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uitiftt
thtlr '(irrting 'mtUc£» W ‘ tjhe’’ French
* - night hut 4 renewal qf the
t&yfM&szs
heavy artillery Indicates that
the time f6f"ti/ii"u'n6t’far distant.
| A detemifned assau.t on the for-
trfaa'ta now being pressed with the
greatest vigor, along the (our-mlle
frint, from, north Of Cumleres, near
the river. Jleuee,' to Betbincourt. ,
kea^ tiio^etter'.piaee^.tae Germans
rinsed forward Into,.the Corbeaux
'd£ I
oj M:;: : 'f•:>: *♦ u A-i
^AA8ed ^fAaulte,, gp|>fy*f^i 4 i - 1
developments-Would Ihdl-
' that.: ne i petienlar. part 1 of the
(.tattle, line ia free from the pos-
llty of''massed .assaults atasy
no longer unsettled.
It -la now expected the battle
will rehch a climax either tomorrow
or Friday. Until then, it la impos
sible to /jiidge'which way the bat-
tie 'may.go, v.';....
e .battle I*'ragthg'with'• a tar-
lntenelty, 'from ;: ■4Be’ :r - Wocrtre,
aoithwlat'Of'vetdniV where Frees-’
barnstormed yeterddy. around
curving line at Douadmont had
onj through the- diatrlcfJ-reit of the
into the Argonne' region ad-
jolnldg. • jnr*olio! i-hn
French Take Initiative.
Heavy Bgbttagilg‘itto-to ; progress
m | the champagne district, “bat- this
n the- French initiative, hdw-
evMw;« i» t .u
PaHa reports that" the tfiflohea
lost to the 1 ' 'Germans,- In " the' surprise'
gttack; of'March «th, herd retkkCn.
in ptft, teas*. 1 o! t*"! ' >0 " Jr,j
AfepaWiitly these operations are
dlfedtly- ednnected - erltll " 'the
effort toward a complete
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GERMANS EXTEND BATTLE
' LINES AND REDOUBLE THE
fcFFORTS TO TAKE VERDUN
.(By Associated .Press.)
Parle, Raroh; g-r-rThb battle lot
Verdun developed ttt intensity snd
extent' yeSterday, and the conflict Is
now 'rSgldg along the line from, the
village of Cheppy, In ihe Argonne
district to Presenes, in the Woevre,
ebotrtflg' that- the second attack for
the ; ^ch ^(mghqld. U,Jp,be
made-on a larger scale than, that of
the first textile .drfye,.,y » yj1 h
So .far. according! toreport* reach-.
Ing here' fhjm the:-fifing -: line, ■ the
riisllr - 'DANGEROt'SLY ILL, ♦
-13IA »»ff
na:l;(iBy Associated Press )
♦ CgmwrdfdHr, Hardb': 8.—HWud ♦
♦ Atttnfithd'fh'flfoee'cieisfe' tfifli *■'
♦ cer, Is reported to be dying ■*'
♦ at . A/local hospital/.today,- after ♦
♦ an .operation for appendicitis.
♦ i- iMlas Allan, according i to ♦
♦ tales reports: from’ the hoapl- ♦
to tal is on: Rte /road to recovery. ♦
♦ oShe.hss an international rep- ♦
♦ ulatlon, .having- appeared • be- ♦
♦ fore, many crowned beads. ♦
♦ erwi/O*.*'<a ♦♦♦♦♦♦
(By Associated
lagara Falls, N.jr^| ! |<fejih C-
re iwhlcb broke'out','"'following an
explosion, In the Chlorate depart
ment of (he Niagara Electro-Cheml;,
cal'Company, threatened tl
Pleie destruction of that p]
' fire began last alg
sevhral explosions caused
mated damage
thousai
Gennaiv.by emplfiylng great mass
es of mien, without counting the
uctlbn bf Verdun.
