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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
ADVANTAGE FOR ALLIES

Berlin, July 3.-(Nla LOnQOn. )-In war office report of today says that continuation Of the French and British drive on both sides of the Somme has not gained any advantage for the all lies north of the river. but south of the Somme the Germans withdrew a division to the second line position.
 The statement says the allies suf- fered extraordinarily heavy losses in their fighting north of the river. The communication follows:
 "The continuation of the British and French attacks on both sides of the Somme did not win any advantage, generally speaking. north of the river. The enemy suffered extraordinarily heavy losses in this region.
 South of the river we. withdrew into the second line positions during the night the division which we recalled yesterday from the first line to the intermediate defensive positions.
 There was the same degree of ac- tivity on the fronts which have not been attacked.
 West of the Mouse (Verdun front) attempts of the French to retake cap- tured t/enches and sections of Hill BOA led to minor infantry engagements. East of the Mouse the enemy again exhausted himself in fruit1ess attacks on the village of Thiaumont and on Froide Terre ridge. In one of these at tacks the enemy temporarily pene- trated our foremost trench. about 500 metres southwest of the village, but was driven out again immediately.
 "The hill battery of Damloup, south- east of Vaux fort. has been in our pos session since Sunday night We took 100 prisoners and several machine guns.
 French attachments advancing against German positions in the Wood of Le Pre- k- H.. n
 were repulsed easily.
 "NumeroMs aerial engagements were fought yesterday and six enemy aviators were brought down. Four fell within our lines. Lieutenant Mulzer put out of com mission his seventh opponent and Lieu tenant Parschau his sixth. An enemy bi- plane was brought down over Douai, and another on Saturday east of. Pervyse by our anti-aircraft guns. Two French cap- tive balloons were brought to earth in the neighborhood of Verdun by our avia- tors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
FOWLKES FUNERAL
 IS HELD AT MARION

Marion, Ala, July 3-(Special.)-The funeral of William M Fowlkes was held in Siloam Baptist church at 3 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. G. T. Waite having charge of the service. The local Masonic cnapter concluded the burial service at the city cemetery.
 Every business house in Marion was closed during the funeral, which was at tended by the largest number of people seen in Marion on similar occasion in 20 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
EW YORK BABIES
 DYING BY SCORE

New York, July 3.-The epidemic of in- Intile paralysis here has claimed up to might S2 lives. Since Saturday noon sere have been 23 deaths. Many new 1ses are reported.
 Erhe department of health is waging a smpaign to prevent the spread of the Iidemic and today placed placards warn B the public to keep away from streets
 here there are one or more cases. More
 san 500,000 pamphlets, containing warn
 ss and describing preventives were sent ioadcast over the city and suburbs. Health Commissioner Emerson asked 1e police to revoke all licenses and per- It's for Independence Day celebrations morrow in those districts and streets which infantile paralysis is prevalent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
RUSSIANS TAKE PRISONERS

Petrograd, July 3-(Via London, July 4.)-The capture of more than 2300 prisoners and number of guns on various sectors of the eastern front is reported in an official statement is sued by the Russian war office to- night. The text of the statement fol- lows:
 Fierce battles continue between the Styr and the Stokhod and to the south of these rivers. On the Koptche -Ghel- enovka -Zobardy front, after the gusts of gunfire, the Germans left their trenches and attempted an assault upon our lines. They were repulsed by our fire.
 Under the cover of a bombardment of extreme violence the enemy opened an offensive south of Linewka, but was checked by us. In this fighting the valiant Colonels Pampushko anl Dashk evit gorbatsky were wounded We took prisoners. 16 officers and 800 sol diers and captured nine machine guns.
 'In the region of Dubilno and Zat- ursee, west of Lutsk. the Austrians took the offensive in massed forma- tion, but were repulsed with heavy losses. We took prisoners here more than 700 men and captured three ma chine guns.
 East of the village of Ougrinov, midway between Lutsk and Gorochow, fresh enemy forces held up our attack and pressed us closely At this stage of the battle the enemy. who was mak- ing progress. was attacked on the flank by our cavalry under Colonel Kortch- enoff By an impetuous onslaught the enemy was overthrown and the major ity sabred The cavalry attack enabled our infantry to resume the offensive and we took here 800 prisoners,
 ENEMY ON OFFENSIVE
 "In the region of Issakoff, on the right bank of the Dniester, southeast of Nijniff. the enemy took the offen- sive in superior numbers. We launched counter offensive and in the course of the fierce fighting which followed the gallant Cossack commander, Colonel Popoff. was wounded.
 According to supplementary reports of the fighting near Pechenizn, west of Kolomea. General Letchitsky's troops have captured several cannon and four caiSsonS.
 "On our right wing, in the region of Riga, our land and sea artillery bombarded the enemy's lines. An enemy aeroplane dropped 20 bombs In an eff fort to damage our ships, but without result It disappeared when attacked by one of our seaplanes. On General Evert's front on Saturday night the
 
