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\ ( *i Via for fra** cat, .js i of . Vpr.es. Ilvis thy .British Mew pp by mines June 7, the noise being heard in London. They, captured r>,Q(X> pcfopn- ers the.first (lay of the offensive htid many others later. ‘ .’—"“T.Trench Gain Hills. 'Below the sector of the German re tirement the French were equally suc- ^ce&gfuL—thi April -14L4he.w-Ktarted -a i great offensive, which resulted In The dominating “Ladies’ road" falling into thebe. JURUUk*. besides important posi tions in Champagne. Their prisoners the fjrst two days totalled 17,000. <>n May G, along the Aisne' they tdfdc G.100 captives and gained points from which they looked down on. the foe, as the I -h did fartiwr north. should be noted here, lmwever, •tlmt tiie Frem , h~'lo J sses were severe, resulting in the replacement of Niveile as commander in chief by Petain. The last twelvemonth in the Italian campaign has witnessed a series of costly reverses for the Austrians, but e«y >en prevented from cesses by the. ie beaten TeU- eacli defeat to ,'nrost difficult following up their •suc< very difficult terrain, ■fh tons falling hack after i new mountain positions to attack. I^Rjiarfs Tak-e Gortzia. •' ugust 8, iVilG. the Italians • the'‘stubbornly defended Go- dgehead, on tlie Isonzo river, about 10,000- prisoners, and lowed this success the next adzing the city of Gorizia and lg tiie 'number of their cap- e Italians launched a new the first days of. Novomb \Vinte>r then stilled operations until May lo, when the Italians returned to the attack hi the. CarsQ,...aiming at Trfestef -On May 18- ihe haul of Ays- trian prisoners was..announced to .be G.432. The offensive was renewed May 2">. 0,000 prisoners being taken Ihe first day. On May 2G It«4y--st»fed she 414 prisoners since May 14. ' ~ The lust operations left the Italians in an unfavorable"terrain and the Aus trians counter-attacked successfully, inflicting important losses, hut not driving hack the invaders to any great extent. The Italians apparently set tled down to organize the contpioretT soil |n preparation for a new Mow.— HOSPITAL TRANSFERRED TO PERSHING KERENSKY TO SOLDIERS Bordeaux, France- breakfast of ham and bacon, beefsteak or ot tables and porridge, as a substitute for the meager* European morning meal, is recommended for France by Doctor Bergonle, -professor Cf the "BordeaUx* medical faculty. Doctor Bergotde regards fids substi tution as one of the reforms most-like ly to relieve the economic situation, by providing rational nourishment and avoiding a great deal of waste. He bases his argument on tiie fact that man requires sustenance most at the'beginning of tiie day when he is about to make his effort, whereas in ■ Europe, he takes Ids principal meal wluut Ilia, day's'work i t s half through, when he is half Aired out and is in cttpable of so digesting his.meal as t<> give 1dm proper support for the rest of the day’s work. l t. - x Mrs/ Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff*. a prominent author uud poet, i:Mt fl ilbL.. ,Xo Franco to drive an ambulance with ! a hospital on the British front. Mrs. Wagstaff will he a valuable addition to the hospital, being as capable' at repairing her machine as she is at ^driving it. She. Is an expert mechanic and a crack motorcyclist. HJEJW TO WRITE TO SOLDIERS War Department Announces Rules for Addressing Letters to Men - - - at the Front. ' '• mrnmm MM Wushingt bn.—-Persons sending let ters or cablegrams to American sol diers In Ftf incevyre cautioned 4n 'a war department’ announcement to in clude in the address only the name of the soldier, Ids company, regiment or other unit, and the words “American Expeditionary ForcaT’ , The location of the unit should not be mentioned*? The-highest spire in given If it be known. *! U1 * ^Sh, 11 CUlhedral "—The epvHftpg"ThouId' frtfitr TtCrtr ■trre’"* iwvt “ ffAu iaaghk^lt •■««** name H7ifl address of the sender. 