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1- s: V i V )e Give All the News at Fast' as Furnished by Associated ,Press, voa;xx-No;.230. 10: WM 1MER CELTIC, T' i i . ii. ii "- - . I 1 ' I " -t ; Tl-ROAT TORPFMER ...--r V VVMA AVlll UWUV , I . WHITE STAR STEAMSHIP ' " . V, V Celtic, One of Biggest of" i by German Submarine During Voyage From England: to America No Sick or ? . Wounded Aboard. New York, April. 1. The steamship Celtic, one of the biggest White Star , liners, was attacked and torpedoed by a German sub marine, according to reliable information received here today in marine circles, during a voyage from England to America. Ef fort! are being made to save the vessel, which, It is believed, car ried no passengers. The Celtic has a gross tonnage of 20,904, and has for many years been one of the largest steamships in trans-Atlantic service. he was built at Belfast in 1901 and flies the British flag. i' More than a year ago the Celtic hit a mine off Liverpool, but was damaged only slightly. In 1916, it was reported that a bomb, presumed to have been placed on board at New York was dis covered on the Ce'tio upon her arrival at Liverpool, but this was denied by officers of the White Star line. It was the Celtic which brought $25,000,000 worth of American securities from England in October, 1916. "' ' Few Soldiers, If Any. Washington, . April J. If there were any American soldiers on board the Celtic, It was said here ASSAULTING WAVES OF GERMANS BROKEN BY ANGLO-FRENCH TROOPS T - Paris, April 1. The battle continued with ex treme violence last night in, the sector north of Montdidier, large bodies of troops being thrown in by the Germans, the war office announces. The French and British troops broke up the assaulting waves. Further south the fighting was no less violent, the Germans making incessant attacks in an ef ' fort to capture Grivesnes. . The French retained possession of the town and inflicted heavy losses on the Germans. ' The statement follows: yesterday and last night the battle continued with extreme violence north ) of Montdidier. The enemy directed his efforts in particular along tha front between Montdidier and the l'eronnc Amlens road, and threw forward Im portant forces with the particular ob ject of enlarging his gains west of Hangard-en-Santerre. Franco-BiHIhIi troops broke up the assauling waves, which were not able to debouch. A brilliant counter-attack in which our allies gave proof of their valor enabled the French to throw back the enemy rompletely and recapture this village. "The fighting further south was no less violent. Orlevnes was the ob jective of powerful attacks which were renewed Incessantly, leading to hand-to-hand fighting. This town remained In the hands of the French, who In flicted considerable losnes on the Ger mans. "Between Montdidier and tassigny there Is nothing to report." GROUND GLASS MAY HAVE BEEN BITS SAND OR GRIT Washington, April 1. Reports of ground glass found In randy, bread, tanned fruit ami other food articles have arim-.n largely, department of jus Mce officials believe, from the tact that and and grit often get into food. A recent chemist's report made to the department said that if glass were ground sufficient fine not to be de tected In mastication, it would do no Physical harm. In some raws it has been found that rook or chefs arc disgruntled over some trouble with employers, or, prac- tictng doctrines of the Industrial 'Workers of the World, have deliber ately placed foreign substances in rood. rit little harm has resulted. Anti-Draft Rioters In Quebec Dispersed Quebec. April 1. Quiet prevailed vere today after the outbreak of last tight, in which crowd of anti-draft loters were disposed v ,h'" "thori tes. Absence of soldiers and throngs n the streets rive rWe to the belief hat the worst of the trouble has nssed and that It will not lw neces- ry to declare martial law. ARCHBISHOP OF YORK TO CALL. ON PRESIDENT WsKhmcton. April 1. The Most TV v. , i'flmo Uordon ljnp. archbishop of Vork. primate of Knr'and, who is In , Vhlnton today as the curst of lrl t Keadlnf the British imbntudur, has erranjred to call urn rreid nt il- .in. Tomorrow lire arcnomnnp "u .ant rr :..trial