MEJ!S B SSM . .. ,&.-.? r ' -vn ' j-ji, k V", SUfi" r- ' EWEATBtk PT-- ''-j; .vv '-AV-' !,, v- T t wj ,,- V v-i'-ifii Vl .vi r.itipt. v . V.--.! " '""A ' -TV j. . . ., r -h,t - t'.- . .-vrg IlllSiar i : EAL. , JBaaaaaaaaaaaa-.3 CT" -V-.--.1 A . "VaWB iim .(Vf wmm 'wai&tlngton, Mty 6 Cloudy tonight md Tuesdays ptobebty $hoatrt. . and TKMFEIIATCRR AT KACH HOUR - 9 I mill 13 I t I 2 I 3 4 C M f.'i 7a 7 I l I 7 i H7 I St kWWW B T diik Jm r rr utnuuu wv u y k ) IX VOL. IV. NO. 200 GMlAIWrEST MAYOR TUUB1 MY BETTER HELPERSI Urges Choice of Men Who Need No Outside Aid MAY REFER TO WILSON Judge Mouagliun Makes No Comment Smith Refuses to Discu.s Report Major Smith Is urRcil, In the llnnl report of the April Grand Jury, lo Ret more competent iisulhtantx. Whllo no names were mentioned. It I belleed their recommendation 1 aimed nt Director Wll-on. of Tuhllc Safety. The hope that the condition of the? 1 '" ' . , .., last month, when the Government liner-, M.n.,1 ,n mnUe Philadelphia clean, would not be Kvlvccl. was expressed by tho . ...... i... i. .i, Jurors They say It .. ... !... in linvn men " """ '" who could tcniedy co ndltion without the necessity of Intervention by out side power. The revelations of the lce .ruade sic rcRardcd by the jurors as a blot on the crty. Tho "outside power" referred lo Is Lieutenant Colonal Charles R Hatch, who was drlecHted by Secretary of the N'axy Daniels to tnUo measures to clean up xice. Tho grand jurors made, their report to JudKO MnnaRhan. Quarter S.-slons Court .N'o 1. A cunfldciable part of tho report Is confinul to discussion of city Institutions. Necessity for the appointment of more efficient nshlstants In mado In the follow Inpr p.ir.iRraph. 'Ills Honor the Mas or of 1'hll.idel- nhla Is hrrehv liried to hao a his tildes and assistants men who will not allow conditions In the city to becomo such that they liao to bo reeled by some outside power and bo n complete surprise to lilm. so that the blot of the last month will not be on our city aitain ' N'o comment was made on the report by Judge Monaghan. He said It would be referred to the proper authorities informed at his home at lllensldc of tho recommendation mado by tin- tliand I Jury, Major Smith said ho did not cato lo inaKe any comment HEADS HOUSING DIVISION M:..l...l 1 k'llv- Win. PreivUiiiiiul I .......v. Jt .v.. j ........ .- Artpointninil Mlciiael J. Kelly, 221" Noitli Wood been connected with tho housing di vision twelve jiais. Hu succeeds James F. Mc-Crudelen, who resigned scv iidl months ago to cuter private liusl-ie- Michael S. Ueiinett. Vaio leader In Hie Km tv -ninth Waul, was originally scheduled for hlef of the division, but i with four eitlu-is he failed In the ex-, anilnatlem held lecently for the ollice. , Kelly, who was assistant In the ill vision 'at a salarj of MUCin, will servo until an examination pun Ides a perma nent chief. It Is understood Kelly I .Major Smith's choiic for permanent ap pointment to tin- ollice, SENATEHITS HARD AUW. W. Passes Measure Virtually Making Organization Impossible WMthlniton, May 6. The Senate to day passed a bill designed to drive the I. TV. W. and "kindred organizations out of existence. The measure imposes a ten-year prison sentence and a JG000 tine on anj member of an organization that uses or advocates physical force or violence to bring about governmental or economic changes. Publication of literature Intended a propaganda In favor of sabotago nnd other I. W. W. practices Is Includid. Anj person-who rents a hall or meet ing place to such organizations I sub jected to a j-ear In Jail and a J300 fine. SEEK $900,000 NECKLACE Banker Says Mrs. Bingham Left $130,000,000 Estate T.ltnrton, Ky May. 6. Tho contest over the Inheritance tax alleged to bn due from the estat of Mrs. Robert W. Bingham will