Sdornahaspezzato itAHNEAAUSTRIACADI RESISTENZA SUL CARSO Lfagani di Granate o Violent! iContrattaccm nemiui gmuovono gh Italian! ciane Loro Posiziom jNA LOTTA DISPERATA ItOMA. 17 Mftrzo. ' Sutlft 'r"t0 Ai batlI,K"ft ft sud " aof' lISrnAtn ill lerl I'nttro o gll Itallanl Bono iffll a nenetrnre nolle llneo dl dlfcsti li-Vmlche cd a tenero if poamoni con ILTfMe nonostar.to I vIrotosI contrnt IK ad .mlro c1 vlolento iraBano I5wi batlerle austrlacln. Hcco II tcsto PS.I noDortu del fteneralo Cailorna, irabbll fSto 'lerl sera dnl Mlnlslero delta Ouerra: 9 "Dutlll H artlffllerl'i o piccolo opera I a.i .11 fnnterln da parto nostra eono tcr- rueatt favorevolmonte per nol nolla Val tRrtflna. sullo alture dall'A-tlco o lie la Sptdllo le'rt clio la nostra nrtlRllerla si MMtrttKSfl attlVlSBllIia iuiwu in liumu taww""1. i.im.l( g.iiln n urn. mn n fttoco e' Btato Intenso nulla colllno ad Wst dl GorUln. i "suiraltoplano del Carso si sono avutl li.t.ntl combattlmcntl per II possosso n roalilonl cho nol prendemmo nl Wilco martedl' nella zona M San Mar Sr" rvinn una sevcra preparazlono dl SirtlilUrla a dl fucllorla, II nemlco pro- ? Vb' no to Prime" llneo di fSSenmenll. ma tutto o due to volte fu WP'ltO Vlgoroiuiliciiia u ' " "."" prto dl mortl. "Nell mattlna rnriiBiicna nomica rin . I'nitacco mantcnendolo con cres- : rente tlolenza flno alia sera, ma la fcr meiia dclle nostre truppo dl fanterla cd II costante cd edlcaco nppogtrlo dello no--..,. hniiprln cl hanno nermesso dl irmntc- rure'le noatro poslzlonl. S 'XunKO It tcsto dclla fronte dt battaglla I nostrl rcpartl contlnuano ad attaccare II nemlco, a dlatruBgerne lo trlncco con innate a mano in -mm puiui, nu iniu- Jcrffll perUHO cu il jjiuvuvuiu vnjjiuaiuiu entro le loro llnee." VIENNA AMMI3TTU. II comunlcato ufllclalo austrlaco dice cho II attncclil Italian! cnntlnuano lo1cntlssl nl. ma dice che, mentro cssl rlusclrono In '(.parte nolla zona dt Podg-ora (dl cut II genenuo CHUurmv nun jmrui uuuiiu iiui mo ranporto, furono Inveco nffatto net rquella a sud-o-cst dl San Martlno, lr 11 . ! n lnl nAiniintnnll tttfltnll Jl 1UUU WHO U .UI1IUIII.U11 UtIIVIUII spubbllcatl qui cd a Vienna rliulta chlaro i It rrncnilp Cadorna ha rlnrcso la mil $ offetulM per forzaro la Ilnca dclt'Isonzo iove la terza uattac'i" ru interroita uopo un mee dl vlnl 'rliattlmentl at princlpll dl dlcomli In quest! ultlm t II coverno ltallano si o' curat . 'paiare le sue trappe dl Bcconda Unci la sua nrtlRllerla e to suJ rlscrvo dl muulzlonl, o da In formailonl da fonto autorevolo si ap- prende cho la lliorva dl munlzlonl cho l'ltolla ha obbI o' superlore a tutto quanto s! peteva spornre o dcsldoraro, o qucate "munlzlonl dovono cssero spese In parte per rldurre le dlfeao nustrtache dcU'Isonzo. Per ora l'attacco ltallano e" limltato ilia zona dl San Martlno del Carco. ma presto si propashera" al rcsto della fronte dell'Iaonzo. ' Un telcsramma da Londra dice che Itrl Blr Kdward Grey annunclo1 nolla Camera del Commit cho II governo ltallano ha declso dl rcquhdre tuttl I plroscaii tedewhl cho ancora nl trovnno In aequo Itallane. ed 11 mlnlitro liiBlcse UcbII Ustcrl ha BBitlunto cho h! attondo che la Cer manla aslsca orsci I'ltalla nella stessa manlera come iigl' verso 11 Portosallo, dlchlarandole la gucrrn. La dlchlarazlone dl guerra non o' vonu U nemmeno dopo che II governo ltallano rtqul'l' alcunl del plroecad tedescht e pro lb!' 1'oKportnzlone, nnche ill tianslto, dl tnerct dlrctto alia Gonnanla od