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Evening star., 1918-04-02

Sunday between LaSsigny and Montdidier
was the seyerest blow the enemy has suf-
fered since the beginning of the offensive.
Dense aggregations of men ma rched up to
assault by battalions and literally melted
away under the fire of the French seven
ty-fves- Moreuil was recaptured by
French and Canadian soldiers charging
together.
Our artillery, which now is beginning
to arrive on the battle fronts OF the
Somme. Avre and Lassigny- Montdidier In
great strength, is opposing an effective
barrier to the German mass attacks
Hitherto. as the battle shifted north
ward, we, like the Germans, had been
obliged to fight with the support of our
field guns only. Now the six-inch and
heavier pieces are arriving and working
terrible havoc among the enemys attack
Ing columns, which have no means of pro-
lection against shells Of these calibers.
Like Storm at Sea.
Describing Fridays battle in this Sec
tor eye-witnesses say the British in
fantry fire worked terrible destruction
among the Germans, who advanced to the
attack. division after division, in dense
waves. during twenty-four hours. The
fury of the fighting was indescribable.
Aviators who hovered over the field say it
looked like a stormy sea in which wave
, after wave of infuriated men swept up
and rolled back in disorder Villages were
conquered and reconquered again and
again.
Batteries of seventy-fives were brought
into action a few minutes after detrain-
ing at stations on the battlefield. Sew
eral times enemy columns advancing to
the assaulting stopped and broke under
our rifle fire and machine gun fire. The
commands of officers trying to rally their
men could be heard from our lines
The fight for Moreuil lasted q, whole
day. The Canadians actually intermingled
with their French comrades and fought
like lions to keep the place. It was twice
twice lost In the end the khaki and
horizon blue had the better Of it. and the
village which was the nearest point the
enemy had reached on the way to Amiens.
and point particularly coveted by the
German staff. remained in our hands
AT Plemont single French division
IN a furious charge broke the resistance
OF two German divisions, recapturing the
ing prisoner 700 Germans.
Along this line our troops feel. as they
feel along the Oise line, that they have
the situation in hand and that the enemy
must try elsewhere"
Evening star., 1918-04-02
German Program Revealed.

Some interesting facts now are available
from captured documents and prisoners
statements regarding the results thus Tar
achieved by the enemy. To sum up the
situation briefly, the Germans had expect
ed to reach the line of the Somme on the
first days of the drive.
On that day the weather greatly favored
the attacking troops. for a heavy mist
shrouded the whole country and made 1t
impossible for the British machine g'In-
ners to engage the enemy at long range.
Notwithstanding this drawback for the
defenders they inflicted such heavy cas-
uaities on the enemy at close quarters
that the Germans progressed only one
quarter of the distance they had expected
to make the first day.
The heavy attack delivered by the
Germans astrida the Scarpe March rs
was executed in all particulars as had
been the assault on the opening day.
On the 2Sth, however, there were no
mists to assist the onrushing hordes,
and they came under such a grilling
punishment from the artillery, ma
chine guns and rifles that their prog
ress was checked after they had made
.comparative small gains. All re-
ports regarding this operation show
that the Germans suffered most heavily
along this whole front of attack The
objectives which the German high com
mand had set for the attack on the
2Sth We're ambitious. They were the
city of Arras and Vimy ridge.
Arras was to be taken by the I'd
Guards Division, one of the emperor s
Evening star., 1918-04-02
HoIstein Breaks Milk Record

SACRAMENTO. Cal, April .
Raphaella Johanna Aaggie, a Holste in
in the service of California, at the
Napa State Hospital. has broken the
world record for milk production in
thirty days, it was announced here to-
day by the state board of control, Her
record was 3.794 pounds. or 1897
quarts, in a month. The previous high
figure for thirty days is said to have
beeT 3,767 pounds. The production of
the COW at current prices would total
sos for the month.
Evening star., 1918-04-02
French Shock Troops on Vacation

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.-Forty-two
Franch soldiers, members of a shock
battalion which has seen three years
continuous service in the trenches.
reached San Francisco last night en-
route to their home, Tahiti, Society
Islands. where they will spend
months vacation at the expense of the
French government. The men are in
charge of a non-commissioned officer
and were clad in uniforms from which
they had been unable to eradicate all
traces of trench mud.
Evening star., 1918-04-02

