New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HERALD “ADS” MEAN| BETTER BUSINESS| - ESTABLISHED 1876 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JUN E 17, 1918.—TEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENT BAKER WOULD SEND OBJECTORS OUT OF 1S, AT WAR'S END Twelve Wh(fi{eiused to Take Up | - Arms for America Are Sentenced to Prison 15 RANGE OF SENTENGES pight i urer of Onc dic Declined to = | Uncle Whom He Had Never Aganst Had Similar Cl Seen—Others “They Have Bqual Rights and | Privileges, Therefore Equal Re- spousibilitics,” Sce’y’s Attitude, June ntenec 1S months’ by 1ington, from nment upon -cailed conscientiou Jjectors who refused military servee ot Camp Upton, New Yorlk, and Camp (@ approved to 20 years imposed court 1 ob- Gorden, were to- | pr st or ‘Austria be they «pprovi the fir tn Germany have relatives ther In the tindings of the courts, the kind to reach the de Mr. Baker went record as favoring the return of such me “to the countr f their preferenc after > gvar. ‘welve objectors were follows: Hyman Polke William J, Seider, 20 White 15 years; Anton years; Julius Levinthal, Louis Silverman, 10 yrs.: kind, 10 years: Louis H imenthal, 15 years; Samuel Spire, 5 vears; Paul Bauc 10 William Charles 5 20 years, and Michael Ciupa, | cause t of er on s 0 sentenc 15 ye yea J Zsoldak, 10 18 months; | Mayr Stuff- ) years; wa year “n Baker's should war is vised sirable S rs, 10 my judgment, said appro exec sentenee aft process can al, tho tted some h and, i over, which these an be their prefercne from States. ast doulit procecdine uncertain resnit by citi de. the entirely ned to the it would ! point of ret v able of United »*'I have not the propriety of the cases, nor am I correctness of the The in cither naturalized United States or naiive citizens United born of ps countries which I s war. hey were | the army of the | United States pursuant to the selective draft law. * before the proper officers of the army <ked whether they would in fact fulfill their military oblic fighting against Germany in Burope. They all answered that | they would not. “ * * There was the same shuffling on the part of some of the soldiers as to what they meant | by their and some long- Winded refinements were undertaken to the effect that some of them were willing to fight Germans and Austrians generally, but would not fight their relatives, although they offered no explanation of the process by which they were goin discover whether | particular Gern nd Austrians swhom they were required to shoot at | from long rt happened to be re- | lated to them. “In one claims to have old in the military service of ustria, whom he once saw, and he 1 heard of ten or twelve other rela- tives in Austria, of some of whom he | Jiad seen photographs which must frave been of a very persuasive char- acter since they aroused in him emotions of blood kinship strong enouzh to overcome the obligations of his oath of allegiance as an American cvitizen. to th these to the ache in oldiers in ail these ¢ tiz were of the | of the ents ¢ United citizen States with ates is now at properly members of “ * They were summoned | tions by | nd Austria | answers, wn to ans g the an records uncl of the soldier evidently too to be “These men were full citizens of the § Tnited Stat voluntary full most of them naturalization. citizens in the had equal rights all other citizens. equal responsibilities. these duties and resy protect the United Its enemies, domestic right nded citizen to pick and choose.’ " AIRPLANE OVER ENGLAND Raider Crosscs Kent Coast Soon After by the They that rileg have mong is to against all and foreign. No to a naturalized act of were *hey with also) sense and pri They sibilities ites e Noon, But Is Driven Out to Sea by British Gunners. London, June 17.-—A German plane crossed the Kent coast of and soon after today. It rhased back British craft guns air- was anti- noon to sea by TENEM! Ma TS AFLAME June 1 yard LAWREN( Lawrence slarting in o »d ment district today s dwithin a short time were in flames. Help was called from —Iire in the tene- yread rapidly and cight buildings e sings | picce of land | of real | are v ph | 3 STANLEY ESTATE IS ‘VALUED AT $192,353 500 Shares of Stanléy Rule and | Level Co. Represent $170,000 WILL ~ BEING ~ CONTESTED Rule & Level Company and ‘ Stanley Stanley W ftems On Inventory—Local Proper- ty Worth $20,500. The estate of the late Charl Stanley, who was seeretary and treas- the Stanley Itule and Level Co., and whose last will is being con- tested his d: Mrs. Ruth inley Bates of because