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yOC. 126. NO. 95.
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ritish Positions Improved and Successful
Raids Result in Capture of Prisoners
J\ lISP*1"* Machine Guns.
:i)IOH :'LGSSES TO BATE ENORMOUS
etc., at five million.
arl Bleistreau, a German military
*r, declares in the Neu Europa
the German losses on the west
between August 1914 and Au
1917 totaled 2,604,961 in killed
prisoners.
On the east front, he said, the total
and prisoners were 1,484,550.
erman writers estimate the Ger-
dy Drive by Hindenburg May be Resumed
if Army Machine is not too Badly
Wrecked.
A recumptlon of the Picardy drive by Hindenburg through an assault by
Somme and the Scarpe rivers appears imminent.
I A United Press dispatch from the French front says "there are numer-
Indications that the Germans are preparing for a fresh drive between
ki*ns and Arras." This the correspondent declares, Is in line with the
tony strategy of "maintaining their temporarily abandoned drives in a con
ion permitting Immediate resumption of the offensive."
The front between the 8omme and the Scarpe has been comparatively
oliietest of any of the sectors in the two big fighting fronts of the west
it offensive for several weeks. The Flanders battlefield, with the exeep
of brief lulls, has been the scene of almost continuous fighting since
drive started there April ninth.
On the Picardy front, below the Somme, the French have made several
Mful local attacks east of Amiens, and the sector from Montdldier east
has seen Innumerable raids and artillery engagement's.
Haig, In his official report, today, described a strong enemy attack in
^neighborhood of Mesnll which is located on the Arr.lens-Arras front.
Hit eleven miles north of the Somme.
There was also indications that Halg anticipates an effort by Hindenburg
Iconsolidate the two big battle fronts by an attack between the Scarpe and
Lsbastee canal. He reported numerous successful raids on both sides
|t«. which is about midway between the two battlefields. These raids
ly have been part of a feellng-out process to determine whether the Gor
ki lines had beon strengthened materially there.
In thl« sector is the famous Vimy ridge. By a flanking movement from
j«s southward, Hindenburg may hope to take this important height. Afte
[licit he would attempt a turning movement northward against Bethune
I Give rich y, or southward against Arras.
The British commander also reported heavy enemy shelling on both
lies of the Somme and Ancre In the Lens sector, and In the neighborhood
[the Nieppe forest snd Festubert
the Germans unquestionably hope
tdy are sustaining the British
7h*treJare
tor a fresh drive between Amiens
Arras, harmonizing with their
of exploiting drives when sue
oi and abandoning those where
efcemy successfully resists. This,
German strategists believe, per
il
them to avoid useless sacrifices.
they maintain their temporarily
Bdoned drives in a condition per
tlng immediate resumption of the
"sive.
the Allette river to the North
only two offensive sectors re-
J—'between
gland
to
•Ittes^i'n^olo'n'ial ^nd^navstr^gh* l^AV(mERtc^thofen, I for May, which
aviator, was killed Sunday in the
Somme Valley, it was announced to
day.
At his funeral today, he will be
given the same honors as a British
flight officer.
ana prisoner, were squadron, known among the B«iUsn
rman writers estimate the Gsrj
airmen
losses between August 1917 and:
Constantly Extending Drives. the German war umtr
Henry Wood. United Press Staff April 8. when it was announced
Correspondent.) |he had achieved his seventy-sev..
HTH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN'| and seventy-eighth aerial victories.
5 FIELD, April 21.—By constantly
ndlng their drives into new sec-| British Positions Improved.
LONm)N.
thaust the French Jeserves, which jour ^^tions during the night
les clear to the North sea. ^fens) Albert and Robecq sectors," soldiers in ttZd
lese tactics make it imperative Marshal Haig reported today. those ninety Person them
Amerta n..h .roor, fa.. .. no«5 of m.d-w|
Me. There numerous
,nd{"!between
that th® Germans are prepar
a fresh drive between Amiens
U'e numer°u9
WW that th® Germans are Prepar- ...
succesfu raid
and machine guns.
enemv
ed
Increase
5
Amiens and Arras,
'between Nienport and Ypres.
chancellor estimated the votes woum
o^^nUjfourmiles north of
(Continued on page 2.)
