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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21

world for the whole year, 1883. 900
1917: For. the United kinRdom-Ftrst
quarter. for the United Kingdom. efs.-
259: foreign. 2s2.200: total for the
world. b2si5s: second quarter. go
33l: 57T.1os: $500: third quarter.
2ls.2s8; 3ss.i70: s1s.453: fourth quar-
ter. 4Is.62I: 51e402: s520g3
Totals. 3.0Sl.555: 3.574720; ss0s. 77t.
The third table shows e.ssg.OOO gross
tons ~ enemy vessels captured and
brought into service. Or this total.
more than a million tons was taken al
the outbreak Of war.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
L0UISIANANS URGE LAWS
TO PUNISH PR0-GERMANS

Washington. March ei--PctitionE
signed by nearly 10000 residents Of
Louisiana. North Dakota and Michi-
gan. aud circulated b. Representatives
Of the American Defense roci"iy urg
inR enactment OF more drastic laws
20 punish persons or organizations for
pro German activities or di-loyBl ut
terAnccr we're presented In the senate
TO-DAY
senator EauHdsll. of Louisiana pre-
scented one signed by $1,000 residents
% his state.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
ViIlistas Dynamite
Train at Santa Sofia

III Paso, Tex, March 81. -- Villa fol-
lowers under Epifanio Holguin. dyna-
mited and robbed n Mexico North
western mixed passenger and freight
train this morning at Santa sofia. 10
miles southwest of Juarez. killing two
passengers and woundlnR ten. accord
ing TO messages received here today
and confirmed by the Mexican general
consulate.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
-Four Americans Held
By Germans in Finland

Washington. March 2t-Dctcn-
tlon Of four Americans at BIorne-
borg. Finland. was reported 20 tho
state department today by Am
bnssador Francis The hmbnEsa-
dor said he was trying 20 obtain
permission for them to proceed 10
Sweden.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
HUNS LAUNCH BIG INFANTRY ATTACK
Resume Of War Events
By Associated Press

Seizure Of Dutch vessels by the
United States and Great Britain
and their use for allied purposes
reduce materially the net allied
loss due to German submarines and
mines since the beginning Of the
war. A British government state
mont issued at Washington gives
the gross loss up to Jan. I, 1915, as
11,s27,572 and the net loss a. g.
632,2s7 tons.
The Dutch shipping taken over
by the allies aggregates 1000. 900.
To make up the deficiency In
world tonnage caused by German
ruthlessness on the seas, 6.606,275
tons of new ships were built in al
lied and neutral countries since the
beginning of the war, and 2.5s9,00
tons of German and Austrian ships
were seized by allied countries.
The net loss Is reduced further by
Dutch vessels which generally
have been idle In allied ports in
fear OF German submarines. Losses
during the last twelve months have
been announced in the British
house Of commons by Sir Eric
Geddes. first lord OF the admiralty.
as having been 100000 tons.
British losses last week were
seventeen vessels. including eleven
of 1000 tons or over. n decrease
from the previous week, when
eighteen ships were sunk. In the
previous week, however, fifteen of
the vessels were of more than 1000
tons.
Owners Of the seized ships will
derive revenue from their use.
Holland also will be allowed to OBJ
tain foodstuffs from abroad for her
population, and her colonial trade
will be protected.
There has been no change in the
situation on the western front,
Small raids have occurred here
and there, but the main activity
has been confined to artillery BON
bardments, which are intense on
several important sectors. Artil-
lery actions predominate on the
Italian front.
Secretary Baker has completed
his inspection Of tho American
army zones in France. A brigade
OF veterans, who went to France
with the first division were the
first in the trenches and suffered
the first casualties In action, was
reviewed by the secretary. In his
final day with the American army
Secretary Baker visited the Nerdun
front and drove I'm m automobile
for moro than 100 miles from Yer
dun. to American general head
quarters.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
Overman Bill Placed
On Calendar Of Senate

Washington. March 2I.-The Overman
bill. proposing broad powers for the pres
ident 70 coordinate government agencies
in prosecuting the war. was reported to
the senate today by Senator OvermRn. OF
North Carolina, and placed on the cal
endar.
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FAIR, SAYS BILLY 'P0SSUM

