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Forty-seventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Year,
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FIRES FiRST
ftnnlversary of Battle of Lexington
Marked by Sinking of German Sub
marine by American Liner Naval
Gunners Aboard Make Clean Hit at
1000 Yards, Shattering Periscope
Shell Disappears and Oil Floats
on Water When U-Boaj Disappears
LONDON", April 25. Captain Rico,
of the American steamship Mongolia
which has arrived at rf liritisli port,
told the Associated Press today thai
the Mongolia had tired Hie first gun
of the war for the United States and
sunk a German suhmarinc.
April 19, tlio day on which the.
Mongolia fired the first shot of the
war, is the anniversary of the battle
of Lexington, when the first shot was
fired in the American revolution.
, Clean Hit at lOOO Yar.ls.
The submarine, Captain Rice said,
was albout to attack the great liner in
British waters on April 19. Ho de
clared there was absolutely no doubt
that the U-boat was lilt and that
there was every reason to believe it
was destroyed.
Tho periscope was sighted dead
ahead on the last afternoon of the
voyage. The captain gave the order
for full speed ahead with the inten
tion of ramming the submarine.
The periscope disappeared and a
few minutes later reappeared on tho
ship's broadside. The gunners fired
hitting the periscope squarely and
throwing up a fountain of water.
Shell Disappears.
Even more pertinent a fact, as re
gards the ultimate fate of the subma
rine, was that tho shell disappeared
Immediately after the hit was made.
The captain stated that a shell Ri
ft ways ricochets in the wnler and can
bo seen again unless it find the mark.
Oil also was seen on the water after
the submarine disappeared.
The Mongolia was going at full
speed and was a long distance away
when the spray and foam subsided
but from the bridge the officers oh
served the spot through their glasses
and they are confident the submarine
was sunk.
Captain Rice paid a high tribute to
the gunners and to the manner in
which they were handled by their
officers.
Captain's Tribute.
"For five days and nights." he
said, "I hadn't had my clothes of
f and we kept a big force of lookouts
on duty all the tliuo. It was .'::!"
o'clock in tho afternoon of the r.'th
that we sighted the submarine. The
officer commanding the gunners was
with me on the bridge where in fact t
we had been tho most of tho time
throughout the voyage.
"There was a haze over the sra at
e time. We had Just taken a sound
ing, for we were getting ne ar shallow
water and we wero looking at the
lead when tho first mate cried:
'There's a submarino off the port
bow.'
"The submarine was close to us.
too close, In fact, for her purpOi.es
and she was submerging again In
order to maneuver In a better posi
tion for torpedoing us."
Hunted fur I'-IUHit.
"Wc saw the periscope go down anil
(Continued on Pa Six.)
WASHINGTON". April 'J.'i.-An ad
visory committee on women's deletise
work, headed by IT. Anini llnwanl
SI. aw, as chairman, lias been appoint
ed hy the council of national de
fense to consider and ndvi-c how the
assistance of the women of A:ncri :i
may he made available in the prt'-c-cution
of the war.
01
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Balfour States That Allies Would Not
Think of Asking United States to
Depart From Traditions or to En
ter Into Any Alliance Which Might
Prove Embarrassing.
WASHINGTON, April 25. Arthur
James ltall'our, liritisli foreign secre
t:iry, stated today that the allied
irovermnents would not think of ask
ing this country to depart from its
traditional policies or enter into any
forma lalliance which might prove
embarrassing.
'Onr confidence in the alliance mid
assurances of this government," Mr.
Balfour said "is not based on such
shallow considerations ns arise from
treaties. Xo treaty oould increase
our unbounded confidence, that the
United States, having come into the
war, will see it through to the great;
end wc all hope for." j
No Ordinary. Struggle.
Mr. Tinlfour, after his first two
davs in the American capital consent-
1 to an interview to express his grot- !
itude for the warmth of his reception. '
"For two and a half years," Mr.
Malfonr continued, "people here in
this country have watched the great
and bloodstained drama abroad and
with each passim; month the convic
tion has grown that this was no or
dinary struggle involving a lew miles
f territory or some small national
ambitions but nothing short of the
whole welfare of mankind."
