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eee eee ' } i > the party over. Once a steamer dover the horizon, turned and hurried away; later a httle wogian steamer was wichted. A three-masted French sailing vessel signalled for nows of the war and the flags fluttered back, ‘good news.’ Saturday an English cargo boat set her course as though she would rua close, but was given a wide road for all the way fear she mieht have been a eubmarine | tender. “The only Incident that received a ong entry in the ship's log was the appearance of a great white and yel- low meteor toward midnight Sunday. GOT DAILY WIRELESS NEWS SUMMARIES, “The principal event of each day Was the arrival of wireless news sum- maries Books on America came out in surprising numbers and many of the mission could probably pass an examination in American history and geography. “When M. Painieve, the Minister of War, first proposed to his fellow mem- bers of the Cabinet that an extraor- @inary mission should be sent to American his idea received almost instant acceptance, The feeling in the Government was that the appre- ciation of the French people for} American co-operation ought to be made evident by sending some great Frenc...nen to Washington to say s0 personally to tho President. The French Ministry also thought that dofinite results might emerge from a Joint examination of tho larger as- pects of the world situation, If such an examination brought mutual clear- ness of view and understanding the advantages to both Governinents might be immediate. “The mission was not to be in- structed to urge anything upon the American Government, but rather to place its experience and information at the disposal of the President and to arrive at results in consultation. “The mission ts an extenuion to the United States of the practice among the allied governments of conferences first In one country, then in another, of stacsmen and generals, The re- sult has been unity and co-ordinated action among the members of the coalition, NO WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO VIVIANI, “I would like to go myself’ sald M. Ribot to his colleagues. ‘Only it would be imprudent for mo to leave the Government for @ month, If it were for a week or ten days, 1 might do it.’ “The choice fell upon M. Viviani, the member ranking next to M. Ribot jn the Cabinet, As President of the Superior Council of War, he is the bighest military adviser of + the Government, He hesitated about jeaving France at this time, but agreed to do go and within @ week had made his arrangements, “Such is the confidence of the French Cabinet in M,. Viviant that they gave him no written instruc. Joffre's fellow members in the mis- sion had an opportunity during this Yoyage to come into intimate con- tact with him, Although social in his attitude Joffre is a silent man by habit. He joined in the conversation at table by occasionally telling anec- dotes of the battlefront. Some times he would unexpectedly utter a judg- ment on an important phase of the| military situation In Europe, His habit was to Usten to the talk about him, smile appreciatively and some times add a remark, The Marshal has been known to listen in silence for five hours to a general's exp tion of a situation, “Those who have worked with Mar- shal Joffre find the distinguished quality of bis mind to be an equilib- rium of faculties, He Mkes to as- semble the facts and by a stroke of logic reach to the heart of the prob- em. A paper will be submitted to sim. He will read it without remark, lay it upon the table, take it up the next day, strike out, reduce the re- mainder to an admirable condensa- tion, Thus, his orders on the battle of the Marne do not make altogether four typewritten pages. “Joffre kept his small staff very busy on the ship working on docu- ments having to do with his prosen- tation in Washington of aspects of the military situation. Neither he nor his staff have been taking a holi- day, © Marshal is prepared, if President Wilson should ask, to lay before military sltua- : if requeste: judgment, him the exact He will, what, ia his JOFFRE indicate America NINE YEARS AGO, “Joftre has America be. fore, It was twenty-nine years ago while on his way home on leay He an ship been In from ed which struck and ervice in the Colonies in San Francisco while entering the sunk another “Too on a harbor ed forward with extra nary Interest to the experiences I am likely | to have | reries,’ said Marshal Joffre. ‘First of ll I shall meet your