CONTENTS
THE WEATHER
Portland Snaday, eoaditloaa favor,
abbl tor lair watnr, westerly wind.
Orf on aad Washington Sunday,
condition! favorsbl for fair weather
la wst portions ' of states and for
ihowtrt la astrn portion, westerly
. winds. - -Idaho
Sunday, showers.
Section -' ' 8ctloo -a 5
0nerl XTcws torlaO, General
8 -Sportf, Antomft . Patus
bUs. Good " Society, Clnbs, :
Bot4i, Maria, Mnslo, Pas.
Markets and Pt- Ion. 2rdl
- - Mae. Bal work.
tat and Build-5 HagazlB, Plc
Ing, Waat Ada. tortaJ Supplement
3 Dramatic. Edl-S Coxnio . . ,
VOL. XII. NO. 5.
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1915.
PSICE FJVE CENTS
RANDOLPH HIT
BY A BREAKER:
3
Captain Anderson and Henry
Colvin Taken From Hole
Cut in Hull by Lifesavers,
Partially Overcome.
CHAUNCEY CARPENTER
SWIMS TO SAFETY
R. E. Knorr, Victim, Formerly
Lived Here; Schooner
Is. Upside Down.
Marshfield. Or., April 24. The
wrecking of the gasoline schooner
Randolph when she was struck by a
big breaker when attempting to enter
the Coquille river at Uandon this aft
ernoon, resulted in the loss of three
liven. The dead are:
MILTON COX. baseball player; pas
senger. '
KKNEST McCONNKLX., part owner
and acting purser.
R. K. KNORR. druggist of Gold
. Beach; passenger.
Captain Anderson and Henry Colvin,
engineer, were rescued, and Chauncey
Carpenter swam ashore.
It is reported that one body was
washed ashore but has not yet been
Identified. Life savers are trying to
find, the other bodies, and as the tide
is going out this evening they may be
able to get a line on the boat. The
Randolph is upside down in the surf
just outside the south jetty. .
On By Witness.
Stephen Gallier' of the Gallier 'ho
tel, Bandon, was the only one to wit
ness the accident. He happened to
look out toward the ocean just as a
big breaker struck the boat and turned
her over. The alarm " was at once
piven the life savers.
Chauncey Carpenter, who swam
ashore. Bald that he was on deck as
the boat started to enter the river.
He saw the breaker coming and antici
patlngthe danger called to the others
in- tne caDin to come out ana save
themselves, but they did not respond
In timet to his warning.
One man was seen swimming, but
he evidently lost his bearings, as he
turned away from shore, and finally
perished. -"!":
When the : life savers reached the
Randolph she was upside down in the
surf, and they cut a hoi in the hull
tCoitttoded eta. Pace Bis. Column Three)
GRATEFUL
TO SENATOR LANE
, FOR ASSISTING THEM
Reel Men Dance Around Ben
efactor; Senator Returns
to Portland,
When Senator Harry Lane met a
group of Indians from the Blackfoot
reservation, Montana, at the Panama
' Pacific exposition, a few days ago,
they formed a circle about him and
danced for joy. He Is the Big White
Chief wHb has been a great friend to
the Indian.
Last 'fall, when Senator Lane was
returning to Washington, D. C, he
visited the reservation in Montana. He
found the Indians in half-starved con
dition. He saw pappooses without
clothing. He saw conditions unfit for
any human being. As Senator Lane ts
a member of the senate committee on
Indian affairs, the agent at the res
ervation got scared after the senator's
visit and immediately saw to It that
the Indians were supplied with food
and clothing.
Claims Indians Defrauded.
This accounts, in a measure, for the
expressions of joy -when the Blackfoot
Indians, who are with the exhibit of
the Great Northern at the exposition,
inet Senator Lane a few days ago.
Senator and Mm Lane and their
daughters. Harriet and Marjorie. and
Miss Nellie Pipes, reached Portland
Friday from Washington. They visited
the expositions at San Diego and San
Francisco on the way.
As a friend of the Indian, Senator
Lane unearthed conditions in the bu
reau of Indian affairs that he declares
the American people never will permit
when they learn the truth. These con
ditions, under which the Indians have
been defrauded out of millions of dol
lars, had been growing worse for years
and were inherited by the present ad
ministration. . Senator Lane caused a
sensation by- fighting and defeating
the Indian appropriation bill.'
