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TUR Hi M ii K ^ATCIIUAX. F?t?b Consolidated Au*. 2, l! GERMANS ATTACK BRITISH. SERIOI'S FIGHTING ON I/ONG IllONT. <krsuaiia Capture Trvncli Hut British Urlvc In? ?dort* Out and Hocstubllsh Position. London. March 8.?Serious fighting ha? taken place on the Ypres-plxmude sector of the British front, according to the British official statement is? sued by the British war office tonight. A German attack on a front of more than a mile compelled some of the British advance posts to fall tack, but later a counterattack reestablish? ed .ho British line. Tho text of the official statement follows ' "8hortly befoie dawn today, after heavy artillery preparation, the ene? my delivered a strong local attack on u front of ovor a mile, south of Uouthulst forert. On a greater part of this front this attack broke down under the fire of our troops. At one point however, on the left of our line, where the attack was pressed with great determination, and sup? ported by troops carrying flame throw? ers, some of the soldiers holding our advance posts were compelled to fall back a short distance on a front of ?taut 500 yards. * "After severe fighting later In the morning a counterattack was launch? ed by Yorkshlro light Infantry. It met with considerable success with the result that the enemy's troops were driven back a distance of 300 yords beyond their former front line and heavy losses were Inflicted upon them. Our positions are completely reestablished. Our casualties In the enemy's original attack and in the subsequent fighting were light. fOTTON Ot'TIHT t I HTAILI I). ManchcMter C ontrol Board Issues In? struction* to Kngllsli spinning and Wearing. London. March 10.?The Manches? ter cotton control board has issued Instructions to the cotton spinning mills and weaving sheds concerning further curtailment of the consump? tion of American cotton to take ef? fect March 18, after which not more than 50 per cent, of the machinery will be allowed to run without li? cense. Licenses will be granted to firms doing government work and for looms running on coarser American grades In excess of 60 per cent, of the mills' total. The ?chemo of curtailment now in force makes nearly 50.000 operatives unemployed weekly and the further proposed reduction will Increase these to 80.000. HFVFNTKKN SHU'S IN FKHKlM1V March Dcilrcrtes at Present Hate Ex? pected to Reach Twenty-three Ves? sels. Washington. Mn< h '.?. Progress of the steel ship building* campaign wm mads public tonight by :h? ship? ping troard in figures of deliveries and launching^, which show a steady up? ward trend since the first of the year. In February seventeen vessels of ISO.700 tons were completed and put Into service. The total was nearly twice that of January, admittedly a bad month, when only nine vessels, with a tonnage of 79.r>41, were dells errd March deliveries at the present rate are expected to reach twenty three vessels of 188.275 tons. Launching* have more than kept pace with deliveries, sixteen ships of 112,500 tons having been put over board in January and fifteen of 7 7, ?00 tons In February. During M It Is expected that thirty-five vessels, with a tonnage of 210,591. will be launched. , Of the vessels completed In l*Sv* ruary fifteen were cargo carriers, one was a tanker Md on?- i eolimr. The March schedule calls for the delivery of nineteen cargo vessels, .sewn lank* em and two colltors. s\l 1 rnXM ( T I OK It V Iii lt(. Former Notorious Ocrman \mb dor to Argentina to I.case fur Swed? en. Buenos Abe*. March 1" Th British government has issued u safe conduct for fount von Luv burg, th former German unihnssador to Ar? gentina to sail fo Sweden He will sail shortly on th? h r Valpa A safe conduct for a nodical attend? ant to accompany Count von Lux bur* wan refused, ulthounh sneb I step had been recommended he muse Sj| Ihe former i mh is-?adoi'?? HlSMlSj con? dition. ?Suti April, 18&0. "Bo IM u t*8l. S' SPAIN HELPS FRANCE. I XITFD ST AT KS MAKES AGRKE mm for shipment OF x EEDED GOODS. American Army In France Will Ru-I OOffO Supplies and Franco Will he! Granted Credit. Washington, March 8.?Under the commercial agreement between the United States and Spain, the for mal signing of which in Madrid was an? nounced today at the state depart ment, not only will General Pcrshlng' get the ?upplica from Spain which he J desires for his troops, but a Franco credit in Spain is arranged and tho Spanish government permits free ex? port to the allies of pyrites, minerals and manufactured wool. These and other details of thq ugreement which becomes effective immediately, were made public to? night by the war trade board. Be? sides tho free export of pyrites, min? erals and wool, which the board de- i scribed as "a concession of decided value to the entente powers," Spain also will permit the export