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'-.X; VOL O. NO. 12S. . . . v ' '; 7$ RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 191S. T Z ! W , PRICS 5 CENTS I .. . .. I r , -' i BACK UP M'ADQQ 24 OPEcSTIllIlL i i-f' HIID WILLIAMS Growing Fat Tklo BY STOiUll ' .?.p,t; 0nHr4i-vrrsr: ""'--Nritel v Department of 'Justice Employs : Brandeis To Defend Them ' Jn Riggs Bank Case MAY GOTO SUPREME COURT Both Sides Apparently Are Pre- panng-To Fight To The End Attorney General Gregory ; Co-operating With Treasury Department; Bank Gives Out , Statement WuhlnKton. D. C. April It. D vIopmnta today Indicated that th : government intends to do IU utmost to back up Secretary McAdoo, of th Treasury, and Comptroller ot th Cur rency Williams In the leral tight pre cipitated by the Riggs National Bank, . complainanC in equity proOMdlngs to en)ln these official from alleged at tempt to drive Xhat.U)tUtl9Tl out of business through systematic and lone . continued persecution. Attorney ' General Gregory an nounced today that the department had employed Louis IX Brandeia, of Boston, to defend ' Messrs. Williams and HcAdoo in the Injunction pro- aceedings. Be declared his department and the -Treasury were co-operating in these proceedings. . It became known also that Jess C. Atkins, for mer Assistant Attorney General also had been retained In the case. Officials declined to say whether the government at this time contemplates any ainrmauve proceedings In addt tlvn to the defense of Mr. McAdoo and Mr. WHUams la ths Injunction ease. It was denied, however, that the bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice bad undertaken an Invmtlga- uon oi ansirs or ins Kiggs MM, 'Lawyers Investigating. 'Lawyers, in the cue gave attentloi today to the question of whether th comptroller had exceeded his pow era in certain acta of which the bank complains and It was maintained that for the sake of precedent to be estab lished, this alone would be sufficient to insure a trongdefense by the gov ernment. It was recalled that while the courts have derllned to Interfere With the ordinary exercise of the ee- uvt-iuea iiuh wnrrs aa asoees oi suou power Is disclosed aa Injuactioa may ; That ths present case may go to the Bupreme Court seemed sntlrely pronabie for both sides apparently are preparing te njrnt to the end. Bank I Mars stauaaeut. , Ths bank today . gavs out a state ment reviewing charges mads by Mr. Williams last night. It caUed atten tion .to Mr. Williams' announcement ' that Investigation of ths bank had dis closed irregularities and that the De partment of Justice had engaged the mtn oi iouis u. nruaau some weeks ego. as special counsel In the case. The statement recited that at noon today Attorney General Grezor . stated that Mr. Brandeis had not been engaged by the department, and that the statement that he had been retain . ed 'was incorrect at the time It was ' made. Mr.Cregurya own statement htrr . gara io ine employment or Mr. Bran-,- dels given out before that Of ths bank - follows; ' " "Ths Department of Justice has em V plpoyed Mr. Brandies as special coun sel to assist in tns defease of ths In -, junction proceedings brought by the f Kigga National Bank. Up to the filing ' , uf ths ease the department had not had before It for official consideration ; ths controversy between the Treasury : Department and the. Ithm National Bank, but knewTn a general Way that i nose existed ana might result In some j character of litigation. --The Depart ment ot justice and Treasury, Depart- wrrmtw-itrmnl-Tid--ieai uiy ' vo niumtEn I M Ikl. m.tlt - . ', The bank, in Its statement, declares ; - that Mr. Williams takes credit to him i sojf for ths fact that the bank is sol , . vent when in fact he cauiwd the with drawal of hundreds of thousands of , ' dollars during the summer and fall of : ' 114, "at a time when financial eon- ., dltions were exceedlsgly uncertain in this country because of she great war . in Europe. - uerrnoa 1U Loae. r The- statement answers Mr. Will' lams charge made In letters to the - bank, that H I loaned large sums to ' women for speculation purposes by - saying thatWashlngton has