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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Accident in War Zone on January 16 Revealed by
 Navy Department
ONE OF DESTROYER
 CREW WAS KILLED
Three Others Were Slightly Wounded-Court of h. quiry Is Making an
 Investigation
By the Associated Pdes.

Washington, M arc h 16.
 William Lusso, a seaman of an
 American destroyer in the war
 zone, was killed and three oth-
 CTS of the ships crew were
 slightly wounded last January
 16, when the armed naval
 guard on all American liner
 fired on the conveying destroy
 CT after mistaking her in the
 darkness for an enemy subma-
 rine.
 In making this known late today, the navy department said Vice Ad- miral Sims has named court of in quiry which is making thorough in |vestigation. When the liner reached |her destination the master gave a complete account of the accident to Admiral Sims, but it has not been made public, nor has there been any announcement of the damage done to the destroyer.
 Admiral sims report on the accident was sent to the department by mail. but the name of the seaman was ca bled when the destroyer reached port. the dispatch merely saying that he had been killed in a accident. and it was so announced by the department. The seamans body has been sent to his home at Kansas City, Mo.
 l In the absence of further details, of- fcials of the navy department hesitated to comment It was suggested, how ever, that the destroyer night have run Tout of the place assigned her in the convoy and thus aroused the suspicion of the gun crew.
 l Under those atmospheric conditions Tor at night one of the new type de- stroyers might easily appear to be a large submarine, her masts being about the same height and the flush I deck hull being almost awash in a choppy sea-
 AS far as is known this was the first accident of it's kind among American 1 vessels in the war zone, but some months ago an American warship in the Mediterranean fired on an Italian sub bmarine after 1t had failed to.yreveal lits nationality when told to do so by ] the American. One man on the sub- marine was killed and another wounded.
 An American naval court of inquiry which investigated the case recom- mended . reduction of certain mum Der in the grade of the commanding of fcer of the American vessel, but asked that clomency be shown because of the xeaI and attention to duty shown by the offIcor. The Italian government Joined ! In tho redueat. but the cQurt'a yerd{el was a1lewed to stand. <. x {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
sECTION A

 IT Russians make absolute surrender. American liner fired on it's own con- yoy. Germans form new army group. Secretary Baker satisfied with achievements in France. Two additional nitrate plants will be built in south. Teutonic war lords boasting like troopers. 2-Candidates unable to arouse interest in campaign. s-senator Kenyon to speak in aid of thrift campaigns 4-Editorial comment. Ned Brace. 5-Prohibition speakers will fill local pIipits today. Guy Empy to lecture here. Statistics vital to keep interest in safety work. 6-Frank Carpenters letter 7-Can southern farmers raise sufficient foods for home needs? s-Grocery closed by. local food admin istration. disbursements.
 SECTION B 1--Lady Mary's letter. 2-s-4-5-News of automobiles.
 SECTION c 1-2-4-5-Society. a--Neutral describes Teuton's declining faith in victory. S--Fashions. 9--Dolly Dalrymple. boys writes of aviation life In France. 
 SECTION D SECTION F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Hudson Maxim's Device
 for Nonsinkable Ship
 Leads All Others Offered

Washington. March 1s Hudson Max fms device for a nonsinkable ship has been accepted for experimental pur- 0poses by the shipping board, which an |nounced tonight that officials had de- |cided some start should be made to- ward producing vessels that could not | be sunk by submarines
 Out of thousands of methods suggest ! ed, the ship protection committee, head ed by John A. Donald. has selected sew eral for special tests, of which MT.
 Maxim's will be the first
 As described by Mir. Maxim to Sem | ate committee after the shipping board
 first made an unfavorable report on the device, row of cylinders containing
 water would be placed around the in-
 terior of a vessels hull. Back of the
 cylinders would be a steel screen. Ex-
 plosion of torpedo would atomize the
 water against the screen, the vapor dis persing the heat and absorbing the
 rases which cause the damage in an
 explosion. MT. Maxim said cargo of
 apples or potatoes. which contain high
 percentage of water. would work equally
 as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Three Accidental Deaths
 in Navy Are Reported

