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EOANOKE EAPIDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THE WEEKS EVENTS IMPORTANT NEWS Of STATE, NA TION AND THE WORLD RIEFLY TOLD roo aboutjhe woo A CMtouri Rcrd Of Happening Of Interest Free All Petnt Of Tho Wrd Domestic WaratBg to the public "to be careful ia the future heB eating bread, rolls, cke and pastry,- be cause "jagged bits of glass have brri found ia tour, bread and bread wrapper, ha bni isud by the '"1 ral board ta New York City A message from uwawir, j prim aimiM of Great Britain, rail-, ing ujb th l'aitd Ma' to 'i ; crowded more 'ban usual a raster. "Americaa reinforvvtut at across th j t-,,. ,iirr t the Dutch sncrchant Atlanric ia the shortest possible ic , ma n American iorts is character- ot ante." was rJ by Lord RfJ:i British hih coBiBuioa to lb I aitd States, at a dicaer given la Sew Yoth ia hi boat. The Texas court .f criminal appeals reversed and remanded fur a a a trial th case uf Harrv J Sianall. h . found guilty by a Jury and sentenced i to arrve 8 year ia th HBittiiuiy for the killinc uf Urui. Col. M C Butler, IT. 8. A at Alpin. Trias, on July 20, Ull A dispatch from Marfa, Texas, says tea Xiexivaas and I'nvate Thodor K. Albrtte, aa Aniriraa catalnnian, vera killed ia a fi(ht hta I'aited Statea cavalry and Mcxicaa bandits Bear Pilar, Mexico. Suspension of th mratlesa day r ulationi for 30 daya has bea ordered by the national ft tod aduumsiration ia iastructions tlgraphed to ail atair food administrtaora. Aneot the rumor that tha aduimis tratioa at Washintrion had been plan Bine to shelve Ueaeral Wood, it is an Bounced that he has passed the most rigid physical examination, and will at once return to his command at l amp Funston, Kansas. Nelson Morris, chairman of the board of director of Morris A Co., Chi engo packers, claimtd entuptioB be cause ha had accepted a Hsition aith the government M Washington and aould become one of the ft a year atatesnien In Washington The dis trict appeal board ruled that inasmuch as Mr. Morris had gone to Washington it was apparent that he as not es sential to the business, and plated him In class I A. Six great German -owned New Jer sey woolen mills, with a total tahia tion of more than f70.000.tiOO. have been taken over by the alien prop erty custodian. Here they are: The rassaic Worsted Spinning mills, the Botany Worsted mills, the New Jer sey Worsted Spinning mills, the Forts Mann and Huffman company and the Gera mills, all of Passaic, X. J . and the Garfield Worsted mills of Garfield. N. J Riota which for a time threaiened to assume grae proportions titoke out at Kansas City, Mo., when efforts were made to resume street car service. paralyzed by the general strike which has been on for several days Second Lieut. S. J. Dickson of Ixis . Angeles. Cal., attached to Camp Joe j Johnston at Jacksonville, Kla . was shot and killed by Mrs. louise Biegert of Glrard, Pa., who then committed suicide. The cause has rot been made public. Teddy Roosevelt, speaking before ih state Republican convention at Portland, Maine, waxed sarcastic and said: "War Is not won by kid gloves and fine phrases." European. "The deeds performed by the army are worthy to rank with the most bril liant feats of the war," was the mes sage sent by Kmperor William to the Tlce president of the reichstag. "We have grievoualy taken England's army, by God's help. We are advancing dal ly, notwithstanding tenacious resist ance. An American who escaped from Minsk, Russia, two days after the Ger man occupied the city, has reached Moscow and reports the local popula tion there muhc Incensed against th invader. While German communication deal slightly with German losses. It ta sig nificant that even In the most out of the way place in Belgium and Ger many the wounded are arriving. Amsterdam advices say that enor mously long ambulance trains are passing through Liege and Namur, Bel glum, on their way to Aix-la-Chapelle and other parts of Germany with wounded men from the French battle front, according to The Telegraaf cor respondent. Submarines and mines have increas ed their weekly toll of British ship ping. The admiralty's report shows that In the last week 28 merchantmen were sunk, 18 of the vessels being 1.800 tons or over and 12 under