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30 KILLED, '
40 INJURED
OHIO WRECK
Dense Fop, Ohscures SIfliint and Three
Crack Passenncr Trains of New
York Central Crash Toqethcr a
Mile West of Amherst Twentieth
Century Limited, Westbound,
Crashes Into Wreckanc Caused
When Second Section Crashes Into
Buffalo Flier.
t I.KVF.r.AKH, March 2fl. -At h-nst
tlurlv person were killed the c
iici total iiinv imt be known until
nmhil'iill and mm than lortv in
mrcd in the wreck enrlv lodov of
three of the New York I'entrnl's
, i ink jmeseiiger trains u mile west o(
.Amherst.
Twenty-live bodies had linen Inked
out nt noon ntiil live mure were
Known to lie in the debris.
Ik'H tin- lutiil of ileml nml injured
i- liimllv n-eertiiini'd, I lie wieek will
-nrpns, in its cost of life mid limit,
even the wreck of the Twentieth (Vn
tiirx Limited nt Menton in 1001. when
the fuuioii train piled into n Ireight
on it oiind t fit w the New York
t'liicugo iwent.v-hoitr run.
IIoiimi I'ok N Cause
- 1 1. not- flip obscured the signal net
In tlie lirst section )' (he ciisthnuud
I'm -bum-lUiltiiiioic-lliin'nlo limited,
i .m-iug nimther section ii' Hint I ruin
in crush into it. A short time' Inter,
before the signalmen could llt- it, the
m-t Twentieth (Vntnrv Limited,
wi-itwHMU erwhsd-ruio the wreek-..-(
which linil been piled up mi the
lit IhiuiuI truck.
Daylight had not yet appeared
vlu the three trains piled up to
j liT. Farmers nnd illtit!fr rn-h-
I to the assistance of the stricken
I ..'.-eager. The work of re-cuiim
il " pinioned under the wnvkugc
.. iiiiiuiM'red by dnrkne mid ins:.
tnlilllnilfcs, automobiles nml all
i,i itl. hI' vehicles were rii-hcd from
I I vi i.i mid other points. The little
ii iii;ni- ill Amhert wu soon tilled.
M.t ot the injured were conveyed to
)' -pital- in Klriu.
The T en tilth IVntnrv proceeded
' it- ui to Chicago. None of the
! -oiiifer-, on thin. I rain wu injured.
Thiw Tniliis hi Wiwk
'I lie three train iii the wreck were
ivo .cction. o I in in Xo. Ml, cut-
liiniiiil, ('hii'.tuo to liufl'ulo I'lier mid
tin- Twentieth Century I.imiteil. pride
I tlie New Yirk Central, runninjr
i inn N'iw York to Cliieirjo.
Tlie first liixlv taken troin tlie
v. re. I, a . t be identified was that of
i;.. tt.-i.u Walyi, Hitor of the
I it II ii.iiiiiii Rvangelicul l.ntlici-
. t. i iilll. ii. Ilelinit. Til? second -ei -
I'M III the ( III, .IXO-Jtllhlilil llel
l .-lll'll llltil the lt M'l'lloll Pi .1
I.. ( i.i.j w In ii ih,. lul eetn.ii -Lin '
I" il to t.iki ' i l
flic Tvwii!..ih I eiilnrv ue-lli"i'i.'l
I'li'iithl ,1 tin., i. h the wrerka-je ' '
ti.iiu .. Mi, ul'ieh hud been h.iiltill
I" the u I'-tlni'ind track heli.r.. ll.n I
Ii I he -i i.t out to up i. ..i-t
i.i the ,h hI iii. in the rear etiaehe-.
I the 'i -i-. nun o tka LJiicm;o
llnllali m r.
Si.im .. , WPn. found in the rear
-eet mil o the flier, which buckled
..mi- on In ih,. Twentieth Century'
iuh t o way and wu splintered by
ili.it train.
