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SMASHING BLOWS OB BOTH SIDES OF
BIKER SCARPE HERALD EXTEHSIQN
OF FBANCO-BBITISH OFFENSIVE
Week To See Great
Events In West,
Is Promise
DRIVE AS YET ’
ONLY STARTED
Serious Disaster To
Teutons Confidently
Predicted
LONDON. April 23—Over a wide
* front oq both aides of the R;ver
v Scarpe, Field Marshal Hal* early
today rssumed Ihe Brftlah drive
with a tremendously forceful at
tack
“We attacked at dawn thla morn
in* on both banka of the Scarpe and
made satisfactory progress," he re
ported "South of the Rapaurm •
< ambral rods we captured the re
mainder of the vflla*e of Treecault
and durtn* the <il*bt sained the
greater part of the Havrlncourt
wood.
"The Scarpe attack waa over a
wide front.”
lx>ndon haJled Haig's report an
Indicative of resumption of the gen
eral British offensive While th*re
has been no abatement In the pres
sure around I>en* and on the Cam
hrai St. Quentin line durtn* the
past week, nevertheless It waa felt
here that tha Franco British atrate
*iral plana contemplated alter
nate amaahea in force between the
Hal* and Ntvelle armies While
the French army waa maklnx lla
terrific assault on the Solaaona-
Atiberlve front, the British aelied
the time to consolidate the position*
they won In the Brat smashing dr'v*
and durln* the week have more or
leas confined their offenalvln* to
smashing drives suddenly executed
nt scattered points.
• Now .however, weeordtwa M» mill •
tsry experts’ belief, the British
army has started Its concerted. aH
nlong the-front offensive, forclnx
Hindenburg to concentrate his re
rerve* In opposition and permitting
the French In turn to consolidate
ihelr positions, bring tip more gure.
and get a breathing spell.
The thrust along the Scarpe was
regarded as anew development In
tie Allied offerßve I* now
Beaching out foi-ce to
ward Douai. fXilay r statement did
not definitely locate exactly where
Haig’s Mow on both hanks of the
Scarpe was delivered, but it was
probably near Fampoux Famponx
to about eight miles southsest of
Douai
By mbs nr WOOD #
(|l«Ff Correspondent United Press 1
WITH THE FRENCH ARM 188
IN THE FlfflA April 23 —Germany
has Just gone thru the most disas
trous week for her In the history of
the war.
. Today, ob the seek * anniversary
of the great French drive, the
French army staff permits me to
aay that the coming seven days are
likely to unfold more clearly the na
ture of t|te Franca British offensive.
The fighting which *« now ta ore*
ress la of tremendously vital im
portance.
Since Monday a week ago when
the great French ' offensive began.
General Ntvelle’a forces have ac
complished this;
Capture of more than 100 guns
from the Germans
Taking ot lu.OOO GefftAlT pri*
oners
Retaking of 20 large village*—
not Including hamlet*
Retaking of about t*r square mites
of French territory.
Inflicted losses in killed, wounded
snd missing on the Germans con
servatively estimated at 100.000
Two great battles were raging to
day. One is along the Chemin dee
Dames—" The ladles’ Road” —dom
tnating Iwon and the plateau; the
other around Moronvillers heights,
dominating the Northern Cham
pagne plains.
Altbo the French attacks are
against the two strongest positions
held by the Germans on the entire
western front,’ General Nivelle's
men have already won strong foot
holds. Moreover they are enlarging
these footholds.
The fighting which was in prog
ress todsy supersedes In Importance
any actions on the entlr# western
front. At any moment newer and*
more important situations may be
created
While the German disaster of the
past week has been tremendous,
nevertheless the weeks fighting Is
only the first stage of an entire ac
tion planned by the French. The
Alsne t'hampagne front comprises
only one portion of the greet Fran
co-British offensive That offensive
now extends over at least 126 miles
Every operation undertaken on the
vast front Is Interrelated
BOMBS WRECK
BUILDINGS
IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, April 23labor
(roubles were believed today to
have been responsible for two bomb
explosions last night.
Seventy five guests In the New
Oarfleld hotel. on\ the south side,
were thrown from , their bods when
a bomb at the rear of the building
wrecked a row of stores on the first
floor. Michael J. Boyle, former bus
iness agent for the electrical work
ers' union, recently convicted of
conspiracy with 10 other men and
sentenced to the Bridewell for ore
year. Is one of the owners of the
hotel.
One man-was slightly hurt when
A bomb exploded la the basemen*
of a 12-story apartment building on
Sheridan rd Fielding Marshall, the
owner, said be had had trouble with
the Janitors’ union. '
EXPLOSION RENDS
WILHELMSHAVEN
AMSTERDAM. April 21. A tre
rnendoua explosion at WHbetms
haven Friday wrecked many build- (
tugs snd caused damage for miles
• round, according to reports reach
ing here today Wllhelmshaven Is
sa Important Oenn*n wavy ba«* j
DETROIT TIMES
TURKS AID
GERMANS ON
WESTFRONT
Are Rushed To Fill
Gaps In Ranks of
Kaiser’s Men
PEACE ACTIVITY
STIRS BERLIN
Socialists’ Leaders
Warn Against Too
Much Optimism
BY ARTHUR E HAW
(Staß Corresp maent United Press.)
