New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1018, - Bitter Fighting Resumed Today But Reports From Front Indicate and Orderly Withdrawal—Situation Will Improve Within Fe MARCH EXPLAINS | SENATE HOLDS WAKE FIRSF {UoH HALTED CENSORSHIP ON OVER ALLIED ARMY IN Fi RENGH BELIEF u.u [;ASUALTY USTS ! -Sen. Lodge, wChiei Mourner, S¢izes Moment of Gélr'manfil_)eieat Draws Chance to Hit Administration | CALLS SITUATION ‘TERRIBLE’ “It Is a Crime to Kecp From the Peo- Addresses Wlthlleld for PllI'pOSP of Preventing Military Informa- tion Reaching the Enemy | CLAIN AGENTS SWARMED | T0 RELATIVES OF DEAD Acting Chief of Staff Tells Senate Ex- forts Are Made by Germans ! to Learn Strength of Forces Oppo- site Them, Iven to Extent of Visit- ing Home of Men Mentioned in Lists of Killed and Woundecd. Washington, March 26.—An official statement of the war department’s| reasons for announcing only the names of American troops killed or wounded in France was submitted to the senate today v Major-Gen. March, acting chief of sta with a statement that the department con- siders it of best advantage from all points of view. Gen. March said the old system of giving addresses and other details gave information to the enemy and brought swarms of claim agents to harass the relatives of the men. The policy of the department, Gen. March told the senate, is “to put in the hands of the nearest relative or the last friend given by the soldier in emergency address, prompt and accurate information concerning the cast before an iven to the press and to prevent any infor- mation appearing in the papers which he of any possible assistance to the German cause. he old system,” he added, *“which | gave the date of the casualty, ennbledl the Germans to get exactly what el'vi fect was produced upon our troops in a raid of that date be interested to know lication of the em brought dow on warm of claim teed they would get ment the war ranteed by iter. “In spite of the fact that the de- partment has in each case advised the nearest relatives that their claims will be adjusted by the government and that they will be furnished the money that is due them without in- terposition of claim agents, numbers of poor people have yielded to the im- portunities these agents and are thereby deprived of a portioa of what and you would that the pub zency addresses relatives a who guaran- 11 agents ym the gover insurance which is risk laws to the proper in- is justly their due. “Phe raids being conducted our front are for the purpose of ¢ turing one soldier, if possible, with the object of obtaining from him in- formation about the organization ops posed to the German lines thit point. When in possession of the ad- ress of the meare relative, the Germgn agent in the United States pproaches the relatives ani obtains from them the information which Germany is attempting to obtain from our front by attacks on ony forces “Tt has developed also, rding to an officlal communication from the of victims that relativ killed in France are madc {he most ahsurd propositions it themselves for money, i their grief the object of ex- tion by cheap notoriety seekers. men of Red Cross "he whole matter of a change in our former method in publishing ¢ ty lists, was brought up by a ca- blegram from Gen. Pershine in which he stated that representatives of the French government had protested nst the methods that were then used.’ INGEBORG REPORTED FRER. Stockholm, March 26.—Tt is report- d th Germans have released the wedish steamer Ingeborg. She was bound for a Swedish port with a car- y and captured off the Sk March 16 and taken to a Ger port Sweden protested to the ¢ man government on March 1, ple the Facts That Germany Her- Near, Paris Reports WHOLE NATION CONFIDENT | Allies Resistance Seems Firmer and Particlpation by French Lends Important Events Which Will Improve Situation Within Few Hours Forecast | London, March 26.