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LOAN TOTAL IN
STATE REACHED
$1813.700 LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT
Returns From Five Coun
ties Missing In Report
-To A. R. Rogers
JLAXTON $35,000
OVER ALLOTMENT
Every Man Over 21 Years
Elliott, Ransom Coun
a ty, Subscribes
With territory rtt to cairrasg, ffte
"*}i Dakota headquarters of the
V i«rty loan, through Wesley C. Mc
Dowell, chairman,
ers, ch&l rmarr of
reawve district, late'-la^ursday nlg^
that the state had go&e over it
a
quota of 1S..W,W.
ilftd A. R. Rog
he r1'Uh federal
Figures made public to the district
chairman at the CIOM of the fourth
day of the campaign were $7,SiS,"»
Five counties were yet to be heard
from last night-
W. C. Marfadden, secretary of the
North Dakota Bankers' association
returning Thursday evening from
Marion, after atsting Wesley C.
McDowell, atiu.e chairman, in the
tabulation of the returns, reported
that Lidgerwood. with 534 J' trib
ers to bonds and an ailment of
J30,#00, bad subscribed
Record at Elliott,
BDlott. a town of 10" population.
%i Ransom county, assigned an aJlot
ment of 16 SOfl. has given a total sub
acription of J13,500, with every man
in the community over 21 year* of
age, taking a bond
Flaxton, with an allotment of J15,
060, reported It had raised IM^N to
date and that the retards were not
complete.
"The allotment fop the city of
Wahpeton wa» ken tn voluntary
subscriptions on the first day of the
campaign", said the secretary of the
bankers' association, "and la the
town at Flaxton every unit went
over the top in the ftrat day."
School Children Aid.
The aecietaj'y »epvfitc*I iU&t at Sw
Rock ford the school childres* hare
organized a Weaiey C. McDowell
liberty Loan School dab, and sub
scribed $2,100 to the third loan, and
ID the second Joan took I- TOO. The
report from a member of the ci'ib.
made t© the state headquarter* pre
dicted the club would raise 15 "A'"
before the campaign ends. New
Rockford and Eddy coanty are Mr.
McDowei old ramping grounds
TV ready rasporise- of the people
of the state to taking reKintary sub
scriptions account* for the fact that
the allotments were raised so quick
ly in many of the communities and
Sotfieid 200 Per Cent.
N. J. Staff en, chairman of the third
Liberty Loan campaign at Belfteid.
reports that BelfleM a town in west
ern Stark county, sj
ascribed over 2'*0
per cent at Us third Liberty loan
allotment.
"This town**, wired Mr. Kteffen to
The Forum, "has exceeded Its appor
tionment from ~Z to 300 per cent on
every war relief fund allotted to it,
whether T. M. A., Red Cross,
Knights of Columbn* Salvation
Army or liberty loan. We believe
*m going over the top."
Ruse Is en the Map*
T*e little town of Ruso, Jf. D, is
on ths map and there with a 2$0
per, cent subscription of tts allot
ment. At the end of li hourm. the
Ruso district of McLean county had
subscriptions for double the amount
of its allotment. This not only en
titles the village to the government
special liberty Loan flag, tmt one
with a bine star added^
Devil® Lake reports that or ae
sou nr. of th* rain, there were no
"spectacular features of the Ramsey
county drive, but the third day
dawned with the committees car.*
dent the mark had been
pasted. The drive made, by the wo
men of that city is already far b«
vond the expectations of the pro
moter*. To date 145 100 has been
reported. Starkweather women noid
the banner in Ramsey county for
Liberty loan work. The com matte#
notified Mrs E Baldwin of Dev
i!a Lake yesterday, it had secured
$20,*00 with territory yet to canvass
The city of Mandan passed the
*105.009 mark Thursday eveeing.
Owing to the wet weather which
made It impossible to car ".ass the
country restricts, the gale Thursday
was confined to the combing of the
city The rain likewise ha* inter
fered with the work in other towns
of Morton county Hebron, Flastwrr,
Sweet Briar and HutT. hare ai»*adj
exceeded their T.o'^e
IRISH ARE DETERTO
TO RESIST COMPTIOI
(Br Associated Press.
litata, April 19.—The
of Irish Nationalists. 8ran Fetn
O'Brsenites and laborttM heid
r.rabHn yesterday, unan.moosiy
ed r»so!»jtlon dfaring •?t«r de
termination to resist cftRscrlptkia.
