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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
FALL KILLS LAWYER.
Herbert A. Heyn. Drops From Window of
Office Window.

New York, April l. Herbert T.
Heyn, a prominent lawyer and director
in number Of large business enterprises
jumped or fell from n window IN his office
on the tenth floor Of = building in Wall
street Saturday and was killed He was
counsel for the National Provisioner, Off
clal organ Of the Meat Packers Association
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
War Contractors Factory Burned.

Detroit, Mich. April Unusual
circumstances connected with the fire
that Thursday destroyed the stock and
building of Armstrong and Graham,
harness and leather goods manufacturers
engaged on war contracts. were being
investigated yesterday by Federal agents
The loss is estimated at Approximately
S5OD 0OO
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
AGREE ON WAR FINANCING.
AID ministraiion Measure Licensing Sc
tuity Issues Before Conferees.

Washington, April l.-An agree
ment on the administration bill to create
a war finance corporation, fixing its
capital stock at 100000 900. the amount
Of bonds il may issue at $4,000 900 900
and providing voluntary system for
licensing security issues Was reached
today by Senate fand House conferces
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
General Whitney Transferred.

" asbington, April / Army or
dcrs today announced the removal of
Brig. Gen. MenIy II Whitney from that
rank end his assignment rs colonel in the
coast artillery corps 20 command the
coast defences Of Long Island
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
FINNISH REBELS DEFEATED.
Lose 10000 Prisoners and Il Guns,
PeirOgrad Reports

London, Ap1l Finnish Red
Guards have been defeated 1T TANNER
fors. north Of Helsingfors. Ly rhe gov
nment forces, SAYS Reuter- dispatch
from PetIoqad. Tie rebels ;lc said to
have loss 10000 pr soners and u glns
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
WANTS LOANS AND ARMS.
Russia, However. Could Not Form
Alliance With America,

Petr0grad, Thursday, April =
expresses his opinion that while an alliance
with America is impossible. Russia is
willing TO accept American assistance in
the form OF loans and arms in view Of the
fact that Germany Is the common enemy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
Launching Program Exceeded.

Washington, ApriI The Nip
ping Board exceeded its launching pro-
gram in March by - 900 tons. tut fell
behind in its schedule of completed ships.
owing to difficulty in obtaining steel
plates.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
WEST CHESTER.

oItth HIORtS-
>. ! White. 40: Meadow Spring. 4J5
Camdtn, 472: Lansdale. 40
Chester. 4fS: Glen Willow. 437.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01

How a woman ruled the heart
Of Paris underworld. An extra
ordinary feature.
Then there's the newest Para
mOunt-Sennett comedy
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01

Totals
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Every Offensive Has
Had Measure Of Success

Every offensive on any considerable
scale undertaken for many months past
has had that measure of success.
The line gives before the thrust, alb
serbs the shock and the enemy's troops
come on. gradually losing power; the
offensive stops Of its own weight, is
thrown back, at least part of the dis
tance it has traversed, by the counter
offensive; both lines take the new po-
sition and the warfare goes on as be-
fore.
The latest considerable instance Of
this sort was the Cambrai offensive Of
General Byng, which made astonishing
gains with comparative ease and was
just as easily thrust back nearly the
whole distance it had advanced. Be-
fore that the most striking case was
General Haig's great victory, when he
drove the Germans back to the So
called Hindenburg line, a success SO
easily obtained that it was debated for
some time whether the Germans had
not yielded voluntarily. The loss of
ground meant nothing to the German
capacity to defend himself. and even
to come back with smashing force, as
the present gigantic effort shows
thrust Of the British line back, equal
ling either Of these or even SURPRISING
them, may mean little or nothing
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Counter~Blow Will
Follow, London View

LONDON, March Accommodating
on the great battle iii France. the Sun
day Times" says:
I'm all previous great assaults the
chief success has been gained at the
first thrust, but III this battle, where
as the Germans were unable to issue
a iowery report at the close of the
first day. it has to be admitted that
their second and third communicates
viii be more satisfactory from this
point OF view. The German military
caste are out for victory, even if to
gain it they must destroy the people
to whom they promised its fruits They
have already flung nearly one-third Of
their entire Western resources against
the sector measuring one-tenth of the
Western front, and must continue 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
q crushing counter-stroke when Won
has shattered his last le-
gions against the mpregnable British
wall y
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24

