The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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BRITISH HOLD LINE AT FIFTEEN MILES:
HUN LOSSES BEYOND COMPREHENSION
I WeM • ' M f«f Mill at ftU Ut* f
•titlataM* Wwn« 4
ERI
or FIVE MILLIONS
LEADING GERMAN ASSAULT
ALLIED TROOPS RETIRE IN
I|«MII wflrltl lUltWDl
GOOD ORDER AS MACHINE
GUNS MOW DOWN SOLID
FORMATIONS OF HUNS
I armies. in lb* itmd of llw
1German ofMiitD villi o|>ilml iM)
I (fM.
- Hard lighting *aa In progrrsa nut
GERMAN EXTREME ADVANCE IS : :;r\;r4
BAUPAUME, NESIE, GUISCARD band ihr drfendera have i>u.H«h| the
lha Gtfmjn Miltminl.-ThrM
Companies of Amcncan
Engmaars Missing
AmtriM* AslivH'ee.
Willi I be Amertren Aim la Franr* '
Tha AMertrai artlll«r> . ..Mlauaa la
I shell heavily lews. held k llw Uer !
jueBa ak4 UMIM* iMllWtM eppuaii,
|•juantiila* of itf material reported iaftbe Teel a^i.f villi |M ||£j LEONARD WOOD
The British Ml French. w*o ^1^ M, i*q pum ui p«i«mm4i
op*rsie il Ik* Junction ul llw Ivo ^ .
" iron* k«t« hw# Iwlce aa largo u lhe>
beta received
Tb lawn of WrlnKtwrl. north of
Xlvrar. one of tk« largrla of the
Americana. haa been abandon*!.
far aa American patrols which rwM
i niter ml n«er Ihe town wars Abla lo
determine.
Thf American artillery alao li keep
I tic up a alroam of other ahalla *>n
enemy positions In lb la region Ht
I'auaaant. nor Upset of lllchseourt. haa
bran beat lit ahelled with high aipl
atva projectllea eihle Germsn Aral
Una Irene hea repeatedly have Imen hll
attacking force* barb after a bill
I •iruggl* and are holding at ron* *
IrilHh Hava Last About 4S.000 Prli tleu the whole naw front to which
oners and 600 Oona According ta [they had withdrawn
I Fighting of a moat desperate natura
haa barn continuous alnra the Initial
I attack bat aa far lha llrltlah have
I need few troops other than lhoa«
I which wera holding tha front llnaa
Uondon Tha grant Gormen off an Theaa ahork troop* hava been msk
alva ao long advertlaad and which the ! log ■■ gallant n defenaa aa waa ever
Oertnan nawapapera hate openly da J recorded In tha annnla of the llrltlah REST
dared la to be the laat and greatest army, and na n result they hava an-j „
German effort, opened laat Thursday of the forces lo r#urth L-t- NtIlt FaM wm B, Pof
morning on a front of nb.Hil 60 mllaa h«r* a*ll rntely and without'
confusion and occupy positions which
had been prepared long before tha
German offensive begun
SAYS 2.500.000 NEEDED
AT THE FRONT
AVIATORS ARE WITHOUT WIN6S
Senate Military Committee Tald Fee
Onlnymbari Alhaa In Drive —
Favors Univaraal Military
Training.
Washington Rack from a elell 'a
tha weatarn battle front. Major (ten
oral Leonard Wood. In a confidential
statement before tha aaMte niilltar*
centering roughly on Cambral and Just
•bout covering the llrltlah front. The
and leveled and enemy dugouts and committee, declared that allied mill'
snipers' poets completely silenced ' ury opinion la unanimous thai lha
jtiarman offensive will fall, and urged
a great Increase to 4.000.000 to 6.000,
(>00 men In America's army
Avlatara, But Na Aarapianaa.
In urging that the American war
program of men. ahlpa and munitions
be speeded up and Increased, General
Wood said no American artillery or
AFTER NEXT LOAN
Larger Figure.
Washington —Tha financial plan*
apparent objective la to recover the I ^ ,.#|Mldll|nj, OD otb(ir h,nrt of the U 8 government for tha neat pUnaa ara yat available to Gen-
(round evacuated last year and to re-1 op#rmt|njt untl,,r lhe of lh, em. e:ght montha. disclosad by Secretarv <rm, |.erablng's man and that, al
•tore the Germans to th« Hwdenburg p, ror -Bd ,he crown prtnce have been McAdoo. provide for a long period of though I.1HN1 American avlatora ara
line hurling vaat hordes Into tha fray wilh ! rw*« ,rom ,h® lh,M
From Arras to Koye, which the Ger utter disregard for lives and have fat- i ,,'*D fS.OOh.OOfl.ooo next month and
man* have taken, the Hrltlsh arc I lowed Into the abandoned positions | *or "onMng of the fourth)Liberty loan
•landing In their accepted fortified netting farther away from their sup-, 0c,"^r or foorth loan
sms. . si_. nlUa m H flinllfiv fhdir rummunli'iLLioni I Thl ftlllOUnt Of th« fourth lOftn
probably will be greater thany any of
those that have gone before and to1
positions for the great test. The line *n,l Hading their communication!
