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TROOPS RUSHED
ft TO QUELL FOOD
RIOTS IN VIENNA
it Mobs Stone Premier's
House and Plunder
Bakeries
MARTIAL LAW LIKELY
Bread Ration Halved as Hun
gry Nation Clamors Against
Famine
Amsterdam, June 20.
Cavalry regiments have been
rushed to Vienna where extremely
serious bread riots have broken out,
according to advices from German
sources today.
The mobs arc reported to have
'stoned Premier on Scydler's resi
dence and to hare plundered baker-
' its. Establishment of martial law
Is, declared likely.
The burgomaster has declined to
f guarantee a return to order his de
mand for dried vegetables to make
up for the lack of bread having been
' refused by Government officials.
r ' (For lomo time there havo been well
defined reports of unrest, not only In
Vienna but elsewhere throughout Aus
tria, over tho famine conditions and
the general misery etntnllcd by the
war. The present outbreak, however,
seems to be the most serious that lias
yet occurred.)
IJy GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Evening 'Public Ledger
Covurloltt. 19IS. bv Xcw York Ttmcn Co
Amsterdam, June 20.
The subject of economic conditions
, ' la one that is attracting good deal of
"attention In the enemy press fro,m
Vf t Berlin to Sofia, and the composite pic-
'tur$ presented Is one of unmitigated
gloom.
In Germany tho Increase In the
prices of cereals comes Into force at
an-early date. By It, as the Vorwarrts
points" out, thd people's bread will cost
them roughtly ono and one-half cents
irto'ra a pound and the greedy agra-
Jrians of tho empire wiy benefit to the
extent" of $25,000,000. and that at
H timeiwhen, It says scornfully, "tho In-
sufficient rood ana nigh prices of all
6t ino llCLCfinai icct ui .IHJ o vcuillH UI1
'Mt iixsst; iimi uiocuiiicjii iK inoiusion
,l,M.ifFttniit tliA pnllntrv.11
Si .Berlin at the moment !i suffering'
i'Nirotn a total lacK or rruit and vege-
J. tables and that scarcity prevails) In
niany other cities and towns. ,
The' 'Gcrrrtan people, too aro being
warned that It' will ba'Welllto obtain
their winter supply of coal now, for tt)
great scarcity of, fuel is expectcJ
later on.
It should always be remembered
that conditions In Cicrmanv varv
gr.catly with each locality. While Ber-'
ltn lacks fruit and vegetables on their I
tables people living ten miles outside '
the city may havp a superfluity, for
which It is generally organization
which Is at fault.
All Austria .Suffering
If we, turn to Austria the state of
affairs Is quito tllffeient. The whole
countiy is suffering and organization
can do nothing simply because sup
piles aro nonexistent. Kor Instance,
the authorities of tho north Bohemian
town of Scliuckcmau, In a region
populated ''mainly by Germans, took
the extraordinary stepr, of sending a
message to tho German Kaiser, saying
that the town had been for a whole
week without bread and flour, and In
the name of tho Girman population
begged his .Majesty to secure tho dis
patch of foodstuffs 111 order to mako
good tho deficiency, "because In that
vav can a catastrophe be averted."
The Austrian authorities held up
the meago and are calling tho
Schuckemair authorities to book for
this "Inadmissible proceeding." It
shows, however, how hopeless Is tho
food condition in the dual monarchy.
The council In question knew from
bitter-experiences that It was useless
to appeal to their own national au
thorities. The Austrian and Hungarian papers,
Indeed, are filled with reports from all
parts of the country telling of xlmilar
conditions to those prevailing in Schuck-
enau. The Vienna corresponaent of the
Berliner Tageblatt reports that Vienna's
bread Is to be reduced by half. That Is
. a fins piece of'offlcial mockery. For a
f long time the working population of the
i capital have been unable to obtain the
half ration they are entitled to and have
i:l often had to go without.
" In the provinces of Austria some time
t ago the bread ration was reduced to
- that extent officially; but, really, people
l would be glad If It were possible to ob
C tain that amount 6G0 grammes a week
'f xr head.
S The Vienna authorities. Fays tho cor
.'i respondent, endeaored to postpone such
t nctiop as long as possible because tho
3 great majority of workers In the capital
st.are employed on war work.
I ,-, The food minister told the correspond-
., nt that the provincial supplies, and also
N'tuose Jrom ltumama, were exnaustecf.
! Hungarian conditions, lie said, were bau
h. unA tlmrA u,rn rilsttlrhnnpn In truffle
V The oniV consolation the minister
KUcould give was tyiat 'the new harvest
..w.. nnnmaihlnp and ,l,a, ,hn tat n...l
. nio -.ww. ..., .,! ,... .. i.i auu
imeat rations wouia on increased a
ri promise, by the w-ay, often made before,
lut neer carriea out. ,
) From the -minister's statement it
'would appear that Germany Is taking
'.fall the Ukrainian supplies.
h Several papers, too, state that the In
f creased opposition which led to the res
. Ignstlon of Radoslavoff, the Bulgarian
'nremler. has been caused to a great ex.