tree in the rlosj- of the Cathedral .ef SJ IVfi and Paul heje,and later will 1 It Mount Veinon. LATE EDITION Ocean Liners,' Attacked today, they were very few In num ber and carried as "casualts" re turning home. It was Matted that there were no sick or wounded on board. IRISH NEVER TO ALLOW ACT OF CONSCRIPTION Joseph Devlin, New Nationalist Leader, Declares Party Will Fight Issue to End. London, April 1. Speaking at a meeting tt East Tyrone en Sunday, Joseph Devlin, nationalis mem bar of parliament tor the west division of Belfast, declared that a long as its members had breath in their bodies the Irish party would never permit the applica tion of conscription in Ireland. RUSSO-RUMANIAN TREATY COMPLETED Moscow, Sunday, March 31: (Hy the Associated Tress.) The treaty between KUhhIh and Rumania has been completed. It provides that Ru mania Khali evacuate immediately the strategic terrain near the mouth of the Danube and shall withdraw Ik r troops from Bessarabia within two months. All the evacuated placea shall be occupied Immeidately by Rus sian troops. After the expiration of two months, however, a Rumanian detachment of 20.000 men will be per mitted to remain in Bessarabia to guard railway stations. The policing of HnHurabia will be attended to- by local militia. Rumanians arrested In Russia bp. exchanged (or Russian re volution -aty soldiers arrested In Rumania. An undertaking; Is made by Rumania not to take offensive action a(rint the Russian republican federation, and also to assist the federation if such action is lie(un by other powers. Uusmh plr-dged to Rumania the sur plus of it nun in Besfcarabla after the population and the Russian troops have teen supplied. Rumania reserves the riRht to purchase provisions nec essity to fefd the Rumanian popula tion, in Russia, t or the Iwneftt of Ru mania. Kiimiis will establish the drpo' organized the allies r.r fi-edlng the Rumanian peop'e- GEN. BEL LASSIGNED TO COMMAND SEVENTY-SIXTH Waslunyton. April 1 Mj.-tn. J Krariklin B-ll. who has tm com. rriHri'itr of the Seenty-sixth natiunal rmv divmion at t'amp I pton. N. Y Ilie wrstfrn depaftnirnt. with hed .iartr at San Kranrlsro. MaJ.-ien I II ni i iill;" returned from a tiir of in?p-i-tion alfoad- E' CH ATTAN OOGA N Chattanooga, 4 pi.Washington, 5 p.m. CHAITAMOOCiA "HARRY THE YOT" SHOT AND KILLED "Man Higher Up" Thus Es capes Exposure in New York's Anti-Gambling Crusade. New York, April 1. Seven hours before the district attorney's office was to have bean informed by Harry Cohen, also known "Harry the Yot," of the name of the "man higher up" in the prose cutor' antlgambling rrusacie, Cohen was shot and killed at 6:30 o'clock this morning. District At torney Sjvsn immediately ordered the apprehension of Sam Schspps, whe was one of the prosecution's star witnessts against Charles Becker, the police lieutenant who was executed for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, gambler, in 1912. Schepps and two other men who were with him when the police visited Schepps' Jewelry shop on Sixth ave nue were taken Into custody a few houra after the shootlns;. They were hurried to the district attorney' of fice. Schepps' Place Watched. The police said that Schepps' plsce, established after the Rosenthal shoot ln and the convictions which re sulted, has recently been under thetr observation. t'p to the time of his arrest the dis trict attorney withheld the reason for desiring Hchepps' appearance. It wss not asserted that he wai near when Cohen was shot, but the police declare that he is Identified In the Inquiry as a friend of a woman who. with two men, was arrested last week upon In formation furnished by "Harry the Yot." Cohen, according to Assistant Dis trict Attorney James K. Smith, had for aeicral weeks been a secret In., former. Against the advice of the assistant prosecutor. Cohen several times vis ited Mr. bmith's house openly with In formation which was considered valu able. At daylight this morning Cohen telephoned to Mr. Smith asking him to meet him at Tilth avenue and Thli-ty-sixth street at 1:J0 o'clock this afternoon. . Had the Goods. "Be ready to hit the mob." said "Hairy t:e Yot," alluding to th gsmblcrs. "Ie rot the goods on