The evening world. Newspaper, April 23, 1917, Page 1

eee aad 4 Mae A «yd ; : 5 a, a ai HAIG TAKES THREE TOWNS IN NEW DRIVE. Che [“ Circulation Books Open to All. td | ‘E CENT In Greater New York and dson County, N J. TWO CENTS elsewhere, Copyright, 1917) by The Pree Pabtishing Co, (The New York World), saw YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1917. orld, PINAL Circulation Books Open to Ali | 16 PAGES ———=2 ONK CENT in Greater New York and Madson County, N. J. TWO CENTS here. —== PRICE | ‘CONGRESS TO HEAR BALFOUR; FIRST WAR CONFERENCE HELD BRITISH CHARGE OVER FELD STREWN WITH GERMAN DEAD; GAIN ON A SIXAMILE FRONT Had Failed to Recapture in a Score in One Assault. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, April 23, via London. —In their new offensive the British have captured the town of Cavrelle, the last part of the defenses of the Hindenburg line north of the Scarpe. Thty have also taken the village of Guemappe, south of the Scary [These towns were oMficial report to-day said he had : Berlin also announces infantry figh about six miles apart. Gen, Haig in his ide front ad progress on ug on a wide front.) More than 1,000 pri have heen taken so far in to-¢ battle The Briti idvance was made at dawn from Monchy the capture of which ended t phase of the battle of Arras, whict began on Easter Monday i re of counter attacks had. bee made by the Germans to the posit counter at- Ptacks had made Monchy one of the bloodiest war When the British advanced from it to-da Bway over thousand, ated that 2,500 Germans were killed in had to pick thei It day’s counter dead men in field gray uniforms was esti- attacks, o closely were the Germans massed. ! loop-t ect se "ABW YORK MIA, FLYING Betis inn" QVER FRONT IN FRANGE, Rea eemS REPORTED MISSING key position protectin sourt nas not yet been Williar BLOWN UP AT SEA HIDDEN WEAPONS FOUR TIMES, MINE HUNTER ERWIL REST Shy Meanie, fa Part of Jaw and Leg Bone, Hasdley Will Return to Trawlers. AdvanceFromMouchy Which Enemy Mat a mixer in a powder factory, he “looper r of Counter Attacks—2,500 Killed |vsss ortor on « cotiese campus racing any occupations such as aeroplane hauffeur or] ‘HUNTED IN HOUSES OF GERMANS HERE HL ines righiboed Kei Against Aliens | | —Rich Teutons Face Arrest | for Financing Pacifists. | | Sweeping measures tightening re- jeeteee about alien enemies and putting the entire German population |of the city and ten counties to the re calm and sedentary conipared to|north under the closest Federal that of Arthur Hasdley, who arrived| surveillance were launched to-day in New York to-day on a freight|Under orders United States steamship from a port in Groat | Movahal aecerhy, sheritte ond thetr Britain. For more than two years) ny, of Nawr¥ere Hates pasts Hasdley cruised the North Sea, tne] Irish Sea soard mine hunting trawlers shootlag at or lassoing German He would be at the ontact mi nes. job yet but for and the British Channel on | factories that will lation of all business enterprises and be of service in furnishing and navat sup. plies Federal agents in automobiles be- gan a house to military house search in ce « few unforeseen interruptions to his} t barred districts for conceal employment which deprived him of) firearms, munitions or chemicals that three fingers of his left hand, a por-|Mlsht be used in the manufacture of bombs. Orders from Washington for tion of his left jawbone and a sec . 1 census of all Germans in the district tion of bone in his left leg which has/are expected hourly been replaced by a silver brace, Af Germans found possessing fireamns @ rest with relatives in Canada| fter to-morrow will be subject to d friends in the United States he/9¥mmary arrest under an order from u te Great © 1 to take | Attorney General gory. The order ac ; Be activities names “firearms, weapons, ammuni | Hasdiey is one of crack sho:s | on or implements of war, maxim Jof the British ar owas detalied | Otner Mlenoet, Bombe oF explosive or | to duty as a min tor at the cute | fo mee te i nufucture ot} lbreak of the war. Ordinarily he sat |¢%Plosives, uircraft or wireless ap- | aloft on a plunging trawler and when | P4* tny form of signalling