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Tlie Great War-1310th Day his hands where he was struck by a yoijng American soldier when he showed fight after capture. Valuable Information Gleaned From Captives From the prisoners the American officers have secured much valuable information. One said: * ."I did not have a chance to de. anything before an American jumped onto me and grabbed me by the throat." The Germana hud been preparing for the raid for three week?, and belonged to the 78th Reserve Divi? sion of Hanover: The prisoners had Russian coins in their possession, and came into the trenches opposite us just Lc fore the Americans tcoK over this sector. The Americans lost many killed and wounded, including officer?. The Americans displayed the greatest personal .courage, bravery and en orgy throughout the engagement, and outfought the surprised enemy from the instant contact was estab? lished. During the bombardment a town behind the American line was heavily shelled and there were some casualties. -Americans Smash Batteries IVhzch Hurled Gas Shells . r. ? T: .?> AMociateri Press! WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN PRANCE, Thursday, Feb. 28 (delayed). - Swift retribution has fallen upon the Cern?an batteries '.vhich this week bombarded the American trenches northwest of Toul with gas shells. American heavy artillery concentrated i's t're on the German minenwerfer batterie? for half an hour to-day and obliterater, the position. Many direct hits with hic;h explosive shells wore made by the American gunners. Timbers were thrown high in the air and explosions, probably of enemy ammunition and pas, resulted. Tlie ground about the German bat? terie- was churned upside down, and if there were any German soldiers there they certainly suffered death. Thus far six men have died from the effects of the German gas shells. More than eighty are in hospital, suf? fering i rom gas poisoning. Only one naan is report-'d to be in a grave con? dition. Airplane photographs aided the American gunners in their destructive tire against tho German batteries, dis? closing the exact location of the min rnwerfers. While the number of enemy shells falling within the American lines has decreased slightly in the last twenty four hour?, nevertheless the artillery fighting has been lively. Whiie an empty American ammuni? tion train was baited at a place called I>ead Man's Point a stray enemy she!! dropped near by ar.d killed two men and two horses which had run away and va.-.iraied four man. In a certain town behind the front .". German shell exploded near the door leading to a telephone dugout, blocking the pass gew: y. The opera 1'i-i in the dugout, although in con? siderable danger, continued to work the important line, at the same time calling for help. Soldiers were sent to the ducout anil the passageway was re? opened. Th" American artillery ha* kept up a constant harrassing and destructive fire on many vital enemy points, such as crossroads and - nvns. German working parties were dispersed ef? fectively, and once the 75s tired vigor? ously on a number of Germans in a first line trench, quickly blowing in the entire trench system. Late this afternoon the Germans at? tempted to retaliate for the destruc? tion of the minenwerfer batteries. They bombarded, the American heavy artillery with their biggest guns, but their shooting had little effect. American patrols were all over No Man's Land last night, but did not en? counter any Germans. From information ? reaching the American lines, it is apparent the enemy is taking advantage <it the low visibility to do much work in his po? sitions. 26 More Americans Are Reported Wounded WASHINGTON. March 1.- Private Marry Taylor, of Springfield, Ohio, was severely wounded and Second Lieuten? ant James C. Wemyas, of Tarboro, N. <'., and twenty-three men were slightly wounded in action February 26, the War Department was advised to-day by General Pershing. The message gave r.o Retails, but it is not believed the men were victims of the German gas attack that day, as in previous casualty reports General Pershing had indicated the men killed or injured by gas. The men slightly wounded were: Sergeant Lee Hacker, Manchester, Ky. .Si-rzeant Hugh Marsh, Belleville. III. Corporal Charles l. . prague, Maysvilla. Mo. Corporal John T. Winn, New Pax-heiie ft. Y. Privates Paul K. Andrews, Lawrence, Kan John L. Bray, iiram, Ky. Leslie H. Bull, 1 ulton, Mo. ';uy A. Carter, Meadville, Mo. Franc? T. 1):.:..-;.. Shell Lake. Wta. Duffy Dempsey, .Ludlow, Col. Ernest K. Gibbons, Waterford, Cel. Dewey M. Harrington, i'avo, Ga. Fran's M. Hodges, Ottawa, Kan. O-car Johnson, Osap, Sweden. ?Jo*?ph ?. Marshall, To Stanley Mhidikow ki, Chicago. ? '>iiver R..K.T1 i*.;-.. Ipava, 1)1. Detbert Wiedmaier, Chicago. Tcny. Povelonls, Pittsburgh. Ivan I,. Patrick, Keyser, YV. Va. William Richter, Chicago. Bas Sheiton, Mount Krie, m. Pad Shoonuek, cook, Georgetown, III. Privat* Henry F. McGrath, of Hot yoke, Ma- ., was slightly wounded in action February 27. IB? T ? A%v?