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300,000 GERMANS FALL IN BATTLE French Say That Kaiser Is Send ing Wounded Soldiers to Belgium. TRIES TO HIDE BIG LOSSES Prussian Guard Suffered Heaviest Cas ualties—Huns Used 100 Divisions in Vain Attempt to Break Al lies’ Front. Washington, April 3. —A French offi cial estimate of the German losses in the great battle on the western front puts thek 1 totai casualties at between 275,000 and 300,000 men. The Ger mans are sending most of their wound ed to Belgium, it is declared, to con ceal from the German people their heavy sacrifices. It has been possible to identify, the dispatch says, nearly German di visions, more than ten of which were twice engaged. Some of the divisions, it is declared, had to be relieved at the end of the first day after losing more than half their men. The dispatch follows: “After an eleven-days’ offensive, during which the Germans have reck lessly pushed forward their attacking waves, one may gather a fairly accu rate estimate of their losses. “In the first place, it has been pos sible to identify nearly 100 of their divisions since the beginning of the offensive, and more than ten of which were twice engaged. Some divisions had to be relieved at the end of the first day, having lost more than half of the men; such was the case of the Forty-fifth and the Eighty-eighth. The latter was nearly wiped out. “Among those that have suffered the most are the Fifth, Twelfth, Twenty eighth and One Hundred Seventh di visions, as well as the Second (Prus sian guard), the Sixteenth, the Twen ty-first and Twenty-sixth divisions of reserves. “In the second place, an enormous number of corpses were found on the battle ground, and the prisoners, on being questioned, acknowledge the ex tent of their losses of their respective units. “To conceal from the German peo ple ,ie heavy sacrifices that their of fensive methods required, the Ger mans are sending most of their w’ound ed to Belgium. “It is not an exaggeration to esti mate the total of their losses at be tween 275,000 and 300,000 men.” BIG STRIKE AT NAVY YARDS Carpenters Quit Government Job in Hampton Roads District—De mand More Money. I Norfolk, Va., April 3.—Government war work in the Hampton Roads dis trict was interrupted on Monday by a strike of several thousand carpenters and other workers. Plants involved are the Hampton Roads naval base, the army depot at Rush Bluff and the ordnance depot at Pig’s Point, all near Norfolk, and the Langley aviation field at Hampton. The carpenters inaugu rated the strike for an increase in pay and at some of the plants a sympa thetic strike among metal workers, plumbers and engineers followed. The strike started at the naval ftase, where leaders of the strikers claimed some 3,000 men were out. U. S. MAY TAKE MEAT PLANTS Drastic Action May Be Necessary to Supply Allies—Commission Ap pointed to Study Situation. Washington, April 2.—Government operation 1 the bi„ packing houses of the country became a strong proba bility on Monday. Food Administrator Hoover an nounced the president has approved the appointment of a commission to study the entire meat problem, and that an immediate revolution in the meat conservation and distribution policy must be made. He added: “This change may take the form of more definite and systematic direction of the larger packers, or even may mean operation of the packing house establishments by the government.” U. S. Buys 12 Jap Ships. Washington. March 30. —Formal an nouncement on Thursday by the war trade board of the new shipping ar rangement between the United States and Japan shows that Japan is to turn over to the American fleet Immediately twelve big steamers of 100,000 tons dead weight capacity, in return for steel supplies. Negotiations are pro ceeding for the transfer of 200,000 tons of new construction on the same basis. Boarding Steamer Sunk. London, April 3. —The British armed boarding steamer Tithonus was tor pedoed and sunk by a German sub marine March 28. according to an of ficial statement issued by the admir alty. One mercantile officer was lost. U. S. Closes Nebraska Mill. Scribner, Neb., April 3. —The Moni tor flour mill here was ordered closed for 30 days by the Nebraska food ad ministrator for violation of the rules requiring the shipment of substitutes with each shipment of wheat dour. Two Fl>ers Are Killed. Fort Worth. Tex.. April 1. —While doing solo flying here, F. .7. Dwyer. Royal Flying corps, whose home was in Scotland, and J. Scott Rowan of Montreal. Canada, were instantly killed when their planes crashed to earth. Russian Warship Is Sunk. London. April I.—The sinking by a mine in the harbor at Reval, on the Gulf of Finland, of the Russian cruis er Admiral Makaroff is reported in a I’etrograd dispatch to Oopeuhagen. as forwarded from that point. Seize 7.000 Bushels of Wheat. Reno, Xev.. March 30.—Seven thou sand bushels of wheat were seized at Austin by the state food administra tor, when Patrick Walch. the owner, refused to sell to the government for 82.77' per hundredweight. Gotham Spy Refuge Closed. New York. March 30. —The German club, of which Hugo Schmidt. Adolph l’avenstadt and other Germans, who figured in the 8010 l’asba investigation, were members, has been permanently closed by its diie.ctors. DUTCH CALL U. S. ACT UNFRIENDLY Seizure of Ships ‘lndefensible and Unjustifiable,” Says Statement. TERMED AN ACT OF VIOLENCE Holland Declares That President Wil son Misstated Facts in Note—De nies Huns Intended to Sink Vessels. The Hague, April 2.