New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1916, Page 1

e * | HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 18 WHITMAN AGREES T0 DISCUSS LAW 10 STOP STRIKE Goes to New York City to Hear Arguments for Special Leg- islative Session LABOR LEADER PREDICTS 260,000 QUIT TOMORROW Hugh Frayne Says That Number Have Agreed Not to Go to Work—Attacks on Elevated Trains Continue—Three Passengers Injured When Windows Are Shamtcrcd—l’qlk'o Arrest Two Disturbers, One With Gun. New York, Sept. 26.—Governor Whitman has promised to meet here this afternoon a committee represent- ing members of the state legislation from Manhattan and the Bronx to hear their request for a special ses- sion of the legislature to “deal with the situation” resulting from the threat of a general suspension of work ‘Wednesday morning in smypathy with the striking carmen. No method of dealing with the proposed strike was set forth by the committee in ad- vance of the conference but it was pointed out in resolutions which the committee adopted that the power of the public service commission was in- rdequate. Expects 260,000 to Quit. Hugh Frayne, an officer of the American Federation of Labor and ohe of the directors of the strike movement, claimed today that assur- ances had been received by the labor leaders that 260,000 organized work- ers will quit work tomorrow morning. A convention of the general offi- cers of the national and international unions having headquarters here and rapresentatives of the Central Labor Unions’ trade councils, and local unions will be held Wednesday morn- ing to organize and extend the sus- pension of work. Means of supplying financial support to strikers and plans for holding demonstrations will be considered. The building trades council of Man- hattan and the Bronx representing about 83,000 workers have postponed their response to the call for a sus- pension of work until Thursday. % Trains Bombarded. Disorder again broke out during the early hours today. According to the police a dozen elevated trains were bombarded with sticks and stones thrown from roof tops by strikers and Tympathizers. Three persons were in- jured by flying glass when the win- dows of a Third avenue elevated irain were shattered by missiles. Two arrests were made. One of the men In custody is charged with havihg a revolver in his possession. fiHALLENGE T0 CONSTANTINE Venizelos to Summon Greek King to Head Movement With Purpose of Putting Country on Side of Allies. Athens, Monday, Sept. ion, Sept. 26, 1:40 p. m.—Former Premier Venizelos, who is on His way lo the Island of Crete, is expected to firrive at Suda Bay, on the narth coast of that island, tonight or early lomorrow, proceeding thence to Canea, to address a proclamation to 'he people of Greece, stating the rea- sons for his departure from Athens and summoning King Constantine to head a movement to put Greece by Ahe side of the entente. FRANCIS JOSEPH'S REPLY Answer of Austrian Emperor to Pres- ident Wilson’s Appeal for Hungry Poland Received at Washington. Washington, Sept. 26.—The reply of Bmperor Francis Joseph of Austria- Hungary to the identic personal note sent by President Wilson ta heads of “belligerent nations appealing for con- cessions to permit shipment of .relief mipplies to Poland was received to- day at the state department. It was torwarded to the president at Shadow Lawn without being opened. x NEW BRITAIN IN THE SWIM. McDonough and Lande: Principals in Congressional Convention. Attorney P. F. McDonough of this Mty will probably preside at the lemocratic fire district congressional tonvention tomorrow in Hartford. It is the general opinion that ex- Congressman Augustine Lonergan of Hartford will be named again to cam- faign against P. Davis Oakey, who 3as been renominated by the republi- :ans. Ex-Senator George M. Landers ) this city is expected to make the _peech nominating Mr. Lonergan. MERCHANT ADMITS BLACKMAIL STORY Edward R. West Describes Costly Outing in New York City GIRL WAS “CONVENT-BRED” She Cried So Much and Feared So Much Her Parents Would Commit Suicide He Gave Fake Federal Offi- cers, Her Allies, $15,000 For Their Silence. Chicago, Sept. 26.