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Crucial Test of the Allied Pow
er in This Area at
Hand
HILL POSITIONS ARE
ENEMY'S OBJECTIVES
' Terrific Bombardment on Ten-i , Washington. April 29. Two casu-
. . ialty lists given out today by the War
Mile Front This Morning j Department contained 156 names.
vr r n ji r . 'The killed and missing in action nuni
Was hollowed by Intantry j bered 22. Ten officers were named.
Attacks and Another Battle.
The German began what seems
to be a general assault on the Brit
ish hill positions on the Kemmel
froit. southwest of Ypres, opening a
new phase of the great drive in Flan
ders Apparently the crucial test of
the Allied power in this area is at
hand. ,
The preliminary bombardment
started in the early morning, took in
of Bailleul, to Voormezeele, two miles
cf Bailleul, to Yeormee-le, two mile
south' of Ypres. Infantry, attacks In
rht3 atfsa, developed "shortly after
ward and the battle appears to have
been in earnest when Field Marshal
Haig's report was issued in London
at noon.
The enemy has been striking with
great fury at Voormezeele for the
last two or three days, evidently hop
ing to drive in behind Ypres and
break up the orderly withdrawal or
the British from the further posi
tions of the Ypres salient which they
have been evacuating.
General Von Arnim has been suc
cessfully held off from this Southern
bulwark of the salient, but mean
while he has been preparing to take
advantage of the succes he won last
week In the capture of Mount Kem
mel, which he was unable to develop
immediately because of the stiff Al
lied resistance;
Further attacks in the Voorme
zeeie sector may aocompany the de
livery of today's blow, but the great
est force of this thrust seems like
ly to manifest itself In the vicinity
of Locre, where Sharpenburg, Mount
Rouge, Mont Note and other eminen
ces are the enemy objectives. The
French, who are holding the line at
Locre, fortified - themselves late last
week by clinging to this village, al
lOijgh more than osce driven out by
savage thrusts. Asother attack
which was launched ther yesterday
afternoon was promptly repulsed.
Probably to mask their real pur
pose, the Germans last night heavily
bombarded the southers portion of
i the Lys battlefrjpnt fro mGlvenchy
to N'leppe and likewise turned' their
artillery loose on the front betwees
Lens and Arras, further south. No
Infantry attaoks have been ' reported
in these sectors except on the part
British, who. by a successful coup
Jat night re-captured the post taken
from them last week near Festabeit
north of Givenchy.
' As in the case of the last previous
Vavy assault in Flanders, the Ger
mans have also been demonstrating
.on the Somme front, although not In
'ich force as was the case last week.
They drove several times last night
K the French positions in Hangard
wood, however, and heavily bom
barded, this sector north to ViHers
t Eretormeux. The; Infantry attaoks
ere broken up by the Frenoh fire
and the Allied artillery vigorously
answered the German guns in this
gion and between Lasslgny , and
oyon, on the lower side of the
v'ountdidier salient.
Picardy there has been no ac
Jjv'ty except by the artillery, the
rinan cannon being very active on
he f.-)nt east 0f Amiens from VII
' "tonneux to the Luce river.
! :i - I 'l f-nch official announcement
' vf-d:)esdav that American troots
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the
;i holding" uu the German ad-
nce toward 'Aniens is confirmed
,"pan Asciated Press dispatch di--cr-
fronj the new American . posi
,!fns. t y" r'erman artillery is most ac
h," tre Toul sector,, keeping up
Positions. It is believed the
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AMUT HUN ADVANCE ON DRIVING
ITEM
MOUNT
ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-SIX NAMES
ON CASUALTY LIST
The list follows:
Killed in action: Captain Arthur F.
Locke; Sergeants Edward J. Kline,
Joseph Sokovich; Corporals Arthur
J. Paulson. Wallace C. Winter, Jr.;
Privates Francis Barnes, Alvin W.
Gordon. Mike Kuzmisky, David F.
Lindgren, Daniel E. Murdock, Wil
liam J. O'Brien. Melvin F. Rice, John
J. Ryan.
Died of wounds: Corporal Charles
J. Blankford; Private Gregore Pal-
eologus.
Died of disease: Corporal John i
Taylor, Cook Louis B. Eisweirth;
Privates Orval Fike, Ivery Gamble,
James C. Gardner, -Jesse, B. Hewitt,
Romeo Nadeau. Merlin teibr. Vil- j
He Simmons, Arthur J. Stevens.
Died of accident: Privates Joseph
Francis Miskell, Frank Osborn.