-!?Te<1 Crean; WITH IHK AMERICAN ARMY IV FRANCE, March !. Strict order? were issued to-day to all rar.ki in tho American sector of the battle front near Tool regarding gas precautions. Th? mea were told that they must keen their masks and respirators within quick rear!, at all times, and y/er? warned that th? slightest delay In getting them on might mean death. A few additional >ra ; cas? de? veloped to-day among I.n who many hours aft< the | - ,!?, had ?xplodfd. went to -.ark in the gassed ?ten, 'here th? fane:?, like water, re > &;?"?< ? ? - ,i : - and other' de presfion* - the i -rth. New Commit fee Named To Apportion Fuel Cars WASHINGTON, Mardi 1. A joint comifipte? to draft recommendation? tor Apportioning cur* to meet, the rail road foe] demand was named at a con f< rejle? here to-day of government of f'-.sh'.r, r.-.i-,'.'?;.?, railroad rea;, ?r?tatfve* *? ?? min? operators of Pennsylvania Mi ryland and We?| Virginia, The com mittee is composed of representative*! of tfec f,.v . coaJ operators, and i'.x programme ..... be lubject to the ?pprfl ? ?' ? - i ral road and fuel a !? i- ' ? '- , h Petrograd Under Bo?sheviki Given Up to Riot and Murder Mobs Loot Drink Shops and Stores; Hold-Up Bands Work Without Interference and Rifles and Mixims Pop Almost Continuously The New York Tribune Foreign T'rcjm Bureau A picture of life in Petrograd under Bolshevik rule helps greatly to an understanding- of the political events in Russia. Such a picture is presented by Tho Petrograd correspondent of "The Morning ]?ost," of London, who writes especially of the period when the looting of wine shops was common. No comment is needed to illuminate this dispatch. The picture is sufficient unto itself. "The Post" correspondent says : Turmoil is the main feature of the position of the country as far as it is known here. Of many parts of. the empire nothing whatever has been ? heard* for weeks. Petrograd continues to he given up I to a pandemonium of drunkenness, loot ' ing, robbery and wholesale, murder. Rifles and Maxims have b?ii going, j and are still hard at work. A few hours ago six persons were shot in a tramcar which was proceeding along the Nevsky Prospekt, as it passed a street where a Maxim was at work. Heavy shooting was also in progress elsewhere. From looting drink stores the pop? ulace has proceeded to pillaging shops. Specialists in crime are confining their attention mainly 'to jewellers' shops, but the crowd does not disdain the clothing and boot stores, to say noth? ing of the provision shops, which now? adays are mostly empty. Women Loot Bread Car A motor lorry, laden with bread, was stopped by a crowd of women, the driver was beaten and the loaves were distributed at lightning speed among those present. Private houses are also entered by gangs of armed men, who, with the cry of "Hands up!" secure the premises and pillage at their leis? ure without the slightest interference, and assured of subsequent immunity. This method of enforcing the rights of the so-called democracy upon the so-cajled bourgeoisie is practiced in full daylight. At dusk, even in thronged thoroughfares, people art stopped, and, revolvers or rifles and , bayonets at their heads, are robbed of all their valuables, and then bidden to go in peace without daring to shout, on pain of being shot on the spot. The wholesale shooting which has been going on almost without inter mission for the past three days and r.ight3 and at intervals for over a we::!: has expended ammunition enough to win an ordinary battle, but without any definite result;. Maxims, jilaying nominally on the crowds engaged in pillage, leave a few score of dead as the total of their night's work, and ' perhaps succeed in stopping the license at one particular spot l'or a moment. But i! begins all over again elsewhere. In a word, shooting in the streets of i Petrograd attracts about as much at t? ntion nowadays as the chirp of spar to the*busy Londoner, and it has Peace Parley With Russians Is Broken Off ( niitinurri from pnce 1 troops have reached the Dnieper River and that the Austro-Hungarian sol? diers have begun an entrance into tho Ukraine north of the Pruth. The Ber? lin statement says the Austro-Hunga? rian advance was in response to an appeal from the Ukrainians. The ? German troops, now on the north bank ? of the Dnieper, are north of Kiev. Anstrians Advance The advance of the Au3tro-Hunga rians. if true, indicates that the re ; ported difference between Germany . and Austria was not founded on fa"ct. Last week the Austrian Premier, Dr. von Seydler, was quoted as saying that Austria was not taking part in the : military advance of Germany against Russia, because Austria and the Ukraine were at peace. The Berlin reports indicate there are three columns of Germans