Widespread Plots to Prevent Enrollment For tlew Army tlneovered by federal Agents * HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH - flnittprnfttnl LXXXVI— No 1/ 14 PAGES PLOT RIOTS TO PREVENT ENROLLS IENT German Agents Secure High-Power Rifles and Band Dis loyal Citizens Together in Effort to Annoy Govern ment Officials From Registering Men For Army BILL BEFORE CONGRESS WOULD IMPOSE 20 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR OFFENSE Indictment by Grand Juries Follow Discovery of Evidence Showing Plotters Have Taken Oath to Disrupt the Nation's Plan For Waging War Washington, May 29. German influences to encourage re sistance to army registration and the selective draft, uncovered in Texas by the Federal Grand Jury investigation already have re sulted in eleven indictments. Other arrests on the same charge made in various cities by agents of the Department of Justice apparently are not so closely linked with German influence, but are being: investigated. In tne Texas case, according to an ofiical announcment by the Department of Justice an organization was formed some time ago ostensibly for the purpose of co-operative buying. Its mem bers were required to take a secret oath and soon after the enact ment of the army draft law the official announcement says, "a strong Germain influence succeeded in inducing the organization to turn its efforts to combatting conscription and high-powered rifles were obtained to intimidate persons subject to registration and the officials who will be appointed to perform the registration." In lome western cities there are evidences of an effort to defeat the registration but the Department of Justice, it was officially announced is fully prepared to deal with the offenders under existing lav.s and the new espionage law now nearing com pletion in Congress which imposes heavy penalties for such offenses. Scattered over the country are sporadic efforts to Interfere with reg istration but officials here do not be- ; lieve they are connected. The Texas case, in which the German influence; is clearly established and the arrest of two mountaineers in Southwestern Virginia, are the most conspicuous instances. Attack Planned The two Virginians, William Mc- Coy and J. W. Phipps, both well known characters in the feud region are in jail at Roanoke and govern ment agents say they have complete evidence to show they have plotted organized resistance to the draft its well as a wholesale attack upon the landed people of the vicinity whose property they intended to divide be tween themselves. As the day of registration draws near, the Department of Justice and other agencies of the government are carefully watching for evidence of resistance to the law and are pre pared to deal with them promptly. "These arrests," said Attorney General Gregory, in an official state ment referring to the proceedings al ready under way, "should be accept ed by the country generally as a warning against interfering with the enforcement of the provisions of the new army law. They merely demon strate what the Department of Jus \ How the Flag Should Fly on Memorial Day On Memorial Day the national flag should fly at half staff from sunrise to noon, and full staff from noon to sunset. This fol lows the custom of hoisting the flag full staff at the conclusion of a funeral. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and Tlolnllji Fair nml somewhat warmer to-night anil Wednesday. For Kastern I'enns jlvnnla! Part ly cloudy to-night) H pdnrnUv fair; somewhat nnrmrri mmlrr atr north winds, becoming vari able. River The Susquehanna river nnd ltd main branches will rise, except the Juniata, Ipper Went Ilrnnch and the Chumung river* will be gin to fall to-night or Wednes day. The most decided risen, about live to nix feet, will oc cur In the liOncr North Branch. A stage of nbout 4.8 feet la Indi cated for Harrlsburg Wednes day morning. General Condition* The Ohio Valley storm of Mondny morning ban moved northcast wnl with Home decrease in en ergy and la now central over Southern New Knglnnd. It has caused nhowera • and thunder storms In the last twenty-four hour* In the Ohio Valley and Tennessee and In the Atlantic States from Georgia northward, the heaviest rains falling In the Susqaehanna Valley and South ern New England. It Is S to 12 degrees cooler sooth and of the Ohio river and over nearly all the country from the Great Lakes eastward to the eaat, and 4 to 14 degrees cooler In the extreme North west) elsewhere there has been a general rise of 2 to 14 degrees In temperature. Temperature i 8 a. m., 02 degrees. Sum Rises, 4i32 n. m. loom Fall moon, June S. niver Stage >*4.6 feet. Yesterday's Weather Highest tempemtore, 57. l owest temperature. 