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180,000 ITALIANS ARE CAPTURED IN DRIVE
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PLEDGE 810 TO HOOVER
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Intense Pro German Propa
ganda in Certain Sections
Serves Only to Increase Ef
forts of Volunteer Workers
WASHINGTON. Nov. I.—Campaign
headquarters of the food administration
announces that at the beginning of the
fourth day of the flood pledge week cam
paign. the 3.090.000 mark has been
passed in the number of cards signed
This represents ror the most part the
results of the canvass in the larger
cities in those slates that have reported,
while there are still eleven states that
have telegraphed no returns as yet. The
number is an increase of mare than 74.-
000 over yesterday’s figures. Indiana
still leads the field with 110.282 pledges.
Virginia is a close second, with 110,071.
while Ohio and Maine are third and
fourth with 109.000 and 97.000 respec
tively. New York leads all other cities
with over 104.000.
Storms throughout the country are
still tying up the mehns of communi-
cation from the outlying districts and
are proving a severe handicap to the
campaigners.
“The close of this campaign will see
one family out of every two in the
United States enrolled for membership
in the United States food administra
tion.” said H. J. Hill, national campaign
director, today.
"Reports indicate intense pro-German
propaganda in certain parts of the coun
try, but the effect of this has been to
solidify our organization of 500.000
workers and to make evident to com
munities farthest removed from war
conditions the fact that this is a vital
war work.
“After all, the thing we are striking
at is numbers, though we are sure of
the numerical result. The canvass has
ah infinitely deeper underlying purpose.
It in to bring home to the average
Aaxrican family the part it can play in
preparing the nation for an invincible
position in the war The campaign has
established the fact that food conserva
tion is a definite war service, and we
could submit thousands of letters and
reports to prove that the matter is so
being understood.
•The little pledge card which families
sign is anything but a mere scrap of
paper. So closely are we all linked in
this war that one phase of it is being
fought out in the American kitchen.
‘The scheme is unbeatable in spite of
Efforts of the enemy within to make it
appear that we are listing the contents
of family pantries to seize them. Need- 1
less to say. no intelligent family ’falls
for’ this malicious propaganda, and the-’
great mass of our people are beginning
to recognize the fact that homes united,
families enrolled, food conserved, means
America invincible."
Southeastern District
Economizing on Food
WASHINGTON. Nov. I.—Seventy-five
per eent of the southeastern district is
now in line with a meatless Tuesday and
wheat less Wednesday. George R. Ben
ton. hotel district chairman for the
states of North Carolina. South Carolina.
Georgia. Florida. Alabarn and Missis- 1
sippi, reports to the food administration.
Mr. Benton estimates that the saving
of meat and wheat already is 10 per
cent. Restaurants and hotels not co
operating largely are those operated by
persons who do not yet thoroughly un
derstand the necessity for food con- ]
servation. he reoorts. These he hopes to
- have voluntarily co-operating within a
short time.
Campaign Progresses in
Spite of German Propaganda
WASHINGTON. Nov. I.—“lntense
pro-German propaganda” against food
saving was again reported to the food
administration today from various dis
tricts. Orders to the 500,000 volun
teer workers in the food pledge week
campaign call special efforts among
the German population.
With more than 3,000.000 families al
ready pledged. Campaign Director H.
J. Hill predicted today that by Satur
day night one family out of every two
in the United-. States will be enrolled.
Meatless Tuesdays, wheatless Wednes
days. the conservation slogan for hotels
and restaurants, as well as homes, have
already lessened consumption 10 per
cent in the southeastern states. Dis
trict Chairman G. R- Benton reported
today
TUMULTY WILL NOT
RUN FOR THE SENATE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.- Secretary
Tumulty 1* not looking for any political
jobs. From his chair in the White
House executive offices this afternoon
he denied he •would be a candidate for
United States senator from New Jersey.
I THE EYES I
OF SAINT
OR DEVIL?
Full .Associated Press Service
PUBLIC BEGINS PAYING
MANY NEW Wil TUXES
I New Three-Cent Postage on
First-Class Mail Probably
Will Be Most Felt
WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. —Wednesday
was the last day of grace from many
new war taves.
With the exveption of increased letter
and tobacco taxes which go into effect
Friday, the special stamp taxes on docu
ments. legal instruments and parcel
post packages which go into operation |
December 1. all special taxes begin to
apply at midnight tonight. They in-
1 elude:
One cent on each dime paid for
amusement admissions.
