-; f .j, - 'i: K '.r1 i.4 ,!,&. I- - START STRIKE &S. Arrests Three for Tampering With War Bft.vgK . ate"ai CtVESTIGATION STARTED Hrf'f kges for Airplanes and Tor- oes Believe to Have Been -V4 Deliberately Defective :?. . 6. 1. The "mvittrv" surrounding the action ' tf,Aslstant United States District At Wnty Walnut In warning Fritz Bler- ,1 Twit HMIB4III11 llli"BVi .',. - .... , , .KWates fjaure Company, oc senersvine. T mt., following nis tit " - )'. iot,to bo baclc to the plant after his rc ' !"-&kitu on ball, was cleared up by the an- '. A.-4il...A. , nlarrAt U'tia M.niPt P-rl MVUIIUCIllCilb dial, uiuii v ' - .-"W having arranred ft zeneral Btrlke of p .rte workmen at the pia K Virnimcnt didn't wish to ra,fore It could get do I iW and make further Invesi fJtk workmen at the plant and the Gov- j.w . MhU mith in "atari anvthtnat down there today Invest! .rations. . ii TtlAri-At arratri with fleoriZf SfihU- ' irw L.b. AM nf lha nlntit ntt Wllltnm F iMiiiii i . . fH, Helndrlcks, general manager, was re- 7-sfi leasea last nigiu on ouuu un, wmui r'lVV ' he furnished. All are aliens dui item r'J V" driejuj. The trl are charged with a con UjB'faplracy to defraud the. Government and F ' 1 7 u.a -. ...1,1. ...... -,-, ." BUBpecieo. Ol Tampcruin wnn uajhii , v , gauges tor airplanes ana niun-pressure j, gauges for topedocs, In a supposed plot 'V to aid Germany. ; They were taken Into custody by agents of tho military Intelligence bu ,'rea.u, plant protection division, with headquarters In this city. Had Iflndenburg's IMeture. Schubert Is alleged to bo an enemy llan ti4 I. VAnAclnl In hnVA lillne? n 'ffi picture of Field Marshal von Hlnden- burg over IiIh desk. He speaks no English. Blerrot is also Raid to be yrrtti t n entmy mien, wuue nt;imin.Bn a I !t k 11. l.lf ir..J.l.li.i n.MS y;'( voorn in uermany, but was naturanzeap Jtu Mim vntira nirrt Th vlrA nrpnldentl VJiA f .nd general manager, Frederick Schu-1 W. ' bert, is a native-born German, but wns hag been in this country more than thirty years. No charge has been pre-1 ferred against him. Decision of the Jury In the Tagcblatt case will determine what action the Fed-1 ral authorities will take against the i three men. It was said today. I The charge against Hendricks, Bier rot and Schubert will remain "con piracy to defraud the Government" un-J less it Is proved that through the use cf the gauges some actual Injury haB been.) done, to property of the Government or human life has been lost. J" Tageblatt Cane to Deride. 'P If the Tageblatt case Is decided favor- ikt ably to the attorneys for the Govern- 1 ment In their nlea that It Is not neees- K. V ary actually to commit an overt act VTjrf f BiBIUB. tl.V UUCIllIUCllh 1U1 U(l Utt IU ii. Dtirecoffnizea as treason treason will fi probably be the charge lodged airalnst ; the three executives. Otherwise, the fet'wc wo win cianu no uriKiuHiiy preier- Kpff rd Kp Henry Jorn Nelson, an attorney for the AT, wrcnaanis in me lagemau cane, wliQ $$h 'K been retained by Shubert, Hen- .(if tui nuu uicnuii imia luuay mm xne t'il . ' lne lRul,y gugei mignt be Y t employo to hide It to escape a rep i iflti.'. rlmand. yi!2C ' He aid not "' nat 'h'a would form CT ., mi. ui mo acicnsn wr.ien ilia case j- wmwm i,ai, uui iiiub n in J1UPMIDIQ lor ,' aetnetning or the kind to have been be hind the faults found by tho Inspectors. -Another feature of tho case was the mystery United States uttorneys are throwing .about the adlco of Assistant District Attorney Walnut to Fritz Bler rot not to go back to the plant at Set ltrsville. While he did not order Bler rot to keep away from the plant, the official assured Blerrot that th rtoV ?-- would be his own and that tho Govern- aft Vii HI,V wiiieu i.uimcioiuuu inm no naa ..fit ". rr..tu. , " It was thought that Blerrot might '? .return to destroy evidence of a dimac. ' J In nature which mleht bn' rilKpnvrrri by Investigations at the nlant todav. f-'Vlt vas said also that workmen at the 13,' plant might be organized, through tho trAl efforts of Blerrot or othe-.i, to hinder Sj the work of the Government officials m ag much as possible. ' Vl'h in,li1 Atrnt Mnv.ftf ,f it. rt.l. ) .. . ......... ... w& mo wriB- . war Bureau of Investigation rt thn rn. R't'-s, partment of Justice, was also present l "L '"W'H ii" iiri-n cxruuuve ouicers or ine E KfJ.Jguge company were arrested. H Is un- fe""r"tood that all branches of the Federal ',J,t7t-Sa-ct Service will take nan In th t iKcMe. l-,sVn8chubert and Hendricks were held f'JvMja.. all night, Dut wero expected to I ,t-htaln ball, this afternoon. Ball was Bi; ;c.CTB7iianea .or uierroi iasc nignt. com-t- Jj3lsaloner Ixng. at tho preliminary V' tfsfthearlng, assessed each man JG00O. m 1 sftur ucju, i vyu nuui UlX IN P- R- R COLLISION k.' Cwnden Brakeman- Badly Injured in sff t wasl at irenton Tunnel ' ' J-" Mouth jj$, '..TeaencK ubko, a nrakeman. of 415 "euth Sixth street, Camden, was fatally r - i-i . a-jurvu iuumjt in a wrccK on ine I'enn BJlkaylyanla Railroad, at Trenton, In which W'-'''0loif man was killed and still another vjTlUUy injured. '"tThe dead man was John CafTerty, a , t BTHKeman. 