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WEATHER J : LET THE Advertising in this newspaper help you when you need goods or "service it is a guide that leads to Satisfaction. WHOLE UUMBBB 39,617 .', PBII1I f ISlf fiftlLS 1! illll IF EVERY tlkli TROOPS WILL OF GENERAL THE BORDER WHEN AND WHERE NEEDED Mobilization Will Begin Immediately in Accordance With the Orders Issued by Secretary Baker Militiamen Will be Employed Only to Guard the Border, and No Additional Troop Move ? ments Into Mexico Are Contemplated. APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MEN FROM EVERY STATE IN UNION EXPECTED TO RESPOND TO PRESIDENT'S CALL Secretary Daniels Orders Additional Warships to Mexican Waters to Safeguard Lives of Americans Mustering of Militiamen Into Service Will Release About 30,000 Regulars for Service in Mexico, in the Event of War. Washington, June 18. - Virtually the entire mobile strength of the National Guard of all states and the District of Colubmia was ordered mustered into the Federal service tonight by President "Wilson. About 100,000 men are expected to respond to the call. They will be mobilized immediately for such service on the Mexican border as may later be assigned to them. General Frederick Funston, commanding the border forces, will des ignate the time and place for movements of guardsmen to the inter national line as the occasion shall require. In announcing the orders, Secretary Baker said the State forces would be employed only to guard the border, and that no additional troop movements into Mexico were contemplated except in pursuit of raiders- , Simultaneously, with the National Guard call, Secretary Daniels, of the Navy Department, ordered additional war vessels to Mexican waters on both coasts, to safeguard American lives. , Tension Steadily Increasing - At the War, Navy ana State Depart ments it was stated that no new ad vices as to the situation in Mexico had come to precipitate the orders. Within th3 last two weeks, however, tension has been increasing steadily. The crisis presented by General Car ranza's note demanding the recall of General Pershing's expeditionary force fas been followed by a virtual cltima tnm ser red on the American officer by General Trevino, Mexican comman der in Chihuahua.' To this was added yesterday the possibility that Ameri can and Mex'ean troops had clashed across the border from San Benito, Texas; Artmhi'-strfition officials maS no at tempt to conceal tonight their relief over the safe return of Major Ander son's cavalry squa'dron to Brownsville after their successful bandit chase. The troopers crossed in pursuit of bandits in the face of intimations that they would he attacked if they did so. General Funston himself reported that he anticipated fighting, presum ably with Carranza troops. Releases 30,000 Regulars. Mobilization of the National Guards , men to support General Funston's line "H! pave the -way for releasing some 30,ooq regulars for immediate service in Mexico the event of open hos tilities with the Carranza government The guardsmen themselves could not - be nsed beyond the line without au thority of Congress; and until they hai volunteered for that duty, as they are called out under the old miilt:a law. The new law, which would make them available for any duty under the Federal government, goes into effect -July 1. The entire mobile regular army ir the UnitAQ States, several provisiona' regiments cf regular coast artillery serving as infantry, and the National Gnard of Texas, New Mexico and Ariz ona now arc on the border orin Mex Ico Definite figures have never !ier ttade pulu'c, but it is understood -General Funston has about 40,000 regu lars, and probably 5,000 or more guards men, of whom 10,000 regulars are with general Pershing or scattered along bis line of communication from Nami 5uipa, Mexico, to Columbus, N. M. Governors Notified. Telegrams-- calling for the milirie ere Kent tonight to the governors of al-l states except the three whose guardsmen already have been musr.ered 'd, after Ul day conferences at tr-e War jPartmer.t, attended by Secretary Ba Maior GerFial Scott, chief of staff, ijor General Bliss, chief of the mi ne army, and Brigadier General Mills chif of the militia division,1 Genera' Brigadier General McCombs President of the army war college, also consulted. Since Mr. Baker ' did ot find it necessary to confer again . .'th President Wilson after- his late jit to the White House last night was apparent the decision to bring ut the miltia was reached then. ' Fully 85,000 Men. By the new orders there will be plae i at General Funston's disposal two "i-ijor generals and 21 brigadier gen ais of militia with their complete gantry commands. The entire infan V divisions from New .York, and -nnsy)vaniai are called out as are 15 .' brigades, from other states. In all ar.!rr1pnts of infantry, with 13 sep c. 1 battalions and many separate of i "ies are effected, giving a .al , companies, each of which must - ".imiuum sirengin or do men ice -- mustered into the Federal serv- The total enlisted force of infan BE PLACED AT FUNSTON AND try therefore would be not less than 85,000 