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SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1918.—TWELVE PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
SAYS CHAPLAIN
Boys of Eighteen Fight Like Vete-
rans—Men Recoil and Then
Forget Everything But to
Fight.
COLORS OF REGIMENTS
AT APREMONT DECORATED
Arkansas Private, Who Enlisted in
Texas, Tells Experiences at Listen-
ing Post—Men Who Served 011 Bor-
der Among Wounded Returned.
International News Service.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE—April 28.—The Rev. John
B. Devalle, curate of St. John the Bap-
tist's Church at New Bedford, Mass.,
assigned by the Knights of Columbus
as chaplain to the American infantry
regiment whose colors were today dec-
orated by a French general in an im-
pressive ceremony marked by a regi-
mental review, told the International
News Service correspondent his ex-
periences in the two-day battle in the
Apremont woods in the sector north-
west of Toul, when Americans and
Frenchmen routed 800 German storm
troops a fortnight ago.
Chaplain Devalle was among those of
the regiment who were awarded the French
war cross for conspicuous bravery under
fire.
"You should go among the boys in the
ranks. That's where you find heroic Amer-
icans who are a credit, to our beloved flag
The Nation will he astounded to see how
they fought. There was no thought of
fear. They just pitched in. No enemy in
the world can conquer such a spirit.
"Striplings of 18 showed the fortitude
of veterans, [t was my baptism of fire
and it wnj# hell Incarnate while it lasted.
There was times When I wan afraid to
utay alone in the room during a thunder
storm and if anybody had told me I could
ever go through such a thing 1 would not
have believed it.
"You recoil for a minute, then you for-
get all about yourself. Shells were fall-*
log everywhere. .Men were dropping to
ear(li, stones were flying and shells burst-
ing all around. Our dugout received one
direct hit, but no one was injured.
"Lieut. John Galvin of Greenfield (State
not given) caiye to the dressing station
after fighting gallantly all of the first
day. He told the doctor there was some
thing the matter with" his ear drums. He
said he could not hear and it Interfered
with his work.
International News Service.
BALTIMt>RK. April I'M. More wounded
and disabled men are on their way from
Frame to the nrm.\ hospital at Fort M<-
Henry. Many of lite men who have al-
ready been sent home have recovered
sufficiently to lie sen! to Southern hos-
pitals, where tlicy will undergo what *
Continued on I'ace Two, Column Two.
, W.S.S.
Germans Again Essay
Raid on Americans, But
Bullets Provejarrier
Enemy Troops J and Wear-
ing French Uniforms and
Suminari 1 y Executed.
By BERT FORD.
i International News Service Staff Correspondent.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 27.— (Delayed.) —
Another attempted German raid on American lines in the vicinity of the village
Of Seicheprey in the sector northwest of Toul, was defeated by .the Americans
today. It was in this same region that the Americans administered a signal
defeat to the enemy in a raid on last Saturday and Sunday. Today's attempted
raid was undertaken early in the morning and it was defeated by the alertness
and accuracy of the American artillery.
At 3 o'clock the enemy laid down a barrage of shells which was followed
by a gas attack. The American infantry immediately prepared for an attack.
The rush of the Germans, however, did not materialize during a wait of two
hours.
Later the bombardment was renewed by the Germans with greater vigor
and German infantry units started a raid which, however, was soon broken
up and driven off by our batteries.
The result was that the enemy raiders did not reach our lines.
The conflict then settled down entirely to an artillery duel.
—«|» Some losses were suffered by the enemy
in the active attempt to storm the Amen-
ARRESTED, RESULT
ESPIONAGE LAWS
WILLIAM EDENBORN, PROMINENT
LOUISIANA MULTI-MILLION-
AIRE HELD.
NEW DEMANDS ON
CHINA EXACTING
SHANGHAI GAZETTE ASSERTS VIR-
TUAL JAPANESE DOMINATION
ACCEPTED BY GOVERNMENT.
