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W0- 0N CASUALTY LIST
f -1
ffievu B fie Associated Prcs
& -hi M aldington, Julv S
wounded severely, 25
jV The 'list toliinvn
Kit i m is vxtion
Conk
CROUCH WALTER t nimdale Krii
l'rlvnlr
ANIKETVICH Ql'iT Hamtramck Mich
n EAST, "nENNIK T veno,l MIm
' MAftE VI.HErtT Fmnklln In
feTILI. t.I.OTD H Wltxiuv Mont
BRIGHT MnVIN O Aucusta Oa
, Bir.i rnou HOIMIS
r Sereejnl
1 CASTIOUOVt OL'IDO -t Taul BraHl
WOOD, KW A., ltlchl.lnd-.
IENCO, CABM1NE Cehtral rtutlanrl
Irlate
CHATHAM KIMGR A Dath M
OILL, M1CHAM. HamtramrK Mich
1 HAIR MERTOV V Ear! la
1Jnl.I.ER EDWARD 1 Mton til
O'UVUOHLIN OI.OROl D Muirl
SrilH.T, AO. II , :i llominl
t
ta
street
ewark, , 4.
SEDER THOIIVS (. Racnrrott Term
TATLOR M H AUenno -. , )jlioti
VAUTRA1N AI.EX E Now url inc
t died or CCID1-T M1 1)1111 K
cLr
Vrlxatvs
ROOTII. .IVMIH II . Montrlilr I
PARKER IURR iiion Mil
HOIMU.I) s .m
j prceant"
CROWE JOHN RnlPlch N (
BTUBBLLI'IEI I 3Tt E lln.nbfrjr Tei
"WHITE, WILLIAM A Houston Trx
Corporals
k AISLIIfi5UN 1-I(11 rtvuuri Mas"
BRANTLET
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teuraeiow n
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nUNCAN' JOSEPH Old Orrhird Me
KTZVVILSON JMES E New London
N H
AJWEL i VVIL-- It i lulln.illi- O
STEVEN'S JOS.EPH It llcrrv S V
Private
BARTIt.TT, VV ll.I IV, 00.! Inlrvien treet.
, 1'ottsTlIle. l'a.
COMBS. THEODORE Hamilton o
FRENI, SANTO Eaet Unit m Ma
HAYS JESSE E Hansford Tex
HES.KETT. CLARENCE M J enter No,
Dak
HOLIFJELD OEOHOE T Rrockpnrt I I
HOLSAPrLE. IRA T 01en.11 Mont
KHOURY CHARLES TorrlnBton i win
KRECH, FREI- Portace Wl
McORAW. WILLI UI T Ion Vnaelrs Lai
TAONE. RAPHAEL Middleman I nnn
PL'RH, VV ll.I IV VI J, 110 south Irvln ne-
nae. Neratitan. Va
I' 'Iv"? The army casualty lit today con
fe&Ulned fifty names divided a follows
E$tji Killed In action, G, died nf vvounc"3
' 4it? died ' accident and other ciusei
itri , JtOSE, FKXNKI.IN V.. (olts,lle. Pi
hft r ETILLITANO JOSEPH Hoeihlll Vtaej
IBS' "k" SsTfER. VINCEVT IUv cm vii h
TOLLESOV, JOHN- V. aIroi VrU
4 TOTVNSEND KDVVAItlJ Oanvlll
Via
-" AVRAY. I.AIRD A srf att P vVaeh
' -TOtTvO, ADOI.ril I... 1033 Iteno street,
" Philadelphia.
' ii?TOtING. FREDERICK Jl Elmhurat N T
"l TBISONtRS PRI IOI s. K VUKli D
MIINO
, t nrporals
. E1JITTY FRLD VV , New Haven Conn
- DtilOX FRANKLIN" J nrookllne V!as
8ABATINI JOEI'H IlrooTctMi N V
l,u,:!fr
' h. ifc.VAVIAR V, JOSLPH VI N linen
, Conn
' Trliates
RER.VARD I hON Hopkinton Ma
BRIOHTMA.N RICH VRU A. Fall liner
Mao
1 CLARK KDVV RI lollmsvllo Conn
trCOLEMAV JAVIt.si F Ni- Hen Conn
nt ,,COI,LINCS, HERIIERT Vorwa.k Conn
"DOL.KN. HAROLD K Nrw Hiven c onn
, ETJ.IOTT NORVIAN C Webster Ml"
OEBi NEWMAN S I (rlbQU Me
iOLDRICK IWIFS c N Haien Conn
K KENN'BY xntARLE U East Rock Road
"NorwaUs,. conn
JL.UFIvIN HARRV VI rrovidj-nee R I
LYNCH HERN Villi I rirookln N V
McCARTIN lOHN r New Haven, conn
OiJON" CPWARI V Bristol conn
V ''MTOCHE1 I I JVVH F I'awlu ket R 1
I ivRItDLE OLARENi B H llristnl Conn
TIEilAN CrfARI ISLF Uiton K
B) the United Prest
Oltann, Onl , Jul) 8
R. U Smith, Paterson N. I was listed
as vvpunded in toda s Canadian casualty
- list..
