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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21


Such were the local and larger
detectives of the Gtrman offensive
which produced the battle OF Ar
mentieres The Germans were at
Bethune, Hazebrouck and Bailleul,
but the possession Of these towns
was important only as il would lead
10 an immediate evacuation of Ypres
and the User front by the British
and the Belgians, TO a possible dis
aster 10 these armies in retreat. or
even TO a thrust forward so rapid
as 20 prevent a retreat and bring
about a super-Sedan. But all this
was a detail in the even large
scheme. which was TO destroy Brit
ish military power, to dispose Of
Britain as Germany had sought and
failed TO dispose of France at the
Marine and at Verdun, and as she
had disposed of Russia. Roumania
and Serbia and well nigh disposed
OF Italy at the Isonzo.
SCENE AT IAVENTIE
WAS REAL CRISIS.
a
the great attack. Assailing the
British front midway between Ar
mentieres and Givenchy and about
the little hamlet Of Iaventie. ex-
actly where Portuguese division
was holding the center of the sec
ond army, the Germans made a
prompt breach in the British line,
penetrated TO the Lys and the Lave
and seized the crossings. Meantime,
reached Messines while a third had
momentarily laid hands upon Civ
enchy. The Germans had thus broken
the center OF the British second
army. and at the same time seized
the high ground on both TANKS. at
points where the second army made
contact with the third and the first
So far, this was a repetition Of the
events to the south.
But the second and third days the
situation changed. The British
counter attacked at Givenchy and at
Messines and retook the high ground
at both places. On the other hand
the Germans were able 10 continue
their advance in the center and
their offensive began to resent BILE
the flooding OF all the low ground
behind the British front, which l
compared to a bay moment ago.
It was as IL the British front had
been a dixie between Givenchy and
Messines. which held out the sea
from lands which were below its
level and the sea had flowed in fill
ing all the lowland and was ap
preaching the higher ground.
BY Friday, April 18th, five days
after the attack, the Germans had
driven at least 10 miles forward:
they had taken Armentieres and
were within a mile OF Bailleul to
the north: they had passed Estaires
and Merville and were far west of
the latitude OF Bailleul in the CEN
ter. they were. in fact. at Merrie.
hardly more than four miles from
Hazebrouck and its vital railroad
and highways feeding Ypres.
To the south they were less than
two miles from Bethune, but they
were again outside Of Givenchy, and
in the north the British chung to
white Sheet ridge although they
had lost Messines with it's forward
slopes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21
FIVE CENT MOVIES.

Once more Michigan street will
see I'VE cent moving pictures as the
LaSalle Theater will show the big
Liberty parade film together with a
good comedy Saturday morning
from 9 a. m to 1 p. m. at the old
price OF nickelodion days. although
in this case there will be three thou
sand feet OF film shown. while in
the old days, ten years back, one
thousand feet was the whole show.
possibly with an illustrated song
added. 3553-20
KaiSerism menaces you-Buy Lib
erty bonds
They're crucifying soldiers.
Stop the Hun by buying bonds.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21

He Never Sleeps" a two-reel COM
edy and the Pathe news of interest
ing events.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE
WEST OF RETHUNE.

on the south. from Givenchy to
Bethune and west from Bethune to
the high ground north Of the forest
of Nieppet they made no progress
whatever. Only at the north on
the hills between Bailleul and Mes
sines did the Germans make APP
preciable progress, and at no point
was their gain more than one mile
forward. BY taking Baileul and
the Messines- Wytschaete ridge, how
ever, they determined the retreat
of the British out Of all the famous
lighting ground won in the great Of
fensive Of last year.
After the check on Saturday and
Sunday, April 1 3 and IA. which sug-
gested that the German effort was
at an end, a new CONFUSION resulted
in the storming of Bailleul on Mon
day and the taking of the Messines-
Wytschaete ridge on Tuesday. AL
ready the German advance south
and below the Ypres salient had
compelled the British to make prep
arat.ons for a retreat The fall
Of Bailleul on Monday settled the
question. In the next few hours.
the British drew back on the wide
front from the flooded district of
the User to the Menin road. east of
Ypres. Passchendaele, Lankemarck
and Zonnebeke were abandoned to
the Germans: ground which had cost
the British half a million in casual
ties last summer-not as a result Of
a direct attack, but as a consequence
OF the advance of the Germans to
the south of Hazebrouck.
This advance had placed the Ger
mans close to the Hazebrouck- Ypres
railroad and on the high ground
comma nding the communications by
which Ypres and the troops east of
Ypres Were maintained.
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including Henry Kk, Joseph Kgour Marie Wainwright
TFIE MYSTERY SHIP which
and Antonio Moreno "T1E
WEEKLY.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21

