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VOL. XLVI.—No. 108.

SPY ACTIVITY IS MENACE TO «. S. TROOPS

American Officers On French Front y R«jport Indications of Work Within lines, 'i/./'

IT. 8. 5ATR0L ENTERS ENEMY TRENCHES TO MAKE GOOD FIND

Valuable Device l^or Protection of Rifles It Found and Will Ba Sent To .America For Adoption^ln y* «Gun Making.

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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Sunday, March 17—(By the /ueciatt# Prase).—The Amarioan troopa who have been in action along *lhf Chimin Du Dafnes are a diviaion composed exclusively of New Eng* land units. The division oontains unite .fium all the New England atates, troops from Massachusetts having been specially active. i

WTTH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN TRANCE. Bunday March 17.—(By the Associated press).—American kitellia'*nc:e officers report evidence leading 1o ihe conclusion that possibly 9 spy mav

tuaV be at work within the American lines northwest ©f Toul. Early thia Inorning an American sentry eaw lhaahes of a stgnal light from a window ifncing the direction of the enemy lines. IT.-« fired through the window and duhinto .the bouse, but lailad to fta&4N?y

«»ue. V\ 1 s# Four hours earlier some important telephone wires within the American lines were found to have been cut.

An American patrol last night enterthe piiemy trenches at one a nil of hi sector and penetrated them for frnw distance without difficulty. Much Jvaluable information was gathered. As trey were s^bout reads' to return they 'nltshed cunt act with the enemy, who

opened fire with a machine gun. The Americans jumped to a safe position wild hurled grenades at the enemy gun„ners, silencing the gun.

Returning to the American aid© of No Man's Land, the raiders brought back with them a German rifle breech, protfected by a metallic cover over the ., muzzle and a snap clip cover, both of vl.'rh operate qulcki* and efficiently. '. Officers declared i w«s the best thing ,of the kind they had ever seen for pro

tecting rifles. The mechanicism wae turned over to the intelligence department with a recommendation that the j* Httachipent be furnished the^American •. troopeu

Lfne Held Strongfy.

*, Another patrol on the other end of .. ihr sectors reported that the enemy

ilrst line was held strongly. While the i-aiders were iVPecting the German irosltions. the enemy flred upon them

I I several times with rifles and machine 'iT gun® which are unuaual at that point. 'J Our artillery bombarded effectively 'f billets, troops and new enemy works at

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Tjabayvllle, St. Baussant, the village of Montaee, Richecourt, in the Quart De FVeaterve along the Pannea-Monaard road, and a considerable body of troops morthwest of Buxieres. /They alao bat terid to pieces another battery of gas projectors which had been aat up double line of trenches.

The enemy has shelled varlbiia parts of oar poaitions rather heavily, many r*a shells being mixed with high ex-

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who happened to be near or who walked through the ahelled areas afterward said there were indiWtlons that the enemy was trying to isolate on« of our positions with shell flrq. The visibility I was exceptionally good today and the weather waf like summer. A great, -'is .-j'.y

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FALLING CAGE KILLS CLINTON COAL MINER

Luke Case beer. 45 years, living on South Fourth street. Clinton, was 1n-

Srf xtantly killed at the Oak Hill mine No. rt, south of Clinton, about 6 o'clock Sun day evening, and Fred Carlan, also of '"llnton, was badly brwised and shaken up.

Caaebe^r wa* employed by thfc De^fin*r coal company as a carpenter and mb .-hanping cage- at the Oak Hill riilii« when the accident oocureft The steel cable which supported the cage )uid been loosened to allow the change -to be made, when in some manner the timbers which were supporting the ."agfi gave way, and it dropped a dislance of 2? or SO feet. The exact manner in whloh Caiebeer met death could ho1 be ascertained but he w^s struck

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in the ba^k of the head either by theJ died a) her home here last night. Johnson, who is said to be in Buenos Aires, is a fugitive from justice, having been convicted in 1913 for violatingthe Mann act and sentenced to a term in the federal prison.

age or by one of the falling timbers The decedent is the son of Juetice of Peac.- Ca«eteer. of Hilisdaie, and is survived by his father, a widow, and

year old son.

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"Big oars and little cars, hgnt ca'rS and heavy cars, cars of every size, shape and color, were shown on* 1 hestreets of the city Monday afternoon, the occasion being the automobile' parade which fornyClly opened auto, week in Terre Haute. These cars are the cream of the machines that can be purchased for the coming season and the 1918 models, in their bright coats of various colors attracted much, attention as they pasied through the streets of the business district of the city.

