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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
MAKE BIG CAPTURE BELOW
YPRES; ALLIED LINE FIRM
BEFORE Assault TING HUNS
Official War Reports
British War Report.)

ADI lNiSD w al lNGpCi 81
London, April 27-There was
great aruIllery activity on both
sides during the night on the
whole battlefront north OF the
Lys river. The lighting i'm this
area yesterday was very Sc
we're, the enemy making repeat
ed and determined attempts to
deyelOp the advantage gained
by him on the previous day.
After many hours OF tluctuaJ-
ing battle, the enemy's advance
was held 4. all points.
The enemy's assaults on the
French pOsluOns from LOcre to
La Clytte were pressed with eX-
treme violence and after three
attacks had been beaten OH
with great loss to him, his
troops succeeded at the Fourth
attempt in carrying the village
OF LOcre. In the evening our
allies counter attacked and
drove the enemy out, regaining
possession of the village. At
other points all the enemy's at
tacks were repulsed.
Fierce fighting took place
north OF KENNEL village and in
the neighbOrhOOd of YOOrme-
zeeIe which, after a prolonged
struggle remains in the hands
of our troops. In the after
noon the enemy again heavily
attacked our positions at the
ridge wood southwest OF V0Or-
mezeele and was completely re-
pulsed. Some hundreds OF pris-
Oners were captured by us in
this attack.
Local fighting also took place
yesterday afternoon ON the
Lys battlefront in the neigh
bOrhOOd of Giyenchy as result
of which forty prisoners were,
captured by us.
South of the SOmme the
fighting continued during the
afternoon to the advantage of
the allied troops i'm the Han
gard rs-BretOnneux sector.
Our line was again advanced at
certain points and hostile at
tack with tanks early i'm the
afternoon was broken by our
fire and failed to develop. The
number of prisoners captured
by us in this area is over nine
hundred.
Successful raids were carried
out by us during the night in
the neighbOrhOOd OF ArleuX,
northeast OF Arras. We captur-
ed 20 prisoners.
On the remainder of the front
there is nothing to report.
(French War Report.)
Paris, April 27.-During the
night the artillery battle was
continued along the front be-
tween Villers- rs-BretOnneaux and
Hangard. There was no change
i'm the situation.
The Germans attacked our
defenses on the line of the rail-
road west OF Themes, but were
not able to approach our posi-
tiOns.
We carried out successful
raids in the region of the Disc
canal, near the LOiyre, and
northeast of Carnillet, and took
a number of prisoners.
The artillery fighting was
rather severe on the right bank
of the Meuse (Verdun 'front.'.
-BuY a Liberty Rond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
ILLINOIS GTDEONS
OPEN ANNUAL MEET

Springfield, ILL.,, April. 27.-Illi-
nois Giedons. the organization of
Christian travelling statesmen en-
gagged in special evangelism, met
here today for their annual cOnven-
tion which will end tomorrow night.
J. Harry Humphreys og Hunting
ton. w Va, national president, will
be the chief speaker today.
Ernest L. Vogel of Wheaton,
state secretary, annopnced in his
annual report. that 400 bibles had
been placed in Illinois hotels dur
ing the past year. and that the
membership in the state nOwr to-
tailed PSI. Mr. Vogel said work was
being done by Gideons in many
cantOnments.
Buy Liberty Bond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
LATE BULLETINS

San Jacinto, Cal. April 81
One Of the hardest OF IA score
of earthquakes, the first three
of which last Sunday demolish-
ed large paris of the business
district here and at Hemet. Oc-
CURED last night about lO:3O.
No damage was done.
Paris. April 27--~The long
range gun continued last night
10 fire upon the Paris district
SAWS an official announcement
s.There were no victims. The
firing was Intermittent. only
few shells having fallen.'
Amsterdam, April 27.-EXten-
siye disturbances in Bakn,
Trans -Caucasia, are reported
i'm IA Berlin dispatch to the
V0Iks-ZeituHg Of Cologne. The
expectation of petroleum to
Black "a ports has ceased aud
il il reported tina. the oil wells
have been destroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
FRANCE TO HAVE
THREE MEATLESS
DAYS EACH WEEK