The resoiution was similar so -he one
adopted Ly the Iri»n bishops at Ma
»ooth earlier ER
rr»
day,. The ror-
ferenrp then aije.m*4 untli Friday
T'b* bishops d^lared that cob
script ion was being fom»d *yn Ir*
land and that it was as oppressive
and .nnvsman law which the IrS*fe
jpeopie have tha right to realst *"hy
an rr.eaas eonsooaat with the Jsrw of
iOod."
MISS RANKIN BARdCO.
Ijodar*. Mont.* AjwTi It.—
Jear-etfe F^inkiS of Mtse^.'a.
5Mortaaa*s repr»|H»titati-v* im
jfrr'-os was refused permission to
iapesu* Deer I-odge «*sa Waight,
h-r« she had been s- 'irfiW to jpv«
a Liberty 'f&ac spe«-.r.
rnm*0mmmgp*
RURAL DISTRICTS
EXPEfTEDTOOVER
SUBSCRIBE 50 PER
CENIJ CASS CO.
IJity of Fargo Is Within 14
Per Cent Of Its f750,
000 Goal
The rjral districts of Cass coscty
subscribed their ai'lotasent of
trr-rz. 40 to 54 per c«o.t» i
approximate gala of per ceat wr
Thursday's reenrna from the eoaa
tr ar.d the city of Psrgo is wnitin
14 per cent of its goai of %'%%&¥*,
according to figures a-tr-o-arced a.
county and city headquarters ef t^e
Liberty loan campa:gr. at nooa.
ov«
Ever' effort is '-etr^ noa4e by
chairmen of *±se *.*» o orgitiiisaijofia
bnng the cami?a«gr. to a c*ose
Saturday e^-en: r^f Most of the re
turns have been, rece. ed and taba
iation* are aboct ccftp.ete. Tae
stsUe, the countj. and tjse c.w chair
men are w.tr.ho.dmg the talsajatjoaa
for the distrtets. an no- aceasen ts be
ng to the effect that surprises are
forthcoming for tie staze .-ad the
ninth federal reserve d:str,c' w't#a
the tac-.iis.u-d ffigures ar» made pab-
Sat'irday for the firm, 'time Kaoi
the campaign started Mooday atn
Chairman W. McDowsiJ of the
state, and T. TJ, K -g.t»s sf tne Osss
coun'y orgs n:
sat»or,* a--r^.- aced t'*.:s
afternoon that to n-ajce puhiko the
tabulations '.ow wc-aM casa* many
of 'he -f-str-.ct workers tv Ihmw
the *ponge at this *tage of the pise,
thinking tsat the }uota for the
state w'as fuity rvte-m't«ed. Tee :dea
4 the etiairwec aod the sjut
is t* get as wide a dsstnibsswa as
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HURRY!
Demonstratiorit
For Peace May
i In Austria
(By Associated Fresa)
AptiJ it—The
graaf reports that the. ?*rman K
claiis: f»a.rty in Aastna ian* decided
that work shall be stopped May
U* «MbU) AfiA
ikmoiatitUon for
be id.
TOTAL NOW WELL
FAST BILLION
By Ajf-c r. t'«4 Fress
Washingioa. April 1.—Subserip
to the Liheny Loan were rais
ed to $l.l(lill,9i^ oy aiiditiOHl M
porta today at the treasnrr.
OP€N EVENINGS.
"The S «»TBfl»nt ss very
9mm e# «s»• s isr^e
©w *e?»s bu» bc«o» of tWis
Issue," sa -a T. O. Myghes !sts
t^'S s^teTvoo**. "in s etr CH» a^ts
e# Fsr^o, it is 'mposs^bis to sea
every erte. tf» ©rdsr to s ve svary
•m so opps^twnity to buy iik
e*ty Losn fcc*a-k, esSunty bmrnd
*N.L E« &Pe« evenings in
tHe Stone bu.'la-fva en F«r*t avt
r-» Dset't wit the
st* s '.:i ts caH #n ©a. Go to
T-T *EAOA CARTERS SND GET YOUR
k«n£ and gat jra-jr *^***1* s& tha
f,
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SWISS REPORTS
SAY SECURITY NO
LONGER EXISTS
IN DUAL EHM
Political Situation Is "Ca
pable of Any Possibil
ity in Austria,
TWy Associated Press)
Washington, April 1.—The poilti
cal situation in A uf.:ria- Hungitry re
mar,i extremes?" delicate according
to an officiai dispatch yesterday from
Switzerland, sumir.anxing reports
from Budapest and comment in Aus
man and German newspapers
Austria," the dispatch said, "is com
ir to the greateett difflctilties
curity no longer exists and the sit
ir"
Watch For Big Features
In Saturday Fargo Forum
The Revolution in Norway
Lsu'e 3 Siijar, rv*-.ai writer for The Normanden «Grarid Forks
a&d Fiunro' i on Ms way home fro nr. Norway, where he has spent some
time icvesugm-ting conditjons He has written a most Informative arti
on the prospect* of a rsvt»5ution an Norway, which Forum readers
recall was toc-hed upon in Associated Press dispatches on Monday of
this week Mr. Stijar.'s article by arrangement with The N'ormanden,
wl3 he ed Th* Fr-jrr, on gk' .rdXf.
