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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and warmer to-day j to-morrow fair
and somewhat colder; southwest winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 36; lowest, 16.
Detailed weather reports on last page.
IT SHINES FOPv ALL
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 193.
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1918. ww. ivi.ifot mid pnWMng Asocnm.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
MERICANS GO "OVER TOP"; WETS AND DRYS : POPE, IN PERIL,
FflSr FULL SUCCESS; GROW BITTER IN I ASKS AID, SAYS
MANY TEUTONS ARE SLAIN ALBANY FIGHT! GERMAN PRESS i
U. S. TO STAND BY RUSSIA;
WILSON SO WIRES SOVIETS;
GERMANS CAN'T KEEP LAND
r.S Troops Drive Heches
lk'k of Second Trenches
With Heavy Losses.
Client K MUCH BOOTY
hrit'io Damage Done by
I. S. Guns Pershing
Has Xo Casualties.
HUMAN ItAHKAOE FAILS
'iriii-ii Praise Gallantry of v-
Moii for Dotormincd In
vasion of Foc'.s Lines.
rfi'i) Cable Petpatch tn Tin Sc.v.
opvrisht. !1S: all rloMt referred.
Tunis, March 11. fearly this morn
g the first wholly American raid
d reconnals-ancc since United States
roops took their positions In tho first (
tie trenches occurred and was a
irnpletc success. The raid was In
-e sector north of Ton). It had been
t iparsed carefully. Tho surprise of
1e Uoc'ifs was complete.
i fifteen minutes after 5 o'clock
kc American nrtlllery begun nn In
na barrage, which lasted for six
tlivJte.. Then the fire was changed
j a rolling barrage, under cover of
hi h a large American party went
jnvnrd. penetrating to tho German
r and second lines.
Many casualties In killed and
ourJcd were Inflicted upon tho ene
iy and the party returned safely,
tlnsInK every man of the force back,
onsldeiable booty In munitions nnd
,.. 0.,..,1 Tho lr,iirn.v ,
rrofs No Jlan s Lmd was maue
iMy and without any casualties, the
nit advancing on schedule time.
The Teuton counter barrage was
ite in coming over and every' Amcrl
n was safe In our trenchea before It
taricd No prisoners were captured.
Work With Frech in 111 Rat4.
Last night the Americans partlcl
ated with the French In a big raid,
he attack was made on the Lor
.Ine front. Tliu assault was precedej
r a barrage which lasted four hour
Oil which lifted to permit a slmul
inoons advance by tho Americans
nd the French, who were In double
e number of our forces.
At one point the German third line
a reached. Tho enemy had evacu
tcd his first and second lines under
i tremendous pounding nnd few
fif oners were taken. Tho first line
en'hes were almost obliterated. The
Tench commander otllcially congratu
ted the American officer In charge,
li, to-day's purely American attack
e Mintage done by the guns manned
r ' mted States artillerymen was ter
f!' Tlie heavier pieces took care
t enemy artillery, while tho field
ar were used exclusively for tear
ig up the foe's Intrenchmcnts and
Jgout!-. Both did their work to per
et.on To-day's French official re
st t rtferre.1 to the attack as a "de
'rm.ncd Incursion" Into tho enemy's
net
GERMANS SWEPT BACK.
s sheila, IIIk linn nnd Jnfnntrr
Uln Three Allied HnliU.
V III THE AMEI1ICAN Ar.MV l'r.ANCE.
r ' 10 i delayed). American troopH,
"i'erattng tth the French, have car-
eu o n thre.' jalds opposite the Amcrl
in s.rtor m Lorraine. Two of the raids
tre -xeiuted flmultaneously fast night,
h' menrans swept past the German
n nt- and ijenetrated to tho cncinyV
line, 600 yards back.
Tho two simultaneous raids, one north-
5' and onf northeast of (dc-
tefl ,. were made after Intenso artillery
rsaratio'i lasting for four hours, In
hi th German positions were
vt.nl. At midnight two forces, each
' ' - (deleted), with small
if i for.es on their flanks-, moved
pw tr,. 'irruniu objectives behind a
e'mtiB banag, each on a front f COO
ril When t ic Americans reached tho
:tn v first line the barmgo wan lifted
to hc in the German positions at
ih lOlllts
T men dropped Into the enemy's
en. is rTpectlng a hand-to-hand fight,
it 'Hind the Germans had fled. Con
tulri tiip advance, they went forward
'0 ards to the second German line.
U 'he t me American machine guns
r P.rtiig on (,ich flank of the two
Ties to prevent the enemy from un-ft-iking
flanking operations. One
r-- u flanking patty found two
fjr'lorl ijcrniaiis in a dugout and took
Mi prifime The Americans found
e
The lmr', am remained for forty-five
fiJ' ' n the enemy lines. They found
jfiln t roncrite dugouts, which they
and .do brought back largo
!nne, of mateilal and valuable
pr vVlnic tiiev ucre In the enemy
American trench mortar battery
i .Mines of nioit of whose, men are
'deleted), participated In tlie
yl'ei" preparntlon preCT-dlng the raid,
mg to level the enemy positions,
t f.rt Hire, both light and heavy, was
Vired l- '.iMIers mostly from
l!i 'r-ill
i"o nf-e these two raids had be.cn
7 1 o-it the Americans staged an
f ' i point further along the line
' r i it. The Amerlcin infantrymen
'-"k part In tills laid aie Irom
'dehteil), and Iho Fiiglnccra
(dideteill
' 'aids wf.ro carried out skilfully,
j but r.ir the fact that tho Germans
n mure prisoners doubtless would have
to UXn.
'i-man artillery began a vigorous OP KN8I . . JOi N. ?'; '
W"r barrage it was quickly silenced U " ,T u, r f iVcLie
ATOran heavy and light artillery. "t'iV. ! VVlAIM Hsf nr vale
V
Wilson to Ask Baker
About Casualty Lists
Special Cable ttetpateh to Tns Sc.v,
WASHINGTON, March 11.
