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TRAIN To
REDWOOD IN
NEARLY. WEEK
LOSSES BY FLOOD
REACH A MILLION
B. & O. Track Washed Out
Many Miles-Many In
dustries Damaged.
;pccial Dispatch to the Intelligencer.

Special Dispatch TO the IntelliGencer.
REDWOOD. ". Va. March 17.-Ths,
floods of the past week have caused a
loss of Mt least million dollars In this
section.
The first train into Redwood since
the flood. Tuesday. arrived here at mid
night bringing in passengers and mali
that had been BLOODHOUND for four days.
Tho e. & O. track between Curtin and
Fleetwood WAS washed out and necesst-
tntcs the building Of Il new road for
many miles.
!. The Cherry River Boom and Lumber
Company's railroad which runs 20 miles
bnck into the mountains. suffered a
heavy loss as did their large lumber
plants.
Tho tanncry and the paper mills wern
also caught in. the rush Of water. which
did much damage TO them.
The Pardec and Curtin Lumber Com
pany. operating just 'belwo fleetwood,
suffered IA loss Of over 100000 TO their
railroad and lumber plant. They lost a
number of bridges.
The telegraph and telephone service
was not restored In and about Redwood
until about 2 o'clock this afternoon. A
number Of houses along Cherry river
wcrc moved from their foundations and
many were carried away.
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DRhF T MEASURE
LIP IN CONGRESS
President Attempts TO Recon
cile Views of the House
and Senate.

WASHINGTON. March i7.-Army
draf; lreis;r;inn. rrl"wal o! contr"-
""rsv oyer government reorghniza-
;,nn and the administration bill Tor n
war finance corporation will occupy
mos: nf this wr.k al the capital.
bills affecting operation -: the So
lcctiv" daft law arc pending n"i"r"
both scua;" and hous". with nlu.'h pros
surr fo- immediate action h"causr or
their effect on ihe Few draft The sen
a.r hill changing ;hn basis Of quotas
from state population to n" number
OF mcn IN class / is on the house ra!-
~ndnr. with It's opponents Insisting
urun a substitute which would base
quotas upon total registration and la
:biIItv To- service. 1t &c understood
rrrsldrn; Wilson may call some ot III"
roIlea leaders, Into conference in an cf-
fort "a adjust their differences. Senate
,nfli.ury cr,mmitlr members plan TO
seek early consideration II the war DO
rariIrriIt hill suhJrritng to rcEiStra-
tInu youths rcnrhing y years since
Jun" ). !?i7.
Tho war nnancn corporation bill.
uuuu which she housc tomorrow re-
:.urn"s debate, - expected Ia pass
within n few Days and hc snnt 10 cor
ference. Til" army Legislation Is
+t.nrdll"h to follow.
Consideration or tie orcrmnn Dill
giving the president blanket rr0Tganl%-
r,Iru powers viii br resumed tomorrow
hy tho senate judiciary committee un-
fContInuod on Page Two.)
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been preserved in It's primrva! sthlr-'
the Danish Aurri.un imrh, p"Isht
with money suhscrIhcd by Danish emil
trun!s t.. hg!cr'.a who rr"spurrd ~
their nd"ptri lunh.
Ever SiIur the crnpu-st nr NrhihsrA
Ly Germany tnrr" hus herR deep
hatred rf mIi lh!nE4 IermAu. III l'cn'
mark uu frr"uut u: tho treatment nt
lnui. Danes, numbering h':iw~"h "h1
i"..ir,,h AMI twu hundTcd thousand
who were living in Schleswig and si"l-
:,,,ru aud wrr" uuf"rlurni" enough ~
t.: turned ry"g aa Property Ia the
King al Prussia.
found III" lane: HGrr"Hhl" p"oPi".
OF t!l- same race al the Germans, itV-
u.I !,Kr in.n IA thn dLrh north, this
,!ii...r.u,r III h.hayl"r III !"rhaps nc
rutuied ;rr lay tn" fact !hat thu Danes
ara frr.., w!,;iH lhm Germans arn Fi'-
pressed hi ia" wu.ght vi an ever
present aui"GraCH.
While the Danish rcopia hate the
Germans, officially Denmark Is care
ful Ia conceal this hats, and even ap-
pa.ently Ia lean toward tha German
sida. Through fear OF tho German
troops. which could easily overrun
liuunlark in thirty hours.
Dcnmark during the war received oil
cake from America which was fed 10
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GERMAN At TACK
ON AMERICANS
MEETS REPUL5E
ENEMY IS ELECTED
FkUM u. s, TRENCHES
Raid Intended For Capture Of
Prisoners and Obtaining
Information.

WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Saturday, March 16.-tBy
the Associated Press.)-After \ terri
fic artillery preparation this morn
ing. large numbers Of the enemy cross
ed No Mans Land on the extreme hight
Of the American sector northwest OF
Toui. Apparently the purpose OF the
raid Was quickly accomplished and
onl- conoarativcly small NUM- b2r
entered our lines. Permission has not
beca given to mention the number OF
casualties.
This raid, like most Of the others
carried out all the way from the sea
20 svttxerlp ad, was designed to gather
information by means OF taking pr7s-
one-s.
East o. Iunev!ne our patrols have
explored part of tho German IReoc"
which our artillery forced the enemy
20 abandon Patrols proceeded later
ally until they established contact
yr.sn the German Ou- reconna1sance
n.d wire patrols found sutpers' posts,
IIr..tnr posts and nests from which
machine guns had been firing on onf
limos. Tho artillery attended to All
these posts. The German positions
have been so uncomfortable at SeV-
ersl places that thcy now are trying
TO REGAIN a foothola by connecting shell
holes. Our troops have been subject
to an extraordinarily hoa7y artinor7
fire for the last "a hours. More than
$40 shells, which make craters 20 Feet
deep and 80 foot IN diameter feu IN
ors section OF tho LIMO In another oeo-
lion batteries have oeeI shoned heaV-
~. More gas shells have fallen IN
both the Toul and Lansvtne sectors'
but tie larger number n the former.
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FORMER ENEMY
TRENCHES HELD
BY ANE ER|CANS
COUNTER ATTACK is
AGAIN A FAILURE
Secretary Baker Visits the
U. S. Troops in Their
Trenches.

On .he American front near Toul,
the Americans &C over on the alert,
and frequently OPEN mp With their
guns against the German positions
ard compel the enemy to evacuate
.hese sectors under fire. Posts occr-
pIed by scipers and Hsterens and
nests cf machine gur2e-s recently
have been c.iec:i:ciJ taken care OF
by the American g-unre-s. Tho Ger
mans, however. a-e NOT permitting
the raen fror. overseas to do all o.
the shcotlo;S, for they tAeuSeTes arc
at time putting the Americans under
N rzs:rc-d.na-ly heavy fire In
which explosive shells OF largo cali
eve and noxious gas missiles are used.
Tho Torl sector apparently has been
ptcked hy the Germans as favo-tte
spot rron -rc,~h 20 exreud thetr uoE-
tous gases. although Lunsvtle has not
been forgotten By them u this re-
spect.
Jndica:i,.r.s are mt wru;IlS inat tn'
tus,tro-t;.rnan$ C-on ;;l"!r northern
lire lrt"ui shortly anorh~r ",tem7t !;
arc. their wn" "Gt upHrr -" claims and
mo n;An wnrtar" wjrh n" Italians
a.pl III, l:ritiSh a"I Fr""'h trnopF sent
tni,nsr - r"-,mtn-r" tH"fu S"rsra
..nr,tnleI.'S farri;"c r"""1n"it"r:nG
..artl.,s h..," t""n r':' :" f:Sh' by '':F
Italians in ,h... .urE-r.,i1 r"G1rHS. tn.
7r?71,TnnS .:,sT1seiv"S hrv" ~r:"r"S~fclt.
(rEins.r... sinai .::";isIs"S IN IA" ="
Einn e; Nour" .tS3."i."
! i..k:w!~., s., Ma."l,"!, - ia!
..>c,n = S-..,, ;":.-..,~" ~ n" mititar!
operations A'ras limos Al .: ~
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GERMAN U-BOAT SENT TO BOTTOM
IN FIGHT WITH AMERICAN TANKER

out from a British port when the
U-boat was sighted. The tanker tried
to escape and was pursued. After
the American vessel had been with
in torpedo range for some time With
out any attempt being made to sink
her in this way. the U-boat began
Smelling her.
The tanker halted and gave bat
tie. The officers said the shrapnel
shells fired by the American gun
crew either fell short or passed over
the U-boat for time. but finally one
struck the submarine fairly in the
center and she disappeared immedI-
ateIy. The American vessel Is OF
about 1000 tons gross.
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SHIPS Of The
HOLL ANDERS
FOR ENTENTE
Hague Adyices Confirm Re-
port That the Neither
lands Acquiesce.

