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Minimum Today (,
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BRITISHTAK
SECOND
OF DEFENSE
Haiy's Army Resumes Offensive antl
Captures Four-Mile Front of Ger
man Line Important Roads Now
In Allies' Hands French Prepare
to Resume Attack South of Somme
Germans; Hammer at Verdun
and Russians at Kovel.
LONDON', July 11. At iluylighl
llii morning the Uritmh, redlining
(lie nlfeiiwivo north of ho Somnii', nt
ttifki'il the flcmiiiii noennd lino !
Viicm nnil neenidiug lo tho repot I
of their ewnmiindor, (lonoiul Sir
J lunula 1 (niff, aitcooi'ded in piuitilrHt
ing them on u front of Tour mile.
I'M dinpilolio from the fi out mill
tlnit tho voltage of Imaontino-lo-(Imude
iind Lnngciivnlo, north of
Mniitniihiiu, anil tho lemniuing pnr
tion of Tionc wood won- taken by
tho Itritihli.
Whilo it wan expuetod tho Hritih
would not allow nny great length of
tunc In cln() before continuing J heir
oM'linii, it wi lull illy believed tho
mhiui I Herman lino would ho allock
ed' niW only ono dnv of nrtillory
preparation, for it wan only dny be
fore etordny that they completed
tho capture of the. first lint1 in tho
legion bejwoeii Ilardeonuit nud
)uillei. Tho dilution of tin at
tack, too, wbk oiiiou'liul of it nr-pri-e,
for instead of modiing on to
ward ComhloN, General lluig cliono
to uttiiok the flnuk of tho Oormnm.
who In cod Coutnlmniioii nud Oiivil
ler, iind thne who htill occupy
lloiiller.
Quit't on Other I'liwfo.
Tho advance to Lnngeiivale mid
Ituxentine-le-Ornnde, if ncuomplih-i-d,
giu the Hrilbdi iMwseuainn of
other impoitant road running in
vnrioiiH direction, whioh have hcou
a greut help to thtt flonnana in aup
plying their urtny diieetly outli of
tho Aticro river.
Now of tho llritib Mieoeea, wn
received in bunion with the tct'ont -oxi
onthuMHMii. It ton given added
weight to the re,iiol of the govern
ment to workmen to forego the An
gmt holiday no thul the army may
lie kept well Mipplied with munitiona.
There wu no news this inoniiiig
of miHirtant developments on tho re
mainder of the weatern front, hut at
lukl roMrt the French were prepnr
itiu to K'-uuie their advance Month
of the Souuwe, while tho (Icrmaiiu
were -lill hammering at the dofene
of Verdun.
The otinion i held ia rVunee,
however, that the continuation of the
S online battle will roMel the Oer
mun to sleeken their efforts ut Ver
dun, whioh now have been iu prog
re neurly five month, ONpoeinllv
iii. the French estimate the German
lost 12,000 nieu in counter-attack
on Cnntalmaion.
I tat I lo Along Stokliod.
The ltuiatia have made no no-
(livable advance on any part of the
eastern front ince thev gained the
Htokhod river, where the straggle
eoutwue 4eneratel.v, The light
hank atarently ha now lieon clear
ed of (iennatix, hut it i not made
clear that the ojH'rtttiont. of the ltu
Miui have iiu'ii theiu a tmu footing
(Continued on Page Four)
DOl'OLAS. Artx. Jul It Cien
eral Ox lies thin afternoon tele
graphed II. P. Temple, general man
ager of the Southern PaeUie rail
rad of Mexico, that the Senora liue
of that road wbjeh Metteana have
been operaMns. wa ready ta be
turned back to the owner linme-dtatt-b
He reqaektej Temie to
go lo Nogalri. Mini take thurtie
RAPED PROGRESS
MADEBYBRITISH
Bazentinc-le-Petite, Longucvalc antl
Otivillers Taken Entire Second
Line of German Defenses Over a
Four-Mile Front Counter-Attacks
Repulsed and Gains Consolidated.
MKITISIt FRONT IN FIIANTK.
July M. Tho Itrilirth Imvo now tiikon
hotli HuzontinP-lo-Potito nnd Hnzon-tine-li'-flrnndo,
n well as l.ongui)
vnlo. Tho Htrugglo in continuing in
the wood beyond Loiiuiiovulc mid on
tho high point of the ridge.
