Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 116, 27 March 1918 — Page 1

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AMERICANS HELP ALLIES IN BATTLE ATJ.E FERE Troops Give Valiant Support to British at Other Points, Writes Paris Correspondent. PERSHING IS. SILENT

WASHINGTON, March 27. General Pershing cabled the war department early today he had "nothing to report" so far as the American troopo were concerned in the prograss of the battle on the western front. PARIS. March 27. A French military commentator, writing In reference to the situation today cays concerning the Americans: "At various points on the front onr allies are bringing to the British their valiant support." AMSTERDAM, March 26. American troops have taken part In counter attacks against the German front near La Fere, writes the military correspondent of the Vorwerts, who cays the attacks were repulsed. The correspondent adds: "After the first surprise, the enemy pressure along the entire front naturally is growing stronger. Threatening catastrophe compels the enemy to reckltss action. South of the 'breakthrough front he, therefore. Is collecting strong reserves intended for a frank assault on our attacking army. "Attacks of combined allied forces yesterday against the pivot of the German attacking front near Le Fere were particularly heavy. Three counter attscks did not And us unprepared. It testtled to the superior foresight of the German command that these attacks in which American troops certainly participated onty sym bolically, were not only beaten off. but . were thrown back on the Olse canal by an energetic blow." WASHINGTON. March 27. Belief that, the turning point of the battle in France is near at hand pervaded Washington today and American military observers, who are closely fol.,,JowlxiA.devkiproent8 in the terrific struggle, centered theft attention on the front held by the French in anticipation of a powerful counter-thrust. War department officials today also awaited confirmation from General Pershing, of British official statements that American troops were fighting side by fide with the French and British. Nothing to show American participation reached the war department last night and General Pershing reports offered only details of fighting in the region of Nesle and Noyon previously reported In dispatches, to The Associated Press. Until official word from General Pershing Is received, none will make a guess on the part the Americans are playing. American heavy artillery is training In England and the men are familiar with British heavy guns. They may bave gone forward in replacement detachments sent to the front with new guns. American tank detachments also have been training in England and it Is pointed out that American Infantry training in Frace may have bee attached to the Freeh forces. tt Mystery Gun" Shoots Telescoping Shell, Says Former Master Gunner A plausible explanation of the long range guns directed upon Paris has been offered by Herbert S. Mikesell. 1107 Sheridan street, who was formerly a master gunner with the United States coast artillery corps. Mikesell has forwarded plans of the projectile fired from the bis gun? to the war department at Washington. "There are any number of people who are greatly troubled over this new development," said Mr Mikesell, "though I have expected It for some time, and I believe that the government officials have also considered the possibilities of the plan I shall endeavor to explain. "The extreme rani;e of the suns Is made easy by the usa of a telescoping shell, or the firing of ona shell from another of larger dimensions, and repeating two or more times until the desired distance is attained. Each time the shell Is fired the speed is Increased two times as is the case tth range power. "It is a dangerous and effective nethod. but at present is in the cxii rinienfal stage and no estimate can 1 e made as to it sfuture. We should enil at it with shells of like manner, these shells can be fired from any f our heavy artillery guns." BIG GARAGE DESTROYED. IIAKRISBURG. Pa., March 26 The city garag?. the largest in Harrlsburg and occupying a site close to the public library and many business houses, wss destroyed by fire today w'th fifty automobile, entailing a loss of $100,000. THE WEATHER For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer Thursday. Today's Temperature. Noon 4t Yesterday.

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Ludendorff Proclaims Victory But is Unable to Forecast Results