Br Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. Wednesday. April 24.—The
statement is made in the first issue of
the Shanghai Gazette, uhl. h has made it-;
appearance under the editorship of Eugene,
('hen. that the Chinese government Pas
agreed to new demands made by Japan,
which are of sin h a nature that the ••oun
try has virtually been turned over to the
Iapane.se. The Gazette asserts it has been
informed by a high official at Peking
that the Japanese demands are far more
serious than those in group five of the
famous twenty-one demands made oy
Japan in 1015.
"Notwithstanding the fact that the ut-
most secrecy is being observed." says the
Gazette, "it may be stated safely that the
following is not far from the true terms
of the agreement:
"Chinese expeditionary forces sent to
Siberia shall be commanded by a Jap-
anese.
"Chinese police shall be organized by
Japanese officers.
"Japan shall control all of China's
arsenals and dockyards.
"Japan shaU hsve the privilege of work-
ing mines in all parts of China.
"Special privileges shall be granted to,
Japan in outer and in near Mongolia and
the whole of Manchuria.
"Other articles included provisions for
financial control and educational assist
a ice."
A dispatch filed in Peking April I sa*d
it was reported there that Japan had sub
- mitted a new series of demands to China
including complete control of Chlti:i'«
finances, the purchase of .10 per cent of
China's ammunition in Japan. njwratboi
of Chinese Iron mines and dockyards uu-
der Japanese control, and recognition of
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.
W.S.S.
DUTCH YIELD TO GERMAN
ULTIMATUM ON MATERIALS
By Associated Prw».
LONDON. April 20.— Holland has yield
ed to Germany's demands concerning
transport and the supply ..f vind nd
gravel although it is understood that t!i 1
amount of sand and gravel will l»e limit - I I
instead of unlimited, according to a dis !
patch from The Hague to the Dailj Mail I
dated Sunday.
By Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. April 28.—'William
Hdenborn, president of the Louisiana Hail-
way & Navigation Company, and reputed
many times a millionaire, was arrested by
Department of Justice officials at Shrews-
bury, I.a., near here, late today on an
affidavit charging violation of the espion-
age act. Hdenborn was taken Into custody
as he stepped from an I.. It. & N. train
and taken to a place, the location of which
the authorities refused to divulge.
A resolution calling upon the Department
of Justice to prosecute Hdenborn under
section three of the espionage act for al-
leged seditious utterances had been unani
inously adopted at a meeting here late to
day of the executive committee of the Na-
tional Security League, Louisiana Division.
The utterances referred to In the resolution
were said to have been made by Hdenborn
at an Americanization meeting of residents
of German descent held here Friday night
and were characterized as amounting to
"seditious treason against the I'nited States
Government and Its allies and in effect
pro German propaganda of a very danger
ous sort."
Assistant District Attorney Nicholas t'al
Ian announced tonight that Kdenhorn's ar-
rest was independent of action taken at a
meeting today of the Louisiana Division ot
the National Security League, when a
resolution was adopted calling for Federal
prosecution of the capitalist for utterances
which were declared seditious. Beyond this
statement the Federal authorities declined
to comment on the arrest. Newspapermen
were warned against making efforts to dis
cover where Helen born was being kept.
Hdenborn, founder of the American Steel
& Wire Company, now a part of the United
States Steel Corporation, has been referred
to as "father of the wire industry in Amer-
ica,'' having erected mills and produced
wire in 1*70. three years after he cane
to the United States from his birthplace.
Westphalia, Prussia.
He came to Louisiana in 190R, where he
has been best known as a railroad builder
and operator.
The board of governors of the Pickwick
Club, at a specially called meeting tonight,
adopted a resolution expelling Hdenborn
from the membership of the organization.
St. Clair Adams, former District Attor-
ney and a leader in the Louisiana division.
National Sectwitj Lea (cue, in a Liberty
Loan address at a theater late last night,
referred to the Americanization meeting
speech and said :
"Hdenborn should be Interned. Men
have been tarred and feathered In Loulsi
ana already for less."
