Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-04-26

The American steamer Lake Moor
sailing on her maiden voyage with
naval crew aboard, was sunk by al
enemy submarine in European waters
April II and FIVE officers and 30 mef
are missing. Five officers and twelve
enlisted men have been landed at an
, English port,
An internal explosion wrecked the
American steamship Florence H., IN a
French port on the night OF April IL
with probable loss OF Al members
of the crew,
The German high command, having
been unsuccessful in piercing the Brit
ish front In Flanders and separating
the British and French armies, has
essayed a stroke against the Ameri-
cans and the French northwest OF
Toul,
The latest Berlin official communl-
cation asserts that in the drive against
the Americans and French in the Toul
sector 1873 American prisoners and %
machine guns We're captured by the
Germans who cut their way for about
a mile and quarter into the Amer.
lean lines at SeicheWey.
A dispatch from Budapest says that
Baron Burian will receive the Austrian
portfolio Of finance in assuming that
Of foreign AFFAIRS. II IL stated that the
essential characteristics of Baron
Durian are insignificant docle obedi-
ence TO the orders which come from
DtrliE.
Further restrictions Of the country's
less essential industries. which will
dras ticaly limit non.war building op-
erations for the duration of the war,
has been announced by the fuel ad-
lion in the issuance OF orders
curtall,ng The manufacture OF ten prin.
cipai clay products, from Is to as
high as 50 per cent, simultaneously
the manufacturing program of this in
dustry was ordered re-arranged and
divided placing II on the basis OF
war industry.
American troops operating on the
Lo, raine sector in France have taken
over control OF No Mans Land Pa
trolling parties are making almost
nightly visits up TO the German VIE
ertanglc nents without encounterlng
any resistance.
Approval of efforts by commercial
organizations TO obtain from the rail-
road administration an executive order
requiring all cotton offered for ship
ment to be compressed TO density
of 80 pounds per cubic foot, has been
given by the war department, the de-
partment OF commerce and the snip
ping board, as measure TO promote
efficiency in transportation.
Immediate enactment OF legislation
to permit the military authorities to
deal directly with spies and German
propagandists was urged before the
senate military committee as the only
way to curb lynch law against dis
loyalty and enemy agitation. Repre-
sentatives Of the army and navy In
telligence departments and other wit
nesses told the committee that the sit
uation IL serious and cannot be han
died under existing laws
Three officers and thirty-three en-.
listed men captured by the U, s. S.
Tanning from the German submarine
U.5S, now being held as prisoners OF
war, have been ordered sent 10 Fort
Mcpherson, Ga.
The news from the battle front is
distinctly cheering. The British line
is holding firmly, French reinforce
ments having arrived, which makes il
practically certain that the German
drive toward the channel ports has
been defeated.
Germany's mighty effort on the bat
tie field of Flanders has won new sue
cesses. According to the latest re-
ports the important strategic towns OF
Bailleul, Wulverghem and Wytschaete
are in German hands, and more i'm.
portant still, the Teutons have carried
q large part Of the Messines ridge by
storm.