probably ; more women than any city of its aiae - in the world whe have fortunes yand adds that its losses through loans to . ' such clients have beetu-negliirible. ' The ank declares that Mr. Will - tarns has no foundation for the alle gation mads in letters that It tempted young men and women to ruin through speculation. - The fact la." says the statement, ' "that the officers of this bank have . never eulvlsed er encouraged any per , , aon, man or woman, young or old. to speculate la stocks or buy stocks - for Investment, and the comptroller's " Insinuation to the contrary s a gross ' perversion of the truth, of which no ' officer of the government ought te be guilty with respect to any matter, and upecially the comptroller of the cur- rtucjr be guilty of It for the purpose f injuring a bank la the public esti mation." - " Ths statements points oat that of--- fleers of ths bank who held seats on ' ths Washington Stock Exchange to! . uatartly gave then up In 114 because tbey believed the Federal Reserve Act might forbid aa officer of a bank acting as a broker on a stock ex change. 1 . WANT C. K. TO IXVE8TiaATE. fEngtanel Wenld Lcsra Cossdltlons Isa. - posed eei Omrrr Imprtsonod la Ger many. Londoa. April II. The British for eign ofTtr-e has Instructed the ambas sador aj Washington, Sir Cecil Spring. Rice, to ask the linked States to In vestigate conditions of Imprisonment Imposed en British oflloeraaby Ger many aa a retaliatory nneaau'e against the Imprisonment of Oernua sukma tm srsws la England, Kinston's Tiniest Citizen, Cradled in Soap Box Full of Promise iMinsl m tw Km m ens Klnston. April It. Klnstoa's Unl est cltlMft, who about eight weeks age was given tip 'as a dead one Juat after he had been born, but persisted trying out the climate regardless, now promises to become a football player, When the stork chuckled as ha brought him he thought probably that It was an awful good Joke. The laugh was on the stork, and now It Is ths tiniest dtlsen, Jolly little fellow, who does the laughing. He laughs Inord tnately at everything nearly. Dr. Ira M. Hardy says. Hs weighed just a pound and a hall Hs new weighs nearly four pounds, la finely nourish ed and certain, barring aocidents, f love to a ripe old age. - He has a splendid constitution, the doctor saya Baby was cradled In a soap box. Land Torpedo That Scoots' At -The Enemy Kinston Inventor Takes In f ernal Machine For War ' f are To Washington v MBMssassaM (SpMSB The frm m OkneM! Kinston. April IS. Ray L. Jobson. local machinist, has gone North with aa Infernal machine which he almost expects to revolutionise war fare. People who have seen Jobeon's certainly IngenlousUf not so certainly practicable device say It la a wonder. -He calls It a land torpedo-. He will show If to Secretary of War Garrl son and probably to a board ef army officers. It coturi eta of a cylindrical tube mounted on a small chassis, with small wheels, and a motor In the rear end of the tube. ' A "tender" which is stationary furnishes ths current for the automobile torpedo, which Jobson claims will snake from M to M miles an hour. Even his model travels ever the ground at a speed of ! mile an hour-- Twef'wlrei TsUfnfs-frW the torpedo aa tt raced ever the ground arte-- the manipulator, who remains with the tender, had touched a button. One of .these wires carries the current to the motor, and the other controls the thing's thunder. At the moment the operator wishes to get la his work hs throws the switch ff ths motive power, whereupon the torpedo. Instantly stops; then, when the moment Is at hand, he touches an other button. A dead-sure cap and soms pounds of a dry explosive are snugly packsd Into an inner re ceptacle or the torpedo. Tnere is bound to result some changes la the scenery In the particular landscape n which the diabolical contrivance la at ths tlms located. The damage to prop erty Is certain. - The oueatlon that military men may ask Jobson. however. Is, who Is going to get Into ths thing's way to get blasrn up with It. There are soms who are Inclined to regard his inven tion as a foredoomed failure; more optimistic ones predict success for It. however. The cost Is trivial compared with the marine torpedo. Jobson ays his machine can be constructed n any number at not more than list apiece. ' TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY LINCOLN ASSASSINATION President TOK6w' laser Executive Order For Jfrt Thursday Washington, April 1 1. President Wilson tonight signed ths following executive order provdilng that fitting observance be given to the anniver sary of ths death of Abraham .Lin coln, who died arty yearn ago .next Thursday. 