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Real 4th of July Celebration at Flat
The Big Event will be appropriate to the unsettled conditions of the country.
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ITALIANS SITING AUSTRIANS WHAT PADDY GATE THE DRUM
ITALIAN FRONT C
ITALIAN
Koine, June 17.—A battle of great violence, in which,
masses of infantry are being used, is now in progiess
on the Italian front. Austria is attempting to break
through the Italian lines, particularly in the eastern
sector of the Asiago plateau, the Brenta valley, and ^on
Monte Grappa. The battle is progressing over a 175
mile front. The Italians are firmly holding on the
Asiago front and have completely reoccupied their orig
inal positions on Asolone and Sotarola, and are closely
pressing the enemy who crossed the Piave. Three
thousand Italians captured.
Rome, June 18.—This afternoon’s reports reveal vio
lent fighting along a 40 mile front, between the Adriatic
sea and Ciano, on the Upper Piave l iver, with the Itali
ans holding their own everywhere. Tremendous efforts
were made by the Austrians to extend their slight gains
on the slope of Moltello crest, but the assaults broke
down. There are now 92 Austrian divisions engaged
on the entire front.
Rome, June 19.—Premier Orlando made a statement
today in the chamber of deputies on the war situation.
He said the enemy continues a strong pressure along
the mountain front, and in the region of Montello the
invaders have made repeated efforts on the Piave river,
but all were in vain. “Our artillery was particularly
effective against the hostile forces. On the right bank,
by counter attacks, we have retaken positions.” To
this date the Italians have taken 5,000 prisoners. ‘
Italian Headquarters, June 20.—Deserted by his staff
on the Montello plateau, Major-General von Kronstadt,
of the Austrain army, fought single handed with Itali
ans until killed- He declined to surrender.
The Italians have won complete control of the air,
not a single Austrian machine is aloft on this front.
Rome, June 20.—The Italians have gained more
ground on the Asiago plateau, and have captured hun
dreds of prisoners.
Rome, June 21.—The Austrians have lost 120,000 men
up to Wednesday, the Corrier de Italia declares today.
AUSTRIAN
Vienna, June 17.—Ten thousand Italians, English
and French prisoners have been taken by Austrians in
their great offensive, and the Piave river has been
crossed, according to official communications.
BRITISH
London, June 18 —The Austrians have thrown 14
bridges across the Piave river, but sufficient reserves
are massed opposing them to check the enemy, accord
ing to official dispatches from the Italian front today.
London, June 19 —A dispatch to the Evening Stand
ard says the Austrians now occupy the west bank of the
Piave river from the Congliano railway to Zenson Bend,
a distance of two miles, and that the bridges which the
Austrians have placed in position for ths crossing of
troops, are under constant tire. Austrian losses are
described as “frightful.”
London, June 21.—The Italians have gained a big
victory at Nervesa, on the west bank of the Piave
river, and are now fighting to complete their success.
London, June 21.—British casualties during the week
just ended were 3,620.
AMERICAN
Washington, June 20.-Since the beginning of the
Austrian offensive American troops have been des
patched directly to the Italian front.
Washington, June 21.—A large part of the Austrian
army has been cornered between the flooded Piave
river and the advancing Italian troops in Montello, the
British war office stated today, and surrender is ex
pected. ___
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FRENCH
Paris, June 15.—A new outbreak of artillery fighting
in the sector of Hangard wood occurred today, while
reciprocal cannonading between Villers, Cotterets and
Chateau Thierry has continued.
