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The sure way to atify your wants is through use of the wanted pages of The Dee. Try . Bee want ad. Pir Omaha Daily THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XL1V-N0. 253. OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING, API? 1 1 Oa Trmina aa at Hotel Iwi Stand. Bo SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Bee TT-Tirt HE VV. R. BURBAMK OF FONTEtlELLE IS DEAD FROM WORK v - Prctident and General Manager of (he Big Hotel Expires from Heart Failure in His Apartment. FONTENELLE HOTEL MANAGER WHO DIED SATURDAY NIGHT. 30,000 FALL IN A VAIN DEFENSE OFLES EPARGES Germans Told to Hold Great Fort rest Against French in the Woevre District at Any Cost WHAT DAMAGE AN AIRSHIP MAY DO IN WAR-Effect of a bomb dropped from a Zeppelin during the recent raid by air on Paris. " T s ( BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP SUliK BY A LIME m SHELL British Steamer Harpalyoe, Char tered by Aid Commission, Lost with Twenty-Six Men In North Sea. CARRIED AN IMMUNITY PERMIT Vessel Believed on Return Trip After Bearing Load to Suffer-' era from New York State. ITFTY-THREE ABOARD CRAFT ROTTERDAM, April 11. (Vis London, April 11.) The BrltlBh steamer, Harpalyce,- the first relief boat of New York state,' and under charter to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, has either . been tor pedoed or sunk by a mine In . the North Sea. ' The Dutch steamer, Elisabeth, on Its voyage from Rotterdam for New York, picked up twenty-two of the crew of the Harpalyce seven miles northeast of Noordhtnder light ship and brought them back to Rot terdam. Twenty-Six Fear Lost. The Dutch steamer, Constance Catharlna, picked up five men and, took them to Nieuwe Waterweg. The steamer carried a crew of fifty three men, twenty-six of whom, It Is feared, have been drowned. Those rescued by the Elisabeth In cluded the second mate and the see- on engineer, the latter In a wounded condition. The Harpalyce, under its charter to the Belgian Relief commission, had a permit securing immunity from attack. The Harpalyce, which was of 1,691 tons, was ' a comparatively new stsamer, owned by J. and C. Harri son of London. It sailed from New York March 7 with more than 11,000 individual gifts tor the relief of the' Belgians, and arrived at Rotterdam March 80. It is presumed thate Harpalyce's earge had been unloaded i and that it was on its return voyage. It was commanded by Captain Frank Wamn, who, prior to bis departure from New York, declared that he was not worried about ' mines or sub marines, t . ; Wilson Peeved as V Army Officers Ask U. S. Be Protected WASHINGTON. April ll.-nepresenta-tive Gardner of Massachusetts gave a dinner last night to the reserve army of the United States. Eight of the six teen reservists attended. Mr. Gardner referred to the recent lose of the submarine F-4, which he char acterized aa a"gruesome comment on Secretary Daniels' policy of peaceful persuaelon and pretense of preparedness.'! "The'loss of life of the F-4," said he, Ms due to' Secretary Daniels' neglect of our submarines." Mr. Gardner related an incident, which he said, occurred a year aso when, "in the minds of many people there was serious danger of International trouble in the Pacific ocean." A Joint hoard of army and navy officers, he said, went to President Wilson, with recommenda tions that certain precautions be taken immediately. ... 'The president gasped with anger at the effrontery of these distinguished of ficers." said Representative) Gardner, "and peremptorily forbade the board to meet again. If this statement of mine Is denied I challenge the president to per mit a public investigation." CHARGES SON SHANGHAIED ON VESSEL TO HIS DEATH NEW ORLEANS, La.,Aprll Il-Chargea that George M. Farmer was shanghaied aboard the British mule ship Anglo-Australian hers and that severe treatment afterwards wag contributory to his death were noade In a 10,000 libel suit filed against the vessel here today by Edward Farmer, his father. Young Farmer died three days after the vessel left New Or leans February IT for Avonmouth. In the petition the father charge that Farmer wag taken aboard the vessel In an intoxicated condition and lashed to a stanchion. His ' treatment, the petition sets forth, resulted in a fit and he djed without attention. The Weather Tesiseratart at Oaaab Yesterday. Itoora. Deg. a. m... a!!.'