advancing into Russia. One is at Sebezh, eighty miles east of Dvinsk; another is re? ported r.t Polotsk, midway between Pinsk and Vitebsk, and a third is be? tween Pskov and Petrograd. A Russisn wireless message given the text of another proclamation to all Russians, appealing for the utmost re? sistance to the Germans and ordering the food producing.provinces to imme , diately send as much food as possible to Petrograd and Moscow. The appeal ?ays: . "The capital of the revolution wiU have to resist a long siege, but it will not capitulate until the last moment. To this end it needs the utmost as? sistance in regard to food. You must not permit the starvation of revolu? tionary Petrograd." Commissioners Return The Russian Council of People's Commissioners has decided to return to Petrograd, says an official Russian statement received here to-day. Tine removal of elements of the population valueless in the defence of the capital in being continued, however. (?old and other valuables continue to bo shipped away from the city, the statement adds. No previous indication that the peo? ple's commissioners had left Petrograd has been contained in the Russian ad? vices. These commissioners, who com pr.ise the Russian governing body un? der the Bolshevik r?gime, have had ? eii headquarters at the Smolny In? stitute, in Petrograd. Dispatches from Petrograd bearing Monday's date re? ported the removal of the military activities of the government to n camp o .' ?de Petrograd, but stated that the commissioners themselves were ex? pected to remain al the institute. Francis Now at Vologda; Norway Acting for U. S. ',!'.} Tl,*! AiwirUt*?! !'rr??| VOLOGDA, Rukr?h, Thursday, Feb. 2S, Th" American ttn<\ Japanese Am bassador* arrived here \<> i\ny ,,ti ? ? ?I'-'inl train. The Chinese and Siamese Ministers I the Brazilian <:r,i.rg? d'Affaires and' i the A ferien n Red Cross represonta-1 about equal moral effect. Random shooting never hits the right, people. Imagine even civilized London with? out police for a twelvemonth, without police court magistrates, without law courts or any of the officers of law and order! All things considered, we might be much worse off than we ure, and life is always something, whatever its price. Return to sanity and safety cor.ies nearer every day. The news? papers to-day, totalling up the num? ber-, of the devout who took part in the processions of the cross on Sun? day from all parts of Petrograd, affirm that not fewer than 300,000 were pres? ent. Women Thrash Red Guards Women especially are excited in tho highest degree by the Red Guards,' vio? lation of the sanctity of the. national church. Eyewitnesses say that women devotees handsomely thrashed a con? siderable number of armed Red Guards during our- period of this abominable outrage. It says much for the awak? ened feelings of (he populace thai this topic excludes to-day even interest in tho appalling events of the past thirty six hours. Rifles and machine guns have been going almost incessantlj during this time, and, apart from the wounded, some hundred'Odd lives have been lost in a drunken orgy such as i usual when drink stores are looted. Thousamls of armed nun, soldiers. Red Guards, hooligans, criminals and members of the drdinary public were eager to secure a few bottles of drink for nothing move cosily than risk of life, which is exceptionally' cheap in the Petrograd streets these days. A body of armed men, with or with out orders, real or forged, from some? one cither in authority or assuming authority from the Smolny Institute attacked' the closed and sealed nt vaults under the Church of the Ascen? sion. Near by were other vaults con , taining wines and spirits, which hai also long ago heen sealed up. The : proletariat of half Petrograd always knows when these little events ar< about to take place, and thirsty crowd: of all sorts promptly assemble?!. Soldiers Join Rioters The intending marauders, whethei entitled or nor. donned military cap: and coats, which are the common weai of every scroundrel nowadays. As th? drink cost nothing it passed rounc freely, and a large area in the localitj was soon filled with a pandemoniurc of joyous drunken persons, while htm dreds, having "filled up" on the spot carried homeward all they could laj hands on. The soldiers who were sent to re store order joined in as usual, an? these departing drunk amused them selves With some fancy rifle tiring al over the city, to say nothing of othei outrages. Those in charge at th< Smolny Institute dispatched ai armored motor with machine guns, an? these were freely used, but nor. wit I much deadly effect, upon or in tin direction of the massed crowd-:. Ai night long this edifying spectacle wen on without intermission. Numbers of women and children, a: well as men, huve bei n killed in tin indiscriminate shooting. One sectioi of the crowd proceded to loot the shop in the Alexander Market near by, wel known lo all visitors to Petrograd a a favorite curiosity and bric-a-bra 1 hunting ground. ' lives have also arrived here. Th ambassadors are remaining in \ ol? gd [?ending developments. According to advices received her tc-day by Ambassador Francis froi the Sni?lny Institute at Petrograt peace had not been signed between th Rolshevik government and the German up to a late hour this afternoon. A though the Germans are still advancin eastward, the official advices say, the are now being resisted by the Russiar and are making much slower progress The Bolshevik government at Pctr? grad reports there is greater ei thusiasm at Petrograd for defence ? 