The evening world. Newspaper, April 28, 1917, Page 1

shield tiie ite cai. inaieeaeeaeianlieee anaemia 4 PRIOR gsr tonto w Sew Vere end aw NTS clamber, HOUSE The [*Cireulation Books Open to All.” | Copreant, 1097, Ce, (The ‘se Pa alll ee APRIL ue 1917. [*Cireutation lation Tooke Open to All" | 12 PAGES REJECTS VOLUNTEER PLAN — FAIL TO DISLODGE HAIG’S ARMY ALL £OITION — ONE ORNT tn Orenter Mow Tore and Hedeen Comnty, #4, THO CARTS owen PRICE| , SEND U.S. TROOPS AT ONCE, SAYS JOFFRE RITISH TURN NORTHERN END OF GERMAN “WOTAN’” LIE 6 Wide Front. LONDON, nineaomete struck ‘There was also a French raid in t were brought back from the secto Although Gen. front of several miles, the German “Wotan Line.” Half*of the village wn of this line— le further to the north, These towns are eight miles west Lens, Since April 16 the French have captured 175 cannon of all cali- bres, 412 machine guns and 119 trench mortars. The number of ry prisoners has reached 20,780. It is estimated that the German killed and wounded on the French front are fully nine to one over the number of prison- would place the Ger- to the French alone at fndicated that around Oppy and Arleux the battle was still progress ing after a night of nover-ceasing clash, The armics both sides gwayed back and forth in the strug- gle, but the latest roport to-day showed the British still in possession of half of Oppy and all of Arleux, @nd beating back desperate German counter-attacks, Around Gavrelle, was atil! gaining ground. from the bloody angle shifted back of the lines. To the south, as part of ! @rive, Haig’s troops were thrown toward Greenland Hill. They struck bard and fast at massed German forces, and swarmed into a German trench running south of the Bearpe. ‘They. were stuck fast, despite mendous blows launched by the on Haig's offensive Prisoners were being over tre- ers in the face of murderous machine-gun fire and the stee! curtain of British artillery gtopped the desperate enemy counter- thrusts. Bitter fighting 1s in progress in the woods to the west of Roeux, just @bove the Scarpe. form and attack again. Meanwhile forward. Information from Berlin via Hel- 9p. British offensive, Necessity of + in @ontinued on Second Page.) Information from the British front | 8 gigantic | There the forest is | Literally being mowed down by ar- tillery fire and the moss stained red with rivulets of blood as the Germans madly attacked, were locked in bitter | confiict, then thrown back, only to re- @be British inched further and further | | for his act his desire to stand with |the United States in the fight for land shows that Gerinany ts draining| democracy and the preservativn of empire of men to throw against) the onrushing waves of the Franco- | he vic t of Hill 304, Juentin, but of Douai é /HINDENBURG ORDERED AND CAPTURE TWO TOWNS Germans Make Counter Attacks and One of the Greatest Struggles of British Drive ': in Progress ona Aprii 28.—New and effective biows at the German ‘day by the Britistporth of the Scarpe River on the Arras front and by the French between St. Quentin and the Oise. inity of Verdun and prisoners It is officially announced in Berlin that the infantry is engaged in ® terrific bati'e from Loos to St. Q Haig’s report merely said he had attacked on a meeting great opposition, Progress, newspaper despatches declared that his troops had turned making good of Oppy—believed to be the northernmost captured in desperately hot fighting. Arleux, a also fell to the tremendous Briti and five miles south of h assault. GERMANS BACK TO LENS AFTER RETREAT BEGA | Said | to Have He Gave Word. BRITISH HEADQUA FRANCE, April 2 ‘ERS that Field Marshal von Hindenburg went to the German he found t sre. beon particularly annoyed by German withdrawal from Lens w! then was unc t e no further retreat ur personally gave the’ word, This sta hours. | GUATEMALA BREAKS OFF President Announces Desire to Stand Announced There Should Be No Withdrawal Until IN It is reported positions op- posite the Dritish lines just after the L...tor Monday attack and was much -ught up over the conditions which He ts said to have t of * way, commanded that it be stopped and issued orders that ment seemed to coincide | frien with the sudden stiffening of Germa: resistance about Lens when it looked more than ten days ago that the city would likely be given up within a few -, RELATIONS WITH KAISER melting away | With U. S.