—Announcing that he had concluded to “accept per- sonal humiliation” to save other men and women from being drawn into the blackmailers’ trap, Edward R. West, vice president of the C. D. Gregg Tea and Coffee Co., of New York and Chi- cago, admitted today that he is the “A. R. Wesley” who was surprised in a New York hotel with “Alice Wil- liams,” by representatives of the band of blackmailers recently exposed by federal officials. The blackmailers aft- er bringing West and the woman to Chicago talked the man out of $15,- 000 in return for a promise to keep quiet. “The woman with me was not Alice ‘Williams, but Buda Godman, a mem- ber of the gang,” West said. This woman is under surveillance in a Chicago hotel pending the outcome of the preliminary hearing of John T. French, George Irwin and “Doc” /Brady, on charges of blackmailing West. French is said to be the son of a wealthy St. Louis widow who believed him to be engaged in the haberdashery business. “The language and manners of this band would deceive any one,” West said. “The woman proposed the trip to me. On May 9 we reached New York and went to the Ansonia hotel. At an upcanny hour three men armed with federal warrants and badges forced their way into my room. Buda Godman became hysterical. She said she was a convent-bred girl and that her parents would commit suicide over the disgrace. She asked them what she would do,to save herself from disgrace, and then the question of money was adroitly broacped. “Before I knew it, we werg in two staterooms racing back to Chi- cago. We were kept prisoner three or four days and then, because the wo- man had been crying all the time and appealed to my chivalry to save her, I paid them $12,500 cash. Several days after Irwin, who represented himself as United States Commission- er Foote, released us. They obtained $2,500 more from me.” ZEPPELINS KILL 29 Six Airships Believed to Have Taken Part in Second Raid in Week— Northern Countics Bombed. London, Sept. 26, 12:30 p. m.— Twenty-nine persons were killed in last night's Zeppelin raid, it was an- nounced officially today. The Zeppelin raid of last night, the second within the last week, was made by several airships between 10:30 o'clock and midnight. They crossed over the east and northeast coasts and dropped bombs in the northern counties. The official account of the raid issued last night said that prob- ably six Zeppelins took part in the attack. G. 0. P. SPENT 42,090 Victory in Maine Comes High, Treas- ures Report Shows—National Committee to Rescue With $37,500. Augusta, Me., Sept. 26.—The repub- lican state committee receivd $53,- 317, and spent $42,090 in the recent state campaign, Treasurer Geqrge W. Norton of Portland, reported to the secretary of state today. The national committee contributed $37,500. The state committee paid $2,000 to Halbert P. Gardner, formerly the Maine member of the progressive na- tional committee for “campaign or- ganization work,” according to Treas- urer Norton’s statement. AKE LIQUOR RAID, Detectives Get Evidence Against Myr- tle Street Man and Arrest Follow Tonino Attilio of 285 Myrtle street was arrested this morning on a war- rant charging him with having as- saulted Clementi Paesano on Sunday. Immediately following his arrest Detective Sergeant Bamforth and De- tective Richardson ralded Attilio’s home and found evidence that he had been conducting an illegal liquor bus iness. They found a full keg of beer, two empty cases and three full bot- tles. The,accused will face an addi- tional charge af illegal liquor selling. CALDER WINS BY 9,007. Adbany, N. Y., Sept. 26.—William M. Calder’s majority over Robert Ba- con in Tuesday’s contest for the re- publican United States senatorial nomination was 9,007, according to official figures made public today by Secretary of State Hugo. The state- wide totals were: Calder, 153,373; Bacon, 144,366, POSTMASTERS IN "COURT ADMIT TO JUGGLING FUNDS Two Plead Guilty and Are Fined | $25 by Judge E. S. Thomas in New Haven BRANCHVILLE OFFICIAL GETS HIS MONEY MIXED Stepney Depot Man Confesses to Tak- ing $515, Which. Was Spent to Pay Some Creditors Who Were Becom- ing Anxious About Their Accounts— Woman Witness Brings Her Knit- ting to Court. New Haven, Sept. 26.—The Septem- ber term of the United States cour opened today, Judge E. S. Thomas | sitting, and many attorne The grand jury was empanelled Francis R. Cooley of Hartford was ap- | pointed foreman. ! Richard O. Bennett, postmaster at | Branchville, town of Ridgefield, plead- | ed guilty to taking $399 of the postal | funds and was fined $25 without costs. | It was stated in his behalf that there | was no criminal intent but this was an instance wherein postal funds went .into cash drawer as used for receipts of the country store in which the post office is located. Th. law requires a postmaster to keep h postal funds separate. Admits Paying Creditors. John T. Eastwood, postmaster at Stepney Depot, said he was guilty of taking $515 in postal funds, and re- | ceived a similar fine. It was stated to the court that creditors were pressing Tastwood for funds and he used some of the postal receipts to meet demands. Bennet’s shortage was immediately made good but Eastwood’s deficit will have to be made up by hondsmen. Among the many witne: in court | was one woman who brought he knitting. Merchant Reprimanded By Court. Frank Miller, one of Bridgeport's best known merchants and influential