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X il. JT - iW4 i . 'fi mi? - H" 5 mi 10 Pages Today ONE SECTION Local thunder showers Wednesday and probably Thursday. , VOL. xcvm-No. 104 CARRANZA' S NOTE IS INDICATED TO BE OF A CONCILIATORY tONE However, It is Impossible to Say Whether , or Not It Will be Acceptable to Wilson. WILL BE DELIVERED TODAY Announcement . Prom Mexican Embassy as to Contents Has Further Lessened Tension. REPLY TO BOTH U. S. NOTES May Not Make Pull Compliance With American Demands. Washington, July 4. General Carranza's v reply to the sharp notes from the Washington gov ernment was at the Mexican em bassy tonight, and a verbal synop sis made public with the approval of Eliseo Arredondo, ambassador designate, indicated that it was of an unexpectedly conciliatory char acter. The formal communication ar rived by telegraph early in the day, and only the fact that the TmirtVi nf .Tnlv was ruain-rr AlViTflt ed by all government departments prevented its immediate delivery. It will be presented at the State Department tomorrow. May No Define Attitude. Mr. Arredondo spent the day In the country and on his return declined to discuss his government's attitude as now officially stated. " It was impossible tonight to say whether the note would prove satisfac tory to. President Wilson. Sine the re lease of the American . troopers taken at Carrizal the 1 question at issue be tween the Washington government and General Carranza has been narrowed to Mr. Wilson's desire for a formal declara tion5 of intention towards the American expeditionary forces in Mexico. The em bassy synopsis of the new note indi cates that a specific statement is lack ing. - , . ' Will a Reply be Necessary. Only a close study of the reply will disclose whether it will be necessary to press General Carranza again to affirm or deny the hostile construction placed upon his orders" that American troops be attacked If they moved in any direction except toward the border. Without doubt the embassy statement has further lessened the diplomatic ten sion between the two governments, al ready stripped of its immediately dan gerous character by the release of the Carrizal prisoners. It is entirely pos sible, however, that American officials " will not fully share the optimistic views of the Mexican embassy when the Carranza note has been "studied. One fact stood out clearly tonight in the minds of officials familiar with President Wilson's desires and purpos es. If General Carranza sincerely de- sides to find a way lor peacerni set tlement of the differences between the two governments, he will be met more than half way. No proposal for imme diate withdrawal of General Pershing's troops, however, would be entertained as a preliminary to a further exchange of views on joint operations against bandits. The embajy synopsis of the latest communication indicates that the de facto government has sought to bring its side of the diplomatic correspon dence up to date. It is framed as a reply both to the American note re fusing to entertain any request for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Mexico and to the later stern demands, presented after the Carrizal incident for release of the prisoners taken in that fight and for a formal diplomatic statement of in tentions. In both of these documents. Secretary Lansing sharply reprimanded the de facto government for failure to observe ordinary diplomatic usages. His first note resented charges of bad faith.1 political intriguing and the like, openjy stated In the Mexican demand for withdrawal; the second tersely no tified the de facto government that the United States expected to receive diplo matic communications through diplo matic channels and not through subor- iinate military commanders. These were the first American com munications to the de facto govern ment in which anything but wholly friendly language was employed. Tone May Have Great Weight. In view of this situation, 'officials believe the language and general tone of the present Carranza note will have great weight with President Wilson in deciding upon a course. It Is expected General Carranza will be required to make redress in some form for the dis courteous tone of his previous com munications if entirely amicable rela tions are to be resumed. According to the embassy synopsis of the communication, which officials be lieve was prepared personally by Gen eral Carranza, it renews assurances that the de facto government will re store order in Northern Mexico and es-. tabiish an adequate guard against bor der raiders. It is said to suggest that the presence of American troops in Mexico only serves to Increase unset , tied conditions in the border states, but not to make any new demands for their -withdrawal. It is not known whether any mention (Continued on Page Seven.) t ER IS T Unusually Close Watch Kept in Towns Because of Fourth of July Celebrations. . MEXICAN IS OVERPOWERED Seized by Paraders When he Makes In sulting Gesture Movement of Guardsmen Continues Truck Companies Arrive. San Antonio, Texas, July. 4. Fear that the celebration of Independence Day in American border towns might provoke a clash with Mexicans prompt ed army officers to keep an unusually close watch along the international line