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Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

Former President Taft says a man cannot
play good" golf and curse at the same time.
Those chaps who do the cursing. then. are the
poor players.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

Really now, no one would miss the coroner 3
office except the coroner and those who have the
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

When Rudyard Kiping refers to London as
some city" he pays an unconscious but none
theiess obvious. tribute TO the delicate refine
ment OF the American language.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

Regardless whether neutral nations recog-
nize Belgium as German or not eye witnesses
report difficulty in recognizing II as Belgium.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

Perhaps il that Tennessee centurIan had not
eaten hot biscuits twice day and smoked his
pipe almost constantly he might have lived to
a ripe old age.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

Yet as badly wounded as civilization has
been, it can and will survive the war and in
time be stronger than ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

Hi. there. boys, are you still sticking to the
old wagon?
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

1t seems q man cannot get arrested in
Mexico for calling another bandit although
he might get shot for II II caught off his guard
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-04

Economy" may be the watchword OF this
democratic congress-. but remember that words
are good and only so when backed by deeds"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-30
GAS BOMBS DESCRIBED.
Four ways of Generating Asphyx-
liant, Say Be1gians.

PARIS, April 2a.A report on tho use by
Germans of asphySiating gases has been
made by the official Belgian committee.
appointed to investigate violations OF the
laws of nations. and addressed to the Min
lister of Justice. VI Wharf. II finds that
gaseous clouds 400 feet high were carried
from the German trenches by the wind.
The clouds were green at the base and
gradually turned to yellow AZ the top.
Various kinds Of gases were used. includ-
ing chlorine. the nitrous vapors OF sui
phurous anhydride and others.
The gas was generated by four methods.
One was to light fire in the first line
trenches and permit the wind to carry the
gas formed forward toward the enemy 3
trenches. The three other methods In
volved enclosing the gas in some sort OF
missile. Cans we're used az missiles.
cylinders filed with compressed gas. and
shells containing compounds which were
transformed into Ras when they exploded.
These missiles we're hurled forward by
hand or by mine towitzers.
The fumes made themselves felt for half
a mile. The stupor they produced lasted
for about three hours. The Germans who
threw the missiles were provided with
smoke helmets. while all the soldiers in tho
first line trenches used respirators.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-30
WOMEN DENOUNCE
SECRET TREATIES
Peace Congress Adopts ResOlu-
ton Calling for Universal
Democracy.

Tur HAGUE. April 2e.--American
women are proving their right 10 COM
handing positions in the deliberations
Of the Women's Peace Congress. Their
knowledge of parliamentary procedure
their ability to think quickly and speak
incisively are giving them great inf'u-
cncr, incidentally II may be said that
All the delegates court the American
women, who are absolutely neutral in
their attitude.
Three resolutions We're discussed to-
day and two of them were adopted. The
first provides for the notification Of all
sccre: treaties between nations and the
participation of the legislative branch
OF all Governments In all treaties here
after to be made
Miss Emily Balch Of Wellesley College
introduced Il resolution which declared
that no territory shall he coded without
the consent OF the inhabitants thereof,
II was much amended and az adopted
reads that all nations shall recognize
the right to self-government and
democracy for every nation,
The third resolution. which provides
for pressure upon any nation refusing
to arbitrate, caused "A debate over its
phrasing 1t will he passed In an
amended form tomorrow.
A larger delegation of German women
arrived to-day and five Belgian women
were allowed 10 come through the Ger
man lines
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-30
FRENCH MAKE NEW
GAINS NEAR YPRES
Germans on Defensive in En-
tire Region, Official Paris
Reports Show.
AERIAL RAID ON EPERNAY
Specinl Cnhle Desnntch 10 TUE SrN.

Special cable Despatch TO TIE srN.
PARIS. April 29.--Turther progress In
the Allies advance into the territory re-
Gently gained by the Germans north OF
Ypres Is reported in the official French
statements issued to-day. The Germans
are apparently on the defensive in al
most the entire district. only one attack
against the Belgian lines being reported.
This attack was repulsed.
The night communicate was as fol-
lows:
The day has been calm at the front.
During the night of April 2s-29. two
German attacks. one directed against
the Belgian troops north Of Ipres and
the other at Les Eparges. were easily
repulsed.
The communicate issued in the after
noon told OF an aerial raid by the Ger
mans on the town Of Epernay, which
was occupied exclusively at the time by
hospital detachments. The statement
also reported that the German airship
which made an attack on Dunkirk sew
eral days ago was so badly damaged by
the French artillery fire that 1t WIS
wrecked in the trees inside the German
lines. The communicate was as follows
In Belgium We have continued to
progress, in conjunction with Belgian
troops. IN a northerly direction on
the right bank of the User Canal we
took $50 prisoners as well as two ma
chine guns.
There is nothing new on the heights
of the Mouse or the Noeges.
The enemy has bombarded by means
of flying machines and the use OF in
cendiary shells the open town of Eper-
nay, occupied exclusively at the time
by hospital attachments.
Definite information which has ome
to hand sets forth that the Zeppelin
airship which eight days ago threw
bombs on Dunkrk was seriously dam
aged by our artillery. Finding 1t i'm
possible TO navigate further the ma
chine was wrecked in the trees be-
tween Bruges and Client.
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DENY GERMAN REPORTS.
French Say Foe IL Attempting to
Conceal Rcverscs.
SPECIAL cable Bespatch 10 The Sc

