davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
SITUATION WANTED--MALE

NANIED-Permane position In South
bend By young mai WhO uas had eight
years OF exceptionally good experience IA
the manufacturing Of metal anu wooden
products. Has satisfactorily nlied posi-
tons from Office clerk 90 factory super
lEtendeut for one company and as gem
erdl manager OK smaller company. Best
q. direct references furnished. personal
tEterview desired. Box Is, News Times.
WANTED BoOkkeeper desires handling
or susHN set Of books evenings. Apply
Fox d, Ncws-TImes-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
MALE HELP WANTED.

vs. ANrED- First class tool makers Gil
lette Motors CO.. Mishawuka.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
FARM LANDS.

FOR SALE-Forty acre n-snl. good Eve
room house. 10 acres sandy loan. 80
black loan. lays level. fine location.
Also 20 acres heavy land, fair buildings
and fences, located south Of Lakeville.
This is an A-NO. l farm. VIII take city
property as partial payment Home
telephone lI5. Garmire and Petro Co.,
Mlshawaka.
] have for sale leo acres or irrigated
land In Colorado. IL looks as we'll and
produces as well as any land in St
Joseph County New six-rOom house,
barn. good we'll All fenced 90 acres
under cultivation. balance ready for the
pillow. IL miles from small town and
railroad station. Good schools and
churches. Good market for live stock
and grain VIII sell at $500 an acre or
exchange for home property. S1.OO00O
down. balance on long time at 6 per cent.
Take a vacation and let me show you
this farm +. VI. Jackson. Title Bldg
Main and Center streets
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

FOR SALE-Jersey COW. that produced
over 500 worth OF milk in 1915 Price
$50 cash. l.. l. Eckerley. Bell 9O03
FOR SALE-Wihtc and bun Orpington
eggs for Matching. Also Rhode Island
Reds and Plymouth Rock. 2205 Port
age av. Home phone 2094.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

MEN-OUr illustrated catalogue explains
how W. teach the barber trade quickly
mailed free. Moler Barber College. Chi
csgo. Ills.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

FOR SALE-$9.OO box top Wheeler &
Wilson machine for $500 Yes, il sews
good. Also good DROP head machine
with all attachments in good order for
$1,000. HaverstOck. PIG ). Main ST.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
LIVE STOCK.

FOR SALE Two year-old thoroughbred
Holstein bull j. W. Caufman. New
Carlisle, Ind Home 9lO2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

WHITCOMB X KELLER
Z room modern house. Riverside Drive.
y room modern house. Forest Ave.
, room modern house Golden Ave.
room modern house, Woodward Ave.
room modern house, Van Buren, st.
room IA OeTn house. Blaine Ave.
z room house, plumbing Diamond Ave.
D room house. plum Ding, L.. Broadway.
q room house. T.. Milton St
{ room M tdern house, T. Dayton St
room modern house. T. Dubail
MHiIOOAiB q KELLER
Farmers Trust Bldg
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

FOR SALE-Cassr grocery, living room
connected No delivery, busy corner.
Old stand. established trade. Best rea-
son for selling. Address Business. care
Nail Carrier No. IL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
HOW ITO WRITE
A WANT AID

First know what you want % sES.
Then say T. Use simVie ~ogda.
Make yOOr meaning absolutely cleaA
Leave nothing 30 the reeders IN
eginston--ss this want al does:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

FOR SALE-FreSh COW. Call Home
phone All.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
KODAK SUPPLIES.

THE AMERICAN DRUG Co. 133 y. Main
st, Il now handling a complete supply
o. kOdaks and Kodak Supplies OF every
description. We will sell yol anything
In the picture taking line and also de-
YelOp your hlms quick.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
% | ;= ''WANT ADS' Ask Want T. @
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-Furniture stoves. brackets,
tools, clothing. shoes. etc. 40 : Mich
igan 81.
FOR SALE-Special prices on incubators
and hovers Hot air. hot water and
electric. eos y. Main 81. Avery & Hull
FOR SALE-Earlv sweet potatoes. Call
Home phone 4S11.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
FOR SAIE-One gas range. two gas
heating stoves. one Woods electric car,
all I'm good condition; sold cheap II taken
at once: leaving city cause OF selling
Apply at 1918 Nistula av.
FOR SALE At a sacrifice new high
grade mahogany fumed oak. leather
and birdseye maple furniture: complete
for five rooms 132 Keasey ST.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
pRAIRIF FARM

so acres. level black land. good fences,
wheat. clover. 615 miles from South
Bend. good road, good buildings. wind
pump. stock tank.
BEST BARGAIN IN THE COUNTY.
II. Z. 5111. \. e. VOigt Mgr. Il. +. 432
Central Realty Co. 236 5. Michigan st
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