President, whom we have learned to look upon In Europe as one of the greatest statesmen of our time, great in his gifts of jeaderehip, in his prac Weal every-day wisdom and in his vision of what the future ought and may be. #41 want to m the counsellors whom the President has called about him, your military men now my com- rades in arms and to renew any quaint ith A an people, Th impressions of month I spent tn America are still fresh, but 1 want to IN AMERICA TWENTY. | refresh them, add to them, compare what I saw then with the changes that have taken place In the long interval, I have now and then thought of t sdvantage to myself of another visit to the United States, but busy years in Africa and in France have never allowed me to take so long m vaca tion, Now, fortunately for me, this oMicial inission gives me the oppor- tunity." ‘The mission wan welcomed by the following: For the Department of Stato~Third Assistant Secretary Breckenridge Long. For the War Department—Major | Gon. Hugh L. Scott, Chief of Staff; Lieut. Col, Spencer Cosby, Major | Fox Conner, Capt, Phillip Sheridan. For the Navy Department—As. aistant Secretary Franklin D, Roo! velt and Rear Admiral Hu Among the most notable figures in | France are the members of the French mission. At the head of the mission is Rene Viviani, Minister of Justice and | Vice President of the Council of Min- | taters, who embodies the highest type ‘of French democracy, He is @ pro- ive in every sense, belonging to the Independent Socialist Party. As | Minister of Labor in the Clomenceau | Cabinet, he passed the Workers’ Pen- sion Law through Parliament. Other members of the party are Marshal Joseph Jacques Cecairs Joffre, Commander in Chief of the French armies until last December, prat, dean of French admirals and an {expert on submarine problems; Mar- quis Pierre de Chambrun, member of the Chamber of Deputies and a student of international affairs; M. Simon, Inspector of Finances; M. Hovelacque, Inspector General Public Instruction, and Surgeon Major Dreyfus. VIVIAN 18 EXTREMELY POPU- LAR IN FRANCE, On June 14, 1914, Vivian! succeeded Gaston Doumerguo as President of | the Council of Ministers and Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs. In that dual capacity he accompanied President Poincare on a special mission ta Russia, and only four days after their return to Paris war was declared on France by Germany. President Poincare’s Cabinet when the war broke out that he has been retained, the French people feeling that to permit him to retire might be construed as evidence of their dis- approval of France's entry into the self, Marshal Joffre is the only man in France since the close of the Franco- Prussian war in 1870 who has been authorized to bear the illustrious title of Marshal of France, and this dis- Unction was conferred on him by unanimous action of the French Chamber. To his officers and sol- diers, however, he ls “Our Joffre,” or “Grandpa,” since his victory on the Marne turned the tide of the German invasion, Joffre was commander-in-chief of the French army at the beginning of tion until December last, when he gave place to Gen, Nivelle to become marshal and military adviser of the government, His thorough mastery of military) science brought him rapid promotion, | and in 1911 he was Vice President of! the Superior War Council, Chief of the General head of the army, In that capacity | he pushed the 1913 law for three years’ military service, which ts now conceded to have been the satvation of France, VICE-ADMIRAL 18 PROVED FOE OF THE GERMAN SUBMARINE. Vice Admiral Chochoprat ts dean of the French Vico Admirals and has @ rank @ high as can be obtained tn |tho French navy, which has no ad- | miral. He is @ practical sailor, with & most intimate knowledge of paval construction and ordnance, and it is warfare as any man in tho French navy, Several of the devices which have proven to be of notable servive in entrapping these underwater craft are believed to have been originated by Adiniral Cocheprat. The war found nim at the head of the first squadron of the French ficet, of which Admiral Lapeyrere was commander-in-chief, In this capacity he had to take part in the organiaa- |Uon of the transportauion of the im- Mense number of troops successfully carried through the Medi to i, considered one of the most ot feats of the French navy. also took part with his squadron, ynly known as the “Dantons" in the blockade of the Adriatic in. the le war, He ts a graud officer of the legion