The Lusitania Plot, by Flynn
'Wiil.am 3. FJyim. reoertiy retired chief of the United Stataa secret
ssrrvoa has shttss a series of artidas giving tha true sftor? of Oer
saan goverr,mer.t s#:e* and intngu es in America, publication of which
w,: bog-.r. in The Forum Saturday. The plot of the Lusitama is the
fr*t of tile grouped and« the name "The E&g> Eye" In the
first ar-.-r-e W i *aa8 Flyan details Mar the sinking etf the LosKania
pitted and achieved, aad the secirt workings of Bcnwtorff, Roy-Ed
aaaS "Wae Fapea...
Henry J. Allen in a Paris Raid
**To»- hear ft its 4mcm' aad are fair'y benmnbed by the crash
that tose» to® hear the .ttrigrie of fal'ing glaas, ths impact of metai
hitting sRonie the heavy «a-*e* of failing ma*mr?-: then yeu hear the
reaar.R of womrr th% sen crying of a child, the groaning of a
atn-rker. man." w r.'m Henry J. Allen, candidate for governor of Kansas,
of a v jKt of the "*baby killers** to Pari*. The article is another Satur
day Faoi-TE f*a«ire-
Belloc and the German Drive
the Ciermamm are poinding on the W«K frost, the ever chang
oondLrtions th«s are bateg aaalysed from week to week for readers
cf The FWws Hi sins geiiee. as tad Bwgrla^i «iWe. Another ef Mr.
BeiJoc's article^ *T caMe frwBtLsBlM. wlfi b« a.
f«a-tsire.
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OV
Mitei
AND DAILY REPUBLICAN
the
nation 'is capable of any poesibili
Marked discontent reigns in
vjeana" according to the dispatch
"while epee-ches delivered in parlia
mert by the Cwchs Jugo-Slavs and
F"«'.es inspire hatred of Germany and
demand reorganisation of Austro
ungarv Even ths social democrats
are said to have proclaimed the
Austrian chamber of deputies that
*£e monarchy is not directiy respon
afr-le for the suffering.
Or," gathers the j&prMnon that
(Cen U-)
BRITISH LINE IS
STRONGER THAN
IT HAS BEEN FOR
MANY DAYS PAST
Correspondents Believe
Enemy Will Be Held
in Present Position.
FRENCH SUPPORT
CHEERS TROOPS
Offensive Stroke Sooth o
Amiens Also Good
News to Fighters,
(By Associated Press
Ottawa, April 19.—The British hat
tie tins is more secure than It has
been for days, justifying ths belief
that the enemy may be held in their
present positions, says a Reuter dis
patch received from London today
The change of front of the German
attack to the region between Giv
enchy and east of Robecq found no
weak spot in the British resistance,
the dispatch says. There was only
one point in the new battle area
where the enemv gained anything,
this being opposite the hill of Hinges
where he succeeded in bridging La
Bassee canal, but the Germans who
crossed came as prisoners.
This new German attack in the
direction of Bethune". the dispatch
continues, "is obviously intended to
protect his flanks if he wishes to
drive farther northward. The enemy
is trying to secure La Raqsee canal
with the object of safeguarding his
troops around Bailleul and simul
taneously imperilling the British in
!he french COE! field near Bethune.
"Ths arrival of the FVench support
i& regarded as most important. They
are described as splendidly seasoned
men. The sight of the long blue
lines marching up the roads hearten
ed the British, rivine them a fresh
sense of security and the news of
the French aggressive stroke south
of Amiens still further heartened the
anxious watchers at home. The
British withdrawal east of Tpres
was due to the German advance from
the south along the l„ys valley
threatening communications of the
Tpres army. Thus the distance that
thus army would have to retreat if
the enemv looked, like breaking
rhrough
the Jastel-kemmel line and
heights has been reduced. Ths result
•f yesterday's fighting shows the
enemy looks less like breaking
through than it did.
