The sure way to satisfy your wants is through use of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Dee want ad. The Omaha Daily THE WEATHER Cloudy VOL. XLIV XO. 26 OMAHA, MONDAY MOKX1NO, A PHIL 2t. l!M5. X. Oa Trains ana el otsl Stewa Stands, Se KlXOLn COPY TWO CENTS. Bee GERMANS TELL OF DRIYIHG THROUGH THE FRENCH LINES Official Report from Berlin Says Fierce Ruth Cuts Several of the Enemy's Trenches Near Moselle. TWENTY-FOUR OFFICERS TAKEN Britiih Unable to Withstand Attacks Near Ypres, According to Teuton Version. RUSS LOSING IN CARPATHIANS BERLIN, April 25. (By Wireless to London.) Army headquarters Rave out today the following report: "In the western theater of war we obtained further results at Ypres. The ground captured on April 23 north of Ypres was "till retained yes terday In spite of the attacks of the enemy. Farthe- east we continued our attack and took by storm the Zolart farm southwest of St. Julien, as well as the villages of St. Julien and Kersselaere, and advanced vic toriously toward Gravenstafel. Dur ing these engagements about 1,000 Englishmen were taken prisoners and several machine guns were captured. "A British counter attack against our portions west of Pt. Julian was rfpulwd earlv this morning -with very heavy losses to the enemy. "West of Wlel attempts of the British to make an attack were quenched , at every start ty tha fire of our artillery. "In the Argonne we repulsed an attack by two French battalions north of Four-De-Paris. Heavy Defect of French. "In the Meuse hills, southwest of Com bres. the French suffered a heavy defeat. We began an attack at this point and In the rush broke through many French linos lying one behind the other. The French attempted at night to take away from us the captured territory, but again failed with heavy losses to them. Twenty four French officers and 1.600 men, with seventeen cannon, remained in our hands after these engagements. "Between the Meuse and the Moselle fighting at close range occurred only at certain places on our southern front, the fighting at Alllys not having yet come to a conclusion. A French night attack In the wood of Lepretre failed. "In the Vosges a dense mist prevented all military activity yesterday. "Eastern theater of war: "Tho situation remains unchanged. Two weak attacks by the Russians west of Clechanow (near the East Prussian bor der) were repulsed. "In "reply to bomb dropping by Rus sians on the peaceful town of Denburg. the railway Junction at Blalystock was again bombarded by us. Twenty bomb were dropped." Frrach Report Flht lr.r. ' PARIS, April 26.-The following official communication was Issued by the war office tonight: "To the north of Ypres the battle con tinues under conditions favorable for the troopa of the allies. The Germans have attacked at several points along the Brit ish front from various directions, north, northeast and southwest, but they wer not able to gain ground. "On our s'de we have progressed on the right bank of the canal through vigorous counter attacks. "On the rest of the front there is noth ing to report." Austrian Dent Hn-n'imf. VIENNA (Via London). Aprl. 25,-Tlie following official communication was Is sued by the Austrian war office tonight: ' On the Carpathian front. In the Orawa vallipy, near Kosiowa, we have gained a new success. After a sap attack, exe cuted with the greatest doggedntss, our troops yesterday stormed the height of Ostry. to the south of Kozlowa. Simul taneously the Austro-German troopa sue ceeded In gaining ground on and to tha south of road 652, which the Russians had captured. "With the capture of Ostry height and Kwlnin rldse, which was taken at the commencement of April, the reduction of the Russian positions which had been stubbornly defended for months on both sldts of the Orawa valley. Is now accom plished. "There have been local artillery en gagements In the other sectors of the Carpathian front. In Galicla and Peland it is generally quiet." Tnhra Tea Million of Honda. BERLIN, April ?3. (Via London.) April ".".The Norddeutache Allgemelne ZelU'.ng officially announces that an American banking group has taken 110, ().000 uf the nine-months imperial ex chequer bonds and placed them among their customers. The Weather For Nebraska Cloudy. For Iowa Fair. Trsaperatar at Osiilia Yesterday. Hour. Dec. . u. m hi a. m 1 7 a. m i.... ti s a. m iv I 9 a. m 10 a. m f9 11 a. in li 12 in 74 I p. m "u : p. m 7J S p. m 7 t p. m.... 70 P m Tl P. m 70 7 p. m. 70 eat meearaU 1915. U14. 