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WE WILL DO OUR PART; YOU DO
YOURS. SAYS ARMY.
Washington, April 'JO. "Wo
will doour put; you do yours,"
is the message from 'tin' Ameri
can army in France to the Amor
Iran people that Secretary Maker
deliferod hero tonight at a liberty
loan rally in his first public? ad
dress since his return from F.u
roH.
"Wo are fighting an adver
nary," M r. Maker declared, "who
liad elected to make force the
center of his polit ical philosophy
and belief; pure, naked force. It
in not the doctrine; uion which a
Krtnanent and beautiful civiliza
tion can bo built; but we accept
that challenge, a it has been
made. There is no answer ex
cept eo'd, relentless, adequate
force.
"When force is divorced from
morality there is something in
morality that engenders the
force to overcome it.
'There is no doubt as to the
outcome."
Turning to tin; German drive,
Mr. Maker said:
"The line has been bent; will
the line hold, or wiil it break?"
'The end of this war w ill not
come when a line is broken. This
war cannot end until a M'oplc'
heart is broken, and those who
have looked into the faces of the
jieopleof Kngland, of France or
of Italy, who have looked in the
face of those icfugces leaving
territory to be occupied, know
that mere force can never break
that heart."
doing from the x.its where
American troops land to the
front hm; trendies, Mr. Maker
s aid, he h id sr.-n American sol
diets by the tens of thousand
and under excry condition.
"And I found them big. and
strong and brave an 1 tilled with
fine determination. In a!l tint
time I saw not one of whom I
was not proud that he was an
American."
DISLOYALIST READY TO EAT lLAG
AFTER BEING FLOGGED
Mirmingham. All, April :.
Placed across a barrel, an F.tisley
peddler named Holzclaxv was so
verely whiped with straps at
Messie Mines in this county this
afternoon in the presence of near
ly leople. forced tokiss the
American llag and ordered to
leave the town immediately ami
never rctui". lb hn not been
seen since.
"I cannot stand this; t ti,e mo
out all.; shoot me. lie ctie.ius
the laches fell upon him.
When to!, I t ki-s the flag In
s tid "yes, I woie.ttttif lam
sary.
He was taken front an oilicer
who had arrested In in ties morn
ing. He was t barged with tell
ing negrts's that (lermany was
HUte to win the war; that ti e
Cermans would tinaiiy take
America just as they tinik Md
giuin and that men were foolish
to join the army.
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nilitlstrutlon, lu't'iiii lili rtiilroiK) ciiriT
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U.S. STEAMER SUNK BY U BOAT. 44
MEN MISSING
Washington, April L'O.-The
American steamship Lake Moor,
Hailing on her maiden voyagj
with a navai crew aboard, was
sunk by an enemy submarine in
FurojM'an water about midnight
April 11 and five officers and '.',)
men are missing, tho navy de
partment announced tonight. 5
officers, including Lieutenant
Commander Kitchen J. Mowers,
F. S. X. II V., and 12 enlisted
men have been landed at an F.ng
luh port.
The list of missing as announc
ed by the department includes:
Lieutenant l;wis W. OlTutt, U.
S. X. II. P., San Francisco, Cal.
Lieutenant Thomas Kirk, U.S.
X. K. F., Mrooklyn, X. Y.
Fiisigu Sotiries Lizikos, II. S.
X. II. V., Islaud of Thassos,
Greece.
Assistant Paymaster Claud M.
Kriebel, V. S. X. II. F., Lansdale,
Pa.
Machinist dames A. McGour
ty, F. S. X. U. F., Worcester,
Mass,
Kn listed men:
Joseph Millie, Kocky Mount,
X. C.
William F. Mush, Danville,
Ten n.
Jacob Kdel Cohen, Richmond,
Va.
William le Darnell, Metkley,
Va.
William I Jorti'.e Ferguson, Koa
noke, Va.
John Menjamin llowcrton, Pe
tersburg, Va.
Woodfred Wallace Ice, Meyers,
S. C.
F.ugem; Allen Johnston. Ports
mouth. James I Mw.tr, I Kit kpalrick,
Greenville, S. C.
Cieland Kinlock Halciiffe, Kit h
mond, Va.
Thomas Wilson, Portsmouth,
Va.
Tho officers and men rescued
were Officers:
Lieutenant Commander Kitch
en J Powers, I. S. X. K. F.,
Wilmington, X. C.
Lieutenant William D. Good
man, F. S. X. K. F Mrooklyn,
X. Y.
lieutenant Frank Pulaski, F.
S. X. U. F., Chicago. III.
F.nsign George Mennett, F. S.
X. K. F., Mushnell, III.
F.nsign Allan Mrown, IT. S. X.
II. P., McnUl.ur, X. J.
Unlisted:
Pi luce A. Johnson.
