Waterloo Evening Courier (Newspaper) - March 22, 1918, Waterloo, Iowa AND WATERLOO DAILY REPORTER WEATHER FORECAST Chicago March Fair night and Saturday except In portion cooler in southeast portion tonight somewhat warmer urday and in northwest portion tonight Courier 1858 1868 ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE IOWA FRIDAY MARCH 22 1918 PRICE CENTS BIGGEST ARTILLERY OF WAR IN USE FIRST STAGE OF GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE FAILS OF OBJECTIVE Battle Continues All Thursday With Swaying Fortunes Apparently Seek to Recapture All of denburg Line Lost Exactly Four Months of the Enemy So Far to Hand Fighting in Struggle for Villages and Farm Wilhelm von Hindenburg and Ludendorff at West Front 40 Divisions of Enemy on The first stage of tho great offensive on the western front has passed and it is to be scored as u German failure the enemy having fallen short of realizing his aims iu the first great smash cording to dispatches from British headquarters today After attacking all day yesterday and until a late hour last night the Germans let down in their smashing operation along the 50 miles of the British front and had not resumed their heavy saults at the latest advices from Sir Douglas Further hard fighting was ahead however the marshal predicted The enemy was still being held in the British battle positions he reported which means that the British line is still alt ho admittedly it has been bent backward at the terrific Teutonic assault The tle line has not moved in only one direction however the British having struck back spiritedly at the German masses and regained some of the positions which they had temporarily abandoned EMPEROR WILLIAM ON WEST FRONT London March William Field Marshal von and Gen von Ludendorff have gone to the western front to witness the German an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen Bulgarian and Austrian troops are now on the western front the dispatch reports The Bulgarian troops have arrived on front will be used as a strategic reserve the dispatch say's The number of A ust rians on this front is not large cannon in great amount have been concentrated there The Austrian war minister Von who is now in Berlin is said to have promised Field Marshal von Hindenburg that the Austrians would take over the work of guarding the eastern when the offensive in the west began GERMANS CLAIM GAINS Berlin March Ad- per Wireless British first line has been captured by troops attacking from j the southeast of Arras as far as La Fere the war office announces Heavy artillery fighting continues in Belgium and French Flanders detachments are British Army Headquarters in France March p Germans today con- their assault against the positions in the Cambrai sector notably in the region of and Hargicourt 40 divisions have been identified on the front No such concentration has been seen since the war began On the southern battlefield a bitter struggle was waged today The enemy had 000 guns in one small one for every 12 yards vere fighting was proceeding this morning in St Ledger southwest of Germany Arrayed England in Single Combat London March are now entered on a decisive for general says tho lischo of Herlin cording to an Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen in an- nouncing that the commencement of die hi the west is received with great tation by the German people who will follow it with feverish inter- est The newspaper A Dingle combat between land and Germany which is to de- cide the Avar our future position in the world and whether the Anglo-Saxons shall continue to press their will on the world opened today Teutonic World Order Must Undertake Defense Against World Disorder REMARKABLE INTERVIEW OF PRINCE MAXIMILIAN America Open to Conviction if Her Peace Proposals Shown to Be Wrong Says the Prince IS OL OFFENSIVE Reports of New Peace Offer Thru Holland Attract Instant At- tention in Washington last night's reports was read wit great satisfaction insofar as it that the enemy had been held and had suffered great If this turns out to be the great German offensive that has been pre- the preliminary round appears to have gone in favor of the entente altho as the official report points out further heavy fighting is still to be expected The tremendous artillery duel was By the Associated Press British Army Headquarters in France March fighting ia still continuing but the first stage of the offensive has passed The enemy has failed badly in the execution of his program as is attested by ed documents showing what he ned to do in the early hours of his of- fensive counter attacks late restored some of the positions which the British had abandoned temporarily The exact British line cannot be made public at present The only that it might furnish the enemy with valuable information Last night was fairly quiet along Pope Benedict Message Pleads for Peace Home March plea for is made by Pope