—Hxacting the heaviest toll for of ground, the RBritish lines continue to withdraw slowly the pressure of the German masses, Reuter’s correspondent at Brit- ish headquarters wires. Over a large part of the battle zone the retirement made voluntarily so as to maintain an unbroken front. say the German advance is behind thelr schedule. There is reason to believe important events will every foot before | | | is Prisone being s he recorvded | within the next few hours which may lead to a Dbetterment of the position of the armies stemming the German onslaught | ! The enemy is fighting desperately hard ugainst time. On the | first day his reserves were reduced to divisior At the end of | the second day some 40 divisions from t reserves had heen | put in. | A heavy German attack ysterday about Ervillers was smashed by the British artillery fire. All Repon;s From Allied Sources Spea Terrible' Losses Suffered by Enemy-- ish Establish New Positions at Roye Albert---English Embassy Gets Bright Paris, March 26.—The battle continues with gre violence and the Germans are making still greater ef] along the whole front between Noyon and Chaulnes| war office announces. Noyon was evacuated by the French during night. The left bank of the Oise is being held fi by the French. self Knows”, Massachusctts Senator | Cheer to British—Enormous Loss = AL TR atater oht! followee: | ent have referred to only one Declares. fote . 4 ! “The battle continues with vio- | of the front, comprising perha |felicicdfon inemy: INGREASED A[;TIVITY ;fiUN SHELLING |lence. last evening and in the night | thirds of the line affected. Washington, March 26.—Threatened | French Front in France, Monday, | ! lthe encmy multiplied his attacks on | During the night there w4 by the menace of the great German |pr.oy o ¢ Y o | |the whole front between Noyon and | change in the line. No heavs offensive, the senate spent today's de- | oTcB b (By the Associated Press.) | Chaulnes. The French artillery near this morn had been repo Late almost entirely on subjects con- | —Entire confidence reigns that the | I]PP['S]TE AMER!GANS [H: AUSTR!AN MAKE Noyon. supported effectively by our [to 10 o'clock. The Britis nected with the war, and heard Sena- | German’s last card in the world battle | 1 {fnfantry, is retarding the German i holding the enemy between { tor Lodge deliver an address atta will be over trumped when the proper | I{hrust. Frequent counter attacks |and Albert. Some gains were ing trl(tl;n'\ which have prevented | moment come The allied military | ) ! heen made and heavy loss In- ' by the assaulting troops, greater forces from the United States|authorities were cognizant that the i i | Ms g o Ik neda | flicted on the enemy. The British during the ni, ;’i“‘“gvhlu;;-(l beside those of the al-|enemy’s supreme ecffort would cause !‘ Many Vehicles Seen Moving | Manufactured at Skoda “Noyon wias evacuated during the { backward somewhat near BErvi nes in the critical hour. Another|a retreat until measures could he Ao T y I hight in periect order. The Irench jorder to straighten the front Dl . fu]r specding up production was | taken fo check the trruption inio ih ! Along Roads Near Works and Uses New i e e e o { bulged inward to the south. de by Senator Thomas who de-| Allied positions. | e 5 o 2 iy = = clared the German forces “arc thun- | As always the attackers po | Our Sector. Type of Projectile. | ¢ — : ranks Do Effcctive Worf dering at the gates of Paris” and that|the advantage of knowing |l British lstablish v Positions. Bariinl aren vie o ,lv):.é" country should be aroused to. tho | where they would launch thelr on- | ki - = oo arerl o5 rnaM N hiting | Comian! tanis | reinforoea hy B = \M?mr’?":(“l ‘:]M e 1‘3‘;1(;::::::‘1(] ‘ h‘nr _the (!H)('ndf:rs. were | With the American Army in France, Geneva, March 25—The long range | died down during the night, the war | British tanks, savs a emi i e e e s S b oR b AGRO e ERces e b en S o gl fva ot 20t (B the EAmsoclated Eresa)| EUNS Domberding b aris il Vispna oMosnnora BTG British established | statement foday on Sunday's time in our history. We need every |with counter messures. There in | —The American positions on a oer»,;:;_:;”(‘h‘ received here, are of Aus. | themsolves innew positions east of {in thel et ook Isening source (o tell thim we are coming < L in today's situation that | taln part of the Toul -front wers |ar the Sked ratore Lo i bl TS NIy k“t:r[\i.‘:‘ml 1112, \y‘,:’ ,::.”“ ,-',,‘,f"]\'“" ;'("”z‘t"‘i‘:"‘:‘l» :!