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VOL. IV. NO. 164
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1918
Cormoni, 1018, it Tm Pima Ltcou CouriNT
PRICK TWO CI
NATION HALTS
SjrcmieYWWJW
U.S. TROOPS DENY
PART IN BATTLE;
BERLIN SAYS YES
MONSTER GUN
CONTINUES TO
SHELL PARIS
CAPTURE OF BAPAUME
CITY'S WORKS
TO AID IN WAR
CLAIMED BY GERMAN
No Americans There, Head
quarters Reports Thrown
Back, Germans State
RfrwUxH
. - -wi vr ."TW
&.? iilJPTT' . , v.D .
T t j ., . 2 1
cm
A11 Improvements Not
Essential Must
Wait
it.AROR AND MATERIAL
P"" .. MNTnr -irw
NEEDED Vim tum-ii
''All Available Men Needed
-to Rush Military
ft Kiinnlies
MAYOR RECEIVES WORD
bmith Told Everything Pos
sible Must Be Sacniicco. mat
i?' A,ni-ipQ Mnv Be Victor
The Unltod States Government today
served notice on tho city oi ra
n phi to stop work on alt contracts ex-
cept those aosoiuieiy nctiMau.
jr Tho oraor came 111 w"..v ......
Km nfflelals. in which nichard L..
' Austin, of tho Federal Kosorvo Bank
L' . .. i- jut.lAt Ani-nanntrd f fin GOV-
i, or mis u'"i "i" ,
, .mment Millions of dollars' worth of
city work is directly and Indirectly nf-
Lfected by this move.
' Mayor Smith was to havo attended
'ihe conference, but ten minutes beforo
It opened he received a messago mat
-he was wanted In Washington at onco
" and rushed for a train beforo tlio con-
f.rence had begun. Representatives
of the city present were Joseph Smith,
secretary to tho Mayor; Controller
Walton, City Solicitor Connelly, m-
'" rector of Transit Twining and other.
li .' Mr, Austin told the city officials that
all city work must bo stopped at onco
unless it would mean deterioration of
:,property to a great extent. Injury to
... .- ....., iiifni. In tlin health
U. wl,rn nther absolutely ncccss iry
i? I .. 1- ......... tl.n iinrl
VCOnaiiions muuu biui'ibu ,.
impossible. Tho oniclals were ioia
that tho United States Government
needs all tho labor and materials it
esn lay Its hand on. These must bo
had at once, Mr. Austin said, In order
the United States may prosecute
war to a successful conclusion.
j. wi- a.' j. v w-wr!
taty Jlust uo-opcraie
It was mado clear by Mr. Austin that
is city of Philadelphia would hae to
'co-operate In ecry way posslblo to
fid the Government in obtaining labor
4nd materials.
Director Twining told Mr. Austin that
at necdea labor, steel ana oiarr ini
Wlals for subway and othci transit
contracts. The Gornment'e reprcscn
tithe told the director to make out a
complete report of tho work under way
ind contracts contempiaieu. u was
cUar. howcer. that no transit work
K-would be allowed to go on, unlcps It
1 ii.. ...... hbI nrtllltl a nnrlA,l
ireciljr aucvuo Liaiioii. i.i..v "
U Hog Island or Other Government
plants.
. It vi 111 mean virtually a comnicic bu-
Mnslon of all subuay work untlt tho
nd of the war, The only hopo for'sui-
'jenilon ot the order is in eveni inn
Government has an excess or isoor or
'llutterlali. In this case. Mr. Austin, IOIU
ttie conference, tho Qo eminent w 111 glo
seeltlc permission for tne wont in yucs-
un.
!i' nar lilind Not Affectnl
,Th BTiff will not affect tho tuur sur-
hce track "to bo built at Ho iFlatid.
ther similar Improvements will also no
ree from tha ban Insofar as they aro
Mlrectfy connected with Goernment
work.
Director Datesman was ordered to
aka out 'a. full and complete report of
all sewer construction and repairs, street
instruction and repairs, paving ann re
iving and all other work coming under
Is onartment.
JThoudands'of dollars" worth of coti
racts for this work havo already been
t for completion durmg the coming
rlng and summer. All of thU work
III hae to bo stonoed until the Gov-
irnment sees Its way clear to allow It
go on. Absolutely necessary repairs
d Imnrotemants. howecr. will be ill-
wed, to ,coptlnue at once with Govern
nt oermlsslon for the specltlo work.
vThe Department of Health and Char-
;1 Is affected the same n tho others.
a department has many lmproe-
ms unaer way ana coait-'uiiiiaicu.