all'Aua itrla, f. A Lpndra si gludlca die con questo laovo atto del governo I'ltalla hI mo3tra prpnta ad nccettaro cd estendcro la guerra Ijncho alia Clernianla. clo' cho varra' aniho a sodlsfare 11 popolo ltallano che ;)a domanda da qualcho tempo. IjA rattaglia di vnnuux. A Verdun h! romh.attn nnonra. La bat- rtfadla non o' flnlta ed 1 tcdcsehl non hanno Jpreeo ancora la fortezza che lo truime Ifrancesl dlfendono valorosamente, con siutt tenacla veramente degna dl umml- azlone. aII(1 nlivvnnln .11 In.l l'nl,i.j ..1 I. r.,i.KlTfi l lerl 1 tedeechl si aono accanltl nell'at moco contra l'altura del Le Mort Homme, na non sono rluscltl a. nrenderla. Tuttl 111 Impetuosl assaltl fattl dalle dlvlalonl aei Kaiser nl nono Infrantl contto U rn tUtenza del franccst le cul batterlo da eampagna o lo mltragllatrlcl fanno straBt Belle masse tedesche cho munvono agll as jaltl come fuorloae onde offrendo grandl wrsaBll compatti al fuoco della dlfesa. Popo rlpetutl furiosi assaltl le masse teaeache decimate lnvittir rlnlpiriirn Verao le loro poslzlonl del Bosco dt Cor- ycjuj. 11 SeneralA nfllltnnl zIia i,1 nrlnrlnln 4lla guerra europea dlresse la dlfepa dt Parlsl, doe della zona dl Parlgl mlnac eiaU dairarmatu dl von Kluk, o che pol, .Dopo le dlsmlsslonl dl Mlllprnnd nru ntat somlnato mlnlstro della Guerra neH'otto r dell'anno scorso, si e' dlmesso. il generate Galltent era ctato asnra- mente crltlcato recentemente, speclalmente jii ccnaio, per ll servlzlo ul avlazlone, ma non parcva che la sua Doslzlone dovesse ezsere perlcolante. Ad ognl inodo umclal mente e" stato annl nunclato che egll si e" fllmeaao per raglonl dl salute, essendo ma "to, A succedergll al Jllnlstero della .Guerra e' stato nomlnato II generate Carlo uwjueu, gla' Ispettore generate del corpo Jl artazlone. IA ulmlsslonl dl flalltpnl vftneonn nello ttesao tempo in cul si annunclano a Ber jvo Ulmlsslonl dell'amml ragllo von Jlrpltz. mlnlstro delln. Mnrlna irermanlco. ,ejll cho Immaglno' e volte la campagna aottomarlnt contro 1 plroscaft mercan JJf degll alleatl. quegll .a lu! riaale la reeponsablllta' del Lusltanla e dell'An- (una. UTEDKCHIBATTUTI DINU0V0 A VERDUN Ejespinti da le Mort Homme At- Itaccano Invano Vaux La Bat- taglm dell'Isonzo Continua itReinlntl ,lii- . , ... j,--. - j, .j, ""' """ tone iraoccsi ui uuna rOl. COlIlnn. Ha T a Xfnf Un.ma ,,rH jjywt dl Verdun, 1 tedescht pronunc)arono T nUQVO lerl Krn 4nlanfl.dlml oltnwhl S2f . l Poslzlonl francesl attorno al rST dl Vaux e contro II forte stesso, iS?i annuncla un bolletttno uftlclale fran- fSI J""""10" oggl. Due attacchl fu- fattl contro 11 vlllagglo e due contro (Ortfl. ftlrJt.n.. .....I n n. ... ...! flft-.nL, -w.MW mill U 14VAIIIU IJUCSLJ ucehl fallirono. tedeschl tentarono Jr d' sboccaro nella etruda Incasaata fjy111 del vlllagglo, ma anche qnesto Bi5T u ruiraio aanu ntta cortina ttla.1 Tr tlUl ' batter,e le mltra- lii .. "oj iiruteicBor.u u tone eu l villaggl.j, IE." Knrale CadQrna ha annunclato che Ufa austrUd tentaroncj lerl Paltrq dl rl- tEiu:. . " ou vioienti contrataccm le ;" peraute da loro martedl' a San Srwno, raa furono rtaplntl e aublroiio pi rdita e gli Itillanl banno consoll- hui noslxlonl, La battaglla el 0 sl va svlluPDando lentximente. cd e2iuint,nn ....u. ... .l. A,;",v nww mw uiuijKua who mihiu ooo iiecetrctl nella trlncee rruuh dl Podgprg, dl cut Cadorna I .w nej (Mo rapporto. I MURIEL FELLOWS GIRL OF 13 WINS PRIZE FOR CLEVELAND ESSAY Muriel Fellows Tells Grover Cleveland