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OF PUIS
Nearly One Million Men Engaged In What
Will Be War's Most Important Battle
Paris, September 8, via London.—It was officially an-
nounced last night that the Germans are retreating from the
line of the Nanetuil Le Haudouin to Verdun after a-vigorous
action with French and British troops.
From official communications given out in Paris today it
was learned that the engagements which began Saturday and
Sunday to the northeast of the French capital developed today
into one of the most important battles of the campaign. The
armies of the allies are opposing the German advances over u
front extending about 120 miles from Nanteuil Le Haudouin,
25 miles northeast of Paris, to the great fortress of Verdun, in
the department of Meuse, and 20 miles west of the German
fftmtier. *
The French troops were strongly supported by the British
soldiers who passed through Paris several days ago.
AWAITING SIEGE OF PARIS
Allies' Strong Position.
The position chosen by f.ho allied
force# to give battle to the advanc-
ing Invaders Is declared to be the
most favorable, having near its cen-
ter tbe strongly entrenched camp of
Chalons Sur Marne.
The' allies conducted their opera-
tions so successfully that a portion
of the German forces were forced to
retire. The Germans had reached
the region around Coulommiero La
Ferte Gaucher, respectively 30 and 40
miles to the east of Parle when the
detachment covering the flanks of
the main German army encountered
advanced detachments of the allies
who drove them back.
It is estimated unofficially that
nearly 1,000,000 troops are engaged
In the fighting which is proceeding
to the east of Paris today.
Action Bast of Paris.
A general action Is today proceed.
trlan, army in the vicinity of Lem-
berg, Galacia have been completely
destroyed.
Before the official announcement
was made newspaper dispatches from
both Berlin and London indicated
that an engagement of tremendous
Importance was being fought in the
district described by the French war
office. The Berlin correspondent,
whose dispatch was dated last Fri-
day, said that a great battle was be.
ing waged on the French center from
Rethel to Verdun.
tiHT UNOCftWOOD 4 UNOEHWOOD. N.
French Cavalrymen Sleeping In Paris Streets
RUSSIANS ENTER CZERNOWITZ
Petrograd, September 8, via Lon-
don.—A dispatch from Odessa re-
ports the entry Of Russian troops In-
to Csernowltc. The city is the cap-
ital of Bukowlna, Austria-Hungary,
and is 146 miles southeast of Lem-
berg.
official
The following Official announce-
in jtb" the east of Paris from Nan-^ent was given out today:
teufl-Le-Haudouin to Verdun, ac-
cording to an official communication
given out last afternoon.
Nanteuil Le Haudouin is 26 miles
northeast of the city of Paris and
10 miles southeast of Senlls. The
distance from Nanteuil Le Haudouin
to Verdnn Is roughly ISO mil«fc.
The text of tlie official notice Is as
follows:
"A general action has -started on
the Hoe through Nanteuil Le Hau-
douin, Meaux, Sesanne and Vitry Le
Francois and extending to Verdun.
"Thanks to the vigorous action of
our troops, strongly supported by
the British, the Germans are retir-
ing-
Reported to Be Retreating.
"The Germans had advanced Sat-
urday and Sunday into the region
between Coulommiers and La Ferte-
Gaucher.
"In the Auatro-Russian theater of
operations 12 divisions of the Aus- for 4,000 soldiers
The APWV* corps be-
tween the river Vistula and the river
Bug are retreating with enormous
losses.
"The resistance of the enemy has
been broken.'
"there are evidences of the possi-
bility of a famine in Austria."
The Rech today publishes the re-
ply of Grand Duke Nicholas, com-
mander in chief of the Russian forc-
es, to a message of congratulation
from the president of the duma on
the capture of Lemberg by the Rus.
elans. The grand duke expresses
himself as deeply touched by the cor-
dial message and thanks the presi-
dent and the members of the duma
for their congratulations, adding, "I
hope, with the help of God, to an-
nihilate the enemy."
The RuBsky Slavo says the Polish
society at Lods has decided to In-
stall a hospital with accommodations
Here's Man Who Is
Producer Of50,000
Pound* Sudan Seed
Labor Celebration
Called Success By
Public And Leaders
Doings Of Interest
take Place In Fair
And Y.M.B.A. Work
The directors of the Washington
County Fair Association and the
Brenham Y. M. B. A. will hold a
board meeting this evening at 8
o'clock.
