New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, 19018. —TWENTY PAGES. - Hun Plans Go Awry, as Shown by Captured Documents, Lon: Insists First Positions Have Been Captured—Defenders’ Guns Battf AMERICANS SMASH |LODGE CRITICISMS ~ |KAISER GOES WEST || rore rieats for Lasting Pene Comter = In Easter Message to America | doned ill Fil'St ShOCk b Aflieg --FirSt St FIRST AND SECOND | ANSWERED BY JONES| 10 WATCH BATTLE. o oo imoi e i o cun || of Offensive Ends in Failure for Kais Benedict in his ster mess the United States which he sends through the ./ ciated P The Holy Father's message ENEMY POSITIONS wew esican senatr DeiefldsiAocomDaniedkou Trip e T e Minions---Heavy Bombardment of Fren suffering the torture of Passlon Week, was ‘peace be unto you. 2a? H { Never has the world for which H acrificed himself eded s . i | Food and Fuel Administrators | Hindenburg and Von Ludendorll || S5iants ‘thar messaro of meace as toure - el neetet British Army Hondquarters in France, March 22 (By the Ase runners Wlpe Out Defenses With | ‘ “On this solemn occaston no better wish can be made fo the ciated Press.)—The fighting still continues but the first stage Ty | country so dear to our hearts than that the Divine Redeemer mas the offensive has passed. The enemy has failed badly in the ex] HeflYy Shell AttaCk COH‘ B 0 T H WELL QUALIFIED‘BULGAR TROOPS AT FRONT grant a reallzation of the desire of all, that is, a healing of the cution of his program, as is attested by captured documents sho | existing hatred and the concluding of a lasting peace based on the | ing what he planned to do in the early hours of his offensive. SRR, e | foundations of justice, fear of God and love of humanity, giving to | Vigorous counter attacks late yesterday restored some of t i N'fi i the world a new organization of peoples and nations united under positions the British had temporarily abandoned. Ulllllllg ThI‘Oth lum Resents Statement ¥Fuel Bureau Is | They and Austrians Will Form Strate- | | the aegls of true religion in aspiring to a nobler, purer and kinder The exact British line cannot be made public at present, as Composed Largely of Amateurs gic Reserve—Munitions Explode at civilization.” might furnish the enemy with valuable Information. Last nig’ v | was fairly quiet along the front. This morning the Germans we GERMANS SURRENDER Quotes Statistics to Prove Massa- | German Depot—FEditor Declares T bombing near Croiselles. There were indications they intended J continue their attacks today. .l I{‘ ¥ chusetts Man Wrong on Sugar. Great Test Has Arrived. ‘ The weather is cold and bleak. A heavy mist makes air r ‘Washington, March 22 Speaking London, March 22.—Emperor Wil- | - : the enemy is deprived of greatly needed aerial observation. in defense of the food administrations | liam, Field Marshal von Hindenburg T e rtat e et b ooy e e i in thr Run Into Our Lines, Shouting “Don't | I the senate today, Senator Jones |and Gen. von Ludendorfl have gone [iRflws lN H"LLANI] REMAIN N | ot iat Hollsa iy ook oo e of New Mexico exonerated both of [to the western front to witness the fered very heavy casualties. The massed German artillery has be Shoot”’—Tell of Huns Being Killed | blame for the recent sugar and coal | German attack, says an Exchange LA R haaraerenlby (tHol bt suna: shortages. He declared their price- | Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. SR i by Own Gas After Attack on Yankee | fixing policies had saved the country | Bulgarian and Austrian troops now 3 ; — | from “chaos and confusion.” are on the western front, the dlspaten | Member of Parliament In-|Still Doubt Whether Ger-| i ciuime Fivst Line Captare, | fSrmhouses continued throu Senator Jones, who was a member | reports. The Bulgarian troops, which 1“’ nps \‘:"““J ;‘o (‘;" 'B “‘l f -] lThHLll'NLU. ml‘ ording to the ¢ . . of the manufacturers’ sub-committee | have arrived T ] sk . RN o { Berlin, March 22 (By British ad- | pondent of the Daily Mail in Own Territory. which investigated the sugar and coal 3:‘:1\101.e’l:2‘(‘(1u]“<0:\(‘,I‘Spgp?ee::,\{m(’?,tn tends to Ask for Break many Has Begun Her miralty por wireless pross)—The| “Tho enemy bombardment, - A rican army in France, | Shortages, spoke in reply to Senator | dispatch says. The number of Ans- | = z S T | British first line has been captured | s: ‘began at 5 o'clock in the 1 Th‘,‘,;;finl},l_‘en:::;lmm_11', Y the Acse. |Lodge of Massachusetts, who recent- SRt el hu('gc, hml in Relations. Great Offensive. | by German troops attacking from the | ing and at 7 o’clock some of the clated Press.)—Enemy first and see- | 1v denounced price-fixing as a failure, | many Austrian cannon have been e | southeast of Arras as far as La Fere, | man units left their trenches ar o Tl ot e s 8 oy || BT S SO ety G ARG || e G {the war office announces. ) ‘!‘\:1 ed the British with he Sontor sast of Luneville have boen do- | istrator Garfield and asserted the | The Austrian war minister, Gen. | Amsterdam, March dispaten | Washington, March —American | Heavy artillery fighting continues | light maching . Between ¢ stroyed completely by American artil- | SUgar shortage was largely artificial. { von Ste who now is in Berlin, is [ from The Hacue fo the Handelshlad|military ‘observers, alrcady havine|in Belglum and French' Hlanders. | olclock the encagement be lery fire. After the raid into the Ger- | _Senator Jones resented tho Massa- | said to have promised von Hinden- | Si'S one of the most prominent mem- | Cast their doubts on whether the Ger- | Reconnoilering detachments are said | eral on a front of some man positions last night, the Ameri- | chusetts senato criticism of 1he (burg that the Austrians would take | /°'S of parliament intends to ask tho|man drive, begun yesterday, really | to have penetrated the opposing lines| “The right of the G can gunners shelled the positions | fuel administration as being a “bu-| gver the work of guarding the east- | S0Vernment whether it is not time to heralds the Jong-expected German {at many points. Ostend was bom- | N flmm} e heavily all night and this morning. reau largely composSed of amateurs,” | ern front when the offensive in the | F€vall the Dutch minister at Washing- | drive, were closely anning the ofii- arded from the sea, ]‘1 «h“ .agnic (n\:\ ; 1 ,”‘W Today a patrol, without assistanca declaring the fuel and also the food | wost began. ton and hand passports to the Amer- | cial disy at today for evidence (o | ) & ‘)m: in a rok field P fllery, crossed No Man’s , administrators are both well qualificd | _ o mini : Hague. support their view that the German| Isombardment of French Line, | of. these villages. Alon; from the artillery, crossed No Man's : el : German Munitions Blow Up. I i Chilehi et an it e | paume-Cambrai road the « Land and found the first and second | and, with the organizations they have { t. terrific as it may be, really hirty G ar 1 s ki 1 | March 21.—The Germans are 1 f : roatc > “Servine he Juntry § v German soldiers were kille The - c is the forerunner of some other moy b | attacked and then t il lines had been wiped out. created, are *serving the —CoURWy f . 40 ie than 100 s injured and r Hague, March 21.—No reply' - * oth 2 ing out a heavy bombardment | | cour! hile h « W as, The patrol also obtained additional | solely for patriotic reasons. 