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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
kIRY PRODUCTS FALL BEHIND
IN FILLING SOME DEMANDS

1.-THE making OF dairy products has
II kept pace with the demands in
me OF the larger districts. This fact
probably due 10 the restrictions i'm
)sed by the district health officers
on the sale OF milk, and is due
pecially TO the regulations for bond
Instruction.
f'Aa the population increases. the
les must go further for their milk
3pply. There Is plenty OF work in
State TO supply all demands. and II
regulations az to bond construc-
n arc modified. an ample supply of
Re milk could be secured. Some OF
b creamcries are especially fitted to
Indling whole milk in a sanitary
nnev. MIX can be pastcurized.
pled at the crcamerics and sent 10
consumer without any other health
ktrictions, and not lower in tho least
high standards OF milk required.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
Don't
Suffer
From Piles

Send For Free Trial Treatment
No matter how long or how bad go to
your druggist today and get a go cent
box OF Pyramid Pile Treatment. II
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10

bulance OF tho Virginia Hospital was
ut once summoned. and when carried
TO the hospital 1t was found that his
condition would probably prove seri-
Gus. An investigation indicated that
the gas jet in the room had been
turned part way and that asphyxiauon
was accidental.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10

Women's and Misses Spring
Coats. in shepherd checks and
Dlaids: made with large collars
and cuffs, belts and pockets, trim
med In garnet, gray. green or
, blue.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10

Accidentally Overcome by Chs.
Allie Leber. thirty three years old
OF SOC South Harrison Street was
found in hia bed overcome by gas
shortly after noon Yesterday. The aIn
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
French OUS1 ENEMY
Defeat Germans on NeufchateI
Salient and at PompeIIe.
Several German Raids Attempted
Against British Lines Fail-EnQ-
llsh Take Prisoners.
Observation-Disclosures.

Paris, March 4.-Strong efforts made
by German troops to debouch from the
Neufchatel salient, northwest Of Reims,
were frustrated, the French war Office
announced In its statement.
The enemy likewise failed to reach
the Popelle fort, southeast of Reims,
succeeding only In gaining a foothold
with some small detachments to the
west of 1t.
The French troops, according to the
night report, have completely re-estab-
lished their line at La Pompel&e.
A French counter-attack stopped the
German advance on front Of nearly
half mile In the Carniilet sector of
the Champagne. The French tempo
rarily evacuated their trenches under
orders, but quickly drove in again and
re-established the position.
London, March 4--Several German
raids were attempted against the Brit
ish lines on the Franco-Belgian front,
but none Of them met with success.
The British took prisoners from the
Germans In these encounters and for
their part successfully raided German
trenches near ArmentiereS.
Great Headquarters of the French
Army in France, March 4.-Deter-
mined efforts by the Germans to OBJ
tain possession. Of Fort la Pompelle,
to the southeast of Reims, and thus
secure another dominating position
from which they could complete the
destruction of the city, have met with
sanguinary failure. The prepara-
tiOns for the attack began on February
20 along a front extending nearly ten
miles, from LOivre to Sillery.
The German infantry, the follow
ing day, at five different points, went
over the top, adva<cing toward the
salient facing Neufchatel, La Pom
pelle, La BretOnnerie, Mont Haut and
Teton, at the same time making a
feint in the neighborhood of Betheny.
It was soon seen that the principal
point of assault was La Pompelle, to
which two battalions tried to force
their way. Some of the Germans sue
ceeded in reaching Alger Farm, a
fortified point fronting on the dis
mantled fort, La Pompelle, but none
was able to enter the fort itself.
On March 2 a French counter-at-
tack quickly restored the line to it's
original position, and not an inch of
French lines now remains in German
hands.
The French regiment holding the
position was one which had already
won distinction on other battlef1elds.
1t held tenaciously under the horrible
bombardment, in which thousands of
gas shells made the air deadly poison
Gus.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
PATRONS AEE TIE PATRIOTS
Customers of Some Hotels Profit Very
Little by New Plan of Conserva-
tion of Food Supply.

