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I ALLIES WAITING FOR BLOW
Shocks Wrecking California Towns I
GERMANS SHELLING
BOTH SIDES OF
1 Enemy Bringing Up Some of Heaviest Guns With
Amiens as Objective Situation Being Closely
I Watched by the Allied Armies.
While awaiting the next German blow, now momen
tarily expected, Field Marshal Haig is taking advantage of the
m comparative lull to strengthen his lines.
Both north and south of the Some and on the Lys battle
front the British positions were improved in local operations
last night. Similarly the Germans made an attempt to push
forward their lines in the Mesnil region, north of Albert in
which sector they apparently are preparing for some import
ant movement where British foiled the enemy effort.
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a Heavy Artillery Fire.
Hoary artillery fire is iu progress
on so many parts of the front that
little indication is afforded by this as
! to the point selected by the Germans
e for their renewed thrust. Naturally
c they may be expected to make further
J efforts to extricate themselves from
. the pocket into which the have forced
J themselves along the Lys, southwest
.1 of Ypres. Thus last nieht the enemy
j was reported shelling the British po
j sitions in Nieppe wood, wherein lies
the route to Hazebrouck. the railway
center from which it is well nigh vital
for the British to hold him.
There has been no development in
the region north of Ypres
Situation in Sommc Region.
The situation in the Somme region
Is being tor the moment even more
c losely watched than that along the
Franco -Belcrlan border to the north.
Field Marshal Haig reports heavy
shelling of the British lines on both
sides of the Somrno and the Ancre.
! and the correspondents are senuing
11 work of German preparations for a
I movement of some nature between
H Arras and Amiens where 'he region
under bombardment is located.
The enmy is known to have
brought up some of the heaviest gun?
to the Somme battlefield where
Amiens is his objeetn e. Last night
the French repulsed a German raid
along the Avre in this region.
LONDON. April 22. The British
advanced their lines slightly last nisht
' in local operations on both of the
principal battle fronts, the war office
- announced.
;! Cams were made near Villlera Bre-
.. tonneux and Albert, on the Somme
y front, and Robecq, at the tip of the
Flanders' salient.
A strong local attack by the Ger
f' mans on the front north of Albert was
"r repulsed after the enemy had cap
' turcd one of the British advanced
posts.
L- The official statement follows.
' Early in the night a strong local
attack accompanied by heavy Bhelllng,
i was made by the enemy against our
positions in the neighborhood ot Mrs
nil, north of Albert. After sharp
fiKhtint; in winch the enemy captured
one of our advanced posts, the attack
was repulsed.
"We improved our positions slightly
during the night in the Villers-Bre
tonneux, Albert and Robecq sectors.
" e made a number of successful
raids at different points south and
north of Lens, capturing prisoners and
L machine guns.
"There ha.-, been considerable artil
lery activity on both Bides on differ
ent sectors of the British front. The
enemy's shelling has been directed
against our po.-iUons astride the Ancre
and Somme rivers to the north of Fes
, tubert and in the Nieppe forest."
PARIS. April 22. German raids
;i east of the Avre river and near
Rheiras were repulsed last night, the
war office announces.
The statement follows:
"A German raid last night east of
the Avre in the region of Thennes was
repulsed. We took prisoners. Another
German raid east of Rheims gained no
greater success.
"Active artillery fighting continued
at dltferent points on the front."
I REVIEW OF WAR SITUATION.
American troops on the Bector north
west of Toul have driven the enemy
from the positions he gained Saturday
and have restored the situation com
pletely. The American positions held
out against the enomy, but he occu
pied advanced element from which he
was ejected Sunday in a counter 'at
tack. The east the French lines also
have been re-established.
L
Indications are that the Germans in
tended to separate the American and
French troops and, perhaps, wipe out
the American sector. General Per
shing's men. however, fought desper
ately and only retired from Seichcprey
from overpowering numbers The en
emy was not able to hold the vil
lage, however, and soon evacuated it.
Sunday a Quiet Day.
After the Americans had driven the
Germans from the advanced posts, the
I enemy did not attack again and Sun
' day was comparatively quiet east of
St. Mihiel. The German offensive,
(which persisted throughout the day
and into the night, was preceded b
most violent artillery fire, but the
I Americans stuck to their guns and
j trenches to meet the enemy's storm
I ing troops. Two enemy airplanes were
I brought down by American machine
gunners.
Saturday's Fighting Severe.
