., ... . .. - - , W EATH R : f-CT North and SouthvCart' 1 cooler tonight , In -ofirftfit , 1 VOL. XXIV. No:B3; f ; German Efforts are- Slacken ing j JVhile Allies Begin 7 1 Off en sive BATTLE IS BECOMING ; ONE OF THE NATIONS Americans Troojps ta the Num ber of 100,000 are Being Brought Up to the Brit ish and French Armies..-. As Allied 71roops bein- ollenslve TOovements on the Picardy battlefield, the German - assaults show signs of slackening both in numbers -and -In-tensity and the Germans; arediggins themselves in feverishly around Las signy on the outhern -liie : of i the sa lient wherer French J pressure : has teen heavy. South of the Sommes'the saults were repulsed and the French made good gains, , T - The German peace drive toward Amiens. Paris and Channel ports is fast becoming a battleof the nation?. The conSict opened with British, and German soldiers the "adversaries. Sicce then the French and American armies have -joined with Field "Mar shal Hate's forces while-lA-ttstrian and Bulgarian troops are aiding the en- Jan ;nrHntry have been doing much of :h fi-fhting vunder the British flag in hie last two'days. Over the roads to the battlefield In motor trucks; and on foot 100,000 Am erican soldiers are moving to jom the fight against the invader and to drive , him back. The American trooprs are now under control of General Foch, th generalissimo, but their destina- t'cn in the fight area has not v been J disclosed. They are seasoned troops find are reported as anxious to get right. : The most intense fighting is pro Rvessing south of the Somme where attempt after attempt is being made y the Germans to break' the indom itable FrancorBritish defense . and 'each the Paris-Amiens railway line ?r Arniens itself. -Unable to mak3 gains astride the Somme, the enemy h?-? made heavy attacks at other points but with no success. Moreul, the renter of the fight, south of the Somme is reported to have changed har.is four times and is now held by 'hp British, Canadian and French troops. A round Montdidier, where the bat t'n -line curves northward, the flench have reclaimed Aincourt and -nmcnei. runner ean V sieny. in the . direction of Noyon, the . . j i i, i f I . , t X .-wrrr -A I -l C". r:? o .-auHl, Unveil 1UIU t"3 CUtiu; Iv- is in this region that the Germans are now digging in. German attempt to force a passage of the Qise , at Chauny were crushed by the Frencn "ho wiped out an enemy force which tried to establish ' a bridgehead ' on the southern bank of the river. North of the Somme, where -the r-Gernians vere thrown back with se vere losses by the British Sunday, he enemy made no further attempts Sunday and the fighting activity nas fceen moderate. If Field Marshal von Hindenburg intended to spend April in Paris he Tgst have meant some other year tn 1918. His troop are still more than 50 miles from the French cap 'fal and ni 11 days of fighting, and tinder tremendous losses, they have not even reached the Paris-Amiens railway, the principal route from Northern France to Paris. Indeed they are getting- ready to defend themselves against the Anglo-franco-American forces under Gener al Foch. The boastful utterances : o the German' leaders much in evi dence in the early days of the pres . 'nt campaign alsohaye ceased. In Northern Italy the artillery, firing is increasing In intensity and j patrol ac ;tiong are more numerous but there &as been no .infantry action a large scale. American - patrols continue active northwest of Toul. The German lines are under heavy bombardment. Marked activity, behind the . enemy Hne3 show, no sign of letting up, trot ihe Germans hav not attempted any Una Generauy . air toniflht' and Tuesday; V KM II . M II -II ' ll'llr 11 II .w f ' 11 .1 It m- I I IV 1 1 Wr wnmwrk rM w .....A aj -.1. .".-' at m a . . I . , i m. iwfc-m-BMiffi wmmm geriveans anxious h -i .mm DODGE THF DRAFT ABOUT AMFRIW - ii 1 1 :vi i - i 1 K-JirZ : mi v j j if ii in ii ii ij ;irini v i. --41 ;-;v,-:-;. ; , 1 uu Mississippi uetau oout tne iNew u r km VN K VfK iv Mir-.'-vrA:.- il full leased .wire service 1 - ,.,iuuftiv,r-:. -v . x r 1 ' rf I 1 rf - i A IV II A 1 IV M II A llA VI II J K a II -II i I if i i Jt VMNTS: CONCRETE : WILMINGTON YARD (By George H. Manning.) WashingXon, D. C:, April 1. Mathew Hale, Of Boston, who "Is building an experimental concrete merchant ship for the .Emergency Fleet Corporation at Brunswick, Ga., "is Washington again today- conferring with officials in regard to establishing -a big plant at Wilmington. - . Mr. tHals has a contract with ' the government which provides that if the first ship, now being constructed of concrete at Brunswick; is a success he -will build 49 other ships, making 50 'in all. . - - y ' Because he has encountered some LINE IN FACE OF Rave Been More Than Met By Allies GERMANS ARE BEING PUT TO DEFENSIVE Besides Witstanding Heavy Assaults,. British are Be ginning to Strike Back With Effect. British Army Headquarters in France, March 31. (Sunday) The last 24 hours continued unfavorable to the aggressive Germans along the British section of the new battle front and was a strikingly good period for the defenders.