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VOL. XVI. NO; 277
AMERICANS
1
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r HIS : COPYRIGHTED photograph from V France - shows araidin party, of Atnerican! soliders
t. . man trenches. through -the
. enure western xronc
orce a way to the enemy1
HEODORE WILCOX
YIELDS TO DEATH
:ute; 1 1 1 n ess of S h ort . D uration
i s Ends' Life of ; Prominent c x
! ! 1 Business Man.
-fwtfSdre B. Wilcox, on of Oregon's
ihost r prominent cttlzttna passed away at
S;?0. Sunday alUrboon at hfa reatdenee.
5 Kins' atreel, follow in-rnlhea or
4 than a month. -
With tilm : at the tone of : his death
it all the membera of his Immediate
-ttily,- with ; the exception of Theodore
ilcox Jr. who la on his way from the
at .
. ir.' Wilcox, who wa federal . milling
mmiseioner -for the 'Pacific -; North-
tet, was stricken- with - acute Intea
.ial trottble early In- March, but he
ould not give up a trip to New.Tork
: ''government business, He was serl-
Hy lit n the irlp, but nevertheless
" ck no lils Dost and;-returned r- only
T " 'the 1 1 ualneas " waa completed.' v . - E
U waa kv.own as early aa -FTlaay oy
i. te attending; 'physician. Dk H.C Jet-
rds that' his chances for , recovery
are very alhrht.:? Mr, WOcox waa con
Vua up to a few hours of his death,
id 1 mumbled Incoherently- shortly be-
hla pasRlPR. . - -
Ch funeral services will be held at the
Icox home. 215 Klnc street, at 10 :S0
'lock next ""oursday morning;. The
At will be ii'
srred at Klvervlew cem
at the - grave " will be
,-ements are In charge
.y. , Servio
-ate. At"
the dv.
pany.- T"
irrlve Wi1
Wilcox j
Holman Undertaking
Wilcox Jr. Is .scheduled
aday night.- - - ' ' ,
survived by hla wife.
ociuded on Ft Siren. Cohitnn .Two)
w. York Gambler ,
Killed by- Gunman
arry - Coselk. Proprietor .of - GambUog
. Heaset, hdt aad KRled la Maaar
ieatlcarto to Slaying "of -HoieatnaJ.
rl tew Tork Aprit lIN &) Iferry
en. proprietor of a atrmg of gara
, g establishments,' was shot ' and
Ji here coday in a manner Identical
, the slaying of Herman KonenthaL,
"jen was shot by an unidentified man
he stood In front of -a West Ninety-
ond st . ct address: and died , a few
lutes- 4 .er without making a' : stata-
1JL nt, XI. i murderer escaped., -
VcCording to friends,. Cohen, recently
i V I 'e testimony In the -police, gambling
,' - pi, .de and ta, believed other gamblers
t'
5it
him removea to prevent s further
atktns.- i.''..'---
Minneapolis Covered
By Blanket of; Snow
r i. , ,, '.I? .
Minneapolis. Mlnn Aprllir I N; S.
'i'he weather man played a big 'April
..-t I iolte on this city, today. Vlt began
ii.wing tnia -morning ana a blanket of
fte .now :Covera:the city. -. 'i
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barbed wire defenses that are" w.oven.in front of the permanent German trenches throughout the .
.The "wire is first cut by "artillery fire or
'alines.' f .
President i Wilson I'
Gives Attitude on :
in tetter
New York. April U. 'P.) Presi
dent Wilson's attitude on peace is un-l
changed ' alnce he said : "The Oeman
r or capacity for covenanted peace,
must ' be crushed,? according to a letter
from the executive, made public here to
day v , '.
The letter, written by. President W1U
son, March11 25, to Bishop Henderson of
the ilethodlsta1 : national , vm . councils
aid:
la reply to your letter o alareh.
21, may I not aay that you are per
fectly safe in using the words which
you quote from my; message as ex-
, pressing, my : unaltered ' thought nd
unbroken purpose? It la always our ;
duty ; to find out 'what the expres
sion of a desire for peace from our
opponents really means, but unless
it means a complete and convincing
program of justice upon which a
lasting peace can really rest and
we have yet no evidence vtliat it
means anything of : that : kind). It
: means nothing. . ;
Cordially and sincerely, yours. ' :v f
WOODROW WILSOX.