By the Associated Press.
RBITISH H E A D @ q A r T E r IN
FRANCE, Monday April 1.-The German
attack along the Scarpe river March IS
had as its objective the city of Arras
and the formidable Vimy ridge. Care
full plans were laid to carry out this am
bition and the attack was supported by
very heavy assault south and southwest
OF Arras. units of at least eleven Ger
man divisions being employed here.
1t may be seen. therefore. that the Ger
man plans were far-reaching, but the
main result they achieved was to swell
the already great total of their casualties.
At about o'clock on the morning OF
the 2Stb German artillery of all calibers
opened a terrific bombardment against
the British positions. 1t was obvious the
enemy intended to attack. and at $40
o'clock the British gunners unioosed an
avalanche of steel against every known
place of assembly the Germans might be
using,
Evening star., 1918-04-02
No Charge for
Careful Examination
by An
Experienced Dentist

Come to this modern Office and
have your imperfect teeth made sound
snd useful in a very little time and at
trifiing' outlay.
Our methods are the most modern
methods known to dental science; our
facilities for restoring and extracting
teeth are without equal in Washing
ton: Our staff consists of duly qualified
and licensed dentists whose work has
been proven perfect by actual service
tests.
The best materials obtainable in
The United States are used exclusively.
and our large practice enables us to ke-
cure big discounts for cash buying.
And this is one of the secrets of our
Evening star., 1918-04-02
Carried Six Days Ration.

shortly after o'clock the enemy ad-
vanced They came forward slowly and
deliberately in full marching order. Each
infantrymau carried rations for SIX days,
two blankets and an extra pair of boots,
indicating that the attack was IN deadly
earnest The company commanders We're
| mounted and the infantry was followed
closely by the artillery.
On the extreme north the storm center
l. Law between Gavrelle and Oppy, the Ger
mans pivoting on Oppy. The Germans
lost terribly in the heavy fighting, which
| lasted all day. during which the British
| fell back to line between Bailleul and
Willerval. The German attacks I,s, AGAINST nse
| north Of the river the British stood their
ground and pushed forward slightly Fri
day and Saturday.
South of the Scarpe the Germans were
| held up for a time by a division which
had been engaged against them for the
previous week After the first day the
division retired somewhat and later was
compelled to fall back behind Neuvilte-
Vitasse, on account of pressure to the
Evening star., 1918-04-02
British Line Is Advanced.

On Friday and Saturday nights the
British pushed their lines forward
here again somewhat. Below the
Scarpe the Germans were finally held
up by division which had been IN
the line for sixty-one days up to the
time Of the Arras attack and made a
most spectacular fight in holding off
the enemy from March p to March Is.
This division had originally held a
sector of the line lying between the
Arras and Cambria road and Fontaine
wood to the south. Because of the fall
ing back of the line below them, they
had gradually been forced to give way,
the line between Wancourt and Senin.
Here they Were holding firmly on the
morning of March %. Throughout the
day they sustained heavy attacks. but
repulsed them all The situation below
them, however. kept getting worse
until at one time their flank was eN-
posed and they We're fighting back to
back with the Germans on both sides of
them. AS a result they fell back a
little to Neuville-iVtasse. where they
made a further stand.
The stubbornness of the defense OF
the British forces was shown by one
sergeant and five men who were hold
ing a machine gun post near Vitasse.
Seeing it would eventually become nee
essary for them to abandon this post
the sergeant sent back his men and he
himself stuck to his post, working the
machine gun until the enemy closed in
on him.
Then he took the gun and by lively
work reached his own lines. The divi-
sion fell back fighting like demons at
close quarters. Neuville-yitasse was
later abanduped to the enemy because
of the pressure below and the British
took up position Just west of the town
Evening star., 1918-04-02
HUN LOSS APPALLING
AS RESULT OF FUTILE
ASSAULTS ON ARRAS
Advancing in Solid Formation and
Heavily Accoutered Germans We're
MOUed DO,Un In SWdthes

pet units. Special assault divisions
were to go through the front line diVl.
sions after the British battle line had
been stormed. But these assaulting d.
visions never came into action, because
the front-line divisions could not push
their way into the British defenses.
Evening star., 1918-04-02
German Losses Appalling.

