New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS" MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE GENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1916. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 18 ' WOMAN SHOOTS COUPLE IN Prominent New York Man Dead and Com- panion Registered as " His Wife Is Dying DECLINES TO TALK CONCERNING CRIME Slayer, Known As Mrs. J. C. LeDur, Tay in Wait in Corridor for J. C. Graveur and “Wife” and Tragedy Follows Their Return From Thea- ter—Victim Well Known in York Humanitarian Circles. Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—A score of detectives today were endeavoring to solve the mystery surrounding the sensational shooting of J. C. Grave- ur, president of the Alhambra garage, New York, and his wife in thelr apartments at a prominent hotel here «early this morning by Mrs. J. C. Le Dur, who afterward committed sui- clde with the same revolver. Graveur was instantly killed and his wife is in a hospital believed to be mortally wounded. No motive for the tragedy has yet been established. » The Graveurs motored to this city yesterday from New York. They at- tended a theater last night and re- turned to their hotel half an hour after midnight. They were unac- companied, according to hotel em- ployes, and went immediately to thelir apartments. Shortly afterwards guests on the same floor were startled by four shots and rushing into the hall- way they met Mrs. Graveur, who is about 23 years old, staggering from her room with a bullet wound in het breast. She was screaming hys- terically, and it was impossible to sécure a coherent story from her. Graveur was found dead in one cor- ner of his room and Mrs. LeDur, clutching the still smoking revolver in her hand, in another. AIll were fully dressed. How Mrs. LeDur gained entrance to the apartments occupied by her victims is not known. Neither has it been established from whence she came. The police theory, however, is that she followed the Graveurs to this city from New York. Mrs. Le Dur was about 25 years old. Mrs. Graveur who was removed to & hospital, was still alive at an early hour today but physicians hold out little hope for her recovery. Efforts of the authorities to obtain a state- 4nent from her proved futile. New York officials have been re- quested to help clear up the mystery. May Not Be Graveur’s Wife. The wounded woman in the Jeffer- son hospital here refuses to say any- ihing regarding the shooting, nor will sfie confirm statements that she is the wife of Graveur. Despatches from New York state that employes at Graveur’s garage said they be- lieved he was a widower. Other information from New York is to the effect that Graveur and the woman he registered at the hotel as his wife had been in Atlantic City lgst week and in Washington two or three days ago. The injured woman’s condition is still considered critical. The name of the woman who did the shooting, it was said by the po- lice, may be Mrs. Joseph Clarence LeDuc and not LeDur. The police learned from a woman guest at the hotel that Mrs. LeDur waited a long while in the hotel cor- ridor last night for Graveur and his supposed wife to return. Mrs. Le Dur told this woman guest that she was Graveur's wife, that she had no key to get into her room, and that she was tired of waiting. Victim Well Known Philanthropist. New York, Sept. 27.—J. C. Graveur was well known here in police and humanitarian circles. For ten years he was chief probation officer of the court of special sessions. He was re= moved from that office in 1911. He originated the Tombs Prison school and galined a reputation among prison workers throughout the country. Through his connection with the Newsboys’ Home he was a familiar figure to newsboys and bootblacks from the Battery to Farlem. His thome address is an up town family hotel. 4 The name “Mrs. J. C. LeDur” do not appear in the New York direc- tory. Slayer TIs Mrs, Harry Belzer. Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—The woman *¥ho shot and killed J. C. Graveur of New York, seriously wounded his fe- male companion and then committed suicide in a prominent hotel here early today, has been identified as Mrs. Harry Belzer of 315 Euclid ave- nue, New York, by a sister of the dead man. This sister, whose name i# Mrs. Frances Apman, came here to- day with Harry V. Fancy of New York, a business partner of Graveur, Continued on Eleventh Page.) PHILADELPHIA HOTEL AND THEN ENDS HER OWN LIFE WILSON AGREES T0 AID JUDGE SEABURY May Take Active Part in New York State Campaign. Long Branch, N. J., Sept, 27.