the main man." The next Mr. Smith heard Cohen was dead with three bullets In his bod. Hurrying to the scene of the fchooiinir. a hall lobby In the Wi-st Ninth atrert aiitmrnt. whir Cobru lived with his wire. Mr. Cohen was In formed that Cohen was killed by a man as yet unidentified. A nrgro ball boy furnished the police with a de scription of the olayer. whom he bud Pursued as far as Central Park, wheie - London, 10 p.m. Paris, 10 TNN; MONDAY EVENING, "APRIL 1, 1918. FOOLED AGAIN I Wilson to Speak for Third Liberty Loan Washington, April 1, President Wilson today accepted an Invita tion to open the liberty loan enm pnlirn In Baltimore Saturday, the Aral anniversary of America's en trance, Into the war. While In Baltimore, the president also will review 18,000 troops from the na tional army cantonment at Camp Meade. The occasion of the address Is thn liberty loan "cantonment" belli held at Baltimore to stimulate In terest In the loan drive. Secretary Pan Ida will speak at the "canton ment" tomorrow night, and during the next few weeks the speaking list will Include other cabinet offi cers and diplomatic representatives of the allied governments. the man made his escape by boarding a cow Fate of "Squealer." Another figure, In the Rosenthal rose la being sought "BiblKie" Webber, who was a principal witness for the stale In three Rosenthal trials. Web bur a reported today to be In Pas saic "Marry the Yot." according to the police, bad something of a career of crime before he met bis fate today as a "squealer." He was cliisslllcd as a night burglar, porch climber, pick pocket and safe burglar, bad been ar rested nine times and had served one prison sentence. DEFECTIVE MEASURE GOES BACK TO HOUSE Waslilnifton. April I. Taialinn provi sions of the third liberty bond bill, hur riedly framed by tho wsys snd means committee snd psfced by the hou hst iirdny. hsve been found lo ba defective, and the house will he asked to reconsider the bill. The measure provide I hut bonds held by a bsnk shall be deducted in determining the vslun of shares of It stock for state or IixhI tsistlon, and It is pointed out that It would be pftsMhl for a hunk to ptin-hnim liherty honds to such an extent that It could virtually escspe this tsxstinn. The waa snd rnesn" committee, met today to frams a suhstltute for the ert ion WEIGHING QUESTION OF CALLING HARBOR STRIKE New York, April 1. Representatives of HO.OOo marine workeis met here to day to decide whether a strike, which It was claimed would tie up traffic In New .York harltor, shall be called within the next forty-eight hours un less a controversy Involving wsge In creases and hours of lal.or is settled In the meantime. Showers, Says Billy 'Possum K v e rytioil y's awning, I never will get light; this thing of dsylicbt a Ing puts sn aw ful crimp In night. I askrd mv girl this morning If mine she'd als I; she g'.pe a gap and n"Mcd "Yan tliiouih eternity. Iesl rsins tomtM The weather? and Tuesday rloiidv. thange in temperature ith sllkht QAIN , , p.m. Petrograd, 12 p.m.Tokio, 7 a.m. MEETS SUBMARI ARMORED CARS CHECK ENEltlY Rapid Firers in American-Built Motors Performing Valu able Work. wntiih Army Headquarters, Inf I-ranee, April 1. (By Aiiooiatsd Press.) The Germane last evening made two attacks in quick su cession against tft British line west of the town of Albert, but en both ooossions the enemy wss thrown back. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Germans made Heavy attack between Morauil and Demuin, Fierce fighting followed. . The at' tacking troops gradually , forced their wsy forward until thsy pene trated the large forest lying north esst of Morsuil. A little later the Itermans were reported to be en tering Hangard and to be moving westward along the Luce river, Canadian armored motor cars with rapid firers have played an important part in, checking the German rush. Up to the time of the present battle they were used little, but in the last ten days this ears, which were msde in Americs, have performed valuable work. Frequently they have held up large bodies of German troops on be ing rushed to thrsstensd parts of the front. Their presence hss had a wonderfully steadying effect on the British