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v0l XXIII. NO. 1 66.
Messages Were Intended For
Former Austrian consul
General at New York
BROUGHT IN BY
SCANDINAVIAN 3AILUKS
Seamen Admit They Were
Paid to Smuggle the Letters.
Some Intended For Austra
lia and India.
iBv Associated Press.1)
New York, July 6. Federal author-
ities investigating susyeuteu meiuuua
nf pommumeation Between tne unnea
States and Germany announced nere i
tnrtnv the seizure of a bundle of letters
including communications from the
Central Powers, wnich apparently
were intended to reach Alexander von
Nuber, formerly Austrian consul gen
eral in New York. Von NuDer lett
here after the government investigat
ed charges that he snipped reservists
to Austria under fraudulent passports
in 1915.
How the letters were to reach Von
Xuber has not been disclosed nor was
his present whereabouts announced.
The letters were brought here by sail
ors on a Scandinavian steamship and
delivered to a saloon keeper in Hobo-
ken. The plan, according to the inves
tieators. was for the mail to be re-
addressed here, so that it would ap
u
pear to be correspondence from the
United States.
The sailors admitted they were paid
to smuggle mail past the British cen
sors. Home or tne letters ere-ia-
dressed to persons in New Zealand,
Australia and India.
ANOTHER FOREIGN
MISSION IN NEW YORK.
(V.r Associated Press.)
New York. July 6. For the fourth
time since America entered the war,
New York City today had as its guests
the members of a foreign mission. The
honor of a military escort, not accord
ed other distinguished visitors in the
last two months, added interest to the
official reception to Prof. Boris A.
Bakhmeteff, the new Russian Ambas
sador to the United States and his fel
low members of the Russian war com
mission. A detachment of sailors and
marines from the New York navy yard
and a detachment of regular infantry
from Governor's Island were assigned
to escort the visitorsr'trom the Battery
to City Hall, where the official recep
tion will take place.
Doubt as to the flag to be displayed
in honor of the visitors was settled by
-Mayor Mitchel who ordered that the
Russian National emblem of the old
regime should be used to decorate the
city hall.
GOOD RECORD MADE
SOUTHERN LAST YEAR
(Ry Associated Press.)
Washington. July 6. The Southern
Railway handled substantially 18,000,
000 passengers during the fiscal, year
ending June HO. last, without loss of
a life, President Fairfax Harrison I
announced today. His statement said
this record reflects "not only greater
human cue and efficiency in opera
uon, bur the improved facilities which
have h-eii installed on the Southern
in recent years. In handling these
Passengers, 71,775 trains and 249,780
cars were required.
REGISTRATION HAS
1 ENDED IN PORTO RICO
'By Associated Press.)
&aii Juan, FJorto Rico, July 6. Regis
tration under the selective draft law
ended in San Juan at 1 o'clock this,
l( jnornin? wilh more than 7,500 men reg
stered, 2,200 more than the registra
uon r-ornmittee estimated with prob
ably a few hundred additional remain-
"'6 io be ree stprpfl
complete preliminary reports from'
th
c ynnre jKiand of Porto Rico show a
total
if 'gist rat ion last night of from 90
lu her i-'it( c i i.j
lor i onuili,tfJft today advised all the
h , boards to notify persons who
a not registered that they might do
" "unout
Bight.
penalty up to Saturday
RAILROADS SHOW
INCREASED REVENUE
Wicin- (U Associated Press.)
130 rri"' J"ly 6 May rePrts f
Com railroads to the Interstate
creas" -rf ' romrnission show an in
'1 50o"(rn " P!' revenue of approximately
of'' ' - The decrease in earnings
more l!rn roals of $1,800,000 was
"liKht offset lntfee total by a
inL a grease in Southern roads earn
in a rise o mre than $3,00.000
ei revenues of Western roads.