it contains a provision if she dics without leaving the tate is to revert to the city Britain for has been appraised at §$19 98. The appraisers, Robert N. Peck and Charles W. Nichols, have filed th inve - with the probate court. wghter, Hartford that issue of New 3.98 Valuable Manufacturing Stocks. among other holdin, of the Stanley Rule with which Mr. Stanley and had been connected for a gencration. At the pres- are and Included 500 shar Level Co., his family nore than ent market ed at $340 per share, making the I valuation of the Rule Shop hold- $170,000. Two pieces of proper- ty on West Main street arc valued at $14,000 and $5,000 respectively, and in the huttle Meadow at §1,500. Two pieces estate in the town of Warren lued at $100 cach. Ttems in the inventory follov 500 shares Stanley Tevel Co., at $340 hares New Br Trust Co.. at $250 shares Chile par at $16 D. . Judd t §20 s Stanley it 90 Central tot tract is valued Rule & in 750.00 50 Copper % 800.00 « S o 200. 100 sh Works, par ,000. 20 shares Co. 200, $500 Liberty Bond [ v company St ash in Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co E Russwi company ... Ang Game Lycenum . alue o-Ameriean Protec- no value we sh and tive asso Automobile Tlousehold furn Grand total Will Being Contested. In his will Mr. Stanley made visions for his wife und daughter, but in a special clause stated positively that should his daughter die without issue her share of the estate, which, at the death of her mother will in- c¢lude the entire estate, shall revert to the city of New Britain to be held as perpetual fund for Walnut il This paragraph especially pro- 1 park. stated that any heirs that the daughter { might have must be her chil- dren, and that no adopted child can profit under the will. When the Stanley will was admitted to probate here Lawyer Hugh M. Alcorn of Hart- ford representetd Mrs. Bates, the daughter, and the will was Imitted by Probate Judge D. T. O’'Brien Meriden without contes The law provides 30 days in which to file an appeal however, and late last week wyer Alcorn filed such a notice. The appeal the local probate court to the superior court. own of is from ONE WOMAN Otto Breither Law—Many Mrs. Complics With Inquirics. M Breithe ness in Breither, wife of Otto W A principal wit- the trial of Bernard Montvid for the murder of Rev. Joseph Ze- bris and ¥ Gilmanaitis, was the first woman to comply with the or- der for the registration of allen en- emy women today. Police Captain Thomas W. Grace made out the papers and will make out the papers for all who call this week. Helen who s HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTE Bridgeport, June 17.—Frank Cat lona, whose automobile yesterday down and killed eight-year-old Joseph Broughran, was arraigned in the city court this morning and held on charge of manslaughter. FHis case w. continued until June 22 under of $1,500. 11T BAER A PRISONER. Fort Wayne, Ind., June 17, paul Frank Baer, the American * who has been reported missing May 22, is a prisoner in a German mp, according to confirmatory tele- grams received here today by the avi- ator's mother PrPoOTY ON ATRCRAFT BOARD. Washington, June T.—Willlam Potter, of New Yoark, was nominated nearby towns when the fire got be- yond control of the local department, today by President Wilson to be a member of the aircraft board, s Stock Largest Single | entire | valuation this stock is ap- | .$170,000.00 | | obedience have ! Germany’s sword and the German na- | well an | bonds | TTRST YANKE ON 'O DIE GERMAN SOIL IS AWARDED WAR CROSS Washington, June 17.—Award of the French Cross of War to Private 'W. J. Guyton as the first American soldier to be killed on German soil is an- nounced by General Pershing in a continuation of yesterday's communique rcceived today at the War Department. Guyton belonged to the American farce operating in the Vosges. The dispatch follow “Section B.—Private W. Guyton, who belonged to the American troops operating in the Vosges, was killed hy m: chine gun fire on the day after his unit entered the line. He received the Croix de Guerre as the first American to die on German soil. As the division to which he belonged has now been identified, this information, which was transmitted confl dentially on May 27, may now be published.” J MILITARISM WILL a Walnut T1ill park fund, | WIN, KAISER SAYS | God the Tord Has Burdened Him Heavily, But He Will Try to Carry Load. Amsterdam, June 17.