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The Washington times., 1918-03-25
FRENCH TAKE
OVERPART Of
LINE; BATTLE
CONTINUOUS
lcontinued from First PACE

CONTINUED from First PaEe.)
was violent artiIlerying in the Courcy
and Louvre regions.
East of Suippes in the Champagne
region (where American troops are
located) two enemy raids fell down.
Active artillerying occurred be-
tween Arracourt and the Vosges
region.
East of Badonvillers (where Ameri-
can troops are IN the line) the enemy
attacked at dawn but was thrown
back with heavy losses.
This is the first official allied an
nouncement that French troops are
aiding the British to repel the Ger
man drive.
The Berlin official statement OF
Sunday declared that reserves COM
posed of British, French. and Ameri-
can troops, were defeated. The Ger
mans evidently meant to imply that
the mobile reserve authorized at the
Versailles conference had been in ac-
ton.
Noyon is located on the Disc, about
fifteen miles west OF La Fere, where
the British and French lines are
welded together. The French must
have engaged the enemy some dis
lance east OF Noyon, as the greatest
retirement so far reported at this
point is to Chauny, FIVE miles west OF
La Fere.
Noyon is noted as the place where
Emperor Charlemagne was crowned
in 16S.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
TODAYS
CASUALTYLIST

General Pershing has reported tn
casualties in the America
forces:
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Private Jacob BrOsE.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY.
Lieut.. Royal Thnrp.
Corporal Arnold CarIcO.
Private Carter A. Dillingham;.
Private William DunsmuIr.
Private Charles l.. Fuller.
Private Albion d. Gross.
Private Jnmes McDnnIeIsOn.
Private Mark A. ResnIck.
Private Dan Sanders.
Private Major VI. shelton.
Private Harry shepherd.
Private Burton l.. ThOrnburn.
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
PRISONER.
Private ChrIstinn A. SOrenson.
DIED OF ACCIDENT.
PriVnte Anthony RomRnOsLI.
DIED OF DISEASE.
Sergeant julie HRuEtOn.
Private FRANKLIN Cooper.
Private Joseph r. Covert.
Private Earnest L. stafford.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
AMERICANS DESERT
PETROGRAD WHEN
GERMANSCONTROL

Practically all Americans and
American interests have evacuated
Petrograd. which seems very near
going under German control. Consul
Tredwell cabled the State Depart
ment today. following his return to
vologda. The dispatch was dated
March 20. At that time. Tredwell
cabled. German control seemed but
twenty-four hours away.
A dispatch from the consulate at
Moscow declared the patriarch of
Russia has refused to sanction the
German peace treaty and has de-
nounced it in strong terms.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25

OF America and the need for trsmsn-
dous sacrifices.
The German offensive thus far, has
done more than reams OF propaganda
to muster the power OF America The
NATIONAL Capital seemed more like a
war Capital today than ever before.
Renewed determination and an aG-
gresSive spirit permeated the whole
government. Far from being de-
pressed. Washington actually grew
more and more belligerent as the
cabled dispatches told OF the msgnif-
cent resistance by the allied armies.
The day when the American army
may become a part Of an entente OF.
fensive Is therefore most eagerly
awaited For until then America will
not feel that she has played her part
in the battle for democracy and
human freedom.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
SUPER-GUN.HERE
COULD THROW BIG
SHELLS IN Berlin

