r"nFTirr tr r s.nm Vt,'1 - 1 v " ' Hit '" r',-,rl-",V j1 L. .iV ' -nrvtf" 'tr - ftM"" -M ; lit u n m li U I). EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918 vnroRiA DHSOLDATTITALIANI " 7 V. Ir'JBafonette Italiano Slog- K'jjgiRno gli Austrinci da ' Monte Valbella $ i WOO PRIGIONIERI fi" ''- fcA Ffrr r.'" 'lubllhcl and DlHtrlbuteJ Under ; J riJUMlT No. H4t P Authorized by tlio net of Octo 'ber 6, 1917, on file Ht the Post (office of Philadelphia. Pn. J By order of the President. i A. S. BUULUSOX. n f Postmaster General. ROMA, 31 gennato. j?ni rjinrini nrniup Hum. Hijui. imiiiii. iV i iV. allc truDPe austro?tcdesche nolle .. ,.- Ji l j;. ,-Js. J .. "jt'"fjiernaic m luntrcu c niuritrui uuruiuu reffensha condotta dagli italiani ulle linee tra l'altipiano di AsiaRO e la Vallc del Brcnta. Un dlspaccio glunto oggi dalla frontc dt battaglia annunzla chc i prigionieri sono aumcntatl a circa 3000 c chc lc perdite teutonlchc si calcola slano dat 20,000 al 25,000 uomini. Lc dlfese d! Monte Val Bella c ncl ettore dl Col del Rosso e Col Dechele, sono state gia organizzate e si mantengono saldc nonostante i detcrminati c Molentl contrattacchi lanclati dalle forze austro-tcdcschc, rtel tcntatio dl.riconquistarc le per dutc posizioni. KOMA, 31 gewulo Un'altra brlllanto lttorU o' fctnta conseculta dalle -aloroso truppc Itallane, lo quail con completo successo lianno at taccato In arl puntl le llnee nustio tedesche sull altlpl.uio dl AslnKO Tale atlnunzlo e' stato dato, lerl, d.i un co munlcato ufllclale pubblloito dal Jllnl atero della Gucrra In noma Plu" dl 2600 prlglonlerl sono cadutl nelte manl degll Italiani ed un lngcnte bottlno dl guerra e' otato da quetl fatto suite posizioni rleonqulstate. hcl cannon! dl grosso callbro furono cat turatl dagll italiani unltamcnte ad un centlnalo di mltragllatrlcl, mortal da trlncea c migllala dl fuclll elie II neinlco abbandono' dl fronte aU'lrreslstlbllc at tacco del poldatl del generate Diaz 1-e poslzlonl dl Col del Rosso furono occupato dagll Itnllanl durante la gior nata dl lunedl' o questo nuceeso fu hc sulto da quello consegulto lerl l'altro quando gll Italiani catturarono le po sizioni nemiche dl Jlonto Val UelH. Dopo la sconfltta sublu gll austrlacl coneentrarono It fuoco dello loro bat terle sulle llnee perdute, ma gll Itali an! rlmasero said! sulle conqulstate posi zioni e la loro artlgllerla efllcacemento rlspooe all'awersarla. 11 bombardamento delle b-itterle lta tlanc. cooperate da quelle Ingles! a trail cesl. fu estremamente lolenlo e fu nc centrato in parccchl puntl dletro le Unco nemiche, per impedire l'atiUo del rln forzl tagllare U rltlrati del'awcr sarlo. Le perdite sofferte dagli austrlacl f-ono imrnensamente lngentl. hi calcola clie due loro dUlslonl sono state completa mente annlchlllte. Kcco II testo del comunlcato ufflelale pubbllcato. lerl. In base al rapporto del Quartler Generate Italiano: Ie nostre alorose truppe nelU zona dell altiplano hanno coron to, con , nlcno successo, 1'nrlonc della nostio itrml comlnclata domenlci ad orlente clPll'aUlpIano dl Aslago, per strappare al nemlco le sue poslzlonl rhe nccu pava flno ad occidento della Vnlle Frenzela. Col del Rosso e Col Dechele, cho sono sul pendlo iclno II clgllono occidental? delta alte, furono prexl tunedl' e da allora mantenuti nln rosamente. II nemlco eserclto' la sua magglore presslone nella reglone dl Sano Ilosso ed i stiol numerosi con trattacchi furono resplntl alia balo netta, permettendo cosi che il suc cesso delle nostre a nil I si complsie ARDENT WORKERS FOR CONCERT AND BALL TO AID ITALIAN WAR SUFFERERS LOUI3A LOMBAROI iiK v v IBjr&W&L MPS" vTjSLK B Hlwnir lit 2. vB' BBBK CdHfiBBflk jKmri- iBiE. BBBvBBv BBBBBBBBBBinS09PBBB' Y s ' &$tmkm. . WW f Vs '-., ,5t. i 1 WiiSiMR; W ff J&2Zfn - & " mrs V'sV- vywvvx , mmm',' .. ..k, rt mx.. . " w.t cv. t-' ' "rr-" aE r hh MLwr-rmKmmh , VsSj l wmimcr, i .7:SSTl 'Msf'V k. LiKiL-L', fWMdiL ; i zrsi Bf jwa BaBaflB m?mW li cat Una dl Monte al EJfiBBl PF jdHBBBBBBRj Tyl K!TiS.Cllfc.Aal LJ BB1 IPTwMf JH BP?.- t IBi37J WTBmsn & k,Kj2 FjBBn F SZZ wgf ONite; flW BBBMWBBjPNBBj LVMMgM President k. 