THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
NOTIFIED
101
By the
Republican
Committee.
National
OUTLINES THE ISSUE
Committee of the Republican Conven
tion Givee Him Formal Notifica
tion of Hie Selection as
Standard-bearer.
N-nr York. Charles K. Hughes,
who resigned as an associate justice
of the I'nlted Stales Supreme Court
to becorue the candidate of the Repub
lican party for President, was formal
ly cot I (led of his nomination.
The speech of notification was de
livered in Carnegie Hall by I'nlted
-Slates Senator Warren O. Harding, of
Ohio.
In formally accepting the Republican
nomination for the Presidency, Charles
E. Hughes said. In part:
"Senator Harding, Members of the
Notification Committee and Fellow
Citizens:
"This occasion is more than a mere
ceremony of notification. We are not
here to indulge in formal expositions.
We come to state In a plain and direct
manner our faith, our purpose and our
pledge. This representative gathering
Is a, nappy augury. It means the
strength of reunion. It means that
the party of Lincoln Is restored, alert,
effective. It means the unity of a
common perception of paramount na
tional needs. It means that we are
neither deceived nor benumbed by
abnormal conditions. We know that
we are in a critical period. We need
a dominant sense of national unity;
the cterclse of our best constructive
power; the vigor and resourcefulness
of a quickened America. We desire
that the Republican party as a great
liberal party shall be the agency of
national achievement, the organ of
the effective expression of dominant
Americanism. What do I mean by
that? I mean America conscious of
power, awake to obligation, erect In
self-respect, prepared for every emer
gency, devoted to the ideals of peace,
inatinct with the spirit of human
brotherhood, safeguarding bo' Indi
vidual opportunity and the public in- i
lerest, maintaining a well-ordered con- ,
stltutlonal eytm adapted to local ;
self-government without the tacriflce i
of essential national authority, appre
ciating the necessity of stability, ex
pert knowledge and thorough organ- ,
Ization as the Indispensable conditions !
of security and progress; a country I
loved by Its citizens with a patriot rc i
fwrvor permitting no division in their i
allegiance and no rivals In their aflec- ;
tion I mean America first and Amer- i
ica efficient. It Is in this spirit that
1 respond to your summons.
Foreign Relations.
"Our foreign relations have as
sumed grave Importance in the last ,
three years. The conduct of diplo- ;
matic intercourse is in the keeping of j
the Executive. It rests chiefly with
him whethpr we shall show eompe- j
tence or Incompetence; whether the !
national honor shall be maintained; j
whether our, prestige and Influence ;
shall be lowered or advanced. What
is the record of the Administration? i
The first duty of the Executive was :
to command the respect of the world
by the personnel of our State Depart
nient and our representation abroad.
No parly exigency could excuse the
nonperformance of this obvious obli- ,
ration. Still, after making every al
lowance for certain commendable ap
pointments, It is apparent that this obli
gallon was not performed. At the ;
very beginning of the present Admin
istration, where in the direction of 1
diplomatic intercourse there should
have been conspicuous strength and
expertnes? we had weakness and inex
pertness. Instead of assuring respect,
we Invited distrust of our competence
and speculation as to our capacity for
firmness and decision, thus entailing
many difficulties which otherwise
easily could have ben escaped. Then,
in numerous Instances, notably In
Latin-America, where such a course
was particularly reprehensible, and 1
Where we desire to encourage the
most friendly relations, men of long
diplomatic experience whose knowl
edge and training were of especial
value to the country were retired from
the service apparently for no o'lier
reason than to nio-t partisan demands
In the appointment of Inexperienced
persons.
Denounces Plots.
"We denounce all plots and con
spiracles In the Interest of any foreign
nation. Utterly Intolerable Is the use
of our roll for alien Intrigues. Every ;
American must unreservedly condemn
them and support every effort for
their suppression. Hut here, also, i
prompt, vigorous and adequate meas
ures on th ptirt of the Administration
were needed. There should have been I
no nesitation, no notion that it was
wise and politic to delay. Such an
abue of our territory demanded Im
mediate and thorough going action. As
soon as the Administration had notice
of plots and conspiracies, It was Its
duty to stop them. It was not lacking
in resume. Its responsibility for
their continuance cannot be escaped
by the condemnation of others.