'As an evidence of the profound affection of tre American people for tns memory of Abraham Lincoln It la rereby ordered trat the executive of fices of the United Statoe shall be closed and that the national Has; be displayed at half-mast upon all Federal buildings and at all forts and military posts and naval stations and on ail vessels or tne united mates and that the representatives of the United States In foreign countries shall In like manner pay appropriate tribute to his memory, on Thursday. April S, ItlS, the fiftieth anniversary of his death. ; : The owners and masters ef all merchantahlpe of the United States are requests e -similarly to display ths national Hag er nair-maat. Signed) ilWOQimOW WILSON. - ST.LOUIS ALDDERMAN ' INDICTED FOR FORGERY Had Arraiured For Road Whew Taken , la Charge) on Beam warrant. 81 Louis. Mow April It. August H. Frederick, who hut Tuesday was elect ed president of the St. Louie Board ef Aldermen a position la wnicn he would share with the mayor and the comptroller the responsibility of draft ing the city budget today was In dicted for forgery in the first degree. ' Mr. Frederick was elected by IX. majority, but his plurality was 1. below ths high rtan en his ticket, the Republican.' In a rormai statement last night he said hs would resign. Frederick, who was techtnaclly ar rested but night at ths direction ef the circuit attorney, was formally tak en lncharge on a bench warrant today. made arrangement for a l,e bond. The minimum penalty for fursery In the first degree is ten years Unprison- About jour Thousand People From AH Over State Hear Damrosch Concerts FOUR GREAT SOLOISTS ARE GIVEN OVATIONS Picco, Campbell, Kerns and Alcock Sweep The Thou sands Who Hear Them Into Prolonged-Applause; Entire Program One of The Finest Ever Listened To in Raleigh Is Unanimous Voice of Those Attending; Music Depart ment of Woman's Club Reap Success Nearly four thousand people from all over North Carolina yesterday af ternoon and last night listened to two great concert by Damrosch's New Tork Symphony Orchestra, assisted by four soloists who Justified fully all the advance claims made for them. Mr. Alexander Baalafsky in his rol as concert master and a festival chorus of one hundred and ninety-four er. a This was the culmination In success of the efforts of the festival committee of the music deDartateel of the Woman's Club, composed of the following Raleigh women: Mia Sadie Duncan chair. Mrs. George J. Ramsey secretary. Dr. Delia Dixoa-CarralL presfdeat of ths club, and Mrs. Palmer Jerman, nrst vict-preaidenL Another upon whose shoulders ha rested much of the burden of disposing of the seats and whose splendid efforts counted for so much Is MJks Mattle Hlgga. Tnat . she to deserving of all the Praise bestowed upon her by those In touch with the management of the festival la evidenced by results ob tained. From the opening? number at twe- iurjiwcibe jaa,JaI were -at rapt attention and ttt - srdkea only by vigorous appiauw. . would, be hard for anyone! attending both programs to do otherwise than impartially place the praise. There. has up te this hour been heard no other note than that of gratification at the program given. Rarely It is the good fortune of any audience In any city to listen to a program so evenly balanced throughout, with not a num ber but that was worthy of mention as first class. Damresrh In Mack Draoand. For ten years Damroech's orchestra has been appearing- at the Spartan burg Festi val, and since Ita a linear- ance there has skipped but one ap pearance, ine missing number was last year when the organisation waa abroad at the time, but this year they are. heeding the Insistent demand from that place and open there this evening the flrwt of a three day series of concerts. ..This organisation Is now on ths first lap of a Ave weeks tour nr. unwa. iuo manager, stated fc. night that he had had to turn down many flattering offers, from im portant cities. Their two programs (Continued on Page Two.) BRYAN PUTS BAN ON ' ,.. . AUSTRIAN CONSUL Letter to Governor ef Virginia Inad- - vertcnUy U nsigned. . IBr ttm I i 1 1 1 I hwk RichmondL Vs.. A Mil 1 Stuart today rebel-red from Washings ion tne ioiiowing letter, written on Htate Department stationery, but ua signed: . '. 