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EVEKIHG LHJDaER-PHlliADELPHlA, TUESDAY. MAY 16, 1916
1NEMICOABBAND0NA
POSIZIONI AVANZATE
DAVANTI A ROVERETO
' pucmilncento Prigipnieri f atti
negli Ultiml Due Mcsi ; una
I Cannoni o 17 Mitrngliatrici'
' Conquistate agll Austrlaci
'ASPETTANDO L'OFFENSIVA
nOMA, 16 Magglo.
1,9 forae aUBtrlnche hanno ahbandonato
u loo poslalonl avanzalo davantl a llovc
ttlo ftttesa dl una vlftorosa offenMva delle
forae Italians nella Valo doll'Adlgc, In dl
reilono dl Trenlo.
Tuttl 1 vlllaggl della valo deU'Adlg;e, lunfco
(a quale si nttende che le trupe Italian
vntulno, Bono statl evacuatl del non com
battentl. Le nutorltn' austrlache hanno or
dinate l'evacuazlone sin da domenlca, come
airermano parecchl trcntlnl cho sono rl
tiicltl ad attraverEare le tlnee austrlache ed
a rlfuglarsl In Italia. -
Trecentomlta eoldatt austrlaci eono ora
eoncentratl lungo la fronto trentlno-tlro-teie.
East ccrcano dl traaportare 1 loro
cannonl sulle montagne erlgendo barrlcre dl
roccla mil passl alplnl e preparandost a far
fronto aU'offenalva ttallana. Intanto le
forte del general Cadorna contlnuana a
mlgllorare la loro poililone nella regions
dl noTereto mentre la loro artlgllerla pro
cede slstematlcamento alia dlotruzlono delle
dlfese aUstrlacho non appena erette. t
DUE ME8I Dl GUEIIRA.
jMlnltero delta Guorra ha pubbllcato
nn rapporto specials circa lo operailonl dl
guerra sulla fronte Italo-auatrlaca negll
ultiml due mesl. Esno continue' a pub
tllcare perlodlcamonte ciueatl rapportl det
taellatl nel quail sono splegato le oporazlonl
gla' annunciate not bollettlnl udlcall glor
Mllerl. II rapporto pubbllcato tert sugll ultiml
due mesl dl guorra dlco cho In questo
tortmlo dl tempo sono statl catturatl 2100
rrlglonlert austrlaci, due cannont da cam.
pagna, IT mltragllatrtcl ; sono statl nb
battutl 13 aoroplnnt austrlaci o sono statt
dlitruttl cinque Idrovolantt.
It rapporto rlveste pol speclale Impor
Unse per II fatto che splega la causa cho
determlnarono la recente offenalva lcgll
Itallanl sulla fronte dell'Isonzo e delle Alpl.
questa offenslva fu dctcrmlnata dagll attnc
thl del tedeschl contro la fortewa dl Verdun
ad ebbs to scopo dl Impedlro che truppo
austrlache fossero Invlato- ad alutare 1
tedaschl sulla flronto franccse, oblettlvo
the fu perfettamento ragglunto glacche'
tutte le forze austrlacho rlmasero inchlo
datf sulla fronto ltallana o ncmmeno un
cannone fu potuto togllere dalla Alpl o
dajl'Isonzo per mandarlo n Verdun.
U presldente dol Conslgllo, on. Salandra,
11 mlnlstro della Ouerra ed 11 mlnlstro degll
Etrl dovevano andare a Londra per rostl
tulrs la vlslta fatta a Roma dal prlmo mln
lstro Asqulth, ma tl vlagglo o' stato rlman
dato al prlml dl Qlugno per tl fatto che la
rlapertura del Parlamento rlchledevo la
prtsenza del mlntstrl a noma.
SULIADAMELLO.
II rapporto del generate Cadorna pub
bllcato terl sera dal Mlnlstero delta Ouerra
annunota nu.vo vlttorle degll Itallanl nella
sona del'Adamello.dove gll alplnl hanno con
qutltato le vedrette dl Fargortda e dl Lares
tl una Importanto poslztone nelle vlolnanze
dtl Crozzon dol Dlavolo, ad un'altczza dl
HOD pledl nut llvello do mare. Ecco II
into del rapporto:
Nella zona dell'Adamello le nostre
truppe alpine hanno completato l'occu
pszlone di una crcata ad ovest delle
Vedrette dl Fargorlda c dl Lares,
ttabllendosl tra 11 Crozzon di Fargorlda
quello dl Lares. Nol abblamo conquU
ctato ancho una poslztono avanzata
nelle vlclnanzo del Crozzon del Diavolo,
ad un'altezza.dl 9800 pledl, facendovl
una ventlna dl prlglonlerl.
Nella zona delta Val dl Ledro con
tlnua la nostra avanzata suite rlpldo
fatde del Monte Sperone. Dopo un In
tenso fuoco dl artlgllerla contro lc nostre
poslztonl a nord delta valtata, It nemlco
tonio" un attacco contro Cima delta
Costa, a nord dl Lenzumo, attacco die
fu sublto respinto.
Nella Val Lagarlna ed alia testata
delta Val d'Assa to artlgllerlo nemlcho
bombardarono lerl vlolentcmente le
nostre poslztonl, ma furono efneaco
mente controbattute dalle nostra bat
terle. Alcune grosse granato caddero
In Aslago ferendo pochl borghcsl.
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MOM PHULY TONIGHT
Local Section of American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers
to Have Whole Country
on Wire
PROV6ST SMITH TO SPEAK
1 The Philadelphia section of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers tonight at
Wlthernpoon Hall will make part of and
become a unit In the first national meeting
of the organization, when by means of
transcontinental tolephone Intercommunica
tion connection will be temporarily estab
lished simultaneously between Philadelphia,
New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago and
San Francisco.
