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1 % I | VOLUME XXXI. i BRITISH AND FRENCH ' DELIVER BIG STROKE f Haig's Man Capture l.OOC Yards of Trenches Southf east of Vimy EFFORTS OF GERMANS TO REGAIN FOOTING * French Keep Foe Busy South west of Laon?General Offensive. . - * li i * | ikum London.?About 1,000 yards of trenches south of Farbus wood in the regSon southeast of Vimy were cap tuied by the Brittish this morning, Router's correspondent teit graphs f I / . A I Ml 1,1. .. .A. ~ I irom tne iront. iv mil soutnust 01 Wancourt also was caltured. The British yesterday took clever: additional guns in the fighting be tween Coisilles and the Scarpe. j Despite the most unfavorable weather conditions, the British continue the delivery of telling strokes against the Germans along the line from ? Lens to St. Quentin. Apparently devoting the greater part of their attentions to the im portant sector of the line near Vimy ridge, the key portion on the northern end of the front which they have -captured the British today drove against two important positions north -of the ridge and captured them. This blow was driven home just southwest of Lens and enabled the British to advance their lines on both sides of the Souchez river. All German attempts to regain footing on *hc ridge itself have been foiled. The Germans tried twice last night to drive Gen. Haig'.s troops .from the positions they had established on the northern end of the ridge, but the n/ohine'guns broke up t'% assaults with heavy German los:;es. Farther south progress for the British below the River Scarpe, v;here Monchy-Le-Preux was captured yesterday is reported. French Resume Attacks. Much importance is attached to the resumption by the French of the general attack. Seemingly thfty are giving the Germans in the region southwest of Laon all they can attend to. preventing any reinforcements from this sector to the lines menaced by the British offensive. The main drive by Gen. Nivelle's forces was launched along the three and a half mile front from CouchyJ.a-Ville to Quincy-Bassee. A considerable gain of ground was effected here, taking the French to the southwest edge of the upper Coucey forest. There is very evidence that this attack was carefully prepared by extensive artillery fire, and there would be little surprise if it developed into a continuous offensive. The dent in the French line caused by the German attack in the Champagne some time ago has now been completely straightened out. Paris reports the position re-estabiisnea in tact by means of a shary attack delivered east of Sapigneul. Britons Take Two Positions. London.?The British captured early this morning- two important positions in the enemy's Unas north of the Vimy Ridge and are now astride of the river Souchez, according to an official statement issed by the war office. A number of prisoners were taken. The statement says the weather conditions continue wet and stormy Two German counterattacks on Vinty ridge were broken up last night with heavy losses to the attackers. French Snccseses. Paris.?In an attack last night on the new front below St. Quentin between Coucy and Quincy-Basste, the Frenchc drove back the Germans tc th? southwestern edge of the uppei Coucy forest, capturing several important positions, the war office announces. J.n the Champagne the Germans were ejected from trenches ea;it of Sapigneul. Wht "HI MUSE PASSES WAR MEASURE Goes Through Without Dissenting Vote?In Senate Monday. Washington, April 14.?.Without a dissenting- voice the House, amid plaudits of members and the galleries, late today passed the seven billion dollar war revenue authorization measure. One member, Representative London, of New York, the only Socialist in Congress, voted "present" Owing to general pairs and absentees, only 1389 votes were recorded foi the bill, but both Democratic Leader Mann announced that all of their members would have voted affirmatively if they had been present. Formality of a roll call would liave beer, dispensed with if several members who voted against the war resolution had not insisted upon having tiro op portunity of recording themselves i favor of providing money t0 cany c hostilities, now that the nation i< i >vy r. Great Do;ii! L>juO, The bill authorizes $5,000,000,000 in bonds, of which $3,000,000,000 will be loaned to Entente countries, vand the issuance of treasury certificates for $2,000,000,000 ultimately to be met by increased taxation. Passage of the measure never was in doubt during- the two days it was under consideraiton in the House and favorable action by an overwhelming vote is assured in the Senate, where ?..:n i? 1.