Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 27, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 74 GERMAN OFFENSNVE IS SLACKENING, POPULATION 29,919 , ALLIES ARE READY 10 American Troops Are Fighting Shoulder to Shoulder With French and Bntmh TEUTON LOSSES 10 TO 20 PER CENT OF 840,000 Just Where Allies Will Launch Their Counter-Attack is Un- known, But as the Allied War Council Has Created a Great Strategic Reserve of Men It Is Expected That the Impact Will Be Terrific—A Factor in the Failure of the German Offensive Was the Inability of the Artillery and Transport to Keep Up With the Infantry—Ground Gained by the Foe Is Considered Valueless From a Mili- tary Standpoint—There Has Been Continued Activity On the Italian Front—Russian Bolsheviki Are Reported to Have Recaptured the City of Kherson From fhe Germans. — r six days of terrific fighting, the German offensive in France is begin- ning to show signs of losing its mo- um. The progress of the ememy materially slackened and the form the dent made in the allied line “ambrai has begun to resem- Je wedge-like salient, instead of the raightforward movement of an tve which carries all before it. At its apex this wedge has gone be- yond Albert, to the South of that place, and is to the westward of the old al- lied as it stood a year ago when Von Hindenburg began his " . retreat” From this point the line runs off to the northeast at a gentle angle, with the line to the south run- ning mitil hes the Oise river British Firm in the North. In spite of tremendous exertions and terrible losses, the German efforts to widen tp of this salient were de- feated on Tuesday. The British lines have stood firm to the north and have forced the Germans to turn south- ward toward the point of least resist- 1 statements issued at London the report from Berlin that forces are enz-ndd h;: :,l:e struz They are reported as “fight- Ine shoulder to shoulder” with the French and Dritish in the region of Rove, on the southern Side of the-sali- ent driven into the allied front. There has been no official report since ‘to Washington as to the identity of these troops who are taking part in this battle in hostory. Allies Are Ready to Strike. With the slackening of the German pace there come indications that the are ready to strike back some- nz the front. Jyst where ow will be Jaunched will not be ntil it is struck. but it m that its impact will be ter- nown that the Allied War it Versailles created a great ¢ reserve of men to be used in mency which confronts nich have born the brunt known e armiss the fightine sinca last Thursday morning. This force will probably be lavnched when and where it is be- heved it will break the force of the German onslaught and send the enemy recling back over the desert from the British have slowly with- German Losses 10 to 20 Per Cent. succeeding dav reveals the Germans absolutely . to Nlied lines west of Cam- n which could not be de- fended by Von Hindenburg a year ago. P official report shows that this sector is valueless from a military standpoint and that the Germans nave paid a terrible price for their advance 10 the lines established by the allies find two vears of warfare. ally reported that seventy erman divisions, of $40,000 men, have taken part in the fighting and that the troops have been moved from every rait of the western battle front to re- inforee the armies which have been foicing the British to fall back. Ob- servers at the front say that the Ger- man losses have been frightful, and that the enemy lost from ten to twenty per cent. of his men, by the mest ccnservative estimates, Repetition of the Marme. The situation as it stands seems to be a repetition of the dash of General Von Kiuck on Paris in 1914, when the German artillery and transport could not keep up with the infantry and the French were abla to turn back the in- wvaders at the Marne. Reports from warious sectors in the past two days * have indicated that the German infan- try, relyinz on its mass attacks, has fought without the customary assist- ance of artillery. To bring up heavy Funs requires time and the German advance will steadily bscome more painful and costly. While the German line of communi- eations has been growing longer, the Tiritish bave constantly moved near- er their base of supplies. It is proba- ble that the line where stern battle will be given Is not far away from the present position of the allied armies. Continued Activity on Italian Front. There has besn continued activity on the Italian front, but no attacks of importance have been made by either side in this theatre of the war. The Amerfcan lines in the Luneville and Toul sectors have been bombarded once more but no_infantry fighting is there North of the Somme Tbattiefield there have been no engage- ments cf siznificance. The Russian Bolsheviki are report- ©l to have recaptured the city of Kherson from the Germans, AMERICAN ARTILLERY IS SHELLING GERMANS. Enemy is- Being Given Heavy Doses of