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ALLIES ALERT
: AS FOE PLANS
i HEW OFFENSIVE
Intensive Artillery and Raiding Activities Bother
. ! Kaiser's Men British Aviators Bag 27 Air
planesFrench Infantry Wins Victory at
Somme.
Whatever big move the Germans may be preparing for
on the western battlefront they have an active and alert foe
confronting them.
The French official statement in particular fairly
bristles with accounts of intense artillery and raiding activities
and more important minor thrusts against the Germans in
various sectors. In addition, the latest British aviation report
indicates such thorough command of the air that ir. r.c-day's
fighting twenty-seven German machines were brought down
I i while the British losses were only six machines.
French troops figured in the most telling strokes delivered
u by the infantry last night both in Flanders and south of the
Somme.
In the former area an operation was carried out which
advanced the French line somewhat in the region east of
Locre, an important holding point against flanking operations
directed at Mont Rouge.
British troops made a successful raid near Mei ville to the
west of this area.
On the southern battlefront besides carrying on several
U profitable raids, the French bit into the German line in front
Between Montdidier and Noyon. An appreciable gain of
ground was made here northwest of Orvillers-Sorrel. seven
fj miles southeast of Montdidier.
There are indications that the Germans have run into
serious trouble as a result of their recent high-handed action
in the Ukraine. The people are reported to have turned
against the occupying forces and dispatches from Dutch
sources report that Bavarian cavalry detachments are being
withdrawn from the western front and sent to the Ukraine.
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Germany Held m Leaeh.
Germany's attack'ng troops are still
Held in leash while the big enemy guns
bombard heavily the allied lines on
the Flanders and Somme battlefields
Southwest of Ypres the Germans have
not attempted to repeat the futile at
tack of Wednesday against the French
and British between Voormezeele and
La Clytte. The German artillery fire
along this line, however, is violent
On the southern leg of the Lys sal
ient the Germans are bombarding the
Robecq sector and also are paying at
tention to the British positions about
Vimy ridge on the Arras front. On
the Somme battlefield the British have
engaged in some local fighting around
Aveluy wood but around Albert and
Arras, Berlin claims the repulse of a
local British attack.
The French hold on Gnevesnes Park
on the front south of the Somme, is
still secure. The Germans are shell
ing the new French positions intense
ly but have not yet attempted counter
attacks in force. Near Montdidier Am
erican gunners have been bombarding
the Germans in the villages of Cant
igny and Mesnil St. George, fires re
sulting. South of this sector the Ger
man guns have been active between
Noyon and Lassigny.
American troops on the sector
northwest of Toul assisted the French
In a successful raid into the German
positions in Apremont forest Friday.
The American guns aided the French
and east of the raided section Ameri
can patrols made a division by enter
ing the village of Apremont which was
found to be deserted.
Active artillery firing is going on on
some sectors of the Italian and Mace
donian fronts. There also have been
patrol engagements on these fronts,
but no heavy fighting.
Lying 150 to 200 yards within the
entrance to the harbor of Ostend, the
old British cruiser Vindictive, it la be
lieved, will hamper the passage of
German destroyers. Whether she will
be able to keep the submarines from
coming in and going out is not yet
certain but she serves a useful purpose
in narrowing the submarine passage.
The action of the tides and the move-
ment of sile against the old hulk will
vcep
sage unless the Germans can remove
the obstruction readily.
LEPER'S GIFT OF
MONEY TOILS.
WASHINGTON, May 10 A sum of
$140.95 bequeathed, to the United
States government by Jesus Y dan a,
a native of the Philippines, who died
recently at Salinas, Cal., of leprosy,
"for bringing everlasting peace,"
reached President Wilson today. The
leper's will said the money was "be
queathed to the government of the
United Slates In order that President
Wilson with powers larger and great -
er than mine might succeed in bring - 1
Ing everlasting peace.''