Guns that will Irurl a she'll from
! Washington to Berlin or Washington
to Hanover are no longer unknown.
This Berlin. however, a napesake of
the German capital. Is in Pennsyl-
varia, seventy-five miles. as the crow
flies, from Washington. ID. c. Han
over is also a Pennsylvania town.
One OF the big German guns. re-
ported in press dispatches TO be she'll
ing Paris from a point seventy-five
miles from the French capital. IL II
were mounted on the Capitol in
Washington, would survey one OF the
most important military positions in
America.
A monster cannon, capable OF the
accomplishments OF the German gun,
mounted on the Capitol here, have
within its range. the following i'm
por;ant military camps:
Could Rake Many Camps.
Fort Myer, Arlington Radio Station,
ouantico, Camp Meade. the Annapo-
lis Naval Academy. Fort McHenry.
Fort Smallwood, Fort Armistead, Fort
Carroll, Fort Howard, the army sta
tions at BelYoir, Winthrop. Fort
Washington, Front Royal. the camou-
hage and forestry division at the
American University, the engineer
corps at Laurel. the Washington Navy
Yard and score OF other branches
of the army and navy in the vicinity
of Washington.
The Union army had 1t been
equipped with such a gun during the
Civil War could have fired a shell
from the National Capital into the
Confederate lines at the battle of
Gettysburg, Pa.
The battles OF Manassas would have
been almost under the mouth OF the
big cannon and the engagements at
Fredericksburg. Va. would have been
at 'close range"
On the other hand. had the Con-
federate forces been equipped with
such a gun. they could have mount
ed it over in West Virginia on the
top of the Blue Ridge Mountains or
at Martinsburg, w. Va: and shelled
Washington
Hagerstown Good Point.
Hagerstown, Nd. would have been
a good location for such a gun had
the Confederates considered another
vantage point from which to shell
Washington.
Equipped with one OF these long
guard the entrance to the Potomac
river. where II empties into the
Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout
and no vessel could proceed further
up the bay than Point Lookout.
The Eastern shore OF Maryland
could be well patrolled and shells
could be dropped on Delaware soil.
Under favorable conditions shells
could be dropped into Dover. Della
capital. and IL there is any
thing in a name, a shell could be
dispatched from Washington to Ber- |
lin. Nd. on the Delaware Maryland /
State line,
The proximity OF Baltimore would 1
make that city a good target for one |
Of the long range guns.
II hostile force attempted to |
cross Harper's Ferry. II would be an .
easy matter to drop a shell from the
big Washington gun right into thef
midst of operations.
Such a gun in Washington would 4
be capable OF dropping shells over
an area OF 1871 square miles. or an
area equal to the combined areas OF
the District of Columbia, Delaware,
New Jersey. Connecticut and Rhode
Island. or an area equal to twice
hat of the State Of MARYLAND
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
PREPARING FOR DRIVE
AGAINST ITALIAN Line

The Austro-iermans are preparing
for a great offensive on the Italian
front, official cables from Rome to
the embassy here stated today.
official review of the situation at
the front shows beyond doubt that the
drive awais only retur nor natural
conditions" in northern Italy. the dis
patches say.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
sERTILLoN For Toes

NEW YORK, March 25.-The " horis
and curves OF Joseph StaImsn's tees
today were solemnly filed away IN
New York. Bertillon records. stall
man. arrested for begging, has no
hands, so the police did the next best
thing in taking his record for, idenit-
fication.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
RoUMANIA RATIEIEs PEACE.

AMSTERDAM. March 25.-The Rou-
maTian-German peace treaty will be-
signed today or tomorrow. according
to u Bucharest di spatch published by
the German foreign office today.
The dispatch said the Roumanian
delegates had accepted all the terms
proposed by Germany,
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
BUILDERS GIVEN
KNOCKOUT BLOW
NPRIOR|TY RULE

Non-essential building and other en-
terprises were given a knockout blow
today when the War Industrial Board
voted TO withhold priority assistance
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
LATE WAR BULLETINS
KAISER VISITS PERONNE..

AMSTERDAM, March 25.-Kaiser Wilhelm and Field
Marshal Hindenburg visited Peronne Sunday evening"
cerding to Berlin dispatches received here today
The Kaiser ordered flags hosted rockets fired and the
schools given holiday throughout Germany in celebration
of Peronne's capture
The German losses in taking Bapaume Compare
lively heavy the dispatches said.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
BAKER TO SEE KING.