"We are a peace-loving people, but
we live In a world of anus. We have
BLOCKS RED CROSS SUPPLIES.
Britain Refuses Again To Let Them
Enter Enemy Territory.
Washington. Great Britain, in a
note made public by the State I
partment, reiterates her refusal to per
init Red Cross supplies to enter terri
tory controlled by the Teutonic allies
vales assigned to Red Cross units.
The communication was accepted a
virtually closing the negotiations In
which the United States ha en
deavored to get th Mipplles through
OF HIS no Hi
no thouglit of aggression, nnl we do
fire to purt'ue our democratic Ideals
without the wastes of strife. So de
voted are we to these Ideals, so intent
upon our normal development, that I
do not believe that there Is the slight
est danger of militarism In this coun
try. Adequate preparedness Is not
militarism!. It Is the o.seiilial assur
ance of securltv; it Is a n. cessary
safeguard of peace.
"Shockingly Unprepared."
"It Is apparent that we are shock
in-.tv unprepared. There is no room
; for controversy on this point since the
oblect lesson on the Mexican bonier.
All our available regular troops (less
1 I believe, than t'l.oOn) are there or In
j Mexico, and as these have been
i deemed insufficient the entire National
i (luard has been ordered out ; that Is
we are summoning practically all our
movable military forces in order to
prevent bandit Incursions. In view of
the warnings of the past three years
It Is Inexcusable that we should find
ourselves in this plight. For our faith
ful guurdsmen, who with a flue pa
trlotlsm responded to this call and are
bearing his burden, I have nothing
but praise. Hut I think It little short
of absurd that we should be compelled
i ,0
cull men from their shops, their
factories, their offices and their
fessions for such a purpose.
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BEE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC.
Washington Sending Chief Covern.
ment Expert To Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio. An epidemic re
sembling paralysis has broken out
among the Ohio bee colonies and
threatens to reduce materially the
State's output of honey, according to
an announcement by N. K. Shaw,
Stale bee inspector. The Federal Gov.
eminent Is sending Dr. K. F. Phillips,
Its chief bee expert, to investigate,
liees attacked by the disease quit work,
go oft to a corner of the hive nd II
there until they die, says Mr. Shaw.
MAY "NOTIFY" BEFORE SEPT.
, McCormick Confers With Wilson As
. To Ceremonies.
Washington. Vance McCormick,
! chairman of the Democratic National
i Committee, conferred with President
; Wilson regarding having the Denio
1 cratlc notification cermonies held be
i fore September 1. Mr. McCormick is
said to have asked that the President
I urge Congress to get through with the
I legislative program at the earliest pos
! sible moment so the party leader
! could take up the political tasks await
: ing them, and so the notification cere
! monies can be held.
FIVE BANDITS GET $33,000.
Hold Up Paymaster At Detroit, Shoot
Guard And Flee.
Detroit, Mich. Five automobile
bandits, who held up the paymaster
and armed guard of the burroughs
Adding Machine Company and made
away with between $33,ni'iO and J:!4.cn0
after shooting and slightly injuring
one man. apparently have eluded sev
eral machine loads of policemen sent
in pursuit. Eleven machines, filled
with otflcers, were sent scouring the
country In every direction after a fruit
less northwesterly chase of l!t miles.
FIVE IN BOMB EXPLOSION NET.
Frisco Grand Jury Returns Indict,
ment In Parade Plot Case.
San Francisco The county grand
jury returned five Indictments, charg
ing Warren K. Hillings, Thus. Mooney,
Mrs. Rena Mooney, Edward Nolan and
Israel Weinberg with the murder of
eight persons who lost their lives In a
bomb explosion here during a pre
paredness parade July 22.
TO NOTIFY FAIRBANKS AUG. 31.
No Reason Given For Postponement
From August 10.
Indianapolis, Ind. Announcement
was made here that the da e for of
ficially notifying Charles W. Fairbanks
of his nomination for the Vice Presi
dency by the Republican National Con
vention had been changed from Aug
ust 10 to August 31.
NEWSY ITEMS.
At the piesent time the New York
Central Station, in New York, is the
world's greatest terminal.