that tonnage. One fishing vessel was lost. Seventy-live persons were killed and ninety wounded, most of them women and children, when a shell fired by a German long range gun fell on a church in the region of Paris while Good Friday services were being held, according to an official announcement. The counsellor of the Swiss legation in Pari was among the killed. General Foch (French) has been ap pointed commander-in-chief of all the allied soldiers on the western front This means unification of all the ar mies opposing the Germans, a step which the American and French mili tary tnen have long urged. After eight days, during which It Baa swept forward orer the rolling hills of Picardy, at time like a tidal ware, the extreme depth of which Is about thirty-seven miles, the German offensive as said to have slowed down. Its progress has been checked In all but one aeettr, Ibis fact being admit ted bv the German war office, which Is ery unusual for that department. The French shipping losses for the week, ending March 23 by mine or sub marine were one merchantman of oyer 1,00 tons and Ave merchantmen un der that tonnage. Two vessels were infticcesefullr attacked. Trout the region of th S- mm j southward to where th bac i liu tares eastward furious fighting ha coatiaued oa various sectors, but Germans have b-B heU aaj evea pushed back at some points. Nowhere have th Germans beea I able, although they eoBtiaued to throw j greai niass of mea into 'a fray, to ; ItaiB ground, except aa infinitesimal j tract from the French aih of Nor-1 atL t So great have beea th ks of the Gsrmans ia froat of th British aorta of the Soasm that Easter Saaday M theat UBwilling to tske u Ih km j of bank. Th British have gone o tr of . feasiv along th Scarp aad to the , east of Arras. Th Britth hav cap i tured th villa of Feuchy Th towa of M-ruil ta rhans4 j haads f'ur tim. but finally r-st la j th hands of th AtwIoKrv. h t-wfa. Th b.nbardmBt if Talis by kmi j rBa nuns as rumfl a' 1:1 P . ! pM.T ,. Xotaithsiandinit this tha at all th -liuivh t ! u.d hy 'h IHi'rh iiBiiiBt as aa a, I of mkVb.- a hu h tt ilt oi'po "h all ih a-ritr of i:s coni;iB and us mild ra'loaal f.lins orncial anBoanPmt i bm ! 1'aris u-at th jirrwar on ih Kram-v lrmh fn'nt of Huluanaa and Au- man tr-wps ha N- a established Cerniaity has issu.-4 new !aper niomy ia the occupied Kus.ian terri tories in denominations of thre ra bies, one ruble and smaller amounts. The money is emitted by the Kastera Bank of Commerce and Industry of Tosea. ReiKirts have reached Paris th.it th ihannel port of Dunkirk, which ha been bombarded by the Germans with long ranse csnnon has been under fir agaiB for several days. (Messa has ba recaptured by tha soviet ant Ukrainian troops after a bloody battle in which naval forces took part, according to a Moscow dis patch from the semi -offlcial Russiaa news agency ws aaency The for-es of General Kornuoff hav i n o e , y .. h-b surroundfM bv Bolshevik! fort es, . : bet- according to a telegram from Pet ro ars d to London Two nuns and a c tiaplam of St KIT abeth i Antwerp have leen executed hy the Germans in the courtyard ol the barracks Nineteen tiierctianttnen were un-nr-cessfully attacked by submarines dur ing the last week The arrivals at ports in the I'liitel Kirgdom nuniber e.l 1.471: sailings. i.4Ss. German newsnaiters announce hat j Gem ral P:ml Itloch von Bloi h on Hioitn ti. an infantry division com niamler. as killed at the front on M.inh IS "There Is a strong movement in progress In 'he Caucasus for a decla ration of ar against Turkey," says a dispatch from Moscow. A dispatch from Petmgrad rejiorts that the tribes of the Cherhenes, on the north slope of the Caucasus, w here ihe number about lifty thousand, have risen under Russian officers against the soviet authorities in the Caucasus. Uisses of Italian shipping through sunnnrin attack durng the week ended March :'3 were three steamers j of more than 1.500 tons, two sailing vessels of more than l"fl tons and three sailing vessels of less than that tonnage. One steamer was unsuccess fully attacked. Washineton. Th gun with which the Ge-mans are bombarding Paris js a product of the Krupp works at Kssen Entirely new in this warfare, th Americans worked like the best vet erans in the battle of the