6 BRITISH EXTEND GAINS IN GREAT DRIVE DESPITE HEAVY OPPOSITION; FRENCH FORTIFY CAPTURED POSITIONS 300 CARRANZA TROOPERS UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPT TO AMBUSH U. S. PATROL By Associated Press Field Headquarters Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, June 29, via auto courier, to Columbus, X. 11., July 6. Three hundred Carranza cavalrymen at tempted to ambush a scouting patrol of twenty American cavalrymen north of Guerrero recently and only by skil ful maneuvering did the American commander save his detachment, it was learned here to-day. The incident occurred shortly after General Trevino notified General Pershing he would regard any movement of American troops other than northward as hos tile. The soldiers, a detachment of the Seventh Cavalry under Lieutenant Horace M. Hickam, were on a scouting patrol in search of bandits believed to have had their rendezvous in a zinc mine about thirty miles from the Am erican base. Not finding any bandits they started back and had turned into the main road, the entrance to a can yon, when three Mexicans, half a mile to the south, opened fire. Immediately the troopers replied and the Mexicans disappeared over the top of a ridge. Lieutenant Hickam did not follow, realizing that the terrain in that direc tion formed a natural trap and that the territory td the south was not un der patrol. The Americans turned north, trot- Ing into the canyon. As they went down the hill a trooper galloped up from the rear, reporting that about 200 armed, mounted Mexicans had dashed over the ridge, where the three VILLA FORCES VICTORIOUS OVER CARRANZISTAS ARE NOW ATTACKING JIMENEZ By .Associated Fress E; Paso, Tex., July 6. Villa forces -pursuing their victory over Carranza troops at Corral ranch on July 4, have attacked Jimenez, according to re -1 erta reaching mining men here to-, (lay. Military authorities in Juarez were unable to confirm or deny the; l cports asserting that telegraph lines hud been cut. Reports from Chihuahua City fol lowing the engagement at Corral said lhat the broken Carranza command J r:d retired to Jiminez which ij 120 jri'.iea south of Chihuahua City. An- | < tlier report brought here to-day by an American who had extensive in terests in Southern Chihuahua was that Francisco Villa recently sent a communication to Canuto Reyes, his former lieutenant, who was recently granted amnesty by the de facto gov-1 eminent asking him to reconsider his decision. This message Reyes turned MUST SAVE MEN FOR COMING VICTORIOUS WAR KAISER WILL WA GE JUST FOUR YEARS HENCE Paris, July 6. The French offensive has made steady progress In the last 24 hours. All counter attacks liave been repulsed, a large area .of new territory has been occupied and extensive captures of suns and munitions liave been made. In the first five days of their battle against the Germans the French have advanced with remarkable uniformity. The ground gained varied each day in depth at different points, but the gains have averaged about the same along the entire front, and the French arc now (irinlv installed between the German second and third lines or defense over a front in excess of seven miles. "It was impossible to keep up the fight under such tire," said one of the ofiicc.s taken prisoner yesterday. "We took counsel, and tlie officers unanimously decided to surrender to avoid useless sacrifice of life. "What we have to do now," the officer Is quoted as adding, "is to sine men for the coming victorious war which Germany will wage four years hence." The new French trenches at the most advanced point are now in front of Pcronne and the village of Mount St.-Quentin. _> f Two Important Factors in Buying Coal J C First, of course, you will want coal that possesses the max- M ■ imum in heat-giving quality. 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When the Carranza force seemed about to overtake his men, Lieutenant Hickam led them off the road into a roek-wallod depression about ten feet deep where a huge oak hid them from view. Within three hundred yards the Mexicans rode past without discover ing the hidden Americans. Then the latter at a leisurely pace, followed their late pursuers until the hill was reached. Here they drew up along the crest of the canyon with deep ra vines protecting each flank. At this point they had a chance, in case of at tack to get their horses safely up and over the mountain ridge overlooking the canyon which ran upward from the American rear. But when the Carranza troops came back down the canyon road they passed the foot of the hill without a hostile move of any sort against the Americans, whom they could see plainly a few hundred yards above. The cavalrymen believe that word of their proximity