School Pupils of Life of Former President When the annUcrsary of tho birth of Grover Cleveland was celebrated at the Grower Cleveland School today, Muriel Fellows read her prize-winning essay on Orovor Clocl.intl ThW 13-year-old girl won the annual prlzo offered for tho best essay on Cleveland In competition with her 1200 schoolmates. The essay told simply and clearly the llfo of Cleveland, of IiIh school days and tubsequent phases up to his election to the olllcc of President of tho United States. Muriel Fellows Is tho youngest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Fellows, of 38SS Gratz street. She H one of tho most popular pupils of the school, and has been a student at tho C!e eland School for sovcnil years. Addresses wcro mado by OlUcr P. My, principal of tho Cleveland School; Milton C. Cooper, District Superintendent, and E. J. Cattcll, City Statistician. After the meeting, which va3 attended i by many of tho parents of tho children, i .... ..I.M.tllA .. !.. .. ...I. .. !. ......I ' mi ujkiiiuiuuii jl uiu nuui ul uiu illinium training, drawing and sewing classes wai held. j In the sewing exhibit tho girls are l showing their handlcrnlt Smoclca, cool: Ing outnts, dressei, plain and fancy under- I garments and embroidered towels nro on , display. j Hat raclcs, ncclttlo rack?. Ironing boards I and many other useful devices mado by tho boys of the manual training classes aro on exhibition The drawing exhibit Is tho work of both girls and boys, and sketches of (Ion era and both object and flower drawinss are shown. 1 It. R. DOUBLES CAPACITY OF GIItAKD POINT ELEVATOR Efllciency Big Factor in Clearing Up Port's Congestion War oidc-B foi grain have caused the Pennsylvania Itallroad Company to double the capacity and efllciency of Its elevator at Glrard Point. For Bomo tlmo the new concreto eteva tor at Glrard Point has been working 24 hours a day vrhen tho business demanded it. 11 y these double Hhlftsyshlpplng men say the facilities lu that part of the har bor have been Increased 100 per cent. It also has been a great factor In clearing up tho congestion at this nort. Juet to fast as tho steamships arrived they have been loaded and sent away with dlsratch. This has meant thousands of dollars gain to the port of Philadelphia, as well as to shipowners who havo Bent their vessels here for grain. In this time of abnormally high ocean freight rates one day'n delay sometimes means the loss of n'most J1000 to ownerH. Who bhlps can be loaded at this ele vator,' two on tho east side and ono on tho west, Its shipping capacity Is CO.OOO bushels an hour, carried to the holds of tho ships by four delivery belts. An addl. tlon to tho storage tank of the elevator Is Hearing completion. Tho present capacity of this plant Is 1,000,000 bushels, but v.-lion this Is finished It will be more than 2,000,000 bushels. It is believed that the stiucture will be ready to receive the new wheat crop. Tha Pennsylvania Itallroad also Is In ci easing Its trackage facilities at this terminal. Before the end of the month it H expected there wilt be sufficient in the vicinity of the elevator for the storing of 1500 cars, that will hold on tho averago 1300 bushels of wheat each. TRANSIT PROTESTS CONTINUE Wissinoming Adds Its Voice to De mand for Original Plan While the officials of the Transit De partment persist in their refusal to an nounce when the revised report "of Director Twining will be made public resolutions