FOR SAILS room house In good
neighbOrhOOd. gas. good cellar. Half
tract If sold at once. Cali and see Gen
eral Sales Co. 724 j. VI. s. Bldg Home
phone 24S9. Bell phone 1874
FOR SALE-BaTgains in choice building
sites. east OF NOtre Dame university.
Large lots I1x153. az $50 10 $3.50. Also
SC me lots 40X140. with 5-year growth OF
fiuit trees. at $50 10 S22J. Easy terms.
81 down and 81 per week. Fifteen min
late car service. sc fare. Call Bell 1771 /;
Home 6C96.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

TOP SALE-Team mares Weighing 200.
Well broke 10 any kid Of farm work
VIII sell them very reasonable Call at
53J $ Michigan 81
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

FOR RENTING Jones street. 9
room Aouse. $500 Address
OWNER. carr HewBSEmes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07

FOR SALE-SOrreI mare. years old in
May. Weighing between 1000 and LOO.
very reasonable If taken at once. 2O2S
". Second st, Mishawaka.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
FARM lands.

FARM lands.
FOR SALE OR ENCHANGE-A fine 193-
acre farm at Hartford City. Michigan
e acres near st Louis. Mo. clear: ?
clear lots In Denver, Colo; 80 acres fine
buildings, . miles out on car line; 10
acres. orchard and buildings. ON car
line. 40 acres, g miles out on car line.
See me for bargains in farms ard city
real estate.
JAMES TRAIL
Home phone 622j. III L. Jefferson Blvd.
FOR RENT-Farm. Apply TO W. X.
MCHenry. lis :. Main st. Bell 299
Home phone J133.
FOR RENT-A 1Oi-acre farm for cash
rent Near the Logtown road school
house. Call Bell phone 94S1 Home
phone 100 from TO p. IN
FOR SALE-Cheap. 40 acre farm, nrst-
class ground, . miles northeast Of city.
acres woods near house. buildings
close. owned by aged couple who can
not keep it up. Would sell half. Apply
ZOE y. O'Brien st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
HORSES, WAGONS. CARRIAGES.

FOR SALE-Two horses, 3 and years
Old. Good workers Cheap II sold at
once. Cal! +35 ). Chaplin. Gross Bros,
Home CG1T.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-07
Statesmen "sS-ED.

lfAN-Opp rtunity for a first class
lrsman 20 sell listed dividend pay
lr- stock on a commission basis, stock
81 ~ experience lot absolutely ess n
tai. lid lne Insurance men zeal estate
and D..E men qualify very readily Adj
dress 'l- Nu. Is. Jones, +. -. Box 81.
sew 41.A City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
AMERICAN SHIP ToRPEDoED.
Sixty three Men Missing From Steam
.er Aeteon, Sunk in Mediterranean.

Sixty three Men Missing From Steam.
ser Aeteon, Sunk in Mediterranean.
Washing Nov. --Sixty-th
men are missing I'm the three unac-
counted for boats Of the American
steamer Actaeon, reported torpedoed
yesterday by a German submarine.
The navy's official report said boat
with twenty survivors landed at Cape
Finisterre yesterday adds nothing more
to published accounts Of the sinking.
Fifty-eight men, including twenty
six American citizens and five natur-
allied Americans, comprised the crew
Of the Actaeon. reported sunk off the
European coast.
The London cablegram made no men,
ton Of the United States naval gunners
aboard, nor do the names Of any ap-
pear in the records Of the United States
shipping commissioner here. 1t Is as
sumed there were some on board in
asmuch as the bessel was controlled by
the United States shipping board.
Formerly the German steamship
Adamstrum. of 5000 tons gross, the
Actaeon left New York early in Octo-
Der carrying government supplies for
Bordeaux. 1t is believed she was on
the return voyage when sunk. She was
commanded by w. J. Johnson. Tho
vessel was built in Germany In 1909,
and was seized by this government at
ter the war with Germany began.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
MEANS JURY COMPLETED.
Prosecution Begins Introduction o.
Evidence in Murder Trial.

