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Whltlock of Belgian, Pat h See Hllalre Belloes Weekly Article, Pag "' t. Beetles t. Portias asd vlelattyi Sander, ratal rosg southeasterly winds. wasimgioa in iTti xune, rage n, Seetloa f. - Pictorial Wat Review, Part It, See tlon Oregon aad . Wahlite-tnt Saaday. ralat moderate southeasterly gales. ; . VOL. XVI. NO.l. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS BIG VIC CLAIMING 011 i 1 - XL r HILLS ARE B0DIE5DF GERMS Fighting Steadily Growing in In tensity as World's Greatest Battle Develops; Drumfire Is Heaviest Yet Heard in War. All Night and All Day'' Hinden burg's Legions Hurled Them selves Against British, Who Withdraw in Perfect' Order. By William Philip Simms United Press Staff Corresponnt w1? 1TH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, March 23. (U. P.) Fighting is stead ily growing in intensity as the world's greatest battle develops. All night, under the stars and a brilliant moon; all i day, under the springlike svtti -- Hindenburg's legions t; . hurled themselves--against, the valiant British, whose .;.withdrawal continues in per . fect.order, despite the most . frenzied: efforts to break v theif lines. - Battle Front It 60 Miles Lour X German and Bavarian "eturmtruppen" ( storm troops") sandwiched between di visions of Prussian guards and grena diers, were flung With Hohenzollern fary Jongr roads and across open, sunlit , Conclndd on rB Thirteen, Column Four) AND HALF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY, IS LIMIT ! Food Administrator Says 50 Peri Pan Pn In Prtne-iimnviftn I ! vcui vui 111 vuiigumpuuu Absolutely Necessary if Allies. Are to Be Fed. w.r,io-t. n n Tuiarrri 2il.Tha, 1 followlng new conservation message ! and program United States was given out toy the food administration to night: , t "It ws are to furnish the allies with , the necessary proportion of wheat to maintain their war bread from now until the next' harvest and this is. a mill tary necessity we must reduce our monthly consumption of 21.000,000 bushels a month, as against our normal con sumption of about 42,000,000 bushels, or . 60 per cent of our normal consumption. Reserving, a margin for distribution to the army and for special casea leaves for general consumption approximately ene and one-half pounds of wheat prod-, ucts weekly per person. - Many of our consumers Are dependent opoQ baker's bread. Such bread must be durable and therefore requires a larger -proportion of wheat products than cereal breads baked in the house hold. Our ' army and navy require ft full allowance. The well-to-do In our population can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat products than ' can the poor. In addition, our . population in. the agricultural districts, where the other cereals are abundant, are more skilled In the preparation of breads. frOnT these other cereals than are the people In the crowded city, and the Industrial population. ... Sarplas of Potatoes With Improved transportation condi tions we now have available a surplus of potatoes. We , also have in the spring 'months a surplus of milk and we have ample corn and oats for hu man consumption. The drain oa rye and barley as substitutes has already greatly exhausted the supply of these grains. To effect the heeded saving of ' wheat we ' are wholly dependent upon the voluntary assistance of the Ameri can people, and we ask that ths fol V fowtng rules be "'' observed : , ',; . First Householders to use not to ex ceed a total of one and one-half pounds per week of wheat products per person. This gneana. not - more than one and three-fourths pounds of , Victory bread containing Uie required percentage of tContfladed on Pt Thirteen; Columa fill)" POUND News Index SECTION ONE 30 PAGES 1. World", QreitNt Battle On . BerHn Olatmt Victory CamBalgn of Momontou Significance By Frank H. Slmond Pari Bombardmant Report Uneonflrmod Now OonoarvMJon Mottaea Sounood Raoord Sat In Staal Shipbuilding Third Battalion of Naval