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VOL. XXVIII, NO. 258.
ALLIANCE, OHIO. MONDAY, JULY 24, 1916.
TWO CENTS.
MILES ACROSS
; REFRAINS F
TRANSUE PUNT
PROPPING BOMBS ON CITY
Ueut. A. Marshal, After World-Astonishing Flight, Is
Compelled to Land In Poland Where He Is Captured
H 4>y the Austrians—Drops Proclamation! on German
Capital, Saying "We Might Have Bombarded the Open
City of Berlin, Killing Women as Well as Innocent
ChiWre^'T-Says Mission Is Accomplished.
* ln*«rn4Mon«l Newa Service.
Paris, France, July 24.—A' French
army aviator has flown across Germany, dropping-proclamations on the
city ot Berlin. . „.- ■ .
News of this world.astonishing
flight was given out officially today.
Tbo airman, sub-Lieutenant A. Mar-
chat, waa competed to land within
fib miles ot the Russian lines sear
ffhoim ia Poland where be was made
a prisoner by tbe Austrians.
In' the course of htt long flight, the
official announcement says. Aviator
Marchal covered 1,300 kilonieters or
approximately 80S milis in a straight
liWfcTI -4L4.
bet fains From Killing Innocents.
This was the first time the eastern
and western fronts have beeh linked
by eir. but the real object of the
flightj.was to BboW the Germans that
the allies were able to bombard Berlin but refrained from doing so from
humanitarian reasons. The following
I*. ihe report on the trans-Germap
flight:      t^
"On Juab 20,. 9:30 cf clock in the
evening, sub-Lieutenant. A. Marchal
Mt Nancy, Prance, *4n a Nleuport
mbnoplsne ot special type,.taking wttt
bite provisions and oil to last 14 hours,
Hte mission was to traverse all of
Germany at a moderate altitude and
drop .'proclamations on Berlin, • afterwards continuing on to Russia. This
raldrwas accomplished point by point.
"His mission accomplished, .unfortunately the French airman, arter
having flown all night twas forced to
land near Chain., ia Poland, at 8:80
on the- morning of Juae 21, less than
fiOimlles from the Russian lines. Ha
mis made a prisoner. '*•'-*?*•
'*Tl>e proclamation which the sublieutenant threw down br Berlin* commenced with the words:
-'Could wSte Shelled Berlin.
" 'We   might   have   bombarded  the
open elty of Berlin, killing women eb
well as Innocent children but era content ourselves wtth throwing down
proclamations.
" "Aviator Marchal wbo was interned at Salzerbach, .sent a postal card
which, gives us  these  details*: -
" T was made prisoner at 8:30 a. m.
on June tf at Cholm. The Austrian
officers would aot believe me when I
told, them what I bad done, but my
arrival proved It Tbey were forced
to yield before tbe reality.
Spark Plugs Fail in Pinch, v:
"'It waa a defective spark plug
that stopped me. I bad descended
and replaced tbe spark plug and again
got my motor running. Unfortunately
tt wae necessary to change two others.
1 was captured at the moment. - I
imagine my chagrin"
American    Airman    Destroys    Third
,,.     Plane In Fight hi Clouds,
international Mews Servtee*
Paris, France. July 24-^Klffln Rockwell, the daripg young American avi*-
tjrr from Atlanta, oa., has added to his
Morel* by shooting down Bis third
German war. plane. The sky combat
took plfcce on Friday amidst the
clouds, 10,000 feet above the ground.
Rockwell was reconnoi terlng with
Bert Hall above ebb German lines
when he was sighted by a German machine ahead and gave chase. Meanwhile -tWb - other '-Oerman aeroplanes
were above Rockwell, and which we
had net: seen, swooped downward..
Hall joined the fight but In the
meantime Rockwell had gotten tbe
range et one of the hostile machines
sad soon shot lt down.
Tbe two Americans then returned
through tbe- clouds to their own lines.
Beth machines were riddled wi^h machine gun bullets but neither aviator
waa htt*     * *
17
1 LIKE MICHIGAN
International News Serviea.
Detroit. Mich., July 84.—Reporta up
to noon today show tbat 17 persons
weVe drowned \n Lake Michigan during the past 24 hours. There 'vera
twt> fatalities in Detroit aad 15 In the
state. There were five persons saved
by pulmotors In the state.
