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LOYALTY OF
lively Debate Takes Place on
Proposed Powers of Sedi
tion Bill ; Criticism of Pres
ident Scored
HARD WICK IN CLASH
WITH POINDEXTER
Senator Myers, Montana, for
Pcxshment of Talk Against
; Wilson
WASHINGTON'. April 8. Another
day of lively senate debate on the
edition bill which would punish dis
loyal iterances and attempt to hin
der the army draft and liberty bond
campaigns, resulted In the adoption
of amendments designed to meet the
.bltftion of senators that the mens-
are might prevent legitimate criti-
elsm la toe war.
The changes were In the clause
penalizing "disloyal, profane, scurri
lous, abusive or contemptuous lan
guage." directed at the "form of gov
ernment, constitution, flag or uni
forms of the nation and calculated to
Iring them Into cjmtempor scorn."
senator i nomas -or Colorado of-
fered an amendment to provide that
inch acts should be "wllfull." and
f Senator Borah of Idaho proposed to
institute the word "intended" for
"tabulated." Thee were objections
that convictions would be difficult
to secure under such language but
lota amendments .were approved
that of Senator Borah by a vote of
24 to 28 with partisan lines dlsre-
Ctrded. - i .
Amendment Lead to Clah.
An amendment .urged by Senator
Hirdwlck of Ceorgle; which led to
controversy between the Georgia
senator and Senator Polndexter of
Washington, propose'd that thword
"tanse of the" should be eliminated
from the latter' amendment penal
izing those favoring "the cause of
i the German empire." It was reject
! cd without a record vote, after the
j two senators became so pointed in
j their language that the chair ea'led
I thtm to order. Senator Hardwlck
' insisted that millions, of people hon
; titly differ on the cause o f the war.
! Senator Polndexter retorted that the
; Georgia senator had not "particular
! ly supported" the war and cited his
! opposition to the draft law.
; Senator Sherman. Illinios. de
v) .soanced the recent lynching of a Ger
" va at Collinsvitle. 111., as a "dis
grace" and criticised town officials
for failing to protect the bob's vic
tim. He urged that; language of
the tt II oenauzine :: contemptuous
Hid Assistant Secretary or Labor
Poit and George Creel, chairman of
tb committee on public Information,
la the past Jiad written article se
verely criticizing the American rorm
ftf rvernment which would be pun
ishable under, the measure as now
Rhcht to Olllrhe Protected.
Senator Gallinger. the Republican
leader, also urged that the prohibi
tion should be limited to disloyal ntr
iftranees and suggested that as drawn
trances ana suggested mat as urawu i
ij tiiiuw m in. o5 r"u w f- i
Trniegiumaie cnucism oi
,uik iu i'jrutttu M I
eampalgn. lAterfhe Introduce! a
ubetitute bill embracing his Ideas
lat retaining substantially all other
.Kovlsioas. Senator France, Mary-i
mi. also offered an amendment pro-
r!M!.. .v.. .v- i, -v.,tJ -t limit 1
the liberty or Impair the Tight "or
Individual to nnbllsh or speak
hat is true, with good mWlves and
tor Justifiable ends."
I Another unsuccessful effort was
Y'luae'durlnr the day by Senator
0-man of North Caroliuain chargo
of the measure, to secure unanimous
("Bient to fix a time for a final voie.
Olitetclons immediately followed
ttefwing to the discussion Satur
, ay of Colonel Roosevelt's statement
that the bill would prohibit criticism
of the president. Senator Myers, Mon
kn, said neither the pending bill
"or the one proposed by him last
Ausait would prevent legitimate crl
tlciim, and: that even If the words
"president' ot the United States.
lSnilnaUd from the original draft,
HOW ver re-lnaerted. such'crltlclsm
ould not be affected. He added,
however:
"I believe that when we re en
Mfcd In war, anybody who use vile
lanruage against, the president ought
' to fee punished. I believe It Is Just
offensive and dllolay language
saJnst the president as the same
Und of la n rim re arslnst the form Of
roternraent. I believe It would bvj
Mtter bill If the president were
Included." :
Mob Alleel Saloon Recruits.
