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Ur Fhf V IF .AM(( ^ ACTl ico 1M < VOL. 23. NO. 43. . GERMAN Y'SOFFI ' 1<l ATI V DC1CI di JULJ1 SEMI-WEEKLY. fn PARCEL POST WEI ^ LIMITS RAISE! *n?n Jl?/Ift?lVJl \1\ LANCASTER, n RUSSIA m ii J S. C., TUESDA Y, MARCH 1 S TO THE C0MM< 9, 1918. ON PLEAS i/ " IJE* WO SUBSCRIPT! ii DESTROYER "DP ft I >N BY THE LINER I RUi ON $2.00 A YEAR 1TEER PROOF7 lLifllLil 1\LJL\ Such is the Inference Drawn from Certain S ments Now public TREND OF TEUTON jlLV Maximum of TO I'numh Three Zones, ami .">0 to Be K Isewhere In Cou tate Beginning last Friday t eel post weight rate and into efleet, and the chan TA1.K . for Firs IfcNIKAL Pounds ntry. Terms of Peace Ti ted by Germany he new pur- by Sovit rules went iges will be EMPIRES COURT I] eaty Submit Three ('uses I)is Agreed to day Though C fts. ed at Elev N SESSION a,,, Cos! One Ml ;posed of Yester ?*l 'ourt Adjournen O'clock. Washington l usso, a seann dent January Hi Which SAID re and Three Wound* dude Public. New Cor ated . March 18.-?Wlliani in, of an American de I OF CONTRACT *struction Division Creto Expend Sum of $1,081,000,000. "Enemy Not Inclined tc Peace," Declares Gene LudendorfT?Also Quo Hindenburg. That TH'afP forma hano 1 Suuu news 10 mo public. In the future ull fourtl Mnke or parcel post matler all matter including far ral VOll tory products (and book te vol Pounds in weiKht, when delivery within the lirst third zones, and up to 5 all other zones within _ r Statou i* WAS SOME ' h class mall all embrace Tr<)ub,e Hroke Qul m and facs) up to 70 Bolsheviki and mailed for lutionaries Rep , second or ,, . n . o pounds in Council of Peopl. the United ?? OPPOSITION INTERESTING Between the Cotton Contract Social Revo- cific Delivery resenting is Held Valii e. Plaintiff is A1 iroyer in tne POINT LAW and three nth sljfhtly woum when the arm ( ailing for Spe American line at Certain Date ins destroyer , , ? . . the darkness i by (ourt and rine. warded Verdict. i? making denart m#?nt ?' war zone, was killed ers of the ship's crew TO SI*Ei tied last January 16, ed naval gaurd on an r fired in the convoy- e after mistaking her in mits ? tor an enemy submu- Month this known, the navy ^ ompl , i,l Vino A,I..,S-?1 O ED UP THE WORK f Form of Contract PerHarting Actual Work is Before Details Are etelv Worked Out. fered Great Britain by ( may possibly be inferred fr eral significant statements g Friday. Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, when proposals "had been receive peace at the expense of Russ ewered that "no such propo being considered or will be c jcru ui" ? v"vvui uu 1 in u3i nui e.\( Germany 84 inches in length and oni sev- bined, and must not be I Ivcn out or kind which may injure Iiritish or carrier handling, nor asked if mails, nor be perishable <1 for a reasonably required da," an- portation and delivery, sals are The increase in weigh onsider- not hddIv to ns?r<>?>ic mihr ^eea in sjlze Russia has bowed girth com- , . . . empires. The hard in any form > any person Peace t,eaty ?ubl>lltt damage the mans at Urest-Lltoi within a pe- agreed to by the a I for trans- gress of Soviets, in ! cow, in spite of the c t limit does importont element c to the central There was a nc terms of the 'n the col,rt hous , . .. ? Ing when the C'oi d by the Oer- 6 convened from thi ,sk have been Monday when rril] ,11-Russiaa con- be tried. Outside session at Mos- ular attaches, ant ipposition of an were not a dozen >f the Russian cases attract llttli >ticealde difference 'iad named a ie yesterday morn- 's Ula^'ng a t tnmon Pleas Court ^^*n the line at of the preceding tion, t'le mast ntnal cases were to ('ount of'jurors and reg- ?'nis l>ut it h< ;l lawyers, there "c> nor 'ias men present. Civil nouncement a e attention of cur- damage to th? court of