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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
New Casualty List
Cabled by Pershing
Names of Killed and Wounded
in Recent Action Sent


WASHINGTON, March 3 General
Pershlng reported to the War Depart
ment to-day that Private Glenn Ii.
Campbell, of St. Claire, Mimi, was
KILLED IN action February 27 and that
tour men were slightly wounded in
action OF the same day and eleven
slightly hurt the day before No de-
tails were given.
General Pershing also reported that
irivate Aamue! a .kaplan, Lawrence,
Mass. died February 26 of wounds
Harry Taylor, Springfield, Ohio, died
February IS as result of an enemy
gas attack
The men wounded on February ~
we're:
Sergeant Raym ond L. Cunnef, 1926
Race Street, Philadelphia
Regmentai Supply Sergeant Vernek
Lankford, Bluff, NJ c.
Private Beco F. Trotter, Anderson,
S. c.
Private Allen c. Boone, oss North
Hutchsinson Street. Philadelphia.
The men wounded February 26 we're ::
Corporals Thomas V. Stanky. Peru,
III. and Glenn H. Stephens. Phoenix,
Ariz.
privates R. A. Eparks, Huntington,
Ind; Carl S. Chellis. Plattsburg, n. Y;
George +. Edcll, 2942 North Fourth
Street, Philadelphia; Thomas J. Ell
iington. Pittsboro, Y. c.; Walter Beg
gerlow, Chicago; Lester BRACES, Ore
gon Falls. Wis; Carl Jones. Belleville
ILL.,; Bennett G. Nisbet, Chicago, and
Louis G. Sayer, Vergas. MINI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
America Trains
U-Boat Fighters
At Irish Station
Louisiana Officer Com.
mands First Base of
Kind on Island

Correspondence Of The Associated Pressl
BASE OF AMERICAN FLOTILLA IN
BRITISH WATERS, Jan. 25.-About
as far up the river from hero as
Ionkers is from New York is the first
United States naval training station in
ireland. 1t is built along the bank
under cliffs, and reminds the Ameri-
cans Of the Palisades of the Hudson.
Here naval recruits from all over the
United States are being trained for
the American destroyers, the most re-
cent arrivals being 200 boys from
Pensacola, Fla.
This naval barracks. which some of
the older men call Cob Dock, after q
part of the Brooklyn navy yard, was
formally commissioned with the arri-
val the other day from the United
States of its commanding officer, a
commander who came to the navy from
Louisiana. He has a staff Of lieu
tenant, two cnsigns, paymaster and
several surgeons, who can take care
of several thousand men. They are
instruct;ng men still green to things OF
the sea in methods of fighting the sub
marines.
To the station which covers five
acres, come the recruits from training
stations in the United States. There
are regulars, reserves and state mill
tia, but their identity as such is lost
here, and they are all alike while the
war lasts. Most of them were in
civilian life few months ago. Here
and there is a college man; few were
secretaries to railroad presidents, the
paymaster himself being the son of
railway magnate who owns a 150-mile
line of railroad in North Carolina.
These wartime sailors are housed in
a big old granery which was the home
Of a famous Irish regiment. The men
sleep in hammocks swung from the
rafters in the ceiling. They eat at long
mess tables from enamelled dishes and
get the same food as those on the
American ships. Revcille is Sounded at
$3.50 o'clock, while outside it is still
dark and cold. But these new war
time sailors rise without a murmur,
dress, pack their hammocks out Of the
way and march to breakfast below as
if they had been born to it.
The station is shut by a high wall
upon which armed sentries are posted.
No liberty is permitted for visits in
the village. which boasts fifteen sa-
looms and shipyard. rhe only liberty
granted the recruits is to the more
pretentious village few miles down
the river, which is the base of the
American destroyer flotilla.
The state Of health of the men con-
tinues excellent, despite the raw. damp
climate peculiar to this part of Ireland
and the sick-bay does a small business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Germans Admit
Raids on London
Only Balk Peace
Berlin Dares Not Relin.
quish Military Advantage,
Statesmen Say