PARIS, april 29.-The war Office is
sued tonight the following official re-
view of the operations in Lorraine,
which is intended az reply 10 the
reports issued at Berlin.
The operations which have been car
ried out in Lorraine since March 10
have often been reported by our enemy
as having resulted in his favor. II it
Is true, however. that the battle line
in Lorraine has been changed since
March 10 this change was entirely in
our favor. We have never ceased to
advance and the actions which have
been reported by our adversaries az sue
cessful to them were merely their vain
efforts to check our advance. This ad-
vance represents distance Of from
three to four kilometers on a front Of
twenty-five kilon-tcrs.
when the official German reports
mentioned an action OF Embermeuil on
April 20 and %. the truth was that
having realized our gains at LA Neuve-
vile. south of Emherm"nil. the enemy
attempted TO check our advance by two
attacks. which were repulsed. and in his
report of April "a he admits that his
outposts we're compelled to evacuate
Embermenil.
The same holds true for the actions
reported to the northeast and east of
Lunev!lie. in the report OF April /.
These actions were merely vain attempts
on the part Of the enemy TO maintain
his positions in the Parroy Forest. which
was then almost completely occupied
by him, but is to-day almost entirely
In our hands and well organized by us
"Our enemy, on the other hand
makes no mention of the actions OF
April is, 81 and %. through which he
attempted without success to check the
operation which permitted us to ad-
vance as far as nil No. 297. thus occu-
plying a line which on March II was
still at Fremenil In other words, we
achieved gain of four kilometers and
now occupy position Of great danger
10 the enemy.
This tendency displayed during the
last month in the German reports proves
sufficiently just what our enemy is at
tempting 20 conceal. The definite result
OF this series of operations Is a note
worthy gain on our part and an adj
vance to better positions. representing
gains leading us nearer and nearer to
the frontier Of Lorraine. These facts
will furnish to the French public new
opportunity to appreciate the manner in
which the Germans alter the truth In
their official reports"
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MODIFIES BRITISH
PROHIBITION PLAN
Chancellor Says Government
Will Control Only in War
Material Areas.
PUTS SURTAX on SPIRITS

NDecidf cane EesDdfrh 10 THE StN.
LONDON. April 29--The Government,
plan for regulating the consumption OF
liquor was made known to-day by David
Lloyd George. Chancellor 81 the Ex-
chequer, in the House OF Commons In
word II is proposed to place a very
heavy surtax on both spirits and on
beers containing more than per cent
of proof spirit and the duty on spirits
is to be doubled.
The Government is to take over COM
pletc control of the sale of drink in
areas producing materials of war or in
which transport work is performed and
IN some camp areas. SO. as It appears
now. the somewhat strenuous root and
nrahth method of dealing with the
liquor question is to dwindle to some-
thihg no more comprehensive than a
pruning.
AFTER weeks OF trying TO find solu-
tioh OF Inc question" said Mr. LLOYD
george i am prepared to take a pledge
never POLITICALLY, TO touch drink again ="
u was. however, he continued in
NOR" serious vein, nothing short of a
pressing necessity and the lmport,nce
OF bringing the countrys output of war
munitions UP to the maximum that has
caused the Government TO submit pro-
pusaIs tor me regulation OF liquor con-
ne male II clear that when
va t,'"v comes 10 drive the Germans
~, ahoe ana Belgium the use Of
,rmront WIN De on scale not even
~ 10 t"e present time In the
e., '"rleloT" mas become neces-
,bin, wy ""t'o'' |" subordinate every
uhin, ~, pr"uuc'loh or means by
con, -, onn may pe accomplished.
alone E, WTthers IN one plant
faiIed IN r,s,,,,'a ' s'iu' 500 men
hoI,d,ys TIL AFTER the Easter
mead ~ ,bi. "'oHe proves the
The Cbanc,ira,,, I'm
pleta s,,rnr,sa -, 'IN'4 was a COM
hers IN wbn,,, W. .u NPposI'lon MEN,
ernmep,,s MAJ, -, t,'''a'loi' oi the Gov
,b,y w.r., ''u o,e" given, although
eariier scb.,,a regarding the
si,,or ,oadar "'''' Law the oppo-
olar,d ~. t", speech de-
and u.o,,r, voc u't"ilN hewlldered
Thar w. ',a eminent uh'll later.
NJ III. ,,,,,,,,,, '"'Hhoheil CRITICISMS
Iobr pI,., f',''' 'nc'udlhs one by
pronos,Is n,,,I Hno"eu that the
~. ch',,, e''oHhF opposed,
cb,r,.s -, ,,, I''''r"'loh OF the
| ,.,,l,,,,, vs. n''nel''cSS among the
Iahnr a,,o many outside OF the
asrao,or'. """S' members were
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-30
PRAISES TERRITORIALS.
Pays Tribute 10
Their Work Near Ypres.


