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AMERICANS. PLANNED
TO THE last bkt Ail
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.'Vs -V,
jolshevik Commissioners Sn
Treaty of Peace Before' Gep.
mans Demand More .
GIVE TURKS . TERRITORY
German Socialists Have Attacked
. . . . - - N . . ,
the Peace Treaty and Charge
Pacts Withheld.
WESTERN FRONT PIGHTIN"G
Immediate Effect of .Russo-Ger-
man -Peace WiU Be to Tell Ja
: y - pan to Take Charged I
Priceless Venice Art Treasures AiCA
Viscount Motono Declares Jaan
wiu Take Steps of Most De-
cided, Adequate Character.'
Washington, March 8. One
(Associated : Press Summairvl.
Russia has bowed to the Teutonic
allies, xne itolsheviki ; commissioners
sent to Brest-liitovsk have-sismed th
treaty of peace presented: by the ''Ger
mans, accoramer tt an official
t . . '.uiuuciv marca s. one or
jucuv. wicu aaas " tnat I ueaiie effects of - the slimlnp- f
, muuary movements in Great Russia Germany's Deaoe.term.hv th. Dnu.
have ceased. , '"; r , I Bolshevifci : renraRAntaitivaa
I rivifo.lv
"ttS iCuca on isaiurtiav bv thA do to Driofir tn iif ..u.
; - v - 1 s - " wuviuaivu
Bolsheviki commissioners that ; they netiatIons among the-allies and the
were a.hont tn aAtm t..i rm.il IInito1 Onto. .. . .
o. . i,ci.jf. Aiusi : -wv wo uYBf Bps, io De. taKen
report was telegraphed to Lenine and ( in Siberia to protect mliito of
Trotzky after the delegates sent to er and check any more, the Teutons
wMi-iuwioji. na.ix mti me lierman J uai qirectionw -i .
emissaries. There is little , inf orma- There still is every indication Uhlt
non available aatn t-ha itPtiiio fk. tha a.o, .. ' . ... .
. - - " j auiewwu . soyenuneM will "-'lorn
, j.vurw uwitftaiiUUa I XS7-1TM si --
tat tne Bolshevik! said they realised ; T. ' . r"""5" reeang to . action
that any further delay would mean 7 JaDan alone, wj.th an understand-
more onerous conditions and they ing as to . the scope of any operations
would sign the .treaiv with-nnt fni-tha. to be undertaken " iv.
discussion. ' " ; - .. beenS ni-announcemm f : . ...J?
Trolzk v' Sttiniiiiii.1ilii ' iCl!.2w 1 but 'evivn ! hefnrA -u . At . '
when Trotzky announced that the war, I German terms came, it was unde
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JAP AGBEEMT ' f -s :
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5 .V'Thia nffivi-i di-. .. . .v: ',' .." ... '. ; , i ;r;;" rjj,;""
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tne I ILII I I LUL HIM III II' f
II LHILluu I LflL kl I
- lih I niinirn fl.'I I ; w
HU LUNUtli Altl)
. -J aubcrisu ma
uerTnan tprm q n m . . -i .
v. i.ui. i.ua vt a.i . i ixit it. wtiB unfiareuuui
bo far as . Russia- was concerned b.ad j' that the exchanges- on - the subject
ended .but refused, to sign, the formal were .about concluded..
uwewflgi ueen I olio win r
breaking up of the" first Brest-Litpvsk pne'- nuapoblh" Russia refy closely!
0 . w uoju iaio - rwuoo .in ciogB TOlft.
week, the central powers added mate- j tio-n to the. important, step proposed by
rially to the demands' which were out-1 JaPan. There'. have been -sueireatloTiJi
lined -when the now famous, "Hoffman Hnat V might appear before congress
line was drawn by'the commands f I soon to make a stfttemont nn tv.
German forces on the eastern j although no one prof resses to
TT - .1 lfTI A W ts ' n --------
Increased e;oo ctixin J and
E?Prt Demand . for - yhieat r
Jf: Cause; Changkl Rules? r-
V- ' .
GIVE 'ALLIES MORE BREAD
X'-S . is;
PMle. v Strday,'i One j Ueatle.
