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VOL- XXIII. NO. 1 77
WILMINGTON, NORT HCAROLINA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 17, 1917.
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Two People Killed
SOUTHERN TRAIN
NO. 26 WRECKED
Fireman Kistler, of Barbers
Junction, and Colored Pas
senger Both Killed Crime
Was Committed at Caldwell
Many Spikes Removed
From Rails.
Iv Associated Press.)
Charlotte, N. C, July 17. Fireman
Ernest Kistler, of Barbers-Junction,
was killed and Engineer J. C. Tanyoex,
of this city, badly injured at CaLlwells
station. 15 miles from' here, vhen
Southern passenger train No. 26, Char
lotte to Winston-Salem, was complete
ly overturned, the engine and three
cars being hurled over an embank
ment at 5 o'clock this morning.
J. E. Walker, colored passenger,
head of printing department of
Straight University, of New Orleans,
was also killed.
Dr. Adam Fisher, of this city, and
Walter Sloan, of Statesville, were
seriously- injured and other occupant
of the first class coach were shaken
and shocked to such an extent tht
medical aid was necessary. J. Choate,
mail ckrk, was badly bruised on his
hips, and legs. - The most seriously In
jured were brought to Charlotte hos
pitals. It is indicated that the tram
was deliberately wrecked.
Spikes Were Removed.
Washington, ..July 17. rReniQ,val afl
11 spikes by unknown persons caused
the wreck of Southern railway pas
senger train No. 26 at Caldwell's Sta
tion, X. C, today, with the loss of two
lives.
Reports to Southern headquarters
here say all spikes were drawn 'for a
full rail length on the west side of
tne track, special agents are inves
tigating, but no clue to the identity of
the wreckers or their purpose has
been discovered.
PEREMPTORY DEMAND
BY ARGENTINA
(By Associated Press.)
BiKnos Aires, July 17. Argentina
has instructed her minister in Berlin
to demand of the German government
an answer to the Argentine note call
ing for satisfaction for the torpedoing
of the Argentine steamer Toro and
the promise to cease attacks on Ar
gentine ships.
Pending the receipt of this reply
diplomatic relations between the two
government remain on their former
basisj but a rupture is considered im
minent, the general opinion being
that Germany will not give the satis
faction demanded.
THE OLD DOMINION
TO WITHDRAW SHIPS
il'.y Associated Press.)
Richmond, Va., July IT The Old
Dominion Steamship Company is con
tempt ting withdrawal of all of its
vessels in Virginia waters, including
'he bouts plying in the coastwise
trade between Norfolk and New
Wk, ji ccording to information reach
in" Hm state Corporation Commis
sion ioi;r, , The reason gr en is that
the p!';. nr(y can be put to a more
Profit;,!:!, use. Definite action 7 the
com it;. fi i, js sajj wiii be taken at
f m i t,:; of the board of directors
in New york on Thursday.
SUFFRAGETTS AGAIN
SELECT JAIL TERMS
(TCy Associated Press.)
J uin-;ton. .Tulv 17. The sixteen
memb-r:; of the Woman's Party, ar
r'f'I Saturday in an attempt to pick
p th' White House, were sentenced
lortay to pay a fine of $25 or serve 60
jays m iie District of Columbia work
jouse. They decided to take the 60
oa r!i;nce. An appeal will be
J13'- Heretofore, the Suffragists
ldV? w; off with three day jail sen-
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Compromise Amendments
Agreed Upon In Conference
of Democrats and Re
publicans MINIMUM PRICE
" FOR WHEAT FIXED
Provides for a Commission
Instead of One Food Com
missioner Other Pro
provisions (By Associated Press.)
Washington, July :4 17.--Senate .4ea3-
ers :today virtually concluded tfreir
task of drafting comprocsis-s amendr
ments to the Administration Food
Control bill and debate continued
with the prospect of voting late to
day or tomorrow.
The compromise amendments, the
Democrats and Republicans who have
I been working together believe, will
command support from a majority of
the Senate. Creation of a board of
food administration in lieu of a sin
gle individual, composed of three
members directly under the Presi
dent's control, is the principal change
proposed. Other important changes
agreed upon today at the bi-pWtisan
conference were the fixing by Con
gress of a minimum price of $1.75
per bushel for wheat, and extension
of the government licensing and food
purchasing powers in the bill. It
previously had been agreea to limit
government control of foods, feeds
and fuels, including gasoline and
kerosene.