(., Heiumptloii Date Unknown
'Summarlrfd, tho edict of the Govern-
li means mat vfriut&ny un iiviinuiicm
royement work under way and con-
nlated. by. the city will have to stop
,once nd remain In abeyance until
.Muvernmeni. sees lis way uirur w
wl an allotment of labor and ma-
Mi for such work. This Includes the
'away,! transit improvements, street
r;
Continued on rase 8lx, Calumn 1'our
fLIEN SPY SUSPECT.
fciRRESTED IN CAMUEIN
hlrfarf Who Drew Picturo of P.
.'R. li'StaUon Held for U. S.
- f AiMrila
' Af ilijn, suspected of being an Alio-
n PT. was arrested today while
hlncUhe electrld shed of the Penn
ants, Railroad terminal. Camden. On
person1 wefe fouhd numerous draw,
l materials and uu almost completo
eh of thertermlnaU ,
prraoner gave im namo as ivuormi
MO. fnrtv.lwn vra nM. of Tutflftll
Xorrltt iti.j.Aliit T,ilat1lnhtn lift
WaJn the United Slates nlna years.
l hottiaturallaed. he Mdm'tUd, 1
LPolloi In Camden, where he Is being
awaiung orders 'ot the Department
a j arrested' Mana was making
Vagsln the 'yards of the.rfnnsyl-
HiuroM. ueieeiive uuinno
Hni'away-from the yards. He
waiKeNiHway. li wm rwiu.
. againiwnen no uioumii no
iMrvd, The deteotlre i-
and taox tm 'ftfiwer on
nwpmc an .
i mm iK .
fry.
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PVM.44M-.4v.
GENEKAL OTTO VON BULOW
Gcrmnn comniniulc r, who
smashed Isonzo lino in October,
leading assault between Arms
and Peronne.
KANE HITS SNAG
US TREASON CASE
Proof of German Editors'
Responsibility Ques
v tioned by Court
)FFERS TAGEBLATT FILE
Judge Dickinson Rejects Offer
for Tinu but U. S. Attorney
Will Try Again
Judge Dickinson, of the United
States District Court, this morning,
hearing tho trial of louls Werner mid
Martin DarUow, tho Tngcbl itt editors,
excluded from cvldcnco flics of the
paper from April 0 to September 10,
inclusive, on tlio gi omuls thnt they
contained mutter other than tho arti
cles complained of and that tho Gov
ernment had not jet Millie lently con
ncctcd tho editors with tho ovcit nits
charged.
United States Attorney Knno then
offered""!!! ivldcuus thdo'Masuos' con
taining tho urtlcles complained of, but
tho, first one, that of Apill C, was not
ndmltted, ns .ludgo I)lcliinron idled
that war between tho United Stutcs
and Gcrnnny h id not yet started.'
Tho admissibility of tho remaining
Issues then rested upon tho f-.imo
question of tho connection between
tho publication and tho defendants
In older to show proof of this con
nection tho offer was again made of
tho circulation report of April 1, 1917,
offered earlier In tho trial and taken
under ndvifecment by tho court. Judge
Dickinson bald that the mero existence
of buch n paper wan not proof to
show tho connection of tho defendants
with tho Tugcblatt at all and sulci ho
would tnko tho matter under advise
ment und rule later In the day on the
udmls&lou of tho paper,
Mr, Kane had argued that tho nd
mission of all tho Issues covering tlio
dates from April C to September 10
vvnH neccssaiy ns showing "a contin
uing offente," but slnco thtro had been,
according to Judgo Dickinson, no proof
ot tho defendants' connection at nil
so far, It was not allowed.
Cvldcnco. that tho Philadelphia
Tagctlatt discouraged conscription ns
a method for crc-ithig a largo army
was introduced today.
Not only waH conhcrlptlon de
nounced In tho Gcrmali-languago
newspaper, according to tho transla
tions of tho origin mi tides, but the
populace was urged to protest Ugulnst
that measuie. As u campaign ugilust
conscription tho editors uio alleged
to havo published stories giving tho
Impression that the "citizen soldiers"
would bo sent to l'ranco beforo tho
regular urmy.
