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THE WEATHER -
Forecast for Georgia—Fair and
cooler Sunday. Monday partly
cloudy.
NOL, VI, SNO. 8.
GERMANS LOSE IMPORTANT GROUND:
AMERICANS WIN ALL-DAY BATTLE
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Americans Fall to Rear One Kilo-t
meter, Then Turn or. Enemy!
and Drive Them Back Under
a Terrific Fire, ‘
Open Fighting, Aerial Activity and
Heavy Artiilery Work Figure in
Battle Northwest of Tour Sat
urday—Three Huns Taken,
: By BERT FORD, !
“Staff Correspondent of Internationall
News Service, |
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY Il\'i
) FRANCE, April 20—Twelve hundred|
‘German ‘‘shock troops” attacked thel
American infantry northwest of ’l‘(mI!
early this morning in the same sector ¢
where the two-day battle was fought |
last week. ‘
The result again was an Americap |
victoxy. \
There were more troops enzaged in
this battle between the Americans and
the Germans than had previously been |
the case. :
In the beginning, owing to the su-|
perior numbers of the enemy, I]l9‘
Americans fell back a kilometer, the |
Germans taking the devastated village!
of Seicheprey and the Bois du Re-|
mieres and the Bois du Jury. |
Three Germans Taken. '
The Americans captured three Ger- |
forcements, drove bhack the ° enemy|
jafter an all-day fight, which W:IS;
marked by exceptional artillery :iret
and some aerial activity.
The Americans captured 300 Ger—'
mans, and the Germans for their Wmf
secured no prisoners. Furthermm‘e,i
the German casualties were .he;\\'ier]
than those suffered on our side. |
Two German airplanes were downed
by the American gunfire.
The engagement was progressing
at ‘ghtfall tonight, The fact that
no American prisoners had been tuk('nl
by the enemy, despite the early :ul-l
vance of the Germans, indicates al
continuation of the success of the
American troops.
The visitibility is low, but the
t Americaa observation ballons are on
the job and our aviators are busy,
Tonight there was still some doubt
as to whether the two boche air
'planes which had been forced down
were compelled to leave the air by|
our own airmen using' machine buns
or by land machine guns.
Americans’ Biggest Battle.
In every respect this is the largest
engagement in which the Americ:m'
troops nave participated to date. |
Today’s battle began with a heafy
tombardment and a barrage of shells
and gas. The attack was expected
to develop against the French troops‘
adjoining that part of the terrain held
by the Americans. ‘
Instead of the general expectation,l
sthree waves of of trained shock troopsj
of the enemy swept against the Amer
jcan lines. That was § o’clock this
mornir <. |
Hard on the bombardment, which|
had lasted an hour, the enemy swept
on three points simultaneously, and
viciously arove out the American out.
posts. The first l'nes fell back as a
military precaution, the idea being to
draw out the strength of the enemy
in this manner.
The Germans gained approximately
one kilometer of ground, embracing
Seicheprey village, which eontained
only demolished buildings long ago!
vacated by the French civilians. |
The American infantry received‘
magnificent support from their own
artillery and machine gun batteries, ‘
Fighting in the Open.
\ Once in the open, the enemy met a
' Yivage ccunter attack carried out byl
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‘U. S. Firm Sets ¢
New Mark for ;
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. Quick Launching
(By International News Service.)
PACIFIC PORT, April 20—
A By launching an 8,800-ton
steel steamship here (hisg
afternoon, 55 days after the keel §
was laid, the Skinner & Eadie
Corporation won back the world's
recqrd for quick launching. 't'ne
vessel was christened the West
Lianga, for the United Statesg
Shipbuilding Board. The previous
record was held by the Columbia §
River Shipbuilding Company,
which sent a vessel down. the ways
in 60 days.
New York Deutsches Journal
Makes ‘Supreme Sacrifice for
American Unity’ by Closing.
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, April 20.—The New
York Deutsches Jourrnal tomorrow
will make the following announce
ment:
“Wken war with Germany became
inevitable The New Yorker Deutsches
Jourral at once unfurled ifs flag—
the Stars and Stripes. It was, and
is, an American paper printed in the
Gern- an language for American citi
zens who read German.
“I'he New Yorker Deutsches Journal
has served loyally the United States
Government in every movement for
the successful prosecution of the war.