. .. i.-fr.jiej .. “urupnt »»»*'•
The possibilities, t))gt ( . v jCge.,; Ten,
tonic .offenalyo dW^ggya^ i W
tiule westward tbrpjigq thg,Argopne
low’' ' “
Again Jhey. Oprrtod.. tbs day—this
time 271 to ,118-rrgn^ then pushed
their victory la a'f^jeetaeion by ta
bling the Mcf
*r.‘ RU. l)i'.. . :,‘ ,*!»
In aeven hours .of tense, turbu
lent/session, In which the admlnts-
told them he was much gratified
w ‘$,/**>•■ mm faq&r&L.,«
Released fromuthe tbondsiof em
fsrrflismrtit forced niton' ''hnfis^V
tha i
have bee%, l^er^enUd , Jij
rest io the C.hampsgnp.district,Is'
f *W W* «tf. , iibefe are. grave
tentlelltles Involved ip drive into.
ler of these seetprs,,## tbs comi
|nlcation .tines.,, pf, ,tt)n., .fqrtreaa
, ‘ h ®.'
one railway. Developments are
|“* TOBhi ms I '•.«*
tpect Victory-
France awaits atHdOuliy, but don.
fldjcnuy tbs issue-Of toddy's batue
it Verdun. The dermdab,' ’kt a
cost,,-badi/made alight gains, .both
west of the Mease end in tie Woevre
district, where they carried Fresenes
"iatfUjfij§W» v'. ,r
RegnevUle Also Captured.
Desperate fighting Is again fining
on ba the ieft tmnfi .of the. ueuse-
rtveif...jMiowing up their advantage
of yesterday, the Germaas are going
aroiind the loot efepe; which served
roa^ qn^sntered JUfinrurllle. From
k*rei, they launched.fifteen thousand
men sgalrist HIR Noi 2(5 snd 'ba^-
»*•).,»-j, >■ ■ '* ' «
T^uts Sbey control an , Important
loop. of the river .Means, within
vi-klwM- loop Revnevilie M located.
•ig k^fmmedUtteiy .'withdrew
:fieir .right wing from within thia
oop, and it now rests on : the Meuse
rlve>r above Cumierea.
,,i became neces-
saty,,, according to military experts,
In order ito: maintain an alignment
■wltff 1 their' pbblttona on the right
bank, it would Indeed have been
extremely bard for the French to
hold ufty UdiUxtoti yjtoC'iWbiA 'tie
•Iflc
TODAY I V THE SUBMARINE MAT-
TBR — GERMANS CLAIM ENG
LAND HAD VIOLATED BULB
SUFFICIENTLY TO ESTABLISH
NON-RULING ON THE GERMAN
CASE.
(By Asaodafc
tla on
he
the! flames
watjer, after being mixed «rth the
onnt
handed to Sec-
: Innslng a long
memorandum, explaining In detail
EB^tbe German position regarding the
noise cans- <U»estion bf armed merchantmen and
He mill-- tb® underlying causes leading up to
Htbe Central Powers’ declsloa. to tor
pedo all armed enemy njerehant-
Hen without warning.
The memorandum contains, among
great store of chemicals, merely otller ‘•‘‘“l*' *“ »«egaUon that the
served to spread the raelnAlfi. „*>ve_rafl)5nt has taken ad-
PteTROO]
...
TORY AlX>S'd'
ENGLISH F
iffipCLSKii.
. . A‘hi*:-
• mi:“^By "'Aseddated"PWia.)' ^
• London,. March/ g.J-^THe latest
RusslAn -operation!, slbnfi 1 the Black'
Sea•• corn, tn 'Armenia, ate drawing
attention. The advance ,v in this
region, oil: enabling i tbe Russian
* afmyv.-Still well inland, to keep up
Its remarkable march,- from Erie-
rum southward '.toward -Slvaa.
An official statement lashed riom
Conetaatisopls > today says 'that tba
British 'army .ahd*r Oseeral Ayl
mer, / Which to trying to relieve Gen
Townsend, who is besieged at Kut-
el-Amara, .has been making renew-
ei' efforts 4o advance, -die has fall*
♦d to do. tke dlspetob adds!