01 jai lownsena sireei, -sew , 'runowlck. The second Injured man Is v"latTy Qulgley. of 1094 East Nlnety 'Jaecond street, Brooklyn. 'tiC The wreck Is said to have been caused -ter,'a coal train running Into a freight nlJwt waa standing at the entrance of the nel of the Delaware and Raritan L Fire followed the collision and 'engineer and fireman of the coal and the Injured men of the other were rescued with difficulty. Coke. ,'wlll die, and Qulgley are In the St. tela Hospital. Trenton. h. STOKES AGAIN ARRESTED ire New York Socialist , laken in Missouri ntr. March 1 rrfr1 r working out of Kansaa City ar f'Rose Pastor Stokes, millionaire jtk nociausi. mis morning at wll- nngs. mo cnargea wan violation i eaplonage act. stokes was arrested at Snrlnr- kwrsday night charged with speak- boui m pvrniii, dui in charge Dressed and ah waa allnwrf tn I lor Willow Springs. tWSEAT FOR FIGHTERS ejiubtllutM Eliminated From Sstcvfta 'BlKult March S: Soldier and be fed hard .bread and blai M'thertour'smbatttutM re- f rtvBlane,, aecardlag to an an- k imim aaminw. -:aB. aera ."rJj:?1 'a "V. : HOW A HEAVY HWr ll..HHHHHBHHBal .- M I IIIIIIIIIIIH!t . .kKrf. ! sm SX&L&teiY ; .; VialV; ::iKM p aalalalalalalalalalalaKlPkLjLalBU W?,C7!WlliJilHaPiKCH Iff BBBffaBflffaBMBBffaBffaBffaBffaBffHffaBffBffflF' 'iffsBffffMffaK Va1ffffSk ffRfc JaBffsBffaBffffffar $ Wffjffjffjffl-ffjffjffjffjffjffjffjffjffjffjKJffjffjffjW 2 -'NllllaW. 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Now that the German bi ; guns arc booming in full chorus on the western front, many such scenes are being enacted along the battle line, and this very rcmuiknblc picture affords a vivid impression of amodern artillery duel viewed from the vantage of an airplane. It ii an official French photograph of the bombardment of Vacherville, and in the foreground may be seen a veritable network of trenches, while the smoke beyond plainly indicates the intensity of tho artillery fire. Germans Break Through British Defenses at Continued from I'sce line lery assault and the heavy pressure of the infantry, the British soldiers behaved with the utmost gallantry and coolness, retiring under orders to fortifications in their rear. The Germans had concentrated their heaviest guns and their greatest I masses of infantry In the St. Quentin i sector, south of which point tho Brit ish and French lines Join. There tho Teutonic trsops were itunB lumfiru in uense lormuiion across ground which had been plowed and churned by artillery fire. Although raked by machine guns from the British trenches nnd torn by shells from tho British explosives, the UermanH were ublo to advance, llov ever, they Buffered extraordinary losses. The Germans continued to throw fresh troops Into tho lighting, showing that they hud received rc-enforce-ments during, tho last twenty-four hours. BRITISH OUTNUMBERED, GRADUALLY RETIRING IN MOST PERFECT ORDER ITIth the nrltlsh Armies In the Field, March 23. Stupendous fighting keeps upin the whole new battlefront. The Germans are desperately en deavoring to break through. Although outnumbered and with weather and ground conditions faorlng the enemy, the Hrltlt.li have withstood the shock splendidly. They aro gradually with drawing in the most perfect order. Tho heaviest fighting continues oppo site the southern half of the British forces, where thirty divisions (between 300,000 and' 400,000 men) of Germans came on In masses. Tho British guns never had better targets, llrlng point blank. At Bullecoiirt, Koussoy, Vaucclletto farm nnd Lagnlcourt, among others, tho fighting Is very hot. Lagnlcourt Is tueho miles west of Cambral and seven miles northeast of Bapaume, ltonssoy Is fifteen miles south of Cambral and eleven tulles north of St. Quentin. Bullecourt Is threo miles northwest of Lagnlcourt and one and a half miles east of Croisllles. All these points are approximately In British lines as they were before the attack, Indicating that In these places, at least, the Germans have made little progress. Vaucelette farm Is one mile south west of Vlllers, where the Germans made one of their first penetrations of the British lines. This would Indicate that at thlB point Hair's men have fallen back a mile. The farm Is abo only a mile north of Epehy, an Important railway Junction. FIERCE CANNON