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& {6 supply Mr. Balfour with detailed apd specific information for the use 6f your Government in case it is re- quired. ‘The morning’s schedule was worked cut in minute detail and timed to the minute. Boon after 10.30 o'clock Mr. Balfour, accompanied by the British Ambas- sador, Sir Cecil Spring-Ree, drove to the State Department Building and ie a formal call on Secretary Lan- 8. Gibson of the State Department, 0 bas been detailed as Mr. Bal- qour’s aide, remained with Secretary Jednsing and the British Foreign Min- ister only a short time and then with- drew, leaving the two high officials together for a conference. Tho comterence between Mr. Balfour and Mr, Lansing was not prolonged, and at its conclusion the two men left the building to cross over to the ‘White House, where the British For- clgn Minister was received by Pros!- dent Wilson, As Mr. Balfour left the State De- partment Building several hundred employes crowding the stairways and corsidors applauded and cheered loudly. Mr, Balfour acknowledged the greetings by bowing and smiling aa he passed by with Mr. Lansing. Surrounded by @ small escort, the Beitish Foreign Minister and the Sec- felary of State crossed the avenue which separates the State Department Building from the White House, and fut vefore 11 o'clock passed in the thin entrance of the Executive Man- where President Wilson, sur- raunded by « party of army and navy aides, were waiting. While Mr. Balfour and Mr. Lansing were at the White House the naval officers of the British party, headod by Admiral De Chair, went to the of- fice of Secretary Daniels, They were accompanied by Rear Admiral Flotch- er and other officers assigned to tho Was ur. Balfour passed in the Whit. House grounds, the “silent sentinels’ og the woman suffragists doing “peaceful picketing” around the White House grounds, waved their banners, and the British Foreign ir rt WY OFFICERS aT RM WTO AR DEPARTMENT. The army officers of the British mission, at the same time, went to the War Department to be received Becretary Baker, Maj. Gen. accompanied by his aides were escorted first to tho office of Maj. Gen. Scott and staff, where they were received by a large party of erican officers including Generals aie, McCrain, McIntyre, Crozier, ver and others, A large number of officers of lesser rank also wero present. ‘The British officers were attired in field uniforms of khaki, while the American officers were in full dress upiforms of blue. After Gen. Scott bad introduced Gen. Bridges and his staff to the American officers, all the British guests were received by| i yt Baker. | eo Naval Delegation meanwhi'e) had been received by Admiral Ben- son, Chief of Operations, and left dards for Assistant Secretary Roose- Bc! British Ambassador and Hugh velt. Rie President's reception of Mr. Balfour was quite extraordinary, It inated three-quarters of an hour, and, | while surrounded by all the formality which might be expected at such an occasion, the President and the Brit- ish Minister talked freely and jength. After the forma! greetings the Pres- ident and Mr, Balfour entered the Blue Room with Secretary Lansing and remained in earnest conversa- tion for more than half an hour. The military aides were not present at the conference. Assistant Secretary Phillips and Mr, Gibson acoompanied Mr. Balfour to the Capitol in a motor car, As tee party was leaving the White Mouse grounds a Wild West show parade was passing with a steam cal Hope screeching "God Save the King,” and the “Marseillaise,” Somebody in the crowd proposed three cheers for Mr. Balfour and the crowd roared @ response willingly while the Brit- FAILURE OF U BOATS: Reserve Board. His call, it was sa was for the purpose of meeting the officlais with whom he will confer later, This evening Président wit! have Mr. Balfour as his guest at din- ner and the two eminent statesmen In qulet seclusion will taik over the great problems of the world war and how America can best help the cause of the Allies against Prussian rnilitarism. To-morrow evening the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War and Navy will each give a dinner for the partic- ular visiting commissioner with whom he is carrying on