The Ogden standard. [volume], April 15, 1918, 3:30 P.M. CITY EDITION, Image 1

About The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920

Image provided by: University of Utah, Marriott Library

                
I
I
. f " iftiSl?Vl?l1 fltSYY I Father forecast
l are Silver 95 '-4c ; lead 7 1-10c bid; opelter 7 c bid'. 1 l 9 B B W 7 R 9 I W it H I i I A V I Weather Indications for O0den and vicinity
O FEARLESS INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER
rorty.e.ghth Year-N0. 90, Prlcp Flve Cen OGDEN CITY, UTAH. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL is! 1918. 1 3:30 P. M. CITY EDITION 16 PAGES
BRITISH POUNDING GERMANS I
f Raging Around
i Neuve Eglise
. v
" Important Strategic Point Changes Hands Several
2 Times in Furious Fighting Haigs Men Put
ting Up Desperate Resistance Before Bailleul
British Line Being Strongly Held and
Somewhat Improved.
re;
u,
BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE. April 15. by the As
sociated Press. The battle about Neuve Eglise near the Bel-,
'i gian border which has been retaken by the Germans continued
to rage this morning with the same intensity that has maiked
. it for days and the British are pounding the Germans hard.
"V Another assault on Bailleul, four miles west of Neuve
Eglise. is expected momentarily.
The latest reports this forenoon showed that the British
line was being strongly held as a whole in this northern zone
and in some instances had been considerably improved b'
counter-strokes The British last evening followed up then
success of last Saturday when they pushed the Germans back
u from Robecq. on the Clarence river. Local counter-attacks
delivered on the German positions. 3,000 yards to the east
mf of this town, were completely successful and the enemy was
again forced to fall back somewhat.
The British, in the course of the afternoon also pushed
out several posts north of the canal between the Lawe and
Clarence rivers.
i.
at: i.oXho.V April 15 Seven attack."
'' hy the Germans in tue Merville soc-
for of the northern battle front have
iT been repulsed by thr British, who In-
f flicted heavj losses on the enemy, it
is announced officially
The British ha-1, e lost Neuve eglise.
j, of Bailleul the Germans
temporarily prnetrated, the British po
' siiions, but were driven out by a
, counter -al ack
Th( olio w
"Severe fighting continued all day
it yesterday around Neuve Eglise After
beating off numerous attacks our
fronts ueredln the end compelled to
I withdraw a second time from the Til-
x lag!
It. Strong attacks wore made by tbe1
0 (DfM: wMorday afternoon nt a num ,
Tih. ber of o her points n the battle front
Northw .-i r,r Merville fierce fihun
' took place as a result of which the at-
tacking (jf-rman infantry was driven1
back with great loss. The hostile in
i fantry advancing alon the nonlK-rn
bank of the Lys was caught by the
o, fire of our artiller and was unablv 'o
develop its attack
Seven Attacks on Merville.
: "In the course of the day no less
:eu than seven attacks were delivered by
the enemy in the Merville sector, all
tJ of which were repulsed with heavy
;c. loss to his troops In one erne the
k enemy adanced to the assault in five
waves. Under the weight of this at-.
P tack our line was bent back slightly,
rei but was completely nitored by a
i counter-attack."
II , "Southwest of Bailleul, parties of
It the enemy succeeded temporarily In
penetrating our positions, but were
driven out by our counter-attack and
- our line 'was restored.
yt 'Successful minor operations were
r carried out by us during the nighr
east of Robecq. Several machine guns
K and 150 prisoners were captured by
cf U8'
'Fiplitlng took place also earl this
morning south of the Somme in the
cjri neighborhood of Hangard. Our position
in this sector has been improved and
a number of prisoners have been tak
ii en. The hostile artillery was active
last night in the neighborhood of
Bucquov "
t;S German Drive Cheeked
Fighting heroically, British troops
have cheeked the German drive in the
I j region wesl of Armentieres and thi
i enemy effort, like the one in Hcardv,
seems almost definitely stopped.