Because of the general
protest from nil parts of tho
country against the War Depart
ment's new order eliminating all
but the names from casualty lists
it was reported here to-day that
President Wilson has decided to
nsk Secretary Baker for a report
on the situation.
The fact that Secretary Baker
is now in France nnd in personal
touch with Gen. Pershing would
make it possible for him to get
the facts without difficulty.
32 KILLED IN ,
NEW FIGHTING
',1V0 Others Die Of 0Ullds,
by Accident, 13 From
Various Causes.
33 MEN FLL IN RATTLE
Three American Soldiers "Who
Were Listed as Missing NOW 1
Known to Re Captured.
Wasimsbto.v, March 11. The latpft
casualty lift In France, aa received to
day front f!en. Perhhlng. contains tho
names of l.leut. John II. Pavld and thlr-ty-onc
privates killed In action, five
men who died of wounds, five men killed
I In ncclde.nts, two dead from other causes,
eleven dead from disease.
five severely
wounded, l.leuts. Italph M. Davenport
nd Stephen C. Markoc and twenty-six
men slightly wounded. Threo men pre
viously listed as missing are reported as
prisoners of war In Germany.
The list. In addition to tho names
given above, follows :
KILLED IX ACTION.
AOKINS, filCOHCiK. prhMe.
AH BARN, .MICHAKL. private.
AMMON, lTAIt. prlrnte.
IlR.sl.ii, THOMAS (j., prltate.
HKITT. PATKITK. pritate.
BKAKEFIKI.l). JII.E I)., pritate. ,
CIIRIKTFL'LI.Y, ARTHl'R. pritat.
roCKRKI.L. 1BINK T.. pritate. 1
IlKoARATINK, l'-RAN('F.-fO, prhnte.
IIKAIN. WILLIAM, prltnte.
FINN, rilll.II', prlTUle.
FITCH, KIIWAHI) I... pritate.
FlI.LINCK.Vf. I.INMK (... rook.
FLORA, HA I. I'M (., corporal.
tiltKKN, OTI, l.
HAM'KI., JOHN 4., pritate.
HF.tiNKV. AHTIH'R V., prliale.
HOVKV, (iKOKlii: F... pritate.
KKARNEV. KlltVARII .1., pritatr.
KKNNKIIV, JAMKS It., pritate.
LAFFKV. I'KTKK. prltutr.
Mrlill.L. FRKI R.. pritate.
.MEACiHKII. FRANK A., pritate.
MOVI.AN, WILLIAM A., pritate.
Ml'l.t KIIII.U .lAMKS V... pritate.
OMiOOI). FKNK J., pritate.
SAIiK. WILLIAM N private.
h.NIKR!, WALTER W pritatr,
SANFOKl), OKORliK V. pritate.
hXYIIKR, ROBERT, pritate.
Bl'LLIVAN, EDWARlt .. ronoral.
DIKII OF WOUNDS
EIMiAK, JAMES K, prlTt.
HINT. lll'OII I., pritate.
rKTERMJN, TIIKOIXIRK, oergeant.
WKNELL. LAWRENCE, private.
SWEENEY, IIENHY J.. pritate.
Ill Kit OF ACCIDENTS.
COLLINS, JOHN C. waeoner.
JUNLS, .MA Ittill.M.L. corporal
I'Kltlt.WLT. AltTHUn A . Tlrst Lieutenant
PIUl'LIl. FltLDIirtlCK i: . private.
UHl.IANH'IC. JOHN, private.
DIED OF DISEASE.
IlfllliLTT. (,'AItt, private rniprnl.
CATL, THOMAS .1.. private, pneumonia.
OI.KNN, (SLOftOI';, private, pneumonia.
FLOWKRf. JAMKS i" , private, incnlntltls.
HALL FULL, pritate, meningitis.
HoltTON. JOHN K., prlval', pneumonia.
MA(!KK. JAMKS, private, pneumonia,
I'AI'K, HUHMAN, private, pneumonia.
PKCK, C. HOWARD, Jr., aerseant, pneu
monia. I'HII.HOWLn. ARRAM HONKTMAN. pri
vate, pniumonli.
TAYLOR. WILLIAM R.. private. appenJI
citls. SEVERELY WOINDED.
HUSH. JO.Sni'II L, private.
KHAVNB. JOHN li., private.
tSKXTRY, IIBUMAN I).. prlnte
OOODISKLV, CHARM:.-), prlva-e
VAN HOOSi:, HA.N.SRL. prtta:e
WOl'NDED.
IlLNTON JOHN K private.
I1RADLKY, ilEHRUi: H., acrgearr.
CARTER, rilEDURlCK C, corporal
DAWSON, HKNRV W., corporal.
KAOHLTTA, NAZZAltRNK; private.
HANSON, CARL R., private.
KOSan, I1EN A . private.
Kl'I.IO. ANTONI, pritate.
LAND. SIDNKV, rlilef nietliann
LIVINQSTONi:, IIUltlinRT L. corporal.
LKHUMAN, I'LOVl) It., private.
MARC I vN. JOSKPH. pritate.
MOOIIK, WAI.TLR !:.. private.
MI'RLLV, LLMORi:. private.
Ni:i"ON, PAt.'L o.. private.
OLSON, UVH, private.
SMITH. VKRI) I',, rrlvate.
STARACH. flLMlLUf, corporal
HTHUMAN, HfSNIlV I!.. pritate.
WHITING. HI !.. corporal.
WOLFF., HMF.RV, private.
Privates John W. Hill, Hush Lewis
nnd Frederick W, Galley nro the missing
men who now nro teported held as pris
oners. i:-Menntor Strplirnaoii III,
Makinkttk, Wis., March 11. Isaac
.Stephenson, formerly United States Sen
ator, from Wisconsin. Is ill nt his home
hcic nnd his relatives havo been sum
niouud. He la approaching $9, Xo an
nouncement has been made as to the
uuluie-of his lllncsa.