of various -ther commodities to tho extent that home requirements will permit. This is in addition to the specific licensing of the supplies required by Gen. Por shlng which is understood to Includes 200,000 blankets and a large number of mules. While conducting the negotiations for this country, the American repre? sentatives, the board's statement said, were able "to materially assist the French government in securing a large credit in Spain to finance pay? ments for these supplies which the republic draws from Spanish sour? ces." In return for supplies granted tki i country and the allies, the statement continued, "the United States assures to Spain its necessary supplies of cot ton and petroleum, the amount of the monthly export of these commoditbM 1 eing fixed by the aggregate at a fig? ure which will cover the genuino Spanish requirements but bar the pos? sibility of German agents In Spam secretly buying up und hoarding ?, stock of cotton against the time o' the conclusion of peace." Spain is granted other supplies." -aid the board, "to the extent that they can be spared after satisfy In : homo requirements in the Unite ' States and providing for the needs of the United States' associates in the war. As has already been stateu, j special concessions have been made hi regard to the locomotives and rail? way material, which are required to increase the carrying capacity of the Spanish railway system, a measure of decided importance to Amt neu and its associates which are drawing sup plies from Hpanlsh territory. Whether the agreement covers th-* broad question of Spanish shipping wan not disclosed. Before issuing li? censes for fuel <:oal for Spanish ships the board has been requiring an agreement by the owners or charter purtles to return the vcshcI to the United States for cargoes. This was done recently in the cases of three ships at a gulf port which were loid ed with supplies for the allies. The Spanish consul refused to let the ships sail because he wanted them to go to Spain after discharging, but his or ders were withdrawn today after an? nouncement of the signing of tin agreement with Spain. Mr. A. M. Goodyear, special agent of Internal Revenue department is in tho city for the purpose of giving in? formation and assisting citizens in making out their income tax re? ports. Mr. Goodyear's mission is es? pecially to assist business corporations ami partnerships in making their re? ports. Mr. Drew who has been sta? tioned in Suniter heretofore was charged especially with assisting in? dividuals in making up their reporta Mr. Goodyear will assist anyone who applies to him. but as stated his SOS? ? cial work Is to assist business con? cerns. He will be lu re only three I ivs, Monday, Tuesday and Wed nes lav and will be found at the Court House between I? A. M. and U P II Oil the days mentioned. Pome. March 11.?Austrian troops which apparently were attempting to SreSS the Piave river were prevente . reaterdwy by the Ufa <?f the Italian batteries which sunk their rafts and boats m the iiver opposite Hagare, tin war office reporta London. March !>.?Two Russian transports were attacked and sunk by n si ins ii destroyers after a fight south Of the Aliud Inlands, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the |]\< hang? Telegraph. ad Fear not?Dot all the toi de Thon Alu DMTER, 8 0., WEDNE! AMERICANS RAID GERMANS. THREE RAIDS IN THE LORRAINE' SECTOR ONE NIGHT. | 1 Clean Sweep Made of German First, Line Trendies ami Much Valuable Material and Papers Brought Buck by Haiders. With the American Army in France, Sunday March 10.?Ameri Can troops, cooperating with the! French, have carried out three raid?*', opposite the American sector in LorA mine. Two of these were executeAj, simultaneously at night. j?t Bold Raid Made. Paris, March 11.?American troops have made a bold raid into the ene-1 my lines in Lorraine, the war office \ announced today. Two Simultaneons Raids. With American Army, March 11. ?Two simultaneous raids, one north-; west, the other northeast, were made after intense artillery prep? aration lasting four hours, in which the German positions were levelled. At midnight two forces, each one of (deleted) with small French forces on their flanks moved up on the Ger? man objectives behind a creeping bar? rage. The first trench was deserted and the Americans continued to ad? vance. They remained in the ene? my lines forty-five minutes, blew up a number of concrete dugouts, brought back large quantities of ma? terial and valuable papers. SUSPECTED AS DANGEROUS. Four Lumber Men Arrested at New Orleans. New Orleans, March 9.?Suspected by department of Justice agents of be? ing dangerous enemy aliens and of violation of the espionage law, four men, prominent in the lumber busi? ness of New Orleans, were arrested late today and were being held to? night pending