COLLI NSVILLE. U April 8
"e declaration In the senate today
fcr Senator Sherman of Illinois, that
banging here of Robert rraeger,
2ny alien, last Friday, was accom
(Continued on page 2)
CRITICISM IS
MATE ISSUE
ESTITilATES OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO BE STOPPED
McAdoo Asks General Co-op-
operation to Prohibit In
Is accurate Figures
ACTUAL AMOUNTS GIVEN
Liberty Loan Receipts Will B
tabulated and Made Pub
- lie Daily
WASHINGTON. April S. Estl-
natea of dally liberty loan subscr Ip
tions will nqt be given out during
the campaign by national, district or
local headquarters, under instruc
tions Issued tonight by Secretary
McAdoo. Instead the treasury will
gather then - from each federal re
serve bank figures In subscriptions
actually filed with them, together
mn receipts iron- tne initial & -per
cnt payment and a tabulation of
these will be made public each day.
Local committees may compile
fcliullar reports of subscriptions turn
ed into local banks and give out the
results. t
This method of supplying Infor
mation on the day by day progress
r.f the loan campaign, adopted today
by the treasury, after long discus-
Fion, Is Intended to prevent the pub
lication - of Inaccurate estimates
which might not be borne out by ac
tual subscriptions. Secretary Mc
Adoo requested newspapers and lib
erty loan committees to observe the
new rule,
Over long distance telephone from
Richmond, Va where he made h's
first liberty loan speech an a south
ern tour, the secretary authorized
this statement:
FljEure Are Withheld.
"In order to remove the risk of
inaccurate Information and of over-
sanguinary and misleading estimates
concerning : the amount of subscrip
tions to the third liberty loan, no
figures will be given out for some
days and then only figures as to the
actual amount , of subscriptions of
ficially filed with the federal reserve
banks. The danger of relying on
optimistic estimates and unofficial
subscriptions thus will be avoided.
This information will be made
public beginning at an eariy date
when the department win ue pr-
pared to give accurate figures. Af
ter the plan has-been developed, the
federal reserve banks will report to
the treasury department the anfohnt
of subscriptions actually filed anl
these reports will be given out daily.
The federal reserve banks will simul
taneously announce the amount or
such subscriptions officially filed in
their own districts and will permit
local committees to announce the
amount of subscriptions officially
filed. i
"I ask the co-operation of news-
above indicated which is of vital Im
portance to the object we all have In
mind in making tne. u Deny loan an
unqualified success."
The new arrangement renders Tai
ti( teas the system developed by th-
liberty loan organization after weeks
of work to gather from each city,
town and county at the close of the
day's soliciting, an estimate of sub
scriptions gathered that day.
:-ritrin the second loan campaign
these unofficial estimates were made
MJ d together with oinciai
rtp0rtg of federal reserve uanas, wu
ho aggregate official figures orat-
narllr were about twf -iniras oi iui
Thl atIo continued to
A lagt day of the campaign, but a
" mtt'hm MrtoA closed, final
,.... .i,nP(H announced were
,! th. name as the ear
PJ"w"ual"'
1 X r.f Mtlmatl
If official TeporU are made at the
rame Tate this time the treasury
antiouncemenU will be from five to
an dn later than the day's work
ronrenenti About Sixty addl-
unities reported today
hai subscribed their quota aci
ih flae. makinc more. than 200
names op the honor roll in the two
days of the campaign
Ground Glass Found in
Eastern Oregon Bread
PENDLETON, Or.. April Dis
trict Attorney Keator today turned
over to federal officers two loaves
of tread containing ground glass ob
tained at Weston, where he haa oeeu
called to make an Investigation. The
bread came from a Walla wana oa
r und Mr. Keator has been inform
ihot ait the bread from that con
eein has been seized by federal of
f iccrs, pending an investigation.
