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Olanta Wwrwal VOLUME XIV. ITALIANS GAIN GROUND IN NEW OFFENSIVE PERSHING AKD STAFF SHE SAFE IN EUROPE DESPII»K Famous American Soldiers Reach England. Visit Lon don Then Cross Channel In to France to Aid Allies WASHINGTON. -lune •.—One hun dred American aavy aviators to aid in detecting submarine operations and other active duty have arrived safely in France, according to official announce- T'ent today. These are the first offi- and men of the regular fighting forces to actually !;nd in France. In addition to Lieutenant Whiting, of New York, commanding, the naval of ficers in the detachment are Lieutenant Virgil C. Griffin Alabama: Lieutenant Gratton O. Richman. Georgia: Lieuten ant Godfrey D. Chevalier. Massa chusetts While most of the men are trained aviators, some additional training un der war conditions will be given theta in France. (By Associated Press.) LONDON. June B.—General Pershing - rived in London this afternoon. He was welcomed by Walter Hines Page tiu American ambassador: Lord Derby, secretary of state for war: Viscount I rench. commanding tK» British hotae fcrces, and other officers, including Lord Brooke, who will be attached to Gea cral Pershing’s staff during his stay in England. * Genera! Perching said to the Asso ciated Press: "The trip has been oelightful, par-’ ticularly the la’ter stages, when we. were escorted through the danger zone by our own destroyers. Speaking for myself and staff, we are glad to be the standard bearers of America in this great war for civilization. The oppor- . tunity of larding at a British port and the welcome we received are very sig nificant and are deeply appreciated We expect in the course of a very short time to be playing our part, whicn I hope, will be a very big part, on the a estern front.” A notable assembly met General Per shing on his arrival at London late this | afternoon At the railway station were Lord Derby, minister of war; Lord French, commander tn chief of the home defense forces; Str Francis Lloyd, Amer ican Ambassador Walter Hines Page: Vice Admiral Sims. U. S. N: General Robertson, and a number of others. Pershing’s military escort lined up in formal fashion at Euston railway sta tion. while the British military staff -e vie wed them. Then they hurried off to their quarters. General Pershing established head quarters at the Savoy. Officers and men accompanying the American com- ( mander were to be entertained at a the ater tonight. A BRITISH PORT. June 8. —Major General John Pershing, commander as .the first American expeditionary force, to France, arrived in England today, ac- j companied by his staff. ( He reported a pleasant trip and ex pressed the utmost astonishment that the news of h:s departure has been so successfully suppressed. “I thought the -whole world knev about my leaving the United States.’’ he •’•cl a red. The American army chief and his staff were given a tremendous ovation on their arrival. A special train was in waiting for the party. It was due to arrive in Lon don at 3 o’clock this afternoon. "We are very glad to be the standard bearers of our country in this great war for civilization.” General Pershing asserted. "To land on British soli and re -elve such a welcome is very signifi es- T.d very deeply appreciated. “We expect soon to be playing our part—and I hppe it will be a very large part—on the western frcnL” Pershing and his staff worked harli all the way across preparing plans for theij work in France. Included In Pershing’s party was h’."> -s’aff and detachments of engineers and nurses. Distinguished British army and navy officers met them here with warmest welcome. 1 The voyage over from America was an uneventful one. No submarines were encountered and no mines seen. The weather was good and the sea smooth. American destroyers convoyed •he shtp all the way. They were joined by a flotilla of British destroyers at a point a hundred miles off the Irish coast. The ship on which the American 3 arrived at «:30 a. m. was given a noisy welcome ’n the harbor. When it docked, a guard of honor lined up on the landing stage. includ-J ins; high British army and navy ofii-i cers. They stood rigid at salute as the Star Spangled Banner was played and as Pershing descended the gang plank. He formally inspected a group of British soldiers who were in the receiving party —stopping to chat a moment with one guardsman on whose sleeve he had noticed stripes showing he had been twice wounded.; Pershing wanted to know the why and wherefore of the stripes and of. the wounds. I Then the American general and his staff returned aboard ship, lining up on the deck in salute as the band played "God Save the King." Afte’r all these formal ceremonies. General Pershing received a large party of American and British news papermen answering their questions cheerfully and readily. The formal welcome to the Americans , on the landing stage was a stirring one. A guard of honor, composed of Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was drawn up at the landing, with a regimental band. After General Pershing had been intro- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2.) Full Associated