500 munition wagons were blown up | Das beeu received up to this hour by: "yl . ke | along several sectors of the front, it | ip 1n in flols Jott e v information and returned without | Senator Lodge's speech was re-| 00 T DR FASARS WA PORE (U the minister of forelgn affairs, from ' , it 18 @ marked tendency among | i 00 TN inced. Three Infan- | prapsiconct casualties, the Germans apparently ferred to as an - mple of studled | 0 B0 & 0 Mons, Relgium, ae. | the allied powers, regarding the ship- | aan fae s iy Officers here not to ae- | " v i near Hurlus were broken | The British front in the ar having decided not to molest them. | and deliberate word lashing.” Its ;nr(“n & el ‘rw’h‘mm 'Fol("qr‘l h | ping question. ‘:’ " g ~‘m' S0 ‘mv move m(‘m ,w»[h., real | ¥ ‘Artillery firing by both sides on the | tendency being to bring the entire g an Exchange ap l ffensive until it is more fully i | Line—Half of Projectiles Fall With« direction of Ronssoy] dem- | Up by the French. The statement| uttack forms a rather sharp ; S e " dispatch from Amsterdam, filed yes- sector continued all day. administration into “disrepute. e | onstrated. | says: Ttithe enomy conld pinched rds >ana £ ™ s e or £ ring the ‘navs engagement off | . a u R T e R | Lodge Refuted by Storage Statistics, | terda Panama, March 22—The American | Members of the house military com- | _“‘During ’““['.‘]‘ _ongagement off | ent and run his line straight Surrender to Americans. | ""To refute Senator Lodge's state- The Germans had stocked great| authorities in the canal zone have|Mmittee heard the first meager detatls | Punkirk on BCnescay A our northwesterly slant instead of h oul o | ment that no actual sugar shortage | Munitions trains under camouflaged | seized thres Dutch merchant vessels | O Yesterdav's German aitack as re ast was hombarded near Panne Dy mnpatian ol rst B Onj theisectonimocthwentio R ou H e e e Al o | Eheaslc s ey iznies! in accordance with the order issued|Ceived Dy the War department when ' enemy warships. Along our whol A I L e abla Oy number of Germans deserted last st Uiy & ¥ 2 X . by Prosi Wils “" | they met todayv with the YWar front today the enemy directed a vio-! it with fewer troops Also in pf night and surrendered to an American | tural department reports show that “Decisive Battle For Peace. | vy President Wilson. L 2y with' the LE ol e e It off he wonla tons il &z g hev ap. | On August 31, 1917, sugar stores were [ “We arc now entered on a decisive cil under the new policy adonted by ; VAL g s o [apiE e patrol in a certain wood. They ap-, | Acting Secretary Crowell of takiwa against our batteries, which respond- capture a good number of B proached the Americans, shouting: | 125,000 tons below normal. battle for general peace,” says 3 g & g ki th : : 8 % s . 3, 3 o 3 Ongl s into I co dence ¢ ed gorously. This unusually active | troops, These, it seems plain, aa DAt b ct In defending the administration’s | Taegliche Rundschan of Berlin, ac- G infoR theficoniilcnceion st MECTOUALY : : : Siin i oy = ¢ on’t shoo gosy R ol g | zovernment. The military authorities artillery fighting, with the use of | aims in tic first stage of the d The prisoners were turned over: to |Susariprice fxing policy, tie sald, ‘lkfcording ko an nanee Coan | < ! pointed out that nothi has come | shells containing poisonous gas, was | sive. the French. Much valuable informa- | Was diffeuts (oficonselief te e onygll disnatchign o SChaaiogn, B g | DRAFT EXEMPTION| t:5m the tiont as et th inoicate e fcontinusdl throtehods the dav, Our| Mholsnemy is trying ol 5 o r resulte other 1an a e] i a1 hat o e e 2 = ! 2 | arger ale ¥ tion was obtained from the deserte “”“.A_ ‘"_ 2 _),f e 0 | nounc ing t "\ SO IS G "’v:{' of { cope of the German movement | communications were bombarded | 4 larger scale the operation by Who €aid they woro “fod-up” with tho (o ETsat mass of American consum- | the German offensive in the west I | S an, | he won back some of the groun o a . 