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EIm bPASO c HrERp.MD
TODAY'S PRICES
Mexican bank notes state bills 101S pesos
CO1 Mex. gold 54H Naaonales 20 Bar silver IL
& H. quotation 77 7-8 Copper $3132 Grains lower
Livestock steady Stocks dull.
HOME EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
El Paso and West Texas generally fair; New
Mexico fair; Anions fair.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
DELIVERED ANYWHERE SOC A MONTH.
EL PASO. TEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 29. 1917.
SINGLE COPr FIVE CENTS.
14 PAGES TODAY
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DETECTIVE IDE FALSE
EVIDENCE ID GQNVIOT
MiMS COUNSEL
Five Attorneys For Defence in Bomb Trials Bombard
Swanson in Attempt To jMake Him Discredit His
Own Side; Bomb Plotters Sought To Over-
throw the Government State Claims.
SAN FRANCISCO CaL June 29.
Martin Swanson a detective took
the spotlight today In the trial
of llrs. Rena Mooney for murder
growing: out of a boib explosion last
July which resulted In ten deaths.
Swanson now employed by the dis-
trict attorney was formerly chief in-
vestigator for the Pacific Gas and
Electric company. Ee has been a fig-
ure Jn the background of the bomb
cases since the explosion.
Fire Bombard SiTanson.
Five attorneys appearing for Mrs.
Mooney combined in a hot fire of
questions on cross examination to ob-
tain details from Swanson's own lips
to support their charges that he had
led an organized conspiracy against
Mrs. Jlooney and the four other bomb
OFFICIALS IF SUM SEIZE SIM
OF CAULS Wf FOB FOOD
Other Stores in Big Copper Camp May Be Confiscated
Alter supplies in uompany stores Are .cixnausbeu;
Public is Being Rationed; Mexicans Prove Un-
able to Operate Plant; Explosives Lacking.
N
ACO. Ariz. June 29 AH goods
In the big general mercantile
store of the Cananea Consoli
dated Copper company which closed
its mines mills and.snieltess on JnaeJ.
zi have been CDnasesrtea-oy me .Mex-
ican officials' at Cananea Sonora ac-
corairfgHoMnTbnnaHon received" here :
from the Sonora -copper camp today.
Daily .allowances ot '.groceries and
other 6npplie5"ar bemg glverk.pnl to
the Mexican families.- this report
stated. The supply of coeds In the
company store was estimated to be
sufficient to permit rationing of the
pcpnlation for ten days. After that
other stores may be confiscated by
the government officials to feed the
people.
-Cant-Operate Properties.
Good order is being maintained In
HIE INTEND TD WIN TREASON OR
NO TREASON MINER DECLARES
Sixty-five Percent of the Men Employed by "Warren
District Companies Have Quit Work Strike Leaders
Say; Sheriff Wheeler Swears in Many Deputies
To Guard Workers; No Disorder is Reported.
BISBEE. Ariz June 29. The atti-
tude of the striking miners here
who threaten to tieup completely
the great copper camp was reflected in
a mass meeting of strikers last night
in which one speaker said the local
union was determined to. enforce its
plans "treason or no treason."
Having induced 65 percent of the
men to remain away from the copper
mines in the district yesterday as
against 50 percent the first day of
the trike leaders of the Metal Mine
Workers Industrial union were con-
fident today of a further increase In
the number of strikers and predicted
victory for their cause.
Wheeler to Swear m S30.
Operating heads of the three big
companies affected by the strike de-
clared however that many of the
men who did not report for work
stayed away because of intimidation
and asserted that as soon as adequate
protection was afforded the number
of workers would be Increased. Nor-
mally 5000 men .are employed in the
mines. Sheriff Harry Wheeler has
arranged to swear In 250 deputies for
duty and promises protection to all
miners who want to work.
Leader Caution Against Violence.
There has been no disorder since
the strike was called Tuesday night
and leaders of the union cautioned
the strikers who are seeking In-
creased wages and Improved work-
ing conditions against any form of
violence. At a mass meeting last
night the strikers were advised by
their leaders to remain away from
the companies' property "until fur-
ther notice."