Tho Intent of this national meeting Is to
commemorate' the achievements of tho
American Instltuto of Electrical Engineers
In the fields of communication, transporta
tion, lighting and power. An auditorium In
each city will be connected by telephone
with the meeting In New York, where
President Cnrty, of the institute, will pre
side. Mr. Carty' will open tho meeting by
an addrcsn to the members In tho other flvo
cities named, and this wilt be followed by
an exchange of greetings between prominent
members of the Institute In dlffeient parts
of tho country for tho benefit of every ono
of the anticipated total of 6000 men who
vlll each have a transmitter at mouth and
tar.
PROVOST SMITH TO SPEAK.
Tho second portion of the meeting will
consist of nn address by a principal speaker
In each city for tho hearing of his local
audience only. At Wltherspoon Hall, Dr.
Edgar Fahs Smith. Provost of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, will make the local
address, after whioh the meeting will close
by a series of six addresses, ono from each
city, to each other city, followed by musical
selections that wilt cover the same latitude
of territory.
It Is expected that over a thousand mem
bers wilt be present at the Philadelphia unit
of the meeting, and that a like number In
maximum will bo present In each of tho
other flvo cities. While meetings have al
ready beon held In which telephonic com
munication botween Philadelphia, Now York
or Boston and San Francisco has beon
established, this will be the first Instance
In which simultaneous communication be
tween six cities at the same time has ever
occurred.
To make the telephonic connection essen
tial to the moetlng, It will be necessary to
cover a distance of 4000 miles with 10.000
miles of wlro passing through E000 circuits.
Twenty States will be traversed, 13 to San
Francisco from Now York, and seven from
New York to Atlanta. All of tho miles of
wlro will bo nbovo ground, since better con
nection Is secured for long-distance trans
mission In this manner than by utilizing
such portions of the route as have wire
underground. Over 180,000 separate polls
An awkward bag, poor
ly proportioned, will
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most joyous anticipa
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jaunt.
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somehow reflect exactly what
you feel when you preparo for
that jolly week-end party at
your friend's fine summer home.
Butlers have a habit of showing
their knowl
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luggage by tho
way they take
It to your room.
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ADDRESS IN PHILADELPHIA TO BE HEARD IN FIVE OTHER CITIES
W)
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New York and St, Louis
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Many Hands Handle
Your Message
Capable hands, but human.
Sometimes, not often, something
goes wrong. We want to hear
of it. We' are not satisfied with
a nearly perfect system. -
WESTERN UNION
must be a perfect service. You
can help us make it so if you
will, It is your service, and
your suggestions are essential
and will be welcomed.
THE WESTERN UNIOH TELEGRAPH CO.
k
Ten thousand miles of wire will be used tonight when New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago and Snn Francisco will be p
tancously with the meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Withorapoon Ht
ut into communication simul-
all.
will support the miles of wire that would
circle the earth one and a fifth times.
The route will consist of a direct connec
tion between Boston, tho furthest eastern
point, nnd New York, with a direct line
between the latter city and Philadelphia.
From thence south tho line will pass
directly via Lynchburir, Va., to Atlanta.
From Atlanta the members of tho Institute
thcro assembted will hear Chicago via a
direct return to New York nnd thence Chi
caso via Pittsburgh. From Chicago west
the line wilt pass through Omaha, Denver,
Cheyenne, Salt Lake City and Wlnnemucca,
a vlllago In the desert, where a telephone
station was established in 1914, to San
Francisco.
Eastern time, central time, mountain time
nnd Pacific time will enter Into the simul
taneous nrrnngement necessary to the meet
ing. The meetings In Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and Atlnnta will be called
practically nt tho same hour, 8)30 In tho
evening, as each of theso cities uses east
ern time. In Chicago, where centrnl time Is
used, tho meeting will be called to order
at 7:30 p. m. and In San Francisco at 8:30
In tho afternoon.
HONK, HONKS BACK TO CELL
Taxlcab Fover Patient Returned to
Prison With Unpaid Bill
NEW YOIIK, May 18. If there Is a cure
for the taxlcnb habit, John II. Ilocart, of
Goshen, N, Y would llko to be Introduced
to It.
Yesterday he stepped Into Manhattan,
after spending five days on Btackwell's
Island for beating a taxi bill.. On his nr-
rival ho heard the familiar honk, honk. Me
turned about and leaped toward the taxi.
"ntdo me around the city," he Bald to
Arthur H. Parker, the chauffeur.
Five hours later Ilocart appeared In the
men's Night Court with ah unpaid bill for
JIG. BO.
"You've boen free from the Island for live
hours, nnd you're going right back there
for five days more," said Magistrate Cor
rlgan. "Yes, but all those five hours were spent
In a taxi," said Ilocart, with a satisfied
sigh.
TEMPLE $250,000 FUND
RACE BEGINS TONKfT
Campaign Will Start With -
quet and Continue tot
Ten Days
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ple University will be Inaugurated tonight
at a banquet In the Adelphta Hotel. TJW
campaign Is the first step In the colte&tott
of 1, 000, 000 for the benefit of the. Univer
sity. Dr. Wllmer Kmsert, Director ot tho
Department of Public Health and Charities,
la chairman of the Executive Committee in
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Mrs. Arthur R. H. Morrow, Mrs, John C.
Applegate, Mrs. Walter B. Shumway, Mrs.
L. Chandler Williams, Mrs. Jane M. t)Uen
nell, Dr. Laura II. Carnelt and a host of
other women Interested In tho university.
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