THE 8BM1.WBEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH yUTTI, NEBRASKA. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE GATHERED HERB COVERf) WIDE AREA. TERRIBLE LOSSES SHATTER THE NERVE OF ENTIRE NATION. GERMANY MB GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Inolude What It doing On at Wash. Inflton and In Other Sections at the Country, Tho commander In chief of the land nnd sea forcei in Holland has provi sionally stopped all leaves of absence. Tho British-French raid on tho U bout baso of Zccbruggo was u com plete success, It has boon learned from high naval sources at London. ' Nebruskn's quota for tho second national Bed Cross drlvo for war funds, which starts May 20 and and? May 27, Is $1,300,000. The use of any language other than English for elementary instruction In public or private schools In Connecti cut will bo barred after July 3. American aviators In Franco had downed 830 enemy plnnes from tho time tho United States entered tho war up to March 8, uccordlng to re ports from Franco. Income und excess profits taxes, flue Juno IS, will produce about $3, 000,000,000, 'or 5CO0.0OO.OOO more than hod been estimated, Secretary Mc Adoo has announced, Analysis of Uio German long-runge pin bombnrdmont of, Paris Bhows that botweon March 23 und April 23 over 120 persons wore killed und moro than 230 Injured. Citizens of Ludlngton, Mich,, arc circulating a petition ns a protest against VV. J. Bryan appearing as n epeakor at the Epworth Assembly in that city la August Following Holland's action to bring Into forco certain military measures Gorman papers warned tho little na tion against becoming n second Bel glum, "a place from which England may attack Germany." Word has reached tho Navy dei partment that tho American steam hip Florence H. was blown up in a French port by an Internal explosion and that but thirty-four out of tho crew of scvcnty-llvo woro rescued. Nebraska has bought ono-tcnth of all the war savings and thrift stamps sold slnco tho campaign opened ncurly five months ago, according to a report Issued by tho national war savings committee at Washington. The American line steamship St Taul, famous passenger liner, over turnod and sank nt her pier at on Atlantic port, while being warped Into a plor preparatory to loading for a trip to Europe. The causa of ilia accident Is unknown, Washington officials nro perturbed a-ver tho Dutch embargo on exporta tion from tho Dutch East Indies of tin, tin ore, chlnchona lmrk, quinine, quinine salts and kapok, all of which aro needed by tho United States for war supplies. T)to German losses thus far In tho wnr have-been 2,000.000 men, accord ing to n statement credited by the Frankfurter Zcitung as having been BJado by General Schulze before tho main commission of tho German relchstag. After ono of tho bloodiest but lies In history Kcmmel hill, a height which has been looked npon as tho key to tho Yprcs salient nnfl one of the most important strategic positions of the northern battle front in Frnnce, was taken by tho Germans Friday af ter suffering enormous losses. America navul offlccrs characterize the British-French raids on Zcebrugge and Ostoid as the most daring oper ation attempted by allied sea forces during the war. It is believed that a vigorous naval offensive against tho U-boat has begun, which Is expected to greatly curtail Its rightfulness. Itam Chandra, Hindu publicist nnd revolutionist, was shot dead In tho United States district court nt Sail Francisco, by a former Hindu em ploye. UIs assailant was shot nnd killed by a federal ofllcer. Both Hin dus were defendants in tho trial of 82 persons, charged with conspiring to foment rovolution against British rule la India, Sir Brie Gcddes, first lord of tho British admiralty, declared In the House of Commons that the British French raid on Germany's U-boat tmses at Zebrugge and Ostcnd, was aost successful. Two blockading hips were sunk at the entrance to tae Bruges canal, whlck wns declared to have been effectually blocked and ether damage Inflicted. Ono British torpodo beat destroyer and four waller craft were lost. British css Mdtlea were quite fceavy. Champ Clark, speaker of tho housel of representatives declined to accepti tho Missouri sonntorshlp to succeed tho luto Senator William J. Stone. Tbo British government announced that shipping losses will ho mndo pub lic monthly hereafter Instead of each week. Establishment of a model town for Bhlpworkerp near Camden, N. J has been started by tho emergency fleel corporation. Vico Admiral Schroodor, tho com mander nt Zcebrugge, according to re ports will be deprived of his command for being taken by surprise by the British. Mayor Davltf, of Cleveland, and Muyor I. S. Myers, of Akron, Ohio, hnve Issued orders barring aliens from obtaining licenses enabling Ilium to do buslnoss In tho two cUIes. Seven persons wore killed nnd ilvo Injured In u wreck on the Burlington near