HILL 204 CAPTORS TREED FOE
-
2 lankees Climbed Into Brandies
anil Dislodged Skulkers
liy the Imited Press
Willi the VmerlcaiiH 1111 the Marne,
r July 8 American trocps aided th
Fremh 'n clearing Hill 2m which
as dominates 1 hateau-TlueiiJ fi m the
' west
The Americans were swimming and
plaing baseball when the French com
mander was notified to tak a Tew of
them on the attack Several entire com
1 , panles volunteered and soium were
i selected from each
The aitaclei ig force fought in a vvcod
and on the side of the hill for three
hours It was largel) hand-to-hand
work home of the boches had el nibed
trees to escape the barrage and had
pulled machine guns up with them With
these thej poured a heav tire Into the
,Franco-Amertcans, who used rifles and
grenades In bringing them down.
An American serreanf vvm hnel ev.
hausted his grenades against a borne
machine-gunner In a tree threw down
his rifle, climbed the tree stuck the German-
-with bis detached bajonet and
pitched the bod) down
tu;;CONSIDER BALLIN,
k run quid iv1 a ivt crtD
Ikuehlmann's job
ltuitr tt i- 1 t 1
fetA- aiser, Iteming ana LUCleildoril
Discuss Making Business Man
Foreign Secretary
V
Si Amlrdm, July 8. By T -n; s The
6' C lTTnma- ei.Bnm,llAi, .An irartllln. nn
ftf '' " ' "" s... , c.vlllfe MI1U
, 3T H General -von LudendorT have held a con-
J jtrence-at tlerman headquarters, where
advisability of appointing Albert
to the post of foreign secretary.
Whn succession to Doctor von Kuehlmann
I" ? . . . ..
- - " '-- .-,.. vs,.s.k-.
vvas discussed, accordins to Information
,rcelv'ed here today
''iJk
" ?T e0' I"! !Vf, JICI.1 (Jdlllll 1,0a licmu
.--..- .V.- . .. If... tl.llln .n. V..oa
ir.ot
the. Hamburs-Aitlerlcan Line, and
'he has played a prominent, part
i' j;itulldlpif up German shipping interests
ftetHaMr, Is understood to be one of a
t. faction 6t Germans vVho desire an early
conclusion of the warJn ordtf that ,Ger-
'niany' may rebuild her foreign trade. A
,fTtat deal of dlssatlifac-llpn aver the
prMtjn foreign policy has been express.
lately by eommerclaJ interests, which
,tuii urged various reforms. Ballin visws
thewarJiuMtion from the business nan's
fcUWiMBK.,,
Anzac8 Gain Ground
on Pic'ardy Front
Contlnnul from Tare One
north of Chalons and the neighbor
hood of Amleni.
From the best Information obtain
nble. It appears tint tho Germans
during the coming offenshe will hae
between thirty and forty divisions
(300 000 to 400,000 men) capable of
partlclpitlnc In tho attack
The American forces tonight are
restlnp on their aims, awaltlnp the
enemv offensive, and If It happens!
mat tne enemy starts ugainsi me
positions held bv the Americans,
Wlliuil VKClllt idiiiiri nrvcij uic iiticn- ,
can troops will give a sood anount of
themselves. i
While awaiting for the coming
storm the Americans are discussing
the exploit of a lv-idful of comrades
from n ret tain unit who participated
with the Trench In operations at Hill
?04 vesteid.iv Thev were invited to
l watch the attack and, If the ctred to
to Join in It Many moie volunteeied
, than could be accommodited.
The American aviators In the Cha
iteiu Thlerrj sector engaged In ev
! eral fights today and two enemy
pUnes were shot down
cL.-izl U. S.-FRENCH
'' ATT4CKS REPELLED
Uirliii, lulv S Attatks In slicing
foice bv Amiilcans and 1'rench we-t
'of Chateati-Thlen arn teported in
the official communication fiom licad
nuntters Sundav Bitter hind to-hind
tlghtlng continued during the dav and
nlsht The Gorman commmd declares
tlie Httacks broke down with hcavj
losses
ARTILLERY INCREASES
Oi L'.S.LORRAIELIiE
. VV ttii the Vmerlrnn Vnn in I rnnce,
Jul S (Bv 1 N 1
I There Ins heen Rti liirien n thn
'artillen nitivltv on the Anvt nn ec
tor of tlie I orralne front V Cerium
airpltne fell oi, the T uol front
Two New "vot n(tni Heiuv lolin
on .mil Fioliert Holilni-'i win distin
guished thernselvps m mc tune igo in
i tight igalnst (lermiin 'n the rgonne
. I'orest when both were tiled for
'decorations hive now received their
French AWir irop-e
The men were Inldlnc n outpost
hn it vv.i" att.Kked B the ue rr
theii rltU-s ind hnnd gren ide the
negroe diove the bodies off Ilohln
son was wounded In the melee Johnson
nrrled hl rompinlon baik to i dugout
"ii his Imi k ind then letuined to the
Tot which he held agiin-t auithcr
"iciman .ut.uk althrugh wounded
PERSHING REIIEITS
V. S. IV A R ACTIVITIES
B thr .issonatcil Proi
VV nshlngtnn, lUiV S
c.fneral PerHhings communique for
sundav reporting a Miccissful riid
in the osges in which looses in killed
wounded ind prisoners pr Inflicted
upon the rneinv vui the di.v passed
uuletlv at other points held bv merl
c vn The text was as follows
'Headquarters merican i:pedltion
.uv Fcrces .lulv . Ills
Section V In the osges ne made
i succes'ul nfd killing and wounding
.i iiuiiiuer oi me enein atio taking sev
eral prisoners The dav passed quietlj i
at other points occupied bj- our troops
sclion H In the fhateau-Thlerrv
legion betwe-n lulj 4 and 5 the rifle and
machine" gun duel on the right of our
line continued Most of the Oilman Are
came as befoie from Hill Vo lot anil
'he Hols nouie-cches .Machine guns were
in operation against Bouresches The
enemv 's artlllers Are v,a3 dlstinctlv ,
lighter V much smiller number of his
ehells fell on the right of our advanced
Positions than during the preceding dnjs
although this pirt of our lines lemained I
the principal objective
It wis also not ihle tint most of the
hells whip of smill and medium calibre
and that the prnpottlon of gas shells hid
diminished On the other hind the
(letman anilines ippeirecl In greater
numbers and larger formations, a Hum
ber of groups of from five to eight air
olanta being observed
"In the enemv s teai the abnor
tnal -roop movemenis which followed
our attack oi Vau seemed to have
decreised The cncii' is busil en
gaged creating inieiiine-ciio iinilac
' i -i i and coa , -tic t'ng , i r wor.