Werner Studies War Map
As tho evidence relating to conscrip
tion was Introduced In tho shape
of Government's exhibit No. 9, Wer
ner and Darkow, sitting next to
their counsel, William A. Clruy. smiled
Werner busied hlmsolf siudjlng a
newly published man showing how fur
tho Oerman aimy was from Paris.
Tho fifth day of tho trial of Werner
and Darkow, who uio accused of pub
lishing treasonable articles In tho
Tngeblult between April 0 -and Sep
tember 107 1917. after u stato of war
had been dcclared'botw eon tho United
States and Germany, ii(lructed n largo
i roid today. Almost oveiy bcut In tho
United Btntes District Court was cc
cupled when Judgo Dickinson took tho
bench.
What tho Article bajH
ToudilniT I'on conscription, the
article In tho THgcblatt icud, In part,
nil fntlOWS:
"Tho proposition is biinplv unbellov
nble, To send voluntccro who hava
bound themselves to defend tho coun
try 3000 mllod away will hutdiy be
tolerated by tho people. lt W a treat
Question whether tho guaidsmeti will
goj pf course, they cannot bo forced
'. ' t ! nennin nrotest 'determinedly.
the CJovprnment will assert that' this
annouriceraent was not mado In WalV-
v. -. t. n nri i 1 I " '
j i i i
llerlln (U Ioiidon). March 23,
I'rriuli mul Aineriruu troops hate
been lhron burh through tho path
Icsm, wooded country near Lanamlllc.
Villtqurr mid Aumonf, tho Hcrlln War'
Ollico declared today.
(This l the second reference to
I-rfiitli mid American troops aiding the
British In resisting tho Gerinnn drle.
I raiito-AiiicrUHii foni'H woro flrit men
tioned In Hundny's olllclul statement.
It tue. It would Indicate thnt tho French
ami American troops linohcd really are
a part of tho "mobllo reserve" author
lied by Ibo Vrrsalllea Interallied con
fereiiio. Vllllquler Is seven and one-half
miles west of Infori Aumont Is about
iwo miles east of Vlllrqulct )
With tho Ainerlcan Army In Trance,
March 21.
No American regiments hao par.
tlclpjtcd with tho nrltish In meeting
tho German offensive, It was stated
authoritatively hero today.
American Foldlcrs on tho Toul front
wcio indignant when tho German of
ficial wireless statement regarding tho
defeat of a Tranco-Amerlcan reserve
forco was picked up.
Itrlttnli Annr ltrsilquarlern In Franre,
March S3.
American engineers have Hgiln been
In tlio throes of done conflict, In which
they Invo dono excellent work In trans
portation HUN TRANSPORT SINKS;
ADMIRAL AMONG LOST
Passengers on Swedish Steamer
Bring News of German
Disaster
1 omlon, March !C Tho German trans
port 1'rankland struck u mlno and sank
at Xiwdland, according to statements
of rinlanders arriving In Stockholm on
tho gunlont Svcnskund, savs u dispatch
from the Swedish capital,
Tlio transport wan crowded with sol
diers, cannon and munitions and, ac
cording to tho dispatch, thy entire crew,
nil the soldiers and Admiral von Meyrcr
were lost.
A Stockholm dl.'pakli dated March 22
(aid another Gcrmin transport had
been blow n up by b mine near the Aland
IM.uuls and that the trani-port 1'rank-
land, vvmcii went to Its rescue, was
damaged by another explosion
QUEER SIGHTS GREET
CROWD VISITING ZOO
Rcd-Nqsed .Monkey. Which Looks
Like Toper and Vulture Among
Curiosities
Predilections of humans for that
which is of peculiar Interest to Indi
vidual temperaments was Illustrated to
day by n largo crowd visiting tho
Zoological Gurdeus.
Prohibitionists exhibited grave and
icrlous Interest in a rcd-nosed monkey.
Hsuro fpcclinen received from darkest
Africa.
Loan "shirks" war profiteers, wheat
and meat hoarders wero determined by
the Interest they dlspluvcd In a black
vulture brooding over a lono egg. The
vulture hatching tha lone egg Is a sight
seldom seen by humans. The vulturo
lefuscd to nllow nny egg hoardera to
make friendly advances.
A giant buck which only a few days
ago attacked und killed a rival for
leadership In the decrard was of special
Interest to Beau Drummells, malo
"vamps," and women.