FOE CAPTURES
TOM HITCHCOCK
New York Aviator Disappears
After Pursuing Enemy !
Airman.
MESSAGE RECEIVED II EKE
i
Chicago Flier, Also Serving
Witli French. Is Killed in
Aerial Fight.
lly the I'nitrd rrest.
W,T,rT,.AEn,c,N An.NFnAN.
March 11. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.. of
W cstbury, 1,. I., Irvine In tbe uarayctte
Kscadrllle. disappeared while pursuing .
an nemy plane toward theCJerman rear. !
He Is believed to hac been captured.
W. J. Winter of riileaso. also serving
with the French aviation corps, was
killed in an aerial fight last Friday
nifflir. lie fell wttntn tne ..erman une.
. dpt. and Mi. Thomas Hitchcock, present nerc an indication of the bitter
parents of the aviator, aic. in Aiken. S. ; ns of the flRht. Twi.-o durlntf the
' .. . . I hearlnir anneals were mad- to the chair-
f. lestrnlay mornltiB a caoie mess-age
reading "Deepest sympathy and love
was received at the Hitchcock home in :
n.n 1VVT....V ..fc ...V- a.t..lw..
Weslbury fiom Capt. William r i:usti- i
of rjen. rer-hlng's staff. In view of the
1'nlted l'rewt correspondent's statement
that young Hitchcock In b?ileved to have
been captured, the housekeeper who re
ceived t"apt. Kustls's messago was In
doubt how to construe it, mid last nlgbt
was anxiously awaiting further infor
mation to be telegraphed to Aiken.
"I hate to be the bearer of bid news."
she said. "If Mr. Hitchcock was made
prisoner 1 know be gave a good account
of himself It wax In him,
' V' "5" . o J. . ...
of Ktoenlechasers when the United States
nuiiiuB iiuviii-uvR, ar, win ins e.t.iMi-
. i i ...i .1.- .nii.4!An
went Into the war and devoted himself
to aviation, In which he was already i
SKllieo. lie was pronouueeu uy experts ' .tr?mui 101 ivnmuun, , ....
one of the best natural filers they had ' Socialists, Intended to fight to the last
ever known, but he was ovtr age for ac-. for the referendum, hut refused to say
tlvc military service. He was made ex- how they would vote on the ratification,
ecutive ofliccr of the training field at U Is understood, however, tbftt they will
Mlneola. ; get instructions from their party organl-
u zatlon to oppose It.
Son fcoe. to Fr.nce. senator Km.rson announced at ad-
His son, who waji also a polo player of- journment to-plght that hlj commlttae
renown and n student hi ,St. Faul's would meet beforn Senate session 10
Bchool. Concrd, tried to get Irttothe YnorroV morning In order to report fa
Amertean army, but nfter passing the vnrably the State prohibition rointltu
100 hours endurance test was rejected tlonnl amendment It la expected tlie,
because of his youth. He straightway committee nlso vu'.l report favorably the
went to France, entered tho school at 1,111 providing for a referendum on the
Avord, was graduated at Pan and as-
signed to tho Lafayette I'-neadrJIe In the
French aviation corps. He soon distin
guished himself for daring exploits that
were deemed phenomenal even for that
daredevil band of American airmen. On
January 6 he downed his first Germar.
plane: within six weeks he had disposed
of two more, meantime celebrating hi
n.lieteenth birthday and applying for a
commission In the American aviation
section, for which his age had previously
made him Ineligible.
With his tlrst fighting exploit he won '
a corporal s stripes Describing In a let
... i,i e,...n.. i.i ....1. e -
Uerm, da 1 i write ' ' "' "
"Tint German pilot suddenly turned
iiii uirjii-u
and made for his line. Hy cuttlnc the
corner thus formed I arrived at about
;i1n meters from him and still above. It
was evident then that It was 11 two
seater, and his gunner ojiened fire. I
onild hear quite distinctly the rat-tat-
tat of his gun. I dove right off to try
o get iiideV his tail He kep. making 1
1(1 miner 111s tan. 11c Kept making;
spirals to prevent me. bis machine gun
firing away merrily all the while. After
about two circles I got pretty close to
him and under his tall. He then made
.1 sharp turn to disclose me to his gun
tier, so decided It was about time for
me to stai t shooting
Snspeeted n TrlcL.
"My gun hadnt gone off six times
before Hie Hun made a .spinning nose
dive. I shouldn't have thought I hit
him if It hadn't been ,. a tracer bullet
that seemed to go right through w here
!, -Il, .. c... I i..lHOn IfRO-t
:"'J ."""- ,...''"'-'."' " V,:1:
uVVcommon 'f i
v .round
"Geo! I have never gone down so
fast ucfore. At anotit I'.OOO meters be
seemed to come out of his spiral nose
dive and go Into a steep spiral. I then
caught up with him and took a couple
of shots, They were, however, wasted
because he splralcd right Into a hill In
the Vosges Mountains. ( circled him to
mako sure he was down. There was no
mistaking the muchlne noso down In the
bill.
"Some women ran out of a lltilo house
near by and I shouted nt them nt the
top of my voice, waving all the while,
I had rather an abrupt awakening. A
whole swarm of luminous bullets went
tearing past me. It was Germany I was
over, not friendly France,
"I started home with very little gas
leff In my tank. Whn t tried to catch
my motor to make tho field there was
nothing doing. I mndo a forced landing
not far from It nnd rolled over a road
Into a ditch. There It stood straight up
on Its noso and left me hanging on my
hill. I left the machine there and re
turned by train."
A" a matter of fact, the two Genitalis (
and their machines had leen toppled '
Ilflecn miles within their own lines. To
Hitchcock was nwardtd tho Croix de ,
Guerm with ope palm.
