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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
FRENCH TACTICS BRILLIANT
IN KEEPING TOUCH WITH HAlC

is now known TO have been the original
German plan, namely: Following the
Bavarian Crown Princes expected rup-
ture of the British front, for the German
Crown Princes army TO pass through
the breach and march on Paris by way
Of the Oise Valley,
While barring the latter movement
by holding the Disc line solidy, the
French kept up contact with the British.
This was accomplished only by mas
terful handling of the French reserves
throwing in infantry divisions when
they arrived in time. otherwise using
cavalry divisions when quick action
was necessary, while artillery was rush
ed rapidly along the entire front.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
with the American Army in France

With the American Army in France,
March 80.
Fresh British and French troops are
constantly arriving on the Picardy pa'-
tls front to take up the battle when the
proper moment arrives, according to IN
formation received here today. The cN-
haustcd German soldiers are reported to
be digging themselves in and conso!idat-
ing their positions. A..
The information given out by the
British war Office that American TROOPS
are fighting shoulder to shoulder WIN
French and British refers to American
railway engineers and American otlcets
from all branches Of the service, at
tachcd to the British army Tor lhstruc-
t!on.
Emphasis is laid upon the ralorous
performance of the engineers who recelN-
ed their baptism of fire at Cambria. ana
i. is shown that the American ollicers
carried out their volunteer duties Win
the greatest bravery.
Tie Americans are more optimistic
since the latest official statements, even
the Germans themselves admitting that
they had been stopped. ,,
ON every side the question Is raised
whether the drive is collapsins or
whether the battle is now IN the
transitory stage which always divides
the first and second phases OF great
struggle News that the German drive
was arrested caused the most intense
enthusiasm among the Americans be-
, cause "it insures our getting into the
big doings,' ,,
that "A resumption of the battle on a
great scale is imminent before the opera.
| tions stagnate again into trench warfare
All are confident that the superior
! French generalship and British dog
| gcdneSs will smash the enemy, who has
| already lost heavily from his best troops
| Tie present breathing space is regarded
| as temporary, while the enemy brings VI
| supplies and reorganiZes his shattered
] 1i visions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
ATHENS CONTROL KEY
TO ALLIES DEFENSE

That Hindenburg's drive aims at tho
capture Of hmiens is we'll understood
BY tho Allies, The Petit journal OF
Paris announces that important Allied
forces have been set aside To cover
Amiens. The German drive now stands
salted twelve and a half miles from
the British base at Sailly-le-Sec. fifteen
miles at Roye and under eighteen at
Nontdidier,
MEMS. a glance at the map will
show. Is the m, Important center whlch
has stood Immediately back of the Brit
ish line. 1t is on direct line from be-
tween the British ports and the center
{ the western front.
1t is n railroad center. forty-nve miles
from the point where the Somme flows
into the sea. IT is situated on the
Somme and its attiuents. the Arve and
/ he Se,le. which form canals in the bust
ness section of the city from which YES
! sells of lighter draft make their way
yon the Somme to the British Channel
| Amiens is eighty-one miles from Paris
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Bread RdtiOns Cut
to Pound and Half
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
from wheat in any form until the
next harvest" was the plea of Federal
Food Administrator Herbert Hoover in
"A speech before 200 hotel men of the
United States. and the answer was
pledge from virtually every man present
that 10 wheat products would be served
in his establishment until the first of
September.
Coincidentally with Mr.. IToover's
appeal the House passed the Baer bill
providing fund of $7,5O0,O00 for the
relief of farmers i'm all parts of the
country who raise wheat, corn, rye,
oats or barley. The money will be
lent to buy seed and the bill gives the
secretaries of agriculture and labor
$4,000, 900 to mobilize labor for the
harvest this year.
Americas consumption must be cut
at least one.half with the further knowl.
edge that the shipments of wheat to
the Allies will be limited from now
until next fall only by limit of the
countrys exporting power. Every
pound that can be shipped across the
Atlantic Ocean. the food administrator
said. will be taken.
The pledge Of the hotel men to re.
move wheat from their menus fol
lowed Mr.. Hoover's address, and theii
action alone, if consistently followed
will reduce consumption from 10 to /.
per cent. Followed in the home:
wherever possible-and it is not oe
| lieved that it can be universally prac
! ticed-food administration officials be
| lieve the crisis can be safely passed.
q a rpC,l1t al the t,1pptipu hn Col
/ ing message "of cheer was sent by
/ the United States food administration
to Victor Borct. French Sgnor Crespi
| Italian. and Lord Rhondda. British, min
listers Of food Cor the Allied govern
t mcntS:
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- 600 GERMANS TO 1000 YARDS
FOR SUPREME EFFORT IN FRANCE

