New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1918, Page 1

'HFRALD BEST OF ALL 1 OCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS — — RICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876, JANTY. M. C. A T0 KEEP TS PLEDGE at M. E. Conference Wish| Christianity Feature Retained 0, VOTE REGCORDED ination ot Candidates Held With Wilson Presiding—New Members Admitted—Special Assign- ments Announced—Rev. V. Ottmer | Ward Admitted. A'movement in the Y. W. C. A. to | climifhite the pledge of Christianity the | be protested u::a(nstl if a resolution read in the New York flow required of persons joining association will Bast conference this morning is ap- broved. Rev. W, A. Layton is the father of the resolution. He said that he was prompted to introduce it on | account of contemplated action by | wel ning women of the associa- | tion: © The conference, he said, should place its stamp of disapproval on it | as auything tending in this direction Is not aiding the Christian movement. Mi zinger of the Y. W. C. A. sald this afternoon that the resolution | (..y‘mm by the Y. W. C. A. is one pre¥liced by girl college students and i8 to be made applicable only to | 'student members, Many of the student members have not affiliated with church and it is intended to sermit them to subscribe to a personal “Dledge of their purposes to follow the teachings of Christ. Miss Zanzinger regards the alternate pledge as one byeadening out the association. The ' D% is as follows: “It is my pur- pose to live as a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.” The conference was gession most of the mornin Wilson presided and the bu fore the session was the exa of candidates for admissio didates admitted are Rev. of New York; Rev. W. B nx, N. Y.; Rev. H. K Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. W. of Brooklyn, N. Y.; and Rev. mer Ward, formerly assistant of Trinity Methodist church city and now engaged in Y work at Camp Laurel in Rev. Ward was present A. military uniform. he candidates were Bishop Wilson, who amination and extended hand of fellowship. Rev. Lester O. Schriver of New Britain was admitted to the confer- ence on trial. e is now pastor of church in Middlefield. Formal reports on tions were presented. Centennial programs were in order | M® the conference this afternoon. | Bishop Bashford and Bishop Oldham are the principal speak the | prosram. Special e any in executive Bishop iness be- sination The can- W. Fowler Maskiel, of Miller, of Phelps, V. Ott- pastor of this M. C. A Maryland M NG in addr in sed Dy their ex- Ted | right | a | A conference re { assignments. were made as, follo ( Rev. M. McConougley, to ant to federal council of churches of | Christ in American member of Sump- son conference. Rev, (. P. Burgess Lo .aymen’'s missionary movement, aom».m of Roslyn conference. Rev. | R. §. Posey, to anti-Saloon league, member of Swenser ave conference. Rev. W, W. Martin to be confer- ence historian, member of Summer- fields conferenc Rev. W. H. Wooa chair of Biblical Lit ture at | Dartmouth college, member of James ‘nnfc)enu‘ Rev. W, T. Wiuans to be superintendent of New York Civic! league and member of Hanson con- | ference. Rev. W. M. nton to anti- | Saloon league, membe of St. James | conference. Rev 3 Winens to be professor in Carleton college at Montifiel Minn., member First | church, New Haven Rev. H. | graile to New York city missionary MWeiety, member of Middletown con- | ference. Rev. B, B. Brown to be superintendent aof 8t Ch tophers’ orphanage at Dobbs' Ferry Y. member of Mauroroueck, N, con- ference. Rev. S. P. Fairbanks to he onference evangeli member r Mt. Vernon confer Rev. J. o Brooks, to be secre of Hartford | M. C. member of First churcn rtport. Rev. R. Reppere to he ry of Y. M. A. in New York member of St. Mark’s conference Brook assist- | to of T ary ity, HOME GUARD DEMONSTRATION, Held in May Special orders have been received from headquarters of the First regi- Tuent, Connecticut Home Guard, for » parade in this city on Sunday, May ‘5. The purpose of the parade demonstrate to the citlzens there is ays present a trained, uniformed home protec service, ready at a moment’s notice to repress any disturbance or upri ing. A similar parade will be held in Hartford on Sunday, May 12 The Third Battalion and Battalion A under Lieut. Col. J. J. McMahon, will assemble at the state armory at m., on the morning of the this city. A meeting of wli officers will be held the 4 wrmory in Fartford on April an for the parad my will unite win This City, Sunday, e “wAParade 5. 