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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

he has been attending the Mcthodist
Episcopal conference.
Harry Nicholas. OF Detroit. Was a
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mich
oids. on Pierce-st.
Mrs. Jenny Berry of Romeo, spent
Tuesday with friends here,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mills will so
next week To Van Norman lake. In
Waterford. To spend the summer.
The Eastern star lodge VIII hoia
Mrs a. J. Gooley is i'll at her home
on Watkins-st.
tied Tuesday at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank showers. In Royal Oak.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dretchler.@ OF
Detroit, spent TUESDAY ss the home
William Hawthorne, On stanley-aNe:
A suffrage meeting viii be held
saturday afternoon in the Birming-
The Log cabin Gun club held a
shoot Tuesday afternoon on the club
Mrs. Charles simetz OF Rochester.
was guest Tuesday OF her sister.
Mrs. r. Cooley. on Merriil-st;
Mrs. Walter Nichols is seriously i'll
in her home on Pierce-st.
Clayton ProAn Of f Highlsn d.. Park'
Mark Leeeh has gone TO Troy to
visit in the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
William Walker.
The Birmingham club Will give q
dancing party Friday evening In their
Mrs. Robert Fisher has sold her
lot on Psrk-st.. TO l. j. Bailey. ~
ON june IL. at Orchard Lake. there
will take place a celebration given
10y the Polish Seminary. In the hope
OF raising funds 10 assist In the re-
lief OF the war sufferers in Poland
A committed in charge of arrange
ments for the day has completed
program which will include a con-
cert by +. Wronski, well-known OPP
cratic. of Boston. Mass. moving pie
ture show. bazaar. athletic events.
etc.
Mrs. Samuel Mills spent Sunday in
the home OF AIR. and Mrs. Roy Cram
er, in Worthwhile.
Mrs. Edward McHough has return
ed from Harper hospital, in Detroit
two weeks ago.
Frank Thomp son. OF Detroit. spent
Sunday at the home OF his mother.
Mrs Mary Thompson. on Townsend
st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Toms. OF
Lansing. are guests at the home ~
Mrs. Lottie Dewey, on Townsend-st.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l. Scott. OF Toledo.
O. will spend today a. the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Bears, on Purdy-st
Harrison Bray has cold his house
on Merrill-st.. To Ernest Gardner. OF
this place.
Ray vsnderford spent sunday at
Walnut lake.
Miss Ellen sherman. Of Farming
ton, spent sunday in the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Nichols. on Pierce
st.
samuel Mills will spend this week
in his cottage al Var Norman lake.
Mrs. A. j. Cooley is Ill in her home
on watkins-st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
YPSILANTI

| The Memorial day exercises held
| In the NJ r. church, under the aus
pices OF Carpenter Post. NO. leo. "
a. r.. and the allied patriotic organl- :
zations Was without doubt the nnest
and largest attended on record In Up
SLANT .
and daughter, Miss Ruth. and Mr.
and Mrs Fred L. wilson motored TO
Portage Lake. Tuesday.
The infant child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Klavitter died Monday even
Mrs. shunas. OF Almont, is visit
ing her daughter. Miss Alma. who Is
attending the Normal school
George W Frasier. OF the Normal
is entertaining his father from Mar
The Knights OF Pythias realized
S2e3 from the Barkoot Carnival GO.
proceeds. The amount will be placed
In the temple building fund the
the local organization. who were 20
receiy/ thirty-three and one-third
per tent of the gate receipts
George Millage was an Ann Aroor
NJ r. Cole, of Peck. is visiting his
daughter, Miss Sybil Cole. who Is at
tending the Normal.
Prof. and Mrs z. r. Cleary enter.
the board OF education Monday even
ing from TO 10 o'clock In their
home on Normal-st. About 90 per-
sons were present
Miss Lucia Densmore was guest
Tuesday OF Miss Elizabeth simpson
in her cottage at san Souci. Canada
Mrs Elizabeth Cheever. OF Raw
sonvilie. Is visiting her daughter. MIS-
Everett w. Wizard.
Dr. S. y. Laird was the guest OF
honor at a party given Monday even
ing by his Sunday school class In
the Congregational church.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ament and
son. Dean. spent Decoration day In
Detroit.
George w. Ross and son. Donald.
| OF South Huron-st., were In Detroit
Tuesday TO attend the automobile
| races
| Mrs. Phoebe Miller. Of South Hur-
on-st, is visiting in the home OF her
brother. George Thompson. in stony
Creek
/ DIR. H. A. Lesson writes he will re-
turn Tuesday, June s. from month
sotourn in Saratoga. y. Y.
| Plat Wood. OF this city, has beer
made assistant professor of electrical
engineering In the NJ a. G. at Lans,
ing, and has been voted material
increase in salary.
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|EFENSE Up TO
BUSINESS men
I Ilcon VIII Ash Them to Make
h Qood BY Helping Employees
to Enlist