52. Mean temperature, 54. Normal temperature, 06. tice proposes to do in every case where attempts are made to hinder or discourage registration." Twenty-Year Penalty A section of the espionage bill dealing with interference with army| registration provided penalties of i twenty years imprisonment and $lO,- | 000 tine. This section of the bill says:- 1 "Whoever, when the United States j is at war, shall wilfully make or con vey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies and whoever, when the Unit ed States is at war, shall wilfully cause or attempt to cause insubor dination, disloyalty, mutiny or refusal | of duty, in the military or naval j forces of the Cnited States, or shall' wilfully obstruct the recruiting or en- j listments service of the' United States! to the injury of the service or of the ! United States shall be punished by a j tine of not more than SIO,OOO or im prisonment for not more than twenty | years or both. Men Claiming Exemption From Army Draft Must Give Reasons in Detail By Associated Press Washington, May 29. —Men who j claim exemption from army draft! when they register next Tuesday will j be required later to explain fully why I , they believe they should not be call- j | ed. Provost Marshal General Crowd- j ler announced to-day. Public au- ; thorities will determine the exemp- i tion of each individual on the basis | of the second and more ample ex- i planation. not on the briefly stated j reason given the (registrar Tuesday, j j All men who are married or who I I belong to classes which may be ex- I | empted, will not necessarily be sub- , ject to exemption. Furthermore.! every man between the ages of 21 I and 30, inclusive, must register, re [ gardless of his claim to exemption j unless he is now in the army, navy, | I national guard or naval militia. I Each man must state' his full i name, age on last birthday, street ad- ' dress, date and year of birth, oc<;upa-! tion and the kind of establishment ] where he is employed, military ex- | perience, whether he is single or > married at present; whether he has' a father, mother, wife, or child, ! brother or sister under 12 years of age, dependent solely on him for support; whether he is a state or federal official;- whether he is a na tive-born American, or whether he ( or his father is naturalized or has j taken out first papers. Men past 31 years should not try! | to register, as they will be refused j and will only confuse the system. Watermelons at $1 Are Still Cheaper Than They Were Early Last Season Southern delicacies will be ptenti ful to-morrow in the local markets. Not only will strawberries be cheap, but watermelons and canteloupes may be had at a cost greatly reduced over that of a year ago. Included in a consignment of fruit received by Gardner-Kaptisti and ! Company to-day. were a number of | Georgia watermelons, and many j crates of canteloupes. It is the earl iest Georgia products have ever been received In Harrisburg. The wa- i termelons will sell for SI.OO each, which is just one-half the price ask ed one year ago. Cantelounes will bring from 10 to 20 cents each. One year ago they could not be had for less than 25 cents each. Strawber ries are plentiful and the retail price is 15 cents a box. New celery arrived to-day, and hew potatoes brought $lO per "barrel. LEOPOLD ROTHSCHILD DIES London, May 29.—Leopold Roth schild died this morning at his home at Leigh ton Buzzard after an illness of six weeks. Mr. De Rothschild wa* 72 years old and was the third son of Baron De Rothschild founder of the English branch of the famous banking house. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1917. MOB ATTACKS NEGRO QUARTERS FOR REVENGE Score of Colored Men Beaten Into L'nsciousness Dur ing Riots SEEK JAIL FOR SAFETY Hundreds Driven Across Mis sissippi River Because of .Labor Trouble By Associated Press Kust St. Louis, 111., May 29.—A mob of perhaps two thousand per sons went through the negro quar ter during the night, shot one col ored man, seriously wonding him, beat a score Into unconsciousness, drove several hundred negroes across the Mississippi river bridge into St. Mo., and then dispersed parly to-day. The assault began after a report had been circulated that a white woman had been insulted and two white men held up by negroes, just after a committee from the Central Trades and Labor Union had attend ed a meeting of the city council to make a protest against the importa tion of any more colored laborers into St. Louis. Refuge in Jail Many negroes were given refuge in the city jail and at midnight the po lice estimated that two thousand per sons surrounded the building threat ening to storm it. The mob was dis suaded, however, and