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5) .! i' . .. I'J 1 DAILY EDITION . .- . ... 'VOL. VIII.. No. 13.1. GHIKTI PACS, JOSJEPHJlfS 4 WITTY. ORKOON, TUESDAY, MAIUH 94, 101(1. irarn is 01V 111 er mi KXPLOIHNO AMMUNITION lr MOLIHIIKH M1 II HTOHY HULI. AND FIRK IIAHKH E IS 1ET I'nlted HIM (orrmnMnil Army PU Aidnmi lllvr la Mew York Ureal bjr Hparks New York Mar. 26. Terrific ex plosions In a four story brli-k build' ln In Jersey City, which contained ammunition, commencing about . I o'clock thin afternoon, ihook Jersey City and New York, all but earning a panlo for a tint. ; A, structure occupied by the Jarvla stores and covering nearly two blocks, waa Virtually destroyed. Fire followed tha explosions. Tba I'nltad States army piers, where ships for Kurop load, sotti blocks north of ilia ferry home, on tba KM railroad In New York City, directly acroia the river caught fire, probably from sparks. The caua of the eiploalon I un determined. n AKCES of.rwee ; I; Ameterdam, Mar. 28. The fall of Bapaum waa announced tonight In telegram from, th dentin n em peror to the empress, It la announc ed officially. The emperor' telegram reada: "Bspsume felt lent night, after a hard atruggle. My vlctorloua troop are pressing forward from llnpaum and further louth are advancing on Albert. The Soninie haa been crossed at many point above I'eronne. The aplrlta of the troop are aa fresh a on the flntt day of the battle. "Over 45,000 prUonen, more than 600 gum, thousands of machine gun and enormoua quantities of am munition and provision have been taken Just a after the Isonxo battle In Italy. "May Ood be with ua. (Signed) Wllhelm." SLAUGHTER OF HUNS S With the British Army In France, Mar. 16. Thla has been another day Of the most desperate and sanguln ary fighting along the whole front of the new battle lone. In fact, In tba northern aector, there has been no ceaaatlon In the awful work since Sunday morning. Tho German have continued to hurl great force of Infantry Into the con flict, dopcndlng largely on weight of number to overcome the Increasing opposition offered by the heYolcally restating British. On the northern wing of the offen sive the enemy thla morning brought up Additional troop after an all night struggle of the fiercest nature and renewed his efforts to break the British front In the region of Ervll- ' To the south, near the center of the . line, an equally strong attempt ta being made by the Invader to ex 'tend the long, narrow salient which they had pushed In south of Bapau me near Longueval famous In the onnnle of the battle of the Somme. t Those planes were again the scone of ebnmbles In which the British machine gunners' and ririement ex n to4, n terrllilo toll of donth from V.v '.osily pressing enemy. mma f Fill MDY .... , ) j . , liUMtee ao Heavy Uermana (Vnnpellod to Bring ItWufort-rmrnU to Ttila Section Paris, Mar. 16. The French have evacuated Noyon during the night. They are holding the left bank of the OUe. ' German losses are so heavy that tba have been forced to bring reinforcements from all parts of the western front. Paris, Mar. 16 The French force which are lighting to the south of Rt. Quentln, are under Noyon, re tiring slowly, carrying out strong counter attacks Inflicting heavy loaaes oa the Oermana, aald the war office atateinent laat night. The text reada: "In the region of Noyon the battle continues with stubbornness, the Germans bringing In without ceaaa tlon new force. Our troops la con formity with orders are giving gronnd foot by foot, but are carryi Ing out vigorous counter attaeka and Inflicting heavy loaaes on the enemy. "Desperate fighting has tsken place around Nosle, which has been lost snd regained several time. There Is artillery fighting at various points along the front. Shells to the number of 1.37ft were fired Into Rhelms Isst night snd during the dsy.". PREfIR SEIJDS tt"G London, Mar. 16. Premier Lloyd Qeorge wrote to General Hatg to day as follows: ' "The British csblnet wishes to ex press to the army the nation's tbanka for Ita splendid defense. The whole empire Is filled with pride as It watches the heroic resistance of fered by Its brave troops to over whelming odds. "Knowing their steadfastness and courage whenever the honor of their country dopenda on