vas "'.'.' t "-- , "'H -IW . TO WF v-..- - , .-,- , .- I ' ' fc. u v l'l"tf-v. . 'f iKx- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, " MARCH 27, 1918 iJ'".Vl'M,'"v fK'.lr- -' r"s:: WWW X p-$l I r.r . ?. fcfe . . . F t V. S ft K. r j. Vffr . K M i'Y S.'v r 'tfr r r i IIMMRVE ttf JOIN BATTLE l'esh, Stl'Ollg TlOOpS0' Poronno on tho northern bnnk Akmtf fn ' R.ifH.nc ,of tho Sommo lvcr- About to Buttress Front Line Sf&fsVIEW AT WASHINGTON OliUtury Observers Look for ivy- k" T!ntititni-T11ntv Acrninut ("lor. -.4 man Attackers Ma,, f - - WinsiiliiKlon, March 'it. ? tMt front death-caldron n mans u? ' SL. l . .'- mi. i.. i.. !..! 1x4 V 8 " Reruns ixuups. mi iiuuinamun EHjEXiiftS forthcoming from icllablo fcuuiwnl liS'W " today as tho Mrujrplc appeared to EC ,! ' l u..Unt ilnfil .a.1 nnaltli.il "V J 'w in a buiucm uu namviivu ti usttiuii ti!6C. fX ' American foretj Si'ro already taMiiR a f(M srllaTit sharo in the Itoyt-.N'oyrtn vortex, nd It Is belleMul that fon further rAnlerlcnn MrenBtli I' lui-Iudfd tn the Jrfsh reserve to bo hurled at the Cicr 'mans. The riumters of tho allied rcfervo j-annot be revealed under the censorship, but It can be bald tliUn force Id su.1i that fnllltary men be!iev the toclio will b ,Jild and perhaps .mried bad.. Military tti'ate! Ui prevented tii ise ot this re-xcnn before now. Within f.a day or a few iiay it- Ur will bo r more eiTectHo than If It hurt ,. cast Into the UnwW -M.II- the a. an puh a, at it- i,e.si.s. the e. Tp.erts aj-. '.hero 1 tome chance that ' Ijho. Allies.. will dtvelop ii plncer mou- ment, similar In many respects to that which nearly turned the llynj.- dilve at Cambral Into a bad defeat. I In any event Ainerlrnu and Allied! mllltaty men here bay confidently that' while the AUIe mny leld mote eround the boche has abolit hot his 'bolt anil cannot make thlo iMve b lctory. Tlie trrnul-st mit!m!etn nr..itl .. j ,.. ,ti.. otlteone ' Acting Chief of S.tafT March 1 injB00'1 communications behind them. constant touch with rlovelopmenth as The wooded hills, valleys, villages they affect the "whole, Allied problem. ' .i towns offer 17rp.1t terpens and particularly th American end an l0"n "-r treai .creeps. thereof. General hiiks. at the Inter- Allied war council l.s Keeplnc him ad vised of tho most intimate details. A repcrt from (ienernl IHIsi last nlRht teveakd the main facM as ion turned In yesterday's ' coininuiilqueK, while nnother incsHaBe from Oeneral J'ershlnff. rcrhap contalnliiK Interest Ins data on the driv?. was In late last night for decodlnif ., Ueneral March I1.11 promised to she what information he safely can, hh fqoh .id pos&ible. Loss ot territory ineana nothlnc. they said. Loss of men doei, and If the German maneuvered Into a position where ho could push mi to 1'arlH or 1 the ehiiiinel port, then would affairs be critical. Tho German Is losinpr men at a very costly rate, far more so than the Al lien. That is what count, the experts y. So when the iln.il toll Is fiUeti It te believed the drive will ko down as another German "washout," provided the Teuton Ij held In the n;xt f en- da js. BRITISH LINE INTACT; FALLS BACK "SLOWLY Wfcw :x ,ri Ldni011, Jfarch ST. file Brltlnd line , continues to withdraw sdowlj before I the pressure of tho Ciermun ttiussex, acconllnK to correspondents: at British headquarters. Over a large part of tho battlu zone the retirement Ls belim made volun tarily, so as to maintain un unbroken front. Prisoners pay tho udvanco of tlie Germans Is belilud schedule. Monday was the. supreme day for the nrltlsh KUpners. Attacking from north of Knlllera to tho point of Brit ish contact with the Trench, the f!er mans) were held up neaily everyw hern by the