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drove down 22 out of control. Two other hastile machines were shot down by our anti-aircraft guns. Ten of our machines are missing.
 "O-er 1700 bombs were dropped during the day on different tar gets including the Bruges docks, and Aulnove railway station and a large camp southeast of Cam bTai.',
 Directs hits were obtained on a bridge southeast of Metz and on a stationary train which was set on fire A large fire a'soN was started on this occasion. Other machines dropped a ton of bombs on the Thieonville station where moving train was derailed and fire ensued.
 "After dark our bombing ma chimes aeain concentrated efforts C1 attacEs with bombs and ma chine gun fire on the enemy troops opposite .he battle front.
 An air dome midway between Tournai and Mons, used by hos tile night lying machines, also WIS bombed. over II tons of pro jectiles being dropped. All our n.aa'ipps returned safely.
 During Sunday many thousands of rounds O; machine gun bulles were fired by our pilcts from low attitudes upon the enemy troops.
 The progress of the battle was ren9~ted by airplanes and our artillery was kept informed of suite ble targets. Masses of hos tile troops concentrated in the battle area were caught by our low flying machines, biih with bombs and machine gun fire
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front It was a day for machine gun ners and infantry. The Germans were pursuing their tactics of working for ward in massed formation, and the British rapid fiers squads and rifle men were reaping a horrible harvest from their positions on the high ground. Notwithstanding their terri ble losses, the Germans kept coming on. filling in the places of those who had fallen and pressing their attack. The British artillery in the meantime poured in a perfect rain of shells on the enemy. carrying havoc into the ranks of the enemy. In this section the Germans were operating without the full support of their guns because of their rapid advance.
 Abandon Mory
 in the north, in the region of Ervil- lers, the British last night wereforced once more to abandon Mory, which had changed hands several times in the last few days. They fell back for a short distance and the battle this morning was staged largely along the Bapaume-Arras road. The Germans employed a large number of divisions in this assault, which in the early hours was held of by the British gun ners. For the last four days French refugees have been streaming back from the evacuated towns in large numbers. Everywhere along the roads ltading to the front were to be met old men, women. children, all trudeing stoically behind their horse-drawn packing a few belongings in a bag carts of household furniture, or even on their backs.
 It is possible today to give details of that most important phase of the battle front in the sector between Gouzeaucourt and St. Quentin. The country here was shrouded in mist on Thursday morning and the Germans advanced without being seen. Strong forces infantry flung themselves against the British front line and aft CT a fierce struggle broke through it at several places. They then con tinued driving hard for TemDleu1. Just in front of the former village were quarries in which the British had taken up positions, and here battle of great ferocitv was waged. The Ger mans repeatedly tnied Ho take the ouarries by storm, but so gallant was the defense of the comparatively small forces that the attacking troops were unable to push their way through.
 British Fall Back
 While this struggle was in progress the enemy flung five divisions against the line in front of Hargicurt and
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Battling for every point O. vantase. giving ground only when Overwhelm- ed bv nunlseTs and exacting a fright ful toll of lives for every foot of pr-und abandoned. the British line in Picarly is still intact. While the Ger man onslaught gained ground at a number Of points on Monday. there was no sign Of disintegretion in tho British forces. which at many points especially on the northern end of the line Of battle. are standing firm
 There is a town called Sally south of Bapaume and eastward of this place is a town known at Ytres. It is probable that these were the points referred tc in the statement from Perrin.
 The largest gains made by the Ger mans have been west of St. Quentin. where they have captured NeslT and Guiscard These points. which are at the tin of the Teutonic attack are more than ten miles from the front as 1t stcod March 21 Military O5- servers dicern in tte scheme Of the Germ~a a'.ack Q repetition Ot the German "pincer" system of 2ttack. which was used by Non Mackensen in Russia, Rumania ard Serbia. This at tack consists of two attacks fsOme distance apart which after prOgres- ing to scme deDth turn toward each other. compelling the forces caught bct,. cen them to fail back or be in dan~or Of capture.
 The pressure Of the defenders of the S1mme front seems to be bending ..re whCie German attack to the scutn wi ere it is hoped It's fierce win be dissipated
 The French positions joined the British 10 the south Of st. Quentin. but there have teen no reports show ing that the French have fallan back rem q -ir advanced positions On the other hand. reports would indicate trat the orieinal trench lines now virtually outflank the advancing Ger mons along the Disc river
 In the meantime. the British strategy seems to be devoted 10 the task or the attack SO that it is direct ed no lorfger straight al the line. bu- is diverted toward to Disc where the Germcn advance has been more rapid.
