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1 A M CV'VN.V XSS$T. Vfl ?rV VtCIV : n Vt . THE WE.WHKU 3 - sH H B u r .fFy-fTi T fVWl PI tclS U man m m kI S r n "IT'S ALL HERB Tonight ancl Sunday, probably sbowers, 'south erly winds. Hu midity 78. and IT'S ALL TRUE VOL. XV. NO. 347. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, , 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS, ihli? JOIN STRIKE' Munitions. Workers of Berlin and Spandau Resent Cut in Bread Ration, According to Reports Which Have Reached Amsterdam. GRAVE RIOTING TAKES PLACE IN MADGEBURG Troops, It Is Said, Were Called to Restore Order Several Strikers Killed and Wounded City Is'Now in ; State of Siege. Berlin Sanies Strike Story. London, April 21. (U. P.) tfr Berlin's official version of the n general strike by wireless from a German .station today denied . any rioting In the German cap- . ltal and declared it "already. ' settled." & "There were no riots or fierce street fighting in Berlin during & the strike, which is already set- Jfr tied." th6 wireless claimed. "The only unusual incidents were when a few hundred factory ' 41 boys gathered at a few points 4t and were dispersed by the police m without difficulty. Their pro- ceedings -were not directed )fc against the government but against the building formerly occupied as the British em- bassy.". 'Jf ffc v" r1 s Amsterdam. April 21. (U. P.) 'Twenty thousand munitions workers in Berlin and Spandau are out on a general strike today In protest against reduction of the bread ration, accord tng to latest Information from Ger- many. ; Scores of conflicting fiimotfcTtd the strike Including a number of re , porta of great violence accompanying . (Continued on Pf Two, Coluira Fire) STRICT NEUTRALITY IN U.S.-I Declaration of Position Is v . . Given in Communication to the State Department. Washington, April. 21. (I. N. 8.) Holland has declared her strict neu trality in the war between the United States and Germany, it was announced at the state department today. The declaration was handed Secretary Lan sing, April 17, by Chevalier L. F. C. Van Rappard, the Dutch minister here. The envoys announced to the state department as follows: "By order of the minister of foreign Affairs at The Hague, i have the honor to inform your excellency that, in view of the state of war existing be tween the United States of America and Germany, the royal government of The 'Netherlands will observe strict neutrality." Tong War Revives In San Francisco San Francisco, April 21. (P. N. S.) -The coast-wide Chinese tong war broke out here again today, when two gunmen fired nine shots at close range, .mortally wounding Lee Jung, a ' cigar factory employe. The gun men escaped. Chairs 100 Yrs. Old .Blocky-Built Mares X.ot and Fonnd 21 LOST Lady's gold watch, Elgin. Monday evening, initials E. McP. on back, between Washington at Broadway and out Mississippi ave. Liberal reward, as valued greatly as keepsake. Wanted Miscellaneous 5 WANT all kinds FRUIT JARS, " tents, garden tools, stoves; sew ing machines, bicycles and every thing. Household- Qoods for Sale 65 GOING east, mahogany chairs, 180 years old; piano and house hold furniture; Rhode Island Red : hens.: " Horses, Vehicles, Etc. 18 JUST received a shipment of horses from eastern Oregon, consisting of some blocky built mares - with foal; some farm chunks and some heavy draft ,. horses. Thousands of people in all walks of Ufa .look over the Want Col- umns of The Journal each day they are impelled by many mo- tlves. Some seek to buy some to sell; some are in search of employment; some need workers; - some would : exchange; soma are looking for - business - opportuni ties, fealty chances or to rent. . N GERMANY HOLLAND ANNOUNCES 5ERMAN AFFAIRS WILL H. PARRY, Repub lican member of the Federal Trade commis sion, who died in Washington, P. C, this afternoon. n y i imAi Washington, April 21. (U. P.) Will H. Parry, Republican, member of the federal trade commission, died late this afternoon at Emergency hospital here, after an illness of less than two weeks. . Parry was operated on for gall stones a week ago Thursday when it was found he was suffering from an abscess of the iver. His vigorous constitution appeared to have brought him through the danger period until last night, when he suffered a seri ous relapse. SAFE CONDUCT TO BE GIVEN AMBASSADOR AND ENTIRE PARTY State Department Receives Word From London