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LX XXVI— No. 121 14 PAGES
TWO AMERICAN
NURSES ON WAY
TO FRONT KILLED
Shell Fired by Naval Gun
Crew Wounds a Third
on Board Shij)
VICTIMS FROM CHICAGO
Vessel Puts Back to Port
With Flags at Hall-
Must .
By Associated Press
New York, May 21. —Two Amer
ican nurses, members of au ambu
lance unit on its way for service in
france, were killed yesterday on
board an American steamship when
pieces of a shell fired by a naval
gun in practice ricochetted from the
water's surface ana scattered among
a group of nurses and surgeons. A
third nurse was seriously wound
ed.
The steamship sailed on Saturday
evening for Europe. With her flag
at half-mast she came into an Amer
ican port this morning bringing the
bodies of the dead nurses. These
were brought ashore. The steam
ship will depart at an unnamed time.
The accident happened about 2.30
o'clock yesterday afternoon. A gun
at the stern was being used. An ex
planation made by one of the ship's
officers was that when a shell struck
the water about 175 feet from the
vessel the centrifugal force caused
bits of the steel to fly back on ship
board. One of the ship's officers was
standing beside the nurses and was
uninjured.
Accident to Naval Gun May
Have Caused Nurses' Deaths
Washington, May 21. —The two
Ked Cross nurses killed on the Amer
ican steamer, referred to in the fore
going dispatch, were Edith Ayrcs
and Helen Burnett Woods, both of
Chicago, and attached to base hos
pital No. 12.
The Navy Department's official
dispatch gave no details of the ac
cident other than that the nurses
were killed by fragments of brass
from one of the liner's guns. This
was taken to dispose of the first re
port that they had been struck by a
shell ricochetted from the water and
to indicate that they were killed as
the result of some sort of a gun
accident.
Motorists Up in Arms
Against Condition of Pike
All motorists are up in arms over
the rondition of the Lebanon and
Heading Pike. This highway has
been in an almost intolerable condi
tion for months and is now spotted
with large areas of sharp broken
stones who are doing little more
than tearing the life out of automo
bile tires.
It was expected that this highway
would be taken over by the State,
but it is still a toll road with fre
quent Kates where the luckless tour,
ists are held up. When it isn't cov
ered with mud it is a pillar of dust.
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Chief Items of Food
Measure in House
It provides against hoarding and
monopoly of food.
Arranges for the licensing of
wholesale distributors of food
and of storage houses.
Provides against the spoilage of
food by being held back by
agents.
forbids speculation in food or the
organization of exchanges to
control it.
Regulates the use of grain, for
bidding its use in the manufac
ture of alcoholic beverages.
Proposes guaranteeing reasonable
prices to farmers (a minimum
as suggested by the President)
for staple food products.
Fixes reasonable prices to the
food distributor so as to prevent
extortion or the cornering of a
market.
Allows, in time of scarcity of food,
for the relinquishing of food
stuffs.
Authorizes confiscation of food
supplies if emergency requires.
Allows placing an emergency tax
on foreign foodstuffs to protect
American-grown food.
Allows increasing the milling per
centage of flour and mixing
other cereals with wheat in the
manufacture of flour.
Provides for census of country's
food resources.
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THE WEATHER
■''or lliirrlxhurK and vlrlnltji l n
(icttleil, probably rain to-nlKht
null Tuesday. .
For ICHNtern I'ennsylvnnln: I'roli
lllily ruin to-nlKht mill Tuesday;
moderate northeast nnd east
n iii(lN.
Hlvfr
The Susquehanna river nnil nil It*
brunches will probably contlnuc
to full slowly or remain near
ly stationary to-nlKht. Gen
eral rain*, Indicated for the
wntrr*lied to-night nnd Turn
day, will likely eauiie a rise In
■ill streams of the *y*tem.
General Condition*
l.oeal rnlnH have fallen In Oregon,
Washington und In Alhertii,
(nnndli, and also In Maine,
Northern Pennsylvania und New
Jersey.
In the Rocky Mountains, over the
Krenter part of the I'lnln* States
nnil front the Upper MlsslsHlppl
Vnlley eastward to the Atlantic
count temperatures are from <1
to TJ degree* lower than on Sat
urday morning.