Gas. With the American Amny in France, March 26—(By The Associated Press). Ehe Ame-ican artillery, continues 4 drad. jeaying Nesla o the hands af | SN heavily shell towns held by the Ger- mans and German batteries opposite the Toul sector with gas. The Ger- mans themselves have reciprocated in kind, but the doses of gas sent against them by the Americans have been twice as large as they have received. The town of Richecourt, north of Xivray, one of the targets of the Americans, has been abandoned, so far as American patrols which recon- noitered near the town were able to determine. The American artillery also is keep- ing up a stream of other shells on en- emy .positions in this region. St. Baussant, northeast of Richecourt, has been heavily shelled with high explo- sive ! projectiles, while German first line trenches repeatedly have been hit and leveled and enemy dugouts and snipers’ posts completely silenced. “Fritz’ or “Billy Boche,” as the American doughboys are beginning to call the Germans, is a persistent sniper on this sector. As fast as the Ameri- cans silence one nest, another starts the annoyance, and then the job has te be done all over again. Disposed of German Snipers. This forenoon a group of American snipers discovered an enemy nest close by and promptly opened fire on it. The Zome to stay and .did not intend 10 be chased out. One of the Ameri- can 37 millimetre gun teams then got into action against the nest and, ow- ing to its accurate fire, no more Ger- mans were seen at this point, and there was no further an- noyance. A number of these same little guns obtained direct hits in enemy com- municating trenches while men, pos- sibly officers, were passing through them, and also fired effectively, as did snipers, on parties of Germans who were dressed in light and. dark blue uniforms, the first time these uniforms were seen on this front. One of the American sharpshooters reported that he had spoiled a number of these new “cpring suits” by knocking the wearers into the mud with bullets from his Springfield. Aerial Activity Continues. Normal aerial activity continued to- day, the weather being favorable until late in the afternoon, when clouds ar light snow flurries passed over the line. One enemy plane flew low. over one of the American positions doing photographic work. The Americdn anti-aircraft gunners had a number of chances during the day to show their skill, and this they did. They drove off enemy alrmen who attempted singly or in groups to prowl over the line. " There were several aerial com- bats' between planes carrying Ame can observers at the gun were without result, probably because the airmen were unable to get close enough to the Germans. _Overcoats which had been discarded since last week were found to be ex- ceedingly comfortable again tonight, as a frigid wind blew in from the northeast. ‘Germans replied with their rifles and then fired about three dozen or so STORY FROM CORRESPONDENT WITH BRITISH ARMY Onslaught of Germans is Being Doggedly and Gallantly. With the British Army in France, March 26.—(By The Associated Press.) —The Germans today followed up their progress of yesterday at Nesle on the southern battle front by launching a British along a line running, roughly, between terrific assauit against the Hatlencourt and the region of Rove. The British, co-operating with th French allies, were meeting the this afternoon. Fresh Offersive of Enemy. Further north the enemy also de- veloped a fresh -offensive movement, to the south of Suzanne, which lies a little northeast of Bray-sur-Somme, But the Germans were pushing with less strength here than in the south- ern theatre, possibly for strategic rea- sons, These two sectors were the scene of most important operations today, al- though fighting was in progress along the whole great battle front. In the northern sectof, _about Achiet-je- Grand, Logeast Wood and north- ward, where- such desperate fighting Germans was waged yesterday, the kad not remewed their attacks in strongth at a late hour this afternoon Allies in Better Condition. ‘The allies today were probably in better condition to contest the Ger- man advance they had been since the beginning of the offensive. The capture of Nesle vesterday by the enemy was achieved after heavy fighting over as considerable front. The Germans advanced in strength both north and scuth of the town and by pressing the defending lines back in these places’ formed a salient from which he allles were forced to with- particular but these | Met on- slaught doggedly and gallantly, and a sanguinary struggle was in progress STRIKE BACK Cabled Paragraphs More Frontiers Closed. London, March 26.—The German- Dutch, German-Swiss and = German- Danish frontiers will be closed to in- ternational traffic on Wednesday or 1 despatch from Amsterdam. SALARY INCREASES FOR ALL POSTAL EMPLOYES House—10 to 20 Per Cent. = 1 ‘Washington, March 26.