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THE NEWS. DOVER. OKl.AHOM \
GERMANS POUND
AMERICAN LINES i
Attack on Toul Front Designed
to Secure Information by
Taking Prisoners.
THE FRENCH MAKE GOOD GAIN
Enemy Trenches Entered at Malan-
court on a Front of 1,400 Meter#
to a Good Depth.
With the American Army in France,
March IS. -After a terrific artillery
preparation this morning, large num-
bers of the enemy crossed No Man's
Land on the extreme right of the
American sector northwest of Toul.
Apparently the purpose of the raid
was quickly accomplished and only a
comparatively small number entered
our lines. Permission has not been
given to mention the number of cas-
ualties.
This raid, like most of the others
carried out all the way from the sea j
, to Switzerland, was designed to gath- i
( er information by means of taking i
prisoners.
U. S. Explore German Trenches.
East of Luneville our patrols have]
4 explored part of the German trench
1- which our artillery forced the enemy
5 to abandon. Patrols proceeded later-
■ ally until they *>tublished contact
fe with the Germans. Our reconnais-
1 sance and wire patrols found snipers'
1 posts, listening posts and nests from
3 which machine guns had been firing
I on our lines. The artillery attended
I to all these posts. The German po-
f sitions have been so uncomfortable
I at several places that they now are j
£ trying to regain a foothold by connect- j
8 ing .-hell holes. Our troops have been ;
I subject to an extraordinarily heavy
J artillery fire for the la.-t twenty-four :
Jt hours. More than 24u shells, which j
made craters twenty feet deep and \
.* thirty feet in diameter, fell in one sec-
tion of the line. In another section
„ batteries have been shelled heavily.)
More gas shells have fallen in both
^ the Toul and Luneville sectors, but
js the larger number in the former.
French Make a Gain.
Paris, March 18 -The war office re-
T ports a series of strong German at-
1 tacks in the direction of Samogneux,
north of the Bois Des C'aurieres and
L 'In the Ilezonvaux region. Large en-
? em.v detachments succeeded in pene-
S) trating the French line at various
S points, hut suffered heavy losses from
M the French fire and were unable to
j If .d the ground where they gained a
■ footing.
Latest information shows that last
M night the French troops entered the
S enemy trenches at Malancourt on a
ji front of fourteen hundred meters to a
1 depth of eight hundred meters.
Germans Admit Loss of Ground.
M Washington, March 16.—Spirited
3 fighting is reported along tlu^ French
9 front. In the Champagne and Lor-
9 raine sectors the French have won
3 local successes. German official re-
3 ports admit the loss of ground in
f Champagne before heavy forces of the
H French, who are apparently able to
I hold the ground they have gained.
Along the British front the artillery
$ fire has grown in intensity in many
« sectors and there have been lively en-
^ gagements between raiding parties.
The Canadians have carried out an-
il other raid southeast of Lens.
The Austrians report that Italian
positions on Mount Pasubio, on th3
•p mountainous sections of the Italian
:| battle line, have been blown up and
S that Austrian forces have occupied
fi the ground. Mount Pasubio is east of
H Lake Garda and on the left side of a
deep salient in the Italian line. The
£ attack on these positions on the left
i.f bank of the llacchiglione river may
indicate the approach of a serious
| blow at the Italians there in the hope
f of opening a way into the BacHiiglione
, valley and turning the flank of the
I Italian armies guarding the lower
j Piave.
Canadians Made a Raid.
London, March 16—Canadian troops
i in the region of Lens again have at-
j tacked enemy trenches with success
! and taken prisoners according to the
British official communication issued
this evening. On the other hand, at-
| tempted enemy raids near Passchen-
daele and south of the Menin road
were repulsed by the British.
French Regained Trenches.
Paris, March 16.—In the Cham-
pagne region west of Monte Carnillet
] the French have regained trenches
which the Germans had occupied sinc3
j March 1, according to an official
i statement issued today. The French
brought back 42 prisoners and two
| machine guns.
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+ "*t
£ Succeeds to Gardner's $
Seat in Congress $
+..+ + +■„+ + + .+..-♦3
Wlllfred \V. I.ufkln, for Ifi years
secretary to the late Representative
Augustus T. Gardner, the tirst member
of congress to join the colors, suc-
ceeded Major Gardner in congress,
lie is a Republican.