The army Of General Won Hutier faces
the French along the Disc. II was
very quiet after the bloody defeat of
its attempt TO cross the river. Most
of the bridges have now been blown up.
The fighting has been much heavier
in the sectors of Won Below and Won
Marwitz. 1t Is evident the Allies are
gaining the upper hand and mastering
the enemy with artillery.
Owing TO the terrible casualties among
his aviators. the enemy is compelled TO
feel almost blindly for weak spots in the
Allied lines. which he has been seeking
constantly 30 as TO throw against them
some OF his dense masses. When 1t is
remembered that the enemy has more
than a division $4,000 men) for every
1000 yards OF the front on which he
attacked, an idea may be gained OF the
difficulties with which the Allies have
been besct. .afs.
AZ sHs peint On the Cresat caasl.
shsee tls Gsrmeps eve1@r9Ny gsinsd
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SCOTTISH EDUCATOR
TO BE DINNER GUEST
Sir George Adam Smith, of Aberdeen
University, Will Discuss
War Aims

''rhe Moral Aims of the War" will I've
the subject upon which Sir George Adam
Smith principal Of AberGeen University,
will speak when he comes to Ihiladel-
phia Friday. \ luncheon in his honor
on that day will be given at the Belle
vue-Stratford. About fifteen lay mem
bers of the Inter-Church Federation Of
Philadelphia will be hosts to 40 guests
Invited to meet the famous Scotch
teacher.
Sir George holds about the same posi-
tion in Scotland as does the Archbishop
OF York in England, The program for
him is in charge Of the Inter Church
Federation of Philadelphia. He will
sneak Sunday morning, April :, in 81.
stephens Church and in the afternoon
at o'clock in Calvary Presbyterian
Church
Sir George Is touring this country ut
the request of the British Government,
working in connection with n committee
of the Committee on Public Informa
! tion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
PARIS SUNDAUNTE6
BY KILLING OF75l
Nearly 100 Also Wounded
When Long-Range Gun
Hits Church MA
SWISS COUNSELOR DEAnl
City Seethes With Anger and
Hot Determination for
Vengeance
Paris, March 20,

'''' 'iuTCH ~,
The latest bombardment uf Pari. h,
the German super-gun. In which seyen,v.
five were killed and nearly one h,nj,sa
wounded, when a shell struck n chuvra, 7
failed to terrorizc Paris today. 4 RI
Instead the city seethed with ,r...
and the reaction was one OF hot dsts--
mination to fight 10 finish and san.
vengeance for tho latest outbreal \,
German frightfulness.
This spirit was revealed In tho Hu.,
of Deputies and in general demsrSs
everywhere for punishment Of the H,rSs
on the battlefield.
Among those killed was II. Stroeb.
lin, counselor OF the Swiss Legation In
Paris.
The Same church was struct A.,
n shell while high mass was hs,vyy
celebrated last Sunday, and many = ~
ualties resulted.
AS long ago as last December ~.
Allies had information from prisonets
that the Germans had guns OF mn
usually long range about ready IA,
use, and other information followed
In January there were said to be- A.
least four and perhaps seven Of thess
guns in existence. They were saId
| to he of thirty-eight centimeter bore
and lined down to twenty.one cent?
meters: that Is to say, from fifteen
inches to eight and one -quarter inches
| They were, according to one in.
| formant, seventy-nine feet long, and
in trials had carried seventy.flve kiio
meters (46.5 miles,. They were &
pectod to carry 100 kilometers "a,
milesl.
More remarkable than the gun wa
its shell, which was fifty-nine incho
In length, prolonged into bottle necl
at the front, with two copper driyinI
bands and rifling extending in advanc
of these. the weight Of the shell beinl
about $50 pounds.
Tho chief secret of the great lengt
of its range Is in its she'll which
in the position OF the center Of gray
ity in it, and its shape
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
If You Lore Your Country
Reduce Your Flour Ration