Temperaturei 8 a. m., 56 decree*.
Nun I KINCM, 4i38 n. m.
Moon i New moon, Muy 28.
Itlver Stngei 4.4 feet.
Yesterday'* Weather
Highest temperature. Ha.
I<owc*t temperature, (IK.
Menu temperature, 70.
Normal temperature, 113.
10,000 MEN IN
I DAUPHIN CO MUST
SIGN DRAFT ROLL
County Officials Estimate
That Number Will Regis
ter June 5
ALL IN READINESS
Nearly All Registrars Volun
teer Services; to Make
List in Day
County officials estimate that there
| will be approximately ten thousand
I men in Dauphin county who come
j within the age limit prescribed in
! the conscription bill and must reg
' ister June 5, {he day set by Presi
j dent Wilson for the enrollment of
I al! males in the country between the
.
! ages of 21 and 31 years.
! This estimate is based partly on
! the military roll figures. Last year
I this comprised a total of more than
! 25,000 names of men between the
! ages of 21 and 45.
j No further preparations were
j made in the city or county to-day
! for the registration. As soon as in
| structions are received by Mayor
Charles A. Miller and Sheriff W. W.
I Caldwell at the conference to-mor
i row afternoon, arrangements will be
; Completed, More volunteers were
| received from city and county reg
istrars and registry assessors. The
list follows:
County: Dauphin, Frank B. Putt;
Hummelstown, Cyrus Miller; Lower
i Paxton, John E. Unger; Mifflin town
ship. John A. Harmon; Upper Pax
! ton township, W. H. Lehman.
City: First ward, First precinct,
W. M. Kain: Second ward. Second
! precinct, J. F. Heiges; Fifth pre
cinct. George O. Swilkey; Fifth ward
Third precinct, A. H. Taylor; Sixth
! ward, Second precinct. Walter
I Brownewell; Eighth ward, Fourth
! precinct, Charles Moeslein: Twelfth
I ward, Third precinct, John D. Rec
\ ord.
National Guard Units
Will Be Held Home Two
Weeks For Instructions
Organizations of the National
! Guard not now in Federal service
j will be held at home stations for
two weeks for instruction after re
sponding to the call for mobilization
on July 15, according to information
received at the Adjutant General's
department from the War Depart
ment.
They will then be sent to concen
tration camps in the southeastern
j department, none of which has yet
! been designated for Pennsylvania.
It is likely that all organizations of
I the National Guard, in and out of
I the Federal service, will be drafted
into the United States service I>y
| July 15 under section 111 of the
I national defense act. From the or
| ders received at the Capitol it is
! now believed that none of the Na
| tional Guard will go to Mt. Gretna,
| where the State has had men at
I work for weeks preparing the camp
; site.
The Secretary of War has directed i
that there shall be no further dis
charges of enlisted men of the Na
tional Guard or its reserve for en
listment into the army, navy or ma
rine corps except in cases whereby
it may be to the interest of*the Gov
ernment to have them because of
special qualifications.
Commanding officers of organiza
tions which have not submitted the
iequired lists of enlisted men recom- i
mended for the training camps are |
required to forward such lists to Ad- 1
jutant General Stewart not later than
May 2", as the men selected are to
go to camp May 31. v
Prominent Irishmen to
Draw Up Constitution
For Island Home Rule
Hy Associated Press
London, May 21.—1t was announced
by Premier Lloyd George, tn the
House of Commons, to-day, that the
government proposed to summon im
mediately a convention of representa
tive Irishmen In Ireland to submit to
the British Parliament a constitution
for the future government of Ireland.
Premier I>loyd George stated to-day
that the chairman if the proposed
Lrlsh convention will bo nominated by
the crown.
"If a substantional agreement is
reached regarding the character and
scope of the constitution framed by
the convention," said the premier, "the
government will take the necessary
steps to enable the imperial parlia
ment to give legislative effect therein.
The convention will be held with clos
ed doors."
Administration Food
Bill Reported to House
Washington, May 21. Favor
able report on the administration bill
to gove the President broad powers
as to preferential shipments of food,
munitions and other war traffic was
made to-day to the House.
