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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
FRANCE WILL WELCOME
AN AMERICAN ARMY TO
AID IN THE STRUGGLE

Paris, March 28.-"We wish to see Americas troops
in France possible, declared Secretary Gen
eral Jules Cambon in an interview granted American
correspondents at the French foreign office today
1.-The public feels confident in its anticipation of
American military aid the former foreign minister said
:" and such aid would be enthusiastically Welcomed
The new governments policy will be for active
war;, Cambon continued discussing the reorganization
of the Ribot cabinet.
Germany is actually in hard straits"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
CHANGED FROM RICH MANS
SON TO CHILD OF IMMIGRANT

apartment near Columbus circle, feel
that 1T is better to give him up than
to have the milestone of an unwilling
family" hanging about their necks.
Mrs. Helen Petconk, the little wo-
man who works by the day; and who
took George, under a false name and
address to the Sisters of Charity when
starvation stared her in the face, four
years ago, is happy.
At first the Shires were going to
fight for possession of the boy, but
when Mrs. Shire saw the look in the
face of the little mother, in court, she
told her husband they couldn't keep
George So the Shires sent him
home today, with all. his toys and
his bobby horse and his drum.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
MCCALL APPOINTED
STATE CLUB LEADER

Caldwell, March 2S.-County Farm
Agent w. T. Mccall of this city has
been appointed as state club leader 10
succeed T. w. Potter, who has resigned,
and will assume the duties of his new
position April l. For the past several
years Mr.. Mccall has served Canyon
county as its agricultural advisor and
under his able supervision wonderful
progress has been made along the lines
fscientific agriculture. Professor r.
H. Musser, instructor of agriculture in
the high school of Twin Falls, has been
appointed as Mr.. McCalls successor
and will enter upon his work imme
diately.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
Telegraphic Tabloids

CHICAGO-Although Miss Susie
FOltin has never been married, she
must have her marriage annulled. In
her annullment plea. she says the Ii
cense was obtained, and that despite
the fact there was no wedding, the
had the license recorded.
CHICAGO-Chicago won't eat horse
flesh fer n while. The city fathers
failed to take kindly to the advances
of northwest side butchers who urged
passage of a horse meat" ordinance
So the matter was passed to Health
Commissioner Robertson for investi-
cation.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
FIGHTING STILL OPEN.

In the meantime, on the British front
the fighting was still of the open va
riety, rs opposed to the masses of men
now coming to grips on the French
sectors.
The British are steadily forging
ahead cavalry and armored cars in
cessantly harassing the retreating Ger
mans. Weather conditions continue the
main obstacle to swifter progress.
Holland dispatches today detailed re-
ports of two German moves OF exceed
ing interest to military critics. One
was that the Germans were preparing
for a shortening of their lines by with
drawals in Alsace, particularly Muel-
house. The second was that Berlin
had made tentative offers of a separ-
ate peace to Russia-the terms to in
clude autonomy for Poland interna-
tionalization of Constantinople, Rus
sian domination of Armenia, and in re-
turn. Russian evacuation of Austrian
territory now held.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
ANOTHER AMERICAN
SHIP REACHES PORT

New York, March 2S.-The Atlantic
transport freighter Manchuria reached
an English port Monday, closely fol-
lowing the time of the st. Louis ar
cival, the Mercantile Marine announc-
ed today.
The Manchuria was the first armed
American steamship to sail from an
American port. She departed "a hours
before the st. Louis, but was passed
on the way by the passenger liner.
Word also has been received of the
arrival in England of the White Star
liner Adriatic.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-28
MARVELLOUS SPEED
SHOWN BY FRENCH

London. March 2S.-General Nivelle
was driving his wedge with sledge-
hammer blows against the Germans
today north of Lafere and at the same
time by hot pursuit forging another
such wedge thrusting at Laon. The
most bitter fighting of the advance and
the retreat so far is centering around
the point of this second wedge near
st. Gobain forest.
Military experts here today eX
pyessed their admiration for the mar
velous speed with which Nivelle has
moved in following up every advantage
of the German retreat and in forcing
the enemy, in advance of its carefully
laid plans to give way before the ire
mendous pressure of the French
forces.