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HAIG SWEEPS FORWARD
NORTH OF VIMY RIDGE;
GERMANS IN RAO PLIGHT
British Guns Literally
Blasting Path
Thru Lines
EAGER INFANTRY
SWEEPS INTO GAPS
Advance Carried Out
In Face of Severe
* Storms
LONDON. April 12.—F0«ltf
Marshal Haig today jammed hit
farces still further north of
% Vimy Ridge
“Early this morning,*’ hs re
ported. ’’we captured two Im
portant positions of the enemy
lines to the north of Vimy
Ridge. Astride the river at
Couchex a number of the enemy
were taken prisoner."
“Two hostile attacks against
our new positions at the north,
ern end of Vimy Ridge were
driven off by machine gun fire
which inflicted heavy losses on
the Germans
“We made some progress on
the Scarps river.’’
LONDON. April 12 —Stumbling
forward otor slippery hummocks or
sticky mud holt s in the most wintry
A;»rll weather France hat* ever
known, British troops were never
theless rammlnc their line further
and further forward against tlir
Cornjans today.
The most desperate of the bitter
fighting that la marking the great
push was apparently centering to
day north and south of the Arrn»-
< atnbral high road At Monchy-Le-
Freux (to the north) and around
Rullecourt (to the south) the Brit
ish have thrust forward two for
midable wedges. Today they were
bringing enormous pressure to bear
on the aides of these wedges to
sweep the foe out of the Interven
Ing ground. It was, again* t both
these wedges also that German
treops were being thrown In con
slant counter attacks. The Germans
apparently realised the danger in
the wedge and sweeping arm tac
tics under way by Field Marshal
Haig One source of great pride
It. England today Is the tremendous
successes so far achieved in the
drive, was the extraordinary perfec
lion of the British communloath n
and supply services. Front die
patches agreed that despite unpre
redented snows, high winds and
bitter cold weather, the troops even
In the sections of their moat spaedy
advance, had not out-distanced the
supply transport.
No army In the history of wars
has expended such a supply of an
munition In Its fighting as the Brit
ish army has been expending In th»
big offensive.
Gen Haig’s men are literally
blasting their way forward.
Every battle front report agTees
or the utter havoc created by the
concentrated British Are
Dispatches today Indicated tie
Germans were desperately dralnlna
other sections of the line In mass
ing reserves to oppose further ad
vance* by the British
« 11 > i n
Os the West Point graduates who
served In the Glvll war. one fifth
were killed In battle, while one half
were wounded.
SAY STATE
MUST RAISE
MORE FOOD
I , [
Sleeper Holds Farm
Preparedness
SITUATION
HELD SERIOUS
Nation Menaced By
Actual Famine Unless
Men Till Soil
LANDING, April 12. —Farmers and
business men from practically every
section of the state are here. In re
sponse to invitations extendel by
Gov Sleeper, to confer relative to
the methods to be pursued to atim
ulate interest In farm production as
one of Michigan’s most important
war measures.
The conference opened in the
latnalng Chamber of Commerce
building and was presided over by
Gov. Sleeper, who declared the peo
ple did not realise how serious la
the food situation, not only In the
I’nlted States, but more directly
right here at home. Ha said the
best war help the people can give
now Is to plan carefully to plant
every foot of available land, and
that In order that the Important
work may proceed uninterruptedly,
a farm advisory board should be es
tablished to supervise and encour
age the farm seeding.
Plans outlined at the conference,
which in all probability will be
adopted, embody:
A fa-m advisory board to work
for a large acreage of crop*.
Careful saving on every hand to
make the old stock on hand go as
far as possible until the new crops
are harvested
Curtailment of expenditures, both
by the Individual and the state, ex
cept to meet actual needs
Bneouragemental laboring men to
go Ink k to the farms lo aid in plant
ing and harvesting the crops
Cut off all stale and county work
wherever possible to turn back to
the farms thousands of workers who
would be otherwise employed In
labor that can be dispensed with
temporarily.
Already, the state has made a
start in carrying out tome of these
plana and as soon na the farm ad
vlaory board la organised, n con
certed action will be Inaugurated to
■tart the whole farm preparedness
machinery.
