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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Independents Refuse
To Name Delegates
For Irish Convention
O'Brien Writes Premier Par
ley Can Only Increase Dis
content in Erin

London, June 20.-Irish Unionists and
Nationalists met in Westminster to-day
and selected delegates for the Irish
convention. The names of the dele
gates, however. will not be published
until after they have been submitted to
Premier Lloyd George.
William o'Brien. independent Ma
tionaist leader, in a letter to the Pre-
mier, declined the invitation TO send
delegates in behalf Of the "all for Ire
land party" He refuses TO participate
in the convention, which. he says. can
only inAame and intensity irish Giscon-
tent and throw on the Irish people the
blame for the governments own failure.
Recent experience. said Mr.. O'Brien
in mis- letter, mad convinced him that
only TO a small round table conference
OF thoughtful, competent lrishmen, not
a heterogeneous assembly, mostly COM
posed Of precommitted partisan poll
ticisns. can Ireland look with con-
fidence for judgment, and he urged a
referendum as the only means Of end
ing the controversy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Tom Benoist's Death
Big Blow to Aviation

Sandusky, Ohio, June 16.-With the
passing of Tom Benoist the science Of
aviation loses one of its brightest ex-
ponents in actual flying. designing, con-
struction and instruction.
Tom Benoist. like hundreds of the
pioneer aviators, learned to fly without
the help of anybody in the days when
the Wright brothers were teaching the
world the rudiments of the art. After
learning to fly he designed and built
his own flying boat and opened school
in St. Louis, where he taught many to
be pilots.
Never did Mr.. Benoist have a serious
accident. He was not killed in flying,
but by thrusting his head out of the
window Of trolley car here. on his
way to work last Thursday morning.
A year ago Mr.. Benoist moved his
aviation school and factory to San
dusky, and only a short time ago he
had taken a large order to construct
hying boats for the government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
u. S. Jackies Amaze
British Throng with
Air ightBall Game
Crays, with Pacific Coast League
Pitcher, Defeat Blues at
American Base

Base OF the American Flotills In
British Waters. June 20 (by The Asso'
ciated PrTs).-All work and no play
makes Sailor Jack a dull boy is tru-
ism that is being kept in mind by the
officers of the American torpedo de-
stroyers, who are doing everything pos
sible TO encourage athletics among the
men.
The most pretentious programme yet
planned for the American jackies is a
big field day at which there will be
running races, walking contests, base
ball games and many other sports. It
will be held in an athletic park which
is in course of construction and which
is being paid for with funds provided
by American business men in New York
and London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
British Authority
Predicts New Peace
Offer by Germany
lBy Cable 10 tn. rnbunel

London, June 2o.-A high official told
The Tribune to-day that he quite be-
lieyed Germany would make another
peace offer before the end Of July on
the basis OF the pre-war territorial
holdings In Western Europe.
lie founded his belief on recent re-
ports Of internal hardships in Ger
many, the fact that the harvest was
likely TO be very late and the general
war wesriness.
As instAncing the shortage of raw
materials. he stated that captured Ger
man officers were wearing clothing
made Of nettlc fibre. while the mems
wear Ia made Of paper pulp, both Of
which materials fall 20 pieces II washed.
According 10 the statements Of prison
ers, soap is now absolutely non-existent
in Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Thousands in Shell Holes

Thousands of men can take cover in
these craters, yet from even the most
forward observation post the battlefield
looks absolutely empty. A considerable
attack from shell hole positions can be
watched without the realization that
desperate fighting is in progress. AL
ways there is noise from exploding
grenades, but these missiles are so
small that they cannot be seen in the
air from a distance of 800 yards. From
time to time a small group Of men will
leap from one hole to another drag
cling machine guns with them, and dis
appearing so quickly in the new shelter
that the earth seems TO have opened
and swallowed them.
Not having yet forgiven the British
for driving them some six or seven
miles away from Arras, the Germans
have maintained heavy 3Scentimetre
guns we'll back of their slowly retreat
ing lines and shell that cathedral city
with enormous missiles that sing like
a storm wind and explode with great
crash of thunder
The firing is only desultory. however,
for these guns-only four centimeters
smaller than the famous 42's-are very
expensive weapons, and all recently
captured German artillery orders speak
of the necessity Of economizing ammu-
milton 70 the utmost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
936 Captured
By Italians in
Trentino Drive
Important Positions Taken
in Attack Up the
Sugana Valley