7 ’ aitian | TS B jury to e pro- eceived with o felicitation by the H ] oai f Oy i war and decided they would rather |€rs and without inju T i e £ . < rQ s gained in the battle of Cambrai. Helins SoneraMiThEI -l il ol ducersg German people, who will follow it | Linius L. Deming, Religious Objector, EMBARGO AGAINST | he pushed in on an angle of our formation obtai from the men was | Taking up the coal situation, Sena- | with feverish interest. The newspa- ; British Public Elated. both from the north and the g B 1 | is Classed in Class 1-A by | ol = E the statement that during the gas pr tor Jones sald: . per adds: ' by FREIGHT TO NEW Y ORK | 1.wondon, March 22.—The great bat- | two bodies of troops did their jector attack against the S he activities of the fuel adminis- | «A single combat between England | District Board. | tle on the western front continued un- | to join hands, but could not mal Hiias® Februa , 900 projectors | tration from the ve ing have } ana Germany which is to decide the e | til late last night, the war office re-|though they had at first conside were employed. half the pro- | been directed tow 1rd supplying the ¥ war, our future position in the world Linius L. Deming of 59 City avenue, ports. The British are holding the | success. Much the same design i jectiles fired fell within the German | extraordinary war demand for coal } and whether the Anglo-Saxons shall | who is employed at the Bristol Bra; Less Than Carload Lots Not to Be | gpnemy, ing followed now We have goad lines and the gas overcame many of on the part of the government itsell | sontinue to press their will on the | factory in Worestville and who at- The eagerly awaited British official |&on to hope that it will be 28 the Germans. The next day, accord- | and those branches of industry which | world, opened tod | tends the Christadelphian church in | SEHETRIEN 0T AV THD L G statement of today which was expect- | mated as was the previous oney fng to the deserters, 11 rmans the government has called into war | ke With t1 ti R ot e || e, T HeRLE fight for exemp- helCountrs ed to sive further details of the great | Wi cnemy's attacks 74 were killed and 30 wounded while service. ith the entire coal output | TN YT | om military service on grounds fighting indicated in last night's r day his massed infantry offered taking out the dead. inadequate to supply the demands of MANNHEIM PUBLIC I or a consclentious objector. | New YVork, March 2. Congestion | pores s read with great satisfaction, | markable targets to our rifies may American inteiligence officers are | the country, it has been necessary o 5 ‘he district board, to which was re. | of freight in cars and wirehouses and | bt 8 MR L ST T hat the enemy | SUns and artillery, of which fu med to doubt the story regard- |course, to make readjustments to FLEES AIR TERROR | ferrca Mr. Deming’s appeal by the ' on picrs here caused the freight trattic | ot 08 88 (0 JCRRI0 o qpffercd great | Yantage was taken by our troops, 900 projectors. American in- | supply the war demand. al second district board, handed commiftce of (he North Atlantic | the reports testity to the exceed] & 1 % ¢ belie 4 h esti e, : P losses | heavy loss flerec y 3 e formation is that only 75 were used. | It is my belief that the question down its decision last night, explain- | states to announce today that an em- Tt this proves to be the great Ger- | DSaVY losses suffered by the enem: | serious attack s developed to the causes of a shortage of s e O 1m0l Soar b s | bargo will be placed. ctiective at the i : [ e ey Trenches Six urs. : . - e Population Panic Stricke ) ving |, {08 the subuuttediinof proof;, Lare 5 2 3 man offensive that has been predict- s ) . P b In Enemy Trenches Six Ho 1 and the high prices can be an- ¥ cken Rollewlng b [ s v naiaet