I herewith warn my
creditors. In due and
legal form I've
planned 10 wipe the
whole slate clear by
early Easter morn.
80 meet me a. the
courthouse. or make
81 Fountain SQUARE.
~ half-past twelve
on saturday night.
And Tll pay you
what if far.
The weather Fair
-a.Harrs fruHrHr ard
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Verdict Of Not Guilty
Rendered for Peterson

Raleigh. n. C.. Mafeh el.--A
verdict Of not guilty was returned
today by the jury In the case Of
Mai George L. Peterson. on trial
here. charged with cmbrzklcmcnt
Of state funds while he served ms
raymaster- general OF The North
Carolina national guard. Tho
Jury was out about an hour. MAJ
Peterson Is nov ON the quarter
masters stan a. camp Jackson.
Columbia, =. e.
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TOWN IN UKRAINE
TAKEN BY ENEMY

Berlin, March 21.-(Via london.)
-kherson, in the Ukraine, 90 miles
northeast Of Odessa, near the
mouth Of the Dniepsr, has been
captured by the Teutonie forces,
today's army headquarters' report
announces.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
BOMBARDMENT BEGUN BY
ENEMY OVER WIDE AREA
Artillery Action on Western Front Heard Dis
tinctly at Dover and Other English Coast
Towns-Windows Shaken Continuously.
French Positions Attacked.

Berlin March 21-Thc artillery battle began again in full
force along broad stretches of the western battle
ing army headquarters announced today.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
Germany Threatens
Heavier Terms of Peace

Washington. March 2i-Germany
has threatened 20 impose stin heavier
terms OF peace upon Rumania unless !
that country agrees 10 those proposed.
the state department was informed
today in a delayed telegram Of Ana
ba ssadur Francis tield Marshal /.
Mackens.n. W the German army. in
formed the Rumaniaus Of the alterna-
I've.
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GREAT ATTACK LAUNCHED.
IN SECTOR OF CAMBRIA
British Army Headquarters in France Reports
Assault Which Bears All Ear-Marks of Be-
ing Beginning of Kaiser Wilhelm's
Much -Heralded Offensive.

British Army Headquarters in France, March 21, pm
(By the Associated Germans today launched heavy
attack wide front in and the Cambrai This
sau bears all the earmark of being the beginning of the
grand offensive.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
ADVANCE ANEW
IN PALESTINE

London, March 2t.--The British
have made another advance in
Palestine, eapturino three towns, il
10 announced officially. A counter
attack by the Turks was rspuised.
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London, March 2t--The Germans
shortly before dawn this morning be-
gan a heavy bomb ardment over a wide
section OF the British front, II 10 an.
nouneed officially.
The statement follows!
n heavy bombardment was opened
by the enemy shortly before dawn this
morning against our whole front from
the neighborhood OF NendeuIl, south
OF st. Quentin TO the River Scarpe.
"A successful raid was carried out
by MS last night In the noighborhood
of st. Quentin. Thirteen prisoners
and three machine guns were brought
back by our troops Prisoners also
were taken by Ms In patrol encounters
southoaN OF MoHsinea and In other
succcssful raids carried out by US
south OF Iiou,holst forest.
"A raid undertaken by the enemy In
the noigbborhood of Armentleres was
fopuised."
Heard at Coast Towns.
The artillery acton In the western
front could ba distinctly heard at
Dover and other towns on the east
coast OF England, Tho doors and
windows OF the houses at Dover, for
instance. were continuously shaken by
the heavy conouaBlons. Tho flfing.
which was tho heavicst that has been
heard IN this district from such dis
tancc, began mt 2 o'clock this morning
and lasted at brief intervals until
am
Bright FlaAhcs Seen.
q. h.. Ia. q
cannonading. bright flashes were seen
at sea. whilo the vibration OF the ox.
plosions shook the windows and dis
lodged tiles from tho roofs.
From Nendeuil north To the
RIVER Scarpc In distance of
ncarly nifty mites. aud the begin
ming by the German artillery OF u
heavy bombsrdmont along this
wide front may mean that prop
nration for the much advertised
German offensive In the west has
begun, The preparatory work
was about duo to begin today. II
the advance nnnouncemopt were
To be taken at their face value.
Judging from the news OF day
or two ago that u party OF neutral
correApordents had been invited
by the German high command to
start for the west front Wednes-
day "to witness the offensive"
n ls of course, impossible TO
say whether the present burst OF
artillery fre on this front means
that II Ia along the line indicated.
or somewhere within its limits,
that the heavy German blow. II
one indeed In coming. IL To hc
struck There II the conHldern
ton that tho bomhhrdment IN this
particular nrcH may be font. 20 I
cover "a stroke In an altogether
different sector. The most natural
conclusion, however II that Tho
drive In TO bo made at some point
In the area now under nre. This
area embraces most of the terri
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21
OFFICER AND
MEN KILLED
Result American Destroyer's
Collision With British War
ship on March IS.

