to conta'n a large quant'.'?
gases.
"Wo have made sensible yrtu
toward tho north, on the ri*ht
of the Yser Canal. The Uritish tr
notwithstanding the violent attac
the Germans, of which we spoke
night, have on our right maintaine
thetr positions."
A semi-official statement, issue
Paris seeks, to miniralre the imporl
of ?he victory the Gorman? claii
hava won at Lar.gemarck, which, i
serts, occurred only on ?? front of
kilometers (about two and one
miles'), out of a total front ?
meters (about e"?<> miles >, I
the Germans of macntfyini* their
cess in order to Influence neutral c
tras.
Berlin ivia wireless to London),7
16.?Armv headquartei
day the following:
'?We obtained further resulta
\prcs. Tho ?ground c
?3 north of Ypi. I il rota
yesterday i ' e attacks of
enemy. Furt;., r east wo continued
attack and took by storm the Sol
Fana, ??outhwaat of St Juiim, as
as the villages of St Julien and Ker
laere, and i oualy 1
ard Orafaaataf? -? these
gagement?* about I ihmen s
taken prisoner? an I several macl
guns ?arara cap*.un ,!
"A British ei :k aga
our po- * Julien was
pulsed early this mor:
losses to the enemy.
"West of Wicl attempts of the It
lib to make tin attack wet'
at the
artillery."
Germans Take 1.600 Alcr
and 17 Guns in Argom
-, Apr:: 25 via
Londo
to-day the folios
"In tho An
?ack 1 ?
Four-da-Pa
"In the M
('ombres, the French suffered a hei
ck at t
point and In the rj-h broke throu
many French ing due behi
?\cr. The Fri nch a"
*
it again failed, wi
heavy loseai Twenty-fo
French officers and 1,1
eeventeen cannon, remained in o
hands aftc
.eon tlie M
fighting at C ? ? occurred on
?it certain place?.
"On th? tout ? ?
*? A " n concl
sion. A I ' 'k '---i tl
wood '
"In t ? '
,
War Office t
?mi?:
we t? ok n florrns
una ar
nind? on wi
a loc
violent char
?
n on
?
?
?
?
CANADA TO REPLACE
MEN LOST AT YPRES
"One Desire Is for Revenge,'
Dominion Minister dables
I -inland.
Thur ?.:.". I :
indi? ?
' .' -
i n'd
Cana
com?
mander <>f
"l wish ?
of the
have
made" It
a moat bi ,'rvice."
It
thousan i ? . , .,?.?
. ided.
which Canada re
indicated by this m?
ral Hugh?
?K
II "Pleasi convey to your ipl? ndi 1 di
/
?
the !.
? . rang? ?
TERROR-CRAZED,
GERMANS SLAY
OWN COMRADE:
British Surprise on Hill 6
Found Some Unharmed
Says "Eye-Witness."
TRENCHES WIPED OUT
BY MINE EXPLOSION!
Despite I ire from Three Side;
English Held Ground
Against Assaults.
London, April 25.? "Trenches, pan
jets and sand hags disappeared," aaj
tho British official "eye-witness" i
describing tho effect of the explosion
of the British mines which precede
the recent attack and capture by th
Uritish of Bill No. ?30, to the southea.
<>f Tprai
"The whole surface of the ground,
the narrative continue?*, "assume
. e ihapea. Here it was torn lnt
cr?tera, there lar^o mounds o
'allen debria were to be seen.
"The reports of the explosions ?lie
away, und whilo dense columns o
?moko and dubt still huni? in the ai
<ur men. led by their officers, sprnm
from the trench? i and ruahed acros
; aoo of some forty to sixty yard
Men our line and the gapini
craters before them, the front coveie,
the attack being only some 25?
yards in length.
"Where the mines hnd actually ex
ploded nothing was l"'t of tho occu
? of the liostile line, but in th'
neighborin? trenches our assaulting
infantry witnessed an extraordinary
Many (?crinan soldiers, p,
owing* to the? fact that they were work?
ing;, were SUrprleed in their shirt
cleevea n:i?l without equipment
itunne?! by the violence of the explo
ilona, bewildered and suddenly sub
1 to a rain of hand grenades
thrown by our bombing partiel
. ay to i ".nie.
Turn on Own Comrades.
