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WILKES-BARRE,   PA.,   SUNDAY,   MARCH   24,   1918
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\     THE WEATHER
Washington, March 23.—Part ly cloudy Sunday; Monday fair little change in temperature.
PRICE  FIVE  CENTS
ENEMY PU
SBACK
DLINE
PIETY PER CENT CUT       \
OFF AMERICAN WHEAT \
BY DIRECTOR HOOVER)
Allies Must Have Twenty-one j Million Additional Bushels | Each Month to Stave offj Calamity Among Their Peo- j pies—Volunteer Acceptance Urged Upon United States
SAVING ON SYSTEM
AMERICANS T
10 SEMPUIES
Four Brotherhoods Each Rep¬ resented Along With Region¬ al Directors of National Lines
MILLIONS OF INCREASES
Washington. March 23.~Dire(tor General of Railroads McAdoo tonipht announced the creation of a perma¬ nent wage adjustment hoard to con¬ sist of eight members, four represent¬ ing the roads and four the f.ig Four brotherhoods.
The hoard, which will .sit monthly at Washington, will liavp final decision controversies   growin
Washington, March :i3.—America is determined to answer the Allies cr>- for bread. Every American tonight was called to greater wicrifice.s that the .stream of food may l)c Kept glowing and our allies .saved from famine.
Food Administrator Hoover appealed tt> all to cut in half the peace-time consumption of wheat bread.
In asking every person to restrict himself to 1 1-2 pouiids of wheat pro¬ ducts a week. Hoover pleaded for patient and lo.va! sacrifico during the critical montlis ahead when even more drastic steps may lie necessary. Bakers were ordered to increase to 2j per cent, the wheal substitutes in bread. Pros¬ pects of greater substituti<'n are ahead. It was said. ^
.\dded to the gravity of the situ- ;Uion ih an ularming drop in market¬ ing wheat, following adoption of the Gore amendUKiit iixing a price of %•:.:,{> tor wheat. Lpsoiting all plans of the food .'iclministration. pas-sa^c of thifc amendment has led farmer.s to hold wheat for the high/5r price. Mar¬ ket receipts have dropped frffm S million bushels to three million bushels a month since talk of a higher wheat prioe be|,-aii. Serious compliciitiyns ure threatened, yliion.i; (hem possibility uf fanners planting wheat exclusively in- steail of corn and thereby cutting <•{ feed for hogs, leading to a m<at fafnin-3 next yenr.
So delicate  is the world  food  situa- i     ..i      ¦ i  -i      ».        .   l .¦     -
,. .      ,      , »       .1.   . I      Should   the   board   be   split   four   and
tuiii.   .-iccording   to   food   experts,   that   , .•,      i    •  • v. j        ,   ..
.,      ,  •       ,      ",. .  ,   ,, ,^   four,   the   decision   can   be  referred   to
th'-   leas,   bungling   ma.>    lotallv   up.-iet   .,     '   .      . , .
,... V Ji       .        •      .u      thf   direi-tor   geneval   on   vote   of   anv
eondilions   auti   cause   disa.«!ter   in   the i , , > n   "¦•.i
¦ r   r    J-        ..       .11     .four memlicrs.
tl-euiendoi;>!   ion   of   fcKluiLT   the   .MlK'd „¦     , ^
y^orl\ ' ^^  Increase Grant.
¦ I     The pending general increases unde:
Must   Reduce   Bread. j discussion   for  tho   past   weeks   l>efore
Til'-   .Aniciicati   <-iMe   must    lespond   the  railrc.i'i   wage board  will  he  lian-
Shamokin, Reading and Lan¬ caster Men Included in 178 Captured by the Enemy     j
PERSHING GIVES NAMES   i
STORY OF GIANT GUN ;    DENIED BY OFFICIALS
the   interpretation   uf   application" wage   or  other     agreements roads and  employees.
At the s.nme time it was indicated the present railroad v;ige commis¬ sion will be continued indefmiti-'l.\ -'to pass on broad questions of wages ,'ind hours—direct into policies rather than settling  controversies.'
l-'our members of the new board  -to he known as the railway lioard of ad¬ justment   number  3—are  to  be  select¬ ed by regional directors of the railroad ! administration  for the eastern, south- i em and western districts, and  four 1 y the    presidents   of   Ihe   four   brother- 1 hoods.     These   officials   are   signatory I lo an agreement binding both the r»*iids and unions to submit grievances to tbe new  board.
\\ asliiiigtou. .Mttrch 23.—The com¬ mittee on piibli'- information tonight made public the names ot 178 Ameri¬ can soldi<-rs taken prisoner liy the Ger¬ mans, along with the places where the men were captured and the camps at which they are now held.
The report  showed that exclusive of j the   ITS,   fliarles   Hemphill.   American,} was shot by the tJermans while trying | out   of ' *" ^^!*'^!+P<? from a  prison (.-;*'ni,) on  Sep
tember   IS.     .Another
between ¦ ^"¦'^  fampbell  fmirtney.
