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FIERCE EHGAGEulERT
BABES HEAR ABBAS
Germans Throw Seven Divisions in an Attack on
British Front on Both Sides of Scarpe River,
Opposite Arras, After Heavy Bombardment.
WHAT HUN IS TRYING TO DO
London, March 28. The Germans threw at
least seven divisions into an attack on the British
front on both sides of the Scarpe river after a
heavy bombardment this morning. The British
forward zone was penetrated and a fierce engage
ment took place in the battle zone.
This attack was delivered opposite Arras. In
the region affected the British line now runs from
Arleux, to Fampoux, Neuville-Le-Vitasse and
Boisleux.
In the Mont Didier region the entente line
now runs through Warvillers, Arvillers, Davens
court, Gratibus, and Mesnil-St. Georges to Hain
villers. (This line enfilades Mont Didier within a
sharp salient, the apex of which is at Mesnil-St.
Georges, about 2 1-2 miles southwest of Mont
didier.)
MORE AREA FORFEITED
AFTER VALIANT DEFENSE
Throws Concentrated Forces Forward on the
" French Left, Sustaining - Heavy
losses.
LONDON J
.HAVftf.
sSV . ..' MnwM. .
Pom CCTJlTSm ATTACK 1
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OarvtBBN PAR,, AND -m J
pn n !
CROffl PRIMGE'S FORCE
ADVANCES TO PIERREPOfJT
Berlin Claims Hun Divisions South of the Somme
Broke Through Allied Position and Drove
Them Back in Regions of France Un
touched By War Since 1914.
. 1
Today's official statements from the war o fliers indicate mute
clearly the daring plan by which the kaiser is seeking to divide the
allies near Paris. The only progress lie has made today is at
Mont Didier, between Amiens and Compiegne, and about lifty miles
from Paris. In this region the invaders have gained about ten
miles in pvo days. The British lines about Albert are holding and
counter-attacks are being successfully made. The French made An
important advance In the region between Noyon and Compiegne.
Paris, March 28. Blocked on the Lassigny
and Noyon fronts and on the left bank of the
Oise, the Germans last night threw forward im
portant forces in the region of Mont Didier, the
war office announced today. Here the fighting
rapidly took on extraordinary ferocity.
French regiments fought hand-to-hand with
the enemy and inflicted heavy losses. Finally the
French fell back to the heights immediately to
the west of Mont Didier.
DUNKIRK AGAIN
BOMBARDED BY
HUN MACHINES
English Channel Port Reported
' 4Jnder Fire From Long-
. .. - - ''OinnB fit in ' -
Paris, March 28. Reports
reached Pane today that the
channel port of Dunkirk, which
has been bombarded intermittent
ly by the Germans with long
'range cannon, has been under fire
again tor several days. I he
number of victims is placed as
high as twenty, and the material
damage is said td have bsen severe.
Fought Like Veterans ;
French , Captain Pays High
. Tribute to Americans
at Somme.
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Paris, March 28. ''Entirety
now ' in this warfare, th
Amerioane worked like the bast .
veterans in tha battle of ' th
Somme," says , wounded
Frsnoh aptair, wnofyiji -.has"
- brought htok from th front; '
according to La Liberte. '
Two of tin? AmrrlcBn oiritws, who
wrre wounded, were hioiiRht luii-k
wldi tlifl Kronnh mptain. Knoh
Anii'iloiin woru a, French wiir vi'ohm
ronforifil on thn hiilllclU'Id. Tlin
Kn'iirli captuln t-pfuHnl to rwolvo
iitlcnlion until thn Amnrlrnna
HlniiKMlile him hmt flrnt horn liiiiaccl.
"Thoy are tlin onoa who ahouM ho
nnnsri-atiilntcd," lin Niild, nilllnit
upon tlin womxn of thn Itrd Croaa
to look al'trr tho Aincrlrnna,
. Berlin, March 28. The crown prince's troops
in their push which resulted in the takincr of Mnnt
Didier, advanced their lines as far as Pierrepont
(on the Avre, four miles" northwest of Mont Di
dier). The statement says: '
"To the south of the Somme our divisions at
many points broke their way through the old
enemy positions and drove the British and French
back into regions of France which have remained!
untouched by war since 1914.
"The victorious troops of the German crown
prince have penetrated into the enemy positions
to a depth of sixty kilometres in an uninterrupted
attack from St. Quentin across the Somme. Thev
pu&ueu lorwara yesterday as tar as Pierrepont
unu look possession or Mont Didier.
ATTACK WITH GREAT DASH.
