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CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
24056
FOUNDED 1881—VOL. XXXVI—NO. 19.5.
FEDERAL PLANS
TO AVERT STRIKE
IDE DISCUSSED
President Talks With Media-
tor and Senate Committee
Tables Hearing.
RAILROAD MEN PREPARED
Leaders Have Power to Halt I
Every Train in Country if
Thought Necessary.
—
WASHINGTON D. C. Aug. 4.—
Judge William L. Chambers coni- ■
miasioner of the United States board
of mediation and conciliation con-
ferred with President Wilson today ' '
ever the threatened strike of 400000
railroad employes. They discussed i
every phase of the situation but ’
Judge Chambers told the president ।
he believed there was nothing formal
that the federal government could do
until the railroad managers and the :
representatives of the employes meet ]
again next week after counting the
strike vote has been completed.
Judge Chambers thinks there is still
a chance for the employers and em-
ployes to reach an agreement. ' ।
The Senate commerce committee I
today voted to table Senator New-
land’s resolution to direct the In-
terstate Commerce Commission to in- '
vest i gate and report to Congress on ■
wages and hours of service of each •
class of railroad employes because j
action was deemed inadvisable pend-
ing mediation and arbitration of dis- •
nutes between the railroads and I 1
their employes. ' ;
The committee took up the resolu- • <
lion on a written request from the (
’hamher of Commerce of the United j ]
States* which asked for hearings. i
"It was determined” said Chair-1 1
man Newlands after the committee
acted “to have no hearings upon j
the subject but to lay the resolution
upon the table.
•The committee deemed it inadvis- : 1
able whilst proceedings were pend- '
ing under the mediation arbitration 1
act to take up the subject of the pay ;
and hours of service of railway em-
ployes. It was also deemed inadvis- (
able to add to the present duties of |
the Interstate Commerce Commission
which as is well known is overload-
ed with work.” |
LEADERS CAN CALL STRIKE j
Majority of Railroad Employes Vote
For Extreme Measures.
NEW YORK. Aug. 4.—Conferen- j
res of the leaders of the four great 1
brotherhoods of railroad employes^
representing 400.000 men. the ma- ; j
jority of whom are believed to have T
voted t o strike on 225 railway sys-■
terns were held here today. " hose t
meetings were to enable the leaders: )
to decide upon their course of ac- j f
tion if the representatives of the . (
railroads again refuse their demand (
for an eight hour day and other;
changes. The labor leaders declined r
to discuss the appeal to President
Wilson t o prevent threatened na- (
tional railroad strike. It lies in thoir j t
power by virtue of the vote now s
being counted to call a strike if the ;
railroads do not accede to their de- .
mands. (
Tt is expteted that the conference
committee of the railroad managers
will again refuse the men's demands ;
at the meeting next Tuesday and
that the managers will advocate ar- | c
hitration by the Interstate Commerce
Commission or the federal board of
mediation; nr that the strike he set- *
tied under the Newlands act of 1914 *
by a commission of six men. two to v
be appointed from either side and JI
two to be neutral. Tt is not regarded ‘
as likely that the labor leaders will |
consent to this.
NON-RROTHERHOOD MEN A<T. I
Tlwy Petition Congress Against Al-
lowing a Strike.
j p
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Aug 4 —A a
movement looking to an appeal to ■ i-
Congress for decisive notion to pre- n
vent a strike on the railroads of the t
country has been inaugurated by p
employes on the Nashville. Chat- _
tanooga A- St Louis railway. A pe- .
tition signed by 6000 representatives
nf the non-brotherhood men had
been signed in the states of Alaba-
ma Kentucky. Georgia and Tennes-
see.
h sets forth that 20 per cent of :
the employes. representing the
brotherhoods should not be allowed
to throw the NO per cent out of work
and calls upon Congress to see that ;
trouble Is n verted.
N. Y. STREETCAR
STRIKE PROBABLE
I ai
Time Limit Set by Unions Ex-
pires at 3 p. m—Com-
panies Remain Obdurate.
i UI
NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Whether h.
the 1.500000 persons "ho daily
travel on the surface cars In the s .
boroughs of Manhattan and Queens s .
*re tn be inconvenienced by a strike
of 5000 motormen and conductors of
the New York Railways Company
and the New York & Queens County l *•
Railroad Company will be known ul
this afternoon or tonight.