as to Recalled Diplomat. Washington. April 21. (I. N. S.) Ambassador Page at London cabled the stats department today that the British government will grant safe conduct across the Atlantic to Count Tarnowski von Tarnow, recalled Aus trian ambassador designate to the United States, and members of his staff. The safe conduct order wll; also in clude the German consular agents who were ' forced . to leave China, cross the Pacific and the American continent in order to get back to Germany. Ar rangements are now being made for their Journey home. Turkey Has Broken With U. 8., Is Report London. April 21. (I. N. S.) Dis patches from Switzerland this after noon stated that Turkey has broken off diplomatic relations with the Unit ed States. A break between Turkey and the United States has been expected ever since trie war omce announced that the United States ship Scorpion had been interned by the Turks at Constan tinople. Another Star for Old Glory Proposed Denver. Colo.. April 21. (L N. S.) Residents of the territory between the continental divide and the Wasatch mountain range . in. western Colorado and eastern Utal want to decorate Old Glory with an additional star. Commercial clubs of Grand Junc tion, Colo., and Duchesne, Utah, have launched a secession movement to form a new state, unnamed as yet, because of dissatisfaction over approDriations jrom tneir respective legislatures. IT. S. War Insurance Rates Are Raised Washington April 21. (U. P.) Gov ernment war insurance rates on Trans atlantic shipping today were raised from 3 per cent to 5 per cent, the bu reau of war risk insurance announced. Federal Reserve Statement Sn Francisco. April 21. Statement of condi tion of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at close of business Artrll 20: RESOURCES. Gold coin and' gold certiflcat In own Tsulti In gold settlement fund In gold redemption fund $15,000,000 10.227.000 24,000 Total rold reserve ..23.201.iOO . . 86.000 Legal tender notes. tilTec, etc.. Total reserve Bills discounted members. .. 25.337.000 57S.0O0 Acceptances bought . . . 772.OO0 . . 7.845.000 . . 2.479.000 .. 4.000.000 786.000 .. 14.610.000 . . 1.794.000 low I blus on band United States bonds owned V. 8. certificates of Indebtedness Municipal warrants Total earnings accounts Federal reserve notes on hand. . . . National bank Botes and notes other federal reserve banks 151.000 Other cash 2.000 Net due from other federal reserve banks (collected funds) 1,321.000 exchanges for clearing house 27S.O00 Transfers bought 2.WO.000 Other uncollected Item 8,788,000 All other resource 27,000 Totals LIABILITIES. Capital paid tn U. 5. rovernment deposits..... 151.136.000 $ 3.933.000 3.301,000 398,000 Due to member banks, reserve ac count Cashier's and other checks outstand- . ing . . ..-.i. .......... Other collection items - - 14.000 S.7S0.OOO AU ether .liabilities. .. '182,000 Total V- WORKERS WILL BE LISTED FOB SHIPBUILDING lahnr I MrW finnfpr With OT over a month- money or thelr w LaOOr LeaaerS OOmer "in.mentisfalrlypourlnglntotheofflceof Chamber Of Commerce Of- Milton A. Miller, collector of Internal . . .. ... .. ficials Regarding Situation , . ... ... . . n ., . ! lOr Ship WOrK in Portland, 1 LOCAL SUPPLY OF LABOR I 0 ir-wcrt oi irnlCRIT IO DCLILVtU oUrrlOltlMI Thousands of Mill Wrights Now in the Interior Could Be Called When Needed. Plenty of labor will be available for the building of ships in Portland for the government. x Opinion, while It differed slightly at the conference between labor and Chamber df Commerce officials this morning, finally brought ltielf down to such a decision. A committee was authorized to han dle the listing of all available labor and the educating of what is neces sary. The principal thing drawn from the conference was that there are, in the interior, several thousand millwrights who are available for immediate work. These men, it was asserted, are high ly efficient with adze and ax, can read an ordinary blue print the moment it is laid before them, and, with theoreti cal or practical experience in the names of different parts of a ship, could, on short notice, turn out first class work. Labor Pledges Aid. The meeting was presided over by H. L. Corbett, president of the Cham ber of Commerce. Talks were made by Charles P. Howard, president of the Central Labor Council; R. P. Honham, Immigration commissioner and head of the government's employment work; e! I