- - i Ik MMmmmm 1 1 1 ? . ' , WEATHEIt. J Rain, fresh easterly winds. DAILY EDITION HIXTT-SEVKXTII YKAIl NO. 343 KALk'M, OUlX;OX, THUIWDAV MOHNIXt;. JAN LAKY 17. 11S it, to i(i II. . he tr. ty u 1M ad . nl ' nif ty. y- 44 it :t ut tic he ho i. nd sal Ik- K. f nd n U . ilk f e. wo tin. re bf or ior HI In. i or vt tnr 'ha fW fr nd or ier ey It rth Id iod re lit w iDUSTPJES SUSPENDED FOR 5 DAYS Drastic Action, Affecting All States East of Mississippi, Effective Tomorrow to Re lieve Fuel Famine' BUSINESS TO OBSERVE MONDAYS AS HOLIDAYS Permanent PoKcy To Be De tcmined; Munitions Plants .to Close' i WASHINGTON', Jan. 18. Ameri ca' manufacturing enterprises with but few exceptions, in all states east of Jhe Mississippi river, were order ed by the government tonlgth to s suspend operations for five days be ginning Friday morning as a drastic measure for relieving -the fuel famine. , t ' At the same time as a further means of relief it was directed that industry and business generally, in cluding all normal activities that re quire heated bullaings, observe as- a holiday- every Monday for the next ten weekfV This will close down on Mondays not ojily factories, but sa loons, stores except for the sale of drugs and food, places : of amuse ment and nearly all office buildings. V While the order does not mention shipyards, it is known. that they will be permitted to continue operations as usiral, although munition ? plants 1 will be dosed, v i , Monition riant Will CIoe. ' ' The government's move came entirely-! without warning In an: order Issued bv Fuel Administrator Gar . field with the approval of President Wilson prescribing restrictions gov erning the - distribution, and use - of coal It was decided upon hurriedly by -the president and government heads as a desperate -remedy for the fuel crisis and the transportation . tangle n thot eastern states. ;"Kven I munition plants , are not excepted ' from the closing down orders. , Officials would notdiscnss the fa'r reaching effects the action should have,en the Industrial fabric. fatid yit'iestlons as to how the order was to be Interpreted to meet specific prob lems went unanswered. I The order prescribes a preferential list of consumers In -whose Interest it was drawn. These users will get ' coal in the following order: .Railroads . -'-Household consumers; hospitals: charitable institutions and army and , navy cantonments, i "i - i Public utilities; telephone . and telegraph plants. ;' f . - , Strictly; government ewtefprtses, exceptin factories and plants ; work ing n" government,; contracts.; Pabllc buildings Ind necessary government, state .and municipal re quirements.; . J factories -pfWucing perishable foods and foods for Immediate con s sumption. . . ! ' . Announcement of the nrdvlsions of the order was made by Furl Admin istrator Car Held after a White House conference which waa attend.-' . ed. siwj by Secretaries Baker and . Daniels. ! Action Held Vc"eKary. i Early in the day Dr. Garfield had sought the views of other officials - ni It was- said toaight the unani mous bpinion that the measure con templated was necessary under the circumstances.- v ., -As first drawn and as approved at the White House the order called for the jriosjng of factories ; begin ning tomorrow morning. This was changed jupon consideration of the . confusion; which would result! when millions of workers went to I their . duties unaware of the government'? .' Step. . . .- ; : - : s Inclnsipn of war. industries amonr those xtn which fuel, will be denial caused some. surprise, but fuel fl ciaU explained tonight that; war plants have been producing v:jn""l Wore material than the transporta tion systems can handle tb-t no se rious efeets will be felt. War sup Plies manufactured for exnort; have bioved to -ea board faster than ships fan move them. 1 An exception is made in the case of rhipbuilding plants because of the gat need for vessels Xo move sup seiT aow Tady for shipment over- Fjiel administration officials will J"ake an effort tor in creaf prodnc- - tf'M. at the coal mines during th? , Wriod : that other bueincsa is stu pended.: --,' (.