—Prussian mil- itarism will bring victory to Germany, says Emperor William in reply to a telegram of congratulation on the 30th anniversary of his accession from . Chancellor von Hertling. or declares he leads ‘“‘the most capable ! people on carth.” The telegram read “When I celebrated my lee as ruler, I was able, with special gratitude, to point out that I had been able to do my work as a prince of peace. “Since then the world picture has changed. For nearly four vears, forced to it by our enemies, we have been en- ! gaged in the hardest struggle history records. God the Lord has laid a heavy burden upon my shoulders, but I carry it in the consciousness of our good right, with confidence in ou { ship, our sword and our strength and in the realization that T have the good ! fortune to stand at the head of the most capahle people on earth. Just as our arms under strong leadership have praved themselves invineible, so also will the homeland, exciting all its strength, bear with strong will the suf- | ferings and privations which just now | are keenly felt. “Thus, T have spent this day midst my armies and it moved me to the depths of my heart yet filled with most profound gratitude to God's merc “T know that Prussian militarism, o much abused by our enemie which my forefathers and T, in a spirit of dutifulness, lovalty. order and nurtured, has given tion strength to triumph and that vie- { tory will bring peace which will guar- the German life will then be my as that of the states, with all our power to sec to the healing of the wounds caused by the war and to secure a happy future for the nation. ! ITn most faithful recagnition of the work hitherto performed. T rely on vour approved strength and the help of the state ministry. God bless our land and people. antee i acred duty, as EXPECT TO ARRES O’LEARY’S PARTNERS Government Has Much Undisclosed Evidence to Convict Other Radical Irish-Americans Working Here. Washington, June 17.—The capture of Jeremiah O'Leary, Irish-American leader. under indictment in New York, in a mountain cabin in Wash- ington, will be followed by arrest of a number of other Irish agitators In the United States on charges of tres son or espionage. The government has undisclosed evidence a and his companions, today, and arrest of has been deferred apprehension. considerable gainst O'Leary it was learned his co-workers only pending his LATHROP LE i(;m‘s to Boston to Take Charge of U. i S. Fastener Factol Charles A. Lathrop of Lyon street, tfor 19 years foreman in charge of the | patent fastener departments at Traut | & Hine Manufacturing Co. plant, has accepted a position with the United States Fastener Co., at Boston, Mass., and will enter upon his duties at once. He will have charge of similar work there. His family will move to FAVOR FASTER AUTO. The special committee of the com- mon council, appointed to make an investigation concerning the recom- , mendation of the board of polico commissioners, which for tho purchase of two Reo autos for the police department, will make re- | port tomorrow evening at the ing of the common council. Tt i understood that the committee T made an exhaustive inquiry and their conclusion is that the police depart- ment requirement is for a seven- | passenger auto of a faster and heavier type. No particular make I will be suggested. was a meet The emper- | 'RADOSLAVOFF 00T AS BULGAR PREMIER King Ferdinand Requests Minis- ters to Remain Temporarily | i | { | 'UPHEAVAL OVER DOBRUDJA Cabinet Tiad Been in Oflice Since iod Before the War—\ustrian Crisis Held Anait Action of | | o | Up to Polish Party. Sofia, June 16. Via Premier Radoslavoff has tendered the resignaticn of the cabinet, and King Ferdinand has accepted it. The minis- were requested by the X to n their portfolios until a new cab- inet is formed. Amsterdam The downfall of Premier Radoslav- off mos bly is due to the feeling E he did not make the most of his oppartunities in the nego- tiations during which peace was forced on Rumania and Rumania com- pelled to give up the Dobrudja. Many Bulgarians have felt, it has been ported, that the Dobrudja should have been ceded outright to There also has been some dissatisfac- tion over whether the Central Powers would back up Bulgaria's territorial claims in Macedoni Tho coalition cabinct of Premier Radoslavoff, who is the liberal lcader, i came into office hefore the war. Austrian Crists Suspended. Amsterdam, June 17.—The expected turn in the Austrian political situation by ministerial action over the week- end did not materialize, pending a plenary meeting of the Polish party announced for June 21 to reconsider the Cracow resolutions which were a virtual appeal for the independengo of Poland and its separation from Aus- tria and the Hapsburg dynasty. 