reached here from Rome today simul N. Johnson, head of the city employment! taneously with dispatchers saying that Dureau; Charles E. Cleveland, principal of the trade school and Dr. Alan Welch Smith, member of the school board. Howard in a speech at the onenlng of 'the meeting assured the Chamber of Commerce that the laboring element i naa only one thought In mind aiding ' the government in the prosecution and quick ending of the great world war. "We have only a few requests to sk. of you."" he said. "We want to see a reasonable scale of wages commensur ate with the work to be done. th$ rights of our men looked after and a. feeling of good fellowship In the work. (Concluded on Page Two, Column four) SATISFACTION EROM South American Republic' Is Ready to Declare War on German Empire, By Charles P. Stewart. Buenos Aires, April 21.- tt p Briicinoi uci.u Germany for satisfaction for the sink ing of the Argentine steamer Monte Protegldo by a German U-boat. Announcing this today. La Nacion. Argentines leading newspaper, de ARGENTINA DEMANDS GERMAN GOVERNMENT Clares it understands if Germany's re- him to be the man best qualified to ply is unsatisfactory. President head the proposed American commia Irigoyen will not only , break relations ! alon. but declare war. Others considered for appointment. While Argentina was thus consider- it Is said, are Ellhu Root, Oscar lng all eventualities in the great Straus, Colonel Roosevelt and Profes sltuatlon, alarming reports were reach- sor Harper of Chicago university, ing here as to the increasing grav- ; ny ui ine Herman revolt in soutnern fmttL Hr".ay-f..8 0c.i.vu, wuoj mvvuucu iks enure ; standing army and ordered the militia j held In readiness, according to Mon- j tevldeo dispatches, to oppose any at- ! tempt by the Germans to invade Uru guayan . territory. ' Brazil has established a most dras- ' tic censorship, so that direct word -of me progress or tne revolt was not obtainable. Explosion Kills Man; Bomb Is Suspected Pittsburg. Pa., April 21. (U. P.) Nick Fellis, a Hungarian, was in stantly killed and three others were fatally injured today when a large quantity of dynamite exploded at the ' Superior Fuel company's plant at Rus- sellton, near here. Tne police are ln- making a bomb. War Trade to Take All Available Ships Washington-April 21. (I. N. S.) Every available American coastwise vessel not essential to the trade of thei United States is immediately to be di verted to the Transatlantic trade. This is necessary if the supply of food stuffs and munitions is to be kept moving Buropeward. Portuguese Cabinet Discouraged, Quits Lisbon, April 21. (U. P.) The Por tuguese cabinet has resigned, it was announced today, "because the chamber rejected Its decree Instituting- a na tional -economic; council. - - Wealthy Men Do Their Bit In Hard Coin Hundred Thousand Dollars in Taxes Received This Morning by v Collector Miller. Though Income taxes are not yet due revenue. It la estimated that at least uoo.ooo was received tw mommg. This Is the response of wealthy men of this district to a request from the treasury department at Washington, transmitted to Income taxpayers by Letters to Mr. Miller, accompanying certified checks of large denomination, have expressed nothing but gratifica tion on the part of the sender at being able to help the country in time of need and pledging other service if called upon. AUSTRIA IS READY TO PEACE, SAYS PAPER Austrian Parliament Reported to Have Been Summoned to Take Action at Once. London, April 21. (I. N. S.) That the relchsrath (Austrian parliament) has been summoned to consider imme diate peace was the intimation con tained in dispatches to the Chronicle today. This paper eays that momen tous political events are impending in the dual monarchy and that the plans of Germany for the economic and po litical subjection of Austria in "mid dle Europe" are in danger of being frustrated. Reports of a revolution in Hungary it was believed the Germans and Aus tro-Hungarians have given up the idea of a big offensive against Italy this spring. Despite the tight censorship In the du&l monarchy, reports from Swiss sources auring tn last weeK nave shown that an acute situation existed In Austria and Hungary. Sentiment for peace has been grow ing, and. added to this, was the keen unrest . over, the heavy- losses in the war and growing domination by Ger many. Revolutionary agitation ln the dual monarchy, coupled