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sci, but perhaps not conclusive enough
as it stands, to warrant the breaking
of diplomatic relations. In the cases
Of four other vessels, torpedoed with
in the last two weeks, about which
this government inquired of Germany,
Berlin declared there was no VIOLA
ton of its assurances to the United
States, according to press reports
from Berlin.
The president and members of his
cabinet, however, are said to see in
the recent sinking of ships in the
English channel and endangering of
American lives, an attitude on the
part of Germany, deserving of a sharp
check. Faced by some difficulty Of
proving individual cases, there is a
strong belief in official circles that
the president may base his action now
upon his own evidence, regardless Of
the German findings, if that evidence
proves sufficiently strong.
Two Important Developments.
[By Robert ]. Bender, United Press
STAFF Correspondent
WASHINGTON. April .1-While
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Soap Box for Altar and Con
gregation Was Permitted
to Smoke Pipes.

tBy H. D. Jacobs. United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
MEXICO, Sunday, April 9.-By wire
less to Columbus. N. NJ, April l0.)
With shallow arroyo as taber-
nacie, the star sprinkled sky for
canopy and a battered soap box for
an altar, several hundred khaki-clad
soldiers barred their heads here to-
night in the presence of their God.
"Barbarous Mexico for miles
around echoed to the resounding
Anglo-Saxon hymn of Onward Chris
tlan Soldiers" and "The Battle Hymn
OF the Republic. "A touch of mod
erhlsm was added in Billy Sundays
Are"
:, The snug church goers In the
:, states" might have stood aghast at
ule absence of sectarian niceties IN
me conduct of the service. The four
cnaplains were cheered and applaud
ed as each in turn clambored onto
,ne soap box rostrum to preach or
.eao the singing. Cigarettes and
pipes glowed in the darkness. The
cnaplains met the men in the same
splrdt They preceded their sermons
uata amusing aAeodoteS and personai
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Struggle is Now More Furious
Than at Any Time Dur
ing the War.

LONDON. April 1O.-Without a
moments lulI in the fierce fighting
northwest of Verdun, the crown prince
has followed up his advance at Beth
incourt with heavy drives against the
French wings, five miles apart
The struggle is now becoming more
furious than any waged on the "es'
bank of the Meuse since the German
offensive against Verdun began. Inc
losses on both sides in the past thlr-
ty-six hours have been appalling.
The Germans are attempting to
duplicate their victory at Bethincourt
on a larger scale Using the famous
nut cracker tactics that squeezed
the French out of Bethincourt, the
crown prince has planned to crush
the five mile French front and force
the evacuation Of all the strong outer
Notifications of Verdun on the north
west.
The right jaw of the German nut
cracker" burst in upon the French
line northeast of Avocourt wood with
a powerful assault that carried the
Germans into advanced French posi-
tions. The French rallied and drove
the enemy out in dashing counter
charge.
The left jaw thrust against the
French line between Dead Mans Hill
and Cumieres village with the great
est violence. but was driven back
with heavy losses. Emerging from
the protection of Cumieres wood. the
Germans were caught under a wither-
ing fire and halted before they
reached the French trenches.
The battle spread 20 the whole five
mile line Sunday afternoon, but 1ull
is believed to be impending The Ger
mans must pause, it is believed here.
while they redistribute their infantry
and artillery for a violent campaign
to squeeze the French out of Dead
Mans Hill, Hill 304, and adjoining
ridges.
Greatest Battle In World.
TBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent
LONDON, April 1o.!The greatest
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NUT CRACKER IS SQUEEZED
TO FI,ATTEN OUT THE FRENCH

