THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
April 24, 1915.
In furious battle north of Ypres
allies gained some ground.
French repulsed attacks at Les
Eparges and elsewhere.
Germans gained in forest of Le
Pretre,
Finnish and Norwegian vessels
sunk by German submarines.
French aviator bombarded Smyr-
na fort,
April 25, 1915,
Germans galned more ground at
Ypres and began terrific drive
near La Bassee,
French repulsed in the Argonne
and the Meuse hills.
Austro-Germans took by storm
Ostry mountain in the Carpathians,
commanding Orava valley.
Russians repelied Germans in
Prussian Poland,
Russian Black Sea
barded Bosporus forts.
fleet bom
April 26, 1915.
Allies rallied at and
checked Germans.
Ypres
summit of Hart.
French,
Germans took
mannsweilerkopf from
Austrians again defeated Rus
sians in Carpathians.
General land and sea attack on
the Dardanelles.
French cruiser Leon Gambetta
torpedoed by Austrian submarine;
552 lost.
German cruiser Kronprinz Wi
helm interned at Newport News.
Zeppelin dropped large bombs on
Calais.
1915.
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Allies repulsed German
Ypres and Dixmude and
several towns.
April 27,
attacks
near
tured
Cag
German attacks at Les Eparges
failowl.
Russians began another offensive
round Uzsok pass.
British battle
Triumph badly
nelles attack.
Allied
towns.
ships Majestic and
damaged in Darda
airmen bombarded a
International Women's
congress opened at The Hague
April 28, 1915.
Terr ible
ued, with
battie at Ypres contir
varying fortune.
Heavy fighting ed
Uzsok pass and
contin
regions
ished line across
Stry}j
Allies estab!
of Gallipoli peninsula
Frenc
abled at
Ge
bomt Americ
ing in North
Aviat
many
h cruiser Jeanne
Dardanelles
rman aero
sca
of all
Secretary Bryan unfa.-
orably Germany's n¢
of the Frye.
answered
te on sinking
April 29,
won
19185,
Germans victories at
in Champagne and aiong t
Ypres,
e Meuse
Germans
along entire East
began an offensive
front.
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Carpa
Prussian
Russians
thians.
beaten back In
ied n
German aeroplanes
Belfort
Kurds
Armenia.
and Epernay.
massacred
April
French
Belgium.
and Belgians gained
German
from position 22
gun shelled Dunkirk
miles away
Germans repulsed French
Mesnil and Flirey.
at Le
Russians checked
left bank of Vis
vetzko
Germans
near Golo
on
tula and
and Nadvorna.
Turkish troop sh
danelles.
Dar
Pp sunk n
Zeebrugge
sca.
bombarded from the
Zeppelin dropped bombs on
folk towns.
Suf
POSTSCRIPTS
The Russian senate has
fstence since 1711.
An average of one
liquid nourishment
year by a healthy man
Augt
presence of 62,961
subjects,
An expedition
tista ia studying the natives, flora and
fauna of almost unknown regions
northern and central Asia
One of the Yueere st requests on rec
ord has been received at San Antonio
Tex., from Dr, Guy A K. Marshall of
the royal bureau of entomology, Lon
don. It is for a certain flea, whict
lives in the eye of a bat, and San An
tonio, the only town in the world
with a municipal bat roost, is about
the proper pluee to go for it
been la ex
ton
naturalized British
of Norwegian
Bien
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BERLIN SHOWS NO
Officials Against
Submarine Campaign.
Be Sent United
Of Maintaining
Refusal Likely To
States—Chance
Friendly Relations Ap.
parently Small.
Berlin, via London.-—Nothing has
vet developed as a result of the receipt
con
‘a submarine warf:
obtainat
Germans
No expres
the
reticence
Neither the
been publis
@ Is no intimation as
public
sion of opinion is
Foreign Office,
is maintained
where ab
lute
note nor any reference
hed in Germ
the note will be made
Ministers Study Note.
The Min
who were entitled to
of the
the da)
and oth
note Were
sideration
that any
demands
ment, d
ment
tions
The
weakenin
campaign
sbandc
Delivered
By Gerard
NEW USE FOR AEROP
Coast Guard Service Will Loc
ate
sels
in Distress
SAYS CRISIS KILLS HYPHEN
Barthoidt Declares
Will 8t
GermanAmeri
ick Te U. 8.
cans
peace
War, pro
in Amer
present crizis
Garman-Americanas,
the German in
would do in of
ws 5
State Case
countries
¢ for
tory
such a
que
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HAR
tior
that
most
shown
the
nited
crisis
We
alway were
Zens the U
of war. In this
German-Americans
ans
of
States in time
there
are
are no
Amer
all
WAITE HELD TO BE SANE,
Alienitsts Find Confessed Murderer
“Somewhat Abnormal.”
New York -—Allenists
more than an hour examining Dr.