Press Service WATER SUPPLY FOR NEW ENCAMPMENT.. WONATLANTAFIGHT! Chamber of Commerce Cinch-| ed Cantonments With a Guarantee of 2.500,000 Gallons of Water Daily Atlanta cinched the big military can tonment Monuay morning when the di rectors of the Atlanta chamber of com merce removed the last barrier that stood between this city and the award ing of the camp, namely, a guarantee that the cantonment site will be proper ly supplied with water. The chamber was notified last week by the government that if Atlanta will guarantee the Silver Lake cantonment a water flow of 2,500,000 gallons a day the cantonment will be placed there. All day Sunday the public safety committee of the chamber was in ses sion. discussing the situation and devis ing was and means. Monday the com mittee put the propsition up to thoj chamber’s board of directors. . Decisive action was taken and Washington was notified that Atlanta had underwritten the water supply. The statement of the chamber given to the press, was: “The chamber of commerce, feeling sure of the’compll ance of the city government, the gener osity of city council and the spirit of the city of Atlanta, has authorized its president. Ivan E. Allen, to communi-. cate with the government that the chamber of commerce has acted and I complied with the request of the gov ernment to pledge itself to furnishing! adequate water supply for Silver Lake." As yet it is not known whether the' water supply will be secured by the lay-j Ing of mains from the city’s water sys-I' tern or by the establishment of a sepa-l rate waterworks near the camp. The chamber of commerce has both plans under consideration. FOOD CONTROL MEASURE APPLIED 81 COMMITTEE: Bill Provides for Guaranteed Minimum Price to Produc ers of Perishables WASHINGTON, June 11.—The second I administration food control bill, grant- I Ing broad powers to the president, was [ agreed to by the house agricultural committee today by a vote of 12 to 3 and immediate report to the house was authorized. Chairman Lever expects it to pass with less than two weeks' debate. The first bill is to stimulate production of food; the second is to control distri- i bution and price. The bill provides a guaranteed mini mum price to producers of. non-perish able agricultural products under regu lations to be prescribed by the presi dent. The committee dropped the plan for maximum price fixing on the ground that it was unnecessary. A good deal of opposition was expressed to it. Coincident with the taking up of the bill in the house today it was announced that President Wilson would receive this afternoon several representatives of , the labor organizations led by Samuel Gompers and several members of con- , gress. who will present the consumers’ side of the question and will ask that action be speeded up in the house so as to give Herbert Hoover immediate pow er. The bill will probably be brought * in the house by Chairman Lever tomor- ■ row. An effort will be made to make it I law by July 1. Besides authorizing the president to; name a food administrator, the bill 1 makes it unlawful for any person to destroy food for the purpose of keeping up prices and gives the executive power to control food manufacture. Wilful hoarding or destruction of ne- ; cessities is made a crime punishable by ■ two years' Imprisonment. The president is authorized to seize ' and have governmentally operated any i factory, mine or other plant deemed ' necessary; to regulate boards of tradej and price-fixing institutions; to fix mini- j mum prices for agricultural products; co regulate, prohibit or reduce the manu facture, storage or distribution of any foods necessary to carry into effect leg islation for conserving the food supply during the war. In the discretion of the president per sons may be prohibited from engaging in the business of handling foodstuff-? I without a license. The measure does not apply to the producer or the retail seller. The committee struck from the bill all reference to maximum price, but au thorized the government to guarantee a minimum price whenever the president deems this necessary to insure produc tion. An appropriation of $150,000,000 is au thorized for carrying out this guarantee and for other purposes under the pro posed legislation. The committee added fuel to the list of commodities which, at the president’s discretion, may be sold only by licensed dealers. Private Shot When He Tries to Escape MACON. Ga., June 11.