:ED TWELVE BILLIONS
TO PAY FOR WAR EXPENSE
000,0001
pendit
Postage
1
v^'V*
ATROCITIES OF
I
1
Richthofen was the preatest or the
as -Richthofen r^us has,
been ulPn
April 22.—"We improved their mothers arms. A platoon
ln
the
neu (ten
called
the Picardy and Flanders were twelve
between the Picardy and
fron
s. capturing prisoners whose
"In different sectors there was con-,
lv astride" the Somme and the Ancre,,
last
as compared with actual ex­
penditures last year of 2,403.000.000
pound
1
Kates and Also Tax on
Bank Checks.
(|12,015,W0.000
Germany's war expenditures are
6-J50O00 pounds (|3l,26«M0© dally.
said Is 8 OtMi.OOO.OOO pounds $40.000,-1
OViviv""I 17."oX" "j —o^nar 'nnt had as sooner or later there will victims, a baoy among them, ln the
lH*pON. April 22.—Andrew Bonar not had. as soon th»re." arms of its mother.
chancellor of the exchequer, pre- he an esta^bliish jt ?n««a!kfng of the destruction of
a record breaking budget in Bonar Law dec a postage BortmeerheeV. near MaJines, Whit
*"e°rals*d to three cents and lock "ars that e^ery time tbe German
-chancellor estimated the votes r",d «wv, would be fonri
["Wit for the coming year would that tie tax on checks would be fonrj
MO,000,000 pounds (|12,76'J.-i cents. Instead of two.
mdun
Brand Whitlock Tells How the
Prussians Acted as Cold
Blooded Murderers in
Belgium.
I NOT MEN, BUT BEASTS
I People Were Shot Down Like Dogs
and Houses Pillaged and
Burned by Wfcole-
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, April 22.—(Describing
heretofore unrevealed German atroc
ities, Brand Whitlock, United Stated
minister to Belgium, indicates the
Prussian horrors were conducted with
Prussian efficiency as part of the plan
of campaign. Whitlock was In Bel
gium when kultur overwhelmed the
land.
Writing in Everybody's Magazine
appears tomorrow.
1U1
he tells how carefully organized bar
barities followed in the wake of the
German drive, being especially cruel
after each German defeat.
German flight g^J??if'n,i1'i^Brjtish' "People were held there, evidently, nuimv u,. Lmimuuu. i""""",
Richthofen was last mentioned in inforln the French that unless they jt0
the German war office ceased firing, the civilians would be
that
h||shot.
OI1UL.
Pn,b
up, the colonel in
Ues east the word to nr*.
1
a
of Tx veaj-s six of them little babies
we conducted a number or six yeajs, „tood un to
pit
In the Lens sector and in the neigh- (j^j-mans were thrown back in ail at
borhood of Festubert and Nieppe for-1
tempt
est porary bridge.
"A Bfroni local attack was made by "All night the killing and pillaging
«h anomv last nleht in the neighbor-j went on." he says. The crowd was
the
nlghl ln
"almost the same as ours." Bonar Law man who described it all to me had
..aid The war debt of Germany, he
a vivid
so
fo„r
ile8B murderers, ^eld
I [tIL *1.^.
in
their arms.
The fate 0
slderable reciprocal artillery fighting, j^f^e the war a place of 7,800 peo
The enemv shelling was directed chler-!plp
the town of Andenne,
ig cited by
whitlook as an ex-
ample of wbat
happened When the
to cross th© Meuse on a tem-
nf ordered to
toward the Place
Des Tilleuls. Those who did not
walk fast enough were shot down. A
Flemish clock maker came out of his
dwelling, supporting his aged father­
the flaming streets, the pil-
Iage and
the murder went on. The
memory of a 'tall, red headed
ldler.' who was particularly con-
wioooi) splcuous by the ferocity with which
Russia's debt to Great Britain is he
wielded
the ax and mutilated his
(Cfcm
tinned on pa«a 1)
p"
[United Press Leased Wire Service]
NEW YORK, April 22.—A dynamite bomb weighing twenty-five pounds was found to
day in the entrance of the Life Publishing company building, West Thirty-fifth street. The
police are working on the theory that it was to be used to blow up the Pennsylvania tube,
three blocks away.
Inspector of Combustibles Eagen says it is the most powerful explosive machine he
has ever seen. It contained five pounds of dynamite and was built to explode by concussion
or a fuse.
EART
Business Sections of Towns in
Ruins as Result of Up
heaval Sunday
Afternoon.
FOUR DEATHS REPORTED
Los Angeles Shaken and Several
Large Plate Glass Win.
dows Were
Broken.
rT.
