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NEWS SECTION
PART ONE
PAGES ONE TO TEN
VOL. XLVI. NO. 257.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1917 EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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THE WEATHER'
Fair; Warmer
MEN OF TEUTON
SHIPS WILL TILL
AMERICAN SOIL
CrewB of German and Austrian
Vessels Here and All Aliens
Now Detained to Sup
port Selves.
CAN GROW THEIR OWN FOOD
Immigration Officials Will
Seek to Find Farming Com
munities for Them.
TO
CLEAR
i .
ELLIS ISLAND
Washington, April 13. All aliens
row detained because of inability to
qualify for admission to the United
States will be given an opportunity to
grow their own food if the immigra
tion service can find farming com-1
miinities suitable for their needs.
Ellis Island and other stations,
jammed with some 3,000 aliens the
country cannot deport because of the
war, will be cleared under the plan.
Crews taken from German and Aus
trian merchant ships in American har
bors will be included in the moving
order. Xo aliens turiird back at the
nation's eastern gates have been de
ported since the war began because
of the perils of transatlantic travel.
The immigration service plans to
give all an opportunity to engage in
farming if arrangements can be made,
it was said tonight, not only that the
country's food production may be in
creased that much, but for the bene
ficial effects on the aliens themselves.
The plan, which has been developed
" only in a general way. is to group
persons of the same nationality to
gether. Aliens arriving in the future,
if inadmissible, will be added to the
colonies.
Many aliens have been admitted to ;
.1 . . .1 1.- i i
Tne counirv receniiv who m nuuimi
times would have been turned back,
immigration officials said tonight, be
cause there was no room at immigra
tion stations for their detention.
Arg
entine Vessel
Sunk by Submarine
Off Europe Coast
Krcito.. Aires. April U.-The Ar
gentine mailing ship Monte Protegido
ha. liver, sunk off theEuropean coast,
according to an official announce
m ni' inde hr.e today.
Hiinotmccnient was made by
th .
thr.
t1':;..
linister of foreign affairs, who
i e had received official informa
lo this effect. The government
n'hred a complete inquiry into
.inking of the ship.
. news created a great sensation
:i:-os Aires. According to news--.1
the ship was sunk by a Ger--ubmarine.
ii is announced that the ship was
f',r d on twice by the guns of the stib
nrn'sic and that one member of the
rrcw was wounded.
British Hospital Ship Sunk
Without Warning by U-Boat
London, April 13. The British hos
pital ship Gloucester Castle was tor
pedoed without warning in the Eng
lish channel on March JO. The Brit
ish hospital ship Salta was sunk by a
mine in the English channel on April
10. the war office announces, and
fifty-two persons were drowned.
All the wounded on the Gloucester
Castle were-saved. There were no
wounded on board the Salta.
A German wireless dispatch of
April 11 says the Gloucester Castle
was torpedoed by a German subma
rine. J
Injured Sergeant Is
On Road to Recovery
Sergeant Walter K. Knohiis of
Company B, Fourth Nebraska regi
ment, whose right 'foot was ampu
tated as the result of a railroad train
running over it while he was doing
guard vduty on the Union Pacific
bridge on the night of April 1. is
convalescent at St. Joseph's hospital.
For a time, his condition was very
critical.
j The Weather
Far Xtbraalia Fair; warmer.
Tom pe return at Omaha Vwterilay.
ii a. m a j
8 p. m si
Comparative 'Loral Rrcord.
1117. 1918. 1915. 1311.
Highest yesterday.... 55 u Ii8 Us
Lowest yeetprdny 34 44 ' 45 41
Hean temperature. . . . 44 6S 54
Precipitation 0(1 .01 At .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature 4U
Deficiency tor the day 5
Total excess since March 1 62
Normal preclpltstlon 10 Inch
Deficiency for the day 10 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... 2.00 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 51 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916,, 2.02 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1915.. .39 Inch
Reports From Stations at 7 P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Raln-
vs M . m 10 i
' ' '' " ,
C p. m 54 '
SMttfe 6 I. m US j
7 P.. m 0:'
of Weather, 7 p. m. eeu fall.
