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It Late Friday night and In the small I" hours of Saturday some English and 1 1 Scottish troops beyond the La Bassee Canal, In front of Hinges, made a ery daring attack on the enemy's outpost line on n front of about two miles and captured a long strip of ground, with 200 prisoners and about twenty-five machine guns. , I"' The exact localltv nf thin nnprntlnn is between a place called La Pan- nerle, on the left, and Le Choquax, on the right, In tho low flats of the mining country above Bethune, with black slag heaps high and conical among tho miners' villages and the steel works of pit heads, all broken lv now by J ears of shell fire, which be came most violent last April, when the enemy drove across the Ls. mmn closer to Bethune and flung shells UDout an mis countryside, killing women and children behind the lines. I,, wounding cattle In the fields and com piciing me ruin 01 villages line Hinges. Germnns in Torture Since that fighting on the Lys the German troops have not been living In nice places, but, rather. In a hell of their own making, and as the British till held observation of their posi tions they could not make a trench system without having It blown to v bits, as prisoners have described very ruefully. Jn any case, however, the ,new German system of defense from outpost lines is based on linked shell craters and scattered gun posts rather than on definite trench lines, which are targets for British guns, and this was how they defended the line par allel with La Bassee Canal. The Germans In those pits and posts were of the Eighteenth reserve divi sion, famous with their own people and Infamous with tho British as the first German division to enter Belgium at the beginning of the war and as the authors of the campaign of frlghtfulness at Louvaln and Ter mpnde. Since those days of shooting civilians they have pursued the or dinary paths of war and fought against the British during the Sommo battle of 1915, up In Flanders along tne YpresMenln road last ear and on the Lys last April. rrlRonerfi Are Tant Probably there were men left who belonged to the original army of Von Kluck; but an American who went to see the prisoner s taken yesterday re marked, after profound meditation: "well, I guess they all hae a most rrrminai cast of countenance, I confess that those I saw today leemed no better and no worse than most of the prisoners we take and two of them sat as tame as lambs In a little mining cottage and were ex tremely polite to one of the British officers, The Prussians, Wurtcmbergers and AiecKlenourgers, of the Eighteenth re serve division, did not exnect the at tack that suddenly fell upon them the other night. It was Ditch black In tSt- their lines before the new moon was out of the clouds and In tho dark ness they were getting their rations up and were satisfied with the quie tude of the British line. It wa3 very quiet there, but there were men wait ing tensely for the moment when they were to follow a barrage of high ex plosives and go out upon a dark ad venture. Among them were some Suf folks and Gordons and others. Some of their officers and men were young in years and war, but the proof of their quality Is In what they did. German Surprised In Dark It was a difficult thing, this attack In the dark, but they had trained hard for It and knew what to do almost by Instinct, and were certain before they went off that they would make a suc cess of It. The attack began with a abort but Intense barrage of field artil lery, while the ieales" Hung shells over the enemy's positions In the rear and kept his guns quiet. Then the men Cot away, and each had to keep his sense of direction without any light to guide him except the flash of gunfire and burtslng shells. They knew their objective, and little groups of them went straight to the German machine-gun posts as unerringly us though In broad daylight. The Germans were utterly surprised and aghast at the rapidity of this at tack which came at them out of the darkness. Many were taken prisoners before they got to arms, but others had time and made the most of It. It Is possible that on the left the Gordons went past seme of the machine-gun posts without stopping them up. Any how. both they and, the SufTolks around about Pannerte had fierce nghtlng all night routing out nests of machine guns. apwhi f thej which kept up a Are upon them until they rushed them at close quarters. The Germans fought bra.ely there, and from shell craters and snipers' posts held out until they were killed or forced to surrender at the point of the bayonet. It was not until dawn that the fight was o-ver and all the ground cleared Yesterday and this morning the enemy retaliated only by gunnre ana sneuea Hinges and Les Choquaux heaUly and put "woolly bears" round about the y country: I saw them this morning burst ing high. But he has not yet sent his Infantry