Considerable feeling in the communltv,
according to the authorities, has been
aroused by Kdenhorn's remarks at the
Continued on Page Two, Column 81*,
W.S.S.
AMERICAN WOUNDED
TO AID DOND SALES
ans but how large their casualties were it
is not known.
The return of fair weather in the Ameri-
can sector has brought with It a marked
Increase in artillery and air activities on
the part of the enemy.
Two German prisoners, their backs la
beled "P. G.," were shot by American
sharpshooters before daybreak today as
they were attempting to escape through
our lines.
International News Service.
WITH THE A M Kit I CAN ARMY IN
FRANCK. April 28. Many Germans posed
as French soldiers in the recent raid on
the American sector near St. Mihiel, it
was revealed today, when additional do
tails of the action were released for the
use of correspondents.
The Germans, wearing French uniforms,
came upon the Americans, the uniforms
having been stripped from the bodies of
dead French soldiers.
The masquersders caused some confusion
during the fight as they posed as friends
of the American Infantrymen and spoke to
the latter In French and English. They
even shouted an alleged warning of a gas
attack. As soon as auy American nearby
obeyed these warnings the deceptively dis-
guised Germans attacked them with
grenades. All the time they kept shouting:
"NVe are friends of the Americans." "Cease,
firing.'' "We are French soldiers who
have come to aid you."
It dl«l not take many seconds for the
Americans to discover the deception and
they retaliated by slaying the pseudo-
Frenchmen and in completely routing the
enemy despite his advantage of camouflage
consisting of dead men's clothes.
By Associated Press.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, April 2*. Amer-
icans go into battle cheering and waving
their hats, said Regimental Color Sergt.
John J. Heffernan, in describing condi-
tions at the Franco-American front.
"The Idea was to put us on a quiet
sector when we went over first," he said,
"but the sector didn't remain quiet long
with the Americans In it. They began
fighting the first minute they could, and
they have been fighting ever since.
"I remember one detail that was haul
ing ammunition to the front. We came
to a road where we were told that we
could not pass, as the Germans were
shelling it.
"'Well, boys, do we wont to go over
that road?' 1 asked.
"All the men driving the ammunition
trucks began to cheer and wave their hats
Continued on Page Two. Column Five.
W.S.S. —
Final Week Ooens With More
Than Two Billions Definitely
Pledged—Many Bit* Subscrip-
tions Coming.
20,000,000 SUBSCRIBERS
ARE WANTED BY TREASURY
GERMANS ENCIRCLING YPRES
LAIN! THREATENING GAINS
5-POINTED
DRIVE AIMS
AT BRITISH!
"But You Ought to See the Other Fellow'
Rrcenl German Loan Taken by One in
Every Ten Persons Throughout Em-
pire Cited as Example—750,000 Sub-
scribers in Eleventh Federal Re-
serve District.
E
N RUSSIA DECLARED
OPPOSED 10 PEACE
REPORTS IN FINLAND SAY CZARK-
VITCB PARTY WILL NOT AC-
CEPT BOLSHEVIK TREATY.
Fifty Wearers of Gold "V"
Arrived From French
Battlefields.
By Associate! Press.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. April
28.—Fifty American soldiers,
most of whom have been
wounded or gassed, have been
brought to this port from
France by order of President
Wilson to take part in the
Liberty Loan campaign, ac-
cording to an announcement
made by the military authori-
ties here today.
The party arrived here on a
transport last night.
Six of the men wear Frenc'i
war crosses awarded for gal-
lantry in action and all wear
the gold "V" for foreign serv-
ice.
j By Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, April 28.—Correspondents
I of Swedish newspapers in Finland tele
| graph persistent rumors In circulation
I there of important hnp|»enings in Russia,
j The most definite rumor declares that the
j former Grand Duke Alexis, son of the
former Kmperor. has been declared Em-
peror with Grand Duke Michael Alexnn
droYitch as regent, and that the new gov-
ernment mould refuse to recognize the
Bolshevik |>ea<-e treaty with Germany.