Mllltla to Ba Recruited tt. Worid'e Qraataat Battle Raglno IM won't Review of Oarman Offantlve . Concrete Ship It Roeelblllty Portland Air Pilot Tall Kiperlenca Larger Wheat Acreage Sown 4. Stimulus Olvan Thrift Drive . MoAdoo Take Poaiaitlon of Rail Fl- nanca m . . New Letteri From Oregon Soldier Ft Oandldata Seek Oovamorthlp Arrerlcan Fund to Begin Unique Canv palgn Here 7. Rotooe Oak Coast Manager for Fao- i tory i Saturday In the Court MaAdoo Name Wage Adjustment Board 8V Editorial 5. Brief Information Town Topic . tO. Insurance Man Hold Banquet Hurlburt Seeks Ranomlnatlon for Sher- Iff George B. Thomas Would Be County ' . Commissioner 11. Belgian Tells of German Cruelty 12. Big Expenditure Ordered for Camp Lewis Empty Cars From East Only Sotattlon " Salvation Army Drive Nets S31.&M.M IS. Liberty Bond Salesmen Selected Jitney Issue Up at Primaries O. A. O. Grant Lends to Be Opened for Filing 14. How Daylight Saving Affects Idaho Warran Farmers Plan Warehouse Clarke County Active In Thrift Canv pelgn IB. Legality of Bowerman't Appointment I Questioned Women to Be Teught Restaurant Work State Highway Commission Meets IS. Rich Harden Hit by Income Tei ' 17. Club Provide for Men In Service 1S. Home Industry Idea Fostered Drainage of River Island Planned 1S. Oregon Guard Praia Manufacturer , Tragedy in Old Oregon it-. 20. Portland Geu Two-Fingered Catoher Woman Among Trap Leaders Multnomah Prepares Exhibition Trading Player I AM St. Helen After Manager Mr. F. A. Martin Hunt Club Winner 21. State Tennl at Laurethurst List of Events for Track Game Game Protection Welcomed -McGrew Counting en Doyle Fewer Player on Road Trip Heavyweight Better Now Dog Shew Plan Made 22. State Golf Pley In Doubt Oorbett Hod MeGevern'i "Katzep" Jack Oempsey's Career Startling Plan Columbia Athletic Meet Oregon Feats Hayward's Lose ' ' Fred Walker Tries "Comeback" 2S. Real Estate end Building News 24-2S. Went Ads 2S. Market and Finance 80. Merino News . , Portland Capital foe Aberdeen Baseball 'Vancouver Hoc key tits Trim Toronto SECTION TWO 22 PAGES Page . Belgium .Under the German Heft By Brand Whltlock Purpose of Tretell Raids By Hilar Bstloc ' ' ' ' A 4.aap Jt Frsudom. . -7tAt Aueut London -The Reelra Music The Boe' Corner,, Photoplay ew?r;T Chatter of Screen and Stage la Veudevltt Y . . . In Stagetend , s The Week to Society Fraternal New . Women' Club Affair Washington In Wartime The War in Pictorial Review - Automobile and Good Road In the Publlo Schools For ' Boy and Girl By Georgene S. ..' S-7. S. 10. 11. 12. 1S-1S. 1. 20. Feulkner Fashion Chat- By Mme. Qui Vive Beeuty Suggestion By Lillian Russell 21. For the Needlewoman Br Adelaide Byrd 22. Garden Suggestion SECTION THREE 4 Comlo PAGES Fisheries Pact Is , Eatified by House . Washington, March 23. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOUKNAli.) The) bousa. today passed Representative 1, t Hadley's bill ratifying ths' fishery agreement between Oregon and Wash- Ktic, un introduced by sena- tor CSiajnberlain. is pending on the senats calendar. Washington, March 23. The water power committee adjourned its hearings until Wednesday, when it is expected the hearings will close and the com mittee will begin framing a bilL The hearing during the week have been al- moBt monopoliied by repreaentaUves of power- companies and financial inter- eats, . who contend the administration bill is not' liberal enough and want the recapture- clause rewritten to give them an additional 30 years' tenure at the end of the 60-year lease If the govern ment does not take over the plants. Despite this attitude the prospects are still favorable.