The heavy preliminary bombardment
had blotted out all the British outposts
excepting one just opposite Gavrelle.
This single post, with a comparatively
small number of men, turned its ma
chine guns northward and enfiladed the
, Germans heavily. The assaulting
troops, however, got in on both sides
of this post, and the British fell back.
fighting their way out. Fierce fighting
gallant defense, the British found it
, advisable to fall back to line be-
tween Bailleul and Willerval which
furnished particularly good positions
for machine guns.
The losses of the Germans were ap-
palling. One British colonel, who lay
on a parapet with a rifle and fired
some $50 shots himself. stated later
that it was impossible to miss. Two
being captured by the enemy said that
large numbers of German dead were
hanging against the barbed-wire en-
tang1ements.
An unusual incident occurred in the
fighting here. Four British soldiers
and one officer, whom they were help
ing back toward a dressing station,
were captured by the Germans, who
merely took the Tommies rifles and
told them and the officer they We're at
liberty to go. Just what inspired this
move is hard to say.
Subsequent attacks by the Germans
against Bailleul and Willerval failed
to swing the line farther back. Just
to the south, near Fampoux. the Brit
ish holding the line sent back word
they would fight to the last, and this
was virtually what happened, for they
gallantly stood their ground.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-14

den and rose hedge had been almost
real but apparently Bob had forgotten
An assistant manager would be able
to afford more than little home and
could figure in society. The manager
was past middle age and in time Bob
would probably step into his place
Then he could marry an heiress-the
presidents pretty daughter or some
one else equally impressive. Bob was
handsome, ambitious and progressive
He would be big man some day and
their love affair could really mean
nothing to him. That she was pretty.
ambitious and progressive as well did
not enter Carries mind. Whatever
she had done was to increase her saw
ings in order to help Bob when the
time came for the little home. AS
Carrie realized that all her dreams
were shattered she burst into tears.
BY the time the lunch was over she
had dried her eyes and was busily
working at her desk when the assist
ant manager made his appearance.
Bob started as he caught sight of the
new head of the department.
II beg your pardon. / did not know
that you had been promoted to this
DESK he said in a reserved tone
Carrie did not look up.
will you please prepare report,
giving details of the girls in your de-
partment as to length of service and
salaries they are now receiving.
would also like monthly reports on
the sales made by each saleswoman,
in future Miss Aldeson."
The Miss Aldeson'' was too much
for Carrie.
Il will make the first report. Mr.
Campbell" she said icily, but you
must speak to my successor about the
monthly report for 1 am to give my
notice tomorrow night"
You are to be married, 1 presume.
Miss Aldeson." Bob felt his heart
sinking.
How dare you insult me-" Carrie
flashed. rs it not enough to slight
me as you have, because you have
been promoted and consider yourself
above your old friends, without taunt-
ing me. No; 1 am not going to be
married because 1 have been silly
enough to waste my affections upon
man that was not worthy of them.
am leaving because / refuse to work
under an assistant manager who is
not a gentleman"
Bob's cheeks were scarlet How
could you expect me to act different
ly?" he said. when 1 heard you con-
Tossing your love for another man
over the telephone this morning"
How dare you" Carrie began. but
stopped with a gasp of understanding.
'Oh. Bob. how silly of you'll" she cried
as she rummaged thru her desk for
her order book. Here it is; I was
giving order for some popular
songs for the music counter. That is
what you heardi"
Bob took the book from her and
looked over the order. IT Care Only
for You" Meet Me Tonight" 81
Love You Deary," and "I Want You
For My own" was written in Carries
writing on the blank.
IT was was an idiot" he laughed.
IT have been unhappy all morning
over it, too. 1t spoiled all the pleas
ure of my promotion. The minute
was notified of it I thought of you
and the joy the news would bring to
you. We can build the little homa
anytime now, dear. and we can have
rose hedge the first year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-14
TRAWELETTE
The Ukraine.
~ NIKSAH,