V.t
1 he I.tl.e Mont- was a cargo
carrier of l.r'l ton.., eomman
deered by the shipping Ixiard
while building in the Flitted
"1" f'"' " t"" 'untry.
Slie was assigned to the account
f the navy last January and
sailed from an Atlantic Mirt the
itter part of March on her first
voyage- across the Atlantic.
CERMAN AND AUSTRIAN WOMEN TO
BE UNDER RESTRICTIONS
Washington, April 'JO -Ger
man and Austrian women in the
niu-d States were placed under
the same restrictions as have
prevailed for male enemy aliens
by a proclamation issued today
by President Wilson under the
recently enacted law including
wnmeij in tho delinitioii of enemy
aliens. These restrictions, ap
plicable only to women above U
who have not been naturalized
by their own or their male rela
lives "declarations of citizens are
as follows:
German ami Austrian women
are subject to arrest nnd Intern
ment if they violate the laws, or
are regarded as dangerous jer
sons to allow at large.
German women must register
as German males have done.
German women are forbidden
to enter barred zones about wa
ter fronts and warehouses with
out Heeial permission, after a
date not yet determined by the
Attorney General.
German women must leave tho
District of Columbia by Monday
night, if they are transients, or
by May fifth if they have lived in
the district since tho war was
declared. Nono may enter tho
district.
HOW THE FRENCH TROOPERS APPEAR WHEN THEY
ARRIVE NEAR THE FRONT TO HELP STOP THE HUNS
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LULL IN THE FICHTING TO ALLftS"
ADVANTAGE.
With the Mritish Army In
France. April 2I.-Uy the Asso
ciated Press.)-This was the
third day of comparative quiet
on the Mritish front, but while
mi further German attacks had
materialized up to shortly after
noon it would be unsafe to pre
dict that Sunday would end as it
liegati. Xow enemy moves were
expected at any moment, both
along tin; northern front and in
the Soinini' region. They may
not develop today, but they are
w ritten large on the program id
iiti'ndtng event-..
There is no dioition to quar
rel with the enemy on account of
Friday's and Saturday's lull.
Time has worked to the advan
tage of the allies, and their isi
tion has continuously grown bet
ter. In the northern lield, as well as
in tho south, French troops have
taken their places beside the
Mritish, and tho allied forces
an; not unwilling for a renewal of
the crucial conflict of the war.
As a matter of fact, Frenc h re
inforcements have been in the
Maiileul and Kemmd regions for
some days and their coining
brought new life to the valiant,
but dog tired, men who had been
sit uggling against nut h great
odds since April
The situation last night u'oiig
the front was generally quiet
and unchanged. There was the
usual aiti'.lery firing, but nm-tof
the infantry action were small
oiwrations. During the night
the Mritish pu-hed forward and
improvoJ their line east of Kiez
)uvinage, and they also carried
satisfactory movement at
lieges bridge, south of Pacaut
orest
An attempted enemy advance
against the Mritish iMwilion on
'reenburg spur, northeast of
Ypres, was stopped by artillery
lire. F.astof Arras the Germans
tried to rush some gunpits that
were captured by the Mritish
yesterday but the attack w as re
pulsed.
The airmen continue to do great
damage over the enemy areas.
'riday night direct hits were
obtained with bombs on three
trains.
An -unusual air battle was stag
ed last evening near aire be
tween u Mritish ami German
plane. The aviators engaged in
a heated exchange of machine
gun bullets us they circled and
swerved about each other. Fin
ally, the German, in a mad sweep
to get where he could operate his
gun to better advantage, crashed
into the Mritish pilot. The col
lision was terrific and both ma
chines swirled earthward in
flames.
LONG RANGE BOMBARDMENT IS RE
SUMED Paris, April 21. Tho long
range bom hard ment of Paris was
resumed today.
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AMERICANS BRAT BACK STRONG AT
TACK MADE BY HUN STORM TROOPS.
With the American Army in
France, April --'".-(My the Asso
ciated Press )Tw(lvo hundred
German storm tioops, the larg
est number ever concentrated
against the American troops for
ar. olTensivc, were hurled against
the American positions on a one
mile front west of Kenneres for
est, northwest nfToul. today af
ter a teirilie. bombardment of
gvs and high explosive shells.
Theetieinv succeeded in ieno
trating the front hue tiencltes
and taking th. village of Seiche
prey, hut after furious hand-to
hand lighting, which was still go
ingon at nightfall, the American
trtmps recaptured the village anil
most of the ground lost in the
early fighting. Xo Americans
were taken prisoner, hut three
Germans were ca;.turcd.
German airplanes, flying at a
low altitude, attempted to disor
ganize the American lighting
men, but two enemy aviators
were brought dow n and the oth
ers driven olT.