—Private Buch anan. of Company B, Second Georgia, was ?shot and seriouslj- wounded by Ser- | pent Watkins this afternoon. Buchanan escaped from the guard house last night and when the sergeant attempted to ar- ■ rest him this morning Buchanan ran. He refused to halt after being ordered , to do so several times. It was then I the sergeant fired. The bullet struck : Buchanan in the thigh, making an ugly j wound. Ito was taken to the Macon hospital EXEMPTION SOARBS NAMED BY CANDLER TD SELECT TROOPS Atlanta Has Seven Boards of Three Members Each, One of Whom Is Physician and None Are Military Men Mayor Candler announced Monday the members of the Atlanta boards of ex emption which will pick this city's quota of men for the first army of se lective service. Atlanta has seven boards, each board corresponding to 30,000 population and composed of three men each, one of vhoin is a physician and none of wnom are Identified withs any branch of the military service. His nominations were sent to Gov ernor Harris. Owing to the size of the city, Atlanta was the last town In the state to send in its boards, so with the announcement from the mayor Mon day, Governor Harris was able to for ward all the nominations to Washing ton immediately. President Wilson will approve the nominations and instructions will then be issued, defining the exact duties of the exemption boards. As yet, city and state authorities have but a vague idea of what these duties will be. except in a general way. The boards are to pick the desired number of men, considering their status as outlined in their registration cards. The boards will listen to pleas for ex emption and in cases where exemption is claimed, but no,t granted, they will refer any appeal to a state board of exemption. TREMENDOuFsHDRTAGE OF CARS IS PREDICTED Commissioner Candler, Back: From Washington, Tells of Difficulties Ahead A tremendous shortage of freight and passenger cars confronts the country as a result of the war, said C. Murphey Can dler, chairman of the Georgia railroad commission, Monday morning, following his return from Washington, D. C., where he conferred with railway ex perts of the national board of defense. "We are going to have a time of At this fall moving cotton and other crops,” he declared, "and the howls raised now are nothing compared to what complaints w|ll be then. Let us prepare by simplifying the transporta tion problem in every way we can.” He said he himself was unaware of the seriousness of the situation until he went to Washington, and he appealed to every individual, manufacturer and shipper to aid in meeting the shortage. “In a little while,” he continued, “the roads will begin filing petitions to cur tail their service, and I ask the people of the state to leave this problem to the railroad commission. We aren't go ing to allow the railroads to discon tinue any trains where a step can be avoided. But it might as well be made plain at once that the railroad re sources of our country are going to he tested to the limit, and every necessary measure toward economizing equip ment must be He said that between 110,000 and 35,000 freight cars will be withdrawn from ,the public service and devoted to ship ment of supplies for the government, and that a great number of passenger cars will be put to military use. He stressed the fact that America is now in the midst of the greatest war the world has ever known, and that within a short while the seriousness of the situation will come home to every individual. Throughout his Interview Chairman Candler made the plea that every busi ness firm help to lessen the transporta tion demands—not for the purpose of helping the railroads, but as a patriotic measure to aid the government in win ning the war. “I went to Washington,” he said, "to attend a meeting of the executive com mittee of the National Association of Railwaj’ Commissioners, held for the purpose of preparing a program for the convention of commissioners in October. HELP THE GOVERNMENT. “The committee took up the question of what assistance the state railroad commissioners can give the government in the impending transportation crisis, and in the course of this discussion we held a conference with a committee of I railway experts who are acting under | the national board of defense. “The seriousness of the situation was then made plain to us. We have got to conserve in every way we can freight' and passenger equipment, and coal. “When the government begins toi transport the 750,000 new troops it will raise; its national guard contingents and its seasoned troops on their way to the ports, every passenger car will be needed that can be raked together. “Freight cars could be used in the transportation of our boys, but for one I'm opposed to hauling them about in box cars as the Russians do their troops. “A considerable movement is going on now, though nothing is being said | about it. And within a short while the work on the cantonments will begin. There will be thirty-two of these, and it will take 3.000 to 4,000 carloads of material for rttch one. “When completed these cantonments will be cities of 30,000 to 40,000 popula tion each, and to meet the needs of these military communities about sev enty-five carloads of supplies will be re quired every day at every camp: in other words, something like a total of 2,500 cars a day. These cars will be in service ten to fifteen days each. Al together 30,000 to 35.000 freight cars will be wtihdrawn from public service I and put to military use. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917. FORMER PRESIDENT SENDS HIS SON TO WAR. Former Presi- II dent Taft went down to Fort Myer, Va., the other day to visit his son. 1 1 Charles, whom he had sent to join the artillery. The young man’s act I influenced several of his college friends of Yale to join him. v ll I ■■■■llhiwilll J. 1.......