of protest against the proposed Twining changes from business and Improvement organizations continue to pile up. The "Wissinoming Improvement Association Is the latest organization to add Its strength to the city-wide protest. The resolutions adopted by that associa tion follqw; Resqled. That the Wissinoming Improvement Association places it- self on record as being opposed to any ' curtailment of the Taylor system of rapid transit as planned by Director Twining, and, further, that the pres ident, George J. Campbell, be ap pointed to get In touch with other organizations for the furtherance and completion of the Tayjor plan as n, whole, for the benefit of the entire city, and that the Councllmen of the 23d, 35th and 41st Wards be notified and requested to use all their influ ence and power to secure for the northeast section tho completion of the Frankford elevated to Ilhavvn street, as originally planned and legally voted on. College Women Adopt War Orphans CHICAGO. March 17 Fraternities and women's clubs at the University of Chi. cago have adopted 37 French children, made orphans by the war. The children are to remain In France, but the fraterni ties and clubs agree to furnUh one-half of the funds to sunnort and educata them whlb the, French. Government U te jvpply ttxitr Jiau. i : EVENiyq LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 17. DUPED IN BUSINESS DEAL, SAYS PARKHURSt New York Pastor Tells of Los ing $83,000 in Candy Com pany's Failure NIIW ToniC. March IT. 't was as honest as 1 coutd possibly be. I have to confess myself n dupe," explained the nev. Dr. Charles 11. Parkhurst. pastor of the Mndlson Avenue Presbvterlan Church, testifying yestoidny In the bankruptcy procecdlngn of (he American Candy Com pany In Long Island City Ho was telling how ho was Induced to Invest 183,800 In 6 per cent, gold notei of the company, now defunct, and had beconio Its vice president and acting president Doctor Parkhurrt said that at the time of the reorganization of the oompiny $100,000 In these notes wai sold Ho understood that tho propcrts was worth that you are So there is no your set now. Order now if Send for Sign the Mail it quickly. " $300,000. but when It vvns sold recently to Mtlsfy a mort k ago It brought only I4B, K000. The Rinimnv nnvir had 130.000 on deposit at ono time, the Investigation re vealed. Doctor Pnrkhurst said lie was never allowed to obtain information con cerning the company or to see Its books. "Tho District Attorney should get after theso people," Raid Ileferce Tlpllng, "No ono seemi to know what became of tho money. Doctor Parkhurst didn't get It." ".ot to dalo," said tho clergyman eadly. Tabernacle Set Up in Malvern The Hev. H A. Depfer'a portable tali, crnaclo has been set up nt Mnlvern. It vvlll be used lu Mr. Dapfcr's evangelistic ram palgn. The tnbeinnclc wan held up for rovcrnl days by the freight blockade on tho l'ennnlvanla Itallroad Freight Car Overturns on Front Street A freight car of the Pennsylvania ttall rond, loaded with lumber, Jumped the track In the freight vards, nt Fiont and Palmer streets today, while It was being pnrked Into tho yards Tho car was the last one of a string of cars and over turned No one vvns Injured it Q&UaVMilZZ that the " Handy Encyclopaedia manufactured New York, which owns the American copyright of the new Encyclo pedia Britannica and which furnishes us with the sets we sell. 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