today, but reports tonight all told of comparative quiet. Some excitement was caused here during the Fourth of July parade when Jesus Alamanso, a Mexican, was over powered by the crowd after he had made an insulting gesture as the pa rade was passing. Only the arrival of the police saved Alamanso from injury. He was taken to police headquarters and later releas ed. The big movement of guardsmen to ward the border continued unabated to day. Little was known here of the troops that are being sent to El Paso and stations west of there, but it is known that General Funston and his staff have worked out a station list with the idea of providing adequate forces, so far as possible, for all dis tricts from which men might be drawn for immediate general . operations in Mexico. When .the two general offi cers, designated under the new plan of proviidng a field army formation, as sume charge of the work in the west they will find there all the men now available and so disposed that they can be moved easily to any positions' the new, commanding officers may desire.. . Four, of the 45 new truck companies recently ordered, 33 automobile trucks to a company, are due to reach Fort Sam Houston this week. Other com panies will be sent to border points as fast as factories can supply the trucks. From six to 24 carloads of horses are being received daily at the re-mount station here. It is estimated that 10,. 000 horses will be received here this week. Among the recruits that appeared for service today were 25 of those listed for court martial because they failed to respond when the Texas militia was called. Major Blanton Winship, judge advocate, who was sent here from Fort Leavenworth to try the "slackers, now is finding it difficult to find any of the delinquents to place on trial, almost all having re-entered the service. MILITARY FUNERAL FOR DEAD AMERICAN TROOPERS El Paso, Texas, July 4. Undertak ers and laborers who are to bring back the bodies of the United States troop (Continued on Page Seven.) DAY A BOD WITH CLASH OFFENSIVE OF THE BRITISH HAMPERED BY HE A VY RAINS Germans, Reinforced, Are Stubbornly Contesting Every Yard of the "Ground Central Powers Evidently Realize They Are Losing the Initiative Prisoners Taken by French Over 14,000. London, July 4. The two British of ficial dispatches issued today record lit tle change In the situation on the Brit ish front. They show that the Germans have brought up strong reinforcements from other parts of the line and are stubbornly contesting every yard of the British advance. . Torrential rains today, however, hampered the offensive operations and the British action was confined mostly to consolidating the ground already won. The French have captured two more villages, and are on good roads to Per ronne. But there rs yet no decrease in the violence of the German attacks in the Verdun region. Dispatches from German war corres pondents indicate the realization that the Central Powers are losing the ini tiative; which their favorable position on the interior lines enabled them to hold throughout the war. Moreover, in commenting on the enormous resourc es in munitions and war material, they equally recognize that , a profound change' has occurred in the relations of the belligerents. - Simultaneously with the opening or the Anglo-French offensive, the Rus sian armie sare again attacking on the whole length of the front. An entirely ne woffensive has been opened against Prince Leopold's Bavarian forces in the region of Baranovichi, where the Rus sians have pierced the German lines at two places; while the Italians are maintaining strong pressure along their entire front. High Hope of British. The British newspapers consider that these events prove that the moment -of the great, squeeze" has at last ar rived and not since the war began - : : ---X' i ....... ! " ' . T71LMINGTO? NSEL IS URGEET BY WILSON 'Getting Our Fighting Blood Up" Not the Short Way of Secur ing Rights, He Says. DEDICATES LABOR TEMPLE President Repeatedly Applauded While Addresses Large Audience in ;' Washington , Suffragist Tries to Interfere. Washington, July 4. President Wil son today dedicated "to common coun sel and a common understanding," 'a labor temple erected here as the new home of the American Federation of Labor. He told a large audience gath ered at the dedicatory, exercises that the greatest barrier to industrial peace had been the difficulty of insuring can did and dispassionate- conferences, and that "getting our fighting blood up" was "the long way and not the short way" of securing rights. The President's address wire inter rupted twice by a woman? suffragist who sought to heckle him regarding his opposition to a national suffrage amendment. She was silenced by se cret service men and finally taken away by the police. The Congressional Union announced tonight that the ef fort was -but the first step in a new campaign to impress. Democratic lead ers with the advisability of passing the amendment at this session of Congress. Appeals for Calm Counsel. Mr. Wilson's plea for calm counsel brought repeated applause from the crowd who apparently interpreted it as having an indirect bearing on the Mexican crisis. The President, how ever, did not refer to Mexico or any other foreign country