'the capital and in recruiting. Roger C. Tread'.veil, the America Consul at Petrograd, who arrived ; Vologda with the ambassadorial part: is opening a consulate here. Tl American Red Cross representativ? who came here are headed by Colon Raymond Robin's, of Chicago. British and French Embassies Leave Petrograi j LONDON, March 1.?The British an French embassies have left Petrogra? ; according to a telegram from the Rn ; sian official news agency in Petrogri and which bears no date. The departure of the British ar French embassies, with that of Amba sador Francis, takes from the Bolshev: ; capita! the representatives of the thn : most important Kntentt? countries. S George W. Buchanan, the British Ar ? bassudor to Russia, some weeks ago le Petrograd on a leave of absence." F. < Lindley, the counsellor of the embass I has been charge d'affaires. The Frein Ambassador to Russia is Maurice P leologue. Abdication, Price Of Peace Offered Rumanian Kin LONDON, March 1. The peace terr offered to King Ferdinand of Ruman by Count Czcrnin, the Austro-Hungn ian Foreign Minister, include the Kint abdictation in favor of his broth? Prince William, or the taking of referendum in Rumania regarding 1 successor, according to a Berlin di patch transmitted by the Exchan Telegraph correspondent at Amsti ?lam to-day. An official not,, from Jassy, und date of February 26, announcing tl; Rumania has decided to ?uiiei* in peace negotiations with the Cent? Powers, declares reports that Rumar, will accept peace at any price are u true. The government, it is added, w only enter into negotiations if ?.ss'nr thai they will be conducted on a ba: acceptable m every respect, King Ferdinand of Rumania, a priti of the House of ilohenzollcrn, was ? iiounced as a renegade by his broth? Prince William of iiohenzollern December, 1916, when the invasion Rumania by the Central Powers w under way arid Prine,- William, win, a general of Prussian infantry, w in command of a part of the invadi force. Prince William became a pi lender to the throne of Rumania that time, Issuing a proclamation Craiova declaring himself to be t rightful heir t(> the Rumanian throi Prince William is fifty-one years age. He renounced all rights" of si cei ion t?, il,*. Rumanian throne i 1886, when bis uncle, Prince Charl wail elected hereditary ,uler of til cotjntry by il.? people. Mis BCCO wife, whom be married in 1915, v. Princess Adelgonde of Hal ?-?a.' has a daughter and two sons, both the latter being Prussian infantry officers, Gold in Petrograd Thought Relatively Small The executive bead o? a leading banking institution with Russian con? nection:; yesterday said there were no available ligures on the amount of gold held by the State Bank of Petrograd, but that there is a general belief that the amount is very small, as there has been a tendency to accumulate gold farther from revolutionary centre?. Control of the State Bajik, he under? stood, still remained in the hands of the old regime. The last report showed total holdings of gold equivalent to $600,000,000, "for all others of the bank throughout Russia. Germans Are Attacked Near Minsk, is Rumor ><??: ,. to "Tho Jewish Dally Forward") PETROGRA.D, March 1. It is ru? mored here that detachments ?of the Pod Guards arc attacking the German rear, in the vicinity of Minsk, The first act of the Germans after the occupation < f that city was to sup? press all newspapers and organizations. Twenty robber--, -vare shot yesterday on the streets of Petrograd, and there were fewer robberies to-day. Norwegians Act for America in Petrograd STOCKHOLM, Thursday, Feb. 23 (by The Associated Press).?The American Consulate at Petrograd has been taken over by the Norwegian Consul, the le gi ?on here has learned. This bare report appears to indicate that the situation in Petrograd has taken an unexpected turn for,tho worse in view of the fact that the latest pre? vious messages from tho Russian capi? tal said that the American Consul would remain ?bero after the departure of the ambassador and his staff, in order to keen in touch with the American Lega? tion hern and with the State Depart? ment. Kerensky Faction Not Opposed to Japanese Invasion of Siberia | Staff Correspondence] LONDON, March 1. ? Constantine Nabokoff, who as