The evening world. Newspaper, April 16, 1918, Page 2

RITISH In the sector of Noyon the ° region of the Oise Canal. A French “rench made some progress in a local operation, | “French reconnoitering parties were very active, especially in the| detachment crossed the canal west of “Pierremande and brought back ten prlsoners and one machine gun. French patrols also took prisoners in the se ctor of Corbeny, in the Champagne, near Seicheprey, and in the Vosges. A German raid at Teton was repulsed. Everywhere else the night was calm. Premier Clemenceau returned to Paris last night from the battlefront ‘where he had been getting into close * The impression of the situation fwith him was a favorable one, touch with conditions, which ke brought back to the capital GERMANS STRIKE WESTWARD AFTER CAPTURE OF BAILLEUL Trying to Push on Railway Centre Eight Half Miles Away. BRITISH ARMY IN 16 (Associated eight and a half Flan- WITH THE FRANCE, April Press).—Bailieul, miles east of Hazebrouck, in @ers, was captured and occupied by the Germans last evening when the enemy also seized Le Revetsaberg Ridge, east of the tow the British pulled their northward to running east and west @ little above Railieul and Le Revetsberg. Fighting ts continuing in this sec- tor, with the Germans trying to push westward toward the railway centre “ot Hazebrouck. The loss of Ballieul was not wnex- pectes’. for its strategical value could Not compensate for the lives it would gost to retain it In the face of the terrible onslaughts the Germans would be able to bring to bear against it, Last night's attack was preceded by @ very heavy bombardment from German guns of all calibres. After this intense preparation the enemy flung into the line the Alpine Corps, the 117th German Division and the Bleventh Ba: trian Division, and bore down on the defending positions along the front from Mount de Lille —high ground just southeast of Bail- feul—to Crucifix Corner, an elevation on the Bailleul-Neuve Eglise high- way, about 2,000 yards west of the latter place. Desperate fighting ensued, but the tle-weary defenders, despite thelr ant resistance, were unable to ‘withstand the shock from overwhelm- ing numbers of fresh troops. Slowly the British line fell back, tut un- on and in good order, until they Poached their present positions, where they held. FP About the time the Germans surged forward against Bailleul they also attempted to advance by two attacks southwest of Bailleul just opposite the northeast corner of the forest of Mieppe. These drives were preceded heavy mine-thrower preparations, 6 attack was driven back by ar- Wlery fire before the opposing in- fantry came to close quarters, but the others materialized. The Germans turled thmeselv @gainst the British furiously, but without avail, for the line held and ‘the attacking troops were forced to fam back. ‘The attack in the Bailleul sector had been boiling all day and had deen expected to break at any mo- ment, The Germans continued to pour northwestward along the roads feading to Estaires and again the British Flying Corps did great work The intrepid flyers kept up an un- ceasing machine-gun and bombing gwarfare against the enemy transport @nd troops, flying at a very low altitude. somewhat positions Vom Stettin rlowits Com- mand German Troops. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 16 (United Press),— 7 German troops that captured Bailleul were commanded by von Btettin, who drove from the south, and by von Carlowitz, whose storm- ing forces pushed northward on the east of the city, simultaneously as- caulting Le Ravetsbeng. Several units ewept past Bailleul itself, Rushing up reinforcements, Hin- @enburg is attacking heavily from Rear Merville to Neuve Egiise. [This takes tn the entire right centre of the German drive, From Merville to Neuve Eglise is eleven miles in an air line, but the front covers nearer fifteen miles, and embraces Merville, Vieux- Berquin, Merris, Meteren, Bail- leu! and Neuve Egiise.} On the Somme battlefront von der Marwitz’s artillery ts speeding un, showing the German Second Army 1s Dristling with guns, There is con- siderable shelling of villages behind the British front, A ES NURSES WANT STRAPS, Need Insignia to Compel Obedience im War Hospitals, WASHINGTON, April 16.