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Germans Ready Strike
Allies Crushing Blow
BERLIN, July 19.—Papers report
an unprecedented German activity
on the West and predict that the
Germans are about to strike the
western Allied forces a blow from
which they will ever after stagger.
Already with half a day’s offensive
they brought the British drive to a
dead stop all along the line, regain
ed practically every section of the
third and much of their second line
lost in the recent fighting, and are
still pushing back the Allies who
are now unable to recover this de
struction of their carefully laid
plans.
The fighting around Verdun today
saw the French lose their tenaci
ously held approaches to the Thiau
mont works, while the fighting on
the summit of hill 304 saw the Ger
mans in control. The British con
centration back of Arras is being
re-distributed to meet the German
rush and the Allies are on the de
fensive everywhere.
LONDON, July 19.—The German
counter attacks are small and iso
alted while of fierce violence where
they are being carried on. The.
claims of the German papers while
admittedly non-official are extra- :
vagant and ridiculous. Very slight
gains were made today in the
Somme section. The French relin
quishing Longeval which stood at
the very outskirts of the Allies new
line.
NEW RUSSIAN ARMY
NOW INVADES HUNGARY
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LONDON, July 19.—The real ob
jective of the Russian offensive is
today revealed in dispatches both
from Vienna and Petrogard. All
day for the past two or three days,
the Russians have been pouring an
immense section of its new army
organization through the passes
into Hungary while the lines as
they now stand from the Carpa
thians to the Dvinsk are now being
held because absolutely precluding
the possibility of a flanking a*
tack while the Slavs pour through
into the Hungarian plains across
the mountain range.
The great mysterious army which
the Russians have been holding in
Bessarabia has been moving steadi
ly through Bukowina, and although
camped for days in the Carpathians
foothills is now pursing its way into
Hungary, with one day’s march
showing the advance of the van
guard almost without opposition.
PETROGRAD, July 19.—The Rus
sians are still grinding away against
the Teuton lines anil slowly dissolv
ing the opposition west of the Lipa.
The efforts of von Hindenberg in
the north against Kuropatkin have
all been repulsed while the situation
for Leopold nas not been lightened
in any way by the German marshal’s
heavy attacks south of Jacobstat
The Russians having cleared ‘.lie
way from all possible flanks upon
the Bukowina lines are now driving
into Hungary.
Anything In the line of Job work
DRYS HOLD CONVENTION
SULXER FAVORED PRESIDENT
ST. PAUL, July 19.—The proht- ,
bitionlst party opened Its conyen-1
lion here today with a large gather
ing of delegates from almost every
state.
The states where prohibition hat
been carried h> Id special banners
in the convention, which had a
marked effect upon the scene in the
body of the convention hall.
The speeches of the chairman
sand others were enthusiastically
applauded and a general air of
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successful effort hung over the
gathering.
The strength of the prohibitionist
party is however even greater than
the delegation would tend to make
one believe, great as was the num
erical strength of those delegations.
The drys however are getting
down to the business of politics in
shape and are today discussing
whether or not they will nominate
a candidate for president on their
ticket.
Sulzer of New York, the formt-r
opponent of Tammany who was
ousted by them, is announced as the
most probable candidate for presi
dent although it is stated that Sul
zer has given the party delegates
no authority for the use of his
name. <
Ford is also mentioned.
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT
OE ASKED CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK, July 19.—Colonel
Roosevelt Is said to have been
greatly disappointed by the severity
of the criticism which so many of
his former followers are now heap
ing upon his head accusing him of
betrayal, desertion and disavowal of
all principles formerly maintained.
It is announced that for this rea
son Roosevelt has determined to
make use of the press to define his
attitude to the present political si
tuation and to justify his acts in
detail. This is being received with
a storm of derisive comment
everywhere.
Roosevelt will however, It is now
admitted not be invited to cam
paign for Hughes, because it is
reckoned he has lost popularity.
jrow Job Woe*
First Really Important
Peace Conference Held
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 19.— ,
The first really important peace'
talk which involved the United
States and Switzerland was had to
day when Dr. Paul Ritter, the Mi
nister from Switzerland had a pro
longed interview with Acting Secre
tary of State Polk.