‘“T'he New Yorker Deutsches Journal
carried under its title line the slogan,
‘An American paper printed in Ger
man in behalf of American unity‘and
universal democracy.’
“Its efforts in behalf of American
unlity and universal democracy have
been wholehearted and untiring.
“The time Fas' now come when this
new spaper believes it should make its
supreme sacrifice in behalf of Amer
ican unity, It therefore makes the
following announcement:
“ “T'he New Yorker Deutsches Jour
nal will, after this Issue, suspend pub
lication as a daily and Sunday news
paper printed in the German lan
guage.
“ “All unexpired subscriptions will
be refunded immediately and all ad
vartising contracts are hereby can
ce.ed as of this date, April 21, 1918.
(Signed) !
“GERMAN JOURNAL CORPORA
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Edwards Supporting
A
Howard for Senate
The following telegram was re
ceived last night from former Con
gressman Charles G. Edwards, of Sa
vannah:
“TI *understand that the supporters
Of Hon. W. J. Harris are circulating
an editorial from an Athens paper
stating that I withdrew from the race
for the Senate in favor ¢of Mr. Harris.
I was never in the race for the Sen
ate, but stated that I was considering
entering the race.
“I am not supporting Mr. W. J.
Harris for the Senate. I am anxious
to see Senator Hardwick defeated,
and believe that Hon. William Schley
Howard can and will defeat Hard
wick, and I am subporting Congress
man Howard"”
Go to Church
["oday
No matter how confident
within ourselves we may feel
when the world moves along
{ smoothly for us, in a crisis
we need wise guidance and
strong support. The church
gives that guidance and
support.
In this great national crisis,
which to every loyal Amery
can is a personal one as wr‘fi,
we will not only find com
fort in the message whicn
the church brings to us, but
a chart and guide to lead us
in the right way.
We always have need of the
church, but we need her
more than ever now. There
is comfort and strength and
hope which is sure of ful
fillment in hearing her word
and heeding her precepts.
Let everybody in Atlanta ac.
cept the church’s invitation
today.
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Woman” Will Be the Slogan.
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Rally Next Saturday Afternoon at
Atlanta Theater Will Be One of
~ the Features of the Campaign.
Mrs. T. T. Stevens in Charge.
Atlanta women this wr\ol? will begin
their own Liberty Loan campaign, de
terminea to show up the men’'s teams
which rolled up subscriptions last
week of more than a million dollars.
It may be that the women’s subscrip
tions will slot bring in so many dol
iars, but they arve determined to land
more subscribers, and the Govern
ment desires that all the nation shall
'share in the loan.
~ The Woman's Liberty Loan com
mittee, under Mrs. T. T. Stevens,
chairman, will have complete control
of the campaign this week. The men
of last week’s teams expect to follow
up some of the prospects left over
from their lists, but the subscription
cards will be turned over to the wom
en and credited to them.
Complete organization has been
made in every ward in the city. The
central committee has a vice chair
man for each ward. Besideg this,
each ward has its own chairman, who
has appointed district chairmen.
These, in turn, have appointed sub
committecs for each block. There
will not be a door bell unrung next
week, for the women are going
straight to the homes for the sub
scriptions.
For two weeks rallies and meetings
have been held in each ward, with
plans worked out for the campaign,
stunts suggested, public meetings or
ganized. Every woman worker knows
her duty and is ready to start out
Monday and follow a definite system.
Want All to Buy.
“We want every woman in Atlanta
to own a Liberty bond in her own
name,” said Mrs. Stevens yesterday.
“No matter whether her husband has'
invested liberally or not, she can find
some way to,carry a bond for herself.
The business women, those who earn
their- own incomes, are doing spien
didly. The team cantains of the
men’s campaign report that. But we
want the home women also to invest.
“I'd like to urge everyone to buy
now, without waiting, for the cam
paign is well under way and it is time
Atlanta was making a better showing.
If you have decided to invest in a
bond, do it now. If you haven't de
cided, now is the time to make up
your mind.”
One of the features of the weeck will
be a rally next Friday afternoon aft
the Atlanta Theater, to begin at 4:30
o'clock. Manager Lewis Haase has
donated the use of the theater, and
several members of the “Keep Smil
ing” company will appear in special
acts. Among them will be Dave Fer
guson, who has been active in patri
otic work 1n the Kastern cities; Miss
Madelaine Nash, the leading singer,
and Miss Muriel Window. The or-!
chestra of the company will play fur‘
the rally.
