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Newspaper Page Textft it::): FULL LEASED .WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS - Si 411) fl fWm. A dW fl i :innr wMliif 1 ffiMiimd GIVES OUTLINE OF ENGLAND'S ICY AFTER HAP IS President Runciman ol ,ard of Trade Talks of Com- mercial War SAYS PRESENT ALLIES WILL REMAIN UNITED Says "Germany Will Never Again Raise Her Helmet" In Peaceful World By Wilbur S. Forrest. fl'nited Press staff correspondent " I.oiulon, .Mar. 24. Germany will nev or again "raKsc lienhelmet" :n a world 'leaned in peaceful pursuits, ProsiJ 'at Walter Runciman of the boarl of trade declared in an exclusive int-jrvie-.v giv en the United Press today, officially outlining for the first time the tiiiies' commercial plans after the war. England does not contemplate n throttling that will leave the Gorman people crushed in poverty, unable to rise again he said, but peaceful prepnrn- uons as a means to a military end will never again bo tolerated by Kugland. Prance, Russia and Italy, Ri'in-i man as ' sorted. "Nor can we submit to most favored natiun's clauses in commercial treaties being utilized to the detriment of anv one of the allied con,.irros. We object M (iormnny using lier resources and oonimtroinl relations with us for pur pose of nggrop-sion as she did in pre paration for this war." ' Kiiiieininn s statement is of the high est importance in view of the fovtl coming allied conference in Park which he will attend. American traders an. I manufacturers. hc indicated, n n.-t prepare for a rigid, though "riondly British commerciai eompetitioi in neu tral market after the war. Germany to Wage Economic War "Germany has announced that at the conclusion of this war she will attempt to establish a customs union of the ecu tral powers on aggressive lines," he said. "This can only mean that she intends to follow up the present on tlict with nn economic: war. "If this is the deliberate object we and our allies will know how to meet an aggressive war of that nature just, as wo have met hostile action for the last 20 months. Rut we will be belter pre pared for the threatened economic war Me are much obliged to (iermaav for warning us Heforehninl. "The economic war which, she tl ront ons would be a permanent barri-r to ",o peaceful development of Kurnp. I have u.ieu language hostile in char acter in regard to Germany's trade 'lo o. believing that orn.-di.i;' the enemy s trade was an essential st'-i- to victory in this war. "Germany i power of lVsi Kn as well as ours, depends upon the extent ol her material resources. Tl.ee we must as an act o'f war diminis i i vr.ii-o We must do everything in mir power to prevent her from nccimil;'nticr vt)1.k, or adding to her wealth abroad Wo o,,. doing everything in our power to pre veif this. We can't allow our i'i,.,,s to trade with Gorman firms in Clina Jroiii whom we are withholding s-..,pli ' l l'at is only one of mnnv Glances' We want to make it clear to G..r.,;:.,,v that the longer the war continues.-the ess w, be her chance of recoupment 'it ot the profits of foreign market e aim at shortening the war " Said Head But Meant Helmet "Recently." it was recalled to R tin eimnii, you said in the house Of en il jj. 2 Yon kin disperse most nay prow 1 liy n.-!iiti what Gallip.di is. l';Ti Ky Kvrr is breakin' in a new hair cut. (Continued on Page Nine.) J sle! ARE MADTIM i i GERMANS DIG AGAIN Berlin,' Mar,. 24. Subscrip tions totaling more than $2, 0(10,1)00,01)0 have been made to the fourth Gorman war loan, which is a great success. Fin ancial Secretary Von Hefferich told the reichstag today. NORTH PORTLAND POSTMASTER Washington, Mar. 24. President Wilson today nominated George U. Mo kel as postmaster at North Portland, Ore. OR. If IE ARRESTED SE Suspected of Poisoning His Father-in-Law and Mrs. Ring Who Died Tuesday DOCTOR ADMITS IT New York, Mar. 21. District Attorney Swnnii announced to day that Dr. Arthur Warren Waite admitted to detectives guarding him that he gave arsenic to his father-in-law, John E.' Peck, Grand Rapids millionaire, because Peck -said he wanted to die. New York, Mar. 24 Dr. Arthur AVar reu Waite, suspected of poisoning John Y., Peck, of Grand Rapids, Mich., his father-in-law, will be moved from his palatial Riverside Drive apartments to a cell in the Tombs today. Guards who wntoheij by his bedside during the night, while hewas too ill to be jailed, declared that Im was slowly recovering from the effects of an .opi ate which seat him into ;i state of coma when detectives call-id for him venter day. Before tonight Dr. Waito .nay be arraigned on a eluirga o mind jr. District Attorney Swann is prepar ing to submit his eviu-nre to the grand jury. Besides testimony ponceming the death of. Peck, the I'.istricl attorney also plana to prce-it evidence beari'ig on the death of Mm;. Pcik, who cid at Dr. Wnite's aparraieut Jinaniy :',0, last, and the death of Mi-s. f.mina li'ng. aged 00, who expired Tusl'iv, 'caving ft j.