inquiry which borough investigation. "?,shin r reached her destina- tMeation c er gave a complete uc- the waraccident to Admiral largest si is not been made pub- history there been any an s to the extent of the a )ar * destroyer. pointed b Kton. March 18.?With the ?f a construction division in department to handle the ingle building program in aggregating $1,08 4,000,000 d of eminent experts apy Acting Secretary Crowe) 1 ed." A little earlier in the Amsterdam dispatch quotec Marshal von Hindenburg as that "t)\p entente has shown responsive attitude toward C peace intentions and the gr< man offensive must therefore l^ater in the day General dendorff, the German quart< day an American expeditiona 1 Field which must not exceed s< s saying in weight, i an un- The weight limit up t lerman s 0f parrel post packages eat Ger- pounds, when addressed go on." jn first and second z? von IiU- pounds in the third an srmaster 7.ones. voocu iu ni^ peopift. ry force*. result of the eveo pounds rast jn ^jie announcei cow on Friday that o March 15 delegates to the M has been 50 had at a party caucus for delivery ot ratification. Ttu >nes. and 20 tion, however, that d all other disapproval of the ti nrovon an VT1 b ~ 1 ? ? * ciosity seekers vote was fore- throughout yest< n^nt from Mos- litigation, as a 1 the Bolsheviki materially fallen oseow congress county recently, , voted in favor Kood crops and p sre was a fac- 'nK given as the registered its "paying up" betto peaty, hut the The first case I and spectators Admiral Si prday were few. c'dent was sen natter of fuel lias but the off in Lancaster ^as cabled the influence of 'cached port, lenty of money be- saying that hf cause. People are "accident," an r than usual. by the depar taken up was Lan- body has beei ids' report on the ac- reported it to the department tiy contract i name or the seaman The ne when the destroyer ,eplace the dispatch merely ? had been killed in an w 1'<'1 id it was so announced uri tment. The seaman's 011 an 'll11 11 sent to the home of v?lvinfc h that the present form of Is "profiteer proof." w construction division will the cantonment division, 1 the work of building namy camps, and will carry nense building program inline! reds of thousands of general, was reported as sayl "Since the enemy is not make peace, he will have to fl this fight will, of course, be t tremendous of the whole wai General von Ludendorff ed: "We are stronger than thi as regards men, material, ' * Kht^am! DAYI.KiHT SAVINC he most PASSES THE C r." . eontinu (.(m,s (o r, for slt I'urwaul tlie I locks tin e enemy , aeria: A. M. Mnrch H live UI .>inl)IUI I sheviki premier, prot , H|. . followers and erfuble * "* up a large majority ONGRESS- reptinu the provision! peace treaty. nature?Se Th<> Passage sent Wilson to Ihe oongre Hour at ii expressed his sympatf I. siail ueonle. was read .tflllllf, ini' 1JCJ1- V.l.-ttt"! .<K'K-HIII lit' ably united his Bell. Judgment d them to roll fault. $500. in favor ol' ac- Mat-key vs. Mi ? of the German plaintiff by agre $1.12.70. t by President Nesbit and Wlli ss, in which he insn?. assigne of iy with the Itus- Vor<ii?'t for plaint ?i t t ho nn(?niiio | suit for recovery company vsk K. (!. ,,IS inoincr, i\ for plaintiff by do- Kansas City. : In the al)si Dow. Verdict for toils, officials ement of counsel, nient hesitate case. It was son vs. W. P. Hob- that the dest Geo. F. Ferguson. <>?t of the pla iff. This was a convoy and tl of $ 1.1 '2 4 .55 on si sion of the en irs. uaroaria i,usso. at Ho. for the a snoe of first hand de- ,r.v- ?' of the navy depart direction (1 to coinuient on the headed bj suggested. however, * '"'versilj royer might have run *he Anier ice assigned her in tlie eer8. K. t hus aroused the suspi- ton> n new. of Coninn ?tuu extensive structure" rmy throughout the counill be under the immediate of the chief of staff, and is ' Prof. A. N\ Talbot, of the f of Illinois, president of lean Society of Civil Kngin3oodwin Hhett. of Charles, president of the Chamber ?ree of the I * ti i t ?