THE HAGUE. March lT.-AftHr
rabln., council lasting into the n'ghi'
,hc gnvc-rlncni cahl"d 1" London
nInssag. which, according tn reliable IN
irrn:,: .an. rrchably will lead 10 sat
i,fnr,nr,. ,.u:!ciusinn Of th: shipping dli-
iIt u'iy.
TAN hn.~t.r4am dispatch on saturday.
sand !; had been learned on excellent
authority ;haI N: Dutch authorities
had accepted the demand OF the Entente
allies relating 10 the use 81 Du'ch
ships in n, danger zore.)
LONDON. Friday. March l5.--ln view
, nf th.. decision nf the Entente allies
Ito max" u.s.: uf Dutch shipping now In
alli,l ports. Reuters, Limited. publishes
a Hurr comparing the generous o'l"r
which ihr allies before deciding 10 take
over m. ships, made TO Holland. with
,hc i:rrman practice OF either hottlins
III. l4utch ships or, if they came out.
sinking Them. with II" replacement Dc"
Ing promised or intended.
IN considering the decision of the
/. aliic.,." the noir says. 'snmn reference
is nnAdcd 10 the past course OF the
British commercial negotiations vita
uullnnI aErly in the war Holland ceased
10 supply us with any OF her products
cxcrli at cxorbitant prices. ana it was
nnly after prolonged negotiations tha.
she agreed 20 sell US n fair share on
terms which could be seriously enter
talned."
"Whrn tn, German unrestricted war
faro was announced, Holland alon@ OF
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cattle later snlh IN Germany. A great
trnIImg. ut fish han also boon sent
rrun b-nmurk tn Germany, whtle salt
und puiAnh have hcrn imported, There
il II" Question that supplies OF all
kinds hHd In great Quhntltles have
found Irr,r way across the Danish boz
dur,
And tho Danes have prnapered enor-
mOusly Since tho war, Many persons
have become millirnair-s through the
salr OF inod and either supplies to the
irrIri:tns, \ great deal Of this FOOD
$upuly was Sent in The form OK cameo
meat, popularity known III goulash,
ANA So today whenever AN automobile
passes "lt n DANISH r'a" Ihc small boys
cal! out "LiuuIa$h Ear"n,' IN the belief
that The occupant Is q New mado MIL
Ii"uaire, enriched hy trade with Ger
mauH.
1t Is hard for us :" rvaliza how fal
north the Scandinavian countries Ne.
Christiania, the capital OF Norway and
In its southern part; is in the same
latitude az the south point OF Green
land: ard il Is not difficult to imagine
a modern city situated IN Greenland
In Chritsiana it is not fairly daylight
in December until ten In the morning
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~ -h~ nnt:"nS "":t!Eunus I" Germany
ri. .h' nnrth
Ny gri.,l'!f,,t!t'r. Erntaiuin F. Angel,
was American Minister I" Sweden and
%nr.ay. and nu leaving Received from
,i,- kiur :hr h:.!"r "r -. Olaf, have
:,lwuys taken !. dec. interest in ScuUdi
na..aI affairs. and II h.hu"Nrh th,i
Nffirri.'Iu p.-"rEr Ia regard "l"s=iy " hat
- hnpj.uiun H"wndays IL N"rNHny,
Sweden and D.isInhrh,
IT, uuthreua al tii' f:ur'r." an War III
!iy!i srr,"' Ia hr!ng the thr'" northern
NATION. "!ost together. Th"lr kings n!"t
"a ..ui.."E.:u., and !'cacD m"HiiiHcnt
VAS ted nn the boundary "f Enr%nJ
n,i Sweden nS ii (" proclaim ir the
world that in spite Of their recent Spa
ration Norway and Sweden w"r" sisios
: countries.
The. people "f vh"s" three countries arc
,.f the saTnG bi,m.i und tic!. Languages
!arv somewhat similar. Norwegian and
/ Danish, written ar" virtually the same
/ But there is quite difference IN pro-
tnunciatiur Swedish is more ike Gse'
man and the Pronunciation Is not 90 dir'
| f:cult to learn rs that Of Norwegian
and Danish. IN Norway th"r" ar" Older
dialects Giff"rir-, from thc lnh;Eh. ilaI
there has Iat-i: h."n great movement
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Anti-War Strikes I'm Austria and
Hungary OF Large Proportions

