Euenmo 3ubltc feftger
;Z
THE WEATHER
a V-
Partly cloudy tonlfht and Sunday;
uarmtr Sunday
TKMrKRATimia at men not it
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VOL. IV. NO. 169
SOARING PRICES
OF SUBSTITUTES
CLOSE BAKERIES
Proprietors Declare Cost
of Non-Wheat Flours
Eliminates Profits
200 QUIT BUSINESS
Sell Thefts Ovens as Junk and
Go to Work in Muni
tion Plants
u.,,in? nrlees for Mibstltutes
for
wheat havo caused almost 100 retail
bakers of tills city to toll their ovens as
Junk and
go to won: in munmono
plants.
Bakers predicted today that after
April IS tlicro would bo a largo exodus
from this city of men encaged In baking
uread and cakes, when moro substitutes
will havo to bo used than now.
Many members of the Master Halters'
Association of this city, which Is nf
nilated with tho International Master
Bakers' Aseoctatlon, It becatno known
today, havo actually stopped baking
bread. They eay It's moro profltablo to
buy tho regular one-pound loaf from tho
largo wholesalo bakers and then soil tho
btead at rotall prices.
Tho prlco of substitutes, which In
ludes corn, rice, potato flour und other
Brains, ranees today from $1C.G0 to 2B
ix banel, while flour Is selling nt $11
to $13.00 a barrel. Bakers contond
that It Is Impossible to exist with tho
present nigh prices for substitutes.
Ono of tho reasons for high prices
of substitutes as explained by bakers,
,ts the scarcity of thosa commodities.
It Is pointed out that tho early frott
last ytar damaged tho last output of
corn to such nil extent tliat It Is al-most.lmpos-lblo
to grind It. As a re
sult. It Is necessary to uso potato flour
and barley In largo quantities.
Bakers who havo beon In business In
this city for years and wbo wero unable
to pay tho high prices for bubstltutcs
Xavo sold their wagons and hale, gone
To work In plants where ammunition
Is being made. ,
Georgo Yiirgenseii. GOOO North Fifth
t,trcet, it baker for thlrty-llvo years and
a member of tho Master Bakers' Asoscla
tlon, toduy paid:
"Until a short ttmo ago there wero
about S0O retail bakers In Philadelphia.
At leaBt "00 retail bakers bine quit their
business and havo gono to work either
at Hog Inland or at Kddytlone In tho
munition plant.
"YV nro now charging 8 cents for u
one-pound loaf of bread which, of course.
Isn't till inado of flour. This loaf con
tains arlous substitutes. Tho-'u who
havn't glen UP Ihclr stores hao stop
pod baking Urjfad npd arc purchasing
ina-i from t!io clIffcrcTit largo wholesalo
bakeries und making only a ponny profit i
on each loaf.
"The prlco for flour theso days runs
from 111 to 113.50 a barril, whllo tho
substitutes nro soiling from $16.B0 to $28
a barrel. I predict that inoro bakers
...111 1f flftei. Anril 14 when tllO HOW
i"? rulo goes Into effect as laid down by
tho Unltod States loou aamiiiiBirauun,
wViiMi inteM that wo will havo to uso
V moro uubstltutes than wo aro using now."
That It will soon bo impossime 10 kui.
wheat bread or any food combination
which has as an Ingredient wheat flour
or other wheat products Is tho belief of
hotel men hero today.
Following news received from Wash
ington to tho effect that hotol men had
agreed to stop tho ealo of wheat In any
form, officials of tho food administration
fo- Philadelphia announced that a tele
gram had been received from Washing
ton confirming early reports and telling
that tho food administrators In Wash-
i Ington had notified tho administrators of
Sf tho Allied countries of tho action.
On the other hand, Phlladelphlans aro
called upon today to lncreaso their con
sumption of. meat whllo tho ban Is off.
Thero is too much meat on hand in tho
finding It Impossible to ship It to Uuropo
as rost as it comes in,
COL. HOUSE CONFIDENT
OP ALLIES' TRIUMPH
h "Situation Encouraging," Says Pres
ident's Adviser Alter con
ference lTmhlnclon, Mill ell OU.
Colcncl House. President 'Wilson's con.
jfldentlal advisor, broko his cliaracterls-
BUo s Hence thts afternoun aner con-
Rferrlne with tho Executive at tho WMto
yilouse.
