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iHUNSJN TERRIFIC ASSAULT
I British Hanging
T Grimly to Bulk i
! of Messines Ridge
Great Battle Raging Furiously and Enemy Throw
; ing in Reserves in Great Numbers British
Drive Back Germans and Inflict Immense
Losses in Counter Attack.
LONDON, April I 2. German troops made a determnied
attack along the Messines ridge and succeeded in gaining
some ground, says a Reuter dispatch from British army head
quarters in France and Belgium, but the British once again
drove them out by a counter-attack early this morning.
In brilliant sunshine the battle is continued with a fierce
I ness which has scarcely fagged since the beginning. The Ger
mans are throwing in their reserves in the same prodigal man
ner a in the opening days of the offensive.
The Germans are developing great artillery activity in
the southern area, the dispatch says. The Bray-Corbie road
is being fiercely shelled, heralding, it is believed, further in
fantry attacks.
Three attacks which the enemy launched yesterday in
great waves near Ville Chapelle were repulsed with immense
losses to the Germans . The ground was strewn with then
corpses. I
: .
British Hanging to Ridge.
With the British hanging grimly on the great bulk of
I Messines ridge, their bulwark in Flanders, the Germans to the
south are pushing their wedge deeper into the British lines
northeast and north of Bcthune, one of the British advanced
bases.
The point of this wedge was driven last night further
along the Lys canal to Merville, two miles west of Lestrem,
which the British held up to yesterday. The salient was ex
tended also slightly to the north near its tip to the vicinity of
Neuf Berquin, two miles northwest of Estaires, another point
where the British had been making a stand
The Germans today were continuing what appeared to
be their heaviest pressure in this region and had made some
progress when the neen official report was issued in London.
i
British Hold Salient.
The BOUtheiD side of the salient, as
ii runs southeast toward Givenchy, is
being strongly held by the British.
They were standintr firm today at
Loisne. three miles northeast of
Bethune, and along Hie line northwest
to the Merville regipn. Further t-outh-east,
likewise they repelled a German
attempt to advance norihwest of Giv
enchy, the high ground about which
protects the British right flank before
Brthunc.
The British task here patently is to
prevent the sides of this salient from
JT r'ins materially widened out as i ho
dp cannot bo pushed in much farther
g without L'roal danger to the attacking
forces from flank attack unless they
succeed in broadening their advance
it frnru
Abandonment of Armentieres.
r Northwest of Armentieres, aban-
t; fioned yesterday by the British, the
V v. ,i . :-: ramht' in d out by their
withdrawal from Ploegsteert whence
they fell back, fighting, to the vlciniiy
of Neuve Bglise, close to the southerly
fnd of M -in. s ridge, wtuch protecta
II their new positions.
The British lines apparently are
beins firmly maintained along the
high ground in the Messines and Wyt
., wchaote ri'Cions and to the north to
ward Yprea No material change In
'he situation is reported here. The
battle, however, is continuing along
i he whole tront from La Bassee canal
h noth to Hollebeke, the Germans hani
I merlng hard in their desperate at
tempts to win something substantial
out of this new ambitious eftort of
'heirs, so far Its only definite result
I has been the piling up of casualties on
both sides, notably their own
On the Somme battlefield there lias
been no resumption of infantry en
gagements on a large scale The Brit
ish, however, wore subjected to strong
local attacks near Neuville-Vitassee,
southeast of Arras, all of which tbej
repulsed. The artillery is reported in
creasingly active in the vicinity of the
onime, while Pans announces a
rather heavy bombardmi-nt along ihe
French line to the southeast of Amiens
in the vicinity of Hangard
LONDON. April 12. Attacking yes
terday in the neighborhood of Ploeg
steert. the Germans pressed back tho
British to the vicinity of Neuve Eglise,
u is announced officially.
On the remainder of the northern
battle front there ib little change.
-North of Festubcrt the British re
gained ground by a counter-attack. Qn
jnc front between Loisne and the
I Lawe river German attacks were re
pulsed Lasi night the Germans cap
Lured Moniiie-. Heavy fighting is con-
T ...
tinning in the neighborhood of Mer
ville and Neuf Berquin.
