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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
WOUNDED ITALIAN, NAKED, FLEES
FROM AUSTRIANS ON A BICYCLE
Had No Time Get Clothes When Dressing Station Wa
Evacuated-Vlages Are Captured Six
Times in One Day
By WARD PRICE

into another as they bombed and ma
chne-gunned the Austrians on the slopes
Of Montello stretching like sleeping
whale below. One British airman, hav-
ing dropped all his bombs and embtied
every drum of cartridges, came down to
within score of two feet and pelted
with spare parts and tools in his repair
outfit the Austrians covering under
hanks and among bushes. &C..
The prisoners. which the French cap
tured in their raid on the Asisgo plateau
are mostly Hungarians, with a few
Croats. They say the greatest con-
fusion exists in the enemy lines after
his defeat. The Austrian losses have
been very heavy. Their supply service
is upset and all their arrangements and
connections are badly disorganized The
elaborate plans they made for an ad-
vance are now producing a reactionary
feeling of hopelessness and failure
among the enemy.
Crechs Surprise Austrlans
went up to the part of the line held
by the Czecho -Slovaks and found them
coming away after four days continuous
hghting. They had been up against
machine guns all the time. The Czechs
had been lying almost constantly in
water during the battle, for the ground
south of Fossalta. where they have been
fighting. is a network OF bitches swollen
by continual heavy rain. The Austrian
prisoners they took were immensely sur
prised to find that their captors were
Czechs
we thought the story Of Czech SOL
diers with the Allies was an invention"
they said
Fighting Is still going on heavily in
the San Dona salient. While l was
there the Italians were slowly gaining
ground. though by now the enemy has
brought a number of field batteries
across He intended to make strong
ettack, of which the Italians had warn
ing from an enemy officer who deserted.
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Special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1919. bp NeU York Times Co.
italian Headquarters, June 90.

Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1919, by NcU York Times Co.
italian Headqusrters, June %,
The fighting lie spasmodic, but Wig
orous and the losses are probably severe
on both sides. The han,lets of Fossalta
and Capo Darbine, In the enemy's lower
Piave salient, were captured six times
in one day.
Further to the left Italian divisions
which are still holding dyke on the
Piaye bank withstood the pressure of
four enemy divisions trying to cross the
river. Lower down the Austrians have
managed to bring some armored motor
cars with machine guns across the
stream and also field guns.
The constant fluctuations Of the fsht
produce some odd sights. One of the
most striking yesterday was that OF a
stark-naked man with bleeding foot
pedallng down a lane on a bicycle. Ow-
ing to local Austrian pressure a dress
ing station had to be evacuated at a
moments notice. To avoid being cap
tUlS ltdIdn SOlOleT ndQ
to get away as he was without waiting
to snatch his clothes.
The strong counter-attsck launched
Wednesday by two converging routes on
Montello has restored part of the ground
lost there with some Italian batteries
that had been left behind, and has slso
yielded 1000 fresh prisoners. The
Italian attack. as prisoners relate. an
ticipated only by an hour the enemy's
intention to strike south to try to reach
the twin bridges of Ponte di Priula
whose solid masonry, though broken,
would give better protection for cross
ing the river. which is the Austrians
ceaseless difficulty.
Airmen Bomb Austrians
watched Italian and British airmen
darting like great black moths out Of
the filmy edge Of one dense gray cloud
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22

FORTY MILLION BOTTLES OF WINE
OBJECT OF ATTACK ON RHEIMS
Paris Suggests Boches Wanted Get Into Famous Wine
Celars-Defeat Due to French Barrage
and Infantry Preparation

