cH- ! rit'-'fk', h -'& r ' 'v ,., ', .. ., ,' kv'i ..," - ' "',, Vi -if.' . -f r-. . a :'. ?t .it ., " tf - .r-ftX fc .?., V Cuentn femer THE WEATHER tVashinnton, May 20. Thundenheic crt this afternoon or tonight. TEMPKRATI'KK AT KACIl IIQUn lit 81101 1Tl2 ! 1 I 3 I 3 4 I 51 lyiM r,n 73 7S 1 70 i ! I II EXTRA SJB "UtaS Mft.,"&k8 ?; PRICE TWO CENTS VOL. IV. NO. 212 PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1918 rnritiuiiT tnis m ritr. n m.tc J.r.Mim roupwt '" w IN BRUGES BASE FIVE HUNDREDiT.XrIo HEAR REPORTS ON WARCBESTj Unity of Action Urged on1 Team Captains in 20,- j 000,000 Driver ' Photographs of Harl)or Show .o Clianpc Since British Raids COPS MUST KEEP OUT OF ELECTION, MILLS'S WARNING DONATIONS ANNOUNCED AT FIRST MEETING Loudon, May 20. The greater portion of the Herman submarine and torpedo craft formerly operating from bases In Flanders has been immobilized In Bruges, the British Admiralty announced today Photographs taken of the harbor of the blocked lierman submarine base of Zeebrugge and the Itruggev Canal show th.it they are unchanged from April .'3 ("hen British i alders punk ships to bottle up the harbor), said an Admiralty Tells Lieutenants Order to Shun Politics Must Be Rigidly Enforced ALL SIDES SEE VICTORY Ritc5nr.es 1 p.itirTS Altr-nel mill statement '"day " MvfcJ -- w MVj-v uiiiipiMnfAiiiAtil I 111 IIIUP'IIIII l.lllrlll Pledge Support lo Movement is accepted as meaning that the blocking of Ostend and Ze-bruggo h.ubors by the sinking of oncrcte-tllled ships has blocked the Oer- Vine Insist? Soott Will Win, Carrying Philadelphia Iiv 100.000 Police lieutcnan'H ncre warned to man craf in the Imfoh at Druges the i flay by Acting Superintendent Mills FACTORY WORKERS AID Thousands of Employes As- ficmhle at Noon and Sub- scrihe Share to Fund Interior base connected with Ostend and Zetbrugge by canals. I'arU, .May -0 Admlials Keyes and Tvrwhitt ami llftem nlhceis of ;he Brlt-l-h n.nv have been awarded the I'roK de Oinrro with palm for their pait In the reient naval laid on Zcebnigge and Ostend. it was nnnouiued todav. Tin" l-'n'inii participants were simi larly decorated The biggest and most comprehensive war relief meeting In the history of the countrv was held at the Biievue-Strat-ford Hotel this afternoon Five hundied prominent men. repre- ' ENEMY AUSTRIAN SEIZED Former U. G. 1. Kniplnyo Caught Willi Matches Near Gas Tank In the ariet of an Austrian found loitering about tile big gas tank" of the t'nltpil Has Imp-oven eemini. ..ti i..-o ....h.u ni ..n- i-oitef unit.- station at Richmond and Tmga streets .,,,.,. . , ., agents of the Department of Justice be- assembled In the hallioom to hear first M(,,p thov lldc frustrated an attempt reports from the team captains in the I to destroy the plant He "ill have a llC.irillH ii, i i n-i i i""ii i" ii.it i. iiiit'i great War Chest drhe which opened .this moraine, and will continue a week. i George Whaiton Tepper. K. T. totesburg arid Hoiatlo Gates Lloyd were the principal speake!". Tin wounded Canadians sat the spo tki-i ' table. A section of Sousa's Gloat Lakes naval band plavpel patriotic air.- Mr Pepper said Americas Hist us ually lists- have disproved the as-eiuon made before the war tht unifier! mditiirv action bv the L"niteil prates on a 1 1-gp l-tule was impossililc bcause of so maii laelal elements "Casualty lists ;whlch contain the names of men of every nation uniUr heaven, all of them loal to the stars and Stripes and witnessing their loyaltj by the gift of tbemsehes. disproves the assertion made before the United States' entry Into the war that there are so many racial elements In the population of the United States that anvthliiK Hue unified military action on a l.iiRi scale would he Impossible," said Mr. Pepper. "And Just as the army and navy of the United States tepiesents this nation, unified for the purpose of applying mill tint "the police are out of politics, and out to stay " All the lieutenants were summoned before the acting superintendent to re ceive ilmir final imiructions concerning the conduct of the police at the primary elrctlon tomorrow. . The lieutenants weie warned that in no , iicumstam-es weir the police to1 tak- au.v part in the election, and that eact obfriienee would be required to the orders Issued lat week. Lieutenant-- win he responsible for the men mult r them. , "I do not piopse to make any trans fers this election da v." said Acting Pti- mp'oement Companv's perinirident Mills, "hut will hotl everv I lieutenant responsible for ,mv Eolation of the sh. rn law "Von men mil.; SCP that the men under vou ,lo police duty onlv. and any politi cal actlvltv upon the part of anv police olh. er will surelv get him lnti trouble" Primary Fialit Rivals Issue "Last Cards'" Senator Penrose appeals to the voters to repudiate "the l-'rog Hol low factionalists" and save the party "from the disruption which the Scott candidacy threatens." Senator Vnro charges that Pen rose's efforts to put his "brand" on Senator Sproul has done the latter incalculable