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A. .- '-St'-; .' '.. . ." .": ;? . v.-,.-.' " KM.- 1 : -" "' ? ? - .-Ev J ,fu-.-:. TIJIS IS PATRIOTIC PENNY DAY IN WILMINGTON - --it 12 PAGES TODAY ONESECTION VOL. CI-NO. 207. GERMANS JBIMWEi FCMWMB M-MfAMffMMS. 77 IMPORTANT STRATEGIC rsiTV TI7JV7f T' i UKKivo i AiiLlv ttiVM FOLLOWING BITTER Bailleul, Wulverghen and Wytsch. aete Added to Enemy Cap tures in Flanders. jjESSINES EIDGrE STORMED British Hold Their Own Until Swamped by Fresh Masses of German Troops. MERVILLERS STILL HELD Counter Attacks By Haig's Men "Must" Be Expected. (Associated Press War Summary.) Germany's mighty effort on the bat tlefields of Flanders has won new suc cesses. According to the latest reports, the important strategic towns of Bail leul. V.ulverghem and "Wytschaete are in German hands, and more important Sun, Ulc lcuiuiia xicw vc miiicu a idigo part of Messines ridge by storm. v Strnggrles Most Bitter. Probably there has been no more fit ter struggle during me war man mat Tased along the battle line through tie towns of Bailleul, Neuve Eglise, Wulverghem and Wytschaete. . Neuve Eglise was taken Monday but Bailleul held out until fresh masses of German troops were hurled into the fray and darged repeatedly on the ; tired de fenders. The same story might . b told of Wulverghem and wytschaete, & the battle for the Messines ridge IK have been frightful in its'intem- 7. ;. " Germans Wideminsr Salient. The Germans have not attempted to advance their wedge further rnto the British line for no new .attacks on Mer rills and further west have been re ported. They have devoted their sole mention to the work of widening out the salient and striking at Messines. ridge and the railroad running about f.x miles north of Bailleul. Messines ridge is the key to the Ypres sector and Its position will give the Germans a toamanuins position in starting a new drive. .- British in Serious Pllfirht. The successes of the Germans In the last day have an important bearing on the campaign on the northern 'battle- front . If they are continued there must be a British .retirement from pres and possibly for some distance fanner south while cutting of the rail- roe d " passiner throucn Hazebrouck ou!d be still more serious for the British. Counter-Attacks Probable. So important-are the Doints won by the Germans that the British must be expected o counter-attack at once in an effort to sweep the invaders back into the lowlands once more. . All ac counts of the battle . along this line sPk of the small British forces which attempted to withstand the attacks by heavy legions of Teutons which were "ought up fresh for the assault. British Have Bigger Ground. There is hijrher ground just to the north of Ba.illeul and Neuve Eglise, ""om whicb the British can still con- "net a terrific' flofonoo ATqt--H 11 or a fa stiH standing: firm in suit's of terrific atacks, while along the southern side of the s anent there have been no en- Msemen'3 reported. The sajne condi t!ri holds true in the sector before Amiens, where there have been only artillery duels Ti . . . w "aiding: operations in which both -aes have taken the initiative are re ported from the French front in the Berlin Claims American Defeat. Sr.it" r.f (hi, 1 .n.c9 ' fm-m- tVia D"e'havc" ,)eer utter, failures, a re- rt from Berlin via Amsterdam says at the American positions near St. rn taKen ay storm oy me wrrnans, who held them, against de terrnined mnnio. i- .t i. v. ti;? that the German report -deals "Hit hp K-,ti . i - i ii . - ns admiTvistered a sound beating to 3er oops brought up by the rmans to take the American posi- The r.o . . . . in - "t-Jiis in iJiniana are aavanc- ;ounr "i&iugiors ana are en tT1ns ttle if any resistance. Ten r" Germaa Trawlers Sunk, 'n thf I?01111 trawlers have been sunk ish fi '.utiand and Norway) by a Brit- rc u 1!le survivors nf th trawl. fw wore rescued. ' 0 TOWXS TO THE ENEMY A Dril 1 fi TiM aij'i. Ifn .otxil s tncial report tonisrht an- ot both- occupation by the Germans len pViacvfrk J . . T, a-Lui opanDroeKmo- Po. jrt says: Wace