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FREN6H START VERDUN DRIVE Attack cn Front Eleven to Fourier Miles, EASILY mt urn GENERAL C. R. EDWARDS W.il Commar.d Second Guard Division For France. Gerirfans Give Up Heignt Without Fighting--British Advance at Wnile Canaciins Koia at Lens. Atig.

troops made atfck on bot; ins of Meuse, on tic Verdun front. Early inrorniation snows that tec battle has developed to the advantage of the French oa sector of eighteen iiilonieterg Tte Temps says in one hour ftnc twenty minutes a'tcr the French Infantry advanced to tte attack the first objective had been sttainec and German prisoners were going to the rear. The attack was delivered between AvoiKurt weed and Bezouvsuz. The following oSgcial "statement "says: "In Belgium there was violent ar- tillerv fighting in the region nortn Bixscboote Champagne our bat teries bombarded German defenses. made several raids and brought back prisoners from the ene my lines.

"On both backs of tie Meuse oui troops attacked the German positions states, masnificeEt soirir. According tc early information, the new battle of Verdun is developing to our advantage oa of eighteen kilometers from- Avocourt wood to the region north ol, Bezcnvaux. Numerous prisoners art being taken to the rear. The bravery, cf our troops is beyond all praise. "In the region of Badonviller we i easily repHlsea an enemy attack There was rather spirited artillery; Sghflag in upper Alsace." In a despatch from "Bar-le-Duc the.

Temps I "The last" phase the artillery pre! paration for the French attack ended; at o'clock. Xo adjectives can give; an Idea the infernal action of the i artillery which lasted three days. Hill have ALL SILENT ON PEACEjWOSAL Some Believe President's Reti- nenee is Significant. TJ--C-; BiVAL MASCOTS ON SHIP Sailers Enjoy the Antics of Their Dcg and Goat. ALL WHITING ON BERLIN by Asscc-anon.

Ed'Aards. xvao Is commander i he i dcp.ir:rrirnt with headquarters -n Bosioa. ju5t been appointed a ma jor by the president. i.is di. ision win be composed of gsiarJsuieii from the Xew England ITALIANS IN A NEW DRIVE ACROSS ISONZO Report Brilliant Success Already; Won in Offensive.

There is s. Possibility That Germany Will Speak a Way to Change the Entire Situation. Aug. How Tnany persons in WasmngiGB yearn for how many it, nevertheless, distant. Thtr plea for peace made by Pope- Benedict begets these ques tioas, for immediately upon the arriv-1 or ihe poutic's message, eyes are turned to the House and stau- department.

tduuoa in utterance, even mystic silence envelops official Wash until--yes. until President son the cue even the secretar of btate cares not express a personal cphiicn. This state of mind either speaks well for the organization or official Washington under the leader G' the president, or it denotes bewilderment aad puzzltd forebearanee. It more of latter, for the pe cuiiar circumstances under which the United States entered the war--anxi ous to sc-cure respect for American rights Sa the midst of a war already two years old. begun for entirely different cause--has "prevented any hard and fast agreement or alliance.

Con sro.uently. while there is he heartiest co-operation in the prosecatioa of the there is community of on only the vague principles or" the war's meaning. No one realizes this completely more than President "Wilson himself. Undoubtedly the president has haa mind to obtain a general agree on the desires of. the entente cause.

But is Russia ready for such 1 a negotiation? The matter has been I drifting and doubtless would sc continued, but for the pope's interven- PERSONAL NOTES AND BRIEF ITEMS Short Paragraphs of Interest, i Guests in Many Gettysburg Homes. JMANY VISIT ELSEWHERE Photo by Press Mascots are a part of complement of every American v. a i the bluejackets of each take- pride in their particular pets In picture tne rivalry between two mas ccts on the same warship is in evidence. Mention of People oa Short to Nearby and those Spend-11 ing the Day with Friends 11 George Wireman, of Xorristovra, spending several days with friends and rtlatives in town. ilrs.

J. K. Lindeniood, Chambers( burg street, and Mrs. Hamilton, Stein- wehr avenue, are spending several days in York. ft i Misses Edith and Amy Swift, Bu- i ford street, and Miss Helen Elauffinan, of York strtfet, spent the day at Pen Mar.

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Currens, of Orrtanna, were Gettysburg visitors i 9 to-day. I Mr.

and Mrs. John Reigle and daughter, Martha, Mrs. Otis Elliott jjj and daughter, Dorothy, George Har- man and Mrs. Martha Barman, 31 Baltimore, spent Sunday with Mr. and y.