SLAVS GIVE IN TO
GERMAN DEMANDS
PLENTY OF PLANES BY J'JIY
The Peace Resolution Pushed
Through Soviet Congress at
Moscow by Lenine.
A'ILL FORM A DEFENSE ARMY
Sufficient Nurvi er of Machines to Pro-
tect American Sectors by That
Time, House Is Assured.
Washington. Maivu 10 American
built battle planes \n ill be in France
by July in sufficient quantity to insure
j air protection i t sec tors then held by
American troops This statement rest3
1011 the higlie>: authority and was
made tonight with recognition of dis-
appointments th.it have hampered the
air program.
j Figures 011 'he aviation situation, as
well as on ever, other branch of the
3oth Sexes Are to Be Enlisted in New government's w.ir preparations, wire
laid today before the House military
Military Force—Opposition
Fought Hard.
Moscow, March IN The all-Russian
congress of Soviets has ratified the
peace agreement with Germany by a
targe majority.
A Bolslieviki resolution approving
lie acts of the government of the
vVorkmen's and Soldiers' Delegates
md of the peace delegation and call-
ing for organization <4 the defense
of the counntry by the creation of a
national army of both sexes was adopt-
ed after Lenine's restoration of peace
among the warring factions and his
statement that this action was the
only way out, intimating that the
treaty might be broken under changed
HOOVER AND STOCKMEN AGREE
Plan of Action Decided on After Two
Days' Conference—Committee to
Study Cost.
committee, a.- >esterda> they were dis-
closed to the Senate committee.
The comnn nt of Representative
Kahn of California, ranking Republi-
can member of the House committee,
expressed the sentiment of the House ,
members on the new policy. He said
it means teamwork by the whole gov-
ernment on ti.' problems that face it. \
The figures revealed to the committee,
the immediate demands of the war
program and the progress in meeting
them, he added, made it clear the
country was Mill una wake to the j
enormity of its undertaking.
Mr. Kahn predicted great results
could be looked for from now on if j
tne weekly conferences with the legis-
ommittees are continued.
Program Sixty Days Behind Schedule.
It was disclosed the aviation pro- j
gram is far short of what had been !
hoped. Figure- estimating the defi-
ciency in pen • atage that have been i
quoted, however, were shown to be j
wrong. No such method of caleula- j
tion has been evolved. The actual de- |
lay can be figured onl> in point of
time. The airplane production pro-
gram in the I'nited States is todn
Washington, March 13.—An agree- ;
ment was reached last night, after two
days of almost continuous conference
between the Food Administration and i
the committee representing the cattle-
men of Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and ,
Illinois and other states, 011 a plan of
action whereby Mr. Hoover and the
government will undertake to assist
the cattle feeders in every way they I
can in the present difficult situation
confronting the industry.
A plan of action mutually agreed to
involves:
"1. The Food Administration will
do 'what it properly can, through the
buying agencies of the government,
to relieve the situation by increasing
the proportion of purchases of higher ,
grades *f beef and the employment of
such other agencies as are at its com-
mand.' It is expressly stated, how-
ever, the Food Administration cannot
without legislative action give a guar- j
antee to the producers.
"2. The cattlemen here in Wash- j
ington are to give a list of names to
Mr. Hoover out of which he will se- j
lect one to be made a member of the
meat division of the Food Administra- j
tion. Thus the cattle feeders will be
directly represented here in the future, i
"3. Mr. Hoover, in order to clear j
up the Situation, asks that some inde-
pendent tribunal be created to make
a study and report the exact cost of
raising cattle and feeding them for
market."
The cattle feeders, who came here
thoroughly aroused over the situation,
were, for the most part, pretty well
satisfied with the steps that had been
taken. Most of them went home last
night. Mr. Hoover met the cattlemen
frankly, told them just what steps he
had taken in handling the meat situ-
ation, what he proposed to do, and
what powers he had in handling the
situation and what he didn't have.
This exchange of ideas did much to
clear up the situation and restore bet-
ter feeling. It is believed that with
the cattlemen represented officially
in the Food Administration that closer
co-operation can be had in the future.