lines, tine of these, armored ears found Itself In i certain vnlaae 'Hie. I with Mcminn Infantry. All the new were killed, witb the ex. epllon of Hie driver und one fiinner. When the capture of the isr seemed certain the gunner look his heavy riipld-flur to the ground, where be held orT a large number of the enemy urelll the dr iver was stile to turn the automobile around. This clone the machine gun was thrown Into the car ami the two men aped away. The bat tery of another car whkli had c s mounted arid waa flKliling ;he Germans with machine guns, ran out of ammu nition. The Ornians closed In, coin ing up to such a short distance that they were shooting with revolvers, The situation was hopeless, hut the giillunt Canadians were not to be In I en alive. They srlxed smre hsrrels of marlilne guns and charged Ihe Mermane with three weapons. Little Sleep for Crews. They, of course, were no match for an enemy heavily aimed, and all of them were killed, t'p to yesterday the daring crews of these ! Ming machine hod slept only about twriily-sl hours since the second day's attack. n the first, day these our In considerable, number were rushed to the right flunk below the Sorrime, mhere the situation whs most critical. They at once got Into the thick t the ftxhtlng. At Marlcourt. Just north of the Homme, the Mcminn were, threatening to cut o fflarge numbers of heavy guns and tanks. A battery of these rare gath ered liO lnfnntrnnn abut It and look up a slsnd east of the vlllnfr. remain ing there until the guns and tanks wer withdrawn. At one point the Mcrmana were massing for sn atisrk when two curs crept up within clone range and en flluded their rank. Merman artllei-y shelled the cars, knocking out one and forcing the other to withdraw. tut not until they had done grext execution. At Certsy one Canadian motor car held back an entire enemy battalion which was attempting to noes the canal. EW GEN. PERSHING REPORTS SITUATION IMPROVED French Officials Estimate German Casualties at Between 275,000 and 300,000 Wounded . Sent to Belgium. ; Washington, Apri1 1. A cablegram received today from Gen Pershing, dated March 31, reported ' the situation in nortbera France as improved. . ; A report also was received from Maj.-Gen. Bliss. It wm dated March 31 and said: "North of the Somme the situation is unchanged. South' of the Somme the enemy on the afternoon of the 30th attacked from Lalute to Mont Reinaud on a front of sixty kilometres. The ground gained by the enemy in these attacks is reported by the French to be insignificant and his losses enormous. This morn ing (March 31) the French, by coutner-attacks regained La Mon chel and Asson Villers. Elsewhere the situation waa unchanged." Up to late this afternoon the war department had not been advised by Gen. Pershing of the movements of American troops' toward the battle front reported in press dispatches, Maj.-Geru March, acting chief of staff, said. . "v A French joflicial estimate of the German losses in the great battle on the western front puts their total casualties at between 275,000 and 300,000 men. The Germans are sending most ef their wounded to Belgium, it is declared, to conceal from the Gorman people their heavy sacrifices. It has been possible to identify, the dispatch says, nearly 100 German divisions, more than ten of which were twice engaged. Some of the divisions, it is declared, had to be relieved at the end of the first day after losing more than half their men. - . ; IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY ON jTALIAN FRONT Commander Third Army Con Nfers Medal for. Valor on Brit lsb and U. S. Officers, I ' Malign Army Headquarter Sir' Northern Italy, Sunday, March 31. (By the Associated Press.) An Impressive military ceremony took place at Italian army headquarters today when the Duke of Aosta. commanding the Italian third army, holding the Piav front, con ferred the medal for valor on Gen. Delma Radoliffe, of the British army, and three, American Red Cross officers. The Ameriosns honored were Maj. Guy Lowell, chief of the American ambulance ssrvice In Italy) Capt. Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, Md., and Capt. Blakeatono Wilkin. The ceremony waa held on a vast plain near the riave river, where li. WHl Infantryman, cavalrymen and ar llllarvrncti were assembled, Tho duke also gnve the Americans, as a per aonal souvenir the I bird army, en a moled crosses Ing bis name, of the house of Havn. The citations elate Hint Mai. Lowell, during no aerial bombardment ft I'lidim, careless of his own peril, di rected operations calmly. t'apl. Carroll Is cited aa having ad vanced to the foivvsrd Clave line un lr heuvv Hie. and t'atil. Wilkin for having given assistance lo the wounded during n bonilun dmeiit. SAYS ARREST IS RESULT OF BUSINESS JEALOUSY 1.0 Angeles. April 1 Harry Hro bipkl, iirexlileiit of Ihe hoard of trus tee of Itedondo Uracil, surrendered toilny to nrtlvra of the (Hull let attor ney olllce, who said they were In structed to bold bun by New Yoik sullioiltie. Mrolaskl said hi aire! was the re suit of hiialne Jealousy and politltrtl enmity. Hrolnxkl's Indictment and that of Jcnnlna-a followed an lneligs(lon by Mr Marlon K. 'link, of Hie state In dutrlal cnninil"loii, Into the methods of the atandntd Mm Industries in sell liiK stock. Sold Stock Over Country, Kllot Norton, a prominent New York lawyer; Meul, Anthony lree. Jr.. and Chlllp f. Mills, were said to have been directors of Ihe Maiul.ird Kllui concern. Jtim'--!, It is scld. a a stock promoter.' oitranlned the rom pany In October, litis, and sold thou sand of shares of stock all over th. country on representation thai n was to aupply another creation of his own. the Carsaon Theatre conn any. with weekly film, according I" Mr Clark. None of. the theatre, she savs. were built, and the prnmlsn of a wok!v out put of ?.0 00i feet of film by the fac tory was Impossible of accomplish. ment and Intended to deceive Invest or. Many of th" latter. In poor cir cumstance, she M sre clamoring fur money they nent the concern which a few itnv ago was di.postwswd from It New Vork headquarters for non payment of lent. GERMANY PROTESTS AGAINSTRED GUARDS lindoii. April I. - tiertnany ha pre) tested to the ltu-ian government sgalnat the continuation of the move ment of the red guard foree from Ito.hla Into I inland ' sld aska the withdrawal of such r! guard detach ment a hies passed the frontier, ac cording to a trelee dispatch front Merlin today. The puBUhmrnt Of the "guilty" In this connexion Is asked, as well a preventive measure for h future. Germany will take the necrry me,ur herself tf the HiiHian government la "not able lo fulfill It nhli gallons" in hi ra-evt. the ltu-ioin authorities are liifoiuteU. Don't Jorget , Our AlHesNeedlTfccat. V' SAVE I:'.. PRIPP. TURCC rCWTO Otnnn Br Cvnu Casta a Week. ATTACK ENEMY PERSISTS ALONG LUCE AND AYRE VALLEYS However, Attempts to Advance 1 Make Little Progress, Lon don Officially Reports. ATTACKS NEAR ALBERT Twice Repulsed by Valiant Tommies. Over Hundred Machine Ouni Taken in Local Operation Near Serre. London, April 1. The Germans made two at tacks on British posi tions in the western out skirts of Albert last eve ning, and in both cases were repulsed, the war oflice announces. South of the Somme enemy persisted in his attempts to advance along the Luce and Avre valleys, but made little progress.' The number of ma chine guns taken by the , British in their attack near Serre on Saturday was 109. following Is the official romraunlen. tloh: "The enemy twice atti.keU our p- sltiona In the western outskirts of AN b rt yesterday evening. Both attacks were repulsed. "South of the "orarae the enemy Is persisting In hie attempt to advaao along the valleys of the rtera Luce and Avre. tut has maJe little prof rrss. Attacks and. eounter-attaekg followed earn other la thle sector throughout yesterday afVmoon and evening with varying s iccesa. tad tfce . "gating la ei.t4 t continue. In the local operation. In tha neigh v borhood of Herre, which waa report el , In yesterday morning' cosamnalu. . th total nutnbr of mae! guna. tkn waa .01. WOMAN WHO MAO ROLI H j"- passion rt-Ar to wto t hkago. April I. A marriage Been a ImuvI here today Id Lotfcer tovv. of HouaiiMi, Ts.. an lUrve .Majer. ekn : piae the part of Mary Magdatoae v ih. rMca rtay at OKrinnfil taj tle, Thslr s s re gtve M aaj 2A rectiv-ly , 'i' ,t i X i f! i i N