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0 r0KDER THE GLOBE REGU- LARLY. Remember, newsdealers Rjust eliminate unsold papers. Globe readers can help by taking the Daily and Sunday Globe every Read Uncle Dudley. mi BOSTON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1918-FOURTEEN PAGES COPYRIGHT, lll, BT THE GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO PRICE TWO CENTS XCIII-XO. 105 A ritfehM Hoove ThreeKilled, 14 Woundedin Lists Of Past Two Days One Bay State Lieutenant Killed, One Wounded in Yesterdays List Fiores Machs 'Jb-Vyg i 0 'rif vates wounded, one of whom subsequently died.

Co I lost two men killed and three wounded. Other companies In the 104th lost three men wounded. That the 101st Field Artillery has been in action is shown by the re- Caatlaaed on the Fifth Fare. liVif ittrriiWff itf1 twVn-hiiti mericans Hear St Mihiel Decisively Defeat Foe In Repeated Assaults England Is again hard hit in tie casualty lists. Identifications of New England Ba.

mostly from the lists of the past two days, total three killed in action, one dead of wounds and 20 sounded. Cos I ano of the Infantry te apparently. len heavily en- pged. Co I. has loat 2d Lieut John J.

Usirtn. killed in action, and nine pri- MESSINES RIDGE, WHERE GERMANS AND BRITISH ARE AT GRIPS. In This British Official Photo the Ground Formerly Held by the Germans at Messines Ricige Is Shown. Their Present Drive Is Aimed at Retaking This Ground, Which the British Are Holding Tenaciously. All Is Doing Something Teutons Frustrated In Attempts to Open Path To Channel Ports NAVAL COLLIER CYCLOPS MISSING, 18 NEW ENGLANDERS AMONG 293 FEARED LOST Grave Anxiety Felt in Washington As to Fate of Vessel Now 32 Days Overdue Last Reported At Port in West Indies March 4 No German Raiders or U-Boats Thought to Be in Ships Path There come times when your arms ache and your heart aches to be doing something for our boys at the front.

At such times it is a comfort to think that your money is working for them in a Liberty Bond. Third Liberty Loan Bonds bear 4V4 inter est, are issued for $50 and upward and may be paid for in instalments. Backed by the United States Government, they typify soundness as an investment as well as the patriotism of the buyer. Enormous forces of German troops hurled with utter disregard of losseB against the British line In Flanders throughout Saturday night and Sunday, failed to gain an inch of territory. Thousands of German dead lying before the positions southwest of Ypres attest the strict compliance by the British troops with Field Marshal Haigs order that no more ground be conceded.

All along the Allied line in Belgium and France the Germans have been held. At Neuve Eglise, where the High German' Command is desperately striving to drive a wedge in far enough to outflank Ypres and open the path for a dash to the Channel ports, the flower of the German armies has been thrown vamly against the rock-like British. Hre the heaviest fighting has taken place, wave after wave of Teu- YANKEES DEFEAT PICKED TROOPS Repulse Attack Near St Mihiel, Killing Many Victors in Terrific Hand-to-Hand Fighting Boston Officer a Hero WITH THE AMERICAN ARMtf IN FRANCE. April 14 (By the Associated Press) by an intense bombardment of high explosives and poison gas shells, picked troops from four German companies hurled themselves against the American positions on the right bank of the Meuse north of St Mihiel early this morning, but were completely repulsed after terrific hand-to-hand fighting. The Americans captured some prisoners.

The German losses already counted are 34 dead and 10 wounded, who were In the American trenches, and 30 dead In No Mans Land. Several of the wounded enemy were taken back by their comrades to the German positions. Continaed on the Seventh Page. CASUALTIES AMONG NEW ENGLAND MEN ibfirtnl l.lube nrrroitnndeats from their ham law no. I KILLED IN ACTION CALVIN, 2i Lieut John Greenfield.

Co 104th Infantry. DALION, Leonard Easthampton, Co 104th Infantry, Apnl 10. BUCHANAN, Sergt Matthew Lynn, Co 104th Infantry. DIED OF WOUNDS FITZGERALD, Howard Spring-field, Co 104th Infantry. WOUNDED BADGES, Edward Easthampton, Ca 104th Infantry.

Apnl 10. CHAMBERS, Lieut Martin Near Emn, Conn, 102d Infantry. XAT, Frank Northampton, Co Infantry. QUINN, Sergt Robert 72 Ilolyoke it, Lynn, Co 104th Infantry. COIE.

Emil, Manchester, II, Feb 26. SHAMON, Michael 5 Maple pi, Boston, Co 101st Infantry. WORDEN. Carl formerly of llert Falls. Co L.

