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B tKe Loan is subscribed jwice; over, the spirit of our fighti ALL MERCHANDISE ADVER TISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Voi. LXXVTTI TSTo. 26,094 our fighting men will be doubled??? #? Soih em tCopyrirh? 1918? Tue Tribun?? Ass'n] First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials - Advertisements ?ritrone WEATHER Fair and warmer to-day: tomorrow probably rain; moderate, variable winds. Full Beport on Face S FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918 Twr?f?!?x<T?s?In Greater New York and I THRKB rwoc^v^i within commuting- distance | Elan D *d* * F f* * ^ i n p MT Near Amiens ? Of Prager Four Policemen Also Held for Alleged Malfeasance as to Handling Mob Nine Counts in Each Murder Indictment Washington Sends Man to Help Maintain Order and Carry on Prosecution EDWARDSVILLE, 111., April 25.?In? dictments were returned- late to-day against sixteen persons by the grand jury which investigated the lynching on April 5 of Robert Paul Prager, at Collinsville. Twelve indictments wero against civilians, and charged murder, and four indictments were against po? licemen, charging malfeasance in office. The indictments charging murder contain r.ine counts each and are di? rected against the five men who have been under arrest since the Coroner's inquest, an ' seven others, who have not yet been arrested. The men under arrest are Joseph Riegel, who confessed to being a mem? ber of the mob that hanged Prager; Wesley Beaver, Richard Dakes, jn, William Brockmeier and Enid Elinore. Four noliccman are indicted, charged with failing to d?-s?er-sa the mob and | ??'I on citizens for assistance, and ' /a#Htig''*> arrest any ona when Prager t was being assaulted before the hanging. ! Government Wi? Help In Prouder Prosecution j SPRINGFIELD, HI, April 25^-J. Her- j bert Cole, ? sp?cial repreaeatm?Te o? the Department of Jnstiea at Washing? ton, established he-adjjnsurixis here to? day to cooperate with Frank O. Lowden and state peace an?horities in the prosecution of ?isiteryaliT ?m? the sup? pression of mol? vjoiences in t&e name of patriotism Mi-. Cole waa sent inita Illinms in response to a reqnsstt ?ro?? Grovemor Ixwden in consecpie?ici-! of diaoipdeTs in this state which cnlro'ina^etfl recently in the lynching ait Oollinirr?le of Rob? ert P. Pr?ger for all?:g*d Addition. A programme for fcrin-giag offenders against the nation's wir- er-ass to jus? tice and for providoas: sga-ucst a re? currence of disturbers ??ks ti? Prager affair or others o? min-ft.- s-jtgsln'canc? wa? railroad ai a rsxi?2z.<?vx& l&t?a ixr day in the office o1? Grnvrz^mr Loa-des.. House Votes to Call MenWhoHaveReached Age of 21 Since June 5? Provision Inserted Thai: New Registrants Be Placed at Bottom of Lists WASHINGTON, ApT? 2b.?Tb? House late to-day adopted tire Sanmtus resolu? tion for the registrat?nn for military ?el-rice of young men wn* hav? reached the age of twen?y-oJ? sines Jan? 5 but The measure mw gtxa to confer? ence Ar. amrmdment oSetrisi try Represent aSve HaE, of I?w*. a=d ad?tp**d, 115 to 81, pror-ide* lia*, ama? registered indcr the b?B ?hall hs piaca? at tke bottom cf tha ciasst-a; lo -which they ^nay be assigned. Th* House saalaiDed the Military Committee in striking oat a provision ft the bill as it pas-'-ed the Scn2ta vrhich tvmild exempt frora regijrtr&tion those eligii)ie?i who hanw Mrtwred medi? cal or divinity ?choolj ?bite J u a* ? Wat. Representative Kahn- of California, ranking Republican on the Military Committee, told the Ii?n*e tha yro POSed nevr regi*t ration wcmld make 'r-jra 500,000 to 700,000 new registrants available for rni/itary service- In that: connection, he recalled that Germany recently (.ailed into service it? cla*s_of HttO, consisting of approximaielr 550, 000 men. Chairman Drat, of the Military Com ?ttttee, opposed ijjg ans?ndn?ent of Mr. ^ulL He ?aid he urde?atcod it Ml the plan of the War Dvpntaarat to place "-1'; newly r*gjrt*T*d at the bottom oi ?be respective class*-? unless something Mia??**??-] i,<-,r\m to previ-i.t. but did ?Jt believe it yrvper to tie the band? '?* the department by an amendment '?"'-'. -.a wottld TWftsir* that action.'' Mr. Kahrt ali-t, opposed the SHWStl mi-nt, and iieciar?*! tner-? are thousands ?f young ro->n now under twenty-one *h? voluT'tftered at the beginning of ?a? wap and who are now serving in ?-ranee. ? - " '?"? ?"? War Costing America $40,000,000 a Day W?Ml i HfGTOtf, April 2S, The warV, ?? t? the VaH?4 /H**/** V/-?* month MO ?M*-? an averse ci t?y>00,W) a #?'<* i??J*4?/r, p/)flO0f/f> ivt '?vrtra gWtfW???? and IIO/ZXVW *<>* AJ. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A BOND Liberty Loan Day or "Der Tag" LF-SS than ten months ago the German Reichstag put itself on record a3 declaring that an? nexations and indemnities were no part of Germany's aims. On Tuesday, speaking in this same Reichstag. Count von R?dern, Imperial Secretary of the Treasury, speaking of plans for taxation, ?aid that any such would be premature at present, for, he added: ?We do not yet knotc 1hc amount of indemnity we shall xmn." The mask has fallen. Thi? matter of indemnities now is more the business of the United States than of Eng? land, France or any other anti-Teutonic nation. If Germany, as the victor, could take indemni? ties, she would take most where taking was best. That would be from the richest people. We are that peopled We should have to pay the most. If this were an Indemnity Loan instead of a Liberty Loan, it would be thirty billions, or three hundred billions, or as much as the Kaiser thought we could pay. We should not be invited to pay. We should have to pay. Will you wait to see if this is true? Or will you buy your Liberty bond ? ._ _ St Paul Sinks ! At Pier; Cause Still Unknowi The former American liner St. Pau I recently taken over by the g-overnraen i loppled and capsized ?t hor pier in tfc I Hudson River yesterday, with ?300 me ' nboerd. She began to list as she wa i b-sinj? towed into the slip at Twentj I first Street, keelinjr over until he masts and superstructure crashed int ' Pirr 63, -which halted the boat only a: j instant. Then the masts snapped, th ! boat rolled over on her side and Ban: ? ?? forty feet of wat-rr^ sending to th> I bottom also two rows of harpes tiei ! alongside the pier. The St. Paul wai ?being delivered to-the government foi j eoSVOTsion into ? transport. Lai? in the day the American Lin-5 l izs-ued a statement saying all but thre< ? of the men aboard the vessel had beer | accounted for, Whether this repre? j iw-nU the casualties ?8 not known, fot ; there appear? to b<e some uncertainty I an to th?s exact number aboard. The i ?hip -un? being taken from the Bobbins I drydoefc* in Y.r'w Boffin to the North i River pier, and paru O? her crew, many ; workmen and n tfun crew were aboard.. j Although the ?hi? hud not been'trans j f?*?T*-d formr.?h/ to th.? povarnmsnt, !n yeetigfttjea of the uccidont was bugun i h y Aomiraj (Jlf-ave;', commandant of the Continued on UtMt paye, Column 2 French Fliers Dashed Into Marching Ranks - Flew So Low That Wheels Nearly Touched Ground, Amid Constant Fire PARIS. April 25.?An official aote de? scribing the work done by the French aviators during the German advance, says that recounoitering was carried out at very low altitudes. After Noyon was occupied, French airnlanes flew over the town just above the roofs of the houses. Sometimes they descended along the roads until the wheels almost touched ?the head? of the soldiers in column, who scattered or threw themselves on the ground terrified. The French ma? chines often returned with more than a hundred bullet holes in their wine?. -~? Lufbery Brings Down His 18th German Aero PARIS, April 26.-?Major Rnouf* Luf? bery, of Wallingford, Conn., destroyed his eighteenth German airplane on ?Tuesday, and Lieutenant Paul Frank ! Bacr, of Mobile, Ala., brought down ?his fifth German machine on the samo | day, thus becoming the latent Amer? ican aco. Besides the machines he is officially reported to have destroyed, I Bncr is believed to have brought down two other German machines. His si-ven victorien have been scored in the past six v/ee'/.r.'. Tho iieml-official count of victories won by American aviators in tho i French and American service now i show? a total of forty during the past two months. 30,000 March InWin-the-War? Parade To-day | New York will express its will to win this afternoon in a parade up I Fifth Avenue of the various groups in the city who are helping in the great war. The spirit of sacrifice of the j mothers with sons in tho service, of the soldiers themselves, of labor and ? of volunteer war workers will be por j trayed by the 30.000 marching men and ? women. The "Win-thc-War parade," as the | ceremonial has been officially named, will be tho principal event in the I ?ocnl celebration of Liberty Day, which by Presidential proclamation is observed to-dny. Underneath the va? rious reminders in the day's pro? gramme will be the recurrent theme that the ""thousands of onlookers can draw themselves into the inner circle of those who sacrifice to aid America j by purchasing Liberty bonds. For uniqueness and Rhcer sentiment I tho Fourth Division of tho parado ?3 ; j likely to attract most attention. Moth- j 1 era, sisters and wives of tho nation's ! j soldier?, and sailors will be privileged to march in this section under the ! i banner of their household service flags. | Tho right of Mrs. William Quinn, of j 1 Continued on Papo 8, Column 3 Issue Serious For Holland, Says Minister Cannot Reveal More, Lou don Tells Dutch Par? liament Germany's Terms Delay Agreement No Ships to Sait Without Guarantee Against Fur v ther Seizures , THE HAGUE, April 25.?Speaking to-day in the First Chamber of Tho ? Netherlands Parliament on the sand I and gravel question with Germany, ! Jonkheer J. London, the Dutch Foreign Minister, declared he could not and : must not conceal from the Chamber j the fact that the question was a very j serious one. He said he could not say more about it. Replying to questions from mem? bers, Jonkheer Loudon said that no ship would sail from Holland before a written guarantee had been obtained ' that there would be no further seiz- ? ures of vessels. He said that he had I gathered from an interview with John W. Garrett, American Minister, yes- j terday that the latter supposed that , a written assurance had already been | given. "The intention was that six ships l should constantly remain in the ser- [ ?vice,'-' he said, "and I have reason to j assume- that the number will be ex tended and that Germany will pur, I no obstacles in the way. I believe it ; can be assumed that the Allied gov eraments will observe their obliga tions regarding the rationing of Hol? land. "The negotiations regarding an eco? nomic agreement with Germany are j delayed by difficulties. 1 am unable ? to give information at present as to i the stage of the negotiations, but they j are not progressing very smAthly, principally because Holland would be I unable to export much more than she I is at present." The Foreign Minister added that he | had a written guarantee from England i that ships which had left the East ! Indies since Marcli 23, or might leave j in the future, would not be seized. Dutch Legatton Is Not Expecting Break With Berlin WASHINGTON, April 25.?Officials ! of The Netherlands Legation, although I without information from their govern ment regarding reports that the Ger- ' man Minister had left The Hague and that the Dutch Minister to Germany had left Berlin, thought to-day this did not necessarily mean a break in diplomatic relations was near between Germany and Holland. They said that in the course of negotiations between the two countries the ministers fre? quently have returned home for in? structions. If a break were imminent, it was said, the legation here undoubt? edly would have been informed. The State Department, had received no word to-day from Minister Garrett at The Hague as to the situation. Further light on the sand and gravel dispute between Holland and Germany was furnished to-day in official dis? patches. After the Netherlands government proposed that a Dutch military com? mission go to Belgium to supervise the uses to which sand and gravel trans? ported through Dutch territory were put Germany announced that the time was inopportune for sending the com? mission through the German military I districts, where preparations for the big offensive were under way. The German Foreign Office then de? clared that to save Holland embarrass? ment with Great Britain the Germans would not require the further transit of sand and gravel through Dutch ter? ritory, but would reserve the right to require the resumption of the traffic ! later. This demand, it is understood, now has been made. Dutch Ship Owners Confer On Sailings for America AMSTERDAM. April 25.?Dutch ship owners are reported to have held a meeting at The Hague this morning to discuss the sailing of ships to the United States to get grain. It is said the Nieuw Amsterdam will sail in a few weeks' time for New York to bring home the remaining Dutch sailors now at American ports. ?? ? Warning Issued Against Sale of Liquor to Drafted Men ALBANY, April 25.?A warning against selling or giving intoxicants to drafted men, even if they are with? out uniform, was sent to nil municipal authorities and peace officers of the state to-day by Major F. S. Hutchinson, in charge of the operation of tho draft lnw in New York. I lie stated that the law forbids the | sab? of intoxicants to nny man in the ? military or naval service of tho United j States and ihat from the minute a draft eligible "reports for induction ! into the service he is held to be) within the prohibitory . provision of the law. -. ? -__i CHEAT BEAR 8PKINO ?VATER. "Ho Purity Hua Made It Famous. ?Advt, Americans Wounded 4n Present i Battle Are Reaching the Rearj PARIS, April 25.?American soldiers wounded in the great battle which is now being waged are already arriving at the rear. Ameri? can wounded and sick to the number of 128 have reached hospital 25. They are from units engaged in fighting side by side with the French and British in stemming the German advance. Hospital 25 is one of the new institutions established behind the line as it stood after the Allies stopped the recent German drive in Picardy. Few of the Americans remained at the hospital very long, be? ing taken further to the rear. Sixteen girl students of Smith College are working in day and night shifts at this point, and are