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has reached the point where an Allied
attack now would he most opportune
and welcomed by a large part OF the
Bulgarian people.
The field of action along the Adriauc
now seems to hold out such promise for
the Allies that some part OF the Amer
lean army and the other forces in France
may be drawn upon to aid the drive
in southeastern Europe and tear down
Germany's back door.
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HORVATH'S IRON RULE
PROTESTED BY ALLIES

Pekin. July ,5.--The British. French
and japanese MiniSters to China have
prot ested to General Horvath. the anti
Bolshevik military commander. who has
formed a temporary war cabinet for
Siberia. asking him to withdraw his die
tatorship proclamation. on the ground
that il is unwise and untimely.
is calculated to cause situatior whicn
may impede the movement of the
Czecho-Slovaks. which movement at the
present time is all-impovant General
Horvath Is requested to reply to the
diplomatic protest
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ALLIES CONTINUE
ALBANIAN ADVANCE

Vienna. July Is.
Allied troops in Albania continue to
advance, says an ofticial statement from
3Austro- n hungarian headquarters today.
| IIncreaS fed activity is noted on the Italian
Ifront. The statement reads
Between Larke Garda and the Adige
1.-THE reciprocal artillery fire was very ac-
Tive On the Venetian mountain front
[actiyity has increased This morning
Italian battalions. fruitlessly attacked
southwest of Asiago aud north of Monte
di Valbella. An engagement on the
western slopes Of the Brenta Valley also
ended in our favor.
| "In Albania the enemy is gradually
pressing forward against our new line of
Resistance. In the Devoi Valley a
| French squadron has been repulsed.
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Lewistown. Pa. July 15..Char'es Nc
Colin. eighteen years old. Of Bellevillp
so badly crushed his right leg when his
motorcycle Colided with an automobile
near Reedsville that amrutatiOu was
found necessary at the local hospital.
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Will Hurl Drive Northward
From Italian and Crecian
Frontier
100000 GREEKS TO AID
Austria Collapses and Bulgars
Favor Entente-U. S. to
Take Part
BD star Correspondent

bu'N 10,
The Allies have their plans prepared
for big drive against Austria Hungary
from the Italian and Greek frontiers.
which will mark the beginning of great
er activity in the Balkans. where Ger
many. for the last two years. has held
almost undisputed sway.
In the last six months. numerous
events have occurred in Austria and
throughout the Balkans. favorable TO
the Allies and disastrous to GERMANY.
which make drive from the south at
this time appear to hold considerable
advantage t. the Allies
Italian and French forces arc exucct-
ed to bear the brunt of the fighting in
southern Europe, because that region
is easier for them to reach.
But some American and British Colo
nial regiments will do their part and
some help is hoped for from the Greeks.
who are now understood to be about
ready to put approximately 25NOO0 we'll
armed and equipped men in the field
The proposed attack on Austria Is be
lieved to come at most opportune time
now. when that country has been struck
n staggering blow by the Italians along
is in turmoil. with bread riots and
sabotage uprisings.
Cuts or Aid TO Kaiser
A drive on Austria now would With
hold from Germany any possible help
from Austria Hungary in withstanding
the increasing pressure OF the Allies
along the western front.
1t would also add immensely to the
flame Of discontent rapidly spreading
within the borders of Germanys prin-
cipal ally.
The Austrian Government is known to
be approaching very near to a complete
downfall. 1t no longer has parlia-
ment. has been bankrupt for some time.
its army is discontented and has lost its
fighting power and spirit, and its people
are intensely tired of the war and OF
German domination.
The recent activity of the FranCo-ltal
ian armies in Albania and Macedonia is
but the beginning of a big drive. in
tended to wrest from Germany entire
dominance of the regions lying southeast
Of the German Empire.
Greeks to Add 25O.O00,
For some time there was doubt of the
advsabiity of sending complete equip
has now been removed and the Greek
force has been assisted by the Allies TO
the point where $50. 900 effeCtives can be
put in the field.
While the Serbian and Greek armies
have been recovering from the mon
strous effort OF the combined German.
Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkish armies
to exterminate them, the army of Bull
sara, right along their borders, has
been growing steadily weaker and the
Bulgarian people becoming more dis
contented.
The treaty which Germany made with
Rumania at Bucharest was all for
Germany and none for Bulgaria although
Bulgaria expected great things when she
threw in her lot with Germany against
her knsfolks the Russians. Bulgaria
has been northern Dobrudja snatched
from her by Germany and is not sure
that Turkey or Rumania will not even
tually get the southern Dobrudja.
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ALBANIAN LINES
DRIVEN TONORTH
Italian Guns Now Domi.
nate Devoli River and
Important Roads
USE TORCH
Enemy's Further Rout Will
Clear Communication to
West Macedonia
kUSTRIANS USE TORCH
By the United Press

