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GERMANS OCCUPY KEMMEL HILL
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(Flanders Again
Scene of Great
War Maelstrom
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Enemy Hurling Thousands of Troops Against
British Who Are Fighting Tenaciously to Hold
Defense Lines Heavy Artillery Duels in
I Progress South of the Somme.
LONDON. April 26. The Germans in their attack on
the northern battlefront have occupied Kemmel hill. General
Delmar Radcliffe, chief of war operations at the war office
stated this afternoon.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE. April 26.;
by the Associated Press. The French this morning are coun-ter-attacking
at Mont Kemmel in an attempt to reclaim the
positions taken by the Germans.
Yesterday's fighting was of a desperate nature and the
enemy gains were only made at a frightful cost.
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Htnvy Fighting in Progress.
Heavy fighting is still in progress
today along the ridge line of the
Flanders' front where the peak of
Mont Kemmel is the German objective
This peak evidently is yet disputed
ground but with the German threat J
against it more menacing, as it is con
ceded k-y the British that the enemy
has secured a fooling on the hill.
Although faced b a superior force
Id the ten mile sector between Bailleul
and Hollcbeke the Anglo-French
troops holding this line battled stub
bornly all day yesterday.
The line seems to have held fairly
well to the southwest of Mont Kern- j
mel, but to the northeast the Germaus
were apparently to push forward far
enough in the neighborhood of Vier
straat to enable them to approach the
height on the flank.
The allied effort naturally will be to
concentrate against this enemy wedge
and drive it back again sufficiently to
ease the pressuie on the easterlv side
of Mont Kemmel.
Definite possession of Kemmel hill
by the Germans might mean that the
British would have to abandon the
Ypres salient, according to corre
spondents. The fighting on the Somme front has
died down to artillery fire following
yesterday's British recoup which re
claimed the village of Villers-Bretonneux.
LONDON. April 26. A. footing has
been obtained on Kmme hill by the
Germans in their attacks on the north
ern battle front, the war office an
nounced todu. The lighting is still
continuing in this region.
The allied forces were engaged all
I day yesterday with greatly superior
enemy forces alonp; this front from
:J Cull, ul i.j Hollcbeke, (a distance of
L about ten miles) and finally were com
7 polled to give ground
German posts which were holding
out southeast of Villers-Bretonneux,
on the front south of the Somme after
its recapture by the British were
cleared up.
The statement follows
"On the Bailleul -Hollcbeke front
after severe fighting lasting through
out the day against a greatly superior
force, the allied 'roops were compell
ed to give cround and the enemy ob
talned a footing on Kemmel hill.
Sighting continues in the neighbor
hood of Dranoutre, Kemmel and Yier
straat. "We carried out a successful minor
operation during the night west of
IfervlUe and captured fifty prisoners
and three machine guns. The hostile
artillery has been active along our
lront from the Lys river to Glvenchy
-outh of the Somme hostile pos,s
which were holding out southeast of
Villers-Bretonneux have been cleared
by our troops. Tho enemy's artillery
has been active also in this area with
gas shells.
"On the remainder of the British
front there was nothing to report
Flanders in Full Tide of Battle.
li,V Wajmler.- is. again the scene oi the
Full tide of battle arainst Mont Kern-;
mel and the other hills forming the '
protecting bastion to the plain east
and north of Ypres the Germans are :
hurling thousands of troops. Standing
of their second defense line and with
Mont Kemmel still in their posession, i
the British are fighting tenaciously..
L'nable to make appreciable pro
gress against the defense of the Brit
ish, French and American troops
south of the Somme. the enemy swung
his attacks to the north. As on Wed-1
nesday his first assaults on the seven
mile front from Bailleul to Kemmel to'
Wytschaete were successful and the
allied troops were compelled to give
up their lirst defense line.
The tactics of switching attacks is ;
not new to the Germans and was per
Bisted in by them in their vain attempt
to capture Verdun two years ago Aft
er the first successful lunce on both (
sides of the Meuse the enemy tried to
gain his objective b attacking first
on the right bank and then on the i
left. Apparently the Germans are try
ing the same method by alternating 1
between Picardy and Flanders in at
tempts to reach Amiens and wipe out
the Ypres salient.