town alone would in no way help Hin
a.enburg to disengage his left wing unless
ne also succeeded in securing the i'm
mensely more important position cons til
tuted BY the mountain of Rheims, which
commands the town from the French
side of the line SO long as the French
hold the mountain of Rheims, further
German progress south of the Marne is
impossible
1t is believed here that the attack on
Rheims was designated. for one reason,
to excite the attention of the French
command and prevent the transfer of
any large body of reserves to the help
OF italy. That 1t meant anything more
than diversion is improbable. At the
same time the Rheims affair Is regarded
as more than likely to prove a prelude
to the resumption Of the battle along the
whole lire of the Franco British front,
from the Disc to the sea. which would.
II is held. provide the Germans with the
best means of cooperating with their
Austrian allies.
Offensive Three Months Old
The great German offensive of the
western front began three months ago
yesterday.
II hear that from an excellent source"
Paris, that three months ago linden
burg insisted Won Hoetzendor.' should
send some Austrian divisions TO the
French front. The Austrian commander
and in this he was supported by km-
peror Charles--replied that Austrian
public opinion would not agree to this
course. At the same time he urged
that an offensive against Italy would be
accepted with JOY throughout Austria
and would have great likelihood OF suc-
cess. Eventually the Austrian view
point was accepted by the German high
command. Whether it was well founded
or not may be judged from the num-
her Of Austrian prisoners secured up to
now by the Italians"
Other evidence Is afforded by the
Austrian official claim that their sue
cess is proved by the three and one-
half miles of territory which were torn
foot by foot from the enemy"
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WOMAN VISITED ALIEN
INTERNED IN ENGLAND
Commandant Is Court.Mar.
tailed as Result, and Lloyd
George Will Act
Special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. By New York Times Co.
Tn,

Special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918, By Ne,D YORK Times Co.
London, June %.
Lloyd George announces his intention
Of personally examiI..ng the question Of
the position of aliens in this country.
This is the outcome of the court-martial
of an officer attached to the dollhouse
Prison Camp. who had protested against
ladies being allowed to visit Count Leo
pold Won Plesson, and who accused the
commandant Of the camp Of breaking
the regulations. The officer was hon.
orably acquitted. and the verdict was
much applauded by section OF the
newspapers which strongly condemns the
Home Office for it's lenient treatment Of
German prisoners.
Evidence at the court-martial showed
that the Home Office granted special
permits for ladies to visit Count Won
Plesson, among them being Mrs. Lever
ton Harris wife Of Commander Lever
ton Harris. NJ. p, parliamentary secre-
tary to the Minister of Blockade. Mrs.
Harris has now issued an explanation
Of these visits, which, she says, she
made at the request of the Counts aunt,
who Is living in America, and who be.
fore the outbreak Of the war, married
an American who acted for a time az
as attache at the American embassy
When the aunt left England for Ameri-
ca three years ago. she asked Mrs. Har.
rs to look after the Count. who at the
time of the outbreak of the war was an
undergraduate at oxford and was spend
ing the summer vacation in America as
a guest of one of the American amba ssa-
doris sons.
Mrs. Harris says the Count felt it his
duty to return to Germany, but was
taken by the British at Gibraltar and
interned. She altogether visited him
four times, always saw him in the pres
ence OF an official and had never been
the medium of carrying correspondence
or parcels to him.
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GERMAN PRESS ADMITS
AUSTRIA HAS FAILED
Critics Gold Toward Offensive
and Declare 1t Is Now at
Standstill
BY GEORGE RENWLCK
'ecini Cable to Epening Public Ledger


Gcryrioht. 1919. by New York Times Co.
Anasterdam. June 22,--short comments
{ h lhe German press on the Austrian Of
llenbive cannot be very pleasant read
Hn& for the fatherland's brilliant Sec
ond," 1t generally is admitted that the
effort has been failure. The military
critic of. the, Deutsche Tageszeitung. who
generally makes mountain of a
friurnph out OF a mole hill of success,
~ exceedingly cold and admits he can
not quite see the purpose of the Of
fensive.
a General Won Ardenne. in the Berlinger
x6Geblatt says II is apparent that the
y tAu1tro- -Hungarians succeeded in pulling
!, ~ = surprise. and that following on the
s1Qiftsl success the whole offensive has
6pm<, to a standstill position on the
Uiare. He describes the situation as
8 4hr from clear and thinks It necessary
- await further information.
81 Writing twenty -four hours later in
Z ~ Dusseldorf Nachrichten. the same
4E1tie evidently is in possession OF suf-
robl9nt extra information to enable him
~ Glre the opinion that mo lasting sue
E1Gs has been obtained by our allies Of
1cnstve." The Italians. he goes on, were
aware OF the place and the exact mo-
Iupent of the attack and could, therefore,
~rn9et the Austro- Hungarian artillery
: 4ueeparation with hours of big gun
oo1aRter fire. The conditions were un-
& 0Forable for their opponents. who could
601Y achieve initial successes"
Won Ardenne endesyors' to make "a
6ch n possible out of what the Aus
ke-Hungariars achieved on the Piave
& |rGp{ and Axpressede' surprise that
fUu6lI9h troops are still to be found
In[f0 He II persuaded that the loss oi
,;11at<riA ds,rins Shee former great Of
( iokve has now been nadesgood On the
s SU&>te the German press continues to
~ r1hnnldeg this offensive. Indeed, II
& - Goldpn refefred TO at all as an Of
H11ye 4pt merely as a push" OF
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Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