104th Infantrv. LEVESDOWSKI, Peter, formerly of Crtesfield, Co 104th Infantry. KH, Foster Sharon, Vt, Co I CM Infantry. SCOTT, Earl Greenfield, Co ICMfh Infantry. CONNORS, George Lawrence, Co Infantry.

SMITH, Allred Marblehead, Battery 101st Field Artilleiy, Apnl 9. RENNIE, William Andover, Co 104th Infantry. VALENTINE, James B. Andover, KXth Infantry. RTAN, ilium Springfield, Co lOd Infantry, March 31.

GRAY, Lient Harold Cliftondale, Batterv 101st Field Artillery. lEEXAN, Francis, Ludlow, Co 104th Infantry. POPE, William Lynn, Battery 101st Field Artillery. McPHETRES, Sergt Harlan Lynn, Battery 101st Field Ar-tllery. HADLEY, Collin formerly of Greenfield.

Co 104th Infantry. JOHNSTON. John JL, Greenfield, Co 104th Infantrv. SPOONER, Frank Somerville, Madune Gun Co, 104th Infantry. Ttt Boetoa Globas Dsijr liberty less Editorial.

Foch Given Title of Commander-in-Chief Conttnurd on the Eighth Page. U. S. S. CYCLOPS.

RED SOX OPEN TODAY WITH THE MAGKMEN Ruth in the Box, Likely to ANOTHER DRAFT OF Be Opposed by Gregg NEW ENGLAND MEN ON BOARD CYCLOPS PARIS, Apnl 14 An official note issued tonight says: The British and French Governments have agreed to confer the title of Commander-in-chief of the Allied Armies in France on Gen Foch. EIGHT INJURED IN AUTO CRASH Machine Struck by Trolley Car in Medford Boston Will Watch Mclnnls at Third Game Starts at 3:15 49,843 MEN ORDERED probably Will Be Trained With Regular Units Galling Registrants Much. Faster Than Had Been Planned BERLIN PUPILS GIVEN VICTORY HOLIDAY TODAY AMSTERDAM, April 14 The school children of Berlin, in the Province of Branden burg, according to the Tage-blatt, will be given a holiday Monday to celebrate the victory of Armen tie res. CZERNINS DECLARATION ON AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS APRIL 20 COPENHAGEN, April 14-The Foreign Committee of the Austrian Dele-j Ration has been summoned to meet April 2d. according to a Vienna dispatch to the Folitiken.

Count Czernin will then make a declaration on foreign and internal affairs. Motorists Thrown Out to Street-Mrs Buckle Worst Hurt HOW THE RED SOX AND MACKS Will LINE UP FOR THE OPENER WASHINGTON, April 14 The big American Naval collier Cyclops, carrying 57 passengers, 15 officers and 221 men in its crew, has been overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. The Navy Department announced today that the Cyclops was last reported at a West Indian island 4 and that extreme anxiety Is entertained as to its safety. The vessel was bringing a cargo of manganese from Brazil. Alfred L.

Moreau Gottschalk, United States Consul General at Rio Janeiro, was the only civilian among the passengers on the collier, the others being two Naval lieutenants and 54 Naval enlisted men returning to the United States. The Cyclops was commanded by Lieut Commander W. W. Worley, I S. N.

R. I teady BOSTON PHILADELPHIA Hooper rf rf Jamieson Shean If Oldnng or Kopp Strunk cf 3b Gardner Hoblitzel lb lb Burns Mclnnis 3b cf Walker night, and they will be sent to 11 forts McAvyiand recruiting barracks probably for WASHINGTON. April 14-Another draft call for 49,843 registrants has been sent to of States lv Provost Marshal Gen Crowder. Mobilisation of the men is ordered for May 1 and 10, the War Department announced to- THE WEATHER Forecast for Boston and Vicinity: Fair Monday and Tuesday; warmer; mod a westerly winds. The net paid circulation for the Globe for the month of March, covering a period of years, was as follows: The New England men on the missing collier Cyclops as officially reported from Washington follow: OFFICERS FINGLETON, James lieutenant, Portsmouth, H.

PASSENGERS BOYCE, Harry Leslie, chief water tender, Attleboro. BRENNER, Felix machinists mate, Meriden, Conn. CHANDLER, Charles Thomas, pharmacists mate, Willimantic, Conn. CUMMINGS, John William, fireman, Fall River. JONES, Charles Clayton, electrician, Providence.

MILLER, Joseph Charles, seaman, Hartford. MEMBERS OF CREW JAILEY, George oiler, Newport, RI. JAHOON, Albertus S. Jr, coxswain, West Tisbury. 'ALLAHAN, John, chief machinists mate.