Hitter intimated after his talk
the conference was "preductive oi
tangible results”.
It is believed that Hitter’s gov
ernment has already sounded Ger
man and Allied nations on possible
peace terms and that the Swiss gov
ernment has had an intimate discuc '
sion with von Buelow on the occa- j
sion of his recent visit.
It is moreover pointed out that
Lloyd’s rate of insurance against
peace has been steadily rising.
1 Thirty per cent was asked in April,
i fifty per cent in May and now it is j
announced as sixty per cent. They
are supposed to be in closest touch
with all possible nations on the sub
ject.
Peace talk is therefore generally
revived and it is generally known
that Wilson will be glad to seize
the first opportunity of renewing
his peace overtures with the vari
ous nations.
It is admitted that declarations
front any of the belligerent natloti°
are still, however, far from paciflc,
although in any event that might
be expected.
GERMANS LAUNCH FIERCE
WESTERN COUNTER ATTACK
LONDON, July 19.—The Germans,
with their exceedingly skillfully ar- j
ranged net work of auxiliary rail- .
roads succeeded during the night J
In concentrating an enormously |
powerful force back of their front i
on the Somme and at day break
launched an assault against all the
positions taken by the allies in the
recent drive, the apex of their
strength concentrated upon the Or
villers woods and the Delville wood
where the British extend furthest
into their defenses.
These assaults were however gen
erally repulsed, and their gains only
are recorded just north and imme
diately south of Longeval where
they were successful in re-gaining
some yards of their former trench
es, and in taking Longeval which
was strongly held.
BERLIN, July 19.—The German
counter attack which began this
morning is announced as merely the
beginning of a general western of
fensive which is now gaining the
recent captures back from the Al
lies.
Tlie British offensive west of Lill^
is now quiescent, while they are
upon a rigid defensive in practically
every section. The Germans hurled
a herculean smash against their en
tire lines from Verdun to Ypres to
day. The German atacks are sweep
ing everything before them.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
GETS PHIUPINE BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19.—
There may be said to be a general
tendency upon the part of the
House and Senate to rush things
through.
Today the conjoint conference
committee received the Phillipine
autonomy bill to discuss and agree
upon. There are many discrepan
ces between the two bills as passed
by the House and Senate, although
none of these distinctions are vital.
The weather bureau sends out a
WATCH US GROW.
Arrived at HOI/T’S CASH STORE.
New Sewing Machines.
New Stoves and Ranges.
New Crockery and Glassware.
I have also purchased a full line
of Gents Furnishings (Drummers
Samples) on Sale this week % off.
Also Carpet, Rugs, linoleum,
Matresses Hardware, Tinware etc.
No war prices here. To busy to
mark up Goods.
HOI/T’S CASH STORE.
Tel. Main 96. 411 Front St.
The House that Saves You Money.
warning that another terrific
storm is' moving northward from
the Gulf, threatening the Atlantic
and cautioning all to be on the look
out for a gale of unprecedented
violence.
Postmaster General Burleson in
a special report says that one cent
postage would be possible in case
the government were enabled to in
crease the second class rate upovi
printed matter of a periodical na
ture, and many of the extravagant
postal services at the disposal of
members were curtailed.
Peace talk, baby paralysis, poli
tics and the prospective storms had
their innings today in the capital,
but there was relatively little of a
sensational nature transacted in
Congress. The Mexican situation is
adjusting itself satisfactorily.
BABY PARALYSIS IS
AGAIN BAD NEW YORK
NEW YORK, July 19.—The epi
demic of Infant paralysis unfortu
nately received a new lease of life
today in this city when thirty deaths
and one hundred and forty-two
cases were reported during the past
twenty four hours.
The sudden turn for the worse 'n
this epidemic is causing great anxie
ty amon;? Hi* mothers of the city.
The peculiar feature of the cases
reported now is that they are most
of them in well-to-do families anti
in places where the rules of strict
est sanitation are said to havo
been rigidly observed.
REVOLT IN BRAZIL.
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 18.—A re
giment of police at Matto Cros3 has
revolted and troops have been sent
to quell the uprising.