Three per cent on payments for ,
j freight transportation.
Eight per cent on passenger fares.
Five per cent on oil pipe line trans-
I portation.
One cent for each 20 cents or frac
tion paid for express packages.
Five cents on each telegraph, tele
phone or radio message costing fifteen j
. cents or more.
Various taxes on cigars, cigarettes, to
bacco and products.
Ten per cent on club dues.
Eight cents on each SIOO of new life 1
• insurance and one cent vn each dollar
t of fire, marine, casualty and other in
surance' policies. %
Although the tobacco taxes do not be
' come operative until Friday, many deal
ers have already advanced retail prices
in anticipation of the tax levies. Other
I taxes of the new law. including those on
hard and soft drinks, incomes and war
excess profits, have been in effect since
the law was approved October 3, but
tn indirect form.
On December 1. the new stamp taxes,
including those on parcel post packages,
will be payable, putting the entire law
into complete operation, except for in
creased rates on second-class mail, post
ported until July 1 next.
Increases in first-class mail rates
probably will be most generally felt
by the people. The law provides that
the postage on letters, except “drop"
or local letters, shall be 3 cents; and
that on postcards, including private
mailing cards, shall be 1 cent more than
heretofore. This increase includes so
called picture postcards. The advances
were made effective thirty days after
passage of the law. and are construed
by the postoffice department to begin
with letters and postcards postmarked
November 2.
The increases also have been extended
by departmental order to first-class
mail to many foreign countries which,
under postal conventions, have enjoyed
the domestic rates. The new 3-cent let
ter rate, therefore, will to let
' ters to Canada. Cuba, Mexico, Panama.
, England, Ireland. Scotland. Wales, the
Bahamas. Barbadoes, British Guinea,
• British Honduras. Santo Domingo. Dutch
West Indies. Leeward Islands, New
foundland and New Zealand. The post
card increase will extend to Canada,
1 Cuba. Mexico and Panama, the only
countries which have enjoyed the do
■ mestic postcard rate.
For consumers’ convenience, books of
I postage stamps containing 3-cent stamps
are in readiness for sale and the depart
ment has had printed thousands of 2-
cent post cards. First-class mail post
; marked tomorrow or any time prior to
k. 12.01 a. m.. November 2, regardless of
i time taken for delivery, will be trans
mitted at the old rates, but that post
marked thereafter must pay the in
creased toll. ,
Amusement admission taxes become
effective tomorrow *t places charging
more than 10 cents/ They are 1 cent
| for each 10 cents or fraction paid for
such admission, payable by the person
admitted but collected by the govern
ment from the amusement proprietor, re
quired to make sworn returns to the
treasury. A flat tax of 1 cent for each
child under twelve admitted when chil
• dren are charged also is provided.
Passes also are taxed, except those to
bona fide employes, municipal officers
and children under twelve, at the regu
lar rate, which also is extended to cab
arets or other entertainment in which
The admission is included in the price
paid for refreshment, merchandise or
service. theater boxes
• must pay 10 per cent on their rental.
The new rates on cigars range from
‘ 25 cents to $7 per thousand, and on
■cigarettes from 80 cents to 31.20 per
thousand. Five cents a pound is the new
tax on tobacco, snuff and other manu
factured tobacco, while cigarette papers
1 are taxed from 1-2 cent to 1 cent per
I hundred. As the taxes are now reaching
the ultimate consumer, the raises mean
, about 1 cent more on 5-cent tobacco
packages, from 2 to 5 cents on cigarette
packages and from 1 to 10 cents on
. cigars.
The taxes on freight and passenger
transportation are also extended to mo
tor vehicle competitors of steam and
electric railways and water lines. The
passenger transportation tax is not ap
plicable to fares costing 35 cents or less
or commutation or season Mckets for
trips less than thirty miles. Payments
I for services rendered the federal and
state governments are exempt from tax
ation.
The 10 per cent tax on Pullman ac
commodations is applicable to payments
for scats, berths and staterooms in par
i lor and sleeping cars or on teasels.
The 5-cent tax on telegraph, telephone
or radio messages costing 15 cents or
. more applies only to .those originating in
the i'nited States.
The new insurance taxes are imposed
on new policies issued, with reinsurance
policies exempted. Industrial or week
ly-payment policies are taxed 40 per
••ent on the first premium on policies for
SSOO or less.
