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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-12-07
Mexicans for driving the Americans

out.
In Chihuahua City Villa has stop
ped shooting foreigners. Instead he
has issued orders that foreigners,
especially Chinese, are to be reliev-
ed of everything of value and then
beaten to death. This report was
brought to the border by dozen
Chinese refugees. The Chinese say
villa ordered his men to save their
for the Americans and
to use the butts of their guns on
the Chinese, bat to be sure the
work is effective.
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ABILENE SOCIETIES

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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
SCARE Is NOW ENDED

Kansas City, Dec. Limited
States experts today announced that
the cattle disease reported last week
is not foot and mouth disease. II
is expected that the quarantine will
be lifted tomorrow.
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LIVING is GOING UP

Washington, Dec. Re
tail prices in the United
States as a whole advanced
3 per cent from September
Is to October 10, making a
16 per cent increase for
twelve months, as shown in
reports compiled today by
the bureau of labor statistics.
Its figures came from 725
retail dealers in forty-five
principal industrial cities. In
the thirty days covered in
the report. meats declined
in price from ] to 6 per cent,
but all other articles except
tea, coffee and rice, advane-
ed from ] TO 6 per cent, for
butter. bread and sugar. and
II per cent for eggs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-12-07
PROHIBITION CARRIES IN
MONTANA BY 1886

Helena, Mont, Dec. 1.-Prohibi-
ton carried in Montana by a ma
jority of 2S,sS6 votes, it was Off
cially announced today The vote
for prohibition was 1O2,776 for and
10 800 against The boxing bill was
lost in the state by more than 1000
votes.
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GENERAL OFFENSIVE IN
WEST IS EXPECTED SOON
French Semi Official Message Gives Hint That Great
Move to Drive Out Germans May Be
. Imminent.

LONDON. June 1.-THE press and
for the early initiation Of a general al
lied offensive on the western front, in
dications OF which are constantly In
creasing. The general feeling is that
the tide is turning against the Central
empires and that the next few months
will bring the long heralded concerted
drive. to he accompanied by similar Of
f~ensiyes in the east and In the Balkans.
In tins connection the press attache
significance to the following sentence
contained in a French semi-of'icial des-
patch received in London to-day
1T seems since the Naux affair that
the Germans fronting Nerdun are main
tanning an attitude OF expectation In view
of the menace of events which, they feel
are becoming Increasingly imminent"
Tn defeat Of Austria. a virtual settle
mcnt Of the Balkan difficulty and the
driving back of the Germans "a consider
able distance on the western front were
predicted as the utmost to he hoped for
this year" IN a lecture here to-day by
Albert +. Pollard OF the chair Of Eng
lish history in the University OF Lon
don. He added that the defeat OF Ger
many could only come some time next
! year. after a winter OF discomfort such
cs Germany has never known. and after
another naval battle"
The opinion is gaining more and more
ground among military writer's here that
Germany committed a grave strategica,
error by allowing Austria to withdraw
half OF her electives from the eastern
front to launch the offensive against the
Italians
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UNPREPARED.
Canadians Found 'RccRpturrd
GrOund unOrganised.

SpScidf tdof brspdfch 10 IHE SlN
LONDON. June I6.-The correspondents
of the london newspapers at British
headquarters in France send details Of
the ~recapturc by the Canadians on June
10 OF part OF the ground lost on June /.
The attack was delivered at 2 o'clock
in the morning after many hours OF
steady rain. which had mace the ground
sodden. The new divisional commander.
successor To Gen. Mercer. who was re-
ported missing after the German at
tack, deferred assuming the
so that he could lead his old brigade,
The British artillery directed "A severe
barrage fire against the enemy's sup
port trenches, while fcint attacks were
made on both sides of the real advance.
As the advance progressed II became
evident that the British artillery fire
since the ground had been lost had been
even more effective h had been hoped
and the Germans had quite failed to
consolidated the ground In their usual
thorough fashion only " machine
guns were mounted in the area covered
by the present attack.
The Canadians retook trench after
trench. the resistance varying greatly
| at different points. They cheered Justify
when they found that the Germans had
not discovered "A quantity OF supplies aNd
Ammunition the Canadians had left be-
hind.
The correspondents intimate that II IL
possible that the position Will be aban-
! doned again voluntarily. The trenches
have been battered beyond recognition.
! deep digging is Impossible because Of
| the we, weather and sodden ground and
the position, In the Judgment or the
higher command. may not be worth what
it would cost to hold 1t,
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LACKING.
French writer says Offensive -
Inn possible NOw.
SpectoI Corresponderce fo THE SD,