their valor, the empire awaits with confidence the result of this struggle to defeat the enemy'a last desperate effort to trample down the froe nations of the world. "At the home we sre prepared to do all In our power to help In a true spirit of ooturadshlp. "The men necessary to replace all casualties and cannon and machine guna required to make good all those lost, are either now In Trance or already on their way, and still further reinforcements of men and guna are ready to be thrown Into the battle." London, Mar. 26. Field Marshal Italic haa sent the following reply to the king's message: "Your1 majesty's grsclous message has given universal encouragement to the whole army In France. I hog your majesty to accept our respect ful and grateful thanks and the as surance that we will ateadfastly con tinue' to do our utmost to deserve the Inspiring confidence your ma- jjosty and the people throughout the empire have placed In us In this ..hour of national stress.", , FROM THE SOMME . '; v , , , , , ' Berlin, Mar. 26. -"Between the Somme and the Olse," says the offi cial; report from headquarters "this evening, "our troops are . fighting their way forward." i "There was hard ' flhtlng," the it.-Uemont continued, "between Ba aumc and Pormine, We drove the onomy back here t6 hlsold positions which were held between the Ancre mid tho Somme before the beginning of t:e Somm battle In 1016." RlEiOUS FORCE OF DRIVE IS 011S1G Gcrcs Are Sbwizj U? Arc::i ca fij Szzzi izi I!:y:a, llzzi Eiw 'Gd' il Fe:rfd Cert lxndon, Mar. 26. Brltlah reel Unce Is apparently stiffening. Oer mana are aiowlng np (.t the north and In tha center, v hilt around Ba- pautne, on the 8omm and north of Noyon the Oermana have galnej only at fearful cost. London, Mar. 26. The Germans have taken Roye, (but are checked west of there and Noyon. In the Roye area Brltlah, French and Am erican troop are fighting shoulder to ahoulder and French reinforce ments are coming. ' Brltlah Headquarter, Mar. ':. There la reason to believe Import ant event will be recorded within tho next few houra. which may lead to a betterment of positions of ths armies stemming the Gorman on- sisugnt. The enemy la fighting dee perately against time. In the first day his reserve were reduced to 52 divisions. At the end' of the second dsy some 40 divisions from the re serves were put In action. . Berlin, Mar. 26. An official etate- ment claims the capture of 953 guna and over 100 tanka, ' besides the towns of Blachea, Barleux and Eta Ion. f i a French ' Front, Mar. i 36: Entire confidence reigns, that the Oermana last trump In the world battle will oe over trumped when the proper moment comes.' The allies were ful ly cognisant that the enemy'a su preme effort would .cause a retreat until measures could be taken to check It, London, Mar. 26. "Fighting of the most severe description haa been GEIIEW 11D III IIF TWO JILUOII 1.1 IIIFIICE i t 5 Washington, Mar. 26. Back from a visit to the western battle front, Major-General Leonard Wood, In a confidential statement today before the senate military committee, de clared that the allied military opin ion la unanimous that the Oerman offensive will fall, hut urged an In crease to 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 men In America's army. It was his opinion according to his auditors that the Germans on the west front now are numerically superior, both on the ground and In the air, . hut thnt the allies are In a better, con dition. While confident the offensive will be halted, before the Oermana gain any material advantage, General Wood declared that the warfare would be changed Into a more open contest. For that reason he recom mended the training of American - MKXICANVRAIIKR8 KILL ... BOY iH YKAIIM OF LAtJK Mnrfla, Tex., Mar. 26. Qlenn Ne- vlll, aged 18, was shot seven times and three Mexicans were killed,' In a raid by bandits on the Nevlll ranch last night, 40 miles south of Van Horn, Texas. . ' GIIKMANH PROHAItLY LOSIXO 100,000 MKN PKK lAV Washlngton, Mar. 26. Members of the allied military mission said today that In the nature of the fight ing, on 'the western front the .Ger mans must 'be losing at least 100, 000 men a day, Theyi made this deduc tion from the German plati of masoed nttsck. the nnmber of troops i