Attractive
- NORMA TALMAGE in 1.-THE Secret Of the Storm COuDT
.s play ptd against motherhood terrific struggle
- in WHEEL"
49, of the Sidney Drew coined
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21
HAIG'S GALLANT ORDER
SAVES DAY At YPRES.

You had then something that
looked like a great big bite taken
out OF the allied front, this bite was
man rush, but on the high ground
all around the semi-circle the Brit
ish were holding out and their ar
tillery was pounding the Germans
i'm the valley. North and south the
Germans. after the fall Of Armen-
there's. were being held stiffly, they
were in an awkward salient. which
was becoming more and more awk-
ward. as il deepened without widen
were almost at Bailleul and within
easy striking distance of Haze
brouck. they were advancing astride
the Lys. which is the historic route
from the Flemish plain to the city
Of Calais and they had already
reached a point which made the
stay or the British IN the Ypres
salient dangerous.
It was at this moment that Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig issued his
stirring appeal to the British troops.
so strangely reminiscent of Joffre's
appeal 10 the French armies which
preceded the battle OF the Marine by
a single day. The British were
now, to use Haig's words. lighting
with their backs TO the wall" the
German advance was approaching
the point at which il must he held
IL the northern armies were to stay
l. i'll -
the super-Sedan. Thus the situa-
ton Of March 96 az the Somme and
before Amiens was almost exactly
reproduced, and for that matter, the
situation at Nerdun on Feb. %,
1916. at the moment when tire
French counter attacked and savel
the city.
SECOND CRISIS GOES SAME
WAY As THE FIRST.
For the second time in less than
four weeks, then, the Germans had
produced the gravest sort of crisis.
Their offensive in the north has been
far less successful, measured by dis
lance gained. by prisoners captured,
they claimed 10000 here where they
had claimed 10000 IN The same
period at the Somme, They had
been firmly held on both GRnks OF
the fifth army, but, as Gen. Maurice
director OF military operations,
pointed out the distances IN this
northern section OF the front were
far more significant and the 10 miles
gained in the north had brought
the Germans within four miles OF
Hazebrouck, the key point OF the
area, while q S5-mile advance 10 the
south had only brought the Ger
mans within 10 miles OF Amiens.
which was hardly as important as
Hazebrouck.
on the other hand, grave as was
the situation disclosed in the news
papers Of Saturday and Sunday,
there was already TO be noted a
distinct slackening OF the German
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21
BATTLE WAS SMALLER THAN
SECOND SONNIE.

In all ways the battle OF Armen-
there's was a smaller struggle than
that OF the second Somme. In il
the Germans employed 2S divisions.
whereas they had used 9S at the
Somme. They had not continued
to pour new divisions in the furnace
here nor had they made any ma
terial draft upon the troops to the
south. It is probably a mistake 10
think Of the battle Of Armentieres
as a distinct enga cement. More ac-
curately il was a detail in the gen
eral German plan which conten-
plated an attack first to the south.
and then TO the north and prob
ably other attacks when checked.
We are seeing one battle in the
west with many phases. Two phases
have been successfully passed by the
allies who have preserved their line
intact and so far had prevented the
German from realizing his main
purpose. which was to destroy the
British army. having isolated il from
the French and subsequently at Ar
uentieres 10 destroy the northern
portion OF the Anglo Belgian forces
by isolating them from the main
British army in the south.
AS il now stands. Foch has pre-
served his army of Vancouver sub
stantially intact. and on Friday the
announcement was made that Ital-
ians troops were moving northward.
presumab bly, 10 replace in the army
OF manoeuver French troops sent
north TO support the British at Ar
mentieres.
The battle in the west has neither
been won by the Germans. nor yet
lost by the allies Enthusiastically ter
rife fighting and severe crisis are
still 70 come. but so far the German
purpose TO win the war by a single
campaign has been blocked. and he
has sacrificed his best troops, with
out achieving any decisive results,
while the allies still preserve their
reserves against the day when they
shall strike back.
(Copyright. 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21