Such a cause, Mrs. lialfour said,
could not fail to affect the United
States.
"And now, after all these months
you feel impelled to enter the strug
rle, T am certain yon will throw into
it all your resources, incomparably
the richest in the world, all your man
power and your will and effort, I am
iire nothing will turn you from your
consecrated task until success crowns
our joint efforts."
Hero of (he Ma rue.
Mr. H:ill'our. commenting on the nr
tival of the French commission here
today, spoke of General Joffre, one
of its members as "the successful
general commanding the allied forces
at one of the most critical moments
in hi-tory."
"We rejoice to think," Mr. Balfour
Miid, "that the hero of the Mnrne
has come to join us in laying before
the people of the United States our
gratitude for the in fin it ev aid and
moral encouragement given to the al
lied cau.-e. I am certain that the
t-cceptii'ii accorded 1o them will be
n.it less warm or heartfelt than that,
so uri'jriid'hmlv given us."
I
HKItl.l.V. April 2i. Since yester
ilay and this morning. pays the off!
cial statement Issued by the (ierman
army headquarters staff, fighting has
continued for possession of the vll
late, (lavrolie, six miles north of Ar
ras. On Monday, the statement adds,
C r. 0 Ilrltlsh soldiers were taken oris
oner. Twenty airplanes were brought
down hy the Germans on Monday and
nineteen entente machines were ac
counted for yesterday on the western
front.
Heavy artillery fighting Is again In
progress over the front of the French
nffmslvc. Attacks Ify the French
near Hutteblse In the vicinity of Itrl-
mont and west of the Sulppes are said
to have tieen unsuccessful.
(CHICAGO. April .'.-Tliis after
tin.n May wheat reached f'J.'it) n
t . i ! -! i ." I and T-."1 was bid. I'riees
of vlictl, corn ami oats were all on
the hi-lu-t li vel in the hi.-tory of the
hoard of trade. At St. I,oui another
record was liitna up in the sale of No.
J red wheat for immediate delivery
at ?;) u biislid.
... nrn, nTn
BO UtrflnlUK
FROM POLICIES
LEADS DEBATE
ON ARMY B LL
Dplores That He Cannot Stand by
President Whom He Declares
Wrong Pleads That Young Men
Be Given Chance to Offer Services
Voluntarily .
WASHINGTON'. April 2.r.-Tho
house and senate resumed debate to
day on the war army bill. Mouse lead
ers hoped to reach a vote by Friday
hut this appeared by no means cer
tain, since more than sixty members
still were to be heard, Including
Speaker Clark, who was to speak to
day In opposition to a draft provision.
In the senate a similar situation
existed. Many senators wanted to
express their views on the bill before
consenting to a vote and leaders dis
like to resort to tho new rule under
which debate may be limited. Chair
man Chamberlain of tho military
committee expected to voice senti
ment In the senate today, however,
an agreement to set a time for voting.
Assails Plutocracy.
Members on the floor and visitors
In the illeries broke into cheers at
the outlet of debate on the army bill
In tho house today when Representa-j
tlve Huddleston of Alabama, who op-!
poses the selective draft, read a list
of names of men who ho said favored
It. Among them was Henry P. Davi
son, Frank A Vanderlip, Frank A.
Munsey, Theodore N. Vail, Cornelius
Vanderbllt, Elihu Root nnd J. P. Mor
gan. Huddleston nlso declared that
most of the pleas for the war con
scription came from members of such
organizations as the Harvard, Yale
antt Union League clubs and not from
the working people of the country.
'Everybody who Is familiar with
Industrial oppression and reaction In
its most vicious form," lie said, "will
recognize the men named. They and
their associates as tho men who rule
the nation. They rule It through their
newspapers and their wealth."
(lui-k Opposes Measure.
Deploring that he could not stand
by the president, whom he unreserv
edly declared wrong on the question,
the speaker pleaded that young men
be given an opportunity to offer their
services voluntarily.
"I protest," he shouted, "against
having the slur of being a conscript
being placed upon the men of Mis
souri. So far aB Mlssourlans are con
cerned there is precious little differ
ence between a conscript and a con
vict."
. Tho speaker mnde a defense of
congressmen who have stood by the
volunteer plan, declaring that the
volunteors have done most of the na
tlon's fighting.