State Food Director Heinz has
made the following statement re-
garding the imperative necessity
of householders conserving wheat:
- I'VE have come for the first
time In America to what amounts
to voluntary rationing system
with regard to wheat flour. The
situation is so serious that nothing
except the strictest observance Of
the voluntary rationing plan will
bring the desired result.
"Mr. Hoover has set the yolun-
tary wheat -four ratios at six
pounds per month per person,
Every man. woman anc child is re-
quested TO use a maximum OF six
pounds Of flour per month-no
more-and as much less ~ pos
nloIo. :" 4. y +. " Z, a ~ n, 4 y Y !. I. III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
Fines for Enemy Aliens

Chicago. March 30.-Agents Of the
Department Of Justice are at work on
the cases of several dozen enemy aliens
and pro-Germans who were among the
hundred or more persons arrested sey-
eral days ago in connection with base
ment celebrations of the German drive.
one of the men has been fined $500 in
police court; three We're assessed s25
each and two We're fined So each, all on
disorderly conduct charges. The round
uD netted Il number of slackers. who
have been held for the Federal Grand
JurV,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
TATE DENIES RUMOR
THAT HE is ''IN BAD
Detective Captain Declares No Com
plant Has Ever Been Made
Against Him

Reports that Captain of Detectives
Tate Is "in bad" politically with the
Tare-Smlth administration and that he
4 10 be asked 10 resign, were today
automatically denied by Captain Tate,
Who characterized the report as an
s.April fool joke"
( = n am performing my duty. and tho
story that l am isolated and nave
HsSr; sliornf OF all authority, is all rot, ,
f@rptain Tate said, II am captain OF
ffS detectives, as / always have been.
. 4 rAf no time has II ever been intimated
" my superiors that i am not doing
- duty The report Is personal at
<{S<& and there Is evidence OF spleen be-
<.-X I am not tit 10 hold my Job. Direc-
I. xTilson would know II. 1 come In
11nnI contact with him every day.
~ yet to tell me he believes me In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30

with the French Army in France
March 80. - No fewer than thirty
eight German divisions were thrown
simultaneously against a front held by
only eight British divisions, overwhelm-
ing them and forcing them back Be
hind these British divisions were only
three others in reserve, but the troops
fought valiantly and delayed the Ger
man advance for considerable time.
since then about forty-nine other Ger
man divisions have been hurled into
the battle. a total of eighty-seven d.
visions, or. at the present estimated
strength of the German division, about
1.000.0 900 men.
Not only the army OF the Bavarian
Crown Prince but also that Of the Ger
man Crown Prince IL now engaged. the
German generals Immediately command
inr ths troops from the north TO the
solsh os the front s;fsekes aEs =, x2o y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30

New York. March 90

New Ork, MHrCn ~.
General FOch's decision whether or not
to use American troops in large NUM-
bers i'm the present combat will prob
ably depend on the magnitude of the
counter-assault that Is planned against
the Germans.
If the Allies decide to attempt 10 bring
the war to an end by overwhelming the
German armies in western France, then
every possible source of strength must
be thrown into the battle and General
pershing's full force will participate.
But If Counter-offensive with strictly
limited objectlves is considered, the
wisest course at this time, General Foch
may think it inadvisabl" to use the
American army for the present.
Tho American troops now IN France
and those fast arriving are the finest Of
fcnsiye fighters left in the world, This
is true not because they are Americans,
but because America is the only great
Power left whose first classes of picked
men have not suffered the casualties OF
Learly four years fighting.
If the Allies major offensive IN an
Swer TO the present German thrust Is
not 10 be delivered Immediately, Gen
cral Foch may desire TO keep the A'neri-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30

greatly surprised at the small number
Of British dead found on the battlefield.
They had been told the British In front
Of them had been annihilated. 1t was
evident small groups had fought Gamely
10 the last, giving the Germans the I'M
preston that large forces We're facing
them.
Tho same prisoner said the Germans
had formed special corps. whose duties
were to advance behind the fighting
troops and strip all clothing from the
dead The bodies, he said, were buried
without any covering. and the clothing
thus obtained was served out again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
Night Yorker Wins an Hour
by Daylight Sauing Plan