18 ^” Similar rules prevaM for communion-'’ t a P a( ? u has the bir tions from members of the expedition- t * te wor ^* ary force to friends ojr relatives in the 1* IaL* 0 , 11 a United States. The American Ambulance- a t Xeuilly, France, which'was transfer days ago to the American 'array*" as represented by General Pershing, DOG’S RESCUE EFFORT FAILS Collie, Plunging Into Rivifrr'V airily Tries to Hold Up Body of His Master.' The Northmen settled In Iceland in the year 874. * • ; .* Before the war there were, three British factories working for the land there are ha. SCRAPS, t ?nburg Westfield, Mass.t—Joseph Wrogow- —rtasK*-. -al*y,;.sa#ou yoars »*A4r-~wait-^*kwa**i-4t*- began the Westfield river at Ited Rock after ns tri- his collie, Fluff, twice tried to-hring the revent boy to shore. it they 1 Joseph and his nine-year-old brother. William, were playing (\n- ( the ifrank. d high Joseph slipped into the rir*r. The dog d sue- plunged In, got thelad‘8 collar in'ffirm soners. grip and tried ^desperately to paddle Locationsj*or, movements must not he mentionecl- Money may be transmitted through postal orders, but arrangements have not yet been completed for paTcel- wafon-load In three minutes. British llne was Messlpes Ridge, south OF THE ALLIES GREATLY IMPROVED Germany’s Position Lessi Favorable Than One Year Aofl-0r Two ,-Years Ago—In Principal Theater of War, the West, East ~ and Italian Fronts, the Entente Allies Have Shown — —rfc---'--T)eciderf Superiority-.— —A-——i- New York.—Germany’s situation at the end of three years of war appears less i'u-vonible than eitlicr- - one year'ago or two years ago. She has to .her credit in tiie* last twelvemonth the 'crushing of ill-pre pared Roumania and tiie conquest of two-thirds of that nation’s territory. -But in 4be -principal t hotter *4f -war, . the west, oast and Italian fronts, the entente allies have shown, Am the whole, a. decided superiority to the v central powers. 1 In the materials of war the nations fighting for democracy clearly have an Tncrgusing advantage over “the kaiser’s _ ieglqns. They have dealt the enemy blow after Mow which have told heav ily, in lives, if not in territory. Germany More Desperate..-, Germany’s plight isjrendered more desperate than-it was on August 1, 191G, by the accession of the United Stutcs; and several minor peoples to , the ranks of her enemies. Almost the . whole nvosjtd is now lined up against that nation. - ’ *■" Every beltlgerent dreads another winter of war, but Gerinuny most of all. Slie lacks many things to lace the; rigors of a cold campaign—not only sliells and guns, hut wool for Warm Clothing and sufficient coal to run lier rapidly deteriorating railroads and her factories and keep those at home comfortably Warm, not t» speak, of the famine in the food fats’* so” necessary to those facing zero wealln r. 'LooTlug bite’k (in the long lruc( > of on the eastern from, it is Z 4 tlieir .the spring hard to reaiiz* front that tiie Russians just one -yeer ago wef(‘ in the midst < splendid offensive mueli lik<> 1 which has...surprised the world in present month. In tin* 191G drive Brus- Siloff puslpd lar within Bilkowiim and Galicia aiid crossed the bprders of Hungary. He took about M'^i.iHK) pris oners, most I jrAbstriunsrand forced'the enemy to concentrate masses of relia ble German troops, aitied l>y u few Turks,, to check 1dpi. * . kt~—— The real reason Ids drive came to a rhrst day. halt, however, wSaiow now was lack of nmmuHition. failure of transport, treason within tlje-Aizar’s armies and wretched bureaucratic inefficiency! These handicaps seem to have been re moved from the courageyus Musco vites, perhaps fur all time. Unfortunate Roumania. Roumauia declared unr on the-Teu- tonic powers* August 27 and immedi ately Invaded Tfatisylvania, wliere tin* weak - Austrian guards wore easily * pushed hack and the important cities of Ilenannnstadt and Kronstadt were soon in the invaders’ hands. Tlip kaiser sent Von Falkenlmyn, a , spleudid. strategist -Just displaced by Toil Uindebburg, ah chief ofi the’ great general staff, to command oh this; front, while. Von Mac ken sen headed the Germans, Bulgarians* and Turks.. 