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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
LONDON TIMES COMMENT

London, March Recommending on the great battle in France, the Sunday Times says:
 In all previous great assaults the chief success has been gained at the first thrust, but in this battle, whereas the Germans were unable to issue flowery report at the close of the first day, it has to be admitted that their second and third communiques will be more satis- factory from this point of view. The German military caste are out for vic tory, even if to gain it they must de- stroy the people to whom they promised it's fruits. They have already flung nearly one-third of their entire west re- sources against the sector sung one- terth of the western front, and must con tinue to fling fresh divisions into the blood bath.
 With time on our side and fewer troops exposed to the death blast, we may reasonably count on holding in hand reserves powerful enough to deal a crushing counter attack when Won Hin- denburg has shattered his last legions against the impregnable British wall.''
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DECATUR

Decatur, March Especial )-w. T. Lowe of Decatur, county food adminis- trator, comes out in public statement in which he says that from Information which he has gathered, he does not be- leve that the food laws are being as strictly observed by many people In this county AS they should be. He goes on to say. however, that he does no. at tribute this to a lack of patriotism, but to lack of general knowledge of the law.
 He says that the food situation is such that 1t Is but little less than criminal to waste food. Mir Lowe calls upon the people of Decatur and Albany and of the entire county to be more saIing with food stuff
 In the drive for funds the Benevolent hospital has raised about $500. Some thing like s700 more is needed to put the hospital out of debt. It believed that this will be raised within few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
Numerous Patrol Raids
 Made on Italian Front

Rome. March 23.-Numerous patrol encounters have occurred along the Italian front. the war office announced today and there has been some in crease in the artillery fire on tie mountain line.
 The statement reads:
 Our advanced posts exchanged live ly rifle fire with accommodating par ties north of Val di Ledro and the I-agarina valley. There were patrol encounters at the small island of Fo- lima and east of Cavazuccherina.
 There were slight artillery actions which grew in intensity at intervals in some portions of the mountainous
 There were slight artillery actions which grew in intensity at intervals in some portions of the mountainous area.
 Our aircraft dropped bombs on railway lines in the. Lagarina valley"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
HIN PRESS CONFIDENT

London, March 23.-The German news papers reflect feeling of confidence concerning the present operations in the west, though the seriousness of the mo- ment is recognized, according to the Dutch news agencies, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam. The German newspapers insist that the military and political leaders of the central powers have left nothing undone bath"
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DECISIVE BATTLE

London, March 23.-Comment in the
 German press on the new offensive as summarized by the Copenhazen corre- spondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. is to the effect that the pres ent battles are the final and decisive exertion of strength on the part of the German people before peace comes.
 The newspapers say that Germany neeq hold only on a short time and that vic- tory will be obtained.
 Much attention is being paid also to the Italian front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
GIINFIRE TERRIBLE

London, March 23.--The artillery prep against the British lines. which is now in progress. is described by those who took part in it as the most violent they ever endured, according to the Daily Mails correspondent on the British front.
 The thing that stands out as char acteristic of the fighting up to the pres- ent, says the correspondent, lis that we did so well under the terrific impact"
 Continuing the correspondent says:
 Upon one corps front there was gun every 15 yards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
ROLL OF HONOR

Washington, March %. Only 28 names, five of them of officers, were included in to. days casualty list. Lieut.. Jefferson F'iegl was killed in action, Lieut.. Eugene R. Wheat ley died of accident, Lieut.. Col. William s. Wells "died of other causes" and Capt, Arthur S. Cow and Lieut.. Arthur Booth were among the slightly wounded.
 Today's list was divided as follows: Killed in action, one; died of acci- dent, three; died of disease, eight; died of "other causes" two; wounded severely, two; wounded slightly, twelve.
 KILLED IN ACTION Lieut.. Jefferson Feig Lieut.. Eugene R. Wheatley.
 DIED FROM ACCIDENTS Bugler James D. Gailaday Private Herbert J. Tucker DIED. OF DISEASE Corporal Reynold A. Braeder Private Charley Barrow. Private Jacob Orton. Private Eugene Helm \ Private Alfred Mcleod Private Coy Overstreet. Private William Eugene Parker Private George II. Wilkins. Private Edward Wirth
 DIED OTHER CAUSES" Lieut.. Col. William S Wells. Sergt. Charles j. Hilburg.
 WOUNDED SEVERELY Bugler Charles E. Dubos. Private Arthur knochenbauer.
 WOUNDED SLIGHTLY Capt. Arthur $. Cow. Lieut.. Arthur Booth. Sergt. James J. Buchanan. Sergt. William Rogers Corp. John NJ. Hunt. . Corp. Earl R. Stouffer. Private Charles F. Bowers Private Peter F. Fabian Private Bernhard Golz Private Ray C. Herring. Private Edwart O.. Nelson. Private John Walozyk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