Allied air combat machines are daily beating the Ger
mans above four great fighting zones, and devastating
raids are being carried out methodically far behind the
German lines,
Paris, June 17.—The French improved their posi
tions north and northwest of Haute Braye, between the
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MSTERDAM, June 18.—Emperor Wii
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| headquarters said either the German j
l principles of “freedom, honor and moral
ity” must be upheld, or the Anglo-Saxon prin-j
| c-iples with their idolatry of Mammon must be ?
| victorious. He asserted that the Anglo-Saxons j
< aimed at making the people of the world work 1
| as slaves for the Anglo-Saxon ruling race, and j
| that such an issue could not be decided by days j
| or weeks, or even in year. <
WOULD FLY FROM THE FATHERLAND
Copenhagen. Jane 21.—Four residents of Berlin
attempted to escape from Germany yesterday (Thurs
day) in two aeroplanes One succeeded in landing in
Denmark, but the other was brought down in the
Baltic sea by the German guardship “Denmark.”
A professor in a prominent German university says
that conditions of the Fatherland were deplorable.
FORMER CHANCELLOR STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Amsterdam, June 21.---Dr. Bethmann Hollweg has
been stricken with paralysis, says a Berlin dispatch.
Dr. Theobald von Bethmann Holhveg, former German
chancellor, was born in I85G. a son of a famous Prussian
Liberal politician; he passed through the grades of the
Prussian bureaucracy to the ministry of the interior. In
July, 1909, he succeeded Prince Billow as imperial chan
cellor, and held office exactly eight years. Before the war
Bethmann Hollweg posed as a Liberal, although his utter
ances revealed his unswerving devotion to the Prussian
ideal. He seems to have desired an entente with Great
Britain and had, apparently, achieved it in 19H, when, as
he lamented, the war shattered his plans. As chancellor
he must, of course, bear the responsibility for the outbreak
of the war; but there is reasons to believe that his own
better judgment was overborne'by the military party. His
confession that Germany’s violation of Belgium was a
“wrong,” the reference to the Belgian treaty as “a scrap
of paper,’1 and the admission that Germany’s pledges in the
Sussex case to the United States had not been in good
faith, provide an index to the calibre of the man. In Ger
man politics he tried to hold the balance between
the Pan-German3 and the Socialists, refusing to commit
himself to any definite peace program, but his majority was
destroyed in July, 1917, when the Center, or Catholic, party
suddenly allied itself with the Socialists in favor of a peace
without annexations or indemnities. But although Beth
mann resigned nominally because he had lost the confi
dence of the Reichstag, it may be assumed, in light of the
past, ibat that he had forfeited the confidence of the em
peror and the military party.
FOURTH LIBERTUOAN IN OCTOBER
Washington, June 17.—Secretary McAdoo, of the
Treasury department, stated today that the next Lib
erty loan will be in October, and that $6,000,000,000
worth of certificates of indebtedness and $2,000,000,
000 worth of tax certificates will be issued.
Oise and the Aisne today, and 100 prisoners were taken.
AMERICAN
Washington, June 15.—Major-General Marsh, chief
of staff, stated today that the shipment of troops to the
full capacity of ships available will continue. Eight
hundred thousand, including all branches of the service
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necessary to make a complete army, are now in r
and by July 1 the number will be 1,000,000.
| The obvious objective of the German advance is, first,
the Channel ports, the capture of which would make it
necessary for England, in shipping troops, to go farther
up sea, thus slowing up and making more dangerous
the transportation of troops; secondly, the capture of
Paris, which is of great strategic importance as well as
i of great sentimental importance to the people of France.
It is announced that the total of American soldier
and civilian prisoners in Germany is 349.
It is the purpose of the United States to continue to
send men and material to France until any temporary
inequality in forces is entirely overcome. This purpose
w’as reiterated by President Wilson in his reply to a
message from President Poincaire on the anniversary
of the landing of American troops in Europe.
The present lull on the battle front only pressages a
new movement and storm attacks on Allied lines, ac
cording to military opinion here.
With Americans in France, June 17. — Six hundred
German shock troops raided the American first line
positions at the village of Xivray, in the Toul sector,
this morning. Some of the enemy got into Xivray but
were soon driven out. At other points the enemy were
badly beaten.
Washington, June 19. —Gen. Pershing today reported
that 13 Yankee soldiers were ambushed by an enemy
patrol of 40. They fought desperately, and most of the
Americans returned to their own lines.