'His Excellency, the Governor a Virginia. Richmond. Va. 'Sir: I have the honor to Inform ypu that C L Droete Is not recognis ed Uy this government as - a consular functions In ths United States. "I have the honor to be. sir, - Tour obedient, servant" . (Unsigned). Governor Stuart regards the com municatloa aa authentic Mr. Droete u listed la the city di rectory aa consular agent of the Austra-Hungartaa government and has acted aa such here for years. Since the wsr began, he has written numer ous letters to the newspapers jot al together complimentary to American neutretity and now U publtmhlne pro-Teutonic periodical called . "The Crucible."- When, shewn a copy of the State Department letter today Mr. Droete acknowledged that his consular position was -unornciaL", ----- Crittresed Wilson's Polley.t . Washington. April 1 1. The letter te Governor Stuart, of Virginia. In ref erence te C. L Droete. at Richmond. I mailed Inadvertently without Secretary Bryan's signature. Inquiry at the department today showed that Droete s published criticism of Presi dent Wilson's neutrality policy had been called te the department's at tention and that Gov. Jfauart waa ad vtssd that Droate waa not a properly accredited consul of Austria-Hungary. FOB STATE-WIDE PHOIIIBmOX tVeuleUun To to. Voters Florida H Sabentt Qncstlon Tallahassee, Fte- April It lower House of the State Legislature today by a vote of It to 14 passed a resolution railing for submission to the Vetera at the general election of SI a- constitutional amendment for state-wide prohibition. The amend ment, if adopted will become effective October 1. 11T. The resolution was certified to the SenaMt . . - oh", -. 1 - . ',,-.,. - - va . ? - - ' , '-- -(- ';'--.,r-., -J a., :T,-r . . . ( I nliten ii iw n.fi ,m oi h iL.a. - W', LmTZ'S 7" " " ..... T, . ..j.. .... 1. -'--' - i 1 After sinking thirteen British and French merchant vessels since she slipped from New Tork harbor In a sea gray coat of paint eight months ago, the . North Oermaa Lloyd liner, Kronprins Wilhelm, which was turned into an auxiliary bruiser, ha run beak to another American port for protection against .the allies' bat tleships, (the suddenly ran Into New port News Sunday, thsre to keep com- ASKS THBEE WEEKS CaptainSays He Will Rush Re pairs, and May Leave Before That Time U. S. EXAMINATION TODAY Requests Made in Tw $ Letters The Treasury; No Reques Made For Coal and Provis ions As Commander Will De termine On This Later IBr at AmteUui rmm. Newport News. Va., April U. Lieut-Captain Tblerf elder, command er of the German converted cruiser Kron Prins Wilhelm. delivered to Collector of Customs Hamilton late today his formal request of the Wash ington government, for time to main In this neutral port for tempo rary repairs to his ship. The request waa made in two let term, amplifying the other, which were forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury and their contents not divulged. It is understood that the German commander asked for three weeks time as a, maximum la which to make the Wilhelm seaworthy, but stated he would make every effort to complete lemHrary repairs aad leave port oeiore tnat time. It waa learned that ths stipulations related only to temporary repairs be cause of necessity for thorouah over hauling of the Wilhelm. which would require months, were all needed i pairs undertaken at - this- time. - So Krquciit iW HuduHcm. Captain Thlerfelder in three com- munlrations did not maks a request for coal and prorteloim,- -epli4n'lng that he would do this when the