Soil Is being Imported to build up
the Pacific Island of Midway so cow
pasture can be maintained.
The limber and other lands owned
by the I'nited State are a source of
profit which Is growing early.
Sixty miles of thread woven from
the fibre of a species of Italian net
tle weighs only two and a half pounds.
A "congress of continental Amer
ican history" Is to be held In Itio rie
Janeiro In 1322 during the centennial
celebration of the Independence of
Brazil.
A voice magnifier has recently been
invented which will carry moderate
tones nearly five miles.
Georgia finds road work a success
ful means of employing practically all
her county prisoners.
A young woman In Effingham, Kan.,
has bet jL'j'that she will get married
this leap year, and she put up the
money.
To warn of fire damp In mines an
Austrian has Invented a porous ves
sel through which the gas penetrates,
makes electrical connections and rings
a bell.
Naturally, the receipts from licenses
have also risen markedly, and upward
of $24,000 has been collected, against
15,000 last year. In all probability
this influx of new machines Is attribut
able to the improvement work that i
being done on the New Brim wick
roads.
mm reply
10 0. S. NOTE
First Chief Insists Withdrawal
is First Importance.
BROAD PARLEY TO WAIT
Names Commission To Settle Issues
Conferees Expected To Be Will
ing To Consider Other
Questions.
Washington. General Carranxa still
insists that the first thing to be de
cided by the I'nlted States and Mexico
Is the withdrawal of the American
troops.
Mexican Ambassador Arredondo de
livered to Acting Secretary of State
Polk a note which, while naming a
commission and tacitly accepting the
last American proposal for a Joint com
mission to Investigate Mexican-American
relations, laid stress on the fact
that the Mexican commlsloneu are
"(o devote their attenlon preferably to
the resolution of tb points mentioned
In the previous note of this depart-
menL" The points referred to are
the questions of withdrawal of Amer
ican troops from Mexican soil, border
patrol and fixing of responsibility for
border raids.
Washington officials agree that Car-
ranza In this manner is indicating his
Intention to urge these questions
ahead of all others.
No doubt has yet been expressed,
however, by the State Department offi
cials that the Mexican conferees will
show a willingness to take up questions
of Mexican finances and Industrial de
velopment. On the other hand, the
Dote Implies that the commissioners
will follow whatever lead Is made by
the American members, as they have
been Instructed to devote their at
tention "preferably" to the military
problem.
The Note In Full.
The note follows:
"Mr. Secretary---! have the honor to
transmit to your Excellency the fol
lowing note which I have Just received
from my Government:
"Mr. Secretary In due reply to the
courteous note of the Department of
State, dated July 28, 1916, I have the
honor to say to your Excellency that !
the First Chief of the Constitutionalist
Army, In charge of the executive power
of the Mexican republic, congratulates
himself upon his laudable efforts of
the American Government to arrive at
solution of existing difficulties be
tween the two countries, and, to that
effect, considering It of the greatest
importance that prompt decision be
reached of the points which have
caused 1h existing differences be
tween the I'nited States and Mexico,
referred to in the note of the Mexican
Government, dated July 4 last, has
seen fit to appoint at once a commis
sion of three persons, constituted by
Luis Lirenciate Cabrera, Engineer
Ignacio Honillas and Engineer Alberto
Panl, to whom Instructions havo
been given to devote their attention
preferably to the resolution of the
points mentioned in the previous note
of this department.
"Licenclate Eliseo Arredondo has
been authorised to treat with the De
partment of State the matter of de
tails relating to the place and data in
which the commissioners of the Mex
ican Government should meet the com
missioners of the United States in
order to commence their labors. 1
reiterate to your Excellency the assur
ance of my highest consideration.
" C. AGI'ILAR,
"'Secretary of Foreign Affairs.'
'I avail myself of this new occasion
to renew to your Excellency the assur
ances of my highest consideration.
"E. ARREDONDO."
"BANDITS" WERE ONLY 4 SCOUTS.
Men Sighted By Patrol Were Of
United States Army.
San Antonio, Texas. Four scot Is of
the I'nlted States Army and a drove
of loose hor.-es constituted the band
of Mexican bandits sighted by a Mas
sachusetts infantry scouting patrol.