A week later he nnd W. A. Wcllman I
of Cambridge, 5Inss., flying separately, 1
together brought down another German
plane. I
Young Hitchcock's grandfather, Thomas ,
Hitchcock, was for many years treas- i
urcr of tho Sun 1'rlntlng and Publishing
Association, and under the namo of
Matthew Marshall wroto Tin: SfN's I
financial articles, "Matthew Marshall's'1
grandfather, another Thomas Hitchcock,
was a Lieutenant In the American army
of the Involution.
The W. .1. Wlntrr mentioned In the,,
despatch from France a ' .ivlng been I
killed Is supposed to be Wallace C. Wln-'
ter. Jr., whose home Is at 37," I'atk ave
nue. New Yolk, nccrdlng to James J.
McFlhone, the American representative
of the Lafayette Flying Corps. There
la said to be no American In the French
flying service by the namo of Winter
other than Wallace C.
Liquor Men Flock to Cani-' Amazing Distortion ofPon
' tal in an Effort to Save tiffs Pastoral Letter to
the Saloons. bavarian Bishops.
WOMEN SHOW ACTIVITY
Senate Committee Prepares to
Report Two Measures
To-day.
lvciil Peipateh t'i TlIK 3t.v.
Ai.nisv, March n. Thoroughly
arou-ed by the seriousness of the, fight
" 1 0,,l"Pil l" ,r
salosn. the. liquor men were here In
leRlnns this afternoon to attend the las
!.
hearing jtiven on the various prohibition
U.lls now bfore the l.cK'slature.
Tliey came front all over the State.
cl0Wl1ttI the S(.n.lt0 rlwmlwr nn(1 thun. ,
,ierousij. npplauiled all the arguments I
for ,,crsonal jn,erty and tho declarations .
of thft i,cncnts of ,onT. an,i tho amount
of rev,nue t svcs the Stato and nation.
wh(;h t)), ,.wel.. .pe!lkpr!, rcVelled In. 1
Although tbev made ro effort to get
a crowd, the "drys" were well retire-
rcltt,a aml tho frequent nasnes between
.,,cm ., ,,, ,,rowt.,.., nmi noon nlcn
Interference on the part of
one OP the other, and the verbal
pouabble among tho?e In the chamber
- -- - - -
frequently drowned out tho word' of t.ic
speaker.
n-lnllst Mine Squelched.
The Socialists In the Assembly lo-nleht
made an unsuccessful attempt to cusperid
the rule, so a.s to bring their bill for a
referendum on Federal prohibition ratlfl-
I cation out of the committee on the floor
of the House. The motion to suspend
as made by Socialist Assemblyman
Wnldinan and was 1, T . to 40 .It will
"V;';,.r : . , I, .1
' . :
.r.,i c-l,t liow h nnit Ills irroim tvoutll
to-night how he and his group would
vote mi the prohibition rat'tloatlon rrso-
lutlon. which l.t on the calendar in the
Kederal amendment
Legislators Are Indignant.
Tli-.- talk of .1 tn.llion dollar s!u"h
furd being ned by t!'o lienor men to
win the battle against prohibition has
caused Indignation among some of the
eglslators. Several times the siake-s
Iilntid at tho urc of money to defeat
prohibition
Mr. I'lla l'.oole. president of the
W. T. I', called attention to testl-
mony
before the Judiciary ronunlf.ee
of the 1'nlted States Senate luvestln.it-
ine tne licrman
American Alliance, to
the effect that money front Herns.orff
and some of his satellites had been used
... - . . .n. t.tl.t!.. I.. tUte
1" l" -
c011!1.1. . ,.
len. tve iit'ter io. .'. " ... .'v.,-
.itor l.ion is iirowu mien up. en mm .1
considerable show of feding. "and we
don't know anything about it
The hearing was befoio the Senate
"n11"'''' nM Taxation and He trench-
, 'i'..,i t,-. t. mi the
n-.ent nr.d was ohcdu!ed to on the
two bills drawn up hv the Itepubllciu
Senate leadei piovlding war prohlbl-
Ion. exceptlrg wines and beers, and
t.iittlnir a drv amendment In the sta'e
'' Constitution, which would require a vote
of the necplp at the general eiec.ion tn
IDlfi However, practically nil o. me
pr.ihlb't.ou bills were taken no, pir-
u,ii..i- tli.. v.itin.Mtlnn of the Federal
.lrohihitlon amendment
, .... ,.. ..... ,i, i...
. ,ln ya?va
, !,:v "T, f.' " "LV? 1?,' nri,
. " t?.' f ,n ' a e
'th'. ,s dlMiosed o?
The liquor men are
TZ
e'o7 the
"'". ',,' , ,11
i"i-
Snjs Women Will Vote "Dry."
Mis. ISoile declared that all questions
of a teferendum were not germane and
called the committee's attention to an
editorial In Tun Sit.-, which, she said,
ptoted ooncliiidvclv that a teferendum
was not lequlred by th Constitution,
"Thero was no talk of a referendum,"
she naiil. "when the amendments to the
i.vdeial Constitution on tlie Income tax
and the direct vote of Senators were be-
Ing considered. We are willing to enter
the tight, but the In ws of the land do not
make It necessary In this cahe."
Then pointing a finger at Home of the
btewery tepresentatlves (die gave tne
Confdii'cil on Third Pane.
"Sun" Fund Gifts Bring
Comfort to Soldiers
Y0U are doinp your bit for
your country." writes one
thankful recepient of SUN Fund
Tobacco. "If you knew tho com
fort that wc i?et out of u ciga
rette you would probably realize
the sincerity of my, thanks."
Another writes: "Tho aroma
of American tobacco is to the nol
dier like the smell of sawdust to
the circus man." Head some of
the other letters on page 4.