Advocates of selectivo conscription
without the volunteer amendment
claim a majority of sixty or seventy
In the house.
LONDON', April 2.I. The council
of army and navy deleiiates at Svea
bnrjj has decided to send n wireless
messai.'e to the allied fleets savins'
that the Haltic ileet and the army
defending its base are in complete
readiness to firht lr the last in de-fen-e
of free Hussin, aeeordiii): to n
Hel-it;i;fois dispatidi.
The mes-aL'e will ndd that the sol
diers and sailors are in perfect un
ion with their officers. This aelion
is intended as n reply to reports that
the aliltie fleet was disornnizcd and
incapable of f kditim,'.
N::W YOHK, April -The .'iL'J'JO
ton passenirer steamship built for tin1
Ibdland-American line in Knuland
undiT the name of "Stalendam," nnd
taken over by the Hiiti-.li irovenimcnl
in 1!14 for war purpose, reached
an Amerietin port under u White St.ir
line name.
USSIAN NAVY '
READY FOR ATTACK
BY THE GERMANS
AT. WASHINGTON
w ,
fVifPw 1 Hero of Marne and Former Premier
rpl Paid Every Honor by United States
pPi!C'- ' Vp ' BflfvHj -Driven Throuyh Streets Lined by
R5l8iRK!55 ' ' Cheering Crowds-Cavalry Escort.
W$m1$&4j Vv WASHINGTON', April .-Tlte
fWiMMm'M J"IT '"'" Villani
wfmMhwmmmjsA Ji jrr hen, f ,.
iK;!'?Vm.4lKSfra5a Si5yW.V?a ! ' '"''nlv received.
$200,000,000 LOAN
BY UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, April 2."i. Secre
tary Sli'Ailiio today Imndcd the liril-
i.sh nmliussiidnr a treasury wnrrnnl
for tJIIII, 11(10, (inn. the first limn muile
to tiny enlente L'overnment by the
I'nited Stales under (he $7,0(10,000,-
000 war fintince measure.
Sir Cecil Spritiir-liice, Urilisli nm
bnssmlor, luiuded to Secretnry Jlc
Ailoo ti receipt, eumplelin the trims
nctioti. The nmnuiit of the loan was
deposited today in the federal reserve ,
banks by banks subscribing to the
$'jr0,000,000 is.-ue of treasury certif
icates of indebtedness due June :I0.
The $rn,000,00 reniuiniiii; of the is
sue will he dispused of in a manner
yet to be iiunmmced.
Great liritiiin will snve npprnxi
mutcly $:i,000,(lll(l nnnunlly in the in
terest chill IVes by (ilitniliill the liiull
fro mlhe edvertiment instead of pri
val institutiitns its was cmiteiiipluted
as the yiivernuirnl's interest rale
will be three and one lialf percent as
compared with a minimum of five per
cent on a private loan.
Great Itritain i-; spending approxi
mately $H,0IHi,(tnn a day for food
stuffs ami munitions in the L'niled
Slates.
A similar loan may be made to
Italy soon, and olrer sums will lie
credited to Grea' lirilain or her al
lies periodically in the near future
as parts of lie.' loan authorized by
the seven billion dollar war finance
measure.
T OF
SAN KJ.WM ISCO, April 'JV
'nps nf volunteer iijils barley and
hay growing on the ri"h of wnv of
the Son! hd n 1'a "i I ic line-, in Ore
lion and California were offered lo
fanners free of charge today hv W.
U. Scott, vice pie-ideiit and general
manager of the company, It was es
timated that more than I J.OUO acre
are involved. The only restriction
imjMicd was that farmers do their
harve-.tintr under supervision of rail
road section nu n. Mr. Scott aNo an
nounced that division superintendent
along the Southern Paeilic lines luid
been instructed to urge scetjon men
and agents to uc the riuht of way
lands for truck gardening.