They are no nearer possession of
the important heights between them
and the coast. They failed to get
Givenchy and are still no nearer
iHaxebrouck, whose capture is neces
isarv to the enemv plans.
"Before Mount Kimmel. the rugged
wood hill that has already cost the
enemy so dearly, their masses are
advancing openlv and are mowed
down The enemy here is trying to
ibreak away beyond Meteren and
west of Bailleul. Although we
abandoned Meteren and Wytschaete
the enemy's position is most uncom
fortable
"The German outposts were unable
to advance beyond the north side of
Meteren. It cannot be said that the
general situation is lees anxious but
there is undoubtedly increasing
confidence in the united command
There is still expectation of renewed
thrusts at Amiens and the French
correspondents speak of Lfafl
enormous enemy concentration 1
tween Arras and Amiens."
Heroism of U. S.
Doctor Wins Him
Military Cross
With Ths Ameptcan Army In
1"ranee, April 1#.—Lieut. Theodore
Higgins^ Sweetser of the medics! re
serve, V. B. A., has been recommend
ed for the British military cross for
conspicuous gallantry and devotion
to duty. Near Passchendaele. March
18, he gave valuable assistance to
more than 40 men suffering from gas
while he himself also was suffering
from the effects. At the present ti
the address of Lieutenant Sweetser
fs not available.
Lieutenant Sweetser's
mendatson for the cross reads:
'When the headquarters of a
battalion received a direct hit from a
gas shell and all the occupants, in
cluding the medical officers attached
to the battalion, were suffering- from
the effects of the jras. this officer
rendered valuable and most gailant
assistance to over forty men and
continued to do so when his two non
commissioned officers had suc
cumbed. He himself was suffering
from the results at the time,
"He also rendered valuable assist
ance to a partv of tunnelers. the
entrance of whose dugout had been
struck by a gas shell, in waking the
men up and forcing the tubes of their
BBspirators into their mouths and
ijips into their noses. But for his
prompt action a large number of men
would have succumbed."
General Perrhmg in a letter to
Lieutenant Sweetieer said:
"The commander-in-chief desires
me to say that he appreciates the
splendid condnct shown by you on,
this occasion."
*VE KILLED BY TRA*H.
(By Associated Press.)
MffwB.ukee. April IS.- Fiv# itffm
were killed and a sixth man was tn
jhired. when their automobile was
struck by a Chicago and Northwest
ern passenger train near the Oarroll
viile depot crossing last yesterday.
THE FARGO FORUM, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 3918. VOLUME XXXX, NO. 133.
..
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, April 1.—A dispatch
frem Blndehoven Bays that another
mutiny broke out at Beverloo camp
in the province of Llmbourg, Bel
gium, among the German troops
when ordered to the British front in
France. A number of the mutineers
were shot, the dispatch adds, but the
resistance continued.
Italian Troops To
Be Sent to France
(Br Associated FTess.)
Rome, Thursday. April IS.—
Premier Orlando announced In the
chamber of deputies today that
Italian troops would b« dispatched
to the battle front in FVance.
The announcement, which was re
ceived with a storm of applause, was
as follows:
"Traiy. which follows with admira
tion the heroic efforts of the Anglo
French troops on the western front,
could not remain absent from the
battlefields of France. She wishes to
(By Associated Press.)
(Paris, April It.—iRheims. which has
been on Are for a week, is now noth
ing but a great pile of smoking: ruins.
During: the past week the Germans
have fired more than 100,000 shells
into the heart of the city, according
to the correspondent of Le Matin,
and flames from the burning build
ings in be seen by aviator* sixty
and seventy miles away.
Streets and thoroughfares hare
disappeared from view under the ac
cumulation of debris. Ancient build
ings In the place Royale. and the
market place and the Musicians
house, which dates from the sixteenth
century, have been reduced to dust
German View
Of the U-Boak
Situation
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam. April 19. Vice
Admiral Van Capelle, German minis
ter of the navy discussing eubmarine
warfare before the main committee
of tha reichstag declared that the
new U-boat construction exceeded
the losses, and that the effectiveness
of the submarines bad increased. He
quoted figures to prove his contention
that the U-boat sinkings were thrice
or six fold the tonnage of the new
British construction.