harm." Chairman Coles, of the Town Meeting party, predicts a big ma jority for Sproul and r.eidlcman In the city nnil State. District Attorney llotan threat ens to pni"-ecute election officers who refuse Hcpulilicaii hallotu to Town Meeting otcrs. Scott receives indorsements from the liev. Drs. Htissell It. Con well and James J. Dean, president of Vill.inova College. Senator Spioul, .1. Denny O'Neil. James K. Cutfey and Judge Don niwell issue i-cmlident cliims of victory. MARCH NAMEP iSINN FEIN CHIEFS GENERAL; BLISS J OF PRO-GERMAN BREVET GENERAL! PLOT IN PRISON Acting Chief of Staff Chosen for Highest Army Rank IS REAL "LIVE WIRE" Pennsylvania Artillerist Has Had Brilliant Career in U. S. Service STATE OF SIEGE FOLLOWS RIOTS IN PRAGUE CITY P n r a tl e r s Cheer for Wilson. Lloytl George and Clem- enceau , Zurich, May i. A state of plcge has been declared in Prague, following fighting and street demonstration against Ocrmany, accord- Ing to a dispatch from that city to- 7f1 fl T IT F. T? ? FYPFPTFn da'- Processions of Czechs and Jugoslavs paraded shouting: . ' Lo- it live Wilson. '. Long live Lloyd i deoige. Long. live Clemenceau." The occasion was a celebration of the inauguration .f the National Theatre. , The pohc and military garrison hae been rt-inforctd. Forty-six Arrive at Holy head on a British Warship WW t p mi i nfji -mJ riKSwsfJs Evidence of Intripue Said to Dale From B of the War The Peyton to bo Ta.-l.ci MAJOR LUFBEK FRA American Aviator in Run ning Fight Struck liy Ennnv Rullel tary force, so the War Chest movement cniniades States Commissioner Long The prisoner is Stanley Klosak. Mer cer stieet. Krankford lie wa.- arrested while attempting to .tump a high fence around the tanks, and had several bun dled matches In his pockets When taken to the l-"a-.t Hirard ave nu .police station he bee imp enraged anl curi-ed eveivthlng American and persisted In .-houting "lierm-iny will "In the war" Police sav he wa.. dis charged from the I" '' I t-o weeks ago and has been heard to make threats against the company ince PENN MARINES OFF TODAY Students Who Enlisted in Rercnt Drive Start for Camp Sr enty-llve former student-, of the I'nherslt'y of Pennsviania w ill answer the call of war ihi afleuvon when they entrain for Pails I. land. S c Ih' south ern training camp of the manne corps. Al' were enlisted during the recent re uniting dne at the Unlvirslty. Captain S A W Patier.-on. in clia-ge ol marine recrulllng said today that fip professiis from the Cniversitv were ipeclid to loin the pariv and a number of other students who had signified their irtintion of going with tneir siucieni. NOTICED FOR BRAVERY stands for the unification of the coun try for the effeethe support of our fight lng men. "Every bit of energy that a worker liberates this week Is eneis.v applied to the Indispensable process of welding the people of the United States Into a DfciCcherent and harmonious group winking with all their might In pursuit ot a single, dominant purpose to indict upon Oermany a crushing military defeat." A combined contribution of ?1S.(IU from Charles and Otto Klsenlohr was announced. The canvassing, under the direction of K. A. Berry, of the board of di rectors of the council, repiesints the utmost In business i lliciency. The city and its neighboring countits ale so suli idlvlded that cer locality and ciuer '.prlse will he combed for contitbutlons butions. Arl DlMdil.v AIiIh Drlie Coincident with t lit- opsnlns of Tluv will leave Ilinad Street iMatimi t 1.31) o'clock this afternoon U. S. CARGO CARRIER SUNK One Loft on .!. G. JSIcCiillough. Victim of Mine or Torpedo Wii-lilnslon. -May -:o The American i cargo cairler J O. MrCullough has been sunk bv a mine or lorpeuo in lun-mn waters.'the N'avy Department announced today. All on board were saved except l-.n-gineer Dnughrev. addre. s not given. Tii. MeCiillnueh was a 1385-ton ves sel, built at Buffalo. N V, and before from ,; tn war naiieu uoni .m- imi lines of peace she earned a crew of twenty-three. PETERSON DOWNS FIFTH PLANE the hard work of the drhe. announcement was made that the loin -minute men will take pait in the campaign. A display of 10" paintings of Ueiman atiocitles. from the brush of Abel Pann. u Russian artist, was opened at the French Wai Kxhlhit. Tenth and Maiket streets, today as an addd feature of the drive. A section of Sousa's Great Lakes Naval band oulslde the building stirred the crowds with patriotic music and Jollied them with "jazi!." The crowds overflowed Into Maiket street and would have blocked traffic had it not been for the police Three enormous mass-meetings opened the War Chest drhe at "noon today tn tht northeastern .