WOOL BROKER'S HEIRS
SEEK VALUABLE RING
Gem Worn by Henry G. Simons
When Stricken in Thcatro Is
Missing
Ilolrs of Henry G. Simons, prominent
wool broker, who resided at 2528 North
Nineteenth street and who died of heart
dlFcaso on March 18 In a theatre at
Juniper and Market streets, are search
ing today for a valuable diamond ring
Kald to hnvo disappeared some tlpie
during his removal from tho theatre to
tho Hahnemann Hospital and later to
tho Morgun t
James 1U Clendcnln, tIS Walnut
Mreot, executor of the estate, notified
polled nfllcluls today of the disappear
nnco of tho ring, which Mr, Simons Is
known to have been wearing at the time
of his fatal Illness
When tho body left tho Morgue n re.
celpt was given for his personal effects,
which Included a valuable watch and
about J160 In money. Tho ring was
missing at this point.
FRIENDS DECRY WAR STAND
OF 120 PROMINENT QUAKERS
Anti-Peace Statement Signers "Willful Men," Say
Yearly Meeting Speakers Bring Up George
Fox's Pacifist Formula
(ilW UTTi:nLV deny all outward
W wars and strlfo and fighting with
outward weapons for any end or for any
pretense whatsoever. This Is our testl-
inoiiiai iu vnu ,,w,.
Indorsement of this doctrine, was
urged today at the opening session of
the Vearly Meeting of the boUcty of
Friends, at tho old Meeting HoUfce,
1'ourlh nd Arch streets, by rrof. Itufus
M Jones, of Haverford College, Action
will not bo taken on It until tomorrow.
Spirited debate over taking such
course, und severe arraignment of tho
i"o vrlends who on Saturday Indorsed
;."u ... ...i e it,. United States In the
orld war. marked the first meeting.
"nprovalf the attitude of the United
Males ill tho present war was given by
members "t the Society of friends on
Saturday In a statement in which they
i elected pacifist IdfBB for wartimes, up,
held the rauso of tlio. United States and
Ipurned W lll. dishonor or ten,-
'dorSt'of' tho'doctrhie decrying
war wan Intended as a rebuke to those
Kflenda who elffned the pro-war declara-
meeting characterlxedtho 120 signers
asv-wlllful men" 'and declared their
aofloti sendln ,obt jh' a statement
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v
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Bombaj-dment Fails toipERSHING SHELLS !
Dlstulsraess ' GERMAN FRONT;
AMERICAN CORPORAL
INJURED BY SHOT
Experts Believe Tungsten
Is Used in New
Weapon
LOCATED 76 MILES OFF
Comparatively Small Damage
Effected by Fire From
Great Distance
Tarls, March 23.
Mjstcrious German Miclls resumed
falling from Paris oarly toda.v. Tho
people remained lit bed and vvero not
disturbed.
One of tlio first shells to fall struck
near vvhero an American corporal of
marines wan standing and splinters
struck him In tho chest, Injuring him
slightly.
Tho forco of tho explosion of the
shells was not greater than that of
many shells dropped on the ilty In
tho past from airplanes.
Tho shells ceased falling nt 9:30
a. m.
In tho nbsenco of any official com-
munc;uo tho Paris Midi says tho first
shell that fell upon Turis this morning
arrived at G:2u o'clock. An alarm was
given by means of drums and whis
tles. Tlio shells seemed to arrlvo
faster than heretofore.
Tho shells which fell In Paris today
wero of light exp'oslvo
rnier .mrl
puwir aim
mado a very small hole In the ground.
Measurements at several different
places showed that tho holes averaged
four feet In diameter and wero not
moro than two feet deep. Bombs
from nlrpliincs heretofore frequently
havo been much moro effective.
' French experts direct attention to
tho fact that tlio shells fall at a ataS'k
ened speod wlh virtually no focco -
Tho Pourso today dccldod to con
tlnuo operations regardless of tho
great offenslvo and tho air attacka on
Paris. It was arranged In the event
of heavy air attacks to uso rooms In
tho basement,
,In tho forest of St. Gobaln, west ot
Laon, and exactly 122 kilometers
(about seventy-six miles) from Paris
City Hall, Is tho Germ in ' monster
cannon" which bus been bombarding
Paris.
Tho gun bombarded Tarls during tho
gi eater part of Sunday.