? ?f aid shouting they were
r and lighting
? lr hurry to gain the exita
the communication trenches.
of those in the rear, maddened
rror, were driving their ba
the bodiea <T their comrades In
? of there,
I ?11 this our infantry had but a
momentary g'limp^o before they fell
the enei y a I h I he bayonet,
.,vi the ma.- hen, poured
down
tioi ? ehei until they
rricadea defended
by bomb tn rower a.
it line of trenches wai
tured m n '
? then 1 ti uggle
, for the <;<?! ' ?vered
quickly from their sur; i
"From our line the hill is a salient
'rom three
? waa only ?t minutes before the
? ? ers took advantage of thi->
and 0 Sc^ii tho a hoi?
ii, th? am?
Meanwhile, our bat
to support tilt? attac {.
?-.l!i iy ftre was main
?ht.
"From many points along our line,
to tho north and south of Hill I
the flashes from the
' shell- flaahei from tho puns
continuous thii* I
bled t he effect of musket i j
1'ii'ler this tire our men had to work,
throwing ?v parapeta toward the
\ heir commui
: un?! ?generally ren'dei -ition
ible.
y'a infantry Idle.
Advancing up the commun
they threw hand ?gre?a les
over the barricade? and into the mine
; cr?tera, en tho crumbling: sides ? '
which our men wire cling*.in: in an
to ?btain a foothold.
Massed Attacks Fail.
roughout the night tho lighting
ng early In the
morning of ttic 18th ed at
tacki were beat? n
, ft, principally
i "Set , in i pita of the heavy
?-'" l"ft the hi :
"America First"
I low is business?" is the question on every hand
and nt.nlv everywhere the ?answer ?i an expression of
.sound aatisrai tion with conditions. It is no longer "w.ir
order* thai we are depending upon for our active em?
ployment and profit; domestic demands are now turn?
ing the wheels of trade.
ArTuHjr ,*?' Crmpanv Myj '( ondiliom have improved
very materially, ?n ?nrrcaung number of furnace* are in
?'? in, iras:nj* llieir output, the num
I rr of idle men continue? lo <)e< rrsir. In ?II line? ol trade
wilhoul exceptioa an improvement ha? o?.<uiicl"
Marrh eiporto froai New York ol -fIJ?f?.c>04.^j4 btolt all
records, and 50*3 repre??nlrd motor?, foodstuffs and ?
1 he ra?lr'?ad? have turned ihr COTBCI in both prosi and
nel rarninu?. anj i<nr great *v?lrm is contra? tin?? lo expend
S.lVl'ftU'W for equipment, indicating a ?rilled belief in ihr
1 .ike copper 21c; electrolytic ?*V I he coppermail-?. ?
liuoyant and lias readied the hi^heit Ir.rl ol the past three year?.
1 here cm he no more appropriate time than this
fur the business man to consider his banking relations,
for they play ,?s important a part in ?business economy
as machinery, raw ?material, labor, distribution or any
other single factor in busine
The Harriman National Hank offers its sei-.
and ?facilities in a liberal spirit, and holds itself ready
to respond to the consistent requirements of its de?
positors. It regards its business as that of a merchan?
diser in credit and is .seeking customers.
Correspondence or personal call invited.
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BANKING HOURS FROM 8 A. M. TO I P
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS S A. M. TO MIDNIGHT
.
with tirad, the enemy continued hi?
prcmuro during the whole of ?Sunday
until s??, were gradually driven fr-.n
the southern crlg<? of the bill. At O
p. m. relnforeemeata rcach.-.l oar tron?.
line and lirepi the Herman? from their ,
foothold. , . ,,. '
'Trlor to this the close, proxlmlt)
??f the contending ?id??* 1'?d u''\ *J ?
slackening In the bombardment, but 1
then broke out afresh and "sita greet
Intensity. Our position, however, now
wa? more secure, and, although wie
?helling an?! bombing never eeased ?i
together, th? night peaeed us compara?
tive .?ulet." .
The narrative pay? that bombera
was maintained on Monday, ???Pr,J
IS mid that th.? (?ernians extended
their f helling to the entiro Vpres nr.-n
including the town Itself, in which, It
I? ??sorted, fifteen children were killed
Toward evening the Gormena me?
, tier attack on Hill -No. M, b?
h Hue?.?" asserts, "again did our
machine pun.? do tremendous execu?
tion and the attack was beaten off.