Somme," said a wounded French captain who had been taken back from the front, says the Paris La Liberte. The presence of American auxiliary troops on the fighting line in the great battle is the subject of much favora ble comment. Cost of living is rciorted to have increased from 200 to 300 per cent, while wages of the working people have only Increased 50 per rent To make known to British and French labor the position of labor in the I'nlted States with regard to th war, a delegation ot nine American lahnr loflttuN m-itti rrAtlentials Af the Inwlran PsHoratlnn nf fhnr wltl sail shortly for England and France, Charges that German spies are re- nonalhle for this country's failure to keep up In Its airplane program wer , " In the entire I'nlted States made In the senate bv Senator Over- ..635. and 242 .205 farm labor man of North Carolina. j There are 13S.26S gardeners In A Paris dispatch says that a num- ber of German soldiers who had put on British uniforms in order to cre ate contusion in the battle on the Sointne front were taken prisoners and summarily executed. The rate at which troops will go for- j hoard. The wages per day during the ward to Europe cannot be stated for harvest of 1917 were 11 60 and board, military reason, but it Is largely de- as com pa: d with $103 and board in pendent upon the speed with which ! 1910. The wages paid farm labor be ships are turned out. I tween the harvest time were f 1.18 and The extent of American military aid : board or f 1 50 without meals. The to the allies this yesr depends on the j wagM in iio during off hrve. tea work done In American plants of all lon werf ;j r,nl, tna boar(j kinds. Back from a visit to the western bat tie front, MnJ. Gen. Ionard Wood. In a confidential statement before th senate military committee, declared that allied military opinion Is unani mous thai the German offensive will fail, and urged that a great Increase to 4,000.000 or 5,000.000 men In Amer ica's army must be made if we hope that this country mifst enact comoulso- The Tnited 8tates senate cracked under the strain of the giant battle raging in France and launched a most sweeping assault on the American war government The appeal of Premier Lord George for urgent haste In American troop movements to France, read in New York by Lord Reading, British am bassador, is viewed In Washington aa a call to the American people. The resolution extending the select ive draft lo men reaching the age ot 21 years since June S, 1917 the first registration day has been passed by the senate by a vote of 36 to 26, after a futile attempt had been made to add to it a provision for training tha youth of the coutnry who are betweea 1 and 21 years old flERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA I A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers PAGE C1ICIES DECLARES THAT IP THE UNION STANDS FOR THEIR VIEWS ITS SUR1AL IS AT HAND. 1 DISPATCHES FROM MQ Doieaa an Haiaa That Mark tha Frrai sf Norm CarallM fea ta, Catharaa Aratn In Sutt Capital. RaiaigB. If tha adtntitistratioa cf th affair of th farmers' I'nioa of North t'ara liaa it to remain in th hands of th socialistic crowd bow directing th publicity depart aiant of th unioa ia th publication and distributioa ot its official uig-a. 'The farmers t'aion i Bulletin,' I think th attention of th patriotic mea of this Stat should be focused on these men and the harmful i effects of th work they are doing." said Mr. Henry A Tag of Aberdeea, ! as a prelimiuary to a vr Indict- ,,,, of offj( ,al, pf ,ht, j-armer,- ... . , , j nion ,j tnpir methods, embraced ta .,., , , . . w a statement Issued by him. "Hy my standard cf measurement, they are every one disloyal to th core," Mr Pag continued, naming Dr II Q Alexander, president and as- o ciat editor of the Bulletin; Lrah. editor of th Bulletin; Iienham. dve tlsirig manager, and Fa ires, secretary of th I'nion. Mr. Page commendet 1 Mr J Z Green. Farmer I'nion or I ganizer. for hi recent protest and da- rlarel "It should serve to tajl atten- tion of the patriotic memlier of th j Farmers I'nion to the direction in which their employe are heading th organitation. "Moreover." Mr. Page rdrled. "th people of the S:ate generally, have the right to know if the Farmers' I'nion stands for the policies and views being promulgated by these men In the name of the union. If so, Its final burial in this State Is rlo at hand or I am hadly mistaken In the temper of my fellow citizens" If th administration of the affair of the Farmers' t'nion in North Caro lina Is to remain in the hands ot the socialistic crowd now directing the J publicity department of th union In the publication and distributing of its official organ. "The Farmers' t'nion Bulletin." I think attention ot patriotic men of this Stat should be focused on these men and the harmful effects of the work they are doing. 