The report says the bill is "ger
mane to the earnest effort we are
making to utilize the highest state of
efficiency during the war the trans
portation facilities of the country
and to promote the efforts of the ad
ministration to carry on the war by
requiring prefentlal shipments of all
freight which, in the Judgment of
the President, is essential to the pub
lic security and defense.'
I TYPE OF AMERICAN DESTROYERS CARRYING BATTLE FLAGS IN EUROPEAN WATERS
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Phis is the type of destroyer now in the North Sea war /.one In the constant hunt for the piratical submarine. The federal government has care
fully censored all news dealing with the names of the fast little boats en eased in the dangerous work, but it is known that the majority of the
destroyers are built after the model shown.
THIEVES TRY
TO BLOW SAFE
OFDR.KALBFUS
Enter Office in Franklin!
Building and Drill Holes
For Charge?
Thieves last night broke into the '
office of Game Commissioner Kalb
fus on the fourth floor of the Frank- !
lin Building and made an unsuccess
ful attempt to blow open the safe.
They were evidently frightened away j
before they succeeded.
At night the Franklin Building has |
been without a watchman and the
first evidence of the robbery was no- !
ticed this morning when employes j
entered the oty.oes. The transom ]
above the door had been removed j
and then lowered to the floor, evl- I
dently very carefully that the glass |
might not be broken or noise I
made to arouse anyone in the vi
cinity.
Try "Jimmy"
A small drill hole was made on
the side but the workmen were evi
dently amateurs or had very poor
drills, as they gave it up before
making much headway. The rob
bers next endeavored to "jimmy" the
locks and although the combina
tion was thrown out of working or
der and the door pried at the side,
they were unable to force open the
door. The safe contained a number
of postage stamps, but little else of
value. Whether or not any small
valuables were taken from the office
has not been definitely ascertained.
The detectives of the police de
partment are working on the case,
but. although every move points to
amateurs, they were clever enough
to cover their tracks.
Body of Former Resident
Is Found Floating in
Juniata Near Mt. Union
The body of Cecil Lewhd, believed
to be formerly from Harrisburg, and
recently employed by the Aetna Ex
plosive Company at Mount Union
was found last night in the Juniata
river near the Mount Union railroad
bridge.
His overcoat pockets held two I
bricks and his head was badly cut. |
The coroner gave the verdict "death j
by suicide." It is believed that the |
bricks were meant to weight down I
the body and the cut was sustained
in the leap from the bridge.
He was a roomer at the home of
the Rev. C. W. Todd, Mt. Union, who
identified the body. When Lewhd
was last seen he was in the best of
I health and no reason is known for
I his having committed suicide. The
| body was found by National Guarcts
! men on the duty near there.
French Torpedo Boats
Defeat a German Fleet
By Associated ■Press
Berlin, May 21. An engagement
between German and French torpedo
boats off the coast of Flanders is re
ported in an official announcement
from the admiralty. The announce
ment says:
"On the morning of the 20th off
the coast of Flanders, a short outpost
engagement took place between Ger
man and French torpedo boats. The
enemy boats were repeatedly hit by
our artillery and our vessels returned
without loss or damage."
The French official statement is
sued yesterday reported that a flotil
la of German destroyers had been
driven back to its tui.se by a patrol
of four French torpedo boats. The
statement said that one *of the
French vessels had suffered some
damage.
Commissioner Gross Will
Be Able to Attend Council
Commissioner E. Z. Gross, who was
injured last week in an auto accident
has recovered and It is expected wili
be able to attend Council to-morrow
This will be the first time since the
death of the late Commissioner Harry
F. Bowman that there has bene five
members in Council. Mayor Charles
A. Miller will preside.
Contracts for fire hose for the city
department and for riprappinsr the
river slopes, from Calder to Maclay
streets, will probably be presented for
approval.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1917.
NATIONAL FLAG
PATRIOTICALLY !
SHOWN BY CIRCUS
Amcriacn Colors Exhibited to
Exclusion of Every Other by
Barnum and Bailey
American colors, red, white and j
blue, made to-day's circus parade:
one bis patriotic demonstration.