The minimum wheat price of 1.75.
under the tentative amendment draft
ed today, would be for number one
Northern wheat as a basis or stand
ard for minimum prices of all other
wheat grades.
The proposed compromises would
provide for licensing of elevators,
cold storage plants, packing houses,
coal mines and factories, limited to
products and agencies entering inter
state or foreign commerce.
The conference also approved Sen
ator Gore's proposal for government
commandeering, purchase, lease or
operation of coal mines and also his
provision for government purchase
and sale to secure reasonable prices
of fuel, wheat, flour, meal, beans and
potatoes.
Senator Hardwick said that as long
as the present bill carries provisions
placing steel, iron, copper and wool
under government control, there was
no reason why cotton should not be;
included. He said, however, that he
was opposed to the entire bill be
cause he believed it to be imprac
ticable. The Georgia Senator also
declared that he was opposed to na-
SENA
.FIN
FOOD CONTROL Bl
-Ill i iu
the distillation - of alcoholic liqflors jj
during; the war.
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON AIRPLANE BILL
(By Associated Press.
Washington. July 17. Anot7ir
sDeed record is coneidering the $$40.
000,000 aviation program bill, passea
last Saturday by the House in fiv
hours, was made today when the Sep
ate military affairs committee, at a
45 minute session unanimously order
ed a favorable report without amend
ment. PROHIBITION CARRIED
IN PORTO RICO
(By Associated Pres.)
San Juan, P. R., July 17. With 62
out of 76 municipalities completely re
ported, the returns of yesterday's elec
tion early today showed Porto Rico
to have voted for prohibition by more
than 2 to 1.
tional proniDiuon, aunougn uierun t
"mnv ho a necessity for f orbiddinte d w en Vaicer
nil p
That Is Indication Today,
Though One District May
Delay It
ONLY TEN STATES
TO BE HEARD FROM
General Crowder Declines to
Comment on Attacks on
Census Estimates Pointed
Out That It Is Not Meant to
Be Index as to Population
(By Associated Presr.)
Washington, July 17. With only 10
States remaining to be heard from on
the organization of local exemption
boards and with the senai number
lists of registrants from all except
649 of the 4,559 exemption districts
on file in Washington, Provost Mar
shal General Crowder was hopeful to
day that the preliminary stages of
the war army drawing would be com
pleted within 48 hours. He prepared
to take up with Secretary Baker later
in the day details of the lottery pro
cess for final approval.
If there is no unexpected delav it
ismmir -tlarfrtHS-. drawlncan 'bef
nem Friday or Saturday. . A single
district, however, can hold up action
indefinitely.
Once past the drawing stage, Gen
eral Crowder pointed out today the
necessity for concerted action by the
States ceases and the examination of
registrants and their assignment to
the army or exemption can proceed
in &txf State without regard to pro
gress made in any other community.
The ten States not having com
pleted their preparations for the
li fa xri n t q-ta AloKomo Til J VT .
Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vir
ginia. The group includes the States
haying the largest population. The
fact that reports from only 649 indi
vidual districts of the 4,559 are miss
ing, however, shows that even
in the ten States the work is well
advanced. The entire list may be
completed today.
General Crowder declined to make
any comment on the statements made
yestdrday in the Senate attacking the
fairness of the Census Bureau popu
lation estimates upon which the al
lotment of quotas under the draft law
is based.
Other officials pointed out, however,
that the revised estimates of the
Census Bureau were not intended to
fix the actual population of any com
munity. , The estimates are prefaced
with the" statement that they are for
use in connection with the draft only.
They are based upon registration and
represent the . distribution over the
country of men between tee ages
fixed in the draft law as liable for
military service: Large figures for
many of the cities are accounted for
by the concentration of men of the
draft age for the work in the muni
tion or other plants.
DEFEATED U-BOAT
Attacked St.
j t Michaels Account By
An Eye-Witness
(By Associated Press.)
An Atlantic Port, July 17. The
bombardment of St. Michaels, Azores,
on July 4 by a German submarine was
at first thought to be a Fourth of July
celebration by American naval ships
in port, .said the Captain of a British
steamship from Lisbon and St. Mich
aels, which arrived here today. The
firing began early in the morning, he
said, but as the shells commenced o
explode over the city, the illusion that
It 'was part of an Independence Day. 4
program was quickly dispelled. - j
V An American collier in port return- ;4
ed the submarine's fire with such pre-?4
cislon and volume that the undersea
craft son submerged. The British
steamf hip captain, who was an eye-
witness -of the fight, said the U-boat
was ,300 feet long and carried two
guns. One girl and a man were killed
in i. jvucnaeis Dy uermau sneiis,
AMERICAN COLLIER
KILLfb IN
WRECK.