-ection of the city, where the Kensington division jl tnt War Welfare Council Is haul at wnik. The mass-meet lugs were held at Cramps' Shipvaid ' in tht. auditorium of the John H. Stetson Company's plant at Fourth street and Montgomeiy ave nue, and at the steel' woilts of David Lupton Sons' Company, at Tulip street and Allegheny avenue. War Chest Clubs" were formed at 'the meetings, the largest of which was at Cramp's, where between 10,(100 and 15,000 woikers were addressed. At the Stetson plant 5000 employes were handed together into one of the clubs, and at the Lupton "oiks 1500. Tliest are the first of .thlity-three , Win diest Clubs" to be organized In the Ken- slncton division, one club In each plant rrl, -mhershln uf all the clubs reach 30.000 befoie the end ot the weeli Gulllpoll Veternn to speak The meeting In tht Stetson auditoilum tions vu addressee, ny Honcstlale, Pa., Man Now Accredited "Ace'' Intimidation Clinrcrd A lett. r defining the-ilght of a votr to receive a ballot for the p-irtv for which ho ,,,.ks has been mallpd to' elre tors in West Phll.ulelphli over the ,-lg-naiures of iMwin n Lewi:-. Thoma.i 'ami.. Meagher and Ldwin M. Abbott. altorne.M . The lettir cues an opinion from Judge Orladv Superior Court to show that a voter must have .-ast his ballot at the last pr, ceding eleuion for a majnritv of the i.indld.itp of the p,-iriv whose bal lot he ass ,i the prlmarv l-'ollowera of Senator' Pentose de nounce the letter a., an alt. nipt, on the part of the v.ire foites. to "intimidate" electors who voted last Noember for the Town Meeting par-y candidates Mr Lewis, one of the signers w.i formerly in the in reform politics, hut was engaged leientlv In tlv Itepiihlican city committee to draft a 'law to take the police on of politic , Abbott has been one of tin iouns- for the United Busi ness Men's Association. Quoting fiom the opinion of Judge Orlady. the letter says- "It follows that to entitle one to mem bership In a par'y he must not only have voted for a majority of the persons who were candidates of that party In the preceding election, but he must have voted for rueh persons as candidates of the natty to which he olalma a'lillatlon ; that is. if he voted In a party column he must have voted for them on the column designated for them In that party and no: in some- other party column." Priialllri tiled The section of the law dealing with lienaltles for attempting to ote lllegal- at primary is cited, in the letter. i ot liiu. it provides that a voter who attempt. i to vote at a prlm arv knowing that he does not pos-e-s the epMliilcatlon.-. of a ottr at such prfmarv as indicated bv this act. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon rnnwctlnn thereof .-hall be senunced to Continued on Pace Two, Column 'Hirer With the Ameriran Arm In Crime. Jldv IS idelavedl Major r.noti! Lufberv . of Wallingford. Conn who wa- c-rdite-l with having brought down eighteen ibrmin air planes was killed this miming in an air battle over the Amcrlian Mm s The body Ml in the American front 1 no and was recovered WashliiKlmi. Mav fi Mijor Raoul Lufbery was killeH in flight dunnr. which he hael been in innili.it." aceorel Iiir tn lieneral Pershing' : official iom munieiiie. made public this afternoon by th? War nepattment Lufberv, savs tlie communifpie. was seen to fall fiom hH machine which fell a short illst.mre away from him He was eighe- wounded or dead before he fell, aeiording to General Pershing ICarlier repoi ts were th.it Luf'very had met his death while engaged in a run ning light, and was living upside down at the time This was denied by the commumepie LufbeVy f1fught with the Lafavette Uscadnlle of the French armv and' dis tinguished hlmseir In innumerable skv combats. Last December Lnfhery. Wil liam Thaw and twenty. two other Ameri cans who had been fighting vvltfi the Lafayette Kscadrllle. were commissioned , as majors In the aviation reserve of the 1 United States armv In France upon th recommendation of C.eneral Pershing Lufbery Joined the French army early In the outbreak of the war. and shortly after he K,,t nto the air service It became evident that he would dls- tlngul.-h himself as one of the "aces " In October. 1117. Lufberv, along 'with several others of (he Lafayette i:sca drille. was cited in French ai my e.nleis for bravcr.v Ju.-t a month pievioua Lufbery had been cited in the olhcial Journal of the Fremh army a0 an "in- I comparable pilot " sS nSS!H LABOR TO BE ALLY RUSSIA TO SEEK tiutn nf ifiiifh 1'nivprs.itv h.is loinnl tho tfe&v1 ' i. iinn - ...----, " ,, - TV ii ' i 'i, jitt'ni?- iint'' W GOVERNMENT URRA1MA PEACE S-SS HriSrj ranks of the "aces" by shooting down his fifth enemv plane behind the Herman lines east of St Mlhlcl just before dusk on Friday. Peterson achieved his first air victory last September. Since Joining the Amer icans he has brought 'down four other Hermans NAVY DENIES U-BOAT REPORT Enemy Submarine 11 u more d Sighted at Coast Points WunliliiKtun, .May 20 The Navy De partment today was bnmbaided with a teries of rumors reporting the sighting of a hostile submarine at various points along the coast It was officially stated that none of these was proved authentic, and the Im pression vvas that they were all incor rect The navy, however, will take no chances and will Investigate all cases carefully WILL CONDUCT PEACE MASSES Catholic Clei'sv of World Re sponds to Papal Appeal Vt nalitngtnn. Miy 2 nomination of Ma lor General C March, acting chief of st-irt i full genera! and of c.eneral !! P.l'ss i hief ef .