.'.'"!!)'.'" ii a, ra a, m. a m. :::::::::::::: a. m, at::::::::n:::K niiiiii nntiti S4 l p. m. ,,, M I p. m... ,., n m l m SI t p. m... iL S p. m tl 7 p. m l'aaaara.tl' Lekl Record. 1915. 1911 1913. 1912. Highest yesterday ti 46 M 74 I fittest yesterday 4: 2X ?A &J Mean temperature fi Xi 40 M Prrcipiiation T .90 .00 .03 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temierature ' 43 Kxresa for the day 1 Total deficiency since March 1 140 Normal precipitation 10 Inch leficiecy for the lay .10 inch Tola) rainfall since March 1....1M Inches Deficiency since March 1 38 Inch lefk'ieticy for cor. lerio1. 1MI4. ,2 Ini h iJiccB for cor. period, lflj t 13 inches U A. WKU-ll, Ux.al Forecaater. Ih .... :i jv 'if ii ;; i?vx '. a. 1- a ' ' 1 i 1 U. ' I a.. r 1 T T- I I t- - -Jaw-1 - iv-u, : b f I fix. f 4Xv'.VJl t T V A. wT aa JOBHOLDER'S LOBBY IS GIYEH KNOCKOUT i ' House Postpones Bill to Extend V Terms of Office Holders ( ' Until 1918. ROUGH TREATMENT FOR BILL - (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 1. (Special.) Like the hoy -who stood on the burn ing deck when the raging flames made hot the peanuts by the peck, Speaker Jackson stood by his desk yesterday In the face of a lobby of county officials hanging over the rail and with a resounding whack, of his gavel sounded the death knell to the bill Intended to extend their terms two years without the trouble of a re-election. It was the gavel swung by the gOod right hand of the speaker that choked off an avalanche of hot air which was about to be precipitated upon the assembly and when the thing had been done, remarks were made that the speaker had pulled off 1 the beat stunt of tils career. The Question was pJ:he adoption of the con ference report of the committee appointed' to 'confer wfth" Mke committee from the senate. '. Oppnaitloa Overwhelm!. ' The speaker did not, aa might be sup posed, take snap judgment on the ques tion. He merely put to a vote the con ference report In the Tegular manner after the question Involved had been up for discussion several ,timee. All the members understood it perfectly and were rcady.to vote upon it The majority was at least ten to one for Indefinitely post poning the bill. Where the disappointment of the of flceholdlng lobbyists snd their friends came in wss over the' failure to delay a final vote until enough opponents of the scheme had gone home so thst they could finally smugRle It through. A substitute motion had been sent up to the clerk's desk with this object in view, but the putting, of the first motion eliminated the second one from consideration. Heeoaalderatlea Mve Falls. Mr. Richmond immediately moved to reconsider, but another member sprung the proposal to takers recess, which car ried. It is believed that tf another, at tempt should be made to reconsider it will fall, aa fifty-one votes are required. , On behalf of the Lancaster county of ficeholders Mr. Mockett had moved in the house Friday afternoon that the con ference committee be directed to report on Saturday. The committee merely re ported Saturday morning that It would like to have more time, which was al lowed. Unknown to Mr. Mockett, the commit tee later handed up a second report re commending indefinite postponement Just before noon Mockett spoke on a question of pesonal privilege and re plod to a news paper criticism of his activity In helping out the officeholders' lobby. In doing so, he Intimated that the conference com-, mlttee had been "playing' horse." Negley, Borensen and Cronin, the three members of the cbmmlttee all replied to ' Mockett Mr. Cronln's" remarks were especially caustic, v ' Reasta Of Hio-holders. "X .deny the slurs that the gentleman from Lancaster has cast ' upon . the. com mittee," said Oronin. ' "If dilatory tactics have been attempted it is he and bis crowd who have .used them'. 