duplicates esactly the llrltlsh and * * • _ __ _ ' 'nose tnat nave gone oeiora ami m
French positions that endured from Mo"* K « ^ hv^ *tu"i prepare for It the treasury ne*t aum
October. 1814. to June. 1916 On the a,r**d^ h*vc b,>,'a , .er probably will start the Issuance
front named the Germans are face to c'>n *c ' *n< many ® " Pntlin« 'c' certificates of Indebtedness In con
lace with positions which were built '• P"r «'ven \Z\ 71 . .. f , k,
and strengthened In the first two «d "">< °rer th'tOPJD^
year, of the war and which h.v^be^nl,ul maelstrom made by the allied ar-
j' Ai" in uic hai «iiiu W Uiv.11 iMiir wvM ... . . _ . _
tha present day purpose.
Already the Germans are at this
Allied wall North of the Somtne
Hindenburg's legions are dog tired and
riderable amounts.
To clear the way for these certifl-
The j ca,M house ways and means com-
mittee tentatively approved raising
advanced In
j open has been appalling.
The British losses have kept within
apparently there are no mor.lres'h !th* ^unds expected due-to the «"ll''-I du'riT*
divisions to keep up the attack. The \ot ,he I July 1 an(l more than
lighting paused north of the Somtne. °* a con" ®ra niimhrr 1 authorized for this pur-
Jouth of the stream, however, a pow-1 f[u°in_e™ #nd 8 con,"derable nu,nbf,r , ose still remains, congress at thj
secretary's request is expected to ap-
certlflcatea from $4,000,000,000 aa at |
present to $8,000.000.000.
Ix>ans to allies will be continued
the next fiscal year which
•erful attack set in and rolled the Brit- cf gun8 , . - .
ikh back three miles further to Roye But ver'r f0W P"10®8 of artillery rrove extension of further credits to
Advance Twenty-Four Miles.
At Roye the Germans have ad
have been taken by the Germans since the 9unl Df fi soo.OOO.OOO. Mr. McAdoo
the first day. In fact, the whole with- e!,tjmates that this will be sufficient
drawal has been executed In a mas-, t, fl„ auiefj needs until October and
vanced twenty-four miles from the old j terly manner, showing how thorough-1 8nother authorization will be asked of
front at St. Quentin. Virtually the
entire area of the country evacuated
by Hindenburg in his great "strat-1
cgic" retreat has been reclaimed.
] ly the British had planned for the j congress before the amount Is used
very events which have occurred. up Actual credits and payments are
Victory In the ba,ttle which has been n:ade at the secretary's discretion sub-
j raging near Monchy, Cambria. St. ject only to the limitations Imposed
Only a small acreage, in the southern j QUen(jn and La Fere is claimed by hy the act of congress.
tip of battle area around Noyon. re-|,he Germans. The British third and 'rite secretary explained that he
rcalns to be passed to restore the; f0urjh armies and part of Franco- 1 plans to issue third Liberty bonds In
stalemate position that followed the, American reserves are declared to denominations of $50. $100. $F>00 and
race to the sea At Roye the Germans j hftve been beaten with the heaviest $i,000 as in the first and second loans
are fifteen miles from Amiens, their > lo,8Pg on the line from Bapaume to 1 and that terms of pavment in Install-
great objective in the double drive. Rouchavesnes and behind the Somme | ments will be substantial!
THE GIANTS
9
F laid Marihal von Woyrach. wba
lad tlta Tawton invasion of Poland 1*
tPlft, Is the Hoe eommisdir of the
prsssnt Oirman drive.
HUN HAS A MARVELOUS GUN
THAT WILL CARRY PROJECT-
ILE 76 MILES
London now forecasts a heavy coun-| between Peronne and Ham. as well as
ter blow, already in the making, in 1 at Chauny.
which the allied mass af maneuver. A11 the roads in the rear of the
provided for at Versailles will German advance, a dispatch says, are
called upon to revise the situation. blocked by columns of troops, guns
In the Roye area, British. French J and transport vehicles furnishing tar-
and American troops are fighting i gets upon which the British artillery
elioulder to shoulder, the official an : i* making deadly play. Rough estl-
nouncement states. Fresh reinforce- mates of the casualties inflicted vary
ments are rapidly coming up. —
The German losses have been so |
great that the enemy has been obliged
lo bring up reinforcements from all
parts of the western front. The war |
office has established the fact that
more than seventy German divisions
(in the neighborhood of 840,000 men*.
have been engaged. British estimates
d German losses are 350,000, mostly
in klUed.