Rome. July els.
Turthr advances by the Italians and
French in southern Albania have ser-
usly compromised the enemy positions.
ind probably will necessitate further
0snmunica tions between western Mace
Ionia and the Adriatic n dispatch from
he Italian front in Albania stated to-
lay
The Austrians continue to fan back
h disorder, burning depots ard villages
which they are forced to abandon. The
illage of Butcher is in flames.
Italian troops. cooperating with the
French. have reached Gunaka pass
The French have completely cleared
he heights dominating the confluence . E
The DeNoli and Tomorica Rivers. Brit
sh attacks in Macedonia made SUCCESS
fuI raids against the Bugarians west of
lake Doiran.
Paris. July Is.
The French War Office has issued
he following:
In Albania the French troops con.
tinped their successful advance:
they drove the enemy from Hill 500
and from the village of Marta. at
the confluence of the TormorCa
and Devoli Rivers. On the right
bank of the Devoli we occupied
Gramshi
London. .luly Il.
Reuters correspondent on the Mace
Qonian front says:
The allied operations in southern
Alba MIA are resulting i'm one success
after another. in spite of the difficult
nature of the country, There are nc
'oads in the battle zone and com
nunications. are being kept up over
The rocky preciDitOus mule paths.
'"While the Italians are pusnine
Rlong on the western wing aud ~ the
Ecenter.s where contact is being main
tnined with the French. the French
Rre making good progress in the
Bosnia region by overcoming eremS
resistance and capturing the ridges o.
ixosnitza and The descending slopes.
1.-THE Austrians no longer are as lie
Rtermined as they formerly were ant
'surrenders are more frequent. espe
cfally among the Slavs, who are deat
3tired of campaigning in the mountains
and throw up their hands at the frs
opportunity. The Austrians are burn
|ing depots and villages which they
abandon.
"All Information obtainable is to tn,
|effect that the enemy's position ir
southern Albania Is seriously com
promised and that there probably will
he further retreat in the north, thu!
Freeing our communications between
western Macedonia and the Adriati
coast"
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bulgaria has seen her foodstuffs
shipped to. Germany, while the Bull
garian people starved. until sentiment
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BELGIUM 4 PEACE PAWN
TO TRADE FOR COLONIES
Copenhagen, July Is.

Copenhagen, july 10.
Chancellor Won Hertling's pronounce
ment on Belgium is regarded in high
German political circles, says dis
patch from Berlin to the Politiken. as
merely concrete statement OF the
position long maintained by the Ger.
man Government. namely. that Bel
gium is only a pawn for Germany's
use at the peace table. The dispatch
adds:
"President Wilson's speeches had
given the world the idea that Ger
many hoped to retain Belgium, and
because of this a concrete statement
was deemed necessary.
German officials take it for granted
that Germany will be compensated for
the return of Belgium by getting back
all her colonies and obtaining free
routes to them.
). "'The fate of Belgium. according to
these officials, depends upon whether
the Entente will accept these condi-
tions. If the Entente tries to enforce
policy of taking away the German
from the outside world Germany will
colonies and in cutting Germany off
not surrender Belgium"
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Stockholm, July 15.-In treating
what is characterized as Gernanys
new peace offensive the scandinavian
newspapers give great prominence to
Berlin dispatches picturing Germany
as ready for peace and dealing par
tirularly with the Imperial ChnnCel
lor's alleged remuneration of Belgium.
Some of the newspapers also bolster
up the German peace scheme by
printing dispatches from Switzerland
and other points in an eudeavor to
show that the Entente countries are in
a receptive mood for peace
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Two very low prices on dresses that will meet
with the instant approval of smart dressers.
Many combined with Georgette and braid or
covered but ton trimmed Newest tunic and pla n
ful-Skirt effects. Navy, black plum and taupe.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

