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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-20
mento attaccando cantieri di Muggia,
nellie vicinanze di Trieste.

ROMA, 20 Mario.
Telegrammi da Parigi dicono che II
grande ripegamento delle forze tedesche
sulla fronte della Somma continua mentre
la cavaleria francese cd inglese cerca di
ostacoare II movimento quanto piu' puo
cd inniggerc al nemico lie maggiori perdite
possibili Nelo spazio di tire giorni 1
tedesch hanno evacuato circa 1900 miglia
uuadrate di terrtoro in Francia circa
$50 vllaggi 1nglesi @ francesi hanno
avanzato su una frontc di cento migla
nella giornata di ieri per una profondita'
dl due ad otto miglia, in qualche punto fino
"A dieci miglia. lie cttadine di Ham e
Chauny che hanno Importance militare.
sono cadute pure nellie mani del francesi.
eli allcati 81 avvicinano rapidimcnte ALA
cost detta "lnea di Hindenburg," dove 81
aspetta che / tedcsch diano battaglia in
campo aDerto Per ora lie forZe francest
sono a CirCa clnque mglia da St Quentin Q
La Fere eli inglesi ad una diecina di
miglia da Cambria, sembra che sia questa
linea Cambra-St Quentin che 1 tedeschi
abbiano intenzione di difendere con una
battaglia campale.
Intanto q da notare che II movimento di
ripiegamento del tedeschi non 81 e. propa.
cato a nord di Arras. Cn'altra cosa e
pure da notare. Con questo ripegamento
la otto u deci divisioni tedesche sono state
risparmiate Q, come dcono alcunl crtici
mlitari possono essere usate altrove Sc
tedesChi intendono d inzare una offensiva.
Pero non va dimenticato il fatto matema-
tico che, Sc I tedeschi hanno guadagnato
otto dieci divisioni. con cio' cssl non
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dirigibile riuscl' a sfuggfre GdfuU
lentissimo bombardamentoi da p45<
dele batterie antaeree nemiche
ritorno' senza damn ALA sua base.
Una suuadrigla di acropIan1 nemScI
ha lasciato cadere bombe sulla laguu4 f/I
di Grade. Non 81 sono avute vittime 81
damn sono stati insignifcanti. W
Teiegrammi da Parigi dicono che AlessoAI
dro Ribot ha formato II nuovo gabinetto CoI<
Panleve al Ministero della Guerra e Lac44I:
ALA Marina. Ribot tene II portafoglio deulS*
AFFAIR." Esteri oltre ALA presidente del Cor
sigio. N
IN ASIA MINORE
lie notizie che giungono dallAsia Minox0
fanno credere immnente II collasso della
resistenza turca. II generate Maude, co..
mandante dele forze inglesi, che 81 some
spinte su per la vale del Tigri che hany14
conaustato Bagdad hanno battuto di nuoYo
! turchi sui fiume Dialah che hanno attra@
versato ed hanno occupato Bakubah. che
formera un ottimo centro d rifornmenti
Mel tempo medesimo lie forze russo hanno
sconftto turchi sulla fronte della Persis
nord-occldentale nela regione d Kerr
manshaw. fAt4
lie due armate alleate continuano la ma
novra che dovrebbe portare al'accerchia~
mento delle forze ottomane. infatti la vit-
toria inglese ha spinio turch verso lie forze
russo. Insomnia pare che ST proceda q
grandi pass verso lannientamento delie
forze ottomane che difendono rAsa Minoro
perche anche lie forze russo operanti sui
Caucaso continuano n spingere lie forze
turche verso ocCdente ed a minacciare 10
linee di comunicaZione con Costantinopoli.
poll
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hanno ristabilito requiiibrio rotto al gia'.
Infatti 10 stesso guadagno viene agli al
leat da un accorciamento delle linee di
battaglia. In sostanza rimane, con la vari-
ante dello spostamento possible la stessa
proporzione di truppe avversarie sulla
fronte francese. Nondimeno 81 parla della
possbilita' di un nuovo tentative di Won
Hindenburg di raggiungere II mare Calais.
sULLA FRoNTA ITALIANA
Teri sera IL Ministero della Guerra pub
blcava II seguente rapporto del generate
Cadorna circa la sltuazione ALA frontt
itao-austriaca:
Su tutta la fronte dl pattaglia 81 e.
'avuta aumentata attivlta' dele arti-
glerie che e. stata piu' vioenta nella
Val Lagarina. | nostrl ospedali da
campo a Gorilla ed n Ronchi sono stati
colpitl da proiettili austriaci c 81 sono
avute poche vittme
Gil austriaci hanno tentato una In
cursione nela vale della Giumella
mel settore d Lucati. incursione che e.
stata frustrata dalla vigilanZa dele
nostre truppe.
lie condizioni atmosfer'che sono state
favorevoli ad una aumentata attivita'
dele squadrigle aeree. Dopo una
vivace battsglia ira squadriglie nostre
ed austrache i nostri aviatorl hanno
abbattuto due aeropani nemici, uno del
quail @ Caduto nellc nostre linee.
Ier sera uno del nostrl drigibill
nonostante un forte vento sfayorevole.
riuscr a gettare una tonnelata d ma
terale Explosive sulla stazone ferro-
yiaria di Galiano, in Val Lagarina, G
sIla Inca ferroviaria che va verso nord
in direzione di Mattarello. ST sono
osservati ottimi rsultati. IL nostro
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,e Tor nlanting tile home vegetable
snr should be ordered at once, so as
:. ,s on hand as soon as the weather ana
,,,,on Of the soil make planting possible
..,,rs ordering seed the home gardener
IA look over his plot, measure It's area
,.,n ' the soil. decide on the best location
~" - rogetable and determine how much
Tor cav" lii require for the space available
feeo no n hind Seeds cost more this
ior - In recent seasons and they may
yea, ,aher so It Is well to be prepared.
eo nu he helpful to make q roueh plah
IL WIZ M.onosed garden. somewhat after the
o vi vi nrinted today in answer TO an m
ourer. TO-, ,odic,+o tho spaces to be
..sd for each variety and also py means OIL
m.u ,encils or symbols show where a
coloi.u ron is to be planted or interplanted
t.on n.n growing rows, and also arrange
oeV.s ,so second and third crops which are to
10, 1.' ". chose previously harvested. Such a
,.n viI enable the gardener to Keep the
p.s pp"a,rd busy all season, supplying fresh
ssatob,es during the summer ana produc-
We ~ The late fall root and other crops Tor
winter use ,,.,..,. .,,od,rc ,nd working
=, the garden has been DONE IL Is as easy
IN raise two OF llltt 'lobS ''' w ,NN~b
v,,asn clean of weeds for producing only
~ ric,,iug. Those who are not used ia
V.s ..sanne or who wish to have their chill
ssran take an interest should have some
sns N do the heavy spading or breaking ur
~ The soil This work frequently dis
,,,e noyices and children who would con-
s,rue an interest i'm the garden III the task
r,e simply to cultivate soil already broken
40 A counle of hours of labor would he
.re,cicnt for the city back yard. In case
A. a suburban patch from Twenty-Five tc
Sfv feet and upwards, it is cheaper to have
Tho Mace plowed and narrowed at cost
n about ST. so for that area and more ir
nroportion to larger extent.
The questions of how much space and
time one must have for certain sized crops
and results are important, but just now
,hese can be deferred, since outdoor WORK
L lmuossible on account of the hard winter
I and late spring. Indoor gardening such as
the seed buying and planning spoken of is
possible
MANY plants can be started in the house
both vegetable and flower. and be ready
TO plant out when the ground is dry ant
warm Even without a hotbed one car
Z ret earlier crops of tomatoes, cabbage
4 caullfower, peppers eggplant and lettuce
( by starting seed early in boxes in the house
{: Early potatoes sometimes are forced II
Z the same way.
z Seeds so planted germinate and are ready
( for transplanting by the time it is safe
to sow the same kind OF seed in the oper
ground When danger of frost is ovel
and the soil is dry enough to work, there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-20
BY JOHN BARTRAM