Died of other causes: Private John
F. Cox.
Severely wounded: Corporal Wes-
ley H. Burton; Privates Max Robert i
Burke, Frank Doreski, Diego Luis !
Corretier. Joe Leto. Anthony Mark-!
arewicz, Stanley Miedowski, Robin
Moore, Thomas H. Musker, William
O'Dell, Walter J. Round.
Slightly wounded: Lieutenants
Herbert A. Chase, James J. Flanagan,
Robert Hayes, William J. Kievenaar,
William H. Osborn, John P. Rat
ajczak; Sergeants' Ralph Bove, How
ard L. Burndin, Walter B. Grant,
John J. Hopkins, Wilfred B. Johnson,
William L. Knox, Charles L. Stribl;
Corporal Thomas J. Lee; Bugler
Thomas V. Prunty; Wagoner Curtis
F. Banks; Privates Clarence Ander
son, George F. Bigger, Frank H.
Crump, George D'Amelio, James D.
De Pass, Austin L. Ely, Wiliam A.
English, Romeo E. Laferiere, Stephen
Lorentl, Edward F. Mathieson, Ge6.
Murphy, Joseph L. Ritchie, Patrick
J. Sullivan, Charles C. Watson", Ralph
Whlpford, atonio Wiervissis, Jas.
N. Muldoon. '
Germans hope by this show of ac
tivity to prevent the movement of
American troops to the northern part
of the Western front.
Dispatches from Petrograd and
Moscow, each dated Tuesday last,
give no indications of the reported
revolt in Petrograd on behalf of the
former Grand Duke Mikolaievich.
Swedish newspaper correspondents
in Finland continue to report rumors
there that Alexis has been proclaim
ed emperor and that the new gov
ernment will not be bound by the
Bolshevik German peace treaty.
It is declared orders were report
ed In Russia Thursday.
Meanwhile the Germans and White
Guards are rapidly approaching the
Russian border north of Petrograd
and the dissolution of the Red Guard
revolt is said not to be far off.
The two largest Red Guard forces
have been cut off from each other
and the capture of Viborg, 75 miles
northwest of Petrograd, by the Ger
mans is expected shortly. Commu
nication between Viborg and Petro
grad has been severed.
In trans-Coucasia the Turks con
tinue their forced occupation of ter
ritory ceded In the Brest-Litovsk
peace treaty and report the capture
of Germans. Guns to the number of
860 were taken, Constantinople says.
The controversy between Holland
and Germany, it is reported unoffici
ally in a dispatch to London, has
been settled by Holland agreeing to
the transport of sand and gravel
through Dutch territory from Ger
many to Belgium. In yielding to
Berlin's demands, the Dutch govern
ment is understood to have stipulat
ed that the amount of sand and
ptovaI used in making concrete,
must, be limited , and cannot be used
for military purposes, Rumors in
The Hague are that Foreign Minis
ter Lov:c 'arill resign as a result ol
the passing of -ta diplomatlp crisis.
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KEMMEL
Killed in action: Privates Peter F,
Crowley, Samuel Darling, James E.J
ueaay, uavis u. Lawrence, wimam
G. Pierce.
Died of disease: Mechanic Olof W.
Link; Privates Benjamin J. Clarke,
Howard A. Frye.
Died of wounds: Lieutenant Nor
man F. Hood; Privates Norbert E.
Rigby, Enos C. Sawyer, James T.
Williams.
Wounded sevrelv! Llpntpnant
James -J. Parsons; Sergeants Benja-
mln James, Jack B. Kendrick; Cor-
poral Harold McDonald j; Cook Elias
Boynton; Privates Mihal Bobelo,
Dennis G. Coulohares, Stanley Gosln-
ki, Elmer N. Holyoke, William J.- Ken-
tile Charles H. Patterson, Joseph ;
Ramando, George C.
ward W. Smailey.
Ransom. Ed-
Wourded si
Sergeants Jo-
seph A. Chauhcey, Russell J. Flesh-
er; Corporals Charles E. Anthony,
Ralph H. Beal, Gilbert T. Case, Wil
fred Cote, Claudius R. Farnsworth, '
John F. Manning, Frances A. Parker, j
Artnur w. trice, wunam a. sogers,
Charles A. Zell; Mechanic Charles
Fisher; Bugler-Sergeant Clifford G.
Risley; Privates Joseph A. B. Bab-
ineau, William B, Bailey, Russell M
Brooks, Lester M. F. Chessman,
George F. Coughlin, Albert K. Dane
Francis M. Eaton, George R. Gid
dings, Milton F. GIfford, Charles B.
Gogglns, Joseph Grigons, Frederick l,.
Grove, Samuel P. Hopley, Edward J.