Tuesday night a rally for the Sixth
Ward will be held at the Baptist Tab
ernacle. Major M. H. Screws will be
one of the speakers. The Kort Mc-
Pherson Band will play arnd the Mayo
Unit Quartet will sing. Mrs. Walter
Bedard will preside. The public is
invited.
The dugout of the army Y. M. C. A. |
women workers which has been main- ;
tained at Peachtree and Broad streets |
was moved Saturday to the Terminal
plaza, and in itg place will be a tent |
conducted by the National League for |
Woman’s Service. Bonds will be sold
there.
List of Chairmen. |
The organization of the woman's
committee is as follows: ;
-~ Chairman for Atlanta®~Mrs. T. T.|
Stevens. |
Vice chairmen for wards: ;
First Ward, Mrs. T. C. McGee; sec
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Continued on Page 5, Column 5, i
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1918
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' Georgia Politics
$ : .
. Again Assuming
. old Time Fervor
a im
? OR the first time in two years
F Georgia is full of politics to
day. William J. Harris in
augurated his campaign for the
United Stutes Senate at Waycross
Saturday, and Senator Thomas
W. Hardwick opened fire for
re-election at Carrollton. H. H.
Dean, of Gainesville, prospec
tive senatorial ca)fa‘iedute. chal
lenged Senatorsfil}d?dwick to a de
bate on the isßues of the cam
paign. Supporters Jf William
Schley Howard, whose entry into
the senatorial race has attracted
national interest, rented headquar
ters at the Kimball House and
prepared for an aggressive cam
paign.
William D. Upshaw got out of
the race for the Senate and en
tered the lists for Congress, as
successor to William Sehley How
ard. Walter Andrews admitted
that he is seriously considering
making the race for Congress.
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Six Salvation Army*
Girls Hide in Dugout
ou
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0 Dodge Gas Bombs
By BERT, FORD,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, April 20.—
Six young American women act
ing as Salvation Army ensigns
had a narrow escape during a ter
rific German bombardment with
guns of ali calibers, which swept
the whole area behind the Amer
ican lines in the sector northwest
of Toul.
The young women had the dis
tinction of occupying a position
nearest the trenches in the actual
fighting line. During the earth
sliaking shelling, they fled into a
dugout, whera they were forced
to wear steel helmets and gas
masks until the cannonading was
over. The 3nsigns are:
Misses Gladys and Irene Mcln
tire, Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Miss Stella Young, Albany
street, Chelsea, Mass.
Miss Myrtle Turkington (Tark
ington?), South Manchester,
Conn,
Miss Gertrude Symmonds and
Miss Violet Williams, both of
Racine, Wis.
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Allies Are Selling
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Real Estate High
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK; April 20.—“1f there
is no rout or break in our forces this
wili be the most expensive piece of
real estate ever purchased in the his
tory of the world, and the Germans
will pay._the price.”
This, according to Seward Prosser,
president of the Bankers’ Trust Com
panp, who has just returned from a
visit to the western front, was the
view expressed by one of the allied
commanders in speaking of the recent
German drive.
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Chief Beavers Loves
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Kisses—Candy Ones
Chief Beavers loves candy “kisses.”
This secret became known Saturday
night when the police generalissimo
went into a shop at Edgewood avenue
and Peachtree street ana invested 5
cents in the confection.
The chief was too full for speech
when he walked out past the pop-eyed
reporters and boarded a car.
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Bill Would Grant
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Soldiers Half Fare
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—"‘The
Government is well off enough to
care for its fighters,” said Reptesen
tative Emerson, of Ohio, today, in
troducing a bill granting half railroad
fares to men on furiough and free
transportation to indigent sailors or
soldigrs who are summoned home by
seriops sickness or death.
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Camp Wheeler Gets
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4th Training Camp
WASHINGTON, ,April 20.-——Camp
Wheeler, at Macon, will get the fourth
officers’ training camp, gpening May
15, irstead of Camp Gordon. Camp
Wheeler is the only Georgia point
where officers of the fourth school
will be trained.
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Admiral Sims Reports That Lake
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Moor Was Sunk by Submarine,
and Florence H. Torn Open by
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Explosion in French Port.
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Survivors Picked Up by American
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~ man Bomb Caused Explosion.
