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fANKEE AIRMEN PREMIERS OK
AMERICAN SECTOR. ON ME
With American Army on the
Uarne, Monday. — There has been
toother great burst in the air
service activity on the sector held
3/ the Americans along the Marne
ront.
During toe engagement with the
enemy, one German machine was
snot down and another one was
compelled to land out of control.
Th® enemy have repeatedly made
attacks on the American lines in this
sector, but each attack naa been j
met and the enemy has been either |
put to rout or destroyed. I
10 HELP Will
y
Dublin, July S.—Colonel Arthui
.ynch. Nationalist member of Par
lament has made an appeal to Col
>nel Roosevelt of America in which
>0 asks the former president of
he (Jnited States to come to Ire*
and and make a recruiting tour wit
lim in an effort "To help me win
he young men of Ireland to the Al*
ios' cause."
It! IMS
Washington, .Monday. — Secre*
arv cf LaDor Wilson announoed tnj
oorning that he had received ad
ice that the threatened strike of
he telegraph operators which was
ailed lor today as been indefinite
y postponed.
WHEAT FIXED .VI *2.40
Washington, July 8. — At Sat"
irday's session of Congress the
>fioe of wheat for the 191S crop
ras fixed at $2.40 per bushel..
HALF CENTURY RESIDENT
OF SEATTLE DIES
Seattle. July 8. — Captain Xu
;ent, who nas been a resident of thi
ity for 51 years died at his home
iere yesterday.
AUSTRIAN'S ADMIT TKUOl'S
PRESSED RAl K
Vienna, July S. — The Austrian
Var Office announced this morning
hat the Austrian fou-ces had been
iresaed back at points near the
aouth of the Piave river in Italy.
F
London, July 8. — According to
a report received by the Britsh War
Office today from General Haig, tie j
Austral'an troops again advanced
against the enemy on both sides of
the Somme forcing tneir lines for*
ward along a front of more' than
two miles in length.
SPY NOW O.V TRIAL
London, Monday. — The trial of
Corporal Joseph Dowling. who ^
landed on the coast of Ireland in (
a. collapsiDle boat recently, began,
today. • II
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT
MRV ALL RESIGN*
Amsterdam, Monday. — Advice
was received from Kiev today [
stating that the Ukrainian govern
ment had resigned.
TREAD WELL MAX FOOD ADMIN
ISTRATOR -
Washington. July 8. — Late Sat
urday afternoon Federal Food Ad- |
ministrator Herbert Hoover an
nounced that he' had appointed ^
Philio R. Bradley or Treadwell, Al* ;
aska. as food administrator for j
the Territory of Alaska to succeed
the late Judge R. A. Gunnison.
ROOSEVELT WANTS
HIS MONEY BACK
Washington, July 8. — A request
was read in Congress Saturday
from Col. Theodore Roosevelt to
which the former president asks
Congress to autnorize the return j
to him of the Nobel Peace Prize j
fund which he donated in an effort j
to assist in promoting industrial
peace, and which has never been
used.
Col, Roosevelt says in his tetter j
that if he leceives a refund of the
mon^y he proposes to expend it in
war relief work.
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ALBERT REINERT
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Berlin, July 8.—On Saturday af
ternoon German Ambassador Mir
bach was assassinated in Moscow
by the Russian. There is tremen
dous excitement here and the Rus
s'an embassy is under ptrong guard.
Amsterdam, July 8. — As a re
sult c: the assassination of the
German Ambassador Mirbach. at
Moscow on Saturday, Kaiser Wil
helm ha ordered all negotiationsbe
tween Germany and Russia broken t
off" i
London, July 8.—News from vari-j
ous sources indicate that the assas- I
sination of German Ambassador Mir*
bach at Mocow on Saturday was
the result of a formidable uprising'
against the Bolahevlki. The flews
paperg here agree that the assas
sination may have far reaching re
sults. .
ITALIANS TAKE
VAST TRACT
Rome, Monday.—Advice received
from the Piave front this morning
state that between Sile and the
Piave our troops having reached the
bank of the river have driven the
enemy to trie otherside of the river.
We are now fortifying ourselves on
a vast tract of ground which we
hav« recaptured and will hold it
against any attack the enemy can
possibly make in his weakened .
condition.
LOOKS TIKE J |
LONG OBIf SPELLj
Washington, Monday. — The leS" j
islation to prohibit the sale of dis- !
tilled liquors and wine and beer af
ter January first, 1919, and the !
prohibition of the manufacture of j
wine and beer after November first, ,
1918, has been agreed upon today by
the Senate Agricultural committee. I
Copenhagen, Monday.—The en- j
tire population along: the Mttrman j
coast has broken with Russia and '
has joined the entente, according1 to |
a dispatch from Vardoc, Norway, to j
the Christiania Tidens. The mes
sage states that Murmansk people !
have asked for supplies and pro
visions, as their supply from Rus
sia is cut off by reason of their
action.