Washington. March l6.-Three deaths in the naval forces due to accidents. were announced today by the navy de- partment. Frederick ". Hough. in tne aviation service, died of injuries received in an airplane accident in Scotland. His home was in Chicago.
 Walter Young smith. fireman att tached to the U. s. S Orion, was ac- cidentally killed. His home was in Go- iunbus. Ga.
 E Edward Joseph Hanley. apprentice sea- mAny attached to the II. s. s. Charleston. vas drowned. His home was in Phi.a- deiphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
LEVINE HOLDS POWER

Moscow, March i6.--The all-Russian Congress of Soviets has ratified the peace agrfeement with Germany by a large majority.
 A bolshevik resolution approving the acts of the government of tlie workmen's and soldiers delegates and of the peace delegation and calling for or ganization of the defense of the country by the creation of a national army of bolshevik was passed after Lenines restoration of peace among the warning factions and his statu- ment that this action was the only way out, intimating that the treaty might h. broken under changed cir cllmstances
 The opposition. notably the socialist rcvolutionaries of the left, made . valiant but futile effort to prevent the acceptance of the treaty which was characterized by the minister of justice as being "anti-revolutionary and anti-socialistic.s' He stated that the social revolutionary party repu- diated the responsibility for the ac- ceptance of the peace treaty would resign from the government and de- vote all it's power and influence to the organization of armed resistance to German Imperialism.
 
 Washington, March 16.- First intima- tions from official sources that President Wilson possibly might soon make state- ment bearing on the Russian debacle came today.
 Heretofore, statements that the Presi- dent was preparing to address Congress on the subject have been pure guess work
 Today brought the first official inti- nations that the President in his close study of the situation has gotten to the point Where he was thinking of such a course.
 There is no official notification of the medium the President will choose or wEen he will choose it. but it is generally believed that. as usual, he will direct his statement to the world through an ad- dress to joint session of Congress-.
 differences drawn from statements by Sir Robert Cecil, British minister of blockade: Field Marshal Won Hinden- burg and General Ludendorff that Ger many might be proposing a peace at the expense of Russia made peace talk in general no more popular in Washington than it has been at any time since the United States went to war. Officials everywhere, declining to make statements for the very reason that any sort of d statement would give comfort to a peace movement, gave unmistakable indications of how unwelcome discussions were at this time
 The attitude of American officials found a highly interesting reflection in French official dispatches giving ac- counts of the interviews recently given by Hindenburg and Ludendorff at Ger man headquarters. and publications in German newspapers of the situation on the eastern battle front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Dispatches From Berlin Indicate That Americans Are Facing New Force Under
 Won Gallwitz From the Eastern Front
Rr the Associated Press

The military the Belgian front has sho no marked change last 24 hours The most notable veopmen the increasing activity by the British on the oo Arras front from far south St. Quentin re- Apparently the British guns were doing work distance behind the German mes III Flanders as we'll the German statement complains or casualties among the population of Menin and the British front soutneaSt ol Yprescaused by British shellire and airpane bombs
 that artillery fire has been
 py batteries and in Asace NO change indicated hoh Paris reports of Fre the Amer of Tonlu VAST
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

 narrow and insolent.
 ..Discussing the events in the east. Hindenbrrg declared:
 { The chain which was to bind us is from henceforth broken We can now employ all our forces in the west. It is absolutely necessary for us to procure security on our frontiers go that we shall not zee repeated the lamentable events which marked the beginning of the autumn of 1914
 Tt is. too. noted that German opin- ion does not realize the exact extent of the success obtained in the east. because the people are looking today towards the west, Hind>nburg said regarding this:
 . srhInEs are always tho same, peo- pie never appreciate at theiF just value tho results already obtntned! Then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Von Tirpitz Boasts

London, March 16.-"If we continue the U-boat war without finching we can secure peace with England which vii insure for Germany's navy base off the Flemish coast for all time" Admiral Won Tirpitz is quoted as declaring in recent telegram. 4 The admirafs message, says the Exchange Telegraph correspondent Al Amsterdam. was sent in reply to a telegram from the director of the new Von Tirpitz school at Swine munde, Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

