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Steg 7 +cute..sedition and treason. wid Hiab det “eke hei ayn et 980 F pledging’ whole’ hemrted@ nape |S" west of Boursies. * q ‘PEACE: er ae | ORCOMING DAY, PALE ROSY HUE ATTACK, BONAR LAW DECLARES | London, Mar. 22—The Unit- | | ed States destroyer Manley, | / {| on which an officer and some j; of the men were killed as a re- | | sult of a collision, has arrived // | ata British port, according to }} | an Associated Press dispatch At the game time other German forces advanced behind a smoke bar- | rage along the ridge running north- ward from Gouzeaucourt, It may be was by no means unexpected by the British and that they had made great | preparations to meet.the onslaught. It is too early to predict the out- }come of the first few hours of the sald that the attack in this region|* D OVE SCRE! CH port of the national administration i in its prosecution of the war, the res-| Partisan league. 1. led, dominated | controlled by trai‘ors who have deli ! -BEING HEARD? || olutions state: sal Declare Them Hun Propagandists |erately cultivated sedition for.per: | London, Mar. 22.—Semi-official neg.| “With regret. and shame we are’ sonal gain, who are inciting disloy: | otiatiohs are on foot between Ger-| compelled’ to recognize that there is alty, encouraging treason and seek many and the entente in which Ger-| disloyalty and sedition. in Mcleod ing to Russianize Minnesota and every: many is displaying a strong inclina-! county that many of our citizens have other state wherein they are plying tion for peace, the Catholic neWs-| been’ duped and deceived by German their shameless trade clad in the crim- ‘yaper Nieuwsblad Van. Hetzeuden! propagandists. under. the guise of soc- son robes.of civic prostitution.” | . Bombardment Started at Daiwa | received Thursday. bps With Rain of Shells on the | British | ‘ . . 7, 5 ry conceyiable, wengige. probably correspondent at Amsterdam reports. | ious During War, His : 2 ) |Howerer I may be stated. that. the| TBIS- Amsterdam newspaper is) | i none t i ‘kine fore.j gtoted as adding that its information | COMPLETE FONE Belief great concentration of attacking fore: | QUqreU 3S BIGnE t Tee ficial negotia. | SYSTEM SAVING *"" GOAL CARRIERS Tells Commons Troops Were Or- | | sive line belng pushed back in placer, | UOUS was reached by March 27 the| A WITHDRAWAL, dered Back at Weakly Held Points Anthracite and Coke Transporta- tion Not Affected by the This would merely be history repeat-! be: begun: | This much New Rules 4 On Larger Scale Than Any Prev- | struggle, in which vast forces and) 1. it has learned, the central news your children in good health—The greatest menace to health in old or young is constipation. Dr. Caldwell’s Syr MAY BE GREATEST BATTLE_ ing its According to reports from Petro» | au grad, dated Wednesday, a rumor is i British Are Ready = current, at Moscow that Germany has | “At no spoiny has'the British war| overed important concessions to the | hine been in such perfect condi-| anies conditioned upon the recogni- tion. Never before has there been! tion ‘of the Brest-Litovsk treaty of| is certain: War and Future History Poss-/ ibly Hangs Upon Decision of Present Onslaught (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Exactly twenty-five months after) -the Germans began the historic battie of Verdun, the thunder of their guns deepened into a tempest of fire along > cog 7 z the British front in northern France, LAKE DOCKS SUPPLY DAK. and they began what may be the] greatest battle of the war, a struggle Rail Embargoes Will Be Used to of the line which was very lightl which may lead fo results which will e Me | held.” shape the destivies of millions of peo.| Insure Success of the ; “This was nothing more than was! 0 ies, Arrangement xpected, and was in accordance with ple over comiag centuries. | ig instructions. There was nothing in The attack/ was made on a scale] —_—_ the 5 se ab hitherto unknown during this war of! Wushington, D, C., Mar. 22.