- This morning 'the British were holding their entire line with strength and they had smashed numerous heavy German attacks at various points and had taken the in itiative at several places successfully The most intense fighting continu ed south of the Somme, in the zone where the French have been making such a gallant stand. The outstand ing feature of. the conflict on the northern end of the front is that the British again have killed a great number of the enemy which, despite 'its harsh sound, is what will end the " IlttI&u auu ' i war. i the British initiated a for- ward movement about Feuchy Copse, east of Arras. They launched a local attack at 3 o'clock this morning and pressed it so vigorously that they re claimed a stretch of territory 1,500 yards long and averaging about 200 j yards in depth. This success had tac tical advantages, but they were small compared with the fact that the Brit ish were able after the past 10 days of gruelling work, to undertake an of fensive operation. South of the Somme, where thero has been so much hard fighting, the British appear to have the situation well in hand and the town . hall of Moreuil, about which sanguinary bat tles have been swaying, was at last reports still flying the; British flag de fiantly from the steeple. One of the most costly attacks-the enemy at te'mpted yesterday was between Mor iancour and the ; Somme where a heavy assault was made against th Australians shortly after midday. The attackers came forward in mass es and the British threw themselves against the advancing lines' so fiercely that the Germans were hurled back, leaving 3,000 dead. Continued on Page Seven). 1 !- Dispatch readers are the best followers of the real es tate market. Tell them of your desire, to buy or sell. The result will pplease you. BRITISH HOLDING VIOLENT ATTACKS Wilmington; north IoWnA. Monday afternoon, april i , 1 9 1 8. TO CONSTRUCT SHIPS AT difficulties at Brunswick it is under; stood Mr. Hale favors building the other 49 ships at Wilmington, and is trying to obtain - the consent of the Emergency Fleet Corporation to make the change of location. ' He went to Wilmington about '10 days ago to look over the ground and found conditions for locating the yard, building the plant, and : obtaining a good quality of sand nearby-: very good. Officials are of the opinion that the concrete ship will be a success. This makes the prospect for building the other 49 ships at vHlmngton appear quite iavorawe. BAJTLE CONTINUES. . Paris? April l.--The battle con tinued with extreme violence last night in the sector north of Mont didier, large bodiesof troop3 be ing thrown in by the; Germans, the war office announce; The- French and'. British troops tljroke-up the assaulting waves, : v Further south the fighting was io fess violent, the Germans? mak ing Tncessant' attacks In .an. effort and Inflicted heavy losses on the Germans. BRITISH REPULSE ENEMY. London, April 1. The Germans made two attacks on British po sitions on the western outskirts of Albert last evening - and in both cases were repulsed, the war office announces. South of the Somme the enemy persisted in his attempts to ad vance along the Luce and Avre valleys, but made little progress. The number of machine guns taken by the British in their at tack near Serre, on Saturday, was 109. PARIS BOMBARDED. Paris, April 1. The bombard ment of Paris by 'long range Ger man guns was resumed this after noon. E ON WAR WORK STRIKE Norfolk, Va., April 1. The strike of union carpenters employed in govern ment work at the army and naval bas is and Lamberts Point and Pig Point depots this afternoon spread to prac tically all skilled laborers in these plants. The navy yard in Portsmouth and the government aviation field in Hampton also are affected. The men 1 are striking for higher wages, de manding a minimum increase from 58 cents to 62 1-2 cents per hour. So far as has been ascertained, the government has taken no steps to meet the demand. Notice from the local carpenters union that a strike would be called this morning if the wage increase de mands were not granted, was served on Admiral Harris, chairman of the War Control Board of the Hampton Roads district, Friday morning, fol lowing a meeting 'Of the carpenters Thursday. Admiral Harris was in Washington at the time. He imme diately wired labor leaders here, tell ing them that the matter of wage in crease had been laid before the Na vy Department, and asking them to await decision of these officials, which was expected in a few days, before calling a strike. This, the union leaders refused to do. At the