The CordovaT)aily Times
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ALLIES LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE
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PARIS, Sept. 26.—The French and Americans attacked jointly on the
Champaign front and in the region of Bydit, on the east, today, says an of
ficial statement. The renewed German attacks north of the Aisne were
repulsed, and a counter-attack ejected the Germans where they had
gained a foothold at one point.
MAKE EXCELLENT PROGRESS
With the French Forces, Sept. 26—A high French officer at 9:30 a. m.
told the Associated Preis that the news from the principal points at the
front was excellent. The attack was led by the French Fourth army,
which had taken Servon, which had been in the hands of the Germans since
1914, and Navarin farm, around which there had been violent fighting.
Navarin was an exceptionally strong position.
The French attacked in the Cham pagne sector in a thick fog, after a
period of artillery preparation which terminated in an hour of the most
intense gunfire. Early indications w ere that the attack was progressing fa
vorably. __ 1
FRANCO-AMERICANS MAKE
BIG GAINS IN NEV DRIVE
ASSOCIATED DRESS WAR SIMM ARY. Tim French
and American storming of the German positions in Champagne
apparently is a major stroke. The offensive is progressing
rapidly. The Champagne sector has been inactive since the
Germans failed in their advance then* on duly 15. The Ameri
cans are advancing in East Champagne.
German Positions Penetrated Several Miles
EU.XDoX, Sept. 2li. The French and Americans attacked
this morning on a forty-mile front between Snippe and the
liver Meuse. The Germans voluntarily abandoned their for
ward positions. Xot much artillery or inlautrv resistance was
encountered l>\ the allies, who penetrated the German positions
ton dept h of several miles.
The scene of the new offensive is between the successful
Marin* offensive ami tlm recent American success in the St.
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Importance of New Operations
X K V \ ( IKK, Sept. 2<i. rl lie a In >ve at t nek is t lie t irst a 11 u*d
thrust in Champagne since Foch assumed the initiative, in duly.
It is the logical result of the allied successes in Picardy in driv
ing the Gormans hack to the Iliiidenbiirg line from Arras to
1 moll.
'File Champagne drive threatens the communication lines
near the llindonlmrg lino, when* the Germans are struggling to
keep the French and British from breaking through. Tt is be
lieved that the attack extends a good part of the distance from
Kheims to Verdun.
British Activities in Various Sectors
Id >XIM )X, Sept. -J(>. Northwest of St. (Quentin the British
continued the pressure against the German defenses, and cap
timed enemy strong points near Seleiiey and Gricourt, says an
official bulletin. In Flanders the British line also advanced,
and progress is being made in the sector north of Fnbassoo.
'flic British have repulsed German counter-attacks north of Gri
court.
Bulgarian Territory Invaded
SAI.UXIKI, Sept. L’fi. The allies have invaded Bulgaria.
The British entered Bulgarian terrilorv opposite Koslimiiio,
six miles south of Strumitza, the enemy base.
The allied advance into Bulgaria continues. The British
and Greek units are forcing their way over the Bclachista
range, northeast of Itoirau, says an official statement.
Bulgarians in Precarious Position
l,< >.\D< ).\, Sept. 2b. 1| is reported that the I’rih p \'al s
road has been cut at l/.vor, isolating the First Bulgarian army
from tiie main line of communication and placing it in a pre
carious position. The First Bulgarian armv is on the allied
left.
Veles Captured by Serbians
The Serbs have captured Veles, twenty-five miles south
east of I'skub, in Macedonia.
Greek Troops Assist in Advance
ATHENS, Sept. 'Jti.—Greek troops are aiding the allied
advance in Macedonia in three sectors, says an official bulletin.
East of the Vardarthe Bulgarians are fleeing toward Valndovu,
with the British and Greeks in pursuit.
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♦ POLICEMAN’S LOT ♦
♦ NOT A HAPPY ONE ♦
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♦ CHICAGO. Sept. 26.—Drinks ♦
♦ will not be served to policemen ♦
♦ after September 30 unless they ♦
♦ pay for them, according to an ♦
♦ agreement entered into by local ♦
♦ saloonkeepers. ♦
♦ Several months ago the blew- ♦
♦ eries put the ban on free ♦
♦ drinks for officers, and they ♦’
♦ claim to have thus saved sc. ♦
♦ eral thousand barrels of beer. ♦
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PALESTINE TO
HAVE A SELF
GOVERNMENT
PARIS, Sept 26. The liberated |
territory in Palestine is to be admin
istered under an agreement reached
between the British. French and Rus
sian governments in 1916.
The French art' charged with the
task of preparing a scheme of self
government for the people of Pales
tine
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SOLDIERS WILL !
NOT RETURN
TO WORK SOIL
ATLANTIC (MTV. Sept. 20. Speak
ers at the convention of the American
Hospital Association, now in session.
in this city, declared today that re
turning soldiers will not favor the j
"hack to the soil movement."
'I'lie training they are now rece \
ing. they de<dated, will create a desire
to enter commercial and technical
work.
T. 11. Kidder, vocational secretary
of the invalided soldiers’ committee
of Canada, said that most of the re
turned soldiets had had enough of
tin* soil to last them the rest of their
lives.
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Alaskan Given
Military Duty in
Aerial Service
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—Captain
French, for seventeen years u resident
of Alaska, and widely known as a
promoter of mining properties, has
been assigned to important military
duty In the United States aerial serv
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LIBERTY LOAN
DRIVE GIVEN
NEW IMPETUS
Washington, sept. tr, Thirty
nine German field guns, raptured by
Americans In Fran e, have arrived
here nnd are b,,ing distributed to the
Kftsvrn cities for display during the
Fourth Liberty loan campaign
The guns range in caliber from
three to six inches, and bear the
nan > of thousands of American sol
diers penciled on the guns, wheels and
carriages. Most of these guns were
captured In the offensive between
Solssons and Rheims.
