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Following Days of Terrific Assaults Ger
mans Now Occupy This Key Position,
Which Means Much to Safety
Of the Northern Line
FRENCH WIN BACK MUCH
GROUND LOST IN THE SOUTH
From Reports It Now Seems Enemy Will
Be Unable to Hold His Advance at
Hangard = Fighting in This
Section Is Continuous

London, April 26.The Germans have captured KENNEL
village and also of Dranoure
according official by Field Marshal
Haig from headquarters in France tonight.
The that north of the Lys river the bat
tie continuing fercely along the whole front from the neigh
borhood of Dranoutre the Ypres- Confines canal.
London, April 26-(To Reuter- Ottawa Agency.)-The
KENNEL hill furious battle
ing says dispatch correspondent British head
quarters in France
The Germans attacked from LaClye the Ypres-
Confines canal, the dispatch adds
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ROLL OF HONOR

Washington, April 28.-The casualty
list today contained 20 names, d.
vided ms follows;
Killed in action, .; died of wounds
8; died of disease. 3; wounded severe
". 81; wounded slightly. rs.
Seven officers were named in to
days casualty list, five of them being
reported severely wounded. and two
slightly wounded. They are:
Severely wounded Capt Henry II
Worthington, and Lieuts. Orlando c.
Brown. Edward NJ. Freeman, John j
Hyde and Harry f. Kelly.
Slightly wounded: Lieuts. William
H. Kirk. and Alfred P. kivlin.
In addition to the seven officers
named. another, Lieut. Julian n. Dow,
previously reported killed in action,
was reported a prisoner in Germany,
and suffering from a severe wound.
The list follows:
Killed in Action
Sergts. Harry T. Corbin, William r.
Knapp.
Corp Lewis NJ Holmes.
Privates Harry J. Atkins, Delmar J.
Warner, Joseph Dimarco. Charles 9.
French, Joseph +. Guadette. Ralph
Palumbo.
Died of Wounds
Privates Albert Adams, George j.
Duto, Benjamin Kasica, Clarence +.
pyrah, Charles l.. Shull.
Died of Disease
Sergt. Cooper ID. Wells.
Mechanic John l.. Ehrle
Private George c. RIOS.
Severely Wounded
Capt. Henry II. Worthngton.
Lieuts. Orlando c. Brown, Edward
NJ Freeman. John ]. Hyde. Harry F.
Kelly.
Sergts. Fred r. Mines, Abe Ruskin.
Corp. George w. Sterling.
Cooks Frank Anker, Joseph N.
Wood
Privates Alexander Allerdice. Joseph
Amedeo. Leo X Barden. Hugh Car
roll. Jonn p. Cottingham, Ralph J.
Cullinan, Malvern Davis Michael j.
Dillon, Harper FL Faulkner. John
Gawlak, John Giguere, John F. Gram
ger. Basilio Guidora, GeorgeAE. Hight,
George Alfred Hopkins, Hobert L.
House, julius kuhlayi, Frank F. Mel
lon, Peter Modzelevski, John Morris
Samuel r. Schlirnper, Zen L. Simon
Charles w. Williamson.
Slightly Wounded
Lieuts- William II. Kirk. Alfred r
kivlin.
Sergt Charles Smith.
Corps. Robert +. Barrett, Harry S
gallagher, Martin ORielly.
Mechanic Charles 0. THESE
Wagner John Mastrandia.
| Privates Harold r. Archer, John Bog
dan, Walter Borek, Walter Cabak
William Il. Devine, Caleb w. Feeback
George w. Ford, Charles G. Fyfc. Jo-
seph Healy. Elmer Jernberg. Thomas
F. Kelly. Walter A. Loiselle. Silvis
Jane Lusardi. John Madere. George w
Marble. John Norman. Maurice D
AO'Meara.
" privates Thomas Connolly, Charles
N. Virgins and Michael X. &
tMeviously reported miss'~
Jaw reported woundF1
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The statement reads.
Our troops counter attacked the
German lines this morning from VII
lers-Bretonneux to south of the Luce
river and have succeeded, despite the
ferce resistance Of the enemy who had
brought up important forces in retak-
ing a large part of the ground which
was lost yesterday. We have retaken
the position at the monument south
Of yillers- Bretonneux, penetrated into
the wood of Hangard-en-Sante and
conquered part of the. western por-
ton of that village.
THE battle has been going on all
day and is continuing with excetional
violence. The Germans have tried to
arrest our advance at any price and
have suffered great losses which were
inflicted by our artillery. The German
resistance was most notable north Of
the wood of Hangard- en- Santerre,
where the enemy seven times launched
their assault battalions against our
lines without forcing our valiant
troops to give ground.
The combat was no less fierce in the
village of Hangard, which has changed
hands twice during the day South OF
the Luce river we have rttaken posi-
tions which we have held in spite of
all the efforts Of the enemy There have
been Intermittent bombardments on the
right bank of the Luce river and at
Hartmannsweiierkop
eastern theatre, April 25:-There
has been great activity by our heavy
artillery on the larger part Of the
front. notably on the right bank of
the vardar river and in the region of
Monastir In the Cerna Bend sector a
Serbian detachment penetrated enemy
positions and destroyed valuable MAJ
terial. Two enemy airplanes were shot
down.
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important tactical feature. 1t is an OBJ
servation point for all ground to the
north, but it remains to be seen whether
it will remain in the enemy's hands
Our line TO the north is all right. KEN
cred with woods. which stands rather out
in front and apart from that range of
hills which General Maurice has referred
to as the backbone of the position
"rhe situation around KENNEL hill
Is not yet cleared up and we shall
have more information this evening
SITUATION IN SOUTH
''On the south the situation at Vii
lers- Bretonneux is very satisfactory
We have taken back all we lost and
with the village we have taken many
prisoners and inflicted heavy LOSSES
Villers Bretonneux is most imnor-
tant tactical point from which one
may look down the western slopes to-
ward Amiens.
Looking at these two attacks we
see one thing. In each case the enemy
has struck at the junction of the
French and British armies. As You
know, that must always be weak
spot With the best possible arrangc-
ments and with the best understand
ing it must always be difficult to ar
range for immediate support both by
artillery and reserves. when two dif-
ferent commands are involved These
difficulties naturally are ncrea Sod
when YOU have two nationalities and
although we and the French have
been fighting alongside each other
for three and a half years and have
absolute confidence in each other, yet
we must always expect the Germans
to try to find joint in the harness.
POLICY OF ENEMY
speaking generally as regards the
German policy as evidenced in the
events of the last few days. there is
nothing TO alter the view that Gem
eral Maurice put before you--that it
is the German intention to wear out
the British army. He has been unable
to break it or divide the British and
the French There is no reason -
doubt that big offensive on a far
greater scale than ever is still to be
expected between Arras and Amiens
with the object of driving in and sep
arating the British and French. 50
far the whole German success is mere
ly tactical. He has won ground and
taken positions and guns and is ham
mering the British army wherever
possible. This object has been coun-
tered by the action of the allied COM
mander-in -chief in sending French
troops to the north front. making IL
more difficult for the Germans to con-
tinue the game of fighting the British
alone"
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SAW PHOTOGRAPHS

