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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916.
ARUIERY ROARS
ON SOMME FRONT
ASTROOPS REST
.W.H.I .... U
jloth Sides Prepare for
Counter-Attacks in Fight
for Bapaiinie
FRENCH FIRM AT VERDUN
340,000 Germans Rushed
to Somme in Three Weeks
LONDON, July 22.
A ROTTERDAM dispatch to tho
" Dally News says:
"GerTnanjf Is preparing for n su
promeefTort on tho western front,
and according: to reliable. Informn
tl6n has drafted to the Somme front
in the last three weeks 340,000 men.
One hundred thousand nro from
depots, but the remainder are sea
soned men who havo been slightly
wounded and nro now thoroughly
cured.
"The cavalry Is being gent west
also.
"It is certain that even at the risk
of continual small retreats on tho
eastern fronts, tho pcrmana aro de
termined to throw everything Into
tho west."
For tho first tin&fc. tho Allies'
great push on the westtmt started,
tho Germans are losing tho advantage
of defenses furnished by nature. Of
ficial dispatches today indicate that
with the impending capture by General
Haig's forces of the wholo of tho
Fourc&ux and Eolville Woods, tho .Ger
man forces in this particular sector
will bo swept out of tho last vcstlgo of
natural cover.
But if tho Germans arc being forced
out of natural defensive positions, the
British forces aro now encountering tho
full strength of tho third-line positions
of tho enemy tho trenches, bomb
proofs tad shelters which tho German!
have X. plenty of timo uninterrupted'
by'nrtillcry fire to perfect.
Military experts today pointed out
that the Gorman counter-attacks, ex
cept in such positions whero tho ter
rain affords natural advantages, have
lost much of their effectiveness.
Tho French in the Peronne sector
now havo the advantage of fighting
from heights on an enemy bolow them.
They havo successfu ,y negotiated much
of tho marshy ground in tho Sorr s
lowlonds and aro compressing their en
veloping circle more and more closely
about tho German lines. "The Teutons
face tho menace of a flanking move
ment in tho crook in tho battlo line
from Fcronnc south to Craonn'c, and
if the southward owing of tho French
army in the direction of Chaulnea con
tinue , a retirement must be considered
by the Germans from the villages of
Roye, Lassigny, Ham, Noyon' and possi
bly La Fero.
Tho Germans rcnowed their attacks
on the Verdun front last night, Paris
says. Tho attacks wero repulsed. Teu
ton onslaughts in tho VosgeB Moun
tains were likewise beaten back.
HEAVY GUNS ROAR ALL
NIGHT ON SOMME FRONT;
' , NEW ATTACKS MANNED
LONDOX, July 22.
Artillery duel were In progress all night
nlong the Somme front, with both sides pre
paring for attacks and counter-attacks.
Tho official statement Issued by the War
Office at noon did not make any mention of
Infantry notions.
B th British and German positions In the
ev. j of Foureaux Wood, whero thero was
seven Infantry fighting yesterday, were
heavily Bhelled.
The following la the text of tho War
Office report:
The artillery on both sides has been
much mora active during the last 24
hours. The British front line and sup
porting trenches In several places were
heavily bombarded with shells con
taining gaa and "tear fumes." There Is
nothing Important to report from the
remainder of the front.
Up until last night the British have been
pushing forward their front on their line
running east from below Pozleres to the
Delvillo Wood. Foureaux, or High Wood,
halfway between Longueval and Martin
pulch. Has been entered and occupied, but
German counter-attacks have been also to
-win back half of the wood.
The Oermans in an attack on the Brit
ish on the northern edge of the Lelpsio
redoubt on the west of the front of at
tack succeeded In occupying British front
trenches, .but later were driven out, accord
ing to the British official communication Is.
sued at midnight last night. Elsewhere
along the British front comparative calm
prevailed yesterday.
Boms Idea of the huge forces now en
gaged in the battle ot the Somme In north
ern France is given In the official state
ment from Berlin last night, in which It la
stated that more than 200,000 French and
British troops attacked the German lines
north and south of the Somme Thursday
on front of 25 milts.
THinn apmiAN line beached.
The British have again pressed forward
to the German third Una In the Foureaux
Wood, northeast of Longueval. This wood
Is an important strategic point, the capture
of which would bring the forces of General
Hale to the highest point on the ridge
caaimandliir the German positions In the
less. hUly country beyond, which Is not so
much broken up and not wooded, lending
jtself not so welt to defense This probably
explains the devperate attempts of the Ger
mans to hold the wood, where the heavy
StThtlng continues.
A. correspondent at the front states the
Germans are bringing masses of troops
from Verdun and guns from other points
la an endeavor to stem the Allied advance.
Meantime, the indications are that the Allies
are Hating the. strength of the German, line
t. other points. The trench raid by Aus
tralian troops in the neighborhood of Ar
xfiUerM attracts) muoh interest in this
AMMetion.
9W Rtlack. by the British forces against
tfcayOtroian, whJsa was at Fromellaj, north
J Ja, Bassee, on Wednesday, resulted la
tK kw by the attackers of mora than 1000
am, killed and nearly COO nun mad a pris
. according to a. statement given put by
DIp Jna War Office yesterday.
Tfc MAUment admits (hat the Qennan
If to uJojir a, front of about three kilometers
tiwo nuWs) souh of Hanlecourt was driven
fct W sWt trenches into its second
M uwUrs in the rear Knemy
cUUmh aavsv penetrated into
i :.itwn. sejteat at tle Wood el Yeraaa
.,- jtottiei.