'Our report is now on the clerk's desk and was there whei Mr. Mockett arose to 'make his grandstand play. I want to say about this county officeholders'- lobby, which has been hanging around here all winter, that Its members are not dolngtheir duty by their people when they spend their time In this way." , The conference report was that the matter should be left to the next legis lature and that House Roll I be indefin itely postponed. Mr. Scett moved to adopt It and the motion carried with a chorus of "syes" which almost raised the roof. EFFICIENCY SURVEY FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 11 -Bp iaU-The stats efficiency survey commission, as proposed In House Roll No. !. found op position when It came up on third reading In the senate yesterday. It finally carried, however, ty a vote of II for to It against. . - The bill creates a commiHsloo to make a survey of the efficiency of the various departments of state government and to report thereon to the next legislature. It, carries an appropriation of )4,00 for the expenses of the commission. 'Pi - a- . .1 iTi sal r- I Vv. v - Another German . , Commerce Raider Enters U. S. Port NEWPORT NEWS, Vs., April ll.-The German auxiliary cruiser Kronpi ins Wil helm, another of the elusive German searchers which have been destroying commerce since the outbreak of the war. arrived in Hampton Roads this morning. NORTON HAS ENTIRE LEGISLATURE AT BAY Folk County Member Makes Them All Do His Bidding; on -Appropriations. DOUBT WHETHER THEY SUBMIT , (From a. Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April 1 1 . ( Special. ) The Norton scheme of appointing in advance one committee from the house to act as a' conference commit tee on all the appropriation bills will cause; considerable delay, and as a cons'equeoce the final "adjournment may not come tomorrow, ,. K . , The committee from the house has. four bills to confer on, all lmportat, .The senate. In order to rush mat ters, appointed a different commit tee for each bill, but on account of the house having but one committee, three of these committees will have got to wait their turn until the house committee can finish its work on the first one. . - - ' Meanwhile the members sit around doing nothing and the employes continue to draw their salaries. Could a committee have been appointed on each bill, all might have been working at the same tims and the work cleaned up much sooner. The inference committees from the senate are as follows: H. R. m. Salaries BIU-Brookley. Wink and Bunhee. H. R. 751, -Maintenance Bill Kol, Wil son of Dodge and Kleohel. H. R. 204, Fisheries Bill-Grace, Saund ers and Mallerv. H. R. 667. Miscellaneous Rills Kohl, Buhrman and Hushee. H. R. 7W. Claims Blll-Weesner, Kohl and Lahners. H. R. 4. University lvy-Msllery, Wilson of Dodge snd Wilson of Frontier. Some of the members are wondering tf in the 100 members of the house, there are only two men besides himself to whom Mr. Norton can trust the adjust ment of the difficulties which' his economy plan has brought about. Members of the senate are much wrought up ever being compelled to stay doing nothing. Berlin Taking Oyer -Private Street- Car- , And Light Systems , . . RERUN, Afrll lh (By ..JVireless : to Sayvllle, N. T ) The Overseas News agency' today gave it the -following:' '"In the midst of the 'world conflagra tion the Berlin municipal administration Is undertaking the gigantic enterprise of busing and conducting the Berlin Elec trical works. The municipal council has unanimously appropriated 130,000,000 marks for the purpose of obtaining . the street car system and assuring cheap electricity for the citizens.- V ' "At the same time the suburb of Pehoenbflig la extending a large sum for an ' extension of Its underground lines snd Berlin is building s new line connect Wig the northern snd southern parts of the city. , ., ." , . "The foreign office at Vienna has pub lished s red book containing nearly 90S official documents concerning violations of International laws by hostile govern ments since the outbreak of the war. These reports disclose sstoumllng cruel ties by Russian invaders snd Serblsn Irregulars. Villa and Obregon . Not Fighting Now Fl, i'A.SO, Tex . April ll.