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- V v - - 11X PUBXlSnZD ETEBT MONDAY. WKDXKRDAT A I FRIDAY. K 1 GASTOXIA, If. C. MOXDAT ATTERXOOf, APRIL 1, 1018. fXOO A TEAB CT ADTAXCZ ' 7 - ? - -r- i i... i - . m O iBuzzrazsAmtr ncDtoatoADixro'i STRAY RIRf EULIH ut conro I Heport readied Brigadier General Babbitt's r headqnarteri - at Camp Cbroalcl Saturday -that ft small oy, ltYtnr'som distance from th artil lery range back around Crowders Hbantaln, bad been wounded In the arm by a piece of flylnr ' shell. Gen eral Babbitt promptly dispatched surgeon and i "Lieutenant 8nowt his aide, to hunt the boy up and inrestl Sate. ; The lad Is about nine years old, his name being Mayberry. He was wounded In the arm but an In vestlgatlon by the surgeon brought out a piece of a small rifle cartridge, proving that some hunter's shot and nothing from the range had struck him. The wound was given atten tion by the surgeon. ' JAPAN ACCEPTS VIEWS - - ., OF. THE UNITED STATES. :By International News Serrice.) - , WASHINGTON, If arch 30. An glican diplomacy vhas apparently . scored.' a victory. Adyices reaching - diplomatic Quarters today - Indicate r- that, Japan Jias definitely accepted the View of this country and will not Interfere In Siberia. ENTIRE IT. 8. ARMY WILL SOON GO TO FRANCE. ' (By International' News Service.) WASHINGTON, March 80. The " ntre army in training in the Unit ed fitates will be transported to - France without delay.- The speed .with which these regulars, federallx ' d gnardsmen and the national army ' dlvtalons are to be shipped overseas rests with the Allies. Paris an - " London, with complete records or needed shipments of munitions, food and the like at their disposal, will ' decide what additional transports , can be diverted to troop movements. They will be shoved forward as fast as possible. OTLMINGTON PLANTS 8S0O WAR GARDENS. - Special to The Gazette. WILMINGTON, March 30. As a , result of Its combination "War-garden and Clean-up" campaign, -the city of Wilmington has increased the . number of its war gardens to 28007 - and 1,050 loads of rubbish and trash " were hauled to the Incinerator . and -- city dump. The local food conser v vationlsts, health department. Rota ry Club and others who co-opera Ud challenge the other cities T of the State to make anything like this . showing. ' NEWS FROM RANLO. . Correspondence of The Gasette. . RANLO, AprU 1. Miss "Ella May , Clemmer, of Gastonla, spent .Friday with Miss Kate Cox here. - , r Mr. John Farrar, of Camp Jack- - son, spent the Caster holidays here - with his parents.. Mr: and Mrs. C. A. 'Farrar. -; --. " Miss Lilile Moore, of North Wilkes- horo, spent Easter here with the fain ily of Dr. C. H. Pugh. Misses Blanche Stroup and Beu- lah Farrar spent the week-end with - Mrs. S. R.-Underwood" In the'- Paw ' , Creek section. Mecklenburg county. liberty Loan Allotment. -7 - .: "Of the"r $3,00O,O0fr,00O Uberty Loan which Is tor be . floated begln- nlng April th. 1130,000.000 has " been allotted by the Treasury De- -' partment to the Fifth, or Richmond, ' Federal Reserve : district. Of v this amount the Richmond Federal r Re serve Bsnk his allotted the several State' quota as follows: North Car olina, $19,000,000; South Carolina. S14,(M)0,000; Virginia,-130,00.000: West Virginia, $ ie.0 00.000; Mary- - land," $3 8,000,000: District of Co- lumbU, I18.00O.O0D , . ; American and English Income Taxes. In comparison with, the tax levied . , In England on Incomes our own In- come taxes are moderate, indeed. ; In England the tax on Incomes of 11,000 Is 4 1-2 per cent. In America Aothtng. . ;--': v; - - Is England the laxon Incomes of $l,50O is t 34 per cent: In America -, nothing for-married men Or heads of families, and 2 per cent on $S0D for - an unmarried man., v , . Is England the tax on Incomes of 12,00ft Is 7 7-8 per cent; In America " nothing for a' married man or head of a family, and t per cent on $1,000 . for unmarried men. The English Income tax rate also - Increases more rapidly - with : the ' . growth of the Income than ours, a v - $3,000 income being taxed 14 per - cent, $5,000 16 per cent, $10,000 20 per cent, and $15,000 25 .per cent, while our corresponding taxes for ' married -men ' are respectively ' ' two- - thirds of 1 per cent, and only slight , ly more for the unmarried, doe to -. the smaller amount exempted, Che . rate being the same. ; su:mwi;;bbig r.i -ft . vi mmmmm' f " f Everywhere on Western Front Sua . day the eenemy Was Held at Some Potato Was Pushed slacks - Great