.',- ithrrri Un
a,nu
of th Sommo jvero subjected to a vigorous
counter-attack during Thursday night The
Qermans charged the French lines south of
Boyecouft, but, the French War Ofllce an
nounced yesterday, Suffered heavy losses
and were driven back In disorder.
A strong German detachment which ad
vanced to the attack In the Chaulnes
region was repulsed with the bayonet.
Between Solssons and Ilhetms the French
penetrated n German trench, clearing It of
Its defenders.
GER3.ANS RENEW ATTACK8
ON VERDUN FRONT; STRIKE
IN VAIN ALONG MEUSE
PARIS, July 22.
Renewing their assaults on tho Verdun
front, the Germans attacked the French po
sitions lost night, but the communique Is
sued by the War Office today states that
all were repulsed.
At tho same time the Germans attacked
the French positions at St. Dlo. In the
Vdsges Mountains, but met with no better
success. The nttackers were cither beaten
off by the Are of tho French Infantry or else
their assaults broke down under the curtain
of fire of tho French artillery.
Tho communique announced that a French
air squadron on Friday had dropped US
heavy shells on Metz-Sabton station In tho
Vosgcs. doing great damage. A German
aeroplane, which sought to pursue the
French attackers, was brought down. One
French aeroplane of tho squadron has so
far failed to retyrn.
Tho 'first report of nny action nround
Belfort wag contained In tho communique's
statement thnt a German nlr squadron bom
barded that city, but without damage.
Tho olllclal outllno of tho day's fighting
shows n series of desperate and unsuccess
ful counter-attacks by tho Germans In vari
ous parts of tho bnttlofront. A strong Ger
man reconnaissance forco wns dispersed on
tho right bank of the Mcuso. German artil
lery hurled vast quantities of Bhclls nt
French positions around Fumln and FIcury,
and In tho samo sector an Infantry attack
wns ropuisca ny the .French troops.
Tho text of tho official communlquo fol
lows :
Between the Olso and the Alsno wo
dispersed a strong German rcconnolter
lng In tho region of Moulln-Sur-Touvont.
In tho Argonno we blow un a mlnn nf
Bolnnto with good results. At La Fllle
Morto a surprise nttack by tho enemy
against a small post was reputed.
On the right bank of the Meuse
(Verdun front) there were violent bom
bardments In tho sector of FIcury and
Fumln wood. An enemy attack on a
trench Bouth of Damloup was checked
by our fire.
On the Vosgcs tho Germans, after a
sharp bombardment, at 11 o'clock last
night attacked our positions northenst
of St. Die. They were repulsed with
heavy losses.
Yesterday our bombardment squa
drons of aeroplanes made three attacks
on tho railway station at Metz-Sablons.
One hundred nnd fifty shells of largo
calibre were thrown, all striking the
station buildings and railway. It la
possible to state that great damage
was done. In tho courso of ono explo
sion o, Ocrman aeroplano which pur
sued the" 'squadron was brought to
earth. One of our machines, forced to
land at Panne, has not returned. This
morning a German aeroplane threw
bombs on Belfort. These caused neither
casualties nor property Iobs.
The resumption of tho battle of tho
Somme In tho French sector has greatly
enhanced tho genoral confidence In the situ
ation. Tho protracted halt ot operations on
more than a minor scale was beginning to
make the public fear that the first results
would have no morrow, and that, aa In tho
caso of the Champagne offensive a year ago,
there might he a reversion to the old trench
warfare. Thursday's bulletins effectually
removed this Impression.
A particularly flno piece of work from
tho French point of view was accom
plished In the new sector attacked south
of the river. East of the old French front,
which ran from the east of Herbevllle to
half way between that vlllago and the
Fouquescort-Vermandovllters road, the Ger
mans had constructed, by months of patient
toll, an underground fortification In a star
shaped wood and on tho slopes of a hill.
Thero wero 90 trenches In the wood, very
deep, with two series of underground shel
ters. In which the soldiers lay snug during
the hottest bombardments.
FIVE GERMAN AEROPLANES
SHOT DOWN ON WEST FRONT;
ALLIES LOSE TWO MACHINES
LONDON, July 22.
The last three days have been marked
by extraordinary aerial activity along the
entire West front. Scores of Allied and
German machines participated In air bat
tles, and five German and two Allied planes
were destroyed. Tho British War Olflco
Issued the following statement last night:
Taking advantage of the fine weather,
flie Royal Flying Corps yesterday con
tinued their bombing operations against
points of military Importance with suc
cessful results. The hostile aircraft
were Inactive until evening, when a
good deal of fighting took place behind
the German lines. One of our offensive
patrols encountered 11 German ma
chines, and, as a result, three German
machines wero shot down, one bursting
Into flames. '
Another encdunter between four of
our machines and six of the enemy
lasted 45 minutes. One Fokker was
then shot down, and another badly
damaged. The remainder fled.
During other air combats a fifth
German machine was forced to the
ground. Our total loss during the day
was ono machine.
CAPE MAY BOAT SAILS TONIGHT
Steamer Cape May Begins Schedule
to Resort Arrives Tomorrow
The Cape May. the newly renovated fam
ily steamer to Cape May, which last year
sailed between New York and Providence,
will make Its first trip- at 6 o'clock tonlgh.t
from the Arch Btrcet wharf, this city, for the
Atlantic resort. It will arrive there at
7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Throughout
the season It 'will continue Its trips every
Tuesday and Thursday night.