PARIS. May 25.-M. Andre Tardieu.
deputy for the Seine-et-Oise department.
after brilliant, services. at arst at Gem
erai Headquarters and then at the front.
has for a time resumed the pen OF =
journalist. and his editorials are once
more appearing in the Temps. where he
has been criticising President Wilson
severely. He has contributed an ar
I Gle to the Petn Pdr1sien on the condi-
ions for an offensive. which has at
trac:ed much attention.
"The magnificent resistance OF our
army at Nerdun." he begins. "and the
check inflicted on the long prepared ef-
fort OF the enemy. a raised most
justified hopes throughout the land.
Everywhere people are saying, When
will the great offensive be made? Ii
is generally expected hat summer will
see the decisive hour. But France has
given sufficient proofs OF her splendid
frmness hat she has the right to be
told in the language of reason and ex-
perience how the question Of the ofen-
sive shoul be presented.
since the a assumed its present
! form OF trench warfare there have been
several offensives. not one of which,
French. English or German. has been a
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AUSTRIANS CAPTURE
HEIGHT NEAR ASIAGO
Take 500 Prisoners and De-
cupy Top Of Mount
Lpmerlp.
FIGHTING on ISONZO


SPECIAL 'nbS Despatch 10 THE srN
LONDON. June l5.-The Italians re-
sumed their activity on the Tsonzo front
yesterday. occupying Austrian trenches
east Of Monfalcone and taking 4oS pris-
oners, including ten Officers. The posi-
ton was taken after severe fighting, pre-
coded by intense artillery preparation.
On the Trentino front the Austrians
the capture OF Monte Lemerlc.
on the State Communi plateau. southwest
Of Asiago. against which Austrian at
,1cks have been directed since June 10,
when a full Austrian division made an
assault. which was repulsed. Tn Aus
trian War Office says that 500 prisoners
were taken when the height was cap
turcd.
Two attacks were made by the Aus
trians yesterday In the direction Of
Monte Novegno. southwest of Arsiero,
These were repulsed, Thu Italian state
ment follows:
Between the Adige and the Brenta
yesterday there were reconnaissances
and intense artillery actions on both
sides. Our artillery dispersed enemy
column IN the march and shelled hos
tile battery positions at several points.
Two attempted attacks by the
enemy In the region OF Monte Sovegno.
made In the direction OF Monte Glove
and Mon Brazome. were ~repulsed.
After intense artillery preparation
Yesterday evening a gallant Naples
brigade. supported by dismounted cav
airy detachments. in n surprise attack
| penetrated enemy lines east OF Mon
falcone. The renches remained In our
| possession after n severe struggle we
! captured 10 officers. ass men and
machine guns.
Sauadrons OF a%eroplancs bombarded
49, ILL.,. ata
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FRENCH WIN GROUND
ON DEAD MAN HILL.
Capture Trench and 1870 Men
After Lively Engage
mpnt.
FORT SOrVILLE SHELLED

Specioi Cobie Despatch 10 Tnr SrS
PARIS. June 1.-THE French took the
offensive against the German positions
on lie Mort Hommc to-day. An attack
"as launched after the usual artillery
pre- paration and n German trench on the
southern slopes OF the height was zap
tured. along with i30 prisoners.
The German infantry remained In
active last night, and to-day, hut the
artillery conducted very heavy lombard
ments on both banks Of the Mouse,
against C|hattancourt and Hin 900 on the
left bank and the Thiaumont farm and
Fort Souville on the right bank.
A million heavy shells were expe idcd
by the Germans in the bo. ibardment oi
Fort vaux. beginning In March and con
tinuing until tho capture of the fort early
this month, according to "A semi-ofhc''|
statement issued here to-day.
h official communicate issued by tn,
War Office tonight follows:
ON the left bank of the Meusc. after
artillery preparation. our troops in a
lively attack took u German trench
on 'ne southern Slopes OF lie No't
iiomme. one hundred and thirty
prisoners. Of whom three were officers,
remained in our hands. There was
intense artillery activity In he region
OF Chattancourt and Hin 300.
ON the right bank the enemy VIC
lentiy bombardcd the sectors OF the
Thiaumont works and Souville.
There was an intermittent cannon
AIDE on the rest OF the front.
Two attacks were undertaken by
German attachments in the Nosgcs last
night. but both failed.
The official communique issued thi
afternoon says
on both banks of the Mouse there
was cessation of infantry activity last
night. On the other hand the French
II the ,;erinan artillery branches
showed activity in the region Of chat
t%ancourt, as well as in the sector north
OF Souville.
In the Nosgcs a strong detachment
Of the enemy which was supported by
a spirited hombardmcn; and cndeaV-
orcd to approach our liAcs was driven
back by the fire of our machine guns.
Another surprise attack 10y the enemy
upon our positions northwest ~ the
col du Bonhomme resulted in COM
plete failure.
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KITCHENER SEEN
MAKING FOR BOAT
Survivors Of Hampshire Tn
able to Say Whether lie
Was Able to Board It.
Cruiser sunk BY 4 NINE