—Shoulder straps for women military nurses were urged to-day before the House Mill- faery Affairs Committee at a public hearing on the Baker Bill conferring commissions on medica! women work- ers in military hospitals abroad, Mra. Helen Hoy Greeley, a Now York fewyer, told the committ that the ‘tary nurses need rank of some sort to compe! obedience in the f ali erm, 7: As a result | lines back | NEWVEEGLISEIS FILLED WITH DEAD AS BRITISH RETIRE Neither Side Asked or Gave Quarter in Desperate Struggle for Ruins of Town. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 16 (Associated Press).—The Germans occupied @ shambles they took Neuve Egilse. Tho contending forces, who had been battling bitterly here for days, had been asking and giving no auarter, Several times the shell-torn village changed hands, On each oc- casion it was a struggle to the death with bayonets as the troops swirled when in a mad melee through the erlm- soned streets. The British and Germans alike had but one thought as the red heat of conflict got into their blood—to fight to @ finish and accept the fate which was in store for them. After the British recaptured the place on Saturday morning they con- tinued to hold it with a hollow square of troops thrown around it. The massed Germans kept flinging them- selves against this thin but deter- mined Uno of defenders The battio went on until late Sunday night, when the pressure from overwhelming enemy forces became too great and tho weary satlare of khaki dissolved, tor m in new positions a little northwest of the town, Even then the Germans found themselves tn a nasty situation, for the British artillery im- mediately opened 4 tremendows bom- bardment and began piling, up Ger- man dead with those who had gone before The British unwittingly furnished a mall force of Germans with a feast the day the enemy broke through the Portuguese and got round the Britis» jright flank at Bac St, Maur, A supply train loaded with rations was surrounded. ‘The enemy immedi- ately forgot hostilities and pounced on the train, According to their own statements, the Germans saw white bread for the first time in several years. They also found jam and canned meats. Prisoners who were taken were sur- prised that the British Tommies were still getting such good food, COUNT GZERNIN ORDERED TO SERVICE AT FRONT Austrian Minister Who Resigned Given Command of Brigade Against Italians. COPENHAGEN, April 16.-—Count Crernin, who resigned as Austrian Foreign Minister, has recetved com- mand of an Austrian brigade on the italian front, it was learned here to- day. There was a sharp conflict of opinions when Cazernin conferred with Umperor Charles on Sunday morning, ater, the Emperor re- ount Tisza and Dr. Wekerle, the Hungarian Premier, ROME, April 16, -—- “Emperor Charies should have resigned, but as it is not customary for sovereians to leave their posts even when they make blunders, Count Czernin was| obliged to go,” says the Glornale d'Italia in commenting upon the res- ignation of Count Czernin as Austrian Foreigy Minister, AMSTBRDAM, April 16.—~The entire press of Vienna, @ despatch from that| city reports, Js joining in @ chorus of praise of Count Czernin, The news- Papers refer to the fact that he has concluded peace with Russia and is pre- paring to do #0 With Roumania opinion ts generally expressed that Count some will return to office. DIES AT HARVARD CLUB. Dr, Mogurder of Baltimore Stricken With Heart Attrck, Dr. J. W. Magurder of Baltimore was suddenly stricken with a heart attack in the Harvard Clb, No. West 44th Street, this afternoon and died before the arrival of Dr, Calebella of Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Magurder was forty years old and had been a cuest at the club for several days, Relatives in B: Were notitied of his dea ee _THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, APRIL 16 1918. | BRNGS BACK THRE GERMAN PRISONER Pershing’s Men Are Undeceived | by the Teutonic Trick of | Yelling “Gas,” | | WITH THK AMERICAN ARMY 'N | FRANCE, Apri 16 (Associated Press). | |The German attack against the | American positions on the right bank | of the Meuse, north of St, Mihiel, fun- |day, was made by @ force of 400 |picked troops who were recently |brought there from the Ruawian front, Although the Americans were outnumbered more than two to ou they completely repulsed the enemy, driving him back to his own trenches ‘The known enemy casualties include sixty-four dead, many wounded and] eleven prisoners, bestdes a number of wounded who were dragged back to the