242.4541 Farmer in North Carolina. The t'nlted States Department of Agriculture furnished an estimate to the effect that there are 242 466 farm ers in North Carolina. The classifica tion follows: Dairy farmers. 14S; farmers In th strictest sense of the classification. 241.144; gardeners. 1.018; stock rais ers. 30; apiarists, f ; corn shelters. 2; poultry raisers. 92; unclassified, 132. These figures represent both men and women engaged in agricultural pur suits in North Carolina during 1917. The age minimum used In the rompu- i tation was from ten years old upward. ! The farm laborer In North Caro ; Una are classified under a separate , column in the files of the Deparement I of Agriculture and It is estimated that i there are 3518M farm laborers In tha I Tar Heel Stat. According to their . j c'".inration y agricultural pursuits I tne "n'7 runs: 11,8 ,otml number of farmers esti- . th country. The wages of male farm labor In ; North Carolina during 1917 averaged $25 and board, compared with f 16.40 ' and board in 1916. The wages in 1910 j amounted to $13 SO a month and The average farm wage paid for the entire I'nlted State In 1917 was f 28 97 a month and board, a com pared with S 19.21 in 1910. Freight Rate Bating Point. I Through the decision of tke Inter - state Commerre Commission Just I made North Carolina for the first time I In more than half a century comes Into possession of a freight rate bas I Ing point that will revolutionise freight rate throughout eastern North Carolina, and which paves the way for a general shake up and reformation ot freight rates throughout the South. Show Big Inereaaea. State, private and savings banks la North Carolina reporting to the Stata Corporation Commission at the dost ot business December ft. 1917. had on hand resources totaling $156.480.401. 23. representing an Increase ot $26,763. 952.42 over report for the previous year. Among other Items areUnlted State bond $55,009,678 90 an Increase of $5.006 178.90; State bonds, 568.134.04- -aa Increase of $186.112 54. There It alao an Increase of fl.gel.909.7S In Na tional Bank Botes. EMPLOYES SaUstJaa far Una What to dr with unpaid aasessmea upoa Liberty Boads ia a auestie that troubles banks, atlryrs an wthera who sold Libert) Bond ea ta ta-I stallment plaa. Ther have beea thea ' aaada of people who have pa.d aay- i here froai ft tMs la $ oa their Liberty Bonds and who kav stopped j Th bonds are being held by their i banks or their employer aad ar h Uomirg a coasiderabt worry to aaaay, for the reaaoa they doa't kaow what Idisnoaitioa ta max of th bonds It rdr that ao loa will result to tho j w ho hav partly paid tor tkat. I Th plaa adopted by th Ford Mtv- tor Coatpaay, also by th Barroagh' i Adding Ma hin Coaipaxv Is a clear and simple aolutioa of th problax. These companies pay back la each em ploy th amount of hi equity ta thea boads ta Thrift or War Savings Stamp. Thea thea companies tax ever th unpaid bond a their investmeat or dlspoe of then a tkey choc This plaa I recommended by Col. F. H. Ftie. stat director of War Saving, lo North Carolina hanks aat corporation. Ther ta Be doubt, hi say, but ther ar maay banks and employers la th Stat who will be ! glad to adopt this plaa la disposing ot ' unpaid up Liberty Loan Bond. II ' suggest that th chalrmea of th county war saving committee mat this arrangement with th banka for : their peopl. Progress In Suffrage. Petitions and letter containing nearly lO.Ot name hav been sent from North Carolina to Senators 8 m mns and Overman asking them to vote for th Federal amendment for suffrage Th friends of th measure have resolved to increase th nutubr to 100.000 signatures. One of th most striking petition that has gon forward in