Kerensky's repre? sentative succeeded Count Bencken dcrff, the Russian Imperial Ambassa? dor to London, referring to the possi? bility of Japan sending an army to Siberia to protect the vast supply of munitions there from the Germans, said to-day: "I set- no reason to fear the result of any slaps it may be necessary for Japan to take in Siberia, if dono, as Viscount Motono says, in full under? stand'.!:;," and agreement with the Al? lies. ' London Opinion in Favor of Giving Japan Free Hand LONDON. March "?. ? Japan's propos? ais with regard to Siberia and their reception in Washington have brought the question of Japan's active aanai pation in military operations to the forefront here, the developments domi? nating the news, columns of the papers. A Router cablegram quoting an Asso? ciated Press dispatch from Washington 1 is given ;rraai prominence in type and position by the morning newspapers and is commented on extensively. Some i papers display contributed articles set? ting forth the Japanese view of the sit nai ion. The bulk of the opinion favors Jap ?capa ad action without qualifica? tion, aid the pica is made in some tiers that she ought implicitly to be rusted and given a free hand. "The Times" says that while the atti? tude of President? Wih-on and the American State Department does not seem to be officially defined as yet, "it ?3 epair 1 rom the important Associated Pre.-.: statement that it would be a mis? take to regard President Wilson's atti? tude as decidedly averse to Japanese int ervent ion." "Whatever view the American gov? ernment may finally adopt," it adds, "it is certain to bo received with the ut nio ? deference by the Allias. No doubt feit in well informed quarters that tin i t. i o n of the 1 Inited States will I ? di ormined by the logic of the sit il and the single hearted desire : President Wilson always has lu further the best interests' of a Allies. The question virtually is one of ways nnd means, and of deciding a.; rapidly as possible upon a policy best calculated to secure the ends in \ iew." "The Morning Post1' says: "Just as the United States was forced to a policy of intervention by the Gor? man menace in the West, so Japan is ; roused to activity by the German men? ace in the blast. Japan is entirely jus | tified by the danger which threatens her in taking steps to protect her in | forests in Manchuria and Siberia. . , . 1 If she is wise she will seek to be the deliverer of Russia and to aim at free ing Russia from the Gorman yoke. It is to he hoped the Allies will treat Japan with confidence and the hearty spirit of cooperation which she has the rieht, to expect as an ally. There should 'ne no niggling and grudging assent." Says Japan Will Not Seize Siberia If Japan enters Siberia it will not be far the purpose of aggression, but merely to maintain peace in the Far East,?-the part of the world that the Allies have placed under her control for the duration of the war. This is the opinion of Dr. T. Iyenaga, director of the Last and West. News Bureau, as expressed yesterday. "It is Japan's duty to keep the , peace in the Far Fast," lie said. "That duty has been allotted to her in the in? terest of the Allied cause, both in its ; commercial and military aspects. Con? sequently, if peace in the Far Lust : should be endangered by the chaotic j conditions in Russia, then it would be? come incumbent upon Japan to take military measures after consultation i with the'Allies. "Japan must act on the broad princi? ple that she is the guardian of peace in the Far Last, and 1 am sure that to ful? fil her du:y she will utilizo ovi-ry re? source nt bei- disposal. Her part, in? stead of attempting the impos ?ble, will bo to stand on safe und reasonable ground. Through her control of the ' Southern Manchuria Railroad she is in 1 a position to cut off communication be . tween Harbin and Vladivostok now af? forded by the trans-Siberian line, Har? bin is the military economic and polit . nai baso of Russia in the Far Las;. "That means that the Russian pos? sessions in cast Siberia would be pro-, ; tccicd by Japan from German domina ? tiou or aggression. Let mc say, how-j ev?r, that any suggestion that Japan in- ; tend:; to Beize these Russian posses ' sions is monstrous. Japan would oiler : protection and assistance, but that is | all." So far as tho sending of Japnncse troops to the Western front is con cerned, Dr. Iyenaga repeated that it was impossible, lie said tho lack of ? ships was the prime drawback, but that Japan's determination not to send any? thing but a formidable army into any I territory wo? also a curb to the proj- I ,',?,? '!