The time limit set by the leaders]
of the street railway men’s union s-
within which the officials of these cl
two companies are required to an- th
swer to demands for recognition of
the union and Increased pay expires ;
at 3 o’clock this afternoon. I at
There is no indication of any in- ;
tention on the part of the compa-1 n
nies to grant the demands. Meetings
of the conductors and motormen J cb
are called tonight to vote on a pr
•frit*.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
SIGN TREATY TO
BUY WEST INDIES
Negotiations Formally Closed
But Must Now Be Rati-
fied by Nations.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 4 —
Acting Secretary Polk announced to-
| day that the treaty by which the
[ United States is to purchase the
Danish West Indies from Denmark
for ?25.000.000 was signed at New
York this morning by Secretary Lan-
sing and Minister Constantin Brun.
The treaty provides for the trans-
fer to the United States of three isl-
ands. St. Thomas St. Croix and St.
John which have been the subject
of negotiations between the United
States and Denmark for many years.
L‘ is understood that the adminis-
tration will ask for ratification by
the Senate before the end of the
present session and while there may
I be some objection to the price no
really serfbus opposition is expected.
Secretary Lansing who has been
spending his vacation nt Watertown
N. Y..f went to New York to meet
Minister Brun.
ITALIAN BLACKLIST
MAY BEPROMULGATED
Decree About to Be Issued
Forbidding Trade With
Enemy Firms.
ROME. Aug. 4.— (Via Paris ) —
The Italian government according
to the Messagero is about to publish
a decree forbidding all Italians in-
cluding those living abroad from
doing business with nationals in al-
liance with enemies of Italy. Agree-
ments made in spite of the prohibi-
tion it is stated will b< con
void and the makers will be pun-
ished.
SOLDIER SELLS “DOPE"
CUSTOMERS PLENTIFUL
City Detectives Arrest Him.
In Hands of Federal
Authorities.
Until City Detectives T^ong and
Carver interfered a soldier accord-
ing to the officers was making
money fast Thursday night. He wa<
peddling morphine tablets and drug
fiends officers say. were flocking to
him. Locked in the city jail Thurs-
day night the prisoner was turned
over to the federal authorities Fri
day afternoon.
Fourteen dollars an hour was the
record established by the soldier
Thursday night. The tiny vessels
containing the drug which before;
the Harrison law went into effect j
sold for 25 cents were retailed by 1
the soldier at ?1 each with the]
“salesman” experiencing no diffi-
culty in finding customers. Hypoder
mic needles and the so’ution brought
fancy prices. The drug and equip-
ment were confiscated by the offi-
cers.
Since the Harrison law went into
effect nearly eighteen months ago I
little of the drug has been sold in ‘
San Antonio. Tn the few instances ■
where the traffic was discovered. :
the offenders were arrested.
FAIRBANKSON A TOUR
He Will Swing Around Country the
Same as Hughes.
NEW YORK Aug. 4.—The Re- 1
publican national campaign leaders
announced today that Charles W. j
Fairbanks vice presidential nomi-
nee. will make a campaign tour of
the country similar to that now
planned for Charles E. Hughes.
THE WEATHER j
TEM PERATVRES.
* AUG 3. ? a in
3 p m 93 3 a. m 75 •
4pm 93 4am 74
6 p in 91 f. a m •.<
f p nt 90 <sam .2
7 p. nt - ST Ta m . T 3
Bpm *3 Sam TT
9pm. . 82 9 a m T"
1 a p m . 79 10am Ft
11pm . TT 11 a in 83
12mldnl»ht 77 12 nuon St!
AUG. 4. 1 n m xT !
lam 76 2 p. m 90
WEATHER FORECAST.
For San Antonio and vicinity: Tonignt
and Saturday partly cloudy.
HOME WEATHER FOK TO VRI STM.
• Forecasts by The Light.»
ST. LOUIS: Temperature. 80. clear. 1
14-mile wsin<l from the south cloudy Sat-
urday. lowest temperature in the last 24
hours. 7S: highest. 94.
CHK'AOO: Temperature. TO; clear.
t-inPe wind from the southwest cloudy |
Saturday; lowest temperature in the last.
24 hours. T 2; highest 92.
MILWAUKEE: Temperature. T 4; clear; I
Umile wind from the southt; cloudy Sat-
jrday; lowest temperature in the last 24
lours. €8; highest 90.
KANSAS CITY: Temperature. T 6; cleat: j
Umile wind from the south probably
doudy Saturday: lowest temperature In]
he last 24 hours. 7«; higher. 9«.
