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BRITISH wARSHIPS SINK
2U-BOATS WITH SHELLS
Rescue Eight of Crew of one-Ail
on Other Craft
Perish

London, March 1i.-1t has Just oe-
come known that the British destroyer
Aerial recently destroyed a German
submarine on receiving report OF a
submarine In the north.
Sighting the poriscope at nearly m,le
the Ariel made fol ,ne enemy cral,,
firing as she approached. The gunners
mndo good practice and the periscope
was struck fairly. Going at full speed
the Ariel attempted to ram the German
and passed right over her. the SUD
marine was damaged and came TO the
surface.
Faced with destruction. the crew at
,empted TO use their gun. After two
or three shots, however, the crew OF
the r-boat began to appear on decK Witn
their hands above their heads In token
Of surrender.
Near Backsod Bay, on the western
coast Of Ireland, an armored patro
steamer was victorious in hght with =
German submarine in BRITISH coasta
waters,
| when the patrol steamer was abou
| 500 yards off she began to use her guns
| All the shots were effective.
! suddenly a lot Of smoke was seei
/ coming from the aft side Of the conninl
/ tower of the U-boat and II stopped. II
| stern then began to sink. Soon the con
| ming tower disappeared and only tn
| forcpart of the T-hoat was above water
! After a moment the submarine disap
peared entirely, leaving large clou
| Of smoke.
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Russians Expected
to BOD to Gernany
Continued from Page One

Continued from Pare One
counted, is admittedly Of great benef,t TO
the Central Powers. 1t releases for
them supposedly enormous stores of
wheat. which can be transported either
overland or by sea.
Opens way to Conquest
II opens a way to conquest via Persia
and Afghanlstan toward India, should
German desires point that way. II gives
TO the Cenrtal Powers, especially Tur-
key, almost uninterrupted use of the
Black Sea, with It's largest port avail
able for any use the Germans may desire
to make Of 1t. And It may mean that
the Russian Black Sea fleet will pass
into the hands of the enemy.
officials declared today that It would
be some time yet before II would be
possible to determine what Germany's
next move would be. 1t is certain that
should the Moscow Soviet reject the
peace terms agreed on by Lenine then
the German advance against Petrograd
will be pressed. II the peace terms are
accepted II Is expected here that Ger
many will walt at least a short period
to see what the Russians themselves
intend to do with peace.
Pending the action of the Soviet, all
plans which take into consideration Rus
sa and Russian influences on the war
are halted. The Siberian question re-
mains open, with Toxic, Paris. London
and Rome still exchanging messages as
to possible plans. II Is possible now
to reveal the fact that the suggestion
that Japan be asked to intervene In ST.
IBERIA originated first IN Paris. The au-
thorities there were in receipt of infor-
nation indicating that the Germans
planned to arm all prisoners of war in
Siberia and that the Bolsheviki were
not Inclined to place any obstacles in
the way.
Exchanges between the Japanese am
bassador in Paris and the French For
eign Office resulted in a definite plan
of action being suggested, and then
tile problem was passed on to LondCn
where it was approved on the face Of
the information furnished by France
1t was not until President Wilson called
fer and obtained n complete report that
the fact was revealed that China really
held the key of the situation In her
hands through the control at Harbin,
and then, when the United States made
It plain that II could not sanction any
move which so closely resembled con-
quest, Toxic decided to withhold action
pending developments.
France maintains fer attitude of un-
qualified approval of the plan for
japanese expedition into Siberia. Great
Britain still is considering the possible
effect of intervention on Russia and
whether 1t would not be used by the
Germans as an argument which might
greatly injure the Allied cause. The
United States Is standing on It's re-
fusal to assent to any move. although
It stil holds that Siberia clearly is
within the Japanese sphere OF action and
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SPRING CLEANUP
TO RECEIVE AID
Members of the County Med
ical Society to Take
Stand

