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FIERCE ATTACKS GAIN FOOTHOLD IN SOME FRENCH TRENCHES IN THE ARTOIS SECTION. ARTILLERY IS KEPT BUSY Germans do Considerable Damage in Argonne Forest.-Russian Heavy Guns Are Active. London.-The German are fiercely attacking the French positions in the Artois section as well as in Cham pagne. In the latter district Berlin reports the captur-3 of a front of about 700 yards, while the French admit that the Germans have gained a foot hold in sonic of their advanced trenches near the Tahure-Sommo-Py road. In Artois near HIll 140 which lies to the southwest of Virny, the German attacks followed one another in quick succession, there being four during the course of the afternoon. Pushing forward in the face of a hail of shells and bullets, the Germans, on their fourth attempt, succeeded in entering one of the French first line trenches, which, however, they failed to hold, being almost immediately driven out with considerable losses in dead and wounded, according to Paris. Northeast of Soissons, a German at tack, preceded by a bombardment, re sulted in the capture of a French trench near the Crony road, but here also they were thrown out, leaving their dead on the field. On the British end of the line there have been sapping operations and bombardments by both sides. All around Soissons the German ar tillery was busy, preparatory to infan try attacks; but the attacks did not eventuate owing to the French use of their guns in curtain of fire volleys. . Considerable damage has been done to German positions in the Argonne forest by the Frinch. Artillery duels are in progress in Lorraine and in the Vosages. The heavy guns are being actively employed on both sides in the north ern section of the Russian front, but no important changes in position have occurred. In the Isonze regions the Austrians have taken entrenchments from the Italians in the Rombon zone, while the Italian artillery has bombarded Austrian positions at various points, especially in the Gorizia sector. LANSING STUDIES NOTE. Berlin Note on Armed Merchantmen Reaches Depqrtment. Washington. - Secietary Lansing udied at his home tie text of the orandum from Ber.i n announcing intention of the Gekiman Govern ga ~t to regard armed m jrchant ships e Entente Allies..a~s war vessels. rObr-uary 2 . fe wvill discuss the with T ident Wilson High Cllas sn-o1aldm f.t i~iI~0t7 that issued .o asmom - ..M.)pcted. Dv- It is considleredl doubtful that an announcement of the position the Uni -ted States will take in the matter will be defined until both documents have carefully boon digestedl and considl ered. Between now and that time the attitude of the government is made known, the state department may no tify the representatives of the En tente Allies here of the receipts of th'e documents fr-em the Central Pow ers; so that their government may be completely informed on the subject. Ford to Fight Preparedness. Detroit, Mich.-It has been an. nouncod that Henry Ford is preparing to launch a countrywide campaign of newspaper and miagazinle advertising against the program for- huge niaval and military expenditures nlow befort congress, It was said Mr. Ford' in tends soon to carry out his announced intention to devote millions of dollars to an educational campaign against war and preparedness which lhe de clared to be the first step toward actual war. Wilson Close to Congress. Washington.-Secretary Garrison's resignation last week has had thre< tar-reaching results upon Congress, hi the opinion of administration leaders When the excitement following the un ~xpected development had subsided wa apparent that it had clarified the 1egislative atmosphere wvith regard t to important issues. National de tense and Philippine independenc and had served almost magically t '. bling congress and the presiden coset together than they had bee1 7or iany months. A >Help ls Needed. Ttle Rock, Ark-Bitter feelini aiit United States army engineer ~' b#nie of published statements ai trl pd to them that reports of dim - r~ji tbe food districts of Arkansa b~d 644~ ~~geate4, was manifesteo S6ting in. Lake Villagt tcM.t ~ed by Major West c d vr commtission, ani ; offrd en stoe t. 6 GEN. HUGH' tL SCOTT General Hugh L. Scott, who automati cally. becomes Secretary of Army upon resignation of L. M. Garrison and Breckenridge. BILLS ARE TAKING FORM MAIN FEATURES OF THE BILLS ARE NOW READY FOR APPROVAL. Leaders Discuss Plans With Presi dent.-Expect Unanimous Support of the Committees. Washington.