NEW YORK: Temperature T 4 cloudy
i-mlle wind from the southwest; prob-
ibly clear Saturday lowest temperature
n last 24 hours. TO: highest. 78.
WASHINGTON; Temperature. T 2; (
loudy; 6-mlle wind from the southwest; I
irobably clear Saturday: lowest tempera- 1
— in last 24 hours 70 highest 12. 1
An official photograph showing the British Royal Fusiliers resting after the storming of La Boiseile. Many of the men
are fitting on helmets which were left on the battlefield by the Germans.
FIIBSTON LAUDS
FIWIRITOF
TEXAS 'MIBS
Asserts They Are Doing Duty
Without a Man Whim-
pering.
FEW SEEKING RELEASE
Texas Only State Answering
Call 'With More Than
Paper Strength.
—
“Members of the Texas National
’ Guard have shown a fine spirit since '
• being called into service along th? j
border. They are performing their i
duties without a single man whim- ;
penng or voicing complaint against j
conditions. Where many guards-
: men from other states are seeking i
to be released from the service fori
I various reasons the number of Tex- I
fans who havp made application is
] remarkably small.”
In these words General Funston !
! paid tribute to the soldierly qualities'
I of Texas militiamen Friday morn-j
i ing. He declared that other state.’ |
which “threw bricks of criticism" at ;
j the militia forces of this state when 1
they mobilized for border service I
had better look to their laurels. The •
j Lone Star state does not have to ।
' "take off its hat ' to any of them. 1
Texans Not C'oinplaiiM^u
i “Texas was the only state in the
Union that answered the president's
call for militia with a strength in
men greater than was shown on
j paper." continued General Funston. !
“And since they were assigned to ’
border stations the Texas guards-|
men have performed their work lik° 1
real soldiers with no squealing or]
complaining. Furthermore. they :
have given evidence of l>eing ready I
and willing to serve as long as the
nation needs them the applications i
for discharges being strikingly few. j
"When the call for the militia of •
Texas came several weeks in advance
of the general call critics in the 1
North ar.-l East found an opportun- .
itv to find fault. True some of the
Texas guardsmen put their hats on
their heads and arrived in San An-
tonio without much e’se in the way j
of equipment; uc the point is. th*
came in larger numbers than pap* r
strength of the organizations. Tt did !
not take long to equip them and ever
since going to the border they have I
been doing good work."
General Funston referred to the :
criticism directed against Texas be-
cause 116 members of the militia ।
declined to be mustered into the fed-
eral sers ice when the cal! was first ;
made. Later they all came in. He
went on to say that this state has ■ ■
reason to be proud of the manner in 1
which members of the National
Guard have acquitted themselves.
Going to the Range.
It was learned definitely at head-
quarters Friday morning that the j
Wisconsin brigade will start on th-*
march to I^eon Springs next Mon- |
dav morning. The brigade will camp ।
for the night at Ton-Mile Hill along <
the Fredericksburg road. Then. t
Tuesday morning the First Illinois ;
brigade which has been at the res- t
ervation for more than a week will $
leave on the return trip to Cam? 1
Wilson passing the Wisconsin bri- 1
gade on the road and occupying the t
camp at Ten-Mile Hill left by the <
other. The Wisconsin brigade will t
reach Leon /Springs Tuesday after- t
noon and the Illinois brigade will be 1
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS FRIDAY. AUGUST 4 1916.
BRITONS REST AFTER THE STORMING OF LA BOISELLE
back in San Antonio by Wednesday
night.
With two full brigades on the
march and two regiments of the Sec-
ond Illinois brigade at Landa's Park
it will not be possible to have the
daily regimental parades at the staff
! post next Monday Tuesday and
| probably Wednesday. The Eighth
Illinois infantry a negro regiment.
* will appear on parade Friday begin-
• ning at 6 o’clock. The last of tho
three regiments of the Wisconsin
I brigade paraded Thursday after-
noon. Parades are not held Satur-
days and Sundays-^
SAY MOONEY PLANNED
REjGN^OF TERROR
San Francisco Police Declare
They Have Copies of
His Letters.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Aug. 4
! That Thomas J. Mooney one of the
men indicted for murder in connec-
। Jon with the preparedness parade
j bomb explosion planned to inaugu- i
' rate a reign of terror in San Fran- I
! ciseo by importing "direct-action
reds." from other cities was the
: opinion of District Attorney M. j
| Fickert making public today some ।
of tho correspondence discovered by
■the police in Mooney's desk. Mooney;
। kept carbon copies of his letters.