Paris. April 2T.-The introduc-
Ion OF a system of three meatless
Gays week is announced in an OF
hcial note Il is explained that the
rsauSl dwindling reserves OF fro
zen meat. the necessity OF feeding
part Of the American army and oc-
essionally Of supplying the wants
other allies, force The govern
sent 10 draw more and more on
sfench cattle stocks.
Inscriptions Intermediates Op-
aallng in local markets, it says,
ave taken advantage of these cir
eaAStances 10 run up prices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
AIRCRAFT OUTPUT
INCREASE URGED
IN BRITISH PAPER

London. April 27.-In urging the
Rritisb nation to an increased out
nut of airplanes. the Daily Mail in
an editorial, dwells on the impor-
fauce for Germany of Russia's de-
fection as affecting supremacy In
rhe air. Russian airplanes, II says,
had great regulations IN Germany
and some of them had been used
as models by German manufac-
turers.
THE collapse OF Russia" 1t adds.
enables Germany to exploit and
turn to its own use all factories
and airdromes in Russia others
are springing up in Petrograd and
MOSCOW"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
GERMAN TO WAIT
ON UKRAINE FOOD
BEFORE NEXT CUT

London, April 27.-Referring to
a meeting of the reichstag food
council in Berlin on Friday at
which the question of reducing the
bread ration was discussed, a Ger
man official statement received to-
day says:
1T was decided the situation was
not critical enough for the taking
of such important measures at this
time. The authorities will there
fore wait and see how fast grain
is imported from the Ukraine.
Some transports have already ar
rived"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
BRITISH TAKE HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS
Names of los
Americans on
Casualty List

Washington, April 27.-The cas-
ualty list today contained l05
names, divided as follows:
Killed in action. II. dieG of ac-
cident, I died of disease. ,: wound
ed severely, AZ; wounded slightly.
81. missing in action, 2
Twelve officers are named. Lieu
tenants John ID. Arnett and Charles
r. Long were killed in action.
Lieutenants Thomas j. Mooney ana
Charles s. Williams died of acc.-
dent, Captain John T English and
Lieutenants Clement A Fogerty,
Richard r. FuTlong and Harvey C.
UpdegTove were severely wounded,
Lieutenants William +. Andrews,
Howard l. Denio. and Samuel A
Tyler were slightly wounded
Lieutenant Andrew S. Robinson is
reported missing in action and
Chaplain William J. Farrell slight
ly wounded
Killed in Action.
Lieutenants d. Arnett, Charles r.
Long; Sergeant Edward ]. Beatty;
Corporals Harry F. Ditmers, Ed
ward p Wing; Privates Charles D.
Cosma, Frank Durwin. Bernard T.
Fitzsimmons, Eric G. Hedquist, Abe
Koser, Henry A. LacroiX.
Died OF Accident.
Lieutenantss ssThomas J. Mooney.
Charles S. Williams; Wagner Fred
Bonyea; Private John Cochrane.
Died of Disease.
Privates Sam German, Charles
Nails.
Severely Wounded.
Captain John T. English; Lieu
tenants Clement A. Fogerty, Rich
ard R. Furlong, Harvey c. Upde-
grove; Sergeant Clovis L. De Saul
miers, Charles L. Gilbert, George NJ.
Parks; Corporals James ]. Hender-
son. Charles j. Hill, William F.
Sheridan, Samuel Tobias; Cooks
Andrew H. Broadhurst, Leon Rob-
ertson; Wagoners Russell Drury,
Richard NJ. Land; Private Clarence
P Adoue, Charley p. Bays, William
Beckwith, Aloysius J. Brown, John
r. Cannon, Domenico Capuzzi,
Brodie Caywood, Manuel o. COreia,
John W. Dill. John j, Giles, John
NJ Grattan, Herbert W. Hopper,
Joseph Jordan, Joseph Kacher. John
knopf, Joseph Laughs, Oney E.
Lancicault, Archie c. Lensie, David
E. Marshall, Alphonse Meder, And
rev F. Offutt, Ray E. Palmer, Mar
tin Peterson, Frederick c. Raissi,
Johnnie H Roddy, Louis Selvitella,
Benny Smith, Raymond E. South.
John b. Spallone, Nick Spano, Abe
Zimmerman Andrew F Ziut
Slightly Wounded.
Lieutenants William F. Andrews,
Howard l. Denio, Samuel A. Tyler,
Chaplain William j. Farrell Serg-
eants John G. Mccormick, Kenneth
W. Squire; Corporals f. NJ. Allen,
John W. Bowyer. Charles G. Mora
han; Mechanic Hugo H. Metzler;
Wagner John A. Mulhern; Pri-
Yates Charles J. Allen, Andrew An
astasio. James A Babkirk, George
L. Bandlow, George II. Barnes. AL
fred H Chagnon, Harry Collins.
Ralph Cook. Joseph F. COrcoran,
Arthur Cruz, Myron D. Dickinson,
Antonio Di Gianfrancesco, Van o.
Eastland. William Elliott, Gaige E.
Foote, John Gill, Alfred A. Hansen,
Bernard F. Lafletche, Stanley Mar
KUN, James Pappos, Georgia.. Per-
igny. George E. A. Perigny, George
J. Prefontain, Peter Radoulovitch.
Harry R Richards, Raymond E.
Smith, Ralph Stebbins.
Missing In Action.
Lieuteant Andrew S. Robinson
and Private Edward P Maher.
7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
THE WEATHER