Washington, March 2i.-Explosion
Of a depth charge aboard the Amsri-
can destroyer Manlsy when tho vessel
collided with a British wsrship in Eu-
ropean waters, March 10. killed the
American commander and three en-.
listed men and wounded eleven others
Both ships were damaged.
In announcing the accident today
the navy department gave no further
details and withheld the location.
Washington, March 2t.--ons Amsri.
can officer and three men were killed
aboard an American destroyer March
10 when the vessel oollidsd with Brit.
ish warship, the navy department an
nouneed today. A number Of American
sailors were injured.
Ths destroyer was the Manlsy. A
depth charge on the Marley exploded
when tho vessels wore damaged.
Lieutenant Commander Richard
Mccall Elliott. Jr.. was killed. His
wife lives in New York City.
The enlisted men killed were;
Cecil Hall. Charleston. w. Va.
Boatswain's Mate Lewis Cohen,
New York City.
Water Tender Charles Magoni,
West Springfield, Mass.
The following enlisted men were
seriously injuredi
Electrician Edward c. Landwehr
Elizabeth, N. J.
Charles Pierce engincman, Lake
Crystal. MINI.
Fred II. Lawson. engineman, Or
ungc. Mass,
Clarence r.. Dcchenne. nroman,
Joplin, Mo.
Carl c. Russell. seaman. stock
ton. Cal.
Richard s. Gallman. seaman
Troth, S. c.
Albert W. Cecil fireman, St
Louis Mo.
The following were slightly In
jured
Ralph II. Christie. yeoman, Ca
lais. Me.
John ID. Mercer. fireman, Vnrna-
DO. La
Edward II, Peters. seaman New
Haven, Conn.
Joseph +. Gumm, fireman, South
Minneapolis. Minn.
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and rnoderat, temperature tonight and
Friday
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Berlin Via London), March a.
Bavarisn troops overran the first en-
smy line. southwest OF ornes, on tho
Vsrdun front. yesterday and advanced
as far az the Brule ravine, capturing
2A0 nsn, army headquarters an
nounced today.
Tho statement says;
Front OF Grand Duke Albreoht-
the east bank of the Mosello and near
Nomeny we carried out successful op-
erations. The destructive Are OF the
French artillery at Parroy wood con-
tinuos
"On broad sectors OF the western
front the artillery battle again broke
out this morning In full force"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21

Vienna, March 2i.--(British ad-
miralty per wireless press, )--Austro-
Hungarian artillery has taken part In
tho fight against the English and
French on the western front, It IL an
nounced In today's war office state
mont.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-21

Owners OF the seized ships will
derive revenue from their use.
Holland also will be allowed to OBJ
tain foodstuffs from abroad for her
population, and her colonial trade
will be protected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
CAPITAL ISSUES BODY
STATES ITS POSITION
FROWNS ON BUILDING OR
EXTENDING PLANTS
Materials Are Needed BY Gov.
eminent, Says Statement
In Letter