LONDON, March 25.-Secretary Baker conferred with
Premier Lloyd George in Downing street for hour today
He also conferred with Lord Derby secretary of state for
war; and Others presumably about the west front Later
in the day is scheduled for presentation to the King
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
FIRING HEARD ONKENTISH COAST

LONDON, March 25.-Houses along the Kentish coast
shaken throughout the night by the conclusion from
the great battle progressing in France The firing is
plainly audible although the nearest Kensh point to the
battlefield is seventy-fve miles distant
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
BATTLE CONTINUES,
FURY IS UNDATED

LONDON, March 25.-with the
Kaiser personally directing the Ger
man armies and the Berlin war office
claiming that American soldiers are
taking part, the worlds most stu
pendous battle continued to rage
furiously today all along its fifty
V mile front in France.
A further advance has been made
by the Germans north and south Of
Peronne. but British resistance has
stfffened all along the line
Fresh German re-enforcements have
been arriving in the battle zone con-
tinuously since. the offensive was
launched between the Scarpe and Disc
rivers on Thursday. 1t is now esti-
mated that the Germans have between
ninety. and one hundred divisions al
their disposal along this line of
carnage.
- Battle for Bapaume.
A mighty struggle for possession of
Bapaume. about twelve miles north
of Peronne, developed on Sunday. The
Germans made savage efforts to take
the British defenses by storm, but
were met with stout-hearted resist
ance. There, as elsewhere in the
zone OF fighting, the Germans suf-
Tered tremendous losses under the
raking machine gun and artillery fire
Of the British.
An advance over a front of about
twenty-five miles on Sunday was
claimed by the German war office.
Berlin also reported the capture of
upward OF 10000 prisoners, 600 guns
and enormous booty.
tThese figures constitute the total
capture on the first four days of the
German driVel
Chauncy. Peronne and Ham were
occupied by the Germans and II was
estimated today that. at some points,
the Teutons had succeeded in ad-
vancing about half the way across
the district devastated by the Ger
mans when they made their big re-
treat In the spring of 1917.
Chauncy Is on the Disc river. seven
miles southwest OF La Fere and about
hVe miles back Of the old battle line.
II is situated on the road to Com
piegne "the gateway to Paris"
Confidence Unshaken.
Despite the official admission of
British retirements and reports OF
the unprecedented masses OF artil-
lery that the Germans have succeed
ed in concentrating in front OF the
British, the confidence OF the British
and French nations remains I'M
shaken. Even the news that the Ger
mans have succeeded In constructing
q gun with a range OF seventy miles, |
with which Paris was bombarded, has
failed to weaken in any way the stall |
wsrt morale Of the Anglo-French ma !
items.
That American troops should be |
given an opportunity to help the al |
He'd cause in the mightiest battle OF /
all time gave q thrill OF pride, TO |
Americans in London today.
According to the German war office, |
reserves OF French and American |
troops were used on the Bapaume- |
Bonchavesnes line, where the British
third and fourth armies were being |
hard pressed by overwhelming num- I
bers OF the enemy.
Struggle Of Nations.
II unofficial advIces concerning
the makeup OF the German armies is |
correct, the battle has become a verit-
able struggle OF nations. On the first
day OF the drive IL was reported from
Copenhagen that Turkish. Bulgarian,
and Austro-Hungarian soldiers had
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
PRESENT DRIVE ONLY A LINK.

COPENHAGEN March 25.-''The present German Of
fensive is only link i'll the great offensive General Auf
fenburg of the Austrian armies declared in interview
published in the newspaper Azojsag today.
at will be long time before final result is reached.
The most violent fighting will be Verdun declared
Auffenburg.
Important things should happen in Italy"
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
GERMAN SHELLS AGAINHTTP PARIS

PARIS, March 25.-Mysterous German shells resumed
falling upon Paris early today The force of the explosion
of the shells not greater than many shells dropped
the city in the past from aeroplanes.
The holes made averaged four feet in diameter and
not than two feet deep Bombs from aeropanes
heretofore frequently have been much effective
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
Optimism PYvail..