SpeCtdt C0Ofe 10 ECentng FuOHc LedgeT
Copyrioht, 1915, by Ne,o Yor, Times Co.
Paris. June %.
Paris, in its delight at the pitiable
failure of Tuesday nights German at
tempts against Rheims. suggests that a
reason for the effort was probably the
boche desire to secure 40,000,000 bottles
of champagne which are stored in the
vast cellars of the town. There are
even some who are almost inclined to re-
gret that the Germans were not allowed
to penetrate one or two of these cellars.
because in view of their known habits
II is regarded as more than probable
the result would have been the speedy
capture of substantial proportion of
the invaders in a state of helpless in
ebriety.
More serious critics view with great
est. satisfac ction the proofs afforded by
the German failure that the Allied army
is now unlikely to suffer from repeti-
ton of the disastrous surprises which
characterized the recent offensives, and
that we know whatever force the, Ger
mans may throw against our lines we
are fully able to give good account OF
ourselves
The German defeat is attributed to
the remarkable efficiency of the French
bsrrage fire and the vigilance of the
troops defending the Rheims sector. The
barrage was at times well In advance or
the German assault and played havoc
both with the attacking troops and with
enemy concentrations in the rear. The
failure of their effort against Rheims
Is held here to prove that the army of
the Crown Prince is incapable for the
moment of anything more important
than operations Of details.
Attack an Advertising Scheme
1T is evident that the reason for the
attack was largely for advertising pur-
poses Had the German wireless been
able to trumpet throughout the world
the resounding fact that their troops
had entered Rheims. the cheering effect
upon their people at home would have
been indisputable. The military value
of their success. however, would have
been much less admissible. Seizure of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
KAISER CURBS SPENDTHRIFT
Court Upholds Guardianship Of
Nephew

London. June 22.--The action of the
Frederick Leopold Of Prussia, under the
guardianship OF his uncle Count Eulen-
berg. minister of the German royal
household. has been upheld by the
patch to the Express today.
The Prince sued to remove Count
Eulenberg's restraint. but lost and was
ordered to pay the costs.
The case caused a sensation. II was
engineered BY Major Won Heydt, former
equerry TO the Kaiser
Won Feydt Is reported to have de-
clared that "the Prince wound ruin the
Hoherzollerns. II uncurbed" and the
guardianship was forced on the ground
that Frederick Leopold was a spend
thrift: In one year, it was said, he spent
$500. 900.
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NO GRAIN TO AUSTRIA
FROM GERMAN STOCK
Wolff Bureau Makes An.
nouncement-Vienna Re.
proaches Berlin
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

SPesses Suctc ~ tcukSf
Copyright, 1919, by NeIo York Times Co.
The Hague, June 22.
The tension between Germany and the
duel monarchy is considerable for, while
the Polish question is far from being
settled, food conditions In Austria, espe-
cially in Vienna, are extremely serious.
and Austria now reproaches Germany
for not fulfilling her agreement as to
the division of booty from the Ukraine.
The delivery OF grain during the last
week, according to statements made by
the municipal council of Vienna. has
fallen SO far behind that Austria is now
1000 carloads short Of the supplies which
were destined for the civilian popula-
tion. The Austrian food dictator has
gone to Berlin. accompanied by the
Austrian ambassador, but the Wolff
Bureau reports from authoritative
sources that no gain will be supplied
from German reserves.
The blunt statement Of the Rheinische
Westfalische Zeitung regarding Poland
will hardly serve to improve relations
between the two allies. This paper
says that the Austro-Polish solution of
the question Is impossible. and remarks
that. while every German admits Austro-
Hungarian efficiency during the war.
Germans without exception also recoR-
nize the plain fact that Poland, save for
small section in the southwest, was
won by German troops, and that the
freeing Of Galicia was mostly the work
of Mackensen's army.
II is therefore, logical, says the
Zeitung, that only Germany has the
right Of conqueror over Poland, and
| that IL Germany has not used this
right and Poland is not annexed, then
the question must be solved In Ger
Tpany's interest II the Austrians think
thet league In arms 10 Impossible
without the adoption Of their solution
- ~ Helieh onastio1 Gerpana must
tei(s ~ potnf ~ vieW. fhAt : leaguo q
aFGp + vortnjcng - (Does tprr3
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LION lVVOKES
REHMEN HERE
~ German r eport a
{ sScandalous Libel" De-
clares Nationalist
CONDEMNs- sINN FEM
bec5af Cable to Epening Public Ledger
z ccpp,5ght. 1918, bv Nc,c York Times Co.

