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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF K 4 . 'f ij i i til ft J MfJor Genernl Drancker of the Hrltlsh air force, who Is In America to arrange for transatlantic airplane1 nTf ii Two corps of Czechoslovak troops arriving In Vladivostok on their wny to France to help the nllles. B Italian and French ofllecrs at Lake Garda looking over the region where It was believed the Auslilniis might resume their attack. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Italians Convert the Austrian Drive Into a Defeat and a Disastrous Rout. ENEMY LOSSES ARE 250,000 Germans Are Ready to Resume Offen. elve on West Front, but Allies Confl dent Von Kuehlmann's Peace Talk Fizzle Baker Asks Postponement of Draft Limit Change. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The grand offensive of the Austrlans In Italy, n failure almost from the start, developed Into a defeat, and then suddenly Into a disastrous rout last week. The hungry armies of Em peror Charles, unable to advance ugalnst tho gallant Italians and their nllles, took advantage of the sudden subsidence of the Hood In the PInvo to retreat under cover of darkness, but the dawn of Sunday revealed their movementa and General Diaz struck awlftly. From the Montello to the sea the Italian artillery poured a murder ous fire Into the throngs of Austrlans who, ubandonlng their guns, were try ing to got across the river. Then tho Infantry, and even the cnvalry men, were called Into action and speedily completed the rout. The Plavo was almost choked with the enemy's dead. Within two days the Austrluns had not only lost all tho ground they gained In their first rush, but had been driven entirely across the river to and In bome cases beyond their for mer lines. Their losses were con servatively estimated at 250,000 In killed, wounded and prisoners. In ad dition the Italians captured great num bers of guns nnJ quantities of muni tions nnd equipment. Tho Austrian rear guards fought most Btubbornly at tho Montello and at the Zcnson bend, those at the latter place protecting the two rematulng permanent bridges between there and the mouth of the river. The enemy suffered severely from tho work of the allied nlr forces and In this the new American aviators were con spicuous. All Italy celebrated tho great vic tory nnd the overenthuslastlc, there as elsewhere, .expected the Italian army to follow It up by 'driving the 'tistrlans nut of the country. Dut General Diaz is too wise to fall Into a trap similar to the one that caught the enemy. The Austrlans hnve been thero long enough to have organized n very strong defensive lino, nnd more over, the Germans were rushing troops to their support nil last week. Diaz did not fall to follow up his advan tage In the mountain region, however, for it is there that the next attack is expected. Ills trotrps Improved their positions very considerably, especial ly at Monte Grappn, the height that !b the koy to tho passage down to the plains between the Brcnta and the riavo. Tho crushing defeat of tho Aus trlans had an enormous moral effect In nil the belligerent countries. The news caused n profound depression In Austria and Germany that was contrasted by the Jubilation in tho al lied nations. Italy said tlint all It now nsks Is the presence of Ameri can troops on its front, nnd these, presumably, nre on the way if not already there. In the dual monarchy the disaster on tho Plave only nccentuated the serious Internal conditions, further encouraging tho rebellious Czechs and Slovaks nnd Slavs, and Increasing the general demand for food and peace. The government has neither tho otlo nor tho qUier to offer, for both nro tinder tho control of Germany. Tho spirit of revolution Is rife in Austria Hungary, but a note of warning Is sounded by French statesmen, who de clare that the allies must not count on tho success of a rebellion there.. The disaffected peoples nre separate and without competent leadership and Austria's allies could easily lend the ffi , uiKnLt ViJ)l?Vf TiSwwS Ktvvf5k2iw) ? &wHBB)btbtbtbtbitbtbtb troops nccessnry to suppress any up risings. Putting Austrln out of the war Is not yet the way to n general peace. German military leaders were re ported very much disgusted with the failure of their Austrian allies, and It Is believed they will now try their hand again on the west front in LFrnnce or Flanders. Their arrange ments for a resumption of the offen sive were said last week to he about completed, and a great incrense In the activity in the air heralded n new drive. But the comparative calm of several weeks had enabled the nllles nlsojo prepare, and their command ers expressed the utmost confidence in their nblllty to stop tho Iluns again, wherever they might elect to attack. Early In tho week tho American gov ernment let It be known thnt there were then In Frnnce 