Barnum and Bailey pageants are |
usually of an elaborate character ■
but that of to-da.v surpassed any- !
tiling ever seen in Harrisburg. Flags I
of other nations were not in evidence |
this year. Old Glory was the only
flag that was displayed.
There were many big wagons de- |
picting features of countries now at I
war. Banners on the wagons were
in forms of largo shields in Ameri- '
can colors. The bands won ap-1
plause with their patriotic airs, and |
when the United States division,
which brought up the rear of the big j
procession passed there was an out-1
burst of applause.
Thousands of people viewed the i
gorgeous cavalcade, representing all
classes and races of people. There
were many visitors from outside of
the city and the sidewalks were
banked ten deep. Windows along
the route were at a premium, too.
The parade this year included new i
features in addition to the old pro- |
gram. The open cages afforded a
chance to see many rare wild ani
mals. Camels were in evidence, and
the herd of elephants is the largest
in the United States to-day. The pa
rade left the grounds on time and
covered a big route.
Many Inspect Tented Clt.v
The circus arrived from York
early yesterday morning. The six
sections bringing the big show to this j
city were delayed and it was late in j
the afternoon before the tented city !
was In shape for a real inspection, j
Yesterday many thousands of people
visited the show grounds and
watched with interest the raising of
the tents, the preparations for din- |
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E. G.GRACE CONFINED TO HOME I
Bethlehem. Pa., May 21. E. G.
Grace, president of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, is confined to the
house with an affection of the right
eye, a specialist being in attend
ance.
LIBERTY LOAN
SAFEST INVESTMENT
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TUUirRY OSABTMINT.
WIT LiaMt* l/itii-r arv N,
LIBERTY LOAN.
APPLICATION FOR BONDS. '
TM. .ppHc.Ho. ahould be thrrtugfi , h . bank. ,ru.i comply. or other
■feiicy acllnj an hi. ftth.lt, or li m.y be Hll direct lth Ih. Fxkrd Kc.-vr B.nk of hi. dlllrlct or
the Trauury Department .1 Waahlngton,
Dated _
To the Secretary of the Treasury:
According to the term. of Treaaury department Circular No. 78, dated M. 7 |, 1917, the underlined
hereby apply tot ( —_p, c .l Ue ot the Ifr-au Vat 3J Per Cent Gold Bond, of the United
Sut "' * D<l W tW-f* ud .corned utereat tor ny bonds .Hotted on thia application The aum of
a mcloMd, being i per cent on tin- .mourn of Donda applied for lor payment u> full tor the one
•50 or the one 1100 bond applied for),
Signature of eubaenber, in full _ _
Addrua Nipnber and atreet,
City or town,
County. Stale,
NOTE.—It u dealraMe that the followlag latorm.tMa tm fanUbM by Ih. .ppllc.nl
I If full payment i. to be nude before tin*l iiuuliment date indicated in the eireuUr, what will be
the date of cucb full payment t , _ #
8. II it u expected that future pajmrnu will be made by oimk, upon rhat bank or tnm company
will cueh check* probably be drawn t
Nane of bank or trust company:
Addraai 1
3. What, it any, particular denomination* of interim ecrtttaatea are dwired?
4 Through what, if any, bank or other eney la thia application tranamittedT
LIBERTY LOAN APPLICATION
Pinal plana were completed late this afternoon by city and out-of-town
member* or the American Hankers' Association to increase the sale of
Liberty Loan bonds by arousing: more public interest in th*> securities.
A number of city banks have already placed them on sale, some of them
on a club plan, allowing the purchaser a period of tlfty weeks to complete
payments. The Harrisburu Clearing: House Association has been co-operat
fth b e^ e,y movenie t of this kind to increase public interest in the sale
WIDELY SCATTER
HARRISBURG BOYS
IN NIAGARA CAMP,
This City and Vicinity Repre
sented in Every Company
Now in Training
! Fort Niagara, N. Y„ May 21. — I
j Plans have been completed for the
j arrival of 466 recruits from National
| Guard organizations of Pennsylvania
:in camp here. The men will arrive
I before May 31 and will begin train
j ing with the different companies the
i following day. The call will be is
j sued on May 27 by ihe War Depart
ment, the notifications going to the
men by mail.
