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GERMANS, DEFEATED,
STANDARD OF PRICE
r NEEDED TO SUPPORT
LEGAL POINTS MADE FOR,
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AGAINST MARRIED TEACHERS
Briefs Filed in Suit Which Will Determine Rights of Mar
ried Women to Be Placed on aa Equality With
Unmarried Instructors in the Schools,
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THE : OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND.? SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 18. 1915.
FAIR VVMEN WHO ARE POPULAR IN NATTOl CAF?1TL n
DRIVEN
FROM
BUSINESS
NJEGRITY
OVERLOOKING
W. F, Woodward Urges Uni
ted Commercial Travelers
r to Support Stevens
BANQUET AT HAZELWOOD
Cat-Throat Competition XiUs Trade,
Asserts Speaker, Who Makes War
' ; v on Slashing of Trices.
.'William F. Woodward, secretary
' treasurer of Woodard, Clarke &, Co.,
wu the speaker at a banquet of
United Commercial Travelers, the only
secret traveling men's organization,
held at the Haielwood last night. Mr.
-Woodward made a plea for support of
.'. the so-called Stevens bill which would
permit independent manufacturers to
- designate the retail selling price of
their products.
"Competition may be the lif of
trade in some instances," asserted Mr.
Woodward, "but cut-throat competition
m me aeain or iraoe. wnoiesaie price
cutting of a nationally advertised arti
cle of merit in an endeavor to bring
people into stores, price cutting for the
niimflu tit natmlnff nff Inw Twin uh-
stltutes. is not nnlv rllshnnpwt hut It
f is immoral.
:-V;"Independent manufacturers build
p a business through liberal national
f 'advertising, payment of aood wares.
employment of capable salesmen, and
'fix a price that gives an adequate
i'profit to Jobber and retailer, only to
have some firm absolutely spoil the
same and market for the product by
advertising it for sale at a price cut
way below cost.
"Cut prices force buyers -to believe
that something is wrong with the prod
uct, that the manufacturers are not
putting as good materials Into it as
they had been. Let one or two firms
undersell a standard article of estab
lished reputation and it is not long be
fore that article goes into disrepute.'
Or, having induced buyers Into the
Store by reason of advertised cut rates.
It is hinted that the article isn't what
It formerly was and cheap substitutes
re Sold instead.
... "By a ruling of the supreme court it
Is contrary to the Sherman anti-trust
law for a manufacturer to fix a selling
price and yet nothing is more vital for
the protection of the manufacturer's
business and the business of thoge who
honestly try to handle the product at
a fair profit."
Mr. Woodward cited a number of in
stances that had come to his attention.
P. K. Arlett, supreme counselor for
the United Commercial Travelers, act
ed as toastmaster. The entertainment
portion of the program wag. furnished
by Mrs. E. M. Hogan and her picka-
ninny in southern songs. Members of !
room in the Masonic temple after the
banquet '
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Day . of Prayer
v For World Peace
f Today is Peace Sunday, and the
movement is being observed In many
communities throughout the United
States.
.- Today is also the anniversary of the
destruction of San Francisco by earth
quake and fire and Peace Sunday is
a direct outgrowth of that event.
Wishing to 'institute a movement of
lasting good on the anniversary of
that momentous event, the San Fran
cisco ministry decided to observe to
day as one of prayer and supplication
that the world war may soon be con- ;
eluded, and everlasting peace descend
Upon the earth. ,
U Communications have been sent all
over the United States, and favorab'e
response has been met everywhere. In
Portland seven pastors will make
peace the subject of their discourse at
either or both services today.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE
Saturday In the Circuit Court
Judgments.
aeJ E110"" Moyln vs. Jamee T. Mojito;
Covey Motor Car Co. t. Oregon Surety
Casualty Co.: dtamlaaed.
atoiwd.Landry Albert kicnky;
. Pelfic Amusement Co. t. W. Winnick
GlBUiiKHed. '
.H- stubrd v. Ida T. Desmond et 1:
voluntary nonsuit. '
. - Brabaaon Edwin King va. Sophia Charlotte
Kins; decree.