out in a counter-attack. The nrlsoners taken hae some Intel- 4' f Ugent fellows among them, and one of ffp- tnem, a man ot supenur euui-uuuu, iancn a gloomy lew or tne situation, wnicn I should like to thtnk reflects the gen eral opinion of his people. He says they are not satisfied with the gains they hae made on the French front and are .downhearted because they are Btlll so far from Paris after such tremendous onslaughts. In Germany, he says, the delay In gaining a really decisive vic tory Is a severe disappointment, which la not helped by the fact that the food situation is Increasingly grave, owing to the reduction of the bread allowance and the lack of meat. The people's ex pectation of getting grain from Russia has proved ain, ana German soldiers from the Russian front say that ifche peasants there are so mutinous against the German authorities who commandeer their grain that they are burning It. The German troops on the western front,' this man says, are becoming ex ceedingly nervous about the American 1 army. They reckoned that there would oe only id,uuu in r ranee uv una lime. Now they know that there are great numbers on the line, or ready to go there, and they confess with sad hearts .the U-boat campaign has utterly failed. a, - xnis is me Bimemeni u one euucaicu V and hard-thinking German, but many ' other German soldiers still profess un ', ahaksn faith In victory and believe that r .- -before autumn comes they win hae both ' Tarls and the coast and will force peace ..-ujwv the world. One German officer -,.. vnunifl In thii lt attArlr - -!. un)a bImm with !.! 1 "5t . WuH .V. GIBBS passion, just as grimly as one of the Gordon Highlanders cpoke to a medical , officer, who said to him: i "Well, Jock, ou'o got a 'bllghty' , wound this time. You will toon be home " "I don't want to go home," said the man. "I hae a grudge against these people" and by '.these people' he meant the enemy oer the way. Apart from the Bhelllng around Hinges and some Intense bombardment around Dlckebusch and Scherpenberg, the Flan ders front Is still abnormally quiet, and after the experience of March 21, which followed similar-quietude. It does not In spire one with n simple faith In the enemy's peaceful Intentions. Behind the lines from Flanders to the 5omme, Prince llupprecht of l!aarla holds his group of armies almost Intact, and It Is a great and formidable striking force that Is a menace to us eery day so long as It Is not drawn into the battle further south. Meanwhile the weather still faors the enemy In spite of the storm clouds which have been gathering over the lines and the sudden hard showers, not much rain has fallen, anir the ground Is dry after a phenomenally long spell of sun shine. Everywhere In Franco and Flanders the country Is fUll of color and beauty, and even on the old battlegrounds and up to the edge of them, where the soil Is cut up Into trenches and pitted with shejl craters, wild flowers are growing , richly, so- that for miles and hundreds of . miles, as I have seen during recent days, there are fields of gold, more sparkling even than the precious metal, and great sweeps of scarlet where pop ples grow, and long strips of ground be tween the wind-blown rje spread with a Joseph's coat of many colors, where there Is clover and the bright blue of French chicory and white marguerite and yellow charlock and thousands of other flowers In this bouquet of June. There are wild roses In the hedge rows and the gardens of ruined towns like Arras, and the Fccnt of the eider bloom Is heavy en the air near the battle lines TANKS BLAZE ROUTE FOR FRENCH VICTORY German Defense Positions on Mery-Belloy Line "Steam Rollered" With the Frrneh Army, June 17. Tanks paved the way for a French victory In the Mer-Belloy wood sector of the Montdldler-Oise front The story of how these traveling land forts de molished German positions as they rolled forward was told at tank headquarters after the fighting In the Bery zone tanks advanced ahead of the Infantrv. firlne a frontal barrage while art llery concentrated up- On the flank nrmltinnn An thn mnnitum aavancca In close formation through " -" ...w..v.u """"" ieunu me aeauiy navoo wrought by tho guns could be seen Heaps of dead were everywhere. The tanks achieved their objective, wiping out nests of machine gun powerful enough to stop any Infantry attack. An officer thus described the fight ing: "As the German positions were unmasked, we silenced their batteries with our heavier guns and mowed down the gunners as they ran to cover. The enemy were gritty, but we were too much for them Our Infantry was then able to advance the next day with a small detachment of tanks In this further advance 200 nrlsoners. Inehiri. ing a battalion commander, were cap - tured. Tho German officer was asl.fl tured. Tho German officer was asked what he thought of the tanks, and he replied: 'They are supermen'" At Belloy the tanks