had been taken to the Carranza forces by the Mexican caretaker of the mine, who was equip ped with an excellent pair of field glasses. ! of Villa followers at Corral ranch, 15 miles southwest of Jimenez. Both sidcr suffered heavy losses. Rather than retire to Jimenez with out carrying out his orders, which were not to return unless he was able to report success, General Ramos fought in his entrenchments until killed, cheering his men on to the last. The Carranza troops were sur rcunded Monday at daybreak, and for more than 12 hours held their position against heavy odds in the hope that ; reinforcements soon would arrive. At nightfall, after their leader had be»n killed and the greater part of the command killed or wounded, the survivors retired to Jimenez with their wounded. Three times during the day the Villa men dashed through heavy fire to the edge of the Carranza trenches, but were unable to take them. Reinforcements, which had been ordered to join General Ramos at Coiral, were delayed by a wreck near j Ortiz, and the proposed general of- I tensive against the Villa forcef did | rot materialize. I The body of the ninth trooper was located two miles distant from the others. He had been wounded and ! apparently dragged himself away to ! lie in the gravel waste beyond the j town. i Scenes in sharp contrast to those of a week ago, when the Carrizal prison ers were brought from Chihuahua City and turned over to General George Bell, Jr., marked the return of the American dead. In Juarez the event was scarcely noticed, while in El Paso only a few hundred persons, quiet anel subdued, replaced the cheer ing throng that greeted the 23 troop ers of the Tenth. WILL WE FIGHT THIS TYPE OF MOUNTED TROOPS? 2"*lEr>CiC/US C/iVAA-iiSfj Q/tffl fji.fi Here is a group of typical Mexican cavalrymen, hard-riding and straight-shooting men, but untrained and with little or no idea of battle formation. If we declare war on Mexico and send our armies into the country, it will be a war against snipers principally. The Mexican style of fighting is to git behind a boulder or other shelter and pick off the enemy as he parses by. . WANT TO GO TO MEXICO; EIGHTH NEEDS 200 MEN [Continued From First Page] about a dozen men of Company D, Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry, can tell of Mount Gretna. The stories are the tales of the men who wanted to go to Mexico but who, by the grace of the keen-eyed, rigid army surgeons, have been left behind. "Yes, sir," explained the injured guardsman at th-s recruiting office to day, "this busted arm is the answer." His sympathetic chum told the real story back of the simple explanation. 'Kic Real Story "Has HE got nerve?" he demanded admiringly. "Well, I guess he has. He's one of tho oldest and best men in point of service in the Guard. And he sure wanted to go along next Saturday when the bunch start for the Border. Few weeks ago he fractured his arm at his job, but he figured he'd be in good shape before the regiment was ready to go. The day before he was examined he had a hunch that tlje bandage might prevent his admission and he peeled off the splints. The arm swelled and a foxy-eyed army f.urgcon bandaged it ags*in. That's why. when he was called for exami nation, the surgeon gave one glance at the broken arm —and tore up his pa pers;" Kxamine Rookies at Armory Temporary lecruiting offices to fill up the depleted ranks of the Eighth Regiment will lie closed at the armory (his evening, when Lieutenant J. T. Ltong, Jr., of Company D. the regi mental recruiting officer, goes back to Grefna. Prospective rookies hence forth will have to be examined at Gretna. Uncle Sam will see to it that the rookies in camp will be fed, bedded and provided with car fare home should they be rejected. Until Saturday evening or Sunday morning the recruiting offices will be open at Camp for the desirables. Sat urday night or early Sunday morning Companies D and I expect to start for the Border. And. by the way, if you want to gauge the depth of mere man's disappointment, just linger 'round when old Guardsmen who have been rejected because of physical dis ability, when they talk of the possi bilities of that trip down toward the Rio Grande which they cannot hope to take. Mcdlca! Kxamincr Busy Despite the fact that the recruits are expected to report at Mt. Gretna for examination, there were a few appli cants at thejirmory to-day. Dr. R. L. Perkins, the" medical examiner, was a pretty busy man for awhile. Before Lieutenant Long left for Gretna this afternoon he assured some of those who are left behind that the best of care will be given "Spot" the lady-like coach-dog mascot of the lo cal infantry companies. And assur ances were given that if it could possi bly be