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BRITISH THROWN BACK SIX MILES IN THE YPRES SECTOR
ENEMY CONCENTRATES HIS ASSAULT ON 80 MILE FRONT;
ATTACK DEVELOPING INTO GREATEST BATTLE OF THE WAR
France Asked to Send
More Army Instructors

WASHINGTON. April H.
w France has been called upon
to aid in Fastening the move
ment Of American troops across
the sea by sending additional Of
hcers for the training camps in
the United States.
Gen. Vignal, Military Attache
Of the French Embassy. after Z
conference tonight with Major.
Gen. March, acting Chief Of Staff.
cabled his Government suggest
ing that any officers who can be
spared be detailed for duty in
America.
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ENEMY HELD
AT MESSINES
British Appear to Have a
Strong Grip on the Ridge
Positions.
Germans Employed Fewer Di-
visions Than in the Pre-
viOuS Attacks.
nv, PERRY ROBINSON.

Sprc" 'n!ie b.spalok 10 TIE ST. t-o" he
LondOa T,mts
'o1sr,yhl !sls; al rights ,t'e,-ed
BRITISH HEADovAKrEGs. April IL
Tne northern sector OF the German at
tack. namely. the area OF the Meas;nes
Ridge advance. is. think. definitely
held. nave Jus; returned from the
area behind ''lis pat ot tue battle line.
and all saw and heard gave me con-
fdence. Yesterday told how the enemy
In the course % tie day had reached the
village OF Messines and had been thrown
la X ou; again. Hard fighting went on
there.
In the southern section Of attach fight =
ing still continues in narrow area a.
the extreme apex OF The German thrust.
The splendid way which our line held
ON the extreme south toward Givenchy
had confined the enemy advance TO II
continually contracting front somewhere
west OF Laventic, At this point lie
seems to have succeeded si.N Ia making
progress westward below Es'aires. haV-
ing crossed tho little stream OF Law"
by Ies'rem, and fighting is reported 60
ing on this morning west of the area
between l.estrem and Mervi,le
Penetration 10 small.
A. Ga. rlgnt OF our line. however.
toward Giyenvhy IL eth solid aud as
above I.es.rem we stlll hold Es.aires and
the line Of the river from there 10 Steen-
wercle. whatever penetration the enemy
may make at this point must lie on a
very smul, front and can hardly be OF any
great strength. The situation there, III
deed, ~ obviously pecuna- and confused.
On all the northern section o. attack,
which yesterday looked dangerous. the
position to-day is reassurinr. The at
tack here seems nor so have been made
in such strength as the most recent Ger
man operations, AS some three divisions.
namely the Seventeenth aud torty-nintn
reserve divisions. which were in the
line. aud the Th!r,y-tirst division, which
came either through or with the Forty
ninth into attack, are the only divisions !
have yet heard as being used on the
front OF about five miles from Ploeg
steert 20 near H0liebeke. The prelIm-
mary bombardmep'. however. was ter
rife and aided by the thick mist In the
early morning the enemy succeeded IN
penetrating into and practically get
ting clear through Ploegsteert Wood be-
fore O'Clock.
Evidence OF the extraordinary slauKh
ter OF the Germans in the early days OF
the offensive. when the Allies We're re-
tirinG, Ia now available at first hand
from person who saw part OF the bat.
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BUY THIRD LIBERTY LOAN BONDS.
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The response to the appeal for dollars
10 aid in whipping the Kaiser via the
Third Liberty Loan IL gathering mo-
mentum as it goes along. and from pres
out indications the two hundred million
mark will be reached by the end Of the
first week Thapdistrict's quota II $780,
100000. but the Liberty Loan Commit
'se has set a mark far above that. 1t
is aiming at exactly one-half Of the total
amount Of the loan. or $1,500,000. 900.
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Io'a al $s''vVvvS0
The drive Ia proving tremendously
successful in the New York district. 1t
Is beating the second loan almost two
10 one. The following table shows the
results OF the two campaigns compared.
at the end Of the hrst. second. third and
fourth days Of each one:
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BUY THIRD LIBERTY LOAN BONDS.
Hartshorns 4 Plcabia. I Wall St.--Adr
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Rain Does Not Resard Drive.