\. other attack t.* B o'clock In the
?./," the narrative ? "sul
fo-red th.? same I I I the Ger
mai s would not admit defeat, und ni
night long parties armed with hand
drive
ua off the hill, their attack ? alternating
with bombardments from artillery o.
all kinds and also trench mortar.-."
lty Wedneaday, the "eye-witness
?ay?, the Brit) h I ad : I nlj ? I
ri .
\??ault One of War's Fiercest.
"The attack upon and th
Hill ?o. ?0," the narratif
"will go down in history as one o
the fineit exploits of the British *
during the war. Officers who ?
enced the bombardment prior to
attack of the Prussian Guard, on April
11, and ?vim also under at 1 " dl
rected againat Hill No i i1 th?
latter was by fur t?o- worsl of tha
"What our tro? ?'? ?n
some degree be reelised if it be re- ]
membered that tho npace fought over
("our and a half dayi wai
only about 260 yards in length by about
. rda m ?iipth.
"Upon that small nrea the enemy for
hour.- hurled tona of metal and high
explosives, and nt times th" hilltop
was wreathed in clouds of pol
fumes, and yet our gallant in
did not -rive v. ay. They atood firm
under a fire which swept away whole
ns at n time, filled the tr.
with ?lead bodii - and bo eumben
approach to the front line that rein
forcements eould nol reach It with?
out having to climb over their -"allen
comrades.
Losses Fall to Depress Men.
"In theno circumstances our losses
naturally were heavy. Nevertl ?
they h.-.ve ? ted the men, all
of 'whom, including tho wound'
extremely cheerful, for they know thet
the tight for Hill No. I
m it 1 i?
The desperate efforts of the Ge i
capture th- hill, the
? re due nol
o tl '
but the fei.r of pi
to the ?-? they failed
to hold it He adds that the Bavs
la who were respoi
: action of si.
on the ret
The troop. v mm opposed the Bi
were c '' rt"
WAR COMMITTEES
TAKE BRITISH SHOPS
Ccmbine Small Factories to Ir
croase, the Output of
Munitions.
.. - .
tpril 16. The appointment
1 <-,., ei ' mm nt of the >'?'neral
committee to deal with the output of
munitions in to be followed bv t!
pointment of local committees to bu
local conditions '" important
manufacturing cen? ? se commit?
tees svill !.. authority i : I
government m, and ss-ill vir?
tually commandeei all fa? ' ?
? producing war material. Ali
.
Informed that tl accept
?
? , ner?
en s ?Mi govei nn i
It is probable some
factories will be closed and I
stall"? unskilled labor
.. rred to larg? r
?
1 mm
? . ,? if avail?
able. In Birmingham, f"i es
m.,ie than seventy thousand wo
num?
ber of Bel|
ployed, and male lab
ai work i
lib?i.
SAY GERMANS SEEK
NORTH SEA BATTLE
Berlin Newspapers Insist Their
Navy Yearns to Fight
British Fleet.
London, April 25 In a
from Copenhagi ..iileiit
of the Exc egi i mpany
,: German papers, in?
cluding the ''!'??
?eh.- Zeitun " 1
(Herman fl?et is now willing to a
?
Tl .' "Vo . ehe Zeitung" f:i\s the
Norwegian steamer Poedin mi
German fleet last Sund ? ? oil Helgo
? mander t.
erman
Welsh Women Workers' Foe.
< i.r?i : tf. Wales, Apr:! : It B I
nifi'i mg of et reetcar mi
aei ted protesting
?
I warning tl l luncil
.
.1 rt - '
work with them.
BOY KILLS SENTRIES.
WRECKS TWO GUNS
Le Mans, \pril :.'>.?-Ja<?|iies Goo
jon, seseniecti ?ear? nli!, has been
tiled in militai*) order? and given a
military medal. The youth killed
two I.erman semin?is, blew up stiih
the aid of bombs two ?|ui? Mirer?
of the cnems, was ? aptured, but
surct'i-di'd in escaping, earning
with hini hi the ?ame time a ma?
chine gun of the l.erm.tns lo the
French lim ?. Later, during a (?er?
man counter attack Goajoa'a nicht
arm ?it? lilotsn tiff b) a shell.