"Tho situation abroad is very encnur-
ajlnff," he said emphatically. Ho ndded
that uersonallv. ho had novtr been In
doubt as to the final outcome, nor had i
th Ppufllil.nt
', fVlnn.l TlnnaA tititrl lltl?ll trlllUtO to
K General Fooh. newly appointed n-
frillsslmp of tho Allied forces.
"TTa nnt nnlv la flin trrp.flfP.Sl Rl.ldler
C?)n Kurone. but also ono of the sreatest
I, diplomats," Colonel House added. Ho
'expressed tho opinion tnat ucnerai rocn
iwonlil ho retained in command nerma.
i nently.
tINSURAXCE "SWINDLE" I'llODE
WHinols State Attorney Investiiriitincr
t ll ax h T 1 l- Ti"v ma Al n HnhAl
iiuf(iu muuu vy A'liu uitioiiui
&. Chlnro. March 30. State's Attorney
Lnovnfl. at th renueHt of Stato Flro
R,llrehat Qamber, began probing today
2.nn allAvA.l ft,., In.ii.ntipa (lMU;lntllA frfiet"
rnere, oamber deciarea reieiations in
Sur written confessions already su
rA will InvnlVA nrnh.nhlv 100 lirrHnnK
rand, show 1600,000 secured In "crooked"
aaiustmontfl.
', Kooert A. Iveltli, lewis ewmarK,
.'Charles 1 Allen and Anton W. Step-
fcank hao confessed, according to Gam
E'btr, by
FIW FOB THIS "WELCII-RABBIT"
oston Judge Puts tho Injrredlents
j of Favorite Dish Together
j, notion, juarcn SO. "ivnai is jour
ln4nier' a Judge asked in court hero
(today when two men were arraigned on
citargs of drunkenness.
' ("Welch," answered the first.
; "And yoursT" repeated the juuge.
. '.'Rabbit." mumbled tho other.
'.Kt put ticm (ogether with 3 flue?.
hotfl'lf fl W M" Showing the
ROOSEVELT SEES HIS GRANDSON FOR FIRST TIME
I lllllllllV" & ' JlllllllllllllllMPTSlllMMBlBlllllMMBBBBMMSlMi---- "w,w,n ft-r' (1
IMPR $ " sLHIIIIIIIHr LHHHIIIIIIIIIIHLIIIIIIIIIIHP ' v -WS?? 1 1
Archie Roosevelt. Jr.. the vounir
hospital, was favored with n visit
Colonel Roosevelt himself.
Thu
RUNAWAY TRUCK '
KILLS TWO BOYS
Driver Held After
i - r r. i i -iir-ii
chine Crushes Lads With
Toy Wagon
l ARENTS PROSTRATED
Two bora were. Instantly hilled today
at Slxty-flrst street and Linbdotwio avc
nuo when a heavy motortruck, funidns
wild down tho ftccp hill on Klxty-llrst
street, fctrutk tho toy cxpft's wagon In '
which they wero rldlns.
They arc:
l.t.1U:r,i CIIAM'AM', elfcii calrt
old, C1BS Columbia acnue, son of
Jtobcrt Chalfant. of tho coal firm of II. i
O. & Ilobert Chalfant,
i'i:kiikam r. r.uAHNii:nv, nrr;
veara old. 1019 Xortli Sixty-third
street, foii ot Itobcrt A. Uuarnlcry,
MiiDcrlntendont of tho Cunningham
IMano Company's factorj'.
According to tho police, Herman Hoe
buck, C00J Media street, driver of tho
truck. left It Btandlnc at Slxty-tlrst
street and Haddington avcaue, a squaro ,
away from tho point of tho fatal ac
cident. While ho-was In u storo nearby
the machlno started slowly down tho j
i,m. Oulcklv It gathered tpeed, and
when It approached tho next crossing
was running about twenty-live miles an
hour,
Tho boys ha.d Jubt Etartod to cross
Lansdonno asenue, tho Chalfant lad
pulllne his friend In tho toy wagon, when
tho truck swung around tho corner,
crubhed them and tho Uttlo wagon
against tho curbing, and dashed on.
It then bhot across tho street, over
turned a stand of tho Union Troduco
Company at C10S Lausdowno avenue,
and, Its momentum spent, camo to a
btop a few feet further.