favor of th measure is from Boone. Watauga coun ty, which was ilgned almost unanl- mcus!y by the teachers rnd student of the town as well Among the latter th following are signers. Hon. F. A. Llnney (Republican candidate for governor against Rlckett); and Mrs. Llnney, W. D. Farthing, clerk of th Superior Court and Mrs. Farthing. W. R. Bragg. Register of Iteeds. and Mr Bragg. C. P. Hagaman. cashier of th Watauga Bank, and th assistant cash ier of the bank, J. T. Miller, Capt. E. F. Uvell. Educational Mtlng at Charlotte. At the closing session ot a two-days conference at Charlotte of cotton mill owners, educational and social welfare workers of Virginia. North and South Carolina and Georgia, t'nited States Commissioner P. P. Claxton. who pre sided, was asked by vol of those present to name a select committee lo make a survey with a view to adop tion In the mill communities of the south of a more universal form of education along the lines of the best city and rural schools. Addresses were mad by J. C. M Her man, of the Interior department, and John L. Patterson, president of the North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association. Among those participat ing in the conference were three State superintendents of education; J. T. Joyner. North Carolina; J. E. Swear ingen. South Carolina, and Harry Hart, Georgia. Fa Seur Buttermilk. A great many young chickens espe cially those hatched and brooded artl flcially, seem to be susceptible tt bowel trouble such as whit diarrhea. Buttermilk or clabbered skim milk has the effect of counteracting these troubles, the acid of th milk de stroying the bacteria that cause th trouble, states Dr. B. F. Kaupp. poul try investigator for the North Carolina Experiment Station. Waste milk also furnishes a great quantity of animal protein and has tens growth. Chicks supplied liber ally with milk make superior fryers; the pullets mature and lay earlier than those not fed milk. Waste milk also Increase th egg yield by nearly 50 per cent. Save Crimson Clover Seed. Since the supply of Crimson Clover teed Is limited, the present stock on hand beln gshort and no likelihood of further amounts of seed being import ed, all seed needed this fall should he saved this spring. Clover meant fer tility; fertility mean better crops; better crop yield mean greater pros - parity and this all mean that mor clover eed must be saved. Instead of the acreage of clover be ing decreased this next fall, It should be Increased, states Director B. W. Kilgore of the agricultural extension service. This, he recommends, in plt of a seed shortage. To get this in- crease In acreage, all eed should be saved before the crop is turned unaer this spring for toll improvement. State Hoapital Clinic Open. Since the announcement several months ago of the opening of a clinic for advice and treatment ot nervous and mental diseases at the Stat Hos pital for the Insane, quite a number of sufferers have availed themselves of the opportunity. "There Is no doubt," says Dr. An derson, "a large number of people who are In need of advice and a ft-ank dis cussion of their troubles with tome one who understands them that hav not yet for various reasons sought tha help that awaitt them here. OFFICERS SEEKING STEEL ARREST AND BAIL PROCEEDING ARE INSTITUTED AGAINST THEM. SELLS rUCH OF ITS STOCK Isspir tUel Cmpany Maa Authe lied Capital af Fur MilliaM But N Assets. Raleigh J. F. Armistead. Isral agent for th Fmplr Steel Compaay a North Careliaa cornoratloa. la he Ing sought by officers of Wak coun ty who hav warrant tor hi arrest la arrest aad hail procdlag, th war rant being swora out hy persons who hav purchased stock la th corpora tion oa alleged fraudulent representa tion. Officer of th Stat Insurant- De partment ar also sektng Mr. A mats- it sal and other rwapoaalbl officer of th company becaas of alleged viola- tlor of th North Carolina law per talalng to th sale of stock la corpora tions. Arrest and bail proceedings brought by Attorney J. M. Broughton for cli ents in Mecklenburg county. Virginia, a few day ago resulted la th recov rr of tl.400 for thos clients. The claim wer paid In rash and th as signment ot an automobile then at Norlina hy Mr. Armlstead personally, th .