Although claiming that streets In gen.
eral are cleaner than In any previous
March. city officials today welcomed the
assistance offered by members Of the
County Medical Society, in their efforts
for real spring cleanup.
"An educational campaign will go far
toward helping matters" was the state
ment made by an official Of the Depart
ment of Public Works.
A resolution passed by the physicians
calls on all members Of the society to
instruct patients and others or the
necessity for keeping their homes ana
premises clean and the danger OF throw
ing waste and refuse into the streets and
| alleys II also calls upon the Depart
ment of Public Works to speed up the
work and backs up Director krusen's
demand that something be done to re-
move the r.enace to health resulting
from the condition OF city streets this
spring
Some time ago Chief Hicks, OF the
| Street Cleaning Bureau, started an eou
cational campaign and sent clean-stree
and clean-home warnings into the sec
tions OF the city that include foreign
settlements. That this move was no
far-reaching or powerful enough is th'
claim now made by the advocates o.
clean streets who see in the move OF th'
physicians way out Of present din
| culties.
Most of the complaints this winter
have been from the central and south
ern sections of the city. For the worI
here Senator Ware will be paid S1,3b1,
| 900 this year Last year he received
! Ss03, 900. In the first year Of the Smith
| Administration he charged the city but
! S565,000.
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PAN-SOVIET MEETING
YEAR AFTER REVOLT

New York. March 1.-THE most I'M
portant fact OF today's opening session
of the Pan-Soviet Congress at Moscow
is that only single year separates
the Moscow conference from the COM
mencement of the Russian revolution.
Whatever. therefore. be the outcome
Of the Moscow deliberations, the Rus
slams have a right to demand further
consideration and more patient judg-
ment from the older democracles One
year ago today Nicholas Romanoff was
spending the last twenty-four hours OF
his reign as Czar of Russia. No nation
could have overthrown the absolutism
of the Romanofs ana reorganize a
smoothly operating democracy within
twelve months
The western democracies have been
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trying for nearly four years to reverse
the procedure and to Change their civic
governments. Not one during the first
year made a record that entities II to
criticize the slow evolution of n stable
democracy in Russia. The working out
of any great national issue IN the United
States has never been done In years
time. The first year ~as almost inva-
riably shown a di-cordant divergence
that makes II easy to understand Rus
sias present troubles
As matter of fact, the time between
the Cars overthrow and today's meet
ing of the Pan-Soviet Congress has seen
a new kind Of idealsm born in Russia
that is exerting an increasingly pro-
found influence, both in friendly and In
enemy countries II only the Pan-Sovlet
delegates knew II, the sympathy so ex-
tensively offered to Russia, especially in
the United States does not spring from
an attitude of critical superiority. Its
sincerity Is due to an unexpressed but
strongly felt hope that the Russian
revolution may be able to point to a
solution of Industrial and economic
troubles in the western democracies
themselves
The Pan-Soviet Congress, in fact,
comes nearer to repres entlnE inte-
material humanity than anv other
gathering of modern civilization. For
that reason respect should be shown
fJr it's difficulties and for the fact that
II tx n pioneer moving through unCN-
plored regions of human rights.
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SprOuL Has Shifted,
Declares Governor

must be "treacherous" II he Is unable
to remember the time he made the re-
mark
1.-THE time, will say for the beneft
OF Senator Sprouts treacherous mem
ory, was In 1915, the first year OF my
term as Governor, when I was making
the fight for local option" said the
Governor THE place was this same
Bellevue -Stratford The facts are that
after Senator Sproul made this remark
jotted 1t down in my diary right away
and there 1t stands even today.
IF Senator sproul would like to see
the remark jotted down at the time, tho
diary is handy. think. a would ike
nothing better than TO show 1t to nm
want to say. too, that 7 would MAKE
no such statement about any man IL
could not prove that II was true. When
go on the stump perhaps Ill carry
the little diary around with me Tor the
teneht of some others"
Robert S. Bright has announced to
the Democratic Club of Philadelphia that
all efforts to have Vance C, Mccormick
| run for the Democratic nomination for
| Governor have proved unsuccessful and
| that It now seems that the party mus'
turn to another candidate.
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BIG SISTERS WOULD
PROTECT YOUNG GIRLS
Support Prohibition Measure
to Help Stamp Out "Excur-
sion Lizard" Evil