This week's programme for the
smoke fund is a busy one of
cabaret entertainment, bridge
drive and auction, but it only
precedes n busier one next week.
WARNING! THE SUN TO
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza
tion or publication. It employs
no agents or solicitors.
ALARMIST CRY RAISED !
Allegation That Italian Gov
ernment Might Not Protect
Vatican From Mob.
Sjiedal ral,le Despatch Tnr Sis com He
t.ntidon Time.
OfKirijI.t! 111 all r0'M re fried.
Ileuti:. .Match 11. The , (riontalc
MH publishes extract- front aitlclcs
,Mrt of
- r
the "cry for help" uttered by the Pope
I In his pastoral letter to the Bavarian
j Bishops. The articles say the Pope has
, an ,c ca ,..,
reason to fear an anti-clerical and rcvo-
not be defended sufficiently from the
aniter of the populac
One newsnaner says the Italian Gov
ernment would b Klad to divert the
popular wrath against the Vatican and
that the Swiss ,uards could renlst only
a short time. Another ays the Vatican
already has taken measures to defeml
lt(wf unt r,,'KU,ftr tr, "arrive, but
,oubt. tho ability of the Italian Oo'vern
ment to assure the safety of the Tope.
For this leason the appeal to the Ha
varlan llishops is caid to lie Important.
Commenting upon th-fe articles, the
inniale ifltnlui p. there Is nothing
n"W In fjerninn efforts to Incite aliti
Catholle feeling by Iw'.stlng upon the so
called unra fe position f the Vatican,
llt.MI Ulir.lir 111,1".! .'I ,t ...........
i,m ,,, ( tJll. nr,t time the enemy has
lared "to use an utter.mc
of the Tope
to support his contention?.''
corn'rre d'lcill.i lin. hastened to
supply the text of the pastoral letter,
which gives no ground for he of
the German articles . The I'upo hanks
"Hhops for a letter the sn t hl.n
-"- , , . hk his i.r ,-e
, ,. ,. " 1',' , i
''a' 'rn mM V. an 1 " J
' w
Tho Cornrir i-ays th: Is the only part
the letter .HW couldappear to Tiir-
n.,h n i.tsis for the articles n tne i,er-
io,,, "
man newspapers, but that the phrases
0uVousiv applied to Germany and
o()ier unij,., a, wcl aR n.i. The
newspaper asks :
"i 'an we of the Kntente forget that the
Gotmnii ni-nHiianers asserted that the
papal note was Inspired by Kngland, and
.ni roe a to sir that bitfnro It
was published It was referred to London
for approval?'1
,
ir m TVWTi nTHA Sl.inOftAOO
:
Will n TTa In rrryln on Wr
a .-.!... r:.rn,.nT.
llWA.VA,
March 1' - The American
Goveinnien
.. ,1 1- u,.t-,..
o lend th
1110,111 iioveriiimni ci.p.ui.v..
000, to be ued in cairylng on the war
against itermany 1 ie ,oau win ui;i
5 per rent intetes- ni.,1 will be gtiar.ni.
teed by the tr.o.ii'Ki.nno (,'uban bond
Issue.
Last Seitcmber ' e l:ejnibli' of
Cuba nuthor.zed the announcement that
liair or tne cuiian lovinuueiu s jh.-
000.000 war bond issue, decided 111011
shortly before that time, had been sub
scribed .1.- the rnited S'ates Treas
ury. GEN. SCOTT THINKS HE'S FIT.
Confident After III Mrllr.lt I l)x
nmlnatlon In Wnalilnaton.
WtSlttNC.TON-,
Htiub L. Scott,
March 11 Major-Gen.
foiiner Chief of Staff,
now In command of the Sevcntv -eighth
National Army Division nt Camp nix.
v,.- i.,r.,- 1- v,ii,iotM in.,in
New Jersey, waa In Washington to-d.iv
for the physical examination to which
aj divisional romnianders are subject.
c,en. Scott was certain that be had
na.sed the examination, w h!ch is si veil
connection with the weeding out pt oc-
P designed topievent unfit general offl-
(er? from reaching Frame In Iniportaut
posts.
-
WANT S IMPREGNABLE
BASE IN HAWAII
Territorial Delegate Fears
man Operations in Pacific
" Srv.
W vsiiinuton. March 11. The Cnited
Stales must build an Impregnable mill-
tary an-l naval supply base m ,1. Ha-
...,ll ... 11.,,,,1 ,f lis tinicer It, I!, e In 1 1.-.
,R , , bo , , jeopai.ly. J K. Ka-
Innlanaole. Tetrltorlil Delegate fiom
Hawaii, said to-da In Introducing ares.
oiuiion irnuii 1115 tnv ,i,,u.-,, ..iitiitii
fairs committee to Investigate the fit-
nation.
The Hawaiian Dclfgite believes that
the present Mippl base on the Island
i of Clnhti Is Inadeouatelv nrotecled. tinr
tlcularly If tho Germans should essay
i operations thiough Whorl i. "1 believe
tlc (jovernment should ut once build a
j fortnss on the Island. Install more coast
l,arttllerv and provide adequate mine pin.
, (e(.ton ao that lu case of eventualities In
rli.i laelflc our far nwav Mimilv lvi.o
cannot be taken, '
1 oAnv evcessltn nnetatlon thai It t.inv
l.a 1-i.tceHKnrv tn cant- on in Hi. Inelf!,i
cannot be considered unless a great well 'Governor I'M in is 1" MrGovem, cnndl
protected hise Is piovlded In tho islands. ' date for the ltepubllcnn nomination for
It is s.uuu inn' iroiu tne i niieci states
to the Hawaiian group, but they are tho
heart core of any 1'aclllc naval action."
'RETREATING TURKS ATTACKED.
