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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01

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H. N"n..I'# n.. point adding aUi tous
keeping ....... good condition. prhgii.
.ts .la fat rHrl
IuE -NIF m rr.. new nrat bon ard
..v '.."r... IH... ".I4
.FINIuH uu.ut> oth uFsk usau
mn. ...n.. ..s. s... $3.50 sfl iur
.. ROOM. "..Hr..r u.ut. lu Ua.u
cali" r.y H| ..# 90 NB.rHf. raIHe
fn H.Uc N.N.HoU nIr rHo.r n1-H.
tuE -HLf U.r .ar Register uHi ono
.H". r.e.'e. .l.4V 'atcu 90 os,a
Ht VlSuiuh BltNRIrtH nr sale
cheap for qt.. a'r ano World HIdg
rArER CtlPs-A fun line sttesd rtrht
Tulsa Rubber Stamp Works Hayward
Riig phone lt1S
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER mr rent
call 900 D. Sr.ord street phorg .lt5
eir'rraoot Iyrtvu.rr co.
WANTED -mhI i.r,. adding uarHra
sarord Nanf boo good order Phone sos
WEARING hPrAHEL o.
WdHfsr CASH price psia 'or s,eosd
hard suits and shoes Phone s21o.
nIEHFsr PRICES ror sscondhauf cloth
.-g shoes a0a bats Phone ne
mUu.-T rRI.r mu rr msr.r second
sI .'. ..H.s and bate rhoar
SUITS Hignrst rasH price paid Tor mtn
secondhand tuits roAis md trousers also
hnr 'ttrs sud hAis Phone stts
SUITS ANl sHUFA- HiEhs1 prices paid
for mrus second hsnd suits aud shoes
n,st nArjor Phone as
SEWING MACHINE Good arop hsad
white rotsfy or Singer sewing maehins
f.F ale ahHar lfH EaHf NFHUnH atreFt
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01
EMPLOYMENT


s1LnsHfN Avn fHT"T" 7
sIFluN NtHEtu N'N
driving tuUI .usN H..
ing wurt Hud Ual "
TuIsh
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01
BOARD AND ROOMS

Rooms ron RENT -ruaEtsHnn ~
llgfu vs.. glD-tu u1t sleeping
porch two beds largo living. room 1nd
tah adI0uinF suitable 'or tNo Or urr'
reHtlsmon. Hhous lrI6
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01
LANDS tND rARMs'roR sAln s7

FARMS would be rlal 90 nave jou esl
or vrit0 fOr information on sons of the
bst' faTn lsnda ~ this aecti0a Of the
country A Fhorea =. o hoi ais
IL... umI.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01

sOURTH W 7lI lhr coolest bHd
cisAuss'. strictly modern fnHmF two
connecting with private hatH. suitable
for or young mon GO Na.es.
Phone 1870
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01
OFFICE ROOM
For rent. Iowa Bldg.
Phone 1876.

ROBINSON nluG. sea rui OF o'us-
With desk eie
THREE NiDE ut rrluE front rooms
separate or On suite Room q. l5ls O..
Second 80
TWO PRIVATE QlftCF ROOMS for rent
with share Of large reception room fta
faHah'e Arply t25 RohInsaA nldg
sroRBs AND WAREHOUSES; %
FOR RtNf Huillinr close iu on weHt
fr-t. suitable for most any si1d Of
small business sih five living rooms
upsiiirs Room COS Auit Htr phoaes
FItU Hr sH1N
Store Room For Rsnk
On Lorton building ON Fourth
street formerly Dld World building.
Brand new aul up-to-date. Ele-
giant show windows Reasonable
rent and long inasn. Sec r. ~. Lar
SON World office
sIuRr ROOM h0H4n. .1fnsr second aud
Uarfirr. of will divide to tuIt i.HauI
Ir1nrs ilN South UHu'ipr
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01

EXPERIENCED COOK WANTED
Flrst-ci1ss cook wanted for small
family. Must have best ~ r,rero1rcs
Apply 1910 South Denver after 10
o'clock. Don't pheno.
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01
# furnished Apartment
flr rent