The management Is under the control ot
Mayor W. I Stevens and former Post
master James E. Taylor, of Cape May, and
associated with them are some of the other
leading business men of Cape May, Wild
wood and Iewes.
The landing at Cape May will be at
Sewell'a Island. Cold Spring Inlet, within
the protection of the new harbor of refuge,
constructed by the nlted States Government
at a cost of 12,000,000. It Is entirely duo
to this harbor that this new steamship
line was established
Sleeping accommodations in the Cape
May are provided for (00 persons. The
management Intends to cater to family
parties who will make their summer
homes at the resorts served by the new
line.
Cop Finds Baby In Suitcase
A baby girl, G weeks old. was found early
this morning on the steps of the new
armory, which Is being erected at 33d street
and Lancaster avenue. U was In a suitcase
which had one end punched out, and Irw
cries attracted Policeman Shannon, of the
39th street and Lancaster avenue station.
He thought he was going to find a cat. and
Instead he found a baby. The Philadelphia
General Hospital Is caring for the Infant
while the police seek the parents.
Two Alleged Hold-up Men Caught
Two men, according- to the police, at
tempted to hold up Adam Barr, of 14 C
Nortb Hobart street ef7y today at 89 th
and Arch streets, but failed in their efforts
and were arrested. The prUoners sad they
were Edward Dee, tt years old, of Lans
downe u4' Panic! Thomas, 30 years old, el
6Jth sad Market jstroets. They were held
by iiasHtrato Harris in 31004 ball each -for
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plaints from a Philadelphia mother that her son wasn't writing homo
often enough, so he hunted tho culprit up and was standing over him
to sco that ho did a good job of it just as tho Evening Ledger staff
photographer camo along.
TROOPS OF THE CZAR CROSS STYR
IN GREAT 15-MILE SWEEP
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by tho Russians to keep up their mighty
offcnslvo movement Indefinitely. Although,
at somo points, the Russians havo ndvanccd
far from their bases, the attacks show no
signs of weakening.
RUSSIANS CROSS STYR
IN 15-MILE SWEEP; FORCE
ROAD TOWARD LE3IBERG
LONDON, July 22.
Tho left wing of tho Russian army along
tho lower Llpa River has swung forward
for tho second great gain of tho month.
Fighting with nlmost reckless fury tho
troops of General Brusslloff havo swept
through the enemy's defenses and won an
advanco of nearly 15 miles.
Tho Toutonlc forces under von Llnslngon
were thrust away from tho Llpa and the
Styr, their most powerful means of defenso
between Lutsk nnd the northern Gallclan
frontier, yesterday, nnd tho Russians cap
tured tho town of Vcrbcn, seized all Im
portant crossings of the Styr and bagged
In the day's despcrato engagements moro
than 1600 prisoners.
TEUTONS DISORGANIZED.
Bewildered and disorganized by this
latest sudden stroke; against their lines, the
Teutons aro today fighting a losing battlo
on the heights near the town of Bercstechk,
hardly flvo miles northeast of tho border.
"Tho enemy Is beginning par
tially to Furrondcr to a battalion already
engaged In tho region of Bercstechk," is tho
highly significant statement Issued by the
Russian War Olllce into last night.
From their positions at tho confluence of
tho Styr nnd the Llpa tho Russian troops
launched their first attacks yesterday. Kver
since last Monday, when the Austro-Gcr-man
forces wero driven behind tho Llpa by
Brusslloff'a rapid thrust, tho heavy Russian
guns had been battering away at tno en
emy's lines In this region.
When theso defenses had been weakened
sufficiently to permit of Infantry and cav
alry nctlon tho Cznr's men were sent for
ward In wide, massed columns nt a rapid
pace. As tho first lines of Boldiera reached
tho northern bank of the river and plunged
Into tho stream waist high they wero met
with n withering flro from tho few Teuton
batteries left undamaged But the attackers
swept on from nil sides, across hastily built
rafts and pontoon bridges, swimming beside
their horses or wading where shallow places
could be found.
RUSSIANS OVERWHELM FOE.
Tho Auatrlans and Germans wero over
whelmed. Before tho call for retreat could
be sounded hundreds of them had fallen
or surrendered. The main army retreated
In confusion along tho east bankof tho
Styr. abandoning scores of guns, nnd muni
tions. At Werben temporary organization
was effected, and the Teutons faced about
to make a stand against the oncoming llus
slans. They were successful In blocking
the path of the attacking forces at this
point, but on both sides of them the Rus
sians swept on unhindered, with strong
forces on the west 'bank of the ner and to
the east of the town.
Thus tho troops of ven Llnsingen speed
ily faced ene!opmcnt. Their position at
Werben was turned Into a narrow, pro
carious salient, with thn Russians ready to
strike at Its sides from two directions.
Von Llnsingen realized his danger in the
nick of time and withdrew his forces south
ward Just as the Russians began their flank
nttacks. At the junction of the Plasetka
and the Styr. three miles from Werben, the
German commander again attempted to
check the Russian advance, but his troops
wero to bewildered to offer anything but a
half-hearted resistance, The Russians
quickly forced the two streams at this point
and compelled the Teutons to continue their
retreat to Berestechk.
EXPECT ADVANCE INTO OALICIA.
At this point and below It the .Russians
apparently are advancing as swiftly as the
enemy Is falling back, All the crossings
on the Styr are falling into the hands of
Brusslloff'a troops because the Teutons have
not time to destroy them as they retire.