<; added that Japan nruat keep" all her man power In tho Par Last to i preserve penco there. American Labor Men Urge Russians to Fight Invaders "Great, Unscrupulous Enemy of All Free Peoples." Must Be Crushed, Says Cable?Workers Pledge Whole Strength in Fight Organized labor, through Samuel Gompers, president of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, and other officers of that organization, sent a ringing message of encouragement : to tho Russian people yesterday urg? ing them to resist the German inva? sion. This, so far as ha3 been pub : licly announced, is the first message ! from American organized labor to be sent direct to the Russian people sine" ] the establishment of the Bolshevik ; governmc nt. The message, which pledged the aid of the American working people "in the common struggle for humanity" was aproved by the members of the ' executive council of the alliance, its members voting on it by telegraph. According to labor leaders it was sent through the Committee, on Public In? formation. Tho message in full follows: Prussianism Called Menace The message in full follows: "Prussia:! militarism and brutality menaces free Russia now as never be? fore. Just as it would despoil all free ? countries, so now the German military machine i1: sweeping on. despoiling , vast sweet's, of Russian territory. The clear object of Germany is the destruc? tion of Russian freedpm and tho an? nexation of a great area of Russian territory. "German autocracy is the great, un? scrupulous enemy of all free people-. Democracy cannot live anywhere un I less this autocracy is crushed. De? mocracy everywhere must sweep back ; the German tyrants in defeat. "The American people understand '? the German plan. They have pledged everything they possess to defeat it for freedom's sake. With all other free people, they have been shocked, but not surprised, at the duplicity of Ger? many in its dealings with Russia. Now that tho German mask is off and tli?> German armies are marching over Russian soil, to conquer and hold, the free people of America send a message, of encouragement to the free Russians. "We say, rally to the struggle against autocracy. Only armed force can meet the German hordes. The working people of America aro with you, and with all free peoples in the common stru rele for freedom and its boundless opportunities. Hold the -.-1 ! Official Statements i West BRITISH LONDON, Fob. 28 (NIGHT).- Early this morning English troops successfully raided enemy trenches in the neighborhood of Gonneliou (southwest of Cambrai). Consid? erable casualties were inflicted on the garri? son, n machine gun was blown up an?! a few prisoners were brought back. In the raid last night south of the Houtholst Forest [ Dorset, Manchester, Lancaster ?nil Scottish troops penetrate;! the enemy's defences to a depth of 1,200 yards. In addition to four? teen prisoners captured, a large number wf tht- enemy are believed to have been killed. Hostile artillery h??s shown seme activity again to-day along oui freut, particularly in ttie neighborhood of St. Quentin, southeast of Armentieres and in the Zonncbeke sector. A successful rae!, in which we captured a few prisoners, was carried out by Stafford and Cheshire troopB last night north of the Ypres-Staden railway. There was some nr tillery activity on both sides during the night in the neighborhood of La Vacinierie and east of Yi>res. FRENCH PARIS, March 1 (DAY). In the region east of Chavignon a! 8 o'clock lat>t night the Germans, aflcv a heavy bombardment, hurled two columns against tho French lines. A ?violen! hand-to-hand conflict followed, ter? minating to the advantage of the French. The Germans were thrown back after having suffered heavy losses. Prisoners remained in tho hands of the French. Another attempt against small French posts southeast of Corbeny achieved no greater success. During the night there was active artillery fighting in the region of Craonne, between , the Miette and the Aisne, and in the sector of Rheinis. A hospital in llheims 'or ci 1 viliana was shelled systematically with in I cendiary bombs. Tha building was burned ; down. In the Champagne liiiring the night a series of bombardments wus directed against the ' French first Unas, particularly in the region ? of the heights on both sides of Suippes and ! the region of Butte du Mesnil. This mornin-; : the enemy made a spirited attack against our ? new positions southwest of Hutte du Mesnil. It was broken up by the French fire, and the assailants were driven bad; except nt. one peint, where they gained a footing in an ad? vanced trench clement. At the same time a , strong Gorman raid cast of Suippes was re I pulsed completely. In the Argonne French patrols took pris? oners. In tho Woevro there was rather heavy artillery lighting late in tho night, in the | Hectors of Regnieville and Remonauvllle. Everywhere else the night was calm. On Tuesday a French aerial siiuadron car ' ried out a photographic rcconnoissance as ! far as Marienbourg, more than eighty kilo i metres (fifty niilcsl behind the German lines. GERMAN BERLIN, March. J ?DAY).