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V- 1 it VOL. LXIV. NO. 214 TWO FARTS SIXTEEN PAGES City Edition TUCSON, ARIZONA, SUNDAY. MOKN1NH, SEPTEMBER Sympathizing Witt War-Torn Europe, American Labor of Peace and Prosperity nniniiTTrrm UUItlMH hi it PPS BACK ON CARPATHIANS, I VllUVbU VI WWVVIIVI1W British Aeroplane Corps Over Channel and Reaches Front; Germany Withdraws Troops From French and German Frontiers to Beat Back Czar's Army, Bent on Annihilating Aus-trians Before They Turn Their Attention to Three Million Men Engaged in Galicia in Battle That Has Lasted Seven Days, With Russians Routing Austrian Army; Aus-trians Lose 5000 Prisoners to Mucsovitc Host; Face Famine Germams Move Further From Paris Is Beneficiary Flies LONDON, Sept.

5. The Boulogne correspondent of the Star records a conversation with members of a small party of Dublin Fusiliers who, cut off from their regiment at Courtrai, managed to make their way to Boulogne. Unlike some men he had seen, adds the correspondent, the Fusilieres had nothing but respect for the German artillery. "It is every bit as good as ours," one said. "They got the range in five seconds and then burst shrapnel over our heads.

Two men to the left of me in the trenches were killed. Both myself and a man to the right, who had fallen asleep through sheer exhaustion, were left untouched. "The Germans had more machine guns than we had. They have a way nf wnrbinp rrvlind tha an1 nf (ron1iaa awi turning their guns right down the iwnui ui muni, i tjuuet was ueau- WARNING INDICATES PRESENCE OF GERMANS LONDON Sept. 5.

The British admiralty issued the following afidS thf past coast nf TdnclanH and unri Dotn clav and njghtj mety be remove(i at any time without further warning than is contained in this notice. GERMANS SINK 15 BRITISH TRAWLERS LONDOa, Sept. 5. Fifteen British trawlers have been sunk in the North sea by German warships. Their fish were confiscated and the crews of the boats taken prisoners, according to advices.

62,000 IDENTIFICATION PLATES REACH BRUSSELS LONDON (Sunday). A dispatch to the Observer from Antwerp says a bag containing 62,000 aluminum identification plates of Germans killed in fighting reached Brussels from France. These Plates are destined for Berlin. CRUISER DISABLED NEW YORK, Sept. 5.

The German cruiser Karlsruhe disabled the British cruiser Bristol, in a battle off Haytl, 1 according to statements by German reservists arriving from the West indies, who also declared that the Karlsrhue sunk the cruiser Glasgow, after having sunk the Bowes Castle, and another British merchantman. The sinking of the Glasgow was later denied. Before sinking the merchantmen, the reserv- passengers, crews and stores, and nicui uu an uninnauuea lsiana i v.oiuuium. left them witl a month's food. LONDON, SEPT.

5. "FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS MADE AERONAUTICAL HISTORY BY SENDING AT SHORT NOTICE AEROPLANES ACROSS THE CHANNEL BY THE AIR ROUTE WITHOUT MISHAP," SAYS A CORRESPONDENT OF THE PALL MALL GAZETTE. "AS A COMBINED FLIGHT," HE CONTINUES, "THIS SURPASSES ANYTHING EVER DONE IN AVIATION. AT THE PRESENT MOMENT THESE AIR SQUADRONS, BESIDES RESERVES, ARE WITH THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, BUT APART FROM THE NEWS OF TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS AND THE APPEARANCE OF AN AIRMAN'S NAME AMONG THE WOUNDED, NOTHING AUTHENTIC HAS BEEN PUBLISHED CONCERNING THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS." GENEVA (Via Paris), Sept, 5. Reports from Italy declare that the entire Austrian army has been flung back upon the Carpathians.

Their retreat is becoming a rout, with Cossacks pursuing the Austrlans. According to reports from Berlin, great numbers of German troops are being withdrawn from the French and German frontiers, These soldiers, together with the forces from Bavaria and Wurtemburg, are going to Vistula to meet the Russians. LONDON, Sept. 5. A Milan dispatch to the Dally Mall says the Russians occupied Czarnowitz without Czernowltz Is the capital of the Austro-Hungarian crown land of Bukowina, It is 146 miles southeast of Lemberg.

BELGIANS ill Invaders Appear to Be Moving Against Belgian Temporary Capital; Advance Checked at Scheldt River Alter the Defenders Destroyed the Bridge DENDERMONDE FALLS, GERMANS' CLAIM! LONDON, Sept. 5. A Central News dispatch from Ghent says German troops yesterday made an attempt to cross the Scheldt river near Termende (Dendermonde). The Belgians blew up one of the bridges but an attempt to destroy in a similar manner another bridge failed. The Belgians, however, prevented the Germans from crossing the river.