-With President Wil son personally urging both Democratic and Republican members of the House Military Committee to hasten prepar ations of bills to carry out the Army's part in the national preparedness scheme, indications were that the measures might be ready for the house within two weeks or less. Hearings have been virtually ended and it is understood the main fea tures of the bils already have been whipped into shape in which it is ex pected they will receive Virtually the unanimous approval of the committee. The scnate committee already has concluded its hearings on Army bills and are taking up the work of draft ing its proposals for the senate. There also the general outline of the plan to be recommended has crystalized in the riinds of the mem bers. The bills of th two houses it is expected will %Itdr radically and the final legislat6n will be worked out as a co romise in conference. Progre s also was made on navy legislatio the measures paving the way for e nstruction of battleships 43 and 44 a navy yards and providing for 300 ad itional midshipmen in the July cla at Annapolis, being passed by the a nate. They have passed the house lack only the President's 01 sign 'ndt. become law. Speaker Cla ture t with his recent speech in , in line dvocating that the por Sekthe house a' Annapolis and West nnel at both introduced a bill ,to oint be double ,'ease in the number ake such an Inc - iiitary academy. of cadets at the & the House Mil Chairman Hay o several of his tary committee and discussed Army Democratic colleagues Wilson during plans with President t's suggestioni. the day at the Preside -- ~RAN DEIS. THORNE OBJECTS TO1. -tyer Too iowa Man Thinks Boston La s Friendly With CorporatiogLouis Washington-Charging that '1state .D. Brandeis as counsel for interg'er commerce commission in the five N-o cent advance rate case, conceded et the cause of the railroads to the fatat Injury of the public interest, Clifford Thorne, railroad commissioner of low~a and an associate counsel in the rate case, appealcd to thc judiciary sub-committee of the senate not to recommend confirmation of Mr. Bran deis' nomination to the supreme court of the United States. Mr. Thorne argued that it would be very castly to the American people to put' on the supreme court bench a man with preconceived notions na to returns on railroad -Investments in view of the fact that questions lnvolv nd in the national appraisement of railroads now going on ultimnately would have to be determined by that tribunal. Concessions Are Cancelled. Washington.-A decree issued by the governor of Aguas Calientes can ceiling various concessions held by .American smeltering concerns and - other foreign interests in that state t has resulted in a protest from the ' State Department to the Mexican de i facto Government. The decree do s igned to increase state andl nationa revenues, states that the concessions 3 granted by the former "dictatoria t government" were illegal and in some a cases had been secured by bribery. Attack on English Coast. London-Two women and on K child were injured when two Germnal a seaplanes raided the Kentish coasi dropping bombs. Three missiles tel on the outskirts of Ramegate and tou near a school at Broadstairs. Th material damage is said by the Wa 'Office to have been confined to th Sshattering of glass. The attack wa made in broad daylight. At88 e o'clock ,In the afternoon .twQ af ntanesq we reported app chi tA6 UEAYIRAi8 AT WHIE HOUS PREPAREDNESS ADVOCATES NO% ABLE TO CO-OPERATE IN THEIR WORK. HAVE CONFIDENCE IN WILSON Members for Congresslon Committees Agree That Resignation of Garri son Has Clarified Situation. Washington.--A new note of har. mony and co-operation on national de fense problems was struck in the nouse military committee as a direct result of the resignation of Secretary Garrison of the War Department. It found expression in the adoption of a resolution declaring the committee's appreciation of the confidence Presi dent Wilson reposed in it and in the senate. committee as disclosed in his correspondence with Mr. Garrison. The non-partisan character of the feling was emphasized by the. fact that the resolution was offered by Representative Kahn of California, ranking Republican member of the committee. Members of both the congressional committees declared that the War Secretary's withdrawal had brought out sharply the President's desire that congress should work out its army problems in the light of its own best judgment, despite his personal pref erence for the continental army scheme advocated by Mr. Garrison and the army war college. The net result, they agreed was a clarifica tion of the congressional atmosphere and the assurance of support for the bills that will be drafted from ele ments of both the Democratic and Re publican sides that had heretofore been counted against the measures. In substance, it is believed, the bills will represent an effort to make effec tive virtually all of the plans of the war department with tpe exception that federalization of the national guard will be sought as a substitute for the continental