10 de in 26 M with the | The Associated | Bolshevik government to | explosives, | tions to the Third Liberty Loan have | fo st { ! Murder! | North of toda Two | Britain boys | to stol companies for itdoor d in Plainville afterngon o'clock tomor- | CHARGE BOY OI' 9 WITH MURDERING PLAYMATE Jers charge v City, April 20.—A of murder against a old child, Frank Mu- was made in the criminal court here today. Questioned as to why he killed Tdward Choroski, four years old, with fle while they were at play yesterday, the defendant replied “I shot him because he stole two marbles from me.” It is alleged that after an ar- gument over a game of marble the Muchelowski bay ran to his home, returned with a rifle, and ordered the smaller boy to hold up his hand:, and then shot him down. B JAPS CALL FOR HELP Demonstrations by Residents of Viadi- vostok MMake Necessary Sending | of Reinforcements, London, April 20.—Owing to anti- Japanese demonstrations at Viadivos- tok, where Japanese and British fo were landed, it has been necessar. range for reinforcements, telegraphs the correspondent at Tien Tsin, of the | Exchange Telegraph Co. Manchuria, April 14 (By Press).—An order has | been received at Vladivostok from the ~hcll- Harbin, metals, machiner chine tools there to Kuropean Russia. Freight and passenger traflic are to be | pended for the purpose, if nec the order stipulates. 81, 288 098 360 Latest Returns of Liberty Loan Cam- > sary, paign Made Public at Washington —Chicago Celebrates, Washington, April 20.—Subscrip- reached $1,238,098,950 the announced today. Chicago and other big industrial centers today observed Liberty Loan Labor Day with parades of workers and other patriotic demonstrations. Miny manufacturing plants closed part of the AEVED O treasury. day. 1 $87. Bank Books \' <0 Stol LRobbery in it bnin rtford. voung Pole, w. $87 in cash and street in Hart- afternoon. According anozak's statement, he asked inger he met on Main street, in rtford, the way to the depot. The accommodating stranger volunteered | to guide him. They went throusgh | side streets and suddenly Kanozak was grabbed from behind and held by two men, while a third man searched him and relieved him of the money and bank books. The yells of “Police! Robbers!” and the like failed to attract any of Hartford’s vigilant | pelice. Kanozak was knocked and the highwaymen fled. has ordered payments on hooks stopped. His home street, this city. Highway Kanozalk 1d robbed of »ank books on a \A\\\‘r(L Joseph held s four ford to ¥ s H down | Kanozak the bank is at 140 | JOIHN GORSKI WOUNDED. of First D t Contingent Who | Went to France in January. | | John Gorski, one of the first con- | tingent sent to Camp Devens and aft- | | | One a volunteer for service over named in the casualty list He was wounded in action yme time ago. Gorski was employed at the Stan- Works up to the time he was He has been in France since | entire WHEN JOHNNY COMES HOME, | Days' Celebration By Devens ‘ Men Here in May. | celebration by the New | of Camp Devens, similar the one held some time ago, is teing planned to be held in this city by the members of Company D, 302d achine Gun company, on the after- roon of May 3, and the afternoon and evening of May 4. A baseball game will be arranged for the after- noon of the 3rd, between the representing the camp, and of all-stars of this city. The big feature of the second day's | celebration will be the minstrel show | which will be furished by the boys. This show h been presented in sev- 11 other cities throughout New land, and promises to go big here. During Lrogram lows: Machine ajor Larkir Manual of arms drill eant Sergium. Gas mask drill Robert Andrew. Recital of the experiences of a ma- chine gunner in the Dardanelles, by Sergeant Major kin the Brit- ish Machine Gun Co.’s. Following the minstel will be a dance which be carried out on a large scale. This celebration 1} the approval and support the Mercantile Bureau, Chamber of Com merce, War Dureau. During the pro. | cess of the celebration, solicitors from the camp will collect money whic will be added to the camp fund for the soldiers’ benefit. The names of 1l those who subscribe be pub- lished in the local paper: Another v the will afternoon, be carried a out special s fol- ‘ gun drill under Sergeant N under Ser- under Sergeant of big is to of wili | shops. | Mr T | of the | There h ! courage and willingness { which | wolud | the hands | this country | er that not has upon it a | representatives of |a ' commanded a division of the fleet un- | his life the | five destroyers | Haig, { his cor ASER GRIEVED BY 'BRITISH IMPROVE FLANDERS | LINE AMERICAN WORKMEN Daniels Says At ltude of Labor Was His Great Disappointment THOUGHT TO START REVOLT Secretary of Navy at Launching of New Destroyer at Fore River Yards and Lays Keel for Five New War- ships. Quincy, tary Danie April 20.