London, June 20-The Italian often
sye in the Trentino. centring in drive
up the Sugana Valley toward Trent,
was resumed yesterday, and resulted in
the capture Of important positions in
the Monte Ortigara region. including
the crest of Hill 2,lO5. Nine hundred
and thrty-six prisoners were taken, OF
whom seventy-four were officers.
The war bulletin from Vienna, which
is issued earlier than that from Rome,
mentions a violent artillery action on
the Asiago plateau and in the Sugana
Valley, which debouches on Trent from
the southeast. This was evidently pre-
paratory TO the Italian advance, which
was carried out by troops Of the b3d
Division. The Austrians apparently
were cut off from reinforcements by
the maneuvres Of numerous air squad
rons, which dropped bombs Immediately
behind them without the loss Of a single
machine. Cadorna's men then swept
forward over the broken ground and
forced the enemy's trenches despite
stout resistance.
The offensive also was pressed on
the Asiago plateau. south Of Trent,
making progress at various points on a
considerable front The converging
movements are a natural continuation
of the Italian success of June II, when
strong Notifications on the slopes OF
Ortigara and the Agnello Pass were
seized.
King Victor's troops are now about
the same distance from Trieste, on the
Adriatic coast, and Trent, in the Tyrol.
These cities are the two chief Italian
obiectives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
British Prisoners
Dying in Turkey
Of Ill Treatment
More than Half the Men
Captured at Kut-El-Amara
Said to Have Succumbed

London, June 2O.-Reuter's Cairo
correspondent says he learns from re-
liable sources that large number Of
British and Indian prisoners taken by
the Turks in Mesopotamia have sue
cumbed to i'll treatment or lack Of
proper medical attention.
"A resident of Taurus" says the cor
RESPONDENT, testified that in the prison
camp there more than half the men
captured at Kut-El-Amara are dead.
II is noteworthy that the Turks would
not allow a Swiss commission TO visit
this camp or other camps of the same
type,
"Thirty-seven British prisoners were
sent 70 hospital under European man
agement, but soon after their arrival
the European doctors and attendants
were driven away and fortnight later
twenty-five of the prisoners died OF
sheer neglect.
Fifty prisoners who were captured
at Kadia, when they arrived at. the hos,
pital in Aleppo could hardly stand
owing to weakness from dysentery and
starvation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
French

DAY STATEMENT Germans las'
NIGHT strongly bombsrded the freneh pOsi-
tons between the Athlete River and LaiAu1
Hin Intermittent artillery actions oecurteG
EAST ~ Chevreux Wood and northwest OF
Rbcinos In the Champagne the nlght was
nosrked nv heavy artillery duels. ATTACKS on
tbe French posts at Mont Tetu and IN the
region q, Mont Carnillet were repulsed. We" We.
~ Mon. Carnillet the bombardment W~s loi5
Iousd NV n German attack which dispersed
under our FIRE. The German iniahuy
driven back TO It's trenches. FatroI sAli'iii''''o
occurred in Lorraine Ara. ,bo bon,-
NIGHT STATEMENT.-Afer the POM
bardment reported in the commune IS. .ion "a
re ronrnine between the Athlete RIVER ana
Mo,,Iin-de-L afTaux. the Germans attacked our
nosit;ons on a front of more than one kiIo-
,oe,re The attack was very violent ana was
nar-ied ONT with large electives; IT. re-
lied in the enemy's gaining toothold III
eection 81 trench Of our first line east Vi
Vauxaillon. a. ca.,.,,,, et.erpt
south OF Filain another German atVs"pe
live, no salient in our line cast OF Id
p.a"a-. Fam thought no result. The artillery
svS,;no Vas lively between HurtebHe anu
Ttn'.ra,,, and on the Verdun front IN the
49, ~ Vacherauvile and Chambrettes.
REI CLAN COMMUNICATION An enemy
.,a,roJ attenopted 10 surprise one OF our au.
p.arcod roints south of Dixmude at night pu1
~ r.,,,Ised nv our fire. The enemy pom,
800 our trenches east Of RamscapeHe anu
70 =" ~ neiohborhood Of DiXmude and Llzerhe'
n,,s;na tbe day the two artilleries were IhOu.
a-atelv active along the whole 'front.' tN0e 49,.
go DiIrude and Steenstraete, Where t'e az
.;or WAS more spirited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21