-tiff, tn be brevet general wei sent to the Senate by t't-p-l lent Wilon this afternoon These important changes mean vastly more than m-relv the honor to March of wearing the rare Insignia four shoul der st-ii.s they . prll the removal of restriction on him a- acting chief which he encounlered beiaiise some other mainr generals oulianked him The change vv-aq fullv rleeided today following Secretary of War Baker's cinsiiltatinn wilh Senators Saturday at th.- war council sessu u Sounding out thP'r sentiment he found that March's nomination will nndnuhiedlv pas-.- the Sinate nukklv and without anv op- p ,-ition P.aker was told th.v the Senate think., very well of March, who has de monstraied in his brief tenure as a.ting ihief that he- is a "live wire." with no respetl f. r red tape and with a heartv hatred for delay or mart on limit Mlnipo.siMe situation" For Match the change Is momentous Coming in from his po..t of artlllerv chi. fiain with i.enera! Pershing. March i found that he wa.s balked either c n- I toii-Iv o, uncousciolislv bv the, emoiiiv rule and that major generals who outranked him sometimes stood in hi i pnh i Military men of discernment hive' Mil that the situation thic created was mipis-ible Thev pred cteel March would make good, but said it lould come about onlv If Iv w-eie giv.n the full general's rank and the title nf chief of staff In stead of "acting" March s reeonl heie is one of startling aihieveinent.- ele pile obstacles To him moie than to anv- other single man Is due the credit of increasing ship facilities so that the speeding up of American troop movements could be ac-uimpll.-hed "Speed Up" His .Motto When he returned from F.urnpe he called inVvar leaders and read them the dictum that there inui be more ships. Inspiring them to great effort, he also cast about himself to impiove the situa tion Appointment nf Major Ceneral ijieihals as chief of transportation sup plies and traffic was an outcome of this problem, and between the two men sys- , t.-ni- of economy of rpaee were developed and .li'ps were piekeel up from unex pected quaitprs of the globe Ooethals .(in! March are fast friends and are work ng in the clnpst harmony j March In.-, don'- all his bu.-lness with a ' viin I-'r ml i sav he never alkws lm:i-lio.:- to ac "imula'e ; that he make 'izh ning dei .-,on.-, that he is firm and af-pie-- ive.-.ind th.lt he has taken a broad guage v ii w of the war pioblems, all the time inhering Ins a.:soo.atis with vigor and enthu. i.ism cieno-.i, Pevion Conway Marcli is- a n.ii ,ve Penn-- Ivanian. having been born at Kaston. December 27. 181. ore- of veral sons of Dr. Francis Andir I.oacl-n, Mav ;o Forty-st Sinn Frlners including Hdward de Valera. arrested In connec tion with the alleged prn-iiermin p'ot In Ireland, have arrived at Holyhead aboard a British warship Seventy others are expected today Among the Sinn Fein members -if Parliament arte. ted w 1 Count ile-rge Plunketi, who has long been identified with the Sinn Fein movement In hel-md He niu.-i not be confused with sir Mnrai c liunkett. who took a ppuvimi.t part in the Irish home t ule convo-n.oii which opene-1 last summer, and labored hard and earne.ilv to bring about a solution of tin 'Irish problem conn. Iiunkett's title is of papal oiigin With the number of Sinn Feiners uneler arrcft in vatlous pirts of Ireland esti mated at from ion to son and the sit uation appaiently well in hand, it came tn light that the iiprm.ui Uovernment has intrigued for an Irish icbellion ever since the war began. liven affr failure of th plot insti gated by Sir Roger Ca.cment. Charleton Hill, n ti Irish editor Ilnamcd by iler many. published in l'rus.-ia a magazine designed I i a.d pn paj.anda for an Irish republ.e- St John Uaffnev. discharged United States lon.-ul to Germany Is alleged to i have l en among tie clilet nropagan- ditts for 1 1- rmaio ( iintlniiP'l en I'aiTP ATT TTOTK A TTirt'1-?' ALUM KA1US! GAIN IN FORC AS FOE WAI Foch Advances Lin e?'8;v While Germans PrfepareM Great Drive 'kti 3M RAl(i IN SUCCESSFUL , ' ATTACK NEAR ALBERT;; French Penetrate to Enemv'awS ' - i hYi- Third Line Trenches Neatfe' . tj : . ",;-vf..vM TWELVE PERISH IN TORNADO ' mru,cn,;ou" .1 I . m Twpiiiv.rivp OiIiit Imurcd When dpiticij rr"r kxrx? rrrxm.t t.'M . . . .. J umiuu nijxivi 1UWJ.V.W: Cyclone Hits Nebraska I own jj-. sons were killed and twenty-fiv-e inured Teutons MaSS 140 Divisions! i! tn a tornado at Bloomfield. Neb, satur- "'i'- day night, according to veord that p; (. AmJ- -.