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Little Fighting in Progress
^ Except for the Italian
Theater.
SECOND PHASE EXPECTED
f Believed That Germans Will
Help Austrians in Attac'i
Covering 90 Miles of Italian
Front.
(FrVlny.)
k T> *v f^rier the Italians and their
* ? allies ^iave raised along the great
battle area from the Asiago plateau
to tl. ?ea remains Insuperable to
the Austrians.
Th^'V.peratlons by which the enemy
bad hoped to press his way from
the mountain peaks in the Alps and
arross the Piave river to the plains
of Venetia thua far have met with al'
most^ signal failure. Where the ene\
my was a in the mountains to
press bark slightly the allied defenders
of the front in the first day
or |heir offensive the ground has been
regained; where he crossed the
Piave river and apparently was
threatening the plains with invasion
he now is being sorely harassed at
every point by the Italians.The
battle is not a stalemate. In
the mountains the Italians. British
and French troops seemingly have
* the upper hand; along the Piave
' from the Montello plateu to the
l mouth of the river east of Venice the
Italians, notwithstanding vicious
I thrusts hv the enemy here and there,
apparently are gaining the upper
' t( hand.
m.4 * lattle fighting of moment is in
V/ih progress In the mountain regions.
W but all along the Piave battles of
great violence are in progress with
the invaders meeting resistance upon
W which they had not counted and being
steadily pressed hack toward the
W western bank of the now turbulent
rivi-r which has swept away many of
y their pontoon bridges In the center
of the line, leaving them in a rather
precarious predicament.
Fresh rains have forced the river
U*ol I All! AI* I* a K * *
..... W..V w. ...1 nun i\ n it mi lilt1 question
of sending Austrian reinforcements
S* to the western side or conveying
food j^id military supplies to the
men already on the border of the
plains has become a critical one.
Hoping to alleviate the situation,
the Austrians again have delivered
attacks on the Montello plate'au, the!
keystone to the plains, but like pre-1
f viuus thrusts, they met with repulse.
Between the Treviso railroad bridge
and the Zenson loop the Italians
have pressed barrtt the enemy closer
toward the TMave, while at Lossun,
near the Fossetta canal, enemy attacks
were repulsed. Further down
the stream, a short distance from
where it empties into the Adriatic
sea, the Italians In a daring assau't
north of Courtellazzo, pierced the
enemy front, took 200 prisoners and
firmly hold their ground against a
counter attack,
o In the violen* air fighting that is
in progress all along the front American
aviators have joined the allipd
airmen and are performing daring
/ feats. Aaionv fh?
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* 0f rled out by them has been the bonibIpk
Of pontoon brldgea thrown by
^e enemy aero** the Plate.
* *"^1 Kmpty stomach* oMq^inue tQ play
I B ir**Pr?rtant ro1'* botjj with ?e Au
I* Wio-Huagttrian armies atftf; pe.>
Jji- IpUVa' ithlde the dual ^Anarchy,
ft ' , ffer* take"h by theMtftlfHp Hrfb
k J #*hly Ill-fed; troutflouj^ ^timea
W jjj^l #U tn ryics and Uyoi 1 n thfcpra&
t EyjRo?id kl^icddmhecaua? of lack* of
k jm**ni peopTeJ?%xen officials" arte J
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I tacks have bettevecl their positions
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.... ...... ii ,.i u.iMi.i r. I llllll llll' UI'l mans.
In the regions of Arras anil
Albert the British likewise have,
made gains and also repulsM tierman
attacks near Morris, on the
Flanders front.
The'tJerman oflicial communication
records the repulse of an American
attack northwest of Chateau
Thierry, in the Mnrne .region, and
asserts that the Americans suffered
heavy losses. This probably refers
to the fighting of Thursday In the
Belleau woof, where the Americans
advanced th ir lines more than half
a mile after the enemy had refused
to accept the gage of battle.
(Saturday.)
Blocked in their advance across
the Piave river by the Italian and
British forces and with their line of
communications threatened by the
rising waters of that stream, fhe
] Austro-Hungarians apparently have
I closed the first phase of their offensive
against Italy. Viewed after a
week of fighting, the offensive has
been little more than a demonstration
In force over a battle line more
than 00 miles in length. It has!
gained none of its objectives and has
j cost the Austrians very dearly.
From the first day of the attack
it was seen that the Italians were not j
I ?-?tucu upon 10 meet a tremendous
onslaught on so"'" strategic key to
their position such as was launched
at C'aporetto last October. They
had. rather, to defend their lines ovei
a wide fron* against attacks which
were launched seemingly without
sufllcient power to penetrate more
than some of the advanced posts of
the It:iJians and their allies.