191. 1911 Highest yesterday 7." kl tij o Lowest yesterday , I 5 Mean temperature X 61 tiO frecipltadon 03 .00 .00 .01 temperatures and precipitation dapcr turea irom the normal: Normal temperature Kxceas for tha day U Toial excess since March 1 a Normal precipitation 12 inch Xeflctency for the day W Inch Total rainfall since March L...I. inches Tendency atn e Jiari h 1 i..nt inches f -flciency for cor. pTlod, 1914. .i Inch Eaceas for cor period, -I3 J .; Inches L. WELSH. Local Forecaster. ( oaiaaratlva GENERAL SIR ARTHUR PAGET, leaving the palace at Nish, where in the name of King George he bestowed the Order of the Bath on the Serbian crown prince. ! l- QUINBY WOULD ABOLISH SENATE State Senator from Douglas County Does Not Have High Opinion of Some of His Colleagues. HOUSE IS OF HIGHER TYPE "I want to conclude by saying that I am opposed to the system of a legis lature composed of two houses; I think the senate should be abol ished," said State Senator Laurie J. Quinby In his talk to the Omaha Philosophical society yesterday after noon. "Think of the absurdity of one house going over aU the detail of a bill, with the arguments and all, and with the facts and figures at hand, and then think of that bill belmr thrown " Into" a brand new house that will go over the eame ground with it. Think of that bill get ting into the senate when the representa tives who Introduced It and knew its every detail are not able to be present in the senate to help it along, and then think of such a measure, especially If it be a progressive measure, getting up against a senatorial majority of nineteen woden Indiana as we had in this senate. Nineteen senatora there were in the sen ate, hand-picked and hand-made, wooden Indians mere cigar signs so controlled by the corporation Interests that It was utterly Impossible to get anything of a progressive nature past them." Block Proarreaatve I.ritialat Ion. Senator Quinby talked for forty min utes, dwelling largely on the Influences that blocked what he believed to be pro gressiva legislation. "And all this was done by means of the nineteen wooden Indians." he repeated. ' For they were a majority. They had no mind of their own. They dared not make a move ex cept as they were told. They were the solid nineteen. Sixteen of them were democrats and three were republicans, but they were bound together with a tie that never gave way. The other four teen senators were free agents, but al ways the solid nineteen wooden Indians held the majority." He pointed out that when' he had. In troduced a resolution proposing an In vestigation of certain lobbyists for th corporations, the next morn'ng a resolu tion was Introduced to expunge the in vestigation resolution, and that the nine teen voted for expnuglng. Kx posed by the Press. "And yet these lobbyists, wnom I asked Investigated, had been freely men tioned In the dally press as unlawfully lobbying for the public service corpora tions and the liquor Interests. They rep resented the unseen government, the In visible government. But the nineteen (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Body in the River Near Bellevue May Be South Omahan The dead body of an unidentified man, about 45 years of age, and supposedly a resident of South Omaha, was found floating In tha Missouri river at Bellevue Sunday afternoon by a fisherman. (ounty Undertaker Emit Grothe and lr. Armstrong, county coroner, of Papll ir n. took charge of the bady and re moved It to the countyseat. They de clared that the man had evidently been dead a week or ten days. No marks of 'violence were discernible, they said. ! Police of Omaha and outh Omaha are 'trying to learn the man's identity and ithe mode of his death. So far no papers, rings, teeth fillings or other means of identification had been reported to them. The victim of the Big Muddy evidently professed the Catholic faith, as a tosary and cross was found about the neck of the body. Tlila description is given by Undertaker Grothe: Weight, 109 pound; age, about 46 years; smooth face, and short, thin gray hair. The body was clothed In a blue serge suit bearing the trade label of John Flynn, a bouth Omaha clothier. Black shoes, tight shirt with soft collar, and a red necktie, completed the attire. 