 the sector south of Smorgon and cap- tured part of our trenches, but were subsequently dislodged.
 "Caucasus front; West of Plantana the Turks attacked at dawn on Satur- day positions which we had captured from them the day previously, but were repulsed by our fire and counter at- tack. and left numerous dead on the field.
 "A Turkish attempt to attack our troops in the region of Diivzlyk was repulsed by the concentrated fire of our batteries. In the direction of Gu mish khaneh the Turks delivered dur ing the day and night series of at- tacks on our position. all of which were repulSed
 Tn the region of the Upper Chorulx we captured on a wide front several lines of Turkish organized positions taking guns. machine guns, bomb throwers and many prisoners. We re- pulsed in this direction all Turkish counter attacks inflicting severe losses on the enemy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
SHOW WH|TEFLAG
 TODEC0Y ENGLISH

London, July 4-Some broad general criticisms on certain aspects of the fight ing in the first two days of the allied of- fensive. are emphasized in later dis patches from correspondents at head quarters.
 The British won in the south where it was most essential to win the first dash. In the north they made less prog ress and at some places in this section, after the first advance, they have fallen back on their original positions. The situation in the north will remain ob- scure until the issue of the struggle, which is still continuing for crucial po- sitions in this extremely difficult coun- try, especially at Serre and Thiepval.
 Where the British have won reports continue to insist that their losses on the whole are comparatively small. They suffered most from the German machine guns and perhaps the automatic rifles.
 A NEW WAR RUSE
 A new German war ruse is described in Daily News dispatch which says that at one place a large number of Germans came out of their dugouts hold
 
 flags. They were rounded up and left under guard. After the main body of the British troops had gone on more Germans poured out of their burrows, outnumbered and overpowered the guard, released the prisoners and began attacking the Brit ish troops from the rear.
 The British troops which stand out most prominently in today's stories of the fighting in Pcardy are the Gordon Highlanders the Ulster division of Irish men and the regiments at Montauban, recruited largely from the clerks of the Lancashire towns.
 The Gordon Highlanders suffered heavy losses from machine gun fire in captur- ing Mametz, where occurred what was perhaps the bloodiest fighting of the whole British advance The conduct of the Ulster troops receives this tribute in one account: "They acquitted themselves magnificenty and their work has re- ceived the generous testimony. not only from higher officers of corps, but what. perhaps, counts even more. from troops engaged on their immediate left" The work of the Lancashire clerks at Montauban is described as follows by the correspondent of the Daily Mail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04

forced to retreat, leaving behind many killed or wounded.
 "On the front of General Won Lin singen strong Russian counter attacks were delivered east and southeast of Lutsk, but failed to stop our advance. Large cavalry attacks broke down miserably. The number of prisoners was increased by about 1900.
 "On. the front of General Count Won Bothmer we engaged in battle south east of Flumacz which, was favorable to us.
 "The situation on the Balkan front is unchanged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
ALLIES FOLLOWING UP EARLY VICTORIES
 IN SYSTEMATIC WAY
(Continued from Page One)

yesterday there was vast increase in the numbers of hostile aeroplanes on the southern sectors of our front, but, de- spite this our airmen carried out in a most gallant manner all the duties assigned to them.
 To-day one hostile kite balloon, de- stroyed by us, fell in flames Since the commencement of the battle we have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
TOWEL AND WIFE
 KILLED BY TRAIN A. c. s. Freight Strikes Buggy, Demolishing It BOTH DIED INSTANTLY Bodies Terribly Mangled and Deputy Coroner Has Difficulty in Identi-
 flying Them-Other News
 of Bessemer
BOTH DIED INSTANTLY