 French troops have taken over sec tors of the front and have released British units for work farther north. Berlin states that Americans have also joined in the fighting. but nOhtins has as yet been officially reported on this
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PFRSH|NC TELLS
 OF AMERICANS IN
 REGION OF DRIVE
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WASHINGTON, March 25.-General fershing cablei the war department tonight that two regiments of Ameri- can railI oad engineers are attached to
 he British forces on the front at- tackled by the Germans.
 Three companies of the engineers, he said. were working in the areas in which the Germfn's official state ment mentioned the presence of Amer ican troops.
 The dispatch follows:
 Summary of activities from noon March 24 to noon March 25:
 Nothing to report but usual patrol and trench activities, with some gas smelling by the enemy north of Foul. Preference tO German communiques of March A tnd 25th regarding Ameri- can troops, two regiments of railway engineers are with the British armies included in this battle. Three com nanies of engineers were working in the areas mentioned in the communi- cue in the vicinity of Crcza canal No report other than the German com. muniOues yet received regarding these trcors."
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GENERAL WOOD
 DECLARES MEN BADLY NEEDED
Back From France, Army Leader Tells What Ameri- cans Require and Pleads for Millions of Soldiers
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i WASHINGTON. March 25. = Back from Q visit to the western battle frcn. Major General Leonard Wood. in c con fidential statement today before the senate military committee declared that allied military opinicn is unani- nous that the German offensive will fail and urged a great increase to 1 10 million in Americas army. It was General Woods opinion, according 10 his auditors, that the Germans on the western front now are numerically su- perior, both on the ground and in the air but that the allies are in better position While cOnfiden. the German offense will be halted before the enc my has gained any material Objectives General Wood suggested that the Of fensive may change the warfare into a more open contest. For that reason he recommended the training of Amer ican forces for open warfare as well as for trench fighting.
 French Disappointed
 The general was before the commit tee for three hOur4 and frankly dis cussed the situation in Europe and at home Stating that the French are disappointed in the size of the Ameri- can army thus far sent to France. ac- cording to committee members, he recommended immediate steps 70 in crease the American expediiIcnary forces and the army in training in this country Chairman Chamberlain said General Wood recommends an army of 2.500,000 be maintained in France at the earliest possible moment and 9 800. .000 more in training at hOmei An other committee member placed Zen eral Woods recommendation at f. 000.000 men. one half. in France as soon as they can he sent there. In this connection General Wood also recommended compulsory universal military training. In urging that the American war program, men and ships and munitions be speeded up and in creased General Wood said no Ameri- can artillery or airDlanes are yet avail able to General Pershing's men ana that. although one thousand American aviators are ready. they are without airplanes. Use of liberty motors in bombing instead of fighting machines also was recommended by General Wood
 Commenting on the German often sive. General according to members of the committee. said that although the initial success of the Germans prObai- ly has been greater than expected either by the Allies or the enemv. judged by the number of British guns captured he and allied officers beiiev- ed the drive will be short lived. There
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AMSTERDAM. March 25.-The war correspondent of The Berlin LOkal An zeiger reports that Field Marshal VOn Hindenhurg remarked after the opel- ing battle;
 ''The thing is over. We have begun to move. The first act is ended"
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 BERLIN, via London. March 25.- Between the Somme and the Disc. says the official report from head quarters this evening"" our troops are fighting their way forward
 There was hard fighting. the statement continues. between Bapau- me and Peronne. We drove the en- emy back here to his old position which were held between the Ancre and the Scmme before the beginning of tn Somme battle in 1916.
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Neuville and Villequier AumOlt. The at ack continued yesterday and French infantry and cavalry divisions which were brought forward for counter thdust were thrown back with san guinary losses. The relentless IIr- suit by General VOn Conta and Cen eral Vons Gayle pressed after the re- treating enemy. Guisecourt and Chauny were captured.
 The allusiOn in the German official statement to fighting in the vicinity of Ypres and Sally would seem to indicate Q new offensive far to the north of the Somme battle field. There is. however. a Sally just 10 the south of Bapaume and three miles 10 the east of Sally. there is town called Tyres. It may be that these are the two places referred to in the text of the German official review of the fighting.