The nnlit.irs setkroriti?
lsim<. ?.ouion's home city, had re?
lu-? d to accept him fur military
duts un nccoiint of his aite. Me
?????nt to Paris, -?here he ?a? ac?
cepted because of hi? robes! roaetl?
tution.
WE know n man who
won't read the war
news because he
saya the papera print n thing
to-day and deny it to-mor?
row.
Undoubtedly they often
do. Rumor travels fast and
not always in a straight line,
and it's not always posaible
to call up a general and
verify details I
But there is one source of
information which i? au?
thentic?the official bulle?
tins issued by the govern?
ments themselves. Ihis is
the only source from which
Frank H. Simonds draws
the facts for his war edi?
torials in The Tribune. The
only source, that is, except
history.
Zht fcrtbtmr
Firat to Lait the Truth
News ? Editorials ? Advertisements
GERMANS IN MASKS
FOLLOWED FUMES
Tried Air Refore Attack
Chlorine Effective
for Miles.
:
?London, April 26. A "Chronicle*'ear?
? denl in the north of France, de?
scribing the use of chlorine gas by the
Germana, sa?
"On the evening <?f the 22d the French
soldiers who mnnncd the first line
trench?-1 law ri-mg from the German
tienches a short distance away ? num?
ber of white fuses, evidently intended
as aifnala. Almost at once along the
(!? rmnn trenches u thick curtain of yel?
low ??moke nrose, and was blown gently
'. the French trenches by the
northeast wind.
"This curtain, which advanced like
? How Wind of northern China, of?
fered this peculiarity, that it spread '
thickly on the ground, rising to a
height Of i?i\tee;i feet only. I call
your attention here to tba fact that i
were not asphyxiating bombs
that the Germana used they were big,
..'
? ??ermnns
: on the top:. of their trenches,
and ' wl opened the tapa
., ? st 1 he wind,
i behind them, would carry
on th? enemies.'
nch so',,lier? were naturally
by lurpriie. Some got ?way in
iny, not understanding the
inger, were overtoil e by the
fumes and died, poll Among
those who escaped nearly all co
nr?i spit blood, the chlorine attacking
the mucous membrane. The dead
black at once. The effect of
? o-.ci about
rea of ground in length by,
I ?rthcr than that
the Mi ' - too much diluted with air,
to kill, 1 any.
"About fifteen minutes after Ir-ttintr
?got out
of th? a of 1 hem were
on m ndvitneo. with masks over
eel tain if the air h?d
become fi1 to breath. Having ?liscov
ered they could advance, they arrived
mbers within the area over
which itself an<l
lion of t of the
dead men. They made no prisoners. I
? hey saw n soldier ?hum the
fumei had not quite killed
snatched away his rifle and threw it in
.1 adviaed him ironically to |
lie flown 'to die b
"It a of the
day turn ag
the (,- Should the
wind veer suddenly, they would be the1
?
GERMANY BOASTS
OF HER GAS BOMBS
Triumph of Chemistry, "Frank?
furter Zeitung" Calls Asphyx?
iating Devices.
Z6, Renter's Amster
dam c - * aenda II ?? following
special ?h? (lornr.n successes
the "Frank?
furter Zeitung":
"It ? ? that our
bombi nn?l ahell : it impoa
; lid?' for the enemy*i troopi to remain
? n their trenchea or artillery positions. \
"It is ev?n probable that, in point!
? poisonous I
wi re employed by ua, for tho i
rtimand hai permitted i
no doubt to exiat that, as a reply to the I
? of tl e English !
?nch, which have 1.n constant-!
|y oba? rved for many weeks, we on our
bomba, or
may call I
rmy command, more?
over, referred to tiie fact that from
more
ces might ?be expected,
army command was r
JAPAN SURE OF CHINA
Baron Kato Declares Negoti?
ations Will Succeed.
0, April 26. Huron Ka'o, the
Foreign .Minister, to-day told the pnr
?t.iry association thi.t he wi.j con
fa] i?sue of Ja
na with China.
Regar-Ji?a, ire, Huron Kato
I rernment would take ..uch
aid fully sa-, ify the
Czar Visits Przemysl.
Petrograd, April 25, Diapal *,
from Lemberg, ? . that F.m
il anied by Grand
Duke Nicholas and bia ital ?? !
! ha Emperor
lie in
of Honor, corn
man,;. Ht
t it their faithful
?? and diitributed the < roaa of
"rge.