Of cars there will always be an inclination
on the part Of the miners to knock off
work. In urging government control this
paper says:
"Therc is just one way by which the mines
can be kept running, and that is for the gov
ernmcnt 20 operate them. If the govern
rent can operate the railways of the coun-
try, it is certain it can operate the mines
Government operation of the mines will be
an accomplished fact within very short
period of time"
Again, government control is seen by
"Thc Seattle Republican" as the only
means of averting future calamities in the
fuel situation. This paper writes:
"Under government control it is expected
that better system Of distribution will
prevail and that if more coal can be mined
it can be transported to it's destination with
less delay. 1t is proposed to supply every
section from the mines that nearest.
Formerly the shipper had the right to route
his traffic as he saw fit This occasioned
unnecessary long hauls which will be cut
out by the Director Of Railroads, making
for increased efficiency in the prompt han
ding and distribution Of fuel by the most
direct methods possible.
with increased facilities for dist tribution
an increase in the coal output is looked for,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

port. The whole marvellous empire of the
motor has produced no greater miracle
than the achievement of the gasolene- pro-
PEELED vehicle, which has made possible the
feeding and purveying of the enormous
hghtlng hosts Indeed, supply and trans
port are so closely related that one cannot
exist without the other They are the real
afiinities of the service"
And further:
Under the terrific pressure of army needs
the utlltarian side of the motor, from cycle
to fivc-ton truck, has been rcorganized and
given rebirth of efficiency. Three years Of
way have advanced the industry more than
ten years of peaceful investigation. The re-
suits are of almost incalculable benefit to the
entire business. They furnish one of the
many stimulating examples of regeneration
wrought out of monster destruction"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

cold recorded in the city's history is made
tcnfold more trying by a coal famine which
everybody predicted, but which nobody had
sufficient grasp of the situation to avert.
1.-The causes of coal shortage in
such weather means terrible sufering-are
several. Consider only one of them:
notwithstanding the urgent reconmcn
datons OF the fuel adm nistration and de-
spite the patriotic action OF The officers of
tho miners organization in calling on tho
United Mine Workers OF America to take
only two holidays, Christmas and New
Years. in view of the country's pressing
need for an extra coal. output of ut least
5O000,00O tons, we learn that the miners
generally ignored the request and that not
only was work done in the mines on
Christmas Day, but for several days follow
ing only a fraction Of the usual amount of
coal was available for shipment. The same
conditions are expected to prevail on New
Years Day and for two or three days there
after.
"Thc miners know the demand FOR the
product Of their labor is enormous. They
are assured of as many hours employment
as they want at high wages. They mean to
take as many holidays as they choose
Government control of the mines is the
only solution of the problem, according
to "The Nashville Tennesseean," which
finds that as long as there is a shortage
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

Remington Arms Company, engaged in
the manufacture of rifles for the United
States armies, had been running only
part time for more than u month An
official of that company declared that the
shortage Of fuel had resulted in the dis
continuing Of the night shift, which on his
own admission makes at least one-thrd
of the daily rife output. The Union Metal
lie Cartridge Company is in similar
boat, because it gets its power from the
Remington company's plant. Other great
industries, such as the Locomobile Com
pany Of America, appear to bo in an
equally serious plight
In New England the situation is no
less acute. 1t is, perhaps, more so, be-
cause Of its distance from the source Of
supply. To alleviate the critical stage
there the Navy Department and the Ship
ping Board united their efforts for assist
ance, with the result that nine ships have
been transferred to coal service direct
to Boston and several thousands of tons
Of steam coal at the Charleston NAVY
Yard have been released by Secretary
Daniels for the immediate relief of tho
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