‘! ‘,\h,i."h mvvvw\‘r ‘\rtmhrd with mustard shells which | is not ut it E ing the combined | vizions Senator Thomas utt: bl oie rll e R S SR e Tt i ! u“l«v“;“‘ r : (7»‘41-\ gl il (DK |l oy new type of h and Pritish forces south of 00 "l administration orders reducing prices | glackencd. The e A crican attilleryiieresl DIl cisiiad i t : i e e b e d. esistance | plied with a heavy fire and demol- | arc said 1o be only fwo German losses have been so | s feersall Al e o e (TR e s jiseems Y'jmj‘_l _arrl\:xl on the | ished segments of the German front ;ng great «t the enemy has been obliged ich took part in the tighth CoTTTINeE, I Nt vl e s vas | s eROL LEDSRSTEsetics) SELTHunRLOM ines jandiother pointy — to bring up reinforcements from all | szid to have returned undama e e Sl ey ,-xiuthvxn flank brought welcome | A German airplane flew over the Tondon T Mar o i parts the western front. The war It was mainly due to theis the draft law roduced by sQn.n,n“(“f'f."“ pOWertul rushiThe Germanijidropped a shelll whichVdid inots fex=|[li55 880 RARE Eenar Iy given oo than 70 divisions (in the neigh- | the tenacious resistance of th Now, providing for the traling og boys | GLVsions which besan what evidently | plode but dug a deep hole. At moon |0 10 WeAPOn With which the Gers g, 45,00 of $40,000 men) bave been | ish, especially the machine guj Detaremn the s of 18 and 31 yenss |Was intended to he an irresistible | today a French plane brought down a | Jiopny A7¢ bombarding Paris from o . broken quickly roops omarar e O ractorized. - tha| ferward movement were so cut up | German machine opposite the Amer- | giatonc” CStiuted at 75 miles it is " ; a concrete redoubt near situation now confronting thls coun- | et they were replaced by fresh for- |ican trenches. e RGO DERE SN y lers are reported to have beet try as ‘terrible” and urged tho Ameri. | Mations. Tt is these divisions which | American observers find inc “"‘“” has sprung onc of the g Hears Situation Has Improved. powercd immediately by the t an_people be told the truth. have been checked at the positions | activity behind the enemy line. JURRlnen g th b i Washington, March Inforw “Khe fate of this war is trembling | OB, Which it was forescen by the Al- | horses, vehicles and bicyclos are | g, Geny Sl Desmond O Callagha il fionirecalved today \by ihel iBritls Six Tanks Captured. in the balance,” he declared. “Oug|li¢'s gencral that a stand would bo | moving along the roads. The usual |l oie'l¥ President of the army ord- pjlitary attache, Major Mclachlan, | Copenhagen, March 28— gallant allies are holding back the | Bade. | patrols were active during the night | ' oy ooiCel: savs of the gun i that the sifuation at the battic- | correspondents. report ., s Gormans with sacrifice and couraga|, The ground over which the fight-|and an American party found & |gu.n D) oiect must have been f{ion¢ decidedly improved during ves- | tanks have been captured thatlgoes pastl eulosy. | Inlthis| dak||iRe bas taken place Do small | camouflage sult abandoned hy a Ger- | .c0 from longer and heavier guns. terqay. The advices are based on the it hour it is a orime to keep from the |t2ctical vilue, but it permitted the | man sniper. 5 AR MR IONT RN PO N il of Che Smebmg, B0 (e cocl Berlin Joy Bells Ring. HeoDlc Tho Tactsithnt Garany. Herssis| - lliesitolrelite Minlpertectiorder METE | e e i unners| have bombarded | L oy st omledeeia] ) of the Somme hetween Peronnc| [london, March 26—Berlin wi knaws.” { had been devastated by the Germans | (ho mouth of a tunnel inside the ¢ From Parls has come the sugges- and Morschain orated Monday and church bel ‘It Tas heen kmown for weeks", | Pefore they retreaied last vear and | man lines and an observation post re- UoSatiathe et bt Dy lTanEe ot - ringing in celebration of the Senator Lodge said, “that we have ng { the inhabitants had not had time or | cently discovered. Un PN inus B0 b maed ol Delne British Spirit Excellent on the western front, Ssays fighting plans in France. means to build it up again. While 1 provided with a second charge which i & change Telegraph dispatch fro “Our front is undefended in the air. | retiring across what was virtually T explotes ivhien it destiatame of tho R LOnCons Hurchis fs -German agents | o ogen. The Catholic churd We've no guns in France except a |@desert land the British inflicted enor- Masses of Enemy Wiped Out. dient dsfconipleted, e uine duin fredn R e L e I S | Berili Yave arrangediiforid Wi e R et B i e e o o = e impetus. This theory s scouted by the eivil population around the bat- | FRFE SRC 1 wasted while we were trying to im.