Vtc'iit by the bad food conditions, wlilln
"reports come from Turkey of general
J discontent and suffering on account of
the all-around food scarcity.
irClolbing Sale Aids War Hospital
f:pVlfty dollars, realized from the pale
fof cast-off clothing of student residents
, of the University of Pennsylvania dor
' mltorles, has been forwarded to the
UnUerslty Base Hospital. Unit No. 20.
In France, of which Dr. Edward Martin
MS cnarse. uuring ine winter 1Ouin
t L-nth 4l. Hnpmltni-v ta il..- n.U.J
D the residents to, give him their cast-
' ctotBiog ior me noepnai qnii'a bene-
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HOY KILLED BY FALL
J. Vincent Scoll, 503 Soulli Fortj-
'ixtli street, who lost his life in a
fall from a bridge at Fift) -first and
Warrington streets
FALL KILLS BOYJNVENTOR
Misstep on Itailioail Bridge Fatal
to .1. Vincent Scott
Work begun by J. A'lncent Scott, thir
teen j cars old, on a mechanical delce
In his home. 50.1 South Forty-sixth
street, yesterday afternoon was tragical
ly ended when the lad fell ilbwn stpps
leading from, a bridge opr the Phila
delphia, Baltimore and Washington Hall
road at Fifty-first street and Warring
ton aenue nnd was killed.
The boy's father, James B. Scott, an
electrical engineer, said the contrhance
Vincent was working on contained many
original Ideas, but the aim of tho boy's
worn Is not Known.
He was leturnlng home from an er
rand when he tripped. The fall to the
bottom fractured his skull.
M'ADOO, ILL, ORDERED TO REST
Physicians Direct Secretary to Go
on Western Ranch
Wnfthlngton, June 20. Secretary Mc
Adoo has been ordered by ph.NMcl.ins to
a ranch In the AVest. Believing his
throat troubla was serious, the doctors
ordered complete rrst, told him he niut
yo to a ranch In the far West and re
main thfro a month or two, perhapi
longer, but at least until his throat Is
Improved.
Ills fi lends looked upon the director's
condition as cause for concern, though
doctors believed one or two months In
the open country with a careful diet
would cure him.
The railroad administration and the
Treasury Department are keeping all
business away from him. His address Is
know n to only a few- friends, and Is not
obtainable for business purposes.
.President WII?on may "suli" for
Secretary McAdoo In personal appeals
before the people during the next Liberty
Loan-campaign,
POLISH SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES
First' Regiment LTnder Own Flag
Is Welcomed by Allies
I'arln, June 20 Tho first Polish regi
ment or the flret Polish division fight
ing under the Polish flag has entered
the front-line trenches opposite the Ger
man? Within the round of cannon and In
the presence of civil and military au
thorities, the regiment received Its bat
tle flag and entered the war on the side
of tho Allies.
"It Is a reply to Germany's contention
that the Polish question is settled," said
General Archlnard, chief ot the rollsh
military mission to France.
MUST DUMP COAL PROMPTLY
Fuel Chief Makes Order to Re
lease Cars
WnhlilnEinn, Juno 20. Coal must he
dumped promptly in order to release f oal
cars for further mov anient, according tu
a notlco serxed today on tho Tidewater
Coal Exchange by tho fuel administration.
The attention of the fuel administra
tion has been called to the practice of
shippers in delaying dumpings In order
to hold the coal for bunkering, mj as to
avail themselves of th extra pilco al
lowed' for foreign bunkering.
The practice is quite apparent at
South Amboy, X. J., "and .1 W, Searles,
ot the Tidewater Coal Kvchange, lias
been directed to make an Investigation ot
the matter,
PROPOSES TAX ON WEAPONS
Sisson Wunts S3 Levy Placed on
Every Revolver
Walilntton, June 20. Prohibitive
taxes on deadly weapons "for private
una" were proposed to the Ways and
Means Committee by Representative SIs
snn, of Mississippi, today, not as a means
of raising revenue, but to check the
spread of crime In the United States.
Sisson urged a flat tax of $5 on each
deadly weapon manufactured, sold or
displayed for sale aiM. Jn addition, a
25 per cent ad valorem tax on the price
at which the manufacturer sel h his
product to the trade. Ho llhted as deadly
weapons pistols, dirkn, bowle knives,
sword canes, stlllettoes and brass
knuckles.
POOL LABOR TO AID SHIPYARDS
Shortage May Cause ..Arbitrary
Seizure of Men in Industries
A labor shortago ui the shipyards
in the east may cause the Emergency
F'ect Corporation to arbitrarily dis
tribute workmen employed In Industrial
plants among the shipyards.
