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BIG JOINT ATTACK
L.ONDON, July 31.—The allied in
fantry were quite quiescent for t'.vo
whole days running and the guns
continued an intensive uproar
through tlm day and night up to and
including seven this morning all
along the western front.
The concentration of lire was di
rected upon the German positions in
West Flanders and from this it
had been indicated that the offen
sive that would follow would break
out in this section. These conclu
sions were verified when the fire
suddenly lifted and the infantry'
sprang forward from the British |
lines north of the River Lys and
taking practically all the more im
portant pests held by the hlntente
forces to the sett. With a barago
fire quickly intervening wnen the
men began the attack the infantry
moved forward with swiftness and
in great strength.
The Germans had concentrated
llieir forces in the entire district to
sti ra any attack and the weighty
movement was resisted just as
weightily. Hand to hand tights took
place in shell craters, ruined trench
works and in the entanglements that
fronted the advancing troops.
The British gained every objective
point compassing the German forces
beyond Warneton and almost to the
junction of the Wearwieke and the
Kortevelde and Wervicq roads. The
iighitng along the Ypres canal south
of Houthem was intense hut nothing
succeeded in stopping the British in
their tremendous surge forward.
The lighting further north on the
Zonncheke and St. Julian road:
reached a pitch violence not noted
in this section before, while tin
British rounded up not less than v.
thousand men who endeavored U
reeov the protection of theii
second lines west of Zandvoordc.
Haig reports tonight that the
fighting is still progressing and the
the new Belgian offensive will lie
expedited in every way.
GENEVA, July 31.—Tile German
headquarter staff says a Berlin dis
patch makes the announcement tliat
the British began the weightiest
drive they so lar have attempted on
the west today north of the I.vs
river where they are endeavoring
to obtain control of some covetted
German positions.
The German commanders regard
the attack as a flanking effort upon
Lille and not as the British i ress af
fects to believe an effort, to carry on
a penetrating offensive in Belgium.
The reasons for this will later he
given out.
The i’rench have a considerable
! force supporting the British so that
jgreat importune? is attache-.! by
their me’.
meat. The offensive is evidently the'
carefully planned movement fore
soon several months ago and fully
expected by the German leaders.
TEUTONS CET BAD
DAY EAST FRONT
PETROGAD, July 31.—The offi
cial announcement is made that the
Russian troops rallying strongly
have driven the Teutons back across
the Zbrueh river and that all the
gains made yesterday in Russian
territory have been recaptured by
the Slavs.
GENEVA, July 31.—A Vienna
dispatch dated today says that the
German troops have penetrated five
miles into Russian territory east of
Tarnopol and that the Slavs are
still badly disorganized. The situa
Lion is saiJ (o lie reassuring.
PETROGRAD, July 31.—The Mi
litary Headquarters makes the an
nouncement that the Russian armies
in Galicia are out of danger and
that great credit is due the leaders
for preventing a general rout when
the mutinying troops endangered
the entire armies. The Teuton drive
also, it is declared has now spent
itself and the Slavs are ready to
re-assume the offensive.
COPENHAGEN, July 31.—Evid
ences are forthcoming that a mili
tary dictatorship will become tlu
controlling factor in the Russlar
situation. This is seen in the Petro
grad advices according to the Da nisi
press, whicli declare that the provi
sional government is now prepare!
to strengthen the powers of tin
Military Authorities, indicating f
subordination of civil to rnilitarc
rule for some time to come.
The assertion is made that tilt
Galician debacle made this change
absolutely necessary as a matter ol
self protection.
FRENCH START BIG
PARIS, July 31.—The French
opened up a great offensive this
afternoon along the Aisne trout,
evidently in co-operation with the
great Flanders drive. The lighting
was practically along the Aisne
river front now held by the Ger
mans and enemy was ousted from
their positions, the attaens all of
them being successful.
The Communique issued this even
OKIKNT THRIJXIIK AT DKMAM.
A great drama of mystery and in
trigue “Sable I-orcha” a 5 act Tri
angle feature will be presented at
the Dream tonight. Thomas Jeffer
son in a dual role and Tully Marshal
as “Soy” a half bread Chinese have
the leading roles. Ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain are
carefully portrayed in this Oriental
thriller. The story is weird and deals
with an oriental revenge for a fan
cied wrong against the Chinese.
ing declares tliat further fighting
may he expected in this section.
AMSTERDAM, July 31.—The
Germans admit that they have today
had to resist the concerted attacks
of tlie Iiritisli and French armies
along tlie west front, with the point
of intensest attack varying between
the Ypres ('anal and the Aisne river
front.