The food administration Is pleased
to pieces with the New YORK hotels for
saving more than q thousand barrels
of flour a week and some II tons of
meat day by these wheatless-meat-
less occasions that are so popular now,
a writer in Golfers observes. Pro-
vision dealers report a falling off In
sales, and all is lovely and statistical.
'Tis a fair picture to gaze upon, but
honor where honor is due! That pa
tient hero, the hotel patron, ought to
come in for few kind words, since
he pays the full price and eats the
half portion.
"Save wheat-use corn"-bread is 10
cents, corn bread is Is cents. AS a
transient consumer, the other noon, we
paid 90 cents for slice of beef as
large as postal card, plus one table
spoonful of creamed potatoes, plus a
bit of Yorkshire pudding about the size
of a watch. No doubt it was all that
was good for US, but the price was
more. If the widely known principles
of economics are still working, we
helped make meat and bread cheaper
and paid as much as if we were MAX
ing them ,dearer.
A patriot is a noble thing, but isn't
it better to be one than to trim one?
The hotel keepers of Manhattan are
playing both sides of the game and the
food administration furnishes a jazz
band of statistical admiration for their
efforts. These bonifaces who are
shrinking the meals and swelling the
prices need something all right, but
not governmental encouragement.
Meanwhile the hotel user can feel sure
ton at all-he's the paying goat now
Just as he used to be.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
FEAR RECURRENCE OF PLAGUE
Government Experts Favor Extermina.
ton of Rats Also as a War
Measure for Saving Food.

Government experts are urging that
the rat be exterminated as a war meas
ure for saving food. The waste each
year due to the rodent is estimated at
s2OOOOO,OOO. A full-grown rat con-
sumes more food than a baby. In
addition, the animal is menace to
health.
The terrible scourge Of the bubonic
plague in Europe and Asia was spread
by rats and their parasites. When
the plague was carried by the animals
in ships to our Pacific coast, cam
paign for their determination was con-
Quoted in the seaports at much cost.
The disease was thus stamped out as
1t had been in the Orient, by the pound
of cure instead Of the ounce Of pre-
ventiOn.
The plague returns at intervals from
Its breeding places in the overcrowded
and filthy cities of Asia. War, pesti.
lence and famine travel hand in hand
A recurrence may be expected as a re.
suit Of the deprivations of war among
the impoverished eastern people.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
Turks Sought British Aid.

"A relief from the atrocities Of war
may be seen in the excerpt of letter
from nephew Of mine," writes VAL
entine Robinson, 40 Wall street, New
York, in the Herald, who is in the en-
gineers' corps in Palestine:
"'After the flies and sand Of the des-
ert the grass and trees of --- were
very grateful to the eye. We soon had
q little brush with the Turks and some
Of our men were hurt; we drove them
off and soon after flag of truce came
In with three Turkish officers. They
wanted to borrow a doctor; theirs had
been killed. Two Of the officers, "ma-
jors," were to remain as hostages for
his safe return. Devens volunteered
and when he came back had with him
two regiment wounded that
they had given him in gratitude. The
two boys had been treated well, but
were glad to be back with their own
folk"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
GERMAN TROOPS TO FINLAND
To Act With Sweden to Suppress Re-
voIt-To Use AIand Islands.

To Act With Sweden to Suppress Re-
voIt-To Use AIand Islands.
Stockholm, March 4-German troops
will be sent into Finland, at the re-
quest of the Finnish government to
suppress the revolution which is in
progress there, according to an Off
cial statement issued here, which says:
"The German minister at Stockholm,
acting under instructions from his gov
ernment, has informed the Swedish
minister of foreign affairs that Ger
many intended to send, at the request
of the Finish government, troops into
Finland to suppress the revolution.
These troops, by the consent Of Fin
land, would in the course Of their op-
erations make use Of the Aland is
lands.
"In order not to hinder the accom-
plishment Of the humanitarian work
undertaken by Sweden in the Aland
islands, Germany would agree to con-
fine herself to making use Of these is
lands to organize there necessary
halting place for the military expedi-
ton into Finland.
Assurances also are given that Ger
many has no territorial interest what
ever in the islands and that the ques-
ton Of the Alands, out Of considera-
ton for the vital interests Of Sweden
regarding the islands, ought to be set
tied in close agreement with this coun-
try"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
GERMAN PEACE CONDITIONS
ACCEPTED BY B0LSHEV|KI
P0RklESS DAY ENDS
Suspension of MeatIess Meal
Also Ordered by Hoover.
Meat Production Made Change
Advisable.