army plan. Steps toward beginning the drafting of the measures were taken by both house and senate committees. Both will take up the work Monday and it is planned to hold all-day sessions whenever the business of the two houses will permit. The house committee brought to 'a close public hearings on army plans and ordered an elaborate indev of the voluminous testimony prepared, so there would be as little delay as pos sible either in committee considera tion or the coming struggle on the floor. Similar steps were taken by the senate committee. TROUBLE FOR UNCLE SAM. No Matter Which Way He Decides Matter He Will Offend. Washington. --Diplomatic negotia tions of various characters soon will confront the United States as the re sult of the expressed intention of the German and Austrian governments to treat armedl merchant ships of the Entenate Allies as war vessels after February 29. Apparently it is certain if the tem per of the Ailied Governments can be Judged by the feelings of their (lip lomatic representatives here, that any attempt by the United States to change the present rule permitting the use of American ports by merchant ships armed for defensiv-e purposeg will be met by a strong protest. Co' 'espqndence also is likely toto ar 'e United State aam-L'wa~theiow ii t) ih cincpinga's~nt%"aposition wamAydfys" iththat of .Germany and aiso''t-ria regarding the right of submarines to sink armed ships with. out warning. On the other hand, the United States itself may take the initiative should the .Entente Allies impose a virtual boycott on American ports ir; the event of this government decd ing that armed merchant ships enter ing Amreican waters are ships o1 war, and therefore subject to intern~ ment. No Personal Differences. New York-Merely a difference it views and not any friction in theil personal relations led to the sever anice of official relations between Lind ley M. Garrison as secretary of wai and President Wilson, according t4 the former cabinet officer. As he anm Mrs. Garrison were leaving the hom4 of George Leary he was asked if ther4 were any personal differences. "Oh no," lie replied, "nothing personal a all. It is merely a matter of diffet once in views." No Desire to Humiliate Germany.' Washington .-Secretary Lansing, i a statement secured here by th Wolff Bureau, declares that the Uni ited States has aseld nothing of Gel r. many dluring the course of the Lus: tanit negotiations which could no r Wvith honor and dignity be complie with. Thie statement was sodght as reply to an interviqw with the.de d tiah Imperial chancellor, .which .J ~ as con tehded that to meetJe r4 Soent ( of heUnte LNDLEY M. GARR1I Mr. Garrison, who resigned as Secre tary of War in President Wilson's Cabinet on account of disagreement on army plans. KNOW OF NO OPPOSITION McCOMBS SAYS NO OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT WILSON HAS DEVELOPED. Sub-Committee Making Ready for Conventlon.-Senator Reed Sug. gested for Chairman. St. Louis, Mo.-That President Wil son would be renominated without opposition was the concensus of opin ion of members of the subcommittee of the Democratic National Commit tee, who met to arrange details for the Democratic Nationa) Convention. The committeemen agreed in ad vance of the meeting not to select a temporary chairman at present, and that task probably will not be taken up until May. Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, however, is being discussed as a possible choice, the co-mmitteemen thinking it would be fitting that the state in which the convention is held should furnish the temporary preaiding officers. Robert 'Ewing, publisher of The New Orleans States, was appointed chairman of the press committee for tl'e convention and James Preston, sergeant-at-arms of the press gallery of the United States senate, was ap pointed vice chairman. Chairman McCombs said to news paper men that President Wilson wvould be re-nominated and that no opposition to him had developed in any quarter-. MORE WORK THAN MEN. Says Eight-Hour Day Is Serious Check Upon Development. Washington.--Demands5 of railroad employes for higher general tendency h~g8TULx hour wowr the eight cheeg , - e eredeprceated as ao upon the development of indus cry by Howard Elliott, chairman of the board of the New York, New Haven & Hartfogd Railroad, in a speech be fore the chamber of commerce of the United States. Ho said such demands as those recently made by the four great organizations of railroad men were but steps in a process which is continued would raise the cost of liv ing to new heights and finally result in conditions much more to the disad vantage of labor than of capital. Mr. Eliott's speech came at the close of the first day of the national chamber's fourth annual convention which is be ing attended by by more than 500 dele gates from every state in the Union, John H. Fahey of Boston, the presi 'dent, addressed the opening session, appealing to business men to do some constructive thinking and to become less partisan in dealing wtih great eco nomic questions. Heavy Fighting in Galcia. London.