Tl i a was evidence jolntl-i- ti the d -suu
tion of s .Tinhei aiiinmnit on
dump Severil paper balloon a contain
ing copies of the Gizette des Ar
dennes fell In oar '1 es 'ienc i p ,
tin s consisting of an nflicei and t ei i
t'-lve inenj opei-t rg south of 'lo (
kll'ed one of the engine and aptured
lv " others nl, -1 e being 'ouiif' in
i' holes One il cur battall n p m -tiat.
n the Genu mi I i"s lm tt ,n
chluc-gun wim1 i-iiiu m, ail i n i, d
afc group of th" tnein ni lulv
at the machine i.i i position 'VI it his
apcifoac h
In the Marne sector held tiv our
troops Julv 3 and 4 were quiet The
enem p artlllerv fire ai much lcs than
qur and wis of a barisslng and de
structive niture Much of the enemv ma
chine gun and fl fire was In leplj to
our fin Theie was a further decrease
In the enem h aerial actlvltv The
movement of tri ops In the Germin rear
areas continues abnormal The flares
and signals behind the (lernnn lines
hive sllghtlv inci eased From explo
slons and fire observed In his rear areas
at points on w-hich we were firing at the
time It Is believed that we struck at
least two ammunition dumps and ignited,
a fire which burned fir teveral hours
In Plcardv from Julv 3 to Jul 4 toe
main event wan the capture of prnoners
and a machine gun bv a partv of our
men From the statements of prism 3
It was learned that the Germin were
told to be on the alert since the Vm r
icana were likelj to attempt some opera
tion on Independence Da Our partv
started In three groups, suppoiteo bv
a box barrage The Gernntis offered
strong resistance, but were overpow
ered Besides suffering heav losses
in killed and wounded thev Uft tnree
prisoners In our hands
The German artlllerv ohowed onlj
average activlt There were concen
tra ons pear Oantlgnj ind Gnv-sncs
with ittempts b the mum to place
Interdiction fire on oui r ,ads aionud
ille.s-TournelJe ant! Tiroves There
were also attempts at adjustment of
the northern part of our advanced po
sitions There was no reallj heavy
fire at anv point Veri few German
balloons or planes were In
operation
n, unrmri
In the German areas a Are occurred
at Mesnll St. Georges and a heavi ex-
piosion oeiween raTerones ana meiray
during the night '
INCREASE UA FIGHTING FORCE
."00,000 Will Be Ready for Battle
Duty August 1
By the Lniled Press
l .kin.,.- ll fi I . ..n.v.
' lesi fi nLi V.r fin.u , h ' -",.
. ivoa wi;iiv;ibi rriDiuiik. itu. iiaie more
I ,han hal' a million men under his direct
command on the western front ready
wool,.., rnnn, PAoa.,
for the fighting line, according to In
formation received by members of the
Senate Military Affairs Committee to -
dav
The .51.000 Americans now In the
1 I flehtlnr linn urcnrillnr in r-......i
I """', ".. "Iol" l "??'
, ........ ...... .. ...., uuca nui illtlUUD
lllj A nioFCn nta hHvad. xvltl. b. . T,.tC
' -.j i..n.u t. .jji.i.. . ..
unu riciii.ii ii nuuHiwii tu inese, an
the troops sent over during June are
still In training. There are nearly 300,.
nou or these wno, Dy the first of August,
will be ready foe battle duty.
