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E nttefion TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Mitt AMIIOK nioTnifiT nr uraimusur REAL ESTATE DEALER KILLS FIVE CITIZENS AND WOUNDS 32 WAS HIMSELF SHOT TO DEATH Police Believe Man Became Sud denly Insane Because of Financial Difficulties (By A-stxiatiMl I'm**!*.) BRUNSWICK, Ga., Mar. (j.?Armed with un automatic, shotgun. Monroe Phillips, a real estate and timber dealer ran amuck in the business dis trict here today, killed flve citizens, wounded :!2 and w*as himself shot dead. Of the wounded Gunner Tolnas. a bank collector, and Ernest Mc Donald probably will die. The dead arc: Marry P. Dun woody, prominent at torney . William M. Hacke?, undertaker. H. M. Dca ver. iioliceniau. L. C. Padgett, former policeman. George \V. Asbell. motor man. Monroe Phillips, real estate and timber dealer. The police believe that Phillips be came suddenly insane because of al leged financial ditilculties. It was at the busiest hour of the day that Phillips, carrying a shotgun, entered the office of Harry P. Dun woody a lawyer, against vwhom lie is said to have cherished ill feeling, and killed him. Phillips then shot Albert M. Way. who was in Dunwoody's of fice. Although badly wounded, Way probably will recover. Walking calmly fro;.- the office, Phillips faced a crowd whicn had been racted byr'trfo fiftrrgrr "~wit?r5dr~"?" word he suddenly began snooting in -tho throng and a wild stampede for shelter followed, ft. M. Deaver, a po liceman, was killed when he attempt ed to arrest the crazed man. Phillips continued to fire on everybody in sight until he was shot down by E. C Butts, an attorney, more than half an hour after Dunwoody had been kill ed. Butts liad been wounded hoforo ho killed Phillips. The wounded were taken to the local hospital, every ward being filled and every physician in tho city was called out to dress the wounds, j , Phillips had been a resident of Brunswick about 12 years and had been involved in considerable litiga tion in local courts. It was stated he recently lost considerable money in real estate transactions and had had deulings with Mr. Dunwoody. He owned severul tracts of land near. Macon. Mr. Dunwoody was one of the most prominent citizens'of Brunswick.v He at one time was mayor and also had served In the Georgia legislature as a representative and a State senator. He was a nephew'of Justice S. C. Atkinsdh, o? the State Supreme Court. INDICTED ON~~ HOLD UP CHARGE Manager of Paint Co. Charged With Attempt to Rob Em ployes of $9,500 HGU. (By AMoriatrtl Pi***.) ?^NEW YORK, .March 6.?Philip T. . White, manager of the paint establish ment of John W. Masury & Son in Brooklyn, was held today in $10.000 . bail to answer three indictments ^?gojfetly returned againBt him by King s County grand jury, charg iilij him with attempted robbery, at tetpptcd grand larceny and assault in connection with the attempt to hold up and rob two employ?s of, the | .. Sackett & Wilhelms Company of J$9. 500,' August 7 last. His employers asserted their belief in his innpcence and said they were - arranging to obtain ball for him, Thomas H. Dally, a chauffeur, is out on.55.000 tail u?der a charge, of being implicated in the attempted ' robbery.. ; ^White's arrest was said to be due tu.ft statement from* Daily, 'j Louis. fiohIslein, assist an^. district attorney ,oji King's County, t>ald today that he had been investigating a hold r/ . up on June X> last in the Mashry plant . very similar.'lo the attempted robbery at the Sackett & Wllheln.s plant. Two / employes were robbed of a bag con taining- $3,600. Mr. Goldstein said. : that White was downstairs In the ;V;?Ma?ury plant when the robbery ^o? curred. Fire Res troys Cotton Pint form. / MONROE. N. C, March 6.^-Fire here last night destroyed the. local ; cotton platforrn containing more than 800 hales of cotton.. Freight cars and other near by property also destroyed br?PBht the loss up to $5O,Q0i>, IN RIRIIIFffi Il UUU1IILUU nrnnpis Tniiiii DCunoiH lunnj Snowstorm Sweeps I New York ?ity Brings Death to One Man and Causes Many Minor Acci dents (By Associated Prats.) NEW YORK. March C?Winter's heaviest snowstorm swirled across New York today, bringing death to one man and cuusing many minor acci dents. When the storm had swept eastward tonight after playing havoc with steam vehicle and foot tratlic, the weather bureau announced that five ami one-fifth inches of snow had fallen, hut it was melting rapidly. Blinded by the snow, Anthony