Mrs. John M. Warner, 1 street. i Misses Goidie Widder, Stella Raf- ieflspc-ri jr er. and Lottie Raffensperger OXFORD SALE- NOW WOMENS', ODDS ENDS; 100 $1.48 1.98 Womens' Regular Stock Patents and Tans 30 per ceaL Off.

Gun Metal 20 ViciKid 10 Men's and Regular Stock, ALL LEATHERS 10 Per cent OFF. Regular Stock ALL LEATHERS 10 Per cent, OFF. No White Canvas Are Reduced. Only, At These "ON THE SQUARE" THIS WEEK ONLY Useful and attractive pocket made with a Gettysburg inscription and with the year "1917" nicely embossed on the handle. We have a limited supply of these which will be sold for this week only at 75 CENTS.

They will prove useful and at the same time a valued souvenir to act as a reminder of one of the most notable years in American history. returned home after spending 2-YEAR TERMS FO Rome Aug. 21. The Italians in their tion. offensive on the Isoazo front have America, to whom the crng'jp'l 'np rivpr anfi ai readv ia ten days Atlantic City.

Miss Kathryn Moore, of Philadel-: phia. is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bupp, York street- Arthur Pettitt and John i PR A I I 1 of Alexandria, spent Sunday A i i i i Mrs. George Warner, South Washington street.

Mrs. Herman Brauer and two child- i ren. of Port Deposit, are visiting at the home of Mrs. D. M.

Twomey, on Chambersburg street. Mrs. McAuley and Miss McAaley. of West Philadelphia, a New York. Aug.

S. J- Be: a guests at the home of Mr. and frld and Louis I. Ccerey, inuic'ed nicin- John il. Blocher, Carlisle street.

Adams County Hardware Co. Baltimore street. DELCO LIGHT SYSTEM New York Officials Are Sent to Federal Penitentiary, i Elizabeth 7500 prisoners. belligerents illine- nr nn bars of entered the esemption board Xo C-9, leas of guilty to charse of i able to'say whether it can accept the: conspiracy to obstruct the Miss Ruth Mcllhenny, who been taking a six weeks' course Cornell University, has returned her home on Lincoln avenue. has I to We have secured the agency for Delco light system for lighting private houses.

No matter where you live you may have your own electric lights. We will be pleased to have you call and get Information. fire don his first Ime. out our attaching north columns vrith maiininlshed spirit pass! miles ed from trench to trench, reducing all living combatants to submission. "Our aviators" signalled our advance It was tragic and overwhelming." of Anhovo 'seven and a a ernmc-nt for some ttnie.

of Gorzj. After having! The retlcenr-e. therefore, of the Unit o'verc-cme technical diScu! ed States go', eminent is studied. Both ties and O.e resistance cf the enemy. President "Wilson and Secretary Lan Fighting In Full Swing, Says Berlin Berlin, Aug.

The war office an nounces that the French, without fight ing. have occupied the Talou ridge OB ment numerous pontoons were thrown across the Isonzo and the Italian troops passed over tc the left bank cf the river. The official announcement says: Sunday morning after a bombard of hours, during sing probably r-ould give, oS-hand. thelt i same charge, elected to stand trial. juclgnient of peace terms.

the worth of the pope's each in the- -federal at daughter, Elaine, have returned to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bayly and their home at Westfield, X. after Kalman Gruher, not a member cf the -pending tv.o with friends and board, but indicted with them on the relatives in town. Miss Gertrude Bruebaker has re- to her home in Wavnesboro i i The specific count in the -lidic-tciea: to which Bernfeld and Cherey pleaded which our artillery shellrd the enemy i views with the entente powers or there So the policy cf silence suttty charged them -writh; accepting a pursued is susceptible of two bride of $300 tc exempt a registrant, pretaticns---either the president be The assistant TJnited States district it proper to wait an exchange attorney, Sracton.

declared the de- after spending several weeks Miss Margaret Felix, on South street. 1 S. G. BIGHAM, BiglerviUe, Pa. 8 The Call the Verdun front east of the Meuse.

At all otter places over a front i positions with ever increasing intea- i an expectatir.o of an utterance from 14 3-S miles, the German staff reports i sity. masses of our infantry ccmmenc- i Germany which may pai a different fiehtine is in full swing. ed the advance toward their objectives i a on he whole matter: not neces "cermsn nigh command say Ta -From Plava to the sea. alter having i sar ii a prono-mrement that will de- Ion ridge was up by the Teu i crossed line of the enemy monstrate the futiliry of discussion tons because this line of defense since, -which had b-en destroyed completely last March had only been occupied outposts. British Slightly Advance.

