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CAMBRIDGEC-i■yr‘VOL. 85.CAMBRIDGE, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1918.NO. 20.FranceAwUs CominofW es ternWiveING INWereARMY AS CIIAPLAISclay to Rush the AmericanPostsi*No Lack of Preparation, However, is Seen on Part ofAllies.(fly HE.NltY WOOD) jUnited Press Staff Uorrespondent I With the French Armies in theField, Jan. 24.— (By Mail) The mostwhich Germany can possibly attain by a big offensive on the western front this spring is merely to produce in the French lines a salient, more or less deep and more or less extended which, in the end, the French would again reduce.Thin Is thi* unanimous opinion ofcompetent French military authorities, based on three and u half years of present-day warfare on tho French front. The premises lt;n which their opinion is founded ur«* very simple.In the three years and a half that(feminity has launched gigantic assaults against the French front, she lias never yet succeeded in piercing the lines in the real military sense of the word—namely, to such an extent that it would enable her armies to pass through and encircle the brokenends.Wlmt has taken place with the (!«-rman assaults Is that the front lines ut a given point have been p prced or broken into a sufficient extent to force the opposite army to fall back over a (Continued on Page Eight)EACH WAS STOPPED BYA CRUSHING BARRAGEiOfficers Believe That Enemy isPrepared to Make Heavy Sacri-Information.«HP J. \V. PEGLER)United Press Stall CorrespondentWith the American Army m Frapce, Feb. 4. (Delayed)—Repeated German attempts to raid the American front today were defeated by crushing bar-rages from tne Yankee artillery.The Germans are willing to pay heavily in men and material for infor? mation regarding the width American front and thebehind the SammhIirMiKthof the fightingi' parapetBishno William P. Remington.The only rertor of the Episcopal church to be consecrated to the bishopric in the uniform’'of tho United States army is Bishop William F. Remington of Minneapolis. Bishop Remington is rector of St. Paul’s church of Minneapolis and is one of the rno^t widely known religious rm-n in the northwest. He is now serving as chaplain of the hospital unit at Fort McPherson, Ga.CHARGES IT 10Attempt after attempt to approachthe Americans' dcienses made officersblt; liev« the cm my is very apprehen-sit \» \ time the Germans were report* j* d preparing to rush Vmerican posts,varying in .-i/.e from a tiny listening pe • i cciipif d by two or three Sam- 1 mb ' to the wide sector before* which ! Saturday night's Roche attack broke down befor* the Germans could v * over their own top. jEvt ry enemy activity called down upon the heads of the Bodies another cru idng barrage. It i- not positive tha‘ a -trong German attack was plann -d. li it was, the U. S. cannon -hurilng u curtain of flame and steel •{(’ontiuu* i on IU o Five)Ii!COLD COST THE PEACHGROWERSRINTELEN’S CASE ISREADY FOR THE JURYLACK OF VIS!Nevded Pass-wWens Stopped ByCenslt;rshipnttiBOMB WAS THROWNAGAINST PALACEIGeneva, Feb. 5.—German Btrik- j era threw a bomb against the imperial palace in Berlin, according j to dispatches received from that city today by the Journal I)eGeneve. No details were givenSTRIKERS WEREREADY TO ACTout.IItaiKAISER PASSESFailure to Receive Notice GaveMilitaryFist.THROUGH GREATESTBy JAN BRUNAThe Hague, Feb. 5.—Germany’s first political strike was waning today.i It reached its height of deinoraliza-I tion of German Industry last Friday, | according to very reliable information (received here.WillUnder Mailed Fist?Famous War 'ReporterN IT ED— thoPres3 AssociatioKSWar LectureWillWashington, Feb. 5.