sia mine Was sighted floating along on | 0°)" eee ia POST, SHOU ANE ——ws==|tng waves he axcioded It by Hitt a aie 4 n clpher or In whic h tho contact trigger with a rifle bul | oe, iia aoa Se ee Rss let. Sometimes a mine wouldn't ex-| \, - anes where Federal officers are gatistiod plode or th ‘ould be reasons for! that the allen is “not @ danger to captur it in’ t and on those oc v © peace or safety and had no asions Ha ruld help others | knowledge of the President's procla take the machine aboard load 5, | In December, 1914, he was aboard! Many Germana have feared that by jthe trawler Grace McRae, which | giving up weapons they w becor | k a contact mine and was blown | subject to prosecution under t Xu r the adjacent ocean, Hasdiey | Sullivan Law which prohibits any one 1 1 plece of wreckage for seve n ag in his p 1 ar It was not until he was | sess w ult. For escued discovered the ab-|reason, the Sullivan law will be ur {sence of three fingers | officially suspended during Ik year after this Hasdley | five days by agreement pent his days shoot t or lassoing | Federal authorities and the police. mines without meeting with a mishap.| Ash collectors of the Street Cle n January, 1916, a 300-pound| ing Department during the last Switch Line, wh m Dugan, However, May fortified as stron as the Germans Have Landed Inside the would desi i : LONDON, Ar Over a wie British Lines. front on dott les of the Rive PARIS, April 23.—Sergt. William > Bearpe between oan nd Doval:/mysun, one of the American aviators! Wield Marst z y jously | With the French is reported the British drive with a tremendou forceful attack missing. Lieut, am Thaw says| “We attacked at dawn this morning | that it ts feared Sergt. Dug on both banks of the pe and made | of two aviators who were satisfactory eres,” he sapere: during a battle over the German lines “ c e Bapauine-Cambral road Bouth of the Bapauine ea ere the (DF Edmund Gros, one, of the organ wo captured the remainder of the village of Trescault and at nigat | teers of the American equadrilla, gained the greater part of the Hav- |thinks, however, thgt there is a pos rincourt Wood. The arpe attack ity that the Serge was over a wide front.” Pr € landed in the London haile Haig’s report as; indicative of resumption of the gen- Dugan was twenty-sev eral British offensi While there nd was born at Patchogue, bas been no abatement in the pres- atterly in Roch sure around s and on the Cam ! ted in the bral-St, Quentin line during the last | Legion in mber, 1914 iw week, it was felt he that the Franco- |transferred into the aviation c British strates! is contemplated |{m October, 1915, He was |} alternate smashes in force between |an exceptionally skilled aviato i the Haig and Nivelle armies. The disappearance, an aerial - engagement, of Sergt, James R. Mac. Connell calls attention once more to FIVE STRONG ATTACKS the brillant work of tae ta Pa squadrilla, composed entirely I nek officers in charg REPELLED BY FRENGH corse» tiensui ana Liew a pe |de Meux Since its formation last year the Active Artillery Fighting South of WP se lg Re pagan age aol St. Quentin and Between is the "N has underg Soissons ang hanges of personnel, The en, weve living well up h PARIS, April Fre GOUE |emen in sgt heuinustantn tain Rested fought back two vi nt German at STENT IA TREE imines tacks in the vicinity of a | a Tee oe (Continued on Second F ) won not only the admi _ Fre € wwades, but also Ww le , ito them, Up to date at! Tickets asl P j Bee ae ees muda, Constiris my n tes Ip lines. ve fallen victims to t Ameri (idee Por equadrilta, ‘ yntact mine exploded as it was being | days have found many revol dis- aken aboard the scout steamship | carded in ash and garbage cans, Re- ’ in the North Sea and car-|volvers have also been found tr d away party of Hasdley's jawbone, | sewers, while authorities believe r e me later, on his first t hat others } been thrown in the u th Jury » the rawler Gall, bu | of orders ts uy r injury to h sued fr ton regar sused his present por barred zones, Federal officials believe aa easelvad ia thes will mean that allen enc Po ek | have to be provided with pus . sued by tho United