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Few Details Are Received.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Two
disasters to American mvr(‘h:xnt) ships
in the war zone, reported tonight by
Vice Admiral Sims, commander-in
chief of the American naval forces
abroad, are believed to have taken a
toll of 86 lives.
The Lake Moor was sunk Apgil 11
by a German submarine in English
waters, and 45 members of her crew
are missing.
|
The Florence H. was torn open by
a terrific explosion while she lay in
a French port, April 17 and 41 of
her crew are gone.
The apparent loss of 'ife represent
ed in the two disasters is tue great
est, so far as maritime losses are con
cerned, since the torpedoing of the
Briiish traasport Tuscania, laden
with American troops, more than £OO
of whom lost their Jives. |
Survivors Are Landed.
Forty-five persons are believed to
have lost their lives when the Ameri
can steamer Lake Moor was sunk by
a German subinarfine.
Five. oriicers and ten members of
the crew have been landed at an Eng- |
lish port, Vice Admiral Sims rvport-‘
cd. |
The official staternent reads: 1
“The Navy Department has been in- |
formed that the United Sta‘es Shl‘,"
Lake Moor has been sunk by an (-n—(
emy submarine about midnight A]'X'll‘
11, last, in BEuropean waters., ull
details have not vet been received
from Vice Admiral Sims.
“Out of a total of 10 officers and 2
members of the crew § otficers and 12 |
of ihe crew have Leon reported as
survisors. These ha & besa landed
at. an BEnglish port.
‘The T.ake Moor was a cirgo "ar
ier taken over by tne United States
Shipping Board and assigned to the
account of the navy i June, 1918,
She was 4,500 tons dusplaceniert, buiilt
iis thus count: y for a forg #n firm and
later token over by the shiyping
board. She was a new ship.
“The Lake Moor sat:cd from an At
iantic port for ar {‘uropean port in
the lat‘er part «f Marelh, and was on
her first trip abroad.”
Florenze H. Blcwn Up.
The American steamecer Florence 11,
has been blown up in a I'rench por?
and 41 members of a crew of 75 are
reported mjssing, the Navy Depart
ment announced late this afternoomn.
Vice Admiral Sims, commanding
the American naval forces in Euro
pean waters reported the accident,
The explosion, he said occurred
about midnight April 17. It was .an
internal one. American destroyers i 1
the vicinity saved most of the 34
members of the crew that escaped
with their lives.
The conduct of the destrover crews,
Sims reported, was “mest gallant.”
The Florence H. was in the mer- |
chant service and was formerly of
the I.uckenbach Steamship Line, en-l
gaged in coastwise trade. |
The fact that the survivors of the:
vessel were picked up by American
destrovers indicates that when t?u-l‘
explosion occurred she was either en- |
tering or leaving the French port un
der convoy.
From the fact that Admiral Sims‘f
declared the explosion was of an in-|
ternal character officials here believe |
ammunition on board the vessel was|
set off. The vessel, it was stated,|
had been engaged for some time in|
transporting ammunition. ‘
One theory is that the vessel was in|
dock at the time and that a case of
ammunition being raised from the
hatches exploded when a cable broke
and the case was hurled back into|
the ship’s hold. 1
May Have Been Spy Work. 1
Still another belief is that a bomb
might have been concealed in the
cargo and that the Florence H,, him“
perhaps the colleir Cvclops, was the
Continuer “age 4, Column 4, ‘
Battle Now Is One of Attrition,
With Each Side Hurrying to
Construct Battering Ram of
Victory, Says Ypres Veteran,
Germans Reform Broken Legions
’ With Men From Russia, While
-~ Foch Welds All Available
Forces Into Mobile Reserves.
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By JOHN McHUGH STUART,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
WASHINGTON, April 20. — “The
German losses have been dreadful
and the German attack has failed. But
the man or the newspaper who ven
tures to predict the immediate future
is going to get into trouble.”
That is the view of the veteran of
Ypres whose opinion of the battle in
‘lho last week reflected in these dis
patches has proved invariably correct.
“British successes at the bases of
the German wedge on the Lys, at Gi
venchy and at Wytschaete, have
been impressive,” he sald, “but they
do not mean the commencement of
ther grand counter offensive. They
mean local gairs which establish
the British hold on these vital points.”
Impressive figures from French
sources as to German casualties were
received in Washington today. Colo
nel Bidou, military critic of The Jour
nal des Debats, declares the German
forces, available in depots behind the
German lines did not amount to more
than 550,000 men at the end of 1917.
