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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
VOL XXX. No. 319.
HOME EDITION
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BOCHES FAIL TO
REGAIN GROUND
Hcavy Bombardment Preceded
Attack North of Somme Ef
fort Proved Vain.
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NECESSITY NOW
Baker Urges, However, Control
Telephone- Telegraph Lines
May Be "Next Minute."
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D. S. TROOPS ENABLE
FRENCH TO IMPROVE LINE
Brilliant Operation After Hard Fighting Carried
Out Successfully West of Chateau-Thierry.
Five German Officers Numbered Among
300 Prisoners Captured Along With
Quantity of Machine Guns.
(Associated Press.)
With the American Forces on the Maine. July 2. In
a brilliant operation after hard fighting American troops
on this front last night captured the village of Vaux,
together with a large slice of the Paris highway west of
('hHtcaii-ThieiTV and two oatches of wooded land. The
Americans took 275 Germans prisoner, Including
officers, and captured a quantity of machine gUUS
other equipment.
five
and !
Paris, July 2. The village of Vanx, west pi Chateau
Thierry and the heights to the west of Vaux, were cap
tured last night by American troops in an operation on "'e
the Maine iront, carried out in conjunction mm w
French, the war office announced today.
More than 800 prisoners, including five officers, wen
captured in this section.
VOUKDED AHSRICAK AXSJIV11TCS AT BATE. KOSP1TAV
American soldiers wounded in the fighting on the western front arriv
ing at the American base hospital No. 1 at Neuilly in France.
WORK OR FIGHT AND ANTI
LOAFER LAW CONFUSED
i ( Associated Press.)
Paris. .Tnlv 2. In an operation on the Marne front
carried out last night west of Chateau-Thierry by French
and American troops in co-opcrlion the allied line
was improved, the war office anonncedjoday.
The success has resulted in an improvement in the al
lied line between hill 204 and the vicinity of Vaux. The
French carried out raids on the front between Montdidicr
and Novon and eastward of Rheims, in which prisoners
were taken. German raiders were driven off by the
French fire near Belloy and in Upper Alsace.
Former Applies Only to Men of
Draft Agen in Deferred
Classes.
GEORGIAN COMMENDED
FOR HEROIC ACTION
(Associated Press.)
Washington, July 2. For
(landing by their guns until
their ship went iiown. Secretary
Daniels today commended the
members of the nnval nrmed
guard on the U, S. S. William
Rockefeller when It was tor
pedoed May 18. Gunner's Mate
John Robert Moorhend, Hart
well, (la., saw to It that ammu
nltlcn was Bent to the guns and
remained at his post In the pow
der magazines until ordered to
leave the ship.
The statement reads:
"To the west of Chateau-Thierry a
local operation carried out In con
i junction with the Americans enabled
the French to Improve their positions
, on the front of Vaux-Hill 204. The
i village ot Vaux and the heights to
I the west of the village were captured
I by American troops. The number of
I prisoners taken during this nation ex
ceeded 00. Including Ave officers.
"Rnidlng operations carried out be
tween Montdldler and Noyon and to
the east of Rheims resulted in the
taking of a few prisoners.
"Attempted German raids near Bel
loy and In upper Alsace failed under
the French fire."
Took Germans by Surprise.
In the Vaux region the Americans
took the Gorman! completely by sur
prise. Moat of the prisoners were
taken out of cellars and dugouts. How
mnny Germans wore killed, of course, Is
unknown, but from the number of dead
In plain view at various plnccs the
total must have been considerable.
While the artillery preparation was
going on many American airplanes
(lew high over head. Some were pro
tecting the observation bnlloons while
others were combing the skies to keep
off enemy machines.
SUrly this morning the American
pilots again appeared for similar duty
and were soon found contesting with
the enemy for supremacy In the air.
RECORD-BREAKING WEEK
MADE IN COAL PRODUCTION
Great Success hi Mining in East
Tennessee and Southeastern
Kentucky Fields
SUICIDE HYPOTHESIS
WHOLLY UNTENABLE
(Special to The News.)
