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THE CHATTANOOGA NE ASSOCIATED PRESS -NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION IiAWRENCE LETTERS ws READ CLASSIFIED ADS. IN THE NEWS HAVE YOU ; bought liberty bonds? VOL. XXX. NO. 240 LATE EDITION CHATTANOOGA, TENW; F1UDAY EVENING, APRIL -12, 1918. PRICE: THREE CENTS ftSTiS MS . Germans Fail to Take Crest of Messine.s Ricige BRITISH CHECK ADVANCE OF ENEMY ON BETHDNE Failing to Dislodge Valiant Foe with Seventeen Divisions in Hollebreke Givenchy Sector. Enemy Turns Westward in Direction of Bailleul, Important Railway Center. London, , April 12. The London evening newspapers In reviewing the situation on the western front, state that In the Wytschaete re gion the Germans failed to gain the crest of the ridge. The Ger mans have taken the village of M engines, while the British are holding the outskirts. Attacks on Wytschaete and the Jessines ridge failed, the Germans losing heavily in their aitack. At least thirteen divisions are v engaged on ' the German side on the front from Hollebeke to Givenchy. The reviewers point out that the Germans, checked In their ad vance toward Bcthune, have turned westward with the Idea of developing a success In the di 51 Names on Today's Casualty Lis!; Some Officers Among Wounded: ' Increased Activity Indicated Washington, April 12. Tclay's cas ualty list contains' fifty-one' names, five of them killed In action, three died of wounds, two died of accident, six died of disease, four wounded se verely, 28 wounded slightly and. three missing in action. The three missing were Lieuts. Robert H. Jeffrey, Samuel Miller and Abraham Strauss. Among the wounded slightly were Capts. Marvin Cappel and Woodrow Woodrldge, and Lieut. Wm. J. Mlehe. The list follows: 1 Killed in Aeticn. SERGEANT. Lillard K Allor. CORPORAL. Jesse N. Martin. PRIVATES. Win. C. King. Chas. N. Lobb. Stanley Mauck. Died of Wounds. PRIVATES. Wm. J. B. Guthrie. R. J. McLean. War-low Whoroskl. Died of Disease. PRIVATES. Hnry Davis. . It. Linstedt. , Willie Gordon. James LongetU Anton Khchov. Daniel Monroe. LARGEST U-BOAT AT AFRICAN PORT Washington, April 12. A Gar man submarine of the largest sea going type on April 10 appeared in the port of Monrovia, the cap ital of Liberia, on the west coast of Africa, and bombarded the wire less and cable stations there, the state department has been informed in an official dispatch. NO WORD OF LANDING UNITED STATES MARINES Additional American Forces Expected to Reassure Rus sian Government. Washington, April 12. No word of the landing of American marines at Vladivostok to aid Briti-h and Japa nese forces already there was told In press dispatches that reached the state or navy departments early today. The addition of American forces Is expected to reassure Russian govern ment officials, who for a time atfer the Japancso landed appeared inclined to lielicve Japuu planned an Invasion of Siberia. Jt was believed this would tmphnsize that action taken is purely of a local character. i Press dispatches from Moscow hare snid that bolshevikl officials were not so fearful now as at first that the In cident would lead to an advance into Siberia. ' Officials would not say today whether instructions had been Issued to the commander of the American Asiatic fleet to land marines in co-operation with the Japanese and British if American interests were endangered. BRILLIANT FEAT OF GEN. 8ANDOMAN CAREY London. April 12. C.cn. San doman Carry, who. In the word.i of Premier Lloyd George, ac compllshed one of the mobt bril liant feats In the history of the British army by holding the pap between the third and fifth army In the first days f the German Now In llcardy with a hastily organized nondescript force. "is 61 years old. He la a member of one of the lst known families in Guernsey and I a son of Rev. Tuppcr Carey. tUn. Carey was educated In the Winchester public school nnd commanded a battery of field artillery In the South Afri can war. He was appointed a commander of the liath during 1 the present war. rection of Bailleul. which Is an important railway center, and Hazebrouck, about fourteen miles west of Arnientieres. Thev point out that the enemy Is now within . short distance of Bailleul, and that this advance In the Ol.