by-name. "The way we generally strive for rights, he said, "is. by getting our fighting blood up,- and I venture to say that, it is the long way, and not the short. If - you . come at me with your fists doubled, I think r can. promise you that mine will double as fast as yours; but if you come at me. and say, Tet us sit down and take counsel together, and, if we differ with' one another, un derstand why it is that we : differ, just wha,t the points at issue are; we pres ently will find that we . are not' so fa'r apart . after all that the points in which- we agree are many and that if we only have the patience and the can dor and the desire to get together, we will get together.' Suffragette Quickly Silenced. The President scarcely had begun to speak when the first interruption came. The questioner, Miss Mabel Vernon, of the .Woman' party, was standing only a few feet' from him, and when he de clared that in his position he was not permitted to think of any one class of persons, she shouted: "If you truly desire to serve all class- kes, why do you block the Nation's suf frage amendments now before Con gress? Four million women in this country " The White House secret service made their way to Miss Vernon and quickly silenced her. She tried unsuccessfully to induce them to eject her from the crowd. When she again sought , to in terrupt the President, a few minutes later, however, city- police led her away from the speakers' stand. She was not arrested. President Undisturbed. The President apparently was undis (Continued from Page Ten.) have hopes run so high. Nevertheless, almost every British correspondent on the western front warns against being over sanguine, and daily reiterates that the progress must necessarily be slow and methodical. TJp to the present, the Anglo-French captures in the battle of the Somme total more than 14,000 prisoners, 12 heavy guns and 29 field guns. The battle rages on such an extended front that the correspondents find diffi culty in sifting the main currents of the operations. The Associated Press correspondent in a pregnant phrase, records what is perhaps one of the! most significant features when he notes "the amazing change from trench-tied warfare to that of an army in prog ress." . The same striking feature comes out in an interesting review ofthe opera tions which the Associated Press has obtained in an. interview with Major F. B. Maurice, who predicts an imme diate development, south of the Somme where, he says, the fighting now is in open field formation. Satisfactory Situation. All unofficial dispatches speak chiefly of the satisfactory situation on the British front, a notable incident being the surrender of 'a complete Prussian infantry battalion with officers to the British near Fricourt. German prison ers are beginning to arrive in Eng land, 100 being landed at Southampton today. In the face of the exciting events on the western front, the Russian opera tions : to some extent have been lost sight of, but they are of increasing in terest. . Reports in the Austrian offi cial communications of the fighting southeast of Tlumach. indicate . that General Von Bothmer's forces must have fallen back from the Tarnopol in an, effp.rt.to meet, the threat .to. his I (Continued on Page Ten.) CALM - N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1916 NEEDS MORE THAN PATRIOTIC THRILLS Hughes Says America Needs Intel ligent Comprehension of Ideals of Democracy FIGHTING SPIRIT YET ALIVE Declares He Has Been Lobs on Silence and Short on Talb; and That the Past Three Weeks Seem to Him Like Five Years. Bridgehampton, N. T.t July 4. Charles E. Hughes, speaking at .the nearby village-of East Hampton today, told a Fourth of July audience that what America needs Just now above all other things is .an intelligent com prehension of the ideals of democracy. He asserted that the nation needs more than thrills in its patriotism and said his dream of America was of a country officered by its best men actu ated by no thought of self. He devout ly hoped, the nominee declared, for a new birth of the sentiment of unity from the country's present perils. Still Have Fighting Spirit. "We are not a rash people," he said. "We are not filled with a spirit of mil itarism. We are not anxious to get into trouble, but if anybody thinks that the spirit of service and sacrifice is lost and that we have not got the old sentiment of self-respect, he doesn't understand the United States." Mr. Hughes spoke from a knoll on the village green. He motored over from his summer home here to review, the village preparedness parade, and had not intended to address the crowd. At the close of the programme, how ever, he consented to speak briefly. "I have been long on silence and very short on talk," he said. "It is an odd experience that I am going through, picking up the threads of old relations. I think I have lived at least five years in -the last three weeks, - "It - is all very well to talk about the declaration and the strong senti ments which it contains, but that wag backed by men men who couldn't have indited it, men who couldn't have com mitted it to memory, men .who couldn't have ' repeated it, but men in whose lives the incarnation of independence and whose spirit? was ireathed into that