Knoxvllle, July 2. Another record
breaking week In the production of
bituminous coal In the East Tenncs
see and southeast' rn Kentucky fields
la announced by E. R. Clayton, dis
trict fuel representative. For the
week ending- June 15, 300,000 tons
coal were mined as against
Body of Maj. Baracca, Leading
Aviator, Who Fell Behind Aus
trian Lines, Is Recovered.
of
(Associated Press.)
Fails, July 2. Examination of the
wounds which caused the death of Mai.
Baracca, Italy's leading aviator, when
his machine fell inside the Austrian
line June 21, showed, according to a
286,000 i dispatch sent out by the radio agency
tons the week previous or a net gain
of 14,000 tons.
For the week ending June 1, there
were 269,000 tons of bituminous coal
mined, 286,000 for the week ending
June and 300,000 for the week end
ing1 June IB, which shows a steady
climb for the three weeks of June
which would indicate an Increased
coal production rather than a de
crease in the" months to come.
MISUNDERSTANDING
OVER RECENT TREATY
age, watching them from the windows,
remain behind to sell cigarettes or dis
pense soda fountain drinks, solely be
cause they have received deferment on
grounds of dependency.
War Work Primary Duty.
"If these men of the same age are
to stay behind, let them at least gel
Into work more effective to help the
war. Their deferment takes them out
of military service and yet serves no
economic war purpose whatsoever.
They ate of military age, and there
fore have the primary duty to d6 war
work. If their dependency gives them
deferment from immediate war work,
let them ot least do something eco-
1 unit i ten 1 1 v HKeCitl In maintain Inn nn.
... , . T ... .. ' tlon's welfare while at war.
Advices received by the Italian em-, ..Thpv noul(I RPt lnto omp ,,,,
bnssy at Washington June 25 said when an(1 cff00tVe occupations or else for
MaJ. Baraccn s body was recovered It felt their deferment from military
was found it had a bullet in the right service. The alternative is a fair one."
temple. This, it was stated, led to the I
belief that when the aviator with his 1
disabled machine was forced to des- DDCCinrUT CXMIU!
cend in the enemys' line he killed him- ' tnuOWlMl OLiiVd
self rather than be captured. i . AnpUli unnn i rn
(Associated Press.)
Washington, July 2. Commenting on
the new work or fight regulations,
which went Into effect yesterday. Pro-
' vost Marshal-General Ciowder empha
' sized today fhat the order does not af
i feet men outside of draft ages. Sev-
eral communities apparently have con
fused It with anti-loafer laws In some
states.
Gen. Crowder explained that the
work or light order 1b purely a mill t n i
step and that regulations regarding
employment or military service for un
registered men are not embraced in
der has upon persons not subject In ! brilliant Attack Results in the
draft is that it offers them more oppor
tunities of employment. Places va
cated by men liable to draft necessari
ly are left open for men outside of the
draft, he explained.
Of the service performed by men
who leave, nonessential pursuits to take
up essential work, Gen. Ciowder snld:
Fighting But One Phase.
"The army and navy are taking the
! men who are best able physically to
do the lighting. Rut that Is only one
part of the nationnl task Imposed by
the war. The other part, the part that
falls on the other men, is to net free
these men who are to do the fighting.
Every man who helps to set free
lighting man Is helping to light ami
win the war.
"Now many of the men of draft age
in deferred classes 2, 3 and 4 deferred,
that Is, on grounds of dependency are
not engaged in effective Industry. Thi
spectacle is not a satisfying one of a j tl00). ln a brilliant attack last
lUIIM n l: VIII tfi miiiii'u Mini 1 1 I'm emnn
1 being marched down the street to captured another slice of the Paris
camp while other men of their own , highway (west of Chateau-Thierry on
AMERICANS TAKE
VAUX VILLAGE
Capture of Part of Paris
Highway.
RAID ON PICARDY FRONT
Germans Completely Surprised
and Hence Sustain Severe
Casualties.
