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BATTLE RAGES AUSTRAINS LOSE ITALIANS MOST
n J mn nnn r 5 T01 IN SMASH BOUYANT OVER mm
Ull IUU III ILL
Austrians In Great Offensive Accom
plish Litt'e at Inception of Drive
Cross Lo Plain Three Places to
Be Forced Back A!ro Held In
Mountain Regions Vienna Claims
Capture of 12,000 Prisoners Ital
ians Take 3090 In Counter Attacks.
WITH TI1K ITALIAN Alt MY, Jim..
Hi. (By tin- Associated l'ress.)
Austrian troops which forced the
I'iave river, have been driven back.
The filitinj; aloii; the river is most
'intense.
VIKNN'A, June 17. Yin London.
The number ol' Italians and allied
prisoners captured hv the Austro-
Hunarian forces in their new offen
sive on the northern Italy front have
increased to Li.OIIO, the Austro-Ilun-parian
official statement issued lo
says.
The Austrians have captured Capo
Silo, on the southern end of the I'iave
line and on the west side of the river
and also have captured ground to
the west of Sandonn Di.l'iaVe, the
statement adds.
My The Associated Press, June 17
Altho the situation alonj; the. great
crescent shapped buttle line of 100
miloa in northern Italy remains
somewhat obscure, It seoms that the
AuHtriaus have accomplished liltlo
at tho Inception of their drive
against the Italian and allied armies.
From tho lower I'iave river and north
along that stream encouraging re
ports tell of the enemy being checked
and at sonic points being hurled
'back across the sterenm. From the
Piave to the Tirenta where tho Teu
tons advanced thru mountain ravines
In their attempts to .break thru the
allied lines tho situation seems to
bo well in hand. French and Brit
ish troops are helping the Kalians.
'mss I'lnve Thrice
It now appears that tho Austrians
made three successful attempts to
cross the Piave. Ono was south or
Montcllo, where the battle Hue leaves
the Piave river and mounts to the
westward Into tho Alps. One was be
tween Candelu and Zeiuon loop,
where the Austrlans effected a cross
ing last November and held a bridge
head for some time. Tho other was
at San Dona I) Piave, about 1 1 miles
from the mouth of the river. At least
some of these forces have been driven
back across the river , while tho oth
ers have not been ablo to develop any
advantage from their early success.
Itepoi fT show that tho tactics fol
lowed by tho Austrians were similar
to thoso which brought success to the
Germans In the Sonunc and Aisne of
fensives. The enemy advanced under
cover of a smoke barrage from bombs
and smoke apparatus in comparative
ly smal parties. These were directed
against portions of the line believed
to he lightly held. In Franco the
Germans succeeded by this method
In gaining the rear of portions of the
line which had to be evacuated quick
ly by the allies. Along tho Italian
front, however, the foe was not able
to penetrate far Into the allied posi
tions, and counter attacks soon drove
him hack to his lines.
ItnMilt in Halanco
Tho result is yet In tho balance.
(Continued on Page Six.)
WASllIMiTOX, June 17. Invo
cation of orders assigning Major
General Leonard Wood to rov.umwnl
the western department an:' re-as-sigimient
of Ihe pmernt lo ( amp
Kan-ton, Km-., was announce, today
by the war department,
AGAINST ITALY
Scantiest Success Attended Attempt
of Austrians to Carrv Out Often
sive On New German Model of
Storm Troops Battle Critical for
Austria.
LONDON', June 17. Austro-Huii-gurian
pressure continues strong
along (he entire Italian front, says a
icmi-official dispatch from Home.
The enemy is concentrating his most
powerful attacks astride the river
Hi'pnta and across tho Piave.'
A high Hritlsii army officer, inter
viewed last night by Ileuter's corres
pondent with the British army in
Italy, expressed himself satisfied in
every way with the result of the
AuRtro-llungarian attack against the
British forces. He said:
"Tho enomy has practically lost
five men to our one and we havo cap
tured four guns. Our airmen on tho
I'iave smashed tho seven bridges and
fired 2.",u0a round at low altitudes."