immortal, document.. Vat Amount of Though tfulneM.1 "It is because we had men w;ho were willing to suffer, to. die, to venture and to sacrifice that we have the coun try and that it is only by that spirit that we . will ever be able to keep a country. I love to think of those hardy men coming here with the spirit that led all pioneers farther- and far ther west, the same epirit which in every part of our hnd has accounted for our development. Quiet men, not noisy men; sensible men, not foolish men: straight mien, honest men, de pendable men, real men that is what we mean by Americanism. There is a vast amount of good judgment in this country, much more than the head (Continued on Page Ten.) PROBE IS 10 E L II Says Judge Bond, in Beginning Hearing in Lynching Case. o Cvidenee of Value Produced at First Session of Hearing: in Case of Greene County Men Yester day at Kinston. (Special Star Telegram). Kinston, N. C, July 4. Judge W. M. Bond, sitting as committing magistrate in special hearing in cases of Archie Frizzelle and Sam Stocks, Greene coun ty farm tenants, arrested yesterday for complicity in the lynching of Joseph Black colored, on April 5, announced today that he expected to continue in vestigation until "the facts are known." He stated the purpose of hearing to be to ferret out those who were respon sible for the lynching. The hearing was started at 2:40. Sev eral witnesses were examined. Ail stat ed they did not know any members of the mob. The .witnesses included the sheriff, jailer and policemen. The investigation vwas adjourned until to morrow without Important evidence having been introduced. The hearing is expected to consume several days. The. only material evidence, today was that of Policemen Claude Sumrell, of Kinston, who testified that one.night in an automobile a. man pointed out a place on the edge of Kinston saying it was the place where the negro was killed. He. could not identify Stocks as the man. He also said the ; mail called the names of two men "who did the shooting," and "f orgot ; the names." Other witnesses today were Sheriff Taylor and Jailer Allen, -of Lenoir 1 county, the jailer telling how leaders of the mob presented weapons at him and forced him' to give the ; negro io them, but that he knew none of the men. Other witnesses gave no material facts and not one testified to the iden tity of any one of the lynchers. Mild Sensation Sprung. - Judge Bond sprung a mild sensation when he stated in open court tha1 So licitor Shaw had received an anony mous letter mailed in Kinston Monday which-4s supposed to contain threats against the State's . prosecutor,-. Judge Bond "offering ,a reward of $50 for iden-J (Continued :.on Page Tezuj - , COM PARADES IN MANY SOUTHERN CITIES Thousands Take Part jn Most Com plete Independence Day Cel ebration in Years. GUARDSMEN ARE REVIEWED Preparedness and Americanization Pa geant Are the Feature in a Number of Cities Patriotic ' Exercea- - Atlanta, Ga., July 4. Preparedness and Americanization parades in many Southern cities and the review of Na tional Guardsmen in several mobiliza tion camps made up the most complete celebration of Independence Day in Southern States during recent years. Thousands marched in preparedness demonstrations in Atlanta, Mobile and Macon, while New Orleans held an "Am ericanization" parade as a supplement to the preparedness parade, which took place there on Flag Day. In Nashville and Montgomery the Guardsmen, in the Tennessee and Ala bama mobilization camps were, review ed and in the latter city the Alabama brigade, numbering- 4,000, paraded - the streets. In Atlanta It is. estimated that 30,000 persons, including Governor Harris, marched in -a- demonstration for nation al defense this morning. The governor later went'tp Macon, where, with mem bers of the Georgia legislature, he re viewed a preparedness parade which in cluded nearly- 5,000 Georgia Guardsmen from the Macon camp. Fully 15,000 are said to have been in line in Macon and in Moblie. Tennessee's Guardsmen wound up their review in Nashville with compet itive drills and athletic games. In other cities throughout the South the day was observed- with patriotic exercises, picnics and- athletic events. ROANOKE CELEBIUTES THE FOURTH WITH BIO PARADE Roanoke, Va., July 4. "Five thou sand, persons participated in a patriotic parade here this morning in celebra tion of the Declaration of Independence and the formal opening" of ' a $30Q,000 I municipal building which has just been constructed. Governor Stuart and staff reviewed the procession. This after noon the governor made the principal address at the city hall opening cere monies. Other speakers were Repre sentative Rainey, of Illinois, and May or Charles M. . Broun, and t James A. Bear, of Roanoke. FTVE THOtrSAJroMsit TltE', ' . VIRGIXIA MILIJIA CAMP Richmond, Va., July 4. Five thou sand people came .to .Richmond today on excursion trains from, various parts of .the state to visit the National Guard campaign and their ' presence was the only feature of the city's celebration of the Fourth. Offices and' business hous es closed but there was no programme of celebration. Richmond, Va., July 4. On orders of the "War Department received here to day, all ears which have been held in waiting to move the Virginia