JUeal Dally; Abolished a v V ,
tne (jierma.il forces nn
bMffbdUl ' ' .
front. ' ,.: .. . - j know his; plans..
xurwey is juementteo. - " 1 -: - y -
Turkey was the benefl P.i a rv nf tharia ! JAPAN TO TAKU! TW6rIA wm i'vn'
changes iu the peace terms. -The new! -ADBftUATE STEPS, SAYS MOTONO
demands included that . Russia relin- London, - March 3. In his speech at
quish the regions of Batoum, Karsi TMo February 24, in. reply to inter
ana Karaband Kaabal'k tn pejlations of:renrAQntgiiiu. in-
lUrKS. These ree-inns arA .in Ti.o-r.n I motono.': the .TananAga fMi i
" j.io.iio-. - ' cigu munis-
reported by Reuter's Tokio cor
respondent as saying that, some I dis
crepancies were to be found in the va
rious reports of the " Russo-German
'5iCe if eotiations- - It was- therefore
difficult at that time, he pointed out.
to form a , definite idea of the actual
r ,' ujr me iwo . coun
'houl'd peace be actually conclud
"aucasia and matt a nAnii.hi.
dition to the sultan's dominions in
that section of the world. The doc
trine of the right of peoples to self
aetermination wan tii
which the new terms were added to
ine treaty, it is probable that the
Bolsheviki delegation acceded to the
While it is understood that all the
, "'"ts nave signed the form
al treaty ending the war -with Russia,
I 1 " 0"u economic and ' legal
pnases of resuming peaceful relations
country tak6n individually by each
Socialists Bitter Agalnit Treaty. .
' -erian socialists, have bitterly
attacked the peace treaty with Rus-
wL a d6bate in the reichstag there
trfa? a i arf 63 that Germany ; and Aus
ini alreadv are- -t
3 so0f,war and that the real truth
kentfr5 Uttlon in tne east is being
wVfi r the German Public v
erliA' Says that tne -German
have Z ha.s ceased. Austrian troops
LkraiCUpi,ed three more towns in
vHans faSd lh-aVe caPtured .three di
the fr R"ssian infantry as well as
Eectnr t j. uwiniul m various
fla tSpn 54s the n-a' front, 'have
is for tl S fflcial r6POrts from Par
raid nL6 of W- m one
Pied a c V, ms' 1,10 Germans occu-
their ojr me jrrencn. in
ZnlntT3 the French beatoff
X wv " Ameri Sector.
W on thl Ar fiehtinS has been report
ttemia deMAerican held sectors near
SemLffi -ames and-north of Toul.
statemeSClal Germa and "Austrian
betwJa7 vthat Peace negotla
manfa11 .the central powers and
One of , d Progressing favorably."
tons wTfls made by, the Teu
ttanian r!Sat ?in& Ferdinand of Ru-
Washington, 'March : inn'd
suspension of -the meatless; meai'and of
the special t restriction . against the use
of porki on Saturday was announced by
the food ' administration tonight "as a
" ot us. rpodv conservation
veiiMI1. increased nieat ' nrA,,.!
and the necessity, for still greater sav
ing .in wheat, it was declared, make the
ua.xise aavisablei r' : x .; , .- 4 r
The suspension is - for i,!:.
period. and . probably, will last three
months, or-longer. . . . ; .
- Since all restriVfnrii? ": - . .' '
of mutton - 7:ZZ" U8umPon
Previously, - the food admTnistraf on
now asks the public for the time beinS
todeny itself in meats only beef and
Pork on' one dav .-.i,oflin,l' ! ?a
Woman' CandidaFor t :V
' -4 .V.i 5 ,,V A' . , t
Late Senator lewlands'
Martin of Jle vada, yce-chairman ; of
the "NationAI i .. Wnm an' a'' ly-'!. it -
night announced her candida;cy for
thfe: unexpired term of Jthe iatS6rt
Ator jNewlands..v;:'
Ibelieve. - she T said. that pthe
rucial,.ptebieins which thls; naSioW
now; faces are problems which wo-
men Can 'hfiln anlrra iwt.i.i.i.. '
tice- demands- they, shrould .have vv
voice in solving." .v :r v ;
; -.miss Martin, who; Is 42 years old
e vada and;.: LclandH Staitf brd was
professor bfrhistoryatithe: Uttiver-
ltV: nf MonoJo Mjt.'m.. ' . - .-. f
,.fVUox ww mere. '&n loolc up i spew
cial course . Cambridge- unlyfersity;
SOCIIST CALLS
. fir ;,',., ".
FllJfll URTIflfJ TlfJ EVei7 ce Trench and
I lllnL nUIIUIl Ull Depression in Battlefield
. Carefully" Mapped Out. '
' '
HELD . POUR - REHEARSALS
RAILROAD BILL IS
nnPT nil nnnn nana
nnai unrnuunam
. . - ". i. 1-. : . -.- - v ' . .. .
