EYMlKtt liEPaEB-PHIIAPEUPHI TUESDAY M'ABtJH 30, lOlGTr FRENCH SUCCESSFUL IN ADVANCE ON METZ; DRIVE GERMANS BACK Force Evacuation of Heudi court, 17 Miles From Kaiser's Portress, by Heavy Artillery Fire and Occupy Town. German troops Imvo been forced lo evACiiAto tho vlllago of Heutllcourt, northeast of St. Mlhlct, It wns an nounced In today's ofltclat communl tutlon from the French Wnr Ofllcc. Tho German encuntlon was caused by a. heavy artillery flro centred upon Ifoudlcourt by the French troops, who arc attempting to force back the Ger man WedBo which for several months has extended ns far ns St. Mllitct. Hclidlcourt Is only 17 miles from Mctz, tho great German stronghold. The French also report that a Ger man ovlator threw bombs upon Ftheltns Monday, wounding two persons. One of the projectiles fell on tho apso of the Cathedral. Battles of undiminished fury for con trol of tho Carpathians focus nttentlon on the reinforced Russians' drUci through tho passes and the despernto Austrian campaign to prevent it hos tllo sweep across Hungary with tho opening- of tho spring campaign. At Bartfeld, In Hungary, and Ballgrod, In Southern Gallcln, the I'otrogrnd Wnr Office reports marked progress. "Repulse of Russian movements In the vicinity of Uszok Pass and on tho Dniester, northwest of 0.crnmltz, aro officially bulletined by Vienna. In North Poland fighting Is vigor ous along tho Skwa and Orzyc Rivers, according to Petrograd. which also records a marked lessening of tho bombardment of Ossowltz. Tho Berlin olllclal report, Issued this afternoon, .announces that 10,000 Rus sians were killed or captured during tho Inst three days fighting' on the East Prussian border, In which a German drlvo resulted In the occupation of Tauroggen. Teuton successes nro re ported on both tho Skwa. and Hzura Rivers. FRENCH FORCE GERMANS BACK NEAR ST. J1IIIIEL JRheims Cathedral Again Shelled by J Aviators. PARIS, March SO. French artillery forced the Germnns to Tetlro from Houdlcourt. northeast of St. Mlhlcl, Inst nlslit. The French me re newing their attempts to Insert a ueilKe In tho German lino nt this point In a drive on IleU. Bombardment of Ilhclins. both by ar tlllermcn and German Tnubes, lias hcen resumed with untisunl lulence, aecoid .tnjr to dispatches reaching hero today. The official communique from the War JOffleo this afternoon said that a German aviator hurled several bombs on Itticlms yesterday. One of them struck the apss of the famous cathedral. Another ex ploded In tho street, wounding two civ ilians. The aviator escaped French anti aircraft guns and flew bad: to the Jcr Jnan lines. J( ArARAMAnwrJTARn- r I EITEL STAYS IN WW 10,000 RUSSIAN LOSS, BERLIN REPORTS, IN EAST PRUSSIA Assaults Northwest of Lomza Dcntcn Back by Gormnns. TinttLIK, March 30. Russian lones In the lost three days' flichtlng nlong tho borders of Poland and Kast Trussla now total moro than 10,000 In killed, wounded and rnpltueil, uccordlng to dispatches to the War orllce. Bast I'nisslan landsturm behaved brll llantly In tho capture of the ttusslati town of TailrORgcn, Prince Joachim reported to the War onice, tnklhg 1C00 Russian prisoners. The statement asserts that KW0 SlaVs were killed and 3000 taken prisoners In tho fighting nroitnd Kraano po1. Russlani made two unsuccessful attacks nlonjr tho Skwa River, northwest of Lomza. Near Kllmkl, In this region, tho Uirmann took 600 inlsoners MEXICO AGAIN GIVES U. S. GRAVE CONCERN Two Carranzistu Forces Aro Moving1 Against Mexico City. Battle Near Border. WASHINGTON, March SO -With Brownsville ulamorlng for protection, Kngland demanding that her Tamplco oil Interests be safeguarded, and Obregon marching to attack Mexico City, tho Mexi can situation again prcseriteu a complex problem today. Affairs In Mexico City were considered worst. Despite State Department denials, It vas known that two Carrnuzlsta fotces wero moving toward tho capital. The Zapatlstns holding the city were openly