BY JUDGE
Men rat Northwest ' Steel Plant
- Hear "Arraignment of
' Grand Jury. , .
"It was the same. - grand 'jury that
perpetrated " the - outrage , of ; Indicting
Blanche Ford on the? charge of disor
derly conduct at the Oregon Automobile
Dealers' association banquet ' at the
Multnomah, hotel without even censur
ing the men who paid her to dance, that
exonerated Mayor Baker of , that charge
of falling At file campaign expense.".
This was what Judge Henry" McGinn
told the -men, of the Northwest - Steel
company today - at n6on.: . f -
- Judged McGinn -assailed the, grand
jury for. the indictment of . the dancer
and the! exoneration of the men said to
have paid her to perform.' .-, ..
He also scored the. grand jury for its
manner of excusing the charges against
Mayor Baker. ' -
I was subperfeed &: a witness and ,X
asked the jury where the money came
from to pay the women who did house
to. house electioneering for Mayor Baker.
Who paid for- the big corps of clerks
and stenographers In the- Xumbermen'a
building who urged votes for him?
Funds from -what source i paid for the
posters - that were scattered around the
city? .' --
- Judge McGinn urged everx shipbuilder
that, had not - registered to do so and
vote lor the jitney '1000 bonding ordinance-
at the primaries May 17t . - ,I
Those' of you who- will have" been
here six months by, May IT have a vote,"
he said.: - ' '. rr . ; -t
",J udge McGinn told the men that- the
only, relief and the -ultimate defeat 'of
the .' alx-cent fare could come 3 through
reatoratlonof , the. Jitney.',
,' ; ; : t '
Germany' Protests V
V.Move of Bed Guards
' r ' -
- Xondoni April; lv U. P.) The' Ger
mat government -has -protested against
the Red Guards pouring ' into Finland
from Petrograd. demanding the move
ment; be stopped and the officials re
sponsible be punished, according t to a
wireless . dispat hcrfonv Berlin today.
Otherwise, : the dispatch said, . the Ger
mans will be forced to take-the neces
sary measures to' enforce the conditions
of the Russo-German peace treaty.
MONDAV
ADDRESS
m gin r J
PORTLAND,
RAID IN NO
- l ' r' -
i
by engineers, who open lanes tiirough' which the men are able to
" ' - ; , ' .
U FQLLETTE VOTE
'S, IS F
Rumors ThatJSenator, Is i Throw-
, ; jwtsSr'-!-'' :" i ' o ' I '
Ltng O tre ngtil tO O OCI SI ISt
Alarms Wisconsin.
1
' ' ; .By George P. Wolaa - ..; ;'
Milwaukee April 1.-(1. N. S.)-Iy-l
thrown intft a turmoU of excitement by
a persistent rumor that the organixatlon
behind Senator; Robert M- La Follette
haa thrown Its strength to the: support
Of Victor -1m Bergerw Socialist and anti
war: candidate -j for the United Statea
senate. Both Republican and Democratic
politicians openly charged that the La
Follette supporters, on the. eve of, the
election tomorrow were lining- up be
hind Berger. . - j; ;-v- ,s ' i ' -i ;- -'V..
V Lsv Follette heretofore has been op
posed to Berger. but politicians now de
clare that he is experiencing a change of
heart? 'The latest Issue of LaFoUetto's
magazine bitterly attacks Irvine 1m Len
root.; Republican, and Joseph E. Davlea,
Democrat, but ! barely mentions Berger,
Berger and his avowed anti-war plat
form looms, up today as the bg-factor
in the election, only 24 hours away, which
will definitely record, T Wisconsin's at
titude toward America's participation ia
the war. That - Berger'. v election,;. Is
feared jvas ' Indicated today by - stats'
ments made by ' loyalist - leaders 1 and
members of the now famous "Next bf
Kin" organisation. . . , ..- --. t
' "Berger will ' never take his seat in
the senate if he is elected," a "Next,ot
Ktn" man said today. 'We "mean busi
ness. Wisconsin, already 'has been., dis
graced enough . in the eyes of the na
tion. One LaKollette , in - the senate Is
enough.? - " v'v
. TTiei betting today was two to one in
favor ' of Lenroot with ' Berger running
a poor third . and little Davles money
In sight. ,.-':--... :
i Berger declared today v. he will' get
180,000 votes, or sufficient Jto c Insure
his election... " . ii---;.,
There . Is still much bitterness ' over
Vice President ,MarshalTa speech rat
Madison,- and Republicans claim it will
cost Davles more thai; 30.000 votes. , Da
vles supporters, however, declare he win
be elected and that his 5 defeat will be
tantamount to telling President Wilson
that Wisconsin . is unalterably opposed
to thisoantrys war aims and purposes.