Mel lorla, 25 years old. walked in front of a train at Passuic. X. J., and was killed.. Many persons suffered frac tured limbs, cuts and bruises in acci dents on streets and sidewalks. Tonight 100,000 men are cleaning the streets. Announces Probable Retirement. PANAMA. March ?.?Major General George W. Goethals, governor of the Panama ("anal Zone, in a speech to night at the annual banquet ,,r the So ciety of the ('hagres, announced his probable retirement as governor with in a year. He said he hnd requested that lie be relieved in /ivor of a younger man and that the request un doubtedly would bc granted. FORTY-^V?NARE RESCUED ALIVE Coal Mirers Spend Four Days and Nights in Darkness With *-?ctirf rSoiT orTJnnR"^^ (3y Assented Prw.) IIINTOX. West Va.. March f>.? Forty-seven miners were rescued alive today from the workings of the Lay land mines of the Xew River and Po cahontas Consolidated Coal Company, wrecked by an explosion Tuesday. For four days and four nights they had been without food or drink. Rescuers who entered mine Xo. ?? tore a brattice work to let In fresh air. and found five men who seized and kissed them. The survivors were able to walk to the mine entrance un aided. Continuing the search, the* rescuers encountered another brattice about ."?1)0 yards beyond. In entry Xo. 10 they found 42 men allvsa. The miners were carried to the entrance. Tonight ?H men, including those found today, had been rescued alive; 8? bodies had been recovered and ,10 or more unaccounted for.. Rescue pan les entertain little hope that the missing men are alive. Striking Miners Will Stand by Their Chiefs (By Associated Press.) WHEELING. West V., March C? When told by their leaders that they need not expect an-increase in bene fits but mlghnreceive a decrease, the miners of the fifth Ohio subdistrict, who have been on strike 11 months, voted almost unanimously in their convention, here today to stand by their chiefs. Financial affairs of the United Mine Workers of America are ip a bad condition, according to Former State Senator William Green, of Ohio, who is secretary-treasury of the or ganization. ?_ Anarchists Will Plead Not Guilty (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, March 6. ?Frank Abamo and Carmine Carbone will plead not guilty, according to their com.sel. when they are arraigned be? for? Judge Swann. Monday on the In dictment -charging them with -attempt ing las. Tuesday to set off bombs Jn St. PatAck'a Cathetral. "We will baae our deft nso on the contention that our clients are the* victims of a police conspiracy or 'frame-up/" said the attorn* y. oooooooooooo-joooooo 0: O o Guilty of Murder. ? o Special to The Intelligencer. o r ; GREENWOOD, March, C?Gull- o o'ty of murder was the verdict re- o o turned- by the Jury at 3:10 this o 0 afternoon against Albert TolLfrf, o o the Panola Mill -operator who o o confessed to slaying his wife*, at o o their home in the mill* village o o here on December 19 last.-'./:,?..'V/"0 O; ' n ooooooooo oooooo o000 GENERAL CARRA^JZA MAY PERMIT FOOD to REACH * MEXICO^CITY SMALrtfPOX BREAKS O?T AT TAMPICO Twenty-Nine Cases in Hospital nnd Eight Deaths Occur in Last Three Days (II) .V-*..ill!.'.t |>..) WASHINGTON. March 0.?Encour aging advices indicating that General Carranza might heed representations uf the United States and direct Gen eral Obregon to permit food and sup plies to reach Mexico City where fam ine has been threatened were receiv ed late today by the state depart ment. The situation, however, still was described as grave. Another disturbing element in the general situation reported to the state department was thV1' outbreak of un epidemic of smallpox al Tampico.. Twenty-nine cases arc in tlie hospital and eight deaths have occurred with in the last three days. Consular die patches say it is not known how many cases have not been officially import ed. With the expected attack on Tam pico by the Villa forces anil the ar rival of thousands of Currauza rein forcements conditions in the seaport are* becoming almost as uncomfor - table for the foreign colony as in Mexico City. In the Mexican capital foreign dip lomats are exerting every iutlucnf? possible to persuade General Obregon to accept the proffered aid of an In ternational relief committee which raised 250.000 pesos to buy food and supplies for the needy. During the day some of the foreign Jliplomaiiala... hcrn^re.ceived, messages fromTnhelr representatives in Mexi co City indicating that the diplomatic corps was