Igalnsj the American sector south
0 of Verdun, Gorman storming troops
hurled themselves Sunday. Amenean
Infantrymen beat the enemy in hot
liphting. The enemy withdrew to his
trenches with the loss of nearlv oh
hundred
i&l About Neuve Eglise and before Rail -
loul, Field Marshal Haigs battered di
vision.-. hae ber-n putting a desperate
r )i8tance to the Germans. Neuve
Eglise has changed hands several
times in furious fighting and is now
held by the Germans It is an iru-
r- portant strategic point as it is one of
the outposts of the Messlnes ridge.
Americans Beat Off Germans.
r On either wing oi the sharp salient
around St. Mlhiel the American troops
in the last few days have been meet
ing and beating off in fine fashion
strong Sermon attacks.
There ha-, been no great activity on
i tin Picard) battle front and on the
reiniunrJei of the western from i i ,,
for artillery duels.
Count Czernfn has resigned as Aus
, tro-Hungarian forrlgn minister and
Emperor Charles has accepted his res
ignation. The steps leading to the
eount's act are not disclosed as yet.
but the publication bv the French gov
ernment of the emperor s peace oiier
letter to France early in lf17 prob
ably hastened his withdrawal. Semi
official attempts are still being made
to deny the letter.
GERMANS FLY OVER HAVRE.
HAVRE, April 15. An enemy air
plane succeeded in passing observa
tion posts without being reported ana
flew over the district, says an official
note issued here. Several bombs were
dropped near one of the camps for
German prisoners The material dam
age. was slight and there were no cas
ualties. ENSIGN PERRY KILLED.
WASHINGTON. April 15 Ensign
Lloyd A. Ferry. U S. R. N , was killed
in a seaplaue accident in France,
April 12, the navy department was to
day advised. His wife lives at Oco
nomowoc , Wis.
FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS.
PARIS, April 16. On the front
above Montdidier the French made a
successful local attack last night tak
ing prisoners, ihe war office an
nounce? The Ptatement follows-
"In the region of Hangard the
French carried out a local operation
with complete success and took ten
prisoners. Since April 12 we have
taken 15i prisoners in this sector.
"Between Montdidier and Noyon
In th" Champagne south of Mont Tetu,
we carred out several raids and
brought back prisoners. A German
effori north of the Chemin des Dames,
southeast or Corbeny, was without
success. There were intermittent
bombardments at Beveral points on the
front."
00
DEAN OF OMAHA
PIONEERS DEAD
Samuel E. Rogers, Last Sur-
vivor of First Nebraska Leg
islature Dies at Ninety-six. ,
I
OMAHA, Neb., April 15 Samuel E 1
Rogers, dean ol Omaha pioneer and
I the last survivor of tbe first Nebraska i
territorial legislature, died at his home
here Sunday at the age of 98 yean
He was born in Flemlngsburg, Kj
graduated from Wabash college, Craw
tordsville, Ind.. in 1 848. and was short
jly afterwards admitted to the bar. He
cam to Omaha in 1S65 He practiced
law and engaged in the banking, real
'Mate and mercantile business until
advancing age compelled his retire-!
ment a lew years ago.
MEAT ORDER IN ROME.
! BO ME April '. A decree will be
j Issued shortly, according to EpOCa,
i limiting ihe consumption of meat to
ilhrce days a week. j
ROSS SNIPING
IS CONFIRMED
Armed German and Austrian
Prisoners Sent to Vladivos
tok as Reinforcements.
1
TOKIO, Wednesday. April 10 Sev
eral instances of Russian sniping
against Japanese patrols in Vladivos
tok are reRortfd in a dispatch from
that city to the Asaii One Russian
was arrested The message also re
ports that the local council of sol
diers and workmen has telegraphed to
"headquarters urging the dispatch of
armed German and Austrian prisoners
to Vladivostok as reinforcements. Bol
shevik leaders are quoted as declaring
that the Japanese action in landing
forces in Vladivostok marks the begin
ning of the earning out by Japan of
her "long cherished ambition in Si
beria." The Russian minister, according to
a dispatch from Khabarovsk, eastern
Siberia, had telegraphed the Siberian
soviet that there was not sufficient
justificHf ion for the landing of the
. Japanese and that the Russian work
men and soldiers must take measures
for the defense of the eoUntrj
Although it has been confirmed thai
a small Uritish cohtingoa; has been
put ashore at Vladivostok, the report
that Ameiican bluejackets had been
mbarked is unconfirmed and Is not
i reaKted here, it l understood here
that the soviet at Khabarovsk has
protested against the landing of both
the British and the -Japanese.