For this reason military critics here are
unanimously of the opinion that nothing
can check the Russians' advance along the
stream into Gallcla.
Once Stanisiavczyk Is taken by the Rus
sians, Brody, menaced on two sides and
from the rear, will bo Isolated and the way
will be cleared for the renewal of the
Russian advance along the Dubno-Lem-berg
railway For weeks the Russians have
been trying to open up this road notheast
of Brody, but they have been checked-almost
on the frontier lines, Now they have
prepared the way from an unexpected quar
ter and vastly Increased the menace con
fronting the Gallclan capital.
LINSINGEN FACES REAR ATTACK..
At the same time this Wow has exposed
the entire Teutou lines along the Llpa to
a rear-guard attack, which may soon re
sult In the Russians' capture of Stojanoff,
the northern, terminus of another railway
running into Lemberg
On the Riga front Kuropatkln's army Is
stUl assailing von Hlndenburg'sj lines, but
has not yet accomplished anything of Im
portance, Along the Carpathian 'front
there has been little change In the situa
tion since Thursday
Tho nooda along the Dniester continue to
benefit the Aastro-Germans, allowing them
to liberate troojp with which to reinforco
at lea.l temporarily th Kovl-VW4iwir-
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Volynskt nnd Bukowlna-Transylvnnla
fronts.
Tho summer floods In tho Dniester rlso
quickly to a height of six or seven fcot,
covering wide expanses of adjacent country
nnd making military operntlons Impracti
cable for about a month. Tho recent ces
sation of the fighting In tho Dniester region
on tho roads from Buczacz to Kolomca,
therefore, was to bo expected.
A former town councilor of Vlndlmlr
Volynskl, who escaped, says tho town Is
depopulated except for Women, children
and aged persons. All able-bodied persons,
ho reports, wero compelled to work on tho
defenses or wero deported to Austria. Tho
population Is starving. Tho chenpest black
bread Is sold at 1 rublo a pound, and thero
Is no meat. There la much typhoid and
other diseases.
CRAZED, HE SLAVS GIRL
AND SETS FIRE TO PARK
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the right eye, another In the left side, nn
other In the abdomen and tho fourth In tho
breast. Thon ho fired at Mrs. Nicholas.
Tho bullet struck her In tho r'ght arm near
tho wrist, passed up her arm nnd came
out the shoulder. When ho fired nt the llt
tlo girl she fell. Tho bullet missed her.
THREATENS PROPRIETOR
Leaving his victims, the man ran to the
cafe. Nicholas, tho proprietor, sleeps there.
Ha was about to rotlro when Gongas ap.
pearod.
Ho had used all his ammunition.
"If I had another bullet," tho man
screamed, "I would kill you !"
Nicholas In terror ran from the build
ing, and tho slayer, left thero alone, poured
oil on a bed nnd Bet fire to It. The flames
spread quickly. Tho flro department ex
tinguished the flames 'after tho cafe, the
scenio railway nnd several amusement
booths had been destroyed.
After he had been discharged by Nicholas
tho man Identified aa Gonens continued
to loiter In the park and nnnoy Miss
Bodjeska. Finally he was ordered from
tho place. Ho continued to worry the girl,
howover, until she was forced to cause his
arrest. Ha was Imprisoned In the work
house three months. He wns released
yesterday.
EX-NEWBURGII MAYOU DIES
Benjamin B. Odell, Father of Former
Governor, Was 05
NEWBUnOH. N. Y., July 22. Benjamin
B. Odell, six times Mayor of Newburgh and
father of ex-Oovernor Odell, died here yes
terday, aged 95 yenrs,
Mr. Odell. In addition to serving 12 year
ns Mayor of Newburgh, was for seven yenra
Sheriff of Arange County, N. Y. The father
and son worked together In business an
well as In politics For years tho father
was owper of an Icehouse and later he be
came Interested In the Newburgh Electrla
Light and Power Company. It wns largely
due to him that his son, ex-Governor Odell
won n place of prominence In New York
State politics.
GARDNER ELIMINATES
NORMAN MAXWELL
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out the bye holes Gardner got a 74 to the
other's 76
Tho cards: I
Oardn.r
Out B
Mtsw.U
Out 3
Clirdner
In 4
Maxw.il
In S
4 as
s a a
83074
3 to 70
Always driving a long ball, Corkran. after
tho first few holes, took command of the
situation in his match with Canan. Out
In 39, the'Baltlmore golfer made the turn
that was his worst hole. Thereafter Cork
ran made few slips, the match ending on
the 16th. ,
The cards;
Corkrsn
Out ,. 8 0 4 3 4 5 4 8 5 39
canan
Out . 40440654 442
Corkran
cinkV" 1ta3 44079
In ...... 0 8.4 s 4 6 S B 4 C 84
That youth will not be denied was shown
In the ages of the semlflnallslt. Carkran,
who Is 23, is the oldest of the four. Gard
ner la 21, while Canan and Maxwell are
both 19.
SEVEN FLEE ELKTON JAIL
Prisoners Saw Lock and Scale 80-Foot
Wall
ELKTON. Md., July 22. After sawing
a lock leading to the jail yard, seven pris
oners scaled a 30-foot stone wall during
(he night and escaped from Elkton jail.
