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.-'--hi 1 t- THE WEATHER Complete Service - pVr Monday and Tuesday not much: - op the - Associated Press VOU CI-NO. 212. I -- 4 i t ' i WHOIiE NIBIBER 39,390 V tHEIR BACKS WASHINGTON vTHE S t J THRUST BY GERMANS 1 V - - . . . 1 , ,., , ; ZZ : ... r- ' ' : i, . ... "r - r " ' - ' ' , . LOOKS FOR STILL . A BLOODY FAILURE n&jMMSM nitial Success of Gernums in Sat urday's Drive'on Toul Sector Entirely Retrieved. XRSMENDOUS HUN LOSSES Belgian Hospitals, Monasteries, Convents and Schools Packed With German Wounded.' BIG NAVAL FIGHT COMING Great Sea Battle in Prospect at An Early Date. (Associated Press Summary.) The German hig-h command, having been unsuccessful in piercing the Brit ish front in Flanders and separating the British and French armies, has essayed a stroke against the Aroeri- :ans and French northwest of Toul and here also Teuton strategy seem- plants to fruition. .i Although the Germans attacked in saves with greatly superior numbers of men. the Americans and Frenchmen have held all their positions and in licted heavy losses v on the enemy. What gains were made In the initial jssiaugms uave ueen eaiirexy retriev ed ad Sunday night saw the American md French lines restored. Berlin Net Confirmed. The latest Berlin official communl ration asserts that in the drive 18? imerican prisoners nd 25 machine .pas were captured by the Germans, fho cut their way for about a mile iad a quarter into the American lines it Seicheprey. There "has .been no 'con signation of this statement, or of the i idded claim that th" Americans sus- ained heavy casualtres. Flzkt Wit Bitfcr. " : - lipt was a bitter one and that it was lie ambition of the specially" trained 1'irmans to crush the Americans. - .Ev- mhing the enemy had in stock was Srcght into pjay in the fighting. ah lasted from Saturday well into Is of all calibres, ihclud- Iftiday. Shells xgas missiles, were used prodigious j but the Americans, notwithstanding fae cannonading and we greatly supe- infantry forces arrayed- against iem, fought, tenaciously "and gave ! round by inches and then only when they had exacted a tremendous pay Eetn for it in German killed -r rounded. ' ; AmeriraiM Take Town. I. . -Although enemy was able to reach iiieshe l torn village of Seicheprey the Americans rallied and In bloody hand to hand fighting reversed the situa t'en and regained the town.' '. Likewise HI the terrain which the 'French in inis region were forced t give up temporarily, now, has been retaken. The German official communicat on in hat seemingly a half-hearted admls-wn-that the attack was repulsed. and that the Germans lost what, they had faired, says the Germans, "after, the destruction of enemy work, : returned to their lines of departure.''-;-. - '-.'' Just what the.German.8 are: planning forth- future "on; the long line north-' ard from La Basse? to yprs where ev.rywhf re they have beeawet-during the l2t .'.veek" with a stone, wall of re-? f stanre, has .not yet become appar- Ansivered Shot tat Shot. N'owhere have they thrown down the gauntlet and offered -further battle against the staunch line that is facing th.:m. They have, however, on numer ous sectors carried out violent ' bom bardments, but in these they have been answered shot for . shot. ' The only n?htin- which the men of either side t their trenches was near Rofoecq, northwest of Ia Bassee, where Field Marshal HaigSs men threw out tht from several advanced 'posi tions. Wounded Very Numerous. v Evinces of the losses the Germans "sve sustained in the new , offensive wiy are becoming more apparent. In Edition to the reports of the'numer oas dear! which strew the battelflelds. o the 1,111 UUfjll - AJ.VA.CU.' ' w effect that hospitals, monaster- '"S. P fp n i i . v. . j t l ' s n 1 i e fiIled to overflowing with woifrded a tb.