The rumors would be disregarded here
were It not for the fact that a report
from Vasa. Finland, last Thuraday, de
dared that the transportation of Russian
civilian prisoners had to be suspended
"because of current disorders in Russia.**
Finland and Sweden have had no tele
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—
Over-subscription of the three-billion-
dollar minimum of the third Liberty
Loan now is looked for during the cam- j
paign's final week, aboait to start, but
Treasury officials declared tonight the
five billions needed would be sub-
scribed only if millions of citizens take
shares of the loan in the next six days.
It is apparent that with about $2,-
200,000,000 definitely pledged, many
other subscriptions in the hands of
campaign committees without the in-
stallment payments and a roll of 'J,-
461,000 individual subscribers the
third war credit is truly "a people's
loan."
"But only the lianlpst kind ot work in
the nest six (Ih.vh will make possible up
proaches of t he 20,000,000 subscribers goal
ftsked for by Secretary McAdoo," said the
headquurters review tonight.
When the second loan campaign wan
three-fourths over, the Treasury estimated
that possibly $2,250,000,000 had been sub
scribed, although only $1,388,000,000 had
been officially reached, as compared with
the $2,200,000,000 now officially tabulated
for tiie third loan.
It Is considered certain that reports this
week will include a great number of
pledges from wealthy men and corpora
tions which heretofore have held off,
hoping for the Government to arrange a
system ot Installment payments for in-
come and excess profits taxes. Since this
has beeii definitely refused thc.v are ex-
pected to subscribe liberally to Liberty
bonds, paying for them on tlio Installment
plan. In row it. ion to l.',«*e Idg subscrip-
tions, campaign workers 'look for an ava-
lanche of small purchases on the last two
days, Friday and Saturday.
The loan headquarters tonight offered
the comment "that Germany, after three
years of war, recently floated a loan which
averaged one bond to every ten persons in
the empire and that it behooves this conn
try to go well abdve this average in order
to make an impressive demonstration ot
unity."
The number of subscribers and distribu-
tion of bonds by States Is shown b\ the
following Federal reserve district report*:
Chicago district: Illinois, 505,000; Iowa,
500,000: Michigan. 325,OOO: Indiana (north-
ern parti, 2H5.000, and Wisconsin. 21"i,(M>0.
Total, 1,900,000.
Kansas City district: Nebraska, 175.000;
Oklahoma, 105,000: Kansas, Ido.noo: Mis
sourl (western parti, 15<\o00: Colorado,
132.000; Wyoming. 30.000, and New Mexico,
15,000. Total, M22.U00.
San Francisco district : California, 398,-
45,S; Washington, 01.1S2: Oregon, No,042;
Idaho,/44,3S5: I'tab, .14,227; Arizona, 10,850,
and Nevada, 8,043. Total 002,187.
St. Louis District Arkansas. 7o,07d, and
those parts of the following States which,
lie in the dlstrlct:
Illinois, 71,742; Indiana, 52.0fl3; Ken
tucky, 84,310; Mississippi, 20.161; Mis-
souri, 246,645, and Tennessee, 2I«5D2. Totii.
578,405.
New York District New York State.
000,000; twelve northern counties of ,>e.v
Jersey, 200,000, and Fairfield County,
Conn.. 25,000. Total, l,S25,(KM).
Estimates of other district totals are:
Boston. 523.456; Dallas. 730,000; Philadel
phia. 500.000: Cleveland, 750,000; Hi ii
mond. loo.ooo; Minneapolis, 500,000 and
Atlanta. 300,000.
More small bonds are being sold in
the loan than were sold in the second,
hence the Individual number of sub-
scribers must be much larger now in oi
der to raise an amount of money e<|U.ii
to that raised in the second loan.
"One of the most potent factors in the
success of the third loan to ddte ha
been f he splendid support given it by
the residents of rural communities," said
the treasury review.