of honor. Americans hoid in high esteem Marquis de Chainbrun, @ member of \the © er of Deputies, because he # 4 Mrandson of Lafayette of Kevo- lutionary fame, M. Simon, Inspector of Finances, has an enviable reputation in France as 4p 4uthority on Finance, For a} jong Ume he Was stationed in Mexico | | He ests of French citizens in that coun- uy, M. Hovelacqua, Inspector Public Instruction, iy well known in educa tional circles in Amertea, He is a great admirer of American. institu- lions, particularly of the public school system. Le has paid more than a | doaen visits to the U States, the st only & year ago, making a spe- | study of educational problems, urgeon Major Dreyfus ts not the famous Major Dreyfus whose case |nearly disrupted the Frenco army a r telan beginning of he war when ¢ military ser and attac to the per 1 of Gen, Joffre, whom he ha ompanied on every trip to, F Italy and elsewhere, \ \ gland, how military adviser of the govern. | ment; Vice Admiral P, L. A. Chocho- | ot} It was primar-| fly because Viviani was a membor of | war, Besides, there was the immense, personal popularity of tho man him-| the war and he remained tn that pos!- | Staff and practically| attention of Congress. trying to adjust the extensive inter- | THE EVENING WORLD, _ BRITISH WIN NOTABLE VICTORY OVER THE TURKISH ARMY BRITISH MISSION | PRINC E EITEL FRIP DRICH, | H, FAVORITE SON OF KAISER, td TED DEAD, vecesooos bed bia nos GETS PLANS RA ea Members Cevete So Second Day formal Meetings, « _ (Special to Ths Evening World.) ' WASHINGTON, April 24.—Hapry over the cordial reception and the honors accorded to them, Foreign Minister Arthur J. Balfour and tho British Comminsion devoted their sec- ond day in Washington to informal conversations with Government off- | clals. ‘The financial, navy and army om- cers and shipping and supply experts got busy on their respective Jobs, un- packed boxes of document calls, recelved more calls and sough’ in @ variety of ways to come into close touch with American plang and conditions. A round of dinners by Cabinet officers to-night wilt-entertain separ- te groups of the visitors and then all| ko to a reception at the Pan-Amert- ean building to meet members of Congress, and about every man of tmportance in Wahington offictal jlife. Miss Rankin of Montana ts the} only woman invited and she only as aj | member of Congress. It ls not known | whether she will attend. | An approximate idea of the tmmo- | diate requirements of Great Britain, | France and Russia, it is understood, already had been obtained from rop- resentatives of those Governments prior to the arrival of the Dritisb | commission, All negotiations affecting political | {and diplomatic policies will be con- ducted directly by the President, Mr. Balfour and Mr, Lansing, But even! these questions will be considered at} |{nformal conferences largely partak- | ing the form of unofficial discussion. In the disoussions of general pol- Mr. Balfour will act as spok man for Great Britain, France, Ru sia, Belaium, Italy, Serbia and Rou- | mania, all of which Governments have reached hard and fast agreements setting forth the terms under which peace proposals will be considered. The French Commissioners tre- quently will moet with those repre- senting Great Britain at the French and British Embassies, and no move will be made by Mr. Balfour without consultation with the representatives of France, ‘Tho Government will accord to both the full measure of official honor Mr, Balfour will be invited to addvess Congress, as will also the French Minister of Justice. Admiral a@ Unwr and Vice Adnural }Coohenrat will give to Secretary Dan- fels and the members of the Board of Naval Operations the fullest details of the naval undertakings of their re- epective Governments, Without intruding in the slightest degree, the British military experts have confirmed the judgment of of- ficials of this Government that.a great was saved in recruiting t army force by resorting to the selective draft methods pro- posed by the bill now engrossing the ‘On the naval side, the British ex- | perts already have furnished convine- ing evidence that the greatest need of the Governments now at war with Germany Is for more cargo ships. The plan already adopted by the Ameri- can Government to butid light draught wooden ships for this purpose has beon fully indorsed by the British val officials, One of the visitors, reflecting the opinions that prevail among the po- litical, army and navy representativ « nt by Gre Britain is th: he thi needs at present in th portance are for money, s' men. en eal sald ho knows aa much of submarioe! TWO) MORE MISSIONS ARE COMING TO THE U. S. Scandinavian Countries and Italy Now Preparing to Send Delegations, LONDON, April 24.