->?! ;L forces, tanks. Everything, of which he boasted, is stai readiness on our side in the abundance." It is admitted that offers < have been made to Serbia tra-Hungary and llulgaria, I stated that Serbia has. absoit fused to consider them. In fart _____ iding In greatest Washington March 18 light saving bill has bee r>f peace Uie housw und ,,ow fc'oe* by Aus- i,leul- Tl,e Plau is tl? **-' ml it is ward one 1,our ut 2 a- ?> itely re- ^unda^' 'n March and se an hour at the same t session on Thursday received with mark .?The day- and a reply embody! 11 passed by of appreciation was to the Pres- American people, t clocks for- That there was . on the last tion to the ru identic t them back js evidenced by repo line on the J broke out on Frida night, It was cotton contract ed enthusiasm v?*Ii<1 ity of claim ng a resolution ,na<lo 'ast July, c sent to the ei'-v of ,lie cotton and November 15, spirited opposi part of 11 wns >n of the tresitv ?>lai?,ifT ia ? rts that trouble f6rence in ,h,> ,,ri<' y between the eotton on date and to determine The contract, GERMANS ailed for the deliv- MAYOl between October 1 at 2.r> cents. Only delivered, and the Swedish Ofllc lit Claimed the dif- t ompletely e of the undelivered should have been <?*"> ? another i IMPRISONED Uecausi f* OF STOCKHOLM ,ions of was aske form of ial Says Aland Islands propose a I'nder German Mill- Pelted. Dictatorship. "Ttm r neni her. ? of the hundreds of niild oil a rs involved the board d to examine the present contract and. if necessary, new one. The board reHoard's Report. The treaty of peace subm Germany to Russia at Brestwhieh makes Russia an ou the central empires, has eitl ratified by the all-Russian ' of Soviets, or its ratlflcatior ently is imminent. Reports from Moscow clear on the situation, but I itted bv ",s"' ou,,,,?y 111 utiooer o l,itovsk. vole Was -a- to tpAst of The plan was adopted ler been England, Fiance, Germ congress Norway, Sweden, Dennia i appar- tugal, and this year In A Iceland. The Canadian are no la considering it. but h it seems, action until the I'njted ' each year, itolsheviki and social 4 0. ol the Left, who hf last year in the council c iany, Italy, missaries. rk and For- <>? Western ustralia and The military sltr government Franco-Belgian front as withheld marked change in th States de- The most noted de delivered and tl revolutionaries ThjR w{|r , ,_2 c( tve been repre- nmounte,, to ?1>1 ,f people's com- jnR Qf (hp cie<1Uc cusnn objection ' out. clnMil and the ass intion on the milled it to the o< lias shown a Court adjourne e last 24 hours, h: 30 this niornin velopnient was I Tliiv lie contract price. 'lits the pound and .. London, M -4.i?i?. At a meet- , , >rs of Geo. F. Fer- d,,|^at.on wl was raised to the ,,latP in FinI igne therefore suh- den WedneBrt' ;?irt graph corresi <1 at 11:10 until i eP?'ts- Ma>' c holm, who wa ?,r. , gation, was a ftartinR a arch 18. The Swedish months Ij hich attempted to me- pletely w and. returned to Swe- and perm ay, the Exchange Tele- the job t mndent at Copenhagen changing or Lindhagen. of Stock- but payin s chairman of the dele- tually cos nested hv the (Jerir.ans reasonabl ?