London. Aug. 21 --A German couatei attack on o-ir positions captured the "British southeast of Epehy, completely repulsed after snarp fight Ing. This is en o3. lal statement issuec by the -war orace.

A success'u! raid -R-S carried -vj: south of Oa tht Tpres "battle tne British line ba: been sllght'y southeast St. 'Jenshocn. XorthweEt of Lens amidst the treacces aud railway cuttings whict form tie last line of German defense In that qi.ar--'- the Canadians have succeeded strong pos's IE special trench which tras gcene of desperate acd Indecisive SgLt ing two ago our troops brought pressusre to bear upon him. Resi'fins strongly and be ing considerable artiller and a r.umber of maenine guns the enemy orre-ed desperate resist anre." of that crr.aibiing process which the allied governments think nris: set In before negotiation with a free German government can be attempted. Mindful of opin'on in Amerir-a.

mind fnl of the eagerness of the Russian Commenting on new advance the for mindful of the press it. Mke the British at nef SS of stimulating the German tack in Flanders, wll he of service i i liberals." by making them clearly un dersranu that erforts at conquests on the part of rhc entente are merely dis notions of the pan-Germans, there must be O.e closest co-ooeratioE in framing a reply. And in phraseolo- fendants had accepted S300C altogether in bribe money. He told the court they had paid back part of this sum. and had promised to make good the bal ance.

Judge Manion. in passing sentence. but one which may reveal a beginning said, that although the maximum penalty provided by statute was from tne sow couaing Kxwer to the stern. a net. the knives vv-oald revolve fieiifale shaft.

Thc-y pleaded guilty to hav- K-W bor a note: "I desire to hour "he people and of th- feel to irf pec.ff proposals, nf Pope Beiv aprsrer.ry realizes: the gravity i s.tuation as an- made Eiapercrj Charles to lislt the Austro Italian fron'. presumably to encourage his ment for two years and a fine of 0f0. the government did not wish to accept tainted money in the form of a fine. "These men." said the jadge, "are educated Ing committed a mosz heinous crime against their government In time of great stress. Tr.py can be credited with only one act of decency in connection with rna'ter.

paying back some of the money thev accepted as bribes, and their expressed intention Emperor and Czar. Tte Czar Ferdinand of, Bulgaria, not- fe tis uuraeruus vLiits to Vien: a. never succecCcd ia matliig welcome to the Austrian aris- For a long titae the aged em- Ierur to receive him. After riu. SL-heiaicg to get tne ear of is he was iiuVistnl to ubtain tLe aid -jf ilme.

Sdiratt. vrLo held at au inftueatlal po- Sil-OLl. seat to this favorite a Your country calls. Tea dare not brave i Trian those heroic dead, frho gladly died Struceiiiig to give ber Dirth. betide.

Kiro-ugh celm and stora, the heritage I they SSust still live on, till freedom's flag O'er all trie earth, uil the tide i Of tyranny be stemmed, till abide O'er bloodstained field and hero's gra.ve. ay as well as in spirit there must be of reiayin- balance j. 1. TEUTONS TAKEJ700 CAPTIVES Rumanians Heputse cr, Both Sides oi OHjx Vsliey niicjncec! by Beriin. Berlir.

AOS --Forces tbe cea trai powers on Runianian froa' Lave LS s- or totfc siCcf O'-t and tr.e vr.e Troius am c-ua ed MAIL FOR MEN AT FRONT Letters Sear Name of Unit, as Goes Astray. Aac. 21--Mai 1 fo- France will be A shov. iraen: or t'-e name a 'n France no dlscourageaiC-nt or weakness that migat cause a relaxation of war ef forts. Small wonder that there is hesi tation aad slowness.

Eut is less possibility of hlunt rejection of mediation than ai ar-y time since war began. Ex naustion end suffering are affecting aH belligerents "vVnile America has 1'ardly been oiached. there is nc quebtion that ir there were an honor nMe way to end ihe war, the United 1 wo'jld follow in the footstep? of and France. It Is comrcon Iv sain in Washington that if Germa.n would give back would bring an armistice in a hurry. "I regret that the law does not em power the court to impose a heavier sentence." The defendants were allowed one week to arrange their affairs before being taken to Atlanta.

offer to yuu tLe c-arriiiC-'s that my mother wore UL.t:l hc-r death. Deijni to ce-pt ui.d iutui-ceJe in my favor v. ith the t-iri'Cror." jlme. Scnratt used her kindly ana Fraiic-is Juscph cnnsented to receh the niiig of the Bulgars. Fer- had brought a napkin filled fxlth papers that he v.iblied to show to the einjjer'jr.

