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BE. y ffrafato l Mlnlstero della Cluerra che la
) 'Quota 1050, R nord-est ll Monastlr, e' dl
' ;nuovo nelle mani uegu nneau. -, irupM
'.Kalians che ne erano male cacciaie uaa"
' trhi il.i tedeschl nella arlornata dl lunedl'
'IV hanno rlconqulstato ognl polllce del terreno
i nei loro seconao conimuacco.
' rt . niuii dii arlnml ner rlcscclare
N W- 4lla montagna coperta dl uhlacclo I tedes
KvjS Chi che vl si erano atabilltl dopo I tolenli
Rr attaccht dl lunedl' seorso. Ksal axevano
H ronnuUtato buona parte delle allure occu-
'pa'.n dagll Italian), ma nnu tutta Intera la
''r positions come era stato annunclato a
lallnn It nplmn inntrttncrn llallflno.
'i operato nella sera dl lunedl", ebbe un sue-
Weeiso patzlale. I teacscm aa ogni inonii
ip nn uiaiaiLii ucv
i" ultare tutta Intera la poslilone per II
j ' tlare l'ofrentiva per la rlconqulta dl Mon
, lonl occupat dagll Itallanl. II fatto eteMo
' che aeano- operato l'nttacco ncl cuore
x Ji flsirinverno fa credtre cne e?i i propone-
vano un'nfffnelvn ronlro Monastlr o che
avevano bleogno della montagna per fame
Un posto dl osaersazlone. Kcco II lesto
del rapporto del cenerale Sarrall.
11 contrattacco Italiano contro la
Quota 10E0. ad est dl ParsUcno, lia
portato alia rlconqulsta dl tutte la
trlncee che erano itnte perdute lunedl1.
Un contrattacco nemlco, operato nel
pomerlgglo dl martedl' e' stato resplnto.
I tedeschl hanno eoffcrto gravl perdlte.
But rlmanente della fronte at sono autl
duelll dl artlgllcrla.
II generals Cadorna annuncla nel euo rap
sorto pubbltcato lert eera dal Minlelrro
Cella uuerra operaiioni aa pane ui re
parti Itallanl dl rlcognlilone. Ecco 11 teeto
del rapporto:
Bulla fronte del Trentlno l'attlvlta
dell'artlgllerla e' ttata normale. I
nostrl repartl dl rlcognlilone hanno
fattq Incuralonl con elto favorevole a
Foroella dl Col Doseo, nell'alta vaV del
VrioI ed alle sorgentl del Fellzon,
netf alta valle del Bolte.
t&Ua fronte dolls Alpl Glulle t'artl
gllerta nemlia ha bombardato un pic
colo eettore delta noatre llnee ad est dl
Gorlzla e sut Carso. Le nostre truppe
hanno resplnto prontamente un tenta
tlvo dl attacco del nemlco nella zona dl
Sober.
Le noatre ne be batterle hanno dla
perso con un fuoco ben dlretto ed
efflcacaclaalmo element! dl fantcrla
auetrlaca che venlvano concentrandosl
aulle colllne ad eat delta Vertolblzza
UN AMERICANO DECORATO
II re ha conferlto la commenda della
Corona d'ltalla al prof. Jeaas Carter, un
Americano che dlrlge 11 lavoro dl parecchl
uol conctttadlnl che lneegnano al aotdatl
mutllatl II modo dl fabbrlcare da seal ateaal
gll artl artlflclall dl cui hanno blaogpo. Ia
aouola ha la aua sede nella Villa Mlraflorl,
antlca aede deU'Ambaaclata americana.