Every dealer in the city was represented and everything in the line of business and pleasure cars was included in the turnout. With horns blowing and pennants flying, the new machines were driven over the streets of the city, presenting a most attractive appearance.- i

During the-remainder of the week tffese cars will be on exhibition in. the showrooms of the various dealers, and the prospective purchaser who cannot find a c»u* to suit his taste will indeed be hard to please. The plan of showing the cars at the various show rooms was adopted for the reaspn that this will allow each dealer rqbre room, giving him a chance to show more models and make a more complete exhibit of his goods.

The cars all gathered at the'court house at 2 o'clock and soon after that, hour the demonstration was started. The cars were driven east on Wabash avenue to Seventeenth street, south on Seventeenth to Ohio street, west 011 Ohio to sixth street, south on Sixth to Cc-llege street, east on College to Seventh street, and north on Seventh to Chestnut #treet,. .where- the parade disbanded.

MRS. JOHNSON DIES.

Mother of Former Champion Jack Johnson Pasiea Away. CHICAGO, March 18. Mrs. Ttttf Johnson, 74, mother of Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion pugilist,

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Principal Speaker Tuesday at Rally to Launch Woman's Liberty Bond Sate

MRS. JKSSIK CROAV.

Mrs. Croan, of Anderson, will be the 'principal speaker at the meeting" on' Tuesday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce to launch the woirten'i campaign for the sale of the Third

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Cars of Every Description Lined TTp In Imposing Street Demonstration *, Monday Afternoon.

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Liberty Loan tbomls here, iihe t& a brilliant talker, «n effective orjfanlsser and Terre Haute women areNfortunate In getting her V Initiate Ihe work here.

HUlfS THREAT OF OFFENSIVE ISNOTFEARED

Germany's Promised Great Spring ., Drive On West Front Not Likely To Come.

U. S. WAR DTPARTMENT SAYS ENEMY WILL NOT ATTACK

Official Statement Telia of Continual Activity By American Foroea Oil jFrench Front—Troopa Hold

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WASHINGTON. Marcti.,18. Germany's threat of a great spring offensive on the western front no longer impresses American military men. In its weekly review today, the war department records the conclusion that the enemy, in spite of his vast preparations, will not. take the offensive unless

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I.OCAI, C«\niTIOVS AT T. MARCH IS. 1018. Station pressure, 23.41 temperature, 41 highest temperature yesterday, 64 lowest temperature last night. 40 precipitation, 0 direction of wind, south velocity of wind, ten miles per hour state of weather, clear relative humidity, 78 per cent unrise. 5:.'6 a. in.: sunset. 8 p. m.

KOHI'K' A ST.

TKRRH HAUTJB—Fair t«fiight anh Tuesl«y warmer. INI»1 ANA-—Kiur and warmer tonight, TuestJiiy partly cloudy and warmer.

ILLINOIS—Fair tonight «ad Tuesday warmer toniRht.

OTHKlt.LOUAL HEPOHTs/ \_, Temperature by Bunt.in'a thermorawter 7 a. m., 42 2 p. m., J.iL

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.• *n the federal prison. River stage—8.2 feet. 'the country. .. "that required for seeding purposes, lleased,*

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THE TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE

TERRE HAUTE, IND., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1918.

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ALLIED ARMIES GAIN VALUABLE ENEMY POINTS

French Troopa Drive Germans Back Near Verdnn For Eight Hun*, "dred Yards.

TAKE MANY PRISONERS AND ,, CA? TUBE 7 MACHINE GUNS

Artillei^r Fire Irr Cambrtii Region la Intenae— Americana Still Vl«lt Enemy Lines and Get MucH

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(B*/Associated Presa.)

French an Germaai trbops- have been engaged in heavy fighting on both sides of the Meuse in the Verdun sectors. West of the river the French have gained the enemy positions on a front of about 1,400 yards to a depth of 800 yards, while east of the river "the Germans were unsuccessful in strong attacks ott ta slxmile front,

Suaday the Germans sent heavy forces against' the rench positions at ^Samogneux north of the Boise De Carierea and near Bezonvauju They entered the French line! at various points.

Violent French artillery fire inflicted heavy casualties on\ the attacking party and thev were unable to hold on to the trenches they had gained. The fronCeast of the Meuse has been the scene of feiuch violent artillery fire during the last month.

The French success west of the river was made at Mataiicburt, west of Dead Man Hill. At the Cheppy wood, Immediately west of Malancourt tlie French late Friday penetrated German trenches on a front of 800 metres to a depth of 300 metres. After deatruyiag thy positions th4«*JFrenoh, f»turn«4 with 80 prisoners and seVeft machine guns*/East of Rheims in the Champagne, German troops gained momentarily a footing in French positions west of Vaudesincourt, but suffered heavily under French counter attack which ^restored the situation.