Weals, Mass (probably Wales, Mdss) 10ULTER, John Henry, seaman, Stamford, Conn. COUTU, Leon Peter, seaman, Irving, CROWLEY, Joseph Cornelius, fireman, Charlestown. HITCHCOCK, Nelson, fireman, Meriden, Conn. MacDONNELL, Thomas Francis, electrician. South Boston.

PARKS, James Henry, fireman. Sand-wick PATNAUDE, Charles L. yeoman, Newport, IORRETTA, James Joseph, cook, Gloucester. Washington Forecast for New England and Eastern New York: Generally fair Monday and Tuesday. SUNDAY 287,410 293,638 310,073 314,473 325,925 Iltll.Y 1914 199,136 1915 232,083 1916 255,555 1917 268,505 1918 285,590 MEDFORD, April 14 Eight persons were Injured about 9:45 tonight when an inbound Pellsway trolley car crashed into an automobile owned and driven by Charles J.

Merlth of 25 Leyland st, Dorchester, pushing the car some 25 feet and throwing several occupants out. Mrs Madeline Buckley of 30 Tufts st, Medford, was the most seriously Injured, sustaining a concussion of the brain. Her 10-months-old baby boy escaped with slight bruises, although thrown underneath the machine. The driver, Merith, has a sprained right shoulder. His wife, Mrs Lillian M.

Merith, who with their 2-year-old son was thrown out, escaped with a severe shaking up. Mrs Frank T. Ford of 30 Tufts st has several teeth broken, and her husband, who was thrown out, was badly torn. Francis 14 years old. of 117 Longwood av, Roxbury, the other passenger in the auto, received cuts on the chin.

The occupants were taken to the Ford home, where Dr Walter T. Burke attended them. The accident occurred on Fellsway West, at the comer of Fulton st. The auto had Just come out of Fulton st, when the car, said to be going at a rapid rate of speed, came along and smashed into It Globe's Fore cast: Fair Tues day and probably fair Wednesday; warmer; moderate westerly winds, becoming variable. In considering the Globes circulation, advertisers should always remember that the bulk of it is in the Boston Agnew ss Dugan Ruth or Mays Gregg or Myers Game called at m.

By EDWARD F. MARTIN Old Sol did such a fine job at Fenway Park yesterday that the American League season will positively open in this city at 8:15 this afternoon, unless the weather further complicates the program. The Philadelphia Athletics will face the Red Sox in the opening encounter, and late last night it appeared as if Babe Ruth would be the Barrow pitching selection and that either Vean Gregg or Elmer Myers would oppose him. At sundown last night Fenway Park was in good shape, considering the go it has had with the snow and rain, and a little more sunshine today will make it fit for the opening encounter. Ceatlaaed the Fenrth Page.

training with Regular Army units there This call increases to more than 306,000 the number of drafted men ordered to camp since late In March. This Is far in excess of the monthly average under the original plan to call 800,000 men over a nine-month period. Future calls at the same rate would complete the program before mid -Summer, Under President Wilsons determination to hasten the dispatch of American troops to France to reinforce the British and French Armies bearing the brunt of the great German drives in Flanders and Picardy, the whole program of the Army is speeding up. Only a week ago Gen Crowder ordered mobilization of men for April 26 and their movement to the National Army cantonments during the five days following. Further announcements are expected to follow the return of Sec Baker from Europe.

Troops now are moving across Coatinaed an the Eighth Page ping One Engine Damaged The Cyclops left the West Indies with one of Its two engines damaged, but the department said this fact would not have prevented Its communicating by radio, and all efforts to reach it by that means have been unsuccessful. A thorough search of the course which it would have followed in coming to port has been made and continues, it was announced. There have been no reports of German submarines or raiders in the locality in which the collier was, the departments statement said. The weather had not been stormy and could hardly have given the collier trouble. The fact that the collier had been missing nearly a month became known The Temperature Yesterday at Thompson's Spa 3 a 38; a 38; 9 a 39; 12 m.

42; 3 48; 6 47; 9 pm, 47; 13 mid, 47. Average temperature yesterday, 44 13-24; average ona year ago, 404. Temperatures at 8 Last Night San Francisco. 56: St Paul, 70: St Louis, 64; Chicago, 48; Nantucket, 38; Portland, 50; Eastport, 42; New York, 60; Washington, 62. Precipitation in Boston, 24 hours, to 8 pm, .11.

Continued on the Second Page. TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS Page 6. Reflect Page 4. Braves, unable to play Advertisers, when placing their want and classified busi-Ress should always remember that the Globe offers the best tedium in New England. GLOBE NO.