The Minneapolis, St Paul and Kansas
City districts have attained their ijtiotafl
largely because of purchases by farmers.
Never before in a try of the three Liberty
Loan campaigns have so many solicitors
been In the field as will step forth to
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.
Berlin Says Hill No.
60 and Village of
Locre Taken.
Enemy Within 2 Miles
Directly East of City
Asserts Berlin.
—Copyright by International Film Service.
Here's a happy Highlander. Though wounded during the recent heavy fighting
hte has couie out of the fray with a German helmet as a trophy.
IS NOT VITAL TO
PORTS' OEM
P A U I S NEWSPAPER DECLARES
BRITISH HAVE MUCH
STRONGER LINE.
International,News Service.
PA HIS. April -X. Le Journal,
mentlug on the battle in Flanders,
'•Ypres no longer has anything
wilh the security of the road to
kirk and ''nlnis. In November. 1014
coin
says:
to do
1 »uu
this
2MILES0FYPRES
NIT DRIVEN BACK
BRITISH ANNOUNCE RECAPTURE
OK VOORMEZEELE— PRESS INTI-'
MATES MORE WITHDRAWALS.
•cuthi not be said. The British defense,
however, has been reopened since strong
points of support have been found on
the Yser. The lino of Poperinghe Mount
Cassel-Haxebroiick Is a barrier sufficient
to block the Germans. The allied line
necessarily has been bent but It has no
where broken nor will it break."
Marcel Ilutin. writing in the Echo de
Paris, says:
"Ludendorff is trying to force the al-
lies to draw their reserves to points which
he selects.
"Foch will not be caught that way.
He is everywhere with forces restricted,
to engaging the enemy in an exhausting
fight for positions until the tluie comes
which Foch thinks fit for his own stroke."
By Associated Press.
WITH THi: FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCK. Saturday, April 27. The stern
(•position encountered by the Germans in
their attacks in the region of the Homme
and in Flanders near Kemniel Hill, has
prevented theni thus far from developing
their renewed offensive on the ureal seal-*
which they undoubtedly intend. Each
of their attacks may be regarded as an
effort to prepare the way for a mora
extended action in the event of an im-
portant initial success at either point, but
the resistance offered at both places ap-
parently discouraged the German com
manders from Iimiii' lilng more serious at-
tempts to break through.
In Pieardy where the Germnus attempted
Continued on Page Two, Column One.
RUMORS BIG OFFENSIVE A FAILURE
ARE DISCUSSED IN GERMAN PRESS
graphic communication
more than three weeks.
rlth Rn*«la
Nervousness and Depression
Within Empire Revealed
bv Publication.
. GERMANS INTERNED IN
HOLLAND CAMP REVOLT
fit AMfwtttH Prrsn
AMSTERDAM. April 28—The report
rurrent la«t week that (•ermine had
»ent an ■Itimalin to Holland led to
a revolt Am on a <>erman« interned at
the tapenreld ramp, according to a
di*pateh from Hatten. Holland, to the
llet \ oik. The |«ard* are Mid to have
been i»*frp««w»l by l.*» (>ermani
wImi fled in all diwli«n*, man> «nr-
r-ceOed in pa»«dng through Almoin or
llengela on the may- l>aek to <>ermany.
but the police rounded ap the ma-
Jorlty of them. (j
Rv Associated Pie**.
LONDON. April 28 - A telegram from
Router's correspondent at Amsterdam
say*:
"Extraordinary nervousness nnd do
presslon prevails in tJeruiany owing to tha
losses In the western offensive, revealed
with remarkable frankness In an art hie
by Capt. Von Sal/man in the Vossiscbe
Zeitung in which he endeavors to restore
their lost confidence to the Germans by
emphasizing the im|»ortence of the capture
of Kemniel Hill.
