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New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
Ausfriar1s Repulsed
With Heavy Losses
By French roops

ROME, June 16.-The Austrians,
after violent bombardment, attacked
the French positions, but the very eff
cacious fire of the French broke down
the thrusts of the Austrian infantry.
The enemy's casualties were heavy,
and in addition he left numerous prls-
oners in the hands of the French.
The battle is in PROCESS along the
whole of the front
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17

twenty machine guns and other ma
terial. Thus ended the desperate
fighting against two crack divisions.
Calls Americans Ferocious
Whether this news reaches the in
terror of Germany, it is known
among German troops now holding
the Chateau Thierry sector. | know
this because I talked to one Of the
Prussian guardsmen, who insisted
the Americans were the worst bar
barians yet known in the European
war.
"l'hey are ferocious fighters and
they cut their victims into pieces" :"
he said 81 have heard they sur
rounded an entire German battalion
and massacred it on the spot
"But that's untrue" l said. Nothing
of the kind happened"
"My friend, you don't know those
Americans" he insisted. "As to me, |
am we'll satisfied to be a prisoner"
llt CoHFeIHdlIoH Was III T. ICuCli, De-
cause the guardsman, q ruddy faced,
apparently well-fed young man, about
twenty three years old, though Prus-
sian through and through, was raised
in Alsace, where he was recruited into
the guard.
Tales of Savagery Untrue
His stories of American savagery
We're preposterously untrue, and Ameri-
cans, so far as | know. have not capt
ured an entire German battalion, but
his belief in them is a positive sign
that such tales are .preading through
the German ranks and that the official
wet blanket Of silence is gradually fall
ing down.
This guardsman had neither seen nor
fought Americans, but he came from
a sector in the proximity of the Anleri-
can forces. His stories were army
gossip, which, however, will not aid
Germany army morale in the future.
though they were probably based on
American Wild West films exported
into Germany before America entered
the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
By William l.. Mcpherson

ONE Teuton offensive crowds on
W the heels Of another, so
urgent is the German fight
against time. Ludendorff' fourth
major effort in France was launched
On June 9 and failed on June 12. On
June 15 the offensive which Austria
! Hungary has been threatening for a
couple of months past in Northern
Italy is let loose
Germany, busy in France, has had
to depend on Italy, this time on
Austria-Hungary's unaided efforts.
There is probably very little Ger
man stiffening in the present Aus
tro-Hungarian drive. That fact
greatly diminishes it's threat. The
armies of the Dual Monarchy have
failed in nearly every offensive
which they have attempted on their
own account. 1t looks now as if
they were going to fail again.
Their invasion of Poland in
August September, 1914, broke
down disastrously. They were
quickly driven out of Eastern and
Central Galicia and forced to take
refuge behind the Carpathians.
There they stayed until Mackensen
overwhelmed the Russians at the
Battle of the Dunajec.
Austro- Hungarian forces twice
entered Serbia in the first year of
the war. But they couldn't stay
there. They were elected with
heavy losses. Serbia was conquered
only after Mackensen came south
and Bulgaria, joining the Central
Powers, struck Serbia on her weak
right flank.
The Russians consistently defeat
ed the Austrians and Hungarians
whenever the latter fought without
German assistance. Only one major
operation conducted exclusively by
the Austrian High Command has
met with even moderate success.
That was the first offensive against
ltaly-out of the Trentino-in Nav
and June, 1916.
This attack against weak and
poorly organized sector of the Ital-
ian line promised we'll in the first
week or two. The Austro- -Hungar-
lans broke across the Italian border.
advanced to the neighborhood of
Arslero and Asiago and seemed
about to debouch on the Italian
plain north Of Vicenza. But they
were held within the mountain area
and the offensive was hastily aban-
doned when news reached Vienna
Of the beginning of Brusiloff's great
drive into Galicia and Bukovina.
Last fall German strategy ruled
and German armies supplied the
driving power to the Isonzo often
sive. Cadorna was caught in a
highly exposed position, with the
bulk of his forces in loop at the
extreme eastern end of his line.
Breaking through to the west and
north Of his concentration beyond
the lsonzo, the German High Com
mand narrowly missed brilliant en-
velopment like that at Sedan. Exs
trication was difficult and very
costly. The Italian defeat was one
of the great Allied disasters of the
war.
The present offensive is far less
formidable in its strategy The
Italian line is now much shorter and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
France and Germany Begin
Exchange of Prisoners