Mass; John F. Murphy. SO Hall Avenue.
Newport r. |.
At Camp Duimen
r. At camp Duimen--From the steamer
nmore Thomas w. Ballon, 625 Mouroy
p-lace. Baltimore; Charles Carrell Bobart
tai5 p,;. North Sticke Street. Baltimore; Eugene
troit: j. William Breen, 1O3 Fulton Street
boston; Oscar c. Byrd Roanoke, Va: John
Carr. Dublin, Ireland; Frederick w. Carter.
tI.p Newpoft News, Va. Edward B. Caskey, 100
Ei In, walton. Fla. Harry Mason. sis Barrey
Street, Baltimore; Walter Mason. S15 Barrev
S,treet' baltimore; John Miller 1926 Thames
S'tt' Sorete' G6altimore: j. j. Louis Mitchell 100
Moore, Norfolk Va; Joseph W. Morgan
ifawtucket, K. L.: Joseph O'Conner, 1913 La
1ayet'e 11Sa na,1 Ayenue Baltimore: Patrick oConner
leslie =. Pedigo. 4S11 Haldeman Avenue,
Louisville; Paul Phillips, 151 Fairoaks Ave
nue., Pasadena, Cal; Allen Reynolds. Ian
fasser; Everetta renn' Bernard Rogers Ceres Va.
Hosery Ferry, Middletown, Conn., William
N. Fitzgerald. 3l5 East Thirty-seventh Street.
New N York; Clifford l.. Godsie, Appamattox.
hendrey. H Norfolk. Va; Mike Holland, Bati
more George H. Jolly, New York III; J. A..
lL.aroome, IA Clinton Street, Chelsea, Mass. !;
thomas n; Mccarthy. Richmond. Va. Sam
Smith; 27oo Fait Avenue, Baltimore lore viii.
IAN ian, w. Smith, Harpers Ferry. W. Va. :;
NvlI. Wlilett C. G. Smith. South Norwalk. Conn !:
W Waiter %..Il. Trout. 1913 Thirty,ffth Street, N
s. c.; Howard Warren, Myersville. Md. !:
Thomas Wheatley,. 2132 North Fulton Ave.
rue. Baltimore; Zibulon Williams. Richmond
Va Harry Rogers, Babylon, l.. l.; John
Rome, 42S Rose Street, New York; Albert
w. Santee. Dumbarton Va
trom the steamer Georgia. captured De-
eember c 10, 1916: Walter Abcre, 453 Gold
etssnt Avenue, N Brooklyn; John Smith, $50 Mnnroe
ty-frst Street, West New York; Frank f.
!, Taylor, 10 Willow Place, Brooklyn; Arthur
+; Thimmc. 40S Fifth Avenue. New York ::
Charles E. Williams. 23l Columbia Street
Cambridge. Mass; Joseph Blake. 1o1 Nor
gan Avenue, Brooklyn; John Allen, 444 East
Twentieth Street. New York John Brady.
Marginvale Street. East Boston. Mass Ed
ward Joseph Brennan Brooklyn Edward w.
6go,s Brown. As 90 Mud Hudson Avenue Albany: Edward
Edward Clark. Pennsylvania Hospital, phila
dsphia; a,lpaa Martin j; Connolly, s. Atlantic
Street. Indianapolis Albert Depew. 13s
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24

Premier Lloyd George declared it
would be far better that the govern
ment should go out Of Office than to
have its decisions disobeyed, adding:
of the sanction of the community
rs going to decide whether a law should
be obeyed, then, believe me, you will
have a condition OF things where the
PEOPLE who will suffer most will not be
the people at the top, who are general
" able to take care of themselves, but
the poor devils at the bottom. 1t has
always been so in the history Of the
world.
1T is better to talk plainly, and I
am speaking with great deal Of feel
ing, because | have just heard Of this
overwhelming attack, brought about by
the failure of the Russian democracy
to have its orders obcyed.
IF the attack succeeds the Germans
might be at Calais, and the only an
swer we can give is vote of the
Miners Confederation saying they are
not prepared to fight. You cannot
give that answer"
lhe executives of the federation
later passed resolution advising the
men not to resist the combing out of
llfty thousand men from the mines.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Official Statements
West
FRENCH


