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'..KRMANS A LESSON.
.. . uic American Army in
March 1—The American ar-
Fr""'''',", lay obliterated a mine
"'• '■:." position held by the enemy.
'•-'", I German shell fell on an
V/",' ammunition train, killing
x ,'": ending four soldier. A
■ ;• ,...., ihe American lines was
" soldier being killed and
A dozen shells tell in
especially trained for raiding -..pera-tions,
attacked the American salient
last night and this morning, but the
Americana maintained their entire
line everywhere, and in addition,
caused heavy casualties among the
enemy. The Americans also took
prisoners on both positions attacked.
The foregoing is contained in the
French official communication made
na'jllc tonight.
TRENCH RAID OX AMERICANS SMB RUSSIA ULTIMATUM
BEAT BACK HUNS WJTH GREAT
CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES.
HAND TO HAND FIGHTING.
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niic
nin led.
':'..""'^mlu-r of soldUrs suffering
■ffects of the recent Ger-
' ' a-tack *M increased today
f'"^"hrin?ins the toUl gas casual-
MILITARY COMMANDER
I SIGNING OF PEACE
ITY AT ONCE.
Gostonla Soldier Killed in Accident
In France.
Washington, March 1.—General
PeTShtng reported to t;ie war de-partment
today that Corporal Hyman
Roe.;en. infantry, of Chicago, and
Private Clarence Mooney, InfantryT
Gastonia. N. C. were accidentally
killed February 27. No aetail-s were
given.
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Attack Repulsed.
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... ,i,e American Army
March 1.—A strong German
F J - knowing a heavy barrage fire
•lit1 'American tranche, in the
'"S des Dames sector was re-
'•■ \ith losses to the attackers.
P In nlaced American machine
1 •' " elms of bullets into the
i:*,nl enemy and as the German
- ::„.. fire lifted '-he American ar-
,„lrklv laid down a curtain of
V adman's retiring without a
;.-.;-gi;' prisaner. There were no
vaerUan caiualties.
Two Carolinians KiUed.
Vashlngton. March &^W>ri
; .chine reported today one Amer- ;firkilled in action of Feb-
.V^.,he day of the German gas
,'.a;.k-. ,hr-edead from gas and 18
'.erelv mounded on the same day.
Private Helmer E. Reyelt. of Har-la..
«.if k'lled
Ten Americans Captured.
Berlin, March 1, via London.—
Ten Americans have been captured
by the Germans near C:avignon. on
the French front, army headquar-ters,
announced today.
A few French prisoners also-were
taken from th ehostile trenches by
the German storming troops that
made the raid.
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in action. Prl-e
George E. Galloway. Fairmont.
0 died on February 27.
r I,, death of Private William R
leman. of Rocky Mount. N. C.
- ,n tuberculosis, was also reported.
,,., Americans r'all Into Hands of
Germans,
aerlin. March 1. via London.--©»
.-. aericans have been captured by the
'•rmans near Chavignon. on the
-- o;„':i front, army headquarters an-vuncei
today.
\ few French prisoners also were
..ten from the hostile trenches by
■■■ ■ German storming troops that
uli tlio raid.
(CUavignoo is in the western sec-
- u: the Aisne front, north of the
«terly tad ot the Ohemin Des
.- ., mile and a half northwest
! Pargny-KiUin. American troops
,re known t > be in the front Une3
... tie rhemin Dea Dames region, but
uffi.Mal German aanouncement
fi< t.i- n more exactly than tha
.:.:>,:- n-.erer.ce to Ueir presence
v this sector contained in -he dis-
■■•- that i:ave come irom the
• neriteii correspondent in France
:■■•:!!. other sources.)
American Casualties.
Washington, March 2.—General
Pershing reported to the war depart-ment
today that Private Glenn H.
Cimpbell, of St. Claire, Minn., was
killed In action February 27, and
that four men were .'lightly wounded
in action on the same day and eleven
slightly hurt the day befcre. No de-tails
were given.
General Pershing also reported
that Private Samuel A. Kaplan, Law-rent.-
Mass., died on February 26 of
wound3 received in action, and tiiat
Private Harry Taylor, Springfield.
Ohio, died February 28 as a result
of an enemy gas attack.
Among those reported slightly
wouaded were: Reglmontal Supply
Sergeant Verne K. Lankford. Bluff,
N. C; Private Beco P. Trotter,
Anderson, S. £.
f-kV.name'of Private Thomas ' i.
