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TREASON CHARGE DROUGHT AGAINST npMEDENBORN Multi-Millionaire, President of a Louisiana Railroad, Arrested Because of Speech Made at .Americanization Meeting. New Orleans, April 28. William . fcaenDorn, presiaem 01 im tuniH Pailway and Navagation company, and a naturalized citizen of German v birth, waa arrested by department of justice agents tonight at Shrewsbury, La., on an affidavit charging violation of the espionage act. The arrest followed a meeting here ef the executive committee of the Na tional Security league Louisania sec tion, at which resolutions were , ad opted characterizing alleged tttter- fw FHenhnrn at an American ization meeting of citizeni of German- descent last Friday night as "seditious treason against the United States and iti allies. ' Edenborn. who is 70 years old and reputed to be many times a million aire, was taken into custody at he stepped from a train of the road of a-hich he is president The resolution adopted by the security league committee quoted Edenborn as hiving . said at the Americanization meeting: . "We need have n fear that Ger many will ever attack the United 1 States. It would take a maritime na tion to do that because America it surrounded by water, America can look to Other countries for any pos sible attack! in the future." . ,' . Edenborn, founder of the American Steel & Wire company, now a part of the United States Steel Corporation, has been referred to as "father of the wire industry in America." He came to the United States from his birth, place, Westphalia, Prussia. TJ, S, ENGINEER IN BANDITS' HANDS DfonDrrrri form iimuj.iix.uu xxvjjjjx New York, April 28.-George A. Kyle of Portland, Ore., the American .engineer, who. since i March 5 has been held captive by Chinese bandita in the province of Honan, China, has been released, according to advices to the State department from the Ameri can legation in Peking, forwarded to the Siems-Carey Railway and Canat company here. Two other Americana and Chinese engineer previously bad been freed. . TNs message to, Kyle's employeri here gave no details of how his release was brought about, Kyle was chief engineer of the Siems-Carey company and was making a survey for 2,600 miles of railroad when captured with E. J. PurselL another engineer, and a Chinese assistant. Later H. J. Love, a Virginian, employed by the British American . Tobacco company, was liH '(' .. J . i-i, . , 1 -it. f ..-, All were reported liberated except Ayie, woo was isiu to oe nem bb a hnktatm tnr tha return nf a relative of . t : j i v l f j - - ne of the bandit chiefs captured by repuDiican troops, America Must Put 7,000,000 Men in Field, Declares Taft Cleveland, O, r April 28. Former President Williarn H. Taft, apeaking as a representative of the league to KftlVlfeSi Ilk III IIUUI UMUB of the federated churches here this . a a a . . iccrnoQn cauca upon . nrasiKi to . abandon hope of 'early peace and pre pare at once to tend an army of 7, 000,000 American soldiers to the western front i, v "America must calculate on a long war," he said. "Let us have a plan (to put five or seven millions of men . over there." Mr. Taft attacked the idea that we .are at war with tha German neoole. but with the German government. "Make no mistake he said. "Its the German people we must fight." Republicans in House : Oppose Minerals Bill ' Washington, April 28. Republican opposition to the administration bill to stimulate production of certain minerals necessary for war purposes and now largely Imported prevented i final vote on the measure yesterday in the house. ;-;v. . .,v-v-.., Led by Representative Cannon of Illinois ana Good of Iowa, republic ans opposed the legislation on the" (round that the authority sought to be conferred on the president should be exercised through the war finance corporation; y ; , - Hjsglnson Retires From Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston, April , 28. Major Henry Lt Higginson, who? founded the Boston Symphony orchestra in 1881 and since has sustained it in its years of financial stress, retired to day Irom the organization, which, will . be continued under the direction of a local , syndicate. The plans of the orchestra had been regarded by the public as somewhat indefinite since the recent arrest and internment as dangerous enemy ailen of Dr. Karl Mucic, conductor. Veterans of Past Wars To Get Wound Chevrons Washington, April 28. Authoriza tion of special insignia for wounds re ceived in action was Intended to he retroactive,; the War department df- cided today; Wound chevrons, there- ' (ore. will ha llitiM n vetrana nt wars as well aa to soldiers who serve in Jfance. The only requisite is that tha tiniiirv mint hawthorn rriurl irf action with the enemy and must nave necessitated, treatment by medical officer. . Ira M. Smith, Former ; Omaha Business Man, Dead Ira M. Smith died in Chicago Sun day. The news waa received ; by Thomas A. Fry. Mr. Smith was as sociated, with Mr. Fry here for 10 years wTlh Kj Booth & to.' He then went to. Chicago where he became viee president and general manager of the company. At the time of his H was be?A of a large planing Vl ! C' r to. ' f 'c is survived bv his KING QF ITALY SEEKS U, S. SOLDIERS Q y -y- vt r """" - ' ?