-: U was estimated tonight the cn , foreenient ;or the order would! have total of 30.t)oo.ooo tons of bitum Jnous eoal which probablr Is about i" f the present Khortage. ! ; Jhe Indications were that at the fflf f the ten weeks of Monday kf m Permanent -policy of re stricted consumption i would J have wto determined on. This plan will lfnit the ma.r.t eoaJ in the less' es watfal Industrleju under a sel-ra-,lol'? basts. J - , 1- ' fi fic,a,s hQrked otit tber-s"-i?!in io th inclusion v (Continued "onPage"3) 5 IR ON JACOB JOrES MAINTAIN HUMOR TO END Where -Do We Go From Here, Boys!" One Sailor Shouts From Water SURVIVOR TELLS STORY Commander Intended to Sur render but Submarine Then Disappeared AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 13. The Irrepressible ' humor' of the American fig h ties man in the face oH death wa not abated by the German torpedo that sank the United States destroyer Jacob Jones. December . Lieutenant Norman .. Scott, who ar rived here today with' Lieutenant Commander David V. llasley. com mander of the Jacob Jones, told tho story '"of a . sailor who had been hurled into the sea by the explosion of the torpedo. Spoutng water and battling with the waves, the sailor grinned and shouted to his mates: Oh boy! Where do we go from here?" Commander IJaeley, it was learn ed from naval officers who accom panied him. plajrned to surrender himself as a prisoner of war to the submarine in order to save the crew of the Jacob Jones, sixty-six of whom perished. The U-boat disappeared, howevVr, before he could make the elffer to the German commander. Commander Haeley was the last man to leave the Ill-fated destroyer. After be had been-hauled Into a dory. Com mander Bagley said to Llentenant Scott: "Keep'an eye out for the subma rine. Scott. If Fritx will give us a tow, I will give myself up." Soon the perlseoie of the subma rine came to the surface, 500 yards iway. The U-bbat approached an American sailor - struggling In the water and four Germans dragged the man aboard. The submarine, then headed eff.1 - . Com'lxnder Tlagley told the story of his experiences from the time the submarine disappeared. "We went about In the dory equal izing the weight on the rafts," he said, "taking men off, -some and putting them on others. 'When this was done, it seemed the . only chance ef savin; the men was to summon aid. So I decided to take, he dory and row to s-hore. It was a thirty-mile null, we knew, for Scott and myself had our positions when we went down. I placed all but two of the seamen on rafts and kept Scott In the boat with me. Then we all took an oar and pulled away: "We rowed all niaht and alt the next day until we had covered twenty-three miles and were within seven mires of land.. Then a patrol boat came along and ipeked us np. It commander told us the others ha,d been fotmd. ,That twenty-three mile pull in heavy seas was a corker," Other naval officers said that when the torredo -struck the depth bombs on the after deck of the Jacjob lones exploded, blowing Commander Bagley of fthe bridge. It was thought hat several of those missing were killed either by the -explosion of the torpedo or the depth bombs. HUDSON RIAXir.l inventor; tells PLAN TO COMBAT U-BOATS' WORK Proposal Is Made to Line Inside of Hulls With Cylinders of Water, Minimizing Effect of Torpedo Explosion; Pro tection of ( Ships Held More Practical Than Building So Many. Destruction $6,Q00 a Minute. WASIIINQTON. Jan. 16- Hudson Maxim, the inventor, today outlined to the senate investigating commit tee plans for ship construction which he claimed would minimize the ef fect on' merchant vessels of explo s.on, of torpedoes by instantly dl. inllsratlng through a cooling process He sad he had sought In sHiin to in the gas33 forncd by the explosion, terest the Emergency Heet corpora tion in his proposal and that he eame to the committee in the hope thai thee government wonld conduct ex periments to determine Its worth, i His plan, the inventor said,? was to line the inside of the hulls of ves sels with cylinders containing water with a steel screen behind then, When the torpedo exploded, the wa ter tanks. h said, would b hurled against the screen, atomizing the wa ter which would disperse i thfc heat and absorb the gases. A cargo of apples, potatoes and rimiUr prcducts containing A large percentage of wa ter would serve Just aa effectively as the tanks, he said. - Mr. Maxim; declared that the shin protection executive cowmiUec had made an "Irrelevant, and untrue report rn his plan, asserting that ft would be expensive and ineffective on ships of less than 10,000 tons. - - ; - - . EVIDENCE OF TRAITOROUS PLOT GIVEN Correspondence of Bernstorff Published to Show Caillaux Was in Communication With German Aeents PRESS IS WARNED NOT TO PRAISE FRENCHMAN Member .of French Chamber of Deputies, Suspected, ' Arrested, Too - AV A S 11 1 N'GTON, Jan. 116. From its mysterious stock of 'intercepted diplomatic communications the state department today published corres pondence between Count eon I Itern torff, ' Cormer German' (ambassador here, and the Berlin foreign office, sbowrng tfiat former Premier ' Cal laux of France was In communica tion with the Herman agents in Ar gentina in 1915. The first Bernstorff dispatch con tained very damaging references