I Henry t'nsnaltlm Infllrtecl by Hrlt-
! lu Troops,
London;. March 11. The War Office
I to-day Issued a statement on the cam
paign In Mesopotamia as follows:
Tho Turkish garrison nf Hit has
continued Its retirement and now oc
, cuples Khau-llagadiidt, on tho I'm
' phrntes, twenty-two miles above Hit.
During tho retreat tho Turks were at
i tacked by our airplanes with bombs
. Hnd machine gun fire at heights from
1 -.300 feet to under I'm leet. Heavy
casualties were Inflicted.
German Ire Brrakrr Muiik li Mine,
roiT.viiAOEN. March 11. -Thn Hlnden-
hurg, a largo German Ico breaker, struck
...I.n on. ill, ne ll.n tlna le',ii.a. U.
a mliin south of the Aland Islands Sat
urday and sank, according to tho
iDapcnt Xyhclder. Several members ot
the crew were drpwned,
Whole Heart of the American People Is
With Russia, Says President Wilson
WASHINGTON, Match u.The text of President Wilson's Inter
to the Soviet Congress in Moscow follows:
May I not take advantage of the meeting of the Congress of the
Soviets to express the sincere sympathy which the people of the
United States feel for the Russian people at this moment when the
German power has been thrust in to interrupt and turn back the whole
struggle for freedom and substitute the wishes of Germany for the
purpose of the people of Russia?
Although the Government of the United States is. unhappily, not
now in a position to render the direct nnd effective nid it would wish
to render I beg to assure the people of Russia through the Congress
that it will avail itself of every opportunity to secure for Ilussia once
more complete sovereignty nnd independence ip her own affairs and
full restoration to her great role in the life of Kurope and the
modern world.
The whole heart of the people of the United States is with the
people of Hussin in the attempt to free themselves forever from
autocratic government and become the masters of their own life.
JAPAN'S PLANS 1
DISTURB BERLIN!
()no Editor FrgCS Attack
on .
State of Anarchy Now
Iteiguing in Itussia".
CANNOT IJE INDIFFEIIENTj
Another View Is That German Munition Manufacturers Ac
Peace Imposed on World i cused by Socialist of Ask
Will Solve Problem. 1 ing Exorbitant Prices.
WASilt.sriTON-, Match 11.
German
newspapers arc following closely the dl- i
cusslon of Japanese intervention In PI- .
b(,ri, . offln, .3rh received here
, ,
, , .,. UuM! verl.s nil olv
m-u.iy rram nwi-.senanu inr. .t i" r
of the op
paperc
inion 01 some 01 mo niiixn unn.
The. Munrheuer A ncarirnren says :
"Germany can calmly await any new
move the Kntente may make. We must
see things as they are and not as we
wish them. What Japan will do in the
futuro Is still obscure, but what she Is
doing to-day Is evident. She is prepar-
. Ing to make a new effort against us."
The fi-nalttirlec (lunp : "What
not be a matter of Indifference, to us.
They want firmly to exclude Germany
from eastern Asia. For us a Far Fast
policy Is olds pos?ll)le wltn tne ui 01
R,...., r iviRinnd. Germany cone -
,,,.fntly snonid noi inuu. m nnu...e.
,1,1 ot flilnl; if llllowini; Ilie
.tatei of anarchy whlcli rlgn in irawa
(( prolonged ndeflnltelv "
The ;enr.cie i .mic,i:,
that the proceedings of .lapnn are not
in the least d's.iJieting for the t .ermnii
i:mpin. All the Fa-em problem.-, ae-
cording to this pa"1"', will ! solved in a
manner favorable to Germany If tl1'
i;,.Iman Kmplro w.ll .ntposo
upon the world
I ini'lT nr.lTJPAXCY.
OanUn llenra
of Wlthdrntval
llflllll lis I . H
Whlell la llenlril
.... . ,.,
CistKV Japan, .tiarcu i uimj it.-ti Li'b . ..v. ....,,
cconHiig to a despatch to the .l.ifiiuii (
of this ctt ftom Wathlngton the L lilted pinnts Hr Itontlnntra n-fue In
states is " demanding a guarantee for .-,.1 f HoU.
the withdrawal of Japanese troops from .pettlon or n..ou.
Siberia immediately the i:ii"t.m crl'ij Lonhon. March 11. Kntperor WiU-
I, over.
WvslIiN'Olo:.. Man.i 11. It was all-; the SocnlM Heir Noske. No.-k- as
thorit.Ulvelj stated her" to-day by olll-' vprts that one of the firms refus ng to
cials In close touch with the situation 1 permit Government ir.vei-tlgattnn of Its
that no nub demand as referred to 1n , ,ol,.s is the Krupp jil.int, and another
fr.,i,, .ie.,mtiii lias been mailt- on
japan hv the Culled States, and that
M1i h n demand would be considered as
ttnpuKiiIng Japan's good faltn it 'ilea tne
L'nlted States already nan iec.oBiiiif.c-n.
t also was stated that if Japanese
Hl,,,,ria 1110 ,'m",l,OM ''K'"'
withdrawal is oxih-.cii w go
U.e peace confeience
before
CHISA SUPPORTS JAPAS.
will toiinenUr In I'rolrftliin
of
lllril Interests In l-'nr F.nal.
lly (Ae .tMoiMifil Cut'.
Fruiv. March II - -China, in response
to an inquiry from Toklo. has Blr,i,.,l
, .... ..... I., In .-..onera 1 . with .latl.lll
1 1 the protection of Allied interests In
the Far Fast.
, Tilo mines- W.i- Ini.e.n. .1.1s been
icquesien in iniiuihi .-
two divisions to northern Manchuria,
Japan will bear tin. cpcn-e pending
, th completion of a pi opined American
loan to China
M'GOVERN RETIRES
IN LEN ROOT'S FAVOR
Fears Former Berger Votes
May Nominate Thompson.
a. tlu March 11 Former
Fnlted States Senator nt ill" primary
election March li'. filed notice to-day
of his withdrawal from the rare with
' the Secretary of State and placed hlm-
self In the service of Itepresentatlve
'Irvine L. Lenrooi. alo acandldate for
the nomination.
i Mr. McGovcrn said his action was i
based on tho Indictment of Victor I..