1t is believed, according to news ad- vices herc that an open German- Polish breach will not ensue, even { should the Cracow resolutions be up- held and the situation remain unde- cided until such time as the parties can come to terms. Some German ele- ments hope that the meeting on Ju 21 will build a bridge for an agree- ment. If this occurs, a summer con- vocatian of the Austrian parliament is deemed within the range of prob- ability. Red Cross Nurses Without Food. | Tondon, June 17.—Red Cross nurses attached to {he hospital at Kirchendorff have informed the Aus- trian military authorities that the hospital avill be closed unless the nurses are given equate food, cording to Austrian newspapers ceived here. The nurses had to steal patients’ r tions in order to live. Some were caught and imprisoned. The milits authorities promised relicf. have { Hunga Amsterdam, June 17.—All new crops have been ordered requisitioned by the Hungarian government, accord- ing to a report from Budapest. Al flour mills have heen put under gov- ernment supervision. cs Crops. Bread Strike at Nurembourg. Amsterdam, June 17.—A political reduced bread rations and the post- ponement and hampering of Prussian suffrage reform, according to reports received here. The Berliner Tage- blatt says the social democratic party and the United T de unions of Nu- rembourg have issued a against a strike. warning YANKEES STOP HUNS eneral Pershing Reports Repulse of German Attacking Parties in the Woevre and Chatcau-Thierry. Washington, local enemy attac June 17.—Repulse of < in the Woevre and in the Chateau-Thie region was reported today in Genc Persh- ing’s communique for last night. Paris, June 17.—The French troops improved their positions north and northwest of Hautebraye between the Oise and the Aisne, in a local opera- todav. One hundred pris oners and some machine guns were captured, savs the official atemenit issued today. tion i London, raid was of Ar few cially June arried s by the prisoners 17 out Briti is —A last h an succe: night t who teok a eunced offi- it APPROVE CALLING ALL MEN. Washington, June 17.—ITnanimous approval of the house provision au- thorizing the president to call all men of drafr who can be trained equipped, was today military sub-committee the army appropriation nd the considering bill, W voted e WY Hartford, Hartford snd ably showers tonight or day. Warmer tonight. H (S R 2 June 17, — For vicinity: Prob- ike has been arranged for today at urembourg as a protest against the . ALERT AMERICANS BLOCK ENEMY RAID ON XIVRAY, TOUL DISTRICT !PL[\INVILLE SOLDIER, REPORTED LOST, FOUND Private Carl H. Nilson Had Been Listed as Missing in Action. Washington, casualty list names, divided June 17.—The today contained 3 as follows: Killed in action, 6; died’cf wounds, 2; died of accident (airplane) 1; died of disease, 4; wounded ; wounded, degree issing In action, 1 The list: army Action. Charles F. W. Albrecht, William M. Goodwin, M.; Dan T. Graves, Ellis- Claud H. Myers, Brown- ‘tro Natale, T.ucca, Mon- J. Robertson, Lock- Killed in Privates Brooklyn; Clovis, N. ville, Mis: ing, Mo tenegre port, La. P Henry Died of Wounds. Privates Alexander Olkosky, Run, Pa.; John M. Peterson, land, N. D. Died in Captain Okla. Canoe Rut- Airplane Accident. Harry S. Gwynne, Tulsa, Dicd of Disease. George ace Mile Erie, Pa.; Cal; Paul Ind. Severely Wounded. Captain Albert S. Tucker, Laredo, Texas; Lieuts. Willlam Ross Gahring, AMt. Vernon, Mo.; Samuel J. Gilmore, Brooklyn; Sergeant Charles H. Buck, Jamestown, N. Y.; Sergeant Arthur Simmons, Canton, Okla.; Corporal Alexander Sabo, Rahway, N. J.; Pri- vates Joseph G. Balenger, Lowell, Mass.; Barnes C. Beckwith, Parkers- burg, W. Va.; Dewey Brewer, Indian- apolis; James Donaldson, Washington, D. C.; Jodle M. Ferguson, Timpson, Texas; Ralph M. Fox, Hershey, Pa.; Marceline Garcia, Meadowbrook, W. Va.: Neil W. Gibson, Holley, Y | Gustave C. Gunderson, Maddox, N. D.; Levi D. Johnson, Ayr, N. D.; Fred R. Lawyer, Bismarck, : John Lisle, Columbus, O.; Harry R. Matten, 1154 Robeson street, Reading, Pa.; Leo Mitchell, Amsterdam, N. Y.; Joseph R. Pace, Elizabeth, La.; Willlam A. Roe, | Fort Wayne, Ind.; Marion Sinatra, Privates 4 Boni street, Matea, porte, Jones, Norwood 00 Hast 18th igar Pattee, San A. Wincholt, La- W Wounded, Degree Undetermined. Lieut. Hugh Smith Thompson, Chat- tanooga, Tenn. Missing in Private Robert S, | Conn. Action. Niver, Hartford, Rejoined Company., (Previou Reported Missing). | Privates Edward Gurney, New