and troops crossed the boche line In less than two hours after they had set out from their positions of departure, despite the fact that The wood was desperately defended The mere appearance of a tank battery was enough to make the enemy evacu ate his positions The stories of the operations reveal that veritable fleets were In use. Tanks moving In tne direction of St. Maur advanced to a point 400 yards from the village while the Infantry con solidated behind them. Americans Repulse Two Heavy Attacks Continued from 1'ate One This virtually annihilated the Ger mans, who were forced to run through It. "We would have driven them clear to the Rhine If It hadn't been for our own barrage," said one doughboy. But It got them." The .Germans carried a number of machine guns on stretchers, but were unable to use them, They were forced . .- u... ..- ... . -. '" i cine " rummy mai mey leil many of their wounded behind them. rianned to Take Frl-onrr Twelve German prisoners said the ob ject of the raid was to take American prisoners They didn't do It. The regiment from which the raiders were picked is reported to have been brought here recently from Plcardy. It Is composed of some of the Kaiser's best troops. A number of the assaulting party carried food for two days. It Is believed from this thac they Intended to hold Xlvray permanently. The Mclntyre sisters Irene and Gladys of Mount Vernon, N. V., were again under fire In tms nttack. Prisoners' reports show that the Ger mans were trained for this attack more than a week. Smoke screens wero used to hide their activities from American observers. Of the German officers among the six prisoners taken one showed fight and was Wounded A 'small party of Ger mans tried to rush our troops, but every one of them was wiped out. While the Btreet fighting was going on two Germans seized a wounded Ameri can and tried to carry him off Lieu tenant Doane Intercepted them and drove off both boches, who dropped the wounded" American In their flight. Captor Become. Captive Another wounded American captured by the Germans was turned over to one boche who led him to the German barbed wire. There the wounded man suddenly drew a pistol and forced the Hun to right about face to the Ameri can lines. The killing and wounding of many French civilians outside of a church in a village behind the lines was the most pathetic Incident of the bombardment. Former CoHtalCrMrff a Suicide WHERE ITALIANS . -'".. '?-' 'fKrtti.eJ ft. ;y. "VifrJ "ji'-',M'fh AUSTRIAN J) V'i''' V I HOu"pyLINE ITALIAN? ( v 0LrEtLoSi X "'Vrrvae capture AA.TRVnAMcc t -sR "WICCNZA)' V Jl 1 FIGHTING T-A VwV &rosriv 7' VENICE V.." ,rr i FOTqwra. &-Hr.r ii ,, gjgi 7 Try &4.wi The map rhows the present theatre of heavicM Hunting in the new drive uliirh the Austrian! have bejuin in Ilnlj, and also the points at whirh the armies of the Allies have forreil the enemv hack from advance positions ALLIES HALT AUSTRIANS' NEW ASSAULTS ON ITALIAN FRONT Continued from Tnce One seems to be a disappointment to the enemy In Its early stages. Battle Unabated Along the 100-mlle front, from the Aslago Plateau among the mountains, to the Adriatic Sea, the battle contln- ues unabated. A succession of dosper ate enemy efforts have broken against the Allied positions. The capture of 10.000 nrisefhers Is claimed by the Vlennna War Olllce, but against this Is a toll of 3000 pris oners taken by the defenders In nddl tlon to terrific losses inflicted on tho attacking forces by the Allied artil lery. On tho British front, near Aslago, east of the Brenta River, u brilliant counterattack has ejected the Aus trlans from all the positions captured Saturday In the first rush when the Austrlana had penetrated two thirds of a mile on a front of a mile and a half. On the French front, between the Brenta and Plave Rivers, the offensive also seems to hav e been checked. Territory Hegalned The Italian War Office nnnounces that all the territory around Mounts Solarola and Asolone (also between the two rivers), which had been lost, has been regained. Enemv troops succeeded In crossing the Plave at three points on the Vene tian Plains near Nervosa, Fngare and Muslle. At no place, however, were thev able to follow up their advantage. Thev weie closely pressed by the Italian troops, and severe losses In flicted. The heaviest fighting Is taking place on the Aslago' Plateau, between the Brenta and Plave Rivers, the western flank of the front Involved. Anticipating the thrust, the Allied guns at many points forestalled the Austrian assaults, breaking the en emy's blows and mowing down the attacking forces with a murderous fire. Opening nf OfTenalre Iteuter's correspondent with the Brit 8n army n Uay describes the opening ' . . ,.