—Sam- uel Seabury, democratic candidate for governor of New York, who came to Shadow Lawn last night, held an ear- ly morning conference with President Wilson today and then left for New York. President Wilson promised Judge Seabury his active co-operation in the New York campaign.” It is probable that at a conference to be held late today between the president and Chairman McCormick of the demo- cratic national committee, definite plans will be made for Mr. Wilson to speak in New York. Mr. McCormick will remain here over night and dis- cuss the political situation tomorrow morning with Secretary Tumulty. William ~ ¥. McCoombs, candidate for United States senator from New York, and who will join Judge Sea- bury in stumping the state, will see the president within a few days. It was agreed between the presi- dent and Judge Seabury that it is vital for the democratic party to car- ry New York. Means for combatting the efforts of the state tour planned by Charles E. Hughes, were discussed, and it was agreed thaf® the national campaign organization will co-operate thoroughly with the state democratic forces. An elaborate program for he visit of the president to Omaha October 5 has been submitted to the executive office here. The program, which has not been approved by the president as vet, ingludes the review of a parade in addition to a speech. Cleveland, O., Sept. 27.—Charles E. Hughes ended today his second cam- paign in the middle west and left for Pittsburgh. H/a will return on his third and last’ campaign trip in this section early in October. BOLD BLACKMAIL PLOT New Haven Detective Poses as Victim and Surprises Sender of Letter De- manding Payment of $10,000. New Haven, Sept. 27—Peter Perel- la, who claims to have run away from Pa., two years ago after having robbed his father of a small sum of money is under arrest here charged with having sent a threaten- ing letter to Phelps Montgomery of this city, demanding $10,000. The po- lice say Perella has confessed. The arrest was made last night. Perella sent the letter on Sept. 25, directing Mr. Montgomery to - meet him on a certain downtown corner holding the money in his hand in a “white package,” and warning him not to notify the police “or my men will blow up your house and whoever is in it at the time.” The letter was signed ‘“Paris Blackhand King.” A detective said to resemble Mr. Montgomery in appearance was sent to the designated corner last ight with a white package,” and When Perella stepped up to him and asked him if he had the money, the detec- tive arrested him. Perella in admitting his guilt, de- clared, the police say, that no one else was connected with him in Lhe affair and that he conceived the idea because he was out of work here and without funds. The police say he has served time in a reformatory in Penn- sylvania. MEXICANS SURPRISED Do Not Understand Why Departure of Connected Scranton, Arredondo Should Be ‘With Their Misslon Here, New London, Sept, 27.—The Mexi- con representatives on the joint .com- mission that is seekng a basis for an agreement between this country and Mexico on border control, professed surprise today that the departure of Ambassador Designate Arredondo for Mexico was attributed to failure of the commissioners to agree. Accord- ing to their information, Mr. Arre- dando’s visit to Mexico will be brief and is not connected with the confer- ence of the commissioners, When the commissioners met today the consideration of the different plans suggested for a better cantrol of the border was continued. WORLD'S SERIES OPENS OCT, 7. Chicaga, Sept. 27.—The world’s series will open on Saturday, October 7, according to President B. B. Johnson of the American league, who as a member of the national commi sion is taday ready to begin prepar: tions for the series. With the race | as uncertain’ as it is, no final action has been taken yet by the national “cnmmissmn, Mr. Johnsosn said. UNIONS DECLINE T0 JOIN STRIKE T0 HELP CARMEN Little Evidence of Labor Dis- turbance on Day . Set for Big Walkout MANY ORGANIZATIONS FAIL T0 JOIN IN MOVEMENT Leaders Claim 209,500 Have ¢t But | Observation of New Year By Jews Causes Confusion in Making Esti- mates—They Expect to Call 100,000 Daily Out for Several Days —Longshoremen Still at Work. New York, Sept. 27.—The general strike of labor unions in sympathy with the striking street carmen was supposed to be effective today, and although labor leaders claimed that some 250,000 workers had responded to the call, there was little evidence that a strike was in progre Private canvassers among the labor unions reported that at least twenty- two had_failed to respond to strike calls this forenoon. The only report received at police headquarters w that 250 members of the Painters’ union had refused to report for work. Among the unions which were ex- pected to go out today but did not ‘was the brewery worker numbering 6,000. Their leaders declared they would surely strike tomorrow. Jews Celcbrate New Year. Attempts to estimate the number of strikers were complicated by the fact that thousands of Jewish work- ers will remain idle over Thursday ginning of the Jewish New Year. Of the 200,000 expected by the leaders to strike 143,000 are members affil- fated with the United Hebrew trades who stop work each year at this time for the Jewish holiday: Among the or; ganization which have voted to strike toda according to those directing the movement, are: | while another New LONERGAN NAMED, FLAYS OAKEY AS A CHAIR WARMER Says Congressman Fathered No | Constructive Laws While in Washington HUGHES CHARGES FLAT AS HE SUGGESTS NO REMEDIES Candidate Reviews Progressive Legis- | lation Passed by Congress and Re- | fers Proudly to President Wilson's | Record—George M. Landers’ Em- phasizes Big Expensc Accounts of Republican Candidates in This State. (Special to the Herald.) Hartford, Sept. 27.