—The seizure of the Dutch merchantmen in American ports is characterized by the Dutch government, in a statement in the Offi cial Gazette, as an act of violence which it will oppose with all the en ergy of its conviction and its wounded national feeling. The government takes issue with the proclamation of President Wilson regarding the decision of the United States, saying it contains assertions which are contrary to the facts. The statement says the Dutch na tion “with painful surprise” has tak en notice of President Wilson’s proc lamation and that the seizure of a neu tral mercantile fleet is unjustifiable. “With pauJ’ul surprise the govern ment and whole Dutch nation has tak en notice of the presidential procla mation and the statement of March 20 relative to the seizure of part of the Dutch merchant fleet,” the statement begins. “The seizure en bloc of a neutral merchant fleet, if only for the dura tion of the war, is an act indefensi ble from the viewpoint of internation al law and unjustifiable toward a friendly nation, apart from consider ations of legality. “But the manner, also, in which the presidential statement defends this act of violence does not contribute toward lessening the sting thereof, for this defense has plainly been drawn up under the influence of a completely incorrect representation of affairs. “The manner in which the Dutch merchant fleet has been treated in past months in the United States, the in cessant difficulties placed in the way of our sailings from American ports, repeated refusals of bunkering facili ties and forced unloading of cargoes already bought—all this may be with in the rights of the United States (save one case, that of the Zeelandia, which with her own bunker coal en tered an American port and has been unlawfully detained there since). “It surely was against the tradition al friendship between the two coun tries, although on this point the presi dential statement keeps silence. “According to President Wilson’s proclamation,” the statement contin ues, “the Netherlands, owing entirely to German pressure, failed to observe the preliminary arrangement which was proposed for the purpose of leav ing no longer Idle the Dutch tonnage In American ports and furnishing an opportunity for making voyages with in a period of 90 days, pending a definite agreement on Dutch tonnage and rationing. This is distinctly in correct. QUEBEC RIOTERS ARE SLAIN Soldiers Clash With Anti-Draft Crowds —Four Civilians Killed—loo Ar rests Made. Quebec, April 3. —A battle with gen eral shooting occurred in the streets of Quebec on Monday night. Soldiers and anti-draft rioters fired at one another as a result of an attempt on the part of the military to suppress disorders which broke out against the military service act again. Four civ ilians were killed and four civilians and a number of soldiers were wound ed in the fighting. One hundred men charged with rioting were arrested. The troops began shooting into the mob after a number of them had been manhandled by the rough element. The malcontents immediately returned the fire. A squadron of cavalry, sent by General Lessard, inspector general of Canada, who had taken the admin istration of the city under military jurisdiction, charged the crowd with drawn swords. Infuriated, the fae tionists assailed soldiers, who were forced to use their rifles. $2.50 WHEAT LOSES IN HOUSE Senate Amendments to Agricultural Bill Disagreed to and It is Sent Back to Conference. Washington, April 3. Senate amendments to the agricultural ap propriation bill, including the provi sion for Increasing the government wheat price guaranty to $2.50. were disagreed to by the house on Monday and the measure went to conference. Cossack Chief Gives Up. Moscow, April 2. —General Bognyev sky. assistant chief of the Don Cos sacks and leader after the suicide of General Kaledines, says an official statement issued here in Saturday, has surrendered to the bolshevik!. Two Greek Officers to Die. Athens, April 2. —The two Greek of ficers who were arrested recently after being landed on the west coast of the Peloponnesus by a German subma rine have been tried and sentenced to death by a court-martial. Americans on Italian Front. Italian Army Headquarters. April 1. —Ambassador Page has arrived here from Rome, and with General Swift and other members of the American military mission visited General Diaz at headquarters. Order Freight Embargoes. Washington. April 7. —Embargoes against consignees who fail to unload their freight promptly were ordered by The railway administration. Asa re sult of the order two new committees are created. Cadet Flyer Is Killed. Fort Worth. Tex.. March 30.—Robert Daniel Garwood of Canaserga. N. Y.. a cadet of the Royal Flying corps at Benbrook. an English aviation camp near here, was killed when his air plane fell while doing a tail spin. Rail Revenue Takes Jump. Washington. March 30.—During the first month of government operation. January, the railroad- had operating revenues aggregating $270,231,813. an increase of 550.000.000 over the last mon.h of private operation. TEUTONSREPULSED WITH BIG LOSSES; SLUES WIN GROUND British Storm Strong Positions Along Luce River. HUN DEAD COVER GROUND Haig’s Troops Improve Positions South of Hangard and at Other Points—French Hurl Back Strong Enemy Force on the Oise. London. April 3.