; : f if-.'-i? ' . 1 Ml . . 1 1 '"Uytfy "-
Lenroot Confident of Besult :
La Crosse, Wis.; AprO 'l.ttj N, &)
Congressman Irvine I Lenroot. Repub
lican, will carry the state- over Joseph
EX Davles. Democrat. In the race for the
United States senate. ; by over 10.000
was. the prediction made here today by
Lenroot lieutenants, : They bawd their
calculations largely on the - claims that
for the first time since J903 Republicans
of both factions seem to be united for
Lenroot. . - , - v r
Bombardment of;
it
Paris Is Eesumed
Parts, ArD 1. iX, P. Tke long
range boiabardaiest of Paris wag .re
tamed today.' '.. ;
Paris. April 1.- One nerson vu
killed and .one injured Sunday, by the
bombardment of Paris.' Easter services
were.-, attended. - by even- larger - crowds
man usual -on .taster. , , ; V- , , ,
TfieJournil6Red
Be jinningr-. tomorrow, The ,
' Journal will publish a final after
.noon edition ,uwith - baseball
v scores, late warv ? and" ; tenenl r
news and late sporting new It
.will be known as the Red Edition
- and will -be on the. streets by;
-S:30p. m.- The present 5:3o
edition, with Its summary of late
; telegraphic and local news, will
" also continue to be published. - -
BERGER
EftR
OREGON,, MONDAY EVENING, AfrRIL; 1918. FOURTEEN . PAGES.
MAN'S LAND
, A . A a
V
il
leaving" for ah attack on Ger.
Pleases British King
i v - By WllUam. PhflJp Slstma
. With -the British Armies In France.
March 81. (U.-P.) No king ever traveled-mors'
simply than did George V,
who Just visited the batUef rent " : '
(An official statement' Saturday night
declared the king had-returned to Lon
don, that evening; After, ..vlsiUng tth4
west frtftit 'TJiureday.jf .
" Ha crossed the channel on a destrever.
just like, an ordinary, officer. . He was
whirled -up and down the lines like
hard working . army Inspector, shaking
hands with the enlisted men and eating
ordinary' mess ,' food .wherever mealtime
caught him. - 5 - i . . -
Seeing-a slightly , wounded Australian
at the railway-station,. -the king walked
up to him -and said r '
Tve often heard about you." -
The Australian, holding out hla hand.
responded f. . :
"Put it there 1 -
The king shook- hls han warmly and
appeared' immensely pleased to be taken
as ah eauaL'J " - s t . , 1 ii, .4
This incident, is symbolical of the de
mocracy for which the world is at war,
'- -V
DRAFT QUOTA OFF
Dinner Given" 114 Men WholDe-
' part "for . Camp Lewis to
, . j. ' "
" v tnter .Army.
; With i the- departure of 114 "of Port
land's v fittest ..young men, the first to
enter service- under selecUve draft,, for
Camp ' Lewis, 'oomes a - new realisation
that the ' United ; States is engaged at
war,? said Mayor George I -Baker, who
presided and spoke at the "send-off
and farewell dinner. . held In' the break
fast. room' of the Multnomah hotel this
morning.-; , ' r . -. , ...
.Mothers, .'wives, , sweethearts s.rd
friends of the .boys sat at the. tables and
the only, outside guests were members
of the exemption boards, who 'arranged
for the farewell. : ; ' -,- ..: -; .,
Tbe muslo for ths occasion!' was f uH
nished by, the Oregon-Washington Rail
road & Navigation corfpany'a employes'
band,' arranged toy J. D. FarrelV presi
dent of the company. : The band played
patriotic selections prior to the dinner
and also furnished music in the jparads
from. the. hotel' to the depot. ri ia -
, A telegram of regret was 'read from
Governor Withy com be,-who was unable
to attend the dinner because of import
ant business. LloydR. Smith of Board
Kl t furnished cigarettes and tobacco
for the boys, which were distributed ' to
them by a number of prominent women.