-VO.OOO estate. The police are sc 'iii.i.; r. myste-b-.is woman who was reported to have dis appeared from the Plaza hotel while de tectives were on her trail, seeking an explanation of her relations with Dr. Waite. ' Suspicion was first, directed against Dr. Waite by the statement of a negro made, who alleged she saw him pour something in Peek's ten. and ugain in his soup. Peck, -said the maid, com plained about the taste wheivupci! Dr, Waite blamed it on the cook. ' M. O. Evans, slate assistant leader of county agriculturists, of the O. A. C. is in the city, the guest of I.. J. C'hapin. COMMITTEE READY TO REPOR T ON FORFEITED RAILROAD LAND GRANT (By t'nited Press.) .Hers are expected to be liberal because" Washington, D. (.!., Mar. 24. The ' of the difficulty of bringing the cleared house public lauds committee hopes to!,:"'1"'1' ,ani1 in, c'ltivatinn. decide i a few days the problem pre-! J. sooted to it by the supreme court, of : not realize all ol' this, though; for the wnat to do witu, certain lauds in Ore-i government plans to deduct from it the gon. allied anywhere from .t,miO,O00 ' unpaid taxes on the land and the am- to -"o.;hki.(mio. lltlts re,.,.ivcil ,V ,e r0!U, flir Kn(H in I he Southern J'acitic riilway once ex, ess of the $2.."0 an acre it was il hold title as a gift from the 1'nited lowed bv law to charge. Slates, but the r-iilrofiil fniln.t in ,.,..f : V.. :i . i. .. . i . , r ... the terms ot the gitt, namely, tint the; Hand should be sold at tL'.-in nn acre to ' -'-iiictrai seuieis, ami tne to, or i court 1 ,,-..,,-,, iiiiiiis icniciicu. i oe pn. I iiv the government. The supreme court, upholding the A bill now is pending to provide for lower courts in part, loft it to con- ad( aaciag monev to pav three years' gross to determine just wiiat should be ! taxes on the land. Tho railroad has re done with the laud. The house public fused to pay these taxes and the gov lands committee, after hearing evidence ! eminent advance of tax monev will be am! arguments from all sorts uf inter-'Move the Orgon land grint" counties ested parties, including the inilroid, the from serious embarrassment, government and representatives of sot-1 Out of the maze of conflicting ron tlers. is now working on a bill to meet tcntions it has been decided that actual the situation. (settlers are to keep title to the land The committee basvihout decided not 'sold so far. But the date by which set to sell the valuable timber land in-! tiers must have been on tiie land has eluded in the tract at 2..1 an n-re. but ; not been determined. Those settlors to sell it separitelv to the highest bid-; who choose the purelv igriciiltural laud dor. Secretary of the Interior I.ane is are to be allots, Uio' acres. Those who expected to imve actual charje of the cet Jieavilv timbered In ml will tin ,il- -work and to decide 'the time of the' lowed 40 "acres with tho privilege of "a- jbiiyiiigup to 1 ISO acres bv paving market The basis for nny legislation by the prices tor the timber, committee will be the bill introduced by Claims of Portland. Corvallis and ot'.i Hepieseatalive Kerris. This bill, ex- or cities who fear their witor sniii.lv IV.- i I... l.- .... . .... . .... .... 11 -. "I-' mi iiiiii-niciinic, n.l me iiiiuriii-.i general, is like the one introduced by Skii llur ( ion. ....U.ii Inn enilor I uaiiiborlaiu. In accptiiiL' t he 1'orris bill as a Keynote, the committee i decided its power to reinvest title to the I'nitisl Slates in the 2,:!oo.00o acres ol' land involved. When the timber on the land is sold, i. e i.imi wim oe oitero.i to einrv Dy tot-1 nt - " " ',pr- lerms to COLD N EL BEBTAN1 SENOIHLA IS SURROUNDED Consul Garcia to Whom Re port Was Sent Is Optimis tic and Says: "VILLA CANNOT ESCAPE HIS CAPTURE IMMINENT" ' Another Report Places Him 109 Miles From Where He Is "Surrounded" By E. T. congle. (I'nited Press stuff correspondent.) El Paso, Texas, Mar. 24. Francisco f I V ilia is reported surrounded, lie may I be engaged in battle by American forces today. According to a message from Colonel