All accounts agree that tho scan
tiest success attended the attempt of
tho Austrlans to carry out tho offen
sive on tho new German model of
storm troops and infiltration.
Desperate C'lianco
London newspapers consider tho
offensive one of the most desperate
chances yet taken by the enemy. Its
failure, It Is believed, will be fatal to
Austria und a heavy jlow to ierman
prestigo. Hence the liattlo is consid
ered by political observers as bolng
even nuiro critical for Austria than
for Italy as It Is contended defeat will
probably goail tho various national
ities of tho dual monarchy lo desper
ation. Stories continue to reach llollnnd
from Austria, telling of the serious
political crisis, owing to the refusal
of tho Polish party to support tho
government. They also mention riot
ing at many places In the dual ninn-ai-hy
as tho result of an increase or
anti-Gorman feeling and tho shortage
jf food.
YANKEES REPEL
L
WASHINGTON'. June 17. I.'o
pulsed t'f local enemy attacks in Ihe
Wocvre ami in Ihe Chateau Thierry
ngion was reported today in (leneral
I'ershiu's r-fiiiiuiiiuiftie lor last nielli.
''Section A. This morning in the
Voere Hie enemy attempted n local
attack against Ihe left of our posi
tions. Muring Ihe ntlack there wax
l.ri-k artillery tiring. The assailants
I'ol only Tailed lo penetrate our lines,
hut were thrown back villi severe
losses, and left on our hands several
prisoners, of whom one was an of
ficer. "In the region of Chalonii Thierry
two local attacks made hv Ihe enemy
during the highl on the line linuros-elies-liois-Me-Pc!leiiii
were easily
broken' up. Artillery on holh sides
ronlinue very active i
and in I'ioaprv.
"Section II. -There
iciort in litis section.
this rcgioi
nothing l
AMSTKWMAM, June 17. A politi
cal strike has been arranged lor to
day at Nuremberg as a protest
against Ihe reduced bread rations and
the postponement and hampering of
Prussian suffrage reform, according
lo reports received lure. The I lor
dlier Tageblatt says that the social
ilemoernlie party and the united
1'iidcs union of Nureniderg hae is
sued a warning against u strike. '
E
DEFENSE
Several Days Before Decision Reach
edBattle Assumes Gigantic Pro
portionsItalians Express Confi
dencePremier Orlando Says Ene
my Is Being Strongly Held.
WASHINGTON', June 17. An of
ficial dispatch front Komu dated
11 :.V oVIoek last niirht say the bat
tle on the Italian front will assume
irigatilic proportions, the Austrians
attempting to break flown the Italian
defense by a jjreat pincer movement.
It adds that the battle will last sever
al days before a decision is reached.
Nowhere else alonjr the front of
attack has the strin;",Ie been so se
vere as ton the I'iave line.
One of the most brilliant of the
Italian actions was the defense of
the Monte Moschin salient protect 'mux
the important Mrenfu position. Here
the Austrians suffered heavy losses,
many of their machine guns were
captured.
Prisoners Of sco i traced
The prisoners are ragged and ill
fed. Many of them are nndersixed
youths. One of them remarked to the
correspondent that he had no interest
in the war.
The feeling of the Kalians is buoy
ant. At Italian army headquarters sat
isfaction is felt over the situation on
every part of the front.
The general commanding the artil
lery corps in the Monte Grappa re
gion expressed tins leeling- lo the cor
respondent. "Now send us only four divisions
of Americans, ' the general added.
"We will first shake hands and then
travel together into Austria."
The severity of the fighting on
Monte Grappa may be understood
from the fact Hint the Italian artillery
fired 70,00(1 shells in 12 hours.
All Korcos fNtssihlo
As the first, phase of the battle un
folds, it is evident that Austria is
en;ai;ing all the forces possible, al
though the exact number of Ihe di
visions in action is as yet unknown.