; . Following the . dinner, the registrants
who- had been called marched out Of the
breakfast room in a- body amid rousing
cheers. ' '- - . v
" Portland has- been -100 per -cent and
the men who left today are the first to
be called' as a body under the selective
draft system. Some men of draft age
have -, enlisted in. certain .".branches of
the service, ' ' " ' f
WillLHaysIstoBe
In Portland April 11
, a--"---" m - V?,T i, j.
-, Indianapolis.- April "LCtE. P.-W!ll
H.' Hays. Republican national chairman,
will 'leave Tuesday on his first trip
throughout" the 'West. He wUl confer
with" . Republicans , in . Western states.
His schedule is: H April 4. Denver; April
Cheyenne: April C, Salt Lake City;
April 7. Butte;: April SV Helena ; : April
9, Spokape; April 10. Seattle; April 11.
Portland ; eApra 12-14, San Francisco ;
April 15-19, Los Angeles t April 20. Proe-nix-.
April 21.E1 Paso; AprlT 12, Al
buquerque. -
Australian Soldier
Democratic Greeting
PORTLAND'S FIRST
I
ISli
Americaa Troops, Now .Forming
Fighting - Army r Instead ; of
I Training Armyf Are on March.
Easter Sunday .Quiet on .rAmerl
can ; Front, " Men Atteading
Church Services With Poilus.
1 H 7ASHINGTON, pril
yi .1. (U. P.)-A"Aftcr "
" ; a day of heavy fight-;
ing air along the line; the -
X situation continues to t im-
y prove,"-: v.Jt '"."C,". -!
, , Xhis-meBsae- from-Gen-i-.
4'-cral jPerthmg aad a nion; deyv;
tailed : one - from General
'Bliss; received by the -.war.-1
department this. , afternoon,
- summarized) the- west front ,f
status up, to Sunday' night.
ONDON, April L(V. P.) Th '
1-4 French ; government f has de- s
-elded to accept General Pershingg .
" offer of "American participation In .
the balUei according; td Paris' dis- I
patches, Teceived-today.- : ".-. , '.
If .-' -
With, the American Army in the" Flel,
March ' 81. (U. P. General headquar
ters, as well as those closer to the lines,
Is the scene tof the greatest activity. It
Is an activity, necessitated by a fighting
Instead of a training army. l , , , t
There Is . no confusion despite the
rapidity of movement. - Roads for miles
in every direction r are choked to- the
utmost with every conceivable traffic
of war. ' - '
The . United Press , automobile today
moved slowly, past aoljd miles of Ameri
can fighters and machinery ' coming
from all directions to join other fighting
forces bound ? on "The same : mission as
those which -have already passed. The
brown-topped American j wagons and
camouflaged " guns and caissons are
streaming steadily over all the roads In
this part of France. ". -i-
: There Is a new snap and vim tn the
American army, which is proud of Gen
eral Pershing's confidence in offering It
bodily to General. Foch. rThs only.iiues-
- (Cfmeinded on Pas Two, Column Tin)
JudgelWliWe
J- Eun! for; Senator
Wltadrawai FoUows ' Appolntmeat ;
Major judge Advocate in IT. 8. Seserve
- Corpii Patrlo tie Action Inspire Him.
Judge Samuel :' I. White J of - Portland
has withdrawn from the race as a can
didate for the Democratic nomination of
United States senator, to accept the ap
pointment of major Judge advocate, re
serve corps, U- S.' A. Mr. White declares
that in auitUng" the contest he, is act
ing solely because 'of patriotic metlves.