negotiations. The duration of Mr, Balfour's stay in this country has not been detor- mined. It is expected he will wait upon the convenience of the Presi- dent before setting a time for his re- turn to London to report the result of his interviews with the President to King George and the British Cabinet At the request of Mr. Balfour there will be no elaborate functions or en- tertainments for himself and his as- joclates as they regard their mission solely one of business, BALFOUR HAS FULL POWER TO ACT FOR ALLIES, The French Commission, headed by Minister of Justice Vivian! and Gea, Joffre, whose arrival has not yet been announced by the Government, is of Jess formal importance. ‘The mission of the former French Premier and Kis asnociates is regarded as of more gentimental than. official character, jargely in the nature of # courtesy ‘p recognition of the act of this coun- try in allying itself with France in the war for democracy. ‘ The French emissa: may later be authorized by Paris Government to participate in the conference be- tween the Anglo-American represen. | tatives, but up to the present time the negotiations of the extraordinary convention between the United States and the EByropean Governments at war with ermany have been in- trusted to the British representatives, headed by Mr. Balfow There is the impression both at Washington and London that Mr. Balfour brings with him a definite programme subscribed to by all the Al and embracing only such issues | aa call for American participation and contribution to the common) cause against Germany. AMERICANS IN BRITAIN " FAVOR CONSCRIPTION Members of Commons Enthusiastic Over Idea of Sending United States Force Into France. LONDON, April 23.—Amerigans here join with the British in the hope that the United States will raise its army by conscription, A canvass of scores of prominent Americans here | together with the views expressed im the lobbies of the House of Commons | developed this unity to-day. Members of Commons are enthus|- tic over the Idea that America send an expeditionary forge at as early a| date as possible, under Roosevelt, or any other leader, but they expressed & warning that Amerioa benefit by] England's experience and avold the stripping of the nation of trained| men needed to organize and drill the Proposed big army. ‘© welcome the proposal of an| American expeditionary army,” said Gen. Page Croft, M. P., but we re- alize if the United States builds up| & great army, trained soldiers will be| needed to create the machinery ‘Therefore we do not advocate press- ing the United Btates to send a strong expeditionary force unless we are convinced she has @ sufficient num- ber of professional soldiers to train that army. EE RUSSIAN INVASION STARTED BY GERMANS FROM BALTIC: PETROGRAD, April 28.—A German battleship and cruiser squadron has left Libau presumably to attempt an attack behind the Russian lines from | the Baltie, according to official word from Riga to-day, It was reported | also that another German warship {squadron was en route to the Russian | Baltlc positions from Kiel. ‘The Riga despatches asserted that a number of transports, loaded with troops were accompanying the Ger- man squadron from Libau, the Petrograd on were well founded re that the Germans were preparing to attack the northern front, massing troops along the Dvinak-Kiga line and concentrating sports and warships in the Baltic ish Minister smiled and bowed. While the other calle were bein, made, Lord Cunliffe, Governor of the Bank of England, paid a visit to Secretary McAdoo, He had # short talk with the Secretary and after- ward mot the members of the Federal ports A portion of the ¢ reported to have been sent from Kiel to Libau, The Petrograd despatch said it waar ‘ded as probable that the plan was to make a descent in the! rear of the Nussian northern flank, laomewhere on the Gulf of Finland, rman fleet was and to cut off Petrograd. Here is the real “Corn Killer’ at Jast, Say goodby to your old corm salve and plasters, for that Pet Corm @f yours Is sure to ever feels the Maj mint, This new disco from’ Japanese product, @ertainiy 4 wonder the way corn misery, Fi-m the Ioermint touches the F corm, your poor tin wil! fee! #0 cool. wasy and comfortable that