;??nV,AcAle'3r.,r'- w"rd Ackley; decree,
f . a AWord Ta. VVilliam J. Summer! et
J;- order ronflrmlng asle.
Forest City Foundry & Mfg Co. vs. Q. W.
Siote' et al; Judgment for plaintiff.
K. Parriah va. First National Life Aa
orance Society of America; Uanaf erred to
Ivderal court.
f Catharine C. Slgrlit va Jacob
eecree.
Blgriet;
W. H. -Yelton vs
Will V. LoomU et 'al;
order cunfirminc mule
,iCarl g. Ooerlr va. Ida B. Goerlg; decrea.
.Ambrose B Scott vs. Frederick Lawaon ct
SI; dismissed aa to W. J. Summers
Qtav Tafs va. Inman-Poulsen Lumber Co.:
.ejamiaaed.
, Hew Buita.
- Harry B. Lewis va. Glaphia E. Lewis; di
vorce. .
J. M. Knoor vs.J. A. Leitxel; to collect
sore. -
f Charlaa W. Sinclair v. Northwestern Trust
Co.? to recorer money paid on a contract.
, Angelo Santavlcca va. Antonio L Santls
et al; foreclosure.
Blra. Lao Katzky vs. Lavrsoo H. Carter,
executor estate Hat tie L. Carter, deceased:
foreclosure.
.-Merchants National bank of Portland, Or
vs. Northern Brewery Co.; to collect rentals.
t Emma Jackson va Karl C. Jackson; di
vorce. .
A. H. Sprague vs. Inman-Poulsen Co.;
fvrwuBi injury usuiages.
A. j. rrestoa vs. j
lect commUsion. '
K. Mar tin; to eol-
Idaho State Life Insurance Co. vs. Hugh
B. Carey: to collect not.
; Frank B. Bmlth A Co. vs. Chester W. Han
sen; to recover money collected.
Margaret Humason vs. Augustus B. T.
Orr transcript on appeal. .
' Artiolea of Incorporation.
Betall Merchants' Protective Corporation;
capital stock. $500; R. 8. McCarL M. Cohen
end G. Balllet. Incorporators.
BROADWAY
DlftWORKS
Aaaomce the openlag of that new
WEST SIDE OFFICE
vin bsoaswat, nia wash.
West aide phones l Xar. 883, A-5588
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Briefs of both plaintiff and defendant of the suit brought by Mrs. Maude
I. Marsh-Richards against the school board for reinstatement as a teacher in
the Trades school have been presented
as the reply brief of the plaintiff has
the necessary matter on which to base
he expected to make a thorough study
Incision, it is not expected that judgment
Mrs. Richards was removed from her position last January rouowing her
marriage to Attorney Orin R. Richards. The suit will be the basis of deter
mining the right of women who marry to demand that they be placed on -an
equality as teachers witn- unmarried women.
FOB XA2LBXSS TXACKXBS.
Salient points of Attorney Coy Burnett's brief for Mrs. Richards are:
But four causes for dismissal of teachers are recognized by law-r-immor
ality. Intemperance, crime and gross neglect of duty.
Good cause must exis which personally disqualifies the individual teacher j
Derore a teacner can be dismissed. ;
- All laws touching upon employment of teachers must be construed, together.
'The permanent tenure of office law was passed to insure permanency of
their positions to teachers so long as they exist. '
If teachers can be dismissed for marrying, they could be dismissed for
joining a church or a lodge. ' .
Dismissal of Mrs. Richards 'cast a stigma on the marriage relation.
Quotations from the opinion of Dr. John H. Flnley, New York state com
missioner of education, setting aside the action of the school board of New.
York City In dismissing Mrs. Bridget C. Piexotto in 1913 when she sought
leave of absence that she might bear a child.
AOAZHST MARRIED TEACHERS. j
-Is a 'teacher who violates her contract and admits the viblatlon entitled j
to formal charges and a formal hearing and to compensation for services' not i
rendered from the time of her discharge to the date of the hearing? is asked 1
in the brief for the school board by : Attorney Jay Bowerman. Mr. Bowerman
believes not, '
The brief cites thse points for the school board: . ;
A teacher is eligible to teach provided the school board sees fit to em
ploy her.