DrppJ Case Against Hotel
Lack ef evidence to shoV that the
Regent Hotel, G21 Arch street, vvas a dls
cprred to annoy or disturb the neighbors
orderly house In which disturbances oc
prompted Judge Gorman, sitting today
a the uuntcipai court-vto drop tne case
asainat tho ProprietorjfvMeyer Schaplrc.v4, encmy'anttrtck jd.vte Marrijepj, and
WHERE GERMANS
, r- utucZr
( HEAVY "
we MtKAS
I
CS j i itr pit,
'"ffiHttZZ V. AUSTRALIANS
VV.a5H ADVANCE
ir 6yL yiJiT itu viS sa
ART1LLERYING IS ACTIVE
UPON ALL WAR FRONTS
Bv the ioemted Prca
The Australians again have made a successful foiwanl pluiiM1 m the
vomme --ertor northeist of Amiens whetc, with some Ameinan lielp the
( irrled out their luilllint optrttinn of last week
The isKtesiU- uf the ground gained lecentlv In tills .ilea has been
considerable and the new pi ogress made has nppareutlv effected a eon
Icleiable movement in t lie 15titisli position along a ftont nf well towaui
two mile cm lintli sides of the Itlvor Somme
While the Hiltish aio thus foitlfving themselves against the ospec ted
renew il of the Germ in offensive- in one of the vectois wliere it Is cou
sideted ciute likelv lo he liuiichcd. the Kienoli are finding themselves
snmcvvhdt nctiveh enigd in an attlllerv duel on the wcsterlv side of
lh" M u ne s ilient
With the help of thr Vmciii in noithwcst of fliateau-Thiei I v . the
Mhecl line as i whole on this fiont his been improved In anticipation of
inothel iiicmv offensive
The I'rench nc replving pe nllv to the Gel man bombntdment, which
is mukel in tne sW.01 defending the illeift-Cottriets forest This ex
tensive wooded ire i offers one of the most impoitant obstacles to a re
newed Geitn.m advance should it be attempted in this teglon
Other iitiberj ictions nie teported southward along the fiont to the
Mirne in Minders in l.oiralne and in Italv
Theie Is tension nil along t lie wet front in expectation nf the Germans
hi caking loose at anj moment with their new diive.
GERMANY'S LOSS IN
IS CLEARLY
Continued from rise One
and mac hinder his plans tor imme
diate operitions
Vs foi the three divisions from
which the Austialnns and their
Ametican comrades captured 1500
prlsoneis nothing more can be heard
fiom them foi some timo to come
until thev hive tefltted with new
drafts Theii looses vseic verv heavv
Thev were at the meicv of the Ivritish
tanks arid the Infmtrv which bioke
down tlielt defense vvnerever thev
fought lather thin maice signs of sut-
1 endet
a .
The tanks were Vhtouishlng in tlieit
tnetliods of mineuvei a"d aroused the
wild enthusiasm of the Atistnlians
man of whom pel haps hid been a
little piejudiced igainst these land
shins nftei thpli final Intc nitiirflon
Thev Hdvnnted in the half light of
dawn without del n mid moved with
skill nnd judgment -to ans point wheie
the infantiy needed their help
The ridlmiv rink rf Germin Fol
dlers sunendered lielp eislv wherever
the tanks rriwled irouud them with a
sweep of fire from their flank" but there
were Bnme machine-gun nest where the
Germin teims used their veapons with
their uual courage and eleadlv resolu
tion It was igilnst them that the
tanks weie upremelv useful in saving
.he lives of the assaulting troops ind de
strovlng thee trcng points
In one iae thei trampled down six
machine gun In action and elsewhere
one tank ran over three miehlne guns
'
ana t.in, - f.i, ..in .in,. 1 1 1 rt.a
and made stmlcrht for it nri crushed It
Into the earth with its gunners At in
other point a tank destrojed the teams
of live he-ivv machine guns and took the
weapons in'lde as valuable trophies
The tink- hid their most startling
adventuie tint morning when one of
them steered for .1 mound of earth which
the tank pilot shrew dlj suspected was
the hiding p'ace of a machine gun nest
although ill was quiet there The big
engine moved around the hillock when
suchienlv out nf a concealed trench on
the other side fort men ran In a panic
with hands up in token of surrender
One machine gun nearbv opened fire but
the tink swerved and smashed It under
its vast weight of metil
The Vustrallin sc ldiers sav fnnklv
tint thev could not have advinced with
invthlng like the same ease If It bad
not heen for this help and theli enthu
siasm is aroused to such a pitch that
some of them think the end of the war Is
In sight If the tanks nre used like this
because they give continual possibilities I
of surprise It Is a return to the old
enthusiasm which greeted the first ap
pearance of the tanks In September
1916 revived after occasional disappoint-1
ments owing to the foul ground of some
of the battlefields I
fter their quick success on lulv t 1
the tanks ciulsed arouna tne capiurea
irrnnnrl
which
the Australians were
r,,!uimr rearJv for defense against any
counter-attack and the pilots came out'Ldward III strode one da), with his
of their manholes for n little fresh air crown on his head his sword at Ills
h Jai.rt the Infantrv If theie was anv- side, his gilded spurs on his heels be-
thing the) wanted In the wa) of help
Th.,. a. little more to do just then,
as the field of battle was quiet and the
id the
prisoners were being marshaled unaer
.srnrt: "but the Australians said there
, n, some sniping from a wheitfleld, and
' ..... . .. .., ..1.1 ...
the) suggested mat a laim snuuiu iuui
out the sharpshooters
Tank Koutu Snipers
"Hlght, oh me " said one of the pilots
and maneuvering his enn'ne to get
afield of the fire on the spot pointed out
gent some small shells Into the wqeaj
Instantly a number of Germans jumped
nut and fell under the sprav of machine.
run bullets which the tank poured Into
the standing crop One group of tanks
1- C.IUiaiI t have rntillired thlrtv mil.
.. I' u,,ct . .
chine guns and caused tne surrenoer o.