The fellow who goes to work at
6 o'clock tonight and is due TO work
until s o'clock tomorrow morning
gains an hour on his boss through
the daylight-saving plan.
When the clock hands are pushed
forward an hour at 10 o'clock this
will mako 8 o'clock come an hour
earlier.
incidentally, how will those who
work at SO much per hour arrange
this? 1t can be easily settled by
arbitration among employers and
workers who don't lose their heads
over mathematics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
FRENCH PLANES DROP
65 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES
with the French Armies in the Field,

March 80.
French bombing planes have dropped
siXty-nvc tons of explosives on German
communication lines and depots during
the enemy offensive.
Also, for the first time. French aVi-
atorS are successfully participating III
battle bombing troop conCentra tons
both on the fighting line and in reserve.
Fighting squadrons participate in every
combat. constantly pouring machine
gun fire into enemy conveys filling the
roads from st. Quentin, Ham, Chany,
Nesle and GuiscardN
Prisoners assert the German army is
accompanied by special "ghoul squads"
whose duty 1t is to strip Allied and Ger
man dead of all clothing. shoes and
equipment, which are extremely scarce
in Germany. Some of these ghouls.
taken prisoners, admit their surprise
at the small numbers Of French dead
and wounded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30

"a crossing, they made sixteen different
attacks in one day. Finally. the British
corps which was holding the position
fell back. absolutely exhausted, and the
Germans crossed over a bridge of piled
up bodies of their own comrades.
The German advance has been more
rapid al some points, and the Allies have
scarcely had time to get away their can
non, as no horses were near. One French
battery Of seventy-nves was dragged
five miles with ropes by the gunners,
who succeeded in saving II.
4 German prisoner who was interro-
gated said the German troops We're
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
PATROL LEADER FORMER
BALTIMORE NEWS MAN

baltimore. Md. March 3O.--Lieutenant
George Redwood, who led an American
patrol in "No Mans Land" that cap
tured four Bavarian prisoners, Is the
Madison avenue. this city lie is twenty
nine years old and enlisted at Fort
Myer. Va. last May.
Lieutenant Redwood formerly was
a member of the staff of the Baltimore
News and is widely known in newspaper
circles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
FURTHER SUCCESSES
CLAIMED BY BERLIN
Berlin, March so.

UerIIn, MdTCU UV.
The German statement last night
merely reports successful battles be-
tween the Sommc and Ancre rivers.
Yesterday mornings official report
said that since the beginning of the
great battle the German forces have
taken 10000 prisoners and 100 guns.
In local engagements on both sides
of the Scarpe, according to this state
foremost British positions and took sew
eral thousand prisoners.
South of the Somme the Germans
drove the British out of their old posi-
tions and from bravely defended vii
lagos in westerly and northwesterly
direction by way of Warfusee-Aban-
court and Plessier.
The British. the statement adds, con-
tinued their frutless and costly coun-
ter-attacks near Albert and to the north
of IL.
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| Continued from Page Ono
city of Mezieres, far within the Ger
mans line near the Belgian border,) }
FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT
The Paris official communique re-
ceived here this afternoon indicates
renewal of Hindenburg's attempt
to drive the German wedge further
past Montdidier. The battle in that
region has been resumed with ex-
treme violence, the statement says,
on n front extending from Moreuil,
north of Montdidier, to beyond Las
signy, east of Montdidier. The
communique declares the French are
holding this line firmly. The report
is as follows:
The battle was resumed late last
night with fresh violence on
front of forty kilometers Gwen
ty-four miles) from Moreuil to
beyond Lassigny.
French troops supported by
continually arriving reserves are
stubbornly resisting powerful as
saults.
Despite the bad weather French
aviatOrs continued their attacks,
dropping bombs and pouring
| machine-gun fire on the enemy's
| battlefront concentrations. About
$4,000 pounds of projectiles have
been thrown on the Noyon, Guis-
card and Ham region.
Thirteen German machines have
been brought down.
(Moreuil is an important city
about nine miles northwest Of
Montdidier, in the direction Of
Amiens. The front mentioned
therefore, extends for more thar
twenty-four miles, running soutl
from Moreuil, veering sharply east
ward at point west of Montdidie,
and extending east of Lassigny.)
A dispatch from the front an
nounces that the Germans are dig
ging in in some sections.
Easter Blow at Amiens
The hostile lines in Picardy ar
set for the second phase of tn
great battle. The tenth day of tn
mammoth engagement finds tn
Anglo-British front straightene
from Albert to Montdidier, an
Hindenburg advanced to Haig'
forward zones, in similarl
straight line.
The British expect a powerfr
thrust tomorrow from the Gel
,, man center against their center, wit
the important city and strategicall
, valuable position of Amiens as direC
objective.
= (The Evening Public Ledger 0
E Wednesday forecast Amiens as tn
next great goal Of Hindenburg,
: view of its strategic value and til
. pronounced driving of his force
: along the north banks of the Somn
$ and up as far as Courcelett
= Amiens, at the confluence of II
e Somme and the Avre, is abo,
a eighty miles from Paris and on
: forty-two from the English Chann
). by the practicable Somme Valle
j, 1t is connected with the Schelt
o River, near the German bases ar
with the Oise, partly in the Germs
area, by canals. Possession
r Amiens would give the Germans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
PrO-Germans HOarding Wheat