—The forthcom- Ing visit to Washington of Herman Lagercrants, formerly Swedish Minis ter to the United States, it is satd by | Scandinavians here, probably will be | followed by the appointment at a conference in Stockholm next month f an important Scandinavian mis: sion At this conference representatives of Sweden, Norway and Denmark will | be selected to go to the United States | | for the purpose of making the fullest possible arrangements for importa tion of foodstuffs, petroleum and other mat als of which these coun tries are in urgent need. April 24 (via that the [A cousin of Enunanuel. will hi sion to the United -—_ HAVRE DE GRACE RESULTS, FIRST RACK — Relling; maidan two-year-olds; four and a halt fur longs. = Elizabeth Ue 107 (Williains) straight $3.10, piace show $ on; Dubli varrington) Wise Paris).—It_is Duke of the King Victor ) Italfan mis- Teo, Tit in Washington to In- | 4 { bre 99-9999SO@ 4 NO SEPARATE PEACE, TOLSTOY TELLS SENATE | Asks Aid for Russia in Form of Help for Railroads, Farms and Mines, Evening World.) ALBANY, April 24.—Count Mya Tolstoy, speaki before the State Senate to-day, aysured the Senators that @ separate peace between Ger- many and Russ!a was impossible, “I know very well,” he said, “all of the people now in power in Russia. All of them are my friend: Only yesterday I recetved a cablegram from Prince Lyoff and I asked him to permit me to make public his assur- ance that a separate peace 1s Jmpos- sible, ‘American public opinion may be assured of the Impossibility of a sep- te peace with Germany,’ cabled the Princ Count Tolstoy asked for Amortcan aid for Russia in the form of help for her ratiroads, her farms and her mine TALK OF DEMOCRACY IS REPORTED IN BERLIN }“Its On the March,” Said to Have Been Announced to Foreign Journalist. AMSTERDAM (via London), April 24,—In an obcure corner of its issue of Monday the General Anzelger of Dusseldorf publishes a Berlin Press despatch to the effect that at a re- ception to foreign journalists in Ber- lin “the most reassuring declara- tfons” were given out concerning the democratic character of the new orientation as evidenced by the pro- posed legislation, In fact, tt was sald “Democracy is on the marc! Nothing was said about ( war alms except the general state- ment that “the world will be aston-, shed by the moderation of the Ger- man peace terms,” So far as can be learned, this infor- mation appears in no other German newspaper, ecneaiaieaniaaies BREAD RATIONS SOON FOR GREAT BRITAIN London Reports That Restrictions 1 Soon Be Placed Upon Its Use. LONDON, April %4.—England will shortly be placed on bread rations, It is generally conceded that the the crux of the whole food situation, for it is upon bread that the working olasses de- pend, tl {4 maintained that the mid- class and the rich can easily tind ubstitutes, but that the munitions employees whose labor ix so nec ary to the conduct of the war must © provided with bread, and in order complishe this, restrictions must be placed upon Its use > A. P. LUNCHEON HOST TO 600. fe and Grosscap Talk to Edt- tors on Patrtotinm, The annual luncheon of the Asso- tated Press to the publishers and litors of the country was given at 1 problem is cho joon to-day at the Waldorf Astorta in onnection with the annual meeting { the Newspa ublisherst Asso- lation, Frank P, Noyes of Washin n, presided. There were 600 guests kvand ball room when the first 2 Was Berved ph H, Choate and seup, of ul spe nth Peter ( the t mg and hy Rutle President of Colun University hand Joseph Pulitaer, Jr Vost-Dispateh. 3) TUESDAY, APRIL 2 NAVY CALLS ONL. | FIRMS TO FURNISH 300 )MACHINSTS Patriotic hoa Me Made to Em- ployers to Pay Difference in Salaries, If Nece Lieutenant-Commander Taylor, 1n charge of Naval Recruiting head- jquarters at No, 34 East Twenty- | third Street, to-day sont out an urg- ent appeal to patriotic corporations, department stores, hotels and ma- chine shops, to release men for duty in the navy s machinists and fire- jmen and, If necessary, to make up the difference in pay. He was urged | to do this by a telegram from Wash- |ington, which read: Recruiting in Now York satis- factory except in the branch: firemen and machin urgent need for at least 300 of these from your district at