Iwi .MiMIy niivlNiiniii
Mo-l of the mad arc md lo be
..ii i. in i-. who vmii- ti,iiinu m th
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TORPEDOED VESSELS
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'I HJI'le Allicllcall);,.
i.l'ile.i tin.
tbat the
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. h..ardcJiad'brou81" ,n, lbe btlng
-.ii ii.ij.i lined b .1 Hg'Qtiiut
u i.fli.'Uil uniiounctiiiiiit bc'h
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II. S. GIVEN USE
OF RAILROADS
BY CARRANZA
First Chief Permits Movement of
Supplies to Punitive Expedition
Over Mexico Northwestern nail
road Movement of Troops Not
Covered, as Not Asked.
VSIIIN(iTON. March 2. -Oen-ernl
(arrunxa hm detitleil to iwntilt
the movement of uiitl to th puni
tive cMierfltlutt I" M"tIeo oror the
Mexlemi Nntthwesteni rllril. Tha
HUiillen will go commardnl freight
to eoneernn In Mexico with which the
nrtnjr linn rontrnetn.
The iierttiUwInn Tor u of the rnll
rund 1 not Krunted Ih mllltHry
Mttio and doeR not rover the move
ment of trooi, for which the .mer
Icnn government him not aiikril. It
will tumble tlenernl l'ernhlrtn'n forc
In get Htiiiiitle in MbumlHnee In h
ennntry where motor truck trnln
ennnot carry them hihI will thun niil
imineaHurNhly In the iiurmtlt of the
Villa bnuilltK.
KU PASO. Texn. Mnreh Jfl.- 8ii
lillea will begin to go forward on the
Mexican Northwestern rallmad with
in a few lioura after (iensral Hull has
received official notification of the
conaont of (leneral Carronaa to the
ime of the rood. General Hall aalil
everything wan In roadliieaa ami he
wbh iireimred to act Immediately be
received word from (ieneial Knna
lou. He exiueaiieil the greatest grat
ification and relief over the newa
tliHt (ienernl ('iirriiiun hail granted
the reiiueKt of Hie American govern
iiii'iit piEviiFvir
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BUILD A RAILROAD
HUHtHH
IMIIXKMI.I.K, ni.. March -!.
HetiiriiK toilav I loin yetcr
dn' M'cial eleciiin rhow t hut
I'rineulle hud oted in t'aoi of
ii tl(K).iHHt IkhhI .--lie lor the
coii.t ruction of ii railroad to
cvnnict with the Oregon Trunk
line ileal' Kedmoud. The ro-id
will be owned bv the munieipal
il. I'ledite lime been oblain
ed from nriiu hoiireex to uro
vide for the ivmniuinti r.'.",IMMt
Hint will be rerpiired to thinner
the inulertnkiiiu. The line will
be about twenty iiiile in lenuth.
I'rineville, which i the capital
of t'rook count , at prccnt
l.iek- r.ulio.iil coniniiiiiieiiiinii.
F
IlKKI.lV. l.inli .'!' Kiiiiib 0
HttioiiH north of M.ilun. our( m-m rul
llnea tlctp alunic a fmnt of n'i
nietem have i.tt n mornifil b the (i i
man trooim, Hie CJeriuan hcudqu. li
tem alaff announced today.
The atateinent : i
'Western frent: South of 81 Kloi
one of the mine craiera occuuled b
the UrltUh wna wrested from litem
aa a result of a hand erenate engage
ment. "On the left bank of the Meuae our
troop with little lo. lo themaelvea
stormed French oiUons north of
Mulancourt over a front of about
ters. They also penetrated
northwest twrtion of Malan-
The French left In our band
ivkeivj. ofHcera and 4K unwounded
men. one aun and reu: machine gun.