Rain tonight, probably clearing
Sunday morning; no decided
change in temperature; fresh shift
ing winds.
Temperature at a. m, As. High
est yesterday, 63. Lowest last
night, As.
Velocity of wind at a. m. s
miles per hour.
Precipitation. none.
Relative humidity al p. m, SO;
at a. m., 81; at p. III. today, 20,
Stage of water. feet. no change
in last % hours.
/ NJ SHERIER- Matenralogiat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
DENVER HAS SNOW.

Denver. Colo. April 27.-Ffve
inches of snow fell In Denver last
night. An electrical storm preced-
ed the snow. According to the
Denver weather bureau. snow and
rain extended over Colorado. west
ern Nebraska and South Dakota
and part of Wyoming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
INTERNED SHIP BURNED.

Bogota, Columbia, April 26.-The
German steamer Prinz Eitel Fried
rich. which has been interned DIT
Puerto Colombia was burned and
sunk at her anchorage there to-
day The steamer was owned by
the Hamburg-American line and
diSnlaced 600 tons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
Also Take 900 on Somme /;
Front Stiffens After
KENNEL Loss.

London, April 27-Con-
tinuing their counter at
tacks on the front east of
Amiens, the allies have
gained further advantages
in the Hangard-Ville
Bretonneux sector, it is
announced officially.
The French have re-
captured positions from
Locre to La CIytte in
Flanders west of Mount
KENNEL. The fighting on
the Flanders front north
of the Lys was very Sc
we're. The enemy advance
was held at all points.
Heavy losses were inf1ict-
ed on the Germans.
The Germans made a
heavy attack on the front
south of Ypres. There
was a long battle for
Voormezeele, two miles
south of Ypres, which the
British retained, taking
hundreds of prisoners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27

Paris. April 27.-A German at
tack near Themes. on the front
southeast of Amiens was broken up
last night, the war Office announces. I
Artillery fighting continues on the
front between Villers-Bretonneux
aid Hangard.
With the British Army in France,
April 81. - CBy the Associated
| Press General Won Arnim, COM
mander of the German troops in the
/ Ypres sector, paused last night in
! his drive against the entente allied
! territory about KENNEL, undoubt-
edly to enable his forces to make a
| fresh attack.
(By Associated Press)
The loss of Mont KENNEL has
evidently failed to disorganize in
any way the allied resistance in the
| Ypres region. The line in fact,
seems to have stiffened since this
| isolated height was taken by the
Germans, and the enemy. after a
day of desperate struggling yester~
Iday found himself held fast every
where.
Hun Attacks Futile.
Locre. west of Mont KENNEL.
and Voormezeele, two miles south
of Ypres. were the chief points un-
| der attack by the Germans in their
: vain effort to develop their success
| of the previous day. At each, al
though the fighting fiuctuated dur
| ing the day, the enemy failed TO
gain his objectives and today is no
further advanced toward them than
he was yesterday morning.
The French fought with great
gallantry in the Locre sector. in
fiicting severe losses on the enemy
in his four attacks. the last Of
which carried him into the village.
| Last evening the French counter
attacked vigorously and regained
the place,
/ Hundreds Were Taken. ..
The British were no less stub
/ born in their defense of Voorme-
/ zeele at which points they were
obliged to hold fast il the line cury-
ing to the east and north around
/ Ypres was not to be abandoned To
day found them still in possession
of the village and holding fast in
the wood on the ridge southwest OF
/ the town. Several hundred pris-
oners were taken by the British ia
this fighting
WIN Abandon Ypres.
There seems a quite general dis
| position on the part OF military OBJ
servers TO forecast the eventual
| abandonment of the Npres salient
as the result of the fall OF Mont
KENNEL. II has been pointed out
| by the British war office that this
result will not necessarily follow.
II is likewise observed. however.
that should an evacuation OF Npres
become necessary. the taking Of
| Mont KENNEL has not destroyed
the defensive value of the range OF
hills to the west from which 1t
stood out. and which have been re
ferred TO as the backbone of the
| Flanders position. Meanwhile the
cost in men TO the Germans in the
program they have made without
winning more than tactical adj
vantage has been enormous.
Capture 800 on SOmme.
On the Somme battlefront the sit
uation has worked still more in
favor of the allies. London re-
ports further advancement of the
allied line last night the sector
around Nillers- -BretonneuX More
than nine hundred prisoners were
taken by the British In this fight
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
DlDN'T CLOSE FOR
LIBERTY PARADE;
STORE IS PAINTED