you will just sigh with relief. Think of it; only @ little touch of ew Discovery Ends Corn Misery-- | ouch a Corn with Ice-Mint, Then | Lift It Right Off--It Won’tHurtaBit Soreness Stops Quickly, Then the Corn Shrivels and Lifts Off— Try It and See. — WT | | introduced THE EVENING WORLD, PEOPLE DEMAND CONSCRIPTION LAW, DECLARES WEEKS Wilson’s Army Bill Is De- bated in Both House and Senate, WASHINGTON, April dent Wilson's conscription debs 2. rei- bin was 1 in both Houses of Congress to-day In opening the Senate dobate Sen- ator Weeks Said the people demand conscription or would demand it if they were correctly informed. “When war was declared with Ger- many,” said he, “the President was directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States to bring It to a successful con- jusion and we pledged all. the re- sources of our country for that pur- pose. The question we must now consider Is how wo are going to kive the President what we have directed him to employ, “Whenever wo have engaged in a great war it has been necessary to rt to draft in order to bring it to & successful conclusion, There ts noth- thing to be compelled ts recognized as beneficial to the nation. If there wero it would reject Governmental regulation of the hours of labor, com- pulsory ingurance and compulsory ducation, A system of compulsory military training should be estab- lished." Whon the Houso began debate no | limit was fixed, but it was agreed that 1: should run on to-day until 6 o'clock Chairman Dent of | the Military Committee, who favors a call for volunteers, while the conscription re- gistration machinery is ‘being made ready, opened the debate. He said that his difference with the Adminis- tration over adding of the volunteer amandment to the straight out selec- tive conscription bill was most em- | | Seven | Country’s History. York Residences. | OTTAWA, Ont., April 2.—Tho| £ Are Among Killed—Three of the Wounded Had New week eud casualty lists made public to-day are exceptionally heavy, ing the names of almost two thou: A great majority, however, are | men, only wounded, sev Fulton, | Windsor, V: Glenwood, I Died of wo iter, N. ¥ | Wisconsin, Riverattio, | Muncie, Ind. Corporal C, | With wot barrassing to him. “IT have been to the President and the Hecretary of War," he said, “with every proposition of compromise on the theory that unity of action was more important than the method of raising an army. It ought to be made) known to the country that we will do what is necessary.” Mr. Dent explained that the bill as amended by the committee gives authority to raise an army of practi-| cally one million and safeguards the American birthright to volunteer for service in defense of the country. The Prosident, he pleaded, is still author- ined to proceed with arrangements for the selective draft and has absolute Authority to determine on which sys- tem the army for the war would be raised, While there is strong opposition to the army draft plan in both houses, letters, telegrams, resolutions and pe- titlons from “back home" show the draft, and there is every reason to belleve the Administration bill will be supported when the showdown comes, Sentiment tn favor of the selective draft measure 1s dally growing stronger in the House, Representa. tives who have sounded out their them are for the President's plan, Representative Henry A, Barnhardt draft or any other form of conscrip- tion, He sent a telegram to forty newspaper editors in his district, hoping to get support for his posi- tion, Much to his surprise, a lar; majority of his answers have been | to the effect that the people of th istrict are for selective draft, Representative Blanton of Texas, another opponent of the draft plan, wired to people of his district and urged them to get the views of his constituente on the Administration | | bill, Mase meetin were held and resolutions favoring the draft were An amendment to the conscription bill designed to permit Theodore! | Roosevelt to recrult and take a divi ston of volunte offered by $ Rep! ator Harding esentative Mason, of 4 resolution demanding War Department — tell whether it turned down Colonol Roosevelt's offer and if so, demands Secretary Baker's reason >. llinols, that the that cooling, soothing