fEuenfrai $ublk ILtefrget
THE WEATHER
ff'aihtnsion, May 1. Partly cloudy;
probably ihoucr.i tonight and Sunday,
TrjirFRvruti: at i:cii noun
POSTSCRIPT
Ml a 1 10 iimrryTyTTTTif
CI I 64 fC8 1 70"'"" 1 1 I I I I
VOL. IV. NO. ion
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAV 4. 1918
tVrturcirr. Ijvi.
riWTfl IjTV.fft COMfANt
PRICE TWO CENTS
CITY IN SPURT
AS LOAN DRIVE
CLOSES TODAY
Quota Is Short by $14,000,-
000 District "Over
lop
HOiNOR FLAG RAlSlbG
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
fc'JootJ of Pledges Will Assure
Libci ly Slalue
Exercise
OFFICIAL TOTAL COM1JNC
Goal by Noon Is Eiiceteti.
Campaign Ends .u
Midnight
f ou Invcn'l tiouclil .1 laberlv
Jond of the Third I.0.111. DO 1 1' NOW!
This is the last il i or Hie big drive
Plill.idelnl.l 1 needs "V-OCIt subset Ip-
inn In mil II "n 1 r Iho Ion" beforo
ho oniclal wind-up or tin; (.implicit
onlghl.
II SII'ST mlsp dm Honor 11 ic lo-
light and it's up lo i OU to help unfurl
Ever.v SjO liond bntiEliI todav pulls
ho flag a foot nearer the lop of the
lole.
Keep pulling!
The nation as a whole h is uvci
subscribed the $1,000 000 000 Third
itbortj Loan Litest iifllcial flguies
ut the totals exclusive of jehtcrdaj's
ubscrlptions ut $2 040 b40,400
Subscriptions jostuday ucio J ISO
83 700 tlio lirgest single di's total
ince the drlc started
It's now up to I'hiljclclphli'
This Is tilt linal dav of ho I.lhcitv
.oan drie and befor" the uunpilgn
nds tonight Philadelphia must "come
cross" with $11000,000
This sum Is noccssarv to pui the city
ocr the top" und on the list of
itles that hae dono their duty to
ho nation and the men on the Hi ins
ne In Trance
The Third Philudelplii l tcileiiil Ite-
ere Distrlit h ih alrcid gone "oer
ho top" tiiioflkl ill unil will take a
Igh placo anions lontendeis for
onois In the iliie Tho quota of
129,500 000 for tho district outside of
'hlladelplil 1 iih completed with nub
crlptlons jestorda
To(l)' rlrilsm Help
Libert Loin workers arriving at their
I'Tlces and booths earl this morninK for
10 final effort of the drIo were hcirt-
iccI h the announcement of nn nddl-
lonnl subscription of $3 000 000 b tbo
iitiicicipnia. Nation u Hank for itself
nd Its clients I his brings tbo banks
lital to $13,000 000
Tho otlicr largo subscription" that
lelped to quiet the jided nerves of tho
orkers arc as tallows
ostofllce to date $1,000,000
'owers-WolghtinHn-Itosongar-
ten Company (linn and cm-
ploes)
r 1.330
eneral f hemlcnl C-oinpan
(firm and cmploes)
143,000
100,000
Iktns Morris S. Co
avy uxlllary American Ited
Crota (additional) '10 830
lolonlal Dames Independence
Hall booth (additign il) CO 100
ibson Distilling Company (ad
ditional) . . 30 000
Quota Jlvperted l .Noon
The more sanguine expect the ilty to
bmplete Its $130 000 000 quota by noon
day out Hero will be no tlackcnlng of
for to heavll oversubscribe tho loan
embers of the loan committees and
orkers In the loan will stick to their
bs n'l da
Whilo no official announcement was
r.de of the fact tint tho third dlsttlct
id "come across ' jettcrdaj, heay sub
Tiptlons from outlying cities In the dls.
lot unofficially placed tho total of sub.
rlptlons at a figure g.eatcr than the
iota. Tho most hen itlonal euhscrlp
111 was from tho du Pont Oompiny of
l.lit'O 000, making a total of 510,000,000
r that tompan)
Official Fgurcs isnacd by tho 1'edeial
3e-io Ban!: gleo Philadelphia a total
oscriptlon of ?122.L'7J,500, an Increaso
J17.3SJ 260 over the preceding day
.10 delaj of bank" in making official
inounctfments In responsible for the
ability of the loan committee to Keep
closet tab on sub cilptlons
Off'clally, boutlmin .New Jei 'ey has
.btcTlbd only $10.397 100 It has a
111,000,000 quota Inofficial estimates
' tho subscription!- place this section
: tho dis.rlet well "oer tho top '
jlawiro officially is pliccd a little be
te the quota with subscriptions
nounthig to $8,211,250 and a loan
iota of $$,500,000 lastcru Pennsvl-
inla has subscribed $93,031,400 against
quota of $102,000,000 nut all quotas
ivo actually been passed The drie
day in tpote sections will be an cJTort
fur oersubscribe tho loan.
All who have signed subscription
inks designating a bank through
hlch they wish to purcha.se a bond
us; go to tne bank and make their
Itlal pajment before tho close of usi-
"fcss toda.