The Germans suffered heavy
casualties and the American
lines remained virtually intact.
The German airmen poured
machine gun lire into the Ameri
can troops, hut the anti aircraft
batteries came into play and Am
erican airmen took the air, bring
ing djw n two of the enemy planes
and dispersing the others All
the American nirmei. returned
safely.
The attacking troops carried
rations and entrenching tools, in
dicating that they intended tottc-
cupy the American positions for
a long time. A heavy haze hung
over the sector when the attack
began, but later there was hi il
liant sunshine. 1 ho American
artillerymen did valiant work,
the men on many of the batteries
wearing V''s masks.
The enemy's casualties are be
lieved to have been the heaviest
sustained by them thus far in
any operation against Amorieau
troops. Numbers of German
dead are lying in Xo Man's land
in front of the American trench
es.
The correspondent views the
t attic from a hill usbortditancc
behind the lines. Trains moved
to the front with great regular!
ty and scores of huge shells were
seen bursting, throwing up
clouds of white smoke in the
neighboring hills. Tho heavy
rubbling was heard all day.
The ambulances tore over the
shell torn roads and approached
to within a short distance of the
frontline. Numbers of men in
the rear positions begged their
commanders to be sent up to as
sist tho infantrymen bearing the
brunt of the attack. Tho men of
all services were eager for an op
portunity to tight the enemy in
tho open. " ,
Tho resistance offered by the
American troops was a su-priso
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to the enemy, who exMicted to
break through with little di'.cu!
ty-
Contrasted with tho activity of
the Americans behind the lines,
scores of old men. women and
children vero seen ieacefully
employed in the fields, appar
ently unmindful of the furious
fighting which is going on less
than five miles away. The trtsips
in nearby towns eagerly sought
news, expressing confidence in
the Americans and hoping for
the chance to take part.
All the Americans moving to
the front were in the, highest
spirits and waved their caps to
the cheering villagers.
ALLIED NAVIES WANT A CHANCE TO
FIGHT CERMANS
Manchester, X. II . April :".
'he ardent desire of the Fntente
Hied navies for one gvd chance
at tho Gormen high seas fleet
was described by Secretary Dan
iels, who came here tonight from
lostou to address a Liberty Lttan
elebration. "There is not a sail
or on board a Fntted States war
khip," he said, "there is not tine
on board a Mi ilih or a French
war ship, v. h docs not offer up a
ady praxer that the German
navy xxill come out and tight
tir tight, l'l them come out,
so the w ar may en, I in one big
victory for the lie,. is of the Al t
lies! is their constant cry."
The American navy, he said,'
would imt cc.ie its program un
til it had the strongest fleet in
the world. Already, he said,
there were more destroyers built
or under way than any three na
tions possessed before tho xvar
began. And after the war, he
continued, the great fleet of
transports, the carriers of troops.
munitions and w a r supplies,
would ho diverted to the chan
nels id trade, and the American
Hag would once more fly over a
mighty merchant marine.
As Secretary Daniels was in
troduced to a great audience by
former Congressman Kugene
Keed, a your.g woman of the
Greek colony, Miss Constantina
Croutchoucas, c a m e forward
nearly enveloped by a huge bou
quet, which she presented to the
speaker, with many blushes.
The Greeks of the city brought
more than flowers to him, she
said, for in one hour that after
noon the Greek colony had raised
$i:.(KW) for the Liberty Uan.
The secretary was delighted,
both with the bouquet and the
good news, and he personally es
corted Miss Croutchoucas down
the aisle to present her to Mrs
Daniels, who was in the audience.
Manchester greeted the secre
tary with a civic and military pa
rado. of 10,000 persons after a
banquet at tho Textile Club
Mr. Daniels was escorted to the
Liberty Loan rally meeting
where Governor Henry Keyes
was one of the speakers.
AMERICANS HURL ENEMY BACK IN
C0UNTL. ATTACK
With th'" American Army In
France April JI . (Ity the Asso
ciated Pi After the heavy
German attack of yesterday the
American main positions re
mained intact, and litis morning
after a bn;f bombardment tho
Ameiican troops attacked and
drove the enemy out of tho old
otitKists which they had gained,
thus breaking down an offensive
w hich it is believed was intended
as the beginning of a German
plan to separate the Americans
and French.
Then; was a comparative lull
today along tin; sector northwest
ofToul. The Americans engag
ed in the terrific hand to hand
flghtirg yesteiday showed the
most daring bravery, stories of
w hich are already being recount
ed. As indicating the violence of
tho offensive, French ambulance
men, who went through the fam
ous battle of Verdun, declared to
day that, comparatively speak
ing, the German artillery fire
against tho Americans was heav
ier than in any single engage
ment on tho Verdun front at any
inm
The German high command,
having been unsuccessful in
piercing the Mritish front in
Flanders and separating the Mrit
ish and French armies, has es
sayed a stroke against the Aincr-
leans and the French northwest
of Toul and here also Teuton
trategy sis'iningly has failed ut
terly to bring its plans to frui
tion.