with the gigantic 1 Anglo-French offensive on the western : front, have both tended to upset Von Hlndenburg's plans for a big drive against Italy. Rome Hears Revolt Imminent. Rome. April 21. (U. P.) A revo lution is Imminent in Hungary, ac cording to Vatican advices today. As a result of various disturbances, the Information here asserted, Buda pest and 25 other cities and towns had been proclaimed in a state of siege. Charles R. Crane Is To Head Commission Washington, April 21. Charles R. Crane, Chicago millionaire, will head the American commission to Russia. This was practically assured today when the state department announced that it had been In communication with , chairmanship or the commission. Crane la at present in Russia. He left America for Russia on a private mission moie than a month ago. Crane has long been a student of near eastern affairs and President Wilson believes rt J n fi (juardsmen ot Unio Fight Unkown Men Columbus. Ohio. April 21. (U. P. Seven guardsmen and eight unknown men engaged in a pitched battle last night on the state fair grounds after two loiterers had been surprid in the cavalry barn. Captain Simeon Nash admitted today. & I- ' Armed American Ship Reaches Port Paris, April 21. (U. P.) The armed American merchant steamer Onega ar rived safely at a French port. It was announced today. The Onega Is a steel screw steamer of 3638 tons, owned by Barber & Co.. Eight Norwegians Lost With Ship Sunk London. April 21. (I. N. S.) The Norwegian ittamer Norden. 776 tons. has been captured by the Germans and taken Into pert, according to a dls patch from Christiana today. . It adds that eight Norwegian sal ors were killes) when the Norwegian steamer Bergengut was torpedoed. Leaves for Army Men Are Curtailed Washington, April " 21s (U. P.) Secretary of War Baker today directed that no more leaves of absence be granted from the army except under exceptional circumstances.'' CONSIDER IMMEDATE ARTHUR j BALFOUR, .British foreign minister, who is in the , United States to confer with govern ment officials on war plans. Il J- wS;j- f y J V r - J BRITISH COMMISSION IS HERE TO MAKE PLANS Safe Arrival of Foreign Min ister Balfour and Party Of ficially Announced. Washington, April 21. (I. N. S.) The state department at S o'clock this afternoon announced the safe arrival of the United States of the British commission, headed by Foreign Minis ter Arthur J. Balfour. War Bond Issue Bill Held Until Monday Washington. April 21. (I. N. B.) The 17.000,000,000 bond issue bill, to finance, the war with Germany, is held up nui wmiu); uvesara n nvuso im not In session. Although the confer ees have reached an agreement on the bv tne treasury department, no action will be taken to ratify the agreement until the house meets Monday. The senate will withhold its action untU the house has accepted the conference re port. Missoula Man to Be Spokane Appraiser Washington. April 21. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) W. D. Graves of Missoula, Mont., has been appointed appraiser of the Spokane district by the farm loan board. The selection was made prior to the resignation of James El. Ander son of Medford, Or. Graves is the third appraiser so far appointed, An derson and T. S. Hogan of Billings, Mont., being the others. It is expected a successor to Anderson will soon be named. National Defense Conference Called Washington, April 21. (I. N. S.) In an effort to coordinate defense Pleasures being taken by the various states into a working unit, a national defense conference has been called to meet in Washington May 2. Secretary of War Baker, as chair man of the council of national de fense, today sent a telegram to the governors of all states asking them to send delegates to the national de fense conferences. Will Investigate the Farm Products Rates Salem. Or., April 21. Following its Investigation of relative farm product rates on the OregonvWashlngton Rail road & Navigation company and the Oregon Short Line Railroad company in eastern Oregon and in 'Washington, the state public service commission to day ordered a hearing on existing con ditions. Time and place of hearing will announced later. ba Hamilton Holt Is Honor Guest Tonight Hamilton Holt, editor of the Inde pendent. New Tork. will be tendered WA IIS a dinner at tne CnamDer or Commerce tonight at 6:30 o'clock at which he will outline & program for a perma nent league of nations to become ef fective at the'clos of the present war. Mr. Holt comes to Portland , as the special personal representative of Wil liam Howard Taft. president of the League to Enforce Peace. Peace Conference Opens Early in May Stockholm, April 21. (U. P.) The Danish Socialist Minister Staunlng an nounced today that the Socialist peace conference will- open here .