PARIS, March % DAY. intermit-
tent bombardment of considerable violence
was carried out against our front lines and
positions in the rear north of the Chemin-
des-Dames. in the region of Rheims and in
Lorraine. An enemy raid east of Loivre was
without success. There were patrol encoun-
tiers north of Hill 3la (Verdun 'front.'.
In the Wocvre. in the region of Bemcray
the Gernans made an attack which was dis
persed hy the French fire. They suffered
considerable losses and left prisoners in our
hands
.(NEGHT) Artillery actions. occasionally
Disc. in the region of Rheims. in Lorraine
between Harracourt and the Vosges Noun
tains, and in the Heights of Alsacc. An
enemy attack against the Rirtzcach Wood
was complete failure.
In the period from March u to March 90
twcnty-siX German airplancs and one cap
tive balloon were shot down by our aviators
Nineteen enemy machines were seriously hit
and brought down within the enemy lines
On March % five German airplancs were
shot down or gravcly damaged by our aerial
units.
On the night of March 22-23 our raidinp
tiles upon establishments. cantonments and
railroad terminals in the enemy zone. 1t was
! asccrtained that tho damage done was very
great.
BELGIAN
PARIS. March 23.--In the course of the
last two days the activity of the enemy artl-
Icry has been manifested principally upon
our zone by the bombardment of cur COM
nuncations in the vicinity OF Adnkcrke.
Furncs and Loo. also upon the cantonmcnts
in the region of Nicuport. Ilvcrnguck and
PolIinchovc. We have carried out rcprisals
upon enemy installations and cantonments
at Kcycm, St Pierre Capcle and Lidlclkcrkc
and against numerous enemy batteries
On tn" night of March II German air
plane fired unon by our artillery and
torced to descend behind our lines. Two Of
ficers and one aub-olIiccr made pris-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Washington Gables
Pershirg to Report
HolU Battle rs Going
TBy The Associated Press1

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The War
tonight to forward Immediately def
mite inform tion Of the exact situation
or the battle front where the British
troops are under the German onslaught.
The only official word at hand was
contained in the official statements is
sued from London and Berlin.
American army officers would hazard
no opinion, lacking definite and COM
prehensive advices. Privately, how
ever, their confidence in the eventual
repulse of the German thrust remained
unshaken in the face Of all reports re-
ceived.
Both American officers and those at
tached to the British and French mill
tary missions looked with confidence
on the story unfolded from hour to
hour, 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 un-
equal to its task.
Stake All OIL Quick Blow
All reports were taken to prove that
the Germans had staked lives by the
hundred thousand upon quick blow,
designed to be overpowering both be-
cause of the masses of men used and
also because of the absolute disregard
of losses which marked it's delivery.
+-here was evidence that seemed to
bear out predictions that Germany was
prepared to sacrifice 100000 men in
the effort. 1t was with man power in
great masses, and not gun power, that
the first lines of the British defcnces
were penetrated.
The greatest .hock ever hurled at an
army appeared to observers here to
have been met by the British with
great skill. 1t appeared that the Brit
ish had stopped the rush where they
could, withdrawn slowly before it
where they could not. Their orderly
retirement. American officers believe,
means defeat for the Germans in the
end. There has been no loss of British
organization, it was pointed out, and
every foot of ground surrendered has
been bought with blood.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Washington Gets List Of 200
American Prisoners in Germany
Official Report From Berlin Records Death of Charles
t4emphl, Shot When Trying to Escape; Andrew
c. Murtray, Aviator Dead