Her life certificate is not involved in this controversy; there is no qnes
tion but what it remains in force.
The board has full power to discharge teachers as it may deem necessary.
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record be accorded. i Br0ej j
- The tenure of employment of a teacher depends solely upon the pleasure, T '7imn ...
of the board, providing the formal record is made of the matter. " A-tndin IVLt l7t
No- stigma is cast upon marriage; the board "merely requires all of its.' her understanding that the sketch
teachers to follow the inclination of all, or nearly all. women to give their would be given much more in accord
husbands and homes he undivided attention of a wife." , ? CB ith her ideas than it was, and
Of the married teachers called" as witnesses for the plaintiff, ail had been nat 8h would not have consented to
employed after they had been married at least four years. Only one was i production otherwise,
employed in the regular branches and the others were employed in the do-i a one thing Mrs, Sawyer, Mr. Qll
mestic science departments, for which their married life peculiarly fitted bert and those who 'have seen the
them. . j sketch as produced are agreed: It
REPXiY TOB MAXBXSS TEACHERS. I W"'l d0- t ' . , '
rrv. .... .x.- . .v. t "The sketch as presented ignores
i nc qucoiiuni nBnt?u ucitnue
Mrs. Richards held her position
nent employment and not under contract, as the contract was for 1913 and
Thl yrt-r-.- .t-mr. .iim.. w ., i nf i.!
The defense attempts to eliminate
chapter ST of the 1913 laws, and assumes that is the only school law In the
state. If that be done there is no board of directors, no powers of the board
of directors are fixed, no bonding provisions or school elections provided for.
there are no certificates of qualification for teachers and no method of exam-
inlng teachers exists. ' . j
It is ridiculous to contend that this section is the only school law in. Ore-
gon. The question is whether, other laws apply. So far as the laws deal with
the same'subject, they "must be construed together. "
The contention of the defense results when analysed In a contention that
a teacher holding a contract has a more permanent position than the teacher :
qualified and acting under the permanent tenure act. !
The state certificate law, while it does not require the school-board to
employ every teacher who Is qualified, does prohibit the board from saying
that a teacher who holds a certificate is not qualified, as it provides that a
teacher who is qualified cannot be discharged by the board. I
It Is contended that the writ should not be Issued because the board would
discharge the teacher in any event. Without regard to what the board might
oo on a hearing, although it is contended a teacher cannot be discharged on ;
ic only;payment of salary and not retention of position were involved. i
Tb legislature Intended that the permanent tenure act should secure per-'
manent teachers in their positions' unless and until they should become dis-'
qualified by failure to meet some requirement of the law and net some idea
or whim of the school board
Authors and Producers of Play at-Outs,
Sequence of the Plot Shifted for Effect
Mrs. Harold M. Sawyer and Mrs. Folger Johnson, Who Wrote
!"Even Up," Resent ., Tamperings Made for
1 Dramatic Reasons by Walter Gilbert. ,
The old conflict between the writer
of a play, who wants it presented as
he wrote it. and the nroduppr. who ni p.
sents It as he thinks best, has been
renewed in Portland during the past
week.
.The play Is "Even Up," written by
Mrs. Harold M, Sawyer and Mrs. Fol
ger Johnson, Portland women.
The producer is Walter Gilbert, late
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- tary procedure to the presiding officers of women's organiza
tion a in the national capital. . Among her pupils at present are
some of the leading women ot Washington, '
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to Circuit Judge Morrow, and as soon
been received Judge Morrow will havei-
his decision. As the court has said
of the subject- before making his der
will be rendered for some time.
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mo nui uiiviitu iu iun utao,
under the statutory provision for perma
all statutory law except one provision.
of the Baker players. With Mary Kd
gett Baker, another Baker favorite, he
has been presenting the sketch at the
Empress. ,
Mrs. Sawyer, speaking for herself
and Mrs. Johnson, who is In Califor
nia, says emphatically that the skejeh
is not presented as it was written nor
as its authors desired.
