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EXPERTS PRAISE
HAIffS TACTICS
British Maneuvering Ad
vantageously, U. S.
Army Men Hold
MESSAGE FROM BLISS
American Member of Ver
sailles Council Reviews Situ
ation in the Field , --
Washington, March IB
...., I-'lxe million inoii In training and
Vi nshlngton, Mnrdi 2G . Aftrt . , , , , ,
m.i i i - .u -'P0.000 men abroad s urged by Gen-
American nllleliil .confidence 4a tho I . , ,,,.,,.. . .
tilthTiato result of the German lclvn was trnl Leonard Wood, Just returned fromt
maJntalpoil today despite the less favor-I Fr.inae, where lio acquired Intimate
able developmmts or .vctcra.iy the loss i ,,. ... ,..
it Neylc nnd Gulscnrd. Such men ,ns , Kllcml,uKc of the gravity of the sltua
Acting Chirr of Starr. March. Major-1 Hon, already accentuated ly the fier
General Lconuid Wood, Ilrlgjdlcr Gen- i ,..,,,,, , ... ,
irar Mclntyre, press censor, still frit i ,"1"' w "' IMcnnly. General Vvood
that 'victory would not rest with the innile lit.- statement before the Senate
$ though, here Is after study of th, I M",,Bry J?' .unil.tee
development and from knowledge of ud-1 General Wood argues th.it men should
vance plans, that the Hrltlsh. nre . he pent across for a largo share of
maneuvering ndwtntngeiiusly. The Gt-r- ,. , . , , , , . ..... i .
mans hale pushed li after them, thus ""'Ir training, and points out that what
WenliJg their chance of developing nt-' they now learn of trench war inaj
tnckspuecejsfullyrlseheieth.iii In the , . . . , . ,, , ...
flomme region, and now. apparently tho hMv ' l,c "rapped for open lighting
boche will soon feel the force of Hrltlsh ' soon, ns a result of the developments
and French resctvts. IVe of Hum at, ... ...
in earlier stage would have heen poor '" ,llu ""' ""' "-
tactics, according 10 minim cxpens ,
The situation serves to noocntunte the i
need for ecu more American troops.
Onlclals UKiee that the I lilted States
lint the I'lllted States
rrserve ot victory mut be tmhed
'If the llrltlsli hold' the boclie now t
believe It will be bin last chance." said
one hlEh officer today. "Then we must
tf iwell our foiues iibro.ul liurrtrdly, and i tremendous iffort neiessary before .sh- "There was hard lighting between .. a no wl" ,,...,.,.,., ran people the llifoniiatlou he has failed
' when that Is accomplished vlctoiy will j may expect to accomplish a victory Hapaume and rirnnne We drove the i.,,.,unie U on the iiorilipVii iV.ri of ' to assimilate"
yhevvUhtho United w.t and the .,, yd made I. : plain that -j-jy back ," ti '-,,01.1 Po-Ion , ihWro'f JU0 '""'iffltlWt"!!. i,S Lrt .Utah, c.t.elsed the
",les- we i ant lea I get Into tho war for """ " s iieiii o ie c" "' j" V fi for the mot part has been he h II s . multlnll,.iv ,,f nublleltv ImreiniK wl.i.b
However, Ame. lea's foice while sizable ,Car .vet. even If we have 5.000.U0U LS t I f B ' "0 'f "'" "irKor Hmn" '"' "' nl'lliig " "i, mass of ! n'.f.Yr,, a
this year will not have the demonMrnt- .. ' hoinine battle In l!ir, frnllt fri,, wll,., tt iiUn,,Pr f roads, ' M'", fpn" "ut " ""iss or Informa
i lng punch before next Hiring ni ino ", ., , .,. ,.,. i,-,Hin ,,f I ... ,.,.... radiate. Tho otllclal Oennnn statement ' llon" ,,"t n"cr Clirr' ll wori1 '' criticism
$ authorities here see It. , Tllus Hoke Senator llianilei Jin, of I ,.i,rdm. March ! The ijcrman of Sunday night raid a gigantic strug- r suggestion to the llovernnient "
. Troop transport Is Improving Ships, Oregon, chairman of the Military At- Lmperor announced the fn I ot Bau--R,, W11H tklng place fr the town. It , Theie aie fortv -seven suih bureaus.
however, nre Mill sadly meded Alitl- falrn Conunlttee. In dlscu-slng Ijencral p.iinie to the l.mpress as follows: Is thirteen miles below Arras. ' Mnoot said
submarlno wolk grows moie iftutlve, , Wood's testimony following the hear-' llapaume fell last night after a. hard .Vosle. Oulscard, Ch.iuny, Vllleoulei- I r n(1 rr,,n,i n, ..,,ii, ,i,,i,iim
i ,,, it ,i.in i. ulnirr nr hiirlnir bafnm th I i.. struggle. My v Ictorlnus trooiis are press, a,,,,,,,,,. ,i i... NVinin.. nr .ill I, iii. I '-oiRc repnoil the coinuuttee doubtle.s
wu. .. .'"' ." ,",."..'".'"
t. ,I,iIl 11 m.'ittpr ,if lllii,. mill n'.pr. '
whelming numbers to beat the foe
Tho Herman undoubtedly wants to I
r-t the lirnisiicr oui 11 lie open urra
-"-. ... . . . .. n
i. T- .-... r. fmii,, 1i.A Hint ....
run vveiglll OI rfVimrica in an ine-e lines inMnl , VV,-,,I enuilns ytd the lllime- "" "'"" iiui iii,i)jnii' ,uh luunrr sector vesi in uie nunime suuiowesi oi - ""
snvallable ' , ' "" . 'V " " 'iVmc" but he "m-I ",01,, Il,r, "dvanelng on Albert. Tho St Quentin, wheie the Oernians have comes
However, If the Hrlllsh stand off the '' "mi oi many """ ""' .',,," , Minnie Ii.ih been crossed at many points heen making the greatest headway In ledge's speech climaxed an uneasy
L enemy now. the last big Oerm.in punch i'".i:u musi m .... n., ,.r. ,.....- annvi i-eronne i ne spiriis or Hie troops the last tweniy-iour Hours it is mere niimlng In the Senate News from the
S. i ennt. nniirM believe. It will then The present shipbuilding program, he I are as freh as on the llrst day of the that the Krencli Ironns were thrown in. I Ki ,..,. ,.,.-..1 .t 1-..