—The house | tonight passed a bill granting perma- {nent increases of from 10 to 20 per cent. in the salaries of virtually all postal employes, providing for “postal savings stamps,” appropriating $300,- 006 for experiments in motor truck service, principally to transport food to the larger cities, and Setting 24 cents an ounce as the maximum price to be charged for delivery of mail by air- plane. The following salary incréases are provided: Rural letter carriers receiving $1,200 or less, 20 per cent., With §24 a year for every mile more than 20 traveled by the carrier on his regular route. Clerks in first and second class postoffices divided into six grades with increased salaries ranging from $1,000 to_$1,500. In first and second class offices all employes not otherwise provided for, from assistant postmasters to char- women, are given 4 15 per cent. in- crease if receiving $1,200 or less, and 10 per cent if receiving from $1,200 to $1.800. The bill as presented to the house provided for increases only during the war but was ded to make them permanent only after long debate. LONG RANGE GUN A SURPRISE TO GERMANY Berlin Worwaerts Was Inclined to Be- lieve Story a War Li London, March 26.—A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copen- bagen says: “The bombardment, of Paris. by longz range gun was A ‘great a sur- prse to Germany as to other parts of the world. The Berlin Worwaerts says that had the statement not been officially confirmed it would have been gonsidered an urusually heavy —war e. “The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, which like the other German newspapers, is unable to give any information abont the construction of the gun, says the cannon must be provided with very long bores as the shells travel 1 1-2 kilometres per second.” | ARREST OF AN ALIEN ENEMY i AT SOUTH. NORWALK: Citizens Complained Walter Henkels Had Made Disioyal Remarks. South Norwalk, Conn., March 26— Walter Henkels, an enemy alien em- ployed at the American La Dentelle Lace company shop here, was arrested today on complaint of citizens who al- d that he had made disparaging remarks concerning the American army which included the one that “Americans would get theirs as the { English nd French were now by the The lace company is Ger- Germans. man-owned, it is said, and came Here i n1914 soon aiter the outbreak of the i war. Henkels was taken to Bridgeport for a hearin; FIXED PRICES OF ORE, % COKE AND STEEL CONTINUED With Slight Reduction For Basic Pig Iron and Scrap Steel. hington. March 26.—Prices on cok steel and steel products, ed previously by the price- mittee of the war industries subject to revision on April 1, were ordered by President Wilson to- day to be continued in effect until April 1 to July 1, however, the maximum price of basic pig iron was ordered from $33 to $32 per gross ton, and if scrap steel from $30 to $29 per KARL MUCK LOCKED UP IN EAST CAMBRIDGE JAIL After Being Examined by Officials of Department of Justice. Baston, March 2.—Dr. Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony or- chestra, arrested last night as an en- emy alien, ‘was locked up in the East Cambridge jail tonight after being ex- amined by officials of the department of justice. No decision as to the fi- nal disposition of the case was reach- ed today. Secretary Baker was presented to King George, the enemy. Feavy fighting today in this section was forecast by the ap- Dearance of new masses of troops Which thé Germans brought up, ready for another push. Bitter Fighting Saturday and Monday. The fighting on Saturday and Mon day in the neighborhood of Ervillers was mckt bitter. 'Throughout Sun- day night and the early hours Mond: the Germans kept pressing against the stubbornly cortending British, who fought with such desperaion against overwhelming odds that they repelled the onrushing infantr After 2 breathing spell in the early morning the Germans again made a heavy as- sault” between Ervillers and Gomie- court and were caught in the British artillery_barrage and crushed. A little later the enemy advanced once more and stormed the position with such ferocity that it was feared Ervillers must go. Fresh British troops were sent up and carried out an im- mediate counter-attack, relieving the sitnation. The enemy, finding the road barred through this ‘place, began hammering hard below Gomiecourt, in the regien of Sapignies. The British line soutl of this place had already swung back to the west, and finally it became ap- parent that it would be policy to withdraw from Ervillers, Gomiecourt Thursday, according to a Central News (Provided For in Bill Passed by the|’ gross ton. | DESTROYED WAREHOUSE NEAR ERIE R. R. TE?MINAL NO LIVES WERE LOST Fire officials Place Loss at $1,500,000— Shock Windows Downtown Manhattan and Caused Detonations in Alarm—Cause of Explosion Unknown New York, March 26.