Engineer Killed; 20
Injured in Train Wreck
AMSTERDAM. N. Y., April 8.
John R. Ilotts of Albany, engineer
of the Empire State express, was
Ulled and some 20 other persons
were Iniured today when the west
bound Empire Stifte express on the
Kw York Central railroad ran into
a derailed freight train a mile and
half west of here. .
I . ' '-" . m
BOD SALES
MOUNT HIGH
FOR SALEM
General Steiner's Estimate for
City by Noon Today Is
$251,000 Outside Points
Going Strong
DECKEBACK REPORTS
1 TWO TOWNS OVERTOP
Subscriptions in Banks Yes
terday Reached Total of
. $53,000 1
Up to noon yesterday $101.00')
worth or liberty bonds bad been soi l
in Salem and the figure haJ mounted
to a much higher figure before the
team quit work at night. The noon
hour, when the teams assemble for
lunch at the, First Methodist church,
is the accounting period each day.
and by noon today General Steiner
estimated that $ ISO, 000 will be re
ported in addition to the 'amount of
yesterday. ?
The amount of sales In Marlon
county outside, of Salem Is not easily
ascertained each day, but the figure
telegraphed by Chairman V. G.
Deckebach to Portland headquarters
last night for outside communities
was $100,000. Monitor and St.
Paul have each far exceeded their
quotas. Monitor's quota was $4000
and its report yesterday showed over
$10,000. The quota for St- Paul is
$75 SO and the report yesterday was
$16,050. Both aAe still working to
increase the amounts. Sllverton re
ported $26,000 yesterday.
Of.the $101,000 reported for Sa
lem yesterday $53,000 was subscrib
ed through the banks. The team
workers reported the other $47,100.
First Are Small Buyer.
Some encouragement is felt over
the fact that initial sales are very
largely confined to buyers of small
bonds. As the drive progresses the4
heavier buyers are expected to swell
the totals as In former drives.
. Iieaders Are KXated.
County Chairman Deckebach and
General Steiner, who has charge of
the Salem drive, believe the results
are encouraging and that with vlg-
I orous work on the part of all, the
slogan "over the top in a week" will
be realized.
Candidate Urges That
Factories Be Boosted
Legislation to encourage manufac
turlng In Oregon, particularly ship
ping, Is advocated In the platform
of W W. Ranks, Republican, of
ortland. who yesterday filed his
candidacy for state senator from the
fourteenth senatorial district. His
platform is: "I will give my loyal
support to all legislation intended
to strengthen and uphold my govern
ment in the present rar. I win in
itiate and support 'measures to en
courage shipbuilding and manufac
turlng : enterprises to the end that
Oregon shall have additional and
permanent industries and payrolls;
favor legislation for the prolec
tion of labor and legitimate business
enterprises, and believe that working
men and working women are entitled
to a Just and equitable compensation
for their labor: I will foster legisla
tion to reduce taxation and will Ad
vocate strict economy In state at
fairs."
Other candidates who filed yester
day were: P. J. Gallagher, Ontario,
Republican, for representative In tne
legislature from the twenty-seventn
district: C. J. Edwards.l Tillamook
Renublican. representative in tho
legislature .from the fourteenth dls
trlct: A. K. Peck, Marshfleld, Re
publican, representative in the legis
lature from the fifth district. Elbert
Bede. Republican, from Cottage
Grove, state senator from Lane
county.
Willamette Chapter Is
Thanked for Contribution
Willamette chapter. Red Cross.
exceeded by more than 100 per cent
its allotment In the collection of
clothing for the helglan relief com
mission, and headquarters or tne
chapter Is in receipt of a letter of
commendation from C. D. SUmson
of Seattle, division manager. Mr.