K L- " :.'... i.'t. i.r, . ti, .n.,i '..iiorA'prtp.irations for meeting the 1 neiuy on
'". .' . . ..". " ... ... .ii.. V. . '..1.1 c
ircneu vvuri.ne in iii.tiiii n ii',inrin iil --- -
attrition with 11 prospect of an ultimate upon the inakli g of boats so as to
, stalemate, experts suggest. 'make It posMhlo to meet the enemy In
This afternoon ,1 very lengthy dl- fulllilcnt nuiiibers before It Is too IMc.
palch was received from (leneral Tanker "Tho committee n'as deeply I111
H. nilss, permanent American military , pressed," said Senator Chamberlain,
member of the Supreme War Council at , -with tlm fm t that the punremo nec.es
Vcrpallle.s, This message levlewed at slths are more ships mid more man
great Itngth all of the developments power anil 11N0 with tho importance ot
along the western front. None of tho In- the element of time In the lurnlsblng
formation which It contained was mado of both"
public. I If the committee or If the country
OIUccm who were In position tn htiovv p.tnr.xV n(.c,rli ,m,i spiclllc state-
the contents 01 me message, wiute
dining to bo ipioted. declared It was
Very plain that while tho situation was
very grave lit cause of the enorinoti"
weight of the Clermun offensive. It' was ,
likewise even mole lilaln that disaster 1
waa not here AH agreed that "
point would be reached and that then I
the full weight of the Anglo.? retn.il
counter-offensive would bo manifest. I
FIGHTING ON ITALIAN
FRONT GROWS LIVELY!
r-Wl Activity Indicates Purpose, to
Prevent Witntlrawiu ot
Austriuns to West
fcv w.v.wum.v ... ,,v,,,hc.
""" " i I
London March -'O. I IHf AT?1' Tn M- arimv I
t ,. ,..,. ,,"Z.., . mi. ...!"'t ARM! TO UL RhADi
! nuiiui .."... .."."- ..,... , !
, on the Italian fiont Is becoming incroas-'
t Inwli, ,.Ato,- l -,.iilii1 .Itlllll Willi llie
jt"nij to... s ..,-- - ....
fV Allied defense In France. Tho cable,
t would Indlcato that the Italians have
i,.",' ",l..,s.r.i, , it.eir ilinni.e
', either to prevent furthe
,i Austrian forces for
E." iront or in me nope oi coiiipciihik "in-,
i, aennurg to uso a pari oi nis reserve in i
' Italy, . .
iiaij.
t . . .
Wnsli'mrttin. March 20. Steps shculd ,
J be taken by the Allies to counter the
ThA itviinl ar llnrv itlfT Wfl I f nl'l Pi I ". ' "I """-.. " V .'." ,.,! initnn Vninil. TllCSt KPLinrS I 1 P I fJL'IJ J AT !.'
- V'' B.. ;..'.. w i (it least In tl.at numlier i-n the ",,u.,l"""A.I.r' ... . VrVi,- i.Mf.t.t o'i k,umj
t moderate reconno'teilng activities. Six '" L C.w llcw how ever, that ev- '"'l' '','. ' L".. c..e.t ' GERMAN
- enemy all planes weie brought down er thing possible to bring th'n about has ti, i1ar,iCst lumbal, is oh the Albert-Da-
2 Yt'nh'nKtn. March 'JO. steps should , neen imnci in mo soon .nine since war ,,umo road, only six miles nortncasi or .
I"(Jenn-in iirnmii-mibi drlvo tn Induce mercaseii army win no renuv ny tno a)0ut two m es south llapaume. .vion
y Oerman propag.indii drive to induee , thu tranvpmt.itlc.n facilities aro nnban Is six- miles east of Albert nnd
,, Italy to quit tho war. lteprcsentatlve I aulai,ic. to ttansfer the Ameilcan nm iy 11 ,rc -e I nlles west of Combles. Tile Gcr-
. ilioinaa .1. iienin, oi .iiiti'iinia, ill iu-ii ,
. today "I believe llio boastful lepcrts ,
oi niiiiiaiy success on me wesiern none
W emanating from Berlin were ulmoil at
y Italy," ho said. "Geneial Auffenburg
6aia 'important tilings should happen
tn llftl.. I Tin, 1.. .11.1 tint ...Ad ,1,1111.1,
, ... ,a,J UML lltl Ull IIU, ,1...... ..,... J
?? CDeratinns. Tteimi Im of new German xie- V
'j lories In the west arc being sent Into
I. Italy continually, I nm Informed. That
L ort of thing can have only ono object.
$" "Claims of HUcceps by tho Gtrmans
I make Great Britain, France and tne
"i United States only tho moie detei mined
! to win, hut they are calculated to have
i. a very different effect on Italy. Their
Its' purpose Is to discourage tho Italians nnd
IrtI o to draw them Into separata peace
negotiations.
"The United States cannot do It. but
It behoove. Great Britain and France
J- to see that Jio German report of sun-
Kv natural, perhaps, but It may be, unless
we protect ourselves against such a
mult that mere words will havo won
for Germany what her arms could not
tf win, namely, a victory over Italy."
is. LL : I
BRITISH CROSS JORDAN
ADVANCE NINE MILES
j Defeat Combined Turkish and
(German Army in Palestine.
Whole Batterv Is Cantured
urnm. uutll-iy is wuinu.t.U
1 .
m i-onuon, .March :o. The War onice
. - . .. - .
-..... wuui.-.n iimv lliu tillllPII iiusuiuiia
mi am tt... t-. i. -e .,.- T-., . ... ..,
K7 ,' "v cl- uuiiii ui llio uuruarii ill l ,iico-
K"iine, weie extended nine miles on Frl
. oay n'ght.