come up In court again this week. Attorney's for the State will seek to compel John Stitcs, president of the Ix)Ulsvllle Trust Companj', to name the persona on whose Information he based his valuation of the estate at J12,0,0Q0, 000 to $160,000,000. They also will seek information con cerning a necklace for which Mrs. Bing ham ia said to have paid $000,000, and which was not inventoried. A Page of Fiction now is added to the legular features appearing dally in this paper. On Page 18 will be found "STEALTHY TERROR," the .sec ond Installment of a &tory, of German spies Intriguing against England. "DREAMLAND ADVENTUHES," a continued story, complete each week, for the- children. AUCE KENT AND THE DAY'S WORK, the story of a business girl who would not fall, by Mar tha Keeler, and A DAILY, COMPLETE NOVEL ETTE There8Now a Story for Everybody ,f . , In the V-J.t-.-U.'.i.i, -.. .trVc street, today was provisionally blepapeis ; and official passes ; t the , Hog , c) rgps whlch roIlow0l, Horfrim-, re ...'. . .,..-- . r ,1... .11. ..., ,.r i,,iu. Island shlpjard and the- plant of the ... ...,.,,. ..... ..,..., ..." .... - appoinicu cniec in mi- u,,,v.. . ....- i, .!,., ., . ,.- I ,i. t, pori ami wmui nnc lllii'ii no nil- lioori,, I. and sanitation. Ilemlngton Arms Company and the Lc- ' rnncr,,s ,,.., ,.rfn,.,, ...ihlrc- sus. ' Kelly is n icsldent of Major Smlth'H "S"1.0"" "",'", "rpl?'l "i""' ,u n Plclon. which the President on Saturday oivii ward-thc Twenty-elghlh-and has' Tlio attorney eallecl t c ntteclUo IJu. ' Urt-rn.Iuocl lo expose to the air. Mean- IN LOAN DRIVE I Committee H9 $.-,1,722,700 to Us, Credit, Willi Some Return Still Miepin;: I'll' n onion' I.llii-rty lnan committee of I'hllanVlplil.i Irtl tlif country In the ninnunt of Liberty Loan subscription'. Tlilx N ncrortllnc In Mri. 'Wallor S Thornton, ch.ilrm.in of the women's com mitted here. riillmlrlplila'H total lo Hie credit if tlie vvomnn'H roiuiiiltlr-c Is Jul, 722. TOO. with Mima link iiml n few scnttrrlni; teliirn. rt to lo ic-colveil. Mrs. Tlinmsoti re.nl 11 tr-logum ftom MIm Antoinette Funk, vice ih.ilrman it tho national Women'f, kx committee nt Washington, conRTatnlatlnc tlio women of t'hll.ulelphl.i. BLOCKS SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT Effort to Fix ' otiiif; Time Amenilmcnt F.tils on ( Wa.lilniilnn. il.iys Woman Fiilfi.iRe 'advocates wore ilefeatrd In the Senate l0(i,,y fll nll rrfoit to 111 a time for a ote on tlm national fniffraKc nnicml- nu - nt. Objection of Senator Smith (li C 1 locked an aRieement to otp net hursday. Smith also objected to m,.,vi.. ,i, ...rr, . ,1SC!(, fl)r ,,.,,', KP nimudmi'iit special Mi.iy Senator Jones (S .l ) said ho nil! 1 mop tomoiioH to 1mo It taken tip rhlirRil.l . :iiilttt iliill.iit.il 1m illl r.nn. tinuc ins opposition to taklnc a vote . this session Seti.ilni .Inline l.ili,, r.nr.u.. I Itlu inn. lion ns-Miig th.it the sutTragi be made Clrand Jurj action a special order for Friday afternoon, j The Piesldent suggests further that I Ills received 10 volo to against It, I , , ,, . ..,,, but as tills was not the i,eiulrcd two-ian Information the Senato Military thiids majority the motion was de- Committee may have or develop In Hi. foated. ' case will be appreciated and examined tlATTrcT uiu n nit nrennn '"' "'c '"''"''' Department. HOTTEST MAY 6 ON RECORD The Presidents purpose is not oflj - - to determine whether any American 89 Degree Reileieil in Spring 'onieer or civilian has been guilty of Heat Dme I criminal mismanagement, but also to de. Tcmpcratuies registered today cm- tcrmlne whether nny Individual has been ceeded those eif anv .May li on record at i cniii,. 0r criminal libel In brlnirlniT the the Phll.idelphl.i Weather ltuicau. The,EU"1' OI cnmlnal ,u'01 ln "nnging tlie mercury i cached S'.i .degrees. charges which have cast suspicion upon At hlcli noon the ottlciat reaellna of ,,.. t . .i.u. .. -,. . .,..