Alia cerlmonla della presentaxlone dells In
egne al prof. Carter erano preaentl l'am
baaclatore amerlcano, Thomas Nelaon Page,
molt! componenotl la colonla americana ed
autorita' clvlll e mllltarl Italians. I. ln
aegTia furono coneegnate dal presidents della
Croce Rosea Italtana. conts dl San Martlno,
11 quale i face notare come 11 re aeaso
Brmato 11 decreto conferenta la commenda
Bel glorno ateaao In cui Rll Stall Unitl rom
pevano la loro relazlonl dlplomatlche con la
Germanla "dandocl coal' una nuova provadj
olldarleta' e proclamando al mondo per
bocca del prealdente Wilson 1 plu' noblll
prtnclpll dl umantta' e mettendoal riroltu
tamente a dlfesa della civtlU e contro la
barbarle." '
LA BARBARIK AUSTRIACA
La Gaazetta del Popolo pubbllca una let
tara dl un auatrlaco che descrlve corns le
autorita' auatrlache hanno terrorlzzato la
Boemla, la Crnazta e la Dalmazla. Ecco
parte della lettera:
"La fame batte alia nostra porta. La
altuazione In molts provlncle a' spaxentoaa.
Abblamo caputo dl rivolte che aono state
affogate nel sangue, eppurej vl aono ancora
tra not uomlnl chs el Illudono che annet
teremo nuovl,terrltorll'r 11 popolo comlncla
a dlvenlre impazlente. Quell! cho aono sotto
11 regno dl Ungheria dlventano prepotent I.
Le relazlonl tra Tlaza 'a 1 croatl aono teals
alme. Neglt ultlmt due annl e mezzo In
Croazla e Dalmazla el e' avuto II regno
del terrore. SI aono avuts lmplccaglonl In
massd ed asaaaalnll come in nesaun'altra
parts dell'Europa. Slno alia fine del 1916
a! erano avuts In Bosnia, Erzegovlna e
Dalmazla 1200 condanna a morte per tra
dlmento, nenza contare la numeroae vlt
tlme gluatlzlate aommariamente aenza
proceaso."
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Lieutenant Long Lance, a former
student nt the Cnrlisle Indian
School, is now at the front with
the Allied forces.
DRUG CHARGE PROBED
BY SHORE GRAND JURY
Body Makes Presentment, but
the Indictments Are Imme
diately Impounded
NOJtRISTOWN ASfeESTOS COMPANY
WILL ESTABLISHBRANCH PLANT
New Works Will Be at Doylestown Brass Foundry
Starts in Conshohocken Pottstown Steel Firm Holds
Night Classes for Employes
Norrlstown Aabestoa and Magnesia Com
pany, with a plant on Washington street
near Ford, Norrlitown, rinds Its plant too
email and Intends oatabllshtng a branch
worxa at Doylestown. The company maU
asbeatoa coverings of all kinds.
The Norrlstown Water Company, whlcl
furnishes the drinking supply for Norrl
town apd Bridgeport, Instead of Increasing
the wanes of Its employee on account of 'the
high coat of living, has Riven them a bonus
The new braes foundry of the John Wood
Manufacturing Company, In Conahohocken,
Is now In operation. It la on the bank of
the Schuylkill Rlvor below Fayette street
Cramped quarters In the old building of
the company mads It necessary to build a
new mill.
A, IC Heath, of the Sklppack Valley
Stock Farm, says thers are 900 farmers In
Pennsylvania uho ralsa thoroughbred Jer
aey cattle.
All telegraph operators of the Reading
Railway system In Norrlatown have been
granted a five per cent Inorease in wages,
and will get a week's vacation during the
year, with pay.
The MrCllntlc-Mnrshall Construction Com
puny of Pottetonn, ha stnrted night classen
for Its emplojrs, who will bs given free In
struction In blue-print reading, supplement
ed by homework in ths various methods and
types of structural steel fabrication.
Coupled with their practical anopwork this
schooling will doubtless prove a valuable
asset to the men.