-u" men
When
vvnen ine nBniiuK lacms r-euiucu n
- , their assembly place after the battle by
far the greater number of them were
1 ready to go Into action again without
Inm. renal or resnlte. after some forty-
., ' hnur nf heavv and exciting work
I This success of the Australians must
not blind us to the truth of the general
.. .it. inn viM 1, rrmimi n rhamred bv
cin.i-. --- --- ,-
that local victory The enemy is still
I hole ing a po 'erful armv afilnst he
British front, with all preparations com
plete for a violent otTenslve on a Dig
scale, and, whatever may be tho mean
ing of his delay, the menace Is still there
and must not be underestimated When
it mmej. unless some mysterious Influ
ence of vvhich I know nothing averts
froin this Dart of the front. It will come
with powers of civil at any rate approach'
Ins (host let loose at eacn stage ot.ine
i'Jht
MAY STRIKE NEXT
Heavy artillery (ire has been opened
liy llie Germans at the feveral
points Intlirated in the map by ar
row, which may herald the open
ing of the next phae of their
offensivr at any or all of thee
placet. The chief points of the
bombardment are the fifteen-mile
front from the Marne lo Yillers
Concrete, and at Bethune, in the
Flanders salient. At Hainel, on the
Somme, the Australians have bril
liantly repulsed the enemv
UCAVY
AHTIt-uEAr
STRIKING FORCE
SHOWN AT HAMEL
British irmv will he faced with n fierv
oideal Dv good fortune thev hive had
time to strengthen tn'ir defenses and
build uo their havonet strength. 10 that
the peril is les than It was two months
ago
lleinwhiie the front is .1 whole Is
falrlj quiet except for fieice bombard- '
ments of villages close to the lines, like
Hinges and the mining hamlets In Its
neighborhood and the intermittent shell
Ing of hatterv positions and a harassing
fire on the hack areas Even that has
slackened off below normal in eome parts
of the line
Quiet In Amiens nnd Arrna
For some davs now the enemv has
sent onlv- a few odd sheila into Amlen"
as though satisfied with the damage he
has done there and In Arras It was veiv
quiet wnen 1 walked through Its Ue-
' vertea
ftieets Saturday ind the old
spots around I. ens foi a brief
Plague
pei iod weie no longer under fire
To me and to nun) of us there Is
something that stirs one deeplv nt the
sight nf 111iens From the fields all
aiound that counlrv noitli and south of
the Somme where the Australi ins are
fighting the CUhedt tl Is s, en with Its
high thin spiie vigtle as i shadow In 1
the i-kv but splendid In the Imiginitlon
of inj "ho have ever w liked up lis
greal nave and seen the glorv of its I
sculpture
llverv few hundred vards of giound 1
gained by the Australians, Kngllsh or
Ametican ttoops above the valle of the
Somme mikes for the greater rafetv
or tint old citv which nianj nf our men
ll.n.. . . - , . . . . ...
'" mine w hnow unu aumire 111 tms
i " ."" . hc 'use of l,s oauty and the good
life that was once there: but It is Btlll
under the fire of German guns when
ever thev like to turn them on it, and It
Is w Ith a kind of abominable apprehen
sion that one wonders each daj whether
, th(. ratnedraI ins beell
hit In a new
place and vvheiher it will go trie wa of
nneims and Arras and the Cloth Hall
at "V. nres and the Se Otientln Cntlieilral
and those nohle places which have been
ruined bejond lepalr In this war.
It Is to the credit of he enemv that
so lai ne nas restialneel ills gunners
from making a target of AmlenH
Cathedral A few shells have pierced
It but so far no Irreparable damage has
been done and vestei'as when I
walked up Its nave aglin, joking up to
tho celestorv and the high nches which
lift one s soul a little further from earth.
I could find no worse thing than I had
seen the last time I was there some of
Its pieclous windows had been removed
after othei s had been bioken b) shell
splinters Some of the statues hail been
taken down from their pedestals, and
sandbag barriers had been built between
the chapels and the plctutes had been
carried awav to safet so that In this
vast loneliness of the Cathedral there
was a tragic look of abandonment
Holds Spirit of I ranee
Hut it still holds all the spirit of
France and a thousand memories of
iKngllsh history are bouid up with those
of 1-iance Beneath those ver arches
fore claiming the kingdom of France
and began the One Hundred Years' War
Henry V leaned against one? of the very
pillars when he whispered Into the ear
or Dame Katherln who was his queen
Poor Amiens has been sadly stricken,
but it Is still a world away from such '
ruin as that of Arras, where I heard the
coring at pigeons through the noise of
gunfire where they mated above the
broken pillars of cathedral ruins, which
have no roof but the sky, and where
wild flowers grow amid the fallen ma-i-cnry
of the Hotel de Vtlle and through
the crevices of the old Spanish houses
which have been smashed and burned
these three )ears past
It Is astonishing how nature takes
1 nnssesslnii nt the rllln thai uae m9lrs
.'.... '.. .. .-..
i and nideB its ugliness beneath a riot of
I color A year ago the long range of
Vimy Ridge was all bare where It had i
been torn up by shell fire, and not a
blade of grass grew on Its slopes. Now
it Is all aflame with scarlet popples, I
mingled with clumps of cornflowers, i
bluer than a pollus coat, and flowers
that were In Shakespeare's Ungland and
In the France of the Troubadours, who
wove them Into garlands of song So It
Is along all the British trench system,
and the men go up to the fighting line
through waves of color, and outside the
dugouts are wild gardens rich In scent.
