VERDUN SLAUGHTER
Germans Take French Positions |
North of Verdun.
PARIS ADMITS REVERSE
Military Men Claim
Made Average Gain
Of Only About 300 Yards
in Month,
Crown Prince's
Armies Have
(By Wireless
repuise of
Berlin
The
Py the 1
feres,
Verdun
War
al F
south of
ville) .—
ttacks
to Say
three counter-a
ench on the village
of Cum
to the west of the Meuse on the
front, was the
Office The
rench trer
announced by
of addition
hwest
capture
ches sou and
Fort
capture of the
the Germans
All day
the Germar
soutneas!t
which the
losses
mans,
than 850
guns.
by (ier
capture of mo
and § machine
wel beaten off the
who report the
Paris Admits Loss.
nade an at
the Ver
ar the
Ti
a
Dead Choke Ravines
wood and
indicate
taken ui
of
Austrians and
on the frontier
Asteo
from
Posina river,
of the
are fighting
Jetween this point and the
Italians have withdrawn
{ the
part
upper basin «
which
gnola valley and
the Arsiero basin
Schic and Vicenza
comprise Terra
ted in
nds to
nave concentra
which dene
Little Fighting In Russia.
Petrograd (Via The
Office cornmunication issued xays
“Southwest of Dalen Island the Get
mans attempted an attack on our
trenches, but were repulsed with heavy
losses,
“In the region of Dachliki, north of
lvka Station, our scouts were attack
ed by an Austrian outpost, but launch
ed a counterattack and forced the
enemy to flee
“On the remainder of the front the
situation Is unchanged
“In the Caucasus region
pothing to report.”
War
London)
ON FIRE; JUMPS INTO BATHTUB.
Blow Pot Exploded.
Bedford, Va.—J. Mott Lindsay was
peverely burned when a blow pot he
was using in soldering exploded,
throwing blazing gadoline over him
His clothes were set on fire and he
probably saved his life by plunging
into a bathtub. His face, arms and |
body were badly burned and his condi. |
tion 1s critical.
PROTEST AGAIN
Note To Allies as Vigorous as
That Sent to Berlin.
Britain's
Port
Practice Of T:
For Search Gi
Right To Open
tral Parcels
king Ships To
ves No
Neu
upon
Methods, Not Principles
tood® thers
der Com
puls
ges Warship Mail Route
aentative
Great has
izposition
which Is
rights to
writain
discontinue
viola of
do busi
tion
countries.”
as referred to eom
mittee
TO CRDER MEXICAN ELECTION.
Carranza To Decres General Poll For
Presidency After July.
El! Paso, Texas ~~As the first step in
the restoration of a constitutional gov
ernment, the Carranza administration
has prepared a decree calling for |
municipal elections and the establish-
ment of fee municipalities, sccording
to a message from Mexico City re
ceived by Andres Garcia, Mexican Con. |
sul here i
After the municipal elections orders |
| will be Issued for State and Congres |
| sional elections and for the choosing
of a President of the republic. The |
| first election in ordered for July
3
RUBBER IN MAILS.
Incident Quoted As Justification For
British Interference.
London. Fourteen hundred parcels
| first-class maile on the Dutch steamer |
| Gelria while en route from South
| America to Holland, were condemned
| in the prize court here. The parcels
J were said to be destined for Germany.
Bill Carries
Last Year
Five Battle Cruisers “To Bai
al Com
Speed Needed
Needed
ance Fleet Properiy,”
mitlee Says—
To Meet Epend
building
will p
from thi Nal sams to be
only metl
battle cr
crilaer
The
ermit leasns io he learned
that the
againet the
o be the battle
recommends
the provision for the call
pion of
ent congress by the
at the close of the Ex
The committee would
priate 2200000 for the expenses
congress.”
The bill provides for 13,500 increase
in the enlisted personnel of the
ing of a disarman
iropenn
war appro
of the
navy
Corps likewise would authorize:
A naval aviation corps of 1560 officers
and student fivers, and 350 enlisted
men, with a $2,000,000 appropriation
for aviation work.