|ficed thousands of lives in an effort H‘j"”l‘fy'_:”""" S “;e‘“‘;‘r‘)‘;‘xe‘l’g ten. O ”“-“\“(f‘«"v as he J:‘M \‘t“‘l Usisone i "“"‘I""‘:‘t‘erl;rt""«er S Gl £ 2 T et Bl wrove the c¢h 75 imeter {to overcome the resistance he z 2 o e e, rs | variance that the projectile is fitted dispatch from Re ‘g correspondent 3 - el e el il Rt A2sens ay. o eded anything the Germens | with a propeller enabiing It to con- at British headguarters dated ion CHICAGO GERMAN e e anns and bave Boncibick hen the refiring Erit sacheq | deemed possible. hey complain of | tinue its journey when it no longer day. These persons are being dealt ?'hl“‘l-""”f, Siamit B emebkdol L L ,,,:\\,‘i‘tr::(\(: great privations, on account of lack [is driven by the projecting force With summarily when caught. Con- CELEBRATE DH Sl about and gave battle, meeting re- | ©f :uymln}‘; un;l oxltrmu(c; .wezum(‘lss m the gun. cerning the fighting he says : < 5 ented and oy sustained endoavees | @lso is telling heavily. Owing to the ! “It would seem,” says Gen. O’Cal “The spirit and determination o - = DISCUSS RATIONING e I anie and eavatry. 1¢*V0"™ | dense masses of shifting troops, how- it i i b, ol 5 The initial rush of the enemy seems | ©Ver; the enemy is able to replenish nly explain the enor- enemy losses have been enormous. | Federal and Local Officials Rot OF ALLIED COUNTRIES | to have been stopped. Military opin. | Mis forward line with fresh units. mous r e which is three times that The situation in many places remains Teutons Rejoleing at Hat jon senerally is that this first phase | British airmen last night made ver- fof anything hith ccomplished.” | confused, which is natural in fighting — of ihe sreat battle, in which cven | itable pandemonium of every. center | One expert estimates the weight of Which hus assumed a character more In France. e oTe troons were employed than in | ©f concentration of traffic behind the | the projectiles is about 350 pounds, of @ war movement than at any time " - Scientific System of Alloting T'00d | the hattle of the Marne, gives no in. | érman front. Tens of thousands of | and it leaves the gun with u muzzle since the days of the Marne. mfirhémzu. Mu;‘{vh JG-ACelftbx:ja ot . e rounds were fired point blank nto [ velocity of about 1,000 fect per sec- i . e German offensive Tesulte itE ATanecd atiContor ai i‘v:'(’;y’M:::‘l\(‘V“‘;l"oh:‘:\:‘l‘\"‘\ .”\-\:\‘lm be. H:v::\;_ ‘.m_m“hoit. point vels it of about 000 rect pex sec | London Speeds Up Recruiting. fost Leve! last night otiniorc il — e e Al et Yesterday was the supreme day for | ahou degrees “which virtually To fill the gaps caused by the Ger- | persons. eOcCEAtEER . ' R the British gunne “a fme corie | culiily ik the Diojeciils thia o | o0 Advanc, the sulnoviies LEVE Police first were attracted Paris, March 25.—The Inter-allied | i — spondent. Attacking from worth of |stratui or rarified aiv in which re- | desided to "“;f%n‘hfz;‘;"r‘:“‘:i]?;m hoiiselbyetelisfotiEDie MY sofe s food conference was opened | . R CRTY Lrvillers the Germans were held up | sistance i satly minimized.” GRnory: L ! ein” and as a result o R Ll e O i el { nearly overywhere by O o | e b reatly mintmized. T s, |the country. Tn order to assist the | mage thero federal and civic a of provisions. Tn an address M. Boret |London Press In On Co-operation | intensity of the British must he enormous and probably it 5’0""“"‘9’;‘ g‘e m‘f“e“;‘sflha“f‘é::cz‘: ties t‘omb'"e? In a drive thro aid the purpose of the conference Beram Masscs of enemy troops met wonld he nable to survive more than | the erganization o A Rnter German settlements where i e e R o r e, . same fate as the Old Guard a hundred rounds fhe most. ihe | the disposal of the recruiting officers, | found that a general celebratig with due regard to its special cir- london, March 26.—The moerning |terloo. In one sector, near £ cost of esmch heing nearly 1,000 To provide for all contingencies,” | being held. German flags wel cumstane each Allied country |papers call on civilians to accept | did they succeed in bending I pounds. The gun is only of "S{’ys the Dally Mail, “it has been de- | played in many places and in LSS eI i e e e e e | Rt e e i e e e cided to speed up the recruiting ma- | hauses groups were found could make the best Nie of the UMmIl- |,uore privations and make reater | son it this Indentation that he|| scale : chinery and the men already sched- | their volces in German songs. a8 o Crliices [ tneso ratenulNdey It fell back during the night | Ahe min mox prove lese effective | uled for calling up will be summoned | fires also were lit in some secti o m.