- "Since the formation of the Indian
bureau years ago the books had never
been experted until after I started this
. fuss," said Senator Lane. "The books
are not balanced now. The bookkeeper
admitted that they could not balance
the books."
Bed Mn Being- Defrauded.
Senator. Lane said he found where
the. Indians weret being defrauded of
millions of dollars through mal-ad min
istration of their funds and lands. He
said Indians that were wprth thou
sands of dollars each were . actually
being starved (or want of .food. He
found this to be the case among the
Osage Indians iri Oklahoma where, they
were not getting the income they
should receive and when they borrowed
money they were charged 40 per cent
Interest.
Conditions regarding their land allot,
ments were just as bad he said. When
an Indian is allotted a piece of land he
(Concluded oa fag Six, Column sour)
BROWNED
ND1ANS
NEWS INDEX
SECTION i ONE 16 PAGES.
-.
1. Schooner Randolph Wrecked.
Indians Grateful to Senator XAne.
Un buried Dead a Kenaee.
D. C O'&eiUy Bays North Bank Boats.
Russians in Hungarian Territory.
German Drive on Ypres Checked.
Viviani Dashes Hope of Early Peace.
2. Rockefeller Ready to TeU All. .
Colorado's Labor War Reviewed.
Peace at Present Would Be Futile.
9. Washing-ton Mews Latter.
4. San Francisco Mews Letter.
2C00 Registrations Invalidated.
Salt Deposits to Be Developed.
8. Barnes Has Sarnrite for T, R.
Shepperds' De'.l Soenle Beauty 6pot.
Apartment House Owners Form Associa
tion. Lumbermen's Trust Gets Bond Award.
6. Oregon Halibut Wins Praise.
Crippled Children Guests at Movie.
Girl's Scenario Wins.
7. Public Welcome at Civic League Lunch
eons.
Tocrist Traffic Headed Portlandward.
Jitney Official Is Sned.
. Effect of "Dry" Verdict.
Willamette Lctks to Share Honor With
Celilo.
Church News.
9. Ho Understanding About Highway' Work
in Columbia County.
Youth and Beauty in Canal Celebration.
Homeless Boy Rescued.
10. New Food Law Powerful Aid.
11. Tax Exemptions Ducatwd.
12. Industrial Accidents cf Week.
Cow Creek Canyon Road Completed.
13. Seattle News Letter.
Flans Laid for Commonwealth Conference,
RocD-e River Bank Robbers Still at Larx-e.
14. Oregon City Talks Fish.
Conference at Mcdoc Lava Beds.
Lewis Prepares to Take Over Highway
Work.
Vancouver's Part in Celilo Celebration.
Oil Found at Baker. ,
16. Portland to Become Wool Center.
William Purdy Declared Murdered.
Le Monn Denies Wrong Doing.
Interview With Queen of Belgians.
Advanoe in Korean Affair.
16. How to Retain Jobbing Business.
Portland Firms to Bid on Alaskan Sup
plies. SECTION TWO 16 PAGES
(Sports, Automobiles. Good Reads, Want Ads,
Marine)
SECTION THREE 12P PAGES
Page. '. "'
1. Britain's Recruiting Flans Are Many.
2 Dramatic News,
3. Photcplay News.
4. Photographs from the War Zone.
6. News from Foreign Capitals,
6. Editorial.
7. City News in Brief.
Who's Who in City Hall.
8. The Celilo Canal. Its Origin and Meaning.
9. Illustrated News Review.
10. Real Estate and Building Kiwi.
11. Markets and Finance.
Marcus Whitman Relics Unearthed.
12. University and College News.
Reed Seniors Lay Plan.
Public School and Democracy Benjamin
Ide Wheeler.
Corvallis Schools Start Garden Work.
Work of Visiting Nurse Caroline A.
Dieck.
SECTION FOUR lO PAGES
Page.
1-4. The Week in Society.
4. Women' Club New.
Parent-Tee. cher Affairs.
Social Service Activities,
6. The Realm of Musio. -
7. Fraternal Notes,
Woodmen to Entertain Head Consul.