Honor 1 lac Halting Tonight
The flag raising tonight will be the
cpplcst Jubilation tho city has wit-
sscd for a long time. The Liberty
atuo will be u blazing beacon of
mocracy and liberty between 10
clock and lnldnleht. durlner uhlnh
tiura the celebration will be held
Tho Liberty Loan committee will
arch to South I'enn square as soon
tho quota Is subscribed and open the
le. It cpect3 to talse the Hag
oinptly at 11:30 o'clock
After It had oluntarily raised Its
iota of Liberty Loan subscriptions
om $625,000 to $750,000 and later to
B50.000. the Philadelphia Heal 1'state
oard announced today that It had
fussed the $1,000,000 mark. The an
bunccment vas made by Theodore H
Icklcs, chairman of the board's com-
Ittee, at an entertainment given by
a board for more than 500 soldiers
id sailors at tho I'nlon League Annex.
road and Spruce streets. Several hun-
ed real estate men from all sections
this city wero present
Main Line subscriptions were boosted
day by a subscription of 1200.000 by
e Autocar Company of Ardmore This
the largest elngla subscription lhat
a foefcn thus far credited to the Main
. Te niocar vmnpany siiBtcri
AMERICANS TAKE
FIRST PRISONERS
IN GREAT BATTLE
Patrol on Pic.mlj Front liiiu
on Grimitti in Macliiiit-
Ciiin Poitiott4
yHU tlip ,nifrlrnn Vrmi on Hie t-rrntli
Ituttle Troiil. Slay 3
The Americans hae captured their
first prisoners on the big battle front
The bodies In insrhlnc-gun positions
r ere surprised mid overpowered by h
pitrol mid another was captured In '
hell hole
V.X 11111111' Ion l intelligence olhcers
revealed there hnd been no Important
change In the Herman order of battu '
The prlf-oners belonged to a replicimen
regiment
Minor pitiol eiitountuK have occuirMl
during tho pat couple of nights Ti . .
Aincrlcin front hues have bun umii 1 '
hay liitennitteiit bombardment I
Hhrapnel, while tho real mens hive brti
1 1. . m. . . -....
"vahij priicu vwin gas ncii"
Tho wcathei lias denied nnd i
warm nnd sunshlnv ntl aircraft gun
.110 buy llrlng in Herman plane" I
MAY SEIZE PENN DORMITORIES
Will LikcU i.- Taken Toi Flrct
Coiporrtloti Fini)loos"
Dounltorh" nt tin 1 tmrrit of Tenii
sjlvanlt mn bo cotnmandeered b tho
1'nited blalo f !n eminent to prni idp
houslnr facilities fni the 1300 pmpln'
nf tho I"nrraon I leel 1 01 11nr.1t Inn h
will como in 1I111 1 n hen tlip ndli
110 established bx 1 hat Us AI 'lIiubIi 11
Ihn (Joinerv-Scliutrz llullding lfroid
and t'heirv stieets nhoiit .liino 1
Krank " Khhl of Iho (otporaiion
urging nil real rstato ngents to begin
Mirvej of vniant rooms and building
vihlch can be lenled, s-vld the domltoti'
will pventuall) bo taken If tho i it i
unable to uffoid adequito housing facili
ties. .Manv of the l.iniigenc Meet 01 pi,
ration rmploves nie niarrieil and hae
fumlllc" litis will mo in an uilHi 01
about 3PO0 pel -on-"
INTER-ALLIED BODY HARMONIO I
Stipieiitc War Council haltslictl ,
Willi Situation .mil (Jcner.tl
Irocli Optimistic
rrl. A1a I The Inter-Allied en
tire iik AVai ("nunc II vvhlih ln-s In in in
Mssiuu at virsilllPH ror Ivmi iIijs wis
In full agreement on ill mlllt irv ques
tions and the rpults to elite wore eon
sldpred entlielv satlsfictorv. It wns olll
eiillv aunntiiircd todiv
deiiPtil Pooh is optimlslle tint is
nil we i in tn nne of the member
acting a" ypnkpsiri ui eloilired
I'leinler ('limenceau iireslded Pre
mier Llovd (Jeorge Premier Orlando
C.i nil. il l'oeh ukvllle i si, UdMIp.ui
Illlsn, llelln Wilson It ilg Periling and,
Potain ihuirils V"lllls and Io lion"
and War Seiietirv Milner were prefPiit
Ml mull n qupsllnns wprc thoruughlv
consldcri d
SOLDIER'SIGHT RESTORED
An.ic Orator Aladc to See Again
1)) Simple Opciation
1 ii'liliietnn, Mi 4 Blinilid Iiv a
shell explosion at the battlp of Galllpoll,
Thomas SJejhlll, the blind Anzic oratir
nho Ins been lecturing In the lntnestof
the third Libert Loan recovered bis
Right aftei a slmpl" operation on
tho vertebrae of his neck
After a lecturo before the lied Cross
here li i ompl-ilned of pain in tho
bark of his neck Di IllleV I
Mooro oxsmhied him hut tho "lightest
touch etused p-iin Tho vertohrae nt
the head of tho spinal column was
slightly out of position Liter a correc
tion easily was made, with the result
that blindness was dispelled phjslclans
explained that the displaced vertebrao
had Impaired functions of ncrvis indis
pensable to sight
Mr .SJcjhlll went to I.urope with the
llrst Australian contingent l'e was
wounded five times In one engagement.