Will Require Service
Os Convicted Slackers
WASHINGTON. Nov. I.—Provost Mar
shal General Crowder today notified all
governors of amendments to the national
army regulations which will insure prac
tically immediate army service for all
slackers convicted of failing to register,
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AMERICA NTHANSPORT
MAKES HER PORT
DESPITE JOB PEDO
American Transport Finland
Torpedoed by Submarine but
Is Able to Get Back to Eu
ropean Port
WASHINGTON, Nov. I—The trans
port Finland was recently torpedoed
while returning to the United States,
but was able to return to a foreign port
under her own steam. •
The navy department received a re
port of the attack and Secretary Daniels
authorized its publication. The navy re
port does not say whether there was any
loss of life or injuries on the Finland.
This official announcement was au
thorized: .
"The navy department has received
dispatches stating that the transport
Finland was torpedoed while returning
from foreign waters. The damage to
the ship was slight and she returned to
port under her own steam. The Finland
was under escort, but no sign of the tor
pedo or the submarine were seen.”
The Finland is one of the largest
steamers flying the American flag. Be
fore going into the army transport serv
ice she plied between New York and
European ports in the International Mer
cantile Marine company’s service under
the Red Star and other lines. The ves
sel has a gross tonnage of 12,806 and a
net tonnage of 7,711. She normally car
ries a crew of 257 men. The Finland
was built in Philadelphia in 1902. Her
home port is New York.
The Finland is the second transport
to be attacked while returning from its
mission to Europe. The Antilles on Oc
tober 17, was torpedoed and sunk with
the loss of sixty-seven lives.
The dispatches to the navy depart
ment regarding the attack on the Fin
land stated that no submarine was seen
as was the case in the attack on the
Antilles.
Whether the Germans are using a new
system in hiding their assaults on trans
port ships is a question puzzling naval
authorities.
EIGHT KILLED, 21 HURT
111 1 RAID ON LONDON
Determined Attack Made in
Seven Groups by Enemy
Airmen
LONDON, Nov. I.—Eight persons were
killed and twenty-one others were in
jured in the German air raid last night,
according to an official statement issued
today by the British war department.
“Three penetrated to
the heart of London,” Lord French an
nounced today. "Bombs were dropped
southeast and southwest. About thirty
machines engaged the invaders."
The purr of the German aircraft en
gines was plainly audible in London.
Warnings sent the city’s populace scur
rying to underground refuges, while the
whole sky was lighted with searchlights,
flares, bursting shells and rockets.
Thursands of shells were fired in the
continuous fusillade with which British
anti-aircraft guns punctured the sky.
Lord French's statement on casualties
says:
“Latest police reports state that the
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917.
FOOD
Os STATE PERFECTED
Framework of War Organiza
tion for Georgia Built Up
by Hoover
Permanent organization of the Geor
gia food administration, which will op
erate as a branch of the national ad
ministration directed by Herbert Hoov
er, has been perfected with the ap
pointment of heads of the various de
partments.
The framework of the organization,
around which will be built up a thor
oughly comprehensive, state-wide sys
tem, is made up as follows:
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, Athens, state
food administrator.
Major Devereaux F. McClatchey, ex
ecutive secretary, executive headquar
ters, 414 Chamber of Commerce build
ing, Atlanta.
G. Ogden Persons, Forsyth, field rep
resentative.
Colonel Frederic J? Paxon, Atlanta,
mercantile representative.
W. T. Anderson, Macon, chairman
state press committee.
Miss Lois Dowdle, Athens, director
of home economics.
Mrs. Bessie Stanley Woods, Athens,
field agent in domestic science.
Chauncey Smith. Atlanta, storage and
expansion representative.
M. P. Jernigan, Athens, secretary
live stock committee.
The executive headquarters are locat
ed in Atlanta in order that the work of
the organization may be handled frith
greater facility and it is expected that
Dr. Soule will spend much time in this
city.
The state organization wll devote it
self to the task of co-operating as far
as possible with the business interests,
at the same time keeping a sharp watch
to see that the food-regulations promul
gated by the national commission are
enforced.
The state food administration became
effective on Thursday morning, when
the federal licensing regulations of all
food commodities also went into effect.
The organisation wgl be permanent dur
ing the period of the war.
Within the next two'or three weeks ft
is expected that there will have been
named representatives for vry county
in Gorgia, to act in the Capacity of
county food administrators, although
they will not bear this title. These ap
pointees will report food conditions to
the state organization.
The members of the state board are
serving without compensation.