VILLA ESCAPES
AFTER A DEFEAT
Jl'AliKZ, M.-xifo, April 'J.KCnr
riin.i) fcin't's in coniinauil of (Irnernl
Kilit.'inlo 1 li'i'iiiimlc. met jiihI dt'lVjit
C'd tlie principiil command of Knui
cisco A'illii nt Canticii iK'twccii San
lucna cut ura mill Moclciiinu yes
icnlay Mttniiin neconHnjj In tlio olTi
cinl rcpurt nl' tin? hatllc rtM-i'ivoil from
(icneral Muria, ctniiinaiHh'r hi chit!!'
of the division ol' (he northwest.
(Jcnciiil .Manuel Orha, one of Villa's
fiomrnandcrs was killed in the i'i'ht
ihir nt Carnwn. His body was found.
Three hundred Villa troops were kill
ed li ml wounded, the report says.
Villa was in personal eomtiunxl nf
his troops prisoners said, (ieueral
Miirtfiiin whs making pre) mm I ions
late last niht lo hike charge of (he
Villa pursuit in an effort to surround
(he bandit ehic f'lain.
Lo.s-jvs of the government troops
were li.ulit, ai-cordiiiir to the ol'l'ieial
report, beeause of I he superiority in
machine t'ltns and mountain artillery
o flhe Carninza forces. .Munv rnij
Lred followers of Villa ile-erted dur
ing the battle, saying they had nntli
lUX but parched corn to eat for
week.
('nrifinnnlion of tlx? narrow escape
of I'Yancisco 'il!a at San Miguel de
liabicora lat ThuiMlay was al-o con
tained in today's official report.
The report Kay Villa escaped in
hi under I'd hv- and on an un-itd-dhd
hor-c a 1 ter the ' 1 11 i indian--had
crept up to the lioif-c where be
was staving.
I'KTItOCKAl), April i;.".. The
(itiind ('oiniiiittec of the Alliance of
I'en-anN hn- addrc--i,d the foil. .wing
petition to the iean,tnit at III') front;
"I)o your duty. Ho not fear that
the land will be dlld"l wfttiont you.
'I' bis division rumiot lie mnde by Iho
lated vIllacH for that would provoke
International (piarrel by which th
enemy mlubt profit. Only the con
stituent assembly, wherein you will
be reiire.'ionted will decide thin Im
portant iucKtion."
u ims-
lotnatie
ers and
iiehuieu.
tlio Mar
t, allho
ninmis
As Mar-
hiil Joffre stepped from the liny-
ower, a ytmiiij Kreiudi officer, al
ready ashore, kissed his hands.
Kvcry Honor raid.
Headed by Secretary Lansimr, Am
erican ol t icials paid tho visiting
Krenehnien every honor.
As tho Mayflower eamo to her
wharf, marines aixl sailors kept back
but those direetlv connected with
? lit reception ceremonies. Attaches
of the Kreneh embassy and of the
-.t a to department waited, currying;
French and Ainerifiin t'la-.s.
Marshal dot f re, Minister Vivian i
and the other members of the party
lined the rail of tho Mavflower, with
them being Ambassador (iusscraml,
Assistant Secretary Kooscvelt, Hear
Admiral Huse and other officials who
went to Hampton Kouds to welcome
the visitors.
As soon as the pang plunk was
run out, Secretary Lansing boarded
Hie vessel and warmly clasped the
hand of Minister Vivinni and Mar
shal Joffre nnd other members of
the mission. During the brief cer
emony the ship's band played the
Marseillaise.
(Iicoml by (Ytiwtls.
The formal welcome over, the par
ty leftt he Hay flower and Marshal
Joffre ami .Minister Vivinni shook
hands with every one. Ihdh remark
ed on the warmth of their welcome.
Tho marshal smiled as moving pic
ture machines clicked busily.
The ceremonies over, the party was
driven to the home of Henry While,
former ambassador lo France, which
wil Jbe their headquarters. They
were escorted by two troops of cav
alry. The streets were lined with
cheering crowds.
The members of the commission
will be received hy President Wilson
tomorrow.
SIM BY U-BOATS
LONDON', April ''."). A statement
from tin; Norwegian foreign office
as forwarded from Copenhagen by
Central News, report the Milking of
llie followmi,' Norwegian vessels:
Sailint; ships; Vestolo, 'ilhr-lle-llieppe
( H.'."il tons moss), Shield.