HONOR FLAG TO MRS. BOYCE
Soldier's Wife Will Get ben ice
Banner for Kigltt Children
Mrs James Eojcc. of Lehigh avenue,
near Twenty-sixth street whose hus
buid is an enlisted man at ("amp Han
cock, as the mother of eight children
is entitled to the children's service flag,
according to K J Dcrlet directoi of tho
Libert Loan parade bureau, unless a
larger family should bo found beforo
Monday morning at 10 o clock Tho
ccrcmonv of presentation will be staged
ut the .Statuo of Liberty at Broad street
and bcutli Penn square at 10 30 o clock
Sergeant Boyce went to ("amp Han
cock la-t August with the 108th Field
Ai tiller lie was an actlvo member ot
tbo National Guard of Pennslvanla for
neatly twent years, ind Ecrved in the
bpanlsh-Anierlcan Wa-
CUBA OVERSUBSCRIBES QUOTA
Loan Purchases Will Be S.1,300,
000, It Is Announced
llntana, May 4 Cuba has oveiMib
serlbed her quota of $3 000 000 of the
Third Liberty Loan In the most en.
tlui listic manner It appeam that the
oversubscription ma be a mueli at
$. 500 000
Osgood Smith, tecretai of the Cuban
Loan committee, announced that sub
scriptions on the wa from the Interior
will swell tho total to $5,500 000 Local
banks were fairly swamped with
eleventh-hour subscriptions and enthu
siasm was at the highest pitch
TEUTONS SEND PEACE AGENT
Dutch Financier Arrives in Lon
don ns Emissary
London, May 4 A representative of
Clcrmany'H new peace offensive has ar
rived In L'ngland He Is a Dutch finan
cier, according to the Central News
Another agent Is on the way here, the
report says.
CAN'T STOP AIR ATTACKS
Declare. Germany's Effort lo Solve
Problem Fails
iiikterclain, May 4 German ' efforts
to solve the problem of successful nlr
defense liave failed This was revealed
when a staff officer, upon being Inter
pellated1 by three deputies Jn the Itelchs
tag. replied;
"There Is no sure means of preventing
air attacks. Antt-atrcraft barrage Is
the beat, and reprisal threats against
London and Paris come next "
No Proceedings Againtt DMioti
Home. Ma 4 The Onsen a tore
inano officially denies that the n.
pun$lo at YUuna Tins Initiated ecdal
ffiBUK&&&BK3Pse eV
Scene of Fighting in Flanders
lilummp ( hanjci I 1 tn otmj
fist j- lrs- ML i2a0fSL?p HtAyr
-s y" "-l i Jr fin" W11V S.,V'
vv i' ---i-S) -3KjKti"iS5 '
1 he llritieli report gains three inilo north nf Ilethuno, vtlnle nn the oilier
ide of the 1 landers alient. at I oi re, the 1 remit have sunt Tullv raided
the (.eriiun linc. Heavv t.criiian limnbariliuenls have opeucil uloii). the
entire line from I oirc lo mhiiIi of "l pre-
LIBERTY BONDS
GO OVER THE TOP
$3,000,000,000 Minimum
Exceeded by $7,000,000.
and Sales Going Strong
NOW FOR $3,000,000,000
lla,hlni:lon. Ala I
vmtltca again has. gone oer tho top
hiihscrlpllons tn tbothlrtf Llbertv Loan
lod ly loNiIcd $S,000 S88,0nu according to
the otllclal statenient of tho Treasur)
tiepartinent, passing the minimum quota
and getting .1 Start for tho niaMinum
mot i nf""Tu'000,000 000 Trcasiffy ofll
dais still hoped would bo reached bv
the limo tho campaign closes tonight
s the total announced toda Includes
nnlj pirttnl returns from eslerdav,
hclluved to bivo been one ot tho big
gest das of tbo drive, and as In tho
two fonuei campaigns tho closing Ciy
has lesulted In a lalidslldo of subscrip
tions It wis not thought Impossible
tint Secretary McAdoos coveted maxi
mum quot c w 111 be reached
sulise rlptlons that began pouting in
tod i In u tremendous nutloti-wide wnvo
arc expcited to roll up at the e loso of
the campaign tonight the largest da
tale
jet recorded In war llnanclng .
hive Peeler il Ileservo districts have
reported oversubscriptions Two more
districts Dill is and San Ptanclsco
liavo been unolllclallv declired oversub
scribed, and beforo night ever district
is expected to pass Its quota and con
tinue far Into tho oversubscription
Pinks and tru"t oompinles will lema In
open lato tonight to take tare of the
business, and in all districts where the
quotas have been reached tho drive will
continue with tho same enthusiasm and
punch ' that has hi ought to the na
tion's honor roll more than 18,000,000 In
dividual subscribe!