Globe-Miami Mines to Close.
The 7000 miners emuloved in the
Globe-Miami district are to take a
strike vote Saturday. The Globe-
Miami men seek recognition of the
union and discharge of all non union
men. Reports circulated among the
miners In the Globe-Miami district
were that the niine owners would
close the mines before a strike could
be called. Representatives of the
companies would not comment on
these reports.
Scores of Men Leaving Blsbee.
At the mass meeting here last
night speakers said that any ma-
chinists electricians engineers or
Boilermakers who reported for work
defendants Thomas J. Mooney. War-
ren K. Billings both convicted in con-
nection with the murders. Israel
"Weinberg and Edward A. Nolan
sava Evidence 'Framed.
"Swanson has been largely instru-
mental in framing' evidence by which
he hoped to convict these defendants
was the direct charge of Edwin V. llc-
Kenzie. one of the counsel for Mrs.
Moonev in the course of efforts by
the state to introduce testimony tend-
ing to show her connection with an
alleged group of conspirators who.
the prosecution charged sought to
overthrow the government and whose
machinations culminated in the bomb
.nlnsinn. Tie denied that he had of
fered Weinberg '5000 reward to gije
information against Mooney as the
result of the dynamiting of power
towers near San Bruno CaL. prior to
the bomb murders. He admitted that
he had "talked to Weinberg" while
riding in the latter's Jitney bu
Cananea and all works there are
closed. It was found Impossible for
the Mexican government to operate
the mines because the supply of ex-
nloslves has been exbansted.
Officials of the Cananea company
arc Hot nopeim Ol an can Dcniciuw.
of the" dispnte regarding the payment
nf tiiTfs and labor conditions which
caasedheinlhei-tal!e;'RhTit-do wmand
all ofthe Americans to come to the
coraeiv
Th MIeneovernmnt-i3.salLtO
have made a. demand for.thejayment
of bacK. taxes auegeu io jib awing .
thegavemmeni wtitamomii m jv
000 pecos. The relinquishment or a
large number or copper claims to me
government Is also said to be another
point in the dispute. " " '
Officials of the company deny that
anv Tiatients were forced to leave the
company hospital after the mines were
closed.
todav wonla be cut on the unfair list.
So- far none of these crafts have
taken any action In the strike. Scores
of men are leaving the district on
every train. The operators declare
that men with families are being in-
timidated on their way to and from
the mines.
Liquor Is Handicaping
The Production Of Coal
Says PitlsbuTg Operator
Washington. D. C. June 29. Elim-
inate strong drink from the coal pro-
ducing states J. D. A. Morrow of the
Pittsburg Coal Producers' associa-
tion told the senate interstate com-
merce committee today and coal
production can be Increased 25.000000
tons a year with an adequate car
supply.
Alcoholic liquor Is one of the worst
enemies of the miners In western
Pennsylvania said Mr. Morrow. "It
Is impossible to get men to work
more than a few days a week even
when the car supply permits. The
same trouble exists in Illinois and
Ohio."
ELECTRICIANS AT BUTTE
PREPARE TO END STRIKE
Buttue. Mont- June 29. A settle-
ment of the electricians' strike against
the Montana Power company which
caused these unions to declare sym-
pathetic strikes against the mining
companies was expected to result to-
day from a meeting of the grievance
committee of the electricians' union
end the Montana Power company of-
ficials. The meeting was tentatively ar-
ranged late last night. The machin-
ists' union one of the first to strike
in sympathy with the electricians it
is understood advised the electricians
to begin negotiations.
STRIKING UTAH SMELTER
EMPLOYES RETURN TO WORK
Salt Lake City. Utah. June 29. The
strike at the Tooele smelter of the
International Smelting companys
plant is over. The men voted last
night to return to work. The men
agreed to accept a sliding scale
proposition of JO cents advance in
wages for each cent Increase In the
price of lead up to an advance of
8 cents. After the 8 cent increase Is
reached there will be a 10 cent In-
crease for each 2 cent advance in lead.