This occurred south of Fort Hancock,
Texas, according to a report to General
Funston by General Bell at El Paso.
The four scouts were from the Pig
Bend district and happened to be, near
the wandering horses at the time they
were sighted by the National Guards
men. General Hell informed General Fun- '
ston that hereafter he would Use reg- I
ular army men Instead of guardsmen
for scouting.
CASEMENT'S BODY HELD.
British Authorities Refuse To Turn
It Over To Relatives.
Ixmdon British vengeance pur
sued Roger Casement, former Hritish
knight and consul, who was hanged
in I'entonville Jail for high treason,
even after death, for when Gavin
Duffy, his solicitor during the triul,
made a plea that the body be turned
over U) relatives, It was refused. Ac
cording to the custom In the case of
prisoners hanged for crimes similar to
that of Casement, the body is buried
in quicklime in the prison yard, but
no decision as to this as expected
till after the Inquest.
NEWSPAPERS TO REDUCE PAGES.
Regard Situation Relative To The
Paper Supply Serious.
New York. Publishers of daily
newspapers in Greater New York, at
a meeting, took action which will re
sult In a decrease of the number of
pages In their morning, evening and
Sunday Issues of 121 pages a week.
The reduction of so many pages is a
step to relieve the newsprint paper
situation, which Is regarded by the
publishers as very serious.
NINETY IN
(Copyright.)
Says Belgium and Serbia Must
Be Restored.
GERMANY IS ORGANIZING
Wants Other Soil Occupied Given Up
Blacklist To Stay And Eco
nomlo War To Be
Waged.
London. Greatly modified terms of
peace were suggested by Premier As
qulth In an address before the House
of Commons.
The Premier explained resolutions
adopted at the recent Allied economic
conference In Paris to combat German
commercial and financial penetration
after the wan
One of the most striking features
of the Premier's address was his omis
sion of all mention of the restoration
of Alsace-Lorraine as a contingent of
peace.
Four Peace Term Stated.
Briefly, the terms set forth by Mr.
Asqulth are:
1. Belgium must be restored and in
demnified. 2. Serbia must be restored to nation
hood, the Central Empires to pay for
the damage done.
3. The occupied sections of France
must be returned. Germany must pay
the costs of restoring the devastated
territory.
4. Occupied Russian soil must be
evacuated and indemnity paid.
In his mention of Russia, the Pre
mier did not refer to Poland.
Blacklist Till End Of War.
Premier Asqulth declared that the
trade .blacklist against which the
I'nlted States has protested must re
main in force until the end of war.
This, he declared, is the decision of
the Paris economic conference. The
resolutions adopted by the conference,
he said, were not Intended to harm
neutrals.
"We are aware of some uneasiness
In America," said the Premier, "but
this is not justified. The Allies took
these measures solely for selT-defense
against economic aggression. Every
effort will be made to see that neutrals
do not suffer."
The arms with which the Entente
will fight its trade war against Ger
many after the ending of armed hos
tilities were set forth at some length
by, the Premier, who declared them
necessary for the continued economic
life of the European nations.
Say Germany I Organizing.
"Germany is already organizing her
industries to attack the allied markets
and possibly go Into victorious compe
tition through neutrals," he said. "It
is necessary to prepare to combat this.
The Paris economic conference was
held to convince the enemy that the
Allies are resolved to wage the war
with complete unity and determina
tion in the economic as well as the
military sphere.
"The war has opened Great Britain's
eyes to the full meaning of the German
system of economic commercial and
financial penetration and the use to
which advantage would be put In war.
It is the duty or the Allies to lake
every step to secure for their own use
the supplies of their own countries and
to prevent German control. An econo
mic system must be adopted and suffi
cient time be given to enable arrange
ments to be concluded before peace
to prevent the danger of a renewal of
the German penetration."
PASSES BILLION MARK.
Appropriations of Present Congress
Set a New Record.
Washington. Appropriations of the
present Congress passed the fl.ftOO,
000,000 mark and set a new record.
The bill for support of the District of
Columbia carried the appropriations
over the previous mark. Several other
bills still remain, and leaders expect
appropriations of another hundred
millions before adjournment.
