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' GERMANS DRIVE FRENCH BACK HALF MILE CAPTURE 3,000 Berlin, July 14. German troops stormed French position northeapt of Vienne le Chateau, .hurling French back more than half mile and cap turing 2,681 prisoners. Paris, July 14. Arras and Soissons being heavily bombarded by big, high power, explosive shells. Germans have put in action several long range guns on plateau across the Aisne and are attempting to level Soissons to ruins. Fires have again broken out in -Arras, where Germans are at tempting to complete destruction of the town. German attack on the British po sitions southwest of Pilken repulsed. Germans shelled English positions around Pilken for several hours and then attempted to take redoubts by storm. Machine gun fire tore gaps in charging columns and enemy finally retired. Vienna, via Berlin Wireless. Cap tured Italian soldiers charge lack of discipline is demoralizing Italian ar mies and several soldiers have shot their officers. Berlin. Sweden, Norway and Den mark have joined in protest to Great Britain against continued molestation by British ships of Scandinavian ship ping. m Rome. Austrian stragglers pur posely killed great Italian bicycle champion, Carlaita, in hope or pro voking Italian troops to outrages against civilians in Austrian territory, Geh. Cadorna reported to war office today. Carlaita left his company to drink at a well at a village Italian troops had just taken from the enemy. He was found stabbed In the neck, dead. Madrid. Mines planted by bellig erent European powers have broken Joose from their moorings and drifted far south along Sdiltn American coast. Steamer Patagonia from Cadiz reported from Las Palmas.Argentina, tdday that she encountered a mine floating in vicinity of the equator. Rome. Squadron of Italian aero planes bombarded Austrian camp near Goritz with great effectiveness1 Monday. Bombardment of Goritz bridge head continuing for several hours each day. North of Goritz re enforced Austrian army is stubbornly resisting Italian attempt to advance. Minor skirmishes east of Monfalcone. Stockholm. Swedish schooner Daisy, bound from England with cargo of coal, struck mine and sank off Aland Islands in Baltic. Captain Stridback and four of crew drowned, others making shore. London-Demand by English aero nautical experts that government send great fleet of aeroplanes to at tack Krupp gun works at Essen had partial answer today. Dispatches from Paris reported that during night several French aviators made recon naisance over Essen. Berlin, via WFreless to Sayville, L. I. Two hundred Italian Bersaglieri, who invaded Austrian village of La renzo, committed outrages against women, pillaged houses and sent the mayor, village priest and ten civilians into Italy as hostages, according to letters made public by government press bureau. o o LAWRENCE DIVORCE CASE WAS HUSHED UP Behind an ordinary mess of di vorce papers in the vault of the su perior court is a story. But it has been impossible to get that story. A few weeks ago Judge Foell grant ed a divorce to Mrs. Florence Law rence, wife of one of the former man aging editors of the Examiner, Fred Lawrence. The charge was deser tion. A formal answer was made denying the charge by Lawrence, who did not appear in court. Niniah Welch, att'y for Mrs. Law rence, says that he is not at liberty to talk' about the case. Immediately after the divorce Mrs. Lawrence left for New York. Her husband has transferred to Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner. C-