-Judge Whits had previously announced
his intention to file the declaration - of
his candidacy about April L - On March
28. last he received a telegram from the
office- of Major Ii General Crowder, ask
ing If the appointment as major judge
advocate would; be acceptable. Judge
White wired that he waa willing to ac
cept- the offer, s The appointment fol
lowed. Assignment orders are' .expected
Judge Whits has two sons in the mili
tary service. John Haywood White Is
government instructor .in the ordnance
department at the University of Chicago
and. Johnstons L. White of the 46th ar
tillery. Is now in, France. 4 ;
Pittsburg Alliance
::Miied inf Politics
! 'i - . f .' "
V r- t ' " - " t '
Washington. April L -L K.' S.) Po
litical roach Inauons or: tnsi uerman
American alliance In Pittsburg' were d
mitted this afternoon before the senate
ludicianr subcommittee by Reinard Ull
rich, president of the Allegheny county
branch of the alliance. -,
Ullrich admitted that l is organisation
had entered into the political fight in
Pittsburg last year and had backed JH
V. Eabcock for mayor. . , .
1
u. s.;-:gun
TO SHOOT
105 MILES
YifASHnrGTOx, Aprn i-(l jr
J )-Ths Ualted SUUi H
: asoat to baud s-tape gsa
that wm excel tbe ose tns Oermaas
re atlag to bombard Parish It waa
learned from a klgh sosree 1 this
afternoon ,t sat Secretary Baalels
has- lsiaed orderf to sary ordaanee
officers to begin the eoDitrartioa of
ssek a gas Immediately, following
.reports made to him by ordsasee
experts that a gas can be mads that
wUJ snoot li miles-';";.;.. t -i.
HI.J II
LIJ
. f - .r ;: BrlUsh kXsv.i
LONDONT, April L. (TJ. P.)
"South of the , Sommo the ene-..
my is persisting In attempts to adt
vanoe. along the valleys of the Luce '
and Avre, but -" has - made llttl :'
' progresa," Field JMarshal . Halg re
ported ; today. -i-.-f-. - .-.i;
. "Throughout - -f yesterday after
- noon and I evening v counter-attacks
alternated 'with I varying ' success.
Fighting Is expected to continue."
. .A local operation in the neighbor.
I mod ' of Gerre -; (probably. Serre), -v-
seven miles north. of AlberV.waa re-
- ported Sunday, j morning," Field '
K Marshal Halg1 announced today. " - i
"One , hundred and nine machine
"gunsrwers. njr-i: '
j "Tneeneiiy , twt .AuacKea xne.1
t Mftki la of-Albert Sunday evening,
r. but was completely repulsed.", '. Vt
French. -;';:-- :. w.
DARIS,. Apm:lTJ. P.) "Han-gard-en-Santerrs
bas " been com- -;
pletely recaptured. Ihe French war '
off ics -ffeported; today.':-- f,fjm
Tbe.'r Germans f incessantly , at-;
tacked; Grtvesnes '(five miles - north ?
hnd west i of - Montdldler). s After
.'hand to hand fighting. It remained"
in ; our bands.' The German losses,
were heavy.' ; V ' ,'
x 'v f '' "i- ' ' - ' " '
-Paris, Aprtt L tU P.North of :
Mentdldlen especially between Mont
dldier and the road , to Peronne, the
t Anglo - French; forces ' broks : up '
-powerful German aftkeks," the war'
office -announced toay, '
i - The main Peronne-Am lens high
v way ' crosses ' the battlefront at -
Hansel, just north of the Sorame.
:- Hamel la about 17 miles north of
v Montdldler. , i ; :.--i ; '
"North of Montdldler the struggle
yesterday evening and . last I night
continued with extreme vigor;" the :
. communique said. fibs enemy espe- '
clally v concentrated ; his effort be-;
tween Montdidlef and the Peronne-
Amiens highway; lq order to enlarge '
'' gains west of Hangard-en-Santerre.
The Franco-British broke up the at-,
; tacking waves which were unable to
.debouchi'ti-l d t5.; r ; .
Brilliantly -- counter ; attacking '
; with Irresistible', impetus, the allies
,' completely swept back the enemies' ;
. forces and re-took these villages.
Farther pouth the . struggle wss
less violent. Grivtsnes. the object
of powerful 'and -unceasing attacks,
which ended in "band to iand fight-;
t ing, remained in our possession.
i . : "Between ': Montdldler & and Las-,
i algny . there -were no changes. h -
ROLL OF HONOR
WHalnstMi.' April 1 L N. S.) 0wl
Penhins reported to the wtr dptrtraiit HoiMUjr
tM dMttx oC 1 1 sms m tn Mpwaitwmarr f o-nm.
Only out man mu killed in atrtion. on dud o(
wound, sins i4 ol uueaa. j j were seuBdML
Tbe Ust loilowii , i
; Killed 1o j Action
rBITAT MABTDt CtCONXOBS.
lirt of wnnd: i -
FBIVATK LA WHENCE X. BEDMOXa
i - Died of Disease ;
CORPORAL ,' JAMES ! LEOPOLD LOEHB.