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DRIVE SLOWING
 DOWN IS VIEW
 OF AMERICANS
Elastic Defense Pursued by Field Marshal Haig Will Win Second Stage of Bat tie, Assert Critics
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 WASHINGTON, March 25.-The Ger man orive at the British lines appeared to be slowing down under the policy of elastic defense pursued by Field Mar shal Haig, according to the opinion of allied aHd American army officers here, based on the official statements from London, Paris and Berlin. The greatest battle of the war. thus far, they believe is entering its second an increasingly stubborn resistance. The outcome of this stage may not be discernible for several days.
 The attitude Of the American mili- tary authorities was officially stated by Major General March, acting chief of staff. He said:
 "The war department sees no cause for alarm on the part of the people of the United States Sir Douglas Haig has announced that the British with drawal was in accordance with a defi- nite plan. The announcement is to be accepted. Similare confidence of the ultimate defeat of Ethe German effort was predicted by Major General Leon ard Wood before the senate military committee and Major General Mac Lachiin, British military attache voiced the feeling of British officers here as to the work of their comrades in France in, a statement noting that nothing resembling a break in the British lines yet had been achieved by the German rush
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Drive Apex at NesIe

Repeated reports of the participa- tion of American troops in the battle presumably with the French on the British right flank caused General March to say that neither General Pershing nor General Bliss had report ed on this point.
 There was much speculation here to- day as to the purpose of the German leaders in pressing the main attack in the direction of Amiens. The capture of Nesle, admitted in London, indi- cates this to be the apex of the great wedge that is being forced into the British lines near the point where the British and French forces connect.
 The question raised was whether the German plan contemplated a swing to their right toward the coast, designed to hem up all British forces in a re- stricted field of operations with the channel behind them; or a sweep to- ward Paris to their left front. As yet the developments reported do not indi- cate the ultimate objective of the as- saul.
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Expect Second Blow

One view expressed was that a blow elsewhere might follow the checking of the present drive or even accom- pany it. Advices from Italy have in- dicated enemy concentrations on that front for some time past. Attacks along the French lines do not appear to be more than feints at present. cal ciilated to keep the French from weak ening their lines too far in sending sup porting divisions to the left flank. Officers here think the enormous !. forces concentrated in the drive at the British front precludes the possibili- ties of a major offensive by the Ger mans elsewhere on the lines in France In Italy. however. masses of Austrian troops formerly occupied in Russia. are now available to strengthen the Austro-German forces for a big move ment Captured Russian guns might be used to good effect, it was said. The only Austrian forces noted on the west ern front are artillery units.
 May Counter Attack
 Mention today of the allied strategic reserves. not as yet engaged. caused some debate as to the probable devel- opments if the British, as is expected. bring the Germans to halt within l few days. A temporary full while the Germans bring up artillery is to be eA-
 pected at any time. If the front of the
 British proves too firm to be broken, and officers here have no doubt that f it will. the Germans eventually will reach I point of exhaustion both of
 men and supplies which will bring them to a standstill
 That would be the psychological mo-
 ment for a counter drive and the stra-
 tegic reserves of the allies would be
 kept out of the fight as long as pOssi- l ble in order to have them ready for
 such movement
 The German wedge is narrowing and
 unless they are able to widen it, they
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ARIZONA: Tuesd day and Wednesday partly cloudy.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-02

lake surfaces is entirely theoretical
and no one has been able to discov-
er any actual damage. The lake lev
els are higher today than they have
been in 40 years.
The United States has Instituted a
suit in equity which is pending in
the District Court of the United States
of the Northern District of Illinois,
Eastern Division, to enjoin the SAM.
tary District from withdrawing more
than 100000 cubic feet of water from
the lake. II the government is sue
cessful in this litigation 1t will place
an immense burden upon the people
of Chicago and environs. Il is es.
timated on good authority that IL the
government is successful It will re.
quire the immediate expenditure of
upwards of 800, OOO, 900 to build sew.
age disposal works supplementary to
the limited flow of 100000 cubic
feet per minute. The per annum
operating and maintenance expense
Of these works II is estimated will
be approximately $5,000,O0O more than
the operating and maintenance ex-
pense of the works now constructed
and under construction operated
with the flow as required by the State
law; and besides, great deal of
money already expended by the Sani-
tary District in constructing its
works would thereby be practically
thrown away.