Second IMmse May Start Soon.
! The second phase of the offensive
lis expected to begin at any time. It i
is not believed that the Austrians
will be willing, nor will they he permitted
by Germany, to end their
drive against Italy with the results
Indicating an almost total /allure.'
There have been intimations that
Tertuany would assist in the attack
which is coming, and which may he
aunched against the mountain sector
of the front. Large bodies of men
have been assembled there, presumably
for another attempt to break
through the mountain barrier.
The serious food shortage in Austria-Hungary
has given rise to sensational
rumors. One of these, from]
Amsterdam, says an attempt has been
made on the life of lOmperor Charles.
This rumor lacks confirmation.
There is. however, little doubt that
conditions in Austria are near a,
Cl'sis' Little of the true state of affairs
can he learned because of the
strict censorship, but what little
news filters out through neutral
countries shows that the Austrian
people are on short rations, that serinne
rlntinor Koo ' 41 4 '
- . .uvxn Man ill It'll IIII (I IlliU I
general strikes a<e feared. In a i
clash between police ami strikers at
Budapest 4 45 persons are reported
to have been killed or wounded.
Bu'giirbiu Commission at Vienna.
A Bulgarian commission has arrived
In Vienna, according to dispatches
from The Hague, for the
purpose of negotiating with the
Austrian government concerning >i
change in relations with Germany.,
This, coupled with the fact that the
present premier of Bulgaria was opposed
to an alliance with Gemmanv
before Bulgaria entered the war, and
the* known war-tiredness of the BulKnrintM?ople,
may he significant
Sincfl^the 'abortive attack on the
U'heims front early in the week, the
western front has been quiet. There
'uive been patrol encounters and the
snal operations along the fronts
where great battles were being waged
during the recent past, but nothing!
esembllng a new drive hy the Ger-j
nans at the allied line has been re-,
iprted. Berlin officially reports th"
Oresence of Italian imaa. i
IVflfWR v wtf^n III 1 lit?
Uhelms nector.
t&merlcan forces h-ve continued
1 ?heir? Intense activit ."?n" the fronts
here they are ^hi^dln* postflons.
Vort\Ve.t^f^?<iu Thierry^ thev
j liavV BusTied their llneif forward once
wolf find east of the city haye h^mlhf
feybodles of O^rman tlWpe.J'
l . /""ijhyted th&t NleoHi I? Vp?'^
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.STER
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PLAN AIR ROUTE TO I
EUROPE VER\ SCON
Ilritish OHirial in Wa-hinuton to
Discuss Plan With War
AIPS TO HELP THl
ANCA
LANCASTER, S. Tt ESI) )
AMERICAN I'LAC FLOATS ll
ON FRONT OF .19 MILKS,]
Tliis Mileage 11?*l?I t?\ \IS-\iiierii an
Kuril's, Ciitlf*!' i omiii.tnil of
American Ollkii's.
Washington. .I nno '-'4 The flag ]
of tlii* I" 11 it??(l States now IIoats over
:<! mllos on tho western front. Th'-t
inil'it"i' is held by "alln America
fours," commanded by American
(.Ulcers and reveals that the Cnited
States is really in the war against J
(lerman aggression and militarism.
Stirring news to this effeef came ]
when members of the house committee
on military affairs went to the
war department to confer with the
war council. General March, chief
of staff, told the house members of
the last extending: line of American
troops in France.
Altogether the situation as de- i
scribed by Secretary Maker and Gen- t
eral March encouraged the house t
military committee. t
Following the conference Repre- 1
tentative Caldwell, of the house
committee, said the steady How of 1
troops, equipment and guns for ]
American soldiers Justified the pre
diction that "the war will begin in i
earnest bv Srptember. so far as i
America is concerned "
American supplies and troops in <
France by that time, he suggested. i
will be sufficient to make the enemv
feel distinctly the force of America i
- - . .
ami the great fighting program ! (
planned for the Aine.riean soldiers
will pet under way vith a triumph- i
ant rush. ]
The diselosure that all Ameriean t
troops now hold 3!t miles of the line j
on the western front was arcora- 1
panied by the statement that the i
Americans occupy six positions alonp t
the tlphtinp line. 1
This total "all American" mileage i
was considered a creditable showing i
1>> members of the house committee.