Iee-mint and real foot joy is yours, No pain, not @ bit of soreness, either when apply- Ing’ it or afterward, and tt doesn't even irritate the ekin. Hard ¢ t corns or corns bi w tOes, also toughened cal aes just shrivel up and lift off so @asy, It ie wonderfull Jost ak in any Drug Store for w Little Ioe-mint, |] and give your poor, suf | feot the treat of their lives nothing better, of nothing i 00d," Advt, “ yy FALKENHAUSEN NAMED TO RULE IN BELGIUM | German Colonel General Is Re- Ported as von Bissing’s Successor AMSTERDAM, April 25,—-Accord- ing to a Hanover newspaper re here, Col, Gen, Baron von Falken- hausen has been appointed Governor ||General of Belgium in succession to Gen, von Biesing, who died se days ago sentiment there is for the solective| constituents have found that most of | 4” of Indiana ts opposed to the selective! to France is to be | Com Prod,” Go! Crucible Hteek N.Y ng Ny: a Ohio ‘Cities tina vania It tins. tte, W.Va its, Coal Ua,’ ¢ Stinffiedd Tac Ky Vann Stine Keith Stock ‘sales, Wounded—Serg Ryan, Syracuse, Hopkinson, Brooklyn, N, r 4 iy -Springtiel 3: Keoneott” Copper, 4: Lackawaina Mtecl, & Leuigh Valley..... 06 aaaeell Max 0 iaxwell Mot. 2d pt 31 Midvale Ktee! . BB Mer, Marine ct 2 Mer. Marine ot 1% Mex. et...» Ye aint Copper. 4 Mo. Pac pr Be, my Central |} t own, punds—Pri Private ant Calit. Hunt, % | Marinette, Wis; Private Chicago; Private L. Marcott, Roches- | Jacobsen, | A. w. i & Wea Va. ve te 1014 sty nox ny por Waa 1 ‘oe Wadaan i i 24% Weating "h |& NE an White Motes: tal Private Private J, ‘re te L. Gal Baines, | Cuttle, | James | ; Private W.| Y.; Private Thirty-one Americans are included, n are dead. Killed In action— Sapper J. Ranger, | « Y.; Private Lewis Max Private F, kay, man, rivate "Ts Kt.” Willingham, Houston, ‘Texas; Private RK, Baird, Detr: (also iil); Private M. Rulhman, De troit; Private Bates, Detroit; Private R. Gudvangen, Fertile, Minn; Private R. Learned, Port Washington, Wis.; Private O. Taylor, i Sergeant K. Carpenter, North Adams, Mass.; Private A. Dike, Stoneham, Mass.; Wads- changes from previous ciostug, igh, Low, Laat. Alaska Gold Mine, "= ™% 1% Aine Chainer uf, cg SL J Am, Meet Biwir’.) Uz U2 vel am One Ney 0% A OO Rin: Paat, ae ak Sy 2% we ws bo Hy bai we kD wn by oo oe ty B Cr ist 1st ‘Aim Woollen Go, ot Amsaoeia Anse” if T. @ BY, 3” Gut &@ Wii hy lees. . hk ‘Gato, oes Beier 2, a Both, Steed Be! 1% Hiwiyo Kap, ‘Tranait, oS Hutte a su 42 tn 8 +44 144 | worth, Buffalo, N. Y.; Lance Cérporal ing in National compulsion that s| J; Freoman, ‘Perinsyivania; Private epellant to democracy provided the | 2. Frazer ilwaukee, Wis.; Sergeant Fopslisnt) te Gemosteny Broviaee MH. Walmsley, Ogdensburg, N._ Y.; New York City; Private F, Porter, Boston, Mass, —~———_ CLOSING QUOTATIONS. ‘eg es re war terre Berd ce ree we eeretes € ore f 3 + & tT? % “ + » » m™ » 1 + 1% +3 CHICAGO WHEAT AND CORN MARKET, WikaT, Previous a Net co, Oren, Mim, Low, Clow. ob 201 May + ie 109844 July 170 Beun | 140 ounce, off 1% ithern, Pacif $15,480,819; safter tax, $4.368,506 hreo months’ gro. 389. Net, after ¢ 044,802. Ohio Cities Gas Co. des terly dividend of 64 per mon stock, payable Jun dividend was Guif States tn neome high M March, quarterly extra of 8 per May Wheat Ralltes and Clo CHICAGO, the Uni led t in t te w isettled, att Swift & york (it Av 1 eet cen aM Steel Co,- arch was $ 1916, cent increased, ITEMS FOR INVESTORS, Silver bullion quoted at 72% cents per 4a quar- a April 2 States's wily in the ally in with May 078-4 to L _ 10.00 cents per pound.—Aadyt. com-= Previous Net operating 6, d@ and an increase of $212,186 now ndard Ol! Co.\of Indiana—Regular ivend of 3 per cent. and an Ps he offer was made to Becretary | Granulated, Tablet, Powdered, ew Daniels, on whom Mr. Schwab called Confectioners, Brown and eppressed a desire to co-operate With que Government in every way. ‘ ‘ “31 AMERICANS IN 2,000 WEDDING OFF, SAYS HE WILL FIGHT FOR U.S, A | CANADIAN CASUALTIES BE. Johnson, Buffalo; Private H Riggans, Acme, Pa.; Private A. Wynn, Brooklyn, N. ¥.; Sergeant J.| Davis, Bland, ‘Texas; Private W.) Bowl Cleveland; " Private W.! Odheivile, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; | Wedding of her daughter, Miss Gene POWER TOFIX FOOD PRICES ASKED FOR DEFENSE COUNCIL | Introduced in House| | Would Extend It To Clothing | and Fuel Also, | WASHINGTON, April 23.