r. E. Brown had received the fol-
lowing letter from the capital issues
committee regarding the building OF
extension of any manufacturing
plants, public utilities or like institu-
items while the war is in progress
and all materials are needed for other
purposes by the United States COVER
ment
Washington, d. c., August %,
191S.-You are, of course, familiar
with the creation by congress of the
capital issues committee for the pur-
pose of giving effect to the govern
ment's policy of war business first
by supervising the issuance of new
securities for capital expenditures. It
is plain that all of us must avoid
every unnecessary use OF capital, in
volving also the use of labor and ma
terials, in order not to interfere with
the financial and industrial require
ments of the government in its para
mount task of making war.
eff the men, money and material
which the government nesds are to
be made available for essential war
purposes, there must necessarily be
considerable degree of sacrifice on
the part of individuals, communities
and corporations in adjusting them
selves tothe substitutions and chang
ed standards which the situation
compels. Existing facilities must be
made to serve in place of new ones,
regardless of temporary inconvenience
Continued on Page Four)
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1EUTOMC REGIMENT
kUIINY At COLOGNE

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Amsterdam, September H.
The Twenty-f fifth German regi-
menr mutinied at Cologne Au-
gust 81, according to The TeIe-
graph. An eye witness said
the soldiers refused to board
a train when ordered to the
western front. Another regi-
ment was ordered to force the
refractory troops into the cars,
but they refused to fire. The
home defense guard then tried
to act and eleven were killed
and many wounded
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
CONDITIONS IN AUSTRIA
They Are Tragic According to State.
ments of Returned Italians.
t1,l,

Milan, September 11.-According
to the statement of 500 Italians who
fled from Austrian rule and are once
more under the protection of their
mother country, conditions in Aus
tria are tragic. The people there are
hoping only for peace They are will :
ing to pay any price if hostilities will
only cease.
One Italian professor stated that
the food situation was bad last win
ter but would be much worse this
year. Since the battle of the Piave
and the reverses- of the Germans
along the western front, he stated
the people have little or no hope of
winning the struggle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
EAUT0 STRUCK BY TRAIN
Occupants Were Severely Injured;
Accident Mar Dorchester

Occupants Were Severely Injured;
Accident Near Rochester.
Rochester, September lie. G.
Toan is dead and his wife lies in
critical condition at The Colonial here
as the result OF an accident which
befell them at nine thirty this morn
ing when their automobile was
struck by the Northwestern passen-
ger train going east on a crossing
midway between Eyota and Dover.
They apparently did not see the
train until it was upon them and
they were powerless to escape. The
automobile was smashed and the &C.
cupants hurled from it The train
was stopped and the injured were
hurried to st. Charles. There Mr..
Team succumbed. Mrs. Toan was
next hurried to Rocheste on a spec
ial train in the hope of saving her
life.
The Toans were new arrivals in
Olmsted county. They moved down
from Faribault about three weeks
ago and were preparing to take
charge of the Brewer farm east of
Eyota.
Mr.. Toan was man between
forty and fortyfi years old. Mrs.
Toan is a few years younger They
have several children of school age.
Another story Of the accident
reads as follows:
E. G. Toan. a farmer was instant
ly killed and his wife probably fatal
ly injured yesterday morning when
the former drove his automobile into
the side of a locomotive on train,
No. S15, an eastbound Northwestern
passenger, two and half miles west
OF Dover. The fact that rain was
falling and that the side curtains of
the automobile were up probably ac-
counted for the unusual accident. The
auto was ground to kindling.
The dead body of the driver was
thrown into a field nearby Mrs
Toan's face was crushed and her
skull probably fractured. The lat
ter was taken to ST. Charles and,
after receiving medical attention
there, was removed to the Rochester
hospital on a special train There
is said to be only slight chances for
recovery
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
sum Eor Red cross.

S. B. Wilson has written a letter
to Joseph Klein in which acnowkl-
edges that he has taken from his
granery 1872 bushels of 1917 wheat.
Mr.. Wilson received $4S690 for the
wheat. He paid $26 for hauling it
and turned s460.gO over to the Man
kato chapter of the American Red
Cross. The letter in full will appear
in tomorrow's paper.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
FATHER AND SONS HOARDED
Residents Of Owatonna Paid Money
To The Red Cross.