—Com | the nalare of a surprise about the major offensives. It was over a front{ Pletion ot its zone em of coal dis: | of fifty miles. Official reports are very! tribution designed to bring about ec- brief, but correspondents at the scene | Onomies of transportation and incres at he iv ar ert tell. of the terrific storm of artillery|ed production was announced las the if Usa lenaaanteny the fire that burst over the lines held by | night by the fuel administration. Rail-| attacking party would gain a certain Field Marshal Haig’s men. road embargoes will be used, to en amount of ground, and the govern- Hun Infantry Moves [acres pberatlon ot the: plat: _,_| ments information so far did not lead The bombardment began at five! oq neither is coal us Rane Sone to the belief that anything beyond o'clock Thursday morning, just be-| nor sirieulee a a x ae roads, that had happened. fore the early spring dawn was break-| fie ie se ek P used ‘ or Speer | “I am sure that with the knowledge ing over eastern France. Shells of| eortuin becducts Eee production Of | beforehand of what has happened in large and small calibres were rained | 4) lana waterw ia 4 a that moved | similar attacks on either side" con- upon the lines held by the British for] oe er ays an ’ at export-| tinued Mr. Bonar Law, ‘the house and about five hours. Then German infan-| reswations not included in the | country wil not be unnecessarily al- try stormed out to make the first regulations. armed by information of that kind great assault. The Germans, favored ; Will Save Cars Reassures People. ‘by the wind, moved forward under up Pepsin The Perfect Laxative is recommended as a positive remedy for constipation—mild and gentle in its action and free from opiates and narcotic drugs. In countless homes it. is \the standard family’ remedy. Druggists everywhere—fifty cents and one dollar. Had Forecast Loss Mr. Bonar Law reminded the house SAYS LEADERS TRAITORS | Hutchinson, ‘Minn., Mar, 22—Con-} demning the Nonpartisan league's} controlling faction, which it charges with inciting disloyalty, encouraging | treason and seeking to Russianize | Minnesota, the McLeod county demo- higher morale or optimism among the | peace. British troops. The general impres- | f Sosa ees | sion on the front is in agreement) London, Mar. 21.—The German at-/ with that of the Germans—that this! I AT | tack against the British lines today | is the decisive contest of the war. But | a i was on a larger scale than any made! on the British side there is no doudt | | ; thus far during the war on any part/ that the decision will eventually be! | of the western front, Andrew Bonar} in the allies’ favor. i Law, spokesman of the government, Germany is staking everything on; | told the house of commons today. | this play and if the great attack fail: | “Our outpost troops,” he added,! to break clear through, it is believe “have been withdrawn on one part|that the Germans will be finished. for | they have nothing further to offer, ex-j ept a gradually Reakening defense. | Much Gas Used. | . ™ The bombardment today was one of |Federal District Attorney Asked | {the most intense along this front. As . had been generally expected, the Ger- to Prosecute Nonparti- mans denended on short heavy artil- ans \lery work to carry their troops for- ward. Large quantities of gas were uesd at various places and extraordi- narily high, velocity shells have been whining across the back areas since dav break. The Germans had mady a great concentration of guns for t attack, and every one of them Wi brought into play at the outset. It reported that, one German tank was A TRIAL BOTTLE CAN BE OBTAINED, FREE OF CHARGE, BY WRITING seen in action, but this is not verified. TO Dk. W. B. CALDWELL, 457 WASHINGTON ST., MONTICELLO, ILL, although it would cause. no surprise/cratic conference Thursday adopt- if true. The sky was heavily overcast; ed resolutions, which among other all day rendering aerial observation | things, endorsed Governor Burnquist’s difficult. indictment of the Nonpartisan league | officers and call upon the federal dis- ‘BABY KILLED . | trict attorney for Minnesota to prose- © With the annual production of bit-; “Our staff and the Versailles coun- uminous coal, approximately 300,000, cil naturally have been considering cover of a pall of smoke which hid the assaulting columns from the eyes of the British holding the front lines. Describing the battle, Andrew Bon- ar Law informed the house of com mons that lightly held portions of the British line had been withdrawn, but said that there was no need for alarm on the part of the country. The Associated Press correspondent at the | British front reported that an attack | there had been expected and thai great preparations had been made to; mest it. The Berlin official reports trated into some British