-' Five Separate Armies, for Offensive WM London. Mav 20. t?.fe ..r. . ... ' -.. mm uur troops conductea a succcss-S'JH'! r-Mii reachid here today The wrecking of all telephone and telegraph wires caused a thirty-slx-hoiir delay In getting news ( from the strliken region i All the dead and injured lived on, fauns More than '-'00 head of horses, i cattle and hogs are also reported dead. The dead reported are: airs iiermni .".'' f,.i ,iH .. ... ,. . s anil .virs .ugusi r recsson aim iu vim- .... ...v. k...s.i. ci.i.wi Jcoii vw' dren: five children of Mr and Mrs terfjnv takinrr a few nrisnne'"K'S Solnner. one child at the Piper farm. . . ,y' laKlnK lew priSOIlCjrS, SW '. .. '. .... . i.in-J I.. rJ-lJ f..1.-l TT! i v ,MM Tin- spinner cntmren were kuipu ur i iuiu -uarsnai naig reportea toaayiiKfrx. d,o,yuhl"hirr Syrsprtw, "An attempted enemy raid north" reported i "'b--o "ua itiimiaeu witii neavy.J. InsKOs. sr'.v;'f .iti....... ...,...... . ..t4M uooiiie aiuiiery nre increased A. inn cnii nrTimwe Tn rniTAi ennsuKi,. i.. .1-1.. .. n.--i .has5.! VlLOUil IriIUI110 1U tfll llL ""'-"-""". "liilll. Ull U1B AlOMle - 1 I,, Isucquoy front." $,' President Greatly Ttestcd by Trip Albert is about sixteen miles $ to icw iorK northeast of Amiens. Hinges is oju vi-y4j it ..-i.iMi.m Mav 20 Presielpnt Wll- , tti t?ln.-.i r i. l.-t a ' ' ifv ",,n -.-. .- ..--,-.,. .iiv; . iuiiuuia iiuiiL. utiLvvpen two. arin 4r. nro- ' -.. -rt were lunched off Dozens of farm houses are w i ttked. said to have st-vp-i. t obiinn pvpii SLlll inuilirii ..-.ii, .-s. ...... ...... . ... lng greatlv rested by the trip. So three miles northwest of Bethune. thoroughlv did tne i-resieient pnjny nnn splf that he has decided te, take" several more week-end trips. 30 KILLED AND INJURED IN RUSSIAN FOOD RIOTS LONDON, May 20. Thirty person'? were killed nr.d vvounclned in food riots at Povlovsky. Po&sad (twenty-eiplit miles, east of Moscow), said a delayed telegram fiom Moscow today. The Soviet building was burned. Jai uucquoy nes auout nail way between JH tn i . . -, s.v.a euuci i, Z.HI1 vrras.j .is The official French communique f-, !. .....I r t. . . 4& s iB-iucu uiira rans loaay says: jA! The artillery duelling has btSii Pfimp moro violonf t flirt .rtn.tn. " 7JV"'J ...u.w . .u.w... 111 fc.ic 1CK.U1I "f- 7fl?, of Hangard (opposite Amiens, cm', ,'$ the Picardy battle front). Our; &km 1'ai.iuia suuiu oi me rtvre ana wesi r ri' . . . . . . -v. .or oi uastei tooK some prisoners. jtf"i nftaT!iie '3 ." ' SJ 2 the Northwest of Rheims, penetra enemy's third-line trencb.es, J nn..,.-.. .... iij . rlffi. wniuciiuuu, vve iieiieiraiea to '$. .T-fe? MACHINERY NOT TRUST, COURT RULES "WASHINGTON, May 20 The United Shoe Machinery Company wab held not to be a conspiracy in -restraint erf trade by the Supreme Court thin afternoon. The case has been pend ing in the Supreme Court since October 18, 1015, Alisolure Priority tor Its Accepts German Proposal "' ''"" - i t i i ' 'he artil wtaers i rovicierl by to Upen Negotiations IJn- New Board der Expressed Conditions the I'nited States Military A-adrniv at West Point from which he was oo-i- lone I in 1SSS as second lieutenant Me has b-en attached 'o llery branih of the service con tinuously, with ih'- exception of duty a? major and later as lieutenant colonel of volunteer Infantry In 1S!1-1901 for Philippine seivice Heneial March lonimanded the Aslor batterv In the FORCE IDEA GAINS FEW BOCHES NEAR IN WILSON'S MIND AMERICAN LINES Washington Sees President Front Trenches Lightly Personifying U. S. War Held Because of Danger Slogan From Snipers f-a FRANKFURTER'S POLICY CONFERENCES AT KIEV lontlniiPil on IVce Three. I nliimii livp The Washington, establishment of ai Mav 20 i absolute Washington. May 20 ftusslan Oovernment has ,ie. nnnrlt,. rule, In .-mivlv. In tit ar,. V- .l nf ..-... .,.. - ' ' '- "' " "" '" i tt-pieci me wernian propo-als to The labor rt-nuired by the productive sources of the Uovernment vvas an nounced today hy Feliv. Frankfurter, chairman of th newly created policies board of the lVpartment of Uibor and assistant tn Secretary Wilton as the labor administrator. Mr. Frankfurter has designed a pro- will open peace i t-gotiatlons with fkralnia. ac cording to State nepattment advices from Stockholm today. Other Stockholm messages declared that Oermany had been foiced to re duce her bread ration from 200 grams to 1G0 grams a day. The Pctrograd Foreign I'limmissary message to I'kalni.i paid- ITALIAN-FRENCH GAIN 13 MILES IN BALKANS Allies Hurl Rack Enemy in Series of Attacks in Moun tain Recion A. It. .early. Home. May 20. The rathnllc clergy '" ""-"- ""'''""""" " """", of the whole world have responded to which will put an end to the hurtful .!, r,nr.o'.. unnetil lirnn, tel n o- ,n no !.. ' mill lie! 1 1 to n which UOVemmPllt COnlrite- b,-at mass on' Tune 20-th'e feast of St tors have been carrying on. and here- . nl0, "Al ,T he 'pJmTt" dCC",U ""' Peter according to the Pone's Instrue- ,.f.r ihu i.nhor needs of everv shin.-,.ra i"0!'0"111 ' the (.eiman (.overnment to tions the Osservatore Uomano declared nnn.ninr f.-ieiorv or farm win h .;. " . ''""'. ,,ul",u vnn today. leu- i m- "l- "J- i"' i '" .- " , .. ,, ., , ,,-IH ho henrrl hnfni-o Ih. I clergy n special prayer tor worm peace, i """ "" ", '" , ------- .. 1 to b- delivered on June 2ft. I representatives nf all productive depart- nrmy. wno io iiib aiiii mi .ttiiuii t w.