Arthur Warren Waite, confessed slay
or of his father indaw, John E. Peck. a
wealthy drug manufacturer of Grand
Rapida, Mich., reported to District At.
torney Swann that in their opinion
Waite sane, but somewhat ab.
normal. While being returned to the
Tombs from the District Attorney's
office, Walle alleged have de
clared to detectives that he was
anxious to pay the penalty for his
crime “and have it over with as goon
as possible.”
who spent
a
in
in to
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BEN
To Discuss Villa Hunt
Carranza Minister.
With
MAY REMOVE THE SNAGS
Carranza’'s Request
To Be D
Full
Of American Force
cussed By
PAPEN BRAINS OF PLOT
ndicted For
SANTIAGO GREETS AMERICANS.
Press Welcomes International
High Commission.
Willi
of the Tr
and the other
na sniin. ‘hi
Santiago, Chile
Mo
of the
members
m G
Adoo, S« CARUTY
United
of the delegation to the International
High Commission, arrived here from
Buenos Alres
Chile has united in welcoming the dele
gation, the hope being generally ex
pressed that the visit will result in
strengthening the friendly understand.
ing between the two countries
Cretary
Hinfes
Tha entire press of
BODY NOT THAT oF VILLA,
American Authorities
abie To Verify Report.
of
to
Field Headauarters
Pershing by Wireless Columbus,
N. M.-American military aunthoritios
detailed to investigate the report th it
the body recently dizinterred at
Francisco Borja was that
Villa reported they were unable to ob
tain conflimation
a ————
A SCAT
PRIGANDS.
SCATTERING
ALL OVER THE
ing for Reserves.
TO UTILIZE
Amend:
Adopted
fo
Important
sin
Proposal
rent
Are By the Senate
Have
is Pas
oolboy
Volunteers
MAY ABANDON VILLA CHASE
Break With
Wi
Berlin Would
thdrawal Of Troops
WO
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questio
impen i
virtually cert )
t sled frome Mexico
would be
prudence
be taken to prepare
ities In Europe
ain that
immediately
ged at home,
require that
for eventual
| Lod rege
They ree
litar would
aieps
ry
MOB LYNCHED POSTMASTER.
Learn Who Did It.
Fla-~Counly authorities are
to discover who was re
sponsible for the lynching at Vernon
of John Dykes, postmaster of Green
Head, Washington county. Dykes had
Chipley,
8. A. Walker, a naval stores operator,
and was taken from the Vernon jail
who over
powered the deputy in charge.
GHEATEST OF
ALL BATTLES
Week of
Verdun.
Ninth Conflict
COSTLY GERMAN DRIVE
Of Operations—Iin Many
Respects Without Precedent—400,
000 Mon Killed, Wounded
Or Missing.
The most ir
of the
111 ry!
i53 ni
vard
were n
preced]
from
T™ ad Bt ky
in the after an
mt less tha
soutl
Treg yently
t week the Gern
general
gy wd
Wy
ones
both
from the Haucour
ont
to Do
Wiun
official alluded
an at
the be
¥y Py
of the of
nana announced
after it was
fortified
were O-
tack on
sinning
and two
outhwest
fn the region of Dead
were carried, but at
the French line broken
Poward the end of last week
iis attack subsided, and there came
anothar pause, followed by French
counteratiacks over amall sections of
the line
Hil
was
throagh
no
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PARADISE PLUMES BURNED.
Were Valued At $25000 and Were
Seized By Customs Officials.
Laredo, Texas ~RBird Paradise
plumes, valued at $25,000 and destined
to adorn Easter millinery, wera
burned here. They were seized in bag.
gage which A. Kallman was attempt.
ing to take across the border from
Mexico, Originally the plumes came
from India. Frederick J. Burns order
ed that they be burned, together with
627 bird skins, which were confiscated,
of
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REDISTRIBUTION OF
AMERICAN TROOPS
Carranza Must Show That He
Can Handle Situation.
PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY
ston Plans Redistrib
To Be So Placed As To
Protect Border
Fun ILC Pd OTE B98
Towns,
€ announ
had ap
On
tion of ihe
thera
Wast
termined ic
wa
IE
eye
FREE SUGAR BILL KILLED.
House Plan For Ar
indefinite Repeal.
Senate Agrees To
onate approvis
and whi }
to in conference
NEW MORGAN PLOT.
Newton Accused Of Planning To Kill
Financier
Yori wis 3 L
mun
ted here
New
former
res
leged ag
Newion a
who was ar
entering into an al
to blow up a muni
tions plant, was prepared to kif J. »
Morgan, according to an affidavit sub
mitted In the Tombs Police Court. On
the strength of this document Newton
wae held for examination
tions worl
alter
reement
APPLE GROWERS ALARMED
Large Part Of Last Year's Crop Stilt
in Hands.
Washington. --Much of
crop hs not been
statement issued by the Department
of Agriculture, which also declared the
condition of the apple market was giv
ing growers and dealers grave concern.
Thirty per cent. of the apples put in
cold storage by December 1, 1915,
said, are still waiting to be consumed,
tha 18156
.
apple sold, said a