Kaniiuation of the prlaonera taken
enaiili-d um to confirm the belief that
two more French dlvUlona have been
SAN FHAXCISrO. Mar. -'H Final
certified tatemenufdf the revenues
.
f ,u ''naaia I'aiffic iiokition
niliilMed Hi. Id to III Jl) Ot illri
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RENCH
P 111 S
PURSUERS LOSE
I
MCE OF VILLA
5 SINCE SUNDAY
Chase of Bandit Goes Relentlessly on
With Mcanre Details From Front
Villa Last Heard of Headinq South
Toward Taraluimare Residents
Friendly to Drinnnti.
V.. PASO. Tev., Mnreh 'id. The
ehife of the hriuiiiiil A.'illu 'v tlie
flyinjr enliiiuiw of Amerienn emalix
goi telentliilv on, but from the
inenjteineflN of the offieinl dipalcliei
Trom (Ienernl I'ernliinuV ndunced
hne it wn imKiHilile to lenrti lodnv
the position of lite AnieHemi twnw
nml how for thev were in the renr of
the fleeinir bund. Villa wn lat
Ilea nl of heatlimr southward toward
(he Turnhiimiire mountiun country,
hi eominmid ill i inn their Mexican
Httiicw at full Hieed anil brinjr elowely
piVHHed bv the Amerienn tiooHri.
CommiinderM of the t'nrraiira
tnioH now in the Chibiiiihun region
uiirentlv huve lot truee of Villa
nud hi men, for no rt'ivnrt Iuim been
received bv Mexienn fil'fieinl- here for
"Mime time eoiieerninir Villa where
nlinuti. Armed biiHdo of VilllxtiiH are re
IHiited in variolic pntln of Chihuahua,
nml in Home number mound Ton-con,
but they lire ocrittiiiir independently
of the main ilia eotniuund.
At Santa CatMilnn
SAX AXTOXIO. Tex.. Mnrcb '.!).
I'Vunciwo ilbi wii", moving toward
Kan In Ciiliyimi, in the Santa Mima
volley, four dnyn ngo, neeording lo
infoi iiuitioii Mifiued bv Colonel Ootid
Suuduy, nml forwarded lo Orncr.i'
1'iuii.toii liwhiy bv (ienernl IVr-buu.
(Ienernl I'etvhinir added that the
re-iileiil of the valh'v niH'uretl vcr
frieiullv to Villn nnd thiit it was with
u'leat tlilfieultv that the -colli leu in-
i anv thing from them ivgardiut,' In
ii.icincnlK.
(ienernl lVrliing wiih known t be
vmiIi one of the nihanet'tl eolunin- to
lav, but nl hiM own riiiien( Hie po-i-iinii-
of liiM troop were not reveuled.
AH detachment- oMriiling nouHi nml
cat of Xnmiiiiin were leportetl to
be pu-hinu forwtird nl high mhmI nnd
troin the America ii frontier to the lnt
-npily wiM' the iinrtemiiiler' de
part men t wa- working nt high prex-
uie to keep moving the Inrge voliimo
of hiippljeM, A to the detnilM of the
actual chime t illa, however, (ten
end ranton and In- -tuff knew lit
tie mole than the 'iihlie.
Cavalry Iteiiifommuitits
Ctll.nilir8. X. A...Mmvh '2H. -A
large IkmI.v of ravalrv left here today.
Xo announcement u mudn regurd
ing their deit inn t ion, but it wtu tin
ilerntood thev wcic being Kent to re
in force (Ienernl I'cr-liing' eommaml.
A large part of the cavalrymen of
(leucral IVr-binu'- force lire station
ed at oiiIms, some of which lire
.'Mi mile- liom the bonier.
Senator A. II. Knll of Xiir Mexico
Hired titduv with Major V. .
s iinplc, eoninimidmit of the ba-c
lure, ami later lett for Iliiehitn. Sen
..tor Fall -aid he wiih attempting to
.btaiii !irt ha ml inforniiition u to
new Mexienn border condition.