> contract permits ctual work, weeks and even efore the details are coniorked out and delineated, its the government to push it any speed it may elect, at will its scope and plans, ig only what the work ue<ts. plus a lee which is so e as to he above the reneh .CI mill 111(11 llll- IMMSIieVI K I hns voted by a large majorit firm the treaty. As this dominates the congress, t terms will doubtless be a notwithstanding reports tha Trotzky, the mouthpiece of shevikl. is opposed to their pr and is willing to try to rei the Russian armv. to furht i element cidecl wliat to do. :y to af- The t?i! 1 has had the elemen practically all the larg he hard jn the country, and Its ccepted, have argued that it will it Leon kreat saving of fuel i the Hot- wnge earners in that thi ovlslons more time Tor recreation organize light hours. he Her the increasing activi support of i?'i ?n the old Arras e industries ,as itself as far sou proponents tin. reported by Horl result in a 1 British long-rang ind benefit '"K effective work so ?y will have hin,l the German lir during day- a,< well, for the Ger complains of casual tv by the licit- The first ease t front, front Ar- hip was M. T. V th as St. Quen- Margaret K. Will in. Apparently, nbia Life Insuran e guns were tin- to recover *l.r>,0 me distance be- alleged breat h ol les in Flanders, the cancellation i ntans statement insurance, issued I ties among the or accepted by th ;;kon iip this morn- on ,he A,aml Villianis. admr., of unl" an o,,'0< lams. vs. Philadcl- shi,) <1<iman<l* ce company, a suit v'ces Fta'*'"0 da m a res und?*.* 'hat t ' contract, tlirr.ujtli nou Pom*leU r>f a policy of life military dicta liut not doiiv"i?,j to e plaintiff. Di-anc, f I LTON A Islands and imprisoned fair-m ?r of the Swedish war- This f d his release, the ad- ouKhly a Mayor Lindhagen re- "cost plus he Aland Islands were in which ?ly tinder a (Jerman ranfie frc torship. tracts of + low as o ND WILLARD ?nt ?n t inded criticism." 01 in of contract, so thorpproved. is known as the * sliding scale of fixed fee," fixed foes to contractors >m seven per cent on con$100,000 or less down to as ne and three quarters per he very largest sums. man invaders. Holland stands in a perik tlon, according to the Germa papers, which are printing e< evidently inspired, on the tak of Dutch ships hy the I'nite and Great Britain. "Brasti ures" are advocated if "gives way" to the allies. ,ns situ_ GEDDES SAYS GEN n news- PLANNING Hid litorials. _____ ir>K over <1 States Hritisli Minister Kxjwets e nieas- Strike at Heart of Kr Holland Well its hian population oi .Menin more than five miles LM ANY the British front > THRlIS'l v pies caused l>y 11 and airplane bombs. Both German and Teutons t ? qj,o\v that heavy ar iKland as been >n progress in eion, and that there ' ' ' vrnt-l* hu # K.. K'iUAi-i.i ana itaiiutn Morris and Hecki i in advance of Wilson and Stacl southeast of (Maud N. Si ritish shell fire th edefendant; Williams and Ste* French reports Jones represented tillery fire has rase was tried at the Verdun re- court. 1!?16, and i has been brisk preme court, a ster. Wilson and MEET k and Parker and ;ipp represented Williams and Fulton is < ? vart and Jones ind Tliere is a the plaintH'. This , . . , ! ijiht < the March term r.f ippealed to the sunew trial being Kansas Citj * IN RING JULY 1 The fi x ed w he the cost in ran teed $2(? (MM) and raUs|1 ()f Side (let of ? prices, th ditional i "itv Not SfltHtod. , , hor ami i ject to a| r. Mo.. March IS. -Jes? \ according to this form, is n the contract is le.t. and if exceeds the estimate behichor labor and materials' e contractor receives no adompensation whatever. I?anaterial prices will be subjproval by the government. ost < 'out The allied maritime t council, formed at the Inst the American mission to and France, led by Colonel has held its first meeting nounces that it will organi? shipping so that tonnage used In the most effective n Spirited fighting is reportt ra nsport ancp of UiiHtol, England, Mai England Auckland Geddes, mini: House. tjonaj service, speaking h end an- disposition of the e allied, mJes on thf4 Hritish froi may be remarkable, miner. "They have been pla<< ?d alon? on he ?nhi "?"'1 on