G IN
i
S
DESTRUCTION OF
THE FATHERLAND
Declares President of Reich
stag in Addressing That
, Body Yesterday.
Q fJt AM V TH RESIST
.fV. fTf .
COST WHAT IT MAY
Declares Allies Should Have
Accepted "Magnanimous
Peace Offer" of Emperor
William.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, (Via Amsterdam), July 6.
The Reichstag was opened yesterday
wiih a rteech by the president, who
said that the war continued to rage
and asked what a "shocking amount of
misery and distress would be spared
the world if Germany's enemies had
agreed to the magnanimous peace of
fer of Emperor William and his allies
to find a .peace Which would preserve
the honor and the interest ofc all . na
tions." ,.
T&e Reichstag president declared
that rthB "war alms br Germany's
nues meant disruption and destruc
tion of Germany and her allies but
that against this existed the usual un
animous duty to resist with all her
power and defend Germany's future,
cost what it may.
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PIRE BROKE OUT AMONG
MOVING PICTURE FILMS.
(By Associated Press.)
Bordeaux, July 6. A fire broke out
today among some moving picture
films in the forward part of a steam
ship in dock. The flames badly dam
aged the upper structure of the ship
and spread to the merchandise on
the wharf. The conflagration was
extinguished after considerable loss.
An official inquiry has been opened
into the cause of the fire.
SPEEDY AIRPLANES
WILL END THE WAR
(By Associated Press.)
Baltimore, July 6. Dr. .Joseph S.
Ames, professor of physics at Johns
Hopkins University, and chairman of
the commission of scientists appoint
ed by the government to study the
conduct of the war in France, stated
here last night, after a number of
conferences in Washington, that speed
and size in aeroplanes will end the
war most quickly.
FEDERAL CHARGE
SSEDT
United States Judge Grubb De
cides Case in Favor Coal
Operators.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 6. The Federal in
dictment against the Aileen Coal Com
pany, of Mount Hope, W. Va., and J.
Frank Grimet, one of its officers, and
the West Virginia Pocahontas Coal
Company, charged with restraining
trade and fixing prices in the produc
tion and sale of semi-bituminous coal,
dismissed here today by Unitedjl
was
States Judge Grubb.
Tentative dismissal was allowed in
cases of the Algonquin Coal Company
and the Ashland Coal and Coke Com
pany. Government attorneys announc
ed they would on Monday undertake
to prevent these two dismissals from
being made permanent.
Later Judge Grubb dismissed the
indictments against S. W. Patterson of
Vivian, W. Va., general manager of the
Bottom Creek Coal and Coke Com
pany; W. Stephensoh of Roanoke, Va.,
president of the Buckeye Coal and
Coke Company , John T. Wilson, or
Bluefield, W. Va. treasurer of the Dry
Fork Colliery Company and the New
lyn Coal Company, Keneys Creeie
Colliery Company, Arlington Coal and
Coke Company, Nichel Colliery Com
pany and Bailey H, Wood .Coal Com.
pany. , L '
oil
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WILMINGTON, NORTH
THEY DOflT THINK
ICO IS LIKELY
TO BTER
Government Officials Regard
Such Step as Very Im
probable. FLETCHER'S MISSION
THOUGHT IMPORTANT
May Bear Tidings of German
Activity in Mexico- In
terest In Heavy
Oil Tax.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 6. Enough im
portance was attached to the mis
sion of Henry P. Fletcher, ambassa
dor to Mexico, who hurriedly left!
Mexico City, to arrange for a confer-'
ence today with Secretary Lansing
on the train which is carrying the
Secretary to Henderson Harbor, IT.
Y., for a three weeks' vacation
By some officials it was assumed
the ambassador wished to explain
personally to the Secretarv the extent
to which German activities have been
carried on in Mexico and the influ
ence German agents have had on
the Mexican government and people.
Reports that Mexico would enter -the
war as an ally of the Entente powers
is not regarded by most officials here
as probable.