German lines by their comrades. The American casualties were com- paratively slight The Germans attempted to daceive the Americans by appearing in frout of the trenches speaking ¥renca and English, and also by yelling “gas.” Tho deception, however, was soon discovered and cost the enemy dear, GOT A GERMAN BEFORE HE GOT A MATCH. Numerous stories of individual bravery poured Into the headquarters to-day, A young Italian, born in a Pennsylvanta coal mining town, killed one German and captured three, He saw elght Germans walking tn a com. munication trench ahead of him and, although alone, he shot and killed une} and ran after the others, capturing two and wounding some of those who escaped. He then returned to the American line and turned over the prisoners to a non-commissioned otf- cer, and coolly asked for a match. The non-com jokingly said: “I'll give you a match If you bring in aasother prisone! The Italian, who 1 omy five feet four Inches tall, took him at his word and went back over the parapet. Ho returned in less than five minutes, walking with drawn bayonet behind a six-foot German who was yelling “Kamerad, kari. erad.” A fow minutes later it was reported that ten Germans wore lying in a machine gun nest in no man’s land, ‘The Malian started for the spot alone, but he was ordered back by the com- mander of tho unit, who later sent a detachment of men to rout out the enemy, which they did, GERMANS EXPECTED TO HOLD AMERICAN TRENCHES, The prisoners captured by the Americans were mostly men under twenty years of age. Thoy carried two days’ rations and intrenching toola, and said they expected to oc- cupy the American front Ine post- tions. Most of. them complained about the German food. The bread which they carried was almost black and they eagerly devoured the white bread offered by their captors, ‘The prisoners satd the attack wa, made by picked men of four companies, two from the 272d Regt- ment, regular reserves; one of shock troops and one of pioneers. Some wore belts with a large buckle bearing the inscription “Gott Mit Uns.” Several carried long trench knives resembling daggers, A large percentage of the American troops participating in this engage- ment were sons of foreign born par- ents, some of them being only veven- teen or elghteen years old. ‘They are, however, hardened to trench wartaro and absolutely fearless, There is nothing ty like better than a chance to “go over the top.” Tho officers have diMfculty in restraining them. Whenever they ask for a patrol or raiding party every man wants to 0, and they are convinced that each of them is better than two Germans Sunday they proved it, GERMAN TRICK FOILED BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS. ‘The enemy made the attack in four groups. As soon as they reached the American wire entanglements they began yelling “Gas!” At one point the Americans began to put on their gas masks, whereupon the Germana opened fire, but the ruse was dis- covered before the enemy could do any damago. The Americans went at the Ger- mans with hand grenades, rifles and automatics. A small party of Ger- mans who attempted the same trick at another point were outwitted by an American, who shouted, “Fellows, there's too much wind for gas. They are Germans. Give them hell!” “And .We did,” added a Massa- chusetts lad, who took part in the attack, Another group of the enemy tried to impersonate Allied troops, “They |didn’t have the password,” aid one ‘American private, “so wo decided to | tire fret and ask Questions afterward, |but when we got through with them | there were none ready to talk.” One Sergeant and two privates, cut off in a corner of @ trench, held out for more than two hours against a| much superior force and finally| reached the American lines in safety. ‘wo other Americans, who had been made prisonerd and were being led past @ strong point in the Amuarican | ONEU.S.SOLDIER "4 | | watched admiringly the progress of Lp ‘Bully e Line in Flanders And the Extension to the Sea t ievescmacredl Ve’ woe ‘Ba ille hye SRS = nf VY Boren, o ROUBAIA ny + em = Arrows point to positions now under hottest attack, line, were rescued by comrades, who scattered the enemy One “dough boy” taken by the Germans was pulled for sixteen yards over the barbed wire and then eluded the ene- my by jumping into a communicating trench during a barrage. The Americans did brilliant work In the stiff fighting on Friday at