Congress Expected .to Put Control
Measure Through Substantial
ly. As Wilson Wants It.
WAR FINANCE IS NEXT
New ; Draft' Measure ; and Various
Bills - Complete Varied Activi
ties of (Week. ;
American Survivors Tell Thrilling
-Stories of the. Heroism of
. Their Comrades. ' ;
Herr, Vogtherr Quoted . As De
: - nouncing Russian Treaty in :
'.Vfe oaie in Jt&eicnstag.
ATOUTH iIS NOT GIVEN
iif.j'.jti
f
j r.
ed." he concluded, "it goes without ,vn "8Clf ln ineats only beef
sayinif that JftTJ Sf Wiou! pork on oe day a week tL.,
the jnort decided, most aieouate char- adf?6?, ;nwat consumption, "food
acter to meet the: occasion!
ui w a.i oi
uUD tu me. unsetueu and to the MsfTii,. i i.o aaa
ffnn.dteM Prevailing there, agafnsV 22 in. : force
:r xx, a rupture with Rus- -: st,-; "V. .
"Regarding ri -. 1 1,1 statement tonight setting rZx.
1 " :. Ui uHia s the reasons frr i,0 r, .
ine luil8t understand- p00d 'Admi nr.VT Vn Program.
ca and the othe rallies! Th : Toe -"ies.'have made further' aWn
fi4 "? represent: Japrmes:,;
. amoaasaaor ucWda's with- T m- "v-i"a"u ueing- caused
drawaL" : ; S WUtt to some degree; by shortage in arrival.
S ' from thA '4T.o.r,t - t?. ".aUVdl5
V, i' THE :H6SiPiTALT0DA
PMysfcian tMeetot; TeilW k
New York:.: MarnK-; a :ti, ' Aajiu..
r , . . . . . uwr WUUiUgil
I of - ?1nel rTheodpVe Rooe velt. who
xwr some . time asbeen a ;patlent 4t
Roosevelt Jioaplt4,'.jiaslprogressedf so
favorably thati forTOfcrpVeaiflent
will leave ' the rhdsMtal -tnmn.
take up quarters: xla. '. local hotel.:Here
it 1m ' trTttrt ftTl -' Vii viwlj-'-i :l - : - -
eral- days unde. me fObsef vation of his
r. " convalescence
continues as ' it has fo rthe lkit week.
" -w o ojnjs in vyster 'Bay, ' v
- In the annonnp'pmnt ' tooa J-dl
. .-.-v i a,!,, i. XI t3
nOSDital tOrtalV; i- rrrtnai4.l' ' jt.i l-.
Roosevelt's condition, the fear, was ex
Speaker ; Got-Too Warm He Was
f.iJafledi vifo Order : c'ttt Tit ' n
r . s -- .1. .- ?.,.- .T
4 f'. tSfiii
meet ocoTli-
or Ambassador TJchidA. fMM tMO UBO i wneat.and foriT 1, a.u reauit'Oi tne
td is due to the unsetSed and 6 tPtr.eS6nt there i3 no Mention to
us conditions pre?Jiilng ?he?a HJt restrictions already : in : force fl la f We dDtnat 1 V wU1 be- necessary
nAt-mA. - tEer against the use of rior :. h r6 for,.ColoneMio'o-8eVett to
- rk - a i uijii
rr - - .vix - . lurmigni in order
that he may fully: ' recover. 'Colonel
..VVOv..xi. ,iia.a -AprcHsea ,nis"- determi
nation ,te -flill, M&king. engagements,
in Maine on ; March 2 8, and , his. physi
cians say they beileve, he will be able
cautfott. -.'X-l' - C-- oue
11 THE 1W FOR
PEACE
PEH1EHT
. . " - . civiiiiixia La.Lion
to urte a. t ir fnriha. : r .
- 'us j. cuucuoa m tne
use of. bread and hreadstiifra 'n.-A.'
f wa ' a T-a - , - .--T
7 ; , j--". ""v wui-. export necesst
iin uw i j 1 1 . n n m ii va u t-ma i .
.-- viiai,. .-me,.., con
sumption .of breadstuff s .is. Intimatelv
associated ; with" the 's consumption 1 of
plies -of meat -fortha next . twor three
monms are conslderahiv. nii.d
meat ' whicn transnoi-rati nn'.' "iri
. w . LI
" . SUUUX V LIIH . H.1 1 1 PCI iWtth , Oil 4.1.
render necessary and at the same tinie"
- r -uuauiupuoB. xnere-
fore. the, food administration cen'slders
r - - t , -c i w rwaj, -..me restrictions on voir
former President Calls National C-1 un.tary meat consumption with the ',ob
ventlon to Kin fi i,. a liect of. reducing bread enriHiimntinn J .