The announcement follows
"Severe- and continuous liuhtins took
place last niuht in the neighborhood of
Merville and Neuf Berquin in botn Of
which localities the enemy concen
trated his pressure and has mado
progress. Merville was captured by
the enemy during the night
"Attacks made by the enemy yester
day in the neighborhood of Ploeg
steert succeeded, after heavy fighting,
in pressing our troops back to the
neighborhood of Neuve Eglise, 10 new
positions.
"On the remainder of the northern
battle front tho silualion is substan
tially unchanged. A part of our posi
tions into which 'he en. -nr. for ed his
way north of Festubert was regained
by a counter-attack. On the front be
tween Loisne and the Lawe river and
1 to the north hostile attacks have been
repulsed Fighting is continuing on
the whole front north of La Bassee
canal as far as Hollebeke.
"South of Arras strong local attacks
were made by the enemy yesterday
against our position in the neighbor
hood of Neuville Vitassee and were
repulsed in eat b i
"Further north the enemy suc
ceeded after prolonged fighting in en
tering one oi our posts near Tilloy-Le
Moffalaines, but he at once was driven
out and the post re-established
"The hostile artillery has shown in
creased activity astride the river
Somme."
Heavy Artillery Fight'ng.
PARIS, April 12 Heavy artillery
fighting occurred last night in the
vicinitj of Hangard -en-San terri on
the front north of Montdidirr, the war
office announces.
The official statement follow
The artillery battle became rather
violent during the nisln in the region
of hangard-en-Santerre.
French patrols developed activity
in the sector between Noyon and
Canny -Sur-Mats. The French took a
number of prisoners.
"Spirited bombardments were car
ried on in the regions of the Oisc
canal and Uie forest of Parroy. Too
French successfully raided the German
lines near Chemlzy, north of ihr'
Allelic, and west ot Butte di Mi -nil.
bringing back prisoners.
"On the remainder of the tront the
night was calm."
Review of War Situation.
Having pushed back the British po
sitions On a front of miles north
and south of Armentieres. to an avej
age depth of 8 little more than two
miles, the Germans are struggling dos
i perately to increase their gains. The
brilliant defense of Field Marshal j
Haig, however, is beginning to tell and
the enemy advance has slowed up
greatly although the German attacks
have not diminished in intensity or -porially
on the nonh and in the cen
ter. Vital Points of Battle.
Messines ridge and WytsChaete are'
the vital points on tho battlefield andj
the Germans in two days have not
been able to reach the crest of the
hills.
Bv abandoning Armentieres the
British have straightened out their
Hue. Evidently the Germans have not
yet occupied the town as the latest of
flcial statement from Berlin reports
fighting in the suburbs The British
withdrawal yesterday afternoon was
after their position had become unten
able West of Armentieres the Ger-
mans have pushed back tho British j
several hundred yards nortn of Steen
weerck. Germans Meet Repulse.
On tho center ot the battle front be- I
twoen Estaires. Lestrem and Loisne
j there has been bitter fighting. Along
the river Lawe between Lestrem and
Loisne the Germans made Incessant!
I attacks only to b repulsed with severe
'loss by the Fifty-first division These
troops then attacked and drove the
enemy from positions he had gained
'previously North of Estaires the Brit-
Isfa have been driven back somewhat
;but the town Is stdl held bv Field
, Marshal Haig
On the Picardy battlefield there has
j been no change in the situation. The!
British front Is qu'et and the French
! have repulsed two German attacks in I
the region of NoyoU. North of Mout-j
didier and around Lassiny tho artillery j
Ore has been violent The German adt i
; nee jn the Coucy region, has halted.
Americans Lnd in Vladivostok.
; American marines have landed in '
Vladivostok with the British and Jap- !
anese and their presence is expected!
I to have a re -assuring effect on Russian j
! feelings. Although no official notifica
tion ha" been received in Washington,
j the step was not unexpected. Petro
I grad i said to view the situation at
Vladivostok more calmly.
Emperor Charles' Letter.