LONDON. April 3o,-The correspondent
OF the Daily MuH in northern France
sends the following despatch:
The wounded from the field now are
numbered in hundreds rather than thou
sands. Platoons rather than battalions
advance and retire. BY night, under a
terribly brilliant moon. the battle is
buster. II possible, than it was. The or
ganization of the defence, especially the
laying Of barbed wire. is essentially
night work undertaken after the advance
OF the retirement
The correspondent pays a high tribute
to the behavior of the British territorial
troops. He says:
They were lighting an enemy who
never showed in a more striking degree
the essentially German faculty q rapid
organization. The speed with which
great numbers of machine guns were
run up TO the front, concealed and pro-
t, cted by the Germans in suitable spots
In the advance was really a marvellous
lesson in tactics.
I'm the midst of this comparative
calm We have pushed forward slowly
hut steadily We have regained approx
imately two-thirds OF the lost ground
and succeeded in cutting on some
parties OF too progressive Germans our
line Is now well in front Of St Julien"
Daily Mad telegraphs that the German
right in Belgium has been reinforced
In the last two days and II is still -
tempting to hold the bridge head on tho
west bank OF the User canal In the
neigh borhood of Steenstraetc and Het
Sas.
THE terrific strain is selling on the
German troops" he continues. Many
are arriving AT Roulers. scarcely a BILE TO
IN the German wounded. Heaps OF dead
have been buried at Wylendrft and
wounded German officers have been
taken 10 Client and Bruges
III IS learned from Maastricht that
the public rejoicing At AiX-laChapelle,
begun IN the initial stages OF the battle.
has ended. as enormous drafts IT
wounded arrived there and showed the
terrible price the Germans had paid 20:
assuming the offensive. The wounded
are crowded 'u station waiting rooms. AS
all the hospitals are full. Some OF tho
soldiers stated that they had been fight
ing without rest for a week, the men
dropping from sheer exhaustion and SUI
tering acutely from thirst.
The enemy continues TO bring re-
endorsements from Germany. Trains
filed with troops leave Aix-la- Chapelle
NJ the same time that trains arrive with
the wounded. The train service. how
ever. is dislocated for the first time
Some Of the important junction points
have been attacked by the airmsn -
the Allies. which continued yesterday.
An important movement of the Gc--
man troops is In progress At Roulers.
whore the headquarters stan seems sit
uatcd The enemys precautions 10 main
tain secrecy have been redoubled in the
neighborhood Of that place"
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AT about II \ NJ our men, unable
&c progress further, dug themselves in
on the section of the front winch was
then occupied by us and which as re-
suit of the operation just described had
been removed to some extent from the
wedge which the Germans mad driven
into the allied line.
"All immediate danger being over.
during the afternoon our counter attack
progressed further south of Pilkelm
thus Strengthening our line,
During the night the Germans cap
tured Lizerne. "A village on the main
road from Ypves to Steenstraete.
"On the morning of the cath the
enemy continued to gain ground on the
west OF our front and under cover Of
their gas bombs delivered a further At
tack east of 81. Julien, as "A result of
which they forced back IL portion of our
line, At about midday large bodies OF
the enemy were seen advancing down
the lpres- Poelscapelie road toward st.
Julien. soon after a very strong attack
developed against the village and the
section OF our line to the east
Under the pressure of these fresh
masses our troops were compelled to fall
back, but not without contesting every
inch of ground and making repeated
counter attacks. Late in the night "A
X,
held out at st, Julien
Meanwhile the lighting along the
canal continued, the enemy forcing his
way across near BoesinGhe and still hold
ing iet Sas, Stecnstraete and Ilzerne
strongly. The French counter attack ed
during the afternoon and captured fifty
prisoners. making further progress to.
ward Iflkelm, The Germans were still
holding the west bank firmly although
the Belgian artillery had wrecked the
bridge behind them at Steenstraete
'on sunday morning, which was tho
fourth day Of the hattie. we delivered a
strong counter attack at St Julien and
gained some ground. but were checked
in front OF tn" village. During the
afternoon the Germans made repeat cd
assaults with great strength on our line
near Broodseinde, these attacks being
backed UP by "A tremendous artiller,
boInbardment and "A rain of asphyxiatins
bombs Nevertheless all these assaults
were beaten on with great slaughter
and forty-hve prisoners were taken. Al
night time the situation was unchanged
This determined offensive on the par,
OF the enemy, although it menace,
fpr'S had not so far borne the an
pearancc of a great effort tn brcal
through the line and capture the Chan
mel ports, such as that made in October
The initial success which the snem,
gained by surprise was rendered DOS
sible through the use Of a deiice which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-30
SAYS BRITISH FALSIFY.
German Accuses London Of M.L,..
Untrue CIaims,

