The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-09


Trieste, though the forward move
| mcnt Slackened considerably and much
/ OF the time WAS given to consolidating
/ the positions already won, and heating
| off the furious counter-aSSaultS of the
| Austr,anS. The Italians captured San
! Giovanni, one of the key defenSes of
. Trieste. and Il was reported that all
| noncOmbatants had ben ordered to
leave the latter city. Indicating that
| the AuStrianS did not hope to hold pos
session of it much longer. The evident
plan of the Italians was to move on
Trieste along the coast of the Adriatic.
avoiding the mountainous country far
Their north and obtaining the aid of
british warships. Northeast of Cor
III the Italians made some further
progress. The achievements of the
Italian soldiers in this offensive are
truly wonderful. when the nature of
me country and the strength of the
opposition are considered, and their
bravery and high spirit are unsur-
passed.
In France there was violent artil-
lery firing through the week. and the
cOmbatS in the air were numerous and
spectacular. Again the allied airmen
demonstrated their superiority over
those Of the German army. The Brit
ish aviators have been especially ac-
tive. and in night flights have dropped
many tons of explosives on military
establishments of the enemy far bacB
of the lines.
The lull in the activity of other
arms on the west front was taken 70
presage another big offensive. and this !
time 1t is predicted that the Germans
are preparing tremendous effort 10
smash France before American troops |
can help her.
Another marked decrease i'm the |
number of British ships sunk by sub
marines is noted in the weekly admir-
atty report. Among the vessels lost
were hospital ship and an armored
crdiser. Spain and Norway were fur
Their aggravated by the sinking of more
of their vessels.
The Brazilian chamber of IDENTITIES
the revocation of the de-
cree OF neutrality, and the senate fol-
lowed this up by authorizing an ALI
ance of Brazil with "Other states to
defend the American republics against
the world"
To Organize Farm Labor.
The department of agriculture an
nounced the governments detailed
plan for the organization of farm la
Dor. The work already has been
started in 40 states. The plan pro-
Vldes for strictly local handling of all
labor problems that can be adjusted
locally. The fundamental unit of the
is the community man"
who. with the assistance of such COM
nlttees as he may appoint, canvasses
lis own neighbOrhOOd. finds out what
arlners need help and what men are ,
AVAILABLE for supplying the local need.
If, after all local adjustments have {
'een made, there remains either a
iehcit or surplus of labor, he reports
o the county man." whose business
is to effect adjustments I'm his coun-
y. The county man, in turn, reports !
hd deflcit of surplus TO the "state
man,. who canvasses the situation for
ne state as whole and reports to {
he department of agriculture. s
The finance committee of the senate .
pent the week in revampiny the war
evenue bill. In the house the food
urvey bin, the lesser of the govern
1ents two food measures. was passed.
On Thursday the house by a vote of
"a to IA. retained the espionage hill
D the conference committee of the
wo houses with instructions to elimi-
ate the press-censorship section on
ne adoption of which the president
al been insistent. The senate al
Pady had voted against the provision.
he house was Influenced considerably
charges that the administration
al been suppressing the truth about
ealth conditions in the navy, and if
as shown later that the senate had
ept secret report of Surgeon Gen
'al Braisted describing the epidemics
the navy and the primitive condi-
ons under which the medical officers
ere forced to labor
Two destructive tOrnadoes swent
trough central Illinois, the towns of
attoon and Charleston being the
orst sufferers. About 300 lives were
st, and the property damage was
lormous. These storms were fol-
wed by others farther south IN the
ississippi valley that killed about 70
ore persons.