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1 WIATHEX FORECAST.
Generally fair to-day; partly cloudy to
morrow; moderate South winds.
Highest temperatare yeatardijr, 70; lowest, 50.
Detailed weather-reports ea Ust pat.
tin.
IT SHINES FOP ALL
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 214.
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1918. Copyright, 101S, fcj the Him 1'rinUng and PublhhUtg Aocallon.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SLAIN AT PHONE
AS BETRAYER OF
BIG GAMBLERS
Harry Cohen Hnd Just Made
Tact to Reveal All to
District Attorney.
LIKE ROSENTHAL CASE
Sullen Over Loss of Thou
sands in Crooked Game,
Victim Sought Revenge.
MAX HELD FOR HOMICIDE
. .... . ,
Suspect Identified, uy Negro
Klcvator Operator Who
Pursued Slayer.
i
1
Hny Cohen, gambler and burglar,
.. .w m1 Wiled In the hultvrav of the
ii ;irtmcnt house In which he Hed at 7
West Nlnety-scond street yesterday i
morning, an hour after he hadtcle-
r.mned to Assistant District AttSrney
Smith that he naa evidence on wnicn . different pans of the city. Tlu upper line received a dc-.vch ves'erdav aft--,om
of the big- gamblers of New York section of the town was cut off from noo.. ,,,.. .,, ,,"., rJ,'',,. .J. ",
.,1,1 be convicted. ' St. Rochs. where the disorderly element ' Lm t!l I,on" cfrl" 1,1 U-P0l
Ntorrls Rothenberg, who tho police say reside, by a line of troops. Four hun-' annom,c " ,n!U t!, steamship Celtic j
also ft burglar, wa arrested and ldn- dred men of the Second Central Ontario "ad been torpedoed ar.d that there was
tifled late last nignt Dy me naiiDoy in
in!ien'it house as the man who shot him. -
-rt,e nro nicked him out of a llneuu of
s'lteen men without any difficulty. 1 Lieut. Arnuldl. was also held In read!-
Tou have charmed your clothes," said nes In tho neiRhborhood.
fr hallboy, "but I know you Just the Armand Lavergne. the Nationalist
ume." j leader, was expected to address a meet-
P.othenberg had on a gray suit, and lng In this square, but respected the tnll
tr another suit was brought from I Itary edict Running such assemblies,
bi home at 77 Prospect avenue, Tho A large crowd was o.i hand, however.
Hiom, and the hallboy said he was , The rioting began soon after the soldiers
Hire It was the one Rothenbcrg wore were iiosted. Ilrlcks were thrown from
when Cohen and he reached the gam- j housetops and revolver shots were fired
h!r's home Juet before Cohen waa from alleyways. The soldier", Imme
killed. A Ions scar on the side of dlately hostilities began, arrested seven
llothenberg's face made the ldentlflea- men.
t.on more positive. j Troop Are Fired On.
Rothenberg told Assistant District At- Several men took rhots at the military
lcrney Smith that he had been a waiter. nntI cnped nto t)u. ,,,, Tnp cavatry
hut had been out of work for severul peafedij. charged S.u mob with drawn
months. Recently he was convicted of MVOrds. but the moment tl-.e troopers'
gambling before Judge Wadhama and , ack, ,vero turnij tne ctoKi returned,
fined 150. Sunday night, he said, lie About u hundred yard away, near tho
nent to a place at Forty-sixth street Canadian lMclflc nation, the solUlers
nd Broadway, then to one at 4!) Sixth were greeted bv a mob with a fusillade
avenue, where ho saw Cohen playing or revolver shots, bricks and Ice. Sev
rapa nal soldiers fell In this attack, slightly
After a time he and Cohen and a man injured,
whom nothenberg called the "Greek." After patlentlv bearing the bombard
left there and took a Sixth avenue car ,nent of tllc oro,vd, the soldiers received
to Forty-eighth street, where they left orders to tire. A number of shots were
Cohen. He and tho Greek went to a aent over tl,e neBds ot ,1)e mob neBr
restaurant, he eaid, and stayed there un- jaCyUes Cartlcr Square.
til :30 o ciock, nait an nour aner t.onen
w
i killed.
. ,, ., j lar.-ik iTuae " "or uuiuuiiB. up(K(ie jacqucs
Cartier Square, witli Major Tarse and
Then he went home and Inst nlglu Major Stamand, both of Quebec, in
want out again. Ha wan found walking charge. Here the men had their wounds
st Seventh avnu and Forty-eighth' treated and were mriveyed hv nmbu
ntreet by detectives and taken at once lanco to the military hospital on St.
to the Fourth urancn aetective uureau,
here he was questioned by Mr. Smith
and Capt. McKenna
Hovhenbcrg knew
and they used
iliw The stakes were always high In
. Al n ... .... nlwo.'a llllni PAflfl ttllll
-ometii..'."; thousands of dollurs chang-
ns liaiids In a short time. Craps was
t!r favorite game. Ha also smoked
opium with Cohen.
