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Ten Desperate Assaults
Force Line Back Only
Short Distance.
TAKE THREE VILLAGES
Grivesnes Bears Brunt Of
Attack, but Remains in
French Hands.
BRITISH FIGHT ALL DAY
Artillery MOws Down Waves
Of Enemy as Fast as They
Advance.
Special Gable Despdfch TO THs SUA.
Copyright. 1915; all rieAts HesSrpsd

Copyright 1916; all rigAts reserved.
LONDON. April 4.-On narrow
front Of ten miles. running north
ward from Grlvesnes, near the tip OF
the Montdidier salient. TO the Roye.
Amiens road. the iuncture Of the
French and British armies. the Ger.
mans strove nightly during the en-.
tire day with great masses of troops
to break the allied line in the direc.
tion Of Amiens. only nine miles dis.
tant.
Ten separate attacks, which were at.
tended with terrific losses to the
eleven German divisions engaged, re-
suited in the enemy capturing the
villages Of Mailly- Raineval and Mori-
sci. east and southeast OF Moreuil. the
French holding still the high ground
which dominates these places
At Mailly Raineval the Germans are
only four miles from tho main line
railway from Amiens TO Paris.
North of Moreuii. the British line
cept near Hamel, just south OF the
Somme. where they were forced back
a short distance In the bend Of the
river. II 10 estimated that on the ten
miles Of the attack on the French and
the fifteen miles OF the British front
engaged the Germans used nearly II
not quite 100000 men.
On the southern flank of the Ger
man salient great artillery activity
indicates preparation for attacks in
that sector
The Germans apparently are cling
ing to their original design to break
through at the junction OF the French
and British armies. smash through to
Amiens and westward forcing the
British toward Calais and the neare,
Channel ports and driving the French
hack to Paris. even attempting to per
citrate as far as Havre and the mouth
of the Seine
This Is the German hope and the
German objective. Tho Prussian wa,.
! lords look TO some such result as the
surest way of finishing the war and
establishing German peace. The
dangerous feature OF this experiment
, lies in the great salient which the
Germans have driven into the line
OF tho Allies between the Scarpe and
the Disc.
/ This salient has the profile Of a
slightly aquiline nose. II starts a.
Feuchv. four miles east of Arras. and
, runs forty-five miles south and south
west to Montdidier. where IT turns
I sharply to the east and extends thirty
flve miles more TO the original from.
near lie Fere. distance of eighty
miles in all.
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Nation Not to Be Diverted
From Prosecution of War
Programme.
CONSIDERED MERE RUsE
Food Situation in Central Elm
pires Believed to Be Ex-
tremely Serious.
Soec;o, DesoufcA TO THs srN.

WARRINGTON. April 4.-0ermany' e
latest peace ruse promulgated by Count
Czernin. the Austrian Foreign Minis
ter. In his speech at Vienna on wednes-
day so far has made little impression
here. and officials believe II will not sue
ceed in diverting the attention of Amer
leans from prosecution Of the war at
this critical time.
President Wilson in his forthcoming
speech in Baltimore on Saturday is
expected to snun out any remaining
hopes Of the wilhelmstrasse to keep
peace talk alive before the American
people in some form or other at this
time.
In Entente diplomatic crries II Is
hoped that the Czern,r speech viii, be
ignored or 20 disposed OF as to leave nc
further ioophole for the insidious con-
tinuance Of Tcuton peace propaganda
which Berlin may now seek to keep
alive while preparations are under way
Tor another military move seeking con-
quest.
The negotiations between Austria and
Ruma MIA have demonstrated to the State
Department that Count Csernin is simply
Jan agent Of ruthless German militarism
in disguise.
That Germany and Austria have failed
utterly to get relief from their strai;cnsd
food conditions through grain seizures in
Russia is discerned by officials Of this
Government in the speech Of Count
Czern.n. Count Cxernin said that thirty
cars of wheat have been moved into the
Dual Monarchy from Russia since the
collapse on the eastern front and that
approximately 800 additional cars arr
a waiting movement, This amount OF
grain. II is stated here. will provide al.
most no relief for the food shortages
in the two empires
Practically all OF the wheat raised ir
Russia is OF the winter variety ant
pla nted in the fall. Reports In posses
sion of the Government here indicate
that only fractional part OF the usua
crop was planted last fall and tina
neither Germany nor Austria can loof
for relief there this fall
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BATTLE IS WACED
ON rs MILE FRONT
Fighting Is HeaUiest at juno.
tion of the Allies.

