St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 30, 1917

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ie RGA eto oe] " Sal “ ie ad we w ars ° a ae ee ae issn ey ; 2 ee — ey ~ z BIS 6 . oe ” wy * le > ~ — = Peo ae | is 7 a Buyers Are Want Ad Readers that used sera ia process through a Post-Dispatch In “turning into cash” 6549 Post-Dispatch yesterday. 1252 More than the TWO other St. Louis Sun- day newspapers COMBINED. Want Ads were printed in the Big Sunday articles, Only he Evening Paper in St. Louis With ihe ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Associaled Press Service News lial lle ee NIGHT EDITION “VOL. 69. NO. 344. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1917—16 PAGES PRICE { misewnere, Two : Cents. EXAMINATIONS FOR DRAFT LIKELY 10 BEGIN IN WEEA Master Lists Received by Ward Boards and Notices Will Be Mailed in Few Days. MUST REPORT IN 5 DAYS One-Third of Eligibles to Ap- -». pear, Then Others on Two Succeeding Days. Master lists prepared by Provost Cen- eral Crowder at Washington showing the order in which registered men must Yeport for examination for the new na- tional army, as determined by the loct- tery drawing held at Washington 32 week ago last Friday, were being deliv- ered to the ward exemption boards in St. Louis today. This will make it pos- ‘sible for the examinations of drafted St. Louisans to begin next Monday morning. ' The lists were sent here from the of- fice of Adjutant-General McCord at Jef- ferson City, having been sent there di- rect frum Washington. The boards have not yet received the official notification forms upon which to send out notices to the drafted men, but these are ex- pected in time not to further delay the work. The local boards have three days after the receipt of the master lists to pre- pere their lists of cligibles and send out notices, but many of the boards, by using the official list in so far as it applied to St. Louis, as printed in the Post-Dispatch last Saturday, have so simplified their work that they will be able to send out notices within a few hours, provided they receive the proper blanks. Former Mayor F. H. Kreis- ™mann, chairman of the Twenty-thiru Ward board, said the use of the Post- Dispatch list had saved his board two or three days’ work. Must Report in 5 Days. « It is not considered likely, how- ever, in view of the delay ir the re- ceipt of notification forms, that any Rotices will go out before tomorrow Morning. The regulations provide “e MTU Foe eet " : examination on thé morning of the ; Dineworth, Capt. Brown and Lieut. _ + Were aided by a strong wind. _ ame here to pick out a landing place _ for the % students who are to make a aa peeemeeky fly” to this city Thursday. - ‘Who gre to appear on the sixth day, fifth day after the date of the notice. the notices are sent out tomor- Tow the fifth day would be Sundav, but it ig provided in the regulations that where an examination date falls on Sunday it shall go over until the mext day and subsequent examinu- tions will be set back correspond. ingly. The sending out of notices by Wednes- day, therefore, will result in examina- tions being held on Monday, or as early as if the notices were mailed tomor- row: All the boards expect to have their notices mailed by Wednesday, which would make examinations begi in all the 28 wards next Monday moprr#- ing. The second one-third of the men would be examined Tuesday and the re- mainder on Wednesday. boards are to notify men to the number of twice the quota they are re- quired to furnish, but in case the ex- amination of there men does not yield enough acceptable men they will pro- ceed at once to call others in the order of their liability until the quota fs filled. Bach board will at once prepare and post a list of all the registered men in ite ward showing the order in which the seria] numbers of these men were @rawp which also shows the order of Hadility for military service. The form will be to begin with the first number @rawn, which applies to the particular ward, which in all cases will be the Serial number 258, giving it the sequence number 1, and setting opposite it the meme of the man holding it, and con- tinuing until all the serial