desirious of leaving. One message said the diplomats had de cided to leave in u body uud asked that arrangements be made for the care of diplomatic, interests by con sular officers remaining. A Somewhat similar message was received by the Swedish minister here from his government at Stockholm. He called on Secretary Uryan. After the conference he said ho would ad vise that the Spanish legation .be maintained in Mexico City. It was learned that if the Washing ton government is making efforts to better conditions in the Mexican cap ital the diplomats would he content to remain. A stream of diplomatic inquiries poured into the state department to day concerning conditions in Mexico ! City.' The French ambassador stated that in a dispatch ho had received from his legation in the Mexican cap ital conditions were described as ex-1 ccsslvely bad. Some of the diplomatists conferred on their dispatches and the uniform opinion whs that affairs in 'Mexico City were rapidly growing Intolerable. State department officials said no messages had been received from the Brazilian minister at Mexico City to day but on Vera Cruz advices they based hopes that Carranza would in struct Obregon to'permit the Interna tional relief committee to take charge of the situation. President Wilson discussed the gen eral situation with Secretary Bryan but pending the outcome of the rep resentations to Carranza no further step has been planned. More Than 15,000 Threaten to Strike (Uv AVwialrU Pr?fet.) CHARLESTON*. West Va.. March G..?More than 15,000 miners in the New River coal field threaten to strike. The conference committee re presenting miners and operators ad journed their fessions today without reaching an agreement. The wage agreement now* In . . effect expires March 31. The operators declined to make a statement, hut it is reported they refused to make concessions to the miners and that the miners -have thug far refused to recede from any of the],- demands. ' ' .. ?:-M-? Will be War Correspondent. NEW YORK, March 6.?Charles H. Orasty, former controlling owner of the Baltimore Sun. and until recently Vice president of tho Associated Press, aalled today on the', steamer New York for Jxmdon where he . will Join the Aesdelated Press staff as war correspondent. Captain Thopias Dead. ATLANTA; Ga.. March 6.?James W. Thomas, caotajn of the Beauro gard rifles of Louisiana, in the war between the States.,died at his home here today.. He.was 77 years old.(Mr. Thomas was horn in Alexandria, *' THF TOUR? STEAMSHIP WITH NEARLY THREE HUNDRED PERSONS I ON BOARD AFIRE MESSAGE SAYS FIRE IS FIERCE On Board is 139 Rapid-Fire Guns and 4,594 Cases of Cart ridge's (Hy AftMJt-i?trg J'n-.-. ) loooooooonoooooooooooi I o o Assistance Arrives. o LONDON. Mar. fj?-(1:03 a. in.) 6 ?A further message from the o jo steamship La Touraine. received o o at Queenstown. 3ays that the n |o stedmer Rotterdam is standing o lo hy prepared to render every as- o 0 (distance, including.|hu transfer of oj 1 o passengers if necessary. Wireless o o messages have been sent out to' o |o the .steamers Arabic. Cornish- u io man. Swanniore and Stanford o I o saying that their assistance is o lo not now required. o 0 j OOOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOOO LONDON. March G.? (10:20 a. in.? [The steamship La Tournine is ntirc at j latitude 48.06 north and longitude ; 20.14 west, according to a wireless j received here. Five s'.eamers huve gone to her assistance, the message I said. \ I Th wireless was received hy Lloyds from the station at Valencia. Ireland.' j The steamers Rotterdam, Swanmore; ' Cornishman, Arabic-, and otherH were mentioned as having gone to aid the I La Touraine. j A message from r Queenstown says that-tho fire on ^Ijii Touraine is I "fierce." Otherwise this message la I a repetition of the one received by I Lloyds from the wirless station at j Valencia. Lu Touraine, a steamer of 3,378 tons, under Captain Caussln, is one lof the older trans-Atlantic liners, I having been built in 1891. She lias played an interesting role In ocean travel. She arrived in New York on I October 2S, 1913, with 42 persons! which she rescued from the Uranium ' liner Volturno, which burned at sea with the loss of L12 lives. Captuln Caussln was one of the first com manders of rescue steamers to get a boat over in the heavy sea to aid in j vhc rescue work. The captain und crew were decorated with medals for I their bravery on that occasion. It was the captain of La Touraine who warned the