AMSTERDAM, March 2. - The Ger
man Reichstag, after referring the
budget to the Main Committee, to-day
adjourned until March -, says a tele-
gram from Berlin.
The "Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Cour-
anti prints long interview with a
parsonage who returned recently from
a weeks visit to Berlin" where he
talked with a number of prominent
persons, including Baron con dem
bussche- Haddenhausen Under Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs; DR.. Drews.
Prusslan Minister of the Interior; Dr.
Solf, Minister for Colonies, and Lieu
tenant General Won Stein, Prussian
Minister of War.
gathered, was that the greatest diff
Guilty in arriving at peace negotiations
IS that Germany dare not or will not
relinquish any military advantage un-
less certain that peace NEGOTIATIONS
have chance for success. He adds:
They agreed perfectly, for instance
with my objections against bombing
London, and admitted that for the sake
OF peace it were better they stopped.
Yet, they said, the raids must continue
for military reasons"
Commenting upon the memorandum
OF war aims adopted by the Interallied
Socialists at their conference in Lon
don recently, the Berlin Socialist news
paper. "Norwaerts." declares that it
IS able to subscribe to many of the
points agreed upon, but it adds:
There is no current opinion in Ger
many worth mentioning which would
be ready to concede any alterations to
Germany's disadvantage. A govern
men which was prepared to make con-
cessions to the Entente relative to AL
SAGE Lorraine or Posen, for instance.
would have no prospect of remaining
in office. Much will have to be changed
in Austria. but if the unhappy peoples
must continue to be bled until a final
solution has been found, we can only
exclaim, Unhappy humanity,' 1t
would be step forward if the Entente
Socialists would declare their demands
had only curling influence, and that
they like the German Socialist Demo-
Gratis, would gladly agree to peace
which would take nothing from their
peoples on either side -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
West
CID N 8 NJ

BERLIN, March Army group of
Prince Rupprecht.--The activity of the fight
ing was revived in a few sectors in the
evening We brought in prisoners as a re-
suit of raids near Hollebeke and south of St.
Quentin.
Army Group of the German Crown Prince.
At many points we made successful raids.
East of Rheims Hessian troops forced their
way into Fort Pompelle. which had been
destroyed.
Northwest Of Prosnes Rhineland and
Westphalian troops penetrated far into the
enemy's positions.
Sections Of trenches southeast of Tahure.
which had remained in the enemy's hands
since the fighting of February, were cleared
by Baden and Thuringian troops.
On the west bank of the Mouse Rhenish
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Find Belgian People
Determined to Win
Red Cross Leaders Return From
Front Impressed by Cour-
age and Optimism
(By The Associated Pressl

BY The Associated Press]
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
BELGIUM, Friday, March 1.-General
Eliot Wadsworth, Of Boston; Colonel
Ernest Bcknell, Of Chicago; Maj or
Ivy Lee, of New York; Major Van
Schaick and Major Simmons, all Of the
American Red Cross, have just com
rleted visit to the Belgian front.
Our experience has been most in
SPRING" said General Wadsworth.
above all. we were impressed by the
splendid courage and optimism of
every one, from generals in command
Of armies to children who are staying
on farms and studying in schools with
in the sound of the German guns. The
checrfulness of the soldiers. the deter
mination of the people to see the
struggle through to successful CON
clusion and to free Belgium-these are
circumstances which strike the Amcri-
can visitor forcibly.
I've were impressed especially by
the care Belgium is lavishing on the
children. uprooted from their homes
by war. and by the splendid organiza
ton of the hospitals. both military and
civilian. In fact, the efforts of every
one, from the King and Queen down
ward, should be an object of admra-
ton on the part of the American peo-
Ia,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
German War Vessels
Blown Up by Mines
Amsterdam and The Hague
Report Loss Of Vlieland
Island

LONDON, March , An Amsterdam
dispatch to The Daily Mall' says that
at o'clock on Friday morning Ger
man torpedo boat and two mine sweep
ers ran into mines off Nlieland Island
and were blown up. A German vessel
lowered boat, but the high seas made
1T impossible to reach the crews and
the boat drifted to the island
The dispatch says it is learned from
fmuiden that Dutch fishing boat
also struck mine, all on board being
lost.
1t is reported fEam The Hague that
several small German naval vessels
ran into mines six miles off Nlieland
In attempts of Germans to save the
crews one boat got into the surf and
capsized. Five men from this boat
were landed on the island.
According to the Handel blad.'
heavy gunfire was heard in this locality
last night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Brigadier General To Be
Put in Command at
Each Station.
ields To Be Bigger
Recent Accidents, 1t Is De-
clared, Will Not Interfere
With Nations Airplanes