LOCAL ACTIONS RESULT
IN RECONQUEST AREA
Italian Front Widened Aus
trian Return Fire Severe.
Bersaglieri in Fight.
BRITISH REPULSE FOE
Raids Also Attempted at A veiny
Wood, Avion and Hunges
Meet Failure.
(Associated Press.:
I.ondnn, July 2. German troops last
nlsht after a strong homhurdnic nt at
tacked to the northwest of Albert,
north of the Somme, In an attempt to
regain the positions lost to the llrltlsb
on Sunday night. The enemy suc
ceeded In gaining n footing In one ot i
STRIKE DISASTROUS
War Preparations Dependent
on Qood Service Suppress
T f J , ....
iiupiuper uumruunicationa. sar
the Hrltlsh trenches, the war Office an
nounces, but elsewhere were repulsed
with losses.
(Associated Press.)
Irfindon, July 2. German troops last
night attempted to raid the British
lines at points north of the Vomme,
near Lens, and on the Flanders front,
hut were repulsed, the war office an
nounced today. Hrltlsh troops took
prisoners In patrol encounters.
The statement rends:
"An attack carried out by the enemy
last night under a heuvy bombardment
northwest of Albert to recapture the
ground taken by us on Sunday night
was repulsed with loss except at one
point where the enemy succeeded In
iri.lninu u finitim' In nna nt our
! trenches.
"The enemy attempted raids In the
neighborhood of Aveluy wood, Avion
and Hinges. The attempts were repulsed.
"A few prisoners wtre captured
patrol encounters."
(Assoclsted Press.)
Italian Army Headiiuartei s, Mon
day, July 1. The local actions re
sulting In the reconnuest of Monte dl
Vol Hella, Col del- Rosso and Col dl
Chelo had for their objects the wid
ening of the Italian front west of the
Hrt-ntn and the driving of the enemy
from the positions he captured last
Christinas lost to the Italians In Jan
uary and regained on June IB.
The Italian losses were slight com
pared to those sustained by the Aus
t.lans. This was due almost entirely
to the violence and accuricy of the
Italian and allied artillery fire. Un
der cover of this fire the Infantry was
able to take the enemy positions with
out much opposition and to dig In at
once. The Austrian artillery return
lire has been severe, some shells
reaching the plains behind the lines
and destroying houses centuries old.
In
SINKING OF HOSPITAL
SHIPS IS DELIBERATE
Part of German Policy :Huns
Feigned Charge That Vessel
Was a Transport.
Trees 150 years old on Monte Melago I everybody with
have heen torn up. The attack on ' sense must feel.
t'ol del Hnsso began Sunday morn
ing shortly before noon. The Ital
ians took the height from the third
I IMelwels division, which formerly
fought under F.mperor Charles. The
division suffered severely. Italian
airplanes showered them with homhs
while the Bersaglieri exacted a
heavy to
Manv of the Hcrsngllerl wore their
red fatigue caps during the battle,
(Associated Press.)
London. July 2. That the sinking of
hospital ships la a deliberate policy on
the part of the Germans now Is placed
beyond all doubt by the torpedoing of
the Hrltlsh hospital ship Llandovery
Castle, the newspapers sny In their ed
itorials today.
"In the presence of such unspeakable
Infamy deliberately repented," says the
Daily Chronicle, "It is a waste of hrentb
to reiterate the ""abhorrence which
Washington. July 2. While thro
cabinet officers were before the hutwu
commerce committee today advocutIM
the A swill resolution empowering1 ttMt
president to take over telephone, tele
gruph, cable ami radio systems, the
house took Jurisdiction over the meas
ii re from that committee and vested!
it in the mllltury committee,
There was no discussion and only a
viva voce vote when I preventative
Gordon, or Ohio, moved that jurisdic
tion be transferred because th meas
ure was urged as a military necessity.
Members of the military committee,
said later that they were not opposed
to the resolution nnd undoubtedly
would report it favorably.
Daniels and Burlon.