A complete roster of the men at
I camp has been completed with the
j organization of the United States
I army student officers. Uarrisburg
! ers are widely scattered. They have
i been placed in every company.
I The arrival of the guardsmen will
bring the camp roster tip to 2o'oo.
45 Men From Each Company
Colonel Miller said that only t'orty
five men from each of the fifteen
companies would be selected as of
ficers in the selective army to be
called to the colors on September 1.
Others in the camp will be placed in
the reserve corps, while those not
i included in these two dispositions
; will be otherwise disposed of by the
; War" Department. This means that
the reserve officers in camp for
study, an dtlic recruits, are on the
same footing. All are on their mer
its, and men with previous military
experience have no more chance of
obtaining commissions than have the
recruits without any previous expe
rience. All must pass the specific
; examination at the conclusion of
| their tour of duty, which will enyl
I about the middle ot August.
Y. M. C. A. Heading Room
The Y. M. C. A. has established a
I reading room and writing tables In
I the post chapel. Books and maga
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HURT IN FAIjIJ FROM CAR
William . DfeSllvey, aged 23, a
brakeman on the Pennsylvania Kail
road, was badly injured about the
back list night when he fell from a
moving car in the Marysville yards.
He narrowly escaped being ground
to death by the wheels of the train.
T. R. ADVISES HIS
SUPPORTERS TO
I ENTER THE ARMY
Only Course Open Since Ad
ministration Refuses to
Accept Volunteers
By Associated Press
Oyster Bay, N. Y., May 21.—C010-j
r.el Theodore Roosevelt announced 1
to-night that all men who had vol- j
unteercd to serve with him under j
the American flag had been absolved
from all further connection with the j
movement and that the only course |
open to thim now is to enter the)
military service in some other way i
it they are able to do so, and if not |
so, to serve the country in civil I
life.
"As good American citizens," said I
Colonel Roosevelt in a former state
ment, "we loyally obey the direction
of the commander-in-chief of the
American army and navy. The men
who have volunteered will now con
sider themselves absolved from fur
ther consideration with this move
ment. The funds that have been
promised will be treated as with
drawn and applied to other pur
poses. I therefore direct that this
statement bo sent to the leaders in
the various states who have been
raising troops."
Colonel KoOsevelt said that after
conferences personally -or by wire
with some of the men who had vol
unteered to raise units, regiments
and battalions, it liaa been decided
unanimously that the only course
open was to disband in view of
decision of President Wilson not to
permit the organization of the divi
sions authorized by Congress.
"Our sole aim," the statement con
tinued, "is to help In every way in
tho successful prosecution of the
war and we most heartily feel that
no individual's personal interest
should for one moment be considered
save as it serves the general public
: interest.
1 "We rejoice that a division of our
j fin* regular soldiers and marines,
j under so gallant and efficient a iead
|er as General Pershing, is to be sent
I abroad. We have a right to a cer
tain satisfaction in connection there
with."
Colonel Roosevelt declared that
had his offer been accepted all four
of his divisions wou;d have sailed
and two would have been on the fir
ing line by September 1. "the time
! at which the Secretary of War has
announced that the assembly of tho
I selective draft army is to begin."
"I wish," added Colonel Roosevelt,
' respectfully to point out. certain er
rors into which the President has
been led in his announcement. He
states that the purpose was to give
me an 'independent command'. In
my last letter to the Secretary of
War, I explicitly stated that if T
were given permission to raise an
army corps of two divisions to be put
under the command of some general
like Wood, Pershing, Barry or Kuhn„
I desired for myself only the posi
tion of junior among the eight brig,
adier commands. 1 would not have
hcen 'independent'. 1 would liaye
been in precisely the position of ajl
the other brigadiers commanders,
except that I would have ranked aft
er and been subordinate to the rest
of them."
Elephant Carries Plea
to Enlist in U. S. Army; j.
Seek Recruits in Crowd*
Grasping every opportunity to In
terest the young men of Harrisburg
and vicinity in the national crisis
and the '.'Call to the Colors," Cap
tain William F. Harrell of the local
recruiting station this morning had
a large recruiting poster placed on
the side of an elephant in the Bar
num and Bailey circus parnde.