"Wjvu6;.a eaent qpnmtions 1 con
irOm thA A rtronfUo ' - ti . ; . .3.- - -
- s""V4o. .it is tnerefore; ' " ,( .1.- " i v
necessary "for the' food : i BOOSBVia4TSvAihPi Ruin ;
to urge a still further rriH-i .-..-1 STILL.- CArrrriT.rv: v
Rallying Cry. in the Present Crisis
- .. . Says Taft.
ventlon to Wlp la the Bud Any Hmn
campaign For Early or Prema
v': 'ture. Peace. j-
Mother "i.in(luish his throne to his
lern. wimam of Hohenzol-
GnT't n Finland.'
been sent r?0ps are reported to have
thfh? a n Fila. - and, It Is . said
ashe L? j1 lslands are being used
are nnfll P6rations. - The Alands
'tthePA K8ruard of Swedish troops
sian faction! agrreement with the Rus-
7 treasures of art , in , Venice
tonic air e.ravely damaged -by Teu
!elect h;1la.lders w,ho appeared to
neata l ??e, bu"ngs and - imbnu-
lesvhe?;ss-
Petrol "jy?u ' A.SK STILL, 31 ORE
New Yorlf f Wiwh - 9 : nri- M.tZZ 2 1 1-
for -permanent peace" is thH.M f "Th fare of the United States are
permanent peace , is the title for a resppnding to. the., national cail to in-
national Convention . e-.altati t ns n - -!v. I 9A hnir Tmrtr,n 't-. ' rm. j ' ? .
i
tlnue the onl v. mAio v' rnt'.f
: . - iiwuB v we
bjv la to meatless ana porKless Tues
xut3 liiDaueHH mm. Ann . t ho '-nAKb-iM
Saturday : are : no longer' asked. - U - ; -
- WV o - . . , , . . - '
ittiuo w ma unjiea states are
lai dele-- onerous terms, , the -Rus-tea
: at Brest-Litovsk has
i0Qs and it v German Peace -condi-
ieQt aeon- Ulil 8lsn an agree
he efe2,rim ?. a telegram from
mlY In im. a " toaay - the
havf ? k Tne demands - al-0rted.-
Deea .increased, they re-
PrerSerf6'- which ff addressed
lte we anticinat ..'
weafy of n(,ar -u ilDerauon8 on
iOoatinua af absolutely : use-
"... - t'
national convention called toav . h crease hoe nrodnntinn Thoir
tormer resrdent.Taft and a committee 1 10 appearances is being attained
or prominent men and women to meet " 1 WI more immeaiate im-
in Philadelphia froxn Marches -t? aJi0
vivjv- wmou jisve enectea an im
mediate increase in meat - supplies f -.-'
Varloiu Factors in Meat Snpply. f J :
"The . transportation shortage, before
the , -government- took f over - the ; rail
roads, the, bad weather in January and
early in February. the large percentage
of Immature corn ; in the last harvest
and the necessity of-feeding' this . corn
as rapidly , as possible to save ;lt from
Tne name, '.according to' Mr. 'Taft was
cnosen Because it offers a Rallying cry
in the present war crisis." y i; : S
The convention will hn )iaT1 n -n a a 4.1.
r , - u V. Ui VUQ
Peace and Mr. Taft, as head of the or
ganisation, will preside. r Other; mem
bers of the committee include Cardinal
CriMlrtTia flamiial. lAmtsAKH Jl T . .
Lrfiwell, president of. Harvard univer-
aitv T - rr. i - . - ..
r;df?.--rGW. yon , Lu
roU"- w-,.wpwinet v.. and , former
ti.i,irr ." jiaasea ai.com-
Henry-Jackson; i reported itonightr Mr
Mevfir 4 an 6lfl -t .s . J1'
Cordih:' TTi ,?.V'.'C--
conditional- f HI,
bowvAtTT?; , r""0 critical.
1-
Mi--'.
TRBVBITDOlTfi' BOOTlr.TAKEX ' i1 .
Berlin: i; .; t'w .,',. l- f- ;?
German t ; The
headquarters. ,v,800 officers and- iT ul
J0;1! ot.brr-vehicIeso-S:
motlves, and . 'thousand- i i .-5.