, ircunistaiu <
Opposition Fought Hard.
The opposition, notably the Social
Revolutionaries of the Left, made a
valiant but futile effort to prevent the
acceptance of jtlie treaty which was
characterized by the minister of jus
tice as being "anti revolutionary an 1
anti-Socialistic." He said that t lie So-
cial Revolutionary party repudiated
the responsibility for the acceptance
of the peace treat.\, v.ould resign liom j substantially si\t> days behind what
the government and devote all its
power and influence to the organiza-
tion of armed resistance to German
imperialism.
Wilson Message Heard Silently.
Previous!) to voting 011 the peace |H i,jm| There
treaty the Moscow congress listened over some of ti
to President Wilson's message of sym-
pathy to Russia. The message was
received in a silence broken only by
murmurings regarding the Japanese
situation.
Then the congress adopted a resolu-
tion in reply, directed to the world at
large and urging the "international
proletariat" to overthrow capitalism | ~ " ,_
. .... , , Harrisburg. Pa., March 16
and establish a Socialist government.
The resolution read:
The congress of Soviets expresses
its appreciation to the American peo-
ple, particularly to the toilers and
those who are being exploited, for
their sympathy toward the Russian
people at a time when the Russian So-
cialist republic is experiencing its
greatest hardships.
had been hoped for bv the most san-
guine officials. The foreign contracts
which were to have provided the ini-
tial fighting '(11111)1110111 for General
Pershing's air forces are still further
very prospect, how-
delay will be made
up.
BOULDERS WRECKED ATRAIN
Two Women Were Killed in Big
Slidge Near Harrisburg, and
Sixteen Others Injured.
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Express on the Pennsylvania Hail-
road was struck by boulders while
passing through the cut near Eliza- |
bethtown, seventeen miles east of
here, at 1 o'clock this morning, the
rocks wrecking two sleeping cars ami
causing the death of two women.
Sixteen other passengers were in-
i jured.
Railroad officials say the steel cars
prevented heavy loss of life. It is es-
timated that one of the rocks weighs
twenty tons and will have to be dyna-
mited to remove it from the roadbed.
| The two sleeping coaches were
thrown across four tracks, and if they
Tokio, March 18. Premier lerauchi j,a(j been of the old wooden type
and Foreign Minister Motono told par would have been broken to pieces,
liament today nothing had been de I The body of one of the victims was
cided upon with reference to tke Si-j identified as that of Miss Palmer of
berian situation. J Morgantown, W. Ya., whose father,
The military situation has.reached Charles Palmer, is on the injured list
HOLDING BACK IN ^SIBERIA
Japanese Premier and Foreign Minis-
ter Tell Diet That No Action.
Has Been Taken.
Double Standard
Oil and Gas Co.
CAPITAL STOCK
$100,000.00
Fully psitl and Non-Assessable
$100 invested in oil lias paid
$•10,000; and it may do so
here.
Wages never made a rich
man, but a small investment
has.
Protests New Casualty List.
Washington, March 14.—Chairman
George Creel of the committee on pub-
lic information sent a written protest
today to President Wilson against the
War Department's new policy of with-
holding addresses of soldiers in giv-
ing out casualty lists.
a state of perfected preparedness
Last night the Seiyukai (constitu-
tional) party, the largest in the diet,
held a conference and re-affirmed ils
position taken at a recent meeting in
opposition to immediate mobilization.
The press is almost unanimous in
urging mobilization. The Ashai Shim-
bun and the Yorodzu Choho say they
are unable to understand America'?
"excessive generosity" toward Russia,
bow giving supplies to Germany and
imperiling the stores in Vladivostok.
Suspicions in regard to Japan weaken
the allies, they assert, adding that it
is Japan's duty to work in the inter-
ests of the peace of humanity by as-
sisting to crush Germany. The Ko-
kumin Shimbun issue.; a call to arms,
saying that America is sincerely
friendly, but mistaken.
COAL MEN UNDER LICENSES
and in the Harrisburg hospital. When
brought here early today Mr. Palmer
asked for his daughter and search re-
vealed that she had been killed.
