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(CsiimM aitt Sflo Qnneimiluini Cunfl toy AMM Aipmmy (By Associated Preas) i While continuing to deliver hard blows upon the German line in the Scarpe river region, east of Arras, where the offensive was resumed yesterday, the British Have pushed home a telling thrust in another sector of a great battle field. Striking south of .the Bapaume-Cambrai road, General Haig's forces gained ground last night along a wide front. Of greatest moment, however, was the success of the drive in reaching the" important water way between St. Quentin and Cambrai, the St. Quentin canal. . The canal wascut at a point east of Epehy, near Vembhuylle. In reaching it here the British pressed to within approximately two miles of Le Catelet, a railway x junction point on the canal tc the south towards St. Quentin. , British Force Way Nearer to Railroad Center. Rushing along the Perionne-Canjhral railway further north General Haig's troops captured the Tillages of Beaucatnp and Villers-Ploulch, which plaoes them a bare three miles from Marconing another important railway center three and one-half miles southwest of Gambrai. On the main line of the Arras battle front extending twelve miles from Croiselles to north of Gavrelle the British have not only maintained their position against the counter-attacks the Germans are delivering in an effort to stem the tide against them at this vital spot, but have made additional progress east of Monchy-Le-Breux and near Roeux. The solid nature of the British gains, despite the violent German efforts to nullify them, is shown In the report of another particularly heavy counter-attack delivered this morning on the village of Gavrelle, captured yesterday, which the British successfully withstood. All the German counter-strokes were delivered with great "determination and regardless of losses.; French Play Part In Keeping Artillery at Work. Along the Alsne and In the Champagne the French are playing their part in the great battle by keeping up a. heavy artillery fire while preparing for their next important infantry movement. Incidently in local operations they improved their positions at some points. In Mesopotamia the British are continuing their progress up the Tigris villey. After fighting a battle with the Turks near Samaria, seventy miles northwest of Bagdad they occupied Samaria station making Important captures including sixteen locomotives and 224 railway trucks. The pursuit of the Turks is being continued northward on the Tigris. Sophia reports the repulse by the Bulgarian of a British attack in Macedonia between the Vardar and Lake Doiran which followed drum fire preparations.

CLARK PREDICTS FAILURE OF DILL ORDERING DRAFT WASHINGTON, April 24. Speaker Clark opposed the selective draft and predicted it ntr would P congress, today in receiving a delegation from the national security league. Several hundred petitions blaring a million names, asking congress to adopt the administration plan were laid hefore the speaker. "Conscription never will pass in my opinion," he said. "I am for letting the flower of youth of this country volunteer before we fasten the disgrace of a draft upon them. The war department Is jumping around trying to bull doze people into passing this bill and I don't think they are going to do it" RETREAT OF GERMANS WEARS OUT ALLIES, SAYS TAGES ZEITUNG AMSTERDAM. Via London. April 24. Major Moraht, writing In the Tages Zeltung, says that the results of the French offensive are hitherto completely unimportant. Major Moraht writes: "The . possession of single portions of terrain, snch as trenches, villages and borders of woods, no longer plays a decisive role, in deeply echeloned and fortified zones. "The aim of the German defense is, oven at the cost of abandoning the dead together with war materials and portions of positions, to maintain our own strength while destroying that cf the enemy and preventing him from attaining his strategical aim. which is to break through. For this purpose it is necesary to keep the ightlng lines mobile." BRAZIL SENSES GERMAN REVOLT RIO JANIERO, April 24. Tele grams received here from Paranna confirm reports that the Germans in Southern Brazilian . states arc con centrating in the state of Santa Catharina. It is believed a German insurrection in the south is imminent. Weather Forecast 1 For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Unsettled weatner wiw probably showers tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. Temperature Today. Nooa .50 ,78 .44 Yesterday. Maximum lim'.mum ' - For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Continued unsettled with showers ami probably thunderstorm! tonight or Wednesday. Gcr.erti Conditions A stirAi which devolored Sunday over the Ohio val- ' ley Joined another oe over the lakes and caused last night's tX-.underVjnrir.. Barometric pleasure continues low ovc the west and north nd w!:: cwe cinlL-vuri uiiMMied weather.