Tour Horoscope W, F, Adams.
Osteopathy Dr. H. P. Bloxham.
5. What Well Dressed Women Will Wear-
Anne Rittenhouse.
9. For the Needlewoman Sarah Hale Hunter.
10. The Housekeeper's Council Table.
SECTION FIVE 8 PAGES
(Magazine and Pictorial.)
Pag.
1. Suburban Home la Springtime Glory-
Veil Winner.
2. - Clemencie's Crisis Edith Ogdaa Hsrrison.
3. She's a High Flier Mary O'Connor
Newell. '
4. The Beauty Hour Mm. Qui Vive.
6. Down and Up the Ladder Bert Lennon.
6. On the Sunny Side of Life.
Statesmen Real and Near Fred C.
Kelly.
Random Facta aad Fancies.
With the Cartoonist.
7. Science aad Near-Seieaoe Up-o-Date.
5. Cartoonaa-rama Charle A. Ogdea.
"The Proud Chicken" Georgsne Faulk
ner. SECTION SIX PAGES
(Comic)
Linnton Will Vote
On Merger Monday
Bond Issu to Far for Water System
Extension Also to B Decided
Upon.
Linnton is to vote tomorrow on the
question of merging wiih Portland.
Those favoring the merger say there
will be a decisive vote In favor of
annexation, while those opposing" the
plan are confident that they will win.
The election promises to be a quiet
one, however,- for little campaigning
has been done by either side.
C. F. M alone, present mayor; Or
vile Kruse, recorder, and S. M. Mann,
treasurer, are among those leading
the anti-mergerites, while the other
side is led ' by J. B. Schaefer, ex
mayor, and several of the Linnton
business men.
At the same election the people will
vote on the Question of a $50,000 bond
issue to pay for extensions of the
water system and take up warrants
for work which has been done.
The population of Linnton is esti
mated ' at 2000, while the number of
registered voters is 400. It is believed
that a very light vote will be cast.
Last fall a straw vote' was taken
among the voters and of 336 voting
there was a majority of Si in favor
of annexing with Portland.
The southern boundary of the town
is the city limits of Portland. The
northern boundary'is about 5 miles
north from this limit, making the
sire of the town 5V6 miles by one-half
mile.
The bonded indebtedness is placed at
$150,000. This includes outstanding
bonds on the present, water system,
street and sewer improvements. Off
setting this is the water system val
ued at 316,000.
Hot Spell Causes
Death in East
Hsw Xtcord for Bat In Michigan and
Other Points In Mlddl West
MsliwiTlW Was 87.
Chicago. April 24. fU. P. 1 Chicago
and portions of the middle west, espe
cially in Michigan and eastern : Iowa.
sweltered and . boiled ' today under a
grilling sun that set new high records
for heat at several points. One death
occurred at Detroit.
Maximum temperature was 87. This
was within one degree of being the
hottest April day since 1873. The mer
cury climjbed to 88 in 1899 ana to 86
in 1910; . Ati Sault Ste Marie. Grand
Rapids and Alpena, Mich., new-high
records for April : were set. It was
84 at Grand Rapids and 88 at Alpena.
GERMAN QUITS THE HAGUE
Amsterdam! April 24. (I. X. S.
Herr Von iluller.r Gtrman ambassador
to The Hague, .has retired. . .. - , , .
MAP OF WESTERN WAR ZONE
: : ZL ; : , II i I x-iXx, l5
30,000, UNBURIED DEAD THREATEN EUROPE
WITH BLACK PLAGUE WHILE GERMANS AND
FRENCH DARE NOT STOP EVEN TO BURY THEM
Lime Guns Squirt on Those
Their Range Is Short, a
Turning-Troops in fron
By Herbert Corey.
At the Front in France, March 28.
"At night the dead cry out in torment.
They writhe in the greeir light, of the
bursting shells."
That was the statement word for
word of a Parisian captain as we
gazed at a part of that dread -field in
the Champagne country, where 30,000
dead men lie unburied. ile was no
sentimentalist, this captain. The re
fural of the French to permit the
burial of these festering heaps was
accepted by him calmly. It is a part
of the great, slaughterous strategy
both sides are playing. But his face
worked as he spoke.