The manager. Dr. Hedti
vath issued a bris*^this
afternoon, saying two bomba start
ed Ihe exploelons and fire.
erioan contention
that Americans maft be safe on de-
Ibnslvelr Vlnnea 1 merciantmen, to
have those ships act offensively to
ward anemy submarines,
.gennany-cnnfsdss that as sahiage.
vines are a new engln
wmf
lontfntAelfju*
Ing'to'the terms of International
'lav recognised prior to the begia-
fning tiP theiprW*t :l wW, :, fefcvlaed'
j i the •hulinJridCs 'io ' hot' vlo- '
tote thfc«r»:Hto!fUt/rfc
— BOMB 18
' ■ l (By Assoctoted press.)
. Paris, March 8.—*An Atcsss Harak
dispatch says the. Bulgarians nkve
(tssMl tke> work' Bcgun
trenchments in :theonsuttw} rstme,
Italians Fight la Alhsmls. atftlg ths : Greoo-ButgartsAftWBtr.'j’Uis
Rom# advices indicate, UuA Rato
is determlaed to, make eveny effort
to rri*to, thv., Avlona section, off A>
bsnla., Jfie Allied troops have keen
wtfbdrawn frpm virtually ; aU other
Albapton territory.. tp the north, ,b
i .-t—— rrr ,i.!!'i icw. uu' ui
flank.
f«S CLOWI DEM
, *" tBy Associated Press.) '
NeW York. March 8—Frank Oflk-
ley, widely known as ■ , 81tvers,” 'a
(anitrua circus clown,-, wa*/ /found
dead ms a result of his having com
mitted: suicide, In- Vu, theatrics!
cost, have sustained ccmmand
tration opponento charged that «« capitals' as lndlcatlng„tbat he :dwna *,j the Approaches - to (be maln L^Z* .,,:??. .' ^®!'.
Presidilhf^Walt’ contending for a maklng ’hle demtude okCorUanW IX r,,.,h nn.itim,. ho-one ,h. night- says the
«>Mh,of t .Verdpn is | imardlng house oarty today. Gas
totter* T j ew. werfi »olnspiyxlatlon caused-his-death.
DROPPED there.
man' I ' ( jmq8uncer(iept,. whle 1 , proves,
that nBriUeh,,shine,.have besoi'ln-
sfrmktd tb bet offensively, and also
that they hkfh B, 4oW ! sb. :1, ’fhey kre -'
as a-malt br thoGreek'*r<JlCst; '"
i] AdWees tb Athens frbbi“ Salonika
affite'ithafi'a oettaktr teritotoni^ fiew+eubmarild waifa'ri .wdi" itfri
owtt tfie Franco^UrttUb cattle ! ‘ ’add‘ retaliation of.^tfcie announdpd^
dropped a bomb which famed' to ex- - '
plodK-* • . IceUw.-owj , t .
Inu.R . .. CWI1-I b -.'lu.-.fi,
frEWMSilO
Preslfidhf^fxk’, contending for s
(toubtfuije^'t' rigkt nnil was ablftr,
lng 6 tfie i; reuppnslBlUty. of diplomatic
negotiations to Congress, the bouse
swayed book end' forth In the most
eensaUbhsl' eoagretriohal spectacle
making kle demands - 6h~OerM>»yi l«
•“■yf 1 :,?w o, w° a K tv he .
of the elected ropres^ntst(ves of .the
people, Presldeafc'WUepo now sfaiide.
prepared to go on with tbe suhma-
rlne hCgotfatibna' with the central
.if : ; 8! ,
Erencb positions, beyond the Wost
struggle to. to. begin twhdn they "hurl
themselves „ against 'the foor-mlle
linjs of, HeightS:from..Betlhtncoari-to
announcement, . hut
?•»»%» cpnt&iuee.