A gambler himself, whose games,
biought him In an Income that amount-.
i at times to thousands of dollars a
week, Cohen had Just lost every cent he
had In a game of craps. lie was sore
and wanted to get even. Three big
gamblers were down on his books an
iiirn wun wiiuiii lie nuum nii
ounts through the District Attorney'
office. In one of their games, a crook-1
h wnl.l l l,n.l In.t 11 nnft nnlv I
L -b0.r!: l TLhZ?
Cohen well, lie sa.u, broken up by the Infantry mid ravulry. ""- ' "L " .trmihr
to gamble whenever gathered In doorways and tlrod at ran- "" "T,A . . " ,i .i rrn
c,,i. , et inir, ihn .1 i ..- .ni,. . I of 38,'.'20 tons, and a dead weight cargo
.-jjiiiiny nmm. w.s iuu mucii iui him. nllu,tIA oincera 111 c nargu boon louim out tne i
V ri.t,rmlned to soothe his Injured feel- trlck and after that ignored the alarm-.
ngs by stealing. JTJle mem nrreste.1 all stoutly protested I
.nen uw cwp Kmo cimcu i - ,
'clock yesterday morning. Cohen and a
man ieit tne game, oniy a fcione s mrow
from Times Square, and went up town. 1
f 'n the way or before ie started only i
ae man knowa which he telephoned
Mr Smith that he "had the goods" and
maio an appointment to meet the As
'i!nt District Attorney yesterday af-
' eplly gone to the telephone and, won-
(rr; hat Cohen had to tell, had less
n" 'ily Kone back to bed, the gambler
nri ,i short, "tocky man with the un -
n-.ntas.able stamp of the night hawk
"t into tb apartment house In West
. ety-beeond street. They rcule up In
' f 'leator, operated by Joseph Udney,
n nfsro hallboy, to Conen's apartment
' went In.
The stranger stayed out In the dining
i'in while Conen went into his wife's
rtfm, wliere the was In bed. and asked
I I for some money. Sho aald she had
."i ,
In 1'ie l..n, -, o,. II,. n sr.n
and s.iid:
This n tne smallest I have. You had
1""'t take It." .
r-.ej went out and down to the hall i
icam an.! fnlien n.lte.l IMnev in call i
. ..i'.i. ' .'I r. r: A.:.
" e While Cohen sat at the phone
i little reception hall off the mam
'n '.is head and back. Tho gambler
in tne cnair aim crumpled tip on
- ' r.oor, the telephone receiver falling'
ijesirie him
i.mi lumped up behind his switch-.
""ii'i in nine 10 sco ine muruerer run
eon the hall, throw open the door and
un down the steps. lie still carried
th revolver, but the hallboy made after
r-.ni as fat as his black legs could move,
-us' before they reached Central Park
v '"t the man threw the revolver Into
' basement. He got to the corner and
a southbound car coming and-
untied aboard. Kdney waa Juat too
'" -o follow. At Blghty-nlnth street
ne man Jumped off tho car and ran Into
'.en'ral Tark.
.'.sine of an hour the District Attor
'' staff and the detective bureau
'vere buxtlng around with an excited
octlvlty that ha hardly been duplicated
since the shooting of Herman Hoaen
thal, also rambler, and also on the
Continued cm Fourth Pag.
Somebody got the Purport ot that ' Archie Roosevelt, according to a letter German mo,,,y ,W, u-ed V er- 1 ht and power forbid I ho l.ghtlng of , belle that t h "" """" 11 wo''.re a ' ftler developments, and the north
m-ssnge. and knew want It meant to the received yesterday by their slsier from . courage .Mississippi negroes to evade the shop windows throughout the country .''"He, as one offlc, to Mltl w( won the who c of imy Idge . was alsn ,H, To sum , event5
carr.bierv who have been frecmentlns her husband, -Major Richard Derby of I selective draft are made In a report the use in houses of Ugh H visible .la, . I i mtel i " l ' ' s '1VJ . J I lt. year with three . visions A the,()f (hp ,a) fllr, ,(,,u hollr, w ,,,,
-h, hotej,. cleaning up enormoua sums the Medical Corn-. It I, not y.t car- I filed I with the Adjutant-Heneral to-day from the rtieet After 9 oelo, ?k a num. pe i Imen.s vve.e , 'l "VirTj ' s1?t InS n"r" ,,,Kl",?.,PiL 1,3rr,,i:r ' " C 'Annans steadily, and tl.e.r losses
- r-enlng-s play and then pacing tain. Major Derby wrote, whether by V. K. Ktherldge. State Inspector of her of tra hs will be taken off the rail- h r. nee of e s.ates IiiW !,., to ,IRVe sntTerrd terrlbl i increased with each failure of their at-
.To other nelds. Cohen never had a Arcflta will have a permanently stiffened local exemption boards. 'd. Impress feiv!ce will be an- - '' .7;," cU ; s,e ple. raplnred. ' These attacks in still greater
cnace to make good. knee. The report declares that C. H. Mason, nu5led. leportswere , , , 7 . , violence. mayM.o expected in many place,.