-for workable legislation on the lines-Of the administration - bilL British Hospitals ' '' ' Tf 1 1 1-' 1 -are mgniy rraisea ' -f f ' ' nv s i a. lib ' ' An AUantlc Port, March 23. (U. P.) With praise for British hospitals and the work- of American medical men at the Jrench front, Mrs. J. Borden Harri man reached this port aboard an American - liner. She Is chairman of the committee on woman industry in the council of national defense. - Mrs.. Harriman will make a report on her observations in Prance and Eng land and the report-will be sent to officials -at Washington - 1 She laid particular stress on the work of the sanitary corps of the American army In Prance, declaring Its achieve ments nothing short of wonderful. She told of an extensive sewer system for protection 'Of camps and described a huge reservoir which has been built to Insure troops a fresh water supply free from danger , of disease. Deluge of War Mail - Is tocreasing Daily Washington, March 23. (I. N. S. The volume of war mall passing through the pestoff Ice at the capital has Increased 100 per cent since 1914, . postal authori ties said today, and despite large in creases made in the- force of carriers. the letters containing the major portion of the nation' official business pour on ma deluge that increases with each day, "THE IP BIO OF BRITISH Since Napoleon Set Out for Mos- cow, There Has Been No Cam paign Equal to That Under Way in Picardy. Frank H. Simonds Says Germans Hope to Finish the War by Drawing British Into Open Country and Crushing Them. By Frank H. Simonds The McClura Newspaper Syndicate. 'EW YORK, March 23. The events of the past 48 hours demon strate clearly that the Ger man attack in Picardy is the great offensive. The Ger mans are plainly seeking a solution of the problem r of the world war upon the bat tlefield and endeavoring to insure thepennanence of the -war-won structure'! their great Mittel Europa edifice , ba military victory. Siffccl ikia1-a;-- '. a. 'i. - a'- J'""' -. m -;.?pwcpn,isev; out : or Mos cow, therefore, t h e re has been no campaign equal in mgnjtude of issues to 'the ' present. Germany is fight- , ing as Bernhardi forecast, for "world power or down- ; faij." . ' ,;v - .' Not less clear Is the fact that the Germans have chosen to make their ."S.?16 f fort aain"t the British. The Day" long forecast ty William II. has arrived, although It is the BriUsh army, not the navy, which bears the brunt of the attack. And the Germans have attacked the British because the British are their great enemy. If the French were attacked and beaten, the great British army would remain and Britain would be forced, to continue the war. if only to Bave her empire. But if the British army shall be defeated and driven back to the coast, France tan naraiy escape making a separate peace, since she will be unable to bear me iuu weight of victorious German armies, ana American help cannot be material ior a year. Hope to Smash British HaUng the BriUsh most, believing thenvthe real remaining obstacle to ft victorious German peace, the Germans nave also attacked Hal because, thv believe that It will be easier to smash tne British than the French, if the. trench warfare can be ended and the struggle transformed to a war In the open, a war of maneuyers, like the cam- iwugn irura itions 10 tne Aiarne. in Ger man military calculation the British army will prove an easier victim than the French, since it is made up of non professional soldiers, officered largely by civilians, not soldiers by career, if old fashioned, warfare be restored. As to the actual battle aspect of the German offensive, it is to be noted first that the artillery -preparation was short but of unprecedented intensity, recalling the Verdun offensive of two years ago. At the Somme and In Flanders the artillery duel lasted weeks, but, "thanks to captured Russian and Italian. I artil lery ana to the . aid ,or German and Austrian guns released from the Eastern front, the Germans . have been able to intensify the fire and shorten the dura tion of artillery preparation'. Trying Doable Taralog ITore After their artillery preparation on a front of , some 60 miles between the Scarpa and the Olse, that is between Arras and St. Quentin, the . Germans three days ago began their infantry attacks, not evenly along the line, but at various widely separated points. - On the first: day their main effort .was directed at British positions on either side of the Canadian-Bapaume-Amiens road; not far from the the scent of the recent battle of Cambrai and extending to the ground of the batUe of Arras. By Friday their activities had shifted to the ether end of the operative front be fore St- Quenun and along the Sty Quen-tin-Xoyon Paris road.