Dr. Soule and Major McClatchey will
go to Washington early next week at
the call of Mr. Hoover to go over some
details of the campaign.
Two Men of Coast Guard
Are Swept Out to Sea
BEAUFORT. S. C., Nov. 1. —Surfmen
Miller and Meekins, of the United
States coast guard station here, who
were swept to sea in a small boat dur
i*ng a heavy gail yesterday, were about
to be given up as lost this morning
after a revenue cutter had scoured the
sea all night. Dangerously high seas
had prevented rescue attempts until late
yesterday.
total casualties in last night’s air raid
in all districts were:
’’Killed 8; injured 21.
“The material damage was very slight
and no injury was done to any naval,
militaif or munitions establishment.
“A large number of our own machines
went up. All of them returned safely.”
NOTABLE SOUTHERN
CHURCHMEN GATHER
FOB CONSECRATION
Ceremonies for Dr. Henry Ju
dah Mikell Take Place at St.
Phillip’s Cathedral, Begin
ning Thursday Morning
Dr. Henry Judah Mikell, brilliant
young divine, was Thursday morning
consecrated Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta at Saint
Philips’ cathedral.
With all the beauty, solemnity and
dignity of the order of service, he was
invested with the robes of office and
directed to go forth and become not
only a bishop of the Episcopal church
but a bishop of the whole people.
Bishops and clergymen and prom
inent members of the layity from all
over the ‘south were present at the
cathedral on the occasion, first consecra
tion of a bishop held in Atlanta in thir
teen years.
A large delegation of the members of
Christ ciiurch in Nashville, where
Bishop Mikell has been rector for the
past nine years, and members of other
Episcopal churches in Nashville, came
down for the consecration, and to bid
a tearful goodbye to their beloved pas
tor and friend, who during his long ca
reer in Nashville, was a leader in all
branches of civic development and of
the social and religious life of the capi
tal city of Tennessee.
The consecration services proper did
not begin until 10:30 o’clock, but Holy
Communion was celebrated at 7:31
o’clock and morning prayer was held in
the cathedral at 9 a. m.
Governor Whitman, of
New York, Is Welcomed
By* Carolina Executive
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Nov. 1. —Gov-
ernor Charles S. Whitman, of New York,
expected to arrive in Spartanburg at 6
a. m., did not reach the city until 10:30
o’clock? He was welcomed to South
Carolina by Governor Richard I. Man
ning members of his staff, follow
ing which a visit was paid to Camp
Wadsworth, where the two governors
were guests of Brigadier General
Charles L. Phillips. This afternoon
Governor Whitman is visiting the va
rious regimental headquarters.
At 7 o’clock tonight Governor Whit
man and Governor Manning will be
guests at a dinner given to a select few
and at 9 o’clock a general reception will
be held.
The New York governor will deliver
an address tomorrow at the county fair.
Postmasters Ordered
To Return to Senders
All Two-Cent Letters
WASHINGTON. Nov. I.—lyith the new
3-cent rate for letters effective tomor
row, the postoffice department has in
structed postmasters to return to send
ers, if known, letters bearing insufficient
postage. If senders are not known and
the letters bear the old 2-cent postage
stamps they will be sent to the ad
dresses and the deficient postage col
lected.
MEANS INDICTED FDD
MURDER OF MRS. KING
Grand Jury Returns True Bill
After Exhaustive Effort to
Ascertain Motive
CONCORD, N C.. Nov. I.—Gaston B.
Means was indicted by the grand jury
here this mornftig for the murder ot
Mrs. Maude A. King.
State Solicitor Clement immediately
petitioned the court for removal of the
case to an adjoining county on the
grounds that the prosecution thought a
“fair and impartial jury” cannot be ob
tained in Cabarrus county—Means’ boy
hood home. Defense at once countered,
opposing the motion, and requested
three hours in which to prepare a plea.
Judge Cline thereupon recessed court
until 2:30 this afternoon.
As Juryman O. S. Farrow announced
the indictment, Gaston Means, who had
been held in his cell throughout the
investigation, was led in by Sheriff
Caldwell. His face was blanched and
his constant bravado sagged perceptibly
as Judge Cline formally arraigned him
on the charge of '‘wilfully and with pre
meditation murdering Mrs. Maude A.
King on August 29.”