Bush Bluff army base, 500 J carpenters laid down their tools, as did the entire force of electricians, plumbers and sheet metal men. The men striking Jn the navy yard include all carpenters working direct ly for contractors. FOLLOW CARPENTERS No Srikek at Newport News. Newport News, Va., April 1. While none of the carpenters employed on government work at the Newport News camps have gone on strike B00 men ' employed at Langley . aviation field, and Fortress Monroe, on can tonment work struck today, jointly .with those engaged in government CARP NTERS WING L work at Norfolk. Concrete Ev$ece of This is pvussissippi ty STARTlJiSji(EPORT MADE &V INSPECTOR Negro , Preacher Who Argued Against the Draft Law Has Built $10,000 Church and $25,00$Residence Jackson, Miss., i'April 1. The first ebnerete evidence." that German money is being used to iencourage Missis sippi -iiegroes taiiJodge the draft is furnished Jn a report, filed at the Ad jutant Generals off icift from F. K. Eth-ridge,- State inspector of local exemp tion boards. 5 V The. report shows it has been prac tically , Impossible to get negro regis trants to respond to the notices ta re port, ,sent out by ;" the local -board of Holmes countyaiid Inspector Eth ridg made an Investigation which disclosed that II, Mason, pastor of a negrQ church tcuown as the "Church of God in CJhtist, has been " preach ing; pmOerman rs'ermons and advising negroes)Lto.res3?tthfi draft: :i" Three- weeks v'ago, according to the .inspector's report, foreigner named Dirmitrims Giannolpilion conducted a meeting,, for. a 3riod of one week at this ehurch, "Jiile in the town . of ImgtpnfHlsrelgner received a message Via VcodTSwhich Mr. Ethridge attached toAhis fypotL No translation Is av'4Jableft'4; 1?6f.;JKdirist, shows that amT TSeems to be well supplied with money, for in August of last year a $10,000 brick church was built at Lex ington, for which local negroes fur nished only a small part of the build ing fund. It also shows that the pas tor, hitherto an obscure negro preach er, recently erected a $25,000 brick and stone residence on a valuable lot in Memphis. That the draft dodging propaganda is having the desired eect is shown by the figures from Holmes county, where 123 registrants' were called for entrainment on March 5 and only 39 reported, four of the latter number deserting before they wre entrained. To fill the deficiency the local board then called 63 negro registrants and only 31 reported. Call was next is sued for 43 registrants and" only six reported. Adjutant General Scales has pub lished a list, of 70 persons in Holmes county who have dodged the selective draft after being called for service. TO CARE WELL FOR Washington, April 1. Disabled members of the military service- will be cared for by rehabilitation sur geons, even though not expected to return to duty, until they attain com plete recovery or as complete recov ery as can be expected from the na ture of the disability, it was an nounced today by Surgeon General Gorgas. Additional hospitals for reconstruc tion work designated today included Forts McPherson and Oglethorpe, Georgia. , At each hospital there will be a spe cial "educational" officer to supervise curative workshops and classes and to recommend the means for keeping pa tients employed. Such officers will be obtained from teachers, vocational instructors and others especially qual ified, particularly men handicapped physically who have made a success in life. Enlisted men who have completed their training but are unfit fOr further service will be commis sioned for such work in many cases. Women will be employed as "recon struction aides." AFTERNOON, NEWSPAPER The "new time" which went into effect yesterday favors the afternoon news paper, subscribers and adver tisers alike should take no tice. The afternoon newspa per goes to press an hour ear lier now, yet carries all the news of the day as before, which means that the sub scriber has longer time in which to perusejts columns. DWD Orders Issued to Learn Every Detail About "the New Enemy. REASON NOW CLEAR AS WHY THE CENSOR Much of Information Sought by Germans Would be Con sidered Trivial by Civilians. What They Want. With the American Army in France, Sunday, March 31. German army leaders are exceedingly anxious to obtain information concerning the most minute detail of the American army. This is disclosed by a cap tured German document ; which in structs every observer and patrol to do his or its best to bring informa tion about the new enemy. -The captured document .starts out by giving details that are known, such as those regarding the American uni form, and adds that the infantry is equipped partly with English rifles, and" that the artillery probably has French guns. It says' that American troops will continue training in France and adds: "Nothing is known as yet about the methods