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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
PARIS TARGET FOR.
lONG-RANGE GUN
FOREST HIDES CANNON THAT
HURLs MISSILES rs MILES
INTO FRENCH CAPITAL
Ten-ineh Shells Fired Into City With
Regularity From Monster Weapon
r6ombardment Fails to RuffIe ParI.
sians-Blasts Usher In Sabbath.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
BerIin.-Paris has been bombarded
by German long-distance guns, accord.
ing to the German official statement,
That part OF the statement which
deals with the bombardment is as fol-
lows: I'VE have bombarded the for
tress of Paris with lOng-distanct
guns"
Paris.-The German monster can
non" which has been bombarding
Paris has been located in the forest
of St. Gobain, west of Laon, and ex-
actly 122 kilometers approximately
76 miles) from the Paris City Hall.
Ehe gun bombarded Paris during the
Greater part of the day. The day was
ushered in by loud explosions from
the ten-inch shells and Immediately
the alarm to take cover was sounded
Many persons sought shelter, but
greater numbers of them appeared in
the streets on their way to the church
es, which were almost as well filled as
usual The women who sell palm
leaves on Palm Sunday did their usual
thriving business. At first the shells
began arriving at intervals of 20 min.
utes. Their power to disturb tho
equanamity of the populace, however,
seemed less, the people refusing to be
distracted.
For the benefit of that portion of
The pOpulace which had been led to
believe the German had broken
through the line and were bombarding
Paris from nearby positions a semi.
official note was issued during the
day. This warned the people against
believing pessimistc reports. The
French front is intact said the note.
ANY assertion to the contrary is 3
lie"
The bombardment of the capital
ended around l o'clock and as late as
3 o'clock no explosions had been heard
for more than an hour. The clear sig
nal' was sounded at $3.50 o'clock. AL
though during the earlier hours of the
bombardment the shells arrived ON
twenty-minute intervals, later in the
day they began arriving every Is min.
utes on the average and some of them
even fell II minutes apart.
In military circles the belief was ex-
pressed that the Germans were using
two long-distance guns. The Matin
says the position of one of the guns
was established in the St Gobain for
est. which would place it somewhat
further south than had been believed
and in the wooden area. This posi-
ton would be about 20 miles from
Paris.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
British RepeI Blows.

London.-General Haig's brave le.
gions have withstood the great Ger
man offensive in its initial stage. The
Germans on almost all Of the ifty-mile
battle front renewed their attacks in
great strength. Dents have been made
in the British line, but at many points
the enemy has been repulsed in coun-
ter-attacks, according to the statement
from British headquarters. The Brit.
ish are fighting gallantly. Frightful
losses have been inflicted on the Ger.
mans. The British losses have been
considerable
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28

TOkyO-The interest in America
and in Europe in the possibility of jap
anese military intervention in the war
is duplicated in Japan, where the ques-
tion of the dispatch of an army to ST.
IBERIA not only overshadows everything
else, but has created a national prob
lem not approached in Importance
since the Russo-Japanese war The
correspondent in this connection is in
formed reliably that Japan, after the
frankest exchange Of views with the
allies, still is studying the question and
has not decided upon it's policy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Called For InstrI;c.inn

Washington.-PrOvost MarshalCrow-
der will begin within a few days call
ing out for special instruction the men
in the draft needed by the army in
technical positions. A general survey
OF the educational institutions of the
country is in progress, it was an
nounced, to determine what colleges
and industrial schools will be avaiIa-
Bile for their training. Probably $4,000
men obtained principally from Glass
l, will be ordered out for special train
ing. Local draft boards will publish
widely the opportunity offered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Held For Profiteerino.