- " Ljj t !" I v I yv i i A I V VICTOR ' Vina Virtnrl nf Itatv in a rrent statement to Qiptain Fiorelle H. La Guardia of the American flying corps in Itilv laid! "AmKriran trnom on the Piave front would prove to the enemy that America is reauy in tne war. The enemy across the trenches are not convinced the American sol diers are really crossing the ocean. borne of their propaganda leatiets say the American soldiers are being pre vented from reaching Europe by Ger many's submarines." , -f BEITISH BETIRE IN FLANDERS, SAYS GERMAN REPORT (Continued From Paf Ona.) guard Wood an enmy local attack collapsed. "In Finland, General Count von Der Goltz took Tevastahus (on the railroad 50 miles north of Helsing fors) after an engagement. On entering the town our troops were enthusiastically greeted by popula tion." The German official communication issued this evening says: "There is nothing new to report." Huns Thrown Back. London. Aoril 28. The Germans made an attack yesterday afternoon on the northern side of the Flanders salient, capturing the town of Voor- mezeele. two miles south ot x pres. Dut were driven out last night by a coun- ter attack, the war office announces. Late at night the Germans again at tacked on this front. The statement follows: ; "Yesterday afternoon a hostile at tack developed in -the neighborhood of Voormezeele. The enemy suc ceeded in capturing the village, but was driven out early in the night by our counter attack. At a late hour the enemy again attacked in this locality. -There was local ngnting mrougn out the night on both sides of the Yores-Corn nes canal. successful raids, in which we captured over SO ?risoners and four machine 'guns and ranch mortars were carried out last night south of Gavrellc and in the Lens and Mill u sectors, a ram at tempted by the enemy north of Bal leul was repulsed. "The artulery activity continues on both sides of the battle fronts." Little Fighting Sunday. The fishting today along the Brit ish front in France was largely con fined to minor operations, according to Field Marshal Haig's report to night. The British positions in the Ypres sector were heavily bombarded. The statement says: "A hostile attack in the neighbor hood of Locre was reported to be developing this afternoon. Other wise, the infantry action today has been confined to local engagements on different parts of the battle fronts. south of the somme, a nuniuer ot prisoners have been brought in by our patrols in the neighborhood of Villers Brettonneux. Artillery activity con tinued on both sides. 'Th is afternoon the hostile artillery heavily bombarded our positions in the Ypres sector." . French Repulse Attacks. Paris, April 28. Violent artillery ficrhtinr occurred last night north of the Avre, southeast of Amiens, and in the region between Lassigny and No yon, on the southern side of the Fi cardy battle front, the war office re ported this afternoon. French troops repulsed Serman attacks northwest of Rheims and in the sectors of St. Mihiel. near which are stationed the American troops which were attacked by the Germans a week ago, Lune ville, in the vicinity of which there has been an American force, and Le Pretre wood. The was office announcement to- niaht reads: " There were violent bombardments from Villera-Brettonneux to the Luce river and in the region of Novon. "Eastern theater. April Z7. the artillery activity was weak alons; the wnoie iront , save in tne region oi Monastir and on the Cerna where our heavy artillery carried out fires of destruction. In the region of Vetre nik, Serbian assault annihilated a Bulaanan .'section. Two enemy machines were forced to make a land ing --f - v - Dispute Over Babies Draws Solomon-Like Decision From Court New York, April 28. Confronted with the necessity of determining the ownership of two babiea which may, or may not, have become mixed' In the maternity hospital where they were born, Police Mag istrate Haley, after Invoking the shade of Solomon, decided yester day that the mothers in the case should exchange the infanta for a week't-trial. Mrs. Gussie Felner. mother of one , baby, was complainant against Mrs. Jacob Leonitt, mother of the other. Ira. Felner was sure that the wrong youngster waa given to her; Mrs, Leoniff was not so sure, but she vat ratisfied to make the exchange THE BEE: GERMAN FORCES REORGANIZE FOR FRESIUTTACKS Ten Divisions, Comprising 120,000 Men, Used in Suc cessful Mt;Kemrael Drive; Losses Very Heavy. (By Amoclated Tntt.f With the British Army in France. April 28. -An intense bombardment of the allied positions in the Kemmel sector has been continued by the German gunners, but up to noon yes terday the enemy had'made no fur ther attacks in this region. General von Arnim was busy consolidating the positions won yesterday and. reorgan izing his forces for a new drive against the ether hills held by the allies west of Kemmel. - The German commander" will Have to bring up tresh troops for further operations, for the casualties suffered by the enemy yesterday were exceed ingly heavy