BERNE, June 16.-The exchange of
100000 prisoners of war between
France and Germany, in accordance
with the recent Berne agreement, is
beginning
Special trains, carrying from six hun
dred to one thousand prisoners, are
moving in each direction.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17

bers of the German Socia! Democracy
IN Austria, for this purpose, and that
they are leaving Immediately for The
Hague.
: News dispatches have connected
Troelstra's projected visit to England,
and later France and Italy, with at
tempts to end the war through inter-
national Socialist and labor confer
sucas.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
British To Be Told
Teuton Labor Views

AMSTERDAM, June 16.--vienna
aewsaAnsFs xsSsiyed hsgs say Pister
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
Germans Order
Fight TO Death
On Our Front

Continued from mage l
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
ITALIAN FRONT

this morng and we are now w ss hbd s I m @ anu ii, inc s ft @ ;
Over $50 IN addition,
captured mountain and considerable
of yesterday, first
launched infantry artillery
day provided by the Italians left this
responsible bringing
Heavy fighting continuing many places along the Pav the
Three additional fighting
terday having
bridges troops which the
enemy attempting throw the Piave
tors been nverysu
sr u@ on A am heavy ard Austrian opened the
infantry throughout day Austrian divisions at
On the right the completely enemy losing heavily On
the left the penetrated front line yards
to maximum depth OF 1000 yards He has been firmly
WEST FRONT
NlGHTThere is nothing special report the British
DAY-Yesterday afternoon raiding parties
man post southwest Merr and brought
and the They in the capture Of
seventeen prisoners and three machine guns
The hostile artillery developed considerable activity during night
norm OF behune and between ocre and the Yp Confines
especially active carly this morning in the neighborhood
Germans Elected From Xvray Paris Reports
PARIS June 16-The War Office announcements oday sad:
NGhT-ln the woev the morning in
gaining foothold in the village shortly
ward We took prisoners, incusng
DAin local actions northeast of the
mard and the seventy prisoners and
captured number machine cross the Matt
Ver near the ose checked by
the night
Fighting Continues South of Aisne, Says Berlin
BERLN ua London une Genea1 Headquarters to-day isseo
the folowing: ~
pAY-southwest of Meis local attacks
during which the we're
repued in handto-hand fighting ~ ~
the infantry activity was resctd 70
resosnoitrng engagements.
The artillery duel evening the 1s north Of the
sape and on both sides Of the somm There engage
ments on the battlefield southwest of Noyon. ~
South of the Aisne fighting activity continued st
French attacks at Domme us On the
height of Dommiers directed against our linz -
Vers-ootterets Wood was repused enemy losses
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
Vienna Reports Capture of 10000 Prisoners

VIENNA London 16-Th to-day By th
Austrian War Office said
NIGHT-Yeerday morning armies artillery lasting
both sides o the
The
Wumss
the both railway broad
of the defensive Nntel into
the
Cavalry Shoenbug
of his
The prisoners
About fifty
Even the assault
breaking down the resistance all the
the third positions of which
5000 Italians French English fell their
The advantages able
East of the Brenta River Rabero the
gunfre On the
line
ComunD
of
Near Riya, the
the Italians the
stormed Domo D which
brought
DAYOur armies this
Plateau of the Seven Communes Sete
Up midday
Italians English and French The
British Recapture All Positions Mountain Front
LONDON June 16The foloavng official
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
The Great War-1413th Dav
The Official Statements

ROME, Jane 16The tex of the Italian official statement tod
battle has been front yesterday
After artillery prearaton which exceptionally intense
the violence employed
begun launching infantry
the of h
bnta Valley and Monte by attempting several
force the Pave by mnstratve action
the remainder the
tempest of destructive barrage their rl
which had already anticipated the preparation will
timely deadly bombardmen bravey sustained
the enemy's onslaught n defensive
the kiomet the powerful
forward
frontne Val Bella the Asoone
and at the head of the Monte Soaroa salient.
succeeded right of the Piave
the Nervesa the Fagarc -Musie
During all the front attacked
getc which holding back powerful
of the portoP of the positions temporarily
Yielded which, isolated detachmen had with
valor continued all
The night and
Asago Plateau their
infantry which has passed the right bank the Piave
The number than including
the Allied battle
bombardng the
emy machine Thiryne irplane
bee
New-York tribune., 1918-06-17

twenty machine guns and other ma
terial Thus ended the desperate
fighting against two crack divisions.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
SCORED HEAVILY ON STACKER
Probably Dude Will Think Twice Be-
fore He Again Attempts to Have
Fun With a kiltie.

