Fires Seen and Explosions Are
Heard as Teutons Are Driven I
Back By English From
Loos, Southward.
GAPS MADE IN DEFENSES
btrong Resistence Made Before
Enemy Leaves Position For
Others Lacking Dugouts
and Strong Defenses.
London. April 16.—The -British have
taken a bulldog grip on the whole Gor
man line from Loos to north of St.
Quentin and refuse to be shaken off.
Under what the newspapers • all the
“Haig plan” first one section of the
Hindenburg line and then another has
• been subjected to violent bombardment,
followed by infantry attacks which
have badly shaken, if they have not se
riously broken, the front on which the
Germans have depended for the defense
el' the industrial districts of France
which have been in their hands for more
than two year.?.
Thu Lens coal mining arc • around ;
the town is being closely invested and
the German hold on it.is b- • ending most
precarious.
fVlors Villases Fall.
S'* '’eral more villages and positions
southwest of the town feM into British
hands during trie night, together with
four vrneh howitzers, anil the line here
has been linked up with the positions
taken from the Germane In the battle
of Loos.
'''li. Germans’ stay in St. Quentin is
li’;< . •• additionally IhrcaUned through
t • ' lure by the British ef the vil
la Fayet. a bare mile northwest
of Uk town, from which point the
British guns command tha German lines
of communication northward. Again
the British have advanced farther j
toward the Carobrai-St. Quentin road, ;
while southeast of Arras they are ap- |
preaching Quean t, which is the north-j
<*rri extremity of the new German line* ;
defending C&mbrai.
General Horne, who is considered the
greatest nrtiilery expert in the British
army and who assisted General Nivelle
in the successful attack by the French
north of Verdun in December last, com
mands the British forces around Lens,
■where, owing to the natural defenses
composed of waste dumps around the
mine , the artillery must largely be de
pended upon. General Horne has on his
right tiro army under Maj. Gen. E. H.
H. Allenby, who also has gained new i
kenrels in this war.
Expect Relief of Lille.
Those gone-rats and their colleagues
under Field Marsha! Sir Douglas Haig,
have accomplished since Monday, a
work which many military writers ex
pected would occupy a great part of the
summer, hut thus far there lias been no
flag waving nor celebration in Great
Britain.
The impression prevails that greater
events- will soon follow and that with
the fall of Dens the relief of Rille will
noi be long delayed.
' “The British offensive has developed
a great push in the most literal sense
of the word, ’ telegraphs Reuter’s cor
respondent at- the British army head
tji ,’ru-rs in France. "The succese of the
operations which began on Monday has
l«—cu greater than perhaps we realize
and the Germans are being pushed
i>ai from Roos. to the southward.
Decisive Thing May Happen.
-*Ti lakes ah army a long time t<> get j
iv . . however skillfully the retirement
l: . ■ have been planned, and With a
vigorous offensive clinging to its skirts
in its effort to avoid defeat, it may be
overwhelmed.
“German garrisons sneaked out of
some villages during the night but this
slipping away cannot be carried very
far and when they are forced hack on
the line to which they may have hastily
withdrawn ar.d without those guns and
store:- which they were unable to get
away a. decisive thing may happen.”
British Hindquarters in France.
Ai-il 14.—fFrom a Fluff Correspon
dent of the Associated Press i.—The
British last night broke :he German
front for a distance of four miles. The
Germans are in retreat.
The gaps in the German defenses
were made in two places. Positions on
a front of ’three miles between the
double Grassier and Givenchy, and an
other mile on the north flank of the
Hindenburg trench system were cap
tured. Advance posts were pushed
well toward Queant and Pronville, im
portant points in the : Jerman defenses.
The Germans are fighting as they
retire from Roos southward and aro
being hard pressed.
Fires- and explosions in the territory
to the rear of the German lines con
tinue. The- weather is favorable for
campaigning.
The Germans are putting up a strong
defensive fight before falling back to
the uncompleted positions where dug
outs are missing and protection -is
doubtful.