Dut lng the night of March 23 freeh
Drldft i were thrown across the' Jor
dan av1 bv evening of tho 2tth our
troops had progressed nine miles
through difficult mountainous country
In the direction cf Hssalt, advanced
mounted troops having secured the
bridge at Kl Jlowlej, three miles south
of the town. Our advance was op-
posed ty both Turkish und German
troops nnd prisoners of both natlonall-
, ties vvern Inlren '
!'' As a result of a brilliant nttack by
r London Infantry battalion an entire
jiioswe oaitery was captureo. very
. etTectlve bomblnc and machine-gun
: operations were curried out by the
.rOVnl flvlni. nnnnn iin.1 thA. Atl.trlla
Jlan flvlnc i-nrnu iinltlt ttinnv ftlreet
I'hltH lieinv nlitnlnH nn IhA .ntrnv1!
Itroops, transport and cpmps,vvhlle
I ftralns on the HedJUi" Itallwa were
imcuea successfully,
r Information has been received of o
ucceiaful action by Arab troops by
- " 'xipg or the iieajax,.near jeaanuii.
me iteajai liauway, seveniy-ewui.
porinwesiwaru oi ieui. -"
1.y Ueder oovt 'r; h . Mud-
'&J4&M&84KIL 5s 5lftffiff2JrW?.'
cess that does not stand on fact goes now . In the ccp mem 10 noni '"o I ,-,,, frnl -u
uncorrected This Is most Important. ? "'"n m'eml or of the Military Affairs ness before the
jmo oveiiooi; thlb insidious propagancia , -,,, , t,,nk j ,. hay that I ... ... ,k, ,
during the thunder of military attack is ,.,'' ,,,,iie,i to the army as nulckl
FRENCH QUIT NO YON ALLIED COUNTER-DRIVE IN PROSPECT
HURRY 5,000,000
ADMV C A VO lim An
AlllTlI.ljfilO TT JjU es,nblls''J new positions there.
(Albert is twelve miles southwest
of Hapaume. It vns toward this city
Tells Senators 2,500,000 Ulat the only German ndvnnce
Are Needed iii France c""!cd 8tc,r,iay nflToon T
curreil. Roye is seven miles south
at Once west of flcslc, which marks tho
SHIPS
VITAL NECESSITY
i.
The conference with General nooa
was ., fPrr(.t e, alid comparative!)
me ,)f )iat ,, r,,xcal,,i t the coni-
....,.,. ..,.,. ,, mined , become public
'. ' ""'" ""' "' --
pruiiuieii i wromc i.uui...
It was levelled. hoever. as u dennlte
conviction that tho United States today
stands merely on the threshold of the
i"k
Is (i.iiltirsl,.,,!! Ill li.ivn s.lld to tllQ COlll- I
mlttc, should be spteded Up and ex-1
i.i .,. n., ... n... ,.,.uii.in ,11111,.., ,if
II', III, I, ., ril ,l,l, VIVI., .v.,-...... ......w .
, . ... .i. ,.,... 1 ... ,1...
'Vim ric.iii enrrKy ouv ,i.,.i... ... ,..v
the b.ittlellne should be concentrated
',., t,f fact to Illustrate what was
lm,.lllt l)V )e r(,fcri.nco to the Imrna-
tuilty of her war cffoit to tlat- tlen-
iraUWood supplbd It when he unci the
Senstor.i that In all Prance today there'
,,,,1 .,. i em r Vinprli..,,. neix-v '
fl ,, , rllII,ry ,hat neither on the
MlM (lf Kiamv nor In the air above is 1
there a single Amei lean nlrplane I
..,, x..,i vs,..,i .miiiuil,, !
agreement with 11 number of Senators
who asked him If he did not consider
It of utmost Importance that the countty
should be acquainted with the facts and
not lulled Into dangerous oven onlldence
by half truths or by otllclal camou
flage. Ci lie) al Wood's pessimistic reports on
the link of alrnlanes In Trance terved
to accentuate iccent statements that,
i!,wii-.ti iieiMiitn m-iiu fur frm in.i.t
,.t Hii., iLfirMn 1-, ..i-vti,i,. ,.sCii.i iu
oeing none, nowever. it was pointed out. ;
fn .VI Airitnlltn lllik Lllnrloira I
Tl1,p ,,, , -,-.
ON 1IML, SAl S CRAGO I
1
,
jiMHio)7i'i,rni,B.inii
'
ashlnglnn. Mat ch . '
thee w lliili-ivvnl of tongressman Thomas S. Crago. of ,
ther wlthiliawal of iVu nesburg. I'll, member of the Mill. '
use on the westt.iry Affair.-. Committee, thoroughly '
of compelling Hln- , UBICes will. th position of Major Gen-
ugices will. th position of Major Cen-1
erai cennarci noon, ouiuneci neuro llie
Senate Military 'Affairs Conunlttee. that
v,Mf, states should have an aimy
f snnnnnn men lis .,mn ii. T.n.allilA
Heen none in tno snort .111110 since w.u-
was neciareu on i.e ni.iny. aim mat t it-
t i.rance.
cim,,,,,,,,,!, Crago relurtied to Wash-
incton today from i amp iianercK.
Genigla
1
T
Pa, spent four or five days with the
1 eunsj viiiti.. ii.iiiuii.m u,iiiiiii-ii in
training there. He Is most enthusiastic -
over tho physical condition of the Penn.
n .. . I. ....I I......I -,...I.ms- I..
sylvanla regiments there and the way i
tiiKV have nicked tin the army training '
"If the other American regiments are
as lit physically and advanrcd In their
training to the same point ns the Penn
sylvania boys at Camp Hancock, tho
American people need have no fear that
the American army will hold their lino
against tho Germans, If Hlndenburg de
cldes to tackle our sectors," ta.ld Con
gressimin Crago,
"I w.i' utterly surprised to find that
.. .....ii Liu liepu tuiti?lit the Pennsyl
vania boys 111 the comparatively short I
.. ...... I.....A l..a It, Inilnlnl- " fi-
linie 111' J III.. uc ,, ,t, .,., -a,
i-rncn continued "All thev will need
y as
,;, , r, bfinc turned out to need It.
