'Jj fPWIJImWKHr" pfr- rw v, . 5 lyOFFENSIVA ITALIANA SIESTENDEALCARSO I Grossi Calibri di Cadorna Bat- tono Violcntemcnte Duino, la 1 "Porta di Trieste" EPISODII DI EROISMO gu Per lo Fnldo Riplde c Solvable lc Fantcrie Griglo-Verdi Ascendono o Cime della Vittoria ItOMA, 17 MaRBlo. I Duino, la "chiavc dl Trieste," c' orrI ' T0if ntemente bombardata dalle artl glleiic itallane dl ognl calibro II 'cut i fuoco ostacola i movlmcntl dellc Iruppe gustriache. Finora gli Italian! lianno eontato oltrd 4000 prlgionlcrl. r.OMA. 17 Mact;lo ltffeiwlva ltallana vn tiumcntniulo ill Intensity' o dl Importnnza. Xcl'a vlolenta bttUglla ch0 B' svolfte sullc rocclo dellc AlPl UIUIIH 10 UUiumiu iiibiu-tciui UCI Kill.- r!e Culorna lianno conqul.itato una ios. tlone dopo 1'altra In uno Blanclo fccniklahllci eh bU austrlacl non hanno potuto postc nere. Colonn dl prlslonlerl contlnuano nd ar rlvare alio rotrovlo Italians lnslemo con mltraellatrlcl, arml pwtatlll o grande quan tity' dl matcrlalo da guerra. r lilsogna toUre ch'o Bll Itallanl combattono contro eitacoll naturall cho non si rlscontrano In BtHun'altra fronte dl battaglla della gucrru turopea. II procresso magglore e' Rtato fatto dnllo forto dl Cadorna al centro della fronto dl battaglla. a meta' strada circa tra Tolmlno a GorUla, nella zona ill I'lava. All'ala ilnlftra dl Cadorna la reslstenza au Btrlaca acconltlfslma, ma ancho qui lo forze Itallane hanno prosredlto sodlsfucpnto mtnte. II general Cadorna non lia nncora pronunclato I'attacco sull'aUoplann del Carso, ma st prcvedo cho nnche II' la hatta (lla el accendera' presto o vlotentlsslmn. Nella parto eottentrlomale della prcsento fronte dl attacco gll Itallanl hanno ottc i tuto eramcnto lirillantl succcssl. nttra ' tersando l'lsonzo u nord ill Gorlzia c con uulstando II vIllaBBlo dl llombruz cho ora mantengono fermamonte. A nucsto punto 1'lBonzo corre In una strotta Kola, Incassato com'e' tra altl bapchl dl roccla cho no rendono 11 passaftglo presso cho Impossible. Eppure proprlo In questo punto l'lsonzo o' itato attravcrsato c Bll Itallanl rI Mono arramplcatl hu por lo rlp'de faldo dello altruo su cul si sporgo la forcsta dl I,oco Tiiza. Al ccntio le truppe della brlgata Flrcnze hanno guarngnato ancho maRglor succesno eonqulstando lo cresto del duo plcclil dom lnintl dl Monte Cucco o dt Monto Vodlce Eulle cul faldo bI crano nrramplcato nel prlmo slancio dell'onTcnslva. Questo stcs.e truppe si lanclarono poco dopo alia con 1 ejulsta del duo Importantl vlllaggl ill Zngora dl Zagomlla che Bll austrlacl nvevano formldabllmcnt fortlficato con centlnala ill mltragllatrlcl. SFIDAXO I GROSSI PEZZI Sul Monto Santo, cloc sull'ala destra della pfesento fronto dl batBlla, le forzo Itallane lanclato alPattaceo nl troraronn, anche dopo la vlolcnta preparazlono dello artlgllerlo Itallane, rlcevuto da una vlolen tlsslma bufera dl eharapnela o dl Branate tlrate dalle battcrle austrlache, o pol da tna. serle Inlnterrotta dl vlolentl contrat tacchl. IVartlgllerla austrlaca era ben plazzata c ben servlta cd II fuoco era sem pllcemente Infornale. Pure, Bll Itallanl non tl scoragglarono, ma contlnurono Imper terrltl la loro avanzata. AU'estrcmlta' merl dlonale la quota 174, a nord di T I vol I o tra la altruro ad est dl Gorlzia, fu presa con un vlgoroso assalto e fu mantenauta con tro ognl rltomo'offenslvo del nemico. Da (juella quota Bll austrlacl avevano costantc mente bombardato Gorlzia, come dal San Marco dl cul tengono ancora la clma. Us BOLLETTINO UFFICIALi: Ecco II testo completo del rapporto del generate Cadorna pubbllcato leri sera dal itlnlstero della Guerra: Sulla fronte Giulla la vlgorosa of fenslva Inlzlata luncdl dalle nostre truppe fu rlsolutamente contlnuata nella gior nata dl Icrl Grazle al suol sforzl ed alia aua Instancablllta", la nostra fantcrla, abllmente appogglata dairartlgllcrla, rl nscl' a stabllirsl sullo riplde e boscoso Mture lungo la rlva sinistra dell'Iaonzo a nord dl Gcrizia, cho 11 nemico nveva trasformato In una formldablle poslzlono dlfenslva. All'ala sinistra una dello nostre colonno, dopo aver forzato un pas tagglo attraverso 11 flume tra IoBa o Bombruz, conqulstava questo ultimo