Wash' Ington government decides how long ne may remain in these neutral waters. The commander said he did not wish to take on permanent sup plies which might partly be consumed uunng nis atsy ror -ropaira it la un derstood that hla request 'Includes. however, a petition for pesmlsslon to go into dry-dock Immediately. Until the Washington authorities grant this permission his raider must remain at anchor In the James river. Unofficial ly the captain of the Kron Prins Wil helm urged that action regarding his ship be expedited aa much as possible snd in this connection he requested tbe State Department through the German Embassy to have the naval board maks an examination of his ship at once. This may be done to morrow if permiaatun is given to take the ship into dry-dock. The ship yard experts estimates' of repairs necessary were Included In the captain's letters to the Secretary of the Treasury. One letter. It is under food, relates te repairs to machinery and the other to the exterior platei whlph have been warped by coaling at sea and ramming merchant snipe of tee antes. - fantalnf Very DcntuustraUva. While opinion continues to prevail that the Wilhelm will never leave this port until the close ef the war, com mander Thlerfelder Is much more demonstrative than was Captain Thierichens of ths Prins Kltel in his Insistence that the merchant raider return to the high seas even if she must run the gauntlet of allied war ships off the capes a second time. We sm get out." be said asmln today, emphasising his statement by pounding a table la hla cabin. We got in and we caa get eutTbe fact that warsh!pa are waiting for ua must not deter sa The ships mignT sink us but that has n fears for me." The young captain stroked bis fore-' heed aa he spoke and continued; "Who am IT - I am as rot bins nil. Theee men are nil, if we can do any thing to help our country." r RAIDER LdUer la discussing the repairs of (Continued on raf Six.) ' i pany with the Interned Prins Eltsl Kriedrich. which appeared there some weeks ago. ' c It la expected she will Intern, and this- means that her career aa a corn mere destroyer Is at an end. Painted In war gray, the Kron prins Wilhelm steamed out of New Tork harbor on the0 night ef Aasus I, before American neutrality had been proclaimed. Her operations have AMBITIOUS DEBATING Success - in Comprehensive - Series Friday Offers En 1 couragement For ; Extension 7 (S. R. WIXTERS); i Chapel Hill. April It. Tbe full reeJization.Af Its hopes and plana 'in It t hlrd. a n n ual Statewide aeries, at ueesies sumcisntiy juaunas aampi thnw program of the Debating Union of North Carolina for .Ills. The hug success attending the efforts of the Union In the Comprehensive sriies of debates ending Friday night offers en couragement for the extension and expansion of the scope of territory In eluded next year. The nine counties unrepresented In ths Union will bs urgently solicited to snroll their mem bershlp In 11. Toward the end ef shsplng the plana of the Union for another 'year, Secretary E. R. Rankin wilL within the next few days mall letters to all the siur riii tend enis and principals of school In the Stat in solicitation of their suggestions as to any changes deemed advisabla In the governing regulations of the Union, The school superintendents, principals and other having a vital Interest in the plan of the Union will be requested to sub mit subjects from which , an appro priate query can be selected for the ltlt series of debates. Suggrntlons For Ouertee. Suggestions for queries bave al ready been submitted to Secretary Rankin. "Resolved, That tobacco la more .harmful than liouor." is ths query "suggested by Dr. W, 8. Kan kin of the State Department of Health. Dr. H. M. Wagstaff. professor of his tory in ths University, urges ths adop tion of this question: TResoived, That the Untied States should adopt ths Swiss". System of universal . " fflllitaj-y service." Still another. "Reaolvsd. That the United States should recog nise the supremacy of the Pan-Ameri can union In the New World, and should change ths Monroe Doctrine to lit ouch new conditions. . The adop tion of this query by -the Union