LONDON, .Jul'- H. Renter' onr
roMpoiidont at Uio llritinh flout tel
pgrniilii tlmt the Hrilinh foroen Imvo
en nl u red Hazenlino-le-Petilu and
iiiokI of the village of Ouvilhr.
ioiiMiiiuaic liainw
A HiiHo(pient dinpiileli from Keil
lor' oorrortpnndont on the llritUh
front say tlmt later report tend to
eoiifiinj the firnt ueeounta of the
Itritinli attack tlii morning. Tho
Oerninu foomnl lino win onrriod with
until lo, the eorrenitniitlont iiv,
and the floriiiaii- xurrendorod free
ly. He reports that ono regimental
poiDiiiHiidor nud lii Muff, three ar
tillery officers mid ahoiit l.'U inliin
try officer and moil had been
brought into ono cnnip by II o'clock
thin morning.
Sewil German eouuter-nttnckH
ngaiiiHl tin positioiiK jmt jvou hac
been repuloeil by the llrilili, who
are now consolidating their kiiiii-.
The British Iroopw nre in high -piiii-over
their nuceee.
Over a I'our-.MJIo l-'iint
LONDON, .lulv 14 The MritUh
trow at dawn todav broke into Her
man (MiMitionx on a four-mile front
iu the region north of the Soiniae nnd
captured oevernl xtrongly defended
loealitie., iivk the offieiul iiii
nouncenient of tin; war office.
The l!riti..li at tuck wan delivered
on the second ,lem of the Herman
defcuc, MiyK the statement, which
adiU that heavy fighting contiuucH.
The official xtnleiiient reiulx:
"Thiri morning at dawn wo uttaek
l tho enemy'x ocond ywleni of de
fuiiHea. Our troop . have broken
into hotilo position on a front of
four milea nml have raptured sev
eral Ntrougly defended localities.
Heavy fightiiif eoutinuen."
Seroml Tliiiko of Attack
The Mritixh advance reported in
tmluy'n ol'licial diatch aioMtrontly
coii-litiitcs the aeeond 4mc of the
great Anglo-Frenuh offensive iu the
iieighhorhnod of the Sojnme river,
wliK'h began duly 1 over a front of
tfoinething more than twentv mile.
The firt phaae of thin offensive
carriisl the Itrituh foraard to and
gave them poeaioii of Contalmtti
.on ami MontauUon, but the French
(Continued on Page Four.)
N SECOND DRIVE
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M.'l. J In '. . " ' W i - hi
SMASHING THE
q Jfc CLEVELAND FOR PROGRAM ASKED
BABY
EPIDEMIC
FAS! SPREADING
TO
NISW YOIUC, Juh It - marked
Incroaio both In the numlier of now
ciuoft and deatliH In tho Infantile
pnrulyalB otildomlc during the laet St
hours wne hIiowu toilay In tho rotiort
of tho lioalth deimrtiiient. Dining
the SI houra porloil muling at 10 a.
m. today there were K.X new canoe,
whllo 31 children illel from tho ilia
eate In Ihe five borough or New
York.
Ilrooklrn had the greateat nunilmr
of now oniMw in a single day alnee
the oplilomlc began on June 36. There
wore alxtoun doatha and 1X2 now
caaea In that borough.
DKNVKK, Colo., July II. Two
caiaa of Infantile paralyiln have been
reported to the atate health board It
was roportod today. One cane la In
Douver and the other In Nlwot, near
by. TiUFI'AI.O. N. Y., July U. The
drat diwth from iufuntlle tarlyU
ooourrod hore today. Tho vletlm waa
Violettn Wllnon, of llrooklyn. three
years old, who came here a week ago.
OTHER
IIE5
LINE FOR A ST EEN THOUSAND
E
MOUNTAIN PEAK
ItoMI'. .1 1 1 1 1 1 Tie- -iiiniiiit ni
Cii-iclli II", iu tin' Ti'Litiii region, lui
been blown ni In i In- Italian", the
entire Ao-lrum I'mcc tbei-e licinir
bulled iu the wiickii;e. the war of
fice announced today.
The announcement any:
"Iu the region of the Adige valley
our ailillery obtained hits on the en
otnv's ImttnrifH on the alonea of
BiaNoua and ulao on polnmna of
tnioM and a transport on the mnrck.
A counter-attack on the eneinv on
Monte Jlaio wax beaten off.