Plans which amount to virtually a
Cooling of labor are netng worked out
y the labor policies board, accord
ing to Howard Coonley, vice president
of the flee: corporation.- In the opinion
of the board, of which Mr, Coonley is a
member, the shipyards should have the
preference In getting labor.
It is posslnie. Mr. CooiUey said, that
the plans will be completed by August.
21 GERMAN WARSHIPS SHUT IN
Can't Lcae Bruges Canal Since
Zccbruggc Was Bottled Up
. London, June 20, As the result of
tne recent British naval operations at
Zeebrugge, tv'enty-one Oerman de
stroyers, a large numhor of submarines
and numerous auxiliary craft are
penned up In the Bruges Canal docks.
Thomas J McN'Rinprj, financial secre
tary of the Admiralty, made announce
ment In the House of Commons to this
effect and said the operations were more
successful than at first had been sup
posed. He added' the German craftier
ONL Y PERIL
NOW IS AT
Austrian Offensive at Other
Maurice Shows Diaz Must Watch
Archduke Joseph
By MAJ. GEN. MAURICE
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger' Iago dl Gaida and Moi;te AdamMlo,
CoHvifoM. tots, bv .Yew Vorfc r..nt To. ' '!'lr'y "m further north. There Is
, , i therefore no doubt tn.it the Austrian1)
London, June -0. Imvp m(ule t)c larKe,t crfolt ot W,ici,
It Is now possible to appreciate with , they nrc capable, nnd that they alined
s-nnie accuiacy the extent of the Aus-.at nothing less than drhlng tho Italian
trlan effort nnd what It has achieved. ?.'mLc!!t f V1 ,,?,n" ofVenetla and
..,., , ,. , , i the capture of Venice and Padua.
Tho attack on June 15 was made by
thice armies ono under Von Wurtn,
on tlmJower
I' in vc; another
under Archduke
Joseph, on tho
Montello sector,
and thp third un
der Von Scheuch
tenstuel. In tho
mountains.
Attempts were
mado to drive
home attacks
across the Plavc
on a front of
seven miles, ex
tending from
Capo Slle, a lit
tle village lmnie
d i a t o 1 y to tho
north of the Vp.
ncttan lagoons, to
Kossaltn, the
axis of attack be
ing along tho
railway to Mos
tre. This effort
has so far yielded tho capture of Capo
Slle, which lies Immediately behind
the Italian fiont line nnd Is sur
rounded by marshes, so that further
progress here should bo a matter of
great difficulty for tho enemy, nnd an
advance along the Mestre Railway to
a maximum depth of three miles on a
front of four miles as far- as the Kos
sulta Canal.
The remaining attack on tho lower
Piave appears to have been made on
a ten-mile front, mainly to th north
of the Trevlso Railway, and has so
far failed almost completly, since tho
Austrlans have only succeeded hero In
establishing two small bridgeheads on
tho right bank of tho river near Can
delu and Maseiada. .
Gain on Eastern Dank
Archduke Joseph's attack against
the Montello seems to hao been made
simultaneously against tho northern
and eastern faces of tho ridge on a
front of about ten miles. The attack
on the northern face failed, but on tho
eastern face the Austrlans have
crossod tho river on a front of six
miles and pushed tholr advance about
two and a half miles forward toward
the main crest, from which thfiy are
still three miles away.
The mountain attack on a front of
twenty miles has failed to leld any.
ippreclablo result whatever.
The total front on which tho attack
wbb actually pushed home was, there
foie, not much less than fifty miles
In extent, nnd In these efforts tha
enemy has engaged about thirty three
division aut of a touIbfkbmo,My
on tho wholo Italian front.
In the Intervals between the main
attacks tho Italian lines were every
where heavily bombarded and numer
ous demonstrations were mado to dis
tract the attention of tho Italian com
mand, some of these extending ns far
to tho west ns the neighborhood of
HOME GUARD MAY
DO POLICE DUTY
Likely lo Patrol Beats Un
less Pay Rise Halts
Resignations
UP TO COUNCILS TODAY
fo many policemen ha.vo quit htelr
Jobs In the lart few dnjs that tho Koine
Dcfenso Guards may have to bo called
In to relieve the shortage, resignations
are being turned in bj the scoro to the
iDcpartment of Public Safety, the police
men Insisting they can't live on the
wages paid them bj the city,
Many city emp.oyes in oilier depart
ments have either quit their Jobs or de
manded more money.
The police situation haq become so
serious that a delegation of huslnefs
men from tho Twenty-eighth Ward called i
on Select Councilman (Julgley and re
quested him to take steps to obtain
better police protection. There are but
six policemen to rover this eptlre ward
at night. It Is absertcd and numerous
other wards aro almost as poorly pro
tected. CoundU May Act Today
Inspectors of the .Rlectrlcal Bureau
and teleohone operatois, It is reported,
will Join the conduit workers, and crew s
of the police and tiro boats i who quit.
work yesterday unless tho cty assures
them an Increase In pay at an early
date. -Store patrolmen who havo been
endeavoring to obtain an advapce in
wages for several weeks also may walk
out.