President Wilson ac knowledged the
gift by writing those whom the money
came from, says that "the fact- r
counted in your interesting letter hae
touched me deeply. J wish that the
poor fellow who lett the little sum of
money might be accessible to a me
sage from men but since he has gone
I can only express to you the di ep
feeling which the incident ha caused,
a feeling ot gratifhde that the Blmplei
people as well as the better informed,
in the Philippines should have ac
quired in the short time such a friend
ly sentiment towards this country. 1
shall not know exactly what to do with
the mone , but you may be Mire 1
I shall try to apply it to the objeel thai
I Garcia had in mind "
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FRANKFURTER TO BE
LABOR DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, May 11 Felix
Frankfurter of Harvard university,
was appointed by Secretary of Labor
Wilson today as administrator of war
labor activities.
OSTEND BLOCK A
BLOWJO HUNS
Commander Swings Vessel in
Position Under Fearful
Enemy Fire.
DAMAGE INCREASING
j Sunken Cruiser Vindictive Lies
in Neck of U-Boat
Harbor.
LONDON, May 11 It Is declared on
unquestionable authority that ihe'
sunken cruiser indictive lies in the i
neck of the channel at the entrance,
' to Ostend harbor at au ancle of about 1
I 40 degrees It is obvious that a vessel
300 feet long lying at this angle does
not effectively block a channel some
320 feet wide but a very useful pur
pose has been served.
A partial and serious blockade has
been achieved and under conditions of
tide and rapid silt prevailing on the j
Belgian coast the obstruction will cer
tainly tend to increase. It is not claimed
that the sunken cruiser will prevent
the egress of submarines or eventual
ly stop that of destroyers. However.!
: it will materially hamper both and i
'that is important. German light craft
i will not be able when pursued by Brit- j
I ish forces to rush full speed Into the
i harbor as they have done heretofore
i Conditions were fairly favorable for
the venture. That part of the Belgian
coast is heavily armed and the small
number of British casualties indicates
the enemy was surprised and empha-
BjzeS the success of the otte.ninl . '
With the entrance to Zeebrugge
blocked the British are satisfied that I
j German stories of ingress and egress
i are untrue. Air photos taken within
the last fortnight are said to demon
strate clearly the falsity of the enemy
statement.
In the case of Ostend it is computed
that at least three or four days must
elapse before the channel can be
cleared and buoys placed between the
stern of ihe sunken cruiser and land
In the meantime the tide and silt will
be at work. In the Zeebrugge case is
the silt collecting very fast despite
the work of enemy dredges. The posi-1
lion of the blocking cruisers at Zee -
brugge Is such that any attempt to
blow up the obstruction would be
fraught with considerable clanger to
neighboring permanent Structures.
The smallness of the casualties sus
tained at Osttml Frldaj does not indi
cate bad shooting by the German;.
The weather conditions were favorable
to the raiders and the Vindictive car
ried only sufficient men to work her
properly.
LONDON. May 11. The old cruiser
Vindictive went to her last berth. 150
to 200 yards within the piers forming
the entrance to the harbor at Ostend.
one of the German submarine bases
on the Belgian coast, under a terrific
fire trom the German naval guns and
niriplnn.. !imk nn ill.- hr.rr. i rr r ii-i 1 i n "
to the Central News
Preparatory to the raid into Ostend
the naval air force bombarded the
town and dropped bombs continuously
on the harbor works causing fires.
Later the airmen were assisted by
destroyers and monitors in bombard
ing the enemy positions heavily
The entire operation was carried out
on similar lines to the raid ol April
j;1. when concrete-laden cruisers sunk!
in the harbor of Zeebrugge, the most
important German submarine base. J
Poi U)' second time m a month a
.smoke screen was used successfully. 1
About 2 o'clock m the morning a large
torce of d stroyi ra and coastal motor'
boats steamed up toward the shore,
the motor boats going alongside it.
The weather was everything desirable
until fifteen minute.- before the Vin
dictive was sunk when a sea fog drove
in shore and reduced the visibility to
a range of between 300 and 4oo yards.