citizens, stosd at the bar in court this afternoon to explain why he attempt- ed to disregard a subpoena Miller had been in the court room during the forenoon waiting to be called as a witness in a check forgery case. Shortly after the noon hour, accord- | ing to the statement of District’ At- torney Spellacy, he inquired of the latter as to when the case in which he was interested would be called. | Mr. Spellacy sald it would be taken in turn. Mr. Spellacy further told the court that he advised Miller not to leave either the room or the build- | ing. The latter went out and a capias was -issued and handed to a deputy marshal. But Mr. Miller came back voluntarily. i When the grand jury came in to be recessed for luncheon Miller was placed at the bar. Mr. Spellacy told of the facts adding that Miller, when | told to stay in had replied that he | “didn’t give a d— " and had gone out. Judge Thomas hs had to say. asked Miller what The latter replied that he had had an important en- gagement in Bridgeport and un- doubtedly if he had not been able to telephone and re-arrange the matter he would have been on the to Bridgeport. When Miller started to refer to the case on which he had been called the court replied that the matter before him was whether or not he, Miller, had disregarded the subpoena. Miller admitted golng out saying he would not have done so had he been able to get information from the district attorney. Juge Thomas asked him if as a citi- zen and man of business he had not realized that a subpoena was some- thing that could not be disregarded, | and that when summoned it was his duty to remain until dismissed, Miller said that he had a business engage- ment and did not expect to have been held so long in cou Judge Thomas said he should have arranged his af- | fair “When were subpoenaed ?” asked the court. ““Three or four days ago,” Miller replied. Judge Thomas said that with reprimand he would dismiss the case, but Miller should know that a sub- poena of a court of jurisdiction could not be disobeyed The matter w jury took a rece: & Edward A. Conklin of Meriden, | charged with stealing from the mails, pleaded not guilty and v in $500 bonds given by gressman Reilly, LARGE way you a then dismissed. as released former Con- Japancse Housy 00,000 Or- Pittsburgh. Sept. 26 enting one of importing houses, ecl Wataro the Iz st has just mills her galvanized | total order it e Mi- for plate: hapes, har sheet and tin plate, the amounting to §5,000,000, known today. The finished will be used for the reconstruction | campaign now in progress in Osaka | | ana Tokio, Japan. 1 { The commissioners | 1epresenting the estate of Hugh Ker- | | settlement. | affidavit of his claim led on the | vick | sioners ruled out the affidavit | ularly ! jeft his brother in 1914. ! worked on the farm be had no more | | Patrick alwavs dre | or $40. | before he died, Hugh told him he had | | friena | tor ten or twelve ye | He s~ SAYS RECLUSE WAS STINGY OLD MISER Attorney Creedon Thus Arraigns Hugh Kerwin, Late Hermit PRESENTS BROTHER'S CLAIM Patrick Kerwin, aged Oregon Man, Cut O With $1,000 by Will, Claims | | 4,007 For Years of Labor—Judge Mangan Strenuously Objects. Patrick Kerwin, aged Oregon man, cut off with $1,000 by will, $4,007 for years of labor, Claims of Patrick Kerwin of Oregon against the estate of his brother, Hugh Kerwin, a wealthy recluse who died several months ago, which $4,007 Tor services is claimed, were heard by | Commissioners Frederick B. Hunger- ford and Morris D. Saxe in the city ceurt room this morning. The hear- ing was a lengthy one and Attorney ‘Alexander W. Creedon of Hartford, in arguing that the claim of the aged | Oregon man, who is now too ill to come east and present his own claim, | should be allowed, termed the dead mwan a miser and said that when alive | he had been too stingy to pay the Lord | until he thought he was going to die. will rule on none of the claims until all arguments have teen heard and judged. To Settle Gilligan Claim, Lawyer J. G. Woods, representing J. M. Curtin personally asked that his Learing on a claim for §$2,184 for per- | sonal services be held on Saturday at 30 a. Judge W. F. Mangan, claims | in m. win, said that the claim of Miss Mary | Gilligan' for $3,000 in process of “Lawyer McDonough and I have agreed to try and agree,” said Judge Mangan. This hearing is set | for Saturday morning. Commissioners Hungerford nna‘1 Saxe next took up the claim of Pat- rick Kerwin of Oregon. cut off with 31,000 in his brother's last will. This aim is for $4,007 and Attorney Creedon presented Patrick Kerwin's and asked that it be ‘accepted as testimony. Judge | Mangan objected to its being accept- | grounds, that it was a mis- of facts. Ta show this. he | e swearing that he, Pat- | worked for Hugh in New