LnsBflhitanini Enfls Sarnim (Eaajr Eomnie A severe electrical storm which swept over Wayne county last night caused two fires, one in Richmond and the other on the National road a short distance from the corporation limits. Lightning struck both places. About 10:30 o'clock lightning struck a tower on the residence of Samuel W. Gaar, 200 North Thirteenth street. The tower was cut In twain as if a giant clever had been swung upon IL when th f If -esmPMlt ar.t - rived the roof of the tower was ablaze but 'the flames were subdued be- ., fore they, reached the .Main .section of the building. The loss amounted " to about $200, ' ' :J-. . " " -" w .sV - , A barn owned by D. W. Foster, situated on the National road, a4L was struck by lightning about 11 o'clock, and was completely destroyed. There was no water supply and the crew of the tfopirtek rfwMchr, r -: sponded to the alarm had to fight the flames with chemicals. The horses, cows and hogs which were in the barn were all saved but Foster lOBt a large number of chickens and practically all the hay and grain and Implements stored in the building. His loss will total several hundred dollars. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon fire companies were called out by a roof fire at the residence at 124 Main street. This blaze was put out before any considerable damage had been done. The loss is less than $25. ,

Railroads Eliminate Traffic Duplication CHICAGO, April 24. Duplication of passenger service by different railroads between the same points at practically the same time, is to be eliminated as far as possible, if plans announced by operating officials of a number of the big trunk lines in conference here today can be successfully worked out. The elimination of unnecessary trains it for the purpose of conserving the facilities of the roads, so that the best possible service be at the disposal of the government. Wilson Pats Name to War Bond Bill WASHINGTON. April 24 President Wilson today signed the war bond bill authorizing the sale of $5,000,000,000 In government bonds and $2,000.000,000 in treasury certificates. German Sympathizer Gets One-Year Term INDIANAPOLIS. April 24. Chris tian C. Luek, said to be a German sympathizer pleaded guilty today to having made threats against President Wilson when arraigned in .the U. S. district court. He was sentenced to one year and one day in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. His threat, was made some time ago as he was walking along a street here. REP. COMSTOCK ILL AT CAPITAL Word was received here today that Judge D. W. Comstock. representing the Sixth Indiana district tn congress, had been suddenly stricken yesterday when on bis way to the capltol. He had to be assisted to his hotel, the Dewey. No members of his family are In Washington at the present time, nor has the family received any detailed Information as to the nature of his affliction. . They doubt the report that an operation for appendicitis will be necessary and ire cot inclined to believe that the Judge la suffering from any malady of a serious nature. Judge Comctock is east 75 years of age bnt has always c-njoyod rcbu&t health. : . j

American Reporters Ordered From Berlin i , i LONDON. April 24. The German foreign office has notified the American correspondents who have remained in Berlin that their presence in Germany is no longer desirable, according to the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at The Hague. The American newspaper men, it is added, have therefore decided to leave for Switzerland or Scandinavia.

ROME, Via Paris, April 24. The Corriere D'ltalia, the clerical organ, declares that it is able to confirm reports, published in the Spanish newspapers, that the immediate following of the German emperor is exerting pressure on him to abdicate. The paper says that at a recent, meeting of the Hohenzollern family one member, bolder than the rest. Intimated that the emperor might save the situation by following the example of the emperor Nichols. The German monarch is reported to have turned pale and after observing that the general opinion was against him left the room muttering: "We shall see." Til? same evening he summoned another family council. The chancellor and some of the ministers were present but whatever passed remains unknown. '';.'" - Little Importance Is attached to this story in Italian political circles. In these quarters. It Is thought that the story has a German origin and is put out with the intention of Influencing opinion.

ACKERMAN DESCRIBES POLES

BY CARL W. ACKERMAN (Copyright, 1917,- The Tribune Association. Registered in accordance with the .Copyright Act, Canada, 1917. The Tribune Association.) Germany announced to the whole world several months ago the 'estab

lishment of the Kingdom of Poland. It was explained In official communications to neutral powers that Germany desired during the war to make the people of Poland free and to establish a great independent kingdom to destroy the Influence of the Czar. But what was Germany's real object? . ' : 1 v ' Ever since the fall of 1915 Poland has been under German occupation. As the Russians retreated they burned or destroyed over 4,000 cities and , villages, left a great stretch of waste' land and many thousands of men who were capable of fighting but who bad not been called to the Russian colors. When Germany began the administration' of Poland one of her biggest problems was to deal with the unemi - - " " "