illfated Titanic of the presence of icebergs in her, course. j Onc? before La Touraine was threatened hy fire. Flames were dis- ' I covered in the staterooms while she I lay at her dock-in Havre January 21,1 ?903. The damage was not serious, j She . was withdrawn from service j for a time in 1907 becauso of serious ' damage to her machinery. The dis- 1 covery was made just before she was due to sail from New York. On an other occasion a member of lier crew ; was killed by the bursting of a steam Pipe. When the European war began the entire carrying, capacity of La Tour aine was reserved for Americans struggling for passage home from ' France. She arrived in New York ! December 18, 1914, :16 hours overdue because of hurricanes she encounter ed. High seas swept her decks while the passengers were battened down I blow. ' j The steamer is 520 feet long with a beam of 56 feet and a depth of 34.8. | NEW YOLK, March G.? When La Touraine sailed from this port last Saturday she had.aboard Gl passeng ers of whom 38 were in the first cabin and the remaining 4:: in the steerage. The steamer lias a ?rew of 200. The vessel was one of six big Unors to leaVo this port the same lay, the sailings being tbe heavies, recorded here for some time. At tho local offices of tin French line today it was said that no addl-' Uonal information regarding La Tou- 1 raine was . expected before Monday ?n'd the office was closed for the us ual Saturday hair holiday. An uncon firmed private message from abroad . 'said all the passengers and crew were safe. On board. La Touraine were 4.594 cases of cartridges Intended for use in the European war. Stored away In the vessel's hoi? when she left was the amciun'iton!, which caused keen apprthens'jn as to the vessors fate when .1 oecaine known that fire w-as raging aboard, j While no record was kept as to the tonnage of this portion of the cargo, it was estimated that the shipment contained at the very least half a mil (CONTINUED ON PAOB POUR.) WILL NOT HA?E LE6ALADVISER GOVERNOR MANNING WILL ONLY EMPLOY HELP WHEN NECESSARY BOARD NAMED FOR SOLDIER'S HOME L. L. Bultman, of Columbia? Ap pointed Dispensary Auditor. Other New3 Spi'i inl to Tin1 Iiilrlligrnwr. COLUMBIA. March tl. -Governor Manning this afternoon aptiointed the members of the lioanl of th<? did Soldiers' Home as follows: H. F5. Thompson, of Columbia, i railroad engineer: S. E. Welsh, or Charleston, a Confederate veteran and business man; J. Wash Drummond, of Lang ford, a farmer. Tl:o other two members of the hoard are ex-officiate, namely. Senator G. K. Laney. of Chesterfield ; and re presentative E, W. Lylcs. of Si/artan burg. chairman, respectively, of iho military committees of the senate and house. The board will elect a super intendent for the home. "1 will not have a legal adviser" said Governor Manning this morning in reply to u question from a news paper man. He said that he would gel help whenever nocossary. hut hire a regular adviser. The recent legislature gave the governor an ap propriation of ijL',000 for this purpose. Governor Manning today directed Adjl. Gen. W. W. .Moore to collect all government property in the hands of the naval militia and muster out all the present organizations. He direct ed the adjutant general to muster In to service four battalions of naval militia and the adjutunt general took the necessary steps to carry this or der into effect. Gey. Manning this morning appoint ed L. L. Hultiuun of Columbia, dis pensai y auditor vice Mose 11. Mohley, whose term has expired. Mr. Bult? man announced that his assistant would be Albert S. Fant or Helton. Colonel Oscar W. Rabbiof Laurens, is the present assistant dispensary auditor. The office or dispensary auditor is for four years and pays a sulury of $166.65 per month. The nssistant gets a salary of $100 per month and the stenographer ,u suiary of $.*>2 per month. The act creating .the State board of charities and corrections doeo not tuke effect until April 1st. This board la composed of Dr. George 13. Crom er of Xewberry, Itev. Z. T. Cody, und L. O. Patterson both''of Greenville. R. 11. King of Charleston, Prof. I). 1). Wallace of Spartanburg. The bca?d w'll elect a secretary aud an a distant i-ccretary. Covernor Manning returned late last night from Cuniden, where he accompanied the romains of the.Jut? Douglas G. Richardson for burial. The governor spent the morning in hin office transacting business and left this afternoon for hi:; home in Sumter to spend the week-end. Ho w'i' return to Columbia on Monday morning. Among the callers at the gover nor's office today was Mr. it. B. Wy lle, the president'of the Lancaster News. Mr. Wylie said Lancaster was moving along and not contemplating This was the nfst time that Mr. Wy lie had called at the governor's of fice in fou?