—Augustine Lonergan nominated the time by the democratic first district congressional convention here today. The nomination was for fourth was unan- imous. Ex-Senator New George M. Landers of named Mr. Lonergan Britain citizen, P. Britain ‘vmion and the amount of money he and Friday in celebration of the be. | T. McDonough, acted as chairman of the convention. In his nomination speech Mr. Landers paid his respects to the recent republican state con- alleged was spent by unsuccessful candidates for the gubernatorial nom- ination. His words in this respect were: Republican Expenses. “Even in this year of our Lord 1916, two leading citizens of this common- wealth, men as well trained in the political game as can be fourd any- where in this country, spent &.ch of them thousands of dollars in the pur= suit of the nomination for governor, in the vain belief that the nomination meant a certainty of election, be- cause they felt that in this year any- one could get by on the republican ticket. They were beaten in the con- Ladies’ Garment Workers, 000; Clothing workers. 10,000; painters and decora 15,000; furriers, 1 000; tinsmiths, 10,000; butchers, 10, 000; stationery firemen, 2,500; paper box makers, 7,000; milliners, 6,000; jewelry workers, = 3,000; brewery workers, 6,000. Total 209,500, The leaders asserted that in addi- tion to those to quit work today they would be able to call out 100,000 more daily for the next'two or three days. Longshoremen May Not Strike. At the last moment, it became known that T. V. O'Connor, national president of the Longshoremen’s | union, had decided not to call out the 45,000 members of that organization today. It was stated that there was serious doubt whether he would ask them to take part in the strike at any time. The joint labor conference committee directing the strike met this morning to hear the reports of the unions whose members had sponded to the strike call, ORDERED T0 BORDER Batteries I and F, Connecticut Ficld tors, re- Artillery, Affected by Directions of ‘War Department. Washington Guard organization. from New Hamp- shire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dis- trict of Columbia, Virginia, New York, Alabama, Georgia, Connecticut, Flori. da, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, and California were ordered to the Mexican border today by the war de- partment. Instructions were sent to General Funston ordering him to select upon the arrival of these organizations at the border 10,000 National Guard in- fantry now on duty there ang return them to state moblilization camps. Sept. New Haven, Sept. 27.—Batteries E and F, Tenth Militia Field Artillery of Connecticut, included fn the order issued today by the war department directing National Guard organiza- tions to be sent to the Mexicn border to take the places of some of the guardsmen now there, are in camp at Tobyhanna, Pa. They remained there when the four batteries, from this te, A, B, C, and D, comprising the Yale Battalion, were ordered hack to the mobilization camp at Niantic and mustered out of federal ser BRI W Major H OLFICERS Sept. 2 Rele Arthur Humphreys and Lieut. High Levick, Jr. the British army oflicers detained at Ellis Island on their arrival from England, was ordered today by Commissioner Gen- 1 Caminetti of the immigration bu- RELEASED. rington, (= se of WILLIMANTIC LAUNDRY BURNS. Willimantic, Sept. The of the Willimantic Wet Wash rany, a frame structure, was with its contents here early The loss is estimated at about partially covered by insurance. plant com- burned | taday. | 10,000, | The | ! the present governor, | whose | from a united, | accept the nomination. vention by our delightful old friend, who sent no country towns and Lills for Incidental expenses d no scrutiny under the corrupt practices act. Contrast the efforts of Mr. Healey and Mr. Blakeslee with the circumstances attending the nom- ination of Homer S. Cummings—a nomination given to Mr. Cummings spontaneously and from the heart by a rising unanimous vote of every dele- gate in the convention, and the same spontaneous feeling toward every candidate on the state ticket. Mr. Cummings received the nomination harmonious party, convinced of his ability to serve the State of Connecticut in the United States senate as well as any senator from this state ever has done. “Even the renomination of the pres- ent governor will not save the re- publicans this year if as I and many