men. Coast Guard Not Summoned. Less than 500 companies, scattered throughout the country, will hot be mustered and the National Guard coast artillery companies have not been sum moned. All of the field artillery, caval ry, engineer and signal troops will be employed, as will many of -the militia field" hospitals and ambulance compa nies. The "War Department has on hand ample equipment and clothing to outfit and maintain this force. " The call applies to 79 batteries of field artillery 99 troops of cavalry and one New York machine gun troops, 25 engineer companies and 29 signal com panies, all with full equipment already issued to them. Twenty-six ambulance companies and 27 field hospitals also have been ordered made ready for sn trainment. No indication was given at the State Department tonight of the course to be pursued without the reply to Gen eral Carranza's note demanding the withdrawal of American troops now in Mexico, which is in President Wilson's hands. It had been intended to dis patch it to Mexico City tomorrow by special ..messenger, but recent develop ments may change this plan. Mexico City Alarmed. Official reports that recent- raids along the ""border had created alarm among American residents in Mexico City and elsewhere beyond the border were reflected today in a message re ceived at the Mexican embassy from General Carranza. It stated that ex citement prevailed at the Mexican cap ital over the omnions signs along the border ,and asked Eliseo Arredondo,' ambassador designate, what he had learned of the intentions of the "Wash ington government toward Mexico. In reply Mr. Arrendondo included Secre tary Baker's statement announcing the call for the militia. Officials here, construed tonight's message to the embassy as a further in dication' that the defacto government was struggling with elements in Mex ico over which it had little control. For three months the situation has been growing "steadily worse and agitators whose purposes and affiliations are not clearly known here, have fostered anti American feelings throughout North ern Mexico. Secretary Baker's Statement. In announcing the President's decis ion late today, Secretary Baker said the militia would be sent to the border wherever and -as fully as General Fun ston determines them to be needed. The proportionment of the militia which will actually be sent to the. border has been determined upon by the "War Depart ment. , Secretary Baker issued the following statement: 1 "In view of the disturbed conditions on the Mexican border, and in order to assure complete protection for all Am ericans,, the President has called out substantially all the state militia and will send them to the border wherever and as fully as General Funston deter mines -them to be needed for the pur pose stated. " J "It all are not needed, an effort will be made to relieve those on duty there from time to time, so as to distribute the duty. - "This call for militia is wholly unre lated to General Persning's expedition, and contemplates no additional entry into Mexico, except as may be necessary , , (Continued -on Page Eight.- ' DISPOSAL RUSHED TO North Carolina Guardsmen May be Among the First to be Sent to Mexican Border. THEY ARE VERY EFFICIENT Order Issued Yesterday Said to be First Since the Civil War to Call Out Every Militiaman in the Country. . (Special Star Telegram). "Washington, D. C, June 18. The or der issued by Secretary of "War Baker tonight ordering the National Guard of each state to mobilize for service eith er in Mexico or on the Mexican border means that General Laurence W. Young and his troops will get a taste of real war. According to "War Department officials the North Carolina Guard is being depended upon to do real service. Army officers detailed with the Guard during the past two years has given the state troops a high degree of effi ciency and upon these reports General Young will probably be among the, first to be sent to" the "Mexkaut bordefj 1 ' The understanding hejre tonight, how ever, is that the troops are to form con centration camps within the State. This is to be done at once and it is un derstood that Camp Glenn will be the place where the troops will camp until sent to Mexico. The order issued by Secretary Baker tonight is the first since the Civil War, it is said, to call out every National Guardsman in the Union. During the Spanish-American war a certain num ber was asked for from -each state. The present intention of the War De partment, it is said, is to. order every state militiaman in the National Guard to report to the colors at once. Some of these, of course, will not be allowed to see real service. They will be eliminated for one reason or another and only the best type of sol dier will be accepted. There will be opportunity, however, for many of these who have been howling for "Prepar edness" to enlist now and show their patriotism. Not since the Spanish American, war has there been such ac tivities at the War Department. Ev ery clerk who could be reached today was ordered to his desk and Secretary Baker and his assistants expect to be on guard- all night tonight. While little