1 For over 35 years the Globe has earned the bulk of the want business in this territory. Its ead today is more pronounced THAN AT ANY OTHER PERIOD IN THE PAPERS HISTORY. See that your KEAL ESTATE. BUSINESS CHANCES. AUTOMOBILE, POULTRY AND PIGEON, and HELP WANTED advts appear in tomorrows and Wednesdays Globe.

TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS Page 7. Boston and vicinity bouts this week promise plenty of action. Page 8. Germans, with warships cooperating, closing in on Helsingfors, Finland. Diary found on German officer killed In action shows Germans were confident of separating British and French armies by drive and forcing France to make peace.

U-boat sunk by United States transport April 4 on way back from France, Page S. Cambridge sculptor completes portrait bust of John Ericsson, inventor of Monitor. Two women killed In a cellar explosion at East Weymouth, laid to gasoline fumes. Col M. B.

Stewart of Camp Devens speaks at Watch and Ward meeting. Lieut Col Holten B. Perkins of Boston shosen colonel of the 4th Pioneers, formerly the 6tli Massachusetts in-1 gantry. TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS Page 10. Household Department.

Dorothy Dix Talks. Helps for amateur gardeners. Little Stories for Bedtime," by Thornton W. Burgess. Page 11.

Bartenders Union of 3500 members condemns brewrles action in raising price of beer to 10 cents a glass. Page 12. Three Navy sailors hurt at New Bedford in an automobile smash. Page 14. Old transport Meade, battered in heavy storm while on way north, reaches Boston and will be taken over by Shipping Board.

Navy calls for 3,000,000 feet of New England spruce for airplanes; need operators for undeveloped tracts. Brockton 'soldier killed in aqto at Camp Devens. New York police arrest 250 persons In early morning raid on chop suey restaurants. 9 Page 2. Shakeup daily expected in the Federal Aircraft Board.

Funeral of private Lindskog at Brockton. Page 3. Chairman Hallotvell of New England Liberty Loan Committee predicts section will raise quota. Great collection of French war posters to be shown at Keith's Theatre this week in the interests of the Liberty Loan Liberty Loan only 19 percent raised in first week of campaign official figures to Washington indicate. Bishop Lawrence announces raising of Episcopal church war fund of $600, urges aid in Liberty Loan and food sav- Page 4.

Batting and fielding averages of the Red Sox and Braves in their training trip games. New England horsemen must 'name today their selections for the Bay State early closing events. Spirit of the now await their opening battle of the Times, by Uncle Dudley. National League season In Philadelphia Meyer Bloomfield, back at Washington Tuesday. Johnny Evers and the Red Sox soon to part company, it is' understood.

Amateur and semiprofessional baseball genator William J. Stone of Missouri dead. Representative men and women gather in Huntington Hall to honor life work of the late Mrs Mary Morton Kehew. Harvard to open Special six weeks training course of employment managers and welfare workers. Peoples Lawyer.

Pag T- Stock Market; the railroad problem; private ownership or Government control after the war. which? Lieuts A. S. Winslow and Douglas Campbell, United States aviators, each bring down enemy flyer within American lines. Current bond comment.

Copper mining news. MONDAY, APRIL 15 Pace 1 Allied line holding firm at all points In Belgium and France; great German attacks on British in Flanders and Americans near St Mihiel decisively oulsed with huge losses to attacking forces. Americans repulse heavy attack by picked troops north of St Mihiel. killing many In terrific hand-to-hand fighting; Greater Boston lieutenant a hero. Big Naval collier Cyclops, due at an Atlantic port March 13, missing.

Another draft call for 49.S43 men. Red Sox to open with the Mackmen at Fenway Park today in the American League pennant race; Ruth will probably pitch for Boston. British and French agree to confer title of Commander-ln-Chlef of Allied Armies in France on Gen Foch. Eight persons hurt In collision at Medford between an automobile and a trolley car. teams in the field to arrange games Almost 100 school baseball games scheduled for this week.

Rowing prospects in the big Universities. Great program of athletic snorts planned for the American Army in France. Page S. Sketches and portraits of New England boys killed or injured in action ip France. Archie Roosevelt sends father the bullet that him.

Italian press says Emperor Charles of Austria sent peace note to Pope at tims of overtures to Franc. Three eons of Mr and Mrs Casper Homer of Roeliodala in service. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes; COMING TO BOSTON HOTEL HOLLIS 247 Tremont SL F.Ut TIIK COMMON I Rooms. 81.00 single; 81.50 and ft. 90 double; utut-vioul 12.30 sith Piiiile Slh 1 money if it fails.

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