- i ments before workmen are shifted or llpoll Directors of the War C hest drive ( . n,t nriiPitiir allotted as requested in KenBinswn , ,""-UM ''".,' T r U AUUU LUlirtKO Uil htVCINUt As explained by Mr Frankfurter, the plan vein nave even a more stabilizing prominent banker of this city, and I.leu- tenant Frank Hutton, of the Canadian army, who lost his arm in action at Ual- llpoll Directors of tlie w ar i nest arive , In Kensington discussed' the plant) to take that district "over the top" In the campaign. i Trnnanrpr Atf pl ITniisr mill Son. Influence on the labor market, and under The plans of the captains and lleuten- i the plan to be developed In detail, work- ants of the teuiiis in the William Cramp ate finance. Leaders men will derive every benefit as to hous- Ship and Knglne Building Company's Wnfclilngton. .Mav 20. Plans for 1310 ing. living conditions and wage scale. plant have been thoroughly an anged and revenue legislptlon were discussed at a The labor administration will be were revealed at the meeting today. conference this afternoon between Secre- ' formed into a cabinet, of which Mr he'mft.1 mtirZll Sr'shlrley. of Ihe House will -p'-rlcturTli'e'Tanroadd"' . 'devote two Saturday afternoons a ! Appropriations Committee, and Senator Navy and Agriculture, the railroad ad- month to life War Chest." thereby ' Simmons, chairman of the Senate Ft- ministration, shipping board, war in- i.i J. 0 dill .lav's nav to be lontrlb- - nsnee Committee, took part In the con-Idustrles hoard, aircraft board and the uted to the campaign without cutting .Terence .-. &&x7xtt' REGISTRATION BILL SIGNED the end of tne ween. 111., placed before the labor administration, j i V.'r- " "L"" 'J1' ..f." gate" of the Soviet Oovernment pass the frontier freely, and that the Itusisan Oovernment be granted the sole light to use the telegraph to Kiev ' The Herman Ambassador hah asked that he he given a direct Uerlln ana nas announced that hereafter the Pri, May 20 A thirteen-mile advance for the Franch and Italian tioops fighting on the Halkan front Is reported by the War rifticr The righting took place in where wo destroyed military works1 flifS A nnf,...J : .AK.3. an officer, as well as war materlSt' The Germans tried out our iinesl! in the sectors of Vauclerc and thV&w Dnl r-l i: i...r -.iic. iVJu-X-t. ijuio vjucvunurB, out, wiinoutK; success. .S . -5l-efr. Vli.i.,.,l.AH u.n : 1.4 i .-i V3i """c "ic iii(jiiL vvus cajra.:f;Vy, uunng the continued inaction:' the Germans in Flanders and Picanfi the Allies are becominr? mora ntpjTvS- ercssive and while infantry acUon,H?i still is confined to patrol clashes landVefc:. l-nirlc. Itin -nnl. n ...l-.'.l. .1.. I-IA .. & are undertaken is becoming larger.. ' ,& The other day the French ma't , leriany improved their positions be;. iwc tiiiiciif. n a siiarp uiuick ,j - f, ...Kii. i... .Ant. . 1: iiii.il incj iuui many piisuiierBf v which was preceded hy a similar op- J eration in the Kemmel region. In a- tSj brilliant drive by Australians VHle- r iff iir-rf.ncre, a nainiet iinoui a mile irorn i- ?i Morlancuurt and three miles south- i? west of Albert, vvas captured, together "'I with 360 prisoners and twenty ma- "4-tv chine guns, Field Marshall Hale rei Y ports. .,..!, - -i.'- In this operation, as In all the recent -' ,Si -..i.in i,.. .u- .in .u- ..i 1 j -.J'eV ..nun u.v uic tineb, me casuuniea anl xt,t tneir slue were verv light, while tha .j Hermans losses were comparatively' '$ heavy, similar raids, but on a smaller '-Jra scale, were, carried out by the British & uormwest oi Aioeri ana in me neignDorr hood of Beaumont-llamel, which is 4n5J' the vicinity. There was some flBht)nB.ts,-'5S CI i'Ttl W. G1LI1ERT Bv EDWIN L. JAMES of a minor order yesterday southwest ofsSJ'JS ar i'rre,n,-,fp.,t f.ir.nn, Public Udocr Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Jh"?', salient3 " 'he WeSter" SM,j'' Wiisliinsttm. Mav .'0. I wr,ht. ,iik. h . York Tc, c'e,. Thcre'5i; "stlu" no indication In thesOi WiOilncton sees In President w u- Ml Itn tup .imerirnn Army in rrnnre. sons Ited Cros speech .111 advance May 20. upon the Ualtimore speech of t.lx In front of the American sector weeks ago "I'oice. foice without Lerralne the Oermans have for a con stint or limit" has become .1 more .ulerable distance ceased to hold the . 1.,.. ia. ir, toe President, otttciuls first-line trenches in force, but keen will strike when they are ready In the . i 1 ... 