J,
1
Picturing what occurred when the
French resisted a German attempt
rxcuvu ivoimi.v«
to bridge the Meuse August 23, 1S14,
wutloek
Qf 8creen while the
to construct a
tioned in numerous German ma Germans
temporary
•ry 31. ,911 367.000 kMIM „„„„niaue, and •, "l." on. of tbe "SireUOT CAR1 ibN. A.torl,. u°o a', 5 S?,K
prisoner, on "both fronts. works of fiction on the war.
prifi
oners, in a boat across the river }dled
But a few
across the river
of San Jacinto and Hemet,
pier when a
rushpd
of heart fai
rl
jwere massed tog _.rig
boys, little ohlldren and^ babies,.in
DoySi UIUIC
tj^oUNIDENTIFIED^MEN.
jje
8
TO-0
stray
buUets sped, ,n
«r «f Hemet. Their bodies were removed
andlt0
of them, old men and g, property damage was estimated at,}ng
& mi
,Hon
doll
gan Jacjnto and
r*tr
AUTO CONSTTTUTFON-©TMNCRAT
KEOKUK, IOWA, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918
Biggest Bomb Ever Seep^
Found in Life filllway
Contained Five Pounds of Dynamite anj^i* bought Pre
pared to Blow Up New York ibe
"~wa8 half a million dollars. 'couniries has been clearly sw
abQut 1W)0 populaUcn were
SMASHES AT AMERICAN
towns ofi_away
today by home guard companies. Th"
electric lights, and telephone com-j
have resulted in Hemet and San
merchandise,
dwelling, supporting his aged father- exchange caved in burying the|said: "All the allied powers must
in-law he was ordered to hold «?!{one
operator.
his hands, but he could not do so debris. She struggled I from falling into the bands of the
without letting the old man fall, so uuuer mw
a soldier struck him in the neck with
an ax. Arrived at the Place Des
Tilleuls the women and children were
separated from the men. Haphazard,
the soldiers picked out thirty or forty
men and shot them down ln cold
blood And all the while, day and
^themiaH of her store, but was )y
east and south of Los Angelee. were by the viscountess, his
JAPANESE TROOPS
ON WEST FHQNT
Technically Impossible From a
Military Standpoint for
Such Distribution
of Men.
FRIENDLY TO AMERICA
Japan Is Ready to Act In Siberia
Along With the Allies When
Common Danger
Exists.
[United Press Leased Wire Service]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 22.
—Japanese military authorities do not
believe Japanese troops would make
good fighting units on the western
front, Viscount Kikujiro Ishil, am
bas
sad or to the United States, said
here today.
"Differences in food, climate and
language would hamper them," said
the ambassador.
T.- o. "Of course," he added. "1 am mere-:
££AVrnFWaiJ"'lorfl'*2^!,y repeating what our military men
L«OS ANGELES, Calif., April -J. have told me. I am not a military
Four are known to be dead. the.towns
ei8hty,
miles southeast of Los Angeles, arej
southern California Sunday afternoon.
The dead are:
FRANK E. DARNELL. Boston,
Ger- trampled to death on a Santa Monica jr^'TVo oiV^'noirwfth ihei'r allies
man myself Rut am t()lcI thal iM
jgc^nicaiiy impossible from a military!
8
tanipoint to send Japanese troops to
practically In ruins, and a score ®fjprance. The Japanese soldier would
people slightly injured today as t*1- Japanese food and the three
result of the earthquake whica locked
week required IO Sftnd wollld ruin
our supplies. Cur troops would be
further hampered by the difference in
language which would prevent thcs
panic stricken crowd KoUnt 1^^^^ Snit
toward shore I.
,-cou°l
14,1111
iure when he rushed '°,gsbt® if co.,ntr
etl States.
treet in Los Angeles. ,,-j, i... ,.i,i
ME
firing, the cl^i^S would Ml Ywf DENTmED buried pr^oni^^'Hrne of "ria.^lid the
a mftgnesite
mine two miles south
6}]jp
-8
Can Tanltltn aTll 11 0IT1 Pt (1W
T1 a Of ... .. 1 ...... .i 11. .i.-.. .. ,...
1
by thf war atld
policed
towns are without city water, gas or,japa.j
Tj.ii the earthouake occurred on a (banquet of the American-.)apan society
week daj^ scares o7 c"sZ7i!s
must
on
the
Ja-
kio.
nave resiiiiea suiu ovu oa-1
cinto. Roofs and walls of business Asked if Japan would take null ary
houses, locked for the day, caved in measure* to prevent the Bolster ki
and destroyed stocks of
Citg
earned against at
friend.
to be abundantly
,)roved.