AMSTERDAM, March 27. "A great battle has been fought and victory has been won, but nobody can foresee what will result from it." said General von Ludendorff. chief aide to Field Marshal von Hindenburg, in an interview with the correspondent at the front of the Tages Zeitnng of Berlin. The general praised the British for their tenactious resistance and continued: "The British believed they could re ly on the strength of machinery. The employment of tanks and great numbers of machine guns is typical of their methods of warfare." The German infantry, the general adds, had only one night's normal rest during five or six days of battle. "In a battle like this," he remarked, "the infantryman must risk his life not only once, but continuously from trench to trench. The Volkszoitung of Cologne says that, according to Gen. von Luden dorff. Emperor William has been deeply impressed by the terrible devastation in the battle area, remark ing: "How glad we should be that our country has been spared such terrible things. Why did we succeed in keeping the fighting beyond our frontiers? Because before the war we always urged the need of armaments. When mankind changes these things also will change, but first mankind must begin to change." tt Will Not Count Cost' Haig Informs Wilson Washington, March 27. Field Marshal Haig's reply to President Wilson's cablegram was received today at the White House. "Your message of generous appreciation of the steadfastness and valor of our soldiers in the great battle now raging has greatly touched us all," cabled the marshal. "Please accept our heartfelt thanks. One and all believe in the justice of our cause end are determined to fight on without the cost until the freedom of mankind is safe." ODESSA TAKEN BY SOVIET ARMY LONDON, March 27. Odessa has been recaptured by the soviet and Ukrainian troops after a bloody battle In which naval forces took part, accordini to a Moscow dispatch from the semi-official Russian news agency. The German war office on March 13 announced that Odessa had been entered by German troops. The preliminary peace treaty between Rumania and the central powers contained" a provision engaging Rumania to support the transportation of troops of the central powers through Moldavia and Bessarabia to Odessa. Semi-official anouncement was then made that Germans had obtained a direct route by way of Russia to Persia and Afghanistan. Odessa is the most important seaport of southern Russia and the fourth city of Russia in size. MOSCOW, Saturday, March 23. (By The Associated Press.) According to an unconfirmed report the Ukrainian Bourgeois rada (which was responsible for the peace treaty with Russia and is opposed by the Bolshevik rada) has officially requested Germany to stou the advance of her troops in Ukraine, as it tended to shake the confidence of the population in the government. Germany is said to have replied she was invited to restore order and could not leave until this was accomplished. Col. Mouravieff has resigned as com-4 mander of the Bolshevik troops in Ukraine and is now in Moscow. He has been succeeded by "an officer named Egorof. The Austro-German forces advancing iu Ukraine are moving from both the northwest and southwest against Kharkov a transportation 'center, the capture of which would isolate the south of Russia from the north. The Austrians have occupied Znamenka, about 150 miles southwest of Kharkov and Konotop, an equal distance northwest of that city. Bolshevik Troops Defeat Austrians in the Ukraine MOSCOW. Sunday. March 24. Bolsheviki troops, an official announcement says, have been successful in fighting the Austrians in the southern Ukraine. The cities of Nikolayev, Kherson and Zmananka have been re captured by the Russians. A dispatch received in London from Petrograd Tuesday said it was reported the Boleheviki had recaptured Kherson and Nikolayev. Kherson and Nikolayev are northeast of Odessa and are important commercial cities. Nikolayev is forty miles northwest of Kherson and has a naval yard and large grain storehouses. Korniloff is Surrounded by Bolshevik Troops LONDON. March 27 The forces of General Korniloff have been surrounded by Bolshevik! troops, according to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd. General Korniloff, the former Russian commander-in-chief, allied himself with the Don Cossacks against the Boleheviki and has been operating between Moscow and Rostov. Several times he has been reported defeated and near capture, but always managed to elude the government troops.