GREECE JOINS ENTENTE;
HAS SEVERED RELATIONS
WITH TEUTONIC NA TIONS
A
THENS. Greece June 29. The
Greek government has broken
diplomatic relations with Ger
many Austria-Hungary Bulgaria and
Turkey.
Though war has not yet been de-
clared the Greek government con-
siders that a state of war exists since
the advent to power of the new gov-
ernment yesterday. The recall of the
Greek diplomatic representatives ac-
credited to the central powers and
their allies is imminent.
MInUteni Are Recalled.
Paris France June 29. Telegraph-
ing from Athens under today's date
the correspondent of Le Temps says
that the Greek ministers at Berlin
Vienna Sofia and Constantinople have
been instructed to leave their posts
with their stafffs and to place their
archives with the Netherlands lega-
tions. DA DREADS
A D REVOLT
Anarchists Preparing to
Stir TJp Trouble at Dem-
onstration Sunday.
Petrograd Russia June 29. In
connection with the great demonstra-
tion arranged for next Sunday by the
congress of councils of deputies in
honor of the victims of the revolu-
tion all the moderate law abiding
citizens are assembling for the de-
fence of the provisional government.
Appeals for Overthrow.
During ths last few days evidence
has been accumulating that the mem-
bers of the Extreme Right have com-
bined with the anarchists and mem
bers of the Bollshevfkl faction to
utilize the demonstration for the pur-
pose of a counter revolution in the
cause of reaction. The first sign of
this was given yesterday when Alexis
Souvorln a well known newspaper-
man and others appealed for a
demonstration against premier Lvoff.
and his replacement by admiral Kol-
chak formeronirnander of ihe Black I
sea fleelwho isrndlsgrace with the I
government. Some of the agitators
have been arrested but others favor
ing a counter revolution; are still
Anarchists Plot to .Palace.
At a meeting of'the'.Petrograd coun
cil of deputies today a report was
presented wnicn stated that tbeaur-
novo palace which is- the headauar-
ters of the anarehist authors of last
Saturdays unsuccessful attempt to
overthrow the government also is be
Insr used for conferences of the reac
tlonaries. The report added that the
council dally was in receipt of fresh
facts proving that an attempt will be
maae to convert Sundays demonstra-
tion into a counter revolutionary out-
Dreaic.
DECIDED CIS
Berlin Germany. June 29. By war
of London. German forces yesterday
captured French positions on both
sides of the Malancourt-Esnes road
on the west bank of the Meuse In the
Verdun sector over a width of 2000
yards and a depeth of 500 yards the
war office announced today.
Today the Germans stormed a 300
yard wide French position In Avo-
court wood. More than 550 prisoners
were taken at both points.
PRINCE OF GREECE TO WED
AMERICAN WOMAN REPORT
London. Eng.. June 29. Special dis-
patches from Athens say prince Chris-
topher brother of .former king Con-
stantine of Greece Is coming to Lon-
don to marry a rich American woman.
The Dally Chronicle gives the name
of Miss Lits without details as to her
identity.
The prince who Is 29 years old and
a former sublieutenant of Grecian In-
fantry has twice been reported en-
gaged each time to a wealthy Ameri-
can woman.
Rio Janeiro BraxlL June 29. Brazil
has revoked i.er decree of neutrality
in the war between the entente allies
and Germany.
The Brazilian government by act of
congress late In May authorized the
revocation of Brazil's neutrality In
the war between Germany and the
United States. in notifying the
Brazilian legations of the sanction of
the revocation. Nllo Pecanha the
foreign minister jn t note said Brazil
up to that tlms had refrained from
taking sides in the European conflict
but that the republic could not re-
main Indifferent from the moment
the United States found itself in-
volved in a struggle for the rights of
the people and when Germany meted
out Indiscriminately to Brazil the1!
most brutal treatment
GERMANS CLAIM
BRAZIL REVOKES
HER NEUTRALITY
The rupture Is based on the incom-
patibility of maintaining diplomatic
relations with governments that are
carrying on war in Greek territory"
adds the dispatch.