J j Bortani, CnrraTiyistas routed Villa east 'of Xamiquipa, and the bandit chief war -Is i then pnvelonorl hv Tll.rfnni'o tlnnru Bil l ....... -.. . . ,v ........... ..V,,,,., the Americans under Brigadier General John J. Pershing. Consul Garcia made public Bcrtaai's report, -stating that u was impossible for Villa to escape the trap, and that his capture was imminently expected. Villa will fight to the death to avoid rapture, it is believed here. Garcia- said the bandit might try to escape during the night. In his report, Bcrtani said Villa re treated toward El Oso, five mih's south of Xamiquipa, after a fight in which he lost several and killed 100 horses. The Americans co-operating with the Carranzistas against Villa aro believ.'d to be either Colonel Dodd's or General Pershing's men who were sent south ward from I asas - Grandes in troop trains over tne .Mexico Southwestern railroad. Went Through Train. Jose Flores, arriving at El Paso, de clared Villa boarded- a railroad train near Moctczuma and stalked through the cars, declaring ho would kill all Americans aboard. No Americans were found. Villa also informed the passen gers that. General Luis Herrern had joined him. The preponderance of opin ion, however, is that Herrera is loyal to Carraaza. Arrivals from Chihuahua City saw him Tuesday. Telograais from Chihuahua City officials quote Herrera as vigorously asserting his loyalty. Other re porta was Herrera was angry because hc had been deposed as Chi1 huahiia garrison commander. He was considered anti-American and wis said to have made an auti-Americin speech at Parral recently. Bines fhn lumor of his defection Herrera is said to have declared Americana have no rilit to enter Mexico in pursuit of Villa, but that ia spite of his belief on that sub- (Continued on Page Nine.) -wi iiiurii cuiisiucrniMlll lias UCCI1 gn - en tiie rnilroad's offer to compromise the affair for .f 10,000,000, with the n.l, , si i.n ut;,, tlmt ii, .,r,i.i )...-,.. sources win ne polluted, will lie met either by putting the watershed land I . r r . . . . ... . in reserve or offrinir it tn the .;ii,.. al t."io an acre. To Senator Chamberlain's clnssifica- tion of the land timber, agricultural ind mineral Secretaries Lane and l Houston would add power sites. The I coninnltee is expected to praiit with set-J.lrawal of power sites for development. 1 HALF OF VOTERS REGISTERED About one-half of tie voters of Slariou county have register- - ed for the primaries and onlv 21 morc days remain to place their names on the books before April IS. Up to .March IS a total of 8.73.1 had registered in thU county of which 5,711 were males and 3,002 were 'females. During the last week 580 males and 471) females or a total of l.OiiS had registered which is abont the largest week's busi- ness since the books have been opened. An unprecedented rush is expected during the last few days at the county cleric j of- fice and those who wait ,-i.til the eleventh- hour are umWit- edly due for a long wait io line before the registration clerks. OF CARRANZISTAS 3,000' Mexican Cavalry and 40 Pieces of Artillery Only Half Mile Away Washington. Mar. 24--Mexicans have 40 cannon ami .'l.ono cavalrymen very close to the center of Doughs, Arizona, according to n telegram received by .Senator Ashurst today from D. A. Rich ards, an attorney of that city. "The Mexican general iias 40 pieces of artil lery and .1,000 cavalry stttioned 10 blocks from tile center of Douglas," said the message, "lie has 7,000 cav alry stationed six miles south of Doug las. We have only bSOO infantry, :!00 cavalry and four pieces of artillery. Our troops are stationed two miles oast o. Douglas. 1 am reliably in formed it would require an hour for them to- reach Douglas in case of at tach. "Our army his been forbidden by the administration to make any active defense preparations for fear the Mexi cans might misconstrue them. The Mexica is are eutreuehed against the 1'nited Slates side. They have birbed wire entanglements iu place. "We have no .entrenchments. The Mexicans could easily repeat the Col umbus massacre here on a much larger scale, and return to Mexico with a smaller loss. All these statements may be verified by our army officers here. Help us if you can before it is too late." Odds and Ends of "Mexican Affairs Douglas, Ariz., Mar. 24. All was quiet in Douglas and Agua Prieta today following reports that 2,000. de facto troops were ea route to the town from the south. Those forces failed to ap peart Cantu Stands by