LONDON. April 4.-Dospite bad wea ,her
conditions on the battle front in France
the Germans resumed their great of
fcnsive this morning. and flghtipg OF
the most terrific kind continued all day
over a line OF about twenty-five miles
OF which the British held fifteen mile.
and the French ten. Al the end Of the
day the Germans had taken one small
village, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., from the
British. and two, Mailly-Ra!neval and
Morisel. from the French. These are
close TO Grivesnes. about seven miles
south of Moreuil
Gr!vesnes. near the Tip OF the Mon'
d.d,cr saliant bore the brunt OF the
attack, but at nightfau it remains IL
the hands of the French. who had coun.
ter attacked and made some gains there
In their sector the British fought
desperately all day against great waves
OF German troops. estimated 10 number
in all about twelve or fourteen divisions
and the net result in that district a.
the end of the day was the loss OF tn.
village OF Hamel, just south OF the
Somme. The heaviest kind OF fighting
still continues IN this region and in the
French sector.
The French night report, which gives
the first !ntimat.on Of the resump, ion o.
the great battle. says
The battle was resumed TINS MON
ing with extreme violence in the re-
g.on north Of Montdidier, and still
continues. On front of about fittee..
kilometers. from Griyesncs as far as
north OF the road between Amlens and
Eoye, the Germans attacked witA
enormous forces. showing Il firm de-
termination 10 break through our from,
at any cost, Up to the present We
have identified by prisoners eleven
enemy divisions
our troops with intrepid courage
| resisted the shock OF tho assa!lort
| masses, who wero moved down by ou,
artillery FIRE.
Despite their efforts, ter times
! pca.ed. the Germans succeeded. at the
cost OF sanguinary sacrifices. in gain
ing only a few hundred meters OF te-
| rain and occupying the villages OF
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Patriotic Rally in
Carnegie Hall Tonight

A GREAT patriotic rally is to
- be held tonight in Carnegie
Hall, when Fighting Benson will
deliver his lecture, Back From
HE'LL" Bomber McGinnis, who
lost a leg in the Battle of the
Somme, will relate war en-
periences, and Miss Greta Tor
padie, popular vocalist, will sing.
No admission will be charged,
but the sponsors of the meeting
will take collection for THE
SUN Tobacco Fund. Read about
it on page 8, and be sure to at
tend.
WARNINGS! THE SUN TO-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
tion or publication. It employs
no agents or collectors.
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BEGIN NEW DRIVE FOR AlMIENS;
THROW 300, 600 MEN AGAINST THE ALLIES;
MAKE SMALL GAIN; u. S. ARMY AT FRONT
America Proud of Men,
Wilson Tells Fighters

Specio' cdo,e Despatch to The suy.
PARIS, April 4.-President
Wilson's war anniversary
greetings are conveyed to the
American Expeditionary Force in
France through the Stars and
Stripes. the official organ of the
troops. President Wilson cables
as follows:
"Please convey to the officers
and men of our expeditionary
forces my warmest greetings on
this, the anniversary of the en-
trance of the United States into
this great war for liberty, and
say to them that we all have not
only greatly admired and been
very proud Of the way they have
so far accounted for themselves,
but also have the utmost con-
fidence that in every sense they
will prove to be of the finest
metal of free men,"
The sun., 1918-04-05
by PERCIVAL PHILLIPS.

BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. April 3 (delayed) We have
scored several minor offensive operations
between Arras and Albert The enemy
mas succeeded in none. lie is being con-
tent to remain quiet. while thinking out
things. but the British insist upon max
ing attacks. raidine villages and harry
Ing the German infantry. which is try
ing to dig itself into a better place In the
ground while it waits for orders and
new drafts
During the night Ave,tc. one OF the
cluster OF ruined villages to the south
west o. Arras. was taken by us. The
place was the scene OF repeated attacks
and OF fiuctuat!ng fighting. The garrt-
son. thinned by our machine gun fire.
Was gathered IN the streets. while the
cellars were strewn with dead.
A similar enterprise near Hebuterne.
in the same region where the old Ger
man trenches were located. wiped out a
strong point and relieved our outposts OF
disconcerting fire.
Doubtless the casualty lists loom large
in his calculations. A order captured
with one German unit further illustrates
his plight. II is the report OF the First
Battalion OF the l4Oth Infantry. which
Was a part OF the Fourth Division II
shows that ON March %. when the Ger
mans were making their greatest score.
the total strength OF the four compani
making up the battalion Il 900 men nor
mallD was reduced to ninety-three
rAeS three officers and fifteen non-com-
missioned officers.
There are many stories of the gallant
lighting of the FIfty-t,rst British divi.
s!on--the Scottes--and the hard strug-
gle of the command Is everywhere APP
parent. They garisoned Bourse.s and
Demcourt. Preparing for the lombard
ment that later came they swamped
their trenches. dugouts and supports
Then the German infantry swarmed
down the Queant-Pronville valley or
their left. Within two or three minutes
after the receipt Of the first message
from the left the Black Watch. in front
of Louvertl wood. was surrounded and
the men were trying to beat Off an over
whelm!rg force OF Germans. Tho Sea
forths nj Bourses were fighting vail.
antiy.
The communication trench known as
sturgeon Alley. east of Bourse!s, hae
been reconstructed to command field
Of fire over the valley to the left This
was held as the defensive flank. The
Germans were checked as they tried &c
work around Nognles and for three
hours were unable to make any head.
way.
About noon they drove inP Doignles
but they were tMown out again. Two
hous later they succeeded in occupying
the ruins again. suffering heavy casual
| ties from machine guns of the Argylls
! tho BLACK Watch and the Seaforths. TIL,
Germans followed their usual tactics o
drbbling fresh men forward repeatedly
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CLEMENCEAU'S REPLY
PRAISED BY FRANCE
Czsrnin's Speech VisWed a.
Attack on Premier.
special Co6ie Despofch 10 TIE Sun,
CoDyyigLf. 1915: oN rigk's ressrred.