-. tli- thetmometer was S7 degrees. The ' same tempi-ratine was le-coidcd here A1"fppon!.n!" of thn rnily nnprnrancc f the Ml.iw hat- wliicli iiPeitIieUMH np- pojrtMi mi niiiny tliotis.UHN of heauv- io'hUhI : jolt nt noon, 1ipm tlio met- mr rllmbMi t TO Ono hour later It h.ld 1,1 III (louil a Uf-1 IV it llO.lt hairnilu I .. .1. , ..... .1 U .1. . .-... it nil etuiiiiv r ti n tii j,i ri , ( u.itn nnd rjts r.ini off lmtriouly tlm HWi'HriliiR tlintiv;,inlH made frantlo efforts to tfiuntcr thin unexpected iprlnK , 'pii-h," DISTRICT FORNEY ROBBED Home of .1. ltorlon Week Ran- sacked by Rnrglar ' ('niss-e.inilnation" of the home of Visistaut District Attorin-y Weeks, nt Invvai.. rounty, b.v burglars today re suited in a verdict" awarding them a goodij- amount of jewolry, watches, clothing and u wallet containing vallla- le-illl llfie lulu iinite-ii mile ii ui-rc-i iiiiuii ... ,,.. .ii.. i.. . .. .... ...i n.. ....-. I , . .....i ..., i ...... .. .,.. t.i OL lliei ill III II". I, l! rviiL uui uii.j nil ,'IIUI L . made to effect the capture of the ma rauder or maraucfei-H, Attorney Weeks lives at 310 West Seventh street, Ches ter. BOLSHEVIK-CZARIST PLOT TYiiUkv mil 1 piiinr- It.Mim-li-iI Simultaneously with Its nnnounccnunt I rotsk) .inn i.ciunc 11ep011t.11 tlat llo iior(:Un, ,oi,0 i,a,i i,re nr- Diekcrillg With RoiIlllllolT 1'artvMered, tho White House made public cor siorkln.li.1. Mav fNikolai Lenlne re)ondeme of Piesldent Wilson sho. and Leon Tu.tskv aie reiortee to havo.inc "at Holglum was never at any e-rfcoteil an undcislandlng with a nuin- time constituted an official Investigator ber of officials of the former Czai'siThe correspondence In its order of pro leglfue and with other extreme Itoman-1 gresslon follows: olT partisan. .... i December C, 1917 Then- Is little dednlto news ftom I jiv ,car jir. iioiglum: Moscow, but travelers say Lenlno Is 'Your letter of Xovcinber 22 to Ml preparing u counter-rev oluilon, in con-i nivanco with the Czarlsts, hoping to subdue the mounting power of the parties respotiblble for the initial i evolu tion and the tlrst Soviet. Tho entire Russian situation Is tencf Ing townid a reuigauizatlon tluough inllltury means. 16 ShMPS LAUNcSedInTwEEK ! Tonnage for Last Seven Davs To tals 89,19.-i Tons Washington, Maj' C. Sixteen wood and steel ships, aggregating 89,1!)." tons, viero launched b.v the shipping hoard in the week ending May 6, It was an nounced todaj'. This includes ten steel vessels and six wooden vessels. Other tonnage ne-qulred through con tract totaled 80,180 tons, It was also announced. Of the latter there wero two tankers of 10,175 tons each' de livered. ENLISTS TO AVENGE BROTHERS! Philadelphiaa Starts After Kaiser When Second Relative Falls l.ancantrr. Fa., May G. Arthur K. Hedge, a native of Cork County. Ire land, and a linoleum worker of this city, enlisted today In the field artillery to avenge the deaths of two brothers, who had been killed In the tliltlsh army. News of the death nf the second brother, who fell as an Irish volunteer, has Just been received. The Kaiser will pay for this," said Hedge, ln true Irish brogue, HOUSE PASSES PENSION BILL Gives Civil War Veterans 30 Per Cent Additional Washington, May 6. The Sherwood pension bill, increasing all civil war pen sions approximately 30 per cent, with a minimum of $:5 a month and a maxi mum of 5-0 a month, was passed by the House this afternoon.. ' The bill makes aa' appropriation of 2S.467.B00 lo carry out its purposes. In mates of soldiers' homes and old soldiers and sailors with a net income of J1000 annually are excluded from the increases gi anted by the bill. POLICE WILL CLEAN UP Must Be Neat in Appearance at - All