Italy's soldiers are fighting- on their
own soil, aided by Kn'Iish and French
troops. All are in the best spirits
ami making supremo snerifievs to
prevent the enemy from obtaining the
advantage which is supposed to be
lt nr to ;t n army launching an offen
sive. The uneasiness preceding the of
fensive was dissipated, followed by
satisfaction over the Austrian action
in Tonale district, uhich was intend
ed to block any efforts of the Ital
ians to tlircilcn their rear and possi
I 'v cut the sinyle railway line lend
it'ir from Austria into the Italian
Air. t
Situation Itivissiiriiig
liOMK, June lii. The situation on
the Italian front in ils entirely
-i ems very reassuring, says n semi
el licial Hole issued tonight. It is
added Hint (he great but tic which
broke out Saturday has lint, begun.
Although Mbviiig a strength of (ill di
isions Ihe enetnv attacking forces
have not succeeded in passing Ihe
Italian advanced area at anv point.
Austrian pressure continues very
strong along Hie enlire front. The
encuty is concentrating most power
ful and fierce attacks astride the
Hrota and across Hie I'iave and it is
(Continued on Pago Sl.)
LONDON', June 17 A movement
Is afoot In (lermany for the organi
sation of strikes on account of the
decrease ot tho bread ration, says a
dispatch to the Central News agency
from Amsterdam. The situation, It
Is said, Is so serious that the smallest
Irado unions are taking pari In the
movement,
j. T- ? ti ' f i tit" r"
If f lV 4 , i I1"' A. trt,, '
In the present attempts of the Huns to pierce the allied lino with tholr powerful thrusts, the allied gunnel's
have been Jilaylng a stellar role. Tho gas attacks are constantly being om ployed by tho Oorinans, tho gunnora
with tho aid of their masks have stuck to thoir posts, working at times tor four hours ut a stretch under
heavy gas bombardments, being relieved only when wounded and carried hohlnd tho lines. Noto tho camou
flaged protection overhead to hide them from any aerial attacks.
E
I'AlilS, June 17.;-.-The trench
(loops improved their positions north
Mid iiolhuesl of llautcbraye, between
Ihe Oise and the Aisne, in a local
operation early today. One hun
dred prisoners and some machine
pins were captured, says the ol'licial
statement issued today.
German attacks were repulsed in
the t'avierics wood and in the Voses.
The .statement leads ;
"iN-tween tin' 'ise and the A'sne
the Krench succeeded in earning out
early today a l"'nl operation which
resulted jn improvement of the l-'reneh
positions north ami ' northwest o! t
Hautchraye. The Krench look 100 j
prisoners and captured several ma- I
chine nuns. In the Oavieries Wood j
ami in the Vn--j our troops repulsed J
enemv surprise alatcks. There
nothing to report from the ret of
the front.'
LONDON, .Inn
raid was earnc!
of Arra-. by the
few pri-uneis, ii
uallv.
' 1 7. A siiceesst u!
oul last ui'jht ca-,
rrhih, uho took a j
is afmouiH ei oi l i- S
I.OND'lN. J itie 1
airplane cm-- , the
A
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England sooa alt
"""' l-"'l;'-( 11
si-a by liar Hri!
was ehaetl hack to si
ish anti-aiiralt jinn-'
RUIN IN CALIFORNIA
W'AMIINHTt
sentiitiM; JiiImi
told Hie senate
today thai em
!. June IT. licpre- j
Ktiliu iC California j
iigriciill ore committee J
'eaielit of the l.lulli- I
liilion legislation at this lime wmil.l
be bansriiptev lo Ihe t'a!il'"rniu v.ine
growers nml re-ult in loss tolallint:
inillious oC dollars.
Anticipittion of reaffirmation of
Hie federal eon -t it ut imiii I amendment,
Mr. Kalin sw manv now are liquid
ating their priipcrty.