In addition, it was stated. larp->
numbers of Americans are at the
front with Hritish and French units. I
War department officials asserted ]
that a number of combat planes have i
recently been shipped to France from
this country and production is steadily
Increasinp. It was also declared )
that the mach:ne pen situation Ins <
shown material improvement and t
large numbers of light Hrowning |
guns have recently been sent across. \
Production of the heavy Hrowning, <
however, has no? yet reached a sat- j
isfaetory stage, but outside of this i
is was stated that machine gun manufacture
is now on a quantity basis. |
Members of the house committee :
were informed that the visit of IT- :
boats to the Atlantic coast has not <
diminished troop movements and the |
war department has not slowed i
down earlier in the movement of ]
troops or supplies, nor was the lr- i
boat visit alone regarded as serious ,
from a military standpoint.
Developments on the Italian front |
wore informally discussed and the <
military authorities said the situa- |
tion there was not regarded as serious
by the allies.
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SENTENCED TO 1ft YE\RS
FOR ft MONTS' ABSENCE i
, ,
Private Samuel l-evine (lets I ami; |
Term for Leaving Ills Itcglment '
Without Authority.
Spartanburg. S June '24 - 1
Private Samuel l.evine. Company A,
Fifty-third Pioneer Infantry, has
been convicted by a court-martial on
the charge of being absent without
leave, and sentenced to serve ten'
years at the United States disciplinary
barracks, Fort Leaven worth, '
Kan. Levlne was charged with being
absent without leave of absence 1
from August 12 to February 26. last. '
The defendant pleaded not guilty to '
the cTiarge of desertion and said that
when arrested he was attempting t<>
obtain money to pay his way back toi
Camp Wadsworth.
The prisoner declared that while in
the service last August he learned 1
that his father was sick and unable '
to support his family. He left the '
company, which was at that time do- '
ing guard duty at the Morse ShiD 1
Yard* in Brooklyn, and went to the '
Fore Hlwr 9hij>^Yar<ls. where he '
workedYfor .?ohyi^lme. He then re- 1
turned Ito Manhattan and went to 1
work. |JIe clajme<\ that he, did not
know th\ okih ^authorities were '
lookln -'**^,-n>hiu./(Jen. Ouy (V ?
Carle' NoytnotTi^ ^the provNJ
corpjT* and army '
" th<*u4jjteu<^e of'
leered,,;
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Department.
AIM TO It KM K YE SlIlIMMNtJ ]
Main Idea is In Bring Full Force!
of American EITort in Air
to Bear Against (iermany?
Touch at the Azores.
Washington, June 24.?Kstablishnent
of an air route to Kurope from
lie United States in order to bring
he full force of American effort in
he air to hear against Germany lias
!>een decided upon as a definite project
by the British air council, the
new organization into which all
British air service has merged. This
ivas disclosed today by Major Uen-I
;ral William l.rancker. controller of I
squipment on the council, who is in
Washington to discuss this and ?tliar
projects relating to air warfare
with American officials
Plans for an initial flight across
the Atlantic in August. September <>r
October of tltis year are already well
advanced. American c<w?|)eration
Is sought and General Htancker
hopes that the first machine to malm
lie crossing will carry Ix^th Itritish
ind Vniericnn pilots. \t least three
Hritish pilots regarded as nualificd
'or I lie trip arc now here and several
types of machines produced in Hug- |
land have ample fuel capacity for!
lie forty hours living, it is estimate I j
he trip would take.
To Itln/c New Trail.
The attitude of" the XmeiMcan government
to vard the project has not!
l-een disclosed although General j
Itranr'-T laid stress on the fact that I
!he side purpose of the trip was to'
hlaze a new trail to Kit rope over
hioh American aircraft can he deivered
next year without taxing
Tipping Presumably :t ar'sec from
he fixed purpose of the Hritish air
ministry to carry the honihfng warrare
into Germany on a steadily in-!
reaving scale and not i vital spot
ii the Gorman empire is sate from ill- |
Iicil readers.
After General Rraneker had made!
public hi plana. Secretary Baker|
said that no army aviation otllcors
had yet lieen assigned to work in
I'onjunetion with the Mritish on th >
project Successful navigation of
the air to Kurope is to he hoped for, |
tie said, hut no dofl 'to plan t > at
[ nipt it is now before tipvernmeot
ifliciaIs.
General Rraneker laid his plan's
t?efo?e oftlcers of JStc armv cerfe a'
itaff .as an achieve (ent that could
>o reali/ed^n the immediate future
Have Adequate Motors.