tho close of business Saturday. Unsty o the preliminary round appears “,“':O"‘ni:f-”“‘"" heavy fighting : s ; Disastrous Attack by British of his church. Unless Mr. 5 fucthenfiocelnin lone R 1 it ot 1l have gone in favor of the Entente, al- g expected 0. > ene: s > c re- | tic 1 rans atior 26 - : 1 o e = than ecarlo ots from other parts of 3 tered the enemy first line ar | tion. Had transportation been un sceks further appeal than carload 1 from other | L hasile am the pEinial report potate mained there six hours but $aW 1O |limited, I thirk there can be no \viato board agrees to re-open the country out, further heavy fighting still is to iy enemy. It is reported that Germany | doubt but what the ordinary machin- ] will remain classified in class I-A. | The cmbargo is aimed to correct | pib (HEREN AEETS el INDUSTRIAL SHIFT HINT recently had constructed trenches !ory for distribution would have ex- | Geuneva, March = Intormation My e e i e S ! the practice of some interior shippers | P, expected. . Fa ihetiareconcrete huit way fon |l tha dedord st aseanas s reached Basle that the British o OBristadelphians are a smail, Cheftremendotgfertiory sausignasi) i = ienied the admir 1 attack of Monday on Mann-| .clislous sect in this country, there heard more distinctly in Kent last — side. Senator Jones denied the mis 4 z 2 "1 being only about 3,000 of them in tho ight. Houses continually wer ak- Great activity continues behind the |tration has been entering upon activ- | heim, Germany, did great damage in| ..ii¢ “rnited States, but Mr. Demine G G enemy lines. Within the past four | jties for the purpose of providing po- | the city, causing several furious fires, | (R 18 | BHC SRS Dib Mr. Deming i el e days a number of rock crushers and | sitions for democrats. jeapecially near the railway statlon. A :SH/68 LAt Lie¥ are strong abroad concrete mixers have been brous powder factory and gas plant are re-| ther objector to fighting is Cap- and there are signs that the G — | ported to have exploded. The popu-, (MR Ahrling, formerly the Swedish| . 4" cupplies will not be affeeted by | $han a very general and vague id gestion Along Atlantic. intend to contruct a number o | Jation, these advices say, is pa Salvation Army leader here. He is|.p. on of the fighting Thursday on the west pill boxes opposite the an | bu4 TO BE MADE YOTERS | stricken and many persons are goimg 1OW In Springfield. His claim for front between the Oise and the Sen- Washington, March -An e o N o 1l Sy orls exempti e 1o, hz he was 2 chic oy i g ’ swaving front. Several trains of : (o Randt ',",m”: i ””,i:”()l\‘ Ugr”‘r‘uwumd aen e LIEUT HART TO FRANCE gee, which continues with swaying | sive survey of the location of o iurantine o Py ! _EOuth German pross is contin., & I g fortunes. according to the accounts of | ;o o Ty B BEE lnes during the past 24 hours. i ts campaign against so-called . correspondents at -the British front | yatus day's reports say three German air- | Sixth Ward Sends in Largest Number | reprisals, but the Berlin government is s - in the morning newspapers. | dustries board and several other planes flew over various parts of the | st L i ey .\.' ared to show no disposition to ne- SPANTISH CABINET FORMED IR GomnitEcion el Wor Eartillory BRBLIndh \rmed at Hindenburg Line. ernment departments, may 1 £ . PRI Py o yplications arn ard | gotiate 0 v bt oy S American front line at daybre x_k and pi . = = of Service, He Will Do [is Bit ‘he German attack made on the | Shortly in the transfer o fired their machine guns on our POSi- | cone. Next, Former Premicr Mauro Selects Min- : Brifishttront: wealland southwost ot |lernment! contravts’ trom the il tions without results. | U‘BOAT HOLDS UP LINER istry. Giving Dato Post. Against Raiser's Horde, Camr i