ceaseless activity of the British artillery Hie-. Masses of enetiiv troops hldi. ( coming forward In veuves, ugaln and, again attempted to reach their objec- tlves. met with the same fate as the rnr&dlS"..! cecd In.bendlnif back the Piltlsh ttont. It was to conform tho fiont with this Indentation that the 'British fell back during the night, straightening the line. British airmen maUu veritable pan demonium of every center of concen tration of tratllc behind tlie German front. Tens of thousands of inuiidi were Hied, polntblank Into enemy for mations, while, airmen fulfilled effec tively their-rule us "yes of the artillerists. Tho tenacity of the .mumi re- slbtance. tho prisoners: say, exceeded , .,, rr,11(ll Annie. In the Ileld, anything the Germans deemed possl- .March 27. bie. They complain ot great privations Germany's offensive appears to em on account of lack ot supplies and ex- brace two great objectives an effort treme weariness aIo is telling heavily. ' to break up Gieat Biltaln's mllitari Owing to the dense mab-ses of support- '""ft."","? a1"lllc0",,,",br,"U.?n'rn ing troops, however, the enemy ! able ' h, VS?I and 'other open dtles' ter'r" to replenish Ills forward line with fresh observers Just returned troin Paris units:, . 1 and other cities where bombs have been The weather remains dry. thus fa- i thrown ascertained that the civilian vorlnjr the enemy, I morale Is equally us high as that of ' 4- Wilmington, i i. . t ?. V St iV ?C KM2m BRITISH STAND STRONGER THAN IN Continue! from l'nce One retirement. (Bray-Sur-Somme lies between eight and nine miles west Hnlg's Statement Marshal Halg leportcd us follows: "Further loi:al fighting north and northeast of Albert. The situation here is unchanged. In the neighborhood of Bray, as a result uf enemy attacks cn terdny afternoon astride the Sonime, we were forced back a short distance. South of the .Sommo, a heay attack early Tuesday night against our new line wan repulsed after mm ere lighting. At one point jn the neighbor hood of the ricr the enemy forced his way Into our posi.ions, but as thrown back by n counter attack. Striking '1 award Amiens All roads in the Sommo region converge on Amiens, but Hinden burg's most desperate efforts to push j iorwuid to tins place are meeting with tho most stubborn resihtance. Amiens, cigliteen miles boutheast of Albert on the main highway, is obviously Hindenburg's next obje.; tivc. It is of vast strategic import tf 0 nccount 0f jts ulation to VafR elgliXy.as mttm iiway and tl;o K 'chame fort fiv; ,, . ' . . ,, ,. . . ... . ... AmhJlls is situateM. ...... ., .,..., . " '!' h" ,r,t, Arm,M m U,e '''e'o. March 27. With the war-made desert of the Somme battlefield now crossed, fight ing wiD begin to offer certain ad vantages to the Uritisb, who have vamK. lu u1U nuutu, .w.u .,u,t 1 ho lighting is Heavy between tlie converging Ancie and Somme Kivers. !.. IO 1l.. It is hottest around Meulte. south of Albert, where one of Haig's divi sums was n-porieu iiominK us uwu cany nisi nignt. During the afternoon a fierce at' tack niralnbtAuchonvHlers, north of. Albert, was driven off, while north west of Colincamps an entire Ger man patrol was made prisoner. Tho enemy is reported heavily shelling the line between Eamel and Beaumont-Hamel. A report they were in Henuturne was unconfirmed, nun emplacements), but their left at Likewise, a tumor that Germnn 1 this point had been bent shatply back armored cars aro advancing lacks to Ovillers, which Is three miles north confirmation. 