—German Minister Handed Passports, WASHINGTON, April 28. temala has broken off diplomatic lations with Germany, Minister cancelled the consuls there, Official advices of the break, | ing from the American Legation Guatemala City, say President trada Cabrera assigned as the rea German international law take the step and join th racy Mua- re- | handed to the his passports and exequaturs of German com. E For some timo President Cabrera’s advisers here have been urging him family nations against Prussian autoc- BROADWAY HOLD-UP BY CONFIDENCE MEN POSING AS SLEUTHS Sharpers Goi $1,031 From Chicago Man and Then Escaped in Taxicab, While scores of men and women looked on five confidence men posing as detectives “arrested” Frank Sheri- dan, a credit ms» for Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago, at Broadway and Forty-sixth Street last night. searched him and took $1,031 while his wife sat walting for him in a res- taurant and then jumped into a taxi- cab and escaped 4 Charles Zelier, (wonty-two yours old, of No, 754 Eighth Avenue, was arraigned to-day charged with work- ing in with the gang and was held in $2,500 ball by Magistrate Brough tn the West Side Court, Sheridan told the Court that he met Zeller a year ago in Chicago and met him again a few days ago on Broad- way. Zeller proposed a theatre party and Sheridan met him and went to some night, and last night Mr. Mra. @ theatre. Several ri aurants were visited, and Zeller finally proposed a sightseeing trip to the Automat, at Forty-sixth Street. ‘They had been tn the place a few minutes when Zeller out and said looked there were a number of detectives outside. ‘Come on, see what the excitement is," he sald to Sheridan The two men wen’ out and when they reached the-street the five men rushed at Sheridan, One of them stowed a shield of some kind and tn- formed Sheridan he was under arrest as a cocaine dealer. This man was iv- spectfully addressed by the others as “Captain,” and he ordered Sheridan taken to tho nearest police station. Several of the crowd started to follow ut the "Captain" ordered them b. The five men and the protesting prisoner turned into West Forty- sixth Street and in the middle of the block the detectives accused Shert- heldan of throwing cocaine away and ch} said they were going to search him. They did and took a $1,000 bill, three tens and a one, Sheridan insisted on being taken to No. 322 West Forty-fifth Street, where he was stopping with to prove he was not a drug ler, Two of the men called a tax! and scorted him to the house on West Vorty-fifth Street. As Sheridan step- ped to the sidewalk one of the men struck him and knocked him into the street, Tho two jumned back into the taxi and {t hurried away, When Sheridan told the police his story sev- eral of the confidence men were recog- nized from the descriptions he gave, ————— SIX SUBMARINES SUNK, ADMISSION OF BERLIN Record of First Two Months of Unrestricted Undersea Warfare Reichstag is Told AMSTERDAM, April 28.--Minister Marino von Capelle told the Reich- committee that six German sub- rines were lost in the first two months of unrestricted undersea war- fare, despatches quoting tne Tage- blatt, received here to-day, deciare Tho Minister said there was avail- able a sufficient stock of ofl for the big fighting ships and the suoma- rines, and that all shipyards were fully occupied with orders, on TRAIN U.S. TROOPS IN FRANGE NEAR FRONT, AND SEND THEM ACROSS SOON, JOFFRE'S IDEA BIG RISE IN WHEAT MAY BRING DECREE FIXING FOOD PRICES Boat of Trade Speculation Figures Felt in Cost of Com- mon Commodities. Colleague on Mission Gives Marshal’s Views. — France Withholds Suggestion About U, S. Force. By Samuel M. Williams. (Special Stat Ce ore) of The Evening WASHINGTON, April 28.--It is now known that France would like to see & contingent of American troops at the front &s soon as possible, both for reasons of sentiment and .or the val. . uable experience in latest develop- ments of warfare that officern and men could acquire to be u help to successive armies. But France will (Bpecial Prom a Staff Correspondent of The ’ 4.) pa World not openly ask for them, Decision WASHINGTON, April 28.—The ex must rest with the United States taordinary rise in wheat prices on Government. the Chicago Board of Trade is pre- senting dity a new phase of the commo price problem to’ the Govern ment, It has been the opinion of Secretary Houston of the Depa of Agriculture ing by not be mere If troops are to be sent over, the Joffre idea ts that they should be organized, equipped and have pre- liminary*drilling in this country, then 60 to France for final intensive train- ing close to the front, where the latest science of war can be observed and learned, American officers will be in command but French officers will be tmen that actual price fix Government mandate would necessary, He thought that possession of lawful power to do 80 would be sufficient to restrain inflation, without exercising it, freely loaned for advice and assis é tance, both in this country and in| But the skyrocketing of wheat in France. speculativé transactions beyond any- M. Hovelaque of the French mis- ‘MMe known since Civil War days is bringing about a crisis, been made that while these Board of Trade prices might be over- looked as merely speculative, they are jhaving a very real influence upon common commodities, Flour is going ip rapidly and other cereal prices are | feeling an induced boost, Both agricultural and intertor partments of the Government are Jarge purchasers of