Ten men were Injured by the fchcll. pastor of a negro church at Lexington. Other drastic regulations which usher ' " a ranee of in" ml es was Not " f'w '"''1l'''t''' 'iav "", when their supporting heavy art llery
Strancer C'ohea'a Companion. gerlously. Capt. Roosevelt gave Miss., has been preaching pro-Oerman In April Include, a prohibition of the ' 1 tht,r..tm no'. dcr consld-1 laken- ' JWW ",eri,i,' wno ' e biought to tne barrage pitch for
v.... ,.a 1 1"," "i fi. " ill . . 1 .rmAn. and advislnc negroes to resist purchase of horses from farms without 0 A'"".. ' ."."S. ?' I Just been arrested He waa a harmless , the next phase of the battle.
FOUR KILLED
IN BIG DRAFT
RIOT IN QUEBEC
Machine Guns Are Turned
Finally on the Anti
Conscriptiouisls. MANY AHItESTS MADK
Ned Cross Dressing Station
Takes Care of Wounded
Canadian Troopers
Qt'xREC April 1. Four civilian!' were
, killed nnrt four civilians and n number
i m soiuicrs were vv
(night between ant
miw military, one:
of Midlers were wounded In fish ting to-
i-eotifvriptlo.ilrts and
hundred men. ehirged
.Vlth rlntintt. were nt'i-estiil.
Despite warnings from th military '
' Hint thn .IaIIiim ...... .1.1 I.. ..... 1 (.1.
mi.- nullity V.UUII1 l- 1UI UU.VII Willi
a atern hand and urgent appeal to the
People not to repeat the disorder of the
last three days, crowds assembled tn
'evetal pattH of the downtnwtisectlon
" wueiiey lo-nigiu anil nail to no uroKCn
lltl tn-
the Toronto Infantry and dra-
ttooni(
.Many rioters were among those
a i rested. Early to-night soldiers were
ordered from barracks and stationed In
nines, under Major Mitchell, were ta-
tlnn.ri nt fio,.,,.,., rPiinr nq,. v I
unim.imi. nr nv,.t r,r ,m,irr .
Ail tlc casualties began to occur, ft
Red Cross dressing station waa opened I
ixiuis street
As the evening advance, a denso fo,
rwVreJ the shoM whenever 'tiny could J
f. n .1.. ....... 1.... ll.t.. .1 1 1
dealing with the snipers failed to tci
the shooting, so machine guns wete fired
n tile direction of the revolver shota.
... . ,.
SnlUlera Are Calm,
The soldiers bore their ordeal with
uvcat calmness and fortitude. One man.
Leroy Johnston of Toronto, shot In the
Jaw, asked for leave to go on duty again
after havlni; his wound dressed, hut the
doctor sent him to the hospital
-rn rioters at iu:.iu ocioc causeu
considerable Inconvenience to the fire
urll:ad bv ringinir in false tire alirms. '
...i.il ,.
the scenes of the supposed fires, but ,
innocence or rioting. I
aTrpTT VTTTC XT AT UnflOTVPTT
SJXLJjL XhlAJ WAJ. HUU3i ,
Missile
Which Injure Archie
Knock. Brother Down.
Ma Inr Thi-iidnro rtoosevelt was knocked
collapsed. He Is under care of Major
I Poole, Medical Corps. Other details. In
j Major Derby's letter corresponded to
'thoie from other sources published In
the Sun yesterday.
J .
GERMANS EXCUSE ACT.
Call Frcneh Itrsponillile for
Deaths In Church.
I.ONPON, April 1. Fpeaklng of the lorn
of life In a I'arls church from a shell
"! ','U.,.,., . .'J."
frnm A tilHlenln it, ill- fVntr.l Villi, .,!
lit Is to be ( deplored, but that every
church within an attacked fortress nec-
cssarllv is subject to incidental hits.
cpsariiy jm nuojrci iu iiii-iueutui hum,
The responsibility for the security of
the Inhabitants of I'arls. the desnnteh
i, ,i, t- i.
ment
$2.50 WHEAT FAILS IN HOUSE.
separate Vote Will Be Demanded
Item In Conference.
Washington, April !. Senate amend
ments to the agricultural appropriation
hill, including Ills provision for lncrnas.
In I V a 1 1tvf.i' n men I U'kA.I nelee viinr. I
utile tn 12.50. failed to nass In the
House to-day. The measure went to
conference.