RANGERS KILL TWO,
18S REPORT,
Mexican Prisoners Alleged To Have
Tried To Escape.
Brownsville, Texas Reports that
Col. Louis Morin and Victoriano Ponce,
alleged Mexican outlaws, had been kill
ed by Texas Rangers 76 miles north
of Brownsville, when the Mexicans at
templed to escape from custody, are
still without official confirmation. The
gheriffs of Kleberg and Willacy coun
ties reported they had not seen Morin
or Ponee since they were turned over
to Rangers presumably to be brought
to Brownsville, where murder charges
have been placed againe! them,
oy
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on a Bt ck pi Ano Y«
ny way. All
{
no
Iet
ur
pay the freight botls ways
The Bw
re
will
5 Roo s 3 1 ”
3 be
Lave
Blarok pianos
st fam ¢
ark
ayments ;
Second Hand
Bargains
Steinway
Knabe..
Emerson
Kimball.
Starck. .
$175.00
Vv v r
VGEO0 | Settee we 2 SHY E35. $100.00
100.00 a
$150.00 in t
70,00 | A550 In the purche price of ¥
advanlage of Se fLGheY-RaVIng price
195.00 full part ars concerning our fa to-b
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Every Pyar : ”
BE ADs
medium
sre 1 be taken In 7
veneer
Piano Co., Manufacturers Chicago
to ofl ou pr thst will
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= STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD =
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the Stale.
SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Pe
PROBING FRAUDS
IN SIX DISTI
Dine
NG
ix Of Coal Dealers
awthrop,
“8 On
to
tate land:
be presented to Court in
rm for the incorporation | ..n
laid county boroug!
several
the vicin
pleted by
Wells Mr
ommunitios ue hundred
the Susquehanna River thie spring
Harrisburg The new horough
be known as Fort Washin
from the 1d fortress
marked the high poin
invasion in 1863. The new town will wae g
have a population of about 1,200
Forester
has sel out
Rtate
Wells
’
of a8 ne ‘umber
{to include gall «
focal
neat
housand tree mn
lands
ton
Medd
ton
Ambrose hirty five
historic o which « of 2604 Pitt avenue
of Confederats
to death hy
near Moosic
ared
Lehigh Farm,
terribly mutilated,
girls on their way to work.
caught in the limbs of a tree
Grand Army veterans made a public
appeal to the patriot citizenry of Har
risburg to assist in the work of in
sgiructing the school children in “love
of the flag.” “We are all hovering
around three score and ten: it is not
reasonable to think we will be able to
continue this custom many years
more,” declared Patriot Instructor E. |
1B. Hoffman.
ments, David W. Zaring,
Years
Sehwelgart,
. . Shoop, were injured.
The Nationa! Historieal Society has sion
purchased five acres of land twelve
miles east of Meadville, which was |
formerly owned by John Brown, of
Civil War fame, and upon which he
built a tannery. The roclety will erect
# suitable marker.
| at Harrisburg.
| contact with the wires,
sail conl de
phia asking if the
cause of coal
refund. Mr
commission
tax and i
(38%
intende
information vigorousi
tallers would
put on the
and
they wou
formal hearings
The ohiect of
the probe, he said, will be to see If
the consumer is getting any of the
money refunded by the coal operators
not tell
stand at
asked questions
Suite Under Pure Food Laws.
Fifty sults were ordered by the Dairy
and Food Bureau of the Department of
| Agriculture for violations of the pure
food laws of the State. ’
Following the crusade against the
| sale of milk that is not up to the stand
ard in fats and total solids forty prose
(eutions were brought in Allegheny
| county and four in Cumberland cous
| ty where milk was also found with
| added water. In Chester county there
was one milk case and in Philadelphia
three milk cases and one candy case
where a resinous glaze was used.
In Bucks county there was a prose
With coal tar dye in imitation of eggs,