to Caillaux. references to the French government and warned German newspapers against praising him. Another gave notice of the ship on which Caillaux was sailing from Ar gentina and planned Its capture by submarines. ' Courtesy for Caillaux j Urged The capture -of the ship wai sought because her captain carried Important papers. The German gov ernment was asked to treat Cail laux with every courtesy and consid eration if the ship was taken. Following li the text of the mes sage sent by'Bemstorfr: "Buenos Aires telegraphed the fol lowing: 'Caillaux has left Buenos Aires after a short stay and Is going direct to France evidently on ac count of the (group of undecipher able) scandal which he regards as a personal attack upon himself, lie speaks contemptuously of the presi dent and the rest of the French gov ernment lth the exception of Bri and. Ho sees through the policy of England perfectly. He does not an ticipate the complete overthrow, of France He sees In the war now a struggle for existence on the part of England. Althongh-he spoke roue of the 'indiscretions and clumsy pol icy of the Wilhelmstrasse and pro fessed to believe In . German atrocfi ftls, he has in essentials 'hardly changed his political orleatation. Praise Is Feareff. Caillaux welcomed indlrei' courtesies from nre, but emphasized the extreme caution which he ts obliged to show as 'the French gov ernment, he said, had him watched even here. He warns tis asa,Instthe excessive praise bestowed iipVm him by ; our papers, especially the Neue Freie' Press ahd desired on th other hand that Mediteranean and Morocco agreements should be ad versely criticized," J Our praise in jures hie position in France. His re port about Brazil had nothing new. " k (Continued on page 5) " He denied that "the plan wouFd costly aud iid it would - operate on ships of 3000 or 5000 tons practical ly as well as on larger vessels. Concrete ships, the inventor .ald, offer a. ereater adVantaae in combat - - ing the subamrincmenace than steel or. W!" ter.1 A concrete hull, he said, would localize an eidosion, And he strong ly urged edinstruction of concrete skins for steel vessels. K .. . . -. . p lyjssjn shlppinr dite te subn;a lnea u estimated by the inventor at $6000 a minute and he said this country could afford to expend a lit tle extra money in order to make iU ships "torpedo proof." , He afd the nation fighting Germany either must stop the submarines leaving their bases or build ships torpedo proof, as he (did not think thrj should attempt to. offset the submar ine campaign by building new vessels,-! ; Main shipbuilders who also ap peared before the commission. saM thff ontput of wooden ships In that state could be increased. They urg ed the construction of all tbe Fhto.4 poesibre, declaring that even with the maximum of effort enough ves sels could not he built to meet the demandi after Jhe wgr. LAST LAP OF RELIEF FUND DRIVE IS ON Campaigners Fiqd Readiness To Contribute for Help of Stricken ' RURAL WORK IS PLANNED Large Sum Is Raised in One Meeting at Live Marion . County Town Noon lunch today will prob ably be the last during the present campaign. Colonels, captains, workers, be there. It U free and it is for you. The last lap of the big drive for Armenian-Syrian relief funds in Sa lem is now on and today's, in all probability, will be the last of the noon lunches at tbe Y. M. C.A. No previous campaign has been marked by a more hearty spirit ofl co-operation on toe part or tne worn era or a more truly helpful associa tion in common service. Whatever ) is lacking In material results by reason of the number and frequency of the calls for money Is more than offset in the ready will- Llngness of each, whether worker or donor, to respond cheerfully to. tne call of necessity and -duty and carry the message of the needy to tbe doors of the renerous. Ir. Honey 8peks. At noon luncheon yesterday Presi dent Carl G, I)oney of Willamette university addfessed the workers on the Armenian question. He traced the history of Turkish oppression to If? climax rf Infamy bearing the fa miliar label "Slade In Germany," and In his own exclusive and pleasing style Impressed the workers with the necessity o?, continued co-operation In common service. - Up to last night the total that had been reported. to the credit of Salem in the Armenian relief rlve was $2529.83. A few of the captains re ported their districts as'covered. but some of these have not ,yet made final reports, whereas an equal num ber have not yet completed their dis tricts. Mass Meeting Responds. As yet no official reports have been received from outlying districts although the local committee Is in formed that at one of the mass meet ings in one of