James Hammell, of iNUislng. state
factory Inspector, was the first
farm preparedness missionary sent
out. and he la now in Jackson mak
Inga survey of the labor situation
with a view to Induslng workers to
leave the city for the farms. He
will visit Battle Creek. Grand Rap
id* and Saginaw on the same mla
afto*
Mammell will put the question
eqnarely up to tb« worker*—go
DETROIT TIMES
Loading a 3-Inch Gun to Shoot gpwn a Submarine
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This ta a crew at work loading t.hfi —♦ - k . , javy. .Every
iti.n en'theae naval auxiliaries is being drilled in*gun efficiency, and are rapidly getting Into shape 10 be ready
for submarines.
back to the (arms or take a chance
on going hungry n»xl year
James N. Mcßride, state market
director, haa been charged with the
duty ot seeing that there Is a coun
ty farm agent engaged for every
county In the state. Already, he
has laid his lines and la at work
encouraging boards of supervisors
to at their May meeting put experi
enced tarai men at work showing
others how to raise a bounteful
crop
"The people do not know Just how
serious the situation Is." said Mc-
Bride. ’’Foi months we have been
scraping the grain bins, figuratively
speaking and the meat situation Is
no better. There is no fodder and
consequently the stock la going to
the market thts year instead of next.
"There must be more crops, then,
nroduced this year to help out on
what will be a very short meat mar
ket next year.
“The whole thing In a nut shell la
the farmers must have the labor
with which to work the farm*. If
they cannot get labor, and If labor
positively refuses to go to the
farms, then these farm board con
ferences will amount to very little.
We must all work together to in
dure labor to take its place at the
plow.
“We can do more for Europe and
for ourselves If we do not send a
man to the battle front but Instead
send a small army back to the
farms."
Plans that will be discussed also
embody provisions for directing the
marketing and distribution of the
crops ioltowlng the harvest. If nec
essary. Isws should be enacted. It
is Maid, giving the market director
almost dictatorial powers as to bus
baud ins foodstuffs for home con
sumption. •
CLUB COOK IS
HELD AS PLOTTER
Andrew Rosenberger Taken In
Chicago As Spy
Suspect
CHICAGO. April 12—Andrew J.
Rosenberger, cook at the exclusive
Saddle k Cycle club, la missing to
day. following bis arrest by govern
ment agents. He joined the colony
of spy suspects held "somewhere,
after a grilling in the office of Hin
ton O Clabaugh. department of Jua
ttce Investigator
When arrested Roaenberger boast
ed that he had held the lives of
chtb members In hi* hsnds for
months, but he denied any connec
tion with German spy activities
THURSDAY. APRIL 12. 1917.
WILSON IS
FIRM ON
DRAFT BILL
Will Accept No Sub
stitute He
Says
WILL GO TO MAT
WITH OPPONENTS
Early Vote In Congress
Urged By Presi
dent
WASHINGTON. April 12—Presi
dent Wilson Is determined to accept
no compromise on the administra
tion conscription bill which has
aroused active opposition in the
lower house of congress.
The president yesterday visited
the capital for the purpose of sound
ing out sentiment among member*
of congress and urged upon party
leader* the necessity for immediate
action on the war measures
It Is the purpoee of the support
ers of the administration to rush
the conscription bill to a vote before
further opposition develops
Opponents of the bill contend that
a call for volunteer* should be le
aned before resort 1* had to com
pulsory service.
The administrations |7,i)oo.<hM>,-
000 loan bill providing for a bond
Issue to finance the allies and to
carry on the war on behalf of the
United States via favorably re
ported to the house by the wa>* and
means committee ye*terdi»y. Its pas
sage la expected Friday
HINT 6ERMANY
SEEKS PEACE
Copenhagen Rumor Tells* of
Overture* To
America
OOPKNHAGEN. April 12—A re
port was current in official circles
here today that the German foreign
office ta making overtures to the
1 nlted Stats*, looking toward the
possibility of pence negotiation*.
LLOYD-GEORGE TO
SPEAK AT WAR
CELEBRATION
LONDON. April 12— Premier
I.loyd-George was scheduled to
make his first speech since Amer
ica's entrance into t£e war today.
He wan a guest of the American
Luncheon club at a special function
planned to celebrate Joining of the
United States with the Allies
American Ambassador Walter
Hines Page presided at the
luncheon.
BRAZILIANS
DEMANO WAR
People Insistent On Open Hos
tilities; German Houses
Attacked
RIO DE JANEIRO. April 12.
—The steamer Garonne- arriv
ing today, reported sighting a
German r*ider south-bound off
Montevideo
fry h. n. robertsos
(Staff Corrrtpnndent L’nited Prr**.)