once, Co-operate with mercantile in- A plague of inventors has developed }at Commander Taylor's headquarters. stood that he has no jurisdiction over the proffered devices, and that the invasion of inventors interrupts his work. i POULTRY DEALERS FREE | FROM INDICTMENTS | No Proof to Show Combination in | Restraint of Trade, Judge | Mulqueen Rules, Judge Mulqueen in |General Sessions th missed the indictment poultry dealers on motion of their attorney, Samuel $. Koentg. The |men against whom the indictment has been pending since December iast are: Harry Baff, Louis Werner, Max Sokoloff, Charles F. Frank, Goodman Levy and Paul Abelson, “There 1s no legal proof to support the charges that these men formed combination in restraint of trade, said the ustice, “I therefore dis- nilss the indictment.” SUBSTITUTE FOR WICKS BILL PASSES SENATE | Measure Regulating Sale and Use of Habit Forming Drugs Also Goes Through, (Special to The Evening World.) ALBANY, April 2 The agricultural committee's substitute for the Wicks Farms and Markets Bill passed the Senate this afternoon, The ill creates a State council to have general Jurisdic- tion over food and markets. Stringent regulations affecting the sale and use of habit forming drugs are provided by the Whitney bill which also passed tl y nin afternoon, BILL REPEALING BOXING LAW I$ REPORTED OUT Majority of Only One Vote in the Judiciary Committee of Senate, (Specin} to The Evening World.) ALBANY, April 24.—By a majority of only one vote the Judiciary Com- mittee of the Senate to-day reported out the Slater bill, repealing the State boxing law. Wight members favored the bill, while seven opposed it. “The bill undoubtedly will pass the Senate,” sald Senator Slater, Acting under the direct pressure of the Governor's office, the Assembly leaders began making preparations to push the Senate bill as soon as it aves the upper house, TWO MORE NORWEGIAN STEAMERS TORPEDOED Crews of the he Pelve | eive and Skjold| Rescued, Says Report From Christiania, CHRISTIANIA, April 24.--The Nor- wesian steamers Peive and Skjold have the Court of afternoon dis- guinst five big been torpedoed and sunk, according to word received here to-day, ‘Their crews were sa Lioyd's doos not lst any vessel named Petve: steel serew v by J. Sundfor « FOR 2- CENT FERRY “FARE. It gives the Skjold as a 129 tons, owned Assembly Manhact | AUBANY, April 24 The Rules Com- I mittee of the Assembly to-day reported |fuvorably tho bill fixing a two cent fare the munh Apes forty between Manhat ) Ve Supren Erlanger to: day granted permission to the df tors of t 1b to se » Howa island ‘ Bas, for The 458 acres, about | Submarine cranks also are plentiful | #%|Tho commander would like it un KAISER URGED TO QUIT SAYS REPORT FROM ROME hic of Family Said to Have Told Him to Abdicate Like Czar, OME, April 24—The Corriere Pr the Clerical organ, declares | that it is able to confirm reporte, | published in the Spanish newspapers, | that the immediate following of the German Emperor is exerting pr jon him to abdicate, | Tho paper says that at @ recent meeting 6f the Hohenzollern family, one member, bolder than the reat, in- timated that the Emperor mi, t save | the situation by following the example | of the Emperor Nicholas, The German monarch ts reported to have turned pale, and after observing that the general opinion was against | him left the room .outtering, “We shall see.” The same evening he sum- moned anothor famlly council. The Chancellor and some of the Ministers were present, but whatever passed {remains unknown, Little importance is attached to this story in Italian political circles. In these quarters it is thought that the story has a German origin, and is put out with the intention of influencing opinion, BRITISH TROOPS FIGHT WAY 10 THE ST. QUENTIN CANAL (Continued from First Page.) ure | | | burg defenses, starting at Drocourt ‘and running down through Izel, Vitry, Hombiain, Eterpigny, Villers-le-Gag- nicourt to in front of Queant. PRISONERS CAPTURED AT MANY POINTS BY GEN. NIVELLE'S TROOPS Paris Also Reports the Repulse of German Attacks With Heavy Losses, PARIS, April 24.