BATTLE AT VERDUN CONTINUES Berlin. March 23. The War Office last night announced that the artillery duel before Verdun continued. Yester day's official report said: Between LaFere and Solesons, on both sides of Rhelms and in the Champagne, the firing duel Increased In Intensity, Storming detachments brought In prisoners In many sectors. Our artillery continued the destruc tion of enemy Infantry positions and , batteries before Verdun. On the Lor raine front also the artillery activity Increased on many occasions. Paris, March 23. The French official statement reports violent artillery en gagements from various sectors on the French front. The statement reads; Great activity by the artillery early today became most violent this after noon at divers points north of Chemln des Dames. In the region f Courcy and Pompelle and In the Champagne south of Moronvllllers. Three attacks made by the enemy south of Soualn .nd east of the Tetons were without result Nine thousand, five hundred German shells. Including many gas shells, were thrown Into Rhelms Tuesday and Wed nesday, the newspaper Eclalreur de Lest reported today, HOPE TO PINCH, OFF BRITISH SALIENT Leo4a, March, 21. Observers at the front' say the German attack made on tfcpt.BrtUsivroBt west and southwest of auns at, :reamrinc "!7Ji EVENING PUBLIC BOMBARDMENT LOOKS WHEN SEEN FROM AN AIRPLANE 2SiwS GERMANS SMASH THROUGH The Germans have achieved their first notable success in their gieat spring offensive on the British front, Field Marshal Haig admitted in his report to the War Office today. West of St. Quentin the Kaiser's tremendous assault has broken through the British battle positions. The British are falling back to prepared positions, General Haig said. St. Quentin is near the southern end of the battle area, as it extended at the beginning, and is about twenty iV.'ed south of the point where the battle developed Its gieat fury yesterday and the day before. Tho scene of the German success is near the junction of the French and British lines and is only seventy miles northeast of Pnris. It is at this point it was expected the Teutons would try to smash through. the Scnrpc seems to lme delivered Its first blow principally In tt.e triangle of the Arras-Cambral and Bapaumc-Cam-bral roads, whllo the German army t-outli of Cambral Ih striking against our trench sstems In tho region west of the Scheldt Canal. No doubt tho enemy hopes that tho attacking forces of these two armies may succeed 111 forming a Junction and thus cutting off n con siderable slice of the British front and taking back all the Hlndenburg trenches lost exactly four months ngo." , struggles for villages and ruined farmhouses continued throughout Thurs day, according to the correspondent of the Dally Mail. "The right of the German attack." he says, "was alined at Croisllles, Bulle court and Lagnlcourt, and there was hard fighting In a brick Held near the first of these villages. Along the Bapaume-Cambral road the enemy also attacked nnd then toward Gouzeau court, while his left wing was pushed In the direction of Ronssoy and Ilarglcourt. "The British front In the area of at tack forms a rather sharp salient. If the enemy could pinch oft this salient and run his line straight In a north westerly slant Instead of ha!nc It run at an angle first north and then west he would be ubln to hold It with fewer troops. Also In pinching it off he would hope to surround and capture a good number of British troops. These. It seems plain, are his alms in tho first stago of the offensUe. BRITISH RETIREMENT NOT ALARMING SIGN H'rllcn for the I ntlrd I'rcxt New York, March 23. The British retirement west of .St, Quentin Is not an alarming symptom. Rt. Quentin marks tho southern end of tho Hlndenburg line and Is one of the natural strategic points where tho Germans might concentrate their at tack to Improve their defensive posi tions south of Cambral It Is possible to devastate a limited are of battle front by concentrating enougn artillery fire on It. Tho entire trench system can be obliterated, thus destroying the shelters of the opposing forces and compelling a limited retreat. This Is what apparently has hap pened In the St. Quentin area No belligerent has enough munitions, how ever, to engage In so extravagant a devastation over a wide front. F.Ise where the British line Is holding and gives assurance of permanent stability. The principal fact In the situation Is the enormous slaughter of Germans that the present operations make Inevi table. It would even be strategically worth while for the British to make other small retirements along the front If by this means Hlndenburg could be enticed Into continuing the killing of bin men. The