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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23

PHILADELPHIA. Pa.-The first
woman 20 enlist in the United States
navy, Miss Lorette Walsh. 20 years
old is on the job in a red. white
and blue uniform. Her tie is red
her waist white and her skirt blue.
She is assistant recruiting officer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN.

tHItAND, March q
WHEAT-No 4 red. Sl9l: No. 3 hard
wiLter, S195d 1868 No. northern
spring. S172ls
CORN-NO- mixed. 81 1J6 16i4 No.
white. S116. No. yellow. S117d = /.
No. , mixed 81 ljG1 16l5 No white.
S1-1JT1.1T; No. . yellow. 81 1jd117. No.
4 mixed. 1zd1142s No. white,
Sl14ia No. 4 yellow. 81 13Lld1.1j
OATS-N0 white. size: No .
white. G2is n 81 &C.. No white Ola
631zci standard. 63Q64ne.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23

EAST BUFFALO. y. y March q
CATTLE Receipts 900 head market
active. prime steers SD Oodl2.T5
butcher grades So 50n11 90
CALVES Receipts L20O hesd. market
active soc lower. cuu o. choice s. o0d
u 20
SHEE AND Receipts. 500
head. market active. To- higher. chei~o
lambs. $50 JON 1870 cul o. fair. So SG-f
- 90 yearlings S130pG1425 sheep
50 O0dI2J0
HOGS Receipts. 1000 market arfive
Workers. S15.o0d1 1890 pigs. S12OOQ
1890. mixed. So 1Jd 1890. heavy. SIS
cisco roughs Sl4.ooa1415: stays.
S11 J00 l. -
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23

SEEDS.
lCorrected Daily bN Warner Broa.. sssA

Corrected Daily by Warner Bros, SEED
store. ia p. Wkyne st-)
TIMOTHY go 3 -.
RED CLOEEh-Sy J0Es ZOO
WHITE CLOVER -S2SO0 per bu.
ALSIKE-S1O.OOdl 1900.
ALFALFA-SSO OQ111Oo
SWEET CLOVER s. 00d11O0 per bu
cow PEAS U0d 800 per bu.
SOY BEANS-S3 "a 2J.
BLUE GRASS - per bu.
FIELD PEAS - 30 per bu
NILLEI-$1-7J per ~.
GERMAN MILLET-St75 per "a
JAPANESE MILLET-SI 20 per bu
NGARIAN MILLET-SZ - per bu
NETCgi- sS-OOd 1000
MAMMOTH CLOVER i2OOQi2 80
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
POULTRY AND MEATS.

Corrected Daily by Jimmie's Mavksa.
Fps L. Jefferson Hlyd.)
POULTRY Paying. l5NiTc, selling.
22Q2Jc.
VEAL-Paying. 16c; selling, 15d35c.
Bkkt-ROzst. DC: boilinE 1RSe; ser
IerhOuSe. 35dfOc; sirlOin. 60d3oc
HAM-Paying. PC.
LARD-Paying. 19c; selling. PC
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
MARKET QUOTATIONS
rIrrsBuRoH LIVE STOCK.

PITTSBURGH. Pa March 23-CAT-
TLE-Supplv light. market steady
prime. SIT I0qI 1900. good. SO 500 ~ -
tidy butchers SIo0onl050; fair. 5000
90. common. 81 50dS50. common to
good fat bulls 50 ooa 1000. corn raon to
Ml0J0. fresh COWS and spriLgers. Sf0W
dS1oO- veal calves. SI5.rnd1J.Io. heavy
aud thin calves. SG0eI110u
SHEEP AID LAMBS-Supplv light
market steady. prime wethers. Stl15d
- 80 good mixed. Si050n1I -. fair
mixed S9J0ff 10 -. culls and Common.
s. OO0IoO. lambs. SI200Q spring
lambs St5O0dIg o.
HOGS Receipts 10 double decks
market lower prime heavy hogs. $3.50
dI560: mediums Sl5-5OCi f5t0; heavy
Workers.. Sl5. 25G15 90. light Workers.
Sl45oN14.s5; pigs. S12o00 1915. rcnEhs,
Sl3JoH1f25. stags. Sl2cON1250. heavy
mixed. S155On 1850
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