"On Cntnuie "la ten n heavv fight
ing eontiuuee. In the Tofano region
the enwnvV ponitliMi on Pnidelhrtto
xninmil, ea.t of the Col ei lioiH
Hak, coinmandcd the. road of the
Dolomite. On the mi'lit of Julv 11
we exploded a powcilul mine which
blew them mi enlinU iind gnve iin
Hw)ea.iiin of them."
R0DGERS TO INVESTIGATE
SEIZURE OF HEARST RANCH
WASHINGTON, Ji.K 1 L 8M-cial
Agent Hodge iv at M weo City win.
intrueted bv the -lair department
IimIuv to invent igulc ii eomiilaiiit
made bv Mrw. I'boiln- lleatvt that
her ranch in Mexico l . I been conln
euted bv the de tiu-io .'vefninent.
N
CAPTOR
YARD GAIN!
DE
E
I'AHIS, .lul I I. A wirel h--
rmtch Iroui Allien- toda ilecnbcn
the deM ruction o the -ummcr nl
are of King (onlaatiiie nnd the
burning of the forest of Taloi, in
which the Hilaee kIoihI. The king,
xaya the diiateh, ccaM'd in an au
tomobile from a dungeroiiM Hnilioii
where he wun directing the foresterx
lighting the lire, which had xtnrted
in tho wood. The motor iu which the
kill" nniiniAelied the biimiu- dixlrici
hud been NUiTouiuled by fin men iuid
he d urted on foot through the dan
gerniu aone and reached an automo
bile, getting awuy in safety.
Mne pernonH were rnu'ht hy the
flame and Mriheil, among them
-eerul nnn offii'erw. The fojat,
which wa the largest in Oreeee, vfUa
entirely burned over, the total Io4m
from (lame exceeding 10,000,000
friincM,
It in nHKetml that the fire atari-
ii lrm ihe carlene. of wander
ing ignbomlM in HiMwiug eignrette
-ImIih into drv' brn-bwooll.
Tim "iiMlion of Queen Mother
Oh.. i and Hie palace of the crown
pi nice were ii Uo doxtroyetl.
rm.j-.ii
FIRE
ROYS
GRECIAN
EST
ND
S
linnnrniAninr lunnor rmionrp
SUPREME COURT
President Appoints Successor to
Htiylics Is Federal JtnlQC of
Northern Ohio Leader of Pro
yrcssivc Element and Reform
' Moves, Associate of Tom Johnson.
WASIIIKOTON, JH 1 1. .7. II.
Clark. Cnited Stale-, dixlriot judge
nt Olevelnud, O., wiia iioiniiinlnd by
l'lWiWent Wilaon todnv na nil gaeo-r-ialO
.jntiee of the mipreine eonrl to
"iteeoed former .luxtice llngliea, tlio
ii'piililienn nominee for tho iivi
denev. Tho proxidont dioitNHd hin auleo
lion nt todny'a cahinot meeliiig and
eni the iioiiiiiiiitinu to the nenate im
modialoly nftenvnrtN.
l.lfeloiig Demotnit
Judge Clai-he dm npiminted fed
eral dintriet judge abiMtt two yenra
ago by I'roHident Vilon. Ho ia a
bachelor.
In iiolitiea he haa been n lifelong
democrat and ran niruinut .Murk
lliiunu for the I'nitod Stutee xeiuito
in llinil. A akvlch of hi life given
out at tho White lloiwe today enys:
"lie liMM boon eoiiiicuiiiig iu nro
uieHnive inovpineiiU iu Ohio nud In
the iiji on ul laige."
Since becoming diatriet judge iu
Clevgpil "be baa taken eapeeinl in
teivati iu the naluraliaation and
Amerieniiixatiou of foreign-born eiti
xoiim. ImnI I'eognslte I'lgbtn
Particular attention i directed in
the While HoiiMe nketcli to the fact
that despite Ida Kervlce aa general
eouiio fur a railrmid hefoiv oing
on the bench, Judge Clarke in bin
camitoigu for the enate advocateil a
-cenl militiad paxenirer rale law.