Much depends on the action taken by
Councils at Its meeting this afternoon.
If an attitude of Indifference Is shown
toward the demands of the employes
It is believed those of other depart
ments will quit. work.
Most of the workers are awaie of
the fact that Councils may grant the
demands for Increased pay by resolu
tion or by transfer of fund. It Is
highly probable, in view of the largo
amount of business on hand, that Coun
cils will call a special session for to
morrow, part of which may be devoted
to discussion of the demands for salary
Increases by the city employes.
Copi to Call on Mayor
A delegation of policemen will call
on Mayor Smith this afternoon and en
deavor to obtain his aid toward obtain
ing additional pay. The men assert that
the present wage scale Is Insufficient
for them to live properly and that they
can .get much higher wages In the ship
yards and other Industrial plants.
Mayor Smith assumed a noncommit
tal attitude when asked If he would
take any steps In the matter today.
"I do not know anything about these
strikes or pa,y troubles," the Major
said, "and I will not discuss the matter
now." ,
Asked about probable rounclhnanla
action in the matter, the Major repljed:
"I ninnnt i-av anything about It. I will
lee the Bollcemen who Intend to call to
iiimifiiB? 'r-i
sKivfiiifl
TO ITAL Y
MONTELLO
Points Has Failed Signally,
in comparison with this ambitious
program the lcstilts achieved are In
significant. The only one of the attacks
on the lower Piave which have made
any material progress, the most south
erly, leads tho Austrlans Info a region
Intersected by marshes and by numer
ous wide canals, which drain the Ve
netian plains Into lngdons. Therp Is.
therefore, little Immediate danger of a
direct advance upon Venice.
Vp to Archduke Joseph
The cnennV gains on Montello nn
the other hand, hold out to him soni"
prospect or development, for this ridge
dominates the Italian llns along the
lower Piave, and If It fell Into the
enemy's hands It might be able to gain
possession of tho wholo line of the river
to the south and rprn up a fresh fiont
of attack upon Trevlso and Venice Thu,
therefore, Is at present a most Inter
estlnv and Important part of the battle
field General Diaz, being relieved from, anx
iety as to hit vital flanks mountains and
now- fully warned of the eneinv's plans,
should have had time and opportunity
to dispose ot his reserves so a to de
feat any further attempt of the enemy
to extend his hold upon Montello. The
succesrs of the Italian higher command
In divining accurately the enemy's In
tention has already contributed greatly
to the severe checks which he has suf
fered, and It is reasonable to expect that
It will continue to do o under the easier
conditions which now prevail.
The Austrlans may be epcctcd to
employ their last available man In an
endeavor to obtain some material re
turn for their heavy losses, and It Is
probable that to Archduke Joseph will
fall the unpleasant task of saving his
countrj's face. .
The Austrian claims In prisoner nnd
guns are high, but In tho past these have
proved tc be exaggerated, and are prob
ably so in this cbfc. The gun- taken
no doubt Include light trench guns and
motors, favorite weapons with tho Ital
ian army, and considerable numbers of
them would naturally be plavd on the
forward flopes of Monlicrllo, which
have fallen Into1 the enernv's hands.
Altogether, Mr. Ronar Law's state
ment In the House of Commons that no
offensive on this scale throughout the
war has at Its Initiation secured so lit
tle success as this is amply Justified.
t'lin't Aid (Ifrmanj
Tile information which vvo have ob
tained frcm this offensive as to the
rtrength of the Austrian forces In Italy,
together with our knowledge of the ex
tent of their commitments In Albania
and on the Rumanian front, and of their
'dwindling resouri.es Jruman-poner jits 1
tiry tne conclusion mat ucrmany win
get no help frcm her allies In RusMa,
If circumstantial reports which have
come to the effect that Htndenburg has
been forced to make further largo calls
on the German troops In Russia In or
der to maintain the strength ot his
armies in tho west aro true.
RAIN MAY HINDER
BLOW AT BRITISH
Bad Weather Now Starting
Likely to Hamper Ger
mans in Flanders
AMERICAN TIDE RISING
Ily PHILIP GIBBS
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
t'ovurloht. 1MK. hu .Vri'j Vorfe rimes Co.
War Correspondents' Headquarters,
.Tunc 20.
It is . mining out here in short
showers and there aro low clouds
which seem to promise a steady rain.
That has military Importance apart
from Hie need of molsturo for the
crops that aro becoming parched after
many weeks of dry and brilliant
weather.