WASHINGTON, March 23.-An Off
clal list of 200 Americans now prison
ers IN German camps, made public to-
night by the State Department. records
the death of Charles Hemphill, shot
while attempting to escape in Septem-
Der, 1917, and the death of Andrew
Campbell Murtroy, an aviator, brought
down near Pargny September 80, 1917.
The only American officer in the list
IS Lieutenant Harold Willis. of Newton,
Mass. an aviator, captured at Verdun
on August 13, 1917. He is interned at
Camp Gutersloh. Evidently Willis was
an officer in French cscadrille.
The list, reported by the Royal Prus-
the German government to the State
department through the Spanish En-
bassy in Berne, contains the names of
American troops captured in trench
ralds, crews of captured ships and sur
vivors of cautured ships.
The list also includes the names of
American engineers caught in the Ger
man turning movement at Cambria.
statement by the Committee on
Public Information accompanying the
list of prisoners said:
Mail intended for any prisoner of
war interned in Germany should be ad-
dressed to the prisoner by name, fol-
lowed by American prisoner of war.
via New York City, and the name and
location of the prison camp at which he
is interned"
At Camp Brandenburg
At Camp Brandenburg-Fro the steamer
Souchan. captured in the North Sea October
., lyl6: Herbert Henry. SO Prince Street,
Brooklyn; Cecil Savely. 7l3 Lombard Street,
South Philadelphia; Arthur Crissie. 2o6
West Sixty-second Street, New York ; Mike
Perrible. 335 East Forty-iifth Street. Los
Angeles; Iheophilus Jones, 349 Bridge
Street, Brooklyn.
From the steamer Esmeradas, captured in
the Atlantic March 10, 1917: Elmer Sorren-
sen, ~ Master Street. Philadelphia; Daniel
Penn. Walter Perkins. Whitley. Ky: Ed
ward Mcdonald, address not given; William
Thompson. 6S Thayer Street. jamestown.
n: II; irederck 1,Ic Stone, ~ Fourth Street,
Edward Martin. 327 South Chapel Street,
baltimore; John Sawyer Dubuque, Iowa ::
Thomas Durfec, Union Court. Boston: Paul
Nasel. Al Tappan Avenue. Belevile. N. J. !;
sam foudin. 215 Henry Street, New York
From the steamer Campania, captured in
Bay of Biscay. August G. 1917: Alfred Oil
YER. 225 East l23d Street, New York; James
Delaney 265 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn Ray
Charles Kleine, 24e West Buttonwood Street
Reading, Penn; Fred Jacobs, 30 Eureka
Street Pittsburgh; Albert William Miller
SS45 Burley Street, South Chicago.
From the steamer Bergen, captured in the
Atlantic. February /, 1917: John Lepo. 2243
Eastern Avenue, Baltimore.
From the steamer Bulgarian, captured in
the Atlantic. January p. 1917: James Sam
uels, 81 Bedford Street, Kingston, Jamaica.
From the steamer Mount Temple. place
and date of capture not given: Raoul Bou
lois, address unknown.
From the destroyer Jacob Jones, sunk in
English Channel December 6, 1917: Albert dc
Melo. III Hathaway Avenue. New Bedford,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
British Forces
Cross the Jordan

LONDON, March 23.-The British in
Palestine have forced a passage of the
River Jordan, bridged the stream and
established themselves on the east
bank. They afterward advanced east
ward against considerable opposition
and are continuing their operations, ac-
cording to the official report announce
ing the crossing.
The text of the statement reads:
"ln the early hours of Friday our
troops effected passage Of the Jordan,
despite the strong current. The river
was then bridged and passed by our
forces, which established themselves
on the left bank and made progress
eastward, encountering considerable re-
sistance.
"The operations are continuing"
The British are steadily forging
northeastward from Jerusalem, with
the evident object of cutting the rail-
road that runs from Damascus to the
south, east of the Dead Sea, to South
ern Arabia. This is the supply line for
all the Turkish forces in Southern
Arabia. To cut it would mean the en-
vclopment of the Turkish forces oppos-
ing the troops raised by the new Ara
bian kingdom of the Hedjaz.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Germans Bombard
Chel1lin-des-Danes
And Lorraine Line
Two Attempted Raids Are
Broken Up by French
With Losses

LONDON, March 23.-Paris reported
officially to-day that the Germans are
carrying on an "intermittent lombard
ment of considerable violence" against
certain portions Of the French line.
This bombardment has continued now
for several days and is evidently linked
up with the foes offensive against the
British as kind Of distracting orer-
alton.
The enemy directed his principal fire
against the Chemin- s-Dames, the
neighborhood of Rheims and the Lor,
raine line. Part Ct the Lorraine front
is held by American troops Positions
in the rear were bombarded, as we'll as
the front trenches.
The Germans were unsuccessful in
two raids-one east of the Loivre and
the other near Blemeray, in the
Woevre. In the latter case they had
many killed and wounded and left pris
oners in the hands of the French.
There were also some encounters be-
tween patrols on the Verdun front
north of Hill 344.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
More Troops Sorely Needed;
Lloyd George Warns Miners

LONDON, Friday, March % (dc-
l"yed).-Premier Lloyd George, in an
exceedingly outspoken speech to a
reputation of the Miners Federation
yesterday, concerning the result of the
nQners' ballot ON the combing out Of
men for military service, declared that
TO avoid defeat in the field it is abso-
!useiy essential to have more men.
Il am utterly at loss" he said. "to
Know where the men arc to be found
II 'lrst the engineers and then the
miners say we will not find the men.
other trades will quickly take the
same course. That would mean an
archy, not government.
Il have just had news that the Ger
mans have attacked us on a front of
nearly sixty miles with overwhelming
forces. | am amazed that it should
be considered debatable whether the
n''ners and engineers arc going to
make their contribution to the defence
OF the country"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Guns Are Active on
The Italian Front