Policeman McDermott, ot tho Slxty
flrst and Thompson streets Matlon, took
tho jounger boy to a physician's office
neat by. Ho was pronounced dead. Tho
Chalfant boy was dead when taken Into
tho West Philadelphia Homeopathic
Hospital.
M.immit arrested r.oebuck. Jtagls-
! trato Harris held him without ball to
await tho action of tho Coroner.
Tho parents ot uow uujn urn imo
trattd. Tho condition of Mis. Chalfant,
who has been under the care of a nurto
for tho last olght months because of a
iNGiEMEN INJURED
WHEN VALVE BURSTS
One May Die as Result of Col-
lision at Second and
Girard
Two men were Injured ono in thought
.., i, .nine when a locomotlio valio
IW. ..s T" '' - '
Islon with a boxcar on tho 1 lilluucipina
ninn ilth a boxcar on mo i niiauv,....
and Heading Railway track near Second
street and Girard aiciiue. trunk Hen-
not engineer, was rusuvu u, ,j - -
lospUal suffering from burns on tho
face, hands and bordy. K'earney Mann,
fireman. ! thought to bo dying In tho
Itoosevelt HospUnl.
After tlte coiiitw n v- -- ---,"w.rn
companies soon extinguished
i.n Wlrn compauie:
. ' .. iMtiiiilmiees
and patrol
rF&jr!!rjE5r&
the city reap"""-" - - -frriro8tcomCoUio
was proceeding north
nard who hit tho box car which was
BtaTni?elnfnglneer"1a.fd flromon wero tho
W men on tho locomotive As It col
lided wfth the box car tho cabin swerved
and sketched the valve, causing tho ox
ploslon. To Pray for Victory in England
London, March 80. "Victory prayers"
will bo delivered In many .English
cl urches tomorrow. I'relates are urg
fng that special Intercession Bfrvicea ba
!Jf,i in ask Plvlne ad for the Allied
'.'li0.!.! a struggling nealnst tho
""'' V. -- l IIS-nnfM.
Oerman iiono --
son of Cunt.iin Archie Uooscvolt.
yesterday at his homo in Boston
Ind'a mother is watching
tlie first
grandson.
FINGERPRINTS
IDENTIFY 20 OF
TUSCANIA DEAD
Ma-,UI' "epytncnt AscertuinsAmel.ica Force(1 to P.lU.j.
Names oi Victims ot J ornetlo : o.. ..m tum. i
Attack on Transport
Wnftlilnclon, March Si.
TttLlity unlilentllled dead of tho Tus
canla havo been Identllled by means
iC ilngerprlnts, tho War Department an
nounced this afternoon
Tlio Identllled men, all prlv.it" eohllcrs.
aro
c.iiour.i: . Ai.ru i.v.
IIIIIMIII .'. IIIIA.VLAMI.
.ioi; COCIIHAN.
i.i:on.iiii ii. i)i;tiim.n
kosi:mm iiia..
IlI.roN I.. I'.IIMIIMISDN,
I'f.OltHM'IO DIIIAS.
uim'Aiin r. n:i tti;it,
iixto.v ii.oiii:.
(.UAiiin.viM, (i,n. .
r.IMVAltn C. IIUAHA.MI.lt.
VIIAMC KOSSAr.lll.
.lOtr.lMI .AIAUT1.
miv mu.nc.!ti:ii
iii:n v. owi;s.
CI.AItKNCJII l'AUI.
.iuan a. vnnv...
OM1IS CAltl.O.
CVHII.d KODKIGt V.
ltlCIIAKll M'HUI..
AllTIICK hl'K ACII.
PA1KICK It. IVIII1I..
l'AUI, A. WILLIAM.
IKM'.IMI YHAICIA.
I'LVIIIi T. l'LI.LIIV, I'liuk.
VOMAN AND MAN HELD
AS AIRPLANE PLOTTERS
- -
Federal AccnU Seek (Junir Hnmncr-
ieuer.il iif,enis otth mini, Jiuiiiin.1
ing Government Wnr
I'roeram
h
e ..rk, .March 20 -Following
alleged ndmlbIons which lead Federal
otl'.clals to bc!leo they havo located a
group of plotters nigaged In hampering
tho CJovcnitiiont ulrcruft program, au -
thorltleH today took Into custody Airs.
I.ydla Whlto. teniy:uye. aim preoerira
Arnoldl. a boarder, at her HempRtead, L,
I home. Hoth wero arraigned beforo
United States Commissioner Matthews,
at Newark, and are being held on 110,-
000 ball as manual wiinesrcn.
ment.