is given out from the Department as to what is to be ex pected as the result of the new crisis in Mexico, there is a general feeling here that the long talked of interven tion is now at hand. It is believed also that once American troops begin actual warfare in this poverty stricken, revolutionary-ridden country, that they will remain there not for a few months but for many years. People families with the Mexicans and Mexican territory declare that the Vil la bandits alone could carry on a war fare with this country for many years, but should we engage in war with the Carranzista troops every faction in the republic would join hands and carry on a guerilla warfare that will last for from five to ten years. P. R. A. MILITIAMEN ARE TO BE MOBILIZED AT MOREHEAD , Asheville, N. C, June 18. Governor Craig, here to attend the funeral of his . private secretary. Col. Kerr, today was without official orders tonight up to 11 o'clock, but declared that accord ing to the Associated Press notices he saw nothing but to call out the North Carolina National Guard as soon as the War Department - ordered it. He declared that . if " called out. the North Carolina National Guard would be mo bilized at Morehead City. Governor Craig said that he was con fident 'that, if called to the border, the Nort h Carolina National Guard would give a good account of itself. Governor Craig will leave for .Raleigh tomorrow afternoon to join General Young, in command, of the situation. ENLISTMENT IN STATE IS . EXPECTED TO REACH ,00t) Raleigh, N. C June 18. The War Department order for the mobilization of the. National Guard had not been re ceived by-officers of the North Carolina Guard here late - tonight, but was ex pected momentarily. ' The order comes at a time when - both Governor Craig, the commander-in-chief, and Adjutant General Lawrence WV Young are out of the city. Governor Craig attending the funeral of Col. J,7 P. Kerr, at Asheville, and General Young spending the week end with; his family, at Morehead City. Assistant' Adjutant General Gordon Smith is next" in authority here and was making ready tonight' for the issuance of the . mobilization order. . General Young will be here early Monday morn . (Continued on Page Two). TAR HEEL TROOPS IN REAL SERVICE TWO BANDITS ARE KILLED. 2 WOUNDED Fourth American Expedition At tacked From Rsar, as it Was Withdrawing; From Mexico. PROBABLY CARRAFZISTAS General Parker Reports That Nest ol Bandits Across Rio Grande Was Cleaned Out No American Casualties. Brownsville, Texas, June 18. Hav ing accomplished its Object, the dis persing of Mexican bandits, who Fri day night raider Texas ranches and at tacked a detachment of the 26th in fantry east of San Benito, Texas, . the fourth American expedition : to enter Mexican territory was withdrawn to day. There were no American casual ties. Two bandits were killed and two wounded in a rear guard action when the Americans "began to with draw. Promises were given by the Carranza commander at .Matamoros that he would run down and punish the outlaws. Two bandits were killed : and two wounded in an action with a detach ment of about 16 Mexicans when the Americans began to withdraw. Grave Possibilities. The withdrawn' expedition tonight camped at San Pedro, Texas, about 12 miles west of Brownsvile, awaiting developments, after having, according to General Parker's official report, "cleaned out a hest of bandits on ranches opposite the San Pedro-Ranch-ito district." These ranches included the Tahuachal ranch, about ten miles west, of Matamoros, which is -notorious as a bandit haven. V Military authorities tonight regard ed" the -.-situation asf raugl ;jththe gravest possibilities. This was1 occas ioned by the possibility that it was a detachment of de facto government troops commanded by a young lieuten ant, who led the attack on the Ameri cans as they were leaving Mexico. This officer was killed and his costume was found to be composed partly of the uniform of a Carranza soldier. Although the official report of the fight to army headquarters said one was killed and two wounded, it was con firmed in Matamoros tonight that two Mexicans were killed. Battle Lasted Ten Minutes. The attack on the rear guard was made after two troops and a machine gun troop of the Third cavalry had re-crossed to the United States. Troops E and F, commanded by Lieutenants John Read, Jr., and Peabody, were back from the river, covering the retreat to the Rio Grande. The outpost reported the appearance of a small band of mounted men who, on seeing the Am ericans, opened fire. Troop E quickly replied and was joined by troop F. The firing continued for ten minutes at a range of approximately 500yards. Two men were seen to fall from their horses. The supposed lieutenant went to the aid of one of those wounded, but was struck by two bullets, one in the back of the neck. The cavalry then charged the Mexi cans, who fled in the direction of Mata moros. The chase continued three miles, when Major Edward Anderson, in command, ordered it halted, on orders from headquarters here . to re-cross the river. Swam Rio Grande. The first section of the fourth puni tive