big league players, and. stranger still.
when they marched through the streets
to watch tho villagerI drop whatever
they were doing and stare in amaze.
ment at the players.
The scene of the gnme was a besu,i.
full green on the cliffs back of the
town. From the diamond could he
seen the American ships a, anchor
There was no grandstand, but the
American and British naval officers. as
well as many khaki-uniformed ones
and the curious village throng found
the green grass a comfortable vantae.
point from which 10 view the game
There also was o goodly sprinkling Of
girls from the village. They ALREADY
have acquired certain amount O,
American baseball slang, and during
the game frequently made use Of Il
Had Well Known Pitcher
The use of the names Of the men o,
the ships from which they came is i'm.
possible, but it can be said that the
Grays defeated the Blues b. a score
Of Is 10 2. The Grays had a pitcher
If some rcpute from the Pacific Coas,
League, whose curves the Blues simply
could not solve. They would have been
shut out but for the fact that the
pitcher passed q couple of men, which.
combined with poor support, gave the
Blues their only two runs. But the
game was a remarkably fast one and
was thoroughly enjoyed by tars and
SPECTATORS alike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Wore Baseball Uniforms

Meanwhile, baseball is the only sport
possible. A great game was played yes
terday in honor of the arrival of the
American newspaper correspondents.
There was a large crowd of spectators
present, composed mostly of sailors in
blue and soldiers in khaki The game
was between picked teams, and all the
players wore regulation uniforms which
had been brought from the United
States.
1t was strange to see the sailors
emerge from the ships uniformed like
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
T. P. O'Connor Heads
Irish Mission to u. S.
Nationalist Send Two Mem
bers of Parliament,
Redmond Cables

Boston, June Pot. 7. O'Connor and
Mr.. Hazleton, members Of the British
Parliament, are on the way to this
country as a mission in behalf of the
Irish Nationalist Party, according to a
cablegram from John Redmond, leader
of the party, received to-day By
Michael j. Jordan, secretary of the
United Irish League.
The message said they would arrive
in this country about June "a. The OBJ
ject of their mission was not stated.
but Mr.. Jordan expressed the belief
that it was connected with the couyen-
ton to be held in Dublin at which the
form Of government for Ireland IS TO
be discussed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
German

DAY sTATEMENT.-Army y oil -. Odo tba
pine Rupprecht-Be Between the User anu tne
ivs the artillery battle grew to gTeat VIC
ience on some sectors. especially IN the e' en-
inc kl,o, between La Bassee Canal anu ',,t
Sc.rpe the artillery activity was hVeS ~
intervals. ru.,;sh attacked on
tho northern bank of the Souchez broG on
They were repulsed on the wings, ou, ia err
centre they succeeded in penetrating OUT
6rst-Hne trenches. By strong counter counter
thr,1st we were able to prevent EngNsh iorees
which had been quickly brought forward from
extending the success 49, ,,ortb
In the forefeld Of our position to the north
of 81 Quentin there were encounters pc
tween our outposts and English raidlng oe-
tachments, which had to retreat oeiofe our
fire. p-:.o A,on,
the Alsne the artillery firing has been re-
vived only locally. In Western Champagne
the greater part of the ground when was
LOST 10 the French on June IS southwest oi
Sochberg was recaptured in strong counter
attack by the Brandenbure regiment
NIGHT STATEMENT.-There has been
lively fighting only at Vsuxaillon. northeast
of SCISSORS. On the other fronts there Il
20 rarOrt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Pershing Talks to Jofre

Paris, June 20. 49, Major General
Pershing. the American commander,
had long conference to-day with Mar
shall Joffre in regard to American al
fairs.
General Pershing will visit an army
engineering depot tomorrow and later
a large airdrome and school at which
instruction is given in the use of armed
notOrcars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Italian Front
Italian