M lA8EINGTON. May 31.-Presi'
C1f Wilson. Monday afternoon an
1nced his determination TO put the
116tedness sentiment of the BUSH
6v men OF the country to the acid
FL Speaking TO veterans Of the
Nm War assembled for Memorial
oxerciees ct Arlington National
6okeFy, he said the business men
ulj1 be called upon soon.
haye been informed" said the
oxldent. ~that In q recent refer
nn o3 commercial associations Of
= c6untTy 80 per cent Of the bust
1 nlsn profsssed deep sympathy
sn preparedness.
1--WE are now going 10 apply the
NJ test to those men. viii they
NJ ~ young men In their en-
VI ireedom to enlist! Are the
1nooS men Of this country will
~ lend . helping hand.
n fidoat Wilson defined the
IG1t ce America. warned citizens
ngotgn birth not to set them
1R against the purposes Of the
flo0. colled upon young men to
r0n voluntary military service.
o1nAed his recent suggestion
A n1liance Of nations to preserve
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amount OF blood shed that actually
was spilled.
-On this day OF all others, I want
to make an appeal to the patriot
ism OF the great west. the middle
west-which know will stand
right Perhaps I am not the one
who win awaken the west. but
someone win sometime.
Friends. I'm not afraid In the
least that the American people,
when the appeal comes. will not
have brave sons ready. But I'm
anxious when the appeal comes,
there shall be no useless bloodshed
because we are not ready. because
We are unprepared. do not want
to send our bravest sons to death
and destruction that might be spared
IL we were ready.
The surest way to q triumphan,
conclusion before q war-and with
out a wars to be prepared"
At this. the colonel shook hands
with all the little girls and fought
his way to his hotel room Outside,
however. the clamor Of crowd OF
5000 people massed in front of the
hotel was not to be denied. They
demanded "Teddy"-and T. r
clambered out OF window to stand
on top Of the porte cochere and
waved his hat. Everybody yelled
speech" and Roosevelt waved az
Affirmative. He gave the crowd q
brief appeal for "Americanism."
During the parade pocketknife
struck the colonel's car, whether BY
accident or design Is unknown. A
member of the American Legion
marching close behind. picked II up
There were on arrests and no ex
element.
John McGrath. Roosevelt's secre
tary. says the handle of the knife
struck his arm. which was hangins
over the side Of the car.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
BIRMINGHAM

The inafnt son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Rossoe, that was born sunday.
died Monday afternoon Burial took
place Tuesday afternoon in Green
wood cemetery.
The Ladies' Aid society 81 the
Methodist Episcopal church will
meet Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs A. Young on South Wood
ward-ave.
William McCromb spent Tuesday
at the home OF his parents In North
VILE.
MISS Florence Staley spent Tues
day at the home OF MIR. and Mrs
Mort Cooper. in Pontiac.
Preston Gray. Of Detroit. was a
guest. Tuesday, OF his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Gray. on south
Woodward ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harger, Of syl-
van lake, and Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Allen. OF Orchard lake. have been
recent guests AZ the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Mills. on Hamilton
ave.
Rev. cassius wskeneld has re-
turned rom Saratoga, ~. y. where
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
TRENTON MEN ARE
GOOD AT TRAPS

WYANDOTrE. Mich. May 81
Trenton took away the trap pigeon
shooting honors from Wyandotte
Tuesday. when n. A. Mans made the
high score OF "a to IS birds, in the
annual Memorial day shoot OF the
Ellicott island Shooting club, on
Humbur island.
Other high scores were mace oE
J. Foley. Sibley; II. A. Eberts. Wyan'
do;te; Charles Thomas, Wyandotte'
L. Amo. Detroit William II. fluni-
erfelt, Wyandotte Spring Water
Dealer and prominent sportsman and
hunter, shot score of one from a
possible %. and received the con
CALCULATIONS OF his friends.
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ECORSE

