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Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
SUDDEN BLOWS FROM ALLIES PREVENT
 HUN ATTACK

Associated Press War Received Republican Leased Wire rSHE allied armies not permitting the Germans to
 'get set'' for a serious blow at the western front
 Here and there along the line there have been sud den blows at the German positions, and in all of them ground was captured by the allies.
 French Intensely Active At Present
 The French have done the most of this work On the front east and northeast of ocre the northern side of the Ivs salient ill northern France and just to the west of Kemmel where some of the intense fighting of the has been going the French have advanced their line twonile front Far to the south Rheims, the French have advanced into the eneys position far las the third line trenches
 Australians Improve Positions
 The Australians on the front before Amens have been active and have improved their positions.
 Heavy artillery firing is reported from several points along the front it being especially Hangard and south of the Avre. Amcns. The Germans also report heavy cannonading ill the region of kemmel. The American sectors have been the of fierce arial battles
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Gen. KiIkinIy In Charge

Similarly, the position of director of military aeronautics held by Major General William Kilkenly is formally established and all funds. duties. equip ment and personnel of the signal corps connected with the operation of air craft and balloons and with the train- ing of aviators placed under his direc- lion.
 The signal corps reverts 10 it's old 'unctions. having to do only with army signalling and the transmission of mill itary information.
 Major General George O. Squier. chief signal officer. remains in that post but without connection with the air service. except as an eX-officio member of the aircraft board.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
EVEN IN MANCHURlA

KAREN, Friday, May 17.-(By the Associated Railway traffic in Manchuria is tied up by d strike.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE
 ASSOCIATED PRESS

legged German spy at Collinsville, April ,. Two other jurors were accepted tentatively.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
GOVERNORS ORDER
 COMPLETED PLANS
 ID DRAIN PROJECT

That there are 53,000 acres of pro- ject lands where the water table has come to within 10 feet or less of the surface-to the surface in some places and that there are over 10000 other acres within the exterior boundaries of the project similarly situated, was the report of General Superintendent Elliott of the Water Users associa- ton 10 the board of governors of the organization yesterday. Realizing the gravity of the situation. the board at once authorized Mir. Elliott to con- plete his investigation as rapidly as possible and authorized him to employ such drainage experts as he requires, bringing them in from away if neces- s9rN
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Report is Preliminary

The report was the preliminary one made by the general superintendent under the recent authorization of the board. His showing that about one third of the acreage lying within the exterior boundaries of the projects is menaced by underground water made q marked impression at the meeting yesterday. In addition to this general statement. Mir. Elliott was specific in indicating in his report just where the affected land lies.
 As soon as a definite report is con- pleted. showing just what it is neces- sary to do to free the project from this menace, the board will take up the matter of financial program which will enable the association to carry out the necessary work to drain the lands
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Rate For the New Year

Another important matter taken up by the governors was the question of the water assessment for the new ir- rigation year. beginning October l. The budget of expenses formulated by the old board was confirmed and it was decided that an assessment of S1.20 per acre should be levied to be paid in two installments. September l of this year and March 1 of next year. On each payment date 30 days of grace will be extended. This is a gratifying reduction over the rate of S3.50 for last year.C a rate made neces- sary from the fact hat $140,000 had to be refunded to owners of so-called dry lands who had contributed towards construction costs of power plants but who have not been given water rights Most of these lands. however receive temporary water and the refund will not be made to them at this time and it is expected that as additional water is developed they will again come within the project proper.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Officers 10 Aid Probe

In connection with the reOrsaniza- ion. Secretary Baker directed today hat Colonels A. R. Montgomery, E. A. Deeds and S. D. Waldon of the signal corps, be detached from all other duties and assigned to assist the attorney gen. eral in his inquiry relating to the air raft program. As the men directly in charge of production and also as mem oers of the aircraft board the three of- .icers have personal knowledge of ev- cry phase of the subject.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Nearby Towns Do Well

Tempe announced tnI. she had pro- gressed well along the road to the goal set for that communitv. Mesa at noon had raised more than Cae-half of her quota of s4.000. Liberty reported a total of $500 raised in a single day and still going. Last, but not least the mon who were at work in Phoenix and the immediate vicinity reported net subscriptions of more than s40Go These figures which do not include many communities in the central Ar- zona district indicate conclusively tEat the one-day drive netted not less than 50 per cent of the allotment for this district. When such towns as Flor ence, Ray, Hayden. Wickenburg. Glen dale, Daveen. Cashion, Parker, Bouse, Swansea, Wenden. Buckeye. Arlington, Chandler Scottsdale and dozen oth- CTS report it is believed that the s25,- 900 mark will have been passed by a xar.vr lfha4.o1 etr,,1
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Senators Not Satisfied