1 east of Albert, Just noith of the main This morninp; the enemy was at- Albcrt-Bapaumo highway. CLEMENCEAU SEES - TTT)T? r KJIX l'.ir!, .March 27. "Within forty-eight hours the Allies win oe masters ot tne situu-, rful Britlsh rcsCrves ale just tion," Premier Clemenccau declaicd , . ,, ,, today, upon his icturn from the ' Brnv,,,B " ihe fle!d- front "Enfeebled by considerable losses M. Clemetceau made the state- nnd forced to slacken his efforts, ment in a report to the ministerial tho enemy was checked everywhere council. At the same time ho did I yesterday evening and last night." not attempt to conceal the serious- tle French War Office reported to ness of the situation. daj.. The Premier said Amiens is well "We hold the line from Echelle i0fenf e( and that it is improbab e ,.,,.! the Germans will break through to this objective. The Berlin Local Anzeiger pub- lishes n uispatcn irom Lausanne tie - daring the British saved their en tire complement of heavy artillery. "Only a few French divisions are engaged," Subsccretarv of War Abrami declared today. SMASHING BRITISH FRENCH MORALE, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. of Wilmington, Delaware wishes to announce that neither 'it nor any .of its sub sidiaries or affiliated companies nor any of its officers or directors is in any way connected with or interested in the Allied Industries Corporation or .the s French-American Constructive Corporation, sotiietimes indefinitely referred to as "the Duponts, of Wilmington." Del., March 26, 1918. tacking in the region of Aveluy wood, north of Albert, whilo north of this point the situation was unchanged save for an attempted enemy raid west of Anas. Enemy nil men bomb Amiens nightly. The famous cutlcdral was very nearly hit by u huge bomb. Along tho famous Poziores ridg, astride tho Somme. across the ob- jliterated villages of Ovillera, War-1 lencourt, Lesarn, Nets, Logueval, Montaubau, Mamctz and Courcelctte, tho Germans arc struwing their corpses as they slowly press for ward, losing men heavily, gaining ground slowly. On the east the enemy has reached Mometz, about four miles from ' Albert on tho Albcrt-Combles high way. To tho southeast the Germans are before Hray, located on the Sommc, five miles from Albert. (Br.paumc is about twelve miles northeast of Albert. Wnrlencoiirt is two and one-half miles southwest of i Rupaume; Lcsnrs is one and one-half ;miIes southwest of Wnrlcncourt; ' Courlecutte i-. midway between Albert and Hapaume; Montauban i1- three mile3 west of Combles; Longue- vaj j,, (ilrot, mile, northwest of c-ombje., m,,i ricrog 'is 01l0 and a balf miIcs north of t onpucvnl I m' '" "0rth ' LonMnl.) I I.ndenburg w strmng :dcp era tc- ly to break thiougll the flfty-miL frontnow here, now there un-1 mindful of the huge gaps torn in ( his massed ranks by tho British ; guns. Already he is up to the 1010 ' lino in some places. The British , are using advantageous tactics, ex perts here say, to meet the drive. .., !.t 1 :.. .1... Simultaneously Wltn luiiK.o i direction of Albert, the most furious attacks are being flung southwest- 1 ..:.,.. lin tlirmifrli Tinsiprrs , ward against a lino tin ougn lioaieics , an j tne gt (j0bam forest, curving I . . . . r. ... . .. 1 .- outward toward Roye and Noyon. RosicreSj mentioned as the point n . lw, ,..,,.... hl.vv !lssault is bcin(? tlilOCtecl. is thirteen miles south of Albert. Itoye is nine miles south of Uosieres, while Xoyon is twdvo mC h0Ulhea8t 0f Koye, M in J.. ,.!..kt milna i,,ivt ifisl of NeBle is eight miles nortlieasi 01 Roye.) The British evidently vvcie still hold ing I'ozlcics rldgo (where a previous dispatch mentioned strong maclilne- DECISION AT.T.TER TN-48 HOURS rt.UUlJllO X1N '0 J.XVyvJJ.VkJ , - -- "The bulk of the French army is nwuitini: events, while the most and Staur n lo Beuvraignes and , , . . , , , ., north of