January 26, 1918.
The ordinance passed by the SAM.
tary District offers in settlement of
this controversy to pay to the Uni
ted States approximately SAT-, 700,
the estimated cost of building sub
merged weirs or contracting works
in the st. Clair and Niagara rivers to
compensate Or offset for the supposed
lowering Of the lake levels upon Con.
gress by proper action authorizing
the Sanitary District to withdraw
water from Lake Michigan as It is
required ultimately to the maximum
that can be withdrawn by the works
of the Sanitary District constructed
or under construction, which maxi.
mum is 100000 cubic feet per minute.
This will take care of the needs of
Chicago and environs until about the
year 1882.
The plan of building submerged
weirs or contracting works in the st.
Clair and Niagara rivers for the pur-
pose mentioned has been recon-
mended by the special Board Of
Engineers appointed by the Secretary
of War under a recent Rivers and and
Harbors Act, and also by the Board
of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
of which Board General William NJ.
| Black, now chief of Engineers, was
then the senior member.
The Board Of Trustees Of the SAM.
try District has unanimously adopted
the ordinance mentioned and believes
that II should have the cooperation of
everyone In its move to settle the
lake level controversy. We hope
that you will take the proper action
In support OF this matter.
Very respectfully yours,
| WALLACE G.. CLARK,
JAMES M. DALEY,
GEORGE w. PAULLIN,
PATRICK ]. CARR,
Committee of Trustees.
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SANITARY DISTRICT
ON WATER FLOW
Editor, Chicago Eagle,
179 Washington Street.

Editor, Chicago Eagle,
179 Washington Street.
Dear SIR
Herewith enclosed you will find
copy of the Proceedings of the Board
of Trustees of The Sanitary District
of Chicago of January 5, 1918. in
which appears ordinance of the Board
of Trustees entitled IAN Ordinance
Concerning the Compromise and Set.
Element of the Controversies between
the United States of America and
The Sanitary District of Chicago rela.
tive to the withdrawal of water from
Lake Michigan at Chicago, Illinois. .
For number of years this con.
troversy has existed between the
Sanitary District and the United
States Government relative to the
amount of water that may be with.
drawn by the Sanitary District from
Lake Michigan through the Chicago
River. and the Main Drainage Chan
mel, for the purpose Of protecting the
water supply Of Chicago from sew.
age pollution, thereby protecting
health and preserving life.
The Sanitary District law directs
the Trustees of the District to cause
to flow through the Districts Main
Channel 10000 cubic feet per minute
for each 100000 of the population
The population of the Sanitary Dis
trict being now 100000 1t requires
flow OF approximately $4,000 cubic
feet per minute. The government
while It originally granted a permit
limited as to amount only by the
! maximum capacity of the rock sec
ton of the Main Channel, $4,000
cubic feet per minute) sought to limit
the maximum flow Of water to ESQ,
900 cubic feet per minute. This IL
less than half what the district now
requires under the State law. The &C
ton of the Secretary of War seek
ing to limit the flow of 100000 cubic
feet per minute was taken in 1901 al
the result of complaints from naviga
ton interests along the Chicago river
The Chicago river was then only I,
feet deep and was narrow ant
crooked at various points. In view
Of this condition the Sanitary Dis
trict at an expense of upwards of $12,
100000 deepened the river, the soutl
Branch and the West Fork to It,
junction with the main drainage chan
mel from II to 26 feet at all points
and widened II to 200 feet; besides
the district, has replaced severa
center pier bridges with new bascul'
type bridge, providing greater eros,
section of the bridge sites. The gov
eminent, however, has persisted II
its objection solely on the groun,
that the withdrawal of water, as 1
claims. lowers the surface elevation
of the Great Lakes, except Lake Su
perior, thereby navigation upon tn,
Great Lakes is injured and damaged
Notwithstanding the fact that at tn,
time the drainage channel was opene,
ana the government permit issued al
question as to the effect upon lax
levels was waived and disregarded
In fact, the claimed lowering OF tn
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Trozkys
surprised by Trotzkys rapid
in
his Mr. settler "The tal
that Trotzky prot ennan is plain nonsense"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-02

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