Times, Says Mills "Clean-up Week" has extended to the police foice, , - Acting Superintendent Mills declared today that in the future the police force must h tidj'. botli In and out of the stations. Clothes must be pressed. Bhoes shlned and buttons polished, while tho patrolman, sergeant or lieutenant must wear a clean collar and be clean shaven dallj-. Courtesy Is to be th watchword of the station houses. In th future. KAA , MIDI1HH m . T T" Hi- .. IWILSON DIRECTS FULL HIUDB 1H1U AIRCRAFT CHARGE Orders Uepartment of Jus ticc to Investigate Accusa tions by IJorglum LETTERS MADE PUBLIC i I President Gives Out Corrc ' ppondenee lo Show Inquiry by Sculptor lJnoflici.il Wntilnton. M.-i.v f. The White llmio announced todav tli.it the Tresldent ha ordered an offi cial probe of charccs made bv Cititzon IlorKlum ncalnst the aircraft production boa id. Hot slum made an innuln Into th wrirk of the. nluraft board at the re quest of the fiesldent. He charged In Congress that a ring controlled the out put of aircraft and that this toi the reason great projrrcs was not made. Having ordered Secretary of Wa Tinker to Infinite Into the possible ncei! for a court-martial hearing In the mat- ,rP he r-esident today asked the Jus- co iepniiincni to sift down the Bor- plum charges to determine the need of ",0 """" i-"" """- "" ",c. those close- to the President declare are ",10,Iy wckw aml "nu,t ' nloni. for (Wf.unr.U -,.,,, Hit? TMcsIrtent Im :ih .uixlntm to throw safeguards iirninul hnuct and Injal Oo- n-timent unrltnrM In nntrrintr tUn, lirvtrm I In the outcome of which he Is entirely ' contlde-nt, as he I to sift the llorglurh chaiges for possible guilty workers. The President carefully studied botli j . . ....". Vl i nil iHMKium ir--i ' r.i.i-1-n.i IT- pott made by his Investigating commit- tee under II. Snowden Marshall before making hi decision. It Is understood i that tho Marshall report reveals that the onlj censure to be placed on thoe i-.irrjlng on the proeluetlon work Is that of "ovei optimism" as to possible results. That there Is no evidence of graft In ex penditures of appropriations for the work Is declaied li thoso who have seen this report. Nevertheless rumois and veiled ,t lime it 1 stated that former officers who directed th work of nln-raft pro duction "have been near phjsical and mental collapse" as a result nf the ' Ir responsible reports" on their work. ter onieiHl Intends ator The Investigation was launched nt the urgent request of Howard Coffin, former chairman of the board Tumulty he vva kind enough to show too and 1 had meant to wilte to ou sooner nbout It Of course, what J oil sav disturbs mo not a little, and I wilte to ask joti If ou will not do me the gieat favor of Indicating as spe cifically as possible tlie weaknesses vou se-o In our present organization in the matter of aeronautics. I would ulso appreciate It very warmly If jolt Conllnnfd on ruse Sli, Column Two WASHINGTON KNOCKS GREGG OUT OF BOX Visitors Score Six Runs in First Four Rounds Two Flics Misjudged I ROBERT W. MAXWELL Millie l'ark, May C. The Senators shelled Vean CSregg for sl runs In the first four Innings hero this afternoon In the final gamo of tho series and lead by a Cto-J count. Mis- Judged files In the fouith did much tq send Gregg to the show er Tho Slackmen mUsed a fine chance to scoro a bunch of runs in the third, when they had the bases filled with no one out, but a strike-out and a double play ended the rallj-. The weather was hot, but less than S0O0 fans wero in the stands. The Yankees open a three-game aeries here tomorrow. ' VIHST INMXfi Shotton filed to Dugan. Lav an knock, ed a high foul to Gardner, Milan was thrown out by McAvoj', No runs, no hits, no errors. Jamleson's single bounced oft Ajers's shins. Kopp was thrown out by Fos