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STRIKE HARD BLOW IN.YPBES SEGTI ALLIED LINE 18 STILL INTACT ENEMY'S t-OSSES MOUNT ING HIGHER LINES ARE VERY STRONG Germany Has Presented Virtual Ulti matum to Russia. Threatening to Take Petrograd. Germany'* armies are hurling them Reives agalns. a granite wall on three sides of the ruined city of Ypres. Aft er fighting of the most terrillc nature, the Ilritlsh and French linen are Htill intact and the enemy has lout terribly In bin repeated assaults against the lima where the allien stand at bay. The objective of the lighting that now In gnin* on In the captuie of *Tpre*. where since 1914 the HrltUh have held their posltlona. Two yearn ago the allied lines were carried for ward and the salient in front of the cltv was wiped out, but from then'• positions the lirltlsh retired a week ago to the trenches where they stood during ilie terrific fighting In the spring of 1915, when they stopped the Germans In their first drive for the channel portn. The present battle opened wilh •» bombardment ( ,f the British and I'rem h lines from Meteren and Voor mezeele, a distance of 12 miles Then cathe reports of a spread of the flg'it lng aionnd tin- curve In the line in front of Vprea until the Belgian ar mien, jiorth of the city were Involved Field Marshal llaig's official repict, anxiously awaited, brought the news that t,he utmoat efforts of the Germana had been fruitless all along the line. The tlclil marshal's statement said that the Teutons had paid a great price and had gained virtually noth ing The lialilif h 1111 continues along the ; frent. bul there In little Indication that ! an lin mediate withdrawal from Ypren I in contemplated by the allien, at leant until thev have exacted from the en einy a great sacrifice of human liven The only point at which the (!er- | matin made any gains wan on the hilly sector of the front back of Kemniel hill, where the French are standing. At some points the enemy wan able to occupy of the line, but from the greater part of these they were driven out by the French who re-established their defenses. Frontal attacks on Ypren would seem to Indicate that there In Mule confidence in the German general staff thai the Vpres ponitlonn can be outflanked from the south. The linen as they stand today are very strong ' and withstood the onset of the Ger- I mans In 1914 when the Teuton em peror's army was a much different machine than It Is today. Repulse Mtans .-Much. The bloody repulse of the Germans i In their great plunge forward will mean much in further operations in that sector of the battle line. While the struggle was going on ! before Vpres. the llrltlsb positions ! from I.allasse to I lout hoist wood, and from Lens to Viniy were deluged with I shells, hut so far there has been no infantry fighting reported from that | part of the front. An attack on this salient In the German lines is expect ed soon, however, for it stands as a constant menace to a further advance by the enemy. Along the front In the Sotnnie sec tor. part of which Is being held by Americans, there has been little tight ing of note Further south there have been only patrol encounters. Germany has presented a virtual ultimatum to Russia, demanding that able bodied German prisoners of war be sent home at once, proposing, in return that only sick and incapacitat ed Russians held in (icrman prison camps shall be turned over In ex change. If the Russian government does not how to the demand. Germany has threatened to take I'etrograd. A committee of 11.*) Germans has been appointed t»> go to the Russian capital to present the demand. -- V _ EDITOR OF GERMAN PAPER GETS FIVE YEAR TERM Kansas Pity. Mo. Carl Gleeser, pub lisher of The Missouri States Zeitung. pleaded guilty in federal court before Judge A. S. Van Valkenburgh, to a charge of violating the espionage act. He was sentenced to Ave years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. With Jacob Frohwerk Gleeser was indicted by a federal Jury as a result of articles appearing In the publica tion attacking the administration: FUNERAL ATTENDED BY ONLY ONE PERSON Detroit, Mich. —With only one per son attending the funeral of Helmuth Schmidt, self-slayer, believed by the police to have been responsible for tbe death of three women, was held at Highland Park. Mrs. Adele Ulrich Braun, to whom Schmidt, under t-he name of Braun, was married in Lake wood, N. J., In 1914, was the sole mourner. The exact time of the fu fceral was kept secret. OTTO EIDLITZ y . ■ r x.... ... 