-t Aven private homes are being "'"Slt.lr.nert fnr hok so hnin'ltala. Oat- L'e cars n which hay is the only bed- din; are heino- iimA tn. frncnnTf thA "aimed men from the battle front. . v "S?a Battle Imminent. great sea battle is in pros n early date seems possible. Pct at . up tneir recent foiav inter Cat G"fman "t. where they, destroyed awiers "Ri-itfaH naval nrr.ea na anl rnftI",ted ino Helgoland -bight nfl &e!.ef, batUe tQ the rma vr- .:mt)s, v'' ' retired nerhlrvl the mine i -e 5npn -'"6 langB ana one ui y ; '"-royers was hit p.. . , ,,ar ln Arctic Circle. : - ; i (d on ' "-r1 French troops have land to tho V? KoIa Peninsula projecting in' ocean and a re co-pperat- t:wt'.th thp Bolshevik troops to pro Pinni!'ie Inurmai coast against the ip V ''Potion probably has in "tview sia','r,.e?naMillS of Archangel, Rus ' I' incipal port on the Arctic. ; B HUNS - ' man ij?'. ,'pril 21- British and- Ger the a"'."' 'orces-clashed Saturday: in fortre? rf -fast ot tne great German teiT.'ir at Helgoland.'-the -British -ad- --ha nEf. "?unced day. :T- After - the (cw- a few pnots at long range oatmud on Page .Eight) 5183 AM E Rl CANS TAKEN X - SayS i Raid ;-Intb Village of Seiche pre Cost U. S. Troops ; Heavy Ldsses Saturday. ALLIED REPORT ON FIGHT ... - - - " I" Asserts: Germans Were Quickly Driven Out of ' Village By . Brilliant American Feat. . Berlm, . via London, " April 21.- The Rapture of 183 "American prisoners and 25 machine guns by the Germans is ciunea in the official, report from headquarters today. The German storm troops, xt also claimed, advanced to a depth of two- kilometres (about a mile-and a quarter) jntd the American lines at Siecheprey. . r . ' The Americans, the statement " adds, sustained .heavy losses. The text -of tht statement reads: . -. . "On the battl fronts" reciprocal re connaissances .led- to violent infantry engagements, wear Basse. Lens and Albert three was a lively firing duel; also between the Avre and the oise the artillery activity at. many tunes was spirited. "Between the . Oise and the Moselle, lower Saxpn battalions attacked the Americans i their positions near Sie cheprey.K They stormed . the place and pressed forward as far as two kilome J.,r?rJ - .t"v:'te "v.t, r. down and f rustrated.' - . - Germans Sy Tkey Withdrew. rin .the night our,. Storming troops after the destruction of enemy; works. V " . " - uo"tri.u,:e- J0688,0' rlcns wer departure. traordinarily high. . One hundred and eighty-three Americans, including five officers were tfeuken prisoner and twenty Ave. machine guns were .captured. .'-'.- "North of Morville, east .of Pont-A-Mouson (Toul sector) we td'ok prison ers as a result of a forefield engage ment with the French. ; : ; -J.. "Eastern theatre: Ukrainian front--. After overcoming the enemy resistance near Piersekop (Perekop?) and Kart Kabak. our troops opened up the way to the Crimea. ". . '- , - x : "Macedonian front:; There whs lively enemy activity , west of Doiran and .in the Struma plain." " - : '. AMERICAN REPORT SATS HUNS - 5 DRIVEN OUTOF SEICHEPREY r "With The American 'Army in - France, Saturday, April 20. (By The Associat ed -Press.) - German 'forces which at tacked the Amerfai positions west of the Renners forest, nortwest ,of Toul today came across No Man's Land in three wave.' They'had beeji especially trained f6r this operation. " The Ameri cans, i though greatly , outnumbered, .foufeht for every ihch of the way, giv ing ground slowly and pouring a deadly machine gun, ' rifle "and automatic : fire in to the advancin g ' enemy, '' -; The German barrage began, hefore sunrise, after a' heavy bombardment, on the American, front and rear positions during the night. In an atempt to put the American, : batteries out or action, th Germans used an ? unusually large number of gas shells, hut the American artillery Teplied vigorously, hurling hundreds of : shells ; across the "Teuton lines. " ' f." ' .' Kooght Every Incfc of Way.-v " A counter-barrage . let down by the .i o-vt fhn ftdvancinz Ger mln abd killed a number of tem, beJ fore they had. opportunity to reach the American, trenches. " ' a- 1 ' , J ; j The Germans entered, theshell-torft village of Seicheprey in the forenoon. ht niv remained a short "time: being driven out again by a'brilliaht oulfJ"-J attack by the American mwu s.rj-j. commander of one unir holding an out post reported at one stafge of the -attack that his men were slowly giving ground but that they were f fighting every inch of the way." ' ' ; : ;? :;. ... . - .y. AMERICANS SHEMEJD MORE thaw . FREWOH "WERE AT "VERDUN ' "With the American Army in France, April 21 (By the Associated Press). -After the heavy" German attack of yesterday the American main positions remained intact, and this morning af ter a brief bombardment the American troops attacked and drove - the enemy out of the old outposta which they had gained, thus breaking down an offen sive which it is believed was intended as the beginning ef a German plan. to separate the Americans aMiTencn. , Lull at Toul Sttiadaj "-"There was a. comparative Vull today .inner thA sector northwest, of TouL. The Americans engaged. In . the terriflo nana, if naou "B"6 .j -.