Bayard, Neb., when a fast freight train rammed Into a work train during a blinding snow storm. Indictments "were returned at Ed wardsville, 111., against sixteen per sons by tho grand Jury which Investi gated tho lynching on April fi, of Rob ort Paul Prager at Colllnsvllio. Mrs. Rose' Pastor Stokes, lecturer and wife of the wealthy socialist, J. G. Phelps Stokes of Now York, will be tried nt Kansas City May 20 on a chnrgo of violating tho csplonugo act. ,Sbarp curtailment In the plensuro unto production Is looked forward to shortly, as tho result of n conference botweon lending auto manufacturers of the country and the war industries board at Washington. . The Grent Western Sugnr company has subscribed for $2,000,000 of Lib erty bonds, apportioned on n basis of the sugar boot acreage In Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming and So. Dakota. A rush of German women to tho New York port enemy alien bureau seeking permission to return to Ger many has followed the publication of tho regulation requiring enemy alien women to register. Unless convinced that the brewers who manufacture tho beverage aro loyal American citizens he will vrtto to deny licenses to nil saloons which sell Milwaukce-mndo beer, John It. Ilnnsou, police commissioner of Kan sas City announced. Concentration of Mexican troops on tho American border opposlto tho Big Bend district of Texas was hold by government ofllclnls to be duo to tho work of German propagandists. Noith-, cr state nor war, department oulclals regard the situation ns n menace. Tho number of American casual ties in tho Germnn attack of April 20, near Solchcprey was about 35. Slnco it has been admitted that Amer ican losses wero 200, these figures support tho German claim that 183 wero captured, John M, Blrkncr, formerly major of tho United States army, hold by fed eral authorities on n disloyal charge, was released from' tho state pentten tlory at Sunta Fe, N. M., on $5,000 hall, furnished by friends In Lincoln, Neb. Tho totnl losses of tho brigade of marines with tho American expedi tionary forco in Franco so fur re ported, Is 278, ns follows: Killed In action, 22; died from wounds, 10; died from accidents, 2; wounded in action, 2-14. Both houses of congress have adopted the bill for the registration for mllWnry sorvlco of young men who hnvo reached the ngo of 21 years Slnco Jurie 5, laRt. It Is estimated that between 500,000 nnd 700,00 addi tional men will ho nvallnblo for mili tary service under tho law. Rationing of confectioners and man ufacturers using sugar, will follow sugar cards for housewives to provldo sugar for the canning season, tho food administration announced. The sugar card pledges householders buying su gnr on tho card to use It only for canning nnd preserving. Surplus su gar must be snved. Germany has demanded of Holland the right of transit not only for civil ian supplies and of sand and gravel through Holland, hut also for war ma terials, and, according to reports groat anxiety prevails throughout the littlo country. The yielding of Holland would be equivalent to the abandon ment of Dutch neutrality nnd would ultimately result, it Is believed. In another enemy for tho kaiser. President Wilson is opposed to tho Chamberlain bill, which would try violations of the sedition laws by court-innrtlnl, nnd In' a letter to Sen ator Overman of North Carolina, de clared his belief that the measuro Is unconstitutional. Food shipments from tho United States to tho allied countries hnvo been suspended for ton days to move 8,000,000 bushels of grain to the Bel gians, who aro declared to bo In des Derar straits. 1 French skirmish pnrty In the open, somewhere In the Mouse sector. 2 The lock gates of the Bruges cnnnl nt Zoebrtlgge which were reported destroyed In the allied naval raid on the German U-bont bases. 3 Stephen Ponareloff, Bulgarian minister to the United States, who many Americans think should bo sent homo by a declar ation of war against his country. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Naval Forces of Allies Make Dashing Raid to Bottle Up Hun U-Boat Bases. GREAT BATTLE IS RENEWED Germane Take Important Mount Kern mel Holland Being ' Pushed to War1 Brink John D. Ryan Made Director of Aircraft Production. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Last week brought forth one of tho most spectacular and dashing opera tions of tho war tho raid of British and French naval forces on tho Ger man U-boat bases at Zeebruggo nnd Ostend. Five obsolete cruisers and ,two old submarines wero sacrificed. Tho former, laden with concrete, were to be sunk In the chnnnel mouths, nnd tho latter full of explosives, wero driv en against the moles. These vessels, escorted by destroyers nnd nil making a dense smoke screen, approached' tho' Belgian const In the night but were discovered nnd deluged with shells from the shore batteries and from Ger man destroyers. Tho chief fight took place at Zeehrugge. Thcro tho cruiser Vindictive ran Inside tho harbor under henvy fire, and landed her crew on tho mole after a grent gap had been blown In It by n submarine. The men cleared tho mole, destroyed all Its guns and snnk a destroyer and were able to get nwny again, though their Hisses were severe. Meanwhile three of . the block ships were sunk at the entrance of the cnnnl or In the harbor, and one of the old submarines was believed to have destroyed the lock gntes, letting tho 'water run out of the Bruges cnnnl. At Ostend tho operation wns simpler and at least ono of tho block ships has been observed from airplanes block ing tho greater pnrt of tho channel. At this time it is not known Just how successful tho operation wns In bottling up the U-hoat bases, hut probr ably It was no moro so thnn wns Hob son's attempt to bottlo up the Spanish fleet In Santiago harbor, nowever, It was n gallant enterprise, fenrlessly carried out, and American navy men hope It will be followed up by addi tional nnval exploits. - Thcro was comparative quiet along thobattlo front In Franco and Flanders during tho first half of tho week, und both tho allies and tho Germans took ndvnutngo of the opportunity to strengthen their positions. In tho minor operations tho former had rather the best of It usually and tho Huns wero pushed hack In various sectors by both tho British mid tho French. Meanwhile the Germans wero bringing tip their henvlcr artillery, q difficult thing hecnuse of the nature of tho ter rain and wero evidently making prep arations for a resumption of the attack. This canio on Wednesday, when, after nn intense bombardment, tho en emy nttacked with very considerable forces tho allied positions south of tho Sommc, nnd along tho Avrc, In tho regions of Hangnrd, Hallles and Scne cat wood. For tho Unto being these assaults wero successfully repulsed ex cept at Hangnrd, which vlllngo again fell Into the bauds of the Gcrmnns. Tho reports from Paris snld that American troops wero lighting with tho French on this lino and that their reslstcnco to tho attacks of the Huus wns desperate About eleven miles directly east of Amiens, tho German objective In this region, the British withdrew from tho vlllngo of Vlllers Bretonueux, but elsewhere they stood firm. At the same time tho Huns launched attacks against the British In Flanders nnd there was flerco lighting on the line between Balllcul and Mervlllo and .near Bethune. Next day by a stnnshlng counterat tack the British retook Vlllers, tuklng 'some 700 German prisoners and find ing the enemy dead heaped up about tho village. On Thursday the Germans lit grent forco attacked tho positions held by tho French on Mount Kcmmel, nnd af ter n desperate battle the defenders were forced to retire to the north and west. Tho Huns continued their ad vance for a mile and a half and also took the town of Dranoutrc. Berlin claimed tho capture of St. Elol, only three miles from Ypres, nnd Unit city was admittedly In grave danger. The taking of Kemmel mountain permitted the Gcrmnns to dominate the railway from Ypres to Calais. On Friday the allies began counter-nttacks for the purpose of regaining this height and by Saturday they had made consider able progress. pa Tho terrific slaughter of Germans slnco their offensive opened, duo to their custom of advancing In mass formation across open ground, hns been more than they could stand, nnd Ludcndorff . has put' a stop to that method of attack. The Huns now dash forward In smaller and separate par ties nnd take shelter when the chance offers. In the assault on Vlllers-Bretonnenur the Germnn tanks mnde their flrst ap pearance, lending tho infantry, nnd a spectacular battle with British tanks ensued. Several of the heavy Huu ma chines engaged two light BrlUsh tanks und disabled ono of them. A big Brit ish tank rolled up to tho rescue and after a sharp fight put one of tho Ger man monsters out of action and drpve tho others from tho field. General Doyen's fine br.lgado of American marines, It nppears, has been in tho thick of tho batUc In France nnd tho cnsualty list sent over proves the "soldiers of tho sea" have main tained their best traditions, for the list shows 34 killed, 244 wounded and not one tnken prisoner. The heaviest loss sustained by the marines wns in tho forest of Apremont, in Lorraine, where two hot attacks by the Germans were repulsed by tho Americans. The Americans In the Toul sector have not been seriously nttacked since the battle of Selchcprey. Belated do tnlls of that conflict tell of the heroic conduct of our boys while they wer being driven back from that village and were retnking It nnd ro-estnbllsh-lng tho lines. Though their casualties were about 200, General Pershing re ported they killed nt least 300 Ger mans. Ofllcers and men alike distin guished themselves by their bravery, Individual deeds of heroism In tho face of great odds being numerous. Ni There was great