GNAT AND ERASER IN EAR.
Clerk Will Be Operated On For Re
moval Of Them.
St. Louis. Aloyslus Wolf, a clerk in
a grocery In Wood River, 111., will have
a surglcnl operation for the removal
of a gnat and a pencil eraser from
his ear. He felt a gnat alight in his
right ear a few days ago. He thrust
his pencil into the ear and began pok
ing at the gnat with the rubber end
first. The rubber followed the gnat
Into the ear and was dislodged from
the pencil.
PREMIER ASQUITH
GIVES PEACE TERMS
THE. SHADE
ran 5 UT
F
Russians in a Spectacular
Performance. '
TEUTONS ON THE DEFENSIVE
Teuton Reported Evacuating Kovol
No Important' Change In
Situation On Western
Front.
London. Th second anniversary of
Germany's declaration of war'on Rus
sia finds the relative positions of the
belligerents very different from those
of the first anniversary. The Eutente
Allies now are pursuing a successful
offensive on all fronts and the Central
Powers are virtualy every when on the
defensive.
The operations on the eastern front
continue to surpass those in the west
in dramatic Interest. The military
critics express great admiration for the
Russian tactics, one of the important
objects of which, in their opinion, has
been to isolate the Austrians from the
German armies on the Russian front.
This, it now. is claimed, has been vir
tually accomplished by the Russians
driving a wedge into the Austro-Ger-man
positions along the front of
Kovel-Vlandimir Volynski.
Austrian Collapse Expected.
The view here is that If the Germans
have thus accepted severence from the
Austrians, the most decisive result of
j the whole of the Russian General
Itrusiloff's strategy will have been on
I talned, It being argued by the military
observers that without German BUpport
th Austrian armies will become de
moralized and collapse.
The critics say that the Austrian
forces between the Llpa and Dniester
rivers are doomed.
There has been no confirmation of
the report received In Rome that Kovel
and Vludimlr-Volynskl have been evac
uated, but Rome Is" usually well in
formed on Russian news.
Falling Back On Kovel.
A correspondent with the Russian
forces has reported that the roads
toward Kovel "ar black with the re
treating enemy." Exactly where Gen
eral Bruslloff's next blow will fall is
not known. The Russian are virtually
within the same distance of both Kovel
and Vladfmir-Volynskl, and also are
pressing closer toward Lemberg.
Since Sunday's combined advance on
the Sommn line by the British and
French, the situation there has been
comparatively quiet. The French have
sustained the brunt of the German
counter-attacks launched against posi
tions captured in this region. The Ger
mans claim to have driven back the
British, who had penetrated on a nar
row front territory west of the Foure
aux wood, and to have repulsed suc
cessfully an eight-fold French attack
in the neighborhood of Maurepas.
There has, however, been no Important
change in the line since the Anglo
French advance last Sunday.
JUSTICE CLARK TAKES OATH.
Sworn In A Member Of Supreme
Court Crowds Absent.
Washington. John H. Clarke was
sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme
Court. Only Chief Justice White and
the clerk and marshal of the court
were present. Neither friends or the
usual curious crowd saw Clarke take
the oaths. Justice White came from
his Lake Placid (N. Y.) summer home
for th ceremony.
DOUBTS NORTH POLE DISCOVERY.
Not Substantiated, Says Resolution In
House.
Washington. Representativve llel
gesen, of North Dakota, Introduced a
resolution declaring that Ilear-Admiral
Peary's claim to discovery of the North
Pole had not been substantiated, and
proposing that Congress repeal its act
of 1911 promoting the explorer and
tendering him the thanks of Congress.
TRAINMEN FOR STRIKE.
First 100,000 Ballot Of Member Of
Four Brotherhood.
New York. Ballot of one fourth of
the 400,000 members of four railroad
brotherhoods who are voting on the
question of calling a general strike on
225 railroad already have been can
vassed and they were virtually unani
mously In favor of a Btrike. The count
will be completed by August 7, ac
cording to th leaders of the brotherhoods.
ROM ALLIES
GERMANS LOSE
E
French Recapture Fleury and
System of Trenches.
GAIN OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Success of th Terrific Drive Give
the French a Footway on Two
of the Most Important
Height.