-: -. v It ' would seem, therefore, ' that the Germans are again seeking to employ ineir lavorite etartegy- or a double torn ing movement. In other words, they are endeavoring to break through, the British , line at two widely - separated points. Isolating the British troops be tween tne two breaKs, enveloping them and thus making a really great gap in the whole front. This they-aid with great success in Poland In 1915. In Rou manla in 1916 and in, Italy last autumn. y-. Oennan Galas Are Vaterlal Following this plan the Germans have made material but Indecisive gains en .-(Ccnclpdcd Pasa Twa, Coluaui Two) ID SEE WHERE THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IS GOING ON SECTION OF ENTRENCHED LINE near Cambrai against which the German leaders are hurling immense numbers of men in mass formation in an effort to break either of the British flanks. Late reports indicate that from 60 to 90 German divisions are assembled at the battle front. II - " . j wylWT. --V , " i ao ' 1 k$ Ship Timber Supply -Admitted Unlimited That members c4 the-National ehip ping w board are eonvlnbed that the Northvit carrs supply ship'. timbers in ahy qutlty " 2?nded ot thtrn and that' WasatngtoTl-of flclals are.,morqftl:an pleased with "the ; proirreSi4ir iafr toads in immg oroers iorrsnipyaras on tne AtlauUc seaboard, is the message brought from Washington toy H. B. Van Duxer, director of fir production for Oregon. Mr. Van Duser returned from a three weeks' conference with Washington of ficials last . night, accompanied by J. H. Bloedell, member of the fir produc tion board and .director of the state of , Washington, and C. W. Stlmson and Walter MetUeton. all of Seattle. Lloyd J. . Wentworth, who accompanied Mr.. Van ? Duzer to , Washington, was de tained in Chicago and left that city for Portland last night. Twenty-five ' trains of 45 cars . each, loaded with fir ship timber, have been sent -from Oregon and .Washington dur ing the past month, and according to Mr. Van Duser these trains- are going through to the Atlantic , seabpard in an. average of 16 days' time. Ex-66vernor West Eeturhs Prom East Former Governor Oswald West re-, turned Saturday, night from a trip to Washington which occupied several weeks." He 1 pursued several successful lines-of effort, ''all having to do with recognition of Pacific coast Industries. arid; especially Oregon industries, in the nation's war program. Too exhausted from his long trip to enter Into a discussion of condiUons In the national capital around the war de partment, Governor West let , it be known that he was well satisfied with the results ot his trip. Among the tasks he had undertaken In making the trip were to get wider market for Oregon dehydrated products. stimulating action on wooden ship con struct ion, speeding the spruce produc tion program' and urging action' for set tlement of lands under the Oregon California grant. - ROLL OF HONOR Waahburton March 23. N- B.) Tvrenty- Isht same appeared upon the eaanalty list made public by the war department lata thia attar- noea. Toe u mcraost: , nti. kiiiad in action, three deaths from acci dents. iht death from aiaeasa, two death from other causes, two woundeasavarelj, 12 wounded ttghtly. - Killed in Action UrtTTENANT JEFTEHSON IXIGU ' Died, of Aecident xotttenant ecgkne b. whkatlet. ' bugler james d. tjalladat. pbivatk heebeet . tvckeb. , . ' Died of? Disease CORPORAL RETNOtX A. BRAXDER, peri tonitis. . . . : PRIVATB CHARLET ; BARROX , paetimoBia. PRIVATB JACOB: USXUa UUJS liLM, PRIVATE ALFRED UeCLSOD, paeomoBia. - PRIVATE COT OVEK8TREET, pnetimonia. PRIVATii-WlLUAat ECQENS PARKER, ap. pendirrtl. -- PMVAtB GEORGE H. W1TJUSB. , PRIVATE EDWARD W1RTH. aeptieaemia. . Died From Other Causes . ' tiEWESANT',: ' COtOKEL WILLIAM WELLS. ' SERGEAKT CHARLES 3. HUBERT. - Wounded Severely BUGLER CHARLES E. BCBOTS, - ' ' r PRIVATE ARTHUR KJSOHEHAUER. . ,. Wounded SlighUr Captain' Arthur B. Gow. Lievteaeai Arthn Booth, Sertaant Jarae J. Bochacan. Serceaiit WUnam-Basara. -Corporal John AL Hoot. Corporal Earl B, Btmiffer, " Pnvate Charles F. Bowara, Privats Peter V. Fabiaa, Privata) Bernhard Goes, Privet Bar C. Hrrrin-. Prirata Ewart -G. Kei-rn,-Prirt JohB!WaAoaTfc s'-i'vv......1,.