ter, Lav an ran into short left and caught Walker's pop flj'. Oeorge Burns starred again with a solid triple to right, scoring Jamleson. Gardner grounded to Morgan. One tun, two hits, no errors. KKCOND INNING Shanks was thiown out bj- Shannon. Judge beat out a hit to Gregg. Morgan walked. Foster doubled lo right, scor ing Judge, Morgan going to third. Aln Binlth hit t Gregg and Moran was run down. Gregg to Mc.Woy to Gardner, Foster moving to third and Alnsmlth to second. A j era singled to center, scor ing Foxter, but Alnsmlth was out at the plate. Walker to McAvoy. Two runs, three lilts, no errors. Shannon was safe on Foster's wild throw to first, but was thrown out. Judge in Latin, -when he tried logo to third. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY G, 1918 I mgXt4 's&.'A?1kbmm I 1 HHHHHRHIH . I'linln b nnldenikx rnNK m. um)T Depuly poernor anil raliier of the Icilcr.!! l(eerc IlanV of I'liilailrl pliM, who lias reipneil In become ire prciilenl anil Irea-urcr of the Philadelphia TruM Companj, The ihange will licroiue effcrlur July 1 JGERMAN PEOPLE WAIL AT LOSSES - - - Time the Wicked Humbug i Were Elided." Sav Cap- - I lured Letters? WOMEN ALL MOURNING it. nun in niniii SprrMCal.hi,r.',mlnfl'Mwl.,dltrr rnrijrohl, IStf 111 the Veil- liirt Tim', Co. War t'orrespiintlents' llraibiu.irtcr, Mav . Harly Sund.ij the Ilrilisli guns dou bled their usual dose nf harassing (lie and kept tho enem.v's load and assembly place under fleice hutsts of shelling, so thnt more deaths will he notified In Uciman village, and ",l ",L,"J " " "r,,! rl ncVB alB our fiont nil el.iy jcstciday In Flemish villages like Fletio and La .Motto nnd H.irohiouck nnd Vl.uner- the , , ,. ,.,. ., .K-l,,,... ..,,, ,!,. in tho Lens area, by Civrcllo and Ailcux. and further south above Al bert, along tho Ancte. Mound nbout I.ocrc the French ttoops made a few small gains In in'ds and patrol actions, rapturing some ruined farms and houses and ! 'dine high ground south of Koudckot. I The KUnflre liardlj- ever ceases round about Iocro Itself and tho Itosplcc i An 4 1-A Iiapa flu 1 fifll n ilicf ,rllAi1 VIUl' ' " ' there has been bitter fighting, bo that tho place has been taken, lost and re taken several times by tho French, 'with small panics or points leu uy a 1 vnuntr olllcer with most gallant coin- age. I know this Hospice well, and it will Interest many people to bo icmlncied that In the garden Major Willie Red mond was burled, utter the battle of Wytschacte, where he fell. t In the garden there on thn-il.iv of his funeral, there was ii guard of honor of Flster soldiers and National ist soldiers, and, unions the generals ....... .. ...v h.-111-i.M- Ulcers the rev ci end mother uns, to whom the Hospice and staff officers and her nu belonged Hospice Now- in Ruin Tiiev laid llowcis on the crave and went luck then Into the long icfce-- tory, where the Irish soldiers used to dine, waited upon bj these gooel wo- men. who. as a sign of their lovo for Ireland, had painted on their walls tho Irish haip, and next to it the icd i hand of Ulster and the little sh.uii. rock Willi the lily, flovvpi- of Franco Redmond's Brave was quiet In the t iinllriirit on race lite. Column Three PHILLIES LOSE, 2-0; ONE HIT OFF GRINER Cravalh's Single in Ninth With Two Men Down Moran men's Only Blow SPRINGTIME COASTING I I. IDs All. II. I li I ItHfmld, llancrwfl, i If. "ek, 3b 4 'ZVu'.'. l'b. ! '. '. '. '. '. '. ! vteu.rl, rf ? rn-, -;b a Adonm, i- I j .whined , nurn, c n tMcdaRlfiin 0 I . Totl iV o t s It Si IIKOOKI.YN All. It. 4 1 41 1 Olion, an . O'Mara, 3b . Dauber t. lb . Myera, rf . . . Johnston, If Hickman, rf Nelimsnell, 3b Wheal, r . . Grunrr, P , Total. ... SI 3 S 37 o Hatted for Adam. In eliluli. titan for Cravath In ninth. Hlrupli mia Ilv fljhv (i.i ..... .v .., ....v.t mt i.iiuci. iseranton, .. -. 