Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 June 1918 — Page 3

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Cnpt. Florcllo H. Gnardla. an Amerimn of Italian (Intcrnl and mrmbrr of rouKTraa from a ,\ew York district, ii in rhRKr of unr of the American aviation ramp* on the Itnllnn front.

I(a (iunriii recently went to the north of Italy to get machines for llif Amrrlrnn training school, and, hroanai' It mould tnkr too long to ship them li.r trnln. the captain drcidftl to brinif lb cm by air. He «:is assisted li l.ients. S|ifiuTr Km, of Rallimorci

Howntf Mitchell nnd Wendell II I*IO|I, of California, i«nl Harris and Atrar. The exact route taken hy tlie Aineriran aTlatiirn cannot he mentioned, hut it ran he unlit It wn» longer than from Rome to Milan. The AmpHraaa made the Might in fonr hours,

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t.eneral d'l^sperey aaceeeda Ueneral fluillaiiniet commander in chief of the n I led forces In the near east, as the aloniki front Is technically known. Some action may he looked for in thls» re

Br! on this summer, some hundred* of thousands of British, Krrnch and (•reek soldiers massed here have done nothing but rest for a year.

THIEVES IN KHAKI NOW INFEST LONDON

New War Crime Problem Keeps Sharpest Wits In Scotland Yard Working Overtime,

IJ^VNDON, June 29.—Thieves in khaki h*vc been causing Scotland yard an endless amount of work recently. Some new triUs cf ,!hr tb'fn-es' trade is almost a daily development, as ono of the outcomes of the war.

Even the London "pickpocket wtin has fsqapfd m.litary.ser\-ice has founil lii^ profession more profitable, with 'fewer chances of detection, when at-* trfed In the uniform of a British .sol-, iier. The pickpocket usually weaxs the ffarh of a private. But. it is !he chief!• or the forger in the uniform of an army officer working on a larger scale who has been the *hief concern of the Scotland yard detectives. i Crime In London decreased material

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with the beginning of war, but it is now on the increase. Thieves and criminals generally have been educating themselves to take advantage of l4he situation brought about by the presence of great numbers of men in uniformt So the police virtually are as bupy as in the days before the war be Kan.

It is ah easy task for a woan-ded soldier to g*t the attention and sympathy of almost any civilian and it is Ujiuri this theory that many bod-cneok operators have been working recently.

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One of the methods used by a spurious check writer is to make friends at a boarding house or hotel or store and eventually reveal a touching story of J»rd tuck. After a few day** ae-

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quaintance he will offer a check. The better acquainted he has become with his victim usually the larger amount of the check.

In several instances the "wounded officer" made "headquarters" in three piaces in one district and succeeded in cashing a check at each place, all the same day. When the police arrived, of course he had moved and there was nothing left behind but memories and the worthless check.'

Tb« amount* ef the Checks fmrjr,

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Her only W» slain tn Kranee wlille wrriffx as a He*tte*j»«t fit the American force*, Mr*. Mattel Kondi* Garfewsen haa left her home at Ao. -100 Kivrr.viiir lrive, New York City, to h» a V. M. C. A. canteen worker, In aervicft to the llvinK. thin Spartan mother liaN chonrn ber substitute for monrnins. To make it more appropriate, she i» to serve the canteen attached to the •egimcnt of her dead son. Lieutenant Scott MoCormick, for the colonel and other offleerM of the unit joined in a request that the 1. M. U. A. detail ber there upon hearing- of her determlna* tion to work in Krance.

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AMiKE SOI.D1KRS MKAR CHAtTEiAlF THIKKKV GKTTINO KGtl)V TO tiO HI N III \Tl.Nf..

^I'hii» 'picture alown some of the American nrtiLlerymea brigaded Trlth some Raeliak artillerists near flMtem 1l*h*erry »»here the Yankees tan tie Niieh n brilliant record. They ha^e almost daily strengthened their position here I be fMl liittch of Huns thnt hit this sen ion will think hade^ kaa let luohe.

CKRMAS SK1PLAXE SHOT DOWN BY E\Slt5i S i: i P) T'l i It. I.OWKH PICT IK |S SHOWING tirHM\6 fUVE WAS TAKES FROM THV. ATTACKINT, PLASK. OTHKR. WAS TAKKJf AS GERMAN HIT THK WATKK,

i'lnsiurn Stephen Potter. I'. S. naval reserve force, who was killed in action on April 25, Is credited with shootInir down the first German seaplane destrojetl by an American naval aviator. Photographs taken from a seaplane, choninfc the enemy plane In flames and in the water, having just been received hy the navy department.

A report of this action states that on March li». 19tS, a long distance reconnaissance of the German coast was made by large American flyins boats operating from a British royal air-force station. Two American naval aviators accompanied seaplane which attack

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this expedition aad one of thew. EMISB was •uceessful in shooting down a German erf the formation.

having reached as much as the equivalent of $500 in several cases. But $100 or $1,"0 is the amount more commonly used by the forger, or the pretended "wounded officer" who elaims to have money in the bank.

Two bad-check artists who made the claim that they were Australian officers who had been wounded in battle, worked together, each sympathizing with the other, and incidentally getting more sympathy from new acquaintances. And before discovery

Fresh Pictures From the War Fronts For Tribune Readers

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they succeeded in« cashing checks in several London districts. The police found the uniforms but not the man.

In an endeavor to keep ahead of the activity of the thieves in khaki, Scotland yard these days is kept busy.

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A front line trench built In the rocks and defended by the Italians on the high groand above the Ptave when

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ote the Italian sharpshooters ready for any advance of the Austrian*. This picture waa taken by the ItalilWI general staff photographer just before the prcNent drive hcKan.

This photograph taken by the Italian general staff photographer, ahows Italian aoldlera of the aecond line trench. Thi» IH on the I'lave front, where there IK deNperate fisslitnift now. In the di*tnnce may le *ffn the hnrbetl wire entnnieleinentn between the neeond and firm line trenchea.

One noldler in writing a letter home while the other in reading,. It la noted that evea at thia distance from the front It la necenaury to screen themaelvea from the enem£ while out of the trench.

Tliis iiicture of first nid to the Mounded was taken by the Itnliaii general «itaff to«raili-r, on the Italian ffont on the I'inve river. The wounded soldier is lii!« niit'fiir the first i~f field lumpit.-il, on the Mreti-hcr thnt Was used to carry him from the battlefield. In Italy these stretcher* are called harrows, stiKKCKtlnK that the bar* ro" w i* ill one before some lnventi\e teniiiK of :it« early dnj :idili-d yp wheel to take the place of the man at the fnr» ward end. The cross on the :rnis of the surfreons and attendants, denotes that they belonjl to the medical corps of Italy, la this particular Instance they are not affiliated with the (trii 4 ri ss.

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ITALIANS C'HEBH AMKRICA.1S WMKV Til KIT KI0AC1I in,A\.

Tliis picture just received by the Tribune shows the people of Milan. Italy. clieer!im a Krotip of ineri-an army officers and Red Cross workers when they entered Milan on tleir way to the It.-iluui front. The mrt n» unheralded and when the news spread the street* rapidly filled with dicering Italians vrh«* ettnld not do too mrch for the visitors-

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