AUTO
(By Associated Press).
Greenville, N. C, July' 17. D.
J. Greenlee, his son Dewey, 17,
and Roy Crump, 18, were killed
today when an ; automobile in
4 which they ' were . riding' was
struck at a grade crossing near
Smithfield by an Atlantic Coast
Line passenger train. Greenlee
4 and his son were Instantly killed
" and Crump died several hours
later. They were residents of 4
Smithfield.
Three Members of the Cabinet
Tender Their Resig
nations RIOTING IN STREETS
OF THE CAPITAL
Crowds Fire Upon Each
Other Several Killed and
Number Wounded
In Riot
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, July 17. Three mem
bers of the Cabinet have resigned and
a special session 01 tne council 01
ministers has been convoked in an
effort to avert a crisis. Their names
are: A. I. Shingaroff, Minister of Fi
nance; Professor Manuiloff, Minister
of Education, and Prince Shakovsky,
head of the Department of Public Aid.
,Th,e resignations of these cadet
Ministers followed a sharp contro
versy over questions involving the
Ukraine, an extensive region in Rus
sia embracing part of the territories
of the old kingdom of Poland.
Premier LvofE has requested the
Ministers to meet at his private resi
dence when the cause of the dispute
will be considered. It lis known he
will attempt to prevail-upon them to
withdraw their resignations. The split
ft ministerial comerencev caiiea' w cuh
sider a Teport submitted ty M. Ter-
eschtenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and M. Tsertelli, Minister of Posts and
Telegraph, as a result of .their nego
tiations concerning the Ukrainans.
After the report was read the cadet
Ministers promptly took exception to
the form of a declaration drawn up by
M. Tereschtenko and Tseretelli
and agreed to the fact that these Min
isters, without the authorization of
the government, took it on themselves
to commit the government to a' defi-
In addition to. this cause of com
plaint the cadet Ministers criticised
the Ukraine declaration, second, be
cause it did not specify what territory
Utraine consists or make clear how it
shayy be governed.
The opposition members of the Cab
inet assert that only the executive
body has a right to determine the fu
ture form of the government of the
Ukraine, whereas, according to the
declaration of M. Tereschentenko
and Tseretelli, the Ukrainians appear
to be proceeding informally to- draw
up their own government. In view of
these objections and other minor
faults found by the cadets, they pro
pose the postponement of the publi
cation of the Ukraine declaration un
til after further conference, stating,
j moreover, that in any case, it would
be impossible to pumisn tne iun text
?'e2!
of the Ukraine could only be definitely
settled by a constituent assembly and
that it was impossible for the govern
ment to make a final declaration on
the. subject. '
Tereschtenko and Tseretelli, on the
other hand, flatly insisted- upon the
immediate publication Of the declara
tion, adding that the form might be
altered if the sense were kept intact.
When the vote was taken the two
Lvoffs in the Cabinet and the Social
ists declared thepaselves in favor of
the declaration as already drawn with
out correction or alteration. Opposed
by the majority, the cadet-members
then resigned.
Prokopovitch and Charnousky have
been appointed ministers of commerce
and education, respectively.
Rioting Starts. -
Petrograd, July 17. Two demon
strations against the government re
sulted in the firing of shots 1n the
Nevsky prospect at midnight Monday,
as a result of which a number of per
sons were, killed, or wounded.
: The firing apparently was the re
sult of stray shots which brought on
a panic, in which the demonstrators
turned rifles and machine guns on
each other. Quiet was restored after
a few minutes. A
The demonstrations were organized
by the Bolshevik!,- the majority faction
of- the Social . Democratic parjy.
4
COLONEL COX DECLARED
ELIGIBLE.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N, C;, July 17.The
War Dewirtment declar?a .-Colon-
el Cox eligible; and lean proceed :
to organize . regiment. Major
Pridgen's infirmary" company is
now complete.