todv ?g nas been taking to Wvtlh .a the frnt from Meteren newVd' h- !' At dawn the -enemy (ront3!"5 in strength in. th v-ontiaued on Ta t. ji t I Chats M. Schwab Chosen to Ship Program Through Put German Long-Range Gun Continues to Hurl Shells Into the City of Paris Paris, April 16. Thirteen persons were killed and 45 wounded in yes terday's, long-range . bomDardment of Paris. Paris, April 16. Shells from the long-range German guns killed one . woman ' and wounded one woman ami one man in the Paris district last night, according to an official issued today. One shell damaged an electricity conduit in a street 'while another demolished a garbage cart. One of the missiles fell on -a wood chopping works, but found no vic tims. The house which was struck by" . an aeVlal torpedo dropped from a Go tha airplane during' a raid -on . Paris last Friday now has been ex- , plored. The body of an elderly widow was found and then portions of the limbs of . a man, a woman and a -3illd were discovered in the wreckage. The bombardment of the Paris today. . S Ft TO Soldiers in Hospital in Good Spir its and Anxious to Get Back at the Boches. GIVEN BEST POSSIBLE CARE Wounded Corporal Who -Refused sistaiiee of a. Comrade Is Later Found Propped Up In Shell Hole- Throwing Grenade. With the. American Army in France, April 16. (By The Associated Press) Americans wounded in last week's fighting northwest of Toul have been taken to .comfortable quarters in - a large evacuation hospital. They are being " provided with - the best treat lent possible and every effort is beings made to relieve their pain and pro vide comfort and recreation for them. All the boys are in good spirits and anxious to get back to the front line to join their comrades. "We ' are out of ' luck for a little while," said a . western Massachusetts private today, "but we'll be all right soon and mighty glad to geat another crack at the Boche for the injury he done us." V The men are loud in '-praise 'of one of their sergeants who held out against a superior force of the enemy, killing four before he himself was shot in the head. " ' . The spirit of comradeship between the soldiers has . manifested itself scores of times, many of the bonys braving the dangers of shell fire and machine gun. bullets in order to-as- sist chums -who. iare unable to help memseives. tme corporal, muiie m shell-hole, .attacked three, Germans, killing two and wounded one.- He was then hit by a piece of shrapnel in the leg. One of his comrades started to assist him to the rear, , but - he .re fused the proffere dassistance, saying: "Leave me alone . and go back and drive those Germans ."back to their trenches." ' , ..V The companion left the corporal but;' when he returned a' fw minutes later he found the wounded man propped up in a shell hole and throwing : hand grenades into the enemy trenches. MARYLAND COAL MINERS - WILL RETURN TO WORK Washington, April 16. Striking coal miners" in the Georges Creek and up per Potomac lelda of Maryland will re turn to work tomorrow, William Dia mond, president of the Maryland dis trict of thejt miners union, announced here ,tonigbt- after a day of confer ences with government officials. The men struck, Mr. Diamond , said, in. -protest , asrain inaccurate scales us ed by the operators in weighing coal as a, basis f repaying the miners for their work. ' ' , ,r - -'.-. - - : i ": -Mialster Dies Suddenly. ' " New York, April 16. The Rev. Dr. J. W. Mcgruder, a Methodist minister of Baltimore, died suddenly today. while in a telephone;. bootni at tne v norw" DETER WILMINGTON, Ztf. " . . -. BRITISH STRUGGLES Steelmaker and Shipbuilder Nam ed Director General of Fleet Corporation. MR. PIEZ STEPS ASIDE Schwab Given Free Hand to Su- ... i pervise and. Direct Work of Turning Out the Ships. NO FRICTION THIS TIME Shipping Board Itself Suggested Expert Builder. Washington, April; 16. -The building of the great merchant marine which will transport America's men and re sources to the battle - front was en trusted today by the shipping board to Charles - M. Schwab, steel maker and