"Over There" Six Reels. Charlie Chaplin, Three
Reels. Harry Green VIII Sing "Over There
and Other Patriotic Songs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21
THE BATTLE OF
ARMENTIERES
BY FRANK II. SIMONDS.

pace, which has never been as rapid
as 10 the south. The very narrow
ness of front over which the Ger
mans had broken through hampered
their efforts TO get forward at the
center. because all their lines Of
were under the flank
fire of the British at Wytschaete and
at Givenchy. And il was against
these two pivOts that the Germans
used their strongest mum bers.
The story Of the battle of Ar
mentieres from Monday TO Satur-
day, the past week, is in the main.
the story Of a desperate and un-
successful effort on the part Of the
Germans TO increase their gains and
widen the salient into which they
have thrust themselves in the first
few days Of their successful ad-
vance
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Viereck Refuses Aid
TO Offset Propaganda
Editor Assails Motives of
American Defence Society
in Its Campaiqn

George Sylvester Niercck, successivc-
IS editor Of "Thc Fatherland.v "Vie-
reck's" and now of "Thc International
Weekly" declined, in letter made
public yesterday, to support the Amer
lean Defence Socicty's plan OF press
campaign to offset German propaganda.
Mr.. Niereck's letter, replying to a cir
cular sent out by the Defence Society,
said in part
ave absolutely refuse to place our
magazine at the disposal Of a small
clique OF notoricty seekers. AS a mat
ter of fact, I think your work is dis
tlnctly mischievous. Our slogan is
America First and America Only
doubt very much whether this is also
the motto of the distinguished gentle
men Of your board"
In giving out the letter yesterday
II. c. Quinby, chairman of the society s
executive committee. remarked that
among the men whose Americans m
was thus questioned by Mr.. Viereck
were Theodore Roosevelt, David Jayne
Hill, John Grier Hibben, president of
Princeton; Rear Admiral Bradley A.
Fiske, Hudson Maxim, Robert Bacon,
now serving with the Red Cross in
France and Charles Bonaparte, former
United States Attorney General.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Gibing at the +
Wall Street Monster

At a meeting at Newark on June
Nearing spoke, saying that the United
States had loaned $1,000, 100000 to the
Allies for the benefit of j. p. Morgan
lr pamphlet since published, entitled
'Thc Great Madness: A Victory for
the American Plutocracy," Nearing
similarly ignored the crimes of Ger
many as a cause for Americas going to
war, blaming Wall Street, "big inter
csts," american plutocracy" and "the.
wealth lords" for the declaration. In
the leading article Of Bulletin Of the
Peoples Council he also wrote:
II will tell you, sir, the evidence
is overwhelming that you and your
masters want the war to continue so
that ten billions of fabulousy profit.
able war contracts may be given out"
1t should be noted that Nearing by
these utterances has laid himself liable
to punishment under the trading with
the enemy act, under which, according
to Postmaster General Burleson, news
papers in this country "that go so far
as to impugn the motives OF the gov
crnment and thus encourage insubordl-
nation will be dealt with severely. For
instance, newspapers may not say that
the government is controlled by wall
Street or munitions manufacturers or
any other special interests"
Mr.. Burlcson has also said: 1--WE Will
not permit the publication or circula-
tion of anything hampering the wars
prosecution" Yet Nearing and the
Peoples Council have done and said
many things calculated to retard the
prosecution Of the war Nearing took a
leading part in the meeting OF the
American Conference for Democracy
and Terms of Peace, which on May 80
denounced the draft act as unconstitu-
tional and immoral, a violation of the
Thirteenth Amendment. and agitated
for its repcal-all less than week be-
fore the day of registration for the
draft-thus indirectly tending to incltc
resistance to registration.
The convention also indirectly en-
couraged resistance to registration by
suggesting what no one else in this
country except pro-German propagan-
dists have suggested-that the draft
law would possibly force drafted men to
"work without the protection of labor
laws under any conditions which the
military executive may force upon
them"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Mayor Orders All to Remain
at Work Until 5 O'clock,
and Stays in His Own
Office Until $40 P. M.