Mr. Gilbert says that he and Miss
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Baker have done as well as could be
done witn the sketch, and that the
changes that he admits were made
were necessary to strengthen it
'dnnutlo nrlnrlnlo " said Mrs Saw-
yer yesterday. "The thing which we
iMha to keVp tne audience guessing
about until near the last is revealed
not far from the beginning, and there
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Tn P1 the sl-.etch, as outlined
y M- Sawyer, is that two thieves,
. h11 a young woman, attempt
to "pull off a Job" in the same room,
whose tenant they both know to be
absent, at the same time, neither hav-
ing any knowledge of the other until
they meet in the room. Each aocuses
the other of being a thief, but both
maintain that they have a perfect right
to be there, the man claiming to be
the. tenant and the woman that she is
the tenant's sister. Each succeeds in
tian being to make the audience believe
jt too, and that both are In the same
room by mistake.
The denouement comes when the
man tells the girl that she has "got
ten away with his heart," and both
confess their true charactsr. They
divide the loot and make their exits
together through a window.
That is the way Mrs. Sawyer says It
should be played.
As played neither deceives the other
at all, and the audience Is. puizled
only in wondering when a plot is going
to develop which, it develops, is
never.
Colleges Get Share
Of Denny Estate
University of "Washington and Whit
man Remembered Handsomely is
Will of Please Womaa.
Seattle, Wash., April 17., Mar
garet Lenora Denny, who met
her death March 30 in an automobile
accident, bequeathed $185,000 to pub
lic institutions and societies, among
them the University of Washington
and Whitman College. By the terms
of the wiiradmltted to probate Thurs
day, $50,000 is given to the state uni
versity, and $45,000 to Whitman col
lege. '
She also bequeathed $70,000 to the
Pulmonary Hospital of Seattle, of
which she was a member of the board
of directors at the time of her death;
$3000 each to the Women's Relief so
ciety of Seattle, the Congregational
Home Missionary society, the Seattle
Seamen's Friend society, the Florence
Crittenton Home, the Young Women's
Christian association and the Ply
mouth Congregational church.
The gift of $50,000 to the University
of Washington must be invested by
the regents In notes and bonds secured
by first mortgages on real estate in
Washington. The interest is to be used
in the establishment of six fellowships
one in each of the departments;
I of school of mines, civil engineering,
history, English, pedagogy and. phar
macy, to be known as the Arthur A.
Denny fellowships.
The $45,000 bequeathed to Whitman
College, together with $5000 she gave
to the trustees during her lifetime, to
go toward the establishment of a chair
of liberal arts to be known as the
Mary A. Denny chair.
Seattle, "Wash.. April 17. Hearing-
of the famous Goldfield Mer
ger Minxes cojnpany receivership
case, involving' the disposition' ot sev
eral millions of dollars and of marked
interest to thousands of shareholders
In this Seattle corporation all over the
country, has begun in Federal Judge
Neterer's court. The : hearing will
probably continue a -week.
Rail Men on Bill at
East Side Luncheon
Bustaess Men's Association, to Be Ad
dressed by Transportation Interests
at Monday Function!
The wit, eloquence and musical tal
ent that lurk in the ranks of Portland
railroad men will be paraded at the
Monday noon luncheon of the East
Side Business Men's. Club tomorrow in
the Sagamore club hall on East Mor
rison street.
Frank B. Egan, soliciting r freight
agent' of the Southern Pacific com
pany, has been selected as chairman
of the day. He says several stunts
have been prepared that will make a
shipper forget an overcharge on
freight. I Freight men of the differ
ent lines will appear from the bet
ter sides of their personalities. .
. Among" the musical specialties Is an
augmented orchestra of the Transpor
tation club, of which IL T. Schuma-
kj . ill SCKULDERMAN NAMES
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' Photographs by Harris St Bwlng.