PARIS. April 1.-THE allegation OF
Coun. Czernin. Foreign Minister Of Aus
tria. that Premier Clemenceau had made
overtures for negotiated peace Is In
terpreted here as maneuvrc to break
down the popularity Of the French Prime
Minister and thereby diminish the war
effort of the French people. The Pre-
mier's terse message for Czernin. You're
a liar" is applauded by the nation.
II is easy to understand the reasons
for the Austrian lie. The result of the
grand offensive on the battle front In
France has been q bitter disappointment
| to the Teutonic war lords. and as the
| situation In Austria is exceedingly bad
means must be sought for quieting and
encouraging the people. who see no rea-
son for fighting on the western front
and participating in an enterprise which
| does not concern them.
/ Count Czernin is trying by false
| statements 70 evade responsibility for
| the disastrous offensive and TO place the
| blame on the shoulders OF the French
BY showing that Austria was disposed to
avoid >this great military action by en-
,ering into negotiations. Czernin's state.
ment Is the best proof Of the difficulties
| which Deset tue AuStTldii 'oNcTHfnent.
| Another member Of the French Gov
ernment. discussing this matter with
THE SUNS correspondent to-day, said:
| THE opinion Of the French Govern
ment is that II would be q blunder for
any Of the Powers to seek to negotiate
| a separate peace. Ir the Entente Pow.
ers have to negotiate they will do II
| together. as a unit. The French Gov
ernrnent thinks it is hopeless to nego
tiats with Austria, although It Is knowr
that the Dual Monarchles find the wal
a heavier burden than Germany does
because II is plain that the Austrian
| Government II utterly unable to FIRE,
itself from the German yoke, The army
finances and administration are hope
Ie.sly interminglcd with the Prussian
Only the victory Of the Allies will eman
cipate Austria
PARIS, April 4.-Premier Clemencea,
told the exact truth In his terse declala
tion that "Czernin lied" his rejoinder 4
the statement of Count Czernin that n
had inquired, through an intermediary
whether Austria Hungary was ready I,
negotiate, DR.. NJ. r. Vestnitch. Serbian
Minister to France, solemnly affirmed II
a speech at tine American Club luncheon
to-day.
When asked II there were no firs un
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Americans Holding Line on Heights of Meuse;
Germans Make Raid on Listening Post
Bv the Associated Press

BY
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 4-Amercan
forces occupying the Meuse heights south
of Verdun.
This released publication
simultaneously with raded
American listening posts this sector following heavy lombard
The raid made against the positions region
where is feasible
without heavy the attacking forces The
bombarded the first line
tagging the hillside and then sent adng which
swarmed about the listening
The further of the halted
and as consequence the
hardly claim
Because of the topography of the Meuse Heights
little fighting
forces took advantage Of the inactivity
the surrounding hills which spring
The other American
Germans few shells the northwest
planes fairly active in patroing
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YEAR'SWARB BILL
$9,000,000,000
Half Of This Lent to Allies
Average Outlay Now
Billion a Month.
LOWER THAN ESTIMATED
Expenditures Lessencd by De-
lay in Shipbuilding-Many
Economies Enforced.

WAsHINsToS. April Mime billion
dollars is the approximate cost to the
United States OF one year Of war.
More than one-half has gone in loans
to allies and will be repaid eventually,
over one-third has been spent for the
army and military esta o,ishmen:, one
tenth for the navy and one fifteenth for
shipbuilding.
Juet onc-sixth OF this big war cost has
been provided by taxation and other ord!-
nary sources of revenue and the re-
ma hinder has been covered by the sale OF
Liberty bonds and certificates Of indebt-
edness.
Enormous as these war expenditures
may seem to a country whose Govern
ment in peace times costs between S7a0,-
0O0. 900 and $500. 900. 900. they are less
than Great Britain's and fall far hollow
the estimates made by officials less than
year ago Slow progress OF the ship
building programme and the retardinG
OF the outpouring of war supplies are re-
garded b. officials as the chief reasons
! for this.
Govern.nen. expenses now are run
ming about n billion dollars month
with somewhat less than half going tc
allies, who spend the greater part OF
their loans for war supplies in This
country.
Normal Outlays Heavy.
Since the declaration Of war April 6
1917, the Governments actual expendi'
lures have been more than $500. 900.
600. but about sso0.O0O.000 Of this
! sum would have been spent for norma
activities even IL the United states hat
not entered the war.
Ordinary expenditures. under which
the Treasury classifes outlays for opera
ton OF the governmental! machinery anc
war enterprises. since the declaration
Of war. have been approximately $o.OS4
| 900, 900. Actual payments to the Allie!
| amounted to about s+,T+3,000.000.
! Income from internal revenue. mos
OF which is represented by war taxes
| and from customs and miscellaneou
! sources. has run up to about 1885. 900.
| 600, and the two Liberty Loans hav'
| brought TO the Treasury little les!
| than $500. 900. 900. Small collections
| from War Savings and Thrift Stamp
! In the last four months amount to $40,
900, 900.
About $4,000, 900 900 OF certificates o
! Indebtedness arc now outstanding, ant
| will be redeemed at various times within
! the next few months. This means tina
| the Treasury has received this amour
| to cover running expenses. but will hav
to repay 1t soon out of receipts from
taxes due in June and from the Thir,
| Liberty Loan
Financial experts of the Government
| calculate that the war has cost in dol
lars even more than the formal Treas
ury figures show on account of increased
expenditures Of many state and loca
governments under war conditions
| They do not venture to estimate the az
gregate Of these expenses, however.
On the other hand, the war has re
suited In innumersble economies. public
private and personal. enforced partly d.
rising costs and partly by organize
economy movements.
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BRITISH EAGER
FOR AMERICANS
Fact That They Will Fight
Side by Side Proves
Inspiration.
MORE HERO TALES TOLD
English Getting First Sleep
in Days Cheerfully Go to
Aid French.
MORE HERO TALES TOLD
BY PERRY ROBINSON.
Special cable Despatch 70 rHE sus from n