—Fire following & series of unexplained explosions de- stroyed the six story building of the Jarvis Warehouse Co., Inc., mear the Erie railroad terminal, in Jersey City, late today and badly damaged the Erie repair shops. No loss of life:had been reported tonight. The material dam- age was estimated by Jersey City po- lice and fire officials at close to $1,500, 000. The goods stored in the: ware house, said to have included a quantity of chemicals, were a total loss. The cause of the explosions has not yet been determined, although a rigid investigation was begun at. once by federal, state and city authorities. Terrific Detonations. The first of the terrific detonations, which occurred shortly after 3 o'clock, shook windows in downtown Manhat- tan and €ansed considegadle alarm. Visions of another Black Tom disaster or a bombardment by the Germans were in many minds. Burning cinders which rose in the heavy cloud of black smoke were carried by the wind across the North river and fell along the waterfront. : House and Lighter Afire. While the excitement was at its height, the Erie ferryhouse, a three story structure, in West street, be- tween Piers 19 and 20, on the New York side of the river, was discovered to be on fire. A lighter cldse by, loaded with several hundred bales of cotton, also was blazing fiercely, and still further south the Hoboken ferry- slip of the Lackawanna railroad was on_fire. The Erie ferryhouse was aflame from the second story to the roof. These fires were easily extinguished by the New York firemen, mang of whom were ordered to Jersey CHY to i 7 [fight the bigger fire. Scores Cut by Flying Glass. Employed in the Jarvis storehouse were between forty and fifty men, but the prompt sounding of the alarm is believed to have enabled ll to escape. Scores of persons in the streets were cut by flying glass. EDITORS OF PHILADELPHIA TAGEBLATT ACQUITTED. Judge Holds No Evidence Was Pre- sented to Make Out a Case. Philadelphia; March 26.—Upon . the; r & “-i:fivmdenca “had been pre- sented to.make out a case, Judge Oli- ver B. Dickinson in the United States district colirt today directed the jury to render a verdict of not guilty in the trial of Louis Werner and Martin Darkow, editors of the Philadelphia Tageblatt, who were charged, with treason in the publication of -certain articles, ‘headlines and allesed news despatches in the German newspaper. Werner. and Darkow, along _with Peter Schaefer, president; Paul Vogel, treasurer, and’ Herman Lemke, busi- ness manager, of the Philadelphia Tageblatt Publishing association, will be tried at the June term of court on charges of violating the espionage act. The “indictment charges them with making and conveying false reports to promote the success of the enemy, wilfully obstructing recruiting and en- listment and conspiracy to make false reports. The court'in directing the defend- ants to be acquitted of the treason charge said that not only intent must be shown in adhering to the enemy but that an overt act must be proved in giving aid and comfort to the ene- my. . There was nothing in the case beyond the fact of publication of the alleged seditious articles, the court said. Judge Dickinson made his ruling af- ter William A. Gray, counsel for the defendants, had moved that the court take the case from the jury on the ground that no evidence had been in- troduced to connect the defendants with aileged treasonable acts. - This was strenuously opposed by District Attorney Francis .Fisher Kane, who said the publications in the Tageblait were a direct attack on the progress of the war as it affected the United States. MISS GILDERSLEEVE HELD IN $2,000 BAIL. Middletown Girl Whose Auto Struck and Killed Daniel McCarthy. Middletown, Conn.,, March 26.—Miss Marion Gildersleeve, 19 years old, was held in $2,000 bail for trial in the April term of the superior court on the charge of manslaughter by Judge James R. Edlin of the city court to- day. An automobile driven by Miss Gildersieeve on March 9 struck and killed Daniel McCarthy, an aged man. | She had been held criminally respon- sible for this fatality by the county coroner. Miss Gildersleeve’s father is Alfred Gildersleeve, president of the Gildersleeve Ship Construction com- pany. TO CURTAIL SHIPMENTS TO TROOPS IN FRANCE Unless They Have Been Requested by the Soldier Himself. ‘Washington, March 26.—Shipment of any artfles to troops in‘France unless they hav® been requested by the sol- dier himseif was forbidden today by Major General March, acting chief of staff. They will be refused by the postoffice and express companies un- less accompanied by an approved re- quest from the soldier. DRIVE ON ITALY CONTINGENT UPON SUCCESS IN FRANCE According to Former Austrian Minister of War Auffenberg. ‘Washington, March 26. — General Auffenberg, former Austrian minister of war, is gquoted in official despatches reaching here today as having said that a resumption of the Austrian of- and Sepignies and straighten out the front, This was done during the night, the withdrawal beine efiected in good ordex. fensive against Italy was o closely bound up in the development and’ suc- cess of the drive in France that