After Ferdinand's de-! parture emperor, turaing to bL- grand said: "It is curijG3 that a kiajr should be so lacking: in manners. This" fellow has spoken to me as though I were a mere notary!" ol I le task to speed the gladsome day i Of which the prophets Tvben shall be more, when throaxh tbe the night Shall come ihe aawn. -B-hen panoplted array Shall vanish neath toe sun of liberty the power of taiglu through the triumph ot right. --Millie Cowen in Chicago Tribune. crop on prisoners alia i n.ac'-.r.r statl.a.

f.e -lie Teutons capiurlr-e 22-vO prisoners. 3 Tier. PS SWEEPS SALONIKA Half of City Burned Ovs- and 8C.OCX Peccie Ixsdon Aug. --Mere tte wailed city of i- Or- 5 Years. Pc-nnsyl by ihe allied troops, iPs-r-ye'l on Safaris Eighty thousand rer.iere homeless wer- removed to ing viUages.

It is the CoXnisr if" in price? CHANGE MOBILIZATION DATE Men in Second Grcuo Report Septem ber 19. Instead cf Earlier Day. Aug --Provost s.nal General Crowder -viral go-' erncrs of telling lljem th second an3 tlssrd uiobil dates foi the natiorsal army are changed. The first per wili mobiiizs Septembe 5. a heretofore- announced tr.e 1 mobilize or ifi.

instead of 15. an: r.l 0:1 tober 3. The ar a said to b( due to iys the al boards setting tl.e.r Quo as ready for HOLDING THEIR TOBACCO Lancaster Growers Expect Higher Prices Later in the Season. Lancaster. 21 The buying of Lan new tobacco the SeW last 'week by aTi' i f----v-ral big ciear Srnis from tb- county, but thf sale? few X'ime-oiis wc-e in the field but and could not gei toge-her.

a rev. ontracts ere above a pound for wrappers an: the ofT-r 1 a riiiT- and four rents. This i JHOSJ o-" zro-au r.f -nts fcr nllers. twenty cents anc clal quarter was Tee fire is now under control at White House. Aug 21 --Tuomas A Edison conferred witn Secretary of .1 Daniels Later be went to "White Houee to call or.

Presides! W51, sen. It we Mr Edlron's fkst visit t. sincfe the declaration Plane i A T. at V. i.ear I.

's Student. 6627 Me-chant Seamen Slain. London. star: the lut-rcliant stanse bem killed by Germany's submarine war and mines. Sir Stanlev prfsirten' of the board of irade, an nounced In tne 5use of commons.

for their the growers h.iv to s-if to 1 to the 1 pa- ker m.U' to 'e to hold on of gerTsnq season. Th 1 dilly erow'ni: -t higi.er val. for The President A--. nite stato'iat-nt Interpn-tation ni rieil men and t'-u. is expected what are matter of fact to sell now.

principle thai a ceriasn -t Is w--rth tht-y prefer tati In the well as and r. w-hic'i means a nt-w crop. Welding Glass. WeldeJ glass aUa for certain oj- tlcal Instmicects and other apparatus is a novel material tba: is stated to be of great pmcti'-al as well as much As tLe welding process is described by Parker and Dalla- day to tbe Faraday Society of London, the glass surfaces to be joined are ijlac-ed in optical contact under pressure aad are beated to a carefu'ly predelerrniued teniperature, to avoid distortion optically worked surfaces. R-ust n-t apriroacli too near wbat is deaiied r.s tbe annealini: poiut." This pi h.t able softening is deterniiin 1 for any kind of glass by noting tempera- tore at the stres ses seen in the piass with r.j,ai:zed light vjuite suddenly disji-pt-ar.

Similar glasst-s unite perfectly veli this foict. but very nul.t^ Uads the softer bccc-nses d'storu-J I tee harder is Lei em to a good weld- BOATS EQUIPPED WITH DEVICES TO GUT NETS Have Motor Driven Circular Saws Which Protrude From Both Sides of Craft. From reports that tis from Europe we learn that Germany has equipped some of her IT boats -with Ingenious devices to enable them to cnt their wav through- submarine nets. One boat city, with a double flange of thin sheet steel protruding roni both sides of the bow ia said to have been destroyed by shell fire, and the device itself, practically Intact. Is said to be In the bands of the British admiralty.

A second boat, equipped with heavy motor driven cir-, cular knives attached to steel hawsers, BRITISH SURGERY WONDERS, Of 1,350 Men Maimed London Returned 1,000 to Duty. J. E. Goldthwaite, an pedic surgeon of the United States army, returned to an Atlantic port after visiting the hospitals of Fraeee aed England to study the new methods--of treating the wounded. Out of a batch of 1.350 woanded soldiers who had been crashed- and fearfully maimed by sfcelis, ne said, l.oOff had been so skillfully patched up bj the surgeons at the Londoa Orthopedic hospital that they wre able to to doty.

