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C GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Dispatches from both Berlin and London announce the ariral at Bremen of the under-watcr liner Deutschland. The Berlin report says: The submarine Deutschland evaded a score of Britisli -warships and patrol craft on the lookout for it, and made its way safely through the English channel on its return trip from the United States, according to Bremen dispatches yesterday. It came to the surface Tuesday afternoon in the southern part of the Xorth sea, after it had run the Britisli blockade in the channel successfully. Xot until she was approaching Heligoland and in no danger of being pursued by British warships did it wireless news of its arrival. The Deutschland called at Heligoland for a few hours, stopping long enough to give its seamen a chance to stretch their legs sind obtain a first-class meal. News of its coming was telegraphed to Bremen and a great crowd gathered at the docks and gave it a hearty welcome when it arrived. The Deutschland, a German super-submarine, built for carrying merchandise, arrived at Baltimore from Bremen on .Tuly 9 with a cargo of dyestuffs, and mails. Its arrival was hailed in Germany as the beginning of a regular submarine merchant service between the United States and Germany which would be able to defy the British blockade. It was announced that it would be followed shortly by the Bremen, a sister ship. The Deutschland left Batlimore on its return Journey on August 1 with a cargo of rubber and metal. On August 18 there was a report from Geneva, Switzerland, to the effect that private dispatches to that city from Berlin said the Deutschland had arrived at Bremen on the day before. This was neither confirmed nor denied at the time in any direct announcement from Berlin. The London report of the matter says: Reports of the return of the German submarine Deutschland from the United States are corroborated in a telegram received at Amsterdam from Bremen, as forwarded by Renters correspondent. According to tills information the Deutschland traveled 4.200 miles on her homeward voyage. At the beginning the sea was tempestuous but later it became more calm. The Deutschland proved to be able to navigate the utormy seas excellently. Her engines worked faultlessly. Xo icebergs were passed on the journey. The American government, says the dispatch, acted in a correct manner as a neutral, rigorously enforcing respect for its frontier from British and French warships by the employment of its own men of Avar. After a British cruiser entered Gliesapeake Bay at night, even more effective measures were taken to enforce neutrality. Xo more than eight Britisli warships, it is said, were on the alert, surrounded by numerous small American vessels which had been chartered for the purpose of placing nets and obtaining information as to the movements of the Deutschland. Nevertheless the submarine succeeded in leaving undetected. A distance of 100 miles was traveresed under water without difficulty. The Deutschland returned home slightly damaged, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from The Hague, which says this information is contained in a telegram from Bremen. The members of the crew were unwilling, it atlds. to give details of the return voyage. The arrival of the submarine surprised her owners, as she was not expected to dock within a week. The Deutschland took the same route on both her voyages, the dispatch says, returning to Germany by the Xorth sea. Captain Paul Koenig of the Deutschland is being feted as a national hero, and has been summoned t Emperor Williams headquarters to report on his voyage. The Bulgarian attack is proceeding against the Serbian positions near Lake Ostrovo on the Mace-donion front says a Berlin dispatch. The war office report of today says the Bulgarians defeated Serbian counter attacks. On the heights west of Lake Ostrovo the Serbians are still offering resistance to the Bulgarian attack. Their counter attack against Dzcmaat .Teri failed. All reports from the enemys camp regarding Sorbo-Franco-British successes, both here and on the Yardar and the Struma, are pure inventions. Defeat of the entente forces along the Struma river on the Macedonian front in northeastern Greece, was announced by the Bulgarian war office in a statement issued at Sofia. The statement says the entente forces took flight, leaving the ground covered with dead, and that up to the time the statement was issued the bodies of more than 400 dead had been counted. Large quantities of ammunition and supplies, including eight machine gnus were captured by the Bulgarians The enemy escaped by flight on the right bank, the statement adds. The ground in the neighborhood of the villages of Erikeui, Mevory and Towlova was covered witli bodies of the enemys dead. "We also took 190 unwounded prisoners, including four officers and sixty wounded prisoners. A squad of hostile cavalry was lured by a maneuver of our cavalry into the range of our infantry fire and literally anihiliated. French attacks which had been directed for ten days against our positions south and west of Lake Doiran failed completely. This probably is the reason why the general staff of Gen. Sarrail reports the capture of places which all along had been in the hands of the French. Our right wing operations are continuing. The prevailing opinion in political circles in Berlin regarding the operation against Gen. Sarrails forces in