ne prediction could be made. Government DISCLOSED LAST NIGHT BY SEC- RETARY McADOO FOR NEXT 8 MONTHS Folrth Liberty Loan, Next October or November, Probably Will Be Greater Than Any That Have Preceded lt— No Change in Denomination of Bonds Washington, March 26—The govern- ment's general financial plans for the next eight months, disclosed tonight by Secretary McAdoo, provide for a long period of rest from bond issues after the third loan of $3,000,000,000 next month, and for fioating of the fourth Liberty ioan next Octobek or November. - Fourth Loan to Be Larger. The amount of the fourth loan prob- ably will be greater than any of those that have gona before, and to prepare for it the treasury next summer prob- ably will start the issuance of cer- tificates of indebtedness in considera- ble amounts. ‘To clear the way for these certificates the house ways and means committee today tentatively ap- proved raising the authorized limit of outstanding certificates from $4,000, 000,000 as at present, to $8,000,000.000. Loans to Allies Will Be Continued. Loans to allies will' be continued during the next fiscal year, ~which starts July 1, and although more than $2,000,000,000° authorization for this purpose still remains, congress at the secretary’s request is expected to ap- prove extension of- further credits to the snm of $1,500,000,000. Mr. Mc- Adoo estimates that this will be suffi- cient to fill allied needs until October, and another authorization will be ask- ed of congress hefore the amount is uSed up. Actval credits .and pay- ments are made at the secretary’s dis- cretion, subject only to the limitatipns imposed by the act of congress. Certificates of Indebtedness. In the same, way the amount of cer- tificatos of indevtedness actually o be issued depends on Secretary McAdoo's decision a\d it fs regarded as entirely likely that he would not haye out- standing at one time the entire $8,000, 000,000 which may be authorized b ss. These are issued usually for ninety day periods, and are redeemable at times when receipts from Liberty loans or taxes are hea; Secretary McAdoo will appear tomor- row before he ways and means com- mittee {o explain further the details of the Dill under consideration providing for additional authorization of the Is- suarce of $4570,000,000 Liberty bonds, of more certificates and allied loans. Bands of Same Dsnominations. - The sectetary tonight explained that heé _plans to issue_ third . ity bo o -~ I Hanomtions ‘of S50 5100, $500 |~ The War ¥ra $1,000, as in the first and second loans, and that ferms of payment in install- ments will be substantially the same as in the past. For the second loan two per cent. of the subscription was due at the time of the subscription was made, 18 per cent. two weeks after the loan campaign glosed, 40 per cent. one month later and the final 40 per cent one motnh after that. The secretary’s statement of reports that the 350 might be abandoned i for the sake of encou of such small ings stamps. disposed “baby bond” he third loan inyestment war sav- in amounts in BOURCE OF CONSOLATION TO LONDON EVENING PAPERS That Germans Have Failed to Break British Lines or Drive Wedge. —The London ev- take consolation in the Giermans thus far have g paper: ot that th failed to break the British lines or force a wedge hetween the British and Frencl: armies and in the news from France that the gaps have been filled with local reserves, while the strate- intact for their gical reserves remain own special purpose. “After five days sh line has gone Imost to the limits of the Som- attlefield. But, though it is elas- tic, it is not brittle; it is bent, but not bioken.” The Globe says: “The (iermans have failed to thrust so deej into the British line as to make a reunion of the fissure impossible and to 'defeat the separated masses in detail. And with, every hour the German chances grow less. CAMP DEVENS PREPARES = FOR SECOND DRAFT QUOTA. Connecticut Men Will Arrive Saturday —To Examine 1,000 Men Each Day. Ayer, vMass., March 26.—A detach- ment of. 1,500 enlisted engineers, most of them from Minneapolis and St. Paul, arrived at the national army canton- ment at Camp Devens today. While these men were being assigned to their quarters, the camp officials were mak- ing preparations to receive next Fri- day more than 20000 men who will be the first of the second draft quota to men to camp on that day and New Hampshire 212. arrive Saturday and Maine's qubta next Tuesday. Under a system of classifying the new soldiers, 1,000 will be examined each day with a view of weeding out the unfit immediately. SENATORS AT ODDS ON NEW SELECTIVE DRAFT ACT On Section Extending Draft Act to Youths Reaching 21 Since June 5, 1917 ‘Washington, March 26.