COKPOBAL CALITOBXU TBCE. sbMMS of
the brain. , '-- ---.,....,. ..
i PRIVATE CIEMEST BASOTf, paaamonU..
PRIVATE CHARLES BROWN, pneumonia. -,
PRIVATE DRWtl H. DOUGLASS, swaiasitia
miTlTE HKRHAN HiHX -
PRIVATK - WILLIAM I AUXIAB MTJBPHT.
aentnstue. ' - - 4.
PKIVATB PERCT C. SEAT, Mntniitta. . .
PR1TATJ6 ROBERT THILL, pnmaooia. -
Wounded Severely
FIEaT CLA8S PRIVATE ALFRED bPEIGLX.
: , Wounded SllohUy
' T.rrXTEXAXT WALTER U HARDEJf-
BROOK. ! - . ..
LIEl'TEXAWT TALBOT T. 8FEER. '
"' LIEUTENANT GUT DAJIEL TIBBETTS.
BEROEANT DEWET J. HOOPER.
J CORPORAL JOE RUBIN.
CORPORAL JOHN WILHOX. '
BUGLER JOSEPH KX'NZ. - - '
PRIVATB rRA.VK 1. BEDRSriCOXi' ,
- PRIVATB GEORQB If Jl BELL,
PRIVATB PELEGRINO CAVEZZA,
' PRIVATB WALTER DEC ELLS.
PRIVATE JERRT "ORDK. - i
PRIVATE GEORGE F. JEHR.' .
"'PRIVATE WILBUK L. IAWRETCsl.
PRIVATB HAZT U RCTLEDGE, i .
OtUw; Out, April J4-(If. P. Th tel.
irrwins Americana are mentioned is tedty's Caoa-
dkaa eaeualtyilwt: - 1 ,i.
' - ? j- Wouadrd " . ; . '
. A MrCofn. Detroit. Mich,
v - Gassed
W. MrOHileT.fVt'roit. Mirh. , , .
K. J. Demr, Pitubars. P. '
1 r. S. -Jofw. Spakana, Wsh. -:
i . P. J. Htmrdon, Pullman, 111.
B. K. t'owUi, Lawrence,, Micb.'. ,
STATEMENTS
o'clock
PRICE TWO
n
7:"
Tfl
British Batteries M6v LdnesI Through
j German Ranks -as Enemy
I Fire; From One Machine 450
aiGermans Near, Vimy Ridge ;Rgiom
Advancingfieutons Offer ISuch "IGood
Targets That British Off icers Snipe at
Them
Talcing Active Part
' v V "y Bv William
With the BrilitV Annies in Frence, April 1. (U. P.)
War plane report German occupation of Moteiiil. on tKo
ri'dit bahklof ,tha Arre, after 'heavy- fighting.-;. ;; :,:r
The enemy launched a
noon; between ; Moreuil and
termg.roerrjwn at
.V. The -Germans e. reported
valley,' having passed Hangard
f '4 This is practically ! the only change south ot the bomme, but it
is important because it brings the enemy that much nearer to jthe
Calais-Paris railway1, isouth of Amiens.1 . i ,
The enemy attacked west of Albert twice at dusk. Both times
they were repulsed. ' "' -, , ' y ,. '-I'
;-, The British. attack against a German 'outpost near Avjluy
wood, north "of Albert, met with the, stubbornest resistance and
hottest machine gun fire from
forced 'to retire,- ,f '- t ; V--,:-r. '
'- Other than heavy shelling of.Villefs-Bretonneux (nine fniles
east and south of Amiens, on the Amiens-Rosieres railway) and
the usual unceasingly patrol encounters, the battlefront is com
paratively quiet. , j- - ''v 'V j : I '
: j The German attack between Arras "sand Vimy RIdge; which
was a total faijure, is known to have cost the enemy heavily. The
First Guards reserve regiment lost in officers alone the Colonel
and nine others killed and 21 wounded. . ' ' ,' j .