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In una recente eduta del tomltato organlzzatore fu dellberato the II totile rlcaato sara' spedlto a Sua Maeita' li IJegna Ktena d'ltalla, pertlie" lie dls ponga a sollleo del sorrerentl della guerra. A tale proposlto un comltato compofto dl tre slgnore. facentl paite dell'Asoclazlone, si rethera1, ,1 suo tempo. In Washington per consegnaie lam montaic al Iteglo Ambastlatoie Italiano, Conte Macchl dl Cellere, perthe' lo fatcla penenlro alia grazloa So rana 11 hallo sara preceduto da un concerto cho comprende II seguente programme 1 Miss Mnry D'AnnunzIo and 1'uplls Maria Gludlce, Clara Cadorna ed Kmlllo Sabatlnl, piano solos duets and sons' I. Johnny Mack, Hebrew comedian Vincent J. I.cnge, lolln sololit 4 franklin Duo, songs and thatter S Med ley Quartet. C Mg 1'errucclo GHnnlnl operatic selection 7 Mlntrel shou In Mcdlev Country Club It comltato del ballo e cosl' comporto Mrs ICntie M I.aury, presldentessa , Mrx Vlttorla Falietta, ice presldcntessa ; Mri Carmellna Malateta, teorlrra : Miss Teroa IJotto. segretarla. Mis'! Maria Costa, Ice segretarla; Mrs. I'lor renco l.agonnislno, Mrs Rosa Hoatto, Mr Maria Itagglo. Mrs I.uolsa I.om bardl, Mrs Glulla Calderoni, Mr i:ila bctta MalateMa, Mrs Teresa Lertoia, Mr". Madallne Lertora. Mrs Itoa Klm mcl, Mr' Madallne Sammartlno, Mrs. Marie r.ezzore, Mis Italia Sordl, Mrs rto-a Del Planl Mls Nettle I'ltVerello e Mlsi Klba Cardentl. MF.S. cJULIA CALDEROHI 'I he battle on the Italian side uas fouglit by inountaln troops infantry and Dersagllerl, with the support of Italian and Allied batteries and large fleets of airplanes manned by Italian, I'lentli and Brltt'h alators The Italians took the InltlatUe In a suiprle attatk at daj light, the enemy trenches being reached and his lines drlen hack oer a long front. Late in the day the enemy niado n "erics of lolent tounter-attatks nhlch were broken up by the steady resistance of tlio Italians, backed by tho Allies' bat- terlcs 'Joward night the enemy began the i contentr itlon of ic-enforceinents In an effort to redeem the situation Tho latest reports show the Italian lino holding well In the acUanced positions dining the rally liours of the engagement WASHINGTON, .Ian. Jl, Tho Nny Department will need at least 100,000 naat rescnlsts by July 1 next. Ihls was nnnouutcd today b naal HlcerB, and a drlc to letrult them as rtarted. The men will be rrquqlird to man es rels turned ocr by the War Department to tho mnl oprseas transportation sen Ice, of which Commander Charles Hclknnp Is the presiding genius Tor the first time today It was ie ealed that the essels to b turned ocr bv tho army will number 1000, with a total tonnage ot 3,000 000 tons. it Is said by officials of the navy that thero still Is n lack of co-oidlmtlon be tween the Na Department and tho slilnntnir board, to the extent that the latter docs not tin ii over to the nay the essels dlrettly, to that tho Navy Department, therefore, Is unable to plan Its reserve forces In advance These othclals declare that If the shlniilnir board would Inform them In advance that a certain number ot ships would bo turned over on a certain date, they could then lecrult tho crews and have tho men and officers In training, so that when tho ships were commis sioned thero would not onlv be a eicw In numbers, but one thoroughly ti allied as will, iead to take tho esscl to bea ,v 'nrmallv or Informally, lias al ready moved to find out. Hi circumstances Hie T,cnlnc Trotrky regime Is placed In a dellcato situation. Torn by many and varied conflicting elements In Its efforts to es tablish a government In nuasla tho Hoi shevlkl leaders find themselves now In a position whero they must apparently tako sides with the American Govern ment against the anarchists If proper protection Is afforded Francis. Whether or not the Itolshevlkl will promlso this protection official dispatches do not let show. Tho Stato Department Is waiting with concern to hear further from Francis and Is prepared to put Into effect any recommendations ho mako to meet the situation, Alexander Dcrkmun and Kmnia Gold man for whose liberty tho anarchists will hold Frantls virtual hostage, are to bo jailed. When 'this news reaches tho sailors and workmen responsible for tho threat against the American am bassador the crisis Is expected lo come Immediately, Francis is prepared for armed resis tance. Frequent demonstrations against th cmbassw In Tetrograd, growing out of misunderstanding of America's activ ity toward the I. W. W, and Gcrmin propaganda, taking advantage of tho Mooncy trial In San Francisco. ..iM warned htm before now to prepare f6ev later ami pcrnapi greater dangers iii. pojltlon In the past has shown Ms .. lossncrs In critical circumstances and' the confidence the Government has In hi. ability to cope vvltli nny situation wl.i.'' may arise Is shown In tho fact that to. day ho has broader authority to act of flclally than nny other American dlplo- in.,,, , Ho alone has been confronted with lh ' nrn (nail nf nffinOIno- !, -l..l. V" 5 ,.