r. Nedar Rapids, Iowa, April 27.--
-Ae drug store Of Carl & owen
! slsrion, this county, was painted
Tlshl yellow last night The
! ! Z tailed to close its doors dur
the Liberty day celebration
.,ssasefday. There has been mucn
,.ssentment against the firm for d
f1-iDef Of years because of ito
g,. lfe 10 close during otter patri-
~ celebrations and funerals Of
Saiinent citizens.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
ACT To STOP
NATION WIDE
PAPER TIEUP
Steps Being Taken to Pre-
vent Walkout of Work
ers May First.

Washington. April 27.-An effort
to prevent a nationwide strike of
paper mill workers, called for May
l, will be made by the national
war labor board when it meets
Monday, members of the board an
on their arrival here to-
day.
P. T. Dodge, president of the In
ternational Paper company; will
the manufacturers and
J. T. Carey, president of the Inter
national Mill workers, and John 2.
Burke. president of the Sulphite
and Pulp workers organization,
will represent the workmen at the
Asked to Avert Strike.
The presidents of all paper man
companies and the pres
idents of the three International
Brotherhoods of Paper Makers,
Steam Filters and Carpenters Were
asked today by Commissioner w.
B. Colber to meet with the federal
trade commission Tuesday to sign
an agreement to avert the strike.
The present wage- scale for en-
ployes of paper mills expires May
/ and negotiations for a new scale
have been retarded by discussion
of price for print paper which is
to be fixed by the trade commits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27

eailcago, April 27.-Greek boot
a. e ss OF the city have subscribed
u, f'V'oOO worth Of third Liberty
IA = raul Demos, secretary Of
lam @ssek language division, an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27

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Leased Wire Report
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Nj c m b er of A u dit
Bureau Of Circulations
The sun., 1918-11-17
Life, Genius & Co., Inc.

is, in art. We shun mirrors. Our liter
allure lies ike a movie" Our stage lies
like Philadelphia politician
We have no great literature, no "cul-
ture,' because we have not suffered enough.
We have not recorded ourselves because
there hasn't beeh enough tragedy in the
house. Our roots are in Europe The
American has not yet been transplanted
TO America.
In Europe all genius is the product of
pain. But there seem TO be no laws that
govern these things. We may emerge
from the European cockpit fulgurant,
Dionysiac beings. Exceptions prove the
stupidity of rules. Walt Whitman was
our one single original voice. Was he an
end or a beginning? What ghosts are
standing behind this hour here in America
waiting to be bOrni
That America is on the threshold of
great future in literature we have no
doubtful the seed that will fertilize US,
we hope, is coming from France and Italy.
And in that scintillant, vibrant, flaming
age books as dramatically dainty and as
artistically Heidelbergian in phrase as Mr..
Brooks's will be no more.
LETTERS AND LEADERSHIP. BY VAN
WICK Brooks. B. w. Huebsch. 81.
The sun., 1918-11-17
By EDWARD N. TEALL.