evidently aims at recaptur-| {yially congested t to the | The registr: of voters, William \ S — ; ; | i and Thomas J. Smith, have Madrid, March Antonio Mauro, Mervin Hart. son of Mr. and \n\.l dispatch to the Morning Post from | ynder less pressure, labor i Eq recefved applications from 604 men ! p BES TSGR suceacd odiiin G i v e SR D 0! G o NS IO I | e e e e e el e P e 0 | who wish to be made voters at the | Spnish Vessel Forced to Put Back to a cabinet to succeed that of 1 s ir luite so scarce u ransporta An American patrol last night en-|swercd with one word, transporta- who, unable to obtain permits to send 1re t to this port in carload lots, have been breaking their shipments into less than carload lots and thns voiding restrictions cussions. X West and South Because of Foodstuffs and government and rail- It is not yet possible to give more ‘War Contracts May Be Awarde: | west ing all the Hindenburg, line, Savs a | south where factories are worl now on his way to and will| pdds: e N s . % 4 . adds [ conditions are bett sitting of the hoard on March 30 and | : . . de Alhucen Senor Mauro I soon he reuc o do his > s bl @ | Port Soon Aftcr Leaving Cadiz— premier, former premier Dato will - oC R ) i L ““«‘ The German army attacking south The many ramifications of the {April 1. Of this number a few are | of the Scarpe seems to have delivered | ject have been discussed, it . . A / war with the Hu Mr. Hart holds Exccution in Brussels Reported—Oth- | men who have since enlisted and | Was Bound For New York. "’"“"" K"'H‘{‘"““‘\” “"}' ‘;; £ “””‘) | commission as a second licutenant. may not he able to appear. num- DIMUNONES, nister of justice unc St 0 bE Wi 3 & i | ber of applications n‘m year is 1 Cadl Spain, Mareh ThelShin 3 Mariano minister of war Mar- * s [RE 3 yaliangle of the A - vml‘v i and Ba- | the ar industries hoard, rail | ber of apr s 3 is 217 : in, X The Span- SRR el N Electric (¢ plant in Brie, Pa., | paume-Cambrai rouds, while the Ger- | administration. treasurer, = shig) to Life at Hard Labor. |in excess of thosc a ye: 2 ish {rans ¢ liner Montevid - "s i ana went fror ¢ to Canada for - , 50 . e . o S P man arm [ The 604 ) divided | whic ! W York Monday, ! special trainir e London, March 2 B execution |into the six ve as fol- s helad I v 1 subms ! mi Y . tutelage of the in Brussels of Roman Catholic priests | lows: Firs third, v v - - Bri its first blow jrincipally in the tri-|learned today. by representative ers Said to Have Been Sentenced Lieut. Hart At oaGoneral, outh of Cambrai is strik- | hoard and the labor departmenty ing against our trench syvstems in the { Tegion west of the heldt canal. No I r r ; 3 1 officers he’ made | qoubt the enemy hopes that the at- charged with espionage reported in 6; fourth H t 143 xth, 148, o1 ng s - WEATHER, I neent t He was at Camyp an Exchange Tele h dispatch | Thus, the ard, the only true in liner S i e ic stronghold in the city, has ' made t I not to 4 Havtrord, March other priests, the dispatct y ¢ number of new voters to | the vel he ¢ in w of the British front and taking been sent ed 1 mp 3 i and the fifth ward, claimed 4 »ourd & 1 rine ¢ ! vicinity: Fair tonight and j| child. Mrs. Hart and o« ok all the ) t hard Jabor f t blicans by small margins, CGer ailors rched the ) Saturday: coldes toni officer's com- GERMAN RAIDER CAPTUR -A man raider operating in the Pal Oglet ¢ o received h | may succeed in forming a junction —lore- [ ders serviee and thus cutting off a considerable o | tacking forces of these two armies| A Pacific Port, March 22 | as I ast for New Britain oand | Mr. Hart is married anc s lice | ocean has been captuved Ly a Unl Hindenburg trencl t | States cruiser and is now heing. tol = = Licut LS AaD i ggles for villages and ruined 'eceived herc today.