Major Goldtbwaite wasoae-cfrweatj- American medical officers who seat abroad by the government, said be had returned to recruit geons for study of war hospital conditions in order that American soldiers might later have tiie bene3t of modern treatment from tiieir own sargesSk Another passenger on tne liner L. Post of Stanford, X. T. wio lias been in Mesopotamia for M. C.

He said that it was hotter in New York than.be had found it in tbe near east except once, when tbe ture was I'ft degrees in tbe shade, the camels attaciss-J to the caravan- bad to have paim lenves soaked in ter tied over their Lfeads befere tbej- leave the oueifr after the meal. Mr. Post said be was in when tbe British, troops captured tie ARMY CAMPS SHOWN Interacting Foldar by ern Railway. The Soatfaem Railway through its passenger trafflc deairj- meut has just issued a big. folder nsp showing the or tke tonments, camps abd iraLiiiig statioas east of St.

Louis fur tbe army, Decide. --A new defl hoo- i i Optra tion of a rapidly r.u.hnj: on a itdf-ra! ana toppled on the pruicMT He Histaiitly. Food Boxes For West Chester Troops West Chester. Aug. pany 1, Sixth resiniciit.

15v men. left to report at Augusta, Ga. The towr turned out to give the bos a send-off They were recipients of nearly a car load of boxes filled with provisions. )Ti problem hJmFelf. a-iminisirUion's; of mar- dependent? if next few days.

i- taken up will settle The Weather. Forecast for this lion: Unsettled and and probably tomor- moderate Oaity The essence of "friendship Is enttre- magnanimity and Emersoa. There Cochruo. iy Tr.ouj. t.

n.iid to Buurke The Welsh Language. Th- Weljjb language rot closely related to the Irish and Highland Gaelic, but is of the same brauch as the Cornhjh and FOR SALE fheap: MOO good hard brick. Apply Trustees lit. Joy Stewed Applet. To stew apples each quarter Is unbroken and so tJear one almost see through it is an n.C, yt-t it is a simple thins to do if one only know bow.

Peel tart apples cry thin, cut them in quarters and reiiJ'jve thw cores and seeds. As fast as you can peel and quarter them drop tbe apples in a saucepan in which you already placed cold ta tbe of two inches. When the apples are all In put the saucepan over a slow tiro, rover It till the water reaches the boiling point, then remove the cover and let the apples simmer almost imperceptibly till you can pierce them easily wltli a toothpick; then sprinkle the sugar over them and lut them Just simmer until it is all melted. Ueuiove the saucepan from the Ere let It stand where the apple's will set cold before turning them into a dish for tbe table. Besides tbe folder map.

there are teen smaSer maps showing tonments, cauipg trailing at points along the systein. each show ing tbe jxs- sitiou of these camps lo tbe titles and towns near by. The folder is comprehensive and vsefu! for all interested in the mobilization of troops torpedoed a merchantman, and tbe captain "while in a small boat made a drawing of tbe'devlce for tne admiralty. Illustrations the September issue aa marine corps. of the Popular Science Monthly give a clear Idea of these net cutters.

The. double flange of thin sheet steel wbicb protrudes from both sides of the bow of the submarine Is operated by electrically controlled gears. Tbe flanges spread on either side of the bow to a distance of eighteen feet, or thirty-sis feet In all. whenever the nose of the vessel touches an obstruction. Their for the regular or national action is said to be automatic, al-! though an operator within the boat can extend or withdraw tbe device at any time by moving two heavy metal arms The boat tae clr cular knives is obviously far better able to cut its wuy through a net than tbe boat just described.

It does not bother about a device nt tbe bow, fig- A machine has beea cently which "shreds vi paper that are fed into 16. into soft material which'can for packing in pia.ce.of/exc«**w the like. By utilizing fthelr Overlooked After marrying 3.O47 Virginia "marrying jarsoa" gt'ia for failing to marry himself, urlng, no doubt, that the sharp nose of tbe vessel and Its rounded hull are sufficient to get through net or stop the boat before it becomes entangled. However, it does not permit Its con- niug tower to go unprotected. Several pftr IQ thjg way man Hunt strauds of stout steel aura contain- tLe cogt of pfgpartng goodr i A A f.

t. (11 i a ing motor driven knives a foot in diameter and placed about a foot ai'srt Magazln e. for shipment--Popular.