battle in the history OF the world en-
tered its fiftieth day today with the
crown prince driving home mighty
blows and the fighting becoming more
furious than since the early days OF
the campaign against Verdun.
On an arc-like front, the Germans
are throwing more than 10000 men
into action, pounding simultaneously
against the northwestern and north
eastern gates to the French fortress
The French war office this after
noon, in admitting the loss of five
hundred yards of trenches on Dead
Mans hill, emphasized that the strug
gle has entered a new phase.
After squeezing the French out OF
the Bethincourt salient. the crown
prince rushed up fresh troops without
a moments delay and ordered a gen
eral assault on both banks of the
Meuse.
Since the Germans launched the
campaign against Verdun with an
artillery attack on the night of Feb
ruary 21, they have rolled up the
French lines on both banks of the
Meuse. capturing $50 square miles OF
territory and nearly thirty French
villages.
DeSplJe IneSe SuSCeSSeS Luc Lloo'
terrific artillery battering the world
has ever known has won for the
crown prince but one of the forts
surrounding the city of Verdun. Since
Fort Douaumont fell before the
Brandenburgers' attack in the early
days of the fighting. the Germans
have been unable to make another
breach in the French fortress line.
It is estimated that the losses Oh
both sides have totaled well above
200, 600, far more than were engaged
on both sides in the battle of Water
loo.
The Berlin official statement this
afternoon, recounting German sue.
cess on both banks of the Meuse de
cIared that about 1900 French pris.
oners have been taken in the past
twenty-four hours Silesian troops
cut off and captured ia French
troops as the French retreated from
Bethincourt In clearing the French
out of positions north of Avocourt
wood and south of Crows wood, west
of the Meuse, 276 more prisoners
were taken. East of the Meuse q
ravine south of Pepper Heights was
cleared Of the French and 1SS pris
oners taken
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Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.

Special to The Gate Cityl
DBS MONIES, April 1O.--Law VS..
bryant Asphalt Co., appellent, Web
ster county, affirmed Opinion by
Weaver, judge.
Kile ct al VS.. Kile, Sac county, at
firmed, Weaver, judge.
Hill vs.. Dannen, appellant, MaFshall
county affirmed Weaver, Judge.
Park VS.. Best, opponent Carroll coun-
ty, affirmed and remanded for amend
ment of record. Weaver, judge.
Pooley VS.. Pooley. appellant, Green
county, affirmed. Weaver, judge.
Polk county VS.. Cope ct al, appel
lants, Polk county, affirmed. Weaver,
judge.
Sleeper VS.. KILN, ct al, appellants,
Crawford district, modified and affirm
ed. Weaver, judge.
Mcdowell VS.. Hirott, appellant, Mar
shall county, reversed Weaver judge.
Cohen ct al vs.. Hayden, Des Moines
county, affirmed. Gaynor, judge.
johnson VS.. Tyler. Harrison county.
reversed. Gaynor, judge.
TidgweIl vs.. Bouma, Howard county,
affirmed. Gaynor, judge.
Rasmussen VS.. Hansen, AuduDon
county, reversed. Gaynor. judge.
Rochester VS.. Starland CO.. Johnson
county reversed. Gaynor, judge.
In the matter of the estate of Ann E.
Whitaker vs.. Cotter. Administrative,
Pottawattamie county, affirmed Gay
nor. judge.
Farmers Savings bank Of Morrison
VS.. Jameson, Blackhawk county, re-
versed. Salinger, Judge.
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ENGLAND

LONDON, April 1o-Three more
British steamers have been sunk
within the last twenty four hours, the
silksworth Hall, Glen Almond and
Zafra.
The British steamer Yonne was an
other victim. 1t was stated that the
Yonne was unarsned and that she was
torpedoed without warning. The crews
Of all four vessels reported sunk have
been saved.
The SIIksworth Hall was 4,777 ton
steamer, 800 feet long, built In 1907
and owned by the Siiksworth HAIL
Steamship company OF London. The
Lloyd registry does not list the Yonne
and Glen Almond.
The Zafra displaced 1878 tons and
was 346 feet long. She was built In
1905 and was owned by the English
American Shipping company OF Lon
don.
The steamer Eastern City has also
been sunk. Lloyd's reported she was
unarmed.
The Eastern City displaced 4,341
tons and was 800 feet long. She was
built In 1918 and registered at Bde-
ford.
The Norwegian steamer sJoiyst was
torpedoed and sunk without warning
by German submarine off the French
island Ushant. Her crew was landed
at Cardiff today by the Norwegian
steamer Linda.
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Critics of Secretary of the Navy Daniels Advo-
cate Curtailment in a Degree of His
Supervision of Affairs.
WANT A REAL NAVY MAN IN CHARGE
Secretary to Have the Final Say Only in Impor-
tant Situations and Not Every Day
of the Week.