It is supposed it is the aim of the Germans to advance In the direction of St. Nicholas, twelve mile's southwest of Antwerp. AMSTERDAM, (Via London) Sept. 5 The 'Antwerp correspondent of the Telegraph sends the following: "Friday morning a strong German force left Brussels In a northwesterly direction, having probably been ordered to Cut communication between Antwerp and the coast. They marched by way of Merchten, Buggenhout and Dendermonde.

They set fire to several houses and the railway station at Buggenhout and cut telegraph wires. "The German patrol cut communication between Ghent and Antwerp by way of 'Dendermonde. The country surrounding Antwerp has now a remarkable affnearance as the dykes to the southwest of Malines were opened and the entire district flooded. This took the Germans completely by surprise. They worked heroically, waist deep and under fire from the forts, to extricate their guns and sugered severe losses." SERIOUS FIGHTING AT CAPELLE-AU-BOIS LONDON, Sept.

5. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Antwerp says serious fighting between the German and Belgian forces has taken place at Capelle-Au flois, between Malines and Termonde. The nniiWuna nlacArf aureat manv of the enemy hors du combat but their own losses were slight. Guns have not ceased firing all day. DENDERMONDE FALLS nnTTrnnut fVia London) Sept.

5. Berlin makes the official announcement that iDendermonde, east of Flanders and sixteen miles east of Ghent, was taken today, the Belgian garrison retreating to Antwerp. WAR'S COST TO U. S. WASHINGTON, Sept.

5. Secretary Bryan asked congress for $1,000,000. to meet the extra expense of diplomatic services in caring for the interests of the warring nations. GEI1 NEAR ANTWERP 11 Knows Where It Can Get $7, 500,000 Extra Internal Revenue to Meet the Losses in Customs Receipts; $250 Yet to Be Located BEER, LIQUOR, MEDICINES, AND SOFT DRINKS SOURCE WASHINGTON. Sept.

Democrat- if members of the ways and means committee have virtually agreed upon the commodities susceptible of special taxation to realize $75,000,000 request- i erl by the president, to offset the loss of customs receipts caused by the but what will be taxed to raise the! other $25,000,000 has not been decided, scores of commodities as means of taxation, being proposed. The committee will meet again Tuesday. No announcement was made, but 't is certain that ber, fermented liquors, proprietory medicines and 1 reparations of all kinds, soft drinks! an dtstllied liquors will be taxed. The additional beer tax will be either 50 or 60 cents a barrel, probably 50, producing 32,000,000 a year. A tax of 20 cents will probably fall on domestic wines, bringing in from $10,000 to $15,000.

Heavy Whiskey Tax From the tax on proprietary medicines and preparations of all kinds and on soft drinks it Is hoped to raise ap-j proximately $20,000,000. while an additional revenue tax on distilled liquors, I probably not more than 15 cents a gal-: Ion, would bring the total tax on whiskies, to $1.25 per gallon. So severe was the opposition to the tax on railroad tickets aniontr the com mittee members, chiefly because of its unpopularity and probable.political effect, that further consideration Is unlikely. The majority of the members also "Prose an additional tax on tobacco because of the burden it now bears. Expensive to Collect The taxation of gasoline was strenuously objected to.

The opposition, it Is said, lies chiefly in the fact that it would be expensive to collect, necessitating government'agents in refineries. Possible subjects for. taxation dis cussed magazines and motion i piciure turns, as well, a3 theater ana amusement tickets. I CHIEFS WILL MEET aoniiMjiuiy, aepi. o.

uimiiio-tration officials expressed satisfaction over reports from Mexico City that a general convention of governors, military chiefs and delegates representing the army has been called for October 1 to arrange a program for a constitutional election. This represents the chief demand of Villa, and, acquiescence in it by Car ranzafe 'regarded as a most hopeful indication towards harmony between the two leaders. III FINDS PAY DIR PARIS, Sept. (Sunday)-r-An offi cial communication was issued at midnight announcing that three forts have fallen at Maubege, a fortress of the first class in Nord. Further the official statement says: "The press bureau at Bordeaux to the military governor of Parisr 'The respective situations of the German and French armies on the left wing have not undergon any interesting change.

The enveloping movement has been definitely The situation is unchanged in the center and on the right in Lorraine and Vosges. According to information, the enemy's troops evacuated the region of Compiegne and Srmlia." goISfKe? are proceeding actively ana Mau-beuge the bombardment continues with extreme violence. The city resists, despite the destruction of three forts." The following communication was issued by the, governor of Paris Ahis morning: "The German army continues to move further away from Paris toward the southeast, carrying out the movement started on Thursday." RHEIMS HAS FALLEN WITHOUT RESISTANCE i NEW YORK, Sept, 5. The following dispatch, received at the German embassy at Washington and forward ed by telegraph to Count Von Bern- storg, German ambasasdor, who has been in New York, was given out tonight: "Berlin, Saturday (By wireless via Sayville) Rheims has fallen into the Germans' hands without ALLIES AGREE TO FIGHT WAR TO BETTER END None Agree t0 Peace WithOUt Others' Consent; It Means Mrr Uill Or, Dlnnrrnrl mo vvai win ux luiuiiou WASHINGTON, Sept. no.

and dlplomata here regard the agree- ment just signed by Great Britain, France and Russia, not to make peace except by mutual consent, as an indication mat tne war is to be fought to a decisive end. On all sides the announcement was accepted as meaning the inevitable prolongation of the war. The president and Secretary Bryan, who have been hoping for some indication of readiness on the part of the powers to -make peace, are said to have been depressed by the news. in France. From all parts of the globe colonial troops are being gathered by England.) The contest, in diplomacy between Berlin and London has been causing considerable worry around the world.