rushed into the business section, where street cars were stopped and saloons searched. Several negro saloons were wrecked and Mayor Mollman issued an orderl for ail bars in the city to close. Riot calls brought out the entire city police force, but the mob went virtually unchecked. Many workmen here have been. idle on account of strikes, and it is estimated tlia'. at least 8,000 negroes have been imported from the South, to take their places. Plead In Vain At the meeting of the council whish was held in the main auditor ium of the City Hail in order to ac commodate the crowd, the mayor pleaded with the men to restrain themselves from violence and prom ised that some method of controlling the ingress of negioes would be found. i The cro-td seemed peaceful enough until a rumor was heard that a white woman had been insulted and that' two white men had been held up by i negroes. Then the mob began at tacks on negroes who were seized and | searched. If unarmed, they were pun-| islied lightly. If they carried a wea> pon they were shown no mercy. This; continued intermittently for more than four hours. U-Boat Sinks American Steamer and Robs Crew Set Adrift in Boats By Associated Press New York. May 29. The Amer ican schooner Margaret B. Ross which left St. Andrews Bay, Fla., February 4, with a cargo of pine lumber for Genoa was sunk by a submarine April 27 near the French -I'allan coast and the crew robbed ! by the Germans, according to Cap [ tL'in Fred E. Foot, master of the : schooner, who arrived here to-day i from France. Captain Foot said 1 a detachment from the submarine . boarded his vessel and took from it ) everything of value, including food stuffs, navigating instruments and ; even the extra clothing of himself , and his six men. They were set | adrift in open boats and were landed |at Monte Carlo by a patrol boat which picked them up. Scout Executive to Be Selected by Council Final action in the selection of a scout executive will be taken this I afternoon at a meeting of the execu- I tive council to be field in the Board of Trade at 4 o'clock. J. Howard I Stine. an applicant for the position, j will at that time appear in person, i He comes from a large field of social I welfare work among the employes of the American Felt Company at Nor wood. Mass. Saturday the scouts of the city will distribute letters to the subscribers to the scout fund thanking them for ■ the support they have given the 1 movement. To-morrow nine troops of scouts will hike to different part . of the county. Land "Battleship" Is Launched For Recruiting By Associated Press ' New York, May 29.—The Recruit, the only land batleship in the Amer i lean navy, to-day became the head | quarters for navy and marine corps recruiting in New York City. Imme diately after the formal "launching" ceremonies in Union Square the struc ture, built to resemble a battleship, was occupied by naval and marine of ! fleers. Rooms aboard the ship will ! give ample space for the work of th'e ; recruiting officers and examining phy | slclans. County Insures Its Farmers Against Loss By Associated Press New York, May 29.—With a fund of $25,000, which later may be In creased, the West Chester County Commission of Safety has insured be tween fifty and seventy-five farmers aginst all possible loss on their crops In the event that prices should drop, 't was announced to-day. These farmers, who have enlisted in the re serve army of food producers, are as sured a minimum price of $1.50 a bushel for potatoes and $1.75 a bushel for corn and buckwheat. In turn the farmers have pledged themselves to increase their acreage and raise as much food as the soil can develop. t ~v NEW LIBERTY BOND POSTER V ) PI NAME OFjQB HuMAHI T^Pm ■ buy a if M LIBERTY!! BOND II Copyright by TV allace W. Page Here Is reproduced one of the new Liberty Bond posters being used to stimulate the sale of the loan. COMMITTEE TO AIL GOVERNMENT IN ENROLLMENT Dauphin County Safety Body Names Fifteen Chair- | men Under a recent act of Congress all i male citizens between the ages of 21 and 30, both Inclusive, will be sub- , ject to registration next Tuesday, June 5, between the hours of 7 a. ni. and 9 p. m. This matter was thoroughly consid ered at a meeting of the Dauphin County Committee on Public Safety yesterday afternoon. It developed that some persons are of the opinion that they can register or not, as they please. But should they not register, owing to ignorance or a deliberate purpose to evade the law, they will be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. The registra tion has nothing whatever to do with exemption from military service. That is a subsequent proceeding. Everyone Asked to Help The registration boards and