Two days Of rain have failed to even
diminish the force Of the drive in the
New York district, and particularly in
New York. It has interfered only
slightly with the hundreds OF stunts
planned TO awaken interest in the loan
drive. Meetings were held despite the
storm In a dozen centres in New York
g"sterday. Bond statesmen merely donned
heir raincoats. ished out their UNI
trellas and dug into the campaign all
The harder.
The storm played havoc with the
Ruterdahl-Wyeth painting on the Sub
Treasury. but II will be replaced as soon
as the artists can apply paint to the
"snvas. Many other Liberty Loan
srns were torn down by the storm. but
will be replaced to-day. Lieut.. Joseph
e Stehlln. who was to have started an
slrplane night across the State In an
effort TO sell a million dollars worth of
bonds. was Obliged to postpone his start
rntl to-day. He will take the air at
Sheepshead at II 80 this morning. The
circus pageant. postponed because OF
Ia.n. will be staged to-day. too. Yes
,.rday's biggest feature was the mass
meeting at Carnegie Hall. Tomorrow
tie opening OF Liberty Land. At the
Sirty-ninth Regiments Arnory. will de-
mand attention.
Bank subscriptions to date In Man
haitian and Brooklyn have been made
With the Federal Reserve Bank a. fol.
lows.
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Continxsd ON Third Psps.
The Washington times., 1918-07-18

orchestras are being made this year.
and this led many to believe that
Zach might be replaced. After care
full consideration by the executive
committee and a canvass of most Of
the leading hackers of the orchestra,
1t was found to be the unanimous
opinion that the orchestra has made
such splendid progress under Zach's
direction that a change would be un-
wise. Unlike several other orchestra
leaders, Zach's Americanism has
never been, questioned. His citizen
ship was completed in 1900. his wife
was born in America, and he now has
one son lighting with the American
forces in France and another under
going training at an officers training
camp.
Manager Arthur J. Gaines, who has
Just completed his sixth season with
the orchestra, was also re-engaged.
Michel Gusikoff will also again oc-
cupy the chair of concertmaster.
Mr.. Gaines said few changes would
be made in the personnel of the
orchestra except to I'LL the vacancies
caused by enlistments and the draft
Ellis Levy, first violin, and Frank
Rellenberger and David Bittner, IT.,
have gone into the service already,
and some more of the younger mem
bers of the orchestra may be called
during the summer.
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
CHILDREN EASILY
WON BY MUSIC AS
INFLUENCE IN WAR

Music has the, same power to re-
lieve the mind that the movies"
have and. more than that, you can
take and carry the music in your
mind and hold it for a longer time
than you can the memory Of the
movie" picture.
Educators abroad say that 1t Is
very difficult to keep the children
off the streets in war times. when
their fathers are in the army and
their mothers carry so many extra
burdens. A little real music played
anywhere at once attracts the chill
dren, and its power is strong enough
to keep them near q piano for hours
at a time.
There is one real danger, how
ever, and that is the lady who can
play a few pieces and who thinks
that she can earn little extra
money by giving cheap lessons in
war time. The lessons of such an
unprepared person are the worst
things that could be given Good
lessons or none at all should be the
motto. All teachers know this, but
the parents at large do not, and It is
UP to every teacher to spread the
new idea by speech and also through
their local papers.
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
PLAYING BY MEMORY
ECALLED MERE FETISH

"Tf there is one convention in music
more stupid than the average 'conven
tIon' is likely to be, it is the one
which practically forbids a soloist al
a public concert to play with notes,
says the Boston Transcript.
Many a pianist who longs to ex
tend his repertory does not do so be
cause he finds 1t difficult and a slow
process to memorize even a part OF
the music his audiences expect of him
the following season" says the
writer. why. In the name Of heav-
en-. does he not take his music with
him. and have It before him when he
plays? This business of remember
ing everything is simply a fetish. If
A can play without his music and
memories quickly by all means let
A do so.
"If B Is on edge without his notes,
let him use them. The most beautiful
piano performance, on the whole. to
which we ever listened, was when
Vladimir de PachmAn played the
Chopin F Minor Concerto with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, some
years age-with his music It did not
hinder him in playing; It did not
hinder us in enjoying it When a
public learns to listen to an artist
as well as look at him. and when the
artist has learned to forget prejudice
and do what is most natural for him
to do in his art, the memorizing buga-
boo will be done away with"
The Washington times., 1918-07-18