Paris April 25.--One Of three Ger
man long range runs which have been
bombarding Paris has been destroy ID
according to Deputy Charles Leboucq
Of the department of the Seine. The
deputy said he had talked with The
general commanding the sector near
Creepy -Laonnois, where the big
guns are stationed.S The enemy. he de-
clared. is constructing new emplace-
ments.
CAS- one of the deputies of Paris"
said NJ Leboucq, II was anxious to as
sure myself personally with regard to
measures taken to counter attack the
cannon bombarding Paris. / went to
see the general commanding cer-
tain sector, who showed me photo
graphs and gave me all the informal
ton he had
The photographs show that the
guns are placed exactly between
Creepy en- Laonnois station and the
counter forts known as Joy Hills
Two spur lines start from the sta
ton. On these the heavy guns are
moved to the firing platforms.
CAMUOFLAGE NOISE
"The first spur has branch leading
to a platform which is still occupied
but the center platform is empty. Its
gun has been destroyed. Two more
spur lines are under construction,
showing that further cannon are cx-
pected.
THE emplacement platform, on
which the gun slides. explains the
regularity of the direction of the fir
ing which we undergo. At the mo-
ment of firing 10 heavy guns are fired
by special apparatus to camouflage
the sound of the big gun so it's loca-
ton cannot be judged from the sound
At the same time thick clouds of
smoke from surrounding heights pro-
tect the gun from airplane obserya-
ton.
Numerous squadrons of pursuit
airplanes are placed in the vicinity.
together with batteries of anti-air-
craft guns. French counter batteries
have been placed so as to interiors
with the action of the guns. On Tues
day evening one OF these guns was
damaged, so that at present only one
is in service All the crew of this gun
were killed"
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ONE OF THREE BIG
GUNS bOMbARD|NG
PARIS |SDESTR0YEO
This Is Statement of French
Deputy, Who Names
General as His
Authority