Prosecution Begins Introduction OF
Evidence in Murder Trial.
Concord, N. c., Nov. 2S.-The first
witnesses by whose testimony the
prosecution expects to show that Gas
ton b. Means murdered Mrs. .Maude ~
King here last August were ready to
testify at the opening Of Cabarrus
county court today. The jury. consist
ing Of nine farmers and three cotton
mill workers, was completed yesterday
and the solicitor announced he would
open his case with testimony Of L. n.
Weddington a local undertaken, and
Capt. W. S. Bingham. Of Concord. VINO
was a member of the automobile party
that went to Blackwelder Springs the
day Mrs. King met death.
Before the states witnesses were
sworn, Solicitor Clement asked the de-
fense to turn over to him all clothing
Mrs. King wore the night she Was
shot, including her hat gloves and slip
pers. The defense refused to turn art
icles over ANY more than the prosecu-
ton turned over to us our papers"
referring to documents alleged to have
been seized in Means New York apart
ment.
DR.. P. r. McF'adden, a local physl-
clan. then was called and told of being
called to hospital the night of the
tragedy and finding Mrs. King dead.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
ALLIES WILL NOT CONSENT.
Probable They Will Declare 6olsheviki
Allies of Germans.

Washington, Nov. 2s.-The American
government and the entente allies as
well will determine whether the Rus
sian bolsheviki shall be classed as al
lies OF Germany as soon as information
can be obtained concerning the confer
ence Of bOlsheviki and German lead
ers.
Dispatches yesterday stated thet
German officials were in Petrograd
actively engaged as advisors to Lenine.
Today 1t is said bolsheyiki representa-
tives had crossed into Germany for
conferences.
The developments more than con-
f1rmed the contention Of those who
have held from the first that the hoi-
.sheviki was fostered by German propo.
ganda seeking to break Russia from
her allies.
One of the first acts of the allied
governments when they learned Off
cially that the bolsheviki are actively
working with the Germans undoubt-
edly will be to withdraw their embas-
sizes in Petrograd. Whether the Dip
lomatic corps would go to one OF the
adjacent neutral countries to await
development, or whether it would
move to some other part Of Russia,
where q new government considered
representative Of the Russian nation,
rather than of an anarchial faction.
might be set up, will be determined
later.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
Farm Products Sufficient
to Pay First Years
Expenditures.
NEW RECORDS MADE
ON AMERICAN FARMS
Gross Total Produced by American
Farmers This Year is $1,000, ,o0o, 900
Value Of Principal Farm Crops is
S12,00O00O 00O-Corn Accounts for
One-Third of Increased Total Farm
Products Value.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Thanksgiving
day finds Americas horn Of plenty
with new high record fullness. Re-
spending faithfully to President Will
sons appeal and the needs Of war
torn world, American farmers produced
a gross total of $4,000, 100000 worth
Of farm products. equal in value to the
nations total expenditure in one year
Of war.
That great total being the value OF
all crops, animals and animal products
was $500. 100000 greater than last
years and more than the combined
value of any two previous years. There
were record crops Of corn, oats, rye,
white and sweet potatoes, tobacco and
beans.
The principal farm crops will reach
more than $4,000. 100000 in value;
minor crops, $500, ,000, ,GG0, and animals
and animal products, including butter
cheese and eggs, about $6,5oO, 900, 900.
This years values are based on pre-
liminary production estimates and
prices paid to producers. Nov. l, report
ed by the department OF agriculture.
Record Production Of Corn.
Corn, the country's greatest crop, ac-
counts for about one third Of the in
creased total farm products value FOR
this year. 1t is estimated at about s4,-
$50, ,00O, 900, compared with s2a29S, 600, O09
last year; 81. .723, 600 900 in 1915. and ST.
77.00O,O 900, the average for the five
years, 1904. In point Of quantity
corn this year saw its largest produc-
ton.
Wheat IS worth more than a billion
dollars for the second time in American
farming history. Its value is estimated
at $3.50 900 900. compared with ST.
OPS, ,765, 900 last year $943,303,O00 in
1915. and s629 1888, 900, the average value
Of 1910-14.
No other crop has reached the BILL
lion dollar total. altho oats comes
within $25, 100000 Of that figure.
Potatoes passed the half billion dol
lar mark. with total of S562,0O0,oO0 as
compared with 417,O6s 900 last year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
Rejuunateed Army of
Little Belgium, No,D
Ready to Meet Cal