Senator ChamberIains resolution which would authorize the senate mili- iary's committees proposed aircraft and other war investigations will come be- fore the senate Wednesday. Negotia- tons today between champions of the resolution and administration leaders opposing it were without result and Senator McKellar, in charge of the measure. announced that he would call t up for action Wednesday regardless ,f whether compromise is agreed ipon.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Ryan Officially Resosnized

The order formally created bureau of aircraft production. described as an executive agency which shall exercise full, complete and exclusive jurisdic ton and control over the production of airplanes, airplane engines and air craft equipment for the use of the aumy,' under a director of aircraft production who shall also be chairman ot the aircraft board. This gives full legal status and power to John D. Ky an. recently appointed director of air craft production and chairman of the aircraft board, and the order transfers 10 him all funds, lands, buildings and personnel 6 the signal corps having to do with aircraft production.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Women and Men Work

While under the spell of patriotic oratory following a dinner at the Wo- mans club building last evening. men workers in the big drive subscribed
 approximately s1O.OO0. When these figures were announced. the announce
 ment was made that the women work
 CTS after day spent in a partial can-
 vass of the city, during which scores of homes of the working class were visited had succeeded in raising $6.S03.
 While this did not quite equal that raised among the business men who
 were present at the dinner last ever- ing, it was considered remarkable showing from the very fact that the subscriptions secured by the women
 were almost entirely from women and in no instance represented very cor siderable individual suhscrintion
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
A|RCRAF I WORK
 D|V0RCEDFROM
 SIGNAL BUREAU
President Takes First Ac- ton Under Ovelman Act By Reorganizing Army
 Air Service in New Bureau
tRepubliesn A. p. Leased wirel

WASHINGTON. May 2O.-Reorgani- zation of the army air service was com pleted today by President Wilson as his first act under the new law permitting him to readiust government depart ments for the war. In an executive order he directed that the air service be wholly divorced from the signal corps and also that the functions of producing and operating aircraft of all kinds in the military service be sep aratcd
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Double It" Is Slogan

Double it. has become the slogan of the Red Cross war fund workers This means not alone the doubling of the quota for this district but the dou. bling of individual subscriptions. Give as much q you think .-ou can and then double that will be the watchword of the workers from now until the drive IS concluded. That not less than Sl02,000 will be raised in central Ari- zona is the confident belief of the various officials of the Red Cross Chapter. But in order to attain this record, it is pointed out. there must be no abatement of the initial enthusiasm and the liberalness of the response to the appeal that is being made to every man. woman and child in central Ari- Zona.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Women Attend Meetinq

While Miss Lillian L. White director of the bureau of nursing of the Pa cific coast division of the Red Cros S. was addressing a large gathering of the women workers m the second Red Cross war fund drive at the Central Christian church last evening. the men workers were assembled about the ban quet board in the Womans Club
 Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
NOBLE START ON
 RED CROSS QUOTA
 MADE BY CHAPTER
First Day of War Fund
 Drive Successful and Housing Dinner Marks Close of Fine Effort

In Liberty Loan drives and in war work in general. Arizona has ac- quired the doubling" habit. Called upon for a given sum of money or a specific amount of work or supplies. the baby state responds in full and then again in full. The third Liberty loan netted from Arizona 20j per cent subscription. The secoud War fund drive of the Red Cross inaugh- rated yesterday promises to % twice over the top, if hard work and liberal response at the outset are any inai- cation of the tinal result
 Noble Start Is Made
 With an allotment of Sal .690 for the central Arizona district, which includes Phoenix, all of Marieopa county. Trac- tically all of Pinal county and the northern half of Yuma county. figures obtainable last evening from Phoenix. Tempe. Mesa and Liberty indicated that in these communities alone, the days work had resulted in the raising of not less than S25.000. All this while the various committees of men and women were really still in the period of organization.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15
Senator W. J. Stone
 Died Yesterday
SUFFERED A STROKE OF PARA.
 LYsls WEDNESDAY LAST
A DEMOCRATIC LEADER
Was Chairman of the Senate Foreisn Relations Committee The Body Will Be Taken to Nevada, Mo For. Burial.