-ection of Sazebrouch has. taken him rather more than half wav there from his original starting point. ' The enemy's . flank in the di rection of Bethune and the re maining coal area of northern , France is a comparatively broad one, making It apnear that he may intend, if c'.i lied westward, to renew his pressure southward. On the- other hand it is pointed out that the enemy is advancing over a flat, intricate, country and has not yet. obtained a foothold on any of the hills. Died of Accident. PRIVATES. Ben. P. Gregory. John E. Sangster. Wounded Severely. SERGEANT. Leo F.'Moquln. PRIVATES. F. X. Murphy. Joseph T. Ryan James P. Scott. Wounded Slightly. CAPTAINS. . W. Woodbridge. Marvin Cappel. LIEUTENANT. Wm. J. Mlehe. SERGEANTS. Bannie Bendettt. Victor Mullcr. Joa. Gottlieb. Russell Slsemore. CORPORAL. : ' . ,S vtumQ1 C. Chiaholm. - V MUSICIAN. Albert Iver Coleman. PRIVATES. ' Phillip Beaudreau, Samuel Curlone. Arthur H. Beck. Jay A. Decator. Frank Bazek, V. F. Deveraux. Edward E. Jarek. Geo. M. McGrath. John Millla. Grover Carlson. Frank Cavarra, iames P. Conlan Charles Pike. Alfred Schneider. German H. Witts. Francis H. Moreau ri. W. Segerstrum. Norman E. Paden. Jas. A. Solsten. Missing in Action, LIEUTENANTS. Robert II. Jeffrey. Abraham Strauss. Samuel Miller. LABOR'S PART IN WAR DISCUSSED Washington, April 12. Discussion of labor's part In the promotion of the war was resumed In the senste today when Senator Mollis, of New Hampshire, said that flamuel Gom pers. president of the American Federa tion of Labor, opposed any legislation that would prevent peaceful strikes, and to the passage of the bill now- pending, providing punishment for Interfering Uh the manufacture of war materials, unless a provision was Included eiemptlitg labor strikes. The senate yesterday rejected a conference report of the retention of a house amendment of that nature to the bill. After the discussion, Senator Jones, of Washington, made a motion that the senate, reconsider Its rejection of the con ference report and asked the house to return the bill. The motion was rejected S5 to 2. The vote sgalnst adoption of the conference report yesterday was 34 to 25. CHANGES OF CONTEMPT AGAINST C0MMISIS0NERS Memphis. April 12. Charges of con tempt of court sgalnst W. T. Mclain, Leo Goodman and C. B. Qulnn, mem bers of the Memphis city commission, were dismissed in chancery court here today and a temporary Injunction re straining membera of the municipal commission from removing George H. Blackwcll. another commissioner, from office, was dissolved by a ruling made by Chancellor Israel Peres, who held that the orbrlnnl restraining order was Issued .without proper Jurisdiction. Mcljiln. Goodman and Qulnn. the ma jority of the commission, voted to oust Tilackwell at a meeting of the com mission lust week after the restrain ing order was Issued, and as a result ware cited on charges of contempt of court. The charge against Plnckwell was that he was Ineligible to hold office because of certain property require ments of the cltv rharter. ISSUES FIRMLY FIXED Overman to Insist on Passage of Bill Unchanged. Washington. April 12. Issues In the srnute contest over granting author ity to the item lent in the Overman till to remannize government depart ment for r purposes wer- flrmlv (lxe.1 tol.iv when Senator Ovfrmen. of North Carolina. In charge of themeas lire, declared he would Insist upon Us ps'SJire without amendment. Senate delate on the measure was continued todsv. .ivr vl ft II II 111; V v m A Douglas Fairbanks and tome of the other movie stars poaed for this tableau showing the kaiser being knocked out by liberty bonds. We wouldn't name the fel BOCHES SEEKING TO WIDEN DRIVE London todav report fighting along a line near Mervllle, which la about 12 miles weBt of Armcntleres. This is the farthest point