arranged "Spot" will go along to the Border. * Causes For Rejection Poor teeth, teet tnat have just the so-called "minor" imperfections which may mean a very, very great deal on the march, weakened heart— these are a few of the causes for many a grinningly concealed heart-ache at Gretna. Here are some of the might ily willing ones whose only hope of a chance on the Border is a call for : volunteers: Company D, Privates N. Taylor, H. E. Myers,, Snook, Leon Hersh, George Stauffer, John Bretz, N. S. Ely, George Kearney and Harry W. Heagy; Com pany I, Meade Lyter, Harry E. Dielil, Earl M. Sunday, Joseph D. Moody, William S. Marshall, £eorge L. Edle blute, Robert J. Nicnols, Andrew T. Strickler, Bruce R. Hoover, Harry R. Raney and James H. Long. The troops are rapidly moving away from Gretna as the long lines of trains testify. Major General Clement and the di vision staff passed through last even ing with train loads of the business like looking field pieces and caissons of the First Pennsylvania artillery. "Rookies" Will Entrain From Gretna For Border Adjutant General Stewart late last night received word rrom the War de partment that a plan of recruiting the National Guard organizations now in the service is being arranged. It is the plan to establish local recruiting stations with a rendezvous as far as possible within the territory of the or ganizations, the recruits to be sent to a camp of mobilization which will be located at Mt. Gretna. The men will be equipped and trained at the camp and forwarded to their organizations, which will be on the Mexican border by the end of next week. Authority is to ba given for desig nation of recruiting officers either from the organizations of the National Guard now in the field or under orders to move from Mt. Gretna or those which have not yet been called into the service. A camp personnel for administration purposes at Mt. Gretna will be named. This order will establish a recruit ing base for the Pennsylvania divi sion which will be concentrated at El Paso and trained. BJOOO AT CAMP SAGE By .Associated Press Nogales, Ariz., July 6. Two regi ; merits of California infantry and a | cavalry troop and a signal corps from I Connecticut, which arrived here to ' <~uy brought the total troops at Camp 1 Sage up to more than B.ol>o. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FRENCH CLEAR NOR OF SOMME ALMOST- TO CLERY; BRITISH EXTEND By Associated Press London, July 6. —Having captured! the whole German second line south of the Somme from the river to Bel loy, the French have resumed opera- , tions north of the river and cleared ] the bank almost to Clery. The French , who have established themselves at Sormont also threaten Clery. • The British are still heavily en gaged all along their front from j Hardecourt to Gommecourt. Notwith- 1 standing heavy German counter at- j tacks they have been able to main- ! tain all the ground gained and extend it at some points. As the German trenches are occu- j pied, evidence accumulates of the deadly execution of artillery. In some cases SO per cent, of the de fenders were killed by the terrific shelling to which they were sub jected. British losses vary. Certain formations, being called on to attack defenses where machine guns re mained undamaged, suffered heavily. Others captured the positions which had been set as their objective with very slight losses. Have 16,000 Prisoners Instead of compelling the Germans to lessen their efforts at Verdun, the Anglo-French offensive seems to have | increased their determination, pos sibly in the hope of preventing the French from sending reinforcements to the Somme. British observers ex press satisfaction with the progress which has been made. With the heavy casualties caused by the bombard ment and the taking of 16,000 prison ers and a great quantity of war ma- Persking Rushes Work on Roads; Rainy Season Coming By Associated Press Columbus, N. M., July 6. Gen eral J. J. Pershing, commanding the American expedition in Mexico, has issued orders that every effort be made to expedite the construction of the new wagon road between Colum bus and the field bake at Colonia Dublan, according to reports from the field to-day. That delays in trans portation over the American lines of communication may be r-i a minimum during the rainy season, he has order ed that extra laborers be put to work and additional machinery employed. Reports from the field also indicated thai much construction work is under way in the field headquarters camp. Numbers of buildings are being erected to house food and forage, which has been piled in the open, in the rainy scascfti and corrals are under con struction in which the horses can be stabled and the cattle, purchased for food purposes, held. Submarine Destroyer Sunk; U-35 Is Back in Port Berlin, July 5, via London.