Germans have not succeeded In pinching oft the Cambral salient as yet, which Is the principal purposo of their attack. The small gain at St. Quentin is of secondary Impoitance to the opera tions west of Cambral. it may be that the St. Quentin concentration Was or dered by Hlndenburg, so that ai trifling victory might be shown to the German people In place of the expected Cambral success.' The Versailles war council has now under Its command n reserve force composed of French, British and prob ably American troops for use In an emer gency at any part of the west front. There Is as yet no Indication that these special reserves are needed by the Brit ish. But If sudden danger should threaten any part of the British front there Is this force uncter the supreme Allied command to tome to the rescue. BULGARS TO FORM ' RESERVE IN WEST London, March 23. Bulgarian and Austrian troops are reported to be on the western front. The Bulgarian troops on the west ern front will be used as a strategto reserve, one dispatch says. The num ber of Austrlans on this front Is not large, but Austrian cannon In great numbers have been concentrated there. The Austrian war minister, Qeneral vm Btelner, who is now In Berlin, is havs . ivmmMM .Flew 'Marshal IsEDkER-PHILAftELMfct SATURDAY, Ing the custom fiont when the offen hUo In tho west begun. "Wo iiru now entered on a declsivo battlo 'for general pence," suh the Tnegllhcho Rundschau, of Berlin, ac cording to an Kxchange Tclegiaph dispatch from Copenhagen In an nouncing that tho commencement of tho German offenslvo In the west Is received with great fellclt.itlon by tho Oeimnn people, who will follow It with feverish Interest. ALLIED SHELLING DELAYED HUN DRIVE Willi the Prrnrh Armlm In the field, .March 8 (by mall). Throughout tlio longer winter months In which the Germans hnxo been con centrating their troops on the west front and assembling their artillery munitions and materials for nn orfensUe, allltd abators notonlyhao kept up an umeaslng reconnaissance of eery step taken, but hae bombarded their concentration centers and communica tion lines to such an extent as to delay serlousljf the date nf attack. From December 1. 1917. to February If,, 1918, comprising a period of seventy seven days cocrlng the Germans' most IftftYM Jh IHVINIUI IN SPLENDID REVIEW 30,000 Men, Mostly Pennsyl- vanians, Give Fine Display at Camp Hancock ttu n Stuff rorrciin(oif Camp Hancock, Auguntn, tin., .March S3. "The K'ej stone Dllsi.n" pasted In rex lew today at Camp Kancock before Major General Charles J. Bailey, com mander of Camp Jackson, H. C. The re lew was one of the greatest ever staged In any part of America, and General Bailey complimented Major General Charles H. Mulr, commander of the dl islon, upon the excellent showing mado by his men. This was the third rexlew staged by "The Keystone Division" during the month, and surpassed any yet staged by the division. As In the case of past reviews, staff officers paid strict atten tion to the arlous units, nnd spotted mistakes, which today were fewer than hitherto, showing that tho division has profited by corrections made since the last review, and Is nearer tho perfection required before the division goes to Franco. Thirty thousand men, mostly Penn syhanlans, composing the division, took part In the review. Wagon trains, motor trains and, In fact, cery divisional unit was represented, Tho day was Ideal, At the beginning of tho relew the weather had Just a chill to tt, but as the sun rose and beamed down upon the marching columns signs of the summer heat was evidenced by the perspiration which beaded the faces of the soldiers. .The boys, however, say It was Just hot enough to feel good. A feature Introduced at the parade hitherto unnoticed was the motorization of the 108th Field Artillery, of I'hlladel. phla. The regiment appeared fully mo torized and attracted great attention. It was the first appearance of a motor ized artillery unit at the camp and oc casioned much' admiring comment. The motorization of the unit was made pos sible by the recent gift of fourteen au tomobiles to the 108th by Bhlladelphlans. Since the cars arrived the mechanics of the organization have been busily at work, and have succeeded In motorizing the equipment. The 10!d Motor Supply Train also ap peared In the review with new automo bile trucks. In perfect formation the new vehicles presented, a formidable and splendid appearance. Following the review General Bailey was the guest at a, luncheon, by Major General Mulr at the officers' mess. The banauet was a grand. siiasass and m St. Quentin Intense preparations French air forces nlono made no less than 22.M8 flight"!. The French fighting planeH brought