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SOUTI END KT EVENING j EDITION THE WEATHER I iidi.i u.i .Hui Mi liiu ui n.-;h?: T .e- bv f.i;T, . .:..- : New Slogan for South Bend "SOUTH BEND, IND., AND PROUD OF IT" Reply Made by South Bend Boy aiYLKQ Ilia JLDD TO KCWSPIPEE MEN IN TXIZ TR22fCnC3 1TTK2 FIRING THE FlklT XS.IC SHOT JLT TUX GJSXMJLK3L VOL. XXXV, NO. 84. A SBWSPAPKit FOR THE IIOMB WITH ALL THE LOCAL NEW. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1918. PAY AND NIGHT FULL LEASED WiltE TELIitJKAPLUC SEIiVICE. PRICE TWO CENTS r r EWS-TIMESÄ 0M vrs L D) ii ii i ii nir - 1 n U w ! .! I 01 SECTOR ii,! 1 1 International mt 'or. : WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 2 !. (6 p. m.) American position, were under lire today from both Ger man aircraft and German artillery. Early in the morning a German airplane crowed the Mr. 2 at an altitude of 20,000 feet. The airman shut ml his motor and vol- planed low- in the obscurity of the early morning darkness, dropping uimerous new style bombs, which exploded before thev reached ground, scattering clouds of mustard gas. As the ;as in heavier 'han air, it slowly settled, spreading as it did so. American gas ofheer.s immediately detected the piti-enro of the toxic poison by a reddish blue Klare and -i-ignalled for the men to put on their mask?. The enemy evidently tried to gas some of our artillery a little later in the day. A certain half of the ruined territory in an advanced American area was subjected to two bursts of lire from Krupp ha'.'eries. MiM Are Ca Shell. Most of the projectiles sent over were gas t-h'lls, but there was some hlsdi explosive ami nhraptiel also. A Herman airplane was detected hovering the sky and directing the' liornian tiro, hut nas driven uff by j ou. anti-aircraft guns. j American batteries shelled St. B. i us-ant heavily and threw some j -hells into Herman communication j trencher. V fluctuating and ha rass-j persed ly American machine -tin ins: tire was ato kept up against the' tire. enemy's Mrst line. I American observers. piloted by Plane Squadron Broken, i.vrench aviator;, have hern, working A squadron of seven Herman air-! hard to ascertain if there were any plant's tried to .-woop arruss t lie i lei ma n troop movements opposite' American line? hut the fornfatinn j the Anierican front, but little activ- was broken up and the machine? di- ' ity v as noticel. Pershing's Forces Are Impatient For Chance fntf tiati 'iial .New S. !!,e: WITH THi: AMKUH'AN Alt.MV IN rilANt'i:. .March America') army ottic rs declared today that tlie .icMMil situation on tlie western front is I' e most critical confront- in? the ."Hies sine tii- lattb' of the Marne. They don't except d ;;n. TtHM" ,11'nrrs point'-.l out til. i.eces-ity for plain si'eakii: nou -o that the people at home ecu jealie ;:iat ecry effort i n' e-ary on tlieir t-ait in order that the foe in ly t.e beaten Making supreme rtloit. The C.'rinan a n nou iu erne nt of t!ie capture ; l'-ronne and Mam war tefeixed by the American; jester- ia afternoon. 'oiipled with ih" a ; nount enient that tiie etiem w.;.; a-ain bo.nbardinj; i'.iri. it was fed that the kaiser w a - makinu 'n ipreiue (Tort to end the oonr'ict t fore the t'nited State co.dd a ! ally uo. a hui;e force into tii u, Id. AllitTI '111 Of1.el poi'l'.ed -nt rh.it the Jerman. aie re.olv to s.u -rihi e enormous numbers of troo"S in order to foi ce . ;inn in th- u't. Th- eiiemv. thy de iard. i trvintr tt hatter down tlo nmiale "f he n'P'i!ace in the rear cf the bat tle line with his air raid- ami bo raupe bombardments at the -ai'ie in-.e that he is tr.MUC to LroiK Chief Features of World's Greatest Battle This b the fifth day of the struggle, which opened with the Ger man offensive between the Scarpe and Oise rivers on Thursday. American soldiers are reported to be taking part. Now estimated that 2,000,000 men are entged. The Germans at the cost of terrible loss of life were able to ex tend their lines, occupying Peronne, Ham and Chaimy. Hie Germans have now recaptured about