12 TEUTONS PROJECT NEW KIND OF GAS AGAINST U.S. LINE American Guns Score Heavily When Night Party Is Found in Field By \ Associated Press With the American Army on a French Battlefrout, May 4. —What is probably a new German liquified gas was.projected yesterday morning against the Picardy front, whiere '' American troops are fighting. The gas is in glass' bottles. When these burst a fluid is' released from which heavy, transparjents fumes continue to arise for -livet minutes. No detonaaionl was heard as the bottles were hunled through the air and apparently they were thrown by a spring. 'Clue gas caused nau sea, sneezing and coughing, but did not harm any of I .the Americans. (>uns Smother German Attack The Germans vto-day again at tempted to occupy one of the for mer Americaji trenches in the Bois Brule, west of Apromont, in the 'l'oul sector, >vhich was the scene of the •fighting pn April 10 and 12. Soon after midnight the American patrols discovered .that the Germans had crept into tlfte position with a large number of machine guns and tools, apparently intending to consoldate the trenches" with the German sys tem. The American artillery got into action quickly, sweeping a high ex plosive barrage back and forth across the nffwly-ocoupied ground. The guns rainl steel on the Ger mans until neiarly daylight and when the patrols went out to inves tigate they found not a single en emy. Soone material, however, had been lett behind. There appeared to be reason for believing, at one time, after the Germans were discovered, that an other attacki on the Americans was about to be Jaunched, probably to cover the conaolidajion effort. Only quick action by, the >artillery smoth ered it. The Germans .seem determined to carry out their, designs against this position, and it js not unlikely that more sharp lighting will be seen here, for it Is valuable to the enemy, although not very valuable to the Americans because of the nature of the terrain. One of the American patrols in the Luneville sector entered the hamlet of Answervillers early this morning and penetrated the Ger man lines to a distance of 300 yards. On the way back the patrol dis covered an enemy observation post in which were a corporal and six men. The Americans promptly at tacked, killing three of the enemy and taking the other four prisoners, one of them in a wounded condition. The first the Germans knew" that the American patrol was near was when a shower of hand grenades, followed by bullets, hit the post. The patrol ceased firing when the enemy cried "Kamerad!" Captor Is Captured Friday night an enemy sergeant major and eight men attempted to raid one of our forward posts, con sisting of three men. The Germans captured one of our men, but he escaped before he could be taken into the enemy's line. In attempting to recover their prisoner the Germans strayed into the American lines. They were at tacked and the patrol leader was wounded and captured. He belonged to a reserve Saxon regiment. One of the American patrols en countered a superior enemy force of twenty-two men. Fighting as they went, they made their way back to the American lines without losses. During the past three days the American guns in the Luneville sec tor have completely chased the Ger mans from their front positions and have wiped certain sectors of the targets in the enemy rear area off the map. This is the same artillery that not long ago gave a similar per formance in another Lorraine sector. On the present occasion, so far as all investigation shows, the Ger mans have entirely abandoned the territory at least as far back as a point beyond their second line. The only signs that they are there at all are a few machine-gun posts hidden in out-of-the-way places in the back areas which cut loose when the opportunity offers. Just now the German first and second lines are in about the same condition as Xo Man's Land, in which latter area the Americans are working more freely than ever before. Fire Does Terrific Havoc The sections affected by the work of these American artillerymen are the lines south, southwest and south east of Halloville. (This town Is approximately thirteen miles almost directly east of Luneville and about six miles from the German border at its nearest point, to the north east.) The American raiders have found that the shells had worked terrible havoc at many places plainly visible where the big projectiles from the heavy guns had fallen. Two German airplanes were brought down