The Ukraine, which has Just COM
pleted it's peace compact with Ger
many and Austria, is the richest and
most thickly settled district of Russia
Travellers will remember it as a plain
of never-ending wheat fields, a land
of silent. friendly peasants, of color
full dress and curious folk-customs
Large cities are few, but there is
village every few miles.
The people of the villages, and even
the more enlightened folk of the
cities, have retained some traditional
observances peculiar to the land. One
of the most curious of these was a
part of the celebration of the Creek
Church holiday, Resurrection Sun
day. This date was up to a few years
ago the occasion for a municipal free
for-a1 fight in many Ukrainian cities
The people of the city were divided
into two camps. Sometimes the city
was divided into halves; more often
the division was made into the true
urban jewellers on the one hand, and
the suburbanites on the other. All
the able-bodied men, and still more
enthusiastically, all the small boys,
poured into the streets for battle. No
weapons of any kind were used; even
sticks and clubs were barred. Fists
were employed freely. however, and
any man could get literally all the
fight he wanted.
The combat sometimes ragged all
day. Any time some combatant had
enough" he needed only to indicate
as much, and the crowd was bound
to part and let him thru. He was
then barred from further participa-
ton. The battle sometimes ended
with one party or the other driven
from the field, but usually the de-
cision was draw, and nothing but
a collection of bruised knuckles and
broken heads remained to show for it.
+ The origin of this custom has given
rise to considerable speculation. 1t is
probably due to the fact that the
Ukrainians were for centuries a fight
ing people. In the middle ages, they
were continually involved in petty
warfare with the Cossacks and the
Tartars. When the "balance-of-
power" peace descended on Europe,
they seem to have turned Instructive
ly to warlike sports to keep alive the
fighting spirit among the people. In
view of recent developments, the re-
course would hardly appear to have
been a success
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-14
a HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in
Americas Fighting Service

The proverbial readiness of United
States marines to meet any emergency
was shown by Private Leonard Bou-
cher Dean, of the National Naval
Volunteers, marine corps branch, in a
sensational life-saving exploit in
Guantanamo bay, Cuba. A private of
marines was floating on a log in the
Caribbean sea near the naval station
a shark, and in fighting it he fell from
the log. He was taken by a cramp,
but managed to float, rubbing his legs
to maintain mobility of the limbs
ReScuing parties were dispatched,
but could not reach him on account
of the rough sea. He was helpless,
and was being carried out by the tide
Private Dean was bathing on the
beach Word came that a man was
drowning, and Dean promptly swan
out. Making his course in a different
direction from that taken by the other
rescuers, he evaded the rough water
and brought ashore the drowning man,
who had been battling for his life near
ly three hours. II have often thought
swimming here" Dean told the man
whose life he saved, land had
planned just how 1 would go about
getting a man in, if the occasion ever
arose. Dean has received full credit
for saving the mans life, and for his
GOODNESS, courage and good judgm ent
he has been recommended by his
superior officers for official common
dation. He enlisted in the marine
corps branch of the National Naval
Volunteers on April II, 1917, at Los
Angeles, and is a son of Mrs. Sarah
Ann Dean, 2350k West Pico street,
Los Angeles, Cal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-14
DINNER STORIES

Two farmers, who are neighbors,
are very tall and slender, and each of
them boasts to the other that he is
the thinner A few days ago they
came to town to attend a circus. Be-
fore entering the big tent they visit
ed the side shows and spent some
time in front of the platform on
which the living skeleton" was ex-
hibited. For a time they gazed in
wonder and then one of them turned
to the other, broke the silence:
II thought l was thin" he said,
but, by golly. that fellow is thinner
than both of us put together"
Beaver White of the war trade
board said in an after-dinner speech:
THE Russian idealists who talk of
universal peace and disarmament at
this stage of the war are counting de-
struction for their country.
"Pacifism may have been all right
once. Today it reminds me of the
mother who wrote to the schoolmas-
ter who wanted to teach his pupils
how to swim:
PLEASE do not teach my boy
swimming. as 1 do not wish him to be
drowned
A primary teacher. admonishing lit
tie Ann, who usually was a model
child, for misconduct, said:
II thought 1 had a little angel in
the room. Now where is she?"
Little Betty, on the other side of the
room, stood up meekly and shyly an
swered: Here I is"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-14
A WORTHY CHARITY.

