THE EUROPEAN WARA
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
May 29, 1918,
French captured Ablain-St.
zirire after three weeks’ fight.
Na-
Heavy fighting in Russian Baltic
x ovinces.
italians reached isonzo river and
cok several Austrian towns, but
were repulsed at Caporetto and
near Plava,
Austrian aeroplanes bombed
Visnice, causing fires.
May 30, 1915
French gained ground at four
places in France and Alsace.
Russian attempts to cross the
San failed and ring around Prze-
mys! closing.
italiana checked by Isonzo de-
fenses and repulsed at Cortina.
Turks took allied trenches at Avi
Burnu with bayonet,
German reply to America’s Lusi.
tania note received; held evasive.
May 31, 1915,
French made gains between
chez and Carency.
Austrians took
lions near Stry.
Sou
Russian posi-
Italians occupied Cortina.
Heavy fighting in Gallipoli.
Zeppeling made night raid on
London, dropping incendiary
rus.
nit
June 1, 1915,
Violent battle at Souchez, French
winning.
Teutons storming three Przemysl
forts,
Austro-Germans took Stry.
Serblans resumed
against Austrians,
operations
British repulsed severe attack at
Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli.
British passenger steamer Said-
ieh torpedoed without warning.
1915.
recaptured
June 2,
Germans Souchez
sugar mill,
British took Chateau Hooge with
bayonet,
Reims again bombarded,
Italians established
Nero ridge in Friull,
on Monte
British submarine sank German
transport in Sea of Marmora.
June 3, 1915,
Terrific fighting near Arras and
Souchez.
Przemysl! taken by storm by Aus
tro-Germans.
Austrians repulsed Italians on
Tyrolean and Carinthian frontiers.
Swedish, Danish, British
French vessels sunk by German
submarines.
French aviators attacked head
quarters of German crown prince.
and
San Marino declared war on Aus-
tria.
1915.
Germans, re-enforced from East,
retook Givenchy trenches and Cha-
teau Hooge.
June 4,
Severe fighting along entire Ca-
tician front.
Combined general assault on
Turkish Gallipoli positions begun.
Three German transports sunk
by mines.
Many vessels sunk by German
submarines.
Zeppelin raid on English coast.
Germany expressed regret
torpedoing Guiflight by mistake.
GATHERED HERE AND THERE
Eighteen thousand
manufactured by the
in ten hours,
Bananas can be best ripened in a
room kept at 110 degrees
A campaign has been started In
Philadelphia to train 40,000 citizen sol-
diors In that city.
The tuberculosis death rate of New
York, Philadelphia and Boston com-
hined has declined from 380.6 per
100,000 of population In 1852 to 164.8
in 1914. The 1914 death rate was,
therefore, only 43.2 per cent of that
of 1882, or, to put it the other way,
the death rate of 1852 had by 1014
fallen 66.8 per cent.
No other plant gives such a quan.
tity of food to the acre as the ba
nana, which is 40 times more than
the potato and 133 times more than
wheat,
Granite is the bottom of the earth's
crust.
The man who discovered Pike's peak
sald that it would never be climbed.
Today the topmost point Is accessible
to automobiles,
The United States public health
sorvice belloves that the common
towel spreads trachoma, a disease of
the eyes.
An Alaskan bureau In Seattls, aim-
ing to advance their propaganda for
making Alaskan waters more safe is
sending to ¢very congressman a map
‘and data showing the recent loss In
the Alaskan trade of 402 bottoms,
with 449 lives, and $13,867,688 value
et hulls and cargoes.
———— AS WA 4
bricks can be
steam process
THE CENTRE
Ferrific Austrian Drive Threat-
ens to Cut it Off.
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of Prohibition Party.
ts That the Italians Have
Their Entire
Lavanne
Vienna Repor
Been Driven From
Positions On the
Plateau.