II. r. Merritt returned wedne sday
from a Port Huron business trip.
There will be prayer meeting on
Wednesday night In the Presbyterian
church.
Foresters OF America will meet
Friday night In the village hall.
Sons OF Veterans will meet Mon
day evening.
More than 500 school children
townspeople. veterans. Sons OF Vet
Grams, Women OF the Relief Corps
and band from Detroit were In the
line OF march OF the Memorial day
parade here Tuesday morning. and
the exercises in the public school In
the afternoon.
Among the speakers In the school
were: X. +. Ferguson, Charles Mon
try. Superintendent Of Schools &. G.
Miller and Superintendent OF Ford
city Schools &. r. Pike. The cxer-
iaryest and p mnst su~ei., "ns %. tne
in the village.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
WYANDOTTE

Miss Minnie sielor. Pine-st.. will
entertain the One More club. We'd
nesday evening.
stephens Episcopal churches. and
the various Catholic churches. viii
observe Ascension day, Thursday.
with special services:
Local Royal Arch Masons will
evening. Ratification of the plans
for the new temple, submitted by the
building association, will be con-
Work on the alterations to the
IRE department building was begun
Wednesday morning by Scheibel
Son. The changes Will allow placing
OF the ambulance and patrol auto in
F'iremen were called out early
Wednesday morning to put out
small fire in house on Biddle-ave.,
between Pine and i,n piIm-: IT'S. Owned NiI,s
caused by flaming OF a gas stove, did
about s2s damage.
Several members Of Martha WASH
ington lodge Pythian sisters; WIZ
convention in Port Huron. June Z.
Edward Headman, Walter Genthe
and Roy Gatzke have returned to
Ann Arbor,- after a visit with parents.
and family. W. j. Kreger and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. W Edwards.
motored to Ann Arbor. Tuesday. for
a visit with Misses Louise and Ruth
Kreger. and Lyman Jones. Univer-
sity OF Michigan students.
Wyandotte Pythian societies will
hold Memorial services June IL, in
Pythian castle.
Smallpox has been reported i'm
the August woin home. Sycamore
and F'ifth-sts.
Methodist Home Guards will meet
Saturday afternoon with .frs. Mer-
rift, Maple-st.
Funeral services for Oscar, ] Y
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Mehlhose. CheRtnut-st.. viii be held
Wedne sday afternoon from Trinity
church. Burial will be In Wood
mere.
Allgoodfellows club members will
make a booster trip Wednesday even
ing for their moonlight excursion,
June 10.
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WASHINGTON. May 31,--Rear-
Admiral John F. Merry. retired. OF
Boston. died at the Naval hospital
here Sunday. aged 70. He had been
III since suffering a stroke OF apo.
plexy four weeks ago. He was born
In Maine and was veteran Of the
Civil war and Spanish war and
served as first commandment of Hon
olulu In 1900. A widow survives
him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

nai1i6n 1t No. $50 Fifth
~ blocks from the Rockefel-
80 - Itfty-secoAd-st.
y DGlooker said he lived at No.
oW Nain-st.. Yonkers, NJ Y.
1 to America from Italy Is
10 and worked as q wood
NJ sculptor. he said. Eight
~ business In his trade be-
1o poug that he was forced
e11n emD9pUment asa subway
1f ~ keep his wife and four
M txpm, starving.
Somed Rockefeller and other
10fg Or His troubles. With
& 1oGn whose names he refused
~ slammed 70 kin Rockefel
~ scheme. ne said, was for
r. ~ men to throw bricks
- me front windows Of the
x 1S116g home, while the other
1<pt at Rockefeller when he
y DUt000B c0nIeoerutoS deserted
but Ne decided to carry out the
t himself, though armed only
IN = stflletto. with q four-inch
)ede. He came 10 New York early
<1bAy with . small satchel filed
WIN bricks.
THE nrst brick the foreigner sent
oehing through the window in the
)ohderbllt home wrecked a mirror
Dued Ut $500. The others dam
Nd valuable furniture.
4 Policeman Lavender heard the
nah and ran toward the Wander
1t home just 40 william X. Van
1tfbi1t. ST.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt
|sutt their heads out of q second
Try window to ind out what was
n1ng on. Believing he was about
throw = bomb, the policeman
g1e1 himseIf at the foreigner and
Nv him to the pavement
Dprddes fought viciously for sew
s 0inptes before he was sub
III Bish. psycopathic expert al
NJ headquarters. examined the
o1rner 20 determine whether he
G<A6. Reowrddes was to be ar.
1880 n yorkviIle police court
y afternoon, charged with mali
80
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

A petition is TO be filed today win
Gov Philip. OF Wisconsin. asking
for a full pardon for John Detz. tha
socalled Cameron Dam outlaw. Mind
years ago Dietz was convicted OF
killing deputy sheriff while defend
ing what he considered his rights as
owner Of a dam In Sawyer county.
Wis, against the floating NJ logs
down the river by logging con-,
papy. lie was given a life sentence/
which was later commuted &c q
years by Gov. McCoyern. is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
Odds and Ends