States Marshall Brad } bridges and ach 1 an im AMpe > in the n a | Me al 10W ked “i J at |to summary arrest and internment Arrest tWo prominent Germans, ii Accept the ferees’ Rey WASHINGTON, A I Wil i Seni ton the measure, wh mn ne White Hou: {ential approval. ae $7,000,000,000 WAR BILL GOES TO THE PRESIDENT ” Swedish Citizens Offer to Fight tn Army An sTOCKHOL ired Swe an Mii t Me 4M, April 2: lish citizens nister Morris rmany ip the ated tom day offering American heretofore unsuspected of being !n volved in German propaganda > is expected before night. The who are of great wealth, will be arged, it is sald, with secretly fur nishing funds to certain pacifist er ganizations for anti-war agitation DARCY ENLISTS ) AS FLYER. Pogiliat & 4 dof Reing ‘Slacker’ Aviation Corps us, MHMPHIS, Tenn. April 23.—Le Darey, the pugillst, w has been > engag any ring battles In the coun 1 he was charged with being neke isted in the erve Army a Training A New Belgian Minister Received By w na. WASHINGTON, April 23.—The new elgian Minister, Baron Cart Marehienne # re d to-day t President W te on . | FOREIGN MINISTER WHO HEADS BRITISH WAR COMMISSION | 13 vs BALFOUR rim Se AR THOR CUT DRINK IN TWO AND AID COUNTRY, =) SAYSDR ENERSON Health ( sede falas Suggests One-Half a “Swear Off” i | River without a hitch. | Misstasippl, | success {n every respect NAVY'S NEW QUEEN “SAFELY LAUNCHED AT BROOKLYN YARD Superdreadnought New Mexico Starts to Leave Ways Ahead of Her Schedule. The giant superdreadnaught The warship, which, with her sisters the Idaho and will be the biggest scheduled time, The launching of the giant was a Miss Mar. |gwaret C, De Baca, daughter of the lute sored the ship. #! sponsor There wa slightest bit of ner Governor of New Mexico, spon- | the kind of a! heart of a sailor, | Mexico slid off her ways at the Ne York Navy Yard at 9.55 o'clock ents| morning, and glided into the Bast! and | most powerful trio of ocean fighters | >| afloat, went off the ways before the! | vousness evident about her, and she | smashed the tri-cc | bottle of wine against the prow of the | New Mexico with a vehemence which vugured well for the battleship's fu- ture fighting qualities, Rear Admiral Usher was in charge of the little party starboard bow of the New Mexico. FOOD AND SHPS FROM US GREATEST NEED OF ALLIES, BALFOUR PARTY'S MESSAGE —¢-— xe British Foreign Minister Empowered to Speak for Allies on All Matters —Only International Questions to Be Considered at Meetings. : ALL FEDERAL CHIEFS CONFER WITH MISSION By Samuel M. Williams. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, April 23.—Presidént Wilson, Secretary of State sred be-ribboned | Lansing and Foreign Minister Balfour, head of the British War Mis- sion, held their first war conference at the White House to-day. Mr. Balfour probably will be granted the almost unprecedented honor of addressing Congress. The subject was discussed while he was on the platform on | calling on Vice President Marshall, mith him was Gov. Willlam C, Me-| Whether the address will be to the Senate alone or to both houses Donald of New Mexico, Misa De Bac has not yet been determined. The Vice President is expected to extend and ® number of other pretty girls! ‘ m various parts of her State, As | n¢ Invitation, fixing an early date, aiatant Meoretary of the Hayy Frank The principal message brought by Mr. Balfour and his associates in G. yosevelt arrived just before | the launching. | to the Government and the people of the United States is: The la ching of the warship wasn't! public gene yard was by c ssed by the Admission to the —E on the platform for guests, | Rear Adiniral Usher Introduce Dr. Have nerac alth CoM] Chaplain William Isaacs, who he sald, m ner, A ned from a@/ would “invoke the bleasin of Al ssion of the National Det ‘oun-| mighty God on our act of this day.” latw A . of |The band then played the "Stars and Stripes, | was diseu the wars began to move. Work t y aid Dr merry mon had been busy for an hour knock: n, se amount of |! the chucks and other supports from | % junder her. It lacked five minutes of bee 8 Page lei OF “lthe time when she was | SOMMBAIY far greater help| shoot down the