The days are filled with thrilling in
cidents of individual exploits which
are difficult to sort from the mass com
ing in from so wide a battlefield. One
of the most remarkable is that of a
young airman who. although shot in the
, eye and the leg in ar) air, duel yesterday,
succeeded in bringing down the oppos
ing machine in his own lines, dragged
himself from the airplane, made a ver
bal report on his mission and died a
few minutes later.
The Turks have sustained another
defeat at the hands of the British in
Mesopotamia. The war office an
nounces that the Turks are in retreat
after a battle in which they suffered
heavy losses.
TANKS ROUT GERMANS.
London, April 14.—Newspaper rorie
spondents with the British armies in
France described at length the violent
fighting which ended in the capture of
Wancourt and Heninel, south of the
Arras-Cambrni high road.
When the British soldiers fought
their way into Wancourt they were
faced by great uncut bolts of wire and
waves of bullets from machine guns.
The dally Telegraph correspondent, re
ferring to the action, says:
/’’The men were held up by great
stretches of wire and menaced most
evilly by an enfilading fire frdm ma
chine guns. Two tanks came to the res
cue and did most daring things. They
came up in their elephantine way and,
most skillfully guided, climbed over
rough ground, cleaving through snow
drifts and mud banks and, breasting
their blunt noses above the old trenches
and sand hag barricades, they made
AMERICA TO HAVE TO
PAY BIO INDEMNITY
Gonnan Papers Say Allies ’Vill
Not, Have Money, But Can
Get It From U. S.
Amsterdam <\i;. London), April 16.—
The Koelnischo Yolks Zeitung. after
abusing President Wilson in the style
which appears popular in Germany at
present says:
"We are entitled to a thumping war
indemnity anil we don’t care who pays
it. Those states which lias sacrificed
immense sums wHl be unable to p&y it.
Therefore. America, which has earned
thousands of millions through muni
tions and supplies, will have to unbut
ton its pockets. We need not force
America itself to pay. but we hold so
many pledges in hand that for the en
tente it is most important to have
America as a banker behind them.”
straight for the great hedges of barbed
wire and drove straight through them-,
leaving broad lines of broken strands.
One cruised into Wancourt, followed
from a distance by the cheers of the
infantry. It trampled upon machine gun
redoubts and fired into the German
hiding places.
"A second tank struck a zig zag
course for Ileninel and in that village
swept down numbers of German sol
diets. For 40 hours these two tanks did
not rest. Kven then our men had no
easy fighting, as the enemy defended
themselves stubbornly in places.” •
London. April 16.—In the direction of
Vimy the British have seized the Yimy
station, Laohaudiere. and enemy posi
tions between Givenchy -En-Gohelle
and Angres. Progress was also mad*
north of the Bapaume-Cambrai road
The village of Faye, one mile north
west of St. Quentin, has been captured
by the British after a sharp fight, ac
cording to an official statement issued
by the war office.
The important positions of Vscencion
farm and Grand Priel farm, east of Le
Verguier, were also captured. Among
the guns captured by the British were
four howitzers of eight-inch caliber.
ARTILLERY FIGHTING HOTTER.
Paris, April 16.—Artillery lighting
continues with marked intensity in the
Champagne, the war office announces.
French patrols were active and brought
back prisoners. South of St. Quentin
there were heavy artillery actions.
TRENCH FIGHTING ENDS.
British Headquarters in France, April
1C.—(From a staff correspondent of the
Associated Press.)—It is not without
difficulty that one comes to a reali
zation that semi-open warfare has re
placed the old deep trench fighting on
the greater part of the British front. It
is difficult even for the fighting men
actually to grasp the situation, a situ
ation for which they have waited so
long. The Germans possibly feel the
change more than any one else, for
above all things they love their under
ground warfare. The Germans were
the first to transfer fighting to ditches
and they are reluctantly giving up that
style of warfare.
Losses Small: Speed Great.