¦on   all     ^ _
death     reported
in     aviator
brigadier, who was brought down near
I'argny. ahinit twelve kilometers south
of J.;ion.
Included in the Msl are seamen cap¬ tured by German raiders, members of the engineer corps caught in the Cam- brai flareback a few months ago. mem- birs of tlie crew of the I'nite-l Slates destroyer .lacob .lones and infantrymen - captured.
j     The  list   with   emergency    addresses are  as  tollows:
Interned  at   Camp   Dulmenko;   Chas. ; .\i.  .\Md'.-r.sun   Ualtini'iie,  .Md.:   Thomas : V>".   Itullon.   Xorfolk.   Vu.;    Charles   C. h'.obait.   tialtiinore.   .Md.;   lOugene  Bo\ - ; kin.   ,\ndersuii.   y.   C.:   Barney     Boyle, : l.'etrojt.   .Mich.;   .J.   W.   Brcen,   Bost'Jil, ;.Mass.:   Osciir  C.   B.\rd.   Roanoke.   Vii.; Mol:n  Carr.   iJublin.   liehind;    Frederick ' \V.   Carver.   Xewport   .\'ews.   Va.;   Kd- ! ward   R.   Ci'sk';-y.  ..lersey   City.   x.     .T.; j .hdin   H.   .Martin,   Walton.   I'la.:   TIarry j .Mason.  Biiltiinr;re. Md.;  AValter Mason, i : I'altimori'.   .Md.;   John     .Vlillor,     Haiti- j , mon?.   Md.;   ,1.   L,   Mitchell,   Baltimore;!
,, , .   ¦.   ¦  I,   .   .               . riui:nj-s   .Mooi-e.   Norf'dk.   Va.;   .loseph
to the ^»"ld c'';^*'.:-. and again cut Us , dU.4 '¦*>   """  ^'>*iy  t>""   Cutur.> c.h*<ih#-;\v  -javrjrnn.  r'swtncktt ^.   I. ¦
0ns tlancastsr Man. limiting     wheat ' schedules is e.\iiecteii shorll\   and   ili^       ¦•l')--|ib (.rconuoi.  l: ..ttinioi-e;   Patrick
ciin'.ajniption   II?  wTi' al   products . versies  will  he  before the new organ
Herbc't   Hoover  toniirht   issued     hi* : i:.,a.iiuii.     Declsitm   on   the   new     wa-<
and.it  i^ '¦¦   " '• •   ••¦—•¦¦"¦-•   .u....... ,
O«onnoi-.   .M(-Kei spot t.   I'a.;   Leslie   K.
•-:;iipcted   rcHulutlonv     limiting     wheat ' schedules is e.\pectpti shortI\ .
consumption   to     one     nno     on*-     half i believed,  will  add  from  $250.00-10011  t<
Iio'jiidst p- r prr<:.iu per week, about fif- | $.-.00.00O.0ui> a  vear to the niilioad pay- ' ''•''''*J»'-   IvOulsv ilie.   Ky.;    Paul   Phillips,
ly per ce:it of normal.    As a -militury j roll. , Pa^-all•.•!la. Calil.:   Alien Reynolds. I.an-
measure'-'   this   saving—amounting     to j 21 OOU.OOO bushels per month-   nnist  be .iccomplisUeil  until the next harvest. In    addition    tu   requests    for   sharp
.Vuthoi-itN    vested    under    the   eight-
t caster.   I'a.:   H'-'murd     Rogers.     Ceres,
I hour  law  to  the  commission   of eight   ,\;':y'"'''" A"'"- ^^w York City;  ,Iohn
wa.s,   transferred   to   the   new    board.    :''*'^-^-  '•'"':'   ''"f'^"'   .^ a.ss.;    -.dward J.
which   ma--   revoke   or  alter   its   a,V.   •'••'•""-"• ^^¦•¦"l^ly»: l.d«a,dU
voluntjrv    consenation   steps.   Viakers  sion
were ordered to increase wheat Hour substitutes lo 2."> per cenl April 14. Twenty   per   cent   adulteration   is   now
The  board   will   remain   in   e.xistenct- i for the duration of the war" and there- after."  unless a miijorlty of either the
required.     Still   greater   percentage   "fl regional   directors   or   the   brotherhood bubstitutcs may bo required later, the! presidents vote to dissolve it.
The board is lo meet in Washington
food administration  warned
Summarized, Hoover's new demands are:
Maximum consiniptlon of wheat products to be 1 Vi pininds per week per person.
S^Public eating places and clubs to limit each guest to a total of two ounces per meal of breadstuffs. cereals, paetry and other wheal products com- hined.   Customary wheatle.ss   .Mondays jthe  brotherhoods,   hut
Brown,
.Albany.   \.   V.;   Ildward   Carlo.   Hrook-
l.\n;      i;dv,ard      C!arl<.       Philadelphia;
JIariiii   .1.   l'onnoll.\.   Brooklyn;    Frank
l>aly,     Indianapolis;      .Vlb'-'rt      Denew,
Vonkers.    .\.    Y.;     Uichard.   Donnelly.