shipbuilder, who becomes director gen eral of the emergency fleet corporation with unlimited powers to . put-through the vast building program already un der.way. --r ;-., . , Mr. - Schwab - will- - have complete supervision, and direction of the work of superintending .and building,"' said an official announcement from the White House -after Mr. Schwab ' had been there to confer with President Wilson 'in compehy ; witb Chairman Hurley of the shipping board; Charles Piez, vice-president and general mana ger of the fleet corporation,, and Bain bridge Colby, a member. of the board. Control of policies, which includes decisions as to . the nttmber, size and character of ships to-be built with the millions appropriated by- congress-still will rest with the shipping board. "Mr, Piez, at his own -suggestion, relink Quishes the position of geuieral mana ger of the fleet corporation, which is abolished, to .give Mr. Schwab a free hand. Mr. Hurley remains chairman of the board and president of the fleet corporation in charge of policies; Mr. Piez continues as vlce-prefdent of the board, attending to administrative de tails of construction. including the placing' of contracts, and Mr. Schwab will organize end carry forward the work of putting the ships into the water. . Mr. Schwab is .the fifth 'man to be put in charge of the shipping board's building program' but his appointment was attended by none of- the friction which marked some of the previous changes in management. "The sugges tion for the appointment of a, practical builder of 'national' prominence came this time from the shipping board it self and Mr. Hurley chose Mr. Schwab. Mr. Schwab was in Washington all last Sunday conferring with Mr. Hur ley, Mr'. , Piez and .ottiers. Last night Mr. Hurley was at the White House for mbre than an hour outlining the steps -proposed to President Wilson, CCpntinued on Page Two.) BOLO PASHA, TRAITOR TO FRANCE, IS PUT TO DEA TH r Paris, . April. 17. Bolo . Pasha been executed at Vlncennes. has -' - ' I- Paul Bolo, whose career has been closed by the French government, was born in Marseilles. , He was identified ' In; several enter prises which failed and then he drrfted to Paris Nvhere in 1894, he was con victed of abuse. Of ; confidence and swindling.' He later went to Valencia. Spain, where he conducted a cafe which vwas frequented by the French, colony. In 1903 he married a widow who had an annual income of 70,000 francs and at once enlarged his field of activities, becoming an agent for champagne and other wines. . Just ''before the . war ' broke out v in 1914, B9I0 entered into a new phase of work which took him' to Egypt, where he 'me Abbas Hilmi, then the khedive, for whom he: became a trusted agent in the exploitation . of land owned by the khedive endf for 'the protection of the khedlve's' inter est, in: the:Suei canal and ln Egypt in the event that Eng land '"shouli-- repudiate Abbas" HilmL From the khedive, Bolo received the ti tle of Pasha.- r-. ."u - " After the flight, of. Abbas Hilmi to Switzerland; ln1915, .Bolo met him r Zurich ;in" company with "the then Ger man foreign 'minister, "Gottleib Jagow, and an arrangement was made to turn WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1918 TOTAL SUBSCRIBED TO. L1BE To Reach Three Billion in 16 Re. maining Days $120,000,000 a Day Must Be Raised." , NO CHECK IN STAMP SALES Every County in the States of Ore gon and Iowa Has Subscribed . j Full Quota." Washington, 'April 16. Nine days of Liberty loan campaigning have brought 5829,606,100 subscriptions into the hands of banks and trust compa nies throughout ' the country and $2, 170,000,000 remains to be raised in the sixteen remaining working days before May . 4 if the three bilwon dollar mini mum Is to be reached. This means an average of $120,000,000 for each day. including Sundays. The. "rate" In the past has been . lower, although . today's reports covering yesterdays business ; added 5137,004,300 to" thetotal. : i The Liberty-loan- drive, is .having" no depressing, effect n- war saving, stamp sales and later a stimulation-of sales of the smaller securities Is looked ' for; About $2,006;000; a 'day; "Is', reichlng" the treasury from' sale 'of sayings stamps. Prom Kichmqnd, "Va. came 'the mes sage: ' "The situation 'throughout ' the district is well 'in tiand, 1 and -'reports indicate anunujsually. Jarf e' nmer of small' buyers.