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Says High School and College Seniors Who Enlist Should Be Released From Class Room. FORM BEAN BRIGADE Dr. Horace Ellis, state superintendent of Instruction, believes every high school and college senior In Indiana who enlists should be graduated with his class without spending another minute in the class rooms. "The state board has taken no formal action on this point but I am sure I speak the sentiments of the board when I say It approves graduation of .seniors who answer the call to arms," he says. Dr. Ellis is spending several days In Wayne county, delivering commencement addresses ' at township school exercises. He speaks tonight at the Centerville high school commencement. Schools Must Support War "The schools have no choice in their support of the war." he believes. "They must use every agency and employ every power to feed our soldiers and sustain the president in prosecuting affairs so he may dictate a democratic peace." Dr. Ellis is advocating formation of "Butter Bean Brigades" among women too old for any active service. "In Goshen the other night we organized a 'Butter Bean Brigade' with 32. women, none of whom was under 60yW of age. S "I have divided our people into two glasses, Sghters ; and feeders. We can't all take- up arms TBf VMt business of our country must go on as usual, , but the best . blood, of the youth will be called upon to carry the banner. Those of us who can't .fight must serve and the best way to serve now Is to produce food," he declared. FRENCH COMMISSION REACHES CONTINENT ON WAY TO CAPITAL WASHINGTON. April 24. Department of state announces 6afe arrival cn this continent of French commission. Later the statement department Issued this further statement: "The department of state is advised that the French mission will reach Washington tomorrow morning. The precise time and place of arrival will be announced later." ployed In the big cities, such as Warsaw and Lodz. The food problem was a vexing .one, but because food was more plentiful in Poland than it was In Germany, even though prices were high, the solutfsji of food difficulties did not require as much attention as the solution of the unemployment question. , - V ; I was In Poland three different times during the last two years. On my first journey I went to Vilna and a number of smaller villages in the extreme north of Poland. On my second jour ney I went to Warsaw and BrestLltovsk. The third time, on my way to the Volhynlan battle front -during General' Brusiloffs offensive. I went through Warsaw again and scores of the southern cities of Poland. During these visits I saw. and obtained first hand ' Information about conditions there. . iv Hid Food from Germans. At the time I was in Vilna, in October, 1916, toood was reported to be very scarce, especially bread. I met

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Arthur Hueller, a German reserve officer, arrested in this city last Saturday, is to be removed to Indianapolis. Chief of Police Goodwin was notified yesterday by the secret service that a United States marshal would arrive in Richmond today or tomorrow and take charge of Hueller who has been confined in the county jail since Sunday. Chief Goodwin states that Hueller sent word to him yesterday afternoon that a certain document found among his possessions when his room was searched by a secret -service operative was the code of a concern which manufactures motors used in submarines. This statement of his con firmed the suspicions of the federal authorities. Fails to Explain Possession of Secret Code. Hueller stated that he had formerly worked for the motor manufacturing company but he did not give a very satisfactory explanation as to how he happened to come into possession of the company's secret code. Hueller's statement was made before the secret service notified Chief Goodwin that Hueller was to be removed to Indianapolis. It is generally believed that the federal officers were prompted in having Hueller taken to Indianapolis as a result of discoveries made by them in an examination of Hueller's effects, seized when his room was searched. Chief Goodwin has been notified by telephone of the arrest of a German named Joseph Emmerz in an Ohio city, the chief being informed that Emmerz recently worked in this city. He is being held on the suspicion that he is a German agent. Chief Goodwin was asked to investigate the man's record in this city. He was unable to discover anything of an incriminating nature against the man.

Teutons Hold Guns In Order to Carry People's Belongings AMSTERDAM. April 24. A semi-official statement issued in Berlin says the deortation of the inhabitants in the evacuated districts between Arras and Soissons has been accomplished without hardships to the civilians. The statement adds: "The transport of their belongings even delayed the transport of important-war material." GERMANY FEARS EC0H0MIC WAR WITH AMERICA LONDON, April 24. The Berlin newspapers publish an interview with Alfred Lohmann. president of the Ocean Navigation company, which operated the original German merchant submarines, in which he declared that the Anglo-Saxon races were plotting the economic domination of the world. After asserting that the United States was already contemplating a post-bellum economic war Herr Lohmann continued: "This fact shows that a combination of the Anglo-Saxon races has laid down a new world economic foundation an Anglo-Saxon economic blockade against which Europe must arm herself In time. If President Wilson had finally dropped the Monroe doctrine, we must create such a doctrine for Europe. Through the abandonment of the Monroe doctrine, the dream of the United States of winning over the Central and South American republics and founding a greater Amer ica, outside of English influence, has vanished." Calls Upon Students to Render Service HARRISBURG, Pa.. April 24. Governor Brumbaugh today issued a proclamation calling upon all the school authorities of Pennsylvania to Instill in the minds of their pupils the importance of enlisting in the "agricultural army and thus render a patriotic service to the commonwealth and the country." . In several stores people with relatives In the United States. They told me with tears In their eyes that they were compelled to eat very black, dirty looking bread because there was no flour in the neighborhood. I reported this to the German officer who was escorting the correspondents. He re plied that- an official Investigation showed the. people of Vilna had sufficient food hidden to last at least a year. if nothing was shipped into the city. VHe said the public was making the German army believe it had no food In order that the army would not requisition supplies. During my three days' stay, I lived at the Hotel Bristol, which was owned by a Russian Jew who had spent most of his life In Albany, N. Y. . He would not discuss the food situation because as far as his hotel was concerned, there was no food shortage. One could obtain white bread, two or three varieties of meat, not very many vegetables, Continued On Page Five.