—Th Counoil of National Defense would b vested with plenary powers to fix maximum prices on food, clothing and | fuel during the war and for one year | after under a resolution introduced in |the House by Representative Good | Towa, | Food, clothing and fuel pr trading In interstate commerce, would | be prohibited from advancing 5 higher than those on Dec. 1, 1916, could file appeals forvrelief fr provision with’ the Council, ‘The Lever Food Control Bill, to give the President complete authority over all production and distribution of food in the United States will be intro- duced, Representative Lever South Carolina, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, made a final draft of the bill last night after a conference with Secretary Houston It will confer on the President enorm- ous powers, but its eponsors say tho ‘ ducers, | [ (RanTEraaR, | Miss JEAN Poo, KREY \ SILLER 7] % o! ic ritical situation fully justifies t rs $ | comes into Congress backed 1 the 2\ @ | power of the Administration c \ A ¢ Heads of five of the country’s largest 7 farm organizations conferred with 8 8 retary Houston to-day on the fe situation, They came here on his |quest to give suggest | best means of increasing |tlon. ‘They are D, A, Mahc American Society of Equit Wilson, Natlonal Zimmer, Ancient Orde S. Barrett, Farmers’ Union, and H E. Stockbridge, Farmers’ National | Congress, ons as to the od produc PROF. L. L. M'INTYRE, OURAN Teaee eae /SORROWFUL THRONG SEES DAVE MONTGOMERY BURIED. | Actor, Who Was Fred Stone's Part- | K ner, Is Laid to Rest in Wood- rey Miller, to Prof. L. L, McIntyre, eRe physical director of St, John's Col- lawn Cemetery, | lege, Brooklyn. The ceremony was! They buried “The Tin Woodman” in set for next Saturday evening. Woodlawn Cemetery this afternoon, Some time ago Prof. McIntyre ad- while his old pal, “The Scarecrow Invitations for Marriage of Miss Miller to Prof. McIntyre Recalled. Mrs, Kathryn Reed Miller of No. 450 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, has recalled the invitations she sent out to the vertised for an assistant, and in thi jooked on with tear filled eyes, For way met Miss Miller, who is inter- it is as the principals in The Wizard | ested in athletics, Their engagement of Oz" that Montgomery and Stone was announced shortly after, and wij) always be best remembered as | | with ber mother, Miss Miller went to funmakers, Fred Stone's grief as be the Hotel Majestic to live until the watched Dave Montgomery, his part+ wedding. Prof, McIntyre makes bI® ner of twenty-three rs, laid to} home in the hotel. rest was only a lit ons po nant When Prof, McIntyre was asked | than that of a score of actors and) end o made the journey to the |the cause of breaking off the en- eee ye made the jo y | gagement, he sald he had decided to, }iundreds of Broadway's best known Join the first overseas expedition the /players attended. the funeral ser } at Campbell's Funeral Rooms. Ree ee eee erent op of req 1917 Broadway. ‘They were conducte 1 blood in his veins should consider his bY the Rev. Dr. Daniel eaert we country first,” he declared. “of Kutgers Presbyterian Church, Charie rf .|Dillingham, manager of the famous PART ONS CORY Te BASH ERD S18 sme team, and membé of the “Chin}| ing.” Chin" company, the — organization Montgomery was with when stricken in Chicago, were present Numerous floral offerings covered the coffin. Scott Welsh sang “Lead Kindly Light” and Harrison Brock- bank “Pass On, Brother.” ‘The tmm) diate mourners besides Mr, Stor were Mr, and Mrs, Rex Lawhead, the |latter Mr. Montgomery's sister; Mrs, Stone and Mr, Stone's father, pede ctl GERMAN STRIKERS CURBED BY POWER OF MILITARY —_— AMERICAN SHIP CHASED BY RAIDER SEE ADLER Too Speedy for Enemy Ship, How- ever, in Pursuit Off Coast of Brazil, An American Steamship was chased for five miles by the German sea raider, See Adler, off the coast of Brazil on April 12, according to the SS captain of the vessel which reached] COPENTIAC » April 23 (via this port to-day, The See Adler,|London).