BERLIN. via wireless to S,vville. !. I
April 2o.-1he frequent discrepancy n.
tween the German and the British m
cial statements Is thus referred IN h.
Wilhelm Schefmann. German corr.
spondent writing for \ Berlin pappr
When one compares the German Ca
cral stan report with that of the Bri,.
there is an irrcconcilable difference II
my trips along the front by Ncuve Chsnsl.
and Givenchy | have travelled much NJ
tho time in the territory which ncrordir,
TO reports and maps published IN m.
English newspapers is in possession ,,
the British troops. but in reality did mn,
see a single Englishman on the road. not
even prisoner.
Since the preceding day had been vav
quiet. | entered upon the field or harl.
at spot which. according 30 British
representations. WAS a part nj tho "a,
in the battle of Ncuve Chapclla g.
cordnR to British REPORTS and mans In.
next village must he In British bands
but ii did not look 80. Every house va,
flying the Bavarian flag. made by tearing
the superfluous red stripes from IN.
French tricolor
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ATTACK RUSSIANS
ALONG ENTIRE FRONT
Germans Begin offensive
Movement From Northern
Poland to BukOwina.
CHECKED AT ALL POINTS
special cable Despatch to THr srs,

NDtFfnf 1Ots bfSDNVH 10 INV Sun
PErRooRAD, April 2e.-There is acton
along nearly the entire Eastern battlc
front. according to the latest officia
statement made public by the General
STAFF. Either with the object of launca.
ing a new drive or simply to relieve the
pressure in the Carpathians. the Ger
man forces have begun attacks at al.
most every point from north of IN"
Niemen. in northern Poland, nearly to
the Bukowina line.
Not one attack has been successful
The enormous forces of Russians in tno
field to-day are able to meet the eneiry
AT every point and still leave reserv, 4
for emergencies. The statement follows
North OF the Niemen the encmys
advanced guard. having passed
Rossiany. approached the line OF the
River Duhissa YESTERDAY
ON the whole froUt of our contact
the artillery fire during the last few
days has become more Intense and
collisions between recommending de-
tachments more frequent.
West of the Nienlen and north of
the Nsrew the Germans on the :1th
and 18th delivered Isolated ATTACKS
at many places. but none of very
decisive character.
In the regions of kalwarya and
north II Suwalk We checked an Of
fensive.
between the PISA and Skwa
rivers during an attack in the sector
OF Kruch-serefnc hostile forces ad-
vancing in the marshy land camr uu-
der the cross lire of our machine
guns and were driven back in disor-
der with heavy losses.
In the region of the village OF Tar
tax the Austrians unsuccessfully at
tempted to carry our trenches by
sudden attack. Their attempts to
make progress north OF Przasnysz
and east OF Racionz and Drobine
were equally futile.
Near Starouvzeba the Germans,
who opened an offensive. were I'M
madiately engaged in desperate bat
tie
In the Carpathians, near the tzok
Pass, the Austrians during the night
of April 21-2S unsucccsSiully at
tackled a hll northeas, of l-ubnta
In the direction of Stryj they deliv-
er,d repeated desperate attacks in
the region of Golouetzko, but all
were successfully rcpulsed with the
bayonet
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GERMANS ADVANCE ,
YERDUN POSITIONS
All Attacks of Allies yoo,
Yprcs Have Failed. Saws
Berlin.
MAKE GAINS IN POl\yh