Germans Free Danish Ship.
London, A !;. -, r? i'open
? - ? the I '...i -h
? a.? been advised that
the l?ani?h steamer Nidaroe, which
red by the Hermans and
?ne island of Sylt, off the
? leewig, I ? .leased
ind. The at?
: wai bound from Aarhu.s, Ilenmark, for
with a cargo of agricultural
I pro,!'. ; up by a German
P in the North Sea.
PARIS THINKS ITALY
IS READY FOR WAR
Rome Believed on Point
of Calling Rumania to
Arms as Ally.
SOCIALISTS PLAN
STRIKE FOR PEACE
Favor Neutrality. Though in
Sympathy with Allies,
Leader Declares.
Paris, April 20. The prospect of
Italian intervention is a subject of ex?
tensivo comment by the Fans press.
Tho trend of dispatches from Rome,
Milan and cliewhcro is that Italy is'
rea.ly for the conflict and has ?locided
on tho publication of a letter by DepUtj
Istrat of Rumania, continuing the
treaty of alliunco between Italy and
Kumanla as tho basis for a statement
that Rumania will join her n? an ally |
when Italv gives the word.
Opposition to Italy's participation in
the war is expresse?] by Deputy Fllippo
Tiirnti, of Milan, one of the Socia.-t
lender?, in n letter published in Milan
. Importance is attached to Big
nor Turati';? letter, because if is re
girded ns an indication of the attitude
of Italian Socialists. He ?writ
"Italian Socialists have tho strong?'--'
sympathy for the Allies, fe.'ling that
the Violation of treaties designe I to
protect Belgium has presented a com?
mon peril.
"Sympathy thus aroused may prop?
erly stir the nation to exerelae it?
moral influence, to take diplomatic ac?
tion, and may even lead to the torma
tion of volunteer military organisa*
tioao. Nevertheless, such B feeling of
sympathy is not sufficient, reason for
armed intervention by the nation
sol,hers are called to the colors
by conscription."
Signar Turati closes his letter with
the declaration that the Sociali?
Italy would make themselves more use?
ful to the proletariat of other nations
by remaining neutral.
Rome, April 25. A faction of the
Socialists which is vigorously opposed
to participation by Italy In tho war is ?
planning to bring about, in cusp mob?
ilization of the army la ordered, a K?'"
eral strike throughout Italy. The great
mnjority of the Scciulists, however,
nre not'in sympathy with such n plan, ^
and it is believe,! the ot?ort would fail.
The pros?, politicians and public are
discussing with lively interest the plan
for an Auatro-Itallan agreement ra*|
porte?! to have been presented by the
Cern?an Ambassador. I'rince von BQlow.
Thli plan provided for the recognition
of the reciprocal interests of Italy and
Austria in preserving the Triple Alli
and for terrltoi tal cone? - liona by
Austria
Criticism of any such agreement is
wid? spread, on the ground that the pre?
cise concaaaiona which Italy would re?
ceive were not set forth with sufficient
clearness. The opinion is expressed
that 10 long a Austria retains her
? * terntory on tbe eaatern coast
of the Adriatic, with Pola, Cattaroand
600 Dalmatian ialandi winch lom?
val expert- have compared to ?300
dreadnought! it will be impo ? I
reach a icttlemei
AIRMEN HARASS
GERMAN ARTILLERY
Six Horses Allotted to Kach
Fieldpiccc in Belgium as
Aid to Mobility.
Amaterdara via London i April 25.
Severa lighting is reported on the line
of Moorslode and Paaaehendache, in
lielgium, near Poelcappelle and I
mnrck, with numerous wounded an?i
killed. Near MoorsledO a great mili
tary eanetery has been l.nd out un,l
thousands have alre-i ly been buried
there. The church at Moorslede is
with wounded,
?,?rman field artillery la po?te,| sou'h
?,f Moorslede, with ?lx honei for ?'?ich
gun, in ?tonatant readiness io mi
another placa, owing t?? the raeceaaful
o ?dt ring of the AI! lea' airmen.
The heavy guns are north ?I Mooi
It is reported from Rrugei that the
?people expect another Geiman attempt
to cross the Yser in force in ordei to
? pen ?heir waj to Puntea and Dun?