Washington, March 4.-Temporary
suspension Of the meatless meal and
Of the special restriction against the
use of pork on Saturday was an
nOunced by the food administration as
a readjustment Of its food conserva-
ton program. Increased meat produc-
ton and the necessity for still greater
saving In wheat, it was declared.
make the change advisable.
The suspension is made effective for
an indefinite period, and it probably
will last for three months or longer.
Since all restrictions on consump-
ton Of mutton and lamb had been
lifted previously, the food administra-
ton now asks the public for the time
being to deny itself in meats only
beef and pork on one day a week
Tuesday.
Increased meat consumption, food
administration officials believe, will
Of itself curtail the use of wheat, and
for the present there is no intention
to add to the restrictions already in
force against the use Of flour.
In statement setting forth the rea-
reasons for the change in program,
Food Administrator Hoover said:
1.-THE allies have made further and
important demands for breadstuffs,
these enlarged demands being caused
to some degree by shortage in arriv-
ais from the Argentina. 1t is, there
fore, necessary for the food admins
tration to urge a still further reduc-
ton In the consumption of bread and
breadstuffs generally, II we are to
meet our export necessities.
Experience shows that the con-
sumption of breadstuffs is intimately
associated with the consumption Of
meat. For various reasons our sup
plies of meat for the next. two or
three months are considerably en-
larged and we can supply the allies
with all Of the meat products which
transportation facilities render posi-
BILE and at te same time somewhat in
crease our own consumption. In these
circumstances the food administration
considers 1t wise to relax the volun-
tary restrictions on meat consumption
to some extent with a view to further
decreasing bread consumption.
$50 long as the present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beef1ess and porkless
Tuesday.
"The meatless meal and the pork
less Saturday are no longer asked"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
BRITISH FLYING CHIEF HURT
Gen. c. C.. Hoare Narrowly Escapes
Death in Texas.

Fort Worth, Tex, March 4.-Gen.
G. G. Hoare, supreme commander of
the British Royal Flying corps in Can
ada and the United States, narrowly
escaped death, but was injured severe
ly about the face and head, in forced
landing at Hicks aviation field here
several days ago, it became known.
General Hoare, it is understood, was
driving the plane, which was forced
to land on account of engine trouble.
1t Is reported that the general, after
a brief period in tve hospital, went to
Toronto. w. A. Hayes, a mechanic,
was killed and Lieutenant Bate,
Lieut. Frank Flynn and Cadet Flyer
e. A. Carroll, all of the Royal Flying
corps, were injured in spinning nose
dive accidents.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
NAMES OF U. S. DEAD
Five Americans Killed in Action
North of TouI.
Five Severely Wounded and Four
Slightly Hurt In Battle With Ger
mans on March 1.

With the American Army in France,
March 4-Several Americans were
killed and several were wounded by
shell fragments when the Germans
scored a direct hit on q half-ruined
house in certain village just behind
the American lines.
Washington, March Alive Ameri-
cans, including Second Lieut.. Harold
f. Eadie of Tilton, n. H., were killed,
five were severely wounded and four
slightly wounded in the fight with the
Germans north of Toul March !, the
war department announced.
Those killed besides the lieutenant
were:
Anthony AmOdei, sergeant, 147
North Linwood avenue, Baltimore, Md.
Edgar Parsons, private, Obids, N. @.
Harry ]. Henry, private, Logansport,
Ind
Mathew Brew, private, Fayette,
N. D.
The department also announced the
following killed in action:
Joseph P. Chaisson, sergeant, Derby.
Me-, February "a.
Eph Boggs, corporal, Red Jacket,
w. Va, March 2.
Hugh Weatherman, private, Beaman,
Ia, March -.
Tmohas S. Hardesty, cook, IL Ram
sey Apartments, Ell Paso, Tex, Feb
ruary 2S
Those severely wounded March 1
are:
Elliott Fortner, corporal, Herrin. Ill.
Isaac Harvard, private, Evarts, KY.
Roy E. Ness, private, private, r. F..
D., No. 3, Duluth, Minn.
Reuben J. Finkel, pivate, High
wood, Mont.
Glen III. Work, cook, Obert, Neb.
Those slightly wounded March 1
are:
John B. Little, corporal, Abobott,
Ark.
John MacRae, J., private, 992O Wins
ton avenue, Chicago.
Arthur E. Nelson, private, Cam
bridge, Ill.
Edward J. Turner, private, Lake
Mills, Ia.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
ALLIED FLEET AT
VLAD|VOSTOk
Marines Prepare to Land as BoI-
sheviki Threaten to
Seize Ship.
IAPAh'S ARMY IN SIBERIA
General Tuan Chi Jul In Command of
Chinese Forces Which Enter
Manchuria-Russ Take
War Supplies.