The entry of Greece into the war on
the side of the entente nations Is the
result of the abdication of former
king Constantino from the throne the
departure of himself and his close ad-
herents from Greece the loss of pow-
er by premier Zalmis and his cabinet
who were part of the old ad-
ministration and the organization of
a ministry at Athens by former pre-
mier Venlzelos. who is again at the
head of the government though the
nominal leader is the new king Alex-
ander. Tart of Army With Venlzelos.
Because of Constantine's refusal to
allow Greece to enter the war on the
side of the entente. Venlzelos retired
from his premiership went to Sa-
loniki the base of the entente in
Greece and proceeded to organize a
Germany's Gold Reserve
Is Beginning To Dwindle
It Is Finally Admitted
OPENHAGEN. Denmark. June 29.
For the first time during the
" war the weekly report of the
Imperial bank of Germany shows a
decrease In its gold reserve which
this week is 76000.000 marks below
the preceding week. Increments for
a long time have been steadily de-
clining despite energetic appeals to
the people to surrender their Jewelry.
The bank heretofore however has
been able though often by the scan-
tiest margins to avoid the humiliat-
ing acknowledgment that the growth
paused entirely.
This week's decrease Is attributed
seml-offclally to heavy purchases
abroad. The Increase of the gold re-
serve has long since ceased to keep
pace with the increase in note circu-
lation. The bank several months ago
was compelled to abandon the old le-
f:al basis of gold and silver covering
or paper circulation and supplement
metallic covering by reckoning com-
mercial paper to make up the pre-
scribed one-third cover.
Promotes Use of Checks.
'With the gold supply falling despite
RUSS EARRISOfT
BALKS AT ORDER
Refuses to Release Import-
ant Military Prisoners
When Order Received.
Petrograd Russia June IS. The
garrison at the fortress of St. Peter
and St. Paul refuses to comply with
the order of the commission of in-
quiry to release MaJ. Gen. Seynn
former governor general of Finland
and the deputy governor or to allow
the transfer of Mme. Vlruhova
patroness of the . late mystic monk
Rasputin to a women's prison owing
to illness.
The central committee of the Max-
lmlllsts Is still In possession of the
villa of Mile. Kshcsinska. A detach-
ment of the Povlovsky guards now
surrounds the villa with orders to ad-
mit nobody and to arrest all persons
who come out or it.
A soldier three sailors and a work-
man who nere caught red handed In a
robbery at Kronstadt were taken to
the offices of the Workmen's and Sol-
diers' executives who were forced to
hand them over to the crowd. Soldiers
and sailors shot the men on the
ramparts of the fortress.
War At A Glance
THE entente powers
fight on until they
must
have
reached the end they set out
to attain when they accepted Ger-
many's challenge to civilization
declared David' Lloyd George the
British premier in a speech at
Glasgow today.
These utterances possess notable
significance at this moment when
Germany might agree to some re-
vision of their previously declared
war alms and at a time when
hints have been coming out of
Germany that next week's session
of the German relchstag might
witness some new statement on
the subject of peace by chancelor
von Bethmann Hollweg.
German Presi Muzzled.
Possible point to the suggested
German peace moiement is given
by reports of mysterious political
happenings n I thin the German
empire. The impression has been
given that the expected develop-
ments would be of a dramatic na-
ture and the press seems to have
been completely muzzled so far
as discussion of political topics Is
concerned.
Halg Drives At Lens.
In the field of military opera-
tions the important development
at present is the cumulative pres-
sure which Gen. Sir Douglas Halg
Is applying to the German lines
around the coal city and mine
fields of Lens.
The operation now seems to
have taken on a somewhat
broader scope suggesting that
the British commander in chief is
aiming at the far flanks of the
Lens position in a wide encircling
movement while keeping up the
push here and there on the Im-
lhedlate'envlronments of the city.
On the .French front the Verdun
district has again sprung into
"prominence.
provisional government there includ-
ing those Greek provinces which were
pro-entente in sympathies. A consid-
erable number of army and navy of-
ficers with their troops and warships
went over with Venizelos. One or
more divisions of Greek troops were
organized and are now In line with
the allies on the Macedonian front.