of fighting or leadership "From the preceding meagre de tails," it continues, "it is evident that sectors K and M have the honorable task of obtaining as much information as possible on particular features of American fighting and outpost tactical the information bulletin. Any obser vation or identification, however insig nificant, may be, of the greatest value in connection with information al ready at hand."i Attention is drawn to 'self-evident questions" which observers, patrols and outposts are expected to find an swers. Under the heading, "The en emy's security," the document says: "Are sentry posts sentry posts or stronger posts? Further advanced re- cononitering patrols? Manner of chal- lenging? Behavior on post during day and night? Vigilance? Ambush tactics and cunning? "Do they shoot and signal on every occasion? Do the posts hold their ground on the approach of a patrol or do they fall back? Do they give barrage fire signals? When are the reliefs and what is the behavior dur ing them? Have they any light sig nals other than French ones?" Under "enemy patrols" the docu ment asks details on "strength, meth ods of advance, behavior on meeting and initiative." These questions come under infor mation on general behavior: "Are the Americans careful and cautious? And are they careful or noisy? What is their behavior during smoke screens'? What is their behavior at meal times? When are these? Can concentration be served? Is there much reconnoit ering? How is the behavior day and uight? Is there much machine gun firing? Is there more or less trans port of material than formerly?" The Germans also want to know whether during reliefs there are more troops in the rear than is customary with the French and what are the times and sounds of reliefs. It is said that used infantry and machine gun bullets, unexploded shells ana shell splinters are of special value. The Germans want to know whether the copper rotating bands have sharp in cisions indicating hew or worn out guns, the calibre of which can be de termined by the curvature . q 1 the splinters, according to the indenture. Information regarding the color and outside appearance of projectiles fired by the Americans also is desired. The German soldiers are ordered to keep fuses, splinters of shells and shell bases having factory initials and numbers. Under the heading, "enemy shell ing," they are asked the American pe culiarities compared with the French, what objectives are preferred and whether dugouts are shelled. The document asks also that it be deter mined whether the Americans Employ bursts of fire or single shots at fixed intervals and what is the normal fir ing rate when observation is good. Many of the above items, while ap parently trivial, it is pointed out by intelligence officers, indicate why the cenorship has been obliged to delate certain matter from press dispatched. Since" the captured document was is sued the ' Germans naturally have found answers to many of the ques tions, but about the others the' Amer ican expeditionary force believes It still has the enemy guessing. . A few slices of onion left in a pail of water for a few hours will absorb or counteract the smell of fresh paint UN NOT THROUGH WITH HIS FORCE A KILLED IN NEW YORK Shot Few Hours Before He Was to Give Evidence Against Gamblers New York, April 1. Seven hours before the district attorney's office was to have been Informed by Harry Cohen,, also ; known as "Harry The Yot,V of the name of "Men Higher Up" in the prosecutor's anti-gambling crusade, Cohen was shot and killed at 6:30 o'clock this morning. District Attorney Swann immediately ordered the apprehension of Sam Scheppes, who was one pf the prosecution's star witnesses against Charles Becker, the police lieutenant who was executed for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, gambler, in 1912. Scheppes and two other ,men who were with him when the police visited Scheppes' jewelry shop in Sixth ave nue, were taken into custody a few hours after the shooting. They were hurried to the district attorney's office. The police said that Scheppes place, established after the Rosenthal shooting, and the convictions which resulted, has recently been under district attorney withheld the reason for desiring Scheppes' appearance. It was not asserted that he was near when Cohen was shot, but the police declare that he is identified In the inquiry as a "friend of a woman who, with two men, was arrested last-week upon information furnished by 'Har ry The Yot.' " Cohen, according to Assistant Dis trict Attorney James E. Smith, had for several weeks been a secret in former. Against the advice of the assistant prosecutor, Cohen several times vis ited Smith's house openly with infor mation which was considered valu able. At daylight this morning Co hen telephoned to Mr. Smith asking him to meet him