statement read a haa in Now Hugh never lived in New Pritain, showing that Patrick would have signed anvthing put Before him,” said Judge Mangan. The commis- as the cnly testimony and Attorney Creedon rroceeded to present his case in the regular manner. Tells of Patrick’s Work, Dr. James Dohson was the first wit- ress and he sald he had known both YTrothers for fourteen or fifteen vears and had visited them weekly when he worked in a grocery store deliv- cring orders. He said Patrick Ker- win came to live with Hugh after John | Kerwin w killed about ten vears | ago. Dr. Dobson d Kerwin's farm | consisted of fifty-five or sixty acres and Patrick did most of the actual | Pr | 8ids of Szurduck and Vulecan BRITISH BURST INTO COMBLES, BARRIER IN PATH TO BAPAUM ALLIES ENGULF TOWNS AS TROOPS DASH TO BATTLE 'RUMANIANS PUSH ON THRO* TRANSYLVANIA Occupy Important Heights, Says Berlin Statement. Again to have both Passes, rs the German of- Ger- (By wireless troops Berlin, Sept. 26, ille).—Rumanian again occupied the heights on In Transylvania ficial statement man troops nian attacks ued today. all the Ruma- passes, the with- repulsed against the announcement adds, according but to army were drawn orders. Bulgars Attack French. Paris, Sept. 26, 12:15 p. m.—On the Wwestern end of the Macedonian front, to the east of Florina, the Bulgarians last nighthmade violent counter at- tacks. Today's official announcement says these assaults were checked by the French. West of Florina the Russians and French made a com- bined attack, and took fifty prisoners. Between the Struma and the Var- dar there was artillery fighting to- gether with some skirmishing, espe- clally on the British front. No in- fantry action developed in the sector held by the Serbs, Russians Lose Heavily. Berlin, Sept. 26, (By wireless to Sayville) troops yesterday made s ive attacks in strong force against the Austro-German po- sitions near Manajow, in Galicia, says today’s German official statement, but the attacks losses for the seia Compel 7 Berlin, Sept. (By wireless pest says pelling the Rumanians are com- men between the ages of 17 in ylvania to serve with the Ru- manian Army. These recruits, says, are being sent to Rumania. BRITISH OFFICERS HELD Major and Licutenant Detained at Ellis Is. in Compliance With Neu- trality Order of State Department. New York, Sept. 26.—Major Ar- thur S. Humphreys and Lieut. Hugh | farm labor, Hugh being unable to do any work because of an injury. He | sald Patrick did all the work ('\'('!‘p?‘ when it was necessary to hire a man | now and then when it was a partic- | busy time. He sald Patrick | He said that | vears Patrick | the ten or twelve | in month off dutf and at one was away a week, and that | longest time he was away. | sed poorly and he with more than $30 than a time he was the rever saw him Was Never Paid. Sliney, a resident here for | TS, id he knew Hugh | Kerwin for forty-seven vears and | Patrick for over cleven years. He | sed to visit at the Kerwin home ande| «afd Patrick did all the work of plow- ing, hocing, husking, cte. He sald Patrick had told him that Hugh never | paid him for his work. A few months TJames nine v never paid Patrick for his services, | Mr, Sliney said. Dr. Martin Tells of Will. Dr. J. E. Martin, Kerwin's physi- | cian for many years and an intimate of the dead farmer, after be- | subpoenaed by Attorney Creedon, | He said he knew Hugh for sixteen s and Patrick Patrick Ker- naw, Mich.,, fifteen or ars. win came here from id the doctor, and added that he me on the request of Hugh, who ent for him after John was Killed. said Hugh sent for Patrick to vork on his farm. The doctor re- called taking Patrick to the hospital suffering from pneumonia, a result of cold and general debility that might Liave been the result of conditions at the Kerwin home, such unheated vbper rooms. He said Patrick worked | (Continned on as Tenth Pge.) T e ? WEATHER. | Hartford, Scpt. T i Hartford and vicinity: 1air and warmer tonisht and Wed- nesday. g Levick Jr., officers of the British army who were wounded in the recent fight- ing near the Somme river in Flanders, were examined by a special board inquiry at the Bllis Island immi- gration station today. of England on the Saxonia in com- pliance, it was explained, with an or- der from the state department to hold | all officers or soldie countries who land at thi their way to Canada or to s United States. Lieut. Levick’'s father is said to be a member of the banking firm of Lee, Higgins & Co., of this city, and Boston. He w born in this coun- try but registered as a British sub- ject at the British embas at Wash- ington. The port on Yy in the n detained officer British consulate here of their tention, but it was then too obtain immediate action by the state notified the department and they spent the night | on the Saxonia. The findings of the board of quiry in their ‘Washington. GREEK CHIEF RESIGNS General in- cases will be sent to Moschopoulos Was in mand When Allicd Troops Landed in niki—Friendly to Entente. London, General chief of resigned, spatch 1217 Moschopoulos 2 m.