Xo diHitehe were reeeived todav
trom (ienernl Pcr-hingV Ilemlo.tiHr-tcr-.
It is kli'.vMi, however, that (ien
ernl I'iI-Iiiiil: hit ( ..I. .III. I Dilbl.ill bv
liiiitnl' I..-! I ijlil ! .1 tin in W ba-e,
l.'u mil. - t.. ii.. . i :.
AT
$13 PER 100 LBS.
I'OltTI.VMi. Oi , vi hi li .'ft i
the firitt Bale of tin- .-.i-axon here tn.l.r
of MpriiiK laialiH r; per Imn.lri.l
iOilli(i paid. Hie IiIkIickI price in
the hUtory of the I'oitland htoi I.
yards at this lime of Hie ear. Itcc
ord iirlces also were registered for
teorlings at flu an(TJ fur ewes at
$8 85.
The high quotations are due to the
prolonged cold season which has held
back shearing. The highest bids
since the Civil war are being offered
for wool, but sheepmen. It la said,
are not hurrying to xbear as tke be
lieve t(t)iOian Kel their nu 1'ijl"
.i .i I .-nil ot tl vre.il I nojieail ih'
t'llat 1 '
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LAMBS
BITE'S VICTIMSjWAITE ASSERTS
ar -amiA
Mkt Uaitnah L-3ck
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f'"Sfff ,
i -John l.pi ok.
PccK'n IioiIj wii". fnimil in the
allurements of hi- iu-iii-hiu K
weeks n flee his wife died In Hie -nine
rot'iii. W'nlte claims be was victim
of mi evil influence "the man from
l'.g.il." mid ii'iuvseni- hliii-clf hs of
dual tHs.iinalil.v a iae of ,lel,j am
llv.lr.
MS ECI
TRIANS F
ItoMK. .M.ihIi .' Iiiill.ui infan
try has ejected the Austrian) from
positions on the heixbla northwest of
Horliia which were lost to the Aus
trians on Sunday, Hie war office an
noiineed today.
The Italians oaptured Vti Aus
lrlans, Including 1 1 officers.
The atateinent follews:
"In the region of the upper! Hut
river there wbh moderate artillery
firing by the eneaij uitalnst positions
we recaptured. A column of the en
ni) ascending throuKb Valentlna val
le toward Val I'lccolo aas repulsed
by our gunfire,
"Heavy ruins and fog Interfered
with urilllerj work again yesterdoy
In Hie uiHr Isonio zone, but we de
molshed enemy mhIh at Mrsllvrh
and made a direct hit on a trench
mortar. Our grenadiers dt roved an
entrenchment of I he enemy in the
Heagora section, toiniiellliig the de
fenders to flee.
"A desperate flht on the heights
northwest of (ionia, whleh lasteii
about forty hour . mled Hucn-MMfuii
for us. After intm-M eon. en i rated
gunfire aitaiiiht our entrem hnientN
M Cm fen he ik which .ilieadv hud bet-n
(l.llil.lKeil h t o I hi- i lie elieinv opi'll-
e.l an ,ill.n I, u iili ,i
tin. e Sun. 1. 1 , in nli
In .'I ... k IhJ) i i
cr lni.oi tuilt
(iiir iroopR
.r ih, i iieiii) "
lilt wiiE l. i, . i., i., i
sin i hi. D 3D liin. hi - h. i- uithiliawn
hi- n. niii li. in lli. .t. h leiitl.il biilo;
in Mni.i.iii.Pii- a eaialiiliiie tortile re
publican Oimi Hi. .tu. ii I'., i iie-iih".,
iiceordmii t.. wi.nl n eiM.i I t ,
dv trom ,i I. . . ..ii 'l , - , ,ii,
tlie lipid .) . ii ii. MM "' I
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beaiis hoi' 'i
be omit ten iron, ,i..
Tilt li. one n Th
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GOIZA
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PAID EMBALMER
TO KEEP SILENT!