There aro no slackers among the Lib
ert Loan vvoikers todav The Treas
uiy Depirtment has urged that every
ono keep up their elforts to the last
minute Thousands begin matching tho
President again and both the Installment
plan bonds nnd tho four-pi ment bonds
are being popiilarbtd In the last minute
appeal to buy another bond '
Last-minute rumors thnt the thuo of
tho campaign might ho extended, were
said by loin officials to savor of encmv
propaganda, seeking to destroy tho ps
ckological effect of a haid finish race
Selling will close promptly at midnight,
It was officially announced
U. S. OFFICER COMMENDS
POILUS FOR BRAVERY
Under fchell Tire in Sercheprcy 1 ight
They Carry Wounded Americans
to Safe riareii
lly HENRI HAZLN
iiujtf e ftrespondent liming riiiWic I cdur
ictfi (lie mrr.caii Army in France
Amerlenn 1 Irld Ifeadquarlers In
I ranee. May 4 A field otllcer com
manding un inerican unit on the Toul
i-octor, in olliclall commending Colonel
Ucrtrnnd and fourteen pollus of a
French Infantr division during tho
Selcheprey fight, said these pollus. under
heavy shell tire, carried American
wounded to places of securlt Also
took over American listening posts at
strong points during tho fight, giving
und taking with their overseas allies
Colonel licrtrand personally took part
tn tho latter end of tho fight, coming
up in an automobile and proceeding on
foot after Ills car bad been wrecked by
a shell, then aiding In commanding
and encouraging tho lighters
TRAILING TRAIN WRECKER
Illoodliouuds Seek Ferioti Who Caused
Death of Drafted Negroes
Arkerman, Mli May 4 Bloodhounds
were put on the trail today In an at
tempt to run down the person who laid a
spike on the rati ot the (1 , M. and X,
Hallway near here. In the path of u
train load of drafted negroes, sending
tho train off the rails' and killing the
firemnn und Injurlnr the engineer and
twenty-five of the drafted negroes.
When tne engine struck the spike It
Jumped oft 'be track and dragged the
train with it into a deep cut at tl e
side, turning over the cars
Cerinau Duke for Fiiint' King
Ktotkhotni, May 4 Negotiations are
In progress for the appointment of Duke
Adolf Krledrlch of Mecklenhurg-StrellU,
a German nobleman, as King at Flu-
2,298,000 IN U.S.
ARMY BY JULY 1
Big Increase in Military
Forces Disclosed l
Baker
lMI'S KK Dl-I'LETEDi
CI.IMON W. (JII.ItKKl
I itu? Corrcioiidnu i,r ,, fbhr l ia
I VasliiiiK(nn, ny I
' Sccietirv linker expects to hive
,u,
arm or 2 lfiS 000 men and 130 000 nil)
,ccrs In aims bj July 1 Tills became
know n afxcri(Hicaei:cetrtrWif.Hpor
nnce before tlio lIouo Committee on
Military Affairs estcrdi. when ho
discussed chiefly the nppropi lit Ions
that would be icquircd Iiv the Quat -tcrma&tcr's
Depirtment of tlio nim
about Inlf the $13 000 000 000 ni mote
which will bo asked for the coming
jear The exact amount of this total
was not disclosed to the committee
It will only appear as the various
items are explained
flenornt Vlnrnl. Citi... ,-i.t. e ..
,.,,, , ... .... '
I """" '"""'J "n aiuncry oiucer with
i.enetai Pershing, will discuss the
ordnance annronrlatlnns ceiii, tlio ,,. I
mittce on Mondiy This is the other
big item bebldo subsistence npproprla
tions expliined bv Secretar Tinker
and General Match On Tucsdiy at
propriitions for tho air piogram will
bo discussed How much will be pio
xlded for ah- lighting Is not known
A pending bill apprnpri iting $400 -000
000 additional for nil craft has been
Withdrawn Kntiio ninvislnn f.i .!.-
ciaft will be made in tho measuie now
l,.t,r .nlln.,i ... .., ximi.o
being explained to the Military Affnlis
Committee
Has Power lo (all 800,000 Men
Secretar liaker docs not lequlie
additional authority to lucre iso the
existing army to 2 168 000 by July 1
Under tho otlginal draft net as lntei -preted
by Gencial Crowdcr, tbo Win
Department still 1ns power to call
500,000, plus ceitnln noncoinlntant
forces who go with them, making a
total of about S0OO0O men As mini
ns are required to bring tho ami tip
to the number mentioned will be called
this month and next
There Is special reason lo call them
The number of troops in this coimtrv
has been rapid! diminished since the
German offensive began nnd will bo
still more rapidly diminished now that
the British are Inci casing tho shipping
for their transportation Military uu.
thorltles hold that there should al
ways be at least as many men train
ing In this countt y as there aro abroad
Tho reservoir here Is required to make
up for wastage at the front and to
increase the armies there. The suppl
hero would soon fall below the re
quired level If additional mop wero
not called out to take the places of
those being shipped
Army Hero Must Ho Increased
As the army abroad inci eases tho
army here will liave to Increase, so
that If there were 2,500,000 men abroad
provision would have to bo made for
2,500,006. men hero. Tor this purpose
It is not planned to build additional
cantonments, but some of those ul
ready In existence may be enlarged
An additional army may be raised
under the present laws, but additional
provision of guns and airplanes can
not be made until the appropriation
bills now being explained to the House
Cpmmtttee become a law. These bills
Iirobably will be reported by the House
Committee by the end of next week
or early in the following week But
less than two months remain before
July 1, when the fiscal year begins,
for which nlans are bclnsr discussed
The War lptttmerit has been ex-f
mwSZ
7uZ
lJi'rt)i From N,ht. Help.