-No further fighting wss reported here between tbe Villa and Ohregon forces, which clashed this week between Irspusto and Quere laro. Villa remained at Irapuato, pre paring to attempt tu dislodge the C'ar ransa troops from Celyav ir. If it iO a mx. w LAW MAKERS PUT IN SONDAYAT WORK Anti-Discrimination Insurance Idea Finally Postponed by the Senate Members. REDISTRICTINQ BILL THROUGH (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 11. (Specials Members of the legislature who have formed the church-going habit since coming under the environment of the "Holy City" broke over this morning and attended a short session of the legislature Instead. ' In the "" senate five bills were passed on third reading, and In com mittee of the whole one bill was or dered engrossed for third, reading and two killed. One of those killed was House Roll No. 581, which had been amended so that It was a sub stitute for Senate File No. 46, tbe insurance bill killed the house last week. 'Amendments to the bill were adopted by a vote of 14 to 11, but when the blH earn- tip' jpr the final action on a motion to postpone Indefinitely, the' roil oall showed 14 for death and 13 for its salva tion. - ' . ... Bills rsned by Senate. The following bills were passed: , H. R. 763, the Governor Appropriates KO.OOO for foot and mouth disesse. Ayes, 27; noes, none.- II. It. -KM, Smith Authorises stste auditor to accept In full amounts due on old claims from counties owing state on insane accounts, without intereat. Ayes, W; no. V . H. H. 140. Laren Authorises Douglas county to aRuulre land and erect work house, nnd issued bonds for purchase of same: emerrency. Ayes, !; noes. none. II. R. 343 RDeals lunlor normal ai-hnnl act. Ayes,' 22; noes, . t- oti, rcimiun AIIUW OOUniV COfn- m(stlonere of Lancaster county 'to fix salary of clerk to county judge. Ayes, 24; no, l. Passed la Spite of Introducer. A communication was received In the senaW from RepresentuJye Palmer of Douglas, asking that his bill, house roll No. 42, be Indefinitely postponed. The bill required Justices of the peace to pay aU fees in excess of $1,000 Into the county treasury. The bill was passed at the ses sion (ast night and so ths communication came too late. . The senate cotrTerence committee con curred In the amendments of the house on senste file No. 1S1. providing for full velustion of all real estate, but levy shell be made on a 89 per cent valuation. House roll No. KJ0, by Reynolds, pro viding for creation o water power dis tricts, was recommended to pass In com mittee of the wholo. Redlstrlrtlas Bill Favored. Ovi )n the house a short session wss held and house roll No. 415, the Nlchce bill providing for a redisricting of the Kfghth and Ninth judicial districts, wns tsken up. The, original bill provided for the taking of Stanton county from the Eighth district and placing It in the Ninth and providing an extra judge for the lat ter district.. The senate smended the bill by taking Cuming county also from the Klghth district snd putting It In the Ninth. I v Peterson of Lancaster attempted to get an amendment In 'providing for a fourth judge In the Lancaster county district oourt. . but this failed and the bill wif adopted, with the two districts affected now standing as follows: Eighth, Cedar, Dakota." Dixon and Thurston, with one judge. . Ninth Afitelope, Knox, Madison, Plrce, Wayne, Stanton and Cuming, with two judges; .Not knowing a ball game had been scheduled for this afternoon at the league park, the two houses quit with the under standing that another session would be held after lunch. Among the bills cleaned up this after noon was H. R. 44, ths I.findgrwn-Negley loan shark bill. The conference commit tee agreed to the senate amendments which reduce the yearly Interest to from 89 to SS per cent and the license from $100 to n0. Both houses cleanad.up all bills before them snd nothing la left now but to wslt for the conference committee reports. Colonel Nelson Suffers Relapse KANKA8 OITY, Mo.. April 11 (K pada I Telegram.) W. It. Nelson, owner of tr Kansas City Star, who waa believed on the road to recovery from his recent ill pees, suffered a relapse today and his condition Is said to be critical HAD BEEN ILL FOR WEEKS t Strain a X dnninv