Lassigny, in front ol tho Southern part of Noyon and along the left bank of the Oise. ' "Strong enemy patrols attempt- ing to reach our position northwest of Noyon during the night were re pulsed. "An intermittent bombardment i-. continuing along the whole front." ARMY, BREAKING TEUTON DUAL AIM the armies Both aro detei mined at anv sacrifice, to Insure victor The polios on the entire fiont after four months of the most Intensive uoik in defensive iirepatations todav aie keenly awaiting pxtei.tvm o" tlie olfeii slve to the Kiencli sector" Inspired by the Hrltlsh leslstauce. thev are de termined to demonNtiate that their cour age and ability are equal to that of their nllles on tile north. Fully half the German divisions are I v - J- 'jvjiit BretfgTflHffiffHWIiPM,'! A !:- 'l'i t JHUBHBM&V'U'v' HHHWHHWHHHMpiHp CAPTOR OF BAPAUME AND HIS STAFF ?f uLft53 t IS J. i, Gencral Kuehne (tho figure in the center foreground) commanded the German forces which thrust back the Hi itish north of Hapaume and thereby caused the fall of that stronghold. i - ' nott furllllf tho Ilrltl-h. Willi.- n matoi lt.v "itho i "' "''"'!l .Military experts mushier that dvn.-ihtlc re,inniis aie airi-i-lni; the ih-iin.iu of- lell , should the li.i.ulnn i'r"" .' ' "; ," "iiftisije niwin inenMiie I"-. ."'.'" - : IWHI IMU - nun. inn iif-rnian 1 Town rrlin." will taKo tidiant.iRe of the ultiial'.iui t. luuiu h a n'lurol oflenKe In tho I'h.iin IMK'ie reuloii for Hie puipn'e u les'.oi- ing IIoheiizi.ll.ru luetic.. apparentlv been clic. I.e. 1 nrd li.e Teuton If the Bav.il Mil's offeii-lve .1... i mil I advance Is oppn. lahlv .vl.i.k.ni.l. Indl--ucceed the Geiiuuii frown I'rinee m eating general failgii. and Ui.k or sta- llkelv lo i.fialn tiom ..mpiomlsliiK HiKimweis. i ding to llil ish i.r himself. A vi. ir ago whin the G. nnaiiv ' "I"'1 I'-poits to British olllo'als heie letleatK? t.i Ihe Ilin.lenbuig line they '"'.".'..V' , ,...., preiwied what utiqu. stlonablv was In-, " Hie new co nlii.ues he.iucnlng. the . 1 . 1. .1 .... ... ...... ... "'linen lor n VI1SI O.UII''Ilelll. Ull I W ,11c I ,,lp lll)C(, ,,( )11(, h(, ,...,,ml, flir a lenneii ror a vast nait ellcin. uinn w ,i . i fhev honed to line the Kreiu h for a .IffUltr, I. iitl,. u.ci. ivc '"" , The entile pain et. nd.ng noi lliwesl and ninth of St. (jiieiiiln wiih iremidid or iviij tiee, houe ,u.. ollitr olivtaile win, n inigni seive to p oie. Tne i i.tieii i,j,U!.1oii and the ntiess ty of brlngliig , Amiens, highly Important for tho Al triops l.ven the knoll on the southern ' m, .utlllen A leiiewal is e.MRcUd, bin ,, ,lu ,i,,. ,..,.,. u mw.i t the extremity of tho l.lain. vihen Bit. I I'rledrlch'H hunting lodge Is lo .'.ite.l, was denuded of ev. r.v thing i cept the lodge Itself. Through the iinln.in forest, noilliwest of St. rjiieiitiu, the Germans lit vast avenues a hundrid yards wi.lu ami mali.v inlles long for tile purpose of iieiiulltlm, them fii.ui the helglits b liind St ijucn iin to sen any movement of I'lcnc'i tloops. While the Trench did not permit tliem- Hie'" ' vast prearransml battl. Ileld ,sbll unchanged today. The Germans ives to lie lure. I into, the trap, never apparently are leesing again to utilize L H. TROOPS AT Biitlsh, I'lenili and Aincihan troops today are llgh'.Iiifr a tcirillc battle on it front of about thirty miles between the Sommo and the Oise Ulvers. tho southern half, of the (icrnan offensive fiont. On tlie northern half of the battlefront in l'lcaniy, l.c ween the Polnnie nnd Anas, the British mu holding firmly .n a lino through Bray, Albert, Beaumont, Unmet and Wnncoutt. Only local lighting took place there j estei day. I ut tlicie aie liidlca'.Ions tliat Iho (.eiinan; mean to tenevv the battle. Chatilnes, I Wye, Noon and many villages between the Sommo and the olse have been evacuated, nm. tho Cermaus have occupied them. Hut the French aie holding the line of tlie Disc and pi eventing the, enemy brcukiug tliraugli to the south. The front has shifted from live to seven miles westward in tho. last twenty-four hours. 