Since Saturday, the hottest dsy mt
the year, seven persona havs died
from the excessive beat ia Detroit.
The hot wave whjch has now lasted 23
days shows no signs of abatement. One
hundred and thirty thousand Detroit-
'ant sought relief from the sweltering
heat by river trips or going to Belle
Isle Sunday.
SPIKES ONJ. R. TRACKS
Placed en the Pennsylvania Rsilroad
Traek at Salem.
Salem. O. July 24.—Sunday a number , of railroad spikes were disco*. -
ere* on the rsils of the Pennsylvania
railroad at the Wilson street, crossing
e few-minutes la advance ef the coming of the C. ft P. flyer. The spikes
were removed and a probably serious
accident everted.
Daughter Dead.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mra.
Himac Jones, 1MB East Summit street
died Sunday, aged taa days. Tha
babe was their first bora aad the
parents are deeply grieved because ef
thetr loss and bave the sympathies of
their maay friends.
Brief, but impressive funeral s«r-
vlcee ware held .from tbe bome Monday afternoon, with interment In Alliance cemetery.
CANDIDATE CARDS.
THB RE11KW JOB DEPARTMENT MAKES A SPECIALTY OP
THIS    WORK.       UNION      LABEL
USE#.:   -;}_	
^JjfalMtaii****. MAN TO^ TAKE
CHARQfc OF COMMON LABOR.
STSAQV EMPLOYMENT GOOD
WAQB6. APPLY IN PERSON TO
f<j|aeBlljjJO POTTERY OO.
W9t,Atmeipts^ttli_mm of grslatag aad
wood finishing. Try J. C Patton first.
Mt E. If am O. B M74.
PON SALB
SECOND HAND BUILDING  MAT
ERIAL AT OLD RINK.
CHOICE OF CLARKE
GETS CONFIRMATION
International News Servlee.
Washington, D. C, July 24.—The
senate judiciary committee this afternoon voted . unanimously to recommend confh matibh by the senate of
the nomination of Judge John H.
Clarke of Clevelaad. to be assistant
justice af the Supreme Court of the
United States, succeeding Chas. K.
Hughes.
Judge Clarke's nomination with the
committer's endorsement will 'be reported to the senate immediately snd
confirmation of hta appointment la ox*
pected to be without opposition at
oaee..
The Judiciary committee ' also. reo*
ommended the confirmation - of the
nomination of Thomas 8. Allea to be
United States attorney for the district
of Nebraska.. Hie confirmation has
been beld; up since January because
of apposition by Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska.   -
mm off
Men Vote 152 to 40 to Return to Thdr Places
in Shops.        %B
MEN GLAD TO GET
BACK TO HAMMERS
HASTEN EXGKVKTION
Per the Basement ef the Alliance Post*
Office. -
Work mt excavating for the basement of the federal building is progressing witb great rapidity and tbe
excavation, ae far as u eaa be made
with a steam shovel, will be completed daring the week. Material for
tba structure is expected to' begir
arriving before August 1, soon after
which the foundation walls will be
commenced. Contractor Robert Mellor
bl planning ta have tbe building completed within the specified time. The
standstone, being dressed and Inspected at the Amherst quarry, will
advance work very materially.
JUMPED JON TRAIN
Serious Results Follow Act ef Alliance
Lad.
Joe Walker, fourteen" year eld son
of O. A. Walker of Union and Wayne
streeta. was seriously injured Saaday
evening when he jumped off a train
east of tbe dty. He had his skull
bone fractured, bis nose broken, front
teeth knocked eat aad his face and
hands badly Injured. He wae taken
to Dr. Crawford's office where he was
given medical attention.
fc B. SILVER sky was cloudy.
—The  temperature bt msm o'clock
p. RL Monday was 92 degreee and tbe
Williams Not Reinstated and
Same Conditions aa Be-
• .   fore Will Prevail.
The differences between, the fore*
ami at .tbe Transue-Willlams plant
and tbe officials of the company are
at an ead. By a vote of IM to 40
the hammermen decided at tbe meeting Sunday afternoon, to return to
work today. The hammers are agsiu
pounding oat tbelr thousands of aato
partib '
; t At the meeting Saaday afternoon tn.