"The mist of enemy intrigues hang-
over
relations between the two
couniries has been clearly swept
there is today
dlst i:rbing cloud
Paciflc ln fact re
90 CO
XDunication was not re-established un- today.
til late toady. "We mua£ not. however, relax our
Miles of paved roads in southern vigilant watch, lest our ever active
California were cracked and buckled, enemy should again slip in and renew
San Jacinto people asserted that as his attempts to sow the seeds of dis
the earth rolled and buildings pitched cord between us as he lias done with
Into the street, geyser-like sheets of! no small success in the past."
flame shot up from Mount Jacinto, a Viscount Ishii's interview, sivf-n to
11,000 foot extinct volcano. Then newspaper men here, was a rr^pared
huge clouds of dust rolled over the one and for the most part was identi
mountain, obscuring it. !cal with the address he delivered at a
the
on the horizon of
Pacific. In fact, relations between
]at ons e! w.
and
America have never been
rdial and friendly as tney are
eve o! tits departure trom To-
from renioyi: stores and in tions
At San Jacinto, the roof of the tele- from Vladivostok, the ambassador
Mis3 Anna. Williamson.! take steps to prevent those supplies
out, suffering only cuts ou the head Germans. I am not in position to
from a falling beam. (judge whether it would be consHerei
.. .. a menace for the supplies to 'be re-
Mrs. Nellie J. koehler was buried
by th(
Thftt would
slightly Injuieu. aiate fircum.?tances. Bui Japan
ready to act ft? soon as a common dan
ger exists anfl as soon as there is a
comipoA desii*F on the ptift of the a!
[United Press Leased Wire Service.] lies to protect ullied interests in Si
l.OS ANGELBS. *alif., April 22.— l,eria. It would only he a matter or
Business sections of the towns or defense."
Hemet and San Jacinto, eighty miles! Viscount
Fifty business buildings In San Ja
cinto and Heuiet were destroyed.
Russians themselves.
depend entirely on imme-
Ishii
in ruins today as the result of a se-j an interpreter. At his own reuwst
a
vere earthquake shock which struck
south California at 3:30 v• m. Sunday.
The shock was felt throughout
southern California, but was most se-
(Continned on page S.)
I
is accompanied only-
secretary
The n«»w amhrssador
and
reiju
lv mllilary naval
delegations at tlie rtnri but se.erai
prnmlnent .lananeye boarded the ves
sel before sh«- reached quaraut ne.
TIU
lea*"« San
Frutoicoo today for 'Washington.
.?•.-.ii..
American Troops Cleaned Up Germans After
Falling Back While Gas
Was Too Thick. 3
OUTNUMBERED BY DOPE CRAZtDTEUTONS
Three Waves of Storm Troops Bested and All
Lost Ground Retaken With r(|
Heavy Losses.
[United I\-ess Leased Wire Service]
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
LORRAINE, April 21^— (nighty
American troops attacked the Ger
mans northwest of Toul this morning,
following heavy barrage, retaking all
the positions in Saturday's strategic
retreat. The ground was covered with
enemy dead, showing tr.e heavy cost
of their assault.
Latest reports show that the Ameri
cans, although outnumbered, valiantly
withstood the onslaught of three waves
of storm troops.
A German barrage behind their own
troops forced their advancing Infantry
across No Man's Land into the attack.
Americans say the Germans were
"dope crazed" and more like wild men
and beasts than humana, singing and
yelling as they advanced.
In the artilelry-wrecked villages in
the rear, the Red Cress, Salvation
Army and canteen workers bravely
stuck, helping the wounded and serv
ing coffee to exhausted soldiers.
During Saturday's attack, many.
Americana fought in gas masks for
eight hours. One officer ordered the
men to load up with grenades and
etick. Then he took up a rifle himself
and emptied it Into the advancing en
emy, afterward joining his men in
hurling enades.
A dispatch bearer, sent from the
front, cculd not see through his gas
mask. He ripped it off, ran through
three barrages and delivered the mes
sage. Returning, he fell unconscious.
His first words, on recovering con-:
sclousness were:
"I'm not yellow, am I, Doc? Did I
deliver the message? I'll go back
now."
In a village In No Mans Land (Seich
seprey), Germans and Americans were
mixed up everywhere. The Yankees
tried to force the Boches into the
open, declaring:
"We can lick 'em when they come
oi-'t of their sewers."