The American war secretary at the par ticular port in question was attended by General Pershing, Maj.-Gen. William M. Black, Brig.-Gen. W. w. Atterbury and the officers of the engineers who have been creating vast new equipment for docking and unloading ships The Sec retary walked for three miles along the American army dock front already con- structed or in process of construction. as an extension to the berths for number of ships placed at the disposition of the Americans by the French government. Two miles of this new sea frontage con sisted of marshes on October last. The ground has been filled in from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
ALABAMA MAY BE ! SITE 0F ANOTHER I VAST GOVERNMENT NITRATE FACTORY Now Known That Plans Are Being Made to Locate Additional Industries
 in Southeast
 TERRITORY SOUTH OF IBlKMlNGHAM lS BElNG GIVEN CONSIDERATION Alternate Location Is Near
 Atlanta Knoxville Sec ton Sure of One Plant
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington, March 16.-(SpeciaI.) The government, in addition to it's enterprises in connection with the development of Muscle Shoals, has definitely concluded to construct two nitrate plants in southeastcrn United States.
 These new plants will be located In spots wherein to the best advantage the water power companies of five southeastern states. their tranmission lines interconnected and other facil- tiles co-ordinated, can divert their available energy.
 KNOXVILLE ADVOCATED
 Those in charge of the preliminary investigation have practically con- cluded that one of these nitrate plants shall be located in the proximity of Knoxville. For the other, two sections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Teutonic War Lords Are Boosting Like
 Ignorant Troopers
Official Dispatches From France Indicates That Brave Gallic Nation Is Not Being Fooled or Bluffed by Threats and Intimations of
 Coming Offensive

Washington official dispatch today from France says: "efore making Hndenburg and udendonf made
 correspondents attached to great head quarters u... .-h
 and m bringing the dversers the usual bluff the declarations of the couple of snslas av~ bsfor. r the hands military
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

Interesting possibiIitE s are sus- gested by the revelation in Satur- days German official statement that a new German army group has been created on the front in northern France. It is under cont mand of General von Galiwitz, an officer previously prominent in the Russian and Serbian campaigns and apparently transferred to the western front late last year and nut in command of the Verdun sector. included within the front occupied by the German crown princess army group.
 The German statement is so worded that the boundaries of the district under General von Gall witz's command cannot be deter mined, even approximately. That part of the front running east and southeast to the Swiss border from about the vicinity of Laon on the Aisne front had previously been divided between the German crown prince and Grand Duke AL brecht of Wuerttemburs. The crown princess front included the ships now in entente allied ports gions. while Albrecht's started In the st. AIfhicl region and extended 10 the end of the line. The new yon Gallvitz group is indicated as resting between the crown prince md Albrecht groups.
 If Yop Gallwitx has taken over any apprecfable part of AIbrecht's sector. it follows that the Amer jeans, in the region northwest of Toul, at least, and probably those on the line east of LuneviIIe. arc facing the troops under this com mund. It is possible. however. that yon GaIlwitz has been given jur- isdiction over . portion of the crown princess former front, either to conduct an Offensive op- eration in the verdun sector or to allow the crown prince to con- centrate his energies for move
  In the Champagne--a sector in which some of the French writers have been predicting . German cf- fensive, the Rheims region being deemed one of the probable sec- lions of terrain for the effort.
 Although Germany has been threatening Holland with dire things if the Netherland govern ment should agree to allow its Aisne. Champaigne and verdun re- to pass definitely into the hands of the allies, it is indicated in Am- sterdam advices that Holland has decided to meet the allied demands. including the right to use the ships In the danger zone. She had been given to understand that the ves- sells would be taken over March IS, under the provisions of inter- national law. If she did not be- fore that time agree to the en- tente allied terms.
 President Wilson. according to information from official sources. may soon mnke . statement re- garding the Russian situation. probaly through an address to a Joint session of Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
British Casualties