Berlin in its official statement, ad
Jmits thai the Saturday's fighting was
severe and it is claimed that 183
j Americans, including five officers, and
j 2o machine guns were captured Heavy
losses, it is said, were inflicted by the
Germans. That the enemy failed is
indicated by the announcement that
! the attackers returned to their own
positions under cover of night. Ber
lin makes no mention of French troops
having been engaged in this region.
On the Picardy and Flanders battle
fields the Germans have not resumed
j their attacks.
French Reinforcements Pour In.
Meanwhile French reinforcements
are pouring in behind the British
j lines. French troops are now with
I Field Marshal Haig's men on both the
I northern and southern legs of the sa
j lient south of Ypres. Near Robecq the
British have driven the Germans from
some advanced posts. In this area the
enemy artillery is most active. Heavy
artillery duels have become violent
along most of the Picardy lront.
Today the German offensive begins
Its second month without having sepa
rated the British and French and with
the British army still intact. Where
the next blow will fall is uncertain
but the allies are prepared to meet it
as they have met the others. It Is
probable that the Germans are not
willing to end the Flanders attack
without making an effort to drive in
the northern leg and get behind Ypres.
Enemy activity south of Arras also has
been noticed.
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NEW AIR PROGRAM
IS DECIDED UPON
Supreme Head of Industry to
Be Given Full Charge
Soon.
WASHINGTON. April 22. A re-adjustment
of the aircraft program has
been decided on definitely by Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Baker has
been directed to carry it out. It wae
indicated today that a man not hereto
fore mentioned will be given full
charge pf production.
Secretary Baker was working today
on re-organization plans and an an
nouncement probably will be made
within two or three days. It was not
indicated today what changes in per
sonnel might bo made or whether the
aircraft board itself would be reorgan
ized, li -was intimated, however. 1 ha I
production would be put in the hand?
of one man whose name was not given
COURT MARTIAL
BILLjPPOSED
President Declares Measure
Unconstitutional Borah
Stoutly Opposing Cham
, berlain Sedition Bill.
Washington. April 22 Presi
dent Wilson came out today in opposi
tion to the Chamberlain bill which
would try violations of the sedition
laws by courts martial and in a letter
to Senator Overman of North Carolina
told his belief that the measure is un
constitutional.
If enacted, the president declared,
the bill would place the United States
on a level with its enemies. The meas
ure, he said, is opposed to the spirit
and purpose of the e.-pionape laws.
Enactment of the Chamberlain bill
was supported by the senate military
committee as necessary to stamp out
German propacanda Vigorous oppo
sition to its passage has been develop
ing and Senator Borah has sought sup
port of senate leaders in his efforts to
defeat it.
The bill has not had the support of j
thl department of justice and Charles!
Warren, assistant attorney general,
resigned last week after, it was said,
his advocacy of the measure failed to
receive the support of the attorney j
general.
In his letter to Senator Overman,
the president also indicated that he
would not compromise with opponents
advocating amendment of the Over-,
man bill which proposes a general
broad grant ot power to reorganize
government departments.
The president's letter follows:
"My Dear Senator:
"Thank you for your letter of yes-
terday. I am heartily obliged to you 1
for consulting me about the court mar-
Ual bill as perhaps I may call it for .
short. I am -wholly and unalterably
opposed to such JeiJoaGcm and very
much value the opportunity you give
me to say so. I think St is not only 1
unconstitutional but that In character
it would put as nearly upon the level i
of the very people we are lighting and
affecting to despise. It would be alto-:
gether inconsistent with the spirit and
practice of America and in view of the
recent legislation the espionage bill, I
the sabotage bill and the woman spy
bill, I think it is unnecessary and un
called for
"I take tbe liben, my dear senator,
of expressing myself in this emphatic
way because my feeling is very deep i
about the matter as 1 gather your own
is.
"It is admirable the way you have;
been handling these important bills
and I thank ou with all my heart lor
standing by ihe bill which still bears;
your name without compromise of any
kind.
"It gives me the greatest satisfac-1
tion to tell you how much I appreciate
what you have been doing.
"Cordiallv and sincerely yours,
-Y( on row WILSON "
Senator Borah renewed his opposi
tion to the Chamberlain bill in the '
senate today, charging ihat "political!
Pharisees supporting it before tho sen
ate military committee had given the'
impression that America's tannine
population is disloyal. Farmers, he I
said, are as loyal as others and are1
buying unusually large amounts of,
Liberty bonds."
SILVER ID BE
DOLLARS DICE
Extraordinary Demand for
Silver From India and
China.