Deep interest has been displayed
in government circles here in the
persistency shown by the Mexican
government in imposing- on the oil
companies heavier export taxes and
in the recent decrees governing the
holding of land by mining and other
corporations. The Mexican govern
ment has declared the decrees are
not confiscatory, but representations
have been made to the American gov
ernment by the companies that the
enforcement of the new orders will
result in the forfeiture of a large
part of the properties now held By
American and British corporations.
The American government's protests
against the enforcement of the decree
has not yet caused a modification.
1 July . 10 is the date fixed for the de
cree, to Deppgftfeje.5cecii.vf ; . .
TO JOIN lMtCULUtO
(By Associated Press.)
London; July 6. A contingent pf
103 British residents of the United
States who have just arrived in Great
Britain to join the army was reviewed
by General Sir Francis Lloyd on the
Horse Guards Parade this morning.
The ceremony attracted a large crowd
which hailed the contingent as
Yanks" and cneerea me men lusuiy,,
believing they were the van guard of
the American army.
"You are the first contingent to
come here from America to join in the
nra n nrhiVi tVio whnlp Ane-ln-Sfixon i
race now is engaged," said General '
Lloyd. "I am absolutely certain ttmt
the advent of America will put the 1
Vi ,op anrl finish it
uuai wucu w
quickly."
GERMAN LOSSES
DURING THE WAR
(By Associated Press.)
Pari3, July 6. The total number of
Germans killed from the beginning
of the war to March, 1917, is not less
than 1.500,000, according to an esti
mate reached by French general head- j
quarters. This computation has been
made after careful study of docu
ments bearing on the subject.
From April 15. to June 30, the
Franco-British troops on the western
front captured 63,222 prisoners, in
cluding 1,278 officers, says an official
summary of the operations issued yes
terday. The war material taken in
the same period included 509 guns,
503 trench mortars and 1,318 machine
guns.
RUSSIANS FAILED TO BE
DUPED.
(By Associated Press.)
Petroerad. July 6 German
soiaiersnear xauesicm,
Roumanian front, yesterday held
up white flags and called upon
the Russians to fraternize, says
the Russian official statement : Is-f
lery fired on the flags.
FEDERAL CAVALRY
AT SCENE OF TROUBLE
(By Associated Press.)
Globe, Ariz., July 6 The presence
here today of four troops of United
States cavalry and a machine gun
company was expected to have a
quieting effect on the Globe-Miami
copper district, which has been' in
a state of nervous tension since 7,000
copper miners were called out on
strike last Sunday. Immediately upon
their arrival last night the troops
were dispatched to stations at the
Old Dominion mine, and t'o the small
er properties in the Copper rtill dis
trict, where trouble has been feared
most.
The soldiers were given an enthu
siastic reception, by citizens and there
was no evidence of hostility on the
part of the strikers, who dispersed
to their homes promptly at tne sug
gestion, of the commanding officer;
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ALLEGED GERMAN SPIES
ARRESTED.
.
(By Associated Press).
. New York July 6. Agents for 4
the Department of Justice this
afternoon arrested two Germans.
one reputed .to be a' paymaster
for the German spy. system in this 4
country, and the other alleged "to 4
have been formerly associated
fr with Captain Franz von Papen; at"
4' one time military attache at the 4
4 German embassy in' Washington. 4
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4
TAR HEEL
Dates For Annual Reunion of
Confederate Host In Dur
ham Decided On.
(By Associated Press.)
Durham, N. C, July 6. Members of
the North Carolina division, United
Confederate Veterans, will hold their
annual re-union in Durham, August 21
to 23, inclusive, it was annunced to
day by officials of the Durham Cham
ber of Commerce. Until recently, be-
VU UOV lU .WUWAJ U1MUT I lW
erans were in favof of dispensing with
the State reunion this year.