Bessember, July 3.-(Special)-M and Mrs w. M. Tidwell were struck and in stantly killed this afternoon about 2 o clock by an Alabama Great Southern fast freight, southbound, at the A. G. s. crossing here. MT. Tidwelrs head and body were terribly mangled, and Mrs. Tidwelrs body was mangled, and it was several hours before Deputy Coroner Jacobs could identify the bodies
 Engineer Jim Jordan, who was driving the freighter, states that he could not see because of the unusually hard rain, and was running slow because of it. It is supposed by the authorities here that MT. Tidwell, who was in his buggy on the way to Bessemer, was unable to see the train or hear it, because of the rain storm, and that the buggy was struck before he or his wife were aware of the trains proximity The buggy was de- molished.
 The Tidwell's resided between Besse- mer and Wheeling, near Lipscomb. The bodies are being held at Jacobs Under taking parors pending information from relatives of the couple. The deputy coro- ner was unable to secure any information about them, other than their names, this afternoon.
 BeSSemer tOQay Will nOld one or the greatest celebrations of Its history in honor of Independence Day The first event of the day will be the merchants display parade, which will move promptly at 10 o'clock. Practically every firm in the city will have a float in the parade.
 In the afternoon bicycle races. foot races, watermelon contests, and many other events are scheduled. A baseball game will be one of the major attractions, and Memols band will render a concert at o'clock. The ladies of the Woman's Christian Temperance union will present the city of Bessemer with drinking fountain in the morning.
 One of the most severe rainstorms ever witnessed in this vicinity visited Besse- ner and environs this afternoon, striking about 1:30 o'clock and continuing violently for more than two hours. It was impossi- ble to obtain estimate of the damage caused to property by the storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
Elizabeth Eunice Mitchel

Elizabeth Eunice Mitchell, the 1o- months-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. A. J. Mitchell, 4So North Forty first street. died at the family residence yesterday morning. The funeral will be held from the residence this afternoon and burial will taske place at Forest Hill ceme- tery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
Naramore Run Down by Auto

s. c. Naramore sustained a broken leg Ssterday morning while riding bicycle
 ben he was run down by an automobile
 5 was also painfully bruised. He was
 moved to the South Highlands infirm- ry, where he received treatment, and Is later removed to his home 73O North tventeenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Maude LaMless

! The remains of Mrs. Maude Lawless, aged S5. who died yesterday morning at the family residence. 317 First avenue,
 Elyton, will be sent to Guin for burial this morning at 12:3O by Johns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
BRAVE COCKNEY CLERKS

Merit is not to be judged only by success and nobody wishes to compare or contrast merits. Everywhere the i'm fantry fought finely, but all England will rejoice to hear that one of the farthest points of advance was reached and the most violent counter attacks re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
Troops Rushed to Save Dam

Columbus, N. M., July S-rroops of the New Mexico National Guard have been ordered rushed to the Elephant Butte Dam, 135 miles northeast of Columbus. ' The dam is the second largest artificial body of water in the world and irrigates valley for 15o miles to the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04

British Headquarters in France, July 8. 6 p. mp, via London )-Fighting con- tinues intense virtually the whole British front Above the Ancre there has been no important changes The British have heavily bombarded Thiep- vale.
 At La Boiselle severe fighting is pro ceeding.
 North of F'ricourt the British have pushed their positions forward to higher ground.
 The situation here is promising for the British.
 A heavy shelling of Montauban by the Germans continues. The British appear to be well established in the town.
 The number of German prisoners taken in the south so far exceeds 4000.
 The weather continues favorable.
 Progress on other parts of the battle field also is recorded in the statement which follows:
 proceeding satisfactorily for us, especially in the vicinity of La Boiselle, where the remnants of the garrison have now sur rendered.
 "On other parts of the battlefield some further progress has been made, and some additional hostile defenses have been cap tured.
 An earlier official statement timed at 240 p. m. showed that the fighting was being carried on with great intensity and varying success. This communicat ton fol- lows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
NO IMPORTANT CHANGES

lost total of 15 machines along tn,
 whole British front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
POSITIONS MAINTAINED

"The battle south of the Ancre con- tinues to be hotly contested. All positions gained by us yesterday nave been main- tained.
 "The fighting about La Boiselle and Ovillers was particularly severe. Yester- day evening we penetrated the village of La Boissele in which fighting is still going on. About Ovillers the fighting met with varying success. One attack early this morning secured a portion of the hostile defenses.
 -Four hundred more prisoners passed through our collecting stations.
 "A very large amount of work was done by our aircraft yesterday. In the early part of the day several attempts at offensive action on our side of the line were made by hostile aircraft in large parties. All were driven back and subsequently, the enemy's aircraft was held far behind the German lines As result, our artillery machines were able to work without interruption from hostile aircraft.
 During the day very large number of aerial combats took place over the enemy's lines. Six hostile machines are known to have been brought down and five others were driven down, severely damaged. Seven of our machines are missing"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-05-25
COMO DESCRIBE UN TESTIGO
PRESENCIAL LA LUCIA EN-
FUERTE DOUAUMONT