The losses in the recently inaugu
rated operations, which continue to
widen with time, have been so much
smaller than one would naturally ex
pect in attacks upon such strong posi
tions as those from which the Germans
have been driven, that the army au
thorities are fairly jubilant. Another
gratifying feature of the fighting has
been the speed with which the British
troops have everywhere attained ob
jects. Driving the Germans from posi
tions which they had held for two
years has given the army a higher
fighting spirit than it ever had before.
German Staff Puzzled.
That the German staff clearly is
troubled by the progress of events
since Monday is the testimony of
newspaper correspondents at British
headquarters in France. They say the
German attempts to regain lost posi
tions have been feeble and that the sit
uation has become full of uncertainty
for the Germans. Their calculations,
it is .added, have been upset by the
speed and perserveranqp with which the
initial British advance was followed up.
THE GERMAN REPORT.
Berlin, April 16—“Northeast of Arias
and on the River Scarpe there was a
pause in the fighting yesterday,” says
the official statement issued today by
the German army headquarters staff.
“On both banks of the River Somme,”
the statement adds, “enemy forces
again advanced <*n our St. Quentin po
sition. The attack failed under heavy
losses. The British* lost three officers
and 300 men in our hands.
"Further attacks were made at
Croiselles and Bullet ourt,” says tin* an
nouncement. “The British, after violent
artillery fire, several times vainly at
tacked. In a counter thrust we inflicted
considerable losses on the enemy.”
IViUnUUUIv ANLJ HALk
HEAD PROGRESSIVES
St. Louis, Mo., April 14.—The pro
gressive national convention has ousted
the national committee that last sum
mer indorsed Charles E. Hughes, the
republican nominee for president, and
named a new national committee to
carry out the plans for amalgamating
with the prohibition party.
Plans for this amalgamation were ap
proved by the convention. Victor Mur
dock, of Wichita. Kan., who presided
over the progressive national conven
tion in Chicago last June, was elected
chairman of the executive committee of
the party, and Mathew Hale, of Boston,
was elected national chairman. Other
officers chosen were F. H. Chase, of
New York, national secretary, and J. A.
H. Hopkins, of New Jersey, national
treasurer.
The executive committee is composed
of Victor Murdock. John M. Parker, of
Louisiana; D. H. Carroll, of North Oa
I kota; F. M. Ingersoll, of Idaho; John
Taylor, of New York; Albert H. Nor
ton!, of St. Louis, and C. D. McClure, of
Georgia.
LEGAL ADVISER OF
BIG BUSINESS DIES
Philadelphia, April 16—John G. John
son, widely known lawyer, died at his
home here today. Heath was due to
heart disease. Mr. Johnson had been
ill but a few days. He was 77 years
old. _ _ _
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT.
New York, April 14.—The statement
of the actual condition of clearing
house banks and trust companies for
the week shows that they hold $ 128,
819,600 reserve in excess of legal re
quirements. This is a decrease ot
$34,759,360.
ACTIVITY ON BORDER
PRACTICE, BELL SAYS
— ffirtkf
Artillery Moved, Infantry ana
Cavalry Massed and Officers
Guarded.
TCI Paso, Tex., April 16.—Batteries of
4.7 artillery were dragged onto the
high mesa overlooking the city and
Mexico last night by caterpillar trac
tors in a night attack practice maneu
ver ordered by Brig. Gen. George Bell,
jr. The results of the maneuver were
declared by General Bell to have been
highly satisfactory. In addition to the
artillery practice, cavalry and infantry
regiments were held under orders for
instant mobilization.
Provost guards were stationed
around the hotel in xvhloh a dance in
honor of Brig. Gen. Francis Kernan was
in progress. Guards patrolled in front
of the telegraph office and around
General Bell's clUb.
Chief Thing Accomplished Was
to “Pass the Buck” To Hard
ing and Smash “Kitchen
Cabinet.”
Des Moines, la., April 16.—The 37th
general assembly which closes its three
months' session today, can lay claim
to one distinction, if it can be called a
distinction, without fear of successful
contradiction.
It was different from the rest.