4. Ilsaea on ball Off Oetrhser, 3 (aged seventeen J'e (irlnrr. 3. lloubla nlai k A,lan, tn vlt.. I nn nsliamed to FT geraldi llaubert lo Olaon. Molen !...- Illrkman, Olson, lilt b) pllrhe-el ball By Otarligrr. OJVIara. Paaarel ball Uurna. I'mplres-fKlem and Kmilir. l:tilt Field, Ilrooklsn. Mav A The Superbas made It three straight from tho riilllles by taking today's game. 2 to 0. The Phillies did not get a hit oft Grlner until two were out In the ninth, when Cravath singled over seeend.oB1 th rH. Bitched, ball. Ban. BALFOUR DENIES PEACE "FEELER" THROUGH HAGUE Berlin Proffer Reported Made by Fprnier Uutcb War Minister CONCESSIONS RUMORED Renounces Claims in We.t. Restores Rclgium. Fa vors Italy London, May li. Forelcn SrcrcUny Haltour, reply- itiK to u query in the House of Com mons this afternoon, ilcclureil thnt no peace offer had been made to the Allies recently and thnt no repre sentatives of nny neutrals were heic who had mndc any tentative offer of infoimal peace ncRolinlioiis. ReRanlinK the leportcd Oennan 'peace proposal, thiouch Holland,, 'Mr, Ilalfour snid: "It is all a mare's nct. j The Hactie. via London. May fi. U is believed thai the Dutch pei-, ""T f Tcvrnlnn'To.cin to London with licrman roicijn Secretary von Kuehlmnnii's peace . ...., I. II. If!. proposals is loriner nuicn war min ister Coin. Ci resit reserve is maintained, but in c-eitain (lennan quartcn it is re-( polled that proposal already have been made to Downinj: street, in-. ,i,t"1 ,lircct,y r''m Wlll,l'lmttri,s' ' s 1"""!. ' (iermnti) renounces all claims in , the AVest. HelRium to be restored fully as an autonomous State. Alsace-Lorraine to be given full autonomy within the (Jerman federation. The status in the cast to he a now. Austria to mako certain Tren- tino concessions to Italy. Ilalkan questions to be solved by an international conference. A conference of all belligerent ' to solve all colonial questions af- ' fccliiiR Africa and Aia Minor. (crntany to abandon all claims to Kiao-Chau, but to require cer- tain economic concessions in China. (Kiao-Chau, which Ucrmanj- promised i to give up, was a leasehold on the. 1 Chinese ioast. Oeimany obtainrd a t... ..!.. .. lH..un .. tltn IfDAl .1111 """" "- "" '" """ "" built a strong fort there. Tlie fort was attacked by .I.ipineso and Ilrltlsh ' forces nt Hie outbreak of the war and . , it was redui oil. Tho Allies then occupied u-iim.rsnni.1 Theio Is n disposition In Herman cir-, i-les to ieak freelj of llio new pro-1 pnsals w1tlt.li. it l reported, nave at-, leady been made known to the llrltih ( Foreign Office, dispatches leccivtd hern Indicate It I legarded as certain thai they were Inspired from ltcrlln. t.enfiH. May 6 Tho "peace offensive" launched by llermany In Switzerland a k K,.,.ms lo lie ciirei-ieu pnnci- " -, , i:,iKlMl ; American lesl-1 !"' !;;, ,,M,iors. whose. letter boxes! nin oveillowlng with pamphlets. One tjplcal Instance of the propa- ' ganil.i Is seen In tlie fact that the I.lch- nowsky n-ve-lations legardlng the events leading up to the wnr. published In ' y.utli li. and which have been bought bv the wholesale, have been followed ny a dlstoiled Ccimanophlle veislon which l-i distributed gratuitously, GERM'iNY BLEEDING ALLIES FOR SUPPLIES Washington, Mat C, Ceimnnv s allies an- suffering serious vvdiKH lii'siiine lines, largely through Herman bleeding of llicni to keep the nest fiont supplied On the other hand. Fiigland France and Italy, w bile having liielr own troubles In the maitei of supply, liavo tho bright pro-poet of bumper crops. These two significant facts were cat ' rled In olllcl.il dispatches todav lloth brought cheer here, particularly in view of published reassurances that the Pope will make no Immediate peace move -I a movo which at Ibis time