numbers and the names of the men they apply to are listed in their order. In addition to this list, other lists of the men first’notified to appear for ex- amination will be posted at the board headquarters. Three of these lists will be posted, the first of thees lists wii! be and serial numbers, in order, of those who are to appear on the fifth day (the Gate will be specified), the second thoso and the third those who are to appear on the seventh day. When the physical examinations are completed the work of consider- ing claims for exemption will be taken up. In the course of the physical examinations when it is feund that a man is physically unfit for pervice he will be given « certi- fieate of discharge, the forms for Which are already in the hands of the. boards. fle Flight in 20 Minetes. INGTON, Ill, July %0.—Maj | BLOO mith, veteran “flying instructors,’ at Rantoul, flew to this city today, cove: ing the 58 miles in 2 minutes. They Thev of x Standard Ol] Chief Found Dead. KLAND, Cal, July 30.—D. G. Reotield, president and direcior of ihe Californie Standard O11-Co., was yand dead today with a bullet wound this head and a revolver by his side. | Se been fl) some time. re aa the ar evening eet pace ves or DuDd- @ Associated Iressa. 4 IBRITISH CRUISER TORPEDOED AND SUNK; 38 MEN LOST Ariadne, 11,000-Ton Vessel Built in 1898, Which Had Complement of 667 Men, Is Destroyed. LONDON, July 3#0.—The British cruiser Ariadne of 11,00 tons has been tor- pedoed and sunk, according to an offi- cial statement issued today by the Ad- miralty. Thirty-eight members of the Ariadne’s crew were killed by the explosion. Alt the other sailors were saved. The Ariadne was an old British cruiser, having been built in 189%. She was 450 feet long, 69 feet beam ond had a maximum draft of 27% ‘cet. Her complement consisted of 677 officers and men. The Ariadne carried 16 6-inch guns, i2 12-pounders and a number of smaller guns. She also was equipped with two submerged 18-inch torpedo) tubes. ROUNDUP AND PROSECUTION OF ALL SLACKERS ORDERED Attorney-General Gregory Declares Thousands of Men of Draft Age Avoided Registration. WASHINGTON, July 30.—Declaring that thousands of men of draft age evaded registration, Attorney-General Gregory today instructed all United States attorneys to begin a roundup of the slackers and to start criminal prose- cutions. GEN, PETAIN HAS GARDEN TO FEED HIS WHOLE STAFF Beans, Peas, Cabbage, Potatoes and Tomatoes Replace Lawn and Shrub- bery at Villa He Occupies. PARIS, July 9 (by mail).—The General in Chief of the French army is becom- ing the first gardener of France. He is raising, under his own supervisicn enough vegetables to supply the entire genera! staff. When Gen. Petain arrived at the simple villa now serving as general heaJ quarters, he found spacious lawns ani flower gardens. He obtained permis- sion from the proprietor to dig ther: up. Roses and other climbing plants have been replaced by beans, peas, cab- bage, tomatoes and potatoes. The General is out at daylight ever; morning inspecting his crops and direct- ing the work of soldiers who occupy their leisure off duty weeding and cul- tivating the garden. BERLIN TO HAVE LESS LIGHT COPENHAGEN, July 20.—Dark days literally are ¢oming for Berlin. An or- der has been issued restricting the light- ing of stores, hotels, restaurants and cafes to one-fifth of the degree of il- lumination permitted up to December 07f 1916, the date when the preliminary or- der reducing illumination went into ef- fect. The order is due to the admittedly in- evitable coal shortage and transporta- tion difficulties of the coming winter. The newspapers complain that nothing is being done to relieve the situation. RUSSIAN DESERTERS SAID TO BE “EXECUTED BY WHOLESALE” Gen. Korniloff’s Measures Against Breaking of Discipline Meeting Appreval. LONDON, July 80.