Educational Campaign I nnecessnry.
With the return of Venlzelos to
Athens it was announced that the
government would reconstruct and
that a campaign of enlightenment
would be conducted among the Greek
people to show them clearly the pur-
poses of the entente powers and the
duty of Greece. Apparently this has
since been deemed unnecessary and
the new administration considers
Greece ready to take her place with
the entente powers.
In consequence of the changed con-
ditions in Greece the allies have lift-
ed the embargo which caused much
economic distress in Greece under the
regime of Constantine
utmost efforts financial authorities
of late devoted their chief energies to
a campaign to restrain an increase in
note circulation by promoting the use
of checks and bank transfers Instead
of cash.
Gold Sent to Amsterdam.
London. Eng.. June 29. According
to a dispatch to the Times from Am-
sterdam. German specie from the Im-
perial bank of Germany has been re-
ceived there. The German gold has
been consigned to several Dutch
banks. The correspondent says It ob-
viously is a small part of the German
debt to Holland chiefly for food-
stuffs and is the only practicable
method of preventing further serious
damage to the reputation of the Ger-
man mark.
German Reports Falsified.
The morning newspapers comment
on the significance of the decrease In
the returns of the imperial bank of
Germany saying they have been fal-
sified throughout.
They say that although returns are
lever admitted the fact Is that gold
has been sent out of the country from
jme to time. The Times says the
eal difficulty for Germany is whetn
r the gold she sends abroad will
ver come back.
BTf W-
ROSSI STAFF
Is Guest of Gen. Brussiloff
at General Headquar-
ters; To Rumania.
Petrograd. Russia June 29. Ellhu
Root head of the American commis-
sion and foreign minister Teresch-
tenko returned to Petrograd yester-
day after a brief visit to headquar-
ters where they were welcomed by
Gen. Brussiloff In the name of the
Russian army which declared the
.commander in chief would continue
with all the powers at Its disposal
not only to fight for Its own cause
but at the same time hand In hand
with America to fight for the right
of all nations to shape their destines
In accordance with their own desires.
There was little In the small coun-
try town of Mohllev to correspond
with a conventional view of a general
stafr headquarters. The atmosphere
of formality secrecy and dignity
which distinguished it when it was
the home of the former emperor
Nicholas had departed since the revo-
lution. There Is nothing left to ar-
rest the attention of the observer ex-
cept the emperor's residence whith
is now used by Gen. Brussiloff and
the military hotel where members of
the staff are quartered. Otherwise it
is a peaceful village nestling on the
bank of Dnieper 200 miles from the
firing line.
Few Soldiers Appear.
Onlv small groups of soldiers were
present to watch the imperial train
carrying the commission draw into
the station. Despite the fact that the
train which was such a common
sight In Imperial days had not besrw
seen In Mohllev since the abdication
of the emperor it evoked little curios-
ity .v few soldiers thinking they
'eLTabodbu7whenherwe
told that It was being used by th.J
American mission mcy uomcuiaicij i
dispersed.
Wednesday noon the commission
lunched with Gen. Brussiloff and soon
thereafter. MaJ. Gen. H. L. Scott and
aids military mcmDers of tne com-
mission escorted by Russian general
staff officers departed for Kiev
After a short tour of the southwest-
ern front MaJ. Gen. Scott will go to
Rumania and will greet the klnjr and
nueen In the name of the commission
nri th- American government. i
RUSSIAN INACTIVITY HALTS
BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMIA
London. Eng.. June 29. The mili-
tary correspondent of the Times gives
a detailed account of the present con-
ditions of the British forces in Meso-
potamia. The correspondent says the
army there now Is admirably provided
and medical arrangements are thor-
oushly satisfactory.
The writer says events In Russia
considerably influence the British po-
sition in Mespotamla and in conse-
suence of the Inaction of the Russian
army in the Caucasus the situation of
Gen. Maude commander in chief is
radically changed. If the Russian
offensive under Gen. Yudevltch. ex-
commander in chief of the Caucasus
had been prosecuted the. Anglo-Indian
army would now form the left flank
ot the Russian line. Gen. Tudevltch
was removed and no offensive occurred.