. .. . : -.- - - - ' - a alii tiui
tZ:
.V f
London,, Saturday, V March i "2. The
German "government's - "infamous war
pblfcy asassailedrin the .reichstag
in i the courser of - Friday's . debate : by
HerrVbgtheri-,- an V indeipepdentc so
cialist, -.accordine to '. Berlin advie.i
sent ' trovii. Amsterdam by- the ' Reu ter
correBuonaertt tnere. t r : . :
"The German ' ultimatum . ia .not " r.al.
9Ulated'""t6"" create! conditions of peace'
-irteuusxiip wnn - itussaa. -t liexi
y ogtherr declared. 'In ' the case . ol
the-Ukraine - peace Germany' and An
tria: already are auarrelinsr over the
booty. The war .we are now wArtne
in i,aerenseiess Russia . serves only the
niUtfflAvllA l n M . , -
y(i. uvu i-jnaaca ol me aispuxea ter
?itpry.3 jn Lithuania we have; made no
.WuHiiwi0,. i.xe- rj Juiinuaniane
Jong tqrbe back in Russia.-; ...
); ''s" i:intmow War Policy. : .
wt,e -are ;not, allowed v to , know the
xrutni '.M The i fatherland :.nrv; i
. -.. V: - t ' J XT V J . u ua.
suing v a . bloodthirsty t i pronaeanda
against . , foreign. ? countries, s We are
sold body and , soul to the military
uttoxc. ,.yveare pursuing, an infamous
war policy." i(. .; ' t ;
ClTST- Saturday MT i W iS sity ; Dr' ?Anna Howard ShSdE animAls-partlcularly , hoks
e fear that arnmL - ZT , ' States Senator Joto -Sharp Wilkains of "n tne 'arms for a . longer period of
'an rtci .. UUCIUUS terms, i thft-RUS-I jr n -,.-.-,;:. InnWlIJ' l .thi F airai-o .. '
i, vjrrus n. jv. . uurtis, Jfniladel-1 -' w' wgut sna
a publisher. , . ; ; ; . .. . . . j will result,-, with Jmprovea . transporta-
?he call for the convention states the I tion' conditions which appear in larger
sas.
nhla
Tne call for the convention-states the
xKA.4 n. 4.11. . . . . . ' . - .
' v -'I Against . Premature Peace.7':- ':,M-.
'To sustain the determination of our
people -to fight until Prussian militar
ism has been defeated; confirm opposi
tion to." a. premature peace and serious
at t P. n tA rtrx linrkTi tHa' nnlv difv.ntaM 4-1..
American people are hoping1 to gain
from : the i war a "- permanent- peace
guaranteed5 by a league of nations." -
- - - iCoatioued-Oa Pase-Swoi -
: -IA iCUgr
than normal arrivals at mrvt 4.W.
next two -or three monthar:
i ; rThe response . of the public to, oqr
requests . for reduced, consumption - or
meat 'during the past few months ha!s
been; most1 gratifying and this service
alone has . enabled the government" dur
ing this period to provide , 'such ' sup
Dlies ' as transportation . tn t tva .nu.
permitted, v -1 . -t
The administration, also-, suggests
.... iContiauea ga Page Two.) . , ,
ilf Dillons CaWnred.
London )--The . staffs 'of -two .Russian
surrenders ha "fwf Wn
n? r, '7 3; rr, r" orees, -ac-
a.tvuciar. statement i!eivn
out-.at: the -war4 office.-' .r.
. - - vvjjo 4rescneo. ljach
ce Proskurdwand I4pkanta.'say
the statement - "W&eh Chotin-. and
ernment of Podolia) were, occuiiedtha
fJ7 -. corpSTaSdJ
;'ta"'"J' ujvisions surrendered,- tjd 5 to
T. ' , 'Ul'' " sun B large quan -
titles: rmunltiotfsVand othewaKlna
ierlals have, fallen, into, our. hands."'
" :-.-' - ' ' " " ' .UV .:: - .c:.: i :
FIRST "MEETING : OF , BELGLAW i
STATESMEN SXNCJB! WAR BEGAN
-' v!-i :! 4 -:t ? v i .
Pftlgiar senators and i deputies- residing
: r toiiandiwilj
?e ldJn Pais this months accordlnk
r ? , - ""5Kiy'wru nave
qn3offlcJal haracter it , la stated,- and
ajl the iBelgianihAsters: at.Havre'wlH
attend. ' Resolution will ,
bev presented to King. Albert for- ratfifi
catioh. :-' . ' .. ,' r ,- "i-y.-- - s
-Thl S is t h a" ffr'at . t irn'a "o ' V' 4 4. if 1 V 1j-
beenmade toehold gneral .meetingTof
tne Belerian T.arHjTnB'rit s;.' i.i
OX. Antwerp, 4 -' . - - .