Permanent government ownership
and operation of telegraph and tele
phone lines was advocated by fteere'
liny Daniels, and Postmaater-OcMrat
Hurleson said if the systems were aa
efficiently conducted by the govern,
meat as the postal service now la, thCJT
never would go back to private owner
ship.
Secretary Uaker, taking the atMdr
Hist, said It did not happen at tike
1 minute to lie a military necessity
; insc over teiepnonca and telegi
nut It might be "the next minute.'
(lectured It essential ns a war
to give the president full pnwer
iane over control of the wire
sary.
Mr. I taker said he could not
with certainty whether the govern!
imim completely suppress Imi
communications, hut it certainly
suppress suen communications
than under present laws. He aald
is no supervision or control of dl
uc messages.
Keprusentntlve Parker, of New Jerf
aey, asked whether It would not be''
well to amend the enemy trading art
to confer the proposed powers, hut Mr.
linker replied that that course would
not secure continuity of operation of
the lines, which was essential. Ttin
secretary declined to commit himself
. on whether the government should nn-.
sumo permanent control, hut h op
j posed any time limit to be fied tor
the surrender to owners of the lines. .
"The president should have tlto
I power to take over the lines," he eon
i tinned. "Most of thh traffic is govern
j mcnt business and any Interruption
win injure me government.
Replying to a question w hether tl o
taking over of the trunk lines would
' measure
vwer li
i If need
i spark of civilized i
But we would Invite !
., ... ., , t. 7l. "m smau companies, Mr. Raker an hi
pealing like t oreign .Secretary Von Hlloh ncton ., M npcM),ar v..,n.
Kuehlfhann to be credited with probity volved. TtTj
nnd honor while crimes so odious and j Legislation In addition to the Aswrll
dislKWiorahle continue to be carried out i resolution would be necessary, ho said.
by tne orders or tneir government. to deal with contracts and composi-
I
(Hy Her! Kord, International News
Service staff correspondent.)
the American Army iat the
July 2 (d a.m.). Amncnn
night
With
Alarne,
The excuse for the attack on the
n hnnd-to-hand fighting. I Llandovery Castle, says the Daily Mail,
was a He and a German omcer who;
told it did not believe It himself when
III said to the captain:
"You arc carrying eight American
flight officers."
If there had been a particle of truth 1
ln the charge, the newspaper adds, the j
, submarine captain had only to stop I
I the Llandovery Castle, selxe the eight!
ufficers and take them to Germany as I
i proof of allied guilt In using hospital
j ships for transports.
BETTER PROTECTION
OF HAMPTON ROADS
tlon.
Serious Interruption.
"I cannot imagine any more serious
interruption to our war preparations
than suspension of telegraph service,"
snia jur. nnner. Interruption.
lor a ver y brief time, would seriously
Interfere with all of our war activi
ties." '
at Rome, that the "suicide hypotheals
was untenable."
Maj. Haracca's body, which was re
covered by the Italians when they ad
vanced on the Plave river, has heen
transported to Lugo where the officer
was born.
ihe Maine front.)
They took the Ullage of Vnnx and
the railway station and 276 German
prisoners there.
Five officers were among the captives
taken nt Vaux.
The Americans captured also a num
ber of machine guns nnd much war
material.
Thirtv-thrcc Germans, including one
commanl officer nnd Ave non -commissioned
officers, were captured by the
Americans in a brilliant raiding incur
sion in a wooded strip of ground on
the Plcardy front, known as the Cha-teau-Jenlls
park.
The rnld was carried out at night
and the Germans were surrounded by
eighty-five of our men. The Germans
ere taken completely by surprise and
sustained severe casualties, while our
losses wede trifling.
gi KEEKS i GEORGE L BERRY TO TELL
j .m-. nc rimnnraii rnafniTiAuo Declares
STEAMSHIP SUNK
BY SHELL FIRE
President of Pressmen's Union
to Deliver Lecture in Chatta
nooga July 11.