-Hl-eavy fighting has broker1 out again in East Galicia. All along the front the artillery has been very active. The Russians succeeded nortil of Tarnopol after repeated attacks ir penetrating the Austro-Hungarian ad vanced infantry posts, but wei'e eject ed from them later on, according t< Vienna. German Communication Acceptable. Washington.-President Wilson an< Shas cabinet have gone over the la test proposal of Germany for a set tlement of the American government's demands concerning the sinking o t the Lusitania. While soire alters tions in the form of the agreement which will require its 'rotardhee t' Berlin again, must be made1 they ar regarded as minor 008,#2 .~4optim * urm still prevails that tlhe tdilt'over. ITSCABNET FAILURE OP ADOPT THE CONTH 8 EME. ISCA'm BRECKENRIDGE .AL8 UITS President Wilson Accepted ResIgna. tion and Will Probably Take Per.. sonal Charge of Affair. Washington.-Secretary Garrison resigned because President Wilson would not "Irrevocably" support the continental army plan, and because he opposes the administration's program of setting a definite time for Philip. pine independence. President Wilson accepted the res ignation but has not selected a suc cessor. The president himself prob tbly will take personal charge of the administration's national defense plans in Congress. Assistant Secretary Breckenridge also resigned as a mark of loyalty to his chief, whose views he shares. The president accepted his resignation. Both take effect immediately. Ma jor General Scott, chief of Staff of the army, automatically becomes sec retary of wa ad interim. It is known that one of Secretary Garrison's principal reasons for his conviction that only a Federal conti nental army instead of a reorganized National Guard should be the main military dependence of the nation was his belief that some day the United States may be called upon to defend the Monroe doctrine and in that event he foresaw that the Nationdl Guard might not be .available for use outside of the United States before a declara tion of war. Upon that contention, on the one hand, that the continental army or ultimately universal service was the nation's only reliance,' and the posi tion on the other, that no one plan could be upon Congress, President Wil son and his secretary of war parted official company. Mr. Garrison's resignation was a complete surprise to official Washing ton generally. He made no personal explanation. Several hours before the official announcement he had boarded a train with his wife for New York and word had been passed at the war deportment that he had gone for an indefinite stay. The acute differences of opinion which led to the break began early in the year when opposition to the con tinental army plan began developing in congress. There had been indeft nite rumors of the possibility of the secretary of war leaving the cabinet, but they never were countenanced In official quarters. The secretary every where was regarded as one of the strong men of the administration upon' whom the president leaned in the diffi cult situations, both domestic and in ternational, which have marked his administration. The circumstances which led up to the resignation are detailed in the secretary's correspondence with the president which was made the White House. The y letters disclose, bel idnth the training, or mdta h a mill a iization and .control of .ar reserve should be under im -aed~Iate Federal direction, but is not "irrevocably or dogmatically commit ed to any one plan." He wrote Mr. Garrison that he could not force any specific plan on Congress and added: "I must welcome a frank inter change of views and a patient and thorough comparison of all the meth ods proposed for obtaining the object we all have in view." Mr. Garrison's contention that only the plans of the war department could be considered seemed to the president "wholly unjustifiable." Mr. Garrison considered "reliance upon the militia for national defense an unjustifiable and imperiling of the nation's safety." In resigning he wrote the president: "It is evident that we hopeleuslty disagree upon which I conceive to be fundamental principles." PresIdent to BusIness Men. Washington.-President Wilsop told the Chamber of Commerce of the United States that America needed a real scientific tariff board and he thought it was going to get It; that it needed a real merchant marine, and that it was absolutely necessary some beginning should be made at once to get that too; and that had it not been for the effectiveness of the Federal re serve law as a business preparedness measure there was no telling what commercial disaster would have over whelmed the United States. Prussian Losses. London.