Potatoes are . native American
crop, don't let the Germans beat N
at our own game. They are eating
D0tntOes and eonsertaG Wheat
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
AMERICAN ARTISTS
STAGING TRIUMPHS
INMUSICAL REALM

"a couple of years ago I was in
vited to a contest OF athletic sports up
at the grounds OF the New York Ath-
Ietic Club at Travers Island" remark
ed Lucy Gates, the noted American
coloratura soprano, recently. at was
a joyous experience and one long to
be remembeTed-but it left me sad.
Il was just back from Europe, and
as a result was intensely American.
had felt that as an American who
had made good abroad / would be re-
ceived with eclat. l was not. And the
longer l was here the more 1t was
brought home to me that / would not
be-not because l wasn't making
good, I was; but because 1 was an
American. That placed me on the
handicap list. While all about me
were foreign, so-called. artists, who
would not have received toleration in
their own country. making the big ap-
pearances / craved and to which /
Ielt L was entitled.
AID then l went up to the athletic
meet, and there / saw that the justice
which was denied to Americans in the
great and important field OF artistic
enterprise was amply. abundantly,
bANNh " AAANlll AAAG AANlA
Of athletic endeavor. Here the spirit
was-'Well. IL that foreigner can put
1t over" us, we want to see it. 1t was
the true American spirit had dream
ed OF.
But times have changed; the war
has made us realize our resources,
yes, even our artistic resources, and
value them proudly. Nowadays when
step out on the stage I no longer
have to fight down that atmosphere of
liberation which formerly made me
want to run away and cry, instead OF
coming out smilingly and giving of
my best And in the triumphs which
have come to me nothing has thrilled
me so much or been a more forceful
incentive than the fact that l, an
was running my race equal
ly with the big foreign artists, and
that Americans were backing me up.
! am sure II is much the same feeling
that our boys in France have when
they hear that the Liberty loans have
gone over the top"
The Washington times., 1918-07-18

nnus,e 10 the words OF 'cHome, Sweet
Home" in the text OF claire" IL
after a sicIIian air as arranged By
H. R. Bishop.
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WANDERER WROTE
HOME, SWEET HOME
AS OPERATIC ARIA

Strangely enough but few facts are
known concerning the life Of John
Howard Payne, dramatist and author
OF Home, Sweet Home" The record
states that he was born in New York
city on June 0, 1892. and while filling
the position as United States consul
at Tunis, he died on April 10, 1852.
He is known to have been himself
"a wanderer" and homeless" for
many years. Portraits painted of
him in young manhood show him to
have possessed personal beauty In
striking form.
He studied for a time at Union Col
lege in New York, edited periodicals
there, and in 1909 made his debut in
the same city on the stage. He lived
many years in London and Paris,
where he met many famous men Of
the day.
The words to his song. Home,
Sweet Home" which has stirred more
human hearts than any lyric ever
penned, was written for an operatic
drama called "Claire, the Maid of
Milan" which was first produced fr
London at covent Garden Theater in
1925.
The song was first sung By Miss
Tree. Its success was instantaneous.
One million copies OF the song were
sold shortly after It was placed on
the market and brought great profts.
II is said, to the publishers rather
than to poor Payne.
1t IL not generally known that the
The Washington times., 1918-07-18

One big idea-to save wAeus-eat
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
coNvALEscANTs LIKE MUSIC.

WATERLOO. Iowa, July 1S-Mildred
Williamson. who is in France with the
American Red Cross Military Hospital
No. /. writes friends here telling how
the American soldiers crave for music
while convalescing. and how much they
want monographs. A number OF Red
Cross workers in Waterloo are getting
subscriptions. and the money will be
sent Miss Williamson to buy a phono-
graph and records for the hospital at
which she Is stationed.
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
ZACH AGAIN LEADS
| SYMPHONY OF THE
! S[.LOUIS SOCIETY