Washington, ApTil 14.-Senator Will liam J. Stone of Missouri, chairman of the senate foreign relations commit tee and for many years prominent among democratic leaders, died here today after stroke of paralysis. suf- fered last Wednesday,
 Senator Stone suffered the stroke while on street car on his way to the senate office building. A slight cerebral hemorrhage affected his left side, rendering him helpless, but he did not lose consciousness, and a few hours later rallied and began to talk about getting up.
 Second Cerebral .Hemorrhage.
 Today there was a second cerebral hemorrhage, and the senator fell into state of coma. Death came at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon.
 At the bedside were Mrs. Stone and their children, Federal Judge Kim : brough Stone of Kansas City, Mrs. John W. Parkinson of St. Joseph, Mo, and Miss Mabel Stone, and niece. Miss Margaret Winston, of St. Louis.
 Senator Reed announced tonight that funeral services will be held to- morrow at 4 o'clock at the home, and the family, accompanied by congress -sional committte, will leave with the body in the evening for St. Louis. Al St. Louis night train will be taker for Jefferson City, where the body vii rest in state in the state capitol We'd nesday. That evening the body will be l taken to Nevada, Mo- Senator Stone's | old home, for burial there Thursday l by the Nevada Masonic lodge.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15

I The entire allied line in Belgium and France is holding firm.
 Nowhere have the Germans been able, notwithstanding the great mum ners of men hurled against it. es- pecially that portion in Flanders where the British are holding forth to gain an inch of ground. Field Mar shal Haig,s orders that no more ground be, .eeded is rigidly being compiled with, as is attested by the thousands of German dead now lying, before the
 British positions southwest of 1pres, where it is the ambition of the high German command to break through
 and envelope Field Marshal Haigs
 forces and gain an open highway to-
 ward the English channel
 Northwest of St. Mihie1 the Ameri- troops have been compelled to with stand a series of persistent assaults,
 second in intensity only to those de- livered by the Germans against the
 British in Flanders. And the honors
 at the end rested w'sl the Americans
 who met the foe at every style of fighting he offered and decisively de- feated him.
 Along the front held by the French ] Sunday saw nothing of greater inn portanee than reciprocal lombard menus on fVaTlOuS4 sectors, the troops ! of both sides remaining in theil 1 trenches Likewise in Italy the bis guns were doing most of the work. al.
 though at several points enemy pa,
 trols attempted to carty out diver.
 sions but met with no success. At Neuve Eglise; northwest of Ar. ] mentieres, where the Germans are en. | deavoring to drive in their wedge fur sl ther iassas near Ypres> tue heavies I fighting has taken place. Throughou 1 Saturday night and Sunday battles Q
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15
LIBERTY BOND SALES
 NOW TOTAL s57s,451 500
St. Louis Federal Reserve District Leading All Others in Proportion of Quota,

Washington. April 14.-The nation will start tomorrow on the second week of it's third Liberty, loan cam paign with 19 per cent. of the three billion dollar total subscribed, and the St. Louis federal reserve district lead ing all the rest in proportion of quota raised, 36 per, cent.
 Of the $573. .451, 500 subscriptions actually shipped to the treasury, the New York district contributed most, but stands second on the list of dis Etricts arranged in order Of percent age of quota. pledged, with 2S per cent. Others in the order are: Dallas 9, Boston 21, Chicago 194, Philadelphia
 15, Cleveland IA, Kansas City 14: San Francisco Il; Richmond z :. Atlanta 4. No additional reports of subscrip- tions were received at headquarters today, and tomorrow's reports will in- clude bond sales of ,aSturday. Although officials directing the can paign are pleased with it's success in the first week, they point out that pledges will have to come faster in
 the remaining three weeks if the three billion dollar goal is to be reached or passed.
 A feature this week will be the starting of preparations for speaking contests in behalf of the loan ir
 schools promoted by the Four Minute l Men of the committee on public infor- l m tim sH' v
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15
NEW ENGLAND SPRUCE
 NEEDED FOR AIRPLANEs
Government Has Issued a Call for
 5000, o,0oo Feet a Month.

 Boston, April 14.-A call for three million feet of New England spruce month for airplanes was sent out by the navy department today. By an agreement with the army according to Assistant Naval Constructor F. M. Smith, the navy has been given ex- elusive control of the development of the New England spruce and steps have already been taken to bring the output of this material up to its max imum during the spring and summer months.
 Exhaustive tests by the federal for estry department have proved, MT. Smith says, that the spruce of this district is equal in strength to the best of the spruce grown in the west. Since December l, lumber operators have been delivering to the navy de- partment one million feet a month. With the airplane industry now in. a position to turn out planes the navy department plans to treble it's output, For the purpose of eliminating waste and speeding up production, the New England states have been divided in- to fifteen districts with fifteen inspec- tors to visit the mills and pass upon the product for airplane purposes. The inspection of material and mills | is in, charge of Fred L.. Sawyer, as- .sistant inspector of naval construc- ton, whose headquarters are in the board of trade building in this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15