Joseph Peters, a negro, held for trial on
a charge of attempted murder, and J Wes
ley Baker, who was awaiting the arrival
of requisition papers for jin-upPOrt Of
ma famuy in wnmmgton, pet.. 7,j tb most
important priaonera who fled The oibjra
fiwere young whita men serving sentence
for riding on freight train.
CONTINUALAAVANZATA
DEIRUSSIATTRAVERSO
IL CONFINE GALIZ1AN0
La Nottzlp. dolln Prcsa di
Misuratn era Una delta Solite
Invenzioni dei Giovani
Turchi
NOSTRE RAPPRESAGLIE
ROMA, 22 Lugllo.
La mlnnccla dl una nuova Invasion russa
delta Gnllzla nord orientate, con obblettlvo
Lemberg, lin. nssunto In magglore consistent.-!
ncllo ultimo 48 ore, In segulto alia
espugnnrlone (telle dlfese nustro ungnrlche
fntta dat russl hella rcglono dl confiuenza
del fluml- Styr o Llpa, I russl hanno at
traversato lo Styr cd orn. nvanzano a mcz-
zoglorno dl Ucrcstclioli, die si trova sol
tan to a mezzo mtgllo dalla frontier gall
zlana. Questo nuovo rovesclo e' ammesso ufllclal
mente dnl rapporto dcllo stntn magglore
austrlaco Da Pctrogrndo pol si nnnunzla
che un battagllone russo e Impregnato con
la rctroguardla nUstro ungarica In vtcl
nanza. delta mutdotta cltta' gallzlana. Mllle
selcento prlgtonleri Bono cadutl In manp
degll Inscguttnrl.
La nubvft locallta' ' molto Importanto
per l'avnnzntn del russV nell'lntcrno della
Gnllzla. Essa mlnaccla la capltalo-gnl-izlana,
Lemberg, cd nnche Brody, che si
trovn n mczzTi via trn. Lemborg o la for
te7za dl Dubno nelln Vollnla.
Ancho II rapporto dello stato mngglore
tedesco nmmetta l'avantatn del russl attra
vcrso Bercstechk, ed ngglunge che le truppo
del gonernle Llnsingen el son dovute rltt
rare dal vlltngglo dl Verben, a otto mlglla
da Berestechk, In vlatn dl un ntteso movl
mento nvvlluppanto riol ncmlco.
Intnnto I russl nvnnrano ancho nolla re
glone del Cnucano. SI nnnunzla Infattl che
hanno presa al turchi la cltta' dl Gumusk
hnneh, posta tra Treblsonda cd Erilngnn.
SI ha da Londrn che I'Atnlinsclatoro
Itallnno o' stato nutorlzznto dat governo a
Bmentlro la voce della lttorta del volontar
I turchi suite forzo Itallnno dl Mlaurnta,
La nottzla o' completamcnto falsa, e
1'asserzlono che nlano atatl catturate truppe
e cannonl Italian! e' destltulta dl qualslasl
fondamento.
E' noto che II Comnndo dello Stato Mag
glore ttallano ha cercnto aempre dl ovltaro
1 bombardamentl dello cltta' Irredento, o la
rnglono non ha lilengno df cssero lllustrnto.
Ma I! ncmlco, sempro Insjclloso o spictato,
ha sfruttato In molto occasion! questo no
bllo Rcntlmcnto del nostro Comando, e ne
ha fntto ruo pro. v
Dnlto notlzlo cho pervengono si rllevn
orn cho 11 nostro Comando ha dovuto sotto
Flare, pin' che alio necenslta' della guerrn,
a'.lo Insldto del ncmlco, cd ha dovuto usnre
ell stessl huoI nlsteml. SI nnnunzla Infattl
cho In lsta del bombnrdnmento contlnuo di
Ala c dl nitre locallta' delta vallata del
l'Adlgo, lo no8tre nrt'gllorlo hanno bom
bnrdnto per rnppresnglla, Riva, Arco o
Rovcroto, net cul abltato II nemlco si
annldava, nlcuro dl non cssero dlsturbato,
Anche nulla fronto dell'lsonzo, polcho'
It ncmlco homhardavn Monfalconc, I nostrl
pozzl hnnno bombardato per rappresaglla
Doberdo, Inmlnno o San Giovanni.
GL'INGLESI E FRANCESI
SEMPRE PIU' IN AVANTI
La Germania Disposta a Fare
Ogni Sforzo per Tenero lo
Posizioni Francesi
Kcll'aHlplnno dl Albert git Ingles) ltanno
conqulstato II bosco dl Foureaux. In
segulto nd un lolcnto oontrnttneco da parte
do! tedeschi, In cul fu fatto largo uso ill gas
nsflpslwitl. gll Ingles! dnvettoro Insclnro
porziono del bosco, cho si stanno preparando
pero' a rloccupare.
Nello stesso tempo I contrattncchl
tedeschi contro Ic posizioni francesi a surl
di Soyccourt furono resplntl con gra.-l
perdlto por lo truppo nttaccnntt, ed ora le
truppe del generale Foch nttendono, non
niolcstate, alia consolidazlone dello nuove
llncb
La conqulnta del bosco dl Foureaux e'
conslderata dl grnndo tmportanza, percho'
domlna tutte lo posizioni clrcostantl, ed era
un ramo solldo o munttlsslmo della terzn
lnea tedesca.'