expedition, commanded by Lieu tenant Newman, crossed the Rio Grande yesterday morning in pursuit of a "hot trail." His command compris sed troop H, of the Third cavalry. A second section crossed at 1 o'clock yes terday, headed by Major Anderson. The entire expedition which swam the Rio Grande .took position on the Mexican side two miles from the ford and sent out scouting parties. The bandits fled before the American forces. Last night "Major Anderson's outpost was fired upon from a Mexican house. The house was then charged by the Americans, but the occupants fled into the bushes. The entire sec tion opposite San Pedro was thorough ly searched and while there was oc casional sniping, none of the Americans nor their horses was injured; The retirement of the expedition be gan early today upon instructions from General Parker, commanding this mili tary district, who had exchanged mes sages with General Ricaut, Carranza commander of the Matamoros district. Mexican Consul J. Z. Garza acted as intermediary. Promised .to Punish Bandits. , General Ricaut, according to the mes sages, promised he would capture and punish the bandits who raided the Am erican side of the Rio Grande. The Matamoros commander demanded the immediate, withdrawal of the troops on making this promise and its accep tance by General"Parker, threatening to attack unless this was done. Consul Garza . told ; the. American officer that General Ricaut might not be able to stop the Mexican troops . in the brush who might tatack. He was told the United States cavalry could stop them, j General Ricaut last night demanded the immedite withdrawal of the expe dition and threatened to attack un less this was done. Ricaut was told, it is understood, such an attack meant war.. Today's exchanges between the two commanders resulted in a prom ise being exacted from Ricaut that he would capture and punish the bandits who raided the American .side. Gen eral Parker accepted this promise and ordered the withdrawal through Colonel r .,-". (Cosgtaueol oa'Ffefaft Two MORE TROOPS ARE REACHING ELPASO Apparent Preparations for Possi ble War Being Made on Both Sides of the Border.- THE EMBARGO TIGHTENED One Mexican Arrested Charged With Attempt to Smuggle American Ammunition Into Mexico Refugees Arrive. El Paso, Texas, June 18. Apparent preparations were being made on both sides of the international border here tonight for possible hostilities. The Juarez garrison was reinforced by the arrival of about one hundred troops from Chihuahua City, while battery A, of the New Mexico National Guard, 140-men, and four 3-inch field guns anc the first battalion of the Twentieth in fantry arrived from Columbus, N. M. to take station -at Fort Bliss, Texas on the outskirts of El Paso. The bat tery is the first of the state organ izations to-cross into another state for duty. General . Bell announced tonight tha . in any eventuality the fullest possible protection would be afforded to all law-abiding Mexicans on the Ameri can side of the frontier. The announce ment did much to quiet the fears ex pressed by the large Mexican popula tion of the city. General Bell also re iterated a public warning to all per sons in El Paso to stay off the street in - the eventof trouble. Added precautions were taken today to prevent the smuggling of ammuni tion across the Mexican line after tht arrest at the international bridge, of Luis Correr, charged with attempting tj take 2,500 rounds of email arms am munition across the bounadry in mo tor cars. Correr declined to discuss his case,, : A heavily loaded passenger train ar rived from Chihuahua City today car rying two of the seven Americans whe were left there and 1,000 Mexican ref ugees from Torreon. In accord with orders received today, frm .General Obregon in Mexico City, none 7 6x th Mexicans were permitted to cross the American frontier. . Reports from various towns in Chi huahua and Sonora indicated that cit izens generally are being armed and that a furor of anticipatory excite ment prevails throughout Northern Mexico. On the Mexican side of the river tonight only 34 men turned out for the citizens military drill as com pared to three score yesterday. Military men here continued to ex press confidence in the ability of Gen eral Pershing's command to protect it self in any emergency, even though private dispatches quoted the expedi tionary commander as admitting that the situation is very tense. It was pointed out that General Pershing is prepared to send columns in any. direc tion from his line, despite General Jac into Trevino's recent ultimatum if he considers his flanks imperilled. The dispatches said also that heavy guards have been thrown about all . American camps in Mexico and the temporary field headquarters at Colonia Dublan, 120 miles south of the border.. - The Mexican consulate in El Paso will not be closed until word comes from the first chief. Consul. Andres Garcia announced tonight. Mr. Garcia, however, sent his wife and family to Mexico and packed his belongings. He said he was following the precedent of Consul Edwards, in Juarez, who last week took advantage of an- ex pired lease to move his