in his to the States which sends thru tho Associated Holy The message ho Hisou to his disciples after ing ho torture of mis peace unto you Never the world which ho himself needed so poignantly that of us today On this solemn occasion no bolter wish can bo to the try so to our hearts than that ho redeemer may grant IL of the desiro of nil that is a healing of the existing hatred and concluding of a lasting peace based on tho tions of fear ol and lovo of humanity giving to I ho world a new of peoples and nations united under tho aegis of I rue religion in aspiring to ll purer and kinder H is thus wo desire to our last injunction to his Co ye into all the world and preach tho gospel to every creature said to have penetrated the heard more distinctly than ever in i- front con- lines at many points bombarded from the sea announces Both Sides Ready for Supreme Test Germany's latest offensive finds both sides prepared for the shock of prolonged and sanguinary combat i French For months the Germans have been j German raids south of training troops and moving up guns j in the sector of Godat north of cy and north of the Aisne In the two last named regions German de- were driven from ed French positions after lively Kent last night Houses were con- shaken as the result of tue violent concussions ATTACK ON FRENCH Paris March attacks were made by the Germans at various points during the night but they achieved no success the war office The statement troops repulsed strong and supplies behind their lines be- tween Arras and St Quentin The British also have been active and prepared for any blow the en- emy might deliver and had pated that the offensive movement would come where it did AN OLD BATTLEFIELD Behind the British lines in the devastated area over which Gei mans retreated last March FieM j von Hindenburg declared at j the time that the devastation was carried out not only to hamper the j allied armies but to provide a j field for the future The German brought down his tenth German attack may v be only a feint but a ing The enemy suffered able losses In the Champagne west of Mount a German attack also was repulsed There were er heavy artillery engagements in at some on the mans were bombing in the region of There were that they intended to continue their attacks today BLEAK The weather is cold and bleak A heavy mist makes air ces impossible This is of advantage to the British as the enemy is de- of greatly needed aerial ob- servation The Germans in many sections attacked three waves of infantry followed by shock troops As a result they suffered very heavy casualties The heavily massed German lery has been badly hammered by the British guns One of the most brilliant counter attacks occurred at Doignies The British advanced with infantry and tanks at 7 p m and after fierce fighting drove out the enemy THE LINK The German attack made on the British front west and southwest of Cambrai evidently aims at ing all the Hindenburg line says a dispatch to the Morning Post from British headquarters in i which The German army Washington D C March American military observers already having cast their doubts on whether the German drive begun yesterday really heralds the long expected man offensive were closely scanning the official dispatches today for dence to support their view that the German onslaught terrific as it maj be really is the forerunner of some other movement There is a American army officers here not to accept the present movement as the real offensive until it is more fully demonstrated American observers think that the military situation in France is against the probability of a real I man offensive at this time The j view prevails that Germany would not now hardly stake the issue of the war on a desperate drive against the all but impregnable allied line in the west Reports from Holland that many has made a peace offer to the entente coming at the same time as the attack engaged im- New York March is from Russia by a says Prince Maximilian of Baden in an interview with the Wolff bureau of Berlin German world order must undertake sive measures against Russian world according to the prince who is heir to the throne of Baden and president of tho Baden upper chamber In his interview he out- lines three measures of against tho Russian menace ing to the Berliner of Feb 16 a copy of which has been received here as IDEAS AGAINST IDEAS First Trotzky proclaims a world destiny which he desires to bring about Against ideas one must fight with ideas Certainly we are ing for our existence and tlie of our economic development But the idea of self preservation if unsupported leaves large ces of human strength untouched We must set against the world dis- order of Trotzky which destroys dom a world order which protects freedom Germany may confidently avow that it comprises in its al will the happiness and rights of other peoples All great nations must strive for a world condition