Ellington. Pittsboro. N. C Is also
included in the ll»t of the slightly
wounded.
With the American Army in
France, March 1.—(By the Associa-ted
Preas.)—American troops re-pulsed
a strong German attack this
morning ia tne salient north of Toul. I
There ware many Ame.-ican casual*!
ties, one of the killed being a cap-tain
who was gradvated from West
Point in 19J7.
The raid was a complete failure,
three German -prisoners remaining in
American hands. The gnund In front
at the.Amerlcan trenches was strewn
with German dead.
A driving vet snow was falling
this morning when th-> Germans
opened fire on the American salient |0f
with every weapon at their com-jtbAt
maud. Seventy-sevens, heavy shells
and gas shells fell in a perfect whirl-wind
on the American trenches for
half an hour. At the same time oth-er
enemy shells in groat numbers
were dropping on the American bat-tery
positions.
The Germans, evidently thinking
that the Atmircans in this section;
having had one taste of gas * few
daye ago. would fear It now. let looae
great quantities of poisonous ga3,
but the men put on their masks and
only a few were affected by It. So
intense was the fire that the woods
back of the salient were shot to
pieces.
Hand to Hand Fighting.
At 6 o'clock the barrage fire lifted
on the trenches to the right of the
salient and Germans numbering 240
came sweeping forward under the
protection of their fire. They came
forward apparently intending to
make a big haul and jumped into
what was left of the trenches, but
ihere. instead o: the easy time an-ticipated,
found the Americans all
raady fcr battle. Fierce har.d to
hand nghJtlng began
ttimsttrm has been handed to
Bolaheviki government
Serman commander on the
^Iront who ha» given the
i three days in which to sign
ce treaty demanded by the
NO HOARDING OF COAL
BY CON8UMER8 ALLOWED WILL U.S. JOIN THE MIKADO?
iidant with this demand, the
advance Into Russia has
;trmed. There are apparently
ilnmns of Germans advancing
da. One Is near Luga, mid-twsen
Pskov and Petrograd,
■aid to be at Polotsk, midway
in Pinsk and Vleansk, and the
at Sebesh, eighty mile3 east
ln»k. An official report says
e German troops had reached
;ht bank of the Dneiper river,
nftrt ;of Kiev.
Tl it the situation In Petrograd
baa ftcome critical is reflected in the
repo i that the American and Japa-nese
imbasaadors have reached Vol-ogda^
the capital of the Russian gov-erni
ent of the same name, lying far
to th* east of Petrograd. The British
and-Trench embassies also have left
the. Ruastan capital, but nothing is
knojtin as to their destination.
Washington, March 1.—Consum-ers
of coal in providing this spring
and summer for their next winter's
fuel requirements will be limited by
the fuel administration in their .pur-chases
strictly to their needs. In
making this announcement tonight.
Fuel Administrator Garfleld said ail
local fuel committees would be In-structed
to see that there Is no
hoarding.
The fuel administration has adr
vised all consumers to bagin as early
as April 1 to lay in their ne<t win-ter's
supplies. If the advice is fol-lowed
officials believe there will be
no marked coal car congestion on the
railroads next winter and that no
coal shortage will occur.
The fuel and railroad administra-tions
have about completed their
plan for distribution of coal by zones
and when finally approved as it prob-ably
will be next week, by Fuel Ad-ministrator
Ganfield and Director
General McAdoo, It will be put into
operation. Under the plan the coun-try
is divided Into producing dis-tricts,
each of which will supply a
particular consuming zone.
TO COUNTERACT GERMAN AC-TIVITIES
IN" EASTERN SIBERIA
TO BE SETTLED EARLY.
Little Fight Left in Russians.
rVR HKI.S IN 1JST OK
AMERICAN CASUALTIES
.Wellington. March 1.—General
- railing reported to the war depart-
•JIU today that Corporal Hyman
vji»>i. infantry, of Chicago, and
•■rivate Clarence Mooney, infantry,
'. f:.i-tonia. X. C., were accidentally
I lied February 27. No details were
- .••Tl.