inp Hritisli. Chpckeil
I'ot a S t'fk
IILLI) I IMC TILL l)Lril
New Troop- Fon-jhl Ir.iel
snnlls Wor-c 'I'lnui
erdnii
in
u i'lnui" r.iitn-
V"""' Mp tn IU uium I'utitii ,ngrr
(o;ii a 111- lillr V VoilTmr. r
If CiilH'-imixli ill llcailiiii illds,
Mtv I
1 went iiiiiini. mmir ii tho lienolu
1 n ipn wlin'mi piU ."l infill ted 1
si vi to ilofoit on (leneial Klxt vou
111i1ns Ktoini tmops lietvveen D111
tioiitio nnd Ian 10-vvlipir the ttrltish I
division to ninth nnd south shured I
1 lie linnnt of tho (iav with them nnd
l'ffoio that fni six davii In fiout of
mo iMintnel Hill held theli lines with
most unlilo ininngo iindoi 11 fiiglitttil
lltr that liiidlv ivei slirkonod nlipn,
iMininrl had In i n tinned and taptuicd
' " '"- "mini i iiifi nnr ui . n , ... .,.,
most siiuniindid ko thai th.c im.i ml"1 n" " "' f,,"t(,
iiclit with liuig-ondiiiing ilcvntiun anil
with gic it sai tillies tn muntain tlieii
IlllslllfllW
,, , .
It wns i mnv hie naiintivo n J
ln
i.i i r... .1 t-- .. ....
.. . .n. iiii-jM- I I'llfu IllUCeiS
llio lived throucli thnt fonrfni nook
"f gloiv of the simple koUIIpis nf
I lante there in those flemish field"
"ucio when thev wore ordered tu
hold nn at ull rosts thev obevod tn
the death
"U'e vveie asked tn hold nui lino '
wild n enlonel nf one or those Pieneh
legiments. Wc bold It "
....,.,,, ,
Ui Mini Hut lines
:
woio killed nnd or his nthei losses
In nlllcers and men Hut then this
siiuaienunt imn, with grizzled eve
brows nnd mustache und ti1tio-gr.iv
oves that had u stc.idv light In them
suld ngiln
' U o In Id nui lines "
His leglmeiit mine tip from Al-iee
tn Jlindera Thev vveie Ineidoneil
fellows win hid been through main
littles Thev were the heroes nf
lleuiv ue.n Veiihin when the ("town
PrlneoM nrinv was Inokcn ugiunst
thih ilerciiso arter desperate iij,siult
nnd when I miu them iniiehiiig
uiiuuKn nio i lemtsli vllliges 1 vui
i ,",, . Hie sight or them be ui-c
,, '" k(1ii1i Keen inou
"icv weio loupes men, );"t Vi
etei in-
i . , iuvrCNjeiii.tufcr4i'jj.nrrnsm Jv 0n
ui men wno nave passed through us the
hut Jnil not weakened tlipm
When thoj mine hilo the llm lirtneen
Lorro and Drinoulro other l'lem h cIim
sion troops weio holding Keminel Ui
It was during tho div when the Uiith-i,
had urgent need of this Piemh help hi
nuse of the exhaustion or man of the
men after the long fighting
Then said tho lomniandant nf a
regiment I met llm country above u
ns ,i sweet, stnillni- inn.i.n,.. ......
fields Inrrowed for sowing mid llitl.
Ilemlsh villages with red loofs ami
farmsteads nestling between greet
hedges V week latei all this ha,i
boon swept Into itiin shell the )
tumid this lountrOsldo into u h
and blasted place "
on the uimnlng of iho ,j, n ,, ,
....... ......uuiiriiini'nr was Intensillt el .n ,1
spread over a deep area destre.v lug vt
ages, tearing up roads und miking .
blaik vomit of the harrowed field-.
tliiri.p llm,, Irrilun
nrannuirv, Locre M'estoutie nil
other small towns wore vlolcntlv bon
barelcd That night the Preneh ehsciv
ered that tlie (icrmans were preparing
an attack ror the next morning to b
tin ceded bv a cas linn,li..r.l.,,u. n-i...
olllccrs warned all llieli men and ilu
nt0-J-n"iM1'n,nI.e,r,"."" K,a" ",a"K,, nhr
",';. ",.' 'J"1 '""nihig thousand nf ga
shells fell over them mixed with high,
. .,...,rD u, uu c.cuuers up to the mon i
ster twelve Inches, which burst like vol '
e mlo eruptions
In tlie intensilv of bombardment se
er.il ollicers w ho fought nt Pleur said
have ever i-cen erdun was nothing
....- me iiiom irigntrui thins vr I
to it
All tho Preneh roops jammed on gas
mnslts and on ono day put them on llftv
times, nnlv removing them when lhv
wind which was falrlv strong, blew
awav the poison fumes until other
storms of shells came Po. nearly a
week thev wore them constantly tlccp
lug in them otllcers giving orders in
them and tho men lighting nnd dlng in
them and e barging with the b.ionet in
them It was worth tho troublo and
fculTerlng for tins Prondi regiment be
tween Locie and Mranoutre had only
....-.,' tinn i.tnuil.irs
cine morning lliu (;eri.i.. ..im.i, rn
first on'Keinmol Hill n.,ioi. i. , I
from the north and two hours late.