—The correspondent of the Times at Russian southwest headquarters, after describing the deser- tions and panic of the Russian troops, Says Gen. Korniloff's measures against indiscipline have been approved, and that he is executing deserters by whole. | sale. PAROLE OF A. H. FREDERICK OPPOSED BY REALTY MEN Prison Board to Hold Hearing on Ap- plication of Festus J. Wade and Others Next Monday. Circulation of a petition to the State Prison Board, protesting against the granting of a parole to A. H. Fred- erick, was begun this afternoon by Theo- dore Hemmelmann, president of the Hemmelmann-Spackler Real Estate Co., as a counter move to the petition in Frederick’s favor, signed by Festus J. aw fade and a number of other business }!and professional men. The prison board is to hold a hearing on the parole ap- plication in Jefferson City next Monday. Frederick, a former real estate dealer, began serving a 10-year term for for- gery in April, 1915. The Board of Direc- tors of the Real Estate Exchange last December passed a resolution opposing any move for clemency to him or to any other person convicted of real es- tate frauds. The prison board has authority only to recommend a parole to the Governor. The petition for a parole was signed by Wade, who is president of the Mer- cantile Trust Co.; Walker Hill, presi- dent of the Mechanics-American Bank: John Scullin, Murray Carleton, Cyrus P. Walbridge, S. W. Fordyce, W. J. Kinsella, O’Neill Ryan, Paul Brown, Dan C. Nugent, F. C. Lake, Walter B. Stevens, Henry S. Priest, George D. Markham and Alex. H. Brown. ARMY CAMP FIVE-MILE ZONE PUZZLES COUNTY EXCISE BOARD Oliver Suggests Saloon Licenses Ap- } i » plied fox, Be. Granted... Temporarily. The Excise Board of St. Louis County is trying to learn what it shall do with applications for saloun licenses within five-mile zones around Jefferson Bar- tacks and the First Regiment encamp- ment ut Maxweltcn. The sale or wift of liquor within that distance of ‘‘military training camps” has Leen forbidden ty Federal statute. There are now 88 saloon: in the county within five miles of Jefferson Barracks and 3% within the same distance of Mux- welton, not including saloons within the St. Louis city limits. Commissioner Mooney conferred with District Attorney Oliver and was advised that the law was in force, but that its application to the two places, particularly the Bar- racks, had not been determined. He ad- vised that licenses be granted, with the warning that the holder might be required to close. Hottest Day of Year in New York. NEW YORK, July 30.—This is the hot- test day New York has experienced this summer. A temperature of 93 was re- corded at the Weather Bureau at nvon, with a humidity of 50. There were nu- merous prostrations. ee wg vertising carried. POST-DISPATCH alone POST-DISPATCH alone POST-DISPATCH alone both. POST-DISPATCH alone Another Scorcher Yesterday /( Sunday) the POST-DISPATCH fairly ‘‘burnt up’’ all added tompetitiop in the volume of ad- This was to be expected because this sort of thing has been going on every Sunday for Nearly 101% Years without ‘‘skip, hitch or bobble!’’ The count for Sunday, July 29: Total Paid Advertising— Globe-Democrat and Republic combined. . . POST-DISPATCH alone exceeded both Home-Merchants’ Advertising— Globe-Democrat and Republic combined POST-DISPATCH alone exceeded both... National Advertising— Globe-Democrat and Republic combined....... POST-DISPATCH lacked but 1 ‘enn of equaling Real Estate and Wants— Globe-Democrat and Republic combined... -+ POST-DISPATCH alone exceeded both..... CIRCULATION Average for the first 6 Months, 1917: Sunday, 362,858 | Daily and Sunday, 195,985 92% weekday in St. Louis and Suburbs ‘*First in Everything.’’ ... .308 Cols. .... 281 Cols. 27 Cols. -164 Cols. 154 Cols. 10 Cols. .. 26 Cols. 27 Cols. 100 Cols. 18 Cols. | accept the Hote plan for an individual PRESIDENT AGAIN OBJECTS 10 FOOD LL AMENDMENTS Considers Proposed Committee on Conduct of War a Re- flection Upon Himself. OPPOSES A FOOD BOARD Senate Likely to Insist on Both Propositions; Possibility of Veto Discussed. WASHINGTON, July 3200.