Private Harry Taylo.', of Sprlng-
■■!'. O., was severely wounded and
>'--ond Lieutenant James C. Wemys,
Txrboro, N. C and 23 men were
-. - •';• wounded in action February
- , ' war department was advised
'■■■■' by General Pershing. The
■Msage gave no details, bat It !■•
'•■•''. the men were victims o' the
"'.■■■■n gas attack that day, as in
'• ■< casualty reports General
"; indicated the men killed or
' .-■:.-•-'. by gas.
Other Casualties.
Washington, March 3.—Five
Americans, including Second Lieut.
Harold F. Badle, of Tilton. N. H..
were killed, live were severely
wounded and four s'.iglii'.y wounded
in the fiaht with the Germans north
of Toul March 1. the war department
announced today.
Those killed besides the lieuten-ant,
were:
Sergt. Anthony Amodei, Balti-more,
Md.
Private Edgar Parson.*. "Obids. N.
C: Harry J- Henry, Logansport,
Ind., and Matthew Brew. Fayette,
N. D.
The department also announced
the following killed in action: Sergt.
Joseph P. Chaisscn, Derby. Me.: Feb-ruary
24; Corporal Eph Bo?gs. Red
Jacket, W. Va.; March 2; Private
Hugh Weatherman, Beaman. Ia.,
March— : and Oook Thomas S. Har-desty,
El Paso, Tex., February 28.
THE SLUMP IN EGGS
CAUGHT THE GAMBLERS.
1. "it. WVmyss Wounded in Action.
■ ngton. March 1.—Private
raylor, of Springfield, O , was
i' >■ wounded, and Second Lisu-l
uiies C. Wemyee,' >' Tarboro.
and 23 men were slightly
■■' '-d iu action February 26. the
• department was advised today
'iieral Pershing. The message
New York, March 2.—The slump
in eggs has cost shippers and specu-lators
$250,000, according to P. Q-Foy,
market price expert. The con-tinued
mild weather and improved
transportation conditions, unlooked
for by dealers. Is the cause. Whole-sale
egg'prices have dropped from 63
to 95 and 36 cents a dozen. Small
fortunes have been lost by individual
speculators who bought eggs two or
three weeks ago for delivery here.
Great quantities of eggs shipped
from Chicago are In the bands of the
express companies. Speculators re-
1 fused to accept them on arrival be-
1 cause of the slump. They will be sold
by the carriers and the liss borne by
the shippers. In the last week 26,-
534,160 eggs arrived here.
Porto Rico Now ia Dry.
<»an Tuan Porto Rico, March 3.—
-ner.1 mess-ge *»■ Juan^Po mtdftight last
no detaiis. hut it is not be.iev- ' Porto l£j-*«H £ £^
^r^£?Z«mX5=which the ejection of J-NJJ
< -aity reports General Persh- ,^^^Kn, nSnurSt^
... -eated the men killed or in- the£*%*£»*„ liquor* or
>SdS- , Lugs. A local lawr perm«a the
V-leans Maintain Their Entire , manufacture and saW of beer^ con-
Line Everywhere. | ***** not °"eedln* 2 X"2 *** CW"
'^ris, March 1.—German trooa«,of afco&ol.
One American captain rallijd^pei
with* rOSSt" ana ""macnTno guns ant
went through the American wire en-tanglements
into No Man's Land and
there waited for the ener.y, whom he
expected to be driven out by his com-rades
in the trenches.
He was right, for soon groups of
the enemy started back through the
wire entanglements. Tin Americans
poured in a deadly fire, tut unfortu-nately
the captain was killed during
the fight. He is the first member of
the 1917 class at West Point to be
killed.
While the Americans were in front
of the wire entanglements and in
shell holes, still fighting desperately,
the American barrage fire began
sweeping No Man's Land, catching
many running Prussians who had
enough of American methods. The
barrage swept back and forth, mak-
•ng sure of doing all possible damage
to the foe.
Germans Left Ten Dead.
When the enemy had been driven
back out of the positions, the bodies
of ten German soldiers were found
in the American trenches. Two Ger-man
officers were entangled in the
Wire and many bodies were in sight.
Eight were visible through the snow-storm
at one point. Tho ground was
littered with enemy hand grenades,
boxes' of explosives for destroying
dugouts and incendiary bombs which
trey.had no opportunity to use.
They managed, however, to drop
incendiary bombs in two dugouts
which were destroyed by fire, but no
Americans were in them. If the
Germans captured any prisoners,
which is doubtful, there were not
more than two or three possibly from
a listening post. Of the missing
many probably were buried. Digging
for them now is proceding and oth-ers
may be accounted for
Two German (prisoners were
wounded and the other taken was
unh.rt except for a welt on enj of
his hands where he was struck by a
young American soldier when he
showed fight after capture.