-1 ? ' iv r,ni Uc irtKfii up monauy. it prod- | ably will be signed by the President by the middle of next week. i I o See Patria at the Pastime. By i reading the story as it appears in this paper you can understand the films without effort. It begins on May 3rd. | CONTINUE ADVANCE IN ARRAS SECTION In spite of rain and snow and a 40 mile gale, British troops in Fran e again have delivered telling blows southeast of Arras and to the north on the remaining portion of the Vimy ridge in the hands of the Germans. The bad weather has extended to the front held by the French and Thursday saw no activity there except in the nature of reciprocal bombardments. The latest British gain southeast of Arras gave them the villages of i V-Tf n in1 n nil Won/i/\ii>4 ??-1 ? > 1 ? , . VI Wiiu II UHV.VU1 1/ ailU Ul&O JJCI " ' mitted them in this region to cross jthc Cojeul river. The Canadians kept up their good work on the Vimy ridge and made additional progress Thursday in clearing it of the enemy The Berlin war office admits the captui-e by the British of Monchy-lePreux Wednesday, but says attacks north of the village and on Vimy and Fampoux were repulsed with heavy casualties. Of Thursday's fighting the German official communication says British attacks near Souchez and Fampoux failed. It adds that 14 British and French aircraft were lost on the Western front during air fight ? tir i * ling- Wednesday. Comparative quiet prevails in all the other war theatres. Holland will continue to maintain her policy of armed neutrality, according to an ad. di ess by the Dutch premier in the first chamber of parliament, i At a notable luncheon in London Premier Lloyd George saluted the i American nation as comrades in arms The premier said ho rejoiced as a ' democrat that the entrance of the i United States into the war gave the final stamp to the character of the conflict as "a struggle against military autocracy throughout the world." Unofficial advifces from Switzeri land and information reaching Washington are to the effect that Austrian t and Bulgarian representatives are making efforts in Switzerland look ing for peace. o Win, Carter, an aged and well known citi"en of the Daisy section ? spent some time in Conway on business last week. f Port 3RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLI CONWAY, 8. O , THURSDAY, NECESSITY FACES FARMERS OF SOUTH f 1 More Money This Year in Food Crops Than in the Cotton PLANTING TIME IS THE TIME TO AC1 Let us Realize the Cal^mit} and Misfortune That Even Now Looms Up. This country expects to win the war by furnishing- food and ammunition to England and F" ranee for their use in keeping up and prosecuting :he war they have been waeintr gainst Germany for the past several ears. It is not thought that it will )j necessary for the United States to ml armies to Europe, though oi our^e this is an eventuality which .iUst he provided for. In the meatime, of course, whether we send any soldiers to France or not, there must be a large army in this country of trained officers and soldiers able to repel an attack should the war be b? ought to our own doors?and we all know that it may come. The man who is busily engaged in his farm work will read the papers from day to day or the weekly which gives him the general news about the war and other things; but he is not likely to realize the momentous situation that this country is now facing The masses are engaged about their every day affairs and although they see "War News" printed in great red letters a foot high, it is hard still for them to realize that the United States is even now engaged in it. What every man needs to realize now at once, is that war is all that Sherman said it was; and we are in it now; that it will cost this country great amounts of mnno" ..xrilVJ I'lHtll IllUr?. be paid back in taxes of some kind o? oilier; that we cannot too soon make every preparation for this war tha' our minds can study out; that the foremost in the way of preparation it the raising of the largest crops thi>ear that the South has ever had; an<v tlie practice of rigid economy begin ning now and by the means of larg crops and close economy go throng this awful period with the lea* amount of damage to us as a peopb Now if you understand and realiz the situation do not hesitate t0 begir today to prepare for this calamity Understand in the first place that :> is a calamity?a great misfortune, and that it must be met with good judgment and carefulness. With great need in Europe for large supplies of grain and meat for the allied armies taking it away from this coun tr\, and the railroads and steamboat lines tied up with the transportation of things needed in the war; what chance for the people of this section to get food, unless they raise it here in the South for themselves! There is not one hour to lose. Now is planting time and we want to impress it on every farmer who has an acre of land that he can certainh make more put of food