On the Asiago Plateau yesterday we car
ried out violent offensive action and dam
aged the enemy's defences at many points.
making progress on some parts OF the 'front.'
and inhicting severe losses on the enemy.
The gallant troops of the 52d DIVISION
overcoming the furious resistance OF the
enemy and advancing over very difticut
ground carried formidable positions in the
Ortigara area. including the summit Of hll
Si05, Prisoners aggregating 936. including
"a officers, were captured.
Numerous air squadrons supported the ar
tilery by dropping a large number OF bombs
In the immediate rear Of the enemys lines.
All the machines returned safely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
THO Great Warn O 5th Day
OFFICIAL REPORTS
West Front
British

DAY STATEMENT.-The posts east OF
Monchy- le-Preux. from which our advanced
detaehments were compelled TO withora" on
the occasion Of the enemy's attack against
Infantry Hill Monday morning. have no"
been re-established by US. -,
Last night the enemy heavily bomoardeo
our line Immediately north Of the Souche1
and delivered three counter attacks against
the positions captured by us yesterday IN that
neghborhood In each case his ATTACKING
troops were completely repused u..
If the three hostile counter attacks north OF
the Souchez River. reported in this morning
the enemy made fourth az.
tempt later in the night to recover the I9s'
Tbe weather was less favorable for hylng
yesterday. but the work. in conjunction WIN WIZ
our artillery, continued. with good res ults,
One German sirplane was brought cow cow h m
the air fighting one other was shot down Dy
our anti-aircraft guns Two Of our airpiahes
failed 70 return.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Canadians Repel Counter
Thrusts Against New
Line Below Lens
French Yield Trench
Germans Take Advanced De-
fences West Of Chemin-des-
Danes; Gun Duel Grows
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS

British rctskc lost posluons eeS' " o"
f.ntry Hill. beyond Monohy. Hold new
line south Of Lens.
French lose ,renehe. on plateau southwest
ofLaon. Berlin claims recsPtare OF trenches
in Champagne.
Italians win mountain cres, southeast OF
Trep, and capture $50 prisoners.
Sk:rmishe: on Ess, From, and IN Balkans
British begin winter offensive in German
East Africa.
London. June 90. Comparatively
small. but stoutly contested. struggles
for position characterized the fighting
On the West front to-day, with the
artillery activity growing in intensity
both on the Flanders front and in the
Champagne.
The British regained control Of the
OUTPOST trenches beyond Infantry Hill,
east Of Monchy-le-Preux. which they
lost on Monday, and repealed four Ger
man counter attacks on the positions
won yesterday by the Canadians Just
below Lens. Berlin admits this British
success.
On the front held by the French a
strong German assault, delivered on
front Of nearly mile toward the west
ern end Of the Chemin des Danes, re-
suited in the enemy maintaining foot
ing in forward trench southwest OF
Vauxaillon. Berlin also announces that
a contingent of Brandenburgers reab-
sorbed most of the trench elements
seized by the French on Monday south
west Of the Sochberg, in the Cham
payne. Paris declares that the at
tempt ended in repulse.
Observers here point out that the
capture by the Canadians Of the Reser-
voir Hill position in the outskirts Of
Lens opens the southern approach to
the CITY. This nest of machine guns,
emplaced in trench network, was the
chief defence of the Germans between
the British lines and the first houses
of the town. From one dugout, the
front of which was blown in, thirty
five prisoners emerged. The only Ger
man claim regarding this engagement
is that counter thrusts prevented an
extension of the British victory to the
wings.
Berlin comments on the growing vlo-
ience of the big gun fire between the
Rivers User and Lys, in Belgium, and
on the wide front from La Bassee
Canal to the Scarpe River, southeast
of Arras. Patrol encounters are also
referred to in the region northwest OF
st. Quentin, where there has been little
fighting of late.
The expected French general often
sive in the Champagne has not yet
developed beyond vigorous duel OF
heavy guns Apparently General Pc
tain is seeking to obtain the complete
mastery of tactical position before he
strikes. The artillery fire on the east
ern end of the Aisne front, which has
been pronounced, died down somewhat,
according to the German report, but
Paris declares it was sustained both
there and at certain points through
the Verdun sector. An attack by forces
of the Crown Prince near the centre
of the Chemin des Danes, south oil
Filain farm, was dispersed by the de-
tenders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
British Gust Enemies
From Chivalry Orders