PROF. THOMAS HAS
CASE CONTINUED
Wife and Son Caring for
Young Woman Whom Hus
band and Father Ruined.
! CHICAGO, April 15. The ease of
Dr. William Thomas, charged wi!h
disorderly conduct was continued to
' day in the nioralp court to next Friday,
Mrs. R. M Granger, wife of an army
I officer in France, wjih whom the edu
l cator is alleged to bae registered at a
I hotel as man and wife last Thursday,
I was not in court. It was said she was
I still at the professor's home where
! Mrs Thomas, assisted by a son. who is
la hospital interne, was trying to soothe
i her shaken nerves.
The continuance was taken at tbe
Instance of Peter Sissraan. attorney
for Dr. Thomas, who said be had no
.time to prepare his ea3C.
Crowd Ig Disappointed
A large crowd, attr icted by the not
joriety of the case, was disappointed at
j the brevity of the proceedings. There
I were a few whispered words exchang
i ed by Slssman, Judge Graham and
Prosecutor Starr and the case for the
I day was over. A woman, who had ob
I tained a seat near the bench continued
I work on a soldier's sock, maintained
her seat until she saw the principals
leaving the court room, v.hen he has
j tily gathered her materials and left
1 1 JU.
"Who knows," said the prosecutor,
' but perhaps Mrs. Granger's husband
may get that sock some day."
Dr. Thomas Among the Immorals.
Dr. Thomas escaped observation by
tbe curious until his. lawyer called blm
forward. He leaned against a door,
looking weary and worn until the al -torney
summoned him in the back
ground were perhaps a hundred de
fendants and witnesses In a heavy
docket consisting wholly of cases of
Immorality. They are the specialty Ol
the morals court
Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, president
of the University of Chicago where li
Thomas holds the chair of sociology,
was expected to return from Washing
ton today Faculty members met Sat
urday to prepare a formal statement
of the case for him. it is supposed to
be a resume of facts admitted to fed
eral officials the sailing of Lieuten
ant R M Granger, signal corp-. lor
France; the farewell ol his wife and
the immediate solace she found in the
company of Dr. Thomas, ihni long
talks in the sequestered shadows of
the university; the denouement at the
hotel Thursday night when they were
taken into custody and the charge
which brought the professor into the
disillusioning portals of the morals
court.
Mrs, Thomas' interest in young Mrs.
Grander he fe 21 whllo the professor
s 55 and looks jt showed no sins of
abatement today Years ago she at -cepted
her husband's advanced theor
les of relations between men and
I -women the "wider view" as manyi
NAVY SEEKING
LOSUOLLIER
Cyclops Overdue From South
American Waters for More
Than Month.
BIG CARRIER VANISHES
May Have Been Captured by
German Raiders Radio
Absolutely Silent.
WASHINGTON, April 15 Orders
for greater efforts to find the missing
naval collier C clops, overdue from
South American waters for more than
a month, went out today to American
ships In addition allied naval craft
on patrol duty in the south are aid
ing in the search.
So far not one word has come to
clear up the mystery of the collier s
disappearance, secretary Daniels said
today, however that he stiH clung to
the hope that the vessel would report
as many oilier navy ships have done
after thej had been given up for lost.
Naval officials were no nearer to
day to a solution of the disappearance
than they were three weeks ago whn
! anxiety over the safety of the ship
first developed. There was absolute
l'nothinu on whicn to found an ex
planation. The big carrier has sim
ply vanished from the sea.
No possible theory was rejected by
officials In seeking an explanation
Suggestions heard most frequently
were that German agents had board
i ed the ship in port and captured her
i from her people at sea; that sue had
i broken in two and gone down in a
'sudden rquall: that she had been over
taken by a submarine and sunk with
out trace and that an internal explo
sion had sent her down.
Radio Is Silent.