.New   Vork;    Viniah   Kdi.'e.    Xew   Beil-
foii]    .^Ta.'.-s.;     Frank   Brooks.     London,
, l-;iigiar.rj; Charles Geouhan, Xew York;
within  ten  days  after  selection   of  its  .,„,,„ j^   .^i,^.   \\.,„j ,.,,e.ster. X. Y.:  I'l-
members.    It shall meet regiilarl.v- esi< li
month .Tiid sit until all m
it are disposed of.
Creation of the Ixiard was accepted j p.-t^r Ting., i no citv): Herbert Celtz I as removing for the re.st of the war all i x^.„.ark. X. J.; Fia"nk Cpton. X. Y.; I po.ssibility of strikes or labor troubles.   ¦M.,,.,,.n   y,^„   ,,,,  M:,ck.   New   Paltz.  X. i
that   t'le    y.     [,,,;,i..;    Kaster,    Seattle,    Wash,    22 i
Washington, March 23.—A report today declaring Paris was bom¬ barded by long range gtins brought ^ forth a unanimous cho:us from of¬ ficial sources that it was an impos- sibilil>- at this juncture.
Authorities agreed that the Ger¬ man line was too far distant from Paris lo make it possible to shoot 240 millimeter mine and one half inches) siiells into the city as claimed. The longest range gun known operates about 22 miles as evfdenced in the Dunkirk .-jhelling, it was said b.v ordnance experts. There was general doubt that this distance could be greatly increased. Paris is about sixty miles from the German line al the nearesl point.
War Department officers scoffed a I the report. The French embassy authorities said the story was im¬ possible now, and cabled Paris for a statement.
The War Department asked Gen- ci-al Pershing to make a report on the west frcyil offensive, to enlight¬ en the department and public more fully on the situation as viewed by expert American  eyes.
Half  Cocked,  Says   Maxim.
New York. .March 23.—Hudson Maxim .America^ greatest ordnance authority, expressed the opinion that some one had gone off "half cocked'^ when asked tonight about the rumored bombardment of Paris by the Germans.
"A gun capable of firing a ft.o inch projectile «2 miles is possible, bill highly improbable, impractic¬ able and undesirable."  .Maxim .said.
"It -^vould necessitate a calibre of 20 inches and a barrel at least 100 feet long. It would be immobile and would have lo be buill in sec- lions and mounted upon a .gigantic emplacement.
"The gun, which would take a ton of powder per charge, would have lo he Hred at an elevation of 45 de¬ grees, thereby causing the shell to describe an arc 40 miles in the air." the inventor stated.
Building of such ordnance hy Germany would be received with the greatest satisfaction by the Al¬ lies. Maxim declared, as evidence of Germany's complete loss of mental balance. The operating expenses of such guns would virtually bankrupt the Hindenburg war machine while the damage they could inflict would be neglible, he it<timated.
The following dispatch fi-om the •N'ew Tork World ¦*srft*ret€ivea last night by the i^unday Inde^^efident: "Have nothing on reported bom¬ bardment of Pans."
Washington, March 24.—(Sundaj I —The war department announced shortly after midnight that its cables from abroad tonight con¬ tained no information of the re¬ ported  bombardment  of  Paris.
This was the only information forthcoming after cables from France had  been carefully scanned.
Semi-offcially. however, it was suggested to the press that the de¬ partment  doubted  the report.
WAR'S GREATEST BATTLE IS UNRELENTING IN FURY
ONE 10 FIVE MILES LOS! 10 THE ALLIES
OF
E
SOLDIERS OF BRIIISH i BEFORE AWFOL DRIVE
ALONG BAnLEFRONi!   REPORIED TO BERLIN    OF GERMAN ARMIES
Hindenburg Chooses Plan to: Killed and Wounded Swell To- Drive Conflict Into Open and i    tal Casualties on Both Sides
Pays Terrible Price PEACE IS AN OBJECT
j By J. W. T. Mason.
I     Xew   York.   .March   23.—After  furty-
' eight   hours     of  simultaneous   attacks
¦ against fifty miles of British positions, ' the f;ermans have moved back the j British front at various points from I one to five''miles.
; Von Hindenburg's new push has been ' planned to operate over a longer con- I tinuous front than anv previous at- ; tack in the wesl since the battle of I the Marne. The whole orea, however,] ! for a considerable distance west of all , the  present  battle  positions  was  vol-
¦ untarily ahandonefJ by the Germans : last March when they retreated to the
¦ Hindenburg line. To attempt to win j back   this  territory   now  at  a   terrible
¦ price in casualties, supplies no reason in itself for the present operations. The flermans must have some other purpose in view.