crops thi. year than he possibly can out of co; ton and other money crops. We d not advocate the cutting out of cotto entirely because there will be a grea need for that. But of what use wilt be for the farmers of the Souti to raise a surplus of cotton and b< able to sell it for a good price, and then he unable to purchcase supplier for themselves? Think and act r.otv before it is t~ late. MOVEMENTFOR WOMEN AVIATORS IS STARTED Chicago.?A movement to recruit a corps of women aviators, to be used as instructors for army aviators was started here Saturday night by Miss Ruth Law, America's foremost aviator. % f .ggfej !, FIRST, LAST. NOW AND FO REVE APRIL 19, 1917. U. S. RECOGNIZED i CHARACTER OF WAR Lloyd George Speaks on Amer- I ica's Entrance Into the Conflict AMERICAN LUNCHEON CLUB CELEBRATES ' <j ! Premier Thinks Kaiser Right * About Democracy in Prns- ' sia After War. r I London.?-Addressing: the American x Luncheon Club Premier Lloyd G jorg c suid the advent of the United State? into the war had given the fina. stamp uhd seal to the character o r ^ the conflict which was a strug 4I * about military autocracy. The premier said he was not sui ( / 111- 1 A - prisea mai America had taken tim to make up her mind as to the char- s actor of the struggle, having regard 1 to the fact that most of the great wars in Europe in the past had beei * waged for dynasty aggrandizemcn ( and conquest. Early in the war, Mr. Lloyd George \ continued, the United States did*not* 1 comprehend what had been endured in Europe for years from the military ^ caste in Prussia. Saying that Prus- " s;a was not a democracy, but that Emperor William had promised it would be after the war, he added: I think the Kaiser is right." The luncheon, held to celebrate the entrance of the United States into ^ the war, brought together a distin- c guished gathering. The guests in- t eluded Chancellor Bonar Law, Col. ? I Winston Spencer Churchill, Lord c reading. ssnn?o t ^?1? 0 f K/iil U ?h3p uviu ueruy,^ Lord Bryce, Walter Hume Long, the ^ Italian ambassador; the Cuban minis- [ ter, and Herbert C. Hoover. 2 Premier Lloyd George delivered ( the principal speech. The premier re- , ceived a tremendous ovation. Toasts ? were drunk to President Wilson and { King George. I GERMANY BLOCKADES 1 OUR AMERICAN PORTS: Washington, April 17.?A German I submarine today fired on the United States destroyer Smith about a hundred miles South of New York. Thejt torpedo missed and the submarine 1 disappeared. The presence of an ene- j my submarine in American waters in-M dicates that the threatened German h submarine blockade of the Atlantic 1 ports has begun. 1 HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN FOR THE NAVY Washington.?One hundred thou J sand men by May 1. i Secretary of the Navy Daniels con-j fidently set that as the figure of it?-1 cruiting to be reached by May 1?the] day Omiral Dewey fought and won I the battle of Manilo. It will take 2,000 enlistments daily to do it. i He hopes that throughout the coun-r tr>, there will be especial efforts to < st .irrSulnfr** ' ? - .wtuiviii^ 111 wie next two weeks and was particularly desirous that newspapers help insofar as thoy 1 can with local campaigning. 1 GERMAN NERVES ARE ; , BEGINNING TO GIVE i Amsterdam?via London?The mil-, itary critiv of the Voissische Zeitrng'l of Berlin, writes that he has received many letters which prove "that the nerves of many readers are beginning to give way." He dwells on the un- 1 founded excitement which he states is ] spreading * among those at home and. ] warns the public not to judge the 1 situation from single events but to 1 take events as a whole into cor.sidcra- J tion. |; ! , , T m \ tl. R." 50LIVIA COULDN'T i BEAR IT ANY LONGER Hote on Severance of Relations I With Germany Declares U-Boat Attacks Illegal. La Paz, Bolivia.?The note of the i Bolivian Government to the German ninister announcing the severance of liplomatic relations with Germany lenounces the attacks of German lubmarines on neutral vessels as vio- . ations of international law and of The Hague conventions. The note recalls that the Bolivian nihister to Berlin was on board the Holland Lloyd steamer Tubantiu vhen that vessel was sunk in neutral vaters a year ago. The note con iludes: . "Your excellency will understand hat, although we regret the break ol liplomatic relations between Bolivia md the German Empire, such rela- I ions have become insupportable un- | ter existing circumstances. In conse-1 luence your excellency will find here- , vith passports for yourself and the nembers of your legation." The note declares that German sub ects and property will enjoy all lib'rties guaranteed by law, provided liaf tlwv.