UNION STOCK YARDS. IN March
c3.-HOfTS- Receipts. 24O00. market
slow and strong mixed and butchers.
Sl4 asa Il 10. good heavy. Sl4 fOd 1910 /:
rough heavy. S14.f0G1feo; light. S14 ~
M1495; pigs. Sl1.Joml31l hulk. Sass
0I5.05
CATTLE - Receipts. 1000. market
weak; beeves. s. 40dloTI. COWS and
heiferS - l5n 100 stockers and feed
ers. s. 1OnQ -. Texans. SQ.G5G7 N 80 /.
calves. St300d147J.
SHEEP ReceiptS 1900. market
steady. native and "a estern. 50 500 =. - /;
lambs. So J0d Is So
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
Mrs. AGNES GRUBER.

Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes
Gruber, 232 y. Main St. will be held
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at
the Arthur NJ. Russell chapel. Rev.
w. II. Freshley of the First Evan
gelical church officiating. Burial in
Riverview cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
HAY. STRAW AND FEFD.

corrected DAILY by the " esleT Miller
Flour and Feed Co, ago ).
Michigan ST.
HAY-Paying, $500. selling. t16a1B
STRAW-Paying, SSd9 per ton selling
SllOO per ton, or &C per bale.
Classifying, 55c per BE-; selling.
6UN6ic per bu-
CORN-Psying. 95c per bu.; selling.
S11OQl20
TIMOTHY SEEB-@~aymE. - per kLg
selling. S3.J9 per bu.
ALFALFA SEED CMentaHa RRevnl-
Selling, $500 per bu-
CLOVER SEED S1lO0d12O0
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
BENJAMIN PONTO.

Funeral services for Benjamin
Ponto, GIL 5. Chaplin St, will be
held at the residence saturday after
noon at O'Clock. Rev. Hugo
Weichelt officiating. Burial in the
city Cemteery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
TALLOW AND HIDES.

Corrected Daily by ;. W. LippmAn. aia
~. Main ST.
TALLOW-B0ugh. 2aSc. rendered. Ne.
1. 5d6c; No. ?. 3d5c.
WOOL-25035c per 10.
HIDES-Green, No. l. 1Od1sc; calf ska
lO43Oc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
ASH GUARDIAN.

A petition for guardian for her
brother. William Harrison. was filed
in circuit court Friday by Viola
GRIPPE.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
FUNERALS
MRS. MARY ]. STUART.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary J.
Stuart were held Friday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock ~ the residence, 615
Pennsylvania av.. Rev. Mr. Webster
Burial in the city ceme-
terry.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23

Look at our window tomorrow
Beans. . pounds for 20 cents Two
pounds Co customer. cash. Ferndell
Grocery and Market. Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
COTTON cooDs ACTIN.

NEW YORK. March - Cotton goods
markets Thursday were active and strong
In gray goods sheetinCs and Convcrtcrs
specialties. Prices showed n risihg ten
dency. Bleached goods advanced No
ward Raw silk was STEADY. Wool goods
were firm and tending higher
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
THE SICK LIST.

Willard Bovard is in and confined
at the Y. NJ c. a
Charles Van Lake. 516 : William
ST, is III.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
PROVISIONS.
Corrected Daily by =. ". Mueller. 2ia

T.. jefferson BlFd.3
RUII-Dranges. case. 80, selling
31dGoc per dozen lemons, per case, $50
selling 40 per doz apples. paying 81 =
VEGETABLES - Cabbage. paying. &c
selling 70 per 20
RUTrEE AND EGGS-Csu1try Butter.
paying. 20Q32c selling. 2504ec Cresa
cry butter paying 4Oc. selling. sc. Eggs
strictly. fresh. paying. DC. selling. 3od
So
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23

FISH.
lCerrsclsd DaiIx by ihe Ea.twood Elsh.