Carranza. San Diego, Cab, Mar. 24. Governor (.a nt ii, of Lower California, today tele graphed the local Mexican consul denv ing reports that ho (Cantu) would es tablish an independent territory in i.ower i a u torn ia in case of troub e be tweon the l'nilod Stntes and Mexico. Cantu affirmed that he would remain loyal to tarranza. Wireless StatW But Out. San Antonio, Texas, Mar. 24. Twenty-five small stations netir here have been dismantled by the government to day. If amateur operators interfere with General I'ershing 's wireless com miniications, the order are. to immedi ately dismantle the offending equti ments. Herrera Still on Job. Washington, Mar. 24. General l.uis tlerrera is still military commnnder of Chihuahua City. He is not heading a revolt against Carranza, according to state department messages from Consul l.atchcr todav. Report From Pershing, San Antonio, Texas, Mar. tit. Two columns of American troops, have reached Xaniiqiiipa, according to a wire less report from Brigadier General John J. I'ershing, filed at Casus Grandes to day. The message was not decoded un til this afternoon. It mentioned no fighting, but stated Francisco Villa hnd recently been reported in that re tfion. General Pershing has established an advanced base nt El Vnllc, according to his wireless report. Wind and dust storms prevented the army aeroplanes from leaving Casus Grande. Headquarters this afternoon noxious ly awaited the decoding of another im portant drpatih from Perilling. BROKE MILK RECORD Woodl imi, Cal., Mar. 21. If Tilly Al cartra. a member of the llolsteiu fam ily of the A. W. Morris stock farm, near here, were possessed of human intellect she would probablv be afflicted today . . 1 .. . . ... h a "swelled head. ' lly. it was announced todav broke a world's milk record. During the pist two years she has yielded 00,278 pounds of milk from which 2.H70 47 t.numln nf butter wore produced. This is a now two vear record. Till v nl-o holds tne one record J. TURNED TURTLE A. G. Crossan With Mercer Not Badly Hurt, Being Thrown Clear of Car BUT IT STRUCK MERCER CRUSHING HIS SKULL Accident Happened This Morning As They Were Going to McMinnville I.loyd J. Mercer, an employe of the Oregon Hop Growers' association, re siding at .133Q, Marion street, in this city, was instantly killed at 8::J0 this morning when his ear turned turtle on the McMinnville road about four miles on this sido of McMinnville. Mercrir nnd A. G. Crossman, also in employe of the association, were go.u to Mc Minnville on business and wer-j liavel ing along the macadam road a, a mod erate rate of speed v.heu the left hand side of tho car p.Up, d int.- the dihii along tho side . ,li loiuio Mmicr, v ho was driviai; attempted ul. ( in. the car back -nlo t'.e road w.th n.t slackening his i-poo. 1 and Ins tun. wi too abrupt for the slippery condition of the road. Suddenly the car turned over on its top, tossing both of tne occupants clear of the machine. The car continued t roll and righted itself, stnnding on its wheels ready to run and directly ovei Mr. Crossan, who escaped wilh a dis located thuaib and a few minor scratch es. As soon as Mr. Crossan could i rawl out from under the machine o. made- his way to where .Mr, Moreer lay whom lie found already dead. Mercer's lead hi been crushed like an egg shell and it is not known what part of the car hit him. though it is probable that the back of the seat struck his head as it lay o-i the macadam road. The force oil hi" fall from the machine, was not -Suf ficient to crush his skull in tin marne ir. which it was disclosed utii" t lie a" cident. Crossan called for assistance and a faraier who lived near came up and finding Crossan practically unhurt and Mercer dead hastened to telephone for aid from McMinnville. When the doctor and the coroner arrived they cranked up the car which had been in the ac cident and it was found that it was not injured in any particular and ti ls d'iven back to town without repii-s. Mr. Mercer was u young man who had heea recently married and is sur vived by a wulow. Ilia parents rc-sidi at Donald where they conduct a hotel He had been employed by the Hoi Growers' association for about four months and was highly recommended by tho officers of the association .is a steady reliable young man of good halt- its. No funeral arrangements have been announced. The Pojk county cor oner took charge of the remains. tsan I-'rancisco, Mar. 21. How would you like to be a sailor and wake up in the night to find a beaut iful brunette