BERLIN. oy wireless to Savvlrc I
April 29.--The advance Of Geru,,, ,,'I
tons southeast of Ncrdun more Than IA,
yards liz announced in the statcmen, ..
sued Mt army headquarters to-day tn,
announcement is as follows
All attacks against the German no
sitions on the west bank Of tho r,nsi
north of Ypres failed The nunber ~,
cannon of the enemy captured hy IN.
Germans was increased to siyiv- it-o,
Southeas; of Nerdun the German No.
sltions were advanced by more tho,
100 yards.
Captured French soldiers confo..
that they we're in great fear. hsy.rs
been told by their officers tina, IN.
Germans ''ot ~ prisoners.
South of kalwarya. Russian IA.
land, the Germans occupied fr. vi.
lage OF kovale and tn" height a .ho.,
distance south of Dachovo south A,
SochaCzew the Germans conuu,rea I,
Russian point of support
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Allies seem to have made good
their foothold on the Gallipoli PENN
sula and at Kun kaleh, on the
Asiatic side OF the Dardanelles, al
though Constdntinople reports OFF,
cially that all landing attempts have
been completely crushed. Russia Is
reported to be hurrying an eypedi-
tionary force across the Black Sea TO
attack Constantinople from the east.
An aircraft OF unknown type raided
the east coast of England. dropping
bombs on Ipswich, siXty-siX miles
northeast Of London. Three houses
were set on fire.
1t is confirmed that Italy has m
formed the Allies of the terms IN
which she will enter the war on their
side, The proposed agreement is to
the effect that Italy's interests shall
he protected by the Allies after the
war.
Paris reports slight gains north of
Ypres, where the German are said 10
have been forced to give up their Of
'''''' "''' "''e'' az VI '"rii eHoEls
to defending their positions. Gem
eral quiet is reported at other parts
Of the western front.
The German War Office SAYS that
attacks on the German positions on
the west bank of the Ypres canal
have failed, and that southeast of
Ncrdun an advance OF more than 100
Yards has been mace Slight gains
are reported in Russian Poland.
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SHELL BELGIAN FRONT.

LONDON, April -. The following official
statement was given out at Belgian mill
tary Headquarters to-day
Several points on our front. such a.
Ramsc apelle. Pervyse Lampernisse
and Osvieperen, have been repeatedly
bombarded. The Belgian artillery has
vigorously cooperated with the French
IN their attack against Steenstraate.
Our aviators have shown great activity
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ALLIES REFUSE GREEK AID?
They Consider Athens's Demands
Too Great. Is Report.

ioNpoN. April 2s.--The Greek Govern
ment has proposed to the entente Powers
that sh" take mp arms in their favor, says
the DAILY Nnirs correspondent at Sofia
The allied Powers, however. he tele-
graphs, are not 50 eager. especially as
Greece demands much and offers little
The entente Powers reply was that unlcs,
Greece made more definite and salts
tac'2ry proposals negotiations with her
would be impossible
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-30
GAMBETTA'S VICTIMS BURIED
French Admit rnI Among Loot
Survivors Found un RAFT.

PARIS. April 29.-The following 80
statement was issued by the VI SIC. :
Marine tonight:
"One hundred and ten survive g of 90.
French armored cruiser Leon Gi-.-.r.
(which was sunk by the Austri.' ...,
marine t-5) have been taken %, 81.
cuse and twenty-five others are .. B..
dist The bodies OF Admiral Ss-c' nd
OF fifty-two sailors have been b4rcI Al
Santa Maria Ill Lcuca"
ROME. April 2g.--Tweuty-s s...
tonal survivors Of the G,mh,', p,-s
brought to Brindisi today MS 'rN
Italian torpedo boat dc-trpt,r~ v'..
went To the rescue. The men ..f rsf-
found dashed to a raft nrI" FROM Not-i,
from the wTeckage. Some OF 'H.e. oe-.
unconscious. They had been .u g.. o.,s'
for twenty hours
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RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK
Attack In the Carpathians Failed,
Says Vienna.

VIENNA. April 29.-Tho follow q
official report was issued here tonight
In the several sectors of RussA-
Poland and the carpdthiaus ta,-,
have been vigorous artillery engage.
ments.
An attempt OF tho Ru>>iau.. ,f'c.
long and fruitlcss bonhardueut. is
attack our infantry IN position. o-
tho heights of opir Valley WIS %
pulsed after a brief battle.