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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of which., this publication is a member, distributes reliable pews only. Keep posted by reading h. THE REPUBLiCAN-JOtrfrNAL circulation brings* big -letufaiB. This class of cirenlatipn. -is- sup- plied m.efGhantsi^|o;^dVf j?fijsiB:|n ,:' -; .' _ EIGHT PAGES Ogftensburgj Daily Journal Est. 1855. St. Lawrence Republican Est. 1830. THIS NEWSPAPER.IS OGDENSBURG, A N MEMBER ;©F . Y., SATURDAY THE ASS MARCH 9, OCIA TWD 1918. PRESS Wqather ' at night PRICE 3 C :' Fair Saturday; rain or Sunday. - :ENTS • : -^t or sno.^i? IN FRANCE Another Little Dream of Hindenburg Doomed to Be Rjidely Shattered Thirty • Thousand Dollars Worth-of Prohibited Drug Was Brought Over on Dutch Liner. OFFICER OF NAVAL RESERVE IMPLICATED Two Thousand Tubes Were Secreted in as Many Holes in Edges of Boards of Steamer Trunk. (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, March. S.—\With the arrest today of Hermann Lammers, a Hollander, Customs House authorities announced tney ha?! uncovered ; cne of the cleverest smuggling devices they had ever seen, aafl had seized as a result two thousand tubes o:E a drug whose public sale is forbidden valued at $30,000. A statement issued at the Customs House said that Dr. Frank Erdwurm, a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, had tried to dispose of the drugs lor Lajnmei's, and. that lie liad made a full\ statement o£ his connec- tion wUh the case. The drug was brought over by Lam- mars in a trunk aboard the steamer 1 Nieuw Amsterdam on February S. It was 'concealed in tubes in two thou- sand holes bored into the edges of the tjpard p.f.tlre: trunk before it was con- structed.\ -• Tlie attempt toy Dr. Erdwurni to dis- pose ot tTie drug led Customs men tc Ms apartment, where, it was stated the trunk was found. Had the car- penter -who made the trunk not used green--timber, the scheme might have worked successfully, ibut steam heat, acting on the unseasoned wood, forc- •ed the joints to swell, disclosing the tubes. Laminers, having failed to get a satisfactory .price for the drugs in this country, was about to take them to South- America on a schooner when arrested. He was placed under <bond for the grand jury. Dr. Erdwurm's part in the case will be further in* yestigated, it was announced at the /'Distrct Attorney's office. BILE STUDENTS (By The Associated Press) THE HAGUE, March. 8.—\We have acquired a .direct free route, via Rus- sia, to Persia and Afghanistan,\ says a dispatch from the Wolff Bureau, the German semi-official agency, re- ceived here today, OR GO TO JAIL CHANGESARE MADE IN WAR FINANCE BILL House Committee Cuts Pro- posed Bond Issue From 4 to 2 Billions. fBv The Assocta ted Press) WASHINGTON\ 'March S-—In com- pleting its revision of the War Fin- ance Corporation Bill, passed yester- day by the Senate; the House Ways & Means Committee today reduced from §4,000,000,000 to $2,000,-,000,000 the maximum amount of 'bonds which may Ibe used by the corporation to aid in financing necessary industrial and commercial enterprises. The Committee agreed upon a cnp.- ital issue section substantially sim- ilar to that in the Senate Mil, pro- viding a voluntary licensing system for private security issties oE §100,000 and more, instead ot the compulsory 'licensing plan originally proposed by the Administration. ENSIGN KRYLENKO, (By The Associated LONDON, March S.—Ensign X. V. Krylenko, command er-in.-cb.ief of the Bolsheviki army, has resigned, accord- ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis- patch from Petrograd. Thn resignation was brought about owing to differences of principle between him and tile coun- cil of people's commissaries as well as a disagreement with the latest actions of the council. Sentenced by Toronto Court for Circulating \The Fin- ished Mystery.\ MINISTER AMONG ACCUSED (By The Associated Press) TORONTO, March S.—Three mem bers c£ the International Bible Stu- dents Association, were today .given 1 their choice of paying fines of $500 each or serving sixty-days prison sen- tences, for having in their possession and distributing copies of a book en- titled \The Finished Mystery,\ which the ccurt held contained matter dero- gatory to Great Britain and her cause in the present war. Four members of the organization who were deemed less guilty of wrong doing were assessed fines at $50, in defaut of which they must serve thir- ty-day prison sentences. The three receiving the more severe sentences were W. C. Douglas, Wil- liam McKinnon and Rev. Ernest Spaulding. Japan Ready To Strike; Assistance Of Chinese Is Welcomed (By Tlie Associated Press.) Japan is not only ready to take vigorous steps in Si- beria, but has intimated that she would welcome the as- sistance of the Chinese in operations which will have for their objective the safeguarding of Allied interests in the Far East. f ; China has discovered that Germany planned to arm her soldiers held prisoner in Siberia and to send them, against the Chinese northern frontiers. U. S. Making Probe. CBy The Associated Press* NEW YOKE, March S.