Stlmson's letter follows:
"In looking over the returns from
the campaign for used and surplus
clothing collected for the. Belgian
relief commission I note that Will
amette Is one of the banner chapters,
having exceeded Its allotment more
than 100 per cent. While this splen
did response Is not greater than we
customarily expect to have" from
your chapter, we want you to know
that we appreciate the extra effort
that was necessary to undertake this
campaign, and the fine organization
that must have been perfected to
carry it through so successfully."
GERMAN PRESS '
ASSURES DRIVE
IS NOT FAILING
Failure of Offensive With
Heavy Losses Gives Mili
tarists Fear
BAD WEATHER BLAMED
Wolff's Bureau Given Task of
Interpreting Allied Com-
muniques
WASHINGTON. April 8. A digest
of American opinion or the situatlvra
in Picardy given in an official dis
patch today from France, says the
German general staff Ir instructing
the military correspondents to re
assure the public and with vser-n-phasfzed
explanations Is f Vaylng
the dismay of the public at VuV pros
pect of a chack of the great offens
ive. The dispatch follows:
"Among the descriptions of the
war and notices In the newspapers
the different currents or Germau
opinion produced In Germany by th
offensive can be defined. There is
first the anxiety caused by the ex
tent of the lossees. The general staf J
charges the Wolff bureau and tho
military correspondents to reassure
the public and to put them on guard
aga'nst the enemy communiques.
"The staff no longer, upholds a
on the first day that the losses of the
assailants had been, minimized, but
it now affirms that they are normal
and proportionate to the results ob
tained. Then the anxiety which the
halt of the offensive creates. The
general staff explains to the impa
tient "public what difficulties -the
transports are encountering in sup
plying the army, difficulties which
have Been augmented by bad "weath
er. It recalls the success of the pre
ceding days and describes the dd-
tnoiallzatlon of the enemy arms, and
the exhaustion of their reserves.
These over-emphasized, explana
tion and thes encouragements bv-
Vrky the dismay of public opinion in
Strmany which, begins to- fear a
cueck of the great German attempt
on the west front." ;
TEACHERS MUST
PLEDGE LOYALTY
Oath of Allegiance to United
States Is Required in
Contracts
Oregon school teachers hereafter.
when signing contracts, will be re
quired as pait of their contracts to
subscribe to the oath or allegiance to
the government of the United States.
The ruling was announced by State
Superintendent J. A. : wnurcniij yes
terday.
Two or three unpatriotic teachers
in the state have been able to exert
enough Influence to discredit much
of the work of other teachers, and
this Is mainly what has caused Sup
erintendent Churchill to prepare the
new form of con tracts The oath will
be, similar in form to that required
of all government officials.-
"The teachers of Oregon as a
body are doing an Immense amount
of patriotic work," said Mr. Church
Ill. "They have assisted the govern
ment materially in the Hoover pledge
card campaign, in -the thrift stamp
sales. In the liberty loan campaigns,
In the clerical workof classifying the
registrants, and in general by arous
ing every home represented In the
public schools of this state to deeds
of self sacrifice and patriotism. Un
fortunately throughout the state.
there have been two or three un
patriotic teachers and before they
could be removed their influence has
to a certain extent discredited the
work of their associates. Through
this loyalty oath it is hoped that the
employment of a disloyal teacher
may be effectually checked." J
100,000 Francs of Pearls
Are Sold in Germany
PARIS. April " 8. Nearly 100,000
francs worth of pearls have been sold
In Germany through agents In Swltz
erlsnd and of Parisian Jewelers, ac
cording to a Geneva dispatch to the
Petit Journal. The Germans sought,
and but for the action of the French
Judicial authorities would have oc
reeded In cornering the-Paris and
London market in pearls after the
war.
The clandestine trading, the dls
natch adds, has been going on no-
hindered since early In 1913. Ai
intermediaries are said to have been
known) to the Swiss police, who were
astonished at the ease with which
they ere able to purchase stones in
Paris. i
A Paris dlsnatrh on April I said
that eighteen Parisian diamond deal
ers were under prosecotlon on
rhsrges of trading with the enemy,
They were said to have soldjrectous
stones to Germans through Swiss
agents. .