fore, the home gardener starts his early
garden with seedlings we'll above the sur
face. Transplanting, if properly done in
stead of hurting, seems to help such plants
develop strong root system. Garden en-
thusiasts should get a good deal of pleas
IRE from this kind of preliminary indoor
gardening. hey also can use boxes to
hasten the blooming period of many sorts
of flowers which stand transplanting.
Any sort of wooden box filed with good
soil answers the purpose. The following di-
rections for making seed boxes and ham
ding the plants have been prepared by the
United states Department of Agriculture
for the guidance of the canning and gar
dening clubs in the North and West.
Seeds of early tomatoes and cabbage. as
we'll as CaulifOwer and pepper, should be
planted in a seed box in the house at once.
The seed box should be three to four inches
deep, twelve to fourteen inChs wide and
twenty to twenty-four inches long' The
deeper cigar boxes serve very well. Spe-
cal boxes can be bought cheaply. A layer
of about one inch of gravel cnders
should he placed in the bottom of the box,
then it should be filled nearly full of rich
garden soil, or soil enriched with decayed
leaves or manure. Bonemeal, sand and
backyard soil, equally mixed, is good
Soil should be pressed down firmly with
small piece of board and rows made one.
fourth to one-haf inch deep and two inches
be distributed eight or ten to the inch in
the rows and be covered The soil should
be gently watered. so as not to wash up
the seeds. and the box set in a warm place
III the light--n the sunshine by a window
being best Water enough must he given
gently from time TO time to cause the seeds
to terminate and grow thriftily, but not
enough to leak through the box. If a piece
Of glass is used to cover the box it will
hold the moisture in the soil and hasten
the termination of the seeds
When the plants are from an inch to an
inch and a half high they should be thinned
to one or two inches apart in the row, so as
stoCky growth. If it is desired to keep the
plants which are thinned out they may be
set two inches aparS each way in other
boxes prepared as mentioned for the seed
box.
When the weather becomes mild the box
of plants should be- set out of doors part
of the time. so that the plants will harden
off, in preparation for trarsplanting to the
garden later, A good watering should be
given just before the plants are taken out
of the box for tranSplanting, so that a
| large ball of earth will stick to the roots
! of each one.
GARDEN QUERIES ANSWERED
Planting Potatoes
! Friend John Bartram--I have about an acre
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1900 MIGLIA QUADRATE
EVACUATE DAI TEDESCHI
II Ripiegamento dele Fore del
Kaiser in Francia Continue ST
Attende la Battaglia
$50 VILLAGE PRE- 81
ROMA, 20 Mario.