down 104 German machines, of which only 29 fell within the French lines, showing to what an extent tho French are able to keep the German planes oxer their oun lines. Jn addition 93 other German planes were brought down so far back of the German lines that It was Impossible for their com plete destruction to be confirmed ofll clally Aga'lutt this total of 197 victories In 77 dnys, only 38 French machines were brought down by the German While the French fighting planes were thus maintaining tlio mnMcry of the air observation planes madu 1399 flights over the German lines. In these flights 21,328 photographs wcie taken. TEUTONS CUT DOWN BY BRITISH FLIERS l.nmliin, March 23. Tlio British ofll clal statement on air activities says: "The mist over the whole front Thurst day morning cleared locally later, but at most places tho weather was unsuit able for low flying. The enemy's at tacking troops nnd re-enforcements on I tho battlofrpnt.pffered, excellent targets? totthn pilots of our low-fblng machines, which poured many thousands of rounds Into them, causing Innumerable casual-1 ties. I "Our bombing machines also attacked these targets, in nddltlnn to bombing . Important nillwiiy t-tatlons on the battle front, moro than 100 bombs being dropped. "A great ileal of fighting occurred at low altitudes, In which sixteen hostile ' machines were downed and six driven down out of control. A hostile balloon , was destroyed by one of our pilots. One of tho enemy's low-flying machines was ' shot down In our lines by infantry. Three of cur machines aro missing. , "During the night night-flying squad- j rons In the southern area of tho front ' wero unable to leave the ground owing to the mist. In tho northern area, where I the weather was clear, our airplanes dropped threo and one-half tons of bombs on the dockjards at Bruges and three and (.ne-ha'f tons of bombs on rest billets northwest of Tournal. All of our machines returned." lU.S. WON'T DECLARE WAR ON BULGARIANS Action Deferred Despite Fact Teuton Allies Are Fighting in West W'nulilngtr-n, March 23. This country's attitude toward Bulgaria will not be altered, at least for the present, by operations of Bulgarian troops on the western front. Reports ths.t Bulgarian units had been brought up to the lines opposing the British forces were received at the Stato Department without surprise and without arousing any apprehension of an Immediate diplomatic change. It was Indicated that certainly until the troops of the Bulkan State, regarded as Ger many's tool, were actually used against lines held by American troops the pres ent anomalous situation probably would continue. Although a co-belligerent of govern ments at war with the Central Powers with which Bulgaria Is allied, the United States has refrained from declaring a state of war or even breaking dlplo matic relations. This state of affairs has caused diplomats of France, Eng 'and and Italy to send to their govern ments long explanations, and It Is known that suggestions from foreign capitals have reached Washington that tho United States should formally In elude Bulgaria among Its enemies. TOWING SUPPOSED RAIDER Gunboat Expected in Port With Craft Captured Off Mexican Coast San Dleso, Cal., March 23. The thhjty-two-ton motorboat Alexander Agassis was expected to arrive here to day In tow of an American gunboat, which Is believed to have nipped a raid ing enterprise by capturing the Agabslz off the Mexican coast. The gunboat arrested five members of the Agassis crew, four of whom are said to be Germans. According to reports here the small craft was 'flying the Ger man flag when taken, 'ANOTHER SHIP LAUNCHED Vessel Leaves Ways at Camden Yards of New York Company Another vessel for the wwr-cargo-carrying fleet ot the Emergency Fleet Corporation was launched today at the Camden yards of the New York Ship building Company, Margaret stone,, ins; miriatn-yeir-old s? S ,wrw a,Lw, Brest MARCH 23, 1918 ITEUTONISCONFTITI ALFRONTEHALIANO Intcnsi Combattimenti di Arti glieria si Verificano Lungo il Piave .. - ... SCONTRI AEREI L'Inaugurazlone di un Sanatorio per i Bambini Tuberculosa Flgli di Soldati Italian! Tubllshed and DIMrlbnl-d Under PHUMIT No, 311 Atitnei.d by the set nf October rt, 1917, on tile at the Postoftlce ot I'hlla dtlphlt. r. Uy order of the rrMnt. . 