Lait year in Flanders the rain that
Degan in August ana naraiy ceased)
until the end of November created
is for the British
sucn ioui conaiuons ior tne uruisn
trnnns that ranlrt lirncre.ss in ntittrXt
ntieriv Imnnsslhln In .mire nf
... .... j,rs wnoipnuB uuscn nao given i.uuv,-
courago and will power reaching to ' 000 to the German Red Cross during her
thn verv l,eli-tiis nf human ivitnre recent visit to Germany were emphatital
tne er lielgnts or numan nature. ,,y denled by Henry Hawes. her attorney.
That was the British tragedy 'and previous to the departure of the Busch
German luck. I
offensive !n fh J
oV. i, ,.. i,. -i t, t
west tho enemy has again been fa-
vored by the weather. All through
February and March, when the Oer
man armies were massing and mak
ing secret prcparatmna for the as
sault on -our line, the days and nights
were dry and mild, the ground Arm,
the roads good aijd all ondltions fa
vorable for the movement of men and
guns. It lasted like that ever blnqe
with hardly a "break and the splendor
of tho last two months has given tho
enemy all the advantage for his plans
and organization of attack.
Rain Would Favor Allies
Now more than ever rain would be
In the Allies' favor lots of rain
churning up the old mud of Flanders
again, filling up b'ogs and swamps,
brimming over shell craters and clog
ging guns In their pits. During the
next two months, when the Germans
must nake their last effort to break
through the Allied armies on the west,
em front, while they still hold the in
itiative, which will slip from them
before the year is out If they don't
win now, foul weather will help in the
defense and thwart some of their pur
pose. So, hey for mud nnd rain and all the
beastliness ot the Flanders bogs and
all the slime and filth of tha old
Somme battlefields, which ore now tho
assembly grounds and dumping places
and gun positions of the enemy.
May they be as bad as they were,
when the British were kne deep in
them.- 8o does the stress of war make
J one
one wish for winter In summer and
CLOSE IRON RING
ABOUT GERMANY,
DEMAND ON IL S;
Senators Urge vDuty of
America to Send Atmy'to
East Front
NEED JAPAN AS AN ALLY
Necessary lo Use Every Re
source to Beat the Kaiser,
Ts Argument
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Staff Corraronil'-nl Ktenlitff PW'e I.ritQ'r
Washington, June 20.
Congress has opened up the subject
of Russia. Seimtor I.cwis nnd Sen
ator Kail havp made speeches urging
that something be done to aid rtussl.i
and combat Germany In the TIast
That Is only a beginning. Other
moio important and more detailed
speeches will be made soon, urging the
reconstruction of tho east 'front bv the
United States. Tn tho opinion of the
aggreRflve war Senators it is no long
er a question of Intervening In Sibe
ria, but of closing the Iron ring about
Oct many once more.
In the days since President Wilson
declined lo approve sending an armed
force Into Siberia by tho wav of Vladi
vostok a good deal of thinking has
been done nnd out of It has come a
fairly clear program with tegard to
Russia.
Here are the views which arc now-
held and which nre being urged with
a great deal of force upon the Ad
ministration. They have much sup
port In Congress, which Is likely to
taUo the lead In forming public opin
ion upon this subject, as it did In
forming public opinion upon tho sub
1ect ot Russian reorganization.
tllg Army t Needed
The opinion Is first that there is no
I use of entering Russia in a military
way CNcept with a largo force and with
the Intent of fighting Herman;, as hard
upon the eastern front as upon the
western front. A big army must be
sent or none at nil, Kor tlil rcaron
there Is no disposition to criticize the
President for his opposition to Japanese
Intervention In Siberia. There was no
evidence that the Japanese plan con
templated an effective movement against
Germany, hut rather action to conserve
her own interests In Siberia.
Second, the opinion has grown that
the United States must take a leading
part In the reconstruction of the eastern
front. And this Is another rearon why
no one criticizes the President's .mtjt,ude
twardthe-.Iapjnese planr of lnterven
Hon. it Is now perceived that the re
construction of the eastern fiont must
be International In character. And, since
tho United Mates Is the Only ono of tho
western belligerents which has the re
resources and the man power to under
take tho dllHcult task of fenewlng the
war upon Germany In the Hant, the
conclusion Is that the United States
must take thr leading role in what Is
to be done. This country's dlsinterestf d-
ness In Ruropo and Its well-known sym
pathy with Ru-slu, fit ft as no other,
belligerent Is fitted jo win the support of
itussia in ino enori io iree mat country
from German influence and restore her
tenllory lo her.
Japan Jlnut Me An Allj
Japan's part In the enterprise must
be the that of an ally and associate, a
thoroughly trusted ally, but not the
sole medium for the defeat of Ger
many's ambition in the ICast.
It will be seen at once that this view
of thn task ill the Cast Is vastly bigger
and totally different from tho view
taken by the Allies when they urged
approval of a Japaneco expedition, prob
ably small, into Siberia. The advocates
of lighting Germany In the list have
gained In vision as a result of tho delay
which President Wilson Interloped by
his objections to the immediate land-
hig of troops in Slbtna.