In Cleveland, Judge Clarke for a
long time waa aaeorialed in imlitic
with the lute Mayor Tom .lohiimtu
and Secretary of War Itaker. He
haa been cleaned na a progreaelve
demiH-rat and lui taken - 'ill iu ev
eral reform movcim-nl-,
IN SOUTH AMFHCn
LIMA, Tent, .lulv 1 1. It wn
fttnted here officiullv today that
there wa no truth in the rMrt that
rem awl Veueauela have eoneludtHl
a secret ugreement witli the objeM of
tnkiH" viihI tiactx of land, Ihe pim
agHHian of which thev dUpute with
(Vdombia and l''cuador.
IteportM of aueb an agreement
were received in Latin-AmericHn dii-
lomulie nuartera iu Wahiuou early
thiM week, giving riae to fear for the
paee of the four ualiima.
BY PRESIDENT
Lower Crar.ch of Congress to Mark
Time Until Senate Catches Up
Adjournment by Atiflttst 10 Prob
able Wilson Pleads for Child La
lior Bill ami Compensation Act.
WASHINGTON, July H. Doino
erntlc Loader Kltchon ropoitod to
I'roHliIont WIIpoii today that with tho
fmuiiKO of tho corrupt practiced bill,
tho hoiiRo will hnvn complotcd tho
entire loglslntlve progmat supRcstcd
to congrofw by the proBldout. Ho
nRkod If any nddltlonnl legislation
waa dohlrcd and Mr. Wllnon .replied
Hint ho waa witlnflod with the work
ilono by the Iioiiho and had uo further
recoiiiuioiulntloiiH.
Mr. Kltchnn wild tho house would
mark tlmo by adjourning from dny
to day until tho numitu cntolio up
with Its work.. Ho oMImated that
rongroeti would bo ublo to udjouru
by AitgUBt 10.
Program Complctiil
Tho logbilatlve program aiiRKestod
to congroM whioh him boon complet
ed by tho Iioiiho Included tho rhlllp
Iilun nnd l'orto ltluun IiIIIh, preparc.d
uoee luglilatlou, tho revenue, MIhsIhr
Ippl flood control, nlilppliiR, rural
cretllta, nud coimorvatlon blllH.
IWhllo Itoproentatlv Kltchon wad
at tho White, Hoiiho Senator Gallln
gor, the mlutorliy leader," wna nn
noiiuelug on tho floor that republi
cans of that body novor contemplat
ed i flllbiiiler agnluftt govornment
hipping, roveuuo, or any other lobu
lation pending, nnd that thoy would
ei)'0ierute with tho ilomocnUx to com
pletu the program and iiiljourn.
"The legislative program In not In
our lunula," aald Senator anlltngor,
"but whatever the majority conclude
to lay before us they will find tho
minority randy with good nftturod
eo-oneratlon. Tho minority Is In favor
of the eblld labor, workmen's oni
peusNtlon and Imuilgrutloit bille, nnd
hope thoy may bo passed."
I'lcslilont I'IcjmN
"Willi you support the coimtltu
tloiial HinuuduielU for woman suf
frage," naked Senator Thoinna.
"The senator from Now Hamp
shire will," replied Srihotor Qitlllu
ger, "but I cannot apeak with nii
tborlty for my nssoolatos rugardlng
that measure."
President Wilson decided today lo
write a letter to Majority l.onilur
Kern of the senate, urging that
special efforts be made to soeiiro
the passage of the MeQIIIeiuldy com
penaatlou bill for govornmunt urn
ploes Injured tn the federal service
and the iiendlna child labor bill.
Itolh uieasuren already have passed
the houee.
HUGE METEOR FALLS
lit IT SI'RINOS. Aik.. Julv M.
A meteor, the uubuned tutrt of which
n large mh h five-mniu house,
fell let night on the farm of J, W.
tikipee, twentv uolc west of Hut
Hpringo. Fanuem or tlie vicinity to
dgy were a! raid to upproaeh tho uiu
teor been ii e ul km and ainuko
utill urioinu from it. A party of lo
cal ciciitiN mid newspaper uinii
left llol Spruu;- to view tho meteor.
SINN FEINERS WRECK
CORK, Inland, Julv II. Chag
rined by the ouii-nrmul of priotierii
who teeeutlv were released, lifter
un r nriif inipritiiMimelit aiuee lfH
Diiliiin i, 'i. Hinii, arid; "m v' S
r i. a In ie ii.il i . i i ii,.ii I,, i sinjj
Feiin-r-. wrecked. Ihe recmituiu' orrtee,
lu-.-.ed ihe mil it a n pukit-. aud ali
repiibln .in -niig--.
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