3 Ott > Eidllti, New York architect and builder, ha* been named director of houstng. Mr Eidllt* will be In charge of the government's activities In pro viding living facilities for Industrial workers other than those employed In the shipyard*. He was president of the Mason Builders' association in New York from 1900 to 1904 and organized the Building Trade Employers' asso ciation. AMERICANS IN THICK OF IT TIDE OF BATTLE SURGES TO AND FRO WITH DECISION STILL IN THE BALANCE. Report Says From Four to Si* German Divisions Have Been Hurled at Yprea Salient. The great double German drive. In tlrn Somme and ArmentlereH sector*, has developed Into a terrific struggle. The tide of hatl!»( has surged to and fro during the liihl two daya. wilh tip' derlalon Htlll In the balance The lli lt I ah, having been forred hark out of Vlllerx Dratonneux. launched a cnun tar-attack and awepl the German.! hack almost to the 11 n «-h which wire held before the preHeni fighting began. The French have been driven hack out of Ilangard Kn Santrrre, but are hold ing their positions clone by, while on the line southweat of Ypres, the Hrlt Ish have been compelled to withdraw slightly furious attacks along the Metercn Hallleul Wytschaete line Wounded Americano are arriving ut a hospital In hind the French linen In the Somme sector, showing that Gen eral Pershing's men are bearing their share of the burden of the great but tle. Not withstanding the frnntlr prep arations made by the Germans fof a continuance of their drive toward Amiens, anil the extreme violence of the lighting, their guns thus far in that region have been very small. Along the line from Albert south to Castel. except at Ilnngurd Kn Sun terre, the German assaults have been burled back by the allied forces, which are strongly ponted oil the higher ground to which they retired during the last days of the German drive in Plcarily. Germans In Desperate Effort. It is unofficially reported that four to six German divisions, or from 4S. 000 to 72.000 men, have been hurled at tlve British in this sector must have been small, for there are no great gains reported by Berlin so far It was rumored Thursday that Mun| Kemniel. a dominating height nortn of Willverghetn, had been taken bv the enemy, hut this has not been con firmed. That only slight gains have been made anywhere along the two fronts have been subjected to attack Is proof that the allies are prepared to defend their positions. In the last three weeks, the Germans have hurried up heavy cannon to the old Somme bat tle ground and have marched many fresh divisions to the points where they have been held for the moment of attack. WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARRIVING AT HOSPITALS Paris • American soldiers wounded In the gceat battle which now Is being waged are already arriving at the rear. American wounded and sick to the number of 128 have, reached hospital No. 25. They are from'units engaged in fight lng T ,ptde by side with French and Britislf in stemming the German advance. Hospital No. 25 Is one of the new in stitutions established behind the line as It stood after the allies stopped the recent German drive in Pleardy.' Few of the Americans remained at the hospital very long, being taken farther to the rear. TRIAL OF DR. JOHNSON DEFERRED TILL MAY 15 Richmond, Va. —Motion for post ponement until May 15 of the trial of Dr. Lemuel J. Johnson, 23, cu«rged with the murder, on of his bride. Mrs. Alice Knight John son, was granted when the case was called for trial. The motion was ba» ed on the plea that R. D. Johnson, of Middlesex, N. C„ father of the de fendant, could not testify at this time because of illness. I THE ENTERPRISE, WILLI AMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA CIA IS TAKEN OVER BY JAPAN? HAS AGREED TO HARD DEMANDS FROM TOKIO SAYB EDITOR. FEELING HIGH. TROOPS HAVE JAP OFFICERS Shanghai Paper Say» Country Been Turned Over to the Japanese. Shanghai The statement is made In the first icsue of The Shanghai Gazette, which ban made its appear ance under the editorship of Kugerie Chen, that the Chinese govern in-fit has agreed to new demands made by Japan whlli are of such a nature that the country has virtually been turned over to the Japanese. The Gazette asserts it has been Inform • •'! by a high ofTli la I al Peking that the Japanese demands are far more se rious than those In Group V, of the famous 21 demands made by Japan in 1915. "Notwithstanding the fact that tlx' utmost s' r« i y Is belli* observed says The Gazette. "It may be stated safely that the following Is not far from tlie true terms of the agreement: "Chinese expeditionary forces k»-i;t to Siberia shall lie commanded by a Japanese. "Chinese police shall be organized ; by Japanese officers. "Japan sluili control all of China'* arsenals and dockyards. Japan shall have the privilege of working mines In all parts of China I "Special privileges shall be granted I to Japan In outer and inner Mongolia , and the whole of Manchuria. A dispatch tiled In Peking April 4 said it was reported there that Japan ( Inula submitted a new series of de | mauds to China. Including complete, control of China's finances, the pur J chase of fill