The military critics of the French
newspapers are inrlined to believe
that the Germans may be said to
kave sacrificed half of their available
reserves for the futile Amiens at
rempt.
Washington Doubtful.
They further reason that almost an
equal number of men have been sac
rificed in the drive on the River Lys.
From this they are inclined to deduce
the almost complete exhaustion of
German reserves. (JThis reasoning is
accepted with a great deal of reserve
in Washington. ‘
“German depots,” said the officer
first quoted here, “may mean only the
men reclaimed for duty. The figure
given probably does not include ani
the increments of the German army!
from Russia.” J
It is generally asserted here that
the Germans have got themselves into
two uncomfortable positions by their
two drives, each of which failed of
its first, much more of its grand, ob-‘
jective. }
The grand objectives were the chan
nel ports and the destruction of the
British army. The first objectives
were Amiens and Hazeßroucke. It is
expected that bitter fighting still will
ensue, \ ‘
If the British and French are suc
cessful in carrying out what appar
ently is their plan, the Germans will
be forced to give up their present po
sitions without a grand counter of-]
fensive by tfl(_- Allies, |
This plan seems to include the con.%
tinual harassing of the two German'
calients on their flanks, coupled with
long-range artillery bombardment of
the lines of communication. Almost
all of these lines in these two sa-,
lients are within range of British and
French guns. |
Tribute to Artillery. |
There_was received here today the
copy of a letter taken from a German
rrisoner on the Somme front. It il
lustrated the success of the allied
wrtillery.
“The Arras-Cambrai road,” the
prisoner had written, “is a shambles
The British gunners seem to have it
absolutely registered They pray it
with high explosive shells. The losses
in our transport services have fnf'l]!
Continued on Page 2, Column 5. !
(Copyright 1913 by the
Georgian Campany.)
'American Device |
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' U-Boats in 2 Days |
3 NEW YORK, April 20.—“ Within %
% the past hour I have received word %
? from a most reliable source that
gAmerioa. hag put forward a new
{ invention which has been tried
against the German U-boats, and
that this invention was so suc- ¢
cessful that more than a dozen
submersibles were captured with- g
in a space of two days. fi
This statement wag made by ¢
Charles. E. Mitchell, president of }
the National City Company, in an ;
address to 300 volunteer workers
g of the electrical committes of the g
2 Rainbow Division of the Liberty
! Loan, meeting in the Edison Com- é
é pany's offices. d
S lis the first definite announce
ment that the United States has
found an effective weapon against
subsea craft,
Following the meeting, Mr. ¢
» Mitchell was asked for turtheri
particulars of the new invention. 2
“Not another word. That is all §
that I can say.” $
Mr. Mitchell confirmed rumors ¢
{ about a new corrosive gas that has ¢
5, reeently been perfected by Ameri- r‘
g can chemists. He said th_!s gas is ¢
{ more powerful than anything used ;
; by the Germans. d
g REPORTS !
LONDON.
LONDON, April 20.—British
forces advanced slightly between
Arras and Albert today, Field
Marshal Haig reported.
“South of Bebuterne, eight
miles north of Albert, and south
of the Scarpe River, which cross
* es the battle front at Arras, we
advanced our line slightly, tak
tink 37 prisoners,” Haig‘said.
“In the neighborhood of Ay
ette, five miles northeast of He
buterne, and south of the La
Bassee Canal, the southern ex
tremity of the Flanders front,
there wag artillery firing,
~ “Low-flying airplanes, in recon
noisance yesterd(qy, between raln
and snowstorms, dropped four
and a half tons of bombs on the
Shourour Railway station, the
Engel ammunition, dump and
other targets.
“Liast night sixteen tons of ex
plosives were dropped on the Ar
mentieres, Warneton, Estaires,
Bapaume and Chaulnes railway
junctions. Direct hits were made
on four trains, one of which un
doubtedly was full of ammuni
tion.”
PARIS.
PARIS, April 20.—*“East of St.
Mihiel Friday morning a German
attack on a front of one Kkilo
meter (approximately two-thirds
of a mile) gained some footing
in our advanced trenches, but our
counter attacks immediately
drove the enemy out,” the War .
Office communique tonight said.
“There was considerable artil
lery fighting, especially west of
the Avre (before Amiens) and
i astride the Meuse (between Ver
dun and St. Mihiel).”