—Another un- successful effort to pass the war de- partment bill extending the Selective draft act fo youths reaching 21 years of age; since June 3, 1917, was made today by the senate. Debate on the comi universal military training smendgeit, of Senator ‘New, of Indi- ana, _prevented a vote, but lead- e “ed to dispose of the bill in time fcr its operation in connection with the next draft. Senator New accepted an amendment offered by Senator Sterling, of South Dakota, providing that youths between 19 and 21, subject to ~the proposed universal training, would be requi ed w spend six months in camp-dur- ing the two year training periad. 1 ! i)bndensed Telegrams The inhabitants of Cairo, Egypt, were officially warned to prepare for air raids. Tuan Chi Jui, formerly Premier of China and Minister of War, was again made Premier. Jose Lopez Guiterrez, the new Mini_ ster from Honduras, was presented to President Wilson. The names of two Araericans killed, four men cassed, two men who died and one iil were reported. The War Department bill empower- ing the President to requisition timber Was passed by the Senate. Subscribers to Third Liberty Loan bonds will receive a neat and artistic button, as a badge of honor. The general sympathy strike which was to have began in Kansas City ‘was postponed for 24 hours. Brig.-Gen. Christopher T. O’Neil, of the 55th Infantry Brigade of Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., resigned. Fully 500,000 “vacationists” are asked by the Government to give part of their time to work on the farms. Seven Americans listed by Germany as prisoners in concentration camps are safe in their homes in thi scoun- try. The woman spy bill was amended by the Senate Judiciary Committee to include American women married to Germans. . Members of the Prussian Upper House started a move to expel Prince Lichnowsky who laid the blam of the War upon Germany. | An angry New York throng threat- ened to lynch Gottlieb Boettler, a butcher, when he consigned the Am- erican flag to gehenna. More than 50 training camps in pat- riotism for school teachers will be es- tablished throughout the country by the National Security League. Four-minute men, numbering 25,000, began a campaign urging the farmers to sow more wheat, ond every Ameri- can family raise its own vegetables. A young mon and a bey are held by Department of Justice agents follow- ing the §100,000 war plaints fire in the Jersey meadows, near Port Newark. To bring home the dead soldiers of the Tuscania that are burled on the eoast of Scotland was proposed in a bill by Representative James of Michi_ gan. The discovery of a practical sub- stitute for cotton was announced at the annual meeting of the Japanese Federation of Marine Industries by K. Hamada. The conference report on the $1.15 000,000 urgent deficiency - appropri tion bill, ;?rauam; riders - authorizing the. sale of all enemy- property, was adopted by the Semate. ' de Board announced an embargo on the exportation of graphite for the next three montlis and a re- striction on imports for the remainder of the year to 5,000 tons. Had this nation begun universal military training three yvears ago, by this time peace would have been ‘de- clared, was the assertion of Senator Harty S. New, of Indiana. After months of experimenting with 600 German patents for manufacturing dyes the proper combination has been found. Thirty licenses will be issued by the Federal Trade Commission. Captain_ Frewen of the British steamer Flixton said that when his ship was a short way out from Havre a torpedo was shot at it from a sub- marine but it turned in a semi-circle ond sank the U-boat. Late yesterday the navy department was advised that Ensign Thomads W. Draper bf the naval reserve was killed in a seaplane accident at Pensacola. Draper’s wife lives at Brighton, Mont- gomery county, Maryland. James H. Dahm, former president of Typographical Union No. 6 of New York, in an address before the Central Labor Union in St. Louis declared that he was offered $500 000 to disrupt war work in America by Germany. Unless the City Council passes or- dinances for - the strict regulations for closing saloons within the five_mile limit of the Lake Naval Training Sta- tion, 5.000 of Chicago's 6.000 saloons may De closed by the Government. William R. Knox, an American ma- rine sergeant temporarily serving as captain in the national guard of San- toh Domingo, was shot and killed on March 24 presumably by a band of out- Jaws. the navy department yesterday was advised. . General John J. Pershing, command- ing the American expeditionary force in France, and members of President on’s cabinet were elected hinor- ary members of the national touncil, Boy Scouts of America, at the annual meeting of that organization in New York yesterday. The Federal Trade Commission’s news print hearing was adjourned yes- terday to April 22 when a committee {reach here. This state will send 2,069 | °f dccountants representing’ the com- mission, manufacturers and publish- Connecticut men wi | 7S Will report on an investigation of costs. Publishers will begin pre- senting testimony on April 29 COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE DISTRIBUTION OF COAL Its Members Are to Work Under Direc- _tion of J. D. A. Morrow. ‘Washington, March 26.