The point made hy fleneral
flraneker favoring the employment j
>f British equipment for the venture!
s that the new Rolls-Royce 37a
iorse-power engines have proved reiahle
enough practically to insure
n 11 Hi cult y from this source. The
American l.ihcty motors, he said, are
idmirahly hotter in performance j
han this Rolls-Royce, being of light-i
r weight anil giving greater power,
lit thrv have not yet reached the I
itatus of reliability of the Rolls '
Itoyoe.
Tnder any consideration, a seaMane
carrying at least Tab horselower
will he the first craft to atempt
the Tight. I'ntil arrangenents
have been made for the touch-1
ng or ait planes *at the Azores en
onte, which is a difficult matter,
wing to the rugged contour of the
slands, landing there for refueling.
A ill have to he mailo it. ?r>.. t... ..i
The Tentative Kdiitc.
Ah tho ttip Is now projected. it
.von 1<1 start from British soil in New
Vmndland. touch at the Azores anil
ipain In Portugal and conclude in
reland, probably to he resumed of-,
er overhaul to France. While this
s not the shortest route It is said to
.ffer better weather and better op- j
witunlty to forecast the weather In
idvance.
The governing factors of the flight
vere given by the British officer as
mgine reliability, navigation and
veather forecasts. The probable |
oss ot machines en route could he
nlnfr ./ed. he believed, when tho
veather "forecast hail been fully
-^4ght^ wore sorted
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Sl'AIiTANUl R<; HOTEL IS
HOYCOTTKI) n\ OITK EKS
W'skIsw ort h Soldiers .loin Traveling
Men in 4 i\iiu. Cleve and llolel
llii- (.<?-l>\ on \ccitiiiil ol <?hurgcs.
Spartanburg, S. Jane 24.?A
number ol nil!'im s of Camp Wadsvinth
have entered into an agrceiniM't.
whieh serins to be rather inI'ortnal
lntt nevertheless effective, to
refrain from patronizing the Clevelati'l
hotel of this city, o e of the
leading hostelries of the south, because
of the alleged excessive rates
charged Army otlicers have been
noticeably scarce around the lobbies
of the Cleveland for the past two
days, but the cause of it has just
leaked out.
There has been no official action by
the military authorities, it seems, but !
many otlicers have been dissatisfied
with the rates charged by the local
hotel, and efforts have been on foot
for several days to take some action
in the matter. A committee conferted
with the hotel management but
could get no reduction in rates, it is
said. The matter was then laid before
the officers, by companies and
regiments, and most of them voted
to stay away from the Cleveland
The whole matter of profiteering
in the city is being considered by the
officers, and it is very probable that
mpct? those requirements.
General Braneker discussed frankly
many other aspects of the air service
that experience has taught Great
Britain. lie also warned American
manufacturers that they must expect
constant changes in design both of
engines and planes and be ready to
abs"rh new types of either on short
notice.
The United States alone, of all
iM^ers, the general thought, could
be^t?Vrii<J ^>f both qualUy and quantity
ptfoiH faaon of her
snofpn&s ^ manufactur
sinrlar action will be shortly taken
with regard to other hotels here.
The restaurants, merchants. hnar<lin'-r
houses, and those who rent room- to
soldiers in private homes, are com inn
in for 'heir part of the i n vest gat ion
and complaints against them are being
carefully looked into. It is probable
that action against many of
them will he taken in a few days.
? William Poor, manager of the
Cleveland, was out of town, but it
was stated by ; representative of the
bot-1 that the prices charged by the
local hostelery eonld not be lowered,
unless the service is cut If the
present servic" is maintained. he
said, the present rates must continue
in force.
The boycotting of the Cleveland is
attraet'ng a great deal of attention
here, and the outcome of the otlicers'
action is awaited with interest There
has been much complaint on the part
of townspeople because of the excessively
high prices charged at the
Cleveland The drummers who
make Spartanburg their headquarters
have for s one time been g ving
the Cleveland the "go-by" because of
the prices changed, and it is a rare
si Tit to see a traveling man register
at the Main street hostelry.
IT* TO Till: I'KOPI.E.
The follow ug telegram was received
yesterday by Chas. I>
Tones, county chairman in the
drive for sale of War Savings
stamps:
As county i hairmnn of War Savings
you are expected to win sueCOSH
in .Tlinp enmnoien
oxpert our hoys in Franco to win
j victory In this war. One hundred
per cent Americans In your county
should mean nothing loss than
one hundred per cent pledged war
savers. Am confident you will
ucceed.