-. ... , x . ’• WtW W ' '■ 1■ ’' ' • : 1 She H T- : • * y JWW i i ■ 'TW Mr--" < X « E W:® I itv * R \ ’ I i Pi b ' ■ ‘ MB L. 1 * ROME JUSTICE IS DEAD AFTER MURDER 8F GIRL Body of Dallas Lovelace Al leged Slayer of Miss Mary Kerr f Is Found (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ROME, Ga., June 11. —The body of Dallas Lovelace, teacher and justice of the peace, believed by officers to have killed Miss Mary Kerr, a former pupil of his and twenty-year-old daughter of a prominent farmer, yesterday, was found this morning a few miles from the scene of the Sunday shooting. There was a bullet hole through his fore head. Lovelace left a note at his home in which he said: "You will never find me alive, I will do the same thing she did,’’ intimating that Miss Kerr had taken her own life. The negro woman who was with Miss Kerr yesterday just prior to the shoot ing still insists that she saw Lovelace embrace the young girl with his left arm and place a pistol at her heart with his right hand. Miss Kerr was the twenty-year-old daughter of W. N. Kerr, prominent farmer of this county. Lovelace was a justice of the peace, teacher in the coun ty schools and a recent candidate for the legislature. The crime occurred at Foster's bend, about twenty miles from Rome, where Miss Kerr had been visiting her sis ter, and where Lovelace resided. According to the story of a negro woman, who claims to have been an eye witness, lAtvelaee had the girl in his arms, then drew a pistol, placed it at her heart and shot her. Lovelace was about forty years old and leaves his wife and three children. The young woman is said to have been a pupil of his in the county schools a few years ago. A coroner's jury inquest this morning returned a verdict charging Lovelace with murder. INJURED STUDENT OFFICEB NIOBIBn WILL RECOVER Edward R. Overton, Saturday Victim of Street Car Acci dent, Better Monday Edward B. Overton, the Mobile stu dent officer and former Alabama foot ball and baseball star, who was seri ously injured in a street car accident in front of Fort McPherson Saturday night, was much better Monday and his recovery seemed certain. Overton’s right leg was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated at the knee. His left leg was broken at the ankle and his body was bruised. Despite these injuries, he rallied Mon day and was said to he more than holding his own. His splendid physique and the training to which he has been subjected since entering the camp, were largely responsible for his remarkable endurance of pain. The other soldiers on the street car were not badly hurt. None of them are confined to the post hospital, where Overton is under the care of army sur geons. O. B. Copeland, the motorman of the Wrecked car, is at the Atlanta hospital, where it was stated he is resting easi ly. His legs, face and body were lacer ated, but no bones were broken. R. L. Justice, conductor of the car. was discharged from the hospital Sun day. One of hia hands was torn. TRAITDR OB SPY IN NAVY ■ IS OPINION OF DANIELS Secretary’s Charge Followed Senator’s Presentation of Private Reports WASHINGTON, June 11.—That a spy or a traitor to the government is | operating in the navy department or | the proving grounds at Indian Head, was the declaration of Secretary Dan iels before the senate naval affairs com mittee today. Mr. Daniels’ charge developed when Senator Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, presented copies of confidential reports bearing on ordnance, which he said had been sent him in an anonymous let ter. The reports were designed to sub stantiate charges of laxity which re sulted in the accidents aboard the American liners Mongolia and St. Louis during gun practice. The postmark on the letter, according to Freylinghuysen, was Detroit, Mich. Efforts to determine the identity of the sender of the letter, which contained, ac cording to Daniels, secret information on ordnance and ammunition, stolen from the files of the department, have proved unavailing, it was declared. The writer supplemented his reports, Freylinghuysen said, with grave charges as to defective ammunition, etc. Daniels declared that the revelation "plainly showed a spy or traitor” must be at work somewhere in the haval es tablishment and that "he should be ap prehended and sent to the penitentiary.” Frelinghuysen hastened to assure the committee he was not endeavoring to get Information from spies or traitors, that he had made every effort to estab lish the identity of the author of the letter and that "iif there is a spy in the navy department he should be appre hended and dealt with accordingly.” The sensational revelation came dur ing the second hearing held by the sen ate committee named to investigate ac cidents thought to be due to defective ammunition aboard the Mongolia and St. Louis. Daniels declared upon inquiry from Phelan that his "resentment” at the disclosure was based entirely upon the fact that some one having access to confidential government files was abus ing the privilege. He later admitted that the man might possibly be acting in good faith in an effort to disclose unsatisfactory conditions. The committee then went into execu tive session to study the anonymous re ports, "some of which are true and some false,” Daniels said. Cotton Strikes Another Upward Streak; Spots Quoted at 24 Cents Cotton,’which has been soaring so sen sationally that the market has been just one high mark after another, hit another upward streak Monday. Atlanta spots were quoted at 34 cents, or 85 points higher than they were Saturday, thereby setting another high mark. New York futures at 2 o’clock were up from 58 to 62 points. Post of Premier Is Accepted by Date MADRID, June 11.