I This afternoon and to-night Man
ager Beckett will co-operate with
the officers in every way possible to
interest possible recruits for the
army. Men will be on the grounds
with pamphlets to pass to the
crowds. Several prominent citizens
have offered the use of their auto
mobiles for the day to the men at
the station so they may be able to
cover as much territory as possible.
Walter Seller, of Dauphin, a
senior at the Wharton Extension
School of Accounts and Finance and
an employe of the Mechanics Trust
Company this morning signed with
the quartermaster corps. Other
voting men from nearby towns who
enlisted this morning are Robert 1..
Gait and Lester Turnbaugh, of New
Blooijifleld, Harvey Goodllng, of
I-oysvllle and J. Bryan Williams,
Paul Kintley and Robert Dents, of
Kaw Hlonmtiald.
Singl* Copy. 2 Cents
ALLIES PUSH
FORI YARD FOR
FRESH GAINS
Haig and Petain Smash Hindenburg Line on a Mile Front
and Take Support Trench in the Rear; Germans
Forced Bit by Bit to Give Up Ground in Northern
France; Counterattack Fails
Generals Ilaig and Petain a're again pushing ahead with their
offensive in northern I*ranee and to-day both report new gains.
After driving into the Hindenburg line along a mile front
yesterday morning in the sector northwest of Bullecourt the
British resumed their attack last evening and captured a support
trench behind the position just taken.
1 he firmness of the British hold on this section of the Hind
enburg line seriously threatening the Qucant-Drocourt switch
protecting Douai is attested by the failure of the German reactions.
General Haig is well maintaining his initiative and bit by bit
forcing the Germans to give ground.
Not only did the British prove themselves able to hold their
gains of the morning against heavy counterattacks but to resume
their offensive the same day and push further ahead, maintaining
their second advance also against renewed counterattacks.
The French for their part in the
great battle have resumed their ad
vance in the Champagne. Having
foiled the crown prince's desperate
and costly effort to regain control of
the Chemin-des-Dames plateau on
the Aisne front. General Petain
turned to the Champagne sector and
struck northward on the Moron
villieres heights.
Several lines of German trenches
were captured in these operations
and Some 800 prisoners taken. All
the important observation posts in
this section of the front are now in
Krench hands, facilitating their fur
ther advance in the drive calculated
to flank the Germans out of the
salient to the northwest projecting
towards Rheims.
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BRITISH HONOR LATE AMBASSADOR I
( , London, May 21. Several hundred |
* Vended a service to-day in memory ; Choate. I
I I of New York, at St. Margaret's church, .Westm.
J•. ter. The Archbishop * of Canterbury spoil ir. §
I \ Choate's services for the American and British nati< c
? WAR REVENUE BILL IIANGS FIRE f
I Washington, May 21. liupe of passing the war
J revenue bill within the next two days was not trong 1
among House leaders to-day, partial A
, ways and means committee was still toiling C
V' question of higher second class rates. S
ITALIANS CROSS OCEAN SAFELY
?! Washington, May 21 The IU ion I
1 to the United States, headed by Prince Udine and in- ifl
I • eluding William Marconi and several other distinguish- J
I ed Italians, has safely crossed the Atlantic and s
\ I be in Washington to begin conferences with A
. officialt and the Italian Ambassador.
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' MARRIAGE LICENSES
Joseph David Brlirhtbtll and Mary Elisabeth Smith, Mllleratowa. |
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HOME EDITION
Berlin Admits Reverses
Berlin's official .statement to-day .
admits that gains were effected by
both the British and French. The
British aimed at much more than
they accomplished, the German war
office asserts, havins attacked on a. ]
front of several miles along which
the Germans maintained their posi
tions with the exception that a de
molished trench was abandoned.
The French are conceded footholds
on Mont Carnillet and Mont Geil on
the Champagne front.
There has been no let-up in the .
promising offensive launched by Gen- -
eral Cadorna against the Austrian*.
He reports a new success by the Ital- ?
ians in the capture of a hiil between
Palliova and Britovo and also the ex
tension of the Italian positions in the .
Yodice area.