--.--' ".t The ' Richmond 'ISisirlc't -;has "Sub scribed; $18,377,750,' whjeh is 14 per cent of its quota. ' : '-"' : The St. LouriirPederal Reserve dis trict continues 'tb lead in -proportion of total quota subscrtoep, with 55 per cent, .'and the New.'Yorlc district -hojds first place "in 'aggregate of subscrip tions with $275,682,100. The. Atlanta district is last "on the list, .but ".reports from. there indicate that many, com munities have started 'campaigns' late. Managers for the St. Louis district attribute success there mainly to - the large number of Individual subscribers! Oregon and Iowa, which have ..been contesting for the honor of being he first state to subscribe its full quota, today opened a. new phase of ' rivalry by reporting "almost simultaneously that all their counties had' gone "over the top.- Oregon reported having made this record by" last "Saturday night, however, and from1 Iowa-came the. mes sage that the last" of its counties. had oversubscribed at.l:46 this afternoon BONDS ABSORBED LARGELY BY PUBLIC j BANK HOLDINGS SMALL Washington, April" 16. Government bonds of, the first and' second Liberty loans have been" Absorbed largely by the public and" comparatively few re main in the hands "of "banks. This was shown today1 by a" report of Comptrol ler of the Currency Williams that on March 4, the date of 'the last' bank call, national banks neld $433,738,000 of Liberty bonds,r or about 7 per-cent of the total amount issued up to that time. In addition $299,684,000 had been loaned on Liberty bonds. , These figures do 'not " take into ac count the bond" holdings of the 20,000 state banks and trust companies.-Their holdings are beHeyei to be about the same proportionately as those of " na tional banks; ; ' . " " . over to Bolo a sum., of 10,000000 marks to be paid in Instalments through the former khedive-for- the purpose of in fluencing the French press. . During the summer of 1916, Bolo bought the Paris. Journal from Senator Humbert,, paying 5,500,000 . francs for the property. ..'After, the -'Initiation of proceedings against Bolo the money he paid Senator Humbert was re funded. ;; .-,"." : f-,'r. V-,,'; "' In February, " 1916, 1 Bolo came : to America. The Deutsche Bank -of Berlin is said to haVe turned over to Bolo a sum ,of 10,000,000 francs, which was deposited in this country, at least nine banks figuring ;in .the: 'records' of the case. Disclosures made, by thS-United States . government -" relative to his activities in this country are said to have- brought about his arrest, in Sep tember 29, 1917, -fof , receiying money from -Germany-for , use in peace prop aganda... He : was., "pieced on - trial fcfr high treason February ;4, . 1918'i ' Vas convicted February 14 "and .was; sen tenced to death.u.Bolo : appealed- to the court of revision but. the case- was dis missed "by that - tribunal March 12 and this action , wis - affirmed .by the . court of cassation Aprjl.?.'; The committee of revision of ;the. department of justice rejected- Bolo's '.plea f or - a - new. trial April 5th arid April 8 -President Poin care refused Hq'granit :'CclemencyJ It was Announced, on' the Same! 'day,-.