—Eduardo Dato to-! day accepted the post of premier, suc ceeding the Marquis Prieto. BEN. WOOD'S SPEECH HI TECH IS » PLEA FOR PREPAREDNESS He Denounces Volunteer Sys tem, Not Volunteer Spirit, and Declares Militia Plan Is “Rotten to the Core” . In true soldier fashion, GeneraJ Leonard A. Wood, ex-football star. ex- Tech student and commander of the de partment of the southeast. Monday called upon the senior class of the Georgia School of Technology, their fa thers, mothers and friends, to stand up and face the war for themselves and humanity. Dwelling not so much on the glory that lay in the achievement as upon the obligation and the privilege and the hope that out of it all would come a new consciousness and a new organism, the great American soldier told them frankly that millions would go abroad and many never return. “But we are going to look our enemy in the face during the war,” he said. "And we must do that if we look our friends in the face after the war.” General Wood’s address was delivered from a platform raised in front of the main college building and marked the occasion of the twenty-ninth annual commencement of Tech. Though he took particular pains to stress the importance of technical train ing and to warn those present against the folly of stripping our colleges and universities of men who hadn’t yet completed their education, the general’s speech was g war speech. He flouted the unspeakab’e lack of commonsense in the policy of unpreparedness, he scored the volunteer system—not the volunteer spirit, and declared that the militia system was "rotten to the core.” "We are now preparing for the first time thoroughly to organize our eco nomic fighting forces. But we should never forget, he said, that we are mak ing our preparations behind “the bleed ing lines of France and England.” Nev er again in our national history should we ever find ourselves in a similar po sition of helplessness. GREAT AUDIENCE PRESENT. The address of General Wood was the first upon the program of the commence ment exercises, following immediately after the invocation, which was pro nounced by Rev. Richard Orme Flinn, pastor of the North Avenue Presbyterian church. An immense crowd had gathered under the shade trees preceding the appear ance of the graduating class and the speakers of the occasion. At 10:30 o’clock, however, the seniors formed a double line and marched down the center aisles to the seats that had been prepared for; them. Following them came groups of alum- | ni, the faculty, members of the board of trustees, then Chancellor David C. I Barrow of the University of Georgia, President K. G. Matheson of Georgia Tech, Governor Harris and the principal sueaker of the occasion. General Wood. After being introduced by President Matheson as “America’s greatest sol dier," the general opened up by recall ing his old Tech days. He had had a warm spot in his heart for Tech ever since they had gone down to Athens and taught Georgia how to play football. He was going to make another trip to Athens for the purpose of delivering an address on the Fourth of July, but he was sure that it would be no warmer then than It had been on the occasion of his former visit. He noticed, he said, that prominent among the members of the graduating class were men who were now taking the training at Fort McPherson. He hoped that this sight would drive home to all those present the increasing so lemnity and gravity of the fact that the United States was now at war with the I greatest military power on earth. This necessitated the most compre-' hensive mobilization of military forces, of economic forces, of thought and of spiritual strength that the nation had ever seen. FINISH EDUCATION. j "But I hope we will not take too dras , tic action in stripping our universities of men who have not completed their I training,” he said, "the junior classes . should be kept at their training. War I means the mobilization and training of millions of men and we will need a , steady supply of line officers to train j and lead these men. But we will also need a large and unending supply of , technically trained men; men trained In I ( chemistry, engineering and the textile , industries. For that reason we do not , want any rushing to the colors of half educated n en. "Let thf boys In the schools and col leges sit tight and complete their train ing so that they can take their places as • the war goes when they are best prepared to render service. “> do not think we ought to stop the normal activities of our colleges either. I believe that itnercollegiate athletics should be kept up.” General Wood said he could not un derstand how the United States had ex ercised so little common sense to have never prepared