Masses; Thrown Into the . Fray Wltbost Gain of Ground AUied Guns Tear Holes In Hon .rlUnka.. '.;:; r : ' -Press dispatches from the Western front 'yesterday said: ,, From, the region of tbe Somme southward to where the battle Ifne turns eastward furious fighting hss continued on various sectors, but everywhere the enemy has been held and even pushed back at some points. Nowhere has he been able,' although he continued to throw, great masses of men a. Into , the fray, to" gain ground, except an infinitesimal tract from the French north of MoreuO. British and French machine guns and riflemen, as in days past, again tore great holes In the ranks of the field gray as they endeavored, to press on. So great have been tbe losses of the Germans In front of the British north of the Somme that . Sunday saw them unwilling again to take up the gage of battle.- Along tbe Scarpe, the British themselves went on the offensive and to the east of Arras captured the village of. Feuchy. On the southern end of the line, where Von Hlndenburg is endeavoring to pierce through to the old German po sitions as they stood before his re treat in 1916, the British and French troops, fighting together, have met the enemy In furious combats, . but everywhere defeated him with san guinary losses. . - Changes Hands Four Times. ' The town of Moreull changed hands four times, bus finally rested in the hands of the British and Frencn, while the woods to the north of the village were captured by the Frencn. In the bend of the line between Moreull and Lasslgny the Germans made frantic efforts to break through but the French held them In their tracks and in addition recaptured several villages. 'Not alone has Von Hlndenburg lost large numbers of men killed or wounded, but both the British and French armies have taken a consid erable number of new prisoners and also .captured machine guns. At last accounts the Germans had launched a fresh -attack In the region between the Rivers Luce and. Avre and fierce fighting was In progress. 7 The reports from both the British and French war offices seemingly in dicate thaj the Allied. troops have reached the limits of their retrograde movement. In any event they have cancelled the engagement Field Mar shal von Hlndenburg made with him self to take dinner in Paris on All Fool's Day. Instead of the truffles and other viands with which the German commander-in-chief had predicted henvould. regale himself in the French capital on April 1, his fare will be that of the German army; and Instead of passing tri umphantly through the 'boulevards of the city a victor over the French and British troops he will be busily engaged In dodging the shot and shell hurled at him by them and en deavoring to withstand the heavy thrusts of their Infantry' against his battle line. REPUBLICANS IIAIIE 0 .AM TICKET Gaston county Republicans, In convention assembled Saturday named a full county ticket with a single' exception; they did hot name a candidate for the office of county auditor. County Chairman Evon L. Houser, of Dallas, presided and t&e meeting was held at the courthouse. Following Is the ticket: 'Senate: . Dr. Frank Robinson, of Lowell. v . -House of Representatives: John N. Hanna, of Gastonla, and Davis George, of Bessemer City. ' Sheriff: Ell P. Lineberger, of Gastonla. -- Clerk of the Court: Puett Hoff man, of Dallas. : (Register of Deeds: Audy Beam, of CherryviUe. - - : Treasurer: Ira E. Lineberger, of Gastonla. . -, . Surveyor: A.' W. Hoffman, of Lowell... - . Coroner: J; W. Stewart, of Gas tonla. -,.'..'-.' - :r.. .. - . ' Commissioner for Gastonla town ship: Ell Dixon. , ; . :. 4 r.- . Delegates were also chosen to the State, Judicial and congressional conventions. 80 far . as . could be learned the meeting was a harmoni ous one and there was nothing of a spectacular nature about It, Wheat farmers In some of the grain districts of the Northwestern States are buying advertising- In newspapers. , urging ' consumers , to save food. - "- ,, - Over $41,000 in S-cent: Smlleaice coupons has. come in from the big camps to headquarters at the Com mission on Training Cmp Activities In Washington: These coupons res resent admissions to theatrical events at the camps. Soldfers from the smal ler towns received their books early, because of the prOmpt response of these places when : Smileage books were placed on sale and In many cases have used them up. tn;cciiATic f;: TO EE IBM Naming April 20th as the date for the primaries' to' select county offi cers and representatives to the