positions. Claim French Retreat Nor were the German efforts con-| centrated on the front held by the British. Early Thursday morning the Germans assaulted the French lines | near the village of Ornes, to the north: | east of Verdun and claim to have pen- etrated a considerable distance. Near Rheims, too, the French were subject: ved ‘to an assault, but here the artil- lery bore the burden of the fighting The attacks at Verdun and Rheims. however, may be considered for the time ‘being as mere diversions to the Principal attack, which has been loos ed ‘against the British. They would serve to keep the French forces at Verdun from being transferred to the | British sector, ifthat part of the bat-| tle line should show any signs of bend. ing back. « Americans Menaced | Nothing has been reported as to} attacks on the lines held by the Am | ericans. It had been expected that the | | Germans would make an assault or, | the American held trenches in the} Lorraine and Toul sectors, acting or | the.thory that troops which have not | had experience in engagements of the first degree might be found to yield; easier than veterans. That such an at | tack may yet be launched. and with| only slight artillery ‘preparations, is| | within the possibilities. | | The activity in the American sec tors during the past three weeks | would indicate that the Germans have | been concerned with the disposition | of General Pershing’s legions, their probable strength and the locations of | |, the batteries supporting the infantry | holding the lines. Austrians Engaged. ! | - he Germans have called upon the | Austrian army for assistance in their | | effort to carry the battle to the en-; | tente allies for the official reports! | from Berlin say that Austro-Hungar- i consumed as near as poss ; souri, 30 tons, or sixty percent of the coun-; what might happen In the event of an! try's output, it is expected that the! attack. And I may tell.the house that | aving resulting fro mthe plan will/ this attack has been launched on! amount to 160,001,000 car miles. This | every part of our line we were inform. | meahs that the same number of cars! eq would be attacked, if an attack would make almost 300,000 addition: | were undertaken at all. al trips from the min which would| «“{ may y that only three days be equivalent to an increase in probuc: | ago we received information at the! tion of 5 per cent, Coal operators last! cabinet from headouarters in France winter complained that production! that they had definitely arrived at Save Child .. get cars to load the output and a few) the conclusion that an attack would be . was reduced because they could not | ms ae ; és = 5 Coteau, N. D., Mar. 21—The explos- had storage facilities. y launched immediately and as they ion of a can of gasoline which becani : £ | were prepared to meet it, the coun-) \verneated in a harness sho} i The idea of the plan try need have no cause for anxicty. jday caused the death. of ~ Emiline| Quamme, two year old, Her father, ; Thomas Quamme, owner of the shop. | was severely burned about -the head: and shoulders, i The two were sitting near a stove; when a can of gasoline standing near-: by exploded, scattering liquid fire! about the room and on the occupants. ; Quamme grabbed the baby but his} IN PROGRESS wil be available for use in New Eng- | ried desperately to rescue his daugh-| laid insofar as it can be transported | pgs ‘ter from the fire and smoke and em-! there. This situation will be made | British Hold Germans Back at erged from the shop only when com-| the subject of a separate study by a) Caer} 1 | pletely exhausted and badly‘“burned committee representing the shipping Beginning of Grand jabout the head and shoulders. board, the railroad administration, the | Offensive The building was destroved and the | ; charred remains of the child were dis-| BY EXPLOSION _| OF GASOLINE Father Severely Burned When Attempts Desperately to to have coal le to where | it is mined, which is not the general ! practice now. Products of different | sections are sent long distances in| many instances largely because peo: ple of one section have become ac: | customed to using a particular pro:| | HOLOCAUST IS duct. New England to Benefit A large part of the coal which the ystem wil prevent from moving west out of the eastern producing districts i | sa THAT ANNOYING, »PERSISTENT COUGH may lead to chronic lung trouble, or mean that the