The Issues its members fought over
most never lived to see the light of
day. The measures to which legisla
tors devoted most of their time have
uot added a paragraph to the code of
Iowa. Not all bills fought over were
(killed. But those which saw the hard
est trench warfare are now buried in
Noman's land.
Legislative machinery was choked
the lirst half of the session by the road
Jight in the house. It lasted for weeks.
Scores of pages of road legislation were
introduced. And when the final count
came, every page was slaughtered. The
only .real road laws adopted came from
the senate whose members dwelt in
peace and harmony most of the time.
These are the road patrol and federal
aid bills.
Got Wrought Up.
The last part of the session saw a
frantic scramble to undo what had been
(lone earlier. Both houses were won
derfully successful. Both had discov
ered some things That had gone on in
{lie session they didn’t know about
when they passed the bills they later
slaughtered so gleefully. The principal
discoveries were "the kitchen cabinet”
and Salingerism. So Impressed were
they witli those discoveries that they
took the 33th general assembly's non
partisan judiciary law and "undid”
that, all on account of the Salingers,
and added it to the list of dead legis
lation together with the famous four
year-term bill and the eighth judge
hill.
A familiar legislative expression is
"pass the buck.” That’s what the
Thirty-seventh proceeded to do to
Governor Harding. They ignored the
iidministration program—economy, re
trenchment in state finances, reduction
In number of state departments, reduc
tion in the number of state employes,
abolishment of commissions, reorgan
ization of county, city and state gov
ernment to eliminate overlapping de
partments—and all. The only part of
the governor’s program that reached
first base was code revision and it was
lagged out trying to reach home, the
luggers being the sifting committees.
Feel Good About It.
And yet the majority of the legisla
tors are returning home fairly well
pleased with themselves. They "stepped
on” the Salingers and the “kitchen cab
inet.’’ They also managed to slip in
some pretty good laws and measures
between fights.
The Salingers, through the action of
the legislature, promise to he a big is
sue in the next campaign—provided, of
course, there is no war.
Submission of the constitutional pro
hibitory amendment was approved by
both houses and October 15 was set
as the date for the special election.
Important liquor legislation was adopt
ed. but its importance was spent by the
action of the courts in sustaining the
validity of section 2419 of the code,
which denies importation of liquor for
personal use.
The circle was also returned to the
ballot, a step very much desired by re
publicans. The offices of state printer
and state binder were abolished writh
little fighting, but with much pleasure
to James M. Pierce, editor of the Iowa
Homestead. The fire insurance rating
bureau law was repealed on the ground
that it created a monopoly that had
raised insurance rates in the state.
The presidential preference primary
was abolished as an unnecessary nui
sance. The election of state superin
tendent of public instruction was re
turned to a vote of the people.
DISCOVERY OF CAUSE OF
TUMORS FORESHADOWED
Philadelphia, Pa., April 14.—The
knowledge of the cause of tumors and
the discovery of a counteractive serum
was foreshadowed at the meeting here
last night of the American Philosoph
ical society. Krwin P. Smith, of the
bureau of plant industry of the United
States department of agriculture, gave
details of experiments made to deter
mine the cause, if possible, of malig
nant growths.
. From an analysis of parasites known
to cause plant tumors, Mr. Smith de
clared, it was discovered that they con
tained large quantities of ammonia,
acetic acid and other chemicals which,
when introduced into a plant, would
cause a tumorous growth. He asserted
that by a continuance of these experi
ments it is hoped that the cause of tu
mors in man may be learned and that a
serum to combat the growths may be
developed.
fOKEL WINS DECISION.
Houston, Tex., April 14.—Mike Yokel,
of Salt Lake City, was awarded a de
cision over Waino Ketone here last
night after wrestling one hour and four
minutes for a second fall when lteferee
Frank Ootch decided that Yokel had
been fouled Yokel took the first fall
in 30 minutes. The men are middle
weight*
GOVERNOR READY TO I
RECALL LEGISLATURE
Neville To Exercise Power Un
less Prohibition Bill
Is Adopted.