AMSTERDAM March 17-strikes again in progress In
and Hungary and spreading rapidly accords
ports appearing Vienna dlspatch 10 the
eser zung Bremen Friday that strike has been
begun Budapest assuming large proportions Teeraphc
communication Budapest and Vienna was suspended
Thursday.
Vienna dispatch the Loka Anzeiger of Berlin confirms
the report last week worner railway shops have gone on
strike It says and neghbong industrial cente1s are al
fected by The IN the railway shops OF one e
quit Tuesday and were joined on wednesday o ne sp
workers of other railways Under of military intervention
the men returned the shops but did not work
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LoNDoN. March l7.-Both Odessa
and Nikolayev weEe taken without
aghting. The feot ct Odessa had ned
to SabastlpoL
Tho Germans Immediately suppress-
ed the Sovets In both cities and
seized the naval yards at Nikolnyev.
Tho German advance continue In
the direction Of Kherson-
Tho drst train direct from Berlin
arrived In odessa yesterday.
(Wiholaycv. which lies sbout forty
miles north, northwest OF Khereon.
on tho Bug river, on the estuary OF
the Dnieper. has occupied q prominent
place 81 tho naval defenses Of Rus
sic. It has q great nary yard and Is
this scat Of military governor who
Is commander Of ths Black Sea fleet.
The approaches TO tho city ara very
strongly fortified. Its population
numbers about 100, 900. Nikolnyev
Les about TO miles norhoant Of odes-
sa, and IS reported to ho Russia's
great wheat storing center. An
American grain expert, who recently
returned from that arca, Eaid that tho
storehouses at Nkolayov contained
I'VE million brlshols Of wheat. with
IN recent years inc lIHEcIln1 BpFeTIl-
ment constituted Ntko.ayev tho ship
building base for the Black Soa neet.
The naval works Eave m area Of
nearly 600 ac-es Gnd equipment for
tho employment OK 10000 men.
Wiih the ratification Of In" treaty r
peace with Germany. N" Soviet con
grrS9 in Moscow has dissolved. l!ut ;h'
E"rn,nn3 hmv" not yet ceased their In
roads Into RuaStn'& richest territory Il
tho south Nikniaycv. The great navy
yard city northeast ct Odessa nnd head
quarters nt III" high command &C th'
Russian Nlnck Scn fleet. - the l;ttcS
prizr that has been wrcSt"d from tn
IIuSs!anS. Situated ~ the mouth OF Ia,
I!ug river. III" caplgr" "f the town riv"!
the t,cruiuEa u water rout" IF Er"1
value. through thr rich agriculture
country from NolhYnia t. the lIlnrk sen
Tp - thr last s"fi" Of thr Inrmh"r
of the Soviet congress opposed III" hare
terms al III" G"riuIuS but /" II" avail
Warning ~na sounded hy $"i"ril ~
them Of a fl rtIIrr German attack ami u
I he necessity fu: ANAL gating for resist
aucc. I:.f,r" adjournment. tn" congress
arlaroyti = the removal nr III" capita
from Trtrograd !" Moscow and late dis
patches say that l'"tr"Grad has nov
been completely evacuated.
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With ;h'. approach "t Sgr:nr each day