Accused Dentist Confesses That He
Gave SIO.'IOO to Undertaker Who
Emhnlmed Peck's Body as Bribe-
Also Admits Glvlnti Bacteria of
Deadly Disease to His Victims.
NKW YORK. March 89. Futthnr
iletnlls or Dr. Arthur Warren U'alto'a
activities to prepare a (Infante be
fore he was arrest oil for the murder
of .lohn IS. l'eek, his father-in-law,
vv.n given to District Attorney Ifid
ward Hwatin by the prisoner himself
fiom bis bed In Heltevue liospltHl.
In iiildltliiii to pn.vlng Jdooa in rash
nml $!iH0 by rheck to Kugeue W.
K.me. Hie undertaker who embalmed
i'ceh's hody, XValte tohl the prosecu
it loda.v (hat he was to have paid
Kane in nil $2n.non, out of which
K.me was to bribe the druggist from
whom Watte bought the poison from
vvhn h l'eek died, tu keep silent.
i in- oung nnntist nssertmi, ae-r
ioiiIIiik to the district attorney, that
IH- negotiations with Kane were t'on
tliirteil through .lohn S. IVitter, ail
undertaker.
Cotter .Mal.es Denial
Potter In the district attorneys of-
Hie today denied evervtltlux Walte
it hi Mr. Swaun regartllng him.
Dr. Watte. In the Inst chapter of
lilx serial ronfoaslon, told tho district
attorney that be had given Kane
$!inno to swear, If necessary, that he
had used a certain jmiIsou In embalm
ing the body of John 12. l'eek for
burial.
d'he use of such poison In ettihaliu
Ing fluid Is agalnat the law In Xs"w
York stale anil Kane several days
ago was quoted as saving that none
was used In embleming .Mr. I'eok'a
body. From Walle's revelations tho
authorities have concluded that he
was preparing fur a plea of uot gull
in in Hie event of his arrest for the
i.iniilci. 'I'he rest of the dentist's
loiireHKlitn, however, has convinced
the dixtrlct attorne that he la gel
ling read to defend himself on a
plea of Insanity.
I'mler ICvll liiiliii'iuv
Dr. Walte last night told represen
tatlvea of the district attorney's of
fire that he had admliiiHiered sev
eral varieties or disease germs lu both
Mr, l'eek and his wife, Mrs. Anna
Maria l'eek. When the iterms showed
no resuita, Walte said he followed
them lu both rases with poleumiUb
drugs.
In committing these acts, Walte
declared that he was under the evil
Influence of a force whi h he person
ified aa "the man from Kgpt."
Assistant .District Attorney Dool
ing announced toda that he bad
learned that Kane was Hie man who
embalmed the bodv or Mrs Katherlue
A da ma, the victim in the famous
Mollneux polaonlUK rase some flftefta
years ago. It was recalled In thia
connection that a telegram received
in (irand Itapids b 'erc Perk ad
vising him to Itivestlaaie tlm deatb
oi his fat In r was Miuncii K Ail-
iiiiih ' o poiMin of I In Kind found
ill 1'ielo'h -iiiiiiihIi Ills Im-i ii round
ill Ih.- cinli. limine ilnnl ii-. il U K.ine
the i o-qi iiloi u'll.i ,. in. I. in. Mil
FOR FAIRBANKS
WAMIIMiTOV M ,. ,, ."I Vnc-1're-iiliiil
.hi -h. .11 i- in.iiM I.. i lb,.
11..111111.1I ti. n ot thai.'i- U. I'.iii liniiki
b Hie ri publican convention. Mi.