the Lorraine froni ch 18. Si/ *N,? change in the s st ?r of na- m eriean sector In la ere declared indicated. although German ar- ('Vnil?? r"id in the vi it was most ,iear A'-ierican s o:' Toul, which was d mass up- Interesting possibi i p.armonv'j vested bv the revolt .i ii?"ai ivnriiii:v ^idiiird. I and in Alsace. The action grew Ituation in tho tion tor $10,000 11 trraine has been life of Margaret Paris reports a which applicatioi cinity of Fliery. Life Insurance ci cclor northwest or more policies, repulsed. applied for, and I'ities are sug retained to the Kion In flatnr- Celled W ithout t Wir.ard, henv out of the appliea Fred Fulton, fe Insurance on the aspirant to ?h E. Williams, upon rjn>- July 4 i the Philadelphia Oklahoma. pr< >mpany Issued one Colonel Mil different front that had been gu those issued were that there w company and ran- $5,000. he knowledge or yweight champion. ant! Fnder of Rochester. M'.ni... phis" oori p title, will meet In the conpress. Col. J. C. Miller. of j actor l>3 mooter. has announci' l. and payi Her raid that Fulton material aranteed $20,000 and ingiy. ould bo a side bet of A surv, 1>\ the m other forms of the "cost tract, so widely attacked in it was possible for a eonf running up labor charges n K extravagant prices for to increase his fees accordev of tlte work to be done 'W construction >) vision in. me rrencn iront. In the Cha and Lorraine sectors, the have won local successes, official reports admit the ground in Champane be fori force? of the French, who parently able to hold the they have rained. Alonr the British front fil1*>rv fl rc* hoc ori?4VU?*? impaene n,nitnvy obje<t will 1>C French Engiand. 1 have no dou German v ,,j sl, ike not only at o loss of p,.,inCe. but nlRO. if sh* b heavy heart nf England. * * are an- moUP number are waneground niPn up to 50, to join f< fense." the at to Ptrike at l'ay's German official tit Germany a n^w German army ur forces in treated on the fror ran. at the France. It is under * Knor General von Gallwitz, <1. Including v'ou??ly prominent in i >r home de Serbian campaigns a transferred to the we >car and put in eonim statement that ?"nsent of the ap group has been ^OI1 Insurance an it in northern Paoy, of Monroe. command of nPf'Ot for the com; , an officer pre- South Carolina, he Russian and The policy iasu< ind apparently 28. 1910, ?i stern front last prem.um. $101.Of and of the Ver- ment P'diey. acc --- wiiiartl an iplicant. Tli'- ('.or- an unnamed .I Investment com articles. Colo N. C., was general piare for holt pany for North and selected t rounds to be Bd is dated Decern- tllf. 8jtt. chost ad is for $2,000; prize nion i; 20-year tndOWU . ?? umulated surplus. | form to fa"tt (i r ulton will meet at .. . , . dicates th place April 1 to sign I i mm. . rrZ ment s pr nel Miller said. The ,. ? . . to a such ling the tight also will ^ _ ) hen. the nuniher of ' t u. > . States ep. fought depending on . ,,,r .. w , ,n? 5-05. n. Willard s share of prospect ey. was not announced. . ?? in? $278 i proven, to read two r ro 4,) ,e magnitude of the governepurations to push the war 'ssful conclusion. There are inder way in the United :hty-five big jobs aggregat000.000. There are in now 120 more represent000,000. In addition there >s for housing troops repre many Hectors, and there ha lively engagements betwen parties. The Canadians have car t another raid southeast of I a The Austrian report that positions on Mt. Pasublo, mountainous sections of the battle line, have been blown " M.MW IS KIMVAICns IS VP ,b,rn SK.VTKXCKU r.iidin* Rniejgh. March 18.? . . A ward?, son of T. J. Fdwar ried out . , fo"merjy a member of ti T# Wake eouoty commlsn'oi a an day nlsrht was sentenced ,j P trocufed In the death cha It a Ha n state prison on April 26 f ua and . ... dun sector. inrlmli