German* Abandon Raida. *.. Raiding activity on the British front has died down sonjewhat and thA Germans for the nybment at least have glveW »p their strong mida on the Ypres-Arras line. The artillery fire here and in the Cambral area, however, is intense. British airmen per alst in their bombing raids against military targets and have accounted for 28 more German maohinea.

On the American sectors at foul and Luneville there haa been no change in the situation. American patrol parties are still visiting the enffiny lines and returning with valuable informatoBu On the Toul front the artillery* fire has been very heavy, the gunners shelling billets, troops and works over jtn area approximately six miles wide and two miles deep. East of Luneville also the artillecy bombardment has been heavy.

Moscow Deolared Capital. Iiavlng occupied Odessa and Nikolaiev, important naval and gr^ln ports,

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PREDICTS A BLOODY REfyUERHANT

ANTWERP, March 18.—Maurice Bre^lau,. the author, who has arrived here from Germany, predicts that the whole force of the German empire will be concentrated in a western drive soon, and adds-, "And Germany's failure will bring a condition in the empire worse than tUe French levolution.'' lie said:

"The German people are beginning to be conscious of the fact that the blood and iron dream which the kaiser is cherishing is not to the taste of the intelligent German men and women. The German manufacturer is beginning to realize that Germany's international trade is gone, at least for the next decade and German labor realizes that in upholding the imperial throne on its rifle bayonet it is creating the -thing that means certain slavery for it. The German worm is about to turn."

BUSINESS MEN SEEK 10 CHECK FIREBUGS

NEW YORK. March 18.—Business men here have organized a secret association for defense against incendiary fires started by German agents. 3t is estimated that such fires within the New York harbor zone have done damage amounting to $5,000,000 in the last month. The new agency has at its head one of the famous detectives of the country. ..

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Every Precinct In City Is Organized /, for Worfieri's Liberty Loan Drive

.,1 MRS. JB11JIEST' B. LEJS.

WHEN ALERT FOR 1IBERTV LOAN SALES

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Every Precinct In the City Wfll Have a Chairman When the Big Drive Starts, April 6.

'XVhet'i the Women's laBerty loan drive opens in Terre Haute on April there will,not be a single city precinct without a city chairman. This splendid organization is due to the efforts of Mrs. Robert Ernest Lee, city chairman. It was reported at a meeting of the Liberty Loan boosters Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock lit the Deming, that Mrs. J^ee had secured a woman chairman for each ward in the city and a chairman for- every precinct in the wards.

Mrs. Carl Wolf rftported 'over one hundred names of women who will be willing to do individual work in lodges and other organizations. These women will assist in the big Liberty loan meeting that is slated for Tuesday.

It is still expected by the woman's committee to have a very popular and well liked actress to assist in the^ opening of the big drive in Terre Haute. One of the big events-of the opening will be a street parade on the afternoon of April 6. in which there will be women of th'e D. A. R.'s, all the women represented in the Liberty loan, a group of baby liberty loan owners (thrift stamp purchasers), and a number of floats. The meeting "will be held after the parade. It has been definitely heard that \lavbelle Pettigrew, vice-chairman Of the state Wofnan's Liberty Ixan committee, and Mrs. Eliza Tarkington Brigliam, secretary. will come tot th* ^opening meeting.

Mrs. Harry Cohen, Mrs. Milton Herz and Mrs. Paul Bogart were busy Monday distributing the labels bearing "Bonds vs. Bondage," to hotel® department stores, etc., to be placed on menu cards and packages. Twenty-five hundred of these have been printed.

Mrs. Jessie Ci-oan will come for the chief talk at tomorrow's meeting. It will be held jr.* the Chamber of Commerce rooms. There will be two sessions, Mrs. Nicholas Mesirow to preside at the morning session and Miss Bertha Pratt King at the afternoon.

WHEAT MOVEMENT LOW.

Appeal Made To Farmers To Market Holdings By May 1, WASHINGTON, Marca

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though, a continued increase in the movement of corn to primary markets is shown in reports today to the railroad administration, the quantity of wheat transported remains at about one-third normal despite efforts of the government to induce farmers to release what they have on hand.

State food administrators have been instructed by the food administration to appeal to farmers to market before May 3. all the wheat they hold except that required for seeding purposes^

Admlssfbii ir Made, HBweWr, That Holland la Only Northern Neu-iS. tral Doing Nothing Against

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HOLLAND WILL OPPOSEPLANS TO SEIZE SHIPS

Dutch Newspapers Are Vehement In Denunciation of Course Taken IBy Entente Nations,'.