art A (nmirti Hir Hostelry Too Much for His Frsil Constitution. HIS CAREER AS HOTEL MAN William H. Burban't, president and J general manager of the Hotel Fonv tenelle, died shortly after 9 o'clock5 Saturday evening. The cause of bis death was heart failure. Mr. Burbankhnd beon under on Intense nervous strain brough'. on by worry, over the building and opening of the : hotel. J Arthur N. Cole, secretary of the j hotel company, said that about 8 o'clock he went up to Mr. Burbank's apartment, where he had been par tially confined for the last two or three days, with some letters for him. They talked over the business and during tbeir discussion,' .Mr. Bur bank said, as he slgnod a Utter. "Have you ever seen a better signa ture than that?" Mr. Burbank then retired. Kails Dead la Red. Along toward o'clock . the family nurse went Into the room to give him a cup of broth. He Complained to her that he had a hard time getting his breath. While she wns still in the room he, fell back on the bed, apparently dead. That frightened the girl and 'she Im mediately called the office by telephone. His .wife wss called at once, snd also Dr. W. O. Henry, who lives St the hotel. Mr. Burbsnk never regained conscious ness. He waa dead before Dr. Henry could get there.' Dr. Henry said thst death wss undoubtedly due to hesrt failure. Mr. Burbank was a member of the Omaha club, the Commercial club snd Happy Hollow club, and was a Mason. 'j' He came direct to "Omaha from .Byra- , cuse, N. T., where he had been ma nag- j Ina- th. Ilm.l rw.nn.laaa Ha m-'aa i years old and wss born tn mtsfieid, - T..-b- . V.. Mass, rata. uurunr uiini the death of her husband . M k . , . . 'I , Relatives Deeply Effected. After the death ot .William. K Bur bank, Mrs... Burbank retired ,snd lefused to see anyone outsit io-relative, make . any statements, j Mru Burbank's brother was also In seclusion and would grant po- Interviews. .Both were deeply srectea oy ins aoatn. Mr. urrgg, or tne hotel company,' stated that It was Im- oosslble ' to say at nreent Juut what ef feot this would have on the manege- ment of the hotel. That must wait for a meeting of the directors ot tne oner- atlng company, of which Mr. Burbsnk waa president. . This meeting Will take place in Pvracuse. N. T. Mr. Gregg also said that ss yet nothing hsd been decided ' definitely concern'ng the burial, . but that, the body would In all likelihood be taken east , , Considered "Hotel Wlsard." At the stockholders' dinner, which pre ceded the opening ot the Hotel Fontenelle to the public, President Wsttles of the Douglas Hotel company, referred to Mr. Burbank In most enthusiastic, terms. . , "We looked about for a man to take charge of the management of the hotel," he said, "and among ths many who were considered we choso Mr. Burbank because he seemed most sminently quallfledSo fill the bill. We looked up his record, and found him to be not only a hotel expert, but a veritable wliard." This estimate of Mr. Burbank's sbllity was confirmed by Mr. Rafferty ot Syra cuse, who told of the success that had come to the Hotel Onondaga In that city under the management of the man whose genius formed the company that is man aging the fontenelle. - I Architect Kimball also told of th prac j tlcal saaistance given him by Mr. Bur : bank, who had spent most of his time in Omaha during the construction of the hotel and whose experience was largely drasvn upon in providing for msny of the special features and comforts of the house. He gave his personal attention Jto the most minute details of the ar rangement and furnishings of the big hotel, and worked beyond the limit in t.ie , task of getting It ready to open on time. Born In a hotel bearing his family name, and coming from a line of hotslmen, Mr. Burbank was by heredity and environ ment as well ss- by experience s cspabte hotel man himself. He was born at l'lttsfleld, Wass., n IfCl, n the Burbank house conducted by his fsther. William t Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Senators to Buy Desks and Chairs; ' Order New Fresco (From a Staff Correspondent.) UNCOLN, April lL- Special Telegram.) The senate in a session held last night with Just enough