Heffernan, Osiean ,. Hickman, FraTTk
R. Johnson, Charles H. Jones, James
J. Kelley, Charles R. KelBon, Arthur
G. Kilian, Stanley Kozlkowski, Geo.
H. Kripps, Frederick R.- Langmald,
Edmund M. Martin, Charles Mason,
Morris Mullman, Edward L. Nowack,
Alfred L. Parent. Vincent Polito,
Robert L. Puckett, Samuel E. Ram
bo, Tony Rasky, Alfred Saindon, Ste
phen W. Sawyer, Baslow Skibo,
Starke M. Slaughter, John F. Smith,
Wilbur M. Smith, Managill Trem
blay, Abe Venner, Walter S. Wolf.
Missing in action: Lieutenant Ed
gar B. Noland.
Will Permit Receiving of Sand
and Gravel for Non-War
Purposes
London, April 89. Holland has
yielded to Germany's demands con
cerning transport and the supply of
sand and gravel, although it Is under
stood that the amount of sand and
gravel will be limited Instead .of un
limited, according to a dispatch from
The Hague to the Daily Mail, dated
Sunday. It is added that a general
understanding will be required from
Germany that the sand and gravel
will not be used for military purposes.
Rumors are current in the Dutch
capital, the dispatch adds, that Dr.
John Loudon, minister of foreign af
fairs, will resign. These, it- is said,
are based on the supposition that he
could not retain office now that his
undertaking respecting the gravel
must be revoked.
PROPOSED INCREASE
ON LUMBER DENIED
' Washington, April 29. Proposed
increases in lumber rates .from Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Georgia to points in Buffalo
Pittsburgh and Central. Freight .As
sociation territories were disapprov
ed' in a tentative report of an .Inter
state Commerce Commission exam
iner made public today.' - .
HOLLAND
HAS
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TO GERMANY S DEMANDS
BY THE AMERICANS
Sammies Take Up Positions on
Battle Front and French
Command
AMERICANS CONFIDENT
OF HOLDING BOCHES i
Troops Entered Trenches Un-;
der Enemy Fire First Men-:
tion of Their Presence Came
From Paris Last Week.
With the American Forces in
Northern France, Sunday, April 28.
American troops have taken up posi
tions on the French battlefront. Un
der the French high command, in
which all ranks have supreme confi-
i dence, the American . forces face the
enemy on the line barring the Ger-
impns from Paris and Amiens, whera
they have been a certain number of
days.
The Americans found their posi
tion in a rolling terrain. The artil-
lery was the first on the line, en
tering on a dark flight. Unde -a
fire which, in some! cases, was rath-
er heavy, the American gunners Hook
up the positions of the French bat
teries and completed the work of dig-
ging in. . HMMi3i
When the infantry moved in. '.he
firing was just as intense. In some
places our troops after passing
through villages, were raked now and
then with shrapnel. In some in
stances, thev found the trenches shal
low, while in other cases there were
no trenches at all.
The American lines generally are
about 200 to 400 yards apart and the
high ground is about evenly divided.
What the future holds for the Amer
ican forces is, of course, unknown,
but the Americans are confident they
will give a good account of themselv
es and strike the Boche a blow if
opportunity offers.
It should be understood that this
sector is not especialy active in com
parison with others to the north,
UaltJhough it is more active than
those the Americans previously had
faced. The artillery firing is heavy
and intermittent, the German shells
whizzing over the lines into towns
In certain rear areas.
There has not been a raid on eith
er side of the line for several days,
but at night, the patrols are active,
Americans approaching close to' the
enemy's lines.
All during the night, rapid machine
gun and rifle fire Indicates where the
American bullets are keeping out en
emy patrolling parties.
Announcement that American
troops had entered the Allied line in
Picardy east of Amiens was made by
the Paris war office last Wednesday
night. The Germans that day attack
ed the British, Frenqh and Ameri
cans along a lengthy front from north
of the Somme to below Castel. Par
ticularly stubborn fighting oocurred
around Hangard, from which th3
French were driven, but part of
which they regained Friday.
A' Paris dispatch Thursday an
nounced that more than 100 wounded
Americans had reached Paris hos
pitals from the battlefront.
THREATEN TO TAKE PETRO
GRAD. Washington, April 29. Ger
many has demanded of Russia an
exchange of prisoners and has
threatened to take Petrograd un
less the Russian government,
agrees to the terms advanced, the
State -Department has learned.