111'. '4 :?:4i v'.'tW..' 1 t W t Ml: It! 2 ft i f4fd vw' . 1 '1 . V ' . JESS WILLARD NOW OUT AFTER CASH Champ Pugilist Who Put Johnson to Sleep is to Put His Money Into Farms and First Mortgages. APPEARS BEFORE FULL HOUSE Joss- Willard, in Omaha for ex hibitions at the Oayety until Wednes day afternoon, is tending strictly to the business and financial perquisites of the world championship heavy weight title, now that he has dis charged his duties as a candymaker by making the chocolate drop. "I started out to bring the title back to white men." asserted Wil lard, "and now, that la dona, I'm going to make all I -ran and put It Into farms, first mortgages and real estate, where it can't burn up, or blow way. ' ' "Jack Johnson advised me to save my money, and I've been getting lots of other advice, but I've gone flat financially two or three times, and don't need advise any more on how to keep my money." llaaales Smile Well. Always milling, except when, he lets his w inning smile wane to replace It with an even brighter one, Willard waa met by a reporter before his first Oayety exhibition, and he affably leaned over to greet the mere mortal, after first ducking through' his dressing room door to avoid the atare of admiring chorus girls. Then he draped his six-feet-six of giant muscle over one ertde of hla room, and smiled. Jonca a 4'baiun Maker. Since Jess is not much of a talker, he gets help in that line from hla manager, Tom Jones, who wears a braided suit, a silver headed cane and a big diamond. and la far famed himself as the maker of three champs Billy Papke, Ad Wolgast and Big Jess. And Jones makes no bones of the fact that Jess Is entitled to make all he can get, while the making Is good. In carrying out the Idea, Willard and Jones cleverly left admirers "holding the sack" after the show, by leaving the Gayety by way of the front door, after allowing a big crowd to gather in - the rear alley around an auto placed there as a "stall. ' The seekers of a free look didn't tumble to the situation until long after Jesa and Jones had run out of the lobby, down the street, around the corner and had then hot-footed it to thrir quar ters at Hotel Rome. The Willard party, which also Includes Walter Monahan and Tex Dowd, trainers and sparring partners, and George Creel, a newapaper man, was given a warm re ception at the depot upon its arrival from Kansas City Sunday morning. A good sised crowd also greeted the champ and his associates at the hotel, around the theater and wherever elce he appeared during the day. A capacity audience saw his exhibition last night. The giant Kansaa cowboy spent the morning in an auto tour of the city and visited the South Omaha horse yards, watching French buyers inspect animals for war use. Willard didn't meet his family In Kan aaa, as originally planned, so still Bays "Hello" to Ms wife by frequent tele grams. He will meet them In California in July. He Is quite peeved that pictures of his family were secured free, aa he believes in getting all the money that can possibly be attached to his newly won title. He says he would like some local ring talent to play with, but since whipping Johnson no Omaha glove art ists have volunteered to be toyed with. Manager Jones says that Willard will promptly meet anybody for the title, If there is aa much money in it as In ex hibitions. In his three-round sparring exhibition with Walter Monahan, Willard ahowed that he is much quicker, more aiy and more skillful than when he showed in Omaha last February.' Monahan la half an Inch taller, haa one and a quarter Inrhea more reach and weighs seven pounds lighter than Jack Johnson, ao his go with Willard gives a good Idea of how the two fighters compared at Ha vana. Their stunt includes a reproduc tion of the close of the fsmous twenty -sixtn round, when Wiilaid ucd a left to hhs stomai h and a right to the Jaw tu put the black to sleep. o .?? ill ENGLISH OFFICERS PLACED BY KAISER IN SOLITARY CELLS Ten Thus Imprisoned in Germany ss Retaliatory Move for Extraor dinary Treatment of Sub sea Crews. FORTY-NINE IN THE BARRACKS List Supplied to American Ambas sador Gerard by the Imperial Government. SEVERAL OF ELEVATED RANK LONDON, April 2 5. There was received here today a list of the thirty-nine British officers placed in detention barracks, ten of them In solitary confinement, by the German government in retaliation for the declination of Great nrltain to ac cord honors of war to crews of cap tured German submarines. This list, which was supplied to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin by the German gov ernment, consists of the names of seven captains and thirty-two lieu tenants. Included in the list are the names of Lord Garlies, Alexander Fraser, master of Saltoun; Lieutenant Goshen, son of Sir William Edward Goshen, former British ambassador to Berlin; Robin Grey, a nephew of the British foreign minister, and many sons of peers. Nearly all the prisoners belong to crack regiments. 40 Thousand Exiles From Belgium Thank The American People THE HAGUE, April 2T..-Vla Ixindon.) A memorial addressed to President Woodrow Wilaon, signed by about 40,000 , Belgian refugees now in Holland, ex pressing gratitude for the aid which America has extended to the Belgian war sufferers, whs mailed to Washington today. It read as follows: "Profoundly touched by the marks of sympathy which the American nation un ceasingly haa showered upon the BpI- ninn twnnln ilnm thn liirlnnlncr nf tha ..... . war, and especially moved by the good ! works of the American Commission for Relief In Belgium, which haa Insured the existence of the entire people, the Bel gians now In Holland beg you to accept this expression of their gratitude. ' Cer tainly the Belgians In their days of pros fertty loved and respected- the noble American people, but only grievous cir cumstances such aa those In which we now alive could mske fhore certain the full extent of the friendship which noth ing can terminate. We hope this humble testimony may be the guarantee of grati tude without bounds, until the moment when we may attest upon our liberated soil that the Belgian people do not for get." Women of Trieste Rebel When Men Are Ordered Off to War! ROME, April 25. (Via rarls.l-Dts-j patchea front Trieste, telegraphed from 1 the frontier, Oally are growing more J grave, in their reports of the situation there. One-tenth of the population are serving under the colors. Including men SO years of age. The calling of men of thla age into the army haa caused a re bellion among the women, who Invaded tho railroad station when the troops left and tried to prevent, by violence, their departure, crying: - "Down with war! re turn to ua our old men!" Besides making many arrests the po lice have prepared lists of prescriptions and thus all the pec pie are lllng In dread. Serious riots are reported at Goers and Ir many other parts of Austria, and espe cially In Vienna, while Prague conditions are reported to have assumed a revolu tionary character. Military trains loadcj with bread and flour have been pillaged and a Bohemian regiment la reported to hive mutinied. Emden Daredevils Escape from Prison RKRMN (By Wireless to London!, April . The ciew of the llnrnuin "mar ship' A) alia, composed of men who escaped when the cruiser Emden waa aunk by an Australian warship in the Indian ocean November 10, have escaped agnln from allied patrol ships and ar rived at the Arabian harbor of I.ldd on March 27. They covered by sea the SiO miles from Hodehia to I.ldil. After reaching the coaxt the aailora at tempted to continue their Journey over land, but were attacked by Arabs aup posedly at the Instigation of the Ktiallsh. After three days' stubborn fighting th attacks were repulsed and tliey reached the road to Hodachaa, where the railway was open. The adventurous Germans suf fered heavy losses. One Death from Heat In City of Detroit DETROIT. April a Retard breaking warm weather for tills date was respon sible for at least one death here today and two prostrations. In the afternoon the efflclal temperature waa HI. which was said to be the highest for any April 24 since the local weather bureau waa rt tabllahed. Thomas Klomoxlch, one of the first persons overcome by the heat, died shortly while being taken to a hospital. CHICAGO. April 2.".