The Germans have engaged over a
million men and having reverted to
their old mass formations, they have
been butchered by thousands and tens
of thousands as they presented a point
Dank target to the allied machine
guns and artillery.
As in every other big offensive since
the war begun, the attack is more or
less successful—in its earlier stages
Assaulting the British lines on the
south, the Germans have forced their
■way forward over a front approximate-
ly twenty-one miles in length, have
penetrated to a depth of four or five
miles west of Cambral and have
reached Ham. west of St. Quentin,
distance of about nine miles west of
the British lines as they stood before
the inception of the Teutonic offen
■ive.
The German assertion that the
forces of the central empires are
fighting on a line northeast of Ba-
paume. Peronne and Ham has not
been substantiated by British official
dispatches, but the British reports
show that there has been a retire-
ment at various points, especially at
8t. Quentin. where Field Marshal Haig
savs his forces have taken up their
titw positions and are heavily en-
gaged with the enemy.
British officially admit loss of
Bapaume. Nesle and Guiscard. mark-
ing an extreme German advance of
fifteen miles.
Capture of more than 45.000 prison-
ers and 600 guns, and tremendous
Major General Leonard Wood.
ready, they are without planes. Uso
the same ' of Liberty motors in bombing instead
as in the past. For the second loan 2 of fighting machines also was recom-
per cent of the subscription was due mended by General Wood.
at the time the subscription was made, j it was Geenra! Wood's opinion, ao
1? per cent two weeks after the loan ; cording to his auditors, that the Get
campaign closed: 40 per cent one; mans on the western front now aro
month later, and the final 40 per cent j numerically superior, both on the
one month after that. j ground and in the air, but that the
The third loan will be for three bil- j allies are in a better position. While
lions, drawing 4M per cent.
WHERE GERMANS OPENED GREAT ATTACK
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confident that the German offensive
will be halted before the enemy has
gained any material objectives, Gen-
eral Wood suggested that the offen-
sive may change the warfare into a
more open contest. For that reason
he recommended the training of
American forces for open warfare as
well as for trench fighting.
The general was before the commit
tee for three hours and frankly dis-
cussed the situation in Europe and r.t
home. Stating that the French are
disappointed in the size of the Ameri
can army thus far sent to Europe, ac
cording to committee members, ho
recommended immediate steps to in-
crease both the American expedition-
ary forces and the army in training
in this country. Chairman Chamber-
lain said General Wood recommended
that an army of 2,500,000 men be
maintained in France at the earliest
possible moment, and 2.500.000 more
in training at home. Another com-
mittee member placed General Wood'o
recommendations at 4,000.000. one-
half in France as soon as they can be
sent there.
This map shows that part of the British lines In the region of Cambral,
where the Germans made their fiercest attacks in opening their new offensive.
Their apparent Intention was to drive wedges on both sides of the Cambral
tallant.
CANUKS OPEN SIDE SHOW
Make Serious Inroads On German Per-
sonnel Opposite Their Sector.
Canadian Headquarters—"While Ger-
man and British troops were strug
gling. far to the south, in the opening
clash of the spring campaign, the
greatest projector gas bombardment
of the war was carried out by the Can-
adians against enemy positions be-
tween Lens and Hill 70. just north
of the scene of the German offensive.
At 11 o'clock a signal rocket was
sent up. A moment later more than
5,000 drums of lethal gas. simultane-
ously released from projectors, were
hurled Into enemy territory from the
outskirts of Lens to St. Auste and
Boise de Dix Huit.
Paris Bombarded Accurately Prom a
Point Behind the Western
Front.
Paris - Announcement In the Ger-
man official report that Paris has been
bombarded by long-distance guns fol-
lowed the discovery by the French,
that the Oerman "monster cannon"
has been located In the forest of St.
liobaln, west of Laon. 122 kilometer#
1 76 miles) from the Paris city hail.
The bombardment begun on Satur-
day, March 23, and continued without
cessation until 3:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Two guns are believed to
have been used. Little damage was
done by the bombardment beyond the
killing of ten and wounding of 15 per-
sons.