Paris, April 26.--The long-range
bombardment of Paris was resumed
during the night Up to 6 o'clock, as
far as could be ascertained nobody
had been hurt and the damage done
was not appreciable.
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Nationalist Have Report
Enforced CONSUMPTION
Will Begin Next Week

London. April 2Q.--it is reported in
nationalist circles that order In
council will he signed enforcing con-
scription in ireland next week. says
Central News dispatch from Dublin.
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Loss of KENNEL Hill
Endangers WholeLine
In Ypres Territory

KENNEL HILL height which has been looked the key
side of the YIres salient of the
important strategic positions the northern battlefront
France been taken by the Germans after defense which
will Of The heroic Of the The hill
surrounded the French forces enrenched slopes
overcome
HILL which admitted official
norhwad from the lowad lying the west of Amente
They evidently found that the the
British and French they
which fought their all
surrounded KENNEL HILL and isolated the French
aL.lla H. i+ion
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All night long the fight went on and
1t was not until Friday that the Germans
succeeded in storming up the slopes of
the height.
The loss Of KENNEL hill is serious Tor
! 1t overlooks much ofHthe lowlands lying
ba of the allied lines in the Ypres
sahefie. The hill is 464 feet in height, rs-
ing from lowlsrds on the south and east.
1T is six miles southwest of Ypres and
three miles west Oh Wytschaete This
German success cuts e deep notch in the
allied line to the southwest of Ypres
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Army Of Holland Held
i'm Readiness for Hostile
Move on Part of Huns

The Hague. April 26.--The commands
er-in-chief of the land and sea forces
in Holland has professionally stopped
all leaves of absence.
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Present Great Battle
Is Test of Endurance,
Says GeneralRadcline
Chief Director Of Military Operations Does Not Attempt
to Conceal Grave Situation Growing Out of Loss
of KENNEL HILL But He Says Enemy
May Not Be Able to Hold Point

London April 26The Importance of entente allied country
Radcliffe
office today his with
MaurIc
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land completely outflanks the British on
the northern slopes of Messines ridge,
to which they were forced by the German
assault of two weeks ago. The line to
the southwest, toward Bailleul, apparent
ly, is in no particularly danger at pres
ent. although the village of Dranoutre
has been lost to the enemy
COUNTER ATTACK BEGUN
So important is the possession of KEN
mel hill that the allies must launch
CONTINUED on page EIeven)
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French Launch Terrific
Counter Attacks From
Villers- Brettoneux South

April attacks the German Vllers-
south Of the Luce launched this by
reng
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London, April &.-The text of Field
Marshal Haig's reASrt. issued tonight
reads:
continuing fiercely on tifs whole front
from the neighborhood of SDranoutre to
the Ypres-Comines canal ThA enemy has
gained possession of DranoutrsSs KENNEL
village and Mont KENNEL.
The enemy's attack yesterday was
made in great strength by nine German
divisions. This morning the FreHch and
British troops counter attacked AND sue
ceeded at first in making some prpgress
capturing a number of prisoners. sLater
in the day the enemy renewed his at
lacks, directing his assaults with p.trtic-
ular insistence against the positions krom
locre to La Clytte and astride the Ypres-
Confines canal. In the neighborhood OF
La tlytte and Scherpenberg all the YEN
emys attacks have been held. but. AIT
er severe fighting, in the course of whidh
series of determined attacks were reA-
pulsed with heavy losses to his troops, hA
succeeded in pressing our line back in
the direction of Locre. On both sides of
the Ypres-Comines canal the enemy also
made some progress.
Early this morning the French and
the British troops attacked the enemy
positions south of the Somme in the
neighborhood of Hangard and Hangard
wood and have carried their line forward
at certain points by heavy fighting.
ION the remainder of the British front
the situation remains unchanged"
GERMAN REPORY
Berlin, April 26.-(via London.)-
~ nff ix
today says:
THE attack by General Won A
army against Mont KENNEL IL
complete success The heigh
looking far into the Flanders
in our possession
'.The French divisions
tContinpes ON PAGE "
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Continued on PAGE sevcn.D
The sun., 1918-12-22

Men who apply the yardstick Of sound
Judgment TO their smoking prefer Fatimas,
not alone because they give full, honest value
instead of SNOWY looks but also because
they please the taste and never talk back"
even though a man smoke more often
than usual.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03
EXPRESS RATES, TOO!