-,hlcago sweltered Vxley In summer heat, the maximum temperature reaching (17. within one point of the city's record for April In the forty, four years the l al weather bureau has been in existence., Popular move to urge the Gov ernor to save Leo M. Frank from death penalty is spread ing. Nearly everybody is signing The Bee's petitions asking the Gov ernor of Georgia to save Leo M. Frank from the death penalty, and very few refusals to sign are reported. Harry Brockstein has filled several blanks with autographs of prominent business men, and prides himself on having secured the Mayor's signature. Requests upon The Bee for petition blanks are being constantly supplied. Former Senator William V. Allen sent his appeal to Governor Sla ton, as subjoined, by telegraphic night-letter. Through the initia tive of James Richardson, former member of the Omaha School board, nearly all the resident Cornell alumni in Nebraska and ad joining towns have joined him in a petition, which is also given below: Ra-Senator tllrn'a Me MADISON, Neb. April e. 23. To the Governor, Atlanta, Ga.; As a i i former colleague of the late Senators Colquitt. Gordon, Walsh, Bacon and Clay of Georgia, and as one strongly opposed to race prejudice, 1 respect fully request you to give to young Frank's case the deliberate and pa tient consideration Its importance demands. WILLIAM V. ALLKN. Appeal ky Cornell tlamnl. OMAHA. April 2 4. Hon. John Slaton, Governor of the State of Georgia Your Kxcellency: We, the undersigned alumni of Cornell uni versity, believing that there exists more than a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of Leo M. Prank, who has been condemned to death by the courts of your state: and desiring to subserve the ends of Justice, that no man may be condemned whose guilt has not been absolutely proven, re spectfully petition that you either pardon said Leo M. Frank or com mute the death penalty assessed against him. In spite of the decision of the su preme court of the Vnited States we are of the opinion that there Is a strong possibility of local prejudice and Influence having had some ef fect on the Jury In this case. Therefore, we take this action and GIBSON BOOSTERS ENDORSETHE "INS" Anti Candidates Put on the Pan by City Attorney and the ' ..Mayor.. RYDER POLITICAL ORPHAN At a largely attended open-air meeting of the Gibson boosters at Second and Hascall streets Sunday afternoon Mayor Dablman and bis running mates were endorsed, the anti candidates were excoriated In dividually and collectively by the various speakers and the exuberance of the meeting was declared by the administration people to be an Indi cation of sentiment In that whole sec tion of the city. The gathering was marked by aeverat unique featurea, one being the appear ance of Commissioner J. J. Ryder as first speaker and who defined nlmaelf as the political orphan of the campaign. The crowd was seated on long benches under an ominous sky snd ranged on a pretty bluff which overlooked the Missouri river. A large white bulldog took evi dent pleasure In barking lustily every time the crowd cheered. E. A. Bchork presided and all of the present city com missioners were present, with Edward Hlmon as their ally. After his few re marks Ryder retired from the scene in a horse-drawn buggy, while the other speakers tode In automobiles. , Hn Wain Warm. The concluding address of John A. Rlne, city attorney, was stopped by rain, but Mr. Rlne had progressed far enough to say, "The men who are behind the opposition are either nondescripts, nin compoops, never-was-es, has-beens, 1o nothlnvs or prohibitionists. The squint eyed, narrow-minded ticket la" (rain) Mr. Rlne had also previously said that D. ('. Patterson, vice chairman of tha antls, ia sore becsuse the city won a tax case from him and that the memory of falling to be appointed rlty attorney docs not set wtlt upon Judge A. L. Button, the generalissimo for the anils. Mayor Dahlman let out a few links and promises more during the week. A few of his characteristic remarks are given: "I have been mayor for nine years, which ia quite a stretch, boys. I (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Thousands of Bales Of Cotton Held Up WASHINGTON, April X.