the principal Marion connty cities outside of Salem over $500 was pledged. It is confidently expected tht complete reports from the ' present corps of workers lns Salem will swell the total of this city considerably be yond the $3000 mark and that final returns from outlying precincts will see the total well beyond $3000. It is Increasingly- evident to The local committee that. In addition to he Immediate returns of the cam natzn. there will be continued contri butions as a result of the far-reaching effects of the educational work that, has heen done. A check for $25 was received lart Meht from a woman. Addle M. Wright, at Newport Polk Slan Volunteer A citizen of Polk county Tame to headquarters yesterday and left an initial contribution to which he will add In the fntnre and volunteered his services to assist In the solicita tion among his friends and neigh bors. He was supplied with receipt books and authorized to proceed and report the results of his efforts to th" local treasurer. S. B. Elliott. A further' Indication of the thor oughness with which the message has reached the Somes of the people s the response tf the students of the schools to the essay-wrltlng con test. Enumeration of the contest ants was besmn yesterday by the publication of a list of forty-odd naniet of writers submitting essays, hut the numbers that reached head quarters In yesterday's mails o swamped the office that no fnrther attempt at enumeration was under taken. ,Tttg Tak Ahead. A mighty task confronts those who will soon undertake the exam inatioan of the essays and awarding of prizes, but all contestants may be assured that due car will be taken and the very best available judgment rendered In adjiidine" the winners. The local committee will doubt less decide on a plan today for cov ering the roral precinct adjacent to Salem. Texas Aviator Falls 5000 Feet to His Death HOUSTON. Texas, Jan" 1. Avi ator' Gerald Carroll, li, ,wfas killed late today when he lost control of his machine and fell five thousand feet. His father is Dr. V. U. Car roll, Passaic. X. J. Yming Carroll was a graduate of New York uni versity and had been at Kltingtoa field a month, lie passed his test and. was given a first lieutenant's commission, only a few hours before he met his death. , SENATETOLD DANGER OF D. S. DELAY Iron Heel of Conqueror Threatens Collapse; of Al lies and America Must Rush Fpod and Men Is Assertion ARMY OF 7,000,000 , NEEDED FOR DECISION Quick Execution of Ship Pro - gram Paramount Need, Says McCormick WASHINGTON. Jan, 18.4-Senator McCnmber. of North Dakota, today gave the senate a gloomy picture of Jhe position of the United States and her allies in emphasizing his plea for radical speeding up of the shipbuild ing- program. He declared England was now bearing the brunt of the war and asked ?How long can she Hand this strain?" The United States must send 5,000,000 troops to bal ance the man power of the central powers, he said, and 7.0.0 0.000 would be needed to make the German re treat. '.'Russia and Roumanla are eut of the war," , asserted Senator "Mc Cumber. "Italy is losing ground. France is unable to make any head way. The wall of opposition at the Eastern end of the battle line in continental Europe is crumbling. Who can say hov long Italy can or will arithstand the Teutonic . pres sure? Optimistic, indeed, must be the man who will say a single' year wttnout additional support. , Conquerers Heel Thfentening. "With Italy under tbe heel of the conqueror, with France assailed in the flank, who can prophecy that that county will not quickly be brought under the heel of the same conqueror and England's army left to. battel against overwhelming num ber? This is delineating two things: "First, the exact situation as it now is, and second, the possibility of the future, and It Is presented with the hope that we will at least partially akawen to a realization of what Is before us." Senator McCumber said the idea that pointing out our weakness dis couraged the American people and encouraged the enemy was a mis- k taken one and declared that "we must now learn the lesson that boasting will not win this war.'