At Souchei. where the town haa been
wiped clean off the map, there are rosea
blooming wher,a once there were cottage
gardens, and It 1s only the new shr.ll-
It holes made by the German gunners
Searching fcf batteries pj theii "Vong Up
to the line vvhich clear away tho tangled
growth and cut down, the plan now
Moow!nnriU$U4ttI$n2!l ."
ITALIANS GAIN
ON TWO FRONTS
Win Ground in Col Caprilc
and Monte Grappa
Sectors
OPERATION !N ALBANIA
GerinaritChicfs Directing Of-1
fcnsive Teutons Concen
trating Troops
R the Associated Trcn
. Rome, Julv 8
Italian troops veMtrdav advanced
their front line In the legion of Col
ICaprlle, the Italian War OtTlce announced
today Tn the Monte Grappa region tho
Italians gained further ground north
ward of Mnsslk on S'aturdav i:ieht
I cneni airplanes were destroved es
, terdaj In air battles,
Tho text reads
1 ' In the Lagarina Valle and the Vai
( larsa there was more frequent harassing
artlllerv firing vestetdav To the nofth
1 or Monte Dl Val Bella our patrols, after
I a brink struggle, drove back enemy
teconnolterlng elements
"On Monte Grappa on Saturday we
.gained ground north of MaBlk, taking
lifts -one prisoners and capturing two
machine guns and a flame projector
"Yesterday In the region of Col
t aprlle we extended our advanced occu-
patlon,
j ' l.lglit hostile midlines were brought
j down, In nlr fighting "
11 man ana Krencli troops in Mbania
on lulv 6 began an opeiatlon betweeni
the ccist and the Tomorlca Valiej, the
Italian War Office also announced The
opeiatlon still Is In full and satlsfactorv
development, the statement adds More
than 11 thousand prisoners so far have
heen taken bv the Kntente allied forces
ty the United Prei
"lib the Italian Armies In Hie Field,
Julv S
The latest Italian vlctorv pushed the
lAustiians back four miles farthei from
Venice as the tesult of one of the most
stubbornlv fought acticns In the war In
the wet triangle of dikes and mud-filled
canals on the lower Plive
The Austrian had stronglv fortified
everj house, mill and Infrequent drv
spot in this region Italian artlllerj
mitetlailv aided in the vlctorv bv pre
venting the enemv bringing up food
from the mainland
Paris Julv S
General I-udendorff visited Austrian
heidqunteis In the Trentlno lo hasten
I prepiratlons for resumption of the
1 offensive on the Itnl'au front accord
, Ing to advices from Swiss sources todiv
j Kc e nfoi cements are said tr be concen
tr.itlng lr the Innsbruck and Trentlno
I rtg 01 s The Swiss frontier has been
closed
RIGHT BANK OF NEW
PIAVE CLEAR OF FOE
VVnlilntnn. Julv 8 (Bv I N- S )
in the laiwer plave ifter successive
svstenntlc ittacks carried out in the
face of the most stubborn resistance on
the part of the Austrlans Italian troops
have cleired completclv the right bank
ol the ljew Piave. said an official dis
patch lo the II ill in cmlnssv todav
The whole delti of the river, extend
ing ftflv miles which had been In the
possession of the enemv since last No
vember, has been leconquered b) the
It illan troops the dispatch added Sev
,i.l hundred prisoners weu brought in
dm ng the ac tion
e,u Monte Grappi Italian infantrv
delivered 1 surprise attack on a well
fot titled summit, driving off the etiemv
and beating back counter-attacks On
tlie slego plateau hiench troops, bv
a lurpilsi attack ciptured seventy
ptisoners nnd two machine guns aftei
violent fighting Two hostile planes weie
shot down during the engagement
No Separate Trial
for "Ike" Deutsch
t niitlnueil from Pace One
Grav s argument that there was no doubt
that there was some advantage In a
separate trial
on't VV aste "Farmers' Time.
"It Is our desire," he said, "to give
a fair trial and take care of all the es-
' """ l,s but to give ng luxuries" He
pointed out that the Fiflh Ward cases
would take some time, and that In a
farming communltj time Is precious Just
now
' Deuuscli knews he has had nothing
lo do with anv of these men to show a
consplracv,' said Grav According to
the testlmnnv hrought nut bv the Com
monwealth at the heiring the Maor
sought ' to get Care) and In doing so
helped Deutsch, Ora) declared
' Peutsch ' he added, 'was onl) an
Incident "
Judge Butler pointed out that the
difference in the case of Ma)oi Smith,
who had been granted a severance as
that Deutsch actuillj was on the r
grcund meaning the Fifth Ward, where,
as the Maor's office in City Hall placed
him apart phvsicailv from the scene of
the Fifth Ward affair
In the argument for the bill of par
ticulars. Judge Butler pointed out that
1 Grav's request would compel the Com-
monwealth to disclose its evidence Gray
maintained the bill would compel them
to ahem onlv thai the) intended to prove,
not the evidence The Judge suggested
that the testimony at the hearing would
suffice for that He said testimony at
the Hearing apparently showed some
scheme of wrongdoing
retlllona Too I atr
Judge Butler also called Graj'a at
tendon to the fact that the petitions
should have been presented earlier, and
said Gray had promised to get them
In Jum Gray answered he had been
delajed by Illness
"I don't look for any continuance of
the cases." said Gray, "I prepose to
trv them "
He said the District Attorney could I
file a bill of particulars within twenty-!