-The fact that American cotton h'pments totaling thousands of bslrs and all destined to neutral ports, are being held up by the allies, ia giving cotton exporters great was lesrned here tonight that tha Ktate department haa bten requested to make special efforts In the raae of five steamers now detained in Kurnpnan ports, gome of these were bcund for Sweden and others carried cargoes consigned to Bwttserlsnd. The latter have already been the subject of protest by th Kwl.a gov ernment, which sought the good offices of the I'nlted states at I-onrton and at Rome, to obtain the release of the ship ments. American ambaeeadore have been instructed to preaent tns 8 wise views. with great hope (hat your excellency ' will recognise the Issues involved in the rase and take this reasonable j doubt Into consideration, we are, yours respectfully: A. C. WAKKLKY, 7S. DR. II. GIFFOIID. '"!, C1IARLICS L. S.U'NDKRS. S1, A. C. DAVENPORT. '81, MRS. A. C. DAVENPORT. '83, AS EL STF.F.RE. JR., '85, SAM L. ETNYRE, 'S8. E. C. PAGE, '89. E. S. WESTBROOK, '89. JOHN W. BATTIN. '90. DR. K. C. HENRY. '3. SHERMAN G. PETICOLA8, 93. WILL F. 8EIDENTOPF. '91. El'NICE 8TEBBINS, '97. ARCHIE W. CARPENTER, '98. JAMES RICHARDSON, '01. J. O. CLARE SMITH. 03. A. II. BANNISTER, '04. W. HERBERT PRICE, '04. ROY F. WILCOX. '06. CHAUNCEY L. WILTON. '08. DR. A. A. JOHNSON. 12. FRANK L. SELBY, 'IS. NEWMAN COMFORT, '13. HARRY CARPENTER, '14. DR. F. II. 8CHAEFER. '14. BLAINE WILCOX. 15. F. W. KOENIG, 'IB. W. C. SELBY, '17. J. J. HANNIGHAN. '18. ARNOLD C KOENIO, 95. WILL QUERY T. R. ON RISE OF MOOSE . .. . v- . : .. ' Barnes' Counsel to Question Colonel About Matters , Leading to Forming: of Party. WITNESSES THRONG SYRACUSE SYRACUSE, N. Y April 23. Theodore Roosevelt spent today In resting up from his four strenuous days upon the witness stand and pre paring for further cross-examination when the trial of William Barnes' suit against him for alleged libel is resumed on Monday. The colonel held a short confer ence with his counsel yesterday and then took a long automobile ride Into the country with his host, Horace 8. Wilkinson, a progressive leader. I.oae Tim to Uo. After a series of conferences, attorneys on botli sides gave It aa their opinion to night that because of the great amount of evidence yet to be presented It was doubtful whether the raae would teach the Jury4aalda of two weeks. If even then. Syracuse hotels are crowded with wit nesses. Borne have been here since the trial began, others arrived today and still more are expected tomorrow or Mon day. Despite that Justice Andrews has ruled that a legislative committee, dealing, among other things, with vice In Alnany, was not admissible, a number of de tectives who assisted in an investigation for the committee were in Hyraeuee to night with subpoenscs. Tu Make Strong S'.ffort. It was said that a Strang effort would be marie by the Roosevelt attorneya to get at least a part of their testimony be fore the Jury. Mr. Barnes is expected to return here lomoirow from Albany, where he went after the week-end recess was declared yeetcrday. Bar lies' counsel compiled a aeries of uadltlonal questions to put to the former prtsldunt when his cross-examination Is resumed on Monday. Many of the ques tions agreed upon have to do with eventa leading to the eatabliahment by the colonel of the progressive party, SCOTT TO BE MADE MAJOR GENERAL SOON WASHINGTON, April 2B.-nrigadler General Hugh L. Bcott. chief of staff if the army, will be advanced to the grade of major general next Thursday upon th retirement, for age, of Major General Ar thur Murray, commanding the Western department at Han Francisco. Colon.l Frederick B. Htrong of the coast artillery at Charleston. H. C, will be advanced tj the brigadier generalship made vacant by General Scott's promotion, and win be assigned later. WAR MAPS ARE SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 2S.