London, Thursday. March IA. rhe British casnalties for the week ending today numbered s5oz. They were divided n feIIowss
 Killed or died Qf wounds' effl- eers. 6s, men, s2x.
 wounded or nissings officers. .14s; men. 25ss.
 1n 1ke first week of March the x1rltfes numbered 33>4 the kest of any week tor several
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

dredgings in deepening the water fronts and ships are already alongside some of these new berths. On other parts of the frontage concreted warehouses are going up. and great system of switches has been laid or is in the course of being laid.
 MUCH DONE IN WEEK
 T like to come out here once a week. said a colonel of the engineers to the correspondent "and see how different things look from what they did the week before I almost lose my way This new dockage. with two other new
 tCortinued on Page EighD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

they proceeded to speak of events im- minent in the west
 with the insolence of German trooper. the commander of the Ger-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
eAmerican Secretary Of War Satisfied With Achievements OUerseas
Mr. Baker Inspecfs Great Port Which Is Built to Accommodate Shipping and Sees Network of Railroads Reaching Out to Various
 Camps and Bases
n, ,h. A..oc,nted pae..

On Board Secretary Special Train France Wednes day. March 13Secretary Bakers first work after his con- with the French statesmen and American generals at the capital has been begin his study of what the Americans doing ought do in France by of great port department.
 still absorbing said he the end of 4hour day T must which and when what have accomplished asa4;sEad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
85 NAMES ON
 CASUALTY LIST;
 EIGHT KILLED.
By the A.soclated Pres.

| Eighty-five names, including those of nine officers, one killed in action, one in an accident and seven slightly wounded, were contained in the casualty list issued today by the war de partment. The list was divided as follows:
 Killed in action, eight.
 Died of wounds, two.
 Died of accidents, six.
 Died of disease, ten. Died of undetermined cause, one. Slightly wounded, 58. It was explained at the department l1 that with two or three exceptions the names in the list were cabled today i Iov General Pershing The exceptions.i were names held over from yesterdays i casualty report. because of difficulties , in checking. Most of the 4o-odd names held up yesterday, however, were those of men recommended for pro- motion, or mentioned in various actvi- ties of the expeditionary forces. They |, at first were taken to be casualties. Today's list, the first in weeks to contain the names of no men severely wounded, follows: KILLED IN ACTION Lieutenant: John Norman. Sergeant: Louis E. Leffew. Corporal: Leo H. Rogers. Privates: Fred M. Eager. Charles T. E. Lugginfland. Claude w. Newlee. l Srowe Petty. l Oscar Swartz
 DIED OF WOUNDS ICorporal: 1 Marvin Bum.
 Private:. 1 Dan P. Eracelin. DIED OF DISEASE Corporals: 1 Ignatius Fleming. Walter E. Furen. I Herbert H. Krombach. l Percy Stone Bosworth. Privates: Will Galloway. Charles M Hoerning. Theophile Joseph Proul I Clare R. Tapager.
 Frank Harrison Welch. Wagoner: Arthur E. Fisher.
 DIED OF ACCIDENTS ILieutenant I Clifford J. Stevens. Corporal: l Andrew Carl ortmayer. Privates: ! John J. Brannon. 1 Peter Cazan.
 George Mock. Il John E. Hawkins.
 DIED OF CAUSE UNKNOWN Sergeant:
 Byrd w. Penrod.
 WOUNDED SLIGHTLY 1 John W. Downer. Captain: Harry E. Whitney. Lieutenants: < Blake H. Colley. Herbert J. Jones. , Donald c. Maclachlaa : Frank M. Mitchell. Warren A. Ransom f Sergeants: ll Charles F. Allen. Peter Danowski. lCorporals ,l Brodie B. Cauele. Il Eugene O. Hickey K John c. Kadron. George Leyeque. 1 Chester w. Mahaffie. | Orville F. Martin 1 Il William J. Momahan-
 Henry Reimer. Privxfes:
 Arza 3. Amhurgey. 1 Gus T. Anderson.
 Earl Beasley.
 Luigi Hernk
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Official Anns Made in Wash
 Mir. Wilson in Will Deliver Ado,
 Debacle of Bolsh
By the Associated Pdess