Tokyo, March 4.--According to reli-
able reports, the cities Of Irkutsk,
Blagovieshtchensk, Omsk and Khar-
barovsk are completely in the hands of
the maximaliSts.
Urkutsk is situated at the southern
end of Lake Baikal, and in the center
Of a rich agricultural and mining re-
gion. Blagovleshtchensk is the capital
Of the province of Amur and controls
rich gold mining section. Omsk is
the capital of the Akmolinsk province
and Of the general government Of the
Steppes. Khabarovsk Is the capital Of
the littoral or maritime province, and
Is situated at the junction Of the
Amur and the Ussuri rivers All are
important cities of eastern Siberia.)
Tokyo, March 4.-The bOlsheviki
have seized pier at Vladivostok con-
tanning munitions and other goods val
ued at 10O.OOO,OOO rubles (about $780,
OOO), according to advices received
here.
The same dispatch declared the boil
sheviki threatened to requisition for
eign merchant ship for their use and
that allied warships In the harbor were
preparing to land marines.
Foreign Minister Motono Informed
the diet that Japan is negotiating with
the allies for new policy toward Rus
sia. Hurried departure for Vladivo-
stok Of Rear Admiral Tanaka, former
attache at Petrograd, was considered
significant.
The Siberian situation was the sub
ject Of an important conference at the
emperor's villa In Hayama. Foreign
Minister Motono, Naval Minister Kato
and Admiral Togo participated.
Troops Being Sent In.
London, March 4.-Irpan and China
are dispatching troops into Asiatic
Russia, the former into Siberia and the
latter into Manchuria, Tien Tsin news
papers announced, according to a dis
patch to the Evening News. The dis
patch added that Gen, Tuan Chi Jul
preme commander.
diplomatic correspondent, presum-
ably japanese, discussing In the Chron-
icle the objects Japan would have in
taking action in Siberia, says that
Manchuria would be the base of the
Japanese operations. Vladivostok, he
points out, Is regarded as sufficiently
protected by the Japanese fleet.
A compact force, this writer consid-
ers, would probably be dispatched to
control the trans Siberian railroad. A
point at least as far in the interior as
Irkutsk, he says, would be the objec-
tive, 1T may be assumed, as local action
In Russian Manchuria is deemed made
Quate.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
CHANGE IN ARMY DRAFT PLAN
Second 100000 Men Are to Go to
Cambs Gradualiv


Washington, March 4.-There will
not be a second draft In the sense Of
the first great drawing.
Instead of putting out the additional
100000 men authorized by the first
draft, 1t Is now planned to call the
men gradually as the need develops.
Seventy-fiye thousand of the old
draft were called few days ago,
which leaves another $4,000 before the
original call of 687,0OO Is exhausted.
These will be summoned next month.
Included in this batch are approx
mately 5000 men of northern Illinois,
who have been wondering when the
summons would come.
The law authorizing the second 5OO,-
600 is being changed to enable the
government to ascertain the state
quotas, according to the number of
registrants in class 1, as against the
old allotment on the basis of popula-
ton. The bill making the alteration
passed the senate Saturday and soon
will go through the house.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
GERMANS WON, SAYS BERLIN
War Office Claims Complete Success
Over U. S. Troops.

Amsterdam, March 4.-Complete
success ia the attacks on the Amen-
can troops along the French front Is
claimed In the German semi-ofiicial
supplementary war report relating to
the fighting from March l to 3, which
says that northeast of Seicheprey our
storm troops gained a complete success
strong preparatory fire our troops here
penetrated the enemy's position to
depth of 500 meters. They rapidly
broke the American resistance, return
ing with twelve prisoners and two ma
chine guns. The losses of the Ameri-
cans were extraordinarily high In the
brief preparatory bombardment."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
KAISER HALTS
INVASION when
RUSS SIGN PACT
Boisheviki Accept Huns Terms of
Peace, Says Statement
From Berlin.
MILITARY OPERATIONS END
sIavs Accept Teuton Conditions In
Fear That Argument Would Re-
suit In Even More Oner-
Gus Terms.