lower house of the General Assembly and appointing delgates to the State eon ventlon, the Democratic county exec utive committee, la session at the courthouse Sstnrday afternoon, start ed the political ball to rolling Chairman T. I Craig presided and there was a good attendance of the faithful from the various sections of the county.' The meeting began at 2 o'clock and lasted for an trour or more Saturday, JLprlL3 Oth, between the hours of 1 p. m. and sunset, was appointed as the time for holding the "county primaries and poll-holders were named for each of the 23 precincts. - Saturday, , April ; 27th. was chosen as the day. for holding the county convention,' Which meets tor the purpose of ratifying the re sult of the primaries,, electing a county chairman for the ensuing two years and for the transaction of any other business that may come up tor consideration at that time. Following Is a list of the pjoll holders: - Gastonla No. 1: Q. B. Mason, A. R. Rankin, W. Meek Adams, Gastonla No. 2: R. C. Patrick, George Grlce, A. C Stroup. Gastonla No. 3: W. F. Riddle, J. F. Fisher. John Howell. Glenn's: Giles Adams, E. G. Petty, H. B. Pursley. . . Robinson's: C. P. Robinson, Ed Torrence, John "Robinson. Spencer Mountain: W. G. Rhyne, Will Flowers, George Patterson. Lowell: H. S. Adams, S. J. Gaston, P. W. Hand. McAdenvllle: G. L. Wright, I.' F. Mabry, T. L, Austin. . Belmont: Joe Gaston, Ross llatcb f ordr W. A. Leeper. South Point: T. T. Craig, T. L. Allison, Lloyd Ragan. . Union: Campbell Ratchford. J. R. Henderson, R. B. Riddle. Mount Holly: J. J. 'Holland, John Patterson, R. K. Davenport. Lucia: J. M. Mcintosh, John Hewitt Cansler's: A. Mac Henderson. Ira Davenport, Robert Underwood. Stanley: W. G. Rutledge, R. L. McLurd, M. B. Peterson. Alexis: J. V. Stroup, Lee Howard, James Stowe. Dallas: C. C. Craig. J. R. Durham, J. H. White. CherryviUe: M. L. Rudislll, T. A. Ballard, Sr., Forrest Mauney. Carpenter's: W. B. Carpenter, L. H. Klser, P. S. Carpenter. Kaiser's: H. 8. Sellers. S. L. Kaiser, J. F. Weir. Bessemer City: H. C. Froneberger, E. A. Tucker, C. E. Whitney. Billing's: J. L. Mauney, J. R. Rob erts, W. S. Dllling. Baker's: J. R, Carson, J. C. Pear son, S. S. Wells. Delegates were nominated for the State convention as follows, th first name In each group of two being the principal and the second the alter nate: A. M. Dixon, George Mason; John G. Carpenter, P. W. Garland; R. C. Patrick, John O. Rankin; C. P. Rob inson, Will Torrence; W. G. Rhyne, C B. Armstong; Giles Adams, James Pursier: D. P. Stowe. J. D. McLean: L6. P. Stowe, C. D. Welch; P. W. Hand, C." M. Robinson; M. J. Ray, I. F. Mabry; J. M. Reinhardt Dick Rhyne, J. M. Mcintosh, Ira Daven port; J. W. Holland, -R. K. Daven port: J. W, Abernethy, J. H. White; John F. Puett, J. W. Summey, H. C. Froneberger, J. H. Wilklns: F. Dllling, J; R. Carson; W. B. Carpen ter, Martin L. Rudislll; X. B. Ken. drlck, J, H. Trott; H. 8. Sellers u Kaiser.' LOCAL MERCHANTS TO CLOSE AT 7 O'CLOCK Deciding to carry out the spirit of the' new Daylight Saving Law to tbe letter, Gastonla's merchants, at a meeting held at the office of the Chamber of Commerce Friday night at the call of Chairman E.-N. Hahn, of the Department of Mercantile Ar falrm decided to close at -6 o'clock, new time, following the 'clock and not changing hours. Mercantile ' organisations through out the country are patriotically fall ing Into line and following the clock as to their closing hours. v While the saving of electricity Jn Gastonla will not be great the government counts on the extra hour adding to gardens and recreation time, thus providing more foodstuffs and better health conditions.. -.-V- ; Closes at Midnight. - - The Gazette received a telegram Saturday from Mr. A. D. WatU. of 8UtesTllle, Collector of Internal Rev enue for the Western District of North Carolina, announcing that the office of Deputy Collector King, , in the - Gastonla . postoffice building, would "remain open until midnight tonight, Monday, April 1, for the ac commodation of those, who hare put off to the last minute the Important matter of making their, returns for the payment of Income tax and . x cese profits tax. ;:.V. ':;- '.y.