8. lUJm.KSON Postmaster General. Roma, 23 marzo, Dal dlepaccl gluntl dalla fronte dl battaglla, confermatl dalle notlzle liffl clall pubbllcate (Inl Mlnistero delta Guerra In base at rapportl del Quartler Generate Itallano, si rlleva die lungo tutta la fronte Italians si sta veilll cando un'attlvlta' combattlva die man mano va, sempre aumentando I varll cembattlmentl, the si verifi cano In dlvcrsl puntl delle llnee, au inentano dl intenslta'. Moltl ritengono clie I teutonl apparentemente hanno fatto una dlmostrazlone contro le truppe del Generalo Diaz con lo scopo dl mantenere gll alleatl ovunque oc cupatl, meiitre si svlluppa l'offcnslva contro gll Inglejl nl fronte occidentals. Gll nustro-tedcschl hanno fatto un vlolenlo attneco nclla Valle Frcnzeln contro le poslzlonl Itallane c riuscliono a penctrare In una poslzlone avanzata degll Itallanl, ma 11 succcsso fu dl poco momnto, polche' 11 fuoco delle Ijatterle Itallane arresto' II nemlco e lo costrlnse a rltlrarsl' suite sue poslzlonl. Gll Itallanl In questa occaslone fecero brllllantl contrattacchl ed infllsscro nl nemlco perdlte conslderevoll. II fuoco delle artlgllerlo fu vh.lcntls slmo lungo le poslzlonl del Plac. L'attlvltn" delle pattuglle d'lncurslone fu Intcnsa nclla Vale, dl Concel ed a Graze. Gll aviator! .Itnllanl. Ingles! c francesl complrono nudacl Incurslonl aeiee ed ab batterono trc aeroplani tcutonlcl. L'n nltro nercplano nemlco fu forzato ad at terrarc. Le batterle Itallane rlusclrono ad Incendlaro un pallone frcnato a sud dl Motta dl Llvcnza. Kcco II testo del cormmicatn uwlclale puhbllcato, Icil dal Mlnistero delle Guerra In noma Lungo tutte lo llnee dl battaglla un'aumentata attlvita' si e' verlflcata durante la glernata di lerl. Pnttuglle nenilcne nelia parte oca dentate delta Valle del Concel (fronte Oe Trentlno) c presso Graze, furono poste In fuga. N'el settoro della Valle Freiu.ela II nemlco rluscl' a penctrare In una delle nostre poslzlonl avanzate, ma arre stato dal fuoco della nostra nrtlcllerla e contrnttaccuto, fu ccstretto a rltl rarsl sulle sue precedentl poslzlonl. Nel settorl a nord-est dl Monte Grappa gll itnllnnl consegulrono del successl e catturnrono alcunl nrlglo nlerl. 11 fuoco iloll'artlBllcrla fu plu' In tenxo lungo le llnee della Plave. Sull'Altlpiaiui dl Asliign gtl avla tori Italian! e francesl abhattcrono un aeroplano nemlco, o forarono un altro a prontfern terra N'el settoro meridional? ill Motta dl I.iveiiza II fuoco delta nostra artl gllerla feco Incendlaro un pallone frc nato nemlco. lerl inattlim in Arieeia, uu plttorcsco lllagglo u qulndlel mlglia da Itomn, ' statu liiaugiiratu Ii sanatorio per I bam bini tubercolnsl ihM soldati itallanl. Alia cerlinonla ciano presentl rAmliasclntore Amerhaiin, Uu, Page; II Magglore Rob ert Perkins, commlspano della Oroce Rossa Americana; II Senatore Contu del la Somaglla, Presidente della Croce Rok sa Itallana, e mnltlsslml altrl ufllclall e splccate personallta' polltlchn e milltarl. II sanatorio o" slttiato nU'ombra dl una foresta seoolarn In un terrene dl proprle ta' del Principe Cl.lgl, II fabbrlcato fu iretto dal Principe stesso In memorla del flgllo caduto combattendo In Able- Inla. I fondl per la maniitenzlone del Sanatorio tono statl raccoltl con una nttoHrtzlon populure nd Iniziatlva del Glornale d'ltalla, e con l'aluto della Croce Rossa Americana. In rlcognoscenza dl questo fatto, un rlparto del sanatorio e' stato lutltotato al 1'resldento Wilson, ed un busto In murmo dell'lllustro ucmo e' stuta collocato nel centro del rlparto. Ciicu un centlnalo dl bambini sono stall gla' accoltl nel sanatorio o durante la cerlinonla d'lnaugurazlone cantarono I'lnno amerkano. Furono proniinclatl parecchl dlscorsl Innegglimtl itU'unione tra rAmcrlca c I'ltalla, fra ovazlonl In dlmentlcablll e grlda dl evvlvn all'lndl rlzzo del Piesldcnt Wilson o deH'Amr ica. L'altra sera ebbo luogo un banchetto In oni.ro dl Oscar T. Crosby, nsslstente segretarlo del Tesoro degll Statl Unltl 0 prcsldonte del Couiltatu Interalleato per I prestltl dl guerra, Al banchetto present parte audio l'Ambusclatore Americano ed II Presi dente de Co-nstgllo del Mlnlstrl, On. Orlando, Quest! In un puuto di un suo dlscnrso, pronunzlato alia fine del ban chetto, dlsse che era nnzloso si vedere 1 valorosl soldati d'Amerlca al fronte Itallano, qualo prova tanglblle degll Identlcl scopl per I quail ccml'attono lo due nazlonl. i Anche Mr. Crosby pronunzlo' un ap plaudltlsslmo dlfcorso. L'AmbascIatore Page brlndo' al Re Vltlorlo Emmanuele ed al popolo Ita llano. Tra gll Invltatl vl erano anche 1'un Nlttl, mlnlstro del Tesoro, II marchess Brosarelll dl Rlofreddo, sottosegretarlo per gll Affarl Esterl, In rappresentanza del Mlnlstro On. Sonnlno, Imposslblll tato ad In,tervenlre perche". convalescents dl una recente malattla, e molll unfflclcll Itallanl amerlcanl. Three Men Tarred in Illinois Christopher, III., March 23. Citizens tarred and feathered threo men here, made them kiss the flag and then drove them out of town. Home Comfort la not a matter of loeatlen, but ef the conveniences yon enjor, Ne matter where jou lite, rou can