Hill
the artillery
> I Oakley, who was about' forty-five
VeaterdeF* Wtttck left the battle
undecided. '’'’Tbe’'' COrbeaux Woods,
f 'ih whlChTtim "Germans bave eatah-
Ilshed : themselves, ,; ls within tbe
hollow betWsen -Dead^ Jtan" and
"Goose*i HiiMi wt' ak’ 1 neither m
these pdsItloBs -"H :: endangered,' the
German succcbs has little of strata-1
gie importance:’^ b,?i 0 *- J
It'tt ImtArif Wetiiaf t£S Mmiiii
S uitio^ei baWirei' (houemid
If 'to tKbturiJ'viftfuif. 0 ''^/ 0 ^
kiftrtitnd 'Erf th'is' number
employed up to yeeterday.
>pen qnilitlMi , '''’when ' 'the
toke 'SSilfrii thonsand
tO'be 'uaSd fo tnake a sudden
Barlv CUniax R^WetsAj ’ ’ ’
The 'heavy'ktffick wOet ‘of the'.riv-
: R,,.,. c iv.p,
'tttslviqJ? A ;ui?/.')iU|’Owns:l'Lb
Imash-miltoij .
„ !iS &bs£ yo
1 LOUISVttLEAttRNlS»'0®llT S
FRENCH RETAKE TRENCH KH.
^ 1mi • Asooclated Pram.) . •
. Paris, March 8.—In the .Cbem-
paRue, district. ,tho French re-capbur-
ad: oertalu .portions of the .trenches.
»t>tSh th|y„lu»t-..Karsh. «tb. accord-
tog to i ,nfni70fflc{A) : :iaoottnM]S6a(
nionilng. ...
,ei xIWAX®) .nil,! i'/n?' * at>o: »u< J :a :
SRW^ I^BPOBTB CAPTUBK
OF 8,277 MEN. TEN CANNON
AND SEVERAL TOWNS
(By Associated Press.)
Beflifl, March S.-^Ths war of-
flee today announces the oapture of
an Important Frenth position west
Of the Manse river.
Both sides forded a brook below
Bejhfit&jdrL six kilometer wide and
three 0 deep.' ten cannon and 3,177
men srere captured during thli op-
erarioir
The French have been driven out
M tbe last hbuse In the VHtage of
C-r..; UfV.!„ s.
tttt; 1 ;""'- 7
years old. came by hle name by his
height, and -slendcruess, He. became
a circus clown at fourteen, and. la
ter went, out.on a .'number of .vaude
ville circuits. «e, : was .born, In.Swe
den., but came ,to.the. United States
wheq quite young. ,v ,. ;m , ,j
Fresenes. which is in the Woevro
district. Over seven hundred prig;
oners were'taken'here. ”
The villages of Forges and Reg-
nevllle, Ha ben Heights and the tsu-
misrea iwoods were taken.
Ptot^) tp .the , iBjichaagn -Telygraph
Company rsports that rumors are
current there today of the-death of
EUveT Pasha, the Turkish Minister
of War. ' ‘ 40 '
Alf, efforts, to , cogfirm or refute
these: rumors - have proven unnvnll*
••rfliboirc I'Mi}.-
sWkfkt ditfe itti'W wks r'ettorted i'Wi.i}.
that ,ljfe ji|nl«er: >t„W«r ; .hag been BBBNSW “ W ANI> i-ANMN!
the victim of an attempted assassi
nation. his assailant having shot him
In the' bfeast.” Nothin* bmchit. how
ever, has been given out regarding
the reported Incident., . ..
GerntoMy again reiterates her for* -
mer deciaraUCb; that ;thk 'present :
. JJWfc:-'.i
lib Intention of starving; out: the ids tl
viitob poflutotlon' of: the' central "
EmfliJM. rr y -
0 TJf^ 1 mfi^i0r)lfidu4d! copcl^des'WItk'
*' *•>«*- ••
standing friendship.existing between j
Oertaany shd"Amertoas.t* ’snd hopes'
ihst'>lhe",AteerifcsA. WiinMIlt
explanation, :will fnltp.s appreciate
the "pesnioe: -- tn". wWCh' Germany
YmIwi*)' alleged - British,
agshfsfitlstrtrals”are enumerated la
detail In the memorandum.
OO
'NFBRttAIR LEKG
THE PUiMLUIO* PROBLEM.
(By Associated Press.)
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♦ ALONG ATLANTIC COAHT.
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