others in this room belleve that the tide is turning so strongly toward Wilson that even this bulwark of republicanism cannot stand against 1t Mr. Lonergan, in accepting the nomination referred to the passivity of Congressman P. Davis Oakey, whom he will oppose at the polls. He said he was unable to find where Mr. Oakey had fathered any con- structive measures in congress. Acceptance. emissaries into the ne Lonergan’s In accepting the nomination Mr. Lonergan spoke as follows: Ir, Chairman and Gentlemen: “For the nomination which you have just tendered me I desire to ex- press my sincere thanks to each and every delegate of this convention. To receive for the fourth time the unan- imous nomijnation of the democratic party in the first congressional dis- trict for the position of representa- tive in congress is an honor for which any man may well feel grateful. I “In the election soon to be held the democratic party will go before the country on a record of promises ful- filled. This s in marked contrast to the record of our opponents, whose program has been strikingly unpro- ductive. Ours Iy necessarily a gov- ernment by political parties, and the mission of the party in power should be to serve mankind. The democratic party has met this standard—It has served the welfare of the whole peo- ple and has not ignored the cause of the es in order to recognize the inter s of a privileged few. The re- publican party was in absolute con- trol of all of the branches of the fed- eral government for xteen year: Durir that period that once great party enacted many pieces of pernic fous legislation and furthermore proved itself incompetent, or else un- willing, to legislate for the majority. Eleventh | Continued on Page.) e N ? WEATHER. Hartford, Sept. Iavtford and i 27. — For vicinity: Un- cttled and warmer tonight. Thursday showers, strong | most picturesque ds Fighting Before Combles Costs Less Lives Than Ex- ! pected—Picturesque Drive By Allied Soldiers. British Front in France, Sept. 26, 4:05 a. m.—The of the incidents in- the whole course of the great Somme of- | fensive. It marked the opening of to- s forward surge of the British and French forces which reached its cli- max in the capture of. Gueudecourt and Thiepval. All night long bitter fighting had been in progress at various points on the front, and with dawn the battle broadened to include the whole Brit- ish left. Combles fell as the sun rose on a perfect summer da Sitting in the midst of a heap of hills, the town was isolated yesterday by the selzing of the high ground on either side by the French anq British. In the early hours of the morning the British took an orchard in the northern outskirts and then, after a heavy preliminary shelling, they charged the trenches on the edge of the village. The trenches were empty when they reached them. At the same time the French, dash- ing forward on the other side of the village, pushed victoriously forward into the heart of the village. In the main street the soldiers of the two nations met and jovously shook hands. Combles had a labyrinth of dugouts and well fortified cellars but at the last practically no defense was made. Those Germans who had not managed to escape when the town was hope- lessly surrounded were taken prison- ers. One lot of Germans who were en- deéavoring to find a way out through the encircling allied infantry walked into the British skirmishing line. The cellars and dugouts of the village were full of wounded. Having cleared Combles of any stray Germans, the British and French moved on side by side to further at- tacks. via London, Sept. 27, capture of Combles was ont Germans Lack Spirit. One of the most striking of the fighting t night and today was the surprisingly slight resistanc offered at orval and Combles by the Germans, according to all reports made by the British officers. The Ger- mans made the usual counter attacks against the British new positions lat night, but the reports of the allied officers to headquarters agree that they lacked spirit. Some German trenches taken yesterday were lightly occupied or mot at all. In other in- stances the allied commanders stated that considerable bodies of Germans threw down their rifles promptly as soon as the attackers approached thelr trenches, although it was known that they had orders to stand to the last. Batches of prisoners have been com- ing in from all parts of the front throughout the day. In their attack yesterday the Brit- ish found the strongest defense made in front of Gueudecourt. There the Germans used their machine guns with the tenacity and unvielding cour- age which has hitherto characterized (lil(‘m. The British resumed the attack today and tonight all the v!ll_m:e is in their possession. Both today and yes- terday the Germans showed an in- clination to withdraw their guns im- mediately if they were in any danger, evident desiring to take no k of losing any of their artillery. This | sometimes leaves their