000,000 Ameri cans, of whom 050,000 were combat ants, nnd that by July 1 the number would be 1,000.000. These men nro being put Into the front lines with ex traordinary rapidity, and nre now holding sectors of varying length in at least six places. IB. The Americans In the Chateau Thierry region were the heroes of tho main operation on the west front Inst week. Finding the Germans had es tablished machine-gun nests in a cor ner of Ocllcnu wood. Uiey routed them out completely in a swift nud brilliant night action, nnd then wept on to clean up nn enemy stronghold south of the village of Torcy. This re quired seven hours of fierce fighting, but nt tho end of that time the Amer icans were in undisputed possession of tho objective, a wooded hill which commands the German positions In cither direction. They had killed some 700 Huns nnd captured several hun dred more, including n dozen ofllcers. The work of the artillery In this op eration was remarkable. The losses of the Americans were not out of pro portion to the Importanco of the re sults. P As usual after u big offensive, Ger many put forth another peace feeler, though without wultlug for the full measure of Austria's failure to de velop. This time Dr. Von Kuohlinnnu, secretary of foreign affairs, was tho mouthpiece. Ills address in the relchs tag not only was received with scorn by the nllles, but served to arouse the anger of most of his own countrymen, for t) reusons. First, he admitted that the central powers no longer had n chance to win victory by force alone ; second, he declared that Russia was chiefly to blamo for the war, and thnt Frnnce nnd England were next In order of culpability. So far ns war alms nnd peace offers were concerned ho snld nothing new. Tho relchstng heard his address In gloomy silence nnd then the party lenders attacked It bitterly. It was reported Thursday thnt Dr. Von Kuchlmann was about to resign. Ho might be given a Job as court jester In view of his statement that a preliminary condition of tho exchnnge of penro views "must be a certain degroe of mutual confidence in each other's honesty nnd chivalry." Tho honesty and chivalry of Germany Ho nt tho bottom -of tho ocean with the Lusltnnln, in the ruins of ravished Belgium and In the wreckage of bombed Bed Cross hospitals. na Itussla camo to the front again last week in n sonsntionnl way. First was tho news, first denied nnd then con firmed, that Nicholas, the former cznr, had been killed by the bolshcvikl 'nt Ekaterinburg. One story said he wns assassinated by soviet troops during their retreat to that city. Another re port was that the bolshevik authorities thero had convicted him after n short trial, condemned him to denth and shot him. Tlien word came from Moscow that Grand Duke Mlchnel Alexandrovltch, a younger brother- of the deposed ruler, had put himself nt the head of tho new Siberian government and Is sued n manifesto to tho Russian peo ple Tho Czecho-Slovak army In Si beria was reported to have taken Irkutsk nnd to bo fighting In Ekaterin burg, and, what Is more remarkable, it Is said to be com man (led by General Alexlcff, former Russian commander In chief. Meanwhile, ilio nllles have hern fry ing to determine what ilny can do to nld Russia and rid her of her Teuton conquerors. President Wilson de clared himself for peaceful, not force ful Intervention, and It Is probable a commission of distinguished men, per haps Including representatives of all the allied nations, will he sent with offers of assistance and powers to ar range a plan of co-operation. Keren sky', who appeared unexpectedly In London on his way to America, Is con fident Russia will soon rejoin in the fight against tiie central powers. He and other Russian leaders, however, agreo that the country will not tolcr MUo foreign Intervention In Its Interunl affairs. It Is economical nnd financial nld that Russia needs, nnd needs at once. The Gennnut In southern Russia nre making their wny toward Smol ensk, probably en route to Moscow, despite the protests of the bolshevik foreign minister. They nlso have landed u strong force at Poll, on tho eastern const of the Black sea. In eastern Siberia General Semenoff nud Ills nntl-bolshevlk nrmy, nfter hnvlng been driven ncross the Man churiun border, are again ndvanclng because the forces opposing them were ordered to tho protection of Irkutsk. Germany Is now receiving some food supplies from Ukraine, but these arc mostly from the German army com missariat which buys them from the peasants at oxorbltnnt prices. Secretary of Wnr Baker seemingly changed his mind suddenly about ex tending the draft age limits, for lnst week he nnd General March, chief of staff, appeared before the senate com mittee and agreed In urging thnt leg islation to that end bo postponed until the fall. At that time, they said, tho war department would be nhle to sub mit n vast program for army