F A. Vandorlin.
National Chairman
Reports from the rural dlstrWs
of Lancaster county are more encouraging
than those from the
city of Lancaster, and it Is feared
that Lancaster citv w'll pot "go
1 over." Th* Indies of the city and
f county are doing wonderful work. '
that good weather would prevail.
The use of weight carrying machines
such as night homhers is essential
as the carrying capacity to In*
devoted to hauling high explosives
to (Jerman centers seje-t? d for de
struction would go into extra fuel
during the trip. The twin Liberty
type of American seaplane, built on
British design and now in production
here on a steaUitv i
JUSTICE v
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!SCMI'TION $2.00 A 'i
FiFTY-MfrE MEN
Ai?E 5EKT i o CAMP
Entrained Yesterday Morning
For Camp Jackson at p
Columbia.
MAILING (JC FS HON N AI RES
Local Hoard Now Husv With
Those M ho Registered June 5.
I . Forty Questionnaires Mailed
Daily.
Ffftv-ninm Lancaster countv men
* *
entrauied for Camp Jtttk^on yesterday
moping, a large cro^vjd of people
follow in^^^jnto the 'station to see
them off. The"*^ local k 'hoard begun
today mailing ouV^ff^estionruiires to *
those recently becoming twent^one
' years of age and who <^^d?tiired on
June 5. Forty quest ioipifci^o "?T N
he mailed each day. The list
to whom they were mailed' today
giver herewith. * . s '
Following is th?* list of men who
! entrained for camp yesterday: ,
Mavld \ ltla< kmon. *>
Lewis O. McManus.
John Lucas.
Marion llinson.
. Leslie 11. llamrick.
James T. Robinson.*;.,
| v' ' Sw.-tt. 'Jf
James 1.. Bnllaj^l. \
Janifs S. BounetUrto^. '
Shalah II. I)uncn^jFjr '
Marvin A. Horton.
Tlios. V Haijcy. Jw
James M. BowersJg ? *
Jesse Williams. jfjL ...
Mark L^D'as. ft Tt .
Win. A. Faile.
Creiirhtrn M Thi^?t.
John R. Knipht.
Leonard G. Neoly.
Henry G. Beckham.v? *
Samuel S. Oaston. ^
Perry Williams... r
W. B.* Mont potffd^H*
Manly L. Haile. }*
lluev A. Montpomery.
Baxter S Bailey.
John Ilarpett.
Thoe. E. Downs.
Robert W. Howell. '?W*.
Isaac F Williams. ' ^
Ira B. Gardner.Henry
R. Mattox. 1
James o. Couch. Jr.
Haskell J. Bailey.
Jesse J. Phillips.
Otis Miller. '
Len D. Broom.
Walter S. N^atson.
Ira l>. Est rid po.
Henry J Stopner.
Ed par Self. ^
Robert J. Barrett.
Beulah Faile.
Sim IT. Plyler.
II. Roy Bowers.
A11 io Is. Sims.
Leslie Caskpy.
('. Sylvester Giles.
John E. Pressley.
Roohell A. Threatt.
Co'pinan I). Short.
Leonard T Mailman..
Kaymon Gardner. - '
Willie H. Steele. \ s ,7 \ .
' v P?>"ips. #>J|.
Chalmers S. Croxton. . ?*?.
Win. S Mlackmon. ?
Ira S. Harper. **W. %
Marlon S. Hlnnon. jjk ?i
lUNtioiniiilrps Mailed. 1
Questionnaires were mailed this
j morning to tU?' following:
Men J. Ad'ms, Heath Springs,
R 1
Arthur W Maker. Riverside. qr
Clifford Mam well Mallard, Lancaster.
R. a.
Thomas Lovlck Mallard, Lancaster,
J.
Thos. M Marton, Lancaster.
Klza H. Beckham. Lancaster.
Kdgar C. Mlackmon. Heaf
i Springs. R. 1
I Claude V. Bishop, Heath Spring4
, R 1.
S Nezzie Catoe. Kershaw, R. 2.
Robert Lee Catoe. Heath Spring?
R1 , X
Clyburn Cauthen. Heath Spring?^
R. 4.
| Will Cunningham. Stonehoro, R. 1
Stokes M. Collin*. Van Wyck.
H. Stokes Ashley. Chaster.
Merldlth Maker, Mineral SprlnRS,
B 1 I
t (Joseph P. galley, Lancaster R. 6.
Jame? Leroy Italian!, Lancaster, *
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