A separate vote will be demanded In
conference on the wheat price,
U-E0AT KILLS FOUR.
BrltUh Bonrdlnr Stenmahlp Til
loans Torpedoed Thursday.
London, Ap'U 1. The llrltlsh armed
boarding steamer Tithonus was torpe
doed and sun): by a Herman submarine
on March 2S, according to an official
atatemtnt Issued hy th Admiralty,
One mercantile officer and ihre naval
ratings were lost.
settled down. Hie rloteis. who had bm ,.,. ' nf ?n.904
ALLIES CHECK ALL OF ENEMY S ASSAULTS;
COUNTER A TTACKS WIN GROUND FOR FRENCH;
CELTIC IS TORPEDOED, BUT MAY BE SAVED
BIG WHITE STAR
SHIP ATTACKED
ON WAY HERE
I
Brief 3fessage Front Liv.er
, pool to X. Y. Office
Gives Xo Details.
.
PROBA BlfV I'XDER CONVOY,
'
I
Lnst Soiled From Amen'run
Port-arch (5 Loss Would
He Heavy Wow.
The lio.il ofTc of the While Slar
hope of saving her
'
-NO 0,'1,r Information came In the
No other Information came
messac. but it Is known that the Celtic
was on her way to this port and that
she probably had few, if any. passengers.
She probably was not more than a few
hundred mile out from a Hrlilsh iort
when attacked. She arrived on this
side of the Atlantic In February and
sailed for a nrltlh port March 6.
It Is certain that the Celtic was under
convoy when struck and that patrol
boats Imniedlatily lent assistance and 1
probably took her In tow. She Is one of
the stancheat and biggest liners afioa
and her many watertight compartments
may hold her up until she can be
beached or towed into port. Her unus
ually sturdy construction enabled her
to make port under her own steam In
February. 1917. after she had struck a
mine In the Irish Sea.
Before and after the United Stales
entered the war the Celtic, like her sis
ter ah lit, the Ccdrlc, carried huge cargoes
of war material from New York to I-lv- :
erpool. The two liners are regarded
as the most valuable of all the freight
ers In the munitions carrying trade and
the loss of either -would be a calamity
consiuenng tne rror;age or u;g ireignx-
The Celtic waa designed originally to
win for the White Star fleet a big
patronage of conservative ocean travel
lers who prefer comfort to speed, and
t to carry Immense and profitable car
goes, when she went into commission
-, T"1!.! "i.?: IZl
ca?cl,.of S'?.,0.n"s
sh. hi,, n waterllne leneth of 650.? ,
feet, an extreme beam of "S feet and only when the patron Is buyln? or at
moulded depth of 4.l feet. Sho has tempting to buy food.
9 decks and can carry In peace time
service S50 first cabin, 160 second
cabin and 2,350 third clas passengers.
She has cruised in the Mediterranean
In the winter season. For one year
after the beginning of the war she was
requisitioned by tho Hrltlsh Govern
ment nml used as a transport, in Oc-
I tober, 1916. she brought J23.000.000 ot
American securities from i.ngiana
7, ," un l-ari ro
" 7',"rnoo ' , to whether
a,lvlcf ? tTm J "p.l.," ' "
or HOI sue nun I -
.ll'ux that if There
from
were
,iHl.r ..Ulcer, or nri-
?"f .ISVJ ?cemc thev were few
fdeVere 'ar ed a duals'' "turn-
. ,, rru., -r no sick or
I wounded aboard.
GERMAN MONEY FIGHTS DRAFT.
Iei to Help .;roea o Er.de
Service, I Chairare.
the draft,
Three weeks ago, Recording to the
report, a foreigner giving the name of
Demltrlus (Jlannokullon conducted a
week of meetings at the church and
while In town iccelved a message in
code.
RED CROSS OFFICERS HONORED.
Three American Get Kalian Medal
for Valor on Field.
i ,, . A...,ii. r
I Italian Ahmt I ea nQUAKTEita in
NORTHIRN ITAI.T, MarCll .11 t llela e.I ) .
An Impressive military ceremony took
nlace at Italian Army Headquarters to
day when the Duke of Aosta. enmmand-
i . - - , , ,.,.n..
, no "Va" Vi '7 . 'I "?
I " iron.,
vaor on Hen. Delma naiimrro or tne
llrltlsh army and three American lied
Cross officers. The Americans honored
were Major Guy Lowell, chief of the
American Ambulance Service In Italy
Capt. Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
Mil., and Capt. Wakes'.on Wllkins
POPE PROTESTS MASSACRE.
Denounce Pari Bombardment In
lltiHin to Berlin,
1 Ottawa, April 1. -"Pope Benedict has
1 lodged a protest with Berlin against the
bombardment or i'ns. ana especially
against the destruction of churches ar.d
the wholesale massacre of people," says
a Reuter despatch received heie from
London to-night.