The following was overheard on q
street car one very cold day in winter
in Canadian city. At corner the
car was boarded by husky soldier in
the picturesque Highland uniform
the kits of which leave the knees bare.
On the car was a young dude still In
mufti, seated with his best girl. The
girl cast admiring glances ut the at
lractively uniformed "Kiltie" much to
the displeasure of her Stacker escort.
So he endeavOred to make fun of the
uniform by remarking, 81 think that
outfit is most ridiculous. That fellows
knees look as if they were frozen"
The Kiltie overhearing the comment
glanced cOntemptuously at the dudes
civilian clothes, then scornfully re-
piled:
well, young fellow. it Is n sure
thing my knees aren't as cold as your
feet"
The Stacker got off at the next stop.
Canadian.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

Is to set about saving more food TO
send in its place. There should al
ways be food enough on the docks for
speedy shipping as fast as ships are
available. The only way to make this
possible Is by steady saving.
The sending of wheat during 1917
was made easier because of the sur
plus on hand from 1916.
When the time for cutting the 1918
crop comes there will be no surplus
from 1917 to draw on. America had
already used up her surplus by Deem
Der of last year and what has been
sent since represents the savings of
the people throughout the country.
The average total export of wheat
and wheat flour to the three principal
allies has been about 1l0.O00.0 900 bush
els per year since 1914.
Cereals are the most vital of the
food needs abroad. They not only
yield the most protein but they also
furnish more than twice the calorieS
Of any other food product.
The burden of the cereal supply
rests with America. War cannot last
beyond the time when production and
saving fail to keep pace with cOnsump-
ton and destruction. 1t is nip and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
ON GUARD

At this time Of the year people feel
weak, tired, listless, their blood Is thin,
they have lived indoors and perhaps
expended all their mental and bodily
energy and they want to know how to
renew their energy and stamina, over
come headaches and backaches, have
clear eyes, a smooth, ruddy skin, and
feel the exhilaration Of real good health
tingling thru their body. Good, pure.
rich, red blood Is the best insurance
against ills Of all kinds. Almost all
diseases come from impure and impov-
erished blood. 1t is to be noticed In the
pale or pimply face, the tired, haggard
appearance or the istless manner.
Drink hot water a half hour before
meals, and for vegetable tonic there's
nothing better than DIR. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery, the old-fashioned
herbal remedy, which has had such q
fine reputation for fifty years. 1t con-
tainS no alcohol or narcOticA 1t Is
made from Golden Seal root, Blood
root. Oregon grape root, Queens root,
Black Cherry bark, extracted with ely.
cerine and made into tablets and liquid.
Tablets sixty cents, at most drug stores.
In order to insure pure blood and to
build up the system try this tonic
known as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Get 1t now!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
FEAR GlASS-EYE FAMINE
Shortage of Glass Blowers Produces
Situation That Is Really
Alarming.

Denver. Colo. - Wanted: Skilled
glass blowers who can make glass eyes.
There are only three persons in the
United States who make glass eyes,
according to Aaron KOhler. one of the
three. who has his shop in Denver.
At the beginning of the world war.
one person out of every 200 in the
world wore glass eye, kohler de-
clares. Since the war the ratio has
increased. and Kohler doesn't attempt
To say what the proposition is to-
day. But he does say the demand is
So far in excess of the supply that ii
will be generation before 'the
trade" has caught up with its orders.
And, inasmuch rs the average "life"
of glass eye is only one year. the
situation is really alarming.
Glass-eye making IS an art practiced
mostly in Europe.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
British Aviator of Twenty-Five Is
the Most Successful of
Air Fighters.
DOWNS 81 ENEMY PLANES
Captain McCudden Wins the Victoria
Cross and About Every Other Honor
His Government Can Bestow
for Calamity.