London. June 20.-Chancellor Bonar
law. the government leader in the Com
mons. announced in the House to-day
that orders had been issued that all
enemy aliens should cease TO be mem
hers of any British order of chivalry
10 which they belonged before the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Battle on Arras Field Shifts
From Trenches to Shell Holes
Osc;nl;n. Keens Germans in Open Far from Their Be-
loved Dugouts and Thousands Fight
in No-Nlans Land

ricane of annihilating artillery fire on
trenches they had lost 20 the British
or Infantry Hill, east of Monchy, but
the British troops suffered little from
the lavish Teutonic expenditure of high
explosives. The manner of utilizing
she'll craters is little short of marvel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
East Front
French

British sirplanes We're active. successfully
bombsrding enemy encampments in the val
ley OF the Struma north Of Petrenik The
artillery was quite active in the region OF
Mayadag. the Cerna Bend and north of Mon
astir. Several enemy reconnaissance were
repulsed in the Lymnitsa zone, on the Cerna
and between Lakes Presba and Ochrlda.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
BY Asso1stcd Fre,sl

British Headquarters in France, June
2O.-The Western front nowadays IS
marked by many changing phases. East
of bloody Monchy lo Preux. on the
Arras battlefield and west Of Warneton.
on the Messines battlefield, trench
lines have been forsaken and fighting
is being carried on day and night be-
tween large bodies of opposing troops
lying out in the she'll holes.
Some Of these holes, blown by heavy
calibred guns, are really enormous era
tiers. in which two score Of men can
establish and fortify themselves.
Shell holes lend themselves to quick
conversion into machine gun emplace-
ments, and those CHASTITY weapons form
the chief means of defence. The OF
fensive weapons generally are hand
rrenades. She'll holes are not easy tar
gets for artillery, whereas hxed
trenches can easily be photographed
from airplanes, and the heavy guns can
be registered on them without great
difficulty.
Germans Love Their Dugouts
The Germans are showing a particu-
lar desire to cling TO the shell holes as
long as possible before retiring TO their
fixed lines in the rear. This is quite
change from their ordinary habits, for
heretofore they have loved their deep
dugouts in the trenches with love
that seldom brooks separation. Some
prisoners taken from shell holes re
cently-pulled bodily out in nocturnal
raids have frankly declared, however,
that it is discipline and not desire that
keeps them out in the open.
Tho Carrnans recently turned a hur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
New York Man Killed In War

Ottawa, June 20.-Americans named
in the casualty list to-day are: Killed
in action, j. Reddie, New York, and II
d. Brooke, Detroit; wounded, II. Healy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21

Where in the world will
you find finer fabrics2
Nowhere-the finest are
right here.
Summer suits "a great
stock.
Abundant variety.
Generous values.
Cool office coats.
All sizes "a 70 81 stout.
Westpointers" make
good soldiersl
Military shoes designed
on the last officially APP
proved for West Point.
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ROGERS PEET COMPANY
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-Four
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Austrian

On the Plateau Settle Communi tAsisso
sector) and in the Sugana Valley, between
the Asago Plateau and the Brenta RIVER
new artillery battle has been in progress
since yesterday morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Austrian

In the Vale Putns sector (Rumanian thea
tre) we repulsed a Russian attack. Otherwise
there is nothing of importance 10 report.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22

The ability to consume large quantities
OF feed and the rapid growth of. the
chick Is an excellent guide in selecting
the future flock.
A perfect egg type OF hen may be
determined by experts. but the average
poultryman cannot select his breeders
mat way. In making a selection for
thc breeding flock do not overlook the
heavy producing hens.
However we'll adapted fowl Is for
table purposes. IT may be still further
improved by judicious course of fat.
teninB. and the process Of development.
IKE all others has to be understood be-
lore 1t should be practlced on the birds.
In the first place. it may be observed
that some OF the laying varieties arc
altogether useless for fattening pur-
poses, and II would be merely wasting
time and money to try to get these
birds In such a condition that thew