the bombardment eontlnuimt nlnnc- in
. .s im, in cit-niuieii lor i inninent " "' "' ""'","" " "''" ,p Rtu,ics mI mws printed ill the
he to.,, hod npa, kot or pipers h. ' ' " '"'"l" '' ' K'' "' ",0 Pape. without exception must that
rdeis during the battle and ho told Wllholm Slusse ' ,,, ... ,, .',u ,, ... ,,
III.. t I .. ..... - I 1...I ...l.n .....l... .....I u.n.-...n.l
mo how eaeh messigo theio hid been ' U heic s the celitoiUl he .lies in mcmb , , olrIl u.iplllI .";
enirled thiniigb ,, fiightmi fl.e In '''"in lenicmue. in oicn puticuiai case
his i unnri n sn tint manv e.f tiuin1 " I hc kept that hick bacause tho (nntlunnl mi Pno Ten. ( oluimi Onr
It lid IIiai. ,1a. .1....I . . .1.. . ....
neVlnst Tip, o m r . , ' .." ""?.I.R. a,ta,CK
. .....u...... ... ,,..- ni.c.ci, ,i, cicier
to take Locre and tiini the Preneh right
Pntll evening tho troops on Kommel
IIIH Willi a small bod of llritlsb. 1 am
told, still held out with great devotion In
Isolated positions but bv 8 ocloek llm.
morning Keminel Hill was entirely cut
off
This was a sevete menace to their
tiintlii.ird em Vate 1 li. nliunn. Ihrrn
Features in Today s
Evening Public Ledger
Philip Gibbs wntes fiom the
front in Crance and tells of tho
great fight for Kcmmel. Pago 1.
Clinton W. Gilbert's dispatches
from Washington discuss the
American army and predict that
2,298,000 men will be under arms
by July 1 Page 1.
Lord Robert Cecil expects big
German peace offensive. Page 4,
"Stealthy Terror," a story of
GCfman spies and plots against
England. Page 11.
Third installment of "The
Eagle's Eye," revealing German
intriguo in America. Page 10.
Cull page of comics. Page 23.
Tho Prussian censor and how he
continued to ruie tne German
newspapers-
PSJ.
GERMANS HURL HEAVY
BOMBARDMENT ON HALF
ALLIES' FLANDERS LINE
GERMAN CENSOR HIDES'M,i"s Ni- Fr
TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR
Editor. Muzzled by Uililaiy iiilocrah. Have llai)lossMA AIKAN LAUfsCHItfG
VVhicn--Npii"sif)es
"lilue
iiv 11. r
"lci ill I KAfimtiir nr
1111110, Sullul liitl. ,pul It
Itas that messcngef got back ut Inst
fiom tho OberKomtnando censo, de -
tnunds the KerJ.Ui editor, ncrvoush
evelng the clock that tells him there Is
u short hour left befote going to pi ess
slgnedlj
'Then .all them up on the telephone
nnd Mh whethe, he is nn the wav
I phouwl tvvcntv minutes ngo nnd
the I'pIiIvvpIipI siilil thut If I dlntuibeil
ihrru again ho would icfuse to unsvvei
A "hep si nvv I nf impotent rage set
tli s on tlie odltot's fnce but It clcais
.
iiguln as tlie olllie door opens mm n
....
i messcnsci nn Dears ucai nc u volutin
"
I nous portfolio
' "A ell, hete's the stulf from the I'ot
lS" Olllce lit last' '
Itlui' Pemil's Mii p
nut his lov is soon tinnsformtvi into
cunxieinutioii as his pmctlced eve
' Kam, "V1"' "'e bundle of proofs cov -
pi ed with blue si i awls, wlicre th-dip
lom.itl. ii nwu k pencil has struck out
alteml mil mll-d woids sentences
PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK SUBSCRIBES $15,000,000
The Philadelphia National Bank ieach.es Its full quota of
.13,000,000 sttbsciiptions to tho thhd Libeity Loan in report
ing: $5,000,000 ndclltlonnl tor itself nnd clients to the Liberty
Loan committee today.
BOY, RELEASED BY COURT, REARRESTED FOR THEFT
A few bouts after ho was leleased by the court on a chaige
of robbery, sixteen-yeai-old John Logan, South and Wainock
strcts, was nretted with two other boys, charged with lobbing
Market atitet btoies. They weio held in $2000 each today by
Maglstiate Fennock,
FIRE DESTROYS TIRE AND RUBBER PLANT
FINDLAY, O., May 4. Tho Giant Tile and Rubber Com
pany plaut vvns dtstioyp.1 by fiio todny. The otigln is a mysteiy.
The loos ibc-tlmatcil nt $110,000 Several woikiucii had nnirow
COCJPCJ.
GERMANY FACES
POLITICAL CRISIS
cue wiKiu-rrencu grip em tne line o
.. ... . ., . .. . c .. . . n bills west of Keminel it is In that
jl;i l I n0 1 t" I rilssiail l .tills I . C Mt'Pl ailll Lop- i zone that the clemmis have been at
i . ... II ... . f. ... il f ti . tempting to diive niiihwaid tn order
i.invi'i- lions,. Cher per AIo lor Her Ma- , ,.xtemI a ,lrcle aiourul 1)irea
ole Kel'orm chines. Sas Chiea ,om,Hl "8 ""U1tl"1 rh. bombard-
ment toda Indicates th Hermans will,
renew their efforts in that district Locra
IIKRTLLNC h DAiNGFRiSFM) COMMISSIOiN Willi; lle' jus' ",,ltle tne lM& frontier)
Irrun I inter lluinliardinrnl
II (.I.OIU.i: UPaNWlLK
l'lllnl -"'(e tn .leiing I'ublic l.alfirl
o
icvvi u" ivt" vu '" ri tun. i ihie. co.