It is not improbable the German at
tacks may be intended to cover prepa
rations for an effort some place else
but it is significant that they have
attacked on the most important sec-1
tors on either battle front.
Germans Driven From High Ground.
South of the Somme the Germans
have been driven from the high ground
and village of iller.-,-Bretonneux by
the British with the loss of 600 pris
oners. Further south the hold Han
gaard. On this front heavy artillery
duels are in progress.
American wounded in the lighting
on the French sector from Hangaard '
to Ca-i' I are arrimg in Paris.
In the WUevre near Regnieville, five I
miles northeast of Selcheprey. where
General Pershing's men were attacked i
heavily last Saturday, the French have
repulsed a strong German attack.
Zeebrugge Raid Complete Success.
Complete success, it is authoritative
ly announced, attended the dramatic
and courageous raid into the German
submarine base at Zeebrugge The
enemy, it is said, will be compelled for
some weeks to use Ostend as a base
and British can deal more easily with
the German submarines. The channel
at Zeebrugge was blocked and much
damage done to the enemy defense s j
and shipping.
A changt of wind prevented like sue
cess at Ostend, the Germans discover
ling the raiders before they had time
to begin their allotted task. The im
portance of the raid is shown by the
fact that Emperor William visited
Zeebrugge immediately to ascertain
the damage which Berlin insists was
slight.
The. vice admiral in command at
Zeebrugge has been dismissed.
LONG RANGE BOMBARDING.
PARIS, April 26. The long range
boinbai dnicnt of Pari: wae resumed
during the night. Up to 6 o'clock, as j
BRITISH
EXPECT
TflJII
General Declares It Pos
sible to Retain Ypres
Salient. i
LONDON. April 26. General Rad
cliffe declared it was perfectly posi
ble for the allies to hold on the Ypres
salient even with the Germans on
Kemmel hill, but it was not convenient
to have them there, and it was hoped
to eject them.
At Kemmel hill, continued the gen
eral, die Germans gained 2000 yards,
on a front of about 1200 yards, in
cluding the important tactical feature
of the hill itself which gives important
observation over all the ground to the
north.
Review of Situation.
"On the Kemmel front the enem
has made considerable progress," says
a review of the situation in the west
ern battle area obtained from an au
thoritative source this afternoon. "The
latest inlormation is still incomplete
but there is no doubt that the Germans
succeeded in occupying Kemmel hill,
a sector -involving both French and
British troops.
"There is noUiing decisive about the
loss of Kemmel hill but it is one of the
most important tactical features as the j
hill is an observation for all the .
ground to the north. It still remains to
be seen, however, whether it will re
main In thi enemy's hands.
"Our line to the north is all right
and it is entirely possible to hold on
to the Ypres sector even if the enemy
is on Kemmel. But his presence there
is not convenient and we hope to get
him off."
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 26. One French regi
ment to which had been entrusted th
defense of the crest of Mont Kemmel,
with orders to hold h to the last man,
immortalized itself in yesterday's but
tle. Throughout the long, bitter day
they clung to their post and sent
far as could be ascertained, nobody
had been hurt and the damage done
was not appreciable.
Heavy Artillery Fighting.
PARIS. April 26 Heavy artillery
Qgbting south of the Somme is report
ed by the war office.
The statement follows
"South of the Somme violent artil
lery fighting occurred during the night
VVe carried out a number of raids
at different points on the front, es
pecially in the region cast of Lassigny,
between the Miette and the Aisne,
near Bezonvaux, in the region of
(Sparges, in Lorraine and in the Vos
ges. We look prisoners.
"Everywhere else the night was
calm"
GERMANS BATTLING FOR HILL.
BERLIN. Thursday. April 25. The
supplementary official statement from
the German war office this evening
reads:
"The army of General von Arnim
Is engaged in a battle for Kemmel
height. "
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LONG RANGE Gl
IS DESTROYED
One of the Three That Have
Bombarded Paris Put Out
of Commission.