—-Copies of \The Finished Mystery' were among the volume of papers and literature seized by Federal agents in a raid teri days ago on the headquarters in Brooklyn of the International Bible Students Association, founded by the late Pastor Russell. . . An examination, of this work, -whdeh 3s said to ha-ve been widely distribut- ed, is now being made by government, officials, to ascertain whether its con- tents are of -seditious character. ATTACK ON FOOD A Berlin dispatch received ;in Lon- j don on FebJ 2-5' reported that General • BoncMBrujevitch had been appoint- I ed to succefed Krylenko .a& com- | mander-in-ehie£, but there was no \ confirmation of this reiiori from i Russian sources. INTO SENATE Illegal Price Fixing Policy Has Been Instituted Is ' - Charge. CONDENSARIES REVOLT (By Tlie Associated WASHINGTON, March S. —Stric- tures on government price fixing ond the activities, of the Food Administra- tion monopolized today's session of the Senate. Led by Senator Seed, of Missouri, Democrat, a group of Senators of both parties made the attack. Charges that a general policy of fix- ing prices for -farm products, -not au- thorized by the Food'Control Law, is being instituted were made by Sena- tors Reed and Borah, who said the li- censing power of the law was being so used that its actual result is an un authorized price fixing programme. (By The Associated Press? CHICAGO, March S.—A national revolt of condensed milk companies against the milk prices 1 fixed by the Fedei'al FjoM Adimimsitrationy was stated to be inaugurated today. In Illinois it took form in the re- fusal by condensaries to pay $3.10 a hundredweight, fixed by the govern- ment. They offered $2.83. Milk distributors, it is said, are nbt in the revolt. PROVIDED IN MEASURE (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 8.—Fur- loughs for farmers and other men needed in non-military pursuits neces- sary to 'the war were authorized in a Senate bill passed by the House, -with the approval of the War Department. The evident purpose of the an- nouncement, which takes the form of an amendment to the selective.service regulations is to exempt as far as pos- sible registrants who may be used on farms. This is in line with the policy to increase tlie country's food produc- tion. HOG ISLAND STRIKE HAS BEEN SETTLED (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 8.—A strike at the Hog Island shipyard today was said ! by Shipping Board officials to have been due to a misunderstanding, and has been settled by orders of Admiral Bowles that double time 'shall be paid. Dor overtime instead of time and a half. AliSTMA HtTKCAUY • Russians Show Unexpected Resistance at Jamburg 4md Force | Germans to Retreat Froni Narva^Military Activity on Extensive Scale Is in Progress on Italian WWmts^- Operations Are Resumed in Macedonian 1|he* atre—Eleven Killed and Forty-Six Injured in Air Raid on London. . * m BULLETIN'. \ \ ' '...\-. (By The Associated Press.) ' .-•'.... LONDON, MARCH 8.--SERIOUS FIGHTING HAS. TAKEN PLACE THE YPRES-DISMUDE SECTOR OF THE BRITISH ERONT,: TO THE BRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUE©-BY TlfE WJKR TONIGHT. ' - A GERMAN ATTACK ON A FRONT OF SEVERAL MSLE SOME OF THE BRITISH ADVANCED POSTS TO FALL BA^K, ;BI?T T A COUNTER-ATTACK RE-ESTABLISHED THE BRITISg LI&E, THE GERMAN AMPUTATION OF ROUMANIA. Thn black part of the map shows the territory ceded by Roumania to the j Central Powers in the peace treaty. It includes the province of old and new llovei , n? om . lhp (By The Associated Press.) ' ', ' ' ' Clearing sides have,returned to the battlefront in France,'and everywhere along tr,e\American British and French sectors, there lias-'been an\ rfierease in the activity by the forces, which, it is believed, mus't soon close in -combat-: Official repc-r(<=, devoid ox description as they are, indicate that. YerdW-iS- once more (lie scene of hoavy artillery actions, but this nia-y be only a-pfe- ; liminary to an attack'on another sector.. The -American line near Toul is just .southeast of Verxliin, and the con- ; linufd activity along this front shows that the -Germans contemplate serious- operations (here. -_, Raids in. force, suc-li us wo-re reeeii'llj met lay the Americans \rifB. iipje life Dobrudja, which will