RIO DE JANEIRO. April 12—Sc
rlcua outbreaks in Sao Paulo marked
the continued public tnslstancs cn
war with Oerniany today. The pr«v
ponenfs of war attached houses of
German born residents of Bao Paulo
and reserves of police were called
out. Reports recehed here earl/
today asserted a number of etti
:cns had been killed and wounded
to resisting the guards
A break wtth Austria was mo
msntarlly expected today. German
Minister Paoll* *£<l his staff. w|;h
all Oerrnsn consul*, will l>e Iran''
ported to Christiania on the steam
er Rio de Janeiro leaving here
April 11. according to formal an
nouncement today. A number of
high sources were authority for th<
statement today that before the
Germans departure Brazil's rupture
of diplomatic relations would be ex
tended to include Germany’s fore
moat ally
The Brasilian populace la crying
for war with an Insistence that the
government will apparently b* able
♦o withstand only temporarily In
flammatory speakers drew enormou.**
c«-owda In the various parks and
on the city streets; patriotism Is
at a high pitch
To fire a single shot from a 1A-
Itu h rifle costs more than enontrh
to pay the wage* of a private sol
dier in the regular army for five
lor.g years
LINE OF ARMED CARGO BOATS, SPACEH
THREE MILES APART, TO BRIDGE OCEAH
HUGE FLEET ALREADY BEING MIU
TO APPEAL
DECISION
ON PROBE
Jasnowski Will Try to*
Block RecordtV's
Grand Jury
“CIRCUIT COURT
PROPER TRIBUNAL”
Prosecuting Attorney Jasnowskl
Is preparing to appeal to the state
supreme court in an effort to over
throw the dectsion handl'd down
Wednesday by Judge Connolly,
drnytng Jasnowski’s petition to the
recorder to have him vacate the
order by which he summoned a
grand Jury for the investigation of
the affairs of the city department of
buildings, board of education, and
other public matters.
Jaanowski Insisted that the cir
cuit court is the proper tribunal to
conduct such an investigation. Aid.
Oeorge W. Ross, of ihe Eighth
ward, thru Attorney James oPunct.
petitioned the recorder for the
probe. Ignoring the prosecutor.
In refusing to vacate his order.
Judge Connolly stated that he had
determined he was acting bo*h
within the law and in deference to
public policy. He cited several de
cisions showing that the recorder*!
court has full grand Jury powers.
Commenting on the manner In
which some public affairs in Detroit
have been conducted. Judge Con
nolly states in his decision:
"The gravity of the charges con
tained in the petition of Cltljen
Ross, as well ss the gravity of
many other matters which have
been brought to rhe attention of
the recorder as a member of the
city eelctlon commission with r-rs
erence to fraada in the Augiirt,
I*l6. primary, and fraudulent reg
iteration preliminary to the No
vember election of 1916, compel me
to believe that a persistent policy
of official Inertia with reference
thereto is not commendable, and
that upon the presentation of a
proper petition It is the duty of the
court at least to make some effort
tc ferret ou* ami have brought to
Justice thru the medium of a grand
Jury the perpetrators of crimes If
any have been committed against
the state laws within the city lint
it. of Detroit.**
Judge Connolly amended his orlg
-I*l*l order as It applies to the turn
montng of talesmen. At first hf
called for |f>o. and the names
drawn and are now locked in the
recorder's court safe. In delving
more deeply into the law. the Judge
discovered a statute which provides
that the recorder’s court shall be
governed in the urns manner as
the circuit court in prosecution cf
offenses arising under the laws cf
the state.
To make hia call conform to the
requirements of the circuit court
in such cases. Judge Connolly or
dered that ISO talesmen be drawn
within five day*.
STATE DRY
BILLS ARE
UNDERFIRE
Senate May Rebuild
Vv hole Structure df
Legislation
DAMANPUTS
OVER COUP
LANSING. April 12.—Members of
the Michigan senate, figuratively
garbed In the paint and feathers of
the historic Aborigines, have gone
after the house liquor program of
legislation with tomahawk and flint
lock. and there may be only a
semblance of the house's three
r.ionth*' liquor work left when they
have completed their carefully laid
plans
Senators Wood and Tripp led In
the savage attacks on the Wilry
house bill, which was considered in
special order Wednesday afternoon,
with Wood offering a substitute for
the entire subject matter In the
Wiley measure
The Wood substitute, the Da in on
dry bill, and the bill to en
force the dry legislation *ere sd
for special order Thursday aftc*.
noon. Wood was invited to the
home of Senator Foster at night to
explain his substitute bill that xi\
the knotty wrinkles could be eas
ily Ironed out at the next session.