Matters of great importance will
be threshed out by both boards of
directors. The regular business of
the Y. M. B. A. directors will be aug-
mented by. considerable outside mat-
ters, while new developments in the
fair situation will have to be consid-
ered.
That the fair is being advertised
extensively over the state and even
in other states is proved by the num-
ber of letters received by the secre-
tary daily. Today a request from a
baby food manufacturer that hp be
allowed to furnish a silver cup to
the winner in the contest and to pre-
sent each contestant with a rag doll
was received. The directors will to-
night consider the matter of adding
the baby show to the already long
Mat of attractions.
A large crew of bill posters will
start tomorrow on a tour of the
county# placing the lithographs ad-
vertising the big features of the
fair. The county as well as the
state will be sown down with circu-
lars and lithographs of the fair,
Red Cross Fund Is
Growing Daily And
Will Reach $1000
F. F. Perkins of Lubbock, the
"apostle of Sudan grass," is now in,
Brenham tor the purpose of inter-
esting the farmers of Washington
county in the growing of the wonder-
ful new forage crop.
Mr. Perkins was the second man
in Texas to give the new grass a tri-
al when the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture announced Its
arrival from the French Soudan. So
successful waB he with his first crop
that he added many more acres the
next year, until today he probably is
the owner of more Sudan grass than
any man in the United States.
He has between 60,000 and 60,'-
000 pounds of the seed on his Lub-
bock county ranch, anevery pound
of that seed is worth 91 and more
per pound. Not comaoMtteg a pun,
it might truthfully be said that Mr.
Perkins is in high clover.
Sudan grass is the great drouth-
resisting forage crop. It makes
from five to eight tons of hay per
acre and Is far superior to Johnson
grass or sorghum, being classed by
agricultural experts with alfalfa as
food product. Unlike Johnson
grass or sorghum, it does 'not injure
the land, being rather an enrlcher of
the soil. It is necessary to replant
Sudan every year, and It does not
spread. It will eradicate Itself if al-
lowed to stand over one year, there-
fore the fear that It is like Johnson
grass Is unfounded.
"I have some Sudan grass on my
ranch that would measure about
eleven feet and six inches in height,"
said Mr. Perkins today. "It will av.
erage about six or seven tons to the
acre at a cutting and will make from
three to four crops per year with-
out re-planting. I firmly believe the
farmers ought to stop planting so
much cotton and devote more atten-
tion to hay. Sudan grass will be the
salvation of West Texas, and it will
do equally as well here,"
E. L. Hearn will act as local agent
for the Western planter.
The Prairie Hill Schuetzen Verein
Monday evening voted to donate $60
to the German Red Cross fund now
being raised in Washington county.
Secretary Robert Schawe of the
German-American Relief committee,
was notified of the action this morn-
ing.
This makes a total of $134.75 do-
nated to the cause since Sunday, the
Zionsville Lutheran church having
given $54.00 and the Sons of Her-
nann lodge at Gay Hill having at-
tributed $80.76.
The total amount now collected by
the committee is somewhere in the
ne ighborhood of $700.
This sum will <be greatly augmen-
ted when all reports are in and it
now seems certain that Washington
County will raise the thousand dol-
lars she set out to get.
The secretary will prepare a list
of all contributors to the funds and
the same will be published at an
early date.
LOUIS RAY IS IN HOSPITAL
The Y. *. B; A.
night consider the
will to-
HPP of a
state meet-
to be held in
That day has
A. day at the
will be-
Former Brenham Boy Has Been Be-
lli in a Sanitarium at
Oklabom#,
The Labor Day celebration irt
Brenham came to a close last eve-
ning at Fireman's Park, where the
labor organizations of the city stag-
ed the annual observances.
The day's doings came to a close
with the dance staged at the park
last evening, in which many young
couples indulged in the new national
pastime. Those who participated
pronounced the ball a success from
Start to finish.
The ball game played yesterday af-
ternoon at the park between the
Silkville team and a team of
resulted in
nters
i Silkville
by
car
an easy victory
the Bcore of 7 to
•i Schmid and Pflughaupt formed
battery for Silkville, while Atchi-
so# And Gardner. Mrf&insd for the
carpenters. The game was exciting
and was witnessed by a fairly good-
sized crowd of fans, who divided
their sentiments equally between the
two teams.
The apple, pie-eating, and two nail
driving contests proved of great ex-
citement to the crowd and the win-
ners were cheered lustily by their
backers.