'v .'7:v"v-'i, .: . . i.
At - tnis point the vice president
called v the... speaker, to-order, but he
luaisiwj on continuing nlS' speech.
:. -.'iligh . wages In , the : munitions 'in
dustry." .'' Herr Vogtherr declared, "are
corjuptiwages., for the '-".pmrppMC' of
the Interests, of . carrying; on the war.
. -.uv;c.ni- xuta ; iooa sent
r luereoy lnirinjr
444S. U ......... ,: .'-' .,
' After flnnthcr ntai-Vn.nln.'. tv. ' j -
j. v ... v. . . v., kivu . -
DUtV aCCHRRd nn oHmit-ol
. - . r .IM1U ' - wll
manaant at, Swinemunde of approprl
atlhg ."confiscated foodstuffs adding:
" W e must ahnliVi V. ri,Ai. .
mill . . - ;v,.n4Hi..4 . LZ1-18
iuiuu&ei im. b.miiiim . in a n.n rm a mm n a ... -
uiauaBcuiEUU ., . IflB
DIttmann VasA mittmann' ,nnli- j
- -- . - - i"iua u a i an-
leal-socialist , member , of :the reichstag
ui uaoti iii. ' i-.iiiiiif.i'i i nn nrir n . k a
. r v"-w.-,"wi kuo Tjrcr
Tl V ' mi chit ' n Ms . - it.
r"y uuo, wna can, Dy. arresting
vpuxAUA-Auun x mil ii ut i.uci . . i
" . . . - ....w,uo:vij uuj UBO?
.uonuittiB m reicnstag. - -
Skl. -i declared Poland la h.in 4.J
wors than any enemy cohhtry, whei-e-
unon ;TTnderi SAAr-Atoi-ir - y.'u ' (.- -. ,
the. Germans have done ."an immense
in Poland" 'In 'th -mmw -v-i
, . : " ' ' , v. All
ministration; and , similar activities.' He
. aamitieo.-nowever, that--the hearts
u.t0: ,,w,,ie ,in& are with Russia."
ONE DEAD. AND THREE HURT ' '. '.
0Md l.i:ip5Hl5: Occidents
Washingtoh, 5XaVchl 3. -Final . enafit-
j ment" of the itadminitration railroad
control blllr substantially as proposed
by President Wilsoh two months ago,
occupied' fiVst:' place on & varied pro
gram of, 'ngr essohai: activity i this
weK. aena-te ; and -bouse . conferees met
again tonight, ; cbhfi dent , of , early
agreement , ' Before the; week-end it is
deemef certain - that'; the legislation
will go ;to . the , "president for his ap
proval. .:'' " : ' r -. .5. '- . .
: Next comes A the v- administration
measure to create a , war finance cor
poration: whiych, probably will: pass the
senate ; early: j this ;week, : to, be taken
UD ft few! ("inrB'flitaFiln' tv. v'- t
- :iuci uvuDc im
portant ; amehdments - arousing i'consid-
tomorrow hv th .' Ana ; v.. . 1 j
expept its approval by?aji ;ovrwhelm-!
ing -vote...;;..-., ; ,'; .:
y--y s.4i ire, jfcLn lj natron - Dills
are 4flubfimevilx
army , and flavy legislation... The an-
filial k A InllMV! iTna . .i. I . i
- : - , J. - v - T-- , .wwyvi 'aV ,41.1.1
tne war? jBnattce-; corporati on measure
la Ollt" nf tllft'lraii" fi i..;.-'
. n;.;iUO UVU9B 19 . WUTlt-
ing on the legislative executive and
the ' senatA'. iinnTiTn'iiiHnn.'.'.nmmitt.. !
smaKto AMmi -i i ' . I
-w kuiuiiioic revision - 01 . ana
report the bllHok ddll'ar - urgent .
ficiency bJllwlthTi several hundred bil
lions -of new " war estimates added. .
W"v ; A- Newv-Daft;BnL.''''''; .'. t-K
Among -f the . army- bills which their
sponsors plan - to press this week - is
uo - uoparinieni';measure,; unanl
mouslv annrnvpil .liv''ik nt
- i- - j . ocuaLc ixiiii
tary committee,'-; to ?i)rovIde for ' the
rPtrl Otro t.fnn . ' iii.i -
r c3.v. u.wvu V. mcu aLiauiing zx years
ing the basis of draft from total state
population f to the . htrmheri vif mor. in
vyaoa . ' . '-V.: . . . "- ..,
The senate "fpreign . 'relations, com
mittee may; recommend -during, , the
week' ratlfirwj-tlnn ' rt4-Vii' :.4-.4.i. "!i.