reached by the Hun and the situation Is said to bo well In hand. The evident object is to turn the Tpres position and drive for Ca lais. A bitter attempt was mode to do this, in out lauuie w - tui ucu. A A I Fire on Paris Long-Range Mystery Gun Renews Bombardment of French Capital. Paris. April 12. The Germans renewed thie morning the bom bardment of Paris with their long range guns. BERLIN REPORTS DUELS ON PICARDY FRONT Berlin, April 11, via London, April 12. In reference to the equ ation on the Picardy battle front the official statement from German headquarters today aaysi On the battle front on both sides of the Somme and on the eouthern bank of the Oise the fighting ae tivity wae limited to artillery duels and minor infantry operations." TELLS THE BEST WAY FOR ALLIES TO WIN THE WAR Liverpool Official Saya Keep Bombing Germany Until She Cries "Enough." Liverpool. April 12. "The way to win the war Is to keep on bombing Germany until she cries enough." writes a Liverpool army 6fflcer from the front in a letter to hta home news paper. "You at home," he idds, "do not re alize how great is the air superiorly of the slliea on the went front. The means of finishing off the camrairn Is to create auch ai feeling In the Ger man towns ilmt thp population will rise and demand the ending of the war. I know Certnany well, and the bullies are real cowards a', home. I believe that most of the German sol dlera are sick of Ightlng and when they find out how much more rffrc tlvely we are alrra.dln- than thry: then will coiue tie finish. "1 notice that in a raid on !yndon recrntly, ststen hnmh ere dropped. Ito you realize that In our sir report 'on Tuepday night It was abated thst we had dropp V over TOO bombs? Hna Innd has iWn slow in starting, but she Is golnr to tx terribly effective In the air. and from what I l.esr, the Americana are resently rnlng to give us all a wonderful demonstration of how alr-rai'1in shonUl he done. "Rulhlrssficus 'm the onlv thing a German appreciate and fears, and the Americans are planning to show It to him. . aSsslTmB5l'lwr,-,l, f jvti?ff Jt3 . NAMTCUJl . BING! KAISER KNOCKED OUT WITH LIBERTY HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOURS? THEN BUY MORE! GET BUSY! ON mm low who acted the part of the kaiser. It would be too mean. Anyhow ho refused, and said he'd quit first, and only after long ar gument was prevailed upon to MERVItLE CAPTURED BY GERMANS COUNTER-BLOW OF BRITISH SUCCEEDS Positions North of Festubert, Into Which Enemy jHad Fojrced Entrance, Kegained Hpstil Thrusts Between Loisne and Lawe River Repulsed. London, April 12. Attacking yesterday in the neighborhood of Ploegsteert, the Germane preesed back the British to the vicinity of Nueve Egliae, it ia announoed of ficially Last night the Germans cap tured Merville. Heavy fighting is continuing in the neighborhood of Merville and Neuf Berquin, On the remainder of the north ern battle front there ie little , change. North of Festubert, the British regained ground' by a counter-attack. On the front be tween Loisne and the Lawe river German attacks were repulsed. The announcement follows: "Severe and continuous fighting took place lust nlghl In the neighbor hood of Mi rvlllc and Neuf Beruuln. In both of which localities the enemy Is continuing his pressure and has mmlr progress. Merville was captured by the enemy during tho night. "Attacks made by tho enemy yester day in the neighborhood of 1'loeg I cert succeeded, after heavy fighting, NAVAL PATROL BOAT DRIVEN AGROUND Washington April 12. A small naval patrol boat waa driven aground In home waters by ysterd.v's storm, the navy department nnnouncid to day. Kfforts to refloat her arc In progress, and It. Is certain tl at the bout will be an veil. No lives were lost. AVIATOR FALLS 200 FEETTGHIS DEATH IiUk ' Charles. Ia.. April 12. Me chanic Mcrvln ( Grover, of Hlsiniuk, K. 1 was killed near Gerstner file late yesterday, wh n the machine In which he was flying with Lieut. Join Kennedy, fell from u height of 20 feet, camp aulhoi itfea anruunred to day. Kennedy whs uninjured. F.nrlt-r repurtfl of the accident gave the vie tlm'a name as Grovenor of Indlnna. thirtyTnchefsnow in shenandoah valley Hoanoke. Va.. April 12.