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Genuine bears signature PALE FACES Generally indicate a lack of Iron in the Blood Carter’s Iron Pills j Will help (his condition BRONCHIAL TROUBLES Soothe the irritation and you relieve the distress. Do both qaickly and effectively —by promptly using a dependable remedy— PISO’S BRITISH COUNTER ATTACKS STOP AND DRIVE BACK HUN ARMY WITH SEVERE LOSSES Germans Fail Miserably in First Attempt to Break Haig’s Line, Though 285,000 Troops Were Hurled Into Fray After Furious Bombardment. ALL INDICATIONS ARTbIG DRIVE HAS BEGUN Operations Are Being Conducted on Such Vast Scale That Teu tons’ Objective Is Not Yet Certain—Tommies Stop Charges in Hand to Hand Battle. By Associated Press. The first stage of the great German offensive on the western front lias passed and it is to be scored as 'a German failure, the enemy having fallen short of realizing his aims in the first great smash, according 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 operations along 50 miles of the British front and had not resumed their heavy assaults at the latest advices from Sir Douglas Ilaig. Further hard fighting was ahead, however, the field marshal acknowledged. The military was still being held in the British battle positions he reported, which means that the British line is still intact although admittedly it has been bent backward at points under the terrific Teutonic assault. The battle line has not moved in only one direction, however, the British having struck back spiritedly at the German masses and re gained some of the positions which they had temporarily abandoned. The German official statement issued today reports that the British posi tions were attacked from a point south east of Arras to La Fere, the British first lines being captured. The dis patch from British headquarters pur posely omit giving the exact position of the British line at present for the stated reason that the endmy might be given valuable information If the line were accurately traced. Desperate fighting continues all along the lines from the Senses to the Oise and especially on the Oambrai sector. Knemy efforts before Oambrai were aimed principally to the nortli and south of the salient left after the first fighting ceased there last November with the evident purpose of cutting off the salient and driving through the opening toward the old battle field of the Somme. Has Vast Possibilities. Germany's latest offensive finds both sides prepared for the shock of pro longed and sanguinary combat. For months the Germans have been train ing troops and moving lip guns and j supplies behind their lines between Arras and St. Quentin. The British , also have been active and were pre- ' pared for any blow the enemy might deliver. Behind the British lines is the de vastated area over which the Germans retreated last March. Field Marshal Von Hlndenburg declared at the time that the devastation was carried out, not only to hamper the allied armies, but to provide a battle field for the fture. The German attack may only be a feint, but a large breach in the Brit ish lines might involve the safety of Paris and Amiens and the French chan nel ports from the inouth of the Seine to Belgium. German artillery fire also has been intense in a lengthy front north of the La Bassee canal and in the Ypres sector in Flanders. On the French front the Germans have carried out minor at tacks northeast of Verdun and in Lor raine. French troops repulsed both at tempts with loss. Hun Force of 285,000 Is Checked With Heavy Loss By United Press. With the British Armies in the Field, March 23.—British troops this after noon are holding the Germans every where and driving them back in places, latest reports indicate. The enemy has not reached a single, one of his objectives, according to a captured man. The British counter attacked last night with tanks and again early to day and threw the Germans out of Doinies. which the British still held at noon. The Germans have not used tanks on this front so far. The German artillery operated in the open and under the densest camouflage. German prisoners declared their bat teries suffered terribly. As this is cabled, Hindenburg's drive is apparently checked, with small gains. The situation has quieted down at least momentarily, save in the region of Bongville, where heavy shelling con tinues. The enemy attacked in tremend ous strength yesterday. At least 1!