one-third of the dis trict which they evacuated and devastated in their retreat in the spring of 1917. The opposing commanders-in-chief are: British, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. German, the kaiser. The struggle continues to rage along a 50-milc front. GAS BOMBS WEI OFF: i International NVwk Service : wiTK thi: AMi:iiir. AISMV IX I ItWCi:, Marth .".. (O a. ni.) American batteries on Mir Tmil front siihjivtrtl th advanced position of the ;r mario to an intense and deMriic Iio lirv at Intervals during tin night. Thcit was no infantry ;u lion. Herman batteries rridhtl with eas .hell and high explosives. sHvialiiiis in -mmter battery work. At daybreak American olicrt crs in rrcmh aeroplanes Kiie- traiol oter the enemy's lines. photographing the Herman pos ition that had been bombarded. through li e front. American and l'rf iu h artillery ex perts are keenly interested in the of ficial Trench report that Paris h 1 been shelled by a long ranite Ger man pin. Critical Period at Maud. The feclini; is prevalent that a litical period is at hand and all Ihe AmTcaii are hoping to yet in to action. The initial success of the Ger mans do," not surprise American', who ha" been taupht that cither -ide can adaiue a certain distaii'e and (apuire men and Kims tluria the iit few das of a drive. But the real fruits of the operations must result during the secondary phase of the offensive when effort' are made to follow up the first -erstes. Iti il i la ut mi mix-red. The fact that the Germans hea ilv outnumbered the British i regard ed as complimentary for the ski.! of I. eld Marshal Sir Pusiu'las Mai-r as tb,e indications were that the Germans inten.:d to strike in th, Ganibtai sector in a possible effo-t to make the l'.ritih reinforce th;'t part of their line h itlidrawinr tra.ps from the north, thu Teavin.; the chant-ad ports exposed. Instead the British maintain a careful 'a! arice of strength alony their front, 1 ohlin a strategic reserve forte. WD HIM BOY IIS FRENCH GROSS OF WAR Sub Lieut. Walter France of Oakland City, Helps Cap ture Crew of Ger man Airplane. V iii:itv v.i.t. Ii-tei national News Service: WITH TUi; AMi:ill('A AKMY IX I'liANCi:, March 2 1. (G p. m.) -Ca id. Herhrut Hartwell, of Sprinsr- beld. Mass., and Sui,-Bieut. Walter France of Oakland City, Ind.. have been decorated with the French war cross ly the French Keneral com- iuatulink' the Chemin des; Dames sec tor, for capturing the three mem bers of the crew of a German air plane, which had taken part in an air raid over J'aris about a fort night H0. Gapt. Wolf, a Prussian.- and the pilot of the German machine, and Lieut. Kämmerer, the bomb drop per, were captured by Sub-L.ieut. Prance, while the mechanician of the airplane, Sert. Fisher, was cap tured by Gapt. Hartwell. Haiders ITnine Fail. "We were stationed near Clamecy when we heard that raiders were on their way towards Paris and later we heard them returning towards their own lines-,' said Sub-L.leut. France today. could tell by tli" und that their motor was failing and soon saw the German machine descend ing. "The captain and I ran toward? the Germans as their machine struck the earth. It landed asrainst a shell cratei and the men were catapulted from the airplane. They then set lire to it. Capture OdUvr. "The Prussian captain was chased into an obi disused trench where lie was taken prisoner. Then the Ger man lieutenant was pursued, but two shots from an automatic pistol soon halted him. We took our Ger man captives to our quarters where we rave first aid to the aptain. whose hack was burned and the ser geant, whose back was injured. The lieutenant, who was unhurt, spoke I-hiKlih until the captain ordered him to keep silent. The German captain offered me his iron cross, but 1 refused to accept it. After the German machine had been set afire an undropped bomb exploded but did no damage. "Wolf told nie he was a former daylight flyer and said he had brought down numerous allied ma chines, lie added that he disliked niirht bombinsr but was forced into