WASHINGTON. March 2.-Divsion
of the United States into four great
aviation departments was considered
today by council of signal corps of
ficers, headed b. Major General George
0. Squier, chief signal officer.
The proposal most favored would re-
suit in the formation of an Eastern de-
partment to include the Northeastern
and Eastern Military departments, with
headquarters at Governors Island; the
Southeastern Department, covering the
territory now embraced in that mill
tary department, but with headquar-
tiers probably at Atlanta, instead OF
Charleston; the Southern, with head
quarters at San Antonio, and the Cen
trail, embracing the Central and West
ern Military departments, with head
quarters at Chicago.
departmental aviation officer with
rank of brigadier general would be
placed incharge of each.
Not Due to Accidents
ne decision to create the depart
ments, with an executive officer in
charge of eacn who viii. have con-
'fol OF all the training camps, depots
and stations within its limits. is de-
cIared to have no connection with the
recent fatal accidents at flying fields
operated by the signal corps. The
change is based entirely on considern
lions of administration, officers of The
corps said to-day.
1t is learned that the recent acct
dents will not result in any changes
IN the plans of the air service other
than the enlargement of flying fields
already announced. Veteran army avi
atorS mold that certain number OF
deaths is to be expected and should
be discounted in advance No unusual
horror is felt, they point out. when a
reconnotterlng party is sent across Nc
Mans Land at the expense of dozer
lives to obtain few prisoners.
w. S. Test Most Severe
The training schedule now in force
requires each student to fly nine hour:
with an instructor before he is allowed
to do solo work" This compares witt
the four-hour schedule maintained un
der the regulations of one of the Allies
American flying fields to date have ha,
oHe aCcluent 10 approximately ever,
2,40O hght-hours, against one to. ever,
1,40o in the flying schools of tina
country.
Official reports received here upol
recent accidents show that large pro
PORTION of them resulted from unusua
atmospheric conditions. At a Souther
heid only two students were in the all
when sudden eddy of air moving wit
gale force, swept them together. Re
ports from Memphis are that hig
!, winds have prevailed for several week
making the instruction relatively niue
more hazardous.
Another important contributor
cause reported in recent fatalities ha
been the desire of students who hav
about completed their training to un
dertake difficult Stunts" Any tenden
IL along this line brings drastic disci
pine on the head of the flyer when i
is reported to his commanding office,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
German Feints Seen as
Preliminary to I'm
portant Operations
Berlin Statement
Claims Successes
Haig Dispatches Describe
Victorious Assaults on
Teuton Positions

LONDON. March 2.-Vast enemy
trench raidinc activities at many points
on the West front have developed
within the last twenty four hours.
Taken as whole, they surpass any
previous activity of the year.
Unless the usual signs fail. these.
raids are combination of feints and
quests for information about the dis
position of the Allied forces, which
constitute the prelure to important ac-
tion. The promised great German Of
fensive soon may be under way, mill
tary observers here agreed to-day.
The German official statement TODAY
did not claim any important advance
as result of these operations. The
most successful in point Of prisoners
taken. according TO the enemy account.
was an attack south of Haucourt. on
the west bank OF the Meuse. near Yer
dun. Four hundred prisoners and a
large number OF machine guns were
captured. the statement said. but the
ground occupied was Immediately given
up and the companies who had as
saulted returned to their old positions.
Parts OF the line southeast of Ia
hure, taken by the French on February
10. with American guns cooperating,
were recaptured by Baken and Thur
ingian units, Berlin stated. and held in
the face Of a French counter attack
East OF Rheims the ruins of Fort
PompeIle were entered by Hessian
troops. me enemy statement declared,
and northwest OF Prosnes Rhineland
and Westphalian detachments pene-
trated French trenches
On the British front, The COM
nunique said simply, prisoners were
brought in as result OF raids near
Hollebeke and south of ST. Quentin
The day statement from Field Marshal
Haig. however, put a different aspect
on the operations against the British.
Halg revealed that the enemy's at
templs We're costly and unsuccessful.
hostile party attacked Portuguese
troops on wide from. from Neuve
Chapelle ncrthward after a heavy bonn
bardmeut this morning. but an immedi-
;-te counter attack drove the Germans
out OF all the trenches they had en-
tered.
In raid near Hargicourt only few
Germans succeeded in reaching the
British trenches, and these were all
killed or captured.
Attacks near the Yp-es- Confines
Canal and south OF Houtholst Forest
were repulsed with loss, and few
prisoners and machine gun were
taken by the British.
Two hostile raids in the St Quentin
sector. Haig said, Melted the enemy a
few prisoners.
Norfolk troops killed or took prison
ers number of the Teutons in sue
eessful night raid south of Armentieres
and other prisoners were captured by
patrols near Aforementioned
The attacks on Pershing men north
west Of Tout was only one of a dozen
Incidents OF equal or greater impor-
lance on the West front which showed
to-day the armies are. waking from the
long comparative inactivity Of the win
ter
According 70 an official statement is
sued here, British fiers dropped four
tons Of bombs Thursday night on big
enemy airdromes midway between
Tournai and Mons and on environments
near DouaI. The assaiants return ed
without loss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03