< years. His last visit was during the administration of Gov. Please and on that occasion he cam? to' get a commission for Judge Ernest Moore as npeelai Judge, that being before Mr. Moore was elected to the bench. . Preparing to Meet Every Eventuality (By .WoriM e,| 1>m?.) . PARIS. March 7. ? (1:2.", 5. m.)? The ministry of war announces that op account of the situation in the Dardanelles and to meet every even tuality, the government has dcelded to concentrate In North Africa an ex peditionary forco which will be ready to put to sea at the first sign that it Is needed and be directed to the point where its presence is rcuuired. May Fight In Havana. HAVANA. March 6.?According to Jack'Curley, the prize fight promoter, all doubts concerning a champion ship battle in Havana between Jack Johnson n.id Jeas Wlllnrd have vir tually been eliminated by an agree ment, of all the conflicting Interests. The only poasibA* obstacle to the fight taking place here, according to Curley. is the acceptance of terms by Wlllnrd. and this JCurlcy said he ex pected to receive) tomorrow. Italian Situation Occupying Attention Correspondents Dwell Upon In sistence With Which Italy is Apt to Press Demands on Austria (My AfMM-ititiil Picch.) BERLIN, via London, March 0 (9:45 p. in.).?The Italian tdtuatlou is oc cupying the attention of serious-mind ed public men. Many newspapers print long dispatches from their Rothe correspondents, who dwell upon the Insistence with which Italy is apt to press demands for territorial compdi uatlon for possible Austriun gains in the Balkans. I The feeling here is that Germany undoubtedly would like to see the dis cussion of the matter taken up be tween its two allies, but it is held t*at Austria must lirst wait to hear from Italy. Austria's attitude in case such de mands are made is problematical. A few weeks ago it seemed as if any suggestion along this line would be met with a liai refusal to cede an inch of Austrian territory, no mutter by what euplionlus phrase, such as "frontier regulation." It might he de signated. Now, however, there are signs that Austria is more inclined to enter into the resolution. BATTLE WITH DESPERADOES One Policeman Dead, Two Mor tally Wounded and Three Slightly Injured Result (My AiVHiriatrtI P-vwO WILMINGTON. Del., March ?.?One policeman dead, two mortally wound ed and a fourth officer and two citi zens slightly injured was the result of a running pistol battle hero today with two desperadoes who were try ing to escape arrest as suspiciouB characters. Both were captured after one had been slightly wounded. Tonight the. two men were removed to the county workhouse at Newcastle to prevent a possible, attempt by frh nds of the policemen to lynch them. The police tried to arrest the men after a pawnbroker had given notice that they had attempted to pawn two valuable watches. The men gave their names as Peter Krakus, .10 years old, and Charles Moras. 20. The police charged that the former fired the shots that took effect. AV5R?GES^7l?2 MILES PER HOUR D. Resta Captures 300.30-MUe Vanderbilt Cup Race at San Francisco (My AixoWu?-! I'iT**?) SAN FRANCISCO., March fi.?D. Resta, driving car No. !.. in which he won last Saturday the Grand Prix, captured today the MO.:',0-mile Van derbilt cup race o'Jer the course of the Panama-Pacific exposition In what is said to have been one of the most thrilling contests ever run In this classic. His time was four hours 27 inimit?s and 37 seconds. He maintained an average of 67 1-2 miles. Howard Wllcox. Nu. 26, was second in four hours 34 minutes and 26 sec onds; Eddie Pullen third, four hours 35 minutes and 37 seconds, and Ralph DePalraa. No. 22. fourth, time four hours 39 minutes and seven sec onds. .*1Inn Cook. Alone Responsible. NEW HAVEN,' Conn., March G.~ Coroner Mix said today ho had com pleted his investigation on the sui cide of Lillian May Cook and would report Monday that she alone was re sponsible for her death. FKICTION HKTWKfcX CA It* . RANZA AND COMMANDER (My A-'noriated Pre**.) VERA CRUZ. Mex.. March 2.?