One. addressed to an executive of- [
I ficer named Acker of the interna-
। tional organization of the Industrial
। .Yorkers of the World Uhit ago said: l
"1 want to get in immediate touch '
। with fifteen or twenty direct-acting
I reds -good vigorous reds."
A letter to William Haywood na- ’
tional secretary of the I. W. W. ask- .
pd for "hot biooded men.” to come I
to San Francisco to join various '
iiniona and foment trouble to start !
mutinies against the heads of the
unions they joined and in every way j
possible to cause dissention.
"Let me pull mx kind of stuff." ।
this letter continued "stuff that has
never been attempted in San Fran-
ciseo before and I’ll make labor in
San Francisco recognize me as its (
leader."
Henry J. Claussen of Alameda.
Cal. who died in a hospital here
last night was the ninth victim of
the explosion.
DEBATE ON*CHILD LABOR
SouthcH. Senators Say Fill in Con- i
filet With < onstitution.
I
WASHINGTON D. C.. Aug. 4. —
Th ■ child labor bill on which debate
began veaterday in the Senate was)
up again today' with southern sena- |
tors ready to’start a fight on Its i
constitutionality. j
Senator Robinson presenting the j
measure yesterday argued that Su-
preme Court rulings had shown the j
bill to be constitutional because reg-
ulation of child labor was proposed
through prevention of interstat
shipments of child labor products. I
Tho power of Congress to regulate
commerce is absolute he contended. I
CAVALRYMEN MUST GO
Towans Who K<*fu*»c Io J*nt4*r Fed-
eral Service. Unlh-d Anyhow.
DES MOINES lowa. Aug. 4. — )
One hundred and three members of (
the four cavalry troops of the lowa
National Guard who refused to take
the federal oath and were allowed to
go to their homes have been ordered
bv Adjutant General Egan to report. 1
here at once. They will be sent top
the border in compliance with or-
ders received from the War Depart- ’
ment to be used in United State® ter- '
ritory under their state oath of en- 1
IlstmenL 1
MEXI CAN OLI
TOU.S.M
is ram
Indications Are That Com-
mission Can Begin Work
H in About Ten Days.
'SCOPE IS INDEFINITE
।
Carranza Delegates Instruct-
ed to Confine Efforts
to Certain Issues.
j WASHINGTON. D <’. Aug. 4 —
[ Gom ra! Carranza’s reply to tho last
I American note accepting his sugges-
i tion for a joint commission to ad-
just border difficulties but propos-
ing a broader scope for the commis- ।
sion's work was delivered to the .
i State Department today by Eliseo;
.Arredondo Mexican ambassador de-
■ signate.
It announces that appointment of j
। throe Mexican commissioners with
Instructions to “devote their atten-j
! tion preferably to the solution of i
‘the points mentioned in the previous;
' note."
Thus the do facto government ap- .
' parently rejects tho proposal that ;
! the commission consider other i
questions than the military situation ;
Lind limits its discussions to the sub- ।
; jects originally suggested by <’ar-
. ranza withdrawal of American
troops from Mexico; formulation of i
a protocol to cover future opera-
tions against bandits and investiga-
tion of interests which have pro-;
moted border raids.
Now Up to I'. S.
Whether this will be satisfactory I
' to tho United States government has *
j not been Indicated.
The note was in Spanish and •
when he went to today’s cabinet
mooting Acting Secretary Polk de- •
olined to discuss it until an official
i translation could bo made. If it is;
| accepted the next stop will be ne- I
gotiatlons between Mr. Polk ami Mr.
1 Arredondo tn fix tho time and place
[ for meetings of the commissioners.
President Wilson already has un-
! dor consideration a score of names
I suggested for the American mem-
bership.
Hope fnr an early solution of
pending difficulties was confidently |
expressed by Mr. Arredondo Lifter
leaving the department. Ho said
he exnected tn reach an agreement
with Mr. Polk bv tomorrow as tn
tho date and place of meeting and
that thereupon ho would wire the
Mexican commissioners with the ex-
nectatinn that thov would be here ;
in :*t least ten da vs.
He sold Asburv Park. N. J. nr DM
Pnint Cnmfort Va.. probably would
be selected.
The text of the nnte follows:
"Mr. Secretary—l have the hono?
to transmit to ynur excellency th*
following note which I have lust re- ’
ceivcd fmm my government: i
Text of the Note.