The most probable objectives are: First, to compel a  retirement of the British line at points where it threat¬ ens most  seriously  the main    German defensive positions.
to Quarter of Million
SPUR ON AMERICA
Haig Assures Allies That Re¬ treat is One to Conserve Strength Against Odds
SUPREME TEST MADE
THE GREATEST BATTLE OF THE GREATEST WAR
Casualties. 225,000 killed, wound¬ ed, captured in two days, accord¬ ing to W.ishington embassy esti¬ mates. British losses half those of Germans.
Troops engaged—Sixty to ninety fierman divisions opposite the battlefront . 1720,000 to 1,080,000 men). Xo estimate of British en¬ gaged.
Width of battle front—Sixty miles from the Scarpe to the Oise. lAir  line  distance.)
Developments—Day official an¬ nouncement by Germans claimed 25,000 prisoners. 400 cannons. Brit¬ ish official aniiiiuncement said de¬ fensive systems were penetrated west of Cambrai. British holding northern position.
I      Washington.    March    23.—Germany's .Second, to disarrange the British forj stroke   against   the   west   front   drove
Ixindon. March 23.—The battle In continuing with the greateet inten»lt}- on the whole front south of the Scarpe river. P'ield Marshal Haig reported to¬ night.
In the neighborhood of Jusey, stronff hostile attacks were repulsed.
On the northern portion of tbe battlefront. the enemy's attacks are pressed with the utmost determination, regardless of losses. British positions on the greater part of this front have been maintained after a fierce, prolong¬ ed struggle.
"t British troops have taken up now positions west of St. Quentin and are heavily engaged.
Haig declared his men have shown the greatest  gallantry.    In  one  sector.
I he said, six attacks were beaten off hy
; one infantry brigade.   The enemy's at-
I tack there continues.
I     Flighting   is  steadil.v   growing  in   in-
; tensity  as  the   world's   greatest   battle
; develops.
I     All night under the stars and a bril¬
liant  moon;   all  day under- the spriiig- I home today to the American capital a   jik^   ^un.   Hindenburg's   legions   hurled
a   major  offensive   this   summer.
Third,   to   attempt   to   demolish   the; ,  ,, , ,.      .        ,
r.riti.«h trenches so largely as to force' ^""^'' ""'^ srraver realization than ever; themselves against the valiant  Britisii.
before that America must increase the;'«hose withdrawal continues in perfect.
j order, despite Die most frenzied efforts Ito break  their line. I    German and  Bavarian  sturmtruppen
a  series of  Xapoleonic  maneuver hat- tics in the open, at which the Germans ' punch in its war work, believe they excel. j     jt .«er-.-ed lo spur, rathw than to dl?-
Unequalled Assault.
hearten,  wai^ workers.
I istorm  troops),   sand-wiched    between
The   last  of  these  three  would   pro- !     yy^^ grimness of the wesl line battle ' *^'^''*'"f-'' ^'' Prussian guards and gren vide the Germans with a true offensive ; only added lo the recent detcrniinalion '"diers, flung  with    Hohenzollern    fury purpO!?e.    The- others mu.st  be  classed ; to  push  the  struggle' to  a   conclusion, i ^'''"S^   rOads   and   across   open,   sunlit as defensive measures. The ferocity of ; Officials here believed it will arouse the i f s''^'^-  '^ifardless of lo.vses. the   German   assaults   has     not     been : nation  moro than an.v\hing has.    They I     '^^^' -slopes  of the  bills,   from   Arras
equalled since tbe early battles of the ; have known that peace talk was being The  massed   attacks,   formerly j ditched,   now   they  are  convinced   that
wai-.
abandoned as too costly in casualties, i the nation will ^e more unified, more have now been revived. Kven the Ver- I determined than ever that the Hun dun offensive two years ago was not | menace shall not h.ing o\ er the world, as ruthlessly directed as tlie present I Taken all in all. military men said movement. These facts indicate that | the battle had not developed to the I Von Hindenburg has a plan oC major j point where they could make accurate imporlfcnt to accomplish. ; judgments  of  its  results.    British   re-
Reports  from     Bert in    suggest    the German people believe the stupendous
to Lafere are grey with dead.
Call after call was sent to the Bri¬ tish artiller.v to train all guns on the German masses moving over the open country.
-Airplanes, skimming low. machine gunned huge marching bodies -of men, loo big to miss.
The      hardest      lighting     continues
pgiilarly MKli   ,.j,.i,   imney.     Xew   Y(.rUi'it<;      Harry ' I
latters before   .Ma.«on. .lersey City. j |
!     George Seaman. Loii:;  Island.  .\.  Y.;   J,
It  was   thought   probable
other  rail  unions,   not   connected  with ¦ k.,..„„,.^. .street;   Kveiett  G.  Farnliardt.
and Wednesdays to be c ontinned.