Un dlspncclo da Amsterdam riferlsce che
la Germania si prcpara a fare un supremo
Hforzo nelln frontlera occldentale, ed In
queste ultimo tro settlmano avrebbe man
dato sulli. Somma 210.000 uomlnl. Dl cssl
soltnnto 100,000 vengono dal dcposltl
mentrc I rlmancntl hanno gin' comhattuto,
o gunrltl dl leggero fcrlto, rltornano ora al
campo.
Senibra che la Germania, nnche a rlschlo
dl (lover contlnuaro la sun rltlrata dl fronte
al russl, vuolo spendero tutta la energla
della quale ancora dispone sulla frontlera
occldentale.
BABY PLAGUE DEATHS
REACH HIGHEST FIGURE
Thirty-nine Deaths in Day in
New York Resorts Bar
Ite&isees
Ninv YORK. July 22. All records for
death In the epidemic of Infantile paralysis
were broken during tho 24 hours ending at
10 a. m. today. During that period 39 chil
dren, stricken with the disease, died.
Today's figures also showed a big In
crease In the number of new cases, there
being 134, as ngalnst 81 on Friday. The
deaths on Friday numbered 33.
Up to the present there have been 2062
cases and 65S deaths and the city physi
cians have abandoned hope that the dis
ease will soon bo under control. All flvo
boroughs, with the exception of Richmond,
showed an Increase today In the number of
cases. In Brooklyn, centre of the disease,
the cases Increased by 45.
Tte situation Is more .serious today than
at any previous time, because of the quar
antine work done In cities and towns or
the States bordering on New York. Scores
of children who had been taken out of
tho greater city to escape (he epidemic are
now being traced down and sent back
here.
In both Connecticut and New Jersey the
officials are becoming more strict In their
enforcement of the health laws.
Despite the fact that they showed no
symptoms of the disease, 12S persons from
Greater New York arrived home early to
day, having been barred from Mountain
View, .N, J., and forced to sleep In the rail
road station thero all night.
Thirty-five children and IS adults are ex
pected today from New London, Conn.,
where the boat on which they were trav
eling was held up
Inspectors at railroads and highways
leading Into Paterson sent back all chil
dren from greater New York and those
bound for Rhode Island have been placed
In quarantine.
Tobacco Crop Bigger This Year
HARRISBURO Pa.. July 12. The to
bacco crop In Pennsylvania will be much
larger this year than last, according to a.
bulletin Issued by tho State Department of
Agriculture today. Last year the produc
tion reached a total .of 40,673,000 pounds
grown on 11.65S acres.
Rockefeller Employe Attacked
TRINIDAD. CoL. July 22. An at
tempt was made to dynamite the home
of Charles O'Neill, superintendent of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company mine
at Starkvill ntar here yesterday Two
women suauintd minor injuries from flylos
I piece of flaws and pluter.
RUSSO-JAPANESE PACT
ALLAYS ALLIES' FEARS
OF KAISER IN ORIENT
Alliance Sets at Rest Disquiet
ing Menace of Co-operation
Between Tokio and
Berlin
BAR GERMANS FROM ASIA
TOKIO, July 22. The alliance which has
just been completed between Japan nnd
Russia has effectually shut Germany out
of the Orient nnd has set at rest the dis
quieting fear In Russia and England that
Germany and Japan might strike an agree
ment. An experienced diplomat, In discussing
the conditions arising from the Russo-Jap
anese treaty, gave the following views!
"Tho fundamental fact to be remem
bored) Is thnt Japan Is now the most
powerful country In the Orient. Sho Is,
In fact, the most powerful country In tho
world from n military standpoint Al
though n belligerent, Japan's army nnd
navy nre free. All the Far Eastern
squadrons of the European Powers have
been withdrawn And cannot bo replaced,
The United States Is engrossed In the
Mexican situation, .The net result of nil
this Is that Japan Is able to do whatever
she chooses In Asia.
"The alliance between this country nnd
Russia has always been desired by tho
military party. It not only strengthens tho
position of Japan, but displaces German In
fluence from the Orient nnd removes tho
fears of those who have always thought
that Russia would forco a quarrel upon
Japan In revenge for the defeat Inflicted
by this country In Manchuria.
"Russia's desire for the treaty Is moro
complex than Japan's. But the funda
mental facts In the situation nro these:
"First. Russia needs 'Japan's help to
wngo war successfully Against Germany.
"Second, Russian wanted some security
that Jannn's friendship would contlnuo when
the present war ends;
(Third. Russia feared a revival of Ger
man Influence In Pekln nnd TokloJ '
"Fourth. Russia wanted Japan to keep
step In China's policies so that the world
could not accuse Russia of undue aggression
against a weaker neighbor.
"The effect, broadly Bpenklng, Is that
Germany has now been shut out of tho
Orient and America's lnflucnco In tho Far
Enst hns, boen materially weakened. In
tho ovent of troublo between Jnpan nnd
tho United Stntca this country would be
materially weakened by tho treaty, for
Russia could bo relied unon to uroteet
Japan's Interests In the Orient, allowing
tho nation to throw hor entire strength Into
the flold."
ELECTRIC STORM
BRINGS HEAT RELIEF
Continued from Fiibo One
from the ground and tho engines were sum
moned by Samuel Wclssman.
Tho paralyzed woman wns not hit by
lightning, but tho forco of tho explosion
threw her to tho ground nnd she struck
her head on tho pavement. It was the
force of this fall, ns well as the nervous
shock thnt rendered hor unconscious. Mr.
Goldstoln wns burned nbout tho arms from
sparks, which How In all directions.