! most obstinate character took place, he Germans throwing thousands of nen into the attack, notwithstanding heir wastage in killed or wounded. Several times the village changed lands, but at last reports the British were still in possession of it and hold Ing tenaciously under repeated Ger man onslaughts.
 Nowhere along the eight mile front where the Germans are trying todrive through between Wulverghem and Me teren have the Germans met with any thing but repulse and the price they have paid for Eieir attempts to breach the British line has been enormous. On no sector have been able to sur mount the stone wall of the defense and, for the moment at least there seems to be justification for the hope that the turn in, the tide of the battle is at hand.
 Documents captured from German prisoners show conelusiyely that the great new offensive of the Germans separat tin gthe British and French ar mics and the crushing of the British. Y The latest German official commu- nication dealing with the situation in l the region of St. MihieL where the Americans are defending the line. says the Germans inflicted heavy losses on the Americans in a success | full thrust and also took prisoners. The
 same report gives the Germans credit
 for gains of ground on the Lys bat
 tie front, where the British are op- | posed to them.
 i In Finland the Germans are con- 4 tiauipg to overrun the country. and -tlle fan FfelsiBRfers is daily to b;e
 epected according to advices from l Stockholm.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15
GERMAN FLEET LYING
 IN HELStNGFoRS HARBoR
Red Guard is Conducting Reign of
 Terror in Apo.

. Stockholm, April 1.-The closing scenes of the Finnish revolution may soon be enacted, according to the in- dications in the latest report from the strife-ri ridden area. A portion of the German fleet is now lying in Helsing- fors harbor and German troops which have been landed have taken Hyving which is the railway junction south from Rikidaaki This sewers the com- munication of the Red guard in Hell singfors with Viborg.. The Germans are also closing in on Helsingfors from other quarters and are now within F miles of the city at one point.
 The SvenslSa Dagbladet's Vasa cor respondent reports that important op- erations have been begun on the Vii borg front, where General Manner helm, the White guard leader, has as- sembled strong forces.
 The Red guard is reported here to be conducting reign of terror in Abo marked by all the grimness character izing the earlier days of the revoiu- tion in other cities under their control A traveller who has reached Vasa from Abo reports that the Reds have dyna- l mited the state bank in the latter place and that the homes of the bour- geois are being plundered. Two hun | dred and fifty persons, he asserts, are known to have been murdered
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15
BELGIAN TO AID IN
 LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
Boy Scouts Not to Conduct Canvass
 Until the Last Week.

New York, April 14.-A cable mes sage announcing that Belgians in this country, including many refugees, had formed a committee here to aid in the Liberty loan campaign was sent to- night by Lionel Hagenaers. chairman of the committee to the Belgian min ister at Washington, for transmission to King Albert
 After asserting that members of the committee will bring all our ef- forts to bear on our compatriots here to subscribe to the fullest extent of their ability the message said:
 We avail ourselves of this oppor- tunity respectfully to express to Your Majesty, to the soldiers in the trenches and to the downtrodden peo- pie of Belgium. our admiration for their untiring efforts in the holy cause of justice and democracy. Tn the success of this cause we have un- shaken faith. Long live Belgium,"
 From the national headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America came the word that. at the request of President Wilson, the organization would not set | it's 322, 900 canvasserS at work throughout the country until the last week. of the campaign,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15
SWEDEN RESTRICTS THE
 SALE OF WooLEN GOODS
Also Cotton Yarns and Linen Textiles
 of All Varieties.

Stockholm, April 1.-The govern ment has issued an order restricting dealings in hosiery, woolen and cotton yarns and linen tetiles of all varie- ties. including underwear, ctildren's clothing and women's clothing. These may be sold hereafter only upon pres entation of a card to be issued to ap- plicants who establish an actual re- quirement for the desired article.
 This measure is taken to conserve the kingdoms supply of the articles in question and to put a stop to ''chain dealings" through which ar ticles change hands repeatedly with
 out reaching the consumer Prices have thus been driven to extraordinary heights. The cheapest pair of chil- dren's cotton stockings obtainable, for instance, now costs five kroner (the Swedish krona is normally worth about 27 cents) and other articles in
 proportion.
 The new order establishes medium prices for cotton goods The regula- tions allow maximum of four pairs | of stockings per person. four mems shirts, two suits of underwear. etc.
 No purchasing cards are to be issued
 to any one who possesses already the maximum quantities named.