Chicago.-Captaip Ralph Pillinger,
of Chicago, son of W. A. Pillinger,
President of the w. A. Pillinger Co.,
mason contractors. and Ralph Wind
horst, civilian contractor. OF Chicago,
were arrested at Camp Custer. Mich
igan. They are held without bond on
charges OF deirauding the Government
in connection with the building of a
$1,000 900 extension to the Cantonmcnt
at Camp Custer. The authorities claim
that by obtaining brokers' commits,
sions they cleared $1,000 day each
Tor Eve days.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28

Ell Paso, Tex.-Six Mexicans were
seen to fall after a voiley had been
fired into band of 80 by a United
States border patrol near Polyo, Tex,
40 miles east of here. One United
States cavalry horse was killed by fire
from the Mexican side, but no Amer
lean soldier was hit. This was off
cially announced at military headquar-
ters.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Tells Nation "save Wheat"

Chicago.-A cut of so per cent in
the consumption of wheat between
now and August 81 must be made by
the American people in order to supply
the armies of America and the Allies,
Harry A. Wheeler. State Food Admin
istrator for Illinois, declared before
zoo bakers, representing SO states.
The occasion was a conference called
by the National Association of Master
Bakers to consider ways of conserv-
ing wheat and eliminating waste.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Suhstitutes For Wheat.

Columbus.-Inasmuch as complaints
have come to Federal Food Admins.
traitor Croxton of advertisements of
wheat -four substitutes that are not
authorized by the Food Administration
the list of authorized wheat substi-
tutes follows. These substitutes may
be sold in equal amount with white
flour: Hominy, corn meal, corn
starch, rice, rice flour, buckwheat
-four, rolled oats, oatmeal, sweet po-
tato flour, soy bean -four, feterita
fours, potato -four. Grits and tapioca
-four have been added.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
IFS Pace Thev're After

Headquarters of the Italian Army
The cannonade along the Piave and
the mountain fronts is beginning to
show increased activity. The enemy
again is resorting to insidious meth
DDS of propaganda, and the latest air
raids are notable for the dropping of
manifestos and peace literature in
stead Of bombs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
German Raider Is CAPTURED.

Washington.-Capt by an Amer
ican warship of German raider fitted
out at Mexican port, manned by Ger.
mans and carrying German flags. was
announced by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels. Capture of the vessel was
made in the Pacific and the prize has
been towed to Pacific Coast port.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
CheesecIoth Income.

The little girl with the crepe de
chine taste who makes the mistake Of
having for her daddy a man with n
cheese-cloth income is bound to have
her dimples overflow as a result Of
lachrymal freshets occasionally
Houston Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Montana Judge Impeached by Senate

Helena, Mont.-Charles L. Crum,
former judge of the Fifteenth Judicial
District was impeached by the senate
on all six articles of impeachment,
there being few dissenting votes on
only one or two minor articles. The
senate passed sentence, the verdict
disQualifying Judge Crum from ever
again holding office "of honor, trust
or profit" in his state. He was charg-
ed with disloyalty and sedition. There
was no defense. Judge Crum resign
ed several days ago, and it was report
ed he had left the state.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
French Submarine Iona Missing.

Paris.-The French submarine Di-
ane, not having been heard from for
long time, is considered lost, it was
officially announced. The submarine
Diane was a sea-going type, built at
Cherbourg in 1914. She displaced $50
tons. Her complement was 35 men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Soan Said To Be Poisoned.

Toledo, O-Three young men who
have been peddling soap on the East
Side were arrested on charge of sus-
picion Complaint had been made that
the soap the men sold contained
poisons. Several women reported to
police that after using the soap their
hands and arms became blistered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Farmers Must Prenare.

Washingtor.-Farmers seeking to
have their help given deferred CLASH
ficGtion in the draft must file affidavits
with local Draft Boards, the Depart
ment of Labor announced. Attention
was called to the fact that the boards
have no authority to give deferred
classification otherwise.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Eomhs Found Aboard.