Canada Plans for Daylight Mill
(illHHii, March 30.--Tho Canadian
daylight saUng bill corresponding to tho
meabiiro which becomes effective In the
I'nlted States will probably bo passed In
about a fortnight. When tho Senate re.
Mimes April s. da light salng and mov.
lnc tho clocks forward will ha tho hrst
luiportant pleco of legislation beforo it.
AMERICANS IN FRANCE
. WIN COMMISSIONS
Amontr Promotions Is That of
George M. Harding, Phila
delphia, to Captaincy
Wu.liliik'loii', itarch 30.
The Wwr Department today nnnounced
- IroSlonVlJen
i oinmMlOIlwi 0n iccommendatloii of
-,.inmUlt..llwi 0n
neral I'ershlng
(Jeorg A T,,or
They aro:
rue, captain: Hay Ford
ricrco and William I., quiiuan, nrst
lieutenants, and William I'. I Sinclair,
Seymour lllalr, Percy Strong, Homer Wt
Ward, Hugh Gallagher and Thomas V.
Shirley, second lieutenants.
The following national army men also
were commissioned:
Alton Miller, Ualtlmore, lieutenant
colonel In ordnance department: James
II. Hlaunt. Washington, major In the
officers' rescrvo corps, and Francis
Fronczaik, Buffalo, N. V major In the
medical corps, and William' J. Cameron.
Oak Park, 111., major In quartermaster's
corps. National Army.
The folI6wlng wero made captains:
Frank W. Hoover, Washington i Par
ragh Do I.ancey, Waterbury, Conn.:
Harry 11 Wells, Washington, Pa. ; John
J, Iuehns, Hoboken, N. J. : Tage V. IL
Spires, Jfow York J Edward II Johnson,
New Tork: William J. Mathows, Fort
Leavenworth. ICaiuj Gtorgo M. Harding,
10 South Klghteenth street, Philadel
phia: Charles Kdwln Heurs, Portland,
Ore., and Itogcr Horner (Jarrett, Wash
ington. Battle Lines Past
.Y'-iinHainT. "" concerned oier the situation
Sved at X Cuf iTs 1 ngneeHng Cor- ln r. Faring tho probability of a
Oration wlilch Is rnam"fa.turli.g law Btrong Austro-German drlvo soon, ltal
numbers of airplanes for tho Uovcrn- Is now getting lesj than 40 per cent of
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1918
f oryrlsht. Underwood A. 1 nlertvoo
whn i lvlnp wnumlpil iii ii I'rpiH-h
from no less a personage Omit
meeting of grandfather niul
POUND AND HALF
OF BREAD A WEEK
otic Sacrifice in Wheat
Conservation
FAMILY TABLE NOW HIT
-
Wiishlndon, Match 3".
Amorira today hit Urn rntiglicsl food
load thus far traieled in tho w.ir.
Tho titanic Job of suppl.i lug laigland,
l'r.mco and Italy with mlllcieiit ceieals
to maintain tho morale ol the troops
ami people has reached tho point whero
tho American table is forced to rnako tho
greatobt pacriflco oJC Ha hlstorj.
Jndhlduals mo limited to a pound
and a half of wheat a week and hotel
men aro pledged not to bono wheat
ilou In any form until tlin Jicxt linrvcbt.
( T.ro will bo plenty of meat, houoicr,
to Idaho up for tho wheat bread lack,
meath'ta dajs having been abandoned
for thirty day.
J.iiKlIsh market lepotts received bj I
I tho food administration today showed
tho weekly avnago of homo-produced
meats reaching principal markets idnco
January I to bo but 5u.uu0.000 pounds,
against 227,000,000 for tho samo period
of 191C.
Corn is called upon to 1111 tho wheat
i gap for tho home, lleglmdng tomor
row corn shipments to Kurn'io Flop for
two months tlio ceiminatlnir mmuh.
Thousands of bushels will thus bo made
avnllablo for homo consumption, and
5?nnaB0 !mI wllcat wlu 1)0 rfca' for
i Europe. It 1H estimated that 20.000.000
bubhcls of wheat will bo shipped acrocs
during April.
Desplto tho faot that twico the ton.
i "I"0 Is nccMsary for tho haul from
KuonoB Aires to Liverpool, 150.000.000
bushels of Argontlno wheat will bo
poured Into tho Allied bread bin bo-
, (,ldcu tho supply necebsarv for Cuba.