beseeching you to desert tho ship and elope with hort That's what happened to the prow of the steamer Mhohalis when it touched at, the island of Tahiti, according to Walter Hall, of Phoenix, Ariz., who ar rived here today from the trop'cs on the liner Moana. Hall declared that practically all the men of Tahiti have gone to tho Euro pean war, leaving the girls home all alone with several million dollars worth of plantations to manage. On this ac count Tahiti has come to be known as an "Adiimlcss Eden." When the Cliehalis steamed iu with a cargo of "Adams" aboard, said Had. iiitiny of the Talntian munleni ( rept oul from their bosky dolls nud alinohl. kid napped some of the seamen, Waite Confesses and Expects to be Executed N'cw Vork: March 'H Dr Arllior W'rirren Wuitc. hiihiiccIii,I nf liillimr hi wealthy father-in-law. John H. Pock, ol Grand liapids, told District Attorney Swnnn this afternoon that Pock win lonely after the death of his wife and asked Waite to buy him poison. Waite denied, however, that ho hai.' administered the poison personally. "I expected to go to the electric chair as the result of this Attrition, ' he said, "and that nobody will IioIm .i LLOYD KILLED If CAR my -story, I can't prove it and I ar-i sorry that I did not Jie. ' This iiidicutes that thu opiite hi ENGLAND REf 0S.;ES Washington, Mar. 24. The al lies joint reply to the state de partment's proposal that mer chantmen be disarmed was re ceived today. It ia understood 4m the highest authority that tiie proposition was not accept ed. The reply, it is said, rtat-is that the present situation ar.l conditions of naval warfare would, not warrant the sub-, jeetion of peaceful tradin ves sels to the risks which might follow disarmament. . His Ragamuffin "Army" Is Afraid of Villa, Join the Army to Eat By H. C, Boelime. (Tinted Press staff correspondent.) Douirla's. Ariz.. Mm- Ol " VI, haven't Carranza forces captured Vil lut" This (lliestioil whic.i luis bemt mount. ed all over the United States, today was asked hv a former Villa b-ndur nl th time when the now hunted bandit was the chief figure in JicxFco. This Villi-sta. livilio- Incorrnito horn ill Dourflas. us are hundreds nf other. ponited across the international line, a mile nwny nnd said: "Go there! Ask to be shown the ol. diers of the facto government and you win see the answer. They're nfraidl" In Airun Prietn acros tlm linn :tnfi Carranzi.'ltn troous worn drilling Tlinir colonel, a large man in white duck suit was tne only individual of the assemb lage who from appearances might be ranked as a soldier, One of the of ficers, a captain, wore gold braid, while the remainder of his "slaff" wcro indistinguishable from tho "column " The trooners mostlv tnvo Tndinnu in the tattered gray-green uniforms pro- viuoit mem, tne pictu.o or poverty, look ed afraid. The worldlw vvcnltl, f tli,,n soldiers is the bandolier of hulletr which girdles their waists or crosses their breast. Three-fourths of the coun tenances which faced about at the com mand "front" were pitted with the marks of smallpox while the teeth, and eyes, nnd limbs of the -soldiers showed tho blight of other diseases which have ravaged Mexico since the Madero revo lution five years ngo. Few wore anything more than trous ers and jumpers. Most of the troopers arc barefoot and wear primitive sand als. Lately many of the saadals have been made from dis, urdod automobile tires. "Why do you fight?" tho inter preter asked several, "Acomer!" (to eat) was the answer in each case. The most energetic and spirited or the "soldiers" Were the " miiohnelios ' (boys'!. More than a scorn not more than 1.1 years of age. were counted. Psuallv these children-soldiers were inches shorter than the heavy rustc-' rifles they toted about. These are the soldiers, wlil. l, v;ii;.t. claim are afraid of their hunted chief Paris Exchange Slumps Berlin Rises, Market Dull N'cw Vork, Mar. 21, The New Voih Evening Sun's financial review todav said: The only feature that attracted mori Hum passing attention was the further sharp decline of exchange on Paris io incident with firmer Merlin rates ','he decline reached the mark of 5.II-S Iranct to the dollar against a normal fig-ir. of Ji.lH I U. This is the lowest since September. Thero was no explanation, but the event recalled rumors of Franc.' desir ing to negotiate another loan ot i;ei further credit from America. While enjoying as high credit ns Engjim! Franco is ut u disndvantaL'e tlir.i'i - u, i having a lurge available supo!' of our