The minister declared that the Am
erican destroyers which had been so
much talked about, had failed in
their object, and he is quoted by the
semi-official Wolff Bureau of Berlin
as saying with reference to ship
building:
•For the carrying out of Ameri
ca s giant paper program, America
must lay down the shipyards. After
prodigious promises, America in 1917
built 760.000 gross registered tons of
sea going ships. The larger mercan
tile fleet placed on order America
does not want for the war. but for
the post-bellum period when the
shipping program having been in the
meantime carried out. America will
become England's world freight
carrier."
Germans Mutiny
When Ordered To
The British Front
Urges Military
(»r Antedated Press.)
Washington, April 19.—Passage of
the bill introduced by Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon. placing
under control of the military
authorities a!! cases involving viola
tions of the espionage act. is impera
tive for the protection of aliens in
this country. Norman H. White, of
Brookhn. Mass of the military
intelligence section of the army, to
day told the senate military com
mittee.
"If you don't come to this bill now,
he said, you'll come to it later and
the non-passage of this bill only
means a few more items in the
new spacers daily telling of the tar
and feathering of aliens and riding
of women on rails and hanging per
haps of Innocent aliens."
The department ^f justice. Mr.
White said, is overworked with the
ordinary criminal work incidental to
the war, together with the watching
of
sabotage
1
and other cases that
daily devel ,,j.
Aliens are beginning to laugh at
the milftsry authorities because of
their lack of authority, Mr. White
declared,
Mr White charged that German
propagandists are paying members
of the I. W. W. to engage in strikes
id other activities.
Col. R. H. Vandeman. head of the
mUm pirtiMiWijiii •KS**?Wfr®a5*—'
bring to bar allies tangible proof of
solidarity ant verv soon the colors
of Italian regiments will flv over th
fields of Picardy besld* those
French. British, American, Belgian
and Portuguese, thus sealing the
union which exists between the allied
peoples and governments."
Washington, April If. Italian
regiments already are In France and
form the right wing of the allied
ermies. the Italian embassy announ
ced today.
Rheims Is Only A
Pile of Ruins Now
and ashea.
The vaoltfnr of the Amkm* Rheims
cathedral, the correspondent says, is
falling stone by stone and soon there
will be nothing left of the edifice
but the west front and the pillars
Shells are still bursting all around
the building.
Xotwithstanding the terrible bom
bardment. 40 Paris firemen are still
iri the city working to save the
furniture and portable effedts of the
inhabitants. Some of them have lost
their lives. With the Paris firemen
are some local firemen, one of whom
8ergeant Elol. has been on duty in
Rheims since the outbreak of the war
and has been wounded 14 times.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF WAR
Although ths great German thrust
against the British lines from Given
chy to Ypres Has bent bsck the Brit
isK front bsdly in this entire sres the
offensive here stsnds chseked todey
and in imminent dsnger of uttsr fsil
uri.
Field Marshal Haig's troops yes
terday had to meet one of the sever
eet tests yet put upon them in with
standing a German effort to broaden
out the salient created before the
early impetus of the German drive in
tha Lys battlefield was epent. They
completely stopped the German on
rush.
From Givenchy to St. Vensnt sn
eleven mile seotor on ths southerly
side of the salient, German troops
were hurled in masses on the Brit
ish poeitiona in an effort to break
through to tha southwest behind
Bethune and compel the British to
fall back from Givenchy and along
the front southward toward Vimy
ridgs and Arras.
LINE HOLDS FIRM.
The defensive line held firm despite
repeated desperate assaults which
cost ths Germans enormous losses
and last night the battle had died
down to an artillery duel. Corres
pondents at the front declare the
British front is now more escure than
it has been for days.
Further efforts probably of an
squally determined nature, may be
expected from the Germans who are
in an exposed position from enfifad
ing gunfire. Indeed they resumed
their attacks last night in the Mount
Kemmel region where they are find
ing the British firmly installed on the
dominating heights. These assaults
were failures.
On the Somme battle front tha
French have held their gains of yes
terdsy in the region of Csstel, where
they drove the Germans further from
the line of tne Paris-Amiens railway
German machine gun nests on the
front of this attack were wiped out
by the French.
British troops ers standing firm
before atrong enemy attacks on the
(Continued on j»age 4.)
Control Of
Espionage Cases to Put End
To Tar and Feather Parties
nHlltanr InteBlgMMa finweh of the
general staff, urged speedy passage
of the bill. He said he thought the
courts did not get the quick action
necessary and that people were
growing excited.
The bill also was endorsed by Cap
tain MH'aulev. assistant director of
the naval intelligence service, who
asserted that the mere existence of a
law of the kind would cause many
persons to hesitate before engaging
in propaganda.