-; early In May. ; He expreeeea ; the. hope that American Socialists wfuld participate. -' ... f ' I.-f .' : V - 'i " .-v."-' -;- v ' '. -' ' : . t ". -- SENATE TURNS ATTENTION TO Opponents, Start Filibuster Tactics to Delay Measure But Are Squelched After an Hour's Skirmish. CHAMBERLAIN TO FIGHT PROPOSED AMENDMENT Clause to Be Offered to Au thorize Trial of Volunteers Before Conscription. Washington, April 21. (U. P.) The senate this afternoon formally entered upon the momentous phase of the war legislation program consideration of the conscription bill to raise on army of 1.000,000 men by draft. Senator Galllnger late this after noon offered an amendment to the ..11 U a nnn.orlnl Inn hilt chntirlne th ages of those eligible from 19 to 23 j to 18 to 35. Administration forces and selective conscription advocates won their first real legislative skirmish at the capitol when filibuster that was bitterly waged for more than an hour was finally squelched. Plans of leaders to rush the army bill through to a vote ahead of every thing else proceeded after Chairman Chamberlain of the military committee forced a vote to take up the army measure. Only five senators Thomas, La Follette. Gronna, Hiram Johnson and Fernald, voted against Chamberlain. Washington, April 21. (I. N. S.) The senate today turned Its attention to the administration selective draft bill designed to raise the armies nec essary to win the war with Germany. Senator McKeller, the new senator from Tennessee, will offer an amend ment similar to the one rejected by the military committee, authorizing the president to call for 600,000 volun teers in lieu .of. the section .providing for the raising of troops by the se lective .drafting of male citizens be tween 19 and S3 years of age. He declared ' today, however, that he wlU make no attempt to delay a vote on UhB fti, Senator Chamberlain of Oregon will combat the McKeller proposition. Pacifists, headed by Jamea Eada Howe of Sr. Louis.' the millionaire (Continued on Pace Two. Colo ma Tares) U. S. MEAT SUPPLY IS 100,000,000 POUNDS SHORT, SAYS REPORT Secretary" Houston Seeks to Convert Americans to Veg- etariamsm as Result. Washington. April 21. (I. N. S.) America's meat supply Is 100.000,000 pounds short, according to an an nouncement at the department of agriculture today. Faced with the necessity of sup plying Europe during the ensuing year feeding her enormous armies with meat an attempt is made by Secretary of Agriculture Houston to convert the United States to vegeta rianlsm. Simultaneously colossal efforts are being made to increase the nation's meat production. The enormous short age of meats is due primarily to dis ease among cattle, according to tbe department's announcement. The whole attention of the livestock division of the department Is now being given to eradication of livestock disease principally - foot and mouth disease and the southern cattle tick and to Increasing the improving stock-raising by extending the industry where con- UlllUIlB Hl 1WIW.. ovum 1 Tne south being urge to turn It. attention from the raising f cotton and tobacco to the raising of livestock, principally pigs Belgian Relief Ship Ct t r T i? T i- DUnK, Une JUlie llOS L 2i -(i. n. s) Tne Hague, April The Belgian relief ship Kongalls has been sunk either by a mine or torpedo. with the loss of one life, says a dis patch from Tmulden today. The Kongalls was sunk on Friday night in the "safety tone." There were 19 Americans In the crew and ail were landed safely at Tmulden. The other 15 were European". iThe miss ing man was a Norwegian. The vessel was struck on the star board side and sank rapidly. Tbe sur vivor, were picked up by trawlers. No submarine was seen. Carried Cargo of Wheat. Portland, Maine, April 21. (L N S.) The relief ship Kongalls sailed from this port last month with a cargo which Included 6000 tons of wheat. The commanding officer and captain. A. S. Olsen. and the crew. It is said, were made up mostly of Americans. Another Relief Ship Sunk. London. April 21, (I. N. 8.) The Belgian rel.f steamer