lost and it's power diminished. The| would come opportunities for counte blows on a major scale.
 STRATEGIC PURPOSE
 In seeking the strategic purpose of th German drive, officials here noted tha the British press had already suggested possible solution. A rupture of th British lines in the vicinity of St. Quen tin it has been said, might leave tn French left on the Aisne front up In tn air. Retirement there would bring tn battle lines closer to Paris.
 German reports that 25,0OO prisoners ha been taken were regarded as not at al improbable. The capture of certa points qn the first defensive systed probably was what made the sector q the line abandoned by the British uu tenable and started the withdrawal Presumably the 16,O00 men said by th Germans to have fallen into their hand yesterday are included in their neJ figure of 25,00O prisoners. The first ca lures undoubtedly were made when Al front lines were preached. The remaindS probably is composed of rear guard unid left in position to hold off the enen1 until the British withdrawal under fia had been accomplished, then to sud render N The Germans themselves lost 5000 more prisoners to the French and Brij ish in the withdrawal on the Somnl alone, and great number also wed taken in the retirement from the Marrl during the first year of the war.a.ass.. S | Officials were hopeful that tomorrov4 reports would show clearly the Germs objective and steps to offset it. ThS are beginning to look for counter bloa by the allies on other sectors Now tn ! the Germans are so deeply involved their enterprise in the St. Quentin regioj it is thought they could not spare lard reserves to face attacks elsewhere witH out checking their own advance E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

The attack thus far hAs shown no new strategy, but appears to be simply colossal blow of masses of guns and men hitherto never used together on any bat tlefield. There is no surprise that the British line has been forced back. Lines of defense have been before all great offensive in this war What the British people look to the army for is that it shall not break.
 With usual caution, the German off cial reports of the first days fighting dil not reveal to their own people the extent or importance of their effort Only when a partial success has been recorded was Emperor William desig- mated as commander-in- chief and the crown prince mentioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
PROGRESS IN ENGLAND

London, March 23.-Special services of intercession have been ordered in all churches under the Archbishop of Mu- nch, for the success of the operation on the western front, according to a dispatch from The Hague to the Daily Mail. A pastoral letter from the arch bishop to the allies churches declares that the hour for decisive engagement has struck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
MANY WILD STORIES

London. March 23.-The Central News says that all sorts of details are be- ing sent out by German war correspond ents. One of them talks about 100000 yards of piping behind the ont. Anoth- CT says the number of all j5 has been increased tenfold. According to still an- other, tanks, batteries for protecting poison gas and flames and other modern engines of war in great numbers are on the front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

London March 23Whle clouds of uncertainty obscured the details of the worlds greatest battle the which heard III London tonight there of relief felt Germany has finally shown her hand.
 The method of her denburg objective is undoubtedly the channel them breaking the junction of the French and armie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

Dispatches from Amsterdam picture the Emperor at Spa, Belgium, which is being kept isolated for radius of b Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, General Von Ludendorff and other prominent Germans also are reported there with him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
Smith and Miske Fight
 in Atlanta on April ID

Atlanta, March 2s.-Gunboat Smith and Billy Miske. heavyweights. have signed articles for a 10-round bout here on April 10. it was announced to- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

Both American officerS and those at tached to the French and British em- bassies, looked with confidence on the story to them as the German effort progressed. A review of the days events, as told in Associated Press dispatches, they said gave no ground for assuming that allied resisting power would prove unequal to it's task.
 All reports were taken to prove that the Germans had stalSed lives by the hundred thousand upon a quick blow, de- signed to be overwhelming, both because of the masses of men used, and also be- cause of the absolute disregard of losses which marked it's delivery.
 There was evidence that seemed to bear out predictions that Germany was pre- pared to sacrifice 3Oo,OoO men in the ef- fort. It was with man power in great masses and not gun power that the first lines of the British defenses were pene- (
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
NO REASON FOR AI.ApM

London, March 23.-"N Nothing we have heard up to the present would lead me to think that anything has happened which could not have been expected. There is no reason to come to the con clusion that things are looking mad" Gen. Sir Horace Lockwood Smith Dor rien says in an interview with the Weekly Dispatch. ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
War Department Asks Pershing to Transn1id Report On Offensiud
Meager News Coming to Allied Embassies Is No Entirely Discouraging and Officials in Wash ington Are Still Keeping Confident At
 titude as to Final Results.
By the Associated Press

Washington March 23The tonight forward immediately definite where the British
 official word at hand from London and Berlin
 officers opinions lacking definite advces {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
German Emperor ls Ln Personal Command of Armies On West Front
This Is Taken to Mean That War Lord Has Staked All On This One Thrust and Is Unwilling to Leave Outcomet0.O Other Hands Than
 His Own
nr the Associated Prer.