Brule Wood, in the Forest of Apremont, Lorraine, to which the French Office already has referred tp its communications, An account of the engagement, which has just reached the correspondent through the trench War |, Army, shows that at 4.30 o'clock in the morning, after a short and severe bombardment, 600 German troops se- lected from an entire division made an assault and attempted to occupy a first line trench, Small bodies of famous French troops which formed the advance posts resisted the enemy until thelr ammunition was exhausted. Then they retired to obtain supplies, after which they returned to the fight. | The French commander imuinedi- ately organized a counter-attack, in which American troops joined, ‘and after flerce fighting ejected the en- emy. The ground was strewn with the German dead, and the Allies took @ number of prisoners, | Shortly afterward suspicious enemy} movements were observed in that vicinity. Groups of Gerinans wero ween to be creeping into the first line of the American position, which had voluntarily been left ‘unoccupied, American soldiers dashed forward from the support line and engaged in grenade fighting and hand-tu-hand, encounters, in the course of which they displayed wonderful dash aztd| coolness, French troops nearby! the Americans, who, after a severe engagement, repulsed tha Germans, The enemy suffered heavy casualties and left behind twenty-four prisoners, AMERICAN POSITION TAKEN BY STORM, IS GERMAN CLAIM Berlin Despatch Reports Successful Attack on Meuse, Near Maizey. AMSTBRDAM, April 16 (Associated Press).—-North of St. Miblel on Sun- day night, says a Wolff Bureau de- spateh from Berlin dated Monday, the main part of the American positions situated to the eastward and south- eastward of Maizey, on the right bank of the Meuse River, was taken by storm, ‘A large section of the main enemy Mines of defense, on the high road from St. Mihiel to Rouvrois (a dis- tance of three and one-half miles), the despatch adds, was rolled up despite the brave resistance of the enemy, who suffered the severest casualties in’ addition to the loss of prisoners PRESIDENT SENDS REGRETS. » jay School F to See rade. esident Wilson to-fay postponed his visit to Brooklyn on June 6 to review the Sunday school parade. He sent @ lotter of regret to 1, 8, Senator Calder, ling preasure of official business, sident Wilaon's letter follows: dy dear Senator Calder: 1 know about the remarkable Sunday school celebration which takes place in Brooklyn every spring. I ha re- peatedly promised myself the pleasure Unhappily [ have 1 and Ib) now more ned my Warm appri tion of Invitation which letter kindly extends and my ai pointment that 1 cannot accept it? “Bincerely yours WOODROW WILSON," _— those A= | PRISONERS OF WAR HERE ARE ALL PUT TO WORK Americans Held in Germany Com- plain of Lack of Blankets and of Food. WASHINGTON, | April 16,—Dvery man prisoner of war in this country was ordered by the War Department to- day to be put to work. Bight hundred and fifty were set to building roads near “ort McPherson, Ga, while others at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., were employed in building new structures to house other prisoners, With the War Department taking over for the navy the U 58 prisonera captured by the destroyer Fanning there still remains the problem of whether Gen. Pershing’s prisoners shall be brought back here. A decision on this point 18 expected soon, That some complaints of German food and camp conditions have come from American prisoners in Germany became known to-day, Some of the men feport- ed that they did not have enough blank- ets, while others sald they were given either poor quality food or ttle of it. Int ational law requires a nation to feed {ts prisoners as it feeds its own soldiers, This Germany 1s not doing, though the United States 1s scrupu- lously observing that regulation. HELSINGFORS YIELDS BOOTY. Germans Also Took Prisoners in Finnish Capt VASA, Finland, April 16.+Several prisoners and a large amount of booty were taken by the German troops which captured Helsingfors, capital of Finland, according to a communteation {ssued from the headquarters of the German commander, Gen. von der Goltz., The city was captured on Sat- urday, being taken by storm after d perate struggles in the streets and in forests around the town, —_$—$———— HAVRE DE GRACE RESULTS. FIRST RACE—Selling; three-year- olds and upward; five furlongs.