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About the War


The Lys salient in Flanders is be-
ing subjected to heavy German ar
tillery fire.
Up to Tuesday the Italians, British
and French troops have made prison,
er of more than $500 Austrians, While
the Austrian war office aserts that
10000 prisoners have been taken by
the Austrians.
Not alone are the Italians and their
British and French comrades in arms
holding in check the Austrian often
sive along the greater part Of the 100
mile battle front from the region OF
Trent to the Adriatic sea, but they
have turned aggressors on some Vi
the more important sectors. especially
in the mountain regions.
Austrian troops which had as their
objective on the British front tho
range of hills including Gina di Fonte,
Pau and Caveletto. telegraphs Reut-
er's correspondent at Italian head
quarters, were much discomfitted be-
fore reaching the British wire en-
tanglements. In front of the Cesuna
positions the Austrians suffered heav-
fly from the British machine gun fire
and they were also caught by their
own artillery which fired short
Between the southern edge of the
Villers- Cotterets forest and Chateau
Thierry American troops celebrated
the anniversary of the arrival OF
American troops in France by repuls-
ing violent enemy attempts to drive
them from their recently won positions
at Belleu wood and Bouresches. The
enemy attacked after heavy bonn
bardment, but was driven back with
severe losses by the defensive fire of
the Americans, who took prisoners and
machine guns.
On the front in France the fighting
activity has been limited to local Ger
man attacks at isolated points.
Against the French along the Matz
river the enemy failed. The same re-
suit attended a strong effort to pene-
trate the American lines at Xivray,
east of st. Mihiel. The American ar
tillery fire broke up the eneny attack
with heavy losses and only snail
force reached Xivray, where it was
wiped out by the Americans. An at
tempt to raid the new American sec
tor in Alsace Sunday was broken up
by machine gun and rifle fire.
With the commencement of the long
expected Austrian offensive, the fight
ing in France has simmered down al
most to subnormal, except southwest
OF Scissors, where the French have
vin
against the Germans holding territory
captured last week. Where the enemy
week ago was throwing thousands
upon thousands of men againCt the al
lied lines between Montdidier and
Noyon, Sunday saw him worn out
with his useless efforts and his forces
sadly depleted through men killed and
wounded, unwilling or unable further
to give battle.
o.. Western
A Salt Lake City dispatch says that
the Ontario Silver Mining Company
has declared dividend of so cents a
share. This is the first dividend
since 1902. The dividend is payable
July to holders of record June 20.
h' Salu 10 De t1e
only Non-Partisan league newspaper
in southwestern Minnesota was
closed at the suggestion of home
guard officials.
The Arizona House rejected the
Senate amendments to the Council of
Defense bill and the measure went to
conference. Leaders hope 20 secure
an agreement and then adjourn.
Notice of ten-day period of grace
was sent to 5000 delinquent payers OF
income tax by the internal revenue Of
ficers at Denver. If the taxes are not
paid by June "a per cent tax and
an additional 1 per cent interest will
be charged
Washington
f. Sambola Jones of Louisiana was
nominated by President Wilson to be
minister to Honduras.
An additional list OF forty American
prisoners of war In German prison
camps was made public by the War
Department. 1t was reported by the
Prussian war ministry and was for.
warded to the American legation at
Berne by the Spanish embassy at Ber-
lin. The last list of prisoners showed
total OF 349. Of whom 1873 were SOL
diers and ZIG civilians, including sail
ors.
American troop aid for Italy will be
forthcoming soon
Irish aliens in the United States
are not to be subject to draft by this
government under the terms of the
pending British-American draft con-
vention which had been months in
process of negotiation.
Representative julius Kahn of Cali
fornia told the Senate agriculture
committee that enactment OF prohibi
tion legislation at this time would