—Secre- the guest of honor at the launching today of one of the latest type of destroyers at the Fore Kiver plant of the Bethlehem Ship- building company. At the werkmen Mass., screeching of a siren, pouring out River hand Star Spang nner,” Daniels gr: discharged office as sponsor is latest of cle Sam’s w ips took the wate to the cheering of a constantly aug- rienting grimy shiphuilder “The most gratifying thing about this war,” said Secretary Daniels, a ter the launching is that the bulk men of all callings have ready to make whatever sacrifices the authorities have asked them to make. been a hearty response by the American people in all directions. The spirit of America is that there ne of "he Forc played “The her mass of | will be no profiteering and no tolera- tion of slackers either in the militar service, in munitions plants, in the shipyards or anywhere else. The men who are turning out destroyers and raunitions are just as brave as men who are at the front. Unless their makes a sac- rifice to furnish the implements of war, the brave men at the front will give their lives without the agencies will enable them to win the war. % “The greatest the kaiser h: the U-boat warfare to lies, although that was pointment. The greatest ment W the falling down of the well-planned propaganda to foment social revolution in Amer- jaa. The greatest disappointment of all is that the efforts of his paid spies and emissaries, whispering 1n the ears of any laboring man who listen, are worse than wasted. Labor, in America understands that it depends for its life and progress tuture victories upon overcoming German autocracy in this war. No Exploitation of Laboring Man. “It is easy for me to understand the uspicions and distrust that crowds the mind of the average worker 1 connection with war. From the first dawn the masses have been pawns in every struggle and warfare has been made an ex af progr It is not so There is not a single body in with any executive pow- labor rep- disappointment of keen disap- ey today. resentative sitting side by employers. Mr. Danicls announced that the destrover had been christened the Bell in honor of Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell, 2 naval officer during the Civil war. Rear Admiral Bell, native of North Carolina, who der Farragut in the Civil war, lost drowning in Japan in 1868. inspecting the plant and the work of all kinds in hand, Daniels’ party was taken to the Squantum works, two miles distant, Under the guidance of Superintend- ent J. J. Nolan, a veteran shipbuilder, Mr. Daniels laid the keels of five de- stroyers almost simultancously, to the cheering accompaniment of the shipbuilding force, ling the plant and returning to where the keels were laid s earlier, Mr. Daniels founa that a transformation had occurred, for there, where he had scen gaping void, stood the steel frame works of actually in position. After Cir slip, 50 minut He was obvlous HAIG'S CONGRATULATIONS British Commander Takes Notice of Troops' Brave southern Side of Lys Front. London, April 20.—Field Marshat the British commander, has sent tulations to General Holland | all ranks of the First Corps on “the gallant and successful way in which all the enemy's attacks were repulsed.” and e apparently refers to fighting. in which the the southern side of L their ground despite all- by the Germans on the Venant line. This mess: wursaay’s British on front held day attacks Givenchy-St. WOULD CONSCRIPT WOMEN Sir Bill to Drafi tween 19 and 30 for Government Work, Willian that 1 house af commons end the military unmarried of 19 and importance Londo " ir uby to will a1l women he- en the 30 for wor ational been | not been the failure of | starve our al- | disappoint- | William James Bull Will Introduco | 7,000 § the | and | | several [ | | lund, ever | for setting back | ide with | | Wiadislaw Mr. | | iniek ¢ pleased at the feat. | | Rosa Cohen, and | Giovanni Cor WIN GROUND IN COUNTER-ATTACKS FIRST BOARD CALLS MENTO THE COLORS 57 Names Included on List of Those Gomg April 26 RELIGIOUS OBJECTOR GOES Clarence . Conant Refused Exemp- tion on Religious Grounds—Super numerary Those Sclected—Quota Is Completc, The names of 57 men, alternates, wha will 8:04 o'clock, next Friday Camyp Upton, Yaphank, L. I., were is- sued by the first district exemption board today. Included names are those of Douglas A. Johns- ton, associated in business with his leave at morning for father at the City Coal and Wood Co.; { Harold E. in Columb’ university