I Emperor Charles, of Austria-Hungary
in an autograph letter written a
ear ago and which he directed should
I be given the Frenc h government, de
clared that Frances claim to Alsace-I
Lorraine was justified and that Bel-
gium and Serbia should be re -68 tab-1
lisbed. Prince Slxtus of Bourbon, the
recipient, was asked to sound London
and Pans on the emperor's attitude
with a view to beginning peace pre
liminaries. The Austrian emperor in
a message to the German emperor de 1
nles that he informed the French gov-j
eminent that its claim to Alsace-Lor- I
I rain e was just and accuses Premier
IClemenceau of falsehoods.
SITUATION ON PICARDY FRONT. '
BERLIN, April 12 (Via London.)
In reference to the' situation on the
, Picardy battle front, the official slate j
Iment from German general headquar-l
: ters today, says :
"The battle front on both sides of j
j the Somme and on the southern hank
Of the Olse the fighting activity was I
I limited to artillery duels and minor In
fantry operations."
BOMBARDING CITY OF PARIS.
j PARIS. April 12 The Germans re
newed this morning the bombardment
of Paris with their long range guns
EMPEROR CHARLES
TRUE TO KAISER
VIENNA. Via Amsterdam. April 12.
Complete solidarity exists between
Austria and Germany and "we shall
jointly enforce an honorable peace."
says Emperor Charles in a telegram to
Emperor William denying the truth of
'the declaration made early in the
I w eek by Premier Clemenceau of
France thai the Austrian emperor rec
ognized France's claim to Alsace-Lor-
i a inc.
It is added that the fact that Austro
I Hungarian troops are fighting for Al
I sace-Lorraine on tho w estern front
demonstrates the emperor's faithful
ness to his all
SENATE CONFIRMS KEPPEL.
WASHINGTON, April 12 Confir
mation by the senate of Frederick P
Keppel, dean of Columbia university,
to be an assistant secretary of war,
was recommended unanimously today
by the senate military' committee. Tlx
nomination ot E. R. Stettinius as an
assistant secretary already has been
confirmed.
OPERATIONS IN ITALY.
VIENNA. Thursday, April 11 (Via
London, April 12 ) "West of Lake
Gaida and in the valley, of the Brenta
there were successful operations by
the thrusting troops." says the state
ment from Austro-Hungarian head?
quarters today on Operations in Italy
GERMANS PAVING
TERRIBLE TOLL
Wounded Machine Gunner
Describes Awful Carnage
on the British Front.
HUNS FALL IN HEAPS
Bullets Pumped Into Oncom
ing Hordes in Constant
Stream.
LONDON. April 12 Yon rouldl
have shot them down with your eyes
-.tiui ." said a wounded machine gunner
in describing how the Germans attack
od on the western front, according to
the correspondent there of the Daily
Mail "We fired Straight into thrru and
they went down in heaps, yet wo could
not stop them It was one down and
another come on."
rhe correspondent quotes other re
marks Irom mounded soldiers winch
are indicative of the unconquerable
spirit of the British defenders and
which bear further testimony to the
terrible toll the Germans are paying
for every' foot they advance. The cor - j
respondent says wounded soldiers
agreed that Ihe Germans outnumbered
the defenders at least two to one.
Highlander Tells Story.
"Aye, we're never far away " a
wounded Highlander replied to the re
mark of the correspondent that the
Highlanders seemed to get into all the
I battles. He proceeded to tell how his
regiment was on a canal bank when
the Germans tried to cross:
"They advanced on both Hanks, '
coming up on either side In the at - '
tempt to get across. We were told to
hold our fire and waited until they ,
wi re well in view. Then, when there
were hundreds before us, we let fly. (
Man it was murderous."
A Yorkshire man. who was standing
nearby, broke in:
'That may be. but that was no bet
ter than when we saw them along the
side of a hedge. They didn't expect
us to be so near We pumped bullets
into them with Lewis guns until our,
bodies ached."
As an illustration of the coolness
and confidence of !) British troops,
the Daily Mail correspondent says)
;onif Highlanders lold him how they!
fought with a quantity of food in
trenches which some other troops had
been forced to evaluate before heavy i
German attacks. The Highlanders said!
the first thing they did was to sir flown
and eat the food.
"We forced their eggs and fricaled
their bacon. 'Never miss a chance" is j
our motto We had a fine feed."