3—Retailers to limit flour sales to town customers to eighth of n barrel, country customers to 1-4 of a barrel at any one ¦purchaao and eipial weight of Otlier cereals to accompany sale. Voluntary   Sacrifice.
4—Bakers to deliver tlirce-fiuarter pound loaf -where one pound loaf is btting: Fold. F!.ikers fo restrict wheat flour ptirchases to 70 per cent, of ave.r- a^B monthly purchase.
o—Manufficturei of ¦wheat products for non-food purposes to ccaso en¬ tirely.
Voluntary co-operation of thp pub¬ lic Is relied on -wholly in eflecting these ra»ulations.
Further restrictions on distribution were hinted at hy the food administra¬ tion, a step nece.s.<5ary. it was held, to make wheal exports demanded by the .Miles. Hope of relaxation in tho strict conservation program wilh the new harvest  was held  up.
"Until then, we ask for the neces¬ sary patience, sacrifice and co-oper¬ ation of the distribution trades," the -idmlnlstration stated.
"If we are to furnish fhe .Allies with the neces8ar\' proportion of wheat to m.-ilntain their war bread from now until the next harvest, and this is a millLary necessity, we must reduce our monthly consumption to 21,000,000 buthets a month as against our nomial •jnnsumption of about 42.000,000 hush- '>li, or 50 per cenl of our normal con- Lumption."
I.*.-aJn on rye and barley as substi- • utes has already greatly exhausted ,'10 supply of those grains, food ad- ndiilstration officials say. But .a sur¬ plus of potatoes is now available and we have ample corn and oats for hu¬ man consumption. Add to this a sur¬ plus of milk during spring months. Liberal supplies of these substitutes, it is believed, will furnish es.senlial pouri.ohinent durini.'- the period of ex¬ tremely rediiceil wlie.it rations. Equal Distribution.
There in no limit en the use of other cereals—flours .ind meal?, corn and barley, buckwheat and potato flour—it w»s pointed out.
•¦>Iany tliou.sanil families through¬ out the land uie now using no wheat product.<« wh.-jt'-vei  i\iept ;i \cr>- small
the  A.
til the
BRAVE  YANKEE   DEED
London.   .March   23. —F.nsign     Falion of the   L'nited   St.ates  navy,  \iilotiiig  a British machine in the  Xorth sea  r.iid fight   March   12.   If^ft   his   seat   to  give! first .1id lo his   wireless operator,   who j had  lieen     shot   in  the neck.    He re- ; turned .safely to his i-nntrol. tbi- British ' admiralty   announced    tonight.
The secretary of tho adminiltx  wrote 1 to  the  commander     of   th^  American! air  force,  officially commendinc  Fal Ion.
riosery   Ferris.   .Mid-
iffiliafed   wi;h , f),;., i,,m._   x.  C.; F.   L.  would  become  signatory : rtir.„j^v,,/ (-,,„„ ;   William     Kity.ceraid. icreement or a  siniiku- one. , ^v^^. york:  Lee C. C.odsie. Appomalox,
Va.:   Lewis   F.   llanbnr.v.   Berley.   Xor¬ folk.    \a.;     Hinry    Hendvev.    .Vorfoll ! Va.;    .Mikl : II. .lolly. X Chelsea,  .Mass.;  Thomas  H. MeCaithv.'; Uii-liniond.      \a.;      Samuel      .McCulley.l Dennison.   Ohio;    .Mbert   Forolie,   Xew i York;  Arthur D. I'ield. Yonkers. .N'. Y.; | George  W.  l-'ields.   riiilai!e!|iliia;   I'rferi .1. <;allagher.  Amity   Villa.   L.  I.:   Ttay-! mond   Gilbert.   Fianvers,   Mass.;   Harry- Gtlmore.   Kingston.   Out.;   Robert   flil-j i more. Providence, n, I. j
     .   _ I Prisoners Scattered. i
BRING IN  RAIDER. .^   j     j^hn     Cdcnnan,   Cambridge '
10INVAOE IE! WASHINGTON PLEASED
^.    ^       ,. .   .,      against   the   British   right,   though   th«
Urement   near      St    Quentm   and     he,,,^^^;^ ,.^^j,^,  ceaselessly throughout a
Berhn  claim of capture of 2,->,000 Bnt- . jj^j^. ^^^^ ^^^^
sacrifices   now   being   exacted   are   for j ish  by  Prince  Rupprecht's army  were .   Hindenburg' is   straining  his   utmost
the purpo.se of ending  the  wnr.    Il  is i deemed  natural    coiusequences    ol  the i j„ exploit his initial  advantage in  the.
impossible lo see how Von Hindenburg   ferociou.s   onslaught     by    the  <;erman   j^^^. ^..,j. ^,f movement, lashing his guns
can have any such conclusion in mind   hordes.    But reports to   date were not; for^-grd   in   an   effort   to   sprinkle   the
j unless   Germany's   internal   conditions ! s^ufh a*^ to make the s iiuaiion appear j 13^54;^},  ^.^^j.