—The Admiralty to-day gave out the follow ing report: "One of our submarines sank an enemy submarine destroyer in the North Sea on Tuesday. The submarine U-35, which carried to Cartagena, Spain, an autograph letter of Emperor William to the King of Spain, and medicaments for intern ed Germans, has returned after carry ing out its task successfully. On this 1 journey it sank the French steamship I Herault, capturing its gun." The vessel referred to as a subma rine destroyer probably was one of the large fleet of small swift boats which patrol the North Sea on the lookout for submarines. Sinking of the French steamship Herault in the Mediterranean by a submarine was reported from Madrid on June 25. Thirty six of the crew reached Castellon, Spain. . MINK SWEEPER HIT London, July 6.—The British Ad miralty to-day issued the following: "One of our mine sweepers in tho North Sea was hit by a torpedo from an enemy submarine on Tuesday. It was slightly damaged and is now in harbor." TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Miss Sara Jacobs, of 21 South Front street, and Miss Martha Elmer Flem ing of the Riverside apartments leave Thursday, July 13, for "Northfield, Mass., to attend the summer confer ence there. A Practical Toy Range An electrical top range has lately been invented which can be made of real utility in a small apartment. At a demonstration recently given a hear ty meal for five persons was cooked at the expense of twelve cents worth of current. The little stove includes an oven and six small hot plates. The meal cooked included a five pound roast, boiled potatoes, biscuits, macar oni, two small apples pies and apple sauce. Of course such results are on ly obtained at that cost by a skilled demonstrator, but the liny electric range has sreat possibilities for the adult housekeeper as well as for the 1 small girl it was designed to amuse. terial together with the subsequent losses inflicted in counter attacks, it is believed . here that the German power of resistance must have been weakened. The Russians continue to record successes, some of which are of great importance, along their whole front from Riga to the Carpathians. They have crossed the railway between Delatyn, west of Kolomea, and Koros mezo, one of the main lines between Galicia and Hungary upon which the Austrians depend largely to supply their armies at Stanislau and before Tarnopol. This places the army of General Von Bothmer in a still more dangerous position and it is thought he may decide to withdraw toward Lemberg. Russ Make Progress In the Ltusk salient at Baranovichi and along the Riga front the Russians also claim to be making progress and to have repulsed counter attacks. German correspondents express the opinion that General Kuropatkin is preparing an offensive In the Vilna re gion. The situation in the Caucasus is somewhat confusing. Turkish and Russian reports are more at variance than usual, both claiming victories in the Tchorum region on the Russian right. It appears, however, that while the Russian right is drawing back toward the Black Sea and their ex treme left is retiring across the Per sian border in Kermanshah district, their center Is continuing to advance from Baiburt southward to the west of Lakes Van and Urumiah. PRESIDENT WILL ACCEPT CARRANZA PROPOSAL [Continued From First Page] der, will be conducted by Counselor Polk, acting aa secretary. Will Not Withdraw Yet While General Carranza's amicable rejoinder to the last two American notes has greatly eased the tension, no official was willing to-day to predict the tinal outcome of the negotiations which are foreshadowed. It was made plain, however, that no change in policy was now contemplated bv the Washington government and that im mediate withdrawal of General Persh ing's expeditionary forces from Mexico will not bo an acceptable basis for whatever plan of co-operative action along the border is worked out. Washington officials take the po sition that only the preliminary step has been taken by General Carranza toward the friendly adjustment hanow appears to desire. Demonstration of his ability to carry out the promises expressed and implied in his note is still lacking. President Wilson, it is pointed out, has been ready to with draw American troops from Mexico at any time the de facto government would express ilie intention and show the ability to furnish adequate military protection for the border. To some extent this demonstration is now being made by the operations of Mexican troops in the 300-mile stretch of Chihuahua state formerly policed by American forces. The Car ranza forces have moved into the ter-v as General Pershing drew his lines northward and the best informa tion at the War and State Departments indicates that they have patrolled it thoroughly. May Bo Put to Test The efficiency of Mexican police measures may be put soon to a sever« test, according to rumors transmitted from the border to-day to the State Department. These state that Fran cisco Villa has recovered from his wouncls and is personally .lending a force northward from the region just south of Parral. No convincing au thority is given for the reports, which are transmitted merely as matters of Information, picked up hv border agents of the department, but show the storv was widely current. 