Rome, «— ' L + promt hou nas
struck.”
of the public:
mment
new
that is being
All
ind wl
offensive pre
range gt vas ing
masking the Imposing
parad by Austria with the
reaching the Alps abe
which Austi
object
Vicenza,
ible to
we rom
the fans would be
entire Venetian
and threaten the flank
talian Army
f Udine
oi
stand
region
of the
prov
and rear
occupying the
and Belluno
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ain Austrian in-
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now formed
are holding
from
forward
have
and
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but the
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EMPIRE DAY OBSERVED
isted O Emb
ver
and All Consulates
Washilr Er
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nblem
Brit
United States,
played
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DESTROYER BEATS CONTRACT.
Sampson Attaing Speed Of 31.2 Knots
An Hour
Quincy, Mass. —The torpedo-boat de
strover Sampson exceeded contract
quirements by attaining a speed of 3
knots an hour during her ace
trials off Rockland, Maine,
to a radiogram received by
Ie
1.2
eptance
according
her build
ers, the Fore River Shipbuilding Cor
poration here, It was stated the ves
sel developed 20,000 horsepower
Movement To Have 5,000,000 Citizens
Promise They Will Support
Only Pledged Candidates
Planned.
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William Jen
i as the
rey
tatement
ROB
Recent
fore the General Cpufere
Met hadi
bout
which
» nations bition
Prohib
axpres
Nat
Louis declined to adopt =»
l wank in
form ir ryan might consent
They
if the Democratic
at
tional
here
ional Convention
Nt
candidate of the Proll
{il be
ana wii
interest
GET OUT, SAYS CARRANIZA.
Notified Was!
He Ils Ready For War.
ngton That Otherwise
TO RECESS FOR CONVENTIONS.
Senate Leaders Agree Upon Three Day
Adjournments.
ngton Informal
hed by Seat
a practical cessatio
activity uring the
day
n from J
in
it
rfunctory bu
convent Three
are to be
with only pe
§ or
: OR
ns iraments
3 to June 20
TaRe
ness trat
ACte the meeting day
CYCLONE KILLS THREE.
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London Underwriters Charge Stiffer
Rate For Insurance.
London.-~The underwriters charged
tion of peacs between Great
and Germany before January 1. The
rate indicates that in the underwriters’
opinion the prospects for an early
peace are better than two months ago,
Twister,
Ala Three
one
Birmingham,
two white and are
and ten or more are Injured as the re
of a hich struck Sunny
ten miles mouth of
peraons,
nagro,
cyclone w
and Songo,
Birmingham
aide
SCHWAB GIVES CONCERT HALL.
Announces $100,000 Danation To Town
Of Bethlehem, Pa.
Bethlehem, Pa. Charles M. Schwab
only 80 per cont
MEXICANS CLOSE STORES,
a
Find It Impossible To Do Business
Under Currency Edict.
Brownsville, Texas Hundreds
emall merchants in Mexico have been
i
which
people and in which
concerts, ete, will Le
seat 2.500
held.
INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL
Production of copper in the United
25 times what it
Carranza, ralsing the value of Mexican
money to 10 cents, when worth but two
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reports received here.
The number of women employed in
1 to
July 1, 1815, by BOG.
Japan is planning to adopt am nl
phabet of 47 letters, including most of
the Roman characters, some Russian
and the rest original symbols,
DEMOCRATS GAIN
| FROM FOE'S SPLIT}
What Faction Wins
| GOVERNOR T0 BE PROBED |,
Di and
Brumbaugh's
ssonsions Lasting,
Alleged
for Campaign
Machine
Perjury
Among Issues
ard Legisiative Action
la th
ratic part
ful that 1t
A
aL,
HONLNLUIVGE
this year,
101 on tl
Brumbaug
Governor
not Brum
the Philadelphia
city's form of go
revelations
amount HN Mon
en gifts to Brumbaugh {or
gubernatorial
th
00
0 fast
BON
been
pnovement Wid h beg 3
Mion the Oliver $1,
ceived by Brumbaugh, 1
Lhe
having
of oy
crime of perjury
8 Erowing apace,
reinforced by
cusations of that nature
sentative Isadore Stein, of
serts, first, that
ng the primary
which the governor was
Republican ticket
Kolb "of that eily
the Real Eatate
credit of Bram
that it
political
Stern al
upon
additional a
made
strongly
os
Repre
Philadelphia,
in June, 1014,
glection In
nominated
Colonel Louis J.