National Guard to the Mexican border have been sent to Baltimore to ' move the . Mary land guard. No orders for the move ment, of ..Virginia troops have been re ceived. ' -. NONSENSE TO SAY THAT THE NA TIONS DO NO But All the Belligerents Feel There Their Favor How Can the Their People With Stockholm, July 4. In Stockholm, where wayfarers of all nations meet and mingle on neutral ground, but a few hours Journey from, belligerent lands, it is possible to learn much that may be credited as to the views of gov ernments and peoples concerning the possibilities and the problems of peace. This "is particularly true with regard to the Germans and Russians, for at this time the nationals of these coun tries .make up by far the. larger part of the foreign population in Scandinavia, Officials and travelers from France and England are also constantly passing through Stockholm on their way to Pe- trograd, leaving behind their entirely informal and unofficial ideas as to what the future holds. From contact not alone, with officials and men of influence fresh from the warring countries, but With the diplo mats, accredited to the Swedish capital astwell. the correspondent, of The Asso ciated Press can state that each gov ernment as it contemplates the terms of. peace sees behind any prospective international negotiations the far grav er problem -. of squaring with its own people the menacing, account in which a balance must be struck between ben efits won and the staggering losses of blood and wealth. What will the "com mon people" of the belligerent eoun: tries do and say if the net result of the years' sacrifice and fighting is but a re establlshment of the ante-bellum sta tus quo? Can anyone' of the nations at war satisfy its people with such an-accounting?' - - ' ' ' Whenever the - prospects ' of -an early peace seem, bright, these problems cloud the skies of . hope. : The 'ofi jcial" views FRENCH CAPTURE TWO MORE VILLAGES AND BROADEN THEIR DRIVE GERMANS FORGED 10 AN OPEN FIELD Have Lost All Defensive Works in Sector Along the Somme, Where French Are Active. WHAT BRITISH ARE DOING Major General Maurice Says ' All the While the British Have Been Preparing for Great Drive at Joffres Bequest. London, July 4. "Only German sol diers in open field formations now stand between the French and the river Somme," said Major General Mau rice today, ref erring to the part of the river which flows northward to the east of the sector along which the French have made their greatest gains. "The last of the enemy's defensive works in that sector have been captur ed by our allies." In giving the Associated Press a summary of the results attained by the Entente Allied offensive on the western front, Major General Maurice, who is director of military operations of the imperial general staff, continued: "Much undeserved obloquy has been heaped upon the British army by Eng lish, French and American people be cause we apparently did nothing to as sist the French ip the desperate fight ing on the Verdun front. But all this time we were doing trie part request ed by General Joffre. "According .to this plan, we conserv ed, our troops, accumulated supplies and waited the word for "the grand of fensive in which we I Were .to play our part iwith the Russians' and Italians, as well as the French. Naturally, dur ing these anxious weeks, we could give out no exciting" news,' because our de- tliberte.rprefiarati.pns.?vere -not . good copy. fot certain tactical, and moral reasons, which need not be dilated on, it was necessary . that, the French should not . lose " the- easf bank of the Meuse and. General Joffre -.informed us that he could hold the positions which command that part of the river until the end of "J tine ; so we knew we were going to -strike at the beginning of July. . . . . ' "The blow planned by the allied general staffs included offensives by the Russians and Italians which, I do not need to tell you, already have be gun. We are. not disappointed with our own advance, which we expected to be slow, and we are enormously pleased with the wonderful progress made by the French , who, with comparatively light losses, are "sweeping forward to the Somme. "It is quite evident -the Germans were surprised by the strength of the French off ensive. " They evidently be lieved our allies would be kept too busy before Verdun to participate ser iously in. the wfestern; offensive which they knew was coming. - Consequently, we made extensive preparations upon (Continued on Page Ten.) T WANT PEA CE Must be Some Sort of Decision in Various Governments Face Empty Hands? as to the conditions of peace allowed to drift out of Germany Austria and the Entente countries have as yet offered no basis of agreement which takes into consideration the settlements to be made "at home" by both sides. At least that is the view taken here in Stock- i holm. French Situation Least Difficult. It is felt here that France occupies perhaps the least difficult situation of any of the nations now at war. For France was invaded, Paris was threat ened and the army was called into the flgld in defense of home and fireside. France, it is said here, can settle on any honorable terms; and there will be little discontent among the people. But what of Germany? Can she, it is asked, give up all the occupied ter ritory in Europe return to her own borders with industries shattered, for eign trade to be' won all over .again, and yet make the people "at home" feel that their losses and sufferings were not in' vain? '-".