""'"" Muv 4
All the pnlilieal poitents "hsenable
in i.e. man would appeal lo give good
groi IICI lot lice nei.e L liiui uiiiius ill lilt
Fatherland are driving toward exceed
Ingly stormy times.
When tlio vote against the equal
franchise and tn favor of plural voting
was announced yesterday in the Prus
sian lower house a Socialist deputy
ci led
' l.et the soldiers and munition work-
e l,ear
"d toduv s Hhineland pai-ers. In long
'cu"on " l' "cm-"onot "'I "' i
Seriousness of the position
T,ie xlse of the reartlonaiv majorltv
hi that chamber makes It exticmel Im
probab'e that the Junkers nnd their
friends will lightly lead the signs of
tin times before the third reading of the
bill, and the general opinion appears to
lw tllat "'e ejovernnient will dissolve the
chamber
I Throughout (lernianv the hippenlngs
In tho Piusnl.cn Parliament havo a very
' conflderable effect and even now polltl-
cut circles will have it that llertllng's
d.is aro numbered After llertllng. will
I there be u deluge of tilumpliant reac
tion" Strong conservative forces, so I
learn from the most reliable quarter, are
'at work to bring In llehTerlch as Chan-
eellor. which would denote the complete
triumph ot the military part for he Is
an advocate of grab, both as regards
annexations and Indemnities
Ilurloir May Iteturii
Theie Is some talk of the return of
rtinc-a von Iluelovv to Wllhelmstrasse
lie. it is reported, would stand between
the two extremes, and probably accept
the portfolio of Porelgn Affairs Should
llertllng remain Kuehlmann's position
Is regarded as greatly weakened, though
the recent vulgar personal attack on
him brought him some added support
The situation In the Reichstag Is al
most at serious as that In the Prussian
Parliament and I hear that a storm la
brewing on account ot military matters.
Tha distribution of anM-demc-cratloJ
Ipanjkimeui nt army with tut approval.
licpieseni Only the
Pencil"
ko.M'oiii
f ctm to Public Lrdort
lieu LcKatloiiMint was out tn lunch .
I ""J Indn't tettuticd et ' tavs tho
, mJ!f ATiTcar without
it and tnmonovv It will ho out of date' '
I And the stuff from tho Obcrkomm indo
isn t hick vtt cltlioi' AVe'll bo half
nn hour late and tcll JO 000 copies less
and tho tnnvitipl.it oilttlnn w 111 mtRs the
tialn And ut the lonfercnco tomorrow
'hero 11 be nnothei low about our clr
u'r?"0" "" S"! ' -..- ...- ....
l)i tlifi nrirn tf linrt 1lti PfilHnuil itm
' P,ntnr ..n,,,,-,., ,ilsi,o, ltpK i.,to vvoik
nn tbo hi in nf ronsotod in oofs before
i him sending them up one bv one to
the proofrenders with the adjuration
to see to it that nil tin cenoi's ilircc
tlons nre niinutelv i urlod out. foi If
' nnvthlng Is overlookid If n single
.....! ,... .....! ,,. l II, a onncm Ij ImTI
, " --'- , ., , V
Rtaildlnc in tho tvne the papei llsks
i.i i i . ..,.0na
IIVIMK . UIIUB. tll-ll n nuiiinnw
Miseries of Wartime l'dilnr
This Is the kind of Mono that is
being omctetl diilv In e.vtry Uerlln
nevvspipei olllce since tlie war came
, bringing vvlth It the absoluto domino.
tloti of tho Prusslm censor ovci the
'press It is mthei n mild sketch than
otliei wise of the mlsci able German edl-
toi s wa. time tiibulatlons l'oi his le
.n1iii. i, tih i,p,.rieteim- ah
AIRPLANE WOOD '
ITALIAN NEED!
Snuiiil Cable lo .icuiiig Public l.idetr
Copynghi till Iji the .vn i ork rime i Co.
' Koine MOV 4
' instead of ouch nation working .epa-
i rately ,, tr,1B loge, B,iea( of other,
B ,ho mea 0OTU 0U(.ht tQ bo to
ordlnated and united lo ono great end
a fusion of all the forces brought to
tbo greatest degreo of efficiency In the
shortest time possible This aeronautic
science a fen e.irs ago was almost it
dream It has now become a reallt '
Thus spoke Flgnor Chlesa, member of
the Italian Cabinet and Commissioner of
Aeronautics In the courso of an Inter,
view with our correspordent
Congressman La Guardla.' he con-
tlnued. Ms a sinbol of these efforts
combining In his own person American
strength and Latin geniality In fact,
forming a llnj between the two races '
Turning In Ills chair Slguor Chlesa
said, with a kind! smile
"La Guardla is more popular here
than If be were an Italian deputy I
lovo hhn like a brother It is unfair to
use Itltn for other work I don't want
him to fl I told him, 'Oo and fetch
me raw materials from America, ou
aro the one man who can do it '
Seed Haw Mnli-rlaU
'What we need are raw materials,
at once at once," said Slgnor Chlesa,
with emphasis, banging bis hand on his
desk ".No time must bo lost Kvery
second wasted Is a crime Only America
can furnish us vvlth the materials we
need, especially steel, copper and wood,
from her magnificent western spruce
forests
Slgnor Chlesa arose fiom his desk,
and, after rummaging a few seconds
among his papers, handed me a photo
graph of three glgantlo trees.