COPENHAGEN. April 23—Berlin
Is thronged with Turkish troops in
route to the western front and
stirred by Socialist pence talk, ac
cording to Information from the
German capital reaching here today
Despite the bolstering of the west
ern front revealed as necessary by
the drawing in of Turkish forces.
•he Berlin public is being fed on
stories by the Berlin
newspapers and the German staff.
All information from Berlin tndi
cates tacit encouragement If not ac
tive aid extended the Socialist peace
efforts by the German government.
The atm Is encouragement of the
peace party among the Russian Bo
rlallsta The German Socialists are
also aiding the government in de
nouncing the general strike.
Reports of the meeting of the
general committee of the German
Serial democratic party, received to
day, quoted Philip Feheidemann as
declaring; "We attempted connec
tion with neutrals and with the
Russian Scoialists, but the newspa
pers made our work difficult. Our
effort 1s toward general peace But
• f peace Is Impossible we shall ner
essarlty accept a separate
Rut we should not be too optimis
tic ’*
All dispatches emphasised the
wide split between the two Social
ist factions- fhp Seheldemann
branch, now devoting Its energies
to peace work, and the minority
faction, now concentrating on de
mand for democrat itlng of Ger
many’s government and on further
•u* the general strike.
There has been t\ great Influx of
Germans to Copenhagen recently,
and the American legation has been
extremely busy in anti spy work
A number of German spies have
been discovered here trying to go
to America. All have been cloaelv
watched and none permitted to sail
Prlnflvw— tS# vt aln west bin*—Kfeat
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MONDAY, APRIL 2S* 1917.
Insurgent Kansan Wins Over Eastern
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Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey of Kansas, is ihe new president of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, after h spirited and acrimonious
fight In the national convention at Washington, in which she defeated the
eastern contingent led by Mrs W’dltani Cummings Story of New York, the
retiring president general. The eastern women had put up Mrs. James
Hamilton Lewis, wife of the senator from Illinois, as thelr'randidate. but
Mrs. Guernsey won at the last moment and her whole ticket went in with
her.
NEGRO TRIES TO
KILL POLICEMEN
Only Failure of Revolver To
Work Save* Lives of
Two Officers
A Negro highwayman.
In the act of holding up a man at
Jftearon and Beaublen-ata. Sunday
night, attempted to shoot down Pa
trolmen Renjamln Walentowin and
Herman Frey In resisting arrest. He
pulled the trigger of a 31-cailber
revolver four times on the officers
but none of the cartridges exploded
In disarming the Negro, *ne patrol
men used their night sticks freelv.
beating him so badly that he had
to be taken to Receiving hospital,
where he waa confined Monday un
der police guard. His condition Is
not serious.
The patrolmen came arros* th»>
Negro as he was holding up Edward
Forbes, No. 1012 Gratiot a>e. As
they grabbed hi mhe press-d his r*
volver against W'alentowlc* and
pulled the trigger. Frey struck him
on the head with his night stick
Wheeling, the highwayman turn'd
his pistol on the second officer
The Negro gave his nan*- as Wil
Ham Hewitt. Four cartridges from
his revolver all show trigger mark«
Prominent New York society wo
men with country homes on
Island have organised a romprehen
slve movement for agricultural pre
pa redness.
CALAIS SHELLED
BY GERMANS
Destroyers, Returning From
Attempt On Dover, Bom
bard French Coast
' April . 2.l,—German de-
Btroyers Bafurday flred 100 shells
into this city and the surrounding
country, It became known today.
Some civilians were killed, but no
military damage was done.
It la believed that the German de
atroyera were part of the flotilla
which attempted a raid on Dover
and which wan repulaed with the
loaa of two veßaela by the X* l*h
naval defenee.
LONDON, April *3—The admir
alty officially deniee the German
report that a British vessel wan
sunk In the engagement off Dover
Saturday.
GASOLINK LETS
GO. KILLING ONE
FTed ('roaieT. 872 Benltoeau-at..
was burned to death' and Adolph
Kaiser, 28, No. 712 lveMa> nve., wan
perhaps fatally seared Sunday morn
tng In a gasoline explosion at the
Hudson Motor compan). 'I he latter
If In Receiving hospital. The paid,
plumbers, were working in the gas
oline room when *he blast occurred
Coroner Rothacher is attempting to
aacertaln its cause.
rrlatlac—th» slain neat hint— that
la rl«ht —TTwaaa Jet D**t.— Wala tax
BALFOUR AND PARTY ESTABLISHED
IN WASHINGTON; WILL BE GUESTS I
OF PRESIDENT AND LANSING TODAY
88. VANCE
PLEADS FOR
DRY NATION
Says Prohibition Would
Increase Efficiency of
Fighting Force
THINKS CONGRESS
WILL ACT SOON
Pleading that the nation indorse
prohibition as a war measure, the
Rev. Joseph A. Y’ance. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, Sun
day night expounded three reasons
Tor asking a dry country at this
particular time. He argued that
prohibition would Increase the effi
ciency and fighting ability es our
forces, that It would aid greatly in
the conservation of the food supply,
snd that better health for those en
gaged in war work would result.