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THREE
RENEWED DI5G0HD
CAUSES BREACH
AMONG RUSSIANS
ISATriili
OVER NEWiiET
Contest Involving Selectk, $f
Successor to Foreign Mini, '
ister Zimmerman
THE EMPEROR FAVORS
ADMIRAL VON HINTZE
Of Manila Fame Von Bern
storff Urged By Some
To Present Place
of Terms
(By Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, July 17. The selection!
of a successor to Foreign Minister
Zimmermann was still unsettled yes
terday. Pressure is being brought
from two directions to block the pro
posed nomination of Count Brickdorff
Rantzau, the German Minister at Co
penhagen, and to substitute Admiral
it
1 von Hintze, Minister to Norway, or
Count von Bernstorff. Tho nesent.
nosier to Chrtsttani is great de-i 2 S&SSS? J2
sired by pan-Germans and advocates) determine the best methods for mafc
of a super-vigorous policy. ';' ing every reputable retail jeweler in
Apparently it is felt that a former the State a member of the organiza-
naval officer, particularly one who
played such a prominent role at Ma
nila in the events of 1898, will offer
the necessary guarantee that German
foreign policy in regard to peace ne
gotiations will be afterwards conduct
ed along desired energetic lines. The
Emperor is said to favor Von Hintze.
The Bernstorff party, which sprung
up since the return of the ex-Ambassador,
is endeavoring to organize a
boom for him.
Georg Bernhard, the political writ
er, enthusiastically recommends Bern
storff to Chancellor Michaelis, ' not
only as a capable and experienced dip
lomat, but as a pferson of. the - neces
sary calibre and qualifications whom
the Chancellor will need as co-adjutor
and adviser in the coming peace nego
tiations. v
Chancellor Michaelis is described in
"v'""6 r
speecn ana tne seiecuon: oif new ma
terial for the Prussian Imperial ad-
ministration., me uo&m Anzeiger
says tne changes nave ueen completed
and the new Chancellor will appear In
the Reichstag accompanied by all his
new colleagues. . :'
The Tageblatt says Herr Michaelis
is reticent on his policy. The Reich
stag is expected to adjourn Friday un
til September, first voting the war
credits almost unanimously.
A dispatch from Berlin says the
majority bloc plans to present peace
terms in a resolution to the Reichstag
Thursday and to demand from Dr.
Michaelis a statement that he accepts
it in principle. Meanwhile the execu
tion of this plan depends upon the
extent to which the balance holds to
gether. The Tageblatt, the Mittag
Zeitung, and the Socialist organ, Vor
waerts, all of Berlin, unite ill declar
ing that the candidacy of Adhiiral von;
Hintze for Foreign Minister is a move
of the super-annexationists. The Tag
eblatt and Vorwaerts . warn Dr. Mich
aelis that he cannot acoept Von Hintze
without compromising the administra
tion with a pan-German taint. The
Deutsche Tages Zeitung supports Von
Hintze's candidacy.
Bernstorff Minister to Copenhagen.
Paris, July 17 A Zurich dispatch
to the Petit Parisien says Count Von
Bernstorff has been appointed German
at Copenhagen In the place
SSSSZtSi
Minister of Commerce Resigns.
London, July 17. A Retjter dispatch
frlbm Petrograd says M. Stepahbff, act
ing Minister of Commerce, also has re
signed. Former President Not H to. Re
sume Office-Succeissful ;
As Premie
(By Associated Press.) ;
Peking, July 16. Tuan Chi Jul, who
commanded the- Republican forces,
which defeated the attempt to restore
the monarchy, has definitely assumed
the premiership, and ha& alsb taken
over the war portfolio..
President Li Yuan Hung has ' an
nounced his decision not -to resume
office. He has entered the French
hospital and is under treatment for a
slight internal complaint. It appears,
however, that his resignation was in
duced, not by illness, but by a disturb
ing incident today at his residence.
One of the guards ran amuck with , a
sabre, killed a. colonel and two sol
diers and wounded a captain and .a
soldier. Taking the pistol of one of
one of his victims he lirec , several
shots.
Wang-Tah-Sieh has been appointed
minister of . foreign,, affairs, i float he
held formerly. Liu Knang-Hsun, for
mer minister of the navy, again as
sume that portfolio. vThe Other, ap
pointments have not been, announced.
AFEAIRS IN CHINA'
QUIETING DOWn
RUSS
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RETAIL
JEWELERS ABE
Twelfth Annual Session Was
Convened at Seashore Ho
tel Today
MR. W. G. FRASIER
IS PRESIDING
Organization and Co-operation
Was the Keynote of
the Initial Ses
sion
Mr. William G. Frasier, of Durham,
secretary-treasurer of the association,
and a discussion by Col. John L. Shepr
pard- on topics of paramount interest
to the trade featured the initial ses
sion of the twelfth annual convention
of the North Carolina Retail Je-vr
elers' Association, which was conven
ed for a two day session in the assem
bly of the Seashore Hotel, Wrights
ville Beach, this morning at 10 o'clock.