Furnished Apartment
for rent
L-1Gcn Apartments
Tenth and s. Boston. Immediate
possession. rhono 1876
uuuuF D. iUiI Arwy furnished hpt
t.0srd BOO sleeping rorh aud kt,hcu.
s''r. exceptionally cool. linens gas aud
t.""trHy 'ufuIshtd use OF araFs %
d.ared on Kendall car line. Phone
Gi1p
JACKSON. Nal lusoroom sparlmsnt
nicely furnished adjoining bath soutn
exposure also rarsre rhnus ds7sI
LANIuN s. zoe Thrcs room apartment
nicely furnished electric uFhts and
ba'h t3' per month Phone 7o70
UNNtR's pWNNTE hraRIMEhI Tor
rent inrnFhsd fnr s1mmor io respon
nh.o couple. Neaufu. fvr room apari.
o0gC
YOUNG N'Ruifp COUPLE wiu share
modern room bungalow with employed
ro1r'" 'Sv front a'oss In south riIe
rra'orah." ts-mr Phone lsil
n Nts S. 40 rur rert tor months
furnished { rooms Ealh end closet
front end harA porch Hir, cool place
hls1 EArHFr $50 psr m'uth no. gfu
dUsH Ur dufH Phone gH1r K
HOUSES FOR RENT ~
FOR sALt, or RFNT FURNISHED
House most 6esirau.r rsu - Kanras
City. bis yarh sud garsge ho'da ior-
rarv, p roomE HnH bafh above. house
consists % l2 rooms. not trru1IrF halls
ffgrUfU and faVHfHFIsH. iIE U.rab..
8oUHstairs and rlastsi f6Ims above
o. irrp.rg rooms 4 baths Addfsss
Nrs Tom Ng|r t.1t KeHwooi svs
unr tsHtHH C.iY Nu
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-01

MONTY TO LOAN cWrgu d.
w.. i., DO YOU Aftn vu,UN a
l..an money 90 mrH..r. .h'.r ...
'g'As W. yuur burr pr str.n-.
s.so o'o'o'Ad 600 Nov Ault UHE N...n
,r,,.-,R REAL ESTATE LOANS
hhL DALE ruprlFv t.,
rra- 10 '''' fio. stlupa u.a
O .nA b1udiEr 4 Loan Atsa-aura uar
gF.,. =, tNr.ffr hr,r. elan .w
,,,, g,'.ll' NldF Resi- estate .srs
''i hlAL FsTtrf loans. ,ar ,-r,- .a
=" residence pr5pctr ir T.na
r.ne'ule usyahIs ant dino .r.- t-.t
lfN on ~ end o. I've wears Irlsr..f
''nl .snnna.'s. FAr.n icaae samo teyra
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
TROUBLE FINDS SAILOR
OVER QUART OF LIQUOR
Held Under $4,000 Bail Charged
With Breaking Into Market
Street Store.

Mitchell Bower, u sailor from the
hospital Manhattan. now at the Harlan
plant being ovrrhailcd. WAS held under
$1,000 bail for the Court of General
Sessions when arTagncd In City Court
today ON n charge Of breaking and entering
a hu,ior store nj 10i Market street. IL
is alleged that Bouycr with another
broke the window OF the store each
taking quart of liquor. The other man
has not been apprchcndCd.
When Bower was arrested by Patriot
man Morrow II is said hc threw the bottle
of huuor into the street Bouycr denied
breaking the window and SAID that he
WAS given the bottle by another sailor
over South Market street bridge.
An order OF 81 80 n week wac imposed
upon Frank ! O'Rourkc charged with
nnn-support of his minor chlld lie
said he was willing 90 support the chld
but has been unable Ia work tor the
past three months
Charles RuttCr. mgr" was ordered
tn pay $40 u week for the support oi his
Wifr and three minor children. Mrs.
Ruitcr SAID that although he had gwen
her money during the past few weeks
u had hccn 80 httlc thtt she cn'iId nor
keep her family ON
InSrph J RYAN also charged with non
Support had his case continued Tor ono
we'll for Tie pIrln~r of obtaining VT
urSSt~
Mr. susie SCOTT asked the case 81
breach 1T tho peace prricrrcd by her
against her huI~hand tlayt"n SCOT
H., Dismissed IT, trqucet Ma granted
irpldn Catald va tined - and costs
fe.. tr,.-n. ~~luu an tbe property "t lhc
E.IIruarf 4 Dbln r4ijrp..H
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
DEFAMATION CONTEST.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Newport, May The co!or.d scnoo,
children held i defamation contest and
musical program, last evening, and proved
themselves little orators Of large ability
Tic musical program was cXcciIcntly
rendered There Was 4 fine address by
Mr. II + Johns. his subject being The
Negro III the Wars recitation by MIS-
Gwcndolyn Rcddlng had a great effect on
the audience"
The children have shown their good
training tins wear. under the direction Of
their teacher. Miss Clara Brownlow, who
had charge Of the program and the tram
ing Of the contestants Prizes were
awarded the following First prize
Elizabeth Reason, second. Ruth Hamil-
ton: honorable mention, Alice W4rrlck
The judges included Dr i II Garnctt,
Rev George Fisher and Moses Smith
The school will hold closing exercises
June 10
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
STEAMBOAT LINES.
Wilson Line
rAsarvGERs AND rREIGHr