Uergcr, Socialist candidate, which "pr.c-
tidily removes Merger from tho list
; of candidates." Merger's followers, Me
'Govern declared, are reitain to go in
a body to (ho support of James Tlioiup
' son. the La 1'nllette candidate, and make
.sine his nomination on the Republican
ticket "should both I.enroot and I re
main In the field to divide the patriotic
vote of tlm party "
The stale-incut conclude "In tlie ,
public; Intel est therefore and so my i
party may not be disgraced and dis
credited for years to come, as now scents i
Inevitable unless tne cnoico cu licpun
ilcan Is nsrrowed down tu ono candl-
I date on each side of the gient, vital
1 i ur,iwl.l l.um. .if In.-il n ml m.
and transcendent Ishuu of loyal and pa
trlotle Americanism, I now retire ity
Mr, Lenroot's favor and place my uir
lces at his disposal."
TEUTONS IN GRIP
OF PROFITEERS
I'apcr Complain of Wide
spread Public and Private
Corruption.
CHIMES MOKE NTMEHOl'S
1 Spenal rtle lieniateh tn Tnr Pin 'row the.
l.ndon rimel
'ovjriaM. tut.; a'l r,,;l.t refr,ed.
The Haouk, March 11. German news-
papers publish reports .-how Ing wide -
. ,..,,, I)ubll,. ., pru.ltp ronuptlon In
1 liermuny. 1.110 anil progeny are :-.i;ii
to 1 Insecure. Ileilln netspaieis are
. especially strong In their demand tor a
Rreater degree of safety In view of the
, cr(,( increase In burglaries and as-
1 3a,ilts by footpad It Is urged that 1
special constables, well armed, bo at
Inched to the regular police and that
military patrols protect the t-treets of
the cgpital.
In the Budget Committee, of the
Reichstag the Socialist Deputy. Nreke.
exulalned rhv the Daimler Motor
Works at Stuttgait was placed under 1
nllltncv rnntrft TT c1d tile lllAliaBTe,
j mpnt ,hieatened to redure the constrti
,,, ,lrl ,.., (,r,ir in other words.
. ... n.i.nin
to org.inz,. n
. ....Ia ... ..l.llllnn
-n ,1Jt. cenl
rn',Ml,'l nn i.rlce
I n,l,lAl. air 1 ran-.,e.,t,l,l I 73 lier CAttt
aiH,Ve the cost of production
j neutral who te. enth arrived at
, traMr,ver essetted that Capt. Niemeyer,
i ,MrPntjj a (j,rmau American. Is In
Pomrnanrt 0f n,1P of t10 c,miis where
. rirltlsh prisoners an- interned, piesum-
abb Holimlntlen. H- H said to n.it e
, achloved, tven In Hanover, n reputation
for .avm.rv to bis nrtsoners Niemeyer
! supplies f'.i'e Hunnwi lommand with
butter, tlirouah arratui inents with a
sergeant who ow n a d.iirv, and liy fiis
i means i eanzes great prou.-.
imcpp nnnvirwi? Tfin
I iani is among tin- uerman war proi
1 it eel s, aconiinvr lu ruaiges mane
by
1 ,a n, coner.it Kle ti . 1 'nninant .
The Kaiser's holdings in the Krupp
jilaut are grea', and he also Is interested
, , cjeneral Hlectrlc Sonic t me ago
1 t)p uelehHtaK soucnt in slop prouieer-
. ,,, t,y ordering 1 .g!d mi-pec'lon of the
books of the great corporations engaged
In war woiV
GERM ASS GO ISTO DEBT.
" . . .
Cost of l.ltliiR I'.iefpila In.-iiniea of
ttrrnue I'nnilllra.
WfWiN!TON. March 11. -Tl-e o-t of
living In Germ.ui is Increasing at the
tate of IU per cent, a year, requiring
" " 'M'if' ftu "c
I "e'll "II tll( IKcessui K 01 nn c
! "', ,m. . ,r' L-, .: , ' "' " .
. pcndltures of families hating Incomes
. ..0 nrk. (ap.
priislniatcly
to Kill is 222.05 minks
(J-'....i1 I
lilgld eocinnniv 's practised eveiy-when-
and the ateiage family only
spends Si! cents a month for amuse
ments ANOTHER AIR RAID ON PARIS.
Casunltlea nnd Property Loss lle
pnrteil Without Drlnll.
ItNP'iN. March 12 -A Iteuter ce
patch from Paris h.i s that casualties
and property damage resulted from last
night's air raid, but details ate unavail
able. Tbe Germans carried out an an raid
on Parts Krlda night, but there baa
been no previous report of a tald Sun
day or Monday night
FRENCH BAG 5 AIRPLANES.
"
HomliliiR Siiunilrnna Alan MtncL
llnrmy Slntlonn.
Paris. Mai.h 11. Tile olticta! state-
ment from tlm War (MTice sae:
Yesterday five cerium airplanes
were brought down or giavely dam
aged. Uur iKiniblng squadrons dropped
10. mill kilograms of project, les on
, enemy stations and establishments ..
the regions to the inrt i and east
This Is a
Meatless Day
President Virtually Pledges
That Country Shall Not
J)e Sacrificed.
HK AWAITS A H'KACTION
I Will Avail Himself of
Every Opportunity to
Aid Sovereignty.
MI ST BE NO DESPOILING
Makes It Clear Thai (icrmany
at Peace Table Cannot
Hold Forced (Jains.
.iieeiat Uripateh to Tat ,i v
Washington. Match II.-- Vr.