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LAST 3 DAYS Hut Kiound which Is nn-t favorable to tlie (iermaus and unfavorable to tho AlMc--. NEWS "HE A Ii TEXLXG" OPINION IN LONDON New 'V i.rl,. Ml... ll -7 The i mm. ns ..ii the south wing have ' ""," "',, ", -.- ently . lacked on ilie south w ing '1 Ik-m O'llll. ulii,..,l ' '," ',"'.' , ently .lacked ls niiv llulieaHoii to lieucv.' llie tune In the s..utliT.eM has been aiieste.l I..- fr.ro t ljUi, ,hl.,. fui tiler npprt liable .,. cress. A g. neial sla.kenlng of the .ir..(. iH ,. oil. cable, probably due to es- the respite i . .eariy vmcni. TEUTON SOON TO LOSE ADVANTAGE OF ATTACK u an .ice vi in ion " Oltawii, March 27 A dispatch re- eel veil lure from licndi hendiiuart. rs ,eC':,. m Vh . " e, , ; BrltMi ft. mt was compelled to ricoll under lh! hammer blow a of the Germans - inevitably a move that was fully forc hien by the AIMuI staffs eounler-mcas- CRUCIAL POINT lut St. Sv."!.'4 MJPBfc'i VJ--ttj4VKVT tires prepared In advance will take effect at the right moment. . . "Thedo Hmt days of tlio Imltlo pre sumably mark hlKh-water level of the German ndvnnco." tho dispatch con tlnuen. "Tho enemy Btlll enjoys the ndvantniro of tho offeimlve, nnd Is nble to select tho point where tho blow Is to be Hlmed, while We aro obllRed to disperse by means of defense and to rover nil points vvhero tho blow might fall. "That advantage, as tho history of war has tnuulit us. Ik one that ipiickly 1 paKeH every hour and-brlns us nearer to the moment when the Allied armies In l-esnrcn will be rendv to intervene. Before tint moment tomes IIlndenuutR must hale achieved tho decision or bo, prepared to see It Co ucalnst him. "Hitherto with thrice the human ma terial and means employed by thn-i Kruich mid British armies last voir. the enemy gained proportionally less than the Allien did In n series of bril liant attneks beBlnnlne with Vlmy Bldco and Hiding with the Malmalson fort. All Mich operations result In the ff.ilu of ground exactly proportionate to the accumulation of men, material nnd means behind tlie attacking front. An the tleriiiun. lime been able to He riimhile a areHter force behind the front I linn the AllleH have eTen been aide to athlete, tlietr HiMnnre him been proportionately hnlBer nnd greater." ARMY AT ALBERT, SAYS IIERLIN WAR OFFICE Berlin, March 27. 1 The latest olllclal report, Issued last ntplit, says: "A new phase has set In In the tiemendous battle on both sides of the Homme The utemy Is letrcat Ins: on a wldo front "Durlw the pin suit we have already viossed nt many points our old positions bernrc tne tsomnio battle In 1U1B in a; westerly direction. "We aie before Atliert T.llions, lloje' and Novnn have luen talien " VeMnicia mm ulna's o.llcl.il slatemcut, mid tin mnnhii of KUns raptured bv ihe Gum tie. so far iias increased to iiCII Mole than 100 tanks are lylnK pi cap 1 tur, i leiopionK. it I ildited. Tie tixt of the statement renrN 1 1 1 ontliiuutlon of the mint battle , !i Kiuri.e our Hoop veteiday achlevid flesh "MciesseK llnRllsh dlvlslonu, , bioiiKbt up fioin l'laudtrs mid Italy, and Kreiiih illvlslons threw themselves 1 inh'.ilnst 0111 troops In despcratu attacks. j Tllev wile defeated. ' "The ainilis of (luieral von Below and I I General von der Marvvltz have finally malntalnul themsflves In l.rvlllers after' a hot and riiutatlnK