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«»■(■. 4LAURA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1910.
NO. 1024.
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Report Of Villa’s Death Discredited On Border
GERMAN SMASH REVEALS
STRATEGY IN VIEW
PARIS, April 11.—Considerably
west of the Verdun salient at hill
304 the Germans today concentrated
a prolonged attack, alternately
bombarding and storming the
French position.
The new point of attack is strong
ly defended and is of enormous im
portance. * The French regard this
as the key to the entire position ana
for this reason although heretofore
immune from attack, has boen held
by the most powerful French force
on the entire front.
The Germans attacked in force
after a five hour intensive artillery
bombardment but they were driven
hack. The bombardment was again
renowed and the storming later fol
lowed. The most serious effort made
to take an individual position was
manifested in these attacks. The
German losses were large.
LONDON, April 11.—The great.
German smash against Hill 304 is
considered of great importance in
asmuch as it reveals the German
strategy.
This aims no less at the capture
cf this position and the forcing of
♦he St. Mihicl sector, the two forcee
uniting hands behind Verdun forc
ing the French to evacuate tljeii po
sitions or to get bottled up by the
Germans.
The significance of this new move
ment is twofold, showing the deter
mination of the Germans to gee Ver
dun at all costs and the fact that a
frontal attack is no longer hoped by
them to result successfully.
' PARIS, April XI.—Tonight's com
| muniqtie says that the French de
fenses on Hill 304 still stand. The
War Office admits however that the
Germans using liquid fire on both
sides of the Meuse made near Doua
mont slight gains.
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CARRANZA EMBASSY SAYS
VILLA DIED OF WOUNDS
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Apirl 11.—
The Carranza embassy here has *in •
formation to tho effect that Villa is
dead, blood poisoning setting in from
a wound in his knee being respons
ible for the man’s death.
EL PASO, .April 11.—Gavira as
serts that Carranza can assume full
control of the ViltlT situation and
will be well in a position to handle
It without any outside assistance.
Gavira like many other Mexicans
is not pleased with American inter
fercnce.
JUAREZ, April 11.—Three Die.*
spotters were executed here today.
The Carranza government is now
ruling things with an iron hand and
all border activities will be ruth
ssly suppressed.
EL PASO, April 11.—Villa’s death
is discredited here.
EL PASO, April 11.—American
troops under General Pershing en
tered Durango state today.
MEXICO CITY, April 11.—It is
stated here that even if Villa is not
wounded -and dead and should he be
successful in gaining the state ot
Durango, he will be in a worse plight
than ever before as from that state
escape from his encircling foe3
would be impossible.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11.—
Dispatches from Funston do not in
dicate that he has much confidence
in the reported demise of Villa.
The air is full of all kinds of ru
mors calculated to show that the
Villatist cause has been completely
destroyed and that the bandits are
all scattered. It is believed that the
American evacuation is the ena
aimed.
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STATE PREFERENCE
PRIMARIES, ILLINOIS
CHICAGO. April 11.—The state
preference primaries are being held
today. It is too early yet to predict
the outcome, but the competition
will be, to say the least, in many
precincts close.
A strong effort to discomfit the
democracy by an Irish-American
German-Amcrican combination is
not likely to be any more successful
than In the municipal electlous
here when the democrats broke up
the combination and won ocsily in
most of the districts, the Irish-Am
ericans who are the majority of
office holders refusing to be stam
peded It is likely that this will bo
repeated here in the primaries.
GRANT INGREASE TO
WOOLEN MILL WORKERS
BOSTON, April 11.—The Amer
ican Woolen Co. whose main mills
are in Lawrence, Maes., announces
an increase of ten per cent in the
wages of all its 25,000 employees to
become effective immediately.
It will be recollcted that the strike
in Lawrence was chiefly caused by
thq working conditions the em
ployees of the American Woolen Co
were compelled to endure, the strug
gle owing to the able management
of the Industrial Workers of the
World culminating successfully.
Another strike was anticipated in
Lawrence any time, and this doubt
less is responsible for their increase.
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METHODIST MlfiflSTEAS HAVE
TO FACE STUFFED BALLOT
PORTLAND, April 11.—It is with
inexpressible regret reporters were
compelled to chronicle the fact that
owing to the ballot box having been
stuffed the first time, the Methodist
Ministers Association have had to
hold a second election hero.
Who the guilty one was who in
troduced the corrupt methods of
Tammany when dealing with ths
(domestic politics of the Lord’s an
| nointed is not admitted, although
the fall from grace of some of the
reverends comes as a sad and shock
ing blow upon the community.
The entire ci?y feels disgrace in
the reflection upon the honesty of
the holy ones.
