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FRECKLES ‘AND HIS FRIENDS THE STORKS DO A TURN FOR FRECKLES By Blosser HERE T’ SEE ME + WOULDAT WE GET JEALOUS GOSH «WHERE ARE TH’ DOOR BARS ~? 0-HH GOSHECSH «0 WHADDYA WNow “Bout TWAT * . Hun RET Nou , CAN'T bo IT: CHESTNUT CHARLIE By Blosser SS eg PUT DOWN THE NUMBER, OF MONTH TRACT MULTIPLY BY Bo, AND ADD NouR Age -SuB- ad FIGURE 36S" AND ned AdD 1S — NOW WHAT IS THE ANSWER IN As P You WERE BORN _ / AN MAN. AND oy NeuRE 22° NEARS oud!) Nour FRIENDS ! French Repel Huns In. Two Attacks at Noyon; Foe Naval Raid Coming Probable Attack on Southern Flank of France, Looms Large When Noyon is Made Scene of | Immense Assaults; German Command Wor- ried by Heavy Losses; Kiel Naval Bases Pre- paring for Move. With the French Army in France, Thursday evening, April 12.—(By the Agsociated Press) —Two strong enemy attacks last night and this morning in the vicinity of Noyon, which were re- 175 MILLION 1S ADDED BY DAY'S LOAN CAMPAIGN $451,744,000 Has Been Subscrib- ed; Would Pay Two Weeks War Expense MILLIONS NOT REPORTED New York Federal Reserve Dis- trict Furnishes Nearly Half Totals Apri Lib- 1 jafter divide American ships into com- | partments, decreasing by _ fifty | cent the space Which ig litely to be | flooded after an external explosion | and increasing in the same proportion ; the chances of the vessel reaching ; port instead of going to the bottom. The bulkheads will be made of four inch planks, with tongue and groove, | and tarred, to make them water tight. ; They will be kept rigid by one inch | steel beams,” Small Space Loss Tt is estimated that in 400 ships | there be a loss of only No delay in the movement of s s is expected to result from the instal- t lation of the new safety devices. Mr. Stewart will be given coniplete float- ing equipment so that the work can be carried on without interfering wi loadi 3 i i anticipated the handling of As food and small freight oc $5 percent of the to Europe, the smaller compartmex will not make auy material d in most ships. V: ar motives and other per- | Minneapolis, y in port lengthened owing to the ne y for more care- ful handling of the big engines. The new bulkheads will come out after the war. The board's decision is in accord with the recently announced policy of investigating and trying every de- vice that seems to offer a practical means of saving tonnage. STUDENT FLYER GAVE BISMARCK AS HOME CITY Mervin C. Grover, Son of Mrs. Mattie-F. May Recorded From This City may find their s inn., April 12.— echanic Mervin C. Grover, of marck, N. D., Who was killed Gerstener aviation field, Lake a -| Charles, La., Thursday afternoon when the machine in which he |was flying with Lieut John Ken- nedy fell from a height of 200 feet, will be given a military fu- neral here at sundown Monday. Mrs. Mattie F. May, of Bis- marck, mother of the young man, arrived in Minneapolis today to receive the body when it arrives Monday morning. Grover entered the aviation service last September. Lake Charles, La., April 12.—Mech- Mervin C, Grover, of Bismarck, . D., was killed near Gerstner field te yesterday when the machine in which he was flying with Lieut. John Kennedy fell from a height of 200 feef. Kennedy was uninjured. Earlier re- ; ports gave the victim’s name-as Grov- enor, of Indiana. flag, Mr fly mother liv tel, Grief-stricken, Friday night be: fore she boarded a train for Minne- avolis, where funeral services for her son will be held, she made no state- ment except in answering a question ~ as to why her son enlisted: ‘He was an American and insisted on doing his duty, although he was, only sevep- teen” she said. He was her only son. The body will arrive in Minneapolis Wednesday, when a military funeral will. probably ‘be held. 4 : ALEXANDER DRAFT CALL IS DOUBTED Lincoln, Nebr., April 12.