Cheyenne, pt cloudy, ,. 44 48 .00
Tlavenport, cloudy. ... .. 4S 50 .00
Denver, pt. cloudy 60 54 .00
Dee Moines, cloudy.... 48 52 .00
Dodge City, rain 58 62 T
Lander, cloudy 60 52 .00
North Platte, cloudy., 64 60 Ti
Omaha, cloudy 52 -.5 ,"0 I
Pueblo, rain 48 .S .05 !
Rapid City, pt. cloudy. 4 Ml "3 I
Salt Lake City, cloudy.. 64 .00
Santa re, cloudy 68 ;l .00
Hherldan, pt. cloudy... 60 52 .00
Sloua City, cloudy 48 r.o .00
Valentine, clear 46 62 .00 j
""Tt Indicates trace of pfclplutlnn j
' L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist.
How Washington
American
Poster Says Soldier "May if
He Pleases Return Home
With His Pockets Full -of
Money."
SIXTY DOLLARS YEAR'S PAY
Copies of a poster that George
Washington used to get army recruits
in 1776 have been received here for
use in army recruiting by Captain
McKinley and his staff.
Above the facsimile of the 1776 pos
ter is the explanation that it shows
the way the Father of His Country
appealed for soldiers. Below is
printed: "Do as our forefathers did
in 177o Enlist." The facsimile con
tains crude illustrations of a soldier
at various positions with an old flint
lock, and reads as follows, spelling
and capitalization being as given, and
the old English script 's" being freely
used:
"To all brave, healthy, ablebodied
and well disposed young men in this
neighborhood, who have any inclina
tion to join the troops now raising
miner uencrai asnuigion, lor tile
defence of the liberties and independ
ence of the United States, against the
hostile designs of foreign enemies,
TAKE NOTICE,
"That Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday at Spots
wood in Middlesex county attendance
will be given by Lieutenant Reading
with his music and recruiting party
of F company in Major Shute's bat
talion of the Eleventh regiment of in
fantry, commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Aaron l)gdcn, for the purpose
of receiving the enrollment of such
youth of SPIRIT as may be willing
CASH WHEAT SELLS
FOR $2.48 IN OMAHA
Shortage of Wheat is TtpfWtp.l
May Options On
Local Market.
the
CORN SETS A NEW RECORD
Unless the government acts, and
that quickly, commandeering the sur
plus, cash wheat on the Omaha mar
ket is going to sell at $2.50 a bushel
within the next few days, according
to local grain men.
Wheat worked well up toward the
$2.50 mark, selling 'at $2.48 for the
high and $2,35, low, an advance of 10
to 15 ccfTts a bushel over the prices of
Thursday, the previous high.
Through brokers, Chicago was well
represented on the floor of the Omaha
Grain exchange. The twenty-five car
loads were quickly sold and there was
clamoring for more.
The Omaha May option indicated
that somebody was short of wheat
and had to have it. This option
opened at $2.27 and soon sold up to
$2.40, holding around $2.382.39 dur
ing the entire session. This was 15
cents over the Chicago May and close
I to 14 cents over high for Thursday.
Corn Goes Up.
Cash corn also scored a gain of i
to 4j cents a bushel, marking up a
new high at $1.351.36 a bushel.
Receipts were sixty-four carloads. '
On the option market similar condi
tions maintained, except that the ap
parent corner was for July corn, in
stead of May. The May option here
opened at $l.Jt and sold up to$1.4UV-'
a bushel, a gain of some 6 cents. But
it wa's in July that the indications that
the shorts wanted corn became ap
parent. This option opened at $1.31
and sold up to $1.56, a gain of 25
cents a bushel.
Omaha men were not buyers of
corn above the $1.50 mark, but they
fed it to their Chicago friends in large
quantities and considerable of it was
corn bought when prices were under
$1 a bushel.
Local men are not talking of their
profits, but a number of them made
good killings when they let go of their
wheat and com at the long prices that
maintained.
