\ ( *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, â– 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
â–  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. - ’
*â– " 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 - . , â–  | , ! 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.
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â– *
, 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
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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
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