operating a well-arranged can? teen at the railroad station for the soldiers coming through on the hospital trains. Mrs. Clark, the Misses Justice, Brogan and Scott, and M. L. Ralthis and E. W. Lawrey, of the American Red Cress, have rendered notable service at the hospital. Americans Fought Odds of 8 to 1 (By The Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 25.?Fur? ther details received at headquarters of the engagement around Seicheprey show that the American troops were outnumbered in some instances eight to one. More of the American wounded were found to-day, one of whom was buried alive for three days and had been trampled over by the enemy when he had crawled to the surface, in the belief that he was dead. The American casualties are considerably less than tho first estimates. British Raid On Zeebrugge Blocks Port High Naval Source Informs Associated Press Opera? tion Was Successful LONDON, April 25.?The Associated Press learns from a high naval source that the operations at Zeebrugge were a complete success, with the result that the Flanders flotilla will now be obliged to resort to the Ostend route in putting to sea, from which the Brit? ish forces can more easily handle the German ships. In addition to the damage done to the mole and the German guns, ma? terial and shipping, the channel has been blocked by the cement ships, and a German dredger was destroyed. The loss of 'the dredger, together with the blocking' up of the channel, must re? sult in the speedy silting #up of the waterway, and it will take at least sev? eral weeks to clear the passage. But for a change in the wind, which cleared away the smoke bank and re? vealed the presence of the British ships, the casualties would have been much smaller and the operations at Ostend would probably have proved as successful as those at Zeebrugge. The British ships had approached so near Ostend that they were able to light beacons on either side of the entrance, which were invisible to the enemy, owing to the smoke cloud, but a change in the wind prevented their completing the operations. British Captain Tells Story of Zeebrugge Raid ABOARD H. M. S. VINDICTIVE, IN DOVER HARBOR, April 25.?A corre? spondent of The Associated Press visit? ed the cruiser Vindictive to-day as the guest of Captain Alfred F. B. Carpen? ter, who commanded her in the expe? dition last Tuesday against the German submarine base at Zeebrugge on the Belgian coast. Captain Carpenter received the cor? respondent with his arm in a sling from a shell splinter wound. The ship showed innumerable signs of conflict, her decks and superstructure being covered with the scars of shells and machine guns hits. The commander during the attack was at the end of the bridge in a email steel box or cabin which had been specially constructed to house a flame thrower. In the course of a long account of the part taken by the Vindictive in the raid Captain Carpenter said to The Associated Press: "Our chief purpose in the expedition was to distract the attention of the battery while the block ships ran in, especially the battery of 11-inch guns which occupied a commanding position at the tip of the mole. Our ship was elaborately prepared for the business of landing soldiers on the mole, which ? is of stone, forty feet high and fifteen ! feet above the Vindictive's top deck at j the state of the tide when the Bttack ! took place. Special Gangways Used "We had a special superstructure! over the upper deck and three long'! gangways or 'bro%vs' which were de-! signed to take the men up to the level, of the mole as soon as we got alongside. ? Exnctly according to plan we ran along! side the mole, approaching it on the ! port sic?e, where we were equipped Continued on Page h. Colv.\nn 2 Marines Now OnFiringLine; Have Lost 278 22 Killed in Action, 12 Others Dead and 244 Wounded ' WASHINGTON. April 25.?The total losses of the brigade of marines with the American Expeditionary Force in France, no far reported, were an? nounced to-day by Major General Bar? rett, commandant of the corps, as 278, divided as follows: Killed in action, ? 22; died from wounds, 10; died from accidents, 2; wounded in action, 244. All the dead are enlisted men, but eight officers, two captains iind six lieutenants were among the wounded. Five of tho enii?sted men were slightly wounded, but General Barnett's state? ment did not show Whether the effi j cers and other men were severely or I slightly hurt. Heavy Loss in One Company Most of the casualties were in one company, which, General Baroett said. j lost a total of 21 men killed and J40 ! wounded out of a personnel of 250. i The dates on which the marines were I killed and wounded were not made public, nor was it indicated what part : of the line "the soldiers of the sea" ! are holding, cr in what actions they have participated. Such information '? is