Trofessor Paul Palnlove, former Pre
mlcr and president of tho Academy of
Continued on Taice Hit Colum" 1 our
SIR PIERRE LE BLANC
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in
University Ho&pital Again
After Relapso
Tho condition of Sir Tlcrre L'vasiste
1,0 Blanc, Lieutenant Governor of the
Provlnco ot Quebec, Is reported today, by
bis wife. Lady Le Blanc, as "sufficiently
serious to cause somo worry."
Tho Lieutenant Governor Is In tho
University Hospital, whero ho recently
underwent an operation In the right
eye
Ills physician, Doctor Charles II.
Trailer, recently allowed Sir Pierre to
take a trip to Atlantic Cltv. whero he
wis, recuperating His condition, how
ever, recently became alarming, and
be was sent back to tho hospital.
Lady Le Blanc, Madame Perodeau,
his daughter, and Major Victor Pel
letln, his aid, aro at the Rltz-Carlton.
ever hung the heads of truo conserva
tive Friends" It was also asserted
that they wero "no Friends at all and
had little regard for the fundamental
principles underlying the doctrine."
In urging those at tho meetlmr to
adopt his doctrine, Mr. Jones said It was
ins same mat ucorgo trox presented lo
"Charles II of England.
The statement made by Vox In full
Ml VI!B( lilllU lUIIUltB,
,"We utterly deny all outward wars
and strife, and lighting with outward
weapons for any end or for any pre
tense whatsoever. This Is pur testl
montal to the whole world.
, "The spirit of Christ, by which wo
are guided, Is not changeable, so as once
to command us from a thing ns evil,
and again to move unto It, and wo cer
tainly know and testify to the world
that the Spirit of Christ, which leads
us unto all trutlw will never move us
to light and war against any man with
outward weanon. neither for the Klnc.
dom ot Christ nor for the kingdom ot
tha world,"
Several delegates to the meeting, who
come from three States and from almost
nytry county In this State, argue, that
the "180 willful men" who penned tte;
article to all the Ph ladelphla news-
Hun Batteries Reply With
Gas Bombs and High
Explosives
MACHINE GUNS ACTIVE
American Airmen Succeed in
Getting Photographs of Bom
barded Enemy Positions
Willi tho American Armj In Prance,
Marrli 2S.
Tho (icnimn lines on tho Toul front
wero heavily bombarded and machine '
gunned for an hour early this morning '
(luring tho relief chances by tho
runny,
("Itellef chances mean tho relief of
troops In tho front-linn trenches lij
fresh units.)
Thrro was nn Infantr.v artlon.
(icrman butteries replied wilh gas
shells and high explosives, specializing
In counter battcrj work.
At davhrcnk American observers In i
Trench airplanes penetrated over the
enemy's lines, photographing tho Ger
man positions that had been bombarded.
A lone lieutenant from Charleston, S
C, who distinguished hlfisclf by raid
ing n German listening po't, bringing
In nn unwounded Girinan prisoner, has
Just been granted ten el.is' leave ot
ub'Pnce In recognition
Tho lieutenant was nrmed with an
automatic plblol llo crept through the
birbl lr und across "No Man's
Land to the edge i f u Ocrin in i-ip,
pouncing upon an enemy listener,
sllcntoli rapturing him and bringing him
lack to the Anurli in lines, despite Ger
mnn niHchlnc-guu fire.
Wnicrlcin ihisHIohh wrro umicr urn
Sunday from both Gciman aircraft Hnd
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,"lln mmivtj
, ,.., , ,i, ,nni!nr i rfermlll air-
plune crossed tho lino ut un altitude of
20 OOii feel. Tho airman shut "ff his
motor and volplaned low In tlio ob
scurity of tho early morning ilaikniss,
dropping numerous new stile bombs,
which exploded beforo they i etched the
ground, scattering clouds of mustard
gas As the gas Is heavier linn air It
slowlv settled, spreading as It did so.
American gns olllccrs Immediately dc
teoted tho presence of toxic poison by a
rcddlt.li bluo glare and signaled for the
men to pj' on their musks.
The enemy evidently tried to gao home
ot our artillery u little later In the day.