INDIANA WHEAT IS REQUISITIONED IF HELD BACK

INDIANAPOLIS, March 27 Failure or refusal of farmers to market their wheat at this time has been construed by the United States food administration as "giving aid and comfort to the enemv.' and. accordingly h r Rarnnrrt federal food adminis trator, has been directed to requisition u wheat in Indiana, that for any rea son, has been withheld from the mills, it became known today. Notice was sent today to all farmers in the state, known to have in their possession any considerable quantities of wheat, and, except that they move the same "within a certain short period" which varies to meet local conditionsthe food administrator will take pos'session without delay. Receives Orders. Dr. Barnard's action is predicated on the following instructions received from Herbert Hoover, federal food ad ministrator: "There are some known pro-German' farmers hoarding their wheat out of a desire to obstruct the government. That they should not prejudice loyal and decent members of the commun ity. I think it is desirable wherever possible to make examples of these cases, by direct action. "Wherever you yourself can, or through your county administrators, learn of such instances, I would be glad if you would direct a letter in each instance of this kind instructing them to bring their grain to the nearest elevator within a certain short period. If they fail to respond, you will requisition the wheat. "Where requisitioning is done, do so on a price basis of the local elevator, less enough to pay the necessary charge of transportation from the farm to the elevator. If cases of this character arise where transportation is necessary from the farm to the elevator, communicate with grain zone vice president in your zone and ask him to arrange the matter with the local elevator agent. "Where actual requisitioning is necessary, notify the grain zone vice president in order that he may make the necessary arrangements for the Continued On Page Nine. Japanese Ship to Help Transport Supplies WASHINGTON, Mar. 27. Negotia tions for the transfer of 150.000 tons of Japanese shipping to the United States have been completed on the base of two tons of steel plate for one ton of dead weight ship capacity. L,- ;Thijiagreeme"QJt is understood to be in the toature of prelimraary one Intended to bridge -over "the period of negotiations now being conducted by Ambassador "Morris at Tokio for a wider and more permanent understanding. Days of Trench War Thought to Be Past LONDON, March 27. The zone of open warfare is continuing to enlarge as the entente forces fall back fighting! under the enormous weight of the Ger-; man numbers, says Reuter's corres-j pondent at British headquarters, in hi3; dispatch today. It is now clearly es-' tablished, be added, that the present! offensive is the great main effort of the ; Germans and that it has not been as; successful as they anticipated. The general feeling, the correspondent reports, is that the days of trench warfare are definitely past. N on-Commissioned Men Prove Worth to Army LONDON, March 27. In the German tactics or pustiing m Dy sneer weight of numbers, the non-commls- j sioned officers have proved themselves I very valuable, according to corres- j pondent of the Daily Mail. "They have led and rallied their men with energy and tact," he writes. "We have been told sometimes by peo ple who pretend to understand the German army that in these very qualities non-cemmissioned officers would be found lacking." Wilson Summons Chief s for Serious Conference WASHINGTON, March 27. - Presi-1 """" . u". executive ouiciai, wno are memuer of the war council, to the White House for a conference at 2: SO o'clock this afternoon. Among those were Secretary McAdoo, Food Administrator Hoover, Fuel Administrator Garfield, Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board. Secretary Daniels. Chairman Baruch of the war industries board, and Chairman McCormick of the war trade board. German Casualties are 400,000 Men, British Say BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE. March 27. Tlu official British statement of yesterday said it had been established that more than seventy German divisions had been engaged in the battle. The usual estimate of the present strength of a German division is 12,000 men, so that a loss of 50 per cent would mean casualties in excess of 400,000 for the Germans in less than a week of fighting. MURPHY LECTURES TONIGHT The third lecture for Richmond home gardeners will be given by CityGardner Murphy Wednesday night at 7:13 at the high school. The subject will be "Transplanting Plants," and will be demonstrated in the botany laboratory.

FIERCE COUNTER ATTACKS IN BIG DRIVE RETARD DRIVE OF GERMANS STRIVING TO CAPTURE PARIS

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A battle scene such as those that are now many on the western front. Scenes such as the above are frequent in the fierce battle that has now been waging more than several days on the western front. The British with the supporting French have shown the greatest gallantry in resisting the heavy German assaults and in constantly retarding their advance with fierce counter attacks. In the picture the allies have rushed into the hastily constructed positions of the foe and are engaging them in hand to hand conflict, where the foe is always bested.

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guns falls in the rear, or, perhaps, from the barrage fire of the enemy, falls on the dump, and instantaneously there is a terrific explosion.- This is. the very moment seized upon by the artist. The leading gun of the battery is invoi.ed in the flames and smoke; the air is rendered suffocating by the odor of the exploding