—King Worth, 117 (Molesworth), straight $5.50, piace $3.00, show $2.60, won: Murphy, 17 (Troxter), pla 0, show $2.70, second; Scarpla 2d, 106 (Doyle), show $10.80, third. Time 1.011-5. "Rollin Laird, Swoon, Sleepy Sam, Peganini, Col, Ballentine, King John, Stalwart also ran. —— HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES. RACE TRACK. HAVRE DE GRAOE, Ma April 16,—The entries for to-morrow’s races are as follows: FIRST RACE—Two- year ioe furionay Johns Mint, 116: * Weston Rist Shar SROGN RA it steeplechase: gellin Fier ab: Fair, Md ia Ha aD:" Seacoant 40: Hob Nedra S's *CGlouewter, 100: ‘Racebrook criti allowance claimed “ra md Sapwe ‘me rare only: clabuing ue, 110; Flamer aT ‘ tom, ok hire Odeo, 160; ‘ah, “favenit limp, 00 RACE~-Three-year-olte and maidens and withers of one rece only; claim un. five furlong Generous, 107; BP Royal Writ Imp, a8) PG rance, 368 ora) io! pa 10h; Peover, Jum! METH: RACE Hine jour cide and & ty YO Harry Dan oyne 108; “situghouse, int rch Tea i: witad, 08! “atte, HB; aimistes SIX" fearolle and fasy Lou, 108; claiming 118; *Ou clad vn, [1 len, George Roesah, 18! * Relic ¢ : Hw ro Noe, 1€8; Dr, Campbell, 118: German Troops to Occupy Roumanian OU Fields, AMSTERDAM, April 16—In connec tion with the provision of the Rou- manian peace treaty giving Germany @ 6 of ninety-nine years on the Noue nian oil Wells, the Berlin Kos ung reports, Germany has reserved the right of military ‘occupation of ollsproducing territory several | years, pastor of the Classon Avenue Presby- FLYERS KEEP UP UNCEASING FIRE ON GERMAN TROOPS ° BOYS FROM FARMS OUT IN IOWA ARE HEROES I FRANCE ; Officers Who Led Them Into ; German Trenches Win the War Cross. nICAN ARMY | | | | WITH THE AMF NEAR LUNEVILLE, March 12 (United Press).—The farmer from Towa {s showing soldierly qualities equal to those of any other Americans on the battlefront. After the big raid jQgainst the German lines on March 9 an Towa farmer was sitting at a Tough wood table, writing out @ port of what had happened the night before for his superior officer. He was Capt. Charles Casey. His home is in Veliska. His massive shoul- ders were bent far ovor the table as he wrote a plain, colorless statement to the effect that he and his men left their trenches at 5.05 the ufter- noon before; that all objectives were reached, and that they had returned to their own lines on scheduled time. It was what would be called a “minor operation” jn a military sense —imgrely a raid, But this is 4 super- war, and during the brief tlme the operation lasted, it was probably as violent as Americans have ever scen. The men vaulted over the parapets; they passed through a hell of fire, found thy woods, trénches and dug- outs of the Germans demolished by artillery; an airplane swooped down | on them until the grinning face of the aviator plying his machine gun could be seen. The boys who went through this are simple farmer boys again, though in uniform and in a@ soldier's billet. “The boys were great, weren't they,” Cpt. Casey said, “It was the hardest thing I ever did in my life —that blowing the whistle that sent them over, I know they wanted to go, every one of them, They were spoiling for it. But to look out there, to know what they were going int —by George, it was hard. “We're all from the same county, you know, And there wasn’t a yellow one in the bunch. Two boys left behind to see that every one went over had nothing to do, and ran as hard as they could from one dugout to another on their Inspection, so they could catch up with us. Have you seen the old man?” The “old man” is Capt. Ross, also from Veliska. He is beyond forty. His thinning hair {s streaked with gray, and his face shows lines of work and study. He led another raiding party that entered the Ger- lines, not far from where Casey an@ his men went tn, “I just want to shake the old man’s hand,” mused Casey. “He didn't have to come over here, of course, but he's a wonder.” Up a flight of rickety stairs in a big bare room, Capt. Ross was found, His gray eyes were tired. “I was just looking over last night's party as it appedrs on paper,” Ross Jexplained as he arose. “1 guess I'll | keep this as a sort of souvenir.” He was told that Capt, Casey was downstairs. His eyes lighted up, Then, standing in the middle of the street, their clothes torn and tattered by German barbed wire, their hands chant and farmer clasped hands. Al There was joking and langhter as group after group of these boys passed by. But there was a trace of @ tear in the eyes of Casey and the eyes of 088, Rothe boys couldn't have been bet- ter, could they?” they asked each other almost in the same breath, “The folks at home should be proud of them,” The merchant now wear the war crosi Their names are on the rolls of the French Army for bravery and gal- lantry in action, GERMAN BREAD RATION MAY BE GUT AGAIN, DICTATOR WARNS PEOPLE Upon What Can Be Secured From the Ukraine, ONDON, April 16.