Wife Awakes to Discover
Husband Committed Suicide
Shenandoah, la.. April 13. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Worry over a land
deal is the only motive known for the
suicide of S. K. Lewis, retired farmer
of means, who hung himself in a hay
loft at 4 o'clock this morning. He
was former owner of the mineral
springs at Burlington Junction, Mo.,
and moved here last tall to educate
his sons at Western Normal college.
When Mrs. Lewis arose shortly
after 5 o'clock to sec where her hus
band, who had built the fire in the
kitchen stove had gone, she saw his
body through an open door hanging
from the rafters of the barn.
Richmond Bill Emerges
Unscathed From Committee
Lincoln. Xcb.. April 13. (Special.)
Before the senate finance committee
this afternoon Senator Chappell of
Mindcn undertook to put through an
amendment to the Richmond state
capitol bill that might have favored a
a relocation of the capitol. The
amendment offered provided for the
erection of a building for the supreme
court on the site purchased some
years ago for a state historical build
ing, and the appropriation of $50,000
to repair the east wing of the present
statehousc. This was voted down,
and the Richmond bill emerged from
the committee in very much the form
in which it entered.
Frank Rockefeller
Is Reported Near Death
Cleveland, O., April 13. Frank
Rockefeller, youngest brother cf
John D. Rockefeller, has been uncon
scious for twelve hours in his apart
ments in a local hotel and his physi
cians say there is but little hope of his
recovery. Mr. Rockefeller is 72 years
old. and was recently operated on for
intestinal trouble.
Raised First
Armv in Colonies
Our Flai
to enter this HONOURABLE service.
"The ENCOURAGEMENT at this
time to enlist is truly liberal and gen
erous, namely, a bounty of TWELVE
dollars, an annual and fully sufficient
supply of good and handsome Cloath
ing, a daily allowance of large and
ample ration of provision, together
with SIXTY dollars a year-iu GOLD
and SILVER money, on account of
pay, the whole of which the soldier
may lay up for himself and friends, as
all articles proper for his subsistence
and comfort are provided by law,
without any expencc lo him. Those
who may favour this recruiting party
with their attendance as above will
have an opportunity of hearing and
seeing in a more particular manner,
the great advantages which these
brave men will have, who shall em
brace this opportunity of spending s
few happy years in viewing the differ
ent parts of this beautiful continent,
in the honourable and truly respec
table character of a soldier, after
which he may if he pleases return
home to his friends, with his pockets
FULL of money and his head covered
with LAURELS. GOD SAVE THE
UNITED STATES."
AUSTRIAN SPY
SUSPECT TAKEN
Des Moines1 Police Take Man
Thought to Have Nitro
glycerin. BOOK SAID TO BE CODE
(From ft Staff Correspondent,)
Des Moines, la., April 13. (Special
Telegram.) A quart bottle believed
to contain nitroglycerine and a book
of hieroglyphics were found in pos
session of N!:k Krooes, Austrian spy
suspect, when federal authorities
placed him under arrest Thursday
night at the Rock Island station.
The suspect is a prisoner in the
county jail, where he is being held
pending an investigation.
The book of hieroglyphics, in Aus
trian language, may be a secret code,
according to authorities. The liquid
in the bottle has been sent to a chem
ist for analysis. Should it prove to be
nitroglycerine, a charge of treason
will probably be preferred against
Kropes, who claims he is "an honest
man." He says he h,s resided in Des
Moines for five years. No statement
has been obtained from him.
Spain Demands
Indemnity from
Germany for Ship
London, April 13. A demand for
I indemnity for "the sinking of the
Spanish steamship ban rulgencio has
been made on Germany by the Span
ish council of ministers, the Madrid
correspondent of the Exchange Tel
egraph company cables.
The San Fulgencio was torpedoed
without warning, being the first
Spanish ship to be sunk by the Ger
mans under these ' conditions.
A London dispatch of Wednesday
said the Spanish government had
made a strong protest to Germany.