¦are much more desperate than is pub- ; pessimistic. j     Huge  Austrian  high    velocitv    gun;*,
i licly known-    If such is the case, then!     T''*' number of men  massed againsi : a,e constantly attempting a ha'rrasfiing ; the   Kaiser's  militarists  may  have  re-, t'l^ British made the retirement essen- | fi,.e.  far behind the lines. I solved   to   imt   everything   to   the   te.st ; t'«' "'' the British did not wish 10 sacri- | British Outnumbered.
land  to take the consequences or fail-''i'''   ^'"^  greatly.     Moreover,   the  Ger- j     Despite   the  fact   they  are   outnum-
mans   manifestly   are   prodigal   of   life i bered,   and   that   weather  and   ground
ure.
'and   their   losses   will   be   greater  than
any advantage they gain, it is held.
conditions   favor  the  enemy,   the   Bri¬ tish  have  withstood the shock of the
present  juncture  without   eventual  de- strui'lion of his    prestige.
Von   Hindenburg's   two   predecessors
as   chief   of   staff   in   the   present   war
_   . , «i   . lost  Iheir repalHiions through  failures
man    Prisoners    Are    Not    a jot   undertakings  on   scabs  comparable
I to the (iresent. \'on .Moltke wa.-- de- ' fested before Par's and Vnn Falken- i Imj 11 before Verdun. Von Hindenbur.u: I cannot afford Io lia\r'the outcome of j fhe present oiicration likened to their's.   1 if  he   is  to  retain   his   prestige  ainons
London.   .March  23,-Speaking   before! "^11/¦^'"'"''"*'; he Hoii-^e of  Peens,  Premier Terauchi'     ^'''" ^¦^¦^'   '"'"^   "'^'^  '""'"   ""'   -''"'¦"'
;cw"v;S .!a;^".vT;rcome;; Premier Announces That Ger
man Prisoners Are N Menace to Allied Cause
SUITS U. S. PLANS
Test of  Hindenburg.
Lnder any  cii cnms.aiu-. s.  tho  battle,     xhev   have already   lost     22r.,000     in   attack ,splendidly. »
has   now   gone   too   far   for   \ on   Hiii- • billed, wounded and missing, according ,     The withdrawal need cause no panic, denburg  to    be able    to end  it  at  the I t^,  British estimates,  whereas the  Bri- ; The army and its commander are con,
lisli probably have sacrificed less than j fident.     .Ml   is  working  out  smoothly.
hair—probal)I.\     TTi.OOO    to    100,000    tn i The new battle position  is .strong.
killed, wounded and missing. j     The  heaviest   flghting  continues  op-
Terpible Sacrifice.
The mass formation attai-k is hound to i-o.st the Germ.ins enormously. That g.ime will not ii.-^ worth the candle, in milifai-.v men's opinion, though they all agreed  today  it   is still  too soon to ac-
posite the southern half of fhe British
forces,   presumably  soulh   of  Cambrai,
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AUTO  DRIVER  WANTED.
.\lri< WiHiam->!    require    a    chauffeiir. There was  little doubt  that   the  real , one   who  is  familiar  with  a   Ford   car. ofrensive  ,« on.  but  there  is a  chance , for   tlieir  delivery   department.     Apply
San   Diego,   Calif,,   .March     2.3. - The j Unn Goodman,  Bronx,  X raider, Alexander .Xgassij:. captured by
a United States gunboat off the west coa-st of Mexico, will reach a P.icific port early next week, according to U. S.  officials here  tonight.
Latest reports were that a. do7,en persons are on board. Any Germans on hoard will be interned for the peri¬ od of the war, it is said. The Agassiz carried no mounted guns, it was defi¬ nitely announced today.
ENGLISH ARMY BEATEN
IS CLAIM OF GERMANS w
Berlin, via London, March 23.—"."i. considerable pai^ of the English army is beaten," the latest official statement issued by the war office declared to¬ night.
"The first stage of the battle on the west front is ended," says the state¬ ment. "We have won engagements near Monchy, Cambrai, St. Quentin and Lafere.
"We are fighting approximately on .1 line running northeastward ihrough Hapaume. Peronne and Ham. Be¬ tween Omignon stream and the Somme river the crown prince, after capturin.g the first enemy positions, made his way through Holnon wood, fought across the heights at Sav>- and Roupy and penetrated  the  enemy'.s. third  position.
"Southward from the Somme we broke   through   the   enemy   lines   and
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Hartley. Brooklyn; Dennis rington, Leeds; Harold Hinckley, Ran¬ dolph, .Mass.; William Hutchin, X'cw Y'ork; .lohn F. Hutchinson, Boston:! Harry Hyne, Xew York; William O. Kennedy, B-ooklyn; Hafry Lavere, New Y'ork; .John McCarthy, Haver- shall; John McCarty. N'ew Bedford, Mass.; Thomas McFarran, New York; ,Iohn McCireal, Livei-pool; Frank Mc- Hughes, New York; Willlami McKellar, Tampa, Fia.