A certain half-ruined town in nn ad
vanced American nrca was subjected to
two bursta of fire from Krupp batteries
Mot of the projectiles sent out wero
gus shells, but thcro wns lomo high
explosive and shrapnel nlso
A German ulrpiuno wns detected hov
ering in tho sky and directing the Ger
man fire, but was driven oft by our
anti-aircraft guns American butteries
shelled St Bau&sanl heavily and threw
some shells Into German louimunlciitloii
tienihcs. A fluctuating and harassing
lire vi us also kept up against tho enemy a
first lines
American oh-wrvers, piloted by Trench
aviators, havo been working bard try
ing to usccrtaln if thcro were any Ger
man troop movements opposing the
Ainerlr.nl front, but Utile activity wns
noticed.
GERMANS MAY ENTER
PETROGRAD TODAY
Message Prom U. S. Consul to State
Department Predicts Move.
Americans Safe
Vlilnron. March 25 The Germans
may occupy Petrograd today, bluto De
partment messages Indicated.
American Consul Tredwell, cabling
.1 will , . IV"B" .""' " jufc H,V, , lilt
ing the Russian capital, forecast enemy
occupation "within twcnij-four hours"
Virtually nil Americans, bo reported.
had evacuated tho city.
POMCti IN PITCHED BATTLE
Two of Supposed Itobbors Caught
After One Is Shot
A gang of thieves, said by tlio po
llco to havo been sietemallcully rob
bing freight can, Is believed to havo
been scattered when railroad and city
detectives engaged In u pitched battle
with live alleged robbers ut Swanson
btreet and Oregon avenue.
Theodore J. Jones, twenty-seven eura
old, of Martin's Village, was shot In
the shoulder In a battlo with revolver,
and Michael Jones, a Pennsylvania Hull
road detective, was beaten unumsclous
before the light ended Theodore Jones
and John Jones, alleged robbers, were
captured. 15ai.h was held under 3000
ball today;
SAY GIANT IS "BOOTLEGGER"
'Arrested hy U. S. Agents for Alleged
Liquor Sulo to Sailor
A voung giant from tho west Graham
Iris, twenty-eight ears old. of Indlanan
oils, who ranges to a .height o six feet
eleven mencs. mm "". ",v ." ,- ,
mnrn than .'0U pounds Ik under urro.t
?oday on , a chargo of selling lluuor to a
Mllor, . nK(l nl Twelfth
and I Kl ert streets bj ugen of the De.
nartment of Justice, while in the uct. It
alleged; of 'Imotlegglng." "'
odSed in the l.levcnth und Winter
streets polite station and was taken n
the. Federal Hulldlng this morning for a
hearing bVfore United Slates Commis
sioner phnunds.
.. flniiveo mint: sjai.'i.'.
hJlIia,L'""""u" " w
-
Willi Pennsvlvunia Qualtcr3 Worked
Willi l'"J"'"'"
III wanner "'
r.tl., March 25.-Word lias been sent
to the friends and families of Smith
College girls working behind the lines
on the west front thut they have been
moVed to complete safety. F.ven the cows
that supplied them with fresh milk were
uni. The clrls are now'.aldlnr in lied
Crosn relief work., Pennsylvania Quakers
TITANIC BATTLE IN FIFTH DAY
This is tho fifth day of tho strugKlo which opened with the Gorman
offensive between tho Scarpc and Olbo Illvers on Thursday.
Cuptiuo of Uapmimo is officially claimed by Berlin, ns well as
passaco of the Sommo below Ham.
Germans gained tho west bank of tho Sommo south of Poronne,
but wore driven back across tho river.
Held Mnishnl Unit: rcpoits hostile attacks north and south of
I!apjun:c.
This French have taken over part of the British line. ,.
East of Badonv l!liors, where Americans are In the fighting, enemy
nUiu'kn were repulsed with heavy losses.
Now estimated that 2,000,000 men aio engaged.
Tho Germans havo now recaptured about one-third of the district
which they evacuated and devastated in their retreat in the spring
of 1917.
TO ANNOUNCE THIRD LOAN TERMS TONIGHT
WASHINGTON, Match 25. Announcement of the terms
mid otner fentures of the third Llbeity Loan issue will bevjnade
tonight, Treasury officials promised nftcr a confeemce today
between Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Representative
KItchiu, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
U. S. TO DETERMINE RICH SUSPECT'S STATUS
A PACiriC PORT, Match 25. Whether Kob.rt S. Livings
ton, wealthy Lob Angeles man, sought ns a slnckei buspect', out
fitetd the auxiliary schooner Alexander Agaselr, captured hy an
Ameilcnn war ship in Pacific wnteis, will he detet mined tomor
low. Five Gciman snllois, six Mexicans, two jXvomen and one
Ameilcnn vvero on board the vessel when It was captured, i Jnst
before the Amerlcnu jackies climbed aboaid thfe vessel the
Gctman sailois desttoyed the engines of the ship.