-Mapa pre pared hy the war college showing (he war sones of Kurope in great detail wer sent to the White House today for the president's convenience. I'p to the pres ent the progress of the war has been fol lowed by the president with pins, de noting the positions of the armies on .-r-dlnary maps bung ln the cabinet room. GERMANS POUR FRESH ARMIES INTOJFLANDERS Teuton Forces Surge Forward to Press Attack Against Allies' Line in Effort to Take Ypres. LIVING AND DEAD EXCHANGED Trains Bear Soldiers to Front, While Others Carry Wounded and Slain Away. ' CANADIANS COME TO RESCUE The Day's War News IIHITISII THOOI'S) la welawbor howtl of Vre are sttll aaatalataar hravjr attacks hy ' German forces, to watch they have replied with enaater attacks. The I'rfsrh aait Itelalaas are aiaklaat alow ad vances alaaar the same llae, where they ape esses varlnar to win hack the territory which they lost when a heavily reinforced Grrman army( urcparlasi the way with artillery fir aad siaaeoaa homha, pressed them hark In the last day or two. A I.I.I KM II K.I'OHT a considerable amoant of this around has hern retaken and field Marshal French himself aires areat credit to tho Canadian contingent. TIIKftK IS HKKKWKn activity In he flnhtlna; ln the Carpathians. The Anatrlana were repnlsed with, enormous losses on the helshta arm pled by the Rasalaaa In tho vicinity of Polea, arcordlaa; to a Itnaalan official atatemeai. II K A V V ARTILLERY ensaaemeata are proceedlaac at some points near the I ssok pass. It la nnaonnced from Vienna. Raaalna Bight at tarka along the Tarkg road aad weal of It failed. LONDON. April 25. The Ger mans are pouring troops into Fland ers to press the attack which, at the beginning has forced the allies back to the Yser canal to the north of Ypres. This movement, according to re ports reaching Holland, has assumed even greater dimensions than those which preceded the battle that raged for more than two weeks ln thig same region last October. On that occa sion the operationg ended in the dis comfiture of the Germans, who had declared their Jn.tentlon of pushing their" way" through to Calais. Vprea the Goal. . It appears that the Germans have a similar aim today and have set out to capture Ypres, which Is described as the key to the French coast' porta. While the attack originally met with considerable success, due, according to tha allied reports, to the use by the Germans of asphyxiating gases, it la said to have been already checked. The Canadlana. who held the extreme left of the Brttlah line and were forced to retire when the rest of the front was pressed back, mad a brilliant counter attack, regaining most. If not all, the ground which they had conceded and retaking four g-una. which they had left In the hands of the Germans. In the words of Sir John, French, they saved the situation. The British report doea not eay how much ground ,hey recovered, but the statement in the Beerlln official report that a Rrltlah attack at St. Julien waa repulsed shows that thsy are well back In their old positions, for this town, which Is on the main road between Ypres and Poe.lcspi.rlle, a Immediately aouth of Langemarck. from which point the German attack waa launched. ttalatala Their Hold. The Germans' howevet, still maintain, their hold on . the Yser canal further north, for they speak of storming the tillage of Liserne. which Is across (he canal between the towns of Steenstraate and Hot Haat. which they took ln their flrt ru-.li. The Oerman attack to the south of Ypres, which was made simul taneously with that to the north, ap parently lias tailed entirely. Theae attacks are believed to be the commencement of another big kettle which, with both sides strongly n (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) ! 1 ' Free Coupon Good for 25 cts. or 50 cts. By special arrangement with the management for the bene fit of Bee readers. Observe strictly the conditions and limi tations stipulated ln the coupon. This I lee Coupon Entitles Bearer to one 25c or 50c Seat For the performance of . 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