(Associated Press.) I
London, July 2 A misunderstanding
between the Dutch and allied govern
ments concerning the kind of goods .
Hir IVin (tcrnians to Hcl- I
irunapui www "j r - ,
alum over the Limbourg railway is re
ported bv the correspondent of the
Daily Mail at The Hague. The trouble
is ascribed to conflicting interpreta
tions of the recent agreement between
the allied governments nnd Holland.
Representatives of four allied gov
ernments, it is added, visited Dr. Lou
don the. Dutch lorelgn minister, and
pointed out that their governments
never Intended to recognize the transit
by the Germans of such things as tim
ber, barbed wire, hay and straw, which
are likely to be useo ior rai.ivmr i" - range for Industrial co-operntlon be
poses. Foreign Minister Lomlon,s re- , tWeen the allied countries. He has Just
ply is noi repuiieu uj . returned from this mission
corresponueni.
America's Present
Glory Is Battling for Op
pressed Humanity.
(Special to The News.l
Nashville, July 2. George L. Herry,
of Hawkins county, president of the
International Pressmen's union, will
deliver a series of addresses through
out Tennessee at the request of Maj.
Rutledge Smith, Tennessee chairman
of the Council of National Defense. He
will tell what he saw In Kurope as a
member of the American war mission
appointed by President Wilson to ar
PRE8IDENT WILSON FIRST TO
PTECEIVE NEW PARIS DEGREE
(Associated Press.)
Purls, July 2. President Wilson will I
b the first person to be honored with j
the new degree of doctor honoris causa
from the University of Paris, says Le ,
Tnnrnnl. A eovcrmnental decree au- I
thorixlng French universities to bt stow
th title of doctor honoris causa has
Just been published In the Journal offi
cial. It was hoped, adds the newspaper,
that the degree could he conferred on
the Fourth of July. It wus explained
vby Luclen Polncure, director of public
V Instruction, however, that the time was
' v too short to admit of this. A suitable
occasion would bo found Inter, he announced
Mr. Herry's speaking schedule fol
lows:
ChnttnnoogB, July tl: Memphis, July
12: Jackson. July 13; Nashville, July
14: Paris, July 15: Clnrksvllle, July 16:
Cleveland. July 17: Knoxvllle. July 18;
Johnson City, July 19; Bristol, July 20;
Klngsport, July 21.
HOTEL SERVED BEEF AND
MUST C0TRIBUTE $500
(International News Service.)
Savannah, (la., July 2.i-The Hicks
hotel, one of the largest ln the south,
has been ordered to contribute 500 to
the lied Cross and fladered not lo
serve beefsteak to paWons until Jan
uary 1, 1919. The management was
found guilty of violating the beefsteak
regulations.
(International News Service.)
Athens, (la.. July 2. At the opening
exercises of the University of Geor
gia summer school last night, minute
speeches were made by a dozen lead
ing educators of Georgia, and Dr.
Stockton Axson, secretary ot the Amer
ican Red Cross, Washington, and
brother-in-law of President . Wilson,
.brought a special message to the
teachers of Georgia, written and sent
by the president. The president con
cluded his letter ns fkollows:
"Instruction In patriotism has al
ways been a duty in American schools,
It is now more than ever a duty to
teabh a burning, uncompromising
patriotism, w hich will dmlt of no
divided allegiance, but demands all
that the heart and energy of the cit
izen can give nnd at the same time a
patriotism so sure and enlightened, so
free ef sham and subterfuge . tint U
leaves room for Intelligent sympathy
with other peoples living under other
flags.
"A due regard for the rights of ot'vr
notions is as necessary to enlightened
I I'uiiioiTsin as an insisience upon me
rights of our own nation.
"The meaning of this war and of
America's part In it Is nnt fully com
prehended unless we understand the
claims of human It)! as well as our. own
country upon us.
"It la our present glory that we are
buttling for oppressed humanity ev
erywhere, as well as for our own
rights, and that America seeks no
hi Wish ends.
"(Signed): Woodrow Wilson."