L BE
MUSTERED IN
AUGUST 5?
Will Be Sent To Border
Training Camps Imme-
diately Afterward.
MEN WONT BE
HELDJN STATES
A 11 Regiments In A rmy Of
Whatever Kind To Be
Named By Number.
WASHINGTON. D. C June 29.
National guard regiments
will be sent forward to their
divisional mobilization camps in the
south immediately after they have
been drafted into the federal service.
Heretofore it has been expected that
because of lack of tents it might be
necessary to keep many regiments at
their home armories or state moolll-
zaton points for an indefinite period.
Mar Coll All at Once.
The exact date of the application of
the draft to the guard is still under
discussion. Present orders are that
the divisions of the eastern section of
the country be drafted July 13; the
central section July 25 and the west-
enr section August 5. It has been
pointed oat. however that inequali-
ties in relative rank among national
guard officers would result from this
three increment plan and the war de-
partment Is debating the advislblllty
of postponing the application of the
draft until August 5 and covering the
entire guard at that time in one op-
eration. To Designate All Troops by Xnmber.
Designation of all army regiments
hereafter by number and service
branch only without distinction be
tween units of the regulars national
guard and national army has beeni
ueciuea on Dy tne war department to
simplify official records of the great
. s "
ii m iicnuoe ue ixnaras.
Under the system the regular reg
iments will retain their present
aatlonalguardTestment3 will be Te-aameoVaBthcIr.-
- numbers j beginning
where .hose of JheVegnUrs end and
Uirtnew units"" to "he organized under
the-jdraft will take their numbers on-
ward from: the last of the guard reg-
iments. . &
May Be Pareatarsls. r
For purposes of local identification
but not in the official records 'nai
tlonal guard and national army regi-
ments will be permitted to ie in
parenthesis after their names the
names of the state from which they
come. In the case of th national
guard the former name of the regi-
ment may be used In parenthesis. In-
cluding both the name of the state
and former state number. Thus a1
national army regiment would be'
called the 205th Infantrv W Vj.i. nr '
me mu ueia Artillery (Minnesota)
nuiio a nauonai guard regiment
imBui use me assignation 66th in-
fantry (First Indiana) or 10th engi-
neers (22d New Tork).
No parenthesis would imply regu-
lars. First Dutch Warship In
Ten Years Visits U. S.
Port; Will Be a Convoy
An Atlantic Port June 29. A Dutch
armored cruiser the first warship
flying the flag of Holland to come
Into this port for more than ten years
arrived here today. The warship will
remain for several days.
Officers of the ship declined to dis-
close the mission of the vessel but
it was reported that she is to act as
convoy for a nrmoer of Holland pas-
senger an-I freight vessels now about
ready to leave American ports.
MAKE RAPID PROGRESS
IN SUBMARINE CHASERS
Washington D. C June 29. Rapid
progress is being made In the con
struction of hundreds of submarine
chasers recently ordered bv the navy
department. At the New Tork naw
yards alone a dozen of the 110 foot
wooden hulls have been completed
although the original plans called for
the production of only one during the
monin ot june. in .ugust the yards
- ' begin to deliver hulls at the rate
carder haeM UP UnU1
I
BERLIN PROTEST
iuuun x.ng June 29 An account
oi me merman plot to blow uo Nor
wegian steamships was given In the
Storthing yesterday by foreign min-
ister Ihlen says an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Copenhagen. M.
Ihlen declared the bombs were sent
to Norway by the German foreign
office by means of a messenger dis-
patched to the German legation In
Chrlstlania.
The Norwegian legation in Berlin
had been ordered to Inform the Ger-
man government what had happened
and to make a sharp protest against
this violation of Norwegian territory
Norway the ferolgn minister said
was now awaiting Germany's reply.