covered, and sight is provided through
cellulold or glass cyepieccs. A CAMS
ter filled with secret chemicals is car
rled in small knapsack and connected
with flexible tube which goes into
the soldiers mouth. A nose clamp
forces the wearer to breathe through
MS mouth, the air being taken in
,arough the canister and any gas rem
dered harmless by the absorbent chemi-
Gals. Outgoing breath passes through
a small rubber valve in the face piece.
Effective Defence System
Mere provision of masks is only the
beginning of the defence system, how
ever, as the men must be trained to
know "nen gas attack is coming and
to adjust their masks in six seconds or
less. An alarm is given by horns. whis-
ties or rattles. The mask is carried in
knapsack at the left hip. the support
ing straps being shortened when a dan
ger zone Is entered, so that the mask
rests on the chest at the alert" A
soldier has merely to open the KNAPP
sack, pull out the flexible hose with the
face piece attached, put the rubber
mouthplece in his mouth and adjust the
bands over his head. The nose clip
can be placed in position after the
mask is on.
n,ai!ilHe the men comprises long
drills IN adjusting the masks, exhibit
tons of the efficacy of the masks by
having the men enter a gas-filled hut
wearing them, and, finally, sham gas
attacks at unexpected moments Three
separate parts now are comprised in
the gas defence service, known as the
leid supply section, field training sec
ton and overseas repair section The
trst furnishes the masks. the second
teaches Its use and the third attends to
repairs in France and the replacement
OF the canisters when the chemicals
lose their Strength.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03

Surprise Is Only Hope Of Foe
In Use Of Gas on i. S. Troops
wen Are Supplied With Most Efficient Masks in Existence
III They Get Few Seconds to Put Them on
They Will Not Be Affected

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Recent
American casualties in gas attack
illustrated the experience of all the
European armies, that the success Of
'he barbarous weapon revived by the
Germans largely was dependent on
surprise, since improved masks have
eliminated all danger, if the men have
Time to put them on. The Americans
were caught asleep or before they were
able to adjust their masks. which a
statement tonight by the gas defence
service of the medical department de-
clared to be the most efficient in OK
istence
Gas masks now are being manufact-
ured at rate which insures an annie
supply for the troops abroad and for
framing at home, says the statement.
Many factories, turning from peace to
var work are producing masks of the
approved type and in addition a gov
ernments plant employing 1000 persous
soon will be in operation to do the
more dlfficult sewing operations on the
face piece.
Full Equipment for All
The determination of the government
that no American shall 90 into the
trenches without full equipment will
prevent the narrowing experiences suf-
tered by the Canadians at Ypres in
April. 1915, when the Germans first
called to their aid the weapon outlawed
by all civilized nations subscribing to
the Hague Convention.
Cotton fabric, carefully rubberized,
cut to fit various types of faces, forms
the taceplece of the American mask
and is held in place b. elastic bands
over the head. The ears are left un-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Weekly Wage? $3.50,
Rookie Tells Captain
He Happened To Be H. L.
Judd, Who Married Mrs.
John w. Gates. Jr.