per cent of China's am j munition In Japan, operation of ln | nese iron mines and dockyards uncle:- i Japanese control and recognition uf \ special Japanese interests in Mong" Ha. as In Mam hurla. RAILROAD HEAD ARRESTED UNDER ESPIONAGE ACT New Orleans William Kdenborn, president of the Louisiana Hallway A j Navigation Co. and reputed many a millionaire, was arrested by department of Justice officials at Shrewsbury, La., near here, on an of tidal nfTldvalt charging violation of Section It of (lie espionage act Eden j born was taken Into custody as he j stopped from an L. Jt. & N train, and taken to place the locution of which the authorities refused to divulge Assistant District Attorney Nicho las Cullan anounced that Kdenborn's arrest was Independent of action taken at a meeting of the- Louisiana division of the National Security League when a resolution was adopted, callng for federal prosecution of the capitalist for utterances which were declared seditious, ileyond this statement the federal authorities declined to com ment on the arrest. Newspaper man were warned against making efforts to discover where Kdenborn was bo- Ing kept y , Kdenborn, founder of tile American Steel & Wire Co , no a part of the I'niteil States Steel Corporation, has been referred to as "father of the wire industry In America." having erected nillls and produced wire in "ISTH, three years after he came to the Cnited States from his birthplace, Westphalia, Prussia.'' lie came to Louisiana In 1 Mo;t. where lie bus been known as a railroad builder and oper ator lie is 70 years old. B. P. WagQfner Dead. Atchison, Kan. ltailie IV Waggen er, general solicitor of the Missouri Pacific Railway company, and for 44 year* connected with its legal depart ment. died here after a long illn»na, aged 70 years, llis son, William P. .Waggoner, of Atchison, is general at torney for Kansas for the road. EMPRESS ZITA'S MOTHER ORDERED OUT OF AUSTRIA * Paris.—The Princess Marie Antoin ette, mother of Empress Zita. has been ordered to leave Austria within 24 hours and not re-enter that country until the termination of the war, ac cording 1o a dispatch from Geneva. Empress Zita has been blamed by the pro-German party In her husband's empire as being responsible for Em peror Charles' now famous letter to Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, his brother in-law. VIOLENT BOMDARDMENTS ON THE FRENCH FRONT Paris. —The latest war office an nouncement reads: "There were violent bombardments from Villers-Bretonneux to the Luce river, and in the region west of Noyon. "Eastern theater. April 27. The artillery activity was weak along the whole front save in the region of Monastlr and on the Cerna, where our heavy artillery carried out fires of destruction. DR. AUGUST PHILIPS Dr. Aurust Philip*, new ministe* from Holland to the United State*. NO RETIREMENTS BY ALLIES MAKE GAINS OF ABOUT ONE MILE IN VILLERS—BRETONNEUX SECTION. Heavy Fighting All Along British Front South of Somme and North of Ypret. After three weeks of preparation in Iht! Some, during wkhich time they launched an offensive In Flanders, the Germans have resume! their hirtn merlng a' the front door of Amiens For days there has been heavy artil lery firing along the northern sectors of the Somme salient and finally the German infantry begun their attempts to advance on the line passing Vll lith -Hretonneux, llangard.s llullles and Cusfel. The flrut attacks were re pylsed, but subsequent attacks, cen tered about Villers Hretonneux, have caused a British withdrawal from this village, according to |f> report from Field Marshal- llhlk This marks a German Rain of about a mile Vllers Hretonneux is about 11 miles directly east of Anilens and is on the northern end of the latest "fighting front " It is situated between the Somme and Luce rivers, and, while It Is flanked on the south by low lying ground, it Is backed by rolling hills to the west and northwest. The fighting on the rent of the front, where the German* have re sutned tlieir drive toward the allied base of supplies In northern France, has not, HO far an known reunited in any notable retirements on the part of the allies. The German official report Issued on Wednesday was si lent as to events in tills sector of the front. Aii attack on this particular part of ttic line In the Sommo region hail been expected, and It Is probable that preparations t«T meet it had been made. The Hritish lines held firm in this region during the last days 01 the Initial drive, while the Germans were able to forge ahead further south until they reached the village of Cas tel, it bout three miles from the rail- road running to Paris from Amiens. Recently a French counter-offensive at Castcl won back considerable ground and it was evident that unless the line further north coulu Ih> ad vanced materially the German shad little chance to make Important "gains in~the~lr operations to the south of Amiens This new drive has been made at (lie same time that another blow has been struck at the Hritish and French lines northwest of Ypres. Savage fighting is reported at various points along the line from Haillcul to Mer ville anil Merlin claims that heights to the northeast of Bailleu have bee 1 "Coninclilent with these at tacks there have been assauts in the Hritish forces near Hethune, along the Lawe river, but these have been re pulsd. Washington.