81. DoUTS July 1S.-The St Louis
Gymphouy Society the coming season
Nm give the usual fifteen pairs of
Gmphony concerts on Friday after
Doons and Saturday nights, and
twenty Sunday popular concerts. The
SEASON Will open with a popular con-
cart on Sunday, November 10.
Response from supporters Of the
ouchsra In the renewal Of their
guarzntee fund subscriptions has
been greater than in any preceding
year. Although $4,000 still remains
20 be raised. the committee believes
khs money WIN be readily secured.
Mzr Zach, conductor, was re-
sngaged by unanimous vote Of the
heommittee. A great many changes
m conductors OF other symphony
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
MUSIC AS AN AID
TO PHOTOGRAPHY
0. K. IN THEORY

OF what are you thinking when you
are sitting for your photograph?
Does your facial expression represent
a pleasant, reposefuI mood? Would
the performance of agreeable music
during the process Of picture taking
affect the character of your portrait!
Emma Roberts, the American con-
tralto, recently recommended this
theory to a photographer.
your theory's all right, Miss ROD
erts," the photographer told her, but
1t didn't work. A persons got to
have intelligence to apply 1t. When
you suggested having music, way
on, in my photograph gallery to in
spire the sitters and change their ex-
preston to what they'd like to see
themselves look like, 1 put in talk
ing machine right away. That's a
great idea of yours and I could just
see myself drawing all the portrait
work in the city to my studio. But
nearly lost what clients had"
'Tmpossible!" exclaimed Miss Rob
erts. 'T am sure my suggestion was
a good one
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
PROFTTEERS HIT VITAL
SPOT, SENATES STOMACH

It costs more today to live in
Washington than in New York. A
beefsteak for two can't be had for
less than 81 at any butcher shop
A common plate OF soup costs two
bits in the Senate restaurant, right
under the Capitol dome.
Mere Senators. with only $1,000
year salary. are complaining they
can't afford to eat in their own
restaurant. though the rules commit
tee has "okehed" the prices.
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
BIames the Woman.

a good one
BIames the Woman.
1T was Betty's fault" growled the
maker of pictures, standing the con-
cert star against a tapestry back
ground. 'sBetty doesn't know any
thing about the psychology of musAc;
he swished a drapery in place: "nor
about human nature, either. He
jerked his camera viciously. OBJ
viously. music had not brought har-
mony to that studio.
The photographer poked his face
back of the camera, but his voice
trickled peevishly through its aper-
ture.
"A bride and groom came in from
some village not on the map and
wanted their pictures taken together.
You know how they looked-faces
shining with soap and happiness, hair
slicked down on the man and klnkeo
up on the woman
We'll, IL Betty had only started up
the wedding march 1t would have
made those stiff. shy things forget
their strange surroundings and have
filled their faces with tender retro
spection and smiling anticipation. Did
she do It? No! Just as got them to
untangle their feet and act natural
here comes squawking, What Is
Home without a Mother! and that
brides face fell hatter than a PAN
cake. She had a picture of her
mother weeping about her and of a
mother-in-law waiting at the new
front door. That bride just stiffened
up, gritted her teeth, and went
through the picture. 1t was some
picture, believe me!
GGrowinE DID," Too True.
Then Betty had no more sense
than to play Drink to Me Only with
Thine Eyes for a cross-eyed girl,
whose defect was her constant trial.
and the ill-directed glare of those
eyes nearly burned through the dra-
peries on either side this studio. And
as IL that wasn't enough, 1 had
just posed Mrs. -. the great phi
Ianthropist, you know, who is fat and
elderly and wants people to think
that she is still an exponent of youth.
when Betty utterly disregarded my in
junction to play a sprightly, youth
full, springlike melody that would
bring a sweet, young expression into
Mrs. -'s face, and broke out with
Darling. Am Growing Old
Mrs. - hoped up and de-
cIared that she never could stand
canned music, anyhow, and she was
all upset by that appalling racket.
No, she wouldn't compose herself:
shed come some time when the
studio was quiet and she could hear
herself think"
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
MOTHER LETS CHILD BEG
TO BUY LIBERTY BOND