DRIVING ENEMY BACK
French Counter-Movement Southward of Noyon
meters to Depth of Three Kilometers.
this
and
The tPxt reads:
"Tho battle was foimht with, sus
tained violence yesterday evening and
last nlKht. The Germans, Mocked by
the valhint French troops, and cruelly
punished before the Iasslpny and
Noyon fronts and the left bank of the
fiver Olse, concentrated all their ef
forts on the French left and threw for
ward important forces in the region of
Mont lMdicr.
"At this point the ciiR.i?einents. noon
developed an unheard-of ferocity.
French rejrimcnts. llnhtiiiK hand-to-hand,
inflicted heavy losses upon their
assailants, and did not falter. Finally
they withdrew in order to the heights
immediately to the west of Mont
Jjiilier.
"There has been Intermittent can
nonading on the remainder of the
front."
Earlier Statement.
Paris, March 28. FiKhting whs con
tinued with violence yesterday evening
and last nifrht on the battle Sfront, the
war office announced today.
BERLIN'S VERSION.
Berlin, March 28. (British Ad
miralty, per Wireless Press.)
Troops of ths German crown
prince, having penetrated to a
depth of sixty kilometres (thirty
seven miles) from St. Quentin,
across the Somme, have captured
Mont Didier, says today's official
report.
The. fierman losses have been kept
within normal limits, siiys the com
munication, althoucli they have been
heavier at the vital points on the
front. The slightly wounded are es
timated at 60 to 70 per cent.
GERMANS EXECUTE TWO
NUNS AND CHAPLAIN
Murdered in Courtyard of Bar
racks at Same Time Belgian
Oculist, Dr. Demets,
Was Shot.
Wajhinpton, March 18. An official
dispatch from France today said th
chaplain and two nmis of the hospital
of St. ICItzabeth fit Antwerp have been
xeciited by the tJermans. They, were
Jiillt-d in tho courtyard of the bar
racks at the Fame time m th Bel
gian oculist. Dr. I'...et. was shot.
SIGNAL CORPS MEN
TO TESTIFY FRIDAY
Senate Military Committee
Seeks Information on Air
plane Situation.
LOUISIANAN RETURNS
TO DEMOCRATIC FOLD
John M. Parker Deserts Pro
gressives Attacks on Wil
son Given as Cause.
New Orleans, March 28. John M.
Parker, Louisiana federal food admin
istrator, for Heveral years recognized
leader of the progressive party In this
state and candidate of that party for
vice-president of the United States In
1 H 1 6, made a formal statement at a
luncheon given by th Jovian league
here this afternoon, announcing his
return to the deinnc: (.tie party. HI
announo tnrnt at this lime, be said,
was inspired by reports of attacks by
republican senators on I'resident Wil
son's administration. He ariulenrd
the republican critics of the adminis
tration and declared "this is no time
in our national life to criticise, but
rather it is the time to help."
Mors Favorable Features.
London, March 2S. "Yesterday's
news contained several more favor
able features," says the Times, "IIioiikIi
today's flphtiiifr mny be supremely
critical. There Is reason to hope thn.1
the next two days may see some sort
of equilibrium established. Ileln
forccinenls nre passing rapidly Into
the tirlnff line."
Tho morning Host snvs: "We be
lieve tliHt the British nnnv has snveil
itself nnd in snvitiif- Itself has saved
Kngland. The battle niHy not yet be
finished, but we believe tho worst Is
over."
The Fxpross warns ncalnst mistak
ing a lull for the end. "If the crisis Is
temporarily less Insistent," It says,
"we must regard the Interval merely
as A. breathing space: for It. Is cer
tain the Kaiser will try iiuain and yet
again." ,
, Americans Share All.
'J'aris, March I'X. The presence of
American auxiliary troops on the flgbt
inir lino in the great battle, was the
subject of much favorable comment,
and when It became generally known
that wounded American officers and
men were Icing brought back with the
French wounded from the region of
St. Quentin, American stock rose high.
The morn I effect was considerable,
even though the supposition was that
the number of the American troops in
line was not considerable.
The comforting thing to the French
is that recently whenever there has
been hfd fighting, the Americans have
had a share nf it, even II a small one,
and have acquitted themselves credit,
ably.
EXPECT RETURNS
OF MUCH MOMENT
Developments in Allied Counter-Attack
Awaited by U. S.
Staff Officers.
London, March 28. French Iroons
morning counter-attacked with crrwil rl.ish
drove back the enemy on a front of ten kiIomHpr
to a depth of three kilometers southward of
Noyon.
U. S. AMBULANCEMEN
ARE DECORATED
Paris. March' IS. Three ciffbers
and eleven nun of t lie lulled
States army ambulance corps
have been decorated with tha war
cross by the French government.