'frho threw thcms(‘h**s. on Uoumaniii from the south. The Roumanians proved no match for thm Combination .of. futis. Skillful work by German sjiios, oj* the treach- ■\ery of Ci.*rtain ntemliers of .their’ own afun*, put the "Roumanians’ plans of cainpYtijm in the Teutons’ hands, it is now divulged.' Bucharest fell Deceni- -ber_G. and ten days later all Walachia- was tost. Oh December 18 Russian, _r. tcaup.-i Junk, uvgi: Uic wliole Roumanian- ' front, and a few weeks later the Teu ton advance was checked along the line of tiie Sereth and Danube rivers. Somme Battle Continues. ” In the West, however, Germany was facing n far different problem from the poorly outfitted and trained Rou- ! maninn peasants. When the third year ' . Of the war opened the battu* of the j Somme was still going on vigorously, with the French and British slTowihgn constantly growing superiority over ; the foe. Bit by hit through the* summer ' and* autumn tin* ground w.qs wrenched from the knlser’K-nivn until tiie coming of winter ‘smothered the offensive “in mud and Mood,” and, .according toHhe British Commander, 8ir ponglits Haig, saved ills opponents from an immedi ate great enforced retirement. On September 22 it was announced thafthe French qnd British had. jtaketr • • B5,8(X) prisoners in the-^Sommc battle | between July .1 and September 18. This I bal was later considerably increased. French Win at Verdun. , At Vcrduqi. too, the Gerjnaus suf fered*.. t The French in battles of^tfie fall nfifTwrhter WorcJmck most’b'f the 1 ground lost in the offensive^of the spring of 191G and diptur^Fhuire than. 15,0tX) prisoners, witlp^sllght Josses themselves. . • Tiie spring campaign in the we<& opened this >vhr with the Germans falling backf from the great - Salient spearpolpf directed ut Paris—confess ing thereby either their weakness or thetr aversion to n further offensive, al though at the time German, writers hinted darkjy .that, Von Uindenburg tlmt In the Balkans. Ia-the Balkans the deadlock con- llnues, but what changes there have been .have favored the atlieA At the west end of the lines the gallant Ser bians last winter fought their wav TO DRIVE AMBULANCE King Constantine of Greece gave up tne forts of Ivavgia/1p the’ Bulgarians' and the Germans took aliout 20,000 fJ reck Middij?rs to Silesia as "guests.". "For this and other acts favoring the Germans lie lost his throne. Greece Is now building tip a new army of- 400,000 men, which wilt fffobuMy iprdrm be* fighting for the cause of democracy under ilu> leadership of the jgreat 1 pa-r | tri<»t, Venizelos. • v I ' *,. The Italians have increased their tofees in Albania and L/iiiit excellent (pnnminications. Girofugh the mdun- taius, forming n junction with SarralL’s left and securing this end of the JL«1-. kan line. I - . , ■ | , ! t A When the. lBarshes froze' there a sharp Russian, offensive last winter near Riga. Otherwise,-1lie coast front" lay dormant for many months, and during the reyolution “fraternizing” was rife between the opposing armies./ Then the Russians,. having juTt their house In or(h*r,"*sef out to show tiie kaiser that free men fain fight better thifn slaves. • . /' The sectors selected for attack* lay between the IMnsk marshes and the Carpathians, thejsiune as last summer. Successes were scored at * . several points, the! prisoners hy July 11 num bering 42.000. The greatest advance, was near Stanislaus from which city Korniloff’s inch-'advanced across a series of rivers, capturing Hallez and Kniucz and sabering and bayoneting the..beaten Austrians. Russian Drive Pleases. The unexpected “come haek" over- Joyed the allies and filled the Russians at home with martial enthusiasm. ^ The Turks Suffered soverg defeats in tin* course of tin* year at several •^points. Tiie Btllish splendidly* re trieved tin-ip reputntion in tanda hy recapturing.