Although the Germans attack
e,J In waves xxiih greaiiy suer
ior nuinhiTs of men, the I'reiu It
and Americans have held their
tosilions and inflicted heavy loss
es on the enemy. What gains
were made in the initial onslaught
ban- been entirely retrieved and
Sunday night saw the American
and French lines restored.
The latest Merlin official com
tnunieation asserts that in the
drive American prisoners
and '2't machine guns were cap
tured by the Germans, who cut
their way for about a mile and a
quarter into tin American lines
at Seicheprey. There has been
no confirmation of this statement
or of the added claim that the
Americans sustained heavy cas
ualties. It seems evident, however,
that the light was a hitter one
and that it was the ambition of
ithe sihm ially trained Germans to
rush the "Americans. F.vcry
thing the enemy had in slock was
brought into play in the lighting
which lasted front Saturday well
into Sunday. Shells of nil cali
lers, including gas missiles,
were used prodigiously, but the
Americans, notwithstanding this
cannonading and the greatly su
perior infantry forces arrayed
against them, fought tenaciously
and gave ground by inches, am
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THREE BROTHERS PERISH IN CREEK.
Winston Salem, April 21.
Three brothers, Charles Clinard,
aged lii; Murton Clinard, aged
-0, and Sherman Clinard, nged
10, were drowned in Salem creek
at i:M) o'clock this afternoon,
and at a late hour tonight their
bodies had not been located, tho
the creek was dragged by a num
ber of men ull afternoon.
The brothers, in a small boat,
went in the creek, which w as nine
feet deep and running swiftly.
The boat began leaking and when
thccccupants attempted to row
it to shore it tu rued over. ( 'has.
Clinard could swim, hut in his
efforts to save the other two they
all wentdown clinging to one an
other.
A small hoy sitting on the
creek bank was the only person
that witnessed thedrowning.
The oldest brother leaves a
wife and several children.
then only w hen tin y had exacted
payment for it in German killed
or wounded.
Although tin enemy was able
U) reach the shell lorn village of
Seicheprey, the Americans rall
ied and in olooily hand to hand
lighting reversed the situation
and regained the town. Like
wise, all the terrain which the
French in this region were tcm
(Hjiarily forced to give up now
has been retaken. The German
official communication, in what
seemingly is a halfhearted ad
mission that the attack' was re
pulsed and that the Germans
lost what they ha I gained, say
the Germans "after the destruc
tion of enemy xxotks, returned to
their lines of tlepirturi'."
list what the Get mans are
Uniting for the future on the
ting line imrllnvaM Irom 1,1
lasseo to Ypres, where every
where they h;ive meet during the
1st week xvith a stone wall of re
sistance, has not yet become ap-
arent.
Xowhe'o have they thrown
down the gauntlet and ofleicd
battle against the staunch line
that is facing them. They have,
lowever, on numerous sectors,
arried out violent bombard
incuts, bul in these they have
been answered shot for shot.
he only fighting in winch the
men of cither side left iheir
trenches was near I'ohcci, 1 oi th
west of la H.issee, where Field
Marshal ling's mei lltrew out
the enemy from scleral advam ed
HISlllOllS.
Kvidences of the losses the
icrmans have sustained in the
new offensive daily are hemming
more appatetit. In addition to
the ichh tsof the numerous dead
which strew the battlefields, ad
vices coming Ihroiigh Holland
are lo Iho effect that hospitals,
monasteries, con vents and schools
in Melgium are tilled to overflow
ing with wounded and that even
private homes are been requisi
tioned for use, as hospitals. Cat
tle cars, in w hich hay is the only
bedding, art; being used to trans
put I maimed men from the bat
tle front.
That a great sea battle is in
prosM'ct ut an early day seems
probable. Following up their re
cent foray into the Cattegat.
where they destroyed German
trawluiH. Mritish naval forces
have penetrated into Helgoland
bight and offered battle to the
German warships, which retired
behind tho mine lields. The
Mritish opened fire at the Ger
mans at long range and one of tho
enemy destroyers was hit.
AUSTRIAN ARTILLERY ON WESTERN
FRONT NOW
Amsterdam, April il. Count
vou Herlllng, tho German impe
rial chancellor, has sent a tele
gram to Haron Murian, tho new
Austro lluugarian foreign minis
ter, welcoming the participation
of Austrian artillery on the west
ern front. The message reads:
"With pleasure, I welcome par
ticipation of Austrollnngarian
artillery. It is a fresh and visi
ble sign of tho firmness of tho al
liance between the two allied and
battle-tried empires."