Labor hall, tbs entire question wss
discussed «ad the vote wss taken ea
whether tbs men wanted to return to
work Monday morning or not. Tba
motion passed by aa overwhelming
majority although it Is said there were
probably one hundred men in tbe
roomwho did not vote. Thomas Wil
llama, the man whom the Union was
protecting la their strike, wyi not be
takea back by the company and tbe
attitude of the company toward tbe
petition which was being circulated
by the nlon among the men, remains
unchanged, it ts understood.
Tbe president of the Union, Mr.
Bftiidith. stated Siwdsx. sty wal asw
metaber* were tabs* lb: Sudsy eh*
the balen though but two months old,
aow has. several hundred member*.
As t, -whole the men seefn glSd to re-
turik to-work. When interviewed Suh-
dajr, *WilHatr.s Stated that he'did' not
know'just what he would do.. He hotdfc
no ill reeling he says, toward tba officials of the Transue coApsny and
wants to stay-in Alliance. A few of
tbe old employes of the company have
not yet returned to work,,but lt lis
thought that tn a short time .alt will
be-back on tht job. -Had the forgemen
agt returned to work today Is la reported that the company had planned
to take definite action against employing say* of the strikers but this was
fortunately averted. The uatoa voted
ITS'for flowers for'Hirry Faulk, a
hammerman who was killed bt the side
car accident Sunday morning on the
Harrisburg road.
Company  Manager  Makes 8tstemsnt
la reply to the Reviews' request
for a statement as to the cease and
settlement of the differences Wltb the
employes ot our Forge Department,
we are pleased to say that ^a large
aumber of Oils department voted. by
a large majority to return to work
this morning, and by doing tbis dosed
tbe controversy or differences betweea tbis company and tbe employes
of this department. We are much
pleased st tbeir action.
These differences wsre brought
about by the discharge of an empoy-
ees, wbo we felt by his actions was
aot loyal to aar company, and the
question involved was the re-instating
af tbls man, wblcb we felt under the
circumstances we could act do.
We have been operating onr work
day and night for twenty yeara, and
there  has always beea tbe best of
feeling  betweea  the  employes   and
management aad it is oar hope that
we may continue to have auch feeK
ttg. aa we. foal tbe success of both
oar company aad onr employes depends upon the loyalty to one another.
•Tears very truly.
.  The Transue A Williams Co.
O. F. Transue. V. P. tc. Gen'l Mgr.
"OUR 4,000,000 VOTES WILL SWING  TNE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,"
SAYS MISS ALICE PAUW gfefcfc*
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Alliance Motorcyclist Fatally Hart As SiiitCar Cr&h&MtoWLggy On Harrisburg Road
HftRnY FAULK DIES TWO   1
IHOORS AFTER COLLISION
f BUT COMPANION ESCAPES
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*1?«5 ALICE rtWLs
JSJe £. Off—AiMP-t
OP CORA sn
# Next November the woman of twelve of .these Untted States will vote
for President. - For which candidate they will cast their'ballots is a question
which, arising formerly from mere curiosity, is now rapidly assuming the
proportions of a well developed, nightmarish worry in the minds of various
politicians. }'■*"• ' t*> <
"We shall probably decldewho is to be the next President at the convention of the Woman's,Party, ,tp be held iniColorado Springs August 10* 11
and l2,'r.eS1my announces Jtfias Paul, a prpinihe'nt  worker -in  tH% M^pman's
trs. William Kfent and Dr. Cora Smith"iWag two otber active members
ef this new party, are also shewn in tfee picture abov*. h
Hammerman at Transue Plant Fails to See Buggy Until
Too Late — Eating Peanuts and Joking With Drug*
gist-Companion When Fatal Crash Occurs—Dies a|
Footer Mother's Home as City Hospital Waa Overt
Crowded ahd Could Not Receive Patient — Buggy,
Struck by Side Car; Twice Hit in Same Night i
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III DAYLIGHT START TUESDAY
Skeleton Key Used at'James'
Store by Thief Who
i Got $13.50.
Tbe bicycle and sporting goods
store of O. E. James on South Arch
avenue was entered Sunday afternoon
between 2 and"6 o'clock and $13.50
in silver coin and three pocket knives
stolen.      * ;'***
The money was la tbe cash register
and over $9 was In dimes. The thief
secured - an entrance to the store by
picking a key out of the rear door
and then using - a skeleton key. Mr.