.' He said he was tired of hearing argu ment that Germany would be reduc ed, to submission by starvation, .and stated that the central powers con trol three times as much territory In Europe now as do the allien. "'The balance of resources held by this country, he said, should not be con sidered until there was tonnage to carry men and products across the seas. . . TVeglert of Dntv Charged. . "When the United States entered the war ihe allies cried glve us shins,' " declared Senator McCumber "We allayed their fears; we assured them we would' supply that shipping. We took that duty upon ourselves, the most important, the most vital duty incumbent upon us In this war. : And we have neglected that duty be- yond any other, 'shamefully neglect ed It." . He declared, "we appointed a Kil kenny shipping board and-then went to sleep," and later in his address said: . s .:' "We know ve most supply Gre Britain and France and Italy. Wf men in rFance before the forces of we can ever hope to equalize the powers pitted against each other. Where Is our shipping? Where Is it coming from? Possibly, 1 Cod knows (Continued on page 5) FOUR NAMES ARE MENTIONED FOR POSITION OF CHIEF OF POLICE City Council to Elect E. E. Cooper's Successor Monday Night Foland, Lucas, Varney and Welsh Are Said To Be in Line Two Are Mexn-bers of Present Department The ' city council next Monday night will elect a successor to the lalte E. E Cooper as chief of the Sa lem police department and the ques tion of whom will be chosen for the position offers an interesting specu lation. , Within the police force itself are Al. Fola'd. who has served as night sergeant under Chief Cooper, and II. H. Lucas, who was appointed by Chief Cooper to act in his place when the chle became 111. This was ac cording to the logical standing of th patrolmen. Lucas having been desig nated as. No. 1 when S. O. Burkhart resigned from the force several months ago. ' . : It ,lias been rcnlarked by one or two men close to authority that Fo VILLARD QUITS 5ERVICE ON WAR INDUSTRY BOARD Chairman's Time Is Taken by . Intricate Problems of Road Situation . " - ' NO SUCCESSOR CHOSEN Supply Department May Ab sorb Work of Board; Congress to Act WASHINGTON. Jan. '16. With the announcement today, of tbe res ignation of Daniel E. ' Willard as cnairraan of the war industries board, it was intimated that there would be no appointment of a new chairman pending action in congress on proposals for the creation of a Hax supply department or adminis tration that would take over the work of the Industries board as well as that of bureaus, of the war and navy departments. The task of perfecting the pro posed legislation was undertaken to dr by the senate military committee wHich temporarily suspended its In vestigation of war preparations for the purpose. , ' .Daily meetings of the committee will be held until a bill for one man control of munition and supplies is ready for presentation. Mr. Willard's request to be reliev ed was sent to the president' Id a letter dated January 11 In which he said government operation of the railroads had raided so many unfore seen and intricate difficulties that it seemed clear that he should de vote all his time to the affairs of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, of which ha Is president. He added that he was confident there were others better qualified than he for the position. Mr. Willard during his recent tef- timony before the senate committee. Mrongiy advocated one man control oi munition ana expressed the onln ion that Secretary Baker's new re organization plan was faulty In that it did not concentrate control and re lied to an extent upon voluntary ef- iort. The position of President Wilson and Sacretary Baker toward the plan Mm which the senate committee now virtually Is agreed, to create a sup ply director with board powers 2ut not a member of tbe cabinet, nas not been disclosed, but in some quarters the belief is expressed that tney will, not seek to block, the leg islation with this feature elmlnat ed. T As tentatively drafted .the leelsla. tion would provide for a "director of war Industries" an Individual di rectly under the president without cabinet membership but with sweep ing, authority to coordinate war in dustry and all phases, of war sup plies. - ' Attempt Thought Made to Wreck Portland Train ASTORIA. Jan. 1 6. An attempt was made last night to wreck th soldiers train on the Spokane Port land. and Seattle railroad which left here at It p. m.. for Fort Stevens. P. Langhart, watchman for the Un ion Oil company's plant, found cord wood piled on the track-and cleared It before the train arrived.; The, mat ter has been reported to civiand military authorities. W. . Barron, Responsible for Typewriter, Dead NEV YORK. Jan. 16. Walter J. Barron, who Inventions resulted in the perfection of the . typewriter, died of paralysis at his home in Brooklyn today at the ge of 71 years. . .:- land could probably. land the major ity' of the city coniftirs . votes If he would accept the place. Whether he would accept is problematlal. Ser geaht Foland Is- non-committal: .' On the other hand there are those who think that OH leer Lucas' posi tion as acting chief will prove to bis advantage. Outside the force - the names of Percy