vil lagglo e vl si fortlflcava. Al centro lo alturo dl Quota 383, a nord dl Plava, furono conqulstato mentre U valorosa brlgata Flrenze e la brlgata Valtelllna, dopo aver preso per assalto t vlllagl dl Zagora o dl Zagomlla, cho rano Irtt dl mltragllatrlcl, conqulstatva tio II Monto Cucco ed 11 Monto Vodlco con lino slancio degna dl masslma lode. Sulla nostra ala destra lo nltro nostro colonno fecero conslde rovoll progress! aulle riplde faldo del Monto Santo. Vlo lentl contrattacchl del nemico preparatl ti appogglatl da un bombardamento di tccezlonale vlolenza, furono tuttl respintl ialle nostro truppe. Nella zona ad est dl Gorlzia la brlgata Messina conqulstava la Quota 174. a nord dl Tlvoll, cho era saldamento fortl flcata e fortemento tenuta dal nemico, I eul Inslstentl contrattacchl furono tuttt respintl. La cltta' dl Oorlzla fu assoggettata nella glornata dl lerl ad un vlolento bom ' oardamento o parecchl edlfizll furono t danneggiatl. Sul rlmanento della fronte dl battaglla "no al mare si sono avuto vlvacl azlonl dl Erttgllerla. Lolretrovle nemlcho furono fll nuovo vlolentemente bombardate dallo nostra squadriglle aeree e durante la notte da un nostro dlrlglblle. Nonostanto gorosl attacchl da parto dl numeroso macchlna nemlche cd 11 vlcJento fuoco flelle batterlo antlaeree not non avemmo , alcuna perdlta. i Finora abblamo eontato 337S prlglo--, Ju'rl. tra cul 98 ufflclall. Abblamo cat ! turato Inoltro una batterla da montagna, ., rnltragllatrlcl od una grande quantlta' . al materlale da guerra, comprcse arml e ,! aunlzlonl. "BILL" HART COMES, SEES AND CONQUERS Film Star Takes by Stprm Octogenarians and Babies; , Speaks at Theatres Hy the Photoplay Editor Philadelphia niindom exhibitors. reWew crs. the public, most of nil lait night thrirr "ffcrcd IJlll tlnrt tho ctown of nuthrntir popularity, ntid mil did tlirlra refine- imt inuM.un lllchss" rerepllc4i was rcalK extraordinary. So wcro Mi endurance (for he made speeches at three pholop.av ihea IrPH durliiB Hie ovcnltiO, bis Rjr.d.humnrii his wlnnlni: and Kcntle innscullnlty Aotnn who nnd claniorliiR throngs eager to Rrt them ought to be gr.od-liumorcd, you m say Yes. but most of this "lass hne n..t been malting transcontinental trlpn. work ing dny nnd night In an effort to enterta.n their admirers. Hill : a Rtron man. a tower of steel Hut he U bffilnn ng to show the wear nr his Journey nnd his labors of elocution ami handshaking. So often hate his nngt-r- intertwined with thoso of llnrt fans that his rlBht hand shakes as If palsied 'I lie kind, sad f.ice Is even a little more lined than usual. Hut tho heart of Hart (Mister Is a misnomer) Is ns genial, his attitudes as courteous, his personality as fnsclnatlnc ns thev present thcmseltcs to us through tho medium of the screen. Hill's Itinerary kept hlni hustling. Ho got In nt six. rhugged to tho Ilellevuo-Stratford for a hasty fillet before he cat down to din ner with some of the lorat TrlanKle staff, a few exhibitors nnd somo newspapermen: dashed to tho William l'cnn, from there to tho Apollo, and finally to tho Arcadia. The scenes of welcome were Flmilnr and stng gerlnK Packed houses greeted the nctnr, and rapidly-accumulating crowds pressed around his automobile when It stopped. In front of tho William l'cnn the cosmo politanism of the spectators was amusing and touching Ono little old man, with blazing eye3 and un equally blazing iiue, shrilled out: "Three cheers for Hill Hart" Tho very babies In tho nsemtilage and there were qulto a lot of them beat their soft palms together In Infnntllo ecstasy. Thero was, of course, a perfect avalanche of small boys eter.twhere Coming In from West Philadelphia, Hill was io weary that he curled up, Just like a kid, and with n robo over his fchoulders dropped off Into sleep. Hut when ho told his stories and gavo his llttlo thanks to his audiences theto was no slumber about him. Tho strange, Irresistible, genuine charm of tho man "carried" Just ns it does In the movies. For Hart is, with all Ills talent, real nnd fine and Interested and "exquisitely awaro of the exlstenco of oth ers." Tho star Is ready to bo to war. unlike plenty of fellow-actors. "Tomorrow