— Sept. Constantine staff of the Greek army, has rcording from Athens to a Reuter's de- commanded Saloniki at the of the General Moschopoulos the Greek forces at time of the landing rench expeditionary forces generally reported fo be the cause of the allies. In /Amugust Gen. Moschopoulos —was appointed chief of st and in a statement given to the pr the hope that he could the good rel tions between and the en tente powe: He friendly to =h sed strengthen Greece pre failed under the heaviest to Sayville).—The Pesti-Naplo of Buda- the occupied portions of it They were de- | tained yesterday on their arrival from | of belligerent | de- | late to | Com- | Anglo- | Offensive Preceded by Hell of Artillery Fire, 50,000 Shells Being Hurled at | Germans in Single Hour i | British Front in France, Sept. 25, via London, Sept. 26, 6:58 a. m.—This has been another great day for the Anglo-French forces on the Somme. As a spectacle for the observer it was the most splendid of all the attacks made by the allied forces since the commencement of the great offensive. What either army was trying to do and | how they were doing it, the positions they held and sought to conquer in the team p of the blue French legions and the khaki clad brigades of Britain, were comprehensible to the eyein the glorious autumn sunlight for a sweep of ten miles. The scene had the intox- ication of war's grandeur—if war can be said to have any grandeur. Tonight the British have taken half of Mor- val, all of Lesboeuf and have ad- vanced their line on a front of 8,000 yards for an average depth of one thousand yards; the French have stormed Rancourt and have pushed their line to the outskirts of the little village of Fregicourt, a mile east and a little north of Combles. The German stronghold of Combles virtually isolated. The correspondent of the Associated Press went forward yesterday over the ridge of Devils Wood and Ginchy region which the British had fought for over two months to gain. He walked for two miles through an area which reverberated to the blasts of the great guns, picking his way,between the bursts of flame from the crashing batteries and moving around the rows of cannon as one who seeks a ford in a stream. On the other side- of the ridge he saw guns where he had never scen them before—on the promised nd of the lower levels which the British had won by persistent siege work. The guns were close up to the BrtISh Mtantryy who listened to their thunderous chorus as they prepared for the charge in today’s attack. “The usual artillery preparation”, said 'an | artillery officer Guns Fire at Top Speed. In his return the correspondent de- cided that he would not pass through that wilderness of British guns of all sizes and. calibre, while he had any hearing left. Fvery one of them v firing at top speed. He chose a gal- which took him past many bat- | which for two miles were pour- ing out their share of the raging tem- pest of gun fire. From the ruins of | some old German trenches, whence the battle panorama stretched before him, the correspondent had a near view of the French gunners who were feed- | ing shells into the gun breeches as | grain is fed into a threshing machine, and with the mechanical precisions of automaton Shortly after noon was the time | chosen for the infantry to rush for- ward under the cover of a final inten- sive chorug of hell from the artillery. The ridges in front and on either | hand were flecked with racing spar { of flame. Within an hour at least 0,000 shells must have been fired | within sight of the correspondent. Far | to the scuth was Mont St. Quentin, | two miles from Peronne and com- | manding that town, which, the allled commanders say, will fall like a ripe plum when the time comes. The hill | lay hazy above the green foliage of the river valley in the midst of vast bursts of black smoke from shells of enormous calibre. Directly in front was Combles, another town which has come to mean much to the imagina- tion of the public in England and France, who seem to regard its cap- | ture as of vital significance. Combles | differea from all the villages in sight in that the walls of many of its build- ings were still standing. It was dif- | ferent, too, in the fact that it formed in the midst of the storm of battle. Nelther artillery nor infantry paid any attention to it. The guage of battle was the high ground around it, the possession of which means the command of the town. Further north lay the ruins of Ginchy ana Guille- mont. Tufantry