'Between the points where Villa is said to be operating and advanced camps of General Pershlng'B forces are considerable forces of Carranza troops. FALL FROM CHI RPY TREE KILLS ROY Lancaster, July B.—Eager to get some very choice fruit, George Hin kle, 14, leaned out too far on a cherry limb which broke and he fell to the ground with a fractured skull. He died. LONE BANDIT IN YOSEMITE Yosemite Valley. Cal., July 6.—A bandit, single-handed, held up four stages yesterday at Wawona, just out side of the Yosemite Valley National Park, and from 28 people collected SIOO in cash and some jewelry. Among the victims was S. Schultz, of Pittsburgh. LABEL WHOOPING COUGH Reading, Pa., July 6.—Because chil dren with whooping cough are sup posed to have it "nine weeks coming and nine weeks going," too long to keep them to their homes. City Coun cil, uctlng as a Board of Health, pass ed a resolution to compel such chil dren taken to public places to wear a labeL "Whooping Cough" will be printed on big sleeve bauds, to be suu i uiicd by tliii city. JULY 6, 1916. ALLIES THREATEN CRUCIAL POSITIONS OF GERMANS [Continued From First Page] On the right bank of the Dniester an opposing Teutonic force was overwhelmed and put to flight by the Surrians, Petrograd reports. Soldiers Relieved From Battle Front First Ask For "Sleep, Wash and Shave" flji .Associated Press Press Camp, British Army In France, July 6. Battalions which have been fighting since the battle be gan now have been relieved from the front line and are in billets in quiet villages or towns free from the sound of shell blasts or cracking bullets. Answering questions as to what they wanted most when relieved, they in variably answered In three words: "sleep, wash, shave." Every battalion is proud of keep ing Its formation until the first line of German trenches was reached and of the fact that the ne\» army made good. One battalion with whose offi cers the correspondents talked, met machine gun fire and lost half of its officers and men before reaching the first line of trenches, but fought Its way on another thousand yards to an objective set for it, where it entrench ed and maintained its position. One [ of the officers of this battalion served out biscuits and half a bottle of soda | water to each man from supplies found in the German dugouts. Talks with prisoners generally re vealed that the German soldiers have food while letters from their homes in every part of Germany indicate i privations of the civilian population, j Asked what he thought of the great naval battle, one prisoner said he never heard of it. Another said that i fresh eggs had been a great luxury In the German army and that a basket of I them had just arrived and the Ger-1 mans in his trench were feasting their hungry eyes upon it when a British howitzer made a direct hit. Many of the prisoners asked the same question as do the British sol diers: "Has the British army enough j shells to keep up such bombardments j as that of last week?" Vigorous Campaign For Resumption of U-Boat War; German-U. S. Relations Good Berlin, July 6, via London. The campaign in favor of the resumption of a full-fledged submarine war on commerce goes energetically forward. It was expected that with the adjourn ment of the Reichstag and the dis persal of politicians to their homes for the summer, this agitation by the Navy League, Publicists, Conserva tives and part of the National Liberals would pass the climax and gadually lose its intensity. On the contrary, reports from all sections of the country Indicate that the agitation is continuing with un diminished vigor both above and be low the surface. Never a day passes without articles in various newspapers to remind the people that .according t.o the German note, the modification of German submarine methods merely was temporary and contingent upon a modification of the British blockade. Some judges of the situation, basing their opinion on the extent and vigor of the agitation, are inclined to bc ! lleve the movement will read not j later than September to a revival of ! the submarine campaign on