WASHINGTON, April 1o.-Curtatl-
ment, in degree, of the authority
of Secretary of the navy as advocated
by Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske,
among the most radical of the Daniels
critics, was agreed upon today by a
subcommittee Of the house naval COM
mittee.
The action was taken during con-
sideration Of the navy appropriation
bill The committees action proposes
an extension OF the authority of the
chief of operations, the highest Office
in the department excepting that Of
secretary.
The subcommittee urges that the
position hereafter be held by an officer
of the grade Of vice admiral who would
be outranked by the admiral of the
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ment today. Further satisfactory
word was that large quantities Of sup.
plies are being shipped from Ell Paso
to private consignees in Mexico for
distribution to the American troops,
Ell Paso reports that CarTanza would
ask withdrawal of American troops.
elected from Secretary Baker the COM
ment: IT don't believe Carranza Is
communicating with us through Ell
Paso.'
Confirmation Of reports that Villa
is severely wounded in the right knee
came anew from General Pershlng to-
day He confirmed, too, press reports
that one aeroplane was badly disabled
April six The other machines are
performing valuable service, he SAID.
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IBy Robert ]. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent.

CBy Robert j. Bender, UHlteu Tress
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. April 1o.-News
that the liner ST. Paul expected to
reach New York today with afhdaVits
that will form an important part of
the United States evidence in the
case of the channel packet. Sussex, is
not likely to arrive before Thursday,
NAV prevent the decisive administra-
tion action that was due to follow to-
morrow's cabinet meeting. Ambassa-
dor Gerard's official report on the
German disclaimer of responsibility
carried in press dispatches Saturday
night, wa s expected at the state de-
nartment some time today.
Compilation of such evidence as Is
in hand to meet this disclaimer is I'M
der way.
The nature of this governments
evidence in the Sussex case continues
to be a secret 1t was described to-
day. however, by high authority to
"be strong enough to convince the
president and Secretary Lansing that
a German submarine attacked the ves-
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8y f. T. Conkle, United Press Staff