battle, and III their 1 advance against Aelilet-le-tlrand cap- I 'tilled the vlllaties of Blhutourt, Blef vllleis and Gievlllevs. They nl-o have iaptur.il Irles and Mlraumont and have cio'd the Ancre Blv'ir. ' "KiirIHi tioop. treshly brouglit for waul, attacked violently on a wine .fiont from the dlrntloii of Albert. The enemy was dtlvcn hack after n bitter 1 --ttllESlc. "v e liavo cros-eil tho Hapaume-Al-licit load near t'ounelettn and l'nzlcics. To tin1 soutii of l'eroiiiie. General von llof.icl.er has forced a passage across Hie Sonime and has taken by storm the I height of Maisonnette, which was so hotlj contested III the Somme battle of lftlli, as well as the villages of Biai hes and Barlaux. Stiong ineiny countei attaiks. vvoie tliemtelvis out before our lines. HOPE TO SAVE AMIENS FROM HINDENIWRG . ' Wtittca Jttr Ihc Unltnl iVrss) , ' N'ew urk, Marcli 27. The British defenses before Amiens aro holding against new German at- tacks. mmo htun ol- (inrrn, Mliuilt0.8'ri.. diction of this afternoon that thu tier- ZMyo"L!ia K""" ""'" bie" The captur.i of Albeit by the Ger- j ni;um (s mrt;1. feCf)lularv t tll0 taUnB of Amiens. Albert is without strong ' atuial defenses, and ts abaiidoninent I hy lh Ilrltw, 1Carf no mole than an Intention to strengthen their positions, blocking tho load to Amiens. , ,.Kvei''thluj,n the sector south of Al , tiert 1md Immediately bordeilng the , Sommo milit give wav to the prime ob i jectlvo of pieventlng Amiens fulling Into Illndonbuig's possession. Tlio Krelidi rc-enfoi.'eincnts mentioned by General Maurico this afternoon as rapidly approaching tlio battlefront probably aro icservea bilng dispatched Strawbridge & Clothier The Second Floor, East, in Easter Attire With Handsome Spring r0 Tn The LIGHT-WEIGHT OVERCOATS, also from these two manufacturers, at $25.00 to $40.00,'.. aro exceedingly attractive. Then the Thexton & Wright, of London, Top Coats at $35.00 to $-15.00, art splendid garments. An excellent light-weight Overcoat at $18.00. An attractive assortment of the popular FLANNEL SUITS at $20.00. 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Tho Trench Piemler's prophecy that within forty-eight hours the Allies will bo mantels of the situation dons not necessarily mean that successful major counter-attacks will then havo fuen operative, It docs mean, however, t.i.u the German strength for further at tacks will by then have lost Its meivie ivic- "Z ' ' Ing power It may no some tune tne after beforo the Allies' eomitcr-strok delivered. lus become a Tho Allies now tely whtre to trength. and 11s At present the battle lus become race with tho reserves. ntmarentlv know deflnlt limit their re-enforced strengtl soon as this work Is completed I linden burg's drive vvlU bo over HAIG HOLDS. RESERVES, VORWAERTS WARNING AnmteriUm, March 17. Warning that the British ure withholding for tho pres ent strong reserves Willi which to ut tack tho German troops from the Hank vva.' sounded In copies of the Berlin Vor vvaerts, tecelvid hero today. Vorwaerts declared tlie people aro Jovous at the nevvw from the west front, which Justifies the hope of peace. The nevispaper condemned the "re vengeful talk" of tho l'an-Germnns, TEUTON PAPERS ADMIT FAILURE TO BREAK LINE The llncue, March 27. Tho 1'rankfurlcr Zsltung admits that the Neiv 5 Arrow Collars casco 1 CLYDE 215 Impart that smart military ap pearance so mticn (K'sireu perfectly nntl liavc ample CUTIT, lT.AUODY k CO.. Notice to Taxpayers ONE PER CENT. DISCOUNT is allowed on CITY am! SCHOOL TAXES FOR 1918, if paid on or before March JOtlt. Owing to the change in the tax rate, it is advisable for Taxpayers to procure their bills in advance of date of