Petrograd, March "A German air.
man bombed various portions Of the
city. Three persons were killed and
five wounded. The material damage
was unimpOrtant. The peace treaty
with Germany has been signed. The
Ukrainian army has occupied Kiev,
Gomel and Berdichev.
Berlin, March 4-"By reason of the
signing Of the peace treaty with Rus
sia," says the official communication
from headquarters military move
rnents In Great Russia have ceased"
The Germans in their advance
through Russia have captured, ac-
cording to the communication, $500
officers and $1,000 men, 1000 guns,
5000 machine guns, thousands of
motor vehicles, 600 locomotives and
thousands Of railroad trucks.
Russ kneel to Kaiser.
Petrograd, March An the fear
that argument would result In even
more onerous terms, the Russian dele
cation at Brest-Litovsk has accepted all
the German peace conditions and Is
about to sign an agreement, according
to telegram from the delegates re-
ceived at the Smolny institute, the boil
shevik headquarters. The demands
already have been increased, they re-
ported.
Message Sent Leaders
The message, which was addressed
to Premier Lenine and Foreign Minis
ter Trotzky, follows:
"As we expected, deliberations on
treaty Of peace are absolutely useless
and could only make things worse In
comparison with the ultimatum of
February p. They might even assume
the character of leading to the pre-
sentation Of another ultimatum.
I'm view Of this fact and in conse-
quence Of the Germans refusal to
cease military action until peace is
signed, we have resolved to sign the
treaty without discussing its contents
and leave after we have attached our
signatures. We, therefore, have re-
quested train, expecting to sign to-
day and leave afterward.
"The most serious feature of the
new demands compared with those Of
February Fl Is the following:
ITO detach the regions of Karaband,
Kars and Batoum from Russian ter
ritory on the pretext Of the right Of
peoples to self determination"
1.-THE new territorial claims upon
Russia are apparently advanced in the
interest Of Turkey. Batoum, q strong
ly fortified seaport on the Black sea
coast In Transcaucasia, about twenty
miles north of the border Of Turkey
Armenia, was one Of the cities ceded
by Turkey to Russia after the Russo
Turkish war Of 1877-78. Kars, also In
Transcaucasia, 105 miles northeast Of
Erzeroum in Turkish Armenia, has
been in dispute between the Turks
and the Russians for nearly a century
and finally was ceded to Russia at the
same time as was Batoum. The other
region mentioned probably Is that Of
Karabagff, Transcaucasia, lying to the
east Of Kars region and north Of the
Persian border.1
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
LIEUT.. GRANT SECRETLY WEDS
Bride of Union Generals Grandson Is
Unknown to Relatives.

New York, March 4.-Lieut. U. 8.
Grant Nv, grandson of the Union gen.
eral, left camp at Spartanburg, S. O.,
for Washington to report to the chief
of ordnance there, and just before leav-
ing gave his brother officers a surprise
by announcing that he was married in
Spartanburg on October to Miss Ma
tilda Bartikofsky of New York city.
He said the bride had returned to New
York. The marriage license was issued
by Probate Judge ]. J. Burnett of Spar
tanburg, who performed the ceremony.
York, while not surprised at the an
nouncement, are very anxious to know
who his wife is.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
u. S. HITS COAL PROFITEERS
Operators Charged With Boosting
Prices Being Investigated.

Washington, March 4.-Profiteering
and boarding of coal are being hard
hit by Fuel Administrator Garfield,
Operators charged with boosting prices
are being investigated by the fuel ad-
ministration. Consumers have pro-
tested against certain firms adding As
cents a ton to prices In contracts made
prior to August q, 1917. President
Wilson's proclamation permitting an
addition Of 45 cents a ton to cover
wage increases was not to affect con-
tracts made before August 21. Regu-
lations covering retail distribution Of
coal beginning April 1 are practically
ready for announcement.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
THREE SHIPS BURN; 2 DEAD
Ferry Steamer, Barge and Lightship
Destroyed at Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk, Va, March 4.-The 1,7OO
ton ferry steamer Castleton. the coal
barge Edith and a government light
ship were destroyed by fire here. Two
firemen aboard the Castleton were
burned to death and Capt. L. A. Ole
son Of the Edith severely injured. The
explosion of lamp aboard the Castle
ton caused the fire.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-04
WOMAN AUTO RACER KILLED
Mrs. Stephen Zorro Loses Life in Con-
test In California.

Stockton, Cal, March 4.-Mrs. Ste
phen Zorro, auto racer, was killed in
a five-mile race with Ruth Wightman
the aviator, for the wOmans world
championship on dirt track. Mrs
Zorro, driving Earl Coopers Stutz,
crashed through the fence on the third
lap. Her mechaniclan, Robert Currie,
was probably fatally injured.