> di visions, approximately 285,000 men, having been Identified. By noon they had succeeded in penetrating British first and second defense systems on a short frontage. At 5 o'clock in the aft ernoon the Germans attacked heavily northwest of Croiseles, but machine guns mowed them down and held up the attack. The weather continues foggy or hazy, making it hard for the air men to be of any great amount of assistance. ' The weather is cold and bleak. A heavy mist makes air reconnaissances impossible. This is of advantage to the British as the enemy is deprived of greatly needed aerial observation. The Germans in many sections yes terday attacked in three waves of in fantry followed up by shock troops. As a result they suffered very heavy casualties. The heavily massed German artillery ; has been badly hammered by the British guns. 19 DIVISIONS ENGAGED. London, March 23.—Nineteen divis ions were identified in yesterday fight ing. Reuter’s correspondent at British headquarters wires. He adds: "The whole thing Is too big to be able even to sketch or visualize easily. Thus far the enemy has paid a colossal price for such small gains as represent the fruits of ills mighty effort.’’ Tommies Engage Germans In Hand to Hand Battle By United Press. With the British Armies in France, March 22 (1:12 a- m.)—British troops with their customary coolness bobbed up after the German barrage of gas shells and high explosives at the start of the big enemy attack and made their first rush wearing gas masks. As this is being written bitter band to hand en counters are in progress at various points. British soldiers occupying front line positions at many points fought with knives and bayonets and frequently with their fists. It looks as though Hindenburg has launched his long heralded offensive, if this is a fact it has come according to specifications. Officers and men are smiling confi dently as I cable this. The situation is necessarily vague. When fighting be gins on such a wide front a few hours are required to watcli developments. What at times may appear a hurricane may be a feint and again what lias ap peared to be a feint may lie a serious drive. Tile Germans hurled their storm troops against the British flunk fol lowing a brief bombardment on a 4a rnile front. They came on in thick waves behind a barrage of smoke. British artillery and machine guns cut great swaths in the enemy ranks. High velocity guns of the enemy have commenced shelling towns far in the rear of the battle lines. OBJECTIVE NOT CLEAR. London. March 22.—It is not yet pos sible to give more than a very general and vague idea of the fighting Thurs day on the front on the Oise and the Sensee, which continues with swaying fortunes, according to the accounts of correspondents at the British front in the morning newspapers. The German attack made on the British front west and southwest of f'nmbrat evidently aims at recapturing ail the Hindenburg line, says a dispatch to the Morning l’ost from British head quarters in France which adds: “The German army attacking south of the Kcarpe seems to have delivered its first blow principally in the triangle of the Arras-t'atnbrai and Rapaunie PambrRi roads, while the German army south of Cambrai is striking against our trench system in the region west of the Scheldt canal. No doubt the enemy hopes that the attacking forces of these two armies may succeed in forming a junction and thus cutting off a. considerable slice of the British front and taking back all the Hinden burg trenches lost exactly four months U.&0. Struggles for villages and ruined farm houses continued throughout Thursday, according to the corre spondent of the Daily Mail. ‘The enemy’s bombardment.” he says, "began at 5 o’clock in the morn ing and at 7 o’clock some of the Ger man units left their trenches and'■■at tacked the British with heavy and light machine guns. Between 9 and 10 the engagement became general on a front of some 25 miles. Try to Take Salient. "The right of the German attack was aimed at (’roisilles, Bullecourt and Lagnicourt and there was hard fighting in a brick field near the first of these villages. Along the Bapaume-Cambrai road the enemy also attacked and then towards Gouzeaucourt, while his left wing was pushed in the direction of Konssoy and Hargicourt. "The British front in the area of, attack forms a rather sharp salient. If! the enemy could pinch off this salient | and run his line straight in a north- , westerly slant instead of having it ' run at an angle first north and then 1 west, he would he able to hold it with | fewer troops. Also in pinching it off; he would hope to surround and cap ture a good number of British troops. These, it seems plain are his aims in the first stage of the offensive. "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 Oambrai. Then he pushed in on an angle of our front both from the north and the east. His two bodies of troops did their best to Join hands, but could not make it. though they had at first considerable success. Much the same design Is being followed now. We have good reason to hope that it will be checked as was the previous one.” —*— WOUNDED BEGIN TO ARRIVE. London. March 23.