Steamships: (leida '.I70 Ions);
flisl.o, ( l(il;l Ions), dodo, (S70lons),
llllida ( 1 1 J 1 Imis i, ;,I,m,..
'I'lie Danish steamship Ydun (til."i
tons) from KiicilrielishiilVii for
( 'lirisliania with passengers and
flei''hf, has been captured by the
(iermans.
'I'hrcc of these vessel are not list
ed in maritime rcfercnec hooks. Al
though no Norwegian steamer Val
eric is ;:ien there is a Norwegian
sailinu' vessel of that mime '.'I III ions
SARAH BERNHARDT
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
NEW VOb'K, April 'j:.. A bulle
tin issued ,, d,iV by the phvsiciaus
attending Sarah llernhardt said there
had been no change in her condition
and that they were "satisfied wilh
her progress so far.'' The actress
underwent an operation for an in
fected kidney early lust Week.
e, was the center of inlercs
K.'o Vivinni, Lend t .he c
STEPBVSTEP
E
Over 3000 Prisoners Taken and Ham
let of Bilhem Captured Attack is
Made Along Three Mile Front
French Artillery Again in Action
Town of Monchy Le Preux is
Bloodiest Spot in World's War
Germans Slaughtered Wholesale.
LONDOX, April 25. Tlio British
Inn o taken UOli!) prisoners since
Monday morning, including fifl offi
cers, according to an official state
ment, and captured the hnmlet of
Itilhem east of Havrincourt wood. v
In pushiii!,' the liritisli offensive to
day (Icneral Sir Douglns Huig di
rected an attack ulong the three mile
front between the Cojeul nnd Scnrpe
rivers where further pains have been
scored. South of the Arras hattlo
front, the liritisli nre eating bit by
hit into the flermnii lines between
Caiubrai and St. Quentin.
With the Krcneh armies nlong tho
Aisnc front and in the Cluiinpnirno
tho battle is confined mainly to tho
arlillery although the I'Veneh eon
liuue lo make progress in local
finhtiii,'.
Woodiest Spot of War.
lilUTISII I'liONT IN- KliANCK,
April 'Jo. The (own of Jloncby Le
I'rcux which lies about five miles east
of Arras, will stand out in history as
one of (he bloodiest spots of the
world war. The ficMing north, cast
and south of this littlo ArtoiR vil
lage, perched upon a high knoll, hits
exceeded in intensity any of the in
dividual slnifrvles of the Somme. Ef
forts of the derma ns to retake the
village apparently have subsided on
account of the sheer exhaustion of
I heir avuilable forces, uiul tho Hrit
ish advance eastward of Monchy
continues slowly but surely.
The ground uround Monchy, ns far
as tilt? eye can reach, is covered with
the dead, the (lermans having em
ployed llicir (dil tactics of attacking
in muss formation. Letters taken in
the last two days from German pris
oners, written in front of Monchy,
say Ihey regard the situation ns
worse than il was on the Sommo whilo
llie casualties are mounting up ns lit
Verdun. In one of tho letlers tho
opinion is expressed (hat whnt bus
made the fighting difficult bus been
the fuel that (he opposing forces
have nol occupied fixed lines hut nre
scattered in half buill trenches on
this purl of llie front.
I'orce Is VIH'il Out,
During one counter attack on Mon
day a force of 700 (lennans took
one bit of Ireiieh from a liritisli out
post. The (icruiuns continued to press
forward not untieing that they wero
passing mi isolated trench section on
llicir rigid. When they wero well be
yond il scleral hundred British sol
diers poured out of this trench sec
tion und the (icrmnns, trapped be
tween Iwo khaki line's, were absolute
ly w iped out in the lighting which fol
lowed. It was a general nielco in
which the cries of the men engaged
hand to hum! could be heard plainly.
The number of prisoners taken dur-
(Continued on page six.)
NORTHWEST STATES
FIGHT
I'dl.'TI.AND, April 2.". Members
of the railroad and piiblie service
coiauiissiiins of four slates, Califor
nia, Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
will meet heie Friday In determine
whether lo make n fight against tho
proposed fifteen per cent increase in
railroad rales, it Was announced nt
Snlcm last night. I'ncilie const ship
ping interests have been asked to
tend representatives.
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