f. it IfcrtS ad Ccter, Villi: taking place all day on wide fronts south of Pcronn and south and north of Bapaum," aaya Field Mar shal Haig's report from Brltlah bead- quarters In Prance last night "In both sector the enemy has attacked our 1 positions In great strength with fresh troops, and, la aplte of the gallant resistance of onr forces, has caused ua to give ground. ' "German troops are In Nesle and Bspaume. i - t , "Heavy fighting continues." London, Mar. 26 The text of last evening' statement reads: "During the morning of March 25 our troops on the front from the Bomme as far north as Waneourt had beaten off continuous and heavy German attack with success. Heavy losses have been Inflicted on the enemy by 0ir artillery and 'machine guna, whilst our low-flying airplanes repeatedly attacked the enemy's ad vancing columns farther to the rear "A heavy attack delivered by fresh enemy troops In the afternoon en abled the Germane to make progress west and southwest of Bspaume. South of Peronne our troops have been pressed back In several places allghtly west of tha Somme, while farther south the enemy has succeed' kdjn jnaklng progress and has cap- tared QuUeard and nesle.' . "Preach reinforcements are ar riving In this neighborhood." Washington, Mar. 26. Informa tion received by the British military attache. Major General Jamea Mo Lachlan. la that the situation was decidedly Improved during yester dsy. Oermana were repulaed to the east of the Somme, between Peronne and Morschaln. S HI lit J. '. i- ' - . M -; i m forces for open warfare as well as for trench fighting. 1 General Wood waa before the com mittee for three houra and frankly discussed the situation In Europe and at home. Stating that the French are disappointed In the site of the American army thus far aent to Eu rope, according to committee mem bers he recommended steps to In oresse both the American expedi tionary force and the army In train ing . In ' this country.'' Chan-man Chamberlain said that General .Wood recommended that an army Of 2,500,000 men1 toe ' maintained In France afthe earliest possible mo ment and 2,800,000 he kept In train Ing at home. Another " committee member placed General Wood's rec ommendation at 4,000,000 one-half to be sent to France as soon ss pos sible. v s .; they are employing and the extent of the allied resistance. ' The allied loscss, it was declared would ' be far less than those of the Germans because they are fighting on the defense. HKNATOH NHW ATTACKS v THK WAR BEPAItTMKXT Washington, Mar. 26. Senator New told the senate today ' that In stead of 12,000 combat airplanes be- Ing delivered In France by July, as planned, the number will amount to ; Plymouth, Mass., Mar. 20 A gov emment patrol boat struck a rock off Gurnet this morning and sank It ' Is believed all on hoards were saved by life savers, r W illi Of IT Three Companies of Yankee) Railroad Knglneers Attached to Uifl British Force Are MleaJna; Washington, Mar: 26. Three companies of .American engineers are among two regiments attached to the British armies In the path of the uerman onslaught, and have not been heard of. They were employed near Croiat canal. Fears sre felt for their safety. Washington, Mar. 26. Genreal Pershing cabled tbe war department last night that two regiment of 'Am erican railroad engineers are attach ed to the Brltlah forces on the front Mttacked by tho Germans. Three companies of the engineers. bo said, were working ,1a the areas In which the Oerman official state ment mentioned the presence of Am erican troops and no report has been received concerning them. This message, announced tonight by Major-General March, acting chief of staff, definitely dlapoaed of reports that American reserves bad been sent into the battle. Genera) Pershing said there was nothing unusual to report from the American sectors. The dispatch follows: "Summary of activities from noon, March 24 to noon, March 25: Noth ing to report but usual patrol and trench activities, , with , some ' gaa shelling by the enemy north of Toul. "Reference to the Oerman com- munlques of March 24 and IS re garding) American troop, two regi ment of rallwAy engineers are with the British armies Involved In this battle.