Those to rceive the honor are:
Lieut. Jos. f ircrnwood. of seetion
fi.iS; Lieut. Alan f. Kinsley. Lieut.
Otka F. Ist)ie. Privates Ixmis V..
Timson. Arthur V. t.'rosby, John I".
Fltzpatri, k, Kubei t L. Uaf. .'. V.
Tompkins, J. T. Jones. J. din S.
Wood. Kit-hard flakf-r. I'tr I'.
Miilr. of Hcctlon &I6, mid Piiv.trs
diehard V. I'.yl and iorS' P. p
Iry Hutler, of section C I L".
AMNESTY GRANTED TO ALL
CONNECTED WITH REVOLT
ONE AMERICAN
KILLED IN ACTIONi'
San Jose. f !.. Mann 2 Pr -ident
Tmoco hnii issued a IeT,e granting
amtiexty to all those roimriKd In th-
ceiit r-olt.
Washington, March ?8. -American
staff officers, studying cloisly
the war maps and latsit dispatchss
from the battle front, are of tha
opinion that developments of mo
ment in the allied counter attack
will begin to show themselvee on
the battlefield today or tomorrow.
Jjile reports that the Anglo-French
defense Is stiffening before the (ier
man assault on the western front led
American military observeis to believe
today that the allied counter stroke
might gel under way at sny moment.
All depends, ,f course, the olllecrs
said, on the torcis the allies hahcn
able to muster In resere. There Is
every indication that both thu Itrltlsh
lind French have been using reinforce
ments spin Ingly In their efforts to stem
tin- Herman adiiiice, meanwhile con
serving their man power to tho day
Just nliend.
Although no official reort has
reached the war department of tho
paiTicipsimn or American troops other
than engineer units, tlm view here Is
that Americans limy take part In tho
attempt to hurl the Oermiins bark.
This announcement was msde in
a British official summary of the
situation issued this evening.
Ths summary adds that ths Csr
mans last night sntered Mont
Didier.
Pressurs Continues.
London, March 28. Ths Frsnch
prsssurs on ths enemy ie continu
ing in the area of their counter at
tack south of Noyon,
"Ths British are holding their
positions north of ths Somms, thsir
lins in that arsa standing virtually
ths sams as last night. Ssvsral
German attacks In this region were
repulsed last night."
Last night tho Hermann effected it
crossing of the Homme near 4'hlpilly,
compelling th lliltlsh left flunk south
of thn i Iver tu fall back,
The statement follows:
"Killing the night the enemy sue
cceded In crossing thn Homme from
the north to the south near Chlpllly
and cnnseiiueully thn left Hank of our
troops south of the Nomine uus com
pelled id full hcIl towards llamel.
From Unit place the line runs through
I wimotte. Kn-Kanlei re, t'alx, Vnly mid
VVa rvelllers.
"Houth of this the French weir last
night pressed back 11 Icing the Hoye
llirteiill road nnd tho enemv entered
Mont Mdler."
SPIES WORK IN
CURTISS PLANT
Senator Overman Assigns Re
sponsibility for Failure of
Airplane Program.
SENATOR WILLIAMS
CONTEMNS LAFOLLETTE
BOCHES WIDEN
BATTLE FRONT Hi
SOMM VALLEY
New Stroke Delivered on North
Against British East
of Arras.
MUCH BOOTY CAPTURED
London Also Claims Taking of
Prisoners. " i
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Attacks Repulsed in Beaumont.
Hamel, Puiaieux and Moy. :
enville Vicinty. V
London, March 28.
Prisoners and machine
ffuns have been cap
tured by the British, the
war office announces.
The fighting continues
fiercely on both banks
of the Somme.
This morning the en
emy opened heavy bom
bardment on the British
defenses east of Arras.
An attack is developing
in this sector. '
Repeated attacks
were made by the en
emy along the valley of
the Somme in the neigh
borhood of Beaumont
Hamel, Puisieux and
MoyenncviTIe. They
were repulsed. '?
Statsment In Full.
Tlin statement follow.:
"Severn fighting look Mnca nvoln
yeslei l.iy evening and dniinir thn t.ii,i
nslrldo ths Homme and northward
from .Allien to Itoyollea. Itcpeatfid at
tacks wei made by tha rnemy Rlong
i v.i 1 1 e jr or inn woiiimn ami In th
neighborhood of llrnirmnnt-MMmirirl.
J'ulsh'ux and MoyrnnvHle. Thor wra
repulsed. Wo citplurmt a number of
prisoners anil a number of ntaaltfne
tfuns. ,
"The fighting Is continuing fiercely
on both banks of the Komme.