E DRY" BILL
UP IN THE SENATE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 6. An amend
ment today by Sen. Chamberlain was
adopted providing that the minimum
price of any necessaries sold by the
ornvarnmant a Vl a 1 1 nnt Ya looa tli a n tfio
minimum guaranteed price of prod-
uctg . k
Vice President Marshall laid before I
the Senate the report of the Chicago :
Perioral rranH i,,rv intn nrinva f for.r1. 1
stuff! in that section. It was read and
ordered inserted in .the record
Senator Curtis, introduced the bone
Consideration of committee, amend
ments was interrupted by Senator Bo
rah. who spoke foi-the prohibition
tion. He said prohibition was not only
nooiloH trk pnne0rvo tho surtnlv nf fnnr
products, but was necessary to con-
sarv h,,mnn pnpv n .ffi,i0n,v in
serve human energy and efficiency "in
when the war is over."
When he cited the decrease of
drunkenness and crime . in England
with the curtailment of the liquor traf -
"""": T : : "111 i
oiih nHn.ff oo h j.
patches announcing an increase in the.
allowance of beer.
IAI , Riirkiiur
SOC,AL,IMr,K"NG
' ' GERMANY.
IN
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, July 6. A dispatch
from Berlin says the Socialists in 4
the German Reichstag will refuse
to support the votes of credit un-
less , certain conditions are com-
plied with.
'
NEGROES LEAVE
EAST 5T. LOUIS
Decline Offer of Big Corpora
tions to Remain Many
May Return to Mississippi.
(By Associated Press.) 1
East St. Louis, Ills., July 6. Efforts
of large corporations here to induce
negro, workers who fled from the city,
after the riots of Monday, to return
Vi q va nrf hoan on rna c 111 An aoonf
-jfor a large factory today went to the
municipal lodging nouse ln st. Louis,
Mo where 4Q0 men ref are shel.
tered an gaid he had WQrk fm
men. Only five negroes came back
with him
An offer by three Mississippi busi
ness men and plantation owners to
charter a steamboat or special train
to take 500 to 1,000 negro families to
Mississippi has been made to the St.
Louis Red Cross, which is helping in
the work of providing for the refugees
from East St. Louis, who came to St.
Louis.
The offer was made by Leroy W.
Valliant, Henry Crittenden, . former
owner of the traction system of Green
ville, Miss., and James A. Mann., : a
merchant of Greenville.
MORE SLACKERS TO PRISON.
(By Associated PreSS.)
Freeport, Ills., July .6. Seven
' more "slackers" who defied the.
Federal registration law in Rock-
ford, Ills., last month, were sen-;
fenced to a year, and a day in the
Chicago House of Correction by
Judge JKMw Landia hftre.today.
"VETS'
i
FOOD QUESTION germans vAttkMSM
mail ssil!
H .1 i n I I , "
m w m mm mm k i
Uneasy Over Prospect of Dis-
continuance of Imports of
Food Products
COST OF LIVING
ALREADY VERY HIGH
Crops Below Average No
Kaw Materials For Fac
tories Reshipment to'
Germany Denied.
(By Associated Press.)
Stockholm, July 6. Washington . ad
vices of the last- few days forecasting
the sharpest limitation, or possible dis
continuance of all exports to neutrals
caused anxiety in government circles
and among the people generally. The
situation is already grave and the
prospect pictured by news from
America renders it still more dis
quieting. Crops are likely to be below the av
erage. Many factories in various
terial. - Manufacturers cannot main-!
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ucatuci ta o;ai auQ gu VIC ill 1 11 a. I u
pair of ordinary shoes cost from $10. to
$12. t Automobile tires bring $5Q0 a
piece. The cost of living is steadily
increasing. The stocks of coffee in
the kingdom will be exhausted in a
month. Long lines of people standing
outside the stores waiting to buy cof
fee may already be seen.
The government has already taken
extraprdinary measures to deal with
extensive unemployment, which is con
sidered inevitable if the war lasts an
other winter and it becomes impos
sible to import needed commodities.