—The report from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters In France says: “Except for minor enterprises, which we carried out in the neighbor hood of Serre, and as a result of which we captured a German post, the day passed more quietly on the whole battle front.” [Serre is on the road from Arras to Amiens, almost in a direct line bp tween Arras and Albert and slightly nearer the latter city.] British Storm Wood. British Army Headquarters in France, April 2.—The British stormed strongly held German positions in a wood along the Luce river yesterday. When the enemy withdrew, after Sharp fighting, he left the ground strewn with his dead. The Germans shelled the wood heavily after it was occupied by the British and organized two counter-at tacks for the purpose of retaking it. Both were caught in the British artil lery barrage and broken. Haig Gains South of Hangard. The British improved their posi tion L’ an attack south of Hangard, and later repulsed two German coun ter-attacks which essayed to restore the situation. South of Hebuterne the British con ducted a successful local attack and repulsed a counter-assault. Allies Make Advance. Paris, April 3.—French and British troops advanced during the night be tween the Somme and Detnuin, it is announced officially. Over most of the front between the Somme and the Oise the night was relatively calm. Heavy artillery fighting occurred at some points. Day Passes Quietly on British Front. London, April 3.—The war office is sued the following statement: “The day passed quietly on the British front. There was no serious fighting on the French front. “In the course of the fighting in the area between the Avre and the Luce rivers we captured 50 prisoners and 13 machine guns. A large num ber of German dead tvas found on the ground in this locality by us, and two counter-attacks attempted by the enemy later in the day were bro ken up with heavy loss by our artil lery. A German battery in action in this area was successfully engaged at short range and silenced by our ma chine guns. “A successful local enterprise car ried out by us in the neighborhood of Hebuterne resulted in the capture of 73 prisoners and three machine guns. Many Germans were killed in this op eration also, and a hostile counter-at tack during the afternoon was com pletely repulsed. “On the remainder of the front suc cessful raids, in which we secured sev eral prisoners and killed a number of the enemy, were carried out in the neighborhood of Aeheville and Holle beke.” French Hurl Back Huns on Oise. Paris, April 3.—The war office is sued (he following statement: “The day was marked by quite spirited ar tillery fighting, particularly between Montdidier and Lassigny. Our bat teries caught under their fire enemy concentrations east of Cantigny. “A strong German reconnaissance, attacked by our troops on the left bank of the Oise, southwest of Ser vais, was repulsed. “In the Woevre and Upper Alsace enemy attacks were without result. “The night was relatively calm on the front between the Oise and the Somme. The artillery fighting became rather heavy along some parts of the battlefield. “Franeo-British troops made some progress during the night between the Somme and Oemuin. “In the region of the Colonne trench and at Ban de Sapt the French made two successful raids and took pris oners. At Chambrettes a German at tack on small French posts was re pulsed.” Counter-Attacks Repulsed—Berlin Berlin. April 3. —The following state ment covering operations on the West ern front was issued here: “The posi tion on the battlefield is unchanged. Counter-attacks made by the enemy near Ilebuterne and with special stub bornness against heights captured bj us between the Luce and the Acre broke down with heavy losses. Minor Infantry engagements took place be tween the Avre and the Oise. “The French have continued to shell Laon, and numerous of the inhabitants have fallen victims. “Reennnoitering engagements occur red on the eastern bank of the Meuse near Haudiomont and southeast of Thann; some prisoners were brought in. IN DEFENSE OF BACHELORS Proposition to Tax Single Men Has Aroused Active Opposition of Philadelphia Scribe. One of those business men’s asso ciations which so often are effective as goads to drive municipal ambition to the heights now invites the lifted eyebrow by suggesting that a tax of two or three dollars a year be paid npon every single man. remarks the Philadelphia Bulletin. QUEER FREAKS OF NATURE River of Pure Ink in Algeria—Siberian Streams Flow Over Beds of Solid Ice—Singing Well. A river of ink is formed in Algeria by the union of two streams, the water of one being impregnated with iron and the other, which drains a great swamp, with gallic acid. This combina tion of iron and acid forms a pure ink. in Siberia rivers flow over ice, old and solid us roJt. A tributary of the WATJSAU PILOT SPIES IN FACTORIES GAS MASKS RUINED BY AGENTS OF GERMANY. Senator Thomas Declares That Out of 5,000 Headpieces 2,900 Were Found tj Be Defective. Washington, April 3. —Charges that German spies are interfering with the manufacture of £as masks intended for use in France were made in the senate by Senator Thomas of Color ado, who said that in one factory 2.