All of these suggestions had flaws
in them, it was said. A theory that
'she had been captured by a group of
German agents aboard appeared to be
the only explanation that would ac
count for the silence of ber radio ap
paratus. Since ihe ship failed to appear,
naval vessels have patrolled all coasts
iiv, the vicinity of her route looking for
wreckage or survivors. Nothing has
been found Every vessel said to
haw been anywhere in the region at
the time has been communicated with
None sav. or heard anything of the
collier. Reports from every source
showed nothing to warrant the storm
'theory It is the mild season of the
jyear In those waters. The route the
Cyclops would have followed was
somewhat sheltered The ship had
aboard an insufficient quantity of coal
for a journey to the nearest German
j port had she been captured. Some of
ficers think that if the ship was cap
tured, her captors may be holding her
'out of trade routes waiting for a
I chance steamer from which to secure
coal
The explosion theory is met by the
j fact that only sufficient ammunition
for her few guns was on board. The
'ship's earrro of manganese ore was not
explosive.
No Suspicious Craf Sighted
Secretary Daniels said the depart
ment had no word that would indicate
the presence in southern waters of a
German raider. The sea lanes are
busy with shipping, yet no vessel has
sighted any suspicious craft.
It is the absolute silence of the radio
that makes the case one of the most
mysterious in the history of naval
annals. That fact alone inclines of f i -Icials
to the belief that the ship might
(have been captured by persons aboard,
j for in no other way would it have been
possible to silence calls for aid In
case of a storm or an attack by enemy
craft or even If the ship were tor
, pedoed there would have been time
;for such calls.
One of the Cyclops' engines was
damaged, but it is not believed the
I engine i rouble had anything to do with
the disappearance. Constructors said
the Cyclops was one of the staunches,
craft of the auxiliary fleet of the
navy. They could not believe that a
squall of such intensity as to over
whelm her had been encountered.
The possibility was suggested that
explosives might have been put aboard
mixed in large quantities with the
(manganese ore and a time bomb set
i to explode the mass. In that case,1
however, the sea would be covered
I with wreckage.
uu
SENATOR KINO
DILL APPROVED
WASHINGTON, April .', Repeal
ot the ledcral charter of the National
German-American Alliance was ap
proved unanimously today by the en
ate judiciar) oammiftee The bill of
Senator King of Utah, for annullmenl
of tho organization's charter, was or
dered lavorablv reported despite the
recent vote of the organization volun
tarily lo dlssoh e.
Intellectuals term it, and she (a now
mothering both the girl and her hus
band. The girl, she has called 1 a silly
little thing" and her husband a "silly
boy."
"So ctupftl of huDj," she said
Professor Thomas' course 0 spying
;md summer lectures al the university
were suddenly cancelled today. This,
it was said, was preliminary to his re
tire meni from the faculty.
Germans Have Scored
Distant Advantage
But Not Victory.
AM NOT ATTAINED
Will Be Forced to Aban
don Open Field
Fighting.
WASHINGTON April 16. Tbe turn
ing point in the battle on the western
from is being reached, says the war
departments review of the milltarj
i situation for the week ending April lo.
published today. The Germans have
i failed to achieve victory In the field,
the statement continues, and soon will
be forced to resume their old tactics.
"We must bear in mind." the review
, says, "that the enmy is waging a bat
tle of annihilation to achieve victory
i He is flghung today with the sole aim
I of annihilating the British armies.
Thus terrain conquered counts for lit - I
tie."
I White it must be admitted that Ger
man operations since the beginning of
I the present offensive has resulted iu
I more than a more ploughing up of part j
of the allied trench system and the
capture of local objectives along al
wide front, nevertheless, the aim of
the German higher command to ob
tain a decisive strategic success by
I these assaults has not been attained.
Turnmg Point Being Reached.
,' The turning point in tbe west is be-
I ing reached, Tbe Germans have scor-
led a distinct advantage which it would ;
be unwise to belittle Yet they have!
failed in their purpose to achieve vic-
I tory in the field and will soon be forc
ed to resume their old tactics, seeking
to gain limited objectives. striking
I first at one point tien at another in
ord r to render the allied position un- '
tenable and give hemselves greater
j security.
War Department Review
I The review of operations follows:
"As time passes, It becomes eident
that the enemy is striking-with renew
ed vigor at the weakest point he can
! find opposite him In the offensive In
' Picardy the Germans sought for a rift
in the line where the French and Brit
ish forces oined. Failing to ajchleve
any definite, far-reaching results from
this operation, they promptly return to
the assault elsewhere and plunge for
ward hoping that by driving a wedge
into the sector along 'he front held by
Portuguese and British units they may
be able to roll the British towards the
a and effect a break through.