the ser b e. Get Signal Honor. "Later French troops took charge of the prisoners." The French citation accompanying the war crosses asserted that Gapt. Hartwell and S'uh-T.ieut. France were the first Americans to capture enemy officers alone, entirely un assisted by the French. Cl.nnecy. ne.tr which the Amer icans made their captures, lies north : of the Aine river and between thvee and four utiles northeast of snixson. U. S. LIEUTENANT WINS 10-DAY LEAVE OF ABSENT Il.tOMiati'Ui.ll NcUS Service; WITH Tili: AMFKltWX AHM Y IN FPA.WK, .March U ." . A lon ' lieutenant from Charleston. '. C. vvho distinguished himself by raid inc a Fiennan listening post, brino inc in an unwoiinded Herman pris or.er. has just been granted 10 das leave of .absence in recognition. The lieutenant vas armed with an automatic- pistol, lie crept through the barbd wire and across "So Man's lim!" to the edge of a Her man sap. pouncing upon an enemv listener, silently capturing him and bringing him back to the American hne. despite German machine gj;i tire. CRACKSMEN GET S2.000 i BUT MISS 560,000 LOOT t Ii frnntioTud New Servb-: FHICAHO. March '2'. After bind-in- the night watchman v ith slender trand of wire that cut into his t'esh when he struggled to free him self, three cracksmen, armed with a total of six revolvers, blew open i big safe in the p'allt of the K. & S Sales Fo. today and got away with about 2, "".' iu (hecks and cur rency. The robber- failed to l between tn itiiti .i u.i "e oAt. w.rth f .Vw rlry i'n two vault? iu another room. French Official Statement Relieve British Forces in No- von sector an iepui Surprise Attacks. j International News Service: ! PARIS. March JÖ. French forces I have relieved the British on part of ! the battle front in the Xoyon .sec tor, the war otüce stated today. The text of the statement follows: "lYciicIi troops lH'an to in tervene in the battle on the British front simv last IViday (the day after the oleiun; of the ofTen-sU e.) They have re licMNi Hrt of thf dili-h forces. t pront the From 1 1 are engaged In lianl lixhtJn in thc nton sector, disputing imwsos- sion of the licinlit. on the riiiht shir of the Oiso uainft import ant (icrmun fortv?-.. The i"rtiian artillery lire lias Inrn ery iolent In the tourcy. Iii' ifion. "Two surprise attacks wert delierel by the Germans east of Suipes, both of which were repulsed. "There lias lecn sreat artil- ler atiity U'tween Awx-ourt and the Voses mountains. "l-jist of llaIonIUen and near Itlimevey the enemy N'San attacking: at dawn, but was re pulsed with heavy hses." German Navy May Try Dash to Sea; U. S. Fleet Ready I ! 1 1 e r ii a t i n a 1 New Servae; WASHINGTON, March Whether the navy will play any part in the situation resulting from the German offensive now in progress on the west front was a topic of general discus sion in military and naval cir cles today. The majority of offi cials believe that it will. They believe that the German high seas fleet is about ready to try a dash to the open sea. To at tain that end it will be neces sary to outwit or (heck the Puitish grand fleet. Whether this is possible is something which naval men here will not discuss. A nieri ans Kead. However, should the German fleet get to sea it will lind the American navy prepared to de fend the American coast. Sec'y Daniels lias made it plain that the fleet is ready for action. The dispositions which have been made are believed to be suriieient to meet any emergency which snay arise. It is not pos sible to touch on the disposi tions which hap been made but they are considered suffi cient by Admiral William S P.enson. chief of operations, to deal with any developments. It is f Tilly realized here that the German navy is considered in the light of a division of the German army. SUBIRUKS IE S Crew of 80 Aboard Chatta hoochee Saved When Ves sel is Struck. Intel ii. iti uia! News Servi.