,<.t,t RANT, D,spo,rg 10 tn, &C.,
p' ,.ns 80,
i"Np'N' JUN .'""''"''s w
sIed Tonight an official report froA
Admiral sir John Jelnco-. commander In
.,,., -, tho Gram, r,ce, n, m. s,r,i,,
ehel " -
of tne cruiser """'i''""e """ '"e 'oss
Of Lord Kitchener. a"d mis- stan. The
statement says the cruiser was sunk by
a mine.
None Of tue twelve survivors OF the
Hampshire saw Lord Kitchener leave
the shin. The captain OF the cruiser was
heard Gazing TO Lord Kitchener. then on
the quarter deck. to come to the bridge.
near the captains boat. and then was
heard calling To LORD kitchener to get
inju the boat. But none or the survivors
knows whether the war secretary en-
tered the boat or what became or the
boat afterward.
Others OF the ships boats were broken
IN half In the lowering, nut three RATS
~ere launcneh satelF. there
we're from fifty to seventy men aboard
each raft. only the twelve survived the
exposure and exhaustion.
tn" Admiralty statement said:
From the report OF the inquiry into
the loss ot the cruiser hampshire. In
which the Twelve SURVIVORS were ex-
AHMED. the o'lo"ih conclusions are
obtained
The HAMPSHIRE was proceeding west
ot the orkneNs III a heary gale. The
seas were preakins over tne SNIP heces-
aia,ins a rartiol oat'ehing.
"het"e'h 80" anu 90 u VI tns
vessel was lnined ana oeean 10 settle
oy the hoNs' heei'ns .o s'arpoarn' ana
Finally Went oo"n III nt.een minutes'
orders we're slNen LOT All nanus u
g. 10 thclr es'aoi'sneu s,a''ons TOT aoah.
donlns ship' So"ne na'cnes we're opened
and the SNIP company went quicki! !"
their stations r.Horts were inaue un.
successfuiiy 10 lower poats. Which were
broken IN nan turing inc process, tneli
OCCUPANTS pelhs 'nro"n mo tne WAFER
the men were moving 10 tne'i
cations i-orn hl'cheher. ccompanie
by a maya orncer. apPeareu, me 'a''e'
called. Make way Tor i"oru Nltchener'
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BERLIN STILL CLAIMS VICTORY.
Lost 8O.72O Tons Of ships, Against
l17,I5O for British.

BERLIN, via Amsterdam, June IA
statement issued to-day by the Ad-
miraity takes Issue with the latest oni-
ella utterance OF Sir JOIN Jetlicoe with
regard to the recent North Sea battle to
the effect that the German losses were
not smaller than the British.
The Admiralty repeats that no Ger.
man vessels were sunk besides those OYi-
cially announced as lost The Luetzow.
Pommern. Wiesbaden. FraueRlOb. Elbing.
Rostock and Ave torpedo boats. repre-
senting a total tonnage OF 60,7?0. while
the admitted British loss amounts to
il7.i50 tons.
German Losses In killed and wounded
IRE put At s.5ss. as against a British
admitted total Of s.Sl7.
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went to their FIRE stations. The sur
vivors characterize reports that the ves-
So, struck a reef az nonsense. as there
was sixty fa,homs OF water.
The captain helped launc his own
boat. but IL went to pieces at once.
one OF the survivors said. mo boat
could have lived in that sea. The oni-
GERS and Lord Kitchener walked quietly
on the decks. They made no fuss at
all. I saw one put his hand to his head.
They might have been at manPuvres
No officer left the ship. The weather
alone caused the loss of life and OF the
ship. We were only a mile and hall
from shore"
The survivors said that the Hampshire
was in the recent North Sea battle and
came through without being hit once
although near i've ships that were sunk.
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X. OF K. SANK WITH SHIP.
seaman sure War secretary Dtd
Not Leave the Vessel.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THr ST.