Despite the high cost of material and
labor there will bo a building boom In PotU
town this year. Daniel If. Bertolet will
erect ten dwellings, W. D. Uertxog twelve to
fifteen and Dr. J. B. Porter, Fred II. Reiser,
William It. Wiand and Frank Copeland one
each. ,
Mrs Oeorglanna Kratz, of Pottstown,
has sold a large toe dam, storage house II
by 388 feet, and ice manufacturing plant
along the Perklomen Creek, north of
Schwenkavllle, together with sixty-three
acres of land, to the Pavonta Ice and Coal
Company, of Camden, N, J. The dam le
fifteen acres In extent and will be further
enlarged by ths removal of an Island cover
ing two acres. Several yeara ago 17,000
tone of loe were haneBted from the dam
Walter J. Wolf has taken the contract to
ronBtruot the nurse' home at the Homeo
pathic Hospital hero. It will be of English
design sml will be modern In every respect
Lachman & Murphy, of Philadelphia, are
the architects
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MAUCH CHUNK, Pa., Feb. 18. Michael
Bokansky, of term Haven, went to the
Lowrytown almshouse yesterday and asked
Steward Ibaugti to permit htm to pick a
, wife from the Inmates. After carefully
viewing all ths eligible, hs selected Fannie
Wehalshllc, who consented to marry him.
They at once went to Weatherly, where
the ceremony wa performed by the Rev.
Father Drobel, Hokansky is considered a
"catch," a he has a good-sized balance in
j, the Mauch Chunk National Bank.
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ATLANTIC CITY, Feb 16 A campaign
of Federal, county and city authorities
against the alleged wholesale dispensing of
drugs hv four unnamed phjslclans. In the
gule of legitimate practice, went to the
final stage yesterday when the Grand Jury
met In special cession at Mays Ixindlng
, The evidence presented Is said to hae
Included confessions from "dope fiends." ar
rested for looting a pharmacy of drugs,
valued at $1 EC. when they found their source
of aupply thiough doctors' offices cut oft.
teatlmony of detection who have been
Investigating the drug charges for weeks,
and more than K'HO prescriptions, calling
for many kinds of narcoflcs, which ere
aelzed by thn police In drug stores. Chief
of Police Miller Fas the large number
of prescriptions Issued corroborates the de
fendants' charges that doctors have been
lax In their obserance of tho law
The Indictments were Immediately Im
pounded upon motion of Assistant Prose
cutor llronn OITlclals refused to admit
whether they bavo reference to the anti
drug crusade. Officers of the County Medi
cal Society, which declare'd that no mem
ber of that body has been a party to the
drug traffic, hae urged early drastic action
Archbishop Transfers Four Priests
Four priests1 have been transferred by
Archbishop Prendergast. They are the Itev.
Charles B. McGlnley, from tho Church of
the Holy Infancy, South Bethlehem, to the
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul; tho Itev
James Campbell, from St. Phllomena's
Oiurch. Lansdowne, to the Holy Infancy,
South Bethlehem, the Itev Anthony Flynn.
from the Church of Our Mother of sorrows,
Philadelphia, to St. Phllomena's. Lans
downe, and the Itev. It. A Buettner, from
AUentown to St. Ignatius' Church. Philadelphia.
Affidavit Against William I. Garrison
Filed by Atlantic County Prosecutor
THCNTON, X. .!., Feb 16 Proceedings
hae been instituted In the New Jersey Su
preme Court to disbar William I. Garrison,
senior member of the firm of Garrison ft
Voorhees, of Atlantic Cltj and senior coun
eel In the famous Knlttel suit, which the
Grand Jury was chorged to Investigate by
Justice Charles Itlack because of alleged
evidences of conspiracy
The affidavit which hns been filed hv
Prosecutor Charles S Moore, of Atlnntlc
County, first charges Irregularities In the
handling of the estate of the late Sarah II
Slater, of Atlantic City, and secondly of
misconduct in the attempt to procure a
divorce for Mrs. Helen W, Knlttel, daugh
ter of tho lain Colonel Louts T, Brown, a
former partner of Andrew Carnegie, from
her husband, Charles A, Knlttel, the Phlla
delphla and Atlantic City realty broker.
Drastic Liquor Ordinance Enacted
HACKF.TTSTOWN, N. J.. Feb. 16. The
family of the man who comes home In
toxicated and penniless has ground for ac
tion against the saloonkeeper who sold him
llfjuor, according to new retaliations adopted
by the Town Council. When a patron be
comes Intoxicated the bartender must send
for the police In order that he be given
proper care. If he Is turned out on tho
rtrcet the saloonkeeper may hae to for
feit his license, and It he Is kept In the pac
and sold liquor after he becomes drunk
the owner Is held responsible.