He s.iid t lie v belieed thev should
he given two or three years' inlililioii
a! time,
GUNNERS WORKING UNDER GAS
BRITISH INFLICT OREGON RAILROADS
IN F
LONDON, Juno i 7. Austrian
troopH which hiid as their olijectlvo
on tho Hrilish front tho ranse of hillu
including Clma Di Tonte, Tau nnd
Caveletto, telegrapha Hotiters cor
respondent at Italian headquarters
were much (li.seomnted on reaching
tho HriiiHh wiro cntanglemcnta. In
front of the ('c.suua. positions tho Aus
trians suffered heavily from the
ish machine gun firo and they worn
also caught by their own artillery
which fired short.
Tho Aiistro-IlunKnrlan casualties,
the correspondent nays, nro heiim
reckoned la thousands while tlio.o of
Ihe Itritish aro light. Tho number or
prisoners taken by tho British has
been incrcasetl to -t'Mt.
PRISONER TURNS
W ITH 'I'lIK AMKKK'AN AI.'MY IN1
FU.WCK, Sundiiv. .1 Hi.- (I'.vlhe
I A.-Miciate.l l'ri.s. - The Herman
j capl mvd an American oldirr in their
fl.rin.in i. ,V.;,V d,,v, b,a ,e did
oa-l ot t i)it rcitt:iiti :i m-inticr I,.n.r
j At Hli -e of the viiiage three
.tiennans i iiimc iiiHin a wipiind, ,1 Anier.
j i n. lie ttus pla I amir r guard of
a (li rmali private and ..tarled lor the
j enemy line ;. 1,'eiielllllg a point near
I the enemy w ire entiiiiiiL'Ic'iiiciils the
lAincrican s aldnily drew a revolver
j ami Corel d till MHili:e,I -1 1 - I 1 1 1 1 II
I to inareli liaelt ihtii.8 No Mini's land
lililo the Almrieiili line. Alter turli
ii g lii.s prisoner over In l.lli.w
duri the wounded man Cell mieun.
hi ions lYnin Iusk ut' blood.
CANTON', O. Kug. ne X. Iiehs,
dreeing soeTiilists here said the
lies' war aim, were the same as tl.
nC till!
cut ra iiowers, plunder.
I WASHINGTON. -T, war indus.
Hies board announced ro'-tnciions
lor Coot wear mid clothing for next
spring wear.
ATLANTA, fla. Three soldiers
were killed ami 17 injured when an
army truck Cell llmuigli a hnd;;e' into
Klowas river.
ATTACK
TOLD TO CONNECT
roilTI-AN'l), June 17. An order
from the federal railroad adminislra
lion received uy tne public service
ciimmiKsion today orders the South
ern Piieilie and Oregon Kleetrie rail
roads to eslablii-h physical counee
(ions at Portland, and rcqiii res the
ftliilili-lnucnt oC several other eon-
reetions belwcen compeliug lines iu
tl is stale.
The Southern Pacific, and Oregon
F.loetrie roads are ordered lo eslah-Ic-h
eoniiectiiiiis at Alhanv and En
gine and the Oregou-Vi'ashinglon
ii'aHroad and Navialiou eompiiny
enil the Northern Pacific company
are ordered lo Colin connections at
I'ciidlelon.. The ipioliou of jiinclion
belwcen Hie Southern I'acilic anil
Oregon F.lcelrie ut Saleiu will he de
cided luler.
'I he order which will be far reach
ing in its cll'ecl. i is said, will eiiahh
-llipicri bieated on either oC Ihe
roads lo extend (heir markets to liny
pi nil readied hv Hie other road, cC
feeling savings 'in dravage and labor.
I hipper.i have been n.-King such con
nect ions Cor years.
SAI.IOI, June 17. official police
lllls been leeciwil lhal Ihe capillll
i sues eoiiimitlie has pa-scl favora
bly on he sale of .sliOO.OIMI of Oregon
'lute lit-huav hioiil. It came in a
b Iter limn the eemmitti c to Ihe .stale
liigliwny ib partnient.
'Ihe state hi':bwa' eoaiinission liad
asked Cor approval from the $I!,(I(I0,.
IIIMI road bond i-sie, hni Ihe capital
issues committee rcl'iseil lo approve
the lull amount.