—Long lines of ambulances began forming at the Char SENATE ASKS FACTS ABOUT CASUALTIES Asks Further Reason For Sup. pressing Addresses of Killed or Injured. Washington. P. C., March 23.—A resolution introduced by Senator New. of Indiana, asking the war department to advise the Senate as to its reasons for not making public the addresses of American soldiers killed and wound ed abroad, was adopted today by the Senate without a record vote. ing Cross railway station early this morning to receive wounded men from channel port trains. Scenes not unlike those during the arrivals from the front, battle of the Somme were enacted, the line of ambulances stretching away from the station for four city blocks. Only small groups of night workers and railroad employes greeted the first - GUNS HEARD IN ENGLAND. London, March 23.—-The eagerly awaited British official statement of today, which was expected to give fur ther details of the tremendous fight ing indicated in last night's reports, was read with great satisfaction, in so far as it revealed that the enemy had been held and had suffered great losses. “if this turns up to be the great Ger man offensive that has been predicted the preliminary round appears to have gone in favor of the entente, although as the official report points out fur ther heavy fighting is still to be ex pected. The tremendous artillery duel was heard more distinctly than ever in Kent last night. Houses were contin ually shaken as the result of the violent concussions. GERMAN OFFICIAL. Berlin, March 23.—British Admiralty ran- Wireless Press.—The British first line has been captured by German troops attacking from the southeast of Arras as far as La Fere, the war of fice announces. Heavy artillery fighting continues in Belgium and French Flanders. Reeon noltering detachments are said to have penetrated the opposing lines at many points. Ostend was bombarded from the sea. The statement reads: "From southeast of Arras as far as Le Fere we attacked the British posi tions. After powerful fire by our artil lery and mine throwers, our infantry stormed, in broad sectors nnd every where captured the first enemy line. "Between La Fere and Solssons, on both sides of Itheims and in the cham pagne the firing duel increased in in tensity. Storming detachments brought in prisoners in many sectors. "Ostend had been bombarded from the sea. "In Belgium and French Flanders the heavy artillery duel continued. Recon noitering detachments penetrated on many occasions into the enemy lines. “Our artillery continued the destruc tion of enemy infantry positions and batteries before Verdun. On the Lor raine front also, the artillery activity increased on many occasions. “From the other theaters of war there is nothing new to report.” OFFICIAL BRITISH REPORT. Berlin, March 23.—The great battle on the western front continued until last night, the war office reports. The British are holding the enemy. The statement follows: “Fighting continued until a late hour last night on the whole front, between the river Oise and the river Senses. Our troops continue to hold the enemy in the battle posi tions. “During the enemy's attacks yes terday his massed infantry offered remarkable targets to our rifles, machine guns and artillery, of of which full advantage was taken by our troops. All the reports test ify to the excessively heavy losses suffered by the enemy. “No serious attacks has yet de veloped this morning, but heavy fighting is still to be expected." IUIAL Ur IbUtAlHo RESULT FROM CRASH Dozen More U. S. Sailors Dio From Injuries Received in Collision. Washington. D. C., March 22— Twelve additional deaths as a result of the col lision between the destroyer Manley and a British man of war, March 19, were announced today by the navy de partment. This brought the death list to 16. John C. Holmes, carpenter’s mate, of Boston. Mass., was one of the 12 men reported killed today. The names of the 11 others have not been received. It was announced also that 10 men not reported yesterday also were Injured. All of these hurl were reported doing well. In addition to those previously re ported, the following injured have been landed and sent to the hospital: William A. Johnston, ship's cook, S6 East Seventh street, North Portland, Ore. Kirk W. Morse, chief gunner’s mate, 1011 Third street, Snohomish, Wash. Earle P. Nelson, electrician, Water loo, la. William J. Luekoek, gunner’s mate, Newport. R. 1. Isaac Diggs, mess attendant. Nor folk, Va. Charles D. Dwight, seaman, Chicago, 111. John laio Cardin, fireman, Wilkinson, Mass. Edward V. Russell, seaman, Natick, Mass. Frederick Hanson, coxswain, Brook lyn. N. Y. Charles William Cagle, fireman, Mon roe, Okla. FAINTS 4,000 FEET UP IN AIR;_FALLS TO DEATH Fort Worth, Tex.. March 22.—Cadet S. W. Arnheln, royal flying corps, was the aviator killed yesterday afternoon at Illeks. He was an American, hut had joined the British service. His home uas in New York city. Officers sa> lie fainted while 4,000 feet in the air. HARRIS GIVEN COMMAND. Rockford. 