- the most daring .bia very,"'. etdTies . of which are alreadyiTieing recouneed. Aa indicating the" violence of the of fensive French, ambulance men who went: through the famous- battle of Verdun deelargl oday that j compara tively speaking, the . German ; artlUery, fire against the Americans . was heav ier than -in any srngie engagemw the Verdun , front at any- time.' r:-r7.. :. ,Cnme Arrogantly, "Tavtog Gan ' ' n.j..To.mn ' . ' attftmnn'- t-o ' hreaK -A'4ia : fj 'vi vMrvv. Americans lines, in -.tne Tottl sector, early ; Saturday" continued '.- -- (Continued pa arage ww.- ALLIES FIGHT IN THE ARCTIC GIRGLE Helping Bolsheviki to Save Large , ; Supplies Shipped tor Russia ? 'i Before Revolution. "; V r ; ; 1 REPULSE FIN WHITE GUARD British ' and French TroopV Landed on Mourmaja Ooaat to-Asrtt RvmIu : t Red Guard at Archangel . r . and' Elsewhere. - - . Moscow, Sunday, . April .14 (By the Associated Press). (British and French troops have been landed at vMourmanskJ on the northeast coast of Kola pehin aula .in the Arctic- ocean,-.to,- reinforce a British marine . tu"etachment' sent ashore several ..weeks, ago. J "The ' en tente , allied itiToOpa "are. co-operating with Bolshevik .forces in - protecting the Mourman iwast Tand , the ; railway against attacks ;4hat .are Deingr. made by Finnish white ''Kuars. " - ? 7 Aussan reu guajas -aiso t are acting with British .And French troops under direction of the Mourmansk eociet war council, "which Consists ofvon"e Bag-: lishman, one Frenchmen and one' Bus-; sian. : .-; . -. . ; - - -.- ; j J Flnnishiwhite guards -have attacked ,the't Mourma-" railway . near ' Kern, 20 miles, south .'of ; Mourmansk-; and ' 200. miles w-est of Archangel, but ...have been repulsed" by entente forceb The Bol shevik and -foreiga -troops -are. acting in ' harmony and. residents .along the White r sea', coast '.appreciate that the ententi allied assistance in saving the district from, isblatipn-and domination b y the white guard. ; -.. i - i . . - . ' No previous mention of .the fact that' British marines had been sent; ashore in northern Russia .to-co-operate with the Russian Bolshevik troop.s has-been TiAi-mttted by the censors Recently Ja. panese and British marines. wre land-, ad at Vladivostok, 'the.-.Paciflc - pbrt .;of- Russia but this step was' against the, wishes of the Russian Jb(oi8hevikiv ernment. : . ' ' ' " '' Z : ' The British and FrenchtroOps which have landed; to ; reinforce the British marines, - are protecting the railoads trdm'the interior f Russia to the main sea outlets in the north tb ports of Mourmansk" and Archangel. At both these, bases - large quantities pf sup plies, some of whfch had been shipped from- the United States hef ore the Rus sian' revolution, haye.ben-assembled in" much".' the 'same manner as war ma terial has beencoliected-at Vladivostok from ships" traveling ny - way c or the ( Paciflc-cen-fromAmericaa-portfc m&( NEED YOUi UNCLEI5AM! FARMERS BUYING . LIBERTY BONDS ... '.- - .'-'-- . - - -'- J ' j .... . . i- s . . --. l i . i Rural and Sxnall Town Subscrip tions . Are. the 1 Features of : I - Third Loan Campaign' RURAL -HONOR FLAGS Greatest . Enthusiasm Is '.Being Shown ; by OlMintry "Petple and Cltiaens of . : ; .; maU.'Raral iTtmne - More -5 rc:.: : : ; 6 a.t3 -""" i J -'i S;v.? - ; ' "rWshingten;t ApWl dtlt-Loan -; .work ers: thrwghoutk the v oontry;- were ; ln- Btructed inigHt by the -treasury to re-' aoupie tneir enpris w-maKe tais a Ban ner week .and- if possible to raise, the total;rof ;subscrtion8from $1,371,000, AAA Vx-ll Jl 1 ' .XU Am knl fitA W A-W 000 obtained in the first half of the per iod, v to near ; the three ! billion "dollar minimum;- 'goiftft ::f ' i - ' ' -' I - - Headquarterif re'ports: show the -cam-; paigners were "tpMr'-tiiat only, about four million i .persons J have -subscribed so far arid this i only. oneflfth q the fifteen adults has "bought -bonds. to enroll. Apparently only one in every fifteen adutls has bought bonds. The third loan: campaign- apparently (Continued on Page Eight). V , CAPE FEAR M YEI : - A'l jffllPRNII Simmons, .7 Overman f and f Small ' ' Ioldng After It. v v . Effort , to Be ' Mde"r.in the ; Senate' to Uinend ; Rivers ? and: Harbors :;: . 