The Germans were obliged to
temporarily relinquish their first
(lines of defense according to an
authorized pronouncement made this
evening, but the withdrawal is only
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tisfied that the Entente forces will
be unable to retain any of their
gains. Counter attacks have also
begun to reduce the danger from
the weight} allied assaults.
LONDON, July 31.—Military ex
perts look forward to a period of in
tensive lighting on the west front.
This will relieve considerably the
pressure on the east where the Rus
sians are re-organizing themselves
against the Teuton onslaught. The
fact that some of the troops were
recently diverted to Galicia from a
portion of tho French front is said
to be known beyond any question
to the Allied commanders.
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WILSON PLAYS FINAL
CARD IN DEADLOCK
WASHINGTON, D. C., July :’.l.—
Tie bitter fight before the eonfcr
em committee as to the food con
trol bill still continues, and al
though on the surface it appears
that the fight is between the House
I and the Senate, the real tug of war
| is between the administration and
i tin anti-admiuistration forces trying
! to have their way about the bill.
’i'h<» litis are demanding tie tri
I umvirate to control the food situa
| tloti and also to dominate the war
(■onduct as regards the food supply.
To this the House which is reflective
of administration wishes in tii mat
ter is firmly opposed.
Into this dead lock today tiie
House conferees were further
strengthened by the definite und r
standing that Wilson will veto tin1
food bill if the food control and
food conference triumvirate amend
ments will carry.
Against this sort of opposition
the senate must either abandon its
effort or admit a willingness to
the hill slfiiigthcred. This Infer Is
(he eminent desire of a good many
opponents c f the t>i 11.
WASIIIXG'ION. I). July III -
The Senate added considerable taxes
to the revenue bill the "imi alar”
lectures whereby the consumers v. ill
foot the bills reaching to the praiso
wi rtly total of 5313,000,000. This
ought to leave the excess profit men
safe for the time being and let the
poorer ones have the glory of paying
for the war.
| SEATTLE, July 31.—An agree-)
ment lias been reached in the great
j Seattle car strike. This announce
ment is made this afternoon and
further it is declared tha' within
twenty-four hours the street cars
will be running on schedule time
with the strikers back at work alter
a complete tie up of two weeks.
The announcement is made by the
j conferees who so far evinced no
| disposition to take the public into
! their confidence as to the basis
! upon which the agreement was
| reached. The traffic demoralization
ol' the tract ion company is said to
have been the most complete that
they have ever encountered in the
experience of the Stone-\\ .'lister cor
poration.
The traction company is declared
to be astonished at the popular hos
tility evidenced in the hiph st politi
cal and civic circles and to be un
able to explain the d. lil rate effort
made to prevent their wholesale us.
of strike breakers
The sympathy shown Pc- carna p
on all sides was wo less certain that
the popular favor extended to tb«
jitneys and the effort to disregard
the somewhat harsh state legisla
tion against the operation of these
convex attces.
The company is appealing for
sympathy in stating the fact that
the costs of operation have Increased j
enormously while the traiiie returns
show no increase. In making tin so '
statements however there is no at
tempt made to support them with *
any detailed statement or figures ot
any kind.
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BALFOUR’S SPEECH IS
REGARDED AS IMPORTANT
WASHINGTON. D. (’., July 31.
The very important speech delivered
: by Mr. Balfour in the House oi
j Commons late last night upon the
I foreign relations and the war, in
1 taken here to indicate that the En
i tente nations are willing to grant
Austria-Hungary an advantage ou:
■ separate peace.
I Furthermore as the United State:
, govern men' has reason to know, tin
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I peace sentiment throughout all oi
Austria-Hungary is increasing rapid
: ly, it is realized that Balfour’s
speech opens the way lor such sepa
I rate peace negotiations.
—
LONDON, July Ml.—Balfour de
livered a very careful review of Mu
j situation in regard to tin war and
; the attitude c.i the Kntcntc nations
i to the various enemy countries. It
I was Intimated in the course of this
j address that the Kntente would
hardly he likely to insist upon an
I equality of guilt among the enemy
i nations and that a hard and fast
j ilne would he drawn between those
nations which were the deliberate
instigators of the war policy and
those who wire helplessly involved
by the prussianisnt of a greater
power.
For that reason, the Entento
Councils, in the opinion of Mr.
Balfour, wan not inclined to reject
any reasonable p< ace proposition
from thi less guilty nations which
had not deliboratclv ad themselves
premeditatcdly for ymrs past to
wreck the pi ace of Europe and to
destroy its civilization under pecu
liar ideas ot an iron dad culture
founded upon blood and iron.
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against him. The man is charged
with planning to attempt the lives
of John D. Rockefeller and J. Pier
pont Morgan.
What grounds there were for this
charge or for the arrest have not
been given out.
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nent in any political circle in tho
city and is quite unknown.
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