Mobile, Ala.-Five bombs with fuses
attached were taken from the Danish
schooner Edske Smit here before the
ship sailed for the West Indies. They
were found by customs officials. No
arrests were made.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Depth Bombs Smell Raldsr,s Doom

An Atlantic Port.-The saving of a
british ship by American destroyers
and the probable destruction of an at
tacking submarine was described by
passengers upon the arrival of the
vessel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Passage of Bill DELAYED.

Lima. Peru.-The senate. in secret
session, decided to delay for some time
the passage OF the Government bill,
Olthorizing the issue OF gold certilf-
t2tes as currency guaranteed by de-
posits in banks in the United States.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Younn Elier MISSING.

Paris.-Second Lieutenant Prince de
Tonnay-Charente, one of the most
promising young French aviators, is
missing. He has brought down seven
German machines.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Test For Power Machine.

Boston. Mass.-Garabed T. X. Cara
gossian. who claims to have invented a
machine for utilizing the inexhausti-
bic source Of power, announced that
an official Government test of his in
vention would be made by five scien-
lists of international reputation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Thousand Saloons May Quit Business.

Thousand Saloons May Quit Business.
Chicago.-Twenty-five cents drink
for whisky will be the ruling price in
Chicago saloons after May l, accord.
ing to the predictions of liquor dealers.
The stock of liquor is low and it is
expected 1000 saloonkeepers will re.
tire from business.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Town In Ukraine Taken.

Berlin.-Kherson, in the Ukraine, 80
miles northeast of Odessa, near the
mouth of the Dnieper. has been cap
tured by the Teutonic forces. army
headquarters report announces.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Never Learned IL

We asked the young lady across the
way If she ever used the thesaurus
when she had anything 20 write and
she said she'd never learned to oper-
ate 1t and sltN used heS fountain pen
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
British Clocks Aduanneh-

LondOn.-All the clocks in the Uni
ted Kingdom were advanced one hour
for the beginning of the summer day.
Hghtsaving period. Normal time viii
be restored September 20.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Portable DistillerX.

A French perfume-manufacturing
company has constructed portable
distillery to obtain extracts from
either wild or cultivated flowers in the
regions in which they grow.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Tarreh and Eaathered.

Christopher, nl,-Three men charged
with dislOyalty were tarred and feath-
cred. made to kiss the flag then driven
from the town site.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
PLACED
ON ALL LUXURIES
FIRST LIST TO CONSERVE TON.
MAGE PUBLISHED UNDER PRES
IpENT's LICENSE RULES.

Aimed at No Particular Country, But
Touches Alike All Shipping to Amer
iea-Ineludes SO Articles or Classes
Of Articles Least Essential.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
Opposite Treatment

Opposite Treatment.
"What is the best way of freezing
a rival out?'
"By hot competition"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousand.
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive Tablets
the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards, npracticin2 physician fol
II years and calonel's oid-timc enemy,
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic con.
stipation and torpid livers.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but healing, soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the s.keynote" OF these
little sugar-coated, olive-coiored tablets.
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them to
unnatural action.
If you have a dark brown mouth" now
and then "a bad breath "A dull. tired
feeling-sick ilcadache-torpid liver and
are const:pated, you'll find quick, sure and
only pleasant results from one or two lit
Gle DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every night
just to keep right. Try them. 1Oc and
25c per box. All druggists.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02
ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS
ARE SEEKING INCREASE
Estimates Call for More Than Was
Appropriated Last
icnr
FIRST HEARING TONIGHT
Council Finance Committee to Speed
Up Preparation OF Annual Appro-
priation Ordinanco--Cost OF Sup.
plies Mounts Up Steadily.