-.- Can Great Britain afford to give back to Germany all of her colonies after the' sacrifices at Gallipoli, in East' Af rica, Mesopotamia and in the fields and trenches of Flanders and Western France? Will Germany, In these cir cumstances, have ' been sufficiently "crushed," and will i Great! Britain's prestyje in the world have been suffi ciently increased to Offset the enor mous losses of British lives and make easy the burdens of the years to come? Mnny Theories Discumed. Many theories are discussed here as jto how peace might be accomplished if jit were but amatter of give and take lat tVis rrn faroncii tahla Kut tVila tmif. est of all world wars has1 wrought such a ' havoc of loss- to all engaged in it I that the mere settlement on paper is, i (Continued on Page Six.) WHCXLE OTMBER 39,632 They Have Straightened Then Line 3omewhat, and Are Ad . vancing Towards Peronne. BRITISH PROGRESS IS SLOW Battle of Somme Has Not Intf fered With the German Of fensive Around Verdun. THEY RE-TAKE THIAUTMONT Russian Cavalry Patrols Reach Hungarian Territory. French troops, co-operating with the British in the Somme riv er region, have straightened their line somewhat by the capture of Barlieux-Beloy-En-Santerre and Estrees, where 500 prisoners were taken, the fighting is still going on furiously. On thi British end of the line, only slight progress has been made at some points! Unofficial . dis-, patches say that the entire British front of 90 miles is bearing its full share of the battle, the heaviest fighting being toward the south. Heavy Flghtlngr at Verdun. A high British officer states that ar tillery preparation will precede all further infantry attacks as the re sourcefulness, determination and fight ing qualities of the Germans as well as the power of their defenses are well recognized. Although the French are making a steady .advance in the Somme sector, without apparently, heavy casualties, and now face an easier task, according to expert opinion, to reach the river it self, -the Verdun army is engaged in particularly . heavy fighting, the Ger mans" not having permitteed the bat tle of ' the Somme to interfere with their operations for t,he capture of the great fortress. On the Verdun front the Germans have taken the Thiaumont work for the fourth time, after a ter riffic bombardment, and by a massed attack. Around this work, which has been the center of desperate attacks and counter attacks for many days past thousands of men have fallen, for this is a position which is essential to the Germans for carrying their advance nearer to Verdun itself, and to the French to keep their resistance intact. - Russians and Italians are lending all their . strength to the combined blow against the Central Powers, and Bucha rest reports a significant movement 6f Russian patrols, who are said to have advanced from Kimpolong to Bukb wlna and entered Hungarian territory. All along the Russian front heavy en gagements are in progress, and the Russians, driving north from Koloma, have advanced more than 20 miles, and are threatening to outflank General Von Bothmer's army and the AustrO German forces in the Tarnopol region. Should this Russian movement prove successful, Von Bothmer may have to fall back on Lemberg. The Russians report the capture of many guns and more than 3,000 prison ers on the various sectors of the east ern front. Though the official communications with respect to the battles along the Austro-Italian front are the meagre, that issued by the Italian war office In dicates that the artillery and infantry fighting is of a continuous and desper ate nature. The Austrian war office is silent regarding the operations against the Italians. PRESSURE STILL EXERTED ALONG THE ENTIRE LINE . Paris, July 4 The steady pressure of the Franco-British offensive contin ues to be exerted along the entire lino of operations. Reports show an In creasing number of batteries captured, including-a number of big guns. All points thus far taken by the French have been held against every counter attack, an dthe French troops are bus ily occupied in organizing and fortify ing the captured towns and zones.. In the main, the early reports indi cate the systematic progress with which the offensive is being continued rather than any concentration on a single point. The taking of Assevillers last night is considered of especial import ance, a3 the town was the center of one of the principal German defensive organizations. The fighting at Estrees was particu larly violent The village stretches over two kilometers among the old Ro man road from Amiens. The French attacked at one end of the village and gradually drove the enemy from house to house, but have not succeeded in capturing the entire town. North of the Somme the French have maintained their contact with the Brit ish lines so that the two wings continue their co-operation along a 25-mile front. ALL ASSAULTS BY BRITISH AND FRENCH FAIL, SAYS BERLIN Berlin, via London, July 4. 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