Residents of the neighborhood Wero
thrown off their feet nnd children nnd old
men nnd women wero shakon out of their
beds. A panlo followed, nnd several physi
cians In the neighborhood wero summoned.
Most of tho Injured persons havo recovered,
but tho effect of the explosion on Mrs. Yctta
Goldstein, because of her Impaired health,
may provo serious.
Trnfflc In tho streets wns delayed by tho
accident, which wns similar to ono which
occurred on tho samo corner about this
tlmo last summer.
Simultaneously with tho explosion today'
a ruso nox was burned out In tho 20th nnd
Federal streets pollco station MnglstTato
Bnkcr was holding hearings and mnny
women wero In the courtroom. Thero was
much excitement, but the defendants as
well an tho witnesses in tho several cases
wero quieted by tho police. T.he lights had
been extinguished and when tho report was
heard. It wns thought that the station house
had been struck,
Twelve thousand excursionists went to
, Atlantic City this afternoon nnd thousands
Journeyed to other seashore resorts nnd to
the country Tho rnln having stopped and
with the sky cleaV tho "week-enders" left
with high hopes for pleasant weather.
Woather Forecaster BIIbs said there
might be another shower this afternoon,
but that It nould probably bo of short
duration and that tonight would be clear.
MAY BU CLEAR T'OMOJUIOW
The rnln began shortly after 8 o'clock
this morning It was heavier than the
downfall of last night, which provided lit
tle relief from the high temperature and
heavy humidity The Weather Bureau was
unable definitely to predict conditions for
tomorrow, but Forccnster Bliss expressed
tho belief that tomorrow probably would
be clear.
FERRYBO'AT HELD UP.
The Pennsylvania Railroad ferryboat
Wlldwood wan held In Its slip at Camden
for 20 minutes during tho storm today.
The wind nnd waves prevented tugs In the
river from moving, and the path of the
ferryboat was obstructed. Hundreds of
men and women from Camden and other
.rew jersey owns on ineir way to work
were late In arriving at their places of em
ployment In consequence of the tie-up
The storm slightly affected telegrap
wires In and uround Philadelphia. There
was no serious delay In the transmission of
messages, but the electrical disturbance was
a handicap to tho operators.
FIVE GIRLS FAINT IN CA3IDEN
AS BOLT STRIKES FACTORY
Fire Follows nnd Employes Rush to
Escape Dig Storm Loss
Five girls fainted and a panic followed
at the William J. Taub hosiery plant, 8th
nnd Spruce streets, Camden, today when
lightning struck the building nnd a fire re
sulted. Thero was a rush for the street
after the crash, and 18-year-old Elizabeth
Wotten, 630 Spring street, Camden, Is In
the Cooper Hospital suffering from an at
tack of hysteria,
Tho girls were quieted by Coroner
Bushby, who lives near the mill. The lo
to the stock and the building was slight.'
Damage from the storm was worse In
.Camden than In this city. Three fire alarms
were sounded within Ave minutes. Tho
first brought the engines to the plant of
the Lambert ft Todd Machinery Company,
at 119 Arch street, and fire In the warehouse
of the Childs Grocery Company started al
most simultaneously with that In the stock,
tng mill.
William Buzlne, driver of a steam engine
for Company No. 6, was thrown from his
heat and his right arm was broken when
the apparatus swerved at a street corner
while on Its way to the Are at the Taub
plant. , '
This accident occurred hear the Newton
avenue carbarn of the Public Service Com
pany. As the driver was being removed
to the Cooper Hospital the barn was struck,
and the man who took his place on the
steam engine drove first to the factory
and then to the car depot.
Property' losses due to the storm
amounted to many thousands ot dollars
in Camden. Trees were struck by light
ning, or blown down. In other New Jersey
(owns the storm was equally severe.
Find Baby .on Armory's teps
A 1-month-old girl was found at midnight
last night on the steps of the armory being
built on Lancaster avenue, between 33d and
334 streets, by Policeman Shannon, of the
39th street ana x-ncater avenue station.
The Child was later removed, to the Phil. I
dJbhla. Hospital.
VILLA ACTIVITIES GIVE
U.S. PAUSE IN PLANS TO
.FIX STATUS IN MEXICO
Consul Rodgers Instructed to
Place, Reported Raids Before
Carranza Government Ex
planation Sought
MAY HALT NEGOTIATIONS
WASHINGTON, July 22. The State De
partment today Instructed Consul General
ttodgers at Mexico City again to call to the
Attention of tho Carranza Government the
reported activity of "Paneho" 'Villa.
General Pefshlng's dispatch to tho Wnt1
Department Inst night, In which he said
Villa's activities were renlly becoming seri
ous, has caused a hitch In the conferences
between Ambassador-Designate Arredondo
and Acting Secretary of Stato Polk,
It wan Intimated that nothing farther
wilt bo done toward agreeing upon a plan
of settlement until the do facto Government
has demonstrated Its ability tq control
northern Mexico by completely wiping out
tho Vllllsta bands now operating there.
At tho Mexican Embassy the report that
Villa Is marching on Torrcon with 18,000
men wns discredited with derision. It was
declared thnt It wns douhtful If the bnndtt
lender wns even In the field himself, and
that If ho was It would be Impossible for him
to raise such n force.
No authoritative Information ns to Villa
and his forco ban been received either at
the State or War .Departments, nnd stories
thnt ho Is lending a force of 18,000 troops
are discredited.
Some belief was expressed that the "ru
mor" which reached tho department should
havo read 1800 Instead of 18000.