-..- " 7l-U- .""""" '"" 'J tiuvi.vn ,,, mt. 1'iujinKHIIua, SDrCRCI throughout llussla by hundreds of Qer- nan ngeiiis, irjing 10 sow tlio seed of rebellion ngalnst tho United States. to ay every errort s lie nir m,.? 1 1 r. . a I, fl.n hrnlan nn.l IiI...ii.i.j . iHm ,...v,..D,. .. ......... m..u inu-iiuiiLca news ra channels to learn what may bo tho ex-SI imi ui nm muiikci unucr ine new threat J of anarchist workmen and pallors, d.5fl manuing rcicaso in me unueu States ot iciion-iiieniucia ul meir organization, l'ior HG. North Whanrs. nM Plor CO. Noith Wharves. Ilnnrl, .tr. 8; and Columbia avenue, has been acquired! by Michael ,T, Hunt from tho rcnnnyl. ti vanla Company for Insurances on Lives ff ntitl rtrnntlnc Annuities. ritiirrEnnHH. ,l. estate nt Charles Lennlng, for $ 120,000, SI Separate Peace as a Last Resort Cnntlnurd from TnzeOne agalns United States Amba'sadoi Finn- els nt retiograd Francis, whoso cxpeilentes at I'etio grad havo been equalled onlv bv the Hlego about the I'ckln legation during tho Chinese Hoxer lcbelllon, Is calm and determined under the stress of his dang erous position, olTlclal cables .how. What will tho Uolshcvlkl do? Is the question on every hand now Ihero Is lenson to bellcvo this Goveninitnt Solitaire Diamond Rings CAMILLE KENNEDV, MASCOT OFTHE"5TELLA D'lTALIA-- MRS EUZABETH MALATESTA KENNEDY-- m m Mm. The mountings of the fash ionable designs arc artistically set with diamonds. An exquisite ring is one with a large diamond in hexagonal setting; the shank of pierced design, paved with six small diamonds $360. S. Kind & Sons, mo chestnut st. DIAMOND MURC1IAN1.S JIJWJJLHItS bILVKrtS.MlTIIS m Proceeds from the concert and ball to be given tomouovv evening in Musical Tunc! Hull by members of Stella d'ltalia, the Italian women's mutual beneficial association, will be sent direct to Her Majesty Queen Klcn.i of Italy, to be devoted to the lclief of war sufFcters. The women shown above arc members of the committee nrranjinK for the conceit nnd ball Negro Coal I'ickcr Is Killed LANCAhTUIt, Jan 31 Unaware of tho approach of a locomotive for the coupling of .1 series of coal cars, under which lie was gathering toal, William Jackson, mgio an emp'ose of the J II Haker Company quarry at lllllmjei, was crushed to death beneath the wheels of one of tho cars at the quariles. Austrians Lose 20,000 in Battle i ciiliniifi frum Pace line a teriluc tlnrge aim iiaiiu-iu-naiui ngni with tho bijoiut This Is the third bulwark of the il trlan lino tariled bv the Italians since j the Mart of the astonishing drive list Sundiv The othei two htiougholds weie Col dil floo and "ol Dechele The Teuton losses hive been veiv heavj The number of pilsoneis le poited vesterdaj at 1 ',00 has risen to J 2tn0 Iwo Atlstro-Detiuaii divisions ate lepoited as viituillv itunlhllatf-d and I the Italians nnnountc tlie tipture of s i cannon and inn mathlne guns Both the Uerlln and Vienna Wn Ofllces admit the los of Jlonte dl al Bella and Col del Ilos-o us the result ' of vh.t thev le-pcrtuelv teim eveic and 'stubborn fighting The Utiiu.tn "tattment adds Hi it Italian attacks In tho legion of Monte .SWciuol iollaped with heavj casualties Tho Teutons aic shelling the nevvlj won positions of the victors most vlgoi ously But the Itallin batteries are ic pljlng with deadlv effect, concentrating a rain ot steel well behind tho foe s line ' According to tho official Matemtnt ' of the Vienna War Office, freh troops aie pouting behind the Italian front In ,i steady stream 'I he aerial acllvltv has bten especially llvelv duiliig the f'ghting, the Italians bringing down ten machines nnd the Fienth two GREY IRON CASTINGS Up to 1500 Pounds. 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