The most curious Mascot the SIT
nation, indeed, so far as official WASH
ington Is concerned. is the optimism
that prevails. After reading the
morning dispatches 1t was evident
that officials everywhere were breath
ing easier for certainly the, Germans
are suffering frightful losses.
Remember" said one general high
In the councils OF the American army,
that the territory gained IL incon-
siderable but the Germans will boast
of a big victory unless II Is made
clear to the allied peoples just what
price was paid. As q matter Of fact,
I believe the present German effort
will prove a colossal failure measured
by the decisive results which the
imperial. general stan have been ex-
pecting to flow from II.
Somewhat the same warning
against pessimism was voiced here
by VIII Irwin, the famous war cor
respondent. in an informal talk to
members OF the National Press Club.
Mr.. Irwin's remarks, at hts own re-
quest, were not published. but he has
been through two or three similar
situations in Europe when a new
weapon of warfare or vigorous offen-
sive shook the morale OF the people
behind the lines. And this reassuring
view of the situation corresponds to
those held by the military men who
are in close touch by cable with
what is happening on the other side.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
Allies Have-New Devices.

Naturally, there was much gossip
about the long range gun and new
weapons OF warfare. Generally there
was inquiry as to what devices or
weapons the allies may be working
on. Most significant in the news OF
the day. in that connection, was the
dispatch from Canadian headquarters
telling of the large gas attack launch
ed by the CanadianS 1t was de-
scribed as the biggest attack Of its
kind since the Germans began the use
OF poisoned gas. The Canadians suf-
fered heavily from the liquid FIRE. and
are now retaliating in kind. As q
matter OF fact. America Is making no
small preparations along the same
line.
Recently the Germans raided the
American trenches by the use OF gas.
and eXacted a comparatively heavy
toll. The American Government, is
going ahead with its manufacture of
gas for offensive and defensive pur-
poses, and factories are going to turn
out an adequate supply in a short
time.
The only point that has been raised
Is whether, in view OF the new in
ventions OF the Germans, the United
States is spending enough money and
effort in developing gas attacks.
/ have just received a communica-
ton. incidentally. from an American
officer now with the expeditionary
forces in France who talks interest
ingly OF ne wweapons OF warfare.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
OUTNUMBERED NEARLY4TO

General Haig is holding the great German drive of
nnetyseven divisions with only twentyseven divisions of
battling Tomuie it stated by British military men here
today. ~-.-> .-
British officials estimate German losses at approx
mately 100000 men day. :
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
BIG GUNS ROAR ON ITALIANFRONT

ROME March Pa lively artillery struggle
ported at various points the italian front by the Rome
war office today.
Four enemy airplanes were brought down Sunday and
two others Saturday.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
NO WORD FROM PERSHIN(

No dispatches have yet been received from General
Pershng in response to the of the War Department
for report the German offensive The dispatches re-
ceved from him and which decided yesterday were
only his regular weekly report the American forces
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
PRESIDENT KEEPS
FINGER ON PULSE
OF WARPROGRESS
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
CONTINUED from First Pags)

for the drive through the confidential
messages of our own diplomatic and
military representatives abroad, and,
judging from the conversation OF
White House attaches, Mr.. Wilson is
far from discouraged over the mill
tary situation.
On the contrary. he was represented
5s feeling confident OF the outcome,
and there was talk of asking the
President to make some public express
sion of his views. This took the form
finally OF q message to Field Marshal
Haig expressing the confidence OF
President Wilson in the defensive
strength of the entente armies.
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
Germans Fear Gas.

Everything has been tried against
the enemy" he writes. "and we know
that we have one weapon. which will
positively work-and that Is gas.
Give US enough gas TO send over to
the other side of the line from two
to four days at a time. Give us
troops trained in gas offensive. 1t
doesn't cost much and the Transport
tation problem Is not serious. We
have the wind with US seventy-five
per cent OF the time and with a proper
supply OF gas we can reach back of
the enemy lines for ten or fifteen
miles"
Comparatively little has been writ
ten about our own preparations for
the use OF gas on account Of CEN
sorship rules, but IL can be said on
official authority that the United
States is going ahead rapidly in de-
veloping this weapon of warfare. The
uestion of uantity cannot be discuss
ed but letters from abroad Indicate
that the officers on the other side
fear there is not a sufficient appre-
citation here of the strategic value
of gas. for offensive purposes.
Undoubtedly the great gas attack
just launched by the Canadian army
will be watched with interest by
American observers. Some officers
here think the Germans have been
using gas to advantage in their big
drive around San Quentin. In no
other way can they account for the !
enforced retirement OF the British in !
that sector.
Drive Relieves Uncertainty.
Washington is very much astir |
about the German drive. On the |
whole Il can be said that the move |
relieves a tense period OF uncertainty.
Some military men go so far as to |
predict that the German effort will be |
followed by an insistent demand OF
the German people for peace. The |
political results Of the drive are not |
being underestimate.
The long range gun is viewed as A |
sort OF freak investment calculated to !
do little military damage but to affect
the morale OF the French. II the Ger
mans believed that their monster at
tack would bulge the determination
Of America, they have again mis-
their enemies. More than |
anything else that has happened in |
the last year. the German offensive /
has put new life into the whole army /
There Is a greater realiza- |
ton everywhere of the responsibility |
The Washington times., 1918-03-25
Struggle Of Nations.