{ BERLIN.
| BERLIN, Oct. 20.—The War
~ Office gave out the following
~ statement tonight:
‘} “Infantry activity today was
~ limited to reconnoitering. North
west of Markirch, in the Vosges,
two miles inside the German
~ border, a successful thrust
brought in prisoners. Near |
Wytschaete and Baileul there
was a strong artillery duel.
“Artillery fighting was resumed
this evening between the Scarpe
and the "Somme Rivers. The
cannonading northwest of Mo
reuil was more intense through
out today.”
Complaint Is Filed
Against Atlantic Ice
galins an CE |
(By International News Service.) !
WASHINGTON, April 3-).~The‘
Atlantic Ice and Coal Company of |
Atlanta, Ga., is cited in a complaint |
by the Federal Trade (‘ommissl(ml
today, alleging unfair disoriminfllioni
in prices and practices tending to
create a monopoly. ]
The company is charged thbh sell~ |
ing ice and coal to different custom- |
ers at different prices; with con!ract-i
ing to sell ice and coal at certain
prices under an agreement that the |
purchaser shall not buy these com- |
modities from other concerns, and |
that during 1914 and 1915 the Atlan- |
tic Ice and Coal Company houghti
stock in competing concerns.
All these practices are alleged to{
lessen competition and tend to create
a monopoly.
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British and French Strike Hard
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Local Blows in Flanders, Im
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prove Their Positions and Cap
ture Prisoners and Guns.
Exhausted German Machine, Un
able to Resume Reckless Driv
ing Tactics, Is Hammered Re
morselessly by Allied Legions.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 20.—Both the Brit«
ish and French struck sharp, success
ful local blows in Flanders today,
which materially improved their posi.-
tions and netted them prisoners and
guns. Up to late this evening the
Germans had not resumed their reck
less driving tactics, but were marking
time, as they have been for 48 hours
now, too exhausted to reopen their
offensive before their machine has
been thoroughly overhauled.
The crowning success of the Allies’
local operations came when the
French, in a brilliant charge on the
center of the German wedge’s south
ern leg, to the northwest of Bethune,
bammered a great dent into the ene
my’s line. They took prisoners and
captured several German cannons, the
first to be taken from the foe since
he launched his great spring drive a
month ago tomorrow,
The British, too, won signal honors
in determined counter attacks
launched last night and today. They
I!hrv\v the Germans from points in
' Haig's advanced defense lines on the
two-mile front between Givenchy and
Festubert, which is a subdivision of
tthe German left flank. The positions
regained by the British had been
}wrostmi from them Thursday at an
‘:xwfui price in German blood.
} British Win at Arras.
British troops also scored a success
on a front that has been almost for<
gotten since the German infantry le
gions last broke their heads against
Sir Julian Byng's stone wall there—
at Arras. Since the driving of the
German wedge westward from Ar
mentieres, which, with the Amiens sa
lient, puts the British Arras front into
a perilous pocket, a new German drive
against that sector has been counted
on as a certainty.
But when the British went over the
top south of the Scarpe, near Beau
rains, a couple of miles slightly to
the southeast of Arras itself, they had
no trouble pushing back the German
advanced line. They took a number
of prisoners, nine machine guns and
even a trench mortar.
If there is any kind of concentra
tion behind the German lines, it was
not noticeable during this operation,
which was in the nature of a large
scale raid designed to determine just
that. T.ater, the British, having ac
complished their purpose. drew back
to their original positions.
The wonderful resistance the Brit
ish first army corps put up against
the German assaults in Flanders yes.-
terday prompted Field Marshal Haig
to telegraph General Holland, who
commands this corps, his congratula
tions. | g
U. S. Batteries Aid.
“ Numerous successful surprise at
tacks by the French east of Rheims
were reported by the Paris War Of 4
fice today. German raids were beaten
off west of the Butte du Mesnil, where
American batteries are aiding the
French artillery.
Violent cannonading is under way
along the southern side of the German
Amiens wedge, particularly on ite
eastern end, between Neyon and Las
signy, a seven-mile front comparable
to the Robecq-Festubert sector in
Flanders
A renewal of fighting on a large
scale in Flanders is expected momen
tarily, since the Germans are in such
awkward positions as to be compelled
to try to drive on. Fresh German dl«
visions have been noticed in the Ger«:
man lines.
There are indications that the
transfer of troops from Russia to the
west is still in full swing.