All tho signs hero point to the adop
tion by tho Administration In the near
future of the view that the Cast front
should be reconstituted. Reports re
ceived here in Washington Indicate that
public opinion throughout tho country
Is forming In favor of action In Russia.
Congress Is beginning to reflect this pub
lic opinion In Its debates. And that Is
Continued on l'ate Two, Column Two
'DENIES MRS. BUSCH AIDED FOE
a. , Rft !in f Mill
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, p ., -r,i ---..
lull iu vjiuitau xiiu uiura
' .K''.v". Fin.. June 20. Reports that ;
ft'd'ied that Mrs Busch bad
J SIOM ."to M.e 'aME? ed
'Cross, and had bought $1,000,000 wor.th
f ,tt'ch nf hft flrgt two i,bertv ll0nn
Issues. He also stated she had given
$100,000 to the Toung Men's Christian
AFsociatlon and upon her arrival at
Madrid. Spain, had given $1000 dollars
to the Red Cross through Mrs. Roo&evelt,
daughter of American Ambassador Wll
lard. DRAW NEW REGISTRANTS SOON
Youth of 21 Will Get Draft Num
bers About July 1
Washington, June 20. Drawing for
the
tw entv-one-year-old
registrants'
numbers will be held at an early date, It
was announced at the Provost Marshal
Generals otnee today. Tne date, al
though not announced, la understood to
be around July I. The drawing will be
held in the same manner s the original
one with a few slight variations.
Rulings on the "work or fight" regula
tions" are expected to be announced to.
morrow, It was stated at General
Crowder's ofllce.
ATTACK AMERICANS WITH GAS
Germans Deluge Luneville Sector.
Also Use Shrapnel
With the American Army In France.
June 20. The Germans deluged ths
Americans In the Luneville sector with
the heaviest gas attack of the week yes.
terday.
They mixed phosgene and mustard gas
shall with high explosives. At the same
tlmo they pounded portions of the front
.l.l. l..a..f II.U.I'.H .1.A U..L ...
wi(i piiiMjmci. iiunofsii me Muiuuaru-
ment was not followed by an; Infantry
RAIDS AND
. - HINT-DRIVE ON HAIG
'
Gcriuan Infantry and Artillery Activities Same as Pre
ceded LasUBig PicardyFlandcrs
"" Offensive
toudon, Juno 20. I that there was nothing of importance
rtaldlng netiv itles. such n;pic!agod on the rest of the front.
the last German drive (of March 51)' T,,e Be'Kl'ln communication l"""1
i Inst night sav$:
wr,P rcporlcd all along the Plunders ,.Scvcra, of 0r ,,etacllnu,nts efrec.
front and the northern poitlon of tho thely carried out raids on the enemy
Plcardy niei by Field Marshal HalgMlncs In the region of Mcrckem nnd
todav ! Hocsingho nnd brought back about
Some of the raids led to sharp fight
ing, with heavy enemy casualties.
The Increased raiding activities
were accompanied by nn Increase In
artillery firing nlong the southern por
tion of the Flanders front and the
northern part of the Plcardy front.
"Til 111,. Mele-l-ilinl,niirl .f T3rtt-U,-ci
I.en, Givcnchy, Strazcele and Yprcs Governor of Slicnsi Executed
there were a number of raids," the When Tie Attends Conference
statement said "Certain of then led Sprcial Cable tn Et ruing Public Ledger
to sharp fighting witli many enemy j corvrtaht. titn, bi Vno Vorfc rime? Co.
casualties Wc took eighteen prison- rtMn Junr 20.Hu.ch,cn.clmnc,
crs and three machine guns. formerly chief of the Pekln gendarmerie
"A hostile raiding parlj In the ,, latterly Governor of Shensl, Vas
neighborhood of Morlnncourt was dls-i shot at Tlen-Tsln bv command of Hsu
perscd bj artillery and rifle tire Shu-C'hing, nn .iccuunt of his alleged
"Rctweeu the Somme and the Aucre monarchist tendencies and scdltlouj
therp was hostile firing. On both propaganda among the troops,
sides of Albert and in tho l.a Rassco ' u appears that he was invited by
canal sector there was considerable
reclprcal .irtillcrv fighting last
night "
Paris, June 20.
"Uetwcen Montilidler nnd thp OIsc,
and in the Uuis le Cluume legion
French detachments penetrated the
Oerman lines and took twcnt.v prls
., ,. , ... ,-.,
oners, the l-iench War Onkc an -
nounccd today.
-i-i m-ii ....,. .,,.