PARIS. April 26 One of three Ger
man long range guns which have been
bombarding Paris has been destroyed
according to Deputy Charles Leobold. j
of the department of the Seine. The
deputj said he had talked with the.
general commanding the sector near
Crepy-en-Laonnois where the big guns
are stationed. The enemy, he declared,'
is constructing new emplacements.
"The emplacement platform on
which the gun slides explains the regu
larity of the direction of the firing,
I which we undergo At the moment ot
firing ten heavy guns are fired b a
special apparatus to camouflage the
sound of the big gun so Its location
cannot be judged from the sound M
the same time thick clouds of smoke
from surrounding heights protect thi
gun from airplane observation," he
said.
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HEBREWS VOTE
AGAINST STRIKERS
BOSTON, April 2. The Allied He-1
brew Trades last night voted down a
proposal to call a strike May 1 in pro-1
i test against the conviction of Thomas
I Mooney in connection with the San
Francisco Preparedness day bomb ex
' plosion.
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FOOTBALL MEN ENLIST
CHICAGO. April 26. All the foot
ball men composing the Cornell col
lege team may follow the example of
their captain, Hoadloy. and three other
members by enlisting in the tank Berv
ice. This is indicated by a telegram to
Lieutenant Garland, in charge of re
cruiting here, who made public today a
telegram he received from players at
I the Mount Vernon institution, asking
him to "come down and examine a
j bunch of men who wish to go with the
team."
swirling streams of death from their
machine guns down the slopes into
struggling masses of German infantry.
Along the Ypres-Kemmel railway
the defenders held for a considerable
time and inflicted heavy losses on the
attacking troops.
Meanwhile the French infantry on
the crest of the hill was pumping
steady streams of bullets from ma-;
chine guns into the Germans.
The enemy troops kept pushing on
until finally they swung their line in a
circle about Kemmel. Throughout the
early hours of the day they tried again
and again to swarm up the hill
Although German picked divisions
along the line between Wytschaete
and Bailleul, the brunt of their attacks
was directed against a small sector of
the allied line west of Wytschaete. So
heavy was the pressure that the de
fenders were forced back Into this
gap the Germans flung fresh Infantry
which started a turning movement
downward about Mont Kemmel The
French who were defending the hill
fell back slowly, contesting every yard
luriously.
In alluding to the fighting on the
western front since April 23. General
Radcliffe said:
"In all the fighting since thi.-, date
we sec the Germans at their old game
Oi -inking at the junction between
the British and the French. It is still
clear that the German intention is to
wear out the British army. He ha
been unable to break the line or divide
LI Blif.t. . ,T r.-,-. . -V, -, rwl IIiamIam
In- Is hammering the British arm
wherever possible. This object has
been countered by the action of the
allied commander-in-chief in sending
I French troops to the north front, mak
ing it more difficult lor the Germans
to continue their game of fighting the
British alone.
"There is no reason (o alter the
view that a bin offensive on a far i
greater scale than ever Is 'ill to be i
expected between Arras and Amicus'
with Ui object to drive in and sepa
rate the British and French. So far
the whole enemy success has been I
merely tactical. He has won ground
and taken positions and gains, but has
achieved no change in the strategical 1
situation. He hoped to do this in a
fortnight but he has been five weeks
at it without succeeding. We must
expect this process to go on all sum
mcr."
"The net result in the Kemmel sec-.
tor so far is that the Germans have i
gained 2000 yards on a front of about
1200 yards. This gain is not larce but
t involves very important ground and j
there Is do question that if is a verj
serious situation.' j
PERIL 1
FACES
HUNS
Salient in Somme Region
Growing More
Dangerous.
ALLIED RESERVES
Americans Make Suc
cessful Trench Raid
Over Meuse Heights.
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE. Thursday. April 25. (By
the Associated Press) The more
they advance along the road toward
Amiens the more perilous becomes the
salient the Germans are forming in
the Somme region, especially in view
of the fact that the allied reserves are
virtually Intact and the allied armies
are now commanded by a single chief.
The present moment is less favor
able to the German plans than when
they started their advance on March
21. Then a weak point existed between
the British armies. Now there is no
sensitive part of the line, since the
unified has given the opportunity to
make the mo.-i practical use of all the
allied troops.