^,Kiit-cl-Amarir. On March 11 they took Bagdad. They continued several sco,res of miles fur ther on ami’also formed a junclion with the Russians northeast of Bag dad, .* . *' -Farther north the Russians held on to j1n*ir more important gains—the great cities of Erzorum and TreMzond, Out abandoned Mush, Arjpf nia, and f a large city ,hut thiuJy settled reg|ofi to the foe. Near JeruSateril. T Moving out from the SOct' canal the British iyflicted a severe defeat on the Turks near. Romani and theft fought their way into* Palestine, building a new railroad as they went. A further slight advance .would* bring them before* Jerusalem. The Turks apparently are preparing to abandon thebHoly City.,_ They Imre also re moved the Jews from the seaport of Jaffa, treating them so cruelly that hundreds have~dted. . " ‘ In Germany’s sole reinafning colony, East Africa, converging columns of British, Portuguese and French are closing in on The remnants of the de* fending army and the kaiser’s over seas, dominations seem near eclipse. . All' military observers expect the war will continue through the—next \\int(-r and the new campaigns are awaited witjuspecial interest because American trftopdA will have a chance to show their mettle on tiie west front. ..,4—Preparing for “chow mpe" in tiie American; camp in France. 2—Prof. Hiram Biiiglinm of Yale, ftoted exiilorer and educator, who heads tiie (LUlsJon of. military aeronautics school of the hyiation section, signal corT> s *- «V-A monument erected at Verdun to tmvtmknown heroes of the One Hundred ami Twelfth French Infantry, who fought so bravely there. 4—Mrs. Thomas IVNjregory, wife of the attorney general,. In the costume of the food adminis tration. ' -J • ' ' - 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION IN PARIS Indei)end( nee day ceremonies in the LivalTdes at Paris, when the tlag of the Americans who have fought l-ni the • Foreign Legion of France was handed to General Nlox to lie placed in the- chapel. Left to right are General Nlox, Ad miral Laeaze, General* Pershing, President Poincare and Ambassador Sharp. At the right an American soldier Is seen talking with a wounded poilu. . : . * , FARMER TO CONSUMER MARKET AT QUINCY' -fof’ air. Fluff filled his lungs, then dived and ealne up with his.master, but was dragged under again uutii he had to let go. , Arthur Bnzata came, at the older brother’s screams, dived In and brought the body of Josejili tp shore- _ Fluff, whft bird kept diving desperate ly, refused to come ashore until Ba'za- tn came up with his master’s form and brought it to land. . *“7*5—-■; ~~ - •*-. i ., HEARTY BREAKFAST IS 0. K. French Medical Professor Urges Euro- peans.to Follow Example of Americans. Quincy, Mass., is the first municipality in tlmt state to tackle the food problem with a practical farmer to .consumer market, opened In the historic Adams academy grounds. Housewives must come to the market to buy tlieir supplies and nothing will be delivered. Each farmer will pay a rental of 20 cents on Wednesday and'30 cents on Saturday for Ids space. “Carry yodr own basket” is now tiie slogan of the citizens of Quincy. $ r : — \ - ■ ' ) * ■* , a -Wn.iU.“hwir snutfthiffg The “strangle retirement’* began . about MarcLriff, atui the Teutons tri- / umphautly declared It would prevent ’ an tilled offensive thisi year. But they spoke too soon. • On April 9 the British stormed high Vlmy Ridge,'taking on This and suc ceeding days about 1^,000 prisoners. The other enemy stronghold along the A native tree of South America, the cannonball tree, bears round, woody fruit, which closely, resembles base ball*,' \\ - ' v V. The word “Jewry” occurs several times in the Apochrypha and NewTes- tanient, but only opce in the Old Tes tament (Daniel 5’1S). The same .WortTls elsewhere rendered Judah and l ' • - r ** '' 1 , , ^ . . • Premier TCerensky addressing the Russian, soldiers, whom he* Is so peratejy striving to recaU to thelr-daty. to RusSla and dvtllzatfeo. K twtorhas been given dictatorial hurried to the front in Galicia It to cheek the ro«t K “HI