FAIL TO EFFECT LOYALIST FUSION IN'WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Maich 25. The Wisconsin Loyal
Legion Committee failed to secure today withdrawal of either
Joseph E. Davles, Democrat, or Irvine L. Lenroot, Republican,
fiom the senatorial lace. The committee leported thnt it was
appointed so late in the campaign ''that iUwas found imprac
tical to do anything looking toward a union of parties" against
William L. Berger, Soclnlist nominee.
BATTLE IN FRANCE
SPURS WHEAT DRIVE
Hoover Believes News From
Front Will Aid Conserva
tion Program
I Vtanhlnclon, March 2S.
I Stirred by tlio German west front on
slaught America villi nrioo to tho new
food sacrifices neccs'tary to support tho
allied armies.
This via tho view ot Tood Administra
tor Hoover today as his drlvo to cut
Amcrlrdii wheat consumption by one
half get undir wuy. Jsowa from the
front, bo believed, assures success of
tho tremendous ronton ntlou program.
Tho food, administration, too, puts
spurs to Its work as tho battlo bulletins
seepul through. Tlans wero pushed to
bring forth from tho farms every bushel
ot grain tho land would jlelil.
Tho southern food outlook appeared
no encouraging today that oulcials be
lieved the South not only will feed It
self, but will take euro of nil southern
miliary camps and perhaps have sur
pluses In some crops for foreign ship
ment or northern consumption
Pushing their demands for added
wheat acreages, food ofllclala ut tho
same time warned again against lie
clectlnc other vital crops Deet sugar
growers throughout the west wero cau
tlonfed not to sacrifice this crop for
wheat. A domestic sugar shortage, It
was pointed out. would only burden
limited shipping facilities with Imports
of Cuban sugar.
BRITISH TANK BOOSTS
SALE OF WAR STAMPS
Britannia Lumbers Through Streets,
Spurring on Patriotic Buyers.
?4.14 n Look
Tho Ilrillsb tank IlrltannU today
boosted tho sale of war-savings stamps,
lolling about City Hall plaza and
through the centiul sections ot the tlty.
Tho ollleers In command taxed pedes
trians (4.14, tho prlco of the stamps,
foi n. loolc Inside.
Ijitu today the tank villi bo used as
a recruiting medium to urge joung men
not ct In .tho service in accept the
rnance tuat is now onerea mem m van
ous brandies, nartkulurlv In thejiavy.
The totals of the war-savings stamps
campaign have taken an upward leap be
cause of the tank's nctlv tiles, Since Its
'nrrival Saturday the war machine has
Ilieen us,ed to boost the sule of the
Mainpa nd several hundred dollurs'
worth already havo been disposed of.
Fine 3 for Speeding in Jersey
Three oung men paid Camden County
Hi at tho Instance of Magistrate Stack,
house today for speeding along Haddon
road yesterday. They are lMward
Miller, twenty-four years old. SMS North
Hope street, Philadelphia Charles tah
man, eighteen years old. OaklynJ N, J-
ana yiaua uramer. iwemy years owi
; North Seeond street, Camden, Kah
INTERNED GERMAN
ESCAPES AT TRENTON
Police and Special Agents
Vainly Search for Man
Who Broko Jail
Trenton, March 25.
Despite every precaution In tho way
of extra guards, John Tlugln, of New
York, ono of the German Interned pris
oners who wns recently brought to the
county Jail hero with about fifty others
from Kills Island, escaped from the
quarters under the courthouse set apart
for them late yesterday afternoon, and
whlto the police, special guards. United
States deputies and Secret Service men
watched all avenues of egress from the
city all night, tlio fugitive has not yet
been apprehended
nugln, while the other Interned Oer.
mans were eating their evening meal,
slipped through the door to an adjoining
room used partly as a storeroom, where
bo concealed himself In somo rubbish.
The escape was not Immediately noticed,
but tho othor prisoners, fearing they
would be held responsible, Informed the
Jail authorities. Immediately a search
of the building was conducted and the
place was surrounded. The fugitive
among the rubbish was evidently over,
looked. An hour after he had left the
other prisoners he climbed through an
unbarred window In the storeroom and
gained access to nn areaway between
tho Jail and the courthouse From there
he clIniDeu a rence, nut was seen by
Patrolman Slgafoss, who drew his re
volver and attempted to halt the nrls.
oner. The levolver, howevetV Jammed,
and Itugin disappeared before tho po
liceman couia nre.