-hJ6i'-ever. that the;mllrtary judicial .author (Continued, un tage- w) ffl LOAN W $829,606,100 BAKER, BACK AT HJSWESK, IS PREPARED t AMERICA'S Germany Has a New Job In . Settling Turkb-Bulgarian Disputes Over Boundaries VWashirfgton .April 16. Spoils of war have given rise to serious boundary disputes between Turk ey and Bulgaria which Germany is undertaking to smooth away to prevent -a rupture 'between hern vassal allies. A! ': arispatch from Switzerland today says: -."Herr Helferrich has returned to Berlin coming " from , great head quarters where "he held a long con ferences dealt with the differences HIndenburg, Von lAidendorff arid - the chancellor. It is said the con fefences dealt witn the diff,erenes which' have arisen between Bul garia and Turkey on the subject of the- boundary o their common frontier. "The Turks desire 'compensation f or ; the enlargement which Bul garia will procure tnrough the Do brudja and they demand that the former restore to nem the strip of her. territory which -she obtained in September, 1915, as the "price of her entty Intothe war. The Bulgari ans object. " ( "It is Jcnown. the. treaty with Ru- . mania though' not. yet signed, be stows the Dobruaja upon the cen tral empires. The latter propose to ive this province, to Bulgaria only after the government of Sofia will . have assented to the claims .of - Constantinople." r SENATE DISPOSES ' OF SftBOTAGE BILL Provides Heavy Penalties For Those Interfering With Amer ican War ' Industry; : 30 YEARS; FINE OF $10,000 Provisions Designed to Pnnisa' Strik ers On War Contracts' Eliminated . .Lengthy, Debate' Centers on This Question. - Washington, April The , sabot- age bill, carrying penalties of 30 years Imprisonment and fines of $10, 000. for' injuring -war materials or in terfering with war Industry, was made ready for the . president's signature late today when the Senate accepted a conference report eliminating pro visions designed to punish strikers on war "contracts. ' The -conference report wa.s adopted after length debate," during- which Sen ators Sherman, of Illinois, and Mc cumber of North Dakpta, asserted that the labor situation is getting, beyond the control, of labor leaders and that congress should take action. Senator Hollis of New . Hampshire defended the lovaity of labor, declar ing .strikes jii this country today are "inconsiderable" and said the pass age of "legislation 'designed to pre vent peaceful strikes would not- tend to increase labor's efficiency. ."You can't make men work by pass ing laws," Senator Hollis said. "I con cur 1 In the opinion of President Gom pers of the American Federation of Labor that if congress passes a law preventing peaceful strikes, that such a -law, cannot, be enforced." ' i Senator McCumber said that never has there been as many strikes In the history of the country as since the United States . entered the war, al though during that perior labor has been better treated and received high er wages than ever before. Senator Hardwick of Georgia said Congress ought to prohibit strikes of workers engaged in the "manufacture rof war necessities and at the same time insure fair treatment 'ior la bor. .. ' ' '-'.-'.- '. ' Senator Sherman- said ' he ' believed President ' Gompers and othe' officials of the . American Federation pf Labor are-' "sincere, loyal and patriotic" In their efforts to control uniol labor but he added that Mr. Gompers knows the whole ""coal bin in the Missouri Valley is on the edge of a volcano," and thai strikes are contemplated. J THREE AVIATORS' KILLED v ' A HoustonTex., April 16. Three avia tors, Lieut. Roland J. Winterton, of South Boston, Mass. ; Lieut. Leo J ohn Nugent, Washburn," Iowa, and "Cadet Forest' Dean Jones, Worcester, Mass., were' .killed 1 and ; Cadet Maurice se riously injured in two air accidents at Ellington fieid . (amertcan) here today. A - third accident ; occurred . late today but. there were no fatalities. , .' 'J- - Took Rabbit Census. ? Berne.'April 16. A census of all the tame rabbits vin'. the German empire was taken by - order of the authorities on March 1. owing te the increasing Importance of ; rabbit . skins t or army TO EXPEDITE WAR PROGRAM Returns From Abroad With Per sonal Knowledge of Condi tions at the Front. VISITED THREE COUNTRIES Secretary Proud of the Achieve ments of the American and Allied Troops. IS CONFIDENT. OF FUTURE Any Plans of Gen. Foch Will be Told to President Only. . Washington, -April . 