In view of the assertions in some
quarters that Sweden's imports were
" ut ""a 8",eiy l"rJ
sumption, the Associated Press asked
gerr, R ATi.lle' formerly Minister of
foreign Affairs and now president of
gu'c.nmcui i usub uuuuuwsiuu,
'for a statement. He said
"Official statistics of Sweden's
im-
portations for 1916,
which: are-now
bringing
erican products for the purpose
of
sec-iPassmS them .on to the central pow
"In several instances our. total im-
muvuw
ed decrease compared with 1913, the
last normal year, and in many in-
ce,B Qw"ere . our imPr" lm me
Un,ited Statea 'increased this increase
, "T " TT B uuu
:Jhf ,d!?cit aused by,tne decease or
total discontinuance of our pre-war im-
'portations from belligerent countries.
i that exports to Scandinavia and Switz-
ioflan vnao fmm 10 HOrt OA ft In 1Q19 tn
$183,000,000 in 1916. Leading Ameri-
can papers have published similar sta
'tistics, and asserted that the increase
jwas largely due to the fact that Swe
4, den had been re-exporting Ger-
' many. This assertion will not stand
A. 1 A. A I If t
me test 01 examination.
NO ACTION TAKEN
IN M'GRAW CASE
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 6. The board of di
rectors of the National League did not
take any action during the re-hearing
of the McGraw case today ahd ad
journed for a week so as to give Man
ager McGraw of the New York club
an opportunity to produce two witness
es from Pittsburgh.
The four newspaper men who wrote
the interviews in which Manager -McGraw
was said to have cast reflections
on President Tner were heard in
their own behalf at today's session.
Manager McGraw, who repudiated the
interviews, also gave testimony and
said if given an opportunity to do so,
he could produce two Pittsburgh men
.who were present at the time he is
said to have been interviewed.
'
IRISH CONVENTION MEETS
JULY 25.
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 6. Premier
Lloyd-George announced in .the
House of Commons this after-
noon that the Irisn convention
would meet July 25 to deal with
preliminary business, including
the appointment of a chairman.
Mr. Lloyd-George said the gov-
ernment had suggested that
Henry E. Duke, chief secretary
for Ireland, act as provisional or
temporary chairman.
MAKES DEMAND OF
SPANISH GOVERNMENT
lona yesterday and asked the govern-
jment!to give administrative auton-
nmv tn alt nrnvlnow
They, decided also that if, the gov
ernment did not immediately sum
mon parliament- that - they would
themselves call upon members of par
liament to meet in 'Barcelona July; 19.
Ninety-nine liberal senators and
deputies met in Madrid and approved
. the international" policy of Count R6-
manones,
former ipremier.- t : . .f
rrninn im niimiii
&
Large Bodies of Troops Being
Assembled by the Two Con
tending Factions.
FIGHTING BEGUN
IN PEKING SECTION
l(Troops Advancing on Capital.
Looting Feared -Government
Warned by Diplo
matic Representatives
(By Associated Press.)
" TmA. July:Z7. thousand
DU1UiCls "i uie xvepuDiican iorces are
converging on Peking and the attempt
to restore the Manchu dynasty ap
pearsx'to be at the point of failure.
By midnight Tuan Chi Jui, who has
been appointed commander-in-chief of
the punitive expedition, is expected
to have 200,000 between Tien Tsin
and Peking. Large forces are com
ing from the south. Along the Han
kow railway 1,000 soldiers are advanc
ing. General Chang Hsun, the dictat
or, who attempted to restore the
monarchy, has only some 3,000 men.