By E. T. Conkle, United Press Staff
Correspondent
Ell PASO, Texas, April 10.-Hang-
bg doggedly to Villas trail, the United
tates cavalry was today in the desc
tie Sierras around Parral At least
wentyIfour hours march ahead OF his
nemesis Villa with 200 men and
kesh mounts was at Magistral, a
Inning camp in Durango state.
That Villa is fleeing at top speed to
bin the Arrieta brothers who have
900 followers around Durango City
as the information sent to the border
" officers Of the American mining
|cmrany at PaTal. Villa passed Par
al on Saturday. Magistral Is nearly
twenty-five miles by trails south. The
ierra De LaCandela range there ris-
ng about two miles above sea level
Ill offer more hardships to the Ameri-
Jan pursuers than anything they have
10 far encountered.
Although spurred on by the desire OF
heir bringing the chase to a quick
Ind and relieving Carranza of danger
II a revolt by his generals opposed to
he expedition, the Americans are be-
|ieved to be falling behind in the man
lunt. Villa obtained fresh mounts in
PaIral and with his suparior knowl-
kdge of the mountain trails. his chanc-
Is of eluding the Americans indefi-
hitely is considered good here.
While official Mexican advices de-
tlare Villa is wounded, James Hamis
ION, British refugee from Parral, said
Today that he had absolute informa
lion from Mexican mining men tnat
|vila is unhurt Hamilton. acquainted
with the Candida district, declared
Eilla was safe from capture In those
wild mountains.
officials in FL Paso did not take SER
lously the reported departure of Cen
|eral Jose F. Inez Salazar who issued
b proclamation calling on Mexicans to
|join new revolution of his own. Sal
|zar is anti-Villa. He is reported to
|have crossed into Mexico near here
|Alarmist rumors Of imminent Danger
Ito FL Paso Americans from a local
Mexican uprising simultaneous with
|mutiny in the Juarez garrison, we're
|also treated lightly.
General Gavira of Juarez was re-
ported considering going to Chihuahua
|City to take active part in the Car
ranza plans against Villa. Gen. Peter
|inolle Hernandez was mentioned as
|Gayira's possible successor.
Carranza Consul Garcia today de-
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navy. The chief Of operations It to be
given extensive authority In direction
of the navy and in movements of the
fleets, the secretary to have the final
say In important situations.
Fifty assistants are required to be
detailed for the chief Of operations
bureau under the agreement reached
by the subcommittee.
It was brought out at the recent
naval hearings, at which Daniels and
Fiske both testified, that the bureau
had not always had its full quota of
assistants. Secretary Daniels said
the bureau had been assigned It's full
quota of officers. F1ske insisted only
seven of fifteen had been assigned
and that the other seven in fact per-
formed other duties.
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New information Filed.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, April 10.-A
new information charging DR.. B. Clark
Hyde with murder in the first degree
was filed by the prosecuting attorney
today. Poisoning of Colonel Thomas
Fl. Swope by strychnine and cyanide of
potassium is charged in the new in
formation, while the former informa-
tion, based on an Indictment. charged
poisoning by strychnine and "other
poisons unknown to the jury.
A motion to quash probably Will be
filed within forty-eight hours
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cn-operatIen is Real.

WASHINGTON, April 10.-That the
cooperation of the defacto govern
ment is actual, not theoretical, was
made evident by report from Gener-
al Pershing who said he had "a very
satisfactory conference" with General
Herrera of Chihuahua and that he ex-
pected to meet General Gutierrez to-
day. He sent aeroplane messages to
Chihuahua and was answered by an
offer of full cooperation from Gut
ierrez.
General Pershing's comment is that
every Indication shows the desire or
the troops of the defacto government
to aid to the extent of their ability,
said war department press state
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HOW SOLDIERS GO TO CHURCH
DOWN IN BARBAROUS MEXICO

observations that drew unrestrained
laughter from their hearers. BY in
yiction of the chaplains the sermons
were interspersed by what Father
Joyce termed vaudeville numbers.
These consisted of solos and quartet
selections by the favorite singers OF
each regiment. The chaplains each
talked straight at his audience omit
ting ALL that savored of creed, yet
holding raptest attention by his force
f,,1 attention of christian religion
The congregation was attentive and
reyerent. Service was ended win
singing of America" while sinking
COYOTE hordes, far outside the rim OF
the campfire light yelped a wierd oo-
ligato.
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RUSSIA

PETRoGRAD, April 1o.-TurkIsh
official statements, reporting the sink
ink Of two Russian transports in the
Black sea, are fabricatIons, the min
istry of marine announced today.
German submarines, flying the
Turkish flag, have inflicted only
negiible losses on ships engaged in
transport or supply service, it was
stated. The Russian destroyer Strogi
rammed an enemy submarine near
the spot whore the hospital ship Por-
tueaI was sunk by a torpedo.
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Villa is Reported Today Making an Effort to
Join Fellow Bandits Who Have 5000
Armed F Followers.
0NLY TWENTY -FOUR HOURS IN THE LEAD
Carranza Officers and Troops are Giving
Every Assistance to American Expedi-
ton in the Man Hunt.