Tho official statement announces
EXTRA
ITALIANS SPLIT AUSTRIAN
FORCES ON PIAVE RIVER
LONDON, Juuc CO, Italian forcsti aic nov couiilev-aitacl:-iug
at various points alonu the whole Plavc River line, it was
autlioiilativcly learned today. Oi the middle Piave the- Italinjis
hclQ driven forward' to the west bank of the river. cnHttlne- the
TWes.f.k , !..,, 1n rrr I.i iliret i-fW. Pill In
i i outh. Ths enemy detachments on iiic lower Tlavo have
1--V.. '.ashed back until nov they hold cuiy a third cf their
u ylyal adsu:e towaid Venice. The Italians al&o junde furthci
alight sains at Nervosa, in the Slonttllo legion
DISORDER GROWS I
INKIEFFDISRICTj
Inlpivrptrd Dispatch From Worse Than Foe Propa
JWox'ow Tells of Spread ganda, Brotherhood
of Revolution Chiefs Assert
40.000 PMSANTS AKMED
l.onilnn, June 20,
The icvu.uilon vhirli luoke In Kicft
has cpreid to the district of hcrnlgofT
and Poltcvn tr llir n:turd, necording .
to .-in 'it ii' ptc-1 .iliiles- dirpatch re
ceived i" T w nml "l.iyed here
PTl th'inmiiil aimeil peasants In
thM district aic said to be organizing
to resist the CJcrman-controlled Ukra
inian Government.
Artlller hupplies and stores In Kleff
are reported blown up. Street fighting
is under way The civilian population
Is fleeing
EASTERN RUSSIA ASKS
ALLIED INTERVENTION
Special Cable Despatch'
London TimePublic Ledger Senice
Copyright. Ifl, hj Public Lrdurr Co.
Toltio, Juno 20 An appeal through cmplojes engaged In the vital service of
Japan for Immediate Entente Allied transportation Is not to be countenanced
intervention in Siberia ha3 been do- Is shown In circular letters sent out by
cldcd on by the Far Kastern Russian Brptherhood leaders to tho various
Committee for the Salvation of the chairmen and members on the.PennsI
Motherland, The Russians say there! vanla Railroad lines cast, and to Assist-
would be no dlfTlcultv In establishing
an Allied army In Siberia.
They frankly deprecate a purely
Japanese expedition on the ground
of .hat thev term Japan's Imperial
istic and racial antagonism and mem
ories of the Ru&so-Japaiiesc war.
Unless It Is completely supported
by the United States intervention in
Russia by Japan is extremely improb
able at present.
It ia said Great Britain. France and
Italy are actively in favor of interven
tion and seek America's adherence,
fapan reserves the right to act alone
in cine she decides that Japanese in
terests are directly menaced.
London Times-Public Ledger Seqvice
Special Cable Dispatch
Copirisht, 1)1$, bv Public Ltdetr Co.
Toklo, June 15 (delayed), The Stock
Exchange today fell heavily on the
rumor that a special session of the
Diet was to bo held with a view to
Japan taking ull stepp possible to dl
vert German efforts.
Agent Makei 31 Dope Arrests In Week
Colonel VTlll Gray Beach, head of the
narcotic division of the Internal Reve
nue Office, made thlrtyone arrests In
one week. This is the record for ar
rests In any one office of - tUv Mrticular
GUNFIRE
1 twenty prisoners.
"In the last forty-eight hours the
i nrtiller activity has been quite
' fccblo along the whole front. Our
laitlllery has dono some shelling."
ACCEPTS INVITATION; IS SHOT
Rsu-Shu-Chlng to attend a conference
at hraduuarters He compiled and was
summarily executed A mandate Issued
later sanctions this execution. It Is
believed that this w 111 lead to serious
trouble as the Yang-tse-Tuchuns will
certainly object
An Important conference was called
to discus the financial situation in
ined exclusive privileges.
' It If believed that the nomination of
HMi-Shu-Chlng for the presidency Is
, aiceDtable to the north and south. Im-
portance attaches also to the vice presl-
lency and premicrsnip, eitner or which
CXcrclses power.
vul inil II .11- iirii. l.iV f I-rti . N
RAILWAY UNIONS
TO END SLACKING
MAKE PROMISE TO P. R. R.
Brotherhood Heads
Condemn "Slacking"
"Industrial slacking in any of its
fomn Is as great a menace to tho
safety of our country as any pro
German propaganda can possibly
be." H. K. CORE, general chair
man, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Knglnemcn.
I'niflcation of forces for the success
ful handling of traffic on railroads In the
United States, with co-operation of em
ployes and officials so that all may work
together for the Government in the
movement of troops and army supplies
to the seaboard 'is urged by leaders of
the four railroad brotherhoods.
That delinquency. Indifference, care
lessness or "slacking" on the part of
( ant General Manager R, L. O'Donnel.
Action ot the brotherhood leaders was
hastened by numeious reports from vari
ous sources, Including letters from Mr.
O'Ponne, that many railroad employes
were falling in their duty and were
apparently "slacking." The letter in
cluded a long ljyt of names.