FAVOR BREAKING OFF OP ALL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

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v LONDON, March 18.—The Spanish and Swisa ambassador* at Berlin have been directed by the German foreign office to notify the American government that Germany will proceed with meaaufes against American property in Germany in the same proportion that action i* taken against German property in the United States, Reuter'a Amsterdam correspondent reports. 1

THB HAGUE. March IS.-—It in impossible for Holland to give an affirmative answer to the entente's proposals concerning' Iutch fchips, says the

Kieuwe C«urant.

"It Is an act of violence," it adds, "to which we are subjected by the rulers of the ocean and nothing makes us so bitter as the attempt being made to base it on the socalled rule of international law—the antiquated Angary law—which is in no wise applicable here."

Discussing the Dutch sblppinff Question the Tijd says: '"We ahall "have to acquiesce, but

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ROBBED BELIEVES HE WAS GIVEN A DRUG

-John Darito, of Clinton, reported to the police that he was robbed of $16 and his watch and chain in the saloon of Ed Light, 331 North Third street, here, Saturday. He says he believes that he was drugged and that a woman who entered the saloon while he was there had a hand in the robbery. Tho police took Clayton Hastings, the bartender, into custody. He denied all knowledge of the robbery and was re-

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MINE WORKERS MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION

V About ISO delegates from locals unf der the jurisdiction of District No. 11^ United Mine Workers of America* were In Clinton Monday for the open-* ing of the district convention which! it is expected will continue in session for the remainder of the Week. The# convention now in progress la' thai largest in the history of the district.

Changes in the constitution Mrd. contemplated. This and other questions were underx consideration.aft cofnmittee meetings Monday^-

International President Hayes and International Secretary Greens, of Indianapolis, are expected to be visitor*, at the convention sometime durfng th«r week.,

VERDICT IS UPHELD.

Secretary Baker's View In Cour% Martial Case Is Not Given Weight, WASHINGTON, March 18.—Daapitw Secretary Baker's expressed view that mere dismissal from the service is not a heavy enough penalty for amy medical officers convicted pf neglecting their soldier patients, an army court martial has declined to impose a mor» severe sentence on First Liet. John G. Dwyer, of the medical reserve servica, tried for not giving proper attention t» ^.private at Camp Funston.

When the original findings of tha court martial reached the war department Secretary Baker ordered them returned for review. Army orders today revealed that the court martial held to its original sentence and nothing remained for the department to do but to carry it cut.

Another similar case also was aent back with the expectation, of & mor» severq penalty. That case is now in. the president's hands and it la understood that again the %rlal court haa atood by its original findings.

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EVANSVTLLE, Ind.. March 18.~-ln«: junction proceedings against state of*"', flcials to prevent enforcement of tht»

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VANDERBURG COUNTYCOURT RULE TO HOLD

At "Least Prosecutors In Conn tie ft Where There Are Saloons Consider Themselves Enjoined.

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Firmal Action Expected In AM Coun« ties This Week, When Issue Will Be Left T»' Highest

prohibition law are eipectcd to be ^k*(t in many Indiana counties this week* Judge F. M. Ilbstetter in the" local eti-. ti perior court recently held the bill tin-, constitutionaS and enjoined Prosecutor Lane B. Osborn from enforcing it.

Unless the supreme court makes decision before April 2, which js sa^d t» be highly improbable, Vanderburg o u n y w i e a i n w e e a e I S civil action wd attorneys here expect that it will be at least several months' before it can be gKen consideration by the supreme court. Prosecutor Rucke', of Marion county, notified Prosecuting Attorney Osborn of Vanderburg connty today, that he expe«ts to have injunction proceedings filed againat hini before night. He requested that copies of all proceedings here be forwarded to him at once.

It is said Teri% Haute, I^a fa yetted Fort Wayne, South Bend and other, cities' in Indiana are expecting to re* main wet after ATril 1. :*if

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INDIANAPOLIS, March 1&.—AlraH J. Rttcker^ prosecutor of Marion county, when informed of thp foregoing-} story from Evansvily, said he expected a'suit to enjoin him from enforcing the prohibition law, beginning April 2, would be filed a«a:nst hirtfc -most any day, but denied that he had informed EvansvIUe authorities thai it would be filed before nlgbt. Pro*ecutor Rucker said he had obtain»d' copies of ali the records in the Evansville case. oJj

It was his understanding, the pros- 3 ecutor said, that Injunction auitsr would be filed' in all counties in thai state in which saloons are now located^

Action at Lafayette.

LAFAYETTE. Ind., March II.—Officers of local brewing Interests her* stated this afternoon that injunction suits to prevent the county prosecutor from enforcing the prohibition law on' April .2nd would likely be filed somsi time this week in the local courts.,, They would make no definite stat)#-. rnent however. ,/•

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