New England metropolis. In hurried
trip to Washington James J. Storrow.
Fuel Administrator for New England, was
Immediately ushered into an interview with
Secretary Of War Baker. In that inter
view Mr.. Story told the Secretary of War
some astonishing facts.
"Unless immediate and effective action
IS taken by the government within few
days to increase the movement Of coal to
New England" he said, "many hundreds
of millions in war equipment which the
government is expecting the New England
factories to produce will not be pro-
duced."
The seizure Of the railroads by the gov
ernment and the subsequent installation
of Mr.. McAdoo as Director General have
served to smash the priority tanglc. One
OF the first acts Of Director General Nc
Adoo was to order immediate relief of
the coal shortage in New York City, New
England and other sections. He asked
Mayor Hylan for all the available CITY
employees to unload coal at the New Jer.
sey tidewater terminals. He suspended
for the present, all government priority
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

ly to prepare to defend the rights of the
nation which for months had been endan-
gercd and denied bv the high handed and in
human acts Of the German government
Adherence to strict neutrality
through long months of delicate situations
delayed the beginning of activity for military
PREPARATION What this delay meant to the
government has been clearly brought out bv
the cross examination of General Crozier
Chief OF Ordnance, before the Congressiona
committee We wish that every thinking cit
izen could read in full the verbatim report of
this investigation, which lies before US as
we write. 1t affords a most illuminating in
sight into the mental attitude of the man who
has been chiefly responsible for the equip
ment of the forces Of the United States with
arms and munitions. 1t is perhaps too strong
a comparison to make, but General Crozier's
statements before the Congressional investi-
eating committee remind us not a little of
that bureau chief who, at the time of the
Spanish-American War, complained that his
bureau was in perfect running order until
the war came along and upset it ALL"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

motor trucks made possible a successful de-
fence, 1000 of them moving in an endless
thlrty-mlle procession, coming and going,
The subsequent steady pressure on the West
ern front was made feasible only through the
service of motor vehicles, and finally the
crushing of the Hindenbure line before Cam
bral brought home to US the giant power of
the tanks. These grotesque war Instruments
arc development of the armored car. using
caterpillar tread, which is an American in
vention."
The writer also goes into the question
of gasolene, declaring:
"Gasolene, too, is military asset, on a
par with the motor vehicle itself American
science has been concentrated on the produc-
.'on . OF more and more high grade gasolene
from each gallon of crude oil.
In the last year we have furnished the AL
lies with 350000,0 900 gallons. In the United
States we have $50 refneries, with total
capacity at present greater than the demand.
ripe line and other transportation facilities
are ample. In France we are erecting vast
tanks for the use of our own army.
"The daily production Of gasolene in the
United States has been estimated at 6,849 900
gallons, while the daily war needs at present
are less than 100000 gallons. The National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce estimates
that the needless use Of automobiles con-
sumes only 13 per cent of the total. 1t figures
that the utility of passenger cars requires
20 per cent Commercial cars consume 10
per cent. The Chamber says that the total
American war needs for year are $50, 900 900
gallons, and that we might, through various
economies and without cutting off the pas
senger automobile, save in year 561. 900 900
gallons"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Women and the War

w 1OMEN are to be employed as
wv rush hour" street conductors in
st. Louis by the United Railways
Company, according to an editorial by
President McCulloch in the companys bull
letin.
DR.. Margaret Carraway has been elect
ed president of the Board of Health Of
harrison County, Miss, one of the h-,e
women in the South to receive such dis
tinction.
Many girls at Wellesley College are tax
ing a war course in wireless telegraphy.
The California State Industrial Wei
1are Commission has ordered that no ex-
perienced woman or minor employed IN
that state in laundry or city cleaning
establishment shall be paid less than $10s
week.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Until the War Came Along and
Upset 1t All"
The OutIO0