in which their name will be uttered with fear and hope wherever a wrong done In this respect Germany must Casually List Trom Vessel iiv sion With Grows Additional Deaths and Larger of Wounded Arc Re- ported not renounce the position of being a moral world factor That would mean to strive for a renunciatory peace MAKE ORGANISM SOUND As a second defensive measure it LINES Patrol Finds First and Second German Trench Positions Completely Deserted Great Continues Back ol the Foe's Lines Pill Boxes in Course of Construction Red Oak Boy Among Killed Over There mediate attention Altho there was is necessary to make our German to confirm the reports it was ganiam as sound and as capable of pointed out that the threat of j resistance as possible A great mass man guns may be for its effect on j of the German working people is the people of England and France with a strong and sound in- Supreme confidence is expressed on j stinat against the attempt to weaken every hand however in the allies j Germany's power of resistance ability to arrest the Germans even j Therefore I regret the agitation should the attack now reported un- aiming to characterize as unpatriotic g Washington D C March 22 Twelve additional deaths as a result of tho collision between the er Manley and a British man-of-war March lit were- announced today jy the navy department This brought tho death list to 1.15 John C lolmes carpenter's mate Boston Mass was one of the 12 men d killed today The names oC the 11 others have not been received Pi re broko out in the after part of the Manley and the depth charges were thrown overboard in the hope that the vessel would steam clear The explosion however blew off the after part of the vessel Survivors wore landed and are now in a pital It was announced also that 10 men not reported yesterday also wore wounded All of those hurt were re- ported doing well In addition to those previously re- ported the following injured have been landed and sent to the P Nelson electrician 1320 Commercial street Waterloo la William J gunner's mate Newport R I Isaac Diggs mess attendant folk Va Charles seaman cago William A Johnston cook DOK Moines March alty of yesterday includes the names of two lowans Lloyd L Rod Dak a ber of Company M One Hundred and Sixty-eighth infantry was killed in action Corporal Carl O of Com- pany M Albert City was slightly wounded One other member of the same regiment named in the list was Vernon Johnson of Company I whose nearest relative lives in Gillespie III FOR DCS By tlic Associated Press With tho Army In Prance March first and second lino positions on a part of the sector east of Luneville have been destroyed completely by American ar- tillery fire After the raid into the German positions last night the American gunners shelled the tions heavily all night and this ing Today a patrol without assistance from the artillery crossed no man's land and found that the first and ond line had been wiped out The patrol also obtained additional mation and returned without alties The Germans apparently having decided not to molest them Artillery firing by both sides on this sector continued all day GERMANS DESERT Moines March 22 On the sector northwest of Toul a received here day say Dr C N Des Moines now a lieutenant in the sanitary de- of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry Capt Ross Red Oak and Capt Casey have been decorated for bravery in a recent engagement land Ore John Leo Cunlin fireman sonville Mass Edward E Russell seaman coxswain Brooklyn Kirk Morse chief Wash gunner's der way from La Fere to the Scarpe a broad strata of the population and j Charles fireman prove to be the grand offensive Aerial Attack on Mannheim Caused Extensive Damage and in the Woevre It has been established that Geneva March has reached Basel that the British France aerial attack of Monday upon lo heim Germany did enormous attacking t age in the city causing several furi- south of tne seems to have J fires which raged for many hours ports U ite Tiri Tl fM na 11 IT in I 11 tVia i I i to isolate the members Regarding the aims of the war there must be lively contentions in every country WORKER able bodied person must stand aside in the task fo maintain a mon national feeling otherwise we 1 endanger our immunity against the i eastern contagion j PEACE MOST EFFECTIVE i The third and most effective i measure naturally would be pence is in the hands of the Anglo-Saxon races Tt Earle P Nelson 19 years old ed with his parents Mr and Mrs J N Nelson Commercial street until enlisting last April In the radio service Following training at Grea Lakes he was sent to Harvard uni versity to specialise in radio con- struction and operation being assign ed to the U S- S Charleston afte to see ci from America c j graduation Upon his request III Meanwhile Inventory of Dutch Ships in American Harbors Is Under Way Amsterdam March dispatch from The Hague to tho says otio of the most