-rlruinal proceedings being droo ped upon th satisfaction of th civil claim. Sine that time Mr. Arml stead is said to have left this city Th Kmpir Steel Company was chartered under th laws of North Carolina on February 1 with an ru thorlted capital stock of f4.0O0.0OO. Of this amount th sum of $1,000 was paid In at th tim the charter was granted, and incorporator named la the application for the charter having beea Charles II. Twist of New York City and R. C. Tyree and 8. Haywood, both of Raleigh. In th charter Raleigh was named as th horn office of th com par y, but aa effort recently to locate tha office In this city proved la vain. J. F. Armlstead came to the city early in January to Investigate conditions her, and it was through hla efforts mat the charter was obtained. Ha naa later represented himself as the fiscal agent of the company, while Charles H. Twist of New York city Is named a the treasurer. So far as th-e who have been en deavoring to investigate th activities o fth men Interested hav been abl to learn no effort has been made dur ing the nearly two month that haa elapsed since th company waa In corporated to do anything In the way of starting a steel plant. Records fall to diarlose that any site has been pur chased, or any other steps taken to ward carrying out th purpose for which the charter was granted. On th other hand, there Is much evidence of widely scattered sale of stock In the company. Reports from Norlina. Greenville and Farmvllle In dicate that stock salesmen hav been particularly active In thoae sections, aad thr are ladiratlons that aalet have also beea mad la Winston Sa lem, Greensboro and Burlington. It waa estimated yesterday that at least flOO.OOO worth of the stork has beea floated In the Stat already. At Norlina sale wer mad, It la stated, to people there oa the repre sentation that a sufficient ubscrtp tloa from that place would Insur th location of th plant of th company a that lowa. 12.000 Ledg Destroyed. Asheville. Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Arden Park lodge, about tig mile from Ashevlllo, causing a property loss of something like $12 000. In addition to the lodge two cottages nearby were destroyed. The buildings were anocrupied at the time of the fire, and it Is supposed that some intruder who waa spending th night therein uninvited caused the fire by his careleness. The lodge, which la used as a summer resort. Is th property ot Mrs. C. W. Beall. Uaed It on r lerH mac Charlotte Trsffic Officer J. T. i Dwyer, of the city police department, , ,ft an adt which was uaed by hi grandfather, Thomas K. Dwyer. In helping to build the Mer rlmac near Norfolk. Va.. during the war between the states. Mr. Dwyer prises the old relic very highly, and members of th police department were recently given Ihe opportunity to Inspect It. His father was alao t CBe mechanic at the Confederate ara charlotte. In tha latter part of the war. Wrlghttvlll It Chosen Statesville. Of Interest to organ ized merchants and business man throughout North Carolina Is the an nouncement by Secretary J. Paul Leonard, of Statesville. that the 8tate Merchants' Assoclstlon will hold Its 1918 convention at Wrlghtsville Beach June 18, 19 and 20. At a recent con ference of the officers of the associa tion hld In Charlotte Messrs. Morris and Leonard wer instructed to ar rang for th convention to ba held at soma point oa th sescoast GERMAN LOSSES A! OFFICIAL FRENCH STATEMENT SAYS GERMANS ARE SENDING WOUNDED TO BELGIUM. 10 DECiEVE THEIR PEOPLE Kaiser Wul Net Hav Hi Peeale Kaew Awful Slaughter ef HI M at the Wtcra Front. Washingioa A French official esti mate of the t'.ersnaa losses la the great bat 11 ea the wester front put their casualties at betwera 27i.Of aad 3.Wt aiea. Th Gernutus are send ing aioat wf their w winded to Belgium, it is declared, to conceal tnm the tier Biaa peopl t leir heavy tossea. It has beea possible to Kleutify. th dispatch says, nearly 10 Her sua a di vsioBa, Bior than 10 ot which were Iwmw eugagtd. Home of th divisions, it is declared, had to b relieved at th ead of th Irst day after loslag Bior tha halt their mea. The dispatch follows: "Alter aa It days' offeasive. during which the German have recklessly pushed forward their attacking wav. on may gather a fairly accurate es timate of their losses. "la th first place, it has