grain, while the supply bureaus of army and navy are the market for flour and other commodities, All are seriously con- cerned tn the unusual rise in wheat, There was talk in official circles that while the Secretary of Agri- culture might feel constrained, both from lack of legal authority and for reasons of policy, to withhold actual price fixing, the President has complete authority, as a war measure, to put a curb ) wheat pit speculation, sion, speaking to-day of Marshal Complaints Joffre's views, sald: “This is a most surprising wav. It is a perpetual throwing off of tradi tions, changing {ts methods from day to day, An officer away from the trenches three weeks finds on return- ing that warfare {s not what it was when he left. What was truco a| month ago is obsolete to-day. “It is the Marshal's view that there | 1s no use trying to train men overseas for service in France under these ox traordinary conditions, They must see for themselves what is going on| at the front, It would be an immense saving of time if troops are to be of | service there that they should have | thelr training where they can have | the advantage of close ‘contact wi all that 1s going on.” AE A BAVARIAN PREMIER VISITS have de- in » subject b yet taken ¢-7 VIENNA ON PEACE nie an during te past week, some 1 of Governmental interference is un Will Confer ( Over Prospects Wit W. Perkins of New York the Austro-Hungarian Cabinet, 1 Vie RS ‘ ‘om Says Report in London, nittee to-day to press !mmediate ac LONDON, April 28.—Count Hert On the food situation. He recom ling, the Premier of Bavaria, says a Jed immediate assurances to the despatch from Munich by way of Am-|{'"ter: of lab and a minimum sterdam to the Central News, is going |PPice for certain products, Beeause to Vienna to confer with the Austro- | °f the nearness of the pla 4 seasor Hungarian Cabinet Ministers rogard- |{0F ™m&ny products, said, action ing peace prospects. \ bt taken bef Monday — When informed that some delay would result in g¢ stood 68 BREWERIES ARE FINED on through € $60,000 IN ELECTION CASE’... More Than 100 Officials of Pitt t burgh Concerns Plead No Defense to Corrupt Practice Chars rkins recommended & ice of $1.80 for wheat OCIALIST PARTY IN GERMANY OUT FOR BIG STRIKE MAY 1 Members in Reichstag and Prus- sian House Directly Against Government’s Appeal. ’ for beans and $1 for tatoes PITTSBURGH, April Mare| So tha neseant math oe calvary than 100 officials of fifty-eight brew » you believe you could stimulate | by Pe produ num ing companies indicted as corpora. |t tions for influencing elections in vio lation of the Corrupt Practices Act pleaded no defense in Federal Court tion of wheat Mr here this afternoon , Fines aggregating $60,000 were | yaton great imposed against the offending con. | a cerns, The largest fine was $10,00¢, | | (Cortinued on Second Page.) | AMSTERDAM, April to peals, tho socialist 28.—Directly contrary the Government's ap- minorities in the Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag have adopted resolutions favoring a general strike on May Day, to Berlin patches tu-day, The Herlin Socialist sowspaper Vorwaerts, on the other hand, pub- lishes a declaration of the General Committee of Trade Unley -assert- ing that tho German working classes will not cease work on Muy 1 and deploring the circulation of fly sheets inciting the workers to a political or according revolutionary strike on that day ‘These fly sheets, saya the deciara tion, do not emanate from the Social Democratic Party, but from persons who have nothing in common with » labor movement. It concludes: trikes for purposes of lemonstration are at present sponsible and must be sharply con- demned," “A twenty-four-hour general strike on May 1 would prove we agree with the Russiah proletariat’s own desire and that we war without demand for annexation of land or indemnitles,’ declared the Vienna Abrinen Zeitung to-day. Vienna despatches recelved here indicate other Austri.n newspapers aro supporting the general May strike idea. THE HAGUE, Day April 28.—According to Information recetved from Berlin to-day, German Government 4 taking drastic measures to prevent any stoppage of work in munitions factories, Apparently May Day 1s nevertheless awaited with considera- ble apprehension, ‘The strike leaders are reported be bending every to carry plans through for suralysts of all industries, N, April 28, the z to energy utter COPENHAG ‘The prospect of grave labor troubles throughout Germany on May Day ove padows everything else in the German press. The manifesto of the metal work- ers’ union, the organization which took the leading part in the previous strike, is worded tn a curious man ner. It argues that a general strike Js unnecessary because stop ot work In the tron works, munitio plants and transportation systems would be‘sufficient to immeasurably increase the diMcuities of the situa tion, One of the methods by which th working rim The ugitators are apparently the spread of -umors of a ft pending reduction of rations. Herlin city authorities have appealed to the public to report pe spreading these rumors to the police |GERMARY'S GREATEST U BOAT CAPTAIN DEAD COPENHAGE April 28.