London.-Wherever flying men or
men Interested in flying meet today. be
it In Britain or at the British front in
France, there Is only one name on
their lips. 1t is that of Capt. James
ByfOrd McCudden, who has just been
awarded the Victoria cross. the most
honorable decoration that British
valor can win, and who. in receiving
1t, has been officially revealed rs the
greatest and most successful air
fighter, living or dead, that the allies
have yet produced. Captain McCud-
den, who is only twenty-five, has big
ger bag of hostile machines brought
down than Bishop, Guynemer or Ball,
or any other flying man that the war
has brought forward, with the single
exception of Baron Won RichthOfen,
who recently was killed in action.
NcCudden's record of hostile ma
chimes accounted for up to February
% was 81. OF these ~ were definitely
destroyed-fOur of them in just 30
minutes, 10 falling on the British side
tlt lllttS. oihs d. Oht Va ihC
were driven down out of control.
No wonder that, in recounting rhe
feats OF the young British champion.
even the writer's of the sober official
Gazette are inspired to use the lam
guage of enthusiastic admiration. They
tell us that Second Lieut.. Temporary
Captain) James Byford McCudden.
ID. S. o., NJ. c.. NJ. NJ. Royal Flying
corps, has now received the V. e.. for
conspicuous bravery, exceptional per-
severance. keenness and very high de-
vOtion to duty on various occasions
during December. 1917. and January
and February of the present year"
AS the other initials after his name
indicate. Captain McCudden also has
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
WANTS SIS TAX ON DOGS
Oregon Man Thinks He Has Unique
Way to Help Win
the War.

Cottage Grove, Orc. c. Case of
this city. thinks that he has discov-
cred a unique way to help win the
war. He wants war tax of SO
placed on all dogs in the United States.
The plan would work out as follows,
says Mr.. Case:
Ninetenths Of the one hundred mil
lion dogs In the country would be
Killed, because their owners wouldn't
roay the $50 tax on them; taxes on the
remaining 100000 dogs would bring
rhe government s250,OOO, 900; the hides
of the dead dogs would furnish leather
for 29O,O00,0O0 pairs of gloves for our
soldiers; enough food formerly given
to the dogs would be saved to feed
thirty million people.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
TONGUE CUT OUT BY HUNS
American Doctor SENDS Message to
Family Written Under Stamp
on Envelope.

Auburn. Neb.-Just before Doctor
Wilkie. well-known physician Of
this city, went to war he told relatives
that If he was ever captured bv tho
Germans he would communicate with
them, and that they must look undor
the postage stamp 10 get the real condi.
ditiOns if harm befeli him.
A few days ago the family received
n letter from him. written from q Ger.
man prison camp. 1t was the stereo.
typed message, saying he was well
etc. Much of it was deleted by the
censor.
The letter was laid aside until some
one remembered what the doctor had
said about a message under the stamp
The stamp was carefully removed. I'm.
der 1t he had written these words:
They have cut out my tongue"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

Working in harmony with the Young
WOmen's Christian association, Count.
ess Laura de Gozdawa TurczynOwicz
is organizing the Polish Gray Samari-
tans. She is pictured here i'm her uni
form as captain in that organization.
She is also president of the Polish re-
construction committee and author of
when the Prussians Came to Po-
land" The Samaritans are all Polish
women recruited I'm the United States
to do nursing and social welfare work.
When their instruction is completed
they will go to Poland to do recon-
structiOn work or to serve In the hos
pitfalls.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
NOW NIP And TUCK
Saving and Production of Food a
Military Necessity.
Only Constant Conservation Program
Will Enable America to Sup
ply Allies.

Westinghouse Is now nip and tuck
with the worlds food supply. Only n
STEADY and constant program of con-
servaton on the part Of America will
enable her 10 sustain the food flow to
her associates In this war.
Germany Is not only keeping her
people fed but she is still interfering
with the normal flow Of food ship
ments to her enemies. She is now d.
rectlng her submarine attacks espe-
cially on the larger boats and those
with the most valuable cargoes. Per
haps 10 per cent of the actual ship
ments sunk have been grain and other
food supplies.
The only way to repair this damage
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
GATHERED FACTS

A Nebraska man, after IL years Of
experiments, has invented a device
that enables a user Of party tele-
phone line to identify any other sub
scriber who may be listening to his
conversation.
The total number Of steamers arriv-
ing at the various ports Of Egypt dur
Ing 1915 was 3,34O. representing S.794.-
e79 net registered tons; 1,4SS.415 tons
Of cargo were landed. and 16,9O3 pas
sengeEE Aisembarked.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
GIRL Is A GREAT TRAPPER
Pays Her Expenses in California Col.
ieoe Of journalism With
Pelts.

