

,ew days. Westende was again bom¬

barded yesterday from the sea. without

the Ypres salient and on theVh.r.V narts of the front of CrownPrince Kupprecht the enemy developedr lively fire and patrol activity...Tht battle on the Somme was espe¬cially fierce yesterday. A strong as¬sault by about twenty Anglo-French di-vT«l ona <400,000 officers and men) wudirected against our front between the

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