Proof of this was given by the disusing sight on the bat tlefield over which tne contenaing errnil stril irirW Durinir vesterdav's attacks by the enemy one British brigade inflated four times as many losses as they themselves suffered. German Losses Excessive. In tutinli. Hector, hut cer tainly the ' German losses were ex cessive at mny points. At i-ocre, which the French recaptuied last night and where the fighting raged most of the oay, tne numaer oi w man dead was very large. General von Arnim employed about 10 division in yesterday's assaults, fresh trOODB. This meant that on a front of about 10,000 yards, between Dranoutre and the VnrM.rnniivr, ratio! the allies had a total of 120,000 troops against them. One of tie' new German di visions arrived at Kemmel from Verdun April 24. French Retake Locre. Th Frrn.h in last niffht's ODera- tions not only drove the Germans from Locre, but took Hospice an 3 T.nrr farm l.oth strnnir nointa IviriL? to the southeast of the village. Locre was one ot ut most nouy contested points along the front. The allied attack south of Villers- Rritnmiaii vtcrrlav o-av rise 'to very heavy fighting. Some progress was maae 10 -.vara reclaiming mis po sition which the enemy held as a re- iilf n( th fl.rmin mish VVfHnPSfiav. The enemy in a counter attack threw themselves tgainst one French di vision seven times without being able to get forwaid. The Britisn today had nearly 900 German prisoners in the cages as a remit nf nl1.r rrtnnti" nneratinnn which began Wednesday night. The 1 . t . 1 uritisn yesic:aay- aiso iook several hundred in the fighting north of Kemmel. " ALLIED LINES WILL NOT BREAK, ASSERTSM'ADOO Chicago, April 28. William G. Mc Adoo, secretary of the treasury, at a mass meeting here tonight, declared that the allies' line in France will hold. "We are not daunted, fellow, coun trymen, by what is happening in Eu rope," he said. "We are not dis couraged because the lines of our gal lant associates have been bent. We are not afraid that the Huns can break through the western front, "At the close of the campaign on May 4, the people of America must send a thunderous message to our defenders on land and sea that we are standing behind them with all of their resources and with the inflexible reso lution to see this war finished with the finish of the kaiser's militsry de spotism." Federal Officers Round Up Two Alleged German Agents San Diego, Cal., April 28. In the capture of Albert Keffl and Lewis Gruber, Austrian, who were taken in custody shortly aner day break today at the international boundary near Tijuana by customs officials, federal agents believe they have rounded up two of the most important of Ger many's agents in this country. Both men were said by the federal authorities, to have had on their, per sons a large amount of data concern ing the naval and military activities of the United States. According to the federal authorities, Keffl, who is a former sergeant in the Fifth artillery, U. S. A, had just com pleted a tour of eastern and southern army concentration camps and had joined Gruber in San Diego. Gordon Lad Wins Honors in " State Humorous Contest Gordon, Neb., April 28. (Special.) The humo'ous section of the state declamatory contest was held in the high school auditorium last evening There were six contestants from vari ous parts of the state, the winners in the different district contests. The decision of the judges was unanimous in every respect, and was as follows: First place to, "Mince Pies," given by Robert Trahmer of Gorddn; second to v"Cupid and the Cadillac," given by Eunice Diller oi Wilber; and third to "The Saleslady," given by Wtima Carroll of Randolph. The local speaker, Robert Tranmer, is a ninth grade student, only 14 years of age. Curtailment of Banana and' Pineapple Imports Proposed . Washington, April 28. New and far-reachinff restrictions on imports are in process of formulation by the shipping board, to permit furnishing larger Quantities of tonnage asked by Major General Goethals, acting quartermaster, general, for the use of the anu-v. I ' An effort is being made, in co operation with Business men, to find substitutes for restricted articles and materials, so that the country will be placed virtually on a seif-supportingr basis, . importers of bananas ; and nine apples came" to Washington today ! prepared to approve definite arrange I rents for restrictions' on imports of OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL Man Against War Traitor To Country, Declares Roosevelt New Yorlt, April 28-No Araeri can has a right to a night's sleep un less during the day he has done something to aid in the war against Germany, declared Colonel Thtc dore Roosevelt tonight in urging an audience at the Brooklyn Academy of music to invest in the third Lib erty loan. "The man who does not tliink that it was America's duty to fight for her own sake, in view of the in famous conduct of Germany toward us, stands on a level with a man who wouldn't think it necessary- to fight in a private quarrel because his wife's face was slapped,' asserted the former president, prefacing an attack on the "conscientious ob