A call to all civic organizations of the
city to cooperate in helping to stamp
out summer Excursion lizards" was
issued today by the Big Sisters. a Jewish
vomen's organization for social service.
The move is designed to protect youths
and girls from drunkenness.
Support of a congressional bill pre-
hibiting thA sale of intoxicants to per-
sons under the age of twenty-one while
aboard excursion steamers and other
craft Is urged by the organization. The
bill, introduced in Congress by Repre-
sentative Sabbath, of Illinois. has been
approved by United States District At
torney Francis Fisher Kane and other
FEDERAL officials.
The Big Sisters, which last summer
exposed Excursion lizards" as respon-
Sible for drunkenness among girls and
young men on excursions, not only went
on record as favoring the measure, but
the social service committee called for
aid from other organizations, particu-
larly women's clubs. Resolutions to
that effect we're PASSED at a meeting OF
the committee at 2407 North Sixteenth
street. at which Mrs. Marion L. Cohen
polak presided.
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DANIELS PRAISES TWO
SAILORS LOST IN FIRE
Gave Lives Saving Shipmate on U.
S. S. Burrows, He Tells
Their Mothers

Washington. March 1i.-Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels today praised the hero
ism Of Charles T.. Bourke and Martin
O'Callaghan. water tenders. who died
in fighting fire aboard the l.. S. s. Bur
rows January Is. Bourke and O'Calla-
CHAN gave up all chances to save them
selves In their attempts to obtain fire eX-
tinguishers located in the part Of the
hreroom away from any hatch by h'ch
they could escape. Daniels wrote the
following letter to mothers of both
Bourke and O'Callaghan:
Your son set high example Of de-
votion TO duty and showed extraordi-
nary heroism of which the naval serv-
ice can well be proud. 1t must be
great solace to you to know that when
the crucial hour arrived your son met
his death in such noble manner in
order that his shipmates might live.
Bourke's mother is Mrs, Georg ana
Bourke. Of 1lS Canterbury street Wor.
cester. Mass O'Callaghan's mother Il
Mrs. Catherine O'Callaghan, 344 Nortt
Fourth street. Columbus, o.
Both men were veterans in the service
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GAMBLING RAID IN n. Y.
REVEALS SPY EVIDENCE
Secrecy of Prosecutor Raises Many
Kinds of Speculation Up
Gothamway

New York. March I4.--Have German
spies in New York been shooting craps
with the funds of Wilhelmstrasse?
Or have these spies been using the
chemin de fer table and the poker club
as a means OF entrapping the persons
from whom they we're endeavoring to
get information?
A hint that something of the sort
has occurred is found in an announce
ment by District Attorney Swami that
detectives from his office. in a raid on a
gambling room. had unearthed import
Mr.: Swami said the facts are so I'm
portant that not even the address Of the
gambling house could be made known
until the Federal authorities had eXamin-
ed the material seized. which will be
turned over to them today
"Wo feel" said Mr.. Swami, that
the matters will be of interest to the
Federal Government. All | can say is
that we have obtained some facts about
spies"
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VAST ORGANIZATION IS
FORMED TO CATCH SPIES
Personnel of Co-ordinated Bureau at
= Port of New York Is
Announced

Washington, March 1.-THE Depart
ment of Justice today completed its or
ganzatlon of the co-ordinated antispy
bureau at the port Of New York
Former Assistant Attorney General
William Wallace, who Is at the head OF
the work which will embrace points OF
entry at New York. Brooklyn, New Jer-
sey and Massachusetts, has named as
assistants Roger B. Hull, of Chicago,
formerly in the Department of Justice
and recently attached to the legal adj
visory staff OF the ordnance department
here and Aaron Coleman, formerly first
Assistant District Attorney in New
York under District Attorney Swami.
A vast organization is being developed
under Wallace to pass on all cases from
the ports of entry under his jurisdiction
and designate whether those violating
the alien-enemy proclamation shall come
under military or civilian trial.
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PANIC IN TEUTON STOCKS
Graft Scandal Over Munitions Causes
Collapse in Market

Washington, March IA Zurich
dispatch says the German Socialist
newspaper Vorwaerts holds the graft
scandal at the Daimler munitions
factories has caused panic in the
Berlin Stock Exchange. The Daimler
stock fell two.thirds of its value, a
large number of other war stocks suf.
fered similar shrinkage, due to popular
belief that war factories will be prose.
cuted by the German Treasury.
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TALK ON IRISH PROBLEMS
President of Notre Dame at Acad-
emy of Music