prominent members of parliament intends to nsk the government whether it is not time to rocaU the Dutch minister lit Washington and hand ports to the American minister at The Hague are of a Amsterdam March j was transferred last November to the j ing Qn proclama number of Germans last night and surrendered to an Wott The Germans approached the Americana shouting Don't shoot The were turned over to the French Much information of value was from the deserters who said they were fed up with the war and decided they would rather be ers Included in the information obtained from the men was the ment that during the gas projector attack against the American lines on eb 27 900 projectors were d One-half the projectiles fired fell within the German lines the gaa overcame many of the Germans The next day according to the deserters 11 Germans were killed and SO wounded while taking out the dead STORY IN DOUBTED American Intelligence officers are inclined to doubt the story regarding 900 projectors tion is that only 75 were used An American patrol last night en- tered the enemy first line and re- mained there six hours but did not see any of the enemy It is ed that the Germans recently had constructed trenches that are con- crete half way up the side Great activity continues behind the enemy lines Within the last four days a number of rock crushers and concrete mixers have been brought up and there are signs that Germans intend to construct a number of new pill boxes opposite the American front Several trains of material have arrived towns in the German lines during the last 24 its first blow principally in j especially in the vicinity of the large breach in the British lines IN ARENA the triangle of the and roads while the German army south of Cambrai is striking against our trench tems in the region west of the Scheldt canal No doubt the enemy CSS or to as ar- America are 01 a ing on wnson s Th Mauley and since has been m serv- regarding Dutch shipping f in ten overseas Algernon says St Today s reports oun man received his re- The population according to these advices is panic stricken The young man received his pre- liminary instruction in wireless from Charles Lock wood in this city He had been a constant reader of Algernon says h th devolves upon the say that three over various parts the American front line at and many persons are leaving town j made clear antl for German artillery fire also has been intense on a lengthy front north of the La Bassee canal and in the Ypres sector in Flanders On the French the Germans have carried out minor attacks northeast of Verdun and in Lorraine French troops re- pulsed both attempts with loss ATTACK OX British monitors and naval I craft have made a combined attack on Ostend Belgium a German aerial reports Congress to Revoke Charter of American Alliance Des Moines March special dispatch from Washington to a paper here today forces of succeed in and thus cutting the British front and taking back all the idenburg trenches lost exactly four I months ago i HAM TO STRUGGLES Struggles for villages and ruined farm houses continued Thursday according to dent of the Daily Mail The enemy bombardment he says began at 5 o'clock in the morning and at 7 o'clock some of and going to Switzerland especially j women and children The south German press is i uing its campaign against aerial re- but the Berlin government Is declared to show no disposition to j negotiate i durable Prince Maximilian Lloyd Geori of knock-out militarism and unmerciful will to destroy oE Kaiser's Troops in Massed Infantry Offer Fine Targets Cadet Aviator Killed in Fall oral years and was prepared for the referred to i advancement that came ro him after j entering service Ho Ja a graduate j of west high class of 1016 and later i was employed by the Associated 1 Manufacturers At time of i ment he was with the Iowa Dairy Separator company as timekeeper i which cannot exist without it The continued refusal to permit Holland to obtain grain from Argentina it says would be a serious matter for Their efforts ever were without result The Telegraaf says it is wrong to speak of rejection of the allies matum by Holland It asserts that the Dutch government acceded to the last s i M V brother Nelson enlisted I Proposals of the allies as far as was compatible with its position as a non- Fuel Oil East of Rocky Mountains Will Be Pooled Washington D C-t March in the Waterloo ambulance bur was rejected wont to Doming be- belligerent and and submarine base and British planes have attacked sweepers near Helgoland with chine gun fire In the attack on Ostend British airmen brought down flve German machines while the monitors bombarded the town heavily Germany according to unofficial The charter of the National the German units left their trenches enemy alliance whose and attacked the British with heavy have reached into Iowa i and light machine guns Between will probably be revoked by 9 and 10 