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AMERICANS MAKE
rVKIHCK ADVANCES
Washington. June 2J Ociicral Perah-j
lug reported toJey lunlier American ad
Vautss and lb captors ol live niaihtus
guna Cud other material in iti legion ol
Cliatcaa Thierry. The Uaiiuaa coiiutar
Hack al Tkwcy was repulied. Several
Aiusrtcau ws.e nittaiug aiUr tit raid
la Loiraius.
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TOIlAV AT ,.P I.KWIS
ERIOR OF OFFICE A MASS OF CHARRED RUINS.
TYPE AND MACHINERY IN CHAOTIC CONDITION
Tho Courier was today visited by a destructive firo
wliiclr linn left tho interior of the building and tho entire
mechanical department a mass of charred, blackened,
smoked and water soaked ruins.
The, lire originated in tho back yard whero tho melting
of metal for tho Linotype hud been in progress. The melt
ing pot had booh placed out of doors to avoid heating the
work room. A zinc covered board was placed back of and
a short diManeo from tho melting furnace; Tho zinc be-
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U.000 new men will have boitun: nw " uuru u ikhimju uuu me lire
thir military training in the dopot .spread to the wood shed which was a mass of flames before
brlxadnt. Mora thau a thousand (,.,. ,. , .... , . ...
dy win cnmi. in for the r-i..iindr 1,10 ,,r0 Wlls discovered. Within a couple of minutes the
or the week. flames had spread to the rear walls, which were of wood
Rome, June 2S.-Th- It.iiiana forced conHtriilion, n nl in another minute the interior of the
thiait war guard of the reirraiing . 0ui Iding was a roaring furnace,
f laaiiv w cmi iihiivi lininj It'll
.Camp lwla, June 26. Today U
the bin day in tlie movenunt of draft
limn of tlie June contingent, w.eu
1,165 in r li ere sihedultd for Intro
duction Into the national army, Three
hundred and twenty fro.n Washliig
lon and Oreunn tame yesterday and
Inat night and by next Baturday nlxht
HUNS REPULSED IN
ATTACK ON FRENCH
Paris, Jnnc 2S The Ocnnaas last
oight attackeil new France positions
in the region of L Porte, north of Aisne
but maale no gains. In ssrprise attack!
near Wocvre and Lorraine, the French
captured 20 prisoners.
plelely rt-orrupying the wel bank of
t e river On Ihu niout.t'iin front in
tie Monte Grappa scciur, the Italian
vigorously attackid the Austriana in
Dieting heavy lout's, end gaining con
idurable ground.
AMMl'MTION HKl.i:i IN -llll-X.tMt
IIV TIIK If M.I ( Y.
Dublla. June 25. The poll;e tod iy
seUed 40,000 round of ammunition
found In a consignment of grain in
the BinlthMd market. It li be
lieved the coimlHnnsnt foimed a pnrt
of a cargo of arms and ammunition
landed on the northern const tome
time ago.
Paris, June 25 Hav Airency -The
D'trlun Inane total 2flO.(HK men ae
cdlng in a Milan newapaner. Some
di 'lalona n two third" Of their effect
ive" ' The Italian cavalrv advanced be
yond the eastern bend of the I'iava.
With the Italian Army on the
Plave, June 25. An Italian staff of
ficer arriving from the fighting mne
on the Plsve river, exclaimed :
"Victory la ours! We have put
the enemy acroa the Plave all the
The lire depurtment responded immediately and did
valiant work, saving tho building with tho exception of tho
roar, and putting out the lire before the front office had
been reached by tho flames.
Dense volumes of smoko filled tho rooms and rolled
forth from every opening, hampering the work of the fire"
men, but Chief Cass, wearing a smoko mask, entered the
building and directed tho streams of water.
The smoko penetrated every crovico of the machinery,
including tho Linotype, which will have to be takon apart
and thoroughly cleaned. 'Books and records were smokod
but fortunutely not burned.
Tho ofllco furnituro and library show tho effects of
smoko and water. More than a hundred sheets of glass
in thofpartitions are broken, and seven of the nine sheets
of pluto glass in tho front of tho building are cracked.
The loss will amount to several thousand dollars, fully
covered by insuranco, except for the stock of paper which
has increased in price to such an amount that tho loss will
bo considerable. Five tons, of nowspaper, a commodity
wav " ' - - -
The prent victory of the Italian which is now hard to secure, is scorched and ruined,
army la considered by military offl- The Courier will bo issued daily in abbreviated form
z Stu s!J.rta:r2,7 T8he!unii; y th eic wiring and
Aitetriao retreat was made tn the machinery, can bo made. The issue today and for several
midst of a violent thunderstorm. Idavs is made oossiblo throuph the ennrffisv nf thn moH.
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ver, by tho uso of their job press. The Courier cylinder
press having been the only cylinder press in commission in
nation of Montello hnd the rlnht t,G oitv. it will bo several dnvs beforn th nnnor will Kn
bank of the Plave river bv the Am- ' . . .....
trlan troops.
GERMAN OrriCIAL.
4 STATES WAR. AIMS
London, Jane 25 Dr. Richard Von
Knclmao, German Foreign secretary
declared in the German reichataf ycatcr"
day that Germany could not bind her
self to any pledgee regarding Belgium,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch
Referring to the war aims, he said.
"Germany wishes for herself and her
alllics a strong, free independent et
istence, within boundaries drawn for
as by history, overseas possessions
corresponding to onr greatuess and
wealth, freedom of the seas, carrying
oar trade to all parts of the world."
Von Knchlmann laid the chief blame
for the instigating of the war at Russia's
front door. He said that France, then
Eugland were next in culpability.
The adjutant general at Portland
sent word to James Martin today that
the quota for Josephine county for the
next draft bad been changed from 37
to 20. This has been done as Josephine
county has but 20 left in class I.
7H IEA1 IS TOTAL OP WKECK
Belolt, Wis. June 25. The Ha
genbeck. Wallace circus today bad
completed a Hat of ita dead and miss
ing In the Gary, Ind., wreck, which
totala 78. Of that number 61 were
laborers.
Vienna, June 25, via London The
war office announces today the exec.
resumed in usual size.
Washington, June 25 A dispatch to
the Italian f mbaasy from Rome con
firmed the announcement that prisoners
had been taken by the Italians number
ing 45,000, however, 12,000 or 15,000 of
them had been captured during fighting
of the past week.
Washington, June 25,-Offlciat Rome
dispatches say that the Austians are in
full retreat, , -
SPANISH SHIP SINK
CHKW LANDKl) IJf AFRICA
Madrid, June 25. The captain of
the Spanish sailing vessel Joaqulma
reports his ship which sailed from
Cuba, 'was held up by a submarine
which declined to examine the ship's
papers. ' The vessel was sunk and the
crew was afloat tor five days, being
rescued off the coast of Africa. The
vessel which picked them up landed
them all at Gibraltar except the captain.