jector." "The American who Is not now heart and soul in favor of fighting this war through to 1 victorious conclusion, said the colonel, "is a traitor to his country and to man kind. .He is unfit to live in Ameri ca. He is unfit to be a free man, for his soul is the soul of a slave." WAR BILLS AWAIT ACTIONS SENATE Draft Amendment and Sedition Legislation to Follow Enact ment of Government Reor ganization Measure. Washington, April 28. Prospects of passage by the senate early this week of the Overman bill, giving the president authority to reorganize gov ernment departments, promises to open the way for enactment of a miscellaneous lot' of war legislation. On the program for completion during the week are the bills to ex tend the selective draft law to youths now 21 years of age and establish draft quotas on the basis of the num ber of men in class 1, the sedition bill, the housing bill atd other meas ures. Senator Gore of Oklahoma, chair man of the senate agricultural com mittee and author of the proposal which the house rejected, for raising the government minimum guaranteed price of wheat to $2.50 a bushel, plans to call his bill in the senate this week. He will make a fight for the increase, but many senators believe the senate will yield to the house and not dis turb the present guarantee. Repeal of the national German American alliance charter, despite voluntary dissolution, promises to be brought up this week by Senator King of Utah, author of the repeal resolu tion. Senator Owen of Oklahoma plans another address in favor of his reso lution for an international boycott of Germany and Germans, if Germany refuses to adopt principles of inter national conduct drawn and accepted by the allies. . American Labor Pledged To Carry on War to Finish London. April 28. The American labor delegation which is visiting England was entertained at luncheon today in the banquet hall of White Hall palace and met representatives of the British and foreign press. James' Wilson, head of the dele gation, said: We recognize as a fundamental truth that there can be no democracy with the triumph of the imperial Ger man government. The fight must be carried on to its finish. "The American lalinr movement, in whosa behalf mv cnlleaoriics and 111 v. self have been authorized to speak, declares most emphatically that they will not agree to a peace conference with the enemies of civilization, ir resDective of what cloak thev wear. until Prussian militarism has with drawn within its wt boundaries, and then not until the Germans ' have, through proper representatives nroved to our natiiifartinn that thev recognize the right of peoples and civilized nations 10 oetermme tor themselves what shall be their standard." Sedition Charge Confronts Reed on Return From Russia KTer Vnrt Anril ?RTrW Peed an Ameriran macazine writer whntt appointment as bolsheviki consul general at New York was withdrawn some time after he left Russia, was held under surveillance by the navy intelligence bureau for eight hours when ne arrived here today aboard a Norwegian ship. He was allowed to leave the vessel after special arrangements had been made for his appearance at the federal building tomorrow to plead to his indictment for writing for The Masses articles alleged by the government to be seditious , Canadians Score Success : In Raids Opposite LenS T nnrtnn Anril 28. The Canadians have carried out three successful raids opposite Lens, taking 60 prisoners nrt fnnr machine dins and killinS many Germans, says a dispatch from Reutcra (correspondent at pruun headquarters in France. Kenly Makes Flight. nc;..l-. v V Anrit ?R Ttriwarlier ftenerat William L. Kenlv. newlv ap pointed chief of the division of aero nautics, landed here today wun tnree companions after a non-stop flight from Washington in a powerful Italian biplane. The trip was .made against a head -wind in three and one quarter hours, said to be a record. Closer Co-Operation Of Allied Navies Planned by Council Paris, April 28. The inter-allied naval council, which concluded its sitting this afternoon, made import ant decisions with a view to obtain-' ing closer collaboration between the allied naval forces and Intensifying their joint action. George Leygues, French minister of marine, proposed the following resolution, which was adopted: "The interallied naval counci ex presses its admiration for coolness, daring and splendid courage dis played by the Britfch navy in the attacks on Ostend and Zeebrugge and for the rapidity with which it gained its objectives, despite the immense difficulties of the enter prise and the desoerate resistance 29, me. GERMANS FOILED IN ALL ATTEMPTS TO BREAKTHROUGH Stern Resistance Prevents De velopment of Offensive as In tended; Allies Hold Foe Wherever They Make Stand. . (Br AnoelstM PrcM.) With the French Army in France. Saturday, April 27. Stern opposition encountered by the Germans in their attacks in' the region of the Somme and in Flanders, near Kemmel Hill, has prevented them thus far from de veloping their renewed offensive on the great scale which they undoubt edly intended. Each of their attacks may be regarded as an effort to pre pare