Estimates OF department needs for
the year 1918. for those branches OF the
city government undcr the supervision
of the Administrators Hoard, will be
considered 1o-nsht b. the Council
Committee on Finance when il begins
the preliminary WORK on this years
budget. The heads OF all departments
have been directed oy The board to ap.
year before the cornmittee.
Department heads filed their esti.
mates with the Administrative Board
several weeks ago, and they have been
considered by that body. but no figures
will be announced until the papers arc
presented to the Finance Committee
All departments will n9k for increases
over last years appropriations. It was
stated last night. but In many instances
the increase Is only nominal. Oficers
have realized the condition OF the
city's finances. and have eliminated all
unnecessary items from their expcnses
BOILING PREPARES
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT
City Engineer Boiling has furnished
a comprehensive report for considera-
ton by the committee. and recommends
extensive sewer construction In 1913.
Estimates furnished by him. including
the proper sewerage and water systems
for sections OF the city now without
tnese iaciiitles. aggregate nearly 49,
100000. 1t was stated. There is little
hope, however. in official circles that
any large appropriation for this pur-
pose viii be made this year, since the
city's revenues will not hear such a
burden, and bond issue at this time
would be inadvisable for several rea-
sons.
Several other departments under the
board are expected to continue through
1918 on practically the same appropria-
tions made them last year, but a far
greater allotment must be made to the
Gas Works than was made In tho 1917
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02

budget. During tho latter part OF last
year Superintendent Knowles was
forced to request additional appropria-
lions ngSrogating about $4,000. be-
cause or the steadily increasing price
OF coal and oil. the two principal fac
tors entering into the manufacture OF
gas. For this reason greater appro-
prlations must be made for this de-
partment, jsihoe there Is no relief In
sight and indications point to still
higher prices.
WANTS MORE MONEY FOR
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
DIR. Roy X. Flanagan, chief health
officer. Will also AJAX for slightly more
money for the Health Department than
was appropriated last year. but less
than the $4,000. which his predecessor.
DR.. Ernest c. Levy, said was abso-
lutely necessary for the operation of
the department In 1917. 1t was said
last night. however. that practically
the entire inctsase In funds to be re-
auested for this department would go
TO employees Ill increased salaries.
1t Is also known that DR.. Flanagan
recommends change In the district
physician system, with the. elimination
or school work from their routine. In
their stead he would employ ten adj
ditional physicians on part time for
school work. paying them approx
mately 5000 each annually. There ls
also under consideration plan to
place this work under the supervision
OF the City School Board. with the
district physicians relieved OF school
work. they would be requested to de-
vote ono hour each day to clinic work
for tho prevention OF contagious dis
eases.
Abnormal conditions and the in
creased cost OF all supplies will result
in slight increases being asked by prac-
ticany every department In the city
government. Other departments will be
heard by the Finance Committee to-
morrow and Friday night. Members
have expressed a determination to com
picte their hearings at the three meet
ings this week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02

and shortage OF the fuel supply. mons
OF tho Pulaski County schools opsus4
to-day with tho exception OF PulasSf
city buildings. The opening has seer
postponed for one week. and perhsUs
longer. contingent upon relieved coi,di.
tons 4. -..'s-iN \.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02

A Mexico City dispatch. dated Mon
day. said the tax on gold and silver.
according to reports current there
would be increased automatically from
TO 10 per cent ad valorcm on New
Years Day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02
TAX INCREASE SLIGHT
Mexican Government Announces In
crease ON Gold and Silver
VIII He Small.
by Associated Press.l

BY Associa ted Press.l
MEN1CO CITY. January 1.-The gov
eminent announces that the tax on
gold and silver produced in Mexico
during January will vary only slightly
from the rate in force in December.
This makes the tax on gold and silver
and on other metals about 8 per cent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02
some one robbed him of an overcoat
and jeweiry, valued altogether at S45.