James Madigan, Brooklyn; Joseph E. Mallon. Y'onkers, .X. Y.; .Tohn Mario, Xew Y'ork; Thomas Martin, Brooklyn:
arren S. Middleton, 217 Carmen street, Toledo: Walter Moffett, Brook¬ lyn; John Xyberg, New Y'ork; Earl W- Ogren, New Y'ork; John J. Grarb, New Jersey; Patrick O'Shea, Ne<w Tork; James Parker, New Jersey; Heins Rein,
j declared   that   the   governme.nl    is   not
•''^^^¦'i considering intervention in Sibeiia. ac-
'"""       I t'^rding   to   Tokio   dispatches   received
r.   Har-lhere toda.w    Terauchi  .said  the enemy
of (Jemian military reputations. • that it wi!! slri<-kfr, an<l break out ¦ Monday to the superintendrnt at th« j Steadfastness by the British at this'again lati^r. The ¦•apifal w^s bom- | store, comer Public Square and Wesi ; juncture   may   well      cause   Von   Hin-   bardcd   with  a  flnr k  ¦<{'    wild     r'lmors ! Market street.
.\   small   recovery   of, during the afternoon,    tiennan  i
jispir-
denburg's   fall
territoiy  freely  abandoned  u year ago | ation  was behind tliem  in  some case isfitutc a   real menace. . 1 will   never  .satisfy   the  German   iicople i II  was  felt,  and   tb-  state  departineui
Washington,      March     2.";.  -.lapanese! ^""' "'^  present     casualties.     Certainly j and   foreign   embassies   warned   that   a^       . announcement  that   Siberiian   interven-:'^'^''  Allies now have  it  in  their power   crop of Teuton  propaganda rumors of i'''^"^T   chain tion  is  not  crfnlempKnted   now   pleased I *'''    ^^"^  ^'"^  Hindenburg idol totterin.g. i di.sarjtcr   was   likely   lo   flourish   for  a
official  Washington   tonight. I   j lim'^.
The    pi-emler'.<i   announcement   -that { a ¦appir A MQ IM  D A IHC I Universal Service Plan.
theGerman prisoner .situation was not   MIVItniUMW^ IIU «MIU;> The  war    department     was  without
regarded   sufficiently   serious   to   war- UPON  GERMAN  TRENCH S""-^' ^rom General  Pershing regarding '     Wanted--.^0   laborer*   .»t4^i   Wor,.
nint   intervention     squared   with     the UrUlU  UCmVIHre    I HCi^On ^^^   offensive,   but   promised   iLt    u    ^^^^  ^"'°  ^"-'''^  -'   ^yntbX siAl.'crf
American view, as expressed to Japan! ¦  I h "    > 1110.1    n     .
recently. .        I     With the American Army in  France
FOR SALE—A  BARGAIN.
I     For  Sale-Office  partitions,  one  oak
I roll  top  desk,  one   work   bench    r'-i. •->r::'
piano stoola and   p'l- -
benches.     Must   be   sold  *t *|».:e,c.-jJlp
ply at  F. A. .North Comna^iy,  V7» jpoiiT 1
.Main street. ')»•'-   1
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LABORERS W^tiffP-,
The state department announced to- ' March   23.—American troops  early  lo- !
night that there are about SO.OOO pris- idaj raided a system nf German tren;he.s j ^
oners In all Siberia, answering a print- (which they had previouslv raided Wr-d- I KPncrai war sp.rit
¦ - '        ' Thev found that trenches and: f''-',^'"'"''*'P''""^e"l '^i"s were  quick-
l.v   cleared and  preparations made for
would  let  the  public  know   *-liat  the   ^^^ "^'^' '^"'jmouth bridge.    .\uto truck
to and from the job evei>- day.   Josejih Banks  l^'onstruction  Co.
news IS.
Congress caught the infection of the In the senate .sev-
number    had
nesHa
dugouts  had been  complete!;- sma?:|ii-(l by American arliller;   during the nignt. I The occupants of tht   German   front
ed   rumor  that   such  a
seized Irkutsk.
The  influence  of Americt^n  opposi
tion to the intervention plus a consid
erable   internal   Japanese     opposition. ; line, apparently only lightiv   held, were Sand Point, Idaho, 117 1-2 First avenue* regarded as partly determining factors ' wiped out-
in   the   decision   not   to   move   against (     Four Americans who were patrolling
Siberia at this time i in   No   Man's  Land   on   the   Tou!   see-
While the stale department made no I lor captured a lone German occupyins
official announcement, it is understood   a listening p<ist.    G.is shells have been
that the Japane.se government has let 1 thrown   on   .\merican   sector.?.
Edward Roche, Yonkers: John Ryan, New York: Charles Scott, New York; Jos. Sigmond, New Y'ork; James Sinims., New Y'ork; Robert H. Smith, Baltimore.