'Our greac luouit-iu iwj ie n
tatlon. We have in the Ctilted St
rans-
porta
States
today about u million men physically lit.
in the highest spirits nnd trained to the
Inute, who cfnuld bo placed nlong the
battle line In Franco In a very short
time If wo had the ships. Ships
that's the great, drawback or rather
lack of them.
"Wo hax'e today about BOO.OOO men
i T.-mnca and 1,000,000 moro here, wait-
Inc for transportation.
"So long ns l-nijianci ana rrance can
furnish them with big guns and other
JiVto' take tiieniovef.whiie every itieh
... nniv nnpM if ih iispifHi rnr
0 FpCO ID ni ' li.iiri.. ill. mill,
.... OHt UnfBir critiei....
' "Criticism of our failure to carry ths
VhiTt kind of equipment across Is
hardly flr. because for every shipload
t ll. . '..:,... tt a ,.n mr we bold hack
, nt eiiuilillicii- .. o. -.-- -.-.- ,-i
a shipload of men. so long as mere ibj
t pauinmi'lll- u n.w... w ..... v,... -.--;
I r.u,," ..- cim! run hA nee.nmnltshed
ihe. crea test' good can be accomplished
by sending over a'l me men poas
"I think most of the experts In the
War Department nnd the men In Con
cress who havo studied the question, be
lieve "with General Wood that w-e should
ave 5.000,000 men tn France, if It were
nosslble i Buf with n serious lack nf
Jhhii ll Is Impossible, and but little could
he rained by training 6.000,000 men
heYe Thenw only can send 1,000,000
'0hehepreldent has the authority to
call out more men when they are needed.
Snd doubtless will call them when there
Is prospect the,y can ba ttansported to,
Congressman Crago and Congress
Temnle went to Camp Hancock last
Thursday and remained right In ramp
wBh the boys -until they left for, Wash
Ington yesterday afternoon.
Bunked at Camp
"When we suggested going back to
town bi d putting up at a hotel for tho
IdBht the boys would not hear of It, but
were Blven kits and got In line for our
food w th the boys In the khaki s vyent
to' bed wltll them, and got up when they
JSaVf? the morning, Wn thoroughly en-
amfii n- -f jv $&amBF.
EVENING PUBLIO
Contlnned from Pane One
Royc and Albert, Field Marshal Hale
TVH& oday. The British hate
nrthcst.ucrmnn ndvnnco in the pres-
cnl "rivc- Ro,c ' twcnty.four
'four miles southwest of St. Quentin,
where the lines were held before the
German nilvance bepan.)
Field .Marshal HbIr's report is as
follows:
North of the .Soninie continua
tion of the riglitinB was expected,
but has not ct developed.
South of the Somme this mom.
inj; attacks were reported do flop.
InR, also atralnst the French In the
neighborhood of Ho)e and An
nand and Chaulnes
The enemy's losses continue
GERMANS CLAIM TRIUMPHANT
PROGRESS ALL ALONG FRONT
.
nrrnn, .naiLii - i no iiikm war oi-
nee statement ciys- "Itetween the
Somme and the OIe our troops are light-
inc their u.iv forward. .
i , ., . .. , ,." .,
battle.
"More than t
.000 prisoners,
more
TIGERISH FIGHTING
ACROSS FAMOUS POZIERES RIDGE
Mltli the Itrltl.b Armle.. March IS
'Ihe sixth dav of the monster battle
llnds the' British unci Hermans nghtlng
like tlgeK,UreVoss e , amous 'oKZer"s
ridge which Ilalg wrested from Hindu,-
burg in the fall of 1SIG ,
curious flshtti
s flahtrng continues, the enemy
massing
111 uie 1 uircciinii ni ""'"' 'r' I
the high croutiil around Montauhan.
Here the Hrltlsh, In machine-gun po
sitions, are resisting stubbornly.
ward from Nesle. .ittemptlng to drive u I
wedce there. Hut their nrocrcss eon. I
The Cerm.ins also are thrusting west- '
Unties slow
The Allied leslstance is dally stiffen-1
mg The enemy Is vlnlentl endeavor- .
', ," 0V-5rra,r?oVAWhner3l,n,H'ml
t(nvH ri Novon. Caeh sector Is the scene
of the heaviest nvhtinir night and dav.
Tho tjermans were reported tndav
Liilom- a tine thrntich Logenst Wood.
Llghy-Thllloy and Montnubnn. fighting
madly towaid tile valley or the moody
Ancre.
Die weather continues line, favoring
the Cerm.ins. Kor n few hours this 1
morning tho barometer fell anil the
clouds came up. but the wind veered '
to the north, ilearlng up thn sky.
The airmen are profiting, however, ,
by luitli tile sunshine unci starlight,
During the last four days lighting more
' ili.in 20o niaclilnes have been biought i
down. Olio hundred and twenty liavti.
heen seen to crash to the earth in kind-
, ' . -.-,- ,.,.,,,. . ighty-tlireo were oh-
p1 . - . .. 1
,eive,i railing neynitu control.
Low-llylng machines aro ceaselessly
l.auasslng the fierman attackers, souie-
times, simultaneously bombing advance
tcfreslud. "leapiroggmg inn nrsi
,m.i. .,, .inl. ln.ll...l..u t. imipn ,.v .
, II IH Uisp.lll.il limn xi.-r.
tended area of fighting than Is de-
hcribed In itaig s omuai siaiemeni.
The Hrltlsh commander United the
great est iu Hon to that portion of o
battle-front between he Sonrae an'1, tl,P
Olse. with the haid.st lighting where
the British jmd 1-reocli lines ?""",.,
tne uriusii unu rinii iinvn ..,..t
'" '"..",".... i r ,..i- ti,r.,i,,-i, sniiih ,
' Oermims tr 'mf to break throuMi south
,"'. Arras (probably In the Vlnllf"
1110 lOiegoinK iiisiuiicii .1.1.. ,...;
ureaKinroiigiihoiiiii
VVaniouril, in llie uiimiuii ''"'..