present to constitute a majority passed several bills of a minor nature, making a record of forty-six for the day. The members will meet St 10 ' o'clock In the morning again, but It is not expected that business will . be transacted. Before recess today the senate un animously adopted a resolution authoris ing the secretary of state to TTiy before the next session, thlrty-thies desks for the members, and six for the newspaper hitherto borne by the state. The mein men of modern construction aud lsrge ! ber from York wss fesrful tliat) county enough to hold the ..books and papers , needed. A new carpet and chairs, snd the repsinting of the landscape on the celling that haa been a source of worry to Senator Qulnby all through the ses - slon. was aleo ordered, ths whole cost not to exceed Sj.CO). "v ' - " .Si L-y - - i Wl I J.I AM n. BURBANK. PRUSSIANS BAR , SLAYSVADYAHCE Russians Admit Failure to Capture Hill Held by Germans Between Ucsok and Beskid Fanes. HUGE TASK OF KAISER'S MEN . ni-ixtrri. LONDON, April 11. The latest Russian official statement says that the Muscovites took the offensive In the direction of Mesolaborcs and dis lodged the opposing forces from W'lrawa.,.The Russians also captured Height '09, a much disputed posi tion, which means, they claim, that the enemy has been driven back tbronhout the whole of the princi pal chain of tha Carpathian moun tains in the region of the Russian of fensive. .' LONDON. .April" 11. -There lhs been a considerable extension of the battlefields both In the Carpathians snd In the Woevre district of France, where fighting of extreme . violence continues hy day and night, without. hr)wevep any defnlte dec,B,n hav,ns been reached. , The Russians have made them- ' . ' . ......... i aeivAa masters or tna nrinninai mam - W ' of mountains from Dukla -. pass to Usaok pass and have begun an attack j on the German , forces, ' wfilcb ' hold the ..hills from", the! .latter, pass . east ward to the Beskid pass. This section of 'the Carpathian " has been -the seen since early February of many rierce encounters between - tha Germans, who were sent ' to help ' the uatrtsna in their fmiiiau tn. j relieve Prsemysl and tbe Russian army (whose tssk It wss to hold them back until the full of the fortre.ssk , . . ;ive Another Task. Now. thia Herman armv he been given another task that of trying to prevent ths Russians from straightening out their line, which is necessary before the Invasion of Hungary Is undertsken. It -Is spparent that this army hss suocewW In at least checking the Rua sisu advance as the Austrisn official report Jntms s victory for the Germans In this section whlls ths Russians admit that they hnve been unable to rapture hill mi, while lies about midway between I'ssok and Beskid passes. As the Russians .have Immense forces at their dtsiossl and splendid railways to take them, to the front, , confidence is expressed they will succeed, ss they did in the Iborcia valley. In countering this check. The British military writers, however, warn the pubtlo that they must nut expect a speedy conclusion of the Carpathian bsltles, as tha Russians still hsve serious obstacles to overcome snd tno' further they advance through the mountains ths more difficult will be the task of keeping their armies supplied, tierauaas Take Heights. VIFN.VA, April H.(Vla Indon.V-Th Austrian war department today gave out the following official statement: "Tn the wooded mountains to the esst of l'sok pass 'sevens fighting opened yesterday. German troops captured a height to the north of Tucholwa, whioh since April S had been hotly contested and stubbornly defended by the Rus sians. One colonel and more than l,0u0 men weie captured and fifteen .machine guns were taken. "btrong attacks against the German snd our porlttons tn Opor Valley, in the district of Stryj. failed with severe Rue slan losses, yesterday we iwptured J.1M prisoners." Turks Occupy . City of Hamadan PKTROGnAD. April 11. -A telegram to the Bourse Qasette from Tlflis; " Trans Caucasls, say s that the Turks have occu pied Hamadan. a city of Persia 1S5 miles southwest of Teheran. Hamadan Is. a . station for ths com merce between Bsgdad, Tabrls. Ispahan snd Teheran. It has a population of about 25,000. COUNTIES MUST BRING BACK THEIR FUGITIVES (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 11 (Specisl) Ov.er the opposition of Jgsndsll of York, the sen ate committee of the .whole yesterday recommended for pessege the bill re quiring the counties-to pay tha ex- jpenses of returning fugitives from justice. boards through a desire for enconoiuy I - might cause justice to n-lscarry l some cases., Among other bills re-.