- 'The new submarine fighters which in being built at the Ford plant will be known as "Eagles" and will constitute the Eagle class of boats. , V III SOCJICIRCLES utest EratTS v ia it:zits cHi LIBRARY OPEN EVENINGS FOR BENEFIT OF SOLDIERS. " In order that the soldiers at Camp Chronicle may be able to take ad vantage of the facilities of the Gas tonla Public Library, tbe association has decided to keep the library open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening of each week from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock. This is In ad dition to the Sunday afternoon hours, 3 to 6 p. m. On the evenings above-named and on Sunday after noons the library Is open for the ex clusive useof the soldiers, and oth er persons are not supposed to visit the library at these times. V. D. C. CHAPTER TRANSACTS BUSINESS. (Reported for The Gasette.) The regular monthly meeting of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy was held in the chapter room Friday afternoon. A number of la dles was present The meeting was opend with prayer by Mr. Separk. The first part of the meeting was given over to Mr. separk who had come to ask the co-operation of the chapter in taking care of the sold iers who are encamped near town at Camp Chronicle. Mr. Separk said It was time now for us to stop saying we were doing our bit and get to work to do our utmost. Many things are needed to make the room recently acquired as a Rest Room tor tha soldiers, attractive and comfort able. Flowers, magazines snd books are needed every day. A committee was appointed to attend to these things. After Mr. Separk's talk the regu lar business was taken up in the usu al order. A . committee was. appoint ed to advise with the members of the chapter as to the 10 th of May dinner. .We want to give the veter ans plenty to eat but we do not want, any waste this year. Two new members were voted In Miss Margaret Louise LaFar and Mrs. J. B. Hall, of Belmont. The chapter la growing in numbers rap Idly, and It Is also growing in Inter est. Several plans were-made for the tenth of May but none of them are just in shape to publish except tbe annual gift of a picture to the grad ed school. This year It Is to be a picture of the three Confedearte flags to take the place of the one that was burned. A committee was appointed to see to this. Certificates were given to several new members, Mrs. Clifford, the president, made an appeal for books for the soldiers. Give through your church, your club, or anything to which you belong, but don't forget to give through the U. D. C. If each Daughter would give one book we would soon have a good collection. At least 5 0O are Wanted for this camp. The books will be kept In this county. Mrs. F. L. Wilson reported for the historical committee. A gold medal has been offered by this com mittee to the high school pupil In the county who writes the best essay on "The South In -History and Litera ture." The same rules will govern the pupils as Is used by the tenth grade of Central school. Mrs. A. A. McLean made the re port of the war relief committee. They had Investigated but found It impracticable to try and meet the troop trains. The stop here Is too short to do anything worth while. The committee has not been idle, however. They have visited the camp and particularly the base hos pital. There they found several sick and gave them flowers, magazines, the dally papers and some sweets in the form of jelly and cake. It was moved and carried to set apart a cos tain sum for this committee tOwbuy views of Gastonla (post cards), and take these with pencils to the sold iers. A committee of the young la dies of the chapter was appointed to assist this war relief committee in getting flowers, books, magazines and sweets to take to the sick st differ ent times. Members of the chapter will be called on at different times for these things. All are urged to save magazines and send tn the rest room or the hospital. The chapter stood and sang "God Hold, Keep, and Save Our Men." which Is to be used from now until the close of the war as tbe chapters doxology. Don't Criticise. We are now engaged in tbe great est war of all time and tbe foe with which we are In mortal combat is the mlghlest and cruelest the world has ever known. We want to, and must, win this gigantic struggle, which. Is not of our making. Every body wants pesce at the earliest pos sible date, but peace will-not come soon, unless we drop our differences, get together, quit finding faults with the methods . our Government is adopting to wage the conflict, and speedily become a nation united, or ganized, and resolving to push the struggle to a bitter end. . Every day we get rumors and criticisms of some plan of procedure. We do not' par ticularly mind this, because it invites attention to tha War Savings Cam paign but we prefer' friendly advice, which