lins, a supernumerary policeman, and Clarence E. Conant. The last named is listed as a conscientious objector to war, but his claim for exemption on these grounds has been refused by the board. J Thos¢ Who Are Going. Following is the list: Peter Montguris, So. Pa.; Clarence E. Conant, street; John F. Baldyga, Orchard Lake, Mich.; Antonio Amenta, 41 Orange street; Frank Kulis, Stam- ford, Conn.; Alexander Konik, 144 Grove street; Francis Dugan, 39 Washington street; John Stanulevich, 104 East Main street, Meriden; Nico- la Messina, 64 Lafayette street; Phil- p Tamroz, 160 Washington street; Thomas Berezonsky, 144 Grove street; Salvatore Ri: 8 Temple street, Hartford, Conn.; Michael A. Belkin, Hotel Delan Hartford, Conn.; John Gw 157 Grove street; John B. 292 Main reet; Paul Matosian, 1690 Secaview avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. Edmont Slonsky, 15 tantus, 420 , 63 Brook Dempse an instructor George Col- Bethlehem, 103 Camp silver St.; Maple St.; Howard W. St.; John | Condon, 617 Main 15 Commonwealth Ave.; Ralph J. Dube, 712 E. Main St., Waterbu Constanty Murgyn, 216 High St.; Wil- | fred J. Dunlay, 464 West Main St.; | Joseph Moskowski, 109 Grove St.; Peter Smith, 26 Smith St.; Michael Piskorko, 53 Broad St.; Walter Kraw- cik, 20 Orange St.; Boniface Kosip, 103 Orange St.; Stanley Banack, 96 Grove St.; George Zdinski, 200 High St.; Douglas A. Johnston, 376 West Main H i P. S: 3887 Main .; Yonspus E. Mytr: Grove St. Walenty Brezezinski, Gold St.; Peter Zakrzeski, 24 Orange St.; John alocki, Holmes Ave.; Geo. Col- lins, 219 shington Ave.; Alphonse Chaniewis Hotel Yor Main & Tiskewicz, 23 Lyman Sf wiez, 182 High St.; Coleman, 44 Greenwood Rajewitz, 166 Washing- Melley, 250 Washing- Cadrain, 155 Washing- Radivonchek, 93 ngold, 480 Main 56 Beaver ; Kach- s, s Joseph Les g St.; Wincenty ton St.; Frank ton St.; Omer ton Anton Booth St.; Harry F St.; Manuel Kaboun, Albert Larson, 60 Orange St adoor Haroin, 16 Spring St.; Harold 1. Dempsey, St. Luke's Hospital, N. Y.; Harold H. Frost, 45 Walnut St.; Leon Radzikowsk 56 Beaver St. Anthony Voziensky, 144 Grove St; Frank Milewski, 110 Gold St.; Dom- Krahel, 121 Broad St.; Pecler Hogopian, 160 Washington St. BLIND GIRL LEADS OTHERS FROM FIRE Aged Nine, Saves Lives of 16 Other Blind Children from Burning Home. New York, April 20.—Rosa Cohen, nine vears old and blind, saved the| jives of 16 other blind children at the Blind Babies anshine Home in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn early | toda; smoke from a fire the kitchen of the her way through rooms and aroused Awakened by | wnich started in home, she groped the girls’ and boys’ each sleeping child. Officials of the home were not awakened until the children, led by little Rosa, were ing out of the blazing building. , tivors of the home were burned | THIRD FIRE ON RYNDAM. | An Atlantic Port, April 20.—The; third fire in two weeks was red today on Ryt lving at her picr here. The blaze confined to the paint shop of the sel. The Ryndam is of the liners recer cen over States government the steamer one thy United EATHER. Hartford, \pr. for New Britain Rain, mer Sunday. 20, nd tonight — L oreeast vicinity: wi and Policeman Listed Among | including ! among these | John A. Bjork- | | ing | stopped MOB ATT IMPTS TO Collinsville, Okla., 2 ry Rheimcr, who narrowly death last night the men bent on hanging him for disloyalty today was taken to Tulsa where federal officials announced he would later be placed in the federal jail at Muskegee for safe keeping. Rbeimer early today, it was practically had recovered from 1 effects of his experience last when the men swung him into the air until he was in a semi-conscious state and released him only at the reaquest of Charles Miller, sistant chief of police, who picaded that he be given a hearing. Rheimer had been taken from the jail mem- bers of the party who drasged him {to the Home Guard armory, tied an electric light cord about swung it over a basketball goal post. He was then placed upon a chair and after he had complied with a com- mand that he Kiss every star on American flag, the chair was removed and his body left swinging in He was allowed to hang or more before his caplors and cut him down. 84 mer was arrested been reported an Ami A defense council commn him to fly at his home during th period of the war, had disappeared He also i cused of having said I hate the United States flag.’ He is 50 years old and claims to be of Rus- sian nativity. April Hen at hands of id after can flag ttee ordered of MORE THAN 3,000 oW \Lutxal Countries Included for Hostile Firms in First Time. revised aining the in Washington eremy than Hime dn neutr sued to It was with G vnify their | enemy in pri April wding i cont 10 names 1 luding ¢ mos for fir < of is= countr lay by Whlishead Brit + eifor ucts f in ts of Allies to keej ching aly has accepted th of firms America previous 1 it the ¢ were neutral however number emies ir ly reduc investigation disclosed th: of many firms that they were just It was said that many the firms which by listed enemy the hecansa German connecs Extr care i3 nsing ships to they obtain nothing enemy of detriment Sonth light- after ms was 2d from s ied. W of probe not their leserved e as were on Tist proof of lacking in wiLs i taken lice them, to value to the allics Besides Greece in the that the of to wtral of ind Morocco are in- territory covered by the countries Europe, cluded the list. MEXICAN ENVOY ROBBED Fake Customs Official Takes Two ,Trilnks, Satchel and Box from Fm- ploye of Legation at Havana. Through a ruse, employe of the robbed of two the an min- Havanu, Pasquela M trunks, April Mot 1e wis e 1 and a hox sidaio Febela, Mex Argentini, who is here await- to South America. Accord- man he recognized maritime police he was on 0. na, an xican tion erty of ister ing passagc to Morena, a sergeant of him yesterday as to the docks, took possession ge and ordered him to The Cuban authorities im- mediately ordered that a diligent reh he made, but up until early to- nothing Jearned of the of the s policeman or e Whe 1ts of the bag 2. to 15 his way of the b move on day had identity of t re; SLAYS Ghl DREN WTH AXE | St. Louis Woman Kills Two and Seriously Injures Two Others— jelicved to Be Insane. 20.—Mrs. killed two of her axe and seriously in- jured two others. She is confined t day in an observation ward of the city hospi he wrote a blaming ! her 1 (. Louis, Apri Kate aggs last " night children with an AVMBRICAN SHIP SUNK. York The Americdin camer Florence H.. formerly a Great vesscl, hus been sunk with loss neav \ according shipping port ved in tod night | his neck and | an ! TRADING BLAEKLIST; Jisted as ens | prop- | HANG MAN SU:sPECTED OF DISLOYALTY | Assaulits, 71 Centro, ward Mo was adve here last Thomas J. death for the preparedness day bomb explo- sion in July, 1916, was spirited out of town by a committee of citizens who called at his hotel just before he was to appear. Early | the committee had returned and it was reported that Morgan had been left with a detachment of soldiers at Calif., April 20.—J. Ed- an, of San Francisco, who sed to address a meeting night in the interest of Mooney under sentence of s Jacquemba Springs, San Diego coun- | 1y. Members of the committee who accompanied Morgan were quoted as aying he declared he would return ind hold the meeting here at a later | date. Refuse to Allow Bristow to Speak. Ellsworth, Kas., April 20.—Former U. S. Senator Bristow of Salina, now candidate for nomination for that of- fice, wa: county commissioners to deliver an address here last night in the court- | house. | Some time ago Guy T. Helvering, representative in congress from the 5th Kansas district, sent a telegram to | Governor Capper protesting against | Mr. Bristow’s attitude on the war and | demanding his dismissal as chairman | of the Kansas public utilities commis- | sion, a position he resigned recently | to become a candidate for the sena- | torial nomination. ;MURI]ER PREVENTED BY QUICK POLICE ACTION on | Joseph Murat, | Errand Walks Into ‘ Their Arms. { SR TN | Quick Officers of and intervention on the part William this Sowney Habn probably the noon, to the of murders in this city, when addition long list the | averted pa- 44 the No. | trolmen captured Joseph Murat of Orange street, in the Kitchen in rank Tercis s store at A new Har 2 calibre revolver, found on the ation arr rear of F Girove street. Richardson loaded, wa at the ed in a of deadly n police cell court breach weapon | concealed weapons. Shortly before noon, telephone of the wanted the ending locl for Mon charge of with a peace, and carr Captain message re stating that and he immedi- above officers traffic | veceived a | the viecinity officers ai { who were for the The cat | on a bill | to Terciak {a writ of were atched just R ately of the trouble is based alleged to be owed by Murat The storekeeper secured attachment and Murat's attached by Constable | e . Stark. This morning Murat at the store and told Terciak he was going to kill him, it is He left the place without ing out his promises. This was in the rorenoon. Shortly after 12 o'clock, Mrs. Murat rushed into the store and told Terciak to be careful. The officers were then called and they arrived on the scene ahead of Murat. appearance and not finding Terciak he wended his way to the rear of the store and immediately he was pounced upon by the police. When locked up Murat said that he owned the gun for 15 years, purchasing it in Pennsyl- vania and secured the bullets at a afayette street store this morning. COL. C. R. BOLLING KILLED Body of Greenwich Man Found on Road to Peronne With Bullet Wound Through Heart. Washington, April 20.