Paris, April 1, The bombardment of
Paris by long range Herman guns was
resumed thl afternoon. Four persons
were killed and nine Injured, according
to the offlrlal announcement this eve
ning. Mile. Germain1 Franclere, auxiliary
nurse at the American Ambulance at
Xeullly, was on of tho.is killed.
White
' v;. V-S" ' S am. aAi- '' - v s' J' ' , '-.i '-i 1 "-v" f --'J. ''Silt'
'''' f '
k EIMHBBiaEB ' a MfcfciMaMaL,, ST. fife" i W j ml y ,v'-."?
Copyrlrht by International Film Serlce, New York.
This huge freighter, which can carry a cargo of 18,000 tons dead- Belfast, but was damaged only slightly and made port. Her gross ton
weight, is one of the most valuable ships now crossing the Atlantic. She ' nage is 20,904. She is 690.9 feet long and in peace time carried 2,860
was built in Belfast in 1901. More than a year ago she hit a mine off 1 passengers.
BRITAIN ADOPTS
DRASTIC RULES
Early Closinjr liegulntions
Now in Effect Theatres
Shut by 10:30.
SHOP WINDOWS A HE DAIiK 1
Tips Forbidden Except
Waiters No More Ex
press Trains.
to
fiptcial Cabl Deipatci to Ths St.
Copyright W; ail right rtitrxrd.
London, April 1 I fa early to bed
and early to rise, ac-nrdlng to the new
war time regulation which went Into
effect in Kngland to-day. lleslde the'
early closing hours .evernl other re
forms have been introduced. Hritlsh
subjects are forbidden to tip any one
except waiters in restaurants, unu men
Still another reform pertain 4 to the
price of beer. Light beers and other
light alcoholic drinks cannot he soldi
at a public bnr for more than S cents
sold at a maslmum Price ot 10 cents
a pint.
.o Hot SleaU After Oiao P. JI. Wasiunuton, April 1. rians for a
As to eating, no hot meals are to ' -uperiunnon of long range, possibly
be served in any hotel, restaurant, club I similar to the one with which the Cler
or eating house between l':30 In the ,ans ,aVe oeen homnardliiK I'arls. have
Similar rules apply to other places of
entertainment.
The Food Ministry's reduction of the
wholesale price of milk also went into'
effect to-day. The supply of canne ,
milk has been taken over by the mill-
Istry, which will regulate the prices for,
the retail and wholesale handling of'
cocoa.
a special license. Tea is to be sold to
every one at 6G cents a pound.
Alined nt rood Invasion.
The regulation rrg.ii ding tipping. If
observed, will dash all hopes of prefer
ential treatment In tho distribution of'
food and drlnkn except at the hands of .
waiters. Thn order Is referred to as a ,
"regulation for the prevention of cor-'
ruptlon." It Is Intended to prevent pref-'
erenco In tho distribution of food under
tho rat'onlng scheme.
Regulations of a different nature,
which also have Just gone Into effect.
Include the taking over of the Royal
Naval Air Service by the Royal Flying
Corn and compulsory attendance nt
drills and parades nf volunteers In the
i tt,.. r,a..rtA r.A...
Fund Sends Abroad
120,000,000 Smokes
rpHE SUN Tobacco Fund was
nine month old yesterday.
In these nine months it has sent
to our soldiers in France more
than 120,000,000 smokes, a
record which will delijrht every
friend of the project and evory
person who has the welfare of
our fighting lads at heart.
The quarter million dollar
mark has almost been reached.
It is n splendid recod our loyal
supporters have made, and the
pood work must continue. The
need is increasing constantly.
WARNING! THK SUN TO
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza
tion or publication. It employs
no agents or solicitors.
Star Liner Celtic, Snapped Leaving New York
German Tanks Being
Held for Later Drive
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY
IN FRANCE, April 1. It
appears that certain of the Ger
man forces possess many tanks,
but so far they have been utilized
very little. A captured order
shows that five of these were
placed at the disposition of one
division in the lighting along the
Oise roads, while prisoners say
a large number of tanks have
been constructed since Inst fall.
These vehicles comprise small
tanks, ten tons in weight and
eight meters long, three meters
wide and 3Vi high, and land
cruisers fourteen meters lor.g,,
four wide and four high, with a
speed of from seven to fifteen
kilometers. They are armed
L with cannon and mnchine guns.
as well as flame projectors. They
are provided with doors and
apertures which can be hermeti
cally closed, so as to allow them
to pass through gas clouds.
It i believed that the Ger
mans intend to use these tanks
to follow the first waves of in
fantry nnd deal with the re
sistance of the centre.