has been suggested by Dr. C H. Lever more of the World Peace Federation. The hearty co-operafloa of ths county superintendents of schools will be sought la the promotion of the extension program of ths Debat ing Union. Tbe superintendents will be urgently invited to lend their In fluence la enlisting a full quota of schools In their respective counties. Buncombe county, which enrolled IS schools In the Union this year, offers an effective illustration of the pulling power of a county superintendent In the promotion of any particular edu cational movement. Work tor Il Series. In the conduct of the ltlt aeries of debates the office of the Debating Union addressed aad mailed no lew than 4,0 letters to Individual mem bers and schools enrolled In the con test. The number of copies of the bulletin treating expressly of the sub ject or ship subsidy as mailed mem bers of the Union totalled !,. Ad ditional matter dealing with ship sub sidy, including Congressional docu ments and periodicals of various des cription, waa - broadcasted over , the State to ths extent of 1,00 pieces. The excellent debates afforded testi mony of how well the literature and bulletins - were dtgestsd. By some schools the bulletin en ship subsidy waa practically adopted as a text book. . The tattered and thumb-worn copies of ths bulletin as brought to Cha pel Hill . for the v0pal abates test tiled to ths seal and labor spent n digesting tne contents of the docu ment. - Kami lode of Prrtlsalnartm. The magnitude of the preliminary debates is gathered from ths number ef Judges commissioned Into service. The preliminary contests pressed Into vr. . W v aw nian III JUUffWH. V'l I Dts number il sat In Judgment fori many consecutive aeurs ia Chapel I been confined mainly to the south Atisntic. - - "Besides destroying enemy merchant vessels, the Kronprins is reported to have acted aa a relay station for wireless telegrams between Germany and the? German war ships In the south Atlanllo which were sunk by the British squadron commanded by Hear Admiral Sturdee In the battle off the Falkland Island. ' PROGRAM UNION 1916 GIRLS WHO WON AYCOCKCUP IN STATE 'DEBATE 1 . - s V i It i - I - ..lit Laila Flflmlng and mH Gardner. STATFAVILLK BOYS VICTORS DEFEATED 4", Stewart Cowlca and Cowlrn Bristo. Hin. . Member ef the faculty,- duate etudeata seniors and cttisrns of the village composed the delegation of Judgea on the -JillL" The diver sity of argumenta was noteworthy. For instance, Uncolnton school nro- duced argumenta denying the neea ot any., merchant marine. Winston Sabttn argued "that trade done not follow the flag and that the marine did not materially influence com merce. Thirty -six counties sent srhoola to Chapel Hill to participate' in Use finals. Alamance county was repre sented by three .schools. The couo ties enrolled two schools each were: Guilford, KdKeeombe, Gaston. Moore. Iredell Scotland, Wake. Franklin. Robeson. Rockingham.- The counties sending one school each to Chapel Hill . were; Harnett. Buncombe. Johnston, Sampson, Mecklenburg, Wayne, Henderson. Oranre. -Ashe. Vance, Durham. . Dare. McDowell. Caldwell. Cleveland. Cares, North- Conllnued bn.pgge-Jrtna.j-- UZ50K PASS STILL ; BARTOflUSSmriS Upon Capture of This and That of Beskld Hanss Czar's Ad-, vance Into Hungary RESISTANCE IS STUBBORfl People of Dual Monarchy Said To Be -Greatly Cheered By Number of - German.; Rein I forcements Passing: Thro1 'j Budapest; French Seem Sat ' isfied With Successes .; j g sw PesBl. - -, London, April II. Two gateways into Hungary still remain barred, de spite the tremendous . Ruaatan. ham; mer and. as the Beskld Pass la the less Important of the two strategically, a further advance Into Hungary hangs on ths possession of Uxsok Pass, where the Invaders are meeting with stuDoorn opposition. . - Several daya.ago the Russtaas cap lured a position which gave them com mand ora road Teadlng- to the rear of Uxsok Pass, but slnea than the Tea tonic allies have checked the anovs ment. The importance ef the Carnat thiana operations Is indicated by tbe half-hearted action along the rest of the long eastern front. . ,r The people of the dual monarchy