enlarge ment, and would know how mnny sol diers could be transported overseas and how far It would be necessary to extend tho draft, to obtain the num ber of men required. Provost Marshal General Crowder said he still believed Immediate action necessary, but be ing only a subordinate, he bowed to the decision of his superiors. Tho sennte committee, which had agreed on twenty to forty yenrs as tho new draft limits, voted to defer action. This provoked n btonn of protest In congress, chlclly from Republican leaders who declared the delay was another evidence of the administra tion's procrastination and devotion to unprcpuredness. The Democrats prom ised nctlon in September and snld there were enough men In class 1 to meet nil requirements until then. To bhow that there Is no need for Imme diate 'action Senator Hitchcock said: "Tho Information given to tho com mittee Is, In substance, this: That when wo hnvo exhausted all available men In class 1 of the present draft we will have an army of a.BUO.txw men in August. In addition, th'ero will bo about 140,000 Canndlnns thnt we will bring Into the nrmy ns 4ho result of the treaty Just ratified, so that wc will then have an nrmy of 3,450,000 men. Now, tho highest estimate of the num ber of men wo can have In France nt that time Is 1,450,000, so that wo will havo In this country when this con gress reconvenes after Its proposed re cess In September over 2,000,000 men." On Thursdny the drawing of num bers to determine the order In which youths of the class of 1018, about 744, COO In number, shall be called to the colors was conducted In the senate of fice building, with much of the cere mony tlint mnrked tho first drawing ntt year ago. secretary linker, hllndrold er, drew out tho first capsule, with the number 210 Inclosed. It wns neces sary to draw only 1,200 numbers. The new registrants will be plnced nt tho foot of the lists In tho classes to which they are assigned by their boards, tea Tho sennto agricultural committee, disregarding the advice of many prom inent persons, adopted tho amendment to tho $11,000,000 emergency agricul tural hill providing for national pro hibition nfter Juno 30, 1010, nnd dur ing the continuance of the wnr. -tei-- On Mondny tho house passed the $5,500,000,000 fortlflcntlons bill, nnd the senate passed tho $3,300,000,000 sundry civil bill containing ubout $2, (HXMI00.000 more for the shipping program. AMERICAN IS NOT SONGSTER Seems That Real Mublcnt Instinct Hai Yet to Do Awakened In tho United Stntoj. The !nt quarter of a century the general filling has spread abroad that America was quite a musical nation, nnd it Is true that In the largo cities of the eastern seaboard nnd quite far liitn tin middle WeM thero Is n good denl of listening to music In the form of opera and concerts, given, for tho most pan by Imported imislclunt; hut when wc roach the great heart of tho countrj we find that tho natural In stincts of the people nru utmost entire ly stnneil. or at any rate, very poorly iiourlshi r. i.'or n musical nntloii Is not one viiiieh merely listens to music made h mliers, any moro than a peo ple is n'liMie If, Instead of exorcising theinsohoi. (i,oy watch others Indulgo lu g.vmn Mies. A mti'xial people Is one which con siders imisIc such nn indispensable food ami tonic for their own hpirlts and Imaginations that they sing and play In eery activity of dally life Just ns frcelj and naturally as they laugh nnd spculc. For many centuries this has been truu of all the great European nations- the Itnllans, French, Scotch, Irish, Scandinavians, Russians and oth ers and the result Is tho great body of folk song and folk dance which Is the priceless heritage of nil these na tions. Just why ttio American tins not yet become a singing animal (us Aristotle, said everj one wns n socinl animal) Is n difficult matter to explain, ulthough, doubtless, f sufficient time were taken, reasonable causes might bo suggested ; but, nt any rate, It is n fact. Surely one of the most direct products of this war will be tho bringing homo to the whole body politic of the value of music, for by means of tho stress of wnr which Is bringing tho whole coun try together, n love of music mny he carried Into tho most remote parts of the country. Good regimental bands hnvo olwnya furnished one of the most sympathetic bonds between the body politic nnd tho government of any given country, nnd we earnestly hope that more nnd mire, both during the war nnd nfter It, we shall havo In Amerlcn a num ber of such bands which will consldci It their pleasure and duty' to play nl nil public nnd patriotic meetings, espe cially on natlonnl holidays, thus im pressing upon nil citizens tho stimu lating effect of ranrtlnl music. In n number of the camps In the middle West nnd In Texas we were told by officers nnd song leaders tlint there were drafted men who hnd come In from remote towns nnd