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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
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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.
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f Fill MDY
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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
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' 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
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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
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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
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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-
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