-.4(.i , ;. s 1 12 nemew: I - iW-rJkJj-V-aSt mii i. avaaaiaaltia ast g raftv aV:ayS-eXrr 1111 11111 IMJ.tBafly.llsMajB.Oa - i'i' I, CASUALTIES PLACED AT 225,000 I HE GREATEST BATTLE in trcttest war., . .. . Casualties 22 5,000 killed, wounded and captured in two days, icaordintlvto Washington. embassy; estimates British .losses, half ttosev'fet Gemtan.f. ;-t-.i-.,.... i Troop$ engaged -oO fo ..Or German divn 'owjywite tlv&bntle front X7a6,oocrto t,e9i)pO'Jneri. "lte:. 6ttmtft;dV;-JtKl.enf aged. . :t .Width, of, batUe front 60 , rnlies.froBtasitairp to , the Olse aU plane 4istancJ ' ' --H. Or.; . " -Pevelopnwiit--GclTnany ? day announcemenif ctaimea-42 Si'OOO prison ers, 400 cannon, 300 machine gans. British day officiat1 announcement said British defense systems penetrated west of Cambrai, British holding northern position. . . ... NEW RECORD IN STEEL Columbia Shipbuilding Corpora tion Will Launch Fabricated Hull Wednesday, Just 62 Davs After Keel Is Laid. oKln er tt nAW worM'a iMa4 record in steel shipbuilding the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation of Port land will launch the fabricated hull of an 8800-ton government ship next Wed nesday, just 62 days after the keel was laid.. ;;. . . . The previous best record was 67 days made by the Skinner & Eddy Corpora tion of Seattle. For completeness in detail the steel craft, which has been named the West Grove,, is far ahead of any similar-craft yet launched In any yard in the country. To accomplish the task the small army of skilled workmen has driven 700,000 rivets into the massive steel plates. Thirty-five hundred tons of material have gone. Into the . vessel. While the' hull was being fabricated portions of the vessel's machinery was installed, : thus insuring, according to President A. 7. Smith, another new rec ord for the completed ship, ready for service. Availability of materials and perfect team work on the part of the employes in the yards have made the speed feat possible, Mr.' Smith said. "Our men cannot be given too much credit for the fine spirit of efficiency, speed and patriotism they have dis played In accomplishing their work," he declared. Tbe launching record will place Portland In the very front rank of steel shipbuilding concerns of the world." . The West Grove will be the fifth steel ship to leave the yards of the Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation, where at: the present time 2700 men are era ployed, s The yard has three ways and , the schedule for construction . calls for a launching every 90 days. War Session May : -Be Calledjin Idaho f Boise, daho, March 23. (U. P.) Governor Alexander announced today that unless the government reversed its ruling not to. recognixe the newly or ganised Idaho national guard until sup plementary legislation Is enacted bv the state, he will call a-special session of the legislature next month. If . the .Call is issued It Will specify that war legis lation, and action on the federal prohi bition amendment' shall be the. only matters- considered. z - BUILDING IIP IDE HERE THIRD BATTALION TO BE RECRUITED Goyernor Vyfthycqrnbe Authorizes Enlisting 1000 Men and Of ficers jotrafn Men for U. S. Merchant Ships. X A third battalion of the. Oregon Na val Militia has been authorised by Gov ernor' Withycombe and Immediate re crultlngr of 1000 enlisted ' men , and all officers required "on a regulation. United States batUeahipjr01 begin - at once, according announcement 'made Sat urday night by . Acting Adjutant Gen eral 'John M, WlUianiai -', 's '' J" George 8. Shepherd has been returned to duty aa captairf and will have direct charge of the recruiting of the, new sea ' force. - : -C''- :.