- - -ti...... OI Ine oiLensite us luuunn; -The Austrians opened a heavy bom- bardment at 3 o'clock this morning and attacked the British positions on the Aslago Plateau at 7:30 with a division composed of Austro-Qerman and Bos nian troops The enemy objective, ap parently, was to reach a line of hilts about the plateau and Clma dl Fonte, some four kilometers (2 5 miles) behind our front. The enemy reached our front lines, but made very little progress They were repulsed on the right completely, but gained a few hundred yards near the left of our center Our line, following a i-hell-Uke de- pression In which is the town of Aslago, , l Irreeular In outline and thickly wood 1 ed in places Flat as It looks from our nosltlons the country Is full of hidden folds In the ground ana lenas useii easily to attack by small Isolated de tachments. "The morning of the attack was more than usually mist and tho bulk of the enemy troops approached along the line nf a railway running from Asiago to the Utile village of Cesuna, which wollows a marked depression In the ground. In ac cordance with recent German methods the attacking troops were rusnea up aur Ing the night from Val Sugana by mo tor transport. "Heavv as was the preliminary bom- i bardment, gas shells were only sparingly USeu QKainai "" "WWP' ' tho British formed only a part of the Austrian plan " CALLS AUSTRIAN EFFORT "GREATEST OF WAR' Milan, June 17. ThA Austrian effort Is the greatest since the beginning of the war," the Corrlere della sera aecmreu iuuj. t,. nrinxinii nlm Is to break through iha nnin Valley bv overwhelming the Italian defenses In the narrow Frenzel Valley, enabling ine enemy 10 ucuoulii ln(n ValBtairnn . "It Is a resumption of the offensive of 1916 for conquest of the Vlcenza main iwest or Venice; m "i ' ..h i. coma Aimtrlan eommander. ""- - ", .iy ., men nnd 0ener.9Srn,adn,wlnw0mere ""." and (i,j(. mniviiHi ...-.-. - vrA... .,nmr HivlHlnns which reached the Trentlno from the eastern front i.n.a Ran HiGtrthuterl between the Mount Grappa. Aslago plateau and Lagarlna Valley sectors. rh eleventh Austrian army, under General Schonchensmhel, occupied the i JJne from' the Astlco to the Plave iii... .-ho Plave. the great volume -iwd - . ij,n .... i.. of enemy nre seems io inuiumc aii hi ,Aninn ii fnrre. a crossing, probably In the region of Montello and the mid dle Plave. ine AUBiria.no mem .u, prise the army group of General Kerc back, which Includes the arm es of Oen erai wurm uc.- - - AMERICANS SOON ON ITALIAN FRONT Washington, June 17. American troop aid for Italy will be forthcoming soon. With the Austrian offensive under uo, ,1.1a fact rieieloned todav. In line with the pledges of "President Wilson and secretary tiaxer, uimcu q.i . will take their places along with the HfJU.Lllil8.-BH-as Don't suffer with corns W j your drunlit. He will sell you ', A. F. Plena's Corn Plasters, with : a positive monry.Dacic guarantee, i ifitnareris of thousandfl of neoBla i have used them durtnz the past i alitetn years ., pon't experiment 3 with adds, which may burn the ; skin, soil ana injure tna alocn- lnt For SSs you ran buy anoush to treat corna, for lOo tnoush ; to treat 1 eprna. Always packed In a sretn box. .By mall If -mar j PBVemeni iirsei Wtl V,- fit- , HOLD AUSTRIANS Italians and other Allies They will not bo vast In numbers Their purpose Is to how Italy concretely that the United States Is backing her American aviators and forces of other kinds have been In Itnly for some time, but there has not et been anv announcement of the united StateB soldiers in the Italian trenches The Initial stages of the offensive caused no undue alarm todav. The Italian army will turn the new Austrian offensive on the Tlave into a distinct Allied victory. That was the flat prediction today of American armv of ficers, who exhibited the greatest en thusiasm over tho manner In which the Italians have met this latest push by the Invaders The promptness with which the Italians checked the onrush of the Teutons and replied with counter-nttack made a deep Impression here and It was also pointed out that the Initial gains of the Austrlana were, much smaller than In any greut offensive Initiated bv either side since the world war began. The Italian emhassv's first message Indicated that, although the Austrlans rtnrl mnrln amrin tvrncrraca tit a nmint av attacks had developed qutcklv and sat- isiaciorny. ITALIANS AND ALLIES DRIVE OUT ATTACKERS Romp, June 17. There were, RrenpR nf trrent nthnlnam In the chamber of denudes when Gen eral Zupelli announced the success of tho iianan troops nnu tne repulse or the enemy, despite his numerical superiority, on the greater part of tho front. The whole house rose and applauded The text nf the rennrl lmert (litmlnv by the War OfTlce follows: "A great battle has been In progress on our front since yesterday. i ne numDer or prisoners so far counted Is more than 300U, Including eighty-nine officers OUT OWn and the Ailed airmen nre taking a strong part In the battle by bombarding the crossing points on the Plave and by attacklne- the enemv'a massed troops with machine-gun