ways. A mighty shout to victory than 16 most zealuus|went up from the crowd, and those efforts to cu © « few feet ajon the platform and nearby shouted here and wk thelr warnings to the cbristening 8! lo I say ni y ut the big ship didn't Ket away on cE Le! om ide-awake par Miss De ola * alk Ih ir the bottle of wine by Its f " nd her fr 1, Miss Virginia ary p ae ate M. Carr of Albuquque was at her b aaF Y At sid with an n jug, f 1 with teow n by water from tio Grande ¥ ed § s yen 1 rs. T were aikKing when pend f u vesse to wo t alcohol by a sh © of win high c W n eas no water ab OM ig i Phere waa rill fi nose who 18 ‘ “ 1) watched the wood 4 would) tuck were spontaneous. A lucky ship eh 1 a the sw the sailors would 1 er af- , eben I ich @ successt n ‘ yet tat 4 fis The New Mexico is 600 feet long J MNOUDL! Hetwe endiculars, and 624 feet Lig ae wing | ave n Her extrem beam, to th New York id Je of her armor, is 97 £ 41 brew & ~ a oF ' , er mean dr et and her : DEUS ’ 4 lisplacement 2,000 t Her spee , f of 8 will t 1 knot f grit w fed a t r it . . en 1 w ‘1 men : : ; . o New Mex ke PK ant ¢ 1 M und w urn . will firat rink T ‘4 " ls dig 5 Be a a 4, Italy is food and ships in which to send it. “The greatest and most pressing need of England, France and The best help that America can give is from its granaries and its transportation system.” |so vital at this time as that of ships and supplies. There are other important problems of co-operation in finance, in naval and military forces to be discussed and worked out, but none The three allies on ‘the western front—England, France and Italy—have pooled their needs in foods, Of the three, England is in best condition, but she has turned her all into the common storehouse. One of the most important men in the visiting commission has scarcely been mentioned, Mr. Anderson, supposed to | in charge of shipping and grain purchases, Mr. Balfour and bis associates made the rounds of officialdom in Wasbing- ton to-day. They appeared to be in u 20 U BOATS CAPTURED dazo of delieh+ ‘The statesmen, BY BRITISH IN ONE DAY Admirals, Generals and all the visi pans A tors of lesser rank threw off tradi tonal Member of War Mission Tells How | jeri British reserve and greeted ans as effusively as they knew Submarine Bases Are Sought }how. Even Mr, Balfour, noted io Out and Destroyed England for never having given a newspaper interview, reversed thé WASHINGTON, April 23.—A mem- | rule of @ ifetime and invited the er of the British War Commission) Washington correspondents to mest bread . ayaa Osteen retin to-morrow end ask what ques- nd thelr crews were capture ¢ thay ainnen by ae rea Ap 10, the day before | FoR SERVICE IN THE COMMON They weren't exactly captured| , GAUGE, either,” said the Englishman, “They |, “It @ rather dificult and awkward nud been searching for a de stroyea | f he told one of bis staff, “but use for days, had been suffering | {fs what we are here for. We from lack of food and water, and|%4¥@ come to be of service in the when our boats picked them up many | °O#Mon cause,” of the men were on the verge of| “The of the mission is no aivating She crawe Buss mer America’s aid, but ape to help the United States if possible H nd {# getting a lot more sub-| With the record of England's b marines than 1 people in America | &XPerlences thus far in the war.” ha any idea of | “We made mistakes, many of them, » submarine commanders aro| gaid Geoffrey Butler of the British having a rough time of it Their! voreixn Office, “They have cost us mnae betate iney “established, The} “early. If we can give to you the British know of win bases, but| benefit of them whatever we have is et them alone until the sub uurines | at your service. re ® pe rat 4th them and leave! uy, have not come with any fixed Boles programme, but principally for the: purpose of pointing out facts and coms » Call On Balfour, for common benefit in the pril 23 m rR courtesy t a my t 1 Minister Bal Most of the mbers of the party” four and then < © | are experts in their particular lines ment of Agriculture's appeal for ine aad they all carry large diepateb reaged food production. boxes liga with data, Their duty ie i