- Army Group of Crown Frinco Rtrppreeht?Attacks launched '? last night north of I'oelcapcHe by English ; infantry, after violent artillery preparation, broke down. On the rest of this front artil? lery activity was revived at many points in support of minor reconnoitring engagements. West ni' La Fere a detachment brought ' back prisoners as the result of an attack I ?cross the canal. \.\ii enemy air raid on Kortrijk (Cmirtrai. i twenty-six miles southwest of Ghent) caused | considerable losses among Belgians. Army Group of tho German Crown Prince] - Near Chavignon storming troops forced ? their way into the enemy s trenches and captured ten Americans and a few French ] : pri oners. I Lar!y this morning fighting activity was! revived at isolated sectors in the Champagne. ' East GERMAN BERLIN', March , 1.?Our troops have 1 reached the Dnieper in their advance east? ward. Along the northern frontier of Hie Ukraine, near Ryechitao, they encountered a strongly fortified bridgehead which was lie? fen.led by the enemy. The town and railway station were taken by sturm and a few hen- ? died prisoners were captured. At Mosyr we captured on the Prlpct a fio tilla of six armored boats, thirty-"!? motor In als and six hospital boats. The railway I line between Kiev and Shmerlnka was reached i near FastofF and Kusntin. German troops hurried to the assistance of Polish legionaries who, southwest of ?tarn. ; "n lantinov (in Volhynin. seventy-live indes! southwest of Zhitomir) w<re fighting the cn emy, who was superior In numbers, '('he ?"iimy was tlcfeutcij by our combined forces. Austro-Hungarlan troops, appealed to In the Ukrainian government and by th<; popu? lation against the bands ?if the enemy marched Into the Ukraine on wide sector* north ?if the Prnth Liver. The movement of Auuti-o-Hungarlnn troops was begun In re? sponse t., un appenl from tin- Ukraine The German advance to the Dnieper wns inc. Rise in all your might and strike or your home", your lives, your liber ies.' The democracies of the world, etermined to maintain freedom, can lot bo beaten if they stand firmly to- ; ??ether. America's Strength Pledged "We, the working people of America, ' call across the world to you to pledge again our whole strength in the com-1 mon struggle for humanity. Stand with ui to tho end for the right of all; peoples to be free. Stand with us to win this war against enslaving and de? basing autocracy. We send you cheer; and our pledge of high resolve and ? fixed purpose. Let tho freo peoples ot , the world stand shoulder to shoulder; for tho defeat of militarism, autocracy' am! tho enslaving of tho human race. ! "Adopted bv tho oxecutivc council. , American Alliance for Labor and De-i mocTacy. "SA M I'LL GOMPERS, president." Tho members of the executive coun? cil, in addition to President Gompers, arc W. R. Gaylord, of Wisconsin,! vice-president; '.Tames Duncan, of] Massachusetts, vice-president; Ger? trude B. Fuller, of Pennsylvania, vice pi'psklent; Frank Morrison, of Wash? ington, secretary; J. G. Phelps Stokes.. of' New York," treasurer; Frank P. Walsh, of Missouri; Col! is Lovely, of Missouri: William J. Ghent, of Cali? fornia; John Walker, of Illinois; John Spargo, of Vermont; William Edlin, of Now York; Matthew Woll, of Illinois; J I. Shennord. of Kansas; James ?. j Mullen, of California: James P. Hoi- | land, of New York, and David J. Berry, of Pennsylvania. Organized labor's message was simi- j lar in tone to those sent on Wednesday : to Premier L?nine, Foreign Minister; Trotzky, the People's Commissaries and the All-Russian Peasants' ' Executive [ Committee by representatives of the First United Russian Convention in j America, the People's Council and tho : Socialists. Among those who signed these first dispatches woro A. Wein? stein. Scott Nearing, James Maurer, Louis P. Lochner, Algernon Lee and Crystal Eastman. Lincoln Steffens, in commenting on tho action of the government in per? mitting the dispatches to be sent to the Russian people, while speaking at a banquet of the League of Small and Subject. Nations, declared it was to be the government's policy in the future to pass all such messages. r'ade through Northern Ukraine. The Ger? mans nlso have reached the line Kiev-Slime rinka, near 1'astotT and Kasatin. Heretofore Aust nachas taken no part In . the new advance into Russin, which was he ivun after the peace negotiations wore broken off. The explanation was given that Ger? many was operating along the Great Rus? sian front, nn<l that Austria was guarding the 1 Ukrainian front. The Austrian Premier, Dr. von SeVdler, saht last week that Austria was ! not participating in the military action j which Germany had begun against Ttuosin, j ??> Austria was at peace with the Ukraine. i This ponjtion iva-i commented upon in some quarters as indicating u rift between Ger? many aii'l Austria. ! By reaching Ihe Dnieper River the Ger? mans have advanced to about the longitude ! of Petrograd. Shmerinka is 150 miles south 1 west of Kiev, with which it i? connected li\ < rail. ITALIAN FRONT?Fighting activity in? creased on bath sides of the Hiver Brenla throughout tho day. Invasion of Russia I A "Pacific Offensive" i ?