16. Steeled to the work., ahead ot9 him by personal knowledge of conditions at the battle fronts In Europe Secretary Baker re turned to his deck at the war depart ment tonight from ..his trip abroad. prepared to concentrate every energy on expediting the movement of Ameri can fighting men to ' France. The war secretarj.rt, is understood, is' not inclined, to;' underestimate the peril that further German successes In the present terric Onslaughts against the allied line mighi involve; There is no doubt,; hqWever,--that he believes adequate 5-mea.sures -. t0T; checkmate the German effort will -come out of the pooling , of .all allied and American resource under command of Gen. Foch the impressive French ( commander-in-chief. ' : :' ' j i fin his arrivilarly today at an Atr lantic portyBakSrauthorized 'this statement:, ."I return-.with. a sense of pride and confidence' at the "achleye ments o the:i United States and alli ed troops, .that wohld: justify many trips across ..the ;waeri7 - WhateyeTj. dfr?j' information the war secretary" mynaW;.asto the" plans of Gen. Foch-will be"f6r"the ear of Pres ident Wilson.? alone-- .7!.: . ;:: . : 1 . There have -been -many reports that Mr. Bakerr .went. ,to-Europe " for the purpose, oft urglnfit .unification -of- alj al lied armies under "rAcsfngle command er,. He hadrnoiominent to make on this oint.i ; ;''." 'r The prompt -action ?of; General Per shing In -placing-; his men at General Foch's disposal- is known to -have, met with Mr. -Baker's hearty approval. During bis. Vtrip '.Mr. Baker visited England,'. France",. and Italy and saw the battle fronts all along the line He has 'beem. in.: 'the-American front line' trenches -under!. fire; once a Ger man shellAxploded close to his auto mobile andv on another occasion he stood in the - window of a battered buildine behind.: the 'allied lines to watch high power missiles come howl ing to tear great craters in. a field less than, a hundred , yards away. When he. reached ".France, the war secretary placed- himself , in the posi tion of an American soldier, just ar rived at the goal - of his ambition "over there.". He wanted to know ex actly wha preparations had been made for-, the care of : the men from the time-.f;hey; arrived, He knew what ' the government was preparing to do on this side, but of the great matter across Ithe .water he had only cold "official reports. or the inadequate descriptions of returning-officers. Beginning a the debarkation ports, Mr. Baker and his party under the guidance of ; Gen. rvrshlng's officers followed the life of -an American sol dier in France, step by step, until 'they 'arrived in an advanced listening post in front of .the American imes. The whele vast project of American operations was mapped out before the secretary. . It represents one of the greatest undertakings any nation has ever engaged in and even "t6 the man under . whose hands have passed all the plans, . it was amazing because of its bigness and the thorough, work manlike way In which' Gen. Pershing and his officers are doing their great job. - '- " v Mr.-Baker , returned more than ever confident of ; the capacity and judg ment of General Pershrng for the great burden of 'responsibility be is bearing. The American commander is said to be developing and. broadening even as the army he is building. Is expanding. No - doubt was . left in "the . visitor's mind, of the stimulus given . French spirit by the V arrlvaK ;of . American fighting forces In; Prance. Mr.Baker was given repeated, proof of the amazing - degree of comradeship that has sprung-up -between the Ameri can and French soldiers and the Amer icans" and the Civil -population among whom they '.move daily. When he left -for Eurppe Mr. Baker put the war department routine from his miad. ..It will, taste him some days to catch ' step fully .wlth . what has gone . forward in his . absence. - He is expected, 'howeye?, to face .his prob lems with . a.: new perspective and-officials ,here;: anticipate that' the. result will be shown in the nature of his de cisions for a. man' flllecr with the spirit of yie army In France there is no room for petty obstacles or consideration in the job ahead. .