"When the sun comes out," said he,
"no man can bear the odor long. It is
an impossibility. Thb atench cuts you.
throat as though by the fumes of acid.
In the foremost trenches the men
cough and cough as they work with
their rifles."
I wish to tell calmly in as matter
of fact way as possible of a condi
tion which is unlike anything the
world has "ever seen before.
That statement may .be qualified in
-ust one respect. A similar condition
once existed in St. Mihiel and there
the dead men conquered. .They drove
the living . enemies out of their
trenches. Before their awf,ul weapon
neither French nor Teuton could
Island.
Battle Zs Ceaseless.
For 85 days the Kronen have been
trying to "batter their way through the
German lines between Perthes and
Cernay, in the Champagne country.
Their efforts have been ceaseless in
the most literal acceptance ' that
term. There has not been a moment
on that six mile long battle front that
guns, somewhere, have not been speak
ing. '
The bombardment has been almost
active by night, as by day. Few
days have passed perhaps . no days
have passed in which at least one at
tempt to storm German trenches was
not made. On their part the Germans
have been quite as determined. Be
cause they have been .on the defensive.
because they have only been holding
thelr trenches their losses are much
less than those of the French. The
Germans say their losses have not been
more than one third.
A space, sometimes 100 yards wide,
sometimes 600 yards wide separates
the two lines of advanced trenchea
along this ribbon of helL, On that
ghastly terrain 20,000 Frenchmen lie
dead. , .
Let that total enter your conscious
ness. ",:
30,000 TTnboriad Bead.
Twenty thousand French soldiers
died there In every form of agony.
Some mercifully died quickly. Some
laid" there in the sun and snow 'and
rain ' and cried out to their God to
end their 'suffering, and. so died by
Inches. :;Some lived four days in that
welter of corruption before a kind
death came to, them. They, began dy
ing there in October. They died there
the day I watched Jhe fight. Not one
body has ever been buried r removed.
Th most that either French or Ger
man ; has been able to do has beert
to throw- lime upon them : from forve
pumps. Thet . pumps carry- tut . JO
meters, i and . no t m in dare leave his
trench to cover these levolting masses
t hat, tiow threaten the. Champagne
Nearest the Tenches, But
nd Others Defile the Air,
t Trenches Deathly III,
country with pestilence the revenge
the dead - will take upon those who
live.
With the French dead cheek by jowl,
elbow to elbow lie other thousands of
German dead. They have fallen In the
counter charges which often follow
the French attacks. Most of the Ger
man dead, however, ate piled back of
their own trenches. The estimate of
the German staff, is that 10,000 may
have died here since the battle lock
began iri October. That is the very
highest estimate. No 6ne knows pre
cisely. No one knows precisely how
many French dead there are.- It Is
but guesswork.
Slaughter Wins Votnlng.
"The Frertch washed us out of three
fchort, trencher yesterday," an officer
of the general staff said to me. "They
simply tore away the trenches with
artillery fire. It was not that they
killed' the men. They destroyed the
trencher. The trenches they are no
more. They are Kaput."
The three siiort trenches covered
a total cf.600 meters. In return th
Germans "washed away" an approxi
mately r iial length of trench by ar
tillery fire. Those trenches, too, are
no more.- They have ceaeed to be.
Where they were are but the craters
of the heavy shells, mingled witli
bloody and corroding fragments whicn
once were men. The Germans re
treated to the next terrain perhaps
100 meters back to tse next line of
trenches. The French, in their turn,
held their own second line of trenches.
Neither bide had gained' or lost. The
deadlock was maintained.
In this six miles of perdition there
is a hill known as No. 199' on tne
staff maps. On February 3 the French
held that hill. For three days the
Germans kept their big -guns playing
on it, unil the surface of the hill was
scarred and pitted as though by an
elemental pestilence. , Machine guns
rained their balls upon the levelled
escarpments of the trenches. Infantry
men put aside their not rifles to cool
while they used the sun of the friend
ly dead man, who shouldered them tn
their trenches. Then, at noon one day,
a German mine exploded beneath that
hill. With the thump of its discharge
the German wave rushed forward.
They took Hill 1 91). They have It still.