Special Cable Despoteh 10 THK SuH from tho
London Timsa.
Copyright; 1915; all rights rsSerred
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. April delayed This has
front since the start of the great Ger
man drive. Nowhere have the Germans
attempted a movement OF importance.
South OF the SomIne they appear tempo
rar!ly to have abandoned their efforts to
worry through to Amens. Between the
Somne. Ancre and the Albert area our
line Is firm and the enemy appears TO
realize as much
IL the Scarpe area his artillery las
been active and We know here he still
has IN hand those troops which were not
put in when his attack Of March 2s
failed SO ,amentably. To this sector
also. OF course, he has not had time TO
move his guns forward. and it is my
opinion that he may be meditating re-
newal OF his attempt to take Arras and
Nimy, though protiting ny experience he
probably would shift the centre OF his
attack either norih or south \ little
rather than invite a repetition OF his
recent catastrophe. All this however.
is personal conjecture. Al one knows is
that for the moment tine Ge!maE.' are
quiet; that on parts Of the battle front
his troops are digging ln--and that our
guns are giving them bad time while
they 40 Il. just now minor raids and
other small movements are all that are
occurring. and TIE initiative IL rather
on our SIDE
References in the German ofYir!al
statements to enemy casualties and TO
the remarks OF Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg are a confession OF the severity
Of the German losses. German military
authorities are not accustomed to apollo
gize to tho people for the blood cost OF
| the war. How severe these losses We're
! I have endeavored to convey in previous
! messages,
Scores OF Onicers slain.
We know that at Arvas one regiment
lost twenty-four officers. Most striking
| Of all perhaps are detailed figures on
| the losses sustained by the First Bat
! talon OF the l40th Regiment Of the
Fourth Division. Captured memoran-
dunn shows that after the first days
J fighting the first COMPANY had left only
, two officers. four non-commissioned ofIi-
! GERS and thirty-flve men. The second
company had no officers, one non-com-
missioned officer and sixteen men. The
third company lost all but one officer
slx non-comm ssioned officers and
twenty-six men, while the fourth COM
! many had left no officers at all. only
The sun., 1918-04-05
BRITAIN SETS SHIP RECORD.
Yards Turn Out I01.674 Tons In
Month Of March.
Special Cdbie Despatch TO THx ST.

CODvTi0ht. 1915 al riOhts rsserrrd.
LONDON. April title Admiralty fig
ures of tonnage of merchant vessels
completed and entered into service in
the month ended Sunday constituted a
record. The total IL 16l.67+ tons. the
largest in the last twelve months.
While this is encouraging in respect
to the future output. II should not be
overlooked that the effect Of any slack.
ening Of labor in the shipyards IL not
shown until months afterward.
The sun., 1918-04-05

PARIS. April +;--The Chamber OF
Deputies to-day adopted In Its entirety
the budget for the second quarter Of
lais. amounting to 1855. .&00.oo0
The sun., 1918-04-05
Prince's Memoirs Arouse Germans.