Ringborn. out ward bound rrom Rotterdam, with a safe conduct from the Germans, baa bten sunk, according to word received by the commission for relief in Bel gium, this afternoon. , ' CONSGRPTOn Two German Destroyers Lost In Fight Possibly One Other Destroyed Dor ins Raid by Five Vessels Upon Dover. London, April 21. (U. P.) Two German destroyers were sunk and one other was possibly destroyed, when the enemy vessels attempted a raid on Do ver, the admiralty announced today. The raid on Dover was attempted last night, five German vessels par ticipating. They were attacked by two British patrol ships. The fight lasted only five minuj.es. The Brit ish ships suffered no material dam age and the casualties suffered were slight Ten German officers and i3 men were rescued and made prisoners. The admiralty statement said: "At night five German destroyers attempted a raid on Dover. A number of rounds were fired Into a plowed field and the enemy then steered in the direction of 'our shipping. They were met by twn' Dover patrol vessels and in five minutes two of the enemy ships were sunk and possibly three. The remainder made off at high speed, escaping in the darkness. "Our vessels suffered r.o material damage aid our casualties were slight compared with the results. "Ten German officers and 95 men were saved. "Our vessels were well handled." ALASKA IS EAGER TO DEVELOP MARKET IN PORTLAND FOR COAL E. 0. Sawyer of Seward Says Fuel Can Be Delivered at Cost Here of $5,50 a Ton, To interest the people of Portland In the early development of the great Alaskan coal fields. E. O. Sawyer Jr.. editor of the Seward Gateway, has come to Portland, as the personal rep resentative of the Seward Chamber of Commerce. "Of all the people of the country. Oregonians should be most interested in the completion of the government railway and in the working of the mines." said Mr. Sawyer, "for It was a petition sighed by 40,000 Oregonians and submitted to congress that result ed to the gpvernmenVs taking r(t the coal fields and led to -the construction of' the Alaska railroad, through the efforts pf Senators Chamberlain and Jones. , The railroad will be completed to the Matanuska fields from Seward. January 1, 1918, the fields being some 140 miles inland. Steamer Cargoes Offered, Seward is the gateway and the coal will come from the mines to be shipped from our harbor. Leases have been granted by the government for the development of the mines, and we are deeply Interested in seeing that the lessees begin operations as aoon as it is possible to get the product out. We seek the cooperation of possible Portland coal consumers that the lessees will have a market for the coal immediately and that there may be no celay in getting the mines in opera' tlon. 'We are interested in getting 2? Ki VX'rJZ one possible where they have railed when attempted before because we could give you no return cargo. "Our coal will make possible the up growth of a great steel industry in this city. Tou can get pig iron in China cheaper than in Pittsburg. Alaska coal can be laid down in Port land at from $5. SO to 16 a ton. Cheep Coal Promised. "Estimates fix the cost of the coal at $2 the ton at the mouth of the mine, $2.06 at Seward, and the bal ance for the haul to Portland, these figures being based on large quantl ties. "The growth of the shipbuilding in dustry in the northwest makes entirely feasible the establishment of steel plants here, using Chinese pigs and Alaska coal. "Alaska coal is of the - cokey kind. similar to the Pocohontas of eastern mines, and can .be most profitably used. At a cost of $ a ton 1.65 tons will produce 8000 feet of gas, 14 gal Ions of coal tar and a considerable Quantity of sulphate of ammonia. In addition to the coke. Portland coal consumers are urged 4K In ...I.. "tne lessee, of the Matanu.ha fields begin operations at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Sawyer, who Is a former Port land newspaper editor, will confer with officials of tbe Portland Chamber ot Commerce, shipbuilders and trans- nation men wntl here. 173,000 Miners to Get Higher Wages New Tork. April 21. (I. N. S.) Anthracite coal operators of Pennsyl van la, western New Tork and parts of Ohio, today granted the principal de mand made by the umtea Mine wo rx ers of - America.' and announced they would consent to a 20 per cent" in 'crease In wages. About 173,000 miners are affected. t Operators and representatives of the mine workers will meet this after noon formally to ratify the agreement. Two Railroads Are Seized by Mexico Washington, April 21. (I. N. 8.) The Mexican government has seized the Tehauntepec railroad and the Vera Crux V Alvarado railroad with all their . rolling stock. . Ambassador Fletcher so notified the state depart ment today under date of April 1. No reason for the Mexican government'; action Is given in the ambassador's telegram. -. .