further Investigation. Those arrested were Hans Ferchelm-( er, general manager for Hugo Ferch- I elmer, lumber exporter; Ernest Af* brecht, chief assistant to Fercheimor; 1'hil o. Adam, and his brother, Rob? ert M. Adam. At the same time they were taken into custody federal agents seized large quantities of papers, books, let? ter tiles and documents at the office i i and homes of the prisoners. These were taken to the federal building and will be gone through by federal agents. * Federal authorities said no formal charge had been filed against the prisoners as yet, out they intimated they suspected important develop ! ments from their investigation. It was learnod the agents had been working on the case for several months. The authorities declined to give anv information as to any specific acts or operations upon which they based their suspicion leading to the arrests, but they stated the prisoners were suspected of being dangerous enemy aliens and of alleged violations of the espionage law. The four men were taken to the federal building and, after being ques? tioned by Special Agent Forrest Pen dleton, of the department of Justice, and United States District Attorney Montgomery, wore turned over to the United States marshal to be held pending further investigation. The prisoners were prominently j identified with the lumber exporting I business here and were well known i in commercial circles. They register j ed recently as Get man citizens under 1 the Knenvy Alien Act. Hugo Ferch , tinier, a brother of Hans, was under? stood to be in Germany at present. With the American Army in I France. Thursday, Mai eh 7.?There was comparatively lively artillery fir? ing last night and today on the sec? tor of the Lorraine front held ov , Americana Late last evening th^ snsmy bombarded the American po? sitions heavily \but without result. On account of a new. hilt probably tem? porary rule, It is not permitted to dis cuss Amorican casualties no mattes , where they occur. Madrid. Sunday. March 10.?Pre? mier Alhueemas today yielded to the arguments of King Alfonso, and agreed to continue in office. N> changes will be made in the cabinet. Washington, March 11,?Gen. Per ?hlng*i casualty report today shows four privates killed in action, four severely wounded, twenty-one slightly wounded, four died of wounds, eight died of disease, and two of other causes. iis't at be rJxj Country's Thy God's a 3DAY, MARCH 13, 19K GOAL PRICES REDUCED. THIRTY CENTS 1HE TON LESS FOR ANTHRACITE. Fuel Administration Aimounces Cut to Prevail During April, May, June. July and August. Washington, March 8.?An average reduction of 30 cents a ton in the re? tail price of all anthracite coal sold lor domestic use between April 1 and September 1, was announced to night by the fuel administration, to-j gcther with regulations, governing the retail distribution of all coal for' the year beginning the fir. t of next month. The rules are designed par? ticularly to prevent.-hoarding and in? sure the filling of all domestic needs for next winter during the summer months. Although no reduction in the retail price of bituminous coal to consum? ers was made, the fuel administration today began announcement of revis? ed prices for such coal at the mines. The first made public showed sharp reductions in Colorado, Utah, Wyo? ming and Montana. Prices for other States will be announced as soon as determined. The idea is for a gen? eral revision before the beginning of the coal year on April 1. In explaining the reduction in the price of anthracite the administration said the bulk of this coal is used for domestic consumption. Whi?o recommending and encour? aging the purchase and storage of do? mestic coal as early as possible, the administration says it is determined to prevqnt any undue hoarding. To that end the retail distribution plan includes a system of reports on de? liveries by retailers who will be pro? hibited from delivering in excesB of the normal requirements of the cus? tomer. As a further safeguard, at the dis? cretion of the local fuel administra j tor, each customer ordering coal may be requb-ed to submit a certified state I ment giving details of his require 'ments, his supply on hand and the amount he has ordered from various dealers. Certifications of a false statement would be made subject to prosecution under the Lever act which imposes a fine of $5,000 or two years' imprisonment. AIRPLANE ACCIDENT. Lieut. Leslie G. Cliaudler Kille?! and Cadet Henry K. Huber Injured at Kelly Field. lets i - I San Antonio, March 0.?Lieut. Lea He G. Chandler of Hinstale, 111., wiu 1 killed, and Cadet Henry K. Huber, who w'as In the plane with him, was slightly injured, in an airplane acci? dent at Kelly Field, near here, last j night, it was learned today. AIRPLANES RAID PARIS. ( Thirteen Killed asid Fifty Wounded in Paris by Enemy