‘:l!: RS e The Graphic says thousands of civ- | traightening out the line a rin Aive T, e el |to the colors quicker than was in- One prisoner, when asked the it s reprerenta e e : LA tended, The government will take |of the celebration, declared ha e e e h ol s G Gl A o SO e o) i A Washington, Ma 55— he (ep (Wi DicaoMYER whare Reoded. ;‘emzfiumse“ h(?d\ a8 fons A tenden of Yale, Prof. Grahara Lusk ar. FINNISH RED GUARDS FLF man mystery i was first identifled The Mail saye the events in France ut 2 :ng-rv:r )err:‘m‘n \]u‘nz,-‘ W of Cornell Medical school, anl John It adds: “Many of these are selfish- Stockholm, Mareh _The front |as probably heing an Austria Skoda, | Nave Proved to be a great stimulus fgreat an ov nt not to be celeb; L. Simpson of the food administrat- Iy squanderir unwonted earning At i s et an ociated Press dispatches irom |fOT voluntary recruiting for home . ¢ of the Finnish Red Guards has been | & - S i ] A service among discharged soldiers MILITARY DEC or's department and at the same time actually hinder- | o o el L e SR i Wt n=tonylaag S tipday flancelipesy £ 50 ORATIO - — ing the output of war work. Cleawly | O° DET 5 th- | experts of the Allied missions here, |#Rd men up to the age of 50. i < D it is the duty of th who ¢ ward in panic, according to reports | on reading of long range bombard- During the night the enemy at. AR AVIATOR KILLED. ! PARILD: Ik tacked strongly near Noyon but met 7 e e A fight to give all their available er { here today. The decisive stroke was [ment of Paris, dec djif ithe shells | FAESE0 SIIOUEVERS Rk Chairman Chamberlain Recom:; Poston Man Teses Life in Scaplanc |to.any Kind of work that helps fte idelivered in the form of a flanking [actually were heing thrown by a gun {With strenuous resisianes Which ap: ; e Sinan | win the war and to save every penny | movement —on the east Suinnla | it undoubtedly was the Skoda, as that | Peared to stem . Americans Be Allowed to i they can and put it into war loans.” station has been occupled. 'The Red | was the only gun they knew of sus-{ Inferno at Bapaume. i & 4 2 | Washington, March S ! Guards are reported to have leti he- | ceptible to such long range develop- | Bapaume was turned into an in-| A 1@ From Foreign Governg plane accident at Pensacola, Fla., re- | BT hind them large stores of guns. rail- |ment. They did not consider, how- i ferno bhy squadrons of airships.| Washington, March 26—On x sulting In the death of Wnsign Mi- TERTAIN PRINCE OF WAL trucks and ammunition i well | ever, the possibility of shells eing | Bombs tore to pleces whatever was | mendation of the war depar chael Jos. Delehanty, naval reserves © pondon, March The Prince of AT B oD thrown such an unheard of distance | joft of the place. The work of the | Chairman Chamberlain of the s of; Hoston) s xeported today oRlhiey yyalsu wisttedt tha LAmerican o Hee ¥ norRs British airmen since the battle began | military committee today intro neysdepazbront; e o — - o RO e { has been one of the brightest pages. [ a resolution to permit America; R R 2 [glap st o niine 88 Ghalim an g WEATHER. ! APPROVE NEW ISSUR. | Bitter battles in the air have been tary and naval forces to avcemt CARTRIDGES FXPLODED. ry Biittain, Col C. Stuart or it e "] \Washington, March 26, —The ways | fought by scores of aviators and the | prations from the Allled govers St. John, N. B., March wa ex- s American anission, and a number | Haritord, March 26.—Fore- | land means committee today tenta- | service has proved fully its abiMty The recommendation was mas ploding of cartridges dnrln;u fire 2 American officers received him. The | I cast for New Britain and vi- | [ tively eed on a hili to ve Secre- | to smother the German airmen at a|the request of Gen. Pershing, - y~‘y.“‘\'n~(v vturev\'h(\r-(- |1m ay ; 1900 m"v‘w xpressed the intention of at- I cimit Fair. colder tonight. |/’ tary McAdoo power to s 1 $5.000,- ferucial time. suggested the United States in 1 | reports that a catastrophe had oc- tonding one of weekly dinners of || Wednesday f JIj s certificaies of indebiledness, I Any complications of German air- | might bestow honors on Britis) scirredinthetct the club, S —~ 4 . double the amount now authorlzed. plane losses made by the correspond- | French troops.