LONDON, March 23-Artillery ac-
tivity continues lively along the Italian
front, with numerous encounters be-
tween patrolling parties, Rome an
nounced officially to-day. No large op-
erations have developed.
Fights between recommending parties
took place north of Val di Ledro and
in the Lagarina Valley; also at the
island OF Eolna, in the Pavc and
east of Cavazuc~herina Bombs were
dropped from Italian airplanes on rail-
way lines in the Lagarina Valley.
The artillery fighting was strongest
in the mountainous portion of the
front.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Germans I'm F Finland
axe No Prisoners

LONDON, March 21.-German officers
operating in Finland and the Ukraine
have ordered the soldiers to take no
prisoners, but to hang all Red Guards,
as they are only bandits, Germans
newspapers report Georg Ledebour, an
Independent Socialist leader, as declar-
ing in the Reichstag, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Am
sterdam. Deputy Ledebour added:
"On the one hand we make peace
with the Bolshcviki, and on the other
we hang them. This is the best way to
stir up hatred that will last forever
against everything German"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Allied Strategy That
OF General Foch

The strategy of the next few davs
on the Allied side will be the strategy
of General Foch, believed to be the
ablest strategist on the Allied side.
English newspapers at hand now make
1t perfectly plain that he dominates the
Versailles Council. Even the chief of
the British Imperial Staff who succeed
ed General Robertson, and who advises
the British Cabinet, appears to have
been chosen with a view to cooperating
with General Foch.
General Wilson, formerly associated
with Foch in the Allied War Council
when first created, is close friend of
the French leader.
In General Foch the Allies have as
near a generalissimo as they are ever
likely to get. On him will fall the duty
of meeting whatever great emergency
may come in the next few days. Re-
serves are at the disposal of the Allied
War Council. And reserves and Their
use will decide whether the breaches
Germany must inevitably make in the
Allied line shall be healed.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
War S First Real
General Offensive

All of these previous offensives just
mentioned have been practically local
offensives when compared with what
appears to be going on now. which is
the first general offensive undertaken
by either side as general otfensives are
now conceived. To make general Of
fcnsvc has been the dream of the
strategists of both sides since it has
been demonstrated that 81 local or lim-
tied offensive is almost invariably sue
ccssful.
The reasoning ran thus: BY massing
enough men and guns it has been
proved that an irresistible attack can
be got under way. A breach five or
ten miles longer in the enemys position
can be effected. But reserves flow in
behind and close the breach The ends
of the line are readily tied together
and the offensive is stopped. Now, if
guns could be massed, 80 the reasoning
goes on, upon ffty-mile front as
thckly as they have been in drives
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Baker Visits Belgian
King; Sees Battle Line

LONDON, March 23.-Newton D.
Baker, the American Secretary of War,
visited King Albert of Belgium and
the Belgian front yesterday.
Secretary Baker arrived here from
Calais at p. m. He was accompanied
by Major Frederick Palmer. The Sec
retary was met by Ambassador Page,
Generals Biddle and Bartlett and by
Colonel Lord Duncannon, representing
the British War Office
Mr.. Baker drove to the house of
Ambassador Page, whose guest he will
be during his stay in London.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-24
Casualties Among Our
Fighting Men Abroad

BARROW, Charles, private, pneuomnia
HELM. Jacob Orton Eugene, private
pneumonia.
MLEOD. Alfred, private. pneumonia.
OVERSTREET, Coy, private. pneumonia.
PARKER. William Eugene, private, ap-
pendicitis.
WILKINS. George, private, pneumonia.
WlRTH. Edward. private septicemia.
Died of Other Causes
WELLS, William S., lieutenant colonel.
HILBURG. Charles j.. sergeant
Wounded Severely
DUBOIS. Charles E., bugler.
kNOCHENBAUER Arthur. private.
Wounded Slightly
Cow. Arthur S., captain.
BOOTH, Arthur, lieutenant
BOWERS, Charles F., private
BUCHANAN. James j., sergeant.
FABIAN. Peter F., private
GOLZ. Bernhard, private
HERRING. Ray c., private
HUNT John NJ, corporal
NELSON, Eware c.. private
ROGERS. William. sergeant
STOUFFER, Earl r., corporal.
WALCZYk. John. private