Mayor Hylan has more than ngura-
lively taken time by the forelock in
the first week Of his administration in
office. His order Tuesday that all
commissioners and employees should i'm
mediatcly join the 80 to s Club" put a
premium on alarm clocks. and caused
many hasty breakfasts and hurried de-
partures from the homes of the thou
sands of city employees. It was par
ticularly trying during the extremely
cold weather.
Time order No. went out from the
Mayors Office yesterday and spoiled the
luncheon appetite of all the civil SER
vice employees in the city. An hour be-
fore the usual knocking off time at
noon on Saturdays, the telephones rang
in the Offices of the heads Of all the
city departments and in the borough
Offices, and the word was passed by the
Mayors secretary that every employe
would be expected to remain at work
until 5 p. m.
Order Upsets Employees
The order created furor in all the
departments, and many prearranged en-
gagemcnts for the afternoon and even
ing had to be broken. Matinee tickets
had to be hastily disposed Of, and those
who had purchased railroad tickets for
out-of-town points will try to get their
money refunded. 1t upset the working
force Of the city completely and de-
vcloped storm Of protest. The un-
certainty as to whether the Saturday
half-holiday is to be taken from them
permanently is one of the greatest
present sources of worry to the en-
ployes.
The Mayor remained at his Office in
the City Hall last night until 6:20
o'clock, thus setting a good example to
the thousands of employees under him.
They will be expected to take the
"busy bee' orders philosophca]y in
view of the Mayors personal record on
the time clock. He was at his Office
ahead of time yesterday and the day
before, arriving at 1855 Friday and
1852 yesterday. Owing to delays on
the Broadway elevated line, which the
Mayor used as an ultra democratic
means of travel each morning, he was
three minutes late Wednesday, his first
active day in office, and six minutes
late Thursday
Mayor Critic;scs s. r. r.
The truth, which has long been sus
pected. that the new Mayor never did
feel cordially disposed toward the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company,
leaked out yesterday when he wrote a
sharp letter to Chairman Oscar S.
Straus, Of the Public Service Commits
sion, complaining Of the demoralized
transit conditions on the Brooklyn cle-
waited lines and demanding that some
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Socialists to Plav
important Part i'm
Alderrnanic Board
Will Introduce Legislation
Calling for Selling of
Coal by the City

The seven Socialist aldermen elected
IN November will play an important
part IN the future deliberations of
the new Board of Aldermen. which
meets Tor the first time tomorrow.
1t is understood that Alfred e. Smith
president Of the board, intends to
assign The Socialist members to i'm
portant committees. Algernon Loo
the leader of the Socialist group. is
expected to get a place on the all
important finance committee.
Inc &. o. p. members of the board
athough only sixteen in number. will
Ho' looH with favor upon the appoint
ment of the Socialists to committees
as it will effect their strength most
lhe forty four Tammany aldermen in
the board held their organization eau
Gus at the City Hall yesterday and
planned to elect Francis p. Kenny Of
brooklyn. as floor leader. Alderman
Kenny was chairman of the finance
committee of the old board and viii
probably retain the place in the new
board. N"
Tho Socialist aldermen have organ
1zed for concentrated action. witt,
work'ng headquarters in "The Peoples
'A""SN, I1ttS r II leenln street. which
was the headquarters Of Morris Uill-
quit during the recent mayoralty cam
paign. They announced yesterday some
OF their plans for the first mcetinc
OF the board '''''
According to Mr.. Lee. chairman of
the delegation, they will introduce two
coal resolutions, one demanding that
the city purchase coal immediately
through the Mayors Central Purchas
ing Committee for sale to consumers.
and the other calling upon the Leg
lslature to empower the City Of New
York to permanently trade in coal
resolution will also be introduced
urging the State Food Commission 10
declare ice necessity and to immedi-
ately take such steps as will insure
for the poor OF the city an ADEQUATE
supply of that commodity at reasona-
bic prices. The lee resolution antjci-
pates the usual summer ice famine
which brings much suffering to the
inhabitants Of the city's congested
DISTRICTS
Measures dealing with milk the trac-
tion situation, the schools and the feed
ing Of school children will be intro
duced by the Socialist aldermen at an
early date
The Republican members Of the
board have chosen Alderman John S.
Gaynor of Brooklyn, as minority floor
leader.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
United States should lag doavm her
arms and refuse to fight"
And Such Is the
Company He Keeps