MED report that IN a secret proto-
col between the United States and the
defacto government, the Washington
administration promised not to pursue
Villa after he had fled a fixed dis
tance into Mexico. According to the
story, Villa had already passed that
dead line and the American troops
were automatically to be withdrawn.
Garcia stated the report was
groundless.
Rumors Are GroundIess.
COLUMBUS, N. M, April 10
Columbus and the base camp here
breathed easier when dawn came to-
day, proving absolutely groundless
rumors that Carranzistas were to at
tack the town during the night.
Small detachments of recruits to
the regular army are arriving here
daily from cities in all parts of the
country. The rockies are immediate
ly assigned to awkward squads" and
prepared for active service.
Are Working BlindIy.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. April 10
Tentative plans for the removal OF
the Columbus, N. NJ, Base to point
further south on the border have
been abandoned, it was announced to-
day by General Funston at Fort Sam
Houston. when he declared that the
line of communications between
Pershing's swiftly advancing front
and Columbus will be strengthened by
additional troops at once, and that
the Columbus base would be retained.
Among the new troops to go south
will be the detachment of the Twenty
fourth infantry (colored) which had
trouble with citizens at Del Rio,
Texas. last night, resulting in the
killing of a negro trooper by State
Ranger Parler
81 have ordered the transfer of the
negro troops at Del Rio to duty on
the line of communications in Mex
ico." said General Funston today.
"WeIl let them work off their excess
energy down there"
A small body of soldiers will be
sent to Del Rio to take the place or
the negro soldiers, who will guard
a railroad bridge at that point.
Imperfect means of communication
with Pershing is proving to be a ter
rifle handicap to General Funston IN
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Sentences are Cut.

SPRINGFIELD, H., April 10.-Gov-
ernor Dunno today committed the
sentences of the following convicts at
Chester penitentiary to expire April
L.. Clyde Cant, ST. Clair county; Ray
Grafton, Wayne county, and Abram
Cecil, Macon county.
The sentences were committed to
expire prematurely because OF the
work the men did on the public roads.
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ca,u Rreaks Record.

NEyFI.AND Ohio, April 10y
producing 26,74S pounds of milk in
eleven months, Jolly Topsy, Hol-
stein COW at the city work farm, beat
the worlds record for year by three
pounds.
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poker on Week Days.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
MEXICO. April 10.-The scarcity OF
"change" has made the lowly bean
legal tender in the soldiers indoor
sports" of poker. craps, blackjack and
kindred pastimes. The most common
currency in the army here is the
American five, ten and twenty dollar
hills. Even Mexican silver in small
denominations is rare. The beans
take the place of Chips" and cash.
The ''banker'' has time Of squaring
nm afterward. 1t behooves player to
win in "even money" or he stands to
lose the fractional parts Of dollar
he acquired in beans over the denomi.
nation of the currency In the hands OIL
the banker.
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RE1HINcouRI BOOTY

BERLIN, April 1o.-Silesian troops
cut off and captured ia French pris-
oners and fifteen large guns in the
French retreat from BethIncourt, the
war office announced this afternoon.
The enemy has been cleared from
positions north of Avocourt and
south Of Crows wood. In these opera
tions the Germans took 276 prisoners.
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Would be Cowboy.

CHICAGO, April 10.-Newton Good
win, Is year old would be cowboy and
Indian hater, is repentant today be
because yesterday he sent % cali
bre bullet into Chief Little Tendehoa
vaudeville redSkin.
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&c RlAANY

LONDON, April 1o.-German losses
to date total 2,73o,917, London news
papers figure, by adding the German
official casualty lists. OF these o81,-
437 have been killed.
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Followed the pantaIettes,

CHICAGO, April 10.-Two hundred
Northwestern University men follow
ing two pairs of pink pantalettes
down an Evanston street and fright
ened their wearers back to Chicago.
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The New Shoe Breaker.

CHICAGO, April 10.-Sam Wilson,
chorer at the Harrison street police
station. has fortune if his feet
"hold out" Sam breaks in police
mems shoes and doesn't see why ne
can't do the same for the whole town.