Bnuns Boll for Dying.
On February 14 tne French began
their counter attack upon that position.
They have never ceased."" As I sat in
one of the observation points, used by
the general staff fresh craters which
marked the limestone land in every di
rection told that it had been shelled
that very morning I, could see- the
shrapnsl bti sting c-ver .the hill, and
the vast clouds ai the heavier pro
jectiles found their targets. It is about
Hill 199 that one hears the "drum roil"
of the big guns, as the Germans call
it. They beat the long roll for ' th
dying, ceasele&sly. endlessly, day ana
night. -Time after time 1 the French
have assailed the trenches on this hilk
They hate died upon its slope.
. Since .October 1 ,41, French regi
ments ; have attacked and bave never
returned to the attack. I do not mean
that nly-41 regiments have Jteenent
onward to - the sto.in I mean it la
known that 41 "regiments "have broken
iCoacladaHt ecr Pas flv. uiluas On
AND SCENES WHERE FIGHTING IS THICKEST
" ,
left Map of Ypres and environs, -
snapped on their- entrance Into
D. C. O'REILLY BUYS
NORTH BANK BOATS
OF UP-RIVER LINE
Commerce Commission Order
Carried Out in Sale; Serv
ice to Be Continued,
Negotiations - pending for two days
ended yesterday in the purchase
of the stock of The Dalles, Portland
& Astoria Navigation Co. by'-D. C.
O'Reilly, well known local contractor
and steamboat man.
The purchaser announced at once
that the steamers Bailey Oatzert and
Dalles City would be. operated as be
fore on the run between Portland and
The Dalles, the Sunday excursions of
the Gatzert to Cascade locks included.
H. H. O'Reilly, at present general man
ager of the Clatskanine Transportation
Co.. in which t. Cf O'Reilly is one of
the heaviest stockholders,, will he the
general manager of the line. .
"We have no idea of taking the two
boats off the run on which they have
operated for years," said O'Reilly last
night. "We paid good money for the
good will of the line and ? exptct , to
take advantage of it. The Bailey Gatz
ert enjoys the distinction of being the
best advertised boat In the world and
we expect to do a tig tourist business
on the Columbia this summer. The
two boats will be placed In the best
condition possible, the Dalles" City -being
in the shipyards at present, while
the Gatzert will follow her shortly for
the few minor repairs that she needs.'
The sale of The Dalles, Portland &
Astoria Navigation Co. by the North
Bank road, which has owned .he line
for eight years, was ordered by th
interstate commerce commission 16
months ago, but owing to the petition
(Concluded on Page Eight, Column Two)
Norwegian Hits
. Mine and Sinks
Stanr Caprli Oos to Bottom Fif
teen Miles Off Tory Island; Crw
Landed at Bonagal, Ireland.
lAndon, April 24 (I. N. S.) The
Norwegian steamer. Caprivl was struck
by a mine and sunk yesterday 15 miles
off Tory Island, nine miles northwest
of Dumfanghy, on the Irish, coast, and
the crew was landed at Inishtrahuil,
Donegal. . Ireland.
The Caprivl, Captain Peterson, waa
a steel cargo steamer 316 feet long.
39S2 registered tons and - was built in
1892. She was registered at Bergen.
Germans Capture Danish Ship
Copenhagen, April 24. fl. N, S.)
The Danish United Steamship company
has received word that the steamer
Nidaos. bound for Grimsby, Kngland.
with a cargo - of ; butter, eggs and
bacon, has- been captured by a German
i ruiser-and - taken to Kylf island off
th Schleswig coast of Germany.
Photograph Copyright 1013 by : the International News, SertU-e s
where grim -conflict rages. ,Rlght, ; topTJiree British '.war vessels,
-The Dardanelles. "Bottom Frencii - artillerymen preparing for an
WHOLE ADVANCE LINE OF RUSSIANS. IS NOW
IN HUNGARIAN TERRITORY, EXTENDING FOR '
40 MiLES ON CREST OF THE CARPATHIANS
Austro-Gerrnan Forces, Still Control Railroads Leading
to Mountain . Passes, but Russians Are Gradually Ad
vancing Between Two Converging : Rail - Lines.,
Petrograd, April 24. (I. N.( S.) The
whole line of ..the . Russian " main ad
vance inj the Carpathians is now in
Hungarian territory, the capture ol
enemy's trenches on height No. 101
having brought the left wing of 'the
main army across the boundary' line
between Hungary and Galicia- The
main front extends 40 miles between
the. two main' lines of railway which
cross the, Carpathians at Mezo-Laborcr
on the west and I-'zsok on the east.