Top, left to right Mra. Prederlco M. Qulntana, wife of the new
counselor of the Argentine embassy in Washington; Miss Elaine
Pujo, daughter of the former representative from Louisiana,
whose engagement to William B. Reily of New Orleans has been
announced: Miss Lota Towner, daughter of Representative and
Mrs. Towner of Des Moines, whose engagement to marry Jerry
. Albert Pierce of Denver, has been announced, i
Bottom, left to right "-Mrs. Atlee Ppmerene, ., wife of. the senator
from Ohio, who recently was elected president of the Congres
sional club of Washington: Miss Constance Drexell of Philadel
phia, who recently returned
in a hospital at Deauville and who has joined the ranks of the
Congressional union' in Washington to aid in fight for suffrage.
MILWAUKIE TO VOTE
ON THE QUESTION OF
BUYING PER PLANT
Alternative of Securing Bull
Run Water by Meter From
Portland Will Also Be Given
Milwaukle, Or., April 17. A special
general election will be held at Mil
waukie May 1 to vote for or against
a charter amendment instructing the
city council to purchase the property
and rights of the Mllwaukie water
company and the Minthorne Springs
Water company by either arbitration
or condemnation. The decision of the
voters will be mandatory upon the
council but the council. If the amend
ment; carries, may pursue either the
arbitration or condemnation method.
The voters will also vote on a char-,
ter amendment advising the council as
to whether they favor buying Min
thorne Springs as a water. supply for
the town or prefer buying Bull Run
water from Portland at a fixed price
per gallon. Initiative petitions for
placing the advisory amendment on
the ballot are now being circulated.
The charter amendment for purchas
ing tha two plants would authorize and
Instruct the mayor and council to ac
quire the plants by voluntary sale
within. IS days after the approval of
the amendment. If the owners accept
the prices offered or by condemnation
if the city's offer is refused.
W.! S. XTRen represented the water
companies and Councilman B. G. Skula
son the :lty of Mllwaukie in the legal
matters preliminary to calling- the elec
tion. ; The Bull 'Run water would be
secured through a meter at Krrol
Heights. The contract with Portland
for the water has been signed and a
municipal pipeline from Errol Heights
to Mllwaukie is now under construc
tion. : "
A Citlsens Committee," with F. C.
Harlow as chairman, and W. li. Coun
sell, Mayor Albee and others as mem
bers, was formed this afternoon to
combat the amendment for acquiring
the local plants and send letters to
voters urging them to vote for Bull
Run water In the advisory amendment.
cher lis leader and1 "Jim"" Sutton, lo
cal freight agent on the east side for
the Southern Pacific, has gathered
Some singers. - '
x. Representatives of the " various
transportation lines will be allowed
a few minutes to talk about every
thing but "shop." Among those who
will be called upon are: F. 11. Fogar
ty. general freight agent of the North
ern Pacific; H. A. Hinshaw. general
freight agent of the Southern Pacific;
George H. Smitton, assistant general
freight agent of the Great Northern;
W. D. Skinner, traffic manager -of the
S,. P. A S.: W. A. Bobbins of the O
W. B. N, legal department; J. . E.
Werlein of the P. R.. U A P.; H. N.
Kennedy, general, freight agent of the
Great Northen Pacific Steamship com
pany of San Francisco; D. C Freeman
of the Oregon Electric and others.
from France where she was a nurse
MRS. HUMASON FILES
APPEAL FROM EDICT
IN ESTATE OF SKIER
Attorneys Present Plea to Set
Aside Cleeton's Refusal to
Invalidate Orr Divorce. -
Attorneys for Mrs. Margaret Huma
son yesterday filed an appeal . from
the judgment of County Judge Cleeton,
refusing- to Invalidate the divorce de
cree of Hannah M. Orr and Augustus
B. F. Orr and the judgment cloning:
the estate of her sister, Mrs. Mollis
Burke Orr.
Mrs. Humason has been fighting, tn
the courts to secure possession of the
estate of her sister, estimated to be
worth 180,000, on the ground that
Orrs divorce from his first wife was
secured by collusion that he might
marry her sister and secure the sis
terV estate at her death.
The case -has been fought In many
phases' and has already been before
the supreme court.! The present ap
peaTJs ten the circuit court.
Jaybird.
'If you v-" a bird, what sort would
you rather beT "lt3Qta!Z29
"Why, an eagle. ! He's so majestic.