Argentine wheat, however" can't brine
rcllet ,n I:urope 4r tno months, and
In tlio interim America must carry tho
load.
Itulj'n Sfrl.n ivislit
Food administration oftlclals nio par-
her normal food requirements. De
fleiency In transportation fucllllles, labor
shortagB and lack of machinery havo
cut production there In all directions.
llut pending tho next hariest. which
holds out great hope, the country ap
pears willing to undergo sharp curtail
ment In bread supply, according to of
lldnl reports here.
Tho residents of Grimes county, Texas,
for Instance, havo pledged themselves to
glvo up nvery bushel of wheat within the
county limits for war needs. Flmllar
action Is expected ehewherp
Corn l'roductlon Mlmululed
Meantime, to facilitate the Ufa of hub-!
Mituim, coin mining equipment Is rap
Idly being introduced and already possi
ble production of rormneal and corn
"-J Ej-1 fW5
proms nro expecicu soon. Iioxt year,
it Is estimated, corn will releaso B0,
000,000 bushels of wheat for war needs.
Already with tho limited grinding ma
chinery available, 10,000.000 bushels of
wheat havo been saved by substituting
corn.
Increased planting by fnrmeru gives
officials hero high hopes of record crops.
Spring wheat acreage will exceed any
thing In history, it Is said. Winter
wheat acreage Is 42,)00,000 acres,
,000,000 acred aboio tho provlous high
mark.
"Tlio service that wo nsl; of you,
that wo nsk of every well-to-do, overy
Indopcndont person In the United
Stutea toduy, Is that ho shall abstain
Continued on I'ute l'our. Column Htxto
THREE OFFICERS DIS3IISSED
Army Men Convicfed of Drunken
ness and Absence Without Leave
Washington, March 30. Three officers
have been discharged from the urmy, fol
lowing court-martial on charges of
drunkenness or being absent without
leave.
First Lieutenant Amos Ht. Cooper,
medical corps, national guard, and First
Lieutenant Kdwnrd J, COx, 126th Held
artillery, were tried at Camp Cody,
Demlng, N. f. 1'oth wero accused ot
being drunk "to the disgrace of the mil
itary service." First Lieutenant John
V. Keller, 308th Held artillery, w-as tried
at Camp Dl. N. J. He was absent
without leavo for twenty.two days,
anj Present Appears on the Back
FRENCH MEET
ON 24-MILE LINE; RESERVES
FIGHT;
ATTEMPT TO GAS
AMERICANSFAILS
Germans Also IMake Un
successful Effort loShell
Town Behind Lines
VISIT ENEMY TRENCHES
llaher Bach to American
Headquarters in France
Willi Hid American nn in
1 'ranee, March V0.
N'owton 1. IJalicr. tfie American
Secrotary of AVar, jlh returned to
Amcilcin hcadquartera Thin inorn
lne he strolled about Incognito,
convcrsltiff with enlisted men. mili
tary chauffeura and entries, nono
of whom iccotfnlzcd him. I-atcr Jlr.
IJ.ilccr conferred at bomo lrnsth
with Cicneral l'crshlnu leerdlng
tho Rcncrul bltuation. Ho bald ho
vould rccclvo tho correspondents
on Saturday.
Tho Secrctjrj ti,pied' Into a
Rarago and asked tho clmufl'ciira
how they vero "KCttltiB on." Kono
of them recognized him, and when
ho had left, ashi.il "who that In
qulbltlvo Chilian mj."
llllli tlm AmrrlcMn
.rinr In l'rnncr,
March Htf. ,
Tho Germans tiled to "gat" a cor
tain Mllago blilnd the American front
today and also to destroy It with In-.
i ucndlary bhells, but a high w Ind tprang
up, whIUi blow away tho poisonous
fumes and a rainstorm put out tho fow I
l,lr's that llnu lcu Marted.
I T,1 Oermana opened nro agaitift the ,
, vlllago at 10 o'clock Tluirtday night and
kept It up until 3 o'clock j esU-rday
morning, throwing Hbout 1000 fhellj,
Thtso Included high explosives, gas.
Hnml"icl allu Incendiary shells. Tho last, j
'" bursting, gaio off lun'ca which irri
tated tho eyes and caused sneezing.