"This looming tho enemy opened a, , '"
heavy hoiubiuil it on our defense
east of Arras mid an attack la devel
oping In this sector."
BRITISH NOT TO PROVIDE
FUNDS FOR RUaS BONDS
trfiudon. Wednesday. March 17.
The iiiitlsh goei Minerit an
nounccn that sftrr April 1. It will
not provide, funds to me t cou
pons on Kii.ilnn government
bonds. The KusHla.ii r-ohit)niiMry
government (wiving declined to
meet the pnvuiMit. the IlillUh
govct run nt. although under no
obligations, has dun so hitherto.
RAIN, SAYS BILLY 'POSSUM
Washington, March 28. To ob
tain additional information re
garding the airotani situattrn, ths
senate military committee today
csllcd Maj.-Gen. Squier, head of
thp signal eo'ps. and Howia'd E.
totfin, ehairmsn of th antrpft
b.i"d. before tt t r lomsrrnv f-ternoen
Wa.hington. March ;i. Todiv'n
lint of casiiltis among the Anifrti n
ejelitlonary f"p s shn one mm
killod in action, four rmining in act
Ition. one died of wound one kitle.l
I by acel'lept. "iixt'in ''ie ,,f ,,'-.hi . j
. wrelj oundel uni () cl gl,t-l
It muuli.K.t.
Iletolutionists, fKBded b ft 1. .
flijell, (apt ire. I thrw in in fVli i
Itii-H m Keh. St. Joernmerit troops
wele w nl lo tlie . en and .:ok up
tfir rebel linn I. nirnt-, levol ition
isti being arr. ute.l t II r jpd.
but tie and four of ollomr' hi n
Vi'li.t In a f i;M iii tie poll. nenr
l'iimn boiiifr on ilath It.
1 La
tlin.
1 t,e . t,. ,
l.gl.f ' l..ini.e i
aioi iiU.i.
Tlie sr has at
leant tii k ii our
mind of! had
teb iihonn ant
slrert car setv.
I c r . Another
drive and we'll
forget I., lu.g
al'OUl gH. Oler-
barge and
pioiiiinirig nir
m-lvt-a to "Jut
lm tt salrr
cut of " if thv
don't Fiange (hat
'i i.i
nip r m ! u l r
IK Slid
toinght
W'aHliington, Much 2H.--rhu.rges
that ileimaii spies weis renponmble
for this country's fulliiie to keei up
In Ita iiliphiun prog. .nn, wi le nuole in
the seiutto trsliiy by Senator dver
iii.in, democrat, of North Carolina. He
Hi ho charged that there were spies In
thn 'urtla plant.
"If I were secietary of war, I would
( oiiiiiuindeer th t'urtlss plant snd put
out rveiy man employed Hit and
hli Americans In tlielr places," de.
rimed Hrnator Overman. Menntor
(ivermun declared spls took uutiil
braces, and sawing them Into two.
Joined tlie pieces with lend and then
piiinted over. Th Mist Hilstow ma
t tiln tild fell. An In esllgutlon dis
closed the defect. Man ' other pieces
ulso blid teen tampered Willi airj, lis
A lesult. the building of llnstow Ion .
chines was delayed two month, w hit
ltiipei iois and got -i iiiui'iit Hgent
went oer and cloH-ly 'iituliiei I to
tal !mi psitn to lif'l.oe ilninag'd
pieces.
Mi uator OMrmsii stilted It hsd lueii
ftsid tlieie are Idn.eou tiennxii spies In
tins (ouutiy. but he l.clievrd there are
0'i.lii'J H said h wn uwikirg ikj
unnliiil m n v t-tiitiliii. tit the
utto. plant, but asseiled somn of I
ttiiir Iiiiiim m sound tnvstei loowly un. i
Aim ih. hi. and added Unit ' we do ),)
know tl.sl spiea ar In the phiid and ,j
ttift ti.n ileltl Ilie .lenviiy or tins -ctiines."
Mr, 'ivirrnan afinounci'd tlmt tils
li.fni itiii'ion li.i 1 bven otitained fiom a
deeitle, wtio- milllti lie intended
giving to t'hnlroi.iu lotiii'iertulii. of
ll.e sennte ll.lllfirt lolllloltte
First Word in Open Scnrtto for
Expulsion Comes From
Mississippian.
