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Newspaper Page TextTODAY’S WEATHER REPORT. Augusta and Vicinity—Probably local showers and thunderstorms tonight md Sunday: cooler Sunday. Georgia—Probably local Showers and thunderstorms tonight and Sunday; cooler Sunday. IF YOU LIKE THE HERALD—PASS IT ALONG. VOLUME XXII, No. 118. CONSCRIPTION WINS IN HOUSE! British Gain In Smashing Wedge Attack TREMENDOUS CHEERING AS HOUSE VOTES CONSCRIPTION, 279 TO 98 Volunteer Plan For Nation’s Army in Europe Defeated — Senate , Barring the Unexpected, Will Vote Likewise Before Midnight. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. —The nation will raise its armies by se !e ctive conscription. The House so voted just before noon today. The Senate will vote likewise before midnight tonight—barring the un expected. Anti-conscriptionists admit this. The House vote was 279 to 98, in favor of the presi dent’s and the War College plan to raise at once an army of 500,000 —for service at some future date in Europe, if needed. PASSAGE ASSURED. (By the Associated Press.) Washington.—The vote came on an amendment by Representative Kahn, who has led the fight for the administration bill, moving to strike out the volunteer amendment insterted by a majority of the military com mittee against the protest of the president and the war college. It assured the passage of the bill as drawn by the army experts. DRASTIC LIQUOR AMENDMENT. WASHINGTON. —In its first vote on the administration army bill the senate today adopted a most drastic prohibition amendment making it un lawful to sell or give away liquor and wine or beer to any officer or man in uniform or knowingly furnish liquors to any person in army employ. On Kahn Amendment. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) Washington.—Miss Jeannette Ran kin, first woman to hold a seat in con gress. voted against conscription. She cast her vote without incident. The house vote was on the Kahn amendment to. the army bill as re ported by Chairman Dent’s military committee. The Dent bill authorized the president first to try raising an army in the old-fashioned way—by the volunteer system.’ Kahn’s amendment turned the bill Into what the president and his war heads wan ted a— straight out and but selective conscription method. Cheered Wildly. The house cheered wildly as the af firmative vote was announced. When to the surprise of members, subse quent announcement of the negative Vote showed 98 for the volunteer plan, the cheering and stamping was deaf- j ening. There was no record vote. That will come later. The house, when the vote was taken, was in committee of the whole. A roll call will come later in the day. Speaker Clark, firm to the last, voted for the volunteer plan along with Miss Jeannette Rankin—who asked her con stituents if she must “stand alone" for conscription. There was never a doubt of the vote after Representative Saunders of Vir ginia. in the speaker’s chair as chair man of the committee on the whole an nounced a vote would be taken on the Kehn amendment and asked for ayes. A tremendous shout arose. Weaker Shout. A somewha. weaker shout greeted Saunders’ request for “noes.” Chairman Dent asked for tellers — the nearest to a roll call vote that can be obtained in a session of “the com mittee of the whole state of the Union.” A mob, swirling, surging that looked as If it Included every congressman— and their clerks —in Washington, arose and Joined in a crush at the front of the chamber, ready to walk between Chairman Dent and Representative Kahn, the tellers, up the center *aisle of the house to show they were for the Kahn amendment. When the record vote does come, many members predicted that many of the 98 who voted against the presi dent’s plan will have switched, there by making the vote against the volun teer plan even greater than that re corded while the body was acting In committee of the whole. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) Urging Roosevelt. Washington, D. C.—The Roosevelt di vision plan oversbndowed all other issues In the senate today as the conscription army bill neared a vote. In the last hours of debate three Influ ential senators threw their influence In favor of the Harding amendment to per mit Roosevelt to recruit a volunteer di vision. They were Harding, Dodge and John Sharp Williams. Declaring “this Is not a party war. tt Is an American war," Senator Dodge made a vigorous speech In favor of the Roose velt division. , „ . “For Heaven’s sake, shouted the vet eran Massachusetts senator. "Is there any reason whv he shouldn’t be allowed to offer hfs life for what he believes most sacred?” , He declared Roosevelt was the only man In the country who could raise a di vision and that to let him do so would not Injure the principle of universal ser vice. Dodge dwelt upon the moral ef fect of a former president leading Am erican troops In Kurope A Million Traitors. Senator Williams, of Mississippi, one of the President’s most loyal sumiortors In either house, agreed with Didge hut asserted thst while Roosevelt wes com petent to command a regiment, he was not fitted to load a division. Harding pointed out that