It is evident -that while awaiting the
return of the flooded rivers to their
normal beds and the drying up of-the
impassable roads, no opportunity has
been lost In gaining a mile advance here
and there by local fighting.
Early in the morning, of Thursday
the enemy assumed the offensive on
the line indicated by the villages of
Lublnja, Sukovets and Sianka, but were
Wilson to Review
The Atlantic Fleet
President Will I.aT -Washington May
15 Aboard th Mayflower and Will
. B In Kw York May 17 aad 18.
Washington, April 2. (IT. P.)
President Wilson will leave Washlng
ton .May 15, on the Mayflower, lt was
announced today, to review the At
lantic fleet off New York. The presi
dent will be in New York May 17 and
18, when a land parade will be held,
in addition to the naval review.
Two Turk Fliers
, Bagged by British
Aroplans Tlylnr Over Allied Battle
ships la Dardanelles Ar Bitot Sown;
Bombardment Is Continuing.
Athens, April 24. -(U." P.) Dis
patches received tonifcnt say that twr
Turkish aeroplanes which were flying
over the British warships were shot
down. .: The bombardment of : the forts
In the straits continues intermittently.
Germans Don't Want Peace. ,
Berlin by Wireless to London,- April
24. (I. N. S.) The North German
Gazette states regarding rumors of
preparations for peace and especially
peace with England, that these are
based on the wishes of . the Knglisn
people and that no person competent
to fornr-sn opinion would think of
abandoning a situation favorable to
Germany In favor of a . premature
peace. r . '... : . . . .. . .. .i , , '
flung back with enormous looses, and
the Russians captured height. No. 101,
taking prisoner seven officers and 200
men and capturing two Maxims.
The Russians now' occupy the up
per waters of inost of . the rivets run
ning south in the fertile plains of
Hungary., over the front' of 40 miles
and are endeavoring to get a foothold
on the railways. The enemy is strug
gling with all the disadvantages of
flooded . rivers and ruined roads , be
hind this front.V Although In th pos
session of an uninjured network of
railways, greatly facilitating his oper
atlons. the Russians are forcing an ad
vance between- tire lines f railway
which converge and- approach within
about a. score of , miles , south of th
Russian forward posts. "
Thus the railways will be permitted
to give no tactical advantages to th
enemy in the. region where fighting Is
In progress., f
Flood Causes Many
Hearts to Ache
With 60 Bead, City of Austin, Teaaa,
Plans Many . Pnnerals Sorrowlnf
.Parsons Visit Morms.
- Austin, ; Texas., April 24. (U. P. )
The state capital tonight was a city
of gloom. With its flood death list
reckoned at 50 or more, and Its dis
covered dead already 45, -the city was
planning for single, double even
quintet services for the identified
victims. , . ' . " ',.
Sorrowful, expectant groups still
crowded the morgues tonight to . gaze
upon the corpses dragged from tha
raging waters, Relieving that perhaps
they might find there a loved one
missing since Thursday night.
, Rescue "parties of " police, citizens,
and firemen -stilt' dug , tonight In the
masses of debris cast upon the flood
waves, - seeltlng the missing. " ,
' The worst is past. The flood waters
are receding and Austin now-looks
confidently to no further destruction.
Railroad .traffic will be about normal
tomorrow. ,
- Sultan Hounds' Out Neutrals. .
Paris. ... April 24. (1. N. . 8.) Th
Temps ;. states - thac ' according to ' a
message ito the well informed Petro
grad telegraph agency, the grand viz
ier of Turkey has sounded the Italian
and United States ambassadors to din
cover 'if their countries would be will
ing to act as Intermediaries : between
the port and th Triple Kntent with
a view to th signing of. a separate
peace.; . . , , ....
mm sits
DAY AT WM
BY HER BLO
Canadian Troops Check Ter
rific Onslaught, of German:
Who Cross Yser Until Brit
ish; French, Belgians Ccrr. 3
UZERNE, ONCE LOST, IS
TORN FROM FOES' HANDS
I Bearing Brunt of Fighting,
Canadians Once. Lost But
Regained Guns.
ay Von Kindanbnrr Zsds.