—The German military au previously reported by the victims of|thorities have taken control of the her raids on their arrival at Rio|German weapon and munition fa tory, the last important munitions elro, W fo e1 BI sa ee normerly the American) oii in Berlin whose employen re- bark Pass of Balmaha, into which the mained on strike, They ordered Germans had fitted gasoline motors. | workmen to return to work imme- The captain of the steamship, which] diately, stating that unless they did 80 they would be mobilized and com- pelled to work at soldiers’ wages, This ended the strike. The plant is a large producer of rifles and cart- is engaged in the South American trade, sald the raider was sighter at 6 o’cuock in the morning, bearing down on him at a point a0 miles north of the Hquator and between 200 and 300| Tidges. miles off the coast, The pursuer, he eI 9 said, put on all speed, making about! HAVRE DE GRACE RESULTS. 13 khots an hour. As this was slighty less than his own vessel's speed be was able to throw her off after a long HAVE RACE TRACK, DE GRAC Md., April 23.—FIRST RACE—Selling | chase. \twotyear-olds; four and one-half fur Although within range, the raider! longs.—Lady leen, 104 (iorehand), Gid not attempt to fire on him, “he | straight $1 placé $4.80, show $2.00) Norwegian flags painted on her| first shtoreth, 104° (Obert), plac sald, and mounted two guna] $400; show $3.00. second, Sincerity, 104) apparently of &-Inch calibre, J.58 4-8, Juanita TL, Arrantes, Pepper Will Soon, also ran See emis es RUSSIANS REPORT VICTORY. Reocoupy Their Firat Line Trenches) in Roun PETROGRAD, April mentary statement Ri 23.—A_supple- ued to-day from sian headquartera said: ‘On the Roumantan front by wuc- ful counter attacks we drove the my out of the advanced posts he ad occupied and reestablished our first lines. In the region of Cotalung, north- jwest of Braila, our heavy artillery suc- cessfully bombarded an enemy battal- fon, On the rest of the front there was the ussual firing and reconnaissances, | SCHWAB OFFERS HIS PLANT. Services of Bethlehem Steel Works { Disposal of United States, HINGTON, April 23.—Charles Schwab to-day offered to the Gov ernment the services of the Bethle pep yy dre Cocoa and Chocolate are delicious and nourishing beverages. “‘Sweeten it with Domino” [hem plant in any way during the war | American Exports in March Reached $551,278,000, Exceeded Only Once in Imports of $270,484,000 Set a New American Record ! ot COMMUNAL KITCHEN WILL MAKE FOOD FOR | 5,000 SATISFY 10,000 LONDON, April 23.—Communal feeding will shortly be established 4 large scale here under the direction of the Food Controiler. The kitchen of the largest hotel in London will be utilized for pre paring the food, which will be dis- tributed over a wide area by means of local depots, With such a kitchen the Gov- ernment expects to be able to feed 10,000 persons with the same food which would have fed 6,000 if pre- pared in badly managed private kitchens, BRITISH CHARGE QVER FIELD STREWN WITH on © DEAD ERMAN TROOPS (Continued from First Page.) and Mont Haut fn flerce fighting, anys -day’s French official statement. Three German surpriso attacks In the Woevre and the Vosges—evidently designed to create a diversion and | relieve pressure of the great French ffensive to the north—were likewise | beaten back, Following is the text of the War Mtice report: | “There was very active artillery | fighting last night south of St. Quentin and between Soissons and Rheims. East of Craonne a very violent German bombardment was ¢ wed by preparations to attack. Jur batteries replied effectively and the enemy was not able to launch the attack. “In the Champagne the Germans at 6 o'clock yesterday evening di- rected a strong attack against the salient northeast of Mont Haut. It was broken up by our artillery and machine gun fire, The enemy renewed hiy efforts during the night on the ridges which we hold before Moronvilliers, The fighting was very spirited at some points, resulting everywhere to our ad- vantage, East of St. Mihfel and in the Woevre we repulsed two surprise tacks made by strong enemy detachments, one in the Ailly wood, the other against the Cal- onne trench. In the Vosges an enemy attack south of the Ste. Marie Pass was without success,” St. Mihiel has not been mentioned in reports from front for some time. —_——>— GERMAN LOSS IN WEEK ON THE FRENCH FRONT IS PLACED AT 100,000 This Is Equivalent to Seven Army Divisions and Does Not In- Clude Loss to the British, WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, April 23.