would ad-, nittedlv be to flernmnj's advantage i ilie Teuton difficulties center laigelj) aiound coal shortages. Induced bv tlie demands of th western offensive I ' l.lnke dvvltli tne inai suppi.v nue-siiou ts i that of labor, leather and medical tup- 'piles. I;. Counties tralnloads of coal arc being n hauled aciosa the Austrian border Into nUiernian Industrial dlsttlcts. Seething unrest Is brewing nmonff ll.ivarian ' 1 I miners who are boldly demanding BO ' per cent wage Increases and shorter ; I I hours, official reports hero state. Coal H Continued on Tate Kite. Column Mi i MAX OF 68 FOUND DEAD IS'EAR OPEN GAS PIPE Benjamin S. Pierson, of West Philadel phia, Believed to Have Com mitted Suicide rtenj.imln S. Pierson, sixty-eight jears old 6424 Glrard avenue, was found dead In ft meeting hall at 427 North . Sixty-third etreet. today, apparently a suicide. . ... ' He was well-known in West Phlladel-' phla. and was tne owner oi vaiuame real estate In that section, Persons passing the hall smelled ga and summoned the police, who found iXorsnn-H bedv In an anteroom nf ti, hall, near an open gas Jet. Girl Attempts Suicide Srmnton. r May 6. Ruth Hnghes, en years, ni .-vortn Scran- tneei ner inenus today "treltlnn lin' In n o... , because she was "written lip' In a Run day newspaper, anempiea suicide by drinking poison, (ion is serious. to commit Her condl- I Trolley Car Kills Litlle Girl rtulh Tetiofsky. three, years old, was killed by a tiollev car in front of her home. 911 South Fourth street, dying In Mount Slnsl Hospital. The motorman. Joseph Todln, 44S St. Luke's street, was held without ball for. a hearing today. CoriwiliT, 1918, bt ill" ANGLO-FRENCH WIN GROUNDIN PICARDY 'a EN EM Y LOSSES BT BASEBALL SCORES 2130211 0 10 0 0 0 WASH'TON 0 ATHTICS.. 1 Ayeis-AInsiiilth; Gicgs-JMi-Avoy; timplrcs, Coimolly-Dinccr. PHILLIES, ocoocoooo-e BK'KLYM..2 CCC0O0OX-2 Ocsthgei-Ailains; Oiiucr-Wheal; uiupni-b, Klem-Emslk-. NATIONAL 0 10 0 0 o vi:v voieic. l!OST!) ... S.illci-UnUdvn; Caiwvnn-Wtlson. CINCINNATI 10 0 0 0 ,M'. I.IU !S 0 0 0 0 1 Smith-Wlngo; Amcb-Snyrlei. CHICAGO 0 0 10 10 I'lrrSKL'llC.ll 0 12 0 2 1 Hentliix-Elllottj Hamilton-Aichcr. AMERICAN LEAGUE IIOS'ION 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 MA YORK 0 0 0 3 a 0 u Jl.iys3-Agin.-w-; JMi'giiclgu-IInmiali ci.i:vi:i,ANr n ?, j o o o niicAGo o l o a o o o Ciiuiiibc-O'Nell; Bcna-Schnlk. ST. LOUIS 10 0 0 0 0 1 DETUOIT 0 0 10 0 0 1 D.ivi nimit-NimniuaUcr; LncUhon-YcJic. OTHER CENTRAL HIGH.. . CATHOLIC HIGH.. 0 0 PLUNKETT SEES GRAVE CRTSIS IN BRITAIN'S POLICY LOXDON, May C Sir Horance IMunkett, chnlimnn oi mv Iilsh convention, writing- today to the Expiess. iltclaiecl that "in its giavcbt cilbis the Blitsh Linpiie has btnkcil Its esio''?,."' "" the t-vofoli! Iiibli policy of conscription 'ami home lulc" Tin. piCbcnt Govcinmciu cannot achieve both, he bald. FLYING INSTRUCTOR KILLED IN TEXAS FORT WORTH, Tcx May 0 Lieutenant Keep, of East Wilton, Mass., instructor in flying nt the American field hete, died today from injuries leceived In a fall Fiiday. He & the fifty-fifth aviator. killed here since October 30. CAMDEN MAN KILLED IN WAR Ernebt Eckerslcy, twenty-four, bou of David Eckeisley, 1005, Pcnn stitct, Camden, has been killed on the west fiont, while fighting' with the Lauia&hiie Fusilliexs, accoidiug to a cablCKiam lccelvcd fioiu the Biitish War Otficc. FAST RUN OVER DERBY COURSE LOUISVILLE. TCy., May 0 War Cloud, A. K. Macomher'i candidate for the Kentucky eleiby, to Tje lun hcie Saturday lit Churchill Downs, worked the deiby loute, n mile and a quarter, heie today in 51.05 2-5, This it. bald to be the fastest time in tiial ever made for the detby. OREGON OFFICER KILLED ON M0NTDIDIER FRONT PARIS, May 6. Major A. Itasmusscn, of Portland, Ore., was killed by a German bhell