settlements who hnd never seen nny musical In struments, such ns n pinnofortc nnd violin, and who had no iden that men could make pleasing sounds with thcli vocal organs In connection with the uttering of words. Economical Husband. The conversation In the lobby of i Washington hotel turned to n subject of wnr-tlmo economy when n fitting nnccdoto was related by Congressman Porter n. Dale of Vermont Recently the Browns moved Into n new house, nnd not liking tho wnll paper In the dining room, Mrs. Brown decided to hnvo It repnporcd at her own expense. The work wns dono while Brown was nt the office. "I want yon to look nt tho dining room, Jimmy," said llttlo wlfey when tho old man returned nt tho dinner hour nnd was proudly led Into thnt npartment. "How do you like It?" "I like tho paper all right," replied Brown, just n llttlo emotionally, "but why In tho world did you use paste in putting It on?" "Paste!" was the wondering rejoin er of the good woman. "How else could I hnvo put It on?" "You should hnvo put It on with tacks," declared tho economlcnl hus band. "You don't suppose wo nre go ing to live In this house forever, do you?" Philadelphia Telegraph. Munition Brass to Cost Less. Perfection of n new typo of electric melting furnace that will reduce ma terially tho cost of making brass for munitions, devised by H. W. Glllett, n government chemist, wns nnnounced by the bureau of mines. Pntcnts hnvo been assigned to Secretury of tho Inte rior I.nne ns trustee. Cornell university and brass manu facturers were among thoso who as sisted during fivo yenrs of develop ment of the device. It Is Intended to supplant open crucibles in which zinc nnd copper nro melted by fuel hent unJer present manufacturing methods. Navy Superstition. A visitor on n British battleship wns dining with a group of officers when his fork nccldentnlly struck n glass tumbler. As tho glnss resounded the officers shouted as one mnn, "Hun." .On Bi-klng for nn explanation tho visit or was told thnt the ringing of n glnss meant had luck. One officer declared that n one ship he formerly com manded every time n glnss was rung a man fell overbonrd. This Is wily officers now cry "Hun" when n table ncchlpnt occurs, they hoping to trans fer their bad luck to tho enemy. Population of the Earth. In 1787 the population of tho earth, according to Buschlng, was about 1,XW,000,000; In 1800, according to Fabrl and Stein, only OOO.OOftVXK); In 1833, according to Stein ond norschel rian, 872,000,000. In 1838 Dletrlcl es timated It nt 1,200,000.000 ond Kolb, In 3805, at 1,220,000,000. According to tho latest calculations the earth Is In habited by 2,400,000,000 hnppy (? hu man beings. New York Tribune. Spent Yeast Put to Many Uea. The spent yeast which collects In hewerles nnd distilleries Is put Ihiciiigh a process willed linns It out In the form of buttons, ilnnitx-l! plates and knife handles. I'oinieily this left-over material was considered to be a hothersoiiiu waste; now It Is util ized, eveiy bit of it. As it Is gath ered fiinn tho vats the .east Is of n illrly, gray liriiwn color. The llrM op eration Is to dye it and (hen to work It over mil II it assumes the form of powder ami can be hot pressed Into any worm. In this stage It s called "eincillih." It may he siied, scraped, llled, elilllecl. engraved, turned (o an edue Mini polished. Popular Science Monthly. Reverse Methods. "You nre (he Miuie kind of a scamp your father wan before jon." "Well, (hen, why Is It ho Is now al ways after inoV" Some men tnko whiil Is In sight and husilo for tii7ire. The Effects of Opiates. THAT INFANTS aro peculiarly susceptible to opium nnd its various preparations, nil of which nre narcotic, is well known. Even In tho smallest doses, if continued, thoso opiates causo changes in tho func tions nnd growth of tho cells which aro likely to bocomo permanent, causing imbecility, mental pcrvorsion, a craving for alcohol or narcotics in later lifo. Nervous diseases, such as Intractable, nervous dyspepsia and lack of staying powers nro a result of dosing with opiates or narcotics to keep children quiet in thoir infancy. Tho rulo among physicians is that children should never roceivo opiates in tho smallest doses for more than a day at a tlmo, and only thou if unavoidable. Tho administration of Anodynes, Drops. Cordials, Soothing Syrups and other narcotics to children by any but a physician cannot bo too strongly decried, and the druggist should not bo a party to it Children who aro ill need tho attention of a physician, and it is nothing less than a crime to doeo them willfully with narcotics. Castoria containo no narcotics if it bcara tho - signature of Chos. II. Fletcher. .jZtt--2- Genulno Castoria always bears tho slgnatnro of -tetryt cccUC Red -Hot Weather! Stomach Off? No Appetite? Mouth Dry? Tongue Stiff and a Fierce Thirst? 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