- 900 oui of 5,000 inusks were found de fective. Even after the defective ones bad been discarded some later were found packed with those that had passed inspection. Senator Thomas declared the nui'ks had been damaged by small perfora tions and asserted the work was done by persons in rhe factory. He said this is only a sample of the work that is being done by German agents in this country. Senator Thomas declared the United States now faced a serious situation. The German drive, he declared, has not ended. "Is there any significance in the fact that these labor conditions exist now or is it only a coincidence?” the Col orado senator asked, referring to the reports of strikes in various parts of the country. He added he believed them to be a part of German propaganda. “I contend that the man who incites strikes at this time is an enemy of the United States, and should be treated as such,” Senator Thomas continued. “That Is equally true of our prof iteers.” Declaring that union labor is re sponsible for tiie Kansas City labor trouble, Senator Reed of Missouri said it Mill be “a very dark day for organ ized labor" if it interferes with war industry. Denouncing the I. W. \V„ Senator Pomerene of Ohio said they were a “fertile field” for professional agita tors. DIVER SINKS MUNITION SHIP German Submarine Sends British Steamer to Bottom on Homeward Trip. Boston, April 3.—Sinking of the British, steamer Carlisle Castle, pre sumably by a German submarine,, while on a voyage from this country for a foreign port, was reported in shipping circles here. The ship was under charter to the Cunard line and carried war supplies. New York, April 3.—The Carlisle Castle, a steel screw steamship of 4,325 gross tons, loft an Atlantic port January 27 and was torpedoed Febru ary 10 in the English channel, accord ing to officials of the Union Castle Mail Steamship company, its owners. The ship carried a crew of 52, all of whom were saved except the fourth engineer, who was killed at his post. The Italian steamship Alessendra, a vessel of 2,432 tons gross tonnage, has been sunk by a German submarine off the Island of Madeira, according to advices received in marine circles here. The crew was landed at Fun chal. SECRETARY BAKER IN ROME Will Attend American Wedding and Call on Italian Premier—Will Return to Paris. Rome, April 3.—Newton D. Baker, the American secretary of war, is ex pected here from the Italian front. He will be accompanied by Ambassa dor Page. The secretary will attend the wed ding of Miss Augustus Grover of Princeton to Hart Anderson, secretary of the embassy, at the embassy. Af terward Secretary Baker will see Pre mier Orlando, Finance Minister Nltti and General Zuppelli, minister of war .Ambassador Page will give an offi cial dinner in honor of the secretary, who will leave Rome then for Paris. WAR FINANCE BILL IS PASSED Act Makes Possible Organization of $500,000,000 Corporation With Power to Issue Bonds. Washington, April 3. —Congress dis posed of the war finance corporation bill when the house adopted the con ference report agreed to by the senate on Monday. It makes possible the or ganization of a $500,000,000 corpora tion. with power to issue $8,000,000,000 of bonds with the secretary of the treasury and four others as incorpora tors. 1.373 GERMANS IN CAMP Arrival of War Prisoners at Fort Mc- Pherson Internment Camp En larges Number of Aliens. Atlanta, Ga., April 3.—Five hundred and seven German prisoners arrived in Atlanta Monday night from Fort Douglas, Ariz., and were sent to the internment camp at Fort McPherson, to be kep* for the remainder of the ! war. They have been in custody for more than a year. Their arrival in creased the number of war prisoners at the local camp to 1,373 U. S. to Get Jap Ships. Tokyo. April 3.—The amount of tonnage to be turned over to the Unit ed States by Japan under the arrange ■ mens made by the Japanese shipping commission is estimated by the press | *u about 250,000. The notion is rooted in injustice. Obviously the business gentlemen are married. The single man, especially if he be young and thoughtless, is about the highest taxed citizen in the com munity. He is manna for the laundries and he pays as much to have his but tons sewed on—lonely man that he is L —as some real estate owners put up in formal taxes. He is the mystical element which enables the restaurant owners to pay high rents for expensive quarters in the central sections of the city, for he is politely robbed every Lena river has underneath the soil which forms the bed of the river: a bed of pure ice. over nine feet thick. A Break of nature is the lost river in Kentucky. It is known as the Hidden river, because no one knows its origin, and it vanishes into a cave leading no one knows where. It flows without a ripple, and is of a pale, bluish color. A singing well is one cf the natural curiosities of Texas. In fine weather a sound like that of an aeolian harp is given out by the well. At times the sound is clear; then it recedes, as if NOTABLE DATES IN CONGRESSIONAL WAR RECORD 1917. "t—Proclamation by president calling extra session. ,P. -“Congress convenes pursuant to president s summons. ' P res >dent addresses congress calling for war on Germany. April 4 Senate adopts war resolution. „ . pri House concurs in war resolution. President signs it immediately and proclaims war, the^nVes "*~^ >reS ' C * ent s ’ gns a uthor i zin g first Liberty bonds and loans to 1 French mission received- by house. 