Havre, Nov. 15.-(By maiD-Ten d.
visions strong, the Belgian army IS
ready to take it's part in the offensive
in Flanders whenever the word is
given.
The Belgian minister of war today
told the Associated Press that the
Belgian army of III, 900 men at the be-
ginning of the war was reduced to co.
900 men after the battle Of User Since
then, by the enrolment of Belgian ref
ugees and~-she enlistment of volun-
teers who have braved the live wire
barriers on the Holland frontier, it has
been brought up to ten divisions Of
well trained troops. +
If our army has not undertaken op-
erations of a wider scope up to this
t1me." says the minister ut is because
1t does not devolve on 1t to decide the
moment when these operations should
begin.
"The army is only part of the COM
plned forces acting in unison and in
accordance with carefully developed
plans. The army has valiantly> filled the
role, more ungrateful than glorious,
that has been assigned to it. 1t has
Just proved by its brilliant participa-
tlon in the last offensive in Flanders
that it is ready to attack with fervor
and awaits -impatiently the hour"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
WILL HEAR MEMS DEMANDS.
Big Packers Agree to Conference With
Union Employees.

Chicago, Nov. 2s.-Consent of the big
packers to meet representatives Of the
stock yard labor unions has been OBJ
tanned. At conference to be held in
the near future wage scale and work.
ing conditions in the packing houses
in nine cities will be discussed.
Recognition Of the union is the first
point in the union demands, which in
clude the eight-hour day, time and a
half for overtime, double time for Sun
days and holidays, wage increase of 81
a day over the amount now paid for
a ten-hour day, and a per cent in
crease in piece work on a ratio Of that
now secured by workers In the same
category, no change in the guaranteed
time of forty hours a week now in ef-
feet, improved sanitary conditions, and
abolition Of the company's sick and
death benefit associations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
Conference of Allied Ma
tiOns to Take Import
ant Stand.
GERMANY READY
FOR AN ARMISTICE
Reported to Have Consented to 6oI-
sheviki Request For Cessation Of
HostiIities on All Fronts Pending
( Discussion Of Peace-Situation in
Russia More Chaotic and Lenine
Crowd Gradually Losing Strength.

Representatives Of tho allied
powers, are in Paris for confer
snes upon which the future Of war
activities probably vii! depend.
Jhs French leaders have been
joined by the representatives Of
the United States, Great Britain
and italy.
a basis for joint action against
the central powers will be deter
mined at the conference, it is indi'
Gated, and the future policy toward
Russia may be decided upon.
Altho the bolsheviki apparently
have been unable to extend their
power beyond Petrosrad and Mos
cow, they continue their efforts
toward an armistlce and peace.
Indications are that tho opposi'
tion to the boIsheviki is rapidly
gaining strength. A conference Of
tho opposition to consider tho for
nation of 4 coalition government
il reported. Among these men
thsrs are Professor MilukoH,
lender Of the constitutional demo.
cratic party and one Of the prom.
mont actors in the March revolu-
tien; nsmssrs Of the socialist
sparty, and prominent military lead
sDbUS fsSs IL " 5ss.5 -as, N ssS.~s = -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
British Meeting More Stub
born Resistance But Re-
port Progress.
DESPERATE FIGHT
WAGED FOR FONTAINE
British Infantry Occupies Town After
Sansuinary Street Fighting But
Later Retires Before Reinforced
Enemy-StiIl Cling to Suburban
Posts and Again Attempt to Gain
Possession Of Village.

As the British press toward
Crambrai from the west they en-
counter more resistance. Heavy
encounters are in progress near
the village Of Bourbon and Fontaine
Notre Dame. Both these villages
were occupied by the British last
week, only to be lost in tho face Of
strong German counter attacks.
General Byns's men are making
progress.
Fear Of German threat that she
would seize a base in Denmark,
should Norway permit the allies to
obtain base in her territory, Is
purported to be behind the confer
ence Of the three Scandinavian
kings in Chrstiania.
From Cope nhagen two weeks ago
It was reported the rulers Of Nor.
way, Sweden ard Denmark, with
their premiers and foreign mini
sters, would meet in the Norwegian
capital on Nov. %. It is now dis
closed that German hostility to
Norway has reached such state
that Germany believes Norway was
about to aid the allies and had in
formed Denmark that If such a
step wers taken Germany would
occupy Denmark as counter
measure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
U. s. ARrILLERYMEN KILLED.
Five Others Severely Wounded During
Duel With Big Guns.