111., March 22.—Appoint ment of Col. Frank E. Harris, l'. S. A., to he commandant at Fort Winlfleld Scott, San Francisco, was announced ! here today. Colonel Harris lias bean acting adjutant of the central depurt , meat. DUTCH ANGERED; DISCUSSJREAK Proposal to Recall Ambassador and Send U. S. Envoy Home to Be Proposed in Par liament. ROUSED OVER SHIPPING Berlin Advises Little Nation Further Concessions to Allies Will Bring Declara tion of War. Amsterdam, March 23. -A dispatch from The Hague to the Handelsblad says one of the most prominent mem bers of parliament Intends to ask the government whether it is not time to recall the Dutch minister at Washing ton, and hand passports to the Ameri can minister at The Hague. GERMANS THREATENING. Ixmdon, March 23.—Dispatches from The Hague report that a. local news agency says that Germany considers tier relations with Holland altered by the attitude of the Dutch government toward the entente and the United States and publishes a report that the abandonment by the Dutch government 3t the remaining restrictive clauses in its shipping loan terms would be re garded by Germany as cause for war. HOW DUTCH VIEW SITUATION. Amsterdam, (Thursday) March 21.— Commenting upon President Wilson's proclamation regarding Dutch shipping, the Algemen Handelsblad says it con siders that there now devolves upon the allied powers the moral duty of maintaining international traffic for states which cannot exist without it. Continued refusal to permit Holland to obtain grain from Argentine, It says, would be a serious matter for both liar ties. The Telegraaf says it is wrong to speak of rejection of the allies' ulti matum by Holland. It asserts that the Dutch government yielded to the pro posals of the allies as far as was com patible with its position as a non-bel ligerent and adds: "The ultimatum was thus accepted in principle, but in such a form as to maintain Holland's rights us against America’s unlimited power. "The Dutch government thereby act ed within tile principles set forth by President Wilson in considering a fut ure pence based upon right over might.” The Nieuws Van Den Dag. says it is a singular fact that both the Dutch and the allied governments seem to have little knowledge of the course of events. DUTCH ARE AROUSED. Amsterdam. March 23.—The text of President Wilson's proclamation re garding Dutch shipping reached Hol land after the Thursday evenings news papers had gone to press. Meanwhile a somewhat bluntly worded dispatch from Washington, speaking of the “seizure of the ships after the war trade board had been informed Holland had rejected the American ultimatum” caused an outburst of puzzled anger from virtually the whole Dutch press. It is argued that there has been no rejection by Holland of an ultimatum and that previously nothing has been heard of any ultimatum. The feelings of tho Dutch to ail appearances ure badly hurt. The bourse opened today with a stream of selling orders, but there was no panic. _ Sending of Bulgar Troops to West Front Doubtless Will Lead to Open. Rupture. By United Press. Washington, D. C„ March 23.—Berlin reports today the Bulgarian forces art now fighting on the west front aroused immediate speculation here an to the probability of the United States declar* tng war against Bulgaria. MAY SINGLEEFFORT ON LONE CANDIDATE Wisconsin Loyalty League to Ask Davies or Lenroot to Withdraw. Milwaukee. WIs., March 23. it was thought probable that either Irvine I,. I.enroot or Joseph M. Davies, republi can and democratic nominees respec tively at the recent primary for United States senator, would be asked to with draw during the course of a meeting of the Wisconsin loyalty legion, a non partisan organisation, this afternoon and evening. Plans were made for seating about 1,000 delegates and two strong loyalty programs were arranged for. Tite managers of both nominees are going ahead with preparations for an active campaign. EMBARGO ON ALL BUT CARLOAD SHIPMENTS New York. March 23. Uongestton of freight in cars and warehouses and on piers here caused the freight traffic committee of the North Atlantic states to announce today that an embargo would he placed, effective :u the close if business Saturday against further re ceipt here of freight in less than car -oad lots from other parts of tin- coun try. Foodstuffs, government and rail road supplies will not be affected. BETHLEHEM EARNINGS. New Ynrk. March 22.-—The income iccoune vt the Bethlehem Steel cor poration and its subsidiaries for 1917, Issued today, reports net earnings of S33.979.36U. a decrease of S7.737.9i0 »♦♦**♦♦*♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦********♦♦ I GIRLS! MAKE A | ! BEAUTY LOTION ! ! 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