The convention is being attended by
retail jewelers from every section of
the State and the sessions are being
presided over by Secretary Frazier, in
the absence of the president, Mr. W.
B. Morris, of Gastonia, who found It
unable to attend.
The keynote of the initial session
was co-operation and organization,
and close attention was given the
various speakers who were on the
floor. Mr. Frasier pointed ou the cry
ing need of perfect organization, with
every retail jeweler Jn the. State .
jhaff that h5 hoped some member would
make motion prior to adjournment for
jthe creation of money with' which to
employ a missionary to go out among
the jewelery merchants of the State
and interest them all in the . work of
the association and persuade them to
attend the conventions' after they have
been made members. He stated that
he feared the officials of the organiza
tion depended too much on merely
asking the jewelers to join and taking
no for an answer too often. He sug
gested that a missionary could be em
ployed either by raising subscription
or by increasing the dues and favored
the former because, the latter
had been tried out and did not take
well with the members.
Following passage of motion author
izing the naming of a committee to
investigate and determine the best
methods to . be followed in securing
new members Mr. Fraiser named as
this committee Messrs. F. M. Jolly,
chairman and R. C. Bernau and Fred
N. Day. They are to make report to
the convention prior to adjournment.
Mr. Day said that he did not believe
there was any man living who could
get every retail jeweler in the State
into the association and yet he was
named as one of the committee to in
vestigate and recommend the best
method for accomplishing this very
thing.
The address of Col. Sheppard was
of a high order and very interesting
the veteran jeweler's discussion of
stones being of unflsual interest to
the: members assembled. He told the
convention that the fifth wedding an
niversary should be a diamond anni
versary, pointing out that no one cared
for diamond after having been married
75 years. He thought, and so ex
pressed himself,' that '.'the 75th. wed
ding anniversary should be a wooden
one, and that if the parties were liv
ing in whose honor the celebration
was to be held they should be given
a wooden ceremony, preferably a
wooden coffin as their days of useful
ness would have been passed. He
argued that the 25th. anniversary
should be the golden one and the 50th.
silver.
He told the convention that there
was much money in the jewelery busi
ness but that it could not be had for
the asking; that it was necessary to
dig in and find it. He argued that
jewelry was not a luxury calling at
tention to an editorial that appeared
in a Richmond paper during the Pe
tersburg , convention advising .persons
against purchasing jewelry as it was
a luxury while at the same time the
Virginia jewelers were doing a big
advertising with the Richmond papers
in an effort to sell their goods. Ire
declared that jewelry was anything
but a luxury and that it was just as
necessary at this period for persons
to patronize the jewelry counter a
to buy of other merchants.
He stated that the jewelry business
had shown a greater increase during
the past year than any other line of
business and while admitting that the
nifty newspaper advertising thajt had
been done was responsible in a big
measure stated that the principal rea
son was the work that had been dona
by the association. ' He referred to
the great work that had been done
- (Continued on Page Eight). ;
AS
SAIL
HOSTS
IN
THE STATE
IN CONVENTION
GERMANIC
;v
AH Forced of Vast Army'r
pear Ready to Spring Into vt
; Activity ':'-'-A'
CABINET TROUBLES,- ?
HOWEVER, LOOM -OR
V
1 . li.
Disagreement Breaks the Sis
renity of Russian Govern. J
men i rcacc rany, in vjerj,.
many Determined to. Prep
' Its Claims French : Win
Important 'Success 1 ', f ;
, . . . : i v - - w ... i
The Russian armies are continulns
their vigorous offensive, in Eaitem
Galicia. and other groups of the' em
plre's vast forces are apparntjy
ready- to spring into activity at.1 virion ;
points along the ' 800-mile front.w ,1
Everything' appears -to t be ruiiriijS;
smoothly with the inilitary machine
or at least it seems in far mor0 U
fective shape ' thah even the'.rojsleli ;
forecasts ' indicated. - Meanwhile, xRy,
sian . governmental affairs, which) - ap
peared to have been going- well for;
sometime past, are 'again ruffled : with
a Cabinet disagreement i ii v
Four 'Ministers,'. Including - Flhanc4 "
Minister Shingaroff. have resignedyhe
cause of objections to the poUcydi ; r-
JnJ ' fc 1 1.1 .1.1.'... . ' .