Are jniriy-one enemy airplanes Have been brought down " AUSTRIAN LOSS FIVE TO ONE OF BRITISH London, June 17. "The Austrlans lost five men to our one," the War Office declared today In a report on Italian front operations The enemy used twentv.nlnn riuislnns (348,000) men between the Aslago pla- ieuu anu inti'inve nr tne nrtv.e irnr divisions '("J6.000 men) employed on the wiiuic uniiii? iront. urn urn ainnien have destroyed seven bridges The twenty. mile hnttle rrnnt Ipnm the Aslago plateau to the Plave River Is held jointly by British, French nnd Italian forces The British apparently occupy most of the plateau region, while the French are In the Mount lirapui region to tne eastward Italian troops evidently hold seniors between the plateau and the mountain and between the mountain and the river. ITALIANS ANTICIPATED TEUTONS' OFFENSIVE With the Italian Armies In the Field, June 17. "The situation la highly satisfactory." declared an officer In the British sector of the line under assault by the Aus trlans today. Documents found on pris oners showed the Austrian objectives In cluded three miles behind the British front Despite the fact the Austrlans began their offensive after four days of rain and mist, which rendered aerial obser vation almost Impossible, the Italians learned that enemy artillery had been ordered' to start firing nt 3 a. m. Satur day and a terrific Italian barrage was started at midnight. It was maintained for twenty minutes, and appeared great ly to disorganize the enemv s concentra tions. The Austrlans followed the German tactics of rushing up men In the last hours before the attack. Great cpneen- 15111 mJbarg Hi Are You Tangled dl In Filing U. S. Orders ? The multiplicity of sources of government orders for each department you do business with raises havoc with record keeping. Doing business with Government departments we had to solve this filing problem for our own organization. We offer the solution to any other business who wishes it. v We liad previously solved it for peace conditions; it is now solved on a war basis, The solution is simple, like all Amberg solutions of filing difficulties. We created an index co-ordinated as the Govern ment departments are co-ordinated. This index takes its natural, place in any Amberg file. If you are using another filing method, you can use this index separately. GET AN AMBERG ANALYSIS Amberg Cabinets, wood and steel, are stand ard and the Indexes nt any make of cabinet. Ak about your problem or write for literature. HJmfoerg Pioneers and Originators of 1 Wid.ntr . ,uUMm4 14 Mredli1 vtsk. tratlons of Austrian cannon were made along the front. One Italian army In the Trentlno faced 1000 guns, while 1500 were concentrated between the Astlco and the Brenta, a ten-mile line. Pending details from all points It Is difficult to gauge the results of the at tack, but It Is tlear the Austrlans were less successful than they expected from such an effort. Allied airmen brought down thirty-four airplanes and three balloons since tne drive Degan. PERSHING REPORTS GUYTON'S DEATH WanlilnKton, June 17 Private 5V". J Guvton received the Croix tie Guerre ns the first American to die on German soil General Pershing re ported In his supplemental communique today. 'Guvton, who belonged the American troops operating in the Vosges. was killed bv machine gun fire on the day after his unit entered the line," the statement added. FRENCH BETTER MARNE WEST FRONT POSITIONS l'nrln, June 17 French troons Imnrovcd their position on the western portion nf the Marne I front, the French War Office announced I today German raids In tho vosges were repulsed "Iletween the OIe nnd the Alsne, northwest of Hautebrave. a detail opera tion allowed the French to widen their and a number of machine guns, the , communique said Germar raids failed Wood and the Vo"ges " In Courleres BERLIN ANNOUNCES ACTION NEAR AISNE v llrrlln, June 17. The general headquarters official re port reads: Southwest of Merrls and north of Bethune nrltlsh local attacks during which the enemy penetrnted our fore most lines west of I.ocon, were re pulsed In hand-to-hand fighting There have been small engagements on the battlefield southwest of Noion South of the Alsne increased fight ing nctlvltv continued Strong French attackH at Dommlers were frustrated bv counter-thrusts On the height west of Dommlers a similar attack directed against our line at Vlllers Cotterets wood was repulsed with heavy enemy losses HAIG REPORTS HEAVY GUNFIRE NEAR ALBERT l.ondon, June 17. There was a heavy bombardment northwest of Albert during the night, the British War Office announced today. The text nf the statement follows- "Wo carried out a successrui ram last dl Aslago, alia line utiia vane nil nrenta night east of Arras ana captured a few e BU1 Monte Grappi, tentand In pa prisoners recchl puntl dl fotzare II Plave ed iltct ,eAayaonrn n"gP ndhey neMoXoilTf lol.M -"! dhnon-trat.ve Glvenchy was repulsed i loc ill sul rlmanente del fron e "For a short neriod during the night ' l.a nostra fnntula e quella del con- the eneni artillery heavily bombarded tlngentl AlleatI Intrepldamtnte aprltono our positions northwest of Albert IJlse- na tempeMa dl fuoco dlstruttlvo sos where there was normal activity." tenute da quello dl sbarramento della I noslra nrtlgllerla, aloroamcnto fecero RPITIS11 PBilAJT T IK'FJ V I slrage del nemico nellarea dlfenslva TO BE FOE'S NEW GOAL mtli the llrltlsli Armies In France, June 17, There Is a tell-tale unrest in the salient extending toward Hazebrouck, while along the line southward from Arras portentlous raids occur in rapid succession. i Outnosts engage almost constantly In lively skirmishes and patrols clash in No Man's Land w Ith unusual frequency. Ominous bombardments and barrages break loose at any time of day or night In these sectors. The back areas around Hazebrouck and In the hill country on both Bides of the French-Belgian border are subjected to more or less constant long-distnnce shelling. The Important roads leading back from the front nre under hit as sing lire from both sides I 1 he British front for the last fortv eHght hours has been In a state of grow ing effervescence, which is common prior to serious happenings With the enem's latest drive toward Paris checked he must be expected to stRrt something elsewhere. Being the hub of the wheel he can launch his re serves down any of the spokes Thert fore, It Is not unreasonable to expect a continuation of his tactics of hitting on widely separated sectors In pursuit of his avowed aim to wear down the Allies by having them race around outside the rim of the wheel However, the enemy has not shifted his reserve center much since the be ginning of his ogensive In March The bulk Is still about midway between Xojon and Flanders. FRICTION BETWEEN KAISERS New Austrian OfTenshc Shows Attempt to Foresetall Germany V anlilnslon, June 17 Todav 'a dis patches from Rome nlso Indicate that all Is not serene between Germnny and Austria, and that the offensive Austria has undertaken against Italy is appar ently for the purpose of obtaining some thing from the Italians while Germanv is raiding France This Is borne out in a statement found on Austrian officers captured by the Italians, which sajs: 'The Austrian monarchy Is now em ploying all Its forces and resouices against one common enemy. The entire Italian fiont Is to be attacked. The war In France Is developing Into a movement which will lead to the occupation of a land rich In food and resources For this reason we mult advance against Verona." B o, File and Index Co. Modern Vertical Indexing Building LI T.lMMW.4wMt74- gf&CL " . JEJaBFL teKJBgi L'EROICA RESISTENZA DEI SOLDATI D'lTALIA L'Ouiato Ncmico Arrestato NcirOiTciisiva Contro il Frontc Italiano Roma, 17 cliigno. I'll romiinlrjlo del Mlnlslero della Guerra in Roma, pnlihlU.ito l.i scorsa notte,amitiiizl.i rile p forze niistriarlic lianno ritinninto I loro attarrlil tonlro le trtippp Hull, me, frames! ed hiclesl nello reglonl ill Asl.igo c dl Monto Grappa. Kernel roiiilmtllinriill sono In pro fresso In arll mini I dpi flume Plive. II comtinlrato illte: "Nelle rcgionl dl Aslago e (irappa II neinlto rl.illui en violenteinenlc. I. mien II Plac II neinlco ha tentato ill stablllre tin.i testa ill nontc. Nol iihhlamo tcn.icemeiito reslstlln ed arrrsfafo l'nv versa rlo. Ad t dl .Montello c ad orridcnlc dl Sail Dona' ill Pl.ue si vcrlfhaiio violent! romhaltinienll." Hnmii. 17 glugno l..i grande offenslva austrlaca contrn 1 Italli, Inlzlitasl nlle ore settc ll sa bato mattlna, lontlnu.i n hcnteniirsl con ffrntlfln t lttl.tl1 lllnirn ttittn II fi.,.. ,.Mnrtm. .,,, ,,.. ... ,. . tenaccmento suite llnce dl Aslngo cd lianno completamento ilcatturato In orlgln-ill poslzlonl ill Mnutt AMilone, ad est del flume nrenta e mil Monte Sola rolo Pin' dl tremlli prlglonlerl sono stntl i.itluratl dagll ltnllanl In due puntl II nemico ha forrnta la traversita del Plave nella icglone dl Xervesa, trentntro mlglln d it mare, e s Fagarc-Muslle, a died mlglli dalla cota senza consckulrc nlciin vantagglo Scene dl grande rntusHsmo ono av venute alia Camera del Diputatl quando 11 Generale Xupjielll, Mlnlslro della Guerra, ha nnnunzlato 11 buccisso dellu trlippe Itnllane die son rluscite nil nr reslaro e a replngere II nemico, nono stante la superlorlta' numcrlca dl csxo tin una gran parte del fronte 11 Gene rale Zuppclll dli hlaro' the le truppi italiano lianno (Into un' ultra piova dl sublime erolsmo Keen II testo del (.oniunlcatn ulYlclile pubbllcato, lerl, dal Mlnlbtero della Guerri In lloma: ' Una grande hattaglia e' in progresio al i."tio fronte, dalla ginrunta dl lerl. "Dopo pnp'azlone ill artlgliorln, clio fu eccezlomlmento lntensa, per li vlo lenzi del fuoco e per II numiro del can nonl, II nemico ha InMato li su i nspet tata offenslva lanclando