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Germans Shift Attacks to South of Hazebrouck; Loan

Germans Shift Attacks to South of Hazebrouck; Loan

Try the Herald’s For Sale Colamn. EBtablished a W eekly 1881. The cost is 10 cents for 20 words PRICE TWO CENTS Establiahed aa a Semi-Weekly 1888 MANCHESTER, CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1918. or leSs. VOL XXXVIL NO 170 Established as a Daily 1914. .GERMANS SHIFT ATTACKS TO SOUTH ^ V w .Ms w A T OF ; LOAN LAGGING

LOAN LAGS AFTER EARLY GERMANY AND AUSTRIA “DRYS” GAIN 20 OF 39 ENEMY’S NEW DRIVE VICTORY CITIES IN NEW YORK; GAIN; BIG CITIES BEHIND NOW CONTROL UKRAINE AGAINST BETHVNE WASHINGTON HEARS SYRACUSE GOES “WET” has proposed large purchases of HELP MANCHESTER bonds to be placed at the credit of Women Vote for First Time and Mbineapolis, St. Paul and Du­ A ll Communication Between South­ lew Temporary Objective is Eight and One Half Miles the Catholic university. DOUBLE ITS QUOTA Swing Result in Many Smaller ernmost Buffer State and Russia Minneapolis’ Record. Cities— In Larger Their Vote Seems luth, However, WiD Beat Proper Cut Off— Entent Officials The whirlwind campaign in the to Have Been Split Quite Evenly. Sonth of Hazebrouck, Real Objective— little Change of Ordered Arrested— .Assembly to be Minneapolis district already has re­ Quotas— New England’s Dissolved. TODAY’S LIBERTY sulted in 99 out of 314 counties sub­ New York, April 18.— The polit­ Position About , Foil owing British Loss of Meteren scribing their quotas. Spring rains ical significance of yesterday’s local Washington, April 18— Germany LOAN TOTAL SALES Total Over Hundred Milhon have slightly retarded the work of option election in which 20 out of and Wytschaete on Messines Ridge and Austria have assumed complete the bond salesmen. The cities of 39 cities voting went 4ry, overshad­ conf\rol of Ukrainia, according to — Connecticut Gives 32 Per Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth ows all local interest in the results, confidential advices reaching the predict they will exceed their quo­ according to a statement issued to­ A switch in the German assaults ing the British positions furiously tas by large margins. State Depart;ment today. $520,250 day by William H. Anderson, super­ along the entire battle front from Cent of Quota— New York to the southern end of the mighty The Cleveland federal reserve dis­ These reports say that apparently intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, La Bassee Canal to a point north of Flanders battle zone was indicated trict has taken the lead today in the the objective of the Teutons is to which directed the fight by the dry Ypres. The cannonades were fol­ District, $313,200,000 today by the growing intensity of the number of honor communities, the make this territory, formerly the forces. lowed by fierce German thrusts in artillery fire in that sector. total having jumped to 391. The richest in Russia, entirely Austro- The ‘‘dry” forces won the mini­ the region of Meteren, (between one German in character. All commu­ It is probable that the Germans Washington, April 18.— The large subscriptions in the Cleveland dis-- mum number of cities they set out and two miles southwest of Bailleul) are preparing for a drive against the trict are close to $100,000,000. The nication with Russia proper has been to bring into the prohibition fold, and Wytschaete, (at the northen end cities are falling short in their sub­ M H E S IH OVER TOP British rail head position at Bethune, city of Cleveland reported sales of cut off. All native officials have and according to Superintendent An­ of the Massines Ridge), which were scriptions to the third Liberty Loan, in the hope of Widening their salient more than $23,000,000 and Cincin­ been replaced with Austrians and derson, regard the result as a dis able to press the British from the at the southern end, just as they did according to the Treasury Depart­ nati has subscribed more than $17,- Germans. IN IIBERTV LOAN DRIVE stinct victory. Failure to win Sy­ ground they had recaptured yester­ ment statement today. A feeling of on the northern part. 000,000 and promises to reach the Orders have been issued for the racuse, the largest city voting, was day morning. disappointment is expressed in the (Bethune is on La Bassee Canal, quota before the end of the week. arrest of all Entente Officials in the 0 a big disappointment to the dry lead­ French Cooperate. eight and one half miles south of i^urns generally, though the coun­ There have been 29,500 'individual territory, military, and it is believed ers. There the greatest efforts had In both of these sectors French try districts are credited with hav­ Hazebrouck and 16 miles northwest subscribers. consular. Austrian and German As Predicted, Quota Was been put forth, including an eleventh troops are now cooperating with the ing responded much better than in of . It is slightly over four Tacoma Gets Honor Flag. money is the only medium of trade hour appeal by Evangelist ‘‘Billy” British and it is expected that the previous campaigns. The remark­ miles from the present battle front Tacoma, Washington, has been these reports say. ' Reached Shor% Before Sunday. stiffened resistance of the Allies will able gains made by them in the be­ and lies at the edge of a series of awarded an honor flag by the San It also is reported, but not yet Women who voted for the first result in a complete check for the ginning'are not sufficient to offset strategic heights.) Francisco bank, and the city of San fully confirmed, that the Austro time in the state figured largely in Germans. the lack of sales in the larger com­ N o o n T o i^ Little Change of Position. Francisco is far ahead in its sub­ German authorities have decided to the ‘‘dry” victories in the smaller cit­ The German war office, in its re­ munities. There has been no overnight scriptions, compared with the pro­ dissolve the Rada. ies, but in the larger cities, their port on Wednesday night, said that Treasury officials declared that the change in the battle positions of the gress in the second l9luv The stfttW There Are few' German but many vote was split up almost evenly in PpelcapeUa in Bel- daily average as indicated in report.? armlett of Kansas and OkIah,<^<^ Austrian troops in Urkainla, the djls- acMn'e places. from the 12 federal reserve districts g Bho uing a race in the Cktf. Austrians loflen- trict, .OJklahpm^ fuiiedte sition slve Vere begun on farcin 21, the 595,eS#,- (Kemmel Ridge lies three miles oifficiai Germans are still contenting them­ 900. That part northwest of Messines and west of islness on selves with violent bombardments* Kansas City districtT «x