A mob gathered around the court
house and tho Interned Gerpians looked
out of their windows at the crowd In a
frightened way. When Word was passed
around that tho fugitive had beer seen
climbing a fence, there was a rush' of
the mob to the spot, but he could not
be found
The alios. ards and vacant houses
In the neighborhood wero thoroughly
searched, but n trace of the escaped
prisoner was fpuncJ In one of the
houses a gallon bottle half-filled with
ether was revealed, but whether or not
It belonged to the prisoner coUld not be
learned.
itugin i aescriueci as a man six feet
In height and wore a green sweater.
felt hat and dark trousers. He wore
no overcoats He. speaks French fluently.
The Federal or county authorities could
give no rrvom 01 1110 mail or, leu wny
he waa Interned.
Has Heart Attaetc in Car
John FlUpatrlck, sixty. yeara old; oi
242 Oak Lana avenue,waa atrleken with
a heart attack, whUe riding' In 'a Mrt
car atvr rom ana irwwi wrfu, 1
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LOOSENS CLUTCH
Berlin Official Report As
serts Passage of Somme v
River Below Ham "
FRENCH ENTER FIGHTING
Take Over Part of Fifty-Mile
Battle Line, Relieving
Ally
Berlin, March 25.
The German War Office to
day announced the capture of
Bapaumc.
Pafc&agc of the Sommc River
was forced below Ham, the
Berlin War Office further an
nounced. "We mounted the heights
west of the 'Somme," the
statement continued.
(Tleld Marshal Hnlg In his otTicial, Ji
a,a.v.,.,l .w...ii,-u v..w v... .... i.
crossed tho tiommo south of Pcropne,,Bn
near Lloourt, but declared they,Jwera y$u
driven bach. It is not plain" whetliocfi 5
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Mot llgnttng is in progress ior !(
possession of Combles.
Ncslo was stormed last night. v
Strong positions west of the
Crozat Canal wero captured.
Near Bapaumo the enemy was
again defeated.
Northeast of Bapaume German
troops broko through and drovo the
enemy back by way of Ytres and
Sailly.
Ytres and Sailly aro southeast rather
than northeast of Bapaumo, It is
probable tho German statement meant
tho llrltlsh retreated In he dlrecion of
thoso two towns.
Hulg admlttOd tho enemy gained a
nllgut looinoio. in mo new onusii mien i
north of Hapaume during powerful at-, j&
taclis sunoay evening, uui ueciarcu ,, -they
vvero later driven out. y " iA
Comblea Is midway between tBa,f2H
naumo and Peronne. It is thirteen f
miles west of Villois, tho nearest lings Mb
in tho lino previous to tho start of ,ihWj
Ncslo Is fifteen miles south ot Pe- v,,J
ronne and seven miles west ot Ham,' "ij 1
C. ,on.ivi nf ulllpll llflH llOpn M(f-! -T '
mittoH hv ilm Rrltlsh. Ncslo is eh:ht.r' .
een miles west of the original lne,"andj (flY ,
if it is In Gorman hands, ns claimed J-fc "
by Berlin, this marks the fnrtheatM
enemy ituvuiicu i ufcv. ;, Ki ,
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In Peronne. It passes three miles cattj4 4
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British divisions freshly bronghtc? j.'!
up failed to bring a decision in favwr
of the enemy, tne tsernn BBwij.i'j
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declares, it speaxs 01 enemy iobswj?,'
as unusually heavy. JW'ffi'
rorcy-IlVU muuoaiui nuicu ,rTO-A
crs navo ueqn uiivvii, uikcuwi wnji i
more than GOO guns and quantf-"" ij
of 'other war material, accordtaic,,.
itne report. fu
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London, March 25
Powerful counter-attacks 3ellvni4 1.
by British forces south of Peroaiw
havo thrown back the,GermanSfKi
the western to tne easwnv, jm$ m&
tho somme Mivcr, wnicn, wtey :
cecded in crossing, tha BritiM
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At the same time the GepiwtM 1
newed tneir sotaiMwiuFM
tha British defensive pbelttoM j
south of tle 'fliVbutjtr
back with 8yereMaW,ftli
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