Roosevelt did not de sire to lead a division. In a scathing speech against pro-Ger manism. Williams declared there are one million traitors In America. ”1 want to weed 'em out." he said. "That's why I want conscription. "Of the ten million Ocrinan-Amerlcans In this country probably nine million are loyal. "For us to authorise- Roosevelt to raise his army would be legislation which will make possible a volunteer army for Im mediate and Intensive training, to be recruited by Col. Roosevelt, former com mander-in-chief of the United States army and navy." Senator Harding aald. American Ideals. “It provides the advance guard of Am erican Ideals, hearing the oriflamme of new world liberty new world civilization nd new world humanity, and armed as THE AUGUSTA HERALD surance of our everlasting committal to maintain our national right. “Our people have wondered why the typical American tender and the typical Roosevelt tender of the volunteer force should find no encouraging American re sponse.” Harding declared the proposed Roose velt division would “give form to a Rooseveltian expression of eager and ready Americanism and to provide an army of Americans who believe in him and his gospel of Americanism.” “And surely the interest Is not a mat ter of politics here at home. God forbid there should be anywhere In places high or humble any narrow prejudices or par tisanship In theje solemn davs of a great American crisis. “There will be amazement through the land if this propositio nis defeated. There will be an imputation of motive for which neither the congress or the executive ought to give cause.” WHAT TEDDY HAS TO SAYJBOUT IT Pungent Comment on the Kaiser at Chicago. Wants to See Joffre There. The “Slacker Bridegroom” Rush. (BV THE UNITED PRESS.) Chicago.—Teddy came to Chicago to day to tell the Middle West to lick the Kaiser—and to do it quick. Theo dore Roosevelt is always Teddy in Chi cago. Fifty thousand cheering Westerners lined the route over which the visitor was escorted through the loop and was greeted with “We’re With you, Teddy.” And, besides his pungent comment*, about the Kaiser, T. R. had a few other little items to get off his mind. Gen eral Joffre’s contemplated visit to Chicago, the recent "slacked bride groom rush” and his offer to go to Flanders, all came In for their share. “I would not want to Indulge In per sonalities.” said the colonel, when in formed of the disagreement between Mayor Thompson and the council over extending an Invitation to the French hero to visit Chicago, “but I hope sln gerely that the invitation Is extended —and that General Joffre comes. “I came to Chicago to make this speech because Chicago has always been the storm center of my past,” ii& said. Americans and Others. "There are two classes of people in Chicago—Americans and others—the sooner the others get out the better. I don’t care what nationality or from what country a man comes, as long as he Is straight American. "If I am permitted to raise my di vision, I hope to get a. large percent age of members who are wholly or part German. I am part German myse®. But they must come In as Americans or not at all. We are fighting with France for civilization and humanity and every American worthy of the name will Join In the struggle.” When asked his opinion of the "slacker bridegrooms” more than 8,000 of whom rushed the license clerks' offices here In the early day* of the war declaration, the colonel smiled. "Well,” he said, "I’m for any man who marries as a preparation for war, but those who hide behind skirts to avoid military obligations should be expelled from the country." Volunteers for Franco. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Chicago.—Colonel Theodore Roose velt. In hts first war speech delivered here today at a luncheon given by the Chicago branch of the National He curtty Deagur. urged that the use of grain for the manufacture of alcoholic | drinks be prohibited Tor the period of: the war. Present conscription plans, he said, would deny service to many men who wished to go as volunteers. He re marked that when England adopted conscription she did not decline th* services of volunteers from Cane Is and Australia. UNITED PRESS JOFFRE WHS ON PREPAREDNESS French Marshal Says Partici pation By United States With out the Knowledge of War Field Operations Would Invite Enormous Losses. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Washington. —The military section of the French mission headed by Mar shal Joffre, during conference, con tinued today with representatives of the war department, warned the Unit ed States that active participation in the war without absolute preparation and previous contact with field opera tions would invite enormous losses. This became known today after Emile Hovelaque, general counsellor, speak ing for the mission, had outlined a statement to be made tomorrow by Marshal Joffre to the American press. “Marshal Joffre will tell you.” said M. Hovelaque, “why he has come to the United States, without, of course, revealing any of the negotiations with the American government which must be regarded as confidential. He will tell you about the French army, con