—President Wilson today declared again his opposi- tion to amendments to the food contro] bill now in conference providing for ans administrative board of three instead of one and for the creation of a congres- sional committee on expendtures in the conduct of the war. The President’s position was made clear today to Senator Chamberlain, one of the conferees on the bill. The President considers the committee on conduct of the war a reflection on him- self, and insists that there can be no question of the greater value of an in- Jividual food administrator over a board of three. Senatcr Chamberlain House convinced that unless the con- ferees eliminate those provisions the bill must go back to the Senate and House for further action. “The »ossibil- ity that the President might veto the measure if they were left in it was wide- ly discussed in Congress. The Presi- dent, however, it was said, gave no in- timation to Senator Chamberlain that he was so strongly opposed to the pro- visions as to veto the. bill. Senator Chamberlain said he thought the Senate conferees would insist on both the three-member food board and the congressional committee, causing disagreement on these two points alone. qchairman Lever of the House Agri- cultural Committee also conferred with the President and later conferred with Republican Leader Mann, who is ex- pected to renew his fight for the con- gressional committee, despite the fact that many Republicans are opposed to it. After hearing of the President's posi- | tion some of the Senate conferees ‘e- lieved it possible that they wouid yield on the food adminiStration board and left the White administrator, but did not believe ths Senate members would yield to the cun- gresasional cormmittee. Scope of Federal! Control. The conferees yesterday agreed that ‘in addition to food, feeds and fuels, the Government shall control ‘‘fuel oil and natural gas, fertilizer and fertilizer in- gredients, tools, utensils, implements and equipment required for the actual production thereof,’ all designated as necessaries. The so-called control sec- tion of the House bill, much broader than the Senate's, was adopted, author- izing Federal regulation affecting spec- ulation, distribution and movement of the designated necessaries. The prohibition section, agreed to Sa:- urday, prohibits manufacture or im- portation of distilled beverages during the war, and authorizes the President to limit the alcoholic content of beer and wines and to commandeer distilled beverages when necessary. This was 2 substitute for the House bone-dry sec- tion and for Ahe Senate inhibition of distilled beverage manufacture. The Smoot amendment for Federal purchase oi: all distilled spirits in bond . was stricken out. The prohibition clause as agreed to rollows: “‘That from and after 30 days from the date of the approval of this act no foods, fruits, food materials or feeds shall be used in the production of distilled spirits for beverage purposes; provided that ‘under such rules, regula- tions and bonds as the President may prescribe, such materials may be use4 -n the production of distilled spirits ex- clusively for other than beverage pur- poses, or for the fortification of pure sweet wines as defincd by the revenue act of Sept. 8, 1916. Importation Is Barred. “‘Nor shall there be imported into the United States any distilled spirits. *‘Whenever the President shall find that limitation, rgulation of prohibition of the use: of foods, fruits, food materials or feeds in the production of malt or vinous liquors for beverage purposes, or that the reduction of the alcoholic contents of any such malt or vinous liquor is essential in order to assure an adequate and continuous supply of foods, or that the national security and defense will be subserved thereby, he is authorized from time to time to prescribe and give public notice to the extent of the limitation regulation, pro- hibition or reduction so necessitated. Whenever such notice shall have been given and shall have remained until revoked no person shall, after reason- able time prescribed in such notice, use any foods, fruits, food materials or feeds in the production of malt or vinous liquors or import any such liquors, except under license issued by the President and in compliance with rules and regulations determined by him governing the production and im- portation of such liquors and the alco- holic content thereof. Provided, fur- ther. that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize licensing of the manufacture of vinous or malt liquors in any State, territory or civil subdivision thereof where the manu- facture of guch mait or vinous liquor is prohibited.” The additional section authorizing commandeering for redistillation when- ever necessary for food conservation or tthe card was only U.S. TRANSPORT RAMMED WHEN IK ATLANTIC PORT American Steamship, Homeward Bound, Accidentally Hits Troop Carrier. — | WAS LYING AT ANCHOR of Vessels Makes for Beach in a_ Sinking Condition. AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 30.