,)llume road, only six miles northeast or
th, former place . I. gny-Tlilllov- is
mans evidently are iiriviiig in
Albert
from the east and northeast
Neslc Is eight miles west of Ham and
cwelve miles souin or i-ironne. n c-n-
I erinanw.
-.--.-w- vtprrr nnirn
CHECK WILL PROVE
... ,irrnv7 PPIVr
uijun ij jnjitn .....VJ-.
(U'rUtcn or tlie I'nitnl I'rrss)
New York, March !(!.
Von Hlndcnburg's stupendous slaugh
ter of Germany's man-power Is still
fnlllng to wrest back the full area of
territory volunturlly evacuated by the
LODGE ASSAILS CONDUCT OF WAR
IN SPEECH BEFORE THE SENATE
ir one
Military Committee tcs-
. . , .,.
itnnut lei nr lilndrance the
nutu i,iv ......--- .--
' Germans fly over American irencnes so
volvers?" asked Johnson.
"It Is," replied New.
It was then that Johnson spoke of
pitiless publicity as tho remedy.
"I am willing to give my blood In
this war as you all are." said John
son, "but we ask for the blood that
we give a fair chance.
I want to ask tho Senator from
Indiana wno has said he wants to tell
. " t the truth what was tho
;;crat Program to July 1 this yearr
Senator New repfted that 1S.O0O com-
Senator
to have been delivered
bat planes were
I by July 1. 1918. according to the orlg-
'"rrTa'ny wlU we have by that
date?" asked Johnson.
"Thirty-seven." said New.
Polndexter criticized the attitude of
the Administration regarding the Jap-anene-Slberlan
situation.
"Whl e we hesitate. Germany acts,"
he declared. "And while we hesitate Itua-
'"s.'ESor King futaWmalntalned that
while he was convinced that Japan was
loyal to the Allies he did not believe
ivenU Just yet justllled that country
Invading Siberia.
"When such action becomes neces
sary " he said, "Japan will make her en
try with the full approval of the Allies."
Intl.U Year Waited
With the fate of the war "trembling
In the balance," Senator Lodge de
nounced. aa "a crime" the Governments
refusal to Inform the people of Amer-
C'A wasted year l behind us." lie ex
claimed ln a passionaio-
ineirofiv.
!
BUflVVU will i
lu w BBauun . is, iiiiiuv
.- la tlnrlA.
) tT rxr c,?Bwrr-.
x.-ir .' j ' ; OlHRH1
LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY,
severe. He has been obliged to re
enforce his lines from all parts of
the western theatre.
Moro than seventy hostllo di
visions are repotted in nctlon by
Marshal Hnlg.
violent Infantry fighting and
heavy bombardments continue along
the fifty-mile battle front, with the
severest German pressure now
centered in the district between
Bapaumc and the Olue Itler.
The Germans, using vast forces of
troops, nre trylnp; to advance to the
westwurd of Gulscard, along the road
from Ncsle to Koye, toward Chaulnes
frnm Pernnnn nnd on the load from
. ,,i . '
"Fuull"i " ......
Great qunntitles of Gcimr.lt artil-
lery have bccn.Wovcd to the front to
support the solid columns of in-!
fnntry. Tj fact, the Germans in i
iMiu.j. ui "
their present drive have established
n new record in rcgor.! to the near-1
ness with which artillery is kept
near the infantry firing line. '
.
man iiim guns, inousanns or mneiune
Runs nnd enormous iUiiMltleH of amnm-
n. 11'," ""?,, V",V' Ison7,br.llirinS Viv' I
JUS'.."H "l".r .,1" ,.Fnn?." . l "' "al.
" : ' ..
taking over n section of tins liAttle front '
from the llrltlsn.
MARKS BATTLE
1 None would comment on the le.isou for
Kiel 111.1ns last Marili Hetneen ibi ami ' "1,s sudden call
"" I""1" csnt of the terrain then lost ban Senator Chamberlain took advantage
I ow' ,,,'e11 ""covered but the only vie- of Woods pieence to suggest that he
, J, r"l',3Sr t1:iJ"W1,n''1'0 s.nte.ner.t In opu, session to
"TC' f,' .?? '""'!:'": .SJi'.'" "'' " l"".' "' Imprewlon. of the
Vn iii,i.n,,r in,,.r i ,,.,. "" ,
1, on , UIl, frnM t fasl w( k Th, ,
hosli derm in shock troops used during '
the last twent-fniir hours have not dls-,
niajeu ine same recBHJss impeiuoRiiy ot
the. Initial attack. The Kaisers best '
divisions show evidence of becoming e
haustcd The stamina of tho re-enforce
ments succests Von lllndenburc's avail
'able supply of cannon fodder may have
fallen to the second and third grade
men
Nevertheless Von lllndenhiirg Is de- I
veloplng a further desperate Intention of
trying to break through the southern
nan ,if tin. Itrlll.sh front. Thrt cnmhnt I
across tho Somme lllver Involves th ,
nrrUern'SlUr"f?lHMihl. sout'h'e'r.i'pllrt I
of tho present battle front that has been 1
put under tho nominal control of the j
nrestlgo Hint the Ilohenzollern heir Mil'- 1
i.ortii.111 1 riiwn 1 iiici-. 1 iih kism ill
fered at Verdun evidently must bo re-
covered novvcjr not at all. The Crown
T'rlnco of 11 lighting house llko that
llohenzollerns might bo fatally hamll-
capped as a ruier 11 a niaior i-necii at
tho Sommo were to 10110
w 111
defeat at
Veitluu
All the
more urgent Is It foe 'Hie
.1.