Poison Gas Patients
In the garden of an improvised hos
pital where the daffodils toss their;
golden heads in a light breeze, several
men sat on a bench. They did not seel
the daffodils, they saw nothing. They '
sat hunched up as 'hey slowly recov- !
ered power to breathe freely. They
were poison gas cases.
The correspondent adds:
'Happily they wore not likely to be
much worse, the doctor thought But
they were bad enough and it made us
feel that for chemists who invented
such means of warcraft and generals
who .vere devilish '-noup;h to introduce
it and lor the nation which applauded
its employment no punishment could
be too cruel., no torture too refined."
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BRITISH ARMY
WELL EQUIPPED
England Replaces Lost Guns
and Increases Quantity of
Machine Guns.
OTTAWA. April 12 The British!
army in France is as well equipped to- ;
day as when the German offensive in
Picardy began, England having re
placed all the lost guns and having in
oreased the quantity of machine guns,
according to Frederick George Kdla
way, British parliamentary secretary
ot the ministry of munitions. A Reut-j
er s dispatch received here today from
London quotes from a speech which
Mr. Kellaway made last night at Bed
lord, England
"The tanks which the Germans cap
tured were being replaced bj ones ol
superior model." the secretary as
serted, "and the ammunition con
BUmed had more than been mad .- good. I
while men were steadily being re i
leased to fill the gaps occasioned
through loss. In the air Britain con
tinued as strong if not stronger." I
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BABIES KILLED BY 1
LONG RANGE GUNS
PARIS, April 12. A shell fired by
the Gorman long range cannon ye-tor
day struck a foundling asylum in the
Rue d' la Creche, in the Monirouge
district, on the southern outskirts of
Paris, and three persons there were
killed and eleven wounded. Within the
hospital were thirty women with now
born babies.
One maternity nurse, one patient
and one baby were killed, while two
probationers, six women patients and
three Infants were injured. Another
shell struck an open tir bowling al
ley and killed a man and a bo;, and
wounded t.ju other persons.
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H j I M E
Foundation for Agree
ment on Irish Prob
lem Laid.
LETTER TO PREMIER
Nationalist and Unionist
Majority to Establish
Parliament
LONDON April 12. The Irish ron
ention laid the foundation for an
agiremeni on ihe Irish question which
is unprecedented in history. Sir Hor
ace Plunkett, chairman of the conven
tion. sas in a letter accompanying the
report of that body.
The convention did not find it pos
sible to overcome the objections of the
Ulster Unionists, says Sir Horace. A
majority of the Nationalists, all the
southern Unionists and five of the sev
en labor representatives agreed upon
a scheme ot Irish self -go ernment
which is given in ihe conclusions
reached by the majority which, he
states, should bo enacted into lav.
"We had every reason to believe the
government contemplated immediate
l gislation on the results of our labor,"
Baj - Sir Horace ' The work of an Iri-h
settlement i if iB now felt, admits of no
further postponement. In the domin
ions and the United States, as well as
the allied countries, the unsettled Irish
que Ion js a disturbing factor, both as
regards war effort and peace aims "
Majority Report Submitted.
After every possibility of agreement
had been explored, Sir Horace writes,
be was instructed to draft a report
which would be a narrative of the con
vention's proceedings with a statement
for the government's information of
the conclusions adopted unanimously
or by a majority. This dratt of the
report was adopted by a majority.
Sir Horace adds that the public has
bn provided with no majority report
in the rLii-e of a reasoned statement
in favor of conclusions upon which
th majority agreed, but has been left
to gather from the narrative of the
proceedings what the contents 01 such
a report would have been. The Issue
of minority reports by the Ulster
Unionists and a minority of National
ists had minimized the agreement
reached and emphasized the disagree
ment.
Letter to Lloyd-George
In his letter which is addressed to
Premier Lloyd-George, the chairman
says the customs question became one
Of the utal points and that upon a
decision regarding it depended the ex
tent of an agreement which could be
n acht d. The geographical position of
Ireland imposed restrictions regarding
naval and military affairs and the
claim for home rule was concentrated
on the demand for unrestrained fiscal
power. The Nationalists made a strong
case for such fiscal powers and wore
abb: to prove that a considerable num
her of -the leading commercial men had
come to favor fiscal autonomy.