An unintentional error was made
in reporting the speaking in yester-
day's paper when it was said that M.
H. Robinson was one of the speak-
ers. It was Edward Wilkerson who
delivered the address and his efforts
were deserving of much praise. The
speech delivered by Hon. John M.
Mathis is being liberally praised to-
day by all who heard it.
L. C. Lasch, upon whom most of
the work of pulling off the celebra-
tion devolved, said today:
"The citizens of Brenham deserve
the thanks of the labor unions for
their many kindnesses to us. If it
had not been for their loyal support,
both moral and financial, the enter-
tainment could not have been a suc-
cess. I have known all along that
Brenham had the best citizens of any
town in Texas, but the manner in
which they aided us with our celebra-
tion served to clinch the belief.
~ . v, ..... , „ Every one pronounces the Labor
Dr. Robert Finney Miller of SanlD c^ebratio^ a great success and
Antonio, who has been spending the .'e much ige to Mr Lagch and
summer at his ancestral home in Gay *h who he, d him make the
Hill, and to whom so many people r
are indebted for hospitalities, left
Sunday night for Rochester, Minne-
sota- Dr. Miller will be gone some
wedes, after which he will return to
San Antonio to resume his practice
as an eye, ear, nose and throat spe-
cialist.
AKfiLO FRENCD ALLIES CLAIM
VICTORY WON NORTH OF PUB
Generals French And D'Amade Assert They
Have Won Battle At Precy Sur Oise
London, September 8.—A Boulogne dispatch to the Eve-
ning News says a telegram has been received from General
Pau announcing a victory by the allied forces at Precy Sur
Oise. The imperial guard under Crown Prince Frederick
William is reported to have been annihilated by the Britith
force which opposed them.
The Evening News dispatch says:
"A telegram has been received from General Pau announc-
ing a victory by the allied forces under Field Marshal Sir
John French, commanding the British, and General D'Amade
at Precy Sur Oise; about 25 miles north of Paris.
Dr. Miller Departs
"The allies were drawn across the
northern line with the center at
Precy. The English troops were on
tho left and the French on the right.
The latter had in front of their the
imperial guard uncle'.- Crown Prince
Frederick William.
"On both wings, it is reported, the
allies were successful. The German
left was held by the French and re-
tired to the north.
"The imperial guard, who were
ordered to surrender, were annihi-
•i»ted by the BritWl'.. It ic reported
that tho crown prince v. as in their
midst."
TV.o L'MtiHh offldul bureau has le-
eelvod r.o conflrmatioi >.! this mes-
sage.
The news contained In the French
official communication that the Ger-
mans had fallen back before the vig-
orous advance by the allied troops on
the line from Nanteuille Houdouin to
Verdun Indicated that the Anglo-
French forces have got on the flank
of the German right wing which pass-
ed by Paris north and was marching
eastward to Join with the crown
prince's army coming south.
It has been suggested by military
experts that General Von Klucks
movement to the southeast was taken
as a matter of precaution before the
movement by the allies from the
coast. It is possible this new army
has reached Nanteuille ie Haudouin,
thus getting on General Von Kluok's
flank. The engagement took place
Sunday and that evening the G»r.
mans began their retirement.
event possible.
' George Schroeder of Rosenberg, a
former citizen of Washington coun-
ty, arrived today and went out to
Greenvine to spend several days with
relatives.
MILITARY MEN AND MACHINES
Louis Ray, formerly a well-known
resident of this place, but now an
employe#. Of the Roc# Island Rail,
road at Chtejkasha, Oklahoma, has for
the past few weeks been quite til in
a sanitarium at that place, hie 111-
" of a serious
friends of Mr.
that he is
itisfao-
R»y
«t the
Picture: Students of Austria's
Academy being reviewed by
Austrian Ofliccra conferring
•f
POUNDING FRENCH CENTER
Germans Throw Forces Against
trenched Troops.
En-
A dispatch from Berlin says that
a battle !.s being fought on the
French center from Rethel to Ver-
dun with the opposing forces on al-
most even terms.
Reports from other sources, whilgi
falling to reveal the purpose of tWPfs
German strategy in moving a great
force to the southeast of Paris, in- <
dlcate a determination to deal th*
allies a crushing blow before the
complete investment of the French
capital is attempted.
Germans Center.
German pressure on tbe left wing
of the allies has been withdrawn and
apparently the main strength of tk#
invaders has been thrown against tbt
allies' center and right.