& Dublin, Juno %.
The Freeman's Journal publishes a
4 f1eeter written by John Dillon. leader OF
the Nationalist party, to Patrick Moran
= n(cretary of the United irish Societies
z9k Philadelphia. in reply to commu-
Z &itation from the latter inclosing a copy
t6f . petition sent 10 President Wilson
~ May s by delegates of the Irish So
<eettes OF Philadelphia.
nv Mr.. Dillon's reply, dated June ls, oc-
&tibies nearly column of the Freeman S
30urnai II begins by saying that an
attempt has been made to poison the
sorinion of America against the Irish
people. and noting with satisfaction
!. that the rank and file OF the Irish peo-
1Hle IN Philadelphia understand" the real
yeourse Of AFFAIRS. Mr.. Dillon then de-
!. seribes the Nationalist party as stand
Ing between stupid and faithless Gov
6fnment and the Sim Fein party" and
proceeds to say that it Is grave and
6candaicus libel to hold up the Irish
Deople before America as pro-German
3 and enemies OF the liberty of Europe out
liof hatred and animosity to the British
people,"
4 He dilates on Irish participation in
che early Yeas Of the war.
- Long before America made up its
i mind as to the merits of this conflict"
NJ says. "1rish regiments were In the
sxront of every battle"
sss<yThat Irish enthusiasm began to cool,
eceurding to Mr.. Dillon, was due to the
inclusion of Sir Edward Carson in the
NBritish cabinet That was the origin
% the Sim Fein. which Mr. Dillon,
h6yertheless. stigmatizes as an ''insane
tnd reckless policy" He then addsi
81 ''rhe real truth of the situation in
f1reland today is that Ireland lies all
But helpless under the control Of a
military Government directed by the old
PAscendency' of the action in Ireland.
This Is the direct result of the Sim Fen
policy. -' -'-
Mf. Dillon concludes by calling upon
all men. of Irish blood in America to
scome to our aid because I firmly be-
lieve that the policy for which we stand
II the policy which can unloose the
rip OF the ascendant action on Ire
band and bring TO failure the policy OF
De reactionary Government which is
now In powerSfn Great Britain.
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Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

SpeCtu LuOe 10 Evening uOtH LeugeT
Copyright. 1913, bv Ne,0 York Times Co.
with the French Armies, June %.
From a detailed account given to me
by patrol comrade of Sergeant Frank
American airmen, who. with eleven Of
fetal and Ave other victories to his
credit. has been posted missing" since
$50 p. m. last Monday. there seems still
to be a chance that the American air
man escaped with his life. although
forced to land in unfavorable circum-
stances in boche territory.
The patrol commander who served
with Bayles in the famous "Stork- Esca-
drille," to which Guynemer BELONGED
told the story in a sad voice. = 90 q
~ can hardly realize it now" he said.
"Baylies had been my patrol leader for
so long and had worked so splendidly
that we shall be terribly lost without
him He saved me three weeks ago by
extraordinary daring maneuvers when |
was attacked by two boches and with
the exception, perhaps, of Fonck no
one in the whole group had such an
instructive grasp Of the right thing to
do at the right time. That makes what
happened on Monday all the more in
explicabie. and cannot but think that
he was Host by one of the unlucky ac-
cidents against which the most skllful
pilot cannot always be safe.
BAylies Had New Machine
1T was like this: We left the air
drome at about o'clock TO patrol the
line, flying in extended order at 1000
meters. Baylies leading, myself on the
left and a third man on the right. Bay
lies had a new machine, whose screw
ran rather more freely than the old
one. so we had difficulty in keeping UP
with him.
There were masses of heavy clouds
above, which gave the boches good cover
as they always fly high. Suddenly
spotted six planes high on my left, over
Montdidier. l swung around them and
judged them to be enemy machines. but
they showed no signs Of wishing to fight.
and / resumed my flight after Baylies.
We were then directly over the road
which had been the old line before the
two weeks battle, and it is possible
Baylies did not realize the difference, as
for the last fortnight he had not own,
while waiting for his new machine and
'uning up.
Then i saw four planes lodging out
Of the clouds very high above Baylies,
I thought they were British as the
boches do not go much over the lines,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
FOOD SCARCE IN DARMSTADT
Ocean Grove, N. j., Soldier Writes
From German Prison Camp