After the examination of the mes-
senger had been concluded he was
handed over to Germany on condition
that action be taken against him
there and that he should not be used
again as a messenger to Norway.
i
If SENDS
IKE Nil DIE
AND SAIN ON II
YARDS OF FRONT
PRISONERS AND MACHINE GUNS
ARE 1IEI JjjIjJE GERMANS
British Are Making Hard Drive at Lens and Are Gain-
ing All Objectives Apparently Trying To Sur-
round the Coal Mining City; Germans Make Care-
fully Prepared Offensive in Verdun Sector.
LONDON Eng June 29. British
troops last night In an offen-
sive gained their whole objec-
tive says a telegram from British
headquarters In France. The British
captured German forward positions
on a 2000 yard front south and west
of Oppy in the Arras sector.
The official statement says the
British captured prisoners and ma-
chine guns. They also continue to
gain ground south of the Souchez
river and have entered the town of
Avion about two miles sonth of
Lens.
Take Forward Position.
The statement follows:
"Early last night we attacked and
captured the enemy's forward posi-
tion on a front of about 2000 yards
south and west of Oppy. The whole
of our objectives were gained and a
number of prisoners were taken by us.
-Onr troons continue to gain
ground on a wide front south of the
i souchez river ana cave enterea Avion
3iore Prlioncrs Captured.
I "A further number of prisoners and
isix machine gun shave been captured
! . '
f m u.o die.
"A hostile raiding party re-
milsed dnrintr the night north of
CftrisyJwiWe'isiieeesSIuUy'raldedSthe
enemys trenches southeast or loos.
FlKl-.Bccomc Sfore Intense.
British-. Headqnaftefsf in iFraDcej.
Jane-z J- 37 Th'A.'tt- ThSStghtiar
is more Intense in " tfi.6 vicinity tf
Lens.
The British made a "brilliant at-
DRASTIC ACTION
FACESiERMAi
What It Is Is Unknown;
Newspapers Completely
Gagged; No Comment.
London. Eng June 29. Special dis-
patches from Rotterdam say It Is In-
ferred there. In view of the gagging
of the German press that something
drastic has happened or Is about to
happen In Germany. They quote the
Frankfurter Zeltung. complaining
that It was compelled to Issue Its po-
litical section until further notice
without an independent expression ot
opinion and say the censorship now
iar exceeds anything previously.
The press is declared to be com-
pletely muzzled. It Is said the real
secret of the paper shortage is a gov
ernment move to compel newspapers
to print such bare news as is allotted.
excluding commentary matters.
The belief is expressed in Holland
that next week's meeting of the reich-
stag may produce startling develop
ments.
Bonnd Hand and Foot
Copenhagen. Denmark. June. 28.
The manipulation of the German press
ny tne autnoruies uie employment ot
the vast apparatus of the war press
office for filing the newspapers with
special dispatches and semi official
accounts and comments on military
events distortions of truth by the
military press bureau working in the
spirit Instilled by von TIrpitz and the
glaringly inaccurate announcements
of brilliant crop prospects put forth
regularly Deiore ana at Harvest time
have repeatedly been referred to In
dispatches together with descrip-
tions of the working of the censorship
to prevent any free disci sslon of pnb-
He problems In Germany.
Tapers Word For Word The Same.
It now Is possible to. cite the testt.
mony of German newspapers which
writhing under the government cuts
In their paper supply speak their
minds freely on the conditions In the
urofesslon. The Deutsche Volks
Zeltung. or Hanover for example
writing ot the government .efforts to
control and direct sentiment says
that the contents of the German pa
pers are almost word for word the
same In all the papers as these are
fed from the same source and are not
permitted by reason of the censorship
restrictions to take any independent
line In news or views.
Must Be Ibsolntely Verbatim.
Parenthlcally It may be remarked
that it is an offence punishable by
martial law for an editor to omit a
comma or a word from a communica-
tion issued by a newspaper agency
and designated as official.