Between the Vser arc. Brugei nir
i ttacks by the Allies are <:f daily ??
rurrenee, and many so! iior? have been
killed in the flat eountry.
Advices from Client sti'e that nir
men who recently appeared above Gon
trode, east of Ghent, were al
heavily bombarde.I. Apparently in or
?'??r to deceive the Gemini t,
men employed a rusa, 'or al?
lowing his machine to fall quickly up
?ide down. The Germana ceaaed tiring,
believing that the airman had been hit,
but he luddi nly resumed his u| i
position, dropped two bombs and dia
appearad. Similar ?Haiti were repeated?
ly paid to the air sheds at c ? , :
weghe, (iistellos and Cr.tr, de.
TURKISH TRENCHES
SHELLED BY FLEET
Allies Capture Two Steamers
Flying U. S. flag, Alleging
Cargo Contraband of War.
Ion, April 25. The op ratioi
the I?ar .neues apparently are s'ili
eonfin? . t,< the bombardment of the
Turkish entrenehmenta, while prepara?
tions are being made far landing th?'
allied force, part of which is already
on Turkish territory a' ! other
?
An Athens dispatch to "The Evening
reportad in shipping
circles at the Pircui that war.-hips of
the allied fleet have captured and taken
to Lemnoa the Hadji Daout Line steam?
ers Virginia and Magda, which wart
flying the American flag. They carried
eargoei which were declared to b.?
and of war.
STOP GERMAN SMUGGLING
Naples Police Prevent Cloth?
ing Goods Going Through.
Nap.? -, A] r ! 25. The ?police ?liscov
ered here to-dav an attempt to smug?
gle out of the country' a large quan?
tity of contraband goods, appal
intended for ?Germany. Seventy trucha
of merchandise were brought into Na?
ples from the north. The goods were
? r Comalia Scu
otto, said to be intended for shipment
to Venice. In reality, the palie?
they a x\,- been shipped to
Austrian port and thence for?
warded to Cermanv.
The goods consisted chiefly of cloth
for the manufacture of military uni?
forms, valued at $?5u<>.000, and a large
quantity of shoes and overcoats.
The police were unable to procure
evidence to Juatify the confiscation of
the cargo, and accordingly decided to
i :i?ci? on board the veaael officials who
would see that the goods were taken to
Venice. The captain, learning of this,
declined to set fail and unloaded the
earn
The police also sequestered .Inr) hog?
heads from Amcnea, labelled rosi*,
but actually containing ?gutta percha,'
and twenty hogsheads. WUd ?? *'"*?
which contained bean?, all consigned to
Germany._
SAYSuTs. IS NOT IN FAVOR
President's Cousin Tells of
Feeling Abroad.
John A. Wilson, a cousin of the
Fresident, who has been abroad for
four week?, relumed yesterday on the
American liner New '.oik from I.iver
,?,.,1 lie snid there was n feeling
th< United Btetes among cer?
tain element-? of the Allies, who thought
this country should have made 0 pro-,
teat against theaGeraen invasion of
Belgium. Th.r. k a?s? a, strong feel
lag against Am?? in Oerataa?, he
declared, because of tho arm.-, and iim
munition being sent, to the Allies? In
Englsnd, he ?aid, talk of peuco is re-1
rented, end the people era convince?!
that the war will last .ong.
Dr Benjamin Jublons, who went to
France in September to assist m Amor
?eaV-tUd ?'rosi, work at N??-!^??
aJaO ".. the New Y.irk. He declared the
hoapital at Neuilly had come into such
high favor with the French that it la I
to be enlarged. ___,,. ._
R Q Knowles, ?be English actor, an?
other passenger, said be believed the
war would be ended Ulli aummer. and
that diplomatic negotiations were under
way for the graceful withdrawal of the
Germans from Belgium. He Mild 1U.
MM,j British soldiers Wi re killed by their
own lire at Neuve Chapelle, and that
tilt.- gonerela had been recalled be?
:' th?? blunder.
KURDS MASSACRE
MANY ARMENIANS
Inhabitants of Ten Villages
Murdered?Natives Ap?
peal to united Slates.
Tlflis, April 25. Refugees who have
reached the Russian line report that |
the massacre of Armenians by Mahom?
etans Is being continued ??n even a
greater scale. They say all the inhabi?
tant?, of ten villar/es neur Van, in
.Armenia, have been put to death.