Now that the National government has
completed the consolidation of the vari-
Gus express companies into a single en-
terprise, and by general closing up of
branch offices has greatly impaired the
service formerly rendered to the public
under private operation, a general in
crease in express rates will not be delay
ed long The prediction can, indeed, be
made with reasonable assurance of accu-
racy that general increase amounting
to 10 per cent. or more will be authorized
before a great many days have passed.
The interstate commerce commission will
pocket it's aversion to such procedure,
and with the habits of docility which it
has acquired during the last nine months
will amiably indorse the increase of rates.
There is some complaint among ship
pers that prolonged and public Hearings
are not given on such matters as they
were in the old days. But complaints of
this character betray deficient acquaint-
ance with the spirit and the ideals of the
new regime. Public control of the rail-
roads is assumed to be quite an adequate
compensation for poorer service and high
er rates. The financing of railroads, express
companies and the telegraph service is
being placed upon the same basis as the
financing of National, State and city
government, namely the basis of spend
ing all that is available and then asking
the public for more. When the govern
ment desires to increase the taxes it does
not resort to the interstate commerce
commission or to any other commission
for leave. Why, then, should we expect
anything of the sort when it wishes to
mulct the public in some roundabout
way2-Boston Herald.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03
LOVE OF COUNTRY.

America is not rationed. Her people
have been asked, however, to keep within
two pounds of sugar per person per month
for table and cooking use. In a public
restaurant the other day, man was seen
to empty the contents of the envelope of
sugar furnished him and then none halant-
ly supplement this supply with very
generous helping from large sized en-
velope of sugar which he drew from an
inside pocket. There was no outward
sign of any feeling of guilt.
He thought nothing about it, He cared
less. He merely knew that he wished
three spoonfuls of sugar in his coffee and
could get but one at the restaurant. There
fore he would buy extra sugar and carry
it around with him. Is that man true to
his country?
England is on sugar ration. The wife
of the British Food Controller remarked
recently that she and her husband and
the housekeeper were saving the whole
of their sugar ration for jam making.
They 60 without it in their coffee aud use
substitutes in cooking.
In this way enough sugar has been
saved to can a gross and a half tins of
fruit. This is used for the invaded who
they have in their home This is a real
love of country.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

Hon. Charles S. Hichborn of Augusta,
the director for Maine of the United
States Employment Service, has received
telegram from Nathan A. Smyth, the
assistant director general of the United
States Employment Service at Washing
ton, stating that because of the present
million and a half labor shortage both
skilled and unskilled, in war industries,
with an increased army coming, he is
mailing the most drastic instructions
ever issued in this country to all COM
munity labor boards, ins.ructing them to
prepare and publish in every city in the
country lists of non-essential positions
now held by men that could be filled by
women. The result will be that men
failing or refusing to get out of such po-
SitiOns of their own accord and take up
essential work will be looked upon as
slackers.
The telegram further states that the
order is intended to force the hand of
nom essential labor and the employers
thereof The lists will probably include
clerks and Office help, ticket sellers of all
kinds, attendants and similar occupa-
tions. This is in line with Gen. Crowder's
work or fight order with instructions
already issued for the placing of women
in industry with the order of the war
industries board stopping unnecessary
construction.
Director Smyth's order may ultimately
become the most drastic of all, for COM
munity labor boards will insist that no
men shall occupy position which a
woman can fill. This nation must work
or fight and the order is made necessary
because employers of non. essential labor
have in many cases failed to meet the
issue squarely. :.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03
WHERE THE MONEY GOES

One 500 and one $50 Liberty bonds
will provide 10 pistols and four signal
rockets or enough T. N. T. for bursting
20 nm howitzer shells or 800 hand
axes to be used in the prosecution OF
the war. Two $10O bonds will provide
5 900 machine gun rife cartridges.
Nine s100 bonds will provide 20 demol-
ition drop bombs. Fifteen $100 bonds
will provide one 81 nm gun.
Three $1,000 and one $500 bonds will
supply the army with five dozen pack
outfits. Nine $1,000 bonds will provide
10000 gas or phosphorus grenades and
10 $1,000 bonds will purchase 10000
rife grenades. One 16-inch sea coast
gun can be bought with IT'S $1,000
bonds.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03

The kaiser's Sons Versus the Six
Sons of Presidents.