FIVE FRENCH SHIPS SUNK
BY SUBMARINES IN WEEK
Pans. France. June 29. Two
French merchantmen of more than
1600 tons and three of less than that
size were sunk by submarines or
mines in the week ending June 2t.
according to the weekly announce-
ment Issued hero today. In that time
there were 10S8 arrivals at French
ports and 953 savings.
tack last night during a blinding rain
that accompanied a thunderstorm on
the southwesterly suburb of the great
mining city including the one known
as Avion.
All the first objectives of the at
tack were gained and the indicatior s
are that the British are still pushing
forward today.
Nearly 200 prisoners already have
been collected In the cages and more
captives are reported on the m
back from the fighting front. A nuro -ber
of machine guns also are re
ported taken.
Fight In Tangle of Ituins.
The fighting took place In and out
among bits of ruined buildings coi
lierles. pit derricks and the usual lit-
ter and paraphernalia of a mining
settlement only In this case the tan
gle had been made greater by the
shell fire of many months.
The bombardment which preceded
the attack was carried out on a fair!.
wide front and was of but slightly
less Intensity than that which has
Preceded some of the greater actions
on the British front.
PIcLed German Troops Repulsed.
Paris France. June 29. Picked
German troops made a heavy attach
' Hill 304 and. Avocourt wood after
. ft" f"Ji3?i. Av5urt w-.I'aIter
k esneciallv severe shplllnn Tnfav- nf.
l .. -.;.'. .1T7L -. f". "
"UXvt"" "..TS
disorganized by the sharp reply of the
oci-iniusrxjni laax tne? Her-
mans obtained a .footing at only a few
points in the first line
Thia morning the Germans- made
another- violenr t-tnrt - . uni
.30CV:It failed completely.
jae vermans were active ok the
Alsne front also AIL their 'attacks
were xepslsed-
BRITISH SALUTE
PERSHIf S MEN
Every Honor Paid in Tower
of London to Vanguard
oi American Forces.
London. Eng June 29. The Yeo-
men of the Guard or "beef eaters.
a they are more familiarly known.
who stand guard In their costumes of
black and red over the Tower of
London are still talking about theL.-
guests. the American soldiers who
came over with MaJ. Gen. J. J. Per-
shing. They were the first American
troops ever quartered In the famous
stronghold. During their five days
stay In London the advance guaroT of
the army slept ate and made friends
I? he PIa which Americans first
think of as the place where spie3 are-
shot. Here inside the walls of the place
which has played such an important
part In England's history were
gathered khaki-clad men from all
parts of the United 'States: destined
to be the first of the American army
to participate in the European wat.
British Pay Americans tke-B.oaor.
When these enlisted nien return-
ing tired and hungry after a hard
day's Investigation ot the beauties of
Westminster and St. Paul's passed
over the bridge ot the wide moat ot
the Tower "beef eaters' and; members
of the Honorable Artillery Company
stood at attention and sainted. Even
the sergeant major engrossed: 1n
drilling new recruits In the dry -moat
underneath found tfrae to call lis
"rookies" to salute the Americans.
Salute for National Songs. .
On one occasion when the Ameri-
cans came tramping in singing Ih?
"Star Spangled Banner" every Bril-
ls soldier within hearing stood and
saluted. Some of the latter took ap
the strains of "God Save the. Klnc"
and the American saluted lit turn.
The American troops occupied two
large rooms In the barracks under the
shadow of the White Vbwer which
was the scene ot so much suffering
In the tragic days of England's early
history when it was a gloomy dqn-
geon and later a state prison. Now
the royal Jewels are housed there.
Were Well Fed.
The men slept on cots made ot Iron
with two piece mattresses: they ate
from long tables in a huge mess halt
"This doesn't look as though- Ens-
land was starving as the Germans are
trying to make out" said an Amert
can sergeant as he put away a second
helping of roast beef. The Americans
were as well fed as the British troops
who have earned the reputation iti
this war of being the best fed army
that ever went Into battle.
ALSATIANS GREET PERSHING
AS OF ALSATIAN DESCENT
Paris. France June 29 Ma Csn.
Pershing yesterday received a dele-
gation from the Alsace-Lorraine re-
publican committee. Referrine to the
American commander's Alsatias&iui-
cestry the vice president. Mr. sSehl-
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