- All men who ara American citizens of good moral character and physically tit, between the ages ot 18 and iSwlll be eligible for membership. ' Men of draft age may' join the organisation, but if called for, array aer vice through the draft will bo discharged from the naval mllltla. ,'-,.?;. r The first two battalions of. the" Ore gon naval mllltla are now in active service, the first having-bn called shortly after America's entrance Into the war and ' the second was ushered Into service a few months- later? The principal reason for the Imme diate organization of the third bat talion Is the necessity "of training men for the manning of American ships with American, seamen. This Is set forth In th executive' order as follows: rwhereas,-. tho .upbuilding of the American merchant; marine Is of the utmost importance to the state and tha nation, and ; the manning' of American ships - with American seamen is. - and will continue to be, a primo factor, la placing our : country in ths forefront as a maritime nation, X herewith direct that ", the naval force? 1 hereby author ised shall be given a consistent and seasonable amount of training to fit them to man- the large fleet of mer chantmen which - we confidently trust shall be owned and operated by cltlsens of th state of Oregon.- ' - ' w Following '-- recruHtar of ths cnteni plated force - and sufficient training, the navy department: may call the' unit Into active ' service. The organization will ; be used ; in "protection - of water front districts in' Portland, Astoria and Marahfleld. tf emergencies arise, ac cording to ther adjutant general's office. -Negotiations are to be - opened dur ing the week with navy offknals for a government - shin on which- to train the members of the now corps.'- ? Germans Bold 178 American Erisoners . WasMngtMarch tX-J- P.) "The committee on public In formation made public the'naihM Of 17$ American sol dlers taken prtsners bjr. the Germans, along with tha places where the' men were captured and the camps at which they are now held. H The report . showed that, exclusive of the 178, Charles Hemphill. American, was shot by the Germans 'while trying to escape from a prison camp on De cember IS. Another reported dead was Campbell Andrew Courtrey, an avi ator brigadier, who was brought -down on September 30 near Pargny, about 12 kilometers south of Lon. Included in the list ara seamen cap tured by German raiders, '-members of the engineer corps caught in the Cam brai flareback a few months ago, mem bers of the crew of the United States destroyer Jacob Jones, and infantrymen captured. The list includes the following names of men from the Pacific, coast. Interned at Camp Dulmen: Paal Phillips, Pasadena. CaL Loais Easter, 22 Roanoke street, Seat tle, Wash. : . Uelas Bhela, 117ft First avenue. Sand- point, laaho. fieport Is U S. Has Bought Russ; Ships Washington. March 23,-L' N. & "We hope it Is true," waa all the. com ment Secretary of the 'Navy 'Daniels could make today on the London Daily Mall dispatch from Toklo Quoting the newspaper Kokumm Shimbun as stating that Admiral Austin M. Knight, com mander of the Asiatic fleet, has pur chased an tne snipping on the Russian Pacific coast The secretary said he had received . no - word 1 from . Knight to this effect and while the Admiral could take the step tt was- unlikely he would go ahead without advising the depart ment. . . ..... -. Quits Seatdn Air To Help Oomjmmon London, March -TJ R) Ensign Fallow of the United States, pilot of a British seaplane In the North Sea fight In February, left his seat to render first aid to hla wireless operator, ,who was shot in the back. He returned to the control seat safely. He baa been offici ally commended by the admiralty. GROCERY STORE For Sale FORD ROADSTER For Sale . Bsslaess Opportsaltlai 21 . GROCER T on west side for sale. " Apartment trade; doing good business. Owner in next draft. " . Wasted to Sat-T ''-v- WAjiTED To rent 4 or room furnished house with yard; not ot carilne. , a -. ' , . 