Machines Friday , Nigh*. ! Paris, March 10.?Ten or 1 squadrons of bombing airplanes par ' tlelpated in the German raid on Par? is last night, according to official in? formation. The casualties were 13 killed and 50 persons wounded. One of the raiding machines was destroyed. An official statement says the aeroplane of the Gotha type was found in the forest of Compiegne, where it had fallen while returning from the raid on the capital. The ma i chine had been demolished and its ' crew cf four burned to death, j Some of the raiders came by way of ; the Valley of the Oise, others follow? ed the route of the Marne. An official account of the raid says thnt the alarm was sounded at 8:37 I o'clock Friday evening and was pre? ceded by cannonading. French artil , lery opened first at 8.34 o'clock pro? ducing a violent curtain of fire from ! all military posts in the regions north and northeast of Paris, which was maintained without interruption until the raiders departed. Sixty-one dsfsnss airplanes from the entrenched camp? of Paris took the air. A large number of enemy machines was repulsed by the aerial defense and did not succeed in reach? ing Paris. These machines were forced to drop bombs in considerable numbers in open fields and in the suburbs. TO OVERTHROW ROLSHEMKI. Social Revolutionaries of Russia <m? Konlsing Annv Supported by Coo* socks, London. March 0.?The social revo? lutionaries have decided to organise to a national guard to overthrow the Holshevikl regime Set Saturday .. IHK TRUE I. WORSE THAN TRAITORS. ONE LABOR UNION BLOCKS SHIP , BUILDING PROGRAM. Ship Caulkers Wont Work Tliemsclvcs Nor Will Tliey Let Others Work? They Are Most Highly Paid of Ship Workers. Washington, March 8.?Wooden ships on the ways in the Paget Sound district almost ready to launch in the race for tonnage to defeat v.he subma? rines, are being held up by a short? age of caulkers, which officials, of the shipping board said today was due to the refusal of two unions to cooper? ate. The caulkers' union and the broth? erhood of carpenters have been in? formed of the situation, bat without result. Immediate action js declared necessary to prevent a tie up on the Pacific coast program, und there were intimations tonlgh*. that th?j shipping board is prepared for some drastic steps if all other mtans fail. I William L. Hutcheson, p esident of jthe carpenters, was told of th? need for caulkers ami his attention called to the unreserved assiscar.ee being given by other ship build.ng unions to the nation during the war. Hutche? son, officials say, replied that his or? ganization has listed thousands of trained caulkers, whom he would be glad to mobilize for the nation's work if the shipping boa id granted his re? quest for special representation of I the carpenters on the wage adjust? ment board. The caulkers' union o Seattle, which controls caulkers in the Puget Sound district ,is said to have refused apprentices permission to work with them in order to learn the trade, al? though the union has only 185 mem? bers and at least GOO are necessary to put in the water the ships planne.! for completion this year. An effort to train 50 men for caulking pro/oked S strike of the experienced men, who have been receiving wages and over? time, said to be causing unre*<t among the other employees. Means for remedying the situation, ?which the shipping board has in mind, have not been disclosed. Orders al I ready have been issued, however, to oil shipyards that managements are held responsible for completion of the Ifillips on time and that they must U3e whatever men and machinery that can be obtained to put them out. One yuggCFtion advanced has bten -that 500 carpenters willing to volun? teer for patriotic work under condi I tiona approved by the American Fed i eration of Labor should be recruited I in the Fast. A machine for caulking iow is in process of development, i Approximately 162 ships are sched? uled for delivery in the Puget Sou-.d i district by January- 1, and 100 more as soon as posible thereafter. TORNADO IN OHIO. ! Phre Dead, Others Hurt, Properly lioss Great. Lima. Ohio, March 10?Five per? sons are known to be dead, several others are reported killed, scores are ! injured, scores of homes were com? pletely or partly demolished and hun? dreds of barns and outbuildings were ! razed by the tornado which traveled l across Northwestern Ohio early last , evening. Estimates of property dam? age rant* from $1,000,000 to $5.000 - i 000. Miller City, Putnam County [ was hard hit. Seven persona, two of whom may die. were injured there. : One side of a large Catholic church was blown in. At Finlay many small buildings were wrecked and the roofs of sev etnl business houses were blown off Hoofs of two business I docks were ' lifted at Tifiin and many small build? ings were razed. At BSSCOm, near Tiffin, the car barns