“'Mr. Secretary:
“ ’ln due reply to the courteous .
note of the Department nf State
dated July 28 1916. T have tho honor 1
tn say tn your oxce’lency that the
first chief nf the Constitutionalist
army in charge of the executive <
power of the Mexicah republic con-
gratulates himself upon the laud-
able efforts of the American govern-
ment arrive at a solution of exist-
ing difficulties between the two
countries and to that effect consid-
ering it of the greatest importance
that a prompt decision be reached
of the points which have caused tne
existing differences between tho
United States and Mexico referred
to in tho note of the Mexican gov-
ernment dated July 4 last has seen
] tit to appoint at once a commission
of three persons constituted by Ll-
I | centiate Luis Cabrera Engineer Jg-
I ; nacio Bonillas and Engineer Alberto
I J. Fani to whom Instructions have
1 been given to devote their attention
uroferably to tho solution of the
’' points mentioned in the previous
: note of this department.
To Fix Pla<’e of Meeting.
“ ‘Licentiate Eliseo Arredondo has
been authorized to treat with tho
Department of State the matter of
details relating to the place and date
in which the commissioners of the
’ Mexican government should meet
(the commissioners of the govern-
| ment of the United States in order
to commence their labors.
1 ’’ ’I reiterate to your excellency
। the assurance of my highest consid-
j oration. <’. AGUILAR.
•' ‘Secretary Foreign Relations."
"I avail myself of this new occa-
' sion to renew to your excellency the
assurance of my highest considera-
tion. E. ARREDONDO.”
co^nnssioNEits ix> depart.
t’arrniizA's Envoys Plan to locate for
United S(at<*s.
—
MEXICO CITY Aug. 4. The de-
parture from Mexico <’itv for the
United States of Luis Cabrera and
| Alberto Pani who. with Ygnacio
i Bonillas have been selected to reach
1 a settlement with the United States
1 < ommis.sioners of the questions at is.
I sue between the two countries will
| not be long delayed according to ।
; the general belief here.
It is possible that the commission- i
• rs may travel north on one of the;
vessels of Ihe Mexican navy the]
I Bravo or the Zaragosa. which are j
| now at \ era <’ruz. if it appears that
I their departure would be delayed by
ithe infrequent sailing of merchant
I \ essels.
। Tt is expecte«l that when Senor |
Cabrera who is secretary of finance ]
leaves the capital control of tho fl-j
nance department will be vested in .
Rafael Nieto the sub-secretary.
It Is believed that it will be no- ।
; cessary to fill temporarily the post
i of suit-secretary for foreign affairs. 1
! Juan N. Amador the present oecu-;
pant is gravely ill and will be un-
aide to perforin the duties of the
office for some time.
AUTO BANDITS SHOOT '
CLERK. GET $37000
Burroughs Adding Machine
Company at Detroit Held
Up by Three Men.
DETROIT. Mich. Aug. 4. — Five
automobile bandits held up pay
e’erks enteyng the plant of the Bur- (
roughs Adding Machine Company
here at 2 o’clock this afternoon and
after shooting one of the clerks es-|
caped with bags said to have con- 1
tained $37000.
Employes of the plant in another;
automobile gave chase and a run- '
ning fight ensued down Second ave-
Fue. <»ne of the robbers was report-
ed wounded. The bandits were armed
with rifles.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
FRENCH ANO GERMANS
Il Wilt B FIEB
Village Entirely Recaptured by French After Des-
perate Fighting But Renewed Assaults by
Teutons Regain Portion of Defenses
AT ONE TIME IN THIAUMONT WORKS ALSO
Verdun Sector Scene of Determined French Of-
fensive-Teutons Unable to Mass Enough
Troops There to Make Headway ;
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
BERLIN. Aug. 4. —(Via London.) —The village of Fleury*
north of Verdun was regained by the Germans this morning it
was officially announced today by the German army headquarters
I he situation at Fleury and its vicinity the statement adds no>«
is the same as it was before the French attack.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
PARIS. Aug. 4. -The French have captured the entire vil-
lage of Fleury in the Verdun sector according to the official an«
nouncement today. \ number of prisoners were taken. A later
statement however says that while attacking simultaneously from
the northwest and from the southeast. French troops yesterday
had stormed the village of Fleury three miles north of Verdun
and captured several hundred Germans; in the evening however
the Germans launched a furious counter-attack and after several
violent attempts succeeded in getting a footing in the southern
section of the place and heavy fighting is still in progress.
The Official Statement.
The statement issued last night by the War Department
says:
“On the Somme front there was no infantry attack in tha
course of the day. An artillery duel continues in the region of
Monacu farm.