Asbury Park, n. j., June 22.-Private
Chester d. Gravatt, OF the infantry,
who was reported missing since April
81, has written his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. E. Gravatt. Of 144 Embury
avenue. Ocean Grove, that he is in a
German prison camp.
The letter was postmarked Darmstadt.
where Gravatts chum, Lester Clark, of
New Haven, is confined. Both enlisted
at New Haven a year ago last April.
Gravatt is 26 years old and Is brother
Of Collector Walter Gravatt of Ocean
Grove Food is dealt out sparingly In
the prison camp, and tobacco is un-
obtainable, he writes. In the battle In
which he was taken prisoner, dravatt
says that only fourteen OF platoon of
forty-two men came out alive and six
of them were wounded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
TROELSTRA DENIES
HE'S
Admits He Has Conferred
With Teuton Socialist
Leaders
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1913, bv NeW York Times Co.

Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1913, bv New York Times Co.
The Hague, June %.
The Dutch Social Democratic leader,
Troelstra. speaking to your correspond
ent on his proposed visit TO England and
the object Of the International Socialist
Conference to be held in London, said
today:
II am no peacemaker, and do. not
consider it my task to be a peace inter-
mediary. The first aim of the con-
ference fwass I'd prspare fqr an inter
national Socialist congress. and for that
purpose they invited Hjalmar. Brantng
and myself, because we represent two
different tendencies in neutral Socialist
parties. Branting has special relations
with the Socialists of the Entente.
so 1t is very stupid to protest against
my going TO England on the ground
that am not pro-Ally. If had been
pre-Aly could have done nothing.
. The second aim of the conference
was to propose a permanent committee
of international Social Democrats which
could be in close touch with the dele
gates at the time of the peace confer
ence."
h'" o'h'' Nh't iSoh sSoitdi'sN
parties would be invited to send repre-
sentatives to the London meeting. Mr..
Troelstra said that both the American
Federation of Labor and the Socialist
parties would, he hoped, be represented
Speaking of American Socialism, he
said:
Il do not consider the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor as a real representative
of the Socialist labor movement, and
I consider Gompers as an agent of the
trusts His organization has imperialis-
tic aims I think It will, be impossible
to bring the European Socialist move
ment under the influence Of the Amer-
can Federation of Labor"
Confers with Teuton Leaders
Mr.. Troelstra has been comforting with
the Social Democratic leaders of the
Central Powers for the last few dsys
Some of them arrived at The Hakfy ss
soon as Mr.. Troelstra's proposed Nt4t
to England was announced. He is still
comforting with the Austrian delegates
Ellenbogen and Seits.
Mr.. Troelstra would not disclose the
purport of his interview with Phillip
Scheidemann. the German Majority So
cialist leader, but said that this would
be disclosed at the London conference.
In answer to an inquiry whether the
Social Democrats approved the pro-
posed International conference. he said
that both German and Austrian Social
yonr oorrasnondant az - t thn
Does Scheidemann still sumner, th.
July 10 resolution and did he raLs
known any definite peace aimsq wo,,Id
you go to London with definite peace
proposals." ~.
Mr.. Troelstra answered:
Yes. Scheidemann still supports the
Reichstag resolution, but did not make
known his definite peace aims. AS I
ao NOT cohsider myself as an interme.
as mediator In conn.o,ior ,.';,,, .,,s
| iects which can he SnsI,,, ron,,stad SUI,
by official REPRESENTATIVES, Of the bel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22

Washington. June 22.-The War De-
partment reported ten deaths resulting
from airplane accidents at flying fields
in this country for the week ended June
g.
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8 DIE IN AIR COLLISION
Lieutenant Vincent Flynn, Of Ne,
Jersey. Victim

London. June 22.-Three airmen died
in an accident In Cheshire Thursday.
Lieutenant Vincent Flynn, of New Jer-
sew. ATTACHED to the British royal air
force. was killed when his machine
crashed into another airplane in which
there were two British fiers.
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~. Jnpc 2f.--There was one
"a e ~ <ftsuse of Commons On
11ish 49, 1ltion - zsehEugse.
1of M np91k xpenpsf sar