ROMA, 20 Mario.
X state annunciato ufficialmerte oggi
dal Ministcro della Marina che una
squadriglia di idroaeroplani italiani C
francesi ha bombardato la grande base
navale austriaca di Pola, lasciandovi
cadere tonnellate di esplosivi che colpi-
rOno rarsenaIe con ottimi risultati.
Durante il bombardamento una
squadriglia di aeropIani austriaci 81 in
nalzo' per dare battagli3 al velivOli
italiani, ma essa fu MESA in fuga dagli
idroyo olanti francesi. Piu' tardi velivoli
austriaci bombardarono Grado, ma gil
italiani risposerO subito al bombarda-
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Most soil hcreahouts is clayey underneath. 1t
can be lightened by sand about half a ton for
your space. Finely siftcd ashes will also help
BE aII means put the manure IN u you can
be right for your area. ! give today, plan
for n garden within your limits. Buy the
tomato plants at about 80 cents a dozen. II
YOU want eggplants put in three in the row
with the bush lmas. You will need small pack
cts of each seed except the string or beans
Of which YOU will need a mint. Packets cost
10 cents. Pint of beans about 30 cents.
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For Plot 25 by 8 Feet

Friend John Bartram--T have piece Of
ground tback yard % feet long and o feet wide
and want to ask you about the earth in it. 1t
mas been all grass and very troublesome to got
Il growing right, too. | put shovel into 1t
Today and find that II Is clay underneath.
Would manure fix II up? can get plenty OF
that Would like to put few vegetables in IT,,
such as lettuce, lima beans eggplant and some
toma toes. etc. | have never done anything in
he farming line and would like to get your
advice on the matter, There is always plenty
OF sun. The yard opens into a small street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07
COMPETITIVE SPORT SUSPENDED
Athletic Associations of Colleges Act
as Result of War