title an abundance of pure running water under aufflcUntlr hllta pres sure to sire excellent lire protection, nbereicr iou want It, br InaUlllnr NKI-TUNE WATEB WUl-PLV HYSTK.M, Moderate In prlcei roata. onlr H cent dar to run. An ootflt for eiory ne4, Write for free booklet Ns, 38. ueckBzos.Co. NuaUec tot Haatlag Banpllaa . DISrtAY'kOOMA , ,4t M.Xertlr.Uk Mm f -'v-.jtj""""'e' -all ' .tf-JL Hi I V CHILDREN ARE RESCUED FROM FIRE BY PARENTS Mother nnd Father Grope Through Smoko to Savo Youngsters Fhechlklrerfwere saved from prohalili" suffocation by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Grodetuky. during n fire today tt their home. D44 South Fifth street, Grodestsky. who slept In n front room "n the second floor, was awakened by .smoke, lie aroused 1.1m wife. nnd. after roiii(r their way throURh smoke and ' dame, the two reached the beds of the children who slept in a rear room ami, carried them to the street. 1 The fire, which started in the kitchen, caused a Ios of Hbout K00 1 ficeral horses were sacd by em ployes today during a fire In th odloe and yard cf tho Southwark Coal Com pany at tho southwest corner of Sixth street nnd Washington avenue. The loss I was small, 1 100 Saloons to Close in City on May 31 - Continued from I'nse One I the cost of making whisky at the time I the prohibition ,of manufacturing went Into effect was twenty-five to forty cents a gallon. The revenue Just a little prior I to that time was $1.10 per gallon. The saloonkeeper today must pay $3.20 a gallon If he desires to tnko whisky from bond for F.-ilo at his place of business. If he has already paid tlio $1.10 In leventic and has slnco had th whisky In stock, he must pay the addl t'onat $2.10 a gallon befcre he Is able to place It before his customers. Mr. Glbboney explained that the wholesaler's prbflt Is about fifteen to twenty cents nn tlio gallon. In adfll tlcn, he must pay the State of Pennsyl vania $1100 for a license, $23 as State revenue and then, If he does make a pi ofll, the income tax Is added to his lot. In nil, tho cot nf a gallon to the license holder Is $.".8ii. The lax on n ban el of beer now la $3. making the cost of a barrel leap to$0, "The United States Is receiving yearly tinder the present system of revenue from the whisky and beer business move than $1,000,000,000, the normal Income having been about $3(15.000.000," ssid Mr. Glbboney .Veil Bonner, piesldcnt of the Phila delphia Retail Liquor Dealers" Asso ciation, said that while Iheie wcie per sistent rumors among the snlnonmen as to the possibility of huge iiumberR dropping from the business ho was un able to give !ny figures, ns none had mndo decisive imports to the organiza tion. He explained that It would bo Impossible to glvo any definite report on the question until tho last day for paying licenses. May 31. Mr. Bonner admitted that the In creased taxes hid been a very heavy blow to the saloonmen of Philadelphia, iWOUNDED AMERICANS ARRIVE FROM FRANCE Sixty-five Incapacitated Soldiers Reach Base Hos pital An Atliintle I'nrt, Match 23. In- capaelated through various causes slxt flve ill and wounded Americans arrived nt tills port from Franco today. They were Immediately assigned cots In n base hospital here. Information lom-eriilng tjie exact con dition of the men Is withheld, hut it was said that the suigeons apd physicians hoped to savo all their lives The most porlnusly wounded are; l,lod M. Clark. Infantry; (lecuge H. Bishop, Infantry : Andrew .1. Hershey. In fantry, and Manuel Sanders, field artil lery All am suffering from gunshot' wounds. Several are suffering from tuberculosis and a number of others from shell shock, FEAR HUNS WILL JET FLEET French Critic Anxious About Rus sian Black Sea Vessels Purls, March 23. The effect or the probable annexation of tho Russian fleets In the Baltic and Black Sea by tho Germans Is causing much specula tion here. Recollection of the activities of the Ooeben and Breslnu has caused certain anxiety ns to the pesslble effect of Oeroian action In tho Mediterranean. This feeling Is voiced by an article from Captain V , a well-known naval critic, who .points out that the Russian Black Sea fleet, although less powerful than that of the Battle, never theless proved suftli'lent to prevent the Turkish fleet fiom getting Into the Black Sea, lu spite of ItH re-enforcenlcnt by tho Gocben nnd Bieslau. The critic believes that the allied fleet In tho Mediterranean may havu to modi fy Its dispositions. Akron Man DIcb in France T.anrnster, Pa., March 23. Charles Harmnii, farmer, neur Akron, has been nutlllcc bv tho War Department of tint death In Franco on March in. of pneu monia, of his son, Allen K , twentv-elght j eats old, member of I'nlted