intended payment. Tax bills may be obtained at Room 102, City Hall, or will be mailed on written request, when a ttclf-addrcssed stamped envelope is enclosed. ', WATER RENTS arc ! bills should be made at once convenient to avoid tlie ritsli of water rent payers during I the closing days of May. After May 31st five per cent. I penalty will be added to all water rents, on schedule charge, remaining unpaid. ' PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX bills now (fit?. X penalty of five per cent, will be added after July 01st. W. FREELAND KENDRICK, Receiver of Taxes. Clothing for Men While we cannot emphasize too strongly the superior quality of our Men's Clothing, the authentic styles, per- fopf fit- !inrl flriijiriintonrl wnrkmnnViin tlm nutaf anrlinrr feature REMARKABLE VALUES is cial consideration, we nave never had a more elaborate collection of Spring Clothing hundreds and hundreds of the smart ultra-stylish Suits tor the man with a taste for youthful styles, almost unlimited selection for men who demand conservative fabrics and models Suits for men of every size, Suits in models and fabrics to meet every style demand. The Spring Suits Start at $15.00 Even ut this modest price, our Suits aro of exceptional merit. Then, on to the $18.00, $20.00 and $22.50 Suits, mada for us by lelinbla and high-class manufacturers. The Stein-Bloch Co., anil Hart, Schaffncr & Marx Suits at $25.00 to $50.00, are up to their usual high standard of excellence a statement that is of special significance to tho thousunds of men wljo are familiar with Cloth Intr bearinir these labels. Snrinir Broken lines Men's - . An nllraflll.A ,Strawbridie...& Clothier ' tt ii TUAr,ii"AttMw S."".?! ."'? .. where OeZ .... 0,00113 reserve nrniv of ,1 3 to sixty divisions will anrJLV' ""'t? AnmtpilM -tf . The Berlin THch, T' llZlM Smulaj-s date attempt,, lo . mil --i'ccinnong of the German sx,Ti on th, great oITenslve. The Wr SSIT out that It will bo necessnfy I1""011" n, 11-1...1. "vessarj to erlu., the Brltsh army before It Is no.,,4 eak .0W cslsfance. and ViZ ' . ... II J1.1.'., "H'OHSIhlc after a .J;.. , ''! ; s;-.i-i. . 01 miery prctiar.itlii v ut" 1 through ull the lines with n , i1,br'lt 1 1 V'1''1 ""I "!"st. "ot ro"t tn n U'" 'f' unPf,,:Cal ,,,ro,,gh ft""B the fe-' . ' v'. TURKS l-ILLAGE TKEBIZUXD? Atrocities Reported by Greek andf Armeian Refugees T.nii.I.,i, . Mnrcli 27 Atrocltl. ..... t. iVl'XaV' 'H'nc" ns nwrked V.V- of the j inns inio in 1Wrt f T:rfb"'Ii s Is repoited bv Greeks whS ?'; d in Atliena ff0, Th. nWJA-w. Th iiiiivei in jitnena from tho niivi, o,T,i VU,,,W,IJ i"pairii The Turlr ." cused of having pllli,V,.,i ,, ,." "-, caused much PropeityuVit-t' ml r Livestock Committee to Meet I V'abl,.Klon, March 27. The v. fi rq nnd Sim It ltnlru ij.f. niv. ; ers nnd Stock Italsers' mitiee npiioinieii to ntrrlcultural ouestlo: mi o hip wY.7.885g estions win hold Us SS5? meeting Thursday with Secretarv ? 7?i rlcuiture Houston and Food AomfitJ' trator Hoover. "umiriu. i' ric room for cravat to blltle in. INT. MAKERS, TROY, N. Y.. vow mutable, and renuest for and payments made as soon ds worthy of spe Suits snppial at $25.00 HBifjB1 4 ; 1 ' 1 - J I Of neat worsted, blue serge and tweed effectVJ nearly all regular sizes,manystout,snouanuo:""Y Men's $20.00 to $30.00 Lightweight ? Overcoats now S16.00 from our regular stocks and Borne fJVV((tl DUIIIJJIV VUU13) lt tillb UliU JJJVMt"" " W i 1 71 Trousers. SJJaU to uw mv . j. an m i onllnotlnn nf TrnllSCrS. of handJ. some and popular fabrics. Also tn'O spoia lot fe Trousers at $2.75 and f35. , v ft ,S - Strawbrldce & Clothler-SeeooJ oot, Eaif 2C Ar G
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