“On the right bank of the Meuse our infantry continuing
their offensive action on the Thiaumont-Fleurv front captured
during the day by a series of successive attacks all the trenches
comprised between those two points as far as a point southeast of
Thiaumont work and in the vicinitv of Hill 320.
Attacked From Two Sides.
“The village of I'lcury was attacked simultaneously on the
northwest and on the southeast and was entirelv occupied by our
troops after a brilliant action. The number of prisoners taken in
the course of this action and so far counted exceeds 650. This
brings up to 1750 the total number of unwounded prisoners taken
1 y us on the right bank of the Meuse since August 1.
" About the same time we delivered in the region of Chenois
a sharp attack which enabled us to recover the greater part of
the ground lost by us the day before yesterday.
Air Forces Are Active.
“On the rest of the front there was intermittent cannonading.
“Aviation: During the night of August 2-3. our battle aero-
planes dropped projectiles on the stations of Hem and Noyen. This
morning an enemy aeroplane dropped a bomb on Nancy. Thera
were no victims and no damage was done. Pont-a-Mousson also
was bombed but to no effect.”
< >n the right bank of the River I
Meuse north of Verdun the battle!
continues along the front of Thiau-
’nont-Fleury the Germans attat k- I
ing several times during the night i
with great fury it was announced of. :
fieially this afternoon by the Ert-m h
war department.
At one period of the fighting the
French entered Thiaumont earth-
works. but withdrew owing to the I
intensity of the German bombard-)
ment. taking eighty prisoners.
Violent F'ightlng for Fleury.
Around Fleury the struggle was
equally violent the statement adds '
i he Germans attacking the village;
■several times and succeeding finally i
In getting a footing in the south part.
The French still are holding the j
northern section “of the place and
fighting Is still going on.
All the attempts made by the Ger- ’
mans to drive the French from the
positions south of Fleury were frus- .
rated. The French positions at
Vacherau ville also were attacked
iuring the night but the French war
lepartment declares the Germans
Aere thrown back with severe losses.
The text of the official statement
?iven out this afternoon by the
French war department in which it
s admitted that the Germans ha\e
succeeded in recapturing a portion of
he village of Fleury is as follows:
"On the right bank of the River <
Meuse the battle continued along the
i hiaumont-Fleury front which the 1
Germans attacked last night with
treat ferocity. Several counter-at- । ’
acks in large numbers upon our po- | 1
iitions near the Thiaumont work
vere repulsed with heavy losses for 1
>ur adversaries.
Even (hx’upied Thiaumont.
"In the course of this fighting our; <
roops even occupied the Thiaumont t
vork but they w • re * ompelled 8
equently to evacuate it under
powerful German bombardment. .
Phey brought back with them eighty j!
>rlsoners. '
"There has been fighting of no less
CITY
EDITION
4:00 P. M.
-PRICE FIVE CENTS
| violence In the region nf Fleury. Tha
Germans multiplied the number of
counter-attacks upon this village.
Each was preceded bv an Intense
I preparatory artillery fire. After sev-
; oral fruitless endeavors the Germans
: secured a footing in the southern
| part of Fleury where verv spiirted
lighting is still going on. All effort!
I made to dislodge us from the posi*
। tion to the southeast of this viHaga
I were checked by the resistance of
। our troops.
"The enemy attacked In like man.
ner during the night our new posi-
tions to the east of Vacherauvilleb
They smceeded only in suffering
heavy losses. In the vicinity of
Vaux-le-Uhapitre and Chenois the
। : rtillery fighting has been very
spirited.
Vosges Attack Dispersed.
"In the Vosges yesterday the en*
**my delivered upon the salient at
14i Chapelotte an attack which was
however dispersed before our ad*
versarles could reach our lines.
"The night passed m relative quiet
on the rest of the front.
"During the night of August 3-4
one of our air squadrons dropped
eighty shells of large calibre on the
railroad station at Noyon. and on a
munitions factory Fifty shells were
thrown bv another squadron upon
railroad stations and bivouacs of the
enemy in the region of the Somme.**
Verdun is again in the center of
recaptun by the
French of the village of Fleury
which had been held b\ the Germans
for more than a month has caused
great » lation in France. It | 9 the
first fruit of the French slow and
methodical offensive begun three
days ago ami seems in the opinion
of French military observers. to
mark an epoch in the six months^
for the great fortress on tho
Meuse.
The G* rmans appear to be lees and
less v apable *»f operating on their oij| !
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