From the prisoners the American
.officers have secured much valuable
'- formation. One said:
"I did not havo a chance to do
anything bs:ore an American jumped
on to me and grabbed me by the
throat."
The Germans had been preparing
for the raid for three weeks and be-longed
to the IMh reserve division
of Hanover. The prisoners had
■orts forwarded by the way of
Loniion say that the Russian troops
are destroying railroad property and
burning stores as they retire before
the fcermaus. At no point is there
serlpp.s fighting reported, but the ad-vance
of the Teutons is said to be
cautious.
It 5 was announced in a dispatch
that {Austrian troops have begun to
advance into the Ukraine This move-ment,
It is stated, is in response to
an appeal from Ckranie. probably
due to the operations of the Bolshe-viki-
there. Dr. Von Seydler. the
Austrian premier, said last week that
Austria was not participating in the
<tft**^ qf-Rusgla, adding that Aus-tria
is at peace withljkrania?
THE JAPANESE ARMY
IS SENT TO SIBERIA.
London, March 2.—Japan and
China are dispatching troops into
Asiatic Russia, the former into Si-beria,
and the latter into Manchuria,
Tien Tsin newspapers announced
Wednesday, according to a dispatch
to the Evening News received today.
The dispatch added that General
Tuan Chi Jui probably would be
Chinese supreme commander.
Embassies Are Silent.
Washington, March 2.—'Both the
Japanese and Chinese einbasslei here
continued silent today on the ques-tion
of throwing troops into Siberia
to defend aHtied Interests. Neither
embassy has received any word what-ever
that troops already are on the
Germans Repulsed.
German trench raiding operations
have been repulsed by the French in
several sections of the line. At Cha-vignon.
where the American troops
were taken prisoner, the fighting was
very severe. An attaek by the Teu-tons
near Butte de Mesnil resulted in
the capture of a section of a French
position, but an immediate counter
attack evicted the Germans.
The British troops carried out suc-cessful
raids north of the Ypres-Sta-den
railroad and captured a few-prisoners.
On the other sectors of
the front nothing of interest -'s re-ported.
■ly, esBeeted for jwaveral days tffat the
Japanese would soon ei.nounce a
troop movement.
waj diHhasbean confident-.
ABDICATION OF KING
FERDINAND IS DEMANDED.
Suffragists Fail to Win Mrs. Overman
Washington,' March 1.—The great
question here now is: "Will Mrs. Lee
Slater Overman, the popular wife of
Senator Overman, become a suffra*
gist?" Mrs. Overman has pronounc-ed
views on woman suffrage; she is
opposed to the ballot for women.
But. the suffrage leaders are making
a hard and determined fight to win
her.
If Mrs. Overman is not converted
.* will not be the fault of the suffra-
-iE'ts. who greatly desire Senator
Overman's vote, but Mrs. Overman Is
a clever politician, and the suffra-gists
will have to get up early In
the morning to win her to their
cause.
Washington, Feb. 28.—An early
solution probably will be reached
on the momentous question as to.
whether America and the entente
allies shall Join Japan in a* campaign
in Eastern Siberia to counteract pos-sible
German activities in that quar-ter
and save the great supply of mil-itary
stores accumulated at Vladl-vostock
and interior points on the Si-berian
.railway. It had been under-stood
that this decision might await
the arrival In Washington of Vis-count
Ishii, the newly appointed
Japanese ambassador to the United
States, but it was said tonight re-cent
developments, including In-creasing
pressure from entente
jources very likely will cause a more
speedy determination of the ques-tion..
It is learned that this is not re-garded
as a problem for the consid-eration,
at the present stage at leart,
of the supreme war council In France
which If It treats the subject at all,
will deal with it only as a military
matter.
It's a Great Question.
It is freely admitted in official cir-cles
that this is a very great question
Indeed. A radical departure from
established rules of international
law would be involved, and consider-ation
must be given to the possible
effect upon the Russian people of
such a course in their relations to
the present war. Already there has
been some apprehension that great
numbers of Russian soldiers, rather
than to return to their farms and
shops would voluntarily join the cen-tral
armies, and some evidences of
foundation for this fear is found in
Berlin dispatches announcing the en-try
into the German army of several
regiments of Eethonians.