Kaiser to press the Sommo fighting, be-
ause tho rival I'rown Prince e.f Bavaria
commands tho northern half of the new
battle atea For Prussia to permit
B.ivnilA to make the better lecord nt I
tb's , rlsls In tun auairs or tno llolien-
zollcrns mlglit bo fatal. The slc.-w piog.
t the German advance acios.s the
Somme, therefore, Is a happy augury,
for Hie Allies. ,
The canture of Hapaiiuie Is of second.
i ary consequence to this Tho British
t f . Qll(,,ltln rer
emalnlng stolidly Intact 111 the eout
, J''7s here the greates blows a
fnnR. nnd here Is the scene tlxed
fn1(.
,,,.,, n ...ni Iml.lH for the house
the
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lillriiAxixrt tin inuoi uirumivuo ttw . u v.
I
Eli RATES
Y'S VICTORY,
Cnpeiihngen, larell "0.
The front correspondent t f tho Ber
lin Vorwaerts declares tho German
losses, whllo grent, nto smaller than
wero expected, according to advices re
ceived here today. He reports tho use
nf Hturmwaceti setanhs" (evidently Ger
man tanks) In great numbers Ilo also
mentions tho Kaiser as beine in St.
Quentin, and declares tlm German ruler ,
Is "working early and late."
Berlin was decorated with flags Mon. I
day, and church bells wero rung, while
the German Catholics arranged a spe- '
rial day of prajc-r, acct.Tdlng to the '
advices '
The Kaiser and lllndenbuig wero Inst i
reported In Pcronno lu olllcjnt Ola.
patches
German coi respondents teport the cap.
turo of s-x flrttUh tanks. I
single Auierhuii
combat plant
mine ...si ,ear ,
.tun i;i ia i.cii iinunii, in, mm, .u
.,. ,,.
ciiu vierniuus.
-our gallant Allies are holding back
from the Anifrlran people fsets well
Known to Hie enrni)."
Continuing his assault on the airplane
program, Ledge said:
"I think wo have sent one plane. It
may bo on the way now. Tho Liberty
motor the heavy one may bo develop,
ed for bombing planes, but the light one
Is not suitable for fighting planes.
No fluns In France
"We'vo no American guns In Fiance.
When we decided to make French "Us,
we wasted six golden months trying to
Improve the recoil the best recoil In
tho world by all tho experts. Six
smonth WHfttfd and not a nun In France,
We've turned out two American shlpa.
True, we have commandeered borne I
ships, but we've only built two new i
ones."
"It Is, to the Inst degree, painful to
say these things, but they are the truth. I
They are there to be dealt wlth-cold, I
hard facts, The truth tell It to the
American people. They should no longer
be misled about what we are ubout to i
do. , Tell them facts. That will arouse
the genuine grim American spirit. j
'Tell them exactly where we are to- ;
day. The world looked to us a year ago j
to save the situation; to come to the I
rescue. We haven't.
"The, only relief I see U an appeal to
American spirit and jou ran't aroune I
that If you deceive them. We may be
fighting before long for our existence I
as an Independent nation,
-"The time has gone by when It Is
right to keep silent. I for one Amer
ican want my people to knovv what the
true situation Is."
Senator Kellogg asked why the Mil
itary Affairs Committee, In the Interest
ot getting the truth to the people, does
not publish the testimony of Walter 8,
QMhcd. of the Council of National De.
.al nr M. Inn r!iinrflrH'T.AnKiA4 '
;.tit' V r,jw.?SX
.fc,-rVVf
ihmxmmif'
Wood. w.,h regard , the tack ot air-1
"We CUdlt tn be en- MrnllH Hint the I
French are protecting one lines with I
their ulrplanes," declared Senator l'oln-1
dexter (Wash.) sarcastically.
"Our airplane, situation Is known to
tho entire world. We haven't any ulr-i
Planes. That's nil there Is about It.
VvlmtK more, we never will have any
battleplanes. Tho present program does
not call for their construction."
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, a
member of the Military Affairs Com
mittee, denied that there were no loin-
u.u pianes in pioress of construction
"U0 h.1f ?nrHi ir.ilnli.c- .ln.u nl.
, . - .. ((p, 'ifiiiT-c "wiivJO liv?f 1 Jl Jm.JXK 11X4 ML
ready completrd and we nre ninety days I '
behind schedule on the lighting planes," j
iiiiii ioci. Hlliu.
1 no fate of a nation Is often do
elded In less thnn ninety d.ivs. Tho
Present battle has raced but the d.ivslfi'
nuw, leplled I'olndex,ter. I
--.MisiuKi'N nave been made In the
Pst and these mistakes have been
rSr" rAr.,!!..!;
planes The I,U-crtv motor' may not
1,c "r?0f" ,1"5 ",'"liat fi-"""-,, n
possible that home other motor will serve
th purpose better Hut tho Liberty
motor will be u-ed for pl.in.s of othr
Tlitclieoik declared that the military
arr.iirs .onimittee nan desirous of giving
the Senate all isisslble Information about
ItH work, lie said that the Investigating
committee would probably report by
Satuidny.
"I billeve that the Ahierlcau people
have n right In all Ibis Information.
i m-y lire enuuin m iiie uiniusi anoui-
tuge or wii.u lias been aecoinpllshed,
i.ild Senator l-'ull. of .New Mexico. 'The
lllllc lia'' '"m0 "''' n the '"'csblent can't
,,., ,P.,.hrii r.,.,,,i I,. ,.iu,,. n, A,..ri.
Then Major ileneral Wood, who yester
day talked to the Military Affftlis Com
mitten In secret session, appeared un
expectedly nt th? Capitol nnd sent for
Senator Wadsworth. Wadswotlh, Lodge
and a number of ether SenatnrM were
closeted with Wood for half an hour.
situation In I-ranee.
"I'll have no open hearing that will
crlllclre the War I iep.it tinciit," said
Senator Klrhy, of Arkansas.
"What If the War Department is
eol .. rnn?-.t,,i -.,,- iii,..i.,.