- ,"t, - -: . - V . Daniels -la Air tFllbt. . Washington, April v,;-16. Secretary Daniels was. a '.passenger - today with Lieutenant Doherity, 'a -naval aviator, in. a 20-minute flight .over the capitaL A aerrica ayaro-jrpUne'Tras used. WHOLE NUMBER 39,385 TO BET BIG SYARD FOR STEEL SHIPS Chairman Hurley Deliberating on Contracts Tiat Would . Mean Millions to Port. HIGH AUTHORITY SAYS SO Contractors involved Have Con . vinced Government of Their Financial Ability. i By PARKER R. ANDERSON. , . Washington, " April 16. The Wash ington corespondent of The Star is re liably informed tonight 'that Wilming ton is certain to get another big ship yard. The proposition now being de liberated upon by Edwin N. Hurley, chairman of the .shipping board, con templates the building of a large -number 6f steel' ships by private contrac tors. It is said an .official-, announce-' ment to this effect will be made within the next week. ' . . ' . ' . 1 ... . , Wilmington's Fine Chance. It was learned , today that Wilming- . ton and Charleston are the only cities now being seriously considered for' these ships. V It is said that Charleston has fallen5 down miserably upon all propositions made and that it is as certain as anything can be that the big contract .will go to Wilmington, It will meahthat millions of ' dollars will be spent- at the port city and would be a bop at for th entire eastern section of the state. . News Is AntJuentfc. While your correspondent is not at liberty to disclose the name of the. man who vouches-for the . fact that Wil mington is tiave another ship yard, it is a violatf of no confidence to say that he is a 1 .n hgh in official ranks in the shippii board' and his word i ' taken as law around these quarters. : It is but fair I state, too, that the men" who will beglven the ' contracts for these ships have received no political assistance. from North Carolina. If they get the contract, it will cometo them ' because they-have been able to demon strate to the "shipping board that they have the proper v oganization and suf ficient financial backing, , Wilmington 'Spirit Pleases. The spirit: of co-operation' Bhown by the people of Wilmington to help the government; build ships . fy- doing every in their power to make the city attractive, has also gone a long ways to make the members of. the shipping board look with favor upon .North, Carolina's coast city as a permanent shipbuilding - center. IRISH HOME RULE ill BE II Gvernment to Use Every Pressure . to Pass It. , " ' Manpower BIll Wnlch - Would Extend Conscription to Ireland Passes tne , . Third Reading In tne. House : of Commons. ' . BILL ITRODUCED London, April M.George N. Barnes,' labor member of the British war cab-- . inet without portfolio, announced In the house of commons today that the government '- intended to ntroduce a home rule bill immediately and would use every pressure,' to pass it. Mr. Barnes , announced that the , Lloyd-George governrnent would re sign If the house-of 'lords refused to pass the new borne . rule bill. , . . Premier' Lloyd-George , said in the house of commons today:. "It is desirable in the Interests of the war that we should settle the Irish ; . question and -produce something like , -contentment in Ireland, and good will -. In America." Mr. Lloyd-George believed that. American opinion supported the man power bill provided . - self-government was. given '. to Ireland, and it was of the greatest Importance at . the 'moj ment America .was . rendering the al lies . great.vaid ;on the battle fields that Great Britain .Should satisfy Ameri can -opinion: .Nothing would tend more to ensure the greatest -measure of American 'assiBtance.-. f - c - ' ' 1 ' . - ..' THIRD READING OP THE ; MANPOWEB BHJ, CABBIES cLondon,-. APril; 1 The j third read-" lng of. the? government's; 'manpower bill, was xarried tonight' by a vote pf . ' 301 to 103. ' " ' .. ., . . -'.- ; V In the report stage of the manpower. , : -;XCpau&ae4 on Page,.Two.x ;.- h&&$ ";.:C:' -.; - --; f,'- . : hU- . r:!.: -'.i-Hsiv-B -mm ' 1j U,ih . i- i li " U ? '. dU i .Ill -mi I '! ! ' .4 Hi 1 Si '! i if;t ;-ii'i'S"j: mm ' ri- 3 . 1 L t; j ' ". 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