—The artillery was very active last night in the vicinity of Hurtebiss, in the Foulon Valley, and near Craonne, says to-day's of- ficlal announcement, French p ‘ols took prisoners, Following ts the text ot the War Office statement: “In tho reeion of St. Quentin and the Olse our artillery directed an effective counter fire at Gere man batteries, Our patrols were very active, bringing back prison- ers, Two German reconnoitring parties which attempted to ap- proach our lines near Vancourt were repulsed with heavy losses. “Violent artillery fighting oc- curred in the region of Hurtebtse, in the Foulon Valley, and near Craonne, We were able to make progress and improve our posi- tions on the plateau of the Chemin-des-Dames, and near Juvincourt we captured a Gérman post, Two German surprise at- tacks northeast of Rheims were repulsed. We took prisoners, “In the Campagne there was grenade fighting, durtng which we took prisoners. We directed with success a bombardment against the enemy’s lines of communica- tions, Near Eparges one of our reconnoitring parties penetrated the German lines “and brought back prisoners, after destroylag several shelter The report says it was quiet on the remainder of thedront. ee BERLIN WAR OFFICE ADMITS BRITISH GAIN ON THE ARRAS FRONT Claim Is Made That Attempt to Break Through Line Failed With Tremendous Loss. RERLIN, April 24 (via London).- Only on the Cambrai-Arras road did |tho British gain ground yesterday, says tho official statement issued to- day by the German Army Head- quarters Staff, The ruins of Guemappe remained in the hands of the British, An attempt by the British to break through the German line near Arras, the state ment adds, failed with tremendous losses, BONAR LAW'S SON MISSING. ded During the Fight in Palestine. April 24,—Lieut. ©, J. Law Own Scottish Borderers, second son of Andrew Bonar Law, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, is reported to have been wounded in Palestine and to bo missing Was Won LONDOD of the King’ | | Chancellor Bonar jand two daughters, His eldest son |Gapt. J. K. Law of the Royal Fly! Corps, Was wounded In France last yei pe New Kecelver for Ratiroad. | uaw has four sons MONCHY BATTLE ONE OF FIERCEST OF THIS GREAT WAR ‘Began at Dawn Yesterday, Lasted All Day and All Night | and Still Continues, | BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, April 24 (via London). | The British troops were awake and on the alert all Sunday fight preparing for their attack to be made at dawn on Monday. They fought all that day, all of last night and wero fighting Again to-day, The artillery was keep- ing up what may be termed a perpet- ual barrage, The resistance of the German Armies appears to Increase In accord- ance with the nearness of the British Approach to the Hindenburg positions. This is particularly true along the present front, where the threat is against the Drocourt-Queant switch line, which is depended upon by the Germans as the connecting lnk be- tween their lines north of St. Quentin and south of Lille, ‘This is the switch toward which the Germans are falling back slowly but surely as a result of the turning of the top of the original Hindenburg line, running from just southeast of Arras toward Queant. “This te the last and deciding pus for we soon shall be able to hold out no longer,” read the diary of a Ger- man officer who was captured yester- day. It is evidently in this spirit that the present fighting is going on, ‘The struggles of the opposing troops about Monchy may be seen plainly from the neighboring hillto The Patches of woods beyond Monchy have served as shelter for the Ger- tans in tho last ten days, and It was behind these late yesterday that the| German commanders rallied thoir forces. With reserves brought up| quickly ‘they formed counter attacks | against the newly advanced British positions where khaki-clad men wero fighting from shell holes and shallow | bits of trenches previously dug by the Germans, From these woods the Germans issued in great solid ranks As they emerged the British artil- lery was quick to spot them and shells began to break in their midst. ‘Thi interrupted their steady forward tramp. Tho lines wavered and some men were retreating when the impulse from behind pushed them forward. They then broke into @ run toward the British nes. The machine gun barrage closed upon them and they fell by scores. British rifles spoke for 4 timo and then, as the German waves! rolled on there was hand-to-hand fighting, Tho counter-attack lasted half'an hour before {t was driven off. Within an hour a new one was formed, and so the day wore on. While the fighting was raging all a ut Monchy, which remains an outer sentinel of the British advance anfl the last commanding polnt be tween Arras and the Droucourt Jine, the Germans were shelling that Svil- lage remorselessly. It was difficult to recognize Monchy as the Village