I. lent
Wilson has sent a inessjgc to the
rtuf-
slan people thtough th Suv'et t'ongresr.
which meets to-morrow in Jlosm, vir
tually pledging th Vnlted States to res.
rue ISusslan sovereignty fiom German
clutches before endln; the woild war.
TI10 message, cshleiP to the American
Consul-Grnerj! in Moco and made
public here to-night, fulfilled the expec
tations of diplomats inl the forecast
made In TlIK Si'N that the President
I would stand by Russia to the end.
Although brief and shutn of detailed
I explanations of this Government's atti
tude, the I'rCFlilent's message neveiths
leos carries .1 wot Id of signlileaitre. It
1 means accoidlng to auuiiii Itatlvc Inter-
I liretillon here that th folloitlne tiolnta
I ,,.w....ii
, ,v ...... .1 ,.ur. '- miti 11 illlv COIieillQl-
j atlon :
! pP1ia I'mIIa.I Q'qtA., n 'I .li,l
, t,f pw,lIe , )f
( Thn rr,tc,j stats ,rards the ,o-
,,allP(1 pvaw ,r0aty between Germanv
, an,, ,hp ii0h.vlU leaders as havinc
no bearing on ltusin's future.
Tho 1'nlted Stairs virtually Is
pledged not to sacrifices Jbissla to sel
fish iutereats when the time comes to
talk of peace.
rorralnlt Any Trndlllg.
Tili Intter jsjlnt. ofTiclaU explain. i
of particular Importance In view of re
ports that Germany might he willing
now to invito peace proposals on the
basis of making concessions In the west
in leturn for a free hard to exploit
her nutslar: cohqnesls.
Till theor ii'reoilv has found $om
support aiming .acinus and peare bj
comiiroinlc tidtocates ,n Wahlncton
' "i
Ihit there Jiave been clear Intimation?
fr"1' "ources , Ifo to the INe-ddent that
Mi.-h pollrj uild if considered In
the I'nited Slates Government. Tin
President has lneii represented ns Lik
ing th" view that the v till principles
tor 'thkh the nation entered the war
toie on t'lal In llusia nnd that free
dom and demo,-'utic ideals mild no
be t-aeilnred there without making the
whole etiuse of the Allies nnd the Cnited
States appear before the world as In
'ircere. The I'icsidcnt iys that tho I'nited
States "will avail iteelf of iery on
pottttnlty to se, lire for Ilus-ln one
note comjileto . overeisnt.v and Irde
pendence :n her own affairs un.l full
ifstoratlon to her grU role in the life
of Lur.ipe and the modern woild"
tlntt He Ilratorril Intnct.
The Mvir.la "complete sovereigns " and
full restotatlnn" are Interp! eteed to
mean that there can be no baignin with
jGeiniany as to how much llu.-siuu ter
ritory Is nctored when tn mmi iteace
settlement come." ltu-sin. ;t l made
plain, must be icstoied to the islt!on
,-ilie no. upieil before I iit'ih-ss PiUM-inn
nililtariHiii began to "substitute Hie
wlhes of Ccnn.un for the purpose of
the people ot P.ussla.'
The President's mes-axe w.l! leach
the Soviet CoiiKre.-s at a t.me when In
dications clearly point to snbiiueMon tn
German demands The Mcvcinv Con
gress of Soviets and Cnum Us w ill ratlly
o- reject the so-called none tieaty wl'li
I Germany slsncd by Nlchol.il l.entiie. tlie
liol.hetlk li-ide:
j f Ull Uovett.ment s P'll ,'0-e were
entirely selfish It might le said that the
i President Imped to pieient rallllcatioii
of the treaty and was making this laet
dfc'pcrnte effort i.cci toe i.p'iil of
national feeling a'i!e with the Kusslau
people Hut the present situation In
Hiis'l.i doe. r.ttt leave riNiin tnr much
hoiie that l at ideation of :ln. trea'y w lii
he delate! long. Tile PifsiJent's mes
sage stands whether the so-i ailed peace
tio.t s tatiflcd or no!
Mnjorllt sBMlnsI Acceptance,
Hep. ills leie Indicate tli.c the nio e
ment 1 1 favor of i.iHfjing the treaty has
gained gtotind In Itn-ala because of tin
German mailed fist threat which makes
deliberation dangerous Lenlne ha i
constituted himself the leader of the
faction which advocates accepting th
German frms as a matter of self,
preservation. Leon Trotsky appuentlv
hns resigned a Minister nf Foreign
Affairs becnuse he opptfred accepting thn
German terms, and It Is fullv believed
hern that the great majority of tho Itus
slan people are real.y again iireptancn
and would welcome any mean" of oppoa
Ing the German rule
It s therefore believed here that real
peii' e will be far from established In
, llussla even If t i so-i ailed tieaty Is
ratified. Witu Ilii-siun national seutl-
ment Miioldeimg against Geiniany in
'would be necessary for Geiman tiviops
, to rostnte and nialntsln order. This oh-
viousy would ker large numbers of
' German troops busy.
' The President's message alo may h
taliP as an indication that the Flitted
! stites willingly would recognize any
i government In HusHia which took on It
self the ta-k of working for !tuslaii
fieedom against Gcrmun rulo and which
iih'.alni'd the saiictloti of a eiib.-tnntlC.
elct'iui.t of tlie llusci.in pciplc
Independent Pollc-i I'olloited.
I' is too r-ii fly to foie-tl the er.c !
a ..i'i the President's ue.aige a-ill li.it
oji.nlon In Ihileino .oii'itrli"
U ictiicr ti e II i sh .mil I'i " iiimein
re.it. wet e 'O. sai'c- I lii'lon -c ncss.ife
. ,.i c-i i '; no' ' 'led
Hid xtiit ,s a c i n tin ;.
1'li.usl H'atCf lias het-u
I dcpindciu polb y with .
Ml i
hip
TI.
!0,V1,!; a I
pect to Ituss a
ft
1