troops in the | front line unprotected by cannon fire and may account for the number of surrenders. Tornado Precedes Attack. the meantime the British con- to pound the whole line with {heir seemingly inexhaustible supply of shells, leaving the Germans in doubt as to what sector will be the next to be attacked by the infantry. The first warning that the Germans have that the British seek to gain a certain frontage is a sudden increase of gun firc in that sector to a tornado under which it does not seem possibie that a mouse could escape alive. Usually this tornado is breif com- pared to the old fashion of artillery preparation, but it lasts long enough to enable the British infantry to rush from their line: to the German trenches while all the German ma- chine guns nd rifle fire are stilled. About midday today the British left had its turn in the rezion of Thiep- val, at the other extreme of the bat- tle front from Combles. Here the fighting line joins the German front trench line and the Germans, their dugouts and 1lleries, have fought with the skill and stubborn- ness which characterized them in this kind of warfs “They like | glue to these dugouts,” one British soldier. “hecause that once they pushed do not them time to more." A blackist of a ridee Thiepval there still tree trunks features In tinue old e said they back know we any are give dig ) heap of dirt on the crest is all that remains of On the top of that heap rise a few black sticks, slivered and hewn by chell fire which have escaped being § g | 3 southerly winds. iuse of the fire is not known, —— e | trick of the modern trade GERMAN RESISTANCE SOFTENING, BRITISH MILITARY MEN CLAIM the British tried to take Thiepval and failed. On this height to the north the whole Angle-French movement pivots to the bank of the Somme. The British, in fierce little attacks now| and then, have whittled and sapped thelr way toward that preclous high ground, the capture of which extends i the German front of defense and en- dangers other German positions, Hand to hand, bomb to bomb, with every of war, Germans and British have fought over these seamed slopes as if the war itself was to be decided here. To- nizht, the whole defense and siege of which. cost more thousands of lives than any in rrance, is in British pos- session, following nearly three months of continuous fighting. Nineteen Villages Captured, Since the offensive begai ‘the Brit- ish have taken nineteen villages and at some points their gains are -NOW six miles in depth. : Elation over today's and yesterday's work is greatest at the casualty clear- ing stations, where the red cost of victory Is best measured. All sur- geons report that the casualties have been surprisingly light. The weaken- ing German resistance, which seems obvious to any spectators, is variously interpreted by the allied officers. Some belleve that the Germans are merely making a rear guara defense of the lower ground while their main forces fall back to another prepared line of trenches stretching from Bapaume; others insist that the unceasing ham- mer blows of the British and French are resulting in a decided softening in the fighting power of their opponents. The soldlers in the ranks do not seem to bé bothered with such speculations. “Give us more weather like this and let us push on,” is the praver alike of the English Tommy and the French IN THE BALKANS Decisive Defeat Administered Ger- mans and Bulgarians by Entente Troops, According to ‘Bucharest Bucharest, Monday, London, Sept. 27, 1 of the great battle front, which lasted from September 17 to September 19, and ended, ac- cording to General Averesco, in the decisive defeat of the Germans and Bulgarians, are given in an official statement issued by the war office to- day. Sept. 25, via 9 a. m.—Details on the Dobrudja Paris, Sépt. 27.—~The Serbians havo repulsed three violent Bulgarian at- tacks on Kalmakcalan Height, ac- cording to an official statement issued by the war office dcaling with the Sa- loniki front. Pars, Sept. 27, 5:30 a. m.—Greek troops in Canea, to the number of 4,000, have joined the revolutionists, according to a radio agency dispatch from Athens. Only a colonel, a few other officers and twenty-five of the men remained loyal to the govern- HARTINE WINNER From Bags Democratic Nomination New Jersey—Republican’ Contest Too Close for Early Decision. Trenton, N. J., Sept. 27.