’’Prohibition Is only a common
sense step to win the war," said Dr
Vanre “If this country raises an
army of 1,000,b00 men. that will only
be one for each 100 persons. I be
lieve that the demand for national
prohibition by July l will be so great
that congress must heed the de
mand. There should be prohibition
both at home and at the front."
I)r. Vance also spoke for increas
ed production of foodstuffs. Inss
much as the United States had not
made good Its boast that It could
feed the world
At the close of the «enrtre the
I congregation unanimously went on
record in favor of wartime prohib.
j Mon.
In his final sermon In the North
Woodward ave Preshvterlan church
the Rev. W. H Wray Boyle gave
voice to patriotic sp-erh th«»
brought forth applsuee He said
"It Is the duty of every American
to accept the nation's institution
end work for her higher destiny T<>
recognixe any other flag than th*'
Btarw snd Stripes from the AtlanM
to the pactfle and fmm Canada to
our aouthern confines i« in commit
treason "
Tit concluding. Dr Boyle urged »h<
congregation to he steadfast both
in church work snd In loyult> to the
nation
Dr Frank H. Foster, of Olivet col
lege speaking In the rirst Congr*
cations! church deplored national
worship of material sucoeca with ut
ter disregard of all other consider
aMons This brought *he moral
downfall of Germany he -aid Thl"
materialism !« playing too great n
part In the life of this country also,
he said.
"Germany Is a menace to the civ
dilution of the world, and Its power
must be broken " were his conclud
ing word*
60 WOUNDED
MEN SLAIN
BY TORPEDO
Admiralty Give® De
tails of Hospital
Ships' Sinking
GERMANS BREAK
FOR LIFE BOATS
LONDON. April IS.—Mails of
the staking of the British hospital
ships rsonnegal and Lanfranc by
German submarines were made pub
lic by the admiralty iaat night.
Twenty-nine of the Donnegal’t
wounded and 12 of her crew were
missing. From the Lanfranc. which
carried German as well as British
wounded, 19 British and 16 Germans
penahed
Both ships were sunk on April 17.
The report declared that when
the Lanfranc was struck a number
of the leas severely wounded Ger
man soldiers, belonging to the Prus
sian guard, made a rush for the
boats and when ordered to await
their turn knelt on the deck implor
ing pity. Later, the official report
says, a number of them succeeded
In throwing themselves into a boat
containing a number of more seri
ously wounded men which was im
mediately overturned
The British wounded who were
able to walk lined up along the
deck and waited until the "atrrtch
er cases” had hecn placed in the
bos t s
"One hundred and fifty two Ger
man 'prisoners’* % the report says,
"were saved by our patrol vessels
at the imminent risk of «Ma k by
German aubrnann* s.”
ASKS DEATH FOR
FOOD SPOILERS
Illinois Solon Launches Drastic
War Measure In
l/esrislature
CHICAGO, April 23 The death
penalty for "food destroyers” will
be asked In a law to be Introduced
into the Illinois state legislature h>
Representative Gu> G ’ernsey, of
Chlrago It will hr a wir measure
only.
Injury or destruction of water
plants, destruction of food depots,
warehouses spoiling food “Upplies
by use of kerosene or obstruction of
transportation of milk or foodstuffs
would come under the wops of the
proposed legislation
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NOON
IN DETROIT: ONE CENT.
Here To Adviae U.
Against War MB
takes
to CTTEBRrnaa j
Distinguished Visiters
Given Hearty
Welcome
BY OBOROM BARTTtL
(Mtaff Corr—ponden: !7tsdMg Bm)
WASHINGTON, April tk—URB
land and the IThlced 9tstsa toßtf
thru high war
hands here to frame AmM
part In the greatest war In kMOff.
Previous utterances of
Secretary Arthur J. Balfour. hang
of the Briti*h r mmission, and af
Prealdeot Wilson - ryatalThse the co
operative conference which bagtm
as a world wide rrmtinoatlaa of
America’s battle for freedom bsgn
In me.
Welcomed hare with an sotium
tlon worthy of king*. but wttd hi
a manner wholly democratic, the
British com ml ml on ers wtU meat
Secretary of State Lanatng today
and will then see President WOhom
Their mission Is not one at im
celvfng: rather It is one of
They would have America proit hr
England's mistakes and they pro
pose to show the chiefs of naval,
military, aeronautic, supply and dtp
lomatlc corps. lust how America
msy tread the wisest path.
Wit lie Balfour visits Wilson and
[.anstne. other members will call
upon leaders of their own branch of
service.
It will be a day of greeting, hot
h i ness starts at once and within
a day or ♦wo the mission wttl be
deep in consulfiition with American
chieftains.
Tomorrow night the mission wilt
be ruesia of cabinet heads, Bal*
Arrives In U. S.
For War Council
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ARTHUR 7. BALFOUR-
Accompanied by aides Mr, Haltoer* I
the Bntiah foreign secretary, has ]
arrived in Washington to aitaag • j
war council of the Allla*.