SerIIciO eSpeciai para La EfhL.NSd.
Uno de los Soldados que han to-
mado parte en- los c~ombatcs. en- los
~alredcdores del Fuerte Douaumouc.
describe esa espantosa lucha Ge ia
siguicnte anera
"Desputs de uueatro primer a
&C. I'm espacio de uatr millas nos
separaba del resto de las tropaS. En-
csc eapaclo de terreno no habia nj
una tr.nchera, nj COMMUNICATION dc
ninguna cIas@. SoIamente agujcros
cauSados por los proycctiles en- el tc-
reno. Sc vcian en- esa arida super
ficie. Cada pulgada del tcrrenO SC
hallaba rcmovida. como 81 hubiese
sido arada. La cantidad de municio-
mes que ha sido Gastada ALI IS in
~concebible. En- algunos dc los hoyos
causadoS por las explosiones de los
~proyccti!es dc - ~pulgadas, podriaa
caber hasra ounce caballos c6moda-
mente.
Los pocos arboles que ain Sc IA
Han en- pie. Sc cncuentran tan pc
dados por las balas, que mas pare
cen postes telegrificos. Esto es I'M
verdadero campo de desolaci6n Y
muertc. Nj un solo segundo ceSa cl
rugir de los canoneS. Tan pronto CO.
mo una trinchera queda c~onstrnida.
las granadas empieZan a Hover zohre
ella. hacierdo impossible su permanen
cha en- Ia misma. Los ataqucs son u
81 ~imposibles debido al incesante" fue-
20 de Ia artilleria. Las infanteriaS dc
combatientes Sc eel imposibi-
litadas para vanza 0 retirarse. Yer
dun. ciertamente. no sera tornado por
este rumbo.
No puedo comprender como nues-
tros hombres han podido c~onservar en-
este sitio. Vemos caer a nuestros com
paneros sip poder mirar al .enemigo.
FL terrible ruido del bombardeo nos
medic: ensordecidos. Unos a
otros nos contemplamos con ojcS
a~sombrados. Y Sc hace necesario IN
gran e~sfuerzo para hablar a IN COM
panero.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-05-25
Hasta aver no habian To-
grado los sIem8nes re-
cuBerar elf. DGuaum0at
A pessy de los v~igOrosos ataques
que han dado, los franceses
continuan posesiolados
de esa fortaleza
seryicIo especial para Ia PEENSA.

PARKS Mayo III" "'to'o 'S
una serie De ataq"eS ioFn''""''cS
por p"rte &c los atem"NeS' Il" 'r"7-
currl"o e. primer "'a "e Ia 'sc"Ps."
Go" POI p"fte DE los i~E""'eSeN "''
iuerte Dou&umoHt' SIN que los TEL
tones AaE2N loE'"'o (" esq 'e'.Po %
conqulStaF e. meHo' P'iiNo 0e Il ''-
ta-eza recupeE2oa-
T. tuefte mencionado Tue U'o a.
los prlmeroS' meJoF dlcho e. p'!'''3-
TO. que los aIemaneS caPtuFaroh ."
los primeros dias de su otenSIVa so
ire Nerdun Y desde entonces ha":'
consttuldo u dc las poSicioheS mas
fuertes con que eontaoan los 'eu''-
mes en- e. trente oe BAHAMA IL oFle'-
te de. Rio MoSa, La recupeTacioN P''
parte &c los ~franceseS' de eSa posi-
cion. confeSada en- Parte por los
alemaHes. ha venIdo a dar =! g"-
neral N'Nei'e. e. "ue'' co.'".'""".'
de las 1ropaS ~franceSas en- erduN "a
aureo!a de heroe nac'onaL'
Durante e. Ola de aver los ateh"-
mes intentaron reconquistar esa posi-
ciou. haoIendo e~mprendIdo a csc liz
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-05-25
SCIOACION De HfDICOS HEXICAROS