Queen Mary's Convaiescent Auxil-
larry hospitals at Roehampton, Eng,
for sailors and soldiers who have lost
their limbs in the war, is appealing
to the world for an additional fund of
half million dollars. 1t is stated in
the appeal that up to December 81
last over II, 500 officers and men have
been admitted to the hospitals, sup
piled with artificial limbs (provided
by the state) and taught how to use
them; large numbers have also been
admitted for readjustment and re-
newal of their limbs, and that 1900
men have been found good posts thru
the employment bureau attached to
the hospitals and 1000 men have been
returned to their old employment or
passed on to local committees with
information necessary to secure them
fresh start in life.
The present accommodation, it is
declared. is totally inadequate to meet
the increasing demands made upon it.
and serious consideration must now
be given to the future. The majority
of limbless men are quite young,
CHEEKY and full of hope about their
future, but much depends upon the
usefulness of their artificial limbs,
which always require readjustment
owing to the shrinking of the stump.
Also at intervals repairs and new
limbs are necessary. Consequently,
there will be need of Roehampton for
the next forty years.
1t is designed to extend the present
scheme and to found a permanent
northampton" where men can always
return to have their artificial limbs
readjusted and renewed.
Checks and postal orders should be
addressed to the Hon. Treasurer,
Queen Mary's Auxiliary Hospital, IL
Little College street, Westminster, S.
w. marked Northampton" and
crossed Lloyds Bank, 222 Strand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-14

a story is told of an English wo-
man, belonging to what is known in
her country as the lower classes"
who recently bought a grand piano,
which the family Immediately con-
verted into a dining table. This may
he considered a fair example of the
.extravag ance against which the peo-
pie of this country continually are
being warned. 1t will be said that she
should have converted her money into
government bonds. But if she would
not do this, was it not better that she
let somebody else have it who might
use it for that purpose?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-14
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Viewed in a broad way, says the
Wollman Review, there is no occasion
for pessimism over the business stu
alton at present, or over the outlook
for some time to come.
Much has been said about abnormal
conditions, as a result of the war, and
their adverse effect upon business. No
intelligent person would attempt to
contend that conditions are as they
were before the war, or before we en-
tered it. They are not; they cannot
and will not be as long as the war lasts
and after it is over, for that matter.
In passing. the idea may we'll be en-
phasized that the war is teaching the
people of this country many valuable
lessons, among which is the unwis-
dom of attempting to return to the
exact conditions after the war as pre-
vailed before it began. Such condi-
tions will not be wanted. The people
will be able, nevertheless. to carry on
their business and to prosper.
No one will deny, either, that the
changing and upsetting even of pre-
vious conditions have made business
should not be forgotten on the other
hand that these very changes have
made profits vastly larger for a great
number of industries. In some lines
it is true that war conditions have
caused a marked curtailment, while in
few they have spelled virtual disas-
ter. First and last, nevertheless, our
corporations and people are prosper
Gus on the whole to an unusual de-
gree.
Writing along similar lines Henry
C1ews in his Financial Review says:
I'VE now are building ships on such
scale as to ensure that the American
flag will, with peace, once again be
seen on all the seven seas; we are
loaning billions to the countries with
! whom we are now associated in the
war. These billions in fact represent
investments of our people, for they are
the proceeds Of our own liberty bonds,
which our treasury in turn is loaning
at the same rates it itself is paying
! for the funds. The governments to
whom we are loaning are placing with
our treasury bonds of their own, iden-
| teal In maturity and interest with
ours. These they guarantee to pay,
principal and interest The real net
result. it will be observed, is that our
people are becoming investors on a
scale beyond the most optimistic
dreams of no more than five years
ago. Instead of sending interest and
| dividend payments to creditors abroad,
the reverse on a largely increased
scale will now be the case This
phase will expand the longer the war
! lasts.
"Of great Importance is the fact
that our people will have more gen
orally learned in a practical way the
art of saving, such as would have been
possible in no other way. This is a
change for the better that is funda-
| mental