Grass Valley. Cal.-Miss Patsy
Reece of Sierra county. California's
only girl trapper, walked nearly 200
miles to register for the second
semester at the state university at
Berkeley.
Before she left the summit of the
high Sierras. where she makes her
home. she shipped her expense money
for the half year on ahead. 1t con-
sisted of pelts of 2 lynx. 25 coons. Is
skunks, Is foxes and coyotes.
From the proceeds of their sale
Miss Reese will he aisle to pay her ex.
penses in the college of Journalism.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

Merrimack county, New Hampshire.
has contributed Daniel Webster and
John Paul Jones to the draft army.
The richest woman in Japan Is said
to be Nine. Hone Susuki, sole head Of
shipping company that has made
more than $1OO,OOO,OOO since the war.
The English farm girl is now work
ing as farrier and blacksmith. A Here
fordshire farmer applied recently for
some one to shoe horses and make and
repair farm implements. and the wom-
ems organization was equal to the oc-
caEoa.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
YOUTH LEADS AS
KILLER OF HUNS

the distinguished service order, the
military cross and the military medal
! Moreover. he has added a bar to botE
his ID. S. o. and his military cross.
| The military medal" says the Off
cial announcement, "was awarded this
officer (when flight sergeant in the
Il. +. c. for consistent gallantry.
courage and dash during the month of
September. 1916. in attacking and de-
stroying an enemy machine and fore
ing two others to land. He also twice
crossed the enemy lines ut a very low
altitude in attacks on hostile balloons
under very heavy fire.
The military cross was awarded for
conspicuous gallantry in action on
February 10, 1917. on which occasion
this officer followed hostile machine
down to height Of 800 feet. and
drove 1t to the ground.
Captain McCudden earned the bar
to his military cross for conspicuous
gailantry, dash and skill during rhe
period of August 15-September IS.
lol', when he took part in many often
slve patrols cover thirty of which he
led), and destroyed five enemy ma
chimes. driving three others down out
of control.
The distinguished service order
was bestowed on him for conspicuous
gallantry. on November 20. 1917, when
he attacked and brought down an en-
envy twO-seater within our lines. both
occupants being taken prisoner. He
also encountered an enemy machine
during very bad weather conditions
at 1000 feet and fought it down to a
height Of 100 feet, when 1t was de-
Stroyed. Captain McCudden came
down to within a few feet of the
ground in the enemy's lines and finally
crossed the line ut Il very low altitude.
Subsequent to the award of the bar to
the military cross he had been respoE-
sible for the destruction of seven enc
my machines, two of which fell within
our lines.
For his skill and gallantry on No
vember 23, 1917, Captain McCudden
was awarded bar of the dstin-
guished service order. On this Occa-
sion he destroyed four enemy ma
chimes. three of which fell within our
lines. by fearleSsnesS and his clever
maneuverlng. He also drove his pa
troll against six enemy machines, driy-
ing them off,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
Tuberculosis Not Rampant.

The alarm about the prevalence Of
tuberculosis among French soldiers ap-
pears to have been unfOunded. for Mai.
Edward Rist, who has special charge
Of cases Of tuberculosis. announces
that less than 20 per cent of the SOL
diers discharged as tuberculous In the
first years Of the war actually had tu-
berculOsiS.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
Laws ECG5 in Tree.

East Hartford, Conn.,. a. Dan
iels of Silver Lane boasts of Il hen
which lays eggs in Il nest in Il willow
tree. ten feet from the ground. Mr..
Daniels hired man saw the hen cack-
ling on q branch of the tree recently
and discovered an egg in her lofty
nest. Since then she has been laying
regularly on her high perch.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
Eagle Attacks Woman.

Franklin. w. WA bald eagle that
has made frequent incursions into This
part of the country made a vicious at.
tack on Mrs. Anna Simmons while she
was walking TO her home near This
city. Three deep wounds were made
in her face where the eagles talons
had couged into the flesh. Will Hal
terman. who ran TO her assistance.
was also attacked and forced to seek
shelter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
THE SALUTE
Ely NJ. e. Butler
of the ViCjIantes.

When a soldier meets another
Higher in command.
Up. in instant recognition,
Goes his hand
Gives salute in silent greeting:
'Tis the way
That he says at every meeting
I'll obey"'
When an officer. in passing.
Has salute.
Quick his heart and hand responsive
Grave and mute,
On the sea or on the earth he
Pledges as they meet,
BY his rank. II shall be worthy!
So they greet.