Iloivever, 4.11:10, noil will enaiile Hie
liigliway ilepnrtment lo complete all
contracts new under way its part of
the .s;,i(lil,(nill mad program. When
eompielid these contracts will show
an expenditure of approximately $'J,
.'itlll.ltlid. All of them will he complet
ed this simiini r. They are located in
Cliiekamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood
oiver, Jackson, 1 illamook, Washing
1
Ion innl 1 iiiuliill counties,
BAKER APPROVES
PRISON TERM
FOR OBJECTORS
Dozen Conscientious Slackers Given
From 18 Months to 20 Years for
Refusing to Wear Uniforms and
Perform Duties of Citizenship
Baker Favors Deportation.
WASHINGTON, Juno 17. Sen
tences ranging from 18 months to 20
years' imprisonment imposed by
courts martial upon so-culled con
scientious objectors who refused mil
itary service at Camp Upton, N. Y.,
and Camp Gordon, (la., wero approv
ed today by Secretary Baker.
Host of the men objected to figlit
ine; against Germany or Austria be
causo they havo relatives there. In
approving the findings of the courts,
the first of tho kind to reach the de
partment, Mr. linker went on record
as favoring the return of the men "to
the countries of their preference'' af-.
ter the war.
The 12 objectors woro sentenced
11s follows:
Ilyman Polkes, William J. Soider,
Joseph Whilo, Anion Z.olduk, Julius
Kevinlhal, Louis Silverman, Meyer
Suffkind, Louis II. Hlumentlial, Sam
uel Spire, Paul Tinker, William
Charles Shuw nnd Miclinel Ciupa.
"In my judgment," said Secretary
Baker's npprovnl, "tho sentences
should bo executed nnd, if nfter this
war is over some process can bo do-"
vised by which the entirely undesir
able citizens cull bo relumed to the
countries of their preference, it
would he highly ilesirablo from the
point of view of the United States. '
Propriety of Procedure
"I hace not Ihe least doubt as to
tho propriety of Iho procedure in
Ihese cases, nor am 1 uncertain as to
tlio correelness of tho results reach
ed. "The defendiinls in nil theso enscs
wero either nulurnlizod citizens of
tho .United Sillies or native citizens
of tho United Slates, born of parents
of countries willi which tho United
Slates is now at war.' Tljey were
properly members of the army of thu
United Stales pursuant to tho selec
tive draft law. They were summoned
before proper officers of the nrmy
and asked whether they would in fact
fulfill their military obligations by
1'iKlilinjr against Germany nnd Aus
Iriu iu Kuropc. Tdey all answered
that Idey would not. Thcro was tho
same suffliiig on tho part of the men
us lo what I hey meant by answers,
and long winded defenses undertaken
lo Ihe effect that some of them wero
willing to light Germans nnd Aus
trians generally but would not fight
their own relatives, although they of
fered no explanation of tho process
by which Ihcy were going to discover
whelher particular Germans and Aus
trians whom tdey wero required to
shoot ut from long range happened
to be related to Idem.
Censure lor Objectors
"III one of the. records Iho soldier
claims lo have an uncle, evidently ton
old lo be in Ihe military service of
Austria, whom he once saw, nnd ho
bad heard of HI or 12 oilier relatives
in Austria, of some of whom ho hud
seen photographs which must hnvo
been oC 11 very persnasivo character
since Hicv arouse in him emotions of
blood kinship strong enough lo over
come the obligations of his own alio
X.cnee as an American citizen.
"These men wen. full citizens ot
Hie United Stales, most of them by
the voluntary act of niiliirnlizalion.
(Contlnuod on Page Hlr.)
SEIZED By UNCLE SAM
WASHINGTON, Juno 17. All tho
properly In this county of Mrs. Adol.
phus llusch or St. Louis, valued at
millions of dollars, was ordered sols
Ml today by Alien Property Custodian
Palmer, Mrs. llusch has recently
been In Gorninny and Is now In Cuba
on routo lo tho United States,