wTT,ArINGrON PIIiIsADEI PHfA ROUTE
Ilaitv except SntUfbHy9. HhnfaFR anu
holidays
leave Wilmington. FDurth afrert wharf
aud rhiladr ipha. Chestnut HtFfet wharf.
At n. - priU't uph hhp , ~ y ~
Saturdays and Sundays only. leave b0fh
wilmington and phiiadclphia a. $50 and
~ 81 q m 40, I ~ aud Z y ~
All buats stop az Penn Frpvf and 'hoF'Hf
Change IA fares. ctfHrtlve May
Daily except saturdays. AundnVS ana b"'i-
days bct weon Wilmington ~ Penn ftrpve
and Philadelphia. adults. 25r rarH way.
children. ~ carh way
pu Saturdays. SUNDAYS AMI hoiidaF4
Hduita. Boz each way, children iH' Haf u way
Hefween Wilmington or Penn ttrpV" and
Chester. daily including saturday.. Sun
lays and holidays. adults lsc each WaY.
Children ius eaah WAY
increase ~ local freight fairs IN rff'ct May .
Fm detailed Information appiv - freight
Office
WIIMI4GTo& pENN.g GRovE ROUTE
Summer a"heduin he eGart May
Ieave Wilmington At G3V Z. ., ~.
- a m - utltek nuuu ;. ? ,. {. e.
D. T. g O. to-. ~ and D.
Ieavp Perm firvsr ~ =. a. =. 2. 10
~ ~ - o.cio't utpu. .. 10. 2. 3.
:. g. :. X. .. tnl5 - ami ~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
GRANT LIKES THE SERVICE
Wilmington Boy With the Engin-
GERS in France Writes Home
to His Uncle

Lawrence NcNif. Of 1901 Apple
street, has received. under date OF April
10. letter from his nephew, Harry
Grant. well known to the members at the
South Sidr-t.dcn Athletic Club, who ~
now cover there with one of the United
States engineer regiments.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
hlAssEIlaE.

UH. HOt DEN Dcrnatoingist. Pace cor-
fnrtot All bieniabea removed frDfn tie
fsrn imperfect features tbirth. disease ~
accidpntt corrected rough. rDaree UUfHs
anuuthed and akin refined nplrEion
cleared hoilows and Wrinkle removed
Hours y 10 aud 20 y Equitable NtdI,
Room B02 Phone itE4.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11

Every Evenings classified advertise
ments bring results. Proved TO the salts
faction of many and will be To you ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
CURE MARX Its.

Quotations furnished Ivy .. l. Ntnkeluan
4 co.. Ford NulldtuE W tlUutnstun. tan - |
BROAD street, Philadelphia Noon fTlCea |
Ash !
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12
BRITISH MAKING GAINS
SOUTH OF THE S0MME
TAKE 5000 SLACkERS
1000 Suspects Seized at Cub
Ball Park in Chicago,
y. s. Agents Aided by Police Raid
Theaters, Pool Halls and Streets
Many Excuses Given.