Restrictions to Prevent Duplication of
Profits Have Been Taken by Fuel
Commissioner Garfieid.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Washington, March 18—All coal job- ,icr guard,
bers, brokers, selling and purchasing !
TRIED TO BURN AN ARSENAL
Army Storehouse at St. Louis Has
Been Fired Four Times — The
Buildings Now Under Guard.
St. Louis, March lfi. Four fires of
unknown origin within the past two
months have threatened to destroy
the buildings of the United States
arsenal here, in which are stored
army supplies valued at more than
7 million dollars, according to Fire
Chief Panzer, who personally visited
the arsenal at each alarm.
According to Panzer, on the first
three occasions he found that heavy
boxes and other obstructions had
been placed about the fire plugs in
such a manner that the department
had difficulty in getting water to the
flames.
The arsenal buildings are now un-
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—After the entire aviation section of
Itich Field, at Waco, Tex., had searched
I all night for Cadet A. F. Thompson,
who had failed to return with his air-
plane and who was believed injured or
dead, the cadet was found asleep in
his machine, halted for the want of
gasoline in the middle of a farm ten
miles north of Waco.
—Five persons were dangerously In-
jured early the other morning at Tem-
ple, Tex., when a southbound Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas passenger traiu
crashed into a freight on a siding.
; agents and wholesale dealers were put |0 TAKE OVER DUTCH SHPS
, under license tonight by President
Wilson. Fuel Administrator Garfield j Was!lIngton, March 15._The United
issued regulations circumscribing the Statps ,in(j (;reat Hrltain have ,,re.
; charges to be made for their services, i aente(] a fina, no(,ce ,Q Hollan(, ;llat
While recognizing jobbers are "es- , un,e8s (he pendlng af,reement for el.
sential to the conduct of the coal busi- jje(j use 0j Dutch ships is accepted
ness," the Fuel Administration said, by March 1S the ships wlll be taken
affiliated companies solely for roceiv- ; oyfer ,or anjed ,lse
ing the jobbers' margin, the "swap- ;
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Increases Pay for Baker's Aids.
Washington, .March 14.—A House
Collision at Sea Kills 26. —The Daylight Saving Bill has
London, March 16. — Twenty-six j been passed by the House. The plan
j persons are missinng in consequence ; is to set clocks forward one hour at 2
1 of a collision between a naval ves- j a. m. on the last Sunday in March
.< I ;el and the British steamship H;ilh- and set them back an hour at the same
/ more. Survivors have been landed time on the last Sunday in October
at Kingstown, Ireland, by destroyers, each year. The vole was 252 to 40.
—James Stillman, chairman of the
j board of the National City Bank and
' one of the most famous bankers in
i the United States, died of heart dis-
ease recently at his home in New
York. He had been in poor health
i for several months.
| Licenses must he obtained before . creating two additional assistant
April 1. The Regulations do not ap- , secretaries of war was passed today
ply to contracts for coal before the t|l(J senate which, however, in-
President's exeeutne orders taking j <rease{j the salaries from $1,G00 to
over control of the industry. | $5,000 annually.
Dutch Agree On Ships.
Amsterdam, March IS.—The Associ-
ated Press hears on excellent author-
ity that the Dutch government has ac-
cepted the demand of the allied gov-
ernments relating to the use of Dutch
ships in the danger one.
Drove Out Farm League Men.
Sioux Falls, S. D., March 16.—Five or-
* Fganizers for the National Nonpartisan
| League were beaten and driven out of
Gregory, S. D., toward the Nebraska
line by a crowd of residents last night
after an attempted league meeting.
Forced to Kiss U. S. Flag.
Paducah, Ky., Marcn 18—Fellow era
ployes at the Illinois Central railroad
shops here today seized Marshall
Meyers, made him kiss the flag and
declare his allegiance to the United
States.
House Agrees to Rail Bill.
Washington, March 15.—Congress
finally disposed of the Railroad Con-
trol Bill today when the House agreed
to the conference report adopted by
the Senate yesterday. The bill now
goes to the President.
Delaware House Votes Dry.
Dover, Del., March 15/—The Dela-
ware house of representatives today
adopted a joint resolution ratifying
the federal prohibition amendment by
a vote of 27 to 6. The measure now
zoes to the senate lor consideration.
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