Coroner's Jury Holds
Engineer in Clear
In Gibbon Crash
Kearney, Neb., April 13. (Special
Telegram.) A coroner's inquest was
held in the Gibbon accident case this
afternoon and the verdict rendered
was that the accident, resulting in the
death of five persons, was unavoidable
and that the train crew was not re
sponsible in any manner. The train
was traveling about thirty-five miles
an hour when it struck the automo
bile. The automobile party had a
clear view of the track at the point
the machine was hit, there being
nothing to obstruct their view.
Engineer James Bemey, who was
on the Los Angeles Limited, saw the
car, but too late. He testified that it
was the first accident, terminating in
a fatality, in which he had played a
part during the quarter of a century
he drove a train for the Unibn Pa
cific. From evidence gathered the au
tomobile party apparently failed to
see the train even when it was upon
them.
Russian Grand Duke Boris
Is Placed Under Arrest
Petrograd, April 13. (Via Lon
don.) Grand Duke Boris, a cousin
of former Emperor Nicholas, has-been
arrested at army headquarters and
sent to Tsarskoe-Selo, where he is
interned.
A Petrograd dispatch on April 1
announced that the recent arrest of
Grand Duchess Marie Ravlovna, a
cousin of the former emperor, to
gether with a group of personages
in the entourage of Grand Duke
Boris, was said by. the police to have
led to the discovery of a plot in which
the grand duchess and two unnamed
grand, dukes were involved for the
uroclaiming of Grand Duke Nicho
las as emperor of Russia.
APSGERMANS
PLOTTING TO
INVADE AMERICA
Several Indicted at 1 Paso on
Charges of Conspiracy to
Enter United States
From Mexico.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE
Six Alleged to Have Planned to
Ship Ammunition From
Douglas Across Line.
FOUR AMERICANS NAMED
El Paso, April lo. Indictments
were returned today in the United
States district court against Mrs.
Amelia Toennipys, . Clarence Tocn
niges,' Josephine Toenniges, her son
and daughter, and Henry Beach, all
Germans, charging them with "con
spiracy to levy war against the United
States by inducing and instigating
Mexican military commanders to in
vade the United States from Mexico."
Mrs. Toenniges and Beach were ar
rested recently following a raid by the
provost guards on a house in the Mex
ican section. Later Mrs. Toenniges'
son and daughter were taken into
custody. Another indictment was re
turned against Mrs. Toenniges for
preventing United States officers from
making an investigation of their case.
Indictments also were returned
against four Americans and two .Mex
icans, charging conspiracy to ship
200,000 rounds of ammunition from
Douglas, Ariz., to Mexico.
The Americans were: J. E. Ander
son, Bernard Schuster, Arthur Schus
ter and V. B. A:' Ireas The Mexicans
were Emilio Ortez and C. H. Armijo.
The ammunition was alleged to have
been sent from Douglas to El Paso
and was intended for exportation to
Mexico, The men indicted claim they
notified the Department of Justice of
ficials here and received their permis
sion to make the shipment.
Bull Moose Party '
Names Committee
To Join With Drys
St. Louis, April 13. The progres
sive national convention late today
ousted the national committee that
lrst si imer endorsed-.. Charles E.
Hughes, the republican nominee for
president, and named a netf national
Committee to carry out the plans for
amalgamating with the prohibition
party.,
Plans for this amalgamation were
approved late today by the conven
tion. Victor Murdock of Wichita,
Kan., who presided over the progres
sive national convention in Chicago
last June, was elected chairman of
the executive committee of the party,
and Matthew Hale of Boston was
elected national chairman. Other of
ficers chosen were: F. H. Chase of
New York, national secretary; J. A.
H. Hopkins of New Jersey, national
treasurer.
The executive committee is com
posed of Victor Murdvck, John M.
Parker of Louisiana, D. H. Carroll of
North Dakota, K. M. Ingersoll of
Idaho. John Taylor of New York. Al
bert D. Nortoni of St. Louis and C.
p. McClure of Georgia.
The members of the national com
mittee include: Arizona, Fred S. Price,
plagstaft: California, George W.
Stone, Santa Cruz.; Colorado, Dr. C.
t. Fisher, Sterling; Idaho, r. M. In
gersoll, Pocatello; Jowa, H. H. Grif
fith, Des Moines; Montana H. P.