What About the Irlsh?" will be the
subject of a lecture by the Rev. John
Cavanaugh, C. S. c., president of Notre
Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind, to-
night in the Academy Of Music The
speaker will touch on the problems now
confronting the Irish people, and the
prospects of Ireland after the war The
proceeds of the lecture will be donated
TO the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
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To Bury Priest at Old Home

The body of the Rev. Joseph I. Plap-
pert, rector of St vincents Catholic
Church and Orphan Asylum, at Taccny,
Clair, Pa, his birthplace, where the
burial will take place. Doctor Plappert,
who was thirty-seven years old, was or
daned in 1906 and has held appoint
monts in Catasauqua. Pa. Slatington,
Pa St Mary the Assumption, In Mana
yunk, and st. Ignatius churches His
death was caused by heart disease.
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BOARD BACKS WARDEN
sustains Schwartz in Controverrv
With Prison Inspector ilif'

Reading. Pa, March 1.-THE pr,..,
Inspectors Board yesterday countered :,
Inspector Adam s. Body, who has ,u.s
Warden C. Herbert Schwartz in two pr..
ceedings, alleging malfeasance in ON.
Schwartz recently refused Body n.,'
mission to inspect the women's cell, u,-
less in the presence OF the matron. a..
Body appealed to the board. so,,c,-
tor @. Yoder has filed an opinion ana.
tanning Schwartz, and the toard bact..
up Yoder and Schwartz.
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NONAGENARIAN DIES
w. H. Arnold, Well Known in
Gloucester County, Succumbs

William r. Arnold, one of the old
est men in Gloucester County, died to-
day at his home in Swedesboro. He
was ninety-one years old.
Arnold, who was stanch Republi-
can. held the Office of coroner for two
terms He was an undertaken and was
in business more than fifty years. He
was also in partnership with a son in
the house furnishing business in
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Baptists to Raise S35O0

wilmiRgton. Del. March IA. - Della
ware Baptists have begun n drive to
raise s350O. which is Delaware's share
in the $1,000. 900 fund which the church
has decided to raise this month About
100 attended the supper conference,
which opened the campaign.
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Weekly Sinkin0s
of British Vessels

Since the middle of April sS5
British vessels, 733 of more than
1900 tons, have been sunk. The
weekly totals follow:
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( With the American Army In France
IN March IS (delayed),

Indications that the Germans have
virtually evacuated their advanced po-
sitions opposite the Americans on the
Toul front-at least so far as defensive
tactics are concerned-rece.ve cor
roboration on Monday night, when
Americans again raided the German
lines. penetrating them to a certain
depth. The sole occupants of the Ger
man trenches were the bodies of men
who had been killed by the American
shellfre.
Intense activity that developed on the
Toul front since the Americans took up
their positions there evidently caused
The Germans to take precautionary
measures.
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wa WIN the American Army In France,
n March II.
The American troops are ready to
Gttack anything"
The officer commanding the American n
forces in the Luneville region so stated
IN a message to the home folks sent
through the United Press today.
The spirit. of the command is excel
ient,' the commander declared. "It
couldn't be better. After their ex-
pcrience IN the trenches their nervous
ness has passed. They are ready to
attack anything. Their health is ex-
cellent." .
Crack German fighting divisions are
opposed to the Americans In this sector
including dismounted Uhlans, it. has now
been established. One salient bombarded
preparatory to Saturdays raid has been
abandoned by the enemy. II was so
demolished that it was untenable.
The last thirty-six hours in the TouI
sector have been the quietest since II
was taken over by the Americans. Five
engineers. repairing wire entanglements
IN No Mans Land, encountered ten Ger.
man patrollers on this front They
Killed some Of the boches and the Others
ded
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DEL RAID
AEREO SOPRA NAPOLI
I Teutoni ALA Fronte Italiana
Raggiungerebbero il Mill
one di Uomini
DUELLI DI ARTIGLIERIA