An allnighl battle iu which the Ger
mans, advancing powerful columns,
hurled them on Hangard-en-Santerre.
resulted in the village changing hands
Bi v ral timet Individual combats with
bayonets from house to house were of
trequent occurrence. Fire burst out in
all directions until the village is now
a mere heap of smoking ruins which
the Germans held this morning with
dilliculty
Meanwhile, the artillery, extending
the radius of ns lire, bombarded hea -il
Ilaillse, Cast el and Seuecat wood,
ail situated on the same plateau to the
southwest of Hangard, which elevation
bars the route to Amiens.
Enemy Launches Assaults.
The enemy launched several as
saults upon Hallles and even succeed
ed in reaching the lower slopes ot Hill
82, just to the south of this village
but the French artillery and machine
guns put an end to his progress here.
At the same time the Germans were
dovotinu' greal attention further north
to tho British sector aiound Cachy,
where the fighting was severe The
army of General von der Marwiu
WHICH includes a aivisiuu ui me uiuj
ous Prussian guards met the most de
termined resistance from the French
troops wherever they came in contact.
Allies Exacting Heavy Toll.
The German effort gives more mark
ed r.ifms f becoming a desperate at
tempt to force a way to Amiens what
i ver i he cost. This cost hitherto has
been very high for neither the French,
nor the British are ceding an inch of
ground without taking the heaviest
toll from the German attacking forces
Several additional German divisions
have been terribly tried since the of
fensive was resumed this week and the
enemy possesses oply a limited num
ber more with which to continue his
overwhelming rushes.
130 German Divisions
From March 21 until today the Ger
mans have employed approximately
180 divisions of which thirty have been
withdrawn to refill the ranks and have
been sent into the battle for the sec
ond time, making the total of divisions
ui action 160.
About 70 other divisions have not
vet been engaged in the battle, but or
these a considerable proportion are
unfitted to do more than hold quiet
sectors
The forward movement must there
fore be carried through very quicklv as
otherwise the German staff will find
itself without further reserves.
American in Successful Raid.
WITH THE FRENCH ARM IN
ITALIANS FIGHT !
WITH PICK AXES
Auxiliary Troops Digging
Trenches in Flanders Use
Tools to Fight Germans.
WASHINGTON, April 26 How two
companies of Italian auxiliary troops
digging trenches for the allies in Flan
ders fought attacking German troops
.vith their pick axes is told in a dis
patch today from Rome.
The message says:
"The first Italian troops reached
France last November. These contin
gents made munitions for artillery and
various war necessities showing disci- 1
pllne and capacity. Later on, others ar
rived under General Tarditi and were
employed in defensive construction, j
proving themselves excellent workmen
not displeased that they were unable
to carry arms against the enemy lik
the French and Enclish. Two auxil
iary companies, working in the trench
es in Flanders found themselves in I
front of the advancing Germans. The
i German subaltern In charge ordered
; the soldiers to do some work before ,
I surrendering but the Italians fell upon 1
the Germans with their picks, killing
many, capturing others and retiring in
an orderly manner."
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DHILLS HOLES IN
AIRPLANE WINGS
Employe of Manufacturing
Company at Cleveland
Arrested.
CLEVELAND, O., April 26. Charg
ed with drilling holes in the wings of
airplanes ready to be delivered to the
'government, an employe of a manu
facturing company was arrested by
federal agents last night.
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LOS ANGELES AFTER
BIG FLOATING DOCK
WASHINGTON, April 26 An ap
propriation of 1204,000 for dredcins i
! channel in Los Angeles, CaL, harbor
i lor a ten thousand ton tloating dr
dock of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding
land Dry Dock company was sought
I from congress today by the war de
partment and the shipping board The
'senate commerce committee was ask
ed to add the item to the rivers and
I harbors bill.
BARON RHONDA
j RESIGNS POSITION
LONDON April 26. Baron Rhond
da. thn Daily Mail sa,vs, has resigned
the office of British food controller. He
has been absent from his post for
i some weeks owing to Illness.
David Alfred Thomas, first Baron
Rhondda. has been known as the
Welsh coal king.
NEW COKE PRICES.