Tuan Chi Jui today addressed an
ultimatum to Chang Hsun's troops,
promising them more favorable treat
ment if they would lay down their
arms. The northern military leaders
do not expect fighting. They believe
Chang Hsun will be deserted by his
troops when the strength of the Re
publican forces is realized. It is ru
mored that part of Chang Hsun's
forces already had deserted him. 'Fif
teen provinces are supporting Tuan
Chi Tuai;
Lang tTang; ' about 35
miles southeast of Peking, between
the troops of Chang Hsun, supporter
of the monarchy, and the forces of
the .Republicans.
Fear of Looting.
Peking, July 6. (Via Tien Tsin).
The position of General Chang Hsun,
the leader of the Royalist movement,
apparently, is hopeless. It is feared
that when this is realized his troops
will loot Peking. The legations are
prepared for all eventualties.
Three thousand imperialist troops
and 1,000 o . Chang Hsun's soldiers
have taken 'positions astride the Peking-Hankow
railway, 4 miles from this
city, ready to oppose 10,000 troops
commanded by Tsao Kun, who have
reached a point 25 miles from Peking.
The diplomatic representatives have
warned the government that the prot
ocol of 1901 requires maintenance and
free passage on the Peking-Shanghai
railway.
ALASKANS ARE TO
REGISTER FOR WAR
(By Associated Press.)
Juneau, Alaska, July 6. Alaskans
are given from July 2 to September
4 to register for war service under
the selective draft, under the terms
of a Presidential proclamation made
public here today.
T
NEW REICHSTAG
They, are Advocating Such
Without Waiting For the
End of the War.
(By Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, July 6. Tentative sug
gestions as to the advisability of elect
ing a new Reichstag without waiting
for, the end of the war are being put
forward in German radical circles. Dr,
Bernhard Dernburg, former secretary
of state for. the colonies, said in dis
cussing a radical convention in Schle-
swig Holstein, that it would be im
proper for a Reichstag of such out of
date origin, elected! under such differ
ent, conditions to venture to pass up
on the question of peace. ' . .
The Tageblatt "points but that the
bill extending the life of the present
Reichstag another year, which will be
voted upon this week, would result in
a seven year term, which would be
contrary to the constitution. Al
though elections in time of war are
conceded to be different, the Tagebldtt
says it would . not be impossible to
hold them, remarking that there is no
prospect of early restoration of peabe.
Other parties have manifested no
desire to hold elections "and as th
radicals are. not pressing the matter
an extension of the present . Reichstag
probably will be voted. ,
A bill for the prolongation "of ' the
life, of the Reichstag has been approv
ed by the Bundesrath of Federal" Coun
cil, - according to zvC Amsterdam dis
patch last night.-.,: The Reichstag's, ap
proval of the measure also is required.
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tention to Champagne Re-'
' gion and Makes Drives ..'-Jv.fVilf
ARTII I PRY FinHTTINn ' '"'M'-X fei'f
CONTINUES WITH FURY"
Signs Point to Renewal' of
British Offensive-Bulgar3
Grow Active in Macedonia
But Without Success. r ; -V
Having failed disastrously in their
recent, effort "to drive the . FrendEi
from their commanding positions' on
the Chemin-des-Dames, on the Aisn "
front,, the Germans are now turning
their attention to the Champagne, ap
parently with a similar purpose; . .!
Attacks were made by .the Crowny
Prince's troops last night on ' 'ttitf
French lines west of Mont Carniltet,
and southeast of Tahure. The driyql ;
evidently were not of such intensity
as was that earlier in the. week a!on
the Aisne, and the Paris official Re
port says they were easitj repulsed.
The artillery fighting Is proceeding
vigorously in .these and other sector
of the. Champagne. In the Verdutt
region also the French guns are ae "
tive,. With the evident effort of - maty
ing the German trenches west and
north of Hill 304 untenable. General
Pe tain's artillery is pouring a destruc
tive fire upon them. Apparently the
Crown Prince has none .too secure -a
hold on such ground here as 7 MS.
troops were able to seize in thei
sudden rush a few days ago. ; s
London is reticent, as , to what is
going on along the British front (h
France, where there have been indi- "
cations that some important move
ment was in prospect. ". . 'Tne ac
tivity reached was a nocturnal ralaT
on British posts near Bullecourt
which was repulsed. . ;. ..'