—Anthracité coal produced during the coal year be- ginning April 1 will be divributed un- der the supervision of a comsittee of three, J. B. Dickson, S. D. Warriner and W. J. Richards, who foday were appointed district Tepresentatiyes in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields for the fuel administration. They will work under the general direction of J. D. A. Morrow, manager of distribution. MORE THAN 200 MEN ARRESTED IN CHICAGO In Campaign Against Disloyalists, En- emy Aliens, Slackers and Deserters. Chicago, March 26—More than two hundred men were arrested in. Chicago, today in the government's. campaign against disloyalists, aliens, slackers and deserters, them, it was_said. will be ini MILTARY More Confident Last Night Than Any Previous Time of : Failure of German Drive coming Certain That the ‘Washington, March 26.—An air of expectancy was apparent tonight among American and other military officials here who are, foliowing mosi closely the developments of the battle in France. They appeared to feel that a turning point in the terrific struggle was close at iiwnd. Press re- ports from the British front hinted at the same feeling there. For the people of the United State the announcement by the British au- thorities that American troops fighting side by side with French and Pritish defenders brings the battle closer home. War department officials had no word from General Pershing on the subject but were expecting at any moment reports showing the ex- tent of American participation. Interest Centers on French Front. Attention centers now here on the French front rather than on the prog- ress made by the Germans against the British lines. As the battle proceeds, officers here are becoming certain the defenders are carrying out a definite plan of which the British withdrawal is a part, but which wiil prove soon 1o be coupled with a powerful counter thrust. The most probable place for the launching of such a movement, it was_thought, was from the flanking position the French held temaciously tonight-along the Jeft bank of the Oise. Until General Pershing reports as to the American forces engaged, no one here Will-hazard a giesd: concern- ing the part théy are playins. Ameri- in England-arid ‘the men are familiar with Britisy great ‘guns. They may be reaching ‘the front with new guns sent to. replace those lost during the retirement. American " tank detachments aiso have been ' at the Pritish training camps for ‘months. American enci neers are. officially reported as on the battle scene. 1t was regarded as entirely possible however, that American infantry di visions, already seasoned by front line experience in- their own sector. had come up with .I'rench. reinforcemen They would be certain to operate wi the French ‘as their equipment largely French and they must be sup- plied with ammunition and replace- ments from the French communication lives, : American Troops With French Units. Should this prove to be the case, it is possible, officers think. that Amer jcan troops will be with French units in an effort to score heavily against the Germans when the moment for at- tack arrives. As the Battle Proceeds American Military Officers Are Be- ing Out a Definite Plan of Withdrawal—They A-ga:u clined to Believe Thrust by Allies Will Come From Northern Section, Where the Lines Have Been | Less Broken Than Those to the South—It is Regare as Possible That American Troops Will be With French Units When the Moment For Attack Arrives. SR % are| can_ heavy-.artillery. has-been- training | % British Defenders Are Ca Today's official British reports, while admitting further German advances in the capture of Roye, indicated a | cided slowing up of the direct prog: of the drive against the British fi The official statements indicates that the Germans saw danger in the e posure of their left flank to the thrs of the French line on the River Oise. Evacuation of Noyon gave the French a river line to hold against the Ger= mans on a front that paralleled the flow of ammunition. and sapply trainsh to the more advanced German forces in the region of Roye. Bitter assaults against this French line were made throughout the day without avail Meanwhile the evacuation of Rove by the British served to extend still furs which a French assault might be launched. The steadiness of the Frenc it was pointed out, was an inaféation in itself that the ailies were vossmzar- ily abandoning some of the territory occupied by the Gidrmans. Where thé officers hLere, the line is holding op against 2ll assauits. Z Arnerican Officers Confident. - M unything, American o were. more confident tonight than any pre- - vious time of the outcome of the They have never doubted that if would: be topped. Now, however. . thinking of the probable éxtent of counter blow they A ¢ fall soomer- or later. There is no lack. of the northern sector of, the | The British' lines- there much less shaken