securities. . Herlin exchange w'ent ' to 71 11-10 cents for four marks as against Wed nesday low record of 77 1H War stocks and specialties d-velopod a reactionary tendein-. Central Pacific .New ork Centra . Southern P.icil'ie and I'll ion Pacific were strong icut.rcii in I up lorenuoii interval but the market was narrow and attracted little, att -n-tioa from the outside having, ixusihlv because foreign selling developed up on every recent turn upward. Stool was inactive. Lackawanna steel broke sharply on the directors' 'failure to act with 'regard to dividends. The activity diminished in the ni'tcr noon. This was attributed to oonl'iiN;nir and unfavorable reports from Mexi.io American zinc, reacted on the announce ment of tho company's pnrpimo nf iss-i-ing new preferred stock for 50 per cent dividend common, swallowed was taken with the intention of ending his life. When Waite purchased the arsei-ic, he explained to the d"ig.iist, that he wanted it 'for a distur i.ng cat "I gave tho poison i P-ck iu tie original package,'' It-? mid. District Attorney Swnnn expressed the opinion that WaiiM s st.iti-i.ient is tantamount to a confi-ni in of first de gree murder. RUSSIANS TRYING minis AFID LIQUID FIRE Kuropatkin Making Desperate Attempt to Force Germans to Fall Back FIERCE ATTACKS MADE AROUND DEAD MAN'S HILL Paris Believes Final Decisive Action Has Been Begun In Verdun Section Fetrograd, Mar. 2t. Poison una bombs and liquid fire, tho Germaas own weipona are being used by the Russians against Germans holding the salient nenr Jaeobstadt, messages from tho front said today. Savage fighting was reported at this) point, which is eighty miles southeast of Higa. Simultaneously with their gas bomb nnd liquid fire artacks on Teuton trenches there, the Russians are vin lontlly attacking Fricdricjstadt and II luxt. General Kuropatkin 's aim is appar ently to -sqiicezo out Field Marshal Von Hindonburg's troops by threatening tn envelop them, thus forcing a retreat on tho-lierman line from Riga to Dvinsk. a front of 111) miles. Success thera would remove the German threat against Riga and Dvrtisk, and handicap any offensive Von Iliiideiiburg may un dertake later. According to the best information. this smash ia not the beginning of a. great Russian offensive. Houth of tli Dvinsk tho Germans aro making coun ter moves, and have halted tho Hlavs. Genornl Ivanoff is not meeting serious resistance in clearing Austrian troops from tho north bank of tho Dneistcr. Trench Position Provarions, London, Mar. 2-1. Germans have re sumed their attacks northwest of Ver dun according to Pnhis dispatches to day, the Teutons started hurling ahells lit trench, trenches south of .Mu!an- court and Dead Man's hill. French guns replied. Paris believes the decisive action in that section has begun. Germans aru battering the French in Avoc.ourt wood, Tho crown prince has aiinecneded io bonding tho trench front until it form- a dangerous loop. Herlin messages as sorted the French position was-precarious. Great ArtiLary Duel. Paris, Mar. 24. French nrtillery kept. up a bombardment, of Germans in wood south of Malaiic.ourt during tho night, snid today's official communique. The German infantry failed to appear. Tho rest of the front northwest of Verdun was reported calm. West of th" Meuso an intermittent bombardment was directed against Dounumont nnd Dnmlnup. The artillery firing on Wopv ro Plain wns the most violent since tbo fighting around Monlainvillo and Sp urges. A shell crntcr in the Argonne forest wns occupied by Frcncn after a sharp fight. Flsewhere there were no in -portiyit actions last night. May Have Boon Sea Fight. Amsterdam, Mar. 2 1. Flushing cor respondents of Amsterdam newspapers reported sounds of heavy firing in th" Knglish channel today. The noise seem ed to come from the directions of ()s tend ami Westende. Incoming skippers today reported that gunfire flashes wcro visible on tho horizon during tho night. They believe an iniportnnt naval engagement is being fought. Capture Two Trenches, Berlin, Mnr. 21. Advancing to force evacuation of French positions north west of Verdun, Germans enptured two more trenches in the llaiicourt region, it was officially amiouiiced today. Violent Russian attacks all day yes terday and during the night, southeast of Riga, near Dvinsk were broken down by German fire. )tsC!E3C3C!(tC)C5Cl4tlS)l!.(fi.(l'l' Oregon- To night raiu went, inroasing c'oudi ness east por tion; Saturday rain west, rain or snow cast por tion; southerly winds. it