Mur-liiill ha- In . n 1i.Mi.mif over the
uitiei.il iiguie- i.ii ih. (j.diaiia prim
iries and ii.'iii thein .li-eover- that
Tu 1 1 him I., rim l.ir In iniiil lbe oilier
i (.publican-, on the bulbil. In other
winds, he wii. budiv scratched. From
lbi Mar.hall conclude- that be would
he a inn- cmojiihitc to beat. The
F.uib.iui, vot was .i.l,7"i Ifl'bind
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i .mil Hi, "ii, hch in A the vote
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- for tfovenmr.
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I .. l III IM
MARSHALL STRONG
;CHAM8ERLAIN
i SUBMITS ARMY
BILL TO SENAT
Ei
Oregon Senator Explains Measure for
Reoruanlzatlon of Army Blame
for Lack of Aeroplanes and Ma
chine Guns and Faulty Equipment
Placed Upon Counrcss.
WASIIINHTOX. Mnreh ail.- The
army bill wna brought inlo tln setiutn
toilny ami to n crowded ehnmhet
whieh lisletied ntlentiveK, Chniriiuu
Chniiiherlniii of (he military commit
tee gnve a detailed explniiittiou of
the eiittte mensiire nml its purMet
nml told whv lite committee hml de-
eidetl to NitliNlituie i(m own bill for
the one already m.ed bv the bouse
mtber than iitteniid to reconcile difference-,
lie ettiphiisixed the neetl
for net ion.
The wemile bill wiih drown. Sena
tor Chamberlain explained, nftnr n
thorough study of nil nrmr reorgnn
iaiitlnn piano, the I lav bill, Hie Onr
lison hill mnl the ('hnmlicriiiiu bill.
Without I'Hillsaiislilp
''I'liiivn .... .i.rr,. . 1...1
.....i ,,- ii,, ,i,i ii-irrietH octiveeil
the secretary of war nml the two mil
itary commit Ices of emigres mo seri
ous that (hey enniiol ea-ily be settled
in emiferenee," he nitl.
"The bill ns finnllv introthieed was
frnmed wilhniit iNiilismi or politienl
niiMie. It was the emlHiilimeul of
the best in nil the army hill-."
With eompulMorv training-not
compulsory service be declared, the
country, afler five yenrs, could nb-
Molulely do nwnv with it "landing
unity e.seept iiieh n were nwessnry
for siieeinl duty. The country, how
ever, be explained, wu not reatlv for
eomiHtUory I ruining, nnd Voluntary
I raining in institution , Isaming
was a- far as the bill had gone.
Senator fbmuberlmn blamed eon
gross fur faulty tHiiiHiient in the
iinny, for neroplune- thai would not
fly and machine guns that would not
shoot.
fniigine, to IUmiiio
"The aviation service is notorious.
Iv weak,"' be -aid. "It is nut K. fault
of (be nnnv nor of the aviation corps,
but it is the luillt of couin-ss thai
refuses to iipproprittlf mouc to pro
vide fOMr eipiitmienl.
"Still, in lbe discii-sion Inter on the
floor of this senate, vou will find dis
tinguished senators protesting ugainst
Hie appropriations add unfiling that
the people' nioiiev niusj not be seiil
for war. And the vi if the im-
ciiiei-t is heard in the bind protest
ing Hint no money must be spent.
They say we will never have any
more war. I can only Iiom nut, but
no man can tell what may happen in
twenty-four liours. Wbo could pre
dict the blowing up of the Maine, and
the Kpiinish wart ''
The cost of the national auard un
der the bill would lie tI.IHIII.IHHI the
first wiir. .'.ll,IHHI.tl(HI m the seioiid.
4 lii.timi.tHui the third; iti'MHMi.tNH) the
fourth and about f-.INHI,IMHI aiinu
allv tberealler. The total en-1 tit all
forces under lbe bill would he $1117,
H1MI.IHMI I he n-t vi nr. lnilvinu up to
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FRENCH WIN
O'ERTEUTONS
AT AV0C0URT
Anuresslve Assumed hy Joffrc's
Forces After German Attack Upon
Mnlancourt Had Been Repulsed
With Heavy Losses and German
Trenches Arc Occupied Fierce
Cotinter-Attack Also Ends in Fail
urc Bombardment Along Entire
West Front.