charged with being too busy 'comman deering loot" to make any real attempt to resist. Hnorn clinrpes of robbery ami outrage. complied by tho Jloxlco City International Relief Committee, have been sent to the State Department the Inst week, but Sec retary Brjnn denied tliey had yet reached him and said he had been warned that "trumped-up" charges weio to be pre sented. Tho Hrltlili Government Is Insistent both about Mexico City and Tamplco. It Ih understood that It was because of this lnlstenco that another naval collier wns sent to Tamplco from Vera Cruz to bo utilized ns n refuge ship If needed Atn bah'ndor Spilns-ltlie. It was snltl, has furnished the State Department much In formation regarding Mexican conditions, wIiIlIi he guarantees nccurate, but which directly contradict the stories by Amer ica's confidential ngents. Three batteries of the Third Field Ar tillery, with Col. Georgo W. Van Duseu In command, were due at Brownsville from Fort Sam Houston toduy Ma lor General PuiiMnn. charged with the t.ipk of directing tho border patrol, also was due. War Department officials refused to say U. S. COMMISSION TO INSPECT GERMAN AND BRITISH PRISONS what action would bo tnken should tho S nnr'hUve'fnn'Jn1" tKuii dpncd wlth "ordinary ""ties since tho spectcd not bo lived up to. Tho ho ding w,n,n., ., , ,.. ,. , ,., ., of Infantry significant. in icadiness was considered RUSSIAN FLEET AGAIN BOMBARDS B0SPH0RUS Both Countries Agree to Open Military Detention Camps to Probers Mem bers Tentatively Selected. Uy CARL W. ACKERMAN united rncss stafp conrtESPo.vur.NT. (Copyright, 1018, by the United Press ) (Copyrighted In Great Britain.) BHflLIN (via Tho Hague), March 30. aormany has agreed to throw open her military prison camps for an Inspection by an American commission. United States Ambassador Gerard made this an nouncement today. Kngland Is under stood to have accepted the samo offer nnd tho trips of Inspection are to begin Immediately upon the arrival of. tho com mission In Europe. Ten Americans will constitute the com mission. Thoy will visit 47 prison camps In Germany, and every effort will bo mado by the German authorities to see that their probo of the conditions of the military prisoners Is free and unhampered. To date the following members it the commission havo been tentatively se lected: Chairman ,f. r' Crew, of Boston; Charles Edward Russell, magazine writer, of New York; Idthgow Osborne, son or Warden Osborno, of Sing Sing Prison, Now York; American Consul Mlchclson, of Cologne, nnd Dr. Call Ohncsorg, of the United States navy. Under tho terms of tho agiecment the -ommlsslon will be pot milted to make n thorough Inspection of vor.v prison camp In Germanv and lingland The commission will bo empoweiod to cx nmlno prisoners out of tho earshot of their guards, to hear all complaints nnd to endeavor to arrongo minor disagree ments between tho authorities nnd the prisoners. Copies of tho commission"! leport will bo forwauled to each of the belligerents. The commission will cmbodv In Its con clusions a recommendation thai the war ring ro.vers adopt a uniform prison pol icy regarding supplies of food, corre spondence, the amount of oxerclso to bo allowed prisoners mid their general treat ment by their guards. Ambassador Gerard nlrcady has been successful In ameliorating the conditions of Germanj 's prisoners of war. He sug gested to the German authorities that the acetiaclt at Ruhleben, where one of the largest of the prison camps Is located, he opened as an exercise grounds for the pilsoners. Tho suggestion was piomptlj oporoved. Tho American Ambassador, though bur AUSTRIAN ATTACKS FUTILE IN HUNflARY, RUSSIANS SAV Advnnco Chronicled nt Bartfeld nnd Bnligrod. I'BTRDGRAD, Maroh SO. In the Carpathians between Morllee and Bartfeld (Hungary) tho Alutrlans made persistent but fruitless attacks near the villages of OladycheW and Regelow, tho War Ofttco announces. In the direction of