To The Red Cross.
Owatonna, Mimi, September III
Henry Mid6lestadt, ST., of this city,
paid $500 to the Steele county chap
ter of the American Red Cross for
boarding wheat contrary to the order
of the food administration He de-
cided to make the contribution rather
than have his case turned over to
the department of Justice.
Emil Middlestadt paid 500 to the
Red Cross for having boarded wheat
in his possession on farm near
Rice Lake. Arthur Middlestadt,
another son of Henry, made a pay
ment of $50 to the mercy society
for having hauled or teamed hoard
ed wheat
The two sons, it is declared, had
only followed the instructions of
their father, and their guilt was in
failing to observe the regulations
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
WAS HAYS MISQUOTED
That Is What Secretary Tumult.
Would Like To Know.
limited Press Dispatch.l
Ii h @ 4


Washington, September 11.-Sec-
rotary Joseph Tumulty today wired
Chairman H. I. Hays of the repub-
lican national COMMITTEE asking him
If he had not been misQuoted when
it was alledged that he charged
shat the democratic party would even
compromise the, peace terms Of this
nation if they thought it would i'll
sure the election of democratic
president to power next election.
The report of these remarks by
Hays have created a mild upheaval
in democratic ranks and may pave
the way for the opening of the fight
which will not be settled until the
next election.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
MILLIONS WILL REGISTER
Manpower Of Country to Be Demon.
strated on Morrow.
United Press Dispatch. ]

United Press Dispatch-] 3
Washington, September 11.tOver
100000 Americans will register to-
morrow for the new draft require
ments. This will be the final offering
America will put on the alter Of
freedom to insure the winning of the
war. The fortunes of the nation are
already in the struggle and now it
may well be said that every available
man has taken his part in the strug-
c1n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
GUARDSMEN MUST SIGN
Statement Made BY Captain Mills
REGARDING Ren;etrafion

statement Made BY Captain Mills
y Regarding Registration
I Due to the fact that numerous re-
quests had been made by members
of the national guard in this city
to know if they were excused from
registering because members of this
organization, County Auditor c. L.
Kennedy wrote the adjutant general
for an opinion in the matter. Cap
tain ]. B. Mills replied to the inquiry
this morning, stating that no men
who were members # the Mime
sofa national qua were exempt
from registering. The organization
has no relation whatever to a mans
status under the draft.
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Beaten Back BY Americans.
FRED EuRGusoN.

With the Americans On the Aisne,
September 11.-Between Revillion
and Gennes the Germans have shell
led out the American positions and
are now subjecting them TO heavy
fire. The enemy is slowly falling
back. however, as the American guns
reply and infantry attacks are made
on their lines.
German forces still hold the heights
Of LIE Petit Montague and the wooded
sectors in that vicinity. Incessant
rains have made fighting of any sort
difficult recently. Mud and slime
Continued on Page Two.)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
MET PLAYERS DEMANDS
Threats of Another Bali Mems Strike
DISPOSED Of.
PRESS Dispatch. I

IAssociated PRESS Dispatch.1
Boston, September 11.-Threats of
another strike by the world series
ball players was disposed of before
today's game and the game started
without delay. 1t was reported that
the club owners met the players de-
mand. 1t is intensely cold.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
Train Crash Kills Three.

Alliance, Neb, September IL
Three were killed and seven serious
ly injured when passenger train on
the D. B. & @. crashed into a work
train this noon. A Misunderstanding
as to the change from mountain to
central time is believed to have caus
ID the wreck.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
DEBS CASE COMPLETED
Trial Of Debs Is Nearing End At
Cleveland, Ohio.
TINTED Press Disnafcb

CleVelad, SEPTEMBER 1.-THE
government completed the presenta-
tion of it's case in the trial of Eugene
V. De5s today. The only point left
is that the court must rule whether or
not testimony regarding the trial of
William Haywood, convicted /. W. W.,
may be introduced. The defense'
closed it's side of the case late this
afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
PROTESTS HADTHEIR EFFECT
Charles Lindbergh vii! Not Be Given
Public Position.
TINTED Press Dispatch. !

Washington, September 11.-Charles
Lindbergh will not be given a gov
eminent position as member of the
war industries board, it was ANNOUNCE
ed today. The board admitted, how
ever, that his name had been under
consideration. Since Lindbergh was
first mentioned protests have been
pouring in at the office of the board.