Machine gunners did not know when
to give up. Setting their guns in the
streets, they mowei down the Ger
mans. One officer to!d in a breaking
voice, of finding two machine gunners
with semi-circles of dead Germans
around them.
When German aviators poured the
fire of their mltrailleuess into the
American infantry, machine gunners
refused to obey the evacuation order
nnd stuck under fire until they had
downed the German planes.
Sheer bravery enabled rectification
of the American lines. One telephone
lineman worked In the open amidst
bursting shells, smoking and Joking.
Army ambulance man went clear Into
No Mans Land, gathering up the
wounded. One driver, who has been
at Verdun during the most desperate
enemy assaults, said the shelling was
worse than any he had ever seen there.
is*
THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday. Local temp—8 p. m.
41 8 a. m. 44.
EIGHT PAGES
Noting the dust raise, American
heavy artillery, directed from the air,(
quickly silenced the enemy guns.
Americans oo-ope
rated with the
French ln a successful trench raid
Thursday night, north of St. Mihiel
(between St. Mihiel and Verdun).
There were no casualties. •,
Germans Claim 183 Prisoners.
LONDON, April 23.—The Germans,
ln an official statement issued by the
Berlin war office Sunday, claim tbe
capture of 183 American, including
five officers, in the assaults on the,.
American position near Selcheprey,
also declared the American losses
were "extraordinarily high."
"Near Selcheprey, Baravian troops 1
stormed American positions, advanc
ing two kilometers (about a mile and? ,,
a quarter)" the statement said.
"They repulsed counter attacks.
and after destroying the enemy's
works, withdrew to their original
line.
"They took prisoners 183 Amer
icans, Including fire officers, and
captured twenty-five machine gun.-.'
The American losses were extraordt
narily high."
In describing the same action, the
French war office declared the Amer
icans repulsed a lively German attack
Saturday night Later it was stated
that the allied line had been entirely
re-established.
"In the region of the Selcheprey'
Saturday night, Americans repulsed
a lively German attack," the com-.
munique said.
"We regained most of the lost-'
ground."
First Real Battle.
I By I. W. T. Mason. United Press
War Rrpert
NEW YORK. April 22.—American
troops have fought at Seioherprey
their first real battle of the war, and
have come through the engagement .i,
with victory. v,,i
All prelovus attack* by the Ger
mans against the American positions
in eastern France have been raids or
reconnaissances for the purpose of
.^petiring information for Von Hinden
burg. The assault this week end at
Sek-lieprey, however, was not of this
character." It shows every evidence
nf having been an attempt by Hinden
burg to seize permanently the vil
lage hold by the Americans, and to
improve the German positions oppo
site that part of General Pershing's
line.
Failure to accomplish this purpose
was complete. The official Berlin re
port that the Germans destroyed "en
emy worts" in the American posi
tions is unimportant, ln view of the
1
Enemy Guns Silenced.
WITH THR AMERICAN ARMY IN
IXRRATNE, April 20. (Night.)—Ger
man artillery northwest of Toul at­
fact that the Germans were forced
back to their own lines. The purpose
of Hindenburg to consolidate the
(Continued on page 2.)
PRESIDENT IS OPPOSED
TO COURT MARTIAL BILL
Thinks it Not Only Unconstitu
tional, But Too Much Like
German Law.
ill'liiti-ii Press I.eax-d Wire Service]
WASHINGTON. A
-ril
2^--Presiden'
Wilson toda-- extiie'-swd strong onpo
sition to Senato:- Chamberlain's bill
iro1-idiuc for con" Ti^artial trial fr
thosp arrester! for treasonable u'ter
an«-eB and arts-, lit a tetter to Senator
Overman. *lte prp^id^nt declared sttrh
ioKlslation wo'-ild be unconstitutional
jand would put the United States 'oa
-T- tr" r, r"t -it"- ^r
a level with the people whom we are
fighting."
Attorney General Gregory also is
preparing to make a bitter fight
against the Chamherl^in bill, holding
tt virtually places
the
Prwsident Wilson'.! letter to Senator
jX'rfinitinwH on duk
vi
=3
a
fl/t
-.a
tempted to utilize a clear day to fir*
Into French villages and get gun
ranges.
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d-
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nation under
military law.
iveply resenting the charges that
tbe department of justice is falling
meet the situation. Gregory has chos
en a new assistant—11. I
a Rue Brown,
of Boston, succeeding Charles Warren,
iust resinned—and is speeding work
acain^t a'tens. plotters, sp'es and oth
ers injurin* the cause of a^ils countiy
in thp war.
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