-e: L.'ION, March l. A Herman l-boat has sunk the American steamship ("hattahooche off the Eng lish oast, according to an admiralty announcement today. The crew, number al"ut men. was fruved. The Chattahooch?. ac- cortiinij tt the vessel's commander, was struck by four torpedoes. The rhattahooche was of Herman construction and formerly was envned by the 'Hamburg-American line. She was formerly the Sachsen and registered ,000 tons. The ves sel was taken over by the American ov eminent when war wa declared against Hermany. I thicks itm posTorncr.. ! Ir.ternatien.Hl News Servi: WASHINGTON". March "' j Post- ! master Hen. Purle-on today K-ued a icall for sealed proposals to be oprn ! ed April for fui nihini: tho pos tal service ruth three :zc of motor , trucks during the fis-I ear jginnin; July i, 1?1S. UhUUUULH liflLLb Drive G a h u mi nil u u c " i TiUUU IUI Ll Ii U tW 1 , SPECIAL WW Selected Men Will be Given Courses in Automotive En gineers to Enter Aero Service As Mechanics. Iuteruationa! News Servi e : WASHINGTON, March 2T. Or ders, issued today by Provost Mar shai Gen. Crowder culling upon local hoards in Illinois Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota to furnish 4,- 303 selective service men for train ing in 14 technical schools. The men will entrain beginning April 3, and endin- April 28. and the re quirements are for youns, quick thinking and intelligent men who will be trained as automotive en gineers. When they have finished their course they will be assigned to the signal corps as expert aero plane mechanics. Schools to (iive Courses. The schools to which these men will be assigned are as follows: Carnegie School of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., :J0O Minnesota mn; University of Chicago, 100 Illinois men; University of Cincinnati, ij0 Minnesota men; Lewis institute. 200 Illinois men; University of Minneso ta, Minneapolis, 500 Minnesota men; University of Xew York, 100 Iowa men; Pennsylvania State collet. State college. Pa., 189 Minnesota men; University of Pittsburgh, Minnesota men; University of Wis consin. Madison. 400 Iowa men: Northwestern university, Evanston, 111.. 1ÖÖ Illinois men; Ilahe Auto and Tractor School, Kansas City, Mo.. r.Oo Iowa men; Sweeney Auto mobile school. Kansas City, Mo., 300 Iow;i men: Purdue university, "La fayette. Ind.. rG0 Indiana men; Prandley Polytechnic institut", Peoria. 111., 300 Illinois men. May Volunteer for Scrvh-e. Voung men within th draft ae within the four states named may volunteer for this training and if sutticient number of volunteers is not obtained, local boards will fur nish enough to fill the quota of eacii state. Whil? the men are being trained they will be housed and maintained at government expense and they will also receive military training while pursuing their studies. Upon their graduation they will be espec ially well fitted to aid the govern ment in its air program. rirt Call of this Nature. This is the first call Gen. Crowder has issued to induct young men oi' draft age with certain educational qualifications into the service and send them to universities, colleger, and technical schools to be Instruct ed in technical art until they ha e acquired such proficiency as will justify their assignment to the spec ial units that are being organized. Tt is proposed to train nearly 200, ooa young men in this way during the coming months. G. 0. P. CHAIRMAN HOLDS CONFERENCE IN TENTH 1 li I e 1 1 1 a t i ii a 1 News Service: Ri:.NSSi:i.Ai:ii. Ind., March 2:.. 1,. W. Henley, chairman of the re publican state central committee. here today for a conference with republicans of the 1 0th district pre paratory to organizing the district for the forthcoming campaign. To morrow he will meet party leaders at Plymouth and will attend a meet ing of the 11th district republican? at Peru Wednesday. On Thursday he will go to Fort Wayne for a con ference. INDIANAPOLIS GROCER IS HELD FOR VIOLATION IrtTnati-nal New? Servl- : INDIAXAPOLT?. Ind.. March :3. Affidavits against the first In dianapolis grocer charged with vio lation of the tifty-tifty order in con nection with the sale of rlour today are in the hands of th". state food administration. County Administra