home to El Paso, keeping the American consular offices in Juarez. ' "I do not deny." he added, "that the present turn of affairs made me hurry up my plan of glaring my wife a visit to her parents, whom she had not seen in three years. But I am still op timistic for peace. Even if there' is a clash between our -two - forces along the border, I do not see that a. crisis will arrive that carmot be settled by arbitration." ' He explained that he was referred tc the treaty made" between the United States and Mexico at the close of the war of 1848, which bound either side to accept a proposal for arbitration by the other. LIBTTT. VON MOLTKE DIES AT . MEMORIAL SERVICE: IN BERLIN Stricken in Reichstag- While .Mourning "Death of Ton Dr CMti. Amsterdam, (via London), June 18. Lieut. General Count Helmuth .Von Moltke, chief of the supplementary gen eral staff of the-army, died of heart apoplexy this afternoon during a serv ice of mourning 'in the Reichstag for the late Field Marshal Von Der Goltz. says a Berlin telegram tonight. Xrfetrtenant General Count - Von Moltke was a nephew of the late Field Marshal Von Moltke, the great strate gist who directed the victorious move ments of the German armies in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. At the time of his uncle's death in 1891 he was a : major . and: in .1902 was.' made chief of the general staff, in which office he has been credited with .having per fecteo the splendid organisation of th German arrny. In , December, 1914, h retired from the" post :'h!: falling Health, it was said, preventing Jste.re turn to the front.. .-r CITY OF CZERNO WITZ HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY RUSSIAN FORCES BLUE SUNDAY' IN VIRGINIA IS MILD Some Cities; Feel Effect of New Ouster Law Mate Forcibly Than ba the Others NUMBER OF "TEST" ARRESTS Segregated Districts at. Newport News and Norfolk are Abolished "Un necessary Labor" Clause Being Tested. Richmond, Va., June 18. Virginia cities experienced a mildly "blue Sun day" today under the hew ouster law. Soft drink stands were closed in many places, gasoline sales prohibited, and some cigar and tobacco sales were greatly curtailed and in Newport News and Norfolk the law nas resulted in the abolishment of the segregated dis tricts. A score or more of arrests were made in various cities, mostly in the nature of test cases. The ouster law, designed by the leg islature to insure rigid enforcement of the' prohibition" and anti-vice laws,, has also had the effect of ressurrecting an cient Sunday laws that for, years .have been "ignored. The one prohibiting "un necessary" labor on. the Sabbath was responsible for the. . situation today. Various " commonwealth'? attorneys have put numerous constructions on tbe-rword "unnecessary" - As an example, Norfolk's county at-, torney ruled today that soft drinks, to bacco, telegraph and telephone opera tions, street car service were things of necessity,, but Norfolk county police men descended on Ocean View, a beach resort, and served ten warrants on pro prietors of concessions and arrested twenty employes. They were released on bond, however, and the concessions resumed business pending court action in the case. Richmond closed all confectioneries and cigar stands except those operat ing under a restaurant license and test cases were made against one employe of each of the industries operating on Sunday such as telegraph and telephone companies, ice companies and street car companies. It is said a large part of the state is watching the Richmond cases in order to get an interpretation of the "unnecessary labor" clause in the law. Newport News followed almost the same procedure as Richmond. All merchants and heads of corporations were summoned to court but milk wag on drivers and ice men were not mo lested. Bristol reported the bluest Sunday in its history. All soda water stands, shoe shine establishments. gasoline venders on the Virginia side of the line were closed and the merchants on the Tennessee side did a flourishing business. Lynchburg closed tobacco shops in drug stores and changed the operating hoars of garages. Street car compan ies, newspapers and like utilities were not interfered with. Danville put the lid on soft drink stands and cigar stores. The new order worked no change at Petersburg, where the sale of soft drinks, tobacco and like things had been purchased for. some time. In the smaller towns of the state the law is said to have been more rigidly enforced and in many places even drug stores were closed. Expectations that Sunday recrea tions, such as golf, tennis, and automo biling would be stopped were not real ized. . . SEVEN DESTROYERS AND NINE OTHER VESSELS ORDERED OUT Washington, June 18. Secretary Daniels tonight ordered seven destroy ers and nine other small war vessels to Mexican waters to join units of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets already sta tioned on the east and west Mexican coasts. The- Secretary described the movement as "precaution." On the ast coast orders were issued to the transport , Dixie ' which sailed from Philadelphia for Key West early today; the scout cruiser