The German government, the
State Department's dispatches
said, is sending to Russia a com
mission of 115 members to pre
sent the German demands, which
call for the immediate release
of all German prisoners wrho
are in good health; that those
who are ill shall remain in Rus
sia under the care of neutral phy
sicians and that the Germans on
their side will release only those
Russian .prisoners who are ill or
are incapacitated.
OF PILES
BEGAN AT LIBERTY
j Work to Be Hurried and Slips
Will Be Constructed at an
Early Date
TWO MEETINGS ARE
SCHEDULED TOMORROW
Carpenters Will Be Put to!
Work When Plans Have
Been Officially Ap
proved The driving of piling was begun at
the yards of the Liberty Shipbuilding
Company, in, the southern section of
the city, where concrete tankers are
to be built for use In the Mexican oil
trade, this morning, and the work is
to be hurried to completion. Piling
that is being driven just now is going
in more as an experiment than any
thing else, it was stated, and the ac
tual construction of the slips where
the tankers will be launched will be
started shortly. A vast amount of
piling will be necessary for the work.
Special attention is called to tomor
row, night's meeting at the Chamber
of- Commerce at 8 o'clock, when the
committee intrusted with the work of
bringing back North -Carolina labor
I that has gone elsewhere in search of
employment will map out plans and
start an active campaign with this
object In view. Anyone interested is
invited to attend this meeting and the
committee is urging that it be given
the co-operation of all, realizing that
only in this manner can success re
ward Its efforts. The Idea is to
bring back all North Carolina work
men who have gone elsewhere, and
the committee, if given the proper co
operation, expects to succeed largely
In its efforts.
The committee named to look after
the beautification of the city will
meet at the Chamber of Commerce
tomorrow afternoon, although the
hour had not been determined at noon
today. An effort was being made to
determine the hour that would be
most agreeable to all and announce
ment will be made later. The gen
eral committee is determined that the
city shall keep progress with the
prosperity that is inevitable and no
efforts will be spared to enhance the
beauty of the city.
Carpenters will be put to work just
as soon as the plans for the yards
have been officially approved which
probably means within the week. The
work of clearing the site for the
steel yards continues and activities
will begin in earnest there in a very
few daps.
TWO TRANSPORTS IN
COLLISION AT SEA
No Lives Were Lost, and Both
Vessels Returned Safely
to Port
Washington, April 29. Two Ameri
can transports which were in collisitm
at sea several days ago, have return
ed safely to an Atlantic port, the
Navy Department announced today.
Secretary Daniels authorized the
following statement:
"Two transports, which were dam
aged in a collision at sea several days
ago, have arrived safely at an At
lantic port. The two vessels were in
a convoy and were running wifeut
lights when the accident occurred.
Neither was seriously damaged, but
both were ordered to return to port
for repairs. No lives are reported
lost.
"A .board of inquiry will be ap
pointed to make a thorough investi
gation of the accident."
CONGRESS OF WAR
SHIPYARD TODAY
PRISONfcK Ml-tlOlMeyer and McLean for four year
: terms.
Moscow, Saturday, April 20. A con
gress of war prisoners, representing
all nationalities of the central em
pires, has been in session here for
the last few days. There are several
hundred members, all international
ists, whose aim is preparation for a
social "revolution in western Russia
rand for the establishment of a Soviet
republic t . . .'.r.. .
French
AMERICAN
FACING E
THE A
VESSEL CARRIG
Y.M.C. A. WORKERS
no
Vessel Was Torpedoed Yester
day Morning and Sank in
Twelve Minutes
TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY WERE ABOARD
Party of 57 American Sur
vivors Reached London
Last Night Three mem
of Crew Lost Lives
London, April 29. A party of 57
American Army Young Men's Chris
tian Association workers under Ar-
,thar JE . Hungerfordr-arrived in Lon
don last night. The ship on which
they sailed was torpedoed yesterday
morning and sank in 12 minutes. AH
the passengers and all but three of
the crew were saved.
The passengers were picked up in
lifeboats and landed at a British port.
The Americans are safe and . well.
The number of persons on board the
vessel was about 250.
Destroyers were sent immediately
to the resoue and all the' lifeboats
were picked up within half an hour.
The vessel was struck amidships
while proceeding in a large convoy
under the protection of a number of
destroyers. There was an immediate
heavy list and three minutes later
the boilers blew up, extinguishing the
lights all over the ship.
"The Americans behaved like veter
ans, and were of the greatest assist
ance in launching the lifeboats and.
handling them," one of the officers
of the ship told the Associated Press.
Two of the members of the crew
were caught below and went down
with the ship. The third man was
the ship's baker, who, after reaching
his life boat station, went back for
his money belt. .