The Vindictive experienced the
greatest difficulty in finding the en
trance to the harbor. The enemy em
ploy I d stai shells and searchlight ex
tenslvely and for iQ minutes the ves
sel was in full view of the enemy bat
terles. As she cruised up and down
seeking the entrance she was hit re
im atedly and several casualties were1
sustained. I
It was 2:20 o'clock when the piers
were sighted almost alongside and
then the German machine guns opened
a fearful fire.
Having found his bearings, the cap
tain swung his concrete-laden cruiser
around and rammed her stem against
the eastern pier, leaving bis lieuten
ant to work the engines with the ob
ject of sending the ship across the
channel. He then discovered that the
cmlset was aground aft and that it
was Impossible to turn her any fur
ther. He called his crew from the en
gine room and stokehold and then set
off explosive charges
A large number of officers and men
who took part in the operation against
the Zeebrugge Mole on April 23, claim
ed the right to participate in the Os
tend operations, says the Central News
story of the raid, and their wish was
I gratified. All the men on the VindlC-
HIS AIR REPORT
STIRS CONGRESS
Gutxon Borglum.
The report recently made on
America's aerial progress by Gutzon
Borglum, the famous sculptor, has
roused congTess. Borglum after an
extended investigation declared that
many blunders Had been made in
carrying out the aerial program, and
that he had found numerous evi
dences of incompetence and graft.
tive were oluntecrs from the Dover
patrol.
At 3:1:; o'clock the Warwick, flag
ship of Admiral Keyes, sighted a motor
launch which had on board two officer?
and thirty-eight men of the Vindic
tive. An officer who was on a destroy -er
del ctlbed tlr op 1 tions.
' l"p to 145 nje'nric v, .- heard noth
ing" of the enemy." he said "Then he
sent up star shells and flashed his
searchlights. A heavy bombardment
followed beginning when we were
about two and one -half miles from
the shore.
"By the light of star shells and
searchlights our smoke screen was lo
cated. Then a fog came on and the I
airmen were prevented from continu
ing their work For an hour this state
of things continued but then the
weather cleared sufficiently to permit
our airmen to resume their operations
"A heavy fire was turned on the
Vindictive. When at last she found
the entrance to the harbor she ran her
stem on the pier and was abandoned.
"The crews of the motor launches
behaved in the most gallant manner,
rushing in to shore utterly regardless
of their safety, to see that no one was
left behind. One launch brought off
two Olivers and thirty -eight men from
the Vindictive. Another subsequently
went alongside, took off a lieutenant
and two ratings who were wounded.
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major laughs;
dies in action
American Officer Killed in
France, Idol of Men He 1
Commands.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday, May 9. (By I ho j
Associated Press.) Major Andrew
Rasmussen of Portland, Ore , who was
killed a tew days a,o while leading B
reconnoitering party on the American
front in Picardy, was the idol of his
men because of his utter fearlessness.
He passed unwounded through revoiu
tions in Central America and more
severe fighting with General Car
ranzafe forces in Mexico and finally
through two years of service as a
major with the Canadian army He ttras
detailed by the British last October to
assist in training Americans In bayo
net fighting and later was sent to an
American army school as an instruc
tor. In January he was transferred to
the American army with a major's
commission.
Major Rasmussen was Immediately
gh en command of a battalion and
went Into action on the front north
west of Toul, where he suffered slight
ly in a gas attack.
On the night that his battalion was
moved from its billets into the lln on
the Picardy front Major Rasmussen
joked with several correspondents
while the German shells weir, bursting
in the village a few kilometers in the
rear. He told them they might have
his uniform, helmet and other things
In case he wa killed. Then he rode
laughing toward the trenches.
SUBMARINE LOSSES
SHOW DECREASES
WASHINGTON, May lo Official
French statistics on the submarine
warfare received here in a dispatch
from France todav show that the total
losses of the allied and neutral .-hips,
including accidents at sea, were ap
proximately only one-half as great
during April this year a jn April, 1317
Sis
YANKS
Regiment of Draft Army
Men Parade in
England.