Uallcrod, on the left bank of the Upper San, In the sector of ttadztejuw, Pollankn, Kavoy and Jnwor Jue, Russian forces haw made progress and havo taken mora than 600 prlsoneis and tour machine guns. Near Koztuwka the Czar's men repulsed formidable new German attacks. ITALIAN "JING0ISTS" MODERATE CLAMOR FOR WAR BY NATION beginning or the war, plans to visit each of the larger prison camps on personal tours of Ispectlon. German Cruiser Expected to In tern Rather Than Risk Bat tle Outside Capes. NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. March 30. TIth her decks cleared for any action that may be necessary in upholding the American neutrality laws, the Unite J Slates battleship Alabama reached thi Virginia capes early today from Phila delphia. The warship Is now on guard, prepared cRhor to prevent the depaiture of the German auxiliary cruiser Prln Eltel Frledrlch without complying with all the navel regulations or to prevent British ships from malting any attack on the German vessel In American waters. Reports are current here that the time limit for the departure or Internment of the" Trlnz "Eltel will expire at midnight. Thd general Impression Is that the ship will Intern. All covers on her guns were removed Monday and this was taken as confirmation of reports that her arma ment would no longer be used. Rumors originating among American naVal officers had It that the Alabama would escort the Prlnz Eltel up the coast to New York for Internment there, but no confirmation of these rumors was ob tainable. When the Alabama entered the capes she cant anchor opposite Fort Monroe. On her way in the Alabama paas-d the Urltlah cruiser Cumberland, which has Joined the Allied warships awaiting the departure of the Prlnz Eltel. There are now three Britten and one Frerlch ships lying In wait for thu German vesjel Just off the capes, while three others are believed to be within call. Anglo-French Ships Also Shell Dardanelles, But Turks Re port Little Damage Done. CONSTANTINOPLE. Mnn.li VA Rusolaii vvui ships have again appealed off the Hlnck Sea entratico to the Uoiphorus, hurling shells at the outer forts In desultory fashion and steaming out of sight less than an hour later. Offi cial reports today said that no damage was, done. The attack was described at so feeble that the forts fired only n few shots In reply. At the Dardanelles, the Anglo-French fleet has icsumed shelling the Turkish forts at long range with Insignificant re sults according to the War Office. Thirty Turkish aeroplanes and hydro aeroplanes of tho most Improved pattern ate co-operating with the Dardanelles forts In resisting the attack of the Allies' fleet. Somo of the aeroplanes have le cently arrived hero from Germnn, while otheis have been constructed In Turlie The first, attack of the aeilal suuadion ag.iinst the Aiiglo-rieiich Heel was olll clallv reported todiu. The W.u tilflce Issued a statement sa!ug that a livdro ner.oplano on Monda dropped several bombs upon an English wnrshlp cruising beyond tho Dardanelles. ADIIIAXOI'LE PICKED OUT FORNEWTIIItK CAPITA I, Sultan JIny Go There at Request of Advisers. SOFrA, March SO. A CouM.intinopIc dispatch reports that Enver Pasha, Turk ish Minister of War. will shoith go to Adilnnoplo In connection with mllltdi nrfalrs. It Is further stated he w.ill nr l nngo for tho possible fojouni of the Sul tan in that city Uwuld the latiei he loiced to leave Constantinople. lloth Envoi- I3ev nnd tho Geiman gen eials favor AdrlanoplH as the eventual seat of government, with the view- of the maintenance of Turkish authorlt in Europe. Slavs Drive Turks From Artwin PETROGRAD, March 30 -Turkish at tacks were repulsed In Tschorokh Goigo, the War Office announces. The Tuiks raided and sot lire to Artwin, but were diiven from the town and the left bank of the Tschorokh by the Russians. Sudden Diplomatic Shift Makes Entrance Into Conflict at Present Im probable .Intervention ist Activities