"
J, S. HAS PLAN OF GUN
tiITU iej Milt? Dikirr
! SupereantlOtl It Developed fry
ivavy expert.
ir it a
I
navai orunance expens auer inomns ui
experiment. It Is understood, however,
, ,h.,, rvnnr! Includes a statement
, . ,. , .i , in,.
that the ordnance oincers do not believe
Us military value would compensate for
the time and money to develop it.
American ordnance officers have been
1 In'ercrted in the possibilities of long I
r-inse guns for the pat ten years. The
oll,pr
discuss the matter In any wa;
,.m..ll rter.!;.!-...! Ilinl m .leOnlln
weie at hand on whicli to make nuv ruch
estimate,
CAMP HOLDS 1,373 GERMANS.
a(7 Allen Knrmlra trp AilileH In
vi..iM.r.,... i.
run "iinrr i.isi.
Atlanta, April I. Five hundred and
seven Herman prisoners arrived In At
lanta to-night from Fort Douglas, Ariis.,
and were sent to the Internment enmp
nt Fort Mcl'hcrson, where they will be
kept for tho remainder of the war. They
have been In custody for more than a
year.
Their arrival increased the number of
war prisoners nt tho local camp to 1,373
BRISTOL AIRPLANE BURNED.
Fire Wni rrldentnl, (nil Is
(Ifflelnl Mas,
Rrn-.vi.o, April 1 The first llrls'.ol
airplane made In the plant of the Cur
tlss Aeroplane nnd Motor Corporation
wns burned nt the nvlnttnn lleld on
Thursday, Officials of the company said
the fire was accidental and could not be
attributed to spies,
The nlrpbine was not destroyed, but,,, ,h( .n0l)i si,nlteied In spots.' our ma -
had to be dismantled,
BRITISH PURSUING TURKS
Inradlnw Forces dvanep
T3
Mllea In Mesopotamia,
lyiNPoN, April 1 British troops oper
ating on the Kuplirates lltver In Meso
potamia continue their pursuit of the
Turkish troops,
An official statement Issued to-day by
the War Oflieo says th HrlllsJi force
have advanced "!I miles beyond the town
of Ansli to a point nlmut midway be
tween Bagdad and Aleppo,
FOE SHATTERED
IN ARRAS BLOW
Losses in Attempt, to Regain ,
Vimy Ritifre l'rove to Be
Enormous.
I SEI) ELEVEN DIVISIONS
When British Took It a Year!
Ago 'They Employed
Only Three.
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1 pndo'i Ttttft.
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Hkitikh lleugiRT!ts in France,
April 1 Again thfre 1 nn material
change to report In tr-o sitintiim. Since
tho complete and costly failure of their
attempt at Arivs lat Thursday the Her
Tn.iri have shown no dispositon to try
again, wltn any eatnestnuss. on that por
tion of the battle field
On Faster Monday a ear aRo w e lieKau
the battle of Anas. We celebrated the
nnnlversary by holding victoriously not
only all the ground then won In the first
attack but. with few exceptions, nil won
uji to the latest stages of the battle,
The more one learns the more certain
it Is that the Herman losses in the en
deavor to regain Vimy Kldge were very
KTM.it. After the enemy short: troops
had been shattered and tliti following di
visions had failed to get through, other
divisions, consisting of guards who had
been held In reserve to "improve t lie
victory" were not put In. Hefoie our
machine guns and titles the wide, slop
ing plain of Hailleul was covered with
Herman dead. This would not be a com
forting sight to other troops coming to
the samo attack, and It Is not to be
wondered nt If the higher command
hesitated to send the guards In hole.
As It was. tho enemy use.), on both
' looking, rale eved youth who wore a'
llrltlsh UllllOmi. II IS pOSSlDie mill nt
i v,ls not a spy in the ordinary aci epta-
tlnu of tho term, hut only weak minded
I and chicken hearted. H"t his knowledge
iswis ine rK-nrpe, iiiihb innu eirrn - ,, ..n, ..I il K1111111. IVinnil
of his unit win curiously vague. Three tacks of great vlolenco and in grea' i Hie correspondent, "giving us the oppo' -persons
slreadv had testified that he . force south of Arras yesterday. All of tunlty continually In strengthen the
urged the necessity tor insiani nigiu.
Vverv h.incn was u ven him to excul-
'Pate himself, hut with pale eyes, nnd
' noi'chalant manner he evidently had
made up his mind that he, was to die
a spv's death nnd did not cue or els
did not undei stand.
Whatever excuse the hysterical may
have had for the panic of those first
davs there Is none now. The situation
In the last two days has hardly changed.
The enemy lias m.nle no progress of
importance and has failed In eeverel
minor enterprises nnd one effort of real
Importance, namely, the attempt upon
Arras and Vimy t Ulg. which wns. nf
a magnitude that becomes moie evident
I the more we hear or It.