Cold Delays School Work.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
PULASKI. VA, January loving
TO the extreme cold weather conditions
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-02

Robbed of OveYcoat.
Richard Jones. l40s East Main Street.
reported to the police yesterday that
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-18
SOME BOY

(Iispeniing (Mich) Iron Orc)
 Straight as ramrod. bright of eye and ruddy of cheek, with a smile and handshake, back for a week from the camp before he goes to France And do you twig the pants? Close round the ankles, what chest above; Is i. any wonder that the girls love the whole rig from top to toe and kiss the fellows whene'er they go forth to iine up with Uncle Sam, just acting as If they didn't care q damn for any thing the kaiser could deliver, and aching much to go right for his liver With chests thrown out and heels aclick. it's our opinion that these boys could lick their weight in wildcats In a go. which would be going some, we'd have you know. And when he went
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we did not more carefully watch tho doings of such people. They were takers whom one thought Q nuisance but did not take as seriously as the damage which they consequently did proves that one ought to have done.
 "The effect of Pan. German outbursts upon foreign public opinion was not considered at the time but they alone can account for the flood of hate to- ward Germany which showed itself at the beginning of the war and which found the German public comparative ly unprepared. We could not under stand 1t and we asked ourselves how 1t was possible. Now we have found out. From the writing of Baumgarten and other publications we have seen that not the good people but the Pan- Germans earned a bad name for Ger mans in the world. We are not so
 foolish as to look upon the enemy as
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and bone. look at him. he's their very own; and the people turn as he pass es by and say, lis that Jimmy Jones, oh my! isn't he just the grandest lad; ;" well. We guess that pleases ma and dad, and they're pdoud to thing it Is their son, and the bravest who ever carried q gun. It's the same old spirit of seventy-six when the minute men put in their heavy Ticks, the same old eagle with beating wings, the same old freedom in doing things. the same old fight for freedoms land, the same old honest determined stand, the same brave boys behind the guns who go to smother the wicked Huns, the same old parents as of yore, the same who went to the wars before, the same whom ever there will be. when called to defend their liberty.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-18
BAKERS, EATING HOUSES, MUST
 OBTAIN FLOUR LICENSE

Under the terms of a late Food Ad- ministration ruling, bakers and all hotel and restaurant establishments using three barrels of wheat flour per month are required to obtain a Food Administration license. The following communication, dated April 6, to Dl- visional Food Administrator Carl J. Lomen explains the new requirement. and also others of interest to the bak- ing industry.
 Bakers thls includes hotels, restau- rants and all private eating places, using three barrels of wheat flour per month must apply for license direct to Food Administration, Washington. Bakers using less quantity may vol untarily send for license and thus be permitted to purchase wheat flour at ratio of four to one of substitutes. This applies to Bakers only. No application blank has been pro- vided. Applicants may just write let ters
 Signed GUNNISON (Territoral Food Administrator
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-18
FRAnkFuRTER zEITuNG DEN0unCES
 WAR AIMS OF PAN-GERkAANS

HAGUE. Feb. IS (By MaID-Pan. Germans who "did what they could to make the war inevitable" are de- nounced by the Frsnkfnrtsr zeituns and are warned that their hour of reckoning Is coming. In an article pub lished in that newspaper. The article is a reply to a criticism by the Pan- German writer Herr Eigengrodt, who accused the newspaper of entertaining an antl-militarist spirit. Retorting to the article, the Frankfurter Zeitung asked what has happened In this war;" and answered the question by saying:
 The army which enlisted at the beginning of the war has failed by a long way In numbers. Masses of men have been added to 1t and trained within a time far shorter that that which even we contemplated
 "rhe conception that England de-
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sired to seek decision by arms in any circumstances was the basis of the Pan-German policy. They cher ishea the idea of the imminence of this world becatise they ionged for It. Tn the first number of the n-German News at that time the chief organ of an-Oermans. these words were writ ten, the hour we have longed for at last has struck; the holy war
 Tt Is impossible to say that the war was desired abroad but it Ia not difn- cult to see what one is straining every nerve to bring about. Anybody who did not go about with his eyes shut knew that Germany. except for q small group. did not wish for war, but what that small group. just these Pan-Ger- mans, could contribute towards mak- ing 1t inevitable, that they did.
 If we along with others have any reproach to make ourselves 1t is that