Shelley, Helena; Nebraska, Arthtir
C. Ray, York; Nevada R. L. Flanigin,
Reno; New Mexico, N. C. Detach,
Bunadilo; Oregon, D. H. Coe; South
Dakota, George Van Meter: Texas.
L R. McCormick. Dallas; Utah, A. T.
Moon Salt Lake City; Washington H.
A. McLean, Seattle; Wyoming, J. M.
Carey.
Kaiser Must Tell
German People
1 Truth, Says Paper
Amsterdam (Via London), April 13.
The socialist newspaper Voer
waerts of Berlin saySseditorially:
"The German government must
have the courage to tell the German
people the whole truth, which is sim
ply that it is impossible to dictate
terms of peace to a world of enemies."
Second Keen Hotel Bandit
Is Given Twelve Years
The Keen hotel bandits, convicted
by juries in district court of highway
robbery, were sentenced to a total of
twenty-six years in the state peniten
tiary by Judge Sears.
Ed Moore never- batted an eyelash
when Judge Scars imposed a sentence
of twelve years upon him.
His partner, Frank Rogers, wilted
when the court gave him fourteen
years a couple of days ago.
Both were taken to the state peni
tentiary at Lincoln by deputy sher
iffs.
Moore and Rogers held up the night
clerk of the Keen hotel last winter
and looted the cash register of a large
sum.
Special Movies for the
Kiddies on Saturday
"Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp,"
the classic of Arabian Nights' tales,
will be shown for the special chil
dren's program at the Muse Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. Children have
been clamoring for this film since
the first children's movie was inaugur
ated. "Quack-a-Doodle's Food
Crisis" and a child comedy, "Military
Figures." will also be shown.
The Strand will show Bessie Love
in "N'ina. the Flower Girl." a cartoon
and one of the country life scries.
ALLIED DIPLOMATS CONFER WITH UNITED STATES
OFFICIALS Plain for the active co-operation in the prose
cution of the war against Germany are being laid in frequent
conference between these diplomatic representatives of the
Allied governments'and American State and War officials.
U.S. WILL PATROL
ATLANTIC COAST
Secretary Daniels and Entente
Admirals Outline First Naval
Move by the Americans.
TRAPS FOR SUBMARINES
Washington, April 13. New im
1 elus was given plans for naval co
operation between the United States
and the entente nations today by con
lerenccs between Secretary Daniels
and American naval officers and Vice
Admiral M. E. Browning of the Brit
ish navy and Rear Admiral R.""A.
Grasse of the F"rench navy. American
warships first will undertake the pa
trol of the entire Atlantic coast from
I'ananm northward, possibly even in
cluding Canada, permitting the with
drawal of British and French patrol
vessels and using naval bases of these
nations in the south Atlantic if neces
sary. Naval officers have expected that
Germany would extend submarine ac
tivities sporadically . to this side of
the Atlantic and announce a formal
blockade of Boston, New York, the
mouth of the Delaware, the mouth of
the Chesapeake, Charleston and Sa
vannah. The flotilla of motor patrol
boats now being assembled and a
number of submarine trap nets will
be relied upon chiefly for protection of
the sea coast and harbors.
It is understood British and French
ports in Europe will he opened to
American ships when the need arises
and eventually an American naval sta
tion probably will be established on
the Irish coast.
Kipling Celebrates
With Song Entry of
. America Into War
London, April' 13. The Daily Tele
graph prints verses by Rudyard Kip
ling, written to celebrate America's
participation in the war. The poet
puts the words in the mouth of "the
American spirit, who speaks of the
opportunity to recover the road we
lost in the drugged and doubting
years."
Two of the stanzas run:
In thfl fates, of riath rojolcet
We) iind hold I ha good.
Bear wltnepi, earth, wa have made our
chokel
or freedom's brothrrhood.
Tneti pralite the Lord nioitt high,
Whone artcnKth hMth aitve.d us whole
Who hade ub chooae that the Ileali should
die ,
And not the living soul!