~''S " 'SSs0Shsos
Cited for conspicuous bravery In
action" Enlisted as private"
KILLED in action" Under such
headings the sons of American for
mer presidents appear in accounts Of
the great war that has rent the
world. They were Of the first to re-
spond to the country's call and have
been conspicuous in its service. No
safe place in the rear for them!
Theirs not to say "go" but come"
There are six of them, six sons Of
our former presidents, shoulder to
shoulder with the sons of you and
me, sharing with them the dangers,
the tortures,-yea, the death-of the
trenches, Of No-man's Land, of the
ferocity of the Huns.
And the six sons of the arch-Hun?
Where are they when danger calls?
They are brilliantly placed lin COM
mand'' and then disappear from the
public eye only to reappear at some
safe vantage point or in revolving
escapade with victims of invaded
countries. Only one of them, Nthe
Crown Prince, has ever been re-
ported In a battle and then hedged
about so that no harm could come to
him.
For all his dashing about the Kai-
ser himself has stayed far from the
danger zone. This self-styfed CO.
partner with God takes care to sur
round himself with his legions, his air
planes. and every other known de-
vice to protect him from his enemies
whenever he invokes the Divine
protection in the open field.
Just one of the imperial family
have the dispatches said anything
fine about, Duke Ernest August Of
Brunswick who married the Kaiser's
only daughter. He is reported to
have commanded some troops on the
Russian front and gone insane over
the horrors he saw there.
Bacchanalian feasts for the Hun
princes while the men suffer and die
in the trenches.
Voluntary assumption of peril and
sacrifice for Americas FIRST sons"
No honorary positions for them but
hard and dangerous service.
Shall it be the rule of the Hun or
the reign of democracy?
Verify he who loseth his life shall
find 1t.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03
Government Inspector In Rochester
Praises sFRUIT.A.TITEe,'

80 North Union St., Rochester, NY!
''For five long years, I was afflicted
with Stomach, Li0er and Kidney
Trouble, s0AicA Developed into serious
Bladder Trouble. During that time,
I am safe in saying l tried over SO
different remedies without relief.
I saw a testimonial of, I think, a
Montreal man about 'Fruit-a-tives'
and concluded to make one more
trial. By tile time tile sample boz
sVas finished found quite an inn
provement; and when had finished
a50c. box, there was grand improve
ment far beyond my expectations.
To make long story short, I
believe "Fruit-a -tives" or Fruit Liver
Tablets the best Stomach, Liver and
Bladder Medicine the world has ever
produced".
r. B. O'FLYNN,
Government Concrete Inspector
SOC. a box, for $3.50, trial size Csc.
1t dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES
Limited. OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03
WHY MONEY is NEEDED

The cost of a 3-inch (23 calibre) gun
and mount complete for the United
States Navy is $4,000, yet with the ex-
ception of the airplane machine guns
which cost $3.50 it is the least expen-
sive OF any A 16-inch gun $50 cali
bre) costs $256,000 and 16-inch (45
calibre) costs $215,000. A 14-inch $50
calibre) costs 100000. An 8-inch
Howitzer costs $4,000 complete, $10,-
900 for the gun and $4,000 for the
mount. If our sailor boys are to &C
complish the thing for which they left
home and friends they must be sup
piled with these guns and plenty OF
them. Fighting Fourth Liberty bonds
will buy them.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-03
GERMAN VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY

Read this by Friedrich Wilhelm
Nietzsche and then think of the women
and children whose blood was spilled
in invaded Belgium and France and of
the Lusitania:
Il condemn Christianity. To me it
is the greatest of all possible corrup-
lions. The church Is the great para
site: with it's anemic idea of holiness
1t drains life Of all its strength, its
love. and it's hope. l call
Christianity the one great curse, the
pne great intrinsic depravity, the one
great instinct of revenge. for which
no expedient is sufficiently poisonous,
secret, underhand to gain its ends
call it the one immortal shame and
II emish upon the hAman race"