activity among the air fighters on the west front last week, and the outstanding event wns the killing of Baron von lllchthofen, one of the foremost German aviators und leader of the famous "circus." Ho was engaged In a fight with two Brit ish planes nnd flew low over tho Brit ish lines, where a bullet pierced his heart. With characteristic chivalry tho English gnvo him a fine funeral paying tribute to tho memory of-u gal lant nnd brave foe, Several American airmen reached the coveted distinction of being num bered nmong the "aces" those who have downed at least five enemy flyers. And some of our aviators also met death. lea Little news canto out' of Russia, but It Is evident the Germans arc still pursuing their plans of nnnexntinn. Indeed, the kaiser Is being openly urg ed to assume the kingship of Livonia and Esthonla, and It Is announced that n valuable part of Poland will bo add ed to Prussia. German forces hnvo renchod Simferopol In tho Crimen, cut ting the railroad connection of tho fort ress of Sebnstopol with the mainland. Tho governments of the Crimen, Minsk and Hontel hnvo uskod to be incor porated In tlte Ukraine. All attempts to open pence negotiations between Uk raine and Russia hnvo failed. In Fin land the German forces co-opernting with tho White guards have mndo fur ther progress and the Finnish bolshe vikl government has uvueuated Vlborg. m There was considerable severe fight ing on tho Italian front last week, but without deflnlto result, und In Mace donia tho allies mudo considerable ad vances, captqrlng several towns. IH Poor littlo Holland scents on the point of being dragged Into the gmit conflict, despite her earnest efforts to maintain her neutrality. Berlin Is re ported to hnvo made demands which may well result in adding the Dutch to the list of Germany's nctlve enemies nnd that probably would mqon Hol land would become another Belgium, overrun and ravaged, for the allies s:ould not well help her except from the sea. Tho German demands have to do with the treaty permitting the transportation of sand and gravel through Holland for tho repnlr of Belgian roads. Tho Netherlands gov ernment refuses to permit Germany to take these materials through Dutch territory for military works. P3l Tito Guatemalan nntlonnl assembly has declared that Guatemala occupies the same position toward tho European belligerents ns docs the United States, which In diplomatic circles Is consid ered n declaration of wnr on Germany and her allies. I The rapidity with which American troops nro being sent across the Atlnn tic Is heartening the allies nnd dem onstrating tho Intention of our govern ment to put in tho field the greatest possible force In the shortest possible time. Many of the men nro going by wny of England, and tho fact that they aro being transported across the Eng lish chnnnel in safety hns aroused the Germans to such nn extent thnt their naval authorities have had to apolo gize for tho Inaction of their fleet. It is not permitted to tell how many men the administration proposes to send to Franco beforo tho end of the year, but It Is so grent that when Di rector General Schwnb nnd the ship ping board wero told by General Goe thals the amount of shipping he would require they were staggered. Mr. Schwab, however, believed the esti mate could be fulfilled If certain steps could be taken to hasten the deliveries of ships, these steps Including the re duction of somo of the requirements of the nnvy so that tho steel can be diverted to the uses of the transport fleet. In Washington it Is understood thnt as rapidly as ships can be provided tlte soldiers will be sent across, whether they are fully trained or not. It Is re ported the draft will be accelerated by calling 400,000 men to training next month, a number far In excess of previ ous estimates. 1 In line with tho present policy of speeding .up and making efficient all war preparations Is tho appointment of Joint D. Ryan, the copper magnate, as director of aircraft production for the army nnd tho re-organization of tho aviation section of tho slgnnl corps. General Squler hereafter will devote his attention to the administration of slgnnls, and Brig. Gen. Wllllnm I. Ken ly Is made director of a new division of military ncronautlcs. Howard Cof fin retires from chairmanship of the aircraft board but remains a member of the ndvlsory commission of tho council of national defense. The reports on the nlrplane situa tion made to tho president by the Marshall committee and by assistant secretaries of war were not mudo pub lic, but it Is admitted that thiy sub stantiated tho report of the senate committee that the program had col Iapse,d. )WS Both houses of congress have pnsscd the Joint resolution to register for mil itary service all males becoming twenty-one years old slnco Juno 5, 1017. Tho lower house adopted an amend ment putting the newly registered men nt the foot of their respective classes and sustained