Ha- | ven, Conn.; Carl H. Nilson, Plainville, Conn.; Boleslaw R. Sefcik, New Lon- don, Conn. Pri John Plainville. tured on April ber of Company D and February, 19 SOLDIERS SPECIAL TRAIN : 'l Nilson is the son of Nilson of West Main street, Nilson was reported cap- 2. Nilson is a mem- enlisted in Those Going to Camp Meade, Md., Week From Today Will Tieave This City at 9:10 A. M. Going Via Berl The tional city a Meade, cal pa according The tra a spec the chusetts second distrlct Nu- who will leave this today for Camp train at the at 9:10 a. and men from will en senger station to advices received today. will connect at Berlin with 1 troop train which is to t from this section of M and Conncctic According to the train troops will arrive at Camp which is in the town of Admiral, about $:40 o'clock that night. The special tr which the men will change to at Junction will pull out at 9:17 N. WOOD CHANG Washington, June 17.——Revoc of orders assigning Major-Gener Leonard Wood to command the West- riment and reassignment of ta Camp Funston, Kau- announced today by the War first Army week Md., men schedule, Meade, Md., in Berlin a. m., D AGAIN. 1 sis, were Departiment ACT MISSING, 17.—Adjt. Quette Irench who 1 v having ten CGierman airplanes, has heen missing since June He was officially proclaimed ace on lJun\, 4, PRENCH June the wiator, AS o ord of downe 5. an | East Boston; Clarenc Stiff, Evansville, . lo- ¢ m., | tion | Large German Force, Spec- ially Rehearsed, Comes to Grief When U. S, Gunners Open Up Barrage. With the American Army in IFrance, June 16 (By The Associated Press).— In their attack on Xivray, on the Toul sector, taday, the Germans hoped to enter the village and capture many prisoners, but the alertness of American artillery observers | pletely frustratea the plan. K tion of the Germans captured in | fight disclosed that the enemy ar- ranged the raid a week in advance and that the 600 special troops were hearsed. The enemy was to send forward large party without preparatory artil- lery fire. These were to take up a positian near the American barbed wire and signal for a box barrage to cover Xivray vill and the ap- proaching communication trenches, while the heavier artillery was to bom- bard the villages in the rear. American artillery observers saw a large number of Germans creeping about in No Man's Land and. thinking they compased a large working parts the artillery was signalled for a bar rage. The American artillery and mu- chine guns, before the enemy barrage could get started, inflicted heavy cas- ualties on the unprotected Germans in No Man’s Land. The original plan was for the Ger- mans to divide and to. enter Xivray from three directions. One tion actually reached the .ou but anly after it had been cut up bad- 1y by the American barrage fire. Of these only a small group got into Xiv- ray, where they were quickly sur- rounded by the Americans and either captured or killed. Eight including a lieutenant, remained the American hands. | A majority of the American casual- ties, which do nat include any missin resulted from the German artillery fire. Casualties among French civilians occurred when a German shell burst near a church as a procession of vil- Jagers was emerging from mass. Many of the French wounded were red for in American hospitals. This afternoon the American artil- Jery sent retaliatory shells behind the German lines, while the Germans, ap- parently angered by the failure of the raid, bambarded villages as far as, elght miles behind the American lines. The entire Toul sector is now echoing to the heaviest gunfire in many weecks The Germans captured and lost an American soldier in their attack on ivray. At the edge of the village threo Germans met a wounded American. He was placed under guard of a pri- vate. Near the enemy wire entangle- ments the American suddenly drew a revolver and forced his surprised cus- todian to march back across No Man's Land into the American lines. After turning his prisoner over to fellow- soldiers, the wounded man fell uncon- scious from loss of bload. DENIES ABUSE OF CAPTIVE AMERICANS | com- amina- a e in Wolffl Burcau Insists Prisoners Are | Not Paraded and Furnished i With Poor Food. 17. heing dispatch the lin American ill-treat- t semi- | June are not Ays a dam by of 1 dec Amsterdam, war prisoners in Germany, to Amste Wolff bureau prisoners, it is ohjects cd graphed official | The 4, are not used as show the Ger- man public and are not subjected to and the throwing of stones is forcign to the calm-tem- n mind, which not whow over a Am- the midst of many f war prisoners of all na- ! ar to | insults | which pered oxcite does few Ge: itself tionalitie Adequate food <ponding to the pr Giermany,” is not camps where Ame quartered, the di “on scale corre- ent conditions in lacking in the oners are NO DECISION I'OR DAY Washington, June 17.