KING GEORGE THERE
Lloyd George Cheers as
American Flag
T
L0N90N, M.iy 11. Troops or the
national army of the United States ar
rived In London this morning for a
parade through the principal streets of
the city There ws a regiment of
i three battalions in line. The men were
'brought in from a nearby camp Large
Icrowds cheered them in the streets
and they were reviewed by King
George and Ambassador Page.
Tlm came through the arehwa of
the Light Horse Guards into Whitehall
to begin the march through the West
End streets and thence to the embassy
and Buckingham palace. Members of
the war cabinet, including Premier
Lloyd -George. Chancellor Bonar Law,
i count Mllncr and J. Austen Cham
berlain came out on the balncony at
the war office and watched the scene
with interest.
The premier hands in pockets, look
ed down Intently until the last Amer
ican was out of sight When t b Am
erican flag was carried past Mr. Lloyd
George led in the cheers which were
taken up b other members of the war
cabinet and by th people In the
streets.
Shortly before the troops swung into
view before the palace. King George
and Queen Mary walked from tie pal
ace to the street before the front gate
where they met Mjor-General Blddle
i of the American army The kins care'
: fully observed the men as the passed
I in review and afterward congratulated
the Americans on the appearance. He
I then inspected the guard while they
! conversed with General Diddle.
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HUNS DROP SHELLS
LIKE RAIN STORM
BERNE April 21 (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) German
batteries before the great assault on
the British front on March 21, fired
almost three times as many Bhells In
three hours as the Germans fired In
the entire Franco-Prussian war. A
German staff officer has informed a;
Swiss newspaper that the C.erman ar-i
tlllerv used more than 1.500,000 shells
during the three hours bombardment
preceding the attack. This Is oyei
8300 a minute or estimated on a iront
of fifty miles about 160 per minute per
mile. , , .
The total number of shells used by
German) In the war of 1870 was about !
650.
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SHAFROTH HEADS
SENATECOMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, May 11. Senator
Shafroth of Colorado was chosen to
succeed Senator Hitchcock of Nebras
ka as chairman of the senate Philip
pines committee Senator Shafroth was
succeeded as chairman of the Pacific
islands and Porto Rico committee by
Senator Saulsbury of Delaware.
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AMERICAN AVIATOR
BURNEDTO DEATH
PENSACOLA. PI., May 11. Rich
ard C. McCalla of Toledo. O.. student
aviator, was burned to death and
George i Henderson, of Pawtucket, R
ITALY SENDING j
MEN TO FRANCE
250,000 Roman Soldiers Join
Great Army by Allied
Reserves.
WASHINGTON May 10 -Italy's'
contribution to the reserve arm Gen
eral Foch Is building up behind the
lines in France for supreme emergency 1
uses numbers nearly a quarter of a'
million men. official dispatcher toda
I say, and the force is being strength
cned steadily.
LONDON, May 10. Both 'he Brit-,
ish anJ the French scored new local
successes in the west during the last
twenty four hours. Artillery activity
lis Increasing steadily in the v Lai sec
i tors of the Flanders and Picardy
fronts, and a resumption of the great
struggle seems to be written in the
book. All military experts speculate
I on the enemy's plans. What may be
I taken as the view of the Br'tisfa war
office was given to correspondents by
General Sir Delma Radcliffe, Mau
rice's successor as chief director of
military operations at the war office,
today, when he said:
'The bulk of German reserves are
still on the Amiens front. Indicating B
probable renewal of the attack there.
During the past week the Germans
have put a considerable number of
fresh divisions on the Flanders and
Somme fronts, which Is satisfactory,
aince It BhoWa we are tapping the en
emy's reserves "
Expects Attack on Somme Front.
Sir Delma expects German attacks
between the Somme and the Luce
since, he snys. they aro essential to
a carrying of the drive against Amiens '
Tonight's report from Haig speaks of
local fighting around Aveluy wood,
above Albert. Otherwise, the day
brought no new actions, since in the
morning the British had recaptured a
small trench position wrested from
them yesterday.
The French, in a brilliant ciadi yes
terdaj . took 255 prisoners, when they
recaptured the park at Gri'on?s, in,
the Montdidier sector.
They also carried out successful
raids at various points.