German Commerce Raider
Reported in Gulf of Mexico
Galveston, Tex., April 13. Infor
mation that a German commerce
raider, in the guise of a sailing ship,
has entered the Gulf of Mexico, was
reported today in Galveston. News
of the raider's entrance into the gulf
was received from an unnamed British
steamer in a radio message to a ship
which has arrived here. News of the
presence of this vessel reached here
shortly after the announcement that
a German submarine was operating in
the eastern gulf. The raider is said
to have entered the gulf through the
Yucatan channel.
Washington, April 13. Many re
ports of German raiders and subma
rines lying in wait near American
ports to- destroy commerce reached
the Navy department today through
civilian channels, but official con
firmation was consistently lacking.
The most persistent report was that
of a German submarine in the south
Pacific.
Bentley, Red Cross Man,'
Is Still Stopping Here
Arthur Bentley, Red Cross field sec
retary from Chicago, stopped over in
Omaha a day longer than planned in
order to help Gould Dietz, W. H. Bu
cholz and W. G. Ure to perfect the
local organization. An executive com
mittee and board of directors will
soon be announced, it was "
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS
JH BRAZILIAN CITIES
Office of Pro -German Organ at
Sao Paulo Wrecked by Mob
and Presses Destroyed.
DEMONSTRATIONS AT RIO
Sao Panto, Brazil, April 13. The
offices of the Diario Alemano, a pro
German organ, were wrecked last
night by a mob of pro-ally sympathiz
ers. , The presses were destroyed..
Rio Janeiro, April 13. Foreign
Minister Xauro Muller has cabled the
Brazilian, minister in Berlin' asking
him to urge all Brazilians in Ger
many to leave the country within
twenty -four hours. A decree has been
issued withdrawing the exequaturs of
the German Consuls. The ministers to
France, Great Britain and Italy con
ferred at length with Dr. Muller. An
official inspection of the German ships
seized in Brazilian ports show that
important parts of the engines are
missing, rendering the vessels prac
tically useless.,
Renewed anti-German demonstra
tions occurred last night. Crowds
gathered before the German club and
hooted, after which they proceeded
to the legations of Chile and Argen
tina and cheered the ministers of the
two sister republics. The League of
Friends of the Allies has approved
the following propositions which have
been placed before the president:
"First, the disarming of the confed
erated German rille societies in south
ern Brazil; second, the prohibition of
correspondence between German sub
jects through either foreign or dom
estic mails and rigorous surveillance
r.f all German, residents ill Brazil;
third, the suspension of German
newspapers and publications whicll
spread ideas calculated to alarm or
confuse the public mind; fourth, to
offer the allies and the United States
the co-operation of the Brazilian fleet;"
fifth, to sequestrate all German ships
until more radical measures can be
taken; sixth, , the dismissal of Dr.
Lauro Muller as foreign minister and
the appointment of his successor.
Navy Recruiting Campaign
Shows Big pains Daily
Washington, April . 13. The tre
mendous recruiting campaign for the
navy is beginning to show results.
During the first twelve days of
April a net gain of 4,871 men for the
regular service was recorded. The
figures for the last two days of that
period were respectively 535 and 55b
men, showing the steady increase in
the daily average of applicants.
The total enlisted strength now is
approaching tl. 70,000 mark. Presi
dent Wilson has already authorized
recruitment to 87.000, the maximum
allowed by law. and pending legisla
tion will provide for a total force of
197:000 including the coast defense re
serve, the only present volunteer ele
ment. When the 87,000 figure has been
reached it is possible that subsequent
enlistments will be permitted "for the
duration of the war." whicll would
enable the active service to be tilled
up with war volunteers..
Machine Gun Company
Wants Mule Skinners
In the National Guard attractive
places arc now open to a limited
number of men as mule "skinners" in
the supply company, where Captain
DcFratis savs he can offer "special
inducements." Lieutenant and Com
mander Wallace Fellers of the ma
chine gun company also says he has
exceptioual opportunities to offer a
few selected men, preferably college
graduates, m his machine gun com
pany Feoeral muster of the Fourth
Guard is progressing. The machine
gun company and Company. A have
been mustered and Company B will
be mustered' today.