GflWli
1 AUSTRIA
Paris, Monday. — According to
a Rome dispatch, to the Temps to- ,
day, from information gained it is
now certain that Germany intneds to
send three armv corps into Italy to
0
aid Austria in holding the positions
she still retains from the Italians.
OFFICERS BATTLE WITH
BAND OF DESERTERS
Little Rock, Monday. — In two
pitched battle which occurred yes
terday between army officers and
a band of twenty-five alleged
deserters from the army three men
were killed.
FOtTI TO GIVE ENEMY NO REST
Washington, July 8. — An official
dispatch received by the War De
partment from General Focli •ndi
cates that his plans as now made
intends to give the enemy no rest.
He will operate from the points »f
vantage now held by him, and which
are pf great value as starting plac
es for a new major thrust, and such
points are now being recaptured
from the eu<?uiy all along the lin-e.
PRESIDENT HOLDS (DXFEKE.VCE
!
Washington, July S.—Late Sat
urday President Wilson called into
his private office Secretaries Baker,
Lansing, Daniels, and Admiral Ben
son, the latter being chief in charge
of naval operations.
There was no statement issued as
to what the purpose of the con
ference was, but the report spread
that the conference was held witn
reference to the Russian situation '
and to begin x>lans for America's
part she is to play in the Allied in
tervention. ■"►I®
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With British Army in France,
Monday. — In a German counter
attack against the oositiong gained
by the Australians and Americans
around Hannl .two Americans and.
five Australians were captured hy
the enemy.
Volunteers were called ipr an
attack against the enemy for *n
attempt to rescue the men. A num
ber of Americans at once offered
to make the attempt, attain a .ilwrt
time after leaving the front lia^s
! they returned bringing Dack the men
who had been captured by the
Boches and in addition- they brought
back a Hun officer,
. ""
Vienna, Monday. — A statement
issued by the Austrian War Office
this morning reads, east of Monte
Pertlca we drove back a strong
Italian attack in sanguinary band
to hand fighting.
Ia Albania, French troops, re
enforced by Italian troops attacked
our mountain positions between De
volin and Osum, and in the course
of the fighting wnich ensued the
enemy succeeded in obtaining ad
vantages at two points which were
wrseted from him by oounter at
tacks. . ,
Vinena, Monday. — The War Of
fice announced, this morning in
giving a summary of the situation
on the Italian front, that we have
withdrawn our troops from the
delta of the Piave river which could
not be held without heavy sacri
fices to our troops, and have tak
en up positions on the eastern
Dank of the river where we hold
strong positions.
ONLY A PEW AUSTRIAN'S
LEFT ON PIAVE RIVER
Rome, July 8. — According to
a statement issued today by the
Italian War Oiffice the Italian
troops have driven the Austrian
forces from all points on the south
ern bank of the Piave river save
one small sector, and it is only a
question of a few days until ' this
pofition will be taken.
London, July 8. — A dispatch to
the London Daily Times States
that there Is. everj# .Indication in
Japan that the Japanese government
is now doubling its army.
The regular m eeting of the
Woman's christian Temperance
Union will be held Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. G. V.
Zinkan at 3 o'clock.
BIG GUNS BOOM
ON 15IIIILE
FRONT
Paris, uJly 8. — Reports from
the field today state that there i»
an artillery battle in progress along
a fifteen mile front between Villers
Cottercts forest and the Mame,
and that the enemy is throwing a
vast amount of shells Into the ill
lied iiositions, but are gainlog very
little.
TOTAL CASUALTIES FROM
all sources reported
Washington, July 8. —- From s
compilation of all reports covering
the casualties to American tj-oope
in all departments, as announced by
the War Department this morning
there has been a total number of
deaths due to war caruses of 4,414.
The total number of wounded in
battle and all other causes is 6,
169, and the missing, including
prisoners held by the enemy, 603.
Washington, July 8._ — The cas
ualties as reported from the French
headquarters for Sunday to the
War Department today gives the
names or 117 men, of whom 42
names are on the list of those killed
or dead of wounds and 48 wounded.
Washington, July 8. — Reports
from General Pershing covering hi*
casualties for Sunday gives a list
of fifty killed, nineteen wounded, se*
verely wounded twenty-nine.
RUSSIAN EXPRESSES SORROW
TO GERMAN GOVERNMENT
Paris, Monday. — The Russian
foreign minister, according to a dis
paten from Berlia, a copy o£ which
was sent to Basel, Switzerland, ex
pressed his regret and indignation
fqr the Russian government to the
German governmena at the assassin
ation of German Ambassador Von
Mirbach, which took plac® at Mos
cow recently. ,
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