William W. Smith, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.: Charleys W. Smith, South Nor- -walk. Conn.; Waller T- Rout. Wash¬ ington. D. C; Jesse Wallace, Chester¬ field, S. C; Howard Warren, Hyers- ville, Md.; Thomas W. Heaiey. Balti¬ more; W. Van Williams, Richmond. \"a.; Walter .^berle. Brooklyn; William -Vdams. Brooklyn; Harry Rogers. J5ab>-loii. L- I.; John Rome. .N'ew York;
an   „„iv,»«,.,.  „,..i   f ., Afberl   W.   Santee.    Dumbarton.    Va.;
,„„rtf H, .„ ,1    '^ forward   move-,.,„,,„  .,^.^,,    ^.,^. ^
merit drove the enem>- over the Cn-j.Tt | :,.^^. yo^k;  Frank
I- rancis Sulv.
the United States know that it will not take any steps in the Far East now-
Incidentally, the Japanese mission has made no official mention of the subject since it arrived here. That body started today for a month's trip beginning at Fortress Monroe, Va.. and ending at Xew York. It will get a comprehensive view of the vast war work  this nation is carrving on.
MILLIONS ARE TAKEN
OF STILLMAN ESTATE
I ¦
a stirring speech by Senator New, Monday, in favor of his bill for uni¬ versal  military  service.
Apartments,   61
HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SALE.
For Sale—Kitchen cabinet, gas stove. •<iti-hen    linoleum,    mahogany   dreases and   chiffonier,   brass   bed   and   spring, small  rug,  mahogany  davenport,  wnl- „       . ,_ ,   , '"!<    dining   room   set.     Call    Monday.
Senators    who    attended     the    war   third    floor.    Burdick council   session   today   were   informed   West  Union  street.
that fhe  movement of troops is  being  ,
materially   .speeded.     That   American- FOR  RENT
Allied war plans would he consider- Hotel, 88 and 90 North Main street. ably affected—and prob.ably much al- Possession at once. Inquire Alvin G. tered—by   a   long   eontiiuied   German   Funke, 47 Mary street, Ashley.
offensive, was the impression the sen-    ^—~~~~ ——«__—
ators gave the meeting. They were told GIRL WANTED.
of progress toward construction of Wanted--C.ood, .steady girl fOr gen- mobile artillerv—a hopeful report;  and   «""*' lifusework;  good wages.    Address
"There  is  110  reason why all of the .Vmerican |>eoide who are able to cook (Continued on  Page Two)
height* I
northwest   of   tbe   town     which .  were
crowned  with  the permanent   work.« (ifi l«iferc."
Shamokin   Man  Taken.
.\-       I'.unp       P.rTnd<^nliui-g—Herbert (Continued on   Page Two)
Xew Vork. March 23. - The federal government is expected to roceive 111.- 722.000. whilJ^ the state will receive $2.- 014.000 frrim the estate of the late lames .Stillman whose will was filed BRITISH   ON  THE JORDAN j Tor probate today.   The estimate of the!
London. March 2.".—The British !»'a t e and federal taxe.- is haj?ed iinoi ha\e thrown a bridge across the Jor-ithe apioximation of the estate's value dan   river   anA  ar»>   progressing  east-} at  $50,000,000.
ward along the l«>ft bank, (ieneral .\t-1 Practicall.N the entire propert\. pe'-- lenby. Britisli commander in Palestine. } sonal and oilierwise. g.jes to S>ti;I- declai-ed    in   his   ofricial   rf'port   loday. | mans  five childi-fn.     U
of *the continuance of delay in the the airplane program, but with better tendencies than in the previous week's summary.
The council gave the impression that in   the  absence   of   full   official,   inside news on the tlerman drive, if  was dif-' j ficult 10 draw conclusions, but the gen- I eral tone of discussion was not pessi¬ mistic-, i
box 14,  Independent office.
ELEVATOR  OPERATOR  WANTeV
Wanted - Flevator opernfoi-. .\ppl.v at Simon l>jng's Sons at 3 a. Jij. .Mon¬ day.
AIR   RAID   ON   PARIS
AGENTS WANTED
.\gents to travel by aulomobile to inrroduce our 2.">0 fast selling p(n«ular priced household necessities. thm greatest    line   on   earth.     .Makr    JIO   11
'day.     Complete   outfit   and   automobile
\-ar\f;    March     2.r-Enemy    airmen   furnished  free  to   workers.     Wriu-  to-
. . is  divided  into I ra;de<i   I'ari.s   this     mornins     inflictin.s   da^    for   exclusive   leiritoi-v .        F,      M.
The   river   was ^.ridged      Friday.      he [five  trust   funds   and   administered   by ! some casualties.    No details have be»-n
said.
four   unbonded   trustees.
announced.
Heltman.   sales   manager. <-an   Bldg..   Cincinn.-ili.  O.
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