—The St. Paul, Nebr., draft board tonight says Grover Cleveland Alexander has not yet been called in the draft army. ~ of the BLADDER Felieved inv 24HOURS riptions reported to banks up to the close pulsed easily by the French, give rise to the question whether the ¢, Germans are about to make another attack on their southern: ted flank. It is quite evident that the German high command is be- of bu ast_ night, representing ginning to experience some disquietude over the loss of so many % Se fi a ng. were men and the dislocation of so many divisions which has not given tho total reported last night 3 the results expected. just about enough to pay the United More than 100 German divisions have been thrown into the States war expenses for two weeks. | to fill up the gaps in the ranks. When it is remembered that the Only part of these pledges have been fight and more than seventy divisions have since been withdrawn recely ef by federal -nesente bal Germans hitherto have not taken a) COO OOO signed and not division out of the fighting line until | Mit has suffered a minimum Of 2,500 cas- | | waltiés, some idea may be obtained ot | banks: WAR, GIVE IT TO: th A rep HER - BURNOUIST the enormous extent of their losses:| district. the loan campa and ; Lz a) believed iption h payments, } lions of other su e t reported to local 5,100,000, still have sufficient effectives in de- | polis pots to reestablish their strength, but | many of these reserves a: composed | of inferior elements such as convales- | “cents and men who were partly empted trom service at the front. | acta Ae ‘These must replace the carefully chos- in Moorhead Speech He Promises | en men forming the crack divisions | to do Utmost to Smash Hun heretofore used. { Propaganda To the casualties in the divisions which have been withdrawn must be| added still engaged in battle. They) really start until next Monday, no figures are reported from there. | Other di r rds, as given to-} a day in me to headquarters here, 10,000; Boston $46,- | ‘i | adeln The total strength of a German di-| ies vision is 70 men, of whom 8,400 | are infantry, machine gunners and cyclists, and the remainder artille {men, engineers, ambulance attendan' transport workers and a squadron of | cavalry. | { ° 4 | : mond $6,916,900; Atlanta | Moorhead, Minn., April 12.—Gover- SKS PEOPLE TO UNITE!'$ | Sr | { nor, A. A. Burnquist, of Minnesota, in| he an address before a large audience | ~ | which crowded the normal school audi- | torium here to capacity tonight fe 7 clared “I will do everything in amy} ‘ i | power\ tas governor of Minnesota to 4 smash the Hun propagande within our; Considered Most Practical “Non: | gates” ‘and called. upon the people to | unite and “give Germany the war She | sinkable” Scheme by the Shipping Board | wanted.”\ , Indications of a | Huge Naval Raid | + Geneva, Switzerland, April 12. Great activity reigns at German nav- al bases, especially at Kiel. Coal and ammunition are being shipped to the fleet in large quantities, according to information received here this morn- “4ng from a reliable neutral source. German naval contingents, with heavy guns, were recently recalled from the western front to join the fleets and were replaced by Austrian The IDEAL way to fuel saving! 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American merchant s will b she was pre-j| r e knew the allies | @duipped immediately with double th ic great magnitude is avout attempled. GERMAN LONG RANGE SHELLS FALL AFTER SUNSET | 3 Paris, April 12.—For the first time| Burnauist said, “b ‘since the long distance bombardment] pared and becauge ing together, repelled’a German attack| Chicago, TIl., “in the Apermont ‘forest. | Wheeler, federal food administrator The Americans captured numerous for [Jlinois was unanithously elected | prisoners. president of the chamber of commerce | SENATE PLANS TO owt of uirestors neve late totus SET ASIDE BILL | Josep . DeFrees, was re-elected FOR MORE POWER vice president form the northern cen-| tral division. R. G. Rhett, of Charle ton, S. C., retiring president, who had; . a _| previously been elected to a vacancy | Enea aahuice tooneia Aeros:| accredited to the third district (south | cover the Overman bill, with its brodd| Atlantic states) was elected honor: | “grant of authority to the president to ay wie Lis cre pharles aes of reorganize governinent departments,| >. bs ‘and John H mane of oe ‘caused administration leaders today Z 38 to ‘decide upon laying the measure hats will'receive the hi 3 upo: u ighest class ‘aside tomorrow. probably for several | workmanship and be returned. to ‘days in order to pass urgent legisla; RAYAL NEGHBORS HOLD |] took as new. ton, Mass., were re-elected honorary lon. RED CR LUN: Renewal of discussion: of the re- chess, LU Nene E le He t We ki : ~ | vice presidents. - | ganization bill is planned some time} .A Red. Cross food sale and luficebon ; * i “Opposite Postoffi The increasing demand for hat cleaning and ré- of Paris, German shells reached the| were not. 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