yesterday. Four more aerial battles were reported to-day by American airmen flying in the sector northwest of Toul. All of the combats were indecisive, al though one of the American ma chines returned with bulletholes in its wings and two others with holes torn by fragments of shells from anti-aircraft guns. How the Ger mans fared is not known. lhe first report was from the pilot of a pursuit airplane, "who encoun tered the enemy over the lines at a height of nearly three miles. The pair fought a duel several minutes, the German finally turning quicklv and. running into the direct line of the sun in his homeward wav iret ting clear. Later one of the American photo graphing machines was attacked by two enemy airplanes. The American observer emptied one of his guns into one of the enemy machines. Then the American pilot exercised discretion and turned homeward. The Germans remained in pursuit until the American anti-aircraft guns picked them up. Then they turned and went home. The American air plane circled once or twice and then went back over the lines and calmly resumed the photographic opera tions where they had been left ofT J.scapes Amid "Flying Onions" Another report now available re lates a somewhat similar incident, except that this time three of the enemy attacked two of our machines which were working with the artil iery. In the fourth engagement a Ger man sailed up in the direction of one of the American photographic planes, but one of the fast American fighting machines rushed in, causing 'he German to turn tall and flee toward home. The German anti aircraft pieces got busy at the same time and broke out numerous "flow er pots." or as the British airmen call them, flying onions." This Is an "Archie" shell, whir-h when it bursts throws out in all directions smaller projectiles, each of which also bursts. MONDAY EVENING, ! VATICAN DENIES ! PEACE STEP BY i POPE BENEDICT Church -Leaders 3ay Favor able Occasion Is Not Even Near Rome, May 6 (Delayed).—No fa vorable occasion for a further peace move by Pope Benedict has pre sented itself, nor does one seem near, it was asserted at the Vatican when inquiry was made regarding the re port that His Holiness would make a new peace offer on WhEtsunday. "It is no secret," replied the Vati can authorities to the correspondent, "that the Pope, since the beginning of his pontificate, has interested himself regarding three great Issues concerinng the war: First, to main tain absolute Impartiality; second, to limit as much as possible the extent of the conflict and its horrors: third, to work In every way, on every pro pitious occasion, to restore concord and brotherhood among the peoples. "CHven this program, it is only nat ural that should a propitious occa sion arise, the Pope would do his best to carry it out. 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S AMeTSOn , OH WW Of NeW York Dustlcss dustcrs for use on finc furnitur(? and 45 only a circular motion • CltU, IS demonstrating the Renqo Belt Corset in our Bi S sell's Carpet Sweepers, in Cyco and Ball Bearing type- Four sizes, 1, 2, 3 and 4 quarts, at ......$1.50. to 93.00 CfirtPl SprfinnKpmtltl Flnnr <W.B, #3.00, $3.23 to 4.7, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. OCI OcCttC/i I, iJtLUI lU. r LUOI . Bissell s Yaccum cleaners, .... SO.OO, SB.OO and $9.51 ———■——— J 15lves, Tomeroy and Stewart, Basement. from time to time, within a few weeks or months, some new action on the part of the Pope which may occur at any moment, if a favorable occasion arises, which, however, has not yet occurred; nor does it seem near." The original report of the immi nence of a new papal peace move came from a German source, in the shape of an article In the Neueste Nachrichten, of Munich, late in April. This newspaper was quoted in Am sterdam dispatches as saying the move would be made "as soon as the western offensive assumed a new phase," and that it would take the form of "a word of warning: ad dressed to the universal conscience." Cologne newspapers have been quoted later as asserting the Pope intended to make a new peace offer on Whitsunday (May 19), the docu ment to contain concrete offers of mediation by the Pope, it was said, with the possible co-operation of neutral sovereigns. Berlin was re ported to have received sympathet ically similar information as to the Pope's- supposed intentions. CONSUU AT MOSCOW DIES Washington, May 6. —The leath of Maddin Summers, United States consul general at Moscow, was an nounced yesterday