. Several British batteries fired for long periods1 over open sights,
the shells cutting long lanes in the German ranks. Machine guns
were cut loose .at full speed simultaneously , One gun mowed
down 450 Germans. The bodieswere counted afterward. I
The targets were so perfect that officers sniped, at tfiem with
rifles. Others killed Germans with revolvers. ; . r . ! ;
, j The' battle was never in doubt, the British "eingingi as,- they
fought, thoughone.division had been in "the line for days. '
This Is th Hrst hews of the rscspture
of Moreuil by the Germans. The Brit
ish war office Sunday night announced
that Canadian cavalry and British In
fantry, cooperating with French troops,
regained possession of Moreuil and the
wood to the north on Saturday. The
city was first "taken by the Germans
early in the week. The same announce
ment said the British also had recap
tured Demuin,; about ' IV4 ; miles north
and east of Moreuil.' - ;
1 pmms' statement that the Germans
have "paased Han gar d" Indicates that
the' enemy is less than 10 miles south
east of Amiens. , i
- - A tJntted Press dispatch from William
Phlllo ' Slmms, - reporting the re-capture
Of Moreuil and Demuin by the Germans
yesterday afternoon is the Important
news of the aay regaraing actual ngnt
Ins. It shows a continuation of Hinden-
burg's efforts to drive m wedge between
thev Frencn ; ana r sntun xorces, wmcn
converse In this vicinity. This Is wis
of the enemy's major objectives. , It also
brings .the-Germans nearer to Amiens
and to the Important Calais-Paris rail
way, south of Amiens..
Hangard, one mue east or XHonuin,
which the Germans bad passed in their
westward thrust at the - Urns Slmms
dispatch was filed, has been retaken by
the, French, according to the Paris war
office. This would indicate that the al
lies have stopped tns snemys attack at
this - point and are pushing . him i back
upon Demuin again.
t : - i'ii ':t t"' v
British Cain on Suada. '
- London."Apra 1. -C.- P.- The latest
official reports from the battlefront con
tained la Sunday night's war office com
muniques snowed tbe allies had pushed
forward at four widely separated points,
while holding- the .Germans In check
elsewhere. U ' -.. '-' v -
The most Important of , these allied
successes was the recapture of Moreuil,
10 miles north and west of Montdldler
and only an equal distance southeast
of the vital center, of Amiens. Moreuil
was taken by British and French troope
operating JoinUy. With. It. they, cap
I HE . W KATtlKH
Probably f air to
hlght and Tuesday.
Light frost. West
erly winds'.' Hu-
mldity 8L ; vj:
V!
CENTS
ow mama a nrwi
TANoa ' riva cts '
- nn
A
PIiiljD Simms : J
viaoui attack Sunday after
Demuin, simultaneously, eh
. 1
movinp; westward along the Luce
'I.. ( ; i . , - " .1 .
Albert itself, and the British were
ii
tured the dsnss wood to tlie north -of
that dty. Canadian cavalry nalr.tlri
pated In those sections. s v "" Ci,
Next In importance wss a forward "
thrust by tha French on a line from a
point south, of Montdldler to a point
east of Lasslgnr, In which-"sever aj vll
Uges": lost by the French Saturday
wers re-taken.- Debuln. five miles north--
- (Cornel ode ea pas Two, Colmas One)
LINER CELTIC IIS
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HIT BY TORPEDO
Great . White Star Vessol Struck
While on Way to
. 'V ; , Halifax.-
yw Tsrk, April U-iV. P.
-A (salt-
grast reeelred ay tbs Whlto Ktsr Use ,
bars this sfUraees said tbalj the .,
tos User Caltle ass sees, tereded. bst '
was ttnt anoat. The esbUgrsm, whlrh
waa from the Llrerpwol, of II), taldi
Celtle toryeleed. Hops te aavs eblp,
Tfcs Celtls -was rcasliltloned by tbe
British gevsrsmest as a tfsstport Is
tbe fall of ItU, bst was latsa retaraed
te the steaMel'emasy i The !
Is feet long ssd 7 feet wide, j '
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;'- Had Dlorliarord TrK)r ,
Washington, April L U. P.) Tha
White Star liner fJeltic hu! k--.. ...-.
cbarfd Us troopsand cargi before hi
wasv torpedoed, it t'SS learned here this
aftertioon. imalls ftf the torpedoing had
not arrived, . but ' wars expects too
mnUrlly. " ' : , ; . J: . .;, j j ; ;. k ,
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