Macedonia, says the semiofficial Overseas Xews agency today, may be condensed into the statement that the movement is an offensive defense. As a matter of fact, adds the news agency, Gen. Sarrails army for months has been shelling Bulgarian villages and lands where Bulgarian crops were growing, and the only means to bring about a change was to drive this army from its position. Therefore, the present operation is directed not against the sovereignty and territorial rights of Greece, but rather to defend them against Gen. Sarrail. who continuously wa violatng these territorial rights by making Greek soil a base for military operations. Virtually every act in connection with the Bulgarian and German advance leads to the establishment of the sovereignty rights of Greece. Information received from Greece shows that the Greek nation understands the situation and knows that the territory in which fighting is now going on will be returned to it as soon as military necessities permit. A dispatch of yesterday from London says: A Zeppelin raided the east coast shortly before midnight last night, the war office announced today. No damage was done and there were no casualties. The official statement concerning the raid says: A hostile airsliin crossed the east coast shortly before midnight last night. A number of incendiary and some high explosive bombs were dropped in open fields. Xo damage or casualties are reported. The airship went to sea again before one oclock this morning. Last nights Zeppelin visit and others of the last few weeks are believed to have been re-connoitering flights for the purpose of testing out Englands new air defenses, in preparation for a great aerial attack. For the last fortnight word lias been coming from Germany of the construction of huge Zeppelins, capable of carrying several tons of explosives. The German correspondents hinted that tiiese new sky dreadnaughts would move against London and Paris during September and October, when weather conditions are apt to be favorable. The Zepnelins found the weather so favorable during September of last year that they made five raids on England in that month alone. The first authentic information concerning the new Zeppelin giants was given to England by Baron Montagu, former vice-chairman of the joint naval and military board, in a speech last night. The new dirigibles are 7S0 feet long, can travel eighty miles an hour and can ascend three miles to escape shells from antiaircraft guns. Each can carry five tons of explosives. The Germans have completed two of the new airships, and will have four others available for raids on England in October, Baron Montagu said. Word from Mexico City was being awaited at the State Department and the Mexican embassy yesterday before fixing a definite date for the first meeting of the joint American-Mexican commission to discuss border problems. It tentatively has been decided, however, by Secretary Lansing and Eliseo Arredoudo, Mexican ambassador designate, that the commissioners should meet some place on the Xew England coast during the first week in September. With the session of the commission virtually at hand there is much speculation here as to the procedure that will be followed. There is no question in the minds of officials that the withdrawal of American troops will be first taken up, followed by the drafting of a protocol covering future border operations. It has been stated officially that the commissioners will be authorized to submit each agreement they shall reach separately, to be acted upon by the two governments. Some officials think it possible this will be the course pursued, so that the commission can build from week to week on a foundation which can be ratified step by step botli in Washington and Mexico City. The third subject outlined for discussion by General Carranza is an investigation of the interests behind border raids. What that investigation will develop into no official is prepared to predict. It may take the commission to the border or it may be turned over to the secret service agents or botli governments for preliminary investigation while the commission busies itself with other matters. The French war office reports says: After an intense bombardment of the Soyecourt woods, the Germans attacked with grenades the French positions south of the Somme last night, but without avail, says todays war office statement. Positions between Fleury and Thiacourt which had been taken by the French were violently shelled by the German guns. South of the Somme after a lively bombarOment directed against Soyecourt wood, the enemy attempted an attack with grenades, which was mastered immediately by our fire, the statement says. A little later, southwest of this wood, an enemy attack in preparation was caught under our curtain of fire and the enemy was prevented from leaving his trenches. In the Champagne several German surprise attacks on a minor post m the Tnhure region were repulsed easily. On the right bank of the Mouse Verdun front, the enemy bombarded briskly the positions we captured yesterday between Fleury and Thiamont work. We took more than 250 prisoners. Chicagos total registration, men and women included, iias leaped to 792,238 today as the result of the unexpected registration Wednesday. The registration exceeded all expectations, and manifests a city-wide interest in the contests which are to lie settled at the polls primary day. September US. AVednesday 48,"!" men registered. Election