The British night report speaks of
artillery activity in the Vimy region,
which suggests the theory' that the
I Germans are getting ready for new at
tacks on Arras as well
Denies Inspired German Reports.
General Radclitfe today denied the
German -inspired reports that the
I French are bearing the brunt of the
fighting since ihe German drive be
gan, and that their losses are corre
spondingly heavier than the British.
J As a matter of fact, he said, between
j March 21 and 88 the French losses
j were from one-quarter to one-filth of
the British casualties.
1 1., student aviator was badly burned
, when their airplane fell on Santa Rosa
i island yesterday Henderson will re
cox er.
Whether the plane caught fire before
it struck the ground has not been de
termined. Henderson extricated him
self but was unable to get McCalla
out .
SELL BONDS AT
NEW LOW RECORD
NEW YORK, May 11 The new
Liberty l'i per cent bonds -o!d down
to a new low record of $98.30 today,
the second day of the trading in them
on the stock exchange here The tran
sactions were comparative) small
ones
Later a block of (30,000 of the
bonds sold at $98 21
SKILL OR ENDURANCE?
Two golfers and two men In uni
form started from the first tee. one'
civ 1 1 i a n and one soldier to a side. The
first player took two swings and the
ball remained on tbe tee still very
Mill Then he topped It about twent)
feet, took it back again and missed
two more shots on the tee. After he
got one away the other soldier wenl
through almost as bad a session. The
two golfers looked at each other
"I guess you and 1 will b all right.'
said one. "But bctwden those two birds
cither one ot them is going to win on
endurance." '
GERMAN I
PATROL
HALTED
Brisk Rifle Fire Is I
Too Much for I
Huns. I
TAKE TRENCH DOG I
Dough Boy Finds En- I
emy Has Deserted I
Apremont. I
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES M
ON THE FRENCH FRONT. Friday,
May 10 (By the Associated Press.) H
American batteries bombarded tho jS
enemy lines heavily last night, tho
shells causing fires in the villages of
Cantlgnj and Mesnil St Georges (west
of Montdidier) held bv the Germans.
German patrols continue active H
along the front. One attempted to rush MM
American outposts but was driven off WM
by brisk rifle tire. fl
An American outpost caught a Ger- H
man trench dog. The pouch about hia H
neck contained a message that the H
German retaliatory fire was falling MM
short and that many of their own
Bhells were landing in Cantlgny. This
confirmed previous information re WM
ported by American outposts. H
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 10 (By the AssocwV-
ed Press.) Previous to the American M
raid into the village of Apremont a V
private carried out single-handed WM
Thursday afternoon an incursion Into BM
the village and brought back tbe re- 9
port that it was deserted. This was H
. on fl rmorl hi Ihe Ift vfr n.ltrol tlllS 11
morning. The private who is a "strik - MM
er" for the lieutenant who conducted !
this morning's patrol, learned what
the lieutenant planned to do and de- ,mt
cided to beat him into the village. iM
Immediately after dinner Thursday
the private slipped out trom behind the S
American barbed wire and craw'cl
across No Man s Laud without bein M
observed. He reached Apremont, WM
crawled about the outskirts and re-
turned with the Information that ouly
a few Germans were there. The patrol
this morning encountered two Ger-
mans in the village. They retreated
hastily when ihe Americans attempt-
ed to capture them and signalled for
a barrage which laid across the path Wt
of the patrol as it returned to the mt
American lines Mi
German prisoners taken by it' mm
French in Apremont forest this morn- H
ing confirm reports of American aer- m
ial obseners that American shells re- H
ceutlv demolished fame tbroweis mt
brought up for an attack on the Am- m
ericans near Apremont The artiliei
concentrated its fire on this spot after H
., German prisoner had reported that m
an attack was coming from that due?- ,mu
m
nr . MMt
AMNESTY GRANTED I
CIVIL OFFENDERS I
LISBON. Friday. May 10 Full am- H
Qestj to all political military and min
or civil offenders has been granted by
President Dr Sidonlo Palmero upon H
his inauguration.
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