Sweeps Forward. At the appointed time the waves of | infantry surged forward to the attack. | Then the tremendous fire of the Ger- | man guns swelled to its utmost volume until the whole field w t in vast clouds of smoke. The attacking Th- fantry vanished in that grim pall while high overhead scores of sausage balloons in the brilliant sunlight | vainly to see what was passing beneath | them. Then across the deada flelds | arose a signal from Morval which told ! that the British infantry had reached another goal and that another vill 1ken. A man at a telephone nearby signal station called out the ipture of the different strong points with the enthu 1sm of one who scores a hotly contested game. Presently the British gan to siraggle back, ing, as they moved alor prisoners was another | an o strove | wounded b nd their bear- heside their criterion by (Continued On Eleventh Page). | i | tion by {now the Strongly Fortifie Town on Som Front at Last Fa Before Offensive GERMANS REPORTED REMOVING BIG GUD Long-Continued Effort Orowned Wi Success, But Only After Heavy in Men—Fall of Position Had B Expected As Encircling Movens by Allies Effected Its Isolation Berlin Admits Enemy’s Adv London, Sept. 26, 2 p. British have entered Combles, on § Somme front, the office m.— war nounced today, and are overcomi the resistance of the Germans. Combles, a town of some 2,000 pd ulation before the war, had been dered of small strategic importance the “allies by thelr long-continued. circling movement. It has beem notable value to the Germans, ho erer because as long as they clung it the Franco-British freedom mo’ ment toward Bapaume and Peron on either side of it was hampe! Turned into a strongly fortified po German defensive ingenuity, has persistently held fast like a »d in the course of a turbulent sti that has had to be blasted loose foyé the channel was fully opened This process has only been accel plished by long-continued, severe costly effort on the part of the alli Driving in from the south the E: successively swept by Hagpdeco! Maurepas, LeForest and fina reached Fregicourt, a mile to th of Combles. More slowly, but ng the less surely, the British have pw ed their advance on the north of German salient. Their struggle reach and hold Ginchy “ang* mont were expensive in time men, but finally the ground north Combles and sonme distance to east was occupied, putting the to in a pocket of which the opening constantly being narrowed by drives of the allied entente armies| Yesterday came the combined fort of the French and British close the opening, or at least rend it so narrow that what could be tracted through it by the Germ would not be worth while. Only # roads remained over which the G mans could withdraw their men guns. The sing¥-track railroad ning through the place had since been rendered useles: Attacking from the north, Gene Flaig's forces pushed to and oecup! Morval, cutting the northerly rol running to Le Transloy. Striking from the south, the Fren pushed their line to the envirom Fregicourt, severing communicat with Combles over the southerly ro| —that stretching towards Sailly. gap between Morval and Fregico a mile and a half in width, and reag ing back toward Combles, was sW from either direction by the combin] fire of French and British guns. It is not thought probable that considerable force of Germans ] mained in Combles. During the d vesterday, when it was becomm evident that the allied forces achieving their object of closing in the east of the town, the Germans reported to have begun withdrew: guns from it. X Germans Reported Deaving Comb Paris, Sept. 26, 5:45 a. m.—Figh ing continued all night north of Somme, the Germans making _di perate efforts to stem the tide is engulfing Combles. According latest advices reaching Paris the lies have so far succeeded in olingii to their gains and have even . proved their positions slightly. Barly yesterday afternoon the G mans are reported to have be moving out of Combles a numbel guns. This occurred before the ish had taken Morval or the Freng had reached the outskirts of Ip court. The village of Fregicourtsy on the road from Combles to Sailll the only road which, before yeste day’s battle, the Germans could W to evacuate Combles. The road now swept by the fire of the Frem machine guns. Krom the the British, tior buth of Fregleourt, a of only about 1,800 only part of the loop < which it remained practically fire of the cro and the mans in Combles carious, in view of on Town , 12:1 offensive French (Continued On Bleventh Page). Morval, hel French po# distang yards, i ound Combli That hed sing Trend| the Gei than prg allied office) >uth of by to the was to close accompl lish and situation of worse the Outskirts, p. m.—Con north of thi last night ca French ept their the Paris, tinuin, Somme,