4 By PARKER- BW ANDERSON. Washingt6n.y.Aprn3i:-- '- iV uhder- stood here that- Senators Slmlnons and Overman .wili-ma'ken; effort ' tohaye the rivers . and;.harbor . bill amended1! in the ""senate so.; asAto provide" for;;the widening and deepening ' of the Cape Fear . channel across, the;ba;rithT such - influentiaj" vmen- as North Caro- Una's two senaiora;.. .vrb- Jrepxe- l?1? 3 BILLS! THE FORE THIS WEEK Large? Number - Important War ' "Measures .lyill. Engage At- ' tention of Both Houses QHANGING v.DRAFT ; QUOTAS Senate Wi1! Consider House Bill Basing ftnotaa. on Number In Class .. .- May Call Youths of 21 : ju - - "-' Years Also. ;'i 1. - Washington, April 2l . Military; mti ters come to - the 'fore' .this " week'1 In congress. "Final; action ;on. Important legislation -;, extending , the. v selective draft- -is expected while ' dew ' army measures--which have awaited .the re turn of Secretary. Baker from Europe, are to be .launched.-. -.t ''-' ..;'.. v . ? ;; ..Further expansion of the army, de velopment of ' war production" programs and appropriation questions are among subjects upon which Mr. Baker is ex pected . to- submit recommendations- to the senate and house military commit tees.: f The latter has arranged "to have the- secretary .appear 'Tuesday " and ;the senate? committee ' plana ' to her him later in the week.'i There have been in timations In some quarters that Pres identi-Wilson in a special address to congress mght t present r ecommenda tione f or future military legislatioii,; : -Of the pending army measure the bill changing draft quotas from state, popu lations to the number 'of men in Class lwlll be sent to conference tomorrow by - the senate,- particularly for consid eratlon: -and probable" revision of the house amendment providirig foj- credits, on' state' quotas for volunteer J alerady in the service.' 'The house probably will pass the! 'senate bill" extending the draft lawtto "youths reaching 21 years of age si n ee' June 5, 1917. "Legislation to cufb spies and -disloyalists also will receive much attention f durJt? the week . ' ' . ; -' , - : , . ; The' bill appropriating ?bo,ooo,ooq to provide housing' accommodations tor war-orkerswill r be- called up'tomor-ro.-vrln. ihe-senate for a vote and with passage.. regarded, as assured.- :;- '.With: the exception of - pressing mis- ll&'neous matters including - aTrflnali vote. ,on'k52v50 wheat,' rejected b'y the house,-' the. senate - will "devote- itself to the t-Overmah JilHi.'v i-r-:- -4. Measures' to furnish money ' for "the war- -program -are being pressed In blth houses.V- .The - billion dollar naval ap propriation bill goes from the house to the senate tomorrow the ppstofflee sup ply, measjire, b, awaiting senate consid eration;, conrerees jegnn,worJn lomor- KE SHAKES DP Entire Southern Portion of the ( State Jostled at 3 :33 0 'clock , , Sunday. Afternoon. - v MANY -BUILDINGS DOWN Personal 'Injuries .'and Some Loss V ,of Life Indicated And Heavy Property Loss. Los Angels, Cal., April . 21. All Southern- California' and part of -Western Arizona and Utah were shaken to day at 3:30 p. m. .by an earthquake which wrecked . virtually all .buildings and residences in,Hemet and San Jacin to, two inland towns 45 miles south east qf RivderaideCal., and caused minor; property - damage in paractically every town and city. " One man, Frank IJ. Darnell of this city, fell to his death in a panic at Santa Monica. " a woman was in jured by falling ' from a second story wmaow at San jaemto ana a numper 01 persons were injured there and else where, none seriously. ; Three menen tombed in a magnesite . mine ' tunnel near Hemet probably were saved by fellow workmen.wha di;ove an air shaft to them and. were expected to dig them out before morning: . ..tv Host Severe Inland. The . severity of ' the shock seemed greatest