tor Wyckoff citd Isa--?c Prince to the state director for, he alleged sale of flour without the disposal of a similar amount of whe3t substi tutes. MAN bü IS CA.VDIDATi:. tn1rnatienal News Srvtte: KOKOMO. Ind., March Cap!. Milton Harrigus. years eld. for mer state commander of the H. A. B. is a candidate for representative for Howard county on the republican ticket, he has announced. oitnme and Repulse Drive on Bapautne; EXTRA BULLETIN EXTRA. BERLIN, March 25. Bapaume, which has been the storm center of fight ing on the western front during the past 24 hours, has been captured by the Germans, it was claimed by the war office today. The Germans had extended their lines almost to the eastern outskirts of Ba- paume so that the capture of the place would not mean any great advance for them, but puts them in possession of ground of strategic military value. International News Sfrvi-: LONDON, March 25. Powerful counter attacks, delivered lv British lurces uih of Peronne, have thrown back the Germans from the western to the eastern hmk nt the Somnie river, the British war office announced today. At the same time the Germans renewed their storm assaults a,i;aint the Hriiili defen sive positions in the Bapaume sector, but were driven back with, severe losses, the oiii cial statement added. The Bapaume fi;htin was resumed after a lull of a few hours during the ni-ht. It began yesterday afternoon with the Germans attacking north of the citv, but in day the assaults were concentrated against the British positions to the south of the citv. At one point on Sunday evening, the Germans got a foothold in a British trench line, hin were quickly thrown out. It is officially announced in Paris that French troops have reinforced the Briti-h along the southern end of the 50-mile battle front, said a dispatch from that citv. DADIC IC CTII I llllliJ lü ü I ILL ray gui International News Service: PAKIS, March Paris u a till under lom jardnipnt today hy un.-ccn forcfs. .Shells hcun falling upon the city hefore 7 o'clock, lint the people remained ahn und went about thur daily routine as usual. Responsibility lor the daily hom- la rdni'Mit js f-till as much a roystc-ry as ever. The report that a i.mt Herman cannon had been located TO miles fioiii the French capital has not been confirmed. Many French experts st 11 believed that airmen flying at a hUh altitude -a ere re sponsible. . Attention was directed today that the shells have practiacally no for e when the strike the ground and that they -eem to fall with slacken ing speed At numerous places measurements showed that the shell holes on an average were only about fmir feet in diameter and two fer-t deep. The ilo use tennied "p' rations today in spite- of the great Oem-an offensive and the activity of the Hun air forces. There were several casualties as a result of yesterday's air raid. The Oerman dvers succeeded in 1 top ping sever il bombs before French aeroplanes drove them off. miakpi: iti.i'oins n()MiJmii:T mysti;ky. Irtei n.ition.i 1 News Service; WASHINGTON. Mar h Am bassador Sharpe has 1 1 a nsm;t ted to the state department the following dispatch nade public in Pari on Saturday liyht. dealing with the mysterious lorg ranee bomhard m nt : "The enemy has tired on Paris with a lng distance gun since S a. m. very quarter of an hour and 4'" of the hell have reached the capital and suburbs. There are jo dead and about 1" wounded Means to combat the ; enemy gin arp in course of ex- ! ecution." Another message reaching h'-re said it was believed tt.e fierrnan air planes seen oef Pari- at a eiy great height were tlifre to obrve' the result of the b.ns ranse bom- i bardment. onu-ial: today were still, puzzled over the onf! n ti n . Reports ' about the f.;:n, which was aid to be ; again in us? in Paris today and until ; oificial word clearing up all of the mvstery surrounding the matter is received they are withhol.lin? com-i ment. KOKOMO HOY Di:I. Ii tern-ti.'iia News Service: KOKOMO. Ind., March An nouncement of the death of James , IeArmond Hnlliday in France, lias been received hy Mrs. J. V. Htnkins Gollidav. h s mother. He is the Kokonio bey in the -f rvice to die on French soi.. Rack ermans French Come to Aid Bapaume is Chief Prize For Which Germans Struggle The shell-wrecked city of 15- raume. midway alon.fr the r.