the way" for a more extended ac tion in the ent of an important ini tial success at either point, but the resistance offered at both places ap parently discouraged the German commanders ' from launching mare serious attempts to break through. In Picardv, where the Germans at tempted to divide the French from the British around VillerS-BretOnneux and Hangard, the line remained to day much the same as it was before the attack was begun three days ago German Losses Severe. The only result of the Germans' on slaught, in whjch they utilized eight divisions, is the loss of a large num ber of men, without any advance, and certainly without obtaining a jumping off place for the real attack they ex pected to make if successful. The al lied commander-in-chief decided, when the Germans occupied Villers Brettonneux and Hangard, that their continued possession by the enemy would endanger the security of the lfne in front of Amiens, and imme diately sent forces with orders to re capture them. The attacks at these points were executed with the great est courage znd success. Further north, where the Germans gained Kemmel Hill by the employ ment of nine divisions, the allied commander-in-chief regarded it as un necessary to make the sacrifice that would have teen entailed in regaining the lost territory, since it is not es sential to maintenance of the allied position. In this way the allied re serves are spared intact for future use. There is confidence among the allies m the ability to hold the Germans wherever they choose to make a stand. Bank License Refused To Loan Recalcitrants Kansas City, April 28. Failure to subscribe to Liberty loans or give to the Red Cross in proportion to their reputed wealth has resulted in six men of a western Kansas town being refused right to organize a national bank, Fred Robertson, district at torney for Kansas, announced today. Foreigners in Holland To Be Closely Watched London, April 28. A bill introduced in parliament contains provisions for stricter supervision of foreigners re siding in Holland during the present extraordinary war situation, according to a Reuter dispatch from The Hague. The Largest Truck in Omaha O DENBY -iVVW J I H x .JMj1j11J) ii CARD-ADAMS MOTOR CO. 0. P. MORPHEA, Denby Track Managtr, 2421 Farnam Stwt Omaha. -1640 "OM St, Lincoln. f924 Locust St., Dei Moinee. Salvation Army GirU Heroines of Battle f ".:nV 'CO- J t $P Ci J Misses Gladys and Irene Mclntyre, Salvation army workers at the front; proved themselves heroines at the Battfe of Seicheprey. They stuck to their posts under fire, serving the American fighters with food and cheering words. The girls are daugh ters of Colonel W. A. Mclntyre, who is in charge of Salvation aimy work in New York and New Jersey British Casualties in Raid ' On U-Boat Bases Total 588 London, April 28. The total Brit ish casualties in the operations Tues day against Zeebrugge and Ostend were 588, according to an official an nouncement tonight. These were divided as follows: Officers killed, 16: died of wounds. 3; missing, 2; wounded, 29. Men killed, 144: died of wounds. 25; missing. 14; wounded, 35. NOW IS THE TIME TO FOR v ' riute. mjc a jar Enongn tor 60 Dozen Eggs. Mode by GEO. H. LIE CO, Omaha, nrite or Phone Donglas 838 for Nearest Dealer's Same. Pioneers of the Internal Gear Deliveries of These Trucks Can Be Made Now PREPARE BRITISH PUBLIC FOR LOSS OF CHANNEL PORTS Evacuation of Ypres May En tail Abandonment of Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne, Lon don Papers Intimate. London, April 28. Some of the newspapers appear to be preparing the public for the loss of the channel ports. The Times today says: "There is no denying that the loss of Kemmel Hill is a considerable tactical success for the enemy, and it will be well therefore, to prepare for the receipt of other disagreeable news. If the enemy is able to extend his grip on Kemmel we may be com pelled to evacuate xpres. su&n evafeuation would not inevitably entail the abandonment ofDunkirk, Calias and Boulogne, but it is well to realize that these consequences bight ensue. We must remember that the Ger mans cannot win the war by the oc cupation of Ypres and the channel ports," - . . The Evening News said last night: "The capture of Kemmel Hill un-' doubtedly is a useful step in the di rection of Calais and Boulogne, and it is frankly admitted that its loss gravely imperils Ypres." Mrs. Preston Urges American Women to Be United in War New York, April 28. A war mes sage to the women of America from Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, formerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland, was made public tonight by the National Se curity league. "We can win if America can be held steadfast and unswerving and the ' women of America can hold her stead fast," said Mrs. Preston. "Against at! temptations to compromise, the women of America should stand firm and united." , Dr. Sidonio Paes Elected President of Portugal Lisbon, April 28. Dr. Sidonio Paes,, premier and foreign minister, today was elected president of the republic by direct universal suffrage. 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