Jamea did not learn of the theft until
6 p. m. and left the store at 2 p.m.
There may be'other articles missing
than the pocketknlves from Wte stock
of goods bat Mr. James has dot detected the leas.   ■<-■■. *
Tent | E rected . and, Air In
Readiness for D. of V.
'.   -te:; Event:;";::
MADE PRISONER BYt,; •
A HLL OF CUSS
Ambulance Celled •lit Man EecapeO
Without a Scratch.
A remarkable "near" accident occurred at the plant of tbe McCaskey
Register Co. thla morniag. A large
box of plate glass weighing about 1,-
000 pounds became overbalanced and
apparently fell directly upon John Se-
brill, 38, aa employe of tbe company.
The Cassaday ambulance waa Immediately called and employes of the
plant tenderly lifted tbe heavy boa
Off Of the man who caustlcly remarked
eg to how hot it wae ander there
The fall of the box bad been inter
rupted by a truck and Sebrtll was un-
scratched.       *»T>;'''
WHEAT PRICES SOAR
Are again Skylarking aad touch $1.20
fer July. -
July wheat closed at Chicago to-day
at $1.20 5-8 an advance of 20 641 centa
a bushel on the lowest price of July
wheat on the Market. Local millers
have not advanced tbe-price of flour
and mill feed but will probably make
aa advance Tuesday to correspond
wttb the price of the wheat. -Tbe
reaspn assigned for the rise ln wheat
was the covering of shorts. It is probable, a reaction will'follow,. - *'■
Mr. and Mrs." Elmer Teeters aad:
daughter Mr. tbey Bates were visiting
their sister .Mrs. W. A. Shafrath of
SW,North Liberty ave., last weeh.**   I
For the late style of graining aad
wood finishing. Try J. C. Patton tint
548 B. Main O. S. 6374. «Ss£
WANTED—CARPENTERS APPLY
ROBERT SQONE, Q. 8. 410S.
**£>»     ATTENTION  LIONS
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED SY
PRES. MULLINS AT STARK MOT*
SL BANQUET ROOMS TONIOHT
7:30 ON tsVCWVMT OS DEATH OF
BRO. HARRY FAULK. j|& ijgte
SIONED, PRANK M. MATHIAS, Boey.
LEHTZ DEFIESJOMERENE
Challenges Senior Senator To Verbal
Duel In Public.
Intarnatlonal Naws Servics.
Columbus, O., July 24.—Former Congressman John J. Lentz of Columbus,
a candidate for tbe Democratic United
States senatorial nomination, , today
sent Senator Pomerene an invitation
to two duels, weapons verbal, aad tbe
dates to be as early as possiMe.
Lentz's challenge waa contained-tal
a several hundred word letter accusing Pomerene In general with being
unworthy to be returned to tbe aenate It concluded with a statement of
l>nti> .desire te know what''Pomerene thinks about the proposition on
or before next Tbursday.
BODY STILLAT MORGUE
The body of John Kllllan found
dead at tbe city Jail Thursday Morning is still being held at the Cassaday ead Turkle Morgue, pending hearing from relatives. Aa to bis kindred
so tme .nothing is known.
' All is now in readiness for tbe opening of Alliance's third annual Redpath
Chautauqua. .The crew with Superintendent Dukes arrived Sunday ^morning from Wellsville' and the tent is
now up on. the Ramsey court lot, near
Arch • avenue. ready for tomorrow's
opening. V.;
Tuesday's afternoon program will
be given' by the Music-Makers' Quartet—the successors to tbe old Dunbar
Quartet, Mir. Dunbar -being a' member
of the present company. In the afternoon they will appear In quartet nhd
aolo numbers ; Mr, Garrett, tbe manager, has an exceptionally high tenor
voice, having travelled on Keith's circuit for several years as the boy soprano. -In. tbe evening prpgram they
wffl render several numbers on tbelr
new. musical .instrument, the marlm-
baphone. This cannot be used In the
afternoon . as .the afternoon heat
throws It out bf tune by the unequal
expansion of the metal resonators.
After the Music-Makers' evening
Program Dr. W. A. Colledge will give
his lecture, "The Mechanism tot Personal ' POwar.''.'. Dr. Colledge ls s
world-wide traveller, an eminent scholar and author of many books. His
lecture Is a timely one of beat methods
for acquiring success in any Una..