AVER, Mass. March 1.-THE routine
of collecting biographies of recruits
for the National Army was broken in
a somewhat startling manner for Cap
tain Richmond P. Harding at Camp
Devens to-day.
Whats your average weekly wage"
he asked, YEARLY, of one OF the last of
the final quota of the first draft to ar
rive in camp.
About S3,sso." came the answer.
'W eekly-weekly," repeated the cap
tain.
about $780," the rookie answered,
in the same matter of fact way.
The captain sank back IN his chair.
Whats your business?" he inquired.
What arc YOU specially trained in9"
My business has been living a re
tired life for the past eight years."
was the answer. Il am specially
trained in investment"
The rookie" was Harold l.. Judd. of
New Britain. Conn, owner of large
factory. A few years ago he married
Mrs. John w. Gates, lr. Of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
England to Grow Flax

Because Of the dsorganized condi
ton Of affairs in Russia whence ordin-
arily comes much of the flax used in
the construction Of aeroplane wings
and in other manufacturers the gov
eminent will undersake to stimua
the flax industry at home. 1t is plan
ned to have 10000 acres cultivated and
to pay for the crop. seed and Straw, at
the rate Of SAP per half ton. Flax grow
ing was once an important industry in
England, but for some time it has been
Observation-Disclosures,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
East
GERMAN

BERLIN. March . tDAY).-In Esthona
and Livonia operations are taking their
course.
General Won Linsingen is following up the
enemy. who was defeated near Ryechitsa.
We captured iomel.
Kiev. capital of the Ukraine, has been
liberated by Ukrainian and Saxon troops.
AUSTRIAN
VIENNA. Friday, March LIN response
to repeated appeals by the governments and
the population, which have been especially
pressing during the last few days General
Won Boehm- Ermolli's troops yesterday entered
Podolia for friendly interventons. They
have reached the line Of Novo Sieica- Chotin
and kamenets- Podolsky. Detachments ad-
vancing along the railroads and important
roads have been instructed to re-establish
order in the regions through which they pass
and to protect commercial routes needed for
Importation
So far about 10000 Russians have laid
down their arms and considerable quantities
of ammunition, with carts and rolling stock
have been salved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Wireless in Norway Reaches
America, $500 Miles Ava,

CHRISTIANIA, Friday, March IA
new wireless station just erected at
Stavangcr has succeeded in COM
municating easily with American sta
tions during trial. Regular transat-
lantic service between Norway and the
United States will be started whenever
the American government grants per-
mission.
Stavanger is on an inlet of the North
Sea on the west coast of Norway, 100
miles south of Bergen. From Stavan-
ger TO the nearest American soil is
about $500 miles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Italian Front

ROME, Friday March 1.-On both sides of
the Brenta the enemys artillery was more ac-
tive yesterday. Our batteries directed an ener-
getic fire against it and also concentrated on
enemy troops in Val San Lorenzo and north of
Della Beretta. On the Asiago Plateau our
patrols captured quantity of arms and n1u-
nitions. At Pontc di piave we shelled an
automobile column Near Nervesa British
batteries brought down an enemy airplane
AUSTRIAN
VIENNA. Friday, March An Italian
advance west OF the Brenta failed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Mrs. w. B. Leeds Denies She
Is Bride of Greek Prince

PARIS. March 2.-Mrs. William B.
Leeds. VINO is now in Montreux, Swift
erland, has authorized an absolute de-
NAL of reports of her marriage to
Prince Christopher of Greece, youngest
brother of Constantine, the deposed
King. Mrs. Leeds states that she has no
intention of being married to Prince
Christopher.
"The Daily Sketch" of London, said
last month that Mrs. Leeds had been
married to the prince. She is the
widow of one of the leaders of the tin
plate industry of America. from whom
she inherited about S14,O00,000. She is
a daughter of the late William c.
Stuart. of Cleveland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
John Redmond Improving

LONDON, March John Redmond
the Irish leader. upon whom an opera
ZION was performed yesterday, passed
q fairy good night. His progress is
being maintained.