Washington, June 19.—The War department an
nounced today that the 32nd Division of the National
Guard is now’ fighting in Alsace.
American Army in France, June 20 —The Teutons
deluged our Luneville sector with the heaviest gas at
tack in weeks this morning. Mixed phosphene and
mustard gas shells were used. At the same time they
pounded portions of the front with shrapnel and high
explosives.
With Americans in Lorraine, June 21.—The Germans
hurled over 7,000 heavy artillery shells in lighting
north of the Toul sector since last midnight.
BRITISH
London, June 17.—Arrivals of American troops dur
ing the past few’ days have eclipsed all previous records.
Raiding operations and brief enemy bombardment in
Albert region were reported today by Gen. Haig.
London, June 18. —The British conducted successful
raids southwest of Albert and in the neighborhood of
Moyeuneville, says Gen. Haig’s report today.
J SUBMARINE WARFARE (
New York, June 15.—The British steamship Author
arrived safely after an all day fight with a German sub
marine, which gave up the chase 70 miles off the Vir
ginia capes.
An Atlantic Port, June 19.—An American steamship
carrying 80 passengers arrived today after a thrilling
voyage'from Cuba, on a course which carried her within
! a few yards of a floating mine which had been placed by
; a German U-boat mine layer. The steamer also barely
1 escaped attack by a German submarine.
New York, June 19.— An American submarine sank a
| German submarine off the Virginia coast, according to
passengers arriving today on an American steamer.
They say the German submarine crew perished
London, June 20. —Heavily censored private mes
sages indicate that there have been great peace demon
strations in Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg. According
I to a dispatch from the Vokhoff Post, the military and
i police were required to disperse the crowds, and many
were killed.
Amsterdam, June 20.—Cavalry commands have been
1 rushed to Vienna to quell extremely serious bread riots
which have broken out there, Mobs stoned the resi
dence of Premier Seydler, and plundered bakeries,
| Washington, June 21.—American aeroplanes, piloted
i by aviators of the Allied nations, will cross the Atlantic
ocean within the next three months, declared Major
General Branker, of the British air force, today.
American soldiers now hold 38 miles of trenches in
JF rR nco.
Gen. Crowder today called for 8,976 registrants who
are qualified for general military service, to be sent on
July 15 to various schools for special training.
ALASKA HOMESTEADS
Washington, June 20.—The House
bill to facilitate patents to homesteads
in Alaska was passed today by the Sen
ate, and now goes to the President for
approval._ _
The wireless telegraph station at Mc
Grath is again in commission—the local
office having received a “high sign” to
that effect last Monday.
NEW COMMAND FOR GEN. GREENE
Camp Lewis, Wash., .Tune 20. Col.
Greene has been returned to the Reg
ular arm with the rank of brigadier
general, and ordered to the command
of the Phillipines.
Major-General John F. Morrison suc
ceeded to the command of the Depart
ment of the West, II S. A., today.
Charles Smith and Hans Galmark
are patients at the Reed hospital.
DOWN WHERE THE
6UDWEISER FLOWS
St. Louis, June 18.—The government
has taken over the entire estate of Mrs.
Lilly Anheuser Busch, widow of the
late Adolphus Busch, the famous brew
ery magnate, under the alien property
law.
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The Red Cross needs your “bit ”
CHARLEY ROSS 1CE-BOUHD AT SEA
Last Wednesday the M. & M. bank
received a message dated “At Sea
Aboard SS. Victoria,” from Chas. Ross,
the bank’s president, stating that the
vessel was ice bound. The message
came via Nome.
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Peter Weiss, who has for years lived
in our midst in a very modest and un
obtrusive manner, started for the Great
Outside last Tuesday night.
MORE PUBLIC LANDS
Washington, June 19.—The Senate
today passed a bill which provides for
the restoration of 30,000,000 acres of
western Indian reservation lands to the
public domain.
Charles Strandberg has moved his
Flat City cabin home, which was lo
cated on the paystreak, to the upper
eud of Gold street