In the last few days, it is understood, the allies have expected Turkey to openly align herself with Germany and Austria, but the delay in action, construed bv many as merely a means of complet.ng military nevertheless has produced a ray uf hope that the war party In Constanti nople will not triumph, --j-t 56,000 AMERICANS HAVE LEFT EUROPE LONDON. Sept. 5. Herbert (Continued on page 2) I I I i whole situation In the northern theater of war has been changed for the bettor by the victory of the armies commanded by Generals Auffenberg and Pankcl. As an example of the brilliant work of the armies in the field, the correspondents relate that Russian infantry that tried to beat a hHsty retreat under cover were stopped by renewed direct fire the moment they attempted to make any movement.

Rheims was taken without fighting. Owing to the rapid advance of our army, little attention can be paid to booty, and guns -and wagons have been left standing In open fields, quite ahundoned. These can be collected by troops in due courBe of time. 7C0.C00 RUSSIANS ON AUSTRIAN FRONTIER LONDON, Sept. n.

The Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News sortds the following: "Telegraphing from headquarters of the Austrian army, a German correspondent whose messages have been transmitted here from Berlin, says the toUl strength of the Russian army now holding ground between Lublin snd Lemberg is 700,000. Lemberg is described as 'evacuated' by the Austrlans. "Day after day passes in dreadful fighting, which has lasted now eleven days. The heat In Gallcla is terrible. 1 think I am not.

wrong In saying that victory over the Russian millions Is going to be very hard to win." FAMINE CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT VIENNA PARIS, Sept. 5. According to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Temps, a famine is feared In Vienna within a fortnight. Dispatches from the Austrian capital say there are 250,000 persons without work and the number is increasing rapidly. All stores are closed and the people are despondent.

WOUNDED WERE LEFT ON BATTLEFIELDS KOMK (Via J'aris), Sept. 5. More than 35,000 Austrian and Russian LONDON, Sept. 5. "This was the seventh day of the colassal battle, in which three millions of Russians and Austrlans are cngagod," read a Vienna dispatch to th Exchange Telegraph company, dated September 2.

"The battle front extends along about a thousand kilometers (620 miles) from Prussia in the north to the Dneister river in the south. The Russians are burning for a fight in the south, and their supreme efforts are directed toward annihilating the entire Austrian army in that region, and thus remove it from their flank before beginning the real attack on Germany. "The battle began by a turning movement in Russia's favor. Karly todays ('September 2) the Austrlans abandoned Iemberg, which the Russians occupied." HUNGARIANS MAY ATTACK THE RUSSIANS LONDON. Sept.

g. In a dispatch from Amsterdam the correspondent of Renter's gives an account of the situation in Gallicia. as related by an Austrian officer who was wounded in the battle with the Russians at Dombrowe, and has now reached Rotterdam. According tn tho lnMi "racer, wno gave his story to the mewe Kotierdamscne the advantage gained by the Russians at Lemberg! was not conclusive. From the beginning of tho campaign, he declared, the Austrlana reckoned uion the possibility of a Russian occupation of Lemberg.

A force of Hungarians are now advancing from the south, according to the officer, and ho believes they are possibly preparing for an attack upon the RtiBBians. He added that If the Austrlans succeeded in breaking through the Rua-sian ltnes north of Lemberg, the Russians would be lost. SITUATION IN NORTH FAVORS THE GERMANS LONDON. Sept. An official statement, Issued in Berlin and re- ceived here by Marconi wire ess, savs: -Keporis rrom war correspondents or a Vincennes newspaper state that the The army under Bueiow captured un- Diplomats of the allied powers in-til today men, 2fi0 heavy and terpreted the agreement as a de-1IW light guns, and six colors." cision on the part of Great Britain and Russia to waee their warfare In NAVAL OFFICERS HAVE i every quarter, irespective of reverses REACHED CONSTANTINOPLE LONDON, SepL 5.

A dispatch to the Evening News from Athens says: "German officers and men who arrived at Constantinople were taken Immediately aboard ships off San Ste-phano. Their destination remained a secret. "The former German cruisers Goe-ben and Breslau are still at Touzlt in the Gulf of Ismid, where they are. tin- jdergoing repairs. It is reported that Turkish naval officers, in council, de-; cided that active participation in the war was inexpedient do far as the fleet is concerned." i DIET EXTENDED TOKIO.

Sent 5 The special session i of the Japanese. diet has been extend-, ed to September 9. I (Continued on page 2)' I.