TO l?F \TI f,ont occupied by the Marcus Kd Prlnce'8 ?rniv group, da, who was Boon claries In he board of The German statem nc-!s Satur- ed that the boundar to he eleo- trlct under General ruber at the comnvind cannot b 'or the mur- "Ten approximately. pd within the Tf,p policy applif German crowi. insurance. Every in<-h of j ideflnlte. h?,,V COnU'8t numerous objectlt ent is so word- _ , ,, _ counsel. H. T. ies of the dis- ... .. ~ . i^ont writinR the von Oallwitz _ wife. Between o e determined. . , ^ ' ine counsel and n Thut part of tlw, >d for was "Term thousand doll fori instead o ground in the case The applioat ed and there wer? $2,000 beinK ins on the part of Court adjoi Williams was th"? until 2:30 application of his Cases set bieetions of oppos- Mozier vs. S llinfts of the court drews vs Fe ars (insurance applied S(n,ir>K * f ten thou-and dollars fonstructl ion and policy for admitted in evidence. The w urned at this juncture storage t r.. and 31 for Wednesday are cantonme outhern Railway, An 40 points rguron and Mackor- 11 ordance c 390,000,000, while hospital ion alone represents $10.ork in prospect includes errninals at Charleston. S. 8 other points; signal corps nts and aviation fields nt powder loading plants and lepots on the Atlantic sea that An?t' Jan forces have r the ground. Mount P.iauhlo of Lake Garda and on the I of a deep aalient In the Itall The attacka on theae poalt the left hank* of the Itnoc river may indicate the appro* aerloua blow at the Italiann t the hope of opening a way 1 - ner or rrs wire on Decern >eoup!ed attorney promptly ga in p-t an n,,p,.ai to the siiprer.i "ft *Mr a new trial. an line ions on puarrttnt tl<e lower Pia* biKl'one g?- ce the AmeH-an irh of p advanced and consol d here In lines In the Lunevllle s into the have been no renorts of her 9. 1917 the front running ei ve not'ce of east to the Swiss b< ie court fc vicinity of haon, on t had previously been fl the (Jerman crown pr '<* Duke Albrecht, of forces have ?phe oro^n prince's fro lated their Aisne. Champagne a ret or, there stion and extended to 11 n n? i a 1 a 11 ? ???- *" r.st and south I tatenirnts. He w >rder from the npariv two hour*, ho Alsne front, (-? jj Wh'srant llvlded between ?ot,? railed nnd to inc and Orand connection with ( Wurttemb'er^ anrt the court ord ,nt Included the ?triri<rti out an h? nd Verdun re- n Culp told the end of th?- trTT, BO far a* hi* in 111 iik** iew j Jones, Klliott as on the stand for Rlaekmon, As way. was the next wit- Thursday ? 'd of the custom t" cry. (Iarris v ielivory of policies Mercantile coi ered his testim >ny others, Knter arsny. pany vs Mozi of the general c is- Friday?W knowledKe coes in Mule company vs. board, hi the vs. Southern Ral1- workers s b - spit a Is Dabney vs. Monteom .A/aler, N s. Wright, l^ancaste^ Charlesto upany vs. Clyburn and shops in prise Mercantile com buildings er. to those lliams vs. Souther 1 I-'ort Rile ausing facilities for ship it 16 points; tuberculosis at Denver, Colo., and I. ('.; a remount station at n. S. f\; mechanical repair Texas; three great office in Washington in addition under way; a hospital at y. Kan.; an isolated hospit PacchlRUone valley and turn the flank of the Italian ilng thejthrlty in the posit'ons < armies I General Pershing's men. .. uric. inr new \on lii >ccupj (I by 'nriirated as reslstin; crown prince and All i Mivn* proup is I de'lverfnp pol'.cle K between the Motion was m >recht grou;.?. J counsel to amend ? w - -- - i mwci nmipni s. pr?. Starnes ivl" by nln'Miff's MU13, Gre.gorj complaint to con- Mills. McGu1r< n.v, nirimmue vs. w ai J.t leni vr. I^am-antcr ('oft in Sprinfcf.el t vr. Lancaster Cotton plant? ? vb. Pettun. at many i iny. N. J.; extensions of the d, Mass., arsenal, gas niak< and gas shell filling plants Joints. V