Damon, noting the absent of
Wood, called hi* bill from special
order to committee of the whole
and had It rushed thru to thirl
reading In spite of the protests of
Senatof Deland who said action
(( obMbmml on r««» I'os. »
SPAIN IN CRISIS
WITH BRITAIN
Ambtussador K\ pellet! From
Country. Sa> dis
patches
BUENOS AIRES. April I.’ Indi
cations of a serious crlai between
England and Spain were contained
In Madrid dispatches received here
today. They as/erted that the Brit
ish ambassador at Madrid had been
sent to the frontier on a special
train. DelMpfie denial of the for
eign minister It was said Spain was
expelling him because of suspicion
that he was fomenting revolution
ary plots against the monarchy.
Reports of German IT boats and
raiders were revived by the sink
ing of an Argentine sailing vessel
off the Brazilian coast. Report•»
received here did not specify tne
vessel’s name, or whether she wn*
sunk in a wreck, by a raider, or by
a submarine.
Htmra rowr Ktltl.v
Everybody 1* getting wise to th<*»s
"Bargain Mstlnee*" at the Mites the-
Hter F‘>ur hours nf vaudeville and
feature ph»t«*t*laya. All for one ad
mission. I*c and 2Sc. 1)1* to S 3®,
i - Adv.
NOON
IN DETROIT: ONI GBIM
Thousands Will ng
Completed WttUwV
18 Months
WILL BE RUNNUW
BY NOVEMBMI
Will Be Produced M
Rate of Three wall
f»ay Thereafter-
BY ROBERT J. RBSDRR *
(fitatf Correspondent Vwttgtf
WASHINGTON, April 11.~9|
Amafh Germany s t'boat biockl^H
the Cnited States will
i>r;dg*- the Atlantic Plana for
((instruction of 3 000 small
ships The most tremendous
chant ship building program
undertaken-have b»en compleftiH
and approved by the president.
boats will be used to transport fl||B
and supplies to Entente port*. »
This is America’s answer fll
I lord George B appeal W
The ultimate success of the jfl
lied cause depends in my judgmagfl
on our solving the 'onnage dttMjH
ties with which we are
The government shipping boaftfl
has sent out a call for ISO,OOO twgfl
tw’rmen and wood workera to bagfcH
the task at once ■
Congress has authorised tSO.OMfcfl
f>oo to start the program and adfl|
bo asked for s.‘too Otiu.OOO mors. 1
The first T hru «htp* are to !■
completed within 18 months. sdfl
immediately thereafter 2 000 mordfl
will be ordered. Each vessel *flS
be of 3,000 tona with a speed of
knots
It is the purpose to run 'hem flfl
such fashion that they will
fute s verltsble pontoon brtdflfl
across the sea—one boat evsfjfl
three miles The tremendous nano
her Is expected to exhaust the aom
viiliant efforts to C-boat commaM j
ders to cut off Buppliss from* EhMffl
land and France
Work on wave for the ahlps hat
already begun at Jacksonville. Floe*,J
Ida; Beaumont, Tei., and a half*
dozen other points. jj
President Gompera of the A mart* j
can Federation of Ijtbor. has promhj
ised all co-operation In supplying
Dbor. Complete mobilization of in*,
dustry In putting the scheme fhftpj
has been announced. j
'Each ship ia to be manned by a
trained gun crew and equipped wltlk
antisubmarine guns and wirefeag. ‘1
Commencing Nov. I, thres ships a j
day will sail into service.
U BOATS WORK
IN PACIFIC
RAN* FRANCISCO, April
That C boats are operating, or aiV
about to operate in tha Pacltc. was
the warning flashed to all v*«oHg|-’
at aea today by the naval radMgj
stations on the F*aciflc mast. follow**
ing the receipt of a warning to tfcg£
effect from the navy dep*j tmsot ag
Washington. i
The rranco-Pruasian war coat Idk
b, lligeren;s S.T IS.ooq.noo and 31 bdflg
kJled and wounded out of a totfl
of 1,713.0*0 men engaged M
rr\ m lUg fIRM
u ,i. T'»'« i*s r> **»'—