Mr. Dukes, tba superintendent, wbo
will be- here for the weeto, is an old
hand' in -tbe Chautanqua business,
having been associated with the Red-
new people for many years. The crew
ls made up of the following college
boys: Robert Willett, a Junior ln the
University bf Chicago and son of tbe
(Continued on Page BIx)
Harry Faulk, M years,.and.a hammerman at the Transue Williams
plant, failed to see a buggy ahead of
him while he and a friend were rid
tab ia a side car early Sunday mora*
ing and as a result Faulk Uee dead at
the home where he had lived for 80
years, aod his companion J*. W. Hoon,
of 28 Oeiger avenue, is suffering from
a braised am aad hip though not
seriously injured.
'rolled to Take Ride
Faulk dad Hoon started for their
ride at ibout 11.30 o'clock after Mr.
Hoon, wbo la a pharmacist at the Dl
ver Drug store, had closed his place
of business. Hoon stated that he had
met Faulk , sitting ln his machine,
which was sn Indian aide car, In the
alley side of the store of the Koch com
pany. Hoon . says' that Faulk asked
him to come and take a ride and then
he would take htm home. The two
<ten drove leisurely west on tbe "Har*
rijburig rpsd and then bej|i| Uje fhtal
tjira
It Is ftitHuW statdd by 6Hon tluft
they W^re not driving taste* tblan 20
or SB miles an hour and were about
one mile mail of the BeMh Creek fill
and were coming em Wheb Hoon saw
the buggy ahead but had no other
thought than* that Faulk also saw lt
The young men were Joking aad each
was* eating peanuts from* Ws own pocket, Faulk Men not to have noticed
the. vehicle, ahead until Hoon cried out
a wacning, but the machine could not
he.steered to the left, quickly; enough
and the wheel of the' side. oar locked
the rear wheel of the buggy7*by not
more than five Inches," says Hoon.
Victim Pinned Under Machine
Kad tbe machine bean going faster
it ls likely that the accident would
not bave been fital to the rider but
the slow speed merely carried the car
around and overturned the machine
upon Faulk." hoon was thrown over
the rider aad cleared the whole wreck.
Occupants df Carriage Unknown
Hoon, whose. injuries ■ did not prevent him from helping Faulk from under the car, stated that witb tbe aid
Of tbe two toung men in the carriagd
whose namea could not be learned*
and neither of  whom- were  Injured,
carried Faulk from under the ear, ead
la' a* short time an automobile was hall,
ed add tbe unfortunate man was takeql
to the city hospital but could aot hej
given a bed as none were vacant.   H«r
was then taken to the home of Mrs,
Henrietta Mitchell on  South Senecai
avenue with whom he bad lived top
the past 20 years.   Dr. B. C. Barnard
was  called  and  dressed tbe  wound
wblch was located on the back of tbeb
bead but tt was nOt thought fo bb V
serious eut as tt did not seem to b#
deep.    At two o'clock the physic taa
left but the man was still unconscious,
however it-was not thought by tho
physician that Faulk was seriously In.
Injured.   At 2:85 o'clock Sunday mora*
ing those at his  bedside noticed  a)
slight movement on the pert ot tbe pa*
tient and, with a groan, ho passed
a-yay.    i,." •
J',*5 Buggy Alas Hit by Aata
A peculiar feature of the accident
la that the vehicle wblcb was strucM
by Fbulk's aar had been hit by aa au*
to earlier ln tbe evening bttt had only
bad the top of the buggy damaged*
The names of the two- young men in .
the carriage could not be learned. The
rear-left wheel of the buggy and ond*
shaft was broken. The side ear wea
not badly damaged as. only the fenders
and one pedal Were bent
' Victim Hurt Internally
It is. thought by the physicians that
the dead man suffered an internal hem
orrhage but., the suddenness of the
death Is still a mystery. The relet
tives Of tbe deceased live at Darlington, Pa., where tbe father of tbe via
tlm ls thought to rsslde. The mothei*
of Faulk.died when he was a lad,
Faulk came to this city in 1914 from
Hanoverton with hi* foster mother,
Mrs. Mitchell. He had spent most of
his life ln that place and since the ,
time of his arrival in this city he had
been employed at the Transue Willi
ams plant, as hammerman. He was a
union hammerman and a member of
the Royal Order of Loons.