The shells arrived at regular inter-
vals of twenty minutes at first. The
detonations soon lost their power to
disturb the population, which refused
to be distracted from its Sunday haii-
Its to any great extent
The newspaper Le Journal, in Ita
article regarding the gun. says the
p'ece of 240-millimeter caliber is of
Austrian manufacture. It is a very
delicate piece of- machinery, which
must be handled by expert mathemali-
c'ans and gunners, the newspaper
adds, as the loading and pointing Is a
difficult task. It declares each shot
costs about $4,000
The ordnance experts were not
ready to commit themselves as to
whether the shell was a sort of aerial
torpedo, driven by projectiles; wheth-
er an inner projectile contained in the
original shell is released by an explo-
sive after the shell has traveled a
certain distance from the gun, or
whether the original projectile itself
rcaches Its destination propelled, per-
haps, by an explosive of a force hith- \
erto unknown.
ALLIED SHIPS IN COLLISION
Three Americans of Manley Crew Are
Killed and Several Injured.
Washington.—One American officer
and three men were killed aboard tha 1
American destroyer, Manley. March
IS. when the vessel collided with a
British warship, the navy department J
announced A number of American
sailors were injured A depth chargo
on the Manlev exploded when the ves
aeis met Both vessels were damaged
Allies Buy Through Grain Corporation
Washington.—Curtailment of wheat
consumption to 60 per cent of normal
which the food administration has de-
termined upon, will be effected
through the administration's control
of licensed mills and distributors. In-
stead of 30 per cent of the country's
output of flour being taken ior export,
practically 50 per cent is being pur
chased by the food administration
grain corporation, which in turn sella
to the allies, according to their actual
needs.
4 GERMAN RAIDERS SUNK
Attack Off Dunkirk Ends Disastrously
For the Hun.
London.—Two enemy destroyers
and two enemy torpedo boats have
ben sunk by force of five British ant
French destroyers, the admiralty an-
nounces. One Britit>h destroyer wai
damaged.
The engagement occurred off Dun-
kirk early in the morning The Brit
ikh casualties were slight. There wers
no French casualties.
Explosion and Fire at Jersey City.
New York.—Fire following a series
of unexplained explosions destroyed
the six-story building of the Jarvis
Warehouse Company. Inc.. near the
Erie railroad terminal in Jersey City,
and badly damaged the Erie repair
shops So loss of life has been re
ported The material damage waa es-
timated by Jersey City police and fire
officials 'at close to $1.50©.00o The
goods stored in the warehouse, inclnd-
nlg a quantity of chemicals, were s
i total loss The rsuse of the explosions
; has not yet been determined.
FOURTH OF SHIPS FINISHED
Chairman Hurley Reveals Progress of
Building.
New York. — America's effort to
meet German submarine war. whose
full menace has Just been revealed in j
British admiralty figures on sinkings !
of ships was outlined here by Chair-!
man Hurley of the shipping board, in I
a frank statement setting forth the !
shipbuilding situation in the United J
States.
Mr. Hurley disclosed that despite I
delays the country soon will have 730 j
steel and wooden ways turning out )
ships and that the government's mam- |
moth steel shipbuilding program of j
8.000,000 tons on March 1 was 28 per j
cent on Its way to completion. This '■
does not mean that 28 per cent are in I
the water, but that construction as a 1
whole had advanced that far. Eight '
per cent of the vessels actually have j
been put into service. Mr. Hurley said, j
The three government fabricating !
yards near Philadelphia, when in full j
operation will be able to produce, Mr. j
Hurley said, more ships in a year than
all the yards in England, heretofore
the greatest shipbuilding country in
the world.
Haig. British.
Von Hindenburg, German.
Pershing, American.
Dr Muck In Jail As Enemy Alien.
Boston.—Dr. Karl Muck, conductor
of the Boston symphony orchestra
arrested as. an enemy alien, was
locked up in the East Cambridge jail
after being examined by officials of
the department of justice.
Chicago Arrests 200.
Chicago.—More than 200 men were
arrested in Chicago in tTie govern-
ment's campaign against disloyalists,
enemy aliens, slackers and deserters.
Several of them will be Interned
Germans Reported Invading Finland.
Stockholm. — The Germans have
landed considerable forces In Finland,
between Hsngo and Ilelsingfors on
the gulf of Finland, and are now ad-
vancing toward Tammerfors An of-
fensive against Abo Is expected an#
minute.
Petain, French
35 Liberty Trucks Completed.
Washington. A fleet of thirty-threo
j liberty trucks, the first output of the
quantity production which has been
ordered to supply the army with motor
vehicles left Lima. Ohio, for an ess?
ern port where tbet will be loaded for
France The record of the tracks over-
land will be wstched carefully as they
are marbine-made. for comparison
with the hand made sample traefcs
Assembling f-r'orlea now have on
hsnd sufficient par's for live hundred
of th* Jton trucks
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