Representatives of the athletic as
sociations of the leading eastern uni
vcrsitics and colleges met in New York
Yesterday and decided to suspend for
the time being 1T least all intercolegi-
ate sport competition as a result of the
declaration OF 4 state Of war.
At the conclusion Of Yesterday 5 con
ference it was announced that mllitar%
training in the institutions represented
had received such an impetus through
the present national emergency that
most OF the athletes were taking in
struction to such an extent as to in
terfere with Intercollegiate competition
For the present Yale, Princeton, Cor
nell. Harvard and Columbia have sus
pended all intercollegiate competition
The University of Pennsylvania vii
hold meeting OF its board Of director,
next Monday definitely to decide the
matter. 1t was agreed that as ath
! leties are helpful i'll military training
every effort viii he made to encourag,
such activities even if there be no in
| tereoiegiate competition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07

league had resulted III an increase of
nearly a million dollars in the value Of
crops grown III New England as its in
1uencc spread. H told of how a score
Of men from Springfield went to Chica-
90 Christmas week year ago and
pledged themselves to build a plant for
the National Dairy show. They did it.
and as . result the largest exhibit of
blooded live stock, the largest number
of exhibitors and the great number of
sales on the part Of exhibitors Of ma
chinerv ever recorded at a National
Dairy show was the result
The dairy show as such will not be
seen in Springfield again. The exposi-
ton has other and larger ideas, cmbrac-
ing agriculture, horticulture, fruit
growing, pig raising and other branches
of industry that will increase the pro
duction of the New England states.
He said that it has been found abroad
that it requires five men to keep one
man at the front, and now that oul
hand IS committed TO the task OF
maintaining democracy on earth al
should be committed to doing theil
| share towards that end.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Robertson ;!
talk thu audience arose aad, led by
Frederic c. Adams, sang one verse OF
America accompanied by Leitsinger
orchestra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07
Also Took IL Out Of the Is
Matches in Series Against
the Odd Fellows
ODD FELLOWS TOOK
GAME LAST NIGHT
Score ] 800 90 1884 - Capt. Marks of
Masonic PB Team Easily Led on
Average, Having 1o1 % for the Six
Games in Which He Played

The l1-t game of the series between
tho Masonic aud odd Fellows bowling
Teams was rollyd la,t night on the odd
Fellows alleys, when Capt. shaw s
mru defeated the Mason, 10y - pins,
the score being l,3s2 To l,2sl. Gould,
wlo ended his last string with three
strikes, took the single string houoIs
with tii and Thompson won high mark
ou total- with gsl, just q point above
Williams. Following were the scores
~ last night:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07
FAIR OFFICIALS
DINE TOGETHER
Patriotic Speaking Follows
Complimentary Dinner
in Brooks House
TO FEED COUNTRY
IMPORTANT DUTY

only one neat In InlS Race, says PreS- |
ident Walker of Board Of Trade -
Postmaster Moran, Rev. MI Trout
and MI. Robinson Speak
Patriotism, both the biAd that takes
man to the front and the kind that
keeps him at home to raise greater and
better crops in order that others may
light, was the keynote of the speeches
made yesterday afternoon Mt the am
nual complimentary dinner gwen 10 the
stockholders and advisory directors OF
the valley talr ASSOCIATION n the
Brooks house, following the annual
| business meeting.
President Oscar T. Benson presided
and introduced as the first speaker
President Horton y. Walker Of the
board OF trade, who promptly sounded
! the keynote He said that lie could
not tax of Valley fairs and boards Of
trade. The thought that the country
Is at war obiiteEaJed all else from his
mind
''Nour duty. " he asserted, lis as
clear as is the dutv of those boys who
marched away this morning. You men
who feed this country have got your
work cut out for Won, for in addition
TO feeding tins country we have got to
feed and clothe ald arm and equip the
j men Of the allied nations Who have
been fighting for u.s. This applies TO
the little fellow in New England whose
p farm is on an angl. Of 10 degrees Just
- as much as it does to the bigger brother
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07
Sporting Notes.

The National baseball commission
has taken Joe Wood off the ineligible
list without imposing a penalty. He
viii be member Of the Cleveland
club.
The Army nine plans to play out
what part OF the baseball schedule Is
not cancelled. Harvard and Williams
have cancelled their games with West
Point already.
Yale played two games yesterday de
featiug North Carolina agricultural and
engineering college III tie morning by
a score of 6 to and Trinity by the
same score in the afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07
AMERICANS IN PARIS LOYAL
Embassy Receives Offers of Nationals
to Enlist.

PARIS, April :. - The American en-
bassy has received offers to enlist from
many American residents in Paris or by
letter and telegram from those residing
in other parts Of France.
Members of the French cabinet called
upon Ambassador Sharp yesterday to
pay their respects in honor Of the en-
trance Of the United States into the
war. The ambassador also received many
congratulatory letters from eminent
FrcnchmCn