-The Amsterdam Clourant -states that the Prussian casulty list -numbered 120 to 429 show 19,889 dead, Swounded and missing and Prussian lists numbered .430 to 489 show 18, -349 dead, wounded and missing.' The total Prussian losses are computed by this newspaper as 2,877,378. The SGerman milit4ars slosses include also 835 3ieto of casilties of Wurtemburg f oticee, 247. babatian lists, 248 Saxon lists, 89 Z'W1 .ljts And' some ligts donattfdelt~an cdre and ndad. 0ekfastUNOtif You DrinkWater Says a glassof hot watep a nd phosphate prevents illnes and keeps us fit. Just as coal, when it -burns, leavs4 behind a certain eAtount of ticorc. bstible material in -the form of naii sh s, the food and drinic taken day afte day leaves in the alimentrys canl a certain amount of Indigestible muate ri1 ino~t eplet~sly 6liminat ed trOm the system each day, icro food for the mill'ions1 Of ifaateria NNwih infest the bowels. om tISa W- i lft-over waste, toxins and ptome 1n like poisons are formed and :ak i into the blood. 24en and women w4o can't get rol Ing righti must begin to take 1nsid baths. Before eating breakfast each morning drink a glass of real bot w i ter with a teaspoonful of limi s - phosphate in it to wash out r, -. thirty feet of bowels the previousi dt., accumulation of poisons and w u and to keep the entire alimntiy canal clean, pure and fresh. Those who are subject to sick hb!al ache, colds, biliousness, constip. ito others who wake up with bad foul breath, backache, rheumatic i ot - ness, or have a sour, gassy stomac(h1l after meals, are urged to get a.quwtr pound of limestone phosphate w any druggist or storekeeper, arvid b. gin practicing internal sanit This will cost very little, but is r i cient to make anyone an enthitas on the subject. Remember inside bathing iso important than outside bathing. 1w. cause the skin pores do not arabl Impurities into the blood, causing m health, while the bowel pores Just as soap and hot water clee sweetens and freshens the skii,, hot water and limestone phos act on the stomach, liver kidneys v-(1 bowels.-Adv. PunIshea. "What is that horrible looking they've got stuck up in the midi the public square?" asked the man of the landlord of the- Pun arms. "That sir," replied the landlor i. the statue of Silas W. Punk, the I who founded Punkville." "Founded Punkville, eh? Wc a that's the case he richly des' what the artist did to him." STOMAGI IISERY GAS, INDIGESTIO'K "Pape's Diapepsin'" fixes s sour, gassy stomachs I five minutes. Time it! In five minutes all tf distress will go. No indigesti *,0,, burn, sourness or belching o or eructations of undigegted o . e dizziness, bloating, or fiu breath. Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its speed in .r~ nuipset stomachs. It is 'urest, quickest and most cer 9. nd igestion remedy in the whole world, and besides it is harmless. Please for your sake, get a large fifty-cent case of Papo'sJ Diapepsin from any store and put your stomach right. Don't keep on being miserable --life is too short--you are not here long, so make your stay agreeable. I~at what you like and digest it; en joy it, without dread of rebellion in the stomach. Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your home anyway. Should one of the fam-. ily eat something which doesn't agree with them, or in case of an attack of indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach derangement at daytime or during the night, it is handy to give the quickest relief known. Adv. .- + As a Speolal Com'pliment. "My ma's gope downtown to pay some bills." "Pooh! The man cqomes to the house to collect ours." SAGE TEA DARKENS GRjAY HAIR TO ANY SHADEC TRY IT! Keep Your Locks Youthful, Dari Glossy and Thick With Garden Sage and Sulphur. When you darken your hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, because it's done so naturaliy, so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though, at home is mussy and-trouble some. For 50 cents you can buy at any drug store the ready-to-usie tonic called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hlair Remedy." You, just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and4 draw this through your hair; taking one small strand at a time. By morn ing all gray hair disappears, and, after . another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully darkened, glossy and luxcuriant. -Yol will also dis covpor dandruff Is gie and hair has stopped fallings. Gray, faded hair", 'though no dig grace, -Is a' sign of old age, and as we all 4esire . youthful and attwactiy p ea ,' get busy at, once wih y eth' 8ae and Sulhui and loo d~r 'to r4law4' di