Tho flio Intrepid Americans who pene
trated tho Herman tnnchcsi this morn-1
lng, uiplurlnu four llavarians, ltilllng
on and -wounding oro other, wero: -
Lieutenant Gcorgo Ilodvtood, llulU.
more.
Corpurat Henry Morgcau, Chorry Vul
ley. Mars.
t'riwito Edward Armstrong, Slarianna,
' !'
J'rhato Carson Shumate, Ada, V. Va.
I'rlvato Ilcrnard Holt, fa'outh lletlde-
hem, l'a. j
Tlio operation wat carried out at 8 .
ii'clock and thn Hermans) wero taken
wholly b surprise. Tho Americans re
turned safoly to their own llne.i itl
their prlfonera.
Tho Americans had blackened their
faces with burnt cork so that thev
could not bo distinguished and i.irrlfd
only hand grenades, automatic plhtoli
and clubs. Tho men et out silently and
the oporatlon was completed with thn
utmost caution.
As tho Americans left, German re-enforcements
fumo up. llring wildly Into
"Xo Man's Iind."
"It's lucky I speak German or ono of
theso prisoners would halo beon liilltd,"
raid Holt "Ono German ran awuy and
another farted to follow him, but 1
yelled after Mm -'Dutch, If you don't
btop I will rhoot.' Ho stopped --other-1
wlm I sure would haio winged him." l
Tho prlsoneia nro from the samo
division a.i tho"o that raided American
positions last week, leaving a oro of,
dead la our trtnclus and In the barbed
wlro. This proves that tho enemy haa ,
not drawn on this sector for reserves for '
this offensive.
lleforo tho raiders started out they
cut off their shoulder straps and other
Insignia and left behind their papers
and Identity discs. Iledwood had such
a bad cold ho waH barely ablo to whis
per and wan tlatod at thu conduct of
his men.
THIEF'S PISTOL TAILS;
DETECTIVE KILLS HIM
Man Caught Trying to Open Army!
Equipment Car, Says
Officer
A bullet tired by a railroad delectlvo
killed Itobert 12. Statler, twenty-four
cnrs old, of Sixteenth etrect near
Columbia aionuc, today, as he was about
to open a freight car near Whitemarsh
c6ntalning equipment for tho United
States army.
According to tho authorities of Mont
gomery County, Statler nnd another man
attempted to rob a freight train. When
called upon to surrender. It Is said,
Statler pulled a revolver from his pocket,
but tho trigger failed to work and Stat
ler was shot.
Havana Results
1'IIIST BAnn. furlonni:
Cardome. 118. Klffeer. 3 to 1 I
Ovvna. 112, Caul i
Ludy Capricious. 112,
to B a to 8
to 8 S to B
.... 4tol
Miner ...!..,
Tlm. I '03 2-8. ,
SECOND HACD, G furlones:
Freedom. 112. lineman.. 4 to 1
Kntahdm. 111. Collin
bcylla, luO. McCrann
2 to 1 oven
a tos I
nm., i;u. o-u.
T1IIUD ItACi:. 0 furlonn:
nierman, toe. Iiurlte...l0 to 1 I to 1 2 to 1
Oratmere, 107. I.uniford eien lto2
I.yltlu. 101, Collin. 3 to S
Time, l:lt3-3.
4
itot Springs ltesuits
HRST 11ACB, BW furlonm
Word, of Wl.aom. 103.
Uur.ch S to 1 2 to 1 eien
Martre, 104. Band.... evui lto 2
tt 1..1 ioi. J. O'Brien 3 to 1
Tim., 1:0. . . ?..
Kwrvwo TlACn. 1 1.1A mllei!
Idy Ward. 103.Krlc.on 7 to 1 s to S 1 to 2
u.n,2w.,li.4,.,&i?roii! ::'.:; I.'.0.1.0 i l t
mm. 1 llt l.n
TIlIiiD iiACB, e furlonj.i ...J
Jock Hcot.JlH. .Wakoft, 7 to j 1 to S
Ton a' th. itornlng-, 121,
WarrlnstoD StoB
UrlnsUuMt. 113. Ander
son .................. ..... .....
Time. 1:14.
out
out
Corrxranr, 1018, M me
H AIG LOSES MEZIERE
960,000 GERMANS IN GREAT DRIVE
About eighty German divisions (000,000) have ulrcady partici
pated in tho offensive in I'icardy. Jinny of these were badly mau'.cd
and nro unfit to return to tho firinp; line. Fresh divisions aro bein$
hurried toward tho front by tho enemy.