Japs Are Restless.
OB the other hand, growing indi-cations
that Japan cannot much
longer be restrained from taking...
seme action in Siberia are causing
serious consideration of the Japa-nese
invitation to the entente allies
and America to participate. The
alternative would be to withhold
from Japan the co-operation she
holds she has the right to expect
and let her undertake single-hand-ed
the weight of the campaign in
Siberia, and deal without counsel
from the allies with the large ques-tions
involved in the future dis-position
of any territory on the
Asiatic mainland which she might
occupy.
Critical Point.
London. March 1.—The peace
terms submitted to King Ferdinand,
of Rumania, by Count Czernln. the
Austro-Mungarlan foreign minister,
Included the king's abdication in fav-or
of his brother. Prince William, or
the taking of a referendum in Ru-mania
regarding his successor, ac-cording
to a Berlin dispatch trans-mitted
by the Exchange Telegraph
correspondent at Amsterdam today.
King Ferdinand, of Rumania, a
prince of the house of Hohenzollern,
was denounced as a renegrade by his
brother, Prince William, of Hohen-zollern.
In December, 1916, when
the invasion of Rumania by the cen-tral
powers was under way and
Prince William, who is a general of
Prussian infantry, was In command
of a part of the Invading force.
Prince William became a pretender
to the 4hrone of Rumania at that
time, issuing a proclamation at Cra-iova
declaring himself to be the
rightful heir to the Rumanian
throne.
Aii plane Mall Service New York to
Washington.
Washington, March 1.—Airplane
mall service between New York and
Washington will be In dally opera-tion
beginning April 1'5, the postof-flce
department announced today.
Eight machines will be furnished by
the war department.
By arrangement between Postmas-ter
General Burleson and Secretary
Baker the aerial postal service will
be conducted for one year as part of
the aviation training system of the
army. The machine will be piloted
by army flyers.
Russian coins in their possession and
came Into the trenches opposite just
before the Americans took over this
sector.
The Americans lost many killed
and wounded, including officers The
Americans displayed the greatest
personal courage bravery and ener-gy
throughout the engagement and
outfought the surprised enemy from
the instant contact was established.
During the bombardment, a town
behind the American line was heav-ily
shelled- and there were some cas-ualties.
Need Men "Over There."
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., March
2.—"They not only need food, cloth-ing
and ammunition in France and
Belgium, but they need men." This
was the statement today of Major
General Cronkhite, commander here,
who returned a few days ago from a
trip of observation over the allied
west front. "They need men over
there just as badly as you'd need
shoes if you were barefooted," is the
way General Cronkhite put-it.
It is learned that issue Is now ap-proaching
the critical point in tho
opinion of the Japanese government
which has concluded that some such
action as it proposes to take In Si-beria
Is imperative as a defensive
measure against Germanic aggres-sion
and control of the wreck of the
late governmental machinery in Si-beria.
Mostly Bolshevik! Troops There.
Such Information as the officials
have been able to gather regarding
the conditions In Siberia indicate
that most of the larger cities and
towns in the interior and along the
line of the Siberian railroad are
now under the control of the Bol-shevikl.
In that country this element
are descendants of exiles from Eu-ropean
Russia who are filled with
hatred or monorchical institutions
and Imbued with anarchistic doc-trine
and so may be counted as
radical supporters of tho Bolshe-vlki
government. Their numbers
are not known, but they are the
dominating force In a considerable
portion of Siberia.
LUTHERANS OF COUNTRY
HAVE GONE OVER THE TOP.
Aviator Hunts Eagles.
London, Feb. 28.—Eagle hunting
is a casual pastime for at least one
allied aviator. Flight-Captain Mor-tureaux,
of the French Salonikl
army, shot two while flying near
Mount Olympus. He landed, secured
the game, and returned to his han-gar
Kith them.
Salisbury, March 3.—The Luther-ans
of the country went over the top
In their efforts to raise a fund of
$750,000 for war work. State Chair-man
A. H. Snider, of this city, was
informed by . wire from national
headquarters that up to Saturday
night reports tabulated showed that
$1,008,000 had been subscribed. It
is expected that final reports will
show a million and a half raised. Mr.
Snider spent Sunday visiting several
country churches In the interest of
the fund. The campaign closed with
today's work.
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