-Thlrty Inches of snow covers the tracks of the Norfolk A- Western railroad at points In the Shenandoah valley. Traf fic has been coimldeial-ly Impeded and nil snow plow the company posses have Ix-en sen to the section between Vesuvius and Hnifertown. The snow, fall ranges from tour to thirty Inch's, according to mi singes received at the railroad headquarters here. t COLD, SAYS BILLY 'POSSUM I'm glud the cold fiHS done no harm Hi: 'I peaches still do ding, for there no quality I know thst can more romfort l.rli.g; I'm glad the Kind kept blowing. bo the front could not alight, for when a peach la bitten. ell. ah surely Is some alght. The weather? Fair and continued cold tonleht with alight fiost. Saturday fair and pleasant. fV, . r i : " .v I take the part. Somebody had to take it. Death ia taking him and atan ia looking en with a grin t the chance of really getting to gether with his aide partner. Jus- lr pressing our troops buck to the neighborhood of Nouwe Kngtlsc, lo new positions. "On the remainder of the northern battle front the situation Is suhstHn tlnlly unchanged. A part of our po sition Into which tho cnomy forced his way north of Kealubert was re gained by a counter nttock. On the front between Lolsna and tlm 1-ttwo liver to tho north, hostile attacks have been repulsed. Fighting la con tinuing on tho whole front north of lahsssen canal as fur as HolUibeka." "South of Arms strong local attacks were made, by the enemy yrsterdny yesterday against our positions In the neighborhood of Nruvllle-Vltasse and were repulsed In each case. Further north the enemy succeeded, nfter prolonged fighting, In entering ono of our posts near Tllloy . I,e-Mofflnlnes, but lie at once was driven out and the post re-estHlillshed. "The hostile artillery has shown In creased activity astride the river Homme." DEVELOPMENT AIRCRAFT FACTORIES PLANNED Dublin. Feb. IK.-Thr development of aircraft factories and shipyards In Irn land this spring Is expected to open up a new Industrial era In many sections of the country. Ick of facilities for technical friilnliiR In the south of Ire. land has been a long-standing prob. lent which the new yards and factories Will help to solve. For the present, the business of nlr plane mnniifuctiite will bo carried on In existing buildings that are being placed nt the dlstmsul of the govern ment, but as rapidly as possible new fai torles of the most up-lo-dut type will be erected. Tim development Is not Intended to tie merely of tempo, rarv character. 'light stations and training depot which are being elected In various pails tit the Isliind are permanent structures, a It Is believed thst lie. land, from Its geographical position, will hnvm an Important share In ' the post-WMi commercial development of aviation. It will he tho. gateway for every attempt at trans-Atlantic flight, attempts which sro expected to fostered and em-out aged by the gov. ernments of liotli the I'nlted Statu and Gieut lirltain. Ship building will center In Dublin nrnl folk. F.fforls are bring mads to seruie a national shipyard for Dublin, which will alo be the site of thslsrg est of the iilrcrart factories, employing 1.000 skilled men and 2.000 glrla. The minimum wage paid to women wotk era In the aircraft factories. It la an nounce,!, will be 17 r.0 a week, which Is about three times the average waa paid to women at present, except In munition works. ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER KILLED AT KN0XV1LLE Special Agent of L. & N. Ry. Shoots When Clifford Lane Resists Arest. (Siieclal t" The Vewat Kiiosvlflr. f '1 I- fllTord Ijine. sn altered boot!erirrr was shot and killed here Krhhtv by Special Agent J. V. Fowle. of the U. A N railway, when he tealated arreat on a rharre of vto. latlnr the t.one drv Inw. Fowle wss releaard on a bond of HO.OoO BONDS! TO BERLIN!! ' nv JeV I v 1 Ma o 3 tice, represented by the girl, cornea into her own. Uncle Sam la back. Ing the fighting Sammy right upl There's where you come in, Mr. Stay-at-Homel Buy liberty bondel Buy morel On to Berlin! FIGHTING HEAVY NEAR HANGARD French Patrols Develop Activ ity in Sector Between Noyon and Canny-Sur-Matzu. Pane, April 12. Heavy artil lery fighting occurred last night in. the vicinity of Hangard-en-Santerre, on the front north of Montdidier, the war, office an nounces. The statement follows: "Tha artillery battle became rather violent during the night In the region of Hangnrd-en-Santerr. "French patrols developed activity In 1h sector between Noyon and f unny-Hur-alatxu. The French took a number of prisoners. "Spirited bombardments were car rled on In the regions of tho Olsa ennui and the forest of I'arrny. The French successfully raided the Ger man line near fhernlmy, north of tha Allelic, und west of Htitlo d Mrsnll, bringing back prisoners. On the remainder- of the front the night waa culm." GERMAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE DISSOLVED $30,000 in Treniury to Be Turned Over to American Red Orou at Once. rhllsilelplils. April 11 Tho erutlve rotnmlttea of the National German American allluner, st a speclsl meeting hers yeslsnlay, decided to dissolve tha ortiinlxatlnu Iminedlalnly, and Instructed lbs officers in turn over at once tn tha A tun lmn Ked ftnss the f.io.wio In tha treasury. Announcement of the disso lution waa made by K. A. M. Hrhnlli, of ltnltliiior, fcr tha nstlonnl body, end after an all-day meeting behind closed doors. II waa also s'sted that dissolu tion will become effort I ve tomorrow, When the eiecutlvs commutes will inset aasln to si't on certain flnanclst matters and ulillgstUitia that will hnv to he ad- Justed, The Hev. Xlenmund von lines, of Wll inliiKtim,. president of tha alliance, made a report of the condition tha allien,- finds llself In. and recommended that In vlow of public opinion with regard to the continued txlateiife of the oigauliatkm It be dlseolved. Osrman fret Agrtsi. All Geriiisn-lsnguaMa newspapers In tha I'nlted Hlalen, with three receptions. Mr. Von Itoese said, were also of tho opinion thst It waa best for tha alliance to end Its existence. N't act nf dialoysliy has been proven agslnat the National Carman-American aU'atire. Mr. Von lloaae aald. but as It bnd hren held leaponallila for actlona and iitleramea of Individuals and stste oriiaiilinriotx. ha felt Its usefulness wss about ended. In oimiiciidlng dissolution Mr. Von lioaae warned the members afalnat tha oilanUntlon under any other name, lie nld ha 1 1 ild the senate committee at Washington that be had always advo cated the trldcat loyalty of Its member lo the fulled Htstea. speaking for hlmaelf. Mr. Von lle aald he could never bring hlmaelf to con sent lo a ranipalan of hate. BRITISH AVIATORS DROP ' BOMBS ON LUXEHBERG Seven British Machines Are Missing, While Eight Enemy Planes Were Accounted For. London. Thura.biv. April 11 Hrttiah ailatoi ti.'t.iv dropped moir than a ton of l.o'iil.a on the enemy atdtlon at l.usemlieig. In reHitln on avtntion actiMtlee on the hnttle front Wednes day, the offli lul statement on aertal op erstlons shvs that right enemy airships ere a'coiinte tor and thst seven Kittish machine arc miming ENEMY POUNDING AVAY AT BRITISH ON NORTH FRONT Evacuation of Armentieres Not Cause for Distress From Mil-' itary Standpoint. SETTLED TO GRIM RACE Battle Must Be Considered as Whole to Gauge Losses. Operation Becomes Gold Prop osition of Which Side Can Kill Most Men Next Few Weeks. mmm- I I , With the British Army In France, Thursday, April 11. (Sy the As eooiated Prese.) Determined en- , emy attaeke eentlnued teday agalnat peinte ef stratsgieal value long the' new battle front nerth and eouth ef Armentieres, frem . which the ritieh have withdrawn, the Germane having pleeed it in a pocket by driving a wedge en either , aide of It. On the extreme right, tho Germans today were poudlng away airalnat the Itrltlah defrnaee at Qlvenchy. which baa chsnsd hand numerous time since the Initial enemy onslaught