* <l?i ?... a - .. ? v v..v%T \iw iiw v. v/i ii 111 i I i\ I? \ tU'(, Ui lelinquency, either collectively or a: tulividuals. i SECRET SEVICE WATCHING AGENTS: ^ Investigation hy an authority has established the fact that German 1 Vgents have been active in Florence 1 :ounty for the past several weeks in ' he attempt to induce the more ignor- J int classes of negroes to leave this 1 :ountry and go to Mexico. It is stat- 1 ?d that they would be used in Mexico ' ;o assist in the revolution promised n that forlorn country. A few days i igo one of these agents spent a day ' >r two in Florence. He was a Gernan and was selling some sort of a silver polish. In the lower nart of ,he county these negroes have been j jerniciously busy. The tracks have )eon uncovered and officers represent rig- high power are close upon them. 1 SOUTHERN FARMERS ANSWERING THE CALL Washington.?A wave of agricul- i .ural preparedness is sweeping the South. Following a plan originated \t recent conferences at Memphis by Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of Agriculture, thousands of Southern farmers are pledging their services ay written agreement to aid in meeting the war time demands for food, t;he department announced tonight. Agricultural leaders are determined to utili'/.e the vast surplus prohieing capacity of the Southern States. AMERICANS SEIZE MUNITIONS SHIP San Diego, Cal.?A munitions carrying schooner, bound for a Mexican west coast port, was fired upon and captured by two United States tor- j pedo destroyers. Five shots wok j fired at the vessel when it attemy -d to escape and the ship was tuen beached. Several thousand rounds of I'iflft !ir>/l -!l-' > Itiv Ullll IIKU (III III 1 UI1 1 I 11)11 wore taken aboard the destroyers and! landed at a Pacific coast port. CARRANIAEXPRESSES GRATITUDE IN COIN Mexico City.?General Carranza < has mafic a personal gift of 10,000 pesos to the town of Hormosillo in ? recognition of the fact that this city ? was the first to receive him in a freindly and hospitable way when he took the field against the late General Huerta in 1913. i NOJ52. CARBANZA TROOPS ARE BADLY BEATEN Murguia Lost 1,500 Dead and Wounded in Recent Battle VILLA'S MEN LACK SUFFICIENT FOOD Fifty Carranza Soldiers Are Killed on Train by the Rebels. Laredo, Tex.?Passengers reach!no f UA -1-1 11 * # n.c uvum-i suite mat in a recent engagement with Villa troops the tie facto government forces under Gen. Murguia, lost a total of 1,500 dead and wounded. They added that in thu campaign around Chihauhau City the alleged routs inflicted on the Villa forces by the government troop* were myths. Though the Viilla soldiers are said to have plenty of guns untl ammunition, it is reported they are none too well supplied with food. The passengers said that railroad traffic is badly interrupted by ther transprotation of trainloads of wound ad to base hospitals. Trair. Shot Up. Laredo, Tex.?Fifty Carranza solriiers were killed in a fight Monday tiight with a band of revolutionists^ who attacked the train on which they were travelling near San Felipe, Hidalgo, according to passengers who arrived hero yesterday aboard the bullet-ridden train. Several passengers' also were killed. The casualties among the attacking party was said to have been 20 killed and a number of wounded. *V SEE NEW PICTURES THURSDAY MAY 3RD. The time is getting short between this date and the time for the first appearance of our new serial "Patria." It is a stirring story that will make you take notice. The story will ho fine reading every week in this paper, and the films will awaken interest at the Pastime every Thursday night. Get ready to keep up with this finest of all moving picture serials. VICTORY OF FRANCE WAS OVERWHELMING Paris, April 16.?Germany suffered another crushing blow upon the western front today when 40 miles of the strongest part of her line were wrested from her with an estimated loss of nearly 100,000 killed, wounded i * * * ? ami prisoners. All Krai ice hails the /ictory as a briiliant demonstration if the skill of her generals and the courage of her troops. Measured by the amount of territory freed the victory- does not compare with the Somme offensive which opened a month ago, but viewed from the amount of destruction done to the enemy's armed forces and damages to his military prestige, it is a far greater success. Here there can be no question either of a previous planned retreat or a surprise. The enemy expected an attack and made every preparation to defeat it. o MUST FIGHT U-BOATS WITH SMALL GRAFT London, April 1C.?Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, former commander of the British grand fleet and now first sea lord, informed the Associated Press today that anything and everything in the way of small craft, from destroyers to tugs, would be the most useful contribution that the United States couM make to the war against German submarines.