7, ay 3—Senate receives French mission. May s—British mission received by house. May B—Senate receives British mission. May 18— President signs draft law. June I&—President signs espionage bill. June la—President signs $3.38:1,000.000 urgent deficiency bill, up to that time the largest appropriation bill in the world. July 34—President signs $040,000,000 aircraft bill. August 10—President signs food survey and food control bills. October o—President signs trading with the enemy act. October 6 President signs record-breaking $8,000,000,000 urgent deficiency bill. October 6—Congress adjourns until December 3. December 3 Congress reconvenes. December 4 President addresses congress urging war on Austria 1918. January 4—President addresses congress on government control of the railroads during the war. January B—President addresses congress outlining terms of peace. February 11—President addresses congress restating war objectives. SENATE FOR BILE TO PISH FOES Would Give Disloyalists 20 Years and SIO,OOO Fine. IS APPROVED BY COMMITTEE Severe Penalties for Those Who Aid German Cause Either by Word or Deed—Many Amendments Written Into Measure. Washington, April 3.—ln favorably reporting a bill to impose drastic pen alties for disloyal acts the senate ju diciary committee adopted an amend ment by Senator Poinderter of Wash ington prescribing imprisonment for 20 years and SIO,OOO tine for “whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of the German empire or its allies in the present war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein.” The committee also approved the same penalties for persons obstructing government war bond issues and for willfully “attempting,” as well as actual attempts, to obstruct recruiting or enlistment in the army. Bars All Disloyal Talk. The Poindexter amendment would make it unlawful “for any person or persons in the presence or hearing of others to utter any disloyal, threaten ing, profane, scurrilous, contemptuous, slurring, abusive or seditious language about the government of the United States or the Constitution of the United States, or the president of the United States, or the flag of the United States, or the uniform of the army or navy of the United States, or the good and wel fare of the United States, or any other language calculated to bring the Unit ed States or the United United States government, or the president of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or ihe army or navy or soldiers or sailors of the Unit ed States, or the flag of the United States, or the good and welfare of the United States into contempt, scorn, contumely, or disrepute.” The same amendment would also make it unlawful to use “any language calculated to incite or inflame resist ance to any duly constituted federal or state authority in connection with the prosecution of war; or threaten tlie good or welfare of the United States or the United States govern ment; or to advise, urge or incite any curtailment of production in this coun try or anything or things, product or products necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war in which the United States may be engaged, with intent by such curtailment to cripple or hinder the United States in the prosecution of such war.” The committee was unanimous in its action. Other amendments written into the bill by the committee, with the same drastic penalties provided, prohibit dis loyal or abusive utterances or any acts tending to curtail production of essen tial war products, or “to advocate, teach, favor or defend” such acts. Senator Jones of New Mexico intro duced a resolution calling for the dis missal of any government employee who performs any disloyal act, utters any seditious language against the president or speaks disrespectfully of the flag. BAKER TIGHTENS CENSORSHIP Information Concerning Army Will Be Made Public From Headquarters of Forces in France. Washington. April 3.—Under orders cabled to the war department Secre tary Baker has directed that in future all information concerning American forces in France will be made public from the headquarters of the expedi tionary forces. Information about troops at home will be given out by the war department as in the past. Captain Koenig a Prisoner. An Atlantic Port, April 3.—Captain Koenig, commander of the German merchant submarine Deutschland, is a prisoner in a British port, according to the captain of a British ship arriv ing here. He also claimed that the Dentschiand was captured by the Brit ish. time he sits down to a desolate meal. Though he exist in his rooms as lone somely as a chambered nautilus, yet he is taxed to the hilt indirectly, since it is from him that the overload of the premises collects the money de manded by the house owner, and it is a certainty that the man who really owns the real estate doesn’t pay his taxes out of his profits. The city should rather mix a little philosophy with its taxation theories. Thereby it might do a double service to the community. Special taxes far away; and then it reaches the ear very faintly. These changes lake place every few minutes, and with great reg ularity. With an east wind blowing the wa ter in the