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FRENCH DETERMINED TO
DEFEND STRONG POSITION
PARIS, April 11.—Comparative
calm rested over the Bethincourt
positions today; it was quiet at
Dou&mont, at Vaux and the immedi
ate east and west rim of the Meuse
valley. The indications are that the
Germans have moved large masses
of troops further west towards the
Aisne front and between the latter
and closer to Argonne they have
been smashing with great vigor at
the French lines. The main objec
tive of the German attacks at Hill
304 was singularly pronounced with
a very weighty assaults. About three
o’clock this morning big German
guns sent shells upon the French
positions, eliciting a fierce reply
from the French. Towards daybreak
the German fire grew in intensity
reaching its maximum at noon when
it suddenly ceased, and almost at
once the German infantry advanced
to the storming of the position.
They repeatedly reached the first
line of trenches and repeatedly were
repulsed, the first party retiring
finally and the bombardment begin
ning again. This afternoon at
about three o’clock the attack was
again resumed with greater violence,
but was no more successful than
the first , the excellent service ot
the smaller French rapid fire guns
simply mowing down the Germans
in wind rows of dead.
BERLIN, April 11.—It is officially
announced that thirty-six thousand
French were taken prisoners and
there were ono hundred and fifty
thousand French casualties since
the Verdun battle began.
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BRITISH REPULSED AT
GATES KUTELMARA
LONDON, April 11.—General
Lake reports that bla forces suffer
ed a reverse just outside the Turk
ish defenses of Kutelmara and be
low the lines.
Details are scanty but it is ad
Blitted to be serious.
LONDON, April 11.—It Is feared
here that the repulse of General
tjfca below Kutelmara means the
ultimate destruction of the army ol
Townsend.
LONDON, April 11.—It is now
feared that the Army Council de
clined to approve an offensive. This
belief is growing and is greatly dis
appointing the people who had ex
pected an offensive before tihs. Ad
ded to the gloom of the situation
are the reports coming out from the
St. Eloi positions showing that after
an Intensive artillery bombardment
a British hand grehide assault was
easily repulsed by the Oermans.
The Inactivity of the government
in prosecuting the war is a source
of bitter criticism and the heavy
censorship adds to the Intolerable
situation. The continued procrasti
nation marked on the side of the
Allies in resuming an offensive on
the west, or in any section, it is
pointed out by the Globe strengthens
the view spread by the Teuton na
tions that the Entente powors are
unable to strike any effective blow.
The ministry takes these criticisms
yrlth apparent indifference and erne
high official said that the country
was not to be hurried.
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KRAUSE PLACED ON TRIAL
ON MINOR COUNT
JUNEAU, April 11.—The prisoner
Krause was placed on trial in the
District Court here today on the
first seven Indictments: alleged im
personating an officer. His convic
tion on this count is almost certain.
Krause however is being held for
the murder of a man named Christie
who was a foreman in the employ
of the Treadwell Co. Representing
himself to be a United States deputy
Marshal he presented Christie with
a subpoena. Since that time
Christie has not been seen. Krause
is certainly gulfty.
Only the failure to recover the
I
body of Christie, it is stated, pre-1
vents his being at once tried for |
murder. Krause refuses to admit
his guilt and although the govern
ment officials have been working
hard on the case, it is positively
known that they have failed to trace
the missing man.
Krause was arrested in Seattle and
taken to Juneau whore his guilt s
practically agreed to by the major
ity of the people, tho Empire tak
ing a leading part Is spreading the |
notion of the man’s criminality and ,
hardly a day passing when it did noi
feature up some phase of the
Krause case none of which was any
thing but detrimental to the repu
tation of the accused man.
Lawyers question whether in the
absence of the finding of the bod/
of Christie the charge of murder
can be placed against Krause. He
is being defended by Kazis Kracu
nas, at one time socialist party can
didate for delegate to Congress.
JUNEAU, April 11.—Two panels
were exhausted today in the Krause
case without obtaining a single tales
man. The prosecution will not ac
cept socialists.
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NEUTRALS WONDER AT
INACTIVITY OF ALLIES
GENEVA, April 11.—With Austria
preparing for an vigorous attack on
Italy, the Russian Galicia offensive
at a standstill, Hlndenb&rg still
hammering with sledge hammer
blows or\ the Dvinsk front and the
German smash against Verdun pro
mising to carry everything before It,
The Allied Inactivity is the subject
of general discussion. . The German
view contained in newspaper criti
cism is that the Allies are just hold
ing out for a reasonable excuse for
peace and are unable to advance a
step but- are desperately trying to
hold their own. This view is also
believed here, and it is expected that
the Allies are beginning to tear that
there may occur a detection soon
from the Entente may shatter it
to biU. It is believed that in Great
Britain this is especially feared, and
for that reason that country Bhows
no disposition to risk the loss of
its new army which may be need fed
to defend purely British territory.
COPENHAGEN, April 11.—If May
passes os April is passing without, any
signs of an awakening activity upon
the part of the Entente powers, it
may be conceded that the Allies are
conquered, says the usually pro
Ally military critics- of the leading
morning paper here. What has be
come of the immense stores bought
abroad , the immense preparations
in England and France can only be
conjectured, but the inactivity shows
that the cause of the allies is getting
doubtful.
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