"Captain Von Salxtnan enumerates a
few of the aeries of rumors current In
Uermanv All these atorios are prefaced
by the remark In the Reichstag it 1 a said'
and goo* on to wayr
•• "Our losses have boen enormou* The
offensive in the West has arrived at a
deadlock. The enemy i* much stronger
tbs.n the supreme •otnrnaud Rtauaeil.
are unable t<> rsatltuie the offer«lre owing
to lack of horses The region Itefor* Ypres
is a grrat lake anil therefore Impassable
The whole country bet wee* our Amb-ns
front and Parla IW mined and will bf
blown up.*
••'The people.* continues Salt maun, have
begun to lose their nerve.' Replv'ng In
the Reichstag the Minister of War said
soim thing like this :
•• It goes without saying that there are
big losses in su< h a struggle, our losses
in one part of the front have been very
heavy. Two-thirds of the company leaders
in many regiments have fallen.*
"It D said that a certain deputy there
upon told bis electors in a north German
ton n :
" "The Minister or War has openly de-
Continned on Page Two, t'olnmn Six.
By Associated Press.
LONDON. April 28. - The fighting to-
day along the British front in France *vas
largely confined to minor operations, ac-
cording to Field Marshal Haig's report
tonight. The British positions In the Ypres
sector were heavily bombarded.
The statement says:
"A hostile attacB in the neighborhood
of Locre was reported to be developing
this afternoon. Otherwise the infantry
action today has been confined to local
engagements on different parts of the
battle fronts.
"South of the Somme a unmoor or pris-
oners have been brought In by our pa-
trols in the neighborhood of Villera-Bre*
tonneux. Artillery activity continued on
both sides.'
"This afternoon the hostile artillery
heavily bombarded our positions in the
Ypres sector. The thick t«»g Saturday
prevented aerial operations."
By AsHocifltpd Press.
'LONDON April The German* made
an attack yesterday afternoon on the
northern side of the Flanders salient and
captured tha tows of Vnormesaeit, (wv
miles south of Ypres. but were driven our
last night by a counter attack, the r.a:'
office announces. Late at night the G-.r
mans again attacked on this trout.
The statement follows:
"Yesterday afternoon a hostile attack
developed hi the neighborhood of Yoo.*-
meroele. The enemy succouded In cap-
turing the village, but was driven out
early in the night by our counter at-
tacks. At a late hour the enemy again
attacked In this locality.
"There was local fighting throughout
the night on both sides of the \ pr» s
Comines Canal. Successful raids. In which
we captured over fifty prisoners and four
machine gun« ami trench mortars, wore
carried out last night south of G«vrtlu
and in the Lens and Hill 7u sectors. A
Continued on Page Two, Column rive.
W.S.b.
AUSTRIAN EMPRESS MOTHER
FORCED TO FLEE EMPIRE
International News Service.
LONDON, April 28.—The battle for.
Ypres entered into a critical stage this ,
afternoon when the German army un- j
der General Sixt von Arnim was flung |
into a concentric drive against the big j
pivot of Haig's left from five direc- 1
tions.
Hill tiO, the last natural barrier;
blocking the German advance on the j
town from the southeast has fallen, j
Berlin announced, and at the same
time the village of Locre, six and a
half miles to the southwest of Ypres,,
was taken by Arnim's left, according
to the same German war office state-
ment. The Berlin version reached
here shortly after Field Marshal Haig
had announced in his night report:
"A hostile attack was reported de-
veloping this afternoon in the neigh-
borhood of Locre."
The British commander-in-chief also
foreshadowed the attacks from the other
directions by telling of a heavy German
artillery bombardment of the whole Ypres
position.
An allied retirement was Indicated by an
earlier German war office statement to the
effect that Von Arnim's troops had reached
the line Langemarck-Verlorenhoek-Hooge-
/.iiiob«kot -hniDretnarck lies four and a half
miles northeast of Ypres and the other
places are two miles each from the town.
Langemarck had fallen to the Germans
after the British retirement from Paschen-
dale Ridge.