withheld for military reasons. i It is known, however, that the ma I rines have been holding a front line ? trench sector for several weeks, hav : ing been moved up to the battle line j after doing police duty along the . American lines of communication since they first went to France with ; the vanguard of General Pershir.g's forces last summer. To-day's list was the first marine i corps casualty list made public, and included all names reported up to | April 23. Since the marines arc con | sidered an integral part of the army | in France, official * of the corps had i expected their casualties to brt in j eluded in those of the army announced by the War Department. Inquiry, how? ever, developed that such was not the j case, and the compiling of a complete I list was ordered by General Barnett. It was regarded as probable that some of the names announced to-day previ? ously had been issued by the War | Department in the regular army lists ' made public daily. List Corrected General Barnett's' first announce? ment said that the casualties totalled 274, with 34 enlisted men killed, and ' 4 officers and 236 enlisted men i wounded. Later he made public the ? names of four additional officers and five enlisted men who had been wounded. When the list of names re? ferred to in General Barnett's first : announcement was issued, however, it was found that it contained only 271 names, with those of two men dupli- ; cated, leaving a total of 269. To this ! was added the nine names of men j wounded, which were announced later, making the total casualties 278. Considering the length of time the ? marines have been on the fighting line, tho casualties were regarded as comparatively small. The list of casualties among the Marines will be found on Page S. ? . San Jacinto, Cal., Shaken By Two More Earth Shocks SAN JACINTO, Cal., April 25.- Two j more earthquake shocks occurred last ? night-one at 8 o'clock and another at i midnight. No damage was done, but the severity of the earlier tremor caused many! nersons to run out of buildings and j houses. Enemy Hurls 72,000 Men Into Thrust For Kemmel Haig Admit? Retire? ment, but Says His Troops' Resistance is Unbroken Hangard Is Finally Taken by Teutons Villers - Bretonneux Is Recaptured by Brit? ish After Bitter Fighting j : The battle in the West developed yesterday into a great doubts drive by the enemy. In Picardy the heavy engagement between the Somme and the Avre continued with fluctuating * fort? une?. At the same time the enemji opened a furious new offensive in Flanders, forcing the Allies tc retire from their forward pcsi ; tions, following an attack on ar eight-mile front before Moun< Kemmel. Fighting in both thea tres still rages with the utmos intensity. In the north, the enemy at 2 o'clocl yesterday morning started a heav; bombardment between Bailleu and Wytschaete and two hour later began a series of determine! assaults with four to six division (38.000 to 72,000 men), throw forward in reckless fashion. | Haig reported last, night that th British had retired from thei line, but were still fightin strongly. No details of the n treat v,*erc given. The British c not seem to have lost any hig ground. The Germans undoubtedly aim ? capturing the row of heights < which Mount Kemmel is one, pr tecting Ypres from the south. On the southern battlefield, Au tralian and English troops in great counter attack recaptur Villers-Bretonneux, taking 6' prisoners, and advanced to ne the front they held before the e gagement. Hangard, on the Lut which had changed hands sevei times before, was won by t Germans, then recaptured a finally taken again by the f Berlin yesterday claimed the ca] ure of 2,000 prisoners in Wedm day's fighting below the Somme I A small number of tanks took pi on both sides at Villers-Bret? neux Wednesday. This i? 1 first time tanks have met in b tie. The British monsters i said to have inflicted heavy losi Paris reports American wount are reaching the rear from l scene of the battle south of l Somme. A French official ste ment last night also reported German attack at Regniville, the Woevre, the enemy taking < tain positions but being; imi diately driven out again. Amt can troops are present in i section. GermansHfren Drives on Two Fronts at On By Arthur S. Draper [Tribune Cable Service] LONDON, April 25.?On both Somme and Armentieres fronts fi battles are being waged. All thro Wednesday and Thursday until n the armies on the front be Amiens swayed back and forth, j the Anglo-French forces contea every inch of the ground between rivers Somme and Avre. Villers-Bretonneux was the seen the most intense fighting in the so The British now hold it. In the north tho Germans atta> Mount Kemmel last r.i-rht, but i repulsed. Tin'.-; morning they resu their attacks, widening the battle; until it runs north to ?ho Ypres ::??> A violent bombardment preceded