Men who have purchased dis
charges from the navy may now be
re-enlisted without special permis
sion,. Lieutenant Waddell says, and
they will have advantages over men
who have not seen naval service.
ENGLISH SWEEP
FORWARD OVER
12-MILE FRONT
Capture Five Villages and Gain
Footing in German Trenchei
Northeast of Lens, Tak
ing Five Villages.
ASTRIDE HINDENBURG LINE
Kaiser's Troops Making Des
i perate Efforts to Dig Selves
In Back of Arras.
LARGS GAINS BY FRENCH
London, April 13. On a twelve
mile front from north of the River
. i. -t t t-:.:-i.
I acarpe to souin oi loos, uriusn
troops today pressed oacK tne Ger
mans all along the line and captured
Ave villages. Field Marshal Haig's
men, the official communication frdm
British headquarters in France to
night adds, also have gained a foot
ing in German trenches northeast of
Lens. Prisoners and guns also were
taken in the advance.
Southeast of Arras, the statement
adds, the British also made progress
and now are astride the Hitideuhurg
line as far as a point seven miles
south of Arras.
The villages seized by the British
are all east and north of the Vimy
ridge. They are Bailleul, Wileval,
Vimy and Petit Vimy, Givenchy-En-Gohelle
and Angres.
The British official communication
this evening announces that the total
prisoners taken in the offensive be
gin! early last Monday morning now
aggregate more' than 13,000. Guns to
i he number of loo also have been
taken.
With the British Armies in France, ,
April 13. (Via London,) Under ini
privyed weather conditions there was
stiff fighting along virtually two-thirds
of the British front today. In addi
tion to the gain made in the new at
tack between Hargicourt and Metz-Eit-Coutiire
the British are making
progress further north. Another mile
of the Hindenburg line southeast of
Arras has been taken, as shown by
last night's official communication,
giving a total width of three and one-
half miles to the turning movement at
the top of this famous position.
In falling back the Germans are
making in the direction of an emerg
ency, auxiliary line to the rear of a
Hindenburg line called ibe Drocourt
Qucant line, AVork on this position is
far from complete and the Germans
seem to have, had no idea of using it
except as a last resort. They are now
fighting, iinder: orders" to delay the
British advance: at every- possible
point, to: permit completion of Hie
work of making the new position de
ferrable; '
Expected to Hold Ridge.
On retiring from the Somme last
month the ' Germans apparently ex
pected to hold all the Hindenburg
line ruhriing southeast from Arrai in
front of C'ambrai and through St.
Qnentin and Laon. The important
point at the northern end of this line
was Vimy ridge. TJiere is no doubt
the Germans never expected, "to be
driven ofif that ridge by a frontal at
tack as was done by the Canadians on
Monday. Anticipating a northern of
fensive and possible outflanking of
the Vimy positions, the Drocourt
Queant switch running north from the
Hindenburg line was planned.
In the meantime the Germans,
driven back from their old positions,
(Continued an Par Two, Column One.)
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Of Bacon' in One
Army Order Here '
Bids for furnishing over 1,100,000
pounds of bacon to the army will be
opened in Omaha and other, great
meat packing contcrs of the middle
west during the remainder of April,
according to announcement Friday
afternoon by Colonel Gonzales Bing
ham, in tharge of the army quarter
master depot here. This call for
bacon bids is understood to be a part
of the general preparations for the
war.
At a given hour on specified days,
army officials will open the bids at
Omaha, Chicago and Kansas City for
supplying various large quantities of ,
army issue bacon. Omaha's double
importance as a packing center and
army food depot is emphasized by
the fact that this city is one of the
three places where the bids may be
submitted.
On April 16. bids are to be opened
for 200.000 pounds of Ihicon of a cer
tain mode of packing. On April 18,
bids for 500,000 pounds of the same
packing are to be opened. On April
30, bids for bacon of three different
modes of packing, and totalling over '
400.000 pounds, will be opened. It is
understood that some packing firms
w ith plants in Omaha make bids only
through their headquarters to he
Chicago army quartermaster depot.
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