inland but if was distinctly -apparent., jvtearl. every, point over California south' from a -line' drawn from' Barstow-to the coast and in some parts of Arizona, althoughlho damage was , reported there. - : ir. In Los Angeles and vicinity the dam age was apparent mainly in broken windows. .Hundreds.',, of large plate glass windows her were shattered. Several large buildings shown cracks or bulges, but the extent of such dam age to buildings could not .be definitely ascertained.. .. .. - . f Homes all over Southern California were shaken, dishes . rattled, furniture moved and in .many "places the shock was such as to cause the occupants to . vacate, hastily. In Arizona the shock was reported to have extended as far east as Selig- man and Milford in Utah. SHOCK LASTED 20 'SECONDS AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE Los Angeles, CaU April 21. A severe earthquake of approximately 20 seconds duration shook-the . entire southern por tion of California at 3:33 this afttrnoon. Dozens, of plate-, glass- windows in Los Angeles stores were broken .and several women were:Jnjufred.n panics at thea tres in .Lps Angeles- The damage was quite extensiye; -P-2- - ; - - .One fatality -was-reported, Frank js. Dardell Tell t tb- his "J death in the rush ef a wnwd' oh 'the municipal pier at Santa Monica near .here. Hundreds of persons who, wiere, fishing off the pier, made a mad . rushfoirv solid , -ground when the frerobler began to rock the heavy concrete cqhfctrujction. Several persons were .injured in the. rush. . Chimneys, were shaken dbwp. in var ious localities and. af San Bernardino, about ; IS miles east' pf here, ' a , brick building was reported to have collapsed TWO owns uenrorea.-, , - -;' According , to : authenticated reports, lEJemet - and Sah." Jacinto, in Riverside county,' were, entirely destroyed by .the earthquake; " .Tlierel were no telephone or telegraph wires V in pperatiep, but persoBS wha escaped to' nearby points reported;, serious ..aestr'uctxon, pf prop erty and' : probable loiss ef life. .... Several business jbulldings' and homes were wrecked at San'vJaclnto according to Western TJnioh, telegraph operators lucre J. EVERT BRICK. BUILDING IN . - HEMETrWAS DBSIROYED Hemet. Cal., April 2Lr-This town and i San Jacinto, which lies -north of here! about, two -miles on the-; same branchH of the Atchison, Topeka t taxa. e rafllroad, wert- both seriously damaged by - a severe earthquake , shock ! at . 3 :S0 p. ,m. today, i Eyery ? business house in Hemet and In. San Jacinto was laid flat but only two- lievs .were lost V v The property damage nere-is estimat ed at 1250,000 bymerchantsand proper ty owners who suffered the most loss The San Jacinto damage was estimated at a like sum. ; -' '..-- '. . -; GERMANY DISPOSED TO LET, V . . SHIPS CARRY ;SWISS FOOD Berne- Switserland, atml it-. 3er manyif says a seml-officiat notejublish ed here today, how is disposed to grant under certain; .conditions sse conduct to ships carrying American gpods, es pecially grain for"Switaerland, the har bors outside the blockaded sone - one .-Variety; cleans up - another beard in moscow Moscow, Sunday April 21 (By The As soclated Pre.--Soviet troops have ef fectively stamped "out.i the ; " anarcnist organization .in Moscow-:" Its members have departed and the. city is now quiet Armoredr cars v a.re il patrPlling ; some streets and guards : havebeeh statipned about '-the : demolished: palaces : and the ,, -1 former' headquarters:ojf -the anarchists, CALIFORNIA AGAIN AND DOES DAMAGE If Present Drive Toward Channel - Jr - t orts Fails More Powerful " Attacks Expected. BARREN EESUXTS SO FAR Taking the- Whole Situation in J View End Cannot Be Con- sidered in Sight Yet. , ALLIED HARMONY NOTED V Increased Activity Along Sector ? , Held by Americans. ; Washington, April f21. Another Ger man" thrust at.; the allied lines? more ' powerful , than those that have gdne J before is looked for by the war depart . ment's strategists if the present dr4lve : ' at the channel port fails. Th depart- ment's weekly jeview. tonight says the enemy's enormous sacrifices have been barren of primary results, but adds: "Looked at from the broad stand point of the general military situation in the west, it cannot, however, be held that the battle howr raging in this sal- : - ' lent is the final, nor even the most. de. . . termlned onslaught of ithe enemy. r v "There are indicaions that should in ¬ offensive here also fall to lead to som. dennite result, the enemy may. under take a further and even- more powerful 5 thrust." -. - v - - . .. , - - " -Americans Escape Captors. ' .