* *?. WASHINGTON, March 1. Austria's refusal to join Germany in the renewed offensive against Russia is attributed ' in a quotation from the semi-official "Vienna Zeit," received here to-day in an official dispatch, to an agreement be- ' t'.veen Germany and Austria for a "pa- j cili? offensive" by the latter. The quo- : tit ion follows: ''Those who criticise the r?le, of the Central Empires do wrong*. K Ger- ' many had need of us we naturally , would march, but it is superfluous to say our temporizing attitude is under- j stood between Germany and Austria. The participation of Austria-Hungary was neither necessary nor opportune. It would have seriously compromised , the plan of the pacific offensive agreed upon between Austro-Hungary and Ger? many and developed long since with remarkable success by the government of Vienna." Austria Alarmed by Germans in Adriatic U-Boat Bases at Pola and Fiumc Cause Newspaper Protest GENEVA, ."March LA cry of alarm has been raised by the "Tagblatt," of Gratz, Austria, against the Germaniza tion of tho Eastern Adriatic, especially Pola ancl Fiume, which have, become bases for German submarinos. The principal naval and military ap? pointments are said to bo bold by Ger? man officers and the activities of the submarines extend from Gibralter to Port Said. Owing too the dangerous passage through the Straits of Gibralter, the paper says, the slibmarii.es are sent. in section? by railway to Pola and Trieste from German.'.'. Shipping Deal With Japan Deadlocked Over Price WASHINGTON, March I.?The Jap? anese ship owners and official Amer? ican repr?sentatives, engaged in nego? tiations here for the purchase by the United States of Japanese tonnage and tho exportation from this country of steel nnd iron to Japan, have reached an apparent deadlock. Tho Japanese builders and owners are not: content with the proposed ox change of two tons of> sbipp for one ton of steel, and aro also rissatisf'.ed with the price offered by the United States, for ships. They also assert that, they would be unable to meet the conditions for very early delivery of new tonnage de? manded by the American negotiators. %a? 564-566 ?wo 568 Iftftlt JWi*nUC^P 4-6T_" ans 4-7? STS. Beautiful Wraps?at small cost High-cost rich metal brocades and chiffon velvets?i combined with collar, cuffs and bands of rich fur, the furs having been assembled when prices were about half what they are now. Wraps that were $175 to $850 are now $95?$110 ?$145 to $475. Handsome Evening Gowns or Dinner Dresses?greatly reduced? | Beautifully made gowns at much less than the I materials alone would regularly cost. Included are gowns of nearly every color. They have sold up to $225, and are now $38-?$58 and $85 Died Serving Their ! Country Abroad WASHINGTON, March 1. -General Pershing reported to tue War Depart? ment to-day two deaths by accident Lebruary 27. No details were given. The two killed were: ROESEN, Hyman, corporal, infantry, of L344 North Lincoln Street, Chicago. MOONEY. Clarence, private, infantry, of Gastonia, N. C. The following deaths from disease were reported: FISHER, John, corporal, 501 Chadwick Street, Philadelphia; pneumonia. BLDARD, Joseph N., private, Burling? ton, Vt.; meningitis. BURLING. George E., jr. private. Rich? mond Hill, N. Y.| exophthalmic goitre. WLLLWOOD. Joseph ('., private, Bridgewater, Conn.; scarlet fever. Reichstag Refuses to Permit Deputy's Trial Rejects Bremen Court Martial Plan for Prosecution of Social Democrat AMSTERDAM, March 1.?-The Ger i man Reichstag, the "Frankfurter Zeit I ung" says, on Wednesday without de ! ! bate refused the request of the Bremen court martial for authority to institute tho criminal prosecution of Deputy Al ! fred Denke, a Social Democrat. He j was charged with instigating an offence ! against Die state of siege law. During the labor outbreaks in Ger? many a month ?i";o martial law was de? clared in a number of the larger cities, including Bremen. It is probable that the proposed prosecution of Deputy , Ilcnke was in connection with the state of martial law in Bremen,. Deputy Bittmann was tried and convicted for aiding in the strike troubles in Berlin. British Penetrate Lines 1,200 Yards Fourteen Prisoners Taken and Many Killed, War Office Announces LONDON, March 1. ?The British War Office reports successful raids, north, of the Ypres-Staden railway and southwest of Cambrai. South of the Houthoulst Forest English troops, pene? trating the German lines to a distance of 1,200 yards, captured fourteen of '.ho enemy and. it is thought, killed many others. Alone; the British front, the War Office states, the Gorman artillery ac? tivity is heavy. Brown, Gray, Blue Spring Suits $25.00 ? 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