—A_ de- spatch to the Dally Mail from The Hague quotes the German Food Controller, von Wal- dow, as follows: Owing to the small sup- plies no satisfactory solution of the economic problem can be attained. Whether the present bread ration can be up. from the Ukraine. But is good hope that we can get through to the next harvest without suffering al- together too great privations. Lord "Rhonda, British Food Controller, in an interview with the Associated Press to-day suid: ie Hirereas Lusi Micaaeeiarsnatgme!| tt Ue @ Rata mee for Part } mT 108; "Hie “Hampen, of banes| “give us bread” resounds in- ie ama ad ah cessantly in Hindenburg’s spaieesiate ears, and that cry has set the a el to Be Army Chaplain.) German legions moving. The The Rov. Dr. Joseph Dunn Burrell, proved to be nothing but arian Shure urneaiya ~~ Lede a mirage. The despairing hia pubis fOr gervige Ae Of, Sealy chap: energies of hunger are at the \o Camp Aver, Maus, in a (ew weeks, | heart of thie tury of battle, 4 and faces still soiled, an Iowa mer’ about them were other Americans. | lowa farmer and the Iowa) {10 BRIGADIER GENERALS RAISED TO MAJOR RANK Wilson Makes Promotions in Na- tional Army, Also Advancing Twenty-seven Colonels. , | WASHINGTON, April 16,—Ten Brig- adier Generals of the National Army | Were nominated to-day by President | Wilson to be Major Generals and twen- ty-seven Colonels were nominated to be Brigadier Generals, ‘The Major Generals nominated follow: William F. Burnham, James H. McRae, Ernest Hinds, Charles Farnsworth, Edward F. MeGlachiin [ite Willard A. Holbrook, George B. Dun- can, Charles H. Martin, James W, Mc- Andrew, Lerog 8, Lyon. Nominated to be Brigadier Generals Cols, Robert H. Noble, Arthur Johneon, Charles Gerhadrt, William K, Dashiell, Guy H. Preston, Frank W. Caldwell, Lutz Wahl, John L. Hines, Joseph jC. Castner, Julian R. Lindsey, George If, Jamerson, Lincoln C, Andrews, {Dwight EB. Aultman, Ora Hunt, | Adrian 8. Fleming, Thomas W. Darrah, ohnson Hagood, Lytle Brown, Alfred . Starbird, Edward T. Donnelly, Fred |T. Austin, William I, Westervelt, Au- sustine Meintyre, Richard W. Young, orge A. Wingate, Hugh &. Johnson, Lieut. Col, Robert E. Wood, | Col. George A. Wingate, who to-day |Was nominated to be a Brigadier Gen eral, was commander of the 2d Regi- ment of Field Artillery, New York State | Guard. He was one of the best known jofficera of the Guard, which he joined | 4s @ private in Company D of the 234 | Regiment in 1889. He is a son of Gen jGedrge W. Wingate. "100 LOAN HONOR FLAGS | IN'REW YORK DISTRICT | Cleveland Territory Takes Lead in Nation With 234 Communi- | ties Oversubscribed, | WASHINGTON, April 16.—The | Cleveland Federal Reserve district to-day wrested from the San Fran- cisco district the honor of having | the most communities oversubscribed | to the Third Liberty Loan. Its record jis now 234, as compared with San | Francisco's 206, Toledo and Colum- bus are making rapid progress in their campaigns. Columbus reports 68,000 subscribers for a total of $15,000,000. ‘Toledo, with 59,000 sub- | scr’bers for $13,000,000, is 40 per cent. jAbove its quota. Dayton, 0, re- ported $2,000,000 sales. Pittsburgh women have gathered. $2,000,000 in subscription: The New York Federal district has awarded 100 honor fl; New England reports 146 communities, with one-half of the district's total subscribed in Massa- chusetts. AUSTRIAN DRIVE AT HAND, ITALIAN EXPERTS. BELIEVE Emperor's Visit to Front and Inspired Articles in Press Indicate Wide Offensive. | WASHINGTON, April 16.