Chicago, July 12.--Five thousand
poets by agents of the department Of
Justice in the greatest roundup Of
slackers in the city's history. The
drive, which was prepared in secret
by Hinton G. Clabaugh, divisional
chief of the bureau of investigation,
was prosecuted by federal operatives
and the police.
The scene of the first raid was the
Cubs baseball park.
A Gordon of police and secret serv-
1ce men surrounded the inclOsure and
no man of draft age was permitted to
leave until he had satisfied the fed
eral authorities that he had been prop
erly registered.
More than 1000 who could not pro-
duce this proof were rushed to nearby
police stations.
Meanwhile other details of police
and secret service men entered ho-
tells, barber shops, saloons, motion pic
ture hOuses-every place, in fact,
where men of draft age might be
found-while the streets similarly
were combed.
No excuse for failure to produce
proof of registration was accepted
Men detained were required to pro-
duce documentary evidence or to go
to Jail.
The announcement Of the raid on
the Cubs park was made to the
crowd before the Cubs came to bat
in the fourth inning.
Through megaphones secret agents
announced that all men of draft age
must show their cards before they
would be allowed to pass through the
gates.
Some men started to leave at once.
Others tarried until the game ended.
The result in each case was the same.
Men who obviously were not Of
draft age were permitted to pass un-
mOlested. Everyone else was stopped.
The men who could not show their
cards were herded together in the
steel-grilled inclosure beneath the Of
fee in the grand stand structure.
Slowly and carefully they were
sifted out. Some claimed they had
left their cards at home, others said
they had lost them Various excuses
were given.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12
INSECT VICTIMS OF "BOOZE"
Scientists Familiar With Many Varie-
ties That Indulge in a Sort of
Bacchanalian Festival.

There would seem to be no partic
ular reason from the human stand
point why the Ivy should be called the
plant of Bacchus, since no wine Is
made from it's berries. EntOmOlOgists
however. have found that the ivy
flowers provide a veritable bacchana-
liam festival for number of insects
Men of science are wont to sally forth
ut night With lanterns to capture the
intoxicated moths that crowd around
the greenish blossoms. When the
willow is in bloom they find similar
scene of dissipation around its yellow
catkins.
The tippling insect may be used to
point a moral by the prohibitionist.
since rum not infrequently leads to its
ruin. There is q fly so addicted to
wine that LinnaeuS named it the "cel-
lar fly" which appellation Kirby
changed to the more appropriate one
of the cellar wine drinker." Kirby
states that the larvae of this little fly,
whose diet he could attest from his
own observations diSdainS to feed on
anything but wine or beer, which, like
Boniface in the play, it may be said
both to eat and drink.
There are bees and flowers whose
random meetings result in the same
curious phenomenon. On the single
dahlias and gaillardias of the garden
bees are often to be seen in the same
maudlin state, and these bees are more
frequently Of the black and yellow
banded kind. If you take such a bee
Uff the gaillardia the insect will re-
main in your hand, indulging in
quaint antics or simply trembling in
every member. Presently, however, 1t
will recover and fly off straight to
another gaillardia flower and in a
very short time Is again in its former
state Of imbecility. One may pick 1t
up again ard have a repetition of the
performance
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12

Enemy'S Attack on American P0-
Sitions on Marne Front
Broken Up.
FRENCH HONOR U. S. MARINES
Authorities Change Name of BoIs De
Belleau to Bos De La Brigade
De Marine-IItinois Soldier
Is Hero.