Lincoln, Neb., April 16. Governor
Neville went a special message to the
legislature notifying it that h" would
not send in a prohibition bill and that
If the present session did not witness
the passing of one he would call a spe
cial session at onoe.
Substantial agreement has been
reached by the conference committees
on every point save that section in the
senate substitute that permits the sale
of 2 per cent beer, greatly desired by
the brewers.
The "drys” will not consent to this,
and say the governor Is backing the
senators on the proposition. The "wets”
want only intoxicating malt prohibited.
The “drys” insist that the people voted
to prohibit all liquors for which li
censes were hitherto necessary and Hie
supreme court has held this excludes
all malt liquors.
HUGELOAN
BILL PASSES
j --
Washinoton, D. C., April 16.—The
i $7,000,000,000 war revenue author
ization bill was passed late today
by the House.
I _ Washington, April 16.—Passage be
fore night of the $7,000,000,000 war rev
enue bill in the house, by an almost
unanimous vote, was assured today.
The measure was taken up 'In the
house at 11 o’clock this morning under
an agreement to begin discussion under
tile five minute rule. Genera] debate
closed last night, voting on the bill it
self was to begin early this morning.
An amendment was added to limit
specifically distribution of the proposed
$3,000,000,000 foreign loan which the bill
would authorize to the countries ac
tually at war with Germany and only
during hostilities.
A proposal by Representative Towner
of Iowa to eliminate the proposed
$,1,000,000,000 loan to the allies was
eliminated also.
• Labor Behind War Plans.
! A letter from President Gompers, of
the American Federation of Labor, of
fered by Representative Keating, of
Colorado, said the organization was in
favor of raising as much of the war
revenue from taxes as possible. In
creases in the Income, inheritance and
. land taxes were proposed. Mr. Gompers
made it plain that labor was behind the
war measure.
A flood of proposed amendments de
layed the final vote which it appeared
would not be reached until late in the
afternoon. ,
! -~~
FOOD SUPPLY
FOR MONTH
Amsterdam, via London, April 16.
—Under the presidency of Count
Czernin. the Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister, a conference was
held in Vienna on Thursday und
Friday, between representatives of
Germany and Austria-Hungary at
which questions concerning the
provisioning of both countries were
discussed, according to a Vienna
telegram today. (
An agreement was reached, says the
messago, which gives a full guarantee
that the supply of foodstuffs for the
monarchy and for Germany will he
fully covered from the available stocks
up to the next harvest.”
Copenhagen, via London. April 16.—
A Cologne dispatch to the Berlin Tage
blatt says that 6S bakeries there have
been closed by the police for violations
of food regulations. At a meeting of
bakers the guild master said Uiut a
third of all the bakers in Cologne were
resorting to court proceedings. He de
clared that the method of many bakers
in disposing of the Hour allotted to
them was shameful.
SUPPLIES FOR MONTH.
Amsterdam, via London. April 16.—
The Dusseldorff Anzeiger explains to
. .he working population of the Rhine- j
| lands of Westphalia that hard neces
' sity has driven the country to a new
I food rationing. This will begin April
j 15, and will include a reduction of 25
per cent in the bread ration.
The newspaper says the old crop
must serve for four months, but that
there are only supplies for one month.
No peace, the newspaper adds, even if
it came tomorrow would alter the sit
uation, and even after peace, it would
j be a long time before the food situation
j is brought to normal.
The newspaper concludes by saying
I that Roumanian wheat crop must ho
j rushed up, now that the Danube is free
from ice, and that the people must
hold out. It says there is no alterna
tive.
WOMAN ABUSES COP; 10
DAYS ADDED TO TERM
Amsterdam, April 16.—It Is reported
from Berlin that Rosa Luxemburg, for
mer'-- principal editor of the Varwarts,
and leader of the radical German so
cialists, who has been in prison for
participation in an antiwar demonstra
tion, has been sentenced to an addi
tional 10 days’ imprisonment for abus
ir™ a policeman.
Rosa Luxemburg has had a stormy
career for several years. She has been
imprisoned several times, once in Rus
sia. At the outbreak of the war she
was sentenced to one year for making
inflammatory speeches and was re
ported to have been shot.