well gets very low, and the mysterious musical sound is faint. A strong west wind causes the water to rise and the sound to increase in vol ume and clearness. Before a north wind the well plays its wildest pranks. The water rises nearly to the top of the well, which is about sixty feet deep, and gives out wild, weird noise*. FIGHT AGAINST TURKS ARMENIANS AND GEORGIANS FORM ARMY FOR DEFENSE. Russian Warships in Harbor of Batoum Seized and Taken Into the Black Sea. Petrograd, April 3. —Fierce fighting has broken out in the districts of Batoum, Kars and Ardaham, in the Caucasus. The Armenians and Geor gians have formed a large army for the defense of the territory against the Turks, who have begun military occu pation of the three districts by virtue of the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty. The Georgians have seized most of tlie Rusian warships in the harbor of Batoum and have taken them into the Black sea. Tlie entire population of Georgia has been mobilized to oppose the invaders. London, April 3. —Former Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the former emperor, has been ar rested and imprisoned at Perm by or der of the Perm council of worgmen’s and soldiers’ delegates, says an Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Pe trograd. Rear Admiral Sablin has been elect ed commander in chief of the Black sea fleet. General Payoff, who has been ap pointed commander of the Moscow’ mil itary district, says a Reuter dispatch, has announced that he expects to form an army of 1,000,000 men wdthin two months. FLOUR MILLS AT STANDSTILL Textile Factories Cut From 1,700 to 70; Shoe Shops, 1,400 to 300. Amsterdam. April 3.—A leading Ger man manufacturer, writing in the Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung, says: “Out of 1,700 spinning and weaving mills only 70 are still running at high pressure, while in the boot and shoe industry 1,400 factories have been amalgamated into 300. In the oil in dustry 15 factories working at high pressure have been formed out of 720 works previously existing. In the silk industry the number of spindles has been reduced from 45,000 to 2,500.” Commenting on this letter, the Tage blatt remarks: “This shows for the first time in sta tistics the great extent to which the closing down of factories has taken place in Germany. YANKEES TRICK THE GERMANS Americans Tap System of Telephone Communication in Advance Sup port Positions. With the American Army in France, April 3. —The American forces obtain ed accurate information that the work of their intelligence department has been so effective that the German sys tem of telephonic communication in advance support positions is practi cally useless. The Boehe positions are “tapped” by ground sets, by means of which the Americans listen in, and phone com munication is useless for a depth of almost tw’o miles. The Germans are obliged to rely exclusively on runners or dogs. Great numbers of the w ? ar dogs are observable in the vicinity of German listening and observation posts. 3 AMERICANS SLAIN IN PARIS Miss Ruth Landon Third of Family Killed by Big Shell Attack on City Is Resumed. Paris, April 3.—The eighth bombard ment of Paris began at 10:10 o’clock, when a big gun projectile exploded. Further identifications show that three instead of two members of the Lan don family of New York were killed on Good Friday when a shell from the long-ranged German gun struck a church. Miss Ruth Landon, as well as her sister and mother, was killed. Pro-German Spies Executed. Athens, April 3.—Lieutenants Cal amaras and Hodjopoulos, who came to Greece recently on a German subma rine as agents of former King Constan tine. were condemned to death by a court-martial and the sentence was carried out today might be levied against the diamonds worn at dansants, and especially on the diamonds which obese red gentle men wear on their little fingers at the cabarets. Special taxation might go down the line from that starting point to take in fur coats, high hats, jeweled slippers, the tenth highball, and the other nonessentials so plentifully in evidence all about. Burned Priceless Documents. Anew broom sweeps clean, and there is nothing a young wife sets Safeguarding the Mules. Ludicrous as it may seem, necessity has demanded that a Los Angeles drov er equip his mules with tail lights, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. Without being facetious, it may not be amiss to point out that the devices ht* employs are literally the first real tail lights ever used. Some time ago when a number of the man's mules were being driven along a highway at night, a motor car plunged into the drove with disastrous results. This caused the dealer to resort to the warn- U.S.THRUSTSfISIDE PRIDE MIN WAR Troops to Be Merged With French and R iish. PLAN APPROVED BY BAKER Action Decided Upon at Conference Attended by Secretary of War, Pershing, Bliss and French Officials. IV ashington, April 3.—The announce ment from London that American army units are to brigaded with Brit ish and French organizations was in terpreted by army officers here as in dicating that the United States govern ment is ready to thrust aside all ques tions of national pride in placing American man power at tlie immedi ate disposal of the allies. 