—An Americen transport at anchor was ram- med by an inbound American steamship here today. The ship headed toward the beach in a sinking condition. RUMSEY DRAFT CARD BROUGHT SALESMAN HOME AT $25 COST Charles L. Lawrence Thought Is Was Official and Returned Here From Arkansas. Lawrence of the Blue Grass Hotel, a traveling saiesman for Morris & Co., was at Paragould, Ark., last week when the hotel fcrwarded to him one of the postal cards sent out to drafted men by Horace S. Rumsey, 4 Captuin and Regimental! Adjutant in tite First Missouri Artillery of the Nations’ Guard, which said “Come and see me” at the recruiting station at Sixth street, near Ulive. One Charles L. Lawrence, :hinking it the official draft call, showed the vard to the “xemption roo at Paragculd and they ‘advised him to come to St. Lovis at once, which he did, leaving his business unfinishe. When he arrived here he learned that a scheme to try to get recruits for the artillery regiment. He said the circumstance cost him about $25 and the loss of several days’ time, as he had to return to Paragould. ARMY BALLOON FROM ST, LOUIS LANDS NEAR TERRE HAUTE, IND, Party of Etght Cover 250 Miles in All- Night Trip—in Training ems) Deh tl) ae TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 30.—Foi- lowing an all-night trip in an army vale loon eight men landed on a farm five miles south of this city early today, after a trip covering 250 miles. The par- ty left the aeronautical :raining camp at Meramec Park, St. Louis, at 11:15 Sunday morning. The party was in charge of Capt. E. S. Cole, pilot. The pther members are A. C. .McKinley, J. M. Drescher, W. E. Meirman, M. W. Sears, H. D. Baird, J. A. McDevitt and C. W. Denman. One of the requirements of the training course is that the men make a night flight. Following the landing, the balloon and equipment were loaded into a farm wagon and brought to this city to be shipped back to St. Louis. RANTOUL, IIL, July 30.—A large bal- loon containing four airmen from the Government balloon school at St. Louts, landed a few miles northwest of here about 6:30 Sunday morning. The men were Keefe, Dillon, Phelps and Capt. McCullough. They Ieft the field at St. Louis on Saturday nigh: at 11 o’clock. The trip of about 150 -nii'es wus made with 50,000 cubi- feet of gas. TWO BIG BERLIN CAFES CLOSED Proprietors Sent to Jail for Violating Food Ordinances, BERLIN, via London, July 30.—Hillers’ and Dressel’s restaurants, two fashion able Unter-den-Linden establishments, have been closed by the police and the proprietors sent to jail on a charge of violating the food ordinances. The restaurant owners are accused of paying in excess of the maximum prices in purchasing supplies and of serving favored patrons who were without focdg cards. FAIR AND CONTINUED WARM TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THE ber oy 3 Pig pnees . ul. pes Yesterday: High, 04, at 2 p. m.; low, 77, at 6 a. m. ACQPENS JOHN CORN : TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF Official fore < cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and tomorrow: not much change in temperature, Missourt—Gener- ally fair tonight and tomorrow, ex- cept somewhat unsettje dl in north- west and oxtreme northeast portions tomorrow. Tilinocis—General- ly fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler tcmorrow in north and central por. tions and in ex- treme north por- tron tonight. " i a. m., 12.7 feex, Stage of river at military needs was adopted as framed vVoatinued os Page 2, Columns <4 a fall of .1 foot. Pride of Kaiser’s Merchant Navy, the Giant “Vaterland, . ’ Flying U. s. Flag: : | HE big vessel which was once T the marine pet of the War Lord of Europe and is the largest ship in the world, has been put into commission after $1,000,000 nad been spent on repairs