witnesses AN iu"r"as" in th" fighting Hc-
tiViry. IN every theatre. Except suSSM,
the infantry aud arri,i.!% NJ" hard ut
work From tive N"rih sea I" III" Swiss
frontier 10 day passes without nHm"r-
Gus patrol" encounters. which 4: times
reach tn" intensity almost nl battles.
unl artillery LurlS "f Ti"lrnrr but lit
tic short nf Ihr gr"HI exchanges "f
shells which in the past year reached
the high raIn" mark in intensity.
Probably ,hr most amhltinu" of all
tho attempts hy tho h"illecrcntS Ia
pierce nh opposing lin" hns h""T made
hv the French troops over q wide front
in the N.rdun sector. Th' attack was
delivered after prnpLr"l"rj artillery lire
lasting J" hours according TO the Rcr-
lin war rtcC" hu; WAS checked. That
the Fighting was q! SarguirnrT char
artcr * indicated by III" statement that
the trnoI@ came iu:O hand t" hand en-
counters II is claimed hv N"rIin thai
n: another point IN this region thc Ger
mans prrrrrat"d French positions hno
capture, crA prisoners. including thf
staff of nr". hriali"n.
At humorous points along IL" 1|Tit;$N
front Ftc!d Marshal Hla;G's men are
under heavy '"niharirlcr'H from the
Germans Particularly vinlrnt has hc"i
tho pnund'nE nf t'in shrlis along thu
Raraurn"- Cambria! road IN III" ScArpt
valley ana rrnund Lens. Only ont
cr"r1y Infantry n;la'ii was attempted
Th!. occurred north OF L""s "rh was
r,,ulerl 'rifr lirnisi: W"r" successful
T., .l'' l..r iuanc> !vy"S near t.rh"y are
Gn,"rcIr.
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AN ATLANTIC PORT. March II.
AT the end Of an hours 5attle he
tween German submarine and an
American tank steamer, the Pauls-
boro. Of the Vacuum Jil Company.
which arrived here today, the u
boat apparently was sunk. accorL.."Q
to officers Of the American vessel.
One Of the crew on the tanker
was wounded by she'll fired by the
submarine. Two other shots struck
the Acmrican vessel. which was not
seriously damaged.
The fight took place in the Bristol
Channel, on February "a. The
American vessel was about % hours
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Mr. Grrard's SECOND book written
siuce his G-pacinr- from Hcrhn upo"
tl,. scyrri,.. &C si:;l"mA:lc re!h'lphs
with Imperial Ger,'tamy. haas been 80
sured by The Intriite"uc"r Tor h'"s-
,,,..r publication. Z VII appear
.,nui,a,eousiy "a daily snSta ltne"ts
In this and c;h"r n-~*n;'per+ ~
cens.d by the phtlad"!p;!'a !'u"tic
Ledger. Any !ntrin2~rn-n' %. 'ne
Public L-dse.s co:yr'Esn VIII be
prosecuted
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THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, March 17-1oroeASf'
West virG1ua-FaIr, warmer Monday
and Tuesday.
ohic-TAr Monday, slightly ooldsr
near Lako Erto and wnrnucr in south;
Tuesday fair, warmer.
Western Peuusylvania-Fdr Mondays
Tuesday fair, Taruaer.
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PatropraI Evacuated.