- u wira wim
Great . Britain and; Canada for recipro
cal ura.ii .privileges, v ; Tomorrow "the
Senat-A imml orr-iftAn J n 1 ' ...
".e.i..uit 1 tec ' will
hear : Representative : Burnett" of Ala
bama, chairman nf ). ,
- . " . ; uvueg 1111X111-
srration fiommittim wA n-
er bill recently tiaAsAd w t,a
. - y- uwuoc
. The soldiers' and srailors civil rights
or rriorator'iim - hilt ; nri.ti. n - i.
u : -. v ",- : una ueen
.17 ''i : 1Ui verai montns, probabli
" D5Ui m rresiaent wilion. be-
lOr8 tnA.tnil nf '4lii...1.' m .
, w ecu. a.ne con-
;. (Continued on Page Two.) ';
PRAISE THE RED 'CROSS MEN;
" v, - -
? 'We'll Pay Iritz for the Captain's
t Death," They Vow. -
Ft: Worth TflT TWa i-h" VT ... .
and- three . seriously injured - la Sun
day's toll of : the , spinning nosev dive
at aviation fields near Ft. Worth.- All
thej victims are members of the Brit
ish .. roval V fl vi
; Mechanic -W. ;A.i Hayes., i : "i
The Inlured: Tiirt i . : ' ;
I Franl5; ,F1ynn ; a,nd Cadet Flyer ' E. , A.
w w- wreases , or - the ... men
vuuiu aui u j.eamea . tonight. 1 :. ' - r
Hayes. and Lleutii Bates werel'rldine
in x. the.- same machine at Hicks field
Hayesdied at a hospital, an -hour la
ter. Bates - sustained a fraetured- lee
fnA Jpt?1'?3-1 injuries from - which it
1R Raid HA fannnt fan-m ' -.V
;Wewt...Flynn and Cadet Carroll . also
were in : one.- machines CorrolJ was
being, instructed by, the - officer. "This
Plane . was -vwrecked .-;' at ? Penbrook
Five's;, face v and rhead,; were badly
crushed,; Carroll, received a fractur
ed Jaw.- aV broken knee, i' broken hi)
GERMAN ATTACKS ARE
BEATEM W FRENCH
' -:
Strong Efforts to Break :Thrbuffh
1 ; " . Put Down. ' - v '
French War Office Reports' Numerous
.neavy Assaults and Bombardment --AJons;
the Line by German "
a" ' . '" ,; Forces. " -".
Paris, Saturday. March 2. Rtrono-
forts made by German troops n Friday
to debouch from -V the -Neufchatel sali
ent, northwest 1 of Rheima.
trated. the French
4n J its noon-day: statement today. V The
enemy likewise failed; to reach t the
Ponipelle fort; southeast of Rhlms, suc
ceeding only in gaining a foothold with
some small details to the west of it.
A.French counter-attack itonn
German advance, on a front of nearly
a'mile in .the Carnlllet : sector of t-h
Champagne. .; The French temporaril v
evacuated their trenches under mvior.
W A 0
nut quickly drove' In again and re-
esta'oiisnea tne position. .
Tr The text of the statement follows '
- "The artillery -battle reported yester
day at several poltns -on the French
froht, from - the Chemin dear Dames to
the. MetiR4 nontliriTAI aii t... ...
marked intensity accompanied by Mve-
j i .uxauw . tne course - of
which the French ' troops, retained the
j "Enemy raids on small French posts
owui.ua.Bv, ui isia .snu soutn of Juvin
Court, were repulsed, -i - - , ... ; .
"The aggressive enenW i.r
fsted itself notably in the ma
.(Coutlaued oa Paga Twoj -
With the American Army . in France,
Saturday, March 2 (By The Associated
Press).-iA plan of attack, including' a V
map of the American positions inclu'd
Ing every dugout, which ) was removed1
from the. body of ' the Prussian on.i.
. - . - - 4 -
Who led thB .Vsunf '- ... ..J.
( j i"'":; "Boamw , upon.T;n4
sector northwent nt ' fr v v.
. BUVWB 'HOW' "
thoroughly: the Germans: prepare foi
raids; if in fact 'this was but a
raid not having, as its ultimate object
the capture of a portion of the salient.