garding affairs in the Ukraine-1 .which.
like Finland, has , desires for. an" lnde ';.''
pendent gbivernment. A;. : meeting p .-.'M
the Council of , Ministers JkL$k; y hee v
called ; to solve the : crisis, and ' It :
hoped the resignations will b; .with, i!
drawn. .; .. . . . J cj.--- ' ' ' ry-V ' '-' -j
1 Caincidently come reports iqt :disoW
ders in Petrograd Instigated -by th
radical . faction of the Social Demo
cratic party, 1 as: a demonstratldn 'j
aerainst -the srovernment: RIValA par : i
ties of demonstrators ' appear tona fj;
fired - on each other V during a parilo (1
brought about ,byy a few ".' str-shojEi
and a number: of persons -were;Kiltie.(f .
or wounded. Quiet ' wa8 soon restbr
Notwithstanding -the : change t lnUia '
German chancellorship, and hefo :'f
any declaration of policy has bf
made by the new occupant of 'the :v '
DjDjGorg.'MIchaelte.Uh4L
VNOltnfstiiig; con9ltema;
pears to be going on unchecked 7,T&a
majority in. favor of the . peace celelira- 5
Hon terms;; it Is declared willV pt-;
sent their resolutions ' on vThuradan
the day the new, Chancellor is schedul
ed to speak, and will demand that 49
accept the declaration In principle bei
fohe they , agree "to a6perate ' wt.
him. The early -days of. the wartwhi
German shipping was being combed
up on the seven seas by the BritjsA
fleet are recalled by today's announce
ment from London of the captote iox
four German steamers 'by .'British" d4
stroyers. The captures were effeetea
in the North Sea. None of the qar
tette was a large vessel, the aver'gl
oi tne iour oeinfr.aoout i-suu tons
They were accompanied by two.othe
German steamers. All made for shot
when signalled and the two thai 'flna
ly reached the Dutch coast were- badl
damaged by gun flr,. '',
An important success has: been. wpjj
by the French in the Verdun regioix '
As the result of an attack last night
all the positions west of Hill 304 WhicH - ..
remained in German hands after, the
attack of June 29 and 30 were re'eor '
ered. German prisoners to a numbet
Sot yet ascertained by the Frettci
igh command were taken In the . Q- ;
tion. - . ; ' ' .'
In the Champagne; the 7eri
made another attack last night ip fta
attempt to retake their lost observi
tion positions at the Teon heigth3.
General Petain's troops : repelled ta -V
assaulting forces in disorder. ;; i ;
Russians Eyaucate Kalus?. 1 . 'f ,.';
Petrograd, July .17.The warr antee
announces that Russian troops: have v
abandoned Kalus,z, in . Eastern 'Gallcft -y
but have secured the crossing of UmV
nica river. The Russians drove1 4he .
enemy from the village Of Novica.'-f '-;
Berlin's Aceourit' (
Berlin, July 17.(Via , y London)-- M
Russian forces wnicn recently captuf;
ed the Galician townof Kalusz, .ths : .
headquarters of, the ;. AnstKKJerma?
army, evacuated that town ; vesterijaji
according to the official statement 'W ;
sued today by, the- German headquai- . . ,
ters staff. - ' ' .S ;', ;'. ' , ,""''? 'f.d;.
The statement says that Rhineland - ''
regiments charged ,, the woodlands -"tjj , V.
the north of Kalnsz. . As .the GenhaS -were
approaching , from the . west the X
Russians evacuated the town, and ret :
treated to . the " southern , bank of j ,th9
river Lomnica."' ' ,f r;4
DEADLY GAS ATTACKS
ON THE GERMANS
(By Associated Press.) V-J if
Canadian Arrays Headquarters' in
France, July 17. The western part'ot,
Lens, particularly that known as -ths,
Cite du Moulin, was subjected;; to .
gas attack early y$ sterday moAldal. '
The first of the gas cylinders was pro
jected into the. - enemy's. ; positk&i
about 1 o'clock and ; projectiles 'a)x4 .
drums loaded - wlthj deadly - i vapors
were sprayed upoh)the Germans fax
almost two hours V .The enemy '
tempted to cause A- cessation ? of the
attack by pnttmg' af artillery and 'g2f r
shell barrage, on that part,. Of ' oturv
front from which . .he - supposed ? Ih f .
gas was being clrctdatedV In .thithi
failed and -the; operations' proceeded.,
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