Corrected Daily by the Eastwood Fish.
Poultry and Sea Food Market.
W. Washington Av.l
Dressed white 6sh. Isle To-. trout
2Oi2c H.; perch. 16lzc. small perch.
lGi2c: large perch, zoe fresh black basa
2Sc. haiibuL whole lsi5c. halibut me-
dium frozen. 1919, extra cuts, -.
Black Diansna brand bsnsleHa cOoftsh.
DC 10. A. smoked chinook. salmon 30c +;
smoked white ash. zoe: skinned eat hsn.
1CIac: fan salmon. 16is-, smoked halibut.
Gee; large CLAIMS. 2gc doz. bluepOintts 10
shell 2Oc d0Z. smoked tuan bate zoe.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23

Good things come high but The
Phila does not sacrifice quality in
its ice cream sodas and sundaes.
a dVt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Eli r. Dare, electrician: Emma
j. Helmkamp.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
COFFEE QUIT.

NEW YORK. Marrh D Spot coffee
quiet Rio IS 9'sc. Santos As, To-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
LIVE STOCK.

tCorrected Daily by Majsr Bros. :. BO-
gan 81. MishaWAkaD.
HEAVY FAT STEERS-Fair 10 good.
idSc: prime. Sd9c.
HOGS 11OQ12o lbs. 11Ac; 1204i3o
his. 12hc; 13OdlJ0 lbs. he. loo lbs
and over. l3nc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
NEW YORK STOCKS.

International News Service
NEW YORK. March 23.-Closing
prices on the stock exchange today
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21

AS Won Bethmann-Ho Might Have Said
His Farewell
BY J. E. z.

I've been your faithful servant days
When you Hohenzoern prince and but humble Von
your dirty business I've humored your lust for
baved the of outraged world and let the weakgs
called it 'scrap of paper when slaughtered helpless
According plan stood the Storm the others wouldn't
played through planned and the plumbers not
mine,
For who guessed the cursed English such silly stubborn
gwineR
And Tpiz told the Uboat would bring them all their
knees
And Bernsor said the Yankees sof from love of
Well that silly your royal heir and the chief Of butcher
And the sly old fox Ludendo may show what they
dropping your pilot to ride the storm you dropped
greater
The injustice doesn worry got mine and I've had fun
But I've learned things you cant in your egoisc PRIDE
And you'll bunder along the old way till stripped
of your royal hide.
Your generals scorned the English contemplate little
WE'LL but for the British swine have
gotten through.
And they're yappng about the Yankees be worth
thoughts
They here already and coming strong and to bued
or bought
You starving whipped and pennss last of your trump
's.. is played,
For the day of the kings ended
And IL often wish the ndens bloom meath
That instead of the Hohenzoern prince the humble
"Von'. ...-# ~ s-r
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21
SOME MARINE STRATEGY.

The submarine warfare is bringing
out many tales of the most ingenious
ruses.
1t is a favorite trick for U-boats
to send out IS. o. s." signals by
wireless, giving the location of their
boat, and then submerge to wait for
their victim to respond to the cali
for aid.
The crew of British merchantmen
got sweet revenge when caught in
such a trap. AS soon as the U-boat
opened fire. from beyond range of
the British ships guns, the captain
ordered the crew to the boats, leav-
ing two gunners concealed aboard.
The U-boat captain Immediately
ceased firing, and approached to
board the vessel and get supplies
from her before sinking her. AS soon
as the submarine was we'll within
range, the two gunners jumped to
their feet and sank her with one
well directed shot.
1t was a well deserved punishment
of the crime of abusing the rs. o. S."
signal.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21
Books For The Month