Duel With Big Guns.
Washington, Nov. 2S.-Two American
soldiers were killed and five were
severely wounded in an artillery COM
bat with the Germans on Nov. 20, Gen.
eral Pershing reported.
Those killed were:
Private Harry L. Miller, field artll-
lery; address, Mrs. L. Copeland. 1902
Center street, Baker. Ore.
Private Charles Rissmiller. field ar
tillery; mother, Mrs. Clara Rissmiler,
1921 Moss street, Reading, Pa.
Severely wounded:
Sergt. Julian M. Peek. field artillery;
emergency address, 2. B. Peek, Hart
we'll, Ga.
Sergt. Andrew Engstrom. field artll-
iery; Mrs. o. Engstrom, wife, Fort Sill,
Okla.
Private Harry c. Watkins. field ar
tillery; Fannie B. Watkins. mother,
North Bend. Ore.
Private Oscar F. Jones. field art!l-
lery; Mrs. Maria Jones, mother Lucas,
10.
Private Joseph Levitt, field artillery:
Roy Woodside, friend, Mount Holly,
N. J.
General Pershlng also reported two
deaths due to pneumonia. They were
Private William J. Hogan, engineers;
sister. Rosie Windham Atkins. S. c.,
Nov. 81, and Private Harry ]. Morri-
son. headouarters troop: mother. Mrs.
Minerva Morrison, Punxsutawney Pa,
died Nov. %.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
IOWA GIRL KILLED
ON EVE OF WEDDING
Ruhama Hilton, to Be Married Thurs
day, Victim Of Auto Accident Near
Malvern-Lover Comes For We'd
ding, Remains For Funeral.

Special to Times Republican.
Malvern, Nov 2S.-Miss Ruhama
Hilton, aged %, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Hilton, who was to have
been married tomorrow, was buried
yesterday, death being the result Of an
automobile accident a short distance
from the Hilton home. Walter Coiner.
of Idaho. who came here Monday to
claim his bride was one of the chief
mourners.
The car driven by the dead girl, was
occupied by her sister and two other
young women, who We're going to town
on an errand and preparatory to the
Thanksgiving Day wedding The car
skidded on a hill covered with light
snow and turned over. The steering
wheel was resting on Miss Hilton's
neck. She was a graduate OF Iowa
State College, Ames.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28

was believed to have come in contact
with Villa forces and general engage
ment is expected during the next
twenty four hours.
Dead and wounded federal officers
and soldiers were being brought to
Guaymas, Sonora, on special trains
after the engagements between Yaauis
and federals last week. reports reach
ing here last night stated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
Socialists Sill Hopeful.

London, Nov 28.-Concerning tn.
proposal OF T. Stauning, leader of the
Danish socialist party, for alconference
Of the socialist internationals next
month, to further 9 general peace, an
Exchange telegraph dispatch from
Fredensborg, Denmark. says: ssse
The Vorwaerts esof Berlin, saying
that the German socialists would sup
port the proposed international peace
conference warmly and energetically
as they did the unsuccessful Stockholm
conference, means the conference will
not be dependant upon the Issuance Of
passports by the entente powers"
The conference can not allow the
governments of states which arc only
apparently democratic to deprive them
OF the right to influence the peace
question"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28

Fetrosrad. Nov 27--1t is announced
Officially at the smolny Institute, the
headquarters Of the bolsheviki. that
representatives Of Ensign Krylenko.
the bolsheviki commander in chief,
have crossed to the German side, and
entered into negotiations with the Ger
man military authorities.
Y Representatives sent by Kry-
lenko have been received in the
German lines and informed by
the German commander that the Ger
mans have officially consented to i'm
mediate negotiations for an armistice
on all fronts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
IBy the Associated Press.1


Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy. Nov. PA visit to the vicinity
to Monte Monfera and other mountains
in the fighting zone and then to the
north on the Piaye line. where it joins
the mountain front, afforded opportuu-
ity to see this central point Of this pres
'ent great strnggie.
General Garlbaldi, commander Of the
famous Alpine brigade. declared tha
fighting had shown the italians coud
hold the line beyond any question.
Speaking of the spirit Of his men hs
added:
IF the enemy ever does get past
owing to superior generalshlp or supe-
rority of guns. 1t will only be over the
dead bodies Of our troops"
Italians Reinforced.
The roads leading to the battle front
showed increasing masses Of troops be-
ing brought up for concentration on
the threatened lines. Much artillery
was coming in. Men and horses seemed
to be in good condition after the hard
drive.
Miles OF infantry moved forward, the
ranks showing fresh and youthful
troops. They wore steel helmets and
were getting ready to go into action.
Passing headquarters Of the fourth
army. which holds the vital line be-
tween the Brenta and Piave rivers. a
staff officer Of General Robilant, COM
mander Of this army, summed up the
general situation as satisfactory, the
reports showing that the enemy was
hcinC held.