-f .rv ,3 THE. LEATHER FORECAST 1 V FKJriL North Carolina Local thunder this afternoon or tonight. ISFAT G. 1 Wednesday probably fair. " ' r ii.. EDITION South Carolina rarny cloudy, ba b I y tnunaer snowers. 1 1 pro FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL- XXIII. NO. 1 77 WILMINGTON, NORT HCAROLINA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 17, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTTj -t 'J'C- ' f- ' f . ' B- ' ' , W ELMINGTGN m O V 1 T(T7nFTfT7ni IMi"lBp iwi Draw Spikes and Onrushing Train Jumps Embankment; 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- BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY NOV HOUSE WINDSOR Lor MSv A ui; nriu to1 jja.. ""i j' J.4. iving George lu i at meeting of tne privy council 1 1 ' f 1 1 . T , 1 T rr -rr-t ft i now name of the royal ' "'1 ! ( family to be "the House of ' The privy council unani- Hi 0 UK rioiK,,.. . ' ueuigc a tin tin inf. nt and the proclamation put- ii aitf-,, --ukui was puDiisnea tnis '-"i noon IT !ntr -.ft1 i ....... . t . is of the House of 1 was re- obui f'fniii Ir and flnthn of (.., v,uni -o arop titles or names J'!ln;tn origin. J U'f'W J 1 .... Mi. nTTTT A ITTlTI ATWPir" DRA WING MA 1 BE HELD LATTER PART OF PRESENT WEEK TE LEADERS ISH DRAFT OF LL 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. ' 4t MfV t 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 ARftffi V 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., until the ; available - drums had, bei I . ft t Wl'i m I. K i fey Hi cv. mm mew 1 1 mm i. t L it ' t E ( I. f - :v..!:; vli! .:(. ft! r-4'. I !t i I 10 i'i -r r c - .A- ... f ... , .'". '-

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