>DeTf"f ' uOe DesputCN 70 " SUI
IoNpoN. June Histories OF the sur
vvors Of the Hampshire are printed in
The London papers this morning.
Seaman Rogerson asserts that he was
the last survivor to see Lord Kitchener.
". SAYS he is certain that Lord kitch-
ener did not leave the ship and that he
sank with IL.
II saw Capt. Savill help his boats
crew clear away his galley" the seaman
says. AT the same time the captain
was calling to Lord Kitchener. hut
owing to the noise OF the wind and sea
! don't think that Lord Kitchener could
hear him. =.
when the explosion occurred Lord
Kitchener walked calmly from the cap
taiu's cabin and went up the ladder TO
the quarterback, There | saw him walk
ing quite collectedly and talking to W
Officers. All three were wearing KHAKI
AMI no ov,rcoats. They were dressed
D. they were when they came on board
Lord Kitchener calmly watched the
2 operations for abandoning ship which
were going on in a quite steady and
orderly way. The crew just went to their
stations and obeyed orders. They did
their best to get out the boats. but those
got out we're smashed at once. No boats
left the ship. What people on shore
fought were boats were RATS. Men ala
st into the boats as they lay IN the
cradles. thinking that as the snip went
under the boats would float. but the
snip sank by the head n turned a
> m-rsault forward. carrying down all
the boats and those in them. .
When I sprang for a raft LORD
Kitchener was still on the starboard side
o. the quarterback talking to the Off
GERS. | saw none of the civilian MEM
terS If his suite.
we had a terrible Ave hours on the
raft The seas beat down on us ana
many We're killed by the buneting'
Others died of the piercing cold. An over
towering desire to sleep came upon US.
To keep this away We thumped each
other on the back, for "A man who went
10 sleep never woke again.
When men died II was just as though
hsy were falling asleep. One man stood
upright for five hours. with the dead ~
Ing all round, One died In my arms,
As We got neal the shore the situa-
Zion grew worse, The wind was blowing
on shore and the Sc dashed the raft
against the rocks with tremendous force
MANY we're killed in this way. One rag
WAS overturned three times. ! dom
out" know how ! got ashore. All the
feeling was gone out Of me.
People who picked US up said II was
Tho worst, storm in years. My belief Is
thai tn" Hampshire struck a mine which
Exploded under her fore part. 1t could
not have been a submarine In such
N"'tn'r and an Internal explosion would
nav" tipped her apart.
'I' vas hard luck coming to such an
ehH after going through the battle OF
JH'Idud unscathed. We'led the Iron
DIX" into action and sank a German
nEn' cruiser and two submarines, but
od not have "A single casualty our
se'fS, although big shells fell all
around us
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success. Tactical successes have been
won but no strategic result. All these
oHensives have had a common charac-
'eristic their narrow localization. The
western front Is nearly 40 miles long
ana no offensive. German or allied. has
peen on sectors more than twenty-five
miles long. As a result the defence has
always been able to collect sufficient
forces in time To stop the attack. This
was the case with the Germans In cham
payne and Is the case with the French
at Nerdun.
wider Front Needed.
Ever III successful a localized attack
II still perilous. and yet II Ia the deadly
theory or piercing the lines which has
peen. unfortunately, taken up by the
public. "A theory OF pierce the lines to-
day and envelop the enemy tomorrow.
a narrow neck OF "A few niles will not
give a base for operations. \ decisive
victory demands q FAR wider front.
Hence one condition. which. IL not
sufficient In itself for success. is at least
absolutely necessary to success. must he
the extension of the attacking front,
the attack comprising W. elements. an
artillery attack first. tfIn Infantry. The
hrst matter. then, to consider. is the
heavy artillery. The people OF France
know that at the beginning OF the wal
We hardly had any heavy artillery and
that since 1915 We ave worked to sup.
ply the void.
Have We all the heavy artillery, Ions
and short range, that We might have
II is no certain. The supply ~ lbs
an arm essentially defensive. was frsi
taken in hand and heavy artillery, IN,
offensive arm. only came afterwarl.
THE experience of Ncrdun has show
that our defensive material. supported
by existing heavy artillery. and relying
on the heroism Of our troops. Is SUM-
cient, while our offensive material wa
proved in Artois and Champagne 10 III
inferior to our needs. We have created
the plant. here and in England. sun
cient to produce the needed material
but We have not yet produced II In suf
hcient quantity. Hence the Allies arr
forced not to hurry they must repel tn,
enemy where he attacks. but not attacl
before they are ready from the point o
view of material to attack everywhere
"A thing which the enemy will never N
ready to do from want OF sufficient IN
fantry electives.
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THREE SHIPS SUNK IN BALTIC.
Omcial Report Minimises Recent
Attack ON German Convoy.