(via New Orleans, March 6.).?Friction be tween General Obregon, In charge at Mexico City, and General Carranza is reporteil here, because of the alleged failure of Carranza to support Ob regon In his recent decree assigning a special tax on everyone - In Mexico City. It is said that .Oa Tanza has given Obregon orders to evacuate the capital whenever he believed it necr esary. n . :cciM?TTftni( un i rnrnnrn THREE BRITISH WAR VES SELS ATTACK FORTS ON EUROPEAN SIDE RUSSIANS ASSUME OFFENSIVE IN EAST Statement From German Gener al Staff Reporte Capture of English Trench Interest In the world war la divided largely between the operations In the eastern theatre, where fighting of u more or less violent nature is pro ceeding through the territory from northern Russian Poland to the Car pathians and the bombardment of the Dardanelles BtrongholdB by the allied fleet, which has met with further successes, according to the British admiralty. The engagamcnts in France and Belgium are characterised by lively fighting, but no vital an nouncement is forthcoming from that section. ' Reports from vurious sources In tlicatc that the Russians have assum ed the offensive in most of the opera tions in the eastern territory. In the extreme uorth they are still ham mering awuy with the idea of driving the Cernions bock to East Prussia and the latest Petrograd official state ment claims that the Russians have forced the Germans back somewhat at Simno and in the district, of Lel pouuy. They also claim to have dis lodged the Germans from a command ing height west of the road from y Stawlski to Lomza. A German official statement says the northeast' . .of Przasnysz a Russian .attack., broke down with heavy losses to the latter and that northwest .of Poland a Rus sian attack also was repulsed . .. '. ! Further south in central Poland the Russians are making another vigor ous attack on the center of the' In-" vaders' forces. The allied forces and English fleets are making progress in their attack tin the fortifications of the Dardanel les, according to the British admiralty und unofficial reports. It is officially mnounccd that an attack on the prin cipal forts on the European side -Of the narrows was opened Friday by three British war vessels, i Two of the forts were damaged .and the magazine of n third was blown up. These forts are characterized-as the strongest along the entire water way. The British battleships Queen EJIz lbeth and Prince George and the bat tle cruiser Inflexible, with their ight 15-inch and their dozen 12-inch ;uns. yesterday attacked the principal forts on the European aide of the nar rows in the Dardanelles. Two of the forts were damaged und the magasine jf a third, was blown Up. Guarding lie narrowest part of the straits from he European side, they arc believed to- be the strongest. forts along the Mitlre waterway although 'those 'op posite almost equal them. One fort, indicated on the admiralty naps as "L," has two 14-inch guns hat could scarcely reach the Queen Elizabeth which fired 2? rounds from ier IB-inch weapons by indirect Are ind had the ad/uutage of aeroplanes o aid her gunners. The other two ort h have three 11-Inch guns and tome smaller cannons. Cruisers continue attacks on th? 'ort iti eat ions along the coast of Asia Minor, from Beslka, near the entrance; o the Dardanelles, to Smyrna, doubt ess to prevent reinforcements being tent to the straits where there are nany Turkish troops with whom the narines landed to complete destruc ion to the forts at the entrance to the ;traits have been in contact. It Waa U the land fighting that the allies suf. cred casualties, according to the iritiBh report, of 19 killed, 25 wound >d and three missing. > The Turks, ?owever, place the British casualties it a higher figure. A Turkish official statement, how (ver, refera to "yesterday's (Fri lay's) " failure In reporting the. altua lon and Djavid Bey, Turkish mlnla er of finance, who is in Berlin, atat d that up .to Saturday the attack by he allied fleet had met with no suc :ess. He added that Turkey had 250, 100 troops on the Galllpjli peninsula. . 'misers from the allied fleet are con (nulng their attacks along the coast if Aisa Minor from Besika to Smyrna, ind Vice Admiral Sir Richard Pelrse. tas brought up his 'Bast fndlan ocet idd undertaken the bombardment of. be fortification at Smyrna. In the west, the French claim to iave inflicted a serious check upon he Germans north of Arras, .about Cotre Dame de Lorette. In Cham lagne. northwest of Beausojour, a Serman counter attack hah been; re mised. The French war office clolma hat progreas made by ih? allies' In (Continued on Page Four) .