GERMANS GET PAPERS.
New York, April 14.—The legality of
granting Anal naturalization papers to
alien enemies subsequent to declara
tion of war with this country, when
Hrst papers have been taken out be^oro
such declaration, was affirmed here in
the fedral circuit court of appeals.
The case was that of Jonas Meyer, horn
in Germany. The government, to
make a test case, applied for the can
cellation of his certificate of citizen
ship grunted by Federal Judge
- ■> /
TO RAISE 600,000
MEN M! MILITIA
New Ruling Allows Big Increase
In State Forces, Putting
Them on War Basis.
Washington, April It;. Secretary
Baker today approved a decision of the
judge advocate general which fore
shadows raising the strength of the na
tional guard to 600,000 men on a war
footing.
WASHINGTON NOTIFIED
OF BOLIVIA'S BREAK
Text of Note Sent by U. S
Minister May Be Made
Later. 9 '
_t_
Washington. April 16. — Official no
tification that Bolivia has severed dip
lomatic relations with Germany reached
the stale department today in ti note
from Minister Calderon. The text of the
communication may be made public
later.
IS COMMANDER OF
U. S. ASIATIC FLEET
—t'.~:~r)6(g’-'
Rear Admiral A. G. Winterhalter.
Rear Admiral Albert G. Winter
halter is in command of the Ameri
can sea forces along the shores of
far-off Asia. His ships are few and
unimportant as units. Rut the ad
miral in the far east for obvious rea
sons ought to be a diplomat and a
linguist. Admiral Winterhalter is
both. He speaks eleven languages.
CATHOLIC ORDER TO
LOCATE AT LEMARS
Sister of St. Frances Remodel
Old Hospital at Cost /
of $85,000.
l.i'.Murn, la., April 16.- The Bisters
of St. Frances, with headquarters in
Dubuque, today purchased the old I.e
Mars general hospital, formerly owned
l,y I.eMars physicians. The sisters
announced work will lie started this
summer on a modern hospital, which
wilf have accommodations for 75 pa
tients and will cost approximately
$85,000. The sisters will take posses
sion of the I.eMars general hospital
August 1, and will conduct that insti
tution until the new hospital is com
pleted, probably next spring.
TAKING TESTIMONY IN
TRIAL OF BLANCETT
Conviction May Bring Appeal
as Special Venire Was
Necessary.
Kast lais Vegas, N. M.. April 16.—
The Jury for the Bianchett trial has
been drawn. Taking of testimony begun
at 9 o’clock today. Attorneys are of the
opinion the trial will oecupy 10 days
or more. If convicted it is probable
Bianchett will appeal to the supreme
court, as a special venire of jurymen
was necessary.
KAISER’S ILLNESS DENIED.
Amsterdam, April 14.—An official
statement issued in Berlin says that all
recent reports of the illness of the em
peror are unfounded.
ROYALTY ON RATIONS.
London, April 14.—It is announced
that, realizing the urgent need for
economy, particularly with regard to
breadstuffs. the king r.nd queen, to
gether with their household and serv
ants. have adopted the scale of na
tional rations since early in February.
WHOLE TOWN VOLUNTEERS.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 14.—The en
tire population of Shannon, Wyo.. 30
In all, today offered its services to Gov.
Frank I.. Hocx for war. The women
and.
OBSTRUCTION
BY CONGRESS
BLOCKSARMY
Legislators Delaying All Forms
of Preparation—1-Plan $150,
00C,000 to $175,000,000
For New Ships.
BLOW AIMED AT LIQUOR
May Utilize High Taz to Con
serve Grain Used By Distil
lers For Food Purposes
—Conscription Gains.
i
Washington April 16.—In spite
of opposition of Senate and House
polls indicate the conscription bill
will pass. About half the Senate is
openly for it and the others non
committal. In the House opposition
Is great, but a probable majority
cap be mustered.