finally become an integral part of Bulgaria. By the treaty Roumania is> cut off from the Black Sea and her frontier with Hungary is re-adjusted. Roumania also grants permission for the,spldiers of the Cen- Iral Powers to cross her territory on their march to Odessa'.' •> ammunitioii FOLLOWING ESCAPE OF CONVICT Reynolds Forsbrey, Who Made Getaway Thursday Night Was Looked Upon as State's Most Dangerous and Desperate Criminal—State Prison Superintendent Carter Will Make Thorough Personal Investigation. (By The Associated Press) I State Prison Department. THUNDER EAGLE PORIINDS GREAT HAPPENINGS SOON Indians See Foretelling Sign in Brilliant Aurora Borealis. CBy T-ho A'ssBcia-tecl' Pross> FQ-RT 'VH JLtJAM, - ' March 8. —The Thunder Sag'te, sacred among the Indians as personifying the spirit of Mineto, and: .supposed to- have its n:est ! on.' the Sleeping- Giant, XdM feet above Thunder Bay, was .seen: dq-* picted in firo in the brilliant display, of the Aurora Borealis-%erc last night. Tlje Ojibways said the Thunder Eagle had not ber-n seen fdr many DEVELOPMENT OF INTRICATE SYSTEM OF KEEPING AMERICAN FIGHTING MEN SUPPLIED FORMS GRAPHIC ROMANCE Huge Storage, Transportation and Distribution Machinery Has Been Evoked and Is Continually Being Enlarged to Meet Needs of New Arrivals on the Western Front. (By The Associated Press} BEHIND THE AMERICAN FRONT IN FRANCE, March S.—Less- spec- tacular than the continued arrival of American troops and their ccciupation. of a definite front seotoi 1 , yei in its way., quite as important for their suc- cess, has been the steady development oE the intricate system of keeping them in all the hundred and one sup- years, and that its appearance poiv tends wond;erful happening); iii the- world. The flare of the eagle travelled swiftly over 'the bay, accompanied by huge flashes of red and green fire, which Shot above it like meteors. A Duluth dispatch told of the ap- pearance of the eagle in the Aurora Bocalis there last night. plies that they must have. Public attention of course'has been mainly riveted ©n two tWings—'the ^i'i-'ival of the troops themselves, and the arrival'of their supplies. Pace by pace with the increasing training •camps there has grown up a storage, transportation and distribution sys- tem that not only accurately and effi.-- ciently supplies the needs of all our soldiers, but that is continually being enlarged against future needs. Neither troops nor supplies can come too fast for it. The various functions of the system —.bakery, refigorating plant, ware- houses for iclothing, non-perishable foods and similar supplies, and the main distributing plants—are locaxod Co.;- convenience sake in Three towns (Continued from Page 1) ALBANY, March S.—Joe. Martin, ] state Superintendent .of Prisons J. the principal keeper and over-guard at Auburn Prison, has been suspended as a result ol the escape- last night of Reynolds Forsbrey, considered toy prison officials as the most dangerous and desperate criminal in the state, it -was announced tonight at -the of- fice of the State Prison Department. W. J. Halpiri y assistant principal keeper at Sing iSing prison was, or- dered to report at Auburn tomorrow to succeed Ma'rtin. Late tonight it was reported that Forsbrey had been Syracuse. traced east to All Day Search Reveals Clue of Fugitive. (By Tho Associated Press) AUBURN, N. Y., March S.—An all- day search, in which sheriffs, deputy police constables and even state troopers joined, failed to disclose a single clue by which to trace . Rey- nolds Fors'brey, known as \the state's most' desflera't.e criminal,? wiio es-. eaped from Auburn prison. . Officials admitted 'tonight that the itugative had completely /baffled his •pusuers. The warden, of the prison scouted the theory that a former sweetheart had aided Forsbrey, to es- cape. He said some inmate of .the •prison smuggled into the isolation cell the saws with which the fugitive severed the iron bars over the win- Fugitive Obtained - Saws in * Unknown Manner. (By The Assoclatea Press) ALBANY, March S.