It is estimated that the Ger
mans employed COO. 000 troops
hi their latest effort to break
the allies' lines. Another report
which Indicates the importance
of th movement to the German
plans is that-General" Von- llln
denburi;, hero of the German at
tempt, on Warsaw and called
the kaiser's fighting leader, . is
actively at the head of this new
German drive toward Calai.
Information from the Dutch
0-
Infonnatlon from the Dutch -
'border la that the German" plans W
- for the rw.ewed offensive were f
Just reaching the, point of corn-
pletlon when the Hritlsh attach:
on hill No. 60 precipitated th
movement before the appointed i
time. -
ifr
London, April 24.- (I. . N. 8.) Th
second German drive on Ypres, the key
to Calais, has been checked.
Brought to a halt by the Canadian-,
who gave the advancing hordes of in
vaders such terrific-battle, even wltr
their left flank exposed,' that the
French, English and Belgians were
able to reform their line between
Steenstraate and Ilet Has, the kalser'n
forces today- were turned back at
Llserne, the village they' captured west
of the Yser, and the Franco-Belgian
forces are now crowding them bactc
to th eastward. The Germans have
fallen back Vo the left bank of the
canalized stream and heavy reinforce
ments ar being concentrated ther a
hurl them back across the Yser.
Th crisis of ther battle at X,lzrr,
cam this morning at dawn, According
to the French official com in unique re
ceived tonight from Paris. After ter
rific cannonading and sporadic Infantry
actions all night the French and Bel
gian, carbineers Joined In a brilliant
attack, upon the newly occupied Ger
man defensive works at th edg of
therlllag. The dash and vigor of
th attack carried the allied force"
over, th trenches, and after sharp
fighting in the street th invader
were forced back and out down into
the low ground stretching down to
ward the bank of the Yser.
Meanwhile the Frencn and Belgian
toward. Dixschoote. and the British In
the angle at Het Sas, where the sa
lient projects from the main Una to
protect Ypres, carried on stubborn
engagements with the Germans, who
fought with Intense fury.
Numerous fresh battalions have
been seen coming up behind the Ger
mans' line for the past 2i hour,
Apparently the kaiser's force,
flushed by their temporary suocess In
bending th allies' line, were ddter-
(CoDcluded on 1'mre Mite. Column Two.)
VIVIANI DASHES HOPE
OF EARLY PEACE OR OF
TRANCE GAINING CASH
Whatever Indemnity Ger
many Pays Should' Be Bcl
' gium's, He Says,
The Hague, April 24, (J; N. S.) Re
liable news has . reached here of h
highly Important statement by M.
Vivlanl, th French prime minister,
this week, that there is no question
of peace in the near future, and that
France at least has .Itll nope, If any,
of obtaining a war Indemnity from
Germany, even If the latter Is de
feated. This statement was made to th
editors of til the leading Paris news
papers, whom M. Vivlanl summoned "u
his working cabinet for a heart to
heart talk on the situation. The pre
mier said:
"It is highly advisable not to give
th people the impression that peace
will "oe-concluded in the near future.
"It is also highly, advisable not tn
lead the gpeople to believe that we
shall obtain en important monetary
Indemnity from Germany." By "we"
the editors-understand that Vivlanl
referred to France. After their chat
with tha' premier their conviction wan
that any indemnity that could be
wrung . from Oernany would not bu
heavy enough even to cover the coat
of the tuln of Belgium, and that Eng
land, and France, as guarantors nf
her neutrality, would be In ' honor
bound to hand over to Belgium the
total sum tiiat Germany may pay,
Paris editors also understand that
it' is the opinion of the French gov
ernment that, contrary 10 what mlKht
be expected at the winding up of th
great peace, the peace preliminary
will occupy very littl time. ' Ono
r-peacs is serfouily mentioned on both
sides,' hostilities wilt cease wltU
minimum of delay. ,