—An officia despatch from Rome dated 11: | o’clock last night, says the battle on the Italian front will assume gigantic proportions, the Austrians attempt- ing to break down the Itallan de I rense by n great pincer movement JU adds that the battle will last sev eral days before a decision is veached NAMED AIR COMMANDERS. g Captain David Mc- Honesdale, Penna., and Captain Kenneth Marr, of San rancisco, have just been appointed to the rank of commander af a squad- ron of American flying machines, is, June Kay Peterson, of the | the | oo | irts, | prisoners, | | an | AUSTRIANS PUSHED BACK AGROS - PIAVE RIVER BY ITALIAN FORGE First Phase of Off¢ sive Results in feat With Hea ! Slaughter of Ene | - | MACHINE GUNNERS PEPPER TEUTOQ Thousands Slain as Emperor Chal§ i Troops Advance Into T Wherce Italians, British and | | Lay in Wait—Defenders Pire 000 Shells in 12 Hours on Grapha—ZEntire Country Confif With the June 16.—(By talian the Army, Suf American P -Austrian troops which forced) | Piave have been driven o The fighting along the river is intense. Nowhere elsc along the front o tack has the struggle been so sd as on the Piave line. | One or the brilliant of Italian actions was the defense of Monte Moschin salient, protecting dmportant Brente positions, Herd Austrians suffered heavy losses. N of their machine guns were capti The prisoners are ragged and fed. Many of th are under vouths. One of them remarked td cocrespondent that he had no i est in the war. he feeling of the Italians is b At Italian army headqu satisfaction is expressed over ituation on every part of the f | The general commanding the art ‘corps in the Monte Grapha regiof | bressed this feeling to the <co ! pondent. ““Now only send us | divisions of the gel added. “We shake and then together Austria.” | The severity of the fightin, Monte Grapha may be underg | from the fact that the Ttalian arti | fired 70,000 shel in 12 hours. river most | ant. American; will first travel Mowed Down Crossing River, Italian Headquarters in Nort] Ital June 16, (By The Assoc Press).—In their attempt to the Piave In great force Saturda; Austrians had the city of Trevig their objective. In getting acros Piave the Austrians paid a great rifice before the machine gun fi the Italians on the western banl Counter-attacks by Italian i try and heavy Italian artillery have forced the enemy to retire most of his gains along the Pia An order found in the pocket prisoners was to the effect thaf Austrians were to be at Prega south of Treviso, Saturday on | Tine Is Holding, { Rome, Sunday, | Ttalian troops and | holding the cnemy strongly, aciously resisting him in the ne: fensive and making repeated cou attacks, said Premier Orlando i statement tonight in the champd deputies. - “During the day the strong reaction hindered offensive pressure of our troops those of our Allies on the Al plateau and in the Monte Graphi gion,” said the premier. *The trians also attacked violently along the Piave in order to estal solid bric heads on the right of the river. “Our troops, by ance and repeated strongly holding the enemy. struggle is most bitter on the ea slopes of Montello and to the of Sandona di Orlando Sa! June 16, their Allies enemy the cou tenacious rd counter-atti are Piave. Ttaly Confident Rome, the Ital very reassuring, cial note toni battle which only Dbegun. of Outcome, 16.—The situatio; in its entirety @ declares a sem| it. It says the broke out Saturda Although havi: June n front | strength of 60 divisions the enem | not ed a succeeded in passing the If] t any point. Austrian pressure cantinues strong along the entire front. enemy is concentrating most po and fierce attacks astride the B and across the Piave, and it is| possible for the fighting line to backward or forward. The e :d his enterprise on various to assure him a victory, say: semi-official note. There was @ ely brief but extremely violen tillery preparation with a large Ler of gas shells, intended to de the Italiun front line and paralyz Italian artillery. Then, under co artificial from bombs smoke app: the enemy adva in open formatic He placed faith in th preparation that he, his objectives for the first day's ing more than 15 kilometers in] vance and. planned to descend advanced ar fog atus ‘COnllnuec{on Stnm Af‘&