of the Titfin. Fostoria & Eastern Traction^ line ' were wrecked, several large cars be? im* damaged. Clover, Cuba, Dupont and Continental also suffered. I Fall River. Mass.. March 11.?Five thousand cotton mill operatives here were idle at n?on today, according to police, because of the strike of three hundred and twenty-four union fire? men, whose demands for shorter hours and closed shop were rejected by the Manufacturers' Association. Peking. March It.?China, in re psonse, to an inquiry from Tokio, has signified the intention of cooperating with Japan in the protection of allied interests in the Far Fast. The Chi? nese war bureau has been requested to arrange for sending two d vision* to northern Manchuria. .lap. n wtfl bear the expense of the operations, pending the Completion of the pro? posed American loan to China. SOUTHRC *. EstabMaftsed lUs l *e* Vol.XLVI. No. 8. Ill INDUSTRY HB. ADMINISTRATION BILL FINALLY SENT TO HOUSE. Harding. Si ic?rman and Hardwtck Vote Against Measure While Owen Refuses tc Cast Ballot. Washington, March 7.?The admin? istration bib1 to create a war finance corporation v.ith a fund of $4,600,000, 000 to aid war industry, was paaeed by the senate late today and now goes before roe house. The vote was 74 to three, Senator Harding, (Ohio) Sherman, (Illinois)? Republican and Hardwick, (Georgia) voting again::: the measure. Opposition lo the measure dwindled after various important amendment* had been made in the original draft during a f?. i tnighffs consideration. Senator Ower of Oklahoma, chairman of the banking; committee, and a lead? er of the Opposition forces, withheld his vote, declaring he could not ap? prove the legislation. The house 'rays and means com? mute already has prepared a report on the bill ar d its consideration in the house wib begin next week. Ex? pedition is st ongly urged by the ad? ministration because of the measure's effect en general financing and espe? cially the third Liberty loan in April. Creation of the war finance corpo? ration, to be managed by Secretary McA doo and f >ur directors appointed by the president and subject to sen? ate confirmation, with capital of $500,000,000 and authority to Issue bonds up to |4 000,000,000 is provided for in the bill. The corporation's di? rectors would i>e authorized to make advances gene ally through the fed? eral reserve banking system, to banks, trust companies, savings banks, lire and life insurance companies and to make direct loans to railroads and public utility corporations, and to going businesses contributory to tha war. Instead of a plan for compulsory licensing of security issues of $100, 000 and more he senate, after vigor* ous opposition lo the original scheme, submitted a sy item of voluntary' li? censing throu; i a "capital issues committee" of 3ve officials, including , three member*, of the federal reserve board, with a visory powers only. Late today the senate adopted, 3 7 to 35, an amendr. ent by Senator Owen prescribing tha this committee shall be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate instead ot by the federal i ?serve board with 8ee I retary McAdoo';) approval. The life of the corporation is not \ specifically limited but it is provided j that final liquidation of its assets shall begin six months after peace is . declared. GEN. VON L. MEYER DEAD. Connor Cabinet Member Dead in BWSSBfiSSi Boston, March 9.?GeorVe von Lc Meyer, former tabtnet member and diplomat, died it his home here at 11:15 o'clock tonight after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Myer was stricken in January with an attack of pleurisy and this apparently weakened him and made it more difficult to resist the effects of a tumor of ti e liver, from which he died. It wt. .ot known until a few days ago th t his condition was serious. Red Cross A \diary Formed. . A Red Cross Auxiliary was formed at Graham Church, Brogdon, on Sunday afternoon. A fairly good crowd was presei t, and fifteen mem? bers were taken n. The officers elec ted were: Mr. Clinton L ogdon. chairman; Mrs. S. J. White, rice chairman; Mrs. ! J. R. Britton, SOinslSlj and treasur? er; Mrs. J. A. Bin ;kwell. chairman of membership comnittee; Mrs. Peter Jones, chairman )f supply commit? tee. The surgical <1 '?sin^s classes will begin work on Tu's<lay morning at 9.30 o'clock, at the Red Cross head? quarters. All those interested will please be on time, as it is impossible for Miss Smith to onduct more than one class. All are asked to wear a long white apron with long j.eeves or a white shirtwaist and skirt and wear a white, head covering. The ssphsll on Wont Liberty street - the last of the Mreet paving to be put down?is in I d condition al ready, and the wo-; was evidently poorly done. Shoo d not the con? tractors be rerimree; to put thie pav? ing in first class c ndlti?n before it gStS any worse'.'