II unofficial advIces concerning
the makeup OF the German armies is
correct, the battle has become a verit-
able struggle OF nations. On the first
day Of the drive IL was reported from
Copenhagen that Turkish. Bulgarian,
and Austro-Hungarian soldiers had
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
ASK US. PAY
R. R. FARE
Labor Delegates Oppose
War Workers Dismissal
Without Notice.

The reported dismissal without no.
tiCe of the governments civilian war
workers. and the statement in the
press that Chairman Baruch. of the
War Industries Board, had offered to
pay personally for the transportation
to their homes Of the women dropped
I from his bureau. brought forth a pro-
test yesterday from the State wide
labor conference which has Just closed
a twO-day session in Philadelphia un-
/ der auspices of the Women's Trade
1 Union League of that city.
''In the name of self-respecting
working women the resolution reads,
I'VE protest against the condition
which leaves women who have been
serving their government to the per-
sOnal benefaCtion of any government
official. and we call upon the Presi-
dent of the United States to issue an
executive order requiring at least two
weeks notice of dismissal and provid-
ing for transportation of all civilian
war workers to their homes or to other
places of employment"
The conference. which was attended
/ by delegates from local unions affil-
| lated with the American Federation
of Labor and by representatives also
~ NA'' NiA'A@-S ~ anna E'AdNf
I OF Labor. the Central Labor Union of
Philadelphia. the National Consum-
ers League. the Women's Trade
Union leagues of New York. Balti-
more and Washington. the Y. w. C.
A, the Federation of Women's Clubs
the Equal Franchise Society and va
rious other women's organizations,
adopted also resolutions demanding
that women's right to work be rec
ognized in the demobilization of the
military forces and the civilian war
workers, and that the women who
| wish to work be redistributed Just as
are the men. with proper regard for
industrial needs and under proper la
Dor standards.
Miss Mary Anderson, of this city,
assistant director of the Woman-in-
Industry Service of the United States
Department of Labor: Mrs Florence
Kelley. general secretary of the Ma
tiOnal Consumers League; Miss An
! Meta Dieckman. OF the East Central
field division of the Y. w. c. A.;
James Maurer. president. and John
| Phillips. vice president of the State
Federation of Labor; Edward Kee-
nan, president of the Central Labor
Union of Philadelphia, and Joseph
Richie, organizer for the American
Federation of Labor. were among the
speakers at the conference
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
FOR MANY u. S. JOBS
Last Day to Register for Civil
Service Positions.

This IL the last day on which appli-
cations may be filed for examinations
Tor expert aid and supervising engi-
neer in the naval establishments of
the United States and for positions in
the construction division of the War
Department
The positions under the War De-
partment for which application must
be made before closing time today
with the Civil Service Commission in
clude the following.
Blue print file clerk. at salary of
H.O0 to $500: senior civil. refrlgerat-
ing or construction engineer. 81 800 to
5000: planning expert, s24C0; inspec-
tors mechanical and electrical equip
ment and of structural steel. 100:
architects of various grades, s1O00 to
$500; assistant to purchaser of sup
plies. $500 to $3.50: various positions
in surveying. H.se0 to 5000; exterior,
interior and assistant expeditor 81 500
to $500