U. S. Roll of Honor
for Men in France
ftiihliiittnn, March 211. Two Amer-
It an soldiers wele killed in action, three
of nt'cltlents seven died of diseasv, one
"" ? 7?, B,nd,'V,"",Il'-'
Ceneral I'crshlng cabled the W ar De-
partment this nfternoon
Killed In Arllon
Hi:Vi:v MINTHIIH. rrlvatc
WILLIAM K Mi;i:i prliale
Klfd of Aerltlents
AI.IIHHT Mtl'I'.It. rnrp.ir.tl.
IIKOIUIK : UHAV. nrlvsle
VVII.IIl'K I'lllllhTIAN. ITllsl-
Illtsl of lllsriike
MvriaT I'lil'lll'S IIAiluun, scrsemt.
I.VNN l'l)l:r.I., .orpural.
Illis i; sillILIDN, oirporul
iii:oii:i: aunhit. rriiHte
Hl.Mlin M.VIKIIW IIVISRI.Y. rrlist
im.i; iii.i i, prnaie
rnii.ii- i
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S.Vrilll. prliste.
Uniimletl etreiv
HITTMAN. prbKte
Vt'mindril Mlnlitlr
iinoiiiii: j
LAVVIlKNl'i:. limjor
TIMlirilV J MDV.N'AIIAN. major
llKlllldi: I" I'ATTllX'. lieutenant.
vv.vniir.N vv lokkkk. .rimini
KAIM1KS I'll'IIIMIVVK'll. ruol:
KVKIIKTT 11 Ill'ltlV. nrlvnle.
HAVII) II IIII.LCM'K private
HAIlllY y Will DM AN, prllHte.
TOW VVISMKI nrlvsle.
JAMi:S .1 WVATT. rrllHte.
will imlillsli thn foetid ,,,n linn tlm tltiin
of
War
WS.S.
1SIUX0YTKS
WOTTED STATE
fXrVBJUKMZKt
Vj
AT'i '" lT'T-lVrVfrlltJ1rffi1lrl rTfirfJM- "f-MiiTJilr'
MARCH 20, 1918
QVDM A IV VfifiT)
VIUlWlllH 1 1 JJiJ
CRISIS FORESEEN
Demand for Rations
Caused Big Drive, Re
ports Indicate
nnrU Vnf ltITr ID IWl.'T I
Wu.hlnutnn. Maioli IS. i
licrmnny's military masters arc
I peeking to feed their vassals on
empt "victories" again Instiud of food
This Is the conclusion drawn here
today, follow lng riielpt of olllclal InTor
nmllon by this Covernment showing the
prospects of a food crisis tile next month
or two lu Cicrmany. No one lu authority
scilously believes llermany will starve,
Hut many saw In tills olllclal re port to
day support for the War Depattnient
statement that Internal political con
siderations forced the drive.
tleimnny's eastern granary Is nit vet
open, and tho ptospect uf unrest was
one compelling motive for the west-front
gamble, apparently.
So tho Kaiser, sitting safely behind
the shambles of the Scvmne, Is cabling
back that his armies are victoriously
capturing a terrain tho bodies them,
selics devastated. Ho Kiyi nothing of
the hundreds of thousands killed,
wounded or missing lu the "vinery"
The olllclal report Indicated meat and
bread rations may have to be cut again,
while transportation is li.inipeilng milk
shipments to tho Industrial centers.
"If Germany" lias to uly on her
present resources," said the teport, "she
will have to endure privations even(
gleater than sbo lias hitherto indiired."
Meat shortage has forced Hreslau to
eat dog meat. Tlm municipal abattoir
there reported that last enr. 711 dogs,
1417 horses and 5C,"i goats weie butcher-
eil there. Horse meat has been com
mon, but tlog Is a v ar Innovation.
I'lovpcul of fair lelds of vegetables
by June offera some hope to the Teuton
stomach.
Shoitage of horses Is hampering spring
planting 1'nriners were recently warn
ed that the spring drive would lake the
horses and that they must umj oxen and
cows Instead.
Cvcrjwhero within the empire, lueak
dovvn of the once marvelous railroad s.vs
tern In i leafing havoc Berlin's suppl.v
of meat has been frequently Interrupted
by transportation illflicultlcs.
Bavaria Is practically without cheese,
a nourishing and Important nrtlclu lu
tho workmen's diet, but war workers
have been, furnished limited supplies of
Alpine cheese, the Coveriunent taking
this special action to prevent unrest
Brewing of beer has been testrlcted
H step which probably would be taken
only under the most piesslng need
In Hamburg, It Is reported, horses
have been put on oats rations because
ot the extreme scarcity ot feed, each
animal being allowed three pounds of
oats a il.iy.
I WOMAN SHOT; REFUSED
TO COME TO THIS CITY
lllehmiiiid, n March M-- William
Woody, a plumber, twenty-six. was ur -
i.ilgned today on the charge nf shooting
Jlrs. Adolplius P .aniie. tvvenlj-foui,
because. It was alleged, she tefiised to
accompany him In Philadelphia where he
was planning to go to woik at Hog
Island shipyard Woody was there te
icntlv In quest nf a position unci stajed
nt Mrs. Van Horn's boarding biuse at
i:ight-severith strict and Ilartram live.
1 nue. ,
I Woodv accompanied tiie vvoniau to the
'ihovles last night and tho shooting oc-
I I urred after she returned to her board
1 lug houie Siie vvas shot through the
I rhBl and is 111 it serious condition. Her
husband is iu ii sanitarium In North
, Carolina. , .
Woodv tocU denied nil knowledge of
1 tho shooting and protosled Ids Itmoecnsc.
The case went over until May 1.
Get
Our
the Front!
You've got to help them
you've got to meet their needs
and if you can't go over, you can
buy War Savings Stamps. $4.14
(in March) and pay you $5 in five
years. Get them anywhere but
TODAY
LIBERTY BONDS JUMP;
$1,700,000 WONE SALE
Second Fours Rise, to $97.02 in Active
Miuket Total Sales More
Than $24,000,000
.Ne lorK, March 26. Liberty llonds
of the second Issue soared to $97.82 at
noon today following the larRcst single
transaction ever recorded on tho Stock
Kxchanpe. Martin? n buying campaign,
which by 12:4,' o'clock had totaled
10,000,000 for tho day. C. 1 Harney .