With the American Forces on the
Marne, July ia large German pa
troll which attempted to raid the Amer
lean trenches on the Marne front was
broken up and routed in confusion.
The Germans left several dead
which aided the Americans In identi-
flying new German units.
The weather Is cloudy, shOwery and
windy and did not permit of much air.
plane observation. The artillery &C.
tivity continues below normal.
In recognition Of the valiant services
OF the American troops when they
stopped the German rush on Paris in
the second battle of the Marne, captur-
ing BOis de Belleau, routing German
machine gun nests and establishing
themselves In commanding positions
on the Marne sector. the French au-
thorities have officially changed the
name BOis de Belleau to Bois de La
Brigade de Marine and have ordered
all maps changed accordingly.
Illinois Man Is Hero.
With the American Army in France,
July 12.-German units in the trenches
opposite the Americans in the Yosges
mountains, which at places are not
more than fifty yards from the Ameri-
can lines, have learned to their cost
that the Americans are not afraid to
fight at close quarters.
Recently German officer, confident
the Americans had been terrorized by
a German raid, jumped to the top Of a
parapet with q hand grenade in one
hand and revolver in the other
Without word Sergt William S.
Waller Of Pinckneyville, ILL.,, seized a
rifle and went out to meet him. He
went straight at the German and bay
oneted him without firing a shot The
others in the party He'd.
Wisconsin Man Saved.
On another occasion Lieut. Edison
BOerke Of Wausau, Wis.,, knocked
down by shell explosion. started to
roll down the clifflike side Of No Mans
Land.
Gunner Joseph Bourdue jumped
after the falling man, picked him up
and carried him back to safety,
though knocked down by a second
shell.
Corp. Fred Henderson of Kansas
and Private Rexford X. Walker Of Illi-
nois rushed out Of a dugout armed
respectively with pistol and a trench
knife.
his hand, whereupon he ran to trans
verse trench, grabbed another pistol,
returned and killed one, wounded an
other and captured the third of trio
of Germans who had fired on him.
Walker continued through the fight
armed only with his knife.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12
LENT INSPIRATION TO ARTIST
How Clint in Eye of Model Led Paint
er to Alter the Spirit of His
Masterpiece.

'"The Spirit Of Seventy fa-
nous drum and fife trio-came from
the brush and genius of Archibald NJ.
Willard.
The artist emerged from Overalls and
a Wellington, o., wagon shop. A pic
ture called "Pluck No. L." displayed
in a Cleveland art dealers window, at
tracted the attention of the discrimi-
mating and paved the way to kind of
partnership with James H. Ryder,
through whose suggestion the "Seven
ty-six" picture was begun.
In it's early stages this painting
was called yankee Doodle" and it
was first planned along serio-comic
lines But one day." declares Mr.
Willard, 81 caught CLINT in the eye
of the old man who posed for the cen
ter figure, and in flash it revealed It,
self to me what all this stood for, and
I could go no further. The real pic
ture pushed everything else aside and
went ahead and painted itself"
The old man whose flashing eyes
inspired this change of conception was
the artists father, Rev. Daniel Willard
q man of revolutionary stock.
Thus curiOusly it was only by the
merest switch Of an inherited senti-
ment that this symbol was prevented
from becoming a fanciful burlesque to
live only for the brief day of it's ere.
ation.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12
DEATH SHIP REACHES PEKIN
Wrecked Columbia Rises to Surface
While Workers Are on Board.


Peoria, ILL.,, July 12.-Like some
ghost craft come to strike fear with
its hoary outlines, the steamer Co.
lumbia, which crumpled up in the Illi-
nois river last Saturday with more
than 600 persons aboard, rose abrupt
ly out Of its grave yesterday after
noon and f1oated almost to the water
front Of Pekin, S5 of whose citizens
lost their lives In the wreck. When
finally the wreck stopped and was
boarded by rescue workers two more
bodies were recovered This makes a
total Of So lives lost. It is not believed
there are any more bodies, and work
is to be discontinued. Coroner Clary
and Sheriff Wilson Of Tazewell coun-
ty, together with Is or more workers,
were aboard the Columbia when it
suddenly popped to the surface. There
was ha3ty scramble to quit the yes
sci and all reached small boats In
,afety. An examination of the steam
er Is to be made at once to determine
the cause Of the sudden rising. There
is a suggestion that the snag which
caused the wreck clung fast to the
bottom until released by the action of
the current, permitting the steamer to
rise.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12
BANKERS ARRESTED BY u. S.
Officials of Transatlantic Trust Com
pany Of New York Taken.