It Is officially announced in Part*
that a general engagement is being
fought east of that city today and
that the Germans have begun to ft*
tire at that point.
Official reports from PetrogMMf
stale that the Russian troops KM
gradually closing in on the strong
fortress of Przemsyl, 50 miles wttt
of Lemberg, and that this last re-
maining stronghold of the Austrian!
in Galacia will soon surrender or ba
taken by assault
Haid Belgians Repulsed Germans.
It is stated officially at Antwerp
that the Belgians have repulsad *
German attack against that city.
Acoordlng to a news dispatch '
Rome, members of tbe Italian social-
ist reform party have formally de-
clared for Italian neutrality.
Two thousand Americans, among
them many almost destitute, wMt. M
line when tbe offices of tbe Amerkta
relief committee In London were
ened today. The committee
ing It difficult to afford prompt ft*
lief.
It Is estimated that it will be an-
other month before all tbe American
refugees are able to leave the conft,
nent.
vera op-
is find-
Miss Rosa Williams will spend
Thursday, September 10, in Houston
and she will be pleased to receive
orders for goods requiring her selec-
tion in Levy Bros, store.—Adv.l40-2t
Old Saul Causes A
Quick Opening Of
The Fleecy Staple
The cotton in the fields of Wash-
ington county is literally "popping
open," according to the statements
of several farmers in the city today.
Two weeks of warm sunshine has
served to cause the bolls to relax
grip on the staple and as a result
the cotton iB bursting open rapidly.
The recent rain tended to aid rath-
er than delay the opening of the
cotton, as the peculiar effects of the
moisture on the young cotton brought
it to a quicker- maturity.
Three-quarters of the crop is now
open, according to the estimates of
experienced cotton men in this coun-
ty. If the sunshine continues for a
short while longer, the crop for 1914
will be all open and ready for the
pickers.
Due to the rapid opening of the
gtaple and the desire of the farmers
to get it gathered before another
rain, cotton pickers are much in de-
mand and the city of Brenham is
almost depopulated of negroes.
Some of tne farmers in this coun-
ty are storing their cotton before it
is ginned, it is reported. If the
statements of experts are to be re-
lied upon, this is rather a risky prac-
tice if the cotton happens to be wet,
as rapid decay of cotton and seed
seta in if it is piled away and not
exposed to the air and sun.
Cotton continues to come into Bren-
ham but the market is still uncertain
and full of unexpectedness.
Pktnre: French Army's Diri-
GO TO HOUSTON
N'V-, >
T. F. Matchett Goes Through In Auto
to Meet Family
T. F. Matchet and Emory Teague
left early this morning for Houston,
in an autoniobfle.
a pleasant journey,
waa already in Hous-
ton for a visit with relative* and
Law#*! Auto Truck for transporting
Aerial Spica.
M&
Subscribe fer the
Proposed Austin To
Gulf Highway Will
Be Way Brenham
Will L. Vlnlng, secretary of thf ■
Austin Y. M. B. L„ has written til#
secretary of the Brenham Y, M. B. A.
and given the outline of a plan for
the building of a highway from Au*»
tin to Galveston.
Mr. Vlning has been assured that
Brenham stands ready to render an*
assistance it can, provided the road
will be built through Brenham and
Houston. This city would be the
logical route for such a highway,
and It Is more than likely that tha
leaders of the movement will make
the road through here.
This movement is in keeping with-
plans which have been under way
here for some time. A road to the
Gulf, passing through Washington
county, is greatly to be desired, and
the local Y. M. B. A. will spare no
pains in Its effort to get this city in
on the plans.
A strong effort is also being mada
to have the Coiorado-to-tbe-GuK
Highway pass through this city, and
it has been pointed out that the two
plans work together admirably.
COUNCIL 4U0RUMLESS
City
Fathers Defer Meeting Account
Absences
of the city
meeting
fpr Monday evening
The regular
council schedule
lacked a quorum and the councilmett-
adjourned to meet again at the next
regular date.
There was but little business to
consider yesterday, so the misting
of one meeting did not matter much.
The reasop for the absence of tha
members was given as the Labor Day
celebration.
Miss Annie Tax of the H. F.
HoMt company left today for
ton where she will act as bri
Collerain nuptials
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Grimes, Frank. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 140, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1914, newspaper, September 8, 1914; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth490542/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.