Hope to Establish Parliament.
A majority of the Nationalists and of
i li. u: hern I' n c 'U i -! .1 iP. d in 01 dn
that a parliament might be established
at once to postpone the- decision in re
gard to the control of the customs. The
Nationalists were prepared to agree to
fn e trade with England but the south
ern Unionists joined the filter Union
ists in opposing a satisfactory system
of customs control.
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GOV. HARRISON
FACING DIVORCE
Wife of Philippines Executive
Institutes Proceedings in Cali
fornia Against Husband.
SAN DIEGO, April -12. Divorce
proceedings against. Francis Burton
Harrison, former governor of the
Philippines and former congressman
from New York, have been instituted
here by Mrs. Harrison, it became
known today. The nature of the
charges has pot been made public
Mrs. Harrison arrived at Coronado
from the east last Wednesday. She
passed a considerable part of Inst win- 1
ler at coronado and at that time es- j
tablished legal residence in California.!
NOTED PROFESSOR'
IN U. SjJJSTODY
Dr. William Isaac Thomas of
University of Chicago and
Woman Arrested.
VIOLATES MANN ACTi
Both Married and Have Chil-j
dren Professor 55 and
Paramour 24 Years Old.
CHICAGO, April 12 Hinton G la
baugh, c-hiof of the local bureau of the
department of justice, today an -
nounced that his acents last nicht
took into custody Dr. William Isaac
Thomas of tho faculty of the Univer I
Bity of Chicago, widely known as an 1
authority on sociology, and a woman ,
said to be the wife of a Texas man
now (n France with '.'"neral Pershing.
Mr t'ldbcuph said he bad turned over i
to United States District Attorney
Cline evidence completely rounded out 1
for institution of charges of violating
the Mann act and the act forbidding
false registrations at hotels.
Clerk's Suspicions Aroused.
Dr. Thomas and the woman, who 1
said she was a Mrs. R M. Granger of
Washington, D. C., are said in the data I
given Mr Cline to have registered at j
a downtown hotel last night as man '
and wife from Gary, Ind. The alleged
expose was due to the fact that the
hotel clerk's suspicions were aroused.
He notified Mr Clabaugh and the
latter sent agents who looked through
their luggage.
Both were taken before Mr. Cline
lasi night and are quoted as having at
tempted little if any concealment.
Accord int,' to Mr Clabaugh, Dr.
Thomas said-
Cares Not for World.
"I love her and I don't care if the
whole world knows it. My arrest is
a tremendous injustice."
Mr. Clabauch further quoted the
woman as saying :
"Dr. Thomas was kind to me After
my husband left for France Dr.
Thomas was most solicitous for my
comfort. I just liked him al first,
later it grew into love."
Dr. Thomas a Married Man.
Dr Thomas, a man of distinguished
appearance, is 55 years of age, mar
1 1 led and has grown children. Airs.
Thomas was one of the founders of
j the Woman's Peace party. Mrs.
1 Granger la -4 years of age and has a
three-year old child living with her I
mother at Fort Worth, Tex.
Husband in France.
She said, according to Mr. Clabaugh,
that she accompanied her husband
from the training camp at Fort Worth
to New York to say goodbye when he
sailed Dr. Thomas was in the city to
gather material for a book on Poland.
They were introduced by Mrs.
Granger's sister. The latter and Mrs.!
Granger have been living at a south
aidt Family hotel for about two weeks.
At this hostelrj it was said that Mrs.
Granger left suddenly last night in a
taxicab to go downtown. The sister's
name, according to G. W. Wayson,
manager of the hotel, is Mrs Rains.
Dr. Thomas Odd Doctrines.
Dr. Thomas for some time was much
iu demand for his lectures on sociol
ogy and the relation of sex thereunto
Among his teachings were
' Women are better off for having
had their fling as men do. Dissipated
women often make excellent w Ives.
"Chia!ry la the persistence of the
old-race habit of contempt ol women.
"Any girl, mentally mature, has the
right to have children and the right to
limit their number.
Morality An Expediency.