HARRISON. y. J.-Officer sam.
uel Boob proved to Frank wigand
that there Is nothing in names. cap
turing Wigand by heady work after
he had violated the speed laws.
NEW YORK-Miss Mary Barbara
Richter. who was born In an open
boat of Norway Is years ago. res
cued from drowning by G. c.
Schmittberger last year. will be-
married to him June IL on a boat
in the center OF a lake.
NEW YORK-Fear that a sub.
marine was on her trail caused the
Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi TO
hustle through the Mediterranean so
fast she spent $4,000 extra on coal.
CHICAGO-A lone bandit locked
drug store proprietor IN the base.
ment, posed as the clerk ana serv-
ed two customers and then leisurely
robbed the cash register.
Observation-Disclosures Murdoch.
Is. registered as the son of "a
wealthy New Yorker. had Mica
time In one Of Pittsburehs leading
hotels until he ordered celery hearts,
broiled lobster and wine. Then de-
tectives were called and Hartley was
hustled of to his mamma In Graf.
ton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
TRENTON

Tax rolls are now almost complet
- by Assessor James Bailey. Much
higher valuation Is expected The
board OF review will meet June ST.
Wyandotte 81. Patricks high
school team defeated Trenton high
20-l2 Tuesday afternoon at Slocum-
TruaN park.
Tiiverview Methodists report the
May festival Tuesday a success.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
Mrs. Martin Released

Mrs. Alois Martin. OF No. 142 Ly.
man.pl, who was held pending an
investigation OF the fire in which her
husband was seriously burned, Mon.
day afternoon, was released Tuesday
night by the police. The police be-
lieve that Martin fell asleep with a
lighted cigarette in his hand. setting
fire 10 his cot. Mrs. Martin was In
a nearby meat market at the time
OF the fire. The husband is still In
Grace hospital.
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mistakable reference: of the ad.
ministration's lofty words" and
mean actions" of social oppres-
sion.
He begged his auditors 10 work
for a navy second in the list of
world ornaments" and for an
army OF 100000 regulars. with uni
versal service and training among
the citizenry; he urged leaders 'ab-
soIutely national in spirit" at Wash
ington; demanded nation which
stood "for the principles OF social
and industrial Justice" approved a
protective tariff: asked abolition OF
child labor: insisted upon regula-
ton of both business and labor and
urged social and economic justice.
The colonel minced no words In
attacking pacifsts. One definition
was merely the tool of the sensual
materialist who has no ideals. whose
shriveled soul is wholly absorbed in
automobiles and the movies and
money making. and in the policies
of the cash register and the stock
ticker and the life OF fatted ease"
False prophets" he dubbed his
opponents OF preparedness and
foolish apostles" and their doc
trines "sIothful, lazy optimism" He
vitriolically assailed the Wilson ad-
,fr.so o.. taL NJ q m
which he said was demanded by
treaties 10 mitigate the horrors OF
war, and take action when Belgium
was outraged.
The colonel was deeply touched
by thee serried ranks of 10000 peo-
pie who lined the streets and
cheered him throughout the length
OF the parade. From the time he
left the station to his arrival at the
| Hotel Meuhlebach, he stood up in
his automobile and waved his IA
nous black hat. In the lobby OF
the hotel, the colonel stopped as
he saw two score little girls. pupils
OF Miss Georgia Brown, massed In
the open space in front Of the hotel
desk Each tiny youngster was
dressed in Stars and Stripes and
wore a cap, a la Columbia. The mo-
ment they caught sight OF the col
onel's familiar face. they burst into
the Star Spangled Banner" their
shrill voices rising above the roar
of the crowds just outside the hotel
Again and again they sang the an
them and then switched 10 Amer
lea. Love Thee" while the colonel
stood spellbound, his face suffused
with emotion.
'1've simply got 10 say few
words to these children" he de
clared.
You delightful persons" the
colonel addressed them, I'D gladly
have travelled all the way from
Oyster Bay to Kansas City. simply
to see this sight. Nothing could be
finer or prettier."
The former president dwelt az
fectionately on the Blue and the
Gray" and the fact that the nation
was now united He went on 10
sermonize on the necessity for pre-.
paredness TO avert war.
II was in the Spanish American
war" he said. ut was small war.
but II was the only war just at that
time. n We hadn't have had navy
well prepared those days, there
would have been 10 times the
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Richmond journal Sold.