the registrars will make the enrollment. Preachers, industrial and commercial leaders, foremen of plants and all who can in any way aid the registration boards are called upon to assist In , completing the enrollment so that no man may sufTer the penalty provided through carelessness, indifference or neglect. This duty of enrollment Is so Im portant that Governor Brumbaugh has issued a special proclamation urging that Pennsy lvanians perform this service in the most patriotic manner. Those who are not familiar with the registration should immediately In form themselves by study of the law I or by inquiry In proper quarters. All malr> persons aged 21 and not past 31 MUST register. Committees !Vamed President William Jennings was In the chair and he apportioned the duties to a series of fifteen commit tee chairmen, as follows: Finance, J. M. Cameron; publicity, E. J. Stackpole; legislation, A. Ram sey S. Black; allied bodies, D. E. Tracy; sanitation and medicine, Mrs. L. D. Gilbert; civic relief, Mrs. M. E. (Olmsted; food supply, Donald McCor j mick; materials, W. H. Bennethum; ; plants, industrial, etc., Quincy Bent; motors and motor trucks, C. R. Burt nett; civilian service and labor, F. J. j Hall; guards, police and Inspection, Frank Payne; railroads, W. B. Mc- Caleb; electric railroads and motors, E. S. Herman; highways and water ways, James E. Lentz. At the same time a committee on military service was constituted with J. W. Bowman chairman and Includ ing E. S. Herman, Frank Payne, S. S. i Pick of Millersburg, M. S. Hershey of I Hershey, M. A. Cumbler of Steelton, l and E. B. Cressler of Mlddletown. ' The duties of the latter group will not be precisely defined until Imtruc i tions are received from the State Pub ! lie Safety Committee. Boys and Girls Asked to Remain in School Because of War Needs By Attocialtd Prist Washington, May 29. Declaring that trained men and women will be needed during the war just as much as fighting men, P. P. Claxton, Uniti ed States commissioner of education, i to-day urged all high schools pupils to remain in school next fall. "If the war should be long," sul(J Dr. c.'laxton, "tne country will necJ all the trained men and women it can get—many more than it now has. There will be men in abund ance to tight in the trenches, hut there will be a dearth of officers, en gineers and men of scientific knowl [ edge and skill in the industries" CITY WILL UNITE WITH G. A. R. IN HONORING DEAD Veterans Plan Impassive Exercises For Memorial Day Veterans of the Civil War for the forty-ninth time will honor their their dead comrades to-morrow with special Memorial Day ceremonies at the Harrisburg, East Harrisburg and Paxtang Cemeteries. Final plans for the observance were completed last week and in clude the annual parade in the after noon with the formal exercises and the salute over the graves. The route to-morrow follows: Form at Front and Market streets, at 1.45 o'clock. Start at 2 o'clock east in Market, to Fourth, to Mulberry street bridge, to Thir teenth; first division halting while second division passes turning north to State and Thirteenth streets; first division then gointr to Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Post 520 will leave at State and Thirteenth streets, going to the Lincoln Cemetery. Parade in Two Divisions M. W. Newman will be chief mar shal and F. It. Hoy, Sr., chief of staff, with E. B. Hoffman and Capt. K. Laubenstein as aids. The forma tion of the parade follows: First Division, Eighth Regiment Band, Company D, Company I, Headquar ters (Jompany, Machine Gun Com pany, Eighth Regiment, National Guard, Governor's Troop, United Spanish-American War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, City Grays' Veteran corps. ' Second Division: Assistant Mar shal A. Runkle; aids, Charles Bea ver and W. D. Rhoads; Son of Vet etans Drum Corps; Camp No. 16, Sons of Veterans; Commonwealth Band, Posts 58, 116, 520, Grand A'my of the Republic; automobiles with veterans and speakers. Per ijon-j who will furnish automobiles are requested to be at 26 North North Third street at 1 o'clock to morrow afternoon. The following program will be given at the Harrisburg Cemetery: Assembly, Mrs. Roy Mlkle; dirge, Commonwealth Band; prayer, the Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, chap lain, Eighth Regiment, N. G. P.; ad dress, the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawcs, pastor Market Square Pres byterian Church; march to Soldiers' Plot; dirge, band: prayer, chaplain. Post No. 116; address, A. Wilson Black, commander of Post 58, G. A. B.; General Logan's Order, W. T. Bishop; Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad dress, N. A. Walmer, adjutant of Post 58; memorial ceremonies, J. A. Runkle, C. D. and W. H. Moore; prayer, William Huggins, chaplain, Post 58; benediction, the Rev. Dr. Hawes, salute over graves; taps by Mrs. Mlkle; echo by band trumpets. All city and county offices, public schools and banks will be closed to morrow following an annual custom established years ago when Memorial Day was made rt legal holiday. SAVE FOR BONDS By Associated Press Albany, N. V., May 29.