at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-sixth street at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. "Be ready to hit the mob," said "Harry The Yot," alluding to the gamblers. "I've got the goods on the main man." The next Mr. Smith heard, Cohen was dead with three bullets in his body. Hurrying to the scene of the shooting, a hall lobby in the West 92nd street, apartment where Cohen lived with his wife, Mr. Smith was in formed that Cohen was killed by a man as yet unidentified. A negro hall boy furnished the police "with a description of the lawyer, whpm he had pursued as far as Central Park, where the man made his escape by boarding a car. Another figure in the Rosenthal case is being sought "Bridgy" Web ber, who was a principal witness for the State in three Rosenthal" trials. It was- at Webber's gambling place that the gunmen assembled prior to their departure for the Hotel Metro pole where Rosenthal was killed. "Harry The Yot", according to the police, had something of a career of crime before he met his fate today as a "squealer." He was classified as a night burglar, porch climber, pick pocket and safe burglar, had been ar- Tested nine times, and had Senrea one prison sentenee. ATLANTIC CITY HAS A SERIOUS BLAZE Atlantic City, N, J., April 1. Fire originating ta the Oliver H. Guttridge four-story brick building in the center of the business block i bounded by South Carolina avenue and Tennes see avenue, on Atlantic avenue, the resort's' main street, early today, swept a half block to Tennessee ave nue gutting ; eight business buildings and inflicting $300,000 damage. The fire originated from crossed wires in the rear of the Guttridge building. State your - ambition In a Dispatch ad. There is some body somewhere who wants your services. Do it today. PRICE FIVE CENiS '-' t. .J - PLM DECIMM Liermans Will C-nnrimT'" u v until ,w nipped S K -( - J? .JC-:i AMERICAN TROOPS ' ARE MORE ACTIVE Besides Sending TraineaMeri to the Battle, .Other-Sam mies are Taking Over Mora ' of French Trenches. - .. ' ' j. TXT 1 ' j . - vv Hsniii vt mn Anm i - ' paign, says the WarDepiirtmrat'Jv weeklv review nt fhs mllfi. ' .rn. ' . . nun loaay. and tne Allies and th iV I nitori Stotsn n..nt V fresh attacks at new points if ; thai Teutons fail to achieve victory in th apparently determined" to force a de- cision or prove to its own sattafac-V-'K 41-. a. n 6 x : XI x. ' V - f ' . -T. wcxuwu imuirji UJJ.C1XD1VH aoottUiiB la an . - But despite the successes gainedbytt t ri ck ncrm quo oqvo aVi mIMawl TV T enemy has been unable talatr.A Amji r1- cision." and so lone "as the AUiea arawf ent. unitv and fle-rihi'Ur ' wrnK'ri-i.i. have shown during thfT'enrafirftmATTt 3 vwiy biuuh luo enemy . ,i1:.-"U':J''"iM , iu yiitcmg ui. Aiuenum resources v . Allies is noted and the statement ;an--'-nounced that "such of out troon as - rtara roslva1 orffr'1oi tmhitiis wTIl - - o . . . .. k c - - i m .i . a - ' u.uuuuc7 o oimm ui uiuuyli' uu w .... - so valiantly borne by the French -and ' ' x ue review uiau menixoas ; mi, j ? American troops are taking ; their ;f ; n QPPQ in mnor norte nr rno MnatfrinA A V11V W W UU A X Clll.il XX A 11.11 1UU - . . emergency service. The deDartment'a '. :- statement follows: " ? " nnv. . 2 3 j L :'' ' y uxrvrvL iuiuci ioticit .uas llaL : ui a.Lij ucou una ui iuixiuiy lux Al -:t - lies. Under the pressure exerted bV"' :- the enemy who has put into action : L picked shock-units, long and careful- v Itt fMiVAl i'm mtliM. ,n M 11.' :' - . to eive cround. - ' - "Field Marshal Haie. in the faca nlM & erave oinicu Ties, nas nepn Ahia tn maintain his basic order of battle," at . T tne same time witndrawing his troons : to more secure positions. , . y ' t : i m .i . f . ' u. Dyne ui me Bucceaisea . gauneu, - - the erpflt. Tiiimhpr nf nriRnnn.'iii4: i-vi - - v M. WW -. HMI . ' J - . 1 . . - war material capiurea, tne enemy nas .1 .-. . WVWll VXXX U1V X V 1 VO C " TIT r ' ; j V, Though the Allies have beitJaonvU- pelled to retire and the enemy has 06-: ; ' . cupied some points bf primary strate- gic importance, so long as tne allied 1 armies are able to maneuvre with the-. . . : n ...... - .WllOlO Ull L ftllU 11CA1UU11J - w iiitl tliev have ehnum Hiirinc thia uniraira. V luvuio vy 1- I. Ii jwul TI iiv, ot iuu .YTAlA'-l . victory elude the enemy. : 'fHy-- However, as .tne German general , command has staked its fortunes onV the success of the SDrine camnaJam'. of 1918 and is apparently determined - tic uiuoi yicpaicu xjjl isADO XJl,: f present tneatre or operational- vrill attempt further offensive t in adjacent areas. important event of the weekhas'been'; f rencn participation in then' battle. . French reserves have beAn AhTriA tt - At . - . i j. T.'-: - .." i h wi-MriM in H I'l 1 1 1 1 x T I I rpurniTMi s along the southern flank of the new. 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