"This is the operation attempted
this week in the region of the famous
battle ground of the early days of the
I war in front of LIUe.
16,000 Yard Battlefront.
"Here on a frontage of 16,000 yards
Btretchlng from Armentieres to the La
Basses canal, the segment held by the
Portuguese troops flanked on either
side by British divisions, was pene
trated after an Intense bombardment.
"The hostile attack was favored by
a thick mist and in spite of the fact
that the British fought tenaciously
they were compelled to give ground
after the Portuguese positions had
been broken through and forced a re
t tirement from Armentieres and other
! pointy
"On the first day of the assault the
enemy was able to penetrate to a
depth of from two and a quarter to
four miles on a front of eleven milei
"On the second day the front of at
tack was extended to twenty miles
while the impetus of the offensive was
considerably slowed down and only(
able to reach a maximum additional
depth uf two and one-fourth miles
The front of attack has since been
further extended and the British hae
b' t n forced to abandon positions to
the north and south ot the Lvs and
west of the Lawe
Enemy Mak'ng Headway.
"The enemy has made headway
along the La Bassee canal to within
the immediate vicinity of Bethune
while other points northwest of the
cit) oi eonsiderabie tactical impor
tance lu'e fallen into the hands of the
enemy.
"The enemy now finds himself with
in forty miles of Calais. The main
lines of communication to channel
ports radiate vertically from this bat
tle front and thus facilitate the Ger
man advance.
Hopes to Annihilate Brrti6h.
"If the enemj r-'D muster the drn -ing
power be will, in all probability,
continue his assaults, hoping that by
an enveloping attack on an oblique
front, to use the classic Prussian defi-
OLDEST CIVIL WA R 1
VET JVQULD FIGHT
Sylvanus Parker.
Sylvanus Parker, probably the old
est living Civil war veteran, will be
one hundred years old in October of
this year, and wishes he could fight
with the allies who, he says, are sure
to win the war. Parker was born in
Strassburg, Alsace-Lorraine, in 1818.
He lives at the Ohio Soldiers' Home,
Sandusky.
nition. he may seore a complete anni- j
Dilation victory I
"There has been less heavy fighting
along tbe southern salient of the Pic- j
ardy front Here tbe line taken over
by the French la now fully consolidat
ed. After the bloody battles which
have been raging between Montdidier j
and Noyon tbe enemy fearing a coun
ter attack on this front of their deeply
curved salient, struck repeated blows,
to give themselves elbow room, south
of the Oise.
"The enemy by stubborn and costly
thrusts were abl to force the French
out o( the triangular area formed by
the Oise. the Allette and the old line
stretching from La Fere to Anizy le
Chateau.
"On an approximate twelve mile
front the enemv advanced to a depth
ranging from three to six miles. The
French who contested every foot of the
ground were able to cbck the enemy's
onslaught and carry out their careful
ly arranged plan tor the occupation of j
the line which they now hold south of,
the Allette.
French Holding Line.
"The German higher command also;
made desperate attempts to enlarge
its sains in the area stretching from
Montdidier to Noyon and improve the
position in this vicinity but thev were
everywhere repulsexi by the French
who holds firm along this important
French sector.
"North of the Somme the British re
established their line in the Aveluy
woods and took a number of prison
ers. "Later in the week heavy bombard
ments developed in the region east of
Noyon and north of Montdidier.
Americans Repulse Attacks.
' In the sectors where our own forces
are fighting, considerable activity pre
vailed. After protracted artillery pre
parations the Germans launched an
attack against our positions northwest
of Toul. Our artillery was able to
disperse the assaulting columns and
checked the attack before our lines
were reached. Our own infantry coun
ter-attacked and drove oil me rem
nants of the enemy units. A number
of prisoners were taken Our casual
ties were relatively slight.
"The enemy also executed a minor
raid against one of our outposts in the
Woevre. Hostile artillery has been ac
tive throughout the week both in the
Woevre and alons our positions in the
Meuse hills and in the Vosges.