NEW YORK, April 22. The govern -in-ni's
plan to melt several hundred
millions of silver dollars now in the
treasury vaults, fixing an arbitrary'
price of $1 an ounce has again stimu
lated demand for that metal in the lo
cal market.
Two weeks ao bar silver was quot
ed at 91c By steady degrees it ha
climbed to within a fraction of the
) price fixed by the treasury depart
I ment, selling today at f9 li cents. I leal
' ers in silver say that the extraordi
nary demand for that metal from In
dia and China is chiefly responsible
for Its recurrent strength.
The silver market has had many ir
regular movements since tho begin
ning of (he war. From its normal price
of 63 to CS cents an ounce, silver ad
vanced last summer more than 7.. per
cent. Later there came another de
cline on n reduced inquiry.
EMPEROR TO TAKE
OVER TWO CROWNS
AMSTERDAM, April 22 Berlin
newspapers report that the National
Liberal party leaders have decided un-
i nulmously to send a telegram to Em
peror William recommending that he
accept the crowns of the tormer Rus-
. sion Rovernmentts of Esthonia and
Livonia.
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FAMOUS GERMAN '
AVIATDRJILLED
Recently Had Conferred Upon
Him the Order of the
Red Eagle.
LONDON, April 22 Captain Baron
von Riehtot'ten. the famous German
aviator, has been killed, Router's cor
respondent a1 British headquarters re
port a
Captain Richtoften was brought
down in the Somme valley. His body
was recovered and will be buried today
with military honors.
Since Captain Boelke was shot down
in October. 1916, Captain von Rieb
thofen has been the most prominent
and successful German aviator. On
April 8 the German war office an
nounced that he had achieved his 78th
aerial victory, although in this, as in
previous citations, he was not credited
explicitly with having brought down
an allied airplane.
Captain von Richthofen Grst came
into prominence as leader of the "fly
ing circus." a squadron of German av
iators which fought in a peculiar cir
cular formation, following each other
around so that In case one was at
tacked the next llier could sweep the
antagonist from the rear. Recently
Emperor William conferred upon him
the Order of the Red Eagle.
An official statement reporting aer
ial operations issued yesterday at Ber
lin said:
"Baron Richthofen at the head of
his trusty chasinc squadron on Satur
day gained his 79th and 80th -victories."
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WHEAT MUSI DE
SENTJjEEGIANS
Food Shipments Suspended to
Send Three Million Bushels
to Distressed People.
WASHINGTON. April 22. Food
shipments to the civilian populations
ot the allied countries will be sus
pended for ten days to move three
million bushels of grain to the Bel
gians, who are declared to be in des
perate straits.
A part of the wheat will go to tne
population in the German occupied
territory of northern France. The de
cision to concentrate on the shipment
of this grain was made following the
receipt of urgent cablegrams from the
Belgian relief com.aission's represen
tative in Brussels.
One of the cables said:
' Provided all shipments now en
route arrive and proposing an equal
distribution between all parts ot the
country, Belgium and northern 1 ranee
will bo without bread from exotic
grains for twenty days."
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RAIERDAD MEN
BUYING BONDS
Employes Over Whole Coun
try Subscribing Liberally to
Liberty Loan.
WASHINGTON, April 22. Railroad
employes oer the Whole country are
subscribing 1 iberally . R. H. Ashton,
of Chicago, regional director of rail
roads west of the Mississippi, reported
today subscriptions of $29,096,000 from
railroad men in his territory.
The Dallas district announces the
following ratio of percentages among
the men who have bought Liberty
bonds: Texas, 44; Oklahoma, 41; Louisiana,
48, Arizona, 70; New Mexico. 34.
Sunrise, Wyo., with a population of
872 has sold bonds to 387 persona,
doubling its quota and placing a bond
in every home.
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DOMD FOUND IN
LIFEJUILDING
Contained Five Pounds of
Dynamite, Weighed 12
Pounds and Wrapped
in Paper.
NEW YORK. April 22. A bomb
containing live pounds of dynamite
was found today in the doorway of a
four storv building, owned and occup
ied in part by tho publishers of Lite in
West Thirty -first street. The bomb
weighed twelve pounds, was a foot
long and half a foot wide and was
I wrapped in a Philadelphia newspaper
iof April 21,
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1 ARK AS, CITY OF CAVES?
A AGAIN. MENACED. BY.HUNS
This public square of Arras and the mysterious caverns under It
may soon run with blood as the result of 6ome of the most savogo
hand-to-hand fighting of the war.