London March 23Todays official received here William command the front
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BRITISH HOLD FIRM

The greatest shock ever hurled at any army appeared to observers here to have been met by the British with great skill. It appeared that the British had stopped the rush where they could; withdrawn slowly before it where they could not Their orderly retirement. American of ficers believe, means defeat for the Ger mans in the end. There has been no loss of British organization, it was pointed out, and every foot of ground won has been bought with blood.
 Military experts say such an effort as the Germans are making cannot be con- tinued long. Every foot gained means added difficulties of transportation and the consequent slowing up of the forward movement A day or two more of bit ter resistance, even including further British retirement, it was thought, would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
Erpert Opinion Is That Ger man ObjectiDe Is Channel Ports and NOt Paris, and the Present DriUe Is
 Only Feint
By the Associated Press LoNDONERs LISTEN TO GUNS

London March 23 - The guns in France are distinct heard in London tonight particularly in high places her is continuous throbbng Many persons have gone to t housetops to listen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, March 3.-1Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Generally fair Sunday and Monday. <
 Georgia: Partly cloudy Sunday probably showers; Monday fair.
 Tennessee: Fair Sunday, preceded by showers east portion; colder central and eastefn portions; Monday fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-12
DOUBLE DUTY GIVEN READING
Appointment as Ambassador and Com
missioner to U. S. Is For
mally Made.

London, Jan. 9.-Official announce
ment of the appointment Of Earl Read
ing as British high commissioner In the
United States is made in the following
announcement:
"On the departure on leave of Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, the king has been
graciously pleased to appoint Earl
Reading, lord chief justice of England,
to be his high commissioner in the
United States in the character of an
ambassador plenipotentiary on a spe-
cial mission. Lord Reading as high
commissioner and special ambassador
win have full authority over the mem
beseyef all Observation-Disclosures seat TO tRe
United States IN connection with the
active prosecution of the war and the
labors of such missions will be COM
pletely under his direction and con-
troll.
Lord Northcliffe will remain in Lon
don as chairman of the London head
quarters of the British mission to the
United States"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-12
KAISER PLANS BIGGEST PUSH
Secretary of War Baker Talks OF I'M
pending Teuton Thrust In
Review.

washington, Jan. GA gigantic Ger
man thrust on the west front-possibly
their greatest assault during the war
is impending, Secretary of War Baker
declared in his weekly military review.
In the great battle the Germans. Ba-
ker said, "may be counted upon to
strain every fiber of their remaining
strength In an endeavor to make their
plans succeed" The delay In the as
sault, predicted weeks ago by the Ger
man press and allied war chiefs, has
been due to the time necessary for con-
centration of "large troop masses, ade-
quate artillery and ample reserves OF
munitions" Baker said. He counsels
the American people, ION the eve of
a possible German offensive" to recall
that the allies In the past have always
come out victorious.
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they possess.
'The moral climax Of this, the cul-
minating and final war for human lib
erty has come, and they are ready to
put their strength, their own highest
purpose, their own integrity and de-
votion to the test"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-12
MAKES 1T ABOUT UNANIMOUS
Even the Facfists Support British Pre-
mIer Lloyd Georges War
Aim Speech.

London, Jan. Gwen the pacifists
have rallied to the support Of Premier
Lloyd Georges war aims speech.
Philip Snowden, NJ. p, leader of the
pacific group in England, declared that
"the premier's statement is very sat
dsfactory"
Press comment upon the prime min
ister's speech continues. The London
Times says that IF Germany Is sin
cere in her desire for peace, then
Lloyd George has opened the door
through which they may enter to the
councils of the world"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-12
WOULD ADUPT U. S. ORPHANS
Movement Started in Paris In Recog-
milton of Action of American
School Children.

Paris, Jan. 9.-Children of the pub
lie schools Of Paris have sent circulars
to the school children throughout
France asking them to subscribe ]
cent each for the adoption of American
war orphans. The movement was
started at the Bercy school in Paris
In recognition of the action of Ameri-
can school children in adopting French
war orphans.
Rar German In Topeka Schools. !.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 9.--Teacnlng ol
The German Language in the pubic
.chools here after the present term
,os abolished by the board OF educa-
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