grandl masse dl fanterlu all nttacco clelln nostr, iiosl- zlonl nel settore nrientale dell Villplani) avnnrata. ' Sopra nn fronte dl 150 chllnnietrl. plu' Intensamente attaccato, lo fortl Buy War Savings Stamps Better Furniture for Every Place and Purpose at Lower Cost ii Summer Furniture Tou wilt find cvery .hlntr here la the way of Hummer furnlturv. from Porch Itockerp whiih. by the way, rsngf from il 5 up, to the most elaborate hum trier lUlnsr room auttes .here are beautiful nov elty mites and pieces In reed willow, fibre rush, etc , tlnlihed in blue orange and blue, nor ura, meerschaum baronial and man) of the exquisite pastel col otlni.8 Ihen th-re aie lawn Swings (4 pasn eer. for $6 75 Child's Un Swing for $125. couch Hammocks from S3 7G to S35 OU and Itus tlo HUknr Chad from $2 73 up Altogether, a rilspla that actually must be seen to be appreciated. i Special Prices on Rugs and Carpe Suitable for Home and Office Special, because they represent reductions from our regular nricis and also because our xim lar prices are below the average. This was made possible through ine iaci mat we naa standing contracts wun tne standard makers before tne Heavier p advances. Though the rups we quote are mainl for the hoine, we have quite a number of( terns that are admirablv adapted for office use. Here are a few tvnical values: - ri7ri?i?""T nnnno nn """'"" UWtt 1""" li74 II UUliClUnLlIl Willi Seamless Heavy Velvet, 9x12 $36.50 Seamless Heavy Velvet, 8.3x10.6 34.50 Heavy High-Pile Axminster, 9x12 39.75 Considering the fact are indeed remarkable. We were fortunate, tnwever, in securing a large stock KjMfj refrigerators on contracts placed many monthi ago and are giving our "pfetrcnsrtlst of the lower prices, $18.00 Refrigerators for $15.00 $21.75 Refrigerators for $17.75 $19.25 Refrigerators for $18.00 $20.50 Refrigerators for $18.50 J J.BVao Sciver JrO1 fctore Opens Iallr Cloaca 0aM V(r tUvlns. l BW colonne dl assalto nemlche occuparono, nella loro Inlzlate avanzata, atcune llnee delle poslzlonl nella relone dl Monto Val Bells, neirarca dl Monte Afolone ed alia testa del sallente dl Monte Solarolo. "Alcune truppo rlusclrono a passare sulla rlva destra del Plave nellarea dl N'ervesa e nella reglono Fagarc-Muslle ' Durante II glorno le nostre truppe Inlrlnrono, lungo tutto II fronte attac cato, energlcl contrattacclil cho con succe'so resplnsero In poderosa pres slone del nemico e rlguadagnarono una buona porzlone delle poslzlonl tempo raneamento nbhandonate, od nlcune nelle quail Ifolatl dlstaccsmentl con grande v'alore contlnuavano a rhnanervl a tuttl costl "I.n. lotta non dlmlnulsce dl vlolcnza durante la notte e cnntlnua feroce, ma le nostre tiuppe sono snide stil fronte lungo l'AHlplann dl Aslago, hanno rloccupsto le original! poslzlonl Kiill'As-olone c nel inllente dl Monte Sola rolo, e stretlamente premono la fanterla nemlca che e' rluscita a portarsl sulla rlva destra del Plave ' II nuinero del prlglonlerl e' flnora dl oltro tremlla, compresl 80 ufflclall 1 nostrl avlatorl e quell! AlleatI hanno avuto una grande parte nella hattaglia, bombardando 1 puntl dl traversata del Plave ed nttaccando masso dl truppe nemlrlie con II fuoco dello mltragllatrlcl, 'Trentuno aeroplanl nemlcl sono stall abbattuti ' GERMAN DRIVE BRINGS AMERICANS TO FRONT Blow Regarded as Having Hastened End in Allies' Favor It lid the American Armies In Franee, June 17 Germany hastened the end of the war with ultimate victory for the Allies by Its third blow of the great ofTtnshe, ending at tho Marne This advance caused Americans who had landed only a few weeks before to he thiown Into the battle It changed the Amirlinn force from a potentiality into an Immediate, powerful fighting unit The ftet tint the German press now admits their, are r,00,000 Americans In Trance while (,aslng the nre "useless," Is the strongest Indication that the Ger man high command appreciates the weight America hss placed upon the scales The high romtnand Is attempting to discount to the Gernnn peoplo the Importance of tho Americans When the Genmns came out of the trenches Into the open they plaved Into Aimrlcas hands Open flghMng has been the Aimricins' game slnco the In dian wars Young, green units hurled Into the Marne line without the slightest training 'ate It up" Jn two weeks they have changed from green troops to vet erans Thev have met nnd beaten the best the Gernnns have had to offer If fighting hiil continued In the trenches It would have been weeks, pos siblv months, before the same troops were lit Trench fighting Is an intricate game, the smnlltst mistake may be rostlv- Hut open fighting Is more fitted to the Americans' nature It gives nn open npportunlt) for tho exercise of Initiative Buy BETTER FURNITURE in point of materials and workmanship, design and finish I Lower cost in point of original cash price, and the greater durability and satisfaction it gives! Two other points of intimate