Russia has bowed to the cel tral empires. The hard terms of the peace treaty submitted by the Germans at Brest Litovsk have been agreed to by the all-Russian congress of soviets, in session at Moscow, in spite of the opposition of an important element of the Rus sian people.
 The result of the vote was forecast in the announcement from Moscow on Friday that the bolshevik delegates to the Moscow congress had, at party caucus, voted in favor of rati- fication. There was faction, how ever, that registered it's disapproval of the treaty, but the presence of Nikolai Lenine the bolshevik premier, probably united his followers and en- abled them to roll up large ma jority in favor of accepting the pro- visions of the German peace treaty.
 The message sent by President Wilson to the congres, in which he expressed his sympathy with the Russian people was read at the opening session un Thursday night. It was received with marked enthusiasm and reply embody- ing resolution of appreciation was sent U the Amorican people, That there wal spirited opposition to the ratification ot the treaty is evidenced by reports that trouble broke out on Friday between the bolsheviki and social revolutionists of the left who have been representing the council of peoples commissaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
KNOXVILLE ADVOCATED
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

(Continued on Page Twol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

President Wilson. according to information from official sources. may soon mnke . statement re- garding the Russian situation. probnly through an address to joint session of Congress.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-24

city. First he spaded the soil very
deep and removed all tree roots that
would sap the moisture away from
his plants. Then he had the soil
analysed and supplied the defcjsnt
element of plant food by properaA0r-
tilization. Then he planted bis sPole
beans, bunch butter beans, tomatoes,
and other vegetables, directly under
meath the shade of large populars ard
oaks. When the plants came up he
arranged set of brightly POLISHED tin
refectors which threw the suns
rays directly upon the plants during
certain hours Of the day. By keep
ing his reflector brightly polished and
set at the right angle to give his
plants the sun rays every day, he has
produced successful proof of vege-
tables.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-24
ATLANTA SCHOOL CHILDREN
SELL 100000 WORTH OF
SAVING STAMPS

Atlanta, Ga, June 22.-The shrieks
of thousands of whistles at II o'clock
yesterday announced the fact that At
lanta school children not only had
sold 100000 worth of War Saving
Stamps, which was the quota assign
ed them for the whole year 1918, but
had gone beyond their quota with a
grand total of 100000 worth of the
baby bonds.
When the school term re-opens next
September they expect to continue
their good work, and in the mean
time they are playing splendid part
in the general Atlanta campaign for
the sale of this city's quota of $5O00,-
900. The junior class of the Com
mercial High School on yesterday ad-
dressed $4,000 cards inviting the head
of every family in the city to attend
the school house mass meeting to
be held in his school district in the
interest of War Saving Stamps on
June Is. The school department is
furnishing a corps of juvenile ora
tors, including boys and girls, who
will make speeches from automobile
trucks in the four-day whirlwind cam
.paign to be launched next Monday.
The Boy Scouts of Atlanta, who have
worked as school boys, are now at
work in their uniforms as Boy
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-24

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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-24
WESTCOTTS RIDE FROM OHIO
TO NEW YORK ON TRUCKS

When using horses at the front, the
French load them on big motor
trucks and cary them near the front
line. The Westcott distributor at
New York has applied variant of
this idea to his own problem of get
ting Westcotts through from the fac
tory at Springfield, Ohio. Of course
he could drive every Westcott
through without harming the car it
self in the least, but he has resorted
to an easier and more novel expedi-
ent.
He found that the manufacturers of
the Armleder truck at Cincinnati
were driving many trucks through to
New York. He has perfected an ar
rangement with them whereby he
keeps in touch with truck trains going
East. When in need of Wescotts,
he notifies the Armleder factory.
Driveway Armleder trucks bound
for New York then stop at the West
colt Motor Car Company, Springfield,
Ohio, and load on Westcott Cars.
In this way the New York dis
tributor is having Westcotts delivered
at the door of his salesroom without
the necessity of using any of his men
to drive the cars through. Many
dealers in similar positions through
out the country could use this same
idea to help solve their delivery prob
lens, especially at the present time
when it is desirable that freight be
not used if any other method is prac-
ticable