1 rnlunn fiiolnn pnthiip tlinr In ttia nnrtli ,.,.. it no longer wrings from nun their men for the most pa-i. in the " """" "'" ';" """."' ri saj. u ii" luuhc " because there is so much mere for them V-' such expression ui iti'i octa.nn nu uii-u iiuc tiriicutn to Biln (n tne former If they ara able to n',2 as his Haltimore words, inis iiwiuriii , -i nc nrst lines are hem for obscrva- gain anything. of utter disillusionment." He pro- tlon pUrp0i,es anrt vtry nKhtls-. TI111 ,vltl (). ri,Uh Arm nounces the peace uveriuita ..1 w.a- e.Xp'i.ins w ny in several recem raids tile May 20. Americans have penetrated the Cer- Midsummer heat shimmers alone the mans' first lines only to find none of b"'lelincs. where an amazing calm pre- the foe about. This step Is believed to have been taken by the Oermans to insure better protection against our tire The withdrawal of many men fn m the first-line trenches also decreases SPEECH HITS KAISER U. S. FLIERS MAKE GOOD lit in ,.aA raias 01 tne point wnere tne impena- M,jn lng Oerman blow is exnected. although. ' 1 tnere is more action now in tnetsomme ij district and before Amiens than In .the 'JfifJfl nn I, .Kn.t. V., aa r..nnl. n n I - t n" V.a...VJ.- I. IIUI III It.'.'Ub 1IIH MCIIUI Ul,.ltUl ''".lAl long held to tne view that tne oermans sjAj . -L .1 a? f; . tria and Germany to be msinceie with a certain grimness that was vvnnlin when he first leluctantly saw their emptiness and deceptiveress. He begins to define -force, force, without stint or limit." which is most ly rhetoiic when ou dn not mention j;,e danger. from our snipers. In many The number a,uviu, jw iui .ia m ic. uniiimn .ua iiuca .11 u f.ntn hlu lins With "" miwnicicia tiwiu uui lut lilies. rrnnce', Pyfa j i? M numbers. a vviiei mounmin iasiues-s i nlu,t., Ine llrm, uu.,lr .. ... The 0erman lnfanlry anrl artillery Albania, near Lake Ochrlda and was eise an(, he declines to place a top haxe been exept,ona,ly ulet upl),)Mte cninpletelv Miccessful in wiping out an re to whlcI, ,p is prepared to go our sector for the last two weeks. Hon- cnS.m' .':a.l.lenet .... m. ,,... ii,rnr,-..miT a lust and lasting settle-lever, the good weather has L-ought I III' It' A. "I I ' .,.1.,,,.,,,,,, ............ ." v.. -----. - There was feeble artillery firing on I ment of the existing conflict, the front sauthwest of Lake Ochrida. T-hnr ,s in this speech none of the !R! vails. j. j ' lleyond raids and an occasional irpir' Hlf-a raised bv the artillery as though antrrvffiJ&? M at being awakened the soldiers appearVS3 to be having a holiday. But war planMSfls' are constantly whirling over the llrieafep m inn mr iiiroiinif 11 opavt- I uu tun.R'a.Y- .---- --- " ----.. -- -----. total bag of enemy craft probably vtii tome near the record, There is in I German Kmbassy will vise passports to "here the enem.v batteries bombarded, balancing of peace and war. 1 1.-.1 1 1 ...j ,., 1 r. -nnA ...,a MiiniiiliMtn On the ' HtH'Mm .., v.,. In. about extra aerial activity on bou sides, The Oerman fliers are staying back of the lines generally, as is shu.v.i Lv the fact that most of the flights In ' ind BRITISH RECAPTURE VILLAGE IN FR Ar&i -. s-m 13 w.' 1 -iy r 40 a? -?,,. '1? y-; Th nrivate citizen, the salaried man. Wilson Annroves Measure to Ell the business man, the retired capitalist. vvmiiq nf "1 Ywi.ro the man and the woman who earn a " " "" ( dallv wage alt are ask'ed to give to the ' 11'ui.hliiirton, May 20. The bill calling 1 Svur Chest lit Is not an enterprise In-1 to the colors all voun illvldually limited. Largo unc men who have Hmnei-ii readied tne age 01 twenty-one since last llliailtiai ,.al.lpqUn .lav. irnii nlcnnH bv Troi.1. dlvlduaiiy iimueu. .,.i, unanciai .eglstI.nton (iav, was signed by Presl- oreanizatlons, trust companies and j "wiUoi. this at ternoon banks have already subscribed large provost Marshal General Crowder al- tums. j ready had set June 5 for their reglstra- Sollcltors for the war c-tiest work m tion. the great name of humanity. To alleviate 1 suffering and to rectify vvrotjs Is their WEJOgan. Cilery tlllicii aim uusuicce will Srccelve benefit from the War Chest idea, receive neneiu citon t,iu ,, .ni mcu, i , - . -- -, iVhich is merely the Idea of a community l President Approves Measure Lx- Krone box for war cnariiy, ine v. ai, tC,- A., the Hert t;roe3, tne uoy scouts, OVERMAN BILL SIGNED tending His Powers Washington, ?Iay 30 -.president WH- ', ,-CoHtlnue-d'on I'ase Sien. Column, Fuli i sop today signed the Overman bill. jc jkiir""' iV" " The measure gives htm power to re- th BlRff'ili?f)iJ'ti4iii" i- 1 in n k ''organize flid co-ordinate the executive" Ifnl'TflMHl MHMlia iil If" -,,,-.iJjrtWt1qC,,Uie,Govnainl 0 PMMflikwZraTOTOGKfaFTTST :" w i?.3irt . . t' j.-..ir,. .' ii - . ' -. -.. -l Council of National Defense. Contract ors doing Government work vtiu not be permitted to hid for labor against the I shipping board or the railroad adnilnls 1 tratlon. F,ach separate branch of the Government and every factory Included I must come to the labor administration when It wants workmen. .Mint Pull Tozetlier "We must all get together In the boat and pull the oars together for the one goal," Mr. Frankfurter said. The distribution of the country's labor supply will be In charge of the United States employment service, according to Mr. Frankfurter. On that Federal agency, which has extended its arms to every State and city of the pountry. will be placed the responslbi Ity of mobilizing and classifying the various trades and their trained workmen. The labor ad. ministration has put this in