to her. It will be noted that she still bears her old name though this is to be changed to that of some man of German or- igin who hasbeen conspicuous in American history. The great liner was interned at New York when the war began. FATHER AND-DAMGH TER DEAD AFTER DEBAUGH Bodies Found in Bottle-Littered, Home at Mascoutah, Ill.; Both Drank Whisky Heavily. A whisky debauch, combined with ex- cessive hot weather, caused the death of George Schaller, 50 years old, and his daughter, Ida, 23, whose budies were found early yesterday morning 1n tneir three-room house at Mascoutah, Il., ac- cording to Coroner Renner of St. Clair County, who conducted an inquest. Schaller’s body was in a bed in his room and the daughter’s vody was in 4 bed in another room. Eighteen empty quart whisky bottles were scattered about the floor. Schaller and his daughter had lived alone since the death of Mrs. Schaller, eight years ago. Schaller had been a hard drinker for 3 years and his daugh- ter for six years, neighbors testified. Schaller formerly worked as a coal miner, but for several years had nv* worked. His daughter made frequent trips to neighboring towns and carri' J whisky home in a suit case, it was tes- tified. She and her father lived :i squalor. About two months ago Schalier sold his equity in his home. NATIONAL PROHIBITION UP FOR DEBATE; VOTE ON WEDNESDAY Measyre, if Passed by Senate, Would Ge to House Which Kilied Like Measure in 1914. WASHINGTON, July %3%.—National prohibition came before the Senate to- day for debate, under agreement to vote Wednesday. Dry leaders here predicted victory by only one or two votes more than the necessary two-thirds major- ity. Senator Sheppard of Texas will open debate on his resolution, proposing sub- mission to the states of a national con- stitutional amendment for prohibition. Further discussion is expected to occu- py most of the Senate's time until the vote Wednesday. The resolution, if adopted, would have to pass the House, which killed a sim- flar proposal in 1914. New York Accepts First Soldier. NEW YORK, July 3.—This city's first soldier for the great nativnal army was accepted today. He is Joseph Bragard, and although forty-eighth on the list, he was the first to apply before local Exemption Doard 145, where he passed the physical test. A Special Feature in the Post-Dispatch Today _ photographs from the American army's training camp in France. See page three of this section. PREMIER KERENSKY Whether He Shall Retain Port- AGAIN GOES 10 FRONT Will Discuss With Generals folio of War Minister. PETROGRAD, July 0.—Premier Ke- rensky has again gone to the front. His destination is army headquarters, where he will hold a conference with the commanders on the various fronts and also with Gens. Alexieff, Ruzsky and Gurko and former War Minister Gutchkoff: At the conference it will be decided whether M. Kerensky will retain his portfolio of War Minister. Admiral Kolchak, former commander of the Black Sea fleet, is mentioned in connection with the Ministry of Ma- rine, a post also held by M. Kerensky. The Premier has decided that the new Cabinet will be comprised of fifteen or sixteen members, all equal in power. The Constitutional Democrats, M. As- troff and M. Kishkin, both ministeria, candidates, have handed to the Premier a statement of the conditions upon which they will colloborate. Chief among these are war by the side of the allies until victory is gained; a definite home policy in the struggle against an- archy and postponement of social re- forms until the constituent Assembly is convened. Won't Sacrifice Two Ministers. The Constitutional Democrats are res- olutely opposed to the Minister of Agri- culture, M. Tchernoff; they also appear to be against the Foreign Minister, M. Terrestchenko. But the Premier says that he will refuse to sacrifice either of these officials. M. Astroff declares that if the non- Socialist Ministers, as M. Kerensky de- mands, are proclaimed, independent of party dictation, the Socialist Ministers must cease taking instructions from the Councils of Deputies. A conference of the representatives of trade and indus- try has declared that it will collaborate only if all the power is confided tn