chronic stage already reached, In elther case try ECKMAN'S ALTERATIVE ‘Thig tonic and tissue-repairer, su plies the acknowledged benefits of C: clum treatment without disturbing 1 j | Momach.., Contains to Alcohol, Nar | | cotic or Habit-Forming Drug. $2 size, now $1.50. $1 size, now 80c. Price includes war tax. All drugsiste, fuel administrator, coal operators, | m the railroads, and consumers. | covered tonight. The funeral will be | Roughly outlined, the northern and . eld tomorrow. central zones are as follows MANY GAS SHELLS USED y z Mines in Missouri, Arkan: Kan- t , Oklahoina, and Towa will supply! British Army Headquarters i DETROIT FLYER ‘hose, states, Nebraska, Texas east Of France, Mai® 21.—(By the Associated GIVES HIS LIFE, of the Mississippi. | Press)—The Germans this for2noon| ae | Lake Docks Supply the Dakotas | launched a heavy attack against the’! Wichita Falls, Mar. 22.—John Lake Michigan and Lake Superior | British lines over a wide front in, and Deschamps, of Det . Mich., an avi-} coal docks will supply the Dakotas, | 24" the Cambrai sector, and the as-, ation cadet who was injured internally | Minesotay-thecuptier: peninsula. 6 sault bears al the ear marks of being; two weeks ago when his airplane fell Michigan, sad northern lowa and wis: | the beginning of the enemy's much, several hundred feet at Call field consin, ~ “| heralded grand offensive. | here, died at the camn hospital today. Santas | eon alivotee peril te point north of Lagnicourt southward | sent to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Mis.|‘t® Gauche wood, just below Gouzea-: W. Deshamps, at Detroit, tomorrow, | Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennes-|CUTt. The attack was preceded by | see, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana and | 4 heavy bombardment from guns of| from October 1 to March 31 Wiscon.|4!! calibres, and the duel between the | sin, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louis: rocking | heavy batteries has been iana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, rocking the countryside for hours. j Indiana, Michigan. . Many Shells in Battle. | The Germans have employed gas/ BRITISH FRONT | shells freely, and a constant stream | ‘of high velocity shells has been LINE. MAY HAVE | breaking with firightful concussion | far back of the British lines, | BEEN PIERCED: The bombardment began in earnest | ; at 5 o'clock this morning and about five hours later the enemy forces hurled themselves on the British front London, ‘March 22—By employing; | general system. Hard fighting is proceeding from a! He was 24 years old. 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It is probable that; weight of artery, bes Gonieieean | line trenches north of Lagnicourt and | Eckmen Laboratory, Philadelphis | the great Austrian howitzers, or Sko-; vear to have penetrated the British das, have been used against the; front line at certain points between} | Stronger sectors of the British lines | the Scarpe and Vendeuil, says Reu-! } The French official reports state) ter’s limited, correspondent at British that the Germans have been sangin-; headquarters, telegraphing this even- arily repulsed in a number of engage-| ing. ments, notably on the Verdun and the | ‘Our counter measures have not yet | | Lorraine fronts. | developed,” the correspondent adds. | Huns Take Town | “Therefore, it is difficult to define the | The'city of Kherson, 92 miles north. | position. Apparently the enemy's pur- east of Odessa, his been captured by! pose has been to launch converging —is the new “cold the ‘Teutonic forces. This is an im-| | portant commercial town and possess: | jes a fine harbor. | Two German destroyers and two torpedo boats are believed to havej been destroyed in a naval battle oft; Dunkirk. The Germans came out of sone of their bases in Belgium and scommenced an attack on the city of /Dunkirk. French and British torpedo poats trapped the enemy warships and “visited sound punishment upon them | “One British boat was damaged in the} fight. Ostend was ‘bombarded by Brit: | 4sh monitors on Thursday and British | ‘seaplanes dropped shells on Helgo-| Tand.~ i "American forces have been engaged | ‘ih’ raid east of Luneville and at one} point fought hand to hand with the enemy. A brief artillery fire preceded the raid which was made in conjunc- ‘tion with the French. 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