Special Gable Despatch to Tmr SuN.
LONDON. June 1.-THE official Rus
sian account Of the attack in the Baltic
by Russian torpedo boats upon fourteen
German steamships. conveyed by armed
trawlers. destroyers and an auxiliary
cruiser. states that the engagement tool,
place on May 81. Unofficial accoun's
from Copenhagen said the fight occurred
on June 10.
Two stea mships and n small auxiliary
cruiser were sunk. according to the Rus
sian statement. No damage was done
To the Russian torpedo boats. The state.
meDt follows:
In the Baltic IN the night Of MAY 81
our torpedo boats attacked a convoy
escorting enemy steamships. During
the engagement we sank two stea NJ
ships and a small torpedo tyne ausil-
larry cruiser, taking her crew prison-
ers. There were no losses and no
damage done on our side. We did
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Victoria Nyanza and Tanganyika at
three points.
The right column. after occupying
Msambura on June s. is continuing its
march toward kitega. In the centre
two columns have reached. respectively,
Lusaraki and kasima. the latter To-
cality being about 1875 miles east of
Msambura. The left column has reached
kagera. where 1t holds the approaches
to Lake T~anganyika.
Aviation Lieuts. Behaege and Cold
gnon flew over the German fort Ki-
gonna in a seaplane on June 10 and
dropped bombs on the German gunboat
Graf Won Gotten. Two bombs hit and
considerably damaged the vessel.
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QUIET on BRITISH LINE.
Recently Taken Positions ShriIrL
hut Infantry IL Inactive.

Special Cdbie Despofch 70 THE SUN.
LoNpoN. June l5.-The following O.
prot from British Headquarters in
France was issued tonight by the offi 'ial
press bureau:
The pas: twcr:y-:ou- hours vas
quiet on most of the front. Last
night there was intermittent rhclling
10y. both sides on the front lately re.
taken near Xillebeke but there was
is unchanged .
To-day there was activity on tn
the part of the trench mortars and
artillery OF both sides in the sector
about .Angres and mining activity IN
the l,oos salient.
Otherwise there was no special in
cident.
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ITALY RETAINS WAR POLICY.
souniuo, MorrOU~ and Corsi I" Re
In New Cabinet.
CohI, Despatch to THE SuS.

LoNpoN, June 1.-THE formation Of
,be new Cabinet win be officially an
nounced, probably on Sunday. baron
Sonnino, Minister OF Foreign Affairs.
Gen. Morrone. the Minister OF Wal and
Admiral Corsi. of the Navy. will remain
In power. NO that the foreign war
policy OF Italy Will be unchanged A
closer contact between the Government
and Parliament will be assured by the
inclusion Of representatives Of all par
ties with the exception OF the followers
OF GiOlitti.
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AWAITED END CALMLY.
Kitchener and star Unable "a
L""v" Ship-VessrI Was Conveyed.

I"%poN, June ia correspondent
v me Morning Post gives details OF the
shNlng Of the Hampshire, obtained from
surNlHors' Including One who was on
WATCH when the vessel struck the mine.
me weather was very bad when the
Hampshire pu, to sea. he says, and the
'dp'aln ordered the two destroyers
winch wer" cscorting the vessel to re-
yum % port, as they could not face the
s,oim. Lord Ki,chener and his stan
MAJ gone below Immediately after board.
~ the cruiser.
The hampshire, the correspondent says,
'Hu'k a mine forward, and the men