London. The French counter-offensive
northeast of Verdun reached its
climax in a powerful blow which has
resulted In the complete recapture of
Fleury and the whole system of highly
organized defense from southeast of
Thiaumont to the Frold Terre Ridge.
' After a series of almost uninter
rupted attacks on the four-mile front
from the Meuse to the woods west of
Damloup, the French concentrated all
their power In a tremendous thrust
on the one-mile Thlaumont-Fleury line.
They smashed forward on this front
for a distance of about a quarter of a
mile through the most powerful field
works on the western front. They
took 650 prisoners.
The village of Fleury was attacked
from two sides, the northwest and
southeast. In previous attacks the
French had advanced as far as the
ruined railway station, against furi
ous resistance. Then, after the big
guns had been given time to clear
a path, the Infantry again swept for
ward, this time to complete victory.
All the gain made by the Germans
in their recent attacks have been
swept away. In an attack simultane
ous with that on Fleury, the French,
In the Chenois sector, drove the Teu
tons from the trenches they had seized
In this wooded region, capturing more
prisoners. Berlin previously had ad
milted the loss of ground recently
taken in Laufee Forest.
In three days the French captured
more than 1,750 unwounded prisoners.
They have also taken a large quantity
of military supplies. But from all Indi
cations they have done far more than
that. With the descent of the lull on
the Siunme the Germans seriously re
sumed their operations against Ver
dun. They had large forces at their
disposal and all of their powerful ar
tillery. But before they could get well
under way the French launched their
counter-offensive. In other words,
they "beat thorn to the punch."
The French have regained a foot
In g0 on two of the most Important
heights which look down on Verdun
Pepper Hill and the Frold Terre. The
orest of the former is a No Man's
Land, being constantly swept by shell
fire. But from the latter the Germans
hold artillery control of the heart of
Verdun. They made much of the cap
ture of Frold Terre, declaring It the
most important position on the north
eastern front.
BOLT BURNS HIS BACK.
Hurl Man And Child,' Leave Imprlm
Of Tree Stump.
Bloomsburg, Pa. In blood red there
Is burned In the back of Norman
Michael the Imprint of a tree stump
and a hundred roots, and Michael Is
suffering from the burns Inflicted by a
stroke of lightning. He was seated
on his porch when there was a blind
ing flash and bis small ion, who was
on the father's lap, was hurled across
the porch. Michael was rendered un
conslous and fell to the floor. The
boy Jumped up screaming, "Somebody
shot papa."
RATTLESNAKE KILLS FARMER.
Strikes Him Three Time In Hand
Diet On Way To House.
Danville, Va. Dock Belcher, a farm
er of Vashtl and a Confederate veteran,
was killed on Wednesday by a rattle
snake, according to reports received
here. Belcher saw the snake In the
grass and attacked It with a stick.
The reptile was more active than the
aged farmer and struck him thre
times on the band.
The farmer killed the snake, how
ever, and started to his house, but fell
and was found unconscious by two
women passing in the road.
WOULD COST $142,000.
Investigation of Beef-packing Busi
ness Will Come High.
Washington. Such a far-reaching
Investigation of the beef-packing busi
ness as is proposed by pending resolu
tions In the House would cost $142,000,
the Federal Trade Commlslxon In
formed Congress. A subcommittee will
take this into consideration in making
recommendations on whether the in
quiry should be made.
CAPTURE MEXICAN BANDITS.
Belonged To Band Which Engaged An
American Patrol.
El Paso, Tex. Three Mexican band
Its captured by de facto troops several
days ago, near San Ignacio, Chlhauhua,
were sent from Juraea to Chihuahua
City that General Jacinto Trevlno may
sentence them. The outlaws belonged
to the band, whirh after their capture,
engaged an American patrol near Fort
Hancock, Tex.
WANTS 16-INCH GUNS.
War
Office Make Inquiries About
Big Coast Defenders.
Albany, N. Y. The War Department
has asked proposals from the Water
vllet Arsenal on the cost of construc
tion and the time required to make six
16-inch guns. One other gun of this
calibre has been turned out at the
Watervllet Arsenal, but the guns now
proposed would be 20 feet longer. It
is said several years would be required
for their construction.