PARIS, March 2fl. Krftteh Irrmiit
mode mi attack lust night on Avo
eonrt wwid, went of the .Meue. whein
the Herman assault wan tuadn yes
terday. The official stalement toilny
ea.vs the lVencb enrrietl part of the
works whieh the Oermnna had con
slrueleil. The OrmnnM mnde a fieroo eoun-ter-atlnek,
but wei-e driven Imek wild
heavy losses. They tuntlc no offort
to recover the lost ground.
The recent Herman attack upon
Moluneourt was made with a fresh
division, which was thrown Iniek with
heavy losses.
Offensive Itcmmctl
After n six days' lull the fli'minns
resumed the offensive nl Verdun yes
terday wiih redoubled violence, the
better to hide their plans. They had
for u week been Knelling tho whole
Verdun front iminirtinlly, hut the
French staff expected that tho attack
would come on the wet of the river
ami made all due prciwiratioiiB.
Th German effort was eonfiHeil to
a stftion half a mile fn width he
I ween Avoeourt and Malaneotirt. The
artillery poured a hail of shells on
this short line all morning in picimr
nliou for the iiifanlry attack whieh
was Inuuehed at ll o'cloek Ih the nf
Icruoon. The nltuekiug mnsses, almul
n division strong, dashed forward
over the ground which had been
liloiighed up bv the shells of their
heuyv guns, iiuurvnllv evjiwling mi
eusv victory. They reckoned, how
ever, without the French, infantry ami
the l-rench light artillery, which bad
been skillfullv Hheltered frtmi the
bombardment.
Wim Sumo I'ontanl
The French infiinlrv hehl off lbe
Hermans wiih rifle mid machine gun
fire while the 7.Vs threw a curtain of
shells which prevented reserves from
approaching. Again the gray-coated
wuves surged forward, onlv lo be
brokeu against the stout resisianio
of the defenders.
The object of the Germans was to
force the French to evacuate the vil
lage or Muluneourt, tho heights sur
rounding which the Ocnunns already
hold. Thev failed completely, it i
ai li rmed, ami the French hold lb
Maluncoiirt salient us firmly us ever.
The text of t mlny's eommuuiratiuii
follows :
"In the Argonne our batteries have
bombarded (lerniuu ioitioBM north of
Haute Chevnucliec aud on the houHi
ern boundary of the wood of Chep
sc A fight with hand grenatles,
made m conjunction with activity in
tlie next sector, ma tie it possible for
n. io iiLise progie-., lutrneuiari) m
the connecting trenches of the cnciuv
noiih of Avociiiirt, 'We also touK
-t ci n I pll-ouel's,
"Wet nl the Meuse the enemy hi-t
in-lit iiiiulc no fre-h effort again?.
nr M..itions ut lluiicourt aud Mob
.inei.iirt. The bomburdment. bow
etei, .i.-iiuied a certain intensity
iluii" nor trout nl lU'tluueouit. ,q
..ri lliimiiie nnd i umicres.
t'ounter Mtack IVIls
"flu- inni iiiiiu alter an intense
(Continued ou page six)
HIE ME CASf
CillCMiO. M.i i ti ."i The cyte
against WiHl.iin Kiifiis Kdwunls,
wealthy Hi I'.mi luuiberiuan, ou trial
charged ith violation of the Maun
act wus ul.iu from Hit) Jury today.
At the cuurt'g dlrectiou the jury ro
lurued a verdict of uot guilty and
IiiiIk" Vudersou entered au order dis
. Iiiii'lni; lbe defendant, Kdwardrf
wu. eh.iiKid wnh transporting Mifs
dit t n liom ciilcuKO to Mlnuui
.i.nli., MiU.iiiUt aud other titiLii,
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