WAR BOOKS Americans continue
POPULAR. to be omniVorous
readers of books that have to do
with the war. .
Fiction, with a few notable excep-
tions, is neglected while books on
the war are in constant and growing
demand.
The Plattsburg Manual is ranked
as one of the best sellers this month
rejecting the military activity Of the
country, and the determination of
the recruits to become familiar with
their new duties as quickly as posi-
BILE. They are evidently not waiting
to have the information poured into
them, but are exerting themselves
to acquire it.
Robert w. Service, famous for his
Yukon poems, has some new
Rhymes of the Red Cross Man"
which are popular.
The widespread food conservation
movement is reflected in the heavy
sales of such books as Better Meals
For Less Money" by Mary Green;
and "Kitchenette~Cook by Anna
Merritt East. Other widely read
war books are: "Mobilizing Pam
erica" by Arthur : BuIlard; "The
Altar of Freedom" by Mary r.
Rhinehart" and 1.-THE Battle of The
lSomme" by Philip Gibbs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21
Dark Age Brutes
BY Ellis Parker Butler of the
Vigilantcs.


Make no mistake about the German
empire. Have no pity for it. 1t is
not a modern nation. 1t is q Middle
Age brute.
In the Dark Ages the robber barons
were the curse of Europe. From
their castles they sailed forth with
bludgeons and battle-axes, riding
rough shod over the lands, of their
friends, raiding and robbing their
neighbors, holding captives for ran
som, stealing food, money and
virgins, making the outraged lands
pay the expenses of the raids that
ruined them.
England, France, Russia, Italy,
Canada, Australia, the United States
all these, as they entered this pres
ent war, planned great systems OF
war tax finance, but Germany did
not. You hear now and then that
the German war finance plan was
the plan of the brutes of the Dark
ages. The German chancellor has
explained it. The cost of the war
would be met by indemnities exacted
from Germany's enemies.
Put it in plain words thus: For
years Germany sat hugging her
bludgeon, boarding her money. talk
ing and toasting 1.-THE Day." The
Day of what? The Day when, like
the brutes of the Middle Ages, she
would pounce Non her neighbors, rob
them of land and wealth, leave them
wrecked, bleeding and ruined. THE
Day" meant the day of the raid; the
Day when the same old robber lust
would have it's same old glut of
slaughter and rapine. Germany
needed no war tax systems! Her
PROSTATE victims would pay for the
war.
Well, but! Like a brute she
strobe across her friendly neighbor,
Belgium. When The Day came she
put her foot on Belgium's face and
leaped at the throat of France. She
hoped to have France begging for
mercy before England could raise her
hand in help. She would turn and
throttle Russia before England
awoke, and France and Russia, bleed
ing and PROSTATE, would empty their
Golfers. France and Russia, pros
trate, were Germany's war tax sys-
tenn. Robber baron! The Dark Age
cut throat come again!
But the foot slipped. The plan
went askew. Today Germany-the
people of Germany-are just learning
that the Robber Kaiser is not to come
home with hands dripping foreign
gold. what! we must pay? Colt
I'm Himmel, what for a Robber Kais-
er is this!
Buck up, America! Stand fast,
allies! Yet a little longer and they
will be hanging Robber Kaisers and
Robber Kaiserlings in Germany.
What a rage-fest there will be in
Germany when the people learn the
TRUTH
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21
HOW DO YOU TACKLE YOUR
wOEK?