BEFOR
VERDUN
F
ill WITH
GAS AIID FIR
Battle Grows Desperate, on the
Western Front.
BRITISH LINE IS ADVANCED
Despite Two Flere Counter-Attacln
In Which the German Used Fiery
Liquid and Noxious Gases.
Th British Advance.
London. After defeating two stror.j
German counter-attacks, In which Iter;
liquid and noxious gases were used n
a screen for the attacking troop, th
British resumed their forward mov.
ment. Striking east of Pozlere. along
the road to Bapaume, Austrian and
territorial troops advanced the IlrKlfh
lines further toward the heights of
Martlnpulch crest of the vast plateau
across which the battle is being fought.
They are now within a mile and a hall
of this their immediate objective
From Martlnpulch tbe British artillery
would have control of the wide sweep
to the eastward, which leads down to
Bapaume.
Through the vast work of trenrhta
which criss-cross this gently-rolling
terralne, the British fought their way
inch by inch. The German have or
ganlzed the ground until for inllen It ii
a labyrinth of ditches and dugouts, and
progress Is necessarily slow.
Through earlier attacks north of
Bazentln Lepetlt and In the Foream
woods, behlud the advanred trenchti
of the German third line, the British
have succeeded In advancing their
front on a two-mile sector until the
sharp angle at Foureaux has beea con
siderably widened and is now a gradual
curve which eliminates the peril of at
tack from three sides to which It pre
viously had been exposed.
The German counter-attacks in tlii
Pozlere sector were launched after i
continuous bombardment which si
tended along the greater part of rhe
front between the Ancre anl tb
Sorum.
The first attack was largely suc
cessful. The flaming liquids furred
the British to evacuate a considerable
portion of trenches; then begun the
slow and arduous task of regaining th
lost ground. The English troops wen
go successful in this that General
Haig notifies the War Office that all
but about 40 yards of the position hai
boon regained. The second Germ a
attack proved a complete failure. The
British artillery was ready and its cur
tain of fire broke up the advancinj
German ranks.
Tbe battle at Verdun again resolved
Itself Into a duel of artillery. Follow
ing sharp fighting on the front north
east of the city the infantry seized s
moment of rest and neither side si
tempted an attack.
In the night fighting the French
claim to have considerably enlarged
their captured positions northwest ot
Thiaumont, while the Germans report
further progress in the Chapltit
Wood. More than 800 prisoners have
been takenjn the fighting, Berlin an
nounces.
Paris critics declare that the Ger
man stroke at Verdun has been com
pletely forestalled by the French
counter blow. After four days of
fighting the French have extended
their front somewhere In the key sec
tor of Thlaumont-Fleury.
FEDERAL EMPLOYES UNITE.
More Than 300 Organize To Join Fed
eration Of Labor.
New York. More than 300 emploe
of the Federal Government here havi
organized a union to be associated with
the American Federation of Labor. In
purpose, as announced, Is to unite all
employes of the Government for the
Improvement of the Government
service.
FRANCE AIDS BLACKLIST.
England's Trade Measure Was Taken
With Ally' Approval.
Paris. Inquiries In the most au
thoritative quarters concerning th
position of the French Government
respecting the treatment of American
commerce with neutral states by th
British blockade show that the re
strictive measures against German.'
have been taken In mutual accord be
tween France and Great Britain.
STABS HUSBAND TO DEATH.
York Woman Use Butcher Knife To
Save Herself.
York, Pa. Mrs. Sarah Diehl, th
city, stubbed her husband, Charles C.
Dlohl, to deajh with a butcher knife
while he was choking her. Dlehl had
been abusing his wife for some tlm
it is Vald, and knocked her down an'1
choked her. Site was arrested snl
placed In Jail.
FOUR MORE SHIPS SENT DOWN.
British Mine Sweeper Torpedoed I"
Levant,
London. The loss of four Ilrltl-'o
steamers three merchantmen and
mine sweeper was made public hr
Sunday. The Admiralty announced
that the mine sweeper Clucton ha1
been torpedoed and sunk In the !
vant. Five members of the crew srt
missing and five others wounded.
Tire Is spelled tyre In England.