-ommended wss th measure for a ) esr-reund registration lof voters In Lincoln at the city clerk's office NO SACRIFICE THOUGHT TOO BIO General Sayi He Would See Entire ' Corps of Hundred Thousand Lost to Sare Position. . GAULS ARE BATTERING WEDGE BRITISH STKtMKR anger charter Belgian Relief eonmlailna asmk by aala ee torpedo Im Worth) Sea. riOHTTWO .tSOI'vn l.ea Fpararea, the ' Waerrf dtatrlct of Frware.j, the ftwal asaaalta which a-alaett for . the French this Important tratearla position cost the fier. Mlsi AO.OOO mem. THIS IS THR F.STIMATR tnao lr the Preweh XV nr frteo. it iim noanee still farther prayrea by the Freweh forces la (heir fnrtoas aalaaa-hta apoa the Gfrasa liars, j which are drawa ap between th . Meeae sad the Maaelle rt-rera aa! the proteetlaa- wall for Mets, tha are eat fortress f Alaaes-Larrataa., I TUB ' CARPATHIANS the Ras ' ow eoatrol the prlaelpal rhala af atoaatalna ketweea Dakla. and 1'aaok passes sal are attack ing: the, Oermaa , sst Aastrlaa force to ha east af Ussak. LONDON, April 11. -The French,! army In the Woevre Is hammer-, Ini at the two sides of the German.' wedge, which was driven Into the French . lines as far as St Mlhlet esrly in the war and which thus far' has remained firm, and simultane ously has attacked the German froht which passes close to the Lorraloo border between Nancy and Chateau Sallns. The 'capture of. Lea Eparges, on the northern side of the wedge, ap pears to hare been the most marked' success the French hare gained after almost a ..fortnight's , fighting, 1 toougn uie. manner, in which tha Germans are eountar attacking In tha forast ' of Montmare, ' to the. south-, ' esst,,' would' indicate that they feel the French pressure' from that di rection most-severely. i All the other attacks the Germans claim to have repulsed with heavy losses to tho ETench. . - ParU Official Statement. PARIS (via. London;, April 11. The fol lowing official ststement regsrdlng tre progress of the campaign was issued by the wsr office todsy: "Between the Meuse' snd . the Mcsells we have retained all the ground gained snd hsve made fresh progress. Between the Ome snd the Meuse there hav. h... no engagements. . "At Les Epsrges ths enemy hss under tsken no action, either with Infsntry or srtlllery, and the day passed rjuletly. Ths whole position Is In our hands sod state ments of prisoners emphssises the Im portance aj our soccees. " "The -Germans since-the end of Febru ary had in this part of the front the en. tire. Twenty-third division of- reserves Then, toward the end of March, when that division was exhausted, the Tenth sctlve division of th Fifth army corps, composed of ths beat troops of their army, wss brought up. . It Is this division whlph haa Just lost tha vorit.hi. constructed on the spur of Les Eparges. Ortere t. Held Oa. "Th troops hsd frequently been or dered to hold on at all costs; they were told that the position was of the grtateet toportance and their general s.11 that In order to keep It he would escrlflee tha division, or the army corps of MO.ooo men If neoesssry. 'I'" U"erM hr th9 German. monI dUrlBB th '"t w. months an.ountedjo JO.POo mrn Free Coupon Good for 25 cts. or 50 cts. Ry special arrangement with m 'nnKement,tor th. bene, fit of Bee readers. Observe strictly the conditions and limi tations stipulated-in the coupon Thia Ite Coupon Entitles Dearer to one 25c or 50c Scat Fop tbe perforiiianxa of "Talk of NewYork' At the Boyd Theater, Monday Evening, April 12. Fresent at Box Office eny time prior to performance and get a free admission ticket In addi tion to the ticket you buy at the regular price. You must have a Bee coupon for each extra ticket you ask fur. 1 1 i i The Day's War News I I