Officials of Transatlantic Trust Com
pany of New York Taken.
New York, July 12.-Julius Printer,
former president of the Transatlantic
Trust company, and three other officers
Of the corporation were arrested as
dangerous enemy aliens. The bank
was taken over several weeks ago and
reorganized by "A. Mitchell Palmer,
alien property custodian. The other
men arrested were Andrew GOmary,
Guido Won Steer and DR.. 1sadore
Szekely. According to Mr.. Palmer's
representative 1t had been found that
73 per cent Of the banks stock was
owned by three enemy financial insti-
tutiOns in Budapest. This stock has
come into Mr. Palmer's possession. The
Busch family Of st. Louis bought at
least $1,OOO,OOO worth Of German war
bonds which were sold in this country
for propaganda and for the purchase of
the New York Evening Mail and other
newspapers, according to Alfred L.
Becker, deputy state attorney general.
Mr.. Becker added that probably more
than $1OO,OOO,OOO worth Of the bonds
had been sold in the country. Mr..
Becker emphasized the point that.
while the United States was still neu-
tral, the German government, without
a cent Of expense to itself, established
a fund ito seduce part of the Ameri-
can press with good American gold,
exchanged for mere scraps OF paper"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12
U. S. SUGAR BOARD NAMED
Body to EquaIIze Price and Secure
Better Distribution.

Washington, July Ito equalize
the price Of sugar to the consumer in
the face Of prospects for an increase
due to a threatened shortage, and to
secure better distribution, President
Wilson created the sugar equalization
board, on recommendation Of Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover. The board will
be Incorporated at $5.OOO 600, the capt.
tai to be furnished by the president
from his special war fund, and will
have authority to acquire ever at
loss to the government, the production
Of beet sugar factories that cannot un-
der the present price Of beets be sold
to the public at reasonable price,
and other high-cost sugar. This will
be resold In the common lot at the
stabilized price, thus saving consider
able to the consumer. Offices Of the
board will be in Washington. MIR.
Hoover has been appointed chairman
and George Rolph, sugar director In
the food administration, president.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-12
AuSTRIANS IN RETREAT
WHILE ALLIES ADVANCE
CzECHS LOSE ; TOWNS
B0IShevik Forces on Offensive In
voIga and Siberia.
Armed Train Violently Bombards
Cities and Routs White Guards,
Says Moscow Report.

London, July 12.-Japans reported
decision refusing to intervene in ST.
IBERIA Is authOritatively denied, accord
ing to advices from Tokyo under date
OF July 2. 1t is added that the attitude
of Japan is unchanged and that the
feeling in official circles there is almost
unanimous that 1t is unnecessary to
send troops to Siberia at present
London, July 12-BOlshevik forces
have taken the offensive against the
Czecho-S -Slovak army in the Volga re-
g1on and the government troops have
won great success, says Russian Of
helal statement received here by wire
less from Moscow. The CZecho-Slo-
vaks In Siberia also are reported to be
retreating before a counter offensive of
the Russian bolshevik.
The communication, which was sent
out by the department of military op-
erations of the peoples commissariat
Of war, reads:
"July 9-CZechO- -Slovak front After
preparations for an offensive our
eAoOpo hoNS lCoShCu SACdl SuNNCSS.
Almost without loss we took Syzran
GO miles south of Simbirsk) and Bu-
gulma (13O miles northwest of Ufa).
The Czecho-Slovaks and White guards
fled In disorder in the direction of Sa-
mara. We are reaching Stavropol (in
CiscaucaSia), Yaroslav U6O miles
northeast of Moscow and Rybinsk (52
miles northwest Of Yaroslav).
'An armed train has violently shelled
towns occupied by the White guard
who are fleeing in a panic over the
River VOlga. Detachments fled to Ry-
bfnsk, where they tried to raise mu-
tiny. Measures have been taken
against them.
Eastern sector: CZecho-Slovaks af-
ter occupying Tcheshardrinsk, now are
2 retreating before counter-offensive
of the councils troops.
"Our commander in chief Of the
Uralo-Siberian front, Rirzin, reports
that CzechO-SlOvak troops commanded
by Russian officers have committed
many atrocities upon the personnel Of
the West Siberian railway"