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A large and varied selec
tion of gold and platinum bar
pins with precious and semi
precious stones.
For a February birthday
gift we suggest one of green
gold with platinum ornaments
and square AMETHYST in
centre $12.
S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut St.
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SENATE "DRYS" PRESS
WEBB-SHEPPARD BILL
Demand National Prohibition as
Part of Defense if War
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Prcpnro to Push Measure ns'Soon as
House Acts Upon It
WASHINGTON, Fob. 18, Determined
tint the Government shnll have, its decks
clear of the liquor trnfllo should It bo forced
Into war, proponents of national prohibition
today redoubled their effort In Congress
to foros a vote n ths Webb-Hheppard meas
ure. ,
"We must not wait until we ore under
arms befors abolishing the liquor trafflo,"
Senator Sheppard said. "We cannot per
mit ourselves to be caught as European
nations were."
The Senate will await action on the Webb
bill In ths House before taking1 up ths Shep
pard hill, Identical In terms, It was stated.
Senate dry leaders expect quick passage
nf the bill in the House. Tim House Itules
Committee Is expected to make the matter
a "special privilege" one, so that It may
bo brought to an early ote. ThU will e've
the Senate time for concurrence.
Opposition In thn measure becaue It
would deprive tli country of approximately
$300,000,000 annual revenue nt a time when
th country" would nd money l not , how.
ever, Sheppard brieves, sufflclenUy strong
to defeat the bill.
"We could well afford to sacrifice ten
this enormous Inoom, In view of the bene
ftts prohibition would bring; in war," Shep-
P"senate dry.leaders today began IJnlns P
support with7 a view to rushing- their bin
through Immediately upon Its adoption by
the Houss. Heoent passage by) the ; Snate
of the Dlatrlct of Columbia ddy bill be
llsrad to have furnished a test of Senate
sentiment has encouraged the belief that
the upper body will extend It provision to
the nation at large.
News at a Glance
CABUSLB, P., Tb. IsV A petition will
bs presented to the Cumberland County
Court Monday, for the doubling of the bor
ough of New Cumberland by having In
eluded In It a large section of Lower Allen
township, whtoh la mainly Inhabited by rail
road men. The plan has the baoking of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The proposed
change would multiply the populaUon by
two and bring the property value to over
a million. ,
CAIII.1SIJG, Ta., Feb. IS. Mechanics
burg aoolsty woman have formed a branch
of the Amorlcan Red Cros Society and
will work for the men of the army and navy
In case of hostilities They contemplate
forming a corps of nurses It war Is de
clared. HAOEllSTOWK, ML, Feb. 18 A unique
plan to counteract the tendency toward a
run on tho local sugar supply has been
adopted by some dealers, whi- sell at one
prleafter nr-ponl Jet or tea T t
higher price for larger quawtltlt. j 7.
HAStCKLT, X. J., Feb. !. Om
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killed and flv were IrUured today bJ!"'
explosion of a three-Inch -hall in ." V! ,
wood plant of the duPont Powder "- '
near her. v'I-y ,
PEltWTK, r., fb. 1 The Bh. 1.
and Ponllyn turnpike, which wa frLi!!
a. Jury some um ago at a coat r ti,;i
to the county, ha Just been opened ill
no more toll will be taken. The oad fi
Penllyn to Sprlnghou, however, la
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a toll road.
IFATTTK, Ta,, Wab. 1. A ,.
ment of Stat uolloe I now marflroTi?!
paper Mill Compan Plant at thl dW
owing to a demand for a ftfUen per 'ii
Increa In wage being rfuJ T"
sixty foreign laborer. They are all onT m
a strike. ""
AMBIJSR, , b. lt-Dr. B. , t,
tlaon. prasldent of th Keaaby A 1hj
son Company, wishes It understood that
his company I not making war aruMesT
He ay thy are roakln- powdf, wTj
1 not of the explosive character.
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