Wmhinyton, March 28. Raad
in( from Wisconsin newspapers
today regarding the senatorial
campaign, Senator Williams, d.m
ocrat, of Mississippi, said:
"That, of course, isfeis lo Snntiu
lil'ollelle, wlio ouglit to be. r(H lied
fiom Ihla body." This was tin Hint
l i Illinium ni r iiiHd In the m n
s mi te for expulsion of tho lm ou
st u si mil in. rtenator W Illinois aim
itt i la led Ii tor lliigei, socialist c.ni
dlititte in Wisconsin, ought to bo In
terned. '
"What I want to etifoica on thn ie.
publican inliiotlty Is that this conn
tiy Is no longer composed f repub
licans und democrats, but of patrio
tism ami lukewttiiu pittilots or pru
lieiuiun on tho othei lde." said heli
ulol Williams, "1'olltl. s has llo ieJ
Into Innocuous desuetude. 1 am tak
ing Willi tho puitisau Pius of a pru
A lliei mi."
Hi sdltig fiotn a rrfer live iii his clip
pings to linger. Hi MissiHxipi.ui
.flouted. IU igi r, th nui Ultst, pro
iji rliisn. pt. i n -i t i Miididiitc. lb in sir
Int'O m fiAlse to AmetiiM. no false, to
i n ilixjtioii. that tin y tvlil volo tor
li'igii. who is under In. In tin. nt no
tor pro-i e i m.iu utfeiaiaes a iiuiii
who ought to tu 1 1 1 ? i in . I lod.l). '
GOES ON TRIAL CHARGED
WITH DOUBLE MURDER
ilosnoke, a. l in Ii T hoina.
I'iuiiiIii. tli.irgid with the mm li r ol
w ite. Mis. Kiiinia W rst Tiuiutio,
tier UU.ei. . r. W est, at th lat-
t i' home in Hi dfoul county on Man h
j, was l,ii t on tii.il In the I irciilt
com I at l'..ilfoid fity tins morning.
Tti pi i. Mil i was t-rought to that
iitncfi Lint mutit ftofii l.vtii htiut v.
"iliu. j w to tie in- t.ds iH-en ri.iitini-.l sine bis
!! ferencc In the official Itrltlsh
stiiteiueut fo thn ntlsck east of Atlas
evidently means that thn Oertiutii havw
widened their bat tin front and urn its.
Ilvci lug n new strokn on tho north.
Thn bill tie WHS begun lust week on ,
front ext. mllng as far north as thn
liver Mciirpe. the Junction of which
with tha battle line Is almost du east '
of Arras. Thn fighting north of thsk
fiver bus been reported, Thn attacks)
which sic developing today may mark
thn beginning of a second phnse, of the
battle. Herman military writers In .h
last few days h.'ivn been hinting that
surprises wets In store for tha MrtHuh
and there has len much discussion of
thn possibility of it Uermnn drlvn for
the coast with thn channel porta ef
Calais und Ihiuklik aa tho objectives.
AUSTRIA CLAfMS CAIN.
London, March 2t. "On tha
western front the attack ha
again won ground," says an eHi
cial Auatrisn statement received
here today.
PHOTOGRAPHS COME
INF0R CRITICISM
Washington, March !. --Charges
t hat Hie commltten on public Infor
mation. In Issuing phnlogrupha oe
itlrpl.tue production, supdll mislead,
log millions tending to eiaggrrata ths
volume of production, wr investiga.
Id today brfui the senate nillitary
COIIIIIIlttr.
Morrl. Strunsky, mployt In Ih j
plcl in n ,iepartin iit of tha commute,
said Ii" wrote the captions on four
plrtllles sent out for Us on MtlTh SO,
but which hav sine ben withdrawn
from publiritloti, but declared h
bused hi. information for part of tha "
captions on atnteinenta by Hecretary
Huker Strunsky SAld that p Thane h
permitted enthusl.ism to dominate the
f o is. although he denied any Intent ' -lion
to mislead the publi.
l.leut. John C. tluikhart. censor for
the Hi-nil corps, denied any knosl
edk'e of the picturrs. or tho caption. .
AMBASSADOR PACE AND
BAKER TO VISIT FRONT
ie iifnt ottiets i.ii lie summoned br -foit
th mililjiiy i oiuiiiitti..
iiiitictnu et tut v
lite fll t M ulie of tl
w s s
iinlv
.ecu l ed
i in a
f i tun
fiom. March Jt. American
;'.iador 1'age ha left Koine to
meet rVtretary I'akrr anj aixom
pain him on a visit to the Italian
front.
I a ms. March
kri ariived in
I. l:,ii)l.
:.."Se'rtry Tta
I'.nt today from
I. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OPENS OFFICE IN LOUISIANA
Washington. March IS. Th
I nited State employ meet rvlc
tislitv Hiinotinccl the ot-nlng of sv
nuuJ blanch olllca la i-)uiuos.
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