The Berlin statement also asserted thai
the British had withdrawn over the Steen-
bach (Steenbeek) tributary of the Douave.
Directly south of Ypres, the situation
had stood favorably for the British at last
accounts from Field Marshal Haig. The
British, he announced in his day report,
had lost but then recaptured the village
of Voormereele, less than two miles from
\ prei a ml a little above st. Bloi. This,
however, was before Arnim's right thrust
forward to Locre, where a further German
advance northward against the Ypres*
Poperinghe road would present a menace
to the British avenue of retreat from the
Ypres salient.
On the IMcardy front no large scale ac-
tion had been reported up to the present
hour. The French won successes in a
series of minor operations.
By Associated Press.
LONDON. April 28.—Heavy fighting has
continued at Locre since the French re-
captured It Friday, with fluctuating re-
sults, according to the Reuter correspon-
dent at headquarters lu France. Last eve-
Continued on Page Two, Column Four.
W.S.S.
UNITED STATES TO
FOR ENDING WAR
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SU-
PREME EFFORT TO GET MEN
TO FRANCE.
Br Associated Pre*s.
PARIS. April 28.—Tho Princess Marl*
Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita. has
been ordered to leave Austria within
twenty four hours and not re-enter that
country until the termination of the war,
according to a dispatch from Geneva.
French Build and Launch Ship
Within 7 Miles of Fighting Zonq |
^ By Associated Press.
' PARIS, April tf.— The largest freighter in the Freneh mercantile marine service
wa« launched at Dunkirk Friday and now Is safe in a French port remote from the
. fighting tone. It is 4.10 foot long and is of lt.000 tons displacement.
S The (lermana, aware of the location of tho shipyard, tried in every way
interfere with the work and destroy the yard and ship. Long range guns
barded the vleinity, air raiding <*otha« dropped bombs there and twlee flotilla
lorpedo boat* attempted bombarding raids, bnt the Work was pushed to the limit ,
S..T < 'nd the launrhing. which was eaperted only in the middle of May. was adtaneed
( three vieck«. (In the night preceding the launching the iiermana tried to bombard
the »hip>ar«l with Uothas. but were heaten off. The enemy then sowed mine field*) S
( along the course wliirh they knew the freighter would travel, bnt the mines were
picked up the ne*t day. The Minister of Marine eonslders It a great feat to baild (
ray to ?
bom k
lias of C
■ nd laaach a great ship within setea miles af the actanl fighting cone.
r-
Internatinnal News Service
WASHINGTON. D C. April 2*.—Th«
most important- announcement of the war
was made here today.
Tho Inlted States Is to furniah the
"last reserves' that will give the final
decision against the military machine of
Germany
"Men. men. more men!
"On the western front In ibe present
great crisis of tbe war. Is the cry from all
quarters that has been ringing in the ears
of tbe American people
"Ships, ships, more ships!
"For the transportation and maintenanco
of Auiori'an troops abroad, is the echo
of that appeal that has stirred the I'mted
States Shipping Board from day to day.
The decision has now been reached. Tha
supreme effort is to be made to get troops
abroad Considerations of commerce ano
trade have been definitely put aside. The
business of winning the war is the only
business that will be recognized from this
time on
A million, a million and a half, two
million men and more are going to France
as soon as they cau be loaded on trans-
ports and shipped away. It is not a mat-
ter of a shipbuilding program or of nego-
tiations for tonnage The necessary ton-
nage is now under the control of the United
States and to the last ton it will be de-
voted to the transportation of troops and
war supplies until the "last reserve" of
American troops have been placed in fight-
ing i>osltion on French soil.
Congress will be asked to authorise an
arm: of 3.0HO.OOO men available for service
abroad and a reserve army at home, bot u
f. r home protection and to make ap tho
wastage at the front. Congress is ready
to vote an army of r»,000.000 tnen. it »
waiting.
Br Associated Pi***.
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 28.—Now
and far reaching re»tr!ctions on importa
Continued on Tnge Two, Cain
rive*
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