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 341
Authorized by the act Of
October 6, 1917, on file at the
Postoffice of Philadelphia, Pa.
By order of the President.
A. S. BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
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|lSI1lVG'S MEN
ATTACK
French Nerves" Gone and
Confidence Reigns as
Resultof Good Work (
HUNS QUIT TOUL LIN E

N ~ Washington, March. IA.
~ Nlericans OF the crack Rainbow
jalon" walloped the Germans when
w stried out strong sorties on the
- Of March 4-and received on.
~ Recommendation from French Gen.
tal Gerard, General Pershing cabled
HE War Department today.
Pershing's summary Of the action
was:
Enemy attempted trench raids
z1n0yning Of the 5th. Raid repulsed
With losses TO the enemy. Our
looses slight, no missing or prison.
4 -. General Gerard, commanding
8lghth French army, congratulated
Alvlsion commander on the way with
which troops repuIsed raids.
The Rainbow Division-first big
American unit TO leave for France
yas made up Of picked guard troops
rom aliuO.t every State.
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We're Coming Back to rou
Just a Baby's Prayer a.
Twilight
Darktown Strutters' Ball
Sweet Little Buttercup
In the Land of Wedding
Bells .tf
Dixie Volunteers
Keep the Home Fires
Burning
There's a Long. Long Tran
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Way Down There a Dixie
Boy Is Missing
Who Said Dixie?
Gypsy Song
diye Me the Right to Love
Where is My Boy Tonight?
When You Wind Up the
Watch on the Rhine
Absence Brings You Near
er to Me
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On the Road TO Home,
Sweet Home
Liberty Bell
Lorraine
Nanny Jlnny's Hall of
Fame Il
Southern Gals
Sweet Emalina. MY Gal
There's a Service Flag
Flying at Our House
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

W. S, S.
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.CAPPER IS OUT
AGAINST LEAGUE
Kansas Executive Declares
He Does Not Endorse
Its Propaganda

Topeka, Kan, June 25.-Governor
Arthur Capper of Kansas has. come
out strongly against the Nonparti-
san league leadership, declaring that
he would not accept an endorsement
from the league for United States
senator If 1t was offered to him.
Il would not accept the Nonparti-
san league endorsement for United
States senator If it was offered me,
have no interest in that organiza-
ton, directly or indirectly, nor in it's
officers, organizers or members, and
do not endorse their program.
am still very anxious to get hold
of anything that will put the 'Kib-
osh' on the Nonpartisan league, If it
is spreading pro-Geyman propagan-
da in this state or advocating any
thing that will make 1t more difficult
for the government to win the war"
Ky
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-26
Plundey Of Paris
Was Promised to
German Soldiers
lBx Associated Press. }

Washington, June 26.-Plunder of
Paris and loot from the rich country
side were some of the promises made
to the German soldiers by the high
command before the offensive of June
Q. according to an official dispatch
from France
A German deserter related how the
officers, during the rest which pre-
coded the attack, painted in glowing
colors the advantage Of an advance in
a rich country where the men could
live In abundance and recompense
themselves for their hardships. He
said measures were taken to guaran-
tee and apportion the plumber, but
soldiers were warned there was not
to be a renewal among the guards Of
the regrettabfe incidents of Villers-
Bretonneux, where the valiant guards
Of this division, breaking into the
cellars, became 30 intoxicated that
they refused to follow their officers.
Before the attack the grenadier
guards complained that reserve regi-
ments were sent into the front line
and SO would have first choice at the
loot Of Paris.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-26
Home Guards TO
ASSIST In Fete

Bismarck, N. D., June 26-Probab-
ly 20 home guard companies will at
tend the mobilization to be held in
Bismarck on July in connection
with the North Dakota council Of
defense Loyalty week program. I'm
derwood is coming down with 200
men in uniform. Killdeer is making
plans to attend the big meeting, and
every town in the Slope promises to
be represented. 1t is understood that
the council Of defense will decree that
irregular home guard units which
have not yet affiliated with the state
militia may attend in uniform and
carry arms for this mobilization,
which will be a feature of an old
time American Fourth of July cele-
bration, minus fireworks and explo-
sives, planned for independence day.
Mayor A. w. Lucas has issued a
proclamation formally placing the lid
on all fireworks. and none may be
sold in the city this Fourth.