—-Lieut, Commander Pots of the most successful of the G submarine commanders, has perils in the submarine campaign ‘The newspapers of his home tow Koons carry an official dea Notice, although the Admiralty has said nothing of the loss of his boat Commander Petz was mentioned in 1 despatches in February as being in harge of 4 submarine which di royed 62,000 tons of shipping in che y. > (For Racing Results See Page 2.) i} | | | Josephas Jr. CONSCRIPTION BILL TO: PASS CONGRESS TO-DAY AS DRAWN BY ARMY GENERAL STAFF ——————-¢ oo ——____. House Cheers When the Volunteer Amendment Is Defeated, 279 to 98—Speaker Clark and Miss Ran- kin Vote Against Draft. : SENATE ADOPTS CLAUSE TO MAKE ARMY BONE DRY WASHINGTON, April 28.—Administration forces overthrew opponents of the Administration Selective Conscription bill in the House on the first vote to-day and struck the volunteer amendments from the measure by a vote of 279 to 98. The vote came on an amendment by Representative Kahn, who ha ied the fight for the Administration bill, moving to strike out the volun- teer amendments inserted by a majority of the Military Commitee against the protests of the President and the Army War College. It assured the passage of the bill as drawn by the army experts. Chairman Webb, of the Judiciary Committee, announced that “a bill will be introduced providing that all citizens of allied countries who ire of military age shall be rounded up and turned over to their respec- ive governments,” In the first vote on the army bill in the Senate, a most drastic prohibition amendment, making it unlawful to sell or give any liquor, wine or beer to any officer or man in uniform or knowingly furnish liquors to any person in the army, was adopted. Seereeeen eran reenttnnsnerenrnn® The volunteer sponsors in the Houne $50,000 SHORTAGE FOUND (renin “teveiopea by the admie, ion fi Wh b be: IN N, Y, BROKERAGE FIRM n forces. en the members od up to pgss the tellers it looked almost as if the whole House wa Loss Sustained by Moyse & Holmes | about to vote for conscription. Chutr- May Exceed $100,000—Sus- | man Dent of the Military Committee, pected Employee Missing. | Beading the volunteer forces, finally gave up counting the votes. , humors in the financial Aietriot MISS RANKIN VOTES FOR VOL- during the week that the brokerage firm of Moyse & Holmes of No. 26| UNTEER CLAUSE. Heaver Street had sustained a loss of| Miss Rankin, the Montana member, ipwards of $100,000 through alleged| Voted for the volunteer ameng- rents, as did Speaker Clark and Chairman Padgett of the Naval Com- lefalcations or Improper transactions n the part of employees were fol- »wed by a formal statement issued | Mttes, Republican Leader Mun this afternoon on behalf of the firm|Yoted for conscription. Democratic y its counsel, Phelan Beale of No,| Ltader Kite busy wita revenue oe Hihadwas | legislation, did not vote. Following conference with Act-| When Representative Saunders of ng District Attorny Black, Mr, Bealo| V!'sinla, presiding, announced the clared that investigation of the| “#22 amendment bad carried 279 to hooks of Moyse & iomer in being | 2% there was thunderous applause nade by certified public acountants| {70m the Moor and the crowded gal- | lertes. wing to the vee fact th ploye t that an employes day's vote in the House was f the offce has been missing for @!, committees of the whole, tt was week. A hasty survey of bis accounts, | taken by tellers and without record, t was stated, show @ discrepancy |The record vote comes later on pass that wil lexceed $50,000, Until ex-| ope rare mi mination of the books is completed, The Moore amendment was defeat- ne oe aainat the absent Sitios [ed 96 to 6. ‘This would have stricken ut the word “selective,” ill a straight draft. The House also defeated an amend The Di trict Attorney's office, Mr making the ll be asked to subpoena rs of the firm for the 1, w irpone CHEM Te enero gees | ment by Representative Austin, Ten and also | esses, providing (hat no troops be ytton Exchange. | ser urope but those who volun ~_ teered tor foreign service, DANIELS’S SON ENLISTS. The amendment by Representative | Sloan of Nebraska to raise the maxi mun eligible age mit from 40 to 60 as defeated by a vote of 117 to 63, An amendment by Representative Norton of North Dakota to raise the *|maximum limit to fifty Joins Heserves as a is Da eldest aniels, Marine Private. cls fr, twenty-one | won of Seeretary of the| in the Marin “3 48 @ private ¢ {! was announced at headquarters, Was defeated 118 to 52, Hee Washington, Sy ES ate debate was begun by adelphia, Tor | Senator Harding of Ohio in support of ible tse sennae & the Administration bill, and also his lamendment, to permit Col. Roosevelt Corp i enlist men, ful war strength. years also’ »