otlicials predicted the number would not exceed 20,000. There were 12,8-10 women who added their names to the election rolls, making a net canvas for the day of til, 137. Illustrating that the interest centers in the three-cornered gubauatorial light on the Bcpuhlicnn side, Republican wards made the banner records yesterday. The eighteenth ward topped all other wards with a total mens registration of 2.7. Xext came the Twenty-tifth ward with 2.307 men. The Sixth and Seventh wards, strong Republican bailiwicks, ran a close race, the lirst getting 2,195 men to the polls and the second l!ii. Formation of an aero squadron to replace the first squadron which was ordered to join General Pershing when the pursuit of Villa was begun has been ordered at Fort Sam Houston. The new unit will be known as the Third Squadron, and will be commanded by Major B. I. Foulois. The squadron is intended for service; in this country, and "will be equipped with six biplanes with twin 90-horse-power motors. The six planes have been ordered, but only one lias been received by the government anil given practice trials. The other five are expected in a few days. Fort Sam Houston was designated as an aero station several months ago when the First .Squadron was ordered there from Fort Sill., Okla. Major Foulois, then a captain, was in command of the squadron and made flight from the Fort Sill station to Fort Sam Houston. The result of Dr. Karl Liebknechts appeal against his sentence for war treason lias been the imposition of a new and severer sentence of four years and one month penal servitude ami expulsion from the army, according to a dispatch from Berlin. The appeal was heard Wednesday before a supreme court-martial presided over by a naval captain. The socialist leader was defended by his attorney, Ilerr P.racke of Brunswick. In addition to his prison sentence Dr. Liebknecht is deprived of his civil rights for six years. The court declared that tin; sentence was imposed "for attempted war treason, severe disobedience and resistance against the armed power of the state." Both houses of the English parliament adjourned yesterday until October 10, after adopting a bill extending the present parliament another seven months. Xot since the outbreak .of the war has parliament adjourned on a situation such as the present, and which was described by David Lloyd-George, minister of war, and other ministers in debates, as giving so little cause for anxiety or so hopeful an outlook for the future. The do-bates reflected a feeling of confidence, although expressing realization that heavy tasks are ahead, and that there is no prospect for hostilities coming to a speedy end. The British official report of yesterday is brief, and says: On the Somme front, in the neighborhood of Guilleniout. the Germans launched a strong attack in an effort to regain lost ground. The official statement today says the attack was repulsed after a severe struggle in which the Germans sustained heavy losses. Near Iloheiizollern redoubt the enemy shelled our lines heavily and attempted a raiil which failed completely, the statement adds. In a raid which we carried out northwest of La Basse we entered the enemys trenches. King Ludwig III. of Bavaria has been stricken with apoplexy and his condition is grave, according to a report from Switzerland, says a Rome dispatch to the Petit Parisien. King Ludwig III. is 71 years old. He married the Archduchess Marie Thetese of Austria and ascended the Bavarian throne in 1913. He was appointed field marshal of the Bavarian army last year and visited the Bavarian troops on the battle line in France in January last. The Xorth German Lloyd liner Willehad. which has been in refuge at Boston since the outbreak of the war. slipped out of the harbor early yesterday, presumably for Xew London, Conn., for which port it obtained clearance papers. Officials of the line asserted the change was made to reduce docking charges and denied report that there was any connection between the Willehads movements and the expected arrival of the German merchant submarine Bremen. The departure for America a week ago of the German submarine Bremen is reported in a dispatch from Bremen as forwarded from The Hague to London by the Exchange Telegraph company. It is said the owners of the Deutschland and the Bremen received word seven days ago of the progress being made by the Deutschland on its return voyage and that it was not until they obtained this information that they permitted the Bremen to depart. An Amsterdam dispatch to the London Chronicle says that for a week past the port of Hamburg has been in a state of riot. One who has just "escaped," as he expressed it, told an extraordinary story of the gradually rising exasperation of the population, until early last week, when it broke out into the open hunger riots and peace demonstrations. Vigorous military measures restored order. Thomas A. Edison, chairman of the navys civilian advisory board, was asked yesterday by Secretary Daniels to call a meeting of the board in AVasli-ington September 19 to consider questions of organization under the new naval appropriation bill and the construction of the proposed SI, 500,000 experimental laboratory. A number of Chilean students left Santiago, Chili, yesterday to enter different universities in the United States. Great public interest was displayed in their departure, which was made the occasion of a banquet at which American Ambassador Jospeli H. Shea delivered an address.