He seemed immeasurably distant from
the courtroom scene as he straightened
to hear the words which sent him on
to his final fight against the death
chair. A flicker of his old defiant smile
swept his drawn features, however, as,
guided by the sheriff, he turned, passed
down the jammed aisle before ogling
eyes, some hostile, some friendly, and
returned to his cell to await the result
of the change of venue motion.
The ind’etment followed three days’
investigation by the jury, which exam
ined a score of witnesses, including a
group of Chicago bankers and witnesses
presented by Assistant District Attorney
Dooling, of New York state.
The feature of the investigation was
the jury’s obvious insistence on dis
covering a clear-cut motive for the
crime.
Up to the time of the verdict, Means
and his supporters had appeared to grow
increasingly confident of his release,
basing their confidence on the fact that
the jury had insisted on examining the
entire list of state witnesses, despite
the fact that they were under instruc
tions to find a true bill or otherwise
as soon as they came to a decision, re
gardles of whether witnesses remained.
The verdict was returned shortly after
10 o’clock before a crowded courtroom.
Mrs. King met her death at Lonely
Blackwelder Springs, five miles from
here, the night of May 29. Means was
the only person with her at the time.
The state avers he lured her to this
unfrequented spot after dissipating her
fortune and murdered her to keep her
quiet. Means claims 'they went there
for target practice with pistols and
that Mrs. King accidentally shot herself.
The woman was shot in the back of the
head, on the left side, about two Inches
above the ear. Experts from Chicago
and New York, the two cities in which
Means is alleged to have made away
with most of the Chicago lumber
baron’s widow’s fortune, have sworn
that Mrs. King could not possibly have
shot herself in that manner.
Behind the actual murder charge
against Means lurks more than one
story of his alleged financial machina
tions. In possession of the government
whose agents have shadowed the man
for two years, are said to be proofs
that he got between SIOO,OOO and $200,-
000 from the German government for
propaganda work in this country.
Means admits he received money from
Franz von Papen, but claims it was for
legitimate work done while this coun
try was neutral.
KILLED AT SPRING.
Mrs. King was killed about 8 o’clock
on the evening of August 29 at Black
welder Spring, a lonely spot, ten miles
from Concord, where sfie had gone with
Gaston Means. Afton Means, a brother,
and Captain Bingham, apparently for
target practice Mrs. King was a guest
with her sister. Mrs. Mary C. Melvin,
at the home of Gaston Means’ parents
in this city. Means has maintain
ed that he and Mrs. King left the
automobile party and started for the
spring. Means leading the way. Accord
ing to his story, he was leaning over
the spring getting a drink of water
when he heard a shot, and whirling
around he saw Mrs. King fall, some
distance away.
Means is being defended by an array
of leading lawyers of North Carolina
and the state is being represented by
Solicitor Hayden Clements and Attor
ney General James S. Manning.
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New Variety of Cotton
Brings Forty-One Cents
AMERICUS, Ga.. Nov. I.—A cotton
transaction of state-wide interest was
consummated here yesterday when L.
G. Council sold to the local representa
tive of a Savannah cotton concern thirty
six bales of Sum.ter county cotton at an
average of 41 cents a pound. The lot
brought a total of $7,777.70.
In addition, the seed of this cotton
was sold to a local concern for SSO a
bale. Tjje staple was of a new variety,
known as v.ebber cotton, a cross be
tween long and short cotton.
14,500 Cambridge Men in War
CAMBRIDGE, England. Nov. 1. —The
number of Cambridge university men on
war service is now 14,500. The list of
killed has reached 1,875, and the wound
ed and missing are 2.625. Honors won
by Cambridge men number 2,625, includ
ing eight Victoria crosses.
Tobacco Habit Banished
In 48 72 hours. No craving for tobacco
in any form after completing treatment. Con
tains no habit-forming drugs. Satisfactory re
guaranteed in every case. Write Newell
I harmacai Co., Dept. 5, St. Ix>uis, Mo., for
FREE Booklet, ‘‘TOBACCO REDEEMER” and
positive proof.—(Advt.)
NUMBER 11.
INVADERS CAPTURE
POSITIONS IN NEW ’
TAGLIAMENTD LINE
Italians Make Stand at Taglia
mento River but Teutons
Capture Dignano and Cod
roipo Bridgeheads •
LONDON, Nov. I.—Between 40 and
50 per cent of the German subma
rines operating in the North sea,
the Arctic and the Atlantic since
the beginning of the war have been
sunk, said Sir Eric Geddes, first
lord of the admiralty, in the house
of commons today.