The map goes into such detail as to
show, every machine gun emplacement,'
every trinch
ythe- ground withinuhe American ixnesl
, " - - w mibi o is - simply a line
drawn labeled ."our front line." Along
2e-a,:e flve asa portionseach
marked i-neat-'' , s
- - . Huns Rehearse Attacks. t
' Four rehearsals - . -
. . . .. , "oiu iux me at- -
tack anfl ithevtronrx m .-..T.T.
Pi.ked.from new "
in the .sector. -They were told, that the
Americans .were in front-of them. ' -
thAl11,6 artuifery aa nearly leveled
tne American nositinn. . , . -
52?5-:fnWft.eirifte-t-,'i;-each' of
Which. : Crnitto'ii n .1-.. .
hl "''tt"vry ana'nve to foll6w it- "
Str4W0 0UI8 ' Upoa s the;: American
movemL Vv' Carrled ot a - similar
movement there. r -j - . r - -
niJi"0 : groups, in' the": center; had -Planned
to attack directly. , but ' he -American
defena 'h. t, : -
Plans When, they were met by heavy
machine gun .fir ,frA, '
lines, they saw- it would, be impossible -f,"
footine there, changed their
direction and followed the - other -groups
around the flank.. The duty of '
the pioneers preceding the Infantry
y tne artillery while the
Pioneers Who followed - carried laria '
quantities of explosives for the puSof e
of .cleaning up. the dugouts. v , .
at hT9Pna ' of the, interrogation -oLl
pril?oner8 take1 hy the Amerl-
CerniW .tnaLa11 dld not Relieve tiat
Germany should win the war. One oi
n n t0id the .intelligence officers
ne presumed ths.tvtha a 7.. " :
u. Vt. w AiucricanB, j 11KS
w??v,llfl'abr'VMt to fight but
had -to. , The rfH.i.o 4-i.i ZL z
th rflo-. V H.iy, cnangea .
the German's viewpoint by informing
him that au nf ft.. .
. , , . vivutia : in im at- -
tacked positions were volunteers. '
One prisoner, whose home Is in Ger-
man Lorratnt.r o.M ; u. . ... . .
Fatherland wou";ku5 tte
hoped not.. He knew nothing about thl
Americans eirATt i.- "t in
. , . v.. b uo. were tn
printing, much" upVhe" 7u7e?t,
said, and beinar . nlMir ir. , .. 1
25.. nes because of mail congeaUon.
j This: prlaoner ? said n TOO- .
that the recent strikes in Germany "
were caused bv A'iiA.1.. .
ing that all . Germany wanted the war
to end. He was .certain ,
slve was coming, but did not believe iw
vvuu. uo lauiiuaea oeiore April -
None of the prisoners had seen any
tanks, they said. All ortnem '
added they rwere glad to have ben
taken prisoner, especially by the Amer
icans, because they believed they Would '
be well treated.',;-..-?.; .-u ,
The prisoners' accounts showed that
the Sector ODOOaltlVrtrij A ,4
. , miuwiUoB VOS1--
tion was commanded by General Stalz-
. Savannah Tells: About It.
The correspondent - talked witn a
dozen of - the American wounded In
their: hospital cots. Every one of them '
was anxious to tell of some deed of
-m t uiaer periormed by his fel
lows but displayed great modesty re
gardlnghis town eiploits. One youth,
whose home is near Savannah. Ga.. and
who looked to be not more than 18
years old, told this story;
I, was in the froht iiine" when it
seemed like iaverv hn;i '
started coming our way. Where the
Germans, got : them . is ;more than: 1 1 . '
know , j never believed that many
,xiB.ted- n burst near where r was.
sme of me who came from Texas. The
corporal v picked him up in his arms
and startedrwith-him nr. a .
station in the-midst of a perfect shower '
of dirt and mud which was being kick
ed up. i don't know whether he ever
got there or. not. ; , ;., '- . . - .
By that time I got into a machine -gun
emplacement, with - anothercor- '
poraL whose bome Is in Missouri, leay
ing my; rifle outside.. Things got so
hot we decided to try to get to a steel" .
shelter at, the end of a trench.- '
The corporal went first, but a few"
feef-"awavi aZ shn Amimiai t
" .wv. aluivai on
nl mand killed him, I stepped out And '
saw that my rlfle. had . been . blown to
pieces. , This left me. defenseless, so I
And arifle or. a pistol,' because I knew
thA (if.rmarta ron-nlA Ka - '
- 7- - - . " v i wo . aiuuuu soon. '
About' the ''same1 time a piece of shell
L: iCpnteusl .ca rse Two.). .
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