h-c. cv,,oni Vmiieta snrAnd on es. Instinctively the drivers urge on perhaps to safety. . . . . ilGlg CCIiS On fTUiy a C:aLf n n VictnrV lo r Vtl lv rlV',',' LONDON. March 27. Field Marshal Haig has issued the following special order of the day. dated March 2'i: "To all ranks of the British army in France and Flanders: We are again at a crisis iu the war. The enemy has r.nnaMc.A on this front everv available divis ion and ls aiming at the destrucf tno Rritih arrnv.' We have al- : "fi;tfi the" enemv. in the nf the last few days, a very heavy loss and the French are sending troops as quickly as possicie 10 oui support. "I feel that everyone in the army, fully realizing how much depends on the exertions and steadfastness of each one of us. will do his utmost to j prevent the enemy from attaining his j obiect. I VM fflC 4,U from Siberia tO the Urat 'I ONJON V Nicholas Romanoff, the former em- - - - . famlu; fro peror. and his family from Tobolsk to j the Ural regions, according to an an-. notincement in reirosrau uevisuus, , transmitted in a Reuter dispatch. It was decided to take this action in view of the possibilities of complica-. tions in the far east. i After his abdication last March, the former emoeror and his family were imprisoned at Tsarskoe-Selo. Last August they were taken to Siberia. Tobolsk, Long Range Bombardment of Paris Continue BERLIN. Tuesday. March 26. The . Germans nave not naitea tneir longrange bombardment of Paris, according to an official statement from general headquarters today. The announcement says:. "We continued the bombardment of Paris." TURKS MURDER ARMENIANS LONDON, Tuesday, March 26. The entry of the Turks into the port of Trebizond was marked by atrocities against Greeks and Armenians, Greeks who have arrived in Athens from the Black Sea report according to an Exchange , Telegraph dispatch from th Greek capitol. The Turks also ' pillaged the town and caused much property destruction.

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Capture of Ham by German Host Spoiled Leland "Jiggs" Hadleys Chance For a Movie Job There

Leland "Jiggs" Hadley, former Richmord musician, member of the Friends! Reconstruction unit stationed in! France, was stationed near Ham, the j city captured by the Germans in their; drive. Hadley in a letter to Howard Swisher, dated March 5. says he expected to1 be transfevred to Ham. He was anxious to get in touch with a British movie show in that place The orr chestra needed a cornet nlayer ley's name was suggested. HaJThe show was temporarily closed because German aviators were Domo - ine the town, but Hadlev had the as-1 cn-onno that It would ho nnPIl 3 P'A 111 and that he would be employed as cornel uiayei. In the meantime, of course, the big drive has taken the city. His letter fellows: Somewhere in France. March 5, 1918. Got your, letter Saturday evening. We had a regular blizzard that day. so the mail didn't get to our little hole In the ground until 5:30 p. m.. instead of noon as usual. Every letter I get from Richmond speaks emphatically of the cold. It certainly does soun'l bad even from ths distance. As far as keeping warm j indoors is concerned, we're certainly; better off than you are. " If we want wood all we have to do is to go out and chop it. Expected Transfer over here lately, regular spring, almost Vti fm, Ua Inst fAW calra Vtiit TTVIr! a V it got raw and we ua(j a regular blizi zard. It's been snowing ever since. I may pet transferred from here to Ham pretty soon. There is a British army movie over there, and they have an orchestra with i 1 . . . n a,i, ntlllnn li n . mem, Ol iuuibk ouuiciuuis w - little life into the boys while they are restlne un between speels to tne trenches. - ' ' - They haven't a cornet player so the leader asked Ernie Brown, one of our own "Jazz," who is playing the cello at the movie now, If he knew of anyone. ' He told them about me but that I had no instrument here, He said that that was all right, the movie would buv me one in a minute. The place has been closed a week

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position close shot and shell. to the enemy over over the mud of the by the enemy in his A shell from one of the heavy men ana norses. oui no one uiui-.j the road that leads to glory and or so during full moon, because of too many Boche bombs but they are going to open up soon and it is very likely that I'll go over when it does, My mail will come just the same way though so dou't let that worry you. The fellows in this orchestra are all A-No. 1 musicians from London. The leader was conductor of the big hotel orchestra there tille the war came. A couple of our fellows came back the other day I can't tell you where from but it wasn't so far away. Thev iwere walking along when all at once the v hpard faintlv th throb of a. Dli n nlonA T ia Aac T-i -.n tVi r 11 : them from English or French because of the deep throb of their engines They were looking up trying to see the thing, but couldn't. All at once they heard a whiz-z-z-z and beat it at once. They threw themselves down on their stomachs and rolled into a house, or rather the ruins of one. The thing had a long way to fall and the whiz lasted a few seconds Continued On Page Five. Kitterman is Suggested as Wayne Representative Claude Kitterman, president of the First National bank at Cambridge City, prominent . farmer and widely known in this community, is mentioner as a candidate for Republican representative from Wayne county to tho Indiana general assembly. His friends are urging him strongly to make the race of the forthcoming Republican primary. Will Bartel of the city will not be a candidate.' . fTff ar . ffCncft IT III AfOf UlVe Order to Evacuate PARIS, March 27. Reports current here that the inhabitants of Compeigne between Paris and the battle front were being removed, are denied by the Petit Journal. A large number of persons, it says, are leaving the town voluntarily to avoid violent bombardments by enemy airplanes but no order to evacuate has been given.