NEW YORK, Nov. I.—(By cables
from European capitals.).—General Ca
dorna’s forces retreating to the line of
the Tagliamento river have suffered
another crushing defeat.
Berlin today reports the capture of
two bridgehead positions from Italian
troops which made a stand east of the
middle Tagliamento and the cutting
off of an Italian force which was re-;
treating toward the lower the
river.
In the latter operation 60,000 Italians
were captured, according to the German
claim, bringing the total prisoners re
ported taken by the invaders of north
ern Italy to 180,000, and the number of
gnins to 1,500.
One of the bridgeheads captured was
that at Dlgano, which is directly on
the Tagliamento, about twenty-three
miles almost directly west of Udine.
The other bridgehead lost by the.
Italians was at Codroipo. This place
is also about twenty-three miles from
Udine, but lying off to the southwest
on the main railway Mne from Udine to
Treviso and Venice. It Is some three
miles east of the Tagliamento.
The Germans do not claim to have
forced a croseing/of the Tagliamento,
but it is evident that they are now on
its easterly bank in strong force,, and
probably ready for an assault upon the
line itpelf.
Infantry fighting on the French front
last night was of limited extent.
The most important was an attack
by the Germans northwest of Rhetms.
This effort, made against small posts
north of the Loivre, was repulsed by
the French.
60,000 Additional Italians
Captured, Says Berlin
BERLIN, Nov. I.—(Via London.)—
The Austro-Gecman forces invading
Italy have increased the number of pris
oners taken to more than 180,000. They
have captured 1,500 Italian guns. The
foregoing information was officially an
nounced today by the German war of
fice.
The German statement savs the Teu
ton fourteenth army yesterday gained
another great victory.
Portions of the Italians' retreating
forces made a stand at the Tagliamento
river. The bridgehead positions at Dig
nano and Codroipo were captured by
the Germans.
The Austro-Germans penetrated the
rear guard positions of the Italians to
the east of the lower Tagliamenta.
where they cut off and captured 60,000
Italians?
According to the announcement, all
the Tagliamenta bridgeheads have been
captured. Several hundred guns are
said to have been taken by the Germans,
The statement follows:
‘‘The fact that the development of our
operations against Italy has been so
successful may be attributed to our
rapid blows in the east and to the in
comparably stubborn endurance of our
troops on all fronts, notably in the west.
Yesterday th eallied troops of the four-*
tecr.th army gained a further great vic
tory. Portions of the enemy army made
a stand at the Tagliamento. In the
mountains and 1 nthe Friuli plain, to
the Udine-Codroipo-Treviso railway, the
enemy retired, fighting on to the west
ern bank of the river. Bridgehead posi
tions on the eastern bank were held by
him near Pinzano, Dignano and Codro
ipo. He offered violent resistance at
rear guard positions projecting thenco
toward Udine via Bertlolo, Pozzuolo
and Lavariano, to cover the retirement
of this.third army to the western bank I
of the Tagliamento.
“Impelled by the will for victory and
capably directed by prudent leadership,
the German and AustroH-ungarian corps
here gained successes which even in the
present war barely have been attained.”
ROME, Nov. I.—The Italian forces
under Austro-German attack in north
ern • Italy have effected a withdrawal
on the line of the Tagliamento with the
Third Italian army nearly complete, the
war office announced today.
“Deluding the enemy’s plans by de
taining his advancing troops, the Ital
ians withdrew to the Tagliamento under
difficult condition.” today’s officials state
ment added. * .
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS. Wednes
day, Oct. 31.—(8y the Associated
Press.) —As the bulletins of General Ca
dorna, the commander-in-chief, indicate,
the Italian troops, perfectly reorganized,
are holding back the enemy at a .dis
tance of seven miles west of Udine,
The Germans and Austrians did not
succeed in their pre-arranged plan of
rushing beyond the Isonzo into the Friuli
valley, and enveloping the third Italian
army, which occupied the region of Go
rizia and the Carso. Although they
broke the Italian line from Plezzo to Tol
mino. the resistance offered by picked
Italian contingents who offered them
selves for the supreme sacrifice, so de
layed the southwestern march of the
enemy that the third army had time to
cross the middle and southern Isonzo in
orderly retreat. The main body of Ital
ian forces is intact, ready to face the In
vaders in the counter offensive which
being prepared.
Italian cavalry has entered into action
on a large scale for the first time In the
war. The mounted troops have made
brilliant charges, obstructing the ad
vance of the enemy.