-v : BRITISH TROOPS GAIN OVER MILE EAR C I Capture of Gonnelieu Is An nounced by Field Marshal Haig German Attack at' Fauquissart Repulsed. SHARP FIGHTING TAKES PLACE DURING OFFENSE Artillerying, According to the British Commander, Was Active at Several Points. ft' Battle wears Critical snare. Paris. April 21. (I. N. 8.) ' With the Germans making a de-' 4 termlned stand on the Siegfried line the great double battle on the Arras - Alsne Champagne W front Is drawing into Its critical Vk - phase. (The Siegfried line, as Jt Is . called by the German war of- flee, is practically the same as the ro-called Hlndenburg Una It beslns at a point between Lens and Uro'ourt and extends through the sectors of Cambrai. Ik St. Quentin and Lion to the. heights on the northern bank of the Alsne river near Conde.) . p Berlin. April 21. (I. N. S.) A mighty battle with artillery was fought all along the fighting front, from Lens to the Argonne. on Friday and Friday night, the German war office announced today. Especial men- -tlon was made of the severity of the big gun fire on the Alsne and in Cham pagne. The cannonades between Loos and the Arras -Cambrai line Increased gradually in "violence, tt was said. French attacks against the German positions defending Chemin-Oes- Dames, on the north bank of the Alsne, . zaiiea. London. April 21. (U. P.) Field Marshal Haig smashed another blow at Cambrai today and advanced more " than a mile towsrd 'that stronghold of the Hlndenburg line. capture of Gonnelieu was an- . nounred in"arrcTficisrstatement today. .The British commander-in-chief re ported sharp fighting In thla drive. He likewise detailed repnlse of a Ger man attack delivered at Fauquissart and considerable artillery firing at a number of place along the front. witn tbe capture of Gonnelieu. Haig" at eel line paralleling the Cany' bral-St. Quentin highway had been shoved one mile closer to Cambrai. nd a dividing angle for a blow on hat city formed, reaching from Hav- rineourt and Vlllers Plouich to Gon nelieu on the north, to Vlllers Ouls lain and Epehy on the south. "During the night we captured Gon nelieu after sharp fighting, taking a number of prisoners." the report said. An enemy party attempted to entir our trenches in the neighborhood of (Concluded on faff Three. Column Teres) S01SSQNS IS FREED OF MENACE OF GERMAN GUNS FOR FIRST TIME French Cut Off Salient From Vailly . Bridgehead to Fort Conde, Forcing Retreat. By Henry Wood. With the Solssons Army, April 21. (I. N. S.) Solssons, the city nearest' Paris' which has been under German guns since the battle of the Ms me. Is row freed of this menace for the flret time since the enemy was turned back from the French capital in 1914. By cutting off the salient from the Vailly bridgehead to Fort Conde," the French forced the Oermans back such " a aistance teat eoissons is now u De rated. Fort Conde Is one ef the outer circle of the fortifications of Laon. which the victorious French army In this re gion Is today making Its next ob jective. French, Repulsed, Claim. Berlin. Via London, April tl.-TJ.. P.) Repulse of all French attacks was , asserted in today s official statement. "Around Hautblse farm. French local attacks were repulsed," the war office said. "At Brimont, Franco-Russian troops were repulsed with severe losses, and at Chemln des Dames like "Around Rhelm. and In the Argonne - we penetrated the enemy's, lines and imprisoned a number. "Around Braye. from the plains ' of Palssy as far as the hollow east of . Craonne; and also between Prosnes and Suleppes, stubborn attacks were deliv ered." - " Russian Democracy Not Seeking Peace Fetrograd. April 21-(L K. .) The executive committee of the So cialists In tbe da ma has sent a cable gram to Meyer . London, Socialist member of the American : congress, stating' that tbe "entire Russian revo-. lutlonary democracy, does not want a separate, peace. The declaration was In reply to. a cable Inquiry.. rrom Mr. London. V "- vy.:'