Curbed. ROME, March 30 Another sudden shift In the diplomatic situation has postponed Italy's enlrnneo Into tho war. Tho causa of the chnnge In tho Government's plana has not jot been learned, but it wns learned from a reliable souroo today that Italy would not embark In tho general European con flict until Mil. If at all Tho climax of the Jingo campaign was apparently i cached when the allied fleet opened Its genetal nttnrk upon the Dar danelles and the IJrltisli troops began their offensive In Flanders. Neither has been carried to a successful conclusion, and to this Is attributed the changr In Italian public opinion, which, in general, has been that Italy should enter tho war only when it reached Its decisive stage. That Austria will sue for peace and that tho wnr will he brought to an end when Italy nsts the die for Intervention Is the belief of prominent Italians, as voiced bv Senator Mazzlolti, a former member of the cnbinct. In an aiticle in the Glornalo d'ltalla, which In regarded In political clr iles as most significant, h hints that Aus tria will soon foisako Germany nnd sue for separate peace to avert complete dis integration. He says that Ausliia's position is most unfavorable, since she Is powerless to take the offensive against Servia, Is threatened b a decisive Russian Invasion and Is financially exhausted. He points out tli-it Germain Is unable to help Aus tria, which l bound to sue for peace when ilalo-llumanlan Intervention taken place. Hence he concludes that Italy will be able to end the war merely by Joining the Allies, and that the countiy will be fullv LOinpensnted for the service ren deled, while, on the other hand, Intor cntlon Is Instlfled slure Its motive Is a restoration of citizenship to the "lost" brcthien of Tienl and Tiieste. CHANCELLOtt PRAISES ASQtJITH Crtlls Attacks on British Premier "Beneath Notice." LONDON, March 30. Tho campaign against the Prime Minister, which re cently has hten engineered In a small section of the Tory press, wns brought to Chancellor I.toyd-Georgo's hollco by a representative of the Dally News last night. Ho dismissed it as "the erection of entirely irresponsible Journalism, which has no sanction from any serious quarter on ono sldo of the House or tho l,cr-" "Whatever Intrigues there may be," said the Chancellor, "ou may depend on It the Liberal party will stand behind their leader to a num. No Prime Minis ter has ever had the confidence, Hie ad- ttlftllnk Jfa.1 ili- . Hr .. .,,.., n,u u i0 nireeiibrt t. '"u" "u "uppouers to aiich ah ... M 5 ns he ha today, hd the eounuj f out distinction of party. ,,? V M ndchce." "M o tdoyd'Georao recrti.i i.. of tho Liberal press has ?, '"" Omllol, an, I i,ollit.w "" given such . M tlhctlon of noli .t "T.P. n 'he it.. were some things beneath naLF I Into wns one of them. I.. .i.. llW' ana 1 PURE FRESH PAINT Believe Me I jiBb wat off g$r STOP Kuehnle will give your shop painting and finishing that draws people and displays goods. 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Ono passenger, Lester Smaltey by name, gave the following account of tho destruction of the ship: "It was about H.SQ o'clock Sunday morning when It became known that we wero being chased by a German subma rine. Captain Davis, of the Falaba, or dered full steam ahead In an effort to outdistance the pursuer. During tho minutes that the chase lasted the utmost excitement prevailed on board. "When tho underwater boat drew with in shouting distance I was amazed at her sUe. She must ha.ve been nearly K0 feet lpns and was eo.ulped with a gun. She also carried 'a wireless outfit. The captain stood out In plain view and hailed Captain Dal8, of the Falaba, saying In perfect English; " 'Get your passengers Into tho boats Immediately, for I am going to sink jour ship.' In the meantime the gun had been turned against tho Falaba, but was not tired. A terrible scene ensued. 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