AMSTERDAM, April %.-The National
Zetvng Of Berlin says that proceedings
against Prince Lichnowsky have been
started as q result OF his memorandum
axing the blame OF the war on Germany.
The sun., 1918-04-05
PLUCKY BRITONS
0UTWIT ENEMY
Germans Continually Har-
asscd by Raids and Other
Minor Offensives.
TEUTON LOSSES HEAVY
Scotties Fight Calamity in
Keeping Back Onrush Of
Kaiser's Infantry.
TEUTON LOSSES HEAVY
Special Cobie DssposcA to rs. suy.
Copyright. 1918; oil ,ish,s reserved

LONDON, April THE "Daily Err
press" tells to-day in Ws despatches from
the ncsferr front ho,c fh~ FIFTY first
Brtftsh diriston-the Seotttes-fou0ht to
check the German tide. and records
fe" local struggles uhhe tho tro sides
"at for the merit phase Of the bio hght.
The sun., 1918-04-05

Cowttnued ON Second Pdge.
The sun., 1918-04-05

Continued on Third Ps0e.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-14

cause the moon is friendly to the
Huns. If anybody wants to use the
moon, hell find it covered up like a
showcase on Sunday, and tagged,
Moon out of order until after the
war" Another would blot out the
moon by covering it with beam of
black light, whatever that is. An
other wants to have the clouds froz-
cn right where they stand, and heavy
artillery mounted upon them by Brit
ish landing parties, operating from
airplanes. Then. on good, cloudy
day, wipe out the Germans.
One genius would cover all avail
able vacant land with big factories,
get up a great fire in the boilers so
as to throw out lot of smoke and
blow the factory whistles to beat the
band. This, of course, would attract
the Heinies i'm their planes, and they
would waste all their ammunition
blowing up the factories which would
contain no workmen except those
needed to fire the engines and blow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-14

able to recover 100 per cent of
the gold and silver that may be
in his quartz, but he is never
satisfied to merely make what
is considered high percentage
of saving. When he has done
this his constant study is to de-
wise some plan W, hereby he will
be able to increas this percent
age. Every point he can gain
in this way means an increased
profit for his mine, and so it is
with the thresher, every point
gained in raising the percent
age saved by his separator
means increased efficiency and
profit for his farm.
At this tine it also means
more biscuits and hotcakes for
our boys in France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-14
SERGEANT is
THROWN FROM
MOVING TRAIN

STAMFORD, Aug. 14.-The movie
men missed thriller here today, ac-
cording to the story of Sergeant pAl-
bert NJ. Stone of Battery A, 29th Field
Artillery, Camp Merritt, N. j. Ser
geant Stone called police headquar-
ters at this afternoon and told them
he had just been flung off an EXPRESS
train from Boston bound to New York
and due in the latter city at $3.50, by
a prisoners he was taxing from Camp
Devems at Aver, Miss, to Camp Mer-
r.tt. He said the prisoner was Frank
Smith of Company, 18th infantry.
Chief of Police Brennan promptly no
titled New York detective headquar-
ters and then asked Sergeant Stone to
come up to polio headquarters.
There the sergeant related this story:
Il left Boston at 9:15 this morning
with Private Smith. He was hand
cuffed. We were in a parlor car with
smoker compartment at one end. We
went to the compartment to smoke.
As we passed through Stamford we
were alone in the compartment. The
before 1 could defend mysef, Private
Smith raised his manacled hands and
dealt me a stunning blow on the head
Then he must have taken the
handcuff key out of my pocket for,
when 1 came to, he had the handouts
on my hands and had removed my
pistol. He had carried me out to the
platform and threw me off the train.
fell aongside the tracks and was
not hurt much. After a moment l
recovered and ran to the nearest
house, whence 1 telephoned the po-
Ices