What sort of bird r would you rather
be?" ''-!
"I guess I'd rather be a Jaybird."
"The deuce! Why a jaybird?"
"I've never seen a jaybird shut n
in a zoo.''
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CHIEF EXAMINER OF
STATE CORPORATIONS
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J,. G. Richardson, Portland
Lawyer, Selected for Posi
tion; Came Here in 1893.
Henry J,s Schuldernian, who has been
appointed corporation commissioner to
succeed R. A. Watson on Msy 1, an
nounced last nlghfjthat he has ap
pointed J. G. Richardson of this city
to the position of chief examiner for
the department. Mr. Richardson has
been associated in law practice with
George Tazwell for the last two years.
At the last primary election Mr.
Richardson wa a candidate on the Re
publican ticket for the legislature. He
came to Oregon in 3 193 from Minne
apolis. He is a graduats of McMinn
vllle college and of the Oregon Law
school. He was admitted to the bar
in 1909. - He Is a member of the Cham
ber of Commerce and the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic club.
Mr. Schulderman spent several days
in Salem last week getting acquainted
with state officials and getting an in
sight into the work of the office he
will take the first of the month.
: ; Germans Retaliate. T ,
Copenhagen, April 17. (X. N. 8.)
A Berlin message states that In retali
ation for the British' treatment of sub
marine prisoners, the Germans Intend
to bring eight British officers, one a
son of a former British ambassador In
Berlin. t( Mad geburg jail and place
them In cells.
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In One of Most Brilliant Bay
onet Charges of the War
French Are Victors.
WITHSTAND HEAVY FIRC
Pranch Artillerymen Vow Commas
Xtoads Xeadlag to Colmar, Cap-
ital of Upper Alsace.
lly William Philip Simms. .
(-nlted praaa Staf! Corrpon(lot.
Paris. Aprll 17. In one of the most
brilliant bayonet charges of the entlro
war, French.' chausseurs have carrlnl
the summit of Schnepfenriethkopf,
overlooking the Rhine valley, In Al
sace, the war office announced in an
official statement tonight.
The victory was won A'tf a week
of desperate fighting. In a series cf
short dashes, the French carried one
after another of rows of German
trenches on the mountainside. . Thcj
fought their way through wire entan
glements and over heavily mlnel
areas in the face of a galling fire
from -the enemy's machine guns.... liv
fore a solid line of coldsteel the Ger
mans on the crest finally broke and
fled .down the eastern slope.
important Tiotory.
Capture of Schnepfenriethkopf, ac
cording to French military experts. 1'
uiie si me mvai inipuriaoi yiciori"
won by the Vosges armies in their ad
vance toward the Rhine. Karly In the
week the French fought their way to
the foot of the mountain, gaining
nearly a mUe in a 24 hour battle.
The summit of the hill lies two
thirds of a mile above the Rhine and
from their new position French artill
erymen can command the roads leading
to Colmar. capital of Upper Alwuct?,
and but IS miles away. The lihlno
itself now lies but 22 miles away from
the French armies advancing over the
mountains. , .
On the northern bank of the river
Fecht, a few miles north of Hcnhp-
fenrieth, the French hsve made fur
ther progress, according to the official
communique.
Trench Closer to Shine.
At the same time the attacks against
the German positions near Hartmann-
weiler, 18 miles to the south, are car
rying the French closer to the Rhine.
In other sectors of the French-Fland
ers battlefront, the French are main
taining their positions in the face of
German attacks. In the Lrette Hills,
west of Arras, three German counter
attacks against the positions taken ny
the French yesterday broke down under
artillery fire.
At several points along the Alsne
valley, , French heavy artillery
destroyed several of the enemy's
shelters. North of Mesnll, in - the
Champagne region, German attacks
agalnBt the French salient were easily
repulsed, , - : . s
Bombardment Kills Many.
Paris, April i7. XJ. F.) Three civil
ians perished as a result of the bom
bardment of Amiens by a German
Taube. Three persons who were
wounded when bombs exploded near
the famous cathedral died today. Tea
were killed outright. The German also
dropped bombs upon the railway sta
tion of St. Roch. ,
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