Washington, July 2. The Belgian
slenmship Chlleur was sunk by shell -fire
by a German submarine 1,400 miles
off the Atlantic coast on June 21, the
navy department announced today.
Twenty-five survivors were picked up
by a sailing vessel four days later, the
report said. The vessel was of 2,960
gross tons.
The following statement was Issued:
"The navy department Is Informed
that the Helglan steamship Chilour
was smk by shell Are from a GerrnaYi
submarine about 1,400 miles at sea
from the Atlantic coast on June 21.
Twenty-five survivors were rescued on
June 27 by a sailing vessel. B'irst in
formation was received last night. The
Chilear was a ship .of 2,966 gross tons."
New Lines of Defensive Sea
Area Established by Execu
tive Order of President.
(International News Service.)
Washington, July 2. New lines of
defensive sen area, designed to afford
Kienter protection to the Chesapeake
entrance and Hampton Ponds were to
day established in nn executive order
by President Wilson. Former limits
are abolished and n new area of greater
extent created as follows: I,ower Ches
apeake, outer limit, Jlne parallel to that
joining Cape Henry light and Cape
Charles light and four nautical miles
eastward thereof, and the lines from
Cape Charles light and Cape Henry
light perpendicular to this line. Inner
limits, line tangent to end of wharf
on west side of Old Point Comfort and
Fort Wool, nnd a line running from
Illack River light through the
GERMAN AIRMEN MAKE
RAID OVER PARIS
Fifth Within Past Six Days.
Alarm Sounded at an
Early Homt.
vessel marking the southern end of
the thirty-five-foot cut known as the
Hnltlmore channel, thence running to
the eastern shore of Virginia.' All
traffic regulations for defense are bind
ing on all shipping entering this sec
tion and special points of entrance and
egress are named.
(International News Service.)
Paris, July 2.. The fifth German
air raid over Paris in six nights took
place early today. It was a short one.
The alert was sounded shortly be
fore 12: SO, the all-clear signal being
iriven before 1 o'clock. A brief offl-
I'Rht i da statement said there was nothing
to report as to damage or casualties.
FAIR, SAYS BILLY 'POSSUM
Is a 'possum
jion-essentlal ln
this plan of work
or fight? Can a
woman be a 'pos
sum? well, I
guess at that she
might; and then
all the. weather
rhymelets would
be gorgeous lit
tle thrills: hints
on styles. the
latest coiffures, whether hats have
plumes or uullls; but with more con
sideration I'm Impressed with this
new plan, for when it comes to play
ing 'possum women far outolaaa mero
man.
The weather? Fair and somewhat
warmer tonight und Wednesday.
Ill ?iw
SHELBYVILLE TO HAVE
GRAND CELEBRATION
All Business Houses to Close
Doors on July 4 Hon. Lee
4 Dougless to Speak.
(Special to The News.)
Shelbyville, July 2, Shelhyvllle Is
preparing to have a grand celebration
hero on July 4. All business houses
have been requested to close their
doors on that day, and circulars are
being scattered over the county by the
different war organizations.
Arrangements will be made to have
the speaking on the court house cam
pus and seats to accommodate a very
large crowd.
Hon. Lec Dougless, U. S. attorney of
Nashville, will be the speaker on this
occasion. It Is reported that Mr.
DouRless has been communicated with
and consents to deliver the address.
The president's proclamation will be
rend on this occasion.
FINNISH-GERMAN PUSH
NO UNIMPORTANT EVENT
Advance ofArmy in Northern
Russia Feature of Anti-Bolshevik
Developments.
CZECHS WILL EXACT
REPRISALS OF AUSTRIANS
Charge That Captured Czechs Are Be
ing Murdered in Siberia Will Hold
Austro-German Prisoners.
(Associated Press.)
London, July 2. Col. Hurban, ft
Czech leader, now in Tokio, Informs
the correspondent of the Times there j
that he la communicating with I'ror.
T, G, Masaryk, who is now ln Wash
ington, concerning reports that the
Atistrlans are killing captured Czechs.