If the German drivo in the north continues successfully it will
result in pocketing the historic city of Arras between a new northern
salient and the one recently made by the first German offensive In the
south. In that ca60 a British retirement -ould result In Gorman oc
cupation of the city for a second time in this war.
Tho city Is honeycombed with deep caverns From the cellar ot
almost every house winding, vaulted stairways lead down into these
caverns, hewn in solid rock and impregnate to the heaviest shclia
The picturo shows the Town Hall with its high tower.
HALF OF LOAN
IS SUBSCRIBED
Remainder of Drive Must Be
Vigorously Pushed by
the Country.
j WASHINGTON, April 22. -Half of
I the $3,000,000,000 minimum sought for
j the third Liberty loan remain to be
subscribed in the remaining working
days of th- campaign. Early reports
today to headquarters indicated that
the total had been raised above
500,000.000. Reports already in show
?1.456,585,190.
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RUSS AMBASSADOR
TO BERLIN NAMED
I MOSCOW, Tuesday. April 16
i Odolph Joffe has been named RUSI lan
ambassador to Germany and is leav
ing Moscow tonight. On his way to
Berlin he will meet Count von Mir
bach, German ambassador to Russia.
M Joffe was chairman of the first
Russian delegation at Brest-Lit"-, k
Ho Is 34 ears old and a Bolshevik
Socialist Ho was long exiled in Si
beria jnd once lived in Germany.
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MORE STATES EXCEED
THE LOAN QUOTA
Latest reports indicate that the
v W ...-liintnn has . ,-.. , it,
quota Seattle has 15,000 BUbscrlbers,
more than twice the number in the
second loan, and Tacoma report? 20,
"en subscribers.
Oregon Liberty loan campaigns now
claim a new record on the ground that
at the end of the second week every
town and even county in the state
had subscribed its quota.
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SHORE SERVICE LIMITED.
WASHINGTON. April 22. Instruc
tions have just been issued by the
navy department's bureau of naviga
tion limiting the "shore service" of
members of the naval reserve to six
months unless unusual cases necessi
tate, an extension. Vacancies will be
illled as far as possible with women or
With men above the draft age.
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GUYON WILL SUCCEED
SENATOR BROUSSARD
BATON ROUGE, La., April 82.
Governor Pleasant announced the ap
pointment of former State Attorney
General Walter Byron to fill tho un
expired term in the United States sen
ate of tbo late Robert F. Broussard.
Mr. Guyon also was for three, years
i nited States district attorney.
An election will be held for the sen
ate seat in No ember.
HOUSES ROCKED ;
BY DYNAMITE
Attempt Made to Blow Up
Dam Number of Suspects
Under Surveillance.
BAUDETTE. Minn . April 22
Houses within a radius of two miles
were rocked at Clementson where an
attempt was made Sunday to blow out
the dam across the Rapid river The
safety commission is understood to
have "a number of suspects under sur-
veillance.
FOREST FIRE BREAKS OUT.
DULUTH. Minn.. April 22 Reports
from Hibbing stale that a forest Are
which broke out yesterday had gained
considerably and had reached a point
about three miles south of Hlbbin.
The tire, it was stated, was threaten
ing the town of Brookville and had j
surrounded Mitchell.
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URUGUAY WELCOMES
BELGIAN MINISTER
MONTEVIDEO. March 22 Presi
dent Viera's reception of the new Bel
gian minister yesterday was made the
occasion for a now demonstration of,
Uruguay's sentiments toward the en
tente allies, and more especially!
toward Belgium, President Viera, in
i receiving the minister, said:
I "Belgium, the martyr country, with
her smoking cities, her wealth de-
jstroyed, and her men and women en
slaved, constitutes the greatest affront
which has ever been offered to the,
world Her cause la the cause of jus
tice and of .humanity. To honor her!
and to love her, therefore, ought to j
be imperative duties for all good men
and for all noble peoples. Hence it
Is that Uruguay has received the Bel
gian deputies who have recently vis
ited us on a mission from jour gov
ernment, with spontaneous manifesta
tions of sympathy. Hence it is that
Uruguay has taken the side of your
country. Hence it is that her fate in
terests us so deeply and that we have
such faith in it. Therefore, you may
be absolutely assurred that every
Unn l.i re i propitious- ntine nts
and interests for the ever more fra
ternal relations between the two
peoples."
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MORE NOMINATIONS
SENT TO SENATE
WASHINGTON, April 22. Presi
dent Wilson sent tbe following nomi
nations today to thu senate:
United States marshal Joseph Mc
Eacbln. Reno, district of Nevada.