—Col. C. R. Bolling, of the Signal Corps Reserve, recent in France, March 29. was killed in action about A dispatch from the Ameri embassy at Paris received vesterday said the officer’s body had been found on the road to Peronne l'with a bullet wound through the { heart \ widow and four children survive Colonel Bolling. His home was at Greenwich, Conn. 1 PRESIDENT CAN'T PLAY GOLF. ‘Washington, pril 20.—The burn received by President Wilson yester- day when he grasped a hot exhaust pipe as he climbed from the tank Brittania after a ride araund the White House grounds, will prevent him from playing golf at least a month, it was said today. He played golf almost every day. The burn was giving the ident some pain today pre 1 murder in connection with | s today the automobile used by | refused permission by the | Deadly | from service | Murat, true to his word, put in an | y reported as missing in action | Gain Al Ob]ectmu i Advarciis | Defensesat Giveic and l4estubei'i | ENGLISH CASUAL’I‘IES "OR WEEK ARE 12,36 Local Operation South of River Nets Nine Machine Gun Trench Mortar and Prisone rmans Ejected from Positios Gained « Thursday—French Off Enemy Attacks. London, April 20.—Nine machij guns, a trench mortar and prison | were taken by the British in a lo | operation yesterday south of | Scarpe, the war office announced. German counter-attack was repulsd On the Flanders front the Brifd ejected the Germans from advang bositions gained by them in Thu day’s attack in the region of Givend] and Festubert. The British gained all their d Jectlves in their counter-attack Flanders, advancing thelr defenses Givenchy and Festubert and re-estq lishing their positions. In sharp fighting southeast of becq, the British drove back Gern attacking parties. French Drive Off Germans. Paris, April 20.—German tro| last night launched a raiding opé tion against the French lines | Hangard-En-Santerre, southeast { Amiens. The effort was a failure, | war office announced today. French took prisoners in this 1d | actian | The artillery has | the southern battl | sieny and .'\'n,\un been Tont active betw all n I t Warns Optimists 20—RBefore began countric that idir | | | Lord Rober | London, April ent German officers in prepared to wot the Rohert th offensive neu al 5 wa eed llies Cecil diy within a minister eclared in a speech last Hitchin he had been informod ‘A month has passed and the ( have not succeeded,” he ‘but we would be wick| if we believed the battie ¢nded. We have an indefinite pe terrible and strenuous strug before We must not unde: cur enemy who has had the 1dvantages of 50 years of prepar: for war, favorable geographical sition and united command Lord Robert did not think cnemy’s formidable advantages decide the hattle in his favor the Allies must not come unden sway of too easy optimism. The minister of blockade ref: to the revelations of Prince Lich sky, former German ambassado London, and other proofs sho Germany was absolutely unchg) since she strove to lull the wo sleep by talk of peace, planning] attack. Since the battle has i nothing has been heard but tal German annexations, indemnitie crease in the power of the Gej military caste and the slavery o rest of the world. ma tinued feolish us, British Casualties 12,368, Loondon, April 20.—British cs ties reported during the week ef today totalled 12,368 divided a lows: Killed or died of wounds, o 576; men, 1,689; wounded or mi | officers, 2,178; men, 7,981. YON KEUHLMANN German Foreign Secretary Una Meet Party Leaders for Confe Probable Retirement Rumo London, April 20.—The Gj foreign secretary, Dr. von Kuehi whose probable retirement h: reported recently, is indispose cording to Berlin advices forwax a Reuter dispatch from Amisti A conference with party which was to have been held! was postponed. THREE SHELLS REACH H Little Damage Effected by Bo: ment With Supergun. Paris, April 20.—Yesterday | vange bombardment wh o three shots at wide interval sulted in casualties and. dig dumage. One shell went through the & house, penetrated a worksH the sixth floor and passed the back wall, crossed the cof and into a building in the rea ly bursting on the stairca number of people were empl all had left the building a lulf.‘s before the shell fell. no