NariOs McdiCOs McXitdnOs que obiIga-
dos pOr differences CatISaS rcSlden actual
mcnlc IN c>la Cludad, han aCOrdadO dar
COnSultaS Mcdicas por CorreO con eli pro-
p0SitO de scivlF a los meNiCanOS que re-
slider cn lugaTcS en- dOndc no hay Me-
dlcO mcNiCanO o que irOpIeZan con diff
cultadcs del idioma
TOdOS son MedICOS emlnnntcS de nleS-
tro pals, con mIChOs amos de practICl Y
con atItOrizaCidn legal para e~jcrcer su
profession en- este Estado.
ESiudiarau dctenldamente Cada case
que Sc les COnSulie, Y de coIlun aCUer-
TO cnvIaraR Al paSicnte I'm CIcStlOEario
especial segtIn Su cnfcrmcdad para que
aSi al cOntcstarlO pucdan fOrmarSc IN
iuIciO mas cNactO de Ia naturaleza y gra-
do dc Ia dOlenCia. Tamblcn en- JuntG Sc
aCOrdara Cl tratamtCntL que dcba de ms
tiiuirSc.
ESTtDIAREMOS CADt Case DE UNA
MANERA INTELLIGENCE Y CIENTIFiCA
Y DAREM0S UNA OPINION HONTtiDA.
EnviarcuOS las MedICinaS que Sc nece-
SIien por COrreO o Express.
DirIia IL Correspondence a
ASSOCIATION De MEDIC0S MEXICASOS.
p. U. Box No. 1Ol. Station A..
san ANTONIO, Texas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-05-25
Trayis
2AI1
&usyo

La PaESSA IS Ell Prri0tIcO meNcaao de
zzayor clrculacI0R en- los EStatOS tridOS,
= sor 10 iaato 81 meiOr para los aRuaeiRa-
sss.
Entered as second class matter February
u, 1918, AZ the POstOrfice al san Ariocio,
sEz. under the Act % March }, ISIS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-05-25

~~rrIiriO Especial para IA PtEN~N
PARIS. Mayo 2f.-Las uIrmaS no
ticus de las operaciones en- el irente
de Verdun. recibidas en- esta capital
dan cuenta de que aaoche los ale
names emprendie.oa una vIgorosa
ofcnsiva al oriente de IA colima del
Hombre Muerto. pudiendo decirs- de
una mapera general que e. intento de
los t~eutones fue un fracaso, pucs
Solamente IN ligero avance Iograrcr
hacer en- Ia region de Ia Villa de I'll
mieres, despues de sotener con MUGS
tras tropas una lucha cuerpo q cucr-
po. En- eSa region las tropas france
ses t~uvic-on que hacer frente ii tres
divisiones alemanas y Il ESQ princi-
palmente sc debi6 que los ~tcutones To-
graran efectuar 81 avancc
En- los alrededores de Verdun n
lucha ha tornado car~acteres de una
vcrdadera carniceria, pues en- todas
las regiones del frente de ba,alla
que circunda Ia forJaleza franccsa,
estau Iibrandose combates enCarni-
zados. en- los cuales los alemaneS han
sufrido considerablcs bajas.
Al occidente del Mosa, los encUcn-
tros mas e~ncarnizados son los que cs-
tan librandose en- la CoIina Boz Y Ell
Ia del Hombre Nuerto, por Ia pose
sion de las ~cuales. los alcmanes estan
hacienda todos los esfuerzos posi-
bles.
Al oriente del mcncionado rio. la
lucha eSta concentrate en- ell frente
del fuerte Douaumont. posici6n que
aln Sc e~ncuentra en- poder dc Ia stro-
pas del general NiveIle.
Los ataquS lie los aiemanes sobrc cI
fucrte Douaumont puede decirsc dc
una manera general que han fracasa-
do tambi6n. pues q pesar de Ia magni-
tud de los ataques de los teutones pcr
IA reconquista de esa posicion. sola-
mente han degrade poseSlonarse dc
una pequena parte de una trimchera.
situada al ~occidente del mencionado
fuerte.
Con exception de esos dos peQuc-
nos ganos que han ootenido los ale
names, I costa ciertamente de nta
enorme cantidad de vidas. las poaici2-
hasta ahora no han logrado su obje-
70. debiGo q Ia obstinaci6n y resisten-
cia de los soldados franceses que de-
fienden Ia fortaieza.
Al ocidente del Nosa Ia lucha con-
librandqse con igual intensid&i
que los dias p~asados; pero ningunas
v~entajas han obtenido los comhatien-
tes en- csc frente, durante las ultimas
v~einHcuatr" horaS-
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