are said to be greatly cheered by the number of German - reinforcements Passing through Budapest on the way to the Carpathiaa front to take part In the operations, which are now be lieved to be in charge of the German general staff. The whole situation ia the east plv ots on Uasok Pass, where the Austre Oermaa . forces are la such great strsngth,that the efforts ef the Rus sians to reach the Hungarian plains are likely te be prolonged. . . , Ia the west the French apparently are satisfied with their recent suc cesses between, tbe Mouse and the IsM-ruine frontier-and elaiaa only to hsVe come la contact with the Ger man entanglements ia this region. Of ficial Oermaa reports assert that de termined attacks by the French have been repulsed along this section; - Probably no sesston of the British pari is meat since the opening of tbe war has been awaited with keener In terest than the sitting which will be gin tomorrow. '.v. ,.. i --A. "diy"-as unknown except for a Period ef two yearn II years ago. Is-not beyond the noeulslUtlea, t the government has given ne official hint as te waat action may be expected. Several day agw an- opposlttoa paper- published a forecast at the ov ernnmni ptan wnicn. it asserted.- con Itemplatsd the prohibition of ' all . liquors except light beer which would be manufactured by the government. This prediction received some con- Urination today from a government j organ which declared the entire buai- neew oa nm enajiuiacvure ana sajs ox alcoholic liquors Is te become a gov ernment monopoly.' . V Intense FlgbUnsl y Petrograd. April II via' London April 14.) The following general headquarters communication . was Is sued tonight: "On April 11 and IS the battle la the Carpathians developed with great Intensity from the direction of Bart- .fald ia the dirsctioa . of Stry. . Our Icocpa advanced on both banks of the lOnondswa South of Stropko. They csnttiren awvrml heiahta Ia t ha Bnrtb. east of Telepotch and gained a vic tory In the direction ef Ussok where, after extremely desperate fighting, the heights la ths regions of the villages of Bukowtts. Beneff and Vyssok onlay fell Into our handa. - "Ws captured on this section 1,70 prisoners. Including tl offiosra and we took one gua and , twenty machine guna. t "On the heighis south of Voiossatei especially In the region of Koatoukwa tbe enemy delivered Impetuous at tache la great strength. All of thsnt were repulsed with enormous linsi s to the enemy. ."Bukowlna On . ah extended front In the direction- of Zsliwnjky (north of Csernowita) the enemy on the night of tbe 11th delivered furious at- . tacka In an Impenetrable dark new and torrential rain, but everywhere our Infantry whe met the attacks with. the bayonet, maintained L the upper nana. - "Us the front west of Nlemen we repulsed several Germ.a attacka In the other sectors along the whole of our front collisions between reeotnner ters nave become more frequent. - Calaa la Preex-h Kswe ) Paris. AprU 11. Via London) Tbe efollowlag official war office state- merit was issued today: ' Tbe day was calm along the whole front. We maintained and consolidat ed our positions at the different points e we nad mads pre grass during the last eight day a -Our aviators successfully bom barded military hangars at Vlgnoullee la the Weever and dispersed, not fan from vigaeuUea, a battalion en the March." 7 ITuted Editor ef Oty Star am sa immammi nmi -Kansas City. April II Wm. Rock- hill .Nelson, -editor of the Star, died early today after being anounsckms since Thursday. Death waa due to uraemie poisoning. Mr. Kelsons last conference with his associates took place la his bed im the day Before he became un conscious. This waa concerning the flection frauds. That Is fundamental tor denistocratlc, he said. "I may not be here te sse the fUrht Won. but the Star will flgkt en with all Us re courses until the present rotten sys tem Is broken dwwa. Throughoat his illness the problem of the poor was intense concern t- him. He made largo gifts to loot! charitable institutions, It waa announced todev tnat A tar aa is humanly ooaaiMe The f will be eoedorted in rror'ttir, v. the aims aad ideas ad La ht-A