As Important aa Trenehta
A result that "would be appalling"
would follow If the boys In the trenches
failed to report promptly or failed to
respond when ordered to do so, as some
railroad men are doing, according to a
letter of William Park, general chair
man of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, who declares the responsibil
ity of the trainmen is even greater than
that of the boys In France.
"The President has placed us all In
the same category with the eoldrers.
Wa are Just as much a part of this
great war machine, our duties are Juat
as great, out,reponslblllty even greater,
for If we Mi, or If we all should o as
a few are kajing fall to reepen wheal
caneq tne result would M iTaaUHM.
Mr. Park's letter y. ,, .WZ
AtKing an local enapayai .m ,f naaaT 1
tne list or name
tain it any of, the. i
are memfcera ef the 1
' y.
DIAZ WINS
'I
-, . -. i ,
GROUND IN
MOUNTAIN!
Italians Holding tlicfe
Enemy on Lower M
Piave Line
t5K
i ,
MORALE LOW M
A TiirYivrri uni?tj
-ru.TXW.L'Hcr J? J JDaife t!
a .. -i cv ii r-i m-
Austrian drains small KAm&$-.
pared With Price
. Paid
ELEMENTS AIDING '
ni.TPivrcir rT? miirv
JVUL'UlliJU JV X'JLAYCtK9
Most
of Invaders'
midgef
Swept Away by
Flood'
TEUTON T.OSSF.S HTtlT
.. law
Rr.llfl-r.rl Pncnnllino i. rff.i'?'
" " ni.a.o V.UWi
sivc Already Amount .-
to isn.onn xsF'l
7
London, June 3oVS&
T-!,,. TlnllnH 1..... -.iL.j . i -.-
x.iu Jmuail! llti: KilinBU DHTI fl
ground In local counter-attacks in tWSral
Minor oi ino jvsiago piaieau, acconuaaf g- j
to the latest report of tho Italian Wwl
Office received here. J&
Hundreds of Austro-Hungarlan
oners were captured, as well as
chine guns.
Fighting, which the official rtfe3
ment termed "lively," is in proffrjte vl
arouna juontclio (on the Plavo Kiv
and along the lower Plavc. VS
vie
Situation, Favorable m,A
The -situation today on the It
front is regarded as distinctly faV
able. The Austrlans havo made'.
gains, but they arc very small. n4;l
all tn nHAnMlnH .m .l..l .-& J..-'
mi ,1. iiuTuiiuu iu uiuir CUDb in ,
trlan lives. In addition, the'' J
War Office reported Uet nkntAl
'inil Lf l. ..- .! -'W-I-IV.--'..
-.w.t ul. Ji (ouui:i n uinvti i-uiB,xiai
has risen to more than 8000, a
indication under the peculiar ar
stances of the low morale of many
the Austrian troops to aujTenderj
mass if ihoy get a good chained.:' vs
The Austrlans have gained gros
along a lino of about three mllea.1
length on tho Montello plateau, "oh
northern battle front, nnd on a front
of about two miles on the west slde' l
tllf Pinvo Rlvpi-. Tlmv nra nn MT,.B
reporting any largo captures of It
ians on the lighting front. In, i
mountain region, except on the-
tello, t,hcy show little dlsposltioni
face the British, French and Itati
guns again, and what gains they i
In the beginning have been
away from them, W3f
... ...... . fas
otrongiy iiciu on mo navTaj
On the Piave, despite repeated?!
tempts to extend their footing on,
west bank, tho Italians have held I
almost entirely to the position''
had gained, except that here and
the defenders have rewon the
lost. gs-$
Tn tlin pnnn nfTlrlAl rennrf Af 1
night announcement is made of i
on the northern part of the Mont.
ridge and also of crossing, thejl
sctta. J&
....... ?3
a dispatci) irom ine iianan mm
in the field says the elements are i
Ing tho Italians. .jFd
Heavy rains in the mountain
havo changed the Tiave from a
glsh stream to a rushing fli
stroylng bridges and cutting; oft4,
11 inn igivco uii v.o ncob cj.ud (
river from their source of supp!
reinforcements.
Foe Trapped on West
British airmen
rUll. UljBbU'J
-.-. s,T..sA
of the fourteen bridges flunr
the Piave by the enemy
carried away. Trapped 09
bapk Austrian detachment;'
Jectcd to almost constant
the Italian artillery an
dropped by Allied alrmesji
avenue of escape. ' f&'
The Austrlans thus caged
an advantage in defeneiv
and are yet too wu.ap
ammunition to warrant aw
sault. There la every pet
ever, 'that .exhaustion of
nltion and food supplies.:
the pounding they :
will eventually lores tHssa
their arms or saoruaes i
desperate ssaulU on'tias
Frantio errorrs-v w
toons so far ha-vs'bMi
the swollen1 currSKt aU
of the Italia arttMwry.
AuMriM
The nemy'a'
the front ln.t
offensive are n
Th heavies
the',brl4W4
tbllh4, o ths
they rerWJi
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