ö-miV battle front in France, is the chief prize for which the Oermans ha: bet-n ätruglin' durin.; the past - 1 hours. The fifth day of the gigantic Oer- man offensive found British resis- amp stiffened all ahm' th line :hi.1 the Hermans concentrating their pressure in the Ilapaume sector amidst the greatest carnage of th-.' V'a,1... , ,. . , .. . ith the arrival ..f the vu.mIk'' attack sueue of the stupendous bat - tie. the Ucrniiiii advance wax nt only slowed up, but south of Permi- ne the (i"riii;in forces that had sue-. ceeded in :ainim,' a lodument o-i the vvestein bank f the .oninie vveie hurled back to the eastern sid:; by - the powerful P.ritish t ounte.- thrusts. I'lfiH-li and P.rilM.. , the southern end of th- bait.e zone. French troops have rt-inforc d the P.ritish. taking over a part of the lighting front. The P.ritish sue. e-- on the .o,ntno river ma,- imperil the Oer,nan hoM on I'eionne ii toe i.riTisit arrt able to fl!o It UJ i' extending their gains on the eastern side . f the stream. In tin, Ii Uiliiii' -iviiilli.l '. i T i ' i T 1 1 III III. Ililllll HI ''"U.I the dermalis re.-orteil to their U-ual strategv 'f attacking the l'.ritbn fr.in-i tu,. wid-s if. Mtl 'ft'ort to cntn- pel a ret ir einent iv I.re-Uie llti'M their rlanks. The initial a, units. launch'-d on Sunday were deli vered j nif'nt b-'i' - southward from the direction of"' I --' - : " . . was exerted aain-t tlieUrit i.-h de fensive -vsten north of the :tv. After their repulse in that ditri the Ht rmans av.- up the effort uri- ti! todav when they suddeniv swit hed then- jU' --ure to tiie Urlt- j and s- ab-d h-uht.- ;n . ish line-- south of Papaum ' We .-torn . 1 N' -! ; Drive at Salient. " w .-t of the froat a-.t . , A small Briti.-li salient j ;l- n.'u.bh. Pre:, !i aj-l A-.r: .-. the Herman front southeast of Bi- ; v .-re thrown b.i i. ... , pa time and the Herman ev ;der,t'- f, way oj . ji,. hi ied to rlatten this j-roje- tion. i:.ont. meanwhile driving in the l'rit:-'i P.omliaid P.ni- .uo de!'ence to the m, ith of Ihlwutu". . f . : i r i i The Hermans continue to pour ; m. -fresh troops into the battle and th" , lljr ,,,.-, .. .,,.. ; ; bombardments whi'h a' company ( pr,0ner--. ' u. - . i j the infantry operation- are of s-jch j of :;.;Piun ...iM. viop-nce mat tney can i i.-mcj o- the British coat. Th. albed line-, are being grratlv Stret;Cther.ed t tMriaCf'l poibts according to authentic information foire of British. I rer.ch and Amer- , , , ik.. .t, irar.s which was. f..ri:ied :. tn leans, w Yer.ailb- w ir cfciru il. is bejr.g he', I i for a counter thru-'t .-nirst the r.irrv.sr.-- hen the proper mome-.t i 1 arm es. i.iwn mi in 191T Tl:e battle-blasted tity of Bl- . . ... . 1 t i line, wr.l'.n i now s. -en. t the h-avi t t'.-'litin-; was on- of th cities gi.cT, up the Heirnarfj when they ti; nade their irre.it r-tr. ;t ; in the Mri,ug of l'.HT, from th .-. r. i- ill.. I I i r; d .-n b . i r " tii.e it i- m !..:b - wc-t of Far.ibr.tt an 1 ab. i 1 tni.cs r.ortli of pero;1?-. It a nr. ti:n ; J (CONTiNFIII . iN P Acn cross I M. r i,.. i ; , P.FKI.JX .Mmh i; i'.., '"J X K' " hlt h ' 1 1 nters of tern:,,- r.-htu l; ..t. : .. 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"A i) . r. : . i ; i ii.- i i!r-v - b c "Tl," rown pr:-...- I a -'e of tl.e ,s"o!i:i,.f. .:!, .f M oi 0 , "Ve again b,i lo r:tnt. M., - Jn f,,. , , . ' nritlh ' i . . ,. i r.iifht had b'-.u i . t : . . so i til of j . . j : ... r r i '' f- thi- i;. or :,. Thi- indirat' d t. !;.;.. st.il in British. h-.a!-. s i Hern-.ar..-- I -i i : i d to b i . lurini' Ul" r::-i"' 1 Ills.- I V MAA s. .'-jj jfah'o.' '.M ;. t .-; i it..-;, il .N . . - - .trie- .,f ;: r- w e ; h t ' ! . 1 1 1 . p i ;'r":: f'tr-1 y ' ' ' V i A d n .' lied t n . BERLIN CLAIMS 45,000 MEN IRE PRISONERS