Against the British niono forty-one divisions were hurled tho
first day of tho battle; 11 moro the second; 4 moro tho third; 9
more tho fourth; 6 more the fifth; C more the seventh; 1 moro tho
eighth, and about 5 thereafter.
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FORTY LOST AS BRITISH
DESTROYER STRIKES MINE
' LONDON, March 30. rorty men weie lost when a de
stroyer stiuck a mine and sank, the Biltish Admrialty announced
this evening.
BRITISH HOLD POSITIONS ON THE S0MME
LONDON, Match 30. "North of the Soninie the situation is
unchanged," the War Office announced thU evening-. "South of
tho Somme wo maintained our positions.'
SOCCER
VETERANS 2
FAVORS DEATH IPENALTY FOR ESPIONAGE
WASHINGTON, Mnich 30. Members of the intelligence
s :viee of the War ami Navy Depnitmeuts, the Fostoffice De
paitmcnt anil the Dcpnttment of Justice nppeaied before the
Senate Judicial y Committee this afternoon anil moused that com
mittee to action.
MRS. RENA MOONEY ADMITTED TO BAIL
VSAN XRANCISCO,. .Maich. 30. Mrt Bena-Jrloonoy,prer
paiedness-paraile-dny bomb-plot defenclant, was today admitted
to ball by Supeiior JJuTdgo Frank Sunn nnd expects to obtain
her leleace before night. The court stated that It elt that all
of those accused of muider In connection with the conspiracy
should be in jail, but that in view of the Supreme Court decision
oideriug the libeiatlon on bonds of Isinel Welnbefg, one of the
ccdefendauts, he would not stand In the wny of Mrs. Mooriey
gaining her liberty. ,
U. S. TROOPS WARNED FROM MEXICO
MAKFA, Tex . Match 30. General Jose Murg-jia, Mexican
Tcderal commander nt Ojinngo, today notified Colonel Lang
home, In charge of the United States tioops In the Big Bend
country, that armed Mexican forces would oppose any ffurthcr
nttemptb of United States troops to cfoss the border. The warn
ing followed return here today of United States cavalry, after a
dash into Mexico, nnd hilling of ten Mexican bandits, who raided
a ranch.
CAUGHT WITH STOLEN SUPPLIES FOR SOLDIERS
NEW YOllK, March 30. The Government has lost nearly
a million dollnis' woith of pioperty, chiefly in supplies and com
forts for the boys In France, since Ameiica entered the war, it
wus levenled when fouitcen lougshoremen weie arrested in
Brooklyn. When navy officials rounded up 200 longshoremen
for inspection, the fourteen men wete "caught with the guods on
tl.cm." Ball was. fixed nt S1O0O each, and falling to obtain ball,
'l a ere jailed.
$4,642,829,750 LENT !P.HR.SEEKS TO CANCEL
ALLIES BY U.S. IN YEARl SPECIAL SHORE FARES
--, ... ., 0 , n.A -. nnn
Credits Ol 4,960,600.000 ES-
ica Entered War
Washington, Slarch 'JV.
The L nued Statex has lent a total
of $1,612,8:9,700 to foreign Governments
since we entered the war and up to and
Including Starch 26, Secretary McAdoo
has Informed the Ilcuse Ways and
Means Committee.
Credits totaling ?4,9G0,C00,00O have
been established, leaving a balance of
J317,770,2f0 already authorized as loans,
but not yet handed over to the foreign
Ooiernmcnts In cash. The loans follow:
Credits Loans
Mtabllih.d mad.
Iltlvtum tl04.noo.ooo 85.0O,000
Cuba ... . 15.000,000 ,
Franc. 1,410,000 l,4ba,UOO,Ou6
Great lllllaln., 3,n2n.00O,00O 2,460,000,000
Italy BSO.nOO.OOO 1140,000,000
, 11UKB1U .JJ.l'UU.UUU I5i,7s,7u
1 Serbia ........ D.000,000 4.20O.000
In addition to the above, a credit of
260,000,000 francs, or approximately
M4.000.000, In favor of Oreece, -and a
credit ot fO.C66.666 In favor of Kumanla,
have been established, but no money
advanced.