—Savings banks of the state are urged to assist their depositors to subscribe for Lib erty Loan bonds, to be paid for with future savings rather than with money withdrawn from the banks, in a letter issued to-day by Superintend ent of Banks Richards. AGED WOMAN KILLS SELF Sellnsgrove, May 29.—Miss Bach ael Portisllne aged 60, committed suicide at her home in Melservillu, Snyder county, this morning. F.MH AND WARMER Fulr and somewhat warmer is the weather prediction for Memorial Day. The skies wll| clear to-night and remain so for the next few days. PARK EXTENSION PURCHASES MADE AT SMALL COST Commission Meets Thursday! to Lay Out Streets; Will. Be Its Final Act TERM ENDS ON JUNE 1 Business Conducted at Less Than Three Per Cent, of Money Expended The Capitol Park Extension Com mission will meet Thursday with Ar- I nold \V. Brunner and Warren H. Manning, landscape architects and '■ engineers, to lay out two streets north j and south and one street east aiivl | west through the Capitol Park zone. This will he the last official act of j the commission, the term of which expires June 1, 1917, all its work be ing completed. Mr. Manning was 111 the city yesterday going over details i as to the city's part in the proposed I extension of streets through the ex- | tension zone. The city and the state ; will have no differences on this ] score. The Capitol Park Commission has ] done a remarkable piece of work at ■ a very small cost to tho state. The entire expense to the commonwealth, including all overhead charges, ab stracts of titles, salaries, etc., cover ing a period of live years and nine months, was about $87,000, or less i than three per cent, of the total ap- 1 propria tion handled. When it is con sidered that the average private bus iness is judged well managed on a ten per cent, basis and that real es tate transactions on a live per cent, commission are regarded as not too high, the very efficient manner in which the Capitol commission's busi ness has been conducted may be ap preciated. Commission Named in 1911 The Capitol Park extension act was signed June lt>, 1911, and the com mission appointed by Governor John K. Tener consisted of Arch G. Knlsely, Samuel Kunkel and Samuel G. Todd. Mr. Knisely died January 22, 1913, and his place was filled bv the appointment of Spencer C. Gil bert. Mr. Kunkel died January 31 of this year. The money appropriated for the purchase of real estate in the zone amounted to $2,300.00, and the mini- - ber Of properties in the zone uum- | bered 641, all of which were ac quired by direct purchase except j nineteen, controlled by nine owners, Which were taken condemnation proceedings. This is considered a very remarkable record by real estate experts acquainted with the facts. The commonwealth is now using eight of the properties in the park for departmental purposes. Among the larger properties taken over, most of which have been de molished. were the Hickok Manufac turing Company's plant, the Harris burg Steam Heat Company's plant, the Harrisburg Electric Light Com pany's plant-, the National Hotel. St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church I and school, four churches of other denominations, seven hotels, two wholesale liquor stores, several man ufacturing plants, and the old State street markethouse. To Eliminate Si<le\vnlk! With the passage of the bills now under consideration by the Legisla ture, and of which there is no doubt, the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings. or whatever authority may be created for the purpose, will start this year the grading and planting of the whole district covered by the old Capitol Park zone. Also! the sidewalks along Third and Walnut streets will be eliminated so as to increase the width of these streets and the state will then dedicate for sidewalk purposes a strip alone: the top of the terrace in both Walnut and Third streets. The general ap propriation agreed upon for the next two years is $850,000. Funeral Processions Dot Streets and Cemeteries in Wind Wrecked Towns By Associated Press Mattoon, Ills., May 29. Mattoon and Charleston to-day buried manv of the victims of Saturday's torna do. Throughout the day the streets and roads to the cemeteries were doited with funeral processions. Business in the two communities to-day