'I he plan was decided on at confer ences between Secretary Baker, Gen eral Bliss, General Pershing and Brit ish and French officials. So far as known the war department had not been officially informed of it. To Rush Troops in Training. Details of the method to be follow ed are not available, and presumably wlil be arranged by General Pershing. There was every indication, however, that American troops now’ in training here are to be rushed across regard less of their proficiency. The British statement carefully notes that the national aspect of Gen eral Pershing’s army Is not to be im paired. Tlie building up of that pure ly American war machine will proceed as rapidly as possible. To supplement that effort, however, other American units will be fed to the front through the French and British lines to meet the present emergency. “Arrangements fop the transporta tion of these additional forces," the British statement said, “are now being completed.” British Ships May Be Used. This was regarded as an Indication that the full extent of British troop ship capacity is to be devoted to tak ing forward American units and in sures, it is said, the early delivery in Europe of at least double the Ameri can man power that could have been forwarded in the same time otherwise. It was noted that the statement pointed out that the American forces merged with the British and French are to be withdrawn when their train ing is completed, “and General Per shing wishes to withdraw them to build up the American army.” To many offi cers hei’e, however, the picture pre sented after uctive operations is one of Freneh-Ameriean and British-Ameri can units of the French and British armies, in which the individual sol diers will be so Intermixed that it will be impossible to withdraw’ them with out disintegrating the divisions or brig ades. Whatever efforts may be made to keep a purely American unit in a vet eran division of one of the other arm ies, officers say, the exigencies of con flict, and the problem of replacing losses will lead to the creation ulti mately of composite battalions rather than of divisions, composed of French and American or British and American units. Complete Merging of Armies. A complete merging of the men is as certain, it is believed, as is the merg ing of regular army, National army and National Guard units in the Ameri can army. There is no practical way to avoid it, officers say, without im pairing the efficiency of the entire force. There are many officers who believe this to be the only practical solution of the transportation and supply prob lems, if American military power is to he made immediately available to repel the German onslaught. TO FIX WAR GOODS COST Profiteering Will Be Stamped Out by New System of Requirements Board. Washington, April 3. —A complete revolution of the system of buying war supplies was announced by the government. Revealing the intention of the war industries board to fix prices of all war materials, Chair man Bernard M. Baruch declared that profiteering will be stamped out and the services of the industrial giants of the nation will be at the disposal of the government without ground for criticism such as attended the old plan, QUITS THE FOUR-MINUTE MEN Missouri Chairman Defends Man Charged With Disloyalty—At tempts Palliate Actions. St. Louis, Mo.. April 3.—E. M. Gross man has resigned as chairman of the Four-Minute Men of Missouri state council of defense. Grossman as the attorney for a man charged with dis loyalty is said to have attempted to palliate the actions of his client, an attitude which his colleagues resented. 1,200 Strike at Chicago. Chicago, April 3.—Twelve hundred foundryinpn employed by the American Car and Foundry company went on strike for an increase in wages and an eight-hour day. They have been work ing ten hours and receivir.g from 33 1-3 to 60 cents an hour. about more energetically than clean ing up the relics of her loved one’s bachelor days. This has led to the untimely destruction of a number of valuable records at Buckten, Swit zerland where a newly married wom an unacquainted with the nature of the documents, which she took ftr worthless old paper, set fire to the minutes of Swiss railway building in the early days of the steam engine, mostly dating from 1850. Apart from their historical interest, most of the papers were stamped with the rare ing lights so as to avoid similar acci dents in the future. The devices, which are identical to those used on many bicycles, are strapped to the mules’ tails. When the glare from the lamps of a motor car strikes them, beams of ruby light are reflected- In cidentally, if a mule swings his tail, the warning sigiial becomes ail the more noticeable. Thief Feared Siege of Paris. A woman shoplifter who was caught ia the act of appropriating a curtain KILL QUEBEC RiOTERS SOLDIERS SHOOT ANTIDRAFT AGITATORS ,IN CANADA. Fifteen Others Wounded When Men on Housetops Fire at "’’roopers on Guard in Strc-ts. Quebec, April 3. —Fighting between anti-draft rioters and troopers, which resulted in the killing of five civilians and the wounding of fifteen civilians and five soldiers persisted during the •lay. Men on housetops sniped the sol diers. The killed and wounded civil ians were innocent bystanders. Tlie snipers never presented n good mark. They fired frequently from street crowds, which collected despite the warning issued through the newspa pers that stern measures were to be adopted and that gatherings in the streets were illegal. Sixty-two men are under arrest, charged with fre quenting illegal assemblies. Todajs General Lessard consulted with the civil authorities. LENROOT LEADS IN WISCONSIN Joseph E. Davies Is Close Second in Senate Race and Victor Berger Is Third. Milwaukee. \VIs., April 3.