MoGse Speaks Out.
Judge John S. MeGee, of the Min
nesota committee on public safety
said he represented a body which
exercised power to suspend state
laws and had done so.
"The department of justice has
made a ghastly failure in meeting
sedition conditions." he asserted "We
maintain a secret service and know.
The reason is that the federal attor
ney lacks a fighting spirit.
"The department of justice had no
more idea of dangers Sceatening the
Minnesota Iron mines than a child
unborn"
Attempts were made by W. W.
leaders to 'tie up the mines" he said,
but were stopped by the safety com
mittee.
"After we arrested snd secured
(Continued on page 10.)
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tified in This Region.
LINE AT KEMMEL
HOLDS LIKE A WALI*
No Change in tli# Entir#
Line Is Reported Dur
ing the Nigkt.
ONLY ARTILLERY
REPORTED A0TI30|
Germans Suspend Infantiqj
Attacks After Severe
Clnecks During Day.
(By Aaeoeiated Press.)
IdRidbiW April AS.—Th*
were completely repulsed in tha at
tack they launched yesterday around
Givenchy on the southern side «t
the Lys battle front, the war office
announced today. When the as
saults ceased after heavy losses, the
enemy had only been able to secure
limited footing at one or two points
of the more advanced British de
fenses.
Koemy attacks on the British
lines In ths northern part of tha Ly*
battle area, south of Kemmel, ward
uccessfully repulsed, the war ofllcs
announced today.
The attacks against the line in the
Kemmel sector, the repulse of which
was reported today took place yes
terday morning.
In minor enterprises at varicut
points during the night the British
captured a few prisoners and saint
machine guns.
Ther# was no change in the situ
ation !Iong the entire Brlsih front
during the night which passed In
comparative quiet with the exception
of activity by the artillery on both
sides.
Tha hostile attacks reported to
hejr:n progress yesterday morning
south of Kemmel were steadily re
pulsed and other attacks launched
by the enemy in this locality during
the evening were broken up by our
artillery and machine gun fire.
With the, exception of artillery
activity on both sides in the battle
sectors the night passed compara
tively quiet on the whole British
front. We captured some prisoners
and machine guns as a result Qt
minor enterprises at different points.
"Regiments from six different Gar
man divisions are now known to
have been engaged in the successful
attacks delivered by the enemy yes
terday in the Givenchy-St. Venant
sector. The fighting at Givenchy, as
other parts of this front, ended
the complete repulse of the enemy,
rho at the end of most determined
and costly assaults was only able
secure a limited footing at one or
o points in our more advanced do
ses. The enemy is known to hoVa
suffered heavy casualties from OOP
rtlllery fire prior to the opening of
lttacks and his losees in the
course of the day's. fighting were
equally severe."
on
in
The Fraiioh fteptrt.
Paris, April 19.—The French last
night reduced German mac" .as gun
nests on the front of yesterday's at
tack southeast of Amiens, the w*f
office announces. There was hefjry
rtlllery fighting in this region.
The statement follows:
"There waa a rather violent bom
bard merit of both opposing artilleries
long the front from Castel tc MaiBjr
'aineval.
"During the night th® French re
duced certain machine run nests ra
the front of the attack yesterday.
The number of prisoners taken by
us has reached 650, of whom 20 am
officers.
North of Bcttonvaux (Verdtt*
front), we carried out a success^H
raid and brought back prisoner*.
Klsewhere on the front there W£f
Intermittent cannonading."
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No New Attaelts.
With The American Army
France, April IS.—Exhausted by
failure of yesterday's heavy attache
on the Givenchy-La Raagee caipf
front, the Germans made no further
moves during the night and on tfSfc
greater part of the Flanders battle
front quiet prevailed this morning..
The British re-established their
line west of Robecq, on the sou ti
westerly part of the Ly» battle frefit
field by recapturing ground at Rle»
du-Vinage farm yesterday &ft«y
noon.
Kemmel hill, on the northerly side
of the battle area, was still betttf
heavily bombarded this n-ornmg to
preparation for frerii assaults b§ -idt
Germans.
"Nothina Disquieting."
Ottawa. April 19.—One of the fc
French generals, who
manded the three French divisions
the heavy fighting previous to Aj
declared unreservedly to B"u?er
correspondent with the Kiemjlh
ranies that there was nothing dis
quieting in the present battle ».*«#»
UtM*. but on the contrary w*
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