—An Aus- |trian offensive against Italy 1s immi- [nent and will be started on @ large |scale, in the opinion’of Italian observers |as expressed in official messages to-day |to the Italian Embassy here. The re- cont viatt of Emperor Charles to the jAustrian front and inspired articles in the Austria: vd German newspapers, |the usual forerunners of an offensive, jare taken as un Indication. ‘The enemy press has begun to speak lopenly of the offensive in order to pre- pare the Austro-Hungarian public for the inevitable losses resulting from such colossal operations as are anticipated mi-efficial newspapers,” the de- tehes say. "The Vossische Zeitung (Berlin), in an article full of mysterious allusions, says this spring will put Switzerlan neutrality under the, severest teat, a: the Austro-German troops will prob- ably encircle, in the course of thelr operations, the little republic. The | Mannheimer Anzelger urges that the | German offensive in France be com- | pleted with @ ‘aimilarly irresistible’ jdrive against the Itallans and against | the British in Palestine, i} Lanegan. pqrepaeeyed | U. S. BALL FIELDS IN BOIS. Three Diam: for American Sol- diera’ League, Present Supply Dependent Wholly! PARts, April 16.—The handsome Bots de Boulogne 1s likely the princtpal baseball field around Paris. |"rhe city authorities have granted per | mission for the use of the unimproved | space in the Kreat park for threo dia- monda to be used by the American § | Deditionary Force Leamie in. Paris, | “Another diamond will be provided by | the racing club at Coambes. to become Reserve | | tor, was perhaps fatally ‘INDICTMENTS STAND . IN SEA SIDE PARK GASES Justice Goff Refuses Motion to Dis- s Made for Bailey, Reynolds and Greve, Supreme Court Justice Goff this af- ternoon denied a motion to diemiss the | indictments against Frank Batley, Vice « Presidem of the Title Guarantee and ‘Trust Company; William H. Reynolds, former State Senator; William M. Greve, Vice President of the Neponstt Realty Company, and Charles A. O'Malley, for- ° merly land expert for the State Comp~- troller. The men had been indicted for al leged conspiracy in connection with the | sale of the Seaside Park site to the city . under the Mitchel administration. Die- missal of the indictments was sought o: the ground of insufficient evidence and and the statute of limitations, Justice Goff said the constitutional rights of the defendants had noe been violated and that the evidence had been suffi clent to warrant the inictments, pita sineo> ere TWO WIRELESS PLANTS DISMANTLED IN CHICAGO One Said to Have Been Powerful Enough to Have Communi- cated With Germany. CHICAGO, April 16.—Two wireles: plants, one of which is said to have been powerful enough to communi- cate with Germany, have been disman- tled by Federal agents. The keeper of one of the stations was arrested, but his name was withheld. INSTITUTE OF FRANCE TO HONOR MR WILSON WASHINGTON, April 16.—Presi- dent Wilson will be elected a membe: of the Institute of France. An official despatch says that the Academy of Moral and Political Science, finding it necessary to elect in its section ef foreign associates a member to re- place Mr. Villart of Florence, has pro- posed the hame of President Wilson, whioh was received with much appre- ciation. On account of formalities tu be observed the election will not be held for several weeks. The despatch sald the President would be elected by acclamation, pike tne AVIATOR KILLED BY FALL, Instructor With California Vietim Also May Die. LONG BEACH, Cal, April 16.—Law- rence M. Reel, twenty-one, was killed, snd Gridsol Christofferson, his instrue- tured in an aviation accident on the bch here to- day. They were makin~ a practice flight when thelr machine fel. SHELLS KILL ONE IN PARIS. Woman Victim of Long Range Mire —Two Wounded, PARIS, April 16.—Shells from the long-range German guns killed one woman and wounded one woman «and one man in the Paris District last * night, according to an official state. ment’ issued to-day. Canadian © List. OTTAWA, April 16.—The following Americans are listed in to-day's Can adian casualty report: Killed in action— E. Gadbois, Holyoke, Mass.. Died of wounds.-G,, Findlay, Manchester, N, 1 W E Americans in Mey Dwire, Silverton, Ore. 2. “Davison, Detroit Y.; BH, Holland Hamilton, Little c City, Mich; W Minn.; H. Smith, — 850,000,000 Concrete Ship Bill Te- troduced, WASHINGTON, April 16.—A bill ap. propriating $50,000,000 for constructing concrete ships was introduced to-day by Senator McCumber of North Dakota The measure was prepared by Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board, LEARN To Swim NOW Festa 3 S1x Ave or. 42," Street DIED. M'CANN—On April 14, HUGH Pp. 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