than those to i possible that a thrust will come frofe that direction also. from that direction also. - The pros- pect to' some officers is for a gred. pinctr movement aimed at cutting advanced German divisions before the can be withdrawn to safety. i There has been some talk during tu last day or two of the allied strategic reserves. These forces have not beem emploved as yet so far-as known, al- though French and American units now “being brought up may be in- - cludeq in this zeneral reserve. unt forces are largely under direction Of the supreme war council and if théy: can be kept out of action until the German effort has worn itself out as there is every sign it is doing, they should play a major role in the coun- ter offensive .to follow. COMMITTEE WORKING'ON WAR FINANCING LEGISLATION Committee Treasury House Ways and Means Favors $8,000,000000 in Certificates. Washington, March 26.—Tn taking up war financing legislation recom- mended by Secretary McAdoo, the house ways and means committee to- day tentatively agreed to authorize the issue of $8,000,000,000 in treasury cer- tificates of indebtedness, twice the amount now authorized, and to pro- vide for loans of $1,500,000.000 to the al lies in addition to the $2.000,000.000 au- thorized, but yet to be allotted. The committee expects to complete the bill Thursday. i The provision authorizing the i suing of $4,500,000,000 in Liberty bonds in addition to the $3,666,000,000 already authorized, but unissued, was not tak- en up. Secretary McAdoo will appear before the committee tomerrow to dis- cuss this section. DECLARES DR. KARL MUCK IS A CITIZEN OF SWITZERLAND Hans Sulzer, the Swiss Minister to the United States. eral of | fication resolution. New York, farch 26.—Hans Sulzér, the Swiss minister to _the United States. who is visiting New York, to- day toid The Associated Press that the claim that Dr. Karl Muck that he is a paturalized citizen 'of Switzerland is correct ~ The minister said that up to the present no representations had beqn made to him by Dr. Muck with re- gard to his arrest in Boston, and, that 80 far as he knew, none had been sent to the legation at Washington. The minister added that unless Dr. Muck , claimed the protection of the Swiss legation he would take no action in the matter, but that if he was asked to intervene he would proceed in the matter as he would in the case of any Swiss citizen. 'MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE HAS RATIFIED DRY AMENDMENT Véte on Change of Federal Constitu- tution Was 145 to 91. Boston. March The house . late today ratified the prohibition amend- ment t othe federal constitution by a’ vote of 145 to 81. This action was. tak- on after the house had turned down on 2 rising vote a report of the federal relations committee in favor of a ref- erendum, ‘and had substituter the rati- The resolution I pow goes to the senpi~- - - l’ g PEOPLE IN GERMANY ARE STARVING AND MUTINOUS Conditions Made Known by WMiss Blanche Slocum of Chicago, Who has Been There. Chicago, 26 Slocum, Germany wi March -Miss Blanche held a virtual prisoner in since the outbreak of the ived at her home in Chicagd today and told of the suffering of tha German reople, of their rising detest of the war 2nd of the government. “The people are literally starving she taid. s posted placards about the rlin_ offering a reward of for information leading to and conviction of any pers ting in the food riots and 3 tious remarks. . “I have had German soldiers tell me that they wished Germany would lose~ the war so they could get out of thé& terrible situation. If the people were not vietims of frightfulness and half starved tnere would be an immediate | revelution. CHARGED WITH MAKING | UNPATRIOTIC U'I'l'ERAN(:ES~ Sergeant Ernst Flentje of F company, , 301st infantry, Camp Devens. . ! Ayer, Mass., March 26.—Sergeant Ernst Flentje of F company of the 301st infantry was arrested at Camp> Devens today, charged with making unpatriotic utterances. Flentje is an. American citizen of German parentage- and comes from East Cambridge. He was locked in the guardhouse tomight. to await courtmartial. o On a similar charze Sergeant Wil- liam E. Nimke of Torrington, Conn., was recently sentenced to thirty yéars' imprisonment. TWENTY-THREE NAMES 5 ON LATEST CASUALTY LIST Private George Arnett Died of Home® Sickness. W ‘Washington, March 26. — Twenty- three names on today's 'st of casual-} forces include those of two men kill-_ ed in actfon; three died of accident:’ seven died of discase, -one severelyd wounded and ten slightly ~ woundedss Private George Arnett died of : gia Majors George J. L Timothy J. Moynahan and 'Lieutenants George F. Patton were among. slightls ~wounde” ther the German suppiy lines against - When the time arrives it & 3N against the elastic lines of the British, - ties among the Ame-_wem expeditionary® - The prospect, te | some officers that a thrust will comm ; £ need to_hold firmly seems wrear to 8 LY % Vi S e EOREIEEN i e gl