-' ' ;'-' "mr, CotephtBr"nt ;c engineers were working in the areas mention ed In the communique In the vicin ity of the Croiat canal. "No report other than the Oerman communiques yet received regarding those troops." BUSH AK eniiiia u 'London, Mar. 26. British avia tor have bombed the railway sta tion at Cologne, as well as various other Important cities in Germany the official statement on aerial oper ation announces tonight. . The text of the statement follows "During the night one of the ene my's large bombing machines land ed behind our lines. .Following a successful daylight raid, on Mann helm, other objectives in Germany were attacked during the night, , "Half a ton of bombs were drop logne, where a fire was started, ped on the railway stations st Co- Over a ton of bombs were distribu ted between the Luxe'mberg railway station where a fire broke out, and the Courcellea railway station, east of Met. Two, tons of bombs were dropped on the Met railway " sta tion. "The fighting was the most severe so far experienced. Our airplanes shot down 45 enemy machines and drove down 22 out of control. Two other hostile machines were shot. down by our anti-aircraft guns. Ten of our machines are missing. "Over 1,700 bombs were dropped during the day on different targets Including the Bruges -docks, the Aulnoye railway Station and a large camp southeast of Cambrai." GET BALLS With the American. Army in France, Mar, 26. American posi tions In the, Toul sector have been bombarded by mustard gas shells, but ineffectively. American artil lery has demolished segments of the German front lines. . ' YANKEE POSITIONS LlSlO APRIL SI11TI1 ALL OVER b ITtflTIU PTIOXS AT FOIR AXD O.XE QUARTER PCI Uorerameat WU1 btooatianio Prao. tiee of Peraaltdauj Prevtsa Boads Being Convrt4 fur O&ere Waahlngton, Mar. 26. The third Liberty loan, to open April 6, wCl be for $3,000,000,000 and all over subscription at 44 per cent ln tarst , , , , , s s , . .. Bonds of the first loan, bearing I'H per cent and of the second loan at 4 per cent may be converted Into the new bonds, but those of the third loan will not be convertible in to a)r future Issue. This announce ment was made today by Secretary McAdoo with the comment that the great event now ' happening 1 France must fire the soul of every American with a new determina tion to furnish all the dollar and all the material resources of America that are needed to pot an end to the execrable atrocities of German militarism. . In connection with the loan, tie secretary plans to eetabllah a stntlr j fund with which to purchase ti.i any bonds of the third loan &nm npotvthe market. In. order to ti keeping' tha' price. op to. pgr. The maturity of the bonds la ft to be determined, but It Is oCclalty stated they will be long-term, be tween 20 and 10 years. ' EEG.E1L ' PASSES Til ffill Washington. Mar. 26. Senator Chamberlain's timber commandeer ing bill was passed unanimously by the senate today, after being amend ed to authorize the taking of timber in the forest reserves, thus placing all timber nnder the commandeering power. This was proposed by Sena tor Jonea of Washington. Another amendment by Senator Frelllnghuy sen of New Jersey, which was adopt ed, requires that operations be con ducted under rules of the forestry service, which will promote fire pro tection and conservation.' The only other amendment, ontslde of com mittee amendments, provides , that sawmills shall not be required to In crease their equipment. RGB GOES Oil by i;:g!tai;dday With the British Armies In tho Field, Mar. 26. With Increasing intensity the fighting thubders on from the Scarpe to the Olse. -Captured prisoners declare that the heaviest blows are yet to come. Tbe Germans at heavy cost, have progressed across the old battlefield of the Somme, but the British line everywhere Is Intact." ' Haigs troops have withdrawn In the most perfect order. All night long the fighting , haa been moat severe,, especially along the Saplgnles-Bapourrte road. The Germahs, in ' dense ' masses, were hurled forward In ' the moonlight while the British machine guns rak ed them in an, unending rattle. ,' Observers close up at the ( front signaled back to the artillery and the half-stripped gunners fired until their pieces were almost red hot. The enemy is progressing on al- (Contlnued oa page I.)