LONDON. Thursday. March Il --Thr
evacuation "f Frtr"Grad has been com
plet"d according t. Il R-ul"r dispatch
from thar city. quoting un nrfirinl cum
,ruuiratinn Nome of the l"pulHti"n All
-. permitted 80 l-:H~ the "Ity hereafter
and. In order to mako certain that tho
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W.S.S. READ EVERY DAY W.S.S.

age regeneration This war ts bringing s0u1
peoples pE the "oro WI" o0
united clc Christian democracy
Ono O. he greatest lessons Of Thrift learned
f.va-an nd
The 25cc7. $500 War Savings Stamp pro-
and child to enlist as
Sammy against Kaiser.
Every just another link in the cnan OF
character every Thrift or War Stamp you pun
trigger.
will everything euy
Siam, .odayand every Render government
service and cent annually interest COM
pounded quarterly
rr,,v conducted Through courtesy of this
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Face to Face With Kaiserlsm
IRons ". o8RARD

By JAMES ". GERARD.
American Ambassador as tao GsFfnAA
ruporial Court, July 2a, is1a'
to February 4, 1877.
Author OF ~My -Four Years In aerrAaJ'
IConyrlsht 1915 by Public Ledger COZ
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CHAPTER XXI.

lust as ! had tho opportunity 70 study
conditions in Austria. 81 also "hf'ie |"
contact with the politics aild dlri"mac!
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Many ArreStL

PEKING. Saturday, March 16.--An au-
thorita,ive dispatch from Blasovtesht-
chcnsk, Is Siberia, 500 miles north OF
Harbin, filed March S. says all Bolshevik
lenders. including the president OF the
locnl Soviet, have been arrested and I'M
prisorcd By CossRcks and volunteer mill
tia. The Bolshcvik troops. consisting or
reserve regiments Of Rcd Guards and
saIln1a, were dlsarmcd and order was
established.
"a Reuters despatch from London, re-
cctvcd, Saturday quoted reports to the
effect that Ma1imalists had murdered
il5O Japanese at BlaGovicshtchensk.)
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JAPAN PREPARED TO
INVADE SIBERIA But
DECISION WITHHELD

NO change In the situation In
Siberia has been noted Aa late Al
Saturday the Japanese, according
to Premier Terauchi, had not de- +
cided what should be done by Japan
with regard to the menace Of the -
Bolshevtd and tho German elements -
who are aiding them in their reign
Of terror in Siberia. -, the op-
position party in pan 20 ttinuss
its efforts to pre- mt the seuda- Of
traaps to Siberia, almost the entire
press OF the country favors Japan =
ese Intervention.
TOXIC. Saturday. March 16.-Pre-
micr Terauchi and Foreign Minister Mo-
tono told parliament to-day nothing had
been decided upon with reference TO the
Sibrr rlan situation.
The military situation has reached a
statc of perfected preparedness.
Last night the S"iuyuha tConstitu-
innalN 1arty. the parScSt in the Diet.
held Il Conference and rcaffirmed It's
position taken at a recent meeting in
oproeiliou to immediate mobilization.
, The press is almost unanimous in urG-
ing mobilization. The Ashai Shimbun
and the Ynrodzu Chuho say they are un-
able to understand Americas "exces-
sive generosity" toward Russia now
giving supplies TO Germany and imperil-
ling the stores In Eladivostok. Suspis-
ions in regard to japan weaken the
allies they assert. adding that It IS
Jnpan's duty TO work in the interests
Of the pence OF humanity by assisting
10 crush Germany. The Kokunnin Shim-
bun issues a. call 20 arms. saying that
America Is sinccrel? friendly.
The Ashia Ch.mbun Of Osaka voices
the opinion widely held among the mid.
die classes that extensive mobilization
would create acute distress industrially
and IN regard to food supplies.
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PETROGRAD IS
EVACUATED;
PORT TAKEN
SOVIET CONGRESS
HAS DISSOLVED
Opposition to Ratification Of
Harsh Peace Terms Is
Without Avail.

LONDON, March l7.-The German5
have occupied N:kolayev, IN addition
to Odessa, according to q Reuter- DIS
patch from Petrograd.
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Mobilize Your Dollars Tor the Third Liberty Loan Drive Upon the Power mouam April 9th
THE EWEATHER

Fair, Warmer Monday and Tuesday
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-18

tconstnued on Paae fsu.l
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-04-12
1776-1918.

The descendants of the compnt-
riots of Washington and Paul Jones
are. fighting once again side by side
with the descendants of the compa-
triots of Lafayette and Rochcmbeau
The time and and opportunity have
come for Il nation to pay great
debt of gratitude for service render
ed in great national need and Ameri-
ca is paying France the debt she long
has owed.
In the Revolutionary War for the
freedom of America the French
fought on American soil under the
command of an American. Today in
the war for the freedom of France
and for the preservation of liberty
to America, and indeed to MI the
world, Americans fight on French
soil under the supreme command OF
n Frenchman. The hon0rs are even
and the honors are great.
No true American who knows tho
history of this country and loves tho
honor Of his country but thrills Mt the
thought of the American army in
Franco. The invincble Americans
will turn the tide of war; they will
bring to France and her allis victo-
ny for liberty such as France assisted
us to win, and repay with interest q
debt to liberty and TO France long
owing and honorably acknowledged