Is always received .with better grace, than criticism passed around the corner. There Is no federal legislation reg ulating the playing of the national anthem, 4ut some States have stat utes forbidding playing it as A part of a medley. .. -. . ' ., - -1 " I IEiTIODIST SERVICE FLAG S TOMVO STARS ' Thirty-two stars decorated a hand some silk service flag which was un veiled at Main Street Methodist church yesterday morning, each star Sepresentlng a young man who has oined the colors from the member ship of this church. Mr. J. H. Separk presented the flag and the honor roll containing tbe names of the 32 young men, in a patriotic address which was beard with Intense Interest by a large con gregation. He took advantage of the opportunity which the occasion presented to urge those who remain at home to do their full duty by their country. Rev. H. H. Jordan, the pas tor, accepted the service flag and roll of honor on . behalf of the congrega tion, his address of acceptance teeming with tender sentiments for those who had gone out from the congregation to lay their lives on their country's sltar and with ap peals to the people to remain loyal to the core and do their whole duty by the government. It was an im pressive occasion snd one that will long be remembered by Gastonla's Methodists. Following Is a list of the names on the. honor roll: Capt. R. O. Cherry, Miss Msrgaret Singleton (now on Red Cross duty In France), Frank L. Rawllngs, D. T. Outs, Rob ert 8. McLean, George Van Dyke, John R. Schrum, R. Fred Dunn. William L. Dunn. Max D. Abernethy, Fred H. Thompson, E. H. Sisk, C. S. Stroup, William Lamar Rankin, J. Bryan Rlerson, J. Bryan Walters, James Wilson McArver, A. B. Go forth, Carl Rudislll, Henry Bryan Lewis, Reid Merrill, Robert Queen, Robert Adcock, Walter Carter, Rob ert W. Owen, Harry Shuford. Paul Cornwell, Charles Jenkins, two Alex ander brothers. Paul Cornwell died some months ago soon after entering the service. His body was brought back to Gas tonla from Texas and is burled here. Cornwell, Charles Jenkins, Henry Castles, Thomas Abernethy, Gay Terrell, and Robert A. Atkinson. BRITISH CAPTURED OOO GERMAN MACHINE GUNS. (By International News Serrice.) LONDON, April 1. (Official.) Vio lent figtlng continued throughout Sunday afternoon along the Avre river, with varying success. General Haig reports severe fighting. It was expected that the Germans would re new their assaults on the outskirts of Albert, but they were unable to gain any ground. In the Serreze sector the British captured 900 Ger man machine guns. PliMbENT WILL OPEN LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN (By Internationad News Service.) WASHINGTON, April 1. Presi dent Wilson will open the Liberty Loan campaign in Baltimore Satur day with an address. He will not address Congress this week as was expected, but will outline his views in his Baltlmlre speech. MT. HOLLY WON BOTH. Correspondence of The .Gazette. MT. HOLLY, April 1. The fol lowing people are at home for the Easter holidays: Misses Christine Rutledge, Jean Henderson, Grace Kohn, Gertrude Belk, Sarah Rankin. Miss Mary Neal Roseman Is spend ing the Easter season with the home folks at Llncolnton. Miss Minnie Myers, a Charlotte teacher, Is visiting Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Kohn. Ivery Rankin and Hall Clemmer will leave Monday for Camp Jack son, Columbia, 8. C. . The Methodist congregation Is preparing to add to the church by building a Sunday school room. The excavation has been made and brick placed on the ground. Work will begin at once. ' The Young People's Guild of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shep herd has presented to the congrega tion a handsome silk service flag. The triangular debate between Belmont.: Dallas and Mount Holly was held Friday night. Two teams were out from each place. At Mount Holly, Belmont won over Dallas; at Dallas, Earl Connell and Miss Esther Davenport, repre senting Mt. Holly, won over Bel mont; at Belmont, Avery Keener and Miss Ruth Kohn, representing Mt. Holly, won over Dallas. ' Mt. Holly, having won both, will go to Chapel Hill. Holland. Philadelphia Record. . , Holland has served the ends of Germany from the first. - It. has no claims on the consideration of the Allies. It depends on the success of the Allies for Its national Independ ence: Germans hare not for years concealed their Intention of absorb ing 'Holland, and In the event of a German triumph , the Netherlands would become another Schleswig or Alsace. The position of