Tues day. North 6f Armentlerss, the Oer mans were allowing an equal desire to possess Messlnae rldtre and WyaN chaste, which aro dominating positions and which changed hand several time yesterday and laat night, .'he dormant got a footing In Mssslnee village and they were still there thla morning, but tho Hrltlsh wero clinging to tho west rldga and wero kaaeplnjr the enemy from Wystohaeta. Vmtn tho neighbor hood of Ptoogetaert tho enemy again charged forward and hard fighting wae in progress In thla aectloa lata today.' Huuth of Armentlorea tho enemy alao delivered violent assault. The British thla morning also made a eueoeesful oountnr-Ittack and forced tho enemy from Paradlci. aouthwest of Intrant. Thla la on tho front between talalres and Olvenchy. Reeking With Oaa Claude. Armentieres waa evacuated yesterday afternoon, but was still reeking today with clouds of poisonoua gaa and wae a moat Inhospitable place for ihe en emy. The Itrltlah withdrawal became necessary when the Uermarm In ' the north drova forward to tha vicinity of Ktoenwerck. bottling up the city. By their oprratlona the German had gradually thrust forward lines on either side of tha city towarda the weat until st noon yrster. ay, Armentieres lay at tha bottom of a sack-shaped salient whoso aldca were U.uoO yards long and whose mouth near Hteenwtrck waa only 3,000 yarda across. ' 1 The withdrawal does not mean as much from a military standpoint aa might appear from a first glance, but the (lermsns undoubtedly will make much of tha capture, for the moral af fect at home. Any Octrees over tha shsndonment of Armentieres le due mora to sentlmentsl than tactical rat. sons. In order to appreciate fully tha trend of the present fighting tho of fensive operations must bo viewed aa a whole, for they go 'o make up what undoubtedly Is the crucial conflict of, Ihe war. The loss-of a city hero or there, or the abandonment of five or ten miles of territory In any eeetor doea not mean dlaaster. , To M.l i Threat OoedT The battle baa got beyond such con sldcration- and has Battled down to a grim race to determine whether tha UeruiMii man-power la enough to make good tha threat to annihilate the Brit ish army and force lie capitulation. It' la a cold proposition of which aide can kill tha most men in Ihe next few weeks and at the aa.nr time And mora re cruits to fill the depleted ranks. The mist yesterdiy continued to favor the enemy and '. hamper the de fending gunners. It ass partly on ac count of thraa fogs that the Orrman progressed aa far aa they did above Armentieres. The situation hero today did not appear to be critical. The enemy yeaterday d.d not attack with the huge forces employed on other sec tors since tho opening of the offensive, although he uudou'bedly used mora men than were holding the Una at tacked. Mouth of ,rmen'i'ree tho British yes terday and last night continued to hold moat of their fronts satisfactorily. Tho rnnmy crossed the River Lawe and ob- . talned a footing In Iatrem, but waa quickly forced out again. Laat night a ronslderahle Oerman force crossed the river between Vlclla Chapelle and !trem. and once mora approached Lretrem, but again was thrust back. Germans Aeree Active, Throughout the day Orman avia tors did much flying at low heights and also wero active In bombing work along the battle lines. A rmail fore of Hrttiah bicycle corpa did brilliant work for a short tune on Tuesday, when the Portuguese wero forced back, and It waa neceaaary to reinforce the center of the alllra" battle Una below Armentleiea. Thla little body of troops waa thrown In and helJ on gallantly until the regular Infantry could b brought up. Ther" a especially bitter fighting aloi.g the La near Croix du lUe. where tha Germans crossed by aadtng. As thev worked In towarda the river from both flanks the Uiltiah held their fire and allowed the enemy to approach, tmce the Hermans were in tha river. Ih defenders opened a terrtilc fir and there waa a huge pile of bodka to the waterway before sone of th enemy auccKlU in gctUna acrosa