RICHMOND. Va. May 3l.-Pur.
chase Of the controlling interest in
the Richmond Evening Journal by
Samuel T. Glover, of Los Angeles.
Cal. owner of the Graphic City and
a former editor of the Chicago Even
ing Post. was announced today.
Glover already has assumed
charge as editor and general man
ager of the Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
RIVER ROUGE

River Rouge baseball team defeat
ed the NJ b. p. A. team, IA. Tues
day afternoon. making the fourth
consecutive victory for the Rouge
players.
Branch rs. C. N. y. A.. and Branch
1920, l. G. r. a. will give their am
nual joint excursion TO Bots Blanc.
Thursday. June % from Detroit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
Chinese Province RevoI.s.

PEklN, May 3l.-The province oe|
HUI Nan declared It's independence
yesterday. Human is an inland prov-N
ince with population estimated ut
22,o00,0G0. Several ncighboring
provinces have declared their indie
pendence since the beginning Of the
uprising against President Yuan
Shi-Kai
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
HIT BY GOLF
CLUB; MAY DIE

HADDONFIELD. n. J.. May 81
Mrs. Archibald Wilhelm is in a criti.
cal condition here with a fractured
skull received when her husband ac-t
cidentally struck her with q golf
club. 4
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

Michael Rofrano, former city ON.
cial and a power in Tammany poll
tics. In scheduled to be placed on
trial In New York city today on q
charge of having instigated the MUIR
der of one of his political rivals
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

Former Governors Sulzer. OF New
York: Foss. OF Mas sachusetts, and
st. John. OF Kansas. are on the pro-
grain to address the Illinois Stsfe
Prohibition convention. which ~ 10
meet at Peoria To-Day for two day
session.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

when an immense wooden awning
and several tons OF brick crashed
down on them rs they were watch
ing preparedness parade.
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4 oday's Ball Games


|Db6caeo n Detroit, clear.
nllo1elphIa at New York. clear
~ oAsnss).
voDhington NJ Boston, cloudy.
Doveland ~ ST. Louis. clear.
National
XIV York ~ Philadelphia. clear.
n1Cn ot Brooklyn. clear.
)nnatl ~ PittsburSh. clear.
xb1is ~ Chicago. clear, two
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

executive board Is comprised or
Mrs, Margaret Morrissey. Blooming.
ton, ILL.,; Mrs. Della F. Leonard, Bos-
ton, and Mrs. Virginia MADDEN. I'M
dianapolis. The other officers were
chosen last week. Mrs. Clara Brad
ley of Chicago, being reelected
grand president.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
HOLIDAY
ACCIDENTS
NUMEROUS

Harlem regatta, II crashed into the
stern OF steamer and was demol-
ished The third shell smashed into
the wreckage. The men thrown into
the water we're too exhausted TO
swim. When the last was pulled
out, McKenna could not be found.
He was swept away by the strong
current. His body had not been re.
covered today.
One OF the killed was a victim OF
preparedness" He Was Boy
Scout. IL years old, struck and kill
ed by an automobile while on a
practice hike.
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||l4ll,6lst

I'D ~ Gyetem general
= sclIows acute dis
1890 = slow and the
~ SGHurn - q should,
~ NIP often results
NIFTY 10 to build up the
111ho tho blood goes to ev-
r. 1ho BODY and an improve
~ oond1tjon n quickly felt
1Ht tn syatem. The problem
tnoe = 10 find something
nSich the blood.
Hams Pink Pills suit most
TT noed because they are nom
ME- and they really build up the
II o16 ssveugthen the nerves. DIR.
80 Pink Pills are useful for
Cling children and for men and
N1om whose nervous energy has
1n overdrawn. Try them when
w your blccd 10 thin.
&T6(it druggist sells DIR. Williams
~ pills or they will be sent by
1< postpsid, on receipt OF price. SO
- Der box, six boxes $3.50 by the
Williams Medicine Co. Science
~. ". Write today for free book
70 N the blood and nerves.--Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31

The eleventh annual convention OF
the National Association OF Comp
trollers and Accounting Oficers
meet today at Syracuse.
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VIENNA, May 3l.-Austrian
forces have crossed the Pos Ina
mountain torrent west OF Arsiero
and are threatening TO surround the
Arsiero forts. II was ofhcially an
nounced today. In sharp encoun-
ter the Austrians occupied Italian
positions on the southern bank.
THE armored work OF Punta
Gordawas captured by our forces
Monday" added the official state
ment
"On the Russian front, livelier
artillery combats have occurred. The
Balkan front Ia calm"