In Macedonia there , is some rexiyaji
of activity, but, seemingly not on ''
large scale. Enemy , troops probably
Bulgarians.' launched an assault on
the ridge west - of ,!T)lJelI, ; southwest .
linquisti the tooting' they ' 0btaitod
- ' Italian. " Mirlk RnrJ.' 'Att'-'-'' u ; ' ' lif1
Italians Made' Surprise Attack.
Rome, July 6. The Italians made a
surprise attack n,orthw.est..of Seloon
the Carsp on Wednesday night, snd
advanced their line the War. Office
announces. Outposts were captured
wjth prisoners- The gains .were main
tained against violent counter attacks.
Violent Artillery Battls. ; '
Berlin, (Via London), July 6.Aa
artillery battle of great violence, dgf
veloped yesterday between Zboro
and Brzezany, in Eastern Galicia, says
the official statement Issued today' by
the German army headquarters, staff.
The bombardment digjinished I dujring
the night but ' increased in intensity
again at daybreak today. The- artill
ery activity was also very lively- at
intervals further north on the eastern
front at Zwyzyn; Brody and Smorgon.
The Fight on the Gallcian Frorrti
Petr'ograd, July 6. -The'- heavy , gun
fire of both the Russians and the Teu
tons in the region of Zlochoff on the
eastern Galician front, was increased
yesterday, says the Russian statement
issued today. It reads: . . ; , .
. "Western (Russian)- front: ' Ifl the
direction of Zlochoff there has been
increased artillery, asctivityr on J both
sides. ; 1 .
"In the region northwest of, Rybnikl,
near Dzf:elany, there was a number
of brief, sharp encounters-between bur
detachments. The enemy's artillery
conducted an Intense fire against our
positions east of Llpnlcadolna.'1 Fus
illades, were reported on the rest! of
the front", . . m ,- ;
- Germans-Repulsed.
Paris, July 6. The t Germahs X at
tacked on the Champagne front and
were repulsed, the War Office .an v
nounces.. Assaults . were imade west
of Mont Carnilet and southeast rof
Tahure. The artillery was , actlvf '
around Verdun. L . Vi
The statement follows: i i(
" "The artillery ; fighting . was 5 rather
spirited for a time between ; the
Miette and the' Aisne. .Three attacks
on snall posts in this region, were
repulsed by our fire. , ; y .
. "In .the Champagne there was very
active artillery fighting, especially! at
Le Casque and -LaTeton. We, easily
repulsed enemy attacks , west Of Mont .
Carnillet and southeast of Tahdre. On
the left bank Of the Meuse rdun)
front, our batteriee directed a;rde
structive ' fire on Germari defenses
west and north of f Hill (?04. i Petrol
encounters ' near Lovemont '' bp. the
right' bahk of , the f river-" enabled 'ui
to, take prisoners xThet$ is nothing .
to report from the remainder -of the
front." ' - --'&i'1ty
MAKES REPORT ON v
THE COGCHI CASE
'(By Associated Press.) '
, Rome, . Thursday, . June 6.-Bmkn-'
uelo Find,'; an Italian' lawyer, ho; ,on
behalf of the district ' 'attorney -of
New Yorkr is : investigating the case
of Alfredo Cocchi,; murderer of 'Ruth .
Cruger, sent a long.; telegraphic ..re '
port to New-York,after a'n .intervfelv
with Signor SacchI, minister of jus- T
tice.SignorFirio explained the. Im
possibility, under the Italian law,4 of
interrogating the prisoner, bilt skid
all "facilities .had, been "granted ifor
pursuing . such an Investigation
through 'i. Judge Zucconi,' -who is -i in
charge of the case.
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