Salem, at Gu antanamo, Cuba; the gunboat Dolphin, en route to Guantanamo from Santo Do mingo, and the transport Hancock, at San Domingo. Three . destroyers will be selected from the fleet of six now en route to Key West from San Do mingo. . Rear Admiral Winslow, commander of naval forces on the west coast, will choose four destroyers and five other small vessels to be dispatched under his authority. v Columbia, S- Ci June 18. South Car olina will be able to mobilize 2,658 Na tional Guardsmen and naval militia within five days, according to W. W. Moore, adjutant general of South Cai olina, who added that the majority of the commands will be assembled In 48 hoars. The South Carolina , National Guard includes two rigements of in fantry, one troops of -cavalry", five com panies . of coast artillery . and five ril- rtstopa of naal-TrBTBMa. t Austrian Retreat Towards Car-( pathian Mountains, Leaving 1,000 Prisoners Behind. HARD FIGUT BEFORE F ALU Russian Armies in Galicia and iVolhynia, Are Meeting With Desperate Resistance. TEUTONS REPORT SUCCESS Fresh German Attempts at Verdun Fail, Paris Claims. Czeraowitz, capital of the Aust- rian crown land of Bukowina, is irj the hands of the Russians and thel Austriaris, who had been holding it, are in retreat toward the Carpa thian mountains. Hard Fighting, took place in the capture of the Czernowitz bridge head, and in the passage of the river Pruth, but when finally the Russians gained the rignt bank of the river, the Austrians evacuated the capital, leaving 1,000 prisoners and some guns in the hands of the Russians. Germans Being Transferred. To the north in Galicia and Volhynia, the Russians are: meeting .with... desper ate resistance on the part of the Austro Hungarians and Germans, some of the latter of whom are declared by Petro grad to have been brought from the French front in an endeavor to aid in stemming the Russian advance. While Petrograd asserts that the Russians are repulsing the counter at- tacks, pressing, the Teutonic allies far- ther back and taking from them large numbers of prisoners and quantities ofj war materials, both Vienna and Berlin report victories in Galicia and Volhynia Teutons Claim Success. Vienna says that north of the Lipa river, in Galicia, the Austrians put down a Russian attack, gaining grounds and took 900 men prisoner, while Ber- lin asserts that along the Styr on both; sides- of Kolki, and between the Lutsk road and the Turya sector, the Germans under General Von Lrnsingen repulsed Russian attacks and captured 3,4 4 6 Russians and some guns. Fresh attempts by the .Germans against the French positions northeast and northwest of Verdun met with no success, says the French war office, ahd the Germans suffered heavy casualties in their attacks, delivered against Lar Mort Homme and Thiamontzcloers. In Argonne and Vosges. Again there has been considerable activity in the Argonne forest, and ,in the Vosges mountains where the French: in the former sector used their long range artillery effectively against Ger man positions and in the latter sector, put down a surprise infantry attack? southwest of Carspach. On then,' nch front much fighting in? the airV las taken place. . A British, flier drove down a German machs and French aviators accounted for Sf en others. The French lost one a chine. i. ' Austrians Continue Attacks. $ As yet the Austrians have not with, drawn troops from the Italian front because of the Russian offensive in ther east, says the Rome communicatiojv and they are continuing their violent efforts to break through the Italian line. Their attacks, however, are beingr put down with heavy casualties. Austrian air squadrons have bom barded numerous towns in Northern Italy. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FALL OF CZERNOWITZ IS MADE Petrograd, (via London), June 18. The capture by the Russians of Czer nowitz was officially announced today by the Russian war office. The official statement says: "On the front of General Brusilloffs the enemy maintains his resistance, making repeated counter attacks, which our troops repulsed successfully, press ing the enemy more closely in various directions and taking prisoners and booty. "yesterday at 4 o'clock in the af ternoon . General . Lechnit6ky's troops captured by assault the bridgehead at Czernowitz. on the left bank of the Pruth. After desperate fighting fop the passage of the river, where the en emy had destroyed the bridges, we oc cupied Czernowitz. Our troops are pursuing the enemy, who is retreating in the direction of the Carpathian parses. In the course of the capture of the bridgehead we took more than 1,000 prisoners and also seized guns In Czernowitz. The following details have been re ceived -Of the fighting on the remain der of the front: "The troops of General Kaledinea have repulsed desperate enemy, coun ter attacks in which German f troops from the French front were engaged. In 4b e region of the village of Gadomitcjra .(Continued on Page Two.). - ' i 1 1 ! ? it H r it 4 it ! 1 43 Ml S M "'ill I " m 1 I mi us It 5 ilk. m 5 r 1 i i II 3 '" 1 'I .-Hi ... ; --
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