MOSCOW IS
EXCITED OVER
LANDED
M. Tchitcherin, Commissioner!
of Foreign Affairs, Emphat
ically Protests Against En
try of Troops
SITUATION SAID TO
BE PURELY LOCAL
Russian Papers Fear. Vladi
vostok Movement Means
Japanese Aggression -
By Tk Attofiated prr) I
MOSCOW, Saturday. April . t0
Japanese landing at. Vladivostok has
created great exciteieit In Moscow
MEN
Sffi JStfffiSStffe
day night, considering the situation.
i., ,
M. Tchitcherin. the acting com
missioned or foreign afrairs. sum
cioned the French. British and the
American ' diplomatic representatives
io tne foreign of rice ror a conference
ctionel Raymond Robins, bead of
the permanent American Hed Cross
mission to Russia, attended unoffi
clally. Consul Orenard acted for
r inuuBRj , iui ureal nruain.
M. Tchitcherin made an emphatic
protest against the entry of foreign
troops Into Russia and expressed re-
gret that the entente permitted such
action. He said the only solution
war the Immediate , withdrawal of
the troops. .
Although without official advices
from their governments concerning
the situation at Vladivostok, the
.representatives of the three coun
tries expressed the opinion that the
tit nation was purely a local one, re
quiring temporary policing and not
a general movement of allied troops
Into Siberia. . as the commissioners
seemed to believe. All three gave
& .&?i0
rrara s
IFI.; T.l. -1 I
A vavrri b ui im ui n i
...... 11 A m .v.. .V I
fear
iiiunvsiut inutriiicui im iuc uii
rtep In the Jspsnese occupation of I
IM.JI...t.L
movement Is
the first
Eioena, an iaea mai nas neen preva
lent In the Russian press constantly
for months.
The Siberian central executive of I
the workmen's and soldiers' depu
ties Immediately organized a red
army to resist the Japanese and has
protested against the landing of
fo rces as unwarranted Interference
not Justified by the Insignificant in
cident at Vladivostok.
' LONDON. April 8. Official tele
grams from Tokto says that the land
ing, of Japanese and British forces at
Vladivostok was a purely local af
fair and has no relation to any Ja
panese Intervention. Into Siberia. The
landlnr followed the pillaging on
Thursday of Japanese business hous-1
es. during which three Japanese were
killed.
The police do not maintain order
n the city, but, on the contrary, the
lollce Invite trouble. 4,-
ttlv Tk Afociattd' pr)
PETROGRAD. April 8.In reply
to a protest of tho Smolny Institute
against the landing of German troops
la Finland. Germany has sent a wire-
lens nltlmatum' demanding, in ac
cordance with article G of the Brest-J
Lltovsk treaty, the removal or dis
armament of all Russian warship in
Finnish waters by noon. April l.
The Smolny institute has ordered the
commander of the fleet to accede io
this demand. The German and Uk
rainian troops being with tnirty
versts of Kharkov, tne soviei bh
quit that town.
" (By Te A$mlatrd PrrM)
VLADIVOSTOK,' Monday. April 1.
Radical aiolshevlki are steadily
arriving frfom Irkutsk ana uia'-
vleshtchensk. some times accompan
ied br armed Austrian prisoners.
with the avowed purpose of forcing
the local Bolshevlkl to adopt harsa-
cr measures. This nas resuiie
the seizure of the Russian volunteer
fleet and the occupation of postof-
flces and telegraph ofrices. uespue
the renerirl feeling of insecurity.