Washington. D. C., April 16.—Drag
ging and delay in getting the organiza
tion of a great army under way Is be
ginning to cause impatience among
those who realize the value of time in
effecting national preparedness.
The conscription controvery still
rages and how long it will hold back 1
passage of the bill for the new army 1
Is not certain, but it will be for several!
weeks, and this under conditions when]
weeks count. Moreover the war de-.
partment is held back from making |
contracts for clothing and supplies be- i
cause the army appropriation bill has
not yet gone to final passage.
To Build More Ships.
The proposal for $150,000,000 to $175,
000.000 more for the shipping board to
build wooden vessels to keep the car
rying trade moving meets much favor
In congress. Indications are that the
money will he provided.
The food shortage danger is com
manding attention. Secretary Houston
has begun consideration of the prob
lem with leaders in congress and the
president. Just how drastic will be the
legislation Is something not yet plain.
Strong sentiment for a food commission
with power to control prices exists in
congress.
To Curb Distilleries.
Senator Kenyon announced he would
offer a hill which will tax heavily all
new production of spirits and beer for
beverage purposes during the war. The
effect would be to prohibit such pro
duction. Vast uuantities of grain now
used in distilling and brewing, esti
mated at hundreds of millions of
bushels, would thus be conserved for
food purposes.
Pronounced sentiment for checking
tlie distilling and brewing business so
as to conserve food supplies exists in
the Senate committee on agriculture,
and the plan volanteered by the dis
tillers which would save only about
20,000,000 bushels of grain does not iind
much favor.
CONSCRIPTION HEARINGS END.
Washington. D. C., April 16. — The
House military committee today closed
Its hearings on the universal military
service bill after a large delegation of
jinti-eonscrlptionists had voiced thelc
views.
Jane Addnms. Of Chicago, and Marion
Fildenbett, of New York, representing
[he Woman's peace party; Lillian F>.
Wald, of New York, representing tho
American Union Against Militarism:
flrunt Hamilton, of ttie American Fed
eration of Labor, and others opposing
;oriscri ption, saying that voluntary
jierviee was the only kind of military
fcrvioe in keeping with the -rineipieaof
•he republic.
Mr. Hamilton read a statement from
Samuel Campers that compulsory serv
; Ice Is ugainst the traditional ideals of
American freedom.
SPAIN READY
TO JOIN WAR?
Madrid, April 16.—Foreign Minister
Gimeno lias announced that the pro
test to Germany in regard to the sink
ing of the Spanish steamer San Ful
gencio was sent to the Spanish ambas
sador in Berlin on Saturday.
The gravity of the situation is re
emphasized by all the newspapers. Tho
semiofficial Diario Universal, after
saying that the ministers reached an
unanimous decision as to. the course of
the government at a cabinet meeting
Thursday, says:
“We do not know what their decis
ions are, but we realize that their im
portance is such as to produce a com
plete solidarity of the cabinet.
“The moment is grave for Spain,
which no longer can abstract herself
from the reverberations of the events
transpiring around her."_
AMERICANS NOT INTERNED.
Berlin. April 12, (via London, April
14).—Tnere will be no internment of
Americans in Germany. After a con
ference between the political and mili
tary authorities it %vas announced that
the German government would treat
Americans here on the same lines as
luid down in President Wilson's proc
lamation concerning the treatment of
Germans in the United States. ,
ONLY THREE COURSES SERVED
Washington. April 14.—Led by Mrs.
Wilson and the cabinet women the war
economy movement inaugurated here
has begun to show its first results.
At a dinner given last evening to
Secretarv and Mrs. Lansing hy Mrs.
Charles S. Hamlin, wife of Charles S.
Hamlin, of the Federal Reserve board,
only three courses were served. There
were IS guests. _
KAISER ON A VISIT.
London, April 16.—According to an
unconfirmed report received at The
Hague, Emperor William either has ar
| rived at or is expected at the castle
of Middachten. near Arnheim, Holland,
says a dispatch to the Times from the
Dutch capital.
The castle of Middachten belongs to
the Bentick family and the German
emperor visited there some years be
fore the war.