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C GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY J Advances by the British forces acaiust the Ccr-nian lines in front of fteaaaf have resulted in the entire force hohliat; the ground taking part in one of the hardest engagements of the entile war. The British first captured it the latter part of last week only to lose part »f the defense to the attacking Hermans on the first day of this week. Tuesday nuht the British attacked and a small part of the territory held by the Teuton forces was seized. In many resieets this has been the hardest fought single engagement of the war and the losses on the German side arc said to be staggering. The war -1111m1.it is announced in dispatches from Kurope as follows: BeilM claims and London admits Fiesnoy now is in the hands of the Germans. Berlin also says British have been checked in attacks near Ko"UX. Fontaiia and Keii.court. but admits loss of part of the village of Bullecourt Paris reports that all effort! of the Germans to regain lo t ground on the French front have failed. Berlin says the French have beea unable to advance alter repeated efforts. Allies offensive in M.c-edonia halt"d. Berlin and Sofia i-ix.it. Getauaw beat back enemy attempt to advance on four and one-hall mile front in the Cerina salient. In spite of the 11. ed of the country for f|uick actioii aaa for solidarity u]kiii all propositions related to the conduct of the war. there is ■ steady growth of eeliac acaiaat the autocratic powers, said, by some, to he hold by Preskteat Wilson. The Presidents policy of secret iveti- ss. although upheld by the war department heads, is said to have met with the opposition of the small politicians and congressmen in the capitol. Out of this feeling may grow an attempt by Congress to take the war powers fully u|m»ii itself. Groat Britain is paying thirty-seven and a ipiarter million dottan per day for the continuance of the present war. This was made known Wednesday when the chancellor of the exchequer. Mr. P.onar Law. mev -d a vote of credit of ..." MMMI0. -IMH for war purposes. He declared, in address to the parliament that the part America had already played and what she would do in the future were of the utmost importance and of the most far reaching consequence to the success in the war. The Ways and Means committee of the House lias increased all the existing tariff duties and has placed a hU of tc -i per cent upon all the imports now on the free list, the war revenue bill lioiiig lioostcd to a billion and eight h under million dollars as a r.-suii. Personal lae— its of ss.ono for unmarried m 11 and , M for married 11011 up to the largest forliini-s have beea taxed proportionately, in order to help defray the expense of the war. Th - new war tax practically includes everyone in the country with means. The mail service was changed ■tightly by order of the post office department relative to the shipment of tobacco and other incidentals to soldiers in the lield. 110 charge for postage being made fur the shipments of tobacco, candies and literature. This conns under tie- "franking privilege" usually only applying to officials high in the serivce of the government. Information reachimr Switzerland from Germany carries a report recently submitted to the German food dictator by economic experts of his stall", showed that 2O/hM,M0 Hermans now are normallv fed and that 15,609.000 are underfed. Of the latter number Kt.iHMi.tMK are classified as being hungry. The release of JIO.tMM tons of allied shipping, hold in Swedish ports since the outbreak of the war. was perfected Wednesday. This will release, at the same time, several hundred Swedish vessels loaded with foodstuff-, which have been held by Great Britain in Knglish ports. According to a dispatch from the British front in France, the Germans are using a new gas. discharged from mobile tanks at close quarter.- to the British lines. High velocity shells fired at ;• range of from seventeen to eighteen miles have been used up also. The fate of Nikkolai Lenine. who was foremost in the Russian-German peace propaganda instituted in Russia, is unknown. It is believed that he has Imcii made away with by leaders or friends of the popular party, against a separate peace with Germany. Victor Carl-trom and a student aviator firing at Hamilton Koads. Va.. were killed in a fall of B.SM feet, during the first flight for the student. Wednesday morning. Carlstroni made his reputation while flying in cross-country distances. Because of criticism that he is not consulfiiij; Congress eoaceralag matters pertaining to national defense and the conduct of the present war. Plea dent Wilson Wednesday called hate conference thirty leaders to the White House. According to reports from the British headquarters in France the most of the ground lost to the Oerman forces at Fresnoy has beea regained by the Canadian forces after a battle which has lasted through two days and nights. Gen. Per-hing. who. it is believed, will take an active part in the training of the now army fat service in France, has been summoned to Wash ington from his post at the Southern Departmental headquarti ra of the army. Among the more educated lassos in Russia the opinion appear! to favor either the project of a constitutional monarchy or the establishment of a federal democratic republic, similar to the Initud States. The wheat crop of the Knifed States this year, the poorest for years, conies with the world faciag a famine. It will feed only the Lnited States, it is said, and will be a hi i.v to the hopes of the Allies. Tie war rev aasE bill. Which calls for Sl.oOO.OPO.-IKM». has beea practicaly completed by the house committee of ways and mesas. It is said to he shy IMM0MM Baked by the treasury department. L-islation has been lagflStld in the Charleston. W. V., state senate, compelling all males between ll and 60 to go to work under penalty of puni.sh-ment by law. This is deemed a war measure. The first detachment of the American Field Service, passing through Paris Wednesday morning on their way to the French battle front, Were cnthu-i:.stioally received by the populace. Meatless days in England have beea abolished, it beiag found that the meatless days only increased the consumption ,,f foodstuffs as bread, etc., which the government is seeking to avoid. Admiralty reports from English sources carries the information that a plan to curb the efficacy of the K boats has been found. They predict a lessening in the number of vessels sunk. A billion dollar measare for building the huge merchant fleet, plained by the lnited States government tn combat the submarine menace, is about to pass the House of Congress. May wheat which went up to three dollars and sixteen cents Wednesday quals the highest mark in the nations history, causing a federal investigation to he instituted. To facilitate the operations of the producers of lumber, the Council of National Defense has appointed a subcommittee of fourteen 011 hasher and forest products. Coal prices on the contracts for furnishing the city of New York with fuel for the ensuing year have advanced fiity per cent over those of the past year. Alexander P.anwart. whose pacifist beliefs led him to combat witii Senator Lodge in Washington, April 2, enlisted in the army in Boston. Monday. President Gomtiers of the American Federation of I.al»or has warned the Russian labor leaders to beware of socialist activities in favor of peace. American "fighting men. made up of American ambulance workers, will bepia work carrying munitions to French trenches Wednesday. Germany will make an effort to obtain a new war loan within a short time. Already Germanys was loans have aggregated SI 1.22H. 000.000. An Indian uprising in Peru has placed in jeopardy the lives of several of the rich land owners of the Sandia region, a gold mining district. Nine regiments of engineers are to he recruited in the lnited States at once to be sent to France to build and operate railroads. Owing to the food conditions throughout the Austrian empire, the officials face not only famine but a revolt of the populace.