John K. Caldwell. American .consul
(Continued on page 2)
THWLLING STORY TO BE TOLD BY
CANADIAN SOLDIERS HERE TODAY
Sergeant-Major Christy of the'
Seenth Canadian battalion, and Prl
ate Burke, also of the Canadians,
will address the noon meeting of lib
erty loan workers at the First Meth
odist church at noon today, and to
night will address a . public mass
meeting at the armory at 8 o'clock
Miss Aa Miller wlU sing and a male
quartet wlU contribute to the pro
gram. '
. Sergeant-MaJor Christy enlisted
September 1, 1914, and wai wound
OREGON IS MORE
THAN HALF WAY
OVER THE TOP
$9,609,450 Subscribed to
Third liberty Loan; Quota
$18,495,000
MANY TOWNS GO AHEAD
Rapid Buying Recorded Ev
erywhere P r e s i d n t
Takes Out $1000
PORTLAND, April 8. Of Its
quota of $18,495,000. Oregon to
night had subscribed f,609.450. Of
Its auota of $10,050,000, Portland
had subscribed $6,032,450 to ine
third liberty loan, accordlnc to offl-
cial estimates Issued from : state
hdcuarters. A dozen or more Oro-
011 lOWp Wenl 6Ter t6a top lodjr-
bwmm "tic iTiwnru luuwui
from Pend Oreille county. Wash..
'hlrh had a quota of $47,000. Six
towns in this district have exceeded
their quota. It was announced to
night at district headquarters.
WASHINGTON. April 1. When
subscriptions to the third liberty
loan were called for la a local the-
iter hr tonirht th ffr.7 .nhiw
opied
a box In the audience. Announce
ment that the president had take
$1000 worth was followed by pro
longed cheerio.
DETROIT. April S. In less than
five hours of the first day ot the
local campaign for liberty loan
Donas or the third. Issue. Detroit to-1
day subscribed for nearly half its full I
quota. Tne exact figures, announced I
at a meeting at which Secretary of
me iwary Daniels was the principal I
speaker, were $15.154.S0. This 1
total was made uo of forty-seven I
sbscriptlons. the biggest one being I
ior 9,uvv,uuo oy nenry tora.
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l Bona iilumtn w w
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nfriilnn n 1. .
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P f f lit TTf Wt f
bpokane.l. IF, if. UndtT
Indictment at Chicago
SPOKANE. Wash.. Anrll 8. John
Monette. arrested here Friday in
raids by police on local industrial
Workers of the World headquarters.
hs been Identified by department of
Justice officers as John Martin, un-1
aer indictment in Chicago in con
nection with the trial of I. W, W.
leaders now in progress there, they
announced tonight.
Martin was declared by the police
to have been soliciting contributions
to the "defense fund" of .the Chlcagp
defendants. He will be taken to Chi
cago, at once It was atated. i ,
n ..
iiCTman rapCTS bay Little
ii , trrr lru in iaM wrmauon or snarp
About Speech Of W laonfaallents which are swept by rifle and
AMSTERDAM, April . The Ger
man newspapers so far received here
publish only a summary of President
Wilson's Baltimore speech, and for
the most parL reserve comment until
the full text of his speech la avalla -
ble.
The Vossische Zeltung speaks of
tha wide gulf between President Wll'
on's words and deeds and says that
where the president confesses his
conversion to the policy of force, h,l
words have a theatrical sound and
lack the force of conviction.'
Captain Tooze Arrives
iv iicij ut vviw as i
Captain Walter L. Tooze, Jr., of
the 3C1 t Infantry at Camp Lewis,
was lu Salem the last of the week.
Captain Tooze Is on a month's fur
lough for the purpose of helping In
the third liberty loan drive in Or9
goa cities. ' Captain Tooze left San
day morning for Dallas, where be
will preside at a rally to be held
there Tuesday night. From Dallas
he will go to southern Oregon, where
he will make extensive speeches in
the liberty bond campaign. He Is
the oldest son of Walter L. Tooze.
Sr.. of this city.
ed at restubert. May IS. He, has
been wounded several times since
anl is now recovering from his
eighth wound.