interest to every householder and business man, and this little talk is done. First, every piece of furniture sold here bears the name "Van Sciver," a recognized guarantee for over a generation; second, the Van Sciver Store, with its enormous quantity and variety, of merchandise, stands ready to sup ply every requirement in the furniture line at shortest notice, greatest convenience and least expense. Think it overl ' Quartered Oak (60-i'n.) Double Desk. $46.50 Mada ufrorlectad Quartered hltc Oak, with Quartern! Oak Wrltlne Bed m In thick, slif. inches isrr a full fine of offlce furniture d.Wcrs, both wood and metal and ou lll find prUes subslantlalli h low cenersl rjuntallonv mi' iibpcpkt wnmrciic i-rOT Heavy High-Pile Royal Wilton Rucrs, 9x12 , I Royal Wilton Rugs, 8.3x10.6 ,...., nnnnrnnn a mrt .r.v.w . w nrirtuiiUHAruK &rai;iAL,s tbat the market his been and still is $25.00 Refrigerators for $21.50 $26.75 Refrigerators for $22.50 $29.75 Refrigerators for $26.00 $32.00 Refrigerators for $28.50 Manufacturers, Importers and Retailef$ larket Street IFerry, Camtol vvr. J. IdO A, r, M., FINNISH WHITE GW CROSS INTO CARI n ri j nr , -kit,. irvniiuiiy jjciiuiu iuuvHi.,w) o i m- i a msA uoniroi iimncr ana lum. erai source V?i Stockholm, June lT.V Finnish White Guard forcfl hfcVftli; crossed the borders of Russian CareJwr Il wan Ipnrnpfl hora In da v. Thv rs UlPPtlntr with r1ntfrm1neri rAvlntiinr mm Xi H Tlusslan lied Ouarrl troonit vr i nprmlnv t VttrtVt la Katvln tsl wnntq rnntrnl of (Ha rlK (lmhr an.fT S. "w " ""Wll nilnoi-at replntm In Ka npntilnAa 4 fiT" '.: . ., . rWX 'V uriiuiuiiun oi nuBsian DurgeoisiOv; who turned traitors to ssvo their owjit ..-...-, .. ..... ,-., - .i - .,.- r.'. 1'iucvit, ituwcoicii niiiicAuiiuil )V Ul,a. entire Olonels province to Finland, l? iiiuuk I iiitr iiuiiuiiiiifiii ih nurniv nuMiu.d . v Germany, thereupon, utilized the alleged J desire for "srlf-delermlnatlon" for op- JkiU (rating tne same way she has don ut i&f, Baltic provinces and Lithuania. ft"? The French legation In Stockholm hMjyB I ntlhlished a note to the Finnish Onvini. ' H l,li.,lt uivlnir llin AIUad Anan lh. WM-V.V, viiv ...,,.,. ... ...OLD ,ACM Ilia X-,I1 n-W nisn uuvernment 10 retrain irom inter-via ference In tho Husslan provinces. 'iTOsS i.onuon. june n. .., Tho Bolshevlkl foreign minister has informed the German envoy that tr4 German divisions of troops on the east-ijKf ern front suddenly attacked the RuV'wvJ'ji slans In the Valultta-Jarauka district" sS on June 9, said a Husslan wireless dls- V. patch from Moscow today. i ,-t'L.' Austrian Drive Jkaj F rr.. ww .X& is v oriorn, tiopeu ' 4 yw; (oiillnued from Tare One if i home He felt that If he attacked bu-S? eeBfitll.. lie .. nt.t no, iA m li. mX MAC mestlc enemies If he did not he Ina 1 Ji going to lose the support of the AIlleWiAl .i lilel, una all lia hail Anal.ln I. I- m. V ft similar, though perhaps In not quite tiiu bad a situation as was Kerensky. It,"v dissolution threatens Its great allylt, Insistent. The Hohenzollerns must niiV! " nn oncnsive out oi me isapsDurgs. Ke ttle offensive succeeds, then the presnirtvh rf rtk rt at hnmn la ralUrt T I fallta-. -r then the deluge and the HohenzollernJ 5 lWhnliq the irrent dlfTerenre halwMarJ Austria and Russia Is In the nearneM of the liohenzollern Had England an-'; France between neighbors of Russia,, a , Ih.if ,.,lal.t lime. lieM den ,,n lull, i of -3? ::"' i"a '"j,i ." .7 ;.."? "", - man Kiie whh uiiiv iu siiiuu unBupponMU Germany has been keeping Austrla-oX, ncr irrt aiiiiu-ii. eim.u me wair aVMMJtr ' until now tne ooay is Austria's "i tin will Is Germany's That fact ma ke'P up this offensive. If It falls frew1- being a-s disastrous as was tt Kerensky offensive. But up to this pola the parallel noias. An impotent, wiu weary people, threatened with dlssoh tlon. Is being driven to the attack byj will not us own. inat is wnyrta drive may prove more important, ma nearly decisive, than any which Kl denburg has made on the west fronti', War Savings Stamps B-pljr 0H and our Year-RouJ Furniture s It would mm M thouth tha daslfnars hail aurnaased all pra ttoua artistic achlart mtnn this yar. for la all our aspsrlance are haa never aaan such varied collactlon C beautiful dastma befora.; Lit Ins room, llorar, din ing room, oedroom, hall and breakfaat room have all come In for their ahare of attention, and our spacious tk, lerlea are niled -with. rare and charming suites and Piece, ttr. every room ln every kind of home. With so vast an aasortmant tha, price ranie. of course., la almoat unlimited,' and we are prepared ts meat every possible re quirement. T . J ! our early purchases; ecaOM i civtuf wn istf "f'. - iMlliVU d IU W O - Axminster, 8.3x10.6... L li J . . '' a advancing, theM'tw . ; $34.00 RefrigeraUw m $36.50 Refrigerator : $42.00 RefrigeraUw I $47.50 Refrigeimlswa af j . .- iih LsCsi&li
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