charge ot John B. Densmore. director genera or the service, and the .appeals for labor'. I Thl- plan, together with the peace rum.. Uiver .Macedonia Greek, Greek X "e fl' oken wl hout fUnB I Oerman font "" " """na , negotiations, is regarded as a step by , Patrols sighted enemy detachment! thnealr5' to s!,y that he stood ready '"l.fX Sep affair the Ger- I Oermany to establish Finland and I ""' f K"rl,z- "Pt""n 'he hls,h, xl" o consider anv honest offer of peace. "L f' '""' ,""." ,r ,,e, Vt'.n Ukralnla as Independent nations, con-! J-of the Pevola "tv.r. well tro ed by Germany. I-rench and Italian neiacnmems an- indefin te v away, by declar-1 Th nr.in,... flr i,Ja i,.. ,, . I With .espect .0 the bread reduction. " """.Lh ,C'h and i'-th'a "nt at ."has tested Germany arid n Jj;', uhfn b" '" the front forward toward i-rotopapa ana ' .r'" "" . ,nl,H i force Is broken ' "' " -"" 1 rnoii' 1 11 i"ri l iii-ki fn rat rt 11 UKRAINIANS FLEE L "nesptte the greatest dittlcultles of (he terrain, the mountains- and the road; BURNING TOWNS 'es country, and in spite of vigorous rc- . slstance by the enemy, who repeatedly 'counter-attacked, the French"and Ital- Moncow (via London) ! Ian columns altaineu an ot tneir OD- 20. Towns and villages In ieetlves "In the course of the operations avia tors brilliantly helped onr Infantry. A number of prisoners were captured. In the operations the center of the 1 line attained an aavance CoaUaaed on Pm berea CoIumniTwtr; May Ukralnla are In flames. General Skoropauskl, self-styled "net man" of the Ukrainians. Is Ignored by the population, which Is fleeing Into Great Russia. A dispatch received via Russian mllcs- wireless stated tnat ueneral Skoropauskl Is now declared to be an Importer. At various places In Ukralnla the As benvblles have decided to burn all the bread and other foodstuffs. The coun try Is suffering hunger, misery and slav ery under tne toreign roe tuermans and 1 re. .. of which has not been de Austrians), Iformlned The loss is estimated at Almost the whole population t, IJtoSpf Thep lanfs output wS Tused Q Coatloued on r rive,. Celurna Iwo IcmemanuiacmrQi ajuniuona,, by violent impact with greater lorce. i'n Ilrcord. of U. S. Filer Tlie Language ot Force Critics in America of the air program The President who knows how men fillthe L'n'tea fates appear not to give rne 1 resiaeiii, wii" t fulJ consideration to the question of think in masses ih'Pa eUer t nan op ant and wn2t "" been ' any other statesman in the vioria to econ,lshed tralnlng alr nBht"s day. "presses to Oermaw-he onl The recer(J f our combat avtalJBJ language to vvhlch German, in ner wok up poslt)on8 back of thg I present, mood of conques .villi listen a few WMkg ago eloauenl , $300,000 'War Plant Bums Birmingham, Ala., May 20. The Steel Cities Chemical Company's sul- I phuric ac(d plant near Ensley, a: suburb, was uesuujtru pmuovy vy nre, iui 1 tin unL'iiiiun ui xui v.c. v a , ...... li ill l is me - - -- .... . nrnmiku iir t inrin k-i , i C .i,ort the Amer can public aemana . '-""-.'.. -',- tj ..., .-ur, i8 ,.. nter of the "- ,;n,,nn to convince the na-' "" .lw.- " "ln.er ?ora- "ey have "V of thirteen,- .--- ; y .Tt reor-1 ---- -Che niers with the ganlzer, anu me uc..... - -w-.0-tlons to prove that he was the only thorough investigator, now he comes forward as the only genuine big army "i" have heard gentlemen say re cently." he. remarks, "that we must get 5.000.000 men ready. Why limit It to 5.000,000?" The fault ot General- Wood and This is an enviable record, but is I not all they have accomplished. Before they took their position the boche un- . questionably had the best of the sltua- ' tion In that sector. This was due In part to British and French aviators having more important work to do else where, but none the less It wa true. The situation has now changed and London. May 20. The British have1 recaptured the village of Vllle-suj-" Ancre, north of Morlancourt. on tlisL"' Amiens front In France, according to-1 . Field Marshal Halg's report last nighfc.'e'? It reads: $; '? A local operation during tne nignti , at viue-sur-Ancre was complete successful. Australian troops ried the German positions in around the village, which now 1 our possession, and captured Till misoners and twenty machine gul Our casualties were light. we carried out successfully a 1 todav on a hostile post southi of Metercn and Inflicted casual) on the garrison. .j On the remainder ot the, -SI there was only artillery BcUvJtig both sides in the nmereni seen Another earlier olflqlat "stati j-1'E Successful ra ds. in which. w tured a few prisoners ana- ich chine guns, also were carried us nortnwest 01 Aiueri ami neighborhood of Ham?l. A raid attempted by the northeast of Bethune wag ,r by our nre peiore jeacnipg 1 Iterlln, quarters May so.r-qjiyl & ftinHniiffl saTMefieieaColuss On '- .' - i . CvoUaaed cu Vtie .ii'-s'j -U 1 ' ""v0 ' , " -e-.L-t , Vt , " . z?, -' raSllfjisp iwcaa mtttat I 'Jipii3 '$&&- Cv$-' ' A '
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