Edgar A. Guest. who writes a dali!
column for The Detroit Free Press
had some Jingle entitled How d.
you tackle your work.? that sounded
like a mighty good Saturday nigh
inspiration to us Here 1t is:
How do you tackle your work
each day?
Are you scared of the job you
find?
Do you grapple the task that .
comes your way
With a confident, easy mind?
Do you stand right up to the
work ahead
Or fearfully pause to view it?
Do you start to toll with a sense
of dread.
Or feel that you're going to do
it?
You can do as much as you
think you can,
But you'll never accomplish
more;
If you're afraid of yourself,
young man.
There's little for you in store.
For failure comes from the in
side first.
It's there if we only know it,
And you can win. though you
face the worst.
If you feel that you're going to
do It.
Success! It's found in the soul
of you.
And not in the realm of luck!
The world will furnish the work
to do
But you must provide the
pluck.
You can do whatever you think
you can.
It's all in the way you view it;
It's all in the start that you
make, young man;
You must feel that you're go
ing to do 1t.
How do you tackle your work
each day?
With confidence clear. or
dread?
What to yourself do you stop
When a new task lies ahead?
What is the thought that is in
your mind?
Is fear ever running through
t.?
If so. just tackle the next you
find
BY thinking you're going to do
it.
Just as we were preparing to tackle
a Saturday night editorial page
with this confident easy mind. and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21
Of the Prussian war machine, Won
Hindenburg being the popular idol.
MINNY ALL EXCITED.


When a puffy little river steam
boat wheezed up to Minneapolis the
other day, and warped into the dock
with load Of pIows, the city was
as excited as an old maid with her
first proposal Of marriage.
The city newspapers presented
pictures of the boat, and the plows,
and the captain, and the roustabout
who unloaded the first pillow, with
chart and a black cross showing the
spot where the first plow unloaded
was to break ground for a memorial
statue, or something to that effect.
They even considered getting Mr..
Obsrhoffer and his village band out,
to tear of the New World symphony.
and nice, mouth filling phrases were
said about how Minneapolis was
destined to be an ocean port. a kind
Of interior New Orleans.
The time was foreseen when the
Mississippi would be as important a
highway as the Great Lakes. This
must be classed as some prophecy
in view of the fact that the steam
boat and the plows and the village
band could all be dumped into the
hold of a small lake boat and lost
in the wheat.
The fact that st. Paul has been
the head of navigation on the Mis-
sissippi for quite some years, and
that her commerce with London and
Shanghai has not perceptibly dis
turbed the balance Of trade, seemed
to be overlooked by Minneapolis.
There Is no disputing the fact that
the Mississippi river may prove in
time, a valuable highway for certain
classes of slow moving, bulk freight,
but the figures on the freight move
ment along this great central water
way since Mark Twain's time, have
not been encouraging.
There is one way in which Mime
apOlis will use it, however, beyond
any doubt. The Minneapolis jobbers
and manufacturers are the finest
little band of freight rate manipula-
tors in captivity, and if the Mime
apolis Traffic commission can use
the Mississippi as a fulcrum to pry
loose rate concessions on the ground
of water competition, watch their
dust
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21
The Editors Mail Bag
To the Editor of The Forum: ,


Sir: After making many. many
inquiries the writer finds that the
city of Fargo has many junk peddlers
who ply their trade without being
licensed which is a condition not to
be found elsewhere.
Also the use of the sidewalks in
any or all districts by the bicycle,
goes unmolested and no license is at
tached or tax levied. Also they plug
along on the walks at night without
any lights and out of the 575 bicycle
riders in the city, not over a dozen
are equipped with a bell or warning
device.
The city should derive some in
come or tax from these channels and
regulate the enforcement of bells and
lights after dark especially and the
junk peddler should by all means be
compelled to pay a license and reg
lister with the police as this would
aid the police officer to find stolen
articles and INSCRIPTIONS specula-
tors who are encouraging boys to
even strip their own homes Of things
to get few cents.
CHARLES w. KELLY.
Fargo, July Is.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21