—The government has .decided to take over all raw wool held in warehouses at the price pre vailing on July 30, last. If the holders do not agree to sell it at that price the wool will be commandeered. GOVERNMENT OPPPOSED TO DEFERRED PAYMENTS Washington.—The government's op position to the proposed plan of pro viding for deferred installment pay ments of income and excess profl's tax was expressed in statements by Secretary McAdoo and Representative Kitchin, chairman of the house ways and means committee. To defer the payments until fall, when another Lib erty loan will have to be issued, Mr McAdoo said, will add new complica tions to the situation. THRILLING STORIES TOLD OF RAID ON U-BOAT BASES Dover. England.—Crews of the ship 3 which took part in the raid on Zee brugge have many thrilling stories of their adventures. One of them has described how. despite the fact that the Germans discovered their pres ence while they were still outside the harbor they made their way in through heavy gun Are, the "Vindic tive reaching the wharf where she re mained for an hour nad a half. KEKIIMEE HILL TAKEN 111 HMDJIRUGGLE IMPORTANT POINT CONSIDERED KEY TO SOUTHERN SIDE OF YPRES SALIENT. AT J ACK TO PECAPTURE IT Germans Have Made Important Gains at Other Points Along the Battle Line. Kemrnell hill, a height which has been looked upon as the key to tin* southern side of the Ypres salient and one of the most important strategic positions on the northern battle front in Frame, has been taken by the Ger mans, after a defense which will bo come of the heroic chapters of the war. The hill was surrounded and the French forces entrenched on its slopes were overcome. The loss of the hill, which is ad mitted in an official statement by Gen eral I>«lina Kadcliffe, chief director of military operations at the British war office brings to the allies a realiza tion that the whole Ypres position Is In peril from tho German drive north ward from the lowlands lying to the west of Armentieres. The Teutons launched terrific at tacks along the whole Wytschaete- Ballleul Meteren line, apparently for the purpose of finding a point which might yield They evidently found that spot In the section of front held Jofntly by the British and French troops; and against It they hurled fresh divisions which fought their way forward all day until at nightfall they • had surrounded Kemmell hill and Iso lated the French troops holding the posit lon. The Ipss of Kemmel hill is serious for It overlooks much of the lowlands lying bacji of the allied lines In the Ypres salient The hill Is 4C.4 feet In height, rising from lowlands on the south and east It s six miles southwest of Ypres and three miles west of Wytschaete. This German success ciits a deep notch In the allied lino to the southwest of Ypres and completely outflanks the British on •he northern slopes of Messlnes ridge, to which they were forced two weeks ago. The line to the southwest, to ward Ballleul, apparently is in no par ticular danger at present, although the villain of Dranoutre has been lost [ to the enemy. GERMANY'S LOSSES IN WAR 2,003,000 MEN Amsterdam Germany's losses thus far in the war have been 2.000.000 men, according to a statement credited by The Frankfurter Zeltung as having been made by General Schulie before the main committee of the German heichstag Sick and wounded men to the num ber of 750,000 had been able to re turn to the front, according to Gen oral Schulze, while 629.000 had been discharged as unfit for service, In eluding 70.000 cripples T'p to date, the general added. Germany had to reckon with about 98.000 cripples APPOINTMENT DECLINED BY SPEAKER CLARK Jefferson City. Judge Walter Graves, member of the Missouri su preme court, has been tendered the appointment of United States senator, succeeding the late Senator Stone. Governor Gardiner made public his proffer after the declination of Sena tor Clark to accept the appointment. 7RENCH RETAKE GROUND IN COUNTER ATTACKS Paris —Counter attacks against the German lilies from Vlllcrs Bretonneux tr south of the Luce ere launched by our troops, who succedeed. despite the fierce resistance of the enemy, who had brought up important forces, in retaking a large part of the ground which had been lost in that region, says the official statement issued by the war office. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS APPEAL TO SHIPPING BOARD Washington —A delegation of news paper publishers appealed to the ship ping board for aid in bringing f>3,000 cords of wood pulp from Canada to this country, to relieve the rapid de pletion of print paper stocks The pub lishers were told that 130 ships whjch will be transferred this summer from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean will be allowed to brinT out wood pulp if it does not interfere with the pro posed movement of coal. GERMANS IN POSSESSION OF DRANOUTRE, SAYS HAIG London —The Germans have rap tured Kernel mountain and village and are aiso in possession of Dranou tre. accordinß to the official commun ication sent by Field Marshal Halg from headninrters In France. The "ommun'catio says that north of the Lys river the battle is continuing ♦tercely along the whole front from the neighborhood of Dranoutre to the Ypres-Comines canal. CHANGE FOR THE BETTER And Pains in Sides Relieved, by Use of Cardui, the Woman's Tonic, Says Texas Lady. Kemp, Texas. — Mrs. Minnie Cheek of this town writes "I suffered with pains In my sides . . . and couldn't stand on my feet, at times. Couldn't do my work, only what had to be done. I had a physician and he gave me medi cine, tho' It didn't do me any Rood, and he advised an operation. I had read In the Ladles' Birthday Almanac of Cardui, so I decided to try It. When I had taken one bottle, I felt the change for better. I took 0 or 10 bot tles and hnve been well ever since. I recommend Cardui to nil suffer ing women. When my husband told Dr. , our family physician, I was taking Cnrdul, he said It was a good tonic for me. I will never cease prais ing It. It built up my system and strengthened me more than anything I ever done." Cardui Is a purely vegetable tonic medkine, composed of Ingredient* which have been recognized by medi cal writers for many years, as of value In the treatment of ailments peculiar to women, and thousands of voluntary letters similar to the above are re ceived every year, from women users of Cardui, wh? have actually proven tills to be true. If you are weak and run-down from womanly troubles, try Cardui, the woman's tonic. All druggists.—Adr. An Unfortunate Guy. MaJ. Frederick rainier, press cen sor and novelist, said at a dinner: "I ain astonished at the high price* which prevail here In America. In England and France the high prices ari> understandable. They are caused by the submarine. Here their chief cause seems to lie the profiteer. "I was lunching with a friend of mine the other day when tils wife laid before him the bills for the week's marketing. lie looked the bills over with a wry face. Then he said: "'Why do they call-a guy like- me a consumer, Palmer? All I do Is pro duce.' " OUR BOYS -OVER THERE" EN JOY TOASTED CIGARETTES. 41 Through the patriotism of the dd ■ens of this country thousands of smoke kits are being distributed to American soldiers in France. Author ities agree that men in the trenches need cigarettes almost as much as food and munitions. Doctors, nurses, and commanding officers all join in the demand which has awakened in this country a great morement to keep our boys supplied with smokes. Millions of the famous LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes are "going over" all the time. There's something about the idea of the loailed ciga rette that appeals to the men who spend their time in cold, wet treixhea. and billets. Then, too, the real Kentucky Burley tobacco of the LUCKY STRIKE ciga rette gives them the solid satisfaction of a pipe, with a lot less trouble. Adv. It Isn't Done. Fogg—l think that Brown Is about as Indulgent a husbnnd as there Is go ; lng. He went home last evening and ! found his wife hugging and kissing a bald-headed fellow, and didn't make a bit of fuss about It. Mrs. Fogg—Then all I've got to say j Is the more fool he. Why didn't he i kick the old rascal downstairs? Fogg—Oh, he wasn't so very old; quite young, on the contrary. And, be sides, what would you think of a fa tliere who kicked Ills first and only baby downstairs? GIRLS! MAIOP A LEMON LOTION LEMON JUICE WHITENS SKIN AND REMOVES TAN, FRECKLES, BALLOWNESS. Squeeze the Juice of two lemons Into a bottle containing three ounces of or chard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion whltener, at very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply j three ounces of orchard white for a i few cents. Massage this sweetly fra grant lotion Into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freck les and blemishes disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Yes I It Is harmless.—Adv. When Bad News Is Good News. "I'n, Willie \slis n very naughty boy today." "That so? I'm glad to hear It. Froip. the look on your face I thought you were going to tell me he was sick." W-' Shake the political plum tree and* you dislodge a lot of grafters.