On being advised of massacres at
Erzerum, Herjan and Zeitun and of
tho conditions at Van, the Katolikoa,
head of tho Armenian ?hurch, at Etch
miadzin, near Erivan, cabled to Presi?
dent Wilson an appeal to the people
of the United States on behalf of the
Armenians.
The Associated Press received re-'
porta of the massacre ?if eight hundred
ol' the villagers In Ii".-.? and of T-'? in
The painful uncertainty con?
cerning the fifteen thousand survivors
of rea was confirmed by a Journey!
through Selmaa. Three weeks bad
failed to obliterate the signs of slaiigh
ter. The cepa of thirty-six victims lay I
when? a mud wall had been toppled ?
i.i them.
Nol all the Christiana lacked the1
courage or meai ' for self-defence. At
the desolated Cathilic mission at Hos
rova, where forty-eight victims of the'
massacre were buried, Elisabeth Mar?
cara, an Armenien girl. t'.l?l how -he
and young David Isnmti battled with
the Kurd?. Her .?'.ory later was amply
confirmed.
"We took rifles and mounted to the.
Mis? Marcara. "I tired
eighty shots. Tlie Kurds were forced
to withdraw outside the village wall.
There I killed two ami David two; later
we killed four more, one of whom was
the chief. The Kurds abandoned their
plunder and cart f I r dead."
VIENNA REPORTS
CARPATHIAN GAINS
Russian Flank to Eastward of
U/sok Pass Austro-Gcr
man Objective.
1 ? don, April 25. Official reports
reaching ii-re from Vienna and Berlin
indicate that the Ka?tern front I
joying a period of comparative calm,
? in the mid-Carpathians, where
the Ru ntinue to attack the
Austrian:-; in L.^sok l'as?, und to the
. triana and Ger?
man.< nre trying to cru.-h the Ra
?lank.
I ? t ian War Office i ? port to?
day is as follow.? :
"On the Carpathian front, in the
Orawa Valley, neer Kosiewe, ws have
i a new success. After B sharp .
attack, executed With the greatest dog
lay ?tormed
the height of Ostry, to the ?south of
i va. Simultaneously the Austro-1
German troops succeeded in gaining
ground ?mi and to the south of Road
652, which the Russians had captured.
" w th tl.?- < aptura of the 11 ? ry
height and Zwinin ridge, which was
taken si the eommeneement <>f April,
the reduction of the Russian positions,
which had been stubbornly defended
for months on both sides of the Orawa
Valley, ia now accomplished.
"There Lav.' l?.',-n local artillery en
? ? in the other sectors of the '
"Mian front. In Galicia and Po?
Derail?/ qu i
Tin? following is the Berlin report:
tuation in the Eastern theatre
of war remains unchanged. Two weak !
by the Russians west of '
snow wen- repulsed.
"in reply to bomb dropping by Rus?
sians ?mi the peaceful town of Hen
burg, the r.tiiway junction at Bialystok
was Heal!', bombarded by u.-. Twenty
bombi were drop]
Petrograd (via London), April*- 25.
The following official communication
was issued Utils evening:
"Dui ight of April 24-26 Ger?
man forcea aggregating from two com-;
punies to one battalion maile several
t?. attack our advanced poai?
en Kalwaya and Ludwinow|
i in Russian Poland). All the attacks
ss.ti easily repulsed by our lire. After
one of the repulses the enemy fled in
disorder.
"Our luta-Mouretx aircraft on the
; g of the ".'?th successfully at
i the station at Neidenburg, East
Prussia, where their bombs caused a
number of i itroyed a portion
of the railway line.
"In the Carpathians the enemy re?
cently has been increasing in volume
his artillery i;r?- on the whole front.
"He has apparently brought up
fresh units of heavy artillery. During j
the nigh- of the Jr.h-2.-)th the enemy
tent attacks
in the region of the L'zsok Pass, which
?s.? repulsed with rifle firs and hand
grensdes, inflicting very gr. .
"On the other sectors of our front1
there baa been no change of impor
" of varying
ty alten ? ,rne points
with minor outpost engagements."
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RUSSIA BANS CAVALRY
No Horsemen Included in the
Troops Being Organized.
Berlin, April 25. - The new troop?
Russia is organizing will contain no
new cavalry formation?, according to a
special dispatch from the Russian bor?
der to n local newspaper.