The discipline on board the ship
was excellent. Although the time
was brief, all the boats were launch
ed successfully. Most of the Amer
icans had" little clothing and no bag
gage. Several of them lost their
passports and all their monty
1 The - submarine was )not seen at
the time the vessel was torpedded,
but several survivors told a story of
a. periscope appearing for a moment
in the midst of the life boats.
It was said the periscope was
seen from nearby torpedo boat de
stroyers which, however, did not dar.o
fire for fear of hitting the life boats,
said the Rev. Charles VIckery, of Sa
line, Kas. "If the periscope did ap
pear it was only for a brief moment.
While the life boats were being pick
ed up one American and one Brit
ish destroyer circled the spot, drop
ping depth bombs."
A. W. McYEAN ON
FINANCE DIRECTORS
Washington, April 29. President
Wilson today appointed, four direc
tors of the new $500,000,000 war fin
ance, corporation and a new capital
issues committee provided for in the
War Finance Corporation ' Act.
Directors of the- corporation are:
William P. G. Harding, Alabama; Al
len Forbes, New York; .Eugene Mey
er Jr., New York; Angus W. Mc
Lean, North Carolina.
Directors tiaramg and Forbes are
Judge Graves Declines.
Jefferson City, Mo., April 29.
Judge W. W. Graves today declined
the, appointment of United States
Senator- tendered Friday by Govern
or Gardner. At present he is chief
justice of the Missouri - court. The
vacancy was created by the death of
Senator Stone. ,
SEN
BOnOM
jfro
TROOPS
NEMY ON
MIENS LINE
Have Been Engaged in Hard
Fighting, Says the War De-
partment
MORE MEN NEEDED
TO FILL THE RANKS
Very Large Quotas Will. Be
Required in the Immediate
Future in Addition to Thos
Already Called. ;
Washington, April 29. Formal an
nouncement that American troops
sent to reinforce the Allied armiesf
have taken part in the fighting i
made today by the War Department
in its weekly review of the situation.
"Our forces have taken part in the
battle," says the statement briefly.
"American units are in action East of
Amiens. During the engagements
which have raged in this area they
have acquitted themselves well."
The review in emphasizing the im
mediate need of fresh men to with
stand the German onslaught, adds
that America's imperative duty is to
provide replacement units for " the
French front.
"In -addition to those already called
to the colors," says the statement,
"and those in training at our canton
ments, or already selected for serv
ice, very large quotas will be required
in the " immediate future to fill the
gaps."
In this connection, the review points
out that "the enemy is seeking a de
cision that will end the war, and the
outcome of the present operations de
pend upon man-power."
TJhe statement mentions the at
tack on American positions at Seiche
prey, Northwest of Toul. Here, in
April 21, the review says, the Ger
mans swept over American lines on
a front of three kilometres, but sub
sequently gave up the ground occu
pied. The department's statement is as
follows :
"The outcome of the present opera
tions in the West depends on man
power. "The Germans are relying princi
pally on rifles, machine guns, ' man-,
power and carefully thought-out meth
ods. of transporting and supplying mu
nitions to the front of attack under
all ponditions, which means that they
have developed mobility of offensive
action that can only be met by coun
ter measure of eual potency and
flexibility.
"A battle of such magnitude as the
one being fought in the West cannot
be. decided by any single ehagement, ,
yet there, arises a series of crises on
which the ultimate outcome depends.'
These crises have up to the presenV . v
in a large measure, resulted favorably
to the enemy. ' ...
"The vigorous attacks driven
against the British lines were intend
ed to paralyze the independents will
power of the British command. In
this the enemy has failed. Unity of
command of the Allies' has extended
operations to the broader field of gen
eral engagements in which all the Al
lied forces will henceforth be used
interchangeably.
"The military must be constantly
borne in mind that the enemy is
seeking a decision that will end the
war. This decision can only be ar
rived at by the destruction of the
Allied forces in the field before fresh,
units contributed from additional
levies in France and Great Britain
as well as by our troops, can take up
their position in sufficient numbers to
turn the German successes to defeat.
"Ours is the imperative duty of
providing replacement units for "the
armies in France. We must be abl
to rush fresh men in the field thor
oughly and methodically trained.
"In addition to those already called
to the colors, and now training at our
cantonments or already selected ior
service, very large quotas will be re
quired in the immediate future to
fill the gaps.
Operations of the week reveal that
the enemy, taking advantage of the
re-entering angles stretching from the
Avre Northward and from Wytschaete
to Dranoutre, has resumed opera
tions after a period of relative calm.
"In the South, the thrust towards
Amiens has been well contained. Th
British are holding firmly in the face
of furious assaults.
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