Ot the tlgntWK at Dennilu I happened
Mo see something, 1'io-n the top of
,v mined building I could oversee tho
I battlefield close, at hand, though rain
I was falling and mist obscured every-
thlng more than a mile away our Meld
guns were working on ground the enemy
had overrun a few hours before. Little
parties of stretcher beams moved here
and there In tne open, r rom ine euge
chin guns spattered Incessantly and
other machine guns, further away,
talked bark,
... .. ,.
Horsemen nt Molloiilc.
A squadron of mounted troops wtnt at
,1 canter acioss Hi open nml along n dip
In the ground to take cover behind a
shelter thrmish which the enemy hid
made his way or.ee during Ihe day -and
might come again. When I left thee
horeemen still waited motionless nrd
guns banged and splattered and shells
whlstled. It looked seriously .lellberate
Contlniird an Third Vug.
Harbor
iCROWN PRINCE
FAILS IN DRIVE
Desperate German Attacks "Be-1
tween Sommc and Avre
Are Halted.
TANKS PROVE GREAT AID
Rescue British Infantry and
Seriously Injure Ene
my's Morale.
itpal Cab! Dupatch to Tin Sex-.
Copfrig'tt. ISIS; all right resenerf.
London, April ). The Dally Kxprut
to-day deirribrs thr. atrrnuous and n
siicrrAsiil rffurt of thr Oermnns to
force foru ord tl.c rmu of the Crotcn
ou'a ai"?otiZ
,.iiv,i ni th, ,rnihir icort- fcrino rfoi.r
bv !hc Britlrli tank at all part of the In the direction of Amiens, th
battle line, and xf their marked effect. enemy striking from the Avro nnd
!ioi (u s.iirnni; I7ie ivn.- nnd the l.uco valle' s. Berlin reports the cap
motalv of the e-iei.ii. nf some heights above Moreul.
By PBItriVAI. PHILLIPS.
HRIT1SH AltMT llEADQL'ARTKItS IN
France, March 31 fdelayed) The Brit
ish front has withstood many hard blows,
which come chiefly on th right, where
the enemv Is still exerting the greatest
pressure In trying to force the army of
the Crown f'rlnce forward In the great
triangle between the Avre and the
Sommc. I'p to this time the effort has
not succeeded, the Hermans gaining
ground only In the vicinity of Mejderes
and near the Hoy road, where they took
a little ground yeeterday In an attack
that was Intended to yield far gtc.ller
results.
The Germans alo look Demuin. but,
rfter hand to hand lighting that lasted
the greater pait of the day, apparently
I could make no progress beyond the out-
, ()f the UnaK.. from the last ac-
Arraa Attack Itepnlacd.
. riie meanwhile nr ate ste.idlly
1 working the usual havoc with h's ie-
; server. T'nero were several local at-
, mem were repuiscu. ine rou-,
I lermiiied attempt to advance wn aroun.t
1 llamelincourt. Hois I.eauv and St. Match,
where new Herman divisions were em-
, ployed. The (list, attack, at 10 :30 ocln.'li,
waa delivered across the Anns i.itlway
near Hamclliicourt. This wan followed
an hour later hy n second attack from
the northeast nf Hois I.eaux The enemy
i was only able to gain a footing In our
1 outposts. Ills Infantry, badly hammered,
retired In marked disorder. The enemy
inn considerable reserves In the region
' , if Airas, and the present lull must not
be taken as marking the end of the
fishtlng.
H.ist of the ci- or our right tl'ere has
been heavy ngiiiing, ueuy nemw uk
t'omme. As had been expected, the
enemy tried ng.i'm to push forward on
. bot i sides of the highroad toward
Amiens After a sharp bombardment he
aiiarke.l ai 10 o'clock In the region be-
tween Wnrfuwr and Maicel ( .ive. me
.Heimans were promptly repulsed. Again
in the afternoon an attack was launched
between Vnrruso nnd the Sommo with
, t'o neucr tcsuii
' NwnPre did we give gtom.d between
,,, Am-re and tile Soinme Herman
infantry, assisted by low flying airplane,
trP, u", improve tlic.r hue ilea. Mnil.iii-
unlit, but without any success. During
ividay night the enemy patrols eouth of
the Aniiens-lloye rond hud peneir.i'ed a
large wool Just north of Moiecll. Our
troops entied and .!cireil tills wood,
t 7 o'clock lasl evenhs they seemed lo
be holding it
Hriil.vh tanks have -.ayed a most un-
nortant niirt tit hohllim -lie Hetmans at
various point r, and ihy hiv Inflicted
heavy casusltles upon the enemy evwy-
CiMiniicd o.i Tidrt I'aae.
Neither Side Tries to Open
an Extensive Attack
(iennans Strongly Held.