ditions in France and how the United States can best co-operate in a mili tary way with the armies of France In this war. He’ll make clear the fact that this is a war of constant change* of conditions. From week to week ev erything on nearly every front is al tered and moved. An army is like a lot of ants, moving, movhig, moving working to strike the first blow. "You must realize that Americans cannot be trained In this country to play at war. They should be there on the field. Americans should know these things first-hand and what war really is before they go Into it on a large scale. Unless America has ac curate knowledge of real war condi tions instead of play war, it may cost you much. “You will he surprised to learn how rapidly the conditions change. IJeut. Col. Remond, who probably know* more about artillery than any man in France, said to me only yesterday, 'I am afraid of getting stale before I get back to France.’ ” CRUSH IN WHEAT PRICE IT CHICAGO Sensational Break Following Drastic Action By Winnipeg Exchange. Futures Barred There. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Chicago. —Sensational breaks In wheat prices here resulted today from drastic action taken by the Winnipeg exchange to put a stop to speculation. May wheat at Winnipeg fell 15 cents after notice had been given that any member of the Winnipeg exchange would be suspended for trading with out orders and that the British govern ment was not In the market for fu tures. Quotations in Chicago dropped 10 cents from early high figures. Bar Futures Trading. Winnipeg, M»n. —Announcement was made at the Winnipeg grain exchange today that no trading in futures would be permitted In the pit hereafter with out sanction of a censoring commit tee. FAMOUS SUB COMMANDER HAS BEEN DECLARED DEAD (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Copenhagen, (via London.)—Lieutenant Commander Pets, one of the moat suc cessful of the German submarine com manders, ha* perished In the Mubmarlne (Binpsjcti* Trie Mvipiptn of his home town, Koenig sberg, carry an official death notice, although the admiralty ha* said nothing of the loss of hi* boat. Com mand er Pets was mentioned In dispatches In February a* being in charge of the submarine which destroyed 62,000 ton* of shipping in one day. WHERE TO GU TO OFFER FOR WAR SERVICE Folowing it the locations of the places where men detlripg to enlist for war services may go: Regular Army Recruiting Sta tion, southwest corner of Broad and Ninth atraeta. Naval Recruiting Station, the New Theatre Building, 741 1-2 Broad street. First Regiment National Guard* of Gtorgia, the Armory, 100 block of Ninth street. Troop K, Second Squadron, Georgia-Carolina Fair Grounds, Lak* View. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 28, 1917. 15 FRENCH GIRLS EACH PUT LOCK OF THEIR OWN HAIR ON JOFFRE’S CAP (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) Paria. —Every time Marshal Jof fre salutes Americans with his hand to his gold-embroidered cap he tenders the salutes to the Unit ed States of fifteen or mole French girls, who contrived to put locks of their own hair under the gold leaves on the cap. The newspaper C'rl De Paris told the story here today. When Joffre was hurried for the American mission he ordered a new cap. At least fifteen girls in a Paris shop embroidered the scores of tiny gold leaves on it which symbolize the rank of Mar shal of France. Every one of them joined in a plan to greet' America by sending bits of their own hair on the Marshal's cap. The hair is concealed beneath the gold em broidery. WORKING TO SI ’ 113 ENTOMBED Early Rescuers Have Already Found Six Bodies in Burning Colorado Mine After Ex plosion. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Trinidad, Colo. —With rescue parties working in relays, renewed efforts wore made today to reach the 113 men still en tombed In the Hastings mine, No. 2, of the Victor-American Fuel Company, where an explosion occurred yesterday morning. What cauHed the disaster is a mystery. Rescue crews, a mine official said, had found five or six bodies early today but had removed none. One hun dred and nineteen men were entombed. The workings in which the men are caught is a running tunnel, opening from the main mine entrance. Above this, also opening from the main entrance, Is an almost level tunnel abandoned sometime ago. For several years thl* has been on fire. .Since it was abandoned, however, and the fire was only smouldering, It was sealed off from the rose of-the mine- wWh an airtight wall artd work continued much as usual li_ the other sections. Air Pumped In. Air ducts run Into the slope where Ihe men were trapped and largo amounts of air have been pumped Into these ever since the fire whs discovered. In the hope that It might keep the men from suffo cating The fact that smoke continues to pour from the mine led company offi cials to fear that the air ducts had broken and the steady current of air being forced through them is only fanning the flames. It Is snowing in Delagua canyon but large numbers of miners’ wive* and chil dren stand waiting at the mine mouth in the cold. The work of the rescuers, it was said, was halted at. midnight, by the heat and smoke at the fifth entry, but. early today ♦.he crews, refreshed and reinforced, re entered the mine In an effort to pene trate to the main workings. CONFIRM ATTACK, SPANISH VESSEL Captain of the Triana Makes Sworn Statement on German Sub’s Shell. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Madrd.—(Via Paris.) Premier Prie to haa announced that he haH received official confirmation of an uttack by a German submarine on the (Spanish steamer Triana and has addressed a strong protest to Germany. Details show that a few minutes af ter a shell had been fired at the Triana the commander of the submarine boarded the ship and offered excuses, insisting that he only fired after the steamer had Ignored a blank shot. The captain of the Triana In a sworn statement before the Cadiz port au thorities, affirms that neither he nor his crew heard any shot until the ship was struck by a shell. The Triana was going at reduced speed, he said, and the Spanish colors were flying con spicuously. K 1 Irnparclal comments Indignantly on the attack. BRITAIN EXTENDS DANGER AREA (BY THE UNITED PRESS) Washington.—Great BHtaln has ex tended her "dangerous area,” and has warned all shipping of this fact. The new area stretches out to more than double the size of the mine field previously laid off Jutland, Germany's harbor entrance, and the Dutch coast. Through Its extension of the mine fields, Knglnnd tightens her blockade of Germany and forces shipping des tined for the Handinavlan countries to swing out In vast semi .circles from the heretofore straight line route. The new mine field will make It even more difficult than before for tier many to send out either naval or com mercial vessels for the new zone Is thickly strewn with highly destructive mines. burnedTiTeffigy (BY THE UNITED PRESS) Cleveland, Ohio. —Roaring Hill Gordon, Cleveland congressman, who opposed the administration conscription measure, was burned In effigy hire. Ktudenta of Wesl - ern Reserve nlverslty today discovered s life-sized dummy tied to n stake and burned. The figure was labeled “Roaring Bill Gordon/* U. S. FLAG AND TRI-COLOR. Paris.—For the present at least. Franc* ha* decided the American flag topplnr Klffel Tower, shall remain there dally with the French Tri- Color. COUNCIL OF WAR HELD IN SECRET Root’s Mission to Russia Means Much For America. German Success There Would Be Grave For U. S. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) Washington, D. C.—Ultra-secret con ferences between this government and the British and French commission heads and representatives of the other allies preceded and followed the*appointment of Elihu Root as head of America’s Russian aid commission. The Russian autocratic government Is hiding behind many suggestions. It will be for the Root committee to impress this on the Russian people. "Nobody knows what the nrovislonal committee will do,” said one foreign of ficial today, who iH in a position to know. "And,” he added, "heaven only knows when the war will end if they manipulate a sepurate peace.” Millions of U. 8. Troops. Germany’s success In Russia, it Is pointed out, would mean the * necessity for hurling of millions of American troops onto the western front. “It would mean that eleven army corps, about a million and a half fighting men, would he swung into the balance against the British and French fronts. “You can readily see how this would menace the remaining European ullies. Then there could be only one answer for the CTnited states, and that answer would be millions and millions and millions of men. “Upon America would depend the suc cess or failure of Prussian Ism.” “I)o not for a moment minimise,” said another European official today, “what k separate peace between Germany and Russia would jnean to the United States. “It would mean that Germany would he fed, supplied and equipped for end less war and that the allied blockade to starve Germany out would have gone for naught. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) To Beat Germany. Washington.—American officials today met members of the British and French commission in the second day's series of conferences devoted entirely to discuss ing and deciding definite problems «>f the war, without the preliminary groping af ter bases of mutual understanding. The day promised to develop ran Id progress In ftie solution of what the Tfnlted States is to do to aid most efficiently In beating Germany. The morning was devoted to business talks among Americans, British arid French behind closed doors at a number of government departments, with vari ous experts paired off to work over the particular phases assigned to each. Food and Money. Food and financial problems loomed large as the conferences progressed snd the former 1s dependent largely on Am erica’s ability to supply uhlps to keep a stream of supplies moving from this country to Europe. In this connection Germany's recent Increasing effectiveness with her submarine blockade was given serious consideration. Assistant. .Secretary ftf State Phillips arranged a luncheon today for principal members of the French commission and all bad engagements