in a cable mes sage to the State Department. Mr. Summers collapsed under the strain of long months of overwork, the message said, and was ill only one day. HARRISBURG TELEGRXPH STATE'S SAVINGS GROW $38,000,000 SINCE MARCH 1917 Deposits ,in Banking Institu tions $1,308,093,207.54, Show Big Increase Pennsylvania thriftiness is shown by the fact that savings fund de posits In banking institutions under supervision of the State Department of Banking increased over $23,000,- 000 between the middle of last De cember and the middle of April and are greater by $38,000,000 than in March of last year, according to a summary of the reports of the 52 9 banking institutions of the Keystone state as of April 15 just compiled by Daniel F. L,afean, state commis sioner of banking. The total assets of these institutions are shown to be over $1,700,000,000 and the total number of depositors almost 2,900,- 000, while deposits are $1,308,093,- 207.54. The statement on the sa%'lngs funds shows $560,873,434.86 in such deposits in trust companies, state banks • and savings institutions on April 15 against $537,438,879.40 on December 11, 1917, and $522,663,- 535.57 on March 22, 1917. the summary on assets shows this contrast between the years: April 15, 1918. March 22 1917 Class: Banks — $271,715,283.89 $256,849,536.94 Trust Co.'s— -1,148,333,532.22 1,078,819.192.55 Savings Ins.— totals 80 ' 930 ' 9 " 2 ' 85 280,399,532.65 1,70#,979,788.96 1.616,068,262.14 There is a decrease as compared with December 11 of $6,494,320. The trust fund statement shows bis jumps. Tlie trust companies re port on April 11, $1,414,051,533.85 of such funds and the banks $7,873,- 629.68 while a year ago the trust companies had $1,296,491,866.97 and the banks $6,615,945.10. There Is a gain of over $118,000,000 in a vear and $42,736,876.80 in four months. Deposits show an increase of $46,- 377,931.49 in a year, but a decrease of $4,418,179.99 as compared with the call taken just before Christmas. The total on April 15 was $1,308,- 093,207.54 against $1,261,715,276 05 on March 22. 1917. The average deposit in the 529 institutions is cal culated at $467.95. The number of depositors shows a gain of 142,855 in a year, but a loss of 85,326 as compared with the mid- December report. The figures show: Class Ap. 15, 18 Dc. 11,*17 Mr. 22'17 Banks . 748,545 769,158 697.534 .TfUstC's 1,530,439 1,589,023 1,421 545 Sav's In. 514.481 520.609 531*331 Totals .2.793,465 2,678,790 2,650 610 EX-CZAR IN NEW PRISON; DOUBT AS TO HIS SON Nicholas, Wife and Daughter Have Been Removed From Siberia Moscow, May 6. (Delayed) Nicholas RomanolT, the former Em peror, together with the former Em press and one of their daughters, has been transferred from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg (east of the Urals, but west of Siberia and 170 miles southeast of Perm, according to a Societ announcement. The transfer was ordered'because of the alleged efforts of peasants and monarchists In the neighborhood of Tobolsk to promote the escape of the prisoners. The announcement does not men tien the former heir apparent, the young Alexis Romanoff. I/ondon, May 5.-*-The general com manding the Petrograd garrison has issued a statement declaring the city now free from any direct menace and that the populate has no cause for alarm, says a Reuter dispatch from Moscow under date of April 27. MAY 6, 1918'. "All measures for defense have been taken against possible Finnish attacks," says the general's an nouncement. "Some fighting has oc curred at a point nea rthe Russo- Flnnish frontier between White nnd Red Ouards, but as soon as combat ants crossed the Russian frontier both sides were disarmed." Moscow, April 26—(Delayed).— the Finnish coast ceded to Rural i by manded the surrender of a fort on the Finish coast ceded to Russia by the Finnish Bolshevik government, constituting part of Kronstadt de- TETLEYS f India and Ceylon TE) Purity, plus quality and scientific blending, have made it popular ONE LITTLE TEASPOONFUL MAKES TWO CU. fenses. The Kronstadt work and soldiers' deputies have r< to comply with the demand ar organizing resistance, co-ope with General Schwartz, the ] Brad commandant. The Russiai disarming all Finnish Red 0 crossing the Une. WILMINGTON PAPKns ADVJ Wilmington, Del., May 6.—Bi the Wilmington afternoon ne Pers —the Every Evening and ing Journal—have increased selling price from one cent t cents a copy and abolished a turn privileges.
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