States en Sincere. For some carn beforo enlist ing last December he was a drug clerk In 1-anciiHter, being a graduato of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, He wits an only child. T"-.. if 'tM'' . g -- " - Judged by Experts 3jf 1 ' Quality DCmSo fggff'' " Pent B"-0'- Co Mfr' $ Ml. nBBBBBBsWaBBBBBBBBBBBiJBBBBBBl JUaaaaaaaaaaHRlnlsatflislaaaaaailaaaiV JiailiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBiBBBBiSlBsaHBBWi'SilBBBBBBaBBBi i. i (BBBBV'iHMHHBiisaw ouipif umnnmi-wrmtsmmn t Bffnd New Utt Price $4000 . . smmirc t ' .aF-sk l'BBa.BaB,a'aak..l . - HA STOCK PRICES Srad AWl m UUKTUWARREP0R1 Sellinc Is Tlinnoiif 4 r. . i Profit-Taking, However, an3 """ "js Are Lacking NfW VnrL Xf.. .- There was nervousness, at'the. ope"aL of the stock market today duo ZuM porls of German succe. ..,. . lufff nrltlsh nn II, ... " m,t tWWfclk' decllmii all along tho line, with i"'3 'ranging generally from 1 to miV-fM,,Vl points below yesterday's K' ift j I 'end of the short "-cin,. ,e Rt Uil 21 ..,t. 1Ionl Bn(, . rtpntlniit nil n ,HM ,1.. ,,. ".e'flBl It wns the first nct'lvlty l m. Il market for some time, nnrt ..m. '$ were largo offerings bear raid... v3 lacking and at times tlw,,''' dent support to cause slight ralll,, ft fl commission houses comment was rn.l il en me ma inni niero , nM .. . -- nttendlmr tho selling T .? ' ""writ t.reiallc.1 In Inner "".."?. "PWoaM prevailed In important th.t3' an neiore a serious break 'occurr.V -' Steel sold off to 88 U nmi .i.. I;!"-.V break was In Railway Kteri cLi"1' which dropped 3 pilnts Railroad lssu...v ,tr,i n-etirnllv tlio p-t...t.t i .. M03 C ..,! ,Trln'.r.. "'., TC.r.Unl much ns 3 points and Rending dronDln.?3 r InW 111! 7 "" GERMAN HIGH SEA FLEET! HEMAUNS JN HIDING a Has Not Ventured to Aid OfTensiveiS on west I' ront by Emerg, intr Fiom Kial ) l.iindiin, .Man Ii 23 -The prediction,! Hint GeimanyN onYnsiie m d,e weiternl mini iiniiii in iircumimnicn ny a guard assault bv Hie German high cc-is. fleet' lias uoi been borne .ml So rnr as couM be learned heie tedas the Herman fleet still remains hiiiirIv safe at Kiel behind ie at Kiel behind'; '" ?MF tiavsl operatlonS!? beginning of UvB'( ,ll l l VIHV'1,1 ll'l ! It'll'."' i in mi v i icr m.in Hint aeriimiiaiiled the drive against Hie IliltWIi i:i the hnm.li' bnidmeni of DunMik bv Herman d.W "uiifif, inn nit iiiiii-ii quicKiy retall.fi ateil by attacking Hie Herman subm-f , rhm base at (Mow! u 170 AMERICANS HELD IN GERMANY NAMED .Stato Department Gets List of Pris- oners and Intel ned Persons ! i Fiom Berlin f UH-lilnclmi, Match 2.l,The namej., of alt Americans either held as prison- ' ers of war or Intermd by Germany I were lcrelved by the State Den.irtm.nt . todav, through the Spanish Kmbaasj at Berlin Tlv list, which contains'! about 170 names. Is the first to be'for. watdeil by Hie Geiman Hournment. al though the I'nlted Slates has made periodical reports of Herman subjects-' held under similar clrciimtnnes. Thf ' tinmen will he made public protablr.' caily net week. l Despairing of iccelvlng any report, the War Department has compiled a A llt of mlsslni' Americans who probably were held In Goimaiiv On chcekhiit1 todav. II was found that nil tho names on the list compiled here wero In the list recclvfd from Berlin, and that there weie three additional names on the . latter DUTCH SAICORS GOING ROME M Sail Next Wednesday Under Safe- Conduct Some Will Remain An Atlnntle Port, March 23. Under ! safe-conduct from both the Allies atut 3 the Central Empires, between 700 and M 1000 members of the crews of the Dutch' Sfl vessels seizeip ny tlio i'nlted states Gm.'a eminent in eastern waters wlllaUforv? Holland net Wednesday t$, Between 300 and .ISO member of th J CIC-.-.3 nave curt-iru iu remain nere. ' HONOR FOR 511 FIGHTERS I That all of Kensington might homrr I tlio .111 voung men of the RlRhteenth Wind, seiving with tho in my and navy. it big celebiatlon will he conducted next I Saturday. Not only will tlio.celehrat.on serve ns a testimonial to Kensington's "lighting families," lint the first annl i ver.iary of the declaration of war will bo observed In launching that section's I drive rnr Its thlnl Liberty Loan quota. Church organizations, fraternal so- . clerics and inisiness enterprises are ct- M Inpoiatlng to inako this Joint celebration (3 la big sucevss Tho Eighteenth Ward Is &J I in me nc.irt oi ivensiiiginn POOR MAGGIE says: "It isn't the money that doe3 things; it's the, man behind the money." Poor Mnggio Is one of the char acters in Mrs. Porter's new story, "OH, MONEY! MONEY!" a -g Will Sell for ?27M j, II' f Vi vut Agency A ,, nv , A A . ri. f . .' ' ' "U ' J- tma TM 0 u
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