a certain elan of spirit born of this
Adams in The New York Tribune,
and took the joy out of life. with
this:
tackle my terrible job each day
With a fear that is well defined;
And l grapple the task that comes
my way
With no confidence in my mind.
try to evade the work ahead.
AS | fearfully pause to view it.
And start to toll with a sense OF
dread
And doubt that I'm going to do it.
l can't do as much as l think l can,
And l never accomplish more.
l am scared to death of myself. old
man,
AS l may have observed before.
Eye, I've r soau the 4 proverbs Of Charley
Carnegie and Marvin Hughitt:
But whenever tackle difficult job,
. gosh! how hate to do it!
l try to believe in my Wanted power
With that confident kind of bluff,
But somebody tells me The Coming
Tower
Is nothing but awful stuff.
And take up my impotent pen that
night
And idly and sadly chew it,
AS I try to do something merry and
bright.
And l know that I shall not do it.
And that's how l tackle my work
each day
With terror and fear and dread
And all can see is long array
OF empty columns ahead.
And those are the thoughts that are
in my mind,
And that's about all there's to it.
AS long as it's work. of whatever
kind.
I'm certain l cannot do it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21
THE COURT PLASTER PLOT.

The ridiculous tetanus scare that
was aroused in Kansas by the great
Court Plaster Plot" is amusing at
this safe distance, but it carries it's
lesson.
An entire state was aroused with
the report that court plaster carrying
tetanus bacilli had been sold by tin
Grant peddlers, throughout the state,
as part of a German plot to cause an
epidemic in a wheat country.
1t proved entirely unfounded, but
peddIers will find it harder to sell
goods in Kansas for some time. 1t
pays in every way to buy from a home
merchant with some responsibility,
and some reputation to maintain.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-21

took place yesterday. The draft will |
permit the immediate raising to full |
war strength of the regular army |
and the National Guard. The first |
men on the list will be used for this |
purpose, and from the remainder
will be drafted the new war army.
With the regular army and the
guard on a war footing, it will be
possible to send forward reinforce
ments to General Pershing's army
as fast as the. ships can be provided
for them, and undoubtedly new con-
tingents will begin arriving in
France within a very few weeks.
The new war army will begin ar
irving at the cantonments about the
middle Of September. and the real
weight Of America will begin to
make itself felt.
One very Illuminating incident of
the week, politically, was the speech
of an Austrian minister, who open
ly advocated a breaking of the al
lance with Germany He asserted
that Austria had nothing to gain
and everything to lose from her al
lance, and was sharing the hatred
of the world for Germany.
Military Activities.
From a military standpoint, the
feature of the week was the check
ing of the Russian advance. While
it was not unexpected, as the adj
vance had already gone further than
most observers of the war thought
possible, it was disappointing be-
cause of the reason given for it.
Refusal of some regiments to obey
| orders promptly was one of the
reasons given, the other being the
| arrival Of achievements from the
western lines. The advance of the
Russian army was a most promis-
ing move, and great results were
within grasp. If the drive south of
the Dniester had continued, there
was every opportunity of outflank-
ing Mackensen's army, and forcing
the retirement from Rumania.
Whether the check is but temporary
or permanent, remains to be seen.
Violent attacks have been made
by the Germans on the western
front, chiefly against positions held
by the French. The reasons for
these attacks are probably three
fold. 1t is necessary to the morale
of the German army to assume the
offensive. 1t is necessary in such a
delicate political situation in Ber-
lin, to have some news to carry to
the people that will encourage them
to fight on. And thirdly, the French
have come into possession of most
OF the observation points along the
present western line, and are in a
position to launch a most dangerous
offensive. It was necessary to re-
gain some of these positions at all
hazards, and so far the attempts
have been almost uniformly unsuc-
cessful.
Submarine reports were again
favorable. The total losses report
ed this week were but IA vessels
over the 1900 ton size. This figure
is the same as the week previous,
which was the low water mark since
the second week Of the unrestricted
warfare.
The British fleet again proved that
it is a most faithful, if unostentat-
ious guardian of the North Sea-
Fourteen German merchant vessels
tried to run the blockade from Rot
terdam. and four were sunk, four
captured. three stranded and three
forced to return to port