Counter Battery Work.
"Our counter battery work was ef
ficient and were placed vigorously to
the hostile shelling
"Lively shelling toook place along
the whole Italiau front and the allies
experienced n number ot minor raids
In the Asiago region.
Italians Expecting Attack.
"The re -grouping of forces has been
going on and the continuation of con
centration of hostile units is reported.
The probability of an enemy offensive
in this area taking place as soon as
the weather becomes more favorable
is increasing.
"While no events bearing directly on
the general military situation took
place in the east, it is to be noted that
German and Finnish forces have oc
cupied and passed beyond Tammer
fors and hostile units are moving
northward with tbe object of cutting
the Russian railwaj through Finland
to Sweden.
"In Siberia the situation remains
obscure. The Japanese landing at
Vladivostok has been followed by ihe
landing of a British force."
oo
LIBERTY LOAN
GRO WSSTEADILY
WASHINGTON, April 16. -Liberty j
loan 0Ub8Orlptid&S tabulated today al
i he treasury showed a total of $620.- I
917.550 which Is $C7.00u,0OO more than)
was reported Saturday. This did not i
include reports from the Minneapolis I
district which started its campaign
today,
i
I
S I
GOOD I
American Soldiers Do I
Brilliant Work at
Brule Wood. I
ENEMY IS EJECTED I
Ground Strewn With
German Dead Pris- I
I oners Taken,
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sunday, April 14 (By Thf
Associated Press.) American soldier
did brilliant work in the stiff fightins
on Friday at Brule wood, in the forest
of Apremont. Lorraine, to which the
French war office already has referred
in its communications. An account ol
the engagement which has just
reached the correspondent through thf
French army, shows that at 4:3C
o clock in the morning after a short
and severe bombardment, 500 Ger
mans, troops selected from an entire
division, made an assault and attempt
ed to occupy a first line trench. Small
bodies of famous French troops which
formed the advance posts engaged fh I
enemy until their ammunition was ex- I
hausted. Then they retired to obtain I
supplies, after which they returned to
the fight.
The French commander immediate
ly organized a counter-attack in which
American troops joined, and alter
fierce fighting ejected the enemy. The
ground was strewn with the German
dead and the allies took a number ot
prisoners.
Yankees Repulse Enemy.
Shortly afterward on tbe same day.
suspicious movements were observed
in that vicinity. Groups of Germans
were seen to be creeping into the first
line of the American position which
had voluntarily been left unoccupied.
American soldiers dashed forward
from tbe support line and engaged ir
grenade fighting and hand-to-hand
encounters, in the course of which
they displayed wonderful dash and
coolness. French troops nearby
watched admiringly the progress ot
the Americans, who after a severe en
gagement repulsed the Germans. The
enemy suffered heavy casualties and
left behind twenty-four prisoners.
ALIEN WOMEN ARE I
BEINGJHTCHED I
Many Germans and Austrians
to Be Arrested and In
terned Soon.
WASHINGTON, April 15 Many
German and Austrian women are un
der surveillance by government agents
and will b.' arrested and interned as
soon as President Wilson signs the
bill which includes women in the class
of enemy aliens. It was said today
the number is more than 100. I
In anticipation of this action by the
government s number of the mot
dangerous German and Austrian wom
en have left the country recently, of-
ficials said today. H
Enough remain, however, to make it
advisable, officials believe, to prevent
them from running at large within the
United States and gathering informa
tion on war activities. The women
under surveillance, it was said today,
include the wives of prominent Ger-
man and Austrian business men, par
ticularly in and about New York.
Arrangements probably will be made
to intern some ot the women in camp?
with their husbands and limited H
housekeeping arrangements may be H
provided. Unmarried women will be
cared for in special camps.
Propertv in the possession of the
women interned will be taken over by
the iilieii property custodian.
' Manv Germans who have been In
terned, turned their holdings over to
women U was said today. j!
oo
RAILROADS ASK INCREASE
WASHINGTON. April 15. The Ml
-ouri Kansas and Texas railroad to
day applied to tbe interstate com
merce commission for Increase-; ol
from cents lo 28 cents on coal H
rates per ton from Arkansas and Hun
sas mines to Iowa and Missouri H
points.