Finally, Nearing is disclosed as a
German aid by the company he keeps.
Associated with him in the Peoples
Council are Fola La Toilette, Max East.
man, Thomas Van Lear, Mayor Of Min
neapolis. and Morris Hilquit, leader Of
the perverted American Socialist party
When Hillquit received a large vote
in the New York Mayoralty contest
Nearing said, in rejoicing over the re-
turns:
"The issues Of the election were
the issues that the Peoples Council
has been trying to get before the
public. In New York the campaign
made by Mr.. Mitchell placed the ques-
tion squarely before the voters:
"'Are you for militarism and the
continuance of the WARP
There has been an immense in-
crease in the Socialist vote. This in
crease we regard as a protest against
the continuance of the war
How Nearing trains with La Toilette
is shown by Nearing's presence when
on September 23 La Toilette in Cleve-
land attacked the American press, de-
claring that American newspapers are
for the most part controlled by the
"war party" the financial interests of
the countrya familiar Nearing reason
for this country's entrance into the
war, rather than Germany's actions.
SO, fitting against the windmills of
"American plutocracy," Scott Nearing,
QuiXotic American Bolshevik, closes
his eyes to the cry of world democracy,
denies any suspicion Of pro- German
ism, actually holds meetings in secret
to avoid possible arrest, and spreads
the Kalser's message of an immediate
peace for the German machine to cna~
bic 1T to rest up for a final attempt for
world poWer.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Officer Sues for $4,000
Navy Lieutenant, Married d
Months, Charges Alienation

Married less than four months ago
Lieutenant William +. Commerford
U. S. N, brought suit in the Supreme
Court yesterday demanding $50 900
damages for the alienation of the afrec.
tions of his wife, Mrs. May CONNER.
ford. DR.. Charles A. Renouard. tho
defendant, is the head of an embalm.
ing school at 381 Fourth Avenue.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Commerford
were married on September Is last.
The lieutenant says that at the tins
his wife told him that she was y
widow with an income of $500 a month
from her first husband His naval
duties called him to Newport News
Va. and it was during his absence
there, he alleges, that DR.. Renouard
alienated the affections of Mrs. Com.
merford. Dr. Ronouard denies the
charge.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
A.spersing the Motives
Of u. S. Government

Nearing and the PEOPLES Council arc
and have been conspicuously silent on
German outrages in Belgium and
France, German intrigues in the United
States and similar news "rcgarding the
German side.'
A third way in which Nearing helps
Germany is to question the motives of
the American government in entering
the war. completely ignoring the prov
ocatlon given by Germany, and as
serting that this country went to war
to protect "big business" He began
developing this idea in 1916, when he
said in Germs of War" an anti
preparedness pamphlets:
WAR business or business war?
There is nothing in Il name, but
there is a great deal in the connec-
tion that exists between war and
modern business. The modern war
is a business propositions"
Speaking in Philadelphia on March
Is, 1917, Nearing said:
'Your real enemy is not in Berlin.
He's in New York. He's not in the
Wilhelmstrasse, but in Wall Street"
Addressing the American Confer
ence for Democracy and Terms of
Peace (the forerunner of the Peoples
CounciD, Nearing said on May so:
"The present war is a war by the
intelligent, educated. enlightened
part of the community against the
wishes and judgment of the ignorant
part of the community"
A day later, before the same body.
Nearing amplifed his argument that
the United States went into the war
for predatory reasons took advant-
age of the world war to raise big
army TO be used fer commercial con-
quest in South America. He said:
zone Of the great avenues of pluto
cratic activity has been the invest
ment of billions of dollars in Mexico,
Central America, the West Indies and
South America. Those huge invest
ments must be protected against the
aggressions Of other capitalists from
Belgium, France, Germany, England,
Russia and the other foreign surplus
investing nations.
"Hence. there arose the demand
for q 0redt American drn,y aud q
Qreat American .7adUN to bnck 7tD
qoiat ave. pleased to call the eco
aon,ic Monroe Doctrine. which /
take to mean that no foreign nation
the South American people. We re-
served that right exclusively for our
selves.
"'rhe great navy and army were
necessary. You cannot maintain a
great army in a democracy without
universal military service, and
therefore universal military service
was necessary. You cannot get uni
versal military ervce across in a
democracy without war, and there
fore q acdr tros necessd,u. Very
few people in the United States
wanted war, excluding the capitalist
interests. They wanted their foreign