to take tea at the French embassy. Cabinet dinners were on the program for tonight by Attorney General Gregory for M. Vivian!, Secre tary Baker for Marshal Joffre, and Sec retary Daniels for Admiral Ohocheprat. The dinners were to be followed by a reception for the mission at the Army and Navy <’lub, by Secretaries Baker and Daniels. Tomorrow British and French visitors will sail down the Potomac on the Presi dent's yacht Mayflower to visit Mount Vernon, as guests of Secretary Daniels. GUATEMALA JOINS AGAINST GERMANY Diplomatic Relations Broken Off and German Minister Given His Passports. (BV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Washington. Gmjtemn la ha* broken off diplomatic relation* with Oirmuny, handed to the German mlnlater hln pfiKHportH and nano*)Jed th© ©xcquatora of (forman con*ul* therm fn announcing the break, the Guate malan grA'crnment offer* America ijh«» of her territorial water*, port* find railway* far u:«e In common d*f*n*o arid m!*o ail elenmnfx which nifty be ftVHllMhle for the name purpo*©.*’ The notice of the break wax conveyed In the following <ornmunica tlon from Joaquin Mend**, Guatemalan rfilnlater to the United Htate*. “In communicating the action of my government to Vour Kxcellency, I take pleasure in reiterating that Guatemala, from the flrnt. ha* adhered to arid *up ported th© attitude of the United Ktate* in the defi ne© of the right* of nation*, the liberty of the mcrm and of Interna* tlonal ju*tlce and that It ha* alway* con xldered lt*e|f in unity with your great nation in the lofty principle* which It ha* ho wide! y proclaimed for the good of hu manity.** DESTROYED BY QUAKE (BY THr UNITED PRESS I Rom*.—The entire village of Monter (hi was destroyed In th earthquake of yesterday, according to word received here today. Complete casualties are not yet available. TWO LEASED WIRES FOR TELEGRAPH NEWS. ASSOCIATED PRESS. $7.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY Majority Leader of the German Socialists I*"* 9 '* tBI - %£|gggsU|o; ssl? '' $ 1 | E PHILIP _ JCHEIDEMANN.'^ Leader of the majority of the German socialist party, Scheidemann headed the delegation that went to Copenhagen to confer with Russian and other socialists In the effort to gain a separate peace. POSSIBILITY OF GERMAN STRIKE OVERSHADOWS ALL News of Great Arras Battle Sidetracked. Frantic Appealß and Threats to Avert May Day Disturbances. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) Washington, D. C.—Flans were wet under way at the great confer**nee today to nave tho allies Join hand* under the leadernhlp of Bllhu Hoot and the American Russian mission, “In a democratic effort to keen the spark of freedom alight in Russia.” This plan, it i* known, meets the approval of all the allies. Root has conferred with the Amer ican administration, with Ax-Premler VIVIAnI, and with Secretary Balfour, as to the details of the mission. A high official of the French mis sion today said the plan is vital to the principle of world freedom. “A Russian separate peace with Germany would mean anarchy in Rus sia. It would dim the light of civili sation to a mere flicker throughout the world for years to come.” Appeal In Vain. (SY THE UNITED rItC«S.) Amsterdam.— Directly contrary to the government’s appeals, the Hoclallst minorities In the reich stug and the Prussian Landtag to day adopted resolutions favoring a general strike on May Day, ac cording to Berlin dispatches today. May Day Btrik*. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) Amsterdam.—“A twenty-four hour general strike on May Ist would prove we agree with the Russian proletar- Ists' own desire end that we war without demand for annexation of land nor Indemnities,” declared the Vienna Abeiter Zeitung today. Vienna dispatches received here In dicated other Austrian newspapers be sides the Arbeiter Zeitung were sup porting the May Ist general strike idea. Drastic Measures. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) London. -Germany blames her ene mies for much of the Industrial dis content now apparent, according to In formation from Berlin received here today. Because of this suspicion, It was hinted the government was taking drastic measured to prevent any stop page of work In munitions factories. Apparently May day Is nevertheless awaited with considerable apprehen sion. Those behind the general strike are planning It as a showing of strength find bending every energy to carry plans through for utter purulysls of all Industries. Unrest due to curtail rqent of food, to war weariness and to desire for franchise reform Is aiding In the plan. Discontent Seething. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Copenhagen, (via London). —A pros pect of grave la’bor troubles through out Germany on May day overshadows everything else In the German preas. General Groener’s address to the relch- Htng committee, the manifesto of the Federation of Labor against strikes, and editorial appeals to the same pur port predominates In the newspapers, the news of the great battle of Arras and the general military situation be ing very much subordinated. Where there Is so much smoke there evidently must be some fire. The manifesto of the metal workers’ union, the organi zation which took the leading part In the previous strike. I* worded In a curiously dubious manner. While os tensibly directed against strike agita tors It gives the Impression of being a very half-hearted document. Manifesto. The manifesto argues that the gen eral strike la unnecessary because the stoppage of work In the Iron works, munition plants anil transportation systems would be sufficient to Im measurably Increase difficulties of the sltuutlon. It adds that the decision of Continued on page five. 4 O’CLOCK EDITION BIG DRIVE BVHIIG ON RIVER SCARPE Another Tremendous Blow Struck By British in France Along Arras-Dowai Road. New York—Combined aasault of the biggest force of men that prob ably aver charged forward, with the greatest blast of artillery that the world over knew, was in prog ret* today on the western front. London, Paris and Berlin of ficial statements all indicatad re sumption of a joint, concarted of fensive movement by the French and British armies. They told of violently bitter fighting along al moat all that great front desper ate. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Pari*. —Heavy artillery fighting took place lust night, between St. Quentin and the Oise and in the Ohampage, the war office reports. On the Verdun front the French raised German trenches west of the Meuse and brought back prisoners from the sec tion of hill 304. Since April 16th the French have captured 175 cannon of all calibres, 412 machine guns and 119 trench mor tars. The number of prisoners has reached 20,780. Haig Btrikea. (BY THE UNITED PBESt.) London. —Field Marshal Haig struck another tremendous blow at the Ger mHn linos today In a powerful revived offensive over a front of several miles north of the River Scarpe. "Early this morning we attacked on a front of several miles north of the Hrarpo,” he reported, “meeting con siderable opposition, but making good progress." Hattie front dispatches Indicated vio lent fighting still In progress during the day along the whole line of this great drive. Germany Is draining her empire of men to throw against the onrushlng waves of the Franco-Britlsh offen sive. Necessity of Interposing some check to the steady advance of the al lied forces on the west front Is being desperately felt by the military chiefs. Dispatches now Indicate that Ger many Is opposing the Fra rfco-British advance with forces far superior to the attacking armies. And still these di visions no more than slow up the ad vance. Today It appeared that, the whole strength of the French and the British attacking nrmles was being made ready for another holt to he hurled at. the German line next week in a resumption of the concerted offen sive. Nivelle Preparing. After a lull on the French' front early In the week, made necessary hy the bringing up to newly won positions of the French artillery and the concen tration of gains won In the first week of General Nlvelle’s general attack plan, the army under the Tri-Color was apparently In motion again. To the north, Haig’s guns roared all along the line while his Tommies push ed ahead yard after yard. The great est pressure was apparently exerted along the Arras-Douai roadway. German Official. Berlin, (via London), —Tremendous fighting along both the British and French fronts, hut with the enemy’s most vigorous efforts repulsed, was reported In today’s offlelul statement. "Yesterday afternoon at Monehy sev eral British nttarks broke down with heavy losses," the statement said. “Today at dawn, the artillery fire In creased to extreme violenee around Loon and also at Bt. Quentin and an In fantry battle recommenced over the whole front.” Wotan Line” Turned. (BY THE UNITED PRESS.) With the British Armies Afield.— British troops have turned the German "Wotan line.” Half of the village of Oppy—believ ed to he the northerfllost town of this German defense front, wao captured V»day In hot fighting. Arleux. a trifle further to the north, also fell to the tremendous British as sault. Information from other sections of the British front reaching the spot from which this dispatch Is written de tailed fighting on a tremendous scale of Intensity. Around Oppy and Arleux, It was still progressing after a night of never reaslng clash. The nrmles on both sides swayed hark snd forfh In the struggle. Bnt the latest report today showed the British still In possession of half of Oppy nnd all of Arleux—and heating hack desperate German coun ter attacks. Bloody Angle. Around Gavrelle, Haig’S attack wag still gaining ground. A steady stream of prisoners from this bloody angle were being shifted hack of the lines. To the south, ns part of his gigantic push, Haig’s troops were thrown to ward Greenland Hill. They struck hard nnd fast at massed German forces —and awiirmed over Into a German trench running south of the Scarpe. There they stuck fast despite tre mendous Mows launched hy the Ger mans. Not even literal melting away Continued on page five.

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The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current, April 28, 1917, 4 O'Clock Edition, Image 1