Receiver of public moneys at Black
foot, Idaho Charles E. Darrlus, Idaho.
Register of the land office a! Lewis
lon, Idaho Henry Heitfeld of Idaho. ,
QUAKE CAUSES I
HEAVYDAMAGE
Towns and Cities of California
Severely Shaken by
Earth Shocks.
ONLY ONE LIFE LOST
Business Blocks Wrecked
Tall Buildings in Los Angeles
Out of Plumb.
SAN JACINTO, Cal , April 22 Two
more earthquake shocks shook Hemet
and San Jacinton today at 9:07 and
9:14 a. m The earth movement
seemed more pronounced at Hemet
than here. Loose bricks, tottering
walls and wreckage hancing precar
iously were loosened by the new
shocks and fell, adding to the general
I ruin in the business districts.
LOS ANGELES, Cal . April 22.
More than one-third of the business
uisii ili ul oau duu a -uinii'.'i
proportion of those of Hemet, both ih
Riverside county, about 70 miles east
ot here, were in ruins today and scores
of residences in the two little town?
were wrecked by a series of earth
quake shocks which caused all of
southern California to tremble late
yesterday afternoon. The property
damage is estimated at $100,000 to
$150,000 in the two places. Half a
j dozen other towns and cities including
Los Angeles, suffered minor dama:z
confined mainly to plate glass win
dows and shattered cornices.
Hemet and San Jacinto have popu
lations of less than 1000 each Their
j industries chiefly are dairying and
ranching with lumber and various
kinds of mining serving to swell their
commerce. The towns are about three
; miles apart and lie in a picturesque
j country which was made the scene of
Helen Hunt Jackson's famous novel,
One Life Lost.
Only one life was known to have
been lost as the result of the earth
quake, That of Frank E. Darnell, a re
tired manufacturer ot this oity, who
was drowned when he fell off a pier
;it Santa Monica, a beach resort near
here. Hundreds of pleasure seekers
on the pier made a wild d;ish for solid
ground when the shock came at 3 33
p. m., and Darnell was swept from
his feet. There were near panics in
scores of theaters and motion picture
houses in this vicinity and many per
sons sustained slight injuries in their
rush to the exits.
When night fell over the partly
ruined towns of Hemet and San Ja
cinto order bad been completely re
stored and organizations of home
guards patrolled the debris-Uttered
streets. Four blocks of San Jacinto's
business blocks were wrecked and one
block at Hemet. Three distinct shocks
were felt at San Jacinto. The first
tremor threw to the ground a number
of persons and horses. At the second
-hock all the buildings on the south
side of the main street began to col
lapse and tbe third shock downed
those on the north side.
Electricity failed immediately and
within ten minutes the breaking of the
gas mains made it necessary' to shut
off the Bupply. The water mains were
damaged but little.
rr.. rt iha frflatc rf t h o parthauako
e 1 1 e Ul L Lie uiraao ui li
was the sudden flow in wells. Many
artesion wells, several dry for years,
showed a sudden free supply of water.
This sudden increase of water mani
fested itself particularly in the San Ja
cinto river. Before the earthquake
it was dry. Immediately after the
temblor the river at a point below the
town showed a flow of twelve inches
in depth forty feet in width.
The earthquake of yesterday was
almost a repetition of that of Christina-
day, 1899, when the two towns
suffered shocks of like severity.
Fear was expressed in Los Angeles
that several large office buildings had
been thrown out of plumb. While to
the casual observer this report ap
peared to be justified, a survey will
have to be undertaken to learn the
truth. The Washington building, a
large business structure on Spring
street, was perceptibly separated from
the Currier building immediately ad
joining. Mrs. Mary Spear of Chicago, a pa
tient at the Loma Linda sanitarium,
south of Redlands, San Bernardino
countv, was injured when two chim
neys fell through the roof.
At a magnesite mine near Hemet
and at one in the vicinity of Winches
ter, workers were imprisoned b
slides which followed the earth's con
vulsions. Air shafts were forced to
them through the debris. Several in
jured miners were taken to a hospital
in Riverside.
Scores of plate glass windows were
broken at San Bernardino, cracks de
veloped in several brick walls and one
hundred feet of brick wall from one
low building fell into the street. One
man was hurt in a panic at the San
Bernardino baseball park where a
game was in progress. Another rush
ing out of a theater into tbe street,
was run down by an automobile and
serious injured.
The front of the I. O. O. F. build
Ing at Banning fell out, striking tnu
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