began to assume a normal as pect for the first time since the storm. In Charleston where a large part of the business district lay di rectly in its pathway with hastily ob tained new stocks, merchants opened stores in makeshift shelters, several tentß and covered wagons being used. Plans for rebuilding announced by J. J. O'Connor, director of the cen tral division of the Red Cross, in cluded reconstruction of the homes of hundreds of persons in the two cities who were left penniless. Rur vejs indicated that about fotir thou sand cars of lumber are necessary for the purpose and the aid of the National Lumbermen's Association in obtaining preferential delivery has been enlisted. Meanwhile, temporary shelter is being afforded many of the homeless in tents sent by the State of Illinois. Bill to Suspend For War Period Full Crew Law, Passed by House The McKee bill to suspend the op eration. of the full crew law during the war and for one month thereafter was passed finally in the Senate to day by 32 to 13, and immediately sent to the House. Senator Burke, Allegheny, opposed the bill, and Senator Byre, Chester spoke for It. Senator Beldleman voted agalnt the bill. TROOP C KILLED In accordance with a recent or der from the war department Troop <\ First Pennsylvania Cavalry was last evening recruited to full war strength of 100 enlisted men. More than fifty applicants are on the wait ing li&t, '*' XQmgi Single Copy, 2 Cents ALLIES MAKE PREPARATION FOR ATTACK Stagnation Along French and British Fronts Expected to Give Way to Great Drive on Teuton Lines; Intense Aerial Activity Points Strongly to General Offeiv sive; Italians Push Steadly Forward Rome, May 29. via. London. - The Italians in the Plava sector yesterday drove the Austro-Hungarian forces to the end of the valley cast of Globna says the official statement issued to-day by the Italian war depart ment. Since May 14, the statement adds, Austro-Hun garian prisoners taken on the Julian front number 23,- 681. The Italians aso captured 36 guns, including 13 of the heaviest calibre. While the other sphere of intensive military activity at pres ent is on the Austro-ltalian front where General Cadorr.a is day by day pushing back the Austrian lines upon Trieste there are in dications that the stagnation along the French and British fronts in France may soon be interrupted. The sign that points most strongly to this impending change •is the intense aerial activity taking place. The British report of last night emphasized this in its accounts of twelve German ma chines destroyed mid ten others driven out of control, while to day from the French front, Paris announces the bringing down of'seven German airplanes in engagemnts and the serious damag ing of 12 others. For the present, however, the allied | infantry is being held close to .Its lines. Raiding operations and occa- I sional local attacks by one side or j the other are the only developments I reported in the oflicial statements, J aside from the displays of energy on I tlie part of the airmen and the artil- I lery arm. i The German infantry facing the. British armies is apparently being , | held in check by its commanders as closely as that of its opponent* h.-t ; sharp attacks continue upon the French lines, notably In the Cham- I pagne region. Two of them were •M : • ■ '.!:• . r . C I 1 ' 1 ' *.' - * . 1 _i f. IV.. •.:• 1 JS u : ' out l!t?n*CS. i| ', USH i-'.'OD ••.:■ || 1 * i ! ® ► • f •i ■ ' I ► ! j; r ' , 1 ' * as-,- : •. ■ ; t- ■.) . : .... - :oy- ! f ' ' . c r b.. • ■ . s • t , | . H t'j; ---• tab- , | 1 ( 1 * 1 ' J • I > 1 I - 1 1 to-aay decided to take up June 6 t i ...neasures i • | I CAPITOL PUNISHMENT • | - - hy a vote oi 25 yeas to 15 n 1 i 1 \ ■ * I i I ■ ter the bill to forbid capitol punishmeftt' wa t j i defeat ■' . ' I MARRIAGE LICENSES Y Mlflmrl Yudurltb Midlandand llnrlinrii Kanbir, SteeHom Lrllor I Vernon UorkntHii mid Kdnn Florence Klmmell, Harriabum Hay \V. 1 lljfru, I purr I'axton township, nnd Minnie M. K tinner, MirUln tnwii- I ulilpi Clartncr Benedict and Gertrude Itlpiterllnic. l.nnraMert Hughi ' it'lrmun Wllnun and Kuth Isabella Kahn, Hnrrlaburgi \VUUam KUvvlu 1 prl hlrr and Slary laabelle Heem, Mlllersburir. HOME EDITION | launched last night in the Hurteblse district, but each was easily repulsed by the French. Active at Verdun The French made a minor thrust oh their own account in the Verdun re gion, where the activity is becoming more marked of late on both sides. A small German post north of Vache rauvllle was captured In this opera- I tion. Brazil is rapidly passing from the status of a neutral to that of an ac tive partisan on the entente side of [Continued on Pago 0]
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