placed $5090 with
‘rust Company to the
baugh, with the explanation
vas to be used by him for
purposes in his campaign,
that Rramhaugh ked
but, so far as known, no
part of the $5,000.00 was ever account.
ed for in the campaign accounts of
either Brumbaugh or any of his cam
paign committees. Stern r al
leges that the $1,000.00 which Bram.
baugh reported as contributed by him
to the Republican fund for his elec
ton was really the contribution of
ex-8enator Clarence Wolf, who,
ever, was never mentioned by
governor as: having given bLim any
money for his campaign,
Stern threatens, in case the gover.
State
who as
foliow
on tae
Che
gen
41 nia y,
3
It
form
FE
accusationg,
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of the
ndings
invest
legged,
investiga
i
gation of
and, upon Lhe
ion, if the result
Littte nips
0 in wchroent proceeding
against Bi
that Gove
wae imp
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i Innoce nt, Why Secretive?
i Wapaper, the
A ie ©
Prumbaugh
aenial
governos
ii
pa sed by
a4 govern
on of
armor-plate plant, has evident
apprehensive of
estimated that a
would turn out
at a of $230 a ton
is Inferred that in making an
Hou Naval Committee
the price from $425 to
purpose of the Bethlehem
ix to defeat the Ti}
anyihing like it
made them
Regquencos, it
con
is
government plant
armor-plate
ft
it
cost
to the
reduce
flix
vel Company
man project or
in preparation
tion to be held
vania on Ma
eral bectirring
for the primary elec
throughout Pennsyl
16th, there is a pen
of citizens in the
work of uring signatures to the
nomination petitions, all of which
must be filed in the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth not
than April 18th, except those
party officers exclusive of mem
bers of the State Committee. The
importance of the primary is en
hanced by the glection of the Na
tional delegatesatdarge and alter
natesatdarge throngh the poguiar
Me ret of by a State Conven-
tion as was done in 1912.
“It is a Democratic year In Penn
sylvania,” says the Pittsburgh Post
which rejoices in the signs for fala
ment of its expectation that Pennsyl
vania will go for the reelection of
Woodrow Wilson for President. In
what is being done by Allegheny Dem:
ocrates with factionaliem surpressed
Pro
ater
ir
inst
of the party in that county, and also
the recent harmonious conference of
the state leaders in Philadelphia the
"sees evidence of dotermination
Evivania to
portunity.”
make the wost of ite op
DAIRYING IN
WESTERN GANADA
Industries Aiso
Profitable.
Accompanying
Prove Highly
uncortainty
gral
able
farmi
condition
in
aairy 11
ng even
settler goes for
and 11
free fre
the stock farmer
ag can be Ad
climate
anvonsg vertisement
he Had Nothing to Say.
"Twae a dark and dismal evening
and wore returning home from
the theater
“1 wonder why it
that so fow actresses travel un
manageinent their husbands?
“My dear.” replied her husband,
have you ever reflected that it is al
most impossible for the age WAn
to manage his wife?”
And for Aft
onds she was spoachless
Twas » dark and dismal evening
No May Guten.
“Can 1 borrow your awn mower,
Mr. Subbubs? | want to mow my iawn
in the morning.”
‘How far do you live from here?”
"About hail a mile”
“AH right, you can have it
that distance you won't ge
awake, "Loulsville Courlerdou
Ti En ALLING SIOEN
pb Bed A wx,
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vf ae hes Tl Mad) Po
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While & man is trying to make his
fortune 8 woman goes and gels hers
told,
they
said his wife,
der the
is,
of
aver
feven conse
itive soe
From
tae
Wu
And many a man has managnl ta
got out of a bad scrape by letting his
whiskers grow,