beea pos sible to identiy nearly 10 ot their divisions sim the beginning of the offensive, more than 10 of which were twice engaged Some divUion had to be relieved at the ead of the first day, having kwt mor thaa half ot their men; such was the case of the 45th and the Mth. The latter has beea nearly entirely wipe out. Among those that hav suffered the most are the 5th. 12th. 28th and 107ih divisions, ai well as the 2nd (Prussian guard), the 16th. the 21st and 2lh division of reserve. "la the second place, an enormous number ot corpses were found ou fie battleground, and the prisoners on be ing questioned acknowh-dgn the extent of the losses of their respective units, "To conceal from the German peo ple the heavy sacrifices that their of fensive methods required, the Ger man ' sending most ot their wound ed to Belgium. "It is not an exaggeration to esti mate the total ot their losses at be tween 275.000 and : 00 .000 men." GERMAN ARMIES' ADVANCE ALMOST AT A STANDSTILL ..a.le the advance of the German-) armies In Picardy has com almost lo a halt, ther has been sever fighting on the ex'reme edge ot the battle suue. Encounters lu which large force have been engaged have ot currcd north of MoreuiL hut ther seems to be no decided advantage gained by the Teutonic Invaders. They r'.aim to have taken heights and to have carried a wood in advance ot their line near Moreuil. but the Brit ish say that they have driven back the enemy from position they have occupied elsewhere In this sector. The French line further south have stood firm against savage assaults, es pecially in th region of Montdidier and eastward of that place along part of the line which was subjected to a terrific strain for two days late last week. In a number of sectors the French have surged forward and taken hard-earned grouud ' from th Germans and have established their lines solidly along the Oise river. The expected allied counter offensive has not yet come, hat the Germane, who are reported to be entrenching along the French front, evidently expert It there. The elements have been ct work In delaying th German advance. Rains are reported along the French and British fronts. Wet weather. If continued, would handicap further ad vance of the Germans and be of In finite value to the allies, who are mov ing their forces and supplies over olid ground Instead of ground whlra has been churned Into a condition where every step la beset by difficul ties. EVERYTHING ON DUTCH SHIPS TO BE SEIZED Washington. Formal order for the taking over of all tackle, apparel, fur niture and equipment. Including bunk er coal and stores belonging to the Dutch ships In American porta which have been aelted by the fnlterl States were Issued by President Wil son. Some nf the masters of the ves sels removed, or attempted to remove, ravlgatlng Instruments, glasses and other equipment when they surrender ed possession of their ships. 6.000 WORKMEN AT NAVY YARDS HAVE WALKED OUT Norfolk. Va. With the strike treading to other trades. It Is es'l- msted tht fully 8.000 men. principally nn'on carpenters, have qnlt govern ment work at the various eovernment base and the navy yard, t'rlon lead ers rlsim there sre a grest many more tlsn this number, but the flmires are believed to be correct. Work at the Hampton Roads naval base, at th army depot at Bush's Bluff. Is almost at a standstill. Disagree on Wheat Price. Washington. Senate amendments to the agricultural appropriation bill. Including the provision for Increasing the government wheat price guaran tee to f 2 50. were disagreed to by the house and the measure went to con ferenre. Pope Would Sav Parle. Ottawa. "Pope Benedict has lodged a protest with Berlin against the bom bardment of Part and especially against th destruction of churches FIXED 39.000 and the massacre at people." AMERICAN S0L0IERS 10 FRONT V PERSHING'S ENTIRE FORCE HAS BEEN GIVEN INTO HANDS OP GENERAL FOCH. OH THIER OI TO FRONT1 German I Great Number la Kill ad and Wund1 French and Brrtmtt Mat Gain. Th A merit aa army la Fraac I ta fight a'loulder to shoulder with th British aad French troops - aow ar engaged la th titaalc struggle with the German la Picardy. Gen eral Pershing's eatlr force lias beea givea lata th haads of Geaeral Foch. th new generalissimo, who is to as th