WASHINGTON. April 26 Anions
'new coke prices announced by the fuel
I adminlstratiou today were the follow ing:
New Mexico coke $S.50 lor fur
nace and smelting and S9.50 for 72
hour selected foundry.
FRANCE, Sunday, April 21. (By the
Associated Press ) American troops
iola made a successful trench raid
over the heights of the Meuse in the
vicinity of Vaux lea Palamelx, (on the
front below Verdun nine miles north
ot St. Mihiel ) Their French comrades
harassed the enemy in the same way
at a number of places in Lorraine and
in the Vosges.
The sector along which the German
! made their heavy attack against the
! Americans vesterday i situated
umonic very broken. hilly country
;bout 17 miles eastward of the impor- I
tant st Mihiel salient on the road be
tween St. Plzierre and Metz The town '
of Selcheprey is surrounded by lulls
about S00 feet high. The line of the;
allies passed 2000 yards of Seicheprey
and a few hundred yards from the
edge of Renneres wood. The Germans I
were able to seize this wood and a
strip of ground 1000 jards long and j
half a mile wide lying to the west of
the wood, on Saturday morning and '
the attack on the American sector in ,
the vicinity of Seicheprey was a sequel
o this action. j
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HOLLAND
AGAINST
AMERICA
Places Embargo on I
Much Needed Articles j I
as Reprisal. I
WASHINGTON. April 26 Holland
has placed an embargo on the ex
portation from the Dutch East Indies
of tin. tin ore, cinchona bark, quinine,
quinine salts and kapok, all of which
are needed in large quantities by the
United States for war purposes.
Official notification of the embargo,
effective April 22, was received today
and had caused mtich perturbation in
official circles. Officials declined to
indicate the probable reasons, but in
some quarters it was suggested the I
measure was in retaliation for the
American requisitioning of Dutch
ships. Elsewhere it was thought to
have been prompted by the critical
situation in which Holland finds her
sell with Germany.
The embargo on tin and tin ore will
prove especially embarrassing Sup
plies needed for munitions and food
preset ation were expected to come
from the Dutch East Indies as the
British are taking the entire output
of the Straits settlements. I
Cinchona bark, quinine and quinine
! salts are needed for medicinal pur- I
poses by the army. Kapok is a vege- I
table product, used in making ham- '
mock mattresses for the navj .
HIGH PRAISES
F0HELG1ANS
King Albert Issues Special
Proclamation to Heroic Sol
diers of His Army.
WASHINGTON. April 26 Lieuten
ant General Gillain, chief of the Bel
gian general staff, has addresses a
proclamation to the Belgian army in
King Albert's name recognizing the
heroic and victorious defense against
the German assaults on the Kiinpe
' Langemarck front.
It was cabled to the Belgian lega
tion as follows:
Soldiers! In October 1914. the king
said to vou 'It Is your duty to uphold,
bv the tenacity and the bravery ot
which you hae given manifold proot
the reputation of your arms Our na
tional honor is at stake '
"You have responded to the sum
mons of your king b a stubborn and
victorious defense of the positions on
the Yser. henceforth historical.
"Soldiers' The king relics on you!
You will prove worthy of our broth
ers. Hence, this indomitable resistane
to th" invaders yoke, calls forth the
admiration of the entire world. The
Yser must remain the insuperable ob
Btacle against which the enemy n'
tacka w ill be in vain
GOVERNMENT LEASES
GRAZING L A N D S
WASHINGTON. April .--Contracts
for leasing nearly 60,000 acre?
of grazing lands in Umatilla, Gilliam
and Morrow counties, Oregon wen
awarded today by the reclamation
service. R I. Slanfleld. Stanfleld. Ore .
was awarded 82,680 acres for $25
and John F. Kenny, Heppner. Ore.,
12 160 acres for $19,995. Other con
tracts awarded included Michael Mc
Entire, Hvnd Brotbors company and
J. McEntii-e, all of Cecil. Ore.
WASHINGTON. April 26. Repre
sentatives of the hide and leather in
dustry began conferences today with
the war industries board looking to
an agreement as to the prices at
which hides and leather shall be sold,
ill