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Anna 1Ie,d Lc8 nosPiti
Afllweatitrai. Wla.. Mnrfli Ht. Anni
Hold, after spending moro Uian two
I months ln a hospital hero, Is on her
1 way to Ashevllle. X. C. .today ln care
of a physician, sne was carried aboard
the train.
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PURITANS
$1 Excursion Not Affected.
Reading Asks Commission
for $1.25 April Rate
Application to cancel special train ex
curston fares between Philadelphia and
Atlantic City, Caps May, ABbury Park
and other seashore excursion points was
made to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission today by the Pennsylvania Pall
road.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way filed a tariff schedule with the
commission today, making the rate be'
tween Philadelphia and seashore points
J1.25, beginning the first Sunday ln
April. It was learned that this rate
will bo for April omy, and no rates
havo been filed for the summer months.
As no special rate has been made for
April before, and the regular rate Is
now 13.26, the rhlladelpnia and Iteadlnc
contends that the J1.25 figure Is, In
reality, a reduotton.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced
that" it had no Intention of canceling the
general 11 excursion rate between Phila
delphia and seassore points and that t
permission is obtained to 'cancel special
train rates It will affect only the large
organizations which conduct excursions
on special trains 10 mo various snore
resorts.
PRICE TWO CEl
Amiens May Be
jective of EasterS!
Drive
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FOR SECOND PHASES
j Advantage-Seen in Angio-j
! French Retirement in Ca
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TENiy DAY OF BATTLB j' ffj
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Hays that the French have fought; f$
, desperate struggle. It has not Keen1
' officially conflrmnl. it ':
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Thu Germans have captured MeijS
ires, east ot Amiens, but pw
tempts to take Demuin failed.-'t
Haig continues counter-assinlta
south or tho Somme. -
, I ho French have resumed violentfe
flehtine along n twenty-four.milS
front from Moreuil to hutlgi
remins reserves aro enterjngii
lrny .1, -sit
TVin film,... ji , '&'
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zones. ii.i
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iitnaenburjr is massing for ;MY
Easter drive on Amiens. He $;
udoui tweivo miles from thie'
great objectives .' -Ji
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' London, jiarch SO.
j Jiezieres, south of tho Somme
Kiter, has been captured by the Geis
mans. Possession of this important
placo brings Hindenburg nearer
j Amiens, against which, it is belieyea
j here, lie will deliver a powerful Eas-
tor day thrust.
Tho French are rushing forward
reserves and havo renewed violent
ghting 011 the Moreuil-Xassigriy '?
(June. in j.
, inese Hro me men points of ttUV ja
'ftenioon's British and French OJlj
cial reports ?m
The War Office here nnnomSakdFlfl
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mat souin 01 ino oommo the cnewyfatij
lattacK yesterday was strong atl
Trillin nn,1 7lfovfAiAo T"l. nntM i
. a number of orisonem in rnnd
assaults. 1 1 ifei'l
All attempts to capturo Dbmnlit-i
(on the Amicns-Noyou road) after
sharp fighting failed, Haig repte(l&$j
to the War Ofllce. During thortveelc!
nui.i. !.... ...1 I'ji'nrs
."a luitui- 1UUUI11CU uall QS6TJlg
mAintlnJ ....1.l ..lXl. 1. "T1 W
n.vuuu, xuuKiib wun great teWKf!'!
lantry, repulsing the enemy andii-'Sa
flJcting heavy losses upon hlmip''
numerous engagements.. rW&
North of the Sommo UolatiH
norfed local encaccmoTitK. iAlrSS
naig's Report , Jfel
..00 . ij.-ue
The War Offlco issued the foUvt
Only local actions occurred 1
of tho Somme River.
South of the Somme (he en
attacks on Friday afternoeev
TATflllfn liit XTattaiiia aiihJr I
the capture of the latter; pl'--The
British made coufttetva
saults, which secured for UJeW?i
number of German, prisoners,'
au attempis oytne uera
take Demuin failed after Va
fl.Mlntr - ' .
Daring the week British-1
both mounted and.
fought with great gallantry:
pulsing enemy attacks.
In the numeroM enga
heavy losses were tnllctedfi
Germans. ' '
(MOiiercs lies about twelve
Boumoasi, ox asiihm, now g
regarded, as the Germans'j'o
It Is .near the p6mt; of , 'ilia
wnicn me len oas ugnt
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uerman oneneive, nae. p
tho Allied front in Pkar
town must not be'eiafused
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