the provisional government. As Premier Kerensky has announced that the reconstruction of the Cabinet would not mean any change in the Gov- ernment’s program, these demands would raise ag obstacle against such reconstruction. M. Tseretelli. Minister of Posts and and Telegraphs, is au- thority for the statement that if the attempt to reconstruction falls, the pres- ent Cabinet will remain in power. There have been allotted to the Min- istry of the Interior 7,000,000 rubles ($3,500,000) to meet the expenses of clec- tions to the constituent Assembly. Premier Kerensky has suppressed the newspapers Justice (Prevda) and Justice for the Trenches, Germa ile organs of the Soctal Democratic Workmen's party. Roshal, formerly “Lord ef Kron- stadt” and leader of the movement at Kronstadt ageinet the provisional gov- ernment, is said to have surrendered to the Government. The Associated Press News Service is received and printed exclusively by the GERMANS CROSS LINE vites -Rasjeud: Pieiitersl on Road to Czernowitz and Elsewhere. es eS ee BERLIN, via London, July ¥.—<Ger- man troops are advancing through the Suhawa Valley i the Austrian prov- ince of Bukowina, toward the town of Seletyn, it was announced today by the generall staff. (Seletyn is miles northwest of Czernowitz.) The Germans also have pushed forward to the east of the upper Moldavia Valley. . The statement says the Russians are holding the heights to the east of the river Zbrocz on the Ruesian frontier, which has been crossed by the Teutons at several points. Despite the resistance of the Russians between the Dneister and Pruth Rive the German statement says that Teuton forces pressed back the sians to a point southwest of, chyki. Ce a The paralyzing defensive of the Ger- mans, also says the o stater had an influence on the te. lery fire in Flanders, which y did not attain the strength maintair on previous days, ; Yesterday’s official stateme “In Eastern Galicia the R both sides of Husiatyn have ret! hind the imperial frontier. Our cor have reached Zbruz. Others are ern Sereth and the Dneister. ee “Between the Dneister and the Pra the Russian rear guard made a positions. Pursuit is proceeding on both banks of the Dnelister. “Army group of Archduke Joseph—In the Cheremosh Valley. Kuty has been taken. Above and below the town a crossing of the river is being eff In the mountains our divisions, fight. ing as they advanced, pursued the en- emy beyond the line of Schipoth-Mol- davia-Sulitm. “On the upper Putna we completed the movements commenced on the day before yesterday.” The announcement also said the ar- tillery duel in Flanders raged uninter- ruptedly Saturday from early morning until far into the night and that the “development of artilieristic intensity represerts the highest degree of massed effect in the war.” Thirty-five enemy airplanes were sald to have been shot down, Lieut. Destier at the head of a pursuing squadron, <@- stroying a squadron of six himeelf. Sue German Airplanes, 1t8 USBritiah Downed in Fierce Fighting. . LONDON, July %.—Except for small encounters between British and German patrols near Bullecourt and Acheville last night there was nothing to report on the British front tin France. The official report issued last night sald: “Yesterday there was again great ac- ticity In the air, the fighting being con~- tinuous. On Friday night important railway stations and two hostile air- domes were bombed by our airplanes and during the day a number of other bombing raids as well as much photo- cessfully carried out. In the alr fight- ing 16 German machines were brought down and M4 others were driven down out of control. Two hostile observar tion balloons were brought down in flames. Thirteen of our machines are. told of numerous raids as follows: “We made several successful raids last night at different points on our front. The enemy's trenches were raid- Post-Dispatch in the St Louls evening ~~ Le - ana bh aici INTO woe 4 ere Several Points — Advance © oe! ae ‘Me thihe pacde proaching the confluence of the Nortme © Our pewerful attack broke through their graphing and artillery work were suo- hs ong i oe « + ee ee ee eke 7 ie OR oo a a Ns of a Re alle Fa VP igags treme, ae aS ee