—Germany ha: | Just gone through the most disastrous week for her history of the war. To-day, one week after the opening of the great French drive, the French army staff intimates that the coming seven days are likely to unfold more clearly the nature of the Franco- British offensive. The fighting which is now in progress 1s of tremendously vital importance, Since last Monday Gen, Nivelle's forces have captured more than 100 guns from the Germans, taking 20,000 German prisoners; occupied twenty large villages—not including hamlets; retaken about 70 square miles of rench territory, ‘The French have tnflicted losses In killed, wounded apd missing on the Germans conservatively estimated at 100,000, The estimate of German losses ts g for Monday and ER ANUT BRITTLE —Pureni algests fall ukar, WAFFERS—These are py. deliciously flavored Hard Candy, em= 13¢ bedded with tasty chopped POUND BOX 64 BARCLAY STREET 6.80 p.m. Sat.10 pom ORTLANDY STREET Closes 11 p.m. Daily PARK ROW & NASBAU ST, Clowes 12 p.m. Dally 400 BROOME STREET Closes 7 p.m.) Bat. 10 p.m, 38 EAST 23D STREET Closes 10 p.m, Dally 472 FULTON ST., B'KLYN ‘Closes 11.80 p. an. Dally 1289 BROADWAY, Brooklyn, Clo The specified weight freak roasted 1 y blended and based on the number of prisoners taken and special information ob- tained by the French staff. One hun~ dred thousand men ts the equivalent of seven German divisions as they are now constituted, three regiments to the division It should be emphasized that the figures listed above are for the French drive alone. They do not include the achievements of the British offem- sive, But, aside from the cold fie German losses, the Frencu have achieved something more—it ie am fm- - tangible result of far more import. ance. That is a demoralization uf the German morale and proof of the au- perior strategy of the French staff, While the German disaster of the past week has been tremendous, nev- ertheless the week's fighting is only {the first stage of an entire action planned by tne French, The Aisne- Champagne front comprises only one. portion of the great Franco-British offensive, The offensive now extends over at least 125 miles. Every op- eration undertaken on the vast front is inter-related. a BERLIN WAR OFFICE | ANNOUNCES ADVANGE | OF THE BRITISH TROBPS Says They Penetrated First Line Trenches, but Were Driven Back in Counter Attack, BERLIN, April 23—(via London! “Between Loos and the Arras-Cam- brai Railway artillery firing continued Sunday,” says the official statement issued to-day by the German Army Headquarters. “Northwest of Lens English thrusting troops penetrated our first line trenches on a width of 500 yards but were driven back by a counter-attack, The fire remained strong during the night, Early this morning after drumfire infantry fight. ing recommenced on a wide front, “Along the River Aisne the artillery fire increased in violence from the afternoon onward, The Germans set fire to eleven enemy balloons and brought down eleven airplanes on the western front. HALIFAX, April 23.—Vernon Castle, former dancing master, has arrived here in charge of @ detachment of aviators who will ti Royal Canadian Corps at Toronto: Castle now ie an officer of the R. F. C., British Arm: = TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD NOISES If you have Catarrhal Deatnese or head nolees go to your druggist and * get 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength), and add to it % pint of hot water and 4 ounces of granu- lated suger, Take 1 tablespoontul four times @ Gay. ‘This will often bring quisk re. m the diatreasing head notees. od nostrils showld open, breath- ing become and the muous atop dropping tnt the throat. It te easy to prepare, costs Ilttle and is pleas- Any one who has Catar- vhal Deafness or bead nolses should | of wtve this prescription @ trialL—aave, LS | FRANCE DAY, APR. 26 | @ CAFE DES BEAUX-ARTS 80 West 40th Street GALA S0)REE BEGINNING AT 11 P, M, Sensations Patriotiques, Special Supper $3 per person. elo. . 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