"You see this Is what we need," he
said, "but Immediately So much pre
cious time has been lost In endeavoring
13 peneci new inventions Instead of
having a standard motor
"Another source ot delay Is Jq having
continually to wear tr.rreir otH )
suaaint- vnieTicw.ii.,UU' rMHgf
Locrp to South of
Yprcs
OF iSE W OFFENSIVE
Enenij Artillerj Also Active
F10111 iXieppe Forest to
Meteren
ALLIEIJ GAliN AT AMIENS $1
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Hefeiidinu
Hase Bet
tered by Scernl
vjpcr.inons
(
Lnndun, May 4.
lliu (loi mans opened an intense
bonib.ttdment
" , " '.' ,, . Y"u""y lne cnur?
, northern half of the Flanders battle
front early this moinintr l'ield Afnr
., .' ' , . , , 'e,U4l"r'
. Sll.ll liaig rCPOrtClI tOlInV
' ir t . , .
lo bomblirdment is mnf !
.. . ...-.. .wt.uv,
on the front between Ypre? anil
Locre and on that between Nioppe
Wood and Jlcteren
The Get mans' heavv bombards
ment on two distinct sectors in
Danders is apparently preparatory
to simultaneous drives ngatnst Haze
brouck and Ypies. The area of the ,
cannonadinp; indicates that should
the attack develop, it will be a
frontal sweep westward again'st
Hn7ebrouck and a flanking thrust i'"
not th ward to encttcle Ypies from
the west.
The British unproved their posi
tions northeast of Hinges during the
niKht. Two Get man machine guns
were eaptuttd.
The Trench canted out a success
ful lotal cntcipnse in the sector of
Locre, cnptureij, prisoners
Hair's Report
The official statement follows:
II) a successful local enterprise
northeast of Hinges we improved
oiir positions slightly last nighty
Two German machine guns were
captured.
'I he Crutch tarried nut a suc
cessful local enterprise in the
neik'lihorliood of Locre, capturing
prisoners.
German artillerj opened a
violent bombardment of Anglo
Crenclt positions in the region of
I.ocre and on the front from tbat
one to the t-outli of Yprcs.
'lhe enemj has shown much
activitj in Mtppc Cores! and in
the sector of Meteren.
(The scctur between ..otic ind the
1 ircs-i onilncs Canal south of 'ipres;
wis the scene nf the violent battle last
Monday when the Germans were severe!
defeated after repeated attempts to break
I lie area undei bombardment beror
Hazebniuck is a seven-mile front froinV
tho Mppo toiest northward in Meteren A
llnzebrouck Is sllchtlv mnro ihnh fnn"
lllllpn West nf the llnu uh.r. I, ....., &f.
- - ..... ...... ....v..' i. aDOVf M
west of Vleu-l)eiguln The latter town
is ubout mldiva between the forest anil,
Meteren Most of the terrtaln between
the present lino and Hazebrouck; is ex.
tremelv low especially along the Date,
llecq Itiver The onle heights of aicy
Importance are I'eCits Hill and Mont di
Merrls, both Just i,ouili of Metren
The other buinbardme m ares r.x.'-"-Jt
from Locie eastward to a iolnt scttOtJ
of Ypres a front or mu, six limes.
Here tho ijcnnans in previuus as aults,
havo swept northward beond the nest
or hills with the exception of hcherii.
berg, which lies just north of Locre..
This point, strongly defended bv the ,
Preneh, has barred enemy progress Jn
this direction secpnil llm.. Th. n-ui.t.'
hold the strong strategic points of Yoor . g
mezcele and LMrkebush Ypres Is rnortlv H
man ewo miles north of the farUitsii.T'
German advance in this (section. If-
iiA... .... .,... ..... . . . . .j
."....ci, ecu ivu uumDarueu sectori
is a stretch of four miles, back of which,
are the strongly defended heights oi
Mouts Itouge, Noir and De Cats HW
denburg has thus apparently selected (lis
comparatively easier offensive areas In
ease his Infantry follows up the artlllto'.
preparation In several Instances o
late, however, the Hermans have bomf-
"'" i or inure areas merely u
screen an attack on only one of them-v -
IIIe (ial.i m Amiens
In two spirited local actions the Alut
hnvo Improved their positions appfeiiT
ably on the vital front east and scnjUH
east of Almens, thef sector where mwif
vu.cm.io ta.cvc uiiuiiivr uig ec
blow to fall
Just south of the Avrc Itiver, wit
the Preneh recently captured Bene
wood, Petalns men advanced again
achieved what Paris offlclall calls "i
rect success. Tney took Hill It
a wood bordering the Avre bit
names and i astei These pi
were the closest to Amiens held
enemy and of strategic lmm
IIIll 82 is three miles from the
Amiens railway The trench or
blunted the point ot the Qerman
a second time.
North ot the Luce the. Brills
French rougiit a dpirllM
with tha too n Mu atfiMWilit
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