HUN TROOPS SEEKING TO PIERCE LINES NEAR NOYON Stiff British Resistance Baffles Efforts to the North Germans Make Drive in the South.

TRY TO JPLIT FRONT BULLETIN LONDON. March 27. The British delivered a counter-attack today between the Angla of Ancre and Somme and recaptured Morlancourt and Chipilly, the war office announced this evening. BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, March 27. (By The Associated Press.) The Germans last night continued their furious onslought southwestward from Ham against the allied defenses in the region of Roye and Noyon, having slowed down in their attempt to cut through tb British lines further north uere such desperate resistance was offered. Hard fighting occurred last night about the town of Albert. Large enemy forces pushed forward toward the place, but at last accounts the British were holding them doggedly at this possible gateway to Amienes. The conflict in the sector around Roye and Noyon appears to be of great importance from the many indications that the German higher command i3 attempting to split the allied front there, and start a rolling up process either way. From the average of casualties in the various Germans units, as given by observers, ane arrives at the conclusion that the German emperor has lost 50 per cent of these men since he gave the signal for the advance. Pressure Slowing Down. There ha been a plowing down In , the German pressure north of the Somme. except possibly in the vicinity of Albert, where the British are holding doggedly. In the Noyon region, along the line of the Oise, to the east, the Frencn by their valiant defenst have likewise compelled the Teutons, weakened by their ceaseless efforts and heavy losses, to relax the force of their pressure. Meanwhile it is clear that the Germans themselves are being compelled to admit that their success in driving hack the entente lines for such great distances on so wide a front la by no means a decisive one. Positions Insecure. Concurrently the Germans are apparently finding their position in th east where they were supposed to hav insured peace with Russia and th Ukraines, none too secure. Odessa, the Black sea port upon wfcfeli th?rrelied to insure them the shipment of sorely needed grain from the Ukraine by way of the Danube has been recaptured by the Bolshevik! and Ukrainian troops, the Russian semiofficial news agency reports. This follows shortly upon the news of the recent capture of two other Black sea ports, Kherson, and Nikolaiev by the Bolsheviki. (By Associated Pre) Germany's supreme effort to break the allied front in the west apparently is no nearer accomplishment today than it was on the day the great drive started, and she is estimated to have lost 400,000 men in the futile effort during less than a week's fighting. j complishing this purpose may be ; counted the fact of forewarning for : the allies. There seems no doubt now i as to where the heaviest hammer stroke is to fall, and the opportunity is offered of disposing the vast allied forces to meet it an opportunity lacking in the earlier stages of the drive. The Entente line as it now runs, with British, French and American 1 standing together, presents an unbrok en front throughout the battle area. Allies Gain Strength. Having regained nearly all the devastated Somme region in their offensive, the German armies now find themselves before an allied defense which grows stronger each hour. In the north the enemy has been definitely checked and in the south, where his latest and most important gains have been made, he has been unable to push west of Roye and Noyon. The British line from the Scarpe river, southwest through Albert to the Somme has held fast for 24 hours an1 the Germans have been repulsed in local attacks along this sector. The front here Is ' now west of the old Somme battle field and west of the Ancre river Just north of A'bert, which is eighteen miles northeast of Amiens. Checked West of Roye. South of the Somme, the Germans have advanced west of the old front before the beginning of the FrancoBritish offensive of 1916, but have not yet gained it west of Roye. The most bitter fighting has occurred on th? front south of the Somme and still continues, but the enemy hat been checked west of the Roye-Noyon sector, perhaps the most vital on this part of the line. On this front. Field Marshal Haig reports, American troops are now aiding the French and British. The Identity and size of the American units have not been disclosed, but it ia probable they form a part of the Franc o- " Continued On Page Eight.1