for an emergency such I as now existed. He laid the blame on i the false teachings of our histories. He 1 thought it was high time that the nation begin to know that we won the war of ' the Revolution because we had the mor- ; i al support of half of England and of s | France and that the principle for which | we had fought in the war of 1812-14 ■ : had never been gained for the right of | • search was still exercised. But all this aside, we are now look- [ i fng at the future and beginning to or ganize in a thoroughly comprehensive I ' way. Our Initial allotment of officers' are now being trained. Three months: ! of intensive work in the training camps I will not make them thorough o cers, I I but at least they will be the best ancTf j most efficient group of officers we ha<) I I ever had with which to begin a war. ALLIES PROTECTED US. We should never forget, though, he said, that we are able to make such preparation as we were making because the bleeding lines of our allies stand [between us and the enemy. The speak, (Continued on Page 2, CoL 3.) NUMBER 72. HAIG'S TROOPS SHOVE THEIR LINES FURTHER INTO GEMN FRONT - Victorious British Tommies Swarm Beyond Messines Ridge and Score Further Advance) Official Report LONDON, June 11.—Great Britain has sent Russia a note in reply to the latter’s request for a statement of British war aims. The note, although not yet made public, is stated to be in general agreement with President Wil son's note to Russia. ROME, June 11.—(Via London.)—The Italians have resumed the offensive. Today’s official statement says they have captured Monte Ortigara, east of Cima Undice, and have carried Angello pass. % NEW YORK, June 11.—(By Foreign Cables From European Capitals.)—The wiping out of the German salient at Messines appears in the light ofi later developments, to be merely tha pre lude to a projected battle of a far mightier description after a German re action of a surprisingly feeble charac ter. The British have resumed trench raids over a front reaching from north of Ypres to as far south as Epehy, a distance of about seventy miles as the crow flies but far more than that along the tortuous windings of the battle front. The official anouncement of raids north of Ypres is of especial' interest in view of the recent frequently reported heavy artillery fire on the Belgian front. Some weeks ago the Germans made a voluntary retirement from in front of the Belgian lines, a fact little noted at the time in the pressure of greater events. From Ypres the allied front curves sharply to the sea and an advance here would threaten the German hold on their great submarine bases on the Belgian coast, Ostend and Zeebrugge. In the meantime there are indications that General Sarrail is preparing to re sume the offensive in Macedonia, the, Bulgarian war office reporting a great increase in the violence of the allied ar tillery fire on this front Considerable fighting has been going on in Macedonia for a month or more, but tht meager ness of the official reports and the sur passing Interest of events in France have combined to obscure the exact sit uation. Another gleam of light has pierced the dark clouds hanging over Russia. The Cossaoks have again voiced their deter mination to support the provisional gov ernment and there are indications that they will receive strong backing from the peasants. This cheering news comes on the heels of the publication of Pres ident Wilson’s message in Russia, which is halted by the British press as not only a great state document, but a pow erful reinforcement to the men who are striving for law and order in the infant republic. Berlin’s official bulletin today point ed to the probability that the British are preparing for new attacks on the Belgian front. A considerable Increase in the artillery activity is reported there, notable in the vicinity of Nleuport and east of Ypres. In this last sector, indeed. General Plumer’s troops last night advanced their lines slightly south qf Messines. On the French front the artillery on both sides has displayed somewhat un usual activity north of the Somme and in the region of Cerny, along the Che min-Des-Dames on the Aisne front. A German attempt to carry out a surprise attack near Cerny was stopped. Already a part of the new American army is In France. Paris announces the arrival there of the first contingent of the officers of General Pershing’s staff who are to carry on preliminary work. British Swarm Forward Beyond Messines Ridge LONDON, June 11. —Field Marshal Haig’s victorious Tommies swarmed l beyond the Messines ridge for further gains today. "South of Messines we slightly ad vanced our line," was Haig’s formal re port of the night's fighting. "East of Epehy there wajs conslder | able mutual artlllerying at night. Hos tile bodies of troops assembling were dispersed by fire. “Southwest of La Basse a success ful raid last night did much damage to enemy trenches and mine galleries. I We took eighteen prisoners. "East and south of Vermllles our raids Inflicted a number of casualties. “South of Y’pres there was mutual artillery fire at night.” S SO 00 Applications Up Journal i/ J At An Y Office 1/X kj Bank -Y M BUY A- - BOND