the old lines. Recent inquiries by the Asso ciated Press in authoritative quarters indicate, however, that the govern ■ ment for the present has no intention of resuming the "freedom of action" mentioned in the May note and of pro voking conflict with the United States. All in all the clouds over German- American relations now are less low ering than for a long time. TO O SONS OF MINISTER ANSW ER CALL OF WAR DRUMS The war drums thus far have sound ed mightily enticing to two sons of the Rev. Dr. John D. Fox, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, and both have an swered the call. Arthur E. Fox sailed Saturday for Bordeaux, France, to study hospital methods of the French army for the Baltimore Sun. His younger brother, George, a graduate of last year's class of the Central high school, left Tues day to enroll in the junior camp at I Plattsburg. HEIR TO MANY MILLIONS AND HIS MOTHER I P K■' '"^l| fr. ipr y r k *' s i ,&«?k v > *4j j *«/?,£ "tHLGIJSM & W*K& *Nt> H£fl £Gtd This is the first photograph of Mrs. Angier B. Duke and her little son. Angler B. Duke, Jr. The wedding of Mrs. Duke, then Cornelia Blddle of the Biddies of Philadelphia, with the son of the head, of the tobacco trust, was a social event of much Importance to persons interested In such matters. Try Telegraph 'Wane Aas Try Telegraph Want Ad» Highlanders and Welsh Fusiliers Distinguish Themselves in Action London, July 6.—Near Thipeval (on' X the Somme front) "we made a further slight advance and captured a number of prisoners," the War Office announc ed to-day. "South of Laßassee canal, after the discharge of gas and smoke, we made some successful raids into the enemy's lines; in one of these the Royal Welsh fusiliers especially distinguished them selves, capturing forty prisoners, a trench mortar and a machine gun. "In another raid the Highland light infantry successfully entered the en emies' trenches west of Hulluck. A machine gun emplacement was de stroyed, many Germans were killed and some prisoners were taken. "There was no change of impor tance on the rest of our front." Germans Attempting to Shell Verdun Cathedral Paris, July 6. —Last night was gen erally quiet north and south of the river Somme, says to-day's official j statement of the War Office, j There was a few local engagements north of the Somme during the night in which the Germans captured two I small woods a kilometre north of I Hem. The French also captured a I wood. South of the Somme the night pass ed in quiet. A German counter attack i on Belloy was repulsed easily. | The French have captured 76 can- I non and several hundred machine guns. ! There was no infantry fighting on th Verdun front. The War Office says 1 the Germans are attempting to bom bard the Cathedral at Verdun. Ulster Division Moved Ahead Through Curtains of Machine Gun Fire By Associated Press Press Camp. British Army In France, July 5. The story of the Ulster divisions' share in the first day battle of the Anglo-French offensive, is now accessible. It had one of tho most terrible parts of the difficult at tack in the northern section of the offensive. Its trenches were disad- located on ground fac ing a ridge where the German bat teries had an enfilading fire, j Through curtains of shrapnel fire, I in the face of machine guns and un der enfilading fire from machine guns in a village, the division captured the first German line shouting "no sur render" and "remember the Boyne" and started for the second line. Still under cross fire and every kind of shell fire, the troops of the Ulster divisions continued on until they galn | ed a strong redoubt on the summit of ! the ridge. There those who had surA vived dug In. Against German coun' j ter attacks and machine gun and rifle fire from two sides, they held on until ; they had no more bombs or cartridges. KopelCf:sl> shut off from further ! supplies by German curtains of shell fire, they had to fall back, bringing 200 prisoners to the German first line of trenches, passing through curtains lof fire to do so. Here they established 1 themselves and stuck until help came. An Engl'sh battalion from York ! shire snd Lancashire, caught in the same fashion, so far as known fought 1 almost to the last man in holding the Germans north of the Ancre while battalions further south made pro ! gress. I All reports of prisoners agree that the Germans expected the real center J attack woulc 1 be north of the Ancre. Regular army officers say that nothing I in the annals of the guards or of any other regular regiments in the battle of Ypres or in the history of the British arm; surpasses the gallantry of these Kitchener battalions which i kept pressing on towards the object : ive set for them when half their I numbers were down.