—The German mailed fist has won against her strike workers !Lack of funds with which finance ( heir movement, fear of starvation threatened by the Teuton war ihitls and tlie presence of guns andtoOn that date ten per cent of all workers in war manufactories were out.The futuro effect of t!u* Grike is problematical. It is certain, however, that the tie-up lias created intense bitterness between the laboring classes and tne so-called “middle class” in Germany.The strikers’ demand for food werereceived with indignation by otherEverybody knows in Germany the laborers rations are much better than those which the average middle class salaried man can afford.classesBe Given at Strandammunition, both o! which the mili-iTlie food irt factories cannot be bought tary promised to use freely on organ-1by the man of average means. Hismore of the'salary has not increasedasTonight;4New York, Feb. The ruse ol Franz Rintelen, German naval captain charged with conspiracy to pit* bombs on allied ships, was to go to the jury today.Eleven other Germans arc on 'rial with Rintelen. Federal Judge Howeseh or go to tin* jury was expected to bebrief.Fort Clinton, ()., Feb. Peach growers around here estimate that lat night’s cold spell of i below zero, will j cause n llt; of nearly a million and ahalf dolar in tin* peach crop this year.KftICOME TO THE STRANDCITY WILL HAVEtoWadsworth Charges WarWithAmerican Progress.Owing to rehearsals by the stock company now appearing at the Colonial theater, it has beenfound necessary to hold theIWadiingt-m,Fob. A.* 4Ion”has■! l!lied AnteTicpine.SemitirWadswoirt iitil** snnateioday, “amlbreakdow ntintn the oiwe HFi • K k . » a tt C •# !i() vMiffering llin*Lick of vi-ia war on*I1WILL* I f\ ¥m xI f *mi*na greaterlt;from whichit- ns unlesscreated.’It tlI*i iHi IU .1 4that\n ft !\*“ i 1. H* * itMontri a!, tjue., Feb. Train service on the Canadian Pacific and thei convieMon that Grand Trunk was demoralized today,due to a forty degree drop in tem-below and a forty-mileiili »*is not in sight; ill travel a h .it hard road perature to 1*the goal,” he said, galenecessaryShepherd lecture at tho Strand theater this evening, instead of at the Colonial, as advertised.Manager Weber is kindly donating the use of the Strand, as the proceeds of the lecture go to the local Red Gros s. The theater will he warm and comfortable.Como to tin* Strand tonight. Lecture begins at S o'clock. Patriotic music by the Colonial theater ore In -tra. Tickets 30Council Authorizes Such Ordiized crowds, has seut workers back to their industries forecast by the United Press.The strong arm—always Germany’s (favorite diplomacy—now promises to be mod more relentlessly than ever. She finds herself touay not only threatening with guns here enemies without, but forcing her own people work at the point of the same weapons. In this fact, officials here today saw the* possibility of promising events in the future,Tlio reported arrest and sentence of Wilhelm Dittmann, radical socialist ' deputy for participation in the strike j movement, indicates the lengths to (Continued On Page Eight) *theanyw here workers hasnear the rate that advanced.From carefully compiled information reaching here the main t enters of the striko were Berlin and Hamburg. The percentage of worke s out was (Continued On Page Eight)MorganGERMANY’S DEAD NOWWill BeNUMBERS 1 300.000That the purchasing of supplies fori the city of Cambridge could bo done(By LOWELL MELLETTl|United Press Staff Corresj indent London, Feb. 3.—Secret knowledge j in the possession of the British government regarding conditions in Ger-UIU t’U ui v vuuiu Viuuv, .. I n(lA i . .. _ * 'ternirry^lon^ t.JOO.noo in dead am a more economical manner by the ^ nK)r0 hav, WIlol|appointment of a purchasing agent. rttou ...... socialist Meif’K a u*/\n il luira unthAfit V tn nfirtfMlflfiAZurich, Feb. 3.—The w ar has lost many, may have influenced the uncompromisingandorInMmria In\\ aHlungtoti. F«*b1'Ih* workhnngrow more and riiont Us b\.ti at 11101strainYiTu aswillSnow was drifted upon tho tracks, tUo \ [\ ing up trat! c\Vest k Tin* oitv sttflVrod an*| cents each, no reserved seats.8I8who would have authority to purchase J)er ^ supplies for all departments of the administration. was the suggestion offered council at the regular meeting Monday evening by Mayor Longs-worth, who recommended that them*z declared in the Bavarian diet, according to dispatches received hero today.attitude, adopted by the inter-allied conference at Versailles. Food conditions in the central empires are known to lieserious.The Russianincreasingly• | V • 1 I\mmwf nnnnstorehouse” upon which the central empires were count* ing to relieve their own hunger is still j locked, because i^eon Trotzky, Rua-ianI
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