M. Varney, constable for the Salem district, and J. T. Welsh, who was predecessor of Chief Cooper, are mentioned. As far as has been as certained Sup to this time Varneyhas made -no 4Pronal advances for" the position-hftt it is said he Is being pe titioned by his friends to try for the placed He was a member of the de partment under Chief Welsh." H1DHIBURG LEFT WITE SOLE POVS Understanding Between I litical and Military Pari! Leaves Field Marshal Wl Annexation liberty GERMANS REFUSE TO EVACUATE TERniTO:: Failure of Millbry Prcr: Leads Hungarian Cabinet To Resija -LONDON. Jan. 16. There was r definite word either from Berlin f Petrograd today throking new 1!;' on the crisis' in Berlin an arferti the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiate and tbe statement of llaron von 0 : Busche-Haddenhausen, undernBec? - tary for foreign affairs, that no fn instructions have been sent to t' German secretary of foreign affa!. Dr. von Kuehlmann, would seen ( Indicate that there is no intent! of,, receding from the German ct:: tude of refusing to evacuate f . territory occupied In Russia. ,.JSome of the German papers r nouce tnat negotiations have im resumed,, but there is no conflri:: tion. The press organs of both i litical groups in Germany claim vl tory in the Von Ludendorff-V. Kuehlmann controversy, from wh! It may be assumed that no import ant change of policy has been isn as a result of the crown councils. There appears to have been ; truth in the rumor that the iniper! ' German chancellor Count von 11 r ling.lt ill- The chancellor Is In 1 usual health and, it is, understr will address the reichstag o'n I'l l : which Is the day the constituent i semblr la to, meet at Petrograd. ' Trotzky May Not Apear. It is regorded as possible ft Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevlkl f eign minister, may not appear airs: as head Of the Russian delegation . Brest-Litovsk. In any case, the r -gotiations are expected to mark tl: pending the outcome of the meetln : of the constituent assembly. (Summary.) Although r the peace pourparler between the Bolshevlkl and 0e Teu tonic "HI ha" been resumed ct Brest-LItovsk th peace by ar'" ment section of the German popula -and some of the newspapers contin their expressions of dissatlsfactli with the ambitions of the iran-Grr. maniats and the terms that havt been advanced by tbe German dele gate at Brest-Litovsk as the bast for peace. ' . Amsterdam dispatches anftoun' that an understanding has be i reacheSl between the political an I military parties in Germany on th basis of the Russian program of n annexations or indemnities In .the east and leaving -to Field Marshal von Hindenburg, in case of a Ger man victory, the liberty of dealln : with, possible annexations in t!. ; west, but the evidence tends to sbo'.v that the factions are still at od i-. Additional meetings t which speak ers endeavored to outline the view point of the militaristic" element have been broken up,-and It Is an nounced that Chancellor von Hert- Ilng is to be permitted to deliver hi s delayed address on Germany's war aims to the main committee Of th reichstag next Friday, for which the coitotry has been clamoring. Hungarian Cabinet llefdgns. Adding to the political strife I.i Germany and Asutrla comes the an nouncement of the resignation of th.? Hungarian cabinet due to he con duct of the war. Failure to obtain adequate .support for the military program put forward by the cabin t Is given as the-reason for the repl nation of the ministry. The pro gram inclndedithe formation of-an independent ..Hungarian army, which Emperor Charles vetoed. The situation between Russia an I Rumania apparently Is growing acute. On demand of the American ambassador and the beads of tho Either .diplomatic missions accredit1" ! to Russia, tne uoistieviki .aumen tles have released the- Rumanian minister and the attaches of. the Ru manian legation who were arresU-4 Sunday. The council of nation-il commissioners of Russia has rent an ultimatum to Rumania calling for the immediate release of oiember.s of the Jlolsheviki arrested recently In ltuinla. A rupture of relation with Rumania and "most energrtif military measures" are threatens! for non-compliance within 2 4 hour '. Except In the Italian thr-ater. tho military activities are still confined o small affairs carried ou by rail ing .paries and bombardments on various ectors. The ustro-Ter. mans both ia the mountain region of Northern Italy and around tVi lower Piave river hare made vlr iom counterattacks, afters heavy prepara tory arUHery work, jo recapture po sitions wrested froni them early In tbe week. All the attempts wer Without result. , Agln there, has been ronfjdera? !', (onUouei on I