mea a here he desire. More thaa If 0 America, Intra sively iraiaed and fully arceutered. ar available or immediate use la aid lag ta stem the lid of th Oermaa horde, aud larg Bankers of them, oa railroad train and la motor track, aad va afoot, already ar ea theii way to th battle front, eager to do their part la defeating the Invaders. Th miserable weather which ha broken over th country ia proving ne deterrent to the Americana a they push forward from all dirertloaa to ward the battle toae. The acceptance hy Fraac ot Gea eral Pershing's offer lor all America mea aad material tor th present emergency hat la ffct virtually re suited la a ualflsd army command, ao far at th Freach army and Aaierl raa fore ar roareraed. This ia thowa by th fact that th order is sued to Ihe Americaa troop are of - Freach orlgia. ' Great activity continued throughout th tone where the American troop are quartered, etc. aa seut Evea mor activity was observed behind the German line opposite the Americaa front on the Toul lector. An 0'itlre battalion waa aea oa the march. Infantry at other point wa being shifted about, while the cav alry also wat seen again. Numeroua automobile of member ot the Ger man staff made their appearance be hind th line. Three American patrols penetrated the enemy's linea. On patrol went In until electrically charged barbed wire was encountered. This was rut. Enemy sniping posts took warning and opened lire on Ih Americans, who were forced to retire No casualties were suffered. Another patrol Inspected German front line trenche. but did not en counter a (Ingle German. The third patrol penetrated the enemy's wire field to a French airplane which fell ther last week. The engine of the plane waa found to have been re moved. The enemy gas shelled the Amerl tan batteries without effect. On Way t Front Lints. Washington. The announcement that American soldiers actually are on their way to the fighting lines to take places hesld their hard-pressed Brit ish and Fremh allies, sent a thrill throughout the national capital. It was the first positive statement that General Pershing's forces actually ar on their way to the bat tit lines to help stem the tide of th German drive. Th Amerirsn soldiers previously referred to in the official dispatches being la the fighting are believed to hav been the engineers or other aux iliary troops, which probably were caught at their work, as they wer a few months ago at Cambrel when the Germans suddenly enveloped par ties of British force behind their tine In a swift turning movameat. Tha aendlng of General Pershing lighting troops to places In the British French line haa been expected by mil itary experts to follow th creation of a unified command under the French chief of staff. General Foch. and Gen eral Pershing's formal offer of all th available American resources. KING OEORGI VISITS HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE London. Reuter'a correspondent at British headquarter In France, de crlblng King George' visit to tha frort, says: 'In the count ot aa Inspection tha king visited an airdrome, where ha In spected aa American section, the mem ber of which ha congratulated upon their line and smart appearance. prals which wat well Justified, for a libeller looking tat of lad never yet swora to drive Huns out ot the air. JAGGED BITS OP GLASS FOUND IN BAKERS' BREAD New York Warning lo the public "to be most careful In th future when attng bread, rolls, rahes and pastry " because "Jagged hits of glass have been found la Hoar, bread and bread wrappars," waa Issued. Th warnlag added that "complaints of this character have been sufficient ly freqaent to warrant th board In f publishing this warning, much at it I disllkat to be put In th position of f seeming to nnduly alarm tha public." f A . -t: , Hvr Send Osed New. Washington, D. C Food Adminlt-f trator Herbert Hoover hat teat the ; following telegram to Victor Bo ret. Freach minister of food; Lord Rhonda, British minister of food; Slgnor Crat-i dL Italian minister of food: "At ti meeting, 500 leading hotel mea froi all parts of th country pledged them selves to abollth at of wheat pri duct until th aait harvest la ordai that through their taring aad thai esampte ahhymeata of whaat to the al liaa may proceed wltaoat tatwrrap