Holland has protected tbe German flank. . The food of Holland has kept Germany a llvei : It Holland should resent the borrowing of Its idle merchant steam era and enter into a German alliance an English army would be in the country marching for the-' German frontier inside of three days. . V C 1 , '-roarTjrcHfcSt or -:ja rjrt set kxzus VittawnusouitM ABOtt'cnxBacnuu asssssssPaassssi TO UIOIIO LCERTY 10JUI LI- Organisation for the big drive tor- the Third Liberty Loan will be made -at a meeting of bankers, mill men, v merchants and others from over Gaston county at the court house ts , morrow afternoon at 3:1$ o'clock; called by Col. C. B. Armstrong, county chairman. The date was set at a meeting of local bankers wits . Col. Armstrong at the First National . -Bank Friday afternoon. - - :; No letters have been sent out' to Gastonla mill men and business men ' generally and they are urged to be : present There will be a large at- , tendance over the county and It in desired that the local men turn oat id force. - The drive starts 8sturday and It' Is necessary to thoroughly organise ' at once. Gaston's portion has ' not . yet been announced but will doubt- ' less be about the ssme as for tha second loan, in the neighborhood of -$600,000. TWO GENERALS PASS - PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. (By International News Service.).' WASHINGTON, March SO. Both General J. Franklin Bell and Gener al Leonard Wood have passed ' tha physical examination to decide whether they will return to. the front, it was announced by the War. Department today. ; UNIVERSAL MILITARY ' - r . TRAINING ASSURED (By International News Service. WASHINGTON, March 30; Tha ultimate adoption of universal mili tary training as a permanent na tional policy Is definitely assured, its advocates In Congress declared to day, following the test vote in the Senate yesterday. ONLY ANGERS FRENCH PEOPLK (By International News Service. ' PARIS, March 30. The ' Utest . bombardment of Paris by the long : -range gun, in which 75 were killed and nearly 100 wounded when a shell struck a church, failed to ter rorize the people, who are declaring' they want a reaction and are thor-' -. oughly angry. . ( -r'j DEPRESSING ON GERMAN PEOw ' PLE. ..,; (By Internatonal News Service.) AMSTERDAM, March 30.- Streams of wounded are being car ried back from the Picardy front.. This movement is the greatest in the history of the war and is very de- pressing on tbe German people, who had been told df great victories. ' GERMANS HAVE LOST -3 . 500,000 MEN. (By International News Service.) v LONDON, March 30. The tenth ' day of the world's most Important battle of Picardy found tbe Allied ' armies linked solidly under one su preme commander-in-chief. General Foch takes over tbe command at a " time when the situation is extremely V favorable for the Allies. The fighting . during the past 24 hours. It Is estl- ' mated, has increased the German losses to 500,000 men. At the same time there Is talk of a new German ;, effort on some other part of the front, y Tbe Germans claim the capture of - . 70,000 prisoners and 1,100 guns, but this Is regarded as an exaggeration. Meserirg. south of the Somme river has been captured by the Germans, v the War Office announced today. Tha y British immediately launched .a - -strong counter attack, capturing t some German prisoners. The state- ; ment advises that the Germans were fought to a standstill north of tba" Somme where they were able to make a few efforts. There was sharp- ' fighting In the Bonulm sector. All :? the efforts of the Germans failed. . . General Halg's report dwelt on ' the gallantry of the British troops" in repulsing attacks. Mezeries, 13 X miles southeast of Amiens, is gener-O ally accepted to be the objective : of. the Germans. ' . " FEDERAL CONTROL OF PACKERS POSSIBLE. . (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Msrch 80. Feder- ; al control of the packing Industry is ; one step nearer today than ever be fore. - Members of the Senate agrf-' culture committee, when they open ed their session today,' believed the' audit of the books of the packers or dered yesterday would result In show ing a condition which would Impress Congress with the necessity of .gov ernment operation of the industry.-' : . , - ..;' FIRE DESTROYED ' ' -1 ' ; ATLANTIC CITY BLOCK. . (By International News service.) " .ATLANTIC CITY, April 1. - Fira this morning destroyed a block -.opposite the City Hall. The loss waa three-quarters of a million dollars. - Read "Over tha Top,"