by the en British twelve days ago, Then all the houses were standing and three bed-ridden French civilians were found still living there, Hap- pily they were removed to @ hospital behind the British lines, for Monchy is but_a jagged collection of ruins. The Germans, having {t thoroughly ated, wreacked their vengeance on it with every calibre of their ailable artillery. Yesterday the village was consiantly obscured by tremendous clouds of smoke and brick dust thrown up by the exploding shells from the German guns. FRENCH WIN BATTLE WHERE HAIG. FOUGHT ONE EARLY IN THE WAR Drive So Furiously That 2,000 Germans, 30 Officers and 50 Cannon Are Taken, FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, April 24.—French troops took a further step towards the mastery of | battle of the Alsne. yond Vaiily, Trom here to be. » Sir Douglas Haig en comman. arpa which t= ked Le Courand Soupir farm and ived the highest mendation from Sir John ¥ ench, at that time Commander-in-Chet of the British forces in France, for his skill and tenacity. The broken ground about Bouptr ¢ and also the adjacent Metz farm and Gouttedor Wood was fought over again during the present battle, It presents many difficulties to the at- tackers, At Meta Farm the French asaultiny battalion under Major Jacques foun |its progress barred by a heavy net+ | work of barbed wire behind whieh # ens of machine guns were hidden. ¢ | Major Jacques decided to stroma daring flank movement in conju with a battalion of riflemen eom- manded by Major De Freycinet, The French troops cleverly succeded in al- most surrounding the position and ¢ occupying the village of Braye-en- Lannois, while other regiments ad- vanced from the south across the River Aisne. The Germans attempted to retire hastily, but they had been so confi- dent in their ability to maintain their positions that they left it too late, and although they fought desperately to save themselves and their guns, near- ly 2,000 Germans, comprising thirty officers, were compelled to surrender with fifty cannon, large numbers of rifles and much ammunition and stores. The French success was so reid found the Germans had left numbers of unfinished letters in the dugouts and in the well-furnished jerman officers’ mess an unconsumed meal still lay on the table. Mines had been laid by the Germans at points to be exploded tn the event of a retreat but the French ness left tyem no time in which to act them o' esliioaneenanint PRO-GERMANS RULE AUSTRIA. Ministers Will Retain Posts, Says Amsterdam Report. AMSTERDAM, April 24.—A Vienna despatch says (hat the continuance in power of the pro-German Mintaters ts (4 considered certain as the result of the ¥ deliverations of the German parties en the political situation. \S In parliamentary ciroles it 1# expected that the Relohsvat will be convened on May 30, —————_— Nantucket Was Amet- ine, Says Redfield. April 24.—The "Ger- recently sighted off was an American aubmers- ible Secretary of Commerce Redfield said to-day, before the House Inter- state Commerce Committee. “U Boa fean WASHID man submarine’ Nantucket, V} You can make for yourself, with your own hands, the mildest, most fragrant, most delightful cigarette in the world and the most economical. Ma+ chines can't imitate it, “Butt DurHAM A Suggestion to Pipe Smokers: — Just try mixing“ Buuid DURHAM with your favorite pipe tobacco— it's like sugar in your coffee, oieo, FLYNN,—Mond: Avril 98, PETER J. FLYNN, beloved son of Margaret and the! late Patrick J, Fiyno. Funeral Thureday, 10 A, M., from hie Jato residence, 1507 Lexington Ave... w York, Kequiem mass, Church Fran- cla do Bales, 96th St. near Lexington Ave_Interment Calvary the Chemin-des-Dames to the north- | ward of Sancy, This sector is marked | with traces of the fighting by the| British on Sept. 14, 1914, during the BUTTER the choteent tloner’s slabs of EANUT BI AO ah full wow nly Blended nt te ontectionized. jor. Special for To-morrow, ednesday, April 25th: fPRUTT CREAM KISS< 64 BARCLAY STREET Clowes 6.80 p.m. :Bat.10 pm. @ CORTLANDT STREET Closea Tl p.m. Daily PARK ROW ANASSAU ST, J afterno Supreme Court Justice Erlanger 2 named Newton H recelver of the Central Park North and Hast River Railroad Company in pla John Beaver, who died April 11.) Thi is required to furni bond of Judson has ucted as audi- (or to Mr, Beaver and George W. Linch, former receiver of the company, this Hudson as ‘Closes 12 p.m. Daily 400 BROOME STREET Cloves Tp. m.. 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