--I The review emphasizes the harmonj ;-' of action obtained through, the appoint- . ; ment of General Foch as commander- -v in-chief of . the .allied armies in. -the-west. It. tells of increased activity . along, the sectors held by Amercan troops and discloses that recently a- :'i number of Americans who had beeir , captured and, were . being . .conducted throughf No- MaALamdto-the'era lines., mrnea upon tneir captors ,es-. caped and made their way back to theii own trenches. : .- "In what has hitherto been held the "principal scene of operations .the sal ient -stretching from north of Arras to south of the. Oise canal with its npex in front of Amiens, there has been no Important change. during the week in the positions of contending forces.;. "An apparent' slackening, of hostile pressure north and.south of the Somme Is recorded. - " '. . , "Along the front from the Avre , to Noyon, French founter-thrusts netted local advantages. . . . - ' , " . r Frencfh Make Strong- Arnault. "Northwest of Moreuir the French launched a strong assault which re sulted I nthe capture of 300. prisoners, A secdnd attack rln the . same vicinity gained some 750 prisoners and enabled the French to advance their line in the ; neighborhood of Castel. . "In the secondary theatre of the of fensive, the new salient-fdrmed by the pressing, back of the British between Merken and the La-Bassee canal, des perate fighting continued throughout the week. Here the. enemy-was-able to win -terrain of distinct tactical val ue. ' - - " ' ' - - v T -. "With the combat situation still in flux it can serve no purpose to discuss in detail the tactical phases of the ep erations taking place. 1 - - . ' , : Lines 'Holding Well. 1 "The fighting in the area centering around Mt. Kemmel continues with In- creasing Intensity. . The key position; remans in British bands- though ih ; enemy ganed , a foothold : along ', ta southern ' slopes. The" British and French support, which' has-arrived, are consolidating their positions and . hold ing well. : ' ; --' - ' "The Germans have been able to gain a. local advantage in Flanders, yet sur veying the combat situation as a whole, it can be affirmed Jthat their enormous sacrifices " and " heaped-up ' casualties have hitherto been barren of primary results;- '.';;;"- '' "' ' '''.'' ' r : Tbe enemy while pushing with vigor toward the phannel ports and increas ing his pressure to a maximum, has been unable to jforce even a strategic retlremenV upon' the allies, much less disorganize their order of battle. . ; "Along, the , sectors . of the front in which r.our, own troops are In action there was relatively greater, activity. "In the jMeuse area the', enemy broke into our lines but was promptly driven out with .severe losses. U. S. Gnnners Efficient. , "Increased .sniping and machine gun fire, was noted both, along the Meitse and .njortluof . Toul - Our counter-battery workvshowed;, Itself efilclent in keeping dowi hostile, shelling, which burnt in greater.volume and ntensity in restrict ed areas. - -'.. - . ; The first " two - enemy ' airplanes brought down by our - aviators 'were shot downs behind- our lines north ;of j. oui. ' t -. - - r The review then touches briefly on the other fronts in which ho outstand ing developments are recorded. . . . KARNILOFFS COSSACKS ENGAGE SOUVTET TROOPS MASSACRES Petro'grad, Tuesday, April 16 (By The Associated Press). Hostilities have. been' renewed . between the troops 'of General. KPrhiloff ,; and; " those ' of. the -Soviets : Rostof-on-Don is in the hands of the anarchists. At Kherson after the , Germans left 'massacres pf. officers and ; bourgeoisie by-soldiers occurred. ; The Germans ? have '"since"; re-occupied the town. The' Turkish fcrulser Hamadles an two-torpedb . "boats- are- reported ?to have arrived at Odessa. . - . . m it ,r- - -'- .;U i i mm fV '.1 m mi ; i t-1 m
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