Experience has demon?trated. ?ays
the report, that the cavalry on hand
alrea.iy more than cover? all steeds dur?
ing the present war. Infantry and ar?
tillery ?re taking predomina?injj parts
ffhile cavalry play? a minor role.
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WASHINGTON SEES
LITTLE PEACE HOPE
Docs Not Treat Seriously
Rumors of Speedy
End of War.
[from Tti? T
Washington, April 25. -Diplomatic
Washington is not disposed to consider
seriously the report*) that peace in Lu
ropo is near. This sentiment is not
confined to the representatives of tho
bellig?rant powers, but pervades offi?
cial "A'ashin *ton, from the President
down.
Mr. W?Mn, with his ftudious mind,
treats the probk'rs of the war as he
has treated all the issues of his aca?
demic and political career. He ha?
prepared his mind for the develop-'
menta of the European situation just
as ho prepared it fur tariff reform,
currency reform, election reform or i
any of the questions with which he
dealt.
Naturally, tho President's view? on
the v.nr ?ire kept to himself. He ex?
tended the ?-ooil offices of the l'nited \
Suites at the outbreak of hostilities ^
and they were politely rejected.
President's Decision I nmoved.
Tho rejection was without offence, |
but it was final? and the President's
determination, reached at that time,
has not been modified. It is not be?
lieved that the offer will be extended
again, at least for some time to come,
although the services of the President
and the government are as much to-day
at the disposal of the belligerents as
they ever have been.
In the belief of the diplomatic rep?
resentatives of '.he warring powers,
'nop,, of peace is little stronger than it
v as when the tirst onrush of the
Kai'cr's forces was stopped at the
Marne eight months ago. It is a
death grapple all along the line, with
the odds at present apparently favor?
ing no one.
At the German Embassy attention i?
called to tho fact that in the last six ?
months the ground the Germans have
lost is measured in yards rather than |
miles. The Dardanelles have not been
f? reed and the Germans are little wor?
ri? I to-day over the food question, for
iter area has bien sown than ever
before in the history of the empire.
The French point to tho superb con-.
dition of their army and the ?'use with
which it has withstood the German war
machine. Neither at the British nor
the Russian Embassy is any different j
spirit exhibited. The English are nla- '
! cidly confident that viel
end be their?. There is no: I
nur suggestion of 04 lie.
The "Break" Must Come
Tho Russians have confidence In *v'"r
I numbers and in tho new spirit
tionali.sm which more liberal trt
? has seemingly imbued in the
' and lower class subjects of the I
All concede that the "break" mu?t
i come some day. But the repreienta
i lives of all the live major wanisg
; powers say: "Wo will win : I the end,
and until we win there ?rill be no
I peace nor thought of r ?
Ther" an I ? who
I predict that the war \? ?11
i tember or October, and f
i reason the belief the!
' not go on through an? * t This
si?".v is not shared I | l g?rent
I diplomats, however.
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SURF ATTRACTS THRONGS
Atlantic City Crowds Bathe?
Women Carry Canes.
Atlantic City, N. J., April 25.
pried open the 1916 bu*.
about a month ahead of time to-day.
Bathers found the water n trifle cool,
but the air was warm.
Seventy thousand D .'.rom
and fifty thousand men app
boardwalk this atu
costumes fashioned after 1
teenth century style predon
among the fair paraders. The iroBsee.
have appropriated white reck fur? ?n.1
canes. Beau Brummel
mad" more mannish by real
pockets and slick little f? '
ribbons with slides of brilliants.
Widowed Mothers Starving.
The eampaiga con ?
Widowed Mothers' Pur?.I A -
501 Fifth Avenue, ? ?
public invitation to a m
held in Delmonico's :
to discuss plans foi :
mothers who are alien
benefit from the widov . ?: ?
sion act. It la I
ich women i -' *XiT'
vation in this city.
Body Picked Up in Sound.
An unidentified man, ah.
years old. was taken fl
m p..In*, yesterda) a
William Higgs, h boathouse pre
.A. letter addressed "Jack
East 122d Street," and sign? ? "l-*,?n
Lan is," was found in a pocket of th*
clothing. '?'here I I ?WO st
the East I22d Street address by th?
name of Shin her. nor i
known there anawering
of the dead man. The bod
?lently been in the w?tter several ?J*?ys.
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