It wns pointed tout thnt In his palmiest
days Villa often had great difficulty re
cruiting 18,000 men In ono corps.
War Department officials declared that
General Pershing would maintain his forces
where they nre lintll the Villa reports nr
completely; disposed of.
LEGALISTA, NEW REBEL PARTY
IN MEXICO, SEEKS U. S. FAVOR
Leaders Confer in El Pnso Trovino
May Lend Aid
EL PASO, Tex., July 22. Leaders of the
now Legnllsta party of Mexico nsscrtod to
day that nil of northern Mexico, with Its
army of 20,000 Carranza soldiers, was ready
to support tho recently, formed organization
that hopes to get control of tho southern re
public. They further declarod that only
tho delay of tho now party In gaining A
promise of recognition from tho United
States Government proventod an Immedi
ate Consummation of Its alms.
Tho Legalism Junta continues Its confer
ences hero In the effort to clear up some
minor differences. It Is known that Clen
tlllcos allied with tho party object to the
prominent part In Its affairs taken by Gen
eral Fetlpo Angeles, Manuel Bonllla and
others who havo figured In revolutionary
activities.
It Is known, too, that the Legallstas have
not been ablo to agree on- Vnsquez Tagle
as their president. Their chief rcsolvo Is
that the prospective revolution will be X
bloodless one. This has caused consider
able conjecturo on tho part ot those versed
In the nays of Mexico.
Todny furthor light was east on the
situation. It was reported that Genernl
Jacinto Trcvlno. the Carranza commander
at Chihuahua City, whoso activities brought
tho International situation to a crisis, Is
one of the leading members of tho new
Lcgallsta party.
WILL BE NO RAILROAD
STRIKE, WILSON HEARS
U. S. Conciliation Board Head
Declares Both Sides Agree
to Mediate
WASHINGTON, July 22. Assurances
that both sides eventually will accept medi
ation to prevent tho big strike threatened
between the railroads and their men have
been received Ijy tho Unltod States Board
of Mediation and Conciliation, It was
learned at the board's offlcos hore today.
Judgo W. L. Chambers, head of the board,
haH written a loiter to President Wilson ex
plaining that In his (Chambers') opinion the
difficulties between tho roads nnd the men
yet may be harmonized and that there will
be no strike. Judgo Chambers has refused,
however, to make any public statement of
his opinion, because ho eflcpects to sit in 8,
semljudlclnl capacity on the controversy.
President Wilson has had Judgo Cham
bers submit to htm a memorandum outlin
ing tho pos.tlon of. both railroads and la
borers. The- President now Is fully In
formed on tho Issues and Js himself ready
to take a hand in the negotiations. If neces
sary. Tho board expects the strlko vote now
being taken to be counted by the last week
of August. If a strlko Is called, it -will be
set for Labor Day In all probability. Im
mediately the board will proffer Its good;
olllcea before any actual walkout can oc
cur. 150 PAIRS OF SHOES STOLEN
IN PASSYUNK AVENUE STORE
Thieves Also Take Bank of; Boy Who
Had Been "Saving Up"
One hundred and fifty pairs of shoes,
gold rings and stickpins, a child's bank,
containing 7 ; a set of false teeth and S15
were tnken last night by burglars, who
entered the shoe store of David Zltomersky,
741 East Pussyunk avenue, while the fam
ily slept.
Zltomersky, believes the theft was com
mitted try somebody who knows (ha shoe
business, for the burglars took, only the
best Quality, leaving the boxes on the
shelves.
The Jewelry belonged to Mrs. Zltomersky
and the bank to her son Joseph, 13 years
old, who had been "saving up" so he would
have something to spend when vacation
lme came.
About 4 o'clock this morning a neighbor
awoke Zltomersky and told him the rear
door of his store was open. His loss will
amount to about 1500. The burglars also
broke furniture and cutglasa.
TOO LATE FOB CJ.AHSIFICATfON
ni'.VTIIS
DOI1IIINH. Suddenly.
Suddenly, on July 22. 1810. tha
NK 8 DCmUfm. accd Ml v.ar.
Notice of fuoeral later from the Oliver H.
niA
CJKom On July 22 1910. WILLIAM OAB.
KILL OHOPP. aaed 89 yeara. Funeral nrvkea
on Monday, afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at the
realdrnc of his dausbter, Mrs. Cbarlta W.
Kreedley, 31 Alien lane, uermaotown. Inter- '
nwqt private Kindly emit flowers
ItK-KIX. Suddenly. on July 20.
CHAKLE3 YOUKKL. In hia 83d year
Rela-
Hltn
tlvea. and, frlenda. of the family, al0 Wiijlara
B-W'Wffl9 fiS- -. E.hnlA.Ai
No 1)3. Independent Order of Odd Feflawa:
Juoser Muennerchor. United Blnaera. and all
organlanllona or which ha wai a member, are
Invited to attend the funeral services, on lion,
day. at 3 p. in., at hia late realdtnce 93 Kaet
Ijjgun at (Oermantown. Interment private at
lyeitrninater Cemetery. Remains may b
viewed on Sunday ePUir from 0 toJlokT
IIKX1 WANTED niJIALK
GIRLS over 10 years wanted for lUBt werki na
niiritnCe necaaUiiirv. 1
, learning Apply 3ltf .N ili et
Ma It S
'my wAjT'a-4J!Ajs ,
IU1V WANTBIl for crflsA warlr Annlv "m.1."
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