Co opened up by buying $1,700,000 of
Liberty ts tit $07.60.
At 1 1 Ft ft'i'lnrtr (raillne In Iw.tiHtf tin ft
-.1,.l 4-AnAr.nA i.i .i.i i.-.i
iviiuii'i c iiivv,vuv unci tun iiuwiMh unu
leached $07.CJ, u block of $000,000 colnB
at the latter figure.
llaiikers are ell i,lend will, l,e
provisions of the next Ooernment loan
. v " .
as announced by Secretary McAdoq last
night Tho rate of 4'i jvr cent, they
assert, and tho conversion features of
Ihe outstanding Issues will steady th
market ami pievent exresslvo llquldap
lion .
YORK JAILS CITY MAN
FOR PRAISING KAISER
Richard Scifert Accused of Making
Seditious Remarks Dorn
in Germany
Hlclinrd Selferl, a dealer In women's
wearing apparel, on tlm second floor of
M10 Arch stieet, was ntrested tnduv lu
York, Pa., on charges of making mll
tlous remarks, and was committed to
Jail to await n hearing before United
States Commissioner Samuel B. Mclsen
heldcr. While standing in Hie Pcntfsvlvnnla
Itullroad station at York recently. Sel
fert Is accused of openly lauding tho
German Kaiser and severely criticizing
I'nlted States Government otllclals.
Hills Baker, assistant baggage agent
at the York station, tesentcd tho te
marks of Selfert and told him that bo
had two brothers, both of whom were
not In tho draft age, fighting In France.
Selfert, ll Is ulleged, said they both must
bo crazy
.Selfert Is slxt.v-two jears old undrwns
born in Saxony lie admitted to Chief
of Police Biittorff, according tn a dis
patch from York, that bo Is not untuial
lzed and bad failed to register as an
alien enemy.
LENINE'S FALL NEAR;
PEACE FOES GAINING
Bolshev'ik Premier to Be Forced Out
by Kncmics, Gcrmun Paper
Declares
Heme, March 6.
The fall e.f Nikolai Lenlne, Premier In
Ilussla's Bolshevik Government, Is Im
minent, according to the Frankfurter
Zeltung, copies of which havo been re.
eelved here.
Tho accession of Socialists nnd thoto
who repudiated the recent peaco treaty
with Germany to power Is considered
Inevitable, the paper tald.
Lenlne was tlm strongest of the Bol
shevlkl In favor of signing tho treaty
which mado peace between Germany
and Russia. Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik
Foreign Minister, who conducted the
negotiations, nt Brest-Lltov.sk, was op
posed to the treaty as llnally adopted,
linOTHKRS-IN-LAW AT OUTS
i st Who Mnrrleil' Sisters; in Row
i"ln "l' ncii .listers in now
uvcr tiousenoiti viooas
1 1) man Budd, an automobile express
man of Paulsburo, N. J., was held In
$30(1 ball for ourt today by Mayor An
derson, of Gloucester, nccused by John
W. Harbison, of 117 Market street.
Gloucester, of lemoving every piece of
furniture from his homo.
Budd and Harbison are married to
sisters and lived together at the Market
street address until last Saturday. Then.
It was alleged, Biidc) becamo angry and
vi lib bis autotruck "moved" Harbison's
fiirnltiilo to his newly rented house.
Harbison Is a conductor for tho Phila
delphia Ilnpld Transit Company In this
city. '
Back
ys
Stamps
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US. EN!
fa
. IN BIG BA'
n.
h,
Two Regiments Fight Ga
lantly on British
Front
rfl
IN CROZAT CANAL ZONI
Pershing Reports .America!
Participation in Great
.Picardy Fray
Wanlilnglon, MnrcT) S6, V
American engineers havo apparently,-
Buffered losses In tho German west; 51
-',V .'iiqiiniti-, fctJwtfl
Caught In tho Teuton ons-Jt. ui In IhO W1
nrst battle of Cambral, they havo fought1 S.
gallantly. Their losses will be small, an fxm
only two regiments arc within the 'ilrltt,W;fS
inn uuuie uno ana mere wero uniyii ,
tt,,-A .. i ... ..:,,":. .w .''. ..iSdi
....-- iv,i'iiiicd in 'no crnuii can'ii ,j i
irKion. iienin sougut to males It ap- V '
Tienr Hint M.nr... nw I... -I..CI- - .. ' .1
, . ....... ,. .nutu u. ..-n ni&uuiu rU-'i-V
tervn force had been defeated tliera. 1 .
First authentic report of the par- ? !f'fi
in- pauon oi American . rorces In the -W-ji
lighting Incident to the German rfriv ,,
vvas sent to the War Department byvyrtllj
General Pershing. 1$r
Till, KlMluna frn, ll.n.,.l 11. l.lu t. ?tr Hi
.. ..ov ..u.i, iniivini i-tntiiiiK in , '
believed to be the beginning of a dally .t?W.
leport of developments on the American '-f '
front to bo forwarded here nnd given
out by the War Department. Si'"'t v
report was requested by General Trc'l
nisi nuiniiiy,
Tho German report gave Chauny as,
the place where tho American troops
were encountered and driven back.
Chauny is about u mile went or the
Crozat Canal nnd about six miles from
l.a l-ere.
It was America engineers who particle
paled with tho British In tho fighting ut
Cambral. Whether these nre tho same
could not be learned, of course. .
AVIATOR K1LLKD IN TEXAS
Another Slightly Injured When Ma
chine Fell at Training Camp
I'nrt Worth, Tex., March 2. Cadet
W. S. McNamnra, of New York city. Is
dead here today and Lieutenant A. X.
I.unstnn, of Toronto, Ont Is slightly,
injured, thn result of a 300-foot fall
fiom an airplane. They wero members .
of the Camp Ktcrmnn flying corps.
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