"The morality of women is an ex
pediency rat hoi than an innate vir
tue. ' .Marriage, as it exists today, is rap
(dly approaching a form of immorality.
"Matrimony is often an arrangement
by which the woman trades her Irre
proachable conduct for irreproachable
gowns.
"Children are not the result of mar
I riage, but marriage is the result of
children."
"No action will be taken today,'"
said District Attorney Cline in whose
hands the ease now re ts Although
we have the results of the investiga
tion of the department of justice, we
feel thai we must make additional in
vestigation ourselves because of the
fact that there are a number of pecu
liar ancles to the case."
Dr. Thomas and Mrs Granger this
afternoon were examim-d by the dis
trict attorney in the presence of an
assistant skilled in Mann act proceed
ings. They were allowed to lenve the
federal building on their own recognizance.
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ALIEN WOMAN
I SPURNS FLAG
I
'Makes Disloyal Remarks and
American Women Beat
Her Severely.
OMAHA, Neb , April 12. Mrs. Mar
garet Selby, a Lithuanian by birth, a
packing house employe, was badly
beaten by three other women employed
at toe same packing plant todaj when
she ppurnod tho American flag they
offered ber to wear and, they claim,
mado disloyal remarks. She was af- ;
terwards arrested and is being held tor
investigation by federal authorities. I
UNTOLD
CRUELTlf J
OF HUNS
Prisoners Are Enslaved, I
Starved and Subjected I
to Untold Suffering. I
MANY ARE KILLED I
. I
French Kicked, Beaten
and Often Shot 111
Down. 1 1
LONDON. April 12. How Briti-h
prisoners of war in Germany are en
slaved, starved and subject to untold
cruelties is related in an official re
port of a government committee made
public today. The detention and em
ployment of non-commissioned officers
and men captured on the western
front, the report, -"have brought on
these prisoners an amount of unjusti
fiable suffering for which it would be
1 hard to find a parallel in all history.
The report is based on an accumula
tion of e ldence and shows that pris
oners have been emploved constantly
under shell fire and that many have I
been killed bv British guns; that they
have been kicked and beaten, denied 1
clothing and adequate shelter; have
Often been fhot and that deaths from )
starvation and overwork have been
! constant. 1
French prisoners have been subject
ed to the same treatment. Some of
the prisoners received neither letters
nor parcels for eight or nine months
I after their capture Last November
there was in the Limburg station be
tween lS.Ufio and 20,000 undelivered
parcels for British prisoners.
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PRUSSIANS AIM I
TO TAKE POLAND I
Papers Comment Strongly on
Political Consequences of
Such Annexations.
AMSTERDAM. April 12 -The safe
guarding of the German position in the
east is primarlh a Prussian interest
and, therefore, Prussia must bear in
mind that the military interests should
be decisive over all others. Dr. Essen
Hartruthe, Prussian minister of agri
iiiiiure, declared in the Prussian up
per house on Tuesday, according to
the Berliner Tageblatt.
This statement is interpreted by the
Tageblatt as meaning that every sec
tion of the Polish territory must be
added to Trussia It comments very
strongly on the political consequenc
of such annexations. 'which would
drive ih'' Poles politically into the
arms of Russia and create in the east
for the Germans a permanent breed
ing center of political unrest, produc
Ing an irredenta in dir eastern pro
vinces and a perpetual Polish daa
er"
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DILLON PLEADS I
FOR THE IRISH I
Asks for More Time in Which
to Consider the Man
power Bill.
LONDON. April 11 John Dillon.
Irish nationalist leader, in the house
j of commons yesterday said be under
1 stood that motor cars, machine guns
and tanks already had been shipped
land were sailing away from the bat
tle front toward Ireland Mr. Dillon
Pleaded strongly against what ho
I termed the government's "guillotine
methods."
The debate on the manpower bill
centered largely around a discussion
of requesU bj Mr. Dillon and others
' for more time in which to consider the
measure. The government eentually
, conceded to permit the house con-
trarv to custom, to sit on both. Friday
and Saturday so as t0 ad(J two y8
to the time for the discussion. The
bill then entered committee and an
amendment submitting -IS years tor
5 as the age limit was defea'cd by a
. vote of 2G2 to 152.