(Continued on pace Seven)
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SAMUa RAMSAYER DIES
NeSth   Oeorgetown   Parmer   Pseeee
Away Prom Tuberculosis.
Pozieres Taken By Britain;-
i Quiet at Verdun; Russians
Brave Rain In Carpathians
International News Servtee.        ___•__.__
London England, July 24. Further
ground bas been gained by tba Brit
Ish In High Wood and at Oulllement
on the Somme front, tbe war office an*
nounced la ba official report Issued at
noon.       '4* ;
The greater pert of Porieres whlea
was entered by the Australians oa Sun
day is now in possession of tho British.
Sixty prisoners snd two guns wsre
captured.
I- Tbe war office statement Issued at
noon said:
"Apart-from a continuous heavy
shelling by. botb sides a night ot comparative calm followed yesterday's ae*
vere fighting between High wood Sad
GUlement. Repeated counter attacks
by tbe enemy were unsuccessful. Hod
vy casualties were lnrfleted on the
enemy by our artillery aad machine
gans.
"We gained ground at High wood
snd In the direction of Oulllement In
Samuel Ramsayer   of   near North ^a neighborhood of. Posleres we se
kaa_,m._mm*_egxtrgk     limii     al     sat'Afl    A'AIAab    fhle *    _ ■-w     " _ -. ...   .
Georgetown died at seven o'clock this
morning of tuberculosis. He wsa 44
years of age and had speat moet ef
his life, ae a farmer and sate very well
known ia the vicinity of Damascus
aad North Georgetown. Mr. Ramsayer ts survived by his wife and two
sons Austin aad Lester aged 12 aad
16 years. He also haa one sister living ebe betag Mrs. Hameroe of Home-
worth. The funeral will be held Wedneeday morning from the bouse at lb
cured important advantages. In spite
of tbe stubborn defense ef tbe enemy
a large portion of the village la aow iu
our hands. In the neighborhood we
captured two guns snd 60 prisoners...
o'clock aad will be lb charge of Rev.
Temple.. Burial Will be made In the
Beech cemetery.
Berl In admits Poller's Reverse
International Nawa Service.
Berlin, July. 24—That British troops
bave penetrated Posters-on the 8om-
j me front wae admitted ta the official
statement issued to-day  by the Oer
maa war office.
.Tbe  f^ig***1'     entered  Oulllemont.
southeast of Posters but were driven
est by the Germans.
CANDIDATE  CARDS. Ob the esstern front fbe Russians
THK   KETONE    JOB   OBPABTJwere repulsed at Bereetecslac
MEKT   MAKES   A 8PBCIAI/TT  OF     The war office says that tbe Brit-
THI8    WORK.        UNION    LABEL lish forces ea tbe Somme front have
USED. I been   reinforced   by   soldiers   drawn
from other fronts.
■ The official statement follows:
* "Wast front—English attacks ro*
ported yesterday on the Thlepval*
Gulllemont aae were carled out by
detachments from all British divisions
several' of which had been hastily
brought ap from otber fronts. Tba
only advantage tbe enemy was able
to acheive on the whole Une, which)
we had aot yet been able to conscl-
idate, was the penetration of a few
houses ln Pollers.
It wss alao announced by the mpxt
office that tba Brandenburg grenad*
leva on the Somme front were tho
eame troops thet eaptured Fort Dou*-
aumont. northeast of Verdun. Thta
waa the first offlclal admission that
troops had been moved from Verduit
to reinforce the Germans on the Som*
me.
Bad Weather Halts French
International News Servlee.
Parts, France. July 14.—Bad wea*
ther has hindered operations OB thai
section' of Bm Somme front south of
Hardecourt where tba French armieb
are operating.
The .war ofllce ta tts official com*
mnnlque today stated tbat the night
eras callm.
During the past 10 days tbe French
on the Verdun front have captured
800 prisoners.
Artillery duels continue at various
points eking tbe line.
Tbe taat of the offlclal communique
follows:
"On tbe Somme the night passed
quietly.   The weather la bad.
"North of the Aisne oor reconnoi*
taring parties penetrated enemy
trenches near Vailly aad brought back;
some prisoners.
"On tbe right bank of the Meuse la
(Continued oa Psge 41