four hours It was announced that the
defendants at the trials, vvhich start
next Monday, would he tried on only
two bills of Indictment. One hill charges I
conspiracy to violate the Shern law I
The other charges conspiracy to Intlml.
date voters and an agreement for the
commission of crime. ,
The bill charging actual commission
of the murder will not be tried at this
time It will be held pending the dis
position of the other bills Assistant
District Attorney Gordon announced
that 190 witnesses, ninety more than
were heard at the hearings, would be
subpoenaed,
it a taior, but he cettlnly does give
The defendants, besides Deutsch are,
Police Lieutenant Bennett and Patrolmen
Uram. Feldman, Wlrtschafter, Murphy
ana itayaen
Gray objected at the opening of the
hearing because the district attorney
filed answers to ids petitions! ten days
ago without notifying him. The answer
Jiie UVrae io-aj-i,
LA VITT0RIA ITALIANA
AL DELTA DEL PIAVE
Gli Italian! Occupano Tutta la
Zona c si Forti-
ficano
Tubllthfrt ami Dlslrlbuted Under
PERMIT No 3I
AulhnrUMl b the art nf OctoW M
101 T on tile at the rostoMce of rhlla
delnhla t'n
Ry order of the President
A fl nURLESO.V
rostmaater General
Dal Quartler Generale Itatlano, 8
lucllo.
liiltimn vlltorla Itallana ha splnto
Incllclro nil Austrlarl per oltrc qttattro
mlglla dIu' In la' tla Venczia. como
rlsultato ill perllnacl ailonl coniballl
e ncl triangoto del paludoso terreno
lerso la foce c tra I canall ncl basso
corso del I'lave.
Oil austrlarl avevano fortlllrato
slrcniiainentc oriiI tasa nel niintl
asrluttl ill clettn redone. Iarflcllcrla
llaliana inalerlalmento aluto" nel rac
eliinclmcnto della vlttoria, prevenenclo
co! -tta fuoro che II nemlco potcsse
portarc proylcioni dalle lince nrln
cloall. Mlellala dl noldatl combatte
rono Inimersl nell'acqua, ed In parecchl
puntl rERlunsero I reticnlati die nro
leccevano ell appostamenll deJIe
niltragllatrlrl, r, superatlll. si tetta
rono sul cannonlerl austrlarl impu
Biiaiido la balonetla e slermlnantloli in
una lotta a corpo a corpo.
riu' dl 1300 mltragliatrlcl e set mor
tal da trlncea sono stall tatturall In
tietto moclci.
Itanin, 8 lugllo
Dalle nollzle giunte dalla fronte dl
battaglia, confertnate dal rapportl del
Quartler Generale Itallano, si tilev.i die
le valoiose truppe itallane, operantl nel
settoie merldlonale della llnea del Plave,
hanno resplnto gll austiiacl al dl la' del
Plave Nuovo e si sono stabllltl nella
elesa teglone tra I cotsl del vetchlo
e nuovo Hume Gll nustrlacl sono stall
cosl' costretti ad evacuare ed hanno
siiblto perdlte gravlsslme durante com
battlmentl che si svolsero nel dlfflcoltoso
terrenq paludoso
t'n telegramma da l.ondra annunzzla
che a v lenna e stato pubbllcato un boi-I
lettino die ammette la rltlrata delle
ttuppe teutonlche sulla rlva orlentale
del flume, aserendo che l'evacuazlone
dvl delta del Plave fu effettuata dm ante
le notll dl veneidl e sabato, alio scopo
ell rlsparmlnre peidlte non nccessarle
Store Opens Daily 9 A. M.
BONWIT TELLER & CO.
Qhe Specialty Shop OriainaUon6
CHESTNUT AT 13th STREET
FOR TOMORROW (TUESDAY)
Pre-Inventory Clearance Sales
Women's Summer Dresses
Cotton Voile, in white, I "7C Embroidered Organdie 19 -7C
with color combinations " J Dresses A
Figured Dimity and 1A 7C Fancy Stripe Tissue 1 fi 7
Voile Dresses 1U,'J and Imported Dimity L u u
White Embroicfeted Net Dresses 1 Q ff
Sport Dresses of Crepe de Chine and Satin, -' " 1 Q 0
Imported Cotton Voile and Crepes in Pastel Shades OC AA
Navy 'Blue and Black Georgette Crepes, OQ CA
Foulard and Flowered Georgette Dresses, . . . O O ((
Women's Summer Suits
137 Women's Sport and Semi-Dress Suits, the season's
choice colorings in Silk Jersey, Tricolette, Crepe de
Chine, White Wool Jersey and Gabardine in a variety
of attractive models, OO gA
Formerly up to 55.00. -4.uU
All Cloth Suits
875 Tub Skirts of Gabardine, Linen Crash,
Materials in a Large Variety c)f Styles,
and Belt Arrangements.
