Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-24
German Forces Are Again Bombard-
ing the City of Ypres with
Missiles from Seventeen
Inch Guns.
LOSSES OF LIFE ARE HEAVY
Struggle Rivals Attempt of Teutons
to Break Through British Lines
Last Fall.
BOTH SIDES ARE REINFORCED
The Days War NerOs

ASSAULT OF DARDANELLEs has
been renewed, although it is not
apparent whether the allied forces
are ready 20 begin the expected
general attack.
COMMANDMENT OF TURKISH forts
at smyrna, Asia Minor, also is be-
Iievcd 60 have been resumed.
A LONG CONFERENCE between the
italian foreign minister and the
Austrian ambassador at Rome IL
accepted ne a siEn that neEotia-
tions are stiIl under way between
Austria and italy.
OFFICIAL REPORT from British
headquarters on the sea says the
Germans were persistent I'm their
efforts 90 win hack Hill No. 90,
the position near Ypres which the
British captured recently.
PETRoGRAD DISPATCH sRys that
Russian aviators dropped bombs
ON Plock and Arlawa, Russian Po-
land. Several German boats on
the Vfstula river were struck and
German trenches were damaged.
CAPTURE OF NEARLY half n mile
of German trenches near 50. MihieI,
the southern extremity of the Ger
man wedge, which the French
have been attempting for several
weeks to fOFCe hack, n RnnOanoed
today in the official communion
tiOn from Paris.
TWO MEN WERE KILLED by the
blowing mp OF n British travvIer in
the North Sea By a German subma-
rine.
ATTACK By RUSSIAN black seH
fleet ON the Turkish coast near
the Russian border is uaid in
PetroErad to have resulted In the
Generalization of Turkish forces.
OPINION WAS EXPRESSED by N
prominent Italian statesman that
Italy's participation I'm the war at
present saa unliIxely.
LONDON. April 23.--Tbe British
forces have shown no disRosition un-
der the repeated rushes Of the Ger
mans to relax their grip on Hill No.
so, near Ypres. and the fighting In
this locality today shows signs of de-
veloping along the wide frdnt with
increasing intensity, even rivaling
the attempts Of the Germans to break
through the British lines last fall.
BOmbarding Ypres ARniy.
The city OF Ypres. whose historic struc-
lures were shattered by German proiec-
tilss last October. again Is the target of
heavy shells. Huge seventsen-lnch mis-
siles are now being used. and unless the
civilian population has fled or is taking
TO it's cellars, the losses among the peo-
pie must be heavy.
There has been a lull in the German
counter attacks. according TO the British
official report. given out this morning.
but II is assumed that both sides are
being strongly reinforced, and the tone
OF the British communication indicates
that the Issue has not yet been finally
decided.
Sea Moves Mysterious.
No official explanation Is forthcoming
OF the stoppage of traffic between Eng
land and Holland. One theory lis that
this 10 a stroke aimed at spies, and an
other that the area ls being cleared for
a naval action. The latter explanation
seems incomplete. however, IN tina. II
steps we're being taken to clear ships
from a marine shell zone, vessels run
ming to Scandinavian ports also would be
held up.
Although Great Britain is silent. Ger
many apparently Is expecting extensive
land operations near the Dardanelles,
and II is common knowledge that troops
of the allies are being landed in Euro
pean Turkey.