New York. March 30.-The Federal
food board has notified all of its deputy
food administrators that information had
been received of "pro-German farmers"
In this State who were boarding prod
ucts, and especially wheat, sin a desire
to obstruct the Government" The deputy
food administrators were directed to req
ustion such supplies and to report the
hoarders of wheat to the Federal food
board.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
Beet Sugar Men to Help Loan

Chicago, March 30.--The United States
Sugar Manufacturers Association has
passed a resolution providing for a
committee to boost the third Liberty
Loan among beet sugar interests. The
resolution records the associations be-
lief that every selfish or business in
terest should be subordinated to the one
great and common national purpose of
aiding in every possible way TO win the
war"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
Rain Helps Texas Crops

Dallas, Tex, March 3O.-A badly
needed rain has been falling in the
Texas Panhandle. Reports in the after
noon from Amarillo were that more than
one inch of rain had fallen. 1T will
be of inestimable benefit to the wheat
crop, which was needing moisture bad
ly,' said message from that city
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
with the French Armies in the Field


Since General French, at NpreS' pre-
vented the Germans from turning the
British flank by stretching out his little
army until it reached the North Sea
no more brilliant movement has peeh
executed Oh the west iront IMAM lhe
manner i'm which the French General
Staff. night and day, kept up contact
with the British armies doggedly re-
treating TO the northwest.
The French steadily extended their
lines from the region of La Fere to
heyond Montdider This successful op-
Grafton has definitely broken up what
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30
Woman Killed by Fall

Losing her balance while cleaning
second story window Of her home, 2527
North Douglas street, Mrs. Fannie Katz
ilftY-three years old fell to the cement
pavement below. At the Womau's
Homeopathic Hospital she was pro-
nounced dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-30

Yerk. March 80. Harry Il. Ro-
tenn years old. q steerage pas
- Russia. today offered 70 dis
lnr for himself until he has
eEta q .,ssrty Sonas 4,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-07

The News understands there
are two or three individuals in
this county who are engaging in
seditious talk, and attempting to
create prejudice against the
government in its efforts to win
the war that we are now engaged
in. We want to notify these par
ties right now that they are un-
der strict surveillance, and at the
first opportunity are going to be
dealt with as a traitor deserves
to be DEATH with. We are en-
gagged in a desperate struggle for
our very existence with the
greatest military power on earth,
and this is no time to permit a
few German sympathizers to
block our efforts to victory.
Rankin county needs an organl,,
cation of a few of it's best and
most loyal men in each commun-
ity to look after matters OF this
kind, and report all violations OF
loyalty to the government OH
Gals, who we understand are
ready to make arrests and deal
with them as they should be.