DOCK Jacket puffery is detestable, but
- there are times when the wrap is
mighty desirable Those are, of course,
the times when YOU happen to have lost IT,
We have lost the one that originally
EMBODIED oar copy of Mrs. AthertOn's
story for boys. We imagine it defines
clearly the historical attachments of the
lively narrative Roldan Castanada was
so set upon becoming Governor of Cali
fornia that there can be no doubt In any
reasonable young mind that he reached the
high goal of his youthful ambitions. 1t
has been proved million times in boys
stories that merit must win. Having care
fully transcribed the boy hero's name, even
to the very tide, we shall not deprive the
cyclopndia of its proper privilege. If
Don Roldan is not there under that name
he must be there in pseudOnymdus camou-
flage.
A story as is a story, told with vigOr
and fine directness; and out and out boy
stuff. Probably the greatness of our ma
tional present, so far from lessening
Young Americas interest in our past, is
making more vivid to it than ever before
the brave days of discovery, colonization
and organization. The wonder of Ameri-
can unity to-day increases, but simpli6es
with the accumulation in youthful imagi-
nations of such brilliant pictures as this
of pioneer times. The Valiant RuHdWGys,
swift and thrilling, as any story for boys
has to be in order to be successful, is one
Of the very best books for boys We have
seen this long while, and we'd rather have
written it than, say, The White Morning.
Edward Stratemeyer is in his thirties
(seore by bOoks). This time it is Dave
Porter again; the thirteenth time out for
Dave. We should like to know which
part of the story the youngsters will
cotton to most-the part that tells about
the war itself, in which Dave serves as an
engineer, or the prewar part, which seems
to us rather notable where the rest is more
or less commonplace. Mr.. Stratemeyer
wastes no lines in drawing his picture of
America Just before America became bel
hgerent; but we have not seen anything
written. for maturer readers that repro
duces more exactly the complicated do
nestle situation of those days-the divi-
sion of the people into patriots of various
degrees of aggressiveness, and the indif-
ferent, the fearful, the eonscienceless
objeetOr, the eowardly pacifst, the
profiteer and the Stacker of one sort or
another. We don't say Mr.. Stratemeyer
or any one else needs to teach the Ameri-
can boy the history of 1917; it would take
an impossibly agile person to keep ahead
of our boys these days. But Mr.. Strate-
meyer is pretty spry, and some of his
young readers will find that besides anus
ing them he can show them thing or
two that they hadn't thought of.
If any one thinks the American young
The sun., 1918-11-17
Boy Stuff

stcr of tins day is too much occupied with
the war in defence of civilization to care
for old fashioned Indian stories LIT Lin
try The Silrcr Cache on some wide wake
lad of II TO 10. 1t will be bad day for
America when the Santa Fe Trail ceases
TO charm the boys imagination. MIR.
Lange's story belongs to the dasi.mg
30s, land his Pawnees, COmanehes, Chey-
ennes, kiOwas and Sioux keep up tie
good old tradition of blOOdcurdling. It
was only the other day that this book
reporter was appealed to as referee by
two boys who had disagreed Is TO whether
the Delawares or the Sioux were the best
Indians. One of the bO,s had read
Cooper; the other the later spinners Of
warns, who have found their material in
the Western plains instead of the Eastern
forests. Our word for it, Poor 10! will
live as long as some of the gods. He will
never lack admirers while there arc Amer
lean boys TO read of his legendary ex-
ploits.
In The Wonder Of War on Land Mr..
Rolt- Wheeler has accomplished something
rather remarkable. Three things are in
this book: The story of boys adventures
"a young American in a Belgian school,
caught up in the great events of 1917; a
description of the soldiers life in trench
and field, with an introduction to modern
Nilitary strategy, and a history Of ths
beginning and early course of the war. A
remarkable achievenent-nOt in getting
the three things somehow between one
pair of covers, but in making of them so
unsutured composition. The description
Of the principles of French strategy, we
feel pretty sure, is perfectly sound, though
presented in terms of baseball. American
baseball and football make a good intro
ductiOn to army tactics and strategy, and
supply a mighty good medium for their
Interpretation TO the non-miitary mind.
1t is no stretch of the truth to find in our
sport training the explanation of Ameri-
can aptitude for the war game-krieg-
spiel, as We would unhesitatingly have
called it five years ago. Careful parents
and eager boys do not often agree on the
right of boys book to be read and TO
read, but we think they will on this one.
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DAVE PORTER UNDER FIRE. BY Ed
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THE SILVER CACHE OF THE PAW
NEE. BY d. LANCE. Lothrop, Lee &
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THE WONDER OF WAR ON LAND. By
FRANCIS RoLT WHEELER. Lothrop, Lee d
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