Private Burk Is on leave of ab
sence from the front. H has a
thrilling story. lie was captured by
the Germans and Imprisoned, but
escaped and retuned to the British
lines. . -
Wednesday night the Canadian
soldiers will speak at Wood burn and
Thursday they will be at Silrerton.
BLOW AT
in
GllflUP
Faced by American, French
and British Troops, Strong
ly Entrenched, Germans Try
Maneuver to Broaden Field
of Action ' '-' ;
'. ' - .
STROKE AIMED AT
SIDES OF SALIENT
Hanaer Allied line.
. f nni v , . .
wer niae r rent in At
tempt to Clear Way to Make
Big Infantry Advance
1 1 -
(Bw Tk Afociated Pttm;
U f.. American, French and
and well equipped for battle, the
uerman army nas ror the moment
given up its direct drive against
Amiens. After utter repulse in his
effort to smash straight through to
nis ODjecuve. the enemy now is at
tempting a" new maneuver which is
Intended to broaden the field ot ac
tion and reduce the menace of a
counter-off ensiye. '
Reports from the -battle line la
Picardy disclose that the first stare
Ijof this new- German offensive are
aimed at either aide of the salient
in the allied line.
From La Basse canal in th north.
to the sectors east of Leon, the great
imnuiery lorces or u enemy are
to the iBtensrty
Allied Line Hammered. f
The length of this front Is ap
proximately 120 miles. North of
Lens, east of Arras, along the new
front running through Buequoy to
Albert, south of Montdidier and
thence eastward past Laasigny and
Noyoa to a point far beyond Chauny.
the Germans are hammering the
allied lines in an attempt to break
the defenses and prepare. them for
the infantry assault, which may be
expected at any moment,
On the western "elboW of th
salient In th allied lines the Gerv
mans are forced to fight up fcilL
Their advance across the lower
f round along th Bom me,- Ancr.
Arr anl Luc rirera has carried
them up to a parpet ot bills which
sentinel th road- to Amiens. At
tacks along this natural bulwark
have ifetted th eneniy only insig
nificant gains at a horrible cost.
At points th German efforts have
gained, but these gains have result-
macnine gun rire and tempests of
shells whenever enemy troops are
seen forming for an attack.
The attack on the French lines
southeast of Chaony Ir for the pur
pose or removing a menacing sal-
1 J"1, an Jninr of better pro-
lectio n to the German left flank.
Buocee Claimed by Berlin.
The assault Is still going on and
ft has made considerable progress. -Th
Germans struck through the'
lower forest of Coucy and have reach
ed a point south of the Tillage of
Folembray. The Berlin offocial
statement claim that 2000 prisoners
haye been taken.
That an attack of large dimensions
is planned for the front of Arraa
i ourvuru io ljcum is consiaerea pros
aoie oy military, experts. As long
as this front is in its present posi
tion, the Germaaa cannot exert their
full strength, on the line before
Amiens. The cannonade In this reg
ion may be the prelude of a massed
attack such as bent th British Us
during the latter days of March.
Notwithstanding the statement
made on Friday by Stephen Plchon.
the French foreign minister, that
"Americans now ar fighting la the .
Picardy," nothing definitely has been
learned about where General Perth
log's men are located, or what part,
they are playing la this battl ol .
oaiiies. . j ,
On th American-held sectors near
Verdun, east of Lunerille. and north
east of Toul, only ordinary trench
activities has been reported.
Turks Invade Caucasus.
LRU has been heard from th
Italian front. The concentration of
Austrian troops In that theater of
the war is considered warning that
major activities may be lpoked for
there, probably in the mountainous
country, but there has been no In
dication that the Teutons plan to
launch their attack at aa early date.
Turkish troops are reported to be
Invading th Caucasus, where they
will take possession of the territories
which were given them under the
peace treaty at Brest-Lltvotk.
The landing of British and Jap
anese forces at Yladlvostock reems
Contlaued oa pig 2)
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