The Csscchs In Siberia will exact re
prisals, the colonel added, and will not
allow the 200,000 Austro-German pris
oners In Siberia who are In their power
to escape unless
topped.
(Associated Press.)
London, July 2. The Finnish-German
push along the Pasvill river in
the Murmansk region of northern
Hussia must be considered ln con
nection with events In Russia which
gradually are developing In anti
bolshevikl directions, says the corre
spondent of the Times at Chrlstlanla.
There is reason to believe, he adds,
that entente traffic at Archangel
which has been suspended for the past
twelve months, will soon be resumed.
The Germans, therefore, are eager to
cut communications with southern
Russia and force nn issue as regards
their demand for an ice free port on
the Arctic coast. The correspondent
adds:
"The same events which compelled
the Germans to send northward will
presently make it even more impor
tant for the allies to occupy these
gions. Questions of vital Interest fir
both parties also must be decided."
TILLMAN'S CONDITION
CONTINUES CRITICAL
(Associated Press.)
Washington, July 2. The condition
of Senator Tlllmen, of South Carolina,
chairman of the naval affairs commit
tee, who suffered a celebral hemor
rhage last week causing paralysis,
was reported unchanged, with no fav
orable development raising any hope
for his recovery. Although he spent n
the shootings are unlet night lad night, he still remains
unconscious.
"Has any reference to a strike of
tclo'rraphers been made In connection
with this resolution?" naked Repre
sent.., ijVe F.sch. of Wisconsin.
"1 have no knowledge of Hint," was
the reply. "The resolution came to me
in Ihe form In which It waa Intro
duced." "What effect." Mr. Ksch continued,-
"would the nrlnnflon of thin rnntutlnt '
J by congress. If It had been adontrnY
before July 8, have on the strike?
woiiic. mnxe an teiexrapnere grorern.
mcnt employes, would It not, nnd would
It nrevent n strike?"
"It would make all telegraphers !rovV '"
ernment employes, but T have n"
liiiowleds-e whether It would proven a'
strike." Mr. Hnker renlled. ,1
Replying to n. nitration from Rer-re. ,';
sontntlve Montague, of Virginia. Mr.
linker said the government hn V JJ
force "in the sllrM'-Kt deirree adennate
for operating the lines in the event of'
n strike
Army Lines In Franee.
The American nrmy In France N
opornting 4.000 miles of telegranh ni'd 1
telephone. Mr. Ttaker told the commit
tee. These lines were a-nnlred from
the French irovernment, he said, flnd ,
ar under entire control and operation
of American troons.
Secretary Daniels told the COinntra
tee the ehief n-vai rcion for in KM!
e.ver the wires at lh!s time Is the presSJ
ence of enemy subreirlnes off.1
Amer'enn eoast, and that the'r
lion hy the government woi'ld tie R
sten toward the government's" taVtre;
everv nrecnutlonnrv step to guard'
against enemy attacks.
SLOVAKS DISTINGUISH
THEMSJELVES IN FIGHT
Italians Do All Fighting in So
called Austrian Offensive.
(Associated Press.)
Italian Army Headquarters, July 2. -Czecho-Slovnk
troops distinguished
themselves in the capture of Monte dl
val Bella by the Italians. Among a
numhei of Austrian prisoners captured
by a company of Czechs was a brother
of one of the men in the victorious
company. One of the, questions asked
of his newly-found brother by the pris
oner was thlr.
"Whose offensive Is this? The Ital
ians seejn to be doing all the fighting."
FOURTEEN NEW AMERICAN
SHIPS LAUNCHED JULY 4
(Associated Press.)
Washington, July 2. -Yards at which
fourteen new Americans oesiror.
will be launched Thursday In celebra
tion of the Fourth of July were an
nounced today as follows:
Hethlehem Pnion Plant, Run Fron-
' ' Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock company, .1.
William Cramp ft Sons company,
Philadelphia, S.
Fore River Shipbuilding company,
Boston, L