would suit me, If they'd let mo rldo a horse." lie lug over thirty-one, there's llttlo chanco of his being called, so In tho meantime ho is preparing to do two more years of pictures. Ho figures with characteristic self-dlstecm that his vogue will have gono by then. Hart wears a corgcous purpllsh-bluo shirt nnd a yellow silk kerchief. Hvcn to meals. It Is not a "stall." but merely that he hasn't time to change. Ho mourns his separation from his pinto pony, Fritz," and his dogs. s ItrOKNT "Sower nnd Reaper," Metro, with Kmrnv AWhtcn .Namrii of director, autlior nnd liliotosrapher not obtainable. The temptation to let anything slldo for I'lnmy's sake is strong, but must bo re sisted. So let It bo registered that "Sowers and Reapers" is neither not el, touched with human graces, savo for tho star, nor tery credible. It Is that ancient formula, mads up as follows' husband, loving "beneath him." weds paragon of a glil; pair patted by father; expose: mechanical reconcilia tion. There you have tho Idea which is exploited, but you haven't any notion of the charm that Miss Wehlen can put Into stock situations, creaking crises and mawk ish character. Handsome, sincere, appeal ing, she lifts "Sowers und Reapers'" Into a class far too high for It. Incidentally, the heroine of the story supplies tho "punch" by composing and acting In a inovle. Tho plot of this Is Bood enough for n Chaplin chortle. "Tlllio's Punctured Ilomanco" Is left at tho post. SAVOy "Tlie Hook Ajrent." Tot. wltb deorso Walsh. Story by Walter Woodi. Peennrln liv r. Mcflrew Willis IJlrrtd by Otis Turner. Photographed by It. Irish. Behold again .lumping Georgo through his athletic paces in the Fairbanks man ner. Ho doesn't qulto reach tho Fairbanks standard of wit in story. Incident nnd lead, ers, but ho does provide, with tho nld of capital direction, an overllowlng hour of sprightly fun and high spirits. George's book-agentlng takes him, via porch roof, into a young ladles' seminary, where tho nnclent wheezes nro ably revived. Later thero are melodramatic complications. In cluding a fight for tlie possession of a power of attorney granted Georgo by a millionaire. Somo of tho action is pushed to tho farcical limit, but tho wholo film can bo recommended for its cleanliness nnd Joviality. Tho lighting Is especially clear, and the laboratory work Is tho best. EVENING- LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917 i COMMISSIONED TO FRANCE Dr. Leon 1'cldcrman, of the Medico Chirurnical Hospital, has lieon commissioned by President Wilson ns first lieutenant of tho U. S. R. C. of tho Medical Section, soon to seo service on the battlefields of France. Doctor Fcldcrmnn resides at M23 North Twelfth street. State College Forms Ambulanco Units STATU COIXnni:. Pa, May 17 Two nmbulanco units fur lmmi-dl.it serviro In Franco hate been lecrulted nt tlu Pennsyl tanla Stato fiillcgi' Within twenty-four hours after the summons camo from Wash. liiBtnn for this Institution to provide one unit of tlili ty-s.lv men, moro than double that number nf smUntH had tulunteored their scrt .cos GARY SCHOOL SYSTEM TO BE EXPLAINED Six-Reel Picture Film Will Illus trate Play-and-Work Plan of the Indiana System Plintnicrnpli lltiialrntInK Hits article ft pear In the plrtorlul set Hon. You bring your dog to school. Ho can snugglo up close right lit the class room, and when there's n fearful hard thing lo leant there'll be tin understanding lick on your hand lo smooth the troubles away. You mend your own shoes, shoo horses fcnd work cm u rent printing press all this r'.ii hi school mind. Then, oh, most wonderful thing of all, you tinker with a leal llto nuto mobile and splash the grime away In a swimming pool. All this sounds llko the unall boy's para dise but It isn't. It's the Gary work-pluv-study school system, orlglimted in Gary, Ittil.. and now operative In fifteen schools In New York Tonight nt tho William Petm High School, nt Klfteeiitli nnd Mount Ver non streets. Philadelphia, which doesn't like, educationally spinklng. to bo separnted from her convictions. Is going to hear nnd "see" all about tho Gary system Ko.k who hate been glad to seo