NEW YORK. July 1s.-Mrs. Aneta
Bernat, the wife of an ambulance
driver. pleaded guilty in special ses.
sions yesterday to permitting her
daughter. Ida, fourteen, to beg money
in the street. Mrs. Bernat said the
girl had become i'll and morose be-
cause she did not have money to sub,
scribe to the third Liberty loan, and
that in order to obtain the money she
had consented to . scheme for Guc
ttoninE on = S0ldiae AolA
The Washington times., 1918-07-18

spurred to heroic achievement by
love of country, Paul Iogolevitch, a
Russian Jewish boy has become an
international hero. His greatest
fense music. and by this means he sue
eeeded in winning the praise and dec
orations of the late imperial family of
Russia
Also he won the confidence OF Rus
sian officers Of the highest rank. and
threw German officers 50 com Getely
on their guard that he penetrated their
lines, discovered important military
secrets. and paved the way to a de-
cisive and important Russian victory.
Paul. who is but sixteen years old,
was one Of the youngest soldiers of
the great war. At the time he donned
the Russian uniform he was but twelve
years old. He is at present in New
York engaged as a speaker by the
national service section of,the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation, and, as he
puts it himself, willing and anxious
to serve America in any way possible
md to serve his own country"
Story Like Fiction.
The story OF Paul Iogolevitch reads
IKE romance. 1t is almost impossible
70 believe that a boy so young has been
able to accomplish so much.
1T Is to my violin that I owe my
success" he says without It l could
have done nothing" Yet after talking
with this young soldier for an hour one
realizes the precocity Of his mind. his
ability to see deeply into things, and
recognizes the born strategist
After finally succeeding in being ad-
mitted into the army, he was about to
be sent home. when it was discovered
that he was a violinist OF ability. and
50 pleased were the officers with his
playing that they decided he could stay
with them, at least until he was able
to produce official proof he was enlisted
First Distinction.
It was while in this position that he
achieved his first distinction-a deed
that resulted in the capture OF an i'm
portant position and 100 Germans. The
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
BOY VOLMZST
BRINGS CAPTURE
OF 1000 BOCHES

objective was a village. Russian OBJ
servers reported that IL was impossible
OF attainment because 1t Vas guarded
by a battery of heavy artillery and
naturally defended by a bog.
Young Iogolevitch offered himself
as q volunteer spy and the command
ing officer told him that he could
go on a tour OF espionage and learn
Just how accurate the reports OF the
aeriadl observers had been. Remov-
ing his uniform and putting on citi-
zen's clothes the boy made his way
to the village, Able to speak Ger
man fluently, he passed himself off
as a Baltic German whose home had
been destroyed. He told them too
that he was a violinist
The German officer Immediately
procured a violin for him, and for
three evenings he entertained them
and gained their confidence. 1t was
then that he overheard some officers
say something about making ten
more cannon the next day. This
aroused his suspicious. He made an
investigation of the big guns and
found that they were wooden and
camouflaged. He also found that the
Germans had a passage through the
bog.
Gets ROmanoff Decoration.
Making his way back to his own
army he reported his findings and
begged that action be taken The
Russians obtained their objective
with the loss Of but one man, while
all the Germans were killed or cap
tured-
At the outbreak Of the revolution
this young soldier was made q COM
mander of college police, but when
the Bolsheviki gained supremacy he
left Russia for japan. He gave sew
eral concerts in that country, ap-
peared in Honolulu and arrived in
San Francisco about five months ago.
He arranged a concert tour here, and
also volunteered his services to play
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
1t was through the Red Cross that
he came TO the National Service
section of the emergency fleet cor
poration and to his desire to give
his entire time and talents to pa
triotic work
The Washington times., 1918-07-18
MAKING TOWNS MUSICAL
URGED BY MAUD POWELL

TT makes such a difference II there
is a leading thought in town." says
Maud Powell in the Musical Observer.
Even one person can do so much. Just
suppose you went to stay I'm some little
place, quite asleep on the subject OF
music You would at once do some
thing to stir them up: II mish= be O
very simple thing at first
You might only call Eome Of the
people together once a week to listen 10
phCnograph records. Then you might
start a little music club. and Lefore
long you would suggest having a few
artists come during the season to play
and sing for them
And so the good work begins and
goes on. The artists need not he oi
the highest or most expensive, many
OF the humber sort are doing splendid
work in just this way. They are nil
ing the great need-the need to make
the people know and love good music.