the military committee In refusing to exempt those who hnvo entered, medlcnl or divinity schools slnco Juno 5. PBI Tho Chumherlaln bill, to turn sedt tlonlsts over to military tribunals for trial by court martial met Its fate when President Wilson declared his firm opposition to It and other au thorities said It was unconstitutional. It wns, of course, Introduced because of charges thnt the department of Jus tlco has been lax In combating enemy propaganda, but these charges are re futed by the department, which re ports It has secured at least 3,000 con victions In the last year, despite the Inadequacy of federal laws against sabotage and disloyal utterances. Tho number of acquittals bus been relative ly small. ARMIES IN WEST DEADLOCKED Populace Told- Allies Much Stronger Than Was Assumed. Holland Yields to Demands. London, April 30. According . to a. telegram from Router's correspondent nt Amsterdam, extraordinary nervous ness and depression pervall in Ger many owing to tho lossos In tho west ern offensive. This, tho correspondent says, was revealed with remnrkablo frankness In nn urtlcle by Captain von Salzman In tho Vosslche Zeltttng, la which he endeavors to restore their lost confidence to the Gcrmnns by em phasizing the Importance of tho char acter of Kemmel hill. "Captain von Salzmnn enumeratcs n few of the scries of rumors current In Germany. All thoso stories nro prefaced by tho remark in the relch stag, It Is said, nnd go on to say: " 'Our losses have been enormous. Tho offensive In tho west hns arrived' at deadlock. The eneitiy Is much stronger than the supreme commnnd nssumed. Wo nro unnblc to continue tho offensive owing to lack of horses. Tho region before Ypres Is a great lake, and therefore, Impnssable. Tho whole country between our Amiens front nnd Paris Is mined nnd will bo blown up.' "Tho people, continues Salzman, have begun to lose their nerve. Re plying In the, relchstag, the minister of wnr said something like this: "It goes without saying thnt there nro big losses In such a struggle. Our losses In ono part of the front hnvo been very henvy. Two-thirds ot tho compnny leaders In many regiments hnvo fallen." "It is snld that a certain deputy thereupon told his electors In another German town: "'Tho minister of wnr has openly declared our losses to be so heavy that tho offensive must bo abandon ed.' " Holland Yields to Kaiser. London, April 30. Hollnnd hns yielded to Germany's demands con cerning transport and tho supply of sand and gravel, although It Is under stood that tho amount of snnd and gravel will be limited instead of un limited, according to n dispatch from Tho Hague. It Is added thnt a general under standing will bo required from Ger many that the sand and gravel will not bo used for military purposes. Rumors nro current la the Dutch cnpltal, the dispatch adds, that Dr. John Loudon, minister of foreign nf fairs, will resign. These, It is said, nro "based on tho supposition that he could not retain offlco now thnt his undertaking respecting tho gravel must bo revoked. In summarizing the sltuntlon, the dispatch continues, It is felt that the crisis with Germany hns passed, nlthough the solution Is in ne wise nn ideal ono for Hollnnd. New Rubs Regime Hostile to Germany. Stockholm, April 30. Correspond ents of Swedish newspnpers In Fin land announce that there are rumors In circulation there of Important haj penlngs In Russln. The most deflnlto rumor dcclnres ,that former Grand Duke Alexis, son of the former emperor, hns been de clared emperor und the Grand Duko -Michael Alexandrovltch ns regent and that the new government would refuse to recognize the bolshevik peace treaty with Germany. The rumors would be disregarded hero were it not for tho fnct that a report from Vasa, Finland, declared that tho transportation of Russian ci vilian prisoners has had to "bo sus pended "because of current disorders In Russia." Two-Thlrds Million Missing. Amsterdam, April 30. Speaking be fore tho main committee of the Gor man relchstag on Friday, according to Vorwnerts, General von Rlsberg stated that on March 31, Inst, the number of Germans missing had reached a total of 00-1,104. Of this number, he said. 230,070 woro pris oners In France; 310.000 In England. 157,000 In Russia and Rumania and the remainder could bo regarded as dead. Tornado Kills Two. Pittsburgh. Kits., April 30. Two persons aro reported killed, sovernl families homeless and several thou sand dollars dnmago dono by n tor nado that swept u cross Crawford county, Kansas. . 30,000 Cars Ordered. Washington. April 20. Orders for 30.000 box and coal cars to cosl in tho aggregate between ?SO,000,000 and $00,000,000 wore placed by Dlroclor General McAdoo with tho American Car and Foundry company. Steelier Fails to Throw Lewis. New York, April 20. Tito wrestling match between Ed "Strangler" LcwM and Joo HtcchiM, held at Madison Square Garden, wns decinred a draw after two hours.