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A request was made by the board of public works today that members of the city school board meet with the board of public works and discuss the question of condemnation of some property to provide additional playgrounds for young children. The fact that there are not enough playgrounds was revealed to the board yesterday when five boys and girls of the Warner school, the oldest thirteen, the youngest five, appeared before the board and said that "the kids at Warner" wanted a larger play grounds. A tiny miss of five took her place before President Bavls and announced that she intended to recite a poem which advocates plenty of playgrounds for . the children, but. alack and alas, she forgot the "piece." The little girl was not discouraged over the scurvy trick her memory played her for she delivered a speech. , . . All Vacant Lots Planted In Potatoes She told the board that all the vacant lots and back yards were being planted in potatoes and other garden trucks that it wasnt safe to play In the streets" and that Jt was up to the city to provide some safe place for the kids to romp In. The other children supported the tiny girl's plea, and the board got busy at once. , "You Just bet thkids will be taken care of." chorused the board members today. One additional playgrounds, at Glen park, Is to be formally opened on May 6. Board President Bavis ordered that all the amusement apparatus be installed by that date. "We have selected May 6 as the opening date because it is the first anniversary of the P.ichmond Junior Palladium, a publication for children which has been such a splendid champion of the playgrounds movement," President Bavls Bald. , At the Glen playgrounds will be a giant stride, eight swings, four see-saws,' one large slide and a baby hammock outfit

Sixteen Locomotives Taken From Turks LONDON. April 24. The Turks In Mesopotamia have been driven from their position between Samara, and Iztabilat, the war office announces. The British pursuing them occupied Samara station yesterday, capturing 16 locomotives and 224 railway trucks. AMERICAN BIRDMAN KILLED IN BATTLE PARIS, April 24. Corporal Ronald Hoskier of South Orange, I-.'. J., ens of the stars of the American flying corps has been killed in an aerial combat in the offensive that Is now in progress. Taken in Fraternity; Dies of Broken Neck DETROIT. Mich., April 21. Earl B. Rice, 17, died in a local hospital today of a broken neck. Officials of the board of education have begun an investigation of charges that Rice sustained his injuries while being initiated into a fraternity early Sunday morning. PROPOSE TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF SEAMEN WASHINGTON, April 24. Measures to compensate families of American sailors killed by German submarines and mines are being planned by the administration. Legislation for that purpose soon will be Introduced in Congress.

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- The Commercial club's ' committee favors the Daylight Saving plan as. its' members maintain, it will give working people one hour more. time daily to cultivate gardens. I..Steps toward obtaining a comfort station and rest room and more drinking fountains also were taken by the committee. A sub-committee, composed1 of Gen

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9 GERMANS FIGHT HARD TO RETAIN NEW FIRST LINE What is apparently the most bitter fighting of the present Anglo-French offensive is raging today along the Wetan line, the hastily organized position east of Arras to which the Germans retired -when the northern end of the Hindenburg line was turned by General Halg. The Germans are putting forth a supreme effort to hold this vital portion of their defenses, the crumbling of which would expose Douaia and Cambrai and bring Into prospect another great retreat. Drive Two Strong Wedges. The British have driven two wedges into the German positions, forming sharp salients in the region of the Scarpe river and north of the Bapaume-Cambrai road. The head of the first salient has been thrust within four miles of Vitry, the most Important point on the Wotan line, but the tenacity and power with which the Germans are fighting leaves the issue for a time In doubt. The semi-open character of the fighting affords little opportunity for the use of the great howitzers, these monstrous engines of destruction being best adapted for the smashing of permanent defenses. The battle is being waged largely with machine guns and field artillery and the meagre reports from the fighting line indicate heavy losses on both sides, although the British claim that their casualties are moderate compared with the enemy's. eral Secretary Learner of the Y. M. C. A. and Rev. W. J. Cronln of St Marys church, was authorized to Investigate. the possibility of establishing a rest rootn. . ' t ' . Plans for installing addition drinking fountains In the business district were referred to a sub-committee consisting of Principal Pickell of the high school and John H. Johnson. ' -