N'l \V YORK, Sept. L'tl Air raid
siren . church bells and thousands of
other sound producers will open the
Four ill Liberty loan campaign here
tomorrow night, half an hour before
President Wilson is to deliver his ad
dress at the Metropolitan opera
house
Everybody has been requested to
stand on Saturday morning at 9
o’clock and face east toward France,
v.here Pershing and his gallant army
.are fighting for world democracy
Jj^n^rnM whistles will be heard for
fifteen miles,
Arctic Explorer to Assist Seattle
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—Vilhaljmur
Stefansson, the noted Arctic explorer,
who has jusl returned from an ex
tended stay In polar regions will be
one of Seattle's Liberty loan speakers
Stefansson arrived here from Vh
iori today.
Election Probes
Been Postponed
Couple Months
U VSH1NCJTON. Sept IT. The
set tie elections committee has post
poned until after the November elec
tions consideration of the resolution
prodding for an Investigation of the1
expenditures in the Michigan cant
paten, in which Truman II. Newberry j
hi ived the Hcpublican senatorial
mu iination
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Draft Lottery to
Be Announced
in a Few Days
WASHINGTON. Sept, !b'. Provost;
Marshal Genera! Crowder lias decided!
to withhold for another day or two
tlie announcement of the date for the1
third draft lottery, to give the mini
hers determining the order of service,
of (he i:i,oi>tl,00o men who registered
September 1L’.
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BANKERS TO
STAND BY WAR
TO LAST CENT
CHICAGO. Sept. 26.-- Charles A
Slnseh. president of the American |
Bankers' Association, addressing the!
annual convention of that body thisj
morning, pledged the fortunes and i
lives of its nineteen thousand mem
bers to continue the wnr until a vic
torious peace had been achieved
The bankers, he said, would keop
an fighting, not to the last dollar, but
to the last credit. Nothing should be
considered, ho said, short of an un
conditional surrender.
Nomeite Brings
Down Another
Enemy Machine
WITH T11 K AMKHU'AN K< >|{< *KS
IN l’I{ ANCK, Sept. 1j»‘> Major Ken
lie!h Marr ot Norn**. \I;i T;i, is « r« *l
it**<l with having downed an enemy
airplane.
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Falling Rock
Kills Pioneer
of Klondike
|).\WSO.N, V. T.. S«*pt. ■_’*». Thom.is
Taylor, a pioneer of tin* Klondike dis
triet. was killed by a falling rock to
day while engaged in sluicing
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Hr. Blythe has opened a dental of
fiee jit tin* Bonanza min**
HE PREFERS
WIFE TO LOSS
OF HIS CROWN
AMSTKHbAM. Sept '’rown
Trim* t'ic.rle of k lani.i. confined
!»•■< :nise he married girl of humble
birth, says that thiones an* so un
stal»le nnwailays that lie prefers the
certainty of having a win o| his own
« I loosing and « ham «* thr he of his
sin cession to the crown
King Kordinand lias f iiP-d in ins at
tempt to undo (he marriage
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ALASKA STOCKS
NKW YORK. Sfpt Alaska
fIt; Alaska Juneau. I1.
BRITISH ARE CLEANING UP
TURK FORCES IN PALESTINE
LONDON, Sept. 'I'lii' Fourth TurkiGi unity, mi t!.<
1’uh‘stiiie front, is virtually surrounded east of the .Iordan, and
faces annihilation by the British, The prisoners now total
forty five* thousand. The annihilation of the Fourth army,
which is now expected, would clean up the Turkish forces in
Palestine, accounting for eighty thousand men.
The British are extending their occupation of territory to
the district about the Sea of Galilee occupied by Tiberias and
Semakh, on the borders of the sea. _
Totals of Turks Captured
PA IBS, Sept. Approximately forty two thousand
Turks have been captured in Palestine.
GERMAN POISON GAS IS NO
LONGER REGARDED DANGEROUS
l,< >.\T>< >.\, Si• ]11. l!(1. (ii'i'inau poison gas no longer holds
the terror of earlier days. British masks provide practically
complete protection, and so well are the scientists satisfied with
the anti gas measures that eases of gassing are now treated as
self inflicted, and unless the victim can establish that his hurt
was sustained through no fault of his own lie is regarded as
suffering from self inflicted wounds.
The latest (it rinau gases are not outwardly unpleasant, and
di' ir effects are not immediate, with the consequence that the
men are tempted to disregard the warnings and delay tlm put
ting on of masks.
I ’A It 1S, Sept. 'Jti. Monastic or I *ri lep is to become the seat
of the Serbian government as soon a> the allied line- are estab
lislied definitely north of those cities, according to Id M. It.
Vesnitch, the Serbian minister to France.
The minister said it was almost unbelievable that success
of the magnitude of that won in Macedonia colon n. won with
so trifling losses.
WOMEN SUFFRAGE VOTE IS
SIDETRACKED BY THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, Sept. ‘J<>. I Mans for a vote by tbe senate
in the woman suffrage amendment to the Unites! State's eonsti
tution we're virtually abandoned tetday. In the1 midst ot the*
debate' em the resolution Chairman Jones of tla> committee
state'd that the' resolution could go over until Saturday.
Crowdeel galleries awaiteel the vote, and the suffrage lead
ers took polls which, they said, showed one or two votes short
of the necessary two-thirds.