—First flashes from scattering precincts out side of Milwaukee indicate that Rep resentative Irvine L. Lenroot, Repub lican, is leading for United States senator, to fill the seat of the late Paul O. Husting. Democrat Early figures indicate that Joseph E. Davies, the choice of President Wilson, is running second and that Victor L. Berger, the Socialist, is a poor third. Fifty precincts out of 2,283 give Lenroot 4,230, Davies 2,760, Berger 2.350. Madison. Wis., April 3.—-Two hun dred and three precincts in the state give Lenroot 14,379; Davies, 10,809; Berger, 8,466. One hundred and thirty-seven pre cincts give Rosenberry 7,941; Crown hart. 6.537. Milwaukee. Wis., April 3.—First re turns from Milwaukee city give Hoan- Soeiallst, a two-to-one lead over Bra man, nonpartisan, for mayor. Davies is picking up out in the state. Waukesha county, in 15 pre cincts, gives Davies 1,333, Lenroot 1,- 017 and Berger 424. Republicans had claimed the coun ty by 500. It is one of the German strongholds where the Democratic pri mary vote fell off heavily. Berger carried it when he ran for congress. CHICAGO BEATS SOCIALISTS Antiwar Forces in Every Ward Go Down to Defeat in Deluge of Ballots. Chicago, April 3.—With an over whelming outpouring of loyalist votes in yesterday’s aldermanic elections, Chicago shot Socialism into oblivion. Not a single Socialist survived the deadly concentration of “liberty bal lots.” Mayor Thompson’s candidates were also beaten in every instance where there was a contest. WILL SET DAY OF PRAYER House Concurs in Senate Resolution Requesting President Wilson to Name Date. Washington, April 3.—The house concurred in x senate resolution re questing the president to designate a day of prayer for American arms. Britain Gets Another Loan. Washington, April 3. —Great Brit ain received another loan of $200,000,- 000, the treasury department announc ed. British credits by the United States now amount to $2,720,000,000. Raiders Bomb Belgian Coast. Flushing, April 3.—An air raid on the Belgian coast continued for four hours Sunday night. THE MARKETS Grain, Provisions, Etc. BUTTER— Creamery, extra, ex tra firsts, 40^041c; firsts, 38@40c; seconds, 34©37c; centralized, 4004114 c; ladles, 34'/i 35c; process, 37c; packing stock, 30032 c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 34V4®34%c; ordinary firsts, 33*4®33%c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 33%®34c; cases returned, 32%® 33c; extras, 37038 c; checks, 31©31%c; dir ties, 32®32%c; storage, 35%@36Vic. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 31c per lb.; old roosters, 23c; young roosters, 31c; ducks, 28®31c; geese, 25@31c. POTATOES—Wisconsin, white, sl.ou® 1.10. CATTLE—Good to choice steers, $13.25® 14.90: yearlings, good to choice, $9.00013.25; Stockers and feeders, $8.50G12.25; good to choice cows, $9.00012.00; good to choice heifers, $9.00012.25; fair to good cows, $7.75 '08.75; canners, $6.5007.10; cutters, $7.00® 7.60; bologna bulls, $8.0009.25; butcher bulls, $9.00011.00; heavy calves, $9.00@i1.00; veal calves $13.50® 16.50. HOGS —Prime light butchers, $17.45(0/17.80; fair to fancy light, $17.25017.85; medium weight butchers, 2000240 .lbs., $17.00017.50; heavy weight butchers. 2400400 lbs., $16.75 017.30; choice heavy packing. $16.50017.00; rough heavy packing, $16.25016.60; pigs, fair to good. $16.00017.00; stags, $17.00® 18.00. SHEEP— Good to choice wethers, $14.00® 17.00; good to choice ewes, $12.00®lC.O0; yearlings, $13.50017.50; western lambs, good to choice, Colorado lambs, $18.50® 20.30; nartve lambs, good to choice, $15.00018.50; shorn lam ns, $15.50®17.0v; shorn wethers. $12.00® 13.50. Buffalo, N. Y., April 2. PATTl,E—Receipts, 450; steady. CALVES-Receipts, 300; easier; $7.00® 19.50. HOGS— Receipts. 3.400; slow; heavy. *17.50018.00; mixed, $18.25018.50; Yorkers, $18.40018.60; light Yorkers, $18.00018.25; pigs, $17.75018.00; roughs, $15.75016.00; slags. *13.00® 14.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts. 2.000; steady to strong: lambs. $15.00020.40: year lings. 00® 17.50: wethers. $15.500169)0: ewes! $f"0i%14.50; _ mixed sheep, sl4T76® U.2S “Dove of Basle,” much sought after by stamp collectors, and worth SSO apiece for good specimens. Close upon $5,000 worth of them were made away with while the minutes them selves are estimated to have been worth fully as much, if not more. Paper Saves Dusters. Save washing dusters hy using old newspapers for cleaning. They are excellent for window polishers, first rate for scouring tinware and are as go<l as a brush for polishing a stove. from a Paris emporium was sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment. Ari enormous quantity of stolen consisting chiefly of provisions and ar ticles of clothing, was found at her apartment. Her excuse before the judge was that the articles had been laid in by her as a precaution against a siege of Paris, an argument which failed to move the court. ‘— An inventor has brought out an in sect trap that can be screwed into the top of a fruit jar.