—Senator James D. Martine won the demodfatic nomination for United States senator by a safe majority over John W. West- cott, according to the vote canvassed at 7 o'clock this morning. Westcott is the state attorney general and iy best known as the man who twice nominated President Wilson. Returns from 723 districts of the 1893 in the state gave Martine 12,844 and West- cott 6,687, The vote for the republican nomi- nation for United States senator = is very close. Returns from 969 dis- tricts gave Joseph F. Frelinghysen 44,900 and Franklin Murphy 44,986. In the three-cornered fight for the republican gubernatorial nomination Walter E. Edge of Atlantic City was far In the lead when the returns from 982 districts were counted. H. Otto Wittpenn of Jersey City was unopposed for the democratic nomination for governor. As the returns continue to in. Frelinghysen took the the republican contest for 1 nomination. The vote ricts out of 1893 stood ysen, 54,508; Murphy, 50,6 Returns from 1209 districts Tdge, republican candidate for ernor 991, against 50,150 Colgate, his est opponent come lead in the sena- in 1114 Frelihg- gave gov- for. cle | COLL; ON IN SOUND. | Ha Sept, —Schooner | K. Stetson, Captain Hamilton, bound from St. John, N. B., for New | York, was towed into this port to- day, waterlogged, having been in col- | lision during last night in Long Island | Sound, five miles east of Faulkner's | Island with the steamer Lexington of New iah en, Gowned by a direct hit. On July 1, the first day of the great offensive, the Colonial Line, | same number FRENCH DRIVE AT CHAULNES, GIVING GERMANS NO RESPIT A Quick Envelopi Movement at Teute Stronghold Folloy Combles’ Fall : ALLIES CAPTURE 6,000 PRISONE: Peronne Itself May Be Encircled Maneuver Which Forced Ge to Retreat Yesterday-—Since Jul Forty-four Villages in 190 Miles of Territory and 60,000 oners Have Been Taken. No rest is being given the Germ by the victorious Franco-Bril§ {irces on the Somme front. The British capture of the longs sisting-_Thiepval stronghold, follg ing closely #and unexpectedly upon capture of Combles by the combig allied ‘forces, was itself followed last night by a new stroke on the p of the French south of the Bomy where they drove out from Vern dovillers and captured a strongly tified wood to the east of the town. ‘Apparently this new drive ig aimi at Chaulnes, which bears to the sou ern end of the Somme line somewh the relation that Combles did to northern sector. The beginnings o1 French effort to pocket this other man stronghold were apparent sox time ago, and a further move such that reported today in the drive ei from Vermandovillers to a point miles almost directly south Chaulnes, has not been unexpects The French lines already have be pushed in well to the south of town. Meanwhile the military importa of the gwns from Thiepval to 8l Somme, :®'red in the smashing fensive of the present week, arg @ pected by military observers In 't entente capitals to be made manifd by speedy further inroads upon ;s { man-held territory. The French & vance beyond Bouchavesnes is point | to as directly threatering Allaines, | miles north of Peronne, and prep ing the way for an encircling movi ment intended to drive the Germal out of Peronne itself. Belated reports from the Brit front today announce the capture hetween 3,000 and 4,000 Germans General Haig's forces in Monday | and Tuesday’s fighting. The report captur~- by the French bring ¢ | total » more than ( no. Unofl ial it how tho ni ber of pris Angl French armies during mme o fensive, from July 1 to huve be 60,000, with some 190 =quarc miles territory and forty-four viilages, In Macedonia the cntente forces af parently are encountering a stiffennd Bulgarian resistance, especially to t4 west of the Vardar region, Official reports just recelved frof Bucharest take bach nothing of # claims made by the Rumanians of notable victory over IMeld Marsh Von Mackensen in the great battle d tast week in Dobrudja. British Take Ma London, Sept. 27, 11:45 &. . Retween 3,000 and 4,000 prisene were taken by the British in Monda; and Tuesday's fighting on the Somm front, according to a delayed portiol of General Haig's report of Tuesd: night, which was given out today, The report says: “The battle continued wolently dud ing the day over the whole front b tween the Somme and the Ancre. O troops were successful everywher, carrying out their attacks most bril liantly. During the last forty-eligl hours between 8,000 and 4,000 pri oners were taken.” ny Prisoners, French Drive Continues. Paris, Sept. 27, noon.—A brill} French attack east of Vermandoville: has succeeded in capturing a stron ly fortified wood, according to an off ficial statement issued by the war off fice today, Brilliant Military Movement, Paris, Sept. 27, 11 a. m.—Th capture of Combles with its grea booty completes what is regarded b) military experts here as one of th most brilliantly executed operation of the summer campaign. The whol front of attack from Martinpuich t4 the Somme has heen pushed forward uniformly for more than a mile, Mil itary observers declare that the full ness of the success proves that thi allies are incontestably masters of thi situation, i Since September 15 the German: had brought up three fresh divisions against the French front and i against the British, the 20th they made a desperate ofd fort to retake Bouchavesnes. Not oniy did they fail but five days later th allies, resuming the offensive, hurled back their line in spite of the facl X (Continued on Fleventu Paga) i