~ ATURALLY, the whole country is
' eagerly watching the elaborate in
vestigations into Americas conduct Of the
war. In an article on Testing the War
Machinery of Nation" appearing in
THE Outlook for December 26, appears
this paragraph:
"Thc investigation into the activities OF
the War Department has already resulted in
the puollcatlon Of information of great valne
1t has shown with unmistakahle clarity the
complete failure Of the War Department to
make adequate provision for the great con-
hict upon which we have entered. The cx-
planation of this lack Of preparation is frank
~ set out IN the annual report OF the Secre-
tary Of War. Secretary Baker said: THE
United States entered the great conflict
as belligerent power, and began Immediate
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
S Down to Wheatlessness and Meatlessness

ton Of demand will in time regulate prices
Secondly, that if, in some cases, it still
involves sacrifice the sacrifice is needed
and is after all very small compared to
the need. zone meatless day week.
says "The Arkansas Gazette" "may not
reduce the price Of meat, but it will IN.
crease the surplus with which to feed or.
allies"
In 1.-THE Kansas City Times" one ccmex
upon this statement:
1--WE think we are doing we'll for our caus.
when we observe wheatless day every
week-and even then we sometimes eat
graham bread with the idea that it is made Of
graham -four and not of wneat four But in
England, where they are fighting FOR opr
cause, people eating some form of wa,
bread almost exclusively. In certain cases
of disease the government grants permits
for white -four.
"England has several million men under
arms and has suffered enormous losses in
the field for the same cause We are fighting
for. Are we, as individuals, playing fair
when we insist on our white bread every dsv
in the week except Wednesday, when even
invalids in England must often be denied it.s
In spite Of results which may not be
altogether auspicious the administration
reports itself encouraged. But vastly
more, of course, remains to be done. A
great "eight-week drive" began on New
Years Day for increased consumption Of
cornmeal, to be urged by many lecturers,
magazine and newspaper articles and fur.
thered by a concentrated attack on the re.
tailers. This campaign is to be followed
by similar one for the saving of all
fats, and that in turn by another drive
for the saving of all dairy products.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Training the Army Eagles
Eyer7,bOd7,'s =
Everybody's
r TENRY WOODHOUsE has an ar
ticle on aviation in "Everybody's"

ENRY WOODHOUSE has an ar
ticle on aviation in "Everybody's"
for January which is given first
place in the issue. The writer begins his
thesis with this dictum of Lord Kitch-
ener's: "a we'll trained aviator is worth
an army corps" After some interesting
predatory comment, Mr.. Woodhouse says:
"No one can say now how many aviators and
machines will be needed. The only safe plan
is to train all the aviators that can be trained
and build ell the aircraft, aeroplanes. dirigi-
bles and kite balloons that can be built. Aside
from the 20 per cent OF extra fast lighting
machines needed to keep the sky clear Of
enemy aviators. and which must be continu-
ally improved, the so per cent Of aeroplanes
used can be built in large quantities without
fear Of their becoming useless. This is espe-
cially true of large bombing machines used
for night raids The only mistake that can
be made in this case is to make them too
small and not enough of them. And when the
war is brought to an end. this type Of ma
chine can be used for mail carrying and
other utilitarian purposes"
This article, among other things. clears
1p the matter of an aviator's tasks:
"The popular notion IS that an aviator's
work Is either scouting, lighting on dropping
bombs, and that the same aviator is- usually
simultaneously engaged in these three du
ties.
CAS- g matter u fact. the business ot war
flying has become exceedingly complex and
specialized, and the ayiator's duties increase
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
\ Problem in Arithmetic:
II Subtraction Means Addition

Another article, in "rhc Outlook y
carries the same message:
"There is just so much food in the coun-
try. There arc just so many people to eat
this food. What these people do not eat can
be exported. What we do not export we can
eat. The sum total Of these two amounts is q
fixed quantity. Either Of the two factors
which make up this total can be increased
only at the expense of the other.
"Thc food administration states frankly
that have exported the whole of the SUR
plus of the wheat from this last years har-
vest after reserving to ourselves an amount
sufficient for our normal consumption of seed
and flour until the next harvest. and that
therefore the amount of wheat flour that the
United Stetes can contribute to mix with
the war bread of our allies during the pres
ent winter will be sSlply the amount by
which our people reduce their consumption
day By day and month by month. Every loaf