young boyi and Blrls turned out mi farms and gardens during wartime stress will have a chanco to learn that this ostein of gixlng the child some thing useful to do Is not a wartime measure In Gary, but has been In practlco some years. They will realize that In letting her llttlo ones mal.e lianiiugf.s nnu repair lunn turo Phlliulelplil.i is "going Gary," at least In tho high spots. A six-reel plcturo firm showing a very living outline of tho completo system will bo tho fcaturo of tho meeting, which Is to be held under the auspices of tho Industrial nnd Technical IMucnllonnl Conference, the Civic Club, tlin city Club, the Unreal! of Municipal Research nnd other organizations. Miss KKa Celnnd, a former teacher nt Gary and tho very unuiual young woman releeled to direct the establishing of Cnr ioii Collego for Orphan Girls near this city, will expl.itn tho pictures. Superintendent Garbcr will preside Tho meeting Is open to the public. Klvo phases of tho child world Gary, Ind , created for city chlld'en and ono reel of how the Infection or child linpplnrss spread to New York nnd upset the theory that tho sjstem would not work In a big town will bo shown. The pictures explain how It was pos sible to uproot tho time-honored custom of providing every child In the sdiool with nn exclusive, scat, to accommodate twice ns many children ns there are seats ntld do away with the part-time evil once and for all. It tells, too. how It wns posslblo by Increasing the school dny from flvo to set en o.- eight hours to bring Into the life of little started-out rlty boys and girls the natural pleasures that modern eco nomics h-d ripped out of It The pnrlflme evil was solved, the film shows, by ditldlng a class Into tvo or three units Ono unit of n class, X for Instance, works nt Its arithmetic while unit Y tends In the rabbits It Is raising and '. Is out repairing some of the school plumblne. This plan, of course, Dectat- tates remoaeunff or ui chool building jM The clavsrounda anil th Mir - "V ,..r, : ... ... .t..-:rv:--:?. - "Tr . iiuii uiu uu u mo vmiurcn an aajr iftSMff and In the evening by the grown-upa In the summer evenings whole families learn to swim together. In the winter thv !, community coasting. J,W . - - -gggg mm I iiii i" k Ilffllllilii CONVICT RAISES $75 FOR WAR I Collects Sum, in SmalfContributions for x. JU. u. A. National Fund Comrlrf tt7Rio i. i. ....... T3Aii.n II Sr.r3r,.v'no ,s secretary of the Honor and 1 v w"u mere, ycsivruuy Biuriuu I w collect funds for the benefit of the War , work Council of tho National V. M. C. A. J t Bw ralslnB $75, which he forwarded i ! 'l'a,ter SI. 'Wood, general secretary of I the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A. 'l In addition $10,000 was raised at the Twious branches. This brings the fund up I1 out 52.000, more than half way to- ward the goal the association has In view. SINN FEIN HALLS CLOSED Republican FInr Flown Over Buildings In Dublin ' 'pVUUK May 17. Liberty Hall, head- ti rs of tha Irl6h Transport Workers' union, and Hibernian Hall, the meeting of the Irish-Amerlcan Alliance, have "een ordered closed on the ground that "y were used "by persons attempting to jwuse sedition among the civil population." urln& the last week republican flags iy wn from these bulldlnga In celebra- oi tne election of a Sinn Felner as r of .parliament .from South uodb- JVedding Gifts Many inexpensive and ap propriate wedding - gift sug gestions arc offered at this time. In good taste is a sterling silver vase of unique design height fourteen inches $10. f iiilsVi ilr v Wk S. 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Uncle Sam keeps them busy from early morning until late at night, and all Philadelphia admires their ability to keep up the pace. A Ledger staff writer, and Weed, the Ledger's cartoonist, are visiting the Philadelphia men at the Fort Niagara Training Camp now. . In Sunday's Public Ledger they will reveal their impressions of the camp. It will be"a special feature of the issue. Order your newsdealeNoaay to reserve a copy of Sunday's Public Ledger for yu- , :-M ' H M m: i ? L '
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