$3.50
Snecial I 35
for
Tuesday
An exceptional opportunity to secure two or
three hatsYor the price of one. We fiave
taken 150 hats that formerly sold for 10.00
to 20.00. To Close Out,
J
Ecco 11 testa del comunlcatp ufTlclale,
pubbllcalo nel ponterlgglo cl lerl dal
Mlnlstero della Gucrra In Roma:
"Tra II Silo ed II Tlave lo ncratre
truppe, con perfetta manovra c slanclo
Irrcslstlblle, hanno raggluntn la rlva
destra del Plave Nuovo e resplnto II
ncmlco dall altra parto del flume, fortlfi
candosl sopra tin ato tratto dl ter
rono ricatturato, ciascun metro del
quale mcttra tracce dell'eplco combat
tlmento e fornlsce la prova dello gravis
8lme perdlle subtle dal nemlco
"II 21-mo Corpo d'Armata ha supetato
vittorlosamente dlftlcoltose operazlonl,
loprendosl dl novella gloria, La quarta
dlvlslone dl fanterla tu quella die partl
colarmente si distlnse II contegno delle
truppe fu splendldo I.a fanterla, tra
la quale vt era un regglmento dl marlnal
! rlpartl della rtegla Guaidla dl
Klnania, combatterono ton sublime
ardore 1arttglierla del Corpo d'Armata
e gruppl dl artlgllerla della Ilegla Ma
rina contrlbulrono notevoimente al suc
cesoo con 11 loro efflcaclsslmo fuoco
' I nostrl acrnpianl e quelll degli
Alleatl, cd anche gll Idroplanl della
Ilegla Marina parteclparono alia batte
glla con Inaudlta audacla. Speclale
onore deve essere trlbutalo al trenta
treeslmo Battagllone Zappatori del Ge
nlo, per l'erolsmo ed II valore splegato
' Sull'altlplatio dl Aslago un ripirio dl
truppe francesi effetuo' una brlllante
Incursfone suite llnee nemlche a Zocchl,
annlchllendo la guarnlgione in un vivace
nnMCnlil..l. -n....- .1..- ..IU..Ilt
tcwiiiwaitiiiicuku V caiiui uuiiu uuc uiiivjimii
ailstrlacl e sessantaquattro uomlnl dl
truima, nonche' due mltragliatrlcl.
' Tra la Valle Frenzela ed II Brenta
(Altlplano dl Aslago) II nemlco tento" tre
volte dl attaccare le nostre poslzlonl a
Corone I'gll fu sanguinosamente
resplnto "
CLASS ONE NEARLY DRAWN
I'iliuustcil by September .Says
Kahn, Discussing Age Cliange
B) the United Prcis
VVHshlnntiin. .lulj 8 With 1 ecess
plans temporarllv nbandnned, talk of
changing draft ages again bobbed up
in congress Hula
1 Hepresenlative Kahn. ranking lle-
publican of the House Mllltart Affairs
1 onunlttee, will confer with Secretnrv of
'Win Hakei and othei War Department
otllclnis this week lo get a definite Aldea
of what, leglslitlon thev want nitrn
duced and acted upon Draft ages must
be broadened before the next session lo
avoid calling men of deferred classes,
Kahn said todav.
If draft calls ale kept up at the
present rate. Class I will be exhausted
hj Septembei." Kahn said
'Draft calls will be larger. If inn
thing during the next two months than
1 tie have been in the list month '
Closed All Day Saturday
Reduced to a Fraction of
-Women's Outing and Sport
$3.90
and
Handsome Silk Sport Slcirts,
models developed in Baronette, Wash Silks,
Faille Silk in striped materials. Many were
up to 22.50.
Extraordinary Sale of Millinery
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JUt.
court-martialopenS ;?j
IRISH TREASON TRIAL
Corporal Dowling, Who
Landed From German Sub
marine, Faces Jury
? the Associated Prtts
London, July 8
The trial b) court-martial opened here
today of Corporal Joseph Dowling, who
landed on the Irish coast In a German
collapsible boat two months ago and
since has been a prisoner In the Tower of
London
Corporal Dowling. In civilian clothe",
was brought to the court In an automo
bile ambulance, handcuffed to a British
soldier and accompanied hj a noncom
missioned officer, armed with a revolver.
Lord Chelemore prcs'ded. Cor
poral Dowling who Is of medium height
and wideawake appearance pleaded
not gulit to the formal charges, which
are under three heads: First, that
while he was a prisoner of war In Ger-
, i, ii,i a insiil force: second,
'"""J 's J...--..
that he endeavored to Induce others to
Join; third, that he participated In an,
attempt to land a hostile force In Ire
laud Planned "Irldli Hrlgaele"
Sli Archibald Bodkin the prosecutor,
descilbed at great length the German
plot launched at the end of 101 for
the formitlon of an 'Irish brigade"
from among the Irish taken prisoner on
the British front The sciemc, Sir
Archibald said was lepudlated bv most
of the prisoner"' but Dew ling and a
few others Joined the brigade ind acted
as tecrultlng ageits
The prosecutor described the meansj
used bv the German to induce Irish
men to Join and In particular the Ger
nnn promises to them leading:
At the end of the war the German
Government undertakes to send every
nieinher of the Irish brigade to the
I lilted States '
sir rchlbald Bodkin read a long
document. Issued bv the Germans at
Llmburg Camp which said 'The Irish
In America nre collecting monev for
this brigade Join the new unit nnd win
vour Independence The Irish brigade la
to fight solelv for the cause of Ireland,
with the moral und material assistance
I of the German Government
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