'W ; - r-- - ajssavammavaw AteMebtles,Aeeesertea 44 1915 FORD roadster, first class ' mechanical condition, 35 - - ' ' ' "' J 1 If you have a bosiness Investment to offer that has larger element of -; certainty in it than of speculation, : and your proposition will improve rather than go to pieces 'under in- vestlgation, you can find an in- -: veator through Thei J 0 11 R N A I WANT COLUMNS: ; . . . PHONE YOtJR AT ; . . Main 7173 Phones A-4MX . ' HI HORDE IIS LIE WESTWARD IS REPORT Germans Say They Are Ffghting on Line Extending Through Bapaume, Peronne and Ham. Far to Westward of Start. Counter Attacks by British Are Repulsed Everywhere With; Big Losses, Germans Insist! Bitter Fighting All Along the Line. B ERLIN, via London, I ; March 23(UP.j "A considerable part of v the English army is beaten," i.. the latest official statement 7 issued by the war office de- v c la red tonight, '. ,v . ., "The first stage of the bat--tte; on the west front is ended," says the, statement. "We have won engagements rf-nefar Monchy, Cambrai.' St; r M3ueTtifrand La :Fcre t-nki h- We aro flahtlng aporoxlmatklv- on a Una s. running northward through Ua paume Peronne and Ham. Between Omlgnon stream and the Somme river, the crown prince, after capturing the first enemy positions, made his way through Holnon Wood, fought across the heights at Savy and Roupy and pen-, etrated the enemy's third posttloru. "Under ajie kaiser, an attacking' bat tle against the English front near Arras, Cambrai, and St. Quentin has been pro ceeding. Yesterday also good progress was made. , . -it ;- . Conclod-4 oa paar Thlrtrea, Column Y1 - War Department Makes An nouncement .After Careful Scanning of Cables; Possible, Not Probable -Maxim. . Washington, March 24. (U. P.)Sun- day.) The war department announced shortly after midnight that Its cables from abroad tonight contained no con firmation of the reported bombardment of Paris. ' , This was the only Information forth- 7 coming after cables from France had been carefully scanned. ' '-,;- . New York, March 23. (U. P.)-udsoa Maxim, America's greatest ordnance au thority, expressed the opinion that some one had gone off "half-cocked, when aaked tonight about the rumored bom- : bardment of Paris by the Germans. "A. gun capable of firing a, 9.6' inch projectile 62 miles is possible, but highly Improbable, impracticable and undeslrtv-- ble." Maxim said. - ' '; 5 . "It would necessitate a caliber of 20 inches and a barrel at least 100 feet long. It would be Immobile and would . have to be built in sections and mounted upon a gigantic emplacement. .,' t. . "The gun, which would take a ton of powder per charge, would have to" be fired at an elevation of 45 degrees, thereby causing the shell to describe an arc 40 miles In the air, the Inventor stated. .. r Building of such ordnance by Ges many would be received with the great est satisfaction by the allies, Maxim de- . elared, as evidence of Germany's mental deterioration. The "operating expenses' . of such guns would virtually .bankrupt the Hindenburg war machine, while the damage they could Inflict would bo neg ligible, he Intimated. " . Washington. March 23. O. N. & The German aircraft. -it was said by, army experts, are known to be using for bombing- purposes shells that had proved defective for field artillery.. This fact. It, was stated, probably ex plains the Impression that thai bom bardment was being carried on by field guns. ...... " -.'-' Inasmuch as the Cambrai front Is about 62 miles from Farts, at the near est point. -officers' scouted the idea; that the German fle'd gun could hav been brought np within range of the French capital. Tbo longest .range guns the Germans :. are - known to , have cannot -carry- over 25 miles. - ;- NO CONFIRMATION OE BOMBARDMENT REPORT' RECEIVED T