while leading his men in n lecon. nalssanco on the Montdidier front. Rasmusseu served in thi Canadian Amercan Legion before being transferred to the Ameri can epcdltionary force. AMERICAN OFFICER ILL OF PTOMAINE POISONING LONDON, May 6.Lieutenant W. A. Hamilton, adjutant general of the Amerlca'norces nl England, s critically ill with, a form of ptomane poisoning. SEVEN BELIEVED DYING FOLLOWING EXPLOSION BUFFALO, May 6. Seven workmen are believed dying following an explosion In the National Aniline and Chemical Company's plant here today. A mxture of chemicals caused the , explodes; fetus I,ttxirn Compim 1 2 5 2 LEAGUE 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0-0- GAMES 0 0 -A'. PRICE TWO CE1 A a 1 . . m I Progress Made TCf.ili sAa f W .y,i.M vxxo vx w Sommc !' ..! tH INITIATIVE NCT! WITH ALLI1 Positions Also Are i ... ,..-. .iff iiiucu uii nanaers'; Front ADVANCE DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITK French Wnr Office Rep Successful Oper tions ran DRIVE IN ITALY SEI Gorman Assault on Bel Indicates New Blow ia$rj . -m. m rS. in XNorth PAT?I M I . .....Wf .... Wi-J Mill fi or m mm u hon f hrv rtMtMV lllfltt nlTivnillt n - 4l tsialnni M ' J ....... imivm.iiic amh nitc tai.sriju mtvaiH may deliver a double drive. ftccfii& inpr to dencral Berihant. 1 Writing in the Matin, G Bcrthant said: "What is moat unit- it mat uic rianacrs mils ii ,i .i ., . . ,.a itndcrRo a new attack independent 'sij uiui vvnicii may uc airectefl toira Amiens. The- German masses sufficiently large for the undertak of the double task without a lat movement of troops." S W T.nnilnn M.--.? -""'"""I 'J ' The Dnttsli lines have beent'tssj vanccd and improved on the PieM and Flanders battle fronts. th-' i a1- "M Office announces. ?fa The British lines were extend the sectors of the Somme and 'A Rivers nnd in the neighborhti Morlancourt, while the positional improved in the Locon sector,!! on the Flanders, front. (Morlarrtoiirt lies about half'l between the Ancro and Soil i Rivers and is between three and fowls' 1 miles south of Albert.) . "l I The Germans put up sharp im heavy icsistance in the local fifM??: ing between the Somme and Anc .Rivers nnd suffeicd severe lo The British captured more than II I prisoners, two machine guns and' (trench motar. I The British casualties were si! t c official statement said. 'Jjip in tne i.ocon sector an enterpi I resulted to the advantage of ' unusn. a .: -....!... i'i ! s.tiiiiiiiuiiieuv The I'ans War uihce announci successful raids westward cVi Ilancanl and southeast of Not After n violent bombardment)!, enemy nttempt southwest of J! mcanchin failed, leaving nun dead on the field. In tho Cham: detachments penetrated the G . line northward of Leivre. Al I hard fighting and serious losses the detachment retui bringing considerable material! llaln'a Rnlt s K " f'-r"' (,. The following is the text of.4 Haig report. f Successful minor operatlsW were carried out between ' Somme and the Ancre Rivers. night and southwest of Mi court. ph Our line was advanced on 'a slderable front despite shar position from the enemy, losses were ncavj, -jj. More than 150 prisoners, machine guns ana a irencn were canturea. uur casi were slight. W, Local fighting ended to vantage in the neighbo: Locon and the Lawe River. 3 Our positions in this were improved. $V Elsewhere the situation si changed. '.j M British troops have adva yards on a front of more. mile between the Ancre Somme, says a dispatch fi field describing the fighting.' North of the Somme tralians advanced 700 ya 1500-yard front and early, added another 500 yards yard front. ,a em-. A i A ...IIt.- Uj inc urBb ubv(iih made in the darlcMM nernina;, MCM!'"-m TO t: S&irftF g- JiJaMi; ' Timiii ."-,. 'JZ &L w.-'
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