-^Four guards at Auburn Prison have been suspend- ed as a result of the escape last night of Reynolds Forsbrey, it was an- nounced tonight- at the office of the M. Carter left early today lor Auburn to make a personal investigation. Soon after his arrival, according to information received here, he ordered the immediate suspension of the four guards, who had been in charge of the isolation building where Forsbrey had been confined since his previous es- cape and recapture ifrom, \the same prison last year. The guards suspended were Warren Sullivan, Howard Douglas, John i Beacliman and E. H. Chappelle. Forsbrey, it was found, had secured saws in some u'nknow manner and sawed the bars in the top of his cell and those over tlie skylight. He then worked his way along the ixiof of the isolation building; and dropped- into the yard beside the women's prison building, and from there scaled the wall to freedom. This makes the third time Forsbrey has escaped since his arrest for mur- der in the second degree. He escaped from the. Tombs at New York soon or guns, and tlie disposition of the American forces. Russian Resistance Causes Germans to Retreat. Late reports reveal tiiat the retiremfht of the Germans from Narv^,. west 1 of Petrograd, was the result of successful resistance made by Russian, ic-rces | at the city of Jamburg, sixty-eight miles southwest of tlie Russian capital.-. This resistance may be only a local instance of the disposition of the 861* sheviki government to fight against further invasion of Great Russia, but-it J points'to the fact that thn Russians still are capable of conducting' an #fefi- | ffictive defence. \ . .. The latest details relative to the peace signed with Finland from the Ardtic Ocean to the Black Sea the Gerinan.po\Ver isucompleterrcftift | reported that Finland has \asked\ Emperor William to place His fifth, son, Oscar, on the Finnish throne. This, as was indicated a 1 few days ago,; %bsp-. I lately deprives Russia of both shores of the Gulf of Finland, and ihakes Wm>- | gvad practically an inland city, so far as foreign commerce is concerned. Spirited Activity Ail Along Italian Front. Spirited fighting is.going on in Italy. On the Asia-go Plateau the Te'utbSlc 1 forces have resumed their attacks.on the Italian lines, whue all./along tie; I Piave river artillery engagements of considerable violence are developing. The Macedonian war theatre, too, has become more active than usual. -In I four sectors along this fron't heavy artillery fighting is reportedly the Freneli | official statement. -\ . Another air -aid has been made on London- by the Germans. These raids are usually made by moonlight, but on Thursday, aided by the Aurora, Bgreaiis, | which bvilliantly illuminated the north em heavens, • seven or eight' 'Gferffian airplanes crossed the eas't -coast oil England. The aiitf-a'ircraft fir-in^ : was ixc-avy, and the machines- were at first driven back, but 'others aftaclang/ffom ibe south, managed to penetrate as far as the metropolis, and drofiijed^Sis'. No objects of militarv importance were damaged, but eleven-persons Ty.eie killed and forty-six injured. . ', •-' ' The British forces in Palestine have once more taken the offensive, and have advanced over a front eighteen miles long to a depth of three miles. The • British- are slowly moying northward along the valley of the Jor- after liis arrest and again several | :. ... months ago from Auburn Prison, as- saulting a guard sp seriously that the officer has been \rnable to do* 1 any work since. In view of the fact that Forsbrey was known to be a dangerous prison- er, and because of >his previous es- capes, Superintendfait \ Carter will make a, thorough personal' investiga- tion of the case, it was stated at the Prison Department. \ ORNAII Had Record for Escapes. • - (By The Associater! Prgss\) AUBURN, Mar. 8.—Reynolds Fors- brey, 29, wlio was serving aentences aggregating 29 years, escaped from an isolation cell and over the walls j of Auburn prison at 11 o'clock last j niglvt. ijlavly this anornins; he was still at la.i-g.e. (By Tlio Associated Press 1 ) WASHINGTON, March S.—Under orders issued tcday by the Chief of Staff, hereafter no addresses or names of next oC kin -will .be given by the. War Department, in announc- ing casualties 'among the expedition- ary forces. If is understood .(hat- their- line to the west to sweei Turks cornioleteiy out of tlat' A new credit of six ttlinaa-ea n^iliiSn pounds has been yotea ^>yv, the Bi-ifiih parliament.. This-brings-the total Brit- ish, war credits since August i-tto 6,842,000,000 pounds, or approximately ?84,210,000,QOO. • ihe jot unite on Ihr-Tirinsrlire.' (Continued on Page ?•) French Statement X§\ (By The Associated Press)' < \ PARIS, March S.^-The artillery feafe tie on ithe Verdun front conlinu.es, ttia I war office announced tonight. ' TKe .statement'follows: .'-,.. ..'..'..•'.. \The artillery fighting -#as rat&eT heavy on the right bank, of the Meiise | north of Hill 344 (Verdun front) an4 at .some points in the Woevre. \On March 6, four German-. 1 aSr- planes were 1 ibrought down by our aviators. ' ' ' \M-agedbnian frdnlt:. .Heavy artf- regions ( j .,-ami the Vai-darj .','a-nd', in the -Cento raid-ins -parties-a brotiglit i-1 j i, c hh of ^ ! i:=nrt. Our ! s p 'dun from .Terieho, and tu-e advancing , back Bulgarian priSoiieBs.\ —•~ If