o'clock the engagement be- came general on a front of some 25 miles CAMBRAI BATTLE FOLLOWED The enemy is trying to repeat on a larger scale the operation by which he won back some of the ground we gained in the battle of Cambrai i Then he pushed in on an angle of Senator Sterling of South Dakota is on the subcommittee of in- I today predicted a com- report against the alliance auxiliaries for the liquor cause has reports from The Hague view is steadily gaining that that the attitude of Holland toward the fight of the alliance and its the Anglo-American shipping demand has changed the relations between the German and Dutch government The same report says that Germany would take it as a cause of war if been merely camouflage to hide the j our front both from the north and purpose of the German propaganda Senator Sterling said today he be- Holland should abandon her j the movement was ing demands regarding the use of seized Dutch ships by the United States and Great Britain OFFICIAL REPORT CLEARING The eagerly awaited British cial statement of today which was expected to give further details of the tremendous fighting indicated In from Berlin BIG CORN CONTRACT Cedar Falls March dar Falls Canning company today contracted to supply worth of sweetcorn of the 1918 pack to the federal government the east His two bodies of troops j did their best to join hands but I could not make it tho they had at I first considerable success Much the same design is being followed now We have good reason to hope that it j will be checked as was the previous one Drink Buck First for Thirst advertisement London March battle on the western front con- until last the war office reports The British arc holding tho enemy The statement Fighting continued until i late honr last night ori the whole front between the river Oise ami the river Sensee Our continue to hold the enemy in their battle positions During the enemy's attacks his remarkable to our rifles machine tillery of which full advantage was by our troops AH the reports testify to the ingly heavy losses suffered by the enemy No serious attack has yet developed this morning but henry fighting is still to be ex- Fort Worth Tex March Cadet S WT Arnhein of New HOY WAS N 1 The ultimatum was thus accepted in principle but in such a form as to maintain Holland's rights as against York Mrs Mary Nelson dreamed j America's City royal riving corps was the night that her son Earle was i IS STARTED tor killed yesterday afternoon at dend and tho undertakers were j Ngw March Hicks He was an American but i ing over him The vision caused her j umler nava extreme nervousness all day had joined the British officers cers believe he fainted while 4.000 feet in the air extreme nervousness all day This occurred shortly after tho accident that injured her boy and many hours before she had learned of the collision between the Manley and another boat -A force of naval today began an inventory of the 40 Dutch ships in New York harbor taken over yesterday by the United Transfer of coastwise to tank steamers from other routes has been Exceeds in N Baptist Drive Napoleon Lajoie ei March New York j drive being made by the vuna the northern I Baptist laymen to raise a fund of I six states Arizona i ware Iowa Dakota Utah and Pennsylvania have already reached or exceeded their quota it was an- here today The campaign will close April 7 Officers of the steamers j operated in the work Until the in- are filed formal transfer of the ships cannot take place ANSWER 16 AWAITED Sold tO BrOOklyn Thursday March 21 reply has been received up to chiefly responsible for the decision of the fuel administration to order the pooling of all fuel oil east of the Rocky mountains it was said here today Difficulties of distribution have arisen which threaten an shortage of oil in the east tho the available supply is declared ample for essential needs Approximately 60 per cent of the coastwise tankers have been taken off to carry oil to the navy and to the allies Greater economy in the use of cars is being sought to offset the loss and time for ing the oil in the east has been cut from to 24 hours El Tovar Broadleaf Havana Cigar advertisement New York March Lajoie veteran fielder who managed the pennant winning Toronto team in the International league last year has been purchased from Toronto by the Brooklyn National league club it was announced here today Smoke Diamond Joe Good to the puff 1 p m by the ministry of foreign affairs from the allied powers re- garding the shipping question 1C thru error of the carrier boy or other cause this paper should not be at your home by 6 o'clock please a of Paper will be sent Phono calls reach this office before p m MURDER SUSPECT HIMSELF BY Sweetwater Tex March Bostick who was arrested In county Tuesday in connection with the killing at Clairemont of C C Higgins former district judge ed himself in jail here last night San Felice a Great Quality Cigar