I MUCH CLOSE FIGHTING
I French Use Bayonets and
i Grenades in Brilliant
- Recant lire of Moreitil.
IfAIU WINS WITH CAVALRY
Enemy. Makes Repeated and
Desperate Efforts to Dis
lodge British Near Albert.
Sperliit CuLtf htifiatck to Thk Stv
loftiright IMS, oil rigif rrtervt.
T.osno.v, April 1. Continuing lbs
drive ngai:ir llie Franco-British
front, flf ecu miles from Montdidier
norili In the I'erouiie-Amleno road,
the army of flip Gorman Crown
I'rlucc litis been unable nfler days of
heavy fighting tn claim more than a
few local succoft-cs. The momentum
of tho German offensive appears to
lisive pjchrtustpil ilMlf ngnlnst the al
lied line.
The Allies not only are holding their
ground but have advanced at Reveral
points by vigorous counter attack,
notably nt Morctiil anil Hangnrd. The
enemy's position south of the Homme,
with a front of approximately twenty
three miles, la dangerous for him by
reason of lis eastward trend to Mont-
didier.
In striking toward Amiens from th
southwest the (lermana are confronted
I with the double problems of a frontal
battlo and the necessity for fruardlns
1 their Bouthern flank, which cxceeiis tli'i
battle front in length, against a French
attack. German nervousness over this
possibility la Indicated by tho report
that tho Invaders are dlgglne In In this
foctor.
USE IS UNCHANGED.
Only III nor Galas Scored br
Kltker Side.
Ivo.vpon, Apiil I. The battle Hne in
France remnlne.l practically un
changed to-day In splto of a scrleg of
attacks nnd counter attacks, some of
, them of thr srMtr.t ferocity. Some.
Kr v?y tld-
1 "e nio.st uetprniineu uerninn enort
(also the Arrachls wood, on the west
bank of the Avre.
Hetween Mesuil and llaugard-en-
Senterre the liritisli took a wood be
lieved to he Important as r. .-ttategle.
point. This previously had l.een In
possession of the Germans and He- res
toration to the Allies was the work of
llrltlHh cavalry.
All to-day's engagements weie In
tho nature of local attacks and there
was no encounter upon n grand Bcale
I.uige bodies of troops were engaged,
but there was nothing approximating
th fury of the great numbers In the
earlier days of the struggle.
Desperate Fighting; at Albert.
The enemy continues his effort.s in
tin? vicinity of Albert, where there was
a terrific struggle yesterday, the Brit
ish apparently having much the bette'
of the engagement. They retained
their positions north and west of the
town and beat off their nsailanti, in
Meting tremendous losses'.
Hrcit masses of enemy troops continue
t' concentrate In the legion nf Albert,
jeeordiug tn t.ie Renter correspondent at
Itrltlsh lieadiiu.i iters. Fighting is In
progiess toward Vlllers-H'ct jnneux, to
the north of llnngard.
I'p to 3 o'clock In the afternoon, says
the correspondent, no further Infantry
attacks of Importante were reported
against the llrltlfh front, although the
enemy artillery was very active and
Arras was being shelled heavily
"Delay In the resumption of the gtaiiil
operations Is supremely important." add'
1 weawer j)ois in our disi osltioni
Opinion varies as to wht-thei tlie tier
man advance Is halted, out every dry
now mills to the strength of I lie arm
led by Hen. l'och and n.iikes the pos,
tlon of the foe more embarrassing, Heavy
mud Is Impeding seriously the bring
ing up u 'he Heriniu nuns and suppll
v.-hlrh must traverse terrjln that is e -most
lmpasable under the best cllmatlr
eondltions. The threatened great allied
counter offensive Is a pioblem with wh'.c.i
the Invaders have tn wrestle still moie
seriously, although It has not been de
veloped yet,
German Statements Illapntrd,
War correspondents announce that the
German leports In r.g.ud to capture ct
men and guns